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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913.
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VOL.XVII-NO.31
The Prineville-Mitchell
Road a Good One
Excellent work is leing donu on
the Prineville-Mitchell road by the
forestry olticialH. Forest Sucrviiur
Koss says that there are twenty-two
men and ten teams on the joli.
Some embarrassment lnu been raumxl
liy reason of tlio slowness with
which the counties meet their pay
ments, yet the work keem moving
right along. The mad crew in now
going ilown the north hIokj on the
Wheeler county side of the line.
Six milt'it have so far liecn complet
ed. Supervisor Ross, in hi report,
nays:
Tim Forest Service, in co-ojera-tion
with Crook and Wheeler coun
ties, and aided by private donations,
iH now constructing a wagon road
over a spur of the lilue Mountains,
which in located in the Ochoco Na
tional Forest, between Prineville
and Mitchell.
A clausu in the agricultural up
pr ipriation hill, which was passed
liy ronirreHS in the spring of l'J 1 2.
provided that ten cr cent of the
gross earnings of the national forests
le sHnt in the state where earned
for the construction and improve
ment of roads and trails in the na
tidnal forest.
The sum of 1 1,21)0.00 was allotted
last fall from this fund for the con
struction of a road across tho moun
tains that would connect these two
towns, as well as to provide a route
for tourists between the central and
northeastern parts of the state.
This amount was, of course, In
Hullicient for the work which in
volved the construction of eight
miles of new road and the working
over of four ami three-fourths
miles of almost impassable roads on
the south sloe However, the al
lotting of this amount served to en
courage Crook and Wheeler coun-M
lies to help on the project, with the
result that up to dale these coun-
vards around I Angeles and San
Francisco fill the motorist's heart
with delight. You can (to for miles
and miles along the wide paved
broadways in northern California
and never shift from 'high.' The Cali-
fornians are esiwcially progressive
in this regard, and as a consequence
have built up an enormous motor
tourist trade. The money that
pours into the 'Golden State' through
its syHlem of fine roads pays a big
return on the money invested in
reproved highways.
" "1 take pride in keeping down the
cost of running my Overland. I
given the proer attention it is a
good investment. It would be an
extravagance if I used it recklessly.
driving at any old seed over any
kind of a ro'sd, and never caring an
iota about the bills.
ties have authorized the expenditure
of f 1,200.00 each, which together
with donations from merchants at
l'rineville and Mitchell and from
runchers between the two towns,
has Increased the amount for the
work to approximately l4.H00.00.
A crew of men working under the
supervision of an expert road build
er, is now ramped on Ochoco creek,
ami working northeast toward the
summit of the ridge, where the road
will cross through a low pass. A
seven l-r cent maximum grade will
be obtained on the north slo)e,
while four and a half per cent will
lie the sti-epest grade on the south
side.
It is estimated that f l.f.OO.OO will
1k required to complete the road
la-fore it can lie opened for travel.
The allotments from the 10 er cent
item fund for the coming fiscal year
huve not yet been made up, but it
is hoped that this amount will be'
come available in time to complete
the road by September 1st, in or
der that it may be opened to travel
during the fruit hauling season
this fall.
The completion of this road is
eagerly looked forward to by the
residents of Central Oregon, as it
will not only oen up a new terri
tory to the John Day Valley for the
sale of quantities of fruit and vege
tallies that are raised there, but it
will aim. furnish them an additional rhe l'rineville country has re-
rontn to railroad nnint. as it ..lares vel thorough drenching during
Itolmond, a aUtion on the Deschutes jthe P1 8everal da9- Rain com
ruilr,L th ,,, ,li..iHnr fmm ! menced last Saturday afternoon and
of not less than ten acres during
his second year of residence,
and at least 20 acres the third
year and at the tiins of proving
up.;
Inasmuch n it is practically
impossible fr many home
steaders to cl"ar and cultivate 20
acres of thei- entry the third
year, Senator Borah proposes
that they be allowed to show, in
stead of cultivation, that tbeir
permanent improvements repre
sent an outlay averaging at least ! ver l 6:28 m- delivered at once
tl.'oO an acre. In making such instead of holding it as under the
improvements Senator IJorah olJ Bcnedule-
Prineville Gets Much
Better Mail Service
Postmaster Ledford has kept the
wires hot between here and Wash
ington in an effort to have the
Prineville mail that is left at Cul-
drive it on the principle that if it is! maintains that homesteaders will j The new time-table that went in-
sbow good faith quite as effec- to effect when the Oregon Trunk
tively as by the cultivation of i P' the night service Sunday
stipulated area of laud. should give Prineville 12 hours
Senator Borah feels certain 'earlier service if the stage delivered
that the bill will receive faor- j the mail at once instead of leaving
able consideration if the chair- Culver in the evening with mail that
had been left in the morning.
