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12 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 21, 1917. ADDISON BENNETT WRITES OF MOTOR TOUR OF CENTRAL OREGON WITH JOLLY PARTY Officials of Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers' Association and Guests Travel More Than 1000 Miles Writer Learns Much About Cattle Thieves and Their Methods and Urges All Who Will Rid State to Join. wvrtym ... , , i.,. , : : (Za.j'j cOn m vS. CP. Cor-i-eU BY ADDISOX BENNETT. OX the morning: of Sunday, Septem ber -3, William Pollman, presi dent of the Oregon Cattle and I-forste Raisers Association. accom panied by the secretary, S. O. Correll, and several members and friends left Baker for a tour of Central Oregon, the party occupying four automobiles. The party complete was composed of the following persons: "William Tollman, linker; S. O. Correll, Baker; William a light ry (vice-president ). North Port land; William Duby (treasurer). Baker; Alpha Christ ly. Baker; Frank Kliiott, Bridgeport; Henry Santemeyer, Baker; N M. JElliott. Baker; Thomas Kerfoot. Jiaker; Addison Bennett. Portland; John Kennedy, Portland: Thomas lx?gan, Urogan. and Senator Walter M. Pierce. La Grande. The party was advertised to leave Baker at i o'clock on the morning specified, but during the night it rained very ha rd. the downpour commencing the evening be fore. The members assembled in the lobby of the Reiser Grand Hotel at 4:30, but each one was confident that no tt tart would be made through the rain and the mud. However, we started at S o'clock, the party of 13 occupy ing four machines. It is said to be 90 miles from Baker to Canyon City and the road leads over three mountain ranges, the summit of one being 6000 feet. The road is fair as mountain roads go. but as the rain continued to pour down we traveled almost continuously through water and mud. The water did not bother, but the mud d:d. and on some of the steep er - grades it was a case of all hand3 pushing and pulling. However, we Icept moving and before noon we were at Sumpter, where we telephoned to Mrs. Austin, at the town of Austin, to have dinner ready for u?. Old Town Ma of Rnln. "But a word about Sumpter. Practi cally everybody in Oregon knows that 'Sumpter burned" several months ago. Tet but few know the extent of the loss by the Sumpter fire. Most of the buildings before the fire were of brick or stone, but when the fire started in the middle of the afternoon it made a clean sweep of every business house in town every last one. In addition to that it took more than half of the dwellings, thus leaving Sumpter merely a. city of chimneys and tottering brick and fatone walls. The reader will think 7 AX.---' , 1 V B r H r r ClZe C?if-e?Z lltlfl; cwj&A ?fx he can imagine what the disaster was, but he can't; no person can imagine such a wreck as Sumpter is; one must see it to realize the work the conflag ration accomplished. A little before 2 o'clock we were sitting before a roaring open fire in the hospitable parlor of Mrs. Austin, with our coats and wraps steaming on chairs and lounges around the room. Iinner was called and you who have been fortunate enough to get your feet tinder Mrs. Austin's- table know we i had a good meal. Many of us had par- taken of her hospitality in Winter and Summer, Spring and Fall, in rough weather and in the bright sunshine but always there was an abundance of food well cooked and daintily served. Always. If anybody ever left the table of Mrs. Austin dissatisfied then that person's stomach needs repairs and needg them badly. Dixie Mountain Sea of Mud. We did not tarry long, but were soon plunging over Dixie Mountain in a sea of mud. But we made good head way and before 5 o'clock we were at Prairie City. We did not halt, but turned down across Dixie Canyon, up which t he "city" of Dixie stood and where Joaquin Miller was once justice of the peace, down the John Day River and valley, across the river and through the town of John Day and up Canyon Creek to Canyon City! Gee, but the Beggs Hotel looked inviting! It was 5 o'clock of a Sunday evening, but we were expected and Landlord Beggs had a roaring fire and a fine dinner awaiting us with