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Crook County ' Jour nal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1912.
VOL.XVI-NO.4l
BIG YIELD OF OATS
ON SLAYTON PLACE
113 Measured Bushels
to the Acre.
SOMETHING DOING
I AT FAIR GROUNDS
4" -4 . ".
WE CAN CROW OTHER THINGS
Tak.
the
Look at the Fruit in
Adarruon Window
Grown at Home
What do you think of oats going
113 bushels to tlio acre, machine
measure? Some oats! You bet.
Well that it exactly what the Ed
Slayton fluid, four miles from I'rlne
ville, made this year. There are no
if nor and nor guesswork about it.
This is the best yield we have heard
of this year, but those who have
seen the Slayton field soy there are
others In the county that looked
Just as (rood. It may be so, but
we doubt it. A sample of the Slay
ton grain may be seen at the Adam
eon drug store.
And when at the drug store just
tuke a look at those apples five va"
rictlca of them that were grown
right around Prineville. Can you
beat those Yellow Transparent- or
Red Astrakans shown by D. B. La
foltette? Geo. Russell has some
fine apples, too. You can't beat
them anywhere. Those crab apples
from Dirk Iiiggs' pluce looked good
iut they would look a whole lot bet
ter In preserves. That Prineville
lemon, grown by Mr. Isom Cleek,
it no josh. It hat been two years
maturing, but it's worth it. It was
grown in the house. Those early
Richmond cherries grown by Leo
Lafollotte were a little late for ex
hibition purposes, but never too late
to show what can be grown in this
country.
V tangerine from the Kenwood
place is a novelty in Crook county.
It it a cross between a plum and
a peach. It hat the odor of both
original stocks, but the shae of the
peach with the color of the plum.
We wanted to put a tooth into the
sample but there were too many
watching. We don't know what it
tastes like, -
As a matter of fact, the Crook
county fair this fall will show the
greatest amount of stuff raised right
at home that you ever dreamed of.
The few samples in the Admanson
store were not for show purposes.
They were picked for friends or
friends picked them from the trees
themselves. It all counts, however,
and helps to boost the county. Keop
it up.
A Great Irrigation
Plan for County
Salem, Or., "Just as we have
come to see the neod of city plan
ning to promote the greatest good
to the greatest number, so we
must oome to the Idea of state
planning, especially in water and
read projects, said State En
gineer John II. Lewis in speaking
of the possibilities of irrigation
it the state should take up the
work of assisting and directing
in the development of the state's
resources.
"The information now being
collected by tbe state and the
United States for a water power
report on Deschutes river in
dicating clearly that certain por
tions of this stream should be ab
sorbed entlrloy and another por
tion should bo dried up during
the wintor by storage for sum
mer power and irrigation use
I -4-. y," i
Jsroes 8. Bhermso and Governor Tbomss R. Msrshsll were formslljr notlBed of tbelr nomlDatloDt for rice president oo be
NeWt StlApSnOIS (lepubUcso tod Democntlc tickets rpectlty. At the Usrebnll nottflratlon the grand stand fell and t number of person
AI k IV t, wrv Injured. Brsmwell ttootb succeeded bis father, the late Uonersl Wllllsm Booth., a commander la chief of tbe 8alr
UI IkC Cel Hue Armj. Bam Bcbepps confessed bis prt In tbe murder of Uerruan Bowotbtl, tbe New York gambler. nd oo the strength
ef bis tMttmonjr tbe grand Jury returned seven Indictments for the crime. Senator renron of renniylvanta, accoaed of accepting $25,000 from the Stand
ard Oil company, declared that tbe money was a cootrlbutloo to tbe political campaign of 1004.
while all regular power develop
ment should be confined to the
lower canyon and a few upper
tributaries, where the water can
be used for irrigation after pas
ting through the power wheels,
Limited Information has already
disclosed an irrigation project of
great magnitude heretofore un
discovered, because it is too
large for private capital to han
dle. A Dumber of power plants
in the wrong location could de
feat this large and relatively
cheap project, and the construc
tion of the railroad where now
located south of Bend will great
ly complicate matters, as tor -0
tulles it traverses the proposed
reservoir site.
