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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1911.
VOL. XV NO. 38
WATER SUPT. URGES !
CO-OPERATION
BILL HANLEY
! ONTO HIS JOB
County
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The Best Thing for.
Water Users.
MORE HOMES F.EKERS NEEDED
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Makes Clear the Method of
of the Precnt Water
System.
Water Superintendent Ceo. T.
Cochran closed the Crooked river
claim In inspection lii-t Friday,
Any111 1 H, iiml Suturday morning
fill to La drande. All contests
must b filed hy Wedi.wdny,
August 21. A great ninny of Die
con 11 iotit WIT H'lllc il Hlllt ill'' pro
peels am tlmt vrry In contests
Will ll filed. Tint Hoard of Vol)'
trol him now adjudicated eleven
stream n i)i 1 it has been their r
vioun X"'rii,it, tlmt most of the
con tHt uro u lllcil without triul
When asked by a Journal re
porter what wm the bctt thing we
linvo here, Mr. Cochran said,
"Why, your people." And In-fore
another (iii'ilioii could bo asked
he V"nt on to nay, ''I tell you 1
never enjoyed any better bread
and gravy and chicken tbuii 1 hid
the pleasure of eating on mime, of
these ranches up stream." Then
the Journal man nnked, "What in
the best thing to do, in your
opinion, in order to improve irri
gation condition bereV"
"Well." Mid Mr. Cochran, "I
think co-operation." Co-Oieraiiin
ii una of the great necessities of
business. It means rombinntion.
II tlio farmer desire to compete
with big business, tin-y nam l co
operate with each other.
"Thin means you niUBt have
neighbors. The "value of your
land depends to a largo extent up
on your neighbors, Suppose that
uno man controlled all the water
in the Ochouo valley. That he put
all that witter on bis own tract and
would let bin neighbor have none.
He would havo to boa mighty
mean man. Hut thin tract is set
to alfalfa, Iiiih a good house, well
stocked. In fact, thin tract, we'll
suppose, in ah good hh any tract in
this community. Thin farmer
would to the only one for wiles
around. Kverywbcre around him,
a desert. No cities or towns or
even villages near. No churches;
no school; no railroads would
enter bucIi a forsaken country.
What id worse, no neighbors.
Would you want to buy such a
place at the price you would pay
for it under the present conditions
on the Oc.hoco? The man who
takes more water than he is en
titled to usi) or can use beneficially
is thereby retarding the growth
ttnd development of the commun
ity. Ho is decreasing the value of
his land, just in proportion as the
improvements ou his neighbors'
land would iuorenso them.
"Let ub go further. Conditions
change. The. farmer no longer
holds the water. Ho co-operates
with his neighbors. System is
used in the distribution of that
water and the irrigation of the
land. One, two, three good neigh
bors improvo adjoining tracts.
With every new home, with every
new crop, with every new Htep in
the improvement of tho neighbor'
land, that man's lund increases in
value Schools and churches,
cities and ruilroads are built.
Hundreds and even thousands of
people come, all crying for land.
Trices of your land increase by
leaps and bounds. The pr-es-
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News Snapshots
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..n. ui-nii.-it In J,.r,.y Hiv n i tiiri:e of iimiolincliier. nr..ii mid ron-plrney. lir-wii .i -ilmri 'n ucciunf, iih Ills eiiijilojew. and III 1,U c nfi-sstoii
mud lliiiinoiiit liln-.! ri..ul; Unli .j n-t lire lo Hie Itnn's oltliv iu HTel,y d.wti.iy Hie eiiil.-iice of Uroun's trullt. Walsh was uiortully injured
sure of population comprls the ad
vance. The prer-surn of popula
tion compels irrigation by some
kind of a system.
"It is system in irrigation which
our present law attempt to supply.
Heretofore water titles were the
nui't f.inantic and chaotic features
of our whole system of projierty
rights. SynU tn will bring order
out of chaos. Our water code does
not not attempt to change the old
principles of law. It merely plan-
an enforcement of them,
look into the faces of
When '.'
my older '
friends whose hair has grown pray , looses too much water, line it with
in the opening up and develop-! concrete. If it is weedy, oil it with
meiit of the Western country, 1 j crude, oil. Water, like machinery,
realize that lln-ir claims to the ' sometimes needs oiling. This
means of development, are older j cannot be done all at once but csn
than mine and then fore pi lor. : be done little by little. Conoli
The law bus heretofore dec lured it date your ditches. Co-operate
and the new water code proposes with one another. Rotate in the
to enforce it. "I'lint in time, first j w-u of water. It w ill go twice as
in right." When water beg ns lo far. When your neighbor is using
be scarce, those
were instituted
water rights that
last year ft ill be
cut off by the watermaster. Then
the year before and so on until the
water and the right to use water
are equal. The young man must
surrender. Those pioneers anil
their successors who own place
upon which water was used firt
have tho first right thereto.
