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" " ' " '' -- --- V of 0 LIBRART ;" Jt . ' " ' - ..... . .... , .......' ' ' " ' ' ' . , : Grook GoiiMfy. Journal. .tuun IT Urr IUAL rArfcR OF CROOK COUNTY FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON lUMiMIIUT. I'RI NEVILLE, CROOK COCNTT, OREGOBf THUtWDAT, AUGUST 24, 1990. NO. 60. - OREGON . k. , vkiivkfUiiniMvrwnvilI ur rmntviLLL ivnmn niiniF fll VUU 111(11 ILL. ' WHEELER COUNTY A petition has been filed at the Wheeler county courthouse to have placed on tin ballot at the coming November election the question of uniting the Ward voting precinct ol Wheeler county to CJIIIIum county. The petition It signed by ,4 voter ho claim to be a majority, and the jH'tltlon appears to be legal In all Other reaped!. Tile petition la fllml In accordance with Chapter X of the (iineral Laws of Oregon for 19 IS, and prays for the annexation of Sec tioni 7 to 86 Inclusive In Township (. Range 24, and Boctlona 1, 2, 11, 12. IS. 14, 23, 24 26, 26, and 35 and 26 In Townahlp 6, Range 23, The signatures of the following persons are attached to the petition: J. B. Huddleaton, T. 8. Lyons, M'-rta J Lyons, Viola Ward, 8. P, Cren shaw, A. L. Rondeau, Teresla Ron dau. Morgan Ward, Grace M. Nor croia, Anna L. Drown Beaa Huddle aton, T, K. Drown, and Cora Moore. Morgan Ward li a former commis sioner of the county.-FossIl Journal. MONEY TKJHTKX1XO W1IA CI-OHE AUTO INDUSTRY OVT Indianapolis, Aug. 24. The tight ening of money by the banks will force auspenslon of the automobile Industry within a short time. Is tho opinion of Indianapolis manufactur ers. Thousands of employes In automobile factories here have been laid off already, and forces are being reduced still further. Manufactur es are attributing thla to the refusal of banks throughout the country to extend credit to dealers and makers cl automobiles. If banks continue their refusal tf grant loans', or extend those al ready outstanding, every branch of the motor car Industry will be forced to shut down ."pretty soon," Is the opinion of II. C. Doming, superinten dent of production of the William (mall company, and manufacturer cf the Monroe automobile. Monroe Makers have already reduced their force to one-third the normal num ber. The Nordyke-Marmon com pany has released 2000 lien, and the remaining 36000 are expected tn lio reduced gradually. ' The National plant has closed with the exception of the service and shipping depart ments. An ofTlciul of the Nordyke-Marmon company explained that "people are t.ot buying cars now," and admitted that It Is growing more difficult for dealers and manufacturers to obtain loans. It Is said that this situation is largely responsible for the general lay-off. The Dalles Chronicle. ft HOOfj BEGINS ON 7TH OF SEPTEMBER Public School opens on the 7th of September instead of the 6th on ac count of Labor Day, Which Is the 6th , of the month. The teachers tor all ' grades are secured and work will be gin In earnest on the 7th. The de partmental work which was started In the 7th and 8th grades will be continued and carried on Just as It was In proceeding years. The building has been overhauled and the roof strengthened, Interior finishings were taken care ot and the tuldlng is now In better shape than it has been for several years. I'RINEVILLE HRST TO HAVE MOTOR VEHICLE LAW Jay Salzman, 8tate Inspector on the Motor Vehicle Division of the State ot Oregon was In our city Sat urday looking over the traffic regula tions and enforcements here. He states Prlneville is the first city lie has visited on his trip which has had no volatione ot the Motor Vehicle Law, and R. W. Breese is to be com plimented on the good work he Is doing In keeping down the violations to this law. FOSTER BRAD8HAW Mr. Lester Foster and Miss Mae tradshaw of Mills City were married toy Judge Bowman last Thursday af ternoon. Mr. Foster Is well known here, having been a barber here some time ago. Mr. and Mrs. Foster left the same evening tor their home at Wills City. - STOCKIiEll TO BE HERE NEXT U A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Oregon Cattle Home Raisers' Association will be held in Prlnaville, September 12, at 2 p.m. This has been officially announced by fi 0. Cornell, secretary of the or giinlxation, and all parties Interested