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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915.
NO. 17
Conraty
CROOK COUNTY
HIGH AGAIN
Astoria Team Outclassed
Friday Night
Decision Is Unanimous
Good Talent Well Prepared
Wins Again for the
Local High
In the Inter Columbia River Dis
trict debate held at Astoria March
12. between the Crook County Hitch
School and the Astoria High School,
the Crook County High School was
given a unanimous dccittlon by the
judges.
The question was, "Government
Ownership and Operation of the
Railroads of the United States.
C. C. II. S. champions of the
Upper Columbia River District, rep
resented by Fred Rice and Stacey
Smith, upheld the negative and sup
ported the present system. Astoria
Hitch, champion of Lower Columbia
District, advocates a change in the
railroad system.
The decision was unanimous for
Crook County High. The judges
were: George Karnapp, coach of
debate for JelTerson High School;
G. L. Koehn, coach of debate for
Lincoln High School, and A. H.
Burton, teacher of History, Wash
ington High, all of Portland.
The Morning Aatorian says:
"The decision was popular with
the audience, although it was
scarcely expected that the decision
would be unanimous, as the local
team presented good arguments in
a clear and concise manner in favor
of the resolutions. They were,
however, subjected to a new line of
attack. The visitors brought in
arguments not touched by any team
in the Iower Cojumbla Debating
League."
C. C. II. S. is within two of the
stale championship. She has won
over Wasco, The Dalles and Astoria
in rapid succession and must now
be pitted against the championship
of Eastern Oregon. Just what
school that will be, Is not known at
present. Who ever it may be they
will have to travel some to get
" around us.
Gone Again; Caught
Again; Meacham
Wouldn't it make you mad, now
honest, to be arrested and thrown
into jai! three times on similar
counts in less than that many
weeks? It is surely commencing to
tell on the nerves of W. II. Meach
am, for this is just what has hap
pened to him, and besides there are
other warrants, at least, there are
dark rumors of other warrants that
are lurking about tho various offices
of , sheriffs and the like over the
country, only awaiting the oppor
tunity to pounce upon said Meach
am upon his release from custody.
weanwnue, Mrs. Meacnam and a
little white dog are sorrowfully
awaiting the final outcome.
Meacham was arrested first in
Bend (please note) on the charge of
passing a ten dollar chock on some
bank where ho did not happen to
have funds just at that moment.
Other $10 checks appeared, and
likewise other warrants. The
.grand .jury found four true bills
against him last week, but when
brought to trial the state con
sidered it impossible to convict
without some officer from the bank
drawn on. which happened to be
somewhere In tho central slates, to
testify. Therefore, ho was not
brought to trial at thut time, but
was released on his own cognizance
by Judge Kradtihaw.
Meanwhile, tho state had Leon
able to forecast the trend the case
was taking, and before he wus able
to get out of . Ilia building Sheriff
Knox placed Meacham under ar
rest again on a warrant from Tliej
Dalles. Behold, another $10 cheek, j
He was taken to The Dalles for;
trial but paid some $40 worth of
checks there and gained his free
dom. Hut, alas, Sheriff Chrlsman
returned tho compliment for Sheriff
Knox and immediately upon his
release yesterday he was placed
under arrest again for another! 10
check had appeared, this time in
Redmond.
Meacham and his wife 'phoned
Sheriff Knox three times yesterday
offering to come to Prineville if re
leased, and offering to do various
other things that the sheriff will
not permit of them. They state
that they have money coming from
their former homo in the East, and
have been given until tomorrow
morning to settle their checks, a
total of more than $200 worth of
which lie In Prosecuting Attorney
Wirtz's desk, mostly in denomina
tions of (10.
Unless this is done, he will bo re
turned to the Crook county jail by
Sheriff Knox tomorrow.
Bend Furnished Two '
More Jailbirds
. Sheriff Knor returned from Bend
Tuesday night with Pete Dhooghe
and F. S. McCabe who have been
held to the grand jury without bail
by Judge Eaates.
The pair was arrested in Bend on
a charge of larceny. They are held
for stealing whiskey from a ware
house which contained stock form
erly owned by the Silvcrtooth
saloon which Is now in financial
difficulties. They were retailing
the stolen goo is and did a thriving
business until they attempted to
consume all the surplus themselves,
which soon lead to their suspicion
and arrest.
McCabe was a boarder at the
county bastile for a time in Novem
ber of last year and evidently liked
tho fare. They will be held until a
term of circuit court is set by
Judge Duffy.
