U of Oregon To ml j VOL. XI PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 30, 1907. NO. 24 Crook County IT fc INVESTIGATE m hac u ill rw jt wr r ma THE BIG CHAMPION MOWER With Wooden Pitman, Combines Perfect Cuttting, Light Draft, Durability A FULL LINE OF REPAIRS C W. EL KINS Agency for Champion Binders, Headers and Reapers r.i r,"i tJ -Li J I Whodoesyour Subscription Business? El r.:i r n n Li Lli ri L J ri l J r.i LJ L J ii r LJ L'J r..i LJ r i LJ n LJ n LJ ri LJ LJ n LJ rn LJ r.iT LJ Tf LJ n LU n LJ rn LJ r..i L J LJ r.i LJ r,7 LJ Till LJ LJ Til LJ rvi LJ LJ I am prepared to give you better prices than you have ever received before and I guarantee your Papers or money e funded. Portland Semi Weekly Journal 50 Crook County Journal 1 50 Total 3 00 My Price for the two $2.25. Weekly Oregonianor Semi-Weekly Journal, one year ....$1 50 Crook County Journal, one year 1 50 Weekly Examiner, San Francisco.. 1 50 Cosmopolitan Magazine 1 00 Total 5 50 My Price for all four $4.50. 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READ THE LAW You Mutt Support Both Schools If They are not the Same Standard. rnariafianannnanananarinriarianriananariaranariarararnrarariaraf'iarararararariariarararariar.a uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuLatuuuuuuuuuauyuufcuu aj I ft 1Mb HAMIL I UN b 1 AtJLbb T. F 8 BUCHANAN, Proprietor" PRINEVILLE, OREGON Stock boarded by the day, week or month at Reasonable rates. . Remember us when in rrineville. Ratks Reasonable:. We have Fine Livery Rigs For Rent Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby iriven, by the muter- hIkihhI, administratrix with tin will an nexed o! the Antute of keanaer liilkm. de ceased, to all persons having claims HKuinat siiiil estate to present them, with the proper vouchers, to the undersigned at the olllce of M. H. JSIliott in Prineville. Oregon, within six months from the dute of the llrst puhltcation of this notice. Dated this 21st day of March, 1(107. Lknora Dillon. Administratrix vith the will annexed of the estate of Lcandvr Dillon, deceased Thoroughbred Poland China Boar For Service. Black Lnngshans, Stock and Eggs for sale. K. C. PARK, Redmond, Oregon. There seems to le some mis- understanding in regard to the new high school law, esjiecially in regard to the exemption from county high school tax. - It seem ihut teoiile in pome IrK-alitiett are laboring under the impreeaion that all they have to do in to vote in a district high nchool and they are out from under the tax for the support of the county high nchool. For the bcnefit,of such commu nities the following quotations and references from the new school law- is given: Union High Schools. Art. 2, p. llz. "When it is desired to unite two or more contiguous school listricls in this State for high school purposes only, a jtition from each district shall be present ed to the district boundary loard setting forth specifically the dis tricts it is proposed to consolidate, and also, the site for the location of the union high school building. If the petition is from a district of the first class, it shall contain the names of not less than 100 legal voters; if from a district of the second class, not less than 25 legal votere; if from a district of the third clans, not less than one-third of the legal voters. Said petitions shall request the district boundary board to direct the school boards of each district designated in the petitions to state in the notice for the next meeting or election, that the question of uniting said school districts . for high school purposes, only, thus forming a union high school dis trict, will he submitted, etc. After the proper formalities are observed and the question voted should a majority of the votes in any one district be againct the union high school it ie defeated. So much for the formation. Now in regard to the tax to help support the county high school (246 page 118) reads: Provided that when any school district shall maintain a high school which in ALL respects shall be equivalent iu efliciency to the county high school, which efliciency shall be determined by the district boundary board, such territory shall be exempt from a tax to support a county high school. Let us reason a little concerning the effect this law would have on any district or union high school m uroon uounty. ihe tJrook County High School has a two Btory brick and stone building, steam heated, and furnished with all the modern furniture patent seats,' 'varsity chairs, electric bells etc; good library, an extensive physical laboratory, to which will be added a complete chemical laboratory before school opens in September. Besides this, four grades of high school work ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades are taught requiring four teachers. These four teachers are the best high school teachers obtainable; teachers who have made a spec ialty of high school work. This, with the fact "that they have all necessary apparatus, the best of accommodations for pupils and last but by no means least, earnest hard-working students, would make it a hard matter for any but old, long established city high schools to compete with it in efficiency, which was tested and not found wanting in the debating contest with The Dalles High School. For a Union High School of Crook County to come up to the standard, it would require an out lay for s suitable building, not; then in furniture, apparatus, etc., from tl.mOO to $2fXX).