Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1911.
VOL. XV NO. 28
THE BIG THREE
DAY CELEBRATION
Prineville Busy With
Details.
HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN
I he Great American Bird
Preening Ita Feather
for the Event
kept in uho. In addition, ux-r-IVinevilla
U hn-v witS nrenur- vising wardens will adviite with
ationi for the" biggest three-day i
celebration ever altumpted in thejhv huhing to burn, irirtrucl
interior. The great American pamper concerning camp fires,
bird will commence to ecream July, dwlrihute copies of the law, poet
3 an.l will keep it up until any old ' " place where they
time on July fi. Something doing l' e most good, and keep
all the time. j the slate forester fully informed in
The big baseball tournament j ""t to the fire situation in their
will be a great drawing curd. No ! litriota.
limit i placed on the number of
competing team. Several appli
cation from Portland team have
Wen received, asking for detail.
There will be runt, second and
third prif 'i, beside a price for the
Writ Juvenile team.
Another feature of the celebra
tion never attempted in Prineville
will lie the Street Carnival. Thin
will be held on the ground of the
Prineville Commercial Club. The
Street of Cairo will be reproduced
In all the gay costume of it pro
totype on the Kilo, An Indian
village with all the realialio cur
rounding will be there, including
the diu'uii nt daucee peculiar to the j
aborigine. The Japanese teal Horse thieves have been raiding
garden will be there with iu ll,e c,mP ck country and a a
dainty little Japanese maiden, j consequent there . great excite
ready to wait on vou. You won't nl UP lherB- Af m ,he
have a dull minute on the Hreet. Ujrl ,r",ch Untlo,l,h G,bion;
The committee, having charge I Urrv nJ ol'ier sre aU
of the celebration are a follow: )n; ' h grander, made a
(ieneral Decoration Committee-! B0011 clpan ob ' ,l- t.0ok
Jack Cadle, A. H. Holler, Robert l bor" , on tlie Pc-work.
Smith, Claude Smith. j horses, eaddlehorwe, elo. In one
Street HporU-C. I. Winnek. Dr. or two instance ranchmen kept a
t . t n. i..i:n v v ; saddlehorse in the brn so that it
Iiroeitm, John Combs.
linseball J. II. llaner, T. M.
Ualdwin, M. 11. Kfliott.
Carnival M. K, lirink, Robert
Mcllain, 0. C. llydo, C. M. Elkins,
Dr. 11. 0. Davis.
Music Rev., Liningrr, Dr. Ed
wards, J. W. Smith, J. 1!. Shipp.
Program J. X. Williamson, C.
O. Pollard, Rev. Hoggin.
Grandstand Robert Carey, C.
W. Spring, W. J. Pancake.
Parade P. R. Poindexter, War
ren ltrown, Karl Massey, Mr.
Dim McMillan, Mr. Frankie
Clark, Mr. Vira Cvru.
Floral Decoration Mesdairms
Rosenberg, I). F. Stewart, Sum
mers, J. II. Haner.
Sup
ervising Warden
for Crook County
J. II, Haner of Prineville has
been appointed to the position of
supervising warden for Crook
county by State ForeBter F. A.
Elliott. This appointment wa
made by the state forester after a
very careful consideration of the
recommendations received from
the principal timber-land owners
of this territory. Persons residing
in localities not covered by a local
fire warden Bhould consult him in
regard to burning of slashings and
information concerning the fire
law.
The supervising wardens will
have general supervision over' the
county or district pluoed in thoir
charge. They will be expected to
keep Id touch with the local fire
wardens, whether serving volun-
Urily or under pay from the lim
ber owner, county courU or other
Winn, and to lend Ihem every at
isUnce In thoir power for the en
forcement of the luwi. They will
Im empowered to i"u burning
permit where the territory in not
covered hy a local fire warden,
and to net a referee in cane
where there in a difference of
opinion between any locul warden
" ' '''"t r comp.ny relative
iu ins auvisamiuy oi issuing
luirnirn permit. Lining camw,
winill, railroads, etc, where
: tlesm engine burning other than
oil for fuel are being operated, will
be inspected from time to time to
nee that proper spark arresters are
farmer, loggers, and other who'
HORSE THIEVES
MAKE RAID
In
the Camp Creek
Country.
Took Everything in Sight but
the Barn Potie fin
the Hunt
would be handy early in the morn
ing to round-up stock. These were
overlooked."
The horses were missed Monday
morning and after a long search
their trail was struck,, but in the
afternoon of Monday a violent
thunder storm came up and ob
literated all traces.
