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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 26, 1912.
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VOL. XVII NO. 5
New Parcels Post
Law Effective Jan.
Postmaster Lcdford lutyi thwt he
hk everything In readiness to carry
out the mandate of tho new par
cels Knt law that goes Into effect
January 1. The new law provide:
"That hereafter fourth-class mail
matter, including farm and factory
product, nut now embraced by
law In either the firHt, second or
third clam, not exceeding 1 1 pound
in weight, nor greater in size than
72 Inches in length and irirth com
bined, nor In form or kind likely
to injure the person of any postal
employe or damage the mail equip
ment or other mail matter and not
of a character perishable within a
period reasonably required for
transportation and delivery.
"That for the puriwso of this lec
tion the United States and its sev
eral territories and possessions, ex
cepting the I'hilippine Islands, shall
)e divided Into units of area 30
miles square, Identical with a quar
ter of the area formed by the inter
secting parullels of latitude and
meridians of longitude, represented
on appropriate postal maps or plans,
and such units of area shall be the
basis of eight postal tones as fol
lows :
On all matter mailed at the
postollice from which a rural route
starts, for delivery on auch route,
or mailed on any point of auch
route for delivery at any other
point thereon, or any rural route
starting therefrom, and all matter
mailed at a city carrier office, or at
any point within its delivery limits,
for delivery by carriers from that
office, or at any office for local do-livery,-
five cents for the first pound
or fraction of a pound and 1 cent
for euch additional pound or frac
tion of a pound.
"For delivery within the first
zone, 50 miles, 5 cents, for
the fisrt pound or fraction of a
pound and 3 cents for each ad
ilitional pound or fraction of a
pound.
"For delivery in the second zone,
50 to 150 miles, 6 cents for the
first pound or fraction of a pound
and 4 cents for each additional
pound or fraction of a pound.
"For delivery within the third
zone, 150 miles to 300 miles, 7 cents ;
for the first pound or fraction of a; Unmailable Live animals, live
pound and five cents for each addi-'live poultry, spiritous liquors, vin
tional pound or fraction of a pound, j ous and malt liquors, explosives, ar
"For delivery within the fourth j tides liuble to injure the mails or
zone, 300 miles to 600 miles, 8 persona handling the same.
cents for the first pound or frac
tion of a pound and 6 cents for each
additional pound or fraction of a
pound -
"For delivery within tho fifth
zone, GOO miles to 1000 miles, 9
cents for tho first pound or fraction
of a pound and 7 cents for each
additional pound or fraction of a
pound.
"For deliver within the sixth zone,
1000 miles to 1400, 10 cents for the
first pound or fraction of a pound
and 9 cents for each additional
pound or fraction of a pound.
"For delivery within the seventh
zone, 1400 miles to 1800 miles 11
Situation Wanted.
By man and wife, both thoroughly
experienced, work un a ranch where
there lire, no women or children. Ad
dreHS K. K. Worrell, Oregon Hotel,
rrlnevlllo. 12-19 Up
Lost
Dark bay mare, weight 1200 pounds,
brand three bars on right hip, another
brand on left. hod. mane roaohed.
short tail, star in foreherd. chunkv
built. Reward. Write Walter M. Brown
Fort Hock, Ore. 11-14-lmp
r or nine or i mile- wooitsaw, us
chimp us dirt. Can be wen working.
Chus. F, Coudart. tl-28
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cents for the first pound or fraction
of a pound and 10 cents for each
additional pound or fraction of a 'at
pound.
"For delivery within the eighth
tone, all over 1800 miles, and be
tween the Philippine Islands and any
portion of the United States, in
cluding the District pf Columbia
and the several territories and pos
sessions, 12 cents for the first pound
or fraction of a pound and 12 cents
for each additional pound or frac
tion of pound.
Under the new parcel post law,
which goes Into effect January 1.
1913, fourth-class matter will be
mailable only under the new parcel
post regulations, and packages pre
sented for mailing which do not
meet the new requirements will be
treated as unmailahlc. Some of
the more important provisions of
these new regulations are shown
herewith :
Rates of postage on packages
weigning not more than four onuces
are the same as at present. Pack'
ages weighing more than four
ounces take now parcel post pound
rates, which are arranged accord
ing to distance carried.
