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COUNTY OFnClAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOC COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910.
KntmA at the poaUifflm at Frlnovllle,
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VOL XIV-NO.17
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FROM MADRAS
ON TO BEND
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Contracts for Hill Line
Will Soon Be Let
SHORTAGE OF LABOR FEARED
Thought That Men for Extension
Work May Have to Be Im
ported from OuUide.
Tha Oregonlaniayi tbat contracts
fur the extension of the Oregon
Truuk Line from Madras to liend
will be let in a week, or two weeki
at the meet. At the headquaters
of the company it wet stated that
beyond Itend no provision had been
made for the extension of the road.
The first 109 mile of the road are
now being constructed by the Porter
brother, and the workia progress
ing aa rapidly aa men can be secured
for it. The problem of getting men
for conrtruction work in Central
Oregon ia becoming serious, and
almost aa (at aa men are secured
olbera leave. The heat in the deep
canyon of the Deschutes makes the
work undesirable. "
It is believed that the people who
may get the new contract for the
JUST ARRIVED
Free to
Would you like this beautiful piano as a present? We shall positively give it to some of our
. customers. , Don't fail to find out about it "
' Come to our store, see and try this splendid instrument. We will tell you about our plan of giving this piano away.
This is a present worth having. This Piano is of the celebrated UPTON make. It carries the manufacturer's Ten Year
(luarantee. We cordially invite your inspection.
Do you need a plow, harrow or buggy?
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John Deere. Plows
c. w.
further extension of the Oregon
Trunk Line will be compelled to
import laborers from dictftnt states.
John F. Stevens, president of the
Oregon Trunk Line, is still in Chica
go. Whether be will be here in
time to take part in awarding the
contract for the extension ia not
known.
County Filing Fees
Break the Record
Heven hundred and thirty-three
dollars nuil slxteeu cents wn the
amount taken In I tiring March for
record and filing firs. This la the
largest amount ever taken In during
a month since Crook county
wfts organised. The olllee of county
clerk Is not only self-sustaining, hut
Is a mouey maker.
January of hist year was a record
breaker when the $000. mark vu
reached but March of this year
smashed It Into smithereens with a
total oC 7:p.l0. The average
moiithly fee for last year were 1.100,
but Clerk Drown snys that from the
way the year 1810 starts out the
average will be somewhere between
1 100 and l.m
160 Acrea Land for Sale.
l'JO sort rli b bottom land ; good for
grain or alfalfa; stream of wolur running
llirugh It; all umlr good fence; good
lisrim mill mrrnU; mull liouiut, good wrll
ml force pump. l'ri Sit) iht ai rei 1J0
rn I irrigated. Addr Med Yandor
pool, Prinovllls, Oregon,
Prineville Steam Laundry.
llvt rour riotlHx wiwhed al th Prlnrvlllp
HI.'Bin lAumlrv. HiwIk) ntl.ntl.in ilwn Ut
trvrlfr. laundry in loral,) lu IU iHhIII
tot building, tumr lh Orh.KM.
SJIIf JAMKH KWINI1, Pmp'r.
Someone!
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PARTY INSPECTING
ROAD LANDS
Traveling Across State
by Automobile
SEEING MUCH FINE LAND
800,000 Acrea Included in
Purchase by Minnesota Men
Representing J. J. HilL
John E. tturcbard, and r. P.
Davidson of Ft. Paul, and Win.
Hanley of Burns, arrived in Prine
ville Monday on their way from
Ontario to Albany on a trip of in
spection of the Willamette Valley
and Cascade Mountain Wagon
land grant, which lands thepartiej
with other St. Paul capitalists pro
pose purchasing.
The party are accompanied by
F. S. Reider of Portland, and C. C.
Lundy of Burns, who are travel
ing with them in the interests of
the present owners of the lands,
Mr. Lundy being able to show
them from the road many of the
sections of the proposed purchase.
The trip ia being made by
auto from Ontario and several
days have been taken op in the
ELEGANT SPRING MILLINERY
NEW SU1TS AND COVERT JACKETS "
LINEN SUITS LATEST FOOTWEAR
Value 300 Dollars
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and Implements.
EONS COMPANY
across-state tour tb"s far. Trouble
was encountered with one of the
machines and the party arrived
here all in one car, having left the
other some forty miles out on the
Burna road.
When the interested parties
were asked what impression they
bad gained in looking over the
lands thua far, they said that
they could not give out a definite
statement at this time but that
they bad seen a great amount
of good land and Do doubt had
passed as much that was of a fine
quality that they bad not time to
inspect. '
The party will leave here for the
western part of the grant and will
proceed as far as possible into the
Cascades by auto, and if passage is
impossible, will perhaps drive to
The Dalles and ship their machine
to Portland and go thence over
land to Albany and then east.
These Minnesota capitalists are
buying 800,000 acres of land, com
prising the holdings of the Wil
lamette Valley & Cascade Moun
tain Wagon Koad corporation.
