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PRINEV1LLE, CR03K COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1912.
VOL.XV1-N0.9
Omoo, m cond-cl n tirr
G. II. COCHRAN j
A CANDIDATE
He Wants to Represent
PRINEVILLE HAD A
FIRE M0DAY NIGHT
i.
'V -l
This District
WELL QUALIFIED FOR OFFICE
At State Water Superintendent
Mr. Cochran hat a Wide
Acquaintance.
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IN if
rhu'.u of Hmtilry ami Jmiuihi cuiiyi litht, 1.11. by Amerlmn I'teM Awuclntlon.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
The ll.0ixi,000 titilli'.lnc of Hie Kqultnble Life Amuirnwe society of Xew York vrnn totally destroyed by a fire which also
canned eluht deaths. The severe weather greatly hindered the firemen and made their work doubly hazardous. Ollie James
of Kentucky km elevated mm the house of representatives to the senate by the Mate leeifclature. He will succeed Tbomns
H. Iny liter,' hIioim! term expire lu Manli. tieorire Curry anil II. B. Kerijiwon, who represent New Mexico In conprena. began
their ortVtal duties lit Wiialihitftun. Andrew Carnele teatlHetl before the steel Invt-tltfiitlu committee, of whlcn Keprvsentntlv Stanley Is tne cuairmao.
I hsv definitely decided to stek
to further serve the people ol my
elate a Uieir representative it)
Cong rem from tlio .Second District.
My present position at State Water
Superintendent liaa bruugtit me in
touch with tlio needs uf tlii l'is
. . 1 . l L t . i I ' I a
uict, anu tm.rouKny oeiiev. ' ni0lily or ,rticPi in viol.ti m of every improvement of the road
can render my co.nU.ti.ency mote ; i(it a mnn - ,crilIlinjlli niean9 , gW(ltor proslerity lo the
beneficial ,r.ice by this advance- tw M dia,inc,ion hould be ,, through increased agricultu
"'nt on account of (osition, place or rs.1 production and greater ttiraulus
A Solution ol Oil National irr. I ,nv ni.inion nor nrwent ' la all indu.tri. a.
II - -1 II ... i ....li.... r ' .---r
gat.on rrooH-m. an .v.a.aai. pu.i.y Uw ,rJlt( ,nd
that will permit of prtft.nl wal eoaulunaatlona ia entirely in-uf-
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v.- , ;r.iNv.
."or,
aho c.'Civr rf o r 1 1 rioii
Candy Kitchen Earned
Out
OTHER BUILDINGR DAMAGED
There Happened to be no Wind
at theTime to Fire waa
Easily Controlled.
di'o!v, the
name "bust
combination
i fieifiit Vml liiitv
public Und policy for thu develop- oororntKr , and in
niODt Of our arid lamia and the ,lm b(U ,h))
benefit of the home bulkier, and a,.,, ttmlaft or m,n w,o
continuing appropriation for th ' formed ibat oomblnailioft still axl.
C.lilo canal aud the openiux of tie j u f necM(arVt lherefor, to have
Columbia river, will have ") ,onl8 Nttliona ri,KUation that will
earneat nupport. prevent 0VM .o.phalitktion,
lam no stranger to publ.o a.r- wOTOTd ,tock ,nd the arbitrary
vice. TbreB years were apent in fixi)g o pricM( nJ 10M
the government n-rv.ee in ",hngl wbU,h rfndMlhe tru.u oh
Philippine Inland-, which gave n' r,oxioui t0 ,he righ of th, com.
pemonat knowledge of comht.ona ( n)m) ( Kx arience baa
on which to base a proper p.ltvy ; hi m lUl Uer- u nu
with reference lo our insular poi; i ,plh in monop(1y( ld thut
le Monp. ' ' , t the distinction between good and
I have been over Eastern On goi. . , .., . . filinn A
thoroughly, fullilliftK my duties "Jwni8cenl poioy lmifty m(iy ta!lily
Superinlendent of Water Div.tlon u gn oppM,ve ,nd injurioU! one
No. 2, and have carefully fcUervtd tomorroWi ,nd ,he w should be
the need of Hauler.. Orogon in the i ((J (rftmpd M tft be B comt,lnl pr0.
solution of the problem of its future 1 tecll0ll to tha ond . ,,lin
Uevelopmem, l..e extension o, j d,fillilion 0, i)U,in, ri(:hlH.
lrrt(jMfd area, ami inn encourage
nient of further settlement of our
public lundii.