Distinctive parcel post stamps
must be used, and packages mailed
with ordinary postage stamps will
be treated as unmailable. The par
cel post stamps will not be good for
postage on other classes of maiL
matter. "
Sender's name and address must
appear on all packages. Post
masters are directed to treat as un
mailable parcels presented for mail
ing on which this Information is
not clearly given.
SeedB, cuttings, bulbs, scions,
plunts, etc., are mailable only av.
the rate of 1 cent for each two
ounces without regard to distance
carried. Weight limit is increased
to 11 pounds. Special parcel post
stamps must be used.
Printed matter, books, etc., are
not mailable umler new parcel post
regulations, but must go as third
class matter at present rate of 1 1
cent for each two ounces or fraction 1
without regard to distance. Parcel
post stamps not good for postage !
on this class of matter.
Liquids other than thoso shown
in paragraph 7 as unmailable may
be accepted for local delivery only
when it is unnecessary to transport
them over steam or electric rail
ways. Liquids may be sent to any
destination when mailed in glass
bottles containig not more than 12
ounces, such bottles to be incased in
a block or tube surrounded with
sufficient absorbent material to take
up the contents, of the bottle if
broken.
Insured Parcels may be insured
up to $50 in value for a fee of 10
cents.
Maurine Face Preparations
Sold and guaranteed by Olds, Wort
man & King, Portland, Oregon. Call
for a Free Facial Treatment at the
liome ot Mrs. O. O. (Jlaypool, local agent.
12-12
Notice to Stockholders.
The annual meeting of the Central
Oregon Livestock & Agricultural Aaeo
ciation will be held on the first Mon
day In January, 1913, at Commercial
Club Hall, Prineville, Oregon, at 2 p.
in., for the purpote of electing officers
for the ensuing year.
12-12-3t J. F. CAlH.it, tecretary.
Teachers Hold a
Social Session
Last Friday morning the county
courtroom was the scene of much
Interest when the teachers who
were taking the December examin
ation assembled early to get better
acquainted and to find out how many
These teachers were from Mass
achusetts on the east to Oregon on
the west and from New York on
the north to Missouri on the south,
with one representative from Man
chester, England.
After half an hour spent in pleas
ant conversation the teachers divid
ed into groups representing their
different states and each group
claimed certain honors for its state.
Mr. Eldridge claimed to be the
lone pilgrim from Massachusetts,
while others gave many interesing
and humorous short speeches.
Mr. Ford then presented Mr. Tet
low of Manchester, England, and
Mr. Eldridge of Boston with the
prize a bag of candy. This was
distributed among those present. I
One third of these teachers have j
been in Crwik County less than tix ,
months and only six have been in i
the county lonirer than three vears
There were only six Oregonians in
the group.
Dr. Winship of Boston, who re
cently traveled through many parts !
of Oregon in the interest of educa-!
tion, was much surprised to find
State Superintendent Alderman so
successful in introducing so many
reforms into our state system of ed
ucation but after attending the
'techr' annual instituteJirT Prine
ville and learning of the many states
represented.he said he ceased to won
der at Oregon's progress in educa
tion for these teachers were not
bound down with traditions or with
cut and dried ways of doing things
but were ready and willing to try
out and adopt the newer and better
ways of teaching.
Following is a list of the teachers
with their home states :
Massachusetts : W. H. Eldridge.
New York : Floyd Kilts, Miss
Christian.
Iowa : Glenn H. Slack, Ida M.
'Anderson,
Miss Kimmell, Lorena
Andrus.
Tennessee
Franklin,
Indiana :
Cochran.
S. P. Burgess, Lee B.
C. T. Lewark, Lelia
F. H. Pinkstaff, Maud
Illinois :
Mastin.
Michigan
Erva Burdick, Ruth
Hawley.
Wisconsin : Bessie McFarlane, El
len Telfer, Goldie Telfer.
Missouri : Lillie Arensmeier, S.
W. Robinson, DeWitt Williams, Z.
T. Gideon, Richard R. Lawrence,
C. L McCarthy.
Kansas: Mrs. Delia Nichols.
Wyoming : Elias Payne.
Washington: Ellen M. Crawford,
Miss Teegarden, H. W. Hayden,
Clara Bliss, Frances Williams.
Oregon : Mrs. L. C. Peck, Lulu
Montgomery, Frances Langford,
Floyd E. Waite, Ruth Langford,
Caroline Taylor.
England, Manchester : George
Tetlow.
