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Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR . PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913.
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VOL.XV1I-NO.27
May Term of the
Commissioners Court
Cinmty rouimlaalourra met May 7.
I'rearnt u. Mprtiisnr, county )inlit,
Cominlaaloiiera Bay ley ami Brown.
Oillu Full put In clnlui (or lum
Iter furnlahcd the county. Referred
to Commlaaloticr Bityley wltli 111
trui'tlon tlntt tin report aa eoou aa
he cub ajH'crtalii tli tull amount
luru tailed.
Fred it. Bchrcna wit appointed
mnil supervlaur lur IViitrnlh, dla
trlct So. 39.
H. K. Oeliorn wan appointed roail
upiTvUur lur Kutchcr dlatrlct No.
.
Tin' claim (or 1173 HO, preeeiilcd
y the city of Prineville lor mail
tann collected lor the year 1901,
1902 and PJUS, n-aa referred to Dla
trlct Altrouey "tell.
The claim ol W. II. Ktrktuim lor
$25, one-hull of tlw nnu ImpiHHMl mi
(.nan. Ki'Mry lor tearing ilown a
Unit, w referred to the dlatrlct
Uiirniy.
The boinU uf I ho following rond
iiHTvlnor were approved: W. K.
Chiypool. dlatrlct 35, 200; Glenn
llciidrlckeoii, dlatrlct ;if., 1500; IVrry
Monroe, dlatrlct 10, 500; Roy New
fll, dlatrlct N. f 200; J. W. rk'hmldt,
dlatrlct 10, ifcHl; rt. K. Stunt, dlatrlct
II, 500.
The report ol It. V, Jenkins, uier.
vlaor ol Havattu-k dlatrlct No. A,
covering tillla to the amount of
4441.16, waa approved,
I poll requcat ol petltloncra work
iu the Aillirey road waa ordered dis
continued, loroimldi-ratlon of entd
petitioner bulldliiK a bridge over
ibe IHwchute at the point of aur
vey, la ordered that aurvey of aald
roml be Lot taxed agnlnat tliem.
Wberraa, each road aupervlaor la
entitled to receive hi portlou ot the
roml fund for Immedluto and neeea
aary spring work on the road; It la
hereby ordered that the county clerk
laaue warranla nifiiluat the road
fuml In favor of each mipervlaor who
Ima bad bla bond approved; mild
warrant to be fur at leaat one-half
the amount of money avnllable for
each dlatrli't for road purpoaea, aa
apportioned by the county trenaurer.
The county clerk la ordered to lor
ward to each road aupervlHor a re
celpt book aultubb) for giving re
elpta for moneya received by blm In
the performance of hla duty, or to
take a receipt for any moneya ad
vanced by blm aa road aupervlaor,
It la ordered that each road aupcr
vlaor carry a aultablu ntclpt book
-and take a receipt for all moneya ad
vanced by blm aa such enpcrvlaor In
payment of labor or material.
Wherena, W. M. Karrell, road aup
ervlaor of dlHtrlct No. SO haa re
ported that the amount of money ap
portioned to III in for aprlng work
bit already beeu coliHiiiued In pay
lug for work and material lined In
bin dlatrlct and that the road atlll
require work and material to place
It In proper condition for travel, It
la ordered that the clerk draw a
warrant In favor of aald V. M. Kar
rell for full auiouut of road fund
now due aald dlatrlct In the county
treasury.
Wherena, Perry Monroe, road sup
rvlaor of' dlatrlct No. 10, haa re
ported that the amount of money
apportioned to hla dlatrlct for
aprlng work haa already beeu con
Hiitned In paying for work ami
material, and that the road atlll re
quires further work, It la ordered
that the county clerk draw a war
rant In favor of aald Terry Monroe
for the aum of 1202.85 and for the
full amount then remaining In the
road fund of aald dlatrlct and due
aald dlatrlct for road Improvement.
The aupervlaor of Lyle Gap road
dlatrlct No. 30 la hereby ordered to
change the road running by Mra.
BeiHey's place aa agreed upon by
ComiiilaHloner lirown.
Itcport of road mipervlaor Keara
for dlatrlct No. 11 for month of Apnll
for If 105 6.'i, la approved,
The petition id the Korea t Service,
prcHented by Homer Roaa, for the
aurvey of all that portion of the
Prlncvlllo-Mltchell road lying In
('rook county, la hereby grunted and
County Surveyor Rico la hereby In
atructed to make the aurvey and re
port the aamo at the next regular
term of tlila court.
