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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 19. 1913. -V" " ,b "T-" rT,twU
VOL XVII NO. 30
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Thrilling Plunge Over
The West Side Grade
Hogan Hansen and wife and little
Condart girl took a desperate
llunge ofT the grade went of town
Monday, How they escaped in
stant death ii a miracle.
The ilansens and little girl were
perched on top of a load of wood
making their way down hill. When
they arrived at the big bend In the
road, at the very steepest point, the
brake gave wgy. Mr. Hansen
turned Die horses toward the hill'
aide but hl wife, In the excitement
of the moment, made a grab for
the lines and succeeded in getting
only one of them. With thin one
whe wheeled the team across the
mad and down over the precipice
they went pell-mell for neventy-live
feet wood, horaeii, wagon, the
lliinwM and little girl.
At the point where the wagon
left the grade there wan a sheer
Irop of five feet and the descent to
the bane waa very steep. Those
who saw the accident aay that the
wagon turned over lengthwise once,
The $450,000 Appropriation
Not Unconstitutional
Secretary of the Interior Lane
lias authorized the Reclamation
Service to enter Into aa agree
niont with the State of Oregon to
cooperate in the joint construe
tion of tha Deschutes irrigation
project and asked the President
to sot aside from the reclama
tion fund f 150,000 as the Govern
ment's share of the cost of con
struction, the State Legislature
ulready having appropriated a
like amount. This la in addition
to the 1100,000 joint fund hereto
fore, available for making sur
veys. From the time he entered
l'residetit Wilson's cabinet,
Secretary Lane has recognized
that Oregon had not had a square
deal in the administration of the
reclamation law and repeatedly
expressed the desire to grant the
suite further Federal aid. lie
'has gone carefully Into the situ
ation and finally deckled to enter
on this co-oporative project, for
the idea proposed for co-operation
Is the direct outcome of the
plan suggested last September
by the Oregon Conservation Com
mission and indorsed by Govern
or West. In its latter to the de
partment, tho commission called
attention to the fact that the situ
ution in the Deschutes valley was
such that tho fullest develop
ment of irrigation and water
powor possibilities demanded
concortod and comprehensive
notion by both state and Federal
authorities.
Under the oo-oporative agree
ment botwoon the state and the
Department of the Interior the
sum of 1100,000, equally divided
has been appropriated for the
necessary investigations and sur
veys, which are now in progress
On tho determination of the en
gineers that the proposed project
is feasible and presonts no legal
obstacles Secretary Lane has
made his request of the l'rcsi
-dent.
Salem, Or., June 14. (Special.)
Holding that tho bill passed at
tho lust session of the Legisla
ture, appropriating $150,000 for
the reclamation of lund in the
Columbia Southern project, is
not unconstitutional, Circuit
Judge. Galloway today dismissed
. the suit brought by L. II. Mc-
and rolled the reat of the way to the
bottom. All were mixed up to
getherwood, horaei, wagon, Han
aeni and girl when the bottom waa
reached.
The little girl waa the first to re
cover consciousness. She wiggled
out from underneath Mr. Hansen,
who waa held down by the wood.
This she removed and when released
the two went to the assistance of
Mrs. Hansen, who landed under
neath one of the horses. She waa
extricated after some difficulty and
all three were brought to town for
medical assistance. Dr. Edwards
found many cuts and bruises but
nothing serious. Mrs. Hansen got
the worst of the mix-up. The
horses got out of the trouble aa
luckily aa the rest of them. IJe
yond cuts and bruises there waa
nothing found to be the matter with
them. The harness had to be cut
off to get them on their feet. The
wagon will need some repairs. If
there is such a thing as lucky acci
dents, this is one of them.
Mahan to enjoin the Secretary of
State and the State Treasurer
from expending the money. Mr.
Mc Mahan has announced hia in
tention of appealing the case and
has 60 days in which to do so.
