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rook County- Jo COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 15, 1912. Kntrrrtf nt tV iHmUtnr at I'r!n-vlfJ VOL. XVI-N0.38 ureal Council Meeting Last Friday Eve Tho t:i t y council hold their rog-1 ular monthly mmtting htt Fridny ! evei.ing, instead of Tuesday, j owing to tho lurk if h unrutu j upon the fiirineroccititloM. There; were pronent Mayor Klwtird. Councilmen Gray. Winuek, Wiml i Noble, nml Nhlpp, Recorder ltow limn and City Marshal Coon. j City Treasurer Smith reported tho following cash on hand Aug- i not 1: j General Fund. $1 l.'ll.ur. ) Fire Knurl 1 1) 1 1 2 ; Road Fund 'Is- I'li Turk Fund IV:' 71 ; Total Sill.1:. () ; Tho following bills were order od puld; I F, A, liice, surveying ;i 75 J John Curtis. ihchU ,"u ' Crook County Journal, pty , ,1 A't'i ', Warren Brown 1 'J.'i ; I' L. A W. Co ;r. BretvMor F.ntf. Co, . . , 15 IKH T. K. .), Duffy 1! 50; Ki rl McLaughlin, work t 00 ; W. II. Keene. labor .'iooo1 C. E, S iii it h. trous salary j two tllO... ,,r)0 Oil C. K. Smith interest on water ! bond SiO-l OO j V. F. King Co mil se 2 ,VV A U. Bowman recorder fees 25. IX) A Wonderly labor M.OOi F A Howell salary nisrltt- j watch,. 75 00! I. V, Ward, work 2.50 ! T. L. Coon salary marshal , '.7."i 00 Thoro was a lenghty discussion over n proposed ordinano to regulate the blowing of steam whistles' within the city limits The council did not want to work a hardship upon anyone and yet it thought that prolonged blasts were a polivo nuisance. The length of lime to bo allowed lor giving ordinary could not be agreed upon so the matter was passed up to the Fire and Water Committee for settlement. Cuncilmun Ward was instruct fd to take charge of the E street bridge llll. He will have 150 feet to fill with rock and gravel The council decided that both the city uchool building and the high school building should be provided with fire escapes. An ordinunce to that effect Is now undor consideration. Council man Shlpp was instructed to con fer with the county conrt and the Prineville public school directors regarding the mutter. Some bad holes In Second street are to recoivo the attention of Councilman Ward when he has men and teams employed on the E streot bridgo fill. The city attorney was instruct od to begin condemnation pro ceedings In opening East Fifth street to East Sixth. Tho city engineer will file his plat and surveys of the same. Mrs. Dillon's petition for the erection of sheet iron sheds was laid ovor until next meeting, Oregon Agricultural College. This great limtittitlon opona ita doors for tho full Beuietter on Boptembor 20th, Coiimes o( Instruction liiulmle: Gene rul Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Pulry Hubnmlry, liac toriology, Botany anil Plant Pathology, 1'oiiltry Husbandry, Horticulture, Ento mology, Veterinary Scinnce, Civil Kngineering, Klectricnl Engineering, Mechanical Kngineerinp, Mining Kngi neering, Highway Kngineerinff, 1)0' mestio Art, Commerce, Forestry, l'harmacy, Zoology, Cliemistry, Physics. Mathematics, English Language and Literature, Public Speaking, Modern Languages, History, Art, Architecture, Industrial Pedagogy, Physical Educa tion, Military Science and Tactics, and M nslo. Catalogue and Illustrated literature mailed free on application. Atiuress, Registrar. Oregon Agricultural Collctfe, Corvallls, Oregon. 7-20 IK School year opens September 20th. V AL&tRVj SCif Dm-r 7.' v. U I r, r I U W4. tit. if , tl GRACE. I News Snapshots Gf the Week Tl.rmu.:!i Hint wi-tv iirrrsU'.l, i.ikh. niiiinm a. rrcwicrpiki wim rnonon u iiiiikh tin- Mm-U iiomliiatliiK ex-I'miili;nt i-niHciitt Hi tit t'lili iii-o. Albert J. IScverl.lmt wn teiiiiorary eimlrinnii of the convention. Sim. liuixy toile Ouoe, who hmliiij at'einotiil to iininler her hucli.'iii.l, neijiiltteil. The Sheriff of Crock County Paid the Bill A dispatch to the Journal from Salem says: After chasing both ends of the rainbow it) nn effort to recover tho money ho expended in serving a subpoena issued in an other coun ty, Sheriff W. B. Snider U i-till holding tho sack and has been ad vised by Assistant Attorney Cen eral Van Winkle that his