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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
Crook
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1915.
NO. 19
Comely
Journal
W. W. BROWN
HAS RESIGNED
Visited Prineville Monday;
Tendered Resignation
Makes Promise Good
The Commissioner Ha No De
tire to Hold Office Since
Supreme Court Ruling
County Commissioner, Willis.' W.
Brown, who has said that he would
not attempt to hold the office of
county commissioner should the
erratum of Jefferson county be held
legal by the supreme court, was in
Prineville Monday, and while here
signed the following resignation:
Whereas, it appears from the
opinion of the Hon. George M.
Brown, attorney general, that by
immediately establishing a residence
at Prineville or at some other point
within the present boundaries of
Crook county, I might continue as
the qualified commissioner of Crook
county; but,
Whereas, it further apin-urs that
I have no proerty or other intrests
within the present boundaries of
Crook county and that all my inter
outs and sympathies are with the
new county of Jefferson where my
actual and bona fide residence is;
and
Whereas, I do not feel that under
thono circumstance I can sit and
be a fair judge between the conflict
ing contentions that are bound to j
arise between the old county of j
Crook and the new ounty of Jeffer
son; and that my further participa
tion as a member of the county
court of Crook county would be un
just to the people to Crook county
and an imposition upon those good
people who have placed sufficient
confidence in mo to elevate mc to
the position in Crook county I now
hold;
Wherefore, with deep regret in
my heart for having to sever my
connection with the people of Crook
county with whom I have affiliated
and associated for more than 30
years, I do hereby resign as county
commis-tioner of Crook county, my
said resignation to take effect upon
this date. Given under my hand at
Prineville, Oregon, this 30th day of
March, 1915.
(signed) WILLIS W. BROWN.
Practical Methods
Taught at Short Course
The Farmers Short Course which
was held at Redmond last week,
was a success as far as those who
attended the course are concerned.
All who attended were well pleas
ed with the information they receiv
ed and found many things which
they can put into practice profitably
on their farms.
Professor Brown gave a short
lecture on home gardening on Mon
day evening, and Professor Fitts a
very instructive lecture on silos and
silage crops on Saturday afternoon,
both of these lectures being 'addi
tions to the regular program as given
out by those in charge of the course;.
The attendance was good, con
sidering the busy season ami the
pleasant weather throughout the
week for plowing and other farm
operations. The average attendance
at the lectures was twelve. Seven
ty-five farmers visited the ranch be
longing to Mr. McCall on Crooked
River, and heard the lectures there
on dairy cows and hogs.
Miss Turley, in charge of the
domestic science course, had an
average attendance of 41 for the
week, and gave very entertaining
and instructive lectures on domestic
science in its different phases.
It is to be hoed that next year's
institutes may be held earlier in
the season, and the meetings will
probably be held . at the country
school houses instead of in town.
Bill Hanley Wants
Oregon Developed Right
In the Sunday Journal of Port-'
and, Bill Hanley gave a long in
terview in which he expressed him
self on the large land holders of
Interior Oregon, who he says are
retarding the development of the
stale. As usual Bill was right in
his contentions. His statments were
in part as follows;
In the beginning when the wild
crops were the only ones that could
be raised successfully, it mattered
little who owned the lands or in
what sized tract they were held.
But it does matter now especially
because the development and settle
ment of the sea involves the adjust
ment of the great problem of the
unemployed, the support of the ' years to
ctiy and homes for our surplus peo- j interior.
pie does matter.
Mr. Hanley declares the state of
Oregon is as much a foreign land
to the average citizen as Africa or
Hindustan. It is because the peo
ple; do not know the enormous
latent resources that they do not
hasten the development. It must
come. Oregon has mountains of
gypsum, the greatest soda beds in
the world, probably land gas.
Transportation must "reach it, cap
ital must follow, development then
and then only can be accomplished.
Because of these factors Mr,
Hanly declares that he will con
tinue his policy of going down the
line to encourage settlement. That
is why he has been working for 20
get a railroad into the
W. C. T. U. Institute
At Redmond Apr. 9-10
Following is the program for the
Crook County W. C. T. U. Institute
to be held at Redmond April 9-10:
lOn'iitwk . m Devotional irrvlcea hvnd
AiMrrM nl WrliHinu" Knlmnnd
lli.ol0 Madiai
AiH)limtHiil nl Commlttera..
rlr "Tit Mimioii of lli lnailtiiie"..SIlura
Mnntc.. , ...