ere being urged to attend. Other meetings In various counties of the sute have also been announced. , WAR EXHIBITION The Veteran's Own War Exhibi tion, one of the largest collections of relics ever brought from the battle fli Ids of France, will be shown In this city during Fair Week. This war collodion Is owned and lectured on by wounded and crlpplod Soldiers, Bailors and Marines. Do r.ol tail to hear sn Interesting lec ture by one of the veterans. "Don", the famous French war (log that lost a leg "Over There", af ter saving 104 lives in the war aorta, will be here together with tbouaands of relics captured by "Uucla 8am'i" beys. Be sure and see this exhibit you surely will apreclate it. RKAL KNTATE TRANHKKIW Will Led ford to Jennie Ledford WD Us 7-8 Blk 11 4th add to I'rlneville $1.00. Olvln Thompson to Menneth Thompson WD 8WSW 13-21-21 23000. Olvln Thompson to K, H. Thompson WD 8WNW 7- 21- 21 11400. Roy E. Morris to Olat 0 Thurn WD 16000. Olaf Q. Thurn to Walter T. Morris WD 110. U. 8. to Lester H. Foster Pat NE 24-16-22. R. L. Bchee to James 8. Oakes WD Trsct in NWNE 6-16-16 12600.. J. II. Upton and wife to T. E. J. Duffy WD 27-14-16 $1726. 8late to Jesse Yancey Cert of Water Right 16A of NE8E 6A 8ESE 6A BENE 6-16-16. Piute 'to J. A. Paunch Cert of WR 40A 8WNW 20A NWNW 6A NENW ISA 8KNW 3-21-22. State to O. A. Gi:rske Cert of WR. State to E. D. Tlrreli Cert of WR 38A NENE 39A NWNE 40A NENW 29.5A NWNW 22- 14-14. State to Martha E. Smith Cert of WR 6A 8WSW 26-16-17. CANADIAN NEWS NOTES Late Items from the Canadian country which shows what is going op in that little-known section. Winnipeg, Manitoba. According to Capt. Acheson, General Agricul tural Agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the wheat yield per acre In Alberta will In some parts run as high as 40 bushels, while 26 bushels per acre will be about the average In the south. This will make Alber' ta's contribution . to the Canadian wheat market approximately 80,000 000 bushels. Reglna, Saskatchewan. Eleven hundred consignments of wool a mounting to 670,000 pounds have been handled through the Warehouse here this season. This Is about 15, 000 pounds more than was handled during the whole of 1919. It Is ex pected that the total will reach 7 50, 000 pounds before the close ot the season. The wool Is mostly made up of consignments from small farms. Calgary, Alberta. The first ship ment ot this season's grain from Al berta was probably the carload ot rye loaded at Skiff, near Lethbrldge. Threshing of rye Is now in full swing In this district. The cuttng of wheat has begun In several parts ot the province, notably near Medicine Hat and other southeastern points. Cut ting Is expected to be general by August 20th. ' St. Catharines, Ontario. Har vesting of early peaches has com menced In the Niagra district and a heavy crop Is evident. Branches ot trees in many orchards have to be propped up. Plums, pears and all Varieties of fruits are realising the optlmlstio hopes of the growers. Grapes will again show a maximum yield. Vancouver, British Columbia. Rivers Inlet promises to be the fish erman's bonanza this year. Already nine canneries there have packed more than 100,000 cases of sockeye. At the prevailing price this repre sents 22,000,000. THE BIG TUt ARRIVES HERE Crook County received this week one of the big Holt tractors from the Slate Highway Commission for usj on the Market Road to be construct ed from Prlneville towsrd O'nell en the lower Crooked River. This Is one of the largest Holt tractors mado being 126 horse power. Thejr were hulll for the Wsr Department and were designed for swift moving of heavy artillery. After the war, they were turned over to the various 81 a I id for road construction, and by the state officials to the countia. The County Court is equipping also a large grader with a scarifier at tachment and when this machinery arrives the county will be able to handle any grading Job without any horse teams. The tractor Is furnish ed at nominal rental tor the time boing, but ultimately will cost the county nothing. It will be remem bered that the atate Is paying fifty per cent of the cost of the Market Road job, and also an equal per cen time of the coat of upkeep on the roads now under construction. It ass only in view of these conditions that