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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL PAGE 5 DEVICE IS ORDERED TO MEASURE WATER OREGON JEWS NOTES OF GENEMINTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. PLANT IN OPERATION KNI ItAI. OHMiON IKHIGATIOSi COMPAW AII'MIKD PLANT MxtH) IIKINO INK.D KOK v - HKAIMJATKM AMI IHIOPH JANUARY 3, 1918 '( i ORDER HADE BY COMMISSION . AIL MATERIAL TO BECREOSOTED Ha-tllera' Fight For Killing llcullcil In the Invent Igul Ion Whli'll m .Mailt llecenl ly Actual Placing ' H'l Gates Waa Murlfil Tuifuluy Morning win iu- lupiii 1'nilnr uii order Issued liy the pub lic service ((jiiiiiiImmIiiii tlm Central Oregon Irrigation company In direct ed to limtull at till) point of delivery uf wuler tu each settler on tlm proj ect a device tor measuring tlm water, mid In also required to IIUi with the commission k plan providing for the systematic dlHtrlliutlou of the water. Tho com in ImmIoii turtliiT found thut the company hud not maintain-, ed lt canal and ditches In such a! manner aa to allow frvo flow, and It la required to do ao In tlm future and alio to set aside a depredation reserve fund. The complaint against the ciimpuiiy waa filed by the Central Oregon Irrigation Water Users' association, and allien the company challenged the coinnilaalon'a jurla dlctlon over the project on the ground that It waa a private con tern, It la thought that ltamay ap peal from the order of the couimls alon to the courta. "The Central Oregon Irrigation compuuy In the puat hua collected the anuuiil maintenance charge pro vided In the contract between the aucceaaor 111 intcrcnt and the "lain land board in ao fur aa it could but In return hua not continuously main tained the cauula and ditches In auch muitner aa to allow the free flow of wuler therein, and purtlully because of thla condition haa de prived many of the aettlera of the uho of enough water to properly wake up the deficiency in natural; uiolature upon their land; and hua not distributed the water flowing Into the dltchea according to the re apective rights of the aettlera, the record clearly allowing thut there has been actual and unjust discrim ination between various aettlera In the several portions of tho irrigated districts, which discrimination has resulted In the receiving by some aettlera of more and by others less than their proper and necessary share of the available water," reads the order In purt. "After due allowance for both uncollectible maintenance fees and the annual depreciation allowance heretofore found to be rensonuble, the net Income from the main tenance department during any av-j eruge yeur, assuming a continuation j of present expenses and revenue, may be expected to reach from j 14000 to $5000, This sum may be! considered reasonably representative I of results to be encountered In tho ' near future under conditions which ; may be considered normal, and is sulllclent murgtn to cover any addi tional maintenance expense or emergency repulra which may be found necessary.'" IV'. A mill and creosotlng plant 30x50 feci in size has been completed on tlw north west border of the city, for IhA'f tutting and dipping of all ma terial thut is to be used for the erection of heudgutes and drops or spillway In the Ochoco Irrlgutlon Too plant Is equlppped with a 20 Inch-cut off saw, and a 16 Inch rip nwA.each being operated by Its own gaa engine. Evury piece of material that Is to be used In the heudgatea and spill ways la cut with these aawa, and all are standardized. After being cut, the pieces are dipped In a creosote tank, which la twenty feet In length, from where it la placed outside to dry..,'.' Lumber treated In this manner should lust twenty years or more while that which Is not treated woiihl .be gone In one fourth that lime. . The placing of these headgates was started Tuesday morning and will progress rapidly now as the material , will all be placed on the ground reudy to put together. FIFE ITEMS (By our Itegulur Correspondent) County Court la In session this week. MrB, R. P. Miller is In the city today from Post. Modern Shoe Repair Shop W. H. SIMON, Prop. Shoes repaired while you wait All work guaranteed Prices reasonable Located in Morris Bldg. Hugh Swlgurt, who Is feeding cat tle near Hums for the winter, is at home for the holidays. Johnnie McKachem, who has been In Tli'Ud for some time past, re turned home for Christmas. Mrs. Lew Dennett and children, of Dry I-ake, are spending the week at the home of Mrs. Johnnie Mosier of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Street motored to Kite ou Tuesday. A very bounteous dinner and de lightful day was enjoyed at the homo of Paul Werners on Christmas day. ' The guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Paunch, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Sherman, Miss Inez Short, Hoy Douglas, Ed Penrose and Mr. Major. The evening was spent in games and music. . Mrs. Stanley Bulfour accompanied her husband, who is driving the Prliievlle-Kife stage, on a business trip to town last Saturday. Mrs. John Wilson returned from an extended visit with her (laugh ter, Mrs. Lew Nelson, wfio resides in the Valley. Mr., ami Mrs. Bruce Bulfour and John Hnndy drove out from Prlne vllle lust Monday by way of the desert roml. They report those rouds In splendid condition. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Seeds were on Buck Creek last week soliciting for: the lied Cross. War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stumps are now to be had at the postolllce at Kite. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Chapman and Ed Street nuulo a trip to Prlnevllle recently. W. W. Brown spent Christmas with his sister, Mrs. Sarah Kodkey. When writing advertisers, please mention The Journal. For new and old stomach trouble use AduniNon's IMKCNtcie. Price 50c or six boxes for $2.50 postpaid to any address In the United Statta of America. For sale by D. P. ADAMSON & CO Prlnevllle, Oregon Arc Your Lungs Strong? Do colds go down to your throat? Are your bronchial tubes easily affected? Above all, do colds settle on your chest? Then your lungs may not be as strong as you expected consumption often follows. Good Physicians Everywhere Prescribe OTPS fflULSKH Because Its Pure Cod Liver Oil Is Famous 1 for strengthening delicate throats and weak lungs while its glycerine soothes the tender linings and alleviates the cough. Start on Soott's Emulsion today It it Nature's building-food without drugs jor alcohol. The Imported NorweaHan cod liver oil nud In Scot ft Cmaltlon Is now refined fat our Own American laboratories which guarantee It (re from impurities. Scott ft Bowac, BloomBcM, N.J, IMl The salmon run In the TJmpqna river Is heavier than for many years. The annual Columbia county Sunday school convention was held Id Scap poose. The annual Linn-Benton teachers' Institute will be held In Albany No vember 28 to 28. It la reported that forest fires In the Tiago district of Coos county have done much damage. The reconstructed Grace Presbyter Ian church in Albany will be dedicated Sunday, November 18. The state highway commission, since December 1, 1916, haa expended approximately $'42,m. The Oregon wool growers will hold their 20th annual convention at Tb Dalles December ( and 7. It is reported from Diamond that ducks are dying on Baca lake, near there, by hundreds each week. The Oregon State Horticultural so olety will hold Its annual meeting at Balem December 1 1, Inclusive. Tha Pacific Northwest Ice Cream Manufacturers' convention will be held la Portland November 20 22. Governor Wllhycombe appointed N. O. Wallace, of Prlnevllle, to succeed County Judge Springer, of Crook coun ty, who resigned. W. 8 Hale, superintendent of the state Industrial school for boys, has signified bis ' Intention to Governor Wlthyoomb of resigning. Apple growers of the state are en countering great difficulty in shipping apples east without danger of treating because of the scarcity of cars. There Is no present Intention of establishing a cantonment In Oregon, ays Adjutant General McCain, In a letter to Senator Chamberlain's office The Clackamas County Guernsey Cattle club, organised in Clackamas county In August, haa purchased 35 head of thoroughbred Guernseys Id Wisconsin. Msny walnut growers from Oregon and adjoining atatea attended the third annual sessloa of the Western Walnut association which was held at McMlnnvtlla. Engineer representing the state highway commission are now viewing sad making a preliminary survey of the Paclflo highway between Albany and Jefferson. Paving work on the Sheridan road, which was being done by the state highway department, haa been closed down because of Inability to get cars for supplying gravel. Eastern Oregon's first annual marksmen's tournament will be held at Enterprise November 28 and 29, under the auspices of the Wallowa County Rod and Gun club. Dispatches from Ottawa Include In the Hat of casualties the name of Captain O. I. Mitchell, an American, of Portland, who died of wounds re ceived on the front la France. L. M. Gilbert, tor the past nine months a teacher at the atate train ing achool for boys, la conaidcred the likely successor to Will S. Hale as superintendent of that Institution. Definite announcement has been made by Southern Pacific officials that a contract haa been signed for the construction of a new depot at 8alum. The structure will cost $30, 000. Max Lucke, who waa editor of the Deutsche Zeitung, of Portland, which recently suspended publication, was arrested on a presidential warrant and ordered Interned for the duration