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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1913. -KtS:jES2SH5" VOL. XVU-NO. 48
World-Famous Good Roads
Man Visits Prineville
Samuel Hill and Party Viewing Out an Automobile Road
to Connect with the Washington-California Road
They Found a Good One Biggt to
Prineville and then' Lakeview.
, Samuel Hill, the world-famous
good roada man of Muryhlll, Wash
ington, accompanied by Messrs.
Lockley and Johnaon of the l'ort
Innd Journal, were in Prineville
Monday nljrht. Then ifentlemen
have Just completed a tour through
Central Oregon for the purpose of
viewing out an automobile road
which will connect with roada
In California and Washington
that will give an all the
year road for auto tourists from
Southern California to the Canadian
line.
They were glad to report that
they had been succeaaful. The
proponed road atarta at Biggs, com
ing up through Wasco and along
the backbone of the divide between
the Deachutrs and the John Day
river to Shaniko, down Antelope
canyon, through Trout creek and
Haycreck, up Mud Spring canyon
to Lamonta, thus avoiding Grizzly
mountain to Prineville, thence
south pant Millican over the desert
to Lakeview.
No part of this proponed road
will have over a 5 per cent grade
and can be built at a leu expense
than any through route in any other
part of the itate- Road already
exist along thia route which can be
jiut in shape for utte at a very little
expense until uch a time a a
lcrmanent road can be built. The
object i to make thia an Inter
state highway and have it built un
der the supervision of the Oregon
Highway Commission, Connection
an be had temporarily by ferry
with the Washington road and
eventually it is the plan to bridge
the Columbia from Biggs to Colum
bus. At Biggs also this road will
connect with the road which is be
ing built up the Columbia from
Portland.
Mr. Hill has made a study of the
air currents along the Pacific coast
and has demonstrated to his own
satisfaction that the rather equit-j
able climate of the region directly
east of the Cascades is due to the
air currents from the ocean which
reach us through three breaks in
that mountain chain, the one to the
north being through the canyon of
the Kramer river in Canada, the
next being through the Columbia
river canyon and the one to the
south being through the canyon of
the Klamath river. These air cur
rents spread out gradually to the
north and south without meeting
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with any sudden cold such a the
current do which strike against
the high mountain tops. Since pre
cipitation of snow and rain I caused
by the sudden cooling of the warm
air current the mountainous re
gion have longer winter seasons
and the auto route from the Wil
lamette valley to California over the
Siskyou I Impassable from early
fall until May, while along the
route proposed now would be en
countered only about three month
In the year.
In hi remark Mr. Hill enumer
ated -some of the benefit which
would accrue to the town situated
along thi road. He estimates that
during a year thirty thousand tour
ist auto would travel over thi
road, carrying an average load of
five passenger. Figuring the aver
age expenditure of each passenger
per day to be 14, one can get some
thing of an Idea of the amount of
money that would be distributed
by tourist along thi route during
the year. Tourist as a clas are
well-to-do people. If one of them
should see a piece of land In his
travel which aptwalpd to him, he
has the money with which to buy
and it Is not unreasonable to ex
pect that many will actually stop
long enough to invest in real estate.
Thi road will pay for itself every
year.
Mr. Hill is the president of the
Good Roada Association of North
America which holds a meeting in
Philadelphia next December and he
promised the business men of Prine
ville that if they would see that the
rocks and stumps were cleared
from the existing roads between
here and the county line south, he
would see that Prineville was put
on the North America Good Roads
map, the people of Lake county
already having promised to take
care of their end of the road.
There is a determined movement
for the building of a permanent all-year-round
road between Southern
California and Canada over the
shortest route possible with easy
grades and Prineville is particularly
favored by nature in being situated
on this route and it is "up to us"
to do all that we can to help in this
movement.
