Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1913.
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VOL.XVII-NO.29
Textbooks Adopted
for Oregon Schools
The Stale Textbook Commission
ha completed iu labor and sub
milted iU report to the State Board
of Education. Fewer changes have
been made thli year than ever be
fore. Thia will put money into the
(MH-kcU of those who muHt furnish
the book.
Tho new books adopted have met
with the approvul of teacher and
educator In thi part of the stale.
T. M. Baldwin of thi place, a mem
ber of the ronimiiwion, ha been
untiring In hi efforts to get the
bent. No publisher or agent ha
I wen turned awuy without a good
chance to present the Im-hI he hal
In the wuy of choo books.
Tho work of th
commission U'Xtwt from the law
finished and the following lint
allow the new book, the book
that vere re-udopted, together with
the exchange and retail price:
Kkaimhtkh.
Elementary Agriculture for Be
ginners, exchange price
price, 70c.
Elementary History
State, exchange price
42c; retail ,
1
of United
:i(!c; retail '
price, tiOc.
Krohn Physiology, retail price,
r.oc.
Wheeler's Graded I'rimer. 18-30,
Wheeler's Graded First Reader,
10--5.
Wheeler's Graded Second Header,
15-:i5.
Wheeler's Graded Third lieader,
20-45.
New Kducaliotial Music Course
First Music lieader, 30c.
New Books Aimhtkii.
immiry nriinineiie. uikut,
10.
Watson & White
Advanced
arithmetic, :UMU).
Mace's United States
j
History, i
no-'.H).
Hicks' Champion SK'ller, 12-2:1.
l'hysiology, Richie's I'rimer of
Sanitation, 23-45.
Wheeler's Fourth Reader, 20-15.
Wheeler's Fifth lieader, 25-55.
Sloan' First Reader, 15-25.
Sloan' Second lieader, 18-30.
The Sloan readers are not new in
this state. They have been used
with marked success in 1'orlland,
Eugene, Baker and other cities for
several years. They were intro
duced into Crook county three years
ago by Mrs. Robert E. Gray who
hail charge of the normal work in
the Crook County High School.
They have been used in tho Prine-
ville public schools and some other
schools in tho county since that
time.
Writing Lessons
for
Primary
Grades, 15-20.
The Palmer-Method of Business
Writing, 20-25.
Applied Arts Drawing
Books, No. 41, 9-15.
" 42, 9-15.
" 43, 9-15.
" 44, 9-15.
" 45, 12-20.
Tarr & McMurray's Geography,
39-65.
Kimball's Elementary English
Book I, 18-36.
Kimball's Elementary English,
Book II, 23-45.
Hum School Books Rkaooitkd.
An Academic Arithmetic.
Oll'ico Methods and Practical
Book-keeping.
Elements of Botany.
Elementary Study of Chemistry.
Plane and Solid Geometry.
Myers' History.
Caesar's Gallic War.
A First Course in Physics.
New Books Adoptkd.
Wells & Hurt Algebra.
Fornum's Civil Government. '
Kimball's English Grammar.
Brooks' Edglish Composition.
Long's English Literature.
Abernalhy's American Literature.
Spanhoofd Momentary German.
Becker & Rhnades Elements of
German.
Kotsford's Ancient World.
IIItory of United State, James
and Sanford.
Essentials of Latin, by I'earaon.
lien net' latin Grammar.
Gunnison' & Marley'a Cicero.
VirKil' Aeneid.
Hopkin'i Physical Geography.
Conn & Budington'i Physiology,
Synopsis of New Tax Law
A there are a number of chancre
in the new tax law enacted by the
1U13 legislature which effect the
1112 taxes, I wish to call the tax
payer' attention to the following
Taxe legally levied and charged
in any year nhall be paid before the
1st day of April following. If the
taxes against any particular parcel
of real proerty, or the taxes on
ImtsoiihI proerty charged against
any individual, firm, corporation or
association, are not paid before the
1st day of April, penalties shall I
charged on such taxe and added to
and collected with the same as
follows:
1. A penalty of one per cent on
all taxes paid on or after said 1st
day of April and before the 1st day
of May following.
2. A penalty of two per cent on
jail taxe paid on or after said 1st
jday of May and before the 1st day
of June following.
j 3. A penalty of three per cent
, on all taxe paid on or after the 1st
Jday of June and before the 1st day
lif July following.
