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Crook Gotaety
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1910.
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VOL. X1V-NO. 14
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CROOK COUNTY ;
i BOOSTS RECORD
$6.25 a Hundred for
Blooded Stock.
ED SLAYT0N HOLDS THE BELT
Hi Shorthorns and Hereford
Make New Pacifc Coast
Record.
Again Iu Prtneville.
l'rlncvilltt imilixl er.tl cliiu lit'.l
to Did map of records when Ml
of K. T. MayUu't aUwr wore
made in the I'ortlinu! market ut
f1.2T, or lit' above the lilylufnt
rlro ever n-irlip.1 In Oil matkwt.
Thry pre fiito itnlt ami Mr.
hlnyton deorv' much credit for
hit work.TVU'ifriim.
; ;Croik:colioijr stock has estab
lihd another new record for
prime stuff. This lime Ed Slay
ton received 16 25 hundred for
hia Bhorthorns and Hereford. C.
Sam Smith heretofore held the re
cord with IG.ld thbighet
notch ever reached on the coait,
hut Blnyton ha mined it IS cents.
Thia record price or cattle was
You will find our lines of Implements
to this country. Call and let us
OLIVER
Sulky and gang
plows with either
chilled or steel bot
toms, Oliver double
disc plows, Oliver
steels and chilled
plows, Oliver side
hill plows."
FULL LINE OF REPAIRS FOR ALL RECENT OLIVER IMPLEMENTS
John Deere sulky plows with either sod or stubble bottom. John Deere
walking plows, disc harrows, spring tooth harrows, spike tooth harrows,
hacks and buggies, Mitchell wagons.
WE OFFER AT REDUCED
PRICES TO CLOSE OUT
I 1 extra good fanning mill.
1 2-horse Stover gasoline pump
ing engine.
. Several styles steel fencing of
different heights.
2 iron wheel wagon gonrs.
1 double dio grain drill, No. 14.
When ready for groceries let us show you how much
you can save buying from us. Some stores have low prices
when "just out;" youVe met 'em. You will find our prices
right and that we have the goods ready to deliver
c.
w.
paid for lO'Carloaila which Mr.
Flayton took t the Portland
market, lie was seven days on
the road to Shaniko, which is about
the UHual time allowed for making
the trip, and 2$ boura on the train.
The Oregonian in coinmeotlng
on the market says: "Another
very respectable lift was given the
local cattle market and price were
put at a level higher than they have
heen for yearn, when steers sold for
(0.25 at the Portland Union Stock
yards. This record price for cattle was
paid for Prinevillo stock, 10 cars of
them, shipped in by K. C. Slayton.
There were 224 head in the lot and
they graded aa extra good. The
steers averaged 1375 pounds in
weight.
Another bunch of 11 head of
good steers brought 10 and 18 head
of fair quality went at $5.60."
Eaater Sale.
The latitat of the Methodist Church
iil give tlu'lr regular Router Bale on
Haturday, March 19, in Ikdknap hall.
The rain will Ix-gin at 1 o'clock ami lat
through afternoon and evening;. In
connection with the rule the Indies will
(Nrve cake, coffee, ice cream, etc.
Timber Claim for Sale.
liood timber claim fur tale on the Me
Kayi urar l'rluevUIt; will lie Mild cheap if
I hi. .mi nt nir. AiiurfM o. a. ruse,
rrinrviiie, Oregon. s-iomp
Fine Washing Article for Sale.
1 have IVnnvwaah fur ale. I'rlce JWr a
u kii(,T; run m hat at nijr hrae on the
north utile of thet horo. MUM. I'KAKU
BKICKUISU. 8-lO-lmji
iLKMS COMPANY
GOOD COUNTRY
FOR SUGAR BEETS
So Thinks Government
Official.
SEVERAL TESTS TO BE MADE
Crook County Could Eaaily
Support Sugar Beet
Factory.
Joseph F. Reed of the bureau of
plant industry, Washington, D.C.,
was in the city Monday on a tour
of Central Oregon, an J la collect
ing data for the information of the
department regarding the growing
of sugar beets.
Mr, Heed is conductor of a gov
eminent experiment station at
Fairfield, Washington, where he
resides most of the time and bis
direct work is the production of
different kinds of seed for the ues
of the department
Mr. Reed, while here, made ar
rangements with several farmers
for the planting of sugar beets in
different localities, and will have
the plants cared for in a proper
manner and the results w 11 be
sent to him in the fall, together
with samples from the mature
beets grown by the different
farmers. From these samples Mr.
