on real
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1910.
Kntrml at the pntnfTlw at PrlrXTlll.
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VOL. XIV-N0.26
Crook v CoMety
WILL DAM THE
HORSEHEAVEN
J. H. Gray Planning
Big Scheme.
WILL RECLAIM 475 ACRES
The Land Will Be Planted to
Alfalfa The Contract
Hat Been Let-
J. II. iry was in (fom Bony
view Tuday, lie in construct
!t)i( a renervoir and irrigation yv
tout that w ill reclaim 475 acres of
Innil which will he planted to al
falfa iih goon as the work can be
done. The rctervoir it being built
on llorei'heavfit creek, and will he
one of the Urgent private conserva
tinn vtf m to bn constructed in
Central Oregon. Ha capacity will
be l!?0-ucre feel, or equal to 130
arrex that will 1 covered with
water to a depth of one foot.
The dam U Wing built of earth,
and will be four feet wide on top,
and loe to a considerable width
at the bottom. The outlet i a
hupe iron pipe and headgatt that
will le ample to withtand tbe
pressure it will be submitted to.
The location of the reiervoir it a
natural ait in' the creek channel
and the creek baa been turned out
around the reservoir while the
work In being done, .
A contract ha bren let for the
construction of a canal for the Irri
gtlion of the land on the north
aide of Crooked river. Thit canal
when completed will be four feet
wide and will have an arerage
depth of U Its length will
approximate 3 miles. Ths lands
on the cant and south of the Hon
nyvlew farm which include! landa
recently bought from W. H. Keehn,
will be irrigrted from a ditch of
like site and carrying capacity.
The contract for the construction
of thin second canal will be let at
an early date.
The completion of this system
will place an area of about 700
acres into the alfalfa land class on
Hunnyviow farm and will make it
one of the largest, if not the
largest, farm of its kind in Central
Oregon.
Reward for Horse.
flO reward for hrown home. targe
hUxtu tare exleinliniz tottyeaml down
ivr niHie. HramM 2K"'ou Ml slioul
tier: weight, alxml l'JH). Strayed May
Jf. (M range Alkali Hat.
iS-U J. O. William.
For Sale. .
I'ulillc land serin. fiillvciiRrnnteed.
Can U iiwhI on nnv land i-n to
hmiiewloail entry. No n-wldem-e re
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Mower for Sale.
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PrtuvMlle, Oregon.
ROAD LANDS
ON THE MARKET
Officials Here Looking
Ove Grant.
FORTUNES IN ALFALFA & HOGS
Renters Will Have the Pref.
erence in Every
Case.
The lands of the Willamette
Valley & Cascade Mountain Wag
on Road Company, that have re
larded the development of Central
Oregon for the past three decades,
are at last on the market.
Although the work of grading
and classifying tbeee lands is
hardly begun, the company that
now own them, through their presi
dent, Watson I'. Davidson, staled
to a Journal representative that
they realize that the lands will be
well worth many times what they
are being offered for them at
the present time. The men
who bave been renting them for
years are to be given the preference
in every case. .
Tbe gentlemen who are looking
over the lands arrived in I'rine-
ville Saturday, after a trip from
Ontario across the state to Burns.
In tbe party were Watson P David
son, president of the company;
Earl Robinson, son of the secre
tary of tbe company, and Curtis L.
Mosier, the pholograpber for the
party, and the man who is in
charge of the publicity department
of the new company, and who will
be in charge of the colonization
scheme for these tracts during the
next few years, and F. 8. Reider
and C. C. Lundy, who bave been
with the old company for yerrs.
C. I- Mosier has photographing
machines and supplies to tbe value
of over $500 with him, and great
numbers of photos are being taken
that will be used in the printed
matter that will be published dur
ing the development of the colo
nization plans. Mr. Mosier was
shown the lands in Ibis vicinity by
J. N. Williamson, in the latter's
car, and was pleased with the looks
of the country, lie "says that
there is some of the finest lands in
this section tbat be has ever seen,
and that-more than 1000 acres of
the best land in tbe country is im
mediately tributary to Prineville,
but to get the patronage that
should come here the merchants
and the town should get busy and
not only keep pace with the times
but keep ahead of the development
a j well.
Mr. Mosier says that be is of the
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PRINEVILLE IS
ALL RIGHT
Isn't Worrying About
Railroads. .