"A 00 foot dam constructed
across Deschutes river, 15 miles
south of Bend, will store the
winter surplus and irrigate 320,
(XX) acres of land Instead of 100,
000 which is the limit of the reg
ular flow without stotage. With
1,000,000 acre feet of available
water under contract, it would
not be sufficient to irrigate ail the
available land below.
"There are 50,000 acres In the
Benham Falls segregation, 100,
000 acres on Agency Plains and
50,000 to 100,000 acres additional
on the opposite side of Deschutes
river, and north of Lakeview, all
of which can be irrigated at an
approximate cost of f 30 per acre.
This In addition to the 100,000
acros now being reclaimed by the
state under the Carey act near
Beud. Not one drop of available
water should be sacrificed for
power in tbis portion oi tne
stream.
"However, - incidental to the
construction of these irrigation
projects a large amount of sum
mer power will be developed
which can be put to use at small
additional cost.
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'There Is a fall of 1300 feet in
Doschutes river between the
storage dam at Benham Falls, and
the lower diversion to Agency
Plains. There are several abrupt
fulls in the stream in this dis
tance, besides several diversion
dams for irrigation, which will
make possible the development
at low cost of 200.00a to 400,000
horsepower during the irrigation
season only. This power could
be transmitted for pumping from
tbe Columbia to adjoining arid
lands in both Oregon and Wash
ington, thus making this a 600,
000 acre project. It could be
transmitted to Oregon City, and
exchanged for power now being
developed from the regular flow
of the Willamette river, thus re
leasing this water for irrigation
in the upper Willamette valley.
"A small acre charge 6hould be
made by the state when issuing
permits to appropriate these
waters to cover cost of the ex
change. By purchasing power
for a few summer months, this
Oregon City plant conld increase
many times its present output
for during the winter months
much water is now wasted. This
condition of summer shortage
prevails at most of the construct
ed plants in the Willamette valley
where equalization of flow by
storage is expensive. So there
is a prospective mantel lor a
large amount of summer power
developed incidental to reclam
ation without in any way com
peting with private capital,
"Tbe natural drainage and re
turn seepage between the storage
reservoir and the Cline Falls di
version should furnish oonsider
able water during the wintor
months. This supplemented by
Squaw creek can be conveyed
through the Agency flains ir
rigation canal to the junction of
Willow creek with Deschutes
river, wbore a vertical drop of
about 1000 feet can be had. This
should furnish considerable
power during the winter months,
which if used in conjunction with
the summer power might make
a perennial power of considerable
value. It could be used by tbe
different towns to be built as a
result of tbe irrigation project.
"This comperbensive plan is
made up of several district and
inter related projpets which can
only be parried out by a powerful
organigatioo. Each step, how
ever, should be taken in logical
order when the time is ripe, and
tbe burden equitably apportion
ed among all benefited. It con
cerns not only state but also
inter-state and national welfare.
There are many similar projects
iu all parts of tbe state, which
can eveutually be worked out.
By eliminating the idea of profit
for promoting and constructing
tbe project, tbe question of colon
ization should be a comparatively
easy matter.
The East and West
Road a Joint Line
Advices reaching here from
New York seem to leave little
doubt that the nrst-class railroad
line which the Oregon Short Line
in flinging westward across Ore
gon is a joint Hill and Harriman
enterprise. The information re
ceveived here emanates from
Eastern financial interests closely
allied with tho two great systems
indicating that the sinews of war
for constructing this 300 mile
line from the Idaho border to a
junction with the Hill and Harri
man roads at Bend are being
supplied partly by the Hill tin
ancial group and partly by tbe
Harriman backers in Wall street.
