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Crook .County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC 14, 1911.
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MR. CARL R. GRAY
MAKES PREDICTION
Sees Great Future for
Central Oregon.
CITY ELECTION
NEXT MONDAY
WILL BE CRANARY OF 0REC0N
President of Hill Road Ad
dresses Threthermen't
Association.
Prediction! that Central Ore
gon is destined to become the
granary of Oregon were made by
Carl U. Gray, president of the;
North Hank. Oregon Trunk and
ottier Hill road, in his recent
address before tin) Statu Thresh
ermen's Association at Salem.
Mr. (J ray presented Rome Inter j
eating figures Illustrating the
present KUto of development
or lack of development in inter-j
lor Oregon and told why it can
and will become one of the;
wealthiest areas in the entire'
country. !
lie said:
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me mumau. romuou o. me
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sent with the hitherto practical
ly unknown grat central area of
this statu is the. rcuson, 1 have
been asked to address you and
particularly the reason for the
subject which has been assigned
to mn.
"There is nothing new or cx-1
perimental in the country lying
rcst f the CMcftdes. Thw three
groat valleys have been success-,
fully cultivated for generations
and thore should, bo no question ;
In the mind of any cue as to the
greatness and extent of their fu
turu possibilities.
"I find very few people, how
ever, who really known much
about the district which is now
familiarly (allcd.Otitial Oregon,
To be exact, it is the vast terri
tory lying cast of the Cascade
Kongo und extending from the ;
Columbia river to California, eon- j Nuither do 1 ineau 'this con
taining five fountiM-Sherman.j,ngAugusl.orthigcomlng yeur
Wilunrt ('truil T mm ami lluriitair ' . . -v
,.-ovw, v..
with a population of 8H.G10
"These live counties have
about four times the area of
Maryland with one-thirteenth its
population. They avenigo one
unu one mira persons to me probloms of proper 8eedi son
square mile; they have more j ttnttlysiS) utilteation of moisture,
than one half the aera of Iowa!corrcct ru,atiolli are t3 bo met
and less than one-sixtieth 'ts j with and solved,
population; they have -1S5 acres Tho crying need of thQ coun.
per person-Iowa has 10. I" try is natural! v for people, but
Crook, Harney and Lake coun-1 tho grotttor ncod u for , or
ties the avernce population is ,v, ;.,. e, j ,
sovon tonth of a
porson per
square mile, in Crook county one
and ono-tlitli persons.
"Nevortheloss, material ad
vancement has been made, even
without transportation facilities,
which is evidenced by the single
fact that Crook county in 11(01
had but ono threshing outfit
which handled 100,000 bushels
of grain, whilo in 1909 there were
15 which throshod more than
2,000,000 bushels.
"It la estimated that one-third
of the acres of Wasco and Crook
counties are susceptible of agri
culture, being Sill, 472 in Wasco,
1,707,520 iu Crook; one-fourth of
Harney county, or 1 ,005,010
acres it is estimated can bo cul
tivated. Figures are not imme
diately available for Shorman
and Luke, but it can reasonably
be assumed that these tive coun
ties contain 5,000,000 acres of
tillable land.
"Thore are at the present time
In the several segregations be-
i vt I -ll f p
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NeVS SflADshofS Wr KJw"r'' Ur,,)'- l,rHl '"""It'll nw-retnry. detlued hla attitude la tbe Moroccan Incident and declared that the relations be
t v a vMiafouuia twwn (ireat llrltnln and the othT Kuriiiwnn countri ere iki erlou aa to demaDd pulillc attention. Pope Pina X. performed
Of the Week "' "al """"""J' 1,1 ",e elevation of Uie til iv new Ainerlran cardinals, wbom he balled aa representatives of tbe "land of
liberty." Andrew Uonnr Law iu'ceeIi-d Arthur J. Ilnlfouraa the opKmltlon leader In England. David Urucellrown, driving a
Pint car. won the crtuul prize at Kavanimli, t;a. Ill average speed for the 11 uilles wa 74.80 nillea an hour, a new world's record. Leonidns Merritt, lea
llfyluaj before the Ktnuley Immtlk-ntliiK committee, declared that he hud beeil xtrlppocl of property worth $700,000,000 by John D. Rockefeller. Wharton
tiurkvr told the sennle committee on Intc-mlal commerce that Itoosevelt nmde a bur fa Id wlib the railroad Intereata to help them In return for their support
twecn 750,(XK) and Hno.(KK) acres
of land which can and wiil all bo
Imitated, and there are easily
l.OuO.UK) acres which will come
within tliis category within the
next few years.
