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VOL. XVU NO. 49
Metolius, Prineville &
Eastern Slow but Sure
T. M. Baldwin. C. Sam Smith
and Henry Cram have returned
from Portland where they went to
meet H. P. Scheel, the contractor
for the Metolius, Prineville & East
ern Railroad.
A mooting waa held latit week in
Portland, which waa attended by
Mr. Scheel, William P. Davidson,
president of the Oregon 4 Western
Conization Co.; and A. R. Rogers,
the wealthy Minneapolie lumber
man Mr. Scheel explained to the
committee that he waa ready and
willing to begin work jut ai aoon
a the right-of-way waa aecured.
The Prineville committee re
ported that moat of the rlght-of
way had been signed up; that the
terminal in both Prineville and
Metolius were ready, and that the
balance of the right-of-way' was
only a question of short time.
There are three or four tracts that
You Can Swear in
Your Vote Nov. 4
As there It so much inquiry con
cerning the registration of voters
for the special election to be held
on November 4 th, County Clerk
Brown has thought best to have
the opinion of the attorney general
given on the matter of registration,
which reads as follows:
Mr. Warren Brown, County Clerk
of Crook county, Prineville, Ore.
Dear Sir: Replying to Yours of
October 16, I would advise you it
lias always been the opinion of this
office that any statute requiring
registration as a condition pre
cedent to the right to vote is void,
being in conflict with the State
Constitution; that portion of it
which provides the qualification of
voters. Our Supremo Court has
held in cases of Livesley vs. Litch
field, 47 Oregon 248, White vs.
Commissioners, 13 Oregon 817,
(that a city charter attempting to
require registration as a condition
precedent to the right to vote is to
that extent unconstitutional.) You
will note that Section 6 of Chapter
323, General Laws of 1913, pro
viilea in case the registration law
should be doclared unconstitutional,
that tho voter may vote by using
Blank A at the polls. While this
particular statute has never been
passed upon, an analogous one has
and has been doclared unconstitu
tional and therefore would advise
you that it is mv opinion that the
voter qualified as provided in the
Constitution mny vote at the polls
without previous registration by the
Now is the Time to Prepare for Fall Planting
of Fruit Trees and Berry Plants. ORDER NOW! and receive your trees while we
have a large stock to select from
Office Adamson
are giving trouble and when these
are adjusted work can start.
Mr. Scheel explained that he did
not want to commence work in one
place and then have to move his
equipment to another part of the
right-of-way. He wanted to be
able to start in and complete the
line from end to end without the
bother of shifting; from place to
place.
The Metolius, Prineville & East
ern will be electrified, power to be
furnished from the Cove plant of
the Des Chutes Power Co. The line
will be thirty miles long and will
cost 15(10,000.
Yesterday Mr. Baldwin received
word from Mr. Scheel thaf he and
Engineer Von Planta would be here
the latter part of next week to help
the committee finish up the right of
way so that work could be commenced.
use of Blank A. Yours very truly,
A. M. Crawtord,
Attorney General.
Therefore, all electors who are
not registered, and are otherwise
qualified, may vote at the special
election on November 4th upon the
affidavit of six freeholders as pro
vided by law.
The Crook County Abstract Co.
has the required blanks for those
not registered and J. B. Shipp
heads the list of the six freeholder
that do the, swearing, so if you
want to vote step into the abstract
office a minute and you can get
your credentials. It doesn't cost
you anything.
Educational Films
at the Lyric
An educational reel of pictures
will be shown every Friday evening
at the Lyric in compliance with
several requests from parents who
wish their children to see some of
the many instructive pictures shown
and Manager Morgan has aptly
termed Friday as "School Night."
The Spotted Elephant Hawk
Moth, to be shown Friday of this
week, is the perfected jnsect trans
formed from the familiar red and
yellow Btriped caterpillar. In this
film the entire metamorphosis is
shown in a clear, concise, instruc
tive and entertaining manner. On
the same reel are shown views of
Athens, once the center of civiliza
tion, and its ruins of which all
have read or studied.
Fall Millinery
1 can nave you money on Millinery.
Look my stock over and lie convinced.
(iKKTIU'llS PaLMKII,
10 2 Mi'Clli(t(ir building, I'rinevillu.
