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Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL.XV1II-$1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1914.
Kntonti) t the prMtofflno at Piincivlll
Oregon, woond-claM matter
NO. 23
The "Heart of Oregon"
Has a Lure all its Own
Artlclo prepared under auspices
of Ladies' Annex for the Orcgonian.
Prlnevlllo, Or , April 25. The
correspondent, responding to an im
pulse of wanderluHt, has traveled
many league away from the classl
cal precincts of her Eastern home.
The wandering led eventuully to
the finest place on earth the heart
of Oregon. The heart of Oregon
mean Crook county, fine old Crook
county, which is larger than the
atate of Massachusetts, and offers
homes and opportunities to luckless
people who live In crowded city
upaccs, or are toiling on worn-out
farms in less-favored sections.
There Ih much to tell of this
great, undeveloped region, and in
an article like thin, one can but
mention the moat prominent char
acteristic of climate, soil, scenery
and people. The climate In a fine
mixture of days of sunshine, rain
and snow, and there are winds that
bring health from the mountains
and the scent of juniper from the
.mesas. These elements all unite to
give a varied, healthful and pro
ductive climate, made to order for
each season of the year.
The soil Is good, bad and indiffer
ent, but the good predominates,
and there aro thousands of acres
waiting plow nd water to do their
part in making Central Oregon an
empire of thnving cities and rich
rural homes. The indifferent soil
is covered with greasewood and the
bad with rocks, each jwirt useful in
furnishing ful and scenery. We
will be more than frank and give
voluntary evidence to the fuct that
there isn't any soil at all on many
of the rim rocks. These rim rocks,
unique walls and buttes of lava,
are the particular type of rugged,
unusual lieauty that makes Central
Oregon topographically different
from all other sections of the state,
and causes Eastern buyers to issue
this command to their land agents:
"Buy the best farm in tho county;
be suro there is a rim rock on it;
if not, don't buy."
To- Uwt Will Vtrif,
For verification of this rocky
statement ask Thomas W. Lawson,
or any of the Eastern capitalists
that are investors in Crook county.
They all own rugged, red rim rocks
in the land of the Ochoco, and they
can tell you that the soil has
washed down from the rim rocks'
summits to their buses and so is in
a position to be useful to mankind
Secretary of the Interior Lane,
speaking of his visit to Central Ore
gon, said recently:
"The best of Oregon is practical
ly yet undeveloped and unknown.
It is the rich lava land that extends
east of the Deschutes and loses
itself in the Great American Desert.
It but awuits the coming of the
water to be transformed into a
busy empire of diversified industry
and large population. It will un
doubtedly be the greatest dairy
section of the West."
Senator Lane wrote not long ago:
"I think with you that in the
near future Oregon will feel the
throb of its mighty heart so strong
ly that never again will we hear
the question, "Where is Crook
county?" That Deschutes region
has wonderful possibilities."
And just between you and me
there is much talking and planning
in the high places; maps are being
drawn that show high and lowland
in Crook county the glaciers of
the Cascades and the valleys and
mesas of rich lava soil. Crosses on
black lines represent canyons of the
Upper Ochoco and Crooked rivers.
Waters from the snow fields, and
water In reservoirs up these rivers!
Yes, that Is the future possibility
for the heart of Oregon! It Is even
a probability!
Already this development is in its
embryonic stage and the results
have caused keen business men 3000
miles away to turn speculative eyes
towards Crook county. Millionaires
and capitalists are buying land in
large tracts (not altogether for
health resorts and picturesque rim
rockB, although that Is the osten
sible reason.)
CitiMSI FlM CIM.
Crook county has a fine class of
citizens big-hearted, broad-minded
people who take the stranger by
the hand and hold it while they look
deep into his eyes, and if his eyes
"speak true" the hand is given a
hearty shake and the stranger
knows that fellowship is his, and
that the hand is henceforth ready
to serve him in friendship or need.
The environment of these people is
on grand, gigantic linas and their
natures have responded to its in
fluence. Faith, hope and charity
abound in the Heart of Oregon, and
the greatest of these is charity.
