(I Crook oM'nty COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1910. Entormt at the pntlnmm M frlMvllla Onua. Miwnd ! utui VOL. XIV- NO. 52 DECLAMif1"" Eight Contestants Will Take Part. A COOD PROGRAM OFFERED V The Winner Gels Cold Medal ' fuver Medal for j Second Place. f Th Iryrmts for the inter-society d Umalivti content were held ' 1 ThuriilaJ and. Faturday evening 'J)p iuw l and 3. C Thirty-one students from both societies entered and the tank ol chmwing tour to tepreaent each society w, by no meant, an easy one. This contest showed a marked Improvement over the one of lent year, not only in point of numtars but in quality of work done, and the Crook County High School in roud of every student who tried, whether Its won a place or not. The dvcliion of the judge was at follows: Alpha contestant Blanche Wilson, Hoy Lowther, Corrinne Collin and Warren Yin- try; find alternate, Maud Potter; lecond alternate, Wild Nye. Children iwtmter jacket!..... fiOc Boy's V neck sweater ..75c Boy's sweater jai ket.... 11.10 lloy'a long heavy rain coat "He Hoy's short panta .40c and upwards Hoy's long pants ... $1.25 1 toy's short pant sults$1.00and upwards lloy'a long pint suits $3.25 and upwards lioy's overcoats 3.50 and upward Men's wool pants $1.50 and upwards Men's cot ton mixed pants....trom l)0c up Men's odd piece underware 40c upwards Heating a special Now is Do So The Uchoconian contestants Leola Kit, Robert Lialer, Murle Ireland id Van Brink; first alternate, Nora Llvingaton, second, Harold Cooko. The final battle between the two societies takee place in the Club 1111, Friday evening, December 0. 1'lie winner in this oopteit receive! a gold medal, and may represent the Crook County High School at an inter scholaHllo content. The winner of second place it awarded a silver medal and the winning society recelvoi a trophy. Hftldce the declamation, several muiical number are being pre pared. The following ii the pro gram: Vocal Holo Mr. K. L. Aahby. "The (iulde in (ienua." Warren Yancey. (Alpha.) "The Swan Bong." Leola Katua (Ochocoutan.) Naughty Zell." Ill.ncU Wllaoa A Vocal Hulo Miss tarrua Winnek. "Aunt I'uly'a (ieor(a Washington" Maria Ireland 0 "Tl.aKloux Chl.il', IiaiiKhtor." Corrinue Collin A Vocal Holo l'rof. K. L. Coe. "The Ohoat." Kobert Uster, 0 "The Scene In Uia Arena." Kuy txiwthar A "The Busiest lay In ttnmkin Center Van Urink O Inatrumental I Mint Miaae Krelyn Millnrn and Mamie liailey. Mr,. Kliattark, Mr,. C. W. Klklns an I Mra. Belknap will act aa JuTlgea. Horse Lost IMl kiius (wo wevka tiro, gray paring saldh horse, elililng atwjl llf0 lla., lft', hands high and hobblwl when uniting away. Anyone hearing ol or Uniting horae, pirate take car ol him ami receive reaard by notifying Anna Ilrothera, ilend, Uregon, at once, VI A LOOK.H Business this fall has far exceeded our expectations and al ready we find many of our lines badly broken. We are placing these broken lots on our counters at about One Half regular price. A partial list is given below at prices that will clean them Qut quickly. Men's hats . Man's wool shirts. Men 'a sweaters f 1.00 and upwards Ladies' black sateen petticoat. 95c up Ladiea' corsets, sir.es 24 to 28, 40c and up Ladiea' extra heavy fleeced underwear, 67S'o. Ladiea' ribbed fleeced underwear i',c Ladiea' outsise vests, extra heavy 45c Ladiea' fleeced cotton hose..... 13c ladies' extra heavy fleeced hose 25c Ladiea' heavy wonted hose. . ,25c Besides these are innumerable items in our hardware and grocery departments. Every item on which you will be able to make a saving. . Stoves as mentioned lot at jobbers prices, the time to select your holiday goods. Now and Avoid the Rush. C. W. Elkins Company. "CITIZENS' CALL" CAUSES TROUBLE Criminal Libel Suit on Its Hands. ITS PUBLICATION COMMITTEE Held Under $250 Each to Ap pear Before the Grand Jury. J. A. Hoffman. O. T. More bead, L. D. Wiest. R. V. Con stable, lion Cotter, E. A. Hunt and Karl Hon ton, committee on publication of the Citizens' Good Government League and editors of the Citizens' Call, are mude defendants in a sensational ac tion for criminal libel begun in the justice court at Princvllle on Monday. Tbe defendants were served with warrants and are now nominally under arrest. The casus belli is a statement alleged to have been printed in the Citizens' Call In its issue of November 29, which statement, tbe complaint avers, constitutes criminal libel under the Oregon statutes. The alleged libelous matter is directed against Sher iff Frank Elkins and William ..75c upwards ERE Ladiea' trimmed hats, $3 and upwards Ladiea' lacinatoas and hoods, 45c and up Silk petticoats $4.85 and np Lailies' shoes siios 3S,, 4 ami 4tf, $1.00 and upwards. , Misses shoes, sines 12 to 1, 75c and up. Three pound wool batts each $2,155 Heavy ontinge....10c and upwards riaid dress suitinga.12,SC and npwarda Bath towels - 15c and npwarda Comforts .