Joiirall
Crook County
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1911.
VOL.XV-NO. 20
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WILL EXCHANGE
SCHOOL SITE
Jhe Vote Saturday Was
Unanimous.
LARCER GROUNDS NECESSARY
Bull for the New Building Will
Be Opened Next
Monday.
I'rintvilla voted unanimously to
exchri(n the tohool lite fur the
city park. The vote took the form
of a rfnolulioD which read at fol
low: ''Whvreaf, in ' the Judgment ol
tit Hoar J of Director! of Bchool
District No. 1 of Crook county,
State of Oregon, It I desirable and
neccxrary to the welfare of the
district, and to provide for the
children therein pror aohool
privilege, to (elect, purchane or
exchange the preient aohool lite
for larger lite and to build a
schonllmuse upon the lite 10 se
lected, therefore be it
Ilcmolved, by the legal voter of
School District No. 1 of Crook
county, State of Oregon, at a
rjiecinl meeting dulyand regularly
called, that the district exchange
the prevent sohoolliouse lite, lowit:
block 14 in the First addition to
I'rineville, according to the plat
thereof as the lame appear of
record in the ollice of the county
Same bottom can be
had in walking plows.
clerk of Crook county, Oregon, fur
the following described file, to
wit, block 7 in the Fourth ad
dition to I'mievlllt)."
I'rineville acted wisely when it
voted for larger play ground. Of
late Prinoipal Myeri hai had his
handi full dividing the present
cramped quarter! among the pupili
under hit charge. The new
ground will relieve the congestion
and afford greater piotiction for
the little tolki.
Publicity Men
Visit Prineviile
Iloke Smith, a Minneapolis
oewipaper man; W. A. Footer, a
lumberman of Seattle, and F. W.
Craham, the Great Northern In
dustrial and immigration agent at
Portland, were in I'rineville. lsst
Sulurday In the interest of the
VY extern Development League
which will hold it fimt meeting at
Helena, Montana, May 4. Thii
league i a federation of the ccm
mercial bodies of the leven Pa
cific northwestern states which has
(or Its object the diversion of immi
gration from the middle states,
now tending largely toward the
western provinces of Canada, to
the stales of th Pattillo northwest.
How best to persuade farmer to
remain in the United Btates and
to settle primarily in the north
western states will be the chief
topio of the Helena meeting.
Tempting offers of free land, made
hy the Canadian government, will
iiwd to be overcome.
It i the belief of those most
interested in the movement that
energetic efforts to procure pub
licity concerning low-priced lauds
still unoccupied, particularly in
Oregon, will be necessary.
Get information and prices on the New Kentucky Drill. We
guarantee it as good as any Drill made. .We sell it at less profit
than other drills are sold.
Collies -W. Elldns.
Prineviile, Oregon.
NEW YORK CITY
HAVE BIG LAND SHOW
J. J. Hill Offers $1,000 Prize Cup
For Best Wheat
At Uf. Nw York I . to hmr
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N(w Virk I'tiy In id InrK" tMiri of
entry fr lrnniiriint In Hv world
nvi-r unr inillmii u,tto(i,iimi foniKnen.
fimtfl to NVw York every ynr. 'i'litnk
uf li million a y'nr! Mot of llirrn
r fnt nir- ioiii of IIpih urn titi-r
f a niter Minn nr. ThU Mr IhikI
iitow will " numt of IhfHfl ifinl-iMk-Injr
(tfopl ' bot'k to Ih IhihI "
ll Ktiulit t of tr'm-n(ti'ti twm-flt to
Dm N'orltiwMt If muiif of ttitn mI
coull Im IihIiiwmI to fmivw out on tin
fnrttxa, Hitil a-tllcr ttiiy luml. If th-y Iihvo
thn ntfitttH, r work rr itto N'irthHtirn
furiiM until tln-y k t xuftlrlrnt mom
to Mirrl)UMt ft to i of llii-it own, urn tin
(.JcriowiiN mid KcatniliiiitvlJiiiM IM tt-n-wMillfin
kko ftmit'Mil of ilulng till. Hi-4-hoiI
Hoik for nttill wagi'K lit ovr
rrttw. !!, cotiKtl ritlri Ilk" N
York I'lly. Tlcy Ho not know nbout tin
opporlmmlri of tli ,o tt wnt.
