Crook County Journa COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1,50 YEAR "pWNEV r..,n, wii(llw u ,iif VOL. XVI ISO. 19 A Noise Just Like a Railroad Train An Enthusiastic Meeting of Citizens Was Held Last Monday Night in Prineville $80,000 and Two-thirds of the Right-of-way Secured $35,000 More Promised, all Gilt-Edge. The Outlook for a Road to Prineville Looks Brighter than Ever Before. There was im enthusiastic niilroiul iwetin-r Monday niht nt the Commercial Club Hall. The committer in diurye of rnilroml matters hu! a rex.rt to make ami n rood fciml crowd turned out to hear it. President Adamson pre sided. T. M. Haldwin reported' rorcs in railroad afliiirs and outlined n plan that he thought would get results. He felt so confident in his conclusions that details of the matter were drawn up and he had Attorney Hrink read them over. The scheme outlined required that Prineville should subscribe $100, (KM) for a road from this city to a point on the O.-W. It. X. Co. or Oregon Trunk lines in or near Terre bonne. The distance is about 18 miles. This sub,,.,.;... tion, it was loured, would provide a right-of-way and KrauV thesame to the point designated. A bond issue would be placed on this ritfhUif-way and subscribers would take the puKT which would draw (i per cent interest. The plan met the approval of the meeting and in a short time ffWMKK) was subscribed. Terrebonne subscribed $.,000, making $s.000 right off the shovel. Next day Messrs. Haldwin and Hrink raised the amount to $80,000, with promises of $3.5.000 more. This subscription list will be offered to one or the other of the trunk lines entering Crook county as an induce ment to build a branch. The railroad outlook for Prinev ille whs never brighter and we can safely predict that dirt will soon begin to fly for a road into this town. Regular Meeting City Council Tin-re wai a regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening. Present Mayor Edwards, Council men Gray, Noble, U'iniiek, Shipp and Cooper. lieenrder liowman, Marshal Coon and Nightwatch Itowell, ' ChairnuriNbfePof the Street and Public Improvements Coin- milte, reported that the aDnroaohes to the lvstreet bridge had been h,'jre beginning but a- it pased through j parts of the city so that immediate tilled in enough to allow teams to crone and that when the water ent down the work would be made permanent. Sand and grave, could be' obtained much nearer then and the expense of hauling a longer distance could be saved. The chairman also reported that the fills und.fr the fire bell tower had rotted off and that he bad ordered them replaced. Chairman Gray of the I'ire and Water Committee reported that he had looked into the matter of Pro viding a supply of water lor street sprinkling purposes; that a stor age tank holding 3000 gallons, and a gas engine could be bought, ready for use, for $473.50 that would serve the purpose. Investigation into the ownershiD of the old right of wav of the irri gation ditch just north of Hotel Prineville disclosed the fact that it different owners improvements were made but the title did not im prove with the ditch. Neither Mr. McDowell nor the Hamilton estate hud any objections to the city uing the 12-foot space for fire apparatus purposes. The order granting a permit to saloonmen to enter their places of business on Sunday was on motion, rescinded. . . The city treasurer reported the following cash on hand: General fund 1951 4fi .1341.22 I'a'k 429.50 I!ad 4S..03 The total receipts for the quarter ending March 31, was f2G0 GO The following bills were ordered paid: K I. Rime, labor 9 (XI W H Kechn, work 11 25 J.'iiiH'H Allen, work .'J Muling estate, ;l mo hull rent.. 25 00 W K Smith, copying ortl 5 00 1' h & W Co ji .-. C K Smith, salary 25 00 King Co, nulse 2 us! Recorder's fees 20 SO ' A D Wonderly, lutior..'. 10 00 NlKhtwntcl) Kowell, salary 75 00 J 11 Gray, park work 13 75 dam " H 75 .Marahul Coon, salary, etc 110 35 A J Noble, ciihIi pd for work... 10 00 K 0 Kinder, labor 28 75 Mr. King presented a communi cation to the council regarding the installation of a tank and gas en gine to provide water for street aid could be given by neighbors instead of waiting for the regular department. Sometimes the fire alarm .system fails to work and by the time a messenger could reach tfie main bell tower the fire would gain great headway. He thought that small hose carts on the north. east and west sides, with a bell at each station would save lots of time and property. The" matter was referred to the Fire and Water Committee with power to act. The sprinkling of the streets this season was