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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, MARCH 25, 1915.
NO. 18
Gifook
RABBITS BANE
TOFARM CROPS
Destruction of Pestt Impor
tant to Crook County
Formula For Poisoning
Farmer Are Advised to Fence
Against the Jack At
Well at to Poison
H'is not necessary to go into de
tails explaining to the farmers of
this section what the jack rabbit
will do to crops unprotected.
Those who have been here one season
know what the rabbit will do, and
th'M who are new to the country
havo certainly heard of damage
this pest may do. It is doubtful
if a M)ison or a disease will com
pletely annihilate this pest. The
only sure method of growing a crop
wiih the jack rabbit as a pest is to
tviw against him. A fence strong
enough to hold livestock Is not nec-e.-ry
to protect your field or farm
from the jack rabbit. A twenty
four or twenty-six inch poultry
fenif will do the work as well as
other high-priced fence, of course,
will not last as long as the other,
but it will last for three or four
years and In that time you should
have saved enough on increased
crit to easily purchase a stronger,
longer lasting-fence for permanent
use. A fence of this kind can be
put in placae for not to exceed
?,2.0() per acre and in most cases,
win re the land is unfenced, from
$:!.)() to $i.0l) per "acre is lost an
nua. ly, not counting the labor done
on the fields. There are many
who do not feel that they can
fen-e their fields, and even after
all the fields have been fenced, it
will be mressary to proceed as
rapidly as possible with the dostruc-;soeting
turn of the pest. The use of poison
ed grains and poisonodjsalt will de
stroy hundreds of rabbits on a very
small area. The .rabbits will eat
these grains much more readily
and in larger quantities before the
green stuff starts in the Spring.
They will eat larger quantities of
the salt after the green stuff has
started, especially during the fore
part of the season. We must also
figure that in killing the pest at
this time, we are destroying not
only the older rabbits, but also the
increase from these for the season.
The poisoned grain formulas that
have been found successful in vary
ing degree are as follows:
Boil one ounce of strychnine in
quart of water; add enough '
a
sugar to make a thick syrup, and
add as much wheat, barley or
oats as it will cover, while boiling.
Then cool and put out the bait.
The formula recommended by the
men from the .U S. Biological
Bureau, who were in Crook county
last winter, is as follows: One
ounce Btrychnine; three teaspoons
ful of soda; boil in one pint of
water. Mix separately a heap
ing teaspoonful of gloss starch in
a little water, making a paste.
Add this to the pint of water and
mix thoroughly. Place in small
pinches in runways and where
6tock can not get them. All of
these poisons are dangerous to
livestock, and great care must be
taken in putting them out for rab
bits, The poisoned 'salt is. pre
pared as follows:
Salt 2 quarts; Btrychnine 1
ounce; and sugnr about 1 quart.
Mix thoroughly and place in
ieasnoonful doses, in the runs of
pest.
If there Ih danger of stock get
ting to this salt, bore inch holes
in board and place the wilt in three
holes. The rabbits ean get this
salt,' while the stock cannot UHUully
get enough to hurt them. In us
ing any poison for posts of any kind
it must always be remembered
that these poisons arc dangerous
for livestock; use them accordingly,
(iet your poisons out now and
keep them out for the next two
months. You will do more good
at this time than you can the
whole of the remaining season.
C. C. H. S. Notes
The Physiograph class is making
good progress inthelr work. An
occasional class experiment adds
interest to their work. At present
they arc making daily weather ob
servations of temperature baro
metic pressure, direction of wind,
clouds' etc., which they are tabu
lating in their note books.
The beginning German class is
taking up the reading of Gesch
ichlen und Marchen in connection
with the required text . They
anticipate a great deal of pleasure
in reading the stories. The ad
vanced German class has 'completed
the reading of Kim Sommer in
Deutschland and have commenced
the story of Dor Schwiegersohn.
This is a very interesting classic
and they are enjoying it greatly.
The physics class is conducting
experiments in electricity at the
present time. They have just
completed the study of electrolysis
of water and electroplating, and
the magnetic cffects'of thi "current
as applied to b the t'lMric bell
and the telegraph and are now
studying the principlejof induced
currents in their application to the
dynamo and motor.
The class in botanyjs beginning
to plan field work forjthc spring.
The appearencc of the first flowers
is giving greater enthusiasm for
the work. It is planned to make as
complete a collection of the local
flora as possible during the re
mainder of the term. The bi
microscopes withjwhieh the
class is supplied arc a agreat help
The C. C. II. S. baseball team
has been taking advantage of the
last two weeks of beautiful
weather, by having a good work
out every night from'4 to 5:30
o'clock.
There seems to be more interest
in baseball this year than ever be
fore. If the boys keep turning out
for practice as they have up to this
date, we are Bure of a fast team.
Last Friday the Ochoconians and
the Alphas met for the second
time this year. The former ' team
won both games.
