Q.G. ADAMS & COMPANY
Agents for Deering
HarvestingMachinery
Syracuse and
John Deere
PLOWS
International
Cream Separators
Call and see us in our new quarters,
which we have built over, the better to
enable us to take care of your valued
orders. We will continue all the well
known lines handled by our predecessors,
and trust that we may have the pleasure
of meeting you at our new place of business
A Complete Line
of Staple and Fancy
Groceries
Shelf Hardware
and
Building Material
0. G. Adams & Company
-SUCCESSORS TO-
R. L JORDAN & CO.
Prineville, Oregon
SXfcSESXl
Powell Butte I
A. W. 1'nyii I'M'k u (ittr-lt'ircr hd of ;
fn-Hllil through to I'rtiH'wUi Wcdm--;
dny.
tiro; Kiwler was a I'rluevil'.e visitor
Vrlmnlny. j
I.iiry SliiM'In'tl suffered some imciii-1
VeilielU'e hist ft eek, III" I'fTtftM of a hftilly i
npfuiixvl ankle,
1 1 1 1 r y I'oim'I ImiuuIiI the Jim lUan ,
place lut wiwk. This is mlfitil i
ni'i' ol grain ' i i"1 . mm .Mr. Iwct'i will
rn.n wheal on It this seamm.
1 1. A. dates r i' nil' I the I'lilnn '1ip
lii.t week.
W. 11. Rhode, lini'iimn for the I'vi
CIiiiIih Mutual Telephone Co., was
making some chmiKee In llir lines out
tliin way last i'ck.
I mm. Urate tin business visitor to
l'rineville, Wednesday.
Quito a number ol our young folk
attended tlm truck nifft In ltcdinond
Kalurday.
I'iik Vandevert, a former Powell
Unite pioneer, was visiting. In tlilt sec-
Hun last (H'k.
At a meeting ul dairymen held at
Redmond Saturday, lur tlio purpose cil
oritmilnlnij a co-oprrative creamery com
pany, (ieo. C. Truosditle was elected Ul
serves director from this section.
Mr. Mcl'harland moved hi (miiily out
(nun Red uiud Monday. They will live
In the house recently viieatid ly Joe
Hhearer.
Minn Marie Khafur visited at the fox
ier homo Sunday.
Carl ami Harold Charlton mum wit
Ir nil l'riiicvitlu Friday (ur a few days'
visit with homo folks.
Miss Alma Johnson returned to I'rltio
vlllu Monday slier a brief visit hero.
Jake ltrix took a loud of grain to
1 'ri iiov i lie Monthly,
(iiiy Lafollotto planted an orchard (or
(ieo. L, llryan last week.
Mrs. Win.' Nanny returned to her
houiA in les Chutes Saturday after a
pleasant two-days' visit with Mrs. Allen
Wilcoxon.
C. II. Charlton returned from a busi
ness trip to Bond Monday.
' K. A. Ilussett wife and famil autoed
out from rrlnevllle Bunday for a visit
with Mrs. DuHsott'a mother.Mrs.Hrown.
They also attended Sunday auhool in
the afternoon.
Mrs. A.W. Hayn and Mrs. Allen Wil
coxon want to Prineville Mouduy (or a
brief visit. Mrs. Wilcoxon visited Mrs.
Rassott and Mrs. ltayn visited her
daughters, Misses llladys and Hazel
liuyn.
I.ce Hohba bad a horse entored In a
race at Redmond recently, The lluhhs
horse didn't conio under the wire first
owing, the owner thought, to disad
vantages in weight carried, also method
of starting, but he made a very satis
factory showing, and Mr. llobhs ib well
aatlsUed.
Allan Landfnre made a business trip
to Prineville Friday. He was accomp
anied home by Anna Miller and Viola
Trnosdalu, who visited over Hunday with
home folks, returning to school duties
Monday morning.
Joe Buckley, of Redmond, was in this
section Friday trying to buy up some
fat hogs. . Mr. Buckley found plenty of
hogs, but as there was a slight difference
in the price offered ami that asked for
lie was unable to buy many. Our peoj
pie were mostly asking (8, while Mr,
Buckley was only offering 17.75, deliv
ered in Redmond.
