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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1912)
OREGON KBVS KOTES CF GENERAL INTEREST i Events Occurring Throughout' the State During the Fast . ' Week. "Still" Mystery at Albany Solved. , Albany. The mysterious still which was located by aa Albany officer in some wooils on the lteiuoti county j side of the Willamette river, and which was destroyed by I'nitrJ States revenue officer, was no siiir at all, accordiiis to John C. Durkh:irt, ' I local aviator. j Instead of being a plant for the vanufacture of moonshine whisky, it was a contrivance erected by Uurk hart in which to steam stacis prepara-: tory to hemline them in building and repairing his two biplane a;rhips. Engineers Test Grave Creek Plan Grains Pass. A project for the de velopment of h water supply for Grants Pass and for the irrigation of the lower alley by l:r,ioi:tulir.s the flow of ui i r Gravo crook is cottins the support cf the business interests of the city. The project v.as outlined at a rpcci;;! mooting cf the Commer cial cluh by Mayor Smith, and engin eers have been scat to make a survey and report on the cost. Rc.iirh esti mates put the probable cott at $500. COO. SUPERVISOR SYSTEM WIOER Conditions in the W Cocnties That Have These Officers Are Better. Salem. That the work of the rural school supervisors Is resulting in won derful improvements in the rural schools of the state, is the declaration of State School Superintendent Alder man In his annual report now in the course of preparation. He says that the results are bearing out the pro phecy which was made at the time the law was passed by U:e 1911 legislature to the effect lhat rural supervision will Increase the efficiency of the j country schools 100 per cent by mak ing more effective the work of the teacher, by appealing to the pride of the residents of each district to better the conditions of the school, by arous ing an interest in adult education through the parents' meetings, by en couraging the study of agriculture, and in a general way by bringing about a more direct administration of our school affairs. Fourteen counties come under this law, which provides that all counties having more than 60 districts shall be divided into supervisory districts of not less than 20 nor more than 50 school districts. Governor's Orders Obeyed. Prairie City. Following explicit or ders from Governor West, the district attorney recently notified the Inmates of questionable resorts in Canyon City, John Day and Prairie City that at a designated date their places must be closed. The order was obeyed to the letter and at the appointed time all the . resorts were closed and the habitues, with their belongings, had departed to other sections. Henkle Family Holds Reunion. Philomath. The Hankie reunion, leading event of its kind for Benton county, which Is held annually at the Heck 1 homestead, Sour mJVes from Philomath, took place Saturday. It was attended by 126 mm, women and children, all of whom are members of the Henkle family, or connected to It by marriage. RECORD WHEAT RECEIPTS 890 Carloads in Week Congest Termin al Yards at Portland. Portland. All records for wheat re ceipts in the northwest were broken in Portland last week, when 890 car loads reached the terminal yards. This immense quantity, with the other grain, flour, hay and miscellaneous merchandise received, so congested the tracks that it was impossible to get all the wheat to the docks, where it was wanted. One Portland firm had 130 cars of grain in the terminal yards, but couid not get them to Its dock. The largest wheat receipts In Port land for one week heretofore was 680 cars, which came in the correspond ing week last year.' The record In 1910 was 640 cars, received In the week ending September 24. In 1909 the best record was 581 cars, arriving in the week of October 8. Western Pine Men Meet at La Grande