Crook County Journal. COUX'IY OFFICIAL PAPER. THURSDAY, JULY 11. l'JOl. Official 'Directory, STATE OFFICIALS. Governor T TGEKR S.-eruiHiy uf Statu F I Pl'NBAK Tri'Huivr...- C S MOORE Atty RN BLACK HI UN Sunt I'ub Instr J H ACKERMAN Printer W H LEEDS Dairy & Food Com J W HA1LKV ( JOSEPU SIMON Senators I J H MITCHELL CT H TONGUE Congressmen M A MOODY fCE WOLVERTON Supreme Judges. . R 8 BEAN (. FA MOORE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Ju.We WLBRADSHAW Prosecuting Ally.. FRANK MENEFEE COUNTY OFFICIALS. Joint Senator J N Wiixiasison C R A Emmktt Joint Repres'u'tive IH McOkekb I AS Robrrts Judpe VV 0 Wills Clerk J J Smith Sheriff W C Coxgletos I D E Tkmplbton Commissioners. I H J Hkaley Treasurer J N Poixdextkb Assttssor J D Lakx llktte School Supt Wm Boeuli Surveyor C A Gkaves Coroner Wm H Rhotx Stock Inspector Joe Hi.vkle Birthday of tha Flaa. Justice W R McFarlanp Constable Ed Gekow MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. Mayor LS Liogett ILL 1'HZWKIi.EK I W ILSON i Ed N White Ci:uncilmen - D F Stewakt A H LirpMAN ic M Elkins Recorder M II Bell Treasurer M A Mooke Muialml Wit Puine Society ftfoetings. PRINEVILLE LODGE. KO. 7fi, A. F. & A. M. Meets in Masonic Tem ple on Saturday before full iiioou of each month. T. M. Baldwin, W. M. M. E. Brink, Secretary. i ARNATION CHAPTER, NO. 44, O UK. S. Meets second and fourth Friday, Juno 14, tlte American (lag was 121 years old and the int ension was marked in many places with special exercises. The day has been established and bet aside in many of the eastern state, Col orado having recently niado it a legal holiday. Oregon has not taken the advance step as yet, hut nevertheless many schools through out tho state observed the day. The Grand Army is endeavoring to make June 14th a national tlag day and this year Bent out a circu lar letter which, in part, is as fol lows: "June 14th will be the 124 anni vcrstuy of tho birthduy of the American flag. "When it is considered what it has cost to give birth to this flag, what it has cost to maintain it and what it means to this nation and to the world, there , is no honor too great that should not be conferred upon it. "Our flag was born in the throes of liberty, wounded in the battles of freedom and sanctified in the cause of humanity. "It should be honored for all the security it guarantees; all the mer cy it proclaims: all the power it implies. "It is the flag that has ever been Nye, Umatilla co., K, Plunchet The past week has been want) with little wtnd. Haying is progressing rapidly. .Harvest starts soon some grain being rcadv to head now. Most crops are good, but sonie are badly damaged by the Hiiuirrvk Baker City, Baker co., V. C. McUniness Frost on mornintr of 2(th did no damage. Alfalfa fair crop. Damaged wheat and barley being cut for feed. Pas tures fair. Up to the present date the excess of temperature "from January 1 is 384 degrees and the deficiency of precipitation 3.215 in cites. More rain is needed, but at this season the rains become less frequent. Beulah, Malheur co. II. A. Smith Weather improving. Al falfa haying has commenced. Re planted 'gardens looking well Maximum, 98 degrees; minimum, 31 degrees. Wants His Money Back. A young greenhorn from' the east named George T. Porter, lost .")00 at a speculative enterprise known as faro, in which Edwin Switzler, a Pendleton councilman ond prop' erty owner, is extensively inter ested, and now sues Mr. witzler and his partners to recover 11000, under an Oniron statute which raised in honor and never lowered, permits the recovery of twice the in disgrace, it is ttie Bag that rep- amount lost at tne seductive cam resents liberty of thought and re- Ung table.