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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XVIH-$1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1914.
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NO. 21
Spitework the Cause of
Fight on Willis Brown
Apparently having abandoned the
recall proposition, the fight on the
county court took a new turn last
week when a number of Culver citi
zen, hoadod by W. II. Lucy, late
county sealer of weights and
measures, called on District At
torney Wlrtz and requested that he
bring proceedlngrat once to oust
County Commissioner Brown from
office on the ground of non-residence.
The request wan deemed
unreasonable by the county at
torney and refused.
Thoao who called on the county
attorney alde from Mr. Lucy,
were Messrs. Milner, Iiodman, Os
borne, Ralston end II. C. Topping.
A petition was presented, according
to Mr. Wirtz, which hud about
(0 names on It, setting forth that
in the opinion of the signers Mr.
Brown was not a resident of Crook
county and proceedings, such as
may only be brought by the district
attorney, should be brought at
once to oust Mr. Brown.
Mr, Wlrtz informed the commit
tec that if the request had been
mado immediately after election he
would have considered it, but that
at that time conclusive evidence of
the facta alleged would have to be
produced, but at this time when
Mr. Brown had been permitted to
hold the office for nearly a year and
a half and no complaint had been
Don't Knock the Other Fellow
Get in
As this seems to be a time of!
general criticism and as the county
commissioners have to stand for
most of it, it might be well to dig
to the bottom of things and see if
they deserve all they get. .
With this thought in mind the
Journal man looked up the amount
of taxes for all purposes for 1907.
He found the amount to be $108,
135.46. In 1908 the amount was
$ 130,137.30, or In round numbers
$22,000 more than in the preceding
year. ' This was an Increase of
20.33 per cent over 1907. In 1909
Il58,n(i9.95 was the amount
Here is 128,433 over 1908. An in
crease of 20 per cent over the
previous year. In 1910 $192,220.60
was the amount on the tax roll.
This was 133,550 more than for the
previous year, or an increase of
21.15 per cent. In 1911 the taxes
begin to climb much faster. That
year the amount to -bb rained was
2r2,G48.21. This was 00,428
more than the year before, or an
increase of 3144 per cent. The
amount of taxes for 1912 was
$328,418.37, $75,770 more than for
the year before. This was an in
crease of 30 per cent. The amount
on the 1913 roll was $411,143.20,
nearly four times as much as in
1907. They keep climbing right
along but how about our resources.
Do they keep climbing or have they
remained comparatively stationery
Of course the acreage of tillable
land keeps increasing right along
but not in the same ratio as the in
crease in taxation. The advent' of
tho railroad In 1911 added to the
valuation of our taxable property
but on the other hand look at the
way cattle were shipped out of the
county about the same time.
How do you account for it? One
theory is that for tho paBt four
years new settlers have taken up
homesteads which, as yet, have not
added to the material resources of
made until he had opposed certain
other members of the county court
no such action would be brought by
the district attorney even if half
the taxpayers of the county asked
for it.
Mr. Wirtz told the committee
that he would take no part in the
fight made against any member of
the county court; that it would be
clearly against the public good to
bring such an action at this time
after Mr. Brown hod taken part in
important matters effecting all
parts of the county. No evidence
or wr. urowD a non-residence was
produced. Mr. Lucy merely stated
that he had record evidence to show
that Mr. Brown's family made their
permanent residence in Wasco
county; that Mr. Brown voted at a
school election held at The Dalles
last fall and that Mrs. Brown was
registered as a voter in Wasco
county.
Commissioner Brown haa large
property Interest here and has
considered Crook county his resi
dence for the last 30 years, though
owning property at The Dalles
which he recently improved and
where his family resides part of the
winter to send the children to
school.
Lucy's interest is personal as
Brown was instrumental in his dis
missal as county sealer of weights
and measures.
and Kick Yourself
the county but have cost lots of
money for school purposes, etc.
