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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1914.
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NO. 45
VOL. XVIII-11.50 YEAR
Crook County High
Has Large Attendance
Crook County High School bcr.tn
the third week of the first wrMster
Monday with the largest opening
attendance In tho history of the
school. A finer student body never
entered a houHe of learning than
these young people and that they
are here forbuslncss It proved by
the fact that a majority of them
are working their way.
For the benefit of the unin
formed this fact la made public
through the column of thia paper
that the ouOof town student num
ber just 210jper cent of the Trine
vllle resident students, and each
town In the county is also ably
represented. Students from neigh
boring countiesre pajing tuition
to Crook county for the privilege
f Bttimdinir the high school. The
achool register is open to the doubt
ful.
Five strong courses, each In
charge of specialists, offer great
advantages to the young people of
Crook county and this year's failure
of crops is alone responsible for the
non-attendance of at least fifty
students.
Two new Instructors M rs. H. E,
Pratt and It U. Davis were added
n thA faculty this year. The
former is In charge of Household
Art and the latter of the Manual
Training department
Summary of Aiieiiment Roll, Crook County, Oregon, for Year of 1914
Enirllsh is required in all the
courses and spelling Is given in the
freshman and sophomore years.
Miss Conway has the work In
charge and her work ia well known
to patrons and students of Crook
County High.
Mr. Smith has a strong scientific
department and many of his stu
dents are working for college
credits.
Mr. Kvans has a large enrollment
in his commercial classes and it was
ound necessary to irlve part of his
work to others.
Mrs. Walker's normal department
has also IncreaHed in attendance un
til she could not handle the work
alone.
The agricultural department, in
charge of Mr. I'ratt, Is well equip
ped and well attended
Mrs. I'ratt, who comes to us with
love for her work combined with
a charming personality, has a line
class of girls who are learning
domestic science and art in a way
that signifies well kept future
homes.
Mr. Davis, who comes from the
0. A. C. also, possesses the combi
nation of qualities that means suc
cess In his work. He has outlined
a good practical course in manual
training and rpace is at a premium
in his denartment. During the
NUMBER
Acres of tillable lands 292,674
Acres of non-tillable lands 1,324,459
Improvements on deeded or patented lands
Town and city lots
Improvements on town and city lots
Improvement on lands not deeded or patented...
Engines snd manufacturing machinery ..
Merchandise and stock In trade '
Fsrm implements, wagons, carriages, etc
Money, note and account ............
Shares of stock
Hotel and office furniture
Horses and mules 11832
Cattle M
Sheep
Swine O'1'
Dogs " 74
Miscellaneous
$10,162,728
H. A. FOSTER, Assessor.
The abeve does not include property of the Public Service Corporations.
VALUE
$2,004,643
4,713,485
844,675
848,125
828,756
100,566
26,975
236,266
158,736!
158,710
149,656
10,850
811,300
498,255
162,095
23,505
1,085
60
Much Good Should Fol
low Towner Experiments
Total v'ue..
the students learn the
first year
use and care of tools and the
simpler forms of furniture con
struction. During the second year
they construct working drawings
and make all kinds of furniture and
learn the use of the band saw and
turning lathe. During the last
semester of the second year the
students learn the drafting of
plans and the construction of build
ings. Mr. Davis assists with the
athletic work in addition to his
other duties. ,
Fuperintcndent Baughman has
charge of the mathematics and in
addition to this the organization
and running-gear of the big school.
And last, but not least, another
faithful worker for the good of
Crook County High js Gus, the
janitor; the student's friend, the
faculty' friend, a very necessary
factor for the success of the whole.
With all these good conditions
marking the opening of the first
semester, Crook County High has
fairly Btarted on the most success
ful year of its existence-
Tax Rolls Turned
Over to Sheriff
County Treasurer Jordan reports
that $358,207.53 has been collected
this vear on a total valuation of
$411,315.36. This leaves 153,828.84
delinauent. The delinquency total
is made up as follows:
Real DTonertv 122,747 34
Personal property 11.845 8.1
Town rolls 19.735 65
Total 53,828 84
Prof. Shaw, while In Prineville'
last week, said that he had prob
lems in the. Big Bend country of
Washington that were somewhat
analogus to conditions in Crook
county. The condition here were
prevalent only in a modified form.
Mr. Shaw has been commissioned
by the Northern Pacific to find
some way of tying down the toil.
In other words, to keep it from
blowing away.
"Yes, it a tough proposition,"
said Mr. Shaw, "but I'm going to
succeed. I have been at it about a
year and I feel greatly encouraged.
The soil in that country is volcanic
ash and ia much lighter, than the
soils around here. There the winis
blow with such force that practical
ly everything is carried away.
Drift in places are as high as the
fence and some farmers just gave
up the struggle and abandoned
their places. This has been carried
to such an extent that people be
came alarmed and appealed to the
railroads for a solution. The rail
roads put it up to Mr. Shaw.
The agricultural expert is chang
ing the method of plowing. In
stead of having a fine mulch for a
top surface he is having it broken
up so that lumps about the size of
a hen s egg are left on top to with'
stand the action of the wind.
"The plan is working out much
better than was expected," Mr.
Shaw said. The same idea would
be worth a trial in certain parts of
Crook county where heavy wind
storms once in a while blow out a"
crop. Sow fall grains as much as
possible. That's another great
help. Plant emmer. I have been
using Buffum's Improved with
good results, but Black Winter
Emmer seems to do a little better
in this country. The Moro expert
mcnt station in Sherman county
and the experiment stations at
Metolius and Burns got a little
better yield. The farmers them
selves can solve which is the better
for local growth."
When questioned about the Hill
experiment plat on the Towner
farm, Prof. Shaw said:
"The experiment conducted on
Wm. Towner's farm in 1913 by the
3. P. & S. Railway, did not accom
plish all that could be desired, for
the reason, first, that they were
conducted on land that had not
been prepared the previous year,
and second, because the season was
unusually dry. Notwithstanding
this the resnlts obtained from those
experiments will probably mean
much to the farmers of this coun-
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