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Crook County
JoiuresLS
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER,
WILL HAVE
MAIL SERVICE
Southeastern Crook to
Be Supplied.
G. N. CLIFTON HAS CONTRACT
Will Make One Round Trip
Week from Prinevillo
to Fife,
Tito residents of the territory
formerly served by the old Crook
lollie tiro to have a tnuil
Mtpply after nn effort thttt linn
covered a period for about seven
yen in.
Last Monday (1. N. Clifton was
awarded tbi) contract to carry the
mail one round trip each week
from I'rinvville by way of Koltertu,
Held and Harnos to Fife, where it
will connect with the present
1'riiievillo-lliirna line.
The service will begin next Mon
day morning at 5 o'clock and will
continue until June 30, It) I I. The
echedule for thia line will be na
follow:
Leave rrineville Monday at 6
a. in. and arrive at Itarnea Mon
day by 7 p. m.; leave liarnet Tues
r
Read
make
To
partment
this "ad"
.;.
Ladies' Shirtwaists
Regular
Now
Regular
Now
at $2.50
only
al 3.50
only
Duck Oxfords
Ladies' While Duck Oxfords 50c to 1.40
Children's Duck Oxfords 50c lo 1.00
Boys' While Canvas 75c lo 1.00
The
$1.50 YEAR
day at 0 a. in., and arrive at Fife
at Vi in. The return will ttart
from Fife Tuesday at 1 p. in. and
arrive at liarnea at 7 p. m., leave
Barnes Wednesday at 6 a. in. and
arrive in Prineville Wednesday at
7 p. in.
The total distance to Fife la HO
inilea. It la readily wen that the
remaining half of the. week would
accommodate another trip which
will be "supplied, according to In
spector F. K. Whitney, a soon ai
the LucinuKi j untitle.
The contract price for the line at
present is tlUOO per year. Con
tractor Clifton arrived from Port
land Tuesday and set about at
once preparing to start his first
trip next Monday.
The story of this mail line is one
of the most rents rkable in the his
tory of the poetoflice department.
Repealed efiorta were made to have
the supply reestablished after it
was discontinued several years ago,
but beemme of the difficult roads
in winter the b ds were all much
higher than the department would
consider. Various individuals were
blamed for this condition of affairs
but all persons connected with the
project knew this to be the actual
cause (or the action of the depart
ment. The rapid settlement of
that section of thecounly and the
activity of the I'lineville Com
mercial Club that supplied the
territory with mail for some three
months, is lite cause for the long
needed service that begins Mon
day next.
Slimmer Rummage
these nrices that h
trade livelv nil
j
we are putting all
at extremely radical
Ladies'
Ladies'
and
$3.00
. 1.00
4.50
, 2.00
and
C. W.
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG.18, 1910. Z vrT
Owxi. iwooad-elaM matter VUL. AIV NO. 36
NO WOOD FAMINE
FOR PRINEVILLE
Wood Crew of
Nine
Men Here.
CAME UP FROM CALIFORNIA
WU1 Cut 2000 Cords for Prine-
ville Light & Water
Company
Prineville will not have a wood
famine this winter. The action of
the government in the mailer of
cutting juniper for the market
shut off all suimlv from that
source, and the fact that much of
the land that has been used for
getting the winter's fuel supply to
the south and west of this city has
been houteslcaded, blocked the juni-
per supply from that direction also.
The clearing of the land will mean
wood tor the future but that is not
this winter.
The resulting high price for
wood has brought unusual activity
in the pine woods, and many
people are cutting pine wood with
a view of selling it in Prineville.
A. J. Petelt, who brought his
.-"-a Wl liVi UUU1C
vui v" y
summer goods enumerated
figures.
Only a Few Hats Left in Our
Millinery Department
AH Hats at $5 to $7 now $2.50
AH Hats at $2.50 to $4.50 now 1.50
$1.50 Sailor Hata now ,50
Every Hat must be sold. Read the prices again
and then come and see the goods.
