Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1911.
VOL XV-NO. 16
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Crook CoMoloy
HILL OFFICIALS
VISIT CROOK CO
Wanted to See Things
at First Hand.
OFFICIALS CORDIALLY GREETED
Predic t a Big Transformation
in Thit Country in
Few Year.
Accompanied by Tillman Keu
tor, tliu man whoso suceoss In
dry farming probably Im done
most to exploit the advantages
uiul poasibllitoa of Coolrul Ore
gon agricultural land, tho party
of Hill otllelaU who have boon
touring tho tnrtltory adjacent to
tho now Oregon Trunk Railway
returned to Portland yesterday,
full of enthusiasm for tho country
and for tho town that rapidly
are developing into cities In con
sequence of tho railroad's en
trance. Tho party comprised H. A.
Juckaon, retiring assistant gen
oral freight and passuugor ngont
of tho (rat Northurn, .Tnhu L.
Springer, traveling freight agent;
VrvA V, (irahaiu, Western In
dustrial and immigration agent;
and K. W. Foster, assistant gen
eral agent of tho llurlingion.
House Cleaning Time at Hand.
We are . showing Savings in
Lace Curtains. You know
what a sale means at this Store.
If you have confidence in us
you can honestly expect these
sales to be worth your while.
$1.60 I.ace Curtains, white, pair $1.05
f 1.50 Lace Curtains, ecru, pair $1 15
f 1.75 Lace Curtains $120
$2.50 Lace Curtains ; $1.85
$3.00 Lace Curtains.... $2.40
$;t.50 Lace Curtains $2.75
$4 00 Lace Curtains $3.15
$5 00 Lace Curtains $3.95
BEAUTIFUL WHITE BEDSPREADS.
$1.25 Hemmed Crochet at. $105
$1 52 Hemmed Crochet at $1.20
$1.75 Hemmed Crochet at $1 40
$2 05 Cut Corner Satin Finish $2.05
$4 00 Cut Corner Sitin Finish $3.25
Linen fin in Ii Towels in pairs at 25c , 30c., and 40c.
per pair. These ate ssvings. Good housekeepers
can effect economy in buying these.
Collins
They left here Monday morn
ing and went as far as Motoliua,
the present terminus of the Ore
gon Trunk, on tho regular pas
senger train. From thero they
proceeded to Prineville by
automobile stage, following this
with visits to liund, Kedmond.
Culver and Opal City. At each
place they wore met by enthus
iastic committees of cili.ens, who
entertained them with banquets,
apuechmuking and music and
who conferred with thorn on the
future business relations that
necessarily must grow up with
tho continuation of the road and
the rapid development of the
country.
Tho trip was prompted by Mr.
Jackson's early departure for Bt.
Paul to take up bis new duties as
assistant goneral traffic manager
of the Great Northern, to which
placo hu was promoted a few
weeks ago. He was eager to
'.earn something of the Oregon
Trunk country, as he knew that
he would bo flooded with inquir
ies as soon as bo reached St.
Paul.
While Mr. Jackson had been
somewhat in doubt about tho
possibilities of that section prev
ious to bis departure, never
having visited it before, he came
back thoroughly satisfied with
every feature of the varied in
dustrles and with the prediction
thai the next few years will wit
ness a varitablo transformation
of the present sagebrush cnuntty
to nn area blooming with ripen-
(Continued oil lat pnge.)
Spring Sale of
BOYS' SUITS
Just now we are selling them at a fraction
above cost, to close out the entire line.
You can save our profit. That is exactly what
it means, in boys' clothing here. TRY US.
Garden Seeds, Garden Drills,
Farm Tools, Wagons, Groceries
and Hardware.
As cheap as can be sold. Satisfaction is yours
if you buy here.
Special Sale of Ladies' Corset
Covers, Drawers and White
Skirts. See them.
Prinevflle,
SOMETHING DOING
BY THE COUNCIL
Special Meeting Held
Tuesday.
WILL BUY STREET SPRINKLER
Gty Improvement Election May
29 City Buys Dumping
Ground.
There wss a special meeting of
the city council Tuesday evening.