Wheroaa, It uppeara that by a cer
tain order of this court iif the date
of .lanuary 2, 101.1, the road super
vlaor of dlHtrlct No, 12 built certain
bridge In aald dlatrlct, tIi, two
bridge on the Kellum road at tha
requeat of the Central Oregon Irri
gation Co., of Ileechutea, Greg JO,
and, whereat. It further appear
that the aald aupervlaor, It. U.
Klder, did build aald bridge prior
to December!., 1U12. at the coat of
1-10.48 for labor and material, and It
further apMara that aald company
haa not yet paid aald bllla nor any
part thereof na It promlaed and
agreed. It la therefore ordered that
aid bill of fro 48 be referred to the
dlatrlct attorney for Immediate col-lection.
The claim of Wallenburg Karrer i
of $P.M 3l for 7712 feet of lumber for
me Bprmgcr canyou bridge at 10l
... ...
er 1NK), waa allowed.
The claim of R. M. Klder, auper-
vlaor of roml dlatrlct No. 12, for
It2.'.", waa allowed.
kebata for wrongful aaaeaamcnta
were allowed aa follow:
I). K. lltiuter, $15 27.
(. M. I'atteraon, fiU.HO.
1. C. Itobluaon, ('II Kl.
Veda I'atteraon. f 17..V.
W. It. Cook. Ill 40.
H. S. Price, IIUH.
K. A. Logan, 7 2.V
lioo. A. Stephen. t4.8H.
Floyd IVlit, f 21.4.
Paul Mertchinf. 12 90.
Ilend Milling Co.'a claim of wroug
ht) aaaeaainent continued for further
Information.
Oregon A Weatern Colonisation
Co.'a claim denied.
t). M. Patteraon' claim continued
for further Information; facta not
ufflclently set forth.
It appearing that H. K. J one vai
aaaeaaed $H0o0 on Hotel Redmond
lor 1912, and for the year miO-U the
aanie proerty waa aaaeaaed for
$1000; and It further appearing that
the proerty had not been Improved
aliice lnio only lu the sum of f lso,
and It being known to till court
that aald property haa not Increaaed
materially lu value within the laat
year, It la hereby ordered that aald
II. K. Jo ilea be granted a reduction
In the naaeaament of Hotel Redmond
In the aum of $.000, and that hla
taxe be rebated accordingly.
It. W. U reeae waa aaaeaaed on
property that he did not poaacas to
the amount of f-SOOO. It I ordered
that he la? given credit by the aherlfl
with the tax ou aald S000 worth of
proHrty when proper affidavit of
the same ahull have tiecn made and
filed.
The Htltlon for the D. H. Yoeman
road haa been referred to the dlatrlct
attorney for lit approval.
On recommendation of School
Supt. Mvera, (1. Holt and L. B. Lar
son were ordered changed from
school dlatrlct No. 60 to dlatrlct No.
47.
Whereaa, It appear that the scalp
bounty fund haa been overdrawn In
the sum of :I5iK), It la hereby ordered
that the county clerk draw a war
rant In favor of that fund lu the Bum
of JXiX.
It appearing that the Coaat Bridge
Co. haa completed the Springer cau
yon bridge according to Its agree
ment. It la hereby ordered that
21.r0, the price of the bridge, be paid
from the road fund, and that n wur
rnnt In the sum of 11541.70 be drawn
by the county clerk on the general
fund In favor of the Coast lirldge Co.
In the matter of the carload of
culvert material furnished by Benl
& Co. about April 5, 1012, for I4411.S5
to 1h paid for one year after date;
said material being aiitlafnctory In
every reaped, It la ordered that ft
warrant be drawu on the road fund
In favor of aald company for 12073,
and the balance, 2:1:18.35. be paid
from the general fund.
It la ordered that a voting precinct
be formed to conform to the boun
daries of the C nt alio rofid district
and a second ctl i' precinct to coi .
form to the boundaries of the Alfalfa
road district.
It Is ordered that when the deed
of the land occupied by the new
Towner road is made to the county
and the road put lu good condltlou
for travel, the same shall be declared
a county road. .
A. O. Wulker Is hereby appointed
road supervisor of Alfalfa road ills
trlct No. 40.
The claim of the city of Madras for
expenses lu the care of the Webber
children, delinquent, was continued.
The claim of L. H.Irving for 5. 1
b-gal service rendered the Webber'
cnildren, waa allowed.
On complaint of Homer Koaa et
al, that there la an open dltcb In
front of Mr. L. R. I-awaon' rent
dene, alio an ojwn dltcb about 100
feeteaat of Mtll creek bridge on the
property of Wm. Smith; alao an
open ditch about 100 feet eaat of
Mark creek on the property of D.
