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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1910.
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VOL. XIV-NO. 16
HOMESEEKERS'
Crook Coiaety
INFORMATION
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: General Answer to Questions Usually
Asked by , Intending Settlers This
Great Empire Offers Homes and
Uieap Lands to l nousanas.
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BONNYVIEW FARM, Property of J. H. Crajr & Son, one of Crook County' Famous Thoroughbred Stock Ranches, Situated on Crooked River.
Bo great is the demand (or in
I formation concerning this country
that llie Journal edition printed
some time tgo in exhausted. Or
torn fur several hundred copies
j
could nolle supplied, so the mat
ter has been corrected and brought
down to date.
Crook County, Oregon, contain!
" a Urge ait of the remaining bodies
-of choa t lands and free lamia now
open to the i ron of moderate
means who is seeking an opportuni
ty to become an owner of part of the
' soil. The county it very extensive
Wing 10H mi U s across from east to
west and 84 mi lis from north to
' south. In roiind numbers it con
tains about 58,000 square miles.
From this it will barren that Crook
'county is six times aa largess the
state of Rhode Island four times
ns large ai Pclaware and about as
' lame as Msstschusetts. It lie in
the heart of Oregon and Is a vrrtlt
able unexploited empire in itstlf.
This vast area in 1'JOO, the date
of the lust government census, had
a population of 3,8'JO; today it bos
possibly 8,000. Were Crook county
as densely settled as Rhode Island
it would sustain a population of 8,
SOO.OOO.surpassed only by the state
of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois
and Ohio.
The county abounds in beautiful
valleys and sagebrush flats, suitable
for the production of almost any
crop which will grow under dry
farming methods. Much of the
area is already under irrigation,
there being nine , reclamation pro
jects either in operation or projected
not to mention a, probable United
States reclamation project.
Water SM!f i4 IrritaliM.
The Deschutes river and its
tributaries today furnish the water
for exiting irrigation areas the con
trolling company Wing the
Deschutes Irrigation Power & Co.,
Bend, Oregon, and in this reclsma
tion Wit lie Redmond and Powell
Huttes. Laidlaw, and Sisters, west
of the Deschutes river, have
reclamation companies of their
own. Madras, In tne northern end
of the country, is in the center of
one of the richest dry fafroing com
manities in America.
In the great eastern half of Crook
county lies the cattle Wit, where
hay raining and stock raising con
stitute the principal industry,
making of this country one of the
largest breeding places in the North
west. Crook county cattle always
top tbe Portland market.
The Deschutes river is inexhaust
ible, Wing fed by perpetual snows
on the summits of the Cascade
mountains. Many other streams
run throughout the year, Crooked
river, the Matoles and Ochoco creek
W'ing the more important. Water
exists in quantities Wlow the
surfsce, being obtained in the
valleys at only a few feet depth
and elsewhere at from 30 to 60 feet.
Sm m! Wki It PrWiKM.
All soil is exceedingly fertile, the
natural growths Wing sagebrush
buncbgrass and ryegrass. Juniper
trees thrive in large quantities on
the culti vsble land, with heavy pine
growth in the foothills and higher
altitudes of the lilue and Cascade
mountains. There are nioe species
of native woods. The valley land
is easily cleared for cultivation, tbe
earth Wing a rich alluvial and de
composed volcanic ash, which
produces abunJantly. Where
water is intelligently used the re
sults richly reward the husband'
man.
Wheat, oats, barley, alfalfa,
potatoes, carrotH, Wets, onions and
all kinds of cereal and vegetable
PRINEVILLE IS
OUT 1 OF
DEBT
And
So Is Crook
County.
BOTH NOW ON CASH BASIS
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is Good News for
City and County
Taxpayers. .
Both
seen lying at the Wttom with two CVf) FQTF KIT I
vuiieis irom a o-isuoTa wit re
volver in the right 'temple. Tbe
men did not attempt to remove the
body but telephoned Sheriff
Elkins. That officer ordered a local
justice of tbe peace to empanel a
jury and investigate the case which
was done. ' "
ISogue Payne, a brother of the
deceased, an attorney of Dayton,
Wash., was notified by the sheriff
of the suicide. He instructed the
sheriff to give tbe body the Wet
burial possible, that he would bear
the expense.
Prinerllle ts out of debt, not only
out of debt but boa a cauh balance tn
Its treasury of $750. Think of it; Its
regintered Indebtedness. Of course
tbe city owes for the water bond
but tbey have four years to run bo
fore they become due.
Not In the memory of tbe oldest
Inhabitant was Frlnevllle free from
tbe curae of Issuing warrants for
current expenses. Sometimes these
warrants sold as low as 75 cents on
the dollar, some fifteen years ago,
and at other times It was bard to
dispoae of them at all. Of late years
the warrants have been discounted
at 10 per cent, which together with
the 6 per cent Interest, have made
them attractive as an Investment
And yet It wits sometimes bard work
to find u buyer at this nsrnre. When
It was learned last full that the war
rants then Issued would probably
not W paid this spring a good many
of them went abegglng for buyers
Now this is all changed. With;caHh
In the treasury Prlnevllle will W able
to run Its governmental machinery
at a great saving In cost. '
This wiping out of the city's In
debtedness of $2,00 lu warrants was
done on a 5 mill tax.
This year the levy Is 9 mills on an
assessed property valuation of $479,
1S1. This, will yield the city a reve
nue of 1 4312.62, divided among the
four fuuds as follows: Road fund,
$479.18; park fund, 1239.59; general
fund, $2Ji75.0$; fire department fund,
$718.77. We have now reached the-
point where much-needed cjty Im
provements can be undertaken. A
new city hall with a good home for
the fire department Is badly needed.
