Sheriff Presents His
Side of the Case
Continued from first pans
with this office for years past.
Vouchers for the above mentioned
$450, together with individual re
ports of each expenditure, are on j
file in this office and were tendered
Mr. Ball but were refused andj
ignored by him. There has been
no deviation from the regular
routine work of this office, notwith-
standing the advent of Mr. Ball.
N.w, kf U wWi I rtd. Ik. "ty (., rJU. anwd tj,e dejnquent Ux wfts $ 15.
During my absence from the of- S24.ll of which amount $7,580.49
fiee on the 11th of this month, Mr. 'was D. I. & P. Co. tax which the
Ball came into the office, took all sheriff at that time was enjoined
the tax rolls in my possession at j from collecting by the circuit court,
that time to the "attorney's smok-t which action was sustained by the
ing room" upstairs. On my return t supreme court. This leaves a
that evening I was advised by -balance of 18,243.62 on October 1st
Deputy Van Allen of the action of j 1908. Since that time $3,951.74
Mr. Ball. Thinking however, that . has been collected, leaving delin
he would return them to the viult quent on the roll at the present
for safe keeping during the night, j time, $4,291.88. When the roll is
I went home. The next morning cheeked over to cancel double as
at 8 o'clock (At which all public sessments there will be found pos
offices should open) I went to the sibly $1,000 of collectable tax.
office and found no books in the j The sheriff's office force has been
vault. I found the door of ' the , working since August 1st, 1913
room upstairs locked. After wait- checking all rolls, canceling double
ing a few minutes and no "expert" j assessments so that certificates of
appearing, 1 got the pass key from . delinquency can be issued to the
the janitor, went to the room where J county. The above figures taken
the tax rolls were, and returned directly from county records when
them to the office, leaving Mr. Ball ! compared with statement of Mr.
tax rolls for the years 1904, 1905, j Ball show the manifest unfairness
1906 and 1907, on which he seemed ( and utter disregard for truth and
to be at work. j facts shown by this so-called ex-
After waiting until 8:30 I started .
for Mr.BalPs hotel.meeting him and
his assistant on the way, I told him
that I had returned the books to
the office and informed him that in
the futurejhe would not be allowed
to keep the rolls out over night, but , coulu on'y refer to the annual clean
tendered him the use of my private j UP 83 we ca" it
office for his investigation, stating During tax-collecting time, we
in explanation that I was not per-! turn the money over to the treas-
mitted by law to allow the books to
be taken out of the office and kept;
that theyjwere a public record and
even while being "experted" were; segregated into the different
still in the charge of the tax col- funds, which include five county
lector and by using the private of- j funds, five incorporated towns, and
fice there wiuld be no inconvenience j ninety-one school districts. It is
on either hand. This offer was some task to get it adjusted and as
haughtily refused and I was order-1 collections near the close of the
ed forthwith to return the books to j year are practically nothing, we
his office under penalty of the law. 1 make this turnover or cleanup, as
He further informed me that the j we ea" it. on the last two months
books were solely in his charge and : or s'x weeks' collections. I under
that I had no right to even see them ! stand from Chief Deputy Van Allen
during the time that they were be-jthatthe last cleanup was $6740.53
ing "experted." (At the meeting; from all the rolls for nine years
at the courthouse on the 16th, Mr. jback. This was turned over to the
Ball stated that I would be per-j treasurer on January 1st, 1914. Is
mitted to examine the rolls when-'there anything strange ,or hysteri
ever necessary.) j cal about this?
The books were not returned and ' A11 tax moneys are kept in the
Judge Springer immediately got prinevi"e banks subject to check of
busy and interviewed all the local i Frank EIkins. sheriff, as by law re
attorneys who advised him that the quired and Viable only for refund
sheriff could not legally allow the ' on 13X68 or to the treasurer, there
tax rolls to go out of his posses-! beim? no connection between this
sion; whereupon he immediately j and any Persona' account fiat this
called Judge Bradshaw and Gov-, office mW have
ernor West and both refused to As to Mr. Ball's ability to expert
interfere. ( county records he has shown ab-
Attorney Haney of Portland was ;
then employed at a cost of $100
and expenses to the COUNTY to
IJ)0N'T DREAD
Prepare to
enjoy its exhila
rating frosts by
making your bloodrich,
pure and active to pre-
vent colds, grippe
and rheumatism.
Good blocd prevents sickness was to he employed at the rate of
and Scott's Emulsion will energize ten dollars per day and traveling
your blood and create reserve and hotel expenses. Kindly figure
strength to endure changing out how much Mr. Ball should have
seasons. . .
