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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1912.
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VOL XVI-N0.28
Homes for 100,000 Families
In the Central Oregon Country
Good Railroad Proposition
Put , Up to Prineville
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W. I". Davidson, president of the!
Oregon & Western (Jolonizntion
Company, and a party of Great
Northern immigration officials,
lent Ittut Friday night In Prineville.
They ware on tho lait lap of a COU
mile tour through Central Onon
fur the purpose of getting ac
quainted with the country, .
I!esid- Mr. Davidson, the other
members of th'e party were E. C.
Ix-edy, general irrigation agent, St.
Taul; C." C. Morrison, Chicago; C. J.
Griflln, T. L. McDonald, and . A. E.
llarirrave. St, Paul, and F. W.
Graham, Seattle.
Mr 1 v uul Pttru mtliti.iiiut iff t
over what he nw In thltt country
and hit impressions, as well a the
other member of the party will be
embraced In advertising literature
to be wnt out by the Hill lire. On
the return to I'ortlund, Mr. Lcedy
aid:
"The trip wan made in accord
ance with the policy of Jhe Great
Northern chief'a of having their
Immigration men becoming thorough
ly acquainted with the country in
which they try to interest home
seekers. These men in the course
of a year meet thousands of inter
ested persons, and they bring more
aelller to Oregon than any other
source.
Another object of the trip was to
innpect the big holdings in central
vrejfon oi me uregon & western
.Colonization company, which is
working: with the Great Northern to
colonize and settle the lund with
proKperoui and contented settlors.
Our observation brought a reali
zation of .such wonderful prospects
and possibilities as to belittle the
tales that we had been told of
Central Oregon." said Mr. Leedy.
"What can be done with the Boil of
that section must be seen to be
realized. , Some photographs we
took of six-foot barley on one side
of a road and 12-foot sage brush on
the other is a mute tale that may
look like a fake but it was possible
to "take hundreds of such views.
The fertility of the soil is remark
able and this is especially true of
Hampton Butte Valley, Prineville
district and the Harney Valley. The
same can be said of all the great
acreage of the .Oregon & Western
Colonization Company,
."At eveYy opportunity we talked
with the new settlers and they not
only expressed themselves as satis
fied with their prospects but arte
trying! to get possession of more
land as soon as they are note, my
associates on the trip were more
enthusiastic than ever before on a
similar one and eager to tell to the
inquiring Easterner what chances
are awaiting them in Central Ore
gon. All are experienced men in
this line of business of directing im
migration and as agreed at dinner
this evening they never had a propo
sition that they felt so honestly
worthy of advocating, before.
"During our four days' trip we
saw ranches for fully 100.000 fami
lies awaiting their coming and there
is little choice between them. When
we get back East we need to tell
only a part of the truth to prove
that Central Oregon is the haven
for those who want farms that are
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cheap, accessible t,o transportation,
easy to cultivate and with crops
certain."
"The trip was a revelation and a
pleasure all the way," said Mr.
Graham, and the other members of
the party instantly agreed with
him. "We can go back to work
with more enthusiasm than we have
ever had for the wonderful Oregon
country. Its possibilities are be
yond even what we had imagined.
I have been there before, but in the
few
years since then' remarkable
changes have taken place.
"Cmtral Oregon is the grandftt
place of opiortunity for the aettler
in the world. We paMsed field after
field of rye that was growing higher
than the fences. All the settlers
there exoct the greatest crop In tliej
history of the country this fall.
We took many pictures of the land,;
all these will be used by our Immi
gration men In their work of giv-
ing publicity to the resources of
Oregon.
Whenever we would come across
a settler, wo would stop our autos
and talk to him. It is a remarkable
thing, and .certainly significant nfj
the fertility and possibilities of the
country, that we didn't find a single
dissatisfied person. There was not
and quit the country.
"Mr, Davidson's company has
8K),000 acres of land there which it
is colonizing, and we never saw
better land anywhere. It costs IG
an acre to clear it of sagebrush,
break it up, and plant it. It's level
as a floor, and the soU'can't be bet-'
ter anywhere. In fact, U this
central Oregon land seems able to j
grow anything that can be grown
anywhere.
"We passed through the towns of
Ilend, La l'ine, Fort Rock, Silver!
Lake, Burns and Prineville.'
Mr. Hardgrove declared enthusi-Sections to meet Its wants and that
astlcally that the central Oregon ! these Will grow 'with the develop
land would raise acre for acre, any-jment of the country, as it will deal
thing that can be raised on the finest in large proilucts and with the rail-
farm lands in Illinois where '300 an
acre is the prevailing price.
