Crook Cotinty Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911.
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VOL. XV NO. 29
BIG CONVENTION
AT PRINEVILLE
Next Week June
and July l.
30
ISO VISITORS EXPECTED
Workmen Buiy on Commercial
Hall Getting It Ready
for the Occasion.
Mrs. Talbert Killed
Near Lamonta.
I'rineville will be called upon
June 30 and July 1 to entertain
one of the largest conventions aver
assembled in the interior. It it
true tome steps have been taken to
proerly house the visitor but
much yet remains to be looked
alter. More rooms aro needed.
If you can possibly spare one,
notify Secretary Quinn at the First
National Hank. The Club hall is
ttoing sealed and tbe interior fixed
up for tbe occasion.
(overnor West has announced
bis intention of being present, so
also has tbe Secretary of Htate, tbe
State Land Board, the president
and secretary of tbe Portland
Commercial Club, besides large
representations from the furious
Central Oregon Commercial tlubs.
One hundred and fifty visitors are
expected.
It is the purpose of this meeting
to form the Central Oregon De
velopment League. Hitherto
there bus been no concerted action
between tbe different commercial
bodies of ' this country regarding
tbe problems that confront a new
country. The convention will
take these up and try and got
united effort along given lines.
NORTHWEST GAMS BY COOPERATION
OF FIFTEEN RAILROADS
Trj
ing to Break
the Endless Chain
An endlcss-chuin letter, started
11 or 12 years ago by a Mix Mills
of Australia, who is seeking to col
lect enough postage stamps to pa
per room, is still traveling, do
spito all attempts to stop it. A few
weeks ago Mrs. Wyatt of Prine
villo received one of tbe letters from
a friend living near this place.
Tart of tbe chain was broken by
Mrs. Wyatt, forshe refused to com
ply with its conditions.
The government made an effort
to break the chain, because many
of the letters addressed to Miss
Mills at Australia carried only a
2-cent stamp while 5 cents is the
required postage. Miss Mills re
fused to pay the postage due. As
the letters continue to be sent, the
l'ostoflice Department has issued
an order that all deficiency pre
paid letters addressed to Miss Mills
at Australia, which pass through
the San Francisco office, are to be
sent to the dead letter office.
In payment for thestamped room
Miss MilU was to receive a large
contribution from a wealthy Aus
tralian for a children's ward at the
hospital at St. George, New South
Wales, Australia.
A very sad death occurred near
Lamonta last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Talbert and a
young son bitched up their team
to haul water. In going down a
steep grade the breast-rod broke
letting down tbe tongue. This
frightened the horse and they
commence! to run. Mrs. Talbert
jumped out of the rig. In some
wsy ber dress caught on the run
ning gear throwing ber under tbe
whet' Is, breaking her neck. She
lived but a few minutes. Her hus
band jumped from the rig about
tbe same time and was knocked
unconscious. As soon a be re
covered he ran to where his wife
lay and just reached ber side when
she gasped, "Husband, I'm killed,"
and expired. The little boy that
remained In the back was un
injured. Not only the wheels of
the back passed over the unforlu
nate woman but the barrel of
water fell on ber. Sbe was buried
at Lamonta Saturday. Key. liailey
conducting the services. Tbe
funeral was a very large one.
Mrs. Talbert leaves a husband
and five children, the largest of
whom is a girl of fourteen.
School Meeting
Held Monday
The annual school election for
the I'rineville district was held
Monday afternoon, with Dr. Itel
knap in the chair. The minutes of
the last regular meeting and a
special mooting were read and ap
proved. The clerk made his annual re
port to the directors and citizens
of the school district for the year
ending the third Monday in June
the 19th. It is in part as fol
lows: Number of person between 4
and 20 years of age residing in the
district at the time of this report:
131 males, 153 females. Total 284.
Number of teachers employed, 8.
Number of months public Bchool
taught during the year, 9.
Number of legal voters in the
school district 200.'
Bdontifls farming hss Wn given
nurki-d ltiiM-til in the United But
during tin put Mtvrn month through
Out (iini-roui co-opi-rtion of II I tern great
railway syslnms which joined with th
(ri'tt Northern rol in transporting ex
hiliition ears carrying the marvelous,
products of Oregon, Washington, Moo
tun snd Minnesota,
Lactun-r accompanying theae educa
tional "expositions on wheeli" have ex
plained modern agricultural methoda to
thousands of far men in the middle west
ern and litem atatea, in the hundred
of towna where atopa were made.
The rail way a that hauled theae ex
it Ion cara over their llnea, thua further-
g the movement to help advance the
knowledge of the farmers in tueir suc
tion of the country, were
Michigan Central.
