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CROOK COUNTY JOUNAL
CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
licv Lafou.kttk, Kilitor-Pionrietor
lie dilTers with the ubove sugges
tion only in using the liquid instead
of salt. Whore the plant has
-; already taken possession of a lawn he
Entered at the pootoffire t lVmovUle, j suggests the use of a sulphate of
Oregon, ac second-class matter. j jron spray. This, he says should be
' S applied on ft bright morning when
Thejournale ami , mrtne w "l there is little probability of rain
st of Paoeville ami t rock touuty. is,
independent in polities.
Published every Thursday afternoon.
Trie $1.50 per year, payable in advance.
In case of ehanie of address please notify
an at once, giving both old and new
(Mress.
that day.
NO CHANCE TOR ARGUMENT
Did you ever hear a debate on
i"Does advertising pay?" No one
has heard this question debated.
I Why? Because the atUrmalive was
(established years ago when business1;
land printer's ink first met. The
' public likes to deal with a hustler
",and no business can show that much
Thursday March 25, 1915 ! sought radiance of animation with
out the use of printer's ink. liusi-
APRIL
I ness like all things else needs a tonic
! in the spring. The most learned
Men are April when they woo; ; doctoR5 of busines3 prest.rihe print
December when they wed." - Shake- j lVs nL You do not doubt the truth
stare. of this. But maybe you feel that
Our loyalty to our sex compels ;you cant write an ailvertisment.
as to take issue with Bill. We do j Jn lhat eventi ,ot usofftfr owmg.
not believe the man lives who is so gestiong We c!aim to know how
fickle as April or so realistic as De-j .
eember. Of course, both seasons j An eastern editor has come to the
and men may have been different 1 coneiusion that those desiring puffs
when William was chinning the girl jn his paper mUj.t pa, for them Jlnd
some three hundred years ago, but has est:iblished the following prices:
bis companion is wholly out of For telling the public that a man
plumb in these days of political is a suceessful citizen, when every
strife and suffragettes. Men no bociy knws ,jlat he is lazy as a
longer woo. They are often wooed hired man, $2.70.
and sued; and, while these two; Referring to the deceased citizen
accomplices sometimes burden them ,us mourmxi by the entire community
with houehoki expenses and alimony jwhen wo know he will only k mis
they rarely become so intimate with ;scd by the oirce, $10.13.
the Mrs., that she could swear as to j Referring to some gallavantin'
their tempermontal thermomenter. : fomae an etsimable lady whom
So, envying Will the tranquility ;it is a peasure to nlcet when ewry
f his courthip days and the many buness man in town wouj ,-ather
April buds with whom ho seems to gatan comiK ?s10.
nave naa at least a speaMng ac- Calling an ordinary pulpit pound-
quaintance, we pass on to the month 'cr an tTOinent divinej 60 Clnt3.
literally: During April, tne sun; Sending a doughty sinner to heaven
is technically said to pass through ; 5.00. Referring to a deceased mer-
Aries and Taurus, but the precession ;chant who never advertised in his
of the equinoxes makes him, the; life a progressiVe citizen $4.99
sun, really transverse portions of
BfitEF NEWS OF OREGON
Pisces and Aries All of which
interests us about as much as the
European war after baseball gets
itarted good. To us, the month of
April brings no thought of love; we
turn a deaf ear upon the cooings of
SAFETY FIRST
An exchange says that the sage
ticks in Harney tcounty have the
rabies. We would recommend that
i the head of one of them be sent to
the dove; the microbe is not work- the state board of health, careful
Big now, and this is why, we ween: ! 'y packed in ice before the rumor
We fell for it some years ago, and j gains any more publicity.
now the house's to clean. We j -
rip the carpets from the floor and g jjy Attraction at the
liansr them nn thp linf- at nnnn wp '
jquat upon the floor and from the Lvfic Friday Nlht
noor we uine. At mgni we sleep ;
upon the stove, or in the cupboard A guaranteed attraction "The
there and dream of tables, chairs Stain" at the Lyric Friday, March
and things go dancing through the
air. And then, when this is over
ami a rest we fain would take, the
Missus introduces us to shovel, hoe.
