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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1910.
Iiitf1 at the poatnffle at PrliMrTllla,
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VOL.XIVNO.25
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MEMORIAL DAY
Sunday. June 12, will
be Observed.
REBEKAllS WILL TAKE PART
Graves of Departed will be Dec.
orated Evening Services
at M. E. Church.
The local 1.0. 0. F. lodge will
observe Funday, June 12, as their
memorial day with appropriate ex
ercits. Tlii day It now generally
observed by Odd Fellows all over
the land.
The plan of proceed u re (or the
day U a (ollowi: All local and
transient Odd' Fellows to meet at
the 1. O. 0. F. hall, alo all Re
btkibs, at 1:30 p. m., at which
time short services and light re
trexbnients will be the order, and
the members will be given drills In
regalia.
At 2:30 the members will form
in line, and with the Kubekab
lodge will march to the north end
of Main street, Irotn where the lie.
Ix-kabu 'will return and the Odd
Fellows will march to the cemetery
I
Big Corsets at about Half Price Sizes 24 to 30
We are closing out our entire lot of Jackson Corsets to make
room for a well-known line to be announced very soon.
New Millinery Arrivals
WiJe Droop-Brim Sailors, wilh colored velvet bands
Speciaii. ,;,;: ,;" i:....:...isa25
New Trimmed Droop-Shapes, in Burnt Straw
Shade, special - .. . 3.25
1
22 bars Beats-All Laundry Soap. ........ $1 CO- 15 lbs Small White Beans.; .. ...... 1 00
15 Ibs'Bayo Beans....... ............ ...... 1 00 3 Cans Bestine Cleanser....."...............' 25
16 lbs Pink Beans.....".................... 1 00 1 Sack Mayflower Oats...... C. ........... . 60
(or the services to be held there.
Every Odd Fellow and Rebtksh
grave, of which there are about
twenty, will be decorated. They
will return to the hall at 5 p. m.,
at which time, ice cream will be
served by the HebekaliH. At 7:30
p. to. all Odd Fellows and Re
bskahs will meet at the ball and
after a short service, will march to
the M. K. church where, the' con
cluding service will be held by
Rev J. D. Lawelhm.
fiturgion For Northarn Rlvra,
An effort Is to be made to stork the
IIudHon rim a well m other north
ern rlvera of the United States with
sturgeon, fink which once swarmed In
tliPlr wBti-m, but wbleh tins since been
eitennlitatiHt. The proposal comes
from Horace G. Knowlea. formerly
American minister to tbe ttulkan states.
Tlirouitu Mr. Knowles' efforts tbe Rou
manian goTcniment has promised a
carload of sturgeon fry. some tans of
young sterlet and smaller food fish to
populate our waters. Tbe Brut con
signment of several bundred thousand
fry will probably be planted In the
lKtnwre river. The native sturgeon
have been all but exterminated by
waitefu)ue.- dclentlflc American.
Strength of Human Hair.
A humnu tinir of average thickness
ran support a load of six and one
quarter ounce, and the average num
ber of halm on tbe bend Is about 80,
000. A wouibii's lung; hair bas a total
teualle atrenK'b of more tbnn five
tons, and this strength can be In
creased one-third by twisting- tbe balr.
Tbe nnrienta made practical dn of tbe
strength of buinan balr. Tbe cords of
the tinman ratapults were made of the
balr of slaves, and It la recorded tbat
the free women of Carthage offered
th-.r luxuriant tresses for the same
um when their city was besieged by
the Itomana. -
Boys' Wash Suits
We have them
from 85c to 2.50
Children s Romper
Suits, special for
this and n ext
week, 50c.
ts rTf.
j'A jlJ
Cash Grocery Specials
C. W. ELKINS COMPANY
STILL ANOTHER
RAILROAD
Supposed to be Harri
man Interests.
WILL ENTER STATE FROM TflE
Idaho Side at a Point in the
Vicinity of Jordan
Valley.
- A Burns dispatch to the Oregon
ian says that an important move
ment of the Ilarriman railroad in
teres ts lain progress in the eastern
part of Harney County and across
Malheur to the state line. Crews
of surveyors have been at work for
some time running a line from
the Idaho border, at Jordan Valley,
practically straight westward
through Barren Valley to Venator
where the intention is to join the
former survey of tbe Oregon
Eastern made four years ago by tbe
Oregon Short Line.
Tbe intention, ss near as can be
ascertained, is to enter the state
from the main line at a point in
the vicinity of Jordan Valley, then
cross the Owyhee River west of
there and proceed on an easy grade
Linen Suits
Ladies Linen Suits, something
especially desirable for this hot
weather.
Silk Gloves v
1 6 - button length, special,
from $1 to 1.50
Ladies' Lawn Waists
In sizes 25, 82, 38, 40 and 42 at a big cut See our
display table. ' ' '
Ease on Hot Days
For Men and Women. Tired Ieet rest easily in our White
Duck Oxfords. Prices $1 to $2 a pair. Be sure and see
them this week or early next. They're going.
across the tsblelsnds, avoiding the
triangle that would be made by
going aronnd by Ontario and Vale;
then southward along tbe course
of Booth Malheur River; also leav
ing out Malheur Canyon entirely
with its threatened right-of way
troubles, and making a savkig of
about 100 miles.
