The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-05-03
CROOK COUNTY.
Items Called From the Columns of
the OchOcO lIeVieW.

/ SulItu from tne COlumnS O1
the OchOcO Review.
Most OF the stockmen in the county say
they have enough cattle, horses and sheeL
left for seed, and that is about all.
P. B. Howard shipped ~ beef hides tc
The Dalles on Thursday. The hides repre-.
sent the number of beeves he killed since
last December.
The political campaign has brought a
brass hand to life in Prineville once more,
and the ''tooters" practice two or three
times a week, producing some pleasant
sounds to listen to.
Three years ago f. Barnes sent 80 head of
horses, mostly brood mares, to the Malheur
country in charge of the Howard Bros.
They had increased 30 quite a band but tn e
past winter wiped them all out.
1t is hardly possible that MAY term of
circuit court will be held in Crook county,
as Judge Bird has not recovered sufficiently
to mold court, and probably a Judge from
another district cannot be induced to come
here in his stead.
Henry Hahn left yesterday for Muddy to
look after his stock interests there. He
will assume management of the Prineville
Land and Live Stock Company's affairs for
the time, until some one can be found to
take the late Mr.. Tarleton's place.
DIR. Cline, VIM. Shellabarger and VIM.
Rowan have gone to the Deschutes fishing
Before starting they engaged 1900 pounds
OF fish, and those who did not give them
orders for fish may leave their orders at the
meat markets, where they will be filled is
the supply don't run short.
Last Monday the supreme court rendered
decision in the water right case OF j. z.
Combs VS.. s. r. Slay ton, in favor OF the
latter. The court held that Slayton was
entitled to oae h alf of the water in the
stream. The decision causes Mr.. Slayton
and his attorney, Geo. w. Barnes, to feel
quite jubilant.
Leo Fried returned to Prineville last
Tuesday and will remain here for several
weeks. Since his last visit to Priueville he
has been in Salt Lake City, Usah. lie re.
ports that place being very lively city and
at present enjoying quite real estate boom,
though property he considered to be over
estimated Ill value, hence he made no in.
Yestments there.
Ell Evans, who was in town Thursday,
reports that Joe Swain, of Bear creek, has
succeeded in raising ll5 lambs for every 100
ewes he had in his band. Such an increase
seems almost incred ible, as 80 per cent is
considered large number of lambs to raise.
hat, hat hs.a
a fact, and we have no reason to doubt his
assertions. If all sheepmen in the county
could do as well, it would require only a
short time to make back the losses of last
winter.
Last week the school superintendent
made the April apportionment of county
school funds to the different districts In the
county. Owing to the small amount of
taxes chat haye been collected, the school
funds In the county treasury only amounted
to about $500, which was only enough to
make the apportionment of $50 each to the
districts entitled to draw money. This
small apporticnment will Inconvenience
many of. the country districts, as most of
them had expended all their money during
the last school year and were depending
upon what they should draw this spring to
pay the expenses Of their summer schools.
On Thursday night Linr Woods found a
spook or somn ambulist, he didn't know
which. About clock IN the morning he
heard knocking at the back door of his
residence, and called several times 10 know
what was wanted, but receiving To re-
sponse, he got out OF bel, and luohi " ont
OF the window, saw figure. appar.
clad in lady's night robe. disappearing
from the front gate. Linn is at loss to
know what the phantom was or what it
wanted. II it Was one of his departed
friends returning from the spirit laud, he
would like TO know her address so that he
may treat her with more civility should she
condescend to make another nocturnal visit.