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VOL. XII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908.
NO. 41
"GET A HUSTLE ON," THE
FAIR WILL SOON BE HERE
Farmers of Voting Precincts May Combine
Their Exhibits and Win Renown for Home
District Stock Entries Pouring In
Iws than one month from today
(ho fourth annual Crook count;
fair will have come and gone. Tim
time art U October 13, H, 15, 18
and 17, at the fair grounda in
Prini'villt.
Entries of horses ami blooded
lock are now being made daily,
and a number of well known horse
men and other exhibitora are reg
intxred at the local hotels. Rooms
and board are already being en
gaged by thoo who will be in the
city during the five daya of the
fair, which thie year is expected to
be larger and bettor than ever.
Exhibitora who expect to have
producta of the aoil on display but
who have not yet made their selec
tiona or entries, should begin to
"get a hustle on." The time ia
short and is becoming shorter with
each passing day.
In order to get as many agri
cultural exhibits as possible for
this year's fair the management
haa arranged a series of special
cash prises,! 20 for the first and 110
for the second best collection of
farm products made by any voting
precinct in the county. The pur
pose of this special exhibit is to
bring out the farmers who have
only a few things to put on dis
play. Hitherto these people did
not consider it worth while to
bother with an individual exhibit
but now that they can combine
with their neighbors it is though
that the county display will be
greatly enlarged and improved.
It ia figured that if one or two men
in each precinct will go around
and collect the best that can be
found a very ' creditable abowing
could be made from all parts of
the county. Of course it ia under
stood that anyone can enter the
precinct exhibit and compete for
other prizes individually. The
only place the line is drawn is that
products entered for one exhibit is
not eligible for any other. Now,
get in and drill, Blizzard Ridge,
Redmond, Bend, Sisters, Laidlaw,
Culver and Lamonta. Every pre
cinct in the county should take
part
Hay for Sale.
200 tone of alfalfa anil memlow
hay for utile. A tmrKiiln If taken
within the next 30 days. Addrene
8-3-1 m C L. Kohkbtm, Tout, Or. 1
BIG FEAST FOR
COUNTY TEACHERS
Splendid Program Arranged for
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Annual Institute September 30
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and October 1 and 2
THE RECEPTION FIRST EVENING
Superintendent Ford Urges
Every Teacher in Crook
County to Attend
The Crook County Teachers' In
stitute will meet in this city Sep
tember 30 and October 1 and 2.
Day sessions will be held in the
assembly room of the high school,
evening lectures and addreeees by
prominenteducators at either the
Presbyterian or Methodist church,
and a general reception for teach-
AT C. W. ELKINS' DEPARTMENT STORE
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Our New Fall Millinery
Opening
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This season shows a wonderful array of beautiful shapes in
the Charlotte Corday, Louis XIV, The Directoire, and the
Turban. Feathers, Wings, Ribbons and Plumes for trimming
give the desired effect. Our tables are covered with beauti
ful models in the best patterns selected by our millinery
expert and the most stylish dressers will find hats that will
meet every requirement Prices reasonable.
Ladies' Tailored Suits
On the best models, in prices ranging from $16.50 to $37.50.
These same suits are being aold elsewhere at prices almost
double what we are asking and we will guarantee to save
you fully 40 per cent over city prices. Suits and skirts
specially made up for those who are hard to fit
Our School Shoe
and Suit Sale
Still on during this week. We
have sold many an outfit, but
our stock is being replenished
almost daily. Bring the children
suits and shoes, one-fifth off
regular cash price during this
week.
BUSTER
BROWN
BLUE RIBBON
SHOES
The Lace Front Corset
popular new pattern
Is the one selected by stylish women before fitting a
suit or skirt This model is both hip and bust
reducing for stout women when the Long model is
used. The Short style for all others will give a
pleasing and natural shape. During the past three
months we have aold hundreds of the Lace Front
Try one!
JfieCjjttcnt,
Grocery Specials for Friday and Saturday
Liquid Bluing, regular 15c seller, Friday and Saturday 2 for 15c
Washing Ammonia, regular 15c seller, Friday and Saturday . 2 for 15c
"Force," Sunny Jim's ammunition. 2 for 25c
"Rising Sun" Stove Polish, regular 10c seller 05c
Schilling's 3 Star Coffee, regular 35c, sale price per pound 22 ic
Star Tobacco per plug, Friday and Saturday only 45c
These Prices to Our Cash Trade
C. W. ELKINS, PRINEVILLE, OREGON
ers and the public at P. A. A. C.
hall Wednesday evening, Septem
ber 80.
