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Crook County ' Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ; FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1,50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1913. "S3S SSSSSSf" VOL. XVIII-NO. 52
County Court Proceed
ings, November Term
A regular term ol the county court
convened on November Slh, 1U13, at
It o'clock a. m. thereof. Preseut
(I. Hprlnger, Judge, presiding; R. II.
liny Icy and Willi Brown, commis
sioners; Krnnk Klklus, shcrlft War
ren Urown, clerk. Whereupon tho
following proceeding war bud,
towlti
In th matter ol the U. L. ltrniu
t hI county rond. Viewer report
presented, read and approved. Halt
report Mil n uuUrornble the matter
waa discontinued.
In tha matter of tha Geo. Kealer
road. Continued tor reconsideration.
In tha matter of tha L. A. Hunt t
al road. Viewers' report read twice
via I On Nor, 51 h and 8th tower
were requested to amend report eon
forming to plat Bird by Attjf. Pngget
the same belli desired by majority
of original petitioners. Ordered to
meet on Decemtier 10th, 1018.
In tha matter of the I). Frank et
il road. Viewers ordered out on
December 4th, 1013.
In the mutter of the l W. Lrftng
rond. In consideration ol the fuel
that the clllxcns have subscribed
1 1W, ordered t lift t warrant lor f 2M
be drawn In favor ol Hoy Newell, to
be lined In Improving anld rond.
Itoiid Supervisor Monroc'a report
accepted In the mutter ol the Gute
wiiy grade, and K. I Jordan In
structed to pay snlif suervlMor $LTiO.
tinluuce ol rullroiid contribution.
Clerk ordered to Issue warrant for
1116 26 to Kuiervlsor Monroe, the
mi me being the amount expended
more, tliiui the rnllrond contributed,
vl:lotiil cost 1 17(11 82 less $175 worth
iiiNterlul culverts aud powder left
ver. . ..
In the mutter of the report ol 1
T. Monroe, supervisor ol road dis
trict No. 10, Cross Keys, report n
proved and warrmit lor f 11 25 or
dered drawn In Inor of siild super
visor. In the matter ol HIIIiiiiiii rond dis
trict No. 34, George Iluiullton, super
visor. Clerk ordered to draw war
rant for 1 250 lu favor of said llniiill
ton In lieu ol warrants drawn lor
John llelfrlch, which wurrnula are
ordered withheld.
In the matter ol the report ol Al
len Wlleoxen, supervisor rond (Its
trlct no. 25. Iteport approved mid
warrant lor 1 152.65 ordered drawn.
In the matter ol the Dan Callow
rond. All proceedings appearing, to
lie regular the viewers were ordered
out on Dec. 8th, 1013.
In the matter ol the J, A. Vosburg
road. All proceedings appearing
regular the viewer were ordered out
on Dec. 6th, 1013.
In the matter ol the 8. F. San tor
-son road. All proceeding appear
ing to be regular, viewer ordered
out on Nov. 14th, 1013.
lu the matter of the M. M. Daven
port road. Viewer' report pre
sented and read twice, vU; On Nov.
Sth aud 6th, nnd same having been
approved by Disc. Atty. Wlrti, or
dered that M. M. Davenport be In
structed to work out subscription.
In the matter ol the H. K. West
road. Aud It appearing that the
petitioner are willing to build said
road without cost to the county,
and It also appearing that the Hoy
Kidder road will cost 1000 to open,
It I t herein re requested that the
viewers reconalder their report on
said H. E. West road and It I under
stood that the county will endeavor
to legalise tha same.
In tha matter ol the H. 0. Thol
atrup road. Supervisor I'etera auth
orised to do m little work on the
bridge, not exceeding f 10, and coun
ty will furnish one box ol powder to
be used by auhacrlhara under the di
rection ol the supervisor.
Viewers' report In the matter ol
the II. C. Melthe, the E. W. Persnall
and the W, A. Pellen roads. Pre
sented and read twice, vis: On Nov.
and 7, and approved.
In the matter ol the D. II. Yeo
man, (loo F Euston and A. H. Wll
lard road. Viewer granted lurther
time.
In the matter ol the I'. D. Kcain
mon road. Viewers' report presented
aud read twice, vli, on Nov. 6 and
7, and approved.
In the matter ol the claim ol F.
Polish (or damages. Disallowed..
lu the matter ol thu erroneous as
sessment ol Whurton llros. Ordered
that the clerk credit the sheriff with
f . 62, being the amount of the er
roneous 1011 assessment,
lu the matter of the valuable ol
Eva A. Steel property. Ordered the
valuation lie corrected to lie the same
as 1U13 assessment.
In the matter of the assessment of
Matt" S. I,itK'k. It appnititig that
said llattle S. Louck Is assessed
with certain personu) property and
that she had no personal property.
It Is ordered that the same tie strick
en from the roll.
In the matter of the error In the
assessment ol 1'. J. llrooks. Or
dered that said llrook tie allowed a
rebate ol t',.13.
In the matter ol the claim ot C. II.
