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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
Crook County
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1915.
NO. 14
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ROOTS FOR
STOCK FEED
Important Suggestions For
The Dairymen
Beets Are Best to Plant
Crook County Soil and Climate
Admirably Adapted For
Their Growth
Editor Journul: Tho growing of
root for Htilck feeding Is of such
importance that a short article on
that subject will be of interest to
your atockraising subscribers, es
pecially the dairymen.
All root commonly used for this
purpose can be successfully grown
in Central Oregon on cither dry or
irrigated land. Irrigated land will
produce a much greater yield if
cure is taken not to use too much
water. Hut I have had very fine
crops on dry land. Any land that
will grow potatoes will also grow
beets, carroU, rutabagas or turnips.
Beets are the heaviest vieldors
and all things considered are per
haps the best root to grow here.
The best varieties are the Large
Red Mangel and the French White
Sugar beet. These grow half their
length or more above the ground,
are very large, have few small
roots to hold the dirt and are there
fore easily harvested, coming out
clean. They should bo planted
when danger from heavy frosts are
past, as the young plants are some
times killed if caught by a severe
frost when in the two-leaf stage.
The seed can be had of any needs
man or our local merchants and
usually costs from 30 U 50 cents
er pound. Four to six pounds er
acre is sufficient. They should lie
planted in rows 80 inches apart so
that a horse cultivator can bo used
to keep all weeds out. They can
be thinned to eight or ten inches
apart in the row by the use of a
garden hoe while the plants are
small. Hut seed is alow to germi
nate and should be planted while
the ground is moist. It sometimes
pays to soak the seed before
planting.
Next to the beet, carrots are of
most value for stock of all kinds
They are especially useful for feed
ing horses and also very desirable
feed for dairy cows. The best
yielding kind is the White Iielgian.
The Ox Heart or any of the half
long kinds are go.id kinds to grow.
Carrots are more hardy whn young
than beets and can bo planted
earlier. They can be left in the
ground to bo harvested as needed
in winter without damage from
freezing. But as thoy grow almost
entirely in tho ground and are
much Bmaller they are more ex
pensive to harvest.
The rutabaga is a very heavy
yielder, growing to great size here.
It is very hardy and is sometimes
aown broadcast on new or sody
land free from weeds. While not
so valuable for feed as beets or
carrots, it is by no means to be dis
pisod and is greatly relished by
cattle.
Any of these roots are best pre
pared for feeding by a root cutter
which can be had of any implement
'dealer very cheaply. Either hand
power or a small engine can be
used. The roots should be dug in
late fall and stored in frost-proof
cellars or buried in the field in
small pits. If stored in too large
quantities and kept too warm they
will heat and this spoils their feed-
Bad Check Artist
Held to Grand Jury
Wallace Moachern was brought
over from Hend Tuesday evening,
charged with circulating bad ('hecks.
Ho passed two or three at Hend,
one at Redmond and several at The
Dalles.
Meachem had a preliminary hear
ing at Hend and was bound over to
the grand jury in the sum of 1500.
Not having the price he will board
with the sheriff until the March
term disposes of his case. When
Crook county gets through with
him Wasco will have something to
say to him.
Meachem halls from Michigan
where he says his father is con
nected with a bank. His checks
were drawn on this bank. He has
been in this country five months.
He has a wife at Hend.
Six Inches of Snow
Assures Big Crops
It practically snowed dollars for
Crook county last Saturday night.
Late risers woke up to find that six
inches of the beautiful covered the
ground. Mrs, Haldwin, the local
weatherman, reports 1.40 inches of
moisture for I'rineville.
Reports state that there was a
light snow fall in the Bcni country,
very little or none at all around
Redmond, but to the north and east
of I'rineville there was a heavy fall.
Scth Dixon reports 14 inches at the
head of Junijer Canyon.