The Powell Butte Sorosis held a most
enjoyable meeting at the cozy home of
Miss Mabel Allen, Wednesday. Besides
meiiihcra of the club, Minn Allen enter-1
tuinrd several friends. After a pleasant j
afternoon dr-voted to reading Ulld fancy j
work the Udie were were ferve.l with j
a delicious luncheon, the hostess Im-Inh I
awinled hy Mrs. J. F Rice in pervitin, j
The next meeting ol thl popilnr org.in- j
Irilimi will Ihi with Mis. J. J, t'hnp-i
mmi. j
Ton 11. K. ol'olt home a the
meuH of a pli-awsnt p.trty gitthering lut j
ThurHilay evening wlnui frienils of Itulte j
1'hillips gatheri'l to give him a (are ell
party. Mr Phillips 1 soon to leave for
Allwrta, Canada. After an evening o(
inuriic and gnmes Mrs. Waloott served!
delicious relrenhineiits. Thonq presiul,
were, Buelah and Harold I.auafare,
Jennie and Vigo Miller, I'hoeb Porter
ami liennis Heath, Itoss Bus.ett, Mr.
Crisnwell, Mr. Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Folr, lleo.
Harm wife and family, I errel Oshurn
wile and family, Mr. Phillip and Mr.
and Mrs. Wakntt and family.
Lamonta News.
Mra. Winnie Hiirbour nrrlvwl here
lust wet'k (or mi extended vlxlt with
frleiida null tvhitivin.
J. M. Klii mid fmiilly from Snletn
arrived 111 their new home a few
dn.va titfo.
Tom l.em li Ib In Prineville attend-
ln court.
MIkh liernlee Grunt rvtiirmnl lioiiie
from MudniH hiMt Friday wht-n1 she
hud been nttemllnK whool.
Mr. llhu-k Ulld diuiuhler. Mine
Ituby, were III Mt-tollup Thiindiiy
mid Frltlav.
Mr. Cox, H former n-Hldcnt In thla
vicinity, Ih well antlHlled with bin
new home III WnHlilnirton.
John Waltoimd Mlea Kllen Benneft
were vUltliiic at Mr. Bradcu'a Sunday.
LaiiioiitH ball boys were tillable to
play SundHy on nceouut of the
weather.
Omar Cyrua and family spent Sun
day lit H. T. Mltchell'a.
Mr. and Mrs. Lutlier Melton were
lu lteiliuoiid one day laat wwk.
The fine rain we are linvluu; la
makliiK the funners more hopeful for
good crops.
Roberts, Ore.
The following Items were received too
late for publication last week:
F.d. (iould made a trip to Prineville
last week for his new stump puller. It
had not arrived yet, so Mr. Gould
brought out a load of supplies instead.
Clarence Ferguson's son is visiting
him at his ranch. Clarence says he is
going to make him his foreman as he
can rope and hold a three-year-old bet
ter than his father.
Mr. Mulholland left Friday morning
for town on business.
There was a prayer meeting last Sun
day evening at Big Bear Creek school
hmiBe. There was one Monday even
ing at Sheep Rock school house. The
Rev. Bailey of Prineville, was conduct
ing the revival,
Ed. Parker held a bunch of horses in
his corral last Sunday night for the
boys who had been riding. John Hoff
man and Harry Hackleman were driv
ing the bunch.
Ira Worts returned from town last
week. He helped Ed. Parker two days
on his ditch.
Mrs. Mitt Treune has been quite 111,
but Is bettor now.
Harold Baldwin stopped Monday
night at G. H. Ney's ranch, He was on
his way to Prineville,
Portland Stock Market The Southern Pacific
Forfeits Land Grant
L'ntil a supply of grass c il'le
is HViiilithlo, consumors will ifot
no relief hi tliu wity of lower beef
prices, says thuOrei;o:iuti. Live
hlot:k prices aro advancing j
steadily and yesterday reached
record figure in the. Portland j
market, Down at the stockyards j
tlvu carloads of prime steers,,
from Idaho, were sold to packers
at fit it lot), an advance of 25,
cents over the best price of last
week. Theso transactions made ;
the Portland markot the highest j
in the country. Top steer9 sold
during the day at umcago at
f s HO and in tho Omaha market
at IS 50.
A year ago today the best
price on steers here was (7, and
two years ago the top of the
markot was $7.25. The supply
in the Northwest is limited, and
when any choice stock is put on
the market, as was the case yes
terday, the packers ara ready to
pay premiums in order to fill
their coolers for their high-class
trade. Cows and other "butcher
cattle" ure keeping up with the
advance of the steer market.
Hogs, on the other hand, are
selling cheaper. At North Port
laud the going price now is $8 05
for the best. Two weeks ago
choice light swine brought 0.05
at the yards.
WHAT MAKES A CITY.
Activity of Psopla and Employment In
Trad and Comm.rc. Ars Ne.dd.
Many towns hav ambitious to be
come great commercial centers, cham
bers of commerce and commercial
clubs are organized and a great noise
made about what could be accom
plished through the work of organiza
tion. Too often the ones In charge of
the work of town building overshoot
the mark. They fall to recognize the
working out of natural law in country
development They boost their town
by extensive advertising, brluglng lu
people to build homes, but overlook
the main fact that no city can hope to
maintain any great populatloa with
out there being employment which
will supply subsistence.
