Joyous News!!!
Down Go the Prices Again ! !
The time is drawing near and we must close out regardless of price.
We have decided on another cut of 15 per cent, making a total re
duction of 60 per cent. Don't stop to ponder. It is the chance of your
lifetime. Dont listen to the bark of competitors.
They Can't Touch Us On Values.
Outing Flannel 121-2 Yards for $ 1 .00. Dress Gingham 1 1 Yards 1 .00
Don't be like the man who had the habit of riding backwards. He
never saw anything 'till it got by him. The greatest money saving
event of the age is knocking at your very door. Hundreds have taken
advantage of it and still you hesitate. You'll have to hurry as the time
is growing short. Don't fail to bring in the family, we can fit them all.
Rivet your eyes on a few of the sterling values we are offering,- and
YOU'LL GET BUSY.
can tlml no nearer market or- Unit
ing point. Sttx-kmon urn! rancher
now travel one hundred mile or
more to trade In rrlnevllle.
Tlw present population l,rH.
Prineville linn numerous toro,
Urge court limine, county high
ih'IiooI, Hue hotel nnd eoiiiturtnhle
residence, electric light, water
work, two bank nutl flouring;
mill. A larjre dry forming re ur
rotuidliiK It, mul on some ol thoee
lands In MOtt wheat yielded 40
Price Brothers
bushel to tli were.
The lulled State lteclrunatlon
Service U now surveying; a probable
Irrigation .vHtoin In tliU vicinity.
Valley (arm In the neighborhood ol
rrlnevllle are now selling; tor trom
ftM) to SVI nit Here, the higher bench
lutuU lor tmm 1.11 to 10. Kiwi-
deuce lot In town sell Iroin to
SUM, mul IiuhIiichn proierty bring;
from t 0 to tM a trout toot.
IVtiilU regarding- the opportttiit
tie III thlH vicinity van he olitalneit
hv wrlltiiK the Prineville Commercial
flub.
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Professional Cards,
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SI. CiiiH.
jfttrmf-mKjCmm
HOENIX & BREWSTER
Civil Engineering
rrlgatlim, Hlltvllin. Ktlniae, Hiuuc-
lrml mul i - i.oeiiiioim.
1 1 Klfl UtHhllllhll IIM'g
Ymt UKOMOSU, (UiKliON.
OREGON LAWMAKERS
WORK MjlLVIHfftl)
Initial Week U Quiet and little
Accomplished Aside From
Organization.
Salem. Aside from organisation
and election of presiding oltlcen very
little was accomplished durlns tha
Initial week uf the session by the
state's lawmakers. Scarcely the
groundwork of legislation ami policy
wag laKI during the three day the
solatia were In session.
Although not In years has the first
week of lawmaking neen marked by
greater quietude wtttt Indications of a
rather sedate session, before the ses
sion Is over there may be some high
grade politics played under the direc
tion of Jny Howermm. A peculiar
itiiattou exist In both houses, and
before the session progresses very far
complication may arise that will re
sult In a few political sky rockets.
Progressive Republicans Control.
OPENING CENTRAL OREGON
Continued from first page.
Plains, in northern Crook county.
The United States Reclamation
Service are now making a topo
graphical survey of approximately
125,000 acres lying in territory
tributary to Ochoco and Crooked
rivers. Most of this land lies
around about Prineville, the pres
ent county seat of Crook county.
Tka Rendu of Irrigttio.
Under irrigation, the fertile vol
canic ash soil in this section will
yield in the neighborhood of 200
bushels of potatoes per acre, thiee
tons of alfalfa, fifteen tons of sugar
beetp, forty to eighty-five bushels
of oats, thirty to forty bushe'.s of
wheat of the highest grade and
vegetables of all kinds, which grow
to prodigious eize. Small fruits
will also bring large rewards to
the irrigating farmer. In the low
er stretches of valley such fruits as
oeache.-, grapes and apricots can
be grown with success, and apples
are profitable. On the higher
bench lands the hardiest variety ol
apples yield well.
The Coil of Laid Under lrrif llior.
The lands developed by irriga
tion under the "Carey Act" are
settled upon by the homeseeker in
a manner somewhat similar to
that followed when homestead
land is secured. In the case of
the Deschutes Irrigation & Power
Cjmpany's tract, located in central
Crook county near the towns of
I enl, Redmind and Prineville, a
charge of'$40 per acre is made to
he settler for his water rights.