"Now, what is that right? It is
not to monopolies the water. The
man who claims all the water is
claiming a monopoly. He is try
ing to institute 'a trust, just like
our national government has been
fighting under the Sherman anti
trust law. The Standard Oil
company is a trust because it owns
nearly nil the oil wells. It has
almost a monopoly. The only
difference between the monopolistic
water user and Standard Oil is in
tho size of the monopoly. It, is to
prevent this monopoly, either by
tho older right or hy the younger
right further up the stream, that
the state has instituted a method
of regulation. It is the duty of the
statu to regulate monopolies.
When you as a water user attempt
to monopolize all the water, stop
and think of those gigantic mo
nopolies whoso actions affect the
whole nation. Stop and set an
example for the precept you have
been preaching.
" liunuing water has no owner
other than the state. When you
capture and use that water, you
develop your rights. All rights,
therefore, are measured hy the
beneficial use which hae been made
of the water. The .Hoard of Con
trol having ascertained and de
creed what those rights arc, . ap
points a wtttermaster. Upon him
lios the responsibility for the ad
ministration and enforcement of
the decree. lie is a deputy sheriff
with regard to water; line the
power of arrest. Upon his good
judgment we depend for good re
sults. In order to gel results he
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Ceriii.-lil). Mm of a NtUiri Hv..iyuiiHi. C. u, r.U (;H,rKe W. hi..u. memlM-r of rf,nnrm
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must have your co-operation.
Help him all you can. l'ut in
that headgate as he wants you lo
do. True, he can force you to put
in headgates in order to get water,
but that is an extreme measure.
W'e want your aid, nut your
enmity. In a few years you will
rcaliza the benelits of having a
system.
Another important matter is the
ditches. Tim irrigation system of
this valb y should be the finest in
the State of Oregon. Have as few
ditches as possible. If a ditch
'the water, cultivate your land.
; Water will not take the idace of
cultivation. Neither will culti
vation take the place of water.
Kach piece of land is a study hy
itself. The farmer of it must solve
bis own problems both of irrigation
and cultivation. Now the bene
fit of consolidating your ditches
lies in the greater head of water,
proportionately less seepage and
greater facility in rotation.
Hy rotation, tho water of a
number of claimants is given to
one for a time, then to another
and 'another until all are served.
Sometimes the water is used on
one piece of land, then picked up
and used an another and so on for
several times. The water can be
used several times over. Waste
water is done away with. When
one person is in a position to irri
gate from water that his neighbor
has already used, he and his
neighbor should take out of the
Bftine ditch and arrange their work
accordingly. Only in this way
can the highest possible duty of
the water he realized.
"Our instructions to the water
masters are to have the waterusers
put in headgates; to encourage the
consolidation of the ditches so far
as possible and to enforce rotation
wherever practical. To do this,
the water users aid. is necessary.
No watermaster can suit everyone,
nor administer the distribution of
water in accordance with every
one's ideas. Hut as a rule, he will
dosubstantial justice. If he makes
mistakes, that is human. Our law
provides a method for a water
user to pursue to correct them.
Hut so long us he is substantially
correct, co-operate with him. Make
the water go as far as it will, both
as to time and as to land, then we
will have more land, better prod
ucts and a greater state."
Express and Passengers.
Kxpress matter from Culver to Trine
ville one cent a pound. Passengers
tL'.fiO.
S'24tf Lockard Stuik Co.
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Grotesque Ball Game
on Labor Day
l'rineville wili celebrate Labor
Day this year September A with
a grotesque baseball game between
professionals and business men.
Kvery man will he drefsed in freak
coelume and a great game is an
ticipated. The line-up will be as
follows:
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pr-o: mfv
Filler, Kmntf
.ll.-lltmip, W.
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TVtherow
111 k imp H.
Kill,
-A-verlT. K.
Jordan
HvJikli-
,Tbe following are the pubs:
Fiof'ssional: M. E. Hrink, M.
It. Elliot, Dr. Hdknap, Kev. Hug
gins, J. II. 1 1 uner.
Husiness Men: T. M. Haldwin,
Will Wurzweiler, John Wigle,
Claude Smith, Chas. King, (ius
Lippman.
Captains: Mesers Stinson and
Hechtell.
Umpires: John Combs and Guy
Allingham.
Official water carriers: Col.
Drrper, Tom Balfour.
l'arade will form at 2 o'clock
and march to the Davidson ball
park. Everybody in costume.
The stores will close from 2 to 5.
The l'rineville band will also
to enliven the occasion.
help
Did Not Vote $1500
for Experiment Farms
No. The county court did not
vote $1500 for two experimental
stations at its. last adjourned meet
ing as reported in several county
papers, i lie court, records are as
follows:
"Commissioner Rice maintains
that Crook county has no author
ity to appropriate money for such
purposes.
"Commissioner Hayley favors an
appropriation of $750 during 1911,
and $750 during 1912, for the es
tablishment and maintenanance of
a dry farming station, but desires
to take under advisement the
question of the establishment of a
station devotei to irrigation prob
lems. "Judge Ellis takes the stand
that in view of tho apparent uni
versal demand and need of both
stations for the proper and intelli
gent direction ot settlers, present
and prospective, the county is
warranted in indicating its will
ingness to contribute the sum
asked for in establishing both
stations, including numerous sub
stations, provided $7000 is con
tributed toward the same purpose
from other sources."