This great deal, involving upwards
of 16,000,000, will, if finally closed,
result in the opening op of a great
tract of timber lands, involving
hundreds of thousands of acres,
said to contain over 3,000,000,000
of timber, hundreds of thousands
of acrea of wheat lands and a great
quantity of the rich undeveloped
land of Central Oregon. With
this deal comes the strong prob
ability that" a railroad is to be
built connecting Eastern, Central
and Western Oregon by means of
a cross-state line.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB '
ANNUAL ELECTION
Entirely New Board of
Directors Chosen
HAS BEEN PROGRESSIVE TEAR
Club la on Solid Financial Foot
ingMay Hire Professional
' Booster to Boost District
The I'rlnevllle Commercial Club
held Its annual election of officers
Tuesday evening. Aa this Is the
yearly house-cleaning time when the
different officers give an account of
their stewardship, there was a large
attendance of mem Iters.
It was a year ago that the club
was reorganized and a board of
trustees appointed to bold office for
a year. Their reports were read at
the annual meeting and show that a
lot of hard work baa been done tor
the good of the club and Indirectly
of great benefit to Prtnevtlle.
The secretary's report shows that
the club Is now on a good financial
footing; that the old debts have
been practically wiped oat, and tbat
there Is a small balance left in the
treasury. With such a satisfactory
record to their credit the old board
was glad to be relieved of its re
sponsibilities.
After the reading of the reports.
the secretary read a letter from Tom
Richardson of the Portland Com
mercial Hub, stating that be would
be glad to pay Frlnerllle a visit. It
was also suggested tbat the occasion
be marked by a rousing afternoon
meet lug; tbat all stores and offices
be closed. After some discussion it
was decided to write Mr. Richardson
asking him to set bis date ; tbat the
club would look after bis transpor
tation and entertainment while here.
Reports of special and standing
committees were given, after which
the election of the new board of
trustees took place. Five members
had to be chosen, and the following
were duly elected: J. N. Willlamsan,
W. F. King, C. I. Wlnnek, Oscar
Hyde and Ralph Jordan.
After the election of officers, the
meeting was thrown open tor general
discussion when a most enthusiastic
bcsslon was held. There was a
markedly unanimous ' consensus of
opinion that Prineville was now at
a stage when ahe could no longer rest
on her oars and Just sit down and
wait the people earned but that the
time hud come when it was absolute
ly necessary for the cttlxeus -to take
active measures to bring Prineville
and its Tlclulty and their resources
before the outside public.
Suggestions were made that the
time was now ripe for a paid secre
tary and a booster someone who
would meet the Income, at Shanlko
and tell them about this district, as
well as someone to answer inquiries
for information regarding conditions
in Central Oregon. It was suggested
that when Tom Richardson came in
from Portland that he should be
asked to recommend a man, and a
good one one who knew the pub
licity business thoroughly. Several
rbf the business men present stated
that they would be ready and willing
to subscribe any amount up to $25 a
month for the payment of such a
man apart from the regular club dues.
The retiring secretary in a splendid
booster speech, stated that if the
club had the membership that It
ought to have . and could have, If It
had the new members instead of the
prospects of the past members, tbat
they would have enough money and
financial support to carry out such
plaus without draining the business
uaetf. The retiring . president ' also
voiced this sentiment, in stating
that it was only possible to do the
things that had been outlined by the
loyal and hearty support and co
operation of the membership as a
whole. The general opinion seemed
to be that Prineville was now at a
stage when not a "boom" but a
steady boost was needed. f ; ...-(
At the close of the business meet
ing the club members indulged in a
'smoker" and card games which
was one of the best stag socials the
club has ever held. Refreshments
were served.
The secretary's report is as follows:
Reccipli.
Sale of bonds $2505 00
Membership fees.. 275 00
Membership dues 825 50
Hall rent 380 80
Other sources 291 10
Total........ $4277 40
P. A. A. C. Bonds redeemed. ....$2500 00
Light and water....... ....... 154 40
Bonds and re organization exps 73 10
Repairs ami snppliet ..; 27 06
Publicity anJ adfertiHing.....;... 343 3D
Agricultural exhibit 4 70
Wood 42 60
Enlartainment .". 10 15
Chair rent 40 00
Expense establithing stage line 50 00
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Iialamon hand ..$ 121 fil
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees
Wednesday evening, J. S. Williamson
was elected president; C.I. Winoek,
vice preeidftnt; and Oscar Hyde, secre
tary. Ttie board will meeV again this
evening to appoint committees and out
line s program for the coming summer.
Uub Enjoys Fine r
: " Evening atr'5G0"
The Ladies Annex gave a most
enjoyable 500 party last Friday
evening, ibere was a good at-!
tendance and all seemed to enter
into the spirit of the occasion.
Perhaps the reason for this ia the
fact that the game ia better under
stood. The ladies, especially, have
made great progress in mastering
the fine points of the game.
