Crook CoMoty "Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNT OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1913.
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Oregon, xxu4-clf matter
VOL XVII NO. 10
Oregon Lawmakers'
Work Reviewed
Bslnm. Tin only Important work
ttcromplllod during th itcond
wpck'l lin of the li'Klalftttir. Mills
from lb vlurtlon of Dr. Hurry I-n
to tbt United BttitM nut, which iu
mvrv pnrfuuclory malltr devoid of
the old time political Intormt, wm
th paMnK of iovrml vetoed ti t 11m
of the lnt (Ion over Governor
Went't hiad. The Important bllli In
troduced thin ii'mIoo arc moally In
the eonimUlv Haifa, or ba only
panned one houae.
The vetoed tilla punii'd Included the
Thoinpaon bill, rxlatlva to bind drain
age, the bill relating to formation of
new countlva, leaving dlvlalon to peo
ple In countlea afferted, aalary In
crnaaea for dlatrlel attorney In fourtb
and firth dlatrlcta and bill creating
llveMwk aanltary board and appro
priating $5,000 for eradication ot con
tagloui dim-own.
The tenalon between the lrglalntura
and the governor becama acute during
the week and the Indlt-atloua pointed
to a lively ecrop between tha aiecu
tlve and the lawmakera. The Incep
tion of the warfare waa the action of
the houae In lining up with the annate
In panning vetoed bllla over bla head.
The governor wua particularly Irrita
ted over the proapect of the paaange
of the Warner I.ak bill, which be
clnlmed waa not fur the ln(ret of
a it tin I aelllcra but fur litnd epecula
tora. He gave notice that he would uae
the veto ax freely on bllla. There waa ,
talk among meuibera of orKiinlalng the j
two branches wilh a two-thlnla major j
tty to pan bllla by the wholeaale over
hla vi'lo. tt waa fcleo ugiK'Hled that
the aeaalon might be extended over
the uaual forty daya, In order to over
ride the governor'a vtto'.
Deadllnt en Appropriation!
Tha governor announced that be
would draw a deadllue on appropria
tion! and that nothing above a certain
mount would receive bla approval,
lie explained Hint be will have a churt
drawn, which will be placed In a con
plcuoua place In the atute houae,- on
which a line will be drawn at the top,
InV-d Ink, aud It wl'I curry In flgurre
the limit ha la willing to go on ap
propriations Ttala chart will be pre
pared aoiiio time thla week, and nich
lny the money bllla will be pouted on
It. Aa tln-y become luwa the total
will be ahown and aftrr the deadline
la pnaaed the ax will full no matter
who la hit.
The temper of the leRlnlnture anema
to bo to take Ikhiio with the governor,
anil union alt la pinirml on the trou
bled watera there will be somo fire
vtorka beforo the close of tho acanlon.
449 Measure! Introduced
With ntljourument nt tho end of the
second woi-k S!0 bllla had been Intro
duced In the house of reprcHontntlvee
and 1S3 bllla In tho aenato, or a total
of 440 bllla ao far thla session. I.nut
oshIoii lit the clove of tho aecotul
week 172 bills had been Introduced lu
tho bouse und Vii In tho somite.
During the aerond week of the aea
alon alx house bllla piiHaed the aenato
nnd two of them were signed by the
governor. Tho two signed by the gov
ernor, both repeal old section of the
code. In addition to these two Camp
bell's bill, relating to tho tern) of of
fice of cortuin atato offlrera; I.ewel
ling's hill, to aliollHh the office of tstnto
land agent; lleltzel'i bill, relating to
tho manner of executing the aallafac
tlon of mortgages and lllnkle'a bill re
lilting to limitation of Indebtedness for
Irrigation dlatrlcta, all house bllla,
have panted the somite The house
has so far passed no senate bills.
Many Liquor Lawa Proposed
This session of the legislature has
aeen the Introduction of more bllla re
lating to tho liquor business and mor
als than any for several years past.
Many of them, In fact a majority ot
- them, have emanated from the gover
nor. This la not true of one ot the
moro Important, wheh cntno in the
shape ot a resolution to place before
the people at the next general election
a constitutional amendment providing
for the repoal of the home rule amend
ment. It la Introduced with his ap
proval, however.
