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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 14, 1913.
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VOL. XVII-NO. 38
Klamath Falls to Entertain
Development League
Valuation of Property in Oregon. I School NeWS of Interest
State Tax Levied by Commissioners
According to an official statement issued by the State Tax Commission,
your locality. Space will lie re
served for ull, anil you are cspeci
ally appointed and deputized to see
section is well repro-
Klamath Kulls Is making extensive
preparations to properly entertain
the visitors to the Central Oregon
development league, which meets
in that city August l'.l, 20,21. They
have planned to make this Fourth
Annual Convention of the Central
Oregon Development lengu one of j that your
the liest and most helpful meetings sen ted.
-ver held. If the farmers and the On our program you will liuve the
opportunity of seeing lumW ninnu
jfactured in one of the best euips-d
large saw mills in the state.
I Instructive and interesting lee-
simply a get together meeting to pat: lures will lie given by Secretary of
one another on the hack, hut is a' Interior Funklin K. Lane, Assistant
to Crook County
The annual Teachers' County In
stitute will be held in Prineville,
business men of this section realized
what a line meeting this is to be
they would wake up right now and
get ready to attend. This is not
the total tax levied for all purposes for the year l'JIU is just 1 1,1 1 1 ,805.79
other exhibits from the various less than that levied for the year 1912, the levy for tins year being 18,-
parU of the county, and wo are de- l:i(i,4:t8.2H, and that for the year 1912 was 1 19.2 1,244.07.
sirous of having on exhibition a line The state tax paid by the counties is ll,941,G01.27 less this year than Septemker 22, 23, 24. County Su
collection of all product raised in' last, the tax for this year being 11,122,214.49, and that for last year was ' perintendent Myers in working on
1 ..... r, ttt i .... . tinfi i p- 1.1 . ' tVia n.nrrnni anrl avnAfla in maUO
.i,iMM,niij. ii. ine valuation ior lasi year was v'u,o-n,i')-j. oo, anu mail "k- ......v.
for this year is ;i().r,01 1 ,079. this gathering a helpful and instruct-
The reason the levy is so much lower for this year is that the levy of , ive one. State Superintendent
1912 included the appropriations made by the legislative session of 1911. j Churchill will attend and be of
The levy for thiB year was made prior to the meeting of the legislature ( much assistance to the teachers in
and does not include the appropriations. Next year's levy will include 1 explaining and suggesting helps for
them, and the lew then will be considerably higher than this vear. i the new course of study. Arrange-
The talile prepared by the commission .showing the valuation for the '. ments are also being made for other
li.w ,f ttou v..r the tntiil tiiy lew for nil iinrnoses ami the tati tax to prominent instructors to assist in
meeting planned to be of practical,
and valuable help to all who attend.
The best seiikcrs available have
I n secured and no progressive
farmer nor business man can afford
to stay away.
Several business men of Prine
ville have already made arrange
ments to lie there, but we should
have a much larger delegation than
is now in sight to represent, this
section. We have some of the most
successful farmers in the state in
this vicinity and hope they will as
sume some of the responsibility in
this matter and arrange to attend.
A letter from the Klamath Chamber
of Commerce to W. F. King, secre
tary of the Crook County Cowl
Koads Association, tells definitely
what will lie done at this meeting:
To whom this nmy come, greeting:
The Fourth Annual Convention of
the Central Oregon Development
league to be held in Klamath Falls,
August 19, 20, 21, will be one of the
best, if not the best meeting of the
league ever held. We are making
extensive preparations for your en
tertainment and comfort while in
our midst. Particular attention will
be given to the agricultural and
be paid by the counties follows:
Secretary Miller, buiis W. Hill, F.
11. Newell, Will It. King, Gov. West,
J. II. Young. Win. llanloy, P. L.
Campbell, Mrs. Henrietta Willard
I Calvin, W. Ijiir Thompson. A. W.
! Orion, Calvin Brown, 0. M.Clark,
! Cant, linker, Prof. Rebec and John
H. Ix'wis.
You must hear Farmer Smith s
lectures, and from the Oregon Agri
cultural College we will have Pres.
Keer, Dr. Whvconibe, Professors Scud
der Potter, l.unn Milam and Hetzel.
Tillman Iteu'-er, "The Dry Farm
ing Wizard." will be with us.
The farmers' friend. Hanker C. 8.