$1.00 and upwards Lace curtains .60c and upw ards .05c upwards in our advertisement freight added. Combs, and reads as follows: "After an effective demonstra tion by tbe Law and Order peo ple, comprised of Prlnevllle's best citizens, Indictments were returned against tbe two leading politicians. One was Sheriff El kins, who, it teems, "when occa sion demands It. makes it bis business to vote at both Madras and Prineville. The other was Bill Combs, who can, when occa sion requires, acquire a legal residence within sixty days Yet, shielded by tbe protecting arm of Brother John, he man ages always to keep 4 out, of trouble." Tbe paper containing the ar ticlo is dated November 29 on tbe first page and October 29, which is the true date, on page 2. At that time tbe Call, was not a newspaper, being merely cam paign literature. Since then, however, Hoffman, the man in charge, has applied for its ad mis slon to tbe mails as second-class matter, it thereby becoming a real newspaper. Tbe Call has no property of its own, tbe me chanical work being done at tbe office of the Oregon Hub, at Red mond. Tbe defendants are widely scattered. L. D. Wiest lives at Dend, Hoffman, G otter, Hunt and Benton live at or near Redmond, R. V. Constable is a Prineville resident, while G. T. Morehead, who Is a minister of the Gospel, Continued on ineide page. last week, MASS MEETING WELL ATTENDED Strong Sentiment for Civic Improvement BONDING THE CITY FAVORED The Matter of Selecting City Ticket Was Voted Down. . Suppose that in a spirit of good will you should donate several days of your good time and some of your hard-earned coin of tbe realm, suppose that yon bad talked to an appreciative public and called a meeting of the people of your town for tbe purpose of unit ing all warring factions, a general lovefeast in fact, and suppose 70U had gone to tbe best print ihop in tbe county and bought with your own coin, handbills advertising uch meeting, and after posting said bills on your own telephone poles, the unsympathetic city marshal should arrest you and tbe city recorder should impose a fine of 115 for posting said bills, wouldn't it make you feel that this was a cold, unresponsive world? All this and more is what hap pened (a L. Dooner of the Pione e Telephone and Telegraph company Monday. Tbe purposes of the meetiog, as set forth by the petition circulated by Mr. Dooner, were manifold. First mentioned was a talk con cerning the regulation of tbe liquor traffic, and following were matters of civic improvement, tbe nomination of a ticket of business men for the coming city election and the "burying of the little j hatchet" of the warring liquor and prohibition element?. Mr. Dooner's posters, despite the grief they had caused their author during tbe afternoon in tbe re corder's court, had done eood work, and no leu than 150 voters were present when the meeting was called. W. F. King waa selected chair man and R. L. Jordan, secretary. the meeting. In his opening remarks Mr. King sounded the keynote of tbe meeting when he said that the time had arrived for an era of progress and building on the part of tbe city, and that be would favor the matter of bonding the city for all munioipal improve ments that could be well under taken at this time.. M. E. Brink made the next ad dress. He said that tbe radical elements which had dominated city politics in the past, first the "wets" and then tbe "drys," were in competent to do the work of mu nicipal improvement tbat we should have done, and tbat tbe council should be made up of buai ness men, men who could ju diciously expend the money that should be expended in tbe various publio improvements that should be undertaken. Among improvements advocated by Mr. . Brink was the matter of grading all streets and establish' ing curbings. He said that from actual experience this work could be done and assessed against the property owners, at a cost of not to exceed IS per 80 foot lot. Other improvements of great importance, which were advocated by Mr. Brink, were the building of a city hall and arranging for quarters for the city officers and the fire de partment, . the installation of a sewerage system and other work of beautifying and cleansing tbe town. lie said that every street and side walk in tbe city should be put on grade. Mr. Brink said further that if the voice of the business men of the, town was unanimous in matters of this kind, the council would feel more like taking action and expending money. Mavor Stewart said that he favored bondine the city for mat inn all improvements of the kind mentioned that money could be obtained for. Councilman Sbipp, Noble and' Rosenberg all favored bonding and making tbe improvement enuma rated. Dr. Rosenberg especially favored tbe sewerage idea, and urged tbat it waa of immediate and great importance. Mr. Bowman, Mr. Quion and others made short talks on the matter of beautifying the city. Tbe matter of health was given some attention by Dr. Edwards and Dr. Fox. All agreed tbat a sewerage system wsi essential to public health. A motion was made by Mr. Brink and seconded by ii. R. Elli ott, to pars a resolution and for ward a copy of tbe same to tbe council, asking tbat all streets be graded as soon as possible. Tbe motion passed by unanimoua vote. C. L. Sbattuck gave some valu able information regarding tbe cost of