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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2,1909.
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Maps Being Prepared Of
Irrigation Project
SIGNING OF PETITIONS
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
R, RoiindeWrltqsThatWorkWlllCom-r
moncoWhen Favorable Action
(sTakon By Qqvornmont
Work oa tho mapa to bo forwarded to
the Interior Department, showing the
lakes desired to be used as storage reser
voirs for the irrigation of tide eeotion, is
progressing rapidly, and theeo maps,
with tho petitions left in this vicinity to
be signed by the farmers askjng the Re
clamation Service to grant to Messrs.
Rogers and Hounds tho right to use
Cresent Lake as a storage reservoir for
irrigation puposps, will be forwarded to
Washington as soon as they are ip readi
ness. Residents of this Becton should Ipppno
time in getting their nftrnes upon thpae
petitions so that they can bo sent to
Washington to be acted upon by the
Interior Department, as the gentlemen
say that just as soon as favorable action
is taken they will start suiveys and con
struction of the canal.
Ttiat Messrs. Rogers and Rounds are
capable of performing the service for
this section of which they are seeking the
privilege, there is no doubt, as they have
already pushed to successful completion
several irrigation projects in Idaho
among which are the Owyhee and
Payette, and both are known as giving
entire satisfaction. Rut should there be
anyone who is doubtful of the gentlemen
being able to perform the desired service
for tlif b section; hp may be aeBured that
tho Government Will safe-guard the
settlers' interests in that respect, and
require that ample ability, both Gnanci
ally and technically, aro manifest for
tho completion of the project. How
ever, so far as is known, no arbitrary
opposition to Mesers. Rogers' and
Rounds' connection with the project
has developed in this vicinity, and the
signing of tho petitions is progressing
favorably.
A recent communication from R,
Rounds in regard to the irrigation of
this section, says:
"The mapmaker is progressing nicely
With the map of tho survey of Crescent
Lake and ttie same will be finished in
few days icndy for presentation to the
Secretary of tho Interior. The petitions
now being signed by tho farmers in the
plains country must accompany the
maps.
''Will you kindly ndviso us to what
extent the petitions have been signed
and whether or not there is much, if
any, opposition among the farmers to
signing the same, and u so what seems
to be thu objection to signing.
' o aro anxious to get the maps and
petitions beforo the Secretary as soon as
possible in order to get prompt action,
so wo can begin tho survey of the ditch
as soon as tho snow is off and tne
weather will permit. We are ready'to
push tho work of surveying and build
ing the ditch as sooh as we aro granted
tho right to use tho l.k.e mentioned for
storago purposes.
bliall bo glad to hoar from yon at
your earliest convenience and as fully as
possible, offering any suggestions that
you think would bo of use and benefit in
furthering our enterprise."
torney McCourt confirmed tho stato
inent, on bohalf of the Government, am
Judge Wolverton wrote in tho docket
the commencement ot tho only bg con
test that looms out of tho land-fraud
cases yet remaining untried.
In the week that tho epecjal prosecu
tor has been here looking over the land
fraud remnants, tho Hermann trial Is
the only issue. If J. Williamson
to be given another trial, thp fact Im
not devedoped. If any of thp many de
fendants against whom indictments are
stll pending, are to be called before the
bar of Justice, no effort baa yet been
made to fix tho date for hearing. Over
a month intervenes between tho pres
ent and the dato of the Hermann trial
and it is not known what will be done
during that period with respect to the
other accused men listed among the
Heney cases.
IRRIGATION PROJECT
FOR SISTERS COUNTRY
Fifty Thousand Acres Will Bo Irrigated
From Lakes Near Mt. Washing
ton In The Cascades
BINDER HERMANN TRIAL
SET FOR JANUARY 10
J, C. & M. -A. ROBINSON
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MADRAS, OREGON
Ringer Hermann will go on trial Jan-
uary 10, says tho Poitland Telegram.