the county was enabled to se cure the tractor. The outfit will do Its own plowing and ditching as die grading Is done, and It the right kind of men can be found, the county will save quite a sum, on this one job, not taking into account the other work that can be done. MRH. BRINK ENTERTAIN THE TH1MKLE CLUB. The Carnation Thimble Club met at the home ot Mrs. M. E. Brink yes-: terday afternoon, all of the regular members being present. A very pleasant afternoon was spent In sewing, after which deli cious refreshments were served. The out of town guests were, Miss Wlnnlfred Douglas of West Milton. Ohio, and Miss Dunsmore, of Forest Grove, Oregon. MIW. DOUGLAS EXTERTAI.V8 A card party was given at tho home ot Mrs. Robert Douglas last Wednesday evening In honor of Miss Winnlfred Douglas, of West Milton, Ohio, who Is visiting here. Deli cious refreshments were served which closed a very enjoyable even ing. The guests were ftisses Stella and' Dolly Hodges. Edith McMurry. Mildred Dishman, Elsie Lyall of Har vey, North Dakota, Catherine Lovo, Oza Meyera, Tona Cornett, Blanche Shipp, Wlnnlfred Douglas, Mesdames Zoe Malson, and Helen Hayes. EIRE AT THE The house belonging to E. J. Hundy, caught fire last Saturday morning and burned the greater part of the root. The fire caught from the flue and was not noticed until the flames burst from the roof. The fire department was immediately notified and action was soon taken, the fire being extinguished before a great amount of damage was done. The house, at the time, was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Walstrom. PRESBYTERIAN METHO- i DIST CHURCH NOTES. Sunday Schools next Sunday at 10:00 o'clock. Preaching and Di vine Worship at U A.M. at the M E. house ot worship and In the even ing at 7:30 at the Presbyterian house ot worship. Prayer meeting and so cial hour every Wednesday night at 7:30 after the First of September. A cordial invitation extended to all not worshiping elsewhere. - , UNITED ARTISAN'S PICNIC The Annual United Artisan picnic will be held Sunday, September 6th, at Steens ' Pillar. It Is, requested that every one furnish own trans portation and eats. Artisans please provide for those whom they have invited. DIST. SUMMARY The Ochoco Irrigation District has nisde a summary of the allotments and acreage under the project which will probably be of some use in the future. The estimated average to receive later is about 19,000 acres, while the estimated available water at hand is 17,000 acre feet, the allot ment per acre being 9 acre feet. Total amount ot water In the reservoir 23,800 acre feet. Total amount of water delivered to land 1,600 acre feet Total (oases in canals due to seepage 7, COO acre feet! Water was turned in the main can als on May 1st, 1920, and shut off i trim main canal August 17, 1920, a' period ot 109 days, during this time water was shut off In the canal j for nine days. for. the purpose of re pairing breaks, this being the long est period for discontinuing of the! water. , The dellverage of the water to the hind Is estimated as follows: Total irrigation average under main canal - 20.000 acres Totsl acreage under main canal receiving allotment 19,276 acres! , Total acreage under main canal j i not receiving, allotment 1,325 acres ' Total acreage under pump plant not receiving water 1,400 acres Acreage not using full allotment of 9-acre feet water ' C40 acres The following Is the acreage in crops under the main canal: Old alfalfa' 4000 acres "Young alfalfa 1500 " Osts 1300 " Oat hay 200 M Meadow hay 500 Wheat hay ' 5000 ' " Ilarley 300 " Rye v 2000 " ,t Rye hay 1900 " Pasture ' 1300 " Acreage cleared, no crops 4 planted 700 " Acreage not under cultivation or cleared 1600 " Pumping plant: Acreage cleared under ' cultivation dry farms 900 " Acreage not cleared, in sage brush 500 " Total acreage 22000 " TO 1 T BE HERE T 1 Senator Chamberlain will be in; Prlneville tonight and will likely re-j main over tomorrow. A club lunch eon will be one ot the features of his visit together with a tour ot Inspec tion ot our big irrigation project. All citizens of the city and county should make it a point to meet the Senator at the luncheon. I. O. O. P. NOTICE All Odd Fellows be present at a special meeting in Prlneville, Satur day, August 28. Lunch served. . 