a few score of the townspeople also there to greet us. Here we found awaiting us George Clark, president of the Grant County branch of the association, and J. E. Snow, its secretary. It may be perti nent at this point to mention that the association has a number of branches ri the- interior of the state and it is the intention of the officials to have many more throughout the range country. Indeed, one of the principal aims of the trip was to stir up suf-' fieient enthusiasm and get enough rat tle owners interested so that there miclu be a network of affiliated asso ciations all over Eastern and Central Oregon. The meeting was held in the Court house after we had partaken of a fine dinner at the Beggs. with "Joe Beggs I ..I. inff'TI f itar rpii. r 1 I i to urge us on towards a further con - tl I n sumption of the good things he had provided. As to the meeting, it was like all the others and the details would be of little interest to the gen eral reader. Each meeting was sup posed to be a continuation of the an nual meeting, so the secretary read the minutes of that meeting, gave the report of the secretary and treasurer, went into details as to the expenditures gave a general resume of the work accomplished during the past year. Then came resolutions and the debates thereon and finally the address of President Pollman. Senator Pierce Principal Speaker. As to the general speakers. Senator Pierce was the princioal orator. Every body who has listened to Walter knows that lie is a fluent and convincing speaker if you can just keep him away from politics, and as there are no poli tics in the association we had some mighty fine talks from Walter. Of course, he was was hard on the eagle bird and hard on the vaulted heavens, for more than once he plucked every tail feather out of the bird of freedom and snatched down stars by the ten thousand. Yes, Walter is a flowery speaker but, withal, a mighty fine man and a loyal member of the cattlemen's association. After the meeting adjourned th members and their friends were in vited to a banquet given at the city community house. This was a very fine affair, so fine Uia: the eating of the good things and th flood of ora tory kept up until after i o cio'tk. It was sure mighty fine if the Canyon people to treat the party so loyally. But it might be expected from the big hearted people of that historic litt'e city, which is the capital of Grant County. Start Is Early. We .left Canyon at 7:10 Monday morning still through a drizzle and mud galore. Up the steep grade of Canyon Creek, across Bear Valley, down the Silvies River, through Sit vies Valley, across the hill and down Devina Ridge to Harney Valley, and thence to Bu rns. where we unloaded at 1 P. M. making the SO miles in a rifle Itrss. than six hours. Here we were met and welcomed by William Han ley, P. C. Smith and other Harney stockmen, as well as a large delegation of the citi zens of Burns. After getting settled at the Hotel Levens we were invited to partake of a fine lunch given by the stockmen of Harney County, P. C. Smith acting as master of ceremonies. There w us no time for speaking, as the meeting was advertised for 3 o'clock. After the meeting the entire party was escorted out to the Bell-A ranch tf William Hanley, where we were welcomed by Mrs. Hanley, and in duj season w?re seated at the boundless table of the Bell-A and partook of one of Mrs. Han ley's famous dinners. And any person who has ever visited the Bell-A when Mrs. Haney was at home will recall those fine Mary land biscuits, that great rib of roast beef, that splendid coffee, the preserves and conserves, the vege tables cooked to a turn and only as a famous housewife knows how to cook them the pies and cakes, but above all and over all, the mirth, the jollity, the good-fellowsfiip of the host aiiu hostess and the guests. We were joined the next morning. Tuesday, by Albert Hawkins, of Tae Oregonian, and Mr. Hanley and at 7:10 we were off for Lake view, 155 mixes away. We went via the Double O ranch of the William Hanley Company and stopped there to visit Miss Martha Hanley and Mrs. Campbell and, of course, we had to partake of their hos pitality. We had