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THURSDAY
April 30, 190S
FARMERS' SCHOOL ON WHEELS
The 0. R. & ST. Co. some time
:igo inaugurated a plan of run
ning special fanning demon
stration trains in Eastern
"Washington and Eastern Ore
gon, the purpose being to assist
in improving agricultural con
ditions throughout the territory
tributary to the lines of thai
compnii'. Ax is now announced
that two of these special demon
stration, trains will be run next
month, one in Eastern Wash
ington, and the other in ,the
wheat growing belts of .AVasco.
Sherman, Umatilla and Morrow
counties. The "Washington
train will be accompanied by
agricultural expert's from the
Washington agricultural col
lege at Pullman, and the Ore
gon train will have the assist
ance of the Oregon agricultural
college at Corvallis. These
trains will be of inestimable
benefit to the farmers of the dis
tricts through-which they pass,!
as expert advice will be givn
them on the subjects of sum
mer-fallowing, moisture conser
vation, dairying, and other kin
dred subjects.
uue 01 tne most important
matters which the railroad is
taking' up in conneotion with
ii. . -i . . .
mese demonstration trains, is
the crusade against summer-
fallow in the wheat districts.
The agricultural experts advo
cate a plan of alternate crop
ping the land to corn, or some
other cultivated crop, instead
of Jetting half of the land lie
idle every other year. This sys
tem of rotation in crops, the ex
pens believe, will have a far
reaching effect, for not onlj7 will
it double the out put from the
territory, but it will increase the
population and add to the
wealth of the country by cut
ting up the large individual
holdings into smaller farms
Under the present system of
summer-fallow universally jjrac
ticed in Eastern Washington
and Oregon, half of the land
lies idle each var, and the
farms must therefore be double
the size thac would be neces
sary were all of it fanned, and
this state of affairs is responsi
ble for the large farms.
The Oregon train will be run
in Sherman count' May 11, and
stops will be made at Kent,
Grass Valley, Moro and Wasco,
where rotation of crops, con
servation of moisture and gen
eral cultural methods will be
discussed. Experts from the
state agricultural college who
vi 11 accompany the train are:
James Withycomb, director ol
experimental station; 0. 1.
Lewis, horticulturist; 0. E. Brad
ley, chemist, and 11. D. Scud-
der, agronomist.
wars, which have caused the
shedding of( lnr,mn,n blood and
resulted in the shooting of thou
sands of head of sheep in the
pabt, are about to break out
again, and the prompt and vig
orous uctipn of Sheriff Elkins in
the recent arrests tnade at
Prineville promises to len,d to
the unravelling of the mj'stery
which has surrounded these out
rages in the past. Without at
tempting to puss upon the guilt
or innocence of the accused
men, which fact remains to be
determined by a jury of their
peers, lira fact remains that
Sheriff Elkins is entitled to
sreat credit for the fearless
manner in which he followed
the evidence he had, regardless I not
of where it lead, atid thus made
possible an investigation which
maT result in putting an end to
the outrages which have 'black
ened the name of this county in
the past.
Crook county has a bad crim
inal record, leading back for a
generation or more to the days
of the Vigilantes, when human
life was the cheapest thing there
was in Crook county, and, on
down through more recent
j'ears, when range wars result
ing in the slaughter of inno
cents b' the thousands were of
common. occurrence. These pe
riodical outbreaks, bordering on
a stiite of anarthy, will be a
thing of the past, and Crook
count will take its place in the
ranks of the law abiding com
mutinies of the West, only
when the peace officers of the
count' do their full duty, re
ga rd less of where it leads them
cuch an officei we believe Frank
Elkins to be, and we believe
that all law-abiding citizens
of the county should command
him, and give him an opportuni
ty to cany out the work he has
fenrless. sterling integrity. And
as it is a foregone conclusion
that he will be elected in June
it is equally certain that. Crook
county valuations will be as
sessed in an equitable manner
during the next county aumin
(ration. Laidlaw Chronicle.
begun.
