■ Irraai-a War« secured »ml who arr
Im a ! .-il In iimrly «vary alala of Ihr
I talon, with Ilo* lulihlU* wralrrn
atatra predominating, literature ilr
w rlptlv« of Ihr Central Un ion loiin
try. ami parllrularly of Ho* military
I roail arum lumia iliut form » narrow
brìi nrroaa Ihr n il Irr aiuti* In un
raatrrly uml wralrrly direction, will
to* arili Ut olil i*
.Mr dray prnllrta Dial Ihr
drat
• a liliin■ I to hr romplrtml In IVnlrul
4»NI) M \ \ l i f t s IN Mil I II
Orraon III Ihr fulurr will hr Ihr nrw
rii M I N I III NK IIIIIS IN I» Hill rln'lrl< Ilm* from l(rilmoml up
Ihroiiah Ihr Cascades by Hlateru uml
M XI-I.IIN N TO M i l M t i l l Ill : N ■ I oniirrlIna with Ihr rallrnuil ul Jef-
frruoli on Ihr Wlllumrttr Vallry alili*
V IM
OK THIM H M U I I N — III
" T ill» roail will lup Ihr richest yrl
ALNI > I ’ ll K ill! TM M W |( H.
low plnr rralou In Mo* United
Htatea," Mr dray uuarrlu
"Tin*
rlabl of way bau ulrraily bi*ni or
rum i
Much of It lira urroaa lamia
of Hu* mllliary roail araul, alrraily
Hunday'a l'uri lumi Journal owned by Ihr Hill Interests
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Aa aur
M
II"- following «tory lu r«aaril to vnyril Ihr mail will hr about Ml
I. W dray o f Itila rlty, lo. al «geni of
mllra Iona ami rroaara ihr molili-
H a O i - kou and Western fulonlza tatua Ihroiiab a n-ry low puaa
llou Company
"The power will lo* urrurril from
Th* limn«»« of tnorr than Hoo fain Cllnr Kalla on Ibi* I Irai'IlUIra Hlvrr
who aro iMrriwtml in ( ’mitral wral of Hrilmonil
Tlirrr la u II 0 -
On ami may rout* lh*ro to lo fool full uml Ihr powrr that will br
ami» MH «irr<1 U«t w**k at Ho generated llirrr. rnalnrrra rutluiulr,
Ailla ciurlila III* national couvant Ion will ri|iml I Ilr power al Ih rfulla al
Of tb* Hiiiikartl ■ huri h by I W dray Hpokane '*
A p t for Ihr Orraon ami Western
Mr dray Irft for l{rilmoml laul
lilrallon Co
nlahl
A f lira» N t i r M d from I m I I I »
nia», ami In l'or!lami ou hla
IU IIT I t ill
A A h ouïr lo Itnlinoml lu* rr|M»rlnl
thaï b* hail achieved « i r a i amrraa
Alex llrown. wlio dleil Hi Pori land
U hla rampatali Io Inlarrat tbr la»! week and w u» burled bere lati
IW fy
ami proa|M*roua Umiliar.la. Thiiraday, wa» «ne of Ihe early
roll« Ion il.>ra mil
p*-nuli ptoneeru of tbla oecllon of thè counly,
then to tak* up th«« bankruptcy la »
hating resided In the Kedmond Id»
||oat (if thr «Irlrifatr« tu Ihr roll Irlcl fur the past w teii years He
?AAl1 Ol» wrrr liililillr a*«’«! or rlilrrly was St y.-srs old and had l»*en all
...me lime b e f o r e 1,1. death
ptop
Aliti Mr tiray aaya It would I n * lu g . for
. . r s om e .............l e n i r e
A Ila Ml (bitta lu Induro thrill to lravr II** l*av*a a wlft» ami tlaiiKbt«*r to
tlMH I proopwroua raatrm bo tura, but mourn hla loss
k# found thnn aniloua to makr pro
for thr Maina a**t»rratlon
A
HI H. P1HT1
l»rr of tliror p«M»plr »XprvMNKl to
lata! Monday evening I. K Smith
Mr dray Ihelr dealre lo send the
young people lo the gri-nl western entertained the ’Temporary" widow-
era slid sonn* of his bachelor friends
ooncry
The
' T " the KUO whose nuim-a uml ad at a slug parly at his home
rvmilna wua upriil ut carda, Inter
uprrunl wllb mualr, ufirr wblrli u
lum b wua urrvrtl uml Ihr hour», until
ufirr mlilnlabt. wrrr aprili Iti rolli-
in lar rut Ion umona tbr whlowura uml
words of rurouruarmrut to tin*
bachelors
Thour
present
Warn
Messrs J W Moor«. V K Merrick,
M C Carolin, Win l*ewla, I. W
Prln evllle, O r r , May 12. I !> 14
Inula, W. II l>aaarU. A O. Myrra.
