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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1915.
NO. 10
Comity
Work of Legislature
at the State Capitol
flalem, When tlio legislature began
tho Utlrd week of the session all the
Important maaurus of general Inter
tt, aiK-h as prohibition legislation,
taiatlnn amendments, the appropria
tion bills, consolidation of boards and
commissions, highway legislation,
changes In etcctlon laws, allll remain-
ad to be passed upon.
While a number of bill wera passed
during the past week lhay ware most
ly of a purely local character.
During the second week of tha ses
alon both houses gave evidence of an
Intent to live up to plodgaa to exer
olio aconomy. Although the big ap
propriation bills, which abiorb motit
of tha taipayera' money, hava not ap
peared, there la an apparent Inclina
tion to carefully acrutlnUa all moaa
uraa calling for expenditure of atata
funda. Doth houaoa concurred In a
Joint resolution for tha appointment
of a Joint communion to receive and
consider alt billa proposing the con
aolldatlon of all atata boards and com
missions, a proposition favored hy
many membra, which It la assorted
will result In economy and promote
efficiency In administration,
tanata Qlvea Evidence of Economy.
Tha sonata gave evidence of a do
aire for ecouomy when It toted to
abolish tha slate decennial censua. re
pealed the law carrying an appropri
ation for tha naval mllltla and to abol
ish tha state accountancy board.
Tha house alao passed a cenaua re
peal bill and It la expected that tha
two houaee will concur on one mess
ura and withdraw the other.
A measure abolishing the atata Im
migration commission, which has bean
costing $25,000 a year, paaeed both
houses.
What la alao regarded aa In line
with tha aconomy policy waa tha ac
tion of tha housa In passing the Hchue
b'l bill providing that all but an ex
copied fuw of tha atata funda be placed
In the general fund. Advocates of this
measure claim It will result In a con
alderabla annual saving to the atata.
Although tha housa bill repealing
all continuing appropriations waa re
ferred back to tha committee for
amendment, It waa manifest that thara
la a strong disposition on tha part of
many members to abolish all contln
ulng appropriations.
House Manifests Intent to Save Money
A further manifestation of tha In
tentions to save money waa displayed
In a comparatively small way when
tha housa paaaed the Weeks bill pro
viding amendments to tba registra
tion laws that will obviate tba neccs
alty of mailing election pamphlets to
mora than one volar In the aama fain
lly. This, It la expected, will aava one-
third the expense of printing and mall
tnc election pamphleta every two
years.
The committees In both houses are
working diligently to give ample con
sideration to all bills that come be
fore them. Committees that receive
the blggaat grlat of measures, Ilka the
committee on Judiciary, revision of
, laws, ways and means, education and
a few others hava boon holding dally
meetings. In both the house and tha
senate those committees are keeping
tholr work well up with tholr respec
tive parent houses.
The house now has received an ag
gregate of 200 bills, whllo tho annate
has received 98.
Prohibition Will Demand Attention.
Tha prohibition question doubtless
will demand much attention from the
house this week. Tha committee on
alcoholic traffic will be ready to re
port out tho Committee of One Hun
lred'i bill aimed to make effective the
prohibition amendment to the consti
tution adoptod by the people last full.
The report will b favorable to the
bill.
A prohibition bill that actually will
prohibit la desired by both the Oregon
legislature and the overwhelming ma
jority of cttlzena who voted the atata
"dry" at tho last November election,
This fact waB brought out conclu
sively at an open meeting In tha hall
of tho house of representatives be
twoon tho Joint committees on alco
holic liquor In both the house and
senate. While tho pronounced senti
ment of the meeting, which was at
tended by moat of the membore of
both housea, as well as by Interested
persons of all parts of tho atato, were
In favor of a "dry" bill, there waa
some division of opinion aa to "how
dry" to make it.
tsndsrd Propoesd far Barry oxaa.
A standard for boxoa or basketa for
strawberries, blackberries, loganber
ries, raspberries and other berries ta
preiiorlbod In a bill Introduced by Sen
ator I my. It also prescribes a stand
ard hop measure.