"I am assured by agricultural
experts that ull of this land is
susceptible of cultivation, the re
I urns Iwtinir iinrmost ionuhln wlioro
" '
imeHintond correct method
;Bre fol(mH. When one epplio-:
Mbik
figures and appreciates
their potential force it is stag
gering, but it U not going to
come at once, nor wit hout effort.
! Down South a negro was con
i victed of murder and sentenced
: to death. The judgo said toiiim:
'The sentence of this court I
, , , eontined In the coun. I
,y j,a l)nlil vho 22ll dny of Au-1
gust, and ttmt on that Ualu you
. to lho ,
tio Bd thore ,1nged b lhe
,.,,,. ... ... d . .
I may (lod have mercy on your
soul.' The thing seemed to sink
'rather slowly into lho negro's
ifull consciousness; ho shifted
around first on one foot and then
the other and tlnully addressing
; the court in ti pleading manner,
said.
"ay jedge, you
don't moan
Ulia AuLMlst dos vm.v
central Uregon presents mans
size problems. It is practically
without agricultural history or
precedent. The vast acres are
there; varying climatic conditions
must bo reckoned with; all the
I bllU I3l'l V UIIVA lKI DUO IUIIU
thev aro started richt. As
!jenj
sum of money has been
raised by contributions from the
railroads, business interests of
Portland and in Crook county, to
establish and maintain for near
ly two years, or until the legisla
ture can assume its proper re
sponsibilities, two experimental
stations in that county one to
teach dry and the other irrigated
farming.
"While at least two experi
mental farms will be maintained,
wo expect the best results to
llow from intimate instruction
given to the farmer upon his own
land. We feel a natural and par
donable pride in having accom
plished this much, still it is but a
drop in the bucket when com
pared with the necessities of the
whole situation.
"Oregon is essentially an agri
cultural state, and we have at
Corvallis a remarkable agricult
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WiJKte 4 ft towing "wkwhI A?5 1 ff
ural college. Properly support-
cd and enabled to extend its op
erations by subordinate stations
throughout the entire state, it
can he counted on to do more
for the commercial advancement
of the state than any other agen
cy. "In Eurojienn countries agri
cultural education has received
far more attention than with us.
In Denmark, which is about the
si.eofCrookand Harney counties.
there are more than 50 aS(rieu! -
turn! coll. . res and schools, and
tlm Ktnto movides in almost ev-
cry neighborhood its experts to
continually counsel with and ad-
vise the farmers.
The figures with
respect to
u tiKiit. 1
wheat in the United
States are
startling. The exports for the
fiscal year 1909 were 05.470.811
bushels; for the fisctd year 1910,
44,35:1,9-19 bushels, ond for the
fiscal year of. 1911, 24.38S.619
bushels. These figures indicate
that the surplns of wheat in our
country is diminishing very rap
idly and will disappear entirely 1
within the next year or two un
less there is a radical change
Ono of tho reasons, naturally, is
the increase in population and
the deerease in proportion of
farmers.
"A few years ago a farmers'
products fed himself and one
other; now they must feed him
self and two others. In 1001
there was 9.81 bushels of wheat
raised per capita; in 1911, 7 13
bushels.
"It seems to me to be entirely
reasonable to say that Central
Oregon can be made the granary
of tho state, but to do this it
must be peopled and they must
be educated and assisted. It is
not a universal condition, but so
frequently is it the case as to at
tain unpleasant prominence, that
lands are held ut too high aprico.