Sees Big Future
For Central Oregon
G. S. Kceson, secretary, and
treasurer of the - Central .Oregon
Irrigation Company has ' returned
from Columbus, Ohio, whore the
bonds of the company are owned.
"The poss'ibititiea of the land in
Central Oregon, with the aid of irri
gation, are wonderful and every dol
lar now being expended will be re
turned tenfold in a year it the
present work, is continued," .said
Mr. Beeson. , "When I first looked
over the land, after considerable
capital which I represent had been
invested in it, it was my impression
that it was a worthless enterprise.
It was necessary for me to make a
complete examination and at its
conclusion my first opinion was com
pletely changed, This latter opinion
is now fully shared by my associ
ates and there will be ample money
News Snapshots
Of the Week
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M 'aDSdiiMBCrtfiMniir?" 11 ' ' W
W, Morse, the former ice king and banker who wag sentenced to the fedcrnl prison at Atlanta and was later pardoned by President Taft because of 111
health, returned from Europe with Mrs. Morse. Be declared that be had almost recovered and would enter business again. The senate committee which
Investigated the Titanic disaster made
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THE W6JllD'S GREATEST
The Northwest IVvoloppieut League has arranged to give A world's
greatest prize for wheat at the Northwestern Products Exposition to be
hc'd m Minneapolis, -November 12 to 23, 1912.' Try for it. It would
nienn a whula lot for the locky farmtsr but much more fpr.Crook county.
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to complete the project even if it
takes three times what was origi
nRlly expected.
"It is now certain
that Central
the rail con-
'Oregon will have all
j roads will j come people to assist
Few people can '"comprehend what
Central Oregon will become as " a
producer for" the 'world within a
I few years." Oregonian.
A Statement to
The Public
An investigation made after the
murder of Mrs. Carrie Patterson, aj
woman of the underworld at Bend,
May 28, has revealed a condition of
affairs there that should not be al
lowed to exist by the authorities re
sponsible for .the' welfare of this
county as weil as the particular com
munity "effected. ' While it has here
tofore been my policy to interfere
s little as possible in ' the conduct
bf and the morals of incorporated
cities within Crook county for the
reason that several igrand juries
have gone on record against inter
ference by the county and state
authorities on the ground" that these
incorporated towns are very much
more able to handle these matters
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The revolution against President Gomet of Cuba assumed such serious proportions that the army transport t'rnlrle was sent
to Qunutnuarno with .700 American troops. Wilbur Wright, the pioneer American avintor, was strtckeu with typhoid (ever, aud
tor a time his life was despaired of. Mrs. Emmellne Pankhurst, the fm ' 'is English suffragette, and Mr. and Mrs. Pethlck
Lawrence, two of her lieutenants,' were sentenced to nine months' lmpn- .miient for "malicious injury to property." Charles
known ItsBiMlings through Chairman W.A.
Wfi!ATRI2fi5,Oda
at a less expense to the taxpayers,
I feel it my duty tp make an ex
ception occasionally.
, Henceforth, I am constrained to
announce, that unless the city au
thorities at Bend show more incli
nation to handle these evils within
the corporate limits of that city the
full powers of this office will be di-
rected toward eliminating from that
city all dissolute women and unde
sirable characters who follow in
their wake.
t A reasonable time, will be given
the city authorities to accomplish
that end. Gambling must also
cease and all gambling 'devices now
used must be discarded. ,. If at the
crjd'of that time' these conditions
still continue the more' cumbersome
machinery of the state courts will
be called into action at the insti
gation tof this office . and arrests
and convictions will follow until I
am satisfied, that- there will be no
recurrence of such tragedies as
that of May 28. ' ' , -
7; ,-YwT. N. Balfour, Sheriff.
7 Hurrah for the Circus.
RoumJ trip to Redmond to see the
clrcui $2. June 13. Leave Prineville
at T . m. ; returning utter the show.
, Bpcklkt Expkim Oo.-U-"
at l'riueville Stage Oilice.
. .' For Sale.
fix choice .lots with good 6-room
houae, barn etc. ; nice sliale trees and
lawn. A bargain, only $ lHWO. Terms,
aifrirvss O, care Crook County Journal.
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Smith. '
A railroad from I'rinevjlle to
Melolius it we can rs'we 1100,000!
Work to commence at once! It
souihU good. Let us tnake good.
A railroad proposition wan puf
up to the people of ,1'rinevijle lagt
evening by II. ' II.j Fkewen, repre
senting Stange & Co. of &t. Louis,
that means for Prineville to put
up or shut up' talking about a
railroad. ' J-
This gentleman gives us. an even
better proposition than the one we
recently offered the trunk 'lines
operating in Crook county. So
sanguine is Mr. SkeweS of its ac
ceptance by the jeople here that be
has ordered his engineers to report
at once tor duty and be will com
mence tomorrow morning and get
contracts signed op for the right
of way.