Tha bill provides that berry boxes
shall hava an Interior capacity of V.i
cubic Inches (dry (mart) or 3.1.8 cubic
Inches (dry pint),
The etandard for hop measure li
19,444 cubic Inches.
fly tha provisions of the measure,
tha position of county sealers of
weights and measures la abolished
and the state sealer la given authority
to divide tha atata Into all districts
and appoint a deputy aealer for each
district.
Pension Proposed for Peace Offloera.
Hapresentatlvo Lewis, of Multno
mah aouuty Introduced a bill In the
house, providing for the pensioning of
peace offloera. In brief tha bill pro
vldea that peace officers shall pay In
to a fund to be kept by the state treae
urar 1 par cant of their aalarlea, and
that If any officer la disabled be ahall
draw $80 a month while Incapacitated,
and If killed, hla widow shall draw a
pension of $80 a month during her
Ufa; and If ha doea not leave a wife,
but leaves children, they shall draw
this sum until they reach tha age of
II years.
Salary Reduction In State and County
Senator Farrell'a bill for the cutting
of aalarlea of varloua atate and county
employee la before tha aenata. H pro-
vldea:
"On and after July 1, 115, and ex
tending for a period of two yeara. tha
aalarlea of all offlclala and employee
who are at present receiving aalary of
$.1000 or mora ahall be reduced uni
formly JO per cent, and the aecretary
of stale and the county clerks of the
several counliea ahall draw warrants
In accordance with thla act In tha pay
ment of aalarlea."
Flax Plan Submitted by Governor.
A measage from Oovernor Withy
oombe urging the house and aenata to
appoint committees to Investigate the
feasibility of growing Tax In thla atate
was referred to the committee on agri
culture In tho aenate, with Instruc
tions to report at the earliest possible
time.
Oovernor Wlthycombe aaya he la of
the opinion that tha crop offora a ac
lutlon of the unemployment oondltlona
of convicts. Ha auggesta that a fac
tory could be operated at the prison,
the convicts doing tha rough work
without coming In contact with free
labor.
Widows' Pension Law Changsa.
If the amendments to the widows'
pension law, contained In a bill Intro
duced In tha aenata by Senator Kella
her, becomee a law, only wldowa or
mothere who have lived In the atata
three yeara and In tha county one
year will be eligible to receive a pen
sion. The bill ltmlta the amount that may
be paid to one family to $40 a month.
I'aymenta to thla amount may be
made on the basla of $10 for the first
child and $7 60 for each additional
child.
Legislative Nuggets.
Representative Anderson, of Wasco
county, haa Introduced a bill In the
house providing for repeal of the law
requiring a medical certificate "as
additional requisite to Issuance of a
marriage license."
Legislative lobbyists wore put on tho
run by the housa, Tho Schuebel antl
lobbying bill was passod, after a warm
discussion, by a vote of 48 to 12.
Mombora of the legislature from
rastorn Oregon are going to InBlst on
a liberal appropriation for bountfee on
coyotes.
Representative Stanflold of Morrow
county haa Introduced in the house a
bill exempting banka from liability to
a depositor because of the refusal to
pay a check through mistake, unless
the depositor shall prove himself dam
aged. Simplicity marked tho entry of Ore
gon'a ftrat woman atata senator to the
state capltol. Neatly, but not elabor
ately dressed, with a black veil shad
ing a pleasant but firm face, Miss
Kathryn Clark, of Glendala, Douglas
county, passed into the building at
the front entrance and found her way
Into the aenata chamber,
The question of a special election In
the fall of 1915 to consider proposed
constitutional amendments also la re
ceiving soma attention, but it Is ap
parent that It will be difficult to pass
a measure providing for a special elec
tion through this legislature. It Is
pointed out that . such an eloctlonwlll
cost the state fully $100,000.
