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VOL. XI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 30, 1907.
NO. 24
Crook County
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UNION
HIGH SCHOOL
Versus Crook County
High School.
READ THE LAW
You Mutt Support Both Schools
If They are not the Same
Standard.
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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.