'Crook Coiaety Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XVIII $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1914.
BoUirad t the poitofflM at Prlnnlll
NO. 37
vroun, Moooa-oiM matter
Stage Driver
Kills
Avery G. Scotruln, who for quite
a number of years htut owned the
utago lino between Paulina' and
Prineville, wan murdered at hid
home near Paulina last Friday morn-
inir as he vat at breakfast by Henry
McDowell, one of his drivers.
Seoggin was killed an ho vat at
breakfast talking over business af
fairs with GeorKO Taylor, with
whom ho wan a partner in the horse
business. During the talk McDowell
caino into the room with a loaded
Winchester. He accused Seoggin of
making threats to tuke his life and
ordered Seoggin out into tho yard.
According to Taylor, Seoggin de
nied, making any sort of threat
against McDowell and paid no more
attention to McDowell. When the
latter saw that Seoggin won not
going to do a he was bidden, he
rained the rillo to hid shoulder and
flred, the bullet tuking effect just
under and to tho left of the right
ear. McDowell fired from behind
and o as not to harm Tuylor, who
at opposite Seoggin at the table.
Death was Instantaneous. Scog
gin never moved ' from his chair
during the entire incident So pow
erful was the impact of the bullet
that brains and skull bones were
scattered all over the table, the
room, and some were even found in
an adjoining room where they had
passed through an open door. ,
Hunting Season
Opened August 1
In anticipation of tho deer and
suiiro hen season which opened Sat
urday, August 1, numerous hunts
men havoiquipiwd themselves with
hunting licenses and other acces
sories to go after both kinds of
game. Since August 1, it is lawful
to kill buck deer until October 31,
with a limit of three to each per
son. The snge hen season remains
open only through the month of
August-
Up to the first of August County
Clerk lirown reports the sale- of 196
hunting licenses, 1429 anglers'
licenses and D20 combination hunt
ing and fishing licenses since Janu
ary 1, 1914. Not a single non
resident license has been sold in
Crook county this year. Last year
during tho first seven months of the
year there were 241 hunting
licenses. 1472 anglers' licenses and
39( combination licenses sold.
According to all reports the hunt
ing season this year will doubtless
excel any in the past few years, in
asmuch as deer are said to be more
plentiful. This condition is at
tributed to the abundance of feed
and the fact that does have been
carefully protected during the past
few years, as well as the co-operation
of the hunters with the war
dens In the protection and propaga
tion of game. It is believed every
year that the people are becoming
more loathe to disobey the game
laws than when first instituted, this
being from conscientious scruples if
from no other.
Sage chickens are innumerable
this year and it is expected that one
will have no trouble in bagging the
limit. The law provides the bag
limit of five birds In one day or 10
birds in seven consecutive days.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to expreasont slncerf thanki
to our friends bih! neighbors for their
kindnoBH anil sympathy in our recent
heruavement in the death our daughter,
Vlolu, and during the sickness of out
daughter, Pauline.
Mb. and Mhs. G. C. Tbuksimls.
Shoots and
His Employer
McDowell himself notified the
sheriff of the crime and awaited the
coming of the sheriff, District At
torney Wirtz, County Physician
Rosenberg and Coroner I'oindexter.
Since the crime, McDowell himself
has been unable to give a connected
story of the events leading up to it.
He was charged with murder in the
first degree by the coroner's jury
and Is held in the county jail with
out bonds.
Some believe that McDowell was
Infatuated with Scoggin's wife. In
her testimony before the coroner's
jury she attempted in a way to
justify McDowell's act by asserting
that her husband had made numer
ous threats that he would kill
everybody on the place and then
end his own life. She said that she
feared him and that he was out of
his head a great deal of the time be
cause of excessive drinking,
George Taylor was an eye witness
to the crime. Mrs. Taylor and Miss
Krma Perry were In an adjoining
room at the time, and Mrs. Seoggin
sat upon the porch of the house.
Others were at the barn. Seoggin
had no weapon upon him when shot
larger than a pearl hindled pen
knife. He owned the gun with
which McDowell killed him. It was
the only weapon on the place.
