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Eighth Grade Exams
Net Satisfactory
Supt. Fori! v;u not altogether
pleased with the record maile in the
county at the eighth grade exami
nations recently held. While Crook
county stood higher than some of
the counties of the, state, yet the
answers as a whole showed Utck of
preparation on the part of the
student.
Out of lOt' anulieants. the suitor-
intendent reports that oS passed; ' injf onto the adjoining sheep ranges. !
J.' were conditioned, some in two mtor a (rood deal of discussion a
studies hut most of them in only satisfactory line was agreed uimii.
one; 2 failed outright. Mr. Ford j t An assessment of 0 cents ht
considered the examination ques- j head was levied for buying salt and
tions very fair. "There are no ex- pacing line riders. Another as
tenuating circumstances whatever," j sesnient of 20 cents ier head was
said he, "but lack of preparation." . levieiVlo apply on building the drift
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do not
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Marx Cresk
Important Meeting of , C. C. H. S. Junior Class Crook County High
lit . .. T . I it I l ! O I 1 ST .
Livestock Association i rresent tsmeralda i ocnooi notes
There was a meeting of the com- (
mittee of the Mill Creek Livestock ;
Association last week to consider,
matters relative to the interest of
meniK'is of the association. .-
1. C. Ingram was also present to
represent the forest service in es
tablishing the much-debated drift
fence to keep the Mill and Marx
Creek cattle and horses from drift-
Those that were conditioned can fence. -These assessments
make up the work in September i apply, to members who hav
and go on with their class to the
high school.
How About
That Certificate?
Supt. Ford wishes to notify tench-
ersholding one-year certificates that
Mill
caUlo on the
ranges.
It was decided by the association j
to offer a reward of $,"i00 for the-i
arrest and conviction of any crson I
or persons caught stealing or killing j
cattle or horses belonging to mem
bers of the association.
It is the purpose of the sssoci-
! ation to enmrge us membership so
thev are renewable nnf without i .-. . . . ,
j imu u wui include every person m !
examination. Such renewals can be the wunt). engaged in the business '
obtained by securing from the jof raisim, horsos csulo; A ne;
Superintendent a statement of six-, t0 Secretary-Treasurer Calavan.
months' successful teaching. A" ; Prineville, will bring the necessary
renewals will be dated with the ?banks. !
date of issue, consequently all j r ' ,
teachers w ho do not wish their cer-j NfiW Telephone
1913, should not apply fur renewals
until that time.
Another matter that the County The Pilot Butte and Deschutes'
Superintendent wishes to impress j Mutual Telephone Co. have com-'
upon the minds of teachers was that binel to build a metalic circuit line '
all questions in theory and practice j between Prineville and Redmond I
Line to Redmond
and some in a few other subjects.
will be taken from Colgrove's "The
that will connect with the Redmond ;
lines. The new line will bp in n... 1
The Prineville com- i
Teacher and the School." Unless ration June 1.
teacners are laminar with this text j pany will own . and. have the up- i
book their chances of passing , the keep of the east half of the line and '
examination will be materially les- the .Redmond company will own and '
soned- have the up-keep of the west half. !
Also, holes have been dug and
$500 Reward.
The Mill Crek Lhtwtix k Ajn.-iaimn
vi v iuja i uuiuv oilers a renani oi foo'j i. ...
lor the urrest and conviction of anvi"ne wl" carry two wires and serve
materia ordered for a branch line
into the Powell Butte section. That
Person Or U-rntni fttnaliriw ... U.llln?. I K.,f ... ... r ;i;
...... i u i i "nuuui mmij isii es.
. i.i vfi-j.iiug tu any mem
ber of tl is asoi-1ation. "
o-UU-;!iu Kayjiosd Calkvan.
secretary, -Treas.
These sub
scribers will.nwn an interest in the
local company and have free service
to K.edmond.
The junior class vt the Crook
County High School presented their
play "Fsmeralda" last Friday even
ing at Commercial Club Hall. The
attendance was good. The drama i
was a good lively one, free from
everything objectionable. It was
presented with a dash and spirit :
that marks a new era in student
dramatics at the high school. j
The cast was excellent. Thorsa
Min.iy as .Mrs. Kogors deserves.
sioeial mention for the excellent;
', iniersonation of her part. Warren
Yancy did good work as "Mr.
Rogers.' Iola Fstes. playing the '
title role, and Adolpluis Myers, as
"Dave Hardy,.' did their parts al-:
most perfectly. The class deserves
great credit for its work and Miss!
Ciihel should feel highly coinpli-j
mented for her ellieltiit coaching. J
Miss Conway suing and the Misses)
Evelyn Milliorn and l.'lnm Noble '
furnished instrumental selections.!
Luckey's orchestra CuiitribirU'd
several numbers. (-
Seeking Loans on j
Prineville Property!
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11. t. I.oman, general agent of
the Western Iaii & Savings Com
pany of. Salt Like City, I'tah, was
in Prineville several days during
the past week organising a local
branch of his company. C. L. Sliat
tuck will be its president and A. R.