coffee and hot bis cuits, sandwiches, preserves a lot of things tastily served. We sure enjoyed the forenoon spread and were only sorry the time was so short that we spent there. Toothitcfme Spread Enjoyed. Then away around past Iron Moun tain, past Mule Spring and finally over into Warner Valley, down to Plush, at the north end of Warner Lake, then across the hills to Lakeview. But stop! I must not forget the famous lunch we had on the alkali flats- of Warner Val ley, a famous- lunch served from the "Pollman Car." Billy laid in a great supply of eatables or edibles, put up in cans such as baked beans, fine cheese, bologna, crackers, bread and butter, salmon, beef, corned beef about all of the nice things he could pack in the great box anchored to the running: board. In spite of the late start, the stop for lunch, and a further stop for fjrasolinu at Plush, we made the 155 miles to Lakeview by 5:10. being only 10 hours on the trip. But the road is very good most all the way, the worst part of it being over some stony ground between Plush and Lakeview. Here we were joined by George H. Russell, of Prineville, first vice-president of the association; Raymond Cala van, of Prineville; Charles Pitchu. of Silver Lake; Jim Small, of Silver Lake; and Jay Upton, of Prineville. We put up at the Hotel Lakeview, conducted by F. P. Light, and surely Landlord Lirht did his utmost to make our visit pleas ant. We got only the best of service and attention and will long remember Mr. Light and hia hotel. The meeting at Lakeview was held in the Courthouse and' was largely at tended and the speaking was excellent. A good many members were taken in here. Perhaps an "object lesson." 1 1 -head of stolen cattle with the brands worked over, that the Sheriff brought in to show us, had its effect. Beer Enliven Ilanquet. Wednesday we put in in going over Goose Lake Valley. The party was di vided up, some going down th s west side and some the east side of .he lake, getting well down into the wet state oi California. But for the benefit of those who wish to get their feet up against a brass rail once more, let me say that Modoc County, south of Lakeview, is a dry county, as dry as Oreaon, even if it is in California. It is over 40 miles to the brass railing town of Fort Bidwell, and far be it from any of our party that we would go or even send that or any distance to get liquor into dry Ore gon. But we did get a little taste of wetness. Wednesday night the Lake view people took us down to the Fair port Inn, which is just across the line in California. Here liquor cannot be sold, but can be served with meals by the guests themselves so we had a real-sure-to-goodness banquet, with 84 bottles of blue ribbon beer, all the way from St. Louis. That was little enough considering there were over 40 guests and yet we did not drink all of it. and 1 guess no one was any the worse for it while it enlivened the oratory to boat the band. Every guest made either a speech, a talk or an alleged speech. Anyhow, Dr. Daily, the toastmaster, gave everybody a chance and every fel low responded. During the afternoon before the ban quet the party went down the west side of the lake to the ranch of F. J. Hanson. His house is just across the line in California, but the most of his 3200-acre ranch is in Oregon. He runs sheep and cattle. He has a beautiful place in the valley, mostly under ditch, and has a pasture of 17 sections under fence in the hills adjacent. The ranch house is 22 miles from Lakeview. Mr. Hanson has developed this place from a run-down ranch, unwatered, and now has one of the finest places we saw on the trip. Some of his land is above the ditch, but he intends to bring -water on this from the adjacent hills in ditches of his own. Hookworm in Goone Valley. On this trip we passed over a large part of Goose Valley and there saw some of the plainest marks of the hook worm existing in Oregon. This valley contains about 60,000 acres of rich land that will bring four tons of barley or wheat and afford three or four months of fine pasture every year. About 52, 900 acres of it is subject to irrigation and about 5000 is irrigated; yet the irrigation system is