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-ii'cne Or Crook .County Journal! COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1913. "SX222 VOL. XVII-NO. 17 County Court Many Road ' Petitions Upon. Expert Now In presented th petition of Matilda A. MrCnlllNlvr (or a rebate of Urn penalty collected fur the non payment of taxe nnd It nppcurliia thnt by an overnight of the ameMor the land In question were not an m1 for tliu year t'juV ami 1U11 hiiiI Mint tlm iK'tltloiicr thereby liml no opportunity to pay anld taxe at the prowr time, It In ordered that n rebate of ft.tw lw iimiln to the h-H-tloner nil prayed for. Now I presented tlm petition of Nancy J. Lnntll tor a rebate of taxe am) It appearing ntlxiactorlly to tlic court Hint tlm claimant Inn Iwn neid twin) for tha anui property It I ordered tlmt the clerk draw a warrant In fnvor of the rlulinnut for the amount of the tnx overpaid, or the miiii of 14.50, At till time I presented the con tract for the erection of a steel bridge nt Hprlngcr canyon by the Coats Bridge Cotnpiiny to coet ll.Ol.tiO nml at Anteloe canyou nt a coet ot I1.VI1.70 nml uld contracts re hereby npproveil nml ordered plnt'inl on ft I e nnd the rounty clerk U Instructed to nil vert lee for bids for freluhtlnir the above Uel brldgiw from the railroad to the brldice ltr, the Auteloie rnuyon bridge to be freighted from ItiHlmoud nnd the Hprlnger bridge from ()al City, In the matter of fuel for the court. Iioiieeuml high school, J. A. Kur man la awnrded the cuu tract to furulah 100 cord of pine wood tor the court limine nt $4.(10 .per cord nud n to Juniper wood for the blgb school the matter I left with the comity Judge for further action a to whether he will accept Juniper nt lowest bid or pine wood at (4. f0. Now la presented tha petition of E 1) loncr for a license to retaill spirituous, rluou and mult lliiuora In Anuwood precinct nnd It appear ing tlmt all requirement of the law Hove been complletl with nnd the re ceipt ot the county treuaurer for $200 la on die herein, It I therefore or dered that the prayer of the hbIiI pe. 1 1 tinner be grunted nud that the clerk I hereby directed to inue a re. tall IIitiihb to the snld Conner to ell aplrltaou, vinous nud nmlt liquor In Aahwood precinct for a period of alx month, lieglmilug on the 7th day ot March, 191.1, nnd end tug on the 7tli day of Sept, 1918. H appearing to the court that It la desirable at this time that the county book be thoroughly ex perted tor the year 1912. It Is hereby ordered that J. H. Wll. son lie employed to perform said laborjfor the mini ot Two Hundred (tLtX)) Dollars and alo that he pre pare a Qnauclal exhibit of the re ceipts and disbursement and that hi compotiHiitlon therefor be fixed nt 110 per day for himself and ns alstant, and that a contract be en tared Into with the Bald J. H. Wlliion lor snld labor. In tho mutter Tit the petition ot S. D. MuMtard et 'nl for n county rond coming on regularly to lie heard on the petition and amended viewers' report to be read first time and It appearing that remoiiHtrauce have lieen presented containing a greater number of remonatrators than there were petitioners on the petition, said petition Is denied and the petitioners ordered to pay the costs ot survey und view. Now, on tills 6tli day of Murch, 19111, Is presented to tho court the petition ot Frnuk 8. Hoffman and fifty-three, others for the viewing, laying out and establishing a county rond with road districts Nod. 13, 17 and 38 In Crook county, state of Oregon, and the same being ac companied with due and legal proof of tho pouting ami publication of the notice of said petition, and an approved bond In the sum of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, conditioned that the petitioners will pay nil costs nnd expenses of the view nnd survey of suid proponed rond, In case the prayer of said petition be not granted, nil ot which said peti tion, proof and bond are duly filed In the above matter, the said peti tion Is publicly read for the first time aud referred to the district at torney as required by law and all the proceedings having been found regular, it Is ordered that the board - March Term Taken Up and Acted Makes Report. ot road viewers meet at the beglun lug ot aald propoaed road on the 2Kb day of April, 1913. ItaatMitctorlly npiteurlng to the court from the petition of lv 1). Wlintetux that It l ndvlanble to vacate certain parts ot (enter Ad dltlon to lteud, and ot Wlestorlu. which Hue outside ot the corporate limit of lleud, nnd It Appearing to the court that cer tain contiguous part of aald plats lying within tha city of Bend have been legally vacated by aald munici pality nud that due notice of the tiling