Water For Jefferson People
The Culver and Opal City coun
try is to have a water system unless
something unforeseen occurs. They
plan to lay pipes over the entire
country and pump water from Opal
Springs to the various homes in the
country. The contracts for the
service are being signed by prac
tically everyone. The cost of the
service to the people is to be f 160
per 40 acre tract, and a mainte
nance charge is fixed at $1.25 per
month. The contract acts as a lien
on the land which will properly se
cure the company that is projecting
the work.
If the system works out as it is
figured it will surely be a great
convenience to the people, many of
whom are required to haul water
at present from one to two days
each week.
Col. Chas. W. Thatcher Again
Col. Chas. W. Thatcher of Lin
coln Highway fame will pass
through the .interior of the state
during June, looking over the roads
in the. interests of automobile tour
ists. He Is traveling by auto this
time, instead of mule team as was
his mode of locomotion on a
previous visit.
Springer Will Remain
Judge of Crook County
Immediately after the appearance
of butt week's Journal containing
the announcement that ouster pro
ceedings were to be started at once
against Judge Springer, the judge
offered to go into an agreement
with District Attorney Wirtz, in
which each were to agree on the
facta covering the case, submit
them to Attorney General Brown
and let his opinion rule without the
cost and delay of ouster proceedings.
This was done, and in event the
opinion was against Springer, he
was to resign as judge; Bhould they
be in his favor there were to be no
further proceedings against him
Yesterday afternoon the decision
was rendered by Attorney General
Brown, showing Springer winner,
hands down
In his opinion Attorney General
Brown says that in so far as his in
formation shows Springer cannot
be ousted on the grounds of dis
qualification because of residence.
"I conclude that beyond a reason
able doubt Springer is legally quali
fied for the office of judge. He
has at no time been other than a
resident of Crook county. The
fact that Springer and his wife
registered and voted in what is now
Jefferson county while that terri
tory was a part of Crook county
further shows that at no time has
he been other than a resident of
Crook county. The statement
furnished me shows that Springer
has continued since his qualification
as judge to be a' resident of Crook
county and he had the right to fol
low the flag of Crook county if he
ao desired, and he has done so, by
every act as well as intent."
The above is extracts from the
opinion which was quite lengthy.
All the important points covered in
the decision are mentioned here.
A great many cases of similar
nature are cited by the attorney
general supporting his opinion.
The statement of facta which
were sent up to the Attorney Gener
al and which were not given to the
public until last night, for obvious
reasons, is as follows:
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It having been rrreed by and be
tween Hon. G. .-'(.finger, judge of
the county court of Crook county
and his attorney, N. G. Wallace,
with Willard II. Wirtz, Di-trict At
torney for Crook county, to submit
to you upon the following state
ment of facts whether or not the
Hon. G. Spinger is an inhabitant of
Jefferson county, newly created, or
of Crook county, the county judge
ship of which he still holds, and
abide by your decision therein, so
as to avoid proceedings in the nature
of quo warranto contemplated by
the said Diactrict Attorney.
1. That at the time the Hon. G.
Springer was elected county ' judge
of Crook county in November, 1912,
the said G. Sprinzer was a resident
and inhabitant of the territory now
embraced within the county of
Jefferson and that the said county
of Jefferson was formed at the elec
tion held in November, 1914, out of
territory at that time wholly em
braced within the county of Crook.
2- That subsequent to the elec
tion at which the said G. Springer
was elected as aforesaid and prior
to the time at which he qualified as
such judge, he rented a residence in
the city of Prineville, furnishing it
in part from his residence on the
ranch, which said ranch was the
place of his residence prior to said
election within the present boun
daries of Jefferson county, and re
moved his entire family, consisting
of son, daughter and niece, to said
city of Prineville, and all time since,
and does now maintain and hold
said residence house within said city
of Prineville.
3. That the said G. Springer
married in June, 1913, and she took
up her residence in said rented
house with the said G. Springer in
the city of Prineville and moved her
household furniture to Prineville
from The Dalles where up to that
time she had resided, at the time of
which marriage another family oc
cupied the ranch house and said
ranch house has been so occupied a
considerable portion of the time
since the year 1913.
MOTHER EARTH HAS INSOMNIA.