SO THINKS MISS HARRIMAN
A Special Correspondent
the Portland Telegram.
of
CSS
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
Wide Droop-Brim Sailors, with colored velvet bands
Special $2.25
New Trimmed Droop Shapes : in Burn! Straw
Shade, special - 3.25
Boys' Wash Suits
We have them
from 85c to 2.50
Children s Romper
Suits, special for
this and next
week, 50c.
Linen Suits
Ladies Linen Suits, something
especially desirable for this hot
weather.
Silk Gloves
1 6 - button length, special,
from $1 to 1.50
Ladies' Lawn Waists
In sizes 25. 32.' 38. 40 and 42 at a big cut See our
display table.
Ease on Hot Days
For Men and Women. Tired led rest easily in our White
Duck Oxlords. Prices $1 to $2 a pair. Be sure and see
them this week or early next They're going. .
Cash Grocery Specials
22 bars Beats-All Laundry Soap... $1.00
15 lbs Bayo Beans .. ... 1 00
16 lbs Pink Beans 1 00
15 lbs Small White Beans 1 00
3 Cans Bestine Cleanser 25
1 Sack Mayflower Oats 60
-: C. W. ELKINS COMPANY :-
Miss Lucia 15. Ifarriman of the
Telegram, who visited Prineville
recently, writes of this place as
follows: "Prineville is determined
to be on the map. Residents
point out in an aggrieved tone that
despite the fact of its sge and the
dignity of its position as county
seat of a county embracing 8000
square miles of territory, the Port-
land Commercial Club, ic the
recent Crook County edition of its
bulletin, completely ignored its
existence; they will further tell you
that tbe railroad maps distributed
on the O. R. & N. train fails even
to show the location of this city of
1C00 souls founded in 1867, which
lies in the, heart of the most pro
ductive part of the county and is
its geographical center.
For 40 years Prineville has been
the distributing point for the riches
of the Crooked River, Ochoco and
McKay Valleys. Here on its 300,
000 tributary acres are the vast
sheep, cattle and horse industries
of Central Oregon. Through her
streets pass annually more than 1,
500,000 pounds of wool, 75,000
mutton and thousands of head of
horses and cattle destined for
Eastern markets.
Naturally Prineville resents
beine ignored, simply because the
trunk lines of Hill and Harriman
are being built 18 miles to the
west, with no definite promise as to
branches in the immediate future,
But while she resents the attitude
of her youthful neighbors, who
assume that she is to be wiped off
the map, and allude to her bump
tiously as "poor old Prineville,"
she has refused until now to adapt
any of their tactics in getting into
public notice. But with the
announcement of the putting on
tbe market of the wagon road
grant lands, which surround the
town, and have for years been
deterrent to her growth and pros
perity, Prineville is preparing to
get on the map in earnest, bhe
has wealth, age experience and
supreme faith in herself and her
future. She will point out the
advantage of her deep rich soil, un
like the lava-strewn acreage to the
west, the abundance of water from
Crooked river, Ochoco and other
creeks that irrigate the surround
ing valleys; her climate, her bear
ing orchards, her vast potato fields
the rich alfalfa, clover, oats, rye
wheat and other crops, and then
she will whicper in your ear,
"Watch Prineville!"
We're not worrying about a rail
road to Prineville,' said former
Congressman J. N. Williamson
who has lived in Prineville and
vicinitv since 1S76. "It will come
in due time. The men who own
the wagon road grant have millions
in their control and the building
of a railroad would be a mere b
telle to them. 1 had many con
ferences with President Hill when
he was here, and he intimated to
me-that if these people wanted
railraad they would get it. Mr.
Hill was warmly impressed with
Prineville and the richness of her
surrounding country. Prineville
is and always will be the distribut
ing center for a vast district. The
railroads are bound to reconke
this and in time give proof of it in
a substantial way,"
In future encourgement of their
hope for a railroad, Louis Hill, in
a conversation with C. Sam Smith
ex-Sheriff of Crdot County, said
"Don't be impatient about a roa
into Prineville. We've got to
build the backbone before we put
Prineville has reorganised her
commercial club and made arrange
ments for press correspondence
and is preparing for the biggest
fair in the history of the county.
As a ."kick-off" to ber publicity
campaign she gave a banquet of
100 covers to Louis Hill and party
that was a credit to the town.
With pardonable pride she points
out that it was no small task to
arrange for a banquet of that size
at to a plate on a day and a half's
notice, 65 miles from a railroad,
but she did it and covered herself
with glory. And now she is pre
paring for a conference with the
new owners of the Willamette
Valley and Cascade Wagon Road
with the hope that a railroad will
result.