This will be better understood when
it is known that the tax levied for
all school purposes in 1913 was
$149,111.28, or $40,907 more than
the total amount of tax levied for
all purposes for the year IM7. It
is $18,974 more than the total
amount of taxes levied for 1908. We
must have schools they are the
best asset the county has got even
if they do cost lota of money.
Of the total levy for 1913, which
is payable in 1914. 59 per cent or
$212,092.34 is for purposes over
which the county court has no
control, so that 41 per cent, or
$100,050.86 is what is left for
county expenses. And not all of
this is subject to control by the
county court. The salaries of
county officers, etc., are fixed by
statute, so that when you get right
down to brass tacks you will find
that retrenchment must begin
at home before you can expect any
material reduction in taxation. Cut
down your special levies. The spe
cial purpose tax for 1913 was $111,
309.46. This is $2.94 per cont
greater than the amount of the
total roll for 1907. Think it over.
Railroad Officials
Visit Prineville
W. C. Wilkes, assistant general
freight and passenger agent of the
Hill lines; J. T. Hardy, traveling
freight and passenger agent for the
Oregon Trunk and S. P. & S. R. U.
and F. A. Brainard of the Oregon
Trunk and S. P. & S., were in
Prineville the last of the week.
The gentlemen were woll pleased
with the crop outlook in this sec
tion, both as to acreage and yield.
Ever use Fluischman's Yeast ?
Try it. O. C. Claypool & Co.
Dead Man Found
Near Long Hollow
The body of an unknown man
was found last Friday by two
young men named Eldridge, who
were out hunting coyotes. The
body was discovered close to Long
Hollow, near the mouth of Bear
creek, on Crooked river. It was
lying about 76 feet from the base
of a steep perpendicular cliff which
it was thought that the man either
jumped of! or fell off.
The Eldridge boys when they
made the discovery, telephoned
Coroner Poindexter and County
Physician Edwards who immediately
left for Bear creek. A coroner's
jury was summoned but nothing
was brought to light There wasn't
a thing on the dead man that made
Continued on page 8.
"The Magic Bell"
A Fairy Drama
To be presented at the Club Hall,
by Children of the Prineville Public School
Under Direction of Alma Gitchel Morse
CAST
Miranda, the Fairy Princess..
Lothar, King of Burgundy...
Walfritda, bis wife
Hilda, their daughter.
Doctor Fontanel!!, Chancellor and Physician to the King.
CounUis of Broomstick, . 1 1 ..,.
Marchioness of Gingerbread, J
Angela, a poor girl
Roes, her lister
Landlord of the Raven Inn .
The Miller,
The Gardener
The Baker -,...1
The feasant
John, the Countess' Footman...
,
Soldiers .
V Clarence Mertching
Fairies Vesta Prose, Dorothy Elkins, Hester Constable, Eula Noble, Genevieve
Smith, Edith Gray, Olive Elson, Cora Poindexter, Doris Claypool, Ruth
Wonderly, Ila Johnson, Ruth Emerson.
Elves Elwin Reinke, Collins Elkins, Marion O'Kelly, Gordon Stearns, Cleo
Gray, Weldon Hyde, Okra Clark, Howard Claypool, Lewis Gilliam,
Lewis Dishman.
Court Ladies-Jessie Hiney, Mandia Harris.
Peasants -Zenda Hendrickson, Harold Davis, Everett Ramsey. Hilda Breeding,
Edna Breeding, Esther Adamaon, Sophia Becker, Ernest Putnam.
Incidental Music Violins, Mrs. Edwards, Miss FranceslWilliams, A. J. Rey
nolds and Ralph Jones.
SYNOPSIS
The scene is laid in Burgundy.
Act I. Forest near home of Angela and Rosa.
Acta II. and III. Garden near the King's Palace.
Between Second and Third Acta there is an interval of a week.