Since the above was written Post-
"I have often heard business men man of the public lands commit j
anil those who ought to know better lee will call it up and once the i
master Ledford has been instructed
from Washington to see that the
say that, the automobile is a big j bill is reported there is every in
luxury. It may lie for some, but I jdication that it will pass the Sen
have never found it to be a fact. I ,ate without much difficulty. Un-
know, for instance, that I can run a less early attention is paid to bis jjit Affainst CoilIltV
car at a maximum cost of five cents request by the chairman of the
a mile when it is loaded to its ca--public lands committee, Sena
pacity. That's a great deal cheaper : tor ' Borah intends to renew bis
stage left Culver after the morning
south-bound train. This places us
12 hours nearer Portland than un
der the old plan. Outgoing mail
will be shortened about 28 hours at
the Portland end. Instead of the
mail leaving Prineville at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon and remaining at
Culver over night for the morning
train to arrive in Portland that
evening too late for distribution,
the stage will now leave Prineville
at 3:30 in the afternoon and arrive
at Culver in time for the night
train which is due at 10:02 p. m.
This train reaches Portland at 8:10
a. m. and the mail is sent out on
first delivery.
than paying railroad fares-"
Mr. Emerson drove from Tia Ju-
request on the floor of the Sen
ate, and if a second request goes
ana through to Portland. Arriving unnoticed the Idaho Senator is
there he drove back to Dallas, do-likely to move that the com
ing to California, he shipped to The miltee be discha'ged from, further
Dalles and took the Central Oregon consideration of the bill.
route to Califoanla. He followed
the Pacific Highway coming back.
Taken to U. S. Court
Prineville Country
Gets Drenching
Mitchell as Shankio now is.
It is cxKcted that much travel
and freight will go and come over
this new route. With the comple
tion of this road over the lilue
Mountains another link will have
been welded in a chain of excellent
roads across the central part of the
state in an east and west direction.
Auto Traveling
Very Reasonable
To those skeptical persons who are
unwilling to be convinced that motor
travel is cheap as compared with the
railroad, the expense items incident
to tho 3000-mile trip of I. C. Emer
son are submitted in support of the
contention .that it does not cost a
fortune to tour in a motor car.
Driving a 30-horse power Overland,
this enthusiastic automobilist cover
ed approximately 3000 miles in Cali
fornia and Oregon at a total expense
ofli)0,00.
Mr. Emerson is proud of his Over
land. Ho takes pride in keeping
down his maintenance and operating
bills. In this respect he has been
very successful, anl declares that
all other motorists can do likewise
if they will exercise proper discre
tion in driving.
There were six people in the Em
erson party. Included were Mrs
Emerson, Mr. and Mrs, H. Black
and their two children. It is worthy
of note that on this 3000-mile jour
ney they were not particular as to
what roads they traversed. They
selected their routes at random
paying attention only to the inter
esting points to be seen in the
southern states. In many instances
they went to places where the rail
road does not penetrate.
Considering ' the number in the
party, Mr. Emerson, whose home is
in Dallas, Ore., made an enviable
record.' Five cents a mile for six
people is pretty cheap for a contiu
ous joy jaunt of 3000 miles. This
is a record which Mr. Emerson is
proud of, and believes has never
been bettered under like circum
stances.
"It's absurd to think that you
have to be wealthy to tour around
the country in an automobile," said
Mr. Emerson. "As long as one is
careful in driving over the rough
roads one naturally encounters on
an extensive trip, it can lie done
cheaply. My expense of $150 cov
ers everything tires, inner tubes,
gasoline, oils, gearing and team hire
for being hauled out of the mud on
two occasions.