Prineville mutt raiee 100,000
but it is not believed that it will
be much trouble. Bo far it is
simply a transference of names
from the Old list to the new. No
body refuses. Metolius will raise
25,000 and it will be the best
kind of an investment for that
town. The contract tells its own
story and is in part as follows: .
' First A railway corporation to
be regularly organized and char
tered within -sixty days from the
5th day of June, 1912, under, the
laws of the State of Oregon, with a
capital stock in such amount as
the stockholders may agree upon,
which articles of incorporation and
charter shall specify and limit the
authorized bond issue of such
corporation to not to exceed four
hundred thousand dollars, for the
purpose of obtaining and purchas
ing rights-of-way and franchises,
and building, constructing, ope
rating and maintaining a standard
gauge steam railway from the town
of Metolius, in Crook county to
the city of Prineville, Crook county,
state of Oregon, a distance of thirty
miles, more or less, over the most
feasable route between said points.
The railway corporation organ
ized and constructing such railroad
unJer the provisions -hereol is to
be deemed and held to be the sec
ond, party hereto, without its signa
ture. ' - ' ,
Second That bonds hereby sub
scribed shall bear interest at the
rate of six per cent per 'annum
from the time they are paid for at
nai Vfllna tha vaanantii-n 'ci,K
par value bv the respective "sub
I scribere, and to be paid at some
available, responsible bank or
trust company within the city of
New York, or a bank io Prineville,
Oregon, semi-annually. Such
bonds hereby subscribed to be regu-
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larly icsued and deposited in the
First National Bank of Prineville,
Oregon, for collection, and to-be
issued in such pubscrilied amounts
respectively, aud to be collectable
at the rate of ten per ce Dt
thereof for each thrfe miles
of railway actually constructed
under the provisions hereof;
Provided that the whole amount
of such bonds hereby subscribed
shall be immediately du-j and col
lectable upon the .completion of
such railway "from. Metolius to
Prineville. f .
Ducb authorized, bonds "to be
secured by first mortgage on the.
right-of-way, franchises, '.road
bed, buiicfings, roiling stock and
equipment -of such company,
and shall mature at or before ten
years from the date thereof. The
amount of bonds issued under
the conditions hereof, shall io no
case exceed the assets of s iid
railway ; corporation subject to
the payment thereof.
Third: Thjtailway to be con
structed by said corporation un
der this agreement shall be on a
grade not io exceed L5 pr- cent,
and with a maximum cirvature
not to exc.eeJ ft dprpfis. ' Ref.
o
ular passenger . train service '
shall be maintained to connect
with all passenger trains on- the
Oregon Trauk and Deschutes
railroads at Metolius from Prine
ville, and a sufficient freight train
service to handle the traffic on
said road not less than one train
each way, daily. Road to be
equipped with steel at. least 60
lbs. to the yard.and rolling stock
to bo ia thoroughly ' good con
dition. ". t1
Actual construction shall; be
commenced, on said railway with
in sixty tlays from June 5, 1912,'
and said' railway shall be com
pleted and in regular operation v
to the citv of Prineville, Oregon,
within eight months from June
5, 1912.' '.- i;:;;--
Time is hereby made the es
sence of this contract, and any
default on the pari of the second
party shall render , thTSv agree
ment void as to any subscriber
of bopds herein as may elect to
taks advantage of s'ueh 'default,.
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This agreement and subscrip
tion shall not be deemed or held
to be consummated or binding un-
til the full amount of One Huud
1 a rr t- -r- it
red . Thousand Dollars of such
bonds has been bona fide sub
scribed, such, railway corpor
ation duly organized with a bona
fide intention of constructing and
operating such railway, coupled,
with the ability td complete aud
operate the same.and such bonds
regularly issued.
The bond' hereby subscribed
may be called in and retired by
such railway corporation at any
time any semi-annual interest
payment may be due thereon,
at par.
Dated this 5th day of June,
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Sudden Death of
"Happy Hooligan"
Died In this city t Tuesday
i morning, Harry btranct, fauiu-
jiarly known as "Happy Hooligan"
j from appendicitis, at the age of
GO, Few people knew his real
(name, most acquaintances calling
him "Happy" at all times and
places. Strand was a Norwegian
and had lived in and about Prino
ville for. the. last eight years.
The funeral took place yesterday
ftftrnnnn frrtm tVio T.innman
undertaking parlors.