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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1913.
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VOL. XVIII NO. 2
1
Will Commence Work
on Railroad Next Month
T. M. Baldwin, chuirman of the
railroad committee, states that
right-of-way matters between' Prine
vllle and Mctollus are almost prac
tically cleared up. There are few
persona In the gap that have not
signed up but It la thought that
everything can be amicably adjusted.
With these few persona out of the
way Mr. Scheel can go ahead and
organise,
The new city franchise granted
by the council Tuesday evening to
the railroad Indicator that the long
wait la about over. Mr. Scheel
makes the following announcement
from Tacoma:
A 80-mile steam road between
the townaof Metoliua and Prlne
viile In Central Oregon It to be
built, according to an announce
ment made by H. P. Scheel of
Tacoma, secretary and treasurer of
he Hercules Sandstone Company of
Tenino.
The detail of the organization of
the road practically have been com
pleted, and It will be Incorporated
soon under the laws of the state, of
Washington. According to Mr.
Scheel, who has been the leading
spirit in Its organization and who
City Dads Held an
Session
The regular monthly meeting of
' the city council was held Tiesdny
overling. Present, Mayor Clifton,
Councllmcn Shipp.Cooper.Lafollette.
Gray, Zevely and Ward, Recorder
Bowman, City Marshal Coon, City
Engineer Kelly and City Attorney
DulTy.
Minutes of the Inst monthly meet
ing wero read and approved.
M. E. Brink, attorney for the
Metolius-Princville & Eastern Rail
way, presented a now franchise to
the council, made subject to the old
one which expires in March, chang
ing somewhat the entrance of the
road into town. The new franchise
provides for a track the entire
length of I) street instead of cutting
through a couple of blocks on the
north and running into D; also ex
tends the franchise east to the city
limits, where it will join the county
road up the Ochoco. It runs back
of C. M. Elkins' home and out that
CHRISTMAS
Avoid the Rush by Doing Your Shopping Early
Our new Holiday Line is now beginning to arrive, which consists of all the new and
up-to-date Staples carried in a complete Holiday Stock
An elegant supply of Stationery, Books and Lowney's Candy on hand.
New Christmas Presents for the Children arriving daily
probably will ' be named lU first
president, the right of way and
terminal pro)ierty practically haa
been procured. A few gaps re
main, but he uyi actual work will
begin soon after the first of next
year.
The proposed route Ilea through
a farming country much of which
ii already under cultivation and
from which large shipments of
farming and food products are ex
pected as soon aa the line Ii com
pleted. At Metoliua the line will connect
with the Oregon Trunk and the
Oregon-Washington. Prinevllle, the
eastern end of the line, is the old
trading post of Central Oregon.
Scheel aald the road probably will
be named the Metoliua, Prinevllle
& Eastern Railway.
No aerloui engineering problems
In construction are expected, aa the
country la level and the steepest
grade to be encountered will be
only one and three-quarters de
grees, he says.
Scheel la a well-known Tacoma
capitalist. He has been working
on the project for months. The
Hercules company owns and oper
ates big quarries at Tenino.
Important
Tuesday Evening
way. The depot site is . located
just north of McFarland's place
City Engineer Kelly reported the
sidowalks and crosswalks completed
There is forty feet that was not ac
cepted along in front of Lakin's
place. The walk will have to be re
placed in the spring. Rain was to
blume for the defective part.
The city attorney waa instructed
to amend the license ordinance so
that licenses could be paid semi
annually instead of yearly.
Reports of the city officials were
accepted and ordered filed.
The following bills were allowed:
T. L. Coon, NoV. lry. 75.00
T. I.. Coon, keeping 8 dogs 5 days 3 00
H. A. Kelly, tervices 115.05
P. J. Glaxo, Islxir 25 00
A. K. Dwinan,feea . 24 20
J. Gerardo, aal. Oct. and Nov ..... 50.00
Deschutes Power Oo.,water,lixlits
to ..- 153.05
Desrltutas Power Co., moving
poles., etc., 1 125.10 .....disHllowoil
Wade llueton, filing answer to
suit : 5.00
D. P. ADAMSON & COMPANY
Colonial Play at
the Club Hall
Next Tuesday evening, December
9, the Ladies' Annex will present a
charming page from colonial life
in the three-act play, "Maids and
Matrons."