Fruit growers suffered heavy
damages in the freezing weather
of the past week, and the dis
couraging report is brought in
from the small fruit farms in
this vicinity that the peach crop
has entirely been destroyed,
and that other fruits have been
injured also. The days have
been warm and bright, but Fri
day night the mercury dropped
below freezing, and if any of the
more tender fruits escaped the
freeze Friday night, they were
caught by the freeze on Mon
day night. Garden vegetables
also suffered, and the damage
to this section of the country
was severe. The past wintei
was an unusually pleasant one,
mild and open, but the country
is paying for it now, in a cold
and dry spring. Nature ap
pears to have a way of evening
up things.
FROM COUNTYSEAT EXCHANGES
Cikk County Jocii.nai
Justice of the Peace O. G.
Collver of Culver, has been in
Prineville this week assisting
in the official count of the pi iinn
ry vote for Crook county. Mr.
Collver has served as a member
of this board for a number of
years grid it has come to be
looked upon that the count is
exactly official unless he
assists in the work. This elec
tion the board was composed of
County Cler k Warren Brown,
Justice Collver and Justice . I.
L. Lackey of Prineville.
J. II. Homey of Madras, was
in town last Tues lny and Wed
nesday in attendance at the
county convention of the social
ist party. Mr. Rorney says
that he always enjoys his visits
to Prineville, where he has
numerous friends and acquain
tances. . John Dillon of Madras, came
to towrr last Friday on ti sum
mons from Sheriff Elkins, who
needed him as a deputy. John
is now olliciating as head jailer
at the county bastile.
Justice of the Pence William
Biair of Youngs, brought in the
election returns Irom Lyle Gap
precinct last Saturday and spent
Saturday and Sunday in town.
John T. Dizney uf Madras,
came up last Saturday, bring
ing in the election returns from
Kutclrer precinct.
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HAS EARNED RE-ELECTION
Frank Elkins is making an
enviable record as Sherilf of
Crook county, and the fact is
coming to be generally recog
nized that he should be retained
in the ollice where ho has un
questionably "made good."
During the two years ho has
been Sheriff ho has proved a
most ellicient officer, and upon
that record alone he is entitled
to re election. But, upon still
more important considerations
rests the ilemaud for hie 10 elec
tion at thin time.
lleeent developments at Prino
repiesentative over at the coun
ville indicate that the old range I tyeeat. Mr. Dayton is a man ol
Local option petitions were
filed with the county clerk last
week, and Crook county will
vote at the June election on the
question of "wet or dry"
throughout the county. An
other petition has also been cir
culated for a local option elec
tion irr this and the Haystack
precincts, so that the question
will be a local as well as a
county isfcue. The county peti
tion is reported to have a total
ofoverJ-JOO names from all sec
tions of the county, from which
fact some idea of the strength
of the movement may be gained.
The local option people are oi
gauized and will make a deter
mined effort to carry the entire
county dry. The saloon forces
are also reported to have a thor
ough organization, and to be
lighting the local option senti
ment in every precinct.
V. E. Da ton, republican can
didate for nomination for coun
ty assessor, was elected, so that
Laidlaw will at least have one
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
The Pioneer has been re
quested to announce that the
Artisans at Culver will have a
big '-blow out" at their first
meeting in June, and that all
members of the lodge are re
quested to be present.
C. E. Roush, proprietor of the
Madras TradiiVj Co., left last!
Saturday evening for Portland,
where he goes to select goods
for his store at this place.
A. C. San ford and J. E. Love
all and their families re turn ell
last Monday from the Warm
spring reservation, where they
spent several days fishing and
enjoying camp life at the warm
springs.
Priday & Company of Cross
Keys, last week delivered at
Shaniko something over 300
head of cattle, which were sold
to the Portland mar ket.
Oregonian: J. Ti. "Wyatt, an
Albany lawyer, was at the Bel
vedere yesterday on his way to
Prineville, where he will de
fend ex-sheriff Sam Smith of
Crook county, who will be tried
this week on a charge of arson.
