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Crook County Journal'
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APIL 1 1, 1912.
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VOL.XVI-NO.20
Two Demonstration
For
Two new demonstration farms j mind in the selection of, tho sites:
have Just been catabllhhed In i an average clitnate, soil and ele
Crook county by a committee I vation, to mode it tn represent
from the Oregon Agricultural Vive as iossiole of the largent
College composed of Pres. W, J,
Kerr, Prof. H. D. Scudder and
Urgent C. L. Halley. One, to be
devoted to dry farming experi
ments, is five minutes walk from
Metollus; tho other, to be devoted
to irrigation farming, is ten min
utes walk from Redmond. In
lot!) cases farms already in
operation were taken over for
tho season, since it was desired
to put every available dollar of
of the fundi secured forthework.
into tho experiments, Tor'wfiTcl
at present there is no provision
for this year only.
Careful Investigation of the
possibilities of all parts of the, climate, or elevation conditions
county was made before tho sol- could not be used. At Deschutes
ection, since conditions there are J an ideal location for the irrigation
ungual and the best methods are, work was found, but owing to
la many cases, unknowu. The! the lack of settlement at that
rapid development of the section point at present, it was thought
since the entranceof the railroads best to locate iu a more populous
lias brought In mahy inexper-(district. It is planned to do
lonced farmers, and others un cooperative work near Ilend. at
used to the dry-farming or ir-j Deschutes, In the vicinity of La
rigation work necessary there, i Pine and near Hampton Buttes
resulting In disappointment and The work begins at once. Plans
discouragomeot to many. The . for laying out and cropping tho
college hopes, through the ex
pcriment farms there, to show
them the way to success.
After consultation of the Cen
tral Oregon Development League
with Prof. Scudder. Pres. Carl
li f:rv of tbe (Won Trunk and
tho oflleittls of tbe 0. W. It. A N.
referred the matter of plans to
Pros. Kerr and Dr.Janies Withy
comb, director of the Oregon
Experiment Station, and started
a campaign for funds
Hill line, the Oregon Trunk, and
the new Harriman extension of
the O. W It. ft X. each gave f
600, the Crook County Court ad
ded $3,000, and tho localities in-
interested ana private ciu.ens j rdg p(.r day (Ail buildings near
brought the total to t.O"0. i it had to be abandoned on ac
which was placed in the bunds of icouut of lhe oil 8pray frora lhe
tbe college experts for the work, j gasher wuich at times covered a
Two experts have been cos ;rudiua of 3 tallos. giving every
by the college to take charge of thinK a lhlck C01ltiog of oil.
the work. Hecause of the great
Importance in tbe development
of Central Oregon, it was decid
ed to put the irrigation work
diroctlv in the bands of W. L.
Powers of the college faculty,
who is probably the best author
ed on that subjoct in the. state.
The dry farming station will be
under tho direction of C C. Cun
ningham of Kansas State Agri
cultural College, who has been
agronomist at the Ft. Hays dry
farming experiment Station in
Western Kansas, probably one
of the largest of the sort in the
United States.
Using these two farms as cen
ters, cooperative demonstration
work will be done throughout
tho county wherever farmers
have urobilins to solve or
difficulties to surmount. Every
neighborhood will be reached and
kept iu close touch with the
stations. .The directors willtrav
el through "the county . holding
private conferences and public
meetings, and frequent special
gatherings will occur at the cen
trul stations to study the. work
done there. Prof. Scudder, who
has probably moredotailed know
lege of the county aud its re
couvces than any one else, will
be in supervision, He spent
three woeks studying the county's
various problems at first hand
last year, that tho final work
might) bo thorough.