This will not be a continuing
condition, however, and will large
ly regulate itself; but it does not
have its adverse effect at the
present and does tend to post
pone settlement.
"The question is one in which
all our interests aremutual. We
unquestionably have tho country,
and we evidently have favorable
conditions of soil and climate.
Rarely does a now country start
with so inviting a prospect. It
is fair to say that the railroads
havo done their share and are
now only awaiting an evidence of
co operation and progress to ad
vance even further into the in
terior than they are at prosent."
Oregonian. x
To the Public.
Cnnmeneing Monday, Pec. 18, and
until after Christinae, my store will be
open evenings to accommodate those
who cannot do their shopping daring
the day. Mus. 1. Micma.
Inter - Society
Declamatory Contest
On Fiiday evening of last week
occured the annual Inter-Society
Declamatory Contest. All who
have attended these contests in
years pat expected a good pro
gram, and thone who have known
anything of the work of the coach,
;" "in, eure me con-
jle,'tould,'eof lli2b order- 1!ul
s11 ere rprised at the high class
I . I. 1 .l .
'"h0'11 - Kvery
shown. Every selection was ex
cellent. There was a charm of
'.naturalness about each numVr
thai is always so pleading to an
audience.
The program was lone, there be
ing twelve contestants and four
' numbers, yt no-one was
tired when it was over. It is the
uuiversal opinion that it was the
liet ever held in the city and
many who have had experience
with such contests in various
places, pronounce it one of the
best they have ever heard. High j local musicians, under the direc
School patrons are proud of thetion of Mr. Rose. Both Mr. and
work in this department this year, j Mrs. Rose are earnest Christians.
In order to give the contestants They are conservatory graduates
a fairer opportunity they were di -
vided into three classes Oratori
cal, dramatic and humorous. The
winner of first place in each class
will be awarded a gold medal. In
order to stimulate continued inter
est in these contests the faculty
have offered a large banner to be
held one year by the society scor
ing the highest total percentage.
The society which scores the high
est grand total of percentage in
three successive contests shall re
tain possession of the banner per
manently. The contest this year was an
unusually close one. The Alphas
were determined to repeat their
performance of last year, but were
met with an equal determination
on the part of the Ochoconians.
The latter started with a rush, se
curing both first and second in the
oratorical class, but were shortly
tied when the, former scored both
places in the dramatic. It was
not until the last speaker had
finished that there was any certain
ty as to the winner. When all
points were summed up it was
found the Alphas had scored 533
points, but the Ochoconians were
enabled to count b points better
and therefore won possession of
the banner for the first year. The
winners:
Oratorical, Harold Cooke.
Dramatic, Corrine Coffin.
Humorous and Pathetio, Leola
Estes.
First, over all, Leola Estes. .
Luckey's orohestra fitmiBhed a
number of excellent selections.
The duet by Mrs. Coe and Mrs.
Elkfns was also greatly enjoyed.
Great Interest in
Revival Meetings
revival services conducted
The
by Hev. Dr. I'ulgin, ascieUd by
Mr. and Mrs. Uope, singers, and by
all the churches of Prineville, are
creating great interest in this city, j
Dr. liulgin is a forceful, enthu-j
siastic speaker and an energetic i
worker, lie has a message for all j
spited to think better thought, and j
and tooee who heir him are in
lead better lives. Dr. liulgin has
been in turn a man of the world,
an infidel, a lawyer, and finally an
earnest worker for Christ. His
many experiences have given him
broad sympathies and a good un
derstanding of human nature.
The meetings here haTe been in
progrefs since Sunday evening and
already many have made a start
toward a Christian life. Commer
cial Hall is crowded nightly.
The music is furnished by a
choir of fifty voices, assisted by
. and add much to the interest of
the meetings
singing.
by their excellent
The Journal Contest.
The leadership in our piano con
test is just about as uncertain as
the Irishman's flee now you have
it and then The other fellow has
it. Mary Elliott made a strong
bid for first place this week, but
when the votes were all counted
Mrs. Cyrus had the goods.
