The 1909 REO is here ?a T T ift ? tft ift i? tT 4 T tft ? G t At Cost I Fnttrcd t the postoffle t frltm, Oregon. irrona-rlm nttrl Not going to be sometime, but now, ready to deliver. NOTICE THE PRICE SUBSCRIPTION RATES-lnvariably In Advance 11.50 Six Months '. One Year.J Three Months.. 75 cU 6 els Wets Single Copies 2 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1908. 20 H. P. Touring Car $1000 F. O. B. Factory 4 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY I Selling I m "GiNGERCLUB" IDEA An Improvement Scheme Started by Cusiness Men. r THE LOWEST PRICED STANDARD MADE FIVE PASSENGER CAR IN THE WORLD II.. w I mnm ITS HELP TO A KANSAS TOWN Hiawatha Prospering In Face of Evi dent Disadvartcges Haw Public Spirit and Consistent Civis Improve ment Rescued It From Lethargy. Tbe merchants of Iliiinutha, Kan., have taken up the "gliiser club" Idea Started by Kansas City business men. Those In each Mock will form a cluh, and each will try to outdo the other In improvements. The clubs wi'.l work with tbe Civic Improvement club to beautify Hiawatha this summer. The first cluh to orgaulze Is called the Five Hundred Block Oregon Street Improve ment cluh. The oGieere are: W. O. Noble, president; 11. I). Ad ams, treasurer, and P. M. Smith, secre tary. The officers form the executive com mittee, with full power to spend mon ey for necessary improvements. This club is formed in the smallest busi ness block la town. Every business man and woman lu the block is a mem ber of the club. They have subscribed $50 monthly for improvements, says the Kansas City Star. Electric lights have been placed every tweuty-five feet along the block, aud the lights are kept burning all night Tbe buildings in the block will be painted a uniform color. Lights will be placed In the alleys and kept burning nil night as a protection to property. The club has made a special sprin kling contract for this summer, and the streets are swept each day. As the streets are not paved the club has induced the city council to put la a ce ment crossing lu the middle of the block, and property cwuers have agreed to put cement walks in the al leys. The clubs in the other business blocks will work along similar lines. A civic improvement club bus been in existence in Hiawatha for several years. It has done much to beautify the town. Work for this summer has already commenced, and the residents are taking hold with new vigor. The members of the Improvement club have adopted the slogan, "Make Hia watha a beautiful and spotless town." The members of the club plant and tend Cower beds in the city park, which faces the main business block. The park will be struug with electric lights this summer. The Improvement club will tarn a vacant lot near the center of the town into a children's flower garden. Each year the club offers prizes for the best kept yards, churchyards and school yards, for the best garden plant ed and tended by a child, for the best garden planted and tended by a man over sixty years old. for the best look ing yard kept in order by a woman and for the best Cower gardens. Those who are too poor to buy flower seeds and there are few of them are furnished with seeds by the club. In the fall a flower show is held, at which the prizes are awarded. The business men and others pay the expenses of the club, and the officers give their services. The city council and the board of county commissioners appro priate money toward the support of the club. The city administration is in hearty sympathy with the town improvement movement An ordinance, has been passed fixing a Cne for any person found guilty of Fpitting on any side walk or crossing in the city. After each rain the dirt streets are dragged at the city's expense, and a movement has been started to pave the streets in the business section. City employees cut the we?ds aloug the street, and when weeds are not cut in vacant lots the city officials promise to see that it is done at the expense of the prop erty owner. Each Wednesday evening during this summer concerts will be given in the city park. The concerts have been given each summer for nearly twenty years. The baud is paid by the busi ness men and other residents. Tbe city council coutributes each