l'ucne Or
Crook.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
RILEY GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHTER
Atwater Given from One
to Seven Years.
ERNEST ROBISON ON TRIAL
It May Take the Rett of This
Week to Finish Up all the
Criminal Docket
Circuit court is huny today nit h
the case ol 1'rneat Hohiaon,
churned with killing taw in Mo
( allinter at Howard.
J. ltiley, who shot and killed
Ixniie Long, the prixxfixlilnr, win
convicted of the crime of nun
slaughter. The jury took the cane
at 3 p. m. Monday and at 8 in the
evening returned their verdict.
He wite thU morning given an in
determinate sentence of from one
to fifteen yeara in the penitentiary.
I). V. Alwntor made a break for
liberty last week. He waa in
dicted by the grand jury for lar
ceny from a dwelling near Sistera.
He pleaded guilty and waa waiting
for sentence when be took leg bail
for it. He waa caught at Crescent
and brought back. Ho waa sen
tenced to the Nntenitary thin
morning for a term of from one to
even year.
Tlia grand jury made the follow
ing report.
Wo, the Clrntid Jury, duly em
panelled at the October, 1911,
term of the Circuit Court of the
state of OrKon for Crook Coun
ty, beg leave to rebort aa follows:
We have been In session four
days, and during that time have
returned ten true bills, and eight
not truo bills. We bavo given
our most careful and earnest ui
tontion to nil matters brought
before us, and given them the
best consideration of which wo
woro capable.
The Grand Jury wishes to
state in connection with the
churgo brought against Claude
C. Williams for the killing of
Thomas Miller, that we returned
not a true bill, for the reason
that wo do not bellevo that there
was criminal intent on the part
of Williams, who did the shooting,
and further, that a conviction
could not have been obta'ned in
case an indictment had been re
turned. But we wish to stato,
after listening to the testimony
as to the circumstances of the
occurrence, we behove Williams
is deserving of consure for not
using greater diligence and care
in preventing the situation to
ariso whereby It bocame neces
sary that any shooting should be
required, and that wo believe
that to his lack of judgment, in a
large measure, the occurrence
can be attributed. We under
stand that he is still occupying
tho position of deputy 6herilT,
and the Grand Jury recommends
that he be permanently removed
from that position of rosponsibil
ity. In several instances it has
been brought plainly to the at
tention of the Grand Jury that
some of the Justices of the Peace
who sit as committing magis
trates are not acting with proper
discretion in the matter of ad
mitting persons bound over to
the Circuit Court to bail. In
these instances mentioned, the
bail has been entirely too low,
, and In one cane particularly it
was placed at such a low figure
that the party held by the bail
could easily forfeit it without
PRINEVILLE,
Nu SflAmtlAfl ,"n" MrNaniara waa placed en trial la the I-o Angelea county (Cal.) coartbouse, charged with the acrnal dynamiting of
' uiiajwuuw (h i, Angeles T1m newarMper building, which disaster cost the Urea of twenty-one men. McNamsra'a brother, Johnj.,
Of (hO Weds ' T"1 b' r,"tlT William i. Burns, who trailed blm serosa fifteen states to get eTldenre. with having Inxtlgate'the
destrnotlun of the Times building. Clarence Da r row, who won the Mojrer-Haywood ease, is defending J. B. McNaroni, op
PomkJ to IMstrlct Attorney Frederick. Booth Tartit.tglon. the atiihor, and hla wife separated, with divorce proceedings in prospect Cornelina N. Rltss, sec
retary of the Interior In ItWT and four times treasurer of the Republican national rnnimlttee, died In New York city. He waa seventy-eight years'old. Ca
brnlih I. Itodtiers. the aviator attempting a coasf to coast night In an aeroplane, broke the long distance record of t.203 miles held by Harry yAtwood.
i much loss to liia bondsmen, and
j escape what appears to beaclear
'rase of guilt upon a penitentiary
; charge, and in which undoubted-
a conviction could have boon se
cured'. ! Four complaints bound over
j from tho city of Bond caaie be
t fore the Grand Jury by action of
tho Justice Court of the precinct
; in wich said city of Mend is lo-
eulea. these complaints were
for tho keeping of bawdy housos.