A, Sear; Road Supervisor Iluchan
an la hereby Inatructed to notify the
owner to put In ul table culvert
and prepare the croaalng In firat
claaa condition; graveling ame
properly under the direction of laid
road (upervlaor. The work to be
done within IS day after notice has
been given to the owner of said
d I telle, and tf not o done the said
road auiiervlaor la hereby ordered to
place the same and charge the coat
to said owner.
t). G. Collver 1 hereby appointed i
Jtlc of
the peace for Haystack
Plnet.
run .. it tri ... i.
."... n-r, .or -n .
lug for the bodle of two children at
Ilend waa allowed; said bill not to
exceed lioo.
Petition of ii. W. Well et al to
change the
dented.
width of county road
Petition of Ralph It. Young for re.
d notion of naaeaament not allowed.
The following road petitioner
were read for the first time: K. A.
Knox et al, II J. Harris et al, W. M.
Oggetal. I). C. Bryan et al, Geo,
Slayton et al, L. B. Laraen et al, O.
S. Martin et al, H. A. Johnaou et al,
A. It. Dnulel et al.
W. W. Brown et al road; con
tinued because of defective notice
Vlewer' report read flr-t time on
R. P. Wright et al road.
Petition for Improvement of Heck
ler road continued for want of fund.
Petition of Homer Roaa for urvey
of the Prtnevllle-MtU-hell road waa
granted.
The following road petitioner
were referred to the district attor
ney : E. W. Perahall, Martin Kol-
irnimo, r. i hick, w. a. J'ullen, i
Ueorge F. Eaiton. H. C. Melthe, L. !
A. Hunt. G. L. Brnxee, Geo. Kisaler,
A. W. Wlllard, I). H. Yeoninna, Duu
Cutlaw. I
Tin following road petitions were
read a second time and roada
R.P.Wright, II. J. Harris, W. M. .$'.
Ogg, D. (i. Bryan, Ueo. Slayton, 24.
Lara II. Laraon, O. S. Martin, H. A. 2
Johoaon, A. R. Daniels.
Viewer' report on 8. E. West road I 2s!
accepted; road dlaallowed. j 29.
R. A. Merchant road matter con- j
tlnued for consideration of damage'
claim. j '33;
Viewer" report read for drat time j 34.
011 K. S. Hoffman road.
The county surveyors and viewers j
were ordered to view, survey and 1 3s!
layout theC. J. Mock et al road.
The Davenport Stanley Kmich Qp.
was erroneously aaaeaaed tn two
school districts for 51.47. It Is or
dered that a rebate be made for said
aum.
Petition presented by the Hamp
ton Valley Improvement Association
requesting extra covering on the
new bridges between sections 15 and
16, township 22 south, range 21 east.
Ordered that the road supervisor of
that district look after aame.
The request of A. E. Bates for a
plain slab to mark the grave of a
county pauper was continued.
A license was granted to the In
terior Warehouse Co.
The following old warrants were
cancelled: 8. M. Scott, $0; Wallace
Williams, fl.20; Grace Smith, $1.20;
C. W. Whttconib, f 15; W. A. Wluofos
ky, $1.50; Chaa. 1). Wise, U.
Petttlou of Deschutes Mutual Tel.
Co. for Inquiry Into condition of the !
telclihone lines. Ir. Is h,.r,.l.v ,Winr,u1
to be the policy of this court to deal
fairly with all lines operatlug ou the
public roads lu this county aud to
enforce the law Impartially aa far us
our duty lies regarding nil lines
relative to Infringement npou the
rights of the traveling public or of
other telephone lines.
A warrant for $25 was ordered
drawn on the high school fund in
favor of J. E. Myers to meet the cost
of necessary expreasage for high
school for months of May etui June,
1913.
A warrant for $50 wns ordered
drawn on the general fund In favor
of U. Springer, county Judge, to
meet the transportation charges of
delinquent children to various state
Institutions.
Whereas, certain grades built by
this county do not entirely conform
to the original surveys, nnd upon
Continued on page 8.
Will P- 1I D '
Will lay all KeglS"
tered Co. Warrants
Crook county is out of debt so
far as registered warrants are con
cerned. County Treasurer Jordan
issues a call t..Jay for all registered
general fund warrants, all scalp
bounty warrants and all high school
warrant. So much has been said
regarding the count's financies
that it will be gratifying to tax
payers to learn the true state of
affairs.
