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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1910.
Enlr(l al (he pnctoffln at Prf rii-Tllle,
Oregon, aa Keond-claaa matter
VOL. X1V-N0.18
j WORK TO BEGIN
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WILL TAP A RICII COUNTRY
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I'ut on Work-Halt at
Ktamath Reservation'
Work on the grading of the Ore-
I gon Trunk Line from Madras to
I lhe"norlhern line of the Klamath
I Indian recurvation la to commence
I by May 1. i " ' :
It ia asserted at Die ofticea of the
company in Portland that bid have
been asked for tli grading of the
road for the distance named, the
tide to le filed not later than
April 18. 5
The term of the contract nil)
call for the . commencement of
work within ten dya afrer the
I contract la awarded and for coin
I plotion of the grading by January
I n lie "contract t he awarded
thcro4 will 1m proximately 111
miiea o jirauVand all of the work
but., tbu ..LridiiO and track-is yin
w ill be included. The bridge ma
teriul will be ordered, however,
and contracts let for the larger
structures so that the track-laying
can follow completion of grading.
TWm Twm PlarcW.
The extension' of "the Oregon
Trunk Line, thus assured, will
pass through the towns of Red
mond, Hond, Rosland and Odell
To thuee : familiar with the
country to be traversed the letting
of the contract la taken to mean
(hat another contract will soon be
lei for' construction! of the road
across the Indian reservation to
Klamath Jalls, or as soon as the
right of-way is approved by the
Indian liureau and granted by the
Interior Department. From Odell
south the road will pass through
a country partly grown up to
"jack pine" and other more or lens
rocky and barren joil until the
reservation is reached.
Tim building to the reservation
does not carry the road to a deni
able terminus, therefore it is taken
to mean that the location of tie
line southward from the northern
boundary of the reservation has
been determined definitely and
that construction work awaits only
the formality of securing right of
way. V
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From Madras to Odell the road
will tap some of the best of Central
Oregon, including Opal Prairie,
the Juniper llutte lands, the Ked-
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RAILROAD DANCE
AT MADRAS
The Oregon Trunk Boys
Give Swell Time
HALL BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED
Dancers from Many Localities
Attend and Enjoy Thenv
elves to the limit
Messrs. Porter & tlarkson, rati
rowl contractors for the Oregon
Trunk and the engineer In charge of
that work In the vicinity of Madras,
Rive a hall nt Hanturd'a Hull In
Minima lust Friday evening; which
was one of the most enjoyable anil
sun-tWiil affair of the kind ever
held In Central Oregon, and It would
lie hard for anyone to believe that
any company anywhere at any time
ever had a more thorough Rood
time than those who were prewnt.
No trouble or expense waa spared In
the effort made by the Oregon Trunk
boys to frtve their friends a swell
time, and they certainly sueemled.
Teams belonKtns: to the railroad
outfit were aeut t" the or woods
above Grlsxly and brought In load
after load of fir boughs which were
noed In transforming the dam e hull
Into an evergreen bower. The cell
ing and side walls of the hall were a
perfw t mat of.the fragrant tlr, while
suspended from overhead were half
a hundred or more Japanese lan
terns. Morgan's I'rlnevllle orchestra of
five piece was engaged to furnish the
music and the home people who at
tended any that never before did this
organization play so well. The Mad
ras eople were delighted with their
efforts.
The hall was filled to overflowing
and It la seldom that aa fine looking
a company Is seen In any ball room.
The Madras girls were always
charming and tl new arrival there
are just as much so. And the rail
road boys, too, are a fine looking,
well behaved lot of young gentle
men. Member of the committee
met their truest at the door, pro
grama were distributed and wraps,
coat and lint were checked away
for anfe keeping.
In the corner of the hall pretty
little mlxses served punch the real
stuff, too. Homeoue said there was
t0 worth of champagne In that
punch.
