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Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 2, 1911.
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VOL. XV NO. 49
CIRCUIT COURT
CLOSED MONDAY
CENTRAL OREGON
WINS 34 PRIZES
6 .. 1
Ernest Robison Found
Not Guilty.
THE JURY WAS OUT ALL NIGHT
Testimony of th Sitter Had
Great Weight. Many Civil
Cases Disposed of.
Cirouit eourt ajourned Monday.
Saturday morning the jury In
tba caie of tin ttate againat Ernett
Rubison charged with the murder
of Loui McCalllster, brought Id a
verdict of not guilty. The jury ao
cepted lha testimony of 18- year old
Kuth Kobison, who laid from the
chair that tbt fatal shot bad been
fired in self defense.
The cate went to the jury at 6
o'clock Friday night. Saturday
morning four of the jurors (landing
for conviction weakened and the
ballot itood 10 to 2 for acquittal.
Finally at 0 o'clock a unanimous
verdict was arrived at.
F. A. Towel! and It. A. l'owell
vi Lettie A. Miller. Confirmation
granted.
C. A. (iravei vs l'emonia M.
Graves. Dismissed.
II. Furber vs C. X. Khret.
Taken under advisement.
A. J. Shrun va Virginia and
Joseph Kratis. Referred to Miss
Mack at The lalles and Ada Morne
at Prineville.
C. Sam Smith and Champ Smith
vs K. li. Maddux, Win. Mackey,
K. 8. Owens and W. A. Wells.
leoree granted.
J. L. McCulloch vs Augustus
Walker etal. Confirmation granted.
Price Shoe Co. vs Mrs. J. W.
Wright. Settled.
Wm. T. Itrook vs B. C". Cady, i
Aultie Cady and Mintie Howard. '
Default and decree for want of an
swer. Hector Merchand vs K. H. Wil
liams. Verdict for plaintiff far Ml).
09.
tilxn ) Irt'liiml vs Hubert Curvy.
Settled nml (IIhidIhhciI.
Deecliuli-N llydro-Klwtrlc Co. vs
I'rliiKlo Fulls Klectrlc I'ower &
Water Co. ltenuirrvr to cotiipliiln t.
Hiitiinltt.'d to be heard nt The Dulles.
C F MclHTiiiott va John I. Snoo
and W K Hurklmrd. Settled mid
dlHIIllMMt'd.
A C Suufiird vs Mrs. M I .oven 11
and J I; Lovenll. IMiiult hud Judtf.
liient nnd order to sell uttuelied
property. .
John A Moore vs Klva C Moore.
Iieorec Knmted.
V. J Huhh vs S S lvroin. Conflrmu
tlon grunted.
Annie M Neff vs l'eurl W Bon
kusky et ul. Default mid decree,
V D Harris vs Ida Harris. Re
ferred to K K Kills.
M S I.attln vs V A llunnell, (iiuec
K llmmell mid 8 J Spencer. Settled
and dlxmlHsed,
CIims. Anjfal vs Sidney Cltlmour.
Verdict tor plulnlltt for $450.25.
Judgement on verdict.
S C Caldwell vs T W Trlplett et ul.
Settled and dismissed.
Frank Klklns vs John Moore. Set
tled. K Wyant vs W N Cobb. Verdict
for plaintiff.
Simon Curr vs G W Rnpcr. Settled
and dismissed.
E C Person nnd K It Jones vs
Frank Walker and Kvu Steele. Re
ferred to Mr. Fox.
C C MeNeeley vs the Madras Gate
way Hotel Co., mid A lv Bentley.
Referred to Miss Morse and H A Vnu
Homo.
J W Douue vs J A Norwood. Set
tled and dismissed.
A C Knlghten vs R M Towcll. Set
tled and dismissed.
Mublo M Kendall vs Central Ore
gon Irrigation Co. To be heard at
The Dulles.
Erlson Atkinson vs the Central
Oregon Irrigation Co, To be heard
Ma
Newt Snapshots
Of the Week
baseman, hit (wo bum runa. winning tba second and third games. Tbouaanda of
a republic. Tba cltlea of Hlaokau and Wuchang fell Into their bands, and General
Uupeh, wh' a lb. rwhela bad eetablLbrd headquarters.
at The Dalle.,
l.orvnia D Fox vs Allerta K Fox.
lJecre granted.
ltena West vs Miiry t) Atklnaon
and (i H Caldwell. Settled and dis
missed. II W Fill vsT. N. llulfour. Judic
tnent for rt'turn of proterty, '
Tiini-ii-lnm I.uinber Co., va W C
IHMupwy. Delimit and judgment
and order to sell attached proMrty.
