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MARCH? 8, 1917 PAGE 2 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL BV Gl'Y LAKOI.I.KTTK Entered at the po tofflee at Prine Tillc, Oregon, as sicond-class mat ter. PtBLISHKU K V EI IY Till IIS DAY Trice 11.60 per year, payable strictly in advanco. In case of change of address please notify us t onee, giving both old and new address. )1tS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGI ADVERTISIN3 BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO j BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES '. vrooimow vu.so again But little has been said compar atively about the Inauguration of President Wilson tor his second term. The nation has been busy caring for the Immense business which its people In almost every line are en Joying, and the official life at Washington has been crowded to Its utmost in meeting the different for eign complications as they have risen. H has now been four months since the people decided that Wilson was a safe man to rule the destinies of the nation in its most difficult conditions, and since that time the people who were proclaiming that the country would go on the rocks before Christmas have had their theories blasted, and their argu ments have vanished into thin air. The most powerful men in the nation, the greatest publications on earth, many of which are of the Republican faith, are strong in their support of the president. He is the president of all the people, and no one can doubt his desire to care for the destinies of the nation as they should be. We believe that he has faced and auccessfully passed more critical conditions during the past four years than all the presidents up to the time of his first inauguration, and it is to be hoped that the en suing term will be as successful in this regard, just share of the burden that should be carried by the fellow who has . . 1 - .. . 1 1 InuA ! herds of livestock, and money loan ed to his neighbors. The statement that valuations are far less than they should be Is worthy of consideration, and will bo i looked Into by a committee from the Commercial Club, who will co operate with the county court and assessor In an attempt to adjust the matter as it should be, without any injustice to anyone. It has been considered good busi ness to assess a piece of laud at a fraction of Us real value, but there are a number of reasons why that is no longer true, and local valua tions, tike many other Issues, should be adjusted to the new condition. The problem of compelling an in dividual to give the assessor a com plete list of his holdings Is an old one, but the facts are that a law exists whereby the nun who fails to do this can be punished as he no doubt should be. ' , This is not a matter In which the assessor is at fault, but rather a condition in which he needs the moral Bupport of citizens, and just at this season, such assistance Is extremely appropriate. We think that Mr. Blanchard is right on this matter of taxation, and that through the correction of this evil a number of helpful changes will result. There is no branch of the stock business that is so irregularly sup ported as the raising of hogs. There are less hogs in this part of the state just now than for many years, and from the prices quoted tt would seem that this general condition prevails over much of the north west. The high prices of grain dis courage the industry, but a few good hogs are profitable on every farm. During the next thirty days spring will be upon us. Now is a good time to secure the seed and have it properly cleaned for plant ing, and to plan the work for the big spring drive. Remember, the Prineville country leads the west in the quality of cat tle produced, and, the quantity Is rapidly increasing.. ZIMMERMAN ADMITS PLOT AGAINST U. S. Berlin, via Sayvjlle wireless. For elgn Secretary Zlmmermunn Justified I Germany's action In seeking to ally! Mexico and Japan against the United I States. Such a course, he said, was merely defensive measure not to be carried j out except in ease the I'nlted State j declared war on Oermany. Moreover, i he said. It was no more a "plot" than j the "plot" which was reported In 1 South American newspapers as having j been undertaken against Germany by i the I'nited States when America sought, according to South American j and other newspaper reports, to line : up the American republics in common action against Germany. The foreign j secretary commented on America's pro ally sympathies, lie refrained from admitting specifically fat authorship of the letter to