year to the support of the band. In all the band receives nearly fl.OOO a year for ex penses. Tbe members are not paid sal aries. Tbe money put iuto civic improve ment has been well spent There are no big industries in Hiawatha to em ploy a large number of men; the town is Just dependent upon the surrounding country. A few years ago Missouri Pacific division headquarters were lo cated there, but were later moved to Atchison. When the railroad families left, many houses were left vtcant, rents went down, and the value of real estate decreased. The pessimistic said the town would never recover. The others kept quiet aud worked for city Improvement. The work of beautifying the town has brought results. Hiawatha has grown larger than ever. There are no vacant houses; newcomers either have to buy or build. A water system and sewer system ex tend over the entire town. The city electric light plant furnishes power for lights on street corners. City property is higher than ever before. This has all been caused by the eiti eens making a united effort for town betterment There is not a joint or gambling hall In tbe town. CM.1UEMTZ RrZfcSXME Pa. o 50LIC1TC3 U 43 ILJ hy wait for the new car, that even the manufacturer does not know how it is coinir to stand uFr uuy ieo car, me car ot satistaction. Immediate delivery. Not hot a r. FRED A. BENNETT, Northern Distributor REO PREMIER RAPID COMMERCIAL CARS Agents wanted in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and B. C (.roadway, ocatue, w.h. 495 Alder St, Portland. Oreson. 814 -w.) A.. ;,L. U-..L Ea G. Hodson, Agent, Prineville, Oregon THE POULTRY SNEAK THIEF. The weasel as a sneak thief aud softly stealing assassin is bcyoud de scription. Mletitly puling like a serpent, he slips through an inch opening, bounds on his harmless victim, sucks Its blood aud wantonly cuts the throat of every fowl. The beautiful thrush, nestling Its young or 011 leafy brauch caroling to its Maker, is suddenly seized and its trilling throat pierced by the fangs of tbe murderer. His technical name, putorlus, from "putor." "lad smell." Is appropriate. lor, iiKe me polecat, ce turows on a vile odor. Diminutive in size, he Is a consolidated devil a cross ot deep dyed villain, skunk and silent striking copierhead. r.ehold that long, lithe. wiry, restless, quickly moving, muscu lar body! That flat head, projected from all the oieuings in his retreat seemingly at once, sways from side to side, like the cobra, ready to strike. Standing by Des Mcines. The Des Moines Dally News runs at the top of its first page the significant words: "Once a Booster, Always a Booster! Don't Forget to Ask For Pes Moines Made Goods!" THE Mt'CDEiiEIt l UNASKED. Above are the fearful jaws and serpent fangs that cut the throats of eighty chickens in one night. The skin is drawn back to unmask the murderous killing weapons aud to dis play, the Intricate network of muscles that work the powerful Jaws, which make the weasel the most dreaded enemy of the Kiultry keeper. Though he weighs from five to eight ounces aud is from six to ten Inches in length. yet this little sausage shaped creature is much feared and formidable. He has been known to kiil the eagle and attack a five prong buck. On Jan. li last a miner was ter ribly lacerated and bitten by a weasel at Bear Valley shaft, Shamokin, Ta. in the darkness the weasel seemed master, but miners, hearing the cries of distress, rescued their companion and killed the weasel with drills and shovels. This animal has been known to kill six full grown hens, twenty tur- fceys and eighty chickens in three nights. His victims are not disfigured. He bleeds a rabbit between the eye and ear, but has been known to chase one into a stone feace and open an artery in tlie Ulna leg. He will clean (he rats and mice out of a barn and bleed them the same way. ' He bites old chickens In the arteries of the neck close to the head. Young chickens, pigeons and wild birds are caught back of the neck and sucked dry. If wounded, he will suicide by sucking his own blood. A nunter followed a weasel for tweuty-five miles, the little animal stopping to kill only eight rabbits dur ing the race. At times he would dis appear and travel UDdc'r the snow for fifty