A V Frnm vs Mllllssa Ann Cntlow.
Referred to (J A McFnrland.
Rnlph l'orflly vs Ollle I. Kllefson,
Delimit and decree.
Itertha II Howies vs F A Rowles.
Dismissed without prejudice.
I' S Cowlea vs J II Douthlt. De
fendant to luive until the first day of
next term to answer.
J C Rush va 7. T Gideon. Default
Mini JudKiuent.
It li Uould va Heury Lluster. De
fendant to have ."to days to prepare
bill of exceptions.
George Noble va Jrpthla Jeffries.
Couflrmiitlon granted.
I.lsile Ilerryuinu vs It F Berryman,
Conflrmntlon granted. ,
The great Northern Furniture
Store va W W Orcutt. Settled.
t W MeCnffery vs Squaw Creek
Water determination. Time set for
hearing of the npplleat Ion, first dny
of next term.
Bolton Mercantile Co, vs Dun
Crowley. Confirmation granted.
Prineville Knights
Visit Redmond
Seventeen Sir Knights from
Prineville, assisted tirand Chancel
lor Frank D. Wrightman and
Grand Keeper of Records and
Seals L. II. Stinson of Salem, insti
tute a Knights of Pythias lodge
at Redmond Monday night. It
took several autos to carry the
Prineville delegation and visiting
brethren from the outside to the
Hub City. It was an all-night
job. Thirty new members were
initiated into the mysteries of the
order.
Redmond took care of the visit
ors in fine shape. At midnight a
banquet was served. The follow
ing Sir Knights from Prineville
were in attendance: H, II. Smith,
(Seorgo Rernior, 1). M. Scott, Elmer
Clark, Wm, Snodcrly, Col. Draper,
Frank Foster, 0. C. Hyde, J. II.
Rosenberg, II. C. Davis, Robert
Zevuly, G. M. Cornett, ti. W. San
born, George Brewster, Mr. Robin
son, Charles King.
The visiting Sir Knights were:
Grand Chancellor Wrightman, G.
K. R. & S. Stinson, from Salem j
J. B, E. Bourne, Rainier; John
Knight, Seattle; Judge Bradshaw,
past supreme representative, The
Dalles; Mr. Savage, Coquille.
Lost or Stolen.
From my auto Sunday niitbt, a Fold
ing l'ocket Camera in leather case.
Reward for its return to J. R. Btinson,
Prineville, Oregon. 10-i'u
Gold Broach Lost
Gold broach lost Tuesday ; liberal re
ward if returned to Hotel Prineville. It
Th. world's baseball championship series between the New York Nationala and the Philadelphia Americana began. Tba attend
ance for tba Oral three gainea practically equaled that of last reara entire aerlea Added Intereat waa given tba straggle because
tba rival managers, Uark and Mciiraw. proved tba leading exponenta of the "Inside game" Larry Do la waa tba Ulanta' cap
tain and second baseman, and First Baseman Da via led tba Athletics while on tba field. Prank Baker, tba Philadelphia third
Prineville Rich in
Athletic Material
Prineville has more first-class
athletic material per capita in its
citizenship than any town on the
coast. This year's baseball team
was undefeated and it went up
against some of the best emi-uro-fussionsl
clubs in the state.
We did not start out to write
baseball but simply to notify the
1'rineville fans to look up U.S.
Kohu, who hag the agencv ol the
Collins Auto Co. This young man
comes from Chicago, where he has
bean prominent in athletics. We
got a look into his scrapbook of
press notices and found him on
the all-star batket ball team. He is
a star baseball man and his football
work was highly commended. He
was also one of the leading men
on the Illinois Athletic Club trsck
team. Mr. Kohu was on the Xorth
Division High school football team
that came west a tew years ago to
play Seattle for the western high
school cliampionEhip. Mr. Rohu
will be a good man to get into the
game here. He plays short in
bauebnll, right end in football and
right forward in basketball. Get
him into the game here, ye fans.
