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Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, ' AUG. 28, 1913.
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VOL.XV1I-NO. 40
September Term of
the District Court
IHfttriVt court meet at Prineville
nt'xt Tuesday. Thin will Iw the lirst
meeting under tlio now law. Ac
cording to tho statutes the district
court should moot tho flrnt Monday
in SopUmlor, tho first Monday in
December and tho second Monday
In March. In cone of a legal holi
luy falling on Momluy, the day fol
lowing will he court day. Thin ear
Monday in Labor Day and no court
will not convene until Tuesday.
Iepuly Prosecuting Attorney
WirU hiut quite a long liitt of crim
inal case and other matter to be
brought to the attention of the
grand Jury.
John MePherson, charged with
the larceny of a mare and colt be
longing to Georgo Millican, will be
retried at thin term on the old in
dictment. At tho May term the
jury hung 11 to 1 for conviction.
After being out all night Judge
Hradiihaw discharged them.
George Kentner, who was acquit
ted of home stealing at the May
term, will be tried next week on
another Indictment. He waa Impli
cated with W. L. and V. M. Robert
aon in the three car loads of stolon
horses shipped from Bend to Top
Hnih, Wash.
Emett llolman and Jack Soeloy
will be tried on a charge of selling
liquor to minora, namely, Charles
Stevenson, Orrin Jonca and Gilbert
Simpson. Suoley ia out on his own
recognizance and Holmnn is under
ll"0 bonds. The witneanea were
placed under l5 bonds to apcar
when wanted.
lU-rt Drown and Charles Thomp
son, accused of the lurcony of a
team from J. K. Morson, of Ij
Tine, will have to face the grand
jury. These are the boys from the
Valley that got tired of walking
and wan toil to get back home In an
easier way. Brown and Thompson
are thu only boarders at the county
jail.
Winfleld Grillin, of Bend, will be
tried on a charge of attempted re.
Hu is out on toOO bonds.
Camillo Del Mastro, of Bend, is
accused of the crime of adultry. He
is under I HO cash bail to appear at
this term of court.
J. N. Quinhcrg, of Sisters, is ac
cused of obstructing an adjudicated
ditch on tho Squaw creek irrigation
system.
Thos. Ewing, of Hampton Butte,
is charged with malicious injury to
an animal. He shot a steer that
broke into his pasture. He is under
$250 bonds to appear for trial.
Tom Sly, of La Pine, accused of
breaking into homestead cabins, will
have to dance on tho legal carpet if
Sheriff Elkins can get his hands on
him. Tom took leg bail for it some
time ago and has not been heard
from since.
An investigation into the cause
and responsibility of the fire on
Willow creek last month will be
made by the grand jury. Some
50,000 feet of timber was burned.
It isn't so much the financial loss
involved in this case as the careless
ness in burning up trash and neg
lecting to see that the fire wrs
properly extinguished. The law is
severo in cases of this kind. The
maximum penalty is $1,000 fine or
one year in jail or both. You must
not set out f're between June 1 and
Otobcr 1 without a permit from
tho Fire Warden.
Civil Casks.
Desohutes Irrigation & Power
Co. vs, Sarah E. Barnett.
Deschutes Irrigation & Tower
Co vb C II Barnett.
Deschutes Irrigation & Power
Covi W li Wilson and Hiate Land
Board.
Win C Ruckner vs II N North.
C M Kuon vi Stephen I and C
A Eraser.
D W Tarpley vi K PTalkington.
Khret Bros va F C Row lee.
I T MelUrgue vs Mary K Mc
Hargue. Divorca.
State of Oregon vs E A Bussett,
administrator estate of (Richard
Meyer, deceased. Eacbeat.
A C Sanford va J W Jones.
Oregon Central Lumber & Sup
ply Co vg Samuel Gregg.
Hanry Tamra va Frances S
Tmm. Divorce,
Mary J Conway va Chas W Con
way. Divorca.
Turn a-Lum Lumbar Co v Opal
City Land Co.
Mary H Hawkins vs Roll N
Doty.
