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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1912.
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VOL.XVI-NO.52
What Industry Can
Do In Crook County
. F.igbt ymrs ago a farmer In
quest of cheap Und whore lie
could make a Mart in llfu, locatnd
near Madras. Crook County. lie
went with iho belief that Fall
sown wheat could be made a
profitable crop thoro mott aoasons
and at land was cheap,- the cost
of plowing and harvettlng low.
this furmea, Tillman Router by
name, figured that he could make
4i fortune within a fuir time.
Eight years later this man la
opening the eyes of the country
to tha possibilities of dry-farm
development in the semi arid
region of the West. Instead of
confining himself to wheat, he
Is growing more than 00 varieties
of grains, with which he is con
ducting the moat careful experi
ments. In addition, thoro is not
a hardy vegetable known to this
region which he does not prod uue
at will, His forage for livestock
ruuks with that of many Irrigated
districts, alfalfa vetch and choice
feed being the rule.
All this the hardy farmer of
Crook County has done with an
live rage rainfall of about 10 inches.
Two yeara ago the district got
tut 10.5 inches for the entire
year, and much of it not seasonal
at all. One year ago the entire
12 months brought only 8 Inches
of precipitation, while this season
the rainfall has climbed up to
(. - - the abnormal total of 15 Inches,
There ia not a drop of water for
irrigation on any square foot of
Tillman Router's farm. He looks
only to the heavens for life giving
moisture, and so prepares his soil
and so ad n pis his plunt varieties
that he may utilize to the fullest
overy drop of moisture that full!
upon thd soil during the year.
Tillman Ueuter's accomplish
uient is but one of the enormous
list of agricultural experiment
farms that will have to work out
Ceutral and Eastern Oregon's
great agricultural and horticul
tural problem. In this com
munity, he is carefully studied.
K.icn county fair finds him a
loudor. At the state fair lie
excelled all other Oregon dry
farm producers. For threeyears
In succession he bus taken a
string of pri.es at the Internation
al Dry-Farming Congress and this
year returned from Lethbridge,
Canada, with two big silver cups
und throo silver trophies, two of
which brought sweepstake prizes
live first prizes, four second
prizes, throe third prizes
and three fourth prizes. This
winniug constitutes the most re
markable individual success at
the great International meeting
and was the strongest showing
made by the Americans in com
petition with their Cunadian
neighbors In the work which
above all else is calculated to
populate the West.
Tillman Reuter has agreed to
bring his whole exhibit, with his
- cups, trophies and prizes to the
Pacific Northwest Land Products
Show, which will open tomorrow
und continue all week. This ex
In bit Is but one of the powerful
educationl features which the
management has determined
shall be brought together to
show to the throngs visiting this
show what the Northwest can do
in an agricultural way. Mr.
Eeuter himself will be in attend
ance, and he will be free to im
part to all his fellow workers on
- dry-farm problems the difficulties
he has overcome and the con
ditions with which other people
beyond the Cascades IUngo must
fight where they have not abun
dant water for irrigation.
"It takes some time to work
The C. C. H. S.
Defeats Redmond
Crook County With School 59,
Redmond 0.
The (tame with
Saturday came as
The Panama Canal
At The Lyric
For months past papers and mag
azines have been filled with accounts
Redmond lust j and pictures i f Uucle Sam's big
a revelation to ditch, which v ili he completed soon
the moat sanguine rooter of the C. j U an expensv of approximately
C. H, S. There are many who j $375,000,000. One of the lamest
think this year's team the best the j film companies recently produced a
school has developed but they have ; reel of pictures showing all the prin
not been very loud in their claims, ! cipsl details of the huge work, from
out the problem" said Mr. Heuter: but the lust two games certainly 'the Miraflares Locks near the Pacific
last week, while here making give the team a right, to be consid-, lend, the Pedro Miirul Locks, the
plans to install the dry-farm ex
hibit In connection with the Mad-1
ran exhibit. "A large amount of j
experimentation must b prose
cuted. A big variety of grains,
grasses, fruits and vegetables
must be tested out. Rome will
be found best adapted, while
others that have thrived under
apparently Identical conditions,
may fail. Principles of vultiva
lion are fairly well established,
and I find that it does not cost
appreciably more to prepare the
soil for dry farm methods than
under the old regime. There are
special implements which hasten
the work, and if these are used,
the time required of the fanner
is not a heavy tax. If the plow
ing Is done In the Fall, Winter
will pack the soil sufficiently, and
the Spring work will bo soften
ing the surface somewhat and
preparing the top coating. If
Spring plowing is done, a sub
surface packer will be used.
