Possibilities of North
ern Crook County
Continued from first page.
Would he leave if he could sell
ut?
Oh, no, not he! He wouldn't let
to.
Isn't there room for any more
farmers? No indeed!
"Is it a good country?" was asked
Harry Card, who came from the
Willamette valley and wouldn't go
back there under any circumstances.
"Yes, it's a good country," he
laid, "but there isn't land enough.
All of us want and need more land.
When you've got the equipment,
the tools, to handle 320 acres in
pretty good shape you then have an
investment in personal property
that justifies you in farming several
hundred more acres. While plenty
f men can make a good living on
320 acres they will not be satisfied.
It they have a large area of land
they think they can make a 'start,'
and that's the game they're playing.
But if irrigation around Madras is
feasible and if it will do for our
eountry what it has done for others,
J, for one, don't want anything bet
ter than my chance here."
Few landowners were met around
Madras, Metolius, Culver or else
where who did not think favorably
f irrigation, if it were not too ex
pensive.,, The methods of securing
in irrigation project, taking some
ef the flow of the Deschutes, care
fully explained by Mr. Hinkle, made
many converts. The soil, as well as
the topography of the country, was
pronounced superior in many re
ipects to those sections of Eastern
Cfeegon where Mr. Hinkle garnered
practical experience and made ob-
lervations for 30 years. Soil ex
aminations conducted at the request
ef the Madras and Culver Com
mercial Clubs showed the proper
sub-strata of cement gravel which
would hold the water plane near
the surface, and this would be a
Ting item in ditch construction.
The best year in 10 years' crop
production north of the Crooked
liver to Willow Creek Canyon was
vben there was an unusual rainfall
through the spring months. Thirty
five and 40 bushels of wheat and
17 bushels of oats an acre were
jsaised. Average rainfall for the
district is about seven inches and
the usual yields of wheat are 15 to
20 bushels an acre. With wheat at
45 and 70 cents to the grower, this
occasions little fear it will place
many names on the Federal income
tax list, but everybody who's in the
tame and ha3 500 acres is doing
wry well, thank you, and looking
ircund to buy another 160 for, say
1 4000 and up.
Many men who came into this
aountry eight years ago "broke,"
and who could not have gotten out
if they tried, have "made good"
and are achieving a competency,
but the feeling prevails that if
the number of large farms in
creases, the chances for extension
of telephone facilities, rural mail
routes, roads and other things of
like import will be diminished. I
It is evident from the earnest
ness with wnicn me preliminaries
have "been inaugurated that the
whole irrigable section of Crook
county will be before the Legisla
ture as a unit for acceptance and
immediate prosecution of the pro
ject which is now being investigated
by the Government.
The initial surveys to demonstrate
the physical possibility of develop
ing a sufficient water supply to
serve liliu.uuu or auu.uuu acres ot
land are being made jointly by the
state and Federal Government.
The intakes for feed canals would
be on the Deschutes at a point
southward where storage capacity
is not at all difficult.
The Carey act has served a good
purpose, but from now on irriga
tion so sentiment runs must be
conducted by the state, the Federal
Government and by the holders of
the land either by taxation or bonds,
backed by the state and Federal
Government, which should stand
two-thirds and the land one-third.
A thorough campaign of educa
tion on formulating an irrigation
district and of getting Governrunt
attention to the project will follow.
Every influence is aroused to
to its meaning. Central Oregon's
counties now have 4S5 acres per
inhabitant, and with irrigation
Crook county will duplicate con
ditions in the Payette Basin across
from Ontario miles of clustering
orchard homes on country lanes
with as many as 32 families on 160
acres; or, if that is too strong a
statement, a family on every 20
acres, at the most.
Until 1911 no railway touched
these interior counties, yet their
gain in population, in spite of iso
lation and difficult access, the period
between 1900 and 1910 showed a
comparatively high rate of growth.
Crook county, for example, in 1901
had only one threshing outfit hand
ling 100,000 bushels of grain, while
in 1909 there were 15, threshing
more than 2,000,000 bushels. The
present year being productive of
considerable more moisture than
usual will be a banner producing
year in the semi-arid fields. D. C.
Greeman in Sunday Oregonian.
Remember, its a Parlor Grand.
Prineville Merc Co. will give it
away.
Ampl Suocees.
Tuberculine Test
Prineville, Or., Feb. 12, 1914.
Havlnir made a tuberculine test on
cattle belonging: to Charles O.
Christian). I find them free of nil
symptoms of tuberculoma and In good
general oeaitn. is. r,. aevki.,
3-5-lp County Veterinarian.
