Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRI NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, ORECON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1911.
VOL. XV NO. 14
Crook County
THE NEW
SCHOOL BUILDING
Albany Architect Will
Draw Plans.
WILL BE READY IN TWO WEEKS
New Building Will Be Modern
in Every Respect Will
Have 9 Claroom
Priiiitvlilit'n new n hoolhoiiHo in
poind to be dandy. The school
illnolnrn met Architect C. II. Burg
giaf, of Albany, lust Monday and
selected the let feature out o( a
number' of drawing (or school
building which Mr. litir rnf nd
liuill in different arti of Oregon.
The architect made lh trip at Ida
own expense and hy miking a per
aonal examination ol local condi
tion guarantee the brat results
Irorn material at hand.
It wa decided hy the trustee to
have nine i-hool room. This
dw not include the principal'
office nor the library.
The basement, which will be
built of atone or cement, preferably
tlie latter, will contain a fuel room,
furnace room, toilet room, bicycle
room, and additional space that
(an b fitted tip tor play rooina or
class room j( the occasion de.
maud it.
The first and second floor will
h veiiinerla room, two ol which
can le thrown Into one large aa
eembly room. Kach room If to
have a seating rapacity of from
18 to f4 pupil. .
Betide the nine room on these
two Door, there will bo the princi
pal' ollice, library and a email
lre room. Kach room will have
a built In book cas. Sanitary
dri iking fountain will be located
on each floor and in the basement.
The heating eyttriu ba not been
fully decided upon but it i
thought tcn in will bo need. There
will be ventilating duct, septic
tniilta, etc The building will be
modern in every repjiect nnd right
up to the minulo.
The architect lift for Albany
Tuesday with the suggestion and
alteration of plum submitted to
be made over into definite form
from which bid will be advertised
and contract made. It will be
tw week before Mich plan and
l ecificatiou are irady.
Proclamation.
WixltHHulay, March 22, lina been
ilei(iiateil aa Clean-Tp-tajr. On or tw
in tu tlila day all irnMirljr owner anj
leaM luililitra mnat rlem up all atreeta
and alley ailjacant t their rm)HTtive
resilience ami plaet-a ol tmninew. Own
er of vacant lota muat are that tlie
a line are free from weed and Iraali,
Ity order of Ilia common council of
the City of frineville.
I'm a. B. KoWAKoa, Mayor.
Mare Lott
llrnv mare, brand atirhor T on left
boulder, collar uiailt on vacli ulimililer;
lialler and forty fuel of rope; weiiclit
atmul lOTitl pound; reward. AiMra-M,
JiiM llimvrrr, t'rfnevillu, Or. 8 ltt tf.
kit
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Formal Millinery Opening !
Next Wednesday, March 22, you are invited to see the New
Hats. Bring your friends. We will have a display unusually
large of Children's Hats. New Gloves, Scarfs, Footwear. Make
your selection early.
4."
The Drill with a record. Sizes 1 0, 1 2 and 1 6 Disc. Get our
prices on these Drills, and also on the Oliver Plows the best
plows built. Especially adapted to Central Oregon Soil.
Coles W,
Prineville, Oregon.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
IMPROVEMENTS
Private Rooms for the
Annex.
TENNIS COURTS IN GOOD SHAPE
One I lundred and Fifty five
Active Member on
the Roll.
Cirpenter', paper hangrra and
painter are bury working on alter
ation and improvement on the
I'rineville Commercial Club build
ing and ground. -
The ladies of the Annex are to
be properly caied for. Petition
have been net back o that nine
feet ha been added to the tire ol
lha library room. Adjoining the
library i a new room 24x26 that
will be used exclusively by the
ladies. It will have a private en
trance and be fitted up with
modern convenience lavatory,
toilet, etc. The platform in front
ol the Club house will lie extended
eastward for the full length of the
building. The ladies private en
trance will be located at the er.et
end. Thin entrance will enable
the ladies to hold meetings, re'
ci ive and entertain fiiends without
going through the billiard or card
room. All the room are so ar
im-
TZL' it,.
irmii
Ma
ranged that they can lie thrown
open and uaed for club entertain
ment. Cloak room are to be put in tip
stair and other convenience add-
td. The gym i now In better
hpa than it ever w. The ten
ni courta were never in a g oil
condition. Caretaker Hummers
deserves lota of credit for ' their
good appearance, lleia going to
plant ilowera and ihruh on the
club ground o that visitor may
have an object leison of what can
be done in the way of beautiful
ground.