completed and the reservoir has 70,000 acre-feet of water stored in it ready for use. All that is necessary is for the land owners to agree to pay $30 in 10 years for the water and $1 a year maintenance and only a tenth part of them will do it. We saw one patch of oats. 30 acres, that had no water until July 7 last. Bill Daughtry, Walter Pierce and oth ers of the party walked through this field and their heads only showed. They calculated that 2500 bushels would be an underestimate for the crop, or say $150o for the crop. Now, listen just across the road is a well-fenced field of 80 acres, with a ditch all along the upper side of it ready to turn the water on. and this 80 is going begging for $1600, or $20 an acre. Did you suppose there was such a bargain in Oregon? Y ell, there are lots of them in Goose Lake Valley, lands like the oat field that will almost pay for the land and water the first year. The next morning, bright and early. we left Lakeview and went to Bly, 49 miles to the west. Bly lies in the Sprague River Valley, a stream that flows into Upper Klamath Lake not far from Fort Klamath. Bly is about 200 feet higher than Lakeview, which is 4500. It is a fine valley and pro duces much hay and alfalfa. The peo ple all seem prosperous thereabouts. "and we had a good meeting. From there we went to Klamath Falls, 60 miles, and were at the White Pelican Inn in time for a fine supper. We were very much put out here, because Mr. Hanley was compelled to leave us for Portland. We remained all night at Klamath Falls and met a great many of the good people of that place. Wood Valley ProsperoDR. The next forenoon, Saturday, the 29th, we drove north up along the east ern edge of Klamath Lake, 40 miles to Fort Klamath, where we had a good dinner at the Klamath House, and had a good meeting. After the meeting we took a turn around the valley Wood River Valley, it Is called. It is given up mostly to hay, alfalfa, alsike and grain mostly hay but they grow the finest and cleanest alsike there that Is grown in Oregon. I have said before in The Oregonian thct thia is one of the finest valleys in Oregon and its people the most prosperous. I now say it again and can prove it by Bill Daughtry, Billy Pollmajo. Walter Pierceand any Factory Clearance With Reductions of One-Fourth to One-Half This sale has come despite the most turbulent condition the Piano World has even known a condition which has followed lessened production here and abroad, material scarcities. It has come with prices that range from a prices ; it has come with prices which are in some instances LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN A DECADE AND MORE for pianos and player pianos of the ance bale, far below those whicn must prevail wnen present stocks are exhausted. The Schwan Piano Co. will meet the test of your examination and comparison with the values offered elsewhere. ; playria08 flip LOT 1, OLD MODEL Originally Now Steinway. . . .$450 $6o OLD UPRIGHTS Collard $250 $45 Gabler 350 J)5 Hallett & D. 375 115 Detmer 350 125 S m i t h & Barnes . . . 425 135 PIANO PLAYER Angelus $250 ,$25 PARLOR ORGANS Loring & B..$100 $20 GRAND PIANO Pianoforte $1100 $145 While the above list of instruments will answer a purpo.se, a better tool. a more musical ana greater efficiency can be had If you make your selection from the fol lowing: LOT 2 Any one of these pianos can be secured and sent home on as small a payment as 95 e a m b. then 95 to 97 monthly no intercut for 2'2 yearn. Decker Bros.$450 $1G5 Krakauer . . 375 1 95 Singer 450 20O Gerhard ... 3J5 215 Thompson . 395 2 45 Davis 375 20O The following are the 1916 and 1917 models, with real o0r,'c more tone and e f f I c 1 e ncy. when compared with the old models even though not brand new nor a bit damaged, and now re finished), making artis tic performance possible. Make your selection out of this list at a saving of $110,to $1S0 in princi pal, besides the hrr in terest we do not charge. The piano you choose will be sent home on payment of $5 caMh and ST or 9t mtnthly no in tereitt for 2Vg yeara. prices and no why we have Your boy or Interest, and LOT 3 Thompson . Thompson. Thompson. Thompson. .