Wanted
About 12 head of horses. I have a
Bulck Automobile In tlrst-class shape
that I would like to trade In. Will
pay the difference In cash. Address
Box 23, Beud, Ore. 3-5 4p
sale or
Household Goods
Beginning Friday, March 6th, I will sell the re
mainder of my household goods at greatly reduced
prices. If you are in need of dishes, chairs, cook
ing utensils and many other household articles too
numerous to mention, it will pay you to call and
investigate my prices. A few of the bargains are :
Four oak dining chairs, each $ 1.25
Splendid roll edge couch with best of
springs, cost 20.00, sale price 12.00
Set of three asbestos irons, cost 2.25, sale
price
Set China dinner plates with gilt edge..
Mush bowls, per set
Cups and saucers; per set
Breakfast plates, per set... J.
1.25
.70
.50
.85
- .60
This sale will last one week. Should any one in the
country who is not able to come in during the week wish
to take advantage of this sale by letter, such orders will
receive my personal attention. Terms, cash.
Mrs.Rbbt.E.Gray
Asker-IIa Mint poet ever hud nny
thing published?
Teller Oh, yea! Tlio nrwspnpers
published the poems ho wrote to a
widow who sued him for broach of
promise. Chicago Oully News.
Threat, Not a Promise.
- "Is ho a finished musician?'
"No. but ho will be If he doesn't let
np soon." Philadelphia Press.
A1 Pertinent Question.
Mrs. Fllnger-And bo I killed two
birds with one stone.
Mr. Flinger Whnt were you heaving
at when you got 'em 7 BostOD Globe.
Big Doings.
Mrs. G. We ought to have a roost in
teresting year with our card club.
Mrs. 8. That so?
Mrs. G. Yes. Three of last year's
members are suing for divorce. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Practical.
The Soulful Maid An, If we could
but return to the days of romance
when knights were bold!
The Itouantle Poet Sure! Armor's
tbe only clothing that won't wear
lilny and bag at the knees. Exchange.
Wise Plaintiff.
3
lie So you won tlio breach of prom
ise suit. Did you get the whole $10,
000? She Yes, I married my la dryer.
Boston Globe.
HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY.
Deep Breathing.
The following rules for deep
breathing will be found beneil
da I:
Lot tho clothing bo as loose
mid light and clean raid the nlr
as fresh as possible.
Breathe In through the nose
until this has become a hnhlt
even during sleep. Great xer
tlon limy demand some breath
ing lit through tho mouth, and
an occasional gulp of pure air
e. g., at the seasideIs valuable,
Attend to the correct position
of the body with regard to spine,
neck, etc,
To He ut first on one's buck on
the floor will keep tho organs In
n better position. Some prefer
an Inclined plank, ns It draws
the shoulders farther back and
doc not bring too much blood to
tho head.
Make use of odd moments, es
pecially Just after walking, Just
before bedllme, on going out Into
the fresh air and while waiting.
This Is regularity not of time,
but of occasion a. fur more Im
portant regularity. As an ex
ample of regularity of occasion
blow your nose directly you
awake, even before you wash
your teeth; breathe quietly, but
deeply, after meals; breathe fully
ami then relax before, during
and after a crtsls-e. g.. in ex
amination or a visit to the dentist.
8a Anemones.
Sea anemones will exist on water
nourishment for four years.
8taoks of Hay.
A ton of newly stacked hay will oc
cupy about 600 cubic feet; three month
later It will have settled to four-fifths
that bulk.
$1000 FREE
IF I FAIL TO CURE any CANCER or TUMOR
POOR CURED AT HALF PRICE OR FREE
NO KNIFE, OR thm
HO PAY UNTIL CURED
br SUARANTCL No X
Hit or other twindle
WRITTEN GUARANTEE
3-day painleit pliMer
ANY TUMOR, IUM"
or SORE M Ih. IIP, MCC
or body CASXl.
rt Never Mnt Until Int
State. 120-PAU I00K
cnl tree: tet!imonil
of THOUSANDS CURED
Wanted at Once
One work teiun, geldings) olio 8
Inch wagon; one set work harness.
Address M, lUu.iov, Sisters, Or.
i in up
Pigs for Sale
Sixteen smsll ones and six grown,
Poland-Chlnns. For particulars address
L. T. McCoy, Prineville. i! 6-lmp
For Sale
Sixty bead of txotxl Durham mid
Hereford cows ami culves, For par
ticulars applv In Frank Jamison,
Helid Hotel, Hcnd, Oregon. U ft Ut
Kodak Lost
Fastiunn Kodak. Please notify 0,
M. Cornctt, or leave ut Journal
olllce. . 2-6
Wtttcli for the Owl dance.
For Sale
A liUlt 7 hp Indian motorcycle
guaranteed perfect order. For price
and terms iv J . K Stewart & Co.
The piano retails for $400 cash.
$25 Reward.
tiered to lie graded, (traveled mid
Improved, and Mint tho cost urn!
expense of audi grading, graveling
and Improving, be churned against
and made n Hen upon iwicli and every
parcel of land, lot or lots within the
limits of tlm proposed Improvement
for the full costs ami expenses of
making; tlio satmi upon tlm half of
the street adjoining said parcel of
hind, lot or lots.
