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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1902)
FRIDAY, NOVEMUEn 7, 1902. OTTO MIESGKE.... Formerly of Portland, Or. Wishes to announce that ha ling taken possession of PERRY, HOUSER'S MEAT MARKET on Court Street Where he lu ready to serve the people of Pendleton with the Choicest of Meats, Baussages, .Lara, isacon, etc; Your Patronage is Kindly Solicited Satisfaction Guaranteed : ,11 J 1 1 I Wi PUTTING PIPES IN ORDER is imnortant-at all seasons of the year, Better to have defects In the steam and water fittings repaired before a serious break occurs. Let us show you how well we can attend to voufwork. "VVe can put everything In order In a short tune ana me smauness oi our uui win be a revelation. B. F. BECK, The Plumber 'Court Bt. Opposite Golden Rule Hotel Gash Grocery We invite you to come and see us when you need groceries or baking. We have purchased the Rei man Grocery and Bakery at 636 Main street where' we will conduct a strictly cash grocery. Our plan will be to give you more for your money than you can get elsewhere because we will give the cash pat rons the benefit of our saving on bad debts. Miller Grocery Co CASH GROCERY AND BAKERY Come To Us For your lumber and building material of all descriptions and you will save money and get first-class, stock. We can -sup ply you with Doors, Wlndo.ws, Screen doors and windows building paper, lime, cement brtck and sand. We make a specialty of wood gutters for barns and dwellings Oregon Lumber Yard Alta St., opp. Court House. sDally East Orejjonlan by carrier. N CROOK COUNT PRINEVILLE THE CENTER OF A LITTLE EMPIRE. The East Oregonlan Man Sees Much of Interest In This, as Yet Llttle-De-veloped Country Great , Possibili ties of 'Irrigation Land Fraudulent ly Taken.1 (By a Stnff Writer!) Crook county and Linn county touch elbows. Crook,' county lies directly east of Linn county. To go from oneicqUnty to the-other'the Cas cade range of mountains must bo crossed. In Europe natural obstacles much less than this have formed barriers dividing nation from nation prevent li)g a merging or blending of the di vided races, and keeping distinct lan guage, customs and manners of habit and thought. The Cascade mountains, though the road between was little better than a blazed trail, proved no barrier to the hardy emigrants who have set tied in the early 60's in the fertile valleys of. Willamette, Calapoola, Santiam and other streams of Linn county. The adventurous few who had driven their cattle over the moun tains to the rich pastures of SIcKay creek, Beaver creek. Howell, Buttes and other places In what is now Crook county, reported, upon their return to the Willamette valley, a country where cattle could thrive in the shel tered valleys the year round. They told of wild rye grass and bunch' grass, shoulder high to their horses. To men who had driven cattle across -the plains,- who had come from Missouri to Oregon, the comparative' ly short trip from their Linn county homes to new homes .across the moun tain was but a trifle. By ones and twos they and their families with their scanty household goods and their bands of cattle crossed the mountains. Here thoy found elbow room. Their 160 acres of deeded land con' trolled n range of thousands o .acres. Here, in the early 70's they settled, They came across the mountains poor. men a few years later their ever-increasing herds had made them well-to- do. Twenty years saw many of them rich. In no county in Oregon west of the mountains is money so plcnti ful as in Crook. What money comes Into the county from beef, horses, sheep, hogs and other products ship ped out, stays In the county. Orchards and gardens do well along the creek bottoms, but a large portion of the county is only suitable for stock raising. Stock raising is, and for many years wll bo Crook county's chief industry. That It is well adapt ed to the raising of stock there is no question. Blue Ribon Sheep. There are to be found in Crook county today finer sheep than can be found anywhere else in the United States. After two days spent upon the ranch of the Baldwin Sheep and Iand Company, at Hay creek, this statement is fully guaranteed to be true. There may be finer individual specimens in the United States, though this is very doubtful, as the Baldwin sheep have taken the blue ribbon wherever exhibited. ' In one pasture were 133 imjiorted Hamboull let ewes and it is doubtful Is in mini' ber or In excellence they can be matched In the United States. Sheep are to be seen here which came from the government flock of France, a flock that has been main tained and kept true to type since the days of Louis XVI, when he brought them from Spain in 1786. Bucks and ewes are to be seen here which have taken the first premium in Paris in competition with all Europe, Sheep bred and raised in Crook county from imported parents equal or surpass the imported stock from which they came. On this ranch are 20,000 sheep eligible to register. Some Fine Fruit. During the few days spent in Prine vllle, some of the exhibits from their fair, held recently, were noticed. One would naturally expect to see good exhibits of stock, but the exhibits of especial -note were the fruit, vegeta bles and minerals. It had been taken for granted that Crook and Harney county raised llttlo or no fruit or veg etables. Some or the prize winning apples would be haul to .beat in sire or flavor in the Willamette valley. Among the 'apples exhibited wore, Baldwins Spitzenbergs, Groven steins, Newton Pippins, Northern Spy, Helleflower and other varieties. Pears, plums, prunes and peaches, all products . or Crook county were ex hibited. This year the fruit has done