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MAY 3, 1917 PAGE 6 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL ALFALFA CATTLE OFF TO TUMALO RESERVE FARMKKH Hl'Y CARS AM) TRl'l'K XRAR ;ki..i.v GOOD GRASS ON Hill CREEK Snow Remains IWp at Hampton liutle Hariic master Off to Seattle ALFALFA ITEMS (By Our Regulaj Correspondent) Frank Post and his bride return ed from Prineville Tuesday and were greeted In the evening by about seventy-five people with tin cans and horns. A fine supper was pre pared by Mrs. Curt Muller. after which nuts, candy and cigars were passed. The party broke up at mid night wishing Mr. and Mrs. Post a happy and prosperous journey through life, and all heartily wish ing that all the bachelors in Alfalfa would follow Mr. Post's example. Frank Ruffe and Harry Aten are working on the roads. A new bridge has been built at the entrance to the Johnston ranch. Mrs. Ray Leonard is suffering se verely from an attack of rheuma tism. Dr. Rasin, of the Millican valley, was in Alfalfa Thursday and pur chased two cows and some chickens from C. H. Hardy. Mrs. Ray Fisher went to Portland the first of the week for a visit. Several local stockmen will drive their cattle to the Tumalo reserve next Monday. Geo. Taylor passed through Al falfa with his cattle and a truck loaded with 20 calves he bad ship ped from Tillamook. run GRIZZLY NEWS Our Regular Correspondent) (By Henry Seethoff, the Metolius mill er, was in this vicinity Thursday trying to buy wheat and barley but didn't seem to meet with much suc cess. There are now three more cars in this vicinity. Andrew Morrow and Roy Chitwood have new Fords and F. M. Simpson has a second hand Reo truck and touring car combined. Roads are pretty rough in this part of the country but with a little travel they will soon be smoothed down. Earl Crain, of Prineville and Miss Grade Bland, of Terrebonne, are visiting at the home of S. W. Comp ton. Mrs. George Hamilton and daugh- ter, of Bend, arrived here Thursday. George Bland arrived home from Madras Sunday. Ernest McKenzie had the misfor tune to be thrown from his hprse "Wednesday and injured his arm so that he will be unable to use it for few days. P. Chitwood is reviewing roads in the Ashwood district this week. C. A. Newbill had the misfortune to lose a fine cow this week. tun LOWER MILL CREEK The weather is fine and grass is growing well. The river is high and nearly all of the farmers have to fight the water to keep it from ruining their land. There was a big time at the This Solves The Problem of High Cost of Living. Raise your dough with Crescent Baking Powder The most econo mical of all leav enert. CotU half the price of the old - fashioned cream of tartar kind and raises the dough better. Ask your grocer One Pound 25c Crescent Mfg. Company Seattle, Wash. school house Friday, April 27th, whU-h was the last day of school. The children had a program and afterward dinner was served. Every one had a good time. The guests were the Lower School, Dist. 48. their teacher and Mrs. Cowles. Miss Belle Cowles went to the city Friday afternoon and returned Sat urday. G rover Price went to town last Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dlshman were out to their ranch Friday In their car. Mr. Freund was In rrineville Fri day. Mr. Valpey was in town last week end. Leo. Battinger has returned from his homestead to the Crain ranch to put In his crops here. John Haines. Charlie Crain and Mr. Burmeister were dehorning nt:d branding cattle last atuurday. HAMPTON BUTTE (By Our Regular Correspondent) Mrs. Bruce Balfour is spending a tew days at the home of Stanley Bal four at Fife. Calvin Sherman was a visitor at the home of Lester Hall Monday. William Pausch, who spent the winter In Portland is at home again. Miss Lela Hall and James V. Shaner, both of Mossyrock, Wash., were recently married In that town. Mrs. Shaner was a former resident of this locality, and also attended school in Prineville. Her many friends in this county wish her a long and happy married life. Carl Pausch and Isaac Wilson are helping Charles Sherman do his spring work. Mrs. Lester Halt and children and Mrs. Bruce Balfour were recent vis itors at Fife. Ray N. Howell, who during the winter made his home at Chas. Sherman's is now visiting his par ents at their home in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. George Huette and children were recent visitors at Les ter Hall's home. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wetter are working for Wm. W. Brown at the Long Hollow lambing camp. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chapman have returned from a trip to Bend. u m BARNES ITEMS (By Our Regular Correspondent) The weather is better, but could improve, hay is scarce and several bunches of horses and cattle are be ing turned out. Mr. Everett and Lew Bennett moved their cattle from the Liggett place where they had bought hay, to their ranches at Barnes. Sid Rogers came down from Hampton Buttes last week. He says the snow is quite deep in some places there. . Ira Cox went to Prineville last week on business. Commissioner C. A. Sherman and wife were on the creek having some dental work done by Dr. Tackman. The heavy rains have caused the snow to go off fast and the roads are left in bad condition. John Wilson, Bernard Cox, Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Stringer returned from Bums the last of the week. Chas. Ivy was on tne creek last week receiving some steers from Harry Barnes. Born to the wife of O. I. David son, a boy. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. H. Barnes, of Al bany, Oregon, are visiting their son Harry of this place. A rabid coyote was killed by Ira Cox near his barn one day last week, after the animal had chased Walter Falen over a mile on his way from school. Ace Hackney, of Burns, is again in the country buying hides. Ernest Smith was a visitor on the creek. We understand that Floyd Hus ton, of Bear Creek, has bought C. A. Stevenson's ranch at Juniper Buttes. Ira Cox has bought Postmaster A. E. Bates' ranch at Barnes. Mr. Bates will move to Seattle where he will take- up work in the ship yards at that place. Mr. Durkee has moved the stage horses from above Prineville on ac count of shortage in hay, and will put on a truck. He is compelled to haul hay for the freight team. Abe Hackleman is viBiting Kubin Engstrom over Saturday and Sun day. Chas. Wilson and Robert Mosier were visitors at Lew Bennett's last week. Mrs. L. A. Abel is visiting at the home of Mrs. M. E. Bennett. Dick Rhoda had the misfortune to lose a nice cow. Bernard Cox has completed his new barn. Frank Neth has begun spring plowing on his homestead. HELD ITEMS (By Our Regular Correspondent) um ENLIST the services of The Jour nal Job department if you are in need of anything in the printing line. J. IV Pavls, of Prlugle Flat, who has been very low for some time, died at his home last Saturday night. April 21st. Th funeral was held at the home after which the body was taken to Bend for burial. Mrs. Kits Ramsay was a caller at the home of Mrs. Kennedy last Sun day. Sid Rogers and Joo Bryson went to Prineville on business this week. Mrs. S. 1). Kennedy and Mrs. Tom Rlckman and daughter I.uclle were callers at the homo oT Mrs. Alex Rlckman Thursday. Alex Hlckninn, Tom Rlckman and S. D. Kennedy dehorned cattle yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cross, from near Prineville, were visitors at the home of the tatter's mother this week. H U HAT ROCK NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) Thurman Moffltt was In Prluevllle Monday. Mr. Becker was In Prineville on business Friday. Jimmie Moffltt has moved his sheep back to his ranch again. He had them out at Rockey Canyon for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Brawn were In Prineville Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Becker have been riding for cattle the past week. There are still two head which they have been unable to find. Allen Grant passed through this neighborhood Thursday on his way to Prineville. Mr. Hughes was a visitor in this neighborhood last week. Mrs. Margaret Moffltt spent Mon day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Becker. ' FIFE ITEMS (By Our Regular Correspondent) Mrs. Jo Howard visited' school fi Thursday. Mrs. Fred Walters was In Red mond Tuesday. Frank Now bold Is building a four-room bungalow. Mr. and Mrs. La mill culled nt the home of R. 8. Towns Thursday. 