fees are gone forever. When the sheriff of Crook coun ty sent the subpoena to Sheritl Snider of Lake county the latter scut one of his deputies about -0 miles into tho country to serve it. Tbeu ho scot a bill ki the Crook county officials for expenses and fee. The deputy dislrlet attorney of Crook county advlned him that tho state footed the bills in such caws. Sheriff Snider was willing to get his money from the state. He didn't care just so the coin jingled once more it) his own pocket. lie sdd ressed a letter to Attorney Coneral Crawford, ask ing hint about the matter. As sistant Attorney General James Crawford advised him thut the state needed its money for other purpo e. and any w ty th ire was no authority of law for the pay ment of such claims, lie advised that the county from which the subpoena was issued should pay tho expenses in the case, but .no fees were permissible, Hack Suider wont to the county oflteiuls. They turned him down again. Back again he came to tho attorney general's office. As sistant James Crawford is away on his vacation and Assistant I. II. Van Winkle is on the job. So Van Winkle looked up the author ities and found everybody was on the wrong track. Neither the state nor tho county pays such expense accounts. Sheriff Snider is "in the hole" just that much, and has chnrgod tho amount to "experience." When Sheriff Balfour read the above dispatch he clipped it out of the paper and inclosed it with a check for the amount of the bill to Sheriff Snider, This squares the Lako county official but leaves the sheriff of Crook county holding the sack. Stud Horse for Trade. Big registered l'ercheron. Will take broke horses. . Walter Quack enbush, poetollice box 254, Red mond, Oregon. 8-15-2p Bucks for Sale. I have several fine bucks for sale. John Campbell. 8-15-2mp Cottage to Rent. Five-room cottage to rent. Inquire of Mr. U. F. Stewart 7-25 I 1 i. Xiit COffWIlHr IWl bt Ah' KICA W tli nctlvll.f jf MHtrlct Attorney MMiltrmui of New York two of the nllwl net mil murderer of the pimlili-r t!c?n iiitiiii-l mill n KTKtmtuitle m-iirch for (lie n-imiluliii! tlirt-e m liixtittiu-il. I.iciifi'iiuut ta-ker of the tHilico force wa rliiiiK'i - l with linilnit i1hiiihh tlio (minli'r. )'n-ldi-ut Tuft wuk otlitliilly notiliiil of hin ri-iioliiiimtion t.y Mmtor Farmers' Day At Rednicnd Farmers' Day will be held at Red mond Saturday, August 17. Fol lowing is the program : 'Z p. in. InsjKTtiun of the Demon stration Farm, one mile north of Redmond. 5 p m.Concvrt by the Redmond band at the Demonstration Farm. 7 p. m. Inscclion of office and laboratory, over Iiank of Commerce. 8 p. m. Farmyrs' Institute session, Eliret's hall, auspices Farm ers Union. Five minute siieeches by local notables. ' Address: "Disposition of Farm" Crop" Dr. James Withycomb, director of state experiment stations. Address : "Crop Rotation and Soil Fertility" Prof. II. D. Scudder, Apron o mist, state exjieriment stations. Address : "A g r i cultural Extension Work" Dr. W. J. Kerr, President Oregon Ag ricultural College. Guides will be on hand at the Demonstration Farm all day to show visitors over the farm and explain the demonstrations and experiments. Eighth Grade Examinations Notice is hereby given that the eighth grade examinations for Sep tember will be held by Superin tendent Ford on Thursday and Friday, September 5 and 6. The program and source of questions will be as follows : Thursday Physiology, Writing, History and Civil Government. Friday Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography and Spelling. Source of Questions : Arithmetic Practical Arithme tic Smith. Civil Government United States Constitution. Geography State Course of Study ; Redway and Hinman's Natural School Geography. History List of topios from His tory Outline in Course of Study and Current Events. Grammar Buehler's Modern English Grammar, no diagram ming. Physiology Graded Lessons in Physiology and Hygiene Krohn. Reading The teacher will send to the county superintendent the applicant's class standing in read ing, which will be taken by such superintendent as the applicant's standing on the subject. Spelling Reed' Word Lessons. Writing Specimens of Penman ship as indioated in copied matter and manuscript in Language. Those who failed or were con ditioned at the May examinations are eligible to take this examina tion for entrance to the high school m ' ; V -4; f4I- ,v i j -tefe.