All lli rnolrH of tl tw p'Miftr n
itwki1 to do In to compet for lit vit lu
st Mi J. 4 Hill tlK or itnc of Ih other
Mntny rlx" offt-rfit 'bii4ii, th Houlh
thtt Hnuihwn-if. North, Nirthwtt on. I
!-:ut will at) fxhlhll urn) Hhow their Im--.i
kimIiih, rntltn mtd other fitrrn product
It I vi y n-c-iiiry Ihitt the NurihweNi
nhoitlit ntitke uliowlnil hettr lhIl that
of nny otlo-r mTilon o Hint th lwti-i
dMHH (if llit-MC ltllttl,(tlll!tM. llIHl Of til
tiioiiMttitlN of rmilvfl Amerlcmm. In ti1
miniiKl Now York 'It v, h ho hnv4 tin
mtunej lit huy furniw hut do nut undr
iliu th inr.lhllltleit of th Onul
North eat, will en me to, our ttfrthm,
tnnteiid of th otlo-r. Tlnn the prU'
ure ettrrnu-ly vulUAl'lo urtil tire Well
wortli while.
J. J. Hill Prize Cup
J rt men .1. Hill, f'hnlrmnn of the Honrd
of ItlrretoMi of the (ii et Nnrilif rn
Itnllwiiv, ufTt-ri n I,'M'J tolne eup. tle
fra-t huU ud elulMirutf ly engrnvfd. for
the Ihm mi poumlN of wltuiit mlaed In
the I'nltml HtHiit In mi and exlith
ltid hy the uetunt Kf',r "t I he Anur
Uttn iiiii I nnd Irrliciiilon KiponKlon.
The eoiittlUonn nre , rnny, nd any
fiirmer In the I'nttfil Hutf mtnndii n
Koot rttKiiee to win Ihln $1,000 curt. It
would hrt n ftreut honor and n wonderful
dt ertlMtnent In thlH hM tility If thtn
cup were won ty nm of ttie render of
ttii pit per If It wtre won hy you.
The Orfttt Norlhfrn Kali wit y hn
twiiy iM-nn rimdy to eo-operute whh
nny nlner effort to miike the North
wett mil the Northwewttrn farmer more
proHHiruua. Tliey hav laamtl a tmnd-
Will Plow in Any
Ground
l The New Oliver
Gang, in either 12 or
1 4 in. bottoms. "Dob
bie" clay, loam, gravel ,
or sod slips off the No.
222 moulboard and
leaves it bright as a
mirror.
WILL
aont four paire leaflet printed In two
col'ira with ait Itlintiriitlon ahowlngf tfti-Jnni4-a
J Hill fl.OiHj prUw cup. ThU
lntlrt t" lln all nttotil tha I'ondliiona kov
ernlnit Ihla and oilo-r pi ttititeafa
Tiiti tiadeia of UtU papr ore advUtd U
J. J. BUI 91,000 Mm Cup.
write, to R O. Ieedy, Oenernl Immlirra
tlon Aftent of tha Oreat Northern KhII
way, locutel nt lift Great Northern
lluildtnK, St. l'rttit, Mlnni-aota. who ban
tnforntcd the editor that h will be (lad
to nd thU Icnllet and any other In
formatlun denlrvd to any reader of till
paper.
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THROW OPEN THE
RESERVATION
Room for Ten Thousand
Families.
INDIANS VERY POOR FARMERS
Those That Have Allotment
Raise Only About Enough
for Themselves.
In throwing open the Warm
Spring Indian reservation to the
people, F W. Graham, industrial
and Immigration agent of the
Great Northern Railway in Port
land, believes that the Govern
ment would be acting wisely.
