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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1911.
VOL. XV NO. 33
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WAGON ROADS
ACROSS CASCADES
Traverse Picturesque
Country.
THE SANTIAM AND MACKENZIE
Road the Moat Traveled of
all the Caicade Moun
tain Highways.
Randall It. Howard n( Lower
irid! write entertainingly in ll"'
Portland Juiiriitiltif lliowiiumi ron l
arnmh III" Cnscailtt Mountains, lie
my:
"Tim wagon road ncr.w-H tin
Cascade inmintiiiiift iirt) aiming I tic
nint iiitcrHtiiig nml i tn t i r t u ii t
highway of tho west.
Of greatest present-day interest
ik the (act that they ti iiverno a sro
lion i'f unexcelled rugged beauty
ami piriurt'cqua grandeur. 1. tit
they also have great hirtorio inu-r-ff
t nml Imvo had a mot important
part in tho development of the
state. They a fforl the most direct
a ml tho most natural routes between
the hiMirl of eastern Oregon uinl the
lirnt settled portions of the Will
amette valley ami western Oregon.
Indeed, there wait n day whi n tin
railroad was expected to enter ecu-
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thu CiiHi-adeK, rather than from the
north, almin the Deaehutea river'
canyon. That the government !
counted thewj roada to have great !
Htrategio and developmental value
it proved by the large early-day j
land granta given to their builder, i
' The old Harlow road ia the moat 1
nnrtlw.rlv nl Die.... C.e.,l mmm.
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tain liiuhwava in Orevnn. It Iiiuvah
the lower Willi.n.ette valley ,a
paasea near the bane of .Mt. Hood!
aiid through the Warm Spring In
dian reservation into Crook County,
It in Ktill tr.tvemvd, though of little
commercial importance.
Tho most aoutherly of thn CaH
cade mountain wagon road leave
Ashland and Medford, respectively,
and lead into the Klamath hike
country. They have been impor
tant highwaya in the punt, ami juttt
now are much traverned by campers
and touriH'.n, oince they lead to tho
beautiful Klamath lakes and I'eli
can bay, and to Crater lake.
North of themi two roads is the
r.i.i ii..,.i r..ni.ni .,,;i;i... .)
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whose builders were granted land i
totaling into the hundreds of thou
, . . .,
namls of acres, and reaching frum
tho Willamette valley through Kla
math, Lake, Harney and Malheur
counties and even to the Idaho line.
This road passes near Diamond
Peak, Creacent and Odell lakes, and
other ol the natural wonders of the
Cascades.
Suitu and McKeaiki Retdi
But the most traveled of all the
Cascade mountain highways are
the Huntiiun and McKinzie roads,
nearer the central part of the state.
There are many persons in central
Oregon who have "crossod the
mountains" along these roada not
less than twenty or thirty times.
In the rarly day this was the quick
est, cheapest and most direct way
to reach "the valley" as all west
ern Oregon was called. Many
families crossed the mountains reg
ularly every summer, the trip com
bining a pleasant outing with busi
ness, since a load of canned and
fresh fruit was usually taken back
to the interior. Also, nearly all
central Oregon people had friends
and relatives in the valley.
It is well for a person who wishes
to travel the Cascade mountain
News Snapshots
Cf the Week
iinlvi'il lii ilila country, te nan In t lie
Willi a iiaan-nci-r. I.lcuti'iitinl l'li ltel.
roaiiii to wiiich thn n'lihutm. Other-
wie, he may Im fnrced to cnnip fur
' a few week wliiln Kiinw lankn melt
away, or to turn hi wiij?"" into a
nl.-iirli. lint the latter in not an
iincoinnioii experience, and on
.either iid of the decp-Miow linn of
the mountains mav !. neen rnnny
ulim-arded cleigli ru'tineia that have
been hantily hewn from email, bent
tree trunk. The only pt-rnon who
'crowed the Cm-rudw, outride of the
Hhort Mimmer Ke,on liuiiu fixed
hy nature, in the nov i.hoer, who
carrien blanket) on hi bark, and
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u no in i h ill iivn mi iiirur iiit.UL 11
. ,.-,.!, .tinuhl demand.
BI.ck B.li. Vt.f.