These principles have been well
established, and any farmer who
will take a careful course In them
can operate with success.
"In tostiug vrrieties, there Is
a more serious problem, which
is local in its natore. I have
been experimenting this year
with 60 varieties of grain, 30 of
which are oats, 20 varieties
Spring and Winter wheat and
,10 varieties barley. I try a
great many things, all the time,
and out of tha tests gradually
work out those which make the
greatest yield. This applies to
everything being adapted to the
soml-arid country, and only in
this mannor can the best results
be obtained. This year I got 80
bushels of wheat to the acre, und
will get an average of about 22
bushels when weather conditions
through the bummer are nor
mal." Tillman Ueuter's prizes at the
international contest this year
among the dry-farming forces
of the continent were:
Best individual farmer's exhibit
of grass and forage, trophy; best
individual exhibit of sheuf of
grain, trophy; largost potato,
woighing three pounds and
twelve and a half ounces, trophy;
the best display of HO day corn,
silver cup; cup" and grand sweep
stake prize- for the best sheaf
of barley.
Mr. Reuter made another ex
hibit for a neighbor at Madras,
J. W Spicer, of yellow dent corn,
and got a silver cup and grand
sweepstake prize for him. His
first prize, six in number, were
the best three sheafs of alfalfa,
three cuttings; best sand vetch,
best Spring rye, best 6-row
barley, best soft Winter wheat
and best Durum wheat. There
were four second prizes, includ
ing white onions, plo pumpkin
and best six stalks of flint corn.
Oregoqian.
ercd. They have proven themselves j famous Culebra Cut. Gatun Lock
masters of all kinds of football. land Dam, which raise a vessel corn-
On a mudd field they piled up ing in from the Atlantic side 85 feet
the largest score ever made against to the level of Gatun lake and many
their old rivals, the Bend High
School. A week later when op
posed by the strong team from Red
mond, having the heaviest line they
have ever met, they were enabled
other interesting views along the
canal.
Thi picture and two other reels
will be shown at the Lyric Friday
and Saturday evening this week.
to so change their tactics as to pile The beautifully cohred Biblical
up a record breaking score of 59 'subject, "Saul and David," will be
points. The heavy line smashing of j shown tonight for the last time.
the Redmong team enabled them to ' ,
make yardage three times while Plenty of Work
.1 .: . . 3 i
iney nugouuua one successiui ior-
ward pass. The locals failed to
make first down but twice and
while not all attempts at forward
passes were successful they made
many yards bv the air route. The
forward pass was directly responsi
ble for two touchdowns.
The visitors were unusually
strong individually and with more Jn januftry
practice woum mane an excellent
team. . The work of Rodman on
offense and Kennard, the fullback,
and Kennard, the sure tackling
quarterback on defense, was es
pecially noteworthy.
For the locals O'Neil, Roberta
and the entire back field did excel
lent work on offense. O'Neil and
Two Companies Want
to Furnish the Light
There was a special meeting of j Jacobs' proposition vas a public
the city council Tuesday evening matter, since it was presented at a
for the purpose of considering pro- former meeting of the council, that
posals for lighting the streets of
Prineville.
The first proposition to
attention was that made
each company be permitted to re
submit sealed bids at the regular
receive ! December meeting. The suggest
by the J tion met the approval of the c4un-
for the Legislature
Already myriad bills are ap
pearing from all directions on
the horizon, all beaded for one
common center. They will pass
in review in one glorious mass
when toe legislature meets at
Among the things of first im
portantancn to be considered
will be tax measure, revision of
the judicial code, good roads
bills, appropriation bills and re
vision of the insurance laws.
Then will come the usual pro
cession of county salary bills,
and such measures as workmen's
Stearns showed especially well on j compensation, bills dealing with
defense, breaking up plays before , tne electioa laws, an eight hour
they were really formed and tack- j b and a biu regaining corpor
ling like fiends. Estes, the C. C. j al;on conduct.