26th, given under the auspices of
the High School Athletic Club,
This six reel Ecelectic Photo
Drama i3 one of the stellar attrac-
and rake. The garden must not bejtions of present day productions,
delayed another single day, for all having been played in the largest
the neighbors have theirs in at theatres in the country at advanced
leat that's what they say. And so admission prices, and in the major-
vith great humility through April ( ity of cases playing return dates.
we are lead, but all the same it j The story of "The Stain" is one
makes us sore to think of what Bill ' of the most powerful ever pre-
S'J- jsented upon the screen, dealing
i with the problem of heredity.
SALT REMOVES DANDELIONS (From the time the bank clerk ab-
! scounds with the bank funds, leav
A' newspaper article from Wash-jinf hia wife and infant child desti.
ington D. C, says: The Department; tutei to the moment that thedaugh
of Agriculture has for several years ter who unknown to the father,
been testing various poisons to dis-j who has through political pull been
cover the most efficient means of j made a great ju(jKef ia brought be-1
eradicating the troublesome dande-fore him charged with theft, the
Iim from lawns, and, although oth-j story gr;DS the attention closely,
ershave been found quite satifact-. Comedy follows pathos throughout
ory,. tie common salt is bett for this marvelous picture,
general use because there positively ; Bos8 Dunn who although a
an be no danger accompanying itsiscoundrel( j8 stiH funny in his effort
application. The best way to kill j to follow the rulcs of 80ciety
the individual plants is to cut off! Elenor Woodruff, who has been
their top as near the ground as pos-; here in the "perils of Fauline(
aible. This will leave the root pro-1 pays one o the leading ro)eSi
truding through the ground. This photoplay has played to
About a thimble full of salt should j capacity ' wherever shown and a
be poured directly upon the roots. larf?e attendance is expected. One
This plan is probably best to use if ! night only. Admission, adults 25c; 1
'the lawn is not too thickly dotted. I children 15c.
If it is, some sort of spray should !
be used. Salt is injurious to the
grass, so it should be used carefully.
During the la;;t few years, so a
paper from that state. says, the sup
erintendent of parks in Grand Forks,
N. 3- has been studying different
n-vethods of eradicating the pest.
His conclusions are about the
same as have been given above.
Where there are but few plants,
cut. the top and pour gasoline or
Kerosene onto the roots exposed.
Methodist Church
Services Sunday 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Epworth League, 6:30 p. m.
Teachers' training class, Tuesday
7:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 7:30
p. m.
Choir practice, .Thursday 7:30
p. m.
E. C. Newham, pastor.
Au entire new lighting system has
Just been Installed in Pallas.
The new crematorium at tho custom
Oregon Mate hospital hi been cunt
Vletoil. Tho Junction City annual tnimpkln
show will be held September 10, 17
ami IS.
tmliistrliil dul are being organize.!
In many of tho districts of Washins
ton county.
Charles Vol, a well known ImslnoBS
man of North Boml, died maidenly of
henioriiiajre.
Mrs. Jack Wotituuly committ.'J. sui
cide t her homo In Kend. tmn!sUo
difficulties are blamed in a note.
Six months' attendance at Sunday
school whs the sentence motod out by
Juvenile Jtulse Oiltetto to a delinquent
Grants Pass boy.
Thvi Polk County Jersey Breeders'
association will hold a bb; public auc
tion May p., nt which all breeds of
cows will be sold.
Alfred P.ill, of Salem, lias been ap
pointed deputy scaler of welghta and
measures for the western district by
State Treasurer Kay.
Frank Meredith, secretary of the
Oregon state liilr tuwd, has been of
fered the secretaryship of tho Wash
ington state fair board.
la au erfort to exterminate coyotes
infected with rabies, tho rangers of
the Malheur national forest have kill-'
ed more than 1C0 coyotes within the
last month.
Pythian Sisters of the third district
held their convention nt Albany with
delegates present from all lodges of
the organization iu Marion, I. inn, Lano
and Polk counties.
One hundred and sixty-five thousand
two year-old Douglas fir trees will be
planted on Dead mountain, three miles
above Oakrldge in the Cascade nation
al forest this year.
The lowest bid for thq construction
of the proposed stretch of the Colum
bia highway in Hood River county,
55i).3-i3, was submitted by Stantlifer &
C'larkson, of Portland.
Following the usual custom, the
committee In charge of the Seventh
Annual Strawberry Festival to be held
at Rosebtirg on May 21 and 22, will
elect a "sueen" by popular vote.
The Douglas County Game Protec
tive associations at Rosebtirg, Tiller
and Yoncalla, have passed resolutions
Indorsing the appointment of R. L.