(Vntral Oregon inhabitanta have
learned to judge the condition of
1 h Cascade mountain enow ficlda
'rt"u lon dintance aaay, One
1,1 llie eB'el re8(1 ' 11,8 'her
U t0 be ,ound on ,,,,, to! '
I'UllO,
a high, eymetncai
volcano cono in the wet
ntrl rt ol Crook county. Thia
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hills of the Cascades, and is located
I near Sisters, and also near the point
: where the Santiam and MeKenstie
roads separate to follow their re
I spectivo parses through tho nioun
j tains. Tho top of I '.luck liutto is
almost a mile above eea level, and
can be seen for many miles across
t tlit) cnutral Oregon plains.
When tho snow ia gone from the
top of lilack ltutte, the old residents
i Hay, then it is safu to cross the
Cascades before that beware. Or
if thu sharp point of the butte is lost
i in the clouds, then watch out for a
storm in the Cascades; and if it is
early spring or lato fall the traveler
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may as wen opgin to raaKing anow-
may as well beg
shoes and sled runners.
The stockman of the central Ore
gon plains and hills, or the farmer
from the dry land and irrigated
tracts, begins to enter into a new
country as he passes Black Butte
and approaches the Cascade moun
tains. Instead of stubby scattered
junipers he will be in a foreBt of
open pine timber. Also, the air
will have become cooler, and he will
soon bo in the region of mountain
streams (ringed with Christmas tree
firs. He will not yet have escaped
the sand, which makes this part of
the road slow, heavy and somewhat
tiresome. This, deep, coarse sand
is one of the volcanic evidences of
the section, which evidences will
culminate in small, fresh loosing
crater holes along the way, and a
rough lava bed and underground
caves west of the first 'summit of
the mountains.
Out a few miles from Sisters the
traveler must decide whether he will
follow the Santiam road or the
MoKenzie road. Some years ago
there would have been no choioe,
for the McKenzie is a later day
country road, as contrasted with
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carries iiianiccn on ii lit nucn, anui'""- " ...
Imp Iml wiiw uirii in ummI uh- iirnili t( iimri. tniiu i i'ci-(tim i iiriiiiiHMii i ni roumry iniiuii Ku)iif ri's'in in Miri'ms nn?(h
imIm of Irjliiu lii licip iimiI, Tin1 HIiiHinil Inn, Ihnl of n cliilil hIiiIiic IivImwh two rnkin of Ire, Ik only one of tin- iiimiy. The
iifi' mill .iii"' l'iur!li Id.-ii luitj in liiht ink"ii n Ktnins urlv " HiIk country. Kvi-n IuilinnK nre In fnvr of HiIk reform, us wk
I'Vllli'l'll 111 11 HIMHM-h lllililt liv T:llllll Illltkll. n Kimiik'II lluHiin rllli.f. In Vi.w York, l'tr'liirtxi ttt tlti coronn llnti of Kiln' flottr.'i.
HIiiKtrntlmi liclnit Inkcii In Wi minuter
Ail Wolnxt k nocUcil out Owen Moruu In
The Ananias Belt
Over at Bend
tnr Knbprl-snn of th Yuk
ima D.iily Republic, was in the
j 1(llnls country a lew wwks
i ""-e. bavins; gimn throui-h from
Hi'ii'l by uuto. und tho following
th' Myln in which he "fts
:ev''!' wiUl tho" fellow at 1I10
jCrook comity town who assured
bun tho now roud to lturns was
1 1 lit tin n c itim IT. Iir.ll Ipvn ril
nonu, urcs01'- is a sniaii iovn
but it is famous for two reasons.
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One is tbut it is situated on the
banks of the best trout stream
on tho Pucitic coast. The other
Is that it is tho home of the
champion liur of the world. We
make this statement not in mal
ice, but merely because we de
sire to render unto Caesar the
things thut are his. The Bend
champion is now a full grown
man, and ho makes his living not
by lying but by boosting for
Bond, but in his youth he made
a specialty of prevaricution.