Glenie McBain, Helen Wyman
and Mabel Talbcrt are back to
school from their week's vacation
at, their homes near Culver.
Mr. Myers and the seinor girls of
the normal department are visit
ing nearby schools this week. Mon
day they visited the district near
town and Tuesday they went to
Redmond.
Violet Lister left last Saturday
to visit a few days at her home
near Paulina.
The tryout for the oratorical con
test will be held on Thursday and
Friday evenings of next week. The
Alpha contest will be had the first
evening and the Ochoconians the
second.
Miss Conway (assigning tho les
son in American literature) Stu
dents tomorrow we will take the
life of Holmes. Come prepared.
Visiting Day at School
On April 4th there will be a visit
ing day at Lamonta school house.
Everyone come and bring lunch.
Rev Loroe will preach at, 11 A.
M, and again in the afternoon.
The Journal Takes
I Another Step in . the
I March of Progress
Below is a cut of the Journal" :
new typesetting machine "thejatest
model Unitypc, which is being
installed this week. As soon as we
become more acquainted withihe
gentleman we hope to be able to
set up all the news our readers can
read; to say the least wc will give
all the news each week.
The Unitype sets and distributes
foundry made ' type. Distribution
is accomplished while typejfor new
matter is being set up, therefore
when the paper - is set up we don't
have to put'our type back into the
cases, one letter at a time; that
weekly drudge is done away with
by means of the automatic dis
tributing mechanism which consti
tutes part of the Unitype.
The mechanism is simple and
positive an1 its speed is limited
only to the ability of the operator.
The setting is accomplished by
pressing keys representing type
characters, similar to the keys of a
typewriter. When a key is touched
a letter is ejected from the maga
zine onto a revolving disc, which
brings the letter into the assembler
where the letters are formed into
words.
The Journal's New Unitype
Anti Saloon Man Will Speak
Here Next Sunday.
The state superintendent of the
Oregon Anti-Saloon League, Mr.
R. P. Hutton, will speak in the
Methodist church on Sunday at 11
A. M. Mr. Button's experience
in anti-saloon work covers a period
of twelve years in different sec
tions of the country. He has led
local option elections that have
put thousands of saloons out of
business. He superintended the
campaigns in this state and West
Virginia that put both states in the
dry column.
Episcopal Services
There will be an Episcopal service
in the Methodist church Thursday
evening, March 25th, at eight oclock
conducted , by Deaconess A. J.
Knight. All are invited.
These words are adjusted into
lines the desired length and placed
into a galley. After being printed
from this type is put back into gal
leys and placed in the loader
where the type is loaded back into
the machine at the rate of 120
lines per minute, and allowed to
distribute as type for setting new
matter is required.
Any errors in spelling is the
fault of the operator, or operators
not the machine. The machine fol
lows copy, or in other words gives
forth the letters asked for.
This machine will enable us to
get up a great deal more matter in
a shorter time. We can handle
later news in full, without being
compelled to cut important stories
short.
We invite friends and readers of
the Journal to call and see the
"elephant dance." The installation
of this machine was one of the im
provements we promised our many
readers on assuming ownership on
January first of this year. We take
this occasion to thank our readers
and the business people for their
solid support. The Journal be
lieves in Prineville and its future
and wc plan to build accordingly.
Machine Now in Operation
Farmers' Short Course
Is On at Redmond
The Crook County Farmers Short
Course i3 in full swing at Redmond
this week and is well attendad by
the farmers considering the season
of the year and the fine weather
we have been having for the farm
work. Only a few farmers manag
ed to get out to the lectures by
Profs. Larsen and Brown on Mon
day morning but there were
thirty-five out for the pruning
demonstration in the afternoon.
The lectures on the housing of
poultry and home gardening, which
were illustrated, were fairly well
attendned Monday evening.
The number in attendance in
creases each day and those who
came the first day are practically
all returning to complete the
course. The course in domestic
science is attracting the women
from both the town and country
and Miss Turle has had an average
attendance of over fifty at her
lectures, many of the women from
the farms driving in to the meet
ings alone where the men think
they are too busy to get away from
work.
Prof. Fitts will discuss silos and
silage crops at 2 o'clock Saturday.
This does not appear on the regu
lar program as published last week
but has been added for the benefit
of those contemplating the feeding
of silage.
We all agree that this is great
farming weather and that many of
the farmers are rushed at .this time
but we must also insist that a few
hours or even days spent in - study
of the problems we are bound to
face will save us time, labor and
money in the end.
Real Estate Transfers
Weekly transfer report showing
instruments filed in the county
clerk's office; issued by Crook Coun
ty Abstract Company, Prineville,
Oregon.
Sheriff Knox to W. A. Booth,
d ne ne 15; n 1-2 nw 14; nw nw 13-17-14;
ne sw, se nw. lots 2, 3, 30-13-11.
$900.
Goddard & Co. to Andrew Jacob
son, wd whf nw 16-20-16. 1400.