Comic cards, cut in the form of
clubs and spades, designated the
table and your partner for the be
ginning of the game. There -were
a dozen or more tables. The re
freshments were par excellence.
Delicious coffee, olives, pickles and
sandwiches, made to represent rib
bon cake, were served. Nuts filled
with stuffed olives and nigger
babies were also on the bill of fare.
Everyone was looking for an April
fool, and they got it. No, it wasn't
in the nuts, it was the sand
wiches. They were made to look
like cake and so good was the imi
tation that it fooled the beet ol
them. Prineville has certainly the
best cooks in the country.
Another thing that added im
mensely to the enjoyment of the
game was the new playing cards.
The ladies "blew" themselves for
some of the finest. Airs. Ireland
won the head prize for the highest
score. & nne pack of Oregon view
playing cards. R. E. Grav was
awarded the "booby" prize for
loosing his score, card. There will
be one more game before the season
closes for the summer. Don't
miss it.
Morgan's Orchestra
Goes to Madras
The Lively -Jordan-Lanlus Co. deal
with Clifton & Cornett did not go
through. The boys will be in the
old stand doing business as usual.
Morgan's orchestra will leave
Prineville Ffiday afternoon for Mad
ras where they will furnish music fcr
a grand ball being given by the en
gineer and contractors for the Ore
gon Trunk construction work in the
vicinity of Madras, that evening.
It is understood that the dance is
being given free to the public, the
railroad boys taking this means of
showing their appreciation of many
courtesies which have been shown
them by the Madras Deonle. The
orchestra will make the
trip in one .
of the Cornett Company's big cars.
The following will go: L. C. Mor
gan, director, violin; John R, Lucky,
violin; J. Warren Crooks, clarinet; C.
A. Kiddle, cornet; Claude E. Smith,
piano.
For Sale.
A (rood stock ranch; dairy ranch and
250 acrea of good timber. Dairy stock goes
with the rniich. r or particulars add res
J. H. ZEVKLY, Howard. Ore. 2-H4-2m
Bake
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and save money
NEW MAIL ROUTE
IS A SURE GO
Commercial . Club Will
i See It Through
COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT
Recommends Acceptance of Bid
for Service Which WUI
Begin at Once.
The committee appointed by the clnb
to get information relative to establish
ing a temporary mail route between
Prineville and Fife, or some other satis
factory joint to the citizens of Bear and
Camp creeks, reported in part as follows :
After going over the route we find
that a po toffice is wanted by the people
tributary to the J. E. Robert's place,
where there are now about 43 families.
At Held there is a total of 21 families
to be served.
At the Barnes posioflice there are 36
families at this time. This number
will be doubled during the summer.
We find that there is a demand for the
establishment of an office at Riverdale
(Gilchriit's): This office will take care
of some people that now get their mall
at Barnes and will serve a number of
the new settlers south of that point.
We find that the people at HelJ and
beyond desire service through Fife.
The people of the Camp creek district
are all in favor of the establishment of
the temporary line and promise their
united support.
Subscription Ikta were left at each of
the four places Roberts, Held, Barnes
and Riverdale. It Is proposed to have
these subscriptions paid in aivance to
the postmasters, and that they hold the
funds until the Prineville Commercial
Club appoint a committee to take
charge of affairs.
We recommend that action be taken
as follow :
First That a schedule be established
and that lids be requested, for carrying
only the mail ; express and passenger
income to belong to the bidder. Service
to be once a week.
Second We recommend that the sub
scription list be completed and approved
before service is started.
Third We urge that immediate and
continuous action be taken to secure
the establishment of the poetoffices and
the advertisement of the mail contract
by the poetoffico department.
Fourth That a committee be ap
pointed to locate a suitable office and to
appoint aa agent to act without pay
during the term of our contract.
In a supplementary report the com
mittee states that the sum of $174 is on
hand, and that the bid of C. C. Lemley
for carrying the mail be accepted.
Tbat he be called upon to give a bond
in the sum of $150, provided a proper
schedule is agreed upon.
The committee farther asks that the
sum of $42 per month for a term of
three months be raised to make up the
necessary amount to complete the pay
ment of contract.
The report was Blgned bv C. I.
Winnek, W. F. King, C. W. Efkins, K.
J. Jordan and J. E. Stewart. This
committee was made permanent with
power to carry out the work assigned.
The county court was examining
ihe condition ol the wagon road
between Prineville and O'Neil this
week. County Surveyor Rice will
straighten outlines so that It ean be
determined whether the ditch com
pany or the county will have to
stand some of the expense. If the
ditch is found to be on the public
highway its owners will have to keep
the road in repair along its property
but if it Is not, the county will have
to stand the expense. Judge Ellis
says the road was found to be In bad
shape. " .
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hot biscuit,
hot breads,
pastry, are
lessened in cost
p and Increased
In quality and
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Insurance 80 00
Interest on bonds..., ' 100 00
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Floating debt P. A. A. C. ........ 574 45
Janitor 156 00