Ewlng, of Medtord, as state game war
den. Hugh Priest and Thomas Patterson
were convicted at Portland of a charge
of arson, arising out of an attempt to
burn the I- B. Menefeo Lumber com
pany's shinsle mill at University Park,
February 16.
James A. Osborne lost his life and
William and James Winegur were res
cued by the government lifcsavlns
crew when they attempted to land
through the surf on Ban-Jon teach in
an 18-foot rowbuat
The lumber Industry of the Hood
River valley is recovering Manager
J. E. Robertson, of the Stanley-Smith
Lumber company announces that their
new plant at Green Point will be In
operation with spring weather.
Fred R. Mellis. of Baker, will have
charge of the Oregon mlnlnij exhibit
at the Panama-Pacific exposition, and
it is the plan of the comm'ttie In
charge of the work to make tho exhibit
a permanent one In Oregon after the
fair.
Forty accidents, none fatal, were re
ported to Labor Commissioner Hoff
during the week. Fourteen of the ac
cidents were in connection with lum
ber manufacture and IorrIiik, while
11 were In connection with the rail
road work.
Labor Commissioner Hoff Is lend
ing out notices in regard to tho law
passed by the last legislature which
regulates employment agencies. Un
der the new law, which becomes ef
fective May 22, agents must secure li
censes from the labor commissioner.
Following an appropriation of $l!0.
000 by the state highway commission,
with which to improve tho I'aelf'n
highway between (tanyon Creek can
yon and the Josephine county line,
Douglas county will appropriate a like
nam In the Improvement of tho road.
According to advices reeived by
State Forester Liliott from the federal
forestry department, Oregon's appor
tionment under the Weeks law for
forest fire-fighting will be $8000 this
year, $2000 less than tho apportion
ment the state has received during
each of the past three years.
Sheepmen have been notified of a
meeting to be held at Baker April 1
and 2 for the purpose of organizing
so that the woolgrowcrs may get the
most from present market conditions.
Both Oregon and Idaho woolgrowers
will be present. Co-operation will be
emphasized at the meeting..
A cabinet conference of the Y. W.
A., attended by representatives of
nine Oregon educational Institutions,
was held in Albany. The University
of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, Willamette University, Albany
College, Philomath College, Chemawa
Training School, Salem High School,
Eugene High School and Corvallis
High School associations' officers wore
present.
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Not Fail to Read this Ad
Time We Need and Time We Want!
The European nations in tlieir great conflict depend on the
time; the farmer depends on the time to go to his work;
the man who works wants to know when it is meal time,
and if you are in need of a good timepiece, we want you
to know that we keep an up-to.date stock on hand of both
Watc
hes
and.
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OCKS
It will pay you to look over my stock. 1 keep all grade of
Standard makes in stock, such as Elgin, Waltham, Hampden,
Hamilton and other mnkes of different gradea of watchcn
Remenber I sell New Elgin Watches for $5.50
And other R. R. grade watchen, 21 -jewel Hamilton and
others. These are gold the name everywhere. Everyone is
invited to call in and inspect my stock when convenient.
Watch This Space for my Regular Announcementsl
L. KAMSTRA
PRINEVILLE
OREGON
BIGGS & BIGGS
Attorneye-at-Lar
Prineville, Ore.
Money Wanted.
Experienced fanner wanto to bor
row :i00 for nix or Hcvcn months.
Will ttecuro loan with cbnttid mort
icaife on crop. AiMrtnH W. M., Jour
nal, or 'phone this office.
t r 1 ' o ' ilf
onipp w rerry j
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y'euli-ri in Lumber, bhingle", MoulduiiiiS Door, Window, El
lano, Paint and Oils, Knhcroid Roofing, Ornamental Fending, u
BURSON The A
sm Leader
foittoFtt -
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Without a i .
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KarmndAidlt
)npd Foot
We have just received
another lot of those
"America" Alarms.
They're clocks ve can
fully recommend,
reliable, exact time
keepers that won't let
you oversleep.
We would like to sell
you one, because you'll
surely tell your neigh
bor about it.
If you have
not traded
with us a trial
is all we
ask.
We give you
Price
Service
Quality
Vou'll have to get ap
"'i.rly to beat the 'Am
erica" Alarms.
They're punctual, Ju
raole, and neat. They
don't require much
attention and don't
coct much cither.
I have a fresh ship
ment on the way and
will have them on ale
Monday.
BURSON
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