Tuesday morning Sheriff Pal
four was hurried to the scene in
Mr. Shattuck's car. lie arrived at
Randolph Gibson's, place at 8 a. m.
and had to wait until 3:30 p. ni.
before he could get a saddlehorse.
The raiders made a good clean job
of it. The people wore lucky to
have the barns left.
Posses were organized and the
search commenced. Everybody
was working in the dark. Maury
mountain was surrounded and
closely watched but nothing hap
pened. Some thought the stock
was driven over onto the high
desert and headed for the Califor
nia line, so the telegraph and
telephone lines were kept busy un
til every sheriff within a radius of
500 miles was notified to be on the
lookout.
Of course, as is usual in such
cases, there are persons who are
suspected of knowing more than
they Bhould of the raid but there is
nothing more tangible than sus
picion, The rustlers must have
been well organized for they
planned a complete surprise that
left no tell-tale circumstances not
anticipated. Up to late last night
there was not found a trace of the
missing borses.
Wanted.
Man and team to canvas the country.
Good salary. Apply at tbia otHce. 1-t-pd
Northern Crook County
You will look in vain for a
town or M8tnflice in Oregon
bearing the name of Currant
creek, but there is surely a creek
by that name, and you will find
it on tho map in the northeast
corner of Crook county. It flows
into Muddy crock about six
miles west of whero the Mud
dy Hows Into the John Day rivor.
My ItiHt letter was from Gate
way, which place I left for Ash
wood. The trip was not event
ful in the way of anything start
ling, but It was monotonous for
tho mason that I missed the road
I should have taken, and strung
tho 14 miles out to over 30.
I passed through several miles
of the Hay creuk country,
und that is something worth
mentioning, for it is a wonder
fully fertile and beautiful valley.
Much of it is under irrigation,
mostly set to alfulfa, and it looks
mighty good. The portion pass
ed, or most of it, belonged to the
Baldwin Sheep & Cattlo Compa
ny, which was for many years
one of the ahrjw places of the in
terior. Their headquarters
were, I think, at Hay Creek. 10
or 12 uiilos east of Madras.
I arrived at Ash wood about 5
o'clock in the evening, and found
a mighty nice little town, much
nicer than I expected, in one of
tho loveliest little valleys ia the
country. The town is on Trout
creek, which is quite a stream,
and furnishes water for irrigat
ing most of the bottom lands,
and some of .tho lower benches
Nearly all of it is alfalfa, which
looks good. There are some few
wheat fields, and they will also
yield large crops, as they do ev
ery year.
While Ashwood is not now on
the map, it was once, and was
very much talked and read
about, for some seven or eight
years ago, there was a mining
excitement here which went
I over the northwest as rapidly as
such occurrences generally do.
Ashwood was then placed on the
map in real earnest, and it be
came quite a town.
The name of the original mine
is the Oregon King, and it has
been intermittently worked with
varying success ever since. The
shaft is now down about 650 feet
and it ia said there is a good ore
body in sight. The property is
now controlled by "Jack" Ed
wards, late, one of the priucipal
owners of the Baldwin Sheep &
Cattle Company. Ha is in Eu
rope, his errand being, it is re
ported, to obtain capital to devnl
op tho mine and put up crushers
und a smelter. But these are
mere rumors one hears in Ash
wood, and may not be altogether
reliable.
About three or four months
ago it was expected the Oregon
King peoplo would begin, opera
tions on a large scale and as a
result something like 100 claims
were staked out near that shaft,
aud there was a lot of excitement
hereabouts. But that has all
quieted down.
A few years ago the owners of
the Oregon King shipped several
carloads of ore to Tacoma. It
cost 20 a "ton to get this ore to
Shaniko, then the railroad
freight to Tacoma, and yet it is
said the ore more than paid
these heavy expenses. If this
is true it can be seen 'what could
be done with rail transportation
from Ashwood.
And that Jprings us to the
Gateway railway again, for at
Ashwood is the east end of the
proposed branch. And not
much Is talked about in Ashwood
save this railway. The survey!
has just been completed, the!
stakes showing where the lines
will run, if it is built. The en
gineers have just left, and Ash
wood Is agog, as is Gateway.
This road would leave the
present Deschutes roud a t or
near Gateway, arid would prac
ticully follow Trout creek all the
way to Ashwood, the distance
around by the survey being
about 20 miles. And such a road
would tap a fine country. It
would cross the head of Hay
creek, and would draw trade
from well down opposite, or east
of, Madras. Then it would take
all of the Trout creek trade, and
draw an immense wool and
cattle trade from east aud south,
and some from the north. If
such a road could pave the way
to the opening of the Ashwood
mines there would be no question
about its paying big returns.