Monon Route.
pennavlvania R. R.
Krie K. K.
Cincinnati Northern R. R.
Pituhurg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St.
Louis K. It.
Vandalia Rr.
Iowa Central Ry.
Minneapolis i. tit Louie Ry.
poa
Ing
Chicago, Rurllngton k Quincy Ry.
Chicago ft Alton tty.
llig Pour Ry.
ReuM-mer k Lake Erie Ry.
llaltimore A Ohio R. R.
Chicago & Rock I. land Ry.
The I. real Northern Railway atarted
thla moat attentive publicity campaign
that ever ha been waged, it having aent
oat three cara. Theae cara which jut
completed their schedule and returned
to hit. Paul, traveled 12,000 mill and
nearly a million persons entered them to
behold the wonderful things grown in
tiie Northweat and Iiten to the lecturer
explain the manner in which theae pre
mium product were nucceiw fully grown.
The Great Northern Ry., following the
leadership of Jai. J. Hilt, who is deeply
interested in the agricultural develop
ment of the Northweat, now i conduct
ing experimental farm, where their ex
pert teach the settler the beet and most
cientiflo methods of farming.
lupila of public school, throughout the
eaxtrrn state especially, were daily
visitor in the exhibition ear and the
children learned much from the lectures
on the science of tilling the soil to bring
forth nature' best effort.
The Clark Hair Dressing Parlors
Are located on Courthoupe street, one
block east of Main, runs, switches,
wigs, toupees, hair jewolry, etu. ordered
on approval direct from the manu
facturers, Send in your hair combings
and have them made up ae you waut
tnem.
UairdretBing 25c, hair dressed and
curled 60c, lace massage 60c, sculp mas
sage lilic, snampoo otic, imir singe zno,
minima nieal pack ftllc, clay pack Due
bleaching and dyeing $1.00 up, nianl
curing 25o to 50c, 0 treatments (2,50.
House and Lots for Sale.
Good nix-room house and three lots
with bsrn and outbuildings: oni block
rom Main on 2nd street, at reasonable
once. Address X. J. iergueeon, Rob
erts, Or. e-lotl
('anil on baud at time making
lant annual reiwrt .. I
Received from district tx..
Received from county school
lunil
Received from rate bills and
tuition .
Received from other sources
3,028.19
3,114.03
2,320.31
481.15
200.25
Total..
. 10,110.53
DiailUKXIMlEMTS,
Paid teachers.
Kent
Kuul and school supplies
Kepairs
1'aid on principal aud interest
ol bonus
Clerk's salary.
4,800.00
81 00
1,239.73
500.30
2,700.00
50.00
Total 9,400.03
f 017.50
Cash on hand
The clerk's report was approved
after which the election of a di
rector and clerk was taken up.
It was Dr. Belknap's term of
office that expired and he was
unanimously chosen to succeed
himself. M. R. Elliott succeeds
himself as clerk. Tbe meeting
adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman.
At tbe close of the meeting Mrs.
Robert E. Gray gave a short talk
on the value of special training for
teachers and suggested a plan for
encouraging them to do some pro
fessional work during the summer.
In many states the teachers who
take professional training are given
financial help from the district.
This plan has proved most suc
cessful and the school boards have
found that the increased efficiency
of the teacher more than compen
sates for the pecuniary assistance
given. The directors of the I'rine
ville school have taken this matter
under consideration and hope to
be able to help the teachers in the
future. .
Important to Stockmen
The decisions handed down by
the Supreme Court, on May 1,
concerning tbe right of the gov
ernment to control grazing on
the national forests are of great
interest to Crook county people,
and especially to tbe stock
men. Tho right of tbe govern
ment to control its own lands
within the various states and
territories is so clearly defined
that it Is regarded by Secretary
Wilson as establishing absolutely
the position these lands occupy
under the law. "I am very
sure," said Secretary Wilson,
"that the stockmen of the west,
as well as tho western people
generally, will accept this decis
ion of the supreme court at its
full worth and that the contro
versy which has heretofore ex
isted regarding the right to use
the grazing lands within the va
rious national forests without
permit from the department of
agriculture will be brought to an
end.
"The two cases decided were
the so-called Light case, which
originated in Colorado, and the
case of tbe United Slates against
Grim aud, Carajous, and Inda
three California stockmen. In
the Light case one of the princi
pal issues joined was on the
question whether the fence laws
of the state must be complied
with in order that the United
States might sustain action for
trespass on tne national forests.