R L Sabin, assignee, vs Samuel
Gregg, J C Cockerham, II X Law
rie and W C Barber.
Independent Foundry Co vs A
K and W J Bentley and Madras
Gateway Hotel Co.
J Strain va Peter Kilberg, Sam
Edmondson.v W II Williamson
and A P Clark.
Wm MorGit vs Opal City Land
Co.
J L Comte va Pine Forest Lum
ber Co.
SC Caldwell va J W Usher.
Lone Pine Trading Co va John
Uackett.
Breyuian Leather Co vs Madras
Harness Shop,
Squaw Creek Irrigation Co vs
A Hornbeck.
Marie L Brooks vs L 11 Brooks.
Divorce.
U M Cornett vs Elmer, Marie
and-Moses Niswonger,
Central Oregon Merc Co va
Crook County Investment Co.
W A Booth vs City ol Prineville.
Rathchild Bros vs Dave Bigger
stuff. P M Ruthfield vs L B Kerwood.
Frank GillanJ vs Frank Boles.
Henry Linster va Central Ore
gon Irrigation Co.
Black Butte Land & Livestock
Co vs G W Brown.
Annie and Edward X White vs
Ellenor Grace Mackey,
Annie and E X White va Aaron
and K C White.
J Strein vs Bend Milling &
Warehouse Co,
Crook County va Alma D Katz.
Fred Fish vs Emma Fish.
Walther-Williams Hardware Co
va S C Caldwell et at.
W G Richter vs S Price.
J E Campbell vs Louis Volrath
et al.
Madras State Bank vs L E
Baker et al.
Redmond Bank of Commerce
vs E C Person et al.
J W Boone va U S Minkler.
Annie Maling vi FT Iliggins.
Central Oregon Irrigation Co vs
KirkWhited.
Wm E Taylor vs O E Xorthey
et al.
Olean Land Co vs David Burton
et al.
J II Bean vs Wm Baldwin et al.
W O Phoenix et al vs R L Jor
dan, treasurer, et al.
First National Bank of Bend vs
J II Bean et al.
J II Buchholz va J II Bean and
A C Lucas,
S II Davis va Martha J ana L
E liar twig.
Antone Fogle vs S Porter Quinn
and Ora Quinn.
11 E McConaghy vs F C Park.
W F King Co vb A R Minkler.
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This beautiful ailver cup ia to be given by the Great Northern Rail
road Company for the best pen of thrae hogs, male and two females,
that are exhibited fat the Crook County Fair, which will be held at
Prineville, September 23d to 27th.
Rind Hardware Co vs J II Bean.
Rohert Wiley vi A R Minkler.
L E Messinger vs Sam Miller.
Alex Hamilton va Geo Thomp
son. Eastern Railway & Lumber Co
va Vanora Townsite Co.
Mary F Fields vi John Fialda.
A II Lippman va Otto Sontag
et al.
City of Bend vs Ada R Johnston
et al.
J II lienor va Coast Bridge Co
et al.
J II Haner va Coast Culvert &
Flume Co et al.
J H Haner vs Brail & Co et al.
J II Haner vi Crook county et
al.
Firsi National Bank of Bend vs
D V Mackintosh.
C V Silvia vs Robert and Alice
Blackwell.
Walter Ruble vs W F and Mary
E G lover.
L Rose Lawson and L K Elliott
vs E S Dohbs.
G M Cornett vs L F Titus et al.
R C Immele vs Grover Sherwood
et al.
Geo W Watt va G X Eckler.
' W G Fordham et al vs Brad
comb Townsite, Power & Irriga
tion Co.
J W Berry va Mr T E Wilson.
Minnie Myrtle Brown vs Peter
W Brown.
The Bend Co vs A W Howell et
al.
D E Hunter vs James Bean et al.
Clyde McKay vs J E Sawhill.
Redmond Bank of Commerce vs
C X Loring.
Cecil Kenyon vs S M Collins.
D F Hodges vs J F Taggart.
Katherine Huntsman vs F M
Hathaway.
Oregon Land & Immigration Co
vs F B Bayn.