COUNTY COURT
MET JUNE
Special Session to Con
sider Plats.
JUDGES AND CLERKS OF
Election Appointed Precinct
Voting Places
Named.
Constructing a
New Dry Kiln
Medford Garret, representing the
John F. Old field company of Balti
more, Md., is completing the con
struction of a modern dry kiln for
Shipp & Perry on lots just east of
their mill. Tbe kiln will have a
capacity of 5000 feet of lumber
every 24 hours and will be abso
lutely fire proof. The building
nd platforms on each end are
built on a slope of one-fourth of an
inch to the foot, and it will be ar
ranged to handle the lumber from
the wagons directly to the car that
will conduct it into and through
the kiln and later into the mill
after it has been dried.
Heat is produced by some 5000
feet of steam pipe from the boilers
of the plant, and a system of draw
ing out the cold air as well as pro-
ucing warm air is installed. By
the. system employed the heat
temperature is run up to 300 de
grees. The process of construe
tion is protected by five patent.
The Kiln which will be tested out
tomorrow will cost approximately
1600. Shipp & Perry have a
force of ten men busy and will add
to this force as soon as things get
to working nicely.
500,000 Ties
for Central Oregon
The Portland Journal says that
the Oregon Trunk line has placed
an order for 500,000 pieces of rail
road ties to be used in construction
of tbe line into central Oregon.
This is said to be the largest single
order ever placed by a railroad
within the stale at one time.
Five hundred thousand piece of
cross ties represent about 16,000,-
000 feet of lumber, board measure
ment. The ties are to be distribu
ted as required in the construction
of the road towards Klamath Falls.
Wanted.
Men capable of earning JV) per week sell
ing treea lor tne largest anu oesi Known
nursery in the West. Choice territory.
Uuaranteed stock. For particulars, ad
dress, OBKUON K LESKRV (. OMPART.
5-5-1 mo Orenco, Oregon.
Percheron Stallion for Sale.
Coming 4 year old graded, weight WOO;
good action, good bone.
5-5 A. Y. Wabses, Hay Creek, Ore.
Estray Notice.
Kav 4-rear.old eliding with circle H on tart
shoulder, weighs about l;i00 ponml, with fore
top out. Also sorrel filly, branded 86 on left
stifle; weighs about 800 pounds. Strayed from
my ranch on Johnson creek, supposed to be on
Grimly Butte. Suitable reward will be paid
for information leaning to meir recovery.
Address. ABTUt'a Minklkr,
--.'p, Mineville, Oregon.
Court was called at 3 p. m., in
the county court room June 2, 1910.
Present II. C. Ellis, judge; R.C.
Bayley, commissioner; Warren
Brown, clerk, and Frank Elkins,
sheriff.
Upon the application of the
Pilot Butte Development Co., an
Oregon corporation, owner of the
fee, for approval of the North
Addition to Bend, and it appearing
to the court tbat the plat and trac
ing thereof, together with the
dedication of streets, alleys,
avenues and roads to tbe use of the
public forever, has been filed and
that the same has been duly
appoved by the surveyor and
county aseesor, and it appealing
that all taxes on said property
have been paid and that all require
meets cf the law have been com
plied with, it is ordered that said
plat and tracings thereof be ap
proved by the court and spread of
record.
Upon application of the Bend
Townsite Company, an Oregon
corporation, owner of the fee, for
approval of Center Addition to
Bend, and it appearing to the court
that the plat and tracing thereof
together with the dedication of the
street, alleys and avenues to the
use of the public forever, has been
filed and tbat the same has been
duly approved by the county sur
veyor and the county assesor, and
it appearing that all taxes on said
property have been paid, and it
appearing that all requirements of
the law have been complied with,
it is ordered that said plat and
tracing thereof be approved by
the court and spread of record.
Upon the presentation of an
ordinance of the city council of the
city of Bend, Oregou, vacating
certain platted streets within the
municipality of Bend as shown by
plat and tracing thereof, and it
appearing that all requirements of
law bave been complied with, it is
ordered that said plat and tracing
thereof be approved and ordered
filed and the County Clerk is here
by directed to make note of and
reference to this plat on the original
plat of Bend.
Upon application of the Pilot
Butte Development Co., an Oregon
coporation, owner of the fee, -for
approval of Lava Road Addition
to Bend, Oregon, and it appearing
to tbe court that the plat and trac
ing thereof, together with the
dedication ' of the streets, alleys,
avenues and roads to the use of
the public forever, have been filed
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