Heed propones to make tests that
will show to what extent the crop
will bo a success in this part of the
state and also to ascertain the com
parative amounts of sugar and
and other elements that the beets
contain in order to locate, if pos
sible, the best locality for their pro
duction. If the experiments made are suc
cessful, which Mr. Reed says he
thinks they will be from what he
can see of the country, the depart
ment will encourage the production
of sugar beets in this county, and
perhaps establish a station for the
production of seed. Mr. Reed says
that he thinks that Crook county
is especially adapted for that pur
poms. From data famished by Mr
Reed a country that will produce
beets successfully is a very wealthy
country and an average crop
should produce a net profit of from
115 to $50 pier acre annually, and
the lands are better fitted for grain
crops, with which the beet crops
should pe alternated.
Lands to produce sugar beets
should be of a well drained sandy
loam character, and a soil that
will produce a successful crop of
alfalfa. It is impossible to grow
them without water and make the
crop a success.
A beet sugar factory can be sue'
Continued oo last page.
best adapted
show you
OLIVER
No. 222 Extra Chilled
new plow, cuts 1 4
inch; will plow any
kind of soil; out
wears any other
plow made. Don t
fail to see it.
OUR PRICES ON THESE
LINES ARE CONVINCING.
WE HAVE THE GOODS
ON HAND-NO TEDIOUS
DELAYS TO ANNOY YOU
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RAILROAD WORK
UP DESCHUTES
Two Different Methods
Employed.
WORK VIGOROUSLY PUSHED
Trains Mar be Running;
Into
Madras by Next ,
Fall
A recent special from Grass Val
ley to the Oregonian gives the
latest facta regarding railroad con
struction. .It says;
From tbe local headquarters of
the Harriman Deschutes Railroad
emanates the statement that with
la a few weeks more than 20 miles
of track will be laid on completed
roadbed from the mouth of the
Deschutes up its east bank. As
reported in The Oregonian, some
five miles are already completed,
connecting with the O. R. & N.
line at Biggs.
Three steam shovels are now en
gaged in hastening to completion
this lower stretch of tbe work.
Practically all that remains to be
done is the construction of a num
ber of trestles and culverts, timber
for which will be brought in over
the roadbed as completed. Hither
to one of the most serious diffi
culties encountered by the builders
has been the transportation "of the
heavy timber from tbe distant rail
road points over terrific grades and
the worst of winter roads. Such
timber, it if said, has cost 3 cents a
pound to transport to the work.
A coispartgoh'of the character of
the construction work of the two
Deschutes roads recently has been
made with some frequency. From
the figures quoted such a compari
son has decidedly favored the
uregon i runt line, wnicn, appar
ently, is building a considerably
more substantial and expensive
line than that of the Harriman
rival.
MetkU tt CwttradMB Differ.
The Hill line, for instance, has
fills of 16 and IS feet, as contrasted
with 12 and 14 foot fills on the
Deschutes road. . According to one
of the engineers in charge of the
lower division of the Harriman
line, the two roads are Bimply ex
ampies of radically different
methods of construction. The one
pursued by the Hill line is to con
struct at the outset, at "first cost,'
the very best road to be had. and
by its added efficiency and econ
otny in operation, and in not re
quiring later improvement and al
teration, to justify the greater in
itial outlay.
Tho Deschutes road, apparently
is being put through more on the
principle that the very best and
and most expensive road construe
tion is not justified by present
traffic prospects. With the . in
crease of earnings and enlargment
of tonnage possibilities, tne accu
mulated proceeds can be turned in
to road improvement. The North
Bank and O. R. & N. roads, on op
posite sides of the Columbia, offer
striking examples of these two poli
cies the one built at enormous in
itial expense and requiring little
further outlay; the other compara
tively cheaply constructed and for
years constantly improved, as is in
stanced now in the reducing of
curves and double-tracking above
The Dalles.
Helpr EntuM Will b hMet
Since beginning work on the
Harriman load, however, many
improvements have been effected in
the original surveys. Curves, in
many instances, have been greatly
reduced, and a majority of the fills
considerably exceed the origina
top-width estimate, ipe maxi
mum curvature will be a trifle over
12 degrees, while 1.5 is announced
as the heaviest grading. It is
understood that in the heavy
climb out of the Deschutes up
Trout Creek to MadraB a "helper"
or second engine will be required
precluding any necessity for light
ening loads.
At Horsefthoe Bend, where the
Deschutes swings in a great mile
long loop between precipitous walls
the Harriman road has a 900-foot
tunnel cutting thubugh the hill
that forms the neck of the "horse
shoe." Crews are working at both
ends of this tunnel, with the an
nounced expectation of completion
in four months. .
From mile post 35 to 42 is in
cluded the most inaccessible,
though not the heaviest, portion of
the work. For much of this dis
tance almost perpendicular bluffs
rise from the water's edge, many of
the camps being perched "700 and
more feet above the Deschutes at
the nearest practicable locations.