of aald petition lor the vaca tion herein by till court haa lieeu given aud a petition therefore has been filed In the olllce of the county clerk upwards of thirty day hereto fore, aud It further appearing that aald lcl D. Wleatet ux are owner In fee l in pie of all the lauds pro posed to lie vacated and that no ob jection to atii-h vacation have lseu uiade by anyone; It I therefore ordered that the va cation of nld pint by the munici pality of Bend lie approved by thle court and ordered Med In the olllce ot tha comity clerk and that the va cation ot aald part of aald plats as lie outside the municipality of Bern! be approved and It is further ordered that the county clerk make due nota tion upon the original plats ot Ceu ter Addition to Heud, and ot Wie torln, of the vacation hereby or dered. Now la presented the petition to vacate the plat of South lleud aud the petitioner lielng the aole owner In fee almple ot the land embraced within aald pint; It la ordered that aald plat ot South Bend b and the same la hereby declared vacated and the clerk Is directed to note anld va cation upon the tracings thereof on llle lu his olllce. Now Is presented to the court by the owners ot the land to be platted, the plat and tracing thereof of the town of Mrokla, Crook county, Ore gon, and It satisfactorily appearing that the plat aud tracing thereof, together with the dedication of the streets and alleys us showu thereby, to the public forever, baa leen Hied with the couuty clerk and boa been approved by the county assessor and county surveyor of said county, It Is hereby ordered nnd adjudged that the same lie approved aud tiled for record. Now Is presented to the court by the owners thereof In fee simple the plat and tracing of the 2nd addition to Bend. Crook county, Oregon, aud It satisfactorily appearing that the plat and tracing together with the dedication to the public of the streets and alleys has been placed on Die with the clerk and have been ap proved by tho county assessor and the county surveyor aud are In ac cord with the requirements of tho statute with reference thereto, It Is therefore ordered that the same be and Is hereby approved and spread on the record. In the matter of the petition of J. W. Peterson et al for a county road, said report ot the board of viewers was read in open court first time on the 6th day of March and the second time In open court on the 7th day of March, aud is hereby approved aud said road Ib declared a public high way aud the clerk Instructed to notify the supervisor to open said road nnd request said petitioners to work one day each on said roud. II appearing that the Redmond State bank lias been assessed on Its capital stock and also on real prop erty which Is represented by Its cap ital stock, It Is hereby ordered that the sheriff lie credited for the sum of $255, that amount being rebated to the Redmond State bank for the double assessment herein appearing. In the mutter ol the pctltlou of F. F. Flsch et al torn county rond coming on regularly to be heard on this 6th day of March on the report ot tho board of viewers, said report was rond first time In open court, said report was read second tlmo on the 7th of March lu open court and said road duly declared a public highway and the clerk notified to lustruct the supervisor to open said road to the public. In the matter ot the petition ot J. II. Davla et al for a county roiul coming on regularly to Is heard this Uth day of March, aame proceedlnga were had aa In the F. F. Flech rond above, lu the matter of the petition of (I. W, Wells et al lor a county rond coming on regularly to be beard thhi 6th day of March on the report of the board of viewers, same proceed ing were hail aa In the F. F. Flsch road above. ' In the matter of the Anal settle ment with W. J. Diiuielsou, It ap pearing that the proposed settle, inetit was approved by this court at a previous session providing that tussHld W.J DanleUoti would file with the clerk his voucher or check for 1S aud whereas mild voucher or check I filed, the matter I hereby declared settled a agreed and closed. In the matter of the petition of M. C. Aubrey et al lor a county road, coming on to be heard regularly on the report of the board of road re viewers, anld board aska lor addi tional time lu which to Investigate a proposed bridge site, snld matter Is for that reason herewith ordered continued. The matter of the boundary line bet ween Deschutes aud Alfalfa road districts lielng In dispute It Is order ed that the county surveyor make a survey of the aame aud adjust the boundaries. Now 1 presented the claim of t lie city ol Prlnevllle verlfled by J. IS. Slilpp, councilman, and A. It. Bow man