(X and yearly running expense of nearly $4000.00, in order to even begin to come up to this standard; the ter ritory embraced would have to be so large that most of the pupils would be no better off so far as being able to attend from borne is concerned than at present, and an endeavor to get out of assisting in the support of the Crook County High School by establishing a union high school, is like dropping a stick to hsoulder a log, and if thinking persons stop to consider, they will see that it would re en tirely unrea onable to expetc that any locality could maintain a high school of equal efficiency with the present county high school, with out increasing tne rate of taxation for high school purpose", and of course if less efficient, they are not exempt 'rom high school tax, so must still carry an extra burden. District high schools will also have to maintain an eight months' term of instruction each year in the lo-er grades Section 217 page 105 which reads: Provided "that none of the fuuds of any district shall be used for the pur pose of maintaining a high school, unless said district shall also maintain at least eight months in struction each year in the lower grades of the school system of this state." When we consider that there are not more than three or four school districts in the county, including Prineville and Bend, that have an eight months' term of school, it will be seen that this provision would add another burden to the taxpayer. i Again, remember that the Crook County High School belongs to the county and all have an equal right to attend free of tuition. It belongs to the. people of the outlying dis tricts as much as to the people of Prineville, where it is located. A glance back over the inter-society contests for the past year, and also at the inter-high school debate will prove that students from Buch dis tricts are on an equal footing with those from nearer the school. . In the inter-society debate, those winning the medals were one from Prineville, one from Portland, and one from McKay. On the opposite side, and such a defeat was no dis grace, two from Prineville and one from Agency Plains. The winner of the medal for oratory was from the Lower Ochoco, and of declama tion, from the Madras country. In the inter-high-school debate, the team, chosen by competent judges at a general try-out, was composed of one from the McKay, formerly Prineville, one from Lower Ochoco, and one from Upper Crooked River Naturally, the task of judging falls largely upon local people, and results prove that not only are the students and teachers impartial, hut the people of the immediate vicinity are unbiased in their de cisions and efforts to build up a good school. V sideration, can you afford to go to the extra expense of establirhing and maintaining a district or union high school, and accept restricted facilities at as great a personal ex penxe, to say nothing of the in crease in taxes, r the supKrl of it ? Look into the matter, consider carefully, be not too hasty in es tablishing a high school with the expectation of being exempt from the county high school tax and maintaining a local high school without additional rxpense. Yours truly. C. B. Diswiiiik, County School Supt. Will Celebrate at Aih wood. The people of Ashwood and vicinity are going to have a rous ing, old-time Fourth of July cel- ebration at the old Durham saw mill site near AfLwood. It is twenty miles from Prineville by good mountain road. There is good camping grounds, good shade and lot of fishing. There will lc music, dancing gam-s and refresh ments. The citizens of Prineville are invited to sjiend the Fourth with the Aniiwood people and the committee in charge guarantee that everybody will have a good tune. Wool Sold at 22 Cents. With the introdurflfTO 'of Ger man the coming year and la bora' torv work in physics and chemis try and the addition of a business course, tne Uroos county nign School will be on a footing with the best schools of the state. Parents and patrons, with these facts before you and the knowledge that your children will be given every ' opportunity to show their ability and that the conditions are such that a union or district high school could not be establish ed without an extra burden of taxation, and could not be so locat ed that the majority of the pupils, if the school is composed of more than one district, would be so far from from school as to necessitate transportation, or boarding out; also that the largest number of eighth-grade graduates from any district outside of Prineville is five, and the total for the county, ex cept Prineville, is only 21, and further, that your only expense in sending to the county high school is the living expense and books, which would have to be met with in any case. Taking all these things into con A Pendleton dispatch to the Oregonian, dated May 2;5. savs: As a fitting climax to yesterday's successful opening of the wool sales, one clip was today sold for 22 cents per pouud, passing yesterday's high mark by a cent and a half and last year's high mark by three- quarters of a cent, and bringing the average price for both days up to 19.36 cents per pound. The top price was paid by Orcutt, buying for John