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Crook Cotanty
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PR1NEV1LLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910.
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VOL XIV NO. 8
CROOK COUNTY
WINS DEBATE
Secures a Two-to-One
Decision at Fossil
SHERMAN COUNTY HERE FRIDAY
Local Team Will Have Affirm
ative of Government Owner
' Ship of Railroads.
Tha Crook County High School da
listing team won from Whlr rounly
i laat Krlitay venlnp, by a twivto-ona de
elalon. Tin C. C, If. H. toam waa aa
-follow-as - Mitt Kthtl KlilJor, loader,
Miaa Agnes Klllolt ami Hubert Keiter.
Tha vli'lorloti debaters gjt lioma
, Turiduy aftarnoon after an a bsanrs of
sovenday. The trip out waa liar
on, but tli-ra waa not one word of
' Complaint about tha hardahlps and u red,
"In going and coming liotna (lis journey
; waa mado a much a possible In tha
, daytlma. Tliura waa aina night staging,
however, but it waa unavoidable.
' Altar the debate the Crook county
team, with their chaperon, Mra. WirkN
i aham, wars entertained at Ilia homa of
Mr, I-ainb, tha lea.lur of the Whatdar
, county iMgmlv twn,
The 1'rineville . coutlngnt sneak In
the hlghont terma of lliuir treatment at
Fossil.- Everything possible tu done
for their convenience and comfort.
Tha Crook County High School has
now three point, to lu credit lo tha
state debating league. If tha affirmative i
I'm t e
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Canned Salmon, one-half pound flat cans, 1 5c values, special low price .1 .
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C. W.
Uain should win tomorrow (Friday)
night lha UfiKik County High will have
to try cnncluiiona with tha beat high
ichoult In tha slat. It'a up lo tha
people of Prlnevlile to help win. Turn
out and encourage with your pretence
theglrla that will uphold the adl rmative
tide of the queatlon of the government
ownership of railroada. Tha Sherman
county debaters have notified tha Crook
County High fkhool that they will be
on baud to take part In the debate at
tha Commercial Club hall tomorrow
evening. The Crook - County High
School debatass are Kthel Moore, load
er, Kmrien Young and Lou be Bum
mere. Rev. Mr. Babbidge, Trot. J, E.
Meyers and It. K. Gray will act aa
JudgM. Hon. J. N. YVillUmeoQ will
preside.
E-A-Authors Club.
The E-A-Authors club met laat Sat
urday with tha Mlaaea-IJaldwin.
Mra. WUkerrhain, tha arcretary,
being aWnt, Miaa Cella Nelmi wat
appointed secretary pro tem and the
regular buaineaa of rfertlng the or
ganUatlon waa taken up. . J
The eoinmittoe on the aelectlon of a
name reported aeveral from wlilch tha
club selected the ona above.
The color committee made Ita report
and purple and white were selected aa
the club colore with vtolut for the flower.
Tba report of the program committee
waa accepted an I a committee, confut
ing of Mia. Kay BalJwin, Mra. Wicker
ham and Miaa Irene Barnes, waa ap
pointed to attend to the printing.
A committee waa alto appointed to
ehtct an appropriate not to for tha club.
The committee are: Miaexe Lotta Bmith.
Marion Rica and Bertha Baldwin.
After a very delectable lunch the club
adjourned lo meet in two weeks with
Mwa Edra Williamaon, when tha Ural
regular program will be rendered.
Grain for Sale.
(lulilan chuff Hprlng wheat, IfeardleM
Itarlry etui Bulled barley fur aale at the
ROIM AN KANCII, near Culver. I
r e s t i
Prices for This Week and Next Week Only
regular $1.75, at.
Special Prices for
ELKINS COMPANY
WILUAM LEDFORD
GETS POSTOFFICE
Will Assume Duties on
April First
APPOINTEE IS POPULAR MAN
Announces That Preaent Ger-
ical Assistance Will Be
Retained Indefinitely.
The announcement cornea from
Washington that Pcwtmaster Lnfol.
lette realgned the local pot office on
the 11th of January and that William
Ledford waa appointed by the Presi
dent on January 27 tu All the posi
tion for the coming tour yen re. Mr.
Lafollctte aaya In explanation that
he wishes to give bla attention to
private buaineaa.
Mr. Ledford la a rnpnble young
man with a good biiMliiette education
and one who la well liked by every,
one. He will no doubt make a good
and e It! c lent officer.
The actual transfer will perhnpa be
made at the flrat of the coming
quarter which la on April 1. The
location of the office will perhaps
not lie changed and Mr. Iii-dford an
uouncea that the preaent aaMlwtnnt
and clerical help will be retained In
definitely. Looking Into the record of the
otttce for the past three and one-half
yeara we And aatendy advancement
which line kept pnee with the devel
- m g Fa cl s
the Second Week
opment of the town and surround
Ing country.