As I have been a progressive!
Water .Superintendent, and have j
sought to apply the publio waters
of the state so as to make two
blades of crass grow where one be-
fire has grown, I em alco a pro j If any citizen of this oominunity
eresBive Hepuhlican, and I pledge . cannot think of a good reason for
the people of my state that no supporting a movement for good
measure shall have ray support roads he will find it in ti e sub,
which does not have their tndome- j joined list.. The state of Ohio
ment, and which does not tend toduring 1911 enacted a law revo-
their improvement. i lutionizing methods of read con-
The peoulo of Kautern Oregon struetion and repair in that state.
are aware of tho dilliculty of the In furtherance of the good roads
homesteader upon tho publio do work the Ohio dood hoads rede
main, to earn a living from tl e ( ration has started a campaign to
homestead lor the entire period cf secure a constitutional amend-
five years. I believe that the ment permitting the issuing of
homestead laws should he amended j bonds for state aid to road con
so as to permit each homesteader struetion. Asa part ol Us cam
to enter at least 320 acres, and that paign the Federation issued a
the residence requirement .should j bulletin giving the following
be reduced to three years. This is reasons for supporting the project:
Opposed to An
Extension of Time
(Iko. H. Coviiiian.
UGrand, Jan. 15, 1912.
Good Reasons for
Good Roads
If you are a highway official,
because you are striving for better
methods of road construction and
maintenance, and more ellicient
road administration.
If you a re, a roailroad man. be
cause improved roads meuns
greater production, consequently
more traffic, prevent freight con
gestion, brings more industries,
more roads, more tourists.
If you are an automobile user,
because you can get the benefit of
your machinery every day in the
year, tour repair bills will be
lower, longer and belter tours will
be possible at all seasons of the
year.
If you are a dealer in farm pro
ducts and implements, because you
can. receive the products and de
liver the implements at all times.
11 you are a publisher or editor,
because improved roads make
wider circulation possible, increase
advertising by stimulating com
uiercial entnrurises and because
road improvement is the most im
portant economic question of the
ag.
If you are the proprietor of a
hotel, because improved roads
means more tourist and more
commercial travel. New England,
with its system of good road, gets
100,000,000 a year
alone.
If you are a banker, because
good roads will increase agri
culture, commerce, and manu
facture, depositors, deposits, and
dividends.
It you are a progressive citizen,
because vou cannot progress so
long as your state and nation re
main in the mud.
partially true in other sections of
the western states, and no good
rea-ion appears why Orogon should
not have the benefit as well. Fur
ther, every man should have a
right to leave his homestead for
six months out of every year, to
work for the support of his family
if he so desires;
I bulievo nn Ahiskan policy
should be so framed as will de
velop that country at the expense
of neither the present nor the
future, but that the people of the
present generation, as well as ol
the future, should have the moral
right to enjoy the benefits derived
from its vast Btore house of natural
resources.
I bolievo that euilt is personal,
and when any man or class of men , commerce or a board of trado, be
shall soek to corner the marketF,' cause the public roads are oora-
If you area farmer, because your
f'irm will increase in value, you
can raiBe more profitable crops,
your cost of hauling will be lower,
you can market your products
whon prices are best, your children
can get to school, your family can
attend church, your physician will
be in close tonoh with you, your
boys and girls will stay on the
farm, you will have better mail
service, more social life, and hap
pier conditions all around.