La Grande. The Western Pine Manufacturers' association held its quarterly Bession here with delegates from all the mills of importance In eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and all of Idaho. Coos-Curry Fair is Success. Coquille. The first annual Coos and Curry county fair held at Myrtle Point, closed Saturday. A magnificent dis play. of farm products in great variety were exhibited. ALFRED B. CEERS r i J Captain Alfred Br Beers, of Bridge port, Conn., new commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. INVESTIGATION IS RESUMED Committee Will Hear Testimony of Ma.-g.in. Roosevelt and Others. A":'s'',ii,;;oii. The tuhcommitloe of the .uue commit. eo on privileges v:.e:'.s reaemhlod in Wash Jionday to resume Its investl- in:.;' c...:i n oi eomp.ui;!! contributions. Col- 0. 1ti !;oi sv.eit will appear before the C..U -.r.tt' to tell what he knows of t ie ounsribiitiotis of hp; corporations to ;' I'.emihtiran campaign fund In !'. "-. Other Important witnesses who h.!v h n summoned to testify are 1. I'. Mo; an. Oeorge V. Perkins, Hen ry ('. Vrt k, Georpe H. Oortelyou, Wil li --in r.o'..efell. r. William K. Hearst, former Senator Oh.trit s Pick of Ohio, and former Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia. Senator Alice Pomerene of Ohio will cro;;iwxamlne Colonel Roosevelt. The senator is preparing a number of per 'incut questions to hurl at the former prt indent. Kocsevelt will not be rep resented by counsel. Washington Shingle Mills Close. Se;.tt!e. Shingle manufacturers of western Washington played a trump card in the fight now on for control of the market, when they closed about 75 per cent of the mills for an inde finite period. The m'tmifueturers want to demonstrate to the eastern trade that they have the situation well in hatid and that any attempts to break the price of shingles will be resisted Fr?mcters Wanted Flee. Portland James and U. F. M Nich olas, of this city, wanted by the feder al authorities at Cleveland. O., for al leged fraudulet.t use of the mails in promoting worthless mining proper ties ia Oregon and Idaho, are believed by the authorities to be well on their way to South America or other distant port. AMERICANS SEE HORHOBS OF WAR Managua. Americans In Managua now know what a sickening tragedy a Central American revolution is. They have passed through a month of turmoil, witnessed a three-day bat tle, and experienced the horrors of a bombardment. They have seen the people of the city panic stricken, wo men and children killed, have borne the sufferings of hunger in a town beleaguered, and have had miraculous shapes from exploding shells and bul lets. General Mena, leader of the Nicara guan revolutionists, Is to be sent to Panama under guard of American sail ors and marines. Rear Admiral South erland accepted the surrender of Mena and 700 followers September 24. His capture Is taken to indicate the col lapse of the revolution. His removal to Panama probably means exile. Woman Leads Rebel Band. El Paso, Tex. "Coronela" Alls, wife of the rebel chief of that name, Is leading a band of rebels 28 miles east of Juarez, Mexico, according to a re port received by General Steever at Fort Bliss. THE MARKETS Portland Wheat Club, 78c; bluestem, 82c; red Russian, 76c. Oats $27 per ton. Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $1.1 Butter Creamery, 3:ic. Eggs 35c. Hops 1912 crop, 18c. Wool Eastern Oregon, $18c; Wil lamette valley, 22c. Mohair 32c. Seattle 1 Wheat Blu?stem, 80c; club, 77c; red Russian, 75c. Oats $25 per ton. Butter Creamery, 35c. Eggs 42c. Hay Timothy, 14 per ton; alfalfa, 14. EH1EF KE'VS CF CHEGON j Junction City's I'umpUu fair was attended by a lurso crowd from till the : surrounding neighborhood. j llnikemun Charles I'tter isf the S. 1 & S. freight service, w.s killed at i Warren while doing twitching. The Pnytnn Drier and F.viipomtlnn j company's plant at Dayton burned to : the ground with 10,000 pounds of dried I prunes, ! Over 2.000.C00 trout were distribut ! ed in the various stream of the state i during the past year, according to j the report of W. L. Kiuley, game war ! den. The Oregon AgrleuHur.il college has ' decided to make extensive exhibits at the Northwest Pacific lmd Products show to be held lu Portland iu Novcui , ber. Charles H. Carter, nominated by the Democrats of Umatilla cotuity for circuit Judge, and James II. Kalvy for district attorney, have both declined to run, Despondeut because his sweetheart was about to accompany her parents to another town. Gerald Traylor, a 17 yearold hoy of Klkton, committed sui cide by shooting himself through the head. i The 1312 record for local pear prices was broken at Medford when a ear ; of Pose and Atijou pears was sold by i the Itogue River Valley Fruit and Pro duce association at au average of ?4.58 i a box. A fruit dryer has been Installed t the penitentiary, and by means of convict labor fruit raised by the state ; is now being dried and will be ilistri j buted among the various state lustl ; tutions. i Arrangements are being perfected ; for the holding In Eugene next week j of a tuberculous exhibit under the j auspices of the National Association ; for the Study uud Prevention of Tu- berculosis. j John V. Kelly, a forceful writer, a I conspicuous figure In Oregon politics for half a century, and the editor of 1 one of the first newspapers launched in Portland, Is dead at bis home tn Roseburg. , Attorney General Craw ford has banded down an opinion lu which he holdB that, according to the laws of the stato, night schools can only be held by public schools In districts of j the first class. The greatest relative Increase In i student enrollment ever experienced ; at.the Agricultural college Is reported. ; The figures show an Increase of 33 ' per cent, or approximately 2i0 stu ! dents over last year, i The body of George Dacotus was ! found dead uuder the warehouse of ' the Dig Pines Lumber company at i Medford. Ills throat was cut, his head smashed beyond recognition and 7oO ; and a gold watch missing. ! Two Umatilla county wheat raisers, George Coppiugeir and Ab Williams, ' engaged In a fight at Echo, in which Williams was severely stabbed In the shoulder, received a cut in the face, ! and may lose the Bight of an eye. ! Tipping In order to get baggage handled promptly at the Union depot ' in Portland must stop. This Is the ' ultimatum Issued by the state railroad commission to H- Lyons, uuinager of the Northern Pacing Termiaui com pany. Gangrene resulting arum a wound sustained In a lootoreyiele xxiWIt. caused the dWatb. at SkU,ai at Frank i J. Moore, eldest son cf JiuttWe I. A. Moore of the state supreme eeurt. Mr. Moere leaves a widow and fouf chilsVen. Vigorous and explicit iuiul la made ' by MaeAxthur, Perks Co., of New York, of the published statement from Coqullle that they are bucking a pro jected railroad, to run from Port Or ; ford to connect with the Pacific & I Eastern at Medford. I Commissioner Dennett of the sren I eral land office has removed the pre , vlous order of suspension against all ' the Slletz cases except those In town I shlpB 7, 8 and 9. Entries will be ord ' ered to patent as soon as the field ' reports can be reviewed. I The Examiner Publishing company !-of La Grande has filed articles of in ! corporation with the secretary of ' state, with a capitalization of $25,000, and tho Jordan Valley Lund b Water : company has increased Its capital 1 stock from 100,000 to $2u0,000. One thousand dollars reward Is of i fered for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered ' Harry G. Barr at Portland on the ! night of September 1G, or the morn j lng of September 17. The offer is ! made by Ceorge E. Barr, brother of j the victim, ! Figures just compiled by the county I surveyor Indicate that the cauyon of Snake river on the eastern