That uccounts for his eminence
in tho art now. Tho way to get
to tho front is to stick to one
thing and learn to do it well. At
17 our hero won first honors in a
eaU-h-tt-vciitch can contest against
the loading liars of Missouri, and
since then his progress has been
steadily onward and upward. At
"2 he met Colonel lioosovelt and
scored HUH points to that states
man's 13. At 28 ho got the best
three in five heats away from
Ananias and Sajiphira, and on
his 30th birthday at the interna
tional tournament he lied at a
mark both stationary and swing
ing, against tho recognized cham
pions of America. Europe and
Asia, winning all prizes. In the
sweepstakes he accepted a han
dicap of 30 per cent and again
came off victor. He lies equally
well sitting, standing or lying,
and has lately offered to go
against tho best liars in Ireland
with both hands in his pockets
and with his legs tied in a double
bow knot behind his neck. We
have forgotten his name, but if
any wandering wayfarer should
meet a man at Bend who tells
him there is a good auto roud all
the way from there to Burns,
that's him. If the wnyfarer
should kill him whon he finishes
telling that colossal lie, his many
victims will be glad to settle the
bill or to hang for him if neces
sary. Any time will do. There
is no closed season for the Bend
liar."
The Home Bakery.
Fresh bread baked daily. FaBtry or
ders promptly filled. Hot coffee and
aandwieliea served. Delivery at 11 and
4 o'clock.
6-8-t' Mm. F. E. Bboiiui, Trap.
ulilicj. Hurry Atwooil, a younc avlntor, flew over New York's Kkj simpers
the thlrtitiilh round of a twenty round Imut In Saa I'rancLico.
Man Found Dead
Near Haycreek
A man was found dead three
miles this side of Haycreek. where
the road branches off to Haystack
yesterday.
He wiR a Ftranger, apparently
about 40 years of age. lr. Rosen
berg, county physician, and Ir.
Hyde, county coroner, were noti
fied. They inspected the remains and
concluded that the man was over
come by heat. Apparently he had
been dead several days. A stage
driver noticed a man lying under
a juniper tree Monday, but thought
nothing of it until Wednesday
when he caw that the man had not
moved. He then made an inves
tigation and found the man was
dead. When the driver reached
Prineville he notified the author
ities. The dead man had unrolled his
blinkets and was resting upon
them. He was dressed in overalls
and nothing was found on his per
son that could clearly identify the
man. An old envelope dated
October, H)10, gave the name of
Robert F. Ryan, but some memo
randa bore the name of Henry
Lyons. He was ordered buried
where found on account of the ad
vanced stage of decomposition.
Odd Fellows
Go to Redmond
Five cars of Odd Fellows left
Prineville last evening for Red
mond to help organize a lodge at
the Hub. T. II. Lafollette was
the acting Orand Master. De
grees were conferred on 26 mem
bers. The Bend degree team con
ferred the initiatory and the Brine
vil'.e degree team conferred the
first, Becond and third degrees.
It was an all-night job but every
body enjoyed it. The visiting
Odd Fellows report a royal good
time. A fine banquet was Berved
and nothing was left undone that
would ' add pleasure to the occa
sion. The Prineville delegation
was as follows:
T. II. Lafollette, C. B. Dinwid
die, W. H. Houston, R. V. Con
stable, J. II. 'Gray, I. L. Ketchum,
J. H. Crooks, Geo. Noble, C. L.
Shattuck, Rev. J. M. Hoggins, G.
P. Reams, Widd Barnes, Estes
Short, Bert Barnes, Wm. Morse,
L. B. Lafollette, II. L. Hobbs, A.
S. Ireland, Chas. Proetz, Clyde
Ward, O. C. Pollard, Wm. Jacobs,
L. Kamstra, Marion Templeton,
Mr. Reid.
Wanted
Sixty Juniper Posts.
See Wlnnek,
7-20
Train
Officials
, Held Responsible
. ., , r, very faint idea cf the masrnitude
Engineer Thomas Myles. Con- ' ...."
, p . . .tj j of that great stretch of country
ductor Cass. Assistant Koadmas- "
. c. j i .v r that we speak of as Central Ure
ter A. S. McCurdy and the Ore-
. .. . gon. said Mr. Chapman. "It is
gon Trunk Railway wero held . ' . ,
, greater in resources than Cnlo
respousible for the fatal wreck .....
