New Power House Pumps are Dandies The Deschutes I'owor Co. and the fire boy hint a tout-out this fore noon, Tho 1'ower company tried out the now two-step centrlfucal pump to bo used for fire purposes and the firemen tested every joint of hone on No. 2 cart under a pres mire of 110 pound. Everything worked like a charm "The fire pump Is simply a duridv," miid Superintendent Shattuck.' "Tho boys hud three streams of water from 1 1-8 Inch nozzles that were forced from 80 to 100 feet- There wum from 1)0 to 100 pound pres sure on the water mains. Nothing could work prettier," avered Mr. Shattuck. A 75 h. p. motor runs the (Ire pump and a 20 h. p. the regular service pump. Mr. Shattuck says that sometime during this summer the Power com pany Intends to tear up some of the old mains ami replace them with new 8-Inch mains. Tho old steam plunt goes out of commission tonight. No more 6 o'clock whistles unless the city de cides to install an electric fire alurm system. I Setter set the alarm clock hereafter if you have to crawl out at C o'clock. 1500 Pounds of Wire by Parcel Post Forty-two bundles of rabbit wire camo by parcel xtst Tuesday and were unloaded at the Prineville posloflice. Total seight about 1500 pounds. The wire was consigned by the Jones Conn Store of Port land to a customer living at IScck ley, Oregon. ISeckley Is over in Harney county, somewhere near the Narrows. The staging from Red-, mond is somewhere between 175j and 200 miles. There will be rapid j changes in the atmospheric condi-, tions at every stage station. Under ordinary circumstances the average stage driver has a good forceful flow of vigorous F.nglish but under the loot) pounds pressure of wire you had better provide yourself with eardrums. If the Jones Cash Store routes many such shipments into Harney county the stage lines will go broke. An extra rig was hired at this place to take the load to Hums. About $300,000 in Taxes Paid In Al out $300,000 has been taken in by County Treasurer Jordan up to and including Tuesday night, March 81. This Is 70 per cent of the total levy. Most of this money came in during the past Ave or six days. Everybody wait untd the last moment and then the rush begins. The county treasurer hopes to have everything checked up within a few days and then the exact amount re ceived will be make known. Mrs. Millican Enter tains at the "Wigwam" On the afternoons of Wednesday and Thursday of last week Mrs George Millican entertained many friends by an "At Home" at her "Wigwam" on Main street. The rooms were fragrant with spring flowers and ferns. The color scheme of the living room was in yellow, while that of the dining room was of pink. Candidates Column. For Sheriff. 1 hereby announce rnyiwlf as a can didate (or the noiilimtlon of sheriff ol Crook county, subject to the ap proval of tli Republican voters at the primaries to beheld May 15, lit) 4. p(1 UllV KllANK Kl.KINM, For County Commissioner. I hereby announce myself s candidate for the nomination of county commli loner, subject to the approval of Die Democratic voters at the prlmsry elec tion bald May 10, 1914. E. W, RiciiAsneox, l1, ',v . Ktimi, Ore. For County Treasurer. I hereby announce myself as s candi iIhUj fur the nomination of county treas urer, lubjuct to the approval of the He- j publican voter at the primary eluctiou : to be held May in, 1!14. j pI. JV. lULI'll L. Joiida. For County Treasurer. I hereby declare my Intention to be a candidate for ttis nomination of county treasurer, aubject to the approval of the republican voter at the prlmarr elec tion to be held May 15, 1914. pd adv j JOIIS W. MORIM.N, j For County Clerk. I hereby announce myself at a candi date for the nomination to the office of The afternoons were enlivened by county clerk, object to the approval of vocal and instrumental music. Tho , t,1B democratic voter at the primary i.rinpii.nl tr,r.ie r.f .i.nw.i-.i;..n wn. ' elwcHon to I held May 15, 114. Il adv Wabhks Uaowy . "Punch and Politics." Much mer riment was provoked while partak-1 for County Surveyor. Ing of the beverage and of the in-J j iwn.Uy dwttre my intention to gredienU which composed it. The lm a cuiKlldnU for the nomination to the olllee