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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1915.
NO. 13
Prineville Merchants
Are Best for Prineville
,,'fhe homo merchant, who in he?
Ho Is the chap who give you
credit when you are liniinciully
broke, nnd carrion your account
until vou nro able to pay.
lie In the chap who gives you
back your money or mukeu ex
changes when you are not satisfied
with what you have bought.
Ho in the cliup who stands bo
bind his guaranty, and makes
restoration of all losses that you
may sustain on the goods you buy.
Ho I the chap who meets you at
the door with a handHhako, and lets
you out with a mcasaga to the
"kids,' and a real come-again good
bye. He is tho chap who moots and
greets you on the street every day
In tho year, and takes a neighborly
Interest In your family and your
affairs.
lie is the chap whose clerks and
bookkeepers and other employes
live in l'rinevillo and end their
money with you and with other
l'rinevillo people.
Ho Is the chap who pays heavy
taxes to help support Crook county
schools, and build Prineville streets
nnd maintain our fire department
and police department and lighting
and water service.
He is the chap who helps support
I'rinevllle churches and charity or
ganizations, lodges and commercial
club and talks for l'rinevillo and
boosts for Crook county every day
In the year.
Ho is the chap who visits you
when you are sick, sends flowers to
your family when you die, and fol
lows your body out among the
trees and tombs, as far as human
feet may travel with the dead.
He is the homo merchant your
neighbor your friend your helper
in times of need.
Don't you think that you ought
to trade with him, and be his friend
and his helper in the time of his
need?.
Don't you know that every dol
lar that you send out of 1'rineville
for merchandise is sent to strangers
to men who never spend a dollar
in Prineville, to men who would not
trust you for a box of matches.
You don't save much, frequently
nothing, when yju send your
money out of Prineville and you
take all the risk yourself of short
weight or measure and of getting
damaged or inferior goods. And
don't you know that the growth
and prosperity of Prineville de
pends very largely upon the suc
cess and prosperity of the home
merchants? Out-of-town people
judge our city by the appearance of
our stores and tho degree of enter
prise shown bv our merchants,
And our homo merchants cannot
succeed unless homo folks give
them loyal support.
There was a timo when you paid
25 per cent more for goods In
Prineville than the average prices
were outside Those times the
l'rinevillo merchant was your
banker also. Ho carried every
man's account from one to three
years, or until the bills could be
met, and to provide these services,
of course, the purchaser had to pay
unusually high prices.
These days are gone. Go to your
Prineville merchant, tell him you
have the coin in your jeans to pay
the bill, just the same as you have
to do with the foreign merchant,
und let him figure on your intended
purchases.
Duality of goods, cost of freight
and forwarding charges, and losses
and breakage considered ,he will
under figure tho catalogue man and
make y6u a materiul snving, You
ask, how is that possible. The
answer is easy. Ho buys in
car-J
load lots and saves an average of
15 per cent of the total cost of the
article In freight charges. He has
an established credit which gives
him a cash discount on the pur
chase price. He Is In tho business,
and knows how, when and what to
buv.
You say ho is not In business for
his health. Assuredly not. Neither
Is the catalogue house man,, nor the
merchant in tho nearby to'vn. Nor
are tho farmers or anyone else for
thut matter. Every merchant ex
(tecls and has a right to expect a
reasonable profit on every Bale.
Every fuir minded buyer wants the
merchant to realize a reasonable
profit in his goods. Hut it makes
a decided difference to you whether
that profit remains In your vicinity,
goes to Portland, Seattle. Red
mond or Chicago.
Tho success of every community
depends on co-operation. When
you want something for your com
munity that requires a donation
you do not hesitate to ask the Prine
ville merchants for assistance.
Such assistance has never been re
fused bv them since the beginning
of time. On behalf of these same
merchants the Journal put it
squarely up to you. Will you give
them an opportunity to figure with
you beforo ordering another bill of
goods? You owe it to them and
yourself as well as the community
to do this much and we feel that
you will do it.
Portland Man Would
Accept $75,000 Bonus
Mayor Chus. S. Edwards re
ceived a communication from E.
Jerome of Portland. Monday. Mr.
Jerome wants to build a standard
gauge railroad from Prineville to
Redmond, and, incidentally, would
appreciate a bonus of 175,000 from
the two terminal towns. Right of
way and terminal grounds are also
asked for by Mr. Jerome and his
associates.
They propose to operate gasoline
locomotives of about 350 horse
power each, and equip the road
with standard steel cars. Mayor
Edwards wrote the gentleman that
Prineville probably would not be
very enthusiastic over his proposi
tion just at present.
Parent-Teachers'
Association Meeting
The Parent-Teachers' Association
met Friday, February 12, at 3
o'clock, with Mrs. Edwards pre
siding. The meeting opened with
two songs by Miss Allen's class
"There Is No Land Like Oregon,"
and "Jack Frost." The children
sang well. ,
Mrs. Gray, the secretary, read
tho minutes of the last meeting and
after the routine business the sub
ject of the day was discussed.
"The Probable Effect of the War
on Education and Morals" Mrs.
C. E. Harrison. "On Art" Miss
Brink, and "On Temperance" Mrs.