County Superintendent Ford
wishes to lay especial atreas and
emphasis on this Wednesday even
ing reception, to which every
teacher in the county, every par
ent everybody is mot cordially
invited. Coming, as it does, on
the evening of the first day of the
institute, it behooves every visiting
teacher and persons from afar to
be in Prineville promptly on the
first day of the institute. This
reception is a happy thought and
everybody should make it a point
to go.
State Superintendent Ackerman
and other prominent educators will
be here throughout the three days
of the meeting and will talk on
subjects vital to school interests.
Teachers who attend the institute
will come to listen, to learn, to
greet their comrades; not to recite.
Under the law all teachers must
attend, but it will be a pleasure
rather than a duty.
In the recapitulation of his letter
to the teachers of Crook county,
Superintendent Ford says: "No
progressive teacher in the county
will fail to attend. The law re
quires every teacher to attend.
Every public school in the county
must be closed during the institute.
You will augment the efficiency
and potency of your work during
the year. You will be resourceful
by having come in touch with our
best educators. You will go to your
work with new ideas and a better
appreciation of your noble profes
sion. You will be enthusiastic and
hopeful, and this influence will go
out from you to the people with
whom you labor, like sparks from
a surcharged dynamo. You will
not be catechized by the instructors ;
you will not recite. No lessons will
be assigned. You will be at liberty
to ask questions or express your
opinion.
HAND-TO-HAND
WITH A BEAR
Word reached this office the
other day from the Upper Des
chutes that a black bear gave Dan
Caldwell a bad scare. Bruin lost
his life but his death was attended
with several thrilling circum
stances.
Caldwell tells the story in his
own words, so the printer and edi
tor cannot be accused of coloring
the narrative. Says Caldwell
"The other night, hearing my
sheep stampede, I dressed and
went to get them, taking my six-
shooter, the only gun in camp.
found the sheep up the river at the
edge of the timber, and had to
cross a space of down timber. As
I stepped over the last log a black
bear rose up in front of me.
cculd not run as the logs were too
deep, and the bear couldn't run as
the sheep were too think.
"So on came the bear. It knocked
my gun out of my hand before I
could ehoot. I dropped to my
knees, and having a small dirk
knife in my belt got it out As
arose I stuck it into him juBt
above the heart. He grabbed me
with both paws, and I drove the
knife into him again. The second
time I got him. He let loose of
me and dropped down, and I side
tracked."
REGISTER VOTERS.
County Clerk Warren Brown
will open the registration books at
the county court house on Monday
morning, September 28, and the
books will be kept open daily until
October 20.
Voters who have not registered
Bince the first of the year must
register this fall if they desire to
vote at the, presidential election in
November. Those who registered
for the spring elections need not
register again. Those who have
changed their residence will be
given this opportunity to record
the change.
Six months' residence in Oregon
is necessary for an American cm
zen to vote, and of course none but
American citizens can vote.
Foreigners who have been admit
ted to citizenship, and those who
have made declaration of intention
one year or more ago, may register
and vote at the presidential elec
tion in November.
U. S. ENGINEERS INVESTIGATE
IRRIGATION POSSIBILITIES
lay Store Waters of Crooked and Ochoco
Rivers in Immense Reservoirs and Irrigate
Thousands of Acres Sagebrush Lands
Joseph Jacobs, consulting engineer of the United States recla
mation service, of Washington, D. C, with temporary bead
quarters at Portland, reached Prineville Wednesday morning to
remain two or three days in connection with the work now
being done in this vicinity by Engineer Doolittle, reported
below. An interview was sought with Mr. Jacobs, and while he
talked pleasantly and courteously to the reporter of this paper,
he said he had no information to give out.
Mr. Jacobs was asked why the reclamation service engineers
were here. He replied that the government was constantly
busy gathering data relative to contours, physical characteristics
and irrigable areas of land, and that the surveys now being
made here were exactly similar to those which will also be made
in the Burns country, the Lakeview country and all other paits
of the state where irrigation can be successfully utilized. He
said it was the ultimate intention of the government to put the
entire arid area of the state under water ditches, and that Crook
county would get its share. Aa to whether the next reclamation
project in Oregon would be in Crook county Mr. Jacobs could
not say; it is his province solely to gather the necessary prelim
inary data.
