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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1903.
VOL. XIII-N0.16
AUTO SERVICE
FOR PRINEVILLE
Operate Two Big Cars
to Shaniko
WILL MAKE THE TRIP DAILY
Cornett Stage Company Backs
Enterprise Make the Run
in Six Hour
"Honk ! Honk"! Uok out (or tlx
autu. Within a month two big unto
mobiles will Ixi spinning over the rouda
bvtwerm I'rinovilln and Khatlko,
carrying pnimriigeri from this railro I
ltM mrtlini to tliH termlinu of the
Columbia Southern, making t lit trip
each way daily anil covering thnt IK)
m iU dinlmice In U hours. Tlu mnrhlneii
re In bivo a rapacity fur carrying
flijht itM-ii('rii mill will he of llio moat
K)ttrful typo.
Thin in the Information given out
thli week by Mw lt Cornell, the pioneer
state iimn. The auto service U to be
run in rontim'thm with the lngi Imihi
mi mill will lie owned by 1'riitfvillo
Don Miss
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APRIL 2 and 3
W'yrf'yjVyyy.'yyyyy
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Showing elegant creations from Eastern millinery houses. You are invited to
our showing of these Friday and Saturday, April 2 and 3 in ample time
for Easter.
LADIES' TAILORED SUITS, new suits this week. The elegance of style,
the immense variety of shades, and above all the surprisingly low prices we
quote these are some of the reasons why we sell large numbers of ladies'
strictly tailored suits. If you have not seen them, come this week.
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Ladies' Hosiery to match your new
samples on display.
INFANTS AND CHILDREN'S FOOTWEAR
In the new tans, in OxforcU and High Tops,
lace and button.
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company, In which Mr. Coniett and his
amnicittte In thr line will have a heavy
Intercut.
"Everything Is all ready" says Mr.
Corm-lt, "mnl oil that remains to I
done it to select the ty of inuchtiica
we wiiiit."
Charged With Horse Stealing.
Koy Townni uud Wiilinm liuldtvin
were arreMed on a charga of latency of
two mare and two colt from Win. 1,
Joliiimin, wIhi livri in the nnighbur
hood of Puwrll Unites. The warrant
were sworn out on the complaint of
Johnnon, HhnrifT Ktkini arrested
Towers at ! la enmp on the high dcseit
mid Baldwin h arretted at I tend hy
IVpuly Hmriff Millard Triplett. Holh
men were brought to Ujwii mid hear
In; was lipid before Justice Italpli
Hliurp Tuemlny evening. The defend
ant were hound over to I he grand jury,
Mini the Ixuid n-t at 11500 each, l-'ail
i i i; to secure bondmiicn they are con
lined ill the county jail.
ltaldwln ill wiiiitiwhtt crippled up.
The other night nt IV nd he accidentally
fell out of a second story window at
Hotel (lend mid in the full broke a rib
and dUlocaled hi right wrist.
White Steamer Coming.
Fred A. Young, an cx-rt chauffeur,
IhIk'M tn ii'IIioihhc thnt he will lie
III Prtncvlllc on or about the let of
April to demonstrate to the people
of Crook county the practicability of
the White Steamer III business, pleiw
lire mill economy of service.
Our Easter Millinery
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
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Ladies' Heather Bloom Under
skirts Black, feather-weight,
light as feather, rustle like silk,
cut full, only $2.50 to $3.00
Ladies Underskirts, fancy glazed
Bengaline, etc., in stripes, checks,
plaids and plain shades, just the
thing to wear with summer
dresses. Gingham wash petti
coats in plain stripes, special 75c
C. W. Elkins A
PRINEVILLE'S BIG
HIGH SCHOOL
ORATORICAL
Randolph Ketchum
The Winner
Is
ALPHA SOCIETY VICTORIOUS
Edgar Barnes and Robert Cram
Are Awarded Second and
Third Place.
Randolph Ketchum won first (dace
In the oratorical contest of the Crook
County High School lu?t l-'rhlny
night, with his oration on the sub
Ject: 'The Initiative mill Refcren
ihnil." Edgar Humes wiu awarded
Heronil place mid Roliert Cram third.
The Judges were: Mm, C. W. KlkliiH,
M. It. Kill. .It and M. E. P.rlnk.
While Mr. Ketehiini, tho winner, Ih
a member of the Ochoconlnn society,
the Alpha Society was declared to lie
Mill "supreme," iim their contestants
on the whole were judged to have
done better than the Ochocoulan
oratorit. Since the rompetltl vc
system between tho two societies
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Boys' Clothing
Neat clothes
the little
$2.50 and
men at
upwards.
