Free Agricultural Short Course at Prineville, February 23d to 28th, inclusive. COME!
Crook CoMoty Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1914.
Entered at th prxtoffliw at Prineville
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VOL. XVIII NO. 12
Study Your
Attending
Arrangements for the Short
Course are fast nearlng completion.
Classes which will begin at 8 o'clock
on the morning of February 2Urd,
will bo hold in the Commercial Club
Hull, at the courthouse and in Home
of the cluss rooms at the high
school in order to accommodate all
who wish to attend. Professor
Pratt !h receiving letters by every
mail requesting further Information
about the Short Course, For the
Iwncflt of our readers we give a
brief outline of the nature and ex
tent of the course.
The work in agriculture will deal
with all the phases of the subject of
interest to the farmers of Crook
county. The lectures and demon
strations In Domestic Science will
all be of a practical nature.
Under agronomy will be studied
such subjects as Crook county soils,
their fertility and management, the
cros adapted to each tyjie of soil,
the production and disposal of these
crops, as well as other phases of
this Interesting branch of scientific
agriculture which deals with soils
and crops. This work will be given
by Prof. Scudder, the head of the
agronomy department at the Ore
gon Agriculture College. I'rof.
Scudder is well known in Crook
county as a popular and interesting
lecturer.
Lectures on the various breeds of
beef and dairy cattle, light and
heavy horses, sheep and swine will
Im given by I'rof. Potter. He will
also give lectures on the breeding,
feeding and management of the
PRINEVILLE
Interest by
Short Course
various classes of livestock. Practice
in scoring and judging will be
given. Kach part of the animal
will be studied so that you will
learn to look at the animal as a col
lection of parts, each of which
shmld conform to a certain stand
ard. Farmers having animals they
wish judged should write to Prof.
Pratt at Prineville and arrange for
it at once.
E. H. Fitts, professor of dairying
at 0. A. C, will deliver the lectures
on dairying. Such topics as the
establishment, care and feeding of
a dairy herd, milk and cream test
ing, co-operative testing and mak
ing of butter and cheese, etc. The
students will be given practice in
testing milk and cream. Those
wishing to take this work should
bring a sample of one of his cow's
milk, or samples of the milk of
several of his cows as well as two
or three cream samples.
The work In Domestic Science
will be conducted by Dean Calvin,
assisted by Mrs. Dolman of Cor
vallis, and Mrs. Walker of-the
Crook County High. The work
will cover pluin, fancy and special
cookery, home nursing, house sani
tation, etc.
The list of Instructors Is certainly
a strong one. Professors Potter,
Scudder and Dean Calvin are the
head of their departments at the
Agricultural College. Mrs. Dolman
and Prof. Fitts stand at the head
of the teaching profession. Mrs
Walker and Mr. Pratt from the
Crook County High School are well
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 opportunity.
Come in and learn how to do your own testing. Don't forget the
Agricultural Short Course at Prineville February 23d to 28th inclusive.
Pioneer
and favorably known for the work
they are doing in the county.
Fill out the slip printed below
and mall it today. Come to Prine
ville and enjoy a week of good
lectures and visit with people In the
same kind of business that you are
in.
Right-of-Way
Over to
T. M. Iiuldwin, as trustee, has
deeded to H. P. Hcheel, the con
tractor for the construction of the
Prineville-Mctolius Railway, all the
right-of-way and terminal grounds
acquired by him as said trustee.
Mr. Scheel has organized his com
pany and filed his articles of Cor
poration In the state of Washington,
and also with the secretary of State
of Oregon.
In a letter to Mr. Baldwin re
ceived the other day Mr. Scheel
urged haste in winding up the
right-of-way business. What was
wanted especially was the deeds
Concerning the Sale
of Cattle in Crook Co
B. E. Nevel, county veterinarian,
gives out the following information
concerning the sale of cattle:
No public auction sale of any
herd or part of a herd of dairy ani
mals, or animals intended for breed
ing purposes, shall be held except
under the process of court, unless
all the animals offered for sale have,
within twelve months prior to such
sale, been submitted to a tuberculin
Cream . Co
Mr, II, U. Pratt,
I'rliievllle, Or.