feet In this way he kills many quail that seek shelter under wind falls, the farmers In the spring re porting them frozen by the hard winter weather. In one night a hunter trapped a dark Drown, light red and white weasel. The most common color Is brown. Weasels are dark and light brown, dark and light red, maltese and white. Maltese are rare. The weasel wears white in winter. On the snow he can hardly CAUGHT AT LAST. oy his victim and Anaesthetics Known In Middla Ages. Lecturing before the Association of Surgeons of Munich on narcotics Pro fessor Kletu said that tbe process ot reducing the sensibilities of patient with a view to making operations pain less was known aud practiced la tbo middle) ages. Bishop Theodoras of Chervlra wrote a prescription for a pain destroyer In the twelfth century which contained opium, morphine and byascum. A medical work printed lu 14tS0 contains the first kuown treatise on inhalation, and we now inject tinder the skin the soothing mixture which in 1400 was lu ha led. London Globe. A Natural Thermometer. It was a sapphire that led the late Dr. Sorby to the discovery of the na ture of the liquid sometimes found In closed In the cavities of crystals. The gem In question contained a tube shaHd cavity a quarter of au luch in diameter. which was so regular in Its bore that It served by means of the liquid partially filling It for a thermometer. The con tained liquid half filled the bore at 50 degrees F. aud completely filled it at St) degrees. A study of the rate of ex pauston or the liquid led Dr. Sorby to the conclusion that it must be caruoulc acid. Lent. By the word Lent Is understood the fast of forty days preceding Easter. J kept (after the example of Moses. Eli.-is aud Christ himself) in order to prepare the faithful for the great festival of Easter. The Greek and Latin uames for the fast, Tessa rakoste and Quadra gesima, indicate the number of days. The Italian Quareslma and the French Careme come from the Latin. The German Fastenzeit aud the Dutch Vas- ten denote the fast while our own word, I.ent, from the . Anglo-Saxon kencten, means spring L e., spring fast A Bit of Forestry. Jo you kuow how to tell a hard wood tree from a soft wood tree? said a forester. 'Til tell you how to do it, aud the rule holds good not only here among our familiar pines and walnuts, but lu the antipodes among the strangest banyans, baobabs aud whatnots. Soft wood trees have nee- die leaves, slim, narrow, almost uni form in breadth, if you don't believe me, consult the pine, the spruce or the fir. Hard wood trees have broad leaves or various shape the oak. tbe ebony, the walnut the mahogany and so on. Good Intentions Gone Wrong. 'Aren't you going home?" asked a fellow cluh member. 'Not for several days," answered Mr. Cumrox. "I'm going to give my family a chance to forget You see, mother and the girls have been trying to educate me to an appreciation of classical music. This afternoon 1 beard a terrific racket on the piano. So, being anxious to please, I half closed my eyes and said, 'Isn't It per fectly ijeautltul?" " 'Wasn't that all rightr 'So. It was the piano tuner.' Washington Star. Ths Thumb. The nail phalanx of the thumb is the index of a person's will power. The other phalanx shows the nmount and quality of bis judgment, reason, logic. To be properly balanced both phalanxes should be of equal length. If the will phalanx is a trllle shorter than the other, the equipoise is still maintained. But if either phalanx is considerably larger than the other one's nature is made up of conflicting elements. There is either too much will with too little Judgment to curb it or too little determination to cive ef fect to the dictates of reason. Tha Toastmaster. "The cook says they ain't nobody in the kitchen named William Thomas," reported a new bellboy at a fashionable hotel in San Francisco. "Well, who said there was?" retort ed the clerk. "I told you to take that telegram to William Thomas, the toafrt-master." "Well, I seen the man what makes toast. He's got a French name." "Take the telegram Into the white and gold room and give it to William Thomas, who's presiding at the D. K. E. banquet"-Los Aneeles Times. The Physician. According to thu.. British Medical