Cattle-raising is the chief occupa
tion of this section, but already
diversified farming is claiming at
tention, and a great dairy business
is just in its infancy. Prineville,
Bend, Redmond, Madras, Terre
bonne, Culver and Sisters are thriv
ing towns that have bright futures.
Princville and Bend are in the
lead in industrial development and
there is the usual feud that springs
from competition. Both towns have
enterprising citizens and it is a case
where "the best man will win."
Both towns are agreed on one point
that the best county in Oregon is
Crook.
Sentry Mtiiiit, Bold.
The scenery of Central Oregon is
massive and bold in outline and
varied in coloring. Mountains,
hills and plains blend in absolute
harmony. In the mountains are
forests of pine and fir; on the hills
and mesas are dense growths of
juniper, and to know the juniper is
to love it. The trees are beautiful
in their rugged independence.
The foothills are not foothills at
all; they are mesa-topped terraces,
their edges forming the rim rocks
of the next Bhelf. The whole coun
try is of terrace formation, and
when one climbs the heights for a
birdseye 'view the panorama is
striking in its unusual beauty.
Every outline suggests elemental
strength the age-long endurance
of nature's heart. No one can
gaze on the mighty range of Cas
cades to the west, with its snow
crowned peaks, and doubt that he
is looking at the handwork of God.
Seven of these great earth giants
lift their glorious heads above their
fellows and keep watch over the
Heart of Oregon. As these peaks
stand and guard today, so have
they stood during the centuries
that it has taken the strea-n of
humanity that left the foot of the
Himalayas in the dawn of the
world's morning to move Blowly
westward, until at last it rests in
the shadows of the Cascades. Of
these guardian mountains the Three
Sisters and Mount Jefferson are
most beautiful.
I Isolated from tho main range,
out on the mesa towards the east,
Black Butte stands out in bold re
lief a great pyramid built by the
mighty forces that haye welded this
Continued on page 8.
Bend Attorney
Jumps a Homestead
Oregonian: A flagrant case of
jumping a homestead claim oc
curred at Bend this week. To
make matters worse, '.he victim of
the transaction is a woman and the
offender a member of the last
legislature.
The woman in question is or was
Miss Anne Market, who filed on a
homestead some 30 miles from Bend
and has been proving up for about
two years. The man who jumped
her claim is Vernon A. Forbes,
state representative from this dis
trict, and prominently mentioned
for speaker of the next House.
On Wednesday Mr. Forbes filed a
matrimonial claim on the girl home
steader and "proved up" with re
markable celerity, for on Thursday
Miss Markel became Mrs. Forbes,
the wedding taking place at The
Dalles.
No one here knew of the cere
mony until yesterday, when Mr.
and Mrs. Forbes arrived in Port
land and registered at the Oregon.
It is understood they plan a
honeymoon in Mr. Forbes' automo
bile which may take them to Cali
fornia. ,
Mrs. Forbes went to Bend from
Rwkford, 111., four years ago and
taught in ttie Bend high school for
two years. She was one of the
young women who made the back
East trip with Phil Bates, of the
Pacific Northwest, in the summer
of 1912, and haa achieved consider
able distinction through her pluck
in "holding down" a solitary home
stead. Whether she now makes a
homesteader out of her husband, or
he draws her from the sagebrush to
city life, is a problem now interest
ing their friends here.
SAT. MAY 2, 191 1
LYRIC THEATRE
PRESENTS
Two Mighty Features, Greater by far than Anything
Ever Before Exhibited in Prineville
"The Wreck"
(IN THREE PARTS)
Staging the most wonderful acting and scenes ever attempt
ed. A railroad drama showing AN ACTUAL HEAD-ON
COLLISION between a runaway locomotive and a pass
enger train filled with human beings. Words fail to de
scribe the actual realism and horror at this scene, staged
at tremendous expense for the making of the picture. A
gripping story of emotion, jealousy and vengeance and its
expiation in horrible catastrophe.
