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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909.
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VOL. XIII-NO. 52
Crook
CoMBity
WORK PROGRESSES
WITH BIG RUSH
Piles of Bridge Material
and Steel Rails
IN THE YARDS AT DESCHUTES
Four Thousand Men now Em.
ployed on the HarrSman
Grade.
Thirty-four mile of steel rail,
40,(XX) ties and an abundance of
bridge material are (tiled iu tlie
Harriman yards at Deschutes, ac
cording to C. E. Lewis, conductor
of the construction train which lit
at work on the line to centra
Oregon. Mr. Lewis is in Portland
to-day, having been called bore in
connection with the conatruction
of the road up the Deschutes, aayi
the Journal.
"A bridge 05 feet high is being
placed, about five miles up the
canyon, the first to be built," mid
Mr. Lcwii. lly January 1 steel
will be laid across the bridge and a
long stretch of grade ready for the
ties will be reached. It will not be
a long Job then to lay 20 mile of
track In fore another deep canyon
will be encountered. Delays in
construction will occur at the
bridge, for the tok of constructing
tuch high treaties la alow and ex
acting. ICut the work ia being
rushed despite the Inclement
weather. Not a day baa been lost
on account of raiu or anow.
"From information that filters
down the Deschutes, there are
about 4000 men employed on the
grade. Practically all the grade is
being made by section work, and
for nearly 100 miles gangs of men
are at work every quarter mile.
"Seventy-five pound steel Is be
ing uned on the road, with con
tinuous rail couplings. The McCoy
tracliaying machine,which bandies
ties and rails without any of the
old time hard labor, ia being used
successfully on the line. Derrick
cara are a!o part of the construc
tion equipment."
Patients Received.
Persons needing hospital accommo
dations can flint them at my home. I
am prejwred to care (or patients, or
patifiiU may employ their own nurses.
Maternity cases may expect ieriai
attention.
ti25 Mas. P. B. Poindextkb.
Must Irrigate or
Surrender Patents.
What ia virtually an ultimatum
was issued by the state desert land
board last week against the Co
lumbia Southern Irrigating com
pany, a aubaidiary corporation of
the Oregon Trust & Savings bank,
charged by the United States land
department with securing patents
to lands under false representa
tions. The land board made an
order requiring the irrigating
company to j.lace within six
months reservoirs for irrigating the
entire segregation for which it bas
secured patents or surrender the
patents to the government.
The order was first issued by the
government against the ' state,
which in turn was required to de
mand of the company that it re
claim the lands secured or give
them up.
Patents were obtained to several
thousand acres in central Oregon
by th6 Columdia Southern com
pany, of which E. E. Lytle, W. II.
Moore and W, Cooper Morris were
directors, by representing that the
landa could be reclaimed. Sub
sequent surveys made by the
United States government show
that a great portion of the lands
patented are so located that tbey
can never be satisfactorily re
claimed.
Who Knows Where
William Russill Is?
Echo L. Russill, aged 12 years,
formerly of Lake county, Or., but
now of Petaluma, California, would
like to know of the whereabouts of
her father, William Rustill, who,
about four years ago, worked
around Warner Valley, Lake Co.
He used to ride after cattle and
broke horses for a livelyhood.
About a year ago it was learned
that the man was working in the
vicinity of Prineville and the
family wife and two children
write to the Journal to find out
whether he be dead or alive. He
has sandy-reddish hair, weight
about 175 pounds, and is 5 feet 7
inches t all. The family is in
straightened circumstances. All
information concerning the man
should be sent to Echo L. Russill,
care Gugliemelti, Petaluma, Cal.
Prineville Art Gallery.
We make all kiodn of Photos and Htntnp
Pictures. I'riew reasonable; sutislaetion
guaranteed. o3Hm L. h. N015LE, Prine
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Dolls, Dolls, Beautiful Dolls
Witli Every Purchase of $5.00 or more we will give a handsome Doll;
Purchases of $ 1 0.00 or more, will get large Dolls, 3 inches in proportion.
All the Dolls are pretty and are entirely free. This applies to all pur
chases except in our grocery and hardware departments.