Mothers don't fail to
look through this
department.
Boys' waists
special values at 65c
suit
If you are building, painting, or papering see
our prices on building materials, paints, house
linings, etc.
DEPARTMENT STORE
have been held, the Alpha ban never
I mm' a defeated by her rivals, although
the winning of first place by an
Ochoconlnn In this contest will make
the tnembem of tho Alphn noclety
reallw the linportauce of looking to
their laundM.
( ompi ti'iit ihthoiim who have at
teudeil the high echool cnntiKtH dur
IriK tho pawt Hcvcral yearn remark
that the work of the couU-taiit
thin ycurHhowM iniirh Improvement,
which Im gratifying to every w:hool
patron of t he county.
Mr. Ketchum will reprcMctit Crook
County at the KaMtern Oregon con
tent At l'eiidk'tou, w hlcli will prolv
ably take place mime time In the
latter part of May.
DexIdeM the oratlona wvenil miit-1-cal
duuiImth were enjoyed by the
fiudleiice at the entertainment hint
Friday evening:.
Rye Grass Line Completed.
The Itye Oram Telephone Coinpnny
the Brut of thin week completed the
Mtrlnglng of Ita main wire from a
point neor Lone I'lno inpto Prlne
vllle, a dlMtance of about 10,'i mllen.
TbiM 1m an Independent farmeri)' line
and It now Iwm about twenty mib
hcHIhtii nniong the ranchera along
the route. It Ih exjiected that an
exteiiHlon will be made on to
Lnmontn In time, mid more phone
will b connected along ttie prexent
line. The farmer tch-phone biixineHii
haa made rapid growth In tliln
county la the puxt two yearn, and
liardly n Kettlement of any nlze In the
county Ih how without telephone
connection.
Opening
APRIL 2 and 3
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CLUB PERFECTS
ORGANIZATION
Officers and Standing
Committees Named
STATISTICS WANTED AT ONCE
Boosting Committee Will Pre
pare and Scatter Literature
Showrnz Resource
The Hoard of Trimtee of the Com
mercial Club ha organized niul the
Htandinar commit teen having In
charge the different brant-hen of work
of the nHHoclatlon have all been ap
pointed. T. XI. Ualdwln In president of the
club; C. M. ElkliiH, vIce-preHldent and
M. E. Iirlnk, wcretnr.v.
TheHtandlng commlttecR arena
follow:
Educational Committee C. M.
Elk In, chairman, M. K. Elliott and
J. N. WililaniHon. The duty of thle
committee I to work In harmony
with the county fluerlntendent for
the general ln-tterment of conditions
In all of the'educatlonal InHtitutious
In the county, and to endeavor to
elevate the Rtandard of efllciency of
the teaching corps.
Trannporatlon Committee T. M.
Ualdwln, chairmun; I). F. Stewart,
A. H. Lijipiiian, V. F. King, 0. M.
cornett. ine work ol tins com
mittee In to cover the queHtion of
good road, Improved transporta
tion facllltieft, railroad, etc., and the
encouragement of immigration.
Committee on Publicity and Statis
tic M. E. Brink, chairman; J. H
Haner uud John Combs. This Is
properly the boosting committee.
It shall lie Its duty to collect and
disseminate Information concerning
the products and resources of the
! entire county and to tabulate and
I prepare for distribution literature
jsuitable for the perusal of Intending
'settlers. This committee desires at
j tin-earnest uate possible to secure
every siocKinnn. larmer, merchant,
lumberman, and manufacturer, or
In fact from every person who pro.
duces anything in the county, statis
tics about the number of head of
cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, chickens,
the numlior of dozens of eggs, tons
of hay, bushels of grain, feet of lum
lier manufactured, shingles sawed,
and whatever information would in
any way lie useful to tell the world
at large about the resources of the
county. These facts are to be printed
mill scattered an over the L nited
States.
Another feature of the work of
this committee will be a sort of head
quarters for the listing of any prop
erty, ranches, livestock or products
which are for sale. These a re simply
to lie tiled witn the committee und
when an Inquiry for such things
comes they will be supplied to the
would-be buyer. A list of wants
will also be kept on hand nnd the
committee will act as n go-between
for the man wantiug to sell and the
one wanting to bny. The extent of
the operations In this Hue of course
will be merely to tell a man where
he can go to buy what he wants in
case any such article Is listed with
the committee.
Committee on Local Affairs C. M.
Elkins, chairman: O. C. Hvde, C.I.