John Rudy vs Margaret Rudy.
J A Elliott v G V Burroughs
et al.
V C Coe vs C T Pinkham et al.
D F Hodges vs Archie l'attie.
Martha Wornstaff vs Albert
Wornstaff.
G P Putnam vs Matt Button.
R L Sabin vs Mrs B J Murphy.
Baldwin Sheep & Land Co vs
Haycreek Land Co and Baldwin
Sheep Co.
Averill Machinery Co vs E R
Ware.
Mitchell Mercantile Co va F F
Bowlin. '
J M Crenshaw va H H and C L
Palmer.
J M Crenshaw va J W Brewer
et al.
Christina Newman vs Christ!
Newman.
J J Adams vs City of Bend.
C A Stamp vs H E Robinson.
Jury List for
September Court
J. E. Roberts of Roberta, farmer.
A. G. Kibbee, Haycreek, farmer.
Roy Newell, Haycreek, farmer.
Arthur Russell, Lamonta, farmer.
J. A. Vosburg, Cline Falls, farmer.
W. I. Dixon, Fife, Stockman.
V. Butler, Prineville, farmer.
C. W. Palmehn, Grizzly, farmer.
Geo. McFarland, Gateway, farmer
S. A. Sandvig, Laidlaw,, farmer.
John, Steidl, Bend, real estate
dealer.
D. Mullholland, Roberts, stock
man. Wallace Post, Post, stockman.
E. A. Sather, Bend, merchant.
W. J. Johnson, Prineville, stock
man. Ralph McCauley, Terrebonne,
farmer.
James Wood, Ashwood, farmer.
J. N. Hunter, Bend, real estate
dealer.
A. 0 Walker, Alfalfa, minister
and farmer.
Thos. Alderdyce, Opal City,
farmer.
E. B. Knox, Post, farmer.
John N. Masten, La Pine, lumber
man. J. J. Wilt, Sisters, merchant.
W.' P, Vandevert, Bend, farmer.
Austin Kizer, Roberts, stockman.
James D. Davidson, Powell Butte,
farmer.
Wm. H. Hess, Madras, clerk.
A. A. McCord, Frineville,rfarmer.
Wesley Street, Fife, stockman.
C. W. Branstetter, Madras,
farmer.
Glenn Loucks, Madras, under
taker. Boarding and Rooming House Opened
Mosdames Roberts and Prose have
leased the Clark house and will open a
rooming and boarding house September
1st. Teachers, students' and other
looking for accommodations should call
before making other arrangements. 8-21
The Priyeville Country
is Good to Behold
It is a beautiful sight that
awaits the traveler going Into
Prineville by auto from Redmond
as there bursts into view from
a lofty hill the entire expanse of
many miles of green, watered
and fertile valley spreading out
from tbe naturally located and
old settled city of Prineville.
Now tbe alfalfa fields are piled
with tbe green bay that is being
lacked as rapidly as possible for
feeding in tbe coming winter.
On tbe dry lands wheat and bar
ley crops are running from 20 to
30 bushels to the acre. Some of
tbe irrigated oats are running
from 80 to even 120 bushels.
Prineville is a city of possibly
1500 inhabitants. Founded over
40 years ago it is co awaiting
tbe advent of the assured elec
trie line connecting it with the
main lines of the Oregon Trunk
and the O.-W. R. & N. It has
electric lights, wide streets,
abundant water, a large and in
creasing trade among the farm
ers and settlers, and the travel
er is easily able to make himself
comfortable.
Tbe following paragraphs are
indicative of what can be done
and is being done in the Prine
ville country.
The vegetable garden of C.
Sam Smith, ex-sheriff of Crook
county, about a mile from Prine
ville, contaius fine loganberries
planted this year, and also rasp
berry, blackberry, currant and
gooseberry bushes. His rhu
barb plants have leaves 2S inches
across, and bis turnips, beets,
carrots, melons, etc., all show
that the admonitions of the cat
tle men to the first settlers given
25 years ago that '.'nothing don't
grow in this country for frost"
do not apply now. Further on
the flourishing apples and plums
in the orchard of Andrew Noble
also indicate that we are going to
see plenty of fruit development
when once the transportation
problem is settled and the irri
gation of the land is systemati
cally undertaken by tbe general
movement. Mrs. , Noble shows
visitors these summer days some
of the finest red currants ever
produced anywhere in Oregon.
