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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
COUNTY COURT
JULY TERM
Action Taken on Good
Many Roads.
TWO NEW VOTING PRECINCTS
Culver Towmite Granted Per.
minion to Build Water
System.
County court met Wednesday,
July fi, lit regular session. Prcm-nt -II.
('. Kill, judge, pirsldliig; It. II.
Hnyley unit James Klri', roiniuls
sloncm; Warren llrowu, clerk, ami
T. N. Ilnlf.nir, sheriff.
Walter I). Aruey ft ul, iH'lltlnii fur
county ruin I. It appearing to the
court that there I another petition
lur n similar road, It I ordered Hint
thin petition Ik- continued.
I- linker ct nl. petition forrouu -
ty roml. It npiM iirliitj to tin. court
tlmt there In auoth.-r petition lor a
similar rond, ami upon tin. opinion
of the district attorney. shov. In
certain defects, It l ordered tlmt
further lieiirluu upon llilnjM-tltlou lie
continued.
V. (I. I'ordlmm et nl, petition tor
county i roml. Ilnw-d upon Uio
opinion nl t no district nttoritey.
further action upon till petition in
continued for the reiiHon that there!
I no nltldiivlt of the pouting of
notice tit me coiirinoune. iierg to 1'etltlou of J. . I'M words ct ul, for
notify petitioner. j county rond. County clerk In-
(I. It. Hutu, et nl, petition for strueted to forwitnl nil paper re.
county road. Now I presented to 1 luting; to said roml to Kred W. Wll
the court the ietttlon of U. It. Uutt son, district nttorncy, forlilo;ilnloti
et nl, nivoinpnnled by a bond of ' as to their validity. The paMra of
fJUO with i. II. Hutu and Kd M. ! K. O. I.ognn et nl and K. It. Hher
Kv. alley as sureties, and It further' wood et HI were also sent to the
appearing: by the opinion of the dls. ! district attorney for his opinion as
trlct attorney that nil paper are to their validity.
regular and In accordance with the
statute. It I ordered that the board
of road viewer meet at the begin,
nlng of said proposed road on July
80, lllll, view, review aud mirvey
anld proposed road and report there
on at the next term of this court
Pet I Hon for county rond by Oscar
Cox et nl. l'etltlon accompanied by
a bond of 1200 with Tillman Iteuler
nnd Andrew Morrow a sureties.
1 1 Is ordered that the board of road
viewer meet at the tieglunlng of
aid proponed road on the 24th of
July, lull, view, review and survey
said proposed road and report there
on at the next term of till court.
l'etltlon lor county road by W. II.
Itamsey et ul. l'etltlon accoin
pun led by a bond of with W. II.
Kaiusey aud C. U. itamsey n sure
tie. It I ordered tlmt the board of
road viewer meet at the licglnnlng
of laid proposed road on the IStli of
July, 1U11, view, review and survey
said proposed road and report there
on at the next term of this court.
l'etltlon tor county road by W.
(llcnn Louck et nl. Petition nc
coinpanlcd by a bond of 100 with
W. (ilenu Louck anil It. K. Preston
us sureties. It In ordered that the
board of road viewer meet at the
lieglnnlng of said proposed road ou
July 21, lllll, view, review and sur
vey mild proposed road nnd report
theroou at the next term of this
court
Petition for county rond by W. P,
Wilson et nl. Continued because of
failure of sureties to qualify on bond.
Clerk to notify It. M. Illshop.
Petition for liquor license by Ueo.
A. Steven and Edward II. Howell.
It appearing that said petition la
signed by 82 legal voter residing
within Itlack Ilutto precinct, that a
lioud lu the penal sum of $1000 with
W. N. Cobb nnd C. L' OlHtnssuretles,
I hereby approved; that the receipt
of the county treasurer for $200 is on
II le herein, It I therefore ordered
that the clerk Issue n retail liquor
license to the said Ueorgo A. .Stevens
and Kdward II. Howell to sell spirit
uous, malt and vinous liquors lilies
quantities than one gallon In eald
precinct for a period of six months,
beginning July 1, 1011, aud ending
December ill, 1011, both Inclusive.
Petition for liquor license by li. D.
