Crook . Cotaety Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 1910.
EntrrM t the pontoftlm at TrnXm,
Orawa, Moo4-ctM Butter
VOL XIV-N0.37
THE D. I. & P. CO.
ALL RIGHT AGAIN
Plenty of Money to
Complete Ditches.
DIFFICULTIES ALL SETTLED
F. S. Stanley, Head of the
Company, Pays Prineville
a Visit
F. H. Stanley, who in heavily in
ten tie J in tlio Deschutes Irrigation
fi Power Company, spent Saturday
iiljjlit in I'rinovllle on hit way to
Redmond ninl other towns on the
company segregation.
Mr. Stanley announced that the
aftuira of the 1). I. A 1. Company
had been nettled, that the lamia
would le on the market and the
aiiairs of the compuny running
again within the next month, or
pomilily sooner.
"It will require a little time (or
the courts to aa the matter
through and get tho affairs aettled
no that we can proceed," said Mr.
Stanley, "hut there can he no hitch
in the matter, at the ditliculliea
have all heen nettled and the com
The
The
pany bus undergone a rearrange
ment."
"Thin time there ii plenty o(
money to complete all the ditchei
that the company hai under con
ideration. Home of the moat im
portant development! will be the
dam in tho Dene hu tea north o(
l'.erid, which will tupply water (or
a large canal that will water the
atrfp, aeven niilet in winth, lying
between the Powell llutte country,
or the old river bed and Redmond,
and alto tho undeveloped area
between Redmond and the river.
The Ilutchiaon ditch that will
water a tract of tome 12,000 acres
near Hillman will Imi completed
rapidly also, and I think it afe to
fay that a year and a half or two
yeara at the outside will nee all ol
tbesu project! completed.
"The water (or the Redmond
country will all be supplied by
what we call the north canal, or
the canal that will be taken from
the Deschutes at a point north of
Bend."
Mr. Stanley was traveling with
bis family in his big seven-pas-singer
car, and is making a trip
over the company holdings by easy
stages. They went from here to
Redmond and Laidlaw, and later
to Bend.
For Sale.
Until alfnllfi nml khiIii liny for mile
lit the J. O. i'owell place, nenr town,
tn feed lieef rattle Unit are tieing
Irlveu to innrket. 'Phone Striuiil &
Criwn, either 'phone, or cull nt the
riiueli. 7-11-1(
C. W.
tOur Shoe
Sale
For the nexf
15 Days
Shoes and Oxfords
For the next fifteen days we will sell at less than
cost our stock of Infants' and Children's, Misses and
Ladies', Boys' , and Men's Oxford Canvas Shoes and
broken lines of footwear. Prices begin at 25c.
Several dozen pairs of $3.50 Oxfords at $1.50
Children's School Shoes. .
$1 per pair and up
Old Ladies' Low Snoes
50c and up
Men's Dress Shoes, good
enough for anywhere,
$2.50 and up
The remainder ol (lie story will be
told in our shoe room. See the
shoes. See the prices. Then buy.
C. W.
BIG CATTLE RIDE
IN PROGRESS
A Territory 40 by 60
Miles to be Covered.
PRICES BETTER THAN USUAL
Many Sales Reported by Local
Growers Some at
Fancy Prices.
Every man and boy in the great
cattle country southeast of Prine
ville is in the saddle these days
assisting in one of the biggest
cattle rides' that the country has
ever known. There are sixty men
riding in three or (our sections, all
with the same interacts. The
territory that will be covered bv
this ride is 40 by 60 miles and
reachek from Lower Iiridge to the
Harney valley.
The ride, which has been going
for a about ten days, will continue
for a month, and no lees than
30,000 head of feeders and beef
stuff will he gathered, calves will
lie branded and weaned, seme of
the stock will he put onto different
ranges and other bunches will be
given pastures. Manv of the
watering places have dried up and
Elkins
fjhtl.ianW.ti
Elkins
wive
this bas caused the rids to he more
general and hurried than it would
have been otherwise.
Tsken all together the number
of cattle that will he handled will
be some 80,000 head.
The price of beef and feeders this
fall is better than usual, the
prevailing price for good feeding
steers tbree-years-old being $47.60.
J. II. Gray it Bon, who have a
habit of topping all markets with
their wb te-faced stock, last week
sold 64 head of steers for a higher
price than bss ever been paid for
steers. These went to a Portland
firm at $52.60 per bead in the pas
ture, which is ss good aa $00 in the
Portland markets. If anyone bas
a better record than this, please
speak up.
George Russell bought 175 head
of three and four year old feeders
from Dixon Ilros. a few days sgo
at $45. Mills & Strowbridge sold
1000 head of steers to the Walla
Walla Meat company which will
be gathered during this ride.
Howard & Brown have bought
a considerable quantity of stuff from
the Camp creek cattlemen and
Alex Macintosh bas already bought
some 300 head snd will buy more
feeders st from $45 per bead and
will feed them on the Standcliff
ranch in Harney valley, where he
has bought 2500 tons of meadow
hay, the price (or which was $6
per ton.