Meanwhile Engineer Lauregaard,
in charge of the work, has been
instructed by the Dosert Land
Board to cut down expenses to a
minimum.
Judge Galloway holds that the
state can, under a policy of in
ternal improvement, reclaim its
arid lands for t'e benefit of all
the people under a "wise and
progressive policy." The opinion
continues:
"Under the Carey act and the
acceptance of its provisions under
section 3800, Lord's Oregon laws,
the state comes into possession
of its arid land for reclamation.
with a lien on said land for all
expenditures made therefor
under tv,e supervision of the
Desert Land Board. Uuder the
provisions of the act in question
both principal and interest are
to be eventually returned to the
state. We are unable to see the
analogy in tho case at bar with
what is known as the provisions
of the Crater Lake road case.
Mr. McMahan alleged thut the
bill pledges the crodit of the
state and incurs an indebtedness
in violation of the constitution
He declared taxes paid by all the
people were to be used in pro
viding land for one class.
Attorney-General Crawford,
who represented the defendants,
declared that the state was not
obligating its credit, and that it
had a legal right to engage in the
work of Internal Improvements
and to appropriate money raised
by direct taxation. The Crater
Lake road case was held not to
be an analogous one, because
that was decided by the Supreme
court to be an appropriation
under a special or local act. That
appropriation was 1100,000 and
Mr. McMahan won his suit to en
join the expenditure of the
money. The Supreme court held
that "a statute making an ap
propriation for the construction
of a state road and permitting
the county courts of the counties
through which tho road runs to
lay a burden uron the taxpayers
of the county, not shared equally
by the taxpayers of other parts
of tha stats,' ia local sod in vlo
lation of the constitution."
U.S. May Help
Tumalo Project
Governor West hat been advised
by Director F. H. Newell, of the re
clamation service, that the secretary
of the interior will ask the president
to set aside 1450,000 to co-operate
with the state In the reclamation of
tha Tumalo project in case the sur
vey to be made of the Deschutes
drainage by the government and
Crook County Good
Makes Plea
With the organization of the
Crook County Good Roads Associa
tion, which occurred May 7, 1913,
an important step in the develop
ment of Crook County was launched.
The object of this association is the
promotion and fostering of the con
struction and maintenance of good
roads in Crook County, and is a re
sult of an act passed by the 1913
Oregon State Legislature authoriz
ing the county courts of the state of
Oregon to issue and sell bonds or
county warrants for the purpose of
maintaining and building perma
nent highways within the respec
tive counties, and of the further act
of the state legislature in creating a
state highway commission, a part of
whose duties it shall be to appoint
a state highway engineer who shall
assist the various counties in the
construction of main highways in
order that the county work may be
of a uniform nature and have state
wide benefit as well as county bene
fit, and thereby benefit the farmers
by connecting the different locali
ties, as well as providing for inter
state travel.
The main object of the Crook
County Good Roads Association is to
formulate a plan for the construc
tion of a main highway through
Crook County north and south and
east and west which shall form a
link in the state highway north and
south and east and west, which shall
be submitted to the penple for vote
through the county court, which is
the channel authorized by the act.
It is the further object of the
Crook County Good Roads Associa
tion to take steps for the compiliug
of statistics which will be furnished
to the county court for the purpose
of enforcing Section 6317 and Sec
tion 6382 of the present state road
laws relating to the placing of sign
boards throughout the county at all
cross roads and forks of roads, and
for the bridging of Irrigation ditch
es and natural waterways which re
quire bridges and which may cross
the existing county roads.
It is hoped that if the various
communities furnish this informa
tion to the county court gratis, that
the county court will authorize the
necessary expenditure for providing
indestructible metal sign boards,
which will be of great benefit, and
it is anticipated by the officials of
the Crook County Good Roads Asso
ciation that their efforts will receive
the hearty co-operation of all road
supervisors and citizens of Crook
County in the effort to better the
road conditions as they now exist.