unusually well. The principal draw back is late frosts which In somo years make the crop very light. Garden Products. Speaking of gardens, Mr. Summers, tho postmaster, said: "I ralso toma toes, potatoes, celery and other vege tables. In the fruit lino I have apples, plums, prunes and pears, J contend that one who comes hero to live need not expect to do without fresh vege tables and fruits, You see what a little pains have accomplished here." An Example of Energy. One of tho best examples of what can ho accomplished In Crook county is shown o nthe ranch of J. L, Ket- chum.' A few years ago It was a drift- inu: sand dune. At times the sand. would drift nearly to the top of tho fence posts. Stunted sago brush grew scatterlngly over the place. The land was mulched and irrigat ed. This treatment was kept up and alfalfa was planted. It took root nnd throve. It held the sand and supplied humus to the soil. From what, a tow years ago, was utterly worthless land, the owner now cuts three crops ot al falfa a year. He.;gote from four to five tons of alfalfa per acre yearly from his 60-acre alfalfa meadow. .It Is located on Crooked river ,at tho foot of the Itimrock, a inllo west ot Prlncvllle. Wherever water can bo gotten on' tho land; heavy crops ot al falfa are raised. fc; L. E. McCord. J. II. Iji Follefs herdsman, gave some Interesting de tails relative to the La Follett ranch. From their 120 acres of bottom land thov nut up BOO tons of alfalfa hay this year. They have 1060 head of Ilainboulllet and Delolvo buck lambs on tho alfalfa meadows. Barns are being built on many of thc-ranches. Mr. La Follett Is putting up a sub stnntial barn 60x108 feet. It is a cood evidence of the prosperity of a community when much building Is be ing done. Mr. Ia Follett owns three quartern of a section. He paid $5000 for the 160-acre. tract containing the 120 ncres of alfalfa last year. A Big Future. C. Sam Smith, in conversation with the writer, said: "I do not believe there 1 sa county in the state which raises liner beef cattle than union county. 1 own 3000 acres of deeded land about 12 miles from town on which 1' run cattle. Last July I sold most of my cattle to Dunkhorn Bros. I had 80 head of Hereford eligible to renlatnr, list year 1 wintered n good many of my cattle without a pound of hay. We usually feeed not to exceed two months. "I have been here since 1875, so I am thoroughly informed ,on Crook .countyte possibilities. We have' scarce lv begun to draw on her resources .yet. Ot course, the ranges are not. what they were but with irrigation and the raising of hay to winter leeu our stock we. have a big future. There are thousands of acres of sage brush land that can be turned to account, when water is put on it." Prineville a Busy Place, Priueville is the geographical, as well as the political and commercial center of Crook county. It is a busy place. Sheepmen and cattlemen come In from remote parts to do tneir trad ng. Freighters are everywhere in evidence. Timber cruisers are on the lookout for their victims. There are three or four large signs that inform you that the undersigned can fit you out with a homestead, timber land, desert land, or anything required in that line. A Land Shark, A. C. Palmer, who has gained con siderable notoriety in land and tini' ber cases, publishes tho Des Chutes Echo, at Bend. "No matter what route they take to the timber, they are bound to go through the uenu, he said. "Like a pirate who sits at the entrance of the harbor taking tax of all comers, I sit at tho entrance of the timber belt, skinning all who come. Dtop In on me any time and I'll skin you. I charge $10 per notice for timber entries. They run 10 weeks. At times I make several nun dred dollars a week from the land no tices. I am also U. S. Land Commls sloner and can do swearing for the timber takers. Being a lawyer I can take their case if legal difficulties arise. Oh, I catch them coming or going." Is a Money Maker. It is worth one's while to examine a current issue of the Bend newspa per. It is almost entirely composed of timber entry notices. There, out in the backwoods, that little paper is coining money and earning much larger dividends than many a paper In a good sizod city. At every hall way house and stage station you will meet strangers, en- route to Bend Persons from Pennsylvania, Iowa, Nc braaka, Idaho, Michigan and other states are' coming way out hero to take up timber There Is much fraud ulent work done all through. For in stance, the would-be purchaser Is shown a fine body of timber and asked if it Is satisfactory. Naturally it Is. The doctor's fees are paid and the land purchased. Later It develops tluit the land secured is 10 miles distant and very inferior. Somo sue, others grin nndjbcar it. Many of the land takers are in the employ of Mich igan and Wisconsin lumber firms who pay their expenses .and ('pay them a bonus to secure the land, Some of the land locators refuse to discuss the matter, others are frank about It. People Are Liberal. As an evidence .of 'Crook county's enterprise and-liberality when it was decided to organtze a permanent fair association, $2-100 was raised in ten minutes. By the next morning 420 shares at $10 ear-h had been subscrib ed In Prineville. The permanent or ganization will bo called tho Central Oregon Livestock and Agricultural Association. Thopgh Prineville Is re mote from railroads, yet the attend ance at tho fair was excellent, con sidering the sparsely settled country In this region. Six hundred and fifty was tho attendance on the first day; 894 the second day; 1035 the third day, and 837 the last day of the fair. FRED I.QCKLEV, Jr. I"-! 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