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Orfjfnn Hi.voricul Smli-iy VHj Hull i ! Crook Couhty Joiim COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1912. Etitfrtt nt lh ixwlofHr at Prtmv)l On' m a fooDd-cia matter VOL. XVII NO. 4 Lively City Eletion 373 Votes Cast Tho city officers-elect are: Mayor (1. N. Clifton. Councilmen T. H. Lafollette, I. W. Ward and K. W. Zovely. Recorder A. R. Bowman. Treasurer C. K. Smith. Marshal T. L. Coon. Tho official vote was as follows: For Muyoi G. N. Clifton. Pro gresaive business men' ticket, 203; Chan. S. Edwards, Cltien' good government ticket. 164 votes. Councilmen War C. Hyde; Pro gressive busincs men'a ticket. 172; T. II. Lafolleltc. Citizens' good gov crnment ticket, 20fi; J. II. Rouen- lM-ra-. rroereaaivo business men ticket, 140; H.Koaa, Citizens good government ticket. 130; I. W. Ward, Citizens' good government ticket, 242; It. W. Zevely, Progressive business men' ticket, 219. Recorder A. It. Bowman, 329. Treasurer 0. E. Smith. 827. Marshal T. L. Coon, Progressive business men'a ticket, 270; Wade Huaton. Citizens' good government ticket. 103. Total vote east 373. i The city election lam Monday waa the liveliest that Prineville haa ex perienced in years. Two ticket wore In the field. The Progressive Business Men'a ticket, headed by Plan to Regulate County Salaries Governor West ha completed a tentative plun for fixing the salaries of all county officials of the state on an equal basis. Ho has taken each county and figured the ratio of ita assessed val uition as equalized by the state board of tax commissioners to the entire assessed valuation of the state. In like manner he figured each county's ercontage of popu lation and area. Then he added tho three and divided by three to get the average. This separates the counties of the state into five classes. Class one in cludes counties with percentages over 5 per cent; class two, counties over 4 per cent; class three, coun ties over 3 per cent; class four, counties over two per cent; class five, counties under 2 per cent. According to this classification, in class one is Multnomah; class two, Lane, Malheur and Marion; class three, Clackamas, Crook, Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Linn and Umatilla; class four, Buker, Coos, Grant, Union, Wasco, Washington and Yamhill; class five, Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Curry, Gilliam, Hood River, Josephine, Lincoln, Morrow, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Wallowa and Wheeler. "With comparative percentages figured, it will be an easy matter to make county salaries uniform," . said Governor West. "As Multno mah county is so distinctly in a class by itself, I have not considered any changes in its salaries. But be ginning with counties in the second class as a basis, the legislature can fix salaries of each county official for that class, then make counties of the third class so much less, and so on down to the fifth class." At the present time there appears to be no uniformity in salaries what ever. What the actual salaries Bhall be is left to the legislature, but his plan places each county in a certain class, according to its area, population and assessed valuation. Crook County Journal, f 1.50 per yr. Granville Clifton, xand the Citizens' Good Government ticket, heuded by Dr. Edward. It was a case of hustle from the go. The uncertain ty of the woman vote added spice to the contest. Just how many would turn out to take advantage of the newly acquired privilege was the element of doubt. The presence of the ladies at the polls soon settled that question. Mrs. Frank Foster was the first on hand to cast her ballot. The camera man was there, too, waiting to hand down to posterity the fea ture of the first woman to vote in our city election. Mrs. Foster was not seeking the notoriety, but never theless the distinction is hers. She waa followed during the day by 125 sisters of all age and sizes, from Grandma Bell to the young miss turned 21. All were there and they were glad of it. Voting became so spirited early In the day that' wagers were made as to the number that would be cast. At 6 o'clock 373 ballots had been deposited. One hundred and twenty-five of which were cast by women. This is the banner vote of the county. Bend had 303, 112 of which were cast by women. The new officers will begin their duties the first of the year. Prineville-Canyon City Road a Go