Hutton Is Sure of
National Prohibition
"National prohibition is coming,"
said It. P. Hutton, state superinten
dent of the Anti-Saloon League of
Oregon at the Methodst church Sun
day morning. "There was a con
gressional majority of 8 for it on
December 22 last. There will be
the necessary two thirds soon for the
young men voted for it. The op
ponents were the old men. The ris
ing.tiiie of young men who went to
school where they taught scientific
temperance because the W. C. T. U.
had made it a law is our hope.
If our people will work together
for the next five years we shall see
the national victory by 1920. After
that the chances will lessen.
Our national politics are still Am
erican as are most of our states'
ralier-" l III? uiinicni'wui nuinvui iiiio uu j . ... . f
Moral Reform" ijlt pontics. nn nuva on.- ..;
them already foreign and wet in
politics. In 1920 there will be a
census, a reapportionment of con
gressmen with the addition of forty
to sixty more represenatives. All
the cities
for it is there where we are grow,
ing. This means forty more wets
Paulina Residents
Holding Rabbit Drives
The residents of Paulina valley
are holding a rabbit drive every
week at some point in the valley.
Last Sunday they killed 640 of the
bunnies and a week ago they got
12(i0. They use poultry wire for
the corrals and wings one-half mile
long on each side of the gate. The
corrals are moved to the various
points where drives are made.
Easter Services at Paulina
APTKRNOOK
3 u'llotk p. in., Devotional ... Terrebonne
lacr ''Ornnlei Teio'crare Work a
Ncti'Mlty" I'ulvcr
Muni
"Wlnmni the CUII'tron lor Tfiniierancu"
() Tnroiiitl) Hili'Utino Temperance In-
trratlon Mm. o. Honor 0f tne8C wjl come f rom
(li Through m uunoay mnooi,. icrruwinm
Through I tin lo)l Tcmpsranco
J.i'ftrlou Mrn. Ni-wtiain
paper- -Kaplaiiatlnn nl our ITotilhltlon Hill
i-Mni'it by I.aat f,.vglalatun..Mra. Charlton
Ilouiiil TaMcTallt
KVKNISU
7 :30 I. m.. tatistial and Literary I'ninmm
Itetlmoml
Atlilronn, Selected
Mortal Hull Hour
SATIKDAY MOKN1NM
t:3ft. Devotional Servient Mctolltu
Hinilneaa Stoslon
Keporuof offleera
Keporta of Commlltoea
Kleclion of Offleera, ell'
Paper Our financial Neeiln, How Shall
Wo Meet Tliem".'. Mr. Kills, Mailrad
DlaciiMion
Noontide l'rajur
AKTKHNOON
t o'clock Devotional Servient Blitera
Munlc Ulst
Tilt Volhcm' Meeting nd Hotter Halilet
Movement Mrs. I.cl Zell
Reading, Selected
Tho Latent Achievement! ol the Prohibi
tion Movement and Outlook tor the
Future ...Culver
Ringing, Adjournment, Beiredtctlon
Rev. B. F. Harper will hold two
services Easter Sunday at Paulina
One at 11 A. M. and the other at 2
P. M. At 12:30 there will be a
basket social to which everyone is
invited. Mr. Harper wishes to ex
tend a special invitation to the old
bachelors to come out and help cat
the chicken dinner.
Principal C. H. Poolo- has an
nounced his resignation as principal
of tho Prineville public school, to
take effect at tho close of the pres
ent schoo 1 year.
It takes two-thirds to pass an
amendment, this means that we
must convert 80 to match these 40
new ones. It is now or never. The
next five years tell the" tale for
America and the white race.
the best men will not all be on
one ticket and in the final election
we must pick and choose intelli
gently. Remember, a straight
ticket is always crooked."
Work Will Soon Be- 41
gin on 15-Mile Fer
W. H. Post, who with J. J. Price
has the contract for the construc
tion of 15 miles of drift fence for
the Horseheaven Horse & Cattle
Association, was in Prineville the
first of the week buying supplies
for the construction of the fence.
A car load of smooth, twisted
wire has been ordered for the job,
and this will be stretched on posts
16 feet apart.
Work will be commenced on the
fence in about three weeks and Mr
Post figures that about seventy five
days will be required to finish the
work.
Classified adds bring results-
R. H. Bayley Must
Give An Accounting
District Attorney Wirtz filed
suit the first of the week against
R. H. Bayley , to force an accounting
of r,oad funds handled by Bayley
during his administration as county
commissioner. The original amount
issued was $25,200 which was is
sued on various sized warrants,
numbered from 799 to 885. A
part of the amount has been ac
counted for, and some of the re
mainder was turned over by Bayley
to W. H. May, who has failed to
render an accounting to date. Mr.
Wirtz says that he will probably
file suit against May for an ac
counting soon.
C. C. H. S. Notes
The Class in Commercial Law has
just completed the four chapters on
"The Sale of Personal Property."
At present the class is reviewing a
number of court decisions on cases
involving questions under this sub
ject.
The class will next take up several
chapters on the subject of Bailments.
Judging from the heated discussions
which take place in recitations, the
subject of Law is, to say the least,
interesting. There are fourteen
members in the class.
The class in first year Algebra is
having its last exercise in frac
tions and will soon begin the very
interesting subject of Graphs.
Mr. Hutton, Superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League gave an
k and instrctive lecture on
it... j.'y'Pn in assembly Monday
" The V. C. H. S. Baseball team
was defeated by the Culver team at
Culver last Saturday with the score
of 10 to 3. The return game will
be played here April 7th.
The Seniors are proud of their
class rings which arrived last week.
The date of the play for the Loan
Fund has been changed from April
9th to April 16th.
Oren Noble is again in school
after two weeks in Portland.
The Girls' Glee Club is practicing
faithfully twice a week. They will
sing at the next Parent-Teachers'
meeting.
The Boys' Athletic Association
realized $5.50 from "The Stain," at
the Lyric Friday night.
TAX CANNOT
BE REFUNDED
Court Cannot Make a Legal
Order
Tax Commission Rules
Will Save Crook County Thous
ands of Dollars Annually
in Cash
It will not be possible for tax
payers to go before the county
court and get an order reducing
their taxes after the amounts have
been fixed by the board of equali
zation and the tax collector. It
has been the custom in this and
many other counties of the state
to in such cases make an order
stating that the matter was a
wrongful assessment and refund
taxes on a showing that was satis
factory to the court. Commis
sioner Blanchard refused to enter
such an order the first time the
matter came up after he took
office, and the ruling of the state
tax commission in the Baker coun
ty matter shows that Mr. Blanch
ard was right in his contention. It
will save Crook county thousands
of dollars, for while there are in
stances where injustices were right
ed, many abuses had developed.
In common their opinion the tax
couuniss!ori--.said.;..in parti, "xhe
county judge used to have some
authority to complete the work of
the board of equalization but the
law was changed about eight years
ago." '
The commission says that the
board of equalization is delegated
to pass finally on all assessments
of counties and that if a taxpayer
has a grievance he should take it
before that body.
If there are errors or ommis-
sions, the tax collector or assessor
can remedy them after the board of
equlization completes its work,
says the commissioner, out me
tax collector or assessor has no
authority to revise assessments as
fixed by the board.
INVADING THE HOME TABLE.
Special Easter Program
There will be a special program
on Easter morning, beginning at 10
o'clock, given by the Baptist Sun
day School. The subject of the ser
vice is, "The Living Christ For
Every Life and All of Life." The
program is based upon Ihe idea of
following the sun's progress around
the world on Easter Day. Aprop
riate costumes will bo worn. The
pastor will give an address, "The
Hope of the Coming Day," Junior
B. Y. P. U. at 2:30, Senior B. Y.
P. U. at 6:30. The choir will render
several Easter songs at these ser
vices. All arc cordially invited to
attend these services.
Rev. Geo. H. Ramsey will speak
in Redmond Sunday afternoon.
Crook County Proper
ty Finds Ready Buyers
One of the largest real estate
deals of the year was consummated
Saturday when James Lawler sold
his intrests in the Ashwood country
to John and Lee Lawler and S. E.
Friend. The deal included some
175 head of cattle and a few horses.
The consideraton was not made
public. Jamse Lawler and family
left today for Fresno, California
where he will go into the dairy
business.
Hcdae in Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Parent-Teachers' Association
The Parent-Teachers association
will give a tea at the home of Mrs.
Belknap on Friday of this week,
A silver offering will be taken to
defray the expenses of the president
of the state association, Mrs Phelps,
who will be here for a meeting
about the tenth of April.
You are invited.
The Ladies' Annex
Miss Biggs reviewed "The Trage
dy of Nan" at the literary depart
ment of the Ladies Annex last Mon
day evening in an especially delight
ful manner. Next Monday after a
short .review, the election of officers
will be "held. All members are
urged to be present.
Helen B. Harrison, secretary.