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
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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.
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