Journal, physicians as a class are mora subject to iUuess than their fellow meu. The Journal adds: "Au explaun tiou of this Is readily found In the anxieties caused by responsibilities which must weigh heavy on every man of right feeling, lu the amouut and trying nature of the work the doe tor has to do. In Irregularity lu meals and broken sleep, lu exposure to weather and to Infection, aud last, but not least, lit tlie scanty remuneration which his labor too often brings him. Tho combine.! Influence of all these causes is sulhi -lent to undermine tho strongest cons:l;titlon long lefore a man has reached the limit of three score and ten." A comparison of ta bles compiled by statisticians In differ ent countries gives doctors an average agu of fifty-seven years at death. Professional Cards, C. Shrink jCawytr S?a Cstatm Office with Geo. W. Panics SPrimtmill; - At we are arranging to manufacture at home this line of houacfurnithings, in order to close out the ttock now on hand we are telling all the goods trade by the Pacific Coatt Manufacturing Company AT ACTUAL COST Thu gives you a chance to malte a big saving in the purchase of any of the following articles Iron Beds, Springs, Mattresses Pillows, Dressers, Chiffoniers Washstands, Commodes Sofas, Couches and Lounges A. H. LIPPMAN & CO PRINEVILLE, OREGON enemy. be seen His white fur is the ermine of royalty and august courts, and the dark spots on these robes are tbe black tips of tvensel tails. The mink and weasel should not be confused. Minks reach two pounds and have half webbed toes. When a chicken Is ripped from the neck down the back, it is neither a weasel, mink, rat nor opossum, but a cooper's hawk did the damage. Weasels are born from April to May, six to two to n litter. I he young ones are great poultry uenda and are easily caught in steel traps. They are common all over the country, except in Arizona, New Mex ico, southern California and the gulf states. A Land of Many Thirsts. The Egyptian never travels without his goolah. He fills it with filtered wa ter and lu the morning can command pint or more of water cooled by evaporation through the unglazed clay. ihls precious fluid be does not waste on unsatisfied thirst. Taking off the long white wrap and the piece of cloth that covers his head during sleep, the native pours the water over his head, neck and hands. The European, with all his instinct for cleanliness.'speks first to relieve his overmastering thirst. There are in Egypt ns many thirsts as plagues, but the dust thirst is the worst Every pore is sealed: the throat Is a lump of dry clay, and one feels what it must be to be a London Standard. mummy. II N li SCHOOL SHOES frrOlii , IRON" I WA 'Near Miyer "Sptclel Merit" School Shoes are expressly ouie for the hard knocks and severe wear of healthy, romping school children. They are made of thoroughly seasoned upper leather and tough, old-proces and time seasoned oles. the strongest and most dur able material obtainable that's why they "wear like iron." Plenty of room for growing feet, sensibly shaped (hoes, strong enough far the hardest everyday use, dressy enough for Sundays. Your dealer will supply you if not, write to us. Look for the name and trademark on the sole. F. Mayer Boot S Sfios Company MILWAUKEE, IS. .'li- J 0; JfyJ. iPhjffitan mm J Jmrytm tLL oiiriii, raimrriT IT OS NlUHT urrirs UK IJODa MtnltH or AttAMaon'S IXl'u stone. Hold uflU e en r.-.J. Uiuco irh'tibunea. !PrimtmHI, rtmim dc G a wards CAmm. J. dmrn'm-t JIT. $ 33,Ummfi Sftolknap iPAytMmmt mmd tSmrymt. C0t tdtmmmft Kr-.- -it. ' si t JV. SVofniiry IPAjfticiam mmj Surycm II Ortfo jCaivytr Practice In nil state ntul l'VderU Courts J. a, d I am. Oregon MAYER SHOES AT- ... J. E. Stewart & Co. E2H FOLK'S GAZETTEER i A IlusinoHB Directory of earh City. I own nri J villous In Oreimn and wuniiiiigton, kIvIok a Dcwrlptive imru-n or each plana, vocation, Khipolng Facllitlen and a (,'laniil- N Directory of each lJualntus ana rrircaion. K. I.. I'OI.K ft CO., Hfnttle, Wl.h. Gasoline Engine Irrigation, Spraying and Pumping Machinery JMimmnkH.MorNo (iaioHne Knirlnna for pumping, Hiiiuylng. sawing, grinding. Oul- 11IM oomplc-N:. MilrliitnkH Scale for weighing. KulrlmnkK-Miirita livnanios and Motors for power und light. niiriiuriKK-MorKR InnmlllB nnrt Towers. Knlrlmnktt-Vfiii-tu. (IHiiflora l?liitmu.r. Well PuinpH. mi nrst quality goods at lowest prices. Mwityx In Block. I.llurul teinix. l'roinn! reply to InqiilrliK and quick uhlpiiicnln. Write for catalogue and prices. W. F. KING, Agent, Primevllle, Ore. 