The California case concerned
the question whcJther violation
of the national forest regulations
is punishable as a crime.
"Light is a Colorado stockman
who, in 1900, turned his cattle
loose on public land adjacent to
the Holy Cross national forest in
such a way that they would nat
ri rally drift upon national forest
lands. Mr. Light refused to
take any steps to prevent this
and also refused to take out
grazing permit, it wa9 main
tained by Light's lawyers that,
Inasmuch as the laws of Colorado
do not allow a private person any
remedy against owners of stock
which stray upon his land unless
the land is fenced, the govern
ment is without redress. An in
junction was secured from the
district o o u r t requiring Mr
Ldgnt so to nandie bis s toe if as
to prevent them from trespass
ing upon the national forest,
Mr. Light, however, refused to
do this and, with the backing of
other stockmen of his state and
eventually of the state of Colora
do itself, which made a special
appropriation for tbe purpose
carried tne case up to tbe su
preme court for final decision
"In the effort to establish the
Five Ball Teams SPOUTS IN THE
For the Fourth. MITCHELL COUNTRY
five bateball clubs have signi
fied tbeir intention of taking part
in tbe big 3-day Fourth of July
tournament at I'rineville. Tbe
Meier A Frank team of Portland
will be here, besides Bend, Red
mond, Madras and tbe Warm
Spring Indian team.
I'rineville never had a better
team than the present one and if
outside teams beat ber tbey will
have to play professional ball.
Considerable Damage
Done Recently.
Complimentary
to Miss Parrott
contention that the government
wai wrong, not only tbe validity
of tbe grazing regulations but
tbe constitutionality of the entire
national forest policy was chal
lenged on every ground which
the counsel representing stock
interests and the state were able
to raise. The fact that their
contentions were, one after the
other, set aside by clear-cut
statements of the law is a matter
of extreme satisfaction to me. I
nevertheless believe that the
stockmen who have so vigorous
ly contested the government's
position will feel that they have
been fairly dealt with both by
the department and the courts.
"In the second case, known as
theGrimaud case, the conten
tion of the stockmen was that
the act of congress, under which
the secretary of agriculture is
authorized to make regulations
for the national forests, was un
constitutional in so far as it dele
gated to the secretary of agri
culture the power to make rules
and regulations and made c, vio
lation thereof a penal offense.
The unanimous decision of the
case is exceptionally clear-cut
and final. The power of con
gress to authorize the secretary
to establish such regulation for
the administration of these for
ests is absolute, the court hold
ing that it had the full power to
authorize the secretary to make
these regulations and enforce
them. The punishment was fix
ed by congress and the secreta
ry's regulations merely provided
the methods of enforcing the
law and, in event of its violation,
of applying the penalty fixed by
the law. As the court in its de
cision says, the secretary is au
thorized "to regulate the occu
pancy and use and to preserve
the forests from destruction.'
A violation of reasonable rules
regulating the use and occupan
cy of the property is made a
crime, not by the secretary, but
by congress. The statute, not
the secretary, fixes tbe penalty."
"I feel very certain," the sec
retary stated, "now that these
questions are so definitely set
tled, that we shall have no furth
er trouble in regulatidg the use
of national forest ranges by live
stock. Indeed w e have had
very little for some time, because
the stockmen themselves, al
though originally inclined to re
sent the interference of the gov
ernment with their long and un
controlled use of the lands now
within these forests, have, re
cently, accepted the situation
and are rapidly realizing that
their occupancy of these grazing
lands is vastly more satisfactory
under present conditions than it
was in the old days when these
areas were open to all comers
and it was a constant struggle
to obtain feed for their herds.
LIGHTNING PLAYS PRANKS
Alfalfa Land, Irrigating Ditches
and County Roads
Suffer Most.
Last Saturday afternoonNtbe
Sbumias, assisted by tbe youug
ladies of the E-A Club, gave a sur
prise party complimenting Mise
Rosa B. Parrott, who has resigned
from the faculty of tbe C. C. II. S.
to become one of the teachers is
tbe Monmouth Normal. The
pretty lawn of Mrs. John Wigle
was decorated with nets, foliage
and flowers. The E-A Club as
sembled in the front parlor, where
tbey greeted Mies Parrott when she
arrived. The Sbumias were se
creted in the back parlor, where
they gave her a second surprise.
The hostess tben led the guests to
the lawn where the afternoon was
spent in social games.