The money order htiMlnetta ahowa a
big Increaae, aa aim does the other
II nea. During the past three and
one half yeara there have Iwen 20,.
000 money ordera bwued while In the
entire blatory of the office up to
June, 11(00, there had been but 27,000
order burned.
In the new lock box equipment
there are 210 boxea, all but 19 of
which are occupied.
Hale and Hearty at 81.
James Lawaon came down from
hla ranch on Mill Creek hint Friday.
Mr. Lawaon la In hla 81et year and
la aa hale and hearty aa a man of 00,
Hla eye eight la good and he aaya he
can ahoot aa good aa he ever could
Iaat year Mr. Iwiwaon walked from
Prlnevlile to hla ranch, a distance of
1.1 mllea, and did not mind It at all
When Mr. Lawaon came to thla
country'40 yeara ago there were only
about 30 families In hla aectlon
v 1111am Kmlth, a neighbor, la the
oldeat settler, but there are a few
left that belong In the pioneer claaa.
"Theae are like kin folk a to me,
remarked Mr. Lawaon, Among hla
old nelirhbora he mentioned John
Luckey, E. Johnaon, George Mtlllcan,
Abe ell, the Powella and George
Dodaon. There wna no Prlnevlile at
that time. The town was started a
few yeara later.
Mr. Lawaon reoda the papers and
takea an Intereat In everything going
on about blm. In dlacuHMlug rail
road matters Mr. Lawaon aaya that
he hiut alwaye managed to keep
abend of the iron horae. He Uvea
now na near the railroad aa he ever
did In bia life. Buck In Kentucky
where he wna born a railroad waa
never thought of. In hla aubaequent
movea he waa atill remote from the
modern meaua of travel. Now, be
aaya. If the road readies tiimcouutry
he will nave to etanu it. lie la too
old to make further movea.
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1.65
1.20
95c
1.65
1.20
95c
3.65
2.25
60c
40c
2.25
2.95
1.40
35c
25c
J5c
.10c
.10c
10c
50c
30c
15c
20c
RAILROADS MAKE
TREATY OF PEACE
No Agreement as to
Territory
BOTH USE THE SAME BRIDGE
Across Crooked River at Trail
Crossing Oregon Trunk Buys
480 Acres at Crescent
No agreement aa to what Central
Oregon point aball be toadied or what
aectiona alia.lt be served bv either line in
contained in the compact concluded be
tween the Oregon Trunk Line and Dea-
chntea Railway Company concerning
right-o(-wat conflicHe, according to both
partiea to the nnderatanaine. eava tha
Oregonian.
The agreement deala wholly with
right-of-way controveraiea, moat of
which occurred before either route
toached the tonnage-prod ncing territory
of the atate'a interior and doea not in
clude s division of territory. The Drin-
cipil conflict after leaving the canyon
Began six or eight miles south of Mad
ras, where the two lines ca" toeether
on the plaina and continued more or lees
so to Crooked River crossim. Over this
section the two roads will now parallel
each other to Crooked River crossing,
the Haariman road to go on tha weat of
the Hill road. Crooked River Canvon
is to be crossed over the aame bridge.
Following tha settlement of theae
point, John F. Stevens, president of
the Oregon Trunk Line, consented to
make the first defla te statement of con
struction plans of the Oregon Trunk
Line south of Madras.
Rats' U Beat Sat.
Mr. Stevens said that the road would
be built at least to a point aa far south
as Mend, 40 miles beyond Madras, but
he would not admit that the comnanv
had definitely located ita line through
Uend.
"The Oregon Trunk Line will be built
as far south aa the center of Crook
County," aaid Mr. Stevens, "bat as -to
beyond there I am not in a Doeition to
say definitely at this time, except that
i anow mat we are not Boinir to Call
fornia.
"Jt ia no secret that we now have sur
veyors at work in tha Klamath Indian
Reservation. Permission was eranted
thera by the department to cross the
reservation several days ago. The party
will work aa far as Klamath Falls and
will then be recalled nntil we decide
whether to build that far or iust what
we shall do.
Saatk N Lae
"Southern Oregon business, so far as
distances are concerned, can be diverted
equally well to San Francisco or Port
land. It is rightfully Portland's terri
tory, however, and I see no reason why
a railroad, be it ours or some other one,
should not de extended into that so
tion and the trade brought to this city.
In Central Oregon the railroad busi
ness derived from the farming commu
nities is bound to be light for a time.
The country cannot be developed all at
once, but I am in hopes that by the
time the railroad reaches the timbered
area large mills will have been estab
lished and already cutting timber.
There is always a good market for yel
low pine lumber."