- This remarkable piece ng.ous ngiu, anu mxas iouay, 0f business intelligence has ngitat beautifully hovering in the breeze, i ed Pendleton from hill -to hill around her Cuban protege, a pro- Councilman Switzler is scarcely to tectorate against 'man's inhutnani- be blamed for refusing to return ty to man.' The flag that grace- the money that came to him in the tuny waves in the Orient, a re- j ordinary channels of his lucrative spected monitor in the Celestial, business, yet the law seems to rec- empire, gniding the world in the ognize young Mr. Porter's right to solution of a divine problem, re- Cat his" cake and have it too to monstrating against avarice and admonishing against treacherv. "It is the flag that must not be disgraced as an advertisement of merchandise or displayed for idle purpose. "It is sacred! It is sublime. restore to his pocket an investment that he lost in a futile attempt to get something for nothing. ym pathy for Mr. Porter should not be very general, yet the effect of the case will be wholesome should it tend to discourage the distinguished Next to Holy Writ it should be; Pendleton councilman from fur- our guide, standing for the.equali- ther pursuit of an avocation where- ty of man, and of woman to man. J in the profits are subject to legal Thursday of each month in Mso,.ic Tern-1 11 18 I10w tne peacemaker between , spoliation. Weston Leader. pl. Miss Gbace Belknap, W. M. Mrs. M. h Brink. Secretary I CHOOO LODGE, Nil. 4!5, 1. 0. 0. F ' Meets in Odd Fellows' Hull every ecoud aud fourtli Saturday evening. M. R. Bi.ius, N. G IT. P. Belknap, Secretary. 1 CHOro LODGE, NO. 101 A. 0. U. W. Meets in Odd Fellows' Hall on the second and fnurth Mondavs of each iii ml.. Dr. E. 0 Hyde, M, W. L N. LiofiETT, Recorder. SUNBEAM LODGE, NO. 3i D. of H. Meets at Odd Fellows' Hall every Tuesday een'ti. Mrs Pearl Howell. Chief of Honor. Miss Ethel ) khiktt, Recorder. V RINEVILLE CAMP, NO. 210, (r WiKiduiHii .if World Meets at Odd Fellows' Hall 011 the Hist and third . TliuiwHy pveriirH's of eicli iiM'titli C. E. McDowell Consul Cotuinmder. J. L. MuCii.loi h, Clerk. UNIPER CIRCLF, NO. 37. WOM en of Woodcraft Meets every Friday eienintr "t (Wd Fellows' Hall. Mish Efea Crooks Guardian Neighbor. Mi-s Ida Omko, Clerk. 1 FL in Odd Fellows' Hall eery Wednes day evening All brothers in good stand lii'J invited to attend. W, A. aooTH, J. L. MoCclloci: K. R. S. C. C. iILOT TENT N.). 93, K. 0. T. M. -Meets 111 Odd Fellows' Hall every vcoiid and fourth Thursday evenings in inch month. P, K. Howard, S. K. C. .1. O. Cyrcs, R. K. RTNEVILLE ASSEMBLY. NO. ll:3, U. A.- Meets in Odd Felloes' Hall eiery first and third i'hursdiiy even ings in each month. E. O.-Hvdb, M. A. Warrev Phowv. Secr"tiirv LOOKOUT REBEKAH, NO. 103,1. O, O. F. ileets 111 Odd Fellows, Hall every hi st and third Saturday even ings in each ni'.iith. Mihh Grace Belknap, N. G. Q. Springer, uuKKntu or "Draft, Carriage Jforaej nitnert) domestic loes. it is a gaurd against foreign interference. It forgives the past and points to the future grandly; with more grandeur than our prevision can encompass. It is the flag of our rpnninn Tlio fl-iir if Ilia r.r.w ti sessions which Providence has be- j Coach and stowed, bo let the American peo ple, with one hand