And dance you never saw the the
like. There were 30 nuinlwrs on the
program and every number had to
be h'lK'nted, and even then when the
riuslc stopped they kept on dancing.
And there were Ave extra dances
side the twenty. When the dancing
ceaiwMl there wae the busy hum of
voices, new v acquaintance were
made and everyoue had the time of
there live.
And don't forget either that every
thing was free the dance was on
the railroad boy. The cost of the
ball must have Wn In the neighbor
boo1 of f:0 besides several day
of bard planning and work on the
part of the committee, which wae
composed of Lyman (iiiswold, Win..
Unborn, Scott K. Gordon, J. K.
Hurkey, W. J. Porter and W. F.
Anderson.
Many of the young people of the
Culver and Lament district were
In attendance beside four auto loads
from Prlnevllle. In Sammy New.
lom'i car were Mlnse Dalsv Mo
Calllster lind Stella Young and Stan
ley . Morris and Hauimy. Cobble
Stroud carried Mrs. I. M. Mills,
MIks Madge Mills, Mrs. Vlra Cyrus,
aiue 1 1 ot wood and Henry Thorn.
Mark Forest took over W. Frank
Petett. Wldd Barnes, Alf. Ellefson
and Jack Cham Iters. John Collins
drove Cornett'a big car with Mies
IolIv Hodges and the members of
the orchestra, L. C. Morgan. John
H. Luc key, Claude E. Smith, J.
w arren Crooks and C. A. ltlddle.
J'J.a'as'JfSPBFOTS
Latest aprmg mmmery
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Showing tho prevailing "BEST! foiling pattern hats, street hata,
sailors, sun hats and children's hats.
Ladies' suits in worsteds,' linens and cotton reps, fashionable
covert jackets, automobile duster.?, ready to-wear gingham
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New line of ladies' and children's Oxfords and sandals.
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The best $3.00 hat. Fifteen styles.
Men's pants seo our special line at
$1.50, $2.00 and $2.50.
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w..wvMiuwr'ni it I iui.LAjni.ij wilts iTccik vriiijr.
" 15 lbrsmall white" heans '.T.T'" .77". , $1.00
16 lbs Bayo beans,, ... .,-.' $1.00
16 lbs pink boana .V. i.'i. .1 . i 4V, . . 1 1, . , U . , . . . . ' $ 1.00
Half-pound flat Jin best red salmon.. , v; 10c
1 bottle excellont catsup .20c
1-lb package Paradise soda crackers .10c
$300 Piano
Given Away
Have yon seen the beautiful
$300 UPTON piano which we are
are going to give away absolutely
free to some one of our fortunate
customers. Come in and inspect
it and let us tell you all about the
plan.
The Upton is a HIGH CLASS
instrument' in every respect,
GUARANTEED by the makers for
TEN YEARS. JUST THINK OF
ITl. A three Hundred Dollar Pi
ano to be GIVEN AWAYI A few
years ago, if a merchant was to do
such a thing he would be consider
ed a fit subject for an asylum, but
Conditions have changed.
Every purchaser of $1.00 worth
of goods from any department of
the store will receive a coupon
good for 100 votes on the piano
and every purchaser of $1.00 worth
from our recently enlarged Jew
elry Department will receive a
coupon for 1000 votes. The per
son presenting the largest number
of votes to us at a date an
nounced later will receive the
piano absolutely free. No favors
be shown and every person will re
ceive an equal chance. The repu
tation enjoyed by us for "square
dealing" insures this fact. We
think the buying people will ap
preciate this extremely liberal of
fer on our part and we predict a
lively scramble for votes.
Get in the race early
if you want to win
this beautiful piano
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COLONIZE THE
ROAD LANDS
To Be Put 0a Market
At Once
SELL TRACTS OF ANY SIZE
Land Office to Be Opened in
Many Towns Located Along
' Line of the Grant
According to C. E. 8. Wood, W.