Washington. D C, Dec U At the request of Senator Bourne the Post Oflice Department bas ordered advertisement for bids for mail service between Izce, Grant County and Suploe, Crook County, three limes a week, which service, if established, will give direct communication between Canyon City and Trine vlllo. This service bas been long denied. There is already a three tluies-a week service between Canyon City and Iz;e and six times aweek between Prineville and Paulina and twice-a-week between Paulina and Suplee. The lack of service between Sup lee and Izea makes it necessary to send mi.il by a very circuitous' route between Canyon City and Prineville. Senator Bourne bas endeavored on many occasions to induce the Department to estab lish this service but without suc cess. Since the order has boen made calling for bids the estab lishment of the service will de pend upon a bid at a reasonable figure for the service. Com mercial bodies in both Canyon City and Prineville have boon interested In the matter for some time. The establish ment of this route will furnish a much-desired connection between two sections of the flute between which there is considerable cor respondence. Only Twelve Days to Complete Lists All who are working for one or m"ore of the Journal Christmas presents will have but twelve more days in which to complete the work, All lists should be in this office as early as possible so you will not have to wait for your presents. We can mail them to you if you find it inconvenient to come to Prineville All communications should reach this office not later than Jan. 1, 1913. Some Illegal Taxes Due Prineville A speciul meeting of the city council was held Tuesday evening to consider a proposition made by S. I. Belknap of Grant county. He agreed for the sum of $100 to show the city authorities of Prineville a way in which to make 11500. This looked like a gold brick proposition to the city dads but they were willing to give Mr. Bel knap a hearing. All had their sus picions and doubt and most of the councilmen kept a tight hold on their pocketbooks while the gentle man was around. However, when he unfolded his plans the council agreed to put 1100 in the First National Bank, subject to Mr. Belknap' order when the city got the. 1 1 500. 1 1 is a case of back taxc. During the year 1901-2-3 the county assessed the city for a road tax which it had no legal right to levy. The amount of this illegal tax will reach 1 1700 if the figures of Councilmen Winnek are correct. Quite a tidy sum for the city treasury. Mr. Belknap has collected back taxes for a number of towns in Grant county that were illegally as sessed. Christmas Sunday at Methodist Church Sabbath school at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. A Christmas sermon. Epworth League at 6:30. At 7:30 o'clock the choir, led by Mrs. E. L. Coe, will render a beau tiful Christmas Cantata entitled, "The Star of the East." This will be the musical event of the season The choir has been working to make this one of the best musical cantatas ever given m r rineviiie. The pub- lie is cordially invited. The following is the program: 1. Prelude. 2. "Arise, Shine," Mrs. Coe and Women's Chorus choir. . 3. "The Strange Star," Miss Barnes, Mr. Coe and choir. 4. "The Angels' Song," Mr. C W. Elkins, Mrs. Coe. 5. "Sing, O Heaven," Spencer Mayhew. 6. "Beautiful Star," Miss Ethel Williams. . 7. "Awoke, Put on Thy Strength" Mrs. Smith and choir. 8. "Bethlehem," chorus for women's voices and choir. 9. "Lead Thou Me On," Mrs. Coe. 10. "There Shall be Night No More," Miss Barnes. 11. "Rejoice Greatly." Mr. El kins and choir. Pianist, Miss Frances Williams. Violinist, Mrs. Chas. S. Edwards. Speed the Day for a 24-Hour Service It begins to look as though Prine ville would have a 24-hour electric service by the first of the year. The pole-setting crew of the P. L. & W. Co. entered the city Monday from the north, completing the line to Culver. The poles are of Idaho cedar, 35 feet long and are set into the ground four feet. The poles are stripped and present a clean, uniform appearance. The Cove Power Co. is making all haste to reach this city as soon as possible. Surveyors and workmen were busy Saturday locating and digging post holes. The pole crew is now on the outskirts of town. The Cove Company is also using the Idaho cedar poles which are the best ob tainable. You ure luvlted toattend the Red mond Poultry Show aud bring your birds. 