AND A TWO-PART COMEDY
"WILD BEASTS at LARGE
OR
When the Menagerie Broke Loose"
Another wreck, that of a circus train, preludes this pic
ture. All the animals escape and run riot through the
town. Nobody gets hurt, but there's something doing
every minute and a laugh every second. A REGULAR
CIRCUS OF FUN.
YOU WHO CAN
beginning at 2:30 p. m., for we'll be jammed to the doors
at the evening shows. Show lasts one and a half hours.
First show begins at 7:00 p. m. Second show begins at
8:30 p. m.
Children 15c
Because it's Worth it and More
Public School Day
Friday, May 1
Tomorrow is School Day. Spend
the morning in going over the
work that has been done in the
grades and t!,e afternoon with the
children on the play grounds. It
will do you good and encourage
them.
Spelling contest tonight. Don't
miss it. Club Hall. Free.
Attorney Wallace did the proper
thing when he raised $5 by sub
scription to be presented to the
public school pupil making the
best record tonight. He has a nice
bright gold piece to present to the
boy or girl standing up the longest
He knows what it means to become
a goon speller. He was a kid once
himself.
Work Resumed on
Prineville-Mitchell Road
Supervisor Ross states that the
Forest Service, working in co-operation
with Wheeler county, has
again resumed work on the road
between Prineville and Mitchell, the
first wagon load of tools and pro
visions having left here last Mon
day. Although enly 12400 is available
for the project, a desperate effort
will be made to complete the road
over the mountain, 4 J miles of it
still remaining to be constructed.
It is hoped to have it completed for
the heavy travel which always oc
curs during August and September.
For bet -'quality niilW, cri-nm,
butler and buttermilk 'phone Win.
8. Ay res. 4-30-tf
Buggy for Sale.
Lone body, no top, almost new.
Price ")0. AIo driving name $15.
4-30-tf W. B. Moksk, Lamonta, Or.
SHOULD ATTEND
Adults 25c
Everybody in Prineville
GotBusy Good Roads Day
Everybody in Prineville took ad
vantage of Good Roads Day to put
in some good hard licks for road
betterment.
Merchants, doctors, lawyers,
bankers, school teachers and preach
ers rubbed elbows with the homey
handed sons of toil in filling up the
chuck holes, leveling the rough
places and blasting out rock. The
Good Roads automobile service was
busy from 7:30 to 6:30 in taking
care of the public spirited men and
women, who gave their time and
labor for the public ureal. The
women in this case who publicly
helped along the good cause were
Mrs. Walker of the Crook County
High and her domestic science class.
Hundreds of dollars were saved the
county in road work alone by the
people of Prineville and vicinity.
Thirty-five men and nine teams
worked the rough and muddy
places on the Ochoco road between
Prineville and the Ed Slayton ranch
all day last Saturday. Judge
Springer wa3 conspicious all day
with his back bent over a shovel.
Rev. Williams was there also and
showed that he was an ardent be
liever in good roads and that he
was not afraid to help build them.
Mayor Clifton put in a hard full
day and Mr. Blanchard was on the
job with four big horses as was
also Leo Lafo'Jptte. Other ranchers
along the' road were represented.'
A hot dinner was served and the
workers didn't stop at three hours'
work as did the Portland men who
worked on the Columbia highway.
Everyone was so deeply interested
that it was necessary for Mr. Ross,
who was in charge, to call a halt at
5:30 in ordei that the Prineville
business men might return to town
to open their stores for the evening
trade.
Foreman Frank Foster mustered
fifty men and eight teams to
smooth out the rough places in the
Crooked river road. He worked
from Dodson's Point this way.
The foreman placed Judge Brink in
charge at the Dodson place and
moved another gang to the Dickson
ranch. This is a bad stretch of
Look Out for the
Bogus Check Man
Look out for the bad check artist.
This class of gentry is becoming
numerous in Crook county and not
a few of our merchants have been
stung thereby.
R. M. Taylor got in his work in
Prineville for the sum of $30. He
disposed of two checks for $15 each.
