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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 15, 1912.
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VOL. XVI-N0.38
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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.
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News Snapshots
Gf the Week
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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
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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
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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-
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was on trial in Atlanta, thiirsjei with
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eraliy. The insects hide in these '
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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,
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three-quarters of a mile long. A
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considerable stretch of track has
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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.