As an evidence that he is in earn
est in this workrMr. Hill has had
made a survey of the road from
Biggs to Wasco at an actual cost to
himself of 12500 and has presented
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arouetce
Bldg., Room 12
this survey to the state of Oregon
that it might be used a an example
of the way In which a permanent
good road should lie laid out. This
road as surveyed would make the
climb up from Biggs without ex
ceeding at any place a 6 per cent
grade.
Thi trip of Mr. Hill and hi
party through Washington and Ore
gon 1 costing them nearly $1000
Everybody Going to the
Redmond Fair Tomorrow
There was an enthusiastic meet
ing at the sheriff' office last even
ing to complete detail for Prine
ville Day, Friday, October 24, at
the Redmond Potato Show.
President Williamson of the
Crook County Fair Association and
Mayor Clifton got their head to
gether and drew up a list of the
available car. There were forty
that could be depended upon if the
weather permitted and other to be
heard from. '
Secretary Cadle of the Fair As
sociation has had two hundred
badges printed for the occasion but
from the way thing look there will
not be half enough to go around.
Get a badge from him or inquire at
Summary of Assessment
Oregon,
Acre of tillable land
Acre of non-tillsbi land
Improvements on deeded or patented
town ana city lot ...
Improvement on town and city lots
Improvement on land not deeded or
Stationary engines and manufacturing
Merchandise and stock in trade ...
Farm implements, wagons, carriages,
Electric fines (not including plants)
Money, note and accounts
Shares of tock
Motel and oflice furniture
Horse and mules
Cattle .
Swine
Dogs
Bee Hives
Total .
Note The above does not include
According to a summary of the
1913 assessment roll the acreage of
tillable land in Crook county has
nearly doubled in the last year. In
1912 the number of acres reported
was 131,557. In 1913 the tillable
acreage jumped to 257,276, with a
like increase in value. Last year
the value was placed at 1930,986.
This year it is $1,865,468. Going
some.
The value of city lota in the
Thos. Sharp jr. Had Close Call.
Thomas Sharp Jr. came within
an inch of having his lights knocked
out Tuesday afternoon by a run
away team on the McCall ranch.
While Mr. Sharp was visiting at
the ranch a team hitched to a hay
wagon started to run away. Mr.
Sharp threw himself in front of the
Nursery
and they are not asking that the
people who will be benefitted by
their e (Torts should reimburse them
one cent. That the Portland
Journal and Mr. Hill think enough
of thia movement to make thi ex
penditure i a striking example
that the people of Prineville should
contribute enough to clear the
rock from our present road. Thi
the business men have determined
to do.
Hotel Prineville. It is desired that
all from Prineville wear one.
The cars will meet at the corner
of Main and Third at 9 o'clock arid
take the river road for Redmond.
Sheriff Elkina will carry special re
pair tool for use ' in case of break
down or puncture.
Mr. Williamson and Mayor Clif
ton, who have charge of the matter,
urge everybody who can possibly
get away to enjoy the day at the
Hub City. The Prineville garages
will provide for those who do not
own cars. Besides there will be
the regular passenger auto be
tween Prineville and Redmond.
Take a day off and enjoy yourself.
Roll for Crook County,
1913
NUMBER VALUE
land .
257,276 $ 1,85,468
1,331,033
4,804,897
354,972
1.0K6.225
827,975
101,545
87,20
232,320
139.600
12,550
227,505
153,135
11,005
833,765
425,310
203,993
16,294
1,230
648
patented
machinery
etc.
,
11,985
20,648
101,996 i
4,015 i
921
3041
. $10,316,157
property of public service corporations
county has jumped from 1683,837
in 1912 to over a million in 1913.
Horses, mules, cattle, sheep,
swine and bees show an increase
over 1912, but not half as much as
they should.
The total assessed valuation of
the county shows an increase of
over a million and a quarter. The
figures are: Total valuation for
1912. 19,001,677; total valuation
for 1913, $10,316,157.
horses but at the same instant
stepped into a badger hole. This
threw him to the ground where he
was kicked by one of the horses.