The prophecies of Sbumias
proved interesting and entertain
ing. 1 he honorary members, Miss
Margeria P. Brink, who is now in
Red Bluff, Cal., and Miss Julia
Lytle, who is living in Salem, both
sent their prophecies. Mrs. Lytle
sent a box of beautiful roses. After
the reading of the prophecies they
were bound together in a booklet
and presented to Miss Parrott.
The E-A Club gave a unique and
interesting flower game.
Each literary society gave Miss
Parrott a beautiful onyx and gold
candelabra. Mrs. Walker, who
represented the Sbumias, gave an
excellent talk on the work Miss
Parrott had done for the club and
presented the gift in a phasing
manner. Miss c-stes, representing
the E-A club presented their gift
with a few well chosen remarks,
expressing regret that they were to
lose her. Miss Parrott responded
to each gift in a pleasant manner
and expressed regret that Bhe was
leaving them.
Refreshments, consisting of
punch, and strawberry shortcake
with whipped cream were served
by the hostess who was assisted by
Mre. Walker, Mrs. Brink and Mrs.
Kayler.
The members of both literary
clubs regret very much that they
are to lose Alias rarrott for she
helped organize both clubs and has
been a most willing and efficient
worker at all times. The best
wishes of the clubs go with her
as she takes up her work in new
fields of labor.
Died.
Mrs. Matilda Allen, wife of B. F,
Allen, president of the First
National bank of Prineville, died
last Thursday night at the family
residence in Portland. She was
born in 1835 in Indiana and moved
to Portland with her husband in
1868. In 1871 the familv moved
to Prineville, where Mr. Allen be
came a large land owner and suc
cessful banker. In 1904 the family
returned to Portland, where they
have since resided.
Mrs. Allen is survived by the
husband and the following child
ren: Mrs. Mary F. , Smith, Port
land; Mrs. Margaret Lafollette,
Prineville; Alfred Allen, Portland;
Mrs. Emma Prose, Prineville, and
Mrs. Ella Lehman, Milwaukee.
Rev. W. S. Cooke of Prineville
and T. L. Vibbert of Gateway re
turned Saturday morning from a
trip through Wheeler and Grant
counties to attend the Central Or
egon Baptist Association, which
convened at Fox, Oregon.
Their trip was an eventful one,
aside from tbe object of their visit.
Tbey encountered a water spout at
Dayville June 13 that reached '
from a point a mile east of Day
ville to the Ringmeyer place, three
and a half miles below town. Mr.
Snow bad 30 acres of alfalfa de
stroyed and three acres of land was
covered with large bowlders and
sagebrush. All sorts of debris cov-
ers the alfalfa land. He lost all
of his chickens and part of bis
turkeys.
Much grain, alfalfa and fences
were destroved in the district
vifeited by tbe spout. Irrigating
ditches were either filled up or
washed nut for a distance of over
four miles along the John Day
river below Dayville. The road
was washed out in many
places and had to be repaired be
fore travel could be resumed. It
will cost $2000 to fix the roads.
The total damage to tbe district is
estimated at 110,000.
Thunder and lightning accom
panied the water spout. One resi
dence was struck by lightning and
moved two inches from its founda
tions. No serious damage was
done.
While at Richmond, June 12, a
store was struck by lightning, set
ting fire to the building. No sooner
was the tare exeinguished than
with a great roar a large volume
of water came rushing down the
canyon upon the building, turning
it around. A hole bad to be cut in
tbe building to let the water out.
There was five feet of water in it.
The etore belonged to the Wheeler
County Trading Company. Two
homes were totally destroyed in
Richmond, together with contents.
No lives lost.
Southeast of Mitchell about two
miles, on Mill creek, a spout
drowned between 400 and 500 head
of sheep for Mr. Taylor, who bought
the Frank Allen place. Consider
able damage was done to the crops
along the creek and the roads for a
distance of two miles above Mitch
ell to some four miles below the
town. The Mitchell spout hap
pened tbe same day as tbe one at
Richmond. It formed in the hills
back of Mitchell, part of it going
down the north fork of Mill creek
toward Richmond and the rest of it
down the south fork toward Mitch
ell. Had it not divided Mitchell
would have experienced another
Buch a flood as that it experienced
about six years ago.
For Sale.
Buggy with top for sale, or trade for
hack or cart; good condition. Box 225,
Prineville, Oregon. 8-1
Broken Horses for Sale.
A few broken and unbroken mares
and geldings for sale ; mares weig hing
1100 to 1300, geldings 1400 to 1500;
nlceyouDganlmalH; also one coming
four-year-old stallion, three-quarter
Percheron, weight 1400; plenty of
bone, blocky built. For further infor
mation address T. J. Ferqukhon,
Roberts, Or. 5-11