'airbanks Morse & Co. PORTLAND, OHEOON. Wilson's Shoe Shop I have opened up a nho shop In l'rinevillo in the MeCaltistor building, 011 Main street near the.Oehoeo bridge, mid am pre pared to do nil kindsof repairing. All work done neatly and promptly and satisfaction guar anteed. Prices very reasonable. A trial will convince yon that this is tlie best place to have your shoe repairing done. J. E. Wilson, Prineville, Or. r Willamette University Founded in 1814. New 150.000 build ing this year. The College of Liberal Arts has strong brain-developing courses. Other courses in oratory, Music, I neology, Kducution, Medicine, Law, anil in tlie academy. ) I'roiesflors. High quality instruction Sstlltn lllii-iirlac, .. Ff. .r. I inm.r;n. .10. Itages. For catalogue address 8-C-ti Pbesident F. IIosikn, Salem, Or. crook mm mi OFF10ER8: W. A. Booth, President D. F. Stiwaut, Vice President O. M. Elkins, Oashler DIRECTORS: A. Booth, O. m. Elkins, D. P. Stswart Transacts a General . Banking Business Exchange Bought and Sold Collections will re ceive prompt attention iM4 60 YEARS' -5 w cvntrniriiM Trade Marks Designs Copyrights tie. Anryfi6 n witling ft nketfh and d ascription may quickly unarlntri our opinion free wfmtber an Invention la probably pntentuhln. onminnlra tloriirtirlctlycoiifi.iontlu.1. HANDBOOK on I'atontt ant free. Oldest huvsuvj tor flcming patent h. I'a tent taken through Munri A Co reculvt tprcUti notice without ebiiTve, la tbe Scientific Jlmlm. A hani1nmely lllnntrnlpd wnokty. T.nrreat elr. citliillutt of atiy snUMillIlc J'turiinl. 1'urniii, $ s , reur: four montlis, L Hold brail newedmlem. MUNN & Co .New York liuucb omce. to F Bt, Wasblustun. I). 0. THE BEST SIGHT ON EARTH Mnr 1 1 liiipitlreil ,ve mini d-b.v pnnr. nr even poorly lltlcil e k'liiKmn. What' the lux or Moime of wimtlni; your 'money to your t' tt hurt? t'oiue ntid have ytmr c.m h evittnlurd hi il aklllftil inuiiiii r iukI llttetl w ith kIiikm-m tlmi nni the lM to ! Inn). An exniiiliwttloii rimtM you tiotliiii(;, W. FRANK PETETT, Jeweler & Optician Main Street. Prinavilto, Orrion MORGAN'S ORCHESTRA OFFERS ITS SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC For dame. fiitertiiliuiieiitH, lUtniem and private pnrlli a ami In prepared to furulali liitet lilKhnmile iiiiidlc appropriate for all occmhIoiih. Tcriim very retmoiiiil.le INSTRUMENTATION Vlnl In. I.. C. Mom. t'lurnirt, Witin crn I'lstiu, Men. I K. Ill iwiim uttt.1, W. Iik I nni llninm. lm. .. K. Ill 1 ri iiilmlu', . .V l'.llll.S Call on, or nrtdreM till Imitili iei4 to W. FRANK PETETT, Bu.inea. Mnjrcr, Prineville, Oregon PRINEVILLE-SISTERS STAGE LINE leaves Prineville daily lor O'Niil, RctlinonJ. Cline I'alls anil Silers. Connects with the Iicbanon slagc al Sislrrs Tlinrsilay nights. First-class service ami courteous treatment. New man agement. Stage leaves Prineville at about 9 A, M. daily. Fare Irom Prineville to Sisters $3.00. S. SROUFE, PROPRIETOR SrsESErsEriEnlSr a ft l.-itiJl.Jl.JJLiJi.JtJt.Uk.JkJl.JL.-i ii.i L'i L J r.-i t J r,.i rrr LJ r,i i. j n B J LJ r,n L"J L'J Sonera ffilacfcsmithing IIoilfiEHHOKISa, W(K)I) WOKK, KTC, Neatly and Promptly Done When it is Donk By : : : Robert iVjoore Satisfaction Will ,c Guaranteed PniNEVILLK, OltEdON. ii r.-i LJ n L J ri L J ri ii r..i LJ ri Li ri Li r.t Li Li r,.i L J rr Li r.t Li LJ ri LJ L'J KUkutauuLiuiiui-iJuyyutLsyiiLjyuufuu Put Your Machinery in Repair Don't forget that the Prineville Machine ShoD is cauinnerl to rlo any kind of machine work that can be done in Crook County. Prices reasonable. Also carry Belting, Cap Screws, Machine Nuts, Steam Fittings, Bicycles and Sundries. Agent for Reo and Ford Cars. Automobile srarasre in connection. All kinds of Gas Engine Repairs a Specialty. f7 Remember that we aro Hupply headquarter for all kiiulfl of lubricating oils and gasoline. We can save you money. Prineville Machine Shop ED HODSON, Proprietor Bring your job printing to the Journal