Scott's Emulsion is not an , received for his work,
experiment but hasserved humanity j I' fiAK ELKINS.
faithfully for forty years; it contains j
the purest cod liver oil free from i Notice of Special Meeting
alcohol or stupefying drugs. Of tlie ItyegniH Ti lcphone Co. Ih
Scott's Emulsion is nature's called for March 7, to be liclil at the
greatest blood-maker and furnishes Lower K.ve (iriiHH rcIiooIIiouhh at
the elements necessary for body 7:.'!0 p. in. fur the purpose of coimld
warmth, rich blood and healthy erlng the identic. n of transferring
circulation. from the Pilot Untie Central to the
Shun alcoholic $ub$t!tutes and demand
the genuine Scott' t Emultion
AT ANY DRUG STORE 13-73
make the sheriff "come across."
At Mr. Haney's request I called
on him Sunday the 15th when he
informed me that he had been mis
informed as to the true state of af
fairs by the judge, and that from a
legal point of view I was acting
within my right.
During the meeting of the tax
payers with the county court on
Monday 16th, Mr. Ball stated that
he had found between 1 19,000 and
120,000 of delinquent taxes on
i the 1907 roll.
The true condition of the 1907
I rolls is this; On October 1st, 1908,
the date when this roll was bal
P" of springer s.
To get down to Springer's scream
to the Governor that an immense
sum of money was turned over to
the treasurer when he got busy
with his "Sic 'em Tige" expert
urer as fast as we are able to get
out requisitions, which require con
siderable time as all sums have to
i soiute ignorance or tne laws gov
erning county officials, and, upon
investigation, we have found that
he has resided in Oregon less than
one year and we have not found
where he has ever attempted to
audit a set of County books before.
I court a'full investigation of my
office and my actions since being in
office and there always has been
and always will be extended to all
experts, both public and private,
every courtesy of this office.
An examination of the county
records will show that Mr. Ball has
,received $412.85 for this report and
wi" further show that he was in
Prineville 'ess than twenty days.
I The court record shows that he
1- ioneer u-niral and the transacting
of nnv other IhihIwh that ma.v
come herore t he nieetine-.
2- 20-M 1 liici-; CoHllow,
1 Secretary.
Circuit Couit Will
Be Short Session
Circuit court will convene Mon
day, March 9. District Attorney
Wirtx states that not a person has
been bound over to the grand jury,
and the county jail has been empty
all winter, which is a most unusual
record for Crook county.
The district attorney says that
the winter months just drawing to a
close have been the quietest in a
criminal way for a great many
years. The expense incurred by
the taxpayers for law enforcement
during the winter has been slight, a
few prosecutions having been
brought in the justice court, two at
Bend, of a local nature only.
However, the district attorney
has been busy preparing argument
in the Logan McPherson, Jonn Mc
Pherson. McDaniel and Garrett
cases, which have been appealed to
the supreme court. The Logan
McPherson case was argued by M r.
Wirtz and K. B. Dufur at Salem,
February 16. The McDaniel case
will be heard some time next month
and the other cases following.
Thorp and Calhoun
May Dodge the Pen
Willis Thorp and Coleman Cal
houn of North Yakima, Washington,
who are charged by the jury of this
county with receiving stolen horses,
and who, aecoiding to District at
torney Wirtz, are seriously impli
cated in the wholesale thefts made
by the Robertson brothers, for
which the latter were sent to peni
tentiary last May, are now resisting
the process of the State of Oregon
in the federal courts.
Thorp and Calhoun at first agreed
to be present and testify for the
State of Oregon. Failing to come
as they promised, they were in
dicted for their complicity in the
thefts of the Robertson brothers,
when they shipped three carloads of
stolen horses out of Bend to Fall
bridge, Washington, in 1912.
Deputy Sheriff Van Allen with a
warrant from the governor pro
ceeded to North Yakima to take
them into custody but they at once
started habeas corpus proceedings
in resistance of the writ held by
Deputy Van Allen. They lost re
peatedly in every court and finally
in the supreme court of the State
of Washington, but now have again
started the proceedings in the
federal court. They will eventually
lose in the federal court, but wit
nesses will be scattered and hope
for a conviction becomes more re
mote with each delay.
Because of friendship existing be
tween these men and Sheriff Metz
ger of Yakima county, Washington,
the sheriff will not lock them up,
and for that reason they are able to
fight a habeas corpus proceeding
with no disadvantage to themselves
but greatly to the disadvantage of
the local authorities.
Candidates Column.
For County Surveyor.
I hereby declare my Intention to
lie a candidate for the nomination
to the office of County Surveyor by
the Republican Party at the Pri
mary Election to be held May 15th,
1914. pd. adv. H. A. Km.r.KV.
For Sheriff
I hereby announce myself as a can
illdate for the office of Sheriff of
Crook county subject to the ap
proval of the Democratic voter at
the coining primaries May 15, 1014
pd. adv. K. B. Knox, Post, Or.