Hudson, will address the bankers
and farmers on subjects of interest
to all. Judge B. Daly and others
will be given space on the program.
Program will also include two
sessions of Domestic Science Insti
tute. One session Woman's Club
Institute. Four sessions of Farm
ers' Institute. Four business ses
sions of the Development League.
Two large public evening meetings.
Do not miss this convention. Re
member the exhibits from your sec
tion. They are wanttd.
Kesiiectfully,
Ki.amatii.CiumiikkCommkhi'K.
Ix-wis Wylde, Sec
I'M VTIIM.
lUker
I li-ii ton
Clwktttuai -
(.'Utwip
Columbia
(OOB , .....
Crook
Curry
I lunula .
Gilliam
(irsnt
lltiney
Hood Kiver
Jarkann
Josephine .. .
KUmsth
Uka
l.ane
Lincoln
Malheur
Marlon
Morrow
Multnomah .
Tolk
Sherman
Tillamook
I'matilla
I'nion
Wallowa
Wasco.
Washington
Wheeler .
Yamhill
Tot! vnIih' tax
fthic ,roM-rt)'.
23,3i:i,HlH
1(,!122.22
2m,4U2,HM '
,K4n,f)70
14.6115,015
111,611! li'.f.l
9,97ll,l.-i2
4,l67,o:;
33,12tl,2.-.8
11,751.23!)
6,950,82
7 34H,i7
11.37,447
36.tS6!,rK4
10,863,43s
1,470,02!)
8,7Wl,tt2
38.37tl,2ll5
9,7011,012
29,722,313
11.531,847
42.785.026
11,073,551
335,112.074
14.748,767
8,701,814
15,123,411
45,312,26
16,tl7,7:6
ll,4ii8,6:'5
U',915,857
19,!W9.71'3
3,267 ,M6
,1!)2,!MI8
Amount of taxi'l
levied.
i 345,064.96
241 371.84
65R,7i0.3!l
45H,1.-,6.2S
273,742.82
564.S.S0 00
328,418.37
55.S24.74
583,759.58
110.902.25
11H,76!.31
110,405 10
180,855.04
706,012.61
25ti.64ll.8s
320.120 00
93.722.35
805,863.03
188,396 ltt
618,567.25
235,731.20
7S5.282 52
119.763.42
7,139.205.1)5
294,215.17
106,585.16
339,3116 07
617,36.39
301,910.46
1.80,740 10
278.04s. 49
4:i0,as9.71
56,2i3.44
422,340.16
I this work
One day of the institute will be
ii'uKimv Riven 'et to the fair, where teach-
$ 27,277.75 ers and pupils will have an oppor-
tittp tax ;
Ml l.y
The whole number of organized
school districts has increased from 6S
in 1907 to 88 at the present time.
Probably the greatest change has
occurred in the personnel of the
teaching force. At the present
time 70 per cent of the teachers in
Crook county are from other states,
many being university and normal
school graduates, while a few years
ago the greater per cent was from
the home county and state.
County Superintendent Myers
hopes to continue raising the stand
ard of the schools by securing special
trained teachers. The new edition
of the school law emphasizes this
14,483 25 tunity to see the school work that matter in the following words:
40,:i53.75
25,256.50
ls.432.25
2421.00
has been done throughout the coun-1 "No certificate to teach in an ele
ty and thus be better able to meas- mentary school shall be issued to
ure their strength and progress, j any person unless such person has
CUUipiCLCU ail cicifiruuijr icm.ncia
training course, or its equivalent,
15,879.25 These exhibits also give inspiration
,i"u o" ana nelpiui suggestions lor luiure , which Muivtiencv shall be determ
ined by the superintendent of public
The fair is earlier this year than j instruction.
3,w.oo;workt
1U.U7Z.UU
Q via. 7.1
9,282.00 usual, si every one should begin "These provisions shall not apply
2,750.50 now in order to make a creditable ' to any person who has had at least
38,385.25 showing. The regular list of indus-1 x months approved public school
13,719.00 trial ize9 i9 g00dand in. teaching experience at the time th.s
18.200.00 . j i x . i act takes effect.
oo m spire every boy and girl to greater .. . ... ...