Bowman its local agent. The mem
bership is made up in part as fol
lows: F. Ii. Fuster, G. N. Clifton,
W. J. Pancake. C. E. Smith, 0. C.
Hyde, Win. Arnold, Joe Girardo.
A. B. Holler. II. I). Be.rv und
others. This company enters the
field for the purpose of loaning
money for the erection of homes
and business blocks for Prineville
people. It is twenty years old, and
has assets of over a million and a
quarter dollars and has an immenjf
amount of money coming in each
; month for a part of which Income it
is seeking a safe investment in
Prineville property, .
Crouk county wool is coming in.
Profily was the first grower to pass
through Prineville with it on his
way. to the railroad. ,
The Crook County Higli School is
closing its wmk this Week with up
propriate exercises, thd programs
for which were published last week
Miss Conway leaves Saturday for
Portland to sond her vacation at
home.
Miss llitehell leaves next Tuesday
for Portland, where she will attend
the Rose Carnival and later will
visit relatives and friends in Coos
Bay. ;
Mrs. Wood leaves Friday morn
ing for her homo in lavishing,
Mich. Slie wilt attend the summer
school at the I'imersity of Chicago
and among other things will take
sH'cial work in domestic science
and art.
Mr. und Mrs. Evans will leave
next week for a sojourn at their old
home in Michigan.
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putroht m Imtli places to l't ii(
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a fhsr of your patromit;'. I rMiniiu,
rof jKVtiuily, ," ii .VUir Kt LiMii,
Registered Polnnd-China Pigs
For Nido. Pricca re.iiNiuaMp. (,'.01 on
or a.vlreaa 1.. II. I.aioi.i.h in. Print -villi-,
The "Advance" is On Time,
And you can buy it on lime.
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Millinery
NOW ON SALE
Select line of Spring 1 hits
at 10 per cent discount.
Mrs. Estes
Millinery Parlor, Prineville
LOCAL MENTION.
, There will be regular services at
, the Presbyterian church Sunday by
the new minister, M. A Prater.
The girls of "B" class, fifth
grade, gave the teachers of the
grammar school a pleasant surprise
last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Cleek and Mrs. Kinder are
' getting along nicely from their
operations at The Dalles Hospital
last Thursday, by Drs. Rieter and
Rosenberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lakin re
turned the last of the week from
their wedding trip to the coast.
They are now keeping house in
their pretty new bungalow in
Noble's addition.
Mrs. Mabel Wood, who has
taught a union teachers' training
Bible class, has asked a leave of
absence until September. Rev. M.
A. Prater was elected Tuesday even
ing to finish the year's work which
closes with June.
The Prineville contingent of a
class of thirty-two from Crook
county that joined the Elks at The
Dalles last week report a fine time.
Those that went through the ordeal
were Oscar Hyde, Richard Shriver,
W. F. King, II . G. Davis, T. E. J.
Duffy, George Brewster, John T.
Wheeler and James Rice.
The Crook County Abstract Comp
any has sold its abstract and in
surance business to the J. H. Haner
Abstract Co. The deal took effect
May 18. The office of the Crook
County Abstract Co. will be discon-
tinued after this week. B. L.
, Wylde, the senior member of the
firm, will leave tomorrow morning
for a month's trip to Fort Morgan,
Colo., where he has property, inter
ests that need attention. On Ijis
return he'will decide on his location,
probably going1 trj'hjs ranch adjoin
ing the Culver townsite.
LOCAL MENTION
F...D. Scammon of Barnes came
down for supplies Monday. Every
thing looks good up his way, he
says.
P. B. Howard, who left Prineville
last week to visit his father who
was dangerously ill at Oakland.
Calif., arrived too late to see him
alive.
Dr. I. X. Smith, brother of J. j.
and R. G. Smith, who has under
gone an operation for appendicitis
at the Presbyterian Hospital at
Chicago, is reported out of danger.
H. C. Oliver, traveling freight
and passenger agent of the 0-W. R.
& N. Co. was in Prineville Monday.
He says that his company is pre
paring to handle (his fall the greatest
amount of tonnage in ' its historv.
Crops everywhere in Oregon look
fine. Crook county is also bound to
harvest great crops. Moisture has
been plentiful and growing con
ditions ideal.
Mrs. .Helen D. Harford, national
superintendent, Christian citizen
ship, department of the W. C. T.
U., will speak at the Methodist
church, Prineville, Tuesday, May
28, at 8 p. m. She will speak at
Lamonta, Sunday, May 26, at 1 1 a.
m. and 3 p. m. and at Grizzly. Mon
day, at 7:30 p. m. She com
recommended as an eloquent and
impressive speaker and one well
worth hearing.
Rev. Samuel Gregg will deliver a
sermon appropriate to the G. A. R
memorial season next Sunday even
ing in the M. E. church. Prof. Coe
and his excellent choir will sing.
The subject for the occasion will be,
"The Volunteer.'" Mr. Gregg's
father was captain of the third
Iowa infantry and the sermon will
be full. of patriotism, yet ..sympathy
for tbose engpgod on. either side of
the great struggle.
LOCAL MENTION j LOCAL MENTION
II. D. Still's little girl is sick with
pneumonia.