The bouse has pnssd Dlancherd's
bill striking at the owners of places
. ot 111 repute, and the senate has pass
ed Calkin's bill to give a right ot ac
tion for damages to the family of an
habitual drunkard or Intoxicated per
son to whom liquor Is sold In violation
of law. This week the aenato is ex
pected to paus lloakln's bill prohibit
ing tho sale -r any kind of intoxicants
outside the ilts of Incorporated cit
ies and towns.
Radical changes In the Judicial sys-teW-PL'..PrWBe('
y a b"l Introduced
ty Itepreaentntlve Lnlournlte, of Mult,
nomnh. If It becomes a law, circuit
courts and county courts will be abol
ished, and their places will be taken
by superior courts.
Under the terms of the bill, there
are to be no judicial dstrlcta In the
atata, but la wch of the organised
counties of the state there shall ba s
superior court for which at leaat on
Judge shall be elected by tha voters
of that county, or group of counties.
Bar Outside Monty from Campaign
It will be a felony for any person,
firm, association or corporation with
in the atate of Oregon to receive eith
er directly or Indirectly any pay, com
pensation or reward of any kind from
any peraon, firm or corporation from
outalde the slat of Oregon for the
purpose of aaaiatlng In the adoption
or defeat of any muaaur proposed
under the Initiative, If a bill In the aen
ato by Thompaon becomes a law.
The bill Is framed with the purpose
of striking at such organlxatlone a
:he Kela fund rommlaklon.
Will Invtetlgat State Institutions
The membership of various commit
tees of Investigation of state Institu
tions authorised by the towelling res
olution, conalstlng of two from the
senate and three from the bouse, was
provided In a Joint resolution Intro
duced In the bouse by ttepreaentatlv
Lewelling of I.lnn.
The bouse passed the resolution, but
the serial voted It down. Ily special
request of Governor West, however,
this action was reconsidered and the
resolution adopted.
Widows' Pension Passes House
The house panned by unnnlmous
vote houae bill K'J. which provides for
financial assistance from the varloua
counties for women with one or more
children who are unable to work, and
whose husbands are dead or Inmate
of some Oregon Institution.
- lly the provision of the bill, the
county is to pay ftO a month to da
pendent women having one child un
der 1 years of age, and $7.60 a month
for each rddltlonal child. Women
only partially dependent are to be paid
enough to bring their Incomes to the
same figure. Administration of the
act I to be under exclusive Jurisdic
tion of the Juvenile court.
Provide Recall From Congres
To make It possible (o recall United
Btutes senators and representatives In
congress from Oregon Is the purpose
of a bill Introduced In tho house by
Representative Lawrence of Multnc?
mah. The bill requires that any per
son who shall be a candidate for the
t'nlted States Senate or for Congress
shall, at the tlnm ot filing his declar
ation of Intention to become a candi
date, hl-;n one of two stutcmonts.
If he slgtiB one he agrees that If nt any
election a majority of tuono voting on
the question of recalling him shall
vote for his recall, he will resign the
office within ?4 hours after be shall
receive the official returns of the re
call election. If ho signs tho other
statement he plainly says that he will
not resign In caso a majority of the
voters shall vote for his recall.
Marriage May Be Easier
In: tend of having his operations con
fined to one county In the matter of
uniting two souls with but a single
thought, a regularly accredited preach
er will be able to perform marriages
In any county In the state. If a bill In
troduced by Representative Howard,
of Douglas, himself n minister, be
comes a lnw, The bill also provdes
that county clerks, op Issuing a mar
rlage license, are to obtain from the
applicants certain Information which
preacher ordinarily desire before per
forming a marriage ceremony, which
Is to be attached to the license.
Legislative Brevities
A bill to create a state fire marshal,
currying with it nn appropriation ot
$15,000, was presented In the house.
Tho state senate adopted a memor
lal addressed to 1'resldent-elcct Wil
son, at.klng him to appoint a man from
the Pacific coast as secretary of the
Interior.
IllllB to appropriate $371,000 for the
University of Oregon and $;U7,8:!3.73
for the, Oregon Agricultural college
wore introduced In the house by the
ways nnd menna committee.