OoiiHer; said petition being -signed
by SO legal voter residing within
Ashwood precinct; bond In the penal
sum of $1000 with J. a. Clark and H.
C. Orator a sureties, Is hereby ap
proved; that the receipt of tbe coun
ty treasurer lor fiOO 1 on flls ksrttla.
PRINEVILLE,
VVflMiVr llK' VWCWMH J- AvTARy
mj w Cfl Amid the tooting of wlilxtle from launrbm lined up at th end of the course and the cheering- of thoumind of college rooter
CWS onapSDOIS t'ornoir vamlly eight won the grent nntiual boat ntee' on the Iludwin river opposite roughkecpsie. Jowph Cnllliiux. former
Of lhl Wfk nilnlater of flnnnce, was Bp)lnlcd premier of tbe Kreurb repuhUc and has formed t new cabinet General William II. I'.ixby.
VI IIIC " CC chief of eugliiuers In charge of the work of ruining the Mulue, baa declared that tbe secret of the destruction of the tmttieHhlp
will never lie known. Lincoln llenvhey, aviator, flew under the bridge across Niagara falls and so close to tbe rapids that tbe spray from tbe fulling water
reached hU fnce. Jimcph It. Kelt lunnnn was found guilty of making a fraudulent report while preHldent of the Carnegie Tnwt company of New York.
Through tbe efforts of Itlchurd I'arr, the deputy surveyor of the port of New York, a smuggling plot Involving many millions has been unearthed.
, it u then-fore ordered that the clerk
w tt r-tnlt lliuor license to the
j said K. D. Uonser to wll lliioni In
j !,, quantities tliim one gallon In
tlH, Ashwood precinct for a period of
j one year, beginning July 1, lull, and
ending June 1012, both Inclusive,
I ivmion of Koy L. Kidder et nl, for
Cunty roml. It appearing to the
j court Unit tli notice of said rond
were not posted 110 dny prior to the
; i,,,vtlng of the court. 11 required by
,lw
It la ordered Unit the suhl tmit
ter lie continued until the next term
of this court. Clerk to uotlfy peti
tioners of mild defect.
Viewers' report of Frank Irvine et
nl road read a second time and ap
proved. Rond disallowed because
of heavy grades and excessive cost
Clerk to notify boudsnien of cost to
date and request Immediate pay
ment thereof.
Viewer report on C. C. McNeely ct
nl rond approved. Kond declared a
public highway and clerk directed to
notify local supervisor or mipcr
visors to request petitioner to do
nate at least one day's labor In open
ing snld road nnd fcucce across the
same If any, and that the said super
vlor or stiHTvlsor complete the
work of opening snld rond as soon
a be or they shall have sulllclent
fund In their hands therefor.
Viewer' report on L. W. Long et
al road approved. Iload declared a
public highway and clerk directed to
notify suMTvlsor or supervisors to
donate at least one day's labor In
opening anld road aud fence across
the same, If any; and that said
supervisor or supervisors complete
the work of opening said road a
soon as he or they ahull have sulll
clent funds lu their hand therefor.
Viewer' reporU on the 11. B. Ford
et nl road and the Robert C. Jordan
et ul roud were approved. Itouds
declared a public highway and clerk
directed to notify local supervisor to
request petitioner to donate at
least one day's labor In opening said
roads; anld supervisors to complete
the work of opening said road ns
soon a he or they shall have sulll
clent fuuds lu their lianas therefor.
Upon the application of W. 11,
Cook, Howard W. Turner nnd 0. W.
E. Footo, trustee of the Mt. Jeffer
son I. O. O. F. Lodge No. Hffl, of
Madras, Oregon, for approval of
plat and tracing of Mt. Jefferson I.