When akedwhen the Oregon Trunk
Line would be operating traina into
Central Oregon, Mr. Stevens aaid that
he hoped it would be early next Fall,
but that he could not make a definite
promise, aa much of the work to be done
is very heavy.
Mr. Stevens' assertion regarding the
extension of the road beyond Madras is
an authoritave one concerning the sub
ject already definitely Indicated.
Right-of-way men have been at work
for weeks between Madras and Bend
and it is known that practically all the
necessary lands have been acquired.
Graders have been at work south of
Crooked River crossing several months
and men have been engaged in blasting
approaches for the bridge spanning the
chasm. This is 10 or 12 miles south of
Madras.
Bridge It ReauHublc
The Crooked River bridge, says Mr.
Stevens, will have only one other
counterpart anywhere, so far as he
knows. There is a steel arch over a
canyon on the Victoria Nyanaa route in
Africa that is very similar. The Cana
dian Pacific, in its crossing of Stony
Creek in the Selkirks, has a bridge that
in some particulars, but not all, is sim
ilar. The Stony Creek bridge crostet
over the water at a height of about 300
feet, but the canyon -is V" shaped,
and there is a steel approach to the
arch on each eide. The Crooked River
arch will spring at both sides from per
pendicular rock walls and span the
river at a height of about 380 feet. It
will be one of the highest arch bridges
in the world. This arch will have to be
built out from each aide of the canyon
to the meeting point as the canyon is
too deep to permit the use of falsa work
Tha span will be 820 feet long.
Oregon Trunk Buys
Land at Crescent
While authentic statements con
tinue to come from the Portland
headqoarters of the Harrtman llnpa
ana auo irora Oregon Trunk head
qnartera that nothing definite la
planned with regard to the extenwlon
or the great rival rallrord llnee
through Central Oregon beyond
Bend, In this comity, operation
farther along the route allow that
tbeae statements are only an effort
on the part of the railroada to keep
me puoiic in xne aarit aa long aa
possible concerning their ultimate
Intentions.
During the last week Engineer
akefleld of the Oregon Trunk Line
bought of Charles Graves and his
daughter 480 acres at Crescent,
formerly Odell poetofflee, In the
northern part of Klamath county,
and the Information baa leaked out
that It is the plan of that company
to lay out a Mg townalte there and
make a railroad divkdon of that
point.
Two miles from Crescent la the
located line of Harrlman's Natron
extension to Klamath Falls, coming
In from Ita paaaage lietween Crescent
and Odell lakes, and Mr. Wakefield
stated that hla company would al
low the Harrlmaa road to come Into
their town for a dlvlnlon.
The price Mr. Graves and Ida
daughter received waa $35 per acre
Including all Improvements.
From Crescent, the Hill line la
located as far south aa the border of
the Klamath Indian Reservation,
and the surveying crew waa halted
there awaiting permission from
Washington, to run the lines within
the reservation. Two routes on
south and weat are aaid to be nnder
consideration-by the Hill engineers.
One of these la to grade across the
big mu rubes around the head of
Klamath Lake and to pass around
the north end and west side to Pell-
can Bay, tbeuce on west to a con
nection with the Medford railroad
now being constructed, and un
doubtedly a Hill property. Or, the
Hill road may run straight south to
Klamath Falls then go west to
meet the Medford line at a point a
little further south. Tnete routes
would be getting Into the Harrlman
preserves with a vengeance.
An Oregen Trunk extension Is also
being projected east from Bend across
the Bear Creek country, the high
desert, Hampton Buttes and thence
to Burns, and from there through
the Narrows to Lakevlew for a con
nection with the Western Pacific.
PrineviUe Citizens
' Invest in Lands
Several real estate deals have been
made In the vicinity of Prlnevlile re
cently la which the buyers have been
Prlnevlile business men anJ Is In
dlcatlve that the local people are not
asleep to the opportunities for specu
lation In land values which are
bound to rise with the advent of rail
transportation and the consequent
Influx of settlers in Crook county.
One " of these was the purchase by
Champ Smith, John Combs, and
Archie Powell of 330 acres of unim
proved land from the Murphy Grant
estate adjoining the I. L. Ketchom
ranch just west of Prlnevlile and
situated on Crooked and Ochoco
rivers. Since they bought the land
these gentlemen have sold 50 acres of
this tract to George Noble, 80 acres
to Dr. J. H. Rosenberg, and a frac--tSon
to Mr. Ketchum. They still re
tain 180 acres in a compact body be
tween Crooked river and Ochoco
which they are having cleared of
sagebrush and intend to Irrigate.
Dr. Rosenberg Intends to clear his
land and Improve It and may con
struct a dam In Ochoco to water
the tract.
Foster & Hyde have aUo been buy
ing some land for the purpose of
speculation. They have purchased
the Rev. J. T. Moore homestead of
160 acres locared on the McKay road
about three miles north of Prlnevlile
and also a tract of 320 acres from W.
