Crook County Journa
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 191 .
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VOL. XV-NO.
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SEE OREGON FIRST
SAYS MR. CHAPMAN
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FOR EXHIBITS
Crook County Musi
Make Good Showing j
WE RAISE THE STUFFSAVE IT!
It.
Dollars to Doughnut We
Can Bring Home Some
of the Big Prize.
Jack HutiiiiKirn, the utility mint
nt tlio cluli, hud been busy' the
pant lew week tl till t i I) j AHIlipirs of
hay mill grasses fur tlio Crook
county exhibit ki tlm big xpoi
tioiix thin (all. The sample
cured hy Mr. 8iiinniir or very
lino, llo docs not believe they
can bo beaten in any purl of the
United Stale. They connint of
timothy, rye, rml clover, red top,
alfalfa, pcuviiic, ninfoin, vetches,
oar 117 mi wheat, (.train crop
nample, of course, will come on
UtlT.
Our great trouhli', Mr. Summer
', i to get people to take an
1 11 tore t in these big show. Auk a
rancher what hi ba fur an ex
hibit and he will say, right off
hand, "nothing.'' At one place
where the rancher thought hu had
nothing good enough to be placed
on exhibition Mr. Hummer se
cured fine auiple of Japanese
clover, rye, white clover, peavine,
, blue (grade, limuthv and altiree.
Sample of hay and granite have
been secured o lar from the
ranche of Thos. Sharp Jr., Ed
iSlayton, lleury Cram, Bonnyview
Farm, A. M inkier, II. Birdsong,
A. llinton, Win. Davenport, Mr.
McDowell, C. M. Klkin and Med
Vumlerpoul. These sample have
been tugged and wrapped and
hung up ready to be shipped thin
fall. Home will be sent to the
American Laiut & Irrigation Ex
position to be held in New Yore
City in November, other to the
Chicago Land Show to be held in
November and December, and
some to the Pittsburg liig Land
Show to be held in October, and
still other sample will be placed
in the exhibit car of the different
railroad. It i therefore ol great
importance that Crook county
make a good showing. Look out
(or good samples of everything you
raise, pack the same carefully and
leave same at the I'rineville Com
mercial club. If you cannot leave
them yourself, send by stage. Mr.
Summer will do the rest.
Lafollete Nursery
at Powell Butte
While Crook county is not a
fruit growing country and per
haps never will be a a whole,
nevertheless, there are many lo
calities where apple and other
fruit of the hardy varieties can
And will be grown. In fact, the
time may not be far distant when
the local orchard will supply the
fruit market of the county.
To supply the demand for trees
of tho proper kinds and give the
publio the advantage, not only of
the kind of tree that are ac
climated and that combine the
feature that go to make up a good
tree for establishing a small or ex
tensive orchard, the Lafollette
Nursery Company, with head
quarters in this city, Iim estoh
lished a email nursery of 15,000
plant on their ranches neur
l'owell liulto.
The idea of establishing this
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VI IU6 IfCCK "... .-r-u, u.lu uuiiiih ine eany pnn or me week. Keene condition la that of a convalescent Emma
,.. . . . ,, -'". Iiikt. runrrlcd Kmlllo de JoKora. the tenor, In Parla. Konrteen dead and more than fifty Injured to the toll of a
AukUHiu. I ,t and C IITord . Marmoo wore foroed to quit the balloon race which alarled from Kanaa. City on encountering a thunderstorm.
nursery wa prompted by the sue
emu achieved by the senior mem
ber of the firm, Mr. T. If. Lafol
lette, on one of his ranches in the
same vicinity. On the farm last
i mentioned, Mr. Lafollette set out a
I smaii orcuaru tniriy year ago
! this spring, and although much of
the time the tree have not re
! ceived the care they should have
j had, there never ha been a com
pletecrop failure mice the trees
i began to bear, and in moat seasons
I there has lieen a fajr to good crop
' of fruit, especially apple.
I The kind that have been the
mot luccemlul bearer in this
j orchard with other of the best
varieties, make a total of about
iv inly vniieUcA of apples that are
, to be found in the new nursery.
The early aummer apple which
' are known to thrive iu this coun
try include the Red Astrikan,
Dutchess of Oldenburg, Wealthy,
Yellow Transparent, and other
standard varieties.
The later apple include the
Winter Banana, (iano, Spitzen
berg, Jonathan, Home Beauty,
(olden KuitHett, Baldwin and
other of the popular keeper.
Iteside apples, there are good
selections of cherries, plums and
pear of the most hardy varieties.
Iterries are being grown extensive
ly for the trade and include black
cap and red raspberries, goose
berries and currant of the tried
kind.
Th'S is a new jndtiBtry for Crook
county and should be encouraged.
"Among the Breakers"
"Among the Breaker" will be
given nt Club Hall on Thursday
evening, August 3rd, by local
talent from Uend. In speaking of
the play the Heud Bulletin says:
"Among the Breakers." given
under the auspice of the ltoyal
Neighbors lust Thursday evening
at Linster' Hall by home talent,
was one of the best performances
of the kind ever Been in Bend, and
all who participated in it are to
be congratulated on their splendid
work. A large and enthusiastic
audience witnessed the play and
from all waa heard nothing but
praise for those who took part.