125 Praises Prineville ! i School Parade1 This office recently received a copy of the Jouidal of Education, published in LVs...n, of which Dr. A. E. Winship is e litor. Mr. Winship K'es a most inter esting account in this number of his travels and work in Oregon giv- ing special attention . to hi automo- bile trip through eastern Oregon. ! His article is headed, Oregon, Oh, j Oregon! and he is loud in his praise . of the possibilities found here. The different sections come in for their , share of attention and the pictures of sevaral of the leading educators of the state are shown. All who heard Dr. Winship at Prineville during the county insti tute and fair know that he is an able educator and a most interest ing and instructive speaker. He said this of the school parade: "In every county the marshaling and marching of the children was an event of the day, but in Crook I County at Prineville it was literally an historical pageant as well as pa rade. The line was nearly half a mile long, and every school was fully arrayed to represent some his torical event or region to be a part of the pageant. Whole schools were brought in from far away regions to be a part of the pageant. Supt. Ford stated that Dr. Win ship expects to soon publish an article setting forth the possibilities and resources of Crook county. Large Class Writing for State Papers County Superintendent Ford has a class of thirty-eight teachers writ ing for state papers. This is the argest class in the history of the county. The following are the names of those present: Prineville Miss Margaret Kim- mell, Lee B. Franklin, Frances Wil liams, Henry W. Hayden, Bernadine Beeler, Z. T. Gideon. Christabel Hubbard, Bessie McFarland, Lulu Montgomery, George Tetlow, Caro line Taylor. Lamonta Floy E. Waite. Madras Hattie Teegarden, Clara Bliss. L. Arensmeier. Laurena An- rima Laidlaw Mrs. Delia Nichols, El len Crawford, F. H. Pinkstaff. Grizzly S. W. Robinson. Sisters Ruth Hawley. Roberts William H. Eldridge. Barnes Frances C. Langford, Ruth Langford. Opal City S. P. Burgess. Metolius Erva B. Burdick, A. T. Lewark. Culver Maud Mastin. Held Mary Christian, A. L. Mc Carthy. Terrebonne Elias S. Payne, De Witt Williams. Hampton Mrs. L. C. Peck. Ashwood Floyd Kilts, Ellen Tel fer. . Paulina Goldie Telfer. Bend H. Slack. Deschutes Ida M. Anderson. Crook County High Boy in Old Mexico ' W. V. Merchant, writing to the Journal from Old Mexico, states that he is lost without the home paper. His letter reads: "Am in Old Mexico. This is a great coun try. Tomatoes still ripening on the vines. Planted a small garden the 1st of December. Alfalfa will be ready to cut in about thr ee weeks Hoping to hear something of the old Crook County High School, I re main, etc. W. V. Merchant. The Redmond Poultry Association will hold a poultry show at Red tuoud January 15 16 17-18. 12 5 Christian Endeavorers Have Good Meeting The second annual convention of the Crook County Christian Endeav or Union held in Prineville Dec. 14 and 15 was the most successful gathering this union has had. G. Evert Baker, state president, C. II. Sprague of Portland and H. H. Rottman, field secretary, noted speakers and enthusiastic Christian workers, with their inspiring talks and lecture drew large and inter ested crowds. Representatives from Terrebonne, Frog Springs, Madras, Vanora and Redmond were heartily welcomed by the Prineville Christian Endeav orers, while the Epworth League and B. Y. P. U. of this city showed their good will and interest by at tending and helping in every way. The .business session brought clearly before the people what the societies had really accomplished and tried to do since their organiza tion. The Future Work committee made the following report: We, the committee on Future Work, reccommend to the Crook County Endeavor Union the follow ing outlines in new work for the year 1913: 1. A superintendent to be elected to promote Tenth Legion work in Crook county. 2. A superintendent to be elected to establish Junior Endeavor work in the county. 3. That a committee to be com posed of one' member from each society be appointed to obtain sub scriptions to the Christian Endeavor World sufficient to enable the Crook County C. E. Union to send a dele gate to the Los Angeles convention. 