The committee of fire and water
wss instructed to purchase a street
sprinkler. Main snd adjoining
streets sre to be sprinkled just as
soon ss the water wagon can be
put in order.
The mstterof placing the new
school building on larger grounds
wss unanimously indorsed by the
oouncil. All recognized the fact
that the present quaiters would be
entirely too amsll. The next few
years will see a marvelous change
in this city snd right now is the
time to snticipste it.
The bids for grsding Third
street were all rejected. Council
man Wsrd will hsve charge of the
work which will be done by the
day.
The council passed the petition
Home Needs.
ESPECIALLY FINE.
This refers to our New Spring Dress Ginghams
and other fabrics, now on display. Selected
with more than usual care and taste. Silk
Foulards and Gauzy Fabrics for gowns and
wastings. Our Goods are pleasing to the eye.
New Oxfords, Pumps, Sandals, atd Scuffers, for
the neat and tasty.
Everyday footwear for
heavy or light wear. We
know how to fit your feet.
Look at our styles bofore
buying footwear.
The Nemo Corset.
No. 312 and No. 405 made
especially for extra stout
women. No. 210 and No.
305 made especially for all
others. Have you tried the
"Nemo." There is no sec
ond best. For shape and
style, for home or party,
THE NEMO.
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W. Elkin
Oregon.
for increasing the actetsment of
the city for improvements fiotn 10
to 15 mills. The matter is now
up to the electors. The voters will
bsve a chases to pan on it May
29. As there is practically no op
position to city improvements the
matier will go through with a
whirl.
Five lots were purchased by the
city for dumping grounds. Thny
are located in the northwestern
part of the city, near Marion
Tsmpleton's place. Instead of
dumping your trssh on the out
skirts of town it msy be bsuled to
these lots to be tsken tare ot by
the city.
Looking for Land.
Many newcomers are in Prine
vi lie looking for land. All are be
ing satisfied one way or the other.
Those looking for 320 snd ICO
acre bomeiteads are Iteing taken to
that section ol Crook county by
our real estate men snd locator
where such Isnds sre oin to en
try, thoce that want road land sre
being looked after by the local
manager, John K. Vinson, and
others that want irrigsted land sre
being tsken csre ot by Aent A. K.
Bowman. The Prineville Com
mercial Club is doing its part in
disseminating information of all
kinds about the country and
putting strangers on the track of
what they sre looking for. Our
real estate men and locators are
responsible citizens who have lived
years in thi" country and know its
resources. Strangers ' bave called
st the Journal ollice for direction
snd we hsve invariably indorsed
every real estate man snd locstor
doing business in Prineville. They
are in business to serve the public
and will do so if you give them a
chance.
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JeteT
is.
DEVELOPMENT IN
CROOK COUNTY
Resources in Process of
Transformation.
Great Changes Will Take
Within the Next Few
Years.
The resources of Crook county is
a subject upon which too much
cannot be said. The Journal bas
been hammering for years upon
the opportunities that await the
man of small means in ibis new
country and never misses a chance
to proclaim the good tidings to the
land hungry. The Northern Pa
cific Railroad is alto helping in
tb? good work and in one of its
recent publications writes of this
section ss follows:
The earliest development of newj
extensive territory will be exper
ienced in Crook county, which oc
cupies sn area of about 8,000
square miles almost exactly in the
center of the state. The railroad
emerges from the canyon of Wil
low creek, a tributary of the Des
chutes, in the northern extremity
ot Croon county.
Crook county is greatly diver
sified in its resources, and it is al
ready in process of transformation
from a stockman's country to a
farming community. Yet this
transformation bas but just begun.
Groin, vegetables and fruit have as
yet been raised solely for local
consumption. Grain, in large
part, has been hauled to the small
mills, ground into flour, and ship
ped farther into the interior for
use by other stock-raising com
munities, or has been cut for use
at hay. In the Lorthern part of
the county a large area of land is
already under cultivation, but
there has not, until now, been
much incentive to careful cultiva
tion of the soil. Enterprising
farmers have found, however, that
their land is capable of yielding as
bigb as 50 bushels of wheat to the
acre under a proper system of cul
tivation. The main cultivated
area of Crook county lies to the
east of the Deschutes river and
north of Crooked river, which flows
into tbe Deschutes from the east.