Dear Sir:
The undersigned and other
members of the family will atU-nd
the Short Oourxe to be held In Prine
ville, February 2 ! to 28 Inclusive.
Name
PoHtofllce ,
Turned
Mr. Scheel
from the Oregon & Western Coloni
zation Co- to the right-of-way across
its land and when Mr. Davidson,
the president of the company, was
in Prineville recently Mr. Baldwin
put the matter up to him. Mr.
Davidson said he would have the
deeds made out at once. This will
practically close up the deal. The
owners of the few remaining patches
not closed up in the right-of-way
will be brought into court and the
right-of-way condemned. Mr.
Scheel says he wanU to start work
in the early spring. '
test and received a certificate of
health from a qualified veterinarian.
Any person who exhibits or permits
the exhibition of an animal in viola
tion of the provisions of this section,
and any person who violates any
other provision of this section, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be fined not
less than $50 nor more than' 1250
Woman WanU Position
Educated, refined widow (45)
wants position as useful companion,
nurse or housekeeper. Hlirnest ret
ereuces. Mrs. Clara Chadwlck. Bend
Oregon, Box 372. 2 12-lt
DAIRYMEN !
Knights Will
Their Golden Jubilee
In celebration of the Fiftieth An
niversary of the founding of the
order of Knights of Pythias, the
various lodges throughout the
United States will participate in a
Golden Jubilee, February 19.
Locally, the affair will be one of the
most auspicious and brilliant ever
attempted by the order.
In was on February 19, 1864.
that Justus H. Rathbone founded
the first lodge of the order, his
work being inspired by the ancient
Greek story of Damon and Pythias.
Since that time the order has
spread rapidly throughout the
United States until now it is one of
the strongest fraternal orders in
existence. The growth of Luna
Lodge No. 65, of Prineville, has
been very fast, having increased
their membership in 1914 by over
forty new members.
In celebration of the Golden
Jubilee the lodge will hold a special
meeting on Thursday. February 19.
at their lodge rooms at which time
Lincoln Pictures at
Lyric Saturday
President Lincoln had consider
able trouble in getting volunteers
for the Northern cause but was
greatly helped by a beautiful singer
who, at a great patriotic concert,
so fired the men with enthusiasm
that they flocked in large numbers
to the recruiting offices and en
rolled for the defense of their prin
ciples. She assisted the chaplain
mpamy
OREGON
Celebrate
there will be an elaborate pro
gram and banquet for all Sir
Knights and ladies. The hall will
be artistically decorated for the
occasion.
A pleasant feature of the evening
will be the sending of a telegram
of congratulations to Grand Chan
cellor Frank S. Grant. This will be
done by all of the 77 lodges in the
state. He will in turn telegraph
the greetings for all the lodges to
Grand Keeper of Records and Seals
L. R. Stinson who will be in attend
ance at the Supreme Lodge conven
tion at Washington, D. C, which is
the lodge founded by Justus Rath
bone and at which there will be
delegates from all of the Grand
Lodges in the United States.
For the celebration which Luna
Lodge is preparing, a special com
mittee on arrangements is now at
work. All Visiting brothers and
those who are members of other K
P. lodges are specially invited to be
present on this occasion.
among the soldiers and wins his
love. Their wedding was the only
one ever solemnized in the Capitol,
and was graced by the "presence of
the President himself, who is filled
with admiration for them both
It is a true story of an actual
happening in the time of the war
and is most convincingly played.
Ralph Ince, who takes the part of
Lincoln, deserves special commenda-
jtion for his work. The Song
Bird of the North" will be pre
sented next Saturday evening at the
Lyric Theatre.
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