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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XVIH-$1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914.
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NO. 20
April 25 All Ore
gon Good Roads Day
Portland, Ore., April 2, 1914.
To the Honorable County Court of
Crook county, Prineville, Oregon.
Dear Sim:
Attention Judge G. Springer.
Saturday, April 25th, la to be
All Oregon Good Roads Day, by the
governor's proclamation. All Ore
iron, a citizens and all organiza
tion are requeued to co-operate in
this movement. If every county
docs its shar, it will be of Inestlm
Able benefit to the roada and atate,
to Ray nothing of the excellent ad
verting the state will receive from
the publicity that will result.
The promoters of this scheme ex
pect that at least ten thousand men
will each give a day's labor to the
roads, and that in addition thereto
that the day will be observed In all
the public schools of the state.
I have been requested to address
you In the hope that you will take
the management and direction of
this movement in your county, and
that you will do whatever you can
to get the men to co-o-HTato and
make tho day a success.
In every county a banner will be
given by the Portland Ad Club to
tho organization doing the most
work. If you will call upon your
road supervisors and appoint volun
tary assistant supervisors for every
section of road In your county and
see that the preliminary organiza
tions are perfected, tho publicity
which will be given this matter
throughout the press of the state
will undoubtedly do the rest.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Run'8 C. I (oilman,
President County JuJir-nd Com-
litisslonera, Htate of Oregon.
To tho citizens of Crook county:
The above letter Is explunitory of
a movement which I believe should
and will become general through
out the state and nation. I there
fore recommend that all citizens of
the county suspend business In all
other lines and go onto the roads
they are most Interested In and per
form one good faithful day' labor,
removing rocks, stumps, filling
ruts or doing whatever labor ap
peals to them as being most
practical,
Where practical let your road
supervisor take charge and let
every community report to me
through their supervisors or person
in charge the number of days and
number of men who work Your
obedient servant, G. Sl'KlNUKK.
W. C. T. U. Meeting
The W. C. T. U. held an interest
ing session at the home of Mrs.
Floyd Houston last week.
repressions of deep regret were
heard from all, when the news of
tho death of the state president.
Mrs. Edith Hill Hooker, was re
ported by Mrs. Charlton, and it was
voted that a message of sympathy
be sent to state headquarters.
Mrs. I'.elknup gave an instructive
talk on some of the civic improve
ment conditions now under con
sideration by our city council. Mrs.
Millican followed with a talk on
political organization for women.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess. After adjournment the
members went to extend congratu
lations to Grandma Sumner, It be
ing her birthday.
A committee was appointed to
take up the question of registration
among the women of Prineville.
Sub committees will be appointed
and the city thoroughly canvassed
to find out who have registered and
who have not.
Friday, May 1, Will Be
School Day in Prineville
W. ed8e Inkktforu o tekjffo CoUnty Division
Talk Over Here
Friday, May 1, Is School Day in
Prineville. The day will be given
over to the school children. The
forenoon will be devoted to patrons
and visitors in showing them
through the grades. In the after
noon field exercises will be held on
the play grounds.
Each grade will have on exhibit
its manual work, drawing, painting
and written work In the different
subjects- Everyone Interested in
boys and girls is invited to come
and inspect the work of the school.
Young people are always delighted
to see older persons manifest an in
terest In their work, so let us all
show our appreciation of the chil
dren by our presence at their first
school exhibit-
The business men and others of
Prineville have been very generous
in contributing money and other
prizes for awards in the different
field events.
A schedule of the different games
together with the prize for each
will be published as soon as the list
is made up.
The primary grades will give
some drills and games, while the
girls of different grades. will give a
May-Pole dance. Make your plans
so that you can give the entire day
to the school. Keep May 1st in
your mind as Public School Day.
It is expected the business houses
wilt close during the afternoon so
that all may attend the exercises.
The day will wind up with a big
spelling contest. The pupils of the
public school have challenged the
business men 01 rnnevilie to an
old fashioned spelling match in the
evening- Don't miss the fun.
rrmcipal Lewark wishes to an
nounce that anyone "who desires to
see the manual training work in
progress at the public school is wel
come to visit any class during that
period on Friday from 3 to 4 p. m.,
except on the second Friday of each
month, which hour is given to the
Parent-Teachers' Association.
them up and was either crowded
into the swift current of Crooked
river or lost his balance and fell in.
The camp tender spread the alarm
but nothing could be done Saturday
night. Sheriff Elkins was notified
and was on hand early Sunday
morning. He was accompanied by
Coroner Poindexter and Ed, Harbin.
The sheriff made grappling irons
and securing a boat dragged the
river bottom where the man fell in.
After hours of work the body was
found and brought to Prineville for
burial. ,
Rota was a Frenchman, apparently
about 50 years of age. He had in
his possession certificates of deposit
to the amount of 1300. The watch
that he had in his pocket had
Sheepherder Drowned
in Crooked River
Ferdinand Rota, a sheepherder,
met an untimely end by drowning
Saturday evening at the Crooked
river bridge atO'Neil.
Rots, who was herding for Wm.
Vaughn, bad his sheep camp about
200 yards from the bridge. About
8 o'clock he heard a commotion
among his sheep and went to the
bridge to investigate. He found
that so tie of the sheep had crowded
onto a narrow shelf along the river
in search for grass. The approach
to the shelf must hsve been eight or
ten feet wide and at the end nar
rowed down to about half the dis
tance. Right at the narrowest point
of the pocket wa3 unusually long
gras. And this grass was what
caused the Tragedy. When the
herder got there the sheep must
have been packed in. Rota got
down onto some boulders at the
According to the Madras Pioneer
of last week, there is a strong sen!
timent in the northern part of
Crook county in favor of county
division. It says:
"The proposition of dividing the
present area of Crook county at
the coming fall election seems to be
an assured fact as far as the north
ern part of the county is concerned.
The movement has been launched by
its supporters in the different locali
ties of the territory lying north of
Crooked river and the dividing line
of Gray Butte, Grizzly and the di
vide through to the Wheeler county
stoped at 7:50, and it is thought! line- After the tine strikes Crooked
that this was about the time he met
his death. No inquest was consid
ered necessary.
Parent - Teachers
Meeting Tomorrow
The Parent-Teachers' Association
ivilt meet next Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock in the assembly room of
the public school. Following is the
program:
Music Fifth and sixth grades.
"Children and Literature" Mrs.
Edwards.
Discussion Misses Cassidy and
Hewes.
"The Children's Story Hour."
Mrs. Carey W. Foster.
"Value of Music to Children."
Mrs. C. M. Elkins.
"How Help Children to be Use
ful." Mrs. Reinke.
Every member is requested to
bring 10 cents to pay for member
ship in the State Federation.
Oil Meal at Claypool's.
river just south of Gray Butte, it is
proposed to run along the section
line west for a few townships and
then north one township and then
west again to the summit of the
mountains.
"A delegation from Madras visit
ed Metolius, Culver and Opal City
Tuesday of this week and the propo
sition was talked over and many in
teresting and surprising facts were
brought to light as to valuation,
amount of taxes paid, residents of
the territory proposed to be cut off,
and area. After discussing the mat
ter with these people it is expected
that they will also discuss it with
their friends and neighbors as to
the general opinion and sentiment,
and that in the very near future the
work of preparing the petitions for
circulation will be commenced.
"In this connection it might be
well to state that it takes 50 per
cent of the legal voters, registered.
at the last general election, to sign
these petitions before the measure
Continued on page 8.
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