Section 2. Tlmt said .trading,
graveling; and Improving; bo inmlii to
conform to the established grade, or
which limy hereafter bo established
for said street, and bo inndo III nil
other respects as thu city council
shall see lit.
Section 3. Passed by tho city
council and approved by the mayor
of said city, on the 3rd day of March,
In the year of our Lord, One Thou,
sand Nine Hundred and Fourteen.
(1, N. "miton, Mayor, '
Attests K. o. Hvi'i;, Recorder.
Notice (or I'oblieutloii.
llepartment of tho Interior,
Not coal lands,
H. S. Laud Olllce at f.akcvlew, Ore.
February 4th, vn.
We will pay $:i5 rewurd for Infor
... I.. ...II,,,. tl.. urntul unit i
convlctlon of persons that are shoot-1 Notice Is hereby given that
U1H (OKI lin'ltiv lllff lliv lunmin i 'ii Ili'lilJ mri'ii"!
our transmission lines, or Injuring of Holvnt. Oregon, who, on Decern.
ami defacing poles mid building" be , her 27th, l'.iotl, made homestead entry
to tho IVschutes Power Co. ; (act Feb. 19 lWOll), No OZilil, lor
longing
( I,
IikhCiiutkn I'owkii Co.
Shot tuck, Supt. 2-1'ti-lt
Lots ft. 0. 7. e' sw i section tl ami lot
1 ml itwt4l section 7, township S22
south, range lit east, Willamette
Meridian, has tiled notice of lllteti.
lF tlon to make final three rear proof
'w to establish claim to the land above
Ordinance Number 211
An ordinance providing for
irrndlmr. irravellnir and tmnrovlllir ' iVhitIIhmI before A. S. Fogg, fulled
of F.nstF street from the south Hue1 States Commissioner at Hampton,
of First i
ate llmli
:Fstreot from the south Hue States Commissioner at, iiampio i,
t street, south to the corpor-1 'ft'""' ,m t,w Ut" ,,wjr Murrh'
Its of the city of Prineville,. ci'nimaiit niiines as witnesses!
Oregon.
Whereas, It appears a petition has
been II led with the city council of
tho city of Prineville, Oregon, by
more than twelve freeholders of said
city, praying that Fast "F" street
between the south line of First
Isaac Zlerolf. John O. Whltiiker of
Hampton, Oregon: Kdward W. OIL
lam, William Splllmau ot Itolyat,
Oregon. JmksF. Hi miKss,
1! PJp Iteglster.
Address, Interior Mercantile Agency,
Prineville, Oregon. I 1
Piano For Sale
In first class condition. Cash, or
trade for hay or grain. Iiniiln' In
terior Mercantile Ageucy, Prineville,
Oregon. . 2-lU-lmp
Any Lumpm Woman's Breast
I BCUEVE IS ALWAYS CANCER, and ALWAYS polMnl
Sees alande Is the ermist eml KILLS OUICKLV
I we hive CURED 1O.O0O. )" Mine
Old Dr. I Mrs. CHAMLEY Kfii
MOST lUCCIUFtll CASXII JMCIUISII IIVISO"
A B 436 Valenoa St.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
KINDLY MAIL tfill to someone with CANCtR
To Trade
Twenty acres land 15 miles south-
street, south to the corporate, limits, east of Payette, Idaho. All cleared
. if .nl.l i-ll v. be irrnded ir raveled and ready for plow; can Imi Irrigated.
' , " I Will trade tor Prineville property.
mi in i
And, whereas, after due considera
tion It Is made to appear that It will
be to the best Interests and welfare
of the mild city and Its Inhabitants
that said street Is so graded,
graveled and Improved as In said
petltlou requested.
Now, therefore, In pursuance to
the foregoing (leUtlon ami the auth
ority vested In the city council by
Sections Forty to Fifty five, both In
clusive, of Chapter Seven of thu City
Charter of tho city of Prineville.
Approved the ICth day of February,
m.
The H-oplo of tho city of PrlnevllU,
Oregon, do ordain as follows :
Section 1. That Fast "F" street
from the south lino of First street
south to the corporate limits of the
city of Prineville, Crook county, Ore-
goti, lie and tlm same Is hereby or
To the Teachers of Crook Co.
The KtnU Hoard of F.duentlon on
February 10th changed Utile 27 of
the Itules and Regulations for the
general government of public schools
In Oregon to rend lis follows:
"Teachers shall exercise watchful
care and oversight over Hie conduct
and habits of tho pupils, liot only
during school hours, but also at
rccessc and Intermissions, nnd shnll
have the power to punish the pupil
for any misconduct on the way to
or from the school."
Teachers please note this change.
Itespectfllllv. J. I. MVKIIS,
Superintendent Crook Co. Schools.
D
ANCE
BY
MM A,
BAID
AT
THE GLAZE HALL
Friday, March 6, 1914
Music by the Band