- p.-...;- - i , , - , , ' : 't-C W H J-RCiU AStOf.lAIio Insect Pest Destroys Alfalfa Crops By Prof. Thos. Shaw. 1 In the State of Utah an insect pest has appeared which is doing much harm to iha alfalfa crop. This insect (Phytonoinus pos ticies) has been known foT a long time in the old world. For many decades, if not indeed centuries, it has preyed upon the alfalfa of Southern Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa. In this country it was first noticed on tho outskirts of Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1904. Its ravages had becomo so extended by 1907 that the attention of the Utah Exper iment Station was called to it. By 1911 it bad reached parts of Wycmiog and Idaho adjacent to Utah. In 1909 the Governor of Utah appealed to the Uuited States Department of Agriculture to aid the Utah Experiment Station in fighting the pest. Since that time the Department ' l,oes not come from an infested has employed scientists to try! region. Whether the insect can and find some effective means cf;l"iveinan area, with winters like combating the pest. The Alfalfa Weevil is thus de scribed in Bulletin No. 112. De partment of Eutomology, U. S Department of Agriculture, by Prof. F. M. Weber. "It is " a small, rather insignificant ap pearing beetle, slightly under one fourth of an inch long, of a brown color, mixed with gray and black hairs arranged in indistinct spots and 6tripes on tho back." The eggs are laid in the spring and early summer within the stems or on the buds and leaves, and they hatch within about ten days. The larvae are small greenish worms with a black head. When full grown they are about one fourth of an inch long. They prey upon the crops' buds, the leaves and even upon the stalks. The damage resulting may vary with the conditions from very slight to almost complete des truction of the cutting. The hay obtained from infested fields is very woody because of the ab sence of leaves, and it is much liable to induce coughing when fed to horses. Various methods of fighting have been tried. These have only been partially successful. These include: discing to stimu late growth, grazing with sheep, drawing a street sweeper or wire brush over the field, and burn ing the stubbles. Attempts are also being made to induce par asites from Eastern Hemisphere which will prey upon the weevils. It is also considered important to destroy all trash such as grows along the borders of irrigating canals, and in waste places gen- fv fJ" S' i! I V - I1 V f - . ' - - . r Y i I CIA! LU Itooeevelt (it 'the Niitioun! l'rortwlvc was on trial in Atlanta, thiirsjei with ' n -ru . v.-j 7 " i eraliy. The insects hide in these ' i , , , , . . . i and also under clods ana about' , . ,, . i HIU l Vi ailttllU Uu'UL!) ...u . i , . . r wnere iney nyoerna.e The bulletin referred to does not say anything as to tho meas-1 uresthat should be adopted in uninfested areas to nrevent the introduction of the weevils. Of course in areas near to infested territory, the invasion will oc cur through the migration of the weevils in the spring gf the year. But the fact that the beetles came to Utah from the old world makes it clear that invasion may come in other ways. It may be that it may come in poorly clean sed seed. It may certainly come in alfalfa hay. It would be nothing short of calamity to have this insect in troduced into Montana where the future promises so much in regard to the growing of alfalfa and also alfalfa seed. It wuixld seem to be eminently wise to make, sure in all areas where ! alfalfa is imported that it Montana and the Dakotas has not been ascertained. It is to be devoutly hoped that this, will never have to be proved in any northern state by actual test. . Old Pioneer Gone. Springfield. Or., Aug. 9 Mrs Charlotte E. Pengra, a pioneer of 1853 and one of the early teachers of this section of Oregon, was laid to rest in Laurel Grove cem- etary here this