The specific offense with which
Smith is charged is that of
burning the sheep shearing
sheds of J. N. Williamson, ex-
Congressman from the Second
Congressional District. The
trial of this case promises to be
notable in the criminal annals
of the state. Mr. Wyatt leaves
for Prineville todav.
Much wheat has been hauled
out of this place during the last
mouth, and local merchants say
that the grain .they had stored
is pretty- well cleaned out, as
teams for loading out wheat
have been easily obtainable
since the spring freighting be
gan. There is still quite a lot
of wheat in the country, how-
uvtu1, held by fanners who ex
pect to do their own teaming.
Up to this time they have gen
orally been too busy with plow
ing and other spring farm work
to find the time for hauling
their grain, but from this time
on this wheat will also begin to
move to the market at Shaniko.
Those who held their wheat
over have not lost auythimr b
it, as prices are several cents
better than then were before
Christmas, after th fitinncial
panic occurred.
PROHIBITION COLUMN
ThU utiafM Uum hfMi rj.rvi1 hv thi torn
rohlbitlon orgMnUntion, unit will Lmmm'vui'Ii-'I
miMK-r inrniHiiru u uu-m men vk. i
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
TIih lireworM anil liquor ilea lorn nrn
iL'iulin thmi.iiindri of dollar In ail
vertlm'ng KaiiHHK City, K'tnin. Grout
pouters, priiitmi hi rt'd, are boin IIH-
trlbuted all ovur the country and
piiK;s of display advcrtlHemont are
lioinu paid for In an effort to idiow that
since that city Iiiih cIomm! It hiIuoiih It
Is leuomiiiK poverty stricken) that
hunk deposits are glowing It--; that
bu-Iness is at a ftandstlll , that thr ell v
cannot pay running expunsu t although
there Iris hei;n a bltf inereaao In tt e
tax rati-; that no new hiiildines are he
ing erected and that hundreds of store
rooms are idle and men with their
fumilieHure leaving the city and that
property valuations are yroatly du-ureat-od.
A-eistuiit Attorney (ioneral Trickcti,
who made the lleht against the sa
loons and shut them up, has donlud
all these stoi itjH and huh proved that
each and everyone of them is falau.
Air. Triokctt's statements ;.re backed
up by the new jm purs of Kan-as City
and by the butirietii men of the town. !
Now comes ('liulon X. Howard, a I
prominent citizen of Kansas City, and
in uu address btfoie the Missnuil state
constitutional convention a few days
ago, he thoroughly dissipates these I
fabrications for the circulation of 1
which the breweries are puylng out
laree sums of money.
.Speaking Irom leeord.i furnished 1
him by city olHclala Mr. Howard do-'
dares Unit instead of K:h.suh City,
Kansas, losing population It h.is in
ui uused 11,180 in the 22 months since
the Huloons were closed.
In the sume time the city's debt lin
been reduced $111,170.
In the time since the saloons wer
cloecd the properly vuluutiou of the'
city has increased $1. 778,000.
The builillnn operations for 1007, the
first full ic:ir without saloons, nere
the largest in the oily' history and ,
the la 1 went p r cent increase of any'
city in the coun try. J
"The mayor su the hu&iuet of the
city Is better Hutu over before. The
postmaster says the mime. Morchmils
confirm these sUleiiibniB by aliowlne
their books,
The increase of bank deposits for ilie
22 months without saloons is $)j,788,-
000, or 85 per cent.
As to tuxes ths assessment istwonly
cents loss on every $100 valuation.
The only stole buildlnys ompty m
t,He business center built espoolully for
huIoouh, and mom of thnwo urn occu
pied by some leiuumte lino. Of -ih
rooms in three block on th principal
business Mtreot which wero furmoily
occupied by saloons nil but 0110 have
been rcieulcd,
The breweiH liuvo evidently burked
uplhe wronj,' tree. They luiil but tei
abandon Kuiisuh City, Jvhiisum to its 1
prosperity. Kvw: the hi posteis and I
page utlvei tiseiiients cannot controvert !
fuels. '
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