New Independent
Telephone Line
A meeting of the farmers of the
Ochoco vallev was held at the La
Follette school house Sunday after
noon for the purpose of organizing
an independent telephone com
pany. A temporary organization
was effected and it was decided to
build a good substantial line from
Prineville up the Ochoco and Mill
Creek valleys.
Another meeting will be held at
the home of J. F. Blanchard Mon
day Nov. 6, at 1:30 p. m., for the
purpose of completing the organ
ization. At present there will be
about 25 miles of new line. It will
extend up the Ochoco to George
Russell's place, and up Mill Creek
to Barney's mill. All persons in
terested are requested to be pres
ent. J. F. Blanchard was in Trine
ville Tucsdny requesting bids from
local dealers for telephone supplies.
Apples! Apples!
Apples can be bought at the Gage
ranch, Mitchell, Oregon, for 50c. 75c,
and f 1. Over 100 bushels yet in the or
chard. Mrs. F. E. Oahk,
U-2 Mitchell, Ore.
Pure-bred White Wyandott cockerels
for sale. Ray V. Constable, Adam
eon's Drugstore. 11 2-tf
Rooms for Rent.
Furnished rooms, single or in suite,
for rent. Apply at the Clark Hair
Dressing Parlors, one block west of
Commercial Club Hall. 10-20
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native Chinese rebelled sgainst the emperor and declared tbey would form
Yin Chang, the minister of war, waa dispatched wltb two army corps to
Fuel Rates to
Crook County
Fuel prices in Central Oregon
will be materially reduced as a re
sult of the wood and coal tariffs
just announced by the O. W. R. &
X. and Oregon Trunk roads.
Effective November 1 tbe rate on
coal from Rock Springs, Wyo., the
base of most local supply, will be
15.50 a ton to Madras and IG a ton
to Bend. The present rate to Mad
ras is 16.25. These rates, it is be
lieved, will enable dealers in Cen
tral Oregon cities to sell coal at
Portland prices.
Rates on cord wood and slabwood
from Portalnd, Bridal Veil Falls,
Cascade Locks and Hood River will
be $2.50 a cord to Opal City and
12 80 a cord to Bend.
The coal rate from Centralis,
Wash., where much fuel is obtain
ed, will be $4.25 to Madras and
14.75 to Bend, corresponding rates
to intermediate points.
The lumber rate from Bend to
Eastern common points will be the
same as those from Portland to the
same points.
Lecture Interesting
and Instructive
Last Thursday evening the peo
pie of Prineville were given a rare
treat in the form of a lecture by
Count Col. John Sobieski. This
noted Polish exile, who is a noted
lecturer, gave his famous lecture
on '-The Rise and Fall of the Pol
ish Republic and the struggle of
her people for freedom."
Col. Sobieski's father was the
last King of Poland. He was im
prisoned by the Russian govern
ment and later beheaded. His
noble mother with her little son,
the present lecturer, was exiled
from Poland and Austria because
she would not swear allegiance to
Russia. After Buffering many in
justices from the authorities of
Russia this brave woman died of a
broken heart. Young John So
bieski who was then a lad of 12
years, escaped to America and en
listed as bugler in the regular
army, where he served, uutil the
breaking out of the war of the Re
bellion, when he joined the army
of the Potomac and saw active
service throughout the war.
At the close of this war he went
to Mexico where he was valuable
in helping her establish her inde
pendence. Here he met and had
charge of Maximillian then a
prisoner. It was the same Maxi
millian who had exiled him and
his mother from Austria years be
fore. Returning to the United
States he settled in Minnesota,
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where he served several years in
her legislature. During the last
twenty-five years Mr. Sobieeka hag
been on tbe lecture platform lectur
iog in every state of the Union,
in the British providences, and
through England, Scotland, Ire
land and Whales.
Tbe high school bad arranged
for the Ricketts' Entertainment
Company to give the first number
of this course of entertainments
and did not learn that ther were
unable to be here until it was too
late to notify the public
Prof. Coe wishes it announced
that should there be those who
bought tickets for tbe Ricketts'
entertainment and would not have
bought for the lecture, such per
sons could, by calling upon him
at the high school, get free tickets
to the Rickett's entertainment
when it comes to Prineville.