Tbe engineers, who are now
working in Barren Valley, in tbe
vicinity of Cord, and said to have
found an easy grade all the way
less than 1 per cent and few
curves. Tbe only costly engineer
ing feat will be in crossing tbe
Owy beer River, where abridge of
100 foot span and 1200 feet high
at tbe deepest point, will be re
quired in order to keep on tbe lines
of least resistance so far as tbe
ontour of tbe country w concerned.
Dm of Kerosene In Polishing Metats.
Any one who bas polUiied a flattron
or, steel surface with emery cloth
knows bow aoon the cloth gnus snd
Oils on. Tbe cloth lo this condition
will do little or uo cutting:. A simple
remedy for this trouble to to use kero
sene on tbe surface. Tbe oU floats
away a large port of. tbe gumming
substance and leaves tbe emery cloth
sharp and clean to do tbe beet work;
also it seems to act as a lubricant to
keep particles of metal from collecting
on tbe cloth snd scratching or digging
In tbe surface of tbe metal. A very
light lard oil Is equally good for this
purpose, but not si ways easily ob
tained. A surface polished where oil
or kerosene Is used does not rust so
easily aa one polished dry for the rea
son tbat a little oil remains on the
metal. Popular Mechanics.
It. O. Smith Is painting and paper
ing A. II. Llppmau'a borne this week.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
OF PRINEVILLE
The Place Locks Good
to Strangers.
GREAT POSSIBILITIES HERE
Much Pleased with the
diality of the People
May Locate. :
Cor-
Prineville has been chosen aa
the objective point of a party ef
newcomers who have come over six
thousand miles without a single
break in their journey, attracted
by the wonderful opportunities for
advancement that this country of
ferr. These people are the parents
and brother and sisters ef J. 8.
Fox. They came straight from
Leeds, England, and have been in
the country about a week.
Talking to a "Jonrnal" reporter
recently, Dr. Fox said; "As one
who has seen a good deal of differ
ent parts of the world, and bas
had since childhood some idea of
the great rpa&s in the weei need
ing to be opened bp, which went
into my mind under the name of
territories before they became
p tales, I was surprised to find
such beautiful and large cities as
we met with on our way. We
were at Seattle on Sunday evening,
but even at each a time it did not
seem to give the same pleasant im
pression as we got at Portland,
which point we reached early in
the morning, and seems to be re
markable for its cleanliness ex
ternally and I think one might
say to judge from the tcne of the
large number of people with whom
as a stranger 1 conversed in one
day spent there, that the "Rose
City" exhibits a very fine beauty
and fragrance of mental character.
Certainly I shall never forget the
great kindness almost universally
met with, one might especially
mention the Commercial Club and
the Young Men's Christian Associ
ation. After this, it was not surprising
that one's journey along through
Tbe Dalles, Biggs, and up the
branch line to Shaniko and thence
forward along the old stage road
to Prineville accompanied, as I
happened to be, by several gangs
of railroad laborers that filled the
train and crowded all the accom
modation to be had gave the im
pression that one was getting be
yond the confines of civilization to
"the back of beyond and the other
end of nowhere." One had rather
expected such an experience, but
the surprise came when rounding
the corner of the hill when a sight
of our goal was reached.' There,
in a wide spreading plain, lay the
white dots and two or three up
ward pointing spires comprising
the capital of Crook county, the
metropolis of Central Oregon.
What a contrast in location, in
size, and in general attractiveness
to the dusty, untidy straggling
heaps of shacks and rubbish of
which most of the settlements that
we had been passing seemed to be
composed. Here, in a beautiful
oasis, amid the surrounding -com
paratively desert hills many square
miles in extent, stood a patch of
civilization, glistening in the pure
sunlight for all the world as
though it had been showered down
upon the center of the plain out of
some gigantic pepper shaker.
A week's experience of Prineville
has but enhanced this first itnpres
sion. The simple cordiality of
the people is like the pure air and
abundant water supply with which
the place is naturally endowed;
and I venture to think, though
one's first impressions must not be
taken for more than they are
worth, that as we have found,
almost beyond continoua civiliza
tion, a town far surpassing the
settlements on the way, bo it is
probable that we have here in
Prineville something which has
in industry.'in business, and per
haps in the higher ranges of man's
life mental and spiritual thought
and cnlture.
My being here at all is merely
one evidence of the fact that Prine
ville is being reached by the great
civilized world and great chanzes
most take place. It makes one
thoughtful for there are possibili
ties both of good and evil when
the great development takes place.