4. That the Lookout committee be instructed to make an effort to organize new societies at all points Columbia Southern Irrigation Problems Salem, Or., Governor West is sending out to members of the leg- islature a report covering the his tory of the Columbia Southern irri gation project in Crook county, pre pared by the Desert Land board, and a review by himself of five things that might be done to com plete the project. These .five pos sible methods are: 1. Contract with Alma D. Katz of Portland. 2 Contract with some other per son or company. 3 By organizing irrigation dis tricts. 4 United States reclamation ser vice, either alone or through co-operation with the state. 5. State reclamation. It appears that the only method that presents itself to the governor as feasible, with assured success, is state reclamation. This would be "construction of a reclamation sys tem with money appropriated by the legislature and expended under the direction of the desert land board, or such other officer, board or department as the legislature may direct. It is believed that this is one of the most feasible and satisfactory methods of completing the project. While the state has incurred no legal liability on account of the failure ox the project, there is no doubt that some moral responsibil ity rests with it to remedy condi tions which, to a certain extent, are due to mistakes on the part of its officers." Governor West says the state did not txercise proper supervision in possible where societies do not ex ist and to reorganize where societies have discontinued. 5. That the county Union obtain a traveling C. E. library to be loan ed to the societies of the' county. 6. That the Union make an effort to get the Epworth League and the Baptist Young People's societies of the county to unite with us. The Sunday evening session with talks delivered by our state workers proved to be one of the most inter esting meetings and it was at this time the following new officers were installed by State President G. Evert Baker: President Ethel Klann, Madras. Vice President R. G. Smith, Prineville. Second Vice President Earl Ben ton, Redmond. Secretary C. E. Powell. Vanora. TreasurerAlma Gitchel, Prine ville. The following was reported by the committee on resolutions: We, the committee on resolutions. submit the following report: Be it resolved, that we, as dele gates to the Crook County Christian Endeavor Convention, extend to the people of Prineville our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the hos pitality they have so generously ex tended. The different churches of your city who have so freely opened their doors for our meetings, we are es pecially grateful.' - - We trust and pray that our com ing may be an uplift to the citizens of your city, even as it has been an inspiration to us and that God's spirit may be continued among you. Signed. Mrs. Viola Davidson, Jas. Vilbert, a. l. hougtaling. this project, and that it should, therefore, make a special effort to protect purchasers of land. He states it is almost impossible now : to sell Carey act bonds because in- vestors have learned by bitter ex- perience that a Cary act lien is very poor security. "The proper and business like way of handling the irrigation pro--ject would be to have sufficient funds available to complete con struction work and have an ade quate supply of water ready for im mediate delivery to the land before it is placed on the market," says Governor West. "The state could easily handle the project in this way. "To complete the Columbia Southern project, so as to reclaim all the irrigable land in the original selection of 27,004 gross acres, would require, according to the state engineer's estimate, practical ly $450,000, or an expenditure of 1225,000 a year for two years. If the state were to appropriate this amount, complete the project and then place the lands on the market at an average price of $40 an acre. they could all be sold, and the money appropriated, together with interest, and a fair profit, be turned back into the state treasury." Maurine Face Preparations Sold and guaranteed by Olds, Wort man & King, Portland, Oregon. Call for a Free Facial Treatment at the home of Mrs. O. C. Claypool, local agent. 'Phone orders promptly delivered. 12-12 Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the Central Oregon Livestock & Agricultural Asso ciation will be held on the first Mon day in January, 1913, at Commercial Club Hall, Prineville, Oregon, at 2 p. in., for the purpose of electing orticers for the ensuing vear. 12-12 3t J". F. Cadlr, secretary.