The way the affair was carried out
showed that all those having parts
must have put in much time and
labor to make it the success that it
was.
Mr. Orcutt, who came over from
Bend Monday to arrange for the
production of the play here, feels
confident that hi company can
give as good satisfaction here as at
Bend. If you want two hours ol
fun, buy a ticket.
Poland-China Hogs
I have a choice lot of pure-blood piis
of both sexes lor sale now at reasonable
prices, some old enough (or service now.
7-27 0. M. Klkins, I'rineville, Ore.
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'"lemil. MIpvmI to parked by the whisky trust and allied, are trylriK to fo
v. Wll.y, government food expert, to reln. John W. ;atwi, who In In rarla, and Jam
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New Player for
Prineville Team
The I'rineville ball team has
strengthened itself by the addi
tion of John Langdell, a special
agent of the forestry department.
Mr. Langdell played on the Dart
mouth College team and also in
the Canad:an League at Winnpeg.
He will play short with the Prine
ville boys. His batting average
i around the .300 notch. I'rine
ville fan will have a chance to
see Mr. Langdell extend himself
next Saturday and Sunday.
New Ten -Ton
County Roller
Frank
the new
Klkin ha just set up
ten-ton roller recently
purchased by the county. It is
an oil burner and should do good
service on the county roads. It
will roll, grade, plow, sprinkle,
etc., a necessity requires. By
agreement with the county court
for a stipulated price the machine
will be used on the streets of
I'rineville. It use will give our
streets good bard surface, that
could not otherwise be obtained.
It will be iu charge of Frank
Elkins.
162 Feet of Steel
Bridge Completed
M. A. Lehman of O'Xeil was in
I'rineville on business Tuesday.
Mr. Lehman wag down to the big
steel bridge last Monday that the
Oregon Trunk i building over
Crooked river. Every time a new
span ia placed in position the peo
ple gather from all direction to
see it done. A span is 27 feet long.
Stationary and traveling cranes
handle the huge pieces of steel like
to much wood, Mr. Lehman aavs.
There is nothing to it.
When it is understood that the
bridge ie between 300 and 400 feet
above the river and now stands
out 162 feet from the north bank,
the sight of men crawling around
out there among the girders is
enough to make your hair curley,
is the way Mr. Lehman puts it.
The bridge is now a far out a
it will be built from the north side.
The cranes and building equip
ment will be transferred to the
south side and that section built
out to meet the nprth extension.
It ia thought the bridge will be
completed in October.
Lost
White English Setter dog, about 11
months old, goiter on left bUIo of neck.
Strayed or stolen from lieml about July
Hth. Keward for return or information
cmiaiiii; return. Communicate will)
Heud Bulletin, Bend, Ore. 7-27-"t
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Struck hy a Rattler
Near Antelope
How it feels to be struck by a
rattlesnake and to ride and walk
iu a vuin effort to shake off giddi
ness, and to feel the poison per
meate the body, drawing muscles
tight in an unbearable agony,
theu to lapse into unconscious
ness while st ruggling to reach a
habitation where aid may save
life, was the experience of Will
iam J. McGreer, a stockman of
Clarno, who was in Antelope
early last week. McGreer is re
covering from an encounter with
a rattler at a spring eight miles
east of Antelope, where be bad
stopped to get a drink while rid
ing the range for stray horses.
McGreer killed the snake.
"Oh, yes; I'm getting along all
right." said McGreer, "but the
snake died as a result of his in
discretion. I've i idden the range
so long that no reptile that bites
me can survive. I stamped the
gizzard out of him oa the spot.
You know when a snake's gizzard
is scattered around outside of
his skin in a promiscuous man
ner, he loses ambition and dies.
"You can say for me and I'm
an expert now that rattlers
don't always rattle before they
strike. This one didn't. I had
just got into position to drink
from the spring in Galliger can
yon when the cuss struck me on
the right arm between the wrist
and elbow. It felt as though
some one bad given my arm a
hard jerk. Tho snake hung on
by his fangs. 1 knocked him off
with my left hand and killed him.
He had six rattles and was about
18 inches long.
"I immediately tore my hand
kerchief into strips and bound
the arm tightly at wrist and el
bow. I reached for my knife.
expecting to cut the wound.
When I found I did not have it
with me, I was scared. , My arm
did not pain me then it was in
between my shoulders. That
nigger was right who said it was
no disgrace to run when yo's
scairt, so I got on my horse and
lit out for Antelope, about fight
miles away. By the time I
reached a mud hole, about half a
mile from the spring, I was hav
ing excruciating pains all over
my body, as though my mus
cles were all contracting. I dis
mounted and plunged my swell
ing arm into the mud.