Rountiful crops for Crook county
is thus practically assured. Every
indication points to the most pros
perous year ever experienced in
this country.
ing value. I have kept them in the
barn, covered by hay or straw,
safely most of the winter. They
can be fed when frozen but are not
nearly so valuable and are ruined
when they thaw out.
Roots yield so enormously, can be
grown so cheaply, are of such great
benefit to stock while being fed on
dry hay during late fall and winter
no stockman can a fiord to lie with
out them. T. H. Lafoixett.
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DELEGATES ATTENDING
T. E. J. Duffy
Judge This
T. K. J. Duffy of Prlneville was
appointed circuit judge of the
Seventeenth Judicial District yester
duy afternoon by Governor Wythe
combe. The appointment takes
effect at once and the appointee
has ten days from tho date of ap
pointment to qualify.
The appointment is for the new
district which was created by an
act of the legislature last week,
and comprises the territory of
Crook and Jefferson counties, or in
event of Jefferson county being
reversed by the supreme court, the
original county of Crook will make
up the district.
In making the appointment the
Governor qualified his action by
stating that in his opinion the
matter of party politics should not
be considered in judiciary appoint
ments and the qualifications of the
individual and surrounding circum
stances alone should regulate his
Duffy has been and now is
the United States Commissioner at
this place and has had a wide prac
tice, especially in land matters,
since he came to Prineville some
years ago, and has proven himself a
competent attorney. He will, with
out doubt, prove a good man for
the position to which he has been
appointed.
Following is a brief sketch of his
past life:
Timothy E. J. Duffy was born
January 30, 1876, on a farm near
Shakopt-e, Minnesota. He obtained
his common school education in a
district school, at the completion of
which he attended the Shakopce
High School, completing the English
course, then taught four years in
the district schools of Minnesota.
Attended law school at the Uni
versity of Minnesota and was grad
uated with Hon. Vernon A. Forbes.
After leaving the university held a
law position in connection with the
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THE OREGON CATTLE
Appointed
Judicial Dist.
Department of the Interior.
Opened a law oiliee in Prineville in
1910 and became deputy district
attorney. Mr. Duffy has filled the
office of city attorney of Prineville
for the last three years.
While the creation of a new
judicial district comprised of Crook
county and the two-months-old
county of Jefferson adds a 14000
salary to the state tax, the con
venience to litigants and to the law
officers in the enforcement of the
law will be great. The new act
will mean continuous court in Crook ;
county, where all law matters will!
receive immediate and careful at-!
tention. Equity cases now unsatis
factorily tried before referees at
additional expense to .litigants will
doubtless, to a great extent, be
tried directly btfore the court.
Another convenience will result
in this, that hereafter the grand
jury may be convened by the circuit
judge one week in advance of the
regular term of court and may sit
and return indictments at leisure
and then when the regular term of
court convenes the district attorney
will be prepared to try his cases
with much better and more satis-
factory results, both to himself and
to the people of the county.
Night sessions of the court will
be eliminated which will give the
district attorney time within which!
thoroughly to prepare himself on September, January and May.
the law and evidence othU- tnalj "i"he- ifAntmcnt made tj Gor
cases and the employment of addi-(ernor Wythecombe takes effect
tional counsel for his office will when the law goes into effect May
then be no longer necessary, there-; 20 and will hold until the general
j by saving one item of expense to
set off the expense of the judge's;
1 nnlqet. At tUia ilmn jt 5o n 1 .
at. i in j . .1 1 tiiia tunc it i annual uutu ti Ka(ii.aiiuM ui ocucisuit
impossible for the district attorney county to be invalid, the new
to perform all the work thrown up-' judicial district created by the leg
on him at a term of court with islature will stand, then to be corn
satisfaction. Still the judge is paid prised of Crook county alone, the
by the state, one-third of all ex- application of the law to Jefferson
penses of the state are paid by county only would then simply not
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AND HORSE RAISERS' ASSOCIATION FEBRUARY 9
Washington's Birth
day Not School Holiday
A Journal subscriber wants to
know if Washington's Birthday is
a legal holiday and if it were with
in the law to dismiss school upon
that day.