By a. vote of 14 to .12 the senate do-
Saves Master
from Mad Coyote
Our Post correspondent writes aa
follows: Alex Colette had a desper
ate battle with a mad coyote one
day lout week. Mr, Colette is a
professional trapper. He was mak
ing the rounds of his traps and had
shot a rabbit with his 22 caliber
rifle which he was skinning: for his
dog when suddenly he looked up al
most into the face of a coyote that
was coming at him viciously. His
dog geeing the coyote at the same
instant attacked it grabbing it by
the throat throwing it to the
ground. Mr. Colette had stood his
rifle against a tree several feet
away and by the time he could get
hold of the gun the coyote had torn
looae from the dog and made for
him again. He fired quickly miss
ing the first shot. The second shot
hit the animal squarely in the
mouth; but on it came even more
viciously than before, whereupon
Mr. Colette was horrified to find
his gun was empty. His dog was
again to his rescue. He quickly
filled his gun with cartridges and
shot the coyote again and again be
fore he succeeded in killing it, it all
the time doing its best to get at
him. Mr. Collette says he will
carry his shotgun hereafter. lhis
is the eleventh mad coyote he has
killed this winter. .
Program for Next
Parent-Teachers Meet
At the next meeting of the Par
ent-Teachers Association, which will
be held on February 12, the follow
ing program will be given:
Song by the third grade.
What effect will this war be likely
to have upon civilization?
From the standpoint of education
Mrs. Chas. Harrison.
From the standpoint of morals
Mrs. Rice.
From the standpoint of art Miss
M. Brink.
What has been its effect upon
world temperance? Mrs. Ramsey.
Vocal solo Mrs. Lakin.
What part can parents and teach
ers take in the world peace move
ment? Mrs- Belknap.
War is Hell.
Sherman said it and he meant it,
too. You will agree with him after
witnessing the Electric Film Co.'s
four part handcolored picture of that
title. This film bids perhaps to be
the finest exposition of modern war
fare ever presented.
Battles in the clouds between
aeroplanes, the dropping of bombs
from the flying machines upon war
balloons, the clash of blood crazed
soldiers, the gallant defense by a
fallen aviator of an old mill in
which he has taken refuge; the
blowing up of the mill, and the
heartbreaks of the loved ones left
behind, all combine to make a film
of extraordinary interest.
It will be shown at the Lyric
Saturday, Jan. 30. Matinee at 2:30,
evening at 7:15 p. m., at regular ad
mission price.
Maddux & Co. will buy your vege
tables and produce. ask the man.
Phone Pioneer Rod 603.
ollned to memorialise congress to call
a constitutional convention to amend
the constitution so that the United
Statea ahould have entire control of
the suppression of polygamy. Sena
tors voting against the proposal de
clared that It waa a gratuitous Insult
to a state that had discarded the prac
tice of Mormonism.
A bill Introduced by Senator Rags
dale provides for the abolition of
school districts and makea the coun
ties the units. Under It a county edu
cational board of five members would
have complete charge.
Crook County High
Won Both Debates
C. C. H. S. is champion of the
Upper Columbia River Debating
District, both U-ams having won
over their opni.tients last Friday
evening. Of tt.' rune judges of de
bate Crook County High got five
out of a possible six votes. The
Dalles two, and Wasco two.
The local debaters were not in
the same class with the other teams.
They excelled in all three scores
Argument, effectiveness and re
buttal. The best proof of this is
the fact they supported opposite
sides of the question.
The affirmative team Fred Rice,
leader, Letha Everett and Stacy
Smith were awarded a unanimous
decision over The Dalles negative
team. Assistant Coach Davis had
charge of the debate at Prineville.
The negative team Oiville Yancey,
leader, Beatrice Johnson, and Ho
bart Belknap, accompanied by Mr.
Baughman, coach, went to Wasco
and were awarded a two to one de
cision over the Wasco affirmative
team.
This championship will stimulate
forensics in Crook County High
School as nothing else has done.
Besides we are in a fair position to
win the Eastern Oregon champion
ship. The questions, both sides of
which were won by us is as follows:
Resolved, "That the Federal gov
ernment should own and operate all
interstate railway lines acting as
common carriers, and all interstate
lines competing with them." Con
stitutionality waived.