4. A nenaltv of four ner cent on
nlli,i - rtlr th
taxes paid on or after the 1st
day of July and before, the 1st day
of August following.
5. A )enalty of five per cent on
al) taxeg tm.(1 (m nr nfUi. the lgt
day of August and before the 1st
day of September following,
l'rovided, that one-half of the
taxes against any particular parcel '
of real proerty, or of the taxes on
personal proierty charged against
any individual, firm, corporation or
association, may be paid before the
said 1st day of April, in which event
the penalties specified in this section
shall apply to and be collected with
the remaining one-half of su'h
taxes, to be paid prior to the said
1st day of September following. All
taxes remaining unpaid on the said
1st day of September shall become
delinquent. Upon all taxes so de-
inqucnt there shall be charged and
collected a penalty of 10 per cent
Bm interest at the rate of 12 per
p,nt nor annum on such taxes from
j the. day on which they became de
linquent until their payment.
This means that all second half
payments which, under the old law
could be paid before the first Mon-
in October, will under the new law,
have to be paid before the first day
of September, and further, that in
terest at the rate of one per cent
per month from the 1st day of April
will have to be paid on all such sec
ond half payments.
If persons who are paying the
second half of their taxes will take
notice of the above and remit the
correct amount, a great deal of
trouble and delay will be avoided.
Frank Elkins, Sheriff.
Guard Thy Tongue.
It is now a crime to use abusive,
profane or obscene language upon
or near a public highway. The last
legislative assembly passed a bill
which went into effect last week
providing a maximum penalty of
if 50 fine for using violent language
in any public place and on the
roads and streets.
For line Onk Itcfrlgcratora see A.
U. Uppiuan & Co. 6-12
New Liquor Regulations
Saloons are prohibited in all un
incorporated communities by a law
that went into effect last week, ex
cept where they are in physical con
nection with hotel with capacity
for DO guest. Thi law will effect
several places of business in Crook
county, according to Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Wirtz.
Proprietors of saloons who are
not able to comply with the new
provisions and who have licenses
from the county court may apply to
the court at its July term to be re
funded for the amount of the un
expired license fee after June 3
The new law will be strictly enSrthe people are happy and
forced and it ia expected by the dis-I
trict attorney s office that it will be
observed rigidly
What is a bona fide hotel with
accommodations for 50 guests,
within the provisions of the law
enacted by the last legislature pro
hibiting the sale of liquor outside
of incorporated towns and cities ex-
cept in such a bona fide hotel and at
certain clubs?
This is the question put to At
torney General Crawford bv Dis
trict Attorney E. B.
Tongue of!
Hillsboro.
'"The provision does not mean
necessarily 50 rooms, nor does it
mean that 25 rooms would be suffi
cient," says the opinion. "It is
well known that in the country
hotels frequently one room contains
two beds, and that acquaintances
are frequently put into the same
room, and if a few of the rooms
should be in that way, so that there
would be bona fide accommodations
for 50 guests, I think it would come
within the meaning of the law, al
though there are not 50 separate Oregon & Western Colonization plans for keeping the engineering
rooms. 'company, which owns thousands organization intact pending the out-
"On the other hand a person of acres of land in Central Ore- come of the suit. The board de
would not be allowed to crowd a gon; A. M. Lupfer, chief engin-1 cided to pay the expenses already
whole lot of beds into small rooms 'eer of the Hill lines in Oregon; j incurred on the project out of the
for the purpose of claiming he had 1 P. W. Graham, western indus-! regular desert land board funds,
accommodations for 50 guests, j trial and immigration agent of , and to continue using these funds in
are not 50 separate
when in fact it would be a subter-,
fuire for the nuroose of obtaining a
icense to sell liuuor. I think the
law would have been better if it
had said 50 rooms, but it does not,
and therefore public officials must
use their judgment as to whether it
is a bona
fide hotel and has good !
and fair accommodations for at
least 50 guests."
Another statute enacted by the
1913 session of the legislature re
lating to the liquor traffic is in
reference to the shipping and de
livering liquor in dry precincts,
which it is the intention of the dis
trict attorney's office strictly to en
force. No deliveries are to be
tolerated either by the railroads or
storage plants along the railroad to
points in dry precincts in Crook
county unless the provisions of the
law relating to such deliveries are
complied with.
Shaniko Wool Sales
At the Shaniko wool sales last
week Boston, New York and Chi
cago houses had buyers on the
ground, but the bidding was not
very spirited and the bids ranged
from 12 to 14 cents, only about
200,000 pounds being bought.
