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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 29. 1914. KasSKHBSES?1" .VOL. XVI1I-NO. 10
Commercial
Crook
E. E. Kvuns, in charge of tho
Commercial Department of the
Crook County High School, la pre
eminently fitted for the position he
holds. He In cultured, logical and
practical, qualifications necessary to
the success of any business man.
Mr. Evans has been an Instructor in
Crook County High School for the
pnst five years, coming here from a
thriving town In Idaho where he Is
still spoken of as the "best teacher
we ever had In the town," and the
students here who are under him
heartily agree with tho above senti
ment. The writer, In a recent Interview
with Mr. Evans, secured the follow
ing Information In regard to the
history and work of his department.
Mr. Evans said:
"When we organized, the Com
mercial Department three years
ago with a class of six students, we
k'tioved there was a growing de
mand for such a department in the
Crook County High School. Since
it organization it has enjoyed a
rapid growth and today leads any
one department In the number of
students enrolled.
In working out a course of study
for this department we were of the
opinion, that the aims of a high
school should be somewhat different
than the view point of a business
college. While a business college
has a mission to fulfill in that It
supplies boys and girls who cannot
continue their education, or think
they cannot, with a quick means of
earning a livelihood, viz: a Bhort
ID
Department
County High
course In bookkeeping or stenog
raphy, at best only a limited and
narrow education, we believe that a
high school commercial course
should be equivalent In cultural
value to the other courses and so
arranged as to require an equal
amount of application in all di
rections. "I fully believe it Is only a ques
tion of a short time when the best
universities will admit the com
mercial graduates from accredited
high schools without disqualifying
them In any way, or compelling
them to take entrance examinations.
Already some of the universities in
the East allow credits for short
hand and some other commercial
subjects."
Boys and girls of Crook county
who contemplate a commeriial edu
cation, we call your attention to the
excellent course offered by the
Crook County High School, com
prising Bookkeeping, Shorthand,
Commercial Law, Commercial Eng
lish, Commercial Arithmetic, Com
mercial Correspondence, Typewrit
ing, Penmanship, Office Practice,
Commercial Geography and Eco
nomics. We teach the same system of
bookkeeping as is taught is the big
Business Colleges of Portland and
this department is equipped with a
bank, wholesale, retail, commission,
broker and Insurance offices, and
actual business practice Is taught
from the start.
Our typewriting department is
equipped with seven of the latest
DAIRYMEN !
We have arranged our work so that hereafter the use of our testing
apparatus will be reserved for the use of our patrons on Saturday of
each week. Prof. Pratt has kindly consented to give instruction in test
ing, and we hope that our patrons will take advantge of this opportune
Come in and learn how to do your own testing. Don't forget the
Agricultural Short Course at Prineville February 23d to 28th inclusive.
loneer
PRINEVILLE
Remington and Underwood ma
chines. The Touch System of type
writing is taught.
Our equipment, outside of Port
land, is second to none in the state,
and we offer you an excellent
course and training here at home
in your own county high school.
Looking for a Good
Man for the Job
The following letter was received
by J udge Springr in answer to an
inquiry sent Pres. Kerr of the Ore
gon Agricultural College relative to
the appointment of a man to take
charge of demonstration farm work
In Crook county:
Judge G. Springer, ,
Prineville, Oregon.
I am just in receipt of your In
quiry of the 16th instant regarding
the appointment of a man to take
charge of the demonstration farm
work in Crook county. I have just
been in consultation with Professor
Hetzel. No one has as vet been ap
pointed for this work. We are pro
ceeding cautiously in order that we
may be able to secure a man who
not only has had the necessary
training, but whose experience also
shall have been such as to insure
his success from the beginning.
We are crowding the matter as fast
as possible and hope very soon to find
a suitable person for this important
work.
I understand that Professor
French will be in Crook county soon
and while there he will, of course,
see you.
Estray
Strayed into my place, one bay borae
with itripe in face; brand oat clear.
Owner identify property, pay advertis
ing and feed and receive home.
1 2-J-61 L. W. Blair, Powell Butt.
Why not take the Journal ?
Cr
earn
Found Model School
Where Least Expected
Supervisor Shawe, in his school
visitations throuuhout the county,
reports a model school where it was
least expected. The school in ques
tion is in joint district No. 15, be
tween Crook and Wheeler counties.
When first organized school was
held in a shed-like building but last
summer the people of the district
decided to erect a better building.
Wallace Wharton and E- M. Steph
ens, the directors, put up the
money and work was commenced.
The district now has a very neat
schoolhouse. .It has stone founda
tion and every convenience. Next
summer it is to be painted and the
interior finished in Beaver board.
Miss Ruth Hawley is the teacher
and she has 15 pupils above the
average.
Will Give the Home
steader a Chance
Washington. There is hope
ahead for those who have been long
desiring to secure homes in the
Deschutes and Paulina national
forests. Action in opening agri
cultural lands in these forest reser
vations has been delayed because
the reclamation service has contem
plated starting irrigation projects.
Congress-nan Sinnott made in
quiry and was informed that there
would be no withdrawals on ac
count of the contemplated reclama
tion projects in the Deschutes and
only a few withdrawals in Paulina.
As soon as this information is of
ficially communicated to the land
office these lands will be opened for
entry.
Subscribe for the Journal, 11.50 yr.
DAIRYMEN !
Something for Tax
payer t. Remember
The 1913 tax rolls have been
turned over to me and are now in
my hands for collection. State
ments will be mailed to all persons
assessed for farm land or personal
property so far as their addresses
appear on the roll. On account of
the method of assessing town prop
erty by lot and block instead of by
name, no statement will be mailed
on town lots unless requested, and
all persons requesting statements
on town property should give the
lot and block number of the prop
erty on which statement is desired.
The loose leaf receipt system is
being used this year for the first
time. A statement in duplicate is
mailed out and when returned with
the money, is numbered, stamped
paid, the original is returned to the
taxpayer, and the duplicate is filed
Christian Endeavor Day
The first Christian Endea-
society was organized Feb. 2, 1881,
in Portland, Maine- For many
years the first . Sunday in February
has been observed as Christian En
deavor Day. This year the annual
observance is to be extended
throughout the week. The local
Presbyterian society will observe
threft days a follow? ;?' -' . , .
Sunday, Feb. 1, Anniversary ser
vice at 7:30 p. m. Subject, Chris
tian Endeavor Progress."
luesday, reb. 3, reception in as
sembly room to new members and
friends.
ompany
OREGON
in the treasurer's office for record.
Under the new 1913 tax law no
rebate is allowed on any taxes.
One per cent per month penalty is
collected on all taxes unpaid on
April 1st, (including deferred sec
ond half payments) and paid before
September 1st. On September 1st
a penalty of ten per cent is added
and interest at the rate of one per
cent per month is collected from
that date.
All remittances unaccompanied
by description of property on which
it is to apply or by tax notice, re
ferring to roll, page and line or by
tax statement will be returned to
remitter, so when paying taxes do
not fail to describe property or to
enclose tax notice or tax statement.
Ralph L. Jordan,
County treasurer.
Sunday. Feb. 8, at 6:30 p. m. in
assembly room, Decision Day.
All members, both active and
..jnorary, are urged to be present
at these services and to bring
friends.
Peninsula Development
League.
A Development League was
formed January 21 by the settlera
between the Dejchutes and Crooked
rivers, known as the Peninsula
Country. M. M. Davenport was
elected chairman and James I. Allen
secretary. The league will be rep
resented at the Irrigation Congress
at Portland.