$395 $265 trial 01 tne piano you oraer. 425 270 280 290 290 315 320 Every piano satisfaction, as 475 425 475 475 Singer Singer Manufacturers' Coast Distributors, 111 Fourth Street, at Washington. Reed & Sons 500 other member of our party. "We vis ited the James Pelton ranch and called upon Mr. and Mrs. Pelton in their beau tiful home. We went over the Pelton fields and saw many of the Pelton fat cattle. And I want to say that nary a farmer, nary a farmer's wife in Ore gon has any advantage or lives any better or enjoys life any better than Mr. and Mrs. James Pelton. Saturday evening we made the lovely drive of 43 miles to Crater Lake. We telephoned ahead and found Landlord Parkhurst all packed up and ready to leave. But Secretary Correll agreed to take up some chickens and other supplies, so they remained over and we spent Saturday night there, and had a good time. Just at the last moment about 30 other guests arrived unan nounced, so we had quite a party, which wound up in a real old country dance along about midnight. I am not going to say a word about Crater Lake further than to remind the reader that it is Crater Lake, one of the wonders of the world. We left there at 7:10 Sunday morning and stopped at Crescent for dinner. Then we made another stop at Bend for gas. and to drop Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Daughtry. who were compelled to re turn to Portland. Then we drove on to Prineville. making a drive of 80 miles. We arrived at the celebrated hostelry of Mrs. McDowell. And her fare sort of wears on one so that the longer he tarries with her the longer he wants to and the better he likes It. Trip Totals 11S0 Miles. The meeting was held Monday after noon In the Commercial Club rooms and It was largely attended and of much interest. We remained in Prine ville until Thursday morning so we could get around the valley some and be there one day at the Interstate Fair, which began on Wednesday. Thurs day morning, October 4. we left Prine ville about 5 o'clock and went up the Ochoco Valley a dozen miles or so to the ranch of George H. Russell, where we had a fine breakfast. Then we went on and got to Baker at 1:30 Friday morning, making the drive of 234 miles in about 16 hours, the balance of the time being taken for meals and stops, and taking out two hours for time lost through one of the machines breaking a spring. That embraces the trip. What was it made for? That is the question. We traveled a distance of about 1150 miles. Some of the machines went a little farther, some a little less than that. .But the - machines there were, from Sale of Pianos same beauty and quality. Prices You Can Find No Better Time Than Now to Buy Your Piano New war tax of $3,000,000 on musical instruments, together with ris in material, will ad- Portland's Factory Piano S ale 209 Pianos and Player Pianos as in part listed here. A large num ber of these instruments are to be found in our ten salesrooms new i'lanos rebuilt Pianos discontinued styles 1916 and 1917 models and some of our In-transit-damaged Pianos demonstration Pianos, as also slightly used and second-hand Pianos. A CU DT TVrF?l? 1 As an investment, you can during this I 1 DU 1 I jIVO Bale buy $350 to $1050 local market price Pianos for $195 to $695. and, considering the rising piano mar ket, you can in five years sell that piano for more than you now pay during this sale. This is a sale of principally first-class, artistic pianos, selling regularly In Portland for $550 to $1150 therefore not really a "cheap piano sale": however, there are many piano buyers who appreciate quality, particularly when they can buy the $550 and $650 Steger & Sons Art Piano for but $340 and $395, as shown in our listing. EDITORIAL We need take to writing editorials when we find one manufac turer crying "wolf" and telling us a lot about "Stencil Pianos," when he himself is manufacturing what others are pleased to call "Stencils." The so-called Stencil Piano of today is 7. mere "bugaboo" wherewith to frighten the piano-buyer when he favors buying of another store. The fact remains there are but few pianos manufactured, and for sale here today, that can be properly classed as Stencils, owing to