It is a well known fact that the
eastern states are spending hundreds
of thousands of 'dollars in the relo
cation and construction of their
main highways, and it is hoped that
by proper thought and investigation
Crook County will be enabled to
locate its permanent highways so
that it will not be necessary at any
future time during the development
state proves the feasibility of the
project
Members of the desert land board
welcome this announcement and say
the state can go right ahead with
the Tumalo project, under the act
passed by the Inst legislature appro
priating 1450,000 for its completion,
and that when the government is
ready It can tie on to the works
built by the state and enlarge the
project.
In this way it is pointed out by
Governor West that the state can
proceed without the loss of any time,
and if after the investigation the
government approves of the project
there will be no hindrance to its
going ahead with its share.
Roads Ass'n
a for Better Roads
of the country to change the main
highways connecting the various lo
calities, so that all work done may
be of a permanent nature.
It is a well known fact that in
order to enable the farmers to prop
erly market their crops, and to as
sist in keeping the rising generation
on the farm, that one of the most
important factors is good roads, and
it is earnestly hoped that this view
will be accepted by the people of
Crook County, and that they will
make a thorough investigation of
the petition submitted to them in
order that they may intelligently
vote at the proper time on this most
important development effort for
our county.
The present officials of the Crook
County Good Roads Association are:
M. A. Lynch, of Redmond, president:
Clyde M. McKay, Bend, vice-president;
W. F. King, Prineville, secre
tary and treasurer; J. E. Morson,
La Pine, director; Wm. Barnes,
Laidlaw, director; N. A. Burdick,
Metolius, director; J. N. Williamson,
Prineville, director; and H.L. Lister,
Paulina, director.
Any of the above named officials
will be glad at any time to consider
and submit to the other officials of
the Crook County Good Roads Asso
ciation any proposition for the bet
terment of the roads of Crook
County that any individual or com
munity may desire.
As the work of the association
progresses further information will
be furnished to the press of the
county for the consideration of the
public.
Crook County Good Roads Assn.
Cultivated Ranches
Good to Behold
Thrifty-looking, well-cultivated
farms proclaim at once the charac-!
ter of the owner. A trip through
the valley below Prineville will con
vince the casual observer that there
are many ranches in a good state of
cultivation. Notably among them
is the farm of Josiah Williams. He
bought an old run-down place three
years ago and in that short space of
time has accomplished wonders in
the way of improvement.
In his orchard he has plums,
prunes and apples. His plum and
prune crop will be good this year
but the apple crop will be light.
He will raise enough for home use,
however. In his garden he has
strawberries, lots of raspberries,
gooseberries, currants, etc. His
beans, corn, squashes and other gar
den truck look good for this time
of the year. Mr. Williams has
eighty acres of alfalfa that is ready
for harvest. It is just in the bloom.
"It has more nutriment in it now
than it will have at any other time
in its growth," said Mr. Williams.
"It is true that I could get a few
more tons to the acre by letting it
grow longer but I prefer to have
Prineville Now Has
Well Lighted Streets
Prineville is now enjoying the ad
vantages of well lighted streets.
Last Friday seven are lights and
twenty 100-candIe power incan des
cents were installed in different
parts of the town. Three more in
candescent will be put in just as
soon as the material arrives. This
is an improvement that has long
been needed but was impossible un
der the old system of generating
the current.
Six of the arc lights are on Main
street at the intersections from
First to Sixth, and the seventh is
placed at Third and C streets. The
twenty-three incandescents are
scattered advantageously through
out the city.
A floating type of transformer
will handle the electricity for the
street lights. This is the very latest
"kink" out, Mr. Shattuck says. If
anything goes wrong with the lights
the machine notifies the attendant
on the instant. This transformer
steps the current down from 2300
volts to 500 for the street lighting.
The transformers scattered around
town step the current down to 120
Good School Meeting Monday
Free Text-Books Voted Down
There was a good attendance at
the school meeting Monday and a
great deal of interest was mani
fested in school affairs.