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Surpassing even the railroad
news in local interest this week is
the fact that government reclama
tion service engineers are in the
vicinity of Prineville running
levels, taking altitudes and con
tours, driving stakes and gathering
other data which may be the
means of establishing in this part
of Crook county the third national
reclamation project in the state of
Oregon. The work is in charge of
H. J. Doolittle, engineer-in chief,
who has a number of associate en
gineers and surveyors working
under him.
With the irrigation project at
Hermiston almost finished, and
Ine one at Klamath Falls well
under way, it is time to begin a
third federal project in Oregon.
Should this project be put
through thousands upon thousands
of fertile acres could be reclaimed
from the sagebrush desert and
many acres now devoted solely to
dry farming will be regenerated in
the "wet belt." With the Des
chutes irrigation project in the
southwest and the government
project in the northwestern por
tions of Crook county, all this sec
tion of country will blossom as the
rose, literally speaking, and Crook
county will rise to importance as
one of the greatest agricultural
counties in Oregon.
With one or more lines of rail
way in nere and tnis irrigation
plan in full swing, Prineville will
quickly become a large city.
The project now under investi
gation has in view the storage of
the flood waters of Crooked river,
and possibly the Ochoco, in mam
moth reservoirs above Priveville.
Eventually this water would be
distributed to every part of the
reclaimed section, including por
tions of the McKay and Ochoco
valleys with their adjacent pla
tea us.
The present investigation , it
must be remembered, is only in
the nature of a reconnaisance, the
reclamation Bervice being con'
stantly at work on these enter
prises blocking out work for the
future. When a report on the
present investigation is made it
will be passed upon by the board
of supervising engineers and if the
project be approved then final sur
veys will be made. The govern
ment works slowly but surely.
The money with which the
government carries on its reclama
tion work comes from the sale of
public lands, 50 per cent of which
must be spent in the state from
which it is derived. It is a per
petual fund, "eo to speak the
money spent on any project being
paid back to the government by
the land owners during a series of
years.
Oregon is in good shape to get a
big share of the reclamation work
of the government. It ranks sec
ond in the sale of public lands and
there are at present but two irri
gation projects in the state under
taken by Uncle Sam. The mini,
mun of waste land in central and
western Crook county in the irrig
able area, with water, would make
of this county an enormously pro
ductive regon.
Enough is known as the Journal
goes to press to warrant a beael
that it is the intention of the rec
lamation service to dam the
Ochoco at the Dave Elliott place,
seven miles above Prineville.
Crooked river may also be dammed,
but the first work will undoubtedly
be the Ochoco project. The water
so conserved will be taken in one
or more high line canals to every
part of the lower Ochoco and Mc
Kay basins, including the tribu
tary dry canyons and foothill
pockets, and thence on across the
wide expanse of bench land
through the Lamonta gap clear to
the country around Lamonta, Cul
ver and Madras.
The dam at the Elliott place 8
to be 150 feet high, one of the high
est dams in the West. It will hold
millions of cubic feet of flood water.
HEARD ANNIVERSARY SERMON
Dr. Dunsmore Advocates Wifehood and Mother
hood as Cardinal Virtues of Woman
Odd Fellows and Daughters of
Rebekah to the number of more
than 50 assembled at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday night
to listen to an anniversary sermon
delivered by the pastor, Dr. H. C.
Dunsmore. These two allied fra
ternal bodies, together with the
usual congregation and visitors at
tracted thither by the special ser
vice, so crowded the church that
some people were turned away for
lack of seats.
Dr. Dunsmore Bpoke mainly ot
the enlarged field the twentieth
century affords womankind, the
address being principally for the
ladies. He advocated wifehood
and motherhood as the cardinal
virtues of every woman, but also
dwelt at length upon the work of
the lodge and women's societies.
During his discourse, the minister
recited "The Mourners," a mother
hood poem by Eliza Cook, showing
the close and tender relationship
between mother and child.
Before closing, Dr. Dunsmore
spoke along the lines of friendship,
love and truth, the three tenets of
the Rebekah society, and touched
upon their charitable work, and
the care of the widows and orphans
of Odd Fellows who have gone.