P. Davindson and John E. Buchard,
the Minnesota capitalists, have de
finitely decided to, recommend , to
their associates that the land pro
perly of the Willamette Valley &
Cascade Mountain Wagon Road
Company be purchased, says the
Oregonian.
It was officially given out that if
the sale of the Willamette Valley
& Cascade Mountain Road Com
pany land grant goes through,
active operations may be expected
in 30 days. To accomplish this the
land will be sold, it was said, in
tracts of any size, so any purchaser
may obtain just the kind and
amount of land he wants.
The final details of the echeme
have yet to be worked out but it is
said land offices will be opened at
Ontario, Burns, , Vale, Prineville,
Foster, Sweet Home, Albany, Riley
and Sisters, all of which towns are
situated on the land involved. The
centers of operation will be Portland
St. Paul, Minneapolis, San Francis
co, Winnipeg and Chicago. ., .
CalssiatM 1 Exssctcd.
It is believed that the advertising
necessary to sell such an immense
tract as the wagon-road grant,
followed by the promised Hill
publicity campaign, will result in
the colonization of an enormous
stretch of country in a brief time.
W. P. Burchard and John E.
Davidson represent in Portland
their own interests and those of
Joseph Wood, . unable to be here
through illness, and O. A. Robertson
detailed in California. Messrs.
Bnrcbard and Davidson have full
authority to make the inspection on
behalf of their friends, who rely en
tirely on their judgment.
Both gentlemen expressed them
selves as thoroughly pleased with
the grant and with Central Oregon.
They believe in the future of the
country, particularly under the in
fluence of the railroad now under
construction to that section.
Before the lands can be put on
the market they will , have to be
carefully selected, surveyed and
graded. While the wagon road
grant naturally comprised the finest
sections in the district which the
road traversed, there is considerable
diversity in its quality. " A large
area is timbered, there is a tremend
ous acreage of wheat land and much
is sutiable for grazing.
There is irrigable land in the
Malheur, Crook and Deschutes
valleys, natural cereal land in the
rolling country of Silver Creek and
an acreage for wheat which is
thought to be able to produce more
than is at present the output of
Oregon and Washington. Four
billion of feet of timber is believed
to be comprised in the timber lands.
That there was any litigation
pending between the Willamette
Valley & Cascade Mountain Road
Company and settlers was denied
by C. E. S. Wood, who at the same
time wished to correct the impres
sion that the land Grant is unon con
dition that sales be made to bona-
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ORATORICAL
CONTEST HELD
Wilford Belknap Wins
First Place
ALPHA TAKES SOCIETY HONORS
Contestants All . Make Splendid
Efforts Musical Numbers
Were Excellent
The oratorical contest held last Fri
daj evening was one of the closest con
tests of the year, as each contestant de
serves special mention for the excellent
showing made for his society. The
judges, Prof. Myers, Rev. Rsdford and
Mr. C. M. Elkins, awarded first place
to Wilford Belknap, of the Ochoconian
society, whose oration on "Moral
Courage" was one of unusual interest.
Roy Lowther of the Alpha society was
given second place and hia subject
"Joan of Arc," was worked out with
care and accuracy; the third place was
assigned Miss Louise Summers, whose
oration, "To Be, or Not To Be," shswed
deep thought, combined with especial
skill in presenting the subject in a logi
cal and Interesting manner. Each of
the remaining three deserves mention,
but there was a limitation on the places
and only three were to be selected.
While the Ochoconians won first place'
and their contestant, Wilford Belknap,
will represent the high school in the
inter-high school contest at Ontario, the
Alpha society won the contest, hence
the honors are distributed between the
two societies.
The musical as well as the literary
numbers was of special excellence as
each was a rare treat in itself. The
solos by Miss Celia Xelms and Mrs. C.
M. Elkins showed each to be an artitt
and was enjoyed by all aa was the vocal
duet by Miss Gertrude Hodges and Ran-
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