of County Surveyor by tho Republican Party at the Pri mary Election to lie held May 15th, 1914.' pd.ndv. If. A. Kkm.kv. recipe for the fruit punch was given the hostess by Mrs. Robbing, teacher of domestic science at the O. A- C. Short Course, with the recommendation that it lie christen ed on this occasion. This they pro ceeded to do some or the articles called for ml""""" "j i --i ,. ... i ... . iprovaloftbe Democratic voters at' theoriglnulrec.iH!,sub8t.tute8weretll(,comInKprmftreil May 18 m4 j made. After many suggestions as ,i, a(v K. B. Knox, Poet, Or. I to an appropriate name it was For Sheriff hereby announce myself as a can- Unable to procure dldate for the office of Sheriff of I Crook county auiijcrt to tne ap- finally decided the name suggested by Mesdames Frank Foster and C. I. Winnek lie adopted "t'kukum Olalla Chuck." Translated from Uie Chinook jargon means skukum For County Surveyor To the Republicuu voters of Crook . county : i I hereby announce myself a canill-' date for the office of County Sur veyor, subject to the approvul of the This tie Piano We Give Away VALUE $400.00 WHAT SEEMED TO US TO BE A QUESTION IS NOW A GRATIFYING SUCCESS. IT PAYS TO BE LIBERAL WITH OUR TRADE Since we first announced that we should give sway this beautiful parlor grand piano to some of our customers our business has shown a big in crease in every department. Of courpe the nnusual values which we are offerirg have helped to make this increase and we shall continne along these lines. We are daily re ceiving new and attractive offerings from the fashion centers and yon will find our stocks complete in all lines regardless of the heavy daily demand. BE SURE AND ASK FOR YOUR PIANO VOTES WITH EVERY PURCHASE 7 3 Rules of the Contest 1. Name of contestant will not be known. 8. Tie votes in packages with contestant's 2- Name of contestant will not be published. number and amount on top slip only. 3. Every contestant is credited with 2,000 9. Color of votes will change and must be votes to start with. recorded weekly. 4 Every contestant gets a number. 10. Votes are transferable only before 5. Standing of contestant's numbers pub- recording. lifbed weekly. ll. Contestant having the largest number of C. All votes must be brought in for record- votes wins the piano. ing on Wednesday. 12. Candidates not bringing in personal 7. Votes muet not be written upon. votes will be dropped. Prineville Merc. Co. pd. adv. R. L. Bkkwstkii. New Books for the Annex Library Twenty-four new books have been added to the library of the Ladies' Annex. They are V. Vs. Eyes, Inside the Cup, Heritage of Desert, John Barleycorn, T. Tern barom, Wind Before the Dawn, Broken Halo, Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton, How to Enjoy Pictures, Secret Garden, White Linen Nurse, Woman Thou Gavest Me, Iron Trail, Hagar, Otherwise Phyllis, Way of Ambition, Andrew the Glad, Wild Animals at Home, Ro mance of Billy Goat Hill, Pollyanna, Clammer, Hollow of Her Hand, Making the Best of Our Children, 2 volumes, Quo Vadis. For Sale at a Bargain. Second-hand well drill outfit, com plete in Drat class ihape. Address, The Dalles iron work, The Dalles, Oregon, 3-111 3t Road Supt. Stewart Has Two Campi Road Superintendent D. F. Stew art has established a camp at the Shorty Davia place where he has fourteen men at work. He will open the road around the William son place. Camp No. 2 will be located at the head of Antelope canyon, where he will complete the Mayfield grade up onto the flat. Mr. Stewart ex pects to have both camps working smoothly in a few days. Good Seed Oats for Sale. I have a quantity of good Thirty seven need oata for mile at my place at foweu uutte, tire. , 3-2(1 3p Alio DllKYER. Powell Butte (good), olalla (huckleberries) and Republican voter at the prlmnrtcH chuck (water). i held May 15, 1914 The subject of a Womens Voters' Club was enthusiastically discussed. Tho majority of the ladies favored such an organization, where women might study and discuss the differ ent political platforms and familiar ize themselves with the important political Issues of the day In order to be better qualified voters. The hostess was assisted in en tertaining on Wednesday