Ramsey. Tho papers were inter
esting and deserved thoughtful
consideration of the war from many
different angles.
The relation of the child's time
in and out of doors to school and
home was brought up as a topic
deserving more attention than it
usually gets. How can parents and
teachers co-operate to give the best
physical and mental training to all
and not only a part of the children?
This question will be discussed
further at tho next meeting.
Brings Suit Against Crook Co.
A. McE. Ball filed suit against
Crook county a few days ago for
$819.10, alleged to have been
earned experting county records
some time ago.
Last Week of Session;
Confusion at Last Hour
Bsloin. Tho legislature started on
the lust week or tho 28th session with
the usuul congestion of business and
as In pant sessions confusion promises
to murk tho cloning; hours. All the
really Important measures remain to
be passed, few of them bavin gone
through both homes. No measures of
statewide Interest have reached the
governor's desk.
Prohibition legislation remained on-
settled. Tax measures are Incomplete.
Irrigation codes are not yet revised,
fish and gains legislation Is In a tan
gle, and complications are threatened
on consolidation. j
The workmen's compensation act
amendments are up to the senate.
Election and road law revision, ln a
few particulars, are badly needed, but
neither bouse has got 'anywhere on
those questions, N'lght sessions will
be necessary all week and by proper
attention to business It may be possU
ble to clean up the work of the ses
sion, but there Is some doubt as to
whether the "orators" can be held
down without a repressive rule In the
bouse. The senate has already adopt
ed a rule of this kind.
The legislature has approved the
lease of Summer and Abert lakes by
the state land board to an eastern syn
dicate, beaded by Jaaon Moore. The
large appropriation bills are In but
bare not been passed.
5,653,337 Provided for In Live Bills.
Although the joint ways and means
committoe has consigned to the legis
lative cemetery bills appropriating a
total of $1,65,190 and cut requests for
appropriations to the bone, there were
still pending ln the legislature meas
ures appropriating the huge sum of
$5,653,307, to be disposed of during the
closing week of the session.
Rills appropriating a total of $107,
935 are pending In the senate, and bills
appropriating a total of $1,127,246 are
pending ln the house. Committees
have passed on appropriation meas
ure aggregating $1,543,008 and there
are pending before the committees
measures calling for appropriations In
the sum of $1,486,702.
The bouse has passed bills appro
priating $1,388,416. and tho senate bills
appropriating $23,100. One bill mak
ing an appropriation for the partial
payment or the expenses of the legis
lators and their clerks baa passed both
L houses, and been signed by the gover
nor.
Petition Change Passed.
A remedial enactment was the pass
age of Representative Olson's bill pro
viding certain changes In the primary
election laws to eliminate petition
peddling and enable asplrauta for pri
mary nominations to become candi
dates by paying flat fees Instead of ob
taining the signatures of voters. The
petition system ts not eliminated en
tirely, however, as the candidate Is
MARS:
given the option of the two methods.
Representative Allen's bill to enable
rural communities to form organiza
tions to obtain a low rate of Interest
was passed by the house and Is herald
ed by the up-stale members as the
first sU;p In the estab!lhmmt of a
rural credit system for the state.
It does not h.' -ipt to place the
state In the be Iukss of extending
credit to the fa in'-s, but empowers
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tho farmers, tin i;solves, to organize
along lines slmlln- to those that have !
been followed successfully In Euro
pean countries for many years.
State Insurance Provided.
The Hlnkle bill passed by the house
8 d(!)ftTture ln tn9 way of ,ute M
In Industrial development The meas
ure proposes a system of annuities
similar to those In effect by many
countries of Europe and by some of
the Canadian provinces. It la not un
like state life Insurance, only the pay
ments are to be made on an annuity
basis Instead of In lump sums. In the
vent that the Insured person dies be
fore the date of the first annuity be
comes due his estate Is to receive all
the money that has been paid In, with
Interest at the rate of 3 per cent.
Sheriffs Win Back Tax-Collecting Job.
Sheriffs of the state won a victory
when the house passed Representative
Kelly's bill, providing that hereafter
all taxes shall be collected by the sher
iffs instead of the county treasurers,
and It means that all bills Increasing
the salaries of the latter officials will
be withdrawn, provided this last meas
ure passes the senate.
The last legislature passed a law
providing that the county treasurers i A
should collect all taxes except those
which were delinquent Because of
the extra work, appeals were made to
Chit legislature by the county treasur
ers for an Increase of salaries. The
committee on assessment and taxation
found Itself confronted with the prob
lem of reducing the salaries of the
sheriffs if they Increased the salaries
of the county treasurers.
Social Center Bill Passes.
Senator Moser's bill, providing that
public schoolhouses may be used as
social, and ctvto centers, was passed
by the bouse.
This measure legalises a practice
that has been in vogue in Portland and
other cities of the state for the last
few years. Under the present law the
school directors are required to give
formal permission for the use of the
school buildings tor these purposes,
and a fee must be charged to cover
the cost of light beat and janitor serv
ice. Under the Moser bill these costs
will be paid for out ot the special coua
ty school district funds. The use of
the buildings, however, is not to Inter
fere with the regular school service.