the campaign against Stencils carried on by manufacturers and dealers in recent years. Therefore, dealers, as well as manufac turers, may as well drop the cry of "wolf," as it now, as a rule, needlessly destroys the confidence of the public in piano quality. Here you may have all about Stencils in a "nutshell": The Piano Manufacturer needs to make several grades of pianos to supply the market, and yet he can place his name only upon his best grade, consequently the practice, now in vogue, of buying out a maker's name (the maker having gone out of the piano manufac turing business) for his second grade, and perhaps copyrighting a name like, for instance, Duchess, Victor, Royal, Standard, etc., for his third grade. Thus designating the three grades of piano quality that he is manufacturing. All such makes, when they have the name cast into the iron plate, are legitimate standard makes. Open the top of a piano and only when you find no name in the iron plate need you actually consider the piano a "Stencil." Therefore, you need not worry about Stencils much today, but look to it that you get the 50 pr cent more tone and efficiency that you now find in our 1917 and 1918 models, as compared to older models. After all, tone is what you are buying, and next you need to make sure of the 50 per cent greater efficiency found in the actions of our 1917 and 191S models. F. J. Schwan-kovsky, Pres. Order Your Piano by Mail Interest for 2Ve years, aa ad vertised, .and hundreds of mail-order buyers. girl working can save $5 cash and $6 monthly, without secure a musical education now. OIT-OF-TOWX Bl'YERS AVE PRKPAV KHBWiHT ASD MAKE FREE DELIVERY OF PIANO TO VOIR HOME within 300 miles, and the piano will be shipped subject to exchange within one year, we allowing the full amount paid. This virtually gives you a one-year or player piano purchased carries with also the usual guarantee from each manufacturer of these new musical instru ments. Open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings'during this sale. THE STORE THAT CHARGES HO INTEREST. Schwan Piano Co. three to six must have covered, all told, a distance of over 4000 miles. So the gasoline alone cost a lot. We were gone 12 days, so the hotel bills were a considerable item. And what for? To make stock, cattle and horses safer on the range. To further an or ganization that is trying to put the cattle thief out of business. The man who turns his stock out on the open range is In a degree at the mercy of the cattle thief, or, rather, the cattle thieves, for those fellows do not trot single. They are organized and their organization takes in all of the range country between the Great Lakes of the North and the Gulf on the South. They do their driving and their brand ing mostly by night, and pass the fruits of their labors along the line from one band to another until they are too far away for the brands to be recognized, or perhaps they have so obliterated them and botched them up as to make them illegible. Alms Arc Outlined. Four years ago leading cattle grow ers of the state concluded they, too, must organize, so the Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers' Association was formed.' It costs $5 to join It; the dues are $10 a year, and sometimes there have been assessments of a couple of cents a head on the stock. The asso ciation has now on hand something like $11,000. Most of the money is ex pended for hiring attorneys to prose cute thieves and to pay inspectors at the stockyards. The officers get no pay, save the secretary, who gets enough for clerk hire. Take the trip I have Just written about; perhaps It cost a couple of thousand dollars, but it cost the organization not a cent. Every cattle and horse owner in Ore gon ought to belong to tbis association, and ought to remain a member until the cattle thieves are driven out of the state, until no decent lawyer will take the defense for a known cattle thief. For these thieves are known, and they would have been run out of Oregon before this only for the fact that their conviction is difficult owing to the high prices they pay attorneys and the sys tem they have of looking after Jury men. Stealing Cattle