Hendrlcksou tor $10 75 wrongful as
sessment. Evidence not sulllcleut to
prove that said assessment la Incor
rect. lu the matter ol the W. F. Ed
mundson change In the Jerry Young
road. Iteport ol viewers read twice,
vis, Nov. 8 and 7, aud aald matter
having been reterred to the district
attorney, ordered that old road be
vacated as soon as the new road Is
put In a good condition.
John Hothman ordered a warrant
for U for work done under Super
visor Nace.
Hupcrvleor Orlme ordered a war
rant for 1500 for use on McKay creek
road.
In the matter ol the lebate on
tqxes. It appearing that Interest
wa erroneously charged on the
second halt ol curtain taxes the fol
lowing rebates were ordered : J D
Atkinson, $1 34; W E Duchlen, 40c;
U W Faulkner, 1.82; Ernest Garrett,
20c; Ernest flam-lt, 04c; Knorr,
80c; Joseph II Jackson, f.94; Levi
Knorr, !!."-; It L, Hahln lor Lam,
7.08; Frank McCaffery, $2.47; K V.'
III. hard, 3.1c; C J Shobert, 6"tc;
Johanna Simpson, 77c; Angle M
Smith, f2.49: V F Smith. 11.20; lM
Smith, )2.N2; Italph Young, S2c;
Mary Young, 80c; I. A Young. 00c; 4
A Wilcox, 13. Order that warrant be
drns n In favor ol Frank Elkln,
sheriff, lor the refund ol said penalty.
In the matter ol the scalp bounty
fund. It appearing that the scalp
bounty fund I exhausted, It Is or
dered that a warrant lor ItfOO be
drawn on the general lund In tavor
ol said scalp bounty luod to cover
registered scalp bounty warrant to
date.
In the matter ot the culvert lor
the Gateway road. It appearing
that Commissioner Urown pur
chased oo hi own account lor ald
road culverts to the value of $168.76,
It la ordered that warrant be
drawn In tavor ol said Brown to
cover said amount.
In the matter ot the J. O. McKIn
ney road. All proceeding being
regular, viewer ordered to meet
and view out aald road on December
10th, 1913.
Jo the matter ot the Prtnevllle Sli
ver Luke rood via Mlllican'a and
Walker' cabin to south county line.
Ordered that warrant lor $250 be is
sued to W. F. King who la hereby
appointed to superlutend the remov
ing ot the surface rocks and placing
guide boards along said road.
Elcnor Burnett appropriation In
creased to f 10 per month.
The following roads were ordered
rcsurveyed and recorded ; , Change In
Don 1'. Hea road, W. C. Conglvton
rond, C. J. SuiiouIhi road, extension
and change lu Win, Brownhlll road
Miss ('. I tea ley ordered $.100 lor
rlght-ol-way for county road across
her place, that amount being agreed
upon iu oM-n court.
Iu the matter ol the report ol W.
E. Claypool, road supervisor ot dis
tricts Nos. 35 and 2. lleport Ap
proved and allowed $.124.90. v j
iu the matter ol the completion ot
the floor ot the basement ot the
courthouse. Being 2700 square feet,
complete same quality cement work
a walk at toot ol trout approach,
also otllce room lu northwest corner
ol basement 15 feet square for $818,
awarded to Shlpp & Perry.
Contract tor painting courthouse
as per specifications In sheriff's office,
let to Shlpp Perry.
lu the matter ol the petition lor
nsststauce lor the Holt family. Mat
ter reterred to the Judge.
In the matter ot widow pensions
and assistance for Indigent persons,
ordered warrant be Issued monthly.
In the matter ot the bill ol O. U.
Adams tor $37.05. Same wa con
tinued lor segregation. ,
Whereas, many bill are presented
not endorsed. It I ordered that of
ficials must oK bill tor goods, etc,
ordered by them.
The following supervisors' reports
were approved and warrant ordered
Issued: Paul P Werner, diet 19, $45;
Hugh Gee, dlst 24, $39.50; John Piter
diet 2, $225.40; R V Jenkins, dlst 6,
$5.51; Dave Grimes, dlst 7, $191; Roy
Newell, dlst 8, $."5.50; John Wilt, dlst
6, $247 62; John Elder, dlst 12, $488.23
An Old Pioneer Killed
Himself Last Sunday
John Casey of Powell Butte'com-
mitted suicide at the Oregon Hotel
Sunday morning. '
Casey hod been on a protracted
spree for a week. He came to
Prineville the Monday previous and
began to "tank up." On Wednes
day he bought tome strychnine for
the avowed purpose of killing some
rats that were destroying his pota
toes. He told Mr. French, of the
French Drug- Co., that he expected
to leave for home that night. He
did not do so, however.
Early Sunday morning Casey
went to the Oregon Hotel to set
warm. He must have slept at the
stable where he kepi his horse as he
appeared to be numb with cold.
After rubbing himself he went
back to the lavatory room where he
got a glass and took the fatal dose
of poison. Coming back into the
hotel lobby he told the clerk not to
let anyone use the glass as he had
put poison in it Casey then sat
down by the stove and lighted his
pipe. It was but a short time until
he fell to the floor in convulsions.