Fourth of July
Executive Committee
Ralph Jordan, John Combs, C.
V. Liking, Dr. Rosenberg and Dr,
; D ..,:, .,m,:tut on
I ' ' '
! cnmittee at the Fourth of July
! meeting Tuesday to arrange for
big celebration. This
laminiiiirc ih
now at work (Jrawin(f up a general
plan for the big event. Sub-com-mituts
will have charge of details.
These will be aunounced later.
Crook County School
Apportionment
County School Superintendent
Myers has made the following ao-
' portionment of school money
1.
Prineville .
. 1.998 90.
206 06
i.
3.
4.
ft.
6.
7. '
8.
.
10.
Lower Kye Ura
219 63
144 97
ISA 70
199 27
212 85
226 42
414 67
258 57
363 95
S.384, 85
Mill Creek
Howard
I'pper McKay
Lower McKay
Powell Butte
Sitter
Hayitack
i.riixly . . , , ,,
Bend
Mountain View..
New Culver
in.
U.
u'
199 27 I
523 26
99 25 I
397 KS I
1(4 25
172 12
323 22
97 47 j
117 83 I
913 33.'
1173'
144 971
97 47 I
15S 55
1S5 70 1
187 49 I
106 04
165 34 I
173 91
tirade .,
Mud Springa
Fair View
Crooked River
Ashwood
Sholguo
Breee...
Mail rats
Meadow
Maury
Pout
Red Rock
Beaver
Ihsmood I'eak ...
Camp Creek
Deschutei
1!.
Gray Butte
Buck Creek
Lava
Sheep Rock
Cnmw Key...
Hay Creek
Bear Creek
I'pper Rye Grass
Suplee
Alkali FUt
Trail Crosaisg
La Pine
Lsmonta ..
Cloverdale
I'pper Mill Creek
126 40
77 65
158 55
178 91
253 57
106 04
260 35
253 57
199 27
2t 35
446 82
105 84
260 35
97 47
219 63
138 20
307 85
280 72
104 25
206 06
217 85
368 95
139 97
151 76
2S7 50
72 77
. 1,683 48
178 91
199 27
280 72
151 76
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
40.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
Ochoco
Vsnora
Cline Falls
Bonny View..
;53.
Laidlaw
tiliepard
Paulina Valley
Blixzard Ridge..
Paulina
Opal Springs
Redmond
Vibbert
Plain View
Opal City
Lone Pine
Pinehurst
l'leupant Ridne
North Butte
Round Butte..
'54.
I 55.
50.
57.
58.
59.
60.
01.
62.
03.
114
65.
60.
67.
08.
2S0 72
233 21 1
151 76!
375 78
206 06 I
Lvle Gap..
69.
Willow Creek
Terrebonne
Ouerin
Butte Valley
Richardson
Kiverdnle
North Lone Pine .
Tetlierow Butte...
Rolyat
Hampton
280 72
353 58
151 76
192 49
1 :s 91
131 40
23 I 99
117 83
119 61
153 55
144 97
8 "i3 58
294 29
3S2 52
117 83
138 20
ltM 34
146 76
54 29
237 53
71.
72.
711.
74.
!75.
176.
77.
7H.
79.
SO.
81.
82.
8.'l.
St.
85.
so.
Metolius
Dry Creek
Jordan
Lower Bridie
Ferguson ss.
89.
Total from state
$1804 tit
Total from county $23,630 60
Timber Claim for Sale
Timber claim, 10 miles from Prine
ville for sale cheap for cash. Anplv to
S. A. Rose, l'rinvillp llr. 5'Hllm !
, , v. . , . f.u
For Sale
2la lots one block from public school ;
coiner property; 'good improvements.
Address R. Y." Constable, Prineville,
Uregou. 5 29
The Railroad Surveys
About Completed
F. M. von Planta, engineer in
charge of the Prineville-Metoliu
road, says that the high line survey
has been tied into Prineville and
that the Crooked river survey will
be completed by tomorrow. The
tiework will be finished by June 5.
"All data and office work, to
gether with final estimates on both
surveys," Mr. von Planta says, "will
be completed by June 15th. Mr.
Prof. Thomas Shaw
Talks to Farmers
Prof. Thomas Shaw, agricultural
expert of the Great Northern Rail
i
way, jn talking to the farmers of
Prineville and vicinity last week,
said:
"One of the biggest questions of
Central Oregon is that of the
proper methods to be used in dry
farming. The best results are to
be obtained from a rotation of
three crops in four years, with the
dominant idea at all times of the
conservation of moisture. The first
year after breaking there should be
a summer fallow, getting the mois
ture well down into the sub-soil.