Mr. Bummer report 155 active
member with 10 new member on
the klate waiting for admission
He think he can add 25 or ."0
new name to the club lint with
the present low membership fee of
5. This fee is considered entirely
t o small for the privilege granted
und there i strong talk of making
it three or four time what it is
now. If you are not a member
letter join now.
Will Shorten Time
Next Runday, March 19, tlie Oregon
Trunk will tit a new time table into
effect. It reduce tlie running time be
tween Metoliu and Madraa one hour.
Tlie hour of departure from Portland
will be 9 o'clock a at present, but the
train will reach Madraa aud Metolins
in central Oregon an hour earlier than
now, o that the hour of arrival at
Madraa will tie 7:40 instead of 8:40 p.
in., and 8 instead of 9 at Metoliu.
Returning to Portland the traina will
leave Metoliu at 8:30 a. ni.t instead if
7 :30 a. Di., or an hour later. They will
nach Portland at 8:15 p. m., aa at pres
ent. Further reduction tu time will
bo made aa the track improves.
ns,
PRINEVILLE GRANTS
R. R. FRANCHISE
Will Enter Northwest
Corner of Town.
SPECIAL OH ELECTION MAY 1
Mayor Edward Ha Set Apart
Wednesday, March 22, aa
Gean-Up Day.
An adjourned meeting of the
council was called to order Tues
day night.
, Present Mayor Chas. S. Ed
wards, Councilmen Lippman.
Yancey, Ward, Rosenberg, Winnek
and Noble, Recorder R. W. IJreese
and Chief ol Police Weston.
The matter of a clean-up day,
when all the streets and alley of
the town are to be cleaned, was
firtt considered by the council. It
was the unanimous voice of thU
body that the mayor set apart a
day when this work should be
done. Wednesday, March 22, is
the day and all street of the city
are to be put in first-class order.
People who have teams will le
called upon to tssiitwith the haul
ing and the city will provide some
teams for that purpose. In this
connection it wag voted that the
committee on health and police
look into the matter of buying
grounds where th'i refuse could be
dumped.
The petition remonstrating
against the granting of a franchise
to the Prineville & Eastern rail
way was read. The name of the
eighteen signer were called for
and rend.
T. M. Pmldwin, president of the
Prineville & Eastern Railway
compr.ny , and l. r . Mewart, a
member of the board of directors,
were present and were asked to
explain their position in the mat
ter to the council and citizens
present.
Mr. Baldwin explained that the
matter of a franchise for this
corporation wa merely asked for
in the best interests of the town,
and that it wag far from the inten
tion of hie people to attempt tomake
it a grab, or a proposition from
which a large sum of money could
be derived. He further said that
if such franchise should be granted
his people were willing to sign an
agreement to present said franchise
to the first legitimate railway com
pany that offered to build a rail
road into Prineville. Further, he
stated that if anyone wanted to
pay his company for the franchise,
the amount paid, minus actual
expense incurred in connection
with the franchise it would be
willingly turned over to the city.
Speaking of the recent interview
he and Mr. Stewart had with
President John F. Stevens of the
Oregon Trunk, Mr. Baldwin said
that Mr. Stevens stated in sub
stance, "You will get a railroad all
right. The Oregon Trunk will not
ask Prineville for a bonus. It will
ask for things, however, in the
nature of franchises for the build
ing into -your city, terminal
grounds, rights of way and the
like.'.'
Mr. Stewart said that the, pro
posed franchise for a sidetrack
down "D" street to the Prineville
Flour Mills, was not a persona)
matter. That the fact of a farmer
being able to load his wheat and
ship to the mill without it being
unloaded, preventing the delay
and expense incident to dray
age would mean much business
that would otherwise go to other
towns. He stated further that he
wished the council to eliminate all
personal feeling in the matter and
consider it purely from the stand
point of the city's best interests.
The ordinance was read for the
second and third time anil was
passed by a vote of four in favor
of the, franchise and two against it.
As passed the ordinance granted a
franchise to the Prineville & East
em railway, and us successors
through the city on the north side
of Ochoco, entering the city limits
at the northwest corner and
running east through the streets
in Newsom's additions, also south
from the northwest corner of the
city to Ochoco on "D" street,
across and down "D" street to the
end of laid street where the Prine
ville Flour Mills are located.
The ordinance vacating a part
of D street for terminal purposes
wan read fur the third time and
passed by a unanimous vote.
The report of the committee dis
allowing the request for a shooting
gallery was read and accepted.
The matter of disposing of the
dry weeds that had accumulated
near the city park was left to the
discretion of the ' Committee on
Streets and Public Improvements.
The matter of a special election
to vote on bonding the city for city
hall and other improvements was
considered and the date of the
special election set for Monday,
May 1.