Profitable. Stealing cattle is a profitable busi ness. It takes no capital; no land is needed: not even a corral Is necessary. But if every cattle owner would come Into this association it would mighty soon be a business so unhealthy and unprofitable that the gentry now .en and Player Pianos uncertain shipments,' labor and fourth to a half below regular are now, in this Factory Clear Father Can Play, Too.' If you desire to buy an artistic piano tha best made a piano sold here in Portland for $550 and $650 then you may select a Steger in, the following list. The model and the quality are the best. There Is no better in the world, and you can buy it now at a saving of $160 to $400. and then on terms of 9IO raah anil StM to HO monthly. no luterest for SV4 yeara. LOT 4 Steger $550 $340 Steger 550 3 55 Steger 550 860 Steger 550 370 Steger 600 380 Steger 550 90 Steger 650 3 95 LOT 5 PLAYKR PIANOS. "The 1'inno Anyone Can IMny." Come in and see what progress has done for you in making it possi ble for you to read music, and. the best of it, as you would your newspaper or books, and then you can secure all this for a few hundred dollars, and then on Sia or more rani, 9S to ZO per month anil no In terest for HVa yeara. Thompson. .$600 $395 Thompson.. 650 4 60 Thompson.. 650 4iO Reed & Sons 750 4i5 Singer 750 4 90 Steger 775 4 95 Steger 950 620 Steger 1050 95 Steger 1150 71 0 ELECTRIC PLAYER PIANOS Steger $1000 $GHO Berry Wood 1750 575 GRAND PIANOS $25 Cash and $10 to $20 Read, atudr and compare our lunlttv. Monthly No Interest for 2Vi Years. you will Icarn Bennett . Steinway Steger. . . Steger. . . Steger. . . Steger. . . .$ 750 $325 1100 495 495 i95 760 840 950 1050 1050 1150 it the Schwan Piano Co. guarantee of "Warrantee Backed by Many Millions In Capital. gaged in it would have to go into some other profession. The regular meeting or the associa tion takes place on April .24, next, at Ontario. Every cattle and horse owner ought to be there or be represented there. You need the organization for many reasons aside from the protection against thieves. Who is to speak for the cattle owners if Hoover orders a horizontal decrease of 5 cents a pound on all meat products? Who is to go before the Legislature for the passage of necessary laws? Who went to Salem last Winter and had the pure-bred bull law passed? Why. the necessity of or ganization is too plain to argue about. So let every cattle and horse raiser do his duty and write to the association or to the president or secretary at Baker and become a member. And do this without delay. The following Is a list of members admitted on the trip. These bring the membership up to about 700: B!y I.. A. Richardson. O. T. Lnneell and E. W. YVhitstone. C. W. Varrn, James O. Watts. James H. Owen & Sons. Kort Klammh J. B. Mitchell. IX W. Ryan. J. K. slaimore. I.. C SiBimore, James Plton, Asa. Fardyce, E. M. Leaver, W. E. Nicholson. Lakeview P. p. Pane. Elijah Malley. J. K. Hanson. J. P. Duke. J. E. Norin. Lake County Land & Livestock Company. T. W. Payne. Howard Cattle Company. DouKlas O. Tracy. F. A. Banners. Oeorge H. Ste vens, H. A. TJtley and F. N Curtis. Carl K. l.ue. J. I. Heryford. W. P. Vernon. 1.. E. Tracy. C. W. Reed. S. p. Vernon, K. A. Funk. YV. A. Masstngil!. Warner Lake Oakley Clark. F. B. Houston. L. D. Frakes. A. T. Frakes. Burns D. W. Varien. H. Hotchklss. J. T. Baker. Clrant Kesterson. J. C. Clemens. J. T. Garrett. Robert Heudspeath. Crane C. T. Cary, Grant Thompson. J. L. Corey. Gateway James H. Xouthit. John H. Friday. Riley W. L. Best. Edward EkII. Paisley L. S. Parker. H. A. Paul J. Bratiain and c. M. Small. W. B. Snider. S. B. Parker. Fred Wledey. Adel Andrew Morris. Warner Valley Stock Company. Harney J. W. Shoun. Tra Mahon. Princeton J. T. Mahon. Lawen F. G. Otley. fillver Lake John Hryes. Antelope Cred Murphy. Prinevllle J. A. VanWise. Fort Bidwell. Cal. C. H. Fee Post E. E. Glllenwater. Paulina F. M. Wood. Bonanza Gilbert Harrison. Cedarvllle; Cal. William T. Cressler. Lowerbrid Re Black Butte Land & Live stock Company. - New Pine Creek Fred S. Fisher. Canyon City L. WoldenbertT. Horsefly E. .1. Casebeer. Narrows O. O. Jetley. 1 Seneca William Hoft. M vr." '- ?