Songs and dances of the olden
time are being revived and cos
tumes of the Revolutionary days
will be worn. The band and or
chestra will furnish music.
The caste Is aa follows:
Mrs. Phillip) Mm. John Dell
(Susannah Plilllliwe. Mrn. R. Urewnter
Mary Phllllpee Mlaa May Hermann
Kllsabetb Schuyler Mrs. C. Foster
Dorothy Morris Mrs. Glenn Hhlrlej
Anne Hutchinson Mrs II. Howard
Janet Hamilton .MI Dolly Hodges
Harab Hurrlaon MIm Arer Dobbs
Mammy Mrs. Cbas. Harrison
Indian Woman.
The play Is given under the di
rection ol Alma (Jltebel-Monw.
Ed, Hodion, gun (or nightwatch
Wads Hustoo, sal nightwatch.
1100
75.00
0. W. Elklnt, balsa.
.20
Carl Zinks, services musical
di
rector -
25.00
46.25
3.75
13.60
16.25
.75
ll. 8. Price, hauling, etc
II Orsjr, moving sldewalk
N. K. Smith, recording city or
dinances .
W. F. Elliott, Ubor .
Clifton & Cornell, indue
The city council will hold a meet
ing December 30 to pass on appli
cations for liquor licenses and con
sider the report of the appraisers
appointed to assess the damages for
the extension of Third street.
A new black list ordinance was
passed repealing the old one. The
new ordinance provides automatic
ally for the removal of names after
twelve months. Under the old one
there waa no provision made for re
moval, and as a consequence even
the dead were blacklisted.
A petition was presented for an
electric light at D and Seventh
north of the Ochoco. The same was
ornntthl
The following were appointed
judges and clerks of election for
December 15:
Judges D. F. Stewart, R, L. Jor
dan, D. P. Adamson.
Clerks W. H. Wirtz, II. A.Kelly.
The city recorder waa instructed
to collect and refund the balance on
A street improvement funds, as
shown by. the city engineer's state
ment.
Council adjourned.
Sunday School Convention
The County Sunday School Con.
vontlon will lie held at Madras, De
cember 13 and 14. A good atteud
ance Is requested. ll-27-2t
Milk for Sale
Apply to Norrls Morgan at the
Jesito Yancey place. 11-13-lm
Football Honors End
Even Thanksgiving
In an exceedingly clean and Inter
esting game, the High School boys
and the Town Mars divided fo it-
ball honors on Thanksgiving Day at
Davidson's field at ten points apiece,
which fairly represents the strength
of the two teams.
The weight and experience of the
Stars were successfully met by the
speed and training of the scholastic
heroes, and although little of the
new game of football In the way of
forward passing was attempted by
either team, a very acceptable brand
of the game was served up to the
targe and enthusiastic crowd of
rooters present. The weather was
especially fevorable for the game.
The Stars acquired an. early and
formidable looking lead when Bech
tell got loose and placed the ball in
scoring distance of the High School
goal, where Pete Barnes was shoved
over for the first touchdown of the
game. The balance of the quarter
was played on about equal terms
except when Estes placed a beauti
ful drop kick between the bars for
the High School.
Brewster duplicated Estes' work
by scoring for the Stars with a
pretty drop kick in the second
quarter.
In the second and third quarters
the honors were about equally di
vided and no more scoring was
done. The High School scored its
touchdown in the fourth quarter
when Roberts recovered a fumble
and raced 40 yards to the goal. Al
though hard pressed by the young
sters in the fourth quarter the
Stars put up a stubborn defense un
til the final whistle blew ending the
struggle.
Pleasant Birthday Party
Mrs. Reinke waa given a pleasant
surprise Monday evening by her
many friends. The occasion was
her birthday. Those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ayers, Al
Bogue, Mrs. Cohrs, Mrs. N. E. Cot
treal, Mrs. Davis, Mr. Daniels, Mrs.
and Miss Leola Estes, Mr. and Mrs.
Orange Hodges, Mr. and Mr?.
Horigan, Miss Laura Huston, Mr.
and Mrs. McAllister, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Roberts, Misses Lora and
Nora Stearns, Mr. and Mrs. Stearns
and Mrs. H. D. Still.