In many of the southwestern town9
the field for manufacturing Is limited.
There are only certalu raw materials
that cau be utilized, and then there is
tho question of skilled labor, which Is
a great factor In the economy of man
ufacturing. The town that la built upon am un
sound foundation Is sure to become a
moribund place. Each city must draw
its support from a multitude of small
er places or must be sustained by
manufacturing that will give employ
ment to Its people. Without either of
theso Its growth must bo limited, and
Its people must be contented with
their town ns merely a local trading
point. The building of residences does
not mnko a city. 'TIs the activity of
tho people and their employment lu
lines of trade and commerce. Agricul
tural Southwest
Discord.
"Ho they have music at this hotel?"
"By no means; only an orchestra."
Judge.
Lost His Chance.
t!tella-I thought he wanted to marry
Mubel. Bella-Well, he forgot to regis
ter. New York Sun. ,
Taxes aggregating about fjtX),
000 a year are being paid by the
Southern Pacitic Company on
the 2,373,000 acres of grant lands
which the Federal Court has just
declared forfeited back to the
Government. For this reason,
attorneys for the Government be
lieve that great dispatch will be
observed by the railway repre
sentatives In all the proceedings
from now on, until the case is
finally decidee in the highest
Court of tho country.
There was a time when the
Southern Pacific paid practically
no taxes upon the vast holdings
secured in the railway grant.
For years no effort whatever was
made to secure patent to the
land, and so long as it was not
patented, it could not be as
sessed. Then for a considerable
period counties in which the
grant lands lay assessed little
more than nothing against tim
ber holdings.
These conditions have changed.
Patent has been issued to nearly
all the lauds claimed, and the
various counties have put a high
valuation upon all of it classed as
timber. The result is a large an
nual payment in taxes, which
some of the Government experts
have estimated to reach fully
$500,000 a year.
Once the theory was adduced
that the Southern Pacific was
striving energetically to have
taxes on the lands increased, so
that it would have a strong show
ing of woney expended on the
property. But some of the Gov
ernment s counsel have raised
the question as to what right the
railway company might have to
collect from the Government
money -expended on a property
which was forfeited through vio
lation of the vital principles of
the grant. There is legal opinion
to the eflect that all Bach ex
penditures might prove a dead
loss. II this contingency is a
fair prospect, it follows that the
company would be eager to cat
off the $500,000 annual tax pay
ment as soon as possible.
Interesting speculations are
being indulged in as to the effect
of tlie Union Trust Company's
first mortgage lien to secure the
bond issue of $17,700,000. The
court held that this lien was fixed
with full notice and that no right
was gained thereunder prior to
the Government's right of for
feiture upon nonfulfillment of the
conditions of the grant. As the
lieu of the trust company is on
the railway property of the old
Oregan and California, as well as
the grant lands, no doubt is
entertained as to the security of
the bonds.
An appeal is to be taken from
the district court by both the
Lifferty locators, who still clirg
to the hope of upsetting tin
court's decree, and a number of
the interveuors who appeared as
mere claimants without locating
on the land. L. C. Garrigus, for
the latter, and A. I. Moulton, for
the former, have announced their
purpose of taking their cases to
the Circuit Court of Appeals con
jointly with the appeal on the
general on the general order of
forfeiture.
B. D. Townsend, the Govern
ment's special attorney handling
the case, is preparing a draft of
the decree declaring forfeiture,
and W. D. Fenton, attorney for
the Southern Pacific, is drafting
the decree ordering dismissal of
the interveners, petitions. Both
will be submitted to the court
soon, ready for revision and sig.
nature, and it is possible tnat the
formal decree terminating the is
sues in the lower courts will be
recorded before the Federal
Court closes tomorrow afternoon
or the day following.
Mr. Townsend has received
numerous congratulatory mes
sages on the great victory he has
won for the Government, which
iu the aggregate value of land
recovered, is pronounced the
greatest in the records of Ameri
can courts where the Federal
Government prosecuted. Tele
gram.
ago in Salt Lake, where he had
gone with a colleague to win for
Oregon the forensic champion
ship of the northwest, kppt him
out of college most of the time.
He struggled through his fresh
man year without glory. I a
June he crossed the mountains
to Eastern Oregon again, tbia
time od a bicycle. He returned
in September in the same man
ner 160 miles over mountain
road a.
Ilia sophomore year was an
other year of working daytimes
for an existence and cramming;
late at nights upon his studies.
But his ambition tempted him
further. He entered the tryouts
for oratory. He did not make
the place. The next year be
tried again. He was successful
so far as to win for Oregon the
oratory championship of the state
at Forest Grove.