The body was brought to Prine
ville and the funeral held at the
Methodist church Sunday.
Calhoun and Thorpe to
Appear Sept. Term
W. C. Calhoun and Willis Thorpe, I
whom it will le remembered, were ;
charged with the Robertson broth
ers and Geo. Kentner with larceny ;
of three' carloads of horses, have
given bonds to appear at the Sep
tember term of court. v
In May, 1913, W. L. and V. M.
Robertson were found guilty and
sentenced to from 1 to 10 years in
the penitentiary by Judge Brad
shaw. The evidence showed that
the Robertson boys brought a band
of horses from Morrow county to
Crook county in 1 90S) and kept them
upon the range in the northern part
of Lake county and the southern
part of Crook county since that
year. In this band of horses it was
shown were two mares answering
the description of the horses in
volved in the case. In August,
1912. the Robertsons brought a
band of horses from Lake county-
selling them to Calhoun and Thorpe,
who shipped them to Toppenish,
Wash. George Russell received
word that in this shipment of horses
were two horses belonging to him
and he identified two of the horses
in the corral at Toppenish, Wash.,
as his.
George Kentner was acquitted on
the indictments brought against him
at both the May and Septembir
terms of court, and the third case
against him at the December term
of court was dismissed.
TflA Pnhaptunn Vimro knua lunM
"vuvi wvu UUJO lltt.C UCCII
out of the penitentiary on parole
sinceabout the first of June.
Calhoun and Thorpe have been
under arrest in Washinton. but
have resisted requisition.
Bids Asked For.
Bids will be received until Saturday,
August 15th, 11)14, for confection orlvil
ene at the fuir grounds during the Crook
County Fair of Beptemher 16 17 18 19,
1!14. Also restaurant privilege on the
grounds at the same time, Address
J. F. Cadlb. See,
7-30-3t Prineville. Ore.
July clearance sales now on at
C. W. Elkins Store. 7-9
AUSTRIA, GERMANY AND ITALY VERSUS
, RUSSIA, GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
Lineup of the Great Powers Behind Austria's Army on One Side and the Army
of Servia on the Other
i iv "krc!K L i t3lr--t . . - r t,Lw. i. ill I
m Am "o 0 zizjhf
1 aVw ff I
j. ... ,
"Buck" Lindsey Cap
tured at Galconda,Nev.
Thomas G. LiiMsey, alias "Buck"
Lindsey, wanted for" the theft of
horses in both Lake and Crook
counties, and who the latter part of
May escaped from Deputy Sheriff
Dent near Klamath Falls while being
brought from Albany to Lakeview,
is now safely lodged in ' the Lake
county bastile. Sheriff Snider, of
Lake county, last week went to Gol
conda, Nevada, where Lindsay was
arrested July 21st, by Constable
Lyng upon telegraphic advice from
Lake county authorities.
The latter part of last May Lind
sey went from Warner Valley across
the state after appropriating ten
head of horses and mules belonging
to Walter Dent and Dennis Calla
gan, and as he passed the Georgp
Millican place in Crook county, took
two more to make an even dozen.
mJOm in JjiVlrni .1 v
: TiTAUAN SOLDJf
He was arrested at Albany where
he was held prisoner until the ar
rival of the Lake county officers.
The prisoner's daring and spec
tacular escape effected by jumping
through the window of the lavatory
of the train as it was nearing Klam
ath Falls will be remembered. Since
his last apprehension he told the
Lak,e county sheriff that he left
the train as it was nearing the
Klamath Falls depot. After secur
ing permission from the sheriff to
go into the lavatory he waited until
the cars began to slacken speed
before making the leap from the
window. Lindsey states that he
went back along the track for a
considerable distance and then took
acro,ss the country to Montague.
From there he rode freight trains
and by other modes of conveyance
finally refcehed Arizona. Finding
work scarce and wages low in that
section he concluded to go to Ne
vada, and immediately upon reach
f , ' " I
. -
t ' . Ill
Rgi
f-v x
m
ing Golconda, a small town near
Winnemucca, his arrest was made.