by Mes dames Morse, Clifton, Brink and Kayler, and on Thursday by Mes dames Winnek, Belknap and Edwards, Powell Butte, March 31. IUU. Mr. and Mrs. Ueo. Caldwell of t.'le Kim, Waah., have rented the Muuia place for the Beaton and are busy preparing to put In a crop. O. L. Kerni and family of Tumwater, Wash., arrived in thee part Tuesday in aearcb of a location. They are relatives of the Bussetls and visited while here at the Rosa Buwetl home. Mini May Young of Vancouver, Wash., has been visiting at the Brown home the past week. Wins Young is a slater of Henry Young of Redmond. John Skein on the Uar-ett place is build ing what will be four miles of rabbit fence when completed. Mr. and Mr. A. W. Bayn entertained Mr. and Mr. Allen Wllcoien and daugh ter, Harriet, Mrs. Geo. H. Roe and Reeves Wllcoien at a dinner party Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mr. Oscar Prickett welcomed a baby daughter to their home last Monday evening. Mis Mancean of Tacoma was an arrival Friday and will keep house for her father until th arrival of her mother and other members of the family. Friday was th. last day of school for the Wilson district. An excellent program was given in honor of the occasion and a number of patrons were present, also the pupil and teacher from the Sheperd dis trict were guests for the afternoon. The Lee Hobbs house narrowly escaped being destroyed Thursday morning when Ore started in some unknown manner and gained so rapidly a to discourage all ef forts of the women folks to extinguish it, Fortunately, Mr. Osburu in passing saw ANNOUNCEMENT I have bought the stock of merchandise formerly owned and conducted by Mr. J. F. Morris, consisting of new and second-hand goods, and will continue the business along the same lines as conducted by him. The store is now open for business and all goods that are now on hand will be sold at greatly reduced prices in order to make room for new lines that will be added in the near future. Orders are now out for a complete line of "Racket Store" goods, which will also be the name of the store in the future. Watch the next issue of this paper for further details. THE RACKET STORE CHAS. O. McGHEE, Proprietor Prineville, Oregon the smoke and rushed in just in time to I prevent a serious 2 re. As it was, consid erable damage u done the room in which the blaw wa confined. ' . Miss Mable Hmith left Friday tor her home at I.nmnnrn after having conducted a successful ix uuiitlia' school at district No. 90. Mrs. Frar.k McCaffery and Miss Marie Austin of Kt-diiioiid were visitor at the E. L. Iverson home Thursday, the former lady remaining over for a visit of several day. The Geo. Hobbs dance Friday evening was attended by a large crowd. Frank Baily was called to The Dalle Saturday evening to attend at the bedside of his lister who is very ill. A good sixed crowd gathered at the Wil son schoolhouse at 10 o'clock Saturday to listen to a talk by State Engineer Lewis. There were short talks by others. Ex ception were taken to numerous state ments made by Mr. Lewis by persons in the audience and remarks too personal to be pleasant were passed at short intervals. If Mr. Lewis vote with hi convictions as stated here the average settler can expect no more, as in hit talk he plainly stated that he discouraged all further sales of new land by the C. U. I. Co. until patents are secured for land actually settled up on. There is to be a meeting of water users at the same place Saturday morning at which time a local organisation of wateruser will be discussed. Frank Bayn, the former Powell Butte pioneer, came in from Portland Sunday for a visit with his son, A. W. Bayn. 8ay, how did you like the figures on your tax notice f la a common question nowadays and by the way, said taxes are due and payable without further notice, which fact accounts for numerous hurried visits to the county seat, for the unfor tunate who neglects to pay before April 1st will be charged an extra amount called penalty money and again further along in the process of tax collection is added still another assessment , called Interest and penalty, but it all represents more dollars and cents to be handed over. The Crook