T o th r c itizen« of C r m k county In
Ilr J Harr ami Mr. McDonald
K«n rral uml lo i b r citize n» o f prlne
MAY LOCATE HOMES
N CENTRAL OREGON
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l.aal Krlilay four mm wrrr ur-
maini brrr for stealing rhlrkma on
romplalnt of J. II Vlnrrnt.
Thr
lurn wrrr lukrn brforr City Recorder
lliirillck. fourni Kiillty uml arntrnrrd
lo work out Ihrlr Dm* on Ibr d l y
at reel a The rrault hau hern Ihul Ihr
atreetu urr now In belter comllllon
than I lie y have been for u Iona
Ilm «
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H A L L GAMES A T
I 'K I N K t II.I.E ON
I'rlnevlll« Journal
The KnHchtu
of Columbua,
which play
three
Kunieu here July 3. 4 und 6 lu
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considered one of the .iro n x ««! «ma-
leur teams around Portland
Hull
rmi» will be treated to nome real faul
baseball for Ihe flrut time In two
yearu
The Knlghta have recently
defeated Ihe Albany, Paiiiaa, Wash .
uml The Hallra teams
They are
strong haliers hut Prlnevllle fans
feel confident that Tolherow will be
able to bold them down In two or
Ihre«* games
It la reported on good
that Walter McCredle,
uulborlfy
, ..
.
uf the
the I Portland
Heaver».
manager of
urtland Ileuvere,
will he out to this s«*rleB lo look over
»he lisal baseball material . The lo-
* als «r e gelling their batting eyes
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on autl thr vlaltlng pltrbrm will re*
celve a warm r«*ceptlon from the
Prlnevllle gunners
The home t«*um
will h«* strengthened, both In the
field and In halting, by Henry Mc
Call. who has returned from the «*ust
und la In fine shape to play.
Try our Classified Ada— 1c word.
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HOW TO REDUCE SELLING COST
* »
Every merchant Is In business for profit
profit
not gross profit, but net
dross profit Is Ihe difference between the purchaa«* price (or
producing cost I uml the selling price, w hile net profit la the difference
betwe**n the purchase price plus selling cost and the a«>lllng price.
Every merchant knows Ihul If Ihe selling price does not exceed
Ihe purchaa«* price ami sidling cost comblm*d at the end of the y«*ar
there Is no r«*«l profit coming to him out of the business.
this he must do one of Ihre«* things
selling price or reduce selling cost.
T«> remedy
reduce purchase price. Increase
A merchant may reduce the pur-
chnai* price a little by buying In quantities, or watching the market
and always buying s«f«*
hut the purchase price Is fixed by others and
he must pay th«dr price.
Of oours«», If Ihe article Is on«* the m«*rchant
product's himself he may reduce Ihe cost of production.
The mer
chant may Increase selling price, although the demand and competi
tion hnve a great deal to da with fixing the selling
s«*IUiig cost Is In the hands of enrh merrhant.
price.