For County Surveyor
To the P.epubllciin voters of Crook
county :
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the olliee of 'County Sur
veyor. MtihjecL to the approval' of the
llepuhllcnii voters at the nrliiiarh'H
held May 15, 1914.
pd. adv. ft. j. IfNICWSTFH.
Work Wanted
Neat woman, good cook, econouil
cul, experienced on ranch, wlslii
position. Statu wages in first letter.
2-28-1 tp Mux. M. Donoav,
Portland, Oregon, P. O. box 109'.).
Line Riders Wanted
Men wanted to ride range. Ap
plication should be made to Sicre-tary-Treamirer,
Mill Creek Livestock
Association, before March 14.
2 2H 3t JiAVMONII Cai.avan,
Secretary-Treasurer, Prineville, Or.
LOCAL MENTION
March term county court next
week.
Dance Friday evening, February
27, at the old McCord Hall.
Mrs. Kates has returned from
Portland with a fine new stock of
spring millinery,
Besides the Oyster Supper Friday,
at the Baptist church beginning at
5 o'clock, there willbe a Candy and
Cake Booth at which coffee will also
be served.
Miss Vivian llinkle and Miss
Florence Merrill returned home
last evening from Salem and Al
bany where they went as delegates
to the C K. and Sunday School con
ventions several weeks ago.
The friends of K. I!. Knox of
Post, have induced him to come out
for the nomination of sheriff on Un
democratic ticket. Mr. Knox has
lived in Crook county 20 years and
has hosts of friends in all sections
of the county.
Redmond and Crook County High
School basketball team met on the
Prineville Commercial Club floor
Saturday night. In a fast clean
game the Prineville boys won !! to
2. demonstrating that they would
be contenders for the state champi
onship if outside games could be
arranged. A return game will be
played in Redmond February 27.
K. K. Wishard, traveling sales
man for the Vermont Farm Ma
chine Co., arrived in Prineville this
morning. Mr. Wishard was born
in Prineville May 28th. 1S74,
when Barney Prine and Jim Combs
were prime factors in the municiple
affairs of Prineville. This is Mr.
Wishard's first visit to the town of
his birth for 33 "years. He is a
cousin of Omar and Luther Clay-pool.
Mrs. Winnek Gives
Baby Party Monday
That Prineville has excellent rea
son to be proud of iU rising gener
ation both in quantity and quality,
was amply proven Monday after
noon when Mrs. C. I. Winnek enter
tained in honor of the first birth
day of her little granddaughter,
Miss Laura Lakin.
Not all the babies invited were
able to attend, but those present,
accompanied by their proud young
mothers, were: taura Augusta
Lakin, Jean Marie Ledford, Dorothy
Ann Foster, Clara Jane Combs,
Frances Adeline Klkins, Margaret
May Adams. Neva Gertrude Shut
tuck, Klmerine Kayler.Weldon Ross,
Randolph Spencer Ketchum, Joseph
Crooks, Kdgar Jordan. All the
babies were remarkably good and
received a great deal of praise for
their excellent behavior. A very
pleasant afternoon was spent in dis
cussing their merits, the ways and
means of successful development
and in admiring the many pretty
gifts showered, upon Laura Augusta.
Mrs. Winnek, assisted by Mrs.
Lakin, served a delicious luncheon,
whose crowning feature was a
birthday cake, towering three
stories, tipped by a tiny white
candle, set in a pale pink rose.
Nickle-Silver Skimming device
found only in U. S. Separators are
guaranteed never to rust- Read our
"ad" in this issue. C. W. Elkins,
dealer.
For Sale at a Itnrgnlu.-Overland
.10 roadMter; cloHed body, top, wind
shield, Hpeedoineter; Inrc gnu tank.
In fine run n f u lc condition. Kciihoii
for selling leaving Central Oregon.
Address box 11 1. Terrebonne, Ore. It
White Leghorns
Thewt fellows 1,25 each. Finest
J'etahima stock. Crook Ootmly
Blue KiblmnerH. Tented and proved
a splendid laying btrain. Special
settings of eggs.
A, D.PRATT, - Prineville, Ore.
LOCAL MENTION
Sanders Logan is in town this
week.
Oyster supper tomorrow evening
at the Baptist church.
John I). Newsom of Portland, is
here visiting his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Newsom
are in Prineville this week.
Born February 19, to the wife
of Ot villo Osborne, a girl.
Mrs. Gail Newsom ami little son
are visiting in town this week.
Mrs. Millican came In from the
ranch to attend the Farmers' Short
Course.
0. L. Huff of the Huff-Noble
Auto Co., 1 made a business trip to
Portland the first of the week.
An important meeting of the Rye
Grass Telephone Co. is unnounced
for March 7. See notice elsewhere
in this issue.
