Ct-. irf '0 7 j Crook Journal COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC 15, 1910. VOL. XV-NO. 1 Orm, wwood-clihM matter Come to Crook County A Land of Opportunity County The Oregon end Western Colo nisation Company of Ht. Paul, Minn., have issued a neat book lot, well illustrated with scene from Central Oregon, It coven the linn of the military road grant IihkU from Albany to Ontario. Its (ketch of Prineville and Crook v.. i wi i j 1 1 .nq nil iwiivni. la tlu T FkmIi. A the wen torn end of the valley tbr character of thecoitnlry change and the level ilain giv-a way to the broken foot bill surrounding Buck Mountain. The military road windi around the bate of tin' mountain and 'lungii into thlrk foreat extending for many mile in which the road grant selection are heavily timbered with yellow pine. In addition to 1)1,750.000 feet of this timber the land in this dintriot include 13,135,000 feet of hull pine. Further west the grant enter an excellent grating country with a heavy growth of hunch gram, affording a range tor thousand of sheep. Paulina Valley, in which lie the town of that name, offer an immense bp' a of rich agricultural land, and, like smaller vulleya ad jaeetit to it, exhibit a rich, deep soil suitable to alfalfa, fruit and ceri'iil. Irrigation ia undeveloped except for private ditches, watering the ranches already established. The valley is sheltered and with the conatruotion of railway ' will ex perience a rapid development. Farther to the Went the road grant land follow the upper reaches of the Crooked river, one of the Important watercource of tbi region, and embrace in addition to limited areai in the comparatively Following the military road westward a it traveme these roll ing lencliei, the first view of Crook ed Itiver Valley a it lie ipread out below i startling. It 1 o well bidden by tbe range of bill and jutting ahouldera of it turround ing mountain that one is hardly prepared to disoovei, at a sudden turn of the road, a marvelous pan- h i . i jr. - ' -. I i 2 ft . .a Ww8raswi'mfcw w"iiw"-'; . Crook Countjr Court Houta, Prineville, Oregon narrow valley, valuuble higher lands suitable to dry farming. These lands, and especially such as lie adjacent to the great Crooked itiver Valley, are already settled upon and are producing excellent crops, although but little of tbe road grant ho been developed except under lease. orama of cultivated and improved valley lands, dotted with farm houses, flanked by high bills and set in a wonderful landscape wbicb baa for its background tbe eternal snows of the Three Bisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson Prineville, a city of 1,500 popula tion, lie on tbe soutnero edge of tbe valley, its limit cat by Ochoco and Crooked river, from which is taken the water lupply which irri gate the improved land. There i no more beautiful scene in the West than Crooked River Valley a viewed from its eastern edge. Few district are favored with to rich and productive a toil, climate of equal advantage or to great opportunities for development at the hands of the Intelligent farmer and orchardist. Suck aas AIMft. The Crooked River Valley is not a newdistrlct. Many of its ranches date back to early settlement of the West and are splendidly im proved. They were created as stock ranches solely, but in recent years have yielded to the introduc tion of blooked animal and tbe breeding industry, to the growing of alfalfa and forage crop, in some degree to modern fruit raising, and in a very considerable measure to the cultivation of cereal crops. Throughout the length and breath of tbe valley the road grant occupies alternate section, except in a few instance of jirior sale. Tbe other alternate section were taken as homesteads many years ago and are now farms and ranches which have been carefully improved and developed. Christmas Shopping Half the pleasure of making Holiday Gifts is taken away by difficulties in finding the very thing wanted the article that euiti the need one that will express the regard of the giver. The useless the profuse the gaudy gift is out of date and it is conceded to be better form and better sense to give the busy housewife a needed kitchen utensil than to present her with a musi cal photograph album that will soon cease to perform. Our store contain thousands of article that will enable you to make the sensible, satisfactory Christmas offering. Our suggestions may be of tome benefit to you, saving you not only much money but time and worry. If in doubt what to get or give, let us know your troubles and we will prescribe for instant relief. Heaters That Will Save You Money. ' In buying heater for this winter we have bought only those that give out the greatest amount of heat for the minimum amount otfuel. If you need heater call and let ua talk over the matter with you, a a atove constructed on the wrong principle, even if bought at a low price will be ex pensive, while a good heater will not only give satisfaction but will do something toward paying for itself. ' . Christmas Groceries. RreakfuBt Hacon. Ilrfakfait Hams, itrt ukfuet Fooila. Nuta, KsUlna, Cnrranls, Kxtraels, nnil moat exoallout Coffee. Varailiae (iirtger Snaps. "Luxury" lirand of Table Fruits coal no mora "than otliera, but are 20 per cent hotter. Try one tin only of our " Better" French l'ean and String Beans. Kitchen Helps. Kitchen Set. Aluminum Ware. 35c Strainer Pall. Rmall Granite lioaetor. ltuteher Knives. Cream Whips, Christy Bread Cyllinilon. Wallle Irons. Buy the Boy a Suit. Special Reduction on & Clothing hoth in suita, overcoats and odd pants. Boys Lined Duck Coats only $1.00. The NEMO Corset Ladies find nothing but comfort, ease, long wear, and entire satisfaction from a NEMO. Dou't (ek us for any other kind, for there is only one real Corsot, tho "NEMO." Special shapes for both stout and bIoii- ' der women. Trices (2.25 to f 5.00. : For the Christmas Table. Dainty Linens. New Silverware. ' .'"renr Haviland. fciitJ-, Punch Seta. Odd Plates, Cups and Sancers. Dainty Gifts. Neck Wear. Handkerchiefs. Vutt Buttons. Collar Pins. Mutllers. Watch Fobs. Kid Gloves. Scarf Pins. Broaches Hand Bags. Hat Pins. The C. W. Elkins Company. Private ditches have been run from tbe water supply of tbe river and splendid field of grain and alfalfa indicate the adaptability of tbe toil and tbe benfkent