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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
COUNTY OFFICIAL PA PER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1914.
Kotorftd mt the pmtoftle at Pr1nTtll
OnOD, Moood-clau matter
VOL. XVIII NO-14
The Sheriff Presents
His Side of the Case
Prlnovlllo, Ore., Feb. 21, 1914.
Editor Journal: I have been
nuked several times to give public
ity to the courthouse troubled, but
until the iHMt "outbreak" of the
county, judge I was very reluctant
to make any mention of the matter.
Every oflkial In the courthouse has
lawn annoyed frequently by his
antics and has worked himself into
a fine frenzy at times, trying to
make each oflk-lal do and act as he
wishes without regard to the laws
governing the case, but solely on
his opinion. This Is a strong state
ment, but a disngreeablo fact.
The judge recently got the idea
that he could clear out the court
house by getting another expert
(this is the third in 12 months) to
go through the books, especially as
It was nearing election. This "ex
pert," after 19 days of strenuous
and painful labor, brought forth a
"report" and not a very loud re
port at that. This report was
founded generally on hearsay and
was naccurate throughout, es
pecially concerning the shcrifT, the
larger part of this being entirely
false and apparently for a malicious
purpose.
We will refer to his statement
that he could have performed all
that was done by Mr. Peoples in
two days. Could he?
Mr Peoples from January 15th,
1913, until April 1st, 1913, worked
ixteen hours every day except Sun
day, on which day he worked until
noon. During this time 1205,000
in round numbers was collected.
From June 1st until August 1st,
Mr. Peoples laid off, then worked
on the delinquent rolls until put in
as building Inspector by the county
court to take charge of the work in
the courthouse basement. Since
January 1st, 1914, he has been
chief deputy to the county treasurer.
At the adjourned term of the
county court, March 15th, 1913, the
following proceedings were had:
"It appearing to the court that con
siderable expense in auto hire may
bo saved by the county, should it
own iU own automobile. It is here
by ordered that the county pur
chose a 'Haynes 40 for the sum of
12400. It Is therefore ordered that
the clerk draw a warrant in favor
of Joseph 1'aquet of Portland, Ore
gon, for the sum of 12400. It is
also ordered that the sheriff be
authorized to keep said automobile
Insured."
The automobile was purchased in
pursuance with the order and I in
sured the car for the sum of 11700
at a yearly premium of $34, which
was paid by the county.
I notice from the "expert's" re
port that among the expenses
charged to the sheriff, I am wrong
fully charged with the following
items:
Salary of T. N. Bulfour,
Mhortff, (Nov. A Dec, 1012)..$ 416 66
Automobile 2100 00
Inmirance 34 00
(iariiKe rfnilr .. 'H 60
lU-pui Bfs3 06
lU'iiulm to court tuiutte (aberllf
uthee) 63 J
(Jumillne . 3 3tf
Total.
13908 86
The above, with the exception of
$416.66, should have been charged
to "general expense." The $416.66
has no plafce in this report, what
ever. This automobile, which has
now become famous, has been used
by members of the county, court
3970 miles, and over 1000 miles by
various other officers of the county,
excepting the sheriff, who, with
the district attorney a considerable
part of the time, has made a total
of G500 miles on criminal work.
The civil mileage made by the car
amounts to about 1000 miles, mak
ing a total of about 7500 miles
which the car has been used by the
sheriff.
I wish to state here that 127
criminal complaints have been in
vestigated and 52 arrests have been
made, of which 18 have been sen
tenced to the penitentiary, 12 of
whom are serving sentence and 6
paroled. Seven ' insane patients
have also been brought to the coun
ty seat by means of this car. The
above mentioned criminal work has
resulted in the breaking up of the
most notorious band of horse
thieves that ever operated in Crook
county and has undoubtedly saved
the stockmen of this county many
dollars. ; A considerable amount of
stolen property has been recovered
and restored to the owners. For
the past three months the county
jail has been without an occupant,
while at this time last year, we had.
from eight to twelve
I have repeatedly suggested to
the county court that a smaller car
should be substituted as the one
now operated is too large and too
heavy for the work required and
too expensive of operation.