But this rood would not have
its terminus long at Ashwood for
10 miles farther south on Trout
creek the yellow pine timber
belt is reached, and it is gener
ally cou ceded that this timber
belt is the real goal sought.
With a road there many mills
would spring up on Trout creek,
and Ashwood would then be a
pla9e to be reckonked with.
But dismissing the railroads
and the mimes, Ashwood i s
bound to be a fine town some
day, for it has a tributary coun
try which cannot well be taken
from it. and this country is
bound to soon be settled up.
There aro many thousand sheep
held near here. T. S. Hamilton,
"Put" Riley and Mrs. R. Friend
all have large flocks, and there
are many with smaller holdings.
It is an ideal sheep country,
good ranges and plenty of water,
mild winters and usually good
weather during the lambing sea
son. Perhaps the large owners
mentioned will deny it, but re
ports say there is room for a
good many small owners to get
a foothold. 1
And leave out the sheep and
horses, for I forgot to say there
are now a great many horses run
on the nearby ranges. No one
ever saw mares and colts look
better than on the range to the
south and west of Ashwood
Leave out everything except the
agricultural possibilities, and in
the end Ashwood will be a good
little town, a good business
point and a fine home town.
What is needed is a few score
of good settlers to take up the
vacant lands to the west, south
west and northwest. Most of
this land is rough. It is high.
perhaps some of it over 3000
foet. some as low as 2200. But
mark this it is well timbered
and well watered. I should per
haps say well wooded, not tim
bered, for it is in the juniper
belt. Anyhow, there is at hand
plenty of firewood for many,
many years.
When I say well watered I
mean that in many places there
is open water, springs and pools.
and well water can be found at
depths varying from 12 to 30
feet. I was told by a homestead
er on section 10, 9, 15, that the
road for me to take would lead
me to the place of C. D. Brad
ford, "on the hill." Well. I did
climb up a long, long slope. I
could sea the house of Mr. Brad
ford for an hour before I reached
it. But I finally got there, and
found him planting corn ! Far,
far up planting corn, and not a
measly little experimental pat cb, i
vuv m-s wv0 T fl Ill-TV 1111'
ishing the job when I went out
to the field to talk to hitn.
I will give his location, so you
can note it on the man: the
southwest quarter of section 31. j
township 9 south, ranje 16 east.
He is perhaps over 800 feet
above Ashwood, and the altitude
of Ashwood is 24SO.
But mind his corn planting
wua nut gut; ur mi exper
iment. He has been there eight
years, and be has experimented
all of those years. He has been
and still is in the hog business,
breeding, raising and fattening
bogs and he is constantly in
creasing his output and better
ing his breed. I saw a number
of As fine pigs and shoals and
brood sows as you will find roost
anywhere, and his farrowing
sheds are models for any breed
er to copy after.
Right at Mr. Bradford's yard
is a well less than 10 feet deep.
with as good water as you will
find anywhere. I drew a bucket
of water from it and thought it
was tbe best I ever drank, bnt I
was pretty thirsty, consequently
a biased witnes. I bad overtak
en a wagon loaded with beer,
bound from Madras ta Ashwood.
The driver asked me if I wanted
a drink. I gave the natural an-
swer. He handed out a tottle(
and said it was sheep dip, the:
common name for booze in the j
interior. I took a swallow, look- j
ed at the bottle and saw it was J
labeled "Miller's squirrel pol-;
son.' well, tbe water I r o m
Bradford's well took the taste
out of my mouth, perhaps saved
y life. 7 -t
Mr. Bradford says there are
from 25 to 30 fine claims vacant
in his neighborhood, and he
hopes that a number of good in
dustrious men will come and
take them as homesteads, and
become neighbors of his. A
road is needed from Gateway to
Ashwood, and a mail route, and
he says with a few more neigh
bors these could be had. Addi
son Bennett in The Oregoniau.
Annual School
Meeting June 19
The annual school meeting of
the Prineville district will be held
next Monday, June 19, at 2 o'clock
p. m. This is the time when the
school business for the year will
come up for review and every cit
izen and taxpayer should show an
interest by turning out and taking
part.