One of the experiments in dry
farming that is attracting atten
tion in Prineville is that being
made by D. P. Adamson. On his
recently acquired hill 40 acre
farm he planted In March 12
acres in soma 15 different kinds
of apple trees. Some of tbe land
was in sagebrush on March 15.
He plowed, disced and thoroughly
harrowed the ground. He plant
ed out his trees in the moist dust
and has harrowed that orchard
once and twice a week ever since,
thua keeping it covered with a
blanket of fine dust. Nearly all
tbe trees are flourishing, only a
few having been attacked by rab
bits and ants. Mr. Adamson
was laughed at by the whole
town for going on that dry hill
top. His farm is even yet re
ferred to as the "poor farm" and
"Adamson's folly farm," but the
damp ground, the vigorously
growing trees and the weedless
land all indicate that here is a
public spirited citizen who has
demonstrated something of great
value to tbe entire state.
The Pioneer creamery of
Prineville is sending from 4000
to 6000 prime butter to the Port
land markets every week. There
are about 125 patrons on the
books. With the now certain
coming of the branch line of rail
road tbe creamery expects to
double its output for 1914. What
is needed is good roads leading
into Prineville, credit extended
to the smaller farmers to pur
chase good stock and some dairy
expert to visit tbe farms now
sending in cream and point out
betterments possible.
The Prineville Review and the
Crook County Journal are the
two papers published in the
county seat, and both are well
edited papers with a wealth of lo
cal and general information. The
local paper is a necessary part of
any flourishing community. The
people of Prineville and vicinity
are well served by these two
publications.
Recent sales of stock cattle
have been closed at $7.60 per
hundredweight on the hoof
in the vicinity of Prineville.
This figured out on some of tbe
cattle at $88 per bead, which in
dicates that they are no runty
hill "longhorns." but A-1 cattle.
A large shipment was recently
made to a Gresbam dealer, and
the "high price of living" can
not all be going to the beef trust
in Oregon. The Crook county
cattle man gets some of it.
Straud Price is one of the
pioneers of Central Oregon. Ha .
came to Prineville 33 years ago
ai.d afterward settled neai
Hampton Buttes. Over a
quarter of a ceutury ago he drove
range cattle to Idaho through,
the Blue mountains and after
ward freighted supplies into
Harney valley and throughout
the central Oregon country. Ha
is now living in Prineville, an in
terested observer of the chang
ing times. ''What we want in
Prineville and Crook county is
farmers who will farm the land,"
he said.
Six miles above Prineville on
the Ochoco river is a natural
barrier where nature intended a
storage reservoir to be con
structed The rocks raise to a
great height and above the nar
row defile is a great basin that
would restrain a body of water
sufficient to irrigate several thou
sand acres of land. Eight miles
further up the winding river is
another narrow slit with found a-,
tion rock that seems for nature
to say: "Finish the job; I have,
done all I could."
George W Wells, who has a
dry farm at Powell Buttes 13
miles southwest of that county
seat, is a comparative new
comer in the Prineville country.
He this year cut 30 acres of fine
wheat hay off land that stood in
sagebrush March 1, 1912. Ha
has some very fine garaen truck
and a flourishing young orchard.
His wife is making a success of
chickens and has much better
health than ever before.
J. F. Cadle, secretary of the
Crook County Fair association,
points out that some of the best
publicity matter sent out in the
constantly increasing number of
stock shipments. Grey & Son of
Bonyview Stock Farm, are mak
ing a specialty of Herefords and
are building up a large business
in both pedigreed and stock cat
tle. M. R Biggs has a large
ranch breeding shorthorns that
are second to none in the west.
Ex-Congressman J. N. William
son is breeding on his ranches
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