Hut the
It Is by manipulating
selling c«>«t Ihul each huslm*ss becomes a success or a failure. There
fore It standa each merchant In hand to reduce hla selling cost.
Every merchant could handle more business than he now handle«
with the same selling force.
By Increasing the sales with the same
H e l l i n g force the selling cost Is reduced.
The problem for the mer
chant Is to educate people lo want his goods and buy them.
John 1» Rockfeller said:
"T h e great cost In buslneas Is waste."
To ilo away with this was!«* or reduce It lo the minimum la Ihe pur
pose of advertising
Uh
Judicious advertising will lncr«*ase sales, thus
reducing selling coat nml waste.
T H E SPOKESMAN CAN H E L P YOU W IT H YOUR AD VE R TIS
ria
L E T US DEMONSTRATE.
THE I 'l i o o l
Of
T H E < KOI* IS IN
T H E HAKVEMT
I UK I b r I ele p h on e sit u a ti o n
A h mout people know, l l i r r r am
tw o t r lrp h o n r rornpunlra oprrallnK
In I 'r l n r v l l l r uml uilj urm t country
Our farm land» in 'hlu section have
proven their moat excellent produe-
ItiK value In bringing forth the 1914
crop.
Our farmers are to be congratu
lated upon their season’s work The
harvest this year will reault In bet
ter prices for land and an Influx of
buyers.
The Kedmond Hank of Commerce
is amply able to assist our farmers
In marketing their grain and will
welcome any opportunity to be of
helpful service.
Uni* la tin* Ploimar Trlrpbou« Com*
puny und the other la tbr Pilot Butte
und numrroiia mour luted Companien
Thr former la 111« aub-lruurr of Ihr
Pacific Stale» Trlrphonr Company
luo-callrdl
't would br more to Ihr
piilril lo say Ihr Hell Company
In view of the fact that the for-1
mrr la opi-ralnl w ith Ihr ultimate j
aim of puyliiK ilivlilnulH and the lai- j
1er w ith thr ultimai« aim of eutab- i
llaliliiK a complete mutual ayutein
to reach every home In Crook county
and Klvr the heal service ill the least
possible coal and u free exchange
ICKItMONH It \N k OK I O M MEHI E
over the entire county.
The aim of the former Is lo eiact
u loll charxe al every pnuulble point
( *OIIM.,,u^nlly
almH of th„ two
companies beliiK diametrically oppo
alte. nothliiK la more natural than
that there la considerable maneuv
ering lo see who can hold Ihe field
In view of the fact that there have
be«*n a great many rumors circulated
around the vicinity of Prlnevllle lo
the effect that the Mutual or Inde
pendent Companies were going to
pieces, we feel It our duty to the citi
zens of Crook county and to our
subscribers to Inform them as fully
“ * » « can that there Is not a semb-
lance of truth In the statement The
y „ , u||| ,,r Independent Companie«
O FFIC IA L REPORT
)lri. stronger, doser together and In
heller financial circumstances, and
b.*tter prepared to meet the demand.
Some of the p«*ople at Prlnevllle
of Ihe
te le p h o n e
user.
of C r o o k
Regular meeting c f the Common
collmy than ever before.
We are want artesian water and last week's
Hnprovlng our service, building more Journal of that city had the follow- Council of the City o f Kedmond. Or-
lines, letting you talk to more p«*ople ing to say about the matter;
egon, held at the office of the City
for less money than ever befor«* Mr
Who will donate a lot for the pur- Recorder on the 23rd day of June,
»’ II Miller, the manager of the l>es-
chutes Mutual Telephone Company pose of testing the possibility of get- 1914. Present, Councilman Reedy,
of Kedmond, has been employed by ting a strong artesian flow of water Atkinson and OeSousa, aud it ap-
Ihe 1*1 lot Butte Telephone Company In Prlnevllle?
pearing that a quorum was not pres-
to manage the Prlnevllle exchange
Wagoner fc Co., the well known ent as is required by the city charter
Th fit » I I I mean Improved service in
well drillers, will go down 500 feet, for the purpose of conducting city
I’ rlnevlll«*
We wish lo submit to you for your If necessary, to establish the fact business, it was moved, seconded
careful consideration a small amount that a definite artesian basin exists anil passed that the meeting adjourn
of recent telephone history, and waul
in the valley from Prluevllle down until Saturday evening. June 27,
vou to d«*cide which condition you
Messrs. Slayton 1914. at the usual time an.1 place.
wish to prevail In Crook counly — as far as O'Neil.