Trappers
Let Hammersley, the government
trapper, convince you that his Coy
ote and Cat halt Is the best on the
market, $1 00 tor 3 ounce bottle.
Order today. Curtis & TJti.ky,
ngeuts, Lakevlew, Ore. ll-27-Stp
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IS
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Grand Jury Brings in 9
True Bills and 4 Not True
Circuit court opened for business
Monday morning at 10 o'clock with
the reading of the callendar ef
cases by Judge Bradshaw. after
which the clerk drew the names of
seven men irom a box and from
this procedure evolved the grand
jury, which body determines who of
us are still entitled to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, after
which the court settled down to the
trial of cases, both civil and crimi
nal. The work for the December term
is exceptionally light and will in all
probability be disposed of inside the
week. This is due, no doubt, to
the innovation of three terms of
court a year, authorized by the last
legislature.
There are no murder trials or
other criminal cases of more than
passing interest, and the civil cases
are few and relatively unimportant.
The grand Jury consisted of the
following men: Geo- W. Noble,
foreman; T. A. Taylor, J. W. Stan
ton, P. Chitwood, I. F. Shutt, A.
C Thompson. P. T. Monroe was
sworn in at first but was obliged to
leave on account of sickness in his
family and James Ryan of Bend
was sworn in in his stead.
The first civil case to be tried
was one brought by the state vs.
Wm. D. Clark, to condemn 66 acres
of land en defendant's ranch for
the location of a 'reservoir Site un
der the Tumalo project- The jury
returned a verdict for $1650. The
state had offered the defendant $20
per acre for the land desired. At
torney General A. M. Crawford was
present and conducted the case for
the state. Head Engineer 0. Laur
gard of the Tumalo project was
present as a witness in behalf of
the state. The defendant was rep
resented by H. H. De Armond of
Bend.
The next civil case tried was an
action by one Gay of Bend against
his wile and a. btruble ior the re
covery of personal property in the
possession of the defendants, the
jury deciding that the latter had
the better title to the property.
Denton G. Burdick of Redmond
'ooke 1 after the interests of the de
fendant in this case.
On Tuesday evening the case of
J. N. Quiberg vs. Crook county,
wierein tjuiberg was suing the
county for $1800 for work on coun
ty roads, was decided in favor of
the county, County Attorney Wirtz
ARKNG!
having Interposed a demurrer to
the complaint, which was sustained
by the court.
Wednesday waa given over to the .
arraignment of persons indicted by
the grand jury and the trial of
criminal cases, most prominent of
which being the trial of W. D. Cur
sey of Bend, who has been an in
mate of the county jail since last
September. The charge against
him was that he bad obtained money
through checks of the First Nation
al Bank of Bend, wherein his funds
were a negligible quantity. Ver
dict returned of not guilty.
Today the cases against parties in
Bend for gambling will be tried.
The case of J. M. Crenshaw
against a number of prominent citi
zens of Redmond for damages in
the sum of 150,000 for an alleged
libel, will come up tomorrow for a
hearing. Rev. Crenshaw was the
former Methodist minister at Red
mond and is here now in the inter
ests of the case.
The grand jury returned nine
true bills, three of them being;
against W. D. Cursey.
C. E. Myers and F. J. Wilkies of
Bend were jointly indicted for per
mitting gainblihg.
B. Stmble and Grace I. Gay of.
Bend for lewd cohabitation. This,
case was continued for the term.
Bert Welch for burglary of the
Oregon' Trunk, depot at Madras,
plead guilty to the charge.
E. T. Butte of Bend for gambling
and plead guilty.
The following "not true bills"
were returned:
B. R. Huntington and Billie
Booth for theft of sheep at Madras.
John Sweeten for receiving stolen
sheep at Madras.
Silva Parrish and Charlie Mason
gambling.
John Moore and Florence Moyer
of Bend for lewd cohabitation.
The grand jury finished their
work and adjourned on Tuesday
evening.
Pay Up
Parties knowing themselves indebted
to A. H. Lippman or A. 11. Lippman &
Co., bv note, account or contract, must
come and settle. We are in urgent
need of cash. 11-20-tit
Call for Warrants
Notice is hereby given that all .reg
istered County Warrants will be paid
on presentation to the county treasurer.
No interest paid after this date Nov
ember 13, 1913.
R. L. Jordax,
County Treasurer of Crook county.