T iis coveis tbe cost of construct
ing the project. If there is any
unirrigated land in the area settled
upon, the party taking up the land
will be required to pay for same at
the rate of $2.50 per acre. The
charge for maintaining the irriga
tion system is 80 cents per irriga
ble acre yearly.
Tbe cost of procuring irrigated
landsunder private project can
not be given at the present time.
They range in price, however, from
$75 per acre up.
Figures regarding the cost of
procuring land to be irrigated by
the United States Reclamation
Serviee. in Crook county cannot
now.be given, inasmuch as the
cost of construction has not yet
been determined. Under United
States Reclamation Service rules
the settler is compelled to home
stead his land, living upon and
tv
cultivating it the required ' five
years. In addition to this be pays
the cost of construction, which
varies according to the dilliculties
encountered in placiug the land
under water.
Scientific Firming os Up-lud Bcnclwi.
The reader should not form the
conclusion that because of the ex
tensive irrigation systems being
established in the Deschutes valley
it is impossible"" to successfully
farm the lands on the outlying
benches and prairies. The soil
and climate here is identical with
that of the Big Bend Country,
Washington, where millions of
bushels of wheat are raised annu
ally under conditions which seem
unbelievable to the farmer in the
humid sections of the East.
The region opened up in Central
Oregon by the construction of the
Oregon Trunk Railway, comprises
an area of approximately 20,000,-
000 acres of rolling hills and fer
tile valleys. .Not much more
than two per cent of this area is
being placed under irrigation at
present. A large portion of the
balance is capable of succestful
cultivation by scientific methods
of moisture conservation'.
An authority upon the agricul
tural lands of this section estl
mates that in this area ol 20.000,'
000 acres there ere 10,000,000
acres of tillable land, MJU.UUU
acres of which may eventually be
irrigated, and 3,000,000 acres of
which may be subjected to the
plow of the scientific farmer, who
will fallow his land and conserve
the moisture for the nourishment
of his growing crops. The bal
ance of the 10,000,000 acres will
yield bountifully under ordinary
cultivation. -
Notwithstanding the lack
transportation facilities which has
heretofore retarded the growth of
farm lands of Central Oregon, 200,
000 acres have been placed under
cultivation. In the year 1908,
one-sixth of this area lying in
Crook county, produced 1,000,04(0
bushels of wheat, the average
yield running from 20 to 40 bushejs
p?r acre. Large crops of oats, rye,
barley and other grains, as well as
alfalfa and native grasses, vege
tables and small fruits have been
successfully grown.
Free Undt for the Homeieeker.
Of the 20,000,000 acres making
up the area of Central Oregon, 5,
661,901 acres still remain the
property of "Uncle Sam." This
area is scattered through Wasco,
of
Sherman, Crook, Lake and Klam
ath counties. But little govern
ment land is left in Wasco, Sher
man and Klamath counties.
Crook and Lake counties, how
ever, have millions of acre of un
appropriated agricultural, timber
and grazing laud, which may be
taken up by the homeseeker under
the United States homestead,
desert lands and timber acts.
The first districts of Interior
Oregon to feel the impetus of rail
road development are Crook coun
and northern Lake county.
These two communities together
have an area of unappropriated
government land exceeding 4,500,
000 acres. Much of this is cap
able, under careful cultivation, of
yielding between 17 and 40 bushels
of wheat to the acre, and this con
inually for a number of years.
Retoarcei.
Stock raising, agriculture, dairy
ng, fruit raising and lumbering
are destined to become the promt
nent industries of the Deschutes
Valley country in Central Oregon
Mining is being pursued in certain
localities. Gold, coal and other
metals are being found. Strong
indications of the existence of
large oil fields have been found in
the vicinity of Madras, Crook
county. The development of th
rich wealth of water power in th
Deschutes river district will pro
vide sufficient horse power for th
maintenance of vast industries and
the development of a wonderful
commerce.
Lumbering.