No more will tho traveler by train
or steamboat Bo thirsty for lack of a
drinking cup, If a bill Introduced In
the house by Representative Belland
Is passed. He would compel steam
ship and railroad companies carrying
passengers to furnish sauitary drink
ing cupb free.
With tho passage of Senator Wood'
bill for the creation ot new counties,
which has become a law without the
approval of the governor, the way baa
been opened to the formation of new
counties without a vote by the people
ot the state, and without a tight In the
legislature,
Railroad Proposition
Never Looked Better
The question of railroad to
Prineville is narrowing down to a
fine point. The prospects were
never brijehter. Mr. Schecl, the
contractor .came over from Metolius
Tuesday and Immediately held a
conference with the railroad com
mittee that has charge of the Prine
ville end of the enterprise. Every
thing waa smooth sailing; on this
end but the Metolius part of the
program was not so smooth. That
is the only uncertain feature and
uncertain only as to that town
getting the branch from this place.
Two other towns want the junction
and are ready and willing to put up
their share of the expense of getting
it. There is no , uncertainty about
the road to I'rineville. Complete
details have not been worked out
but Mr. Soheel and the committee
are busy with them and it is ex
lected that in a few days the con
tract for the road will be signed.
Mr. Scheel expresses himself as well
pleuaed with the outlook.
The Prineville committee states
that if Mr. Williamson, the owner
More Money in Cattle
and Hogs than Horses
George Russell expects to leave
this week for Portland with three
carloads of fat stock. He got the
highest price ever paid for cattle
west of Uie Rockies a few weeks
ago and thinks that his second ship
ment is in ait prime condition' as the
top-notchers. His shipment will be
made up of Shorthorns and Here
fords. Mr. Russell is gradually going
out of the horse business. He says
there is 'more money in beef and
hogs. He will butcher 170 head of
hogs this winter. Next year he
will double the number. He litis 58
of the best brood sows in the coun
try. Oregon State Insane
Asylum Report
Judge Springer
received on Jan-
uary 19th the following list of
names of patients admitted from
Crookcounty, which were transferred
from the asylum at Salem to the
Eastern Oregon State Hospital at
Pendleton, Oregon;
Ernest Krater, admitted April 16,
1911.
William A. Jenks, admitted April
12, 19()
Oliver Connett, admitted August
23, 1897.
August Rrede, admitted Novem
ber 3, 1907.
Herman Anderson, admitted May
1, 1910.
Sarah Morris, admitted Novem
ber 28, 1912.
Mrs. John Foster, admitted May
17, 1S96.
Martha B. Foster, admitted May
17, 1S9G.
Cora Bell, admitted December 15,
1896. '
John B. Vanderpool, admitted
March 29, 1912.
Bruce Ray,- admitted January 9,
1895.
Jesse L. Poush, admitted June 8,
1912.'
Albert Pendolph, admitted April
14, 1885.
Albert New, admitted October 15,
1910.
V. R. McDonald, admitted No
vember 22, 1910.
Crook County Journal, county
official paper. $1.50 a year.
of Die Metolius townsite, could be
reached matters could be brought .
to ahead right away, but as he is
in the East somewhere, it is going
to take time to deal with him. In
case he does not come through
Prineville will have to raise 115,600
extra to make connection at one of
two other points that are anxious
to get the road. So far the com
mittee has 154,000 subscribed.
The meeting last Friday evening .
of the subscribers to the railroad i
fund re-elected the soliciting com
mittee with full power to negotiate
any contract it might see fit.
Thus T. M. Baldwin, C. M. Elkins, ; ket influenced by size of receipts
C. Sam Smith, John R. Stinson and Demand for swine broadens to
Henry Cram have full power to j ward the week end. .Monday's
conduct negotiations. Henry Cram run of 2742 head broke all former
antlfr. H.'.Lafollette tied for the fifth j records for a single day and low
place on the ticket. The tie was ered prices a dime. Reaction
settled by flipping a half dollar. ' set in after Tuesday and top
Mr, Lafollette did not prove a good ; grade were selling freely at $7.50
guesser. The first four gentlemen ; 17.75 Thursday,
acted as the soliciting committee.! Sheep house business was
dence in these gentlemen to success- f . . . . ,
fully negotiate rail connections fori celPts' Muon valjes had a
this city. j strong upward tendency as the
r week advanced. Prime wethers
WllMt Riilcpr j sold f6.25to6.50 and ewes $5.50.
iiucai ivaidCis a quarter over former prices.