Wlnnek, C. W. Elkins, G. N. Clifton.
This committee takes up matters of
local interest and encourages all
public enterprises, etc.
Committee on Social Entertain
ment J. H. Rosenberg, chairman;
Marry Eanlus, J. II. Haner, George
Storkmann and F. 1$. Milliorn.
This committee will arrange for all
receptions, dances", parties and
such functions given under the aus
pices of the dub.
The By-Laws provides that the
president, vice-president and secre
tary shall comprise the committee
on house and grounds.
A special committee on Recreation
Grounds and Sports was appointed
H. E. Gray, chairman; J. H. Rosen
lierg, Harold Baldwin, I. Michel and
Horace lielknap. The duty or this
committee is to look after the tennis
grounds, etc., beautify the yards by
planting trees, shrubs, flowers and
grass and to pound sand in the
gopher holes that may appear from
time to time.
"Ochoco Plaza"
Name of Park
Dedicatory Exercise! Held Latt Saturday hj
Civic Improvement Brigade. Plaza
Association Organized
"Ochoco Phua" is the name of
Piineville's new city park, which Is
now being developed just south of
the high school. This Is tho name
that has been selected by the Plaza
Association, an organization that
has been formed during the past
week. The name "Ochoco" Is a
Warmspriug Indian word meaning
shrubs and trees and the correct
pronunciation is "O-cho-eo", with
the accent on the second syllable.
Dedicatory exercises were held at
the park last Saturday forenoon 1 y
the Civic Improvement Brigade,
awlsted by the Junior, and the first
tree was planted. Ground was
broken, the park christened, the tree,
a cut-leaved weeping birch planted,
and a bottle containing a history of
the organization of the C. I. B.t the
names of the memliers of the phua
association, and a clipping from the
Crook County Journal tolling about
the proposed Improvement of the
park, was hurled at the foot of the
tree. Little Genevieve Smith,
daughter of Mr. and .Mr. Champ
Smith, the youngest menilier of the
Junior C. I. B. deposited the first
shovel of earth about the roots of
the tree.
Mrs. George Mllllcan, chairman of
the C. I. B. board, presided at the
exercises. She stated the purpose of
the exercises, and was followed by
Prof. J. F. Blnnchard of high school.
M Iks Rose B. Parrot t made a ft-w re
marks and the company sang
"America." Then the tree was
planted by the C. I. B. and the
Junior.
At a meeting held Friday night at
the home of Mr. Mllllcan, the Plaza
Association was duly organized and
officers were elected. The purpose
of this organization is to further the
Improvement of public ground In
the city. Officer elected were:
President, Mayor D. F. Stewart;
vice-president, Mrs. C. I. Whinek;
secretary, Mrs. George Mllllcnn;
treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Bell; superin
tendent, M. E. Brink.
I he assfKiatlon w composed of the
following: Mavor Stewart represent
Ingthecity of Prineviile: Prof. Blnnch
ard for the high school: Prof. E. I,.
Ashby for the public schools; M. E.
Brink, for the Commercial Club: a
representative from the Woman's
Auxiliary, not yet c h sen; and the
advisory board of the C. 1. B. which
is composed of Mrs. Georee Millican,
Mrs. C. I. Wlnnek and Mrs. W. A.
Bell.
The committees appointed were:
Finance Prof. Blanchnrd, the rep
resentative of the Woman's Auxil
iary and Mrs. Millican.
Committee on plans and arrange
ments. M. E. Brink, chairman, and
th officers.
The board of directors Is composed
of the five officers, nnd these meet at
the call of the president.
A committee on entertainment is
also to le appointed.
The park tract has been plowed
and leveled during the past week
and the trees which are being re
moved from the courtyard are being
planted around the border encircling
the plaza at distances of thirty feet.
The irrigation water is all ready
to lie put on the ground. Theenergy
shown by the people behind this
move for beautifying Ochoco plaza
promises that the city park will in a
few years be a most attractive one."
All of the improvements will be made
in accordance with a general plan
drafted by M. E. Brink, who will
officiate as superintendent and
landscape artist.
Order Eastern Star
13th Anniversary
Canwtioa Chapter No. 44 Celebrates Erest
Witk EitertiiiwwBt lad Buqaet
Latt Saturday Night
The Thirteenth anuiversary of the
inauguration of Carnation Chapter
Xo. 44, O. E. S., was celebrated In a
charming manner at the Masonic
Hall last Saturday night. Members
of the Eastern Star, the Masons and
their families were in attendance to
the number of 130.