The timber belt of Central Ore'
gon lies on the eastern slope of the
Cascade mountains. It extends
on the south across the entire
width of Klamath county and over
into Lake county. It skirts the
western border of Crook and Was
co counties as well. It is over 200
miles long and averages 50 miles
wide. One-half of this land is
now in private holding, 'the bal
ance in forest reserves. This en
tire timbered region may be said
at present to be in its primeval
state, awaiting the coming of trans
portation for development.
Priaeville.
Although the so-called progressive
Republicans are In the saddle In both
branches. It 18" only tnrough the as
sistance of a few Kepulllcans whose
sympathies In the past have not been
wholly in accord w!h the "Oregon
System." Ben Selling was elected
president of the senate with the help
of some four Republicans who have
never accepted the entire Oregon
system. In the house, Speaker Jerry
Rusk was elected by the Republicans
not classed as progressive.
The fun will begin when- Senator
Kellaher's resolution to Indorse the
Oregon system Is up for considera
tion.- The resolution will be the
means of placing on record tbe mem
bers of the senate and show where
each one stands regarding the direct
primary. Initiative and referendum.
the recall, corrupt practices act and
the rest of the Bystem. This rosolu
tlon Is to be made the means for a
general and epc-lfle attack on United
States Senator Bourne and Inciden
tally upon United States Senator
Chamberlain. Despite the opposition
It Is believed there are enough pro
gressive Republicans and Democrats
to adopt the resolution.
Little Is Accomplished.
As to actual accomplishments.
there have been few In the first week.
There appears to be a tendency to
hold down tho number of bills intro
duced, for there havo been but 66 In
troduced, and of these only 30 have
come from the house. Usually, the
first week of the legislature sees
about 100 or more bills introduced and
the printing office congested. Of the
66 bills already presented, there are
few of first importance. The b'g leg
islation, such as the new Judicial syS'
fern, the compensation act, reappor
tionment for the new congressional
district, and the like, will not appear
until the coming week.
Bowerman Plan for Districting State-
In his message to the legislature
Mr. Bowerman recommended the dis
tricting of the state Into districts
Covornor Chnmherlulu were prlncb
clpally relating to Increase of salary
for various county and district offi
cers. Chamberlain xereU'ng his pre
rogative In connection with alt of
these, Other vetoes of house bills
were In relation' to appointment of a
board of trustees of the Mol.oughlln
Home at Oregon City, a horticultural
bill and other minor measures.
There were 2:1 senate bills vetoed.
These Included bills relating to ex
amination bcfoie securing a marriage
license; defining vagrancy; registra
tion of voters; exemption of bonds
from taxation; making It a misde
meanor to circulate false statement
concerning the condition of a bank;
publishing delinquent tax list; defin
ing the houmhirle of Coos and Curry
count'es; relating to fishing near fish
ways; providing for preparation of a
syllabi of supreme court rases; Or.
Owena Ailalr aterlllsatu n bill; provld
lug for organisation of new counties
and a number of bill In reference to
salaries for county officers.
Officers Against Emergency Clause.
Speaker Rusk of the house adds his
voice to that of President Selling of
the senate In emphatic declaration
that emergency clauses will have hard
sledding during (he present session ol
the legislature. Pleaders for einer
genry clauses, which havo t!e affect
of putting laws Into force without
opportunity for use of the referendum
will be told to halt unless they can
show absolute necessity.
The legislature, la the sole Judge as
to the existence of the emergency
With President Selling and Speaker
Rusk 'strongly opposed to fictitious
emergencies," the coming session
may be made comparatively tree from
too frequeut use of the harmless look'
lug clause which so often brings up
the rear paragraph of bills wheu they
are Introduced.
Take Apportionment from Speaker.
In the house, under the leadership
-if Eaton, defeated candidate for
speaker, strenuous efforts were made
to take out of the hands of Speake
Rusk t.ie appointment of tho it stand'
Ing committees.
It has been frankly charged by
Enton and his colleagues that In con
sideration of Thompson's retirement
from the speakership contest and his
support of Rusk, Rusk conceded to
Thompson the naming of most of the
house committees.
In the senate no effort was made
to deprive President Selling, na pre
siding officer, of the privilege of com
posing his own committees.
May Simplify County Division,
Solution of the county division
question, so that a deluge of plans for
creating new counties will not go on
he ballot at the next election. Is be
ing studied by all members of the
legislature and several bills on the
subject are to bo introduced, besides
consideration of a vetoed bill of Inst
session bearing on the same subject.
