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Crook CoMety Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XVIII $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
Entered t th pnatiffiM at Prln!!l
Unvon, wconil-cluu matter
NO. IS
The Possibilities of
Northern Crook County
Northern Crook county people,
In. tho dry-farming zone, b,ad an
tmthuslastic meeting at Madron
recently. As a result they are
thinking hard and soberly on the
advantage of irrigation for further
developing that section of Central
Oregon.
Joseph T. Hinkle, known as Al
falfa Joe," over in Umatilla, was
invited to Investigate tho proNMcU
and present the benefits that prob
ably would accrue. It was the first
glimpse the advocate of wuter on
waterless lands anil homes on vacant
homesteads had of the upland plains
lehind tho deep-walled Deschutes
and his opinion of the feasibility of
Irrigation was most encouraging.
After a brief tour of as magnifi
cent a sweep of tillable fields as al
most any that lay outdoors, he said
it was his opinion that the district
would make greater progress under
diversified crops on irrigated lands
than It could hope to make if it
were to Indulge In exclusive grain
raising on dry-faruiing lands, and
as a consequence the region would
have more farmers, more schools,
more public improvements, more
people In the towns, and better and
more prosjierous trading points 10
years from now than is the case at
the present time.
As is frequently found in semi
arid sections, the farmer with the
desires and qualifications for suc
cessful grain raising is seeking to
len.se or purchase constantly increas
ing areas of land, with the result
that his place presents life and ac-
interested In the farm unless there
is something on it for which they
care?"
How about this dry farming
does it pay?
The question was applied to
many, and the concensus of answers
was assuredly it does pay. Any
kind of soiltilling pays, depending
on how well you like it. Occasion
ally a man would curse the immi
gration fever and say it was a crime
for any more fanners to come in.
Continual on !aat page.
tivity only at seed and harvest
seasons, and tho homes of the les
sors, most of which are In good con
dition, with paint on the houses,
and orchards which promised well,
not being needed In the scheme of
things, are neglected.'
Remarkable has been the trans
formation in 10 years in the terri
tory north of the Crooked river
since the Agency Plains were
homesteaded. Some 36,000 acreB,
once covered with sagebrush and
bunch grass, are now grid-ironed by
fences, with well-tilled fields and
splendid roads.
While tho country is producing
its full share of the world's food
supply in the form of flour and
beef, it is lacking in community life
and in much diversity of crop it
quite capably f-ould provide.
"A good many things," said the
practical 1 tinkle, to many audiences
the largest ever assembled in
their resitective sections "cannot
be measured in dollars and cents.
You can ascertain quickly the
practicability of watering your
splendid lands, but you cannot re
alize from what I tell you here of
the magnificent possibilities of irri
gatlon and what water will do in
promoting the comfort, the happi
ness and attractiveness of the farm
home, Without families reasonably
close together, without school
houses, churches, neighborhood
gatherings, there is no social life,
and where women and children are
absent it is lonesonw. Is it any
wonder that boys and girls are not
The Investigator Investigated and .
Fired Cost the County $1060.75
The investigator investigated.
Result Fired.
This all happened yesterday at
the afternoon session of the county
court. The investigators were
prominent citizens from Ik-nd, Red
mond, Laidlaw and Prineville who,
after going over the work of A. M.
McE. Hall, expert, concluded that
tho county was squandering a lot of
money foolishly for something that
was ridiculously farcial. These tax
payers did not want the experting
of the county books stopped. Not
by any means, but they did object
to an investigation that did not get
anywhere. Already f 1000.75 of the
taxpayers' , good . money has been
fritted Bway.
The gentlemen present at the
afternoon session of the court mvle
it very plain that the aspersions
cast upon some of the county offi
cials must be cleared up and the
truth made known but that the
proper authority to do so must
come through the State Insurance
Commissioner. This law was
passed at the last session of the
legislature 'and covers just such
cases as the one arising in LrooK
county. The following resolutions
were passed:
At a meeting of taxpayers held
in Prineville this fourth day of
March, 1914, in the courthouse the
Bend Citizens Threaten
Sheriff with Damages
following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, the examination of
county affairs now in progress by
alleged experts is chiefly actuated
by political malice, is incompetent,
is arriving at no beneficial results
and is clearly a waste of money, and
Whereas, under Chapter 286 of
the General Laws of Oregon, 1913,
it is specifically specified that the
State Insurance Commissioner shall
at least once each year make a
careful and accurate audit of the
books and accounts if each county
of the state, and
Whereas, the officers whose af
fairs are now under investigation
have already requested the State
Insurance Commissioner to make
official investigation of their offices,
and
Whereas, we unanimously agree
that only through such official in
vestigation can a fair and impartial
Investigation of the affairs of ALL
county officers be obtained, there
fore,
Be it resolved, by these taxpayers
of Crook county now assembled
that we respectfully request the
court that the alleged expert be re
lieved lorthwi th irom lurther em
ployment at the expense of this
county, and official steps be at once
taken to secure a proper experting
by the Insuran:e Commissioner as
provided by statute.
Bend citizens &rs threatening
Sheriff Elkins with a civil suit for
damages as the result of his efforts
in closing the pool halls and bowl
ing alleys in that city last Sunday.
The suit, if it materializes, will be
in the nature of an injunction re
straining the sheriff from making
arrests for violations of the Sunday
law.
The law in question is Section
2125 of Lord's Oregon Laws, pro
hibiting the keeping open of anyj
store, grocery, bowling alley or bil
liard room for the purpose of labor
or traffic, or any place of amuse
ment, certain exceptions being
made, including livery stables, drug
stores, doctor shops, undertakers,
butchers, bakers and theatres. It
was enacted in 1903.
District Attorney Wirtz and
Sheriff Elkins recently sent personal
notices to all keepers of billiard
rooms, bowling alleys and card
rooms in the county calling their
attention to the law. Notice to the
Bend law violalers was sent by per
sonal letter by the district attorney
himself. . The notice was ignored
and prosecutions were authorized
which were brought in the justice's
court at Bend.
After two trials in which no con
victions could be had, the violations
continued. The facts at both trials
were conceded, but the juries
would not bring in a verdict of
guilty, so last Sunday the sheriff
gave his 'deputies at Bend, . J. H,
Wenandy and L. L. Fox, instruc
tions to lock up the pool halls and
if a resistance were made to arrest
the violators, bring them to Prine
ville and put them in jail. The in
structions were followed, except
that upon promising to keep closed
the offenders were not brought to
Prineville.
It is for this act that the threat
ened suit is to be instituted. City
Attorney Forbes of Bend is active
in the defense of the Sunday law
violators, and claims that the law is '
unconstitutional for the reason that
it discriminates between certain
classes of business and is therefore
class legislation, and also wants
damages for arrests made on Sun
day, which he claims are not author
ized by law, except in the case of
felony.
However, District Attorney Wirtz
has advised the sheriff's office that
the law provides that any person.
whether an officer or not, is author
ized by our law to make arrests
where a crime is being committed
in his presence, whether Sunday or
a week day. As to the constitu
tionality of the law, there is some
doubt, according to Mr. Wirtz, but
he says that the supreme court of
this state has upheld legislation
closing barber shops on Sunday,
which is no less discriminatory.
The sheriff further states that if
he is to inquire into the validity of
every law on the statute books be
fore making arrests or enforcing
them, many laws would go unen-.
forced while he was studying the
decisions of the courts. He cl"jms
that the legislature, which made
law, is a better judge of its valid..,. ,
and all laws on the statute books
will be enforced until a court of
competent jurisdiction has declared
them to be invalid.
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