border of i Wallowa county is the deepest chasm In the northwest, and ptrhaps In the j whole United States. For many miles ; the river runB between walls from 3000 to 6000 feet high, i Omar C. Conger, who had been mles ! lng two months and who was thought ! to have been killed by falling from a train near Spokane, surprised his wife and parents by returning to Us home 1 at Salem. He explained that he did fall from a train, but was unlnjur.ed, and went to work In the harvest field! of eastern Washington. First Central Oregon Dis trict Agricultural Society FA e o Prineville, Oregon October 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1912 $3,000 m Premiums. Racing $2,800 gfF $3,000 in premiums will be distributed for th exhibits in Domestic Animals of nil kinds ; Agricultural Products raised in Crook county ; Works of Art Esthetic, Mechnnico.1 and Indus Jrial, etc. Free Season Ticket to every active teacher and enrolled pup"l in the county. RACING PROGRAM lr? FIKST 1AV Introductory lUce g mile duih fionfo Crook County Trot or 1'ace, mile heats, 2 iif .1 'ill 1 1) Saddle IUue, J-inile dash, stock saddles and horo'H 7"M. Crook County Commercial Club Slake, running mile SU'.Of SKCOND DAY Running mile dash " .... Ji'OOO Crook Cotuity Colts, H-vr. oltN, trot or pace, mile 2 in ,'t , HHM0 Crook County Merchants' snd Manufuc(urei' Turn-, ;:;(.) class trot or pac. heats a in 5 Quarter mile uVb Til I III) DAY Farmers' and Urpeiferf.' Stake, running mile d:i!-h !W0 00 KtinniiiB S-mile, 2 veiir-olds 150 IX' (ietitletiien's Double Team Houdsters' ' to drive ". 100 10 Ilunning J-wilc dash 10000 I'OL'llTlI DAY Indian Women1, one mile 2"00 Society' Purse, 2;25 clan, trot, n.l!e h-ats, 3 it) 5. S0OUU One-hale mile handicap 200 00 lluoning one-half mile Consolation raco 1(1000 Kntrios to all named races will close Oct. 1, 11)12 Over-night entries 8 o'clock p. m. night he (ore race American Trotting Association rule to govern all harness rices, the society being a member of the same ; and American llacing K ilcs to govern running races Entrance lee to all stakes anil pursec , 10 per cent of same Money divided 70, 20 and 10 per cent For further information apply to J. N. WILLIAMSON. 1're.dent, or PltiNKViu k, Oin:. J. F.CADLK, Secretary, I'i'iNKvti.i.K, Our Pioneer None Money Back if You Made at Pioneer Agents DeLaval Separator. ARE YOU SURE The records show a clear title to your property? The recordo failed to show correct title lu it wile ninile tide week by a leading retil eetate company. RESULT Lonu; dcluy and possible loss. Better let the Pioneer Abstract Compuny look uftor your Interests. pioneer Abstract company (Member Oregon Association of Title Men) Subscribe for the o o liiHUIIi KKJIK) U ice, mile, 2 in 3, owners - : - Butter Better Are Not Satisfied. Home. Cream Co. Prineville Journal .'4 $100,000.00 TO LOAN On Improvrd. Producing FARMS Large Loans a Specialty A. R. BOWMAN Prineville, Oregon ais.va-auat.t.-scs Laflcr's Studio A place In ret -me piirlrnii.H lieu fat'i't i w. I iili-tj li.ir nr it.ilntr ilme nciitly i. irl itilfly l'linto ivni k evi lintii.'i'it nr V. o.el Send ns your fi!m by mull We arc lucn led uti Main Street, nc.ir club hull F. E. Lafler, Prop. We strive o pleune Fruit Trees! Central Oregon Grown The only kind you emi afford to plant. ill-USTRATEO CATALOGUE FREE. Write for one. I'liccM luiv rimliuh to Htirprlwe you. Lsfollelte Nursery Co. Prinrvilln, t! tl Oregon dfc A A, .fi, .A. .1. jA. j'? " RECEPTION " I Smith & Allingham, Props Cliauip Smith's old stand. Imported and Domestic Cigars Famous Whiskies Old Crow; Hermitage; Red Top Rye; Yellow Stone; Canadian Club; Cream Rye; James E. Pepper; Moore's Malt. Porter, Ale and Olympia Draft Beer on Tap. Imported Wines ind Liquors. The Oregon Bar At the Old Stand G. W.Wiley & Co., Prps l All kinds of Choice Liquors Wines and Cigars. J Famous Ranier Beer irv j Bottles and on Draft. t' J