3. A. SMITH BUYS 10 BAB J. A. Smith, who owns a Milllcan ranch and who until recently had been Interested in ranch holdings near the town ot Blalock, has re cently purchased the famous 10-Bar ranch from J. H. Hayes. Mr. Smith plans to make this ranch a purebred itve stock farm, and has brought to Lincoln sheep, Poland China hogj and Hereford cattle. This ranch is at Ideal location for the pure-bred livestock business and should make valuable addition to the pure-bred ranches ot the country. VAN MATRE JOINS PUKE-BRED RANKS Dean Van Matre of Bend has Join ed the ranks of the pure-bred live stock men by his recent purchase ficm J. M. Janssen, of the Shorthorn cow, Lady Welcome, and very choice heifer calf, formerly from the Biggs' herd. Mr. Van Matre also purchased a number ot registered Hampshire sheep from Mr. Janssen, which were also bred by Mr. Biggs of Prlneville. Mr. Van Matre Intends to continue breeding Shorthorn and Hampshire sheep and plans on hav ing some stuff for exhibition next ETTA BELKNAP PASSES AIYAY Mrs. Etta Belknap, wife ot Wilford 11. Belknap, died Saturday morning about nine o'clock at the borne of Di. H. P. Belknap in this city, after a long illness. Mrs. Belknap was born In Wilford. Idaho, and came to Prlneville twelve years ago to make ber home wltta the family of Dr. Belknap. Her marriage to Wilford H Belknap oc curred five years ago, and at the time tf her death she was 28 years old. Besides her husband and little son, Wilford Hall, Jr., she is survived by her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Alonza Daw of Terrebonne, and three sisters. Mrs. Ella Berglund of Portersville, California, Mrs. Flor ence Bahein of Bend. Ore., and Mrs. Clem Grenwald of Terrebonne Ore. The funeral was held from the home Monday afternoon at two, and Interment was made In the Masonic cemetery. The business houses (n trwn were closed during the cere mony and a very large crowd of friends ot the deceased and family were present, and beautiful tribute was paid in many floral offerings. Mrs. Belknap was much beloved by her friends, and her-untimely death will make a loss which will be keenly fell In the community. JOURNEYS IN EASTERN OREGON Baker, Ore., Aug. 16. Last week my Journeys included the topmo.U part of Oregon the top of ML Hood. I didn't expect to find any T. B. np there but made the trip with a Port land party of eight to satisfy a climb ing ambition. " W'e made the ascent from the north side which is the" nfost scenic and hazardous climb. We set out early in the morning from Cloud Cap Inn, which we had reached the night before in our machines after an ex tremely hard climb. To Cooper's Spur is a hard rocky climb. Then comes a long, steep snow field. We bad equipped ourselves with alpine stalks, hobbed shoes, grease paint to keep the sun from blistering and goggles to protect our eyes. The snow work was slow but not tiring It took two hours to make the last 1800 feet, which was almost straight up over loose hanging rock. We j pulled ourselves up hand over hand 1 on ropes and at times the party was i shaky for a mis-step meant "good night" in a glacier far below. There ia a look-out station on the summit and the man in charge ted us on hot tea while we rested our muscles every one having been used. Fire finding apparatus, a wireless and a telephone are part of the lookout's equipment. The descent was fun. After get ting over the rocks to the snow we', leaned on our stalks and in a tew seconds had slid down the long slope, shipping snow in places snow was never meant to be. On the return our guide took us over the glacier, famous for its crevasses and mor raines. ' By way of contrast, take the hot test place on thia earth or any other, surround it with high, bare hills, which doubly reflect the heat; add some duat, smoke and grime; run a railroad through the place; add a street or two, a lot of unpainted houses with broken sidewalks; add all this together and you will hav.i some idea ot Huntington. If you are wise you will subtract yourself from this mess as soon as possible. I did. Huntington is a terminal point and is my idea of a town without any community spirit. It Is a parasite on the railroad and its citizens take no pride in appearances. Towns and people are made vivid bv contrasts. For this reason I felt