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
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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.