Christmas Cantata
at the M. E. Church
The Methodist church was crowd
ed last Sunday evening to hear the
Christmas cantata "The Star of the
East." ' The beautiful story was
told in song and was enjoyed by
those present. The parts taken by
Mrs. Coe were especially good. The
music was delayed two weeks and
several singers on whom Mrs. Coe
had depended were unable to help.
However she made the most of ev
erything and deserves much credit
for the production of this cantata.
School Entertainment
a Great Success
Lait Thursday evening the Prine
ville public schools gave an excel
lent cntertai.in.ent. Superintendent
Myers said they had to send all over
the United Mates to get suitable
material, and after enjoying the ex1
cellent program no one doubted
that much work and careful plan
ning had been done.
Every seat in the Club Hall was
taken long before the program be
gan. Many extra seats were pro
vided, and even then a large num
ber had to stand.
The rope jumping, with their
pretty decorated ropes went through
several exercises, keeping time with
the piano.
The "brownies" with their char
acteristic suits did their part well.
The recitations by the little folks
were all excellent. The motion
songs with their characteristic cos
tumes and gestures were all good.
Both the pantomime and the com
edy were humorous and the parts
were well acted. The little Hol
landers with their wooden shoes
sang in their native tongue and
were perfectly at home in their
dancing. The family is but recent
ly from Holland.
The boys handled their" Indian
clubs well and the "sunflower boys"
were unusually good.
The butterfly drill" was the
most artistic and dainty number on
the program.
The Yamma-Yama girls in cos
tume gave an appropriate finish to
this program. -1 v
The parents and citizens of Prine-
ville are much indebted to Prof.
Myers and his teachers for the ex
cellent training and high grade of
work they art. doing for our boys
and girls.
The receipts for this entertain
ment were 1109.35.
Hampton a Thrifty
Little Settlement
Two and one-half years ago there
was only one house in what is now
the thriving little settlement of
Hampton. At that time Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Peck, with seven other
families, left Portland to make
their fortunes in Central Ore
gon. Each family took a home
stead of 320 acres and went to work.
One of the first things they did
was to organize a Sunday school in
a tent. They have missed but two
Sundays during this period, and
now have a thriving Sunday school
with three classes men's, women
and children. They hold tieir
meetings in the school house and
have a piano.
The schoolhouse was built by the
men of the neighborhood who do
nated their work. The women
papered the building and furnished
it with hand-made benches and
tables of their own make. '
A short time ago six of the set
tlers went together and drilled a
well on L. C. Peck's place. This
well is 160 feet deep and furn
ishes plenty of water for these fam
ilies. They expect soon to have a
wind mill.
At the present time there are
thirty houses in Hampton, one good
store and a lumber yard which gives
work to a good many men.
Mrs. L. C. Peck is teaching the
school this year and says that the
people of Hampton are as happy,
contented and refined as one could
find anywhere. The spirit of co
operation and thrift is the dominant
factor in this community.
For Sale or Trade.
One Holmes Business College
Scholarship, value $75. Student
must enter before January 1, 1913.
Inquire of Mrs. J.C.Breedlug. 12-12 2t
Accidental Shooting
at Warm Springs
Miss McLean, the assistant'
matron at the Warm Springs Indian
Agency, was accidentally shot
and killed Monday afternoon by
Brown, the assistant farmer.
Drs. Edwards and Hyde were
hurriedly summoned to Warm
Springs late Monday afternoon by
the accidental shooting of the as
sistant matron. The fatal bullet
struck her just below the nose and
ranged upward, lodging under the
scalp. It could be felt under th
skin.
The assistant farmer had just
taken a bath at the home of the
superintendent and was going from
the bathroom to the livingroom
when the accident happened. He
Will Keep Open
House New Years
The ladies of the Annex will be
at home to their friends and the
members of the Commercial Club at
the club rooms on New Year's after
noon. All members are reauested
to invite guests, especially those
who are strangers in Prineville.
Following is the program and the
committees for the afternoon:
From 2 to 3
Violin Duet Mrs. Edwards and
Miss Williams.
Vocal Solo Mrs. Rosenberg.
Mrs. Douglas and Mr. Glaze will
preside at the piano.
From 3 to 4
Vocal Solo Mrs. Adams.
Trombone Solo Mr. Smith.
Duet Mrs. Elkins and Mrs. Coe.