In this connection this Grand
Jury states that this question is
one which should be handled by
the municipalities of the Incor
porated cities wherein such vio
lations, and that each municipal
ity can bundle this troublesom
! matter to much better satisfac
tion than If the county at large
1 attempts to regulate the muoici
J pal affairs of any incorporated
city at the expense of the tax
J payers at largo, who have no fi
nancial interest In the munici
pality. Tho Grand Jury as a
I body meets but twice a year,
I while these kind of cases are
'coming up every day, and can be
I handled at each occurrence by
; tho. proper municipal nflicers of
' each city, and can be attended
to as often us such violations oc
cur. J hose Incorporated towns
have their regular police officers
who are paid salaries, and can at
tendand we believe it is their
duty to attend to these viola
tions with much better effect
than if it is left to the county of
ficials, who have the whole coun
ty to cover, and cannot give the
time to each municipality that
its own oflicers can. We are
aware that two previous grand
juries have passed upon this
question and set it forth at
length in their reports and we
concur in the same reasons given
by them, and the policy which
they adopted in this regard.
We have also examined the
property belonging to tho coun
ty, and with reference to the con
dition of the county jail we would
state that we are informed ' that
the last grand jury 'made a ro
commendation that better pro
tection bo afforded concerning
the windows leading into the
jail. There i is no grating of any
kind which prevents an outsider
having access Immediately up to
the, windows of the jail, and it is
a simple mattor for any outsider
so desiring, to pass any kind of
an instrument through the bars.
In our opinion this is something
that should be attended to by the
oounty court at once, as if it is
left in Its present condition seri
ous trouble is bound to result at
some time or other. Not only
should gratings or iron fencing
of some sort be placed at a dis
tance of five or six feet from the
County Journal
CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 26,
windows, but also the bars In the
windows should be placed closer
together, at least one-half the
present space, in order to pre
vent articles of a dungerous kind
being passed in. We trust that
this recommendation will be
heeded by the county court, as
in our opinion it is a very seri
ous and important one.
We notice also that the base
ment of the courthouse at the
present time is lull of dry wood,
which is used for the heating of
the building. While we realize
it 'is advantageous to have the
wood in a dry place, still we
question but what it Is exposing
the courthouse building to the
danger of fire. If in some way
a fire should get started in the
basement, and get a start in tkp
large amount of wood there, it
would be a difficult matter to
handle it, and might cause a se
vere loss and damage to the
courthouse. We call the county
court's attention to this matter,
and suggest that they give it
their careful attention.
We have examined the condi
tion of the county poor, and are
glad to state that we find the
poor of the county being attend
ed to in a very satisfactory man
ner, and that suitablo and eco
nomic provisions are mode for
their support and care, and that
the county has received very few
applications for aid since the
last grand jury met.
We have also examined the of
fices and books of the various
county officers, and as can be
easily seen, that not having suffi
cient time and facilities to con
duct a detailed expert examina
tion of the county books, we do
not attempt to pass upon the cor
rectness of the same, but as far
as we are able to determine, the
books of the various county offi
cers are systematically kept.
E. B. Knox, Foroman, Post.
M. P. Rycroft, Post.
B. F, Kendall, Redmond.
C. W. Hunter, Culver.
F. II. Woods, Redmond.
C. H. Foster, Towell Buttes.
R. C. Immelee, Redmond.
Tom SumneT
Accidentally Shot
Last Sunday while Thomas
Sumner was hunting on Little
Grizzly, he accidentally killed him
self. Just how the accident happened
is not known. Guy Sumner, a
brother, and a young fellow named
"Curley," were out hunting in the
same neighborhood. "Curley"
heard a shot and commenced look
ing around to see what had been
killed. He found the body of
Thomas Sumner in the crotch of a
large juniper on Little Grizzly!
ridge. Ilia gun was resting in the
crotch of another limb, the muzzle
pointing directly at the bead of
the dead boy.
