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Don't Read This.
Isn't it about time to paint your house, wood-shed or
that old barn and fence? A little paint will make a
mighty big difference in the general appearance of your
home, and will add a dozen times the paint bill to the
selling value.
Ask the local painters, about our line of paints and oil
We have almost any color and quantity enough to paint
the rails on a railroad trade from our paint shop to Port
land. ,
We would be glad of an opportunity to show you our
color cards and quote prices.
An Explanation.
Do you wonder why you are awakened every morning
at six o'clock by the shrill blast of a whistler, why this
whistle blows again at eight o'clock and then at five and
seven o'clock in the evening. It is to warn you that it is
now time to call at King's and buy your summers supply
of Garden Hose, Nozzles, Lawn Mowers, Garden Tools,
Lawn Grasses, Flower Seeds, Garden Seeds, and Lawn
Fencing. We repair worn out garden hose.
The W. F. King Company.
LOCAL MENTION
1. Ppringer was a county neat
visitor the lad of the week.
The Alpha Society girl Mat the
Ochocoolans at basket hall luii
Friday evening In s cloudy con
tinted game.. Score 12-11.
Kil r, I'iiTHon, editor ol the Me
tulius Progress, war a I'rinoville
visitor the lnt ol the week.
The Crook County High School
boys beat the ilend team last Satur
day by a core of 3 1. llotb sides
played good ball. A, return match
will I played a week from Saturday.
The Sworn Statements of All
Regular Life Insurance Com
panies Doing Business in Oregon
(43 in All) Are Now on File With
Stale Insurance Commissioner S. A.Kozer
They Show That:
During the Year 1910
LOCAL MENTION
OrcgonDCc
OrcgonDfc
Qregonlife
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issued more policies in Oregon
than any other Life Insurance
Company.
collected more money for first
year'8 premiums than any other
Life Insurance Company.
made groater net gains from
business written in Oregon than
any other Life Insurance Com
pany. fit I ta of tut-ltl roiiiimttlrai Mr prltirl
ImH) 1rm rridttiili la OrtKai uf
lollr -bMcni frm nilirr tlr,
led all other companies in 1909,
as well as in 1910, and is in 1911
surpassing all of its previous
wonderful triumphs.: ,
Discrtainaling Buyers Give Preference to OlMDlH?
the Best in Life Insurance
TjCSr If our agonts do not reach you, write, phone or call
Home Office, Corbett Bldg., 6th and Morrison. Portland.
A. L. Mills, L. Samuel, E. N. Strong,
President. General Manager. libtrict Manager.
ERNEST C. CRIBB, Ag't for Crook Co.
I. W. Msgers of Wellington is
visiting a son and duughter in this
county.
Theo. Mingers baa opened a
plumbing ahop in one of John
Morris buildings.
Misr Nora Stearns ii assisting in
tbe county clerk' office during the
a hue nee ol Mr. Brown.
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Mrs. A. C. Knighton of Tbe
Dalle la visiting ber daughter,
Mrs. James Dyer for a couple of
week.
The "While" and "Blacks,"
mixed team from the Crook County
High School and town boy, played
fust basketball at the Club Hall
laat Friday evening.
I) C. Kerry ol Spokane is the
new plumber with tbe W. F. King
Co. Mr. Kerry has had 12 year
experience in plumbing, beating
and het metal work.
The Jone Warehouse . Co. ol
Bend is handling the Oregon
Trunk Ireight at Opal City. This
company solicit your business.
Opal City will be the freight termi
nus for 90 day or more See ad
in another column.
Kd Kodaon has just put in a new
0 b. p. Fooa gas engine in bis ma
chine shop. It ha the old-style
gas engine beaten a mile. It runs
as steady as a clock giving uniform
peed all the time. It has a brush
ignition instead of tbe old fuebioned
spark plug.
The fame of Tillman Reutcr has
reached Hettinger, North Dakota.
A Journal subscriber thinks Till'
man could land some of tbe big
prize offered by the American
Land and Irrigation Exposition at
Madison Square Garden, New York
City, next November. Ve put the
matter up to Mr. Rsuter.
Mrs. Laura Mack, formerly
Laura McCoy, left last week for
ber home near Vancouver, after
spending a week with her sister,
Mrs. Harry Webb. Her father,
who has been suffering with a se
vere case of pneumonia, is now
gaining in strength, and will aoan
be out of all danger. Mrs. l!!ack
was formerly a teacher of Crook
County.
Madras is to play I'rineville a
return game of baseball next Sun
day. A big Give-ton motor truck is
hauling Ireight between Prineville
and railroad points.
No court docket this week owing
to the absence of County Clerk
Brown, who was summoned to
give testimony before tbe federal
grand jury at Portland.
The Seton motor truck took a
big load of baseball fans to Madras
Sunday to witness the game be
tween Madras and Prineville.
There were about 25 on tbe truck.
The run to Madras was made in
three hours.
Rev. Edward II. Todd of Galem,
vice president of tbe Willamette
University, was a Prineville visitor
the last of the week. Mr. Todd
says be gets his impressions of a
place from three things churches,
schools and streets. He found
Prineville pushing all three lines.
The Prineville public schools
will cross bats with tbe Bend pub
lic school next Saturday at the
high school grounds. Tbe little
fellows play a bard game and a
lively contest may be expected.
Tbe boys, have guaranteed Bend's
expenses so go down into your
jeans and help them.
W. P. Myers of Culver was iu
town Monday. He says regular
freight service was established over
the Oregon Trunk to Culver Mon
day, April 24. Passenger trains
have been running since April 10.