county individval who pays an inheritance tax for many whirls at the present high rate of interest will not be bothered long with an inheritance. They should worry and we should lit up and take notice. Edward Williams, the progressive young Powell Butte rancher, is preparing to accomplish results in hog raising the coming season. Mr. Williams who has 82 fine brood sows is building as many indi vidual houses and pens at quite an outlay of money. However, he is not waiting for experience to teach him that it pays to give the hog the best of care in order to realize the best results but is taking the advise of others whom experience has taught. The William herd is headed by several registered animals all of the Duroc Jersey type. A hay and grain chopper or grinder on the farm are used to prepare the feed for this large family .of hogs, the hay being chopped into 1-8 inch lengths and place with a certain amount of rolled grain before the stock in self operating feeders and the water furnished the hogs is of the cleanest. Besides the 32 brood sows Mr. Williams has a large bunch of young feeders and 16 head ot bred gilts. So far tills spring he reports exceptionally good luck at farrowing time. Lamonta Items. Born, to the wife of Charlie Cockrane, a boy. Mrs. Helen Windoni is.out on their ranch after a long illness at Prineville. The rabbit drive last Sunday was a par tial success for the reason that it was not advertised enough. Quite a number of rabbits were killed. There will be another drive Sunday, April 12. They will meet at the Leach place at 9 o'clock sharp and drive south. Everyone come. A good din ner will be served. Monte Homey and family and Nina Merchant were visitor at the Cyrus home Sunday. H. F. Mitchell and tamily, Ira Black and family and Omar Cyrus and family were visiting at John King's Sunday evening. Henry Chestney and family spent Sun day with E. Roby's. Mane Braden was visiting at Julia Waites' Sunday. Steve Waite and family will soon move to the Valley where they have a ranch. Their many friends will mis them very much. They were given a farewell party Tuesday night. A pleasant evening was spent in games. H. Blackwell and father were visitors at the Miscoell bom last week. Mr. Black- well was looking after some land. Arthur Cox was at Lamonta Sunday. Mvrile Cowan is home tor an indefinite time. Gizzly News Church services were held at P. Chit wood's Sunday, March 29th by Messrs. Johnson A Smith. There was a good at tendance. Henry Montgomery and wife were Prine ville visitors last week. The farmers are now looking for an early spring and good crops. Gladys Breen. who has been teaching school, retuined home Sunday. Vernon Chitwood, who is attending high school at Prineville, was visiting at home last week. Church services will be held at the Wheeler home Sunday, April 5th. Every one Invited. Millinery Special Easter Sale Next Week Big reduction in prices from Monday morning until Friday evening, with a splendid as sortment to select from. Remember the time and place April 6th to 10th inclusive, at Mrs. Estes MILLINERY PARLORS Prineville, Ore. ' For Sale. Some good business lota on front treet near the center of the town. AW so some businee houses to lease, and remnant of stock consisting of hardware and furniture for sale Store building to lease. Inquire at this office. 3-U For Sale Buff Orpington, raised on free range, possessing stamina, vigor, quality and healthy laying machines; the kind that wins the blue ribbons. Eggs for getting of 15 Pen No. 1. to: No. 2, f 3; No. 3, 2: No. 4, $1.50. Also some Al cocks and hens for sale. J. H. Gba, 1-29-Sm Prineville, On. Dry Creek John Burnett has taken a contract to clear fifty acres of land for Mr. Bulger. Mrs, Edgar J. Bundy has returned to her home on Dry Creek after a long illness in Prineville. Miss Roberts entertained a party of friends Sunday. What do you feed the Squir rels? Try Wood Lark'a Poison. 319 O. C. Claypool & Co. I Eggs for Hatching. Barred Plymouth Rocks, 12.00 per 15 egg Also one Barred Plymouth Bock rooster f 2.00. ,3-19-lp Mas. Pkarl Brkbdino. PrinevifleDrugCo successors to The French Drug Co. 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