Lots Wanted
Prineville lots wanted before the 31st.
Write Kichard R. Lawrence, Howard,
Oregon, description and price. 8-17-21
n 1'n.mi, v,,,i.i.nt i,i. i-
unit ODiiiiuniuler ill rliief of the l ulled
tin. I ht txiw unuxlied wlicn nlm nui
Runaway Accident
on Top of Grizzly
Champ Smith and family ex-i
perienced a runaway accident on j
the top of drizzly Mountain SiJn-
day, in which his little boy got his j trols.
leg broken. . "We're going to organize a
They had reached the top of the j trust that sPil the eyes of
mountain when one of the bolts ial1 the Sherman laws. We're
holding the shafts to the buggy : oing to put soil and transporta
dtopped out letting down one side tion in &" llS a connection that
of the shafts. This started the 11 caa'1 Ve broken. It's to be a
horses to running and also threw people's trust the harmony of
the buggy lo one side of the road , organization between transports
wheru it collided with a log. The ' llon and soil production. Whea
shock threw Mr. S:iiith out. He I we Set the producer and the rail
hold onto the lines aa long as he' road set down 1J 'he same table
could but was not able check the j we-11 hare a ple then for tbe
team which finally got away from j consnajer- '
him They ran a short distance! "We d"0'1 hve people's
and the buggy struck a tree about j trust now; we have a people's
the middle of the front axle. This .distrust. And our prices are
threw Mrs. Smith about ten feet high and our production low as
bead foremost against a barbed a consequence. Listen to this:
wire fence. One of her shoes was
ripped off in the flight but beyond
a general shaking up she escaped
with a few bruises. Tbeir little
boy Raymond who was sitting on
the same seat with his father and
mother did not leave the buggy i
yet he was the only one seriously
hurt. His leg was broken. There
were no marks or other indications
of how it happened. Not even a
scratch. The front and bottom of
the buggy was pretty well smashed
up and it is possible that some of
the pieces struck him. Some In
dians happened along and caught
the horses which were badly cut
up with wire fencing. The IndianB
also notified the nearest telephone
station and Dr. BelKnap hastened
to give assistance.
Stuns Twice
A dispatch from Bend to the
Portland Journal says: "Stung
badly by yellowjackets, Daniel
H. Latham, sought revenge on the
insects by setting fire to the log in
which their nest was, and as a re
sult, got into more trouble. He I
was arrested for setting the fire,
and before Justice J. M. Lawrence
here was held to answer at circuit
court nt l'rineville.
Latham was employed by the
Deschutes Hydro-Electric Power
company, a Portland corporation,
to clear a right of way for a canal
at the fish traps, 35 miles south of
heie. Latham and the men work
ing for him thought they had ex
tinguished the fire in the log, but a
forest and fire warden was on the
alert and found it still burninr.
He helped Latham extinguish it
and then arrested him.
Daily Auto Service.
Daily auto Bervice to Madras, eon.
necting with north bound trains and
meeting same upon arrival. Tickets on
sale at Hotel Oregon. Collins & (iaffey,
Pproprietors. 8-24tf
'Always Boosting for
I Central Qtigon.
AND HE KNOWS THE COUNTRY
Big Development League Meet
; ing at Eurns October
i 2d and 3d.
j WilPara Hanley. "the big; man
j of Hai tit-y ccunty,' is here to
jday, making th Portland con
ineclioa with the Eastern Oregon
j Development league meeting in
j Burns. October 2. and 3. the
! week of the Harney county fair,
says the Portland Journal.
"It's going to be the bigpest,
most significant sratiering ever
held in Eastern Oregon," aver
red Mr. Hanley, who is as fa
mous for his quaint philosophy
as for the great holdings he con-
The latch string can't hang out
if it isn't in the home. When we
destroy the idea of storing up
provisions we destroy the idea of
the home. Properly speaking,
only tbe farmer can have tbe
latch string hanging cut. And
i Oregon without farmers can
I never keep the latch string
hanging out, for consumers. We
can't keep the latch string hang
ing out on a paper bag basis.
This town of Portland is living
principally on its building, and
the building proceeds because of
faith in future production. And
suppose we fail to produce
"We've got to be farmers in
Oregon all farmers. The slo
gan of our Burns meeting is
'Farm the soil, let the towns
take care of themselves.'
"We will advocate the exten
sion of the Agricultural college
experiment station, the getting
of a true soil survey. That last
means the diggiug of soil pits
everywhere and making com
plete analyses of all the soil so
that we will know exactly what
it will do.
"Wheu we know exactly and"
honestly what the soil will do,
we will exploit it according to its
capabilities. "Right here," continued the
cattle king, "I want to take issue
with the speech D. O, Lively
made at the development; league
meeting. He said we wanted to
pay less attention to the apple'
and more to the hog. Of course,
he made the apple growers sore.
I don't particularly blame them.
In Medford, for instance. Why,
if Med ford's whole crowd were
rounded up there wouldn't be
half a dozen hog raisers in the
bunch. And if their money
wasn't invested in fruit there it
would be spent in Europe or
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