The Frank L. Smith 'Meat Com
pany of Portland purchased 200
head of prime beet, and other Port
land firms have been active in the
market. Many of the heaviest
purchases have been made by Snli
berger & Scbwartchild of that city.
Several purchases of feeders have
been made by local hay producers
as was reported last week.
Co.
Co.
REDMOND A
LIVE TOWN
The Journal Man Pays
Vbit to the Hub.
TOWN CROWING VERT FAST
New Buildings and Other City
Improvement Going
Right Ahead.
Redmond, the Hub city, is a
town with a well in it. The popu
lation line up at the well regularly
three times a day and come in
goodly numbers between times (or
their apportionment.
Not unlike the times ol old,
most of the modern Rebekabs and
their brothers also, bring water
sacks or water bottles. Not
the pig skin variety, to be sure,
but the more modern canvas bag
that keeps water cool on a hot day
and is convenient to carry. Al
most every Redmond borne has
one or more of these banging
where they are fanned by the
breezes, while the supply for cook'
itig, etc., is taken from the- canals
which are in evidence on every
street of this pretty little town.
Redmond has a well and a good
one, and it is proud of the fact.
It is the only water that . can be
had, excepting the ditch water, be
tween O'Neil and the Deschutes,
and. between Trail Crossing and
Bend. Indeed, the . last three
places mentioned can give the
traveler nothing better than De
chutes river water which could be
purer at this season. Thus Red
mond people think they have
something good, and they have.
Later the town will be piped and
the water which is now being
pumped by a big pumping plant
into a tower tank, will be installed
in the dwellings and business
places, but the present arrange
ment could be and bas been worse,
and the people are pleased, for the
water from the well is good. It
comes from a depth of 450 feet and
is cold and pure.
Redmond is easily three times
what it was eighteen monts ago in
the matter of population, business,
and business houses, and the im
mediate future holds even greater
things in store, or at least such is
now evident.
You can buy a sack of sugar or
a keg of nails in Redmond as
cheap as they can be had in any
other interior town, and the
quality and service is good. The
business men are all busy tying up
bundles of goods.
The Redmond booster will tell
you that the town will grow
rapidly and that several brick
buildings will be built within the
year. In fact Ehret Brothers con
tracted a two-Btory store building
50x75 feet Saturday to Ben Getter,
the price being about 19000, and
other buildings of like substantial
nature are in prospect. A number
of wooden business buildings are
being constructed and cottages,
too. In fact many of the present
population are living in tents.
Whether or not Redmond will
be a Spokane is not talked here as
it was two years ago, but there is i
good town here supported by ex
cellent irrigated lands. The busi
ness that these productive acres is
sure to bring is a (act, . and the
Redmond property holder is rest
ing the rest of the man who knows
his own mind and does its bidding
As to the fertility of the Boil in
and about Redmond much 'has
been said. Grains, grasses' and all
kinds of garden produce, especially
root stuffs such as potatoes and
carrotB cannot be excelled any
where.
Fruit, too, is grown very success
fully in almost every part of the
community. Kirk Whited, - who
lives three miles out on the south
is exhibiting apples grown (rom
four-year-old trees that cannot be
beaten.
Joseph II. Jackson has Yellow
Transparent apples that are as fine
as can be bought in any market,
snd one of which when measured
by the Journal man showed a
circumference of twelve inches.
And these from three year-old
trees.
Instances of this kind ars too
numerous to mention. The re
ports of fruit raising come from all
over the district. The country
and the town srs on the jump.
which shows that the people have
confidence in their community and
their confidence is not misplaced.
Redmond Pointers.
The poetofilce building has been
moved north a (ew (eet (rom its old
location, snd is being enlarged and
fitted with new fixtures. The
building is being given a new coat
of paint. .
The first brick for Ebret Bros,
new store building was delivered
Monday and ths excavating for the
building is well under wsy.
The Lamb Feed Store is being
completed and the front room will
be resdy for occupancy in a few
days.
E. R. Rapp began unpacking
goods in bis new clothing store
Monday.
G. V. Kerres Feed Store :s under
construction. It will be 25x50 feet
and will have a 12 feet ceiling.
The Redmond Bank of Commerce
will be in its new quarters next
week.
F. A. Kennard picked 157 apples
from a 4-year-old tree a few days
ago. They were Yellow Transpar
rents and of fine quality.
Will Photograph
the Records
The Crook county Abstract com
pany has this week installed I
machine for the copying of deeds,
reeords and other instruments used
in its business by a photographic
process. The machine is a huge
camera that developes and fixes
the prints as they are made.
There is no negative, the exposure
being made directly onto the sen
siuzea paper by use ol a mirror.
Sensitized paper comes in rolls of
100 yards each, and the prints are
torn off the spool ss they are de
veloped. The finished print is 12
xl4 inches and is very distinct.
The various towns of the county
with their additions were photo
graphed Tuesday and the result
was suprisingly good.