Ladies' Linen Suits
Linen Two-piece Suits..
Lawn Lingerie Suits
Lace Curtains
Regular 1.50 styles now 1,20
2.25 " " 1.65
" 3.00 " "2.40
4.00 " " 3.20
Bath Towels
Heavy Knap Bath Towe
2 for 25c.
Boys' and
Suils, Etc.,
Elkins
wood sawinn outfit from Tha D.ll
recently, may arrange a power drag
saw and cut wood if the opportunity
oners, ana outer ilk outhts are
fa J isi . - .
already at work.
Cation & Allbright, who make a
business of fuel supply for towns
like ours, arrived from Bacramento
Monday with their outfit of nine
men. They came here as the re
sult of a contract with the Prine
ville Light & Water company for
the cutting of 2000 cords of wood
for its plant, and it contracts for a
sufficient amount can be had, these
men will cut for the relail trade.
They state that if contract for
400 to 600 cords can be secured to
pay to start them off they will look
further into that business.
So far the market price for fuel
has been up and down the scale
considerably, the average price for
good wood of any kind being from
0 to 17 per cord. The usual price
of like fuel is about 15, and prac
tically no wood was sold for more
than that up to a few months ago.
For Count Clerk.
I hereby announce nivaelf as a can.
(Ilclnto to succeed inywir to the office
of County Clerk, subject to the no.
IirilVUl llf the Ik'iniM'rntlj. rntiu ,.l
Crook County at the primary elec
tion to be held In Hfptentlier.
Ketioectltil v.
Wahhen Dhows.
For Sale.
Both alfalfa and (train hay for sale
Ml the J. (). I'owell pliice, ueartowu,
to feed lieef cattle that are Mug
driven to market. Thone Ntroud &
CroBH, either 'phone, or call at the
ranch. 7.1.4. tf
Sale
Kwuo uc
m
$3.50 and
2.50 and
up
225. 275.
33Je
Men's Summer
Etc., all reduced
Co.
. f . I -
woou sawina ouim irom ilia !) rnfrir stsfmr
up
RFFF f ATTI
a a imj
More Than 1000 Head
Near Prineville
WILL BE SHIPPED TO PORTLAND
Some
Good Suggestions from
the Union Stock
Yards.
More than a thousand bead of
steers will be fattened for the Port
land market during the coming
winter within four miles of this
place by owners of the big alfalfa
ranches near Prineville.
II. S. Cram bought 600 head of
three and four-year old steers re
cently, and of these 300 bead or
more will be fed the 1000 tons of
alfalfa grown by Mr. Cram this
summer. The remainder of the
lot will be sold soon. These cattle
were bought from Grant Mays
and Wurzweiler Bros. The con
sideration was 147.50 per head.
E T. Slayton bought 250 head
of steers from Geo. Wiley which
will be fed on his ranch near Prine
ville. Mr. Slayton will feed a
little less than 1000 tons of alfalfa.
The price paid for this stock was
48.50.
J. F. Blanchard expects to feed
150 or 200 head of steers if tbev
can be had at a reasonable figure.
T. II. and L. B Lofollette bought
125 head of three and four-vear-
old steers from Jack Shattuck and
Paul Held at 147 per head. Thev
expect to feed 400 to 500 tons of
alfalfa. .
Alex Mackintosh is buying cattle
for a Portland firm and Mr. Fulton
of the same city bought 100 head
of beef stuff from Floyd Huston the
laet of the week at $45 per head.
Advices from the Union Stock
Yards of Portland on the present
condition of the market, which
will give the conservative stockman
an idea of the action of the market
for the next few months, is as
follows: July is usually a dull
month in Livestock Markets but
receipts at the Portlrud Union
Stock Yards were fairly liberal.
The total number of cars were
414, in which were 6359 cattle,
G933 hoge, 15143 sheep and 331
horses and mules. As compared
with last year there was a decrease
of 785 cattle, an increase of 5604
hogs, an increase of 1336 sheep
and an increase of 80 horses and
mules.