Meantime, Dr. Rosenberg had ar
rived but too late to save the man.
He died after the second convulsive
attack.
Casey was a Civil war veteran
and a pioneer. He was somewhere
between HO and It years of age.
He was buried Monday from Lipp
man's undertaking parlors. Casey,
who was a bachelor, willed his
ranch and personal effects to War
i run. Brown, who upon many oc
casions had befriended him.
Shooting Scrape in the
Hampton Butte Country
Continued oo sixth page.
First Link in the Inter
national Road Finished
The first link in the international
highway from British Columbia to
the Mexican border was completed
last week by Prineville. The road
from this plaoe to the Lake county
line is now in good shape for travel,
furnishing an all-the-year-around
highway. Not a rock as large as a
hen's egg was left in the road.
The following men with their
cars got back Saturday: Geo.
Noble, D. F. Stewart, A. R. Bow
man, W. F. King, Ed Hodson,
furnished a car and man, Hugh Lis
ter furnished a car and a man to
drive it and went along himself to
help with the road work; G. M
Cornett furnished a car and a man.
Jim McClun not only drove Cornett's
car but painted the road signs as
well. None of the above would ac
cept compensation for use of car or
There are no new developments
in the Hall-Dickinson shooting
scrape at Hampton Butte last Fri
day night. Dickinson, who was
shot, is expected to recover, and
Hall, who did the shooting, has not
been captured. The facta of the
case are about as follows:
Sheriff Elkins was summoned to
Hampton Butte last Saturday morn
ing to inquire into a shooting scrape
that took place on a homestead be
longing to James B. Dickinson.
The sheriff went by way of Bead
to the scene of the trouble and
while on the way out met an auto
mobile containing a homesteader
named Dickinson, his wife and two
children, who were on the way to
the Bend Hospital. The sheriff
transferred the Dickinson party to
his car so that the injured man
could be rushed to the hospital
without delay. After getting all
the information he could from both
Dickinson and his wife, Elkins
doubled back to where the shooting
took place.
Dickinson told the sheriff that he
had been expecting his wife from
his former home at Elma, Wash.,
and went to Bend to see if she had
arrived. He found that his wife
and two children and Hall, an old
neighbor, had been stopping at the
Shannon Hotel two days, waiting
! for the arrival of Dickinson to take
them to the homestead. '.Oftthfc
very day that Dickinson went to
Bend, the wife, children and Hall
i left for the homestead by the Bend-
Burns road, while the husband
traveled over the Millican road,
thus missing them on the way.
After his talk with the woman
that runs the Shannon Hotel, Dick
inson concluded that there must be
something wrong so he hired an
automobile and raced back home
where he arrived at midnight.
Dickinson left the auto at the gate
leading to the cabin and started on
the run for the house. He kicked
the door in and had made two jumps
inside when he was shot by Alee
Hall. In the cabin Dickinson found
Hall and his wife and two children.
Hall was sitting on a box with hia
overcoat on and Mrs. Dickinson and
the two children were lying on a
cot fully dressed.
The bullet fired by Hall struck
Dickinson just below the breast
bone where it passed through the
liver and right kidney and lodged
in the back. The doctor at Bend
extracted the bullet and at this
writing it is thought that Dickinson
will recover.
After the shooting Hall notified
the neighbors and did everything
he could for the injured man. It
was only after there were some
threats of lynching that he struck
out for parts unknown. . Then he
did not go out of sight of the cabin
until shot at Saturday evening. He
hung around, evidently, trying to
get some word about the condition
of the man he shot.
The sheriff and neighbors fol.
lowed Hall's tracks until they were
lost in the underbrush. After a
long chase the sheriff and posse
were thrown off the track by a re
port that a man was seen at the
head of Crooked river going north.
The report was run to earth and
Edgar Powell, the school teacher,
wastfound to be the night prowler.
He was taking a short cut' to'ViU
homestead.
So far nothing definite has been
heard of Hall. It is thought he
cannot get out of the country with
out being discovered.
Mr. and Mrs- John Strong of
Elma, Wash., the parents of Mrs.
Dickinson, are now with their
daughter at Bend.
Dickinson located his homestead
last summer. Hall, who was a
neighbor at Elma, came here for
the purpose of taking up land in
tho Hampton Butte country. ,
for personal services- When the
cars were not in use the, owners
would work 'on the road. Mr.
Bundy drove Hodson's car, Keys
Hyde drove Cornett's car and Mr.
Maker, of the Huff-Maker Auto
Co., drove Hugh Lister's car.
4 The following firms furnished the
provisions for the party: Mrs. I.
Michel, 0. G. Adams & Co., J. E.
Stewart & Co., Winnek Co., Clifton
& Cornett.
Besides the above
crew of sixteen men.
there was a
House for Sale
Four-room furnished house, water,
lights; corner lot, good fence and good
barn, etc. For particulars call on A. H,
Lipfman. ll-20-6t
Pay Up
Parties knowing themselves indebted
to A. H. Lippman or A. H. Lippman &
Co., bv note, sccount or contract, must
corns and settle. We are in orient
need ol cash. 11 20-8t
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