afternoon. She was a native of Banton. Vermont where she was born May 1, 1827. of a family descending from the Pilgrim fathers. She was graduated from Ham pton Falls Academy, in 1S41, and took up educational work. In 1849 she was married to Byron J. Pengra and in 1853 the couple came to Oregon, settling on a claim seven miles east of this city. Her husband was active in the affairs of the territory and state, and was the first surveyor general appointed fpr the state. He surveyed the present Natron Klamath cnt-off for the Oregon & California railroad, but the route was later rejected. Dr. Ida Behrendt Coming. Dr. Ida Behrendt, Eye-Specialist of Baker will be in Prineville aoon to fit glasses. Watch for date. ' 8-S-2t Notice. Parties driving beet cattle on Burns road to rrtneville can get pasture at Colby's ranch, one mile off the road, doiow me oia navis raucn on Crooked river 8-8-lm House to Rent Three room, bath and screened back porch ; electric lights, bot and cold wa ter. Apply to Mrs. A. A. Uvel. 8-8-2p Colonization Company Attracting Settlers W. P. Davidson, president of the 1 Oregon & Western Colonization Company, Paul S. BickeJ, a large owner in the Twin Falls project, and Addison Bennett, the veteran newspaper man, were in Prinetf He j Saturday on their way to look over j the holdings of the Colonization j company. - i Mr. Davidson ha3 outlined a vig orous development program which i he will put into effect at once. His ) company will open offices through j out Oregon, Washington and Idaho, ; and he feels confident that 100,000 'settlers can be brought into the state within the next year. He says that the Union Pacifiie has more than 4000 men at work pushing a i line forward from the Short Line j junction at Vale. It is centering its construction efforts now on the big tunnel through Malheur Canyon, , ., , ' three-quarters of a mile long. A ., , , , considerable stretch of track has i, been laid, and I have It from the jbest of authority that the Union j Pacific intends to continue its line straight across the state to a con nection -with the Deschutes line at Bend, and that this new line will be the second track of the through system from Portland to Omaha." Some Wonderful Trout in Deschutes Dolly Varden trout more than three feet long, and capable of putting up a fight which would make s shark look weak, are re ported from the Deschutes River. Sufficient evidence percolates through at intervals to satisfy the skeptical of the existence of such monsters, despite the fact that any fish stcry is doubted until a sworn, sealed and bonded statement is furnished as to its veracity by some one not con nected with the catch. Engineer C. W. Riddell sol emnly avers that he caught a Dolly Varden 38 inches long in the West Fork of the Deschutes, just below Prirgle Falls, six miles from La Pine. Riddell has been engaged in making a sur vey of the power possibilities of the falls, and while operating thereabouts received numerous assir.nces of the fact that some monsters of the trout order visited the deep pools just below the falls. Not content with de clarations of what had been done he mads several casts at various times, and with varying success. Sometimes he got large trout, but not until he had hooked the 38-inch fellow did he experience the struggle of the career as an angler. Patience won, and at last the noble Dolly Varden was safely ashore, and until this day it is stated that no other such catch has been made in that part of the Deschutes. A Dolly Varden measuring 30 to 32 Inches is thrown out fre quently, and creates no more thought up there in the La Pine country than the landing of a silyerside salmon on the Colum bia. One veteran fisherman of the Deschutes has a stuffed skiu of a Dolly Varden which he said weighed 22 pounds just after be ing landed. Other evidence of heroic achievements in the ang ling world has been unearthed along the Deschutes, but it is be lieved that the 38 inch patriarch, drawn out by Engineer Riddell, will for long years be hailed as the peer of all others taken in those waters by hook and line. Telegram. ' Crook County Journal, county official paper, f 1.50 a year.