Laf ollette Norsery Company
Bldg., Room 12
November is Bargain
Month for Journal
November is Bargain Month with
the Crook County Journal. Thirty
days seem a long tima but Crook
county is too big to cover any
sooner.
During November old as well as
new subscribers will have a chance
to get the county official paper for
Crook county for half price. Old
subscribers must pay up back sub
scription and they can pay in ad
vance at the 75c rate as far as they
please. New subscribers are not
limited as to time. Bear in mind
this privilege lasts only 30 days.
After that the old rate of 1.50 will
be In force. Do not put off. Send
In your subscriptions at once.
Crook County High
Defeats Wheeler Co
The Crook County High School
football team strengthened its hold
on the Eastern Oregon football
championship by defeating the
Wheeler County High School 13 to
0 last Saturday at Foasil. Consis
tent work by "Moose" Lister, to
gether with superior playing on the
part of the C. C. H. 'S. team, es
pecially the back field, was respon
sible for the victory
The story of the game is as fol
lows: Prineville kicked off te Fos
sil. The Prineville line held forcing
Fossil to punt. After an exchange
of punts Estes and Weigand broke
through the Fossil defense for 20
yard runs, putting the ball on
Wheeler's 8-yard line, from which
place Lister carried it to a touch
down, scoring after 8 minutes of
play. Lister kicked goal.
The teams battled in mid-field
during the second and third
quarters, both showing a rather
slew and ragged offense.
Fossil displayed a forward pass
that gained a. number of first
downs before being solved by the
Prineville backs but after that
there was nothing to it. Bub
Estes averaged 35 yards to his
kicks and easily outpunted Dunn of
Fossil.
In the last quarter Prineville
showed a flash of good football and
rushed the pigskin the length of
the field. Capt. Claypool opened a
hole through center for Roberts to
score the second and last touch
down. Prineville missed goal.
The Fossil men never got inside of
the Prineville 25-yard line.
After the game both teams were
the guests of the Fossil High School
girls at a reception, where everyone
became acquainted and had a good
time.
The Crook County High manage
ment has arranged to play a return
game in Prineville on election day
November 4.
Band Entertainment
November Seven
The new band, under the leader
ship of Mr. Zinke. is working hard
preparing for an entertainment to
be given at the Lyric Theatre Fri
day evening, November 7. Besides
the regular program of pictures
there will be vocal solos, selections
by the band and a musical novelty
in a trombone quartet.
The proceeds go Into the band
treasury and as this is somewhat
of a minus quantity right now, the
boys art justified in asking the co
operation of every individual in the
city toward making this entertain
ment a success, both financially and
otherwise. If the entertainment
proves op to expectations in all re
spects, it Is likely that the band
will continue these entertainments
every two or three weeks through
ou Ahf winter
Be sure to do your part in help
ing the band along as it is expect
ing too much that the burden of its
support fall entirely on its mem
bers. Prineville needs a band and
can just as well have a good one..
Auto Turns Turtle
on West Side Grade
Jim Toney met with a bad acci
dent last Friday morning in making
the grade on the west side of town.
He had two passengers in his new
Chalmers six bound for Redmond
and had made ' the grade without
trouble until he reached the steep
ascent to the bench. At that point
the car became unmanageable and
backed, off the road. The embank
ment is not very high at that place,
not over ten or fifteen feet, but it
was high enough for the car to turn
bottom side up. One of the pas
sengers jumped before the car
turned over but the other stuck to
the car along with the driver. No
one was hurt. The man that
jumped was scratched a little and
the other two got a bad shaking up.
Toney walked back to Prineville,
got another car, and continued his
trip to Redmond.
The auto was not damaged as
much as one would expect. The
top was smashed so also was the
windshield and one wheel was
broken off at the axle. The steer
ing post, too, will need repairs.
The machine was insured against
fire but no other form of accident.
The Dalles Conference
at Prineville Next Week
The Dalles District conference
will convene in Prineville Novem
ber 4 for a session of three days.
Among the notable features of the
meeting is a lecture on "Tennyson"
by M. H. Marvin. This is said to
be especially fine. It will be given
on Wednesday evening, November
5, at the M. E. church.