O. C. Claypool & Co. took one and
L. Kamstra the other. Taylor
claimed to represent the Tum-a-Lum
Lumber Co. as manager and
had no trouble in imposing on the
merchants. The checks were passed
Saturday, April 18, and it was just
a week later that they came back
marked "forged." This gave the
bad check man plenty of time to
get out of the country.
Earl Crosby of Madras is another
"easy money" man. Earl is no
piker, either. He had the mail
contract between Paisley and Silver
Lake and was apparently in good
standing with the community and
had no trouble in passing three
bogus checks one for $900, one
for $60 and the other for $30. He
passed through Bend Saturday,
April 18, on his way to Madras, it
was thought, but it developed later
that he did not stop at Madras. He
went to Portland and from there all
trace of him was lost. Mrs. Cros
by, the mother of the fugitive, runs
a millinery store at Madras.
road in stormy weather. Frank
Elkins had charge and directed tha
filling and other construction work.
This piece of road was put in shape
that would have cost the county a
tidy little sum. Bonehead Point
was another spot that received the
attention of the good road enthusi
asts. It was here that Mrs.
Walker and her domestic science
class pitched their tent and served
a piping hot dinner to the shovet
brigade. Fifty-two weary wielders
were in the bread line. Those that
can show blisters and callous marks
are: C. I. Winnek, Keys and
Walter Hyde, Prof. Baughman, M.
E. Brink, Prof. Smith, Prof. Evans,
J. E. Myers, whp was powder man
for this section of the' work; G. A.
Gustafson, George Bernier, Dr.
Davis, J. B. Bell, Addie Foster,
Perry Poindexter, W. F. King, Joe
Gerardo, F. S. Townsend, Dr. Ed
wards, Dr. Rosenberg, A. H. Lipp
man furnished man and team; C.
M. Elkins, Frank Elkina, W. H.
Wirtz, Ross Robinson, Hugh Lakin,
and many others whose names we
could not learn.
Foreman Fred Hoelscher made a
good report for his division. He
had charge of the road north of
town between C. Sam Smith's place
and Noble's corner- He had lots of
willing workers but was short of
teams. , Nevertheless, lots of road
work wns iccxmv!isied. -.. Sixty
three loads of gravel were' hauled
from town and used on . the low
places. It would hae cost the
county a dollar a load for the
gravel alone. Those that we
noticed struggling manfully with
the shovel were John T. Wheeler,
Attorney Duffy, C. W. Elkins, L.
Kamstra, Oscar Hyde, T. M. Bald
win, Harold Baldwin, J. E. Wilson,
Stanley Smith, Delbert Caples,
James Adamson, John Wigle.
Those that furnished teams for tha
day were John Wigle, James Adam
son, Andrew Noble, Chas. Perrin,
Straude Price and two for Fred
Hoelscher. Ed Hodson, the Huff
Noble Auto Co. and the auto truck
were right on the job of moving
workers all day.
A Big Bill at the
Lyric Saturday
Two very startling and extraor
dinary Vitagraph special features
will be shown at the Lyric next
Saturday, matinee and evening.
One which has created much inter
est and has been anxiously awaited
is "Wild Beasts at Large, or When
the Menagerie Broke Loose." It
was first shown during the recent
exposition of the Motion Picture.
Art in the Grand Central Polace,
New Ycrk City, creating such en
thusiasm that theatre managers all
over the country have been clamor
ing for it.
It differs frcm the usual animal
picture, inasmuch as it is a comedy
combined wifh a constant thrill of
excitement that makes no end of
laughter. There is no question as
to the popularity of this picture.
"The Wreck" also to be, shown on
the same program, is entirely dif
ferent, embodying as it does the
strongest realism in all its inci
dents attending a great railroad
catastrophe like one which re
cently happened.
The management suggests lhat
those who can, especially the chil.
dren, should endeavor to attend the
afternoon matinee as it is expected
that many will be disappointed in
not getting seats at the evening
performance. A slight increase in
admission will be made on adult
tickets. Read the Lyric's ad oa
front page of the Journal.