Sterilization Bill Up Again.
Having assured herself that If her
sterilization bill Is paused by the leg
islature It will not meet with veto by
the governor, as It did three years
ago, Dr. owens-Adnir 1 busy lining
up members of the legislature to pass
the bill over the veto when It
CrtoA Ctunty jfiitract C.
AlmlriteU ol title In til Unit suit
tuwa tuU III Cnrnk I'miiil),
I, F. WjMe, Secretary. MmIII, Or.
r. J. Cdwmr, JIT. J. 33lknr
(H'ftU.ISTH
Belknap c Cdwards
ftynimmt mutt Smrfumt.
(). C. YOl'Nd
I'rmili-e III Kit l-olllU. Hin'll Ulli-lilli'll In
(! f riliM. IHlKSliell Sll'l i-rlllllllsl ,lt'li'IM''.
W. A. Itl'I.I,
I' hank. mi:m:i i'i:
l,tuvvcr
I'll n.illei Oregon
(J. L. Ill-UN I i-:u
Attorney. all.
Will timelier III all llir I Viirl.
IKTli nut deer l f'r. Itiwuilwrs's,
rrliii vlllo, Unnoll.
WADi: HUSTON
Surveyor v
llnincHlcad location
a specialty
(County Pltyilrlan )
Prineville
Oregon
Jersey Dull for Sa1.
One fifteen. tiiiiit!m.nlil bull. J. K.
Aiiamkui, I'liuevllle, On gim. IO '.'7-lf.
Prineville Steam Laundry.
Ili.v. voiir I't.itlH'M wti.lird Hi Oil IMiievllle-
Cmllt ewixreV niv't' 'nr 'J''! HIihiii Ijiimilrv. hivi l i. n nen l.i
i, it, 1 1- -" -
Dr. J. Trendies Vox
M H " H t-'l.e . I,. , A lend.
I It 'll Hii,. M .1 ....r,l. I if. toil
Hour. - 'lunula.-.. 1 1nn l fcliiril.
Iriuii J in i. ui. tiilinr iiiiu'ii mi mil.
Olllce, Mtiln St. rrlnevllle. Orem
N. W. Sanborn
Attorney-ietlJtw
AilmiiHim Mock - rrlnevllle
iiiivil.'iM. iJttni'lrv L
l,-r l.iill.lllis, 1M-.II lor lV'l,M'.i
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tin ii k iim I i til nr Ati.Hwih'e
lmt' mils Ii.mii edit-,, mi rmj
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Express Delivery,
Am rtmiiing an esprws wagon mul
will guarantees prompt delivery to all
paiteol Hie city. I'lanii Slid IiiiiimIiiiM
giukUa spccialtT. V. M. While. 10 13
V, A. Ilmim, I'n
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HTATK HANK Nil. I
C. M. Ki kiks.C mlir
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Crook Coitntv Bank
PR1NEVIU.E. OREGON
fpitl Htix'k rully paid psiniTO
Niiriu.i. . - 'r"""1
HUukiioldem' lliii.lilly ta.iMi.ui
Statement Rendered to Stat Bank Eiaminer No. 10, 1910;
LkbiMlM
Ui.n.u,..l MMu..t. II'S '." 'IHI .lock
1'venlti.iu Hiirj.iu.
Furniture and lUlum 'J.JO'M I ti.ll. Mml prorlla ...
Heal eelal l .V'" tk-INxtla ,
CukeaketJ a. w lie. beak. 79,I57. 1 - u;
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THE HAMILTON STABLES
J. H. WIOLE, Proprietor
I'K IN 1 1.1.1., ORWiON
SUx-k bojiruVit by the day, week or month at
ReftHonnMo ratea. UeHicnilier w when in
Triui'Ville. Uatkb Ukawinabi.k. We have
Fine Livery Rigs For Rent
6
rrlnevllle, the prenent metropolis
of Central Oregon anil the county
seat of Crook county, la located
fourteen mile off the prenent pro
poned line of the Great Northern
Hallway's branch In the DeschuteM
Valley. It Is the outer distributing
point for the great Btock growing
country of Interior Oregon. The en
tire country for a dlntance of ninety
miles Mouth and cant of rrlnevllle
equal in numbor to the membership comes
of the house and the senate, one mem
ber to each branch, of the legislature
to be chosen from the districts so es
tablished. It Is not known that the
recommendations of llr. Bowerman
will be embodied In a bill, but, regard
less of whether or not they are, It Is
incumbent on this legislature to re-
dlstrict the state Into senatorial and
representative districts. This duty is
Imposed on the legislature by a pro
vision of the state constitution which
directs the state's lawmaking body
shall so redlstrict the state following
a state or federal census.