There is no pretense of con
cealment of the fact that the Har
riman purpose is to make this
line the double track of its main
line from Portland to the East,
and that as soon as tbe present
extension of 140 miles from Vale
on the Short Line to Dog Moun
tain, 20 miles south of Burns, has
been completed, contracts will be
let for the constroction of the re
maining 160 miles from Dog
Mountain to Bend. This will
give the Harriman system a com
pleted double track line from
Portland to Omaha, as the double-
tracking of tbe system over that
entire distance has been pro
gressing for nearly two years,
and is to be completed by 1915.
Tbe immediate advantage to be
gained by the Hill forces by en
tering into another "gentlemen's
agreement" with their ancient
rival to be given them access in
to Southeastern Oregon in the
first place, a territory in which
the different Hill magnates have
been spending great sums in -exploitation
work. Of course, ul
timately, the connecting link from
Bend, the present southern term
inus of the Oregon Trunk, to the
Idaho boundary, will open another
enormously rich couutry in the
Gem State.
There have been rumors that
tbe Harriman and Hill forces
were to join hands in pushing a
line east and west across Oregon
ever since the Hills sold to tbe
Harriman system all its rights in
tbe Boise & Western through the
Malheur Canyon a couple of years
ago. The Boise & Western was
tbe project which Colonel C. E. S.
Wood was fathering for James
J. Hill, and embraced surveys
through the property of the
Willamette Valley and Cascade
military road.
Carpenters and Painters
TransformingThings
YOU WON'T KNOW THE PLACE
Every Convenience for the Com
fort of Patrons Half
Mile Track.
Carpenters and painters are mak
ing the fair grounds look as
though a real fair was to be pulled
off this fall one that will not be
limited or confined in any respect.
The whole ground scheme has been
changed.
The old grandstand has been torn
down and a new one erected on the
west side. It faces the east and
overlooks a "matinee" track, i e., a
half-mile track instead of a mile
track. This will be an advantage
that spectators will appreciate. You
can see the races at any stage of the
game without endangering your
eyesight' It will enable spectators
to see the start and finish of all the
races, each horse being always in
plain view. It will also enable the
fair management to keep up a much
faster track. All these advantages
will accrue to the benefit of the
spectators, horsemen and fair man
agement. The poultry building is completed
and is considered by those who
know to be the best in the state. It
has been built for convenience, san
tation, roominess and accessibility,
and combines all these qualities.
It is a model.
Two wings have been added to
the pavilion. One is 30x36 and the
other 24x30, which just doubles its
capacity. The paint is hardly dry
yet but will be in a few days.
The judges' stand, opposite the
grandstand was receiving its coat of
paint Tuesday when the Journal
man was out at the grounds.
The race horse stalls have been
built on the east side of the grounds
instead of the west, as formerly.
There are 600 feet of stalls for the
accommodation of the trackmen,
and most of them have been reserv
ed. On the west side, back of the
grandstand, there will be 600 feet
of stalls for the use of exhibitors.
These have not yet been built, but
Contractor Shipp says they will be
in place in ample time for the fair.
The free camping ground for vis
itors is being cleaned up. It will
have its conveniences, too, as well
as the rest of the fair grounds. No
charge will be made for the privi
lege of camping and water and wood
will be thrown in with the camp
site. Hay, however, will be sold at '
actual cost. You can bring your
own feed, however, and be just as
welcome.
The fair association had to choose
official colors, and Secretary Cadle,
with the assistance of his many lady
friends, decided on "royal blue and
gold."
With bumper crops all over the
county the fair this fall will eclipse
anything ever attempted in Central
Oregon.
Plan to see it. "
Strayed.
From my place four miles north
west o( Madras, a bay mare, 7 years
old, weight about 1300 pounds, baa
three white feet. II taken up please
notify uie at Madras, and all cuaroreg
will be paid. CbaB. Orttuan. . 9-5 It
For Sale.
One dozen black hens ; 1 pen Silver
Spai.gled Hamburg?, all good lay.
era. Also a number of chickens and
a few good roaBts, dressed. Refer
Dr. Fox's office or by letter. 9 52t