The second year sow wheat or flax.
The next year there should be a
cultivated crop, such as corn, pota
toes or carrots, all of which shade
the land and save the moisture.
The best kind of eorn to i&iae lit
Crook county is the N. W. Dent or
the Mercer Flint. If grown for
fodder a fair yield is Jwo tons of
dry fodder or eight tons of green.
The fourth year plant wheat and
the fifth let the ground lie fallow
again. The fall is the proper time
to plow for the summer fallow, so
as to gather in all the winter mois
ture. Harrow the fall grain in the
spring and use a weeder or a very
light harrow when the grain is
about an inch high and again when
it is four or five inches high.
"Alfalfa is the hay for dry land.
Do not experiment with too much
land at first, and begin twelve
months before so as to prepare the
land. In order to prevent alfalfa
turning pale, the soil must first be
inoculated with the proper bacteria.
To do this use plenty of farm
manure or if this cannot be ob
tained take soil from an old alfalfa
field and sow about 200 pounds to
the acre. Do not plow the second
year but disc and harrow. Drill on
solid ground with light cultivation,
using northern grown seed, five or
six pounds to the acre, and planting
one and one-half or two and one
half inches deep. The common
varieties of alfalfa have proven just
as satisfactory as the Turkestan or
the Grinn.
"When it conies to pasture, rye
makes one of the very best, though
many consider it difficult to get it
started. Winter rye should be
sown in May and grazed down until
fall. Sweet clover makes an ex
cellent pasture plant. It is also
good for the soil as it contains the
same bacteria as alfalfa. Although
livestock do not like sweet clover
until educated to it, this can easily
be done in this country as it has in
mnny others. It does not bloat
cattle. Another pasture crop is
made by sowing sand vetch in the
spring along with the grain, this
will give some pasture that same
fall ahd comes on good in the
spring. Vetch will reseed itself.
A fair amount of livestock should
be kept on every farm in order to
got full value back out of the land.
This is eviJeneed by the fact that
livestock is always found on the
Sciieel will be here about the mid
dle of the month and will go over
both routes. He will then make
his final decision as to whether the
high line or the river route will be
constructed.";
Mr. von Planta says that every
day he goes over the line the coun
try looks better to him. He feels
confident that Prineville will see the
long looked for railroad before this
time next year.
farms on the high-priced land.
But one should proceed slowly in
introducing cattle on dry farms.
The meat combine isn't altogether
to blame for the high price of meat.
There are too few people raising
livestock for the number raising
grain. The farms west of the
Mississippi contain about three hun
dred million acres of grain and
practically no livestock. It is more
advantageous to raise livestock for
meat as it takes thirty-two pounds
of hay to make a pound of butter
and sixteen to make a pound of
meat. On the irrigated farms there
should be dairying and swine. A
cow should net a hundred dollars a
year and it should not cost more
than three cents a pound to raiae
pork on alfalfa, including pasture
and other feed.
A Grizzly Man
Has Narrow Escape
Robert Newbill of Grizzly came
nearly losing his life last Friday.
He was cleaning a 22-calibre auto
matic rifle and thought it was not
loaded. To further assure himself
he snapped the trigger and as there
was no explosion he felt certain the
gun was empty. He found out
differently, however, when he went
to hang it up. Someway in trying
to make the gun secure on a nail he
pressed the trigger again and this
time there was an explosion.
The bullet struck him fairly
over the heart. Had it not been
for the fact that he was stooping
over when the rifle went off he
would never have known what hap
pened to him. Wrhen the bullet
struck his ribs it was deflected
downward and lodged in the ab
dominal muscles about five inches
below the point it entered the flesh.
Dr. Edwards was summoned and
he succeeded in extracting the bul
let. Mr. Newbill is getting along
all right and will soon be none thej,
worse for his experience.
Prineville Schools
Second to None
From the records made through
out the state in the last eighth
grade examinations it seems that it
was either quite difficult or that the
nnnila wara nnt wall nrananj fm If
c Lorvauis a very large per
cent of the pupils failed and many
were conditioned in one or two sub
jects. Prineville has reason to be
proud of the excellent record made
by her public school pupils for not
cne of the class failed and only two
were conditioned in one subject.
As a class the general average'
was excellent and higher than that
of any other class of equal size in
the county. While these examina
tions are in some cases more diffi
cult than the regular teacher would
give, 've believe it an excellent
plan for boys and girls to measure
up "to a good high standard and
take these uniform examinations
before entering the high schools of
the state.