The records are to be all photo
graphed and kept in the down
town office of the abstract com
pany, where they will be used in
making abstracts.
The machine is placed by F. G.
Wilcox, who is the secretary of the
Cameragraph Company of Kansas
City, that manufacture the ma
chines. Piano Tunning.
All parties wishing their pianos
tunned, leave orders at Clifton & Cor
nett store. Mr. Weaver has had rears
ot experience, touring with Mme. Nor
dics and Gadskie. 8-25p
Want to Buy Land.
Will buy up to a thousand acre of
good raw sagabrnsh land in one body or
smaller tracts preferably together, If
the price is right. Want to improve
land and raise wheat and hay. Am not
speculating. Address
I.kKoy Armstrong,
8 25-1 p Hood Kiver, Oregon.
For Rent
Mrs. Wilkinson's house back of the
skating rink. Wet the key at Price
Bros.' store. o-iio
Suit Case Found.
A suit case was picked up in Die road
near the Geo. W. boil son ranch, seven
miles below Prineville, on Crooked
river. For further information call at
the Journal office.
f J?J t . CI !
vinaiaaie lor onerur.
To tho Republican voters of Crook
count" :
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for the office of Sheriff ot Crook
county, subject to the approval of the
voters of the county at the primary
election to be held in September.
Respectfully,
8-25 Frank Elkins.
Cut Your Weeds.
Notice is hereby given that all weed
on your property and in streets and
alleys adjoining, miiBt be destroyed at
once. Failure to comply with this order
will be followed by the City of Prine
ville doing' the work at your expense.
Pated this 25th day of August, 1910.
JOI R.KL80,
Marshal.
A VISIT TO THE
HILLMAN TOWNSITE
Found to b, not
as
Black as Painted.
RAILROAD CRADERS AT WORK
Postoffice, Daily Mail, General
Store, Fifteen-Room
Hotel, Etc.
There has been much discussion
ss to the merits of the Hillman
townsite, and the Journal man
made a personal examination of
the place on Friday of last week,
the story of which is as follows:
Leaving O'Neil on the Crooked
river, by actual measurement to
ths Hillman postoffice was 7.1
miles by a very crooked road,
making a total of 19.3 miles from
Main street, Prineville, to the post-
office in Hillman.
Forty-five men of Nekon Bros.
camp Ao. 4 are grading the Ore
gon Trunk railway within the Hill
man townsite and a good one-third
of the distance through the town
site is ready for rails now. The
point at which the road enters the
townsite is on a cut which bss been
made two tracks wide, or a width
of about 32 feet, and (rom this
place the track on a fill ol about
five feet, widens to about eighty
feet. The road bed will be ready
for the rails in about two weeks.
Hillman is situated on the point
of a plateau that is directly south
of that on which the railroads leave
the Culver country, and is of prac
tically the same elevation. The
townsite covers the entire point of
the ridge and cannot and will not
be missed by the' roads.
At present there is a postoffice,
a general store, a fifteen room hotel,
which covers a 48x99 foot strip of
ground, and is two stories in height,
and another building owned by a
non-resident. This building is 24
x32 feet and two stories and is at
present oocupied by a near-beer
joint.
Some of the streets have been
cleared and some of the lots are
being prepared for building. The
present population of the place is
about seventy people, including
the railroad constructionists.
Cooper & Tailer, who have been
the selling agents, are succeeded
by Taylor & Taylor, who are mov
ing their head office to the location
of the town, are preparing to de
velops it. They are drilling a well
on the ground and are at present
down to a depth of 175 feet, and
expect to get water as near the
surface as the same drill trot in
Redmond, which by the way is
but seven miles south of Hillman.
Daily mail is brought t the
Hillman office by a Cornett Stage
& Stable company line, and regu
lar service will be established direct,
from Shaniko soon if the efforts I
these people bear fruit, for their
proposition for a west side line is
more feasible than ever before.
The joke is on Attorney General
Crawford in the manner in which
he expressed himself in the press
about Hillman. It is a standing
josh among the auto and stage
drivers to show people riding with
them a email fraction of the town
site which corners in the flat by
the old Trail Crossing road and tell
them that is Hillman townsite
which in fact is true in a measure.
The Attorney Gereral fell an easy
victim, and photographed a tent
that happened to be pitched on the
ground, rtating that this was all
there was in Hillman.
- The future of this district is de
layed in development by the con
dition of the D. I. & P. Company
that is to build the ditch known as
the Hutchison ditch, which will be
twenty feet wide and will run
through the Hillman townsite. It
will irrigate some 12,000 acres
that will be immed'a'ely adjacent
to the town.
Within a radius of three miles
from the town are two beautiful
valleys that are as rich and contain
as many homes as are to be found
in a like area of the county. If
there is fruit land in Crook county
it is to be found in three quarters
ot a mile of Hillman on the ranches
of W. Archer and bis eon in-law,
B. E. Nicholas, and the ranch of
W. A. Stevens, who has 1200 trees
growing on his land at present, all
looking fine, too.