recorder, the city being repre. aented by T. K J. Duffy, for a refund of road taxes alleged to have Is-en unlawfully collected and detained by the county ol Crook which were levied In the years 1901, 1902 and 190:1, and anld matter Is continued tor further advice and Information. Now ou this day la presented the petition of the Farmers' National Telephone Com piny for a franchise, easement and rlgbt-ot way over nud upon any and all connty roads and public highway now established or which may hereafter be established lor the purpose ot constructing, maintaining and osratlng thereon a system or system ot poles, wires and other convenient and necessary equipment lor a telephone service to lie turulshed the cltliens of Crook connty; and It appearing to the court that said Farmers National Telephone Company Is preparing to furnish a large uumlier of citizens with a per mnnent and well equipped telephone avstem and tor the purpose of said construction It la necessary that said company have an easement, rlgtit-ot-wayand frauchlse as herein peti tioned for; It Is hereby ordered that the aald Farmers' Mutual Telephone Com pany lie granted a franchise aud right-of-way over and along all roads and highways within said county for the purpose of erecting the system of poles and wires for telephoning aa requested herein and as may be necessary to fully and adequately equip a telephone system lor satisfactory service to citizens of Crook county; all of such poles and wires to lie erected so as not to Inter fer with or hinder or obstruct other electric or telephone systems that may now or hereafter be lawfully operating and maintaining on said roads and public highways; and that In so tar as Is practicable said poles and wires shall occupy but one side of the road or highway and that 'where said poles and wires shall cross any public highway said wires shall be at least 20 feet above the ground and aald company shall hold and keep Crook couuty whole and harmless from all damage which may accrue to persons or property by virtue of the construction or op eration or maintenance ot snld sys tem upon snld roads and highways ot Crook county. The matter ot the appointment ot road supervisors having been con tinued from the last regular session of this court, same was taken up and the following named persons named as road supervisors for their respective districts: District No. 23, Kutcher A. D. An derson. District 17, Prlnevllle Marlon May field. District 38, Grandvlew Perry South. District 19, Fife Paul Warner. District 85, Cline Falls W. E. Clay pool. District 2, Ireland John Peters. District 4, Montgomery David Grimes, pro tem. District 5, Sisters J. W. Wilt. . District 6, Haystack R. V. Jenkins. District 7, Prinevllle-David Grimes blgtrlot8, Haycreek Roy Newell., District 29, Lamonta Itwy Joslyn. District 9, Cross Key Perry Mon roe. District 10, Willow creek-P. Chit wood. District 11, Ash wood-Sears. Districts, Mill creek T. F. Buch anan. District 13. Dechute-R. M. Elder. District 14, Howard Henry Koch. IMstrtct 10, Hummltt-W. J. Nch mltt. DlNtrlct IN, llel.l-Paul Held. District 20, Beaver C. R. Henry. District 21, Neweom creek-O. C. tJray. District 22, Maury W. A. Curson. District 24, Breese Hugh Gee. District 2S, Laldlaw L 11. Root. District 30, Lyle Gap Wm. Ferrell. District 34, Terrebonne Hay Archer. District 30. Hat Rock-Glenn Hen drlckson. In the matter of the bond of the county treasurer It appearing that the treasurer has filed a Surety bond lu lieu of the personal bond hereto fore accepted and the auld surety bond being considered sufficient the personal bond Is hereby ordered can celed, but as the court haa no per sonal knowledge that the National Surety Company baa any legal right to write bonds In this atate, Mr. Jordan, the treasurer, la requested to furnish a certificate showing same. In the matter ot stationery for county official and the high school, j It Is ordered all county official and j the high school authorities furnish j the treasurer an estimate of supplies j required aud the treasurer Is re j quested to submit bids for same in j bulk. It appearing that Ilomona L. , Brown has been assessed for 40 acres J ot land that she does not own and that aald assessment should bere j duced to the amount ot $7.25, It Is j ordered that the sheriff deduct the 1 amount aforesaid from the payments ol the claimant. Petition ol Jacob Lluitertor re bate of taxes for the reason that the property upon which the assessment was made has burned since the as sessment was completed, la denied. New warrant In lieu of warrant No. 1012 la hereby ordered Issued and said warrant No. 1012 canceled, as same has been misplaced and lost. Petition of W. R. Cook