CnH' D u , D-i j The lamb market is steady to
Ueiling Detter mce strong 7.00 7.35. with demand
j far exceeding supply.
Many of the wheat raisers in this ;
section and others as well are cor.- !
irmt i.lafin, frUAm..,.1... 1. .11..
.uiuii.uii buciiiocivca, caiet:iaiijr
those who have kept their whole
crop on the present outlook for
prices in that commodity, in the!
northwestern markets.
Most of the farmers have some
grain yet to sell, and many of them
have nearly all of their crop stored
in their granaries and in the ware
houses, and the recent advance in
the prices will enable them to real
ize a few cents more per bushel
than during the fall and early win
ter. Madras Pioneer.
One-third State Area j
in Forest Reserve
;
Nearly one-third of 'the total '!
area of Oregon is included in forest
reserves, according to figures com-
piled and made public by the
tary of state's offices. There are
61,188,480 acres in the state, of
which 16,023,420 are in forest re-j
serves. j
Cascade, 1,097,700 acres; Crater,
1.019,400 acres; Deschutes, 942,020; !
Fremont, 852,000 acres; Klamath,
9200 acres; Malheur. 1,262,840
acres; Minam, 448,330 acres;
Ochoco, 819,030 acres; Oregon, 1,-;
141,120 acres; Paulina, 1,333,360 1
acres; Santiam, 710,170 acres; Sis
kiyou, 1,287,990 acres Siuslaw,
821,000 acres; Umatilla, 566,920
acres; Umpqua, 1,195,440 acres; j
Wallowa, 1,097,670 acres; Wenaha,t0 BD! office or PubUc etnPlpy
472,000 acres; Whitman, 949,230
acres.
Crook county has a total area of
4,977,920 acres. About one-fourth
of this is in the forest reserve. The
exact figures are 1,358,889.
Will Sell or Trade.
I have a few good fresh milk cows
will be fresh within two mouths.
M good, high-grade cows Jerseys.
HoUteitiH, anil Durhams. Will well
for cash, or trade for beef or stock
cattle or fat hoa, or good well
broke horse, U youug. Boxl7.i. Ked
numd, Ore. 12 26 4t
Team for Sale,
Team
Condart.
for sale cheap.
See Cliao. F.
130
Notice
Tarties having horSea in my pasture
are requested to remove them at once.
l-2-2tp Mud Vandu pool.
The Portland
Livestock 'Market
Portland, Jan nary 24 Receipts
for the week have been; Cattle
1747; Calves, 30; Hog. 3887; Sheep
3011; Horses 4H.
The cattle market is steady to
firm in all lines. A third of the
j week's receipts was contracted
i stuff from California and Utab
'Points, leaving an inadequate
i layout for the buyers and bulk
of beef offerings were only fair
to medium quality.
Beef famine still acute with
prime etock at a premium. Rest
steers sold steady at 18.00 cows
fO 75 f7.00 and heifers 17.25
to 17.05 veal market was strong
at $9 00 for choice light calves;
Bulls ana stags steady.
An "Up and down" hog mar-
Wants tO bimpllfy
the Judicial System
Salem, Or., The abolition of
i the Circuit and County Court sys-!
terns in the state and the sub
stitution tctr them nf A Rnnorinr
Court g contem lated ,
a bill introduced in the bouse by
Representative Latourette, of
Multnomah County, and should
it pass, he believes, the judicial
system or the state will be sitn
plitied and the state be saved
considerable money.
