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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XVIII $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1914.
Entered ftt th poatnffioe t Prlnevlll
Oron( toond-clftM matter
NO. 16
Take to the Brush
i Ye Railroad Doubters
Tho time Ih close at hand when
tho ruilroml doubters will huvo to
take to the brush. ' Tho right-of-way
deeds over tho Oregon & West
cm Colonization Co 's lund and to
the 20 acres donated by this com
pany for yards and terminal have
been checked up at rrineyille and
wore returned tho hint of tho week
to Bt. Paul for tho signature of
tho director of tho land company.
When signed and placed In the
hands of II. H. Scheel dirt will be
gin to fly. There still remain a few
stretches of tho right-of-way to be
secured but' thews will not delay
operations. Condemnation proceed
ing will clear up tho rest of it.
Mr. School writes to T. M. Bald
win, chairman of tho local com
mittee, that he has tho money ready
to legin the work. The commence
ment of construction will oxm up a
new era in tho history of Prlnevillo
Tho Portland Telegram says:
"After years and years of patient
waiting, Prinevillo and tho fruitful
Crook county plains are to be pro
vided with rail transportation. This
announcement will be received with
vociferous welcome throughout the
great interior section which has
iM'gged, pleaded and prayed for
many years that somebody would
come to its rescue. In addition to
that, the new road which is to be
constructed with Prinevillo as its
terminus will be the biggest piece
of new railroad construction in this
section of the country this year. It
will cost about I iiuO.000 and will be
31 miles in length, extending from
Motollug as tho junction point m
tho Oregon Trunk lino and the Des
chutes Railroad.
II. B. Scheel, secretary and treas
urer of the Hercules Sand Stone
Company, of Tenino, Waah., who is
financing the project, hag been in
tho city for two days in conference
with bankers, business men and
capitalists of Crook county who are
to suppfy tho bonus of GO,000 for
tho construction of tho line, and
who have guaranteed a free right
of ' way and 20 acres of land in
Prinevillo for yards and terminals.
Hcheel mado the definite an
nouncement that actual construc
tion of tho line would commence
within the next thirty days or six
weeks and that most of the road
would bo completed before winter
set in. In addition to making his
preliminary arrangement for get
ting work under way, Scheel is to
remain in Portland until he has had
a conference with President J. I).
Farrell of the O.-W. R. & N., which
owns the Deschutes Railroad, and
with President L. C. Gilman, of the
North Rank system, which owns the
Oregon Trunk, for the purpose of
reaching some sort of traffic ar
rangement for handling business
over the two roads, that is Jdevel-
oped by the new Metolius-Prineville
road.
The story of tho efforts of the
Crook county people to secure their
"emancipation" by means of rail
transportation tapping their terri
tory is a tale of struggles and hard
ships, hopes and disappointments
TO ALL OWNERS OF AUTOMOBILES AND TO ALL USERS OF
"Nobby TreacP Tires
We wish to notify you that now every "Nobby Tread" Tire in use on your automobiles or
automobile equipments not only comes under the United States Tire Company's regular war
ranty perfect workmanship and material BUT any adjustment will be on a basis of
5,000 Miles
The unusual wear-resisting quality the quantity of rubber the quantity of fabric the methods of construction ALL have been rigidly
maintained in "Nobby Tread" anti-skid Tires, and maintained regardless of cost and regardless of price competition. To-day, through
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We have taken over a large consignment of tires which will be here about March 1st
HUFF-NOBLE
NOTE TH1S:
that have covered a period of many
years.
Thirty years ago Prineville
dreamed of hearing the snort of the
"iron horse" and seeing the steam
trains rolling in, and when the Hill
and Marriman interest fought their
titanic struggla for strategic ad
vantage through the barren gorge
of the Deschutes, Prineville and all
Crook county were buoyed in spirit,
believing that one or the other of
these roads would tap their rich
and productive territory. Rut the
opposing magnates sank between
126,000,000 and $27,000,000 In their
battle up the JJeschutes and ex
hausted their financial resources
with the result that a "gentlemen's
agreement" was reached according
to which neither was to invade
Prineville except that the line
would be operated as a joint
"feeder." This put an effectual
stop to the hopes of Prineville be
cause neither the Hill nor Harriman
intesests cared to put up any more
money, realizing that the Prineville
and Crook county tonnage would
have to come their way anyhow.