II. S. aggressive quarterback mixed
up his plays so thoroughly that the
Prineville Light & Water Co. This
company agreed to furnish electric
street lights and electric lights for
municipal purposes at the following
rates: 2000-candle power arc lights
$9 per month; the company to fur
nish everything and give an all
night service; lights to be placed
wherever desired by the city.
Incandescent lights, 16-candle
power 50 cents per month; city to
furnish fixtures and pay cost of in
stalling; the company to replace all
burned out lamps and furnish an
all-night service.
The above proposition contem
plated either an entire incandescen
system, an entire arc system or a
combination incandescent and arc
system.
The Cove Power Co. then sub
mitted its proposition which was
practically the same as the other
one with the exception of the
monthly rate on arc lights which
was placed at f 8 a month, one dol
lar below the P. L. & W. Co. 'a bid.
Mr. Gates, president of the P.
L. & W. Co. addressed the council
on behalf of his company. He
stated that he had sold the plant to
George Jacobs, the sale to become
effective January 1.
Attorney Brink was present to
represent Mr. Jacobs' interests,
He suggested that inasmuch as Mr,
cil and a motion prevailed yt that
effect. -4
Mrs. Campbell, Miss Wilson andV
Mr. Kingsley appeared before the
council in behalf of their claims for
damages for land appropriated by
the city for street purposes. As
the time allowed by ordinance had
expired for them to make a protest
the mayor thought a friendly suit
against the city would be their only
recourse for compensation.
During the discussion of the fran
chises Mr. Gates took occasion to
go into the workings of the new
publicutilities law just passed by
the people of Oregon. This law, he
said, took all public utilities out of
the hands of municipalities. This
is why he wanted to get out of the
business. The commission, he said,
could step in and do about as it saw
fit irrespective of anybody else.
In this connection it might be
pertinent to state that a dispatch
from Salem to the Oregonian stated
that there were 1000 utilities in
Oregon, and probably more, that
would come under the Malarkey
public utilities bill. So far 430
telephone companies alone have
been located. The first complaint'
i
under the new bill is from Marsh
ffeld in relation to the water com
pany of that place.
At the last session much of
; the time of thn lppislatnrs was
opposition was completely bewilder- j consumed in the discussion o
three subjects that are now out
ed while his pauses were always ac
curate.
The locals opened the game by
kicking off to the Hogge on the 10
yard line, who returned it 10 yards.
On the first play Redmond fumbled
and when the mass was cleared
of the way. One was the investi
gation of affairs at the state in
! sane asylum, along with the sel
ection of site for the new asylum
in eastern Oregon. Another
i was the investii ition nf Dnirv
away the ball was found snuggled! nd Food Commissioner Bailey,
close to a blue and gold" jersey. whoge remoyal d b
rr J tir
iwo iurwra pius.es lu.ieu; wei-1 Governor West
gand tore around right end fori
eight yards, Mayhew added five
more at left and after 3 J minutes
of play Myers carried the ball over
for the ffrst score of -the game. A
minute later he missed an easy goal.
Three more touchdowns were made
during this period. Myers convert
ing everyone into a goal.
Redmond
Chute
C.
Small Gasoline Pumping En
gine and Stock Pump
Inquire of Collins W,
11-14
At a bargain,
Elkins.
Onions, Onions
I have a quantity of good, first-claes
onions for sale. Drop me a card or
leave orders at Klkina' store.
11-14 2tp Alf B. Gkykr,
C. II. S.
Roberts
Stearns
Golden L. T. Charlton
Hogge L. G. Rowell
Bixby
Golden C. Osborn
Garden R. G. Claypool
Roberts R. T. Yancey
Erickson.
Walker R. E. O'Neil
Kennard Q. Estes
Fleming L. H. Mayhew
Errickson
Rodman R. H. Weigand
Kennard F. B. Myers
Officials Referee, Coe; Umpire,
Moore; Lineman, Kennard.
Time of periods 15 minutes.
Touchdowns Roberts 3, Myers 1,
Weigand 8, Yancey 1, Mayhew 1.
Goals from touchdowns Myers 5.