9,268.50 ...... I The provisions of this act shall
44,901.00 ,efforts- The "I"" llst 18 larer! be in full force and effect from and
8,779.25 and better than ever before and
36 950.00 j should encourage the pupils of
12,2'.'1.50. Crook county to honor their dis-
lo'oU'nn' tricts by winning one or
410,19.48 j em- ., , , ,
urowtn or ocnoon-
more of
20,954.00
10,333.25
18,231.50
after September 1, 1915."
This will give all young teachers
ample opportunity to prepare for
this work.
New School Building.
New school buildings are being
built or making arrangements for
building in the following districts:
Lower Rye Grass, District 30; Des
Chutes, District 28; Diamond Peak,
Totala 905,011,679 18,1.!6,4: 28
Business Training
Brings Success r.;'; i,u"upaf
"""o' illness, who co
of womeu who have been mar
ried, whoso husbands arc dead
or incapacitated by accident or
mo asking for
-; soniethiii"; to do, you'd under
The Crook County High School i : stand without any miosth n why
Chief Engineer of Prineville-
Metolius Railawy at Work
During the past five years Crook
county has enjoyed a good steady
43,069.00 school growth as shown by its in
.'t crease in teachers, pupils and school
13,0''5. i ii ,. .
i,i m districts.
2'4i4';io! In 1907 the number of pupils of j Culver, Metolius, Gateway, McKay,
sioiis 25 ' school age in this county was 2080 ; Terrebonne, Round Butte, District
2t.776.25 as compared with 3360 at the pres-1 67; Tethrow Butte, District 75;
11,122,214.48 ! ent time. Seventy teachers were j Bend, a ward school; and the Crook
1 registered in the county on the first County High industrial building.
rlnto ii'Vitlo tho 1Q15I .Tuna rpnnrt Sisters has a fine new school build-
shows 132. Since many schools have ' 'n& which they are furnishing. Most
increased their teaching force, next
year's report will show a greater
gain.
of the above districts have conduct
ed schools during the past year in
temporary quarters.
ninoiig tne lirsi in ine state to real
ize the necessity of preparing her
voting people for practical work.
This year our county high school
oilers several courses that when
eoniplelcil will enanie me graiuiaies
to begin at once their chosen line of
work and thus pay back in a meas
ure their debts to the state. The
teachers' training course, the do
mestic science, the agriculture, the
manual training and the book-keeping,
short-hand and stenography, all
oiler special privileges and training
to boys and girls of Crook county
who wish to becomo independent
upon graduation. The regular
courses are to bo made flexible so
that students may arrange to take
one or more of the above in connec
tion with the regular school work.
Parents are beginning to realize
more and more the necessity of
giving their children special train
ing along practical lines. If more
attention was given to this work
during the school years of our boys
and girls there would be fewer fail
ures and less suffering in later life.
The following article from the Port
land Journal emphasizes this idea of
special preparation:
Should vounsr women have
commercial training?
"I think- so," said a Portland
business man. "What chance
lias a girl for employment that
will pny her wages in any sort of
proportion to her effort unless
6he has somo special trui'iing for
it?"
"If you could see the number
girls oro bolter lilted for lifo if
they liavo commercial training.
"Some (if the stories those
women who conio asking for
work nod havo never been
trained fur it, tell are pathetic to
the extreme. Hut the com
mercial world hasn't room for
any individual regardless of sex
who can't do some one thing and
do it well.
If pirls have to work they'd
bettor bo trained for work. If
vicissitude manes n necessary
for them to work, oarly special
training will bo found invaluable.
If, aftor they are married, they
find it necessary to work, those
who havo training will find that
the best trained get the largest
salaries, have the shortost hours
and enjoy life most.
"And I am in favor of practi
cal business training for girls on
an economic and character build
ing basis aside from the question
of income.
"Any girl who has been train
ed to keep accounts in a business
college will be able to koep ac
counts at home. Arty girl who
has gotten a notion of what
valuos really are will not bo in
clined to extravagance, noither
will she be deceived by the
shoddy or unwholesome.
"I think business training for
boys is an essential. I don't
care if they don't do anything
moro practical than write for a
living, business training will
help them to square up against
Mr. von Planta of Portland, who;
has been engaged by II. P. Scheel
for chief engineer on the proposed
survey tor tne rrineviue-.oeiotius
railroad, arrived in this city last
Thursday and is busy getting up
descriptions of rights-of-way so final
deeds can be drawn up. He is also
making the necessary arrangements
for terminals at Metolius and Prine-
....... , , i roads and the map as outlined
ville, including depots, warehouses,'
. , . ; would furnish the necessary mfor-
stock yards, etc. .. . .
u . , i . , ' uiaiiutl iur placing an sui-u bins.