O. O. F. cemetery, and It satisfactor
ily appearing to the, court that eald
plat and' tracing thereof, together
with the dedication of the walk and
drives ns shown thereon to the pub
lic forever, have been filed with the
county clerk, that the same have
been duly approved by the couuty
surveyor aud county assessor, aud
it further appearing that nil of the
requirements of law have been com
plied with, snld plat and tracing
thereof I hereby approved by the
court aud ordered spread of record.
l'etltlon for the establishing uf a
water system for Culver townslte
and for the use of farmer and resi
dent In townships 11 s, range 12 e,
tp 11 , range 13 e, tp 13 I, range 12
e, and tp 12 , range 18 e, all lu Crook
county, and fvr tks tf railroad
CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13,
companies and manufacturing pur
poses, asking that W. P. Myer nnd
O. ('. Young, their heirs, successors
and assign, be granted a permanent
franchise to operate a system of
waterworks mid pipe line and to
distribute water thereby to said
cl linens and residents of Culver, Ore
gon, and to the farmer lu said
above mentioned township and to
the railroad companies nnd manu
facturing concerns. lyeave I hereby
given to the said W. P. Myers and
O. ('. Young to establish aud main
tain said system, provided said
grantee save harmless Crook
couuty from all loss or damage
arising therefrom. Provided further,
that till water system lie completed
and under oeratlon not later than
June 1,11112.
Petition for right of way for
Agency Plains Telephone Co., along
the Kutcher and Lyle Gap precinct.
It is ordered that said company be
given such permission.
The Bend Company was granted
permission until August 1. loll, to
remove certain rock from the Des
chutes river In order to drive log
thelu.
lathe matter of the communica
tion of Ambrose Gherlnl relative to
(K4.40 found by coroner who held In
quest on body of James Rosa. Clerk
requested to notify said counsel that
the coroner's Inquest, expenses of
burial, etc., exceeded the total
amount found on tbe person of said
deceased.
The objection of 40 voter nnd tax
payer of Heaver creek precinct, re
questing that this court refuse to
grant a liquor license to any one to
sell liquor In suld precinct, etc., was
rend and ordered Hied.
New 7otlng precinct. Petition of
J. W. Wright with 28 signers, asking
for the creation of a new voting pro
duct, the boundaries of which shall
correspond with the Cllue Fall road
district It Is ordered that said
voting district be created with the
boundaries as aforesaid that the
voting place be designated as the
local schoolhouse; that J. W. Wright,
John Tetlierow, and J. A. VoBeburg
net as judges, and that H. W.Mart
in, B. F, Chuse and Loyd Harader
act as clerks of election.
The Oregon Trunk Rnllway ten
dered to the Board of Commissioners
of Crook county Its check for $1000,
the same being the amount con
tributed by snld railway company
to Bald county to assist In the ex
pense of the construction 6t a wagon
road from Big Agency Plain to
Vauora, which Is accepted by the
court with thanks. Clerk directed
to place same to credld of general
rond fund.
.The approval of the plat of High
land Park Addition to Metollu le
continued upon the recommen
dation of Fred A. Rice, couuty sur
veyor, because of several minor de
fects. The report of the couuty clerk,
allowing the payment of bounty ou
314 coyote scalps, 70 bobcat front
feet and 2 cougar front feet, amount
ing lu all to $551, was received. Said
scalps and front feet were thcu re
duced to ashc. The petition of J.
W. McCullom for a license to sell
liquor was disallowed tor failure to
comply with the statute.
Refund of taxes to R. B. Muulg.
Receipts were presented to the court
for payment of taxes upon property
never owned by R. B. Mutxlg It Is
therefor ordered that tbe county
tax olletor lsa a rssslpt to th
snld Mutr.lg for the entire amount of
his taxe for the year 1010, and It l
further ordered that the county clerk
draw a warrant on the general fund,
puynble to said R. H. Mutxlg for the
sum of Ill iH',, the same being the ex
ecs of the total amount of taxes
actually due from the said Mutzlg.
Refund of taxes to Fred Anderson.
It appearing to this court that Fred
Anderson paid the sum of $ls.92
taxes upon certain property never
owned by him. It Is therefore ordered
that the county clerg drrw n war
rant on the general fund In favor 'of 1
said Fred Anderson for the sum of
$1H.I2.
Now I presented to the court the
request of Claude C. Covey for per
mission to oiiernte a ferry across the
Deschutes river at Mecca, Oregon.