Chairman Lafollette of the school
board summarized the work of the
board for the past year and out
lined the work of the future.
There was a floating indebtedness
of a few thousand dollars that
seemed to worry the chairman but
those present did not see very much
to worry about.
On June 26, 1912, there was
14571.21 cash on hand, but there
was outstanding a note of $5000
against the district.
On June 16, 1913, there was cash
on hand $2580, and the floating in
debtedness had been reduced to
$2000. This year the chairman was
in hopes of wiping out the entire
floating debt. This floating debt
the nourishing qualities rather than
more fiber. Its a case of nourish
ment or fiber and I prefer the
former."
It was on this ranch that an
artesian flow of water was struck
this spring at a depth of 170 feet.
Mr. Williams also has ditch water
that he uses for irrigation. His
farm carries horses, cattle, a dairy
herd, etc. This spells prosperity
for any place.
Fair Will be Held
in September
The fair this fall will be held in
September. The time set for it to
commence is Tuesday, the 23d and
it will close Saturday, September
27th. The fair management
wanted an early October date but
could not get it without duplicating
the time already announced by some
of the neighboring fairs.
Secretary Cadle says that there
will be many valuable special prem
iums this season. Local merchants
and stockmen are offering very at
tractive prizes along lines of devel
opment in which they are especially
interested. The fair this fall prom
ises to be fully as attractive as the
one given last year.
volts for household purposes.
During the thunder storm re
cently the electric company lost two
of its big 7-foot high tension trans
formers which are located in the
new building near the water tank.
A bolt of lightning was carried
along one of the primary wires into
the transformers and in a twinkling
everything was melted. The
lightning arresters, which are in
tended to prevent such a catas
trophy were in position ready for
me but had not received the elec
trolite necessary for their operation.
The stuff is shipped from San Fran
cisco and the delay in transportation
caused the loss of the expensive
transformers.
The burn-out caused no incon
venience to the lighting system in
Prineville. Two big transformers
were rushed over from Redmond
and night and day work by the
local force bridged over the diffi
culty so far as our lights were con
cerned. These big transformers
step a voltage of 23,000 from the
primary wire down to 2300.
was created in putting up the new
building. It was thought the dis
trict could be bonded for $30,000
but after contracts had been let it
was found that legally only $26,000
could be covered by the bonds.
Hence, the floating debt
T. H. Lafollette was unanimously -chosen
to succeed himself as di
rector and J. B. Shipp with equal
unanimity was re-elected clerk.
The free text book proposition
was voted down without a dissent
ing voice. Nobody wanted it.
The chairman announced that
notwithstanding the fact that Prine
ville had had good schools in the
past he felt confident in the asser
tion that at no time in the history
of the school was there a stronger
corps of teachers engaged than
those who would take up the work
this fall. About 300 children were
enrolled last year.
Prineville Hogs .
Top the Market
Portland.Journal.June 17. There
were only light arrivals in the live
stock market today with the excep
tion of sheep, a big supply of these
coming forward. The first bunch
of hogs out of the Prineville coun
try was brought forward today by
George Russell. They were of the
Poland-China variety, and were of
extra good quality. Mr. Russell
imported a boar from the east last
season, and is said tojiave some of
the best swine ever sent to the
Portland market. The first load
sold at $8.30, which was the top o
the market for the day.
Strayed
A chestnut sorrel mare branded
S- on left hip. Leave word with
Journal or Jas. Forrester. 6-5
Wanted.
Fishermen to call at Kamstra'a store
for that particular Rod, Line, Leader or
Hook. Largest selection. 515
Strayed
Blaze face bay mare, -Y brand on
left shoulder, scar on right hind lee
above stifle. Should have colt foaled
about June 5th. f 15 reward to find
er. Notify Henry lllvlus, Culver, Ore.
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For fine Oak Refrigerators see A.
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