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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1917)
CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL PAGE I ABOUT SUMMER RANGES 1 1 r r i JULY 12, 1917 Hy Forest Huiicrvlsur, Homer Hos A great deal him lni u lulil about the vast livestock 'wintering re sources of (V, Count, but very little about din' miliuii t ruur.'H. A groat many people itn not rall.n the Irupiirluiit part which t li y play u a resource In our i-.itiiiiry and s governing factor In the amount of livestock which can tut delivered on the market each your. It was only a (. jvtrg np.o thai the number ut mock u rancher could handle wu governed by the number he roulil winter. However inn situ ation Is now rliiinifo.1 mid tin; n lim ber of rattle mid m)i. thut cun lie handled on a fiii-ut inuny of our ranches todny In limited to the num ber for w h It-li summer ruiiKo cun lie provided. Thl In not due to any reduction In the. amount of fomcn Hint In be ing produced on our summer ra c,i (berg ii mi they ure supporting mic mock today tliiiu they did 8 yeur ago mid are tumliiK Until out In the full In better condition t hut ruthr to tint fai t thut we a iv rodiuim; tunny time the tonu.iK" of hny now us couipnred lo f or 10 yej.ru iiisi., aud UN fiml an we lucr used our h, production, we built up our lu.-.ux Correspondingly. Hi hag iHX'd our summer rung' tu t U ulm and him mode, necessary the ,nicUc of Intensive Mud mleiitillc ruuee suanugemcut In order tu tin ci tin Ituiitlon u fur u possible, Th Oclioco Nutlonul Korest U 1 luted almost III the outer of (.he Hlate Hud comprises hpui nxluiutcty 800,000 acre of Biituiiii-r gnuiitg luud Mhout one-half of which lit In dited In Crook County. This 400, 000 Keren comprlite about nine- tenth of tlifl lumni'r r''uri 'l of the County Mild will support dur ing tlio coming aunimer about 7,r.0(i cuttle and 45,00't h-"!:i. The eiuii forest will feed this year 15,01k ciUtln and 85,000 sheep having i total value of over $2.'J00,0n0. Wllh these flour's liefer" u we can con ceive some Idea of the value of l (i ' t'l'Kiurco to our ixi.iuiu.iliy, end r peclully ut this time when we t.;. nuking every effort tj produce th in i x ; in n in amount of meat for ...: country. The own us of the above tue:i-i-'ii i.vtti ick aro (inxitiK the iikk ; r ,i;ri ., tn th, ,;in vt I.uhImi!, ii the WeHt and have entered Into ClO U'iirU .,( i :.UKO UeVI ll.pUI.'nl Witt: lh KoreHt Servlco In a wholelicui ted Mi', Where the all"C)i iiw;i:t uh i' to handle It it thunp in larift-r buuiii anil their i'Xci.'Klvu ' lr-lln, uno iruinplluK wan dentructlvo to tl:: forni,!', they row run lliem In mil-ill er biiiicheM. Where In the old cia r' they freijueiitly spent u timnth :. one camp, they now move their flock b frcquci tly In onj r to f,:u. the ruiii;i more evenly. , The H'kt . of Individual ullotmenta haa done away with the ruxh for the higher runites where duriux the early days llio rang wan occurred. I The cattle owner have iteadlly Improved the Krade of their atock, until many of the herd today con tain prize winner In several differ ent breeds and the ranKe fattened beef Is of the fluent quarity. The cattle owners have formed commun ity organizations through which they construct drift and division fences, , put Into effect systematic salting and breeding plans, and carry on cooper ative range development with the Forest Service. j The desire of ths- cattle and : sheep men to improve the quality, i and Increase the carrying capacity of our summer raiiRes, together with their liberal expenditure of money, has done much toward IncreuHing the vulue of this resource to our community. K) hrulm liurnea. supervisor of the Miuain fori-Ht, has received a telegram fiom In ail'iuarters to the effect thai t I Ktcjckrn' ii holding permits to graze stock In the reserve will not be com ptiHd to rellimulsh their permits up on enllntlng in the arjjiy. Each will be required only to not'.'y the office cf hi eiillatment and other herds will be subtl:iited ''i'.!!) his return. 1 1 f I i. Smoke Prineville Made Cigars '..,-vi.lrJ;:-. , ; '-. . I. '. i i j 1 -- - -. , Eagle Cigar Factory Prineville . Oregon GEORGE WALKER, Propr. Manufacturer of the Eagle Perfectos Cigars of Highest Quality For comfort and efficiency on the farm use ' electric AiatomatiG Piimps for your water supply. They are cheap to operate and require attention only once or twice a month Electric Power for Irrigating Pump Electric Washing Machine Only 2c an hour to operate oecic MaGHinie Cost of machine with motor complete $37.50 and lc an hour to operate In addition to the above there are dish washing machines, ironing machines ranges, choppers, separators, churns and many electrically operated appliances that take the place of hired help and are a real economy to use Be Grata P weir Coo r Operating in Prineville, Oregon, Redmond, Oregon, Madras, Oregon, Metolius, Oregon, Culver, Oregon and adjacent territory i