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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XVIIl-$1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1914.
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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.
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