The July cattle market closed as
Strong as it opened on good quali
ties, while half finished animals
reached a lower level of Drices
Top cattle were in strong demand
at 19. The hog market in July
rallied to $10.30 and closed at
about $10.15; the sheep market for
the month closed strong, with $6
for lambs and $4 for the best
wethers.
Items of interest in connection
with the market include the build
ing up of quite a business in the
purchase and sale of milk cows.
Dairymen are looking to the Port
land Union Stock lards as a mar
ket place for the reason that all
cows offered for sale here are tested
by a government inspector free of
charge.
The proper grading of cattle on
this market and the paying of what
the difference between good and
thin quality represents to the ship
per ,has caused the cattle men of the
country to turn their attention to
ward 'grain feeding and this fall
and winter will probably see more
grain fed cattle in Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and California, than
in any previous year. Good grain
fed cattle are worth from 1 cent
to 1J cents more per lb., than hay
fed cattle. At the difference it will
pay the feeders to use grain.
A good barley crop, plenty of
oats, an abundance of alfalfa and
a high market make swine-raising
popular and that most profitable
of all crops is receiving much atten-
Itionin the Pacifio Northwest. It
is doubtful if supply ever catches
UD With demand and nrn..ln
V g or the Portland market is the
. , .
uicctauu mi Dullness open to
the farmer.
Tbe northwest offers nnlimited
opportunities for producing high
class beef. Despite the fact that
corn may not be available, other
feed stuffs equally as good can be
produced in great abundance
Good killing stuffs can be aeenred
from well-cured wild or alfalfa hav
there is little waste in feedinc
well-cured alfalfa Lay cut at the
proper season, but when override
or coarse its value will be increased
from 10 to 25 per cent by running
r
it through a cutter
Some grain or succulent feed
should te fed with hay to fatten
cattle. In practically all of the
stock feeding districts the field pea
or fodder can be crown. If thw
are ensiled and fed in the following
ration 15 pounds of alfalfa or
wild hay, 30 pounds of corn or nea
silage and 5 pounds rolled barley,
a gain of 2 pounds per day should
be secured for a period of 90 days.
It would put the steer in prime
condition and thus add from 1 to
I cents per pound to the value of
his initial weight.
Another excellent feed for fatten
ing cattle is a combination of al
falfa and beardless barley hay
These may be grown separately or
in many instances grown toietber
advantageously. For example,
fields where alfalfa is not thicklv
set snould be thoroughly disced
with a spike-tooth disc in the
spring and beardless barley drilled
in and the whole cut for hav
This combination is excellent for
putting beef cattle in the very best
condition for market.
Big Thrashing
Outfit Arrives
C. II. Foster & Son of Powell
Butte arrived Tuesday forenoon
with the largest thrashing outfit
that ever came into' this part of
Central Oregon. The machine was
made by the Gaar Scott people,
has a 28-inch cylinder and 49-inch
hue, and is equipped with a modern
and complete stacker attachment
for handling the straw.
The machine is a self-feeder, and
is modern in every respect. The
power is furnished by a sixteen
horse traction engine that is a good
roadster as well as a stationary
engine.
The machine cost $3000 delivered
here, and has a maximum capa
city of 3500 bushels of grain in a
twelve-hour day! Eight davs were
consumed in bringing it in from
Shaniko, the entire trip being made
without uncoupling the outfit from
the engine. Following the engine
there were two wagons for fuel, etc.,
beside the mammoth 'separator
1 he trip down (Jow canyon was
made without a hitch. The ma
chine was taken on to Powell Butte
from here and the thrashing season
will be begun today at Guy Sears'
place. From there the outfit will
move to II. J. Edwards' place,
and thence on a regular schedule.
The Fosters have a separator
from an outfit used by them last
year which will be pressed into
service in case their new one should
require repairs.
This is Worth a Dollar
Save this advertisement. It is worth
just one dollar, and will be accepted as
part payment on one pair of glasses.