1UH . ROBERTS ITEMS (By Our Regular Correspondent) Mr. and Mrs. Gardner left on the stage Tuesday morning for their home In Battle Creek, Mich., after spending the winter with their son, Julian Gardner at Fife. Mrs. Bruce Balfour, of Hampton Buttes, is spending a few days with Mrs. Stanley Balfour, of Fife. Waiter Kerbow lost one of his milch cows recently. Mrs. Rodkey, of Buck Creek, was a caller at Fife, Friday. Gus McLough, of Lost Creek, was at Buck Creek this week. Mr. Tackman, the dentist of Camp Creek, is at Fife for a few days. He goes from here to Paulina. Mrs. Lester Hall, of Hampton Buttes, was calling on Mrs. Stanley Balfour, the first of the week. John King and Frank Foster have gone to Hampton Buttes after two loads of seed potatoes. Mr. King expects to plant about 20 acres In spuds on Bob Edgerton's ranch In Glass Buttes. W. W. Brown's freight wagon has been three days getting through the alkali flat. John Wilson, the driver, had to come to""Buck Creek after ten more head of horses to pull out with. That speaks well for the roads In this part of the country. LOWER BRIDGE NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) Fred Roberta, who has enlisted lit the service, was accompanied to Redmond by his mother and father and Mrs. Alice Nelson, Monday. Dewey Hindermun left for Port land Monday to enllNt. Ben Uludernian was In Prineville Monday. Both Dixon moved several hun dred head of cuttlo Monday from Roberts to his ranch near llaruea. Columbus Johnson passed through here Sunday night with cattle going to his ranch. Sid Rogers passed through Hoh erts Monday with several hundred head of cattle on his way to the Mays ranch. II. C. Nelson met the train In Bend Tuesday morning for the pur pose of receiving some calves that had been shipped from Chehulls, Wash. Tressle and Sumner Houston spent the week-end at homo. Mr. Julia Campbell was In Prine ville Saturday to take tho Civil Service examination. Rev. J. II. Gervln, of Prineville, accompanied by about fifty from the Christian Church held services here Sunday afternoon. (By um POST ITEMS Our Regular Correspondent) J. M. Hayes returned from Port land Thursday. Walt Morris has purchased a new Case tractor. He also has a new Ford car. O. C. Gray and Will Post went to Prineville Saturday. Surveyor Kelley was in this neigh borhood and In Canant Basin survey ing last week. Mrs. J. M. Hayes, who Is in the Good Samaritan Hospital In Port land is Improving slowly. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Raymond, W. D. Knox, Miss Hansen and Miss Ethel Miller were guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. NewBom Jr., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Will Post, and J. W. Johnson culled at HI Smead's, Nell McLean's and J. R. Post's Thursday evening. - Mr. and Mrs. N'ewsnm, Miss Hun sen, R. E. Smith and W. I). Knox spent Saturday evening at Norton's. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Gunter visited Mrs. Booten Frlduy. Mr. and Mrs. Bernle Gunn are working for Mr. Hayes. um SITI'LY IS I'NDKHKHTIMATKD Water Itahtes nt Mubt ..and ..FhIIm During Day Farm Every Acre The Nation Needs Your Help Moline Universal Tractor WILL LESSEN the LABOR OF PRODUCTION Does not consume food needed by our government. It requires from twenty to thirty acres of your land to support HORSES EQUAL IN POWER TO A Moline Universal Tractor BUY NOW Redmond Lumber & Produce Co. Those afflicted with car trouble last Saturday were Miss Marian Hos kins, Russell Chapman and George Khole. Miss Dorothy Rice autoed to Red mond Saturday with her grand father, George Khole. Cus Stadfg and J. J. Stone were In Bend Wednesday. Mrs. C. F. Hosklns and daughter, Miss Marion, called on Mrs. David Milburn and Mrs. Frank Newbold Tuesday. Fred Walters and daughter Mar garet and son Fred took supper at the Holms ranch Thursday. I Water Master H. G. Kennard, who I has been taking the readings from the Instrument Installed by the Ochoco Irrigation District to deter mine the water supply, has discover ed that the flow as measured by the government, upon which figures the estimates for the water supply for the district are based, was about seventy-five per cent of the actual amount of water that passes down the channel of the stream. The water which comes from the melting snows each day, causes a marked Increase in the flow at night time, and each morning the water has receded again, until the readings were Inaccurate, having been taken during the forenoon each day,-when the water Is at its lowest point. t u u Get the habit. Advertise in The Journal if you wish to reach thf reading publio of central Oregon. 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