et al for re bate on account of wrongful assess ment continued tor further investi gation. Now is presented the petition of K. A. Nelson et al for a county road and the proceedings having been re ferred to the district attorney aa pro vided by law and having been re turned without his approval for the reason that the affidavit of posting notices Is lacking and has not been made said matter is continued. It appearing that the Bend Com pany haa been assessed for taxes on property owned by school district No. 12, and that said taxes amount to $21.10 and were wrongfully as sessed, It Is ordered the clerk draw a warrant for the above named sum In favor of the said Iteud compuuy. Now Is presented the petition of Jesse Hobaon asking that a portion of the plat of South Addition to the town of Madras be vacated, but as said petition is not accompanied by a map, said matter is continued. Now Is presented the petition of certain citizens for the use ot a water way near the steel bridge across Crooked river near the city of Prine vllle and It appearing that such a waterlug place would be of great convenience to a great many citizens for the purpose of watering stock during the winter months, It la here by ordered that the road supervisor of the district wherein said bridge Is located extend the fences so as to provide a watering place on the county's right-of-way across said Crooked river. Warrant foimerly issued to J. G. Brinson aa shown to have been issued by niiBtake is hereby ordered canceled. It appearing that there is a vacancy in the office ol justice of the peace in and tor Camp creek precinct and It further appearing that Arthur E. Bates is a competent and qualified person for said office, it is hereby ordered that Arthur E. Bates is hereby declared and appointed justice of the peace for Camp creel precinct to aoi until his successor is elected and qualified. In the matter of the petition of C. B. Ely et al for a county road, all the pro ceedings having been referred to the district attorney as provided by law aud having been returned without his ap proval for the reason that the affidavit of posting notices is incomplete and in sufficient in law, said matter ia hereby ordered continued. In the matter of the petition of Ed Artesian Well Near City Throws Water Eleven Feet Above Surface. Other Wells Being Drilled. Last Friday afternoon George ' Slay ton struck an artesian well of good pure water after four days' drilling. Mr. SI ay ton who lives f mr miles northwest of Prineville struck an artesian flow of water at a depth of 197 feet. The first flow, which was river water, wag struck at 50 feet. When they reached 90 feet they put down casing to shut off the surface flow and continued boring until they reached a depth of 197 feet. They had no rock uur sand to contend with but struck a for mation of what seemed pure clay at a depth of between 75 and 80 feet. When they had passed through this they struck the artesian water. When they removed the tools from the hole, the water immedi ately followed and threw a stream through a Cj inch pipe to a height of II feet. They did not test to see if there was sufficient pressure to force it higher. Mr. Playton estimated the flow at 1000 gallons per hour. He sent to Portland for a cap and will reduce it to a 2 inch pipe in order to get more pressure. He sent a sample to the Oregon Agricultural College to be tested. Mr. Slayton expects to build a new home near the artesian well and will use the water for house hold purposes and for watering his stock. Since this water is a few degrees warmer than well water he says it will be much better for his beef cattle and because of the con stant flow will not freeze ThU will cost about $500. Since this is the first artesian well in Crook county, much inter est is taken in it. Last Saturday and Sunday over 500 people from N. Swalley for a county road, the pro ceedings had herein having been re ferred to the district attorney a pro vided by law and having been returned without hit approval for the - reason that the verification of petitioners does not show that at least 12 of them are freeholders residing in the district or districts within which said proposed road Is to be laid out and established, said matter is haraby ordered continued. Now is presented the petition of A. R. Daniels and R. E. Osborn for a county road and public gateway over upon certain lands and it appearing that all the owners of the land to be ef fected have appeared and consented to said county road and public gateway and their appearance having been made of record and all the proceedings here tofore having been referred to the dis trict attorney aa provided by law and having been