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VOL. XVIII $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1914.
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NO. 29
Largest Class Graduates in
History of C. C. H. S.
Alumni Reception.
served. At a short business meet
ing Leland Belknap was elected
president for the coming year; MIsb
Lucile Cook, secretary, and Clarence
Bixby, treasurer. The retiring of
ficers were C'arence Rice, Verna
Smith and Gladys Doak.
The Spirit of Prineville
Is Its Saving Strength
The Alumni of Crook County High
School gave a reception to the class
of 1914 in the Annex parlors Friday
evening following the commence
ment exercises. A musical program
was enjoyed and refreshments were
The largest class in tho history of
Crook County Hiifh School gradu
alod Friday evening at the Commer
cial Club Hall.
The stage was appropriately dec
orated by the j union in orange and
black, tho senior class colon. A
special hftch school orchestra ren
dered some excellent music for tho
occasion, and the Rpeclal numbers
on the program were unuHually
good. The violin solo by Mr. Clyde
Ogdun and tho charming vocal solo
by Mn. Lakln were greatly enjoyed.
Mr, Paulson's fine contralto voice
is always heard with pleasure and
tier songs blended with tho spirit of
the evening.
The young people who represent
ed the class of l'Jl-1 were well chosen
and they embodied the high ideals
and progressive spirit of the class in
the views they advocated.
James Cram in his address on
"The Dignity of Labor" gave a fine
word picture of the man and woman
who have learned to do each day's
task well, and so build the common
work-day ladder that leads to real
success. "Work not dream," was
the key note of his sieech.
Van Ilrink gave a masterly ora
tion on "Shall America Betray Her
self?" He pointed out the com
mon advantages of a nation like
ours and compared the nation's
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history to our own great common
wealth. He told us our govern
ment was big and had big problems
and that the education of the masses
was the only assurance of national
permanency.
Beth Thomas pointed out the real
nobility of a true woman's life in
her oration, "Woman's Opportuni
ty." She gave a review of the rise
of womanhood from ancient and
medieval slavery up to the. broad
minded, helpful modern type, and
she made her audience feel the
potent significance of her closing
words, "Tho hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world."
FJmcr Thomas is a finished ora
tor, and his "Vision of the Gradu
ate" made all look with clear eyes
tiitrt lif.'a liffnriinf rihfttuia nrtil ln,l
them good. Many resolved with
him to "live in a house by the side
of tho road . and be a friend to
man."
11. C. Baughman In a few well
chosen words presented the diplomas
and then the orchestra played "The
Flower of Love," and to its music
twenty-two young people "stepped
out of school life into life's school,"
and tho great state of Oregon added
them to its population of working
men and women. Those who know
the Seniors of 1914 know that Ore
gon has gained much by the addition.
Big Foorti of July Celebration
Three Days'
July 2, 3, 4 V
Automobile Races, Motorcycle Races, All Kinds of Field Sports
OPEN AIR DANCING PAVILLION
Free Barbecue !
MUSIC ALL
Charged With
of His Newly Born Babe
Rex Sheldon, who has lived at
the Compton & Dee mill on Willow
creek with his wife since last Sep
tember, is in the county jail on a
charge of murder in the first de
gree placed against him by a
coroner's jury after an investiga
tion into the death of his infant son
conducted by Coroner Poindexter,
County Physician Edwards and
District Attorney Wirtz within a
few houn after the birth of the
infant Wednesday.
The baby was -born about 2
o'clock Wednesday morning, Mrs.
Mary Pitzer and Mrs. Nellie Comp
ton being present. Both stated
that the youngster was nursing,
was well and hearty and full of life
when they left it. They said that
Mr. Sheldon, the father, insisted
upon their leaving which they did
at 3 o'clock. At 6 o'clock they
learned that the baby was dead and
notified the county physician at
Prineville.
When asked to produce the child
At PRINEVILLE
Fun
the Murder
Sheldon took the county authorities
to a place on the side of the hill
about 150 yards from the house
where, at the foot of a large pine
stump, he said he had buried the
baby. When he arrived at the
grave he pretended to be much sur
prised by the appearance of the
shallow grave and suggested that
someone must have molested the
remains.
Coroner Poindexter then began
taking the earth out of the hole
and pieces of charred bone, flesh
and rags came from the hole in
abundance. An examination of the
heating stove at the house revealed
more charred bones which Dr.
Edwards pronounced the bones of a
human child.
After being confronted with the
evidence Sheldon told the coroner
and also Mrs. Pitzer that while the
baby was lying by the stove the
things in which it was wrapped
caught fire from the stove and it
became so badly burned that he
put it in the stove to complete the
job.
Eats for Everybody
THE TIME!
(Under Auapices Ladies' Annex)
There is no town in the West that
has passed through an experience
similar to that of Prineville and at
the end remain as strong and pro
gressive as does the metropolis of
Central Oregon. For many yean
Prineville has been the nucleus of
trade for a great area of inland
countrythe ingress and egress of
five counties of cattle ranges, hay
fields and forest lands.
The people passed back and forth
by stage, shipped in their supplies
over lava roads by heavy freight
wagons, built their empire and were
sufficient unto themselves. As their
wealth increased they invested in
automobiles and their mode of travel
became luxurious. New towns
sprang up but the old center of
trade was here to stay. The railroad
came and with the shortsightedness
common to railroads, built in twenty
miles to the west of us.
Then came the test that showed
the strength of the town that had
grown up and flourished a hundred
miles away from the railroad it
kept on growing and flourishing
twenty miles away from the rail
road and the railroad towns. The
tug of the iron horse was strong,
the whistle was enticing to desert
attuned ears, and trade competition
BASE BALL
Tournament
was inevitable, but Prineville did
not even, stagger not one house
went under, and no one left for
coveted stands in the railroad
towns. Instead the town has built
up slowly but surely. New busi
ness firms and new homes, new
civic improvements, all are contrib
uting factors that make Prineville's
strength unassailable her future
assured.
Back of this progress is the cause
of it the spirit of the townspeople
the fair-dealing, loyal citizenship
that gives prosperity to any com
munity. It is this spirit that makes
Prineville the strongest town in the
state of Oregon the town that has
endured the "pull of the railroad,"
and has lived and grown in spite
of it
Leaving for the Summer Range
T. J. M. Riggs, Marion Osborn,
Novie Deadmond. and Wm. Feight
are the herders in charge of Ralph
Porfily's sheep this year, which will
leave this week for the summer
range in the Diamond Lake coun
try. There are about 6,000 head
all told. Harry Van Meter is the
packer. Mr. Riggs says that it takes
about twenty days to make the trip
into the range. They will remain .
in the mountains until about the.,
10th of October.