H. F. DeSOCSA.
the system of high lolls often im and Williams have artesiau water on
posed . or a telephone system for ser- tj,elr rant.heg but the well drillers
Acting City Recorder.
vice rather than for cash dividends
are of the opinion that much strong
to telephone stockholders
Redmond. Oregon,
The following is a clipping from er flows could be secured by going
an eastern paper
deeper
In order to test the matter
June 27, 1914.
The Tel«*plmne Trust
the well drillers will go down 500
Regular meeting of the Common
A number of small towns In Colo
rado which are engaged in a struggle f«*et, but the owner of the lot must Council of the City of Redmond. Or-
with the Hell Telephone Company. ileed them the property If an artes- egon. held at the office of the City
r«>alixes the truth of the statement ian flow is struck. Any old lot will Recorder on ihe 27th da." of June,
often made that whenever the trust do for the test.
1914. Present. Mayor Hosch, Coun-
succeeds In killing off competition,
The
Deschutes
Power
Co.,
which
vilmen
Furris. Immele, DeSousa,
up goes the price. It Is probable that
Meeting called
the Colorado telephone users will supplies Prineville with water, as a Phoenix. Atkinson.
form mutual eonipanies. as that is group of 23 driven wells which were to order by Mayor Hosch.
Minutes
the only way in which they can hope put down in 1899. within a radius of of last meeting read and approved.
to get satisfaction.
Through the
On proper motion the following
newspapers It has been able to con 100 feet. «T h e deepest is 280 feet.
The bills were approved and ordered
trol the telephone trust; has for The water is slightly alkaline.
some time been praising Itself as a material passed through in driving paid:
"benefleient monopoly" and endeav the well is as follows;
C. W. Ehret, $3.50.
oring to make the people believe that
Soil .....................................5 feet
R. C. Immele, $6.00.
It has aided them by stifling compe
Coarse g r a v e l .................. 20 feet
Everett Case. $2.50.
tition.
If this were true Ihe trust
would not have to tell about It. A
White c l a y ......................... 1 foot
C. A. Beckwith, $2.00.
comparison of the rates the Hell
Fine qu ic k s a n d ................ 2 feet
M. E. Roper, $2.00.
Company charges w hen It has compe
Gravel ................... 3 to 4 feet
James B. Green. $19.28.
tition and when It is fr«*e to do as
White clay ........................ 2 feet
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.. $30.25.
It pleases shows the monopoly up in
the real light. In Richmond, Va . for
Volcanic d u s t ................ 210 feet
Alfred Munì. *8.73.
instance, the trust was getting $72 a
Water was reached at a depth of
C. A. Adams. $45.00.
year for each telephone before It hail
W. G. Phoenix. $10,00.
competition.
When an independent 32 feet but the supply continued to
company got into the field the rate increase until a depth of 60 feet was
M. E Roper,, $2.50.
went down to $23. After squelching reacht'd.
The main supply comes
W. G. Phoenix, $4.50.
the competition the nionotmlv went from , hp 8(VK.alle<1 quioksand. vol-1
J. H. Vincent. $15.50.
hack to the high rate. Similar meth-
,
Ordinance No. 4 0, being an ordi-
oils were followed at York. Pa . only
foulld beneath the layer
the trust went down to $15 during of white clay 32 to 34 feet below the nance providing for the holding of a
competition anil raised the rates to surface.