returned with bis approval, it ia hereby ordered that the board of road viewers meet at ths beginning of said county road and public gateway on the 4th day of April, 1913, view, re view and survey said proposed road and gateway and report thereon at the the next regular term of this court. In the matter ot the petition of W. M. Ogg et al for a county road, it ap pearing that a good sufTcient bond haa been filed conditioned that the peti tioners will pay all costs and expenses of the view, review and survey of said proposed road in case the prayer of said petition be not granted and that due and legal notice of the presentation of said petition was made as provided by law and all the proceedings therein had having been referred to the district at torney as provided by law and having been returned with his approval and be ing found regular, it Is ordered that the board of road viewers meet at the be ginning of said road on the 14th day of April, 1913, view, review and survey said road and report thereon at the next regular term ot this court. In the matter of the petition of R. A. Merchant et al for a county road same proceedings had as supra except that board of road viewers was ordered to meet at beginning of said road on the 8th day of April, 1913, to view, re Prineville and vicinity visited it. At one time there were 12 auto loads there. Ed Clayton who lives about eight miles from this well and whose land is fully one 'hundred feet higher struck a good well of water at a depth of 190 feet but it is not artesian. The water rose in the hole within fifty feet of the surface and he expects to put in a pumping plant. In this well they had a good deal of sand and gravel to contend with. He struck several flows on the way down. He also found the clay for mation but did not go through it Some think he would have struck artesian water had he gone througk the clay. He worked on his well about a month before getting re sults. Both these wells were drilled by the Central Oregon Well Drilling Company conducted by Griffith and Wagoner. This company is now drilling on the F. F. Holcher place which is on the MacKay and about one and one-half miles from the George Slayton place. The com pany expects to bring in more drills and run double shifts if necessary. Several years ago an expert ge ologist visited this section and said that Prineville and vicinity was a artesian basin and present develop ments seem to bear out his state ment. The indications are that many thousand acres of dry farming land in Crook county will soon be irri gated from artesian wells. Prine ville would then become the center of the largest irrigated territory in the state and land would increase several times in value. view and survey said road. In the matter of the petition of S. E. West et al for a county road, same pro ceedings had as in Ogg road supra ex cept that board of road viewers order ed to meet at the beginning of said road on the 12th day of April, 1913, to view, review and survey said road. In the matter of the petition of D. G. Byram et al for a county road sama proceedings had as in Ogg road supra except that the board of road viewers is ordered to meet at the beginning of said road on the 21st day of April, 1913, to view, review and survey said road. t In the matter of the petition of H. J. Harris et al for a county road, same proceedings had as in Ogg road supra except that board of road viewers is ordered to meet at the beginning of said road on the 10th day of April, 1913, to view, review and survey said road. In the matter of the petition of Lara B. Larson et al for a county road, sama proceedings had as in Ogg road supra except that board of road viewers is ordered to meet at the beginning ot said road on the 1st day of April, 1913, to view, review and survey said road. In the matter 'of the petition of George W. Slayton et al for a county road, same proceedings had as in Ogg road supra except that board of road viewers is ordered to meet on the 18th day of April, 1913, to view, review and survey said road. In the matter of the petition of J. S. Martin et al for a county road, eama proceedings were had as in the W. SL Ogg road above, except that the board of road viewers is ordered to meet at the beginning of said road on the 31st; day of March, 1913 to view, review and survey said road and report thereen at the next regular term of this court In the matter of the H. A. Johnsoa et al road, same proceedings had as ia the W. M. Ogg road above except that the board of road viewers was ordered out to meet at the beginning of said road on the 15th day of April ta view, review and survey said road. In the matter of the petition of R. P, (Continued on page 6)