Then the effort to finanM the
enterprise by private capital was
renewed.
A group of wealthy men includ
ing Thomas Raldwin, the Prineville
banker, C. Sam Smith, the pioneer
cattleman, and a number of others
agreed to raise a cash bonus of
$60,000. Thomas W. Lawson, the
Boston capitalist who has made
heavy investments around Prine
ville, is also interested in the pro
ject. They promised to donate the
right-of-way and a tract of 20
acres of land for the yards and
I terminals. Scheel, the sandstone
I magnate, became interested and
had surveys made and made all
oth;r preliminary plans and has up
to the present time secured a large
portion of the right-of-way. The
- Dealers who sell UNITED
rest of it will be available as soon
as he has begun actual construction
which he has now promised to un
dertake within the next month. The
road which he will build into Prine
ville will be of first-class standard
construction,"
State Experts at Work
on County Books
Messrs. Richardson and Smith,
auditors of the corporation de
partment, State of Oregon, experts
sent here by the State Insurance
Commissioner, commenced work
on the county books Wednesday
morning. Tbene gentlemen will
not only expert the county records
but will also inaugurate a new sys
tem of county bookkeeping that
will be uniform throughout the
state. In the future a state of
flcial will audit the county records
and thus avoid a repetition of the
scenes recently enacted in Crook
county.
Mr. Richardson was asked by
the Journal man if any of the
work done by A. McE. Bali would
help bim in bis investigations.
Mr.' Richardson said it would not.
Then the expert was asked point
blank, what the work of Ball
amounted to if it was any good at
all. This was a little too strong
for the state expert who stated
that be was not sent bere for the
purpose of parsing on the work of
Mr. Ball and his associates but to
go to the bottom of the county
records and bring the accounts of
officials right up to date so that
the state's plan of bookkeeping
could be put into practice.
"It is too early as yet," said Mr.
Richardson, "to make any state
ment." ' '
Piano certificates going fast
STATES TIRES Sell the Best
AUTO
March Term
Court Nearing the End
Criminal matters at the term of
circuit court just adjourning were
few. The grand jury was in ses
sion but two days and only four
true bills were returned. John
Kotzman and Charles Xotzman
pleaded guilty to burglary and
George Hob wood pleaded guilty to
arson.
The Kotzman boys, who live on
homesteads near Pine Mountain,
were charged by the grand jury of
burglarizing the cabin of Wra. M.
Hodges. They entered the building
about November 1, pried open
trunks and boxes and made away
with various articles of small value.
They were arrested by Sheriff
Elkins a few days before court con
vened, were indicted and pleaded
guilty at once. The stolen articles'
were found in the possession of the
defendants and they admitted the
thefts. They were sentenced this
morning to the penitentiary for a
term of from two to five years
eacn. .
George Hobwood was charged
with arson by burning a stack of
hay belonging to J. S. Watkins,
who lives about two miles above
Prineville on the Ochoco river. The
stack was burned on the morning
of February 4. Young Hobwqod
had been under suspicion since the
burning and was arrested a week
before court set and admitted the
crime. The stack contained about
ten tons of alfalfa, worth about
$150 at this time of year. Hob
wood was sentenced this morning
to Irom six month, to- tm-ea years
in the pen.
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of Everything
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of Circuit
The other indictments returned
are being held until the defendants
can be apprehended.
Grand Jury Report
In the circuit court of the state
of Oregon for the county of Crook.
Report of the Grand Jury, March
1914, term.
To the Hon. W. L. Bradshaw, cir
cuit judge:
We, the Grand Jury empaneled
and sworn at the March, 1914, term
of the circuit court of the state of
Oregon for Crook county, beg leave
to report as follows:
We have been in session two days
and have returned four true bills.
We have given our most careful
consideration to all complaints and
matters of every kind that have
, been brought to our attention, and
M fron) the bn,8 heretofore ,e.
dnrin)f tte reguar of
our iabors, we ask your indulgence
to Qresent for the cooMentim ot
yourself county court of this
county and the taxpayers and citi
zens thereof, the following con
clusions and recommendations:
We first want to emphasize the
need of a more careful supervision
by the county court of expenditures
made by the road supervisors.
Under the present system the court
exerciser , little or no control over
the Expenditures of the funds slot
ted to each supervisor. From in
vestigations that we have made, it
appears that some supervisors are
grossly neglect.! in the handling of
the county's rot i money, confusing
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