To Prineville I would say "Hold
that fast which thou hast that no
man take thy crown " Let the de
velopments, physical, social and
commercial, which must come, be
so carefully watched and so wisely
received that a minimum of harm
and a maximum of good may
result. Much depends on the
character of the new settlers that
must come, perhaps even more on
the wise and nnited tone and
policy of these already here to re
ceive and to welcome them. These
thoughts I leave to the combined
wisdom of all those who wish to
lend a hand to their country's pros
perity. Sheriffs Semi-
Annual Statement
To the Hon. County Judge and Com
missioner, Crook County, Oregon I
herewith respectfully submit my semi
annual report, lor tbe receipts and dis
bursements of this office, for tbe six
monibi beginning on tbe 1st day of Oc
tober 1909, and ending on tbe 31st day
of March, 1910.
Tj balance on band Oct. 1, 1909, as per
last report f 1,090 69
To amt collected 1909 UxroU 111,066 70
" " 1908 6,337 93
' " 1907 598 43
" " 1906 " 604 56
" " 1905 64 73
" 1904 63 61
Total..... $119,706 45
By amount paid to county treasurer.
March 2, 1910......;...,..16.256 79
V 26, 1910 ..:;...... 77,989 56
31, 1910 1344 87
Feb.
Dec.
Oct.
Oct.
Jan.
Dec
Jan.
Dec.
Jan,
Dec.
Jan.
1,1910 - 868 99
23. 1909.... ...... .. 952 68
27, 19(9 988 11
14, 1909 3,956 74
28, 1910 - 229 90
2, 1909 138 46
2, 1909
28, 1910
2, 1909
28, 1910
2a. 1909. ItlllHKIMH
28, 1910
126 48
123 39
27 15
27 95
25 45
12 40
Total 1115,673 83
Tobalance on hand April 1,1910,
14032 26.
State of Oregon I
County of Crook J
88
I hereby certify tbat the above report
of the receipts and disbursements of
this office for the periods therein stated
is true and correct.
Dated this 12th day of April, 1910.
Fbane Elkixs, Sheriff.
By John Combs, Deputy,
Paid Treasurer since April 1, 1910,
$10424 96.
Strang Marin Worm.
Tbe palolo la a remarkable marine
worm tbat exists In vast numbers In
the Polynesian seas, where It Is high
ly prized as food by tbe natives, and
once each year it Tlslts tbe Samoan.
Fijian and Gilbert archipelagoes to
spawn. . A singular fact is tbat It al
ways appears at the last quarter of
the moon in October. A Japanese ma
rine worm. Meres japonica, la said also
to regulate Its breeding season by the
moon, and at the new or full moon
of the middle or last of December It
suddenly appears In Immense swaros)
In tte Kogosblma gulf and adjacent
rivers, covering the water to a depth
of Ave or six feet. In two hours It
disappears. Tbe -worm Is used as bait
and Is so abundant that It Is also col
lected for manure.
Absolutely)
Pure"
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Dsldsn Powder
ttsaroves tho
t and adds
mmissm healihl
L 1 of do food
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HELP BOOST
THE COUNTRY
Club membership Grow-
fcg Right Ales j.
K0RE NEW KEK2ERS WANTED
Publicity Fund Gos to
the
$4000 Mark $6000
KV Wanted. .
That Central Oregon is coming
into its own is evidenced by the
growing activity of the various
commercial bodies of tbe district,
and the fact that they are broaden
ing their outlook and becoming
more solid and stable in their
methods of pnblicity, show that
tbey fully appreciate their oppor
tunities. . ,
We are glad to notice that the
Prineville Commercial Club also
exemplifies this growing spirit of
activity in publicity matters. Its
aim is not to boost Prineville as a
city so much as Prineville as a dis
trict, then comes Crook County
and Central Oregon. The board
realizes that the prosperity of one
part depends very largely on the
prosperity of the whole. The
stability and wealth of this district
do not warrant any narrow-minded
booming" campaign, having for "
its object the rapid sale of real
estate and the advancement of
prices, for this policy is too often
followed by a "slump." The
Prineville district has never had a
boom, never wants one, and never
will have one if she can help it.
The "powers that be", will at all
times do their best to prevent such
a thing, but the awakened spirit of
"boostfulness" which has gotten
hold of the. people necessitates a
thorough system of publicity to
give this section the prominence
that its location, wealth, natural
advantages, and title as the county
eat warrant.
First and foremost, some detail
ed plan of publicity had to be de
cided upon, and the greatest
known expert on the subject in
Oregon, Tom Richardson, manager
of tbe Portland Commercial Club
and secretary of tbe Oregon De
velopment League, was invited to
Prineville to address a public meet
ing and to confer with the Board of
Trustees. The results of the meet
ing are apparent, perhaps chiefly
in tbe awakened interest.
After Mr. Richardson's visit, act
ing upon his suggestions, the board
commenced a campaign to raise a
fund for pnblicity purposes. With
16000 aa their aim, the board has
already reached a figure close to
the $4000 mark. This fund will
be paid monthly, many of the
f rata contributing as high as $25 a
month.
After this, one of the first steps
taken was to engage a salaried of
ficer to attend to the thousand and
one things, correspondence, etc.,
usually dumped onto the secretary.
J. S. Fox was accordingly engaged
as assistant secretary and has corn-
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flavor
to tho
ulness '
Absolutely Pure
been developing on it own account