One director and a clerk are to
chosen. Mrs. R. E. Gray was
elected a year ago to fill the unex
pired term of Mrs. W. A. Bell,
which closes June 19. Show the
directors that you take some in
terest in school matters, especially
at this time when go much money
is being spent for school purposes.
Look over the new school Bite
where teams and workmen are en
gaged in putting up a building
that will be a credit to the school
district and an ornament to Prine
ville. In voting for school directors,
any male or female who is over 21
years of age and has resided in tbe
district 30 days immediately pre
ceding the meeting or election aud
has property in the district as
shown by the last county assess
ment, and not assessed by the
sheriff, on which he or she is liable
or subject to pay a tax, shall be
entitled to vote.
Pianos For Sale.
Several good reliable piano at $150
and Y250 at Madras, Ore. It you want
a good piano see Fred Feuerbach in
Madras, the agent ot Eilers Piano
House of Portland. He has some at
tractive bargain. Come and see the
pianos. 6-15-lm
"J"J-LETIC FIELD
FORMALLY OPENED
Pfmeville Ball GrOUIlds
JcSt III State.
gj-jrp OUTCLASSED EVERYWAY
Prineville Plays Errorless Came
The Best in Many
Years.
Prineville opened her new ball
park Sunday under tbe niit
favorable auspices. It was a big
crowd, one of the largest at a ball
game for several years, that wit
nessed Prineville put it all over
Bend. Our western neighbor was
outclassed in all departments.
j Totherow pitched a fine game,
Only three hit were made off his
'delivery. Just once did Bend
have a man on third, and only
twice on first. Tetherow's support
was perfect while Bend made er
rors that were costly. Tetherow's
pitching and the first bag work of
Hamilton were the features.
Mr. Slinson, on behalf of the
Oregon fc Western Colonization
Company, tossed the first ball on
the opening day of one of the
finest ball parks in the state. The
excavations for the diamond were
completed and the grandstand and
, bleachers were nearly so. All
that remained was the roof of tbe
grandstand and a little more wire
netting . on the . bakatop. Tbe
grandstand and bleachers will ac
commodate 700 spectators.
The location of the athletic
grounds could not be improved.
The view from the grandstand is
superb. Beauti'ul meadows dot
ted with big shade trees meet the
eye, making a very pleasing pic
ture to loook upon.
The Prineville brass band was
ont in full force and played
several fine selections. The boys
are improving right along under
the leadership of Jack Smith.
The game in detail is as follows:
PBINKYILUE-
Ab H
4 I
4 0
4 1
4 0
. . . 4 0
4 0
4 2
4 2
I
R
1
0
0
0
0
tl
1
1
2
Rodenbuah. cf .
BMhtetl, Sb...
KUU, 2b
Brewster, c
Zeek II
biiknap.
Hamilton, lb.,
Bowman, ji...
Tutlierow, p...
2
3
8
I
12
0
0
27
Totals SS 7
BEND
Ab. H
A
0
a
l
4
0
0
2
0
0
10
R
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brawnlaw, rT.,
Canuaby, 3b
Van Lani1int;ham,ss
Rienwiorff, p
O'lKinnell, c
Steuil, lb
Dohlstrom. 2b
Mi'Keynolita, cf
Springer, U
Total! 28 3
Struck out Tetherow, 7; RtensdortT, 5.
Base on balls, Riensdorrt", 1.
Two-base hits Brawnlaw, Uodenbush.
Saeriliee hits Van Laiulingham, Tetberow.
Stolen bases, Tetberow, 2.
1'mpires Bases Mart Bailey; balls Dr.
Spauluing.
Resolutions of Condolence.
Hall of Ochoco Lodge No. 46 I. O. O.
F., Prineville, Oregon, June 11, 1911.
Whereas, It has pleased the All-Wise
Ruler of Heaven and Earth to take from
our Brother Geo. P. Beams his well be
loved brother, John ; therefore be it
Resolved, That we extend to pur
brother oar deep feeling of sympathy.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be sent to the bereaved brother,,
a copy spread on the minntes and a.
copy sent to the Crook County Journal
and Pacific Odd Fellow for publication.
Fraternally submitted,
Gov LapoLlbtte,
C. B. Dinwiduik,
W. B. Morse,
Committee.
Broken Horses for Sale.
A few broken and unbroken mares
and geldings tor sale ; mures weighing
1100 to 1300, geldings 1400 to 1500;
ntceyounganliuale; also one coming
four-year-old stalllou, three-quarter
Percheron, weight 1400; plenty of
bone, blocky built. For further Infor
mation uddresii T. J. Feuuueson,
Roberts, Or.