If you are a merchant, because
good roads enlarge your trading
radius, and make it possible for
purchasers to reach you every day
in the year, and thereby increase
your sales. '
If you represent a chamber of
Gold in the Sands
of the Deschutes
Redmond, Ore., Discovery of
(toid in the black sands along the
The fire department was called
out at 1:30 a. tn. Tuesday to fight
a big blaze in the rear of the Candy
Kitchen. It had gained con
siderable headway before the alarm
was given or perhaps the inflam
mable material in the candy shop
j blazed up fiercely as soon as it
ham Falls contract. I have got a start.
1 Kiked over the Benham Falls J The department was out in a
ontract and would like to see, hurry ,nd w;th a good water pres
one section amended at this u re the flames were confined to
time, if the extension is granted. ' the Candy Kitchen and adjoinin
I refer to secticn 22. wherein the : buildings.
company is given a 35 year j Kamstra's jewelry store had a
franchise for the development of narrow escape. It was afire seve
power through the Benham Falls ' rai tjmeg and oniy bv hard work
Canal. There is, of course, no j wa. it Ved. Some of the iewelrv
objections to the company's dev- gtocjj wag removed to a place of
elopmentof power through the ieafety. The building was damaged
Summer, to the extent that water ' by gre and water. Small i th
is used through the canal for eurance.
irrigation, but that they should j The Candy Kitchen was com
not be permitted to run their pietely gutted. Nothing was saved,
water through the canal during '; Mr Long had quite a large stock
the Winter season; first, because j 0j raw material on hand, enough
every drop of watec no diverted j t0 rurj him nntil Spring. None of
for irrigation in the vicinity of wa9 8aved. His show cases with
Bend, can and should be stored j tbe;r contents went up in smoke,
in reservoir aboves for irrigation j ne carried some insurance. .
purposes; second, because such The Cornett building on the
power right if not limited to the ! north was damaged some by fire
water conveyed for irrigation ; but more by water. The Propst
during the Summer is largely in :re?taurant suffered from water
com ' ru:rcia! feeders to tho cities, aud
citizens from Redmond which has
almost' depopulated the city. M.
Robinson, who lives northwest of
here, sent a quantity of the sand
to Portland several days ago, and
an assay has shown that the top
layer of the river deposit assays
$1.50 a ton, and sand taken from
below the water averages $18 a
ton. Many claims have been
staked.
Terrebonne, Or., More than 100
claims have been staked on the
banks of the Deschutes River, four
miles west of Terrebonne, and half
of the residents of this city are
prospecting for gold along the
stream. Assays of the sands along
the river, which were brought out
by a mining enoineer early in the
weeK, snow values averaging ii a
ton. Many workmen ; have quit
their jobs here and gone to the
soene of the gold discovery. Thirty
claims have been taken by a com
pany of capitalists from Minnesota.
Ssilem, Jan. 1 An extension
of time on the "5,000-acre Ben
ham Falls contract, a portion of
the 210,000-acre Central Oregon
Irrigation Company project, will
not be granted if the recommend
ations of State Engineer Lewis to
the Desert Land Board are ap
proved.
This matter is considered as
entirely separate from tne North
Cann! contract which has been
the bone of contention in recent
negotiations. , .,
If the Benham Fal's contract
is approved, it is asserted from
the office of the State Engineer,
storage in the Crane Prairie
reservoir site may defeat the con
struction cf the larger and what
is considered the more logical
reservoir on the main stream. : direct conflict with the rights of i which was poured in over the
The proposed dam will be just the settlers under the project ! ceiling. The Brosius Bar adjoia-
who will depend upon the Winter ;ing the restaurant suffered from
s iorage for t'.ie next season's use; j the same cause. These places will
and third, because it should be j have to be papered. Brosius re
the policy of the board -to see j moved part of his stock of goods be
that the waters of the Deschutes , fore it was seen that the fire could
River be put to the highest use. j be confined to the building ia
There is an abundance of water ; which it originated. Some ex
power in that section where' its ! cited individual tore the top off the
development will not conflict with j bur which would cot have heea
irrigation. ; injured had they left it alone. Rro-
" I am opposed to any exten-1 8iug had a small insurance that will
sion of the Benham Falls contract 'COver the loss,
because the company admits its n i8 estimated that $1200 or
inability to do anything towards $1500 will cover the total fire loss.