Thos. F. McCallister to Thos. W.
Lawson, wd s hf nw, s hf ne 22-14-14.
tlO.000.
Oregon & Western Colonization
Co. to Francis V. Smith, wd nw 31-14-16.
110,490.90.
C. P. Niswonger to Elmer Nis
wonger, qcd s hf se, ne se 4-18-12.
125.
J. R. Booth to Elmer Niswonger,
qcd tracts in 4 and 9-18-12. fl.
Elmer Niswonger to Mrs N. E.
Frazier, wd s hf se, ne se 4-18-12.
Sheriff Knox to Geo. W. Watt,
d ne sw w hf se 8; nw ne 17-11-19.
11075.
Alix Fraser to D. S. Bentley, wd
shfsw4;nw 9; e hf ne 8-21-19.
$10.
U. S. to Susan Turner pat n hf
30-14-18.
Jno. M. Crenshaw to B. F. Chil
dress wd nw nw 24-14-13. $1050.
C. E. Rumelin to Bend Timber
Co.. wd ne 9-17-11. 110.
U. S to Wm. J. Johnson pat s hf
24-14-17.
U. t to B. Henderman pat e hf
sw, w hf se. s hf ne, ne se 30; nw
sw 29-17-18.
Norma G. Taylor to Ezra T.
Sedgwick wd lots 1, 2, 3. blk 125,
Hillman. fl.
U. S. to Bert M. Wilson patent
se 32-17-16.
Ed. H. Mead Writes a Book
Ed. H. Mead who came to Prine
vlle for a number of years with the
Margaret lies company and present
ed plays at the club hall during fair
week on a number of occasions, has
suffered a stroke of paralysis but
has recovered sufficiently to write a
book of his experiences. As he
spent many years of his life in the
show business in this part of the
country, it is no doubt an interest
ing volume. A. B. Roller of this
place will act as local agent for Mr.
Mead who lives at Marshfield.
A Rare Treat
Miss Knox reviewed Bjornsen's
Gauntlet last Monday evening at the
literary department of the Annex.
The review was very interesting
and more should have heard it.
Next week there will be a short
business meeting with the regular
meeting. II. B. Harrison, Scc'y.
Will Ledford was in Prineville fur
a load of supplies tho last of the
week.
WIRTZ UPHELD
BY ATTY. GEN.
Tax Money I All to Be
Turned Into Crook Co.
Two Counties to Settle
Money Now Coming in Will Re
Used to Pay Off Indebt
edness of Crook Co.
Attorney General George M.
Brown upholds the contention of
District Attorney Wirtz to the
effect that tax moneys collected
from within the boundaries of
Jefferson County until the third
Monday next June by the tax col
lector of Crook County shall be
turned into the general fund of
Crook County and the other county
funds according to the law made in
December. District Attorney Meyrs
of Jefferson County contended that
the money collected from property
in Jefferson County should be held
by the county treasurer of Crook
intact and be turned over to the
treasurer of the new county in.
currency.
Instead the tax money now com
ing in will be used to pay off the
indebtedness of Crook county and
at the date of the settlement bej
tween the counties next June,
.Tffornn r i i n t lr will t-onaltra fVrU
U . . . . -V ' . kuutlbj nil. IVVkllb ,wiw
county's warrant for the amount
Jefferson is entitled to as arrived at
at that time. District Attorney
Myers at one time threatened to
bring suit to enjoin County Treas
urer Jordan from turning the tax
moneys from Jefferson county to
Crook county coffers but the county
court of Jefferson county advised
differently.
The attorney general's opinion
in part reads: "It would seem that
the idea of the act is that the
moneys collected by the tax col
lector should be treated as moneys
belonging to Crook county until
settlement is made by the courts of
both counties, as provided in sec
tion 13, at which time a warrant
should be drawn by the court of
Crook county payable to the treas
urer of Jefferson county. I can
conceive of no objection to turning
all the moneys so collected into the
general fund of Crook county until
such settlement is made, as the
moneys are until the date of settle
ment mentioned considered as be
longing to Crook county.
Students' Loan Fund Benefit.
Friday evening April 9, the
Methods class of the C. C. H. S.
Normal department under the
supervision of Mrs, Morse and Mrs,
Walker will present a farce for the
benefit of the students loan fund.
The play will be given at the Com
mercial Club Hall.
A business meeting of the
Ladies' Annex will be the opening
number lasting twenty-five mnutes.
"The Ugliest of Seven," a farce
with a point to it, will give you an
hour of laughter. There will be
some good music, all for 35 cents.
The object of the loan fund will be
explained in next week's Journal.
Stock Shipments Numerous
G. W. Slayton and George Dixon
shipped four cars of cattle into the
North Portland market last Thurs
day. As usual the Crook county
stuff topped the market. They re
ceived $7.50 for the shipment. Mr.
Slayton had 75 head in the lot that
averaged 1254 pounds, which is not
so bad for hay-fed steers.