One of the wagon wheels ran across
his back and another ran over his
leg and thigh. Dr. Rosenberg was
summoned and the injured man was
made as comfortable as possible.
Ten Per Cent
Across
The Eugene Register Tell
the McKenzie Wagon Road A Macadam High
way from Eugene to Sisters will be
Ready for Next Summer.
Developments in the McKenzie
river road project recently made
possible the completion of this
highway by next summer, a year
ahead of time.
Announcement was made by
the Forestry department of a
special appropriation of 11500
made for the blastiog of the rock
point on the 110,000 unfinished
road formerly undertaken by the
Oregon Power company at the
site of its proposed -power plant
near Vida.
From Eastern Oregon came
the announcement that the for
estry department will donate dol
lar for dollar any sum that Crook
county does for tbe reconstruc
tion of the eastern end of tbe Mc
Kenzie highway, to the extent of
$4,000, and with it tbe assurance
from Crook county that the en
tire sum will be raised, making
19,000 available.
From Portland, Clyde Seitz,
Cascade forest supervisor, and
Walter Griffin returned with 12,-
000 donated by Portland people
to be expended between Walter
ville and Blue river, and tbey
will return this week to collect
$1,010 more that has been promia-
Tbe McKenzie Road Builders'
club yesterday phoned that it has
doubled its subscription to the
Walteryille road fund, bringing
that fund, raised in Springfield,
Eugene and Walterville to 4,100.
Lastly, is the announcement of
a plan to grade and roll seven
miles of the road between the
Hendricks' Bridge on the Mc
Kenzie to the end of the macadam
beyond Springfield.
Yesterday's developments
mean that between now and next
spring (25,000 will be expended
upon tbe Mckenzie road between
Eugene and Sisters to build a
graded macadam road. This sum
includes tbe 13,000 from Port
land; the $4,000 of the Walter
ville fund already raised of
which 2,100 is from Eugene,
$600 from Walterville, $600 frcm
Springfield and $300 from the
Upper McKenzie river; the $1,-
400 more which is expected to be
added to the Walterville road
fund within the next, few weeks;
the $1,500 forest service money
to be spent in blasting out the
new road past the power site;
the $0,200 now being spent by
C
omoanv
Grade
the Cascades
About the Development of
the forestry department on the
summit; and the $8,000 promised
jointly by the forestry service
and Crook county to reduce the
grades on the east side of the
summit.
"By next June automobiles
can cross the Cascade mountains
on high gear," declared Clyde
Seitz, government forester, who
has been behind the government
project of building tbe McKenzie
road, qualifying his statement
with a proviso that snow on the
summit in Jane might prevent it.
"By June 1 every grade on
both 8 ides of tbe mountain will
be less than 10 per cent. I am
in a position to announce today
that the forestry service has of
fered to donate op to $4,000 for
very dollar that Crook county
will spend for the removal of tbe '
steep sandy grades on the east
side. Crook county will cover
every cent of this.
"I received assurances y ester- .
day that the forestry service 4
will make a special appreciation,
from operating funds to cut the
rock at tbe power site, which
will complete the $10,000 road
started by the Oregon Power
company. --Work will commence
on this November 1, andwill be
rushed. At present we are wait
ing for Mr. Jennings to turn the
right of way over to the county.
"Mr. Griffin and I were very
successful in raising money in
Portland last week. We have
raised $2,000 there already, and
will go back this week for $1,000
more. This money will be ex
pended between Walterville and
Blue River.
"When I returned from Port
land I was told that the Mc
Kenzie Road Builders' club has
offered to double its subscription.
This brings the Walterville road
fund to a total of $4,100. We
will continue our subscription
work and add $1,400 more to
this.
'We have already finished
work on Dead Horse Hill this
hill no longer exists, and by
spring our 10 per cent grade will
be brought all the way to Mc
Kenzie Bridge. We have com
pleted 1.500 feet of the Walter
ville ro id, ana have half a mile
more ready for the roller. The
roller was broken last week, and
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON