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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XVIII $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1914.
Entn4 at the pmtoffln at Prlnevllla
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NO. 24
Excellent Work Done
in Prineville Schools
LuHt Friday the parents and
friends of tho Prinevillo public
schools liinl an opportunity to judge
of tho work that has boon dono dur
ing tho punt school year. That this
work ha been excellent wan the
verdict of every visitor.
Kvery classroom had a represen
tative diaplay of the regular work
for tho year. Thin was not show
off work gotten reaily under pre.
mire for tho occasion. IiiHtead
there was work In each room from
every pupil and many of tho rooms
contained work placed side by side
to show the pupil's progress,
In tho first grade the handwork
seemed to attract the most atten
tion. The paper cutting Illustrat
ed well known stories and the
work In drawing was eajweiallv in
teresting, These little eople have
been studying how to tell the time
and their little hand-made clock
faces were especially good. Samples
of writing and other handwork
helped to make up a most pleasing
dinplay in the first grade which is
taught by Miss l'ratt.
Tho second grade had a large
amount of work on display and to
the ordinary person it seemed al
most Impossible that theso children
had been In school only two years.
The writing and the clear-cut
figures In number would put many
an older person to shame and the
drawing showed unusual care. The
use of colored paints and the per
spective effects were unusually
good. Ming Evans has charge of
this grad j.
In the third grade it seemed they
needed more space for every inch
of available wall space was covered
with work and this was more beau
tiful to parents than any other
decoration could possibly have been.
Tho independent stories on repre
sentative scenes in Oregon were ex
cellent. The sewed rallla and
reed baskets were pronounced the
best ever seen in third grade work.
Mrs. A. T. Lewark has charge of
this grade.
The fourth grade, under the di
rection of Miss JefTrios, next
claimed the writer's attention and
the same high grade work was
shown. The writing and drawing
were interesting but the sewing and
the woodwork in this room at
tracted the most attention. The
boys begin regular work in wood
and the girls take up sewing in this
grade. These subjects receive an
hour every week and it is surprising
to see the excellent results obtained.
Dusting caps, towels, sheets and
pillow cases were among other use
ful articles on display and each and
every article was most carefully
made.
In the fifth grade there was an
Improvement in the handwork due
to the difference in ages and here
the representative work from writ
ing, language and number con
tinued to receive its proper share
of attention. Some very fine work
in drawing has been done in this
grade and the useful soap boxes
made by the boys are certainly
worthy of mention. Miss Hubbard
has charge of this grade.
The sixth grade, in charge of
Miss Cassidy, came in for its proper
share of praise and we wish every
woman in town could have seen the
samples of neat patching and darning-
The pretty hand-made aprons,
towels and handbags were worthy
of special note as was also the
towel and hat racks. The repre
sentative work in geography in this
room was unusually good.
The seventh grade had a good
display and one parent suid that
every piece of work in the room
was worthy of a place at the county
fair. The language and other
written work showed careful prepar
ation, while the sewing and wood
work were so well done that an
adult would Iks proud to claim them.
Napkins, dusting caps, bags and
clothes and paper racks were
among the many useful things
found here. Miss He wen has
charge of this grade.
The pupils of the eighth grade
certainly deserve much credit for
tho excellent work they had on ex
hibition for in this (frndo the re
quired work is heavy. Here the
pupils must finish their grade work
ami prepare for the slate examina
tions. The Sir Launfal language
booklets represented much careful
thought and work as did the other
representative written work. The
largo laundry bags were well made
and appropriate designs had been
stenciled by the girls. Napkins,
towels, pujer racks, book shelves
and a well made bed for a small
wagon were among other useful
articles on display. Prof. Lewark
deserves great credit for his hard
and persistent work in putting
drawing, music, sewing and manual
training regularly in the grades.
The progressive schools all over
the state are adding these subjects
to 'their curricula and Prineville has
reason to be proud of her principal
and teachers for the excellent
school work done during the past
year.
The afternoon was given over to
May Pole dances, drills and athletic
exercises, everyone of which was
thoroughly enjoyed by the large
crowd of sjiectators and friends.
The results of tho public school
track meet are:
r0-yard dash, first prize, knife,
won by Lewis Dishman; second
prize, box candy, won by Arthur
Hensley.
GO yard dash, first prize, knife,
won by Grant Dow; second prize,
box candy, won by Weldon Hyde.
50-yard dash, first prize, knife,
Sarnie Ramsey; second prize, box
candy, Jim McNeely.
100-yard dash, first prize, base
ball bat, John Cyrus; second prize,
box games, Lewis Gilson.
100-yard dash, first prize, ball
mitt, Ernest McNeely; second prize
box games, Wister Rosenberg.
100-yard dash, first prize, $1.25,
Harold Prose; second, bix games,
Joe Morrison.
150-yard dash, first prize $1, Wal
lace Cadle; second price, 75c, Claud
Brennan.
440-yard dash, first prize, $1,50,
Wallace Cadle; second prize, fl,
Claud Brennan.
Shot put, first prize, tennis racket
Chas. Lippincott; second prize, 50c,
Geo, Christian.
Ball throw, first prize, ball mitt,
Geo. Christian; second prize, 50c,
Chas. Lippincott.
Pole vault, first prize, knife,
Wister Rosenberg; second, 50c,
John Cyrus.
Pole vault (tie), Wister Rosen
berg, 50c; Claud Brennan, knife.
Run high jump, first prize, tennis
shoes, Harold Prose; second, 50c,
Wallace Cadle.
Run high jump, first prize, ten
nis shoes, Mark O'Kelly; second
prize, 50c, Frank Rice.
Run broad jump, first prize, $1,
Crcston Zeek; second prize, 50c,
Martin Hoover.
Run broad jump, first prize, $1,
Claud Brennan; second prize, 50c,
Oren Noble.
Continued on page 12,
Can't Get Along
Without Journal
J. F. Taylor of Elk Creek, Z
Calif., formerly an old Crook
county farmer, writes to the
Journal as follows: 4,
"Inclosed please find check 4,
for another year's subscription
to Journal. It is better than 4
a letter from home. We all
watch for it on Tuesdays and Z
it has never failed to arrive.
"We are having fine weath-
er. Cherries are ripe. We
will commence cutting hay to-
morrow, (April 30); many
have their alfalfa cut but we 1
are up next the Gast Range
where it is a little later. Wish- $
ing vou every success, I re-
main as ever, J. F. Taylor."
The Facts in the
ing the
fVtmnnrRtivp ntntmnnnta na tn tVift'
cost of culverts purchased by the!
county made by H. H. Clow last
week and distributed among some
of the voters is quite mis
leading for the reason that no ex
planation accompanies the state
ment, according to County Commis-
sionei Bayley who is attending
county court now in regular session.
In the first place, Mr. Bayley
says, no 'culverts have been pur
chased from the Pacific Coast
Bridge Company, but that all pur
chases of culverts recently made
have been from the Coast Culvert &
F'lume Company.
The culverts purchased were the
same as those bought by Engineer
O. Laurgaard, project engineer on
the Tumalo project, and approved
by the state. It is well known that
Mr. Laurgaard is doing $500,000
worth of work on the Tumalo pro
ject with $450,000 at his disposal
and if a cheaper grade of culvert
that would be at all satisfactory
could be used it is certain that Mr.
Laurgaard would have purchased it.
Culverts of a cheaper grade could
have been purchased, says Mr.
Bayley, from the Coast Culvert &
Flume Company that were cheaper
than those listed by the Minneapolis
company that wished to sell to the
county but such culverts could
only be expected to last from 20 to
25 years, while the culverts pur
chased from the Coast Culvert &
Flume Company and as recom
mended by Mr. Laurgaard, . the
state's engineer, will last a period
of not less than 50 years and would
therefore be cheaper at half the
price of the Minneapolis company's
culverts.
Mr. Laurgaard is using 7,000
feet of these culverts which are ten
feet wide- These are half-circle
culverts and are five feet deep.
They are pure ingot iron culverts
while the cheaper grades are scrap
iron galvanized and of very much
poorer grade of material.
The statements were issued, ap
parently, according to Mr. Bayley,
by Mr. Clow because of a private
animus held against Mr. Bayley.
Mr. Clow was recently janitor at
the courthouse and was succeeded
not long ago by T. N. Balfour be
cause of the dissatisfaction he was
giving. All the county officials
practically, asked for his dismissal.
Later he wrote to Mr. Bayley
and wanted to know if it were sat
isfactory to him if he chose to be
purchasing agent for the county,
to buy all the supplies for the differ
ent offices, for the road supervisors
and everything needod by the
county. Mr. Clow wrote that
Stage Driver Crawls 2
Miles with Broken Leg
Charles Kimme, the Paulina stage
driver, met with a serious accident
last Thursday on the way out.