The program opened with an
address of welcome and remarks on
the purpose of the Eastern Star by
the worthy matron, Mrs. C. W.
Elkins. Mrs. Carey W. Foster gave
a monologue which delighted the
company; Mrs. J. II. Rosenberg and
Miss Lorene Winnek saug a duet,
with viollu, flute and piano accom
paniment, played by J. R. Luekey,
C. I. Wlnnek nnd Mrs. Chas. S.
Edwards respectively: Mrs. J. H.
Wigle presented a reading; and the
closing number of the program was
a farce enacted by Mrs. ti. t. Belk
nap, T. M. Baldwin, Mrs. Frauk
Foster, Dr. J. H. Rosenberg, Mrs. M.
E. Brluk, Miss Iva Booth and Oscar
Hyde. The title of this piece was
"An Interrupted Proposal."
After the program the company
were seated at the banquet table for
which the bill of fare was one ot the
finest ever served in the city. Carua
tious, the llower for which the local
chapter was named, were used
profusely iu the decorations.
Games and conversation were
afterward engaged in and the entire
function was a most delightful one
from opening to close.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Smith and Miss
Maudo Vaudervert ot Bend were
among the outside members who
came iu to attend the anniversary.
BAKIN
WHY SPAY SO
MANY HEIFERS
No Calves No Steers
to Feed for Beef
LOOKS LIKE RACE SUICIDE
Practice Carried Too Far WU1
Raise Price of Feeder and
Hurt the Industry Here.
Many Crook county cattlemen are
now engaged in the practice or are plan
ning to spay large numbers of their
heifers and turn them off for beef, the
idea Beemi.ig to pie vail that the thing to
do nowadays to make money at the cat
tle business is to feed beef stnff and let
someone else do the raising.
If this practice is carried on exten
sively among the herds of this county
where are the stackers that are to be fed
to come from? This is a question that
is Well worth the consideration of cattle
growers at this time, for with too much
of a decrease in the number of cows for
breeding purposes, it will be a ease of
killing the goose that laid the golden
eg, and as result the price of feeders
will go go high that there will be little
profit in feeding for market.
Crook county is too good a breeding
ground for cattle to allow this branch of
the business to languish, and while it
does nat at present it Would seem wise
at this time to at least sound a note of
warning and call attention to this ten
dency among the growers which seems
to be rapidly increasing. For instance,
this season over 500 head of heifers are
slated for sterilization, which means
practically 500 lees calves next season.
If the feeders to make np this deficiency
have to be purchased outside the coun
ty, it means just so much money gone
out of the county for stock that could
probably have been raised cheaper at
home.
The practice of spaying has been en
gaged in by a few growers who have had
in mind the improvement of their herds,
the culls being spayed and turned off for
beef. With this end in view the plan
is a most eensible one, but when it
comes to putting the knife indiscrim
inately into every heifer in the herd it
begins to look like race suicide for the
cattle industry.
It would be a good thing if the cattle
men of the county would get into an
organization of some kind for mutual
benefit. There are unquestionably
many in the business who are equipped
and have the facilities for raising cattle
more economically than others, while on
the other hand those who have big
home ranches and produce large quan
tities of hay are better prepared to carry
on the feedingoperations.
Spayed heifers make desirable winter
feeders as they keep in condition much
more easily than steers, but any marked
decrease in the arrivals of the baby
calves each spring will put the cattle
business in hard lines in this county.
Straighten Telepone Business.
L. R. Robertson, of the Pacific States
Telephone Company arrived this week
from Portlaud and will remain in the
city for two months or more for tho
purpose of Etraightening out the tangled
affaiis of the Pioneer Telephone Co.,
and to advise about making improve
ments in the Bervlee.
Mr. Robertson states that if it is
probable that the majority of the stock
of the Pioneer Company will be sold to
new parties and that the company will
be reorganized, with the idea of selling
some of tho rural lines to the farmers
living along the routes, the company to
pay more special attention to its long
distance lines and the subscribers on the
Prineviile city service.
The matter of moving the central
office from its present location into
rooms over the postoffice in the Adam
son building is also being considered
bit no determination has yet been
reached to do so. ,
Another improvement may b an
all-night " service. This will depend
largely upon what co-operation can be
had from the farmers' lines using the
same switchboard. Iu case these
matters can be satisfactorily screed
upon the night service will probably go
into effect.
Ksoluttlj Part
The finest, most tasteful and
wholesome biscuit, cake and pas-j
try are made with Royal Bak- -ing
Powder, and not otherwise, f:
Royal ia the only Baking Powder
made from .
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar