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Crook Cooety
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1910.
Bnlrd at the pnatltl at Prlnmrlll,
VOLXIV-N0.33
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CROOK COUNTY
NEEDS THEM
Thrifty Homeseekers
Coming In.
CAN TAKE UP 480 ACRES
In the Southeastern Part
County Under the
New Law
of
V. Pchreder of Davenport, Waih.,
paused through Prineville, Hatur
dy, on hie way with a load ol
furniture to hi homestead in the
J Intiipton Unties country.
Mr. rVhredrr belongs to the claw
of MHile that ire a distinct ad
vantage to any community. He
In eight children, four boyi and
four girls. Home of tlirin those
that werw old enough-graduated
from the Davenport High School
and Iho younger member! of the
family are well up In the grades.
It look four load with a sixhorae
team to move hia hoUKt'hold he
longings (among them a fine piano)
from Hhanlko to hia 480-acre tract
that he got from Uncle Sam. It
wns thi fact that he could take up
mm
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Ladies' Shirtwaists
Regular at $2.50 and $3.00
Now only 1.00
Reflular at " 3.50 and 4.50
Now only.......... .... 2.00
: . Duck Oxfords
j Ladies' While Duck Oxfords 50c to 1.40
; Children's Duck Oxlords 50c to 1.00
Boys' While Canvas .....75c lo 1.00
The
4H0 acres of land that brought bim
to this country. He says the soil
li flmt-claxa and that the only
thing he will have to contend with
will be the frotta. The elevation
of that country li about 4200 feet.
He wilrraise hay and cattle at
first, until he guta bettor acquaint
ed with climatic conditions lie
hui great faith in that aection and
when hie children become of age
he will have thein take up more
land, if there in any of it li ft.
Mr. Schreder baa applied (or a
IKwtofVice and hia application hsi
met with the approval ol the de
partment. It will be established
under the name of Holyate. Thin
U the name suggested by thsde-j
partment and Mr. Schreder thinks
Ita good one for the big valley
in which he is located. There are
twenty-three families In the valley.
These people have made applica
tion to have a school district es
tablished and propose to be right
in line with the march of progress.
These new familiea are of the right
sort and the very kind we are look
ing for. ('rook county bid them
welcome.
Candidate for Sheriff.
To the lVmoeriitlc rwtfi-a of Crook
rouutjr:
I hereby anmmm-e invM-lf m a
i nmllilate for the oltlt-e of Hherllt of
Crook county, mitijcct to the approv
al of the voters of the county at the
primary t-ti-ctlon to lie held In Hop
teiiiU'r. ' lteM-ctfnlly,
T. N. IlALKOfll,
7-14 Flff, Oregon,
Summer Rummage Sale
Read these prices that have never been seen here before.
To make trade lively all summer in our dry goods de
partment we are putting all summer goods enumerated in
this ."ad" at extremely radical figures.
mi - -
G. W.
CROOK COUNTY
ANNUAL FAIR
Will Be Held October
18 to 22.
BIGGER and BETTER THAN EVER
Everybody Takea a Hand Thie
Year to Boost Hia Own
Section.
The prize liat and race program
for the sixth annual Central Ore
gon Fair has been issued and it
being distributed to everyone that
want! one of the little books.
The fair will be held from Octo
ber 18 to 22 this year at the associ
ation's grounds in thie pity.
The liet shows a total ol $2000
in premiums for product of the
soil and industrial exhibits, includ
ing a public school exhibit. Fif
teen hundred dollars in race
purse , 1350 and a silver cup for
baseball, premiums for bucking
horse contests, taddlehorse races
and other attractions.
The premiums are divided sub
stantially as follows: $700 for
horses, 1500 for cattle, 1200 for
Only a Few Hats Left in Our
Millinery Department
All Hats at $5 to $7 now . .. $2.50
All Hata at $2.50 to $4.50 now . 1.50
$1.50 Sailor Hats now 50
Every Hat ' must be sold. Read the prices again
and then come and see the goods.
Ladies' Linen Suits
Ladies' Linen Two-piece Suits
Ladies' Lawn Lingerie Suits......
Lace Curtains
Regular 1.50 styles now 1,20
2.25 " " 1.65
" 3.00 " " 2.40
" 4.00 - - 3.20
Elkins
sheep, t200 for hogs, and 1100
divided between poultry, farm prod
acts,- vegetables, fruits, flowers,
sewing and embroidery, art, miner
ale, curios, native woods, babies,
school displays and the industrial
exhibits.
Friday, October 21, will be
school day, and all pupils will be
admitted free on that date.
Baseball will be held on three
days, and all amateur Central Ore
gon teams are eligible to enter for
prises. Entries close October 4,
and must be made with the secre
tary and be accompanied with a
125 fee which will ,be returned
when the games are played.
Admission will be the same as
last year 50 cents per day or
1 50 for a season ticket. Chil
dren under 13 at half price.
Early preparation and the com
bined effort of the board, com
mercial club and all farmers in the
community promises the best fair
that Central Oregon baa ever at
tempted. To make a good exhibit it is
necersary to select grains, grasses
and alfalfa early and store them
in such a manner that they will be
secure from rats and mice. Now is
the time to begin the selection of
products. Make an exhibit se
lect some of your best products to
day.
Bide WantedT"
Kills wanted for 60 cords of Jmiir,
10 in. ii or 4 feet. Address M. IC. Y.i,
i.iott. Clerk School District Ho. 1,
l'niieville, Oregon. 7-21
.$3.50 and up
. 2.50 and up
Bath Towels
Heavy Knap Bath Towels
2 lor 25c 22j. 211 33?,e
Boys' and Men's Summer
Suits, Etc, Etc, all reduced
Co.
CROOK COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL
One
of the Best in
Oregon.
TWO NEW COURSES ADDED
Send to Superintendent Ford
for the New Annual
Just Issued.
The annual catalogue and year
hook of the Crook County High
School for 1909-10 is now being
distributed. This year's number
is quite elaborate. Twenty-six
half tones of teachers and pupils
engaged in different phases of high
school work give it an interest and
value never before attained.
The historical sketch of the
school reads as follows:
TW Croak Cnl) Hiffc.
The Crook County High, which
was organized in 1902, has the dis
tinction of being the first high
school organized under the bill
introduced by Senator Kuyken
dall in 1901. This showed that
the county felt the need of an in
stitution of higher education, as
those who could not afford these
advantages away from borne were
compelled to be content with what
the common school offered and the
history of the Crook County High
proves conclusively that ita organi
zation was timely, as the school
has steadily progressed since its
founding and the year 1909-10 saw
many improvements, such as the
introduction of the Teachers' Train-!
ing Course and the partial establish
ment of the Com merciar Course,
which will be added to in 19i0-'ll.
The school has ever been a source
of pride to the county and its ad
vance along educational lines
presages the progress that the entire
county is enjoying.
BoUiMaif ui Tysawritiaf.
The demand for a Commercial
Course was so strong in 1909 that
the beginning of this course, the
Bookkeeping, was added to the
Curriculum. The coming year the
Typewriting will be added with
the addition of Stenography the
next year, the Commercial Course
will be complete. Students finish
ing this course will be prepared to
do the work in any office, and as
the demand for bookkeepers and
typewriters is steadily increasing,
the student who taxes up this
work will be sure of a speedy re
ward for his labors.
Tk Traiaiaf Deputaait.
To attain real success in any
line of work, a ready and exhaus
tive knowledge of the subject is
necessary. Every right-minded
individual is conscious of this fact,
yet we see teachers year after year
struggling elong contented with
mediocre success. . . '
Tho time has come when the
ambitious, progressive teacher rec
ognizes the value of special train
ing and realizes that she must
occupy less important positions if
she does not progress along her
chosen line.
The Crook County High School
Board realized that, if the schools
of Crook County were to measure
up with the best in the State, they
must provide some means by
which their teachers could secure
the necessary training near home.
They, accordingly, placed the two
years' Training Course in the
County High School. This course
gives all teachers and all who wish
to become teachers an opportunity
to familiarize themselves with the
latest and best methods of instruc
tion. Students in this Depart
ment are given regular ob
servation work where the' Super
visor conducts classes in the
various subjects. Each day's
work is carefully discussed and
criticised, thus making the work
eminently practical.
Special Methods Work is given
in each of the branches taught in
the Public Schools. Practical
work is given in Paycholcgy, Prin
ciples of Teaching and Hand Work.
Students who finish this Course
are granted a Diploma, and are
able to occupy responsible and
lucrative positions, with the assur
ance that their work is of the best.
KequrcMO far AaVmiaa mi GraaVutiaa.
All students who have passed
the Eighth Grade' Uniform Final
Examination are eligible.
Any student who brings ac
credited work from other schools
will be recognized.
Any student who completes any
one of the three courses will be
awarded a Diploma.
A Diploma from the Latin or
Scientific Course will admit the
student into any College or Uni
versity of the Northwest without
examination.
A Diploma from the Training
Department, we hope, will be re
cognized as three months' experi
ence and allow the student to
have a second instead of a third
grade certificate.
Students, who on account of
poor health or other reasons, wish
to take np Bpecial work may be
permitted to do so at the discre
tion of the faculty.
U. S. Bulletin
on Alfalfa Culture
In Bulletin No. 169, Bureau of
Plant Industry, United States
Department of Agriculture, J. M.
W'estgate, agronomist in charge of
alfalfa and clover investigations
and forage crop investigations,
discusses the variegated alfalfa
and gives detailed descriptions of
the varieties and their qualities,
closing with the following conclu
sions: .
The studies of the somewhat
isolated instances of specially
hardy alfalfa fields hare shown
that these relatively hardy strains
agree quite closely among them
selves in their botanical characters
and differ noticeably in a number
of characteristics from tbe ordinary
Western-grown alfalfa.