After Lake county gfets through
with him, Crook county will see
that he does not disturb "fuzz-tails"
for another long term. t
Lindsey is well known in Prine
ville, and while here he posed as a
horse thief detective. He worked
for both' Geo. Russell and E. H.
Smith at that time. While on the
Smith ranch he got away with one
of Mr. Smith's horses and the owner
never did get it back.
Births Less; Deaths Gain
Ninety-six fewer babies were born
in Oregon during 1913 than in 1912,
according to the annual report of
Dr. Calvin S. White, secretary of
the state board of health.' Also
there were 600 more deaths in the
state lust year than in the jear pre
ceding. Crook County Journal, 51.50 per yr,
I'M -
Editor Gray Writes
From Belknap Springs
Belknap Springs. Prineville ia
the best represented town in Ore
gon at this place. Since our last
letter there has been registered here
C. M. Elkins, wife and daughters
Catherine, Mr. and Mrs. Huff. Al
bert Noble, Miss Statira Biggs.
Mrs. Andrew Noble and daughters
Eula and Fred; George Noble on his
return from Eugene; Leland Bel
knap, Mr. and Mrs. James Street
and daughter Eva. Mrs. Renoa
Hamilton, Omar Claypool, wife and
daughter, Ross Robinson, Frank
Post, Abbie, Blanche, Mrs. Wilson,
F, M. Hathaway and mother. Will
McFarland and wife; Lester and
Lucile Cohns, Alice McKay and little
daughter. Sylvan Michel, Robert
Hamilton, G. M. Cornett and wife
and.daughters Zoe and Clista, Miss
Ethtl Williams,. James Toney and
D. F. Stewart and wife.
Fishing has been relegated to the
background since August first.
Hunting is now the order of the
day. Pack trains left last Friday
for nearby deer-licks, but venison is
a mighty scarce article around
camp. Hunters' leave daily for the
mountains.
Fishing isn't very gopd. You
have to travel several miles from
camp and whip unfrequented
streams to get a mess.
Last Friday Omar Claypool
brought in a creel loaded to the
spilling point. Yours truly has
been chasing up and down the river
many times and has not even "had a
bite. Even a veteran like D. F.
Stewart doesn't boast of much of a
catch. Dave brings in a few once
in a while, but that is the extent of
it. Trout are feeding on grampus
and it takes as experienced fisher
man to get them to rise to a fly.
Autos are being towed across the
mountains daily.. Heavy loads and
inexperienced drivers are as much
to blame as sand and steep pitches-
Your car must be able to take a 33
per cent grade if you make all the
hills. This will test any car. . In
addition to the grade you have
other obstacles to overcome. Sand,
boulders and short turns help to.
stall your engine at the end of a
steep climb.
Dr. and Mrs. Wright, of McMinn
ville, formerly old Prineville folk,
are here on a vacation. Twenty
eight years ago Mr. Wright prac
ticed dentistry - in Prineville. Ia
fact he was married there- His
wife was Miss Carrie Hodges, of
Prineville. a sister of Mrs. John
Luckey and of Arthur Hodges.mayor
of Boise.
To-morrow, (Tuesday) morning
seven hunters of the Prineville dele
gation leave for big game. They
expect to be gone several days. If
they have any luck will tell yoi
about it in my next letter.
Prineville Sportsmen
Go to the Woods
Warren Brown, A. W. Battles, D.
H. Peoples and W. J. Smith started
out to kill a few sage hens Sunday,
and on returning to town showed
that they had accomplished their
purpose. The trip was taken up the
Crooked river to Combs Flat. There
are sage hens and coyotes in abun
dance up in that country, and owing
to their excellent marksmanship the
boys obtained the limit. Mr. Brown.
our county clerk, acted as chaperon
of the party, and. his presence was
really needed. M. Battles took a
50-yard shot with his Remington
automatic at a coyote, and being a
crack shot; hit the mark. Then the
presence of the county clerk estab
lished a new record on obtaining
bounty on coyotes, this particular
animal having been killed and deliv
ered in five minutes.