Ladies Woolen Union Suits
Site 4 only, regular $2.50 value,
exceptional value at $1.45 the gar
ment. Only a few left for early buy
ers. Ladies Long and Shori Kimonas
in large assortment of beautiful pat
terns, one of a kind. 10 per cent
reduction on entire line.
Shoe Reminders
Odd pairs, all sizes for children, Misses
and Ladies. Prices 7oVper pair and
up, to close out the entire lot. Every
pair a genuine bargain.
GOLF GLOVES
All wool, large assortment, regular
50 cent to G5 cent values, reduced to
40 cents.
Mens heavy lined calf skin mittens,
splendid wearing for lumber and
wood haulers, regular 75 cent at
55 cents per pair.
Mens Sweaters All Wool
Heavy worsteds, will not get "baggy."
Special values at 12.50, f 3.00 & $3 50.
Childrens and Misses Sweaters,
large assortment in good shades,
sizes 22 inches to 34 inches, prices
85 cenU to $2.
Ladies All Wool Sweaters, special
valueB at $3.00 and $4.00. For
Christmas gifts, we are showing some
beautiful garments for $6.50 to $10,
which we guarantee to make any
woman happy.
Boys Wool Knee Pants,
Very heavy, are Btrongly made, regu
lar 75o at 55 cents.
Boys Corduroy .Knee Pant Suits,
priced at $5.50, special $3.65.
Youths Corduroy Suits, long pants,
fine whip cording,for ages 12 to 16,
special at $8.95.
Beautiful Dishes Given Away.
Every Tuesday and Friday we give
away a beautiful set of dishes. Pur
chases from us entitle you to a ticket
for every dollar spent here. If you
want to know more about this call
and see us.
33 1-3 Reduction on all Our Child,
rens Coats, ages from 3 to 8.
This exceptionally fine opportunity
will not be open long. Be sure and
take advantage of it at once.
Not Too Late for a Stylish Winter
Hat.
P, is III lit It ' F 4T. K . i -
Prices cut to actual cost, closing out
the entire line of Ladies and childrens
hats. Get our prices.
Get Ready for Christmas. Our line of Toys, Dolls, Childrens Books
Etc. are ready for your investigation and you will find the prices ex
tremely low in comparison with other places. Buy early and avoid
the rush.
C W. EM
NOTHING LIKE
BLOODED STOCK
Whether It Be Cattle or
Horses.
J. IL CRAY IS ENTHUSIASTIC
Just Returned from Trip to Port
land Fancy Stock in
Good Demand.
J. H. Gray, of the Bonnyview
Stock Farm, has just got back from
a trip to Portland, where he took a
shipment of beef cattle. In visit
ing the borse and cattle markets
while away he was convinced more
than ever of the soundness of the
doctrine of blooded stock. He was
also greatly pleased over the prest
age achieved by Crook county
horses and cattle in outside mar
kets. "And we have only made a
start," is the way Mr. Gray put it.
After considerable quizzing in
an effort to get a stock story, Mr.
Gray said that he had nothing
better to offer than a story from
the pen of J. D. Dumire that was
published in the Rural Spirit. He
could endorse every word of it and
thought its wide circulation in
Crook county would have a whole
some effect in stimulating a desire
for thoroughbreds. The letter reads
as follows:
"The horse for the farmer is the
draft-bred horse. He is the horse
that can be raised by the common
farmer with little trouble and ex
pense. He ia in reach of almost
every farmer in the country. It is
a profitable business on the farm to
raise a few good colts, for it is just
as easy to raise good ones as poor
ones.
''The farmers that raise good
stock of any kind are the men that
select good sires. The men who
have good herds and good flocks
are the men who select pure-blood
sires from one or the other of the
several pure breeds and stick to
the breeds of their choice. If in
cattle it is Shorthorns, in a few
years his herd is all the same type
and color.
"If it is Angus or Ilerford, the
results are the same. If this is
true of cattle and sheep, it is cer
tainly true of the horse. Fellow
farmers select a sire from one of
the pure breeds of draft horses
Percheron, Shire or Belgian it
matters but little which breed.
"It is only a matter of choice to
the breeder himself. Be sure that
the sire is a good individual.