Music by Luckey's Orchestra.
From 4 to 5
Apollo Quartet.
Piano Solo Mrs. Frank Foster.
Mrs. Edwards and Miss Noble
will preside at the piano.
Reception committees
From 2 to 2:40 ' '
Mrs. Edwards, Miss Gitchel. Mrs.
L.E.Jordan, Miss Crooks, Mrs. L. A.
Booth.
From 2:40 to 3:30
Mrs. Belknap, Miss Baldwin, Mrs.
Pollard, Mrs. Kayler.
From 3:30 to 4:10
Mesdames Chas. Elkins, Wm.
Wigle, Joseph Lister, Frank Elkins.
From 4:10 to 5
Mesdames D. F. Stewart, Frank
Foster, John Wigle, Claude Smith.
Executive committee
Misses Gitchel, Cassidy, Engdahl,
Hubbard: Evans, Mesdames Elliott
and Gray.
The Cline Falls
Power Site
P. T. Hurlbuet, president of
the Condon National Bank and
one of the owners of Cline Falls
power site, was in Redmond last
week. Ijlr. Hurlburt came over
from Condon lo look after local
interests. He was one of the
first men to develop land in this
section of Crook county, having
purchased the Clide Falls pro
perty from Dr. C. A. Cline, in
1901. The powes site has recently
been leased to George Jocobs,
who will furnish electricity to
R?dmond and Prineville, furnish
power and pump water for irri
gation purposes to the Cine Falls
ranch. It is the intention of
Mr. Hurlburt to irrigate seven
hundred acres on the ranch and
utilize it for stock feeding.
When asked by a reporter if he
had sold the Cline Falls property,
had entered the livingroom in which
were seated Superintendent Hall,
Miss McLean and several others,
when an automatic revolver carried
by Brown fell to the floor and im
mediately exploded. The fatal bul
let caught Miss McLean under the
nose, as above stated. She died in
stantly. She was 35 years of age
and had . been employed at the
agency for some time.
Brown, the assistant farmer, is
nearly prostrated with grief. He
is a man about 40 years of age; is
married and has a family.
A coroner's jury was empaneled
and after hearing the evidence
brought in a verdict of accidental
shooting.
Mr. Hurlburt replied that they h ad
not. "We have leased a portion
of the property to Mr. George
Jacobs, of Portland." He said
the entire ranch of about 1300
acres was sold to the Crook
County Water Light & Power
Couuty, but this Fall the company
and I came to an agreement
whereby the property reverted
to us. Since then we have made
this deal with Mr. Jacobs. His
lease is for a long ti me and covers,
beside the land along the river
bank, including the power site,
the pumping and power genera
ting machinery, which i already
installed. There is now between
300 horsepower developed at the
falls. And in addition to this we
have Mr. Jacobs' agreement to
make improvements that will
develop about twice the amount.
Part of the consideration of the
lease is that we are to have lights
and power for the ranch, and
Mr. Jacobs is to pump sufficient
water to irrigate seven hundred
acres on the ranch without any
cost to us."
The Cliue Falls ranch offers
one of the most desirable stock
feeding propositions In the state.
In common with all the Redmond
country, it is within easy reach
of the Portlasd market. There "
is almost no shrinkage caused in
stock by shipping from here to
the Portland yards. The soil on
this particular ranch is unusually
deep and rich; there are already
about 250 acres in grass. The
ranch is located near the Cascade
forest reserve and directly on
the road between pasture, and
the pasture on the 'desert' east.
In addition to this, it has the old
est, and therefore the best, water
right on the Deschutes river.
The wheel at Cline Falls was the
first to be turned by the waters
of the Deschutes, now famous
almost the world over for its
wonderful irrigation and power
possibilities.
Mr. Hurlburt left for Condon
Sunday morning after conferring
with Mr. Jacobs here Saturday
night. Oregon Hub.
Cattle Bring Good Price
Last week M. R. Biggs sold 22
head of cattle in the Portland mar
ket for $7.65 a hundred. At the
same time Ed Slayton sold two car
loads of cattle. For one carload he
received 17.50 and for the other
17.35. The top price paid that day
was $7.90. While the Prineville
shippers did not get the highest
price, yet everything considered the
compensation received was fairly
satisfactory. When stock can be
shipped at Prineville much of the
loss in shrinkage can be saved the
grower.