, , i. . i u i rado, more promising than New
July 10, as a result of which sev i ,. . , , e , ,
,. i..- ' Mexico and as good as the best
en lives were lost. After an in-; . .
. .mi -n n i u there is to be found in Ltah and
vestigation at The Dalles which ;
. i j n t .i Montana,
lasted nine days. Coroner Butget '
reported the jury's findings on I "But the resources must be
Tuesday. The verdict in pan is j developed, the immense areas of
as follows: i lands must be settled and made
"We find that Engineer Mylcs
was exceeding the speed limit,
We do'also find that Assistant
Rood master McCurdy was crita-
inally negligent, in that after,
checkm? the soeed of the train
ho did not null the air cord and
set the brakes, as he knew this
to be a dangerous point, notsuf
ficientiy ballasted and practically
a skeleton track at the point of
derailment. And we further find
that the track was in an unsafe
condition as to its gauge and that
said gauge was known to Mc
Curdy, roadmaster in charge of
the track.
"We further find that the track
at this point is: not protected by
a slow board. We further find
that it has been the general cus
tom to exceed the speed limit at
this point, and that this fact has
been known to the said McCurdy
he having taken no precaution
by reporting the facts to a su
perior officer. We further find
that Conductor Cass, in charge
of this train, was criminally neg
ligent in not paying proper at
tention to the speed of his train,
allowing said train to approach
this dangerous curve at r. speed
in excess of the speed limit."
Horsestealing Case
Dismissed
The case of State of Oregon
vs. Charles VanValkenberg and
J. Hall, on charge of larceny of a
horse, came to a hearing last eve
ning in the justice court. At the
hearing it was shown that Van
Valkenberg was a partner with
II. A. Brown, the complaining
witness, in the ownership of the
animal' in question, and Deputy
District Attorney Wirtz moved
for a dismissal. Hall went along
with VanValkenberg to Spring
field, where both were arrested,
merely as a passenger, and the
charge against him was also dis
missed. Nobody hurt except the
county treasury, which will later
be mulcted to the extent of about
$200 in this case.
Furnished Rooms for Rent
Furnished, aingle or double. Also
beds for the Fourth. Inquire at Shipp
house. Mrs. Ida Prose, propr. 6-15
GREAT IS
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Immense Areas of Land
; Must be Settled.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS NEEDED
C.
C. Chapman of Portland
Takes a Look at the
Inland Empire.
Manager C. C. Chapman, of the
Portland Coin mercbil Club, re
turned this morning from an ex
tended tour of investigation
through the great Central Ore
gon empire, says Monday's Jour
nal. Ha returned doubly enthus
iastic with the possibilities that
offer there and their tremendous
significance to Portland.
We of Portland have but a
! productive beyond the raising of
j livestock on the plains. Looking
from a selfish Point of view- 1
say that ot every dollar pro-
UULeu lure M tculs t"u,c l"
Portland. The significance
of
this can hardly be
realized here
at this time. Our merchants and
people in general do not compre
hend its meaning.
"To develop Central Oregon
we must have better organiza
tion, and we shall bend every en
ergy to bring it about. Osten
sibly my purpose in going to
Central Oregon this trip was to
attend the Oregon Development
League at Prineville. "It was the
most earnest convention I have
ever attended. It was attended
by determined men from all
parts of the great interior and
everybody took a deep interest
in getting under way a move
ment whereby the big lands may
be made productive.
"Leaving Prineville, I visited
one of "Bill" Hanley's ranches.
It contains 143,000 acres and
some of the most beautiful land
I ever saw with streams inter
secting it here and there. Feed
for thousands of head of cattle is
grown there but as this requires
comparatively little attention the
immense farm has but three liv
ing houses. This vast tract of
land would support thousands of
families were the ground made
to produce other crops than hay.
"The great Harney valley is a
wonderful country. The land
stretches out in every direction,
for miles as level as a billiard
table. It is well watered and,
most sections can be irrigated.
It appears especially well adapt
ed to diversified farming rota
tion of crops, and it will grow
fruit. Existing vegetation then!
leads conclusively to these de
ductions. "One of the great needs is the
establishment of experiment
stations in the central part of the
state through which the new set
tler may gain the benefit of ex
periments that to the individual
would prove very expensive.
"Better organization of the
commercial bodies should also
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