Or Crook Comety Jomra&l COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY VOL. XVIIl-$1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1914. Kntre4 at the pontoffis at tMnorllU Oregon, ftf mood Oh: i am mtlr NO. 43 Crook County Fair Opened . Its Gates Yesterday a Several things contributed yester day to cause a dim attendance at the opening of the Crook County Fair. The weather man blustered for several days previously In a threatening way to aend rain and succeeded Tuesday night with a general downpour. Another con tributory cause was the counter at traction of tho Scoggin murder trial at the courthouse. Still another was the general unpre paredneiw of county fairs to have exhibiu In place for the opening day. This in as true of the Crook County Fair as of others. Exhibit ors were later than usual this year. Some were received as late as Wednesday evening. The agricultural display this fall is not up to expectations. Mr. ISrevso has a good exhibit, so has Mr. Whistler, who captured the corn prizes last year; Mr. Marker has a good display, and so has Mr. Wells. Wilhoit has a good exhibit but was late In getting It in place. The fine corn showing surprised everybody. Both Whistler and Marker deserve lots of credit for showing what can be done with corn cultivation In Crook county in an unusually cold season. Mrs. Brink, in charge of the ladies' art department, says that the display of fancy work this year is the most extensive ever shown here. It Is all new and combines both excellent taste and painstaking care with details. The flower dis play Is good for an off season. The exhibit of hand-painted China from Bend, shown by Florence Lunbcck, deserves special mention. Lafler's Studio has a good display of the work done by him. Keys Hyde is also represented in the art department. His original cartoons show a natural talent in that di rection. The jellies, jams and preserves Wok awful good. While the dis play is not large the quality Is as good as any ever shown at the county fair. We also noticed in the art de partment an unusually artistic col lection of asters from Redmond. There was also fancy work shown from the Hub City. . Prineville is certainly making a big showing in the school exhibit department. The work was kept up all last year and when the fair dates were set earlier than usual Prineville was ready. Unfortu nately the other schools of the county had very little work to Bhow. Fourteen head of fancy McCall cattle are on exhibition. The list includes some of the best thorough' bred stock that money can buy The stock was sent to Crook county from the farm of Thomas W. Law son, the Boston multi-millionaire. The Jerseys are especially fine. There is a two-year-old Durham that is considered almost perfect To see this herd Is well worth the price of admission. There are some fine horses at the fair. All classes are represented. The racing Ib the best ever. There are more horses than usual and competition is keener than ever. Just two more days after today. You can't afford to miss it. Be sure and see the day fire works. Its a novelty never before shown in this country. J.B. Shipp's racing stunts a'e worth your while. The ladies think be could improve his speed if - he wore a racing suit. He touches off the fireworks and then beats it to safety. The band music is first-class. Everybody enjoys it. Irrigation PossibilitiesNear Prineville j Investigation The Fate of McDowell Now in the Hands of Jury The Scoggin murder trial was; the most absorbing theme at the courthouse this week. Some diffi culty was found in getting jurors. Eventually a special venire was drawn from the Madras country and the trial commenced. The attorneys on both sides contended for every inch of ground. The case was given to the jury just before noon today. Mrs- Scoggin, who was jointly indicted with McDowell by the grand jury, succeeded in having her case tried separately. She will be tried at the December term of court The fate of Henry McDowell will soon be known- It will be remem bered that he killed his employer, A. G. Scoggin, on July 31, at Paulina. The grand jury has closed its labors. It brought in eight true bills and four not true bills. It made the following recom mendations: "While we have con fidence in the so-called widow's pension act enacted by the last leg islature and believe, when properly executed, that it is a good law, we find that in Crook county the law has been much abused. In view of this fact we recommend that a committee consisting of the county physician and two women of Prineville be constituted by the county court as an investigating committee to report favorably or otherwise on all applications. We find tnat approximately ziz.uw a year is expended by the county court each year for the maintenance of the poor, including the widow's Continued on Fifth Page. State Engineer John H. Lewis spent Saturday inspecting the sur vey work now under way in the vicinity of Prineville which is being conducted by the state and the United States in cooperation. John T. Whistler, who is in direct charge of the cooperative work, accompanied Mr. Lewis. They drove over the bottom and bench lands north of Ochoco river, visited the Ochoco reservoir site, and the possible diversion site on Crooked river above Prineville. They left Sunday morning for Burns and Malheur county where similar in vestigations are in progress, stopping at the proposed reservoir site on Crooked river above Post, where a -diamond drill party is at work locating depth to bed rock at the dam site. This camp may be later moved to the Ochoco dam site and perhaps other points disclosed by the surveys. The object of these investigations is to work out every possible scheme for watering lands in the various districts whether by gravity ditches or by pumping. The in formation will- later be published for free distribution. It is hoped that these plans, made at public expense, giving detailed estimates of cost may assist the various dis tricts in securing needed develop ment either by private or public funds. When asked as to the possibilities for securing public funds for the building of any feasible projects which may be found, Mr. Lewis stated that this matter was entirely in the hands of the people. He called attention to the constitutional amendment to be voted upon at the November election and urged that the affirmative argument as pub lished on page 11 of the initiative voters' pamphlet be carefully studied. Since congress has taken from Secretary Lane the power to allot U. S. reclamation funds and made construction work dependent upon annual appropriations by congress. Mr. Lewis believes that the chances of securing Oregon's rightful share of the reclamation fund will be im proved, but that little hope of ad ditional government aid can be ex pected unless the state cooperates on the dollar for dollar basis. To insure safety of investment and ultimate return of the money, we should start out in cooperation with the experienced organizations of the United States. The problen of colonization is serious on an irrigation project. Few settlers can be found with Continued on Fifth Ftge. Heating Stoves and Ranges We have just received our fall stock of heating stoves and ranges. (Almost a hundred to select from). We have added new and attractive lines and have a stock from which you can get both ex ceptional value and quality. We have stoves that will cut your fuel bill in half. We guarantee these stoves to be the most satisfac tory you have ever used. We deliver and set up free of charge any stove sold in the city. Our Columbia Range is recognized as being one of the best and most attractive to be had. We have dozens of satisfied customers to whom we can refer you. Ef X E. STEWART & CO.