The bill gives the Superior
Courts jurisdiction in all Cises
over which the Circuit and
County Courts now have juris-
dic,ion- .8nd ' 6iv" t appellate
;J"ion an cases arising
" we justice ana other inferior
secre-icourt; Prides that the Superior
, Courts sha11 be Pen 0Q a11 ds-
e-P""K ra juaiciai uays, ana
tnat even on these writs oi pro
hibition, injunction and habeas
corpus may be issued and served
No person, according to the
bill, shall be eligible to office of
judge of a Superior Court unless
he shall be a resident of a
connty embraced within its juris
diction, and shall have been ad
mitted to practice in the courts
of the state; that no judge of the
Supreme Court or judge of the
o : - n t i...n i i:
mcuu "lucl Juul ""-
and not become a candidate for
any office other than a judicial
office during'the term for which
be has been elected. The term
of office shall be four years, and
the present Circuit Court judges
are to remain in oflice, the Gov-
i ernor to appoint the extra judges
made necessary by a revision of
the territory.
The bill provides that the
judges shall be apportioned as
follows: f
Baker, one judge; Benton and
Lincoln, jointly, one judge;
Clackamas, one judge; Clatsop
and Columbia, jointly, one judge;
Coos and Curry, jointly, one
judge; Grant, Malheurjand Har
ney, jointly, one judge; Douglas
and Josephine, jointly, one
judge: Jackson, one judge; Lane,
two judges; Linn and Marion,
jointly, two judges; Klamath and
Lake, jointly, one judge; Sher
man, Wheeler, Gilliam and Crook,
jointy, one judge; Union and
Wallowa, jointly, one judge;
Wasco, and Hood River, jointly,
one judge; Washington and Till
amook, jointly sne judge; Yamhill
and Polk, jointly, one judge;
Multnomah, six judges.
The Governor's
Flat Salary Bill
Salem, Or. Governor West's'
flat salar) bill probably will
emerge from the crucible of
legislative criticism much chast
ened, is the prophecy of those
who have examined the measure.
Men experienced in . economic
problems point out whattbey
classify as "absurdities" in the
bill introduced in tbe House
yesterday by Gill of Clackamas,
by request of the Executive.
Tbe general rule by which
county salaries have been fixed
it is claimed, is properly to bal
ance the population and wealth,
without regard to area, for the
reason county officers may sit in
their apartments in tne Court
house at- the county seats and
transact their official affairs as a
rule without leaving tbe building.
For the purpose of classifying
counties, however, the Governor
has balanced areas, population
and assessible value of property
in order to get tbe classification
of the others.
As a result of so-called "aver
age percentages" Crook, Harney,
Lake, and Malheur counties are
ranked by tho bill as of the
fourth class, while Polk," Benton,
Tillamook and Clatsop are placed
in tbe fifth class. According to
late reports of the Board of Tax
Commissioners, the total values
of taxable property in these
counties, including that equalized
hy the County Bwrds of Equali
Zition and that tqu:ilzed and ap
portioned by the St ite Board of
Tax Commissioners, were as
follows: Crook, $9,979. 152; II irney
$7,349,037; L'ike. $3,730 982;
Malheur. $11,431,847; Polk. $14.
748.767; Beaton, $ 10,9i'2.226;
Tillamook, $15,123,414; Ciatsop,
S9.S40.570.
These figures show that the
smaller counties have taxable
property in certain instances
greatly exceeding that of the
larger counties, and their popu
lation is also greatly in excess ot
the larger counties. Yet the
Sheriffs, Clerks, Assessors,
School Superintendents, Treas
urers, Judges and Commission
ers in Crook, Lake, Harney and
Malheur will, under the pro
visions of this bill, draw larger
salaries than is paid the same
officers in Polk and Tillamook.
Clatsop officials will draw less
than those of Lake, with less
population and less wealth.
Harney has even less assessable
property than Lake and yet its
taxpayers will have to pay
countyofficials more than do
those of Polk, Benton, Tillamook
and Clatsop. The assessable
wealth of Tillamook is more than
twice that of Harney.
Trappers.
I mount all kinds of Specimens, make
Ruga, Robes and Coats out of Coyote,
Cat, Hjrae anj Cow hides. Coyote
Rohes for sale. I sell Hammersley's
Animal Bait for Coyotes, Cats and Mink.
My tanning formulas are wonderful.
Complete instructions and formulas $1.
Success guaranteed. Harry Utlky,
taxidermist and tanner, Lakeview, Ore
gon. 123-2tp
Sheep Wanted. v
From 300 to 500 head of sheep wanted.
Address, giving lull particulars, Crook
County .lou isai, Prineville, Ore. 1-13 '
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