After noon, however, bidding was
more brisk, and offers ranged from
12 to 15! cents, Wool hauling is
not yet completed, there being
only about one-half the usual stor
age. Other sales will be held on
June 21 and July 11. Some of the
wool sold brought as low as 12
cents on account of the recent rain
during the shearing.
The highest bid was 151 cents a
pound for the J. E. Hinton lot of
64,793 pounds. The net sales were
1,000,000 pounds.
When in the market for I.ime, Ce
ment ami Shingles, see the Knimoml
Lumber & Produce Co. 8 27-2m
Settlers and Home
steaders Making Good
The Central Oregon settlesr
and homesu-adera are making
good.
This is lh- encouraging report
brought hoiii.t by President J. II.
Young and Western members of
the party that accompanied Louis
W. Hill, chairman of the execu
tive board of the Great Northern
Railroad, on the cross-country
auto trip that ended at Nam pa,
Idaho, says the Portland Journal.
Crop conditions are excellent,
in-
plications are for a bountiful crop
this year. Development work of
all kinds is being pushed with
vigor and new people are stead-!
ily arriving from the East and es
tablishing themselves.
"This was my first visit to
Burns." said President Young,
.. 1 T . . , T
anu i wbdi 10 say inai i was
mightily pleased with the coun
try. It was a revelation to me,
and the possibilities for that vast
stretch of land are practically un-
limited."
The party left Portland Setur-
day night at 10 o clock, went to
Redmond over the Oregon Trunk
Line aud by auto nearly 700 miles
through Central and Southeastern
Oregon and parts of Idaho, and
broke up at Nam pa. Mr. Hill
and his guests from the East
then left for St. Paul by way of
Butte, Mont.
The western end of tbe party . Columbia Southern, or Tumalo irri
was composed of President 'Ration project immediately follow
Young of thelHill lines in Oregon; ing the filing of an injunction suit
- 'fW. P. Davidson, president of the
Oregon & Western Colonization
the Great Northern, and William
Hanley, the cattle king and land
owner of Harney county, who
entertained the party in royal
fashion on bis big ranch three
miles from Burns.
"We covered about 700 miles
by auto," said Mr. Graham "and
Mr. Hill interviewed a great
many homesteaders and learned
that they are making good. We
found the crops in excellent con
dition and everything looking
fine and prosperous.
"Leaving Portland Saturday
night, we arrived at Redmond
Sunday morning at six o'clock
and at 7 started in three autos
that Mr. Hill bad brought with
him for Prineville, where we
were joined by John R. Stinson,
Central Oregon representative
of the Oregon & Western Colon
ization company, with two addi
tional autos. We proceeded to
Burns, arrived there Sunday
evening, and remained until
Tuesday morning, when we left
for Ontario.
"At Brookings, in Crook coun
ty, we met last Sunday the Crook
county good roads delegation in
two autos. They were makine a
tour of Crook county in the in
terest of good roads. This trip
was the result of the recent or
ganization there of the county
good roads association for the
purpose of taking advantage of
the recently enacted state law
which makes it possible for
counties to submit to a vote of
the people the question of bond
ing for main highways. The
party was composed of N. A.
Lynch, president of the assoeia
tion; V. F. King, Clyde McKay,
William Barns, R. H. Buley, H.
C. Ellis and John Stidle. It whs
very gratifying to the railroad
officials to see the live interest
in the good roads mcvemont,"
Crook County Settling
Up Very Fast
John R. Stinson returned Satur
day from his trip with the Hill
party to Burns, Vale, Ontario, Cald
well and other places. Mr. Stinson
placed no especial significance upon
the presence here of Messrs. Hill
and Davidson, further than a desire
to keep in touch with the regular
development of thi country.
"One can form no idea of how
fast the country is settling until
you have carefully looked it over,"
said Mr. 8unson. "Three years
ago there wasn't a road even be
tween Bend and Burns, a year later
there was a road and a settler's
house about every 15 miles, now
you are never out of sight of a
homesteader's cabin. Ijhad no idea
myself how fast the country was
settling up until this t"p. Many
powerful factors are at work, how-
lever, building up' this country and
I .... .
wondertul changes are made in a
year's time. The country looked
good every place we went. We
were royally treated at Burns, at
Bill Hanley's and, in fact, every
where. Banquets and receptions
were in order all the time.