of the war. Charles Galloway, state tax com missioner, has left for Atlanta, Ga., where he will attend sessions of the National Tax association and also a meeting of the congress of states on taxation. A civil service examination to fill a vacancy In the Sumpter postofflce was held November 12 at Baker and was the first In Oregon under the or der placing presidential offices under civil service. The total assessed vaulatlon of the counties of Oregon, as compiled by the county assessors. Is $807,917,191. This Is aa Increase of $46,882,064 over last year, when a similar assessed valu ation was $761,035,127. Thirty-one ships have been launched at nine Oregon shipyards during the present boom In shipbuilding, accord ing to records. Twenty-seven have been launched during this year. Four were launched In 1916. United States Senator McNary tele graphed to Food Administrator Hoov er declaring that tha farmers of Ore gon are suffering a material loss from the preseat situation concerning wheat and asking for relief. After the installation of hundreds of thousand of dollars' worth of modern apparatus, an additional boat and nu merous other improvements, Port land bureau of fir, according to a report Just issued by th national board of fir underwriters, is less I Ilciaut than H wa in 1919. V7 have the best quality of Canned Goods, Bottled and Packed Goods at prices as low as you are pay ing for some brands of inferior quality? KING'S PATENTED PROCESS FRUIT! AND VEGETABLES-Peaches, Apples, Prunes, Cherries, Rhubarb, Carrots, Spinach, 00 lp Squash and Stringless Beans, per package LL 2u O. C. CLAYPOOL & CO. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY LADIES You are Invited to call at the Little Vanity Shop at your convenience for a free facial treatment. Maurine Beauty Lo tion and Satin Cream demon strated. 8tlc nuNonsYonl LOST Beaver neck scarf, on Prine-ville-Paulina road New Year's day , between Prinevllle and I. B. Mey-j er ranch. Finder leave at this office or at Lyle Miller's at Paulina and receive suitable reward. 8t2c FOR RENT 60 acres of farm land all in cultivation, lots of water. Joins city limits. ' See Jap Ireland at Lakln's store. 8tfc ROOMS WANTED For light house keeping. Inquire of Mrs. Thomp son at Mrs. Lincoln's boarding house. 8t2p WOOD SAWING Country work a specialty. J. E. Campbell. Phone Llppincott's restaurant. 8tfc THE LITTLE VANITY SHOP Mrs. Omar C. Claypool, Face and Scalp Specialist. Hair Dressing, Sham pooing, Manicuring and Child's Hair Bobbing. Sole agent for Maurine Toilet Requisites. Dia mond quality hair switches. All kinds of hair goods made to spe cial order. Combings used. 8tlc FOR SALE Marquis seed wheat, $2.00 per bushel. J. M. King, Culver, Oregon. 8t2p EXPERIENCED NURSE Confine ment cases a specialty. References given. Mrs. McNely, North Main St., opposite Laundry. 8t3p Oregon Daily Journal Daily 50c. Daily and Sunday 65c If you don't get your pap er regularly, phone Red 431 and we will send one up by special messenger Prineville Drug Co. Local Agent E. H. French, The Dalles Ir. G. M. Lowe, ... The Dalles J. B. Palmer, The Dalles John Fulton, . W'anco Vic Anderson Wasco Jutle A. S. Bennett, The Dalles Ieo F. Brune, Granddalles Dr. C. S. Kdwards, Prineville H. L. Friday, Gateway A. J. Kroenert, Bend J. N. Wllllumson, -..Prineville George F. Kelley, Paulina K. Si. Hall, .Powell Butte J. P. Bolton, The Dalles Virgil G. Kelly, The Dalles R. K. Miilsun, Glenwood Chas. A. Harth, ....The Dalles George W. Johnson, Dufur Frank Pennington, Grand dalles Carey V. Foster, ....Prineville F. L. Houghton, ......The Dalles H. F. Woodcock, ....The Dalles V. H. French The Dalles Fred Blau Wasco Dave Fulton, Wasco Grant Mays, Portland George Millican Prineville Dr. H. P. Belknap, Prineville Dr. B. Ferrell, ...Bend Mrs. i. E. Ryan Bend W. P. Treichel Paulina Ira F. Black Culver J. M. Konklin, -Slaupin George Schwartz, Grass Valley Chas. Yaeckel, ( entervllle George Harth, The Dalles li. O. Meacham, -....Hood River Johnson Condon 3. O. McKlnney, Sisters L. B. Kelly, Maupin ASK THEM Call at Salesrooms or write George E. McCIure, care Walther Williuins Co., The Dalles, Oregon, exclusive agent. The Journal has tne largest iworn circulation of any paper In Centra) Oregon. NOTICE Time checks Issued to our employees are not transferable and anyone cashing them does so at their own risk. 7t2c Ochoco Irrigation District Work For Yourself In 1918 If you are really capable why not get the benefit yourself Instead of dividing with your employer? Take a direct agency without middle-man to share profits. Fine opportunity. Write stating experience, qualifications and present business. Your reply will be held confidential." J.W.DAY 612 Board of Trade Building Portland, Ore. 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