It was voted the circulation of
necessary petitions for the special
election be left to the finance com
mittee. Mr. Winnek offered the city the
use of necessary grounds for a
stock pound in the rear of hi resi
dence in the dry bed of Ochoco.
The offer wag accepted and the
pound will be prepared.
Mr. Stewart thanked the council
for the favorable action taken in
matter of granting the franchise
to the Prineville & Eastern rail-
way.
Council adjourned.
Let Us Profit by
Portland's Mistakes
Because Portland bad small
school grounds was one of the rea
sons given the other day that
Prinevjlle did not need to change
the present school site for larger
quarters.
Portland has long ago realized
its mistake in this matter. The
Oregonian of March 12 shows how
the physical director of the Port
land schools is trying to correct
the short-sighted policy of not
providing suitable play grounds.
"Boydom of Portland will bene
fit largely if a movement instituted
by Professor Robert Krohn, physi
cal director of the Portland public
schools, bears fruit. Professor
Krohn is working out a plan at
present whereby more than a score
of baseball diamonds will be
placed at the disposal of school
bovs of the city.
At present there are scarcely
more than half a dozen available
fields where the game may be
safely played by the youngsters.
As a consequence, in the belief of
the physical director, hundreds of
lads are deprived of opportunity to
engage in- healthful recreation in
cocopetition with lads of their age.
To remedy this condition and to
promote the physical welfare of
Portland's young, Professor Krohn
has launched a campaign which,
without much expense, promises to
be of especial benefit to the school
boys.
The plan as now outlined is to
obtain from " owners of vacant
property permission to mark out
diamonds and construct backstops
or batting cages. ben there are
available ball grounds tne boys
are kept off the streets and their
mothers always know where they
can find them, in this way reduc
ing the mischievious spirit of the
boys. Such parks are a benefit to
every city.
Teachers Favor
Larger Grounds
Last Friday the teachers of the
Prineville public schools went over
in a body to take a look at the pro
posed location for the new school
building. It did not take but a
few minutes for them to see the ad
vantages of the new sie and they
voted unanimously in its favor.
These teachers know the import
ance of good play grounds, not
only on the general health of the
children but also on the question
of discipline and morals. Now is
the time to lay down a good broad
school policy that will inure to the
benefit of our future men and worn
en. Those in a position to know say
that a change could be made if
taken up at once. Prineville owes
it to itself and to its children to
provide suitable play grounds.
PROPHETIC VIEW
OF PRINEVILLE
What Progressive Citi
zens Should Do.
FACTS WORTH PONDERING
Nothing Mentioned That Can
not Be Accomplished
Begin Now.
EmroR Journal A dream is
only a dream, yet I feel that this
dream i so real I must write it
down for you, for it wa of Prine
ville five years hence. It seemed
that I bad returned to Prineville
in 1916 after a five-years' absence
and what a change. What won
derful advancement met my gsze.
I had to rub my eyes to see tbat
it were true, and turn my head to
listen, for I heard the whistle of
the locomotive; yes, of two; for one
railroad crosses the county east
and west and the other north and
south, connecting the city with the
outside world. A commodious
union depot of our beautiful blue .
stone with well kept lawn and a
few hardy , shrubs greeted the
traveler on his entrance to the city.
The streets were all well graded
and sprinkled and were like a city
pavement. The Commercial Club
had purchased four acres south of
its former grounds, or rather ad
joining its old grounds, and had
made a fine athletic field, bleach
ers and running track, with a
grandstand of 5000 capacity. It
had also fitted op a ladies' recep
tion . room and Bided the upper
room in natural wood with rafters
showing, making an artistic finish,
besides being decidedly more com
fortable. '
The new city hall, built of our
pink stone, was a beautiful build
ing and gave an air of solidity to
the fire department. The new
Masonic Temple with its lower
floor used as a store and its upper
rooms fitted up as lodge rooms,
banquet hall, etc., added much
to the appearance of Main street.
But the most decided improve
ment was in the schools. The old
school building had been moved to
the outer edge of town and fitted
up as a county hospital, and tne
beautiful new f'25000 public school
building had been built - in the
center of the two blocks set aside
for a park back of the High School.
What a decided improvement this
was, for while the soil was so full
of alkali and hardpan it made it
almost impossible to make a nice
park, yet was the best ever for a
hard well packed play ground.
I tell you it was a pleasure to see
the children enjoying the Bpacious
grounds. One portion being set
aside for the little ones with
swings, sand pile, spring board
and Maypole, while a tennis court,
basketball grounds, one each for
the boys and girls, and a well
packed running track gave ample
space for the older ones to work off
(Continued on lust page.)
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