Tumalo Case Will
Be Heard June 18
j
Salem, Ore., June 7. The desert
land board met yesterday afternoon
with Project Engineer O. Lauer- j
gaard, who was called in from the !
I by L. H. McMahan, and outlined
plans for keeping the
; retaining the outside men who have
been induced to leave other jobs.
Mr. Lauergaard said he was em
ploying about 30 men on the pro
ject when he was advised that the
injunction suit had been fiied. He
dismissed the local men, who com
prised about half the force, and is
retaining the others.
The case will be taken before
Judge Galloway and a proforma de
cree entered as soon as the judge
returns from holding court at Till
amook, which will probably be next
Wednesday or Thursday. Then ar
rangements have been made to
argue it before the supreme court
on June IS.
Lamonta Homsteaders
Have Kick Coming
Lamonta, Ore-, June 11, 1913.
Editor Journal: Homesteaders
have requested me to write a few
lines about the rabbit question in
this part of Crook county. The
jacks are eating everything in sight.
It seems to us there should be a
small bounty offered for the destruc
tion of the worst pest known to the
tillers of the soil. Hundreds of
dollars' worth of growing crops are
being destroyed and have been year
after year.
The sheepmen have protection
against destructive animals and it
looks like the county should protect
te poor homesteader who is trying
to make enough to improve his
claim so that he can make final
proof. Under present conditions
we cannot make enough to keep us
going. W e work out eight months
out of the year to keep us four
months on the place, so you see
how we get it down here.
Yours truly,
J. W. Curtis.
Xew Homn Sewing Machine for rent.
Popular prices. At Kauietru's. 5-13
Important School
Meeting, June 16
Next Monday, June 16, the
voter of Prineville school district
will be called upon to elect a di
rector and clerk. T. H. Lafollette,
whose term expires at that time,
has served the district faithfully
and well for a period of three years.
He has made a good officer, ready
at all times, and at no little per
sonal sacrifice, to perform his
duties and responsibilities con
scientiously. If he will accept a
renomination no better choice could
could be made. As a conncilman
and as a school director he would
be in a position to serve the com
munity in a dual capacity to the
best advantage.
Another important matter for
the taxpayers to decide June 16, is
whether or not the school district
should furnish free text books.
If Prineville adopts the free text
i book system an additional levy of
something like two mills will have
to be added to the regular school
tax. As this is high enough at
present it is likely the free book
plan will be voted down. Besides,
the school district has always pro
vided free books for children whose
parents were too poor to buy them.
We do not believe there are many
parents in Prineville that would
want their children to handle text
books used by others. Books are
hard to sterile and there is always
a chance o transmitting infectious
diseases.
No mstter what your belief is in
this respect, turn out to the meet
ing next Monday and show an in
terest in school affairs.
Rev. Huggins Loses
His Little Daughter
Dayton, Wash., Death came
with terrible swiftness at 6 o'clock
June 3 to Bernice, the only daugh
ter of Rev. J. M. Huggins, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church
of this city. The child, who was 11
years of age, had gone to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Porter,
across the street from the parson
age, and while playing was taken ill
and died within a few minutes.
She had been afflicted for several
months with some form of heart
trouble. Rev. Mr. Huggins, who
was captain of the Methodist base
ball team, which successfully played
against the Baptist team yesterday
afternoon, returned from the game
just in time to see his little daugh.
ter die.
Rev. Huggins was formerly pas
tor of the M. E. church at Prinevillev
Since the Animals
Left the Ark
Ever since the animals left the
ark under the careful supervision of
good old Noah and his sons, the
human race has had a singular in
terest in the wilder denizens of the
forest. From the mighty elephant,
the man-eating lion, and stealthy
leopard and the treacherous tiger,
menageries have for a long time
past derived their most thrilling
factors. It has remained for the
moving picture play to utilize with
even more marked success the ser
vices of savage animais, in associa
I tion with plays of storied value and
tremendous thrill. Selig's latest
production, "Kings of the Forest,"
is the greatest animal plav devised
up to date. It will be shown here
at the Lyric Theatre Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, June 18th
and 19th.
For Sale.
The 8oJ of awl section 3ii, town
ship 13 south, rnne 15 east of Wil
lamette Meridian. About 7 miles
north of Prineville, Oregon. C. F.
Ul mhnki.i., Ueu. Del., Ogden, I tah,
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