Interest keeps growing right
along and with it extra work.
Hereafter all votes must be in by
noon Wednesday in order to be
counted in that week's issue. This
will save a whole lot of wear and
tear on the contest editor and pre
vent possible mistakes. The new
names must be placed in pur sub
scription book and on the mailing
galleys before the rush of Thurs
day. Our contestants will please
bear this in mind. The vote this
week stands:
Mrs. Vira Cyrus 27,675
Miss Mary Klliott 20,785
Miss Maggie Glaze ...10,495
Miss ICmerieu Young 4475
Miss Jessie Hartley, Paulina .3425
Baptist Church, Prluevllle .1000
Miss Myrtle Joslin of Haystack....l000
Furniture at Your Price.
TheO. T. Co. of Madras will sell at
public auction their entire stock of Fur
niture and Hoiieefuriiiehiutrs Tuesday,
Pec. 111. Sale commences at 10 a. ni.
Store near Oregon Trunk depot. This
is your opportunity to secure furniture
at your own price. 1214-lt
Four houses to rent, from 2-room to
7-room. List your house now. Prine
ville Furniture Exchange, ChaB. F.
Condart, propr. 12-14
Six Candidates Out for
Marshal.
TWO FOR CITY RECORDER
John B. Shipp is the Only AI
dermanic Candidate An
nounced So Far.
Local interest in the city elec
tion next Monday is chiefly center
ed in the contest for city marshal.
Six candidates are in the field
for the office Al Yancey, Tom
Coon, Ed Smith, Win. Keehn,
Floyd Rowell and Ben Jones.
Mayor Edwards will be a candi
date for re-election. He deserves
a second term. lie has worked
bard for the best interests of tbe
City auring ine paei vear sou na
8larted improvements that should
be completed under his adminis
tration. He has no 0 position.
Claude Smith has no opposition,
so far as we have heard, for the
office of city treasurer. He will
doubtless succeed himself.
There are two contestants for the
office of city recorder R. S. Price
nd the incumbent R. W.
oreeec. ivecurucr nrrccc una ter-
tair.lv made a record that will be
hard to duplicate. He is tbe first
man that has ever made the office
self-sustaining. He has not only
got his own fees out of it, but has
also made the office pay about 150
month to the city. Creese will
be . bird man to beat. , ' "
J B. Shipp will be an alder
manic candidate. His friends in
sist on his running and he has
consented. His experience in
council matters will prove of great
value to the city. He's an old
hand at the business.
There seems to be a great deaf
of misunderstanding regarding the
referendum on the railway fran
chise. Some maintain that the
franchise was granted to a self
serving corporation that seeks to
hold desirable rights-of-way and
terminals for speculation. Notb,--ing
is farther from the truth. If
anyone will take the trouble to
read the granting ordinance it will
be seen that unless something is
done within three years it becomes
null and void. A year of the time
has already elapsed. There is
another clause that limits the sale
or tranffer of the franchise for
such sum aa will reimburse tbe
original holders for money actually
paid out for acquiring titles.
If we ever expect to get a favor
able hearing from railroad officials
or railroad promoters we must
have something tangible to offer.
The cash cr its equivalent in rights-of-way,
terminal grounds, etc.
This franchise was a tangible asset
for the city and something that
would secure at least a favorable
hearing at the proper time for any
proposition we had to offer. With
out it we have nothing but hot air
to give. Consider the matter be
fore you vote it down. A cross
(x) before YES on the ballot
means that you want the franchise
continued as at present. A cross
(x) before NO nullifies the fran
chise. Think it over. We need a
railroad.
Opened For Business.
New Prineville Candy Kitchen opeoeJ
Dec. l;, with a full Hue of fresh Home
made Candies. Everything new and
up-to-date, Candies that will be es
pecially toothsome. Our lion Bone,
Ice Cream Chocolates, Caramels, etc.
We will have a Bpecial sale Sept. lt
Yankee Peanut Flake, regular 3oc
special 20c. Something new every Sat
urday. Long's Candy Kitcubs