Minister Krkhardt at Mexico Cltjr and his entire discussion of the matter was, he was careful to state, based on "Kngllsh reports" of the "German plot to get Mexico to declare mar against the United States and to secure Japan's aid against the I'nited States." (a VILLA THOUGHT ELIMINATED Statt Department Informed1 Bandit Chief's Forces Art Scattered. Washington. Practical elimination of Francisco Villa as a factor In the Mexican situation has been reported to the state department An Ameri can consul is authority for the state ment that Villa is practically elimin ated because of his physical condi tion. General Murguia, Carrania com mander, was quoted by another Amer ican ofriclal to the same effect. The belief Is expressed that the Villa forces have been pretty welt dis sipated and that the question of peace ful conditions in northern Mexico has largely resolved itself Into-one of policing. N CD m I A H Use flatter Jlourf The price you pay for flour does not assure you the satisfaction you should demand. You are entitled to the most loaves of the best quality and delicious flavor Kl ill rd. Fl OMF or your guarantees just that. Satisfaction money refunded PRINEVILLE FLOUR MILLS STATEMENT ISSUED TO COUNTRY BY WILSON AHOIT TAXATION On two recent occasions. County! Commissioner J. F. Blanchard has expressed himself publicly in posi tive terms that the assessed valua tions In Crook County are about 25 ; per cent of the actual cash values, and that large numbers of livestock and notes that are held by people who make a business of loaning are sot being taxed at all. We believe, from the statements made by Mr. Blanchard. that be knows what he is talking about, and! that if this condition actually eiiBts, a great injustice- is being done to the class of people who have small amounts of property. Tb.e man who has a homestead and a few head of livestock is usu ally honest enough oto give every particle of his property in when the assessor or his deputy calls, and to him falls the lot of paving an un- ANNOUNCEMENT ' The Art Shop Hu moved back to its old stand between First and Sec ond Streets where it will continue at before with the addition of a Needlecraft Department W. h in ilock Royal Society Crochet Cotton and package goods. This line will soon be enlarged. Call and tee our line. THE ART SHOP F. E. LAFLER, Prop. Austrian Chief of Staff Is Dismissed. London. Kmperor Charles of Aus tria has dismissed Field Marshal Con rad von Hoetzendorf, Austrian chief of staff, according to a Vienna dispatch to Reuter's by way of Amsterdam. Baron Strauienberg succeeds Von l Hoetzendorf. Bernstorff to Have Seat in Reichstag. Amsterdam, via London. Count! von Bernstorff, former German am- I bassador to the United States, has ' been nominated as a candidate tor the reichstag in place of the late Herr von Keidlng, according to. tbe Teie-graf. 25 Americans on LaeonU. Washington. All the! evidence the Laconla's destruction now com- piled at the state department shows j Washington President Wilson lib formed the country in a statement that he may be without power to arm merc hant ships and take otheriepa to meet the (ierman submarine men ace. In the absence of authority from congress. An extra session of con Kress, the I president says. Is required to clothe j him with authority, but it is useless to call one while the senate works un der the present rules which permit a, small minority to keep an overwhelm. I lift majority from acting. The president proposes therefore., that the special session of the senate,, which he called to meet Monday, re vise the rules, "to supply the means of action and save the country. Iwm 1 disaster." on "A little gronp of wilful mom" saya the presldnnt In his statement, "rep resenting no opinion but their own. The Journal is only 150 a year. New Sleeping Car Service via OREGON TRUNK RY. Central Oregon line A Standard. Pullman Sleeping Car is now operated between Portland and Central Oregon points as follows Lv. Central Oregon Monday, Wednesday, Friday Lv. Portland Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday This is in addition to the Daily Tourist Sleeping Car Service which is continued B OTH SLEEPING CARS are handled from Portland on North Bank Limited No. 2, leaving at 7:10 p. m. instead of on Local Train No. 8 as form erly, leaving at 6 p.m., arrive Bend 7:20 p. m. Call on or address agents J. T. HARDY Trav. Frt. & Patt. Agt. Portland 1714 R.R. CROZIER Attt Gen. Pais. Agent that 25 Americans were put Id pardy of their lives by the German submarine. Three were killed. were nut In ieo- nave renm-rea ine gr-pai