We went all over California.
Every place that looked interesting
was our goal. We started in at San
Francisco, and hardly before we
knew it were in Tia Juana, Mexico,
having traversed more than half of
the length of this long state. Time
flies swiftly when, one is in a strange
clime, and always heading for some
interesting spot. There are so many
places rich in romantic and histori
cal lore in California that the visit
or's time is always taken up.
"The numerous advantages in
owning a good automobile is illus
trated when one wishes to take such
a vacation. With a motor car you
are not dependent upon the rail
.roads. You can select almost any
place you want to go to and head
for it. regardless of time tables,
junctions, railroad fare and the like.
I find that it is much cheaper, when
capacity load is carried, to travel by
motor. Then, too, you are given
much better opportunity to observe
the country and its people, to appre
ciate the Bcencery and to understand
whut you are seeing.
"Most of California's roads' are
model ones. The beautiful boule-
has kept it up more or less inter
mittently ever since.
The June rains were a little late
this year to be of the greatest bene
fit to growing crops, but neverthe
less they will be worth thousands of
dollars to the farmers of this sec
tion. Spring grain especially will
be greatly benefitted. The fall
grains are pretty well advanced, yet I
not too far to be materially helped. '
There is a great deal of hay down
in different parts of the county, but
so far very little loss is reported
from the copious showers.
The rain arrived in the nick of
time to save the grain crop in the
Culver and Hay Creek couutry.
The fields had been suffering from
drought for some time and the
grain in some places had commenced
to shivel. Now this is changed.
While the crop will not be as good
as could be wished, vet it will not
be a total failure by any means.
Sheriff Elkins Picks
Up Suspect Tuesday
Sheriff Elkins returned from a
trip to Sisters Tuesday evening with
a prisoner supposed to be J. W.
Keith, a convict that escaped from
the' brickyard at the penitentiary
last Friday afternoon,
Keith, who was convicted of ob
taining money under false pretenses
in Lake county, not only slipped out
of a door unobserved, but cut a
screen in order to conceal himself in
a ditch until the guards and con
victs returned to the penitentiary
He was missed just before supper
and a general alarm was sounded.
Sheriff Elkins was notified by
wire to keep a sharp lookout. The
man brought in does not give a
good account of himself and will be
held for further identification.
The Oregon & Western Coloniza
tion Company has begun suit in the
United States district court of Port
land against Crook county, R. L.
! T 1 ... t c 1,
Elkins, sheriff; G. Springer, county
judge; R. H. Bayley and W. W.
Brown, county commissioners, en-
! joining them from paying warrants
to the amount of $46,139 96 for
county bridges, culverts, etc. This
suit covers the same ground prac
tically as the one brought by J. H.
Haner at the last term of the cir
cuit court in which a demurrer was
sustained by Judge Bradshaw. The
transfer of the case to the United
States court will permit of an early
decision.
Appeal for Children
of Central Oregon
This and much more can be done if
all parents and promoters of educa
tion will rally for a long pull, a
strong pull and a pull all together
to set this scheme of a cottage
boarding home on foot.
Church services and Sunday school
will prove a blessing and pleasure to
both the children and mothers, for
if children are entrusted to us we
will place them under the care of
house-mothers in the cottages. But
mothers will be able to accompany
their own children if they wish.
All this we are longing to do out
of love for the children.- Shall we
refuse these advantages for our
children just because of the mere
want of money? Now who will give
a liberal donation and give it NOW?
O. C. Gray, of Bonny View Stock
Farm, Post, Ore., has kindly accept
ed the position of treasurer.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. M. A. Hollow ay, M. A.,
Secretary-
Wants Homestead
Law Amended
Got Tired Walking
Then Took Horses
Obituary.
Senator Borah of Idaho, wants
to got action by Congress on his
bill amending the three year
homestead law by providing that
in lieu of cultivation the home
steader may show improvements
on his land averaging not less
than $ 1 50 for each . acre em
braced in his entry.