Three objects were kebt in
Farms
Crook
County
number of farms in the county;
immediate accessiblity to us lurge
a portion of the population as
possible; and the securing of a
farm already partly In stubble
and partly In crop, equipped
ready for work, with the farmer
already on the ground and will
ing to lease the whole for the
year at a reasonable price Since
there were funds for but oue
year, there was not time for
clearing new land, and it was so
necessary that the work should
readily inspected by the largest
number of people possible, that
land otherwise superior in sail,
two farms, vuriotlos and meth
ods to be used and demonstrat
ions to be made are already
prepared by Prof. Scudder.
Though the time is short, .it is
hoped to do much toward solving
iCrojl co,,n,-v problem.
Good Program at the Lyric.
Tbe big Lawe Oil U usher at
Maricopa. California, was struck
March HHh. 1010. It tore awav
The newdei.ri(.iss Bnd shot 350 feet in the
air. The original well was 12
Inches in diumeter but the crater
now measures 40 feet in width
and 2,'0 feet deep, and now
flows from &0.-W to 7j.OOO bar-
This well and its surroundings
have been used in making the
photoplay, '-Lost and Won." a
clever story dealing with spec
' ulation in oil stock, which will be
exhibited Friday and Saturday
eveuing at the Lyric.
Eggs That Hatch.
From 15 eggs cold Mrs. Coltrcll 15
chicks hatched; from iny pen of 21
White Leghorns during March I got
AM eggs-, from 144 now setting lot! test
good. Who cim btat it. Yours for
eggs, J. W. Stewart.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
sentence caused the murder of Judge Massie In the Hlllavllle court The Chicago beef packers were acquitted of alleged violation of the Sherman anti trust
law. J. Ogden Armour and Louis F. Swift were Um leading defendants. Philip S. Illchborn of Washington, son of the late Bear Admiral EUchborn, com
mitted suicide. It is believed that Liu mind was deranged by broodlus over the elopement of his wife with Horace Wjlle.
County Court. Dragged Through
adj.., -i,:d ,,h.on. the Ochoco
Present J I. 0. Kllis, judge;!
Commissioners It. II. lUylef and i The Juniors and Sophomores of
Uice; County C.erk, Brown and of the Crook County High School
Sheriff Balfour. bad n "citing tug-of war Monday
Proposed timber cruising. And afternoon. Tbe Juniors put the
nowsppears in open court certain challenge np to the "Sophs" and
taxpayers and others and present (Stipulated that the opposing teams
their argument' for and against !huld man the banks of the Ocho
such proposed cruise. c0nd tbat the Joer ,bould
It appearing to the court that! dragged across the stream. The
because of the uncertainty and ( Sophomores didn't relish the pros
probable inability of the assessor pect of a cold bath so fought shy of
to make economical and fully
beneficial use, in getting out tbe
1912 tax roll, of. the results of a
timber cruise for tbe current year.
and to tbe further fact that due
advertisement calling for bids for
such cruising was, by inadvert-
ance, not given, as provided by the
inrm nt.Ur ni thin court, it is
therefore ordered that the county
clerk forthwith make due adver-
tieement in the official county
paper, calling for bids for cruising ;
by 40-acre tracts or lots, all of the
timber lands in (rook county.
Tbe bidder to give a surety bond
in the sum of 120,000 to guarantee
the correctness of his bid to with
in 15 per cent of a conservative
cruise, such conservative cruise, to
be determined by tbe court or a
responsible cruiser selected by said
court, the contractor to "pay tbe
cost of such cruise in case the vari
ance exceeds 15 per jent, other
wise the county to pay therefor.
Payments for such cruising to be
made at regular terms of this court
as the work progresses, until 25
per cent of the total cost thereof
shall have been paid; tbe remain
ing 75 per cent of the cost thereof
is to be paid by warrants issued at
regular terms of this court as the
work progresses, but tbe same are
not to be due or payable until on
or before one year from the date of
the issuance thereof, such deferred
payments to draw interest from
date of issuance at the' rate of 6
per cent per annum until paid.!
All bi Is to ba seak'd and filed with
the county clerk prior to May 1,
1912, and the county court re
serves the right to reject any and
all bids, and further reserves the
right to go into full details, should
a contract be entered into with
any bidder.