reclamation of this "5,000-acre
tract, unless it is so fortunats as
ta sell the contract to someone
who can handle the same, or until
after the completion of its pres
ent project near Bend. Under
transportation financial and other
considerations at the time when
this company may be able to
undertake reclamaiton, a more
favorable coutract might be sec
ured by the state.
Such extention may defeat
the highest use of the waters of
the Deschutes River, in that!
the remaining unappropriated
waters may not be sufficient to
warrant the construction of the
most logical storage reservoir in
the Upper Deschutes River
Basin.
"This department is now co-
above Benham Falls and can hold
back tho entire flow amounting
in 1909 to 1,200,000 acre feet, or
enough to reclaim more than the
present segregated area.
The State Engineer is now co
operating with the United States
Geological Survey on a survey
looking to the preparation of a
comprehensive plan for the
highest development of all tho
waters of the Deschutes River.
The State Engineer snys that
every drop ot water available at
Bend should be diverted or
stored for irrigatiou purposes
He says that there are enough
power sites on the upper tribut
aries and the lower river more
than to supply all future de
mands, and that to hinder or
coirplicate irrigation develop
ment at the only possible diver
sion is to limit the future de
velopment of this section.
This surplus water from this
Deschutes River, near Lower larger reservoir, ne says, can oe
Bridge, has started an exodus of diverted onto lands in the vicinity
to
of Prineville or conveyed
Agency Plains. .
In mnkinghis recomtnedations
to the Desert Land Board, which
will probably meet tomorrow,
State Engineer Lewis says in
reference to the Central Oregon
Irrigation Company:
"It was my understanding at
th' meeting Saturday night that
the board would exesute a sup
plemental contract with the com
pany relative to the Beuham
Fulls segregation, extending the
time for tiling topographic maps
one year from granting of the
Crane Prairie reservoir right of
way, such extensions not to be
longer than October, 1915; this
promise of tlio board being con
ditional upon finding no objection
uf'.c-r an examination of the Ben-
! Planting Potatoes
! At Powell Butte
A. E. Bussett of Powell Butte
was ia for supplies Saturday. Mr.
Bussett says that he will begin
planting potatoes Monday. Snow
! and ' rain have cone rieht dowa
into the soil and put it in first
class condition for a potato crop.
His neighbors, too, he says, are
planting on the high ground. He
has some to dig from last year's
crop and he will dig and plant at
the same time. He has tried the
digging and planting before and
got good results. It was in the fall
and the next year he harvested 68
Backs an acre of choice potatoes.
Some of his neighbors cut the seed
! Powell Butte.
i.! it.. TT!i.J
openiuug wiui me unneu otiutb 1 ftnd fc0me d(J not jIe doeg not
Geological Survey in a survey of j and gets good vielda. Potatoe8 do
the entire Deschutes River Basyi j not rot in the j, h Bandy soi, rf
witu me view lu issumg tt juiui
report on the water power and
irrigation possibilities of the
region. It is expected that a de
finite policy for systematic dev
elopment can be outlined. For
this further reason I would re
commend that the state's hands
be not unnecessarily lied at this
time though an extension of
time."
Notice to Taxpapers.
By request of the county court, yoti
are hereby notified that, on February
5, W12, a "meeting will be held m l'rine
ville Oregon, for the purpose of dis
cussing the question of bond issue 'by
Crook county to aid in the construction
of good roads. Said meeting will be
held at the courthouse at 10 o'clock a.
in.' It is earnestly requested that eacb
section of the county be represented at
this meeting.
1-18 Washes Ekown, clerk.
and fix tho prices on any