Drs. Edwards and Hyde were
notified. They vmited the scene
of the accident and examined the
body of the boy. They found that
a piece of the ekull about two
inches tquare was blown off the
top of the head. From the po
sition of the body it was thought
that the boy had fallen asleep or
bad climbed the tree in order to
look around and in some way dis
charged the rifle. It was thought
that possibly the rifle was cocked
and some loots rock discharged it.
As there was no evidence of foul
play the coroner ordered the body
buried. The funeral was held
Tuesday afternoon from Lippman's
Undertaking Parlors. Sumner
was 16 yean of age.
School Building
Nearing Completion
Contractor Ralph R. Wheaton
has announced to the school board
that the new public school build
ing will be completed in three
weeks. This is an up-to-date
building in every particular and
will serve the needs of Prineville
for years to come.
The building is 74x91 feet. It
has an excellent cement basement
with brick superstructure. The
basement is 10J feet high and well
lighted. In this part are four
rooms abount 24x24 feet. Two
are now finished for lunch rooms
and the other two can be finished
when needed. There are also two
series of toilets, two bicycle racks
and a large 32x40 room for the
heating and ventilating plant.
The first floor has five school
rooms 25x32 feet. Each is fur
nished with a large cloakroom 6x
30 feet and also a teachers' closet.
There are two toilets on this floor
and one bubbling fountain. The
second floor has four schoolrooms
25x32 feet, a principal's room, a
storeroom, cloakrooms, teachers'
closets and one toilet. This floor
is also supplied with a bubbling
fountain. Two of the rooms on
this floor can be thrown together
making a large assembly 30x72
with a good sized stage at one end.
Each schoolroom is supplied
with a large built-in bookcase with
glass doors. These, with the li
brary, which is on the first land
ing, give ample room for a large
library. Each floor has a large
hall 10x60 feet. Every room is
well lighted, there being 93 win
dows in the building. ' The walls
are finished with hair-fibre plaster
and are then tinted. The wood
work is painted. The school rooms
are to be supplied withslate black-
191 1.
Entered at th fx,mU.mr t PrlRfY.II
boards.
The Mcl'herson Company of
Portland are now installing a
Plenofan heating and ventilating
system. Their representative, E.
J. Venne, states that he will have
this completed in about a week.
This system is now being used by
most of the large c'ty schools. It
consists of a battery, of three fur
naces, which burn either coal or
wood, a large revolving fan which
conducts the fresh air from the
outside to the chambers around
the furnaces and a six-horse power
engine which runs the fan and
sends the warmed air through
pipes to each room. Sufficient
warmed fresh air is delivered into
each room to change the entire
supply every seven minutes, or to
put it more definitely, each pupil
is supplied with 1700 cubic feet of
fresh air every hour. The foul air
is carried to the attic where it is
discharged through louvres.
The engine is of the Miets A
Weiss make and burns either kero
sene or crude oil. It is considered
the best of its kind now on the
market and has been adopted by
the United States government for
coast lighthouse service and in
other government stations where
reliable service was required at all
times.
Taken as a whole the new Prine
ville public school stands among
the best of its kind in the Btate
and every citizen of this district
has reason to feel proud of the new
school building.
It is due Contractor Wheaton to
state that he has performed labor
not called for in his contract but
which he considered necessary.
He has cased ten openings and put
in about 800 feet of ceiling. He
put in an extra window and two
doorways, besides a railing above
the library, etc. He did this on
his own time and expense.
Men's Mass Meeting
Sunday Afternoon
There will be a men's masB
meeting at the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
County Superintendent Ford will
preside. Rev. Bailey will conduct
the devotional service. Rev.
Lininger will offer prayer. Ad
dresses will be made by Judge
Bennett of The Dalles, District At'
torney Wilson, Attorney Meyers of
Culver, and H. O. Perry, district
superintendent of The Dalles dis
trict of the M. E. church.
Lost or Stolen.
From my auto Sunday night, a Fold
ing Pocket Camera in leather case.