influence of the climate in the production of profitable cropa. Crooked River Valley rye grows so tall as to bide a grown man. Tbe valley lands are unsurpassed for gardening, although so little attention has thus far been devoted to this line that the production is not sufficient to supply the local market. PrafiU ia Fni. The growing of email fruits, where it has been tried, has invari ably been a success, yet practically all tbe strawberries sold upon the local market are shipped to tbe end of the railway and transported 'to Prineville by stage. The same is true of other berries, of garden vegetables, potatoes and green truck. and stage from distant point to supply tbe town and its adjacent territory. Few western cities have so great an agricultural region within a convenient trade radius a Prine ville. The entire valley lie at its doors. Joining tbe Crooked River Valley and to tbe east lies Ochoco Valley, tributary to wbicb is an immense grazing region in which there are many stock ranches. Across tbe Crooked river valley to the north lie broad benches, which even without irrigation ditches are producing heavy dry farm crops of wheat, rye and other cereals. Back from the city to tbe sooth extends a broad bench plain wbicb is al ready proven to be an exceedingly productive wheat country. It is capable of irrigation and will doubtless be watered by tbe ex tension of the existing Deschutes ditches, but at present cultivation Railway surveys cut Crooked river valley from end to end and pass through Prineville. Two line of railway are now pushing down tbe Deschutes river and will bave rails into Bend, 36 miles distant,, during the present year. Following the completion of this construction, the extension of other lines will begin, opening up tbe isolated regions which bave waited so long for railway development, to the markets and the commerce of the outside world. Even its isolation has not pre vented a healthy growth in Prine ville. Tbe city ha a beautiful high school building and ia con structing a modern public school, is tbe county seat and has a ' beautiful stone court bouse, strong banks and mercantile establish ments doing a heavy business, a timber mill, a earage and machine (hop, flour mill and other industries. i'",-:, - . i . - . . , 1 . I Scene at Bonnyview Farm, Crook County, Oregon Few districts in the West offer the same promise to the orchardist. Fruit growing is in its infancy, and has not yet been attempted upon a broad or scientific scale, yet throughout tbe valley apples and 'other fruits are being grown and have proven very profitable even when the fruit culture is on a limited scale. It ia highly prob able that this district will when it has been proven for this purpose, be shown to possess a climate especi ally adapted to the growing of tbe finest Bartlett pears. A few trees now in bearing are giving fruit of exceptional color and quality and are remarkable for their sturdy growth, their heavy bearing and their entire freedom from disease. Apple trees in bearing ' give much the same evidence that production, upon a commercial scale will bring this district for is under dry farm methods. With out the water it will this year show wheat yields of from 40 to 45 bushels and correspondingly heavy yields of other grain crops. This is known as the Powell Butte country, flanked on its lout hern edge by high ranges of hills, from which there is a drainage in the spring due to melting snows which produces sub-irrigation in many sections and greatly increases tbe productivenees of the land. The soil of the Powell Butte country is rich and deep, cut in places by rocky ridges. Between these ridges lie sheltered sections tim bered with juniper, which provides fuel and posts for farm purposes, which when cleared will be farm lands of great value. Throughout this entire district there is scat tered farm development sufficient to prove both the productiveness The purchase of the road grant lands by the Oregon & Western Colonization Company has been followed by a brisk movement of farm lands in this district and by largely increasing activity in all lines of business. Prineville ie al ready the largest center for an enormous region, and with the completion of the railway, is des tined to become one of the most . important of the interior cities of Oregon. A corporation has been formed, with $30,000 stock paid in, to bring into the city from 2,000 to 6,000 electric horsepower and plans are being drawn for a new gravity water system. There is a heavy . . .... , , . Familiar Scene in Crook County ward as one of the great fruit producing areas of . Oregon. The brilliant sunshine and mild winter contribute as well to a sturdy growth, 'and a highly Colored, sound and fine flavored fruit. The 'soil is unsurpassed for fruit raising. Trees in "this district are absolutely free from disease. . Eicellcat Local Markets, This region has never had a pro fessional market 'gardner. The market afforded in Prineville alone is Buillcient to absorb a large pro duction, and is greatly extended by the demand for every kind of garden produce at a large number of interior points regularly reached by stage transportation line from Prineville. Even potatoes, a crop excellently suited to this district, are not produced in sufficient quantities to care for the local market and are brought in by rail of the soil and the adaptability of the region for grain farming. The crops of 1910 area sufficient indication of the richness of this district. Wheat has averaged over the entire district from 30 to 40 bushels, with higher yields in favored localities, as noted above. Oats and barley have averaged from 40 to 80 bushels. Alfalfa has ranged from 4j to 9 tons per acre and all orchard crops have been exceptionally heavy. -This is natural condition of production when one considers that on irri gated lands tbe farmer is abso lutely independent of the rains and, to a large degree, of the weather. Prineville, like Burns, is at present without a railway. It lies sixty miles to tbe south of the end of the Columbia Southern at Shaniko, and has no transportation except by stage and automobile. Continued on inside page. I This is the chief requisite for making Perfect Bake Day Foods Absolutely Pure The only Baking Pow der made from Koyal Grape Creanv of Tartar Made from Grapes No Ume Phosphate Mo Alum