Wright, of Boston, to A. Knott for his clip of 25,000 pounds. The total amount of wool offered in the two days was 1,176,000 pounds. Of this amount 645,000 pounds were sold, and the bids on 230,886 were refused. A close observation of all bids made aud an investigation on the part of the leading growers dis closes the alleged fact that the three buyers who have heretofore confined their operations to Idaho and the,territorv further east and who appeared here for the first tune, are responsible for the grow ers having received abont 2 cents more per pound for thuir clips than being offered by the regular buyers. The three Idaho men made half the total numlier of purchases These facts, or alleg ed facts, have caused the growers once more to change their minds and to beleive more firmly thau ever that the local buyers had mutually decided to keep down the price in Oregon this year. In addition to the auction sales, a number of private purchases have been made during the past two days. In one instance, clip of 9ooo pounds brought 22 cents. All the wool on which the bids were refused will be disposed of at private sale or consigned to some Eastern house. It is not thought that anyone will attempt to carry his clip over until next year. CROOK COUNTY FAIR Will Be Held at Prine ville in October. BIGGER THAN EVER Tne Premium List About Twice as Large as Lat Year Good Racing. Must Show Progress. Upon request of Attorney John K. Kollock, of the firm of King, Guerrin and & Kollock, of Portland for the Columbia Southern Water Users' Association, the State Land Board set Tuesday, May 28, for a hearing of the case of the Columbia Southern Irrigation Company and the new board of officers and stock holders which have taken over and will undertake to complete the re clamation of the irrigation project, are cited to appear prepared to make a report of progress upon the scheme for the benefit of the state and the settlers. Some weeks ago , the board di rected the Columbia Southern to submit its books aud records to the inspection of the state officers and a committee of the settlers; the company declined to exhibit its records to the settlers, but allowed Attorney-Ueneral Crawford to make an Investigation, aud it is probable this official will make report at this meeting. The annual fair held by the Centra! Oregon Livestock & Agri cultural Association, which will open on the morning of October 5th, and continue five days, will be by far the largest and most im portant event of its kind that the central part of the state has ever witnessed. The list of premiums offered is more than twice as large as any former list held open for entries and includes a complete lot of prize? covering all the products of the country, touching the mineral output, timber and every conceiva ble variety of farm produce.alfalfa, clover, grains, truck garden pro duce, fruit of every known kind and grade. The board state that en tries were not made for all prem iums offered last year and that despite the fact that the list is much greater in every way this year, they wish every prize taken by .-ome resided of the countv. The list of premiums in the fancy work and crockery departments is many times larger than last year and covers all kinds of plain and fancy sewing and everything that is found in the culinary art, with special classes for girls in both these departments. Prizes are offered for exhibits trom any school in the county, collectively, and pupil against pupil, allowing the small school ejual opportunity with those more fortunately situated. Miscellaneous classes include re- . lies, curis, pyrography and & "baby show," and , many other practical and interesting exhibits. These displays have all been ar ranged in a large and well lighted pavilion and will be properly cared for by the superintendents of their respective divisions. The livestock show will be of even greater magnitude than the parts already mentioned. There are classes of all kinds and breeds of cattle, hordes, sheep and swine, with a liberal allowance for com mon and fancy poultry. In these as well us other exhibits, premiums are offered for the single foul of a ivea age and breed, and for a group. The assistance of the Jockey Club is assured and racing is prom ised every day of the fain" This and all other sports will be under the direction of the fair manage ment and first-class order will be maintained. Baseball and bicycle racing will also be a feature of the amusement. Special premiums; are offered for xhibita of farm produce, grown by . the exhibitor, on irrigated and non irrigated farms respectfully, num lier of articles shown and qual ity considered. The price of admission is fixed at 50 cents per day or $1.50 for the season of five davs. This will per mit every one to attend. Ample camping grounds are to ho had free on the grounds owned bv the association for those who live at a distance. There will also be local and long distance telephone connection and everything possiole will be provided for the lienefit and comfort of patrons. Complete premium lists will be at hand in a short time and will be given to all who apply for them. Application should be made to G. Springer, at Culver Oregon, T. H. Lafollett, Prineville, or to this office. For Bargains in Groceries, Fur nishings, Clothing and Shoes see J. E. Stewari & Co.