Miss Lillian Knox of Post passed
through Prineville Monday on her
way home from a visit to Portland
and other valley points.
Percy Smith has completed the
time required by the Bush Temple
School tt Chicago ' to 'learn1 the
watchmaking trade! He has opened
a shop at Totuca. III.
There is no county division senti
ment in Prineville that the Journal
man can locate. It is true that
blue prints were sent out from this
town but they were ordered by peo
ple living between here and Madras.
John Newsom, who is working
for the Portland Railway, Light' &
Power Co., writes home that he has
been promoted and has had his
I salary raised. He is now the chief
j field engineer and has charge of
field construction work on the big
$:!,o00,000 electric plant that is now
being built at Portland. The com
pany has been trying him out for- a
couple of months and his ' Prineville
friends will be pleased to know that
he made good.
The First National Bank received
a new Manganese steel coin safe
SundayV It . Weighs "5200! pounds.
It is absolutely burglar proof. The
door is built on the same principle
as the breach-block of big iruns.
There is an explosion chamber and
I back of that on the inside of the
door are three time locks, all work
ing independently of each other.
If one gets out of order or stops for
any reason the other clocks can
throw -it out of gear.j Even if two
go wrong the third can be relied
jupon to open the safe. ' The three
! are used as a precaution against a
possible" accident. The 'safe, '"was
made by the El-Norris Safe Co'.', of
Perth 'Amboy. N. J.
O. '. B.'Kiley.'Was in- the -city
the tirrft of the Week on business
j' Born In thl city Monday, to
the wife of Warren Crooks, u sou
I J. W. Hoone, of Metolius, was
I a Prineville visitor the first o
) the week.
; Mrs. J. F. Morris suffered an
attack of pneumonia the latter
part of the week, but is now con
valescent.
The Baptist Sunday school
will picnic in the Gulliford Grove
Snnday. There will bo teams to
take the young people, so thty
can have a good time.
Bountiful showers fell Monday
and Tuesday in Crooked river
valley, rejuvenating grass and
j hay crops wonderfully.
j .The Ji-year-old son of John
I Augustine died in this city
j Thursday from pneumonia. The
funeral took place Saturday.
j Dale Barker returned Monday
ffoin I'ortlund, bringing with biui
j Mrs. Barker, who has been in
ja- hospital for more than two
months. Her health is complete
ly restored.
Kev. Bailey will preach at the
Mill Creek schoolhouse Sunday
at 11 o'clock. There-will be a
basket dinner and an afternoon
service, There will bo no sorv
ice at the Baptif t church Sunday
morning but the usual services
in the evening at 8. B. Y. P. U.
meets at 7.
Dr.' M. B. Taylor, of Grass
Valley, brought bis wife and
Mrs. L. A. Heath, of Grant,
Thursday to attend the graduat
ing exercises and also to visit
the family of Kev. C. P. Bailey.
Mrs. Payor und Mrsl Heath at
tended scjhool here year ago,
when theirj father Was pastor of
the Baptist church.
Put it to work on time. It will make
you the money in time to make your
payments on time, if you buy of
John A. Dobkins,
Agent, Culver, Oregon,
He can sell you anything from a steam
plow to a sawmill, also machinery supplies.
Place your order at once and have a long
run this season.
Strawberries!
1 v? Of good quality ore coming in now. Hood River
Berries will soon be here. The CAS! I GROCERY
will supply you with the best fruit and vegetables
the market affords at the lowest market price.
Examine the Oxfords
tlmt we lire now oflrrlng to dlm-rlml.
iwitlng (In-HwrN, und you will 11ml
them tlio acini' of your drlrn lor
line footwear. In stjlr, In gcm-riil
iiipi'iiruncc, In the Hoft yet dtiriililu
It-Hllier, mid iMTfirtlon of tit ami
flnUli, anil you will In- more than
HiitlMllcd, no innttiT how critical you
are. And when It comcn to price
you will ncknowlciltru your mirprtdo
at the falriit'H of oiirn.
FOSTER & HYDE
Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
"A Pretty Mess
You'll Have"
If you don't net the rlnlit kind of
tiiukli! when yoii iro CihIiIii. Jt will
he ii hiiwiII menu and a hnrdly-eimied
one uiileMM you buy your out Tit here,
where iimillllcH lend. We have nil
UIiiiIm of opiirtliiK kdoiIh In the nniHt
dependable itriidcN and lit rennoti
(i Ido price". Here you hIho arc nm
of the InfKi'Ht liKHortineiit 111 tinmen
iih well mm HpnrtliiK Kood of the
better (iinlitle.
L. KAMSTRA, Proprietor
Crook County Jewelry and Cporting Goods House.
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THE HAMILTON STABLES
(p. i nioc-K Doarueu iy me day, weeK or month at vt
1m I Reasonable rates. Remember us when In I w
W I i,;....:ii.. t. n.. nr. I ft
THE HAMILTON STABLES
J. H. WIGLE, Proprietor
1'KINEVILI.E, OREGON
Stock boarded by the day, week or month at
Reasonable rates. Remember us when In
Prineville. Rates Reasonable. We have
Fine Livery Rigs For Rent