C I. Winnek May
Lose His Eyesight
C. I. Winnek, who has been suf
fering from a nervous breakdown
since his removal to Fort Klamath,
has lost the sight of his right eye.
He was taken to San Francisco
Tuesday where he will be placed
under the care of a specialist. The
doctors at Fort Klamath hold out
hpe for the recovery of his sight
They think that as the first cause
was a nervous one it settled at
the weakest point the optic
nerve. Mrs. Winnek accompanied
her husband to San Francisco.
Mrs. Lakin, who was called to the
bedside of her father at Fort
Klamath, is expected home this
week.
Octogenarian Pleas
antly Remembered
Mrs. M. H. Bell celebrated her
80th birthday yesterday. She was
given a surprise by the Eastern Star
lodge of which she has long been a
member and others of this citv-
Dainty refreshments were served-
Those calling during the afternoon
were: Mesdames Brink, C. F.
Smith, Baldwin, Kayler, Belknap,
Rice, Mathews, G. W. Noble, O. C
Hyde, Mackey, Euston, Reams,
Shattuck, J. W. Howard, Vander
pool, C. W. Elkins, Clifton, Baugh-
man, Edwards, Misses Bertha Bald
win, Brink, Byrl Davis, Gertrude
Shattuck, Elmerine Kayler, Flora
Edwards and Mason E. Brink.
The Semi- Weekly and Sunday Oregon
Journal bas interesting articles for
every member of the family at a very
small cosi. Reduced rates until Febru
ary 1st. Ray V. Constable,
1-8 Agent.
For Sale
About 80 pullets, Plymouth Rock
and Orphlngton, mixed, Call on or
write Jacob Becker, Prineville, Ore
l-21-4t
Homestead
I can locate you on a homestead sltii'
ated on the upper Deschutes river, con
tain in f; 30 acres of river bottom land
and 50 acres good yellow pine timber,
remaining 80 very good quality bench
and. Inquire Journal otlice. U10
Crazy Bobcat Crashes
Thru Kitchen Window
A large bobcat jumped through
the window into the kitchen where
Mrs. Hardenbrook was washing
dishes at her home 25 miles south
of Prineville, just after noon Satur
day, scattering the shattered glass
to all parts of the room.
The lady saw in an instant that
the animal was crazed from rabies
and lost no time in getting from
the room and closing the door. She
did not escape, however, until the
infuriated animal had torn her
dress to ribbons and made repeated
efforts to bite and scratch her.
Mr. Hardenbrook was away from
home at the time and the little boy
was sent to the Manford Nye home,
about a mile and a half distant, for
assistance. When Mr. Nye arrived
the cat was chewing at the table
legs and scratching up the furniture
in general.
Upon Mr. Nye's approach, the
cat came and looked out through
the opening made in jumping
through the window. Mr. Nye
ended the episode by shooting it
with a 30-30 rifle.
Almost an hour had elapsed since
the animal had entered the room
and it made no effort to escape.
The fact that Mrs. Hardenbrook
escaped without an injury
seems
almost miraculous.
The window through which the
cat jumped was about thirty inches
above the ground and was a large
one. It was closed at the time
There is a porch on that side of the
house and it is supposed that the
cat had found its way onto the
porch and looking through the
window saw Mrs. Hardenbrook
working attfie table.
It seems that action to extermi
nate these animals in an effort to
rid the country of rabies is indeed
timely.
Eighth Grade Graduates
Eighth grade graduates who
passed at the recent examinations:
District 1 Bessie Pancake, Des-
sel Johnson, George Stearns.
District 36 Edward Bolter.
District 41 Tressie Houston
District 37 George Farquharson,
Purl Lytle.
District 53 Robert Horner
District 24 Luella Vanderburg.
District 91 Walter E. Jordan
District 18 Claude Butler, Max
Montgomery, Dewey Montgomery
District 12 Jesse Gourd, Dale
Elkins.
District 75 Ward Wilmarth, Inez
Iverson.