Dr. W. J. Curtis, 0. D.. Evesieht
tpecnli8t of Chicago, will open a first
class optical parlor on August 15th in
rooms 14 and 15 in the Adamson Bldg,
over postofflce. He fully guarantees
all work, or will refund vour monav.
Dr. Curtis is here to stav. Not here to
day and gone tomorrow. He is a gradu
ate of the Northern Illinois College of
Ophthalmology and Otoloev. and has
passed the State board of examiners of
the state of Oregon, and has full license
to practice in the etate.
Office hours 2:30 p.m. to 5 D. m..
every day. 8-11-tf
House for Rent
House for rent on Main street.
near Ochoco bridge, also all house
hold furnlshlmcH. lncludhisr one
Sharpies Tubular Crenra Separator
X' . . ... 1 i
u. t, annul us goou as new. or
further liiforiimtlon
8-11-tf J. F. Mohhis.
UP THE DESCHUTES
TWENTY-FIVE MILES
Track Inspected by
Judge Lovett.
WELL SATISFIED WITH WORK
Track Firm and Smooth Cap.
able of Sustaining High
Speed.
Judge Roberts. Lovett. head of
Harriman Railway system, Sunday
inspected the 25 miles of the Des
chutes Railroad that has been com
pleted and told Chief Engineer
Georg W. Boschke that he wa
well pleased with the line.
In the journey, the president of
the road took particular note of
the line changes and double track'
ing in progress of construction
between The Dalles and Deschntea
station. At the junction of the
new Central Oregon road at Dei-
chutes, the train was switched back
to the new tracks and backed uo
the canyon, that an unobstructed
view might be obtained from tbe
observation windows.
Apparently, the Deschutes rail
road will be ready for operation of
passenger trains almost as soon as
the rails are laid into Madras.
The ballasting of the track is keep
ing pace with the laying of rails
and all but about the last mile of
track, as now laid, is firm and
smooth.
Kni BtUt for Sfcti.
In the canyon the special train
made an average BDeed of 20 mi lea
an hour and at times attained a
maximum of 30 miles. After the
return, Engineer Boschke declared
that most of the completed road
would now carry trains with com
fort at a speed of 50 miles an hour.
Tracklaymg is now held back
temporarily pending the comnle-
tion of a high viaduct across the
mouth of Mack's canyon, a eulch
that runs into the Deschutes can
yon from the east. This viaduct
will be completed this week and it
is then expected that tracklaying
will proceed, with the interruption
of possibly only a few days at a
tnnnel near Sherar s bridge, almott
to tbe point where the road is to be
occupied jointly by the Deschutes
Railroad Company and the Oregon
Trunk Line. This will make a
total distance of 70 miles of track.
On the joint track a line change
baa recently been made which calls
for the boring of a tunnel and it is
probable that tracklaying on the
Harrimau road will be delayed at
that point. It ia understood that
that the contract between the two
roads calls for the Oregon .Trunk
lane to lay the tracks on the 12
miles of joint line in the canyon.
The latter is not yet laving rails
anywhere on the grade but is pre
paring to begin that work thia
month. The Oregon Trunk Line
is now constructing a temporary
track leading to a long trestle
already built whick extends far out
into the Columbia river near the
mouth of the Deschutes, and rails
and ties will soon be transported
across the river by ferry from the
North Bank road.
Sceaic Coaotrf Ptued IVougb.
Judge Lovett saw about one
fourth of the Harriman road as it
will exist between Deschutes and
Madras, but the most rugged part
of the canyon was not reached by
big train. Near tbe mouth of the
river the sides of the canyon are
more eloping and not so high as
they are at a distance up the stream
of 40 miles and beyond but in
places the train sped along roadbed
blasted Irom solid rock, where the
cliffs frowned high above the cars
and dropped off straight down
nearly 100 fest to the water. On
the trip up the river Judge Lovett
asked many questions concerning
the curvature and grades but at
the end of the track no nrotrantM
,
stop was made and he did not leave
uis car. iue iraiu aimoBi ini-
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