left with Marshal Coon. The marshal outlined a very lib eral scheme that would lessen the cost to users. The Dlan 1ooWp1 good to the council and the mar- ishal was instructed to go ahead with it. Price of Hogs is Steadily Advancing was of questionable origin. Years sprinkling. A complete plant ago the original ditch builder took ' "ady for work would cost $473.50. a team and plow and ran the ditch i The fire chief favored placing where he pleased. It was a crude Ismail hose carts in the extreme Parties Not Registered May Vote Salem, Or. That a voter, rbo is qualified may vote at the pri mary election if he is not regis tered, the same as he can vote at a general election, is an ODinion which was furnished by Attorney General Crawtord for the election judge of Falls City. Thus by the use of blank "A" an unregistered voter may vote at the primaries. In using blank "A" it is necessary for the voter to be sworn in by six freeholders who are acquainted with bim. For Rent7 A good daily or stock ranch : 1000 acres j cuts S50 tons hay ; 500 acres un der ditch: lonu I. pof Particulars iniltlira lit Innrnnl omce. :;--srf Fred Crabtree of , Bend Disappears ISend, Or. In the disappearance of Fred Crabtree, who came here recently from l'ortland. liend bus another mystery, making the third of the kind within nine months A woman dropped out of sight first, then a teamster at a sawmill, and now Crabtree bus completely vanished. More than two weeks ago he left for the southeast home stead country. He hud 200 in money, and this leads his wife to believe that he may have met with foul play, Crabtree was a shingle sawyer who recently came to liend and was working at a local sawmill. Shoe Repairing. All kinds of boot and shoe repairing. Trices reasonable. Work guaranteed. Isaac Gokc, Fifth Btreet, liret door west uf John Morris' store, 2-20 i . 1-PMit 3piL" LfetJilt fry -. -:aSr: Jvr-. IWmmr News Snapshots Of (he Week' The todies of the men recovered from the wreck of the battleship Maine were buried with military honors In Arlington ceme tery in Washington. The Savannah river overflowed at Aumistii mi th nit u.. flrt0,i hih to crops was done by the sprlnx freshets throuchout the country. Senator R. L. Taylor of Tennessee was forced to undergo laTe"j. V. II UL President T.,rr tnvi.a tL u rnh.n " '. ' - A. . . . 8 nea? 01 tne tiODal PnWkn eommirtee to succeed the .1, . . "., yn-onirui vi me uuufli mine n oraers or America, to confer with him in reirard to avoiding Tt 21gL l TVIT "'7' bUt ndr,,ed t0 K t0 Wslll0- Asnnilh of Great Britain faced the crL 0" u"our- me tuwuwi icaaer. urjsefl the defeat of the government's nilulmuni wane aoale bill in the hi,iis Hog prices are climbing steaJ ily. Another quarter was added. to local values yesterday when a bunch of 95 head, averaging 183 pounds in weight, sold at the stockyards at 7.50. At the ad vance the market shows a fur ther upward tendency. The Livestock Reporter says . of the outlook: ''Every indication points to fur ther advances. Continuation of light receipts, scarcity of swine in the country and wild Eastern markets, all make a combination Of the most bullish Sentiment seen here for months. Coast packers may be forced to import listen swine if the local sunnlv plays out, but that condition has not arrived as yet, even though the signs point that way recently." There were fresh advances of 5 to 10 cents in the Omaha and Chicago markets yeste'rday. At Umaha hogs sold at $7.70 and at Chicago they reached 17.95. The Omaha quotation would mean $8. 85 for any Nebraska hogs laid down here. The contract for construction of a solid concrete dam across the Deschutes river and the first two miles of the north canal has heen let by Central Oregon Irrigation company toL. F. Gerdetz, a prom inent engineer of Portland. Mr. Gerdetz will complete tne work in record time, as he has bound him self to complete both within 120 days. Mr. Gerdetz demoustrated his ability to break records iu heavy construction when he built the Peninsula tunnel in Portland for theJHarriman liDes a year ago. He completed this great piece ot engineering several months ahead of contract time. Diamond drillers have been testing the foundation of the dam site for 10 days and will complete the work shortly. The construction camp is already established. The announcement of the act ual letting of this contract is the most important event for the welfare and development of Cen tal Oregon since the arrival of the railroads. Pay Up No Nonsense. All Persons trif1hfa.J in ma qm m. counts will be placed in the hands of an i turnrjr llir VUliei'llon. S-28-lnip Si Hodues.