Breed just such mares as you have.
The better the dam the better the
result. Always breed their prod
uct to a pure-bred Bire of the
same breed.
"In a short time your mares are
all alike and of the same type and
disposition, all bearing a family
resemblance. You will not have
the disposition of a broncho in one
and the trotting horse in the other,
but you will have a class of horses
that are easily handled, easily fit
ted for the market and a every
day market at home or abroad.
"You need not spend any extra
time and expense in looking after
buyers; the buyers are always
looking after this kind. If they
get a wire cut or blemish they are
the kind that are useful to keep for
any kind of farm work. A good
mare with proper care will do just
as much Bervice on the farm and
raise a colt as will a gelding.
"Never allow the colt to follow
the dam when in harness at work,
as the colt will do much better if
left in the barn, and the dam will
be better off without the eolt. Give
the little fellow some oats and bran
in its trough; it will soon learn to
eat and forget its dam.
"A colt is easily weaned, and if
proper care is taken it will not
stop growing until it is matured.
Breed in this way and in a very
short time it will be almost impos
sible to raise a poor colt. Look at
the farmer who breeds one year to
a draft horses and the produce
afterward bred to some cheap
mongrel. His hones io ten years'
breeding are no better than when
he began. The price cf service
fees should hardly be considered.
It is the matured horse to be con
sidered. It costs as much to raise
alow-priced horse as to raise .a
high-priced one. It is all in the
breeding.
"Always tise a pure-bred draft
sire a better individual than the
dam and then you are sure of
gaining. Select one breed or the
other and stick to it and you will
come out ahead and be on the
right side of the road (o success in
the horse and cattle business.
an DADS HOLD
REGULAR SESSION.
Shu-mi-a Club
Were Entertained
The Shu-mi-a Club was delight
fully entertained by Miss Catherine
Conway Saturday at the home of
Mrs. Guy Lafollette.
After the transaction of regular
business a vote of thanks was ten
dered Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Winnek
and committee of Mesdames
Wickersham, Edwards, Lafollette,
and Elliott, for the splendid enter
tainment of the club and its in
vited guests, on the evening of iu
anniversary.
Roll call was responded to by
quotations from Lowell.
The "Song of Our Syrian Guest,"
a beautiful interpretation of the
23rd Psalm, was read in a very
pleasing manner by Mrs. Rova
Brink. Then followed a general
discussion on the writings of
George Elliott. The life and
books of the author having been
studied during the year.
, An ontline of the program for
the coming year was submitted by
the committee.
At the close of the program
delicious refreshments of jell o
whipped cream and wafers vf ere
Berved.
Levy of Nine Mills fcr
City Purposes.
FINANCES IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
Australian Ballot Sytem will be
Used at the Coming City
Ejection.
Agency Plains Notes.
No complaints of dry weather
lately.
Mr. Ed Campbell's family is
stricken with whooping cough.
Messrs Walter Arney and Wm.
Hannon started to Grizzly Satur
day for wood. " '
Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson of
Madras are Thanksgiving dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. Hannon.
Misses Jennie Harper, May
Campbell, and Lorena Hill, who
are attending the high school at
Madras, attended the basket social
at the Mountain View school house
the night before thanksgiving.
Rev. Porter, Christian Advent, is
conducting a protracted meeting at
the Rim Rock school house on the
north end of the plains.
Mrs. Geo. Hurt who has been in
Portland the last month under
going surgical treatment, writes
that she is greatly improved and
will return home soon.
The Basket Social given at the
Mountain View school house on
the evening of Nov. 24th was quite
a succees. An interesting pro
gram was carried out. Mrs. Watts
and her pupils deserve much praise
as entertainers. The proceeds
from the sale of baskets amounted
to $41.35, which will be used in
purchasing basket ball, base ball,
kindergarten supplies and books.
Died: Nov. 18, 1909, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Calvin
Fox, Mrs. Hannah C. Whitener.