Ke ward for ita return to J. K. istmaon,
Prineville, Oregon. 10-26
Gold Broach Lost,
Gold broach lost Tuesday : liberal re
ward if returned to Hotel Prineville. It
VOL. XV NO. 48
COMMERCIAL CLUB
WINS HILL CUP
For Best Commercial
Club Exhibit.
IT HAD FIVE HUNDRED PIECES
Complete List of Premium Won.
Crook County Shows Wide
Range of Products.
The Prineville Commercial Club ex
hibit was awarded the silver enp of
fered by the Great Northern Railway
for the best Commercial Club ex
hibit In Crook county. The cup Is
a handsome one and Is Inscribed a
follows :
J BKST EXHIBIT J
- Grains, grasxes,
Vegetables and
Root Crops Crook J
County Fair, 1911.
It la on display In the ladies
parlors. It Is valued at $100. This
makes three silver cupa won by the
Prineville Commercial Club. The
other cups are valued at $200 apiece.
This year's display was the best
exhibit of Crook county products
ever collected. There are 500 separ
ate plecea. Some will be sent East
to the land shows, some will be fixed
up tor a permanent exhibit at the
club rooms and the rest will adorn
the exhibit car sent around the
country.
Farm Prtdactt Irrif iti
Display grasses 1st prtie, D. K.
Putman.
Display grasses, 1st, E. T. Slayton,
Dteplny n Haifa, latv D. H. Putmar
Display alfalfa, 1st, E. T. Slayton.
Scotch Fife, 2nd, E. T. Slayton.
Beardless barley, 2nd, E. T. Slay
ton. Spring oats, 1st, S. D. Mustard,
Spring rye, 1st, E. T. Slayton.
. Wheat In stock, 1st, E. T. Slayton,
Wheat In stock, 1st, S. D. Mustard.
Oats In stock, 1st, E. T. Slayton.
Oats In stock, lmt, S. D. Mustard.
Barley In stock, 1st. E. T. Slayton.
Field corn, 2nd, E. T. Slayton.
Sunflowers, 1st, D. H. Putman.
Exhibit of farm products, 1st, 33.
T. Slayton.
Exhibit of farm products. 2nd, W.
H. Kinder.
GBOW.N IN ONE PRECINCT.
1st, W. H. Kinder.
Kale, 1st, W. H. Kinder.
Cauliflower, 1st, W. H. Kinder.
Lettuce, 2nd, ' "
Tom Thumb corn, 2nd, W. H. Kin
der. Fina Pndactt Dry.
Spring wheat, 1st, G. Springer.
Display altalfa, " "'
Golden Chaff, 1st, Mrs. H. J. Healy,"
Sample red oats, 1st, " " ' .
FaU rye " "
Alfalfa seed, 2nd, " -Yellow
Flint corn, 1st, " 44
Exhibit farm products, 1st, Mrs.
H. J. Healy.
MISCELLANEOUS DISPLAY.
Honey, 1st, E. T. Slayton.
Honey, 2nd, S. L. Reynolds.
Butter, 1st, Mrs. W. S. Ayers.
Butter, 2nd, Mrs. J. S. Fox.
Ve(eUbl Irrigated.
Early Rose potatoes, 1st, "Beulall
Kinder.
Early Rose potatoes, 2nd, S. D.
Mustard.
Early Rose potatoes, 1st, Fred
Roberts.
Burbank potatoes, 1st E. T. Slay
ton. Burbauk potatoes, 2nd, S. D,
Mustard.
White Victor potatoes, 1st, E. T.
Slayton.
Early Eureka potatoes, 2nd, C. LV
Roberts.
Extra Early Ohio potatoes, 1st, S.
D. Mustard.
Extra Early Ohio, 2nd, E. T. Slay
ton. Radishes, 2nd, W, H. Kinder.
1st, Beulah Kinder.
Half Long Danver carrots, 1st, W.
H. Kinder.
Oxheart carrots, 1st, W. H. Bird-
song.
Continued on last page.