District 16 John Young, Merle
Tellefson.
District 23 Cecil Thompson,
Vada Ringo.
District 73 Myrtle Neff, Eunice
Neff.
District 67 Susie Forsythe.
District 60 Louise Klann.
District 46 Luther Barney, Wal
ter Barney.
District 54 Fay Bussett.
District 31 FaithjRamsey, Rob't.
Pearson.
Seed Oats for Sale
Good clean teed Side Oats at the
Dishman ranch on Ochoco. Write
or 'phone C L. Roberts, Prineville,
Oregon. 1-28 tf
Sealed Bids Wanted for County
Car.
Sealed bids will be received by the
county clerk for the Hanes 40 car owned
by the county. This car bas been re
paired and may be inspected at Hod
son's Garage. Demonstrations will be
given those wishing to submit bids.
The court reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. Bids will be opened
at the March term of court. 1-28
Horses Lost, Reward Offered
Two sorrel mares; one has atrip
face and bell, FV on left shoulder,
welitut 1000 pounds; the other yy B
on loft shoulder; weight 050, also
branded O and and circle 7. Hold
and notify J. L. liradeen, Golden-
dale, Wash. 1 14-Btp
Stockmen Will Find
Everything Ready
The entertainment committee is
rushing arrangements for the State
Stockmen's Convention which will
meet in Prineville on February 9.
All who can furnish cars are to
meet the train at Redmond on the
8th, and a record crowd of dele
gates is expected.
There will be something doing all
the time in the way of entertain
ment. Dr. Sims of O. A. C. will be
present from Corvallis. He will de
liver a lecture on rabies, explaining
every phase of the disease, symp
toms in livestock, and the manner
in whi:h the people should organize
to combat it.
Professor E. T. Potter of the
livestock division of the college will
be present and deliver illustrated
lectures at night on the problems in
the production of beef.
Preparations are well -under way
for the banquet which will be given
under the auspices of the ladies of
the local stockmen. J. N. William
son will act as toastmaster, which
fact alone means a lively and enter
taining evening. In this connection
we are requested to announce that
the Ladies Annex as an organiza
tion will not assist at the banquet.
All stockmen who have been con
sulted in this part of the state have
said that they will be present.
Mrs. H. P. Belknap
Entertains Shumias
The Shumia Club held its regular
meeting Jan. 23rd, at the Lome of
Mrs. H. P. Belknap. Mrs. Van
Morse gave a dramatic reading en
titled "The Fwt of the Rainbow."
by Myrtle Glenn Roberts, This is a
beautiful little drama and brings out
the thought that love is every
man's salvation.
Mrs. Victor Shaw entertained the
club with sketches from Kipling's
"Stalky & Co." This book is a re
cital of the jolly escapades of a
crowd of school boys, and is full of
wit and humor After the regular
routine business the hostess, as
sisted by Mrs. Wilford Belknap,
served dainty refreshments. Club
adjourned to meet Feb. 6, at the
home of Mrs- M. E. Brink, with
Mrs. R- E. Gray as hostess.
Howard Happenings
The social held at the Club
Hall
last Friday was well attended.
A dance will be held in the
hall
next Friday.
Frank Schlagel is visiting in
thi3
community.
Last week Bill Lindan was given
a rousing charivari. Bill, for some
unexplained reason, was not there.
Active logging operations are go
ing on at the sawmill.
Robert Hoch has been elected
school health officer for this term
He is wearing the star.
The children of the Howard
school have made a toboggan slide.
They are enjoying the fun im
mensely.
Marguerite Ramsey was the win
ner of the Seltz medal last month.
Commissioner Blanchard Buys
New Studebaker.
Commissioner Blanchard returned
from Portland the last of the week
driving a new Studebaker car. It
is a No. 4 model 1915 and is a
beauty. He made the trip from
The Dalles to Prineville through
Sherman county, covering a total of
170 miles in about 12 hours. C.
W. Foster rode up from- The Dalles
with Mr. Blanchard.
Sell your
Company.
vegetables to
Maddux
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