Street and park Improvements must
be looked after In order, that Trlne-
vllle may prove attractive to the
horaeseeker. Get busy, gentlemen of
the city council.
.: - A. F. RANDALL
Trouble Arose About
- Sheep Range -
NO WITNESSES SAW SHOOTING
Hill Interests to Buy
All tbe Road Lands
Estes Thought Randall Was
A. P. Jones Until Twelve'
Hours Afterwards.
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C. C. Lundy.reHident agent for tbe
western division of the W lllamette
Valley & Cascade Mountain Wagon
Land Grant, came In the first of the
week from Portland, where he bad
been for a conference with CoL C. E.
S. Wood, attorney for the company.
When asked by a Journal reporter
if there had been a transfer of. the
company's IsOO.OOO acres 01 . land to
the Hill Interests, Mr. Lundy stated
that there had not, as yet, bat that
a sale of these lauds was peuding.
The holdings of the company,
which are under negotiation at this
time, constat of some SOO.OOO acres
which extend from Albany on the
west to the eastern border of the
state. This strip In raont places ex
tends six miles on each side of tbe
survey, the alternating sections be
longing to the grant. Of the entire
acreage there are more than 400.000
acres of tillable land," according to
estimates of the company. The re
mainder is divided lietween timbered
and grazing land. ' The original
tract coutained almost 1,000,000
acres, but 200,000 was caneled by the
government. This immense grant
is valued at $7,000,000 and with rail
way development along Its entire
length It Is conservatively estimated
that Its price will lie doubled. .
The road company's "acreage In
Crook county amounts to 3oi,9:.9
acres, divided between timber, agri
cultural and grazing lands; LIi B
county has 138,220 acres, mostly in
timber; Harney has 538,436 acres,
timber and agriculture; Malheur S8f
560 acres, almost entirely agricultur
al laud. ' .
Crook County Out of Debt
Crook county Is out of debt. This
announcement was made by County
Treasurer King yesterday, when he
handed In the last call for warrants.
This places the county on a cash
basis again.
Tom Payne Suicides.
Tom Payne, an aged ranch hand
and buccaroo, committed suicide
on the Anderson ranch, near Post
several days ago. Just when
Payne killed himself is not
definitely known. It may have
been Saturday or Sunday morning.
The body was discovered Sunday
noon by C. L. Ream.
The circumstances surrounding
the suicide left no doubt in the
minds of the coroner's jury that it
was a case of self-destruction. The
man had been drinking heavily for
several days and in talks with
travelers eoinit by the place had
carried on a disjointed eonver
sation that showed plainly the
man was demented.
When C. L. Ream and a stranger
went to the place where the old
man lived alone they found that
the stock had not been fed for
several days. This fact led to an
investigation as to the cause. The
premises were searched but nobody
could be found. After a while
Payne's dog was seen lying on an
underground cellar at some dis
tance from the house. On looking
into the cellar Payne's body was
160 Acres Land for Sale.
120 acres rich bottom land; good for
(train or alfalfa; stream of water running
through it; all umler eood fence; good
barns anu corrals; ginaii nouse, guou wen
and force pump. Price 16 ler acre;
can be irrigated. Address Med Vander
pool, Prineville, Oregon.
For Sale.
A eood stock ranch; dairy ranch and
250 acres of good timber, llairy stock goes
with the rancri. for particulars mures
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Eggs for Hatching.
From priie-winning Rhode Island Red?;
?1.50 per setting. Apply to Clarence u.
Rice, mneviue, or. . o-iu-imp
A. F. Randall was shot and In
stantly killed by George Estes, seven
miles north of Prlnevllle, at 6 o.cloek
Tuesday evening.
There were no witnesses to the
shooting. A man in the employ of
Estes was several hundred yards dis
tant during firing, but on account of
bis location could' not see thrf men.
Estes used a 25-callbre rifle and
shot at a distance of sixty yards.
Kandull was shooting at blm with a
38-caIibre revolver. ;
As near as the facts can be ascer
tained at this time it seems that
Randall was in the employ of A. P.
Jones as a herder; that there bad
been disputes between Jones and
Huston & Estes about sheep range
In the vicinity. All parties concern-
ted, run sheep. -The young son of
Randull, who Is working for Jones,
states that he bad seen Estes the
day before the shooting occurred
and had some words with blm, and
was afraid to go back to bis work
for fear of trouble. His father took
his place, and according to the story
of Estes, Randall began to shoot OB
sight when the two men met on the
top of a ridge. Randall fired two
shots, according to the story told by
Estes, ' before the latter began to
shoot.
"His bullets whirled past me,"
said Estes. "and I saw that I
would have to act and act quickly."
Estes then commenced firing, Inflict
; lng mortal wounds. One bullet.
grazed Randall's right wrist and
glancing struck the neck. The other
bullet lodged In the breast.
Estes told the . physicians whom he
summoned that he could hear the
wounded man groan when he fell
but that he thought he had shot A.
P. Jones and was afraid to go near
for fear that he was not dead and
would shoot blm. : , '
Estes did not know for twelve
hours that the dead man was not
Jones and was greatly surprised
when told of bis mistake.
The body of the dead man wns
brought to rrineville and an exami
nation will be held.
Estes came to Prineville and gave
himself up to Sheriff Elkins, and will
be held peuding the preliminary examination.
Choice Seed Potatoes.
Choice drv land Seed Potatoes raised at
Powell Buttes, for sale at J. E. Stewart te
Company's. a-iu-imp
Prineville Steam Laundry.
Have your clothes washed at the Prlnevllle
Steam Laundry. Special attention given to
travelers. Laundry is located In the Mct'allls
ter building, near the Ochoco.
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