The Culver warehouse is being
pushed and will be ready for bust
ness in three weeks. A contract
has been let for a complete water
system for Culver that will cost be
tween $4,000 and 150,000. It will
supply both town and ranchers.
David Elliott, who bas a bee
ranch a few miles above town, Bays
that bis colonies are especially
strong this spring. He bas
Italians, black bees, and hybrid.
He does not think there is much
defference between them as to pro
duct, but the Italians are much
easier to work with. Mr. Elliott
is the only rancher in the county
that raises guinea fowls for the
market. He cannot supply tbe
local demand for guineas or honey
LOCAL MENTION
W. P. Davidson, president of
the Oregon and Western Coloniza
tion Co. is expected in Prineville
the Grst of the month.
Henry Cram 'shipped fonr car
loads of cattle from Gateway the
other day to the Portland market.
Good prices were realized.
Frank Johnson has resigned hi
position with the forest service and
has gone to work for the Oregon
and Western Colonization Co.
C. C. Lundy has resigned from
the Oregon and Western Coloni
zation Co. and is now working for
the road company with head
quarters at Burns.
Joseph M. Lynam and Mrs.
Lucella Taylor, both of Crook
county, were married by Rev. J.
M. Huegins at M. E. parsonage,
Saturday evening, April 22. .
Prineville beat Madras a 6 4
game last Sundry. It was a good
game all the way. The Prineville
ball players speak well of their
treatment at the Gateway city.
The Madras Hotel people wouldn't
lake a cent for meals and the same
generous spirit was shown every
where.
Joe Howard bas completed bis
assessment of Prineville. He based
his valuations on a basis of $40
per front foot for property on Main
street, corner Third and A. His
graduated scale extends for two
blocks each way. For instance the
first thirty feet is assessed at 1 40
per front foot, the rest of the block
at 135. Tbe corner lot of the next
block is placed at 135 and tbe rest
of the block at $30, etc. Mr. How
ard will take up the work at Bend
next week.
The Eixty-eighth anniversary of
the organization of the first civil
government on American soil west
ol the Rockey Mountains will be
celebrated at Cbampoeg on May 2.
This is an interesting historical
observance, participated in by the
pioneers who made the early his
tory of the Oregon country.
The Oregon Pioneer Association
will have charge of the exercises.
Many will attended from Portland
and other Western cities will send
delegates.
The grading crew is now at
work on Fifth street.
J. O. Garner of Suplee was a
business visitor t. Prineville yesterday.
George Huettle of Fife and Miss
Elizabeth Dillon of Camas were
married last week at Camas.
R. L. Jordan A Co. received yesterday
a shipment of Wiaona Mt. Wagons of
all size. Nine of these wagons were
trailed in from Metolius, making tbe
longest train of wagona ever brought to
Prineville with one team.
County Surveyor Rice and G. II.
Brewster returned the first of tbe
week from running a survey for a
road from Bear Creek to tbe old
Star road. The new Burvey will
give a good level road from the
Hampton Buttes to Prineville.
Roy Howard, who won the $1000
prize offered by the Portland Com
mercial Club for the beet article on
the resources of Oregon has been
employed by the Northwestern
Pacific Railroad to write up tbe
country tributary to its lines. Tbe
Northwestern is a Canadian road
County Superintendent Ford
will hold a teachers' institute at
Redmond next Saturday. There
will be a morning and evening
session. Stale Superintendent
Alderman will be present. Alarge
delegation of Prineville teachers
will help the cause along.
There will be two interesting
services at Methodist church next
Sunday ' morning and evening.
Subject ol tbe morning sermon
will be "Watchman What of the
Night?" In the evening the pas
tor will bave for his theme, "A
World for a Life." Splendid
special music will be rendered at
each service. There will be bap
tismal services at the morning
hour. John M. Huggins, pastor.
A contract for $1000 worth of
lumber for sidewalks for Noble's
Addition was let this week to W.
II. Porter. The first lumber de
livered on the contract arrived to
day. All of the lumber is to be
delivered before June 1st. Side
walks will be laid on all tbe
streets in this addition and all
streets will be graded at once.
Mr. Noble will spend $2500 on im
provements for this addition.
LOCAL MENTION.
Circuit and connty conrt next
week.
Born: To the wife of Dan Lid
dell, a son.
Arthur Wuozweiler is registered
at the Prineville.
Cbas. Biddell is visitiag in
Prineville this week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Combs
left for Portland this morning.
Attorney W. A. Bell came in
today from Tbe Dalles to attend
circuit court.
W. A. Booth, who has been con
fined to the house for some time
past, is able to be out again.
Frank Foster has bought a
couple of lots from Med Vander-
pool and will erect thereon a $2000
cottage.
J. W. Boone, manager of the
Metolius Warehouse Company,
came up Sunday to visit his fam
ily. L. C. Morgan has resigned from
the forest service. He will devote
his entire time to the moving
picture show.
Mrs. L. B. Culp of Burns, pro
prietor of tbe French Hotel at that
place, is visiting at the home of
Frank 'Johnson. Mrs. Culp is the
twin sister of Mrs.- Johnson.
Car Load of
Pages Woven
Wire Fence
Made of celebrated Page Coil
Spring Steel Wire, will arrive
at Metolius this week. Part
of the car is sold. If you
don't know what the PAGE is
ask our Fence Man.
COLLINS W. ELKINS
J. E. Stewart & Company.
Groceries, Hardware, Dry Goods, Shoes.
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lutely Safe and Reliable. The "Insurance" is the only stove in which provision is made to prevent
the escape of gasoline should the burner be accidentally blown out or left open.
We have these stoves in four styles, ranging uvprice from $12.50 to $18.56
J. E. STEWART & CO.
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