In this district are located the
Agency Plains, comprising about
175,000 acres; the Hay creek dis
trict, with 80,000 acres; the Bliz
zard Ridge district, with 75,000
acres, and the Culver, Lamonta,
Opal Prairie and numerous other
small districts. The rainfall,
about 15 inches annually, is suffi
cient for successful dry farming,
but a large area can be irrigated
and ultimately will be devoted to
intensified farming. Fruit grow
ing has been undertaken in a
small way in northern Crook coun
ty, and the district has been found
to be suited to horticulture. West
of the Deschutes the country rapid
ly merges into the great pine tim
ber area of the eastern elopes of
the' Cascade mountains. This is
true of the entire length of the
country west of the Deschutes.
South of Crooked river is a large
Carey Act irrigation project. The
company has a partly completed
system planned to water 215,000
acres of land. The Central Oregon
Irrigation Company will reclaim
an additional 8UU,UuU ' acres.
About 60,000 are now under culti
vation. Alfalfa, clover and root
crops particularly, thrive on the
irrigated lands, and it will be pri
marily a dairy district, although
small fruits produce abundantly.
Three hundred miles of canals
and laterals, costing to exceed
$1,000,000, have been constructed.
In this tract are the townB of Red
mond, Bend and Laidlaw, all
thriving and giving evidence of a
great future. The entire section is
being rapidly supplied with schools
and churches, and stores are open1
ing up, electrio power and light
plants are projected to utilize the
water power and development is
rapidly progressing in every way
It is a wonderful dairying and
stock country raising the finest of
sheep and cattle. Tbe climate is
ideal, tbe rainfall being about 13
inches annually, with over 300
days of sunshine out of the year.
The winters are not severe, Janu
ary and February usually bring
ing a small amount of snow, but,
as a rule, work can be carried on
throughout the entire year. .
West of the Deschutes river
another company bas secured a
Carey Act segregation of about
30,000 acres, with the town of
Laidlaw as the center. A farmers'
co-operative irrigation system is
also watering about 15,000 acres
from Squaw creek, wbicb flows In
to tbe Deschutes from tbe west a
short distance south of the mouth
of Crooked river.
The eastern slope of tbe Cascades
is heavily timbered, and this tim
ber can only be conveyed Jo the
markets of the world by way of
the natural routes down tbe
various mountain streams to tbe
Oregon Trunk Railway. An im
mense amount of labor will eventu
ally be employed in working op
this timber, and this labor must
draw its supplies from and through
the district mentioned.
The timbered regions of tbe gov
ernment reserves abound with all
kinds of game, large and small.
The streams are filled with tbe
finest trout making it an ideal
district for hunting and fishing.
Another enterprise of vast im
portance in the development of
Central Oregon is that of the Ore
gon and Western Colonization
Company of St. Paul, which com
pany has obtained- what was
known ss tbe military-road-grant
lands-, comprising some 800,000
acres, and is putting the land on
the market in small tracts upon
easy payments, ihis land com
prises a belt some twelve miles
wide, and extends from tbe Wil
lamette Valley on the west almost
entirely across the state. Tbe im
portant towns in tbis tract are
Prineville, Paulina, Riley, Burns,
Narrows, Yale, Ontario, The Col
onization Company, whose main
headquarters are at St. Paul,
Minn., with a branch office in the
Railway Exchange Building, Port
land, Oregon, and another at Prine
ville, Oregon, in charge of John R.
Stinson, who will gladly furnish
illustrated literature telling about
this land.
At Bend, which lies 150 miles
south of the Columbia river, the
pine timber belt covering the east
ern foothills of the Cascade moun
tains alreadv mentioned, reaches
down to the plains, and there the
juniper merges into merchantable
timber as one journeys southward.
The Deschutes river in this dis
trict not only supplies water for
irrigation but develops enormous
potential water power. In its
course to the Columbia river it is
estimated that it will generate
more than 1,000,000 horsepower.