like a real discoverer when I visited the Eagle and Pine Velleys of Baker. The casual traveller misses these two beauty spots which comprise a real "inland empire" In the northern part cf the county away from the railroad and main-traveled roads. Richland and Halfway are the two main trad ing centers and the people in them ere the best to be met anywhere. Ev eryone yon meet has a pleasant "Howdy" for the stranger. My first glimpse of Eagle remind ed me of Jack London's "Vajley ot the Moon". We had traveled tor LIDS FINALLY TO BE PATENTED After a battle lasting many years, the lands included In the Central Oregon Irrigation Company seggre fcation will be placed on the tax rolls of Crook county. This will add ser. era! hundred thousand dollars to our aaeessed valuation for next year, the patents coming too late for 1920. For many years the department "at Washington has refused for one reason or another to issue the patent to the State of Oregon. Hon. N. J, Sinnott has been an untiring worker in this matter, never letting np, hot poundng away day after day. Other representatives in Congress have al so been in the fight, but to Mr. Sin nctt can be given the greatest credit The following telegram received this week by the editor tells the story. "Have received wire from Com missioner General Land Office quot ing recommendation to clear list for patent about sixteen thousand acre of Central Oregon project." N. J. Sinnott. many miles across the desert country Of the North Powder and Sparta country and Just after sundown reached the rim of the Eagle valley. Th first glimpse was breath taking. Far below,. Eagle is the lowest point In the county, row upon row of or chards, green fields, dotted by farm homes, groves of trees, verdure ev erywhere could be seen in the sunset shadows. ' The crops are so big there this year that the farmers are plumb tired of harvesting them. Fruit is) abundant, all except peachea. The big freeze last December killed tree as well as blossoms. ' Richland, very aptly named,. Is a pleasantly located little village with progressive ideas.. A modern water system is beinV installed. , Halfway is a town of about 600 inhabitants who all know each oth er and enjoy it. It is the center of the pretty Pine Valley and is proba hty the most isolated town of its size in Oregon, hut isolation is no draw back for it is the kind of community that is not dependent on anything. Halfway is a real self-sustaining town. Manufactured goods are the only imports. After a long ride over mountain! r.rd valleys the visitor njay think he is out of civilization but Halfway surprises. The sidewalks are paved, hotel accommodations are excellent, a movie is there and well kept lawat and residences show that the people take a pride in then town. Guy Hughes, editor of the Pine Valley Herald, has the cleanest shop In Eastern Oregon and after seeing; many that is no small accomplish ment. The Herald, by the way, la moving force in the community and the people of the district are proud of their home paper, which gives all the news in a breezy, friendly man ner. The Cornucopie mine 12 miles north of Halfway is now closed for development work. The last Chance mine is working and has prospects tor opening up on a huge scale. Copperfield, famous in the days ot Governor West and Fern Hobbs, la now practically deserted. The Homestead mine over on the Snake . is the richest in this section. . I was reluctant to leave the Val ley ot Pines and I am a bit sorry that more people do not know of lta beauties, but then, its isolation is an appealing factor. John Day Valley, Aug. 22. Get ting over the "hump" from Baker to John Day is no soft proposition. The Sumpter Valley R.R. Is still nar row guageing it over the Dixie moun tains with such curves that you can shake hands with the engineer oc casionally and sometimes the grade are so steep that the Are drops right out of the engine. Just after the drop into Prairie the pesky train has to zig-zag back and torth over a steep portion of track. J It runs oa time once a year, manages to get lta passengers and freight across the di vide and I - guess that is about all that Is needed. , . : , .,- Sumpter, once a thriving town ot 4000, now stands as a pitiful example of a town caught unprepared to fight Continued on Page 8