Want Public Service Commission.
Not fewer than two bills will be
offered on the subject of a public ser
vice commission. One will propose
such an organlaztlon for the control
of corporations In Multnomnh County
alone. Another will be state-wide In
its provisions. It is not Improbable
that a third bill on this "subject will
appear.
Would Ditch Vetoed Bills.
Senator Bowerman will probably be
one of the leaders in an active oppo
sition which will develop against the
consideration of any of tho 38 vetoed
bills wh'ch have been returned from
the governor after the 'last regular
session.- He declares that these bills
are all dead, that a special session
intervened between 'the last regular
session and tho present session, and
that the bit's should have been voted
tpon at the special, session.
The constitution in Section 15 of
Article V provides that the bills shall
be acted upon at the "next session."
There is no ment'on of regular ses
sion, and It I the contention of Bow
erman that plainly . the legislature
should have voted upon thorn at that
time. In the bouse bills vetoed by
up.
State May Scrub Pupils.
Keep school children clean by a
compulsory process, require that they
carry no disease by dirt Into the
schools with them and that they be
free from vermin, are Ideas fathered
by Senator Chase of Coos, who will
either Introduce a bill to this effect
himself or will arrange to have It In
corporated in a bill to bo Introduced
by the legislative committee of the
State Teachers' Association. He
wishes certain powers ot this kind to
be more definitely delegated to city
health odlcers.
Lorimer Scandal Eliminated.
Declaring that the preamble of Sen
ator Miller's senate concurrent reso
lution, regarding the election of
United States senators by the people,
was "ull rot," Senator Abrnham of
nnue'as started a smnll tempest In
the senate. Senator Miller admitted
that the preamble might be "a little
too strong" and agreed to amend the
preamble. It was more than amended
It was eliminated entirely.
The resolution urged Congress to
submit a constitutional amendment to
the status that senators be elected
by the people and Miller availed him
self of the opportunity to take a fling
in the preamble at the Lorimer scan
dal, Intimated that the corporations
control the United States senate and
a few other strong things.
Rail Pasees Wanted.
What promises to bring forth some
I'vo'y cI.Bhes H both the senate and
the ho tso Is a Mil now being propared
by Representative Eggleston, which
will make It mandatory for the rail
roads to furnish free transportation
Tor all state officials when they are
compelled to use the railroads In con
nection with their official duties.
iwreirei'riwitrl?:?r
O. K. MARKET
Stroud & Stroud, Proprietors
Choice Beef, Veal
Mutton and Pork
Butter and Eggs
Country Produce
A Fine Line of Sausage
Telephone orders receive
prompt attention
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Warren & Woodward
CIVIL ENGINEERS
Irrigation, Subdivision, Land Surveys. Estimate Furnished -on
Power Plants.
MAPS
We have had 10 years experience, embracing all branches
of Civil Engineering.
.Box 187 Redmond, Oregon.
Application for Grazing Permits.
Notice Is hereby given that all appll
cations lor permits to graze cattle.liornes
and sheep within the DKKUIIUTKH
NATlONALKORHSTduringtheseason
11111, must be filed in my olllce at Prine
ville, Oregon, on or before February 8,
1911. Full information in regard to
the grazing fees to be charged anil
blank forms to be uned in making, ap
plications will be furnished UK)ii re
quest. A. S. IRELAND, Supervisor.1-6
Cattle Wanted. ,
Wo arn in the market for all kinds of
fat cattle ; cow stult preferred. Tim
highest market prico preferred. ' Would
pay 10 cents (tor pound for stock hogs
weighing from 100 to 125 and W,4 contn
for Urns than 100 pounds; also iri tho
ninrltnt for fat hns and celvea. P.
1 '. ' loud, Oregon, Bog
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