a sewerage system, and Mr. Winnek gave other valuable sug gestions. A. II. Young read a telegram from his associates, stating tbat necessary funds were forthcoming and tbat tbe work of grading for a railroad from Prineville to some point on the main line would be begun early in 1911. The matter of selecting a ticket for tbe coming election waj next mentioned and a dead silence fol lowed. Apparently everyone was waiting for someone else to do something. Presently Mr. Doonar made a motion that a ticket be selected from those preaent to carry out the sentiments that had been voiced during the evening, and here is where be received tbe other barrel. The motion was lost by a good hearty vote. Prineville is yet without a ticket The city election will be held on Monday, December 19. ST0CKRA1SING IS GOOD BUSINESS But Could Be Improved. Much HOG RAISING VERY PROFITABLE No Better Country Can Found for this Business than Crook County. Be The Portland Union Stockyards' which have been open for business a little over a year, has issued its first annual report. This is the first tangible report of its present and past business and future poa sibilities of Oregon as a stock pro ducing country, and although there has been much-said in this regard, there are more hard facts and inter eating things in this little twenty page booklet than have ever before reached print regarding this great est of all industries in Oregon, and especially central and eastern Ore gon. Tbe report of the Btockyards covers the period beginning October 1, 1909, and closing September 30, 1910; and shows a total of 5568 cars of livestock received, beside the boat shipments, and the stock driven into the yards,the quantity in both cases being considerable. There are six railroads which contribute cars of stock to tbe Portland yards, and of these the 0 R & N which hauls from the gteat northeastern corner of tbe stats in which Crcok county is now d, lead all other roads, xhow ing a total of 63 per cent of the cars that arrived in tbe yardp, pouring fourth a total of almost 70 per cent of all cattle received from all sources Of tbe other classes of stock this line hauled in 70 per ceut of all calves, 75 per cent of all hogs,80 per cent of all borses and mules, that were received in the yards throughout the year. ' Of these numbers of course Crook county supplied its share, regardless of the fact that great quantities of beef have been consumed within its Continued on ineide page. CITY COUNCIL HOLD SESSION 10-MilI City Tax This Year. On FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE Judges and Clerks of Election Appointed Bills Al lowed, Etc Thesday night the council was called in regular session at tbe city hall. Present were Mayor 8tewart, Councilmen Lippman. Yaneer. Noble, Rosenberg, Lafollette and Shipp, and Recorder Breese, Mar shal Kelso, and Nigh twatchman Yancey. Prineville property will pay a 10 m 11 city tax next year. Many civic improvment are already nnder way that will require funds, and numerous others are planned for 1911. II. D. Still and J. W. Stewart were present, representing residents of the extreme eastern part of tbe city, and presented a petition, ask ing for tbe building of a sidewalk on the north side of Third itreet at tbe eastern end of that street, the extension to be two or more block long. The petition was granted and sidewalk ordered built within thirty days. Chairman Lippman of the license committee recommended that a license ordinance be passed regulat ing tbe liquor traffic A model li cense from the' office of tbe Greater Oregon Home Rule association was read and commented upon, and Councilman Lippman took tbe model with instructions to draw a license for the city of Prineville and present at tbe next meeting of the council. A petition to place and maintain suitable light on tbe bridge in the western part of the city was pre sented with a suitable number of signers, and it was ordered that a 32 candle power lamp be placed at this point as soon as possible. It was ordered by tbe council that tbe street grader be repaired and put in condition to do street grading work. A report of tbe condition of the street from the bridge west leading from the city was made by Council man Lafollette, chairman of the committe on streets and publio im provements. After some debate this street was ordered graded and graveled in a thorough and satis factory manner. The work was left to the supervision of Council man Noble. The bridge at this point was ordered re-floored, which will be done as soon as lumber can be had for the purpose. The work of graveling and repairing this street will commence Monday morning. The matter of Judges and clerks ol election was next considered. M. D, Powell, Earl McLaughlin and John Henderson were chosen to act as judge of election, and H. A. Foster and A. R. Bowman were selected for clerks ot election. It was decided by the council that the election should be held under tbe Australian ballot. Continued on inside pace. Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powder made from Royal Orapm Oream of Tartar w1 y ffHlj Si S A