govern nieni . Germany Take Church Bells. Copenhagen, via London. An order appropriating bronze church bells for war requirements after March 1 is published in the German press. of the UHited States helpless and tempt iblr." Shipp & Perry Dealers in Lumber, Shingles, Mouldings, Dooj, Windows, Glass, Paints and Oils, Rubberoid Roofing, and Ornamental Fencing. BRIEF WAR NEWS In tbe Tigris region, Ibe British in quest of Bagdad, are following up the Turks recently driven eut of Kut-ol-Aaiara. Uamadan, in Persia, 240 miles northeast of Bagdad, the goal of the present advance In Mesopotamia, ha been captured by tbe Russians. No notable changes In positions have taken place in either the Austro- Itallan or Macedonian theaters, where small engagements and artillery duels continue to prevail. In a raid ou Jtusslan lines west of Lutsk, Volhynia, which were pene trated nearly a mile, Berlin says the Germans destroyed the Russian works and took 122 prisoners. British troops maintain their daily progress against the German lines on the Ancre front in France. The cap ture of Gomraecourt was followed by the driving of the British line 1000 - j yards northeast of that place. Borah Wants Six Millions for Food. , figures voucnea tor in L,onnon snow Washington. Appropriation of $6,- that German submarines destroyed 000,000 for federal relief in the present o,ooo ions or mercnant snipping in fnnrt situation and future investigation rehruary. ints figure Is less man GIANT SN0WSUDE IS FATAL j Fifteen Were Killed and Many In jured In Idaho Mining District. Boise, Idaho. Fifteen men were killed and 15 injured when a giant snow slide destroyed the bunk house, compressor house and warehouse of the North Star mine, 12 miles north east of Halley, Idaho. Work of searching the wrecked buildings for the remaining bodies was delayed because of the imminent danger of bringing down a slide from the opposite side of the gulch. The injured men were brought to Gimlet station in sleighs and from there were taken to Hailey on the train. ti-t '''"fjr In the heart of tho city Xr-'' .1 ji-' -Vir ' -,, W The Portland Hotel j If Invites the citizens of the erciire eut of the Cat- cascades to sojourn under its hoipjta.We roof when- 1 I ever they visit th City of Rose. I Generous in size and superior in environment I I The Portland offers to its guests, every luxury and J 1 convenience. I I . European Plan $ 1 .50- and Upwards Ju C Richard W. Childi 0" j life: S T 1 1 'in mill li l L s. t r ; ? ?r-3 I J. . f Xat .j5dK, 1 ft- JT Si III AVillUlliil to devise better marketing and distri bution methods was proposed in a resolution introduced by Senator Bor ah, of Idaho. Action upon the reso lution was deferred. half the 1,000,000 tons which Berlin has contended would result from un restricted submarine warfare. Spuds Rise $1 a Mile. Gaston, Or. Oregon potatoes In crease in value at the rate of $1 a mile as they travel east. A car of 655 sacks standing on the track here is worth $2500. When it reaches the New York market, its value rises to $6000. Churches Make Big Membership Gain Maw Vnrl Tlifl nat InnrnofiA In .. ' v , nit4 I substantiated by, officers of the Unlt- 1916 in church members In the United . " Plot Revelation Due to Guardsmen. Houston, Texas. Four men, one non-commissioned officer and three privates of the First Indiana Infantry, and not secret service operatives of the government, arrested the messen ger of Ambassador von Bernstorff, en route to Mexico to deliver the plotting note of Alfred Zimmerman to the German Ambassador at Mexico City. This was learned from two men who participated and were members of the border patrol. Their story was States was 747,000, a gain of 204,000 over the Increase for 1915, according to figures made public here. ed States army, Panama Would Help Guard Canal. Panama. The national assembly of Panama adopted unanimously a reso lution expressing sympathy with the United States and a desire to co-operate in the defense of the canal sons. Roosevelt Won't Talk With Brysn. New York. Theodore Roosevelt has declined an invitation of repre sentatives of the, Congress of Forums to debate the subject of preparedness In this city with William Jennings Bryan. Mr. Bryan, it was explained, had accepted the invitation. Hardware of REDMOND, OREGON Invites your inquiries -for anything in the hardware and implement line. We carry the moist complete stock in Central Oregon. Orders Filled Same Day as Received. Try Our Parcel Post Service Our Motto Best Quality, Lowest Price Prompt Service The Journal has the largest circulation of any county paper