Had Halloween
Rough House
Prineville bovs celebrated a
double header Halloween this year.
This was all right where the fun
was confined to innocent pranks,
but where property waa wantonly
destroyed, it is all wrong. There
are cases in which private property
was greatly damaged or destroyed
entirely and the city authorities
are making an investigation. If
the guilty ones can be found
out they will be prosecuted. Mr.
Stewart, at Elkins store, offers a $25
reward for the names of the persons
that took his buggy, laprobe, duster,
etc. He cannot find any trace of
his property. Condart & Stordahl's
buggy was taken to the river bank
and dumped over. The top was
smashed to pieces and it was other
wise damaged. A good stiff fine
would soon give the boys to under
stand that they cannot destroy
property just for the fun of the
thing.
Oregon Trunk Schedule.
The Oregon Trunk Railway has
inaugurated regular passenger and
freight train service over the line
recently completed from Opal City
to Terreboone, formerly Hillman,
Redmond, Deschutes, (tbe station
for Laidlaw,) and Bend..
Tbe train leaves Portland via
the North Bank road at 9:55 a. m.
as formerly and reaches Madras at
6:08 p. m., Metolius at 6:20 p. m.,
Culver at 6:52 p. in., Opal City at
7:07 p. nv, Redmond at 7:45 p.m.
and Bend at 8:35 p. m. The train
stops 20 minutes at Metolius for
lunch.
North bound the Oregon Trunk
Railway train leaves Bend at 6:30
a. ru., Redmond at 7:21 a. m., Opal
City at 8 a. m., Culver at 8:15 a.
m., Metolius at 8:30 a. m., Madras
at 8:39 a. no., arriving at Portland
at 6 p. m. This train will connect
at Fallbridge with North Bank
train No. 2 for Spokane and East
ern points.
Tillman ReuterTook 11
Firsts.
HE CAPTURED THE PRIZE CUP
This was the Principal Premium
Awarded at the Dry Farm
ing Congress.
Tillman Reuter, the Central
Oregon dry-farming wizard, who.
in prize competition against en
tries from all parts of tbe coun
try, baa demonstrated repeated
ly that superior crops can be
grown without irrigation in the
state's interior, has triumpbed
again over exhibitors from al
most every state in tbe Union
by winning 11 first prizes at the
National Dry Farming Congress
just closed at Colorado Springs.
Central Oregon took an aggre
gate of 34 prizes.
Reuter captured the prize cup
for the best display of farm pro
ducts which was the principal
premium awarded at the show,
and took first prize in each of the
following classes:
Sheaf alfalfa, forage and seed
alfalfa, different cuttings of alf
alfa, yellow flint corn stalk, white
oats sbeaf, spring rye sheaf,
corn grown on summer fallow,
red onions, turnips and best
vetch.
His second prizes were award
ed in the following classes: Win
ter wheat sheaf, winter rye sheaf,
oats sheaf entered in competition
with "any other variety," best
display of barley, best display of
oats, best display of wheat, best
display of grain, best display of
threshed grain, best' display of
sheaf grain, best arranged dis
play by individuals, best three
table beets, best summer squash.
His third prizes were secured
in competition for the best sheaf
of black oats and for the best
collection of potatoos. Reuter
secured a prize in every compe
tition in which he participated.
His sister, who has a home
stead on a ranch adjoining that
upon which he has achieved his
notable success, secured first
prize for the best woman home
steader's exhibit, first for the
best crops grown by a home
steader on sod and second for
the best display by a woman.
The Madras Commercial Clus
had a collective display of dry
farming products in which par
ticipants secured the following
prizes:
R. Monner, first for best yel
low corn; R. Monner, first for
best peck early potatoes; R.
Monner, second for threshed
oats; Walter Arney, third for a
peck of late potatoes; A. G. Ktb
bee, of Hay Creek, second for
the largest pumpkin, and T. H.
La Follette, of Prineville, second
for the best pumpkin pie.
Central Oregon's prizes at the
exhibition aggregated 15 firsts.
16 seconds and three thirds,
Reuter's remarkable success
this year, following the record
he has made in the last three or
four years, is pointed to by the
railroads and others engaged in
the development of the state as
proof of the theory that the arid
section around Madras can be
successfully cultivated without
irrigation.
His ranch is only an averaga
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