4. That during a considerable
portion of the summer of 1914, the
family of G. Springer, consisting of
a wife, son, daughter and niece,
were at the said ranch, dividing the
time between the ranch and a va
cation in the mountains, the judge
remaining at the ranch attending to
affairs there, he himself joining the
family at the mountains for about
two weeks, after which vacation the
entire family returned to Prineville-
During the time G- Springer and j
family were at the rar.?h during thej
summer of 1914, the ranch house j
was occupied only by the family of !
the said G. Soinger, arrangements!
having previously been made for its !
vacation by the , renters, said ranch
house not having since been occu
pied, except by hired men alone;
tnat since the summer of 1914. G.
Springer and wife make quite fre
quent trips to the ranch "remaining
sometimes as long as ten days, the
children always remaining at the
residence in Prineville so as to at
tend school, the said children hav
ing missed no school in Prineville
since coming to Prineville soon after
the election in 1912.
5. That G. Springer, as well as
his wife, registered as an elector
and voted at the election in Novem
ber, 1914, within territory now em
braced within the county of Jeffer
son and within the voting precinct
wherein is located the said ranch of
the Hon- G. Springer.
6. Immediately after and before
said election in 1914 and before the
proclamation of the governor declar
ing the result of the election on the
question of the formation of Jeffer
son county, the said G. Springer de
clared his intention of claiming his
residence within the city of Prine
ville and has since maintained and
does now claim to be an innabitant
of Crook county.
7. That the vocation and occu
pation of the Hon. G. Springer,
other than that of being county
judge, is that of farmer and stock
raiser and that has always been his
occupation; that he owns no ranch
property in Crook county as now
established. "
The above facta are hereby sub
mitted to you and an opinion as to
the law is respectfully asked by the
said Hon. G. Springer as county
judge of Crook county ami by Wil
lard H. Wirtz, as District Attorney
for said county, it being agreed that
no argument shall be submitted and
no other correspondence considered
with reference to the matters con
tained herein.
; - a. C.-if
Evani in Baltimore Amerioan,
FACTS GIVEN IN
THE ALMANAC
Crook County Given Favor
able Mention in State Book
First in Carey Act Lands
Larger than the Kingdom of
Saxony Without Jefferson
County
An advanced copy , of the Oregon
Almanac which is the official pam
phlet of the state, issued under the
direction of C. C. Chapman, state
immigration agent, reached our
desk today. It is well gotten up,
contains 320 pages of information
about the Oregon country, and a
lot of facts about Crook county.
It has the first figures we have seen
concerning the area of Crook coun
ty since the creation of Jefferson
county.
Concerning Crook county as it is
today the almanac says in part:
"Area, 5,978 square miles, larger
than Alsace-Loraine; larger than
the Kingdom of Saxony and the
Kingdom of Montenegro; over half
the size of Vermont; about half the
size of Maryland, and over half the
s'ze of Massachusetts. One-fourth
f the area in the national forests.
and one-fourth m unappropriated
public lands, .
, Crook county ranks first in the
state in Carey Act lands; second in
the production of rye; fifth in al
falfa; fifth in area and sixth in wild
hay, timothy, etc
Population of the county is given
at 12,799, 91 per cent of this num
ber being rated as American born.
Land values are given at from
160 to $125 per acre for irrigated
lands and from $12 to $20 for dry
lands in cultivation.
The total value of the products of
the county is estimated at a little
over a million and a third.
The towns mentioned and their
estimated population are as follows:
Prineville, 1600; Bend, 1800; Red
mond, 750; Sisters, 150; Laidlaw,
160; LaPine, 150; Paulina, 85;
Terrebonne, 50; Deschutes, 40;
Rolyat, 75, and Hampton popula
tion not given.
While Bend exceeds Prineville by
200 in estimated population, we are
rated as having $110,000 greater
bank deposits than Bend.
Died
Mrs. Lillie E- Jordan died at the
home of her son. Ralph L. Jordan,
in this city Friday, March 12.
Funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church on Saturday
at 2:30, Rev. C. P. Bailey, former
pastor of this place, conducting the
ceremonies.
Mrs. Jordan was born at Tildon,
Maine, and was 59 years of age.
She came to Prineville twelve years
ago and was well known and well
liked here. The body was shipped
to the family home at Otis, Maine,
where burial will be had. Ralph
accompanied the remains and ex
pects to be gone about three weeks.
Hill's New Steamship Service
The Hill railway system has put
on a pair of immense steamships
for service between Portland and
San Francisco. They are the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific.
The former vessel is already in
actual service and the other will
soon be added. They will make
regular trips, making the voyage
one way in 26 hours, which is less
that the present rail time.