Referring to the alleged shortage
of $450 which the "expert" claims
that I . have refused to turn over to
the county treasurer. This can be
properly placed under three heads,
as follows: (1) Moneys paid to
sheriffs of other counties for legal
services. (2) Moneys paid to
special officers within the county
for legal services and for the care
of personal prrierty; (3) Moneys
paid to newspapers for the publica
tion of legal n'ltices.
These matin are personal trans
actions between the sheriff and the
attorneys and In NO WAY county
business, but are placed on the
sheriff's docket as costs that the
sheriff has been put to in carrying
out the instructions of the different
courts and are not fees. The fee
collectable by the sheriff and pay
able to the county treasurer is
mileage. (Section 3129 L. O. L.)
"For each mile necessarily travel
ed in serving any civil process or
subpoena, ten cents, PROVIDED,
that no charge shall be made for
constructive mileage in any case.
We now refer you to the last
paragraph of 3112 L. O. L. which
reads as follows: "The sheriff is
not required to remit to the treas
urer the amount received for any
sum received for the preservation
of personal property."
I will state further that the sec
tions of law referred to by Mr.
Ball have been superceeded by the
Flat Salary Law" which became
effective in 1895, and the only laws
under which the sheriff can work
are as stated above, 3112 and 3129
L. O. L.
As to Mr. Ball's statement that
the fees on the docket were ex
tended on the docket after he came
here on December 18th. This
statement is absolutely false. I,
personally, made a statement of the
fees due the county, filed the origi
nal with the clerk, and attached
copy to the check which was de
livered to the treasurer on the first
of the year as has been customary
Agricultural Short
Course Well Attended
Continued on page 4.
The First Agricultural and Do
mestic Science Short Course of
Crook county opened on Monday,
February 23, at Prineville, with an
initial registration of about 150 peo
ple. The course is given by in
structors of the Oregon Agricul
tural College. The wide publicity
that has been given through the ef
forts of the High School author
ities and by the Prineville Commer
cial Club, has brought in many
practical farmers from widely sep
arated communities. They are here
for securing scientific instruction
along better farming lines. The
instructors are kept busy answering
Questions about many of the local
agricultural problems. The eager
ness of the Short Course students
and the intelligence of the ques
tions put forth are indicative of the
interest taken in the work and of
the teachings of the Oregon Agri
cultural College.
Dean H. W. Calvin, of the Do
mestic Science School, and Assis
tant Prof. L. W. Robbins of the
same school are in charge of the
Home Economics work. Their
work is being largely attended ' by
the ladies of Prineville and "vicinity
and so great has been the attend
ance that the Domestic Science lab
oratory of the High School has
been crowded to the limit each day
Dean Calvin addressed the High
bchool assembly ana later took up
her work before the Short Course
by giving a lecture and demonstra
tion of meat substitutes. Many
were the expressions of surprise at
her ability to prepare these dishes
and at the same time to fully ex
plain each step in their preparation
and to answer the running fire of
questions that were constantly be
ing asked.
She gave a very instructive lec
ture on the care of the sick during
an af ternepn and one evening before
a large audience of men and women
made a very forceful talk bringing
out the importance of educating:
girls for their business which if. the
majority of cases finally proves to
be home making.
Mrs. Robbins has been giving a
course in dressmaking and many of
the women in attendance have
learned some of the fine points in
sewing. She also gave a course in
vegetable cookery showing how to
prepare the vegetable foods in the
way that would make them digest
able and palatable. .
The women of the Short Course
are having a good time while learn
ing these things and many are the
new dishes that will be tried out on
the Crook county men in the next
few days.
The Agricultural work of the
Crook County Short Course is in
charge of Associate Prof. G. R
Hyslop of the Agronomy depart
ment of the O. A. C and Assistant
Prof. E. B. Fitts of the Animal
Husbandry department of the Agri
cultural College. Large numbers
of farmers are attending the lec
tures in the Commercial Club Hall
and the judging work on the
grounds. - -
Continued on last page.
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