' It may be as Indian Agent
Covey says that most of the good
land is taken," said Mr. Graham,
"but the fact remains that many
of the allotments are now part of
Indian estates and must neces
sarily, in some manner, be dis
posed of by the United States
Government. These lands are
the best on the reservation.
Then this large body of land, 40
miles square, should be placed
in a position to be utilized for the
benefit of the white man. After
going over the country I made a
report to the Great Northern
officials in February. 1910. It
tells the story of the situation
precisely as it is. The facts
were given largely by Mr. Covey
at the time."
Room for 10,000 Families.
Mr. Graham's report is:
"We stopped over night at the ;
agency and got following inform
ation from C. C. Covey, superin
tendent of the agency. There
are 600,000 acres in the reservat
ion, of which 315,860 are already
under survey, 100,000 acres of
the surveyed lands are tillable
of first class, 215,860 acres suited
to grazing; 25,000 acres are tim
ber lands, unsurveyed, contain
ing some very fine yellow pine
timber, aveage stand being 10,000
feet an acre. The reservation
is 40 miles square. It is estim
ated it would accomodate 10,000
families. Mr. Covey estimates
that 25.000 acres could be ir
rigated cheaply, There were
115,000 acres alloted in 1896 and
25 years from that time the
Indians can get title. There are
at present 18,000 head of sheep
grazing on the reservation, which
pay an average of 18 cents a head
annually.
Indians Post Farmars.
The range can be made to sup
port 50,000 head of sheep, and
on the lower ranges 15,000 head
of cattle. There are 4000 head
cattle and 10,000 head of horses
at present. There are 770 Ind
ians on the reservation, of whom
150 are heads of families. The
Indians do not farm as well as
the white man. They do not
plow deep enough for Summer
fallow. They do not get over 15
bushels an acre. Not any one
around here farms right, either
Indians or whites. Superintend
ent Covey has asked the govern
ment to put in an experiment
station on the reservation. That
will be done this year, and better
results are looked for. Some of
the Indians are industrious. The
majority raise enough for there
own use. They hunt and' do
teaming for the Government.
They all have a few head of
stock but not many sheep.
There are bits of pasture land
on the reservation that the cattle
and ponies have never seen.
Alfalfa and wheat do well.
Porcupines eat the corn and
early frosts nip the fruits.
Warmsprlngs Haa Tradsr
"There are a general store and
post-office and livery barn at
Warmspring (pronounced as one
word and singular) conducted by
L. J. Rising. He said 150 people
got mail there, including the
Indians, whose correspondence
trader' license to do business
on the reservation. There la an
Indian boarding school with 100
scholars. There are about 20
white employes at tbe agency.
Electric power from Shitike
Creek, which flows through the
settlement, light all the building.
The grounds and building resem
ble an Army post. In fact they
were laid out by an Army officer
after that plan. All Indians born
prior to 1894 have been alloted
their land, from 80 to 160 acres
each. They cannot sell for 25
years. The remainder of the res
ervation is tribal property. A
good deal of matured timber is
being sold to railroad contractors.
All of these receipts are deposit
ed in Washington D. C, to the
credit of the tribe and spent for
its benefit.
Spring Watsr Vary Hot.
The yearly appropriation for
the expense for the agency is
about 120.000. By the treaty of
1956 the Warm Spring reserva
tion was made in 1861. Three or
four tribes were included. All
supplies aro hauled from the
railway. Tbe agency is two
miles from the Deschutes River.
"The Warm Springs, from
which the reservation derives its
name, are situated 10 miles due
north of the agency. There are
about 12 springs in the Warm
Springs River, which throw
forth hot water, so hot that
bathers have to mix it with cold
to be able to bathe in it. One
spring that throws an eight-inch
stream breaks out in the bank
and another spring is on a little
island iu the river. People go
there In the Summer for rheuma
tism. It is said that the water
is so hot it will cook fish.
"An effort is now being made
to take several sections on which
the Warm Springs are located
out of the reservation, recom
pensing the Indian in some way,
and set the land aside for a public
resort, for the afflicted, leasing to
private persons with a restriction
safeguarding the public interest
Congressman Ellis has made
such a recommendation to Sec
reiary Ballinger and the request
has been submitted to tbe Indian
Commissioner. It would be de
sirable in the interests of the
railway to have the entire reser
vation thrown open. It would
take much time and effort and
should be initiated by the various
commercial bodies in the neigh
borine towns which would be
benefited." Oregoniaa.
Made a Fortune
in Six Years
Crook
County Rancher
Now Retire.
wm
H. Gibson, who sold his place
near 1 nneville last winter to Mr.
Sherwood lor t'25,000, leaves the
ranch this week for good. He will
visit for a time with his family in
Crook county, then he and Mrs.
Gibson will, go to The Dalles not,
however, to live permanently.
They intend to look over California
and other states before locating.
Mrs. Gibson has been in poor
health for some time and a change
of climate is necessary.
Mr. Gibson says that he is sorry
to part with .the ranch. There is
920 acres in it and he has made it
pay between 19,000 and tlO.CO")
clear every year that he has
worked it. There is no guesswork
about tbe income, Mr. Gibson says.
The money was put in the bank.
He owned the ranch six years and
made more than the amount he
paid for the place every year. He
does not expect to find such anoth
er money maker. He is not look
ing for it. Thinks he is old
enough to enoy a rest and is go
ing to take it. Mr. Gibson was in
the sheep business in this county
when Crook county was part of
Wasco. He can now retire and
thinks he will go to Los Angeles
to live.
Wanted.
Team, Harness and Track, must be in
Kood condition ; also a good watch-doe
state price and condition. Address
PUSHING WORK
RIGHT ALONG
On the Oregon Trunk
Railroad.
TRACKLAYERS NOW WORKING
South from Opal City Building
Crooked River Bridge
from Both Banks.
Arrangements for operating
trains to Redmond and Bend Im
mediately following the comple
tion of the Oregon Trunk into
those cities were made early this
week by the officials of that road
who returned from a trip into
the interior yesterday morning.
W. E. Coman, general freight
and passenger agent of the North
Bank and Oregon Trunk road;
Ralph Budd, chief engineer;
President Taylor of the Ruth
Trust Company; J. Russel,
general superintendent, J. P.
Rodgers, superintendent, and
Bert Cohen, Mr. Coman's secre
tary, composed the party.
They arrived at Madras Satur
day night and on Sunday took
automobiles for points not reach
ed by the railroad, visiting Red
mond, Bend, Prineviile and in
termediate towns. At nearly
every place meetings with local
commercial bodies were held to
obtain information on the needs
of the communities that can be
supplied by the railroad and of
the needs of the railroad that
may be provided by the com
munities. They found the people
eveywhere euthusiastic over the
entrance of the Oregon Trunk
and eager to co-operate in any
movement that will improve the
service and be of mutial advan
tage. Tracklayors Working South.
Tracklayers now are working
south of Opal city, to which point
traius now are operated. Pre
liminary work on the Crooked
River bridge, four miles south of
Opal city, also is being done and
the steel for that structure is on
the way. All of it has been fitted
so that it can be put in place
without delay on the ground.
The bridge will be built out
from either bank of the river so
that it will come together in the
center and form a solid arch.
It will be 320 feet long and 300
feet above the bed of the stream.
forming one of the largest single
spans in the world.
The new station at Madras was
opened while the party was in
that city. It is a modern build
ing, constructed to provide for
the wants of that community for
many years.
Terminal facilities have bean
secured at both Redmond and
Bend and little time will be lost
in inaugurating service through
to those places w hen once the
Continued on last page.
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The only baking powder
mada front Royal Crape
Cream of Tartar
alum.no lime phosphate
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