H. Foster of Paulina, the land lvlne
near the Wra. Davenport ranch a
few miles northwest of town on the
Shanlko road.
Mr. Cornett Home from Mexico.
G. M. Cornett returned the first of
the week from his Mexican trip. He
left Mr. and Mrs. Booth at Los
Angeles, no reports a delightful trip.
Mr, Cornett found Mexico a country
very rich In natural resources. When
asked if he made any investments
down there he replied that there
were too many opportunities for
hhu to look up In the limited time
he had at his disposal. He expects
to go back, however, and will then
make a study of the openings in the
different Hues. "There Is land down
there selling from f 2.50 to t per
acre," said Mr. Cornett. "that would
briug $500 If that country belonged
to the United States."
SHERIFF ARRESTS
SEVENTEEN MEN
On Charges of Gambling
and Bootlegging
TWO HOLD-UP ARTISTS ALSO
Madras Furnishes Fifteen Vic
timsOther Two From
Paulina.
Fourteen arrests were made at
Madras Wednesday by Sheriff Frank
F.lklns, nine on charges of gambling.
four for bootlegging and two for a
holdup. Ralph Sharp was arrested
on two charges, one for aelllng llqnor
and another for gambling. The
aheriff returned to Prlnevlile Wednes
day with the men In cuatody. Thoee
arrested are: For gambling: Charles
Maaon, Tom Fuller, Ralph Sharp.
Jamea Sharp, "Blackle" Green, Joe
Wilson, Oral Moore, Lee Moore, and
II. K. Niason. For selling llqnor:
Ralph Sharp, Ban Puett, Frank Jean
and "Paddy" Lawler.
Ben Rice and Ed Ryan attempted
to rob a man named Moore at the
rear of Frank Jean's soft drink joint
laat Saturday night. Rice and
Ryan attacked Moore with a club
and In the scuffle Moore fell against
the back door of the saloon, the door
gave way and the would-be robbers
ran away. Sheriff Elklns waa a,t
Madras to arrest the other law
breakers, and had some diltleulty In
rounding these two men up, but he
brought them to town and has
them lu jail. Charles Mason and Tom
Fuller, arrested for gampllng, are
also In jail, but the others have their
liberty.
This morning, since the above was
put In type the report comes that
Druggist Slegel has been arrested at
Madras on a charge of selling liquor
and also Dell F.ades and Bruce Heist
ler at Paulina for the same offense.
District Attorney Fred W. Wilson
Is now on his way here from The
Dalles to conduct the preliminary ex
aminations, which will be held before
Justice George Beruier In Prlnevlile.
probably Friday evening, or as soon
as Mr. Wilson arrives. ,
Several of the defendants will be
arraigned before Justice Bernler In
the county conrt room this after
noon. Atty. M. R. Biggs Is for the
defense.
Madras Votes to
Incorporate 69 to 3
At the election held Monday the citi
zens of Madras voted to incorporate,
and elected officers. Out of 72 votes
cast only three were against incorpora- '
tion.
Two nominal tickets were in the field,
but there were only two candidates on
each that were different Howard W.
Turner and Robert Rea opposing for
the mayoralty, and Ralph Sharp against
W. H. Cook for councilman. Previous
to the election Mr. Ilea withdrew from
the race, leaving a clear field for Mr.
Turner, who received about 60 of the
votes cast. W. II. Cook was elected by
a strong majority over Ralph Sharp.
The officers elected are :
For Mayor Howard W. Turner.
For Councilmen S. E. Gray, T. B.
Tucker, W. R. Cook, T. A Long, War
ren Smith, W. H. Cook.
For Recorder John H. Jackson. "
For Treasurer J. M. Conklin.
For Marshal Austin W. Culp.
Efforts ware made several years ago
to incorporate Madras, but the necessary
number of voters were not residents at
that time. Now, with the wave of pror
perity and increase of population at
tendant on the railroad's coming, the
incorporation of the town became im
perative in order to restrain a certain
lawless element that has made Madras
headquarters, and also to put the town
on the way to progress.
Sisters Items.
S. II. Davis has been on the sick
list this week.
Mr. Winter, who has been quite til
Is now convalescent.
George Wright of Berkeley, Califor
nia, has just arrived, the guest of
Mr. Templeton.
Jim Benham from near Lnldlaw,
visited our vicinity Monday.
Mrs. Skelton Is on the sick lb t
this week.
George Taylor of Bear Creek was
the guest of W. F. Fryrear, seven I
days thla week.
J. P. Haley, who has a fine ranch
north of Laldlaw, was a business
visitor here Thursday.
Messrs. Skelton, Chapman, M. I .
and O. E. Job made a business trip
to Laldlaw Thursday.
Fred Welse went to Bend on
business the first of the week.