The articles of incorporation of
the Huff-Noble Auto Co., have been
filed with the" county clerk. Capi
tal stock, 4."oo.
Sanders Iigan has a new Buick.
He bought it in Portland after test
ing out all types and makes of cars
in the Buick division of cost.
The name of the Central Oregon
Title & Trust Co., of which A R.
Bowman is president, has been
changed to Central Oregon Title &
Loan Co.
The next regulur meeting of the
Ijulies Annex will be held on Tues
day, March 3. At this time a full
report will be given by the liter
ary committee and discussion is in
vited. There will lie a regular meeting
of the Squaw Creek Irrigation Co.
on Satuday, March 7th. for the
purpose of electing officers, adjust
ing the 1912 water rates and for re
capitalization. Theme for Sunday morning ser
mon at the Baptist church, "The
Blight of Unk'licf." There will le
a union service of all the churches
at the Baptist church Sunday night.
The orchestra will plav.
R. L. Brewster announces his can
didacy at the hands of the Republi
can voters, this week, for the office
of county surveyor. Mr. Brewster
is well known in all parts of Crook
county.
The pustollice has been moved
from he Adamsom block to the
new Cornett building on Fourth
Street- The new building has been
fitted up especially for the accom
modation of the office yet the lo
cation is not as convenient for the
general public as in the old stand.
Mrs. Lister led the subject of
Fugenics at the last meeting of the
W. G. T. U. She gave an interest
ing paper and was ably followed by
Mrs. Still. It was ordered that the
blowing of the 6 o'clock p. m.
whistle be taken as a call to prayer
by those interested in the "Oregon
Dry" campaign for 1911.
HE BANKED HIS
BECAME A BUSINESS PARTNER.
YOU CAN DO THE SAME . w
You hear them say that "So-and-So" gave "What'sHis
Name'' his . first start bv taki Wft him intn nn rtnnrchi n NM
The MONEV HE HAD IN THE BANK gave him his first
tLari. oo-ana-so needed him and could use him and his
money in the business. Besides, tha hnv whn io nutting
money in the bank can be trusted. Rich men are hunting
ror tnern.
Make OUR bank YOUR bank.
We pay four per cent interest on Time Deposits.
CROOK COUNTY BANK, Prineville
LOCAL MENTION
ServlceH of the Kplscopal church
every Sunday afternoon lit 4 p. m.
in the Union church building.
Rev. Luke Slieehan of Hcnd, will
hold services at Stewart hall next
Sunday March 1, ut 11 o'clock.
There will be preaching services
at Grimes Chapel Sunday afternoon
ut three o'clock. Gko. II. KAM8KY.
Dr. Ida Rchremlt writes from
Baker that she exacts to be in
Prineville ubout the first of April.
Mrs. Dale Barker of Redmond,
who has been visiting Mrs. Slchel
Hinkle, returned homo yesterday.
Born To Mr. ami Mrs. Normun
Bean of Portland, a son. Mrs.
Bean was formerly Miss Kvu Allen
of Prineville.
O. M. Prlngle died last week In
Portland, aged HI. Mr. Prlngle
was an old pioneer of Crook county.
Married At the home of Clyde
Kinder, Wednesday evening. C. K.
Reams ami Miss Agnes Rruimer.
Judge Bowman officiated.
A purse was picked up on the
street today and left at the Journal
'office. Owner cat) have same by
identifying property and paying for
this notice.
L. M. Simpson, general suK'iin
tendentof the Deschutes Power Co.,
came in from Spokane Wednesday.
He was accompanied by his brother.
F. L. Simpson.
The society reporter of the Journ
al who attended the Knights' Muh
anniversary last week, reports a
splendid time. After a short pro
gram an ' elegant banquet was
grved which was followed by danc
ing. The regular services at the Union
church Sunday, with the exception
of the evening preaching service,
when the congregation will unite
with the other organizations of the
town in the farewell service at the
j Baptist church. Don't forget..
j Kvening service ut 7:;i( at the Biik
tist church.
Sunday at the Presbyterian
j church. Bible School, 10 a m.;
.morning worship, 11 a.m.; Y. p.
S. C. K. 6:20 p.m. No preaching
iat night. Union service at the
! Baptist church. M. A. Pkatkk.
j Minister.
C. W. Wilson, Crook countv agent
for the Ford auto, received a ear
load of benzine buggies the first of
the week. All the cars have lecn
spoken for but he expects another
carload in a short time so that he
may be able to supply the demand.
At the Methodist church Sunday
morning. Sunday School at 10
o'clock, and preaching at 11. Sub
ject of morning sermon, "Why
Some People Do Not Go to Church
And Why Others Do Go." The Kp
worth league will hold its session
at fcISO. There will be no preach
ing as the Methodist congregation
will worship with the Baptist
church. John E. Williams, pastor!
MONEY AND