It I therefore ordered that said
Covey ,lie granted permission to
oierate and' maintain a ferry ac
cross the Deschutes river st Mecca,
Oregon; that his maximum charge
thereon will be 25 cents for the two
horse team and wagons, an auto,
etc; 40 cents for 4 horse teams, 10
cents for foot passengers, and S cents
per head for horses and cattle. Said
ferry to be owned and operated by
tbe Indian Agency and open to the
public at the above charges until the
further order of this court
.Request for permission to con
struct Vanora-Metollus road. Now
appear Ora Van Tassel and other
residents and citizen of Crook
county and requests thlB court to
ask permission from and co-operation
by the Warm Spring Indian
Agency to construct a wagon bridge
across the Deschutes river near the
town of Vanora, and a public high
way or wagon road leading there
from In a westerly and southwest
erly direction to the Metollu river.
County clerk is requested to forward
this request to Supt. Covey at the
Warm Springs Agency and request
that he give this matter his at
tention. It is understood that said
rond and bridge will be constructed
nnd maintained without direct ex
pense to Crook county or said
Agency.
Wrongful assessment of C. J.
Johnson. It appearing to the
court by aflldavlt of C.J.Johnson
that he had been wrongfully as
sessed for the sum of $04.10 and that
the sheriff has remitted the same, It
Is ordered that the county clerk cred
it the sheriff on the 1010 taxroll wtth
said (64.10. Wm. Stetnke wo
wrongfully assessed for the Bum of
$3.74 which the Bherlff remitted; clerk
directed to credit sheriff on 1910 tax
roll for the amount.
Now Is presented to the court the
application for the creation of a new
Justice district, and upon a full hear
ing of the facts It Is ordered that a
Justice of the pence district be cre
ated to be known as the Opal City
precinct No. 40; that said Justice be
maintained in the town of Opal City
or in the Immediate vicinity thereof;
It Is further ordered that Van Tassel
be aud is hereby appointed justice of
the peace within and for said dis
trict, nnd It Is further ordered that
James Bolen be appointed constable
within and tor said precinct. Both
olllcers to serve until the next gener
al election.
Petition for J. A. Peck et al county
road. Couuty clerk ordered to for
ward all papers to district attorney
for hi opinion as to their validity.
The same action was taken In the J.
W. Lewi t al county road.
Plat el Davidson addition to
1911.
f-
Sister. It apiearlng to the' court i
that all requirements of law have ;
been complied with, said plat and i
tracing thereof Is hereby approved ,
and ordered spread of record. j
In the matter of the pint of Bend i
park. It appearing to the court !
that all the requirements of law
have been complied with, said plat
and tracing thereof Is hereby ap
proved and ordered spread of record.
Plat of first addition to Bend Park. !
It appearing that all the require-;
menu of law have been compiled j
with, said plat and tracing thereof!
is hereby approved by the court and
ordered spread of record.
Plat of First addition to Metolius.
It appearing to the court that all
the requirements of law have been
complied with, said plat and tracing
thereof Is hereby approved and or
dered spread of record.
Fife district voting precinct. Now
Is presented to the court tbe appll
cation for the creation of a new
voting precinct, and upon a full hear
ing of the facts It is ordered that the
territory described as follows be
known as Fife precinct, to-wit:
Commencing at tbe nw corner of sec.
6, tp. 19 ., range 22 e., w. m., in
Crook county, Oregon, thence run
ning due south 24 miles to tbe w
corner of sec 31, tp. 22 s range 22
e; thence east 12 miles, thence north
6 miles, thence east 6 miles to the se
corner of sec. 36, tp. 21 ., range 24 e.,
thence north 15 miles to the ee.
corner of sec. 13. tp. 19 s north 15
miles to tbe se. corner of sec. 13, tp.
19 s, range 24 e ; thence w est 12 mile,
thence north 3 miles to ne corner
sec. 1, tp 19 s, range 22 e., thence due
west 6 miles to place of beginning.
It Is further ordered that C. A. Gil
christ (be chairman), W. W. Brown
and Joseph Street act as Judges, and
R, S. Dixon, Herman Schmld and
Chas. A. Sherman act as clerks of
election for said precinct, and that
the polling place shall be what Is
known as RIverdale schoolhouse in
District No. 74.