Ibis news anent tho laud-fraud
prosecutiou is tho development of the
day. A telegram has been received
from tho Attorney 'General in Washing
ton, stating that Mr. Worthington would
bo abio to attend in Portland on tho
dato given. Ho and tho Attorney Gen
eral had planned to arguo tho Benson
case January 10, but tho urgency of the
Oregon situation has caused postpone
ment of that matter until such time no
Mr. Worthington can return to tho Na
tional capital.
When tho Fedoral Court was con
vened this morning by Judgo Wolver
ton, ex-Senator J, M. Gearln announced
that ho was in conference with Heney
last evening before his departure, when
It waa agreed that the case should bo
sot for January 10. A dispatch had just
conio from Washington, assuring Worth
lugton'a prosehco at (hat tuno, and Mr.
Goarln, who is counsel for Mr. Hermann,
stated Uiat ho was. authorized to nak
that tho trial begin then, District At-
Prineville Journal
A party of 20 or more surveyors are
reported surveying a canal from the
outlet of Suttle and Bine Lakes on the
East slopo of the Cascades toward ti.e
low lands to the East and South. While
the promoters of the enterprise and
their ultimate purpose has never been
announced the facts are self evident, and
the wisdom of the undertaking cannot
he doubted aB tho topography of the
country immediately surrounding will
attest.
While Blue Lake is one of the beauty
spots of this beautiful part of the Cas
cades, its attractiveness cannot be
marred by any project of this kind
Tho waters of Blue Lake, whioh are sup
plied from the 'melting snows of Mt
Washington, flow for a distance of
half mile into the West end of Suttle
Lake. Suttle Lake has an outlet in
Lake Creek, which flows almost due
East toward the Matoles. It is but one
of the scores of creeks fed by big springs
that go to make up tho waters of the
Matoles, and the diversion of its volume
from that river will never be missed.
The proposed project is to divert the
waters of Lake Creek, by the construe
tion of a canal 20 feet in width and Jour
feet in depth, and build tho canal in a
Southerly direction, turning toward the
East near Sisters, and later North, mak
ing the area that would bo placed under
irrigation in the aggregate about 50,000
acres.
Wliile these lands are too near the
mountains for tender crops and not of
tiie right chemical composition for al
falfa, they ore very valuable for other
crops aiid tho area when thus utilized
will support a population of not lee
than 5,000 homes.
JUNIPER SUPPLY OF
FUEL PUT IN RESERVE
Merrill, Or., Nov. 20. Residents of
Merrill and vicinity are facing a wood
famine. Tho foothills surrounding the
rich VHlley aro well timbered with juni
per, but tho forestry service has seen
fit to conserve the scrubby urowth for
futuro generations. Heretofore it hae
been customary for the settlers of this
valley to go to tho juniper groves after
their fuel. Tho larger troea were util
ized for fence posts, while ttie smaller
growth made up tho Winter fuel. Not
knowing that tho forestry service had
passed a rulo prohibiting the cutting of
juniper, several parties followed their
former custom of getting tho Winter
wood from the juniper groves. As a re
sult, they have been summoned to ap
pear in the Federal Court in Portland.
Since it has been learned that juniper
wood can no longer bo taken from Gov
ernment laud without a permit, Merrill
peoplo are looking for another source of
fuel supply.
MORE POWER SITES RESERVED
Oregonlan News Bureau, Washington,
Nov. 22. Sccrotary R.A. Ballinger today
withdrew from eutry 3202 acres of land
along tho uppor Deschutes River for
protection of power sites.
Tho withdrawal is ordered providing
Congress enacts legislation for tho con
trol or disposal of the lands.
Tho land withdrawn la the waterway
n connection with which chargo baa
been mado that in granting rights of
way to tho Hill and Harrlman railroads
through tho Deschutes canyon, Balllm
gor had rendered construction of a power
plant in the canyon Impossible!