The cultivation clause of the
present three-year homestead
law forced into the bill by Secre
tary Fisher with the aid of the
conservation element in Con-
ress, and came at a time when
the friends of the bill had to ac
cept the amendment or lose the
entire bill, This feature of the
law .is working a hardship in
many cases, for it requires the
homesteader to cultivate one
sixteenth of the area of his entry
the second year, and one-eight
the third year. On an entry of
100 acres, therefore, the entry
man must show the cultivation
Two young men, Bert Brown
and Charles Thompson, were ar
rested hist week by Deputy
Sheriff Chet Hollinshead over
the mountains near Springfield,
for having in their possession
two horses belonging to J. E.
Morsou of La Pine. They were
brought here Monday by Sheriff
Elkins in the county automobile.
and at an informal hearing Mon
day afternoon admitted their
guilt but disclaimed all intention
of stealing the horses, explaining
that their intention was to get
out of the country because of
luck of work and then manage to
send the animals back to La Pine
somehow. Judge Kennedy
placed them under bonds of $500
each, in default of which they
will be steady boarders at the
Elkins hotel until September.
Lost.
An Airedale terrier puppy, three
mouths alii; answers to mine of VIp.
Hetnrn to Tlios. Sharp, Jr., and re
ceive reward. 6-26-2t
Timber Claim for Sale
Timber claim, 10 miles from Prine
ville for sale cheap for cash. Apply to
S. A. Prose, Prineville, Ore. 5 29 lnipd
Strayed
Blaze face bay mare, 'Y brand on
left shoulder, scar on right hind leg
above stifle. Should have colt fouled
about June 5th. 115 reward to tind
er. Notify Heury Blvlus, Culver, Ore.
6 19-4tp
Dear Friends: Last week, by
the kind assistance of the editor, we
made known te you a scheme for
helping in the education of our
children. This week, may we write
as a friend to friends and tell you
more particularly what we wish to
do.
Ever since we were obliged to
leave our missionary work in India
we have felt that God wants us for
some special work elsewhere. Step
by step we have been led to Oregon.
Now may not this work for the
children be the special work for
which we are waiting?
Our qualifications as a teacher of
children are as follows: We hold a
diploma as Master of Arts and Hon
orman of the Melbourne University,
Australia. For eight years we were
principal of one of the leading col
leges in Melbourne. In India, we
continued to teach schools in Urdu,
Hindi and English. We feel that
our vocation in life is undoubtedly
that of a teacher. Having traveled
the world over, we have a fund of
information and experience that is
invaluable in the true education and
development of children. We prom
ise not mere teaching to read and
write, not mere cramming for ex
aminations, but true education in
the deepest and widest sense of the
word.
in the district school itseli, we
shall, of course, follow the state
curriculum, but we will make
the school books live and grow be
fore the children's minds. Then in
our proposed cottage boarding
home, we will continue this great
and noble work of education. We
hope to be able to teach the children
to speak French and German and to
arrange for musical instruction in
piano, violin and organ. Domestic
training also must not be left out
Mrs- Eliza W. Myers died at her
home near Culver, Oregon, June 14.
1913. Her maiden name was Mes
sich. She was 75 years and 20 days
old at her death.
She was born May 24, 1838, at
at Crawfordsville, Indiana, and re
moved with her parents to Illinois
when still a young woman. Was .
married to James Myers in 1869.
To this union was born one son,
Wm. P. Myers, of Prineville, Ore
gon, who survives her.
She united with the Christian
church when quite a young woman,
and was always a conscientious and
consistent Christian. Her member
ship was with the congregation at
Culver at the time of her death.
She survived her husband four
years and twenty days, and was laid
beside him at Laidlaw, Ore.
A short funeral service was held
at the Christian church by the. writ
er, after which her remains were
conveyed to the depot to take the
train for Laidlaw.
The large gathering on this occa
sion and the profusion of flowers
donated, and the kind attention of
the neighbors and friends spoke elo
quently of the esteem in which she
and her relatives were held.
"Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord, yea, saith the spirit, that
they may rest from their labors, and
their works do follow them." We
gladly point her relatives to Him
whom she trusted as the source of
the only true happiness in this life
and of the great life beyond.
S. W. Robinson,
Will Exchange for Wood.
If you have wood and waut a sew
ing Machlue, don't wait any longer.
We have the New Home, the New
Royal and Bonlta that we will trade
you. All first-class machines. !if.
Kamstra, the Jeweler, Prluevllie. 6 20