A water power electric plant has
already Wen established at Bend,
and numerous tilings on power
sites have been made with tbe ob
ject of supplying cheap power for
dairy and farm machinery as the
country develops.
Crooked river at the point where
it is crossed by the Oregon Trunk
Railway is a narrow chasm 380
feet deep, about 320 feet wide, and
with walls of perpendicular rock
It is a natural dividing line be
tween northern and southern
Crook county. Before.the river iB
compressed into its narrow canyon,
however, it drains a fertile valley,
some fifteen miles long by nine or
ten miles wide. Several tribu
taries, tne principal of which is
the Ochoco, drain smaller valleys
and provide valuable reservoir
sites for irrigation. Numerous
small irrigation enterprises are
now in existence, and there are
many well cultivated farms in the
valleys. In the center of the
Crooked River Valley, and some
what east of the main line of the
railroad, is Prineville, the county
seat of Crook county, a great trad
ing center for Btockmen.
Southeast from Bend and south
of Prineville is the principal home
steaders' district of Crook county.
There are still remaining hundreds
COUNCIL FAVORS
CHANGE OF SITE
Want
Larger Play
grounds. THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT
It
Takes a Two-thirds Vote to
Order the Change Let
us have Meeting.
Tbe city council
held a special
meeting Tuesday
evening and
among other things discussed the
advisability of exchanging the
park grounds for the present
school site. Tbe city fathers were
unanimously in favor of making .
this change.
Regarding tbe change of school
site, tbe Oregon School Laws read:
"Whenever, in tbe judgment of
the board, it is desirable or neces
sary to tbe welfare of the schools
in the district, or to provide for
the children therein proper school
privileges, or whenever petitioned
so to do by one third of the votera
in tbe district, the district board
shall call a meeting, at some con
venient time and place fixed by
the board, to vote upon the ques
tion of. selection, purchase, ex
change, or sale of a schoolhouse
site, or the erection, removal, or
sale of a schoolhouse. Such elec
tion shall be conducted and votes
canvassed in tbe same manner as
at tbe annual election of school
officers. If a majority of the
voters present at such meeting
shall by vote select a schoolhouse
site, or shall be in favor of the
purchase, exchange, or sale of the
schoolhouse, as the case may be,
the board shall locate, purchase,
exchange, or sell such site, or erect,
remove or sell such schoolhouse,
as tbe case may be, in accordance
with such vote; provided, that it
shall require a vote of two-thirds
of the voters present and voting at
such meeting to order the removal
of the schoolhouse, and such school
house so removed can not again be
removed within three years from
the dale of such meeting."
In Prineville we have not
known the evil effects resulting'
from crowding many children into
cloee quarters, but we should
profit by tbe growth of such cities
as Portland, Boston, Chicago, Cin
cinnati and others where the
crowding of population bas thrust
this new problem of providing
suitable play grounds for children
upon society.
All children must have light,
pure air and plenty of healthful
outdoor sport in order to develop
into strong men and women.
While some of the homes in
Prineville are fortunate in having
suitable grounds for their children
the majority are lacking in this
respect. A child spends at least
half of his early life at school and
it is the duty of parents and teach
ers to provide necessary physical
exercises for him. With suitable
playgrounds a child can learn
many a valuable lesson that ib
most useful in later life. Fair
play, a desire to excel, a spirit of
leadership, the lesson that perse
verance counts, all these and many
others may be and are learned on
the playgrounds where the exer
cises are properly conducted.
of thousands of acres of sage-brush
lands available for entry under
the 320 acre homestead, or dry
farming act. Under this act the
homesteader is permitted to take
up 320 acres of land suitable for
dry farming and secure a patent in
five years by residing thereon and
doing a specified amount of im
provement each year. Tbe land is
particularly adapted to tbe grow
ing of winter wheat by dry farm
ing methods, and is readily acces
sible by team or automobile from
Prineville.
Seed Potatoes.
Early Rose and Burbank Seed Pota
toes for sale. Horigan & Reiuke, 3-30