Tbe clerk is further directed to
return forthwith to the original
bidders who ahave heretofore sub
mitted bin's, their respective bids.
Water! Water! Water!
I will sell or trade 102 shares Swalley
water stock L. It. & I. Co. Will lake
pay in clearing land. For full particu
lars and terms write Josrs Land Co.,
Keilmond, Oregon. J-14-4t
White Wyandotte Eggs for
Hatching.
Fishel and Kelly strains. $2 per 1" E.
E. Kvans, Prineville, Or. - lti
John Arbuckle, the millionaire coffee and suitar merchant, died suddenly at his home In Brooklyn. Many sharp engagements
were reported between tbe Mexican rebels under Pasqiiale Oroico and the federal troops' near Torreon. General Salua, the
former minister of war, committed' suicide after a long battle in which he lost nearly 400 troops. A member of the posse
searching for the Allen outlaws in the Virginia mountains succeeded In capturing Claude Allen, the son of Floyd Allen, whose
tbe challenge. Jhey were given
two extra men to balance tbe
heavier Junior team and the stuff
was on. Not only were the loeers
to be dragged across the creek,
j which at this time carries four or
j five feet of water and a Btrong cur
(rant, but they must also jump off
the F-street bridge and swim
ashore. Both teams announced
that all was ready and the war
was on. The "Sophs" gained
slowly from the first. TheJuniors
were pulled to the water's edge and
then slowly into the stream. When
the water got waist high there was
nothing to do but swim. Then
they dove off the bridge into the
swift running current and tbe
stunt was over. There was a big
crowd out to witness the contest.
Work Commenced
On La Pine Ditch
Active operations began at the
"Muskrat" and graders' camps,
10 miles southwest of La Pine,
this morning on the main canal
of The Deschutes Land compa
ny's irrigation system, following
the arrival of fourteen men head
ed by Field Supervisor M. E.
Rodsrers. who reached La Pine
Monday afternoon. Civil Engi
neer K. E. Hodgman aud Engi
neeer Martin OTooley came Sun-
dar, the former going on to
Crsecont lake Monday to look
over the condition of things at
the outlet of the lake where the
dam is to be constructed, while )
M r. O'Tooley went to the "Wild
cat." the steamshovel, to put it in
order for operations which, it is
thought, will begin by Saturday.
The failure of a blacksmith to ar
rive has set back work a little at
that camp. C..H. Clow of La
Pine is to fire the excavator while
Mrs. Clow is to be cook at the
"Wildcat" camp.
Herman Birdsall is the engi
neer of the "Muskrat" and Cap
tain Ed Davey is to operate the
dredge's levers as before. The
captain and his brother are ex
pected here tomorrow.
The teams and graders were in
ull swing early this morning.
U'i Pine Inter-Mountain.
Railroad Prospects Good
Committee Well Pleased
T. M. Baldwin and M. E. TSHriW re-jrettult of thla Investigation win be
turned from Portland lout evening, speedily followed by active ecm
where they had been conferring with ; ittructlon. The extension to Prlae
ofllclnhi of tbe Harrlmun and Hill : ville will remit In more Immediate
railroad with inference to a pro-j
potted branch from Terrebonne to j
Prlnevllle. 'J he meiuliera of the com-1
mlttee are high In their praiee of the
many courfewle extended to them
by Prewldent Farrell, of the O. W. R.
4VN. Co., and President Gray of tbe
Oregon Trunk, and many other of
ficals of the two great systems.
