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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC 25, 1913.
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VOL. XVIII NO. 5
County
A Noah's Ark Coming
by Rail to Crook County
Prlneville, Or.
Dtar Santa:
Please send us a Noah'i Ark with
real live animals in it.
Dorothy (kwmn) McCall.
This must have been the message
that tht bewhiskered old gentleman
received from Mm. Henry E, Mc
Call of Prlneville, Or.
Cvrtainly the win-lorn took the
message to some one, for some
where between Egypt, Mass., and
Prlneville, Or., there it a regular
'Noah'i Ark on wheel, with one of
the finest assortments of live ani
mal mat me vuumue ever
brought.
Anyhow, the meswure found Its
way to Mr. McCalt'i father,
Thomaa W. Lawson, and the farmer.
financier amf all-around disturber
of the peace of Standard Oil and
Wall Street generally responded
with the same generous spirit with
which he delivers broadsides to his
opponents.
"Tom" Lawson Is the copper
king of Boston, and a man of muny
millions with as much aggressive
ness in the world of business and
finance as he has dollars That is
his role in Boston; at Egypt, which
is near the Plymouth Rock on which
the Pilgrims landed and prayed, he
has probably the most wonderful
farm in the world. There may be
found nearly everything blooded
stock of all descriptions, the finest
of fowls, and the finest of flowers.
In fact, Mr. Lawson- has probably
won more prizes with his exhibits
than any farmer in America.
It was on this magnificicnt estate
"Dreamwold," it is called that
Mrs. McCall grew up with a love
for the out-of-doors. And it was
there that. In 190, the famous
"snow wedding" took place, when
Dorothy Lawson became the wife
of Henry E. McCall.
McCall is the son of a former
congressman from Massachusetts,
and the newlyweds came to Oregon
to start their new life. Now there
are two more MeCalls both bovs.
Here is what "Santa" Lawson
found for the Noah's Ark:
Three heifers and a bull;
Two Jersey and two Ilolstein
cows;
Five gentlemen hogs;
An assortment of Chesapeake Bay
terriers.
A pair of collies;
An English bufl dog;
A pair of full blooded cats field
ratters; i
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A flock of champion hens;
A half dozen of prize winning
pigs.
And everything In the list Is bf
the best in its class; and that class
is the championship class.
The total value of the animals is
at least 125.000, and with them the
MeCalls will stock their ranch in
Crook county.
At Dreamwold Mrs. McCall was
trained under the watchful eye of
her father, and that, combined with
a natural love for animals and
nature, has made her most expert.
She not only knew every animal on
her father's place by name, but she
also makes every animal a pet re
gardless of its ancestry. It is safe
to say that once the housing of this
assortment is completed, Mrs. Mc
Call will set about their christening.
No ordinary transportation would
do for these animals, and sjiecial
care had to be taken so that the
Noah's Ark would be a great
modern one, and the animals have
all the care that it was possible to
give them.
Hence the best "animal palace
car" that could be found was pro
cured for them, and the animals
and the rest of the livestock have a
chance to comfortably live and view
the scenery on their long "voyage"
from Massachusetts to Oregon.
They are accompanied by men to
look after their every need. The
head herdsmen Ib also a veterinarian
and he has, a ull supply of each and
every medicine that might be
needed. They are not accustomed
to traveling, and thus more especial
care must be used. Animals, like
human beings more so in the case
of blooded animals are so closely
bred that they have to be guarded
like so many babies.
For many days before the ship
ment, the head herdsman, P. H.
Robinson, who has a name for every
animal at the Massachusetts Dream
wold. saw to it that every member
of the party was carefully looked
after, and that the dogs were in es
pecially good shape.
The prize cattle, worth at least
1 10,000, had the same attention as
the dogs. The Yorkshire pigs, the
Cheshire, the Beikihires, the
Poland-China and Tamwort pigs
had the attention they needed, for
these pigs have never lived in the
ordinary styes. They were all put
into the most ultra condition of pig
dom. And, judging from the glee-
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uk car, mey were nigniy eiatea at
the prospect of a journey to a new
and faraway home, and to snort du-1
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dainfully at any lesser pigs that
they might sight on the way.
The.fWW nf own iin. Pivmnnfi.
Rock hens that Lawson picked out
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from among his thousands; the two
pet cats of old Virginia stock, which
in addition to boasting of a First
Family of Virginia pedigree, have
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A Good Sua Raised ?
on Tag Day i
Tag Day netted the public schools
of Prineville 168.95.
The eight pupils that sold the high
est number of tags are: Lois Stew
art 43, Violet Mills 31. Dorrif Clay
pool 23, Ogden Milk 18, Mildred
Dishman 18, Estelle Conway 18,
Collins El kins 16, Darrel Mills 16.
The Fourth grade won out in the
total number of tags sold. This
was made possible by the large
number sold by Lois Stewart. The
Fourth has a credit of 162 tags
sold. Those who sold ten or more
in this grade were: Lois Stewart
43, Ogden Mills 18, Essie Reams
15, Ralph Haner 14, Marjorie Wil
son 10.
The First grade stood next in
line with 142 tags to their credit
Violet Mills sold 31, Dorris Claypoot
23. Collins FJkins 16, Cora Poindex
!er 10.
The Third grade sold 121, giving
them third position. Those who
sold ten or more were Alma Green
14, Dell Cooper 14, Clista Houston
14, Ruby Becker 13, Flora Edwards
The Fifth grade sold 96. with . 1
Bernice Shipp 12, Lawrence Lippin-
cott 10. Pete Augustine 10.
The Second grade sold 72. Edith
Gray 12, Weldon Hyde 10, Velma
Shattuck 10. Eula Noble 10.
The Sixth. Seventh and Eighth
grades did not make very rood
records. However, a few of the
pupils did well.
In the Sixth Darrell Mills sold 16
and Esther Adamson 15. In the
Eighth most of the work was done
by Mildred Dishman and Estelle
Seventh grade sold the least num
ber. Dessel Johnson sold 11.
The pupils, especially in the lower
grades, worked hard and deserve
credit for their work.
The money earned has been de
posited in the bank in the name ef
the Parent-Teachers' Association
and will be used by the School
Board and Association in purchasing
books, tools and materials that are
most needed in the different grades.
the world's record as field ratters,
were equally enthusiastic in being
honored as a part of the Christmas
surprise.
The night before Christmas little
Tom" McCall and Henry, who is
still tinier, will hang their stockings
before the McCall fireplace, and the
next morning, when they awaken,
they are apt to find a little kitten
in each.
"Santa" Lawson's magnificent
gift is quite in line with the inter
est he has displayed in the McCall 's
Oregon ranch, which some day may.
become a second "Dreamwold." .