MUSIC PROGRAM
Overture High School Orchestra
Musical Specialties between acta underdirectionof Miss Hubbard and Mrs. Lewark
"Hard Times in Boy-Land," Duet j
George Stearns
Duet Blanche and Madge Rowell
r Clark Pollard
"Upsetting Gravity," a clever "feet". PauYprater
( Wister Rosenberg
"Very Dutch but Quite Jolly." a Costume Song ...Mike and Nelle Trapman
PUBLIC SCHOOL TRACK MEET
Following is the program for the track meet of the
Prineville Public Schools, which will be held on School
Day, May 1st, at the School Grounds:
Event Class 1st Prem. 2d Prem.
60-yard Dash 1 Knife ($1.80) 1 Box Candy
Class 1st Prem.
1 Knife ($1.80)
.... 2 " "
-...".Z3........ " "
, 1. Ball Bat
2 Ball Mitt
3 Base Ball
1 $1.00
1........ 1.50
..Tennis Racket..
.... Ball Mitt
50-yard " ..
60-yard " ..
100-yard "
100-yard " ..
100 yard "
150 yard " ...
440 yard " ..
Shot Put
Ball Throw ..
Pole Vault : Knife
Running high jump 1 ......Tennis
ii ii i, 2 "
' broad " 1 $1,00
" " " 2 1.00
Chinning Ladder 1.00
Standing broad jump...! G Picture Show Tickets 4 Tickets
ii it ii 2 " ii i ii
100 yd Hurdle Ruce Tennis Shoes .50
150-yd " " Stick Pin $1 50
Three Criminal Cases
Before Supreme Court
Three criminal cases on appeal
from the circuit court of this coun
ty were heard In the supreme court
at Salem this week. On Tuesday
the case of State of Oregon vs.
Gaylord McDanlel was submitted.
McDaniel was convicted of murder
in the second degree for the kilting
of Herman Poch, and on Wednes
day, State vs. Dick Garrett, con
victed of stealing cattle in the
Trout creek country, and State vs.
John McPherson, convicted of steal
ing horses-
Attorney N. G. Wallace argued
the case for McDaniel, W. P. Myers
for Garrett and E. B. Dufur for
McPherson. District Attorney Wil
lard H. Wirtz presented each of the
cases in behalf of the state. De
cisions in all three cases may be ex
pected within a week or so.
in Three Acts
Friday evening, April 24, 1914,
..Katherine Drury
..Wallace Cadle
Melisa Springer
Essie Reams
Lynn Cram
Dessel Johnson
Cleorea Kinder
Ledoeia Jacobs
Hazel Yancy
Adrian Yancy
Dale Elkins
m rWi
.
J
iFrank Rice
il ..Paul Prater
f William Moore
) Harold Lister
.. , ) Georee Stearns
..1 Box Games
.. .75
..$1.00
.. .50
.. .50
.. .50
.. .50
... .50
,. .50
... .50
... .50
... .50
(1.80)
Shoes
11
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The McKenzie Road
to be Made
Bend, Oregon. Special to the
Journal. According to advices re
ceived from Supervisor Merritt of
the Deschutes National Forest at
Bead, several road projects are be
ing planned by the Forest Service
for that region. The McKenzie
road, a new road to Sparks Lake
and a new route through the
National Forest to Fort Rock are
the principal items to receive atten
tion. All of these projects are be
ing taken up in co-operation with
county officials or with settlers.
An appropriation oi foUU was
secured for the McKenzie road last
fall, to which the county officials
agreed to add a like amount, as
well as to duplicate necessary
future expenditures that may be
made by the Forest Service on the
portion of this road within Crook
county. This road, which connects
Sisters with the Willamette valley,
is the logical route of travel from
the coast to Central Oregon, and
although it has been passable for
many years, there are several bad
stretches in it which have kept the
travel down to a minimum. On
the east slope of the Cascades the
soil is very loose and sandy so that
grades which would not be especial
ly difficult, were the soil hard and
firm, are at times almost impass
able. Several of these steeper places
have a maximum grade of from 16
J&taf. ZeeVp I? cent-, A- Pre'aminary sur
,Darrel Mills, Vev ' route mad. in-
dicates that it will be possible to
relocate the road so that a maxi
mum grade of approximately 5 per
cent can be obtained. This new
route will, for the most part, be
through a region comparatively
free from rock or steep hillsides so
that construction will not be es
pecially difficult.
Just as soon as the snow is off
from the higher portions the Forest
Service is planning to start final
location An entirely new grade
will be run out for the whole east
slope of the Cascades so that what
ever work is done may be part of a
carefully located whole. Construc
tion work will very likely be com
menced at Windy Point and com
pleted as far east as funds permit.
It is expected that additional ap
propriations will be secured so that
the entire road can eventually be
placed in first-class condition. The
Foiest Service, as well as Lane
county, is also spending a large sum
of money on the west slope of the
Cascades. Thus the entire Mc
Kenzie road will be opened up as an
easy route of travel connecting
Central Oregon with the Willamette
valley. '
A special appropriation of $1000
has also been made by the Forest
Service for the construction of a
road from Bend west to Sparks
Lake. This amount the county has
agreed to duplicate. Work will be
started as soon as a final and satis
factory location can be determined
upon. Considerable location work,
however, is still to be done so that
on this account as well as on the
account of the snow it is probable
that construction crews will not be
started to work until after mid
summer.
The Sparks Lake road will enter
one of the most scenic portions of
the Cascades that has heretofore
been inaccessible except by pack
horse. It will pass over the
shoulder of Broken Top mountain,
along the south foot of the Sisters
mountains, past Soda Springs, and
will lead to a series of beautiful
mountain lakes. It will supply a
short and convenient route over
a Good One
which stockmen using the high
range may transport supplies and
will render accessible the head
waters of Tamalo creek, the pro
tection of the timber on which is
very important to the settlers on
the Columbia Southern Project.
Eventually it is planned to extend
this road south to Crane Prairie,
which point is already accessible by
wagon road so that a complete
circle through the heart of the Cas
cade range will be provided.
The settlers in the Fort Rock
valley have decided to open up a
new route through to the Bend
Burns road extending almost due
north from Fort Rock, past the Ice
Cave to the west of Pine Mountain
and connecting with the Bend
Burns road between the 20 and 21
mile posts. This new route, as
planned, will shorten the distance
to Bend from 10 to 20 miles and
will enaoie tne people coming
through from that valley to avoid
the mud which is often trouble
some along the Deschutes river on
the route now followed.' Repre
sentatives of the Bettlers and the
local forest ranger at Fort Rock
have for some time been working
on the location of this route.
Pushing Road Work
On the West Side
"f3.e I.nao rounv of!kra!jf art
joining with Forest Supervisor '
Seitz in pushing the work of road .
building on the upper McKenzie
road on the west side of the Cas
cades. The present season should
see a good auto highway across the
Cascades. The Eugene Guard says:
"As soon as the present weather
breaks a force of men will be
rushed on to the upper McKenzie
and commence the elimination of
the last of the steep grades on the
McKenzie river highway. Clyde
R. Seitz, forest supervisor in charge
of the work, returned last night
from a ten days' trip up tbe
McKenzie, during which be super
intended the establishment of road
camps to care for the men and laid
out the grades for tbe road work
to be done within the next two
months.
He left a crew of eight men
swamping and clearing the right-of-way
lor the new road. Men for
the work have already been en
gaged and everything is in readi
ness for the start. The crew to be
sent will consist of fifteen men. and
five or six horses.
The road camps are established
at bite Branch, fifteen miles
above McKenzie Bridge. The first
work to be done will be the remov
ing of the grades this side of Milli
can grade. The work is scattered
over several places, and one ot
these involves the construction ot
more than a mile of new road.
Early in the summer, as soon as
the next government appropriation
is received, work will commence
upon the Millican grade, which ia
tbe last on the road over the sum
mit. The Millican grade at pres
ent is not serious for automobiles,
and for this reason is left until
the last.
The forest supervisor states that
the trip has been a pleasant one.
The roads were good going up, but
the rains of the past week have
made tbem a little muddy.
He rode a motorcycle from the
road camp to the YcKenzie Bridge
in but a little over two hours. The
roada above the bridge, he says,
are in excellent condition.
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