WEST SIDE MAIL
ROyTf 8 RECOMMENDED
Ohange IpMall Schedule fJ ado Imperi
ntlyo By pad pondsChango
Mado PpcorntiorJ
Mail Contractor G. M. Oqrrietf la in,
communication with tho postal depart
ment for the purpose of getting a new
mail schedule established between
Prineville and Shaniko, because of tho.
bad rpad.8 which pndurp between those,
point? dpring thp Wlptpr epa8ori. Mrt
Cornett also tfto a trip to Portland re
cently where he had a conference witli
Chief Clerk F. E. Whitney, of the rail-,
way mail service in regard to the same
matter. The change contemplates thu
mail leaving Prfnevillo for ghaniko at
6 a. m. and also to leave Shatiikp, foe
Prineville at 6 a. m. Concernjpg pro-T
pored changes the PrinjvJle Journal
saya:
"If the requests cf Cornett are aljqwe4
he will start two coaches from Shaijikq
each morning at Q 0'clqck, thus dividing
the load, and in case of disability Of
either coach, the other will bring the,
mail through.
"Mr. Cornett apd thp pqatmaster at
Prinevillp are also recqmrrjending that
ificre be established a direct lifie of
mail communication along the West
side of the count, from Ileisler to Bend,
by way of Madras, Redmond and Lald
law, which will divide the weight of tha
mail, sending the South bound mail foe
the West side of the county orer a mora
direct route.
"If put into effect at all, the new ar
rangement will no do dopbt be provided,
for at onco, perhaps by December 1, eq
as to handle the annpa heavy holiday
mails witb better dispatch than tho
present arrangement will permit. Tho
proposed service will perhaps continue
until March 1."
DESCHUTES RIVER QN
A RAMPAGE THIS WEEK
Laidlaw, Or., Nov. 27. Sunday night;
the Deschutes River at this point began
rising and before noon Monday bad
reached a point ifbout IS inches above
normal. The water continued to rise
during the day and at 10 o'clock in tho
evening a rise of over two feet had been
recorded by the official water ganger.
The water in the Deschutes River does
not generally rise more than two or
tin ee inches a month the year around,
and this suddeu rise is something unus ,
mil. Large numbers of people have vis
ited the river today and tonight to sea
surging muddy waters as they raced be
tween the banks with terrific Velocity,
Those in a position to know state that
the sudden live waa occasioned bv tho
recent unubiially heavy rains and tho
warm chinook winds which melted tho
snow in the mountains.
SOFT DRIM JOINTS RAIDED '
Wednesday niuht Sheriff Chrisman
and two special officers made five nr.
rests at Antelope for selling liquor in.
"dry" territory. Those so charged aro
Fony Rilvn, Homer Nichols, Listqn Dar
by, Frank Wolever, and George ICana-
blo. The officers drove from Shaniko in
a carriage and arrived in Antelope alter
dark. About O'o'lock thev entered the
Silva and Wolever places of business,
arrested tho proprietors and clerks and
confiscated what evidence thev could
find. The party left for Shaniko at
onco on their way to Tho Dalles, whero
a;hearinc will bo had in a justice court
today. Shaniko Star.
ASSESSED VALUE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Following will bo found the assessed
valuo of proportv in school districts in
tho Northern portion of Crook County.
As will be seen the property values uro
rapidly increasing.
was taken last April:
Prineville, $540,909
Grizzly, 9S,99-1
Killingbeck, 37,104
?airview, 20,8,-'3
Madras, 91,158
Cross Keys, 83,220
Warmspring 02,080
Meth'diBtllill 10,113
Gray Butte, 31,253
Vibbert, 0,301
Round Butto 3,002
Willow Creek, 4,040
TIiIb assessment
Culver, 30,305
Mt'nView 38,428
Mud Spr'gs 22,722
Ashwood, 07,117
Red Rock, 28,800
Ilaycreek, 112,037
Lamonta, 50,0-10
Bliz'dRdge 89,207
Opal Pr'r'o 8,575
Opal City 18,100
Lylo Gap, 0,608
Axe Handle 14,135
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,
B. Dombrowo and wife to Henry
Jvehoc, 100 acres, price.
D. B. Jarmau to J. M. Conklin,
100 acres. ...
Maud Durham Taylor to J. M.
Conklin, 100 acreB.
Jas. IlurLto Davenport & Slroud
ix Vampueii, meat market,
Emma. Pike to Frederic J, Bene-
uiZ legacies j
$ 4000
2000
1809
1400
8000