Mrs. Whitener was a daughter of
David and Cynthia Kinder. She
was born April 28, 1834, in Madi
son Co., Mo. Converted in the
Methodist church at the age of
fifteen she lived a faithful member
the remainder of her life. Mr. and
Mrs. Weitener emigrated to the
west 1899. . Mr. Whitener died in
1905. She was laid to rest by the
6ide of her husband in the Gard
cemetery. The sympathy of the
entire community are extended to
the bereaved relatives. X. Y. Z.
Walter O'Netl came In on Monday's
stage from Shauiko, for a visit home.
He will remain a week or so before
returning to the Columbia Southern
terminus. He says that shaniko Is
lively and that railroad building
shows no sign of slacking up.
The city council met io regular session
Tuesday evening. There were present
Mayor Stewart and Connctlmen Cram,
Yancey, Adamson and Shipp, Recorder
McLaughlin and Marshal Huston.
The minutes of the previous meetings
regular and special were approved
after some slight corrections.
Mr. Sbattuck, a a delegate from
Hose Company No. 2, came before the
conucil to make request for four three
quarter tips for nozzles. The regular
1 1-8 and V4 tip threw too large a
stream for the smaller mains. The
matter was referred to the fire and
water committee with instructions to
make the purchases immediately.
Chief Johnson of the fire department
asked the council to have all obstacles
removed from alleys that would in any
way obstruct or hamper the movements
of the department. People become
careless and dump their wood into the
alleys thus closing them to further use.
This wood must be piled so as to allow
for the passage of fire apparatus. An
other nuisance the chief mentioned was
leaving hayracks on wagons that bad
been hauled in the alleys. Mr. John
son's request was granted and the city
marshal instructed to have all ob
structions removed immediately. '
Mr. Johnson presented another mat
ter of great importance to the city in
the way of better fire protection. It
was the organization of a hook and
ladder company. There was none at
present and tha service of such a com
pany wae -baarly felt at times. '
W. F. King followed Mr. Johnson.
Mr. King prefaced his remarks by say
ing tht he had been urged by friends
to become a candidate for chief of the
fire department, and aa he would have
no opposition be felt justified in coming
before the council to prefer requests for
a more efficient service. He summar
ized his requests into three propositions.
First : He depneated the lack of
interest noticed lately on the part of
citizens in. matters pertaining to the
fire department.' More help was needed
and in order to secure it the exemptions
of firemen should be made worth some
thing. It the road and poll tax were
rigidly collected it would help some.
Of late years tha city had become lax in
this respect and the result was firemen
were no better off than the layman.
He asked the council to see that the
road and poll tax were collected.
The second proposition of Mr. King
was how to make every property owner
contribute something for the support of
the department. A good many people
enjoy fire protection for which they do
not pay a cent. To reach this class, he
would suggest the adJition of a small
amount to the city millage, to allow for
the needs of a growing community.
More fire hydrants will be needed ; a
hose cart for the north side was sug
gested, etc
His third proposition included plans
for commodious headquarters for the
fire department. While not needed
just now, it was thought that In the
near future such a step would be neces
sary. "
The suggestions of Mr. King met with
the approval of the council, and favor
able action may be expected later. A
mill and a half were added to the city
levy as a result of Mr. King's efforts.
Mr. Boiler presented a petition, sign
ed by numerous north-side residents,
asking for more and better fire protec
tion. It was referred to the fire and
water committee, with instructions to
report on it at the next regular nieet
ing. 1 '
The following bills were allowed :
P. L. & W. Co., lights I 4.50
M. D. Powell, recorder's fees........ 5.10
Darl McLaughlin " .. 1.20
C. D. Calbreath, hauling gravel ... 68.00
Wade Huston, Marshal's BaWry ... 50.00
R. 8. Price, hauling 14.00
Live'y-Jordan-Lanius Co 2.25
The reports of standing committees
was the next order of business. The
finance committee reported as follows t
Prineville, Ore., Dec. 7, 1909. .
To the Mayor and Council of the City
of Prineville.
Gentlemen : This being the day
when the council fixes the levy for taxes
for municipal purposes, your finance
committee has gone over the records
for the year, and submit their findings,
as follows :
The indebtedness on the first day of
January, 1909, as reported, was $2244.15,
with accrued interest to be added, but
after examining the records to date, we
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