one the casket of the Golden Rule and with the other saluting the emblem of our liberty and strength, do honor to our banner as it stands fbi loyalty between ourselves and the eleva tion of all mankind. "As tie day dawns on June 14th, let the morning breeze kiss the fluttering flag from every housi top, and as the schoal bell sounds the assembly hour let there le plad hearts among the children as it is made their festal day to sing praise-) to the flag and to cheer it as it floats in the air above, a tok en of their noble birth." ' i Young ulso a sale. stallions and marep, few young teams for I'ayslack Eljid Slock i!and , Hayst.it k, Oregon. BUY THE Climate And Crop Bulletin. Djuglas, Morrow co., J. A. Troed- the week warm, lat- wind v. SEWING MACHINE Do not be deceived by those who ad vertise a ?0.00 Hewing Machine for $20.00. Tliitf kind of a machine can be bought from us or any of our dealers from 15.00 to ilS.OO. WE MAKE A VARIETY. THE NEW HOKE IS THE BEST. The Feed determines the strciiL'tli or I. ........ ..ff U ! H.. 1 .... t t ' 1 mi 1 i. 1 1 .1 "euivinrrn in ncwJl. iUUCIUllCM. 1 ne Hinrichs Hie wheat hay and the iOMlle Fe-d combined with other first cutting of clover are well cured "troiig points muk the Xcw Home son First of ter part cool and a li tie Summer fallow wheat getting ripe. Spring grain very good. Rye is being cut. Hood River. Wasco co., P. D. B L'CERE TEMP E, NO. 2 i. RVH fh"iH Sis'ers-T etds eva y t rat aud I' ird Wedneslav of eacll 111 11 I , Mr Mary E.' VxD ..t.Lt, M. l. C tilUJ il Ul j.1 aul C. and under shelter; the crop was very good in regard to quantity and quajity. Parley is ripe; wheat is ripening fat. Strawberries are nearly all picked. New potatoes and vegetables are plentiful. The weather keeps too cool for the rap id growth of tomatoej, corn and wuteriadons. the bent Sewing Machine to buy. r.hnwlng tho dlt-fc-rerit Htylcs of H. w lne ,oiclilii, vo manufacture uud prices beroiupurcliusiiig THE KCW HOME 5CWIH6 MACHIKS 50. ORANQC. MASS. 28 Union Bq. X. y, CUIcago, 1 II., Attanta, Oa., St Loulu.Mo., I.i::as,T2x.,Haa i'mucUuj.CjJ ran salc oy New Borne Sewing Machine San Francisco, Cal Co. Adriance Buckeye Mowers Keepers and Binder I . Holler learina well balanced, 110 necli weight. Also Jackson Hay Forks, Carriers, Blocks and Derrick Irons. Send for Catalogue. FRANK ELKINS & CO. CHAMP SMITH. ISOM CLICK K. SI T S Wines, Liquors, Domestic and Imported Cigars. Ja The Celebrated K A. B. C. Beer i Alway3 on Hand. Proprktors of tlie Prinevills Soda Works. First National Rank. Typewriters of all makes sold and rent ed. Mincographs, Hckto gra)hs, Ollico and Dupli cating Goods, Desks, Let ter Presses, Etc. Write tis for prices on Rubber Stamp, Seals. Etc Coast Agency Company 2tiflJ 8TAKK.8T. Torduud. Oregon.! OUlt LEAD Kit. si The Very Pest. iVrite fur Pooklct Prineville Planing1 Mill. John B. Shipp, Proprietor. Manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of rough and dressed lumber, shingles, brackets, mouldings, turn ing and band sawing, llouso Finish made to order. Agent for Kaaiblcr and Ideal Bicycles and Sundries. Mill opposite Prineville Flour Mill. Yard, 2d St., opposite I. 0. 0. F, ll.dl. PrimviHe, Oregon. Jf. J&'ppman, furniture and Undertaking. Carpets, 7Jattinyand and J&noleum, )oors, Windows, Slass, Paints,. Oils, Var, S3uildiny and Carpet IPaper, Screen "Doors and Screen Wire. All kinds of Lumber. Siomembor, $ deliver in the city jCur, per f QQ Zhoring and Rustic 25. 00