The situation wu thoroughly
gone over with tbe railroad chuff.
and the Increased truffle that will
naturally aud Inevitably result from
the proponed entenslon to 1'rlueville
waa dlHc-utwed at length. The com
mittee received tbe assurance that
the matter of extending to Prlnevllle
will have the very closest confeder
ation of one or more of the great
railroad systems, and feel tbat tbe
Butte
Valley School
Has a Real Grievance
Editor Journal If Butte Val
ley district is Btill racking its
brains as to why its school terms
are shortened to seven months in
stead of nine, which it has every
right to have, it need ponder no
longer as the unexplainable is ex
plained. It seems tbe boundary board
unlawfully cut of the timber land
irom tbe Butte Valley district,
transferring it to tbe Bend district,
and as very little land in Butte
Valley district is deeded, it can
readily be seen why this shortage
of school funds.
The lack of money was not under
stood until the clerk, J. I. Jones,
made an investigation, and found
the above state of affairH, notwith
standing the Oregon school laws
say very plainly that "Before any
new district shall be establishei1,
or change shall be made in the
boundaries of any existing district,
the superintendent shall cause to
be posted in three public and con
spicuous places in such proposed
district, or in eaeb of tbe existing
districts, at least ten days before
action is taken, as herein provided,
written or printed notices of the
boundaries of the proposed new
districts, or the changes to be
made in the boundaries of anv ex
isting district, and of the session of
the board when the same will be
Pay Up No Nonsense.
All persons indebted to me are re
quested to settle at once or their ac
counts will be placed in the hands of an
attorney for collection.
3-28-lmp Si Hodgfs.
benefit to tbe stockman than ant;
other buHluetM, as be will thereby be
enabled to load hi stock direct from
the feeding grounds and ave tbe
loss and expense of driving twenty
mile to a shipping point.
Prlnevllle la located In the very
center of the greatest hay producing
country In Central Oregon, If not fa
tbe northwest, and is destined to be
come tbe moet Important stock ship
ping point on the coast. Altogether
the committee feela greatly en
couraged, and tbat tbe railroad In
terest have a lietter anderstnndinjc
of the situation than ever before.
W. F. King who was with the
committee, was delated In Portland
on business and will not return nntl
tomorrow.
done." Ore. school law, p. 73.J
While the votes cast in Bend
for county officials may be a
larger number than those cast at
Powell Buttes, it would seem that
the common interest in our
country schools welfare should
cause us to forget our "ax" once ia
awhile.
Butte Valley has an eigth grade
class of six pupils, who, if they
could have bad a full 9-montk
term of school, would have passed
with a splendid showing. Bat
what chance have they, with tbe
shortened term, when our tow a
pupils, fresh from their books,
barely pass? School will be out a
month before they will have their
examinations which is a serious
drawback in itself. The work
done by the Butte Valley school
shows more than ordinary ability,
and we believe in encouraging
honest effort wherever found. Wt
are not on our feet yet since or
ganizing, our district is heavily
bonded, ana we are in arrears wita
the teacher's salary, bo the fact that
we have had the taxes of about
nineteen timber claims taken front
us without the formalities of law,
call for an appeal, which we now
make to every fair minded voter of
Crook county who will vote at th
j primaries, April 19,
School Patbo'
Arthur Hodges Seeks
Municipal Honors
Our old fellow townsman,
Arthur Hodges, is making a lively
race for the office of mayor at
Boise, Idaho. The Idaboans conic!
not find a better man, for the place.
There is no question of his honor,
integrity and" ability to fill the
place. Mr. Hodges 6erved at
deputy county clerk of Crook
county for eight years. He was
then elected county clerk for tea.
years, lie has been mayor of
Brine ville for a couple of terms,
lie filled every position with great
credit to himself.' May his honett
ability and integrity win him tb
mayorality race in Boise is the
wish of his Prineville friends.
Brown Leghorn Eggs.
15 for $1.50. Leave orders at WhTtc
grocery. Mrs. I'kektox Thomsox. Ijc
Sawmill for Sale or Trade.
10 M capacity, near Sisters. Will
give good terms to right man. Inquir
at this olIU'6.
4-11
Brown Leghorns
Pure-bred! Brown Leghorn eggs, $i
setting ; day old chicks. Mrs. Lbcj.
Zkix, Prineville, Ore. 8 7