The legal holidays of the state of
Oregon are as follows: Every Sun
day, the first of January, the 12th
of February, the 22nd of February,
the 30th of May, the 4th of July,
the 12th of October, the 25th of
December, and every day on which
an election is held throughout the
state, and every day appointed by
the President of the United States,
or by the Governor of this state for
a public fast, thanksgiving or holi
day are legal holidays, but Febru
ary 12, Lincoln's birthday; Febru-
22- Washington's birthday, and
October Uth. Columbus Day, shall
not oe school holidays, but a por
tion of each of said days shall be set
apart and be observed in the public
schools of the state by appropriate
'exercises. f'ee section 234, page
103, Oregon School Laws.
ing. so that the additional burden
upon Crook county alone will be
negligible, if anything, as compared
with the convenience and other
savings by virtue of the new
judicial district,
The bill does not go into effect
junti 90 days after the legislature
ladinnrna which will h nhnnt u
20. Judge Bradshaw will hold his
last term of court in Crook county
next month. Thereafter terms of
court will be held in Crook county
by the new judge in the months of
election in November, 1916.
Even should the supreme court
LnM Ua nnnlnntlnn t T,.CT
apply.
K. OF. P. HAVE
NATAL DAY
Founding of Order 51 Years
Ago Is Celebrated
Grand Ball Friday Night
Luna Lodge Entertained Visitor
and Members in Highly
Pleasing Manner
Perhaps the most thoroughly en
joyed dancing party of the season
was consummated last Friday night
when Luna Lodge, Knighta of
Pythias, gave their annual grand
ball at the Commercial Club Hall
in this city, in honor of the fifty
first anniversary of the order. The
festivities began as early as 8:30
and it is estimated that fully two
hundred and fifty ladies and gentle
men were present and enjoyed
every number on the program.
Emblems peculiar to the order were
very much in evidence; the letters,
"K P," displayed on the south side
of the hall, and five large United
States flags, which are also em
blematical of the order, were most
prominent among the decorations.
Morgan's three-piece orchestra
rendered a program which occasion
ed many favorable comments and
this city is truly fortunate to con
tain such talented musicians. . r .
The Knights' punch bowl, which
on. various occyo", h is nyide itself
famous with its contents, was dis
played near the front of the hall,
where those becoming weary might
rest and refresh themselves. Many
times during the evening guests
were heard to remark, "The Prine
ville K. P.'s are some entertainers."
A number of Knights and their
ladies from Redmcnd and Bend
were in attendance.
The Knights of Pythias order was
founded in Washington, D. C, Feb
ruary 19, 1864, and the member
ship was at first confined to govern
ment employes. At the present
time the order has a membership of
800,000 and has lodges in every
state in the Union; in Cuba, Porto
Rico, the Canal Zone, Canada, the
Philippines and New Zealand-
The original play of "Damon and
Pythias" was written by John
Banim and Richard Lalor Shell and
was first produced in London in
1821.
Will Help the Farm
ers Help Themselves
A. E. Lovett, county agricultur
ist, will address a meeting of the
farmers m the Johnson creek sec
tion next Thursday afternoon at
2:30. They are to meet in the
Johnson creek schoolhouse.
The purpose of the gathering is
to .form a mutual co-operation
league to discuss plans and compare
experiences in growing grains,
grasses and farm products gener
ally in that neighborhood. The
county agriculturist believes he can
be of great assistance if the farm
ers will only turn out and make an
honest effort , to help themselves.
This community mutual help idea
has worked wonders in other places
and there is no reason why the
same benefits cannot be obtained
here.
The county agriculturist an
nounces that he will be at the
Upper Rye Grass schoolhouse on
the following day Friday, March
5, at 2:30 p. m. A good turnout
of farmers is expected.