Trappers
If you want to catch more Coyotes
and (jata man you ever did belore in
your life, write rue. II. A. Utley,
11-14 4t Lakeview Ore., Box 6J5.
For Sale.
A lew pure bred White Plymouth
Rack Cockerels from prize winning
stock at fa each. L. J.. cott,
Il-14-luip , 1'riaeville, Ore,
Third was the
fight over the assistant secretary
of Ftate bill, in which bitterness
was aroused by the presistent
war waged on the new state ad
ministration by Jay Bjwercian,
These subjects have been clear
ed by the selection of a site for
the new asylum, the retirement
of Bailey through the election of
J. D. Mickle to succeed him, and
the retirement of Bowerman
from the legislature, so he will
no longer be personally present
to urge his pet measures.
One of the first duties of the
legislature will be the election of
Harry . Lane as Uuited States
senator, in accordance with the
vote of the people. There is
some talk of an investigation of
expenditures made by candidates
in the senatorial primaries and
subsequent campaign.
By the repeal of the restrict
ion on legislative power in tax
ation, accomplished at the late
election, the way is opened for
action by the legislature on tax
measures. As the people at the
same time authorized the enact
ment of an income tux bill, it
may be assumed that a measure
on this line will be offered, es
pecially as it is one of the few
things promising an increase in
revenue.
Revision of the inheritance tax
laws is another measure that may
receive the attention of the legis
lature. A long and complicated
bill dealing with this subject was
defeated by the people on Nov
ember 5.
The whole subject of road legis
lation will be thrown back on the
lawmakers as the result of the
vote of the people disapproving
the bonding plans submitted at
the late election. The grange
claims some advantages in this
fight, as its county bonding act
was lost by only a small majority.
It is expected that all phazss of
road enthusiasts will unite in
asking the legislature to try its
hand once more and enact a com
prehensive plan for road improve
ment.
The adoption of equal suffrage,
approximately doubling the nam
ber of voters, is likelv to lead to
revision of the election laws In an
effort to simplify the ballot and to
reduce the cost that would result
from a continuance of present
laws. The second choice vote
plan for primary elections will
also be strongly urged.
Committees appointed by the
last legislature will report on the
subjects of judicial reform and
revision of the slate insurance
law. Full reports on these mat-,
ters will be rendered at the open
ing of the session.
The Multnomah delegation will
apparently be a unit in favor of
an interstate bridge over the
Columbia between Portland and
Vancouver, and will favor an ap
propriation for that purpose, con
tingent on appropriations by the
national government and the state
of Washington.
Probably there will be a flood
of small salary bills introduced
at the request of county officials,
who think salaries should grow
along with increase of population,
of business and the increased
cost of living.
A "blue sky" law, onlinesonly
slightly different from the one
rejected by the people, will be
proposed, in order to shut out
wildcat promoters and iucrease
the state revenues. A stringent
law on the sale of firearms, simi
lar to the law recently passed in
Portland, wil' be another measure.
A pure goods bill, requiring
fabrics sold in the state to be as
represented, will be backed by
the Consumers' league. Senator
Kellaher will probably renew his
twice defeated bill to prohibit
the bleaching of flour, which he
maintains is deleterious to health.
The eight-hour law for con
tinuous industries, which was
urged by Senator Dimick aud
others of the Clackamas delega
tion at the last session, will again
be offered. So will workmen's
compensation bills, the plan of
free textbooks in the schools and
a bill aimed at the so called pav
ing trust.
A bill requiring a physician's
certificate before candidates for
matrimony are permitted to join
fortunes will be urged, also one
for the sterlization of habitual
criminals, idiots and the insane.
Now that the people-have rejected
the bill to put the state printer
flat salary bill into effect two
years earlier than was provided
when the act was past two years
ago, an effort may be made to
repeal the bill altogather.
Appropriations for the support
of state instutions and offices aud
for special appropriations will
perhaps consume the usual
amount of time and excite much
debate. The last session ap
propiated almost f-1,300.000, but
this was reduced about $800,000
by the vetoes of the Governor,
and further reduced aboct $535,
000 by the referendum on the
University of Oregon appropria
tion bills and the Malarkey
bill. Portland Journal.