Senate Test Vote Is "Extra Dry."
The first test in the state senate on
the prohibition bill was a victory for
the advocates of a strict law. The
minority report of Senator Domtnick
of the committee on alcoholic traffic,
Continued on page 'i
"I DON'T THINK I CAN AT MUCH MORE."
Luna Knights Do the
Third at Redmond
Last Tuesday night a bunch of
Knights of Pythias from Luna
Lodge No. 65 made a social call on
the Knights at Redmond and from
all reports they
inverl thmtu.lvoa
thoroughly en-
Our boys have
an excellent
degree team and they put on the
third degree work, after which they
attacked the good eats and nobody
came home hungry.
Among those present were: Geo.
II. Brewster, Harry G. Davis, Geo.
L. Bernier, William Hall, C. E.
Hoover, E. O. Hyde, Walt S. Hyde,
G. N. Clifton, Col. Draper, L. M.
Bechtell, H. E Pratt. H. L. Maker.
H. A. Kelley. H. A. Foster, John
Combs, S. O, Hinkle. C. A. Barnes,
W. A. Snoderly, J. C. Hoover,
Frank M. Post, Joe Lister, Cvrus
Donelly, Fred A. Matz, Ollie L.
Huff, C. A. King, D. H. Peoples,
Robs Robinson, Frank I. Schlegel,
R. W. Zevely, Lvn Nichols, Lester
Cohrs, J. H. Rosenberg, E. H.
Smith, W. H. Wirtz, Peter Sett
ling, Collins W. Elkins, I. H. Gove,
Filbert R. Caples, Gus Gustafson,
Frank B. Foster, Jcs Gerardo, and
W. Battles.
Destruction of Range
Traced to Gophers
i
The district forester at Portland,
Oregon, announces that a report
has recently been completed upon
a study made last summer and fall
to determine the amount of dam
age done by rodents, notably the
pocket gopher. The study was
made by the Biological Survey, and
the area chosen for the investiga
tion was upon the Ochoco National
Forest in this county. The facts
brought out by the study are some
what startling.
It has been known to the Forest
Service for some years that certain
areas had the appearance of being
overgrazed, but it was not until a
more intensive study of the range
was made that suspicion turned
toward the pocket gopher so
frequently seen in these localities.
As a result of the study of the
ways of these little animals, it is
safe to say that on many areas 50
per cent of the grazing value of the
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Hodge in Spokane Spokesman-Review.
range is destroyed by their work.
This destruction is brought
about in three ways: First, by the
actual food which they consume or
store away, which consists of the
roots of various grasses and forage
plants. In one storeroom alone
over 1000 bulbs of the melica or
bulb grass were found. Second,
the mounds of earth thrown out bv
the gopher cover considerable
forage. This may appear of small
consequence, but each
mound will
average a square foot in size. On
one area there was found an aver
age of 8800 mounds to the acre.
This means that one-fourth of each
acre was rendered valueless. Third,
their system of burrowing count
less runways fairly undermines the
ground, increases the friability of
the soil, destroys the root systems
of the plants above, and when
stock in bands passes over the
ground, it is as badly torn up as if
it had been plowed.
After having ascertained these
facts, the agent of the Biological
Survey set about a method of com
bating the pests. Pieces of sweet
potato, seasoned with a prepara
tion of sugar and strychnine, were
placed in the gopher runways by
means of a long pointed stick. In
going over the area a second time,
it was found that from 95 to 100
per cent of the gophers were
poisoned the first round. Those
ihat survived the fir dose of
poison would soon throw, up fresh
mounds and could be easily de
tected and poisoned on the second
round.
Oregon to Have the
Most Drastic Dry Law
At 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, the state
senate at Salem passed the Ander
son prohibition bill. This bill
which is now a law, for v there will
be no delay in its being signed by
the governor, is said to be the most
drastic "dry" law ever enacted by
any state. It prohibits the manu
facture and sale of all forms of
liquor within the state and limits
the shipment of liquor into dry
territory.
The bill passed the house with
but two opposing votes and in the
senate but one vote was cast against
it. It seemed to be the opinion of
the legislators that the will of the
people should be carried out re
gardless of personal opinions.
Crook County Farm
ers' Short Course
The Farmers' Short Course for
Crook county will be held at Red-
;mond, March 22nd to 29th. Six
professors from the Agricultural
Collegfi will be present and a study
of all of the phases of farming
which are of value to farmers in
this section will be taken up and
discussed. Every farmer in the
county should be present the entire
week if possible. Begin making
your plans now, and if you can not
attend the entire week, go and stay
as many days as you can.
Arrest of Salnave
May Stop Robberies
Bert Salnave was arrested by
Sheriff Knox the last of the week as
he was leaving Prineville for part3
unknown. Salnave was accused of
stealing a pair of gloves from Wm.
Slavin. The gloves were found on
his person. It is thought by the
authorities that Salnave may know
something about the robberies that
have been committed recently in
Prineville. The robberies have stop
ped since Salnave has been detained,
! but Deputy Sheriff Rowell says that
he has never said anything except to
ask for things when he was hungry.