-"I. t lauia uaa uccu auviscu
the engineers
r. von rianta has been auvise
by Mr. Scheel to complete all work
up to the point of construction so
that when the final word conies
there will be no unnecessary delays.
This engineer expects to finish up
the above work by Saturday and
will then leave to confer with Mr.
Scheel about this railroad.
life, get in touch with and under
stand human kind And the
same business training for girls,
in their particular departments
of work, and applied to their
especial needs, is just as valuable.
"One of the quickest stenog
raphers I know in Portland is
the daughter of wealthy parents.
She doesn't need to work, but
she says she wants to know so
that if the time ever comes when
she has to work she will be pre
pared. "I know other girls of families
well able to support them who
have taken business college
courses, who have learned how to
trim hats, and make dresses,
who have learned the chemeistry
of food, and their value to them
selves, to society and to those
immediately about them has been
doubled. They're finer women
for knowing how to work." Ore
Dates of Opening or Schools
The Prineville public school will
open Monday, September 15.
The Crook County High School
will open Monday, September 29.
present very gener
ously donated their services to this
work and Mr. Kelley was chosen
chairman of this committee.
Those present were: W. F.
King, Engineers Kelley, George
Brewster, Fred A. Rice, Clarence D.
Rice, D. H. Peoples, C. 0. Pollard
and J. H. Haner and Oscar Hyde.
Plans Made for
County Road Map
W. F. King, secretary of the
Crook County Good Roads Conven
tion, interested a number of Tengi
neers and citizens of Prineville to
the extent that they met Tuesday
evening at the Hotel Prineville and
after enjoying a good supper took
up the proposition of devisingjways
and means of preparing a prelimi
nary base road map of Crook county.
At the present time there is no
authentic road map of this county
trom which to worn, the plan is
to have this map show the location
and exact condition of every road
in the county. Such a record will
be of permanent value to all parts
of the county showing where im
provements are most needed and
will also save both time and expense
in ascertaining the exact location of
all places. It is expected to build
the map on the scale of one inch to
the mile, thus giving a large map
about 7x9j feet.
This county is without the neces
sary sign boards at the forks of the
Fifty Hours a Week
One Dollar a Day
Portland, Ore , Aug. 5. The Ore
gon State Industrial Commission to-
dav fixed minimum hours of labors , noon
Enthusiasm Manifested
for Good Roads
The inter county meeting of
good roads advosates held at La
Pine on the 9th inst was well at
tended by delegates from Crook,
Klamath and Lake counties. A
more appropriate site for the
meeting probably could not hava
been found in the three counties
represented. The people of La
Pine had prepared a platform,
forth.? speakers and tables for
the g'jriot8 among the pines iu
the oiii-ikirts of their village.
Barb;u;Ufd beef, with all the
usual trimmings, was served at
to about two hundred
for all girls under 18 years of age,
at eight hours and 20 minutes a day
or 50 hours a week. They may not
work after 6 p. m., and all girls
between the ages of 16 and 18 must
receive a minimum of f 1.00 per day
excep,t when arrangements have
been made with the commission for
apprentices or learners. The law
will affect girls employed in depart
ment stores, telephone exchanges,
telegraph offices, hotels and restaur
ants, laundries, mechanical estab
lishments and other retail businesses
of like character. It will become
effective 60 days hence. This was
the first ruling made by the com
mission since its creation.
For Sale.
The ei of 8wi section 36, town
ship 13 south, range 15 east of Wil
lamette Meridian. About 7 miles
north of Prineville, Oregon. C. F.
Uuhh.nki.l, Gen. Del., Ogrien, I'tnh.
6-12-4tp
guests.
Prior to the luncheon a con
siderable delegation attended the
dedication of a monument at the
county line, being the point se
lected on the route of the Lincoln
National Highway where the
road will enter Crook county.
The ceremonies were presided
over by Col. Charles W. Thatcher
the authorized path finder for the
several projected National High
ways across the United States.
In the afternoon several ad
dresses were delivered. Judge
W. S. Worden, of Klamath
county, reviewed the progress of
the good roads work in his
county. During Judge Worden 'a
administration Klamath county
has built over five hundred miles
of permanent roads, where a few
years before there were practi
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