As the wells terminate in special election for the purpose of
m
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS
WILL ÏRY LOR ARTESIAN
WATER AT PRINEVILLE
City *1 owa "forced*tN***BeH°ra*e from
$42 to $24 and after the trust won
out It put the rate up to $36.
In 14 towns where the Bell Com-
puny made Hsell' a monopoly the
rates averaged $49 before compete
tlon. dropped to $23 during compe-
titlon and then, after the Bell Com-
pany had killed off Its rivals, went
up to the old $49 rate again
In service the same methods have
b«*en followeu as 111 rates. The trust
has only Itself to blame for the fart
that it is being fought in all parts
of the country.
Verv resp«*ctfully yours,
P IL O T BUTTE T E L E P H O N E
COMPANY.
(Signed)
W. P TR1CHEL. Pres
I H MEYERS. Treas
E. W NELSON. Mgr
W. L. HARRIS .
L W BENNETT.
(Pd. Adv S 2 t l)
Directors.
N’ NMKH KOH
ING TO GET RESULTS.
of
PERSONAL SERVICE
»111« In particular, Ihr unilrrslKunl
w lub lo rail lo your notice th r fol-
I o w I iik flu tu uml ronilltlonu r**gari|
CATCH I'll ICH EN THIKYEM
h im
ToheBANK
M U LIN G
,he wa,er *H>“ rlnK 8,ratum ,hp> do
not furnish a complete test of the ar-
tesian conditions. The well drillers
want to go down to hard rock, and
whet|ler or not it can
found in
«ubmltting to the qualified electors
of the City of Redmond. Oregon, a
certain amendment to the charter of
said city, was read the first time,
The resignation of W. G. Phoenix,
5,)0
•* ,he unknown quantity In
the problem. The well drillers will
put their work up against the value
of the lot in its solution.
councilman, was presented to the
Council for consideration, to take ef-
feet immediately. Moved, seconded
and passed that the resignation of
W. G. Phoenix be accepted.
The Council proceeded to open
and consider the bids for labor and
material to be used for repairs on
the city reservoir.
After all bids
were carefully noted and filed it was
moved, seconded and passed that the
bid of the Turn-A-Lumher Co. agree-
ing to furnish 1300 sacks of Inland
Cement, f. o. b. Redmond. Oregon.
for *2.41 per sack, be accepted.
Moved, seconded anil passed that
all bids for hauling any of the ma
terial from the cars to the reservoir
be rejected and returned to the btd-
tiers, except the bid of J. O. Hanson
f r e e i n g to haul 130« sacks o f ce-
C U t i l OK TH IN K S
We desire to thank our friends
and neighbors who so kindly ex
pressed their sympathy and leut
their assistance in our sad bereave
ment. and especially we desire to ex-
tend thanks to Mr. anil Mrs. W. H.
Hobbs for kindness shown to us
MRS. A L E X BROWN.
MR. A N D MRS. C. A. STAHN,
J A BROWN.
TO W R I T E I P COUNTRY
The Spokesman has the name of
_______
every taxpayer in Crook county, with
their postotfice address. Persons de
Hyman H Cohen, crop statistician
siring names for mailing or other
and commercial editor of the Port-
purposes ran secure same at this of
here this
land Journal,
arrived
fice at a reasonable figure.
wrlte
week on his annual trip to
Freak laws have had the same ef up" the crop outlook in this section
fect In Wisconsin as Oregon. In both Mr. Cohen says he always has had
states taxes have doubled. Wiscon a warm spot in his heart for the
sin went up from $2.566.711 In 1913 Central Oregon country, and thinks
to *7,656.318 In 1914.
For many the Redmond district will eventually
years they had no state levy.
be the garden spot o f the state.
,u,*nl from
, " r» to ,ho
*or
wrhich bid was duly ac-
''vpted and filed
Moved, seconded anil passed that
the bid of D. L. Ij»dd for tools and
labor to be used in constructing the
reservoir be laid on the table until
the next regular meeting, to enable
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