From these camps the greatest dif
ficulty has been experienced in
getting materials and supplies
down to the work. While this
piece of the line is now being hard
pushed, it is still somewhat behind
the rest, due to the fact that right-of-way
difficulties and injunctions
held it up until September, one of
the camps not having been instal
led until Christmas day.
From the opposite side of the
river the precipitous trails winding
down from the bidden camps above
over the cliffs to the grade work
offer an appearance more charac
teristic of Alpine mountaineering
than ordinary construction work.
Rtft Sappwt Warkwa.
Here and there a bit of comple
ted grade juts out from the base of
the giant cliff?, peculiarly insignifi
cant in comparison to its scenic
settine: scars where thousands of
tons of lock have been displaced
by the giant "coyote shots" of the
builders appear like mere scratches
on the cliff sides; and the men
working on and below the slopes,
often with ropes about them, have
the appearance ot 'ftnts. Powerful
ants, however, for their thousands
of pounds of powder and dynamite
daily employed are fast making
way for the grade and the trains of
next Autumn.
At mile 40, where tee river
makes another great loop around
what is known as Saddle Point, the
Oregon Trunk crosses twice. First
there is a bridge from the west to
the east bank, then an 800-foot
tunnel under the "saddle" and an
other bridge back to the west bank
oi the river. JDoubie shuts are
working on the tunnel night and
day, completing about 100 feet
month through the solid rock.
Further up between miles 58
and 66 occurs the heaviest of all
the work on the Harriman line
Here are six miles that average
190,000 cubic yards, a mile of ma
terial in the cuts. Also there are
two SOO-foot tunnels, which it ta
said, will soon be completed
Above this many miles of grade
are practically finished.
A little above mile I the new
survey of the Harriman road takes
to the west bank of the Deschutes,
the trunk line having crossed to
the eaBt. For 12 miles the Des
chutes road will pass through the
Warm Springs Indian Reservation
before regaining the east side.
Nothing has aa yet been done in
this stretch, although the Des
chutes people express : themselves
as confident that right of way from
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4
WILF0RD BELKNAP
IS THE WINNER
n the Inter - Society
Declamation Contest
0CH0C0NIANS ARE VICTORIOUS
Last Basket Ball Game of the
Season Tonight Weekly
News of High School.
The declamation contest, last
Friday evening was one of the
most entertaining society functions
of the year. The eight contestants
each showed great ability, com
bined with careful training, and
each deserves special mention.
The Ochoconians won the contest
and Wilford Belknap '10 from that
society waa given first place and
will represent the high school at
Whitman College. Miss Blanche
Wilson '11 of the Alpha Society
won second place, and Miss Leola
Estes, '13, of the Ochoconians,
third. The high school wishes to
thank those who, by their musical
talent, assisted in making the
evening a success ana especially
the orchestra for the selections
rendered previous to the program.
Mrs. Dougall, a graduate of the
Ypsilanti normal, who is now
teaching at Lamonta, was a high
school visitor Monday.
On Thursday, March 17 the
Ochoconians and Alphas will meet
for tbe final basket ball game of
the seaeon. After a preliminary
game by the girls, the boys will
play for tbe society, chanrj.". nsh.. -l;-.
Each society has one game of the
series, and the one Thursday pro
mises to be an especially interest
ing one as each society is confident
of victory. Don't miss it.
The line-up for the boys will be
as follows:
Ocboconlao Alpha
B. Montgomery..... Center R. McCallkiter
Burleigh. CKeil.. Forwards lowther and
and Belknap " Martin
Rice, Lister and.. Guards. .MoCalIisU?r and
Morse " .. Roy LowtlM-r
OcascMiaa.
The program of the Ochoconian
Society for March 18, will be as
follows:
Instrumental Solo, Leola Estes.
Story of St. Patrick, Lotta Smith.
Talk, Wilford Belknap.
Current Events, Lawrence Lister.
Paper, William Criswell, Editor, .
Mabel Doak, assistant.
Recitation, Clarence Rice.
Essay, Agnes Elliott.
The following program will be
rendered by the Alpha Society,
Friday, March 18:
Song, School.
Original; Robert Kester. .
Impromptu, George Mingers. '
- Oration, Fay Baldwin.
Paper, Roy Lowther, Editor,
Wilda Nye and Roland McCallis
ter, assistants.
Recitation, Vivian Ilinkle.
Impromptu, Maude Potter.
Visitors are always welcome.
Joaiort ' tad Sophomores.
Miss Ethel Kidder, of '11 was
Continued on last page.
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to the Food
Economizes Eleur,
Batter and Eggs
The only baking powder
made from Royal Grape Cream
ol Tartar
Ho AlumNo Lima Phosphates