White Butte voting precinct. An
application asking for the creation
of a new voting precinct and upon a
full hearing ol the facts It Is ordered
that the territories described as fob
Iowa be known as said votlug pre
cinct, to-wlt, Commencing at the nw
corner of sec. 6, tp. 19 s., range 22 e.,
thence running east on township
line 6 miles to the ne. corner of sec. 1,
said township and range, thence
south 3 miles, thence due east 12
miles to the se. corner of sec. 13, tp.
19 s., range 24 e thence norths miles
along the couuty line, thence due
east 6 miles, thence north 6 miles to
to the ne. corner of sec 1, tp. 18 s.,
range 25 e., thence due west 24 miles
to the nw. corner sec 6, tp. 18 s.,
range 22 e., thence south 6 miles to
the place of beginning. It is further
ordered that J. O. Garner (chair
man Chas. Bolsby and J. A. Smith
act as Judges, and Orrln Mills, W.
N. Dunkle and S. N. Morris act as
clerks of election for said precinct,
and that the polling place shall be
what Is known ns Suplee school
house In District No. 40.
Whereas Crook county has not
during the year 1911 a large amount
of road fund at Its disposal and
whereas sold road fund should be
expended In the most advantageous
manner by the co-operatlou of the
several road supervisors with the
county court, it is therefore ordered
that the county clerk notify each
and every road supervisor to curtail
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VOL. XV NO. 32
FATAL ACCIDENT
OREGON TRUNK
Caused by Heat Spread
ins: the Rails.
CARS PLUNGE FORTY FEET
Day Coach Fall on Engine
Escaping Steam Cause
Great Suffering.
Tbe firet serious railroad wreck
on the Oregon Trunk happened
Monday. A special dupatch to
tbe Oregoniao, dated July 10, Bays:
One man was killed, five person
fatally injured and a dozen more
hurt when a southbound Oregon
Trunk passenger train plunged
over a 40-foot embankment 23
mile Dorth of Sberar's bridge at
3:35 o'clock this afternoon. Tbe
train was running 40 mile an
hour when it struck a spread rail,
caused by the intense heat of tbe
afternoon.
The dead:
Louia Rising, storekeeper, Warm
Springs Indian School.
Fatally injured:
Mrs. Louis Rising.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Baker and
eon, Morris, Sheridan, Or.
Mr. J. V. Rapmuss, Ellsworth,
Wis.
Seriously injured:
J. V. Rasemus and baby daugh
ter, Ellsworth, Wis.
lies ter Baker, SberldaD, Or. - -George
McKtllip, fireman, Van
couver, scalded and cut.
A. A. Camp, Seattle manager
Kerrick & Company, nose broken.
S. L. Arthur, Seattle, badly
scalded.
Slightly injured:
Tbomas Miles, engineer, Van
couver, forehead cut; Walter Lar
son, brakeman, Vancouver, hands
cut; George Suckicb, Burns, Or.;
Pat Collins, Spokane, Warh.;
Thomas Redding, Portland, cuts
and bruises; C. Swanson, brake
man, Minneapolis, bruised.
When the engine hit the sun
kink in the rail it left the track
and rolled down a 40-foot em
bankment. Tbe baggage car re
mained on tbe rails, but the day
coach following, left the track,
plunging 40 feet to the top of the
locomotive in tbe ditch.
When tbe car struck the engine
the escape valve of the boiler waa
ripped off and steam and hot water
shot into tbe car filled with panic
stricken pasBeEgers, who had been
projected into the front end of the
coach by the impact. P. J. Gal
linger, a conductor, was riding
with Conductor Cass, at the rear
end of the car. Both clung to a
seat as tbe car shot down the em
bankment. They escaped serious
injury.
Thomas Miles, engineer, and
George McKillip, fireman, said
they knew nothing of the danger
until the locomotive was rolling
down the steep incliue. Both men
stayed with the engine until it
struck the bottom of the ditch.
McKillip was unconscious and.
was caught under the cab, but ex
tricated himself before the safety
valve was released. IIh was
scalded on the back and neck and
slightly injured internally, but his
condition is not considered critical.
A special train was made up at
The Dalles and physicians were
hurried to the scene of the acci
dent The injured were brought
to a hospital in this city late this
afternoon.
Heroic work wag performed by
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