"I think I must have been
crazed by the pain, for here I
turned my horse loose and start
on foot for Billy Malone's house,
a distance of four miles. The
only thing I remember from the
time I left the mud hole till I got
to Malone's house, was eutiug to
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bacco. My chaps were found la
ter about two miles from the
spring, but my hat hasn't been
found yet..
"The horse I was riding was a
good one, and if I had stuck to
him he would have landed me in
Antelope in 20 minutes from the
time I was struck.
However, as soon as I arrived
at Malone's ranch, John Malone
cut open tho wound and Jack
Brogan sucked out as much of
the poisoned blood as he could.
Undoubtedly this service is all
that saved my life until Dr. Bow
er arrived from Antelope, which
was about 15 minutes after tbey
telephoned for him. A drum
mer (whose nam i do not know
but who has my sincere thanks),
brought the doctor out in an au
tomobile. It was some time after the
doctor arrived until he got my
arm to bleeding. I was suffer
ing indescribable agony and my
arm was swollen to an immense
size and was a glassy blue color.
Dr. Bower worked with me all
night and I understand took two
quarts of blood from my arm.
The doctor and Jack Brogan took
me to Antelope the next morn
ing, where the treatment was
continued through the day. My
brothers. George and Ed, had
come over from Clarno and look
ed after me that night, and then
I was under the care of two
trained nurses from The Dalles.
"I believe I was bitten about
7 o'clock and arrived at Malone's
about 9:30. So it was at least
two and a half hours before I re
ceived medical attention."
Rebekahs Entertained.
On Thursday last Mr. and Mrs.
C. O. Pollard entertained the Re
bekah lodge on the lawn of the Joe
Lister place, the occasion being
in honor of Mrs. Bollard's birth
day. Mr. Pollard attended the
meeting of the lodge and when it
was about to close she extended an
invitation to the members to ac
company her home and partici
pate in a lunch which was waiting
for them on the lawn, which invi
tation was responded to by the
Xoble Grand calling up the lodge
and giving three cheer for Mrs.
Pollard, followed by a vote to wear
full Itebekah regalia, which is a
mark of honor in this order. The
Prineville Military Band wag on
hand for the occasion and enter
tained the guests until a late hour.
Mrs. Reams and Mrs. Mackey
(the committee previously ap
pointed to entertain the lodge) pre
sented Mrs. Pollard with a lovelv
rose jar and Mr. Pollard presented
her with a past o dicer's lodge pin.
Mrs. Vira Cyrus was there with
her camera and took flas-h ligtt
pictures of the gathering.
After a 2CG0-MiI2 trip
Through Central
OREGON-EASY ROAD COUNTRY
"Wonderful Divertity" u the
Chief Attraction of the
Country.
"See Oregon First," is the plea
made by C. C. Chapman, mana
ger of the promotion committee
of the Portland Commercial Club
after making a 2000 mile automo
bile tour through Central Ore
gon. "A trip through this big
country," he says, "makes one
feel how small he really is'. And
yet it makes one feel big to know
that he lives in such a great,
grand country."
In .line with his promotion
work for the Commercial Club,
Mr. Chapman spent three weeks
touring the interior of Oregon,
where there are no railroads and
where freight wagons and stage
coaches still reign in all their
glory, despite the oncoming of
the automobile and the railroad.
Crook, Harney, Lake and Klam
atn counties were included in the
itinerary of the Portland party.
Mr. Chapman rode much of the
way with members of the Com
mercial Club's delegation to view
business conditions, and the re
maining time rode with commit
tees from the various municipal
ities who were desirous of show
ing him the advantages of their
respective districts, says the Or
egonian. "Bill" Hanley, known
throughout Oregon as the big
gest man in Central Oregon, en
tertained Mr. Chapman much of
the time in his automobile. Han
ley is known as the "cattle kiug"
of the Northwest, and owns many
thousands of acres of land in In-
terior Oreeon
including one
ranch of more than 100,000 acres.
"What are the road conditions
of that country?" Mr. Chapman
was asked.
"It is an easy road country.
Roads are easily made, and are
serviceable nearly all the year
round. Principally their nature
is sandy, with occasional depos
its of glacial rock, but these can
be tossed out of the way and a'
good road had. When the road
is worn too deep, the only work
necessary is to toss the rocks ia
the old roadway and establish a
new road just alongside the old
roadbed.
"The old opposition to good
roads, automobiles and the small
farmer is hardly noticeable at all
nowadays, the hardest words
heard being an echo of the for
mer opposition at infrequent in
tervals. Good roads are not as
urgent in Central Oregon as they
are in the more highly developed
parts of the state.
"Notwithstanding its wildness
and distance from civilization.
Central Oregon's prevalent mode
of transportation at present is
the automobile. Lakeview has
more than 80 automobiles to a
population of 1500 persons.
"Central Oregon is a wonder
fully productive country, and if
planted to wheat, would yield be
tween 50,000,000 and 100 000,000
bushels, or more than six times
as much as the Columbia river
sent away last year. Central
Oregon will be a greater produc
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