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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL.XVIII-$1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.
Entered at the potfT!oe t Pr1nvlll
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NO. 31
Crook County Fleeces
Bring Good Price
At tho Madras wool talcs lust
Thursday 18c was tho highest price
paid and that for a small amount
only, according to the Madras Pio
neer. The clip of the Baldwin Sheep
Company, which comprised about
150,000 pounds was sold at
cents. The other clips ranged
from sixteen to seventeen cents per
pound- A part of those who sold
their wool are as follows: T. C.
Farquhcr, 11,000 pounds at 1 7
cents; C. M. Elklns, 8,000 pounds
at 17i cents; Dickson & McDowell,
15,000 pounds at 171 cents; Chas.
Bernard, 13,000 pounds at 17; E.
B. Graham, 10,000 pounds at 15!
cents; Miller & Mocho, 33,000
pounds at lG cents; J. V. Kuhn,
13,000 pounds at 15 cents.
G. K. Barney, a representative of
the Klsenman Bros, of Boston, has
been In this section for ' several
weeks contracting wool, much of
which he has bought at 15 cents
per pound. Among those that he
already had purchased were the
clips of Morrow & Kecnan, about
70,000 pounds; N. F. McCoin, about
14.000 pounds; J. N. Williamson,
about 70,000 pounds; Alex Mackin
tosh, about 21,000 pounds; Earl
McLaughlin, about 9,000. Most of
this that has been contracted is
now In the warehouses here at
Madras ready for shipment.
The growers who were present
seemed to be more than pleased
with the prices this year, and more
particularly so owing to the un
easiness that has been felt along
this line during the past year.
Shaniko Wool Sales.
The laHt public wool sale of the
season In Oregon was held Friday
at Shaniko. There are about GOO,
000 pounds of wool left scattered
throughout the state, mostly In
small lots, and next week will see
these remnants of the 1914 Oregon
clip picked ud and the season'
brought to an end.
The market has lost none of its
firmness, as was shown by the
prices paid at Shaniko. The qual
ity of these wools was not equal to
those offered at the big sale two
weeks ago, which explains the dif
ference In price. Particulars of
Friday's sale are given In the fol
lowing dispatch:
The wool sales at Shaniko Friday
cleaned up all the wool In this dis
trict for this season. There were
only four buyers in the field and
the prices paid were 2 cents lower
than at the first sale. The wools
ContluueJ on page 8.
Big Fourth of July Celebirat
Three Days' Fun
July 2, 3, 4
Automobile Races, Motorcycle Races, All Kinds of Field Sports
OPEN AIR DANCING PAVILUON
Free Barbecue ! Eats for Everybody
MUSIC ALL THE TIME!
Fast Ball for Fourth
of July Celebration
The Knights of Columbus which
play three games here July 3rd,
4th, and Cth is considered one of
the strongest amateur teams around
Portland- Ball fans will be treated
to some real fast baseball for the
first time in two years. The
Knights have recently defeated
the Albany, Camas, Wash., and The
Dalles teams. They are strong
batters but Prineville fans feel con
fident that Tetherow will be able to
hold them In two of three games.
(It is reported on good authority
that Walter McCredie, manager of
the Portland Beavers, will be out
to this series to look over the local
baseball material.)
The locals are getting their
batting eves on and the visiting
pitchers will receive a warm recep
tion from the Prineville gunners.
The home team will be strengthened,
both in the field and in batting, by
Henry McCall, who has returned
from the East and is in fine shape
to play.
Wants to Thank
Prineville Merchants
Bertha E. Ransom, secretary of
the Pringle Flats Improvement
Society, writes the Journal that she
wishes to thank the merchants of
Prineville, on behalf of her society,
for their liberality in donating
prizes for the races anJ contests to
be held at their Fourth of July
celebration at Houston Spring.
At PRINEVILLE
Baseball and Balloon
Ascension Sunday
Baseball and a balloon ascension
are the attractions on the cards for
next Sunday at Davidson Field.
The Courthouse Grafters have long
cherished an old grudge against the
Short-Weight Merchants and will
take it out of the horsehide next
Sunday. '
Both sides have lined up their
men in a reckless sort of fashion.
One or two extra players on a side
doesn't seem to make any differ
ence. It may, however, when hair
pulling begins. The line-up is as
follows:
THE GRAFTERS
Jordan, catcher.
Fuller, pitcher.
Rowell, first base.
Bell, second base.
Battles, short-stop.
Rice, third base.
Myers, left field.
Brown, left center field.
Becker, right center field.
Elkins, right field.
Van Allen, relay fielder.
H. A. Foster, mascot
SHORT WEIGHTS
Arthur Michel, short stop.
Oliver Adams, first base.
Frank Foster, second base.
Hugh Lakin, third base.
O- C. Claypool, pitcher.
Phil Caples. catcher.
J. K. Stewart, left field.
Ross Robinson, center field.
John Stevenson, center field.
G. N. Clifton, rijrht field.
Substitutes O. C. Hyde, Joe
Gerardo, W. F. King.
Admission free. Balloon ascen
sion at 2 o'clock. Ball game 2:15.
Prineville-Mitchel Road
Ready for Travel Aug. 1
Supervisor Ross states that the
United States Forest Service has
just allotted 11400 more to be ex
pended or the Prineville-Mitchell
wagon road.
Up to this date all available
money for work on this much-
needed road had been expended and
there still remained about two
miles to be completed before the
road could be used. Supervisor
Ross had made fruitless efforts to
obtain the money from other
sources in order that the road
might be finished while the crew
was on the ground and be available
State Engineer Praises
Tumalo Project
That the Bull Creek dam of the
Tumalo project is completed, and
that two-thirds of the main dam of
the project is finished, was the an
nouncement made last Saturday by
State Engineer John H. Lewis upon
his return from an inspection tour
of this project, and also that of the
Central Oregon Irrigation Company.
"The Bull Creek dam is complete
and the main dam which is of earth
composition with concrete core
walls is about two-thirds complete,"
said Engineer Lewis. Water is
BASE BALL
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Tournament
for use during the summer and fal!
A final appeal to the Forest Service,
however, solved the problem and
the road will now be opened up for
travel by August 1.
Supervisor Ross has, by his per
sistency in pressing the claims of
the Prineville-Mitchell road, placed
this community as well as the
Mitchell country under lasting obli
gations. He alone is entitled to
the full credit of opening a large
part of Wheeler county to the
markets of Prineville for the pro
ducts of that fertile region.
now being diverted through the
feed canal to all lands under culti
vation about 3000 acres in all.
The work is progressing in a
splendid manner.
"At the Central Oregon Irriga
tion Company's project I made an
examination of. lands for which
patents are sought by the company.
In all there is about 6643 acres.
Until I can check up the area and
the water supply I cannot say
whether there is sufficient water on
hand to warrant me in recommend
ing that the lands be patented."
Position Wanted
As cook or to do general house
work In or near Prineville. Addreon
Elizabeth Jacobsen, Prlnevllle.6-25-26