While the other students were
utilizing their recreation time at
the theatre, on the dance floor, at
the athletic field, on the water or
in the country on spring after
noons, Pickett was grinding
away. This year he tried for de
bate His team was never defeated.
This last year his work has not
been that of chopping wood,' or
doing chores, but, instead, that
of tutoring fellow students who
have done too much of the recre
ative and not enough of "boning."
Working one's way through
college sounds romantic, admits
Pickett, "and it may be if you
have a snap job or have some
money coming from home. But
when you have to look for jobs,
do chores and wonder where
your next cent is coming from,
you forget the romance of it."
For Rent
Partly furnished house in good locality
for rent for summer cheap. Inquire
Mrs. Pollard, W. 2d Street. o l
Don't Economize When Buying
Stock.
Of any kind for breeding pnrposes.
Tet a few settings of high grade White
Flvmouth Kock eKjrs. rer setting
3-27-8t E. W. Twisa, Mecca, Or.
Wood for Sale.
Wood for sale at 14.75 and $5 a cord
at the yard; 50c extra per cord de
livered. P. L. A W. U.
A Prineville Boy
Made of Right Stuff
University of Oregon, Eugene
Starting out for college afoot,
without money, after working
his way through high school for
four years, David Pickett of
Prineville, will be graduated
from the university in June with
honor. He won the oratory
championship of the state last
year and helped Oregon win the
debating championship of the
coast this year.
His education Las been earned
by toil chopping wood, sweep
ing halls and picking up odd jobs
wherever he could. Ho fitted
his standard of living to his earn
ings, and did it all with a frail
body, on the verge of being sick
most of the time.
Pickett worked his way
through high school in Prineville
by serving as janitor at the
school. Then with a companion,
Edward Barnes, he started from
Prineville for Eugene.
He had earned some money in
the harvest field during the sum
mer, and with that he purchased
his books, paid room rent fnr
several weeks, and entered col
lege. His freshman year was
hard, for sickness, which sent
him to the hospital a few days
1-16
For Sale Cheap.
New 5-room Bungalow; modern In
every way. in East rnneviue.
4-24 i. cob.
For Sale.
160 acres 7 miles south of Madras below
Compiny Wells, Crook County. Oregon.
1ZU aCreS piOWeU, '.'W;irH aamic, -iwu.
house, all for SltjOO. Iba McCosmack,
McCleary, Wash. a--i
Property for Sale.
Mrs. Walter O'Xell's home, lnrfre
parcel of land, nine-room hoiiee,
g-ODd barn, chicken house and other
outbuilding. A bart-aln. Part
terms. Call or write Mks. Walter
O'Xeil, Prineville, Ore. 3-20-4t
The New Millinery Store
has moved to the Morris building on
Fifth street, just around the corner
from the old stand. Prices away
down. 5-S-lt Gehtrude Palmer.
Notice. ' ,
During the summer will saw wood on
Wednesday and Saturday of each week.
Leave your orders at Kamstra's store
and they will be promptly attended to.
5 g-ini M. Kamhtra.
For extra Fancy Alfalfa Seed at
lowest prices see J. E. Stewart &
Co. H
Have your Pyes examfflecf, lenses"'
duplicated or glasses made by Dr. .
t . ft........ i'.. 1 1 . . . ,.i ti
vUle. 4-24
Brown Leghorn Hens for Sale.
Dozen hens for sale or trade. Ad
dress Mrs. F. F. Wrlulit. Lamonta.
Oregon. 6-8p
Melville Sewing Machines for rent. .
J. E, Stewart & Co. 5-1
Superior Nlngrla and Columbia'
Ranges $37.50 to 65. Sold on In--8tallinent
plan. It will pay you-to-Investigate
If you are In the market
for a Range. J. E. Stewart & Co-. S-l-
When in the market for Lime, Ce
ment and Shingles, Bee the Redmond
Lumber & Produce Co. 3-27-2m
Toppenish Nursery Co.
Are Promptness and Quality of Service
Any Interest to You?
Beside letting the highest grade of nursery
stock to be obtained, is it not important that
you get It trom a reliable concern, one that
is in business to stay, readv to take care o!
you for years to come, and one that is deter
mined to give satisfaction? Our desire lo
secure vour business is only exceeded dV
our determination to merit it.
We have a splendid lot oi all the staple fruit,
shade and ornamental stock for delivery the
coming fall and spring seasons, thriftp, mature
lhardy and splendidly rooted. It to the class
of stock you need for vour valuable orchard
and. EVERY TREE IS GUARANTEED.
Toppenish Nursery Company
Toppenish, Wash,
Unsurpassed Nursery Stock Grown in the
Famous Yakima Valley. ' More Active
Salesmen Wanted. 3-20