The investigations recorded in
this bulletin have indicated that
the primary explanation of these
strains is that they possess a small
percentage of the blood ol Medicago
falcata in their ancestry. Tbe
hardiness of M. falcata, which
occurs wild in Eurasia, is attested
by natural growth on the dry cold
steppes of Siberia, far north of the
range of ordinary alfalfa (M.
Sativa). In both botanical and
agronomic characters these rel
atively hardy alfalfas Bhow slight,
but recognizable, departures from
the corresponding characters of
M. sativa toward those of M. falcata.
Subsequent natural selection or
selective acclimatization must still
be assigned at least a supplement
role in the development of the hard
iness of the strains, since those lotB
which have been called upon to
undergo severe conditions usually
contain a greater proportion of
hardy plants than those which
have never been subjected to climat
ic environment so unfavorable as
to eliminate the nonresistant forms.
The preliminary comparatne
field tests of the different variegat
ed alfalfa are of too short duration
to make definite conclusions possi
ble as to their relative value. The
tests indicate, however, that under
very severe conditions the sand
lucern while much hardier than
the ordinary alfalfa, is somewhat
less hardy than the Grimm alfalfa,
which has been successfully produc
ed in Minnesota for 50 years. The
initial seeding of any of the varie
gated alfalfas should be made on
a rather small scale in sections
new to these alfalfas. It is suggest
ed that the Grimm alfalfa be given
the preference in secaoi B presenting
very severe Winter conditions and
that other strains, such as sand
lucern and Canadian alfalfa, be
more largely utilized in sections
where the climate is somewhat less
severe, but where it is still too try
ing for ordinary alfalfa. In
regions calling for the hardiest al
falfa such strains as sand lucern
should be used as a substitute for
Grimm alfalfa when the seed of tbe
latter is not available.
The . great variation present
among the individuals of the diff
erent strains of variegated alfalfa
makes them especially promisins
for breeding and selection work in
connection with the further develop
ment or improved strains of alfalfa.
CROOK COUNTY'S
FAIREST VALLEY
Big
Grain Crops Up
the Ochoco.
WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY
A Good Yield Timothy and
Alfalfa Above the
Average.
While the middle west is suffer
ing from drouth and short grain
crops Central Oregon is to the
front with a bumper crop of all
kinds of grain and bay.
A trip np the Ochoco this week
disclosed the fact that grain that
will thrash from fifty to eighty
bushels to the acre on irrigated
bottom land is a reality. E. T.
Slaytoo has barley that will thrash
45 bushels to the acre, and H. S.
Cram, and L. B. Lifollett will get no
less than forty bushels of wheat
per acre on unirrigated lands.
The Ochoco valley is far-famed
as a timothy and alfalfa conntry,
and the irrigated portions have
been used for these crops for a
long time. This season, however,
many of the fields have been
plowed up and sown to various
grain crops. The Journal's photog
rapher found wheat, oats and
barley that was almost six feet in
height.
On the ranch of E. S. Dobbs,
eleven miles east of Prineville, was
found the greatest variety of grain
crops. Contrary to the usual plan
of practical farmers, Mr. Dobbs
sows more grain of every kind than
the fcrules-Specify. "One field of
barley was sown 88 quarts of seed
to the acre and the result was a
crop that averaged about four feet
and a half in height and the fodder
very heavy and fine, making the
best of hay or straw. Grain sown
thick in this manner, and irrigated
ripens from the top as well as the
ground and the result is that the
grain is matured and ready .0 be
harvested while tbe straw is vet
green and makes the very best of
feed. Oats in two varieties that
were more than six feet in height
ith head from eight inches to a
foot long, Little Club wheat five
feet high, and two fields of barley
were seen here, all of excellent
quality.
Gilbert Lawson has some timothy
that will be a prize winner at the
fair this fall. A cabbage patch at
this place also was filled with
mature plants and other garden
truck looked equally good.
J. F. Blanchard has a crop of
oats that are second to none and
are of equal height and quality
with the field of Mr. Dobbs. He
also has a good patch of wheat as
well as much of the staple alfalfa.
; H. S. Cram has a good field of
wheat, and the meadow hay on
hia place and M. It. Biggs' place is
very thick and made excellent
material for photographs, showing
the resources of the Prineville
district.
L. B. Lafollette has a crop of corn
that, is as good as anv vet seen.
It was sown on sod in the last
days of April and has never been
irrigated.
E. T. Slayton has three immense
fields of alfalfa, wheat and barley.
He picked apples of two kinds last
week and the quality is second to
none.
If there is a shortage of any crop
in Central Oregon this year the
Journal man haen't found it yet.
For Sale.
Both alfalfa and grain hay for sale
at the J. O. Powell place, near town,
to feed beef cattle that are being
driven to market. 'Phone Stroud &
Cross, either 'phone, or call at the
ranch. . - 7.14. tf
; '-':' For Sale. ;'
7-rassenirer Tourinsr car. Stevens
Duryea, (Blir Six) six cvlinder. la
good condition.
Also for sale, 7-Pasaenger Touring -
car (Thomas Flyer) In good con
dition. Will sell for cash or trade
for land. Betts Auto Co.,
6 to The Dalles, Oregon.