While going Iwi ween Paul Held's
place and Grant Mays, the wagon
tongue broke and this so frightened
the horses that they became un
manageable. After going some dis
tance they ran into a Juniper and
this threw the driver violently to
the ground. His leg was broken
and he was otherwise injured. He
crawled two miles during the night.
The mail not arriving on time at
the Mays place started an inquiry
and this led Paul Held to make an
investigation. The injured man
was found by Held after he had
laid out all night. Dr. Rosenberg
was called and he had the injured
man brought to town. Kimme's
leg was so badly swollen that the
doctor has not yet been able to re
duce the fracture.
Case Regard
Culvert Contracts
Judge Springer had been inter
viewed and was favorable to Mr.
Clow's employment in the new
capacity with a larger salary, per
haps, than he had been getting as
janitor. This is the kind of econo
my Mr. Clow desired before he
thought all chance had been lost to
get his hands into the county
treasury, according to Mr. Bayley.
Mr. Bayley replied that the need
of a county purchasing agent was
not apparent to him and he would
not sanction the addition of another
office unauthorized by law and
saddling more expenses upon the
over-burdened taxpayers, although
Judge Springer did favor such a
move. For that reason Mr. Clou
has felt a call to reveal the apparent
cause of high taxes to the voters at
this time when Mr. Bayley is a can
didate for re-election.
I.aurK&nrri's Letter.
Laldlaw, Ore. May 4. 1914.
To The Editor:
Your letter of May 2nd addressed
to me with an enclosed printed slip
requesting my opinion regarding the
price on American Ingot iron culverts
purchased by the County Court with
submitted prices by the Minneapolis
Steel & Machinery Co. on other styles
ot culverts is at hand. I do not wish
to be come Involved in any contro
versy concerning the comparative
merits of any one particular culvert,
but In compliance with your request
I desire to give you briefly herewith
such information on the subject as
I have at hand from personal Investi
gations. I would consider the printed slip
which you enclosed with your letter
as absolutely worthless as a basis of
comparing prices for the reason that
the name of the culvert nor the kind
of materials are not stated which
would be the principal factor in mak
ing any comparison of price.
As you probably know, or In case
you do not know, I wish to remark
that galvanized metal culverts are
made from various metals such as
ordinary steel, steel treated with
copper, ordinary Iron and practically
pure Iron. All of these various met
als may be covered with a spelter
coat of xlno or galvanizing to protect
the metal and Insure durability. The1
price on any one particular culvert
will depend entirely on the kind of
metal and the amount and kind of
galvanizing. The culverts purchased
by the County Court are made of
American Ingot Iron which is prac
tically pure iron, in addition to which
a very good coat of galvanizing Is ap
plied. In purchasing nearly a half
million pounds of metal flume for
this Project we investigated the mer
its of the various kinds of metal quite
thoroughly and compared prices on
the material. We found that the
price on pure iron metal with a heavy
coat of galvanizing was the most ex
pensive metal and we were justified
In purchasing this for the reason
that a longer life ot the metal was
Insured. We purchased the same
material, the American Ingot Iron
which was covered with a guarantee
to insure its purity. We also had
inspectors at the mill where the ma
tfirlal was manufactured who made
chomlcnl analyses of the material us
ed. These tests show that the ma
terial was practically 99.90 per cent,
pure.
There are many kinds ot culverts.
(here nre listed various cul
verts,) There are perhaps hundreds
of different varieties of culverts man
ufactured by various steel plants and
Continued on Page Twelve
Tomorrow Will Be Crook
County High School Day
Friday, May 8, is Crook County
High School Day.
Faculty, students, business men
of Prineville and the Commerdal
Club have united in order to make
the occasion worthy of the institu
tion which stands second to none in
efficiency in the state and to justify
the dedication of this day each year
to the Crook County High School.
The business men of the town
have agreed to close their places of
business between the hours of 1
and 5 o'clock p. m., and also to
send at least one person to the exer
cises which will take place at the
high school in the forenoon." Invi
tations have been sent out to a
large number of people to attend
the exercises and no doubt a large
number of people will be present.
The program in the forenoon
will take place at the high school
auditorium and is as follows:
Song by the high school.
Introductory address Professor
Baughman.
Vocal solo Miss Conway.
Total Registration
for Crook County
The total registration for Crook
county this year is 3926. This is a
gain of 1501 over that of 1912.
The totals of the party vote is not
yet made up, but we herewith give
the total registration in each pre
cinct. It is as follows:
East Prineville 240
West Prineville 233
North Bend J 169
South Bend 170
SIhUts : 162
Haystack 139
McKay
Haycreek
Willow Creek.
Cross Keys
Ashwood
90
40
58
25
.. 78
....1S2
- 67
. 36
14
6
61
117
30
90
24
52
Deschutes
Johnson Creek.
Mill Creek
Howard
Summit
Bear Creek
('amp Creek
White Butte
Beaver Creek.
Maury
Newsom
Kutcher
Breese
Powell Butte...
Warmsprlng
Tetherow
...133
. 11
.. 46
. 43
99
..191
Laldlaw
Lamouta
Lyle Gap
Madras
Lava
Redmond
Hllliuan
Cllue Falls
Hat Rock
Fife
Black Butte.. .
Centralo
..........124
8
140
87
1 31
58
13
65
55
43
59
42
40
134
147
48
Alfalfa ,
Mllllean
Opal City
Lower Bridge.
Montgomery...
Metollus...
Imperial...
Ireland
Total
..3926
Young Hope Com-
mits Suicide at Portland
Says the Portland Telegram:
First writing his will, in which he
left $300 to his father, Henry Hope,
of Held, Crook County, Or., on a
slip of wrapping paper, Ernest
Hope, age 22, a dish-washer,, swal
lowed the contents of a bottle of
carbolic acid in his room at fifteenth
and Glisan streets. Ill health is
thovght to be the cause for the act.
AHHrooa "Cfurlonf T ,,H..'
....... j i . v r. j li i.j r
James Cram.
Instrumental solo EI ma Noble.
Address Willard H. Wirtz of
the Commercial Club.
Address Frank K. Wells of
Salem.
The feature of the afternoon will
be the big parade at 1 o'clock.
The Prineville Band has been se
cured for the parade and students,
alumni and Commercial Club will
take part. Following the paride
the uninitiated will be introduced
to a real "Flag Rush" by the stu
dents. The high school baseball team
will endeavor to keep up its winning
streak by taking the local town
team into camp.
The senior and sophomore classes
will then strive to pull the juniors
and freshmen into the Ochoco in a
tug-of-war at the E street bridge.
Realizing that the high school is
an asset to the county in a business
as well as an educational way the
people intend to demonstrate that
the institution is 'appreciated by
making the day a success.
Jerry's Mother-in-Law
Coming Thursday
There is something genuinely
fu nnv in this exuberant camfdv
j
which will be presented by the
ujnuagGuieu ui lueiync means
Thursday and Friday.
There are times when mother-in-laws
are good company bat this
one time where she is quite the op
posite. At least so think Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Brown, newly married
couple. Of cours it was inexcus
able for Jerry to fall asleep on the
front stoop all done up in a suit of
armor, but that does not justify
his being almost drowned under a
shower bath. He considers him
self very lucky when he happens
to go in to a hypnotist show and.
there buys a book on'hypnotism.
He returns home, reads up the
art of hypnotism, and sets in mes
morizing mother-in-law into wish
ing to cut short her visit. He has
considerable difficulty in doing it,
but through an unexpected turn o(
affairs he sends her flying from
the honse, scared to death, never
to return. The Jerry Browns are
the happiest couple in the world
when they look into each other's
eyes and say, "Thank goodness,
she's gone!"
Parent - Teachers
Meeting May IS
The Parent-Teachers' Association
will meet on Monday, May 18th, for
their last regular meeting during
this school year. There will be an.
excellent program given at this
meeting and the annual election of
officers will also be held. It is
therefore important that all mem.
bers and friends attend. The meet
ing will begin promptly at 3 p. m.
following is the program:
Music Seventh and eighth grades
"Good Employment for Chil
dren During Vacation" Mrs. Win
nek. Discussion led by Miss Hubbard,
Talk, selected Mrs. Dishman.
"How Help Children Grow Into
Happy Contented Young People"
Mrs. Bell.
Discussion led by Mrs. Baughman.
"Training in Habits of Tidiness
and Cleanliness" Mrs. O. C. Clay
pool. Discussion led by Miss Jeffries.
Election of officers for ensuing
year.