Redmond Potato Show
and Fair a Good One
Redmond, Ore., Oct. 25, 1913.
The Third Annual Redmond
Potato Show and Fair has come and
gone. It has awakened memories,
taught lessons, opened up new
vistas of the future and had many
other effects, not all of which can
be sensed at the present time- Re
marks were frequently heard from
those who attended the Redmond
Fair in 1906 and 1907, and the re
marks always emphasized the rapid
advancement the country has made
since that time. ,
One lesson that the Potato Shows
have taught was expressed by Kirk
Whited when he said that our peo
ple have learned the difference be
tween big potatoes and good ones.
Formerly it was the big potatoes
that were picked out for exhibition;
now it is the uniformly medium
sized, smooth ones. Professor Hys
lop of the O. A. C. who judged
potatoes this year and two years
ago emphasized the same fact in his
lecture this afternoon.
The increase in fruit shown this
year grown almost entirely in this
neighborhood, is evidence that fam
ily orchards at least can be de
pended upon to give good returns
with anything like an average year.
As will always be the case in such
contests, many of our old exhibitors
and successful ones are still with
us, some have dropped out who
were successful and their ranks
have been filled with new ones,
both from new settlers and old ones
who have not heretofore partici
pated. Among the latter we note
Helmholz Bros, from Riverview
Ranch, and Chas. Muma. The show
this year has also drawn from a
larger extent of territory than
formerly, including J. N. B. Gerk
ing of Laidlaw and Sundquist, Rus
sell, Baldwin, J. H. Gray & Son
and other individual exhibitors
from the Prineville Commercial
Club.
Several years ago when the
writer was reporting news regularly
from this "Little Town on the
Desert" it used frequently to be his
delightful duty to compliment the
ladies of the segregation on the
ability with which they could pre
side at the cook stove. That fact
has had another exemplification in
the exhibits shown and awards
made in the culinary line. It did
not excel the showing made, how
ever, in the fancywork department
even if it did appeal more to the
writer who is something of a con
noisseur of kitchen products.
Two remarks that were made to
the writer show the general opinion
in which the show seems to be held:
"Any show in the country might
well be proud of your display."-
Prof. Edmond B. Fitts, O. A. C.
"Its a fine show in there, Mr. Park,
and ought to have a suitable write-
up." R. E. Gray.
As to the quality of the exhibits
it probably surpassed in most re
spects anything that has been done
locally before this, the exceptions,
if any, being in potatoes and other
root crops. Last year was evi
dently the bumper year for potatoes,
both for quality and quantity, al
though the number of entries was
greater this year.
There was S. D. Mustard with 10
varieties of potatoes, C. J. Sund
quist with 7 and others with less.
Mr. Mustard being the present
proud owner of the $85 bronze
brass clock given by the Oregon
Trunk Railway. The railway com
pany, through D. C. Freeman, haa
made arrangements with Mr. Mus
tard to take the potatoes to the
Chicago Land Show. The Silver
Loving Cup by the Great Northern
Railway for the 36 largest and best
potatoes goes to W. G. Mustard
with Clara Newman second. Four
tubers picked at random from
Clara's bushel weighed ten pounds
and four ounces.
Possibly these items should have,
been begun by telling of the crowds
that visited the exhibits. - If so
then it should have been headed,
"Prineville Comes to the Fair" in
big headlines. Prineville autos cer
tainly were not lonesome coining;
over nor on the streets after ar- "
riving. Friday it seemed as if
everyone was wearing a Prineville
badge, and the writer extends a
cordial invitation to the whole com
munity to come again and bring as
many more, and if necessary we
will be glad to plat a new addition
to Redmond to take care of the
overflow.
The management of the Show de
serves the thanks of the out-of-town
patrons for arranging for the
lectures to begin in the afternoon
enabling many more to hear them
at a minimum of inconvenience.
The lectures by M. S. Shrock,
Deputy Dairy and Food Inspector,
and by Professors Fitts and Hyslop
of the O. A. C. Hog Raising and
Forage Crops and Improving the
Potato Crop were attentively listen
ed to by eager audiences and many
questions were asked at the close.
An attempt to report the lectures
would require a separate article in
itself. The college is to be thanked
for moving picture films, showing
scenes on the campus, stock on the
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON