CROOK COUNTY JOUNAL
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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
Ul Y Lafoixktte, Editor-Proprietor
Entered at the postoffiee at Prinevtlle,
Oregon, as aecond-clasa matter.
The Journal stands for the bet inter
eets ol Piineville and Crook County, is
independent in politics.
Published every Thursday afternoon.
Prio jl.fiO per year, payable in advance.
In case of change of address please notify
n at once, giving both old and new
address.
Thursday April 15, 1915
A BETTER LOOKING TOWN
If every man who reads this
and every woman, too would make
it his or her business, the next hour
he or she has, to look around the
home premises and see how they
could be fixed up to look better, it
would be a great thinjr for this
town. It might not induce people
to do more than rake up the sticks
that are lying around. That would
be a great help alone. But maybe
while raking ud the loose leaves
vou would find there is a loose
board in the sidewalk, a broken
picket in the fence, that the corner
of the porch has sagged, or that
the front steps need a new plank m
them. And, as you would want to
make a complete job of it, you
would see that these repairs are
made. Maybe the house has needed
a new coat of paint for a long time.
Perhaps new curtains are needed at
the front windows. And the'inside
of the house is quite as important
as the outside is more important,
for it is on the inside you live and
where visitors get their real im
pression of you and of the town.
Maybe before you get through if
you will really look about you
there will be several things that can
be made to look vastly better with
the aid of a few boards or nails or a
little varnish or a small expenditure
of money. Collectively the effect
on Prineville will be great There
is no economy in letting things run
down and putting repairs off. A
house that needs repairs is going
down hill; and a house that is going
down hill is losing value value
both in money and comfort. Let's
make this a better looking town;
and let's begin, like charity, at
home.
THE LITTLE "WANT AD."
Scarcely is there a newspaper of
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any consequence pumisnea woay,
from the largest daily down to the
smallest weekly, which does not
have a column, a page or several
pages devoted to what are common
ly called "want ads," or ''classified
ads." They have become a necessi
ty in these days of rush and hustle,
where busy men and women may
find what they want, classified
under proper headings, at a glance.
Almost simultaneously with the in
troduction of i classified ad. depart-4
ment in The Journal, the following
editorial appeared in the Portland
Telegram under the above caption:
"An Eas;ern exchange indulges
in the following black faced an
nouncement, oft repeated: 'Be sure
and read the little want ad.' Really,
aside from the paper's commercial
interest in it, that is good advice.
The newspaper reader who ig
nores the want ads neglects one
of the strongest human-interest
features of his paper. The "want
ad" runs the whole gamut of hu
man desires, as they apply to the
conduct of every -day life, and you
never can tell unless you read it but
what it will strike the note that
suits.
It is frequently the case that a
person is not fully cognizant of his
wants, and the perusal of the "want
ad" wakes him up, shows him ad
vantages, proffers him opportunity
it may be in a place to live, in
something desirable to buy. in ser
vice desired or tendered, or in a
thousand and one possible and de
sirable changes in conditions and
circumstances that may be of im
mediate and inconsequential or far
reaching and important effect.
The "want ad" is mighty close to
a faithful reflection of the spirit of
the day. It is not without its pa
thos, its romance, its indication of
eccentricity that interests. Taken
in its collective capacity it is
many-angled comment on the habits
and customs, the desires and living
manners of the time. If read aright,
it is as fanciful and interesting as it
is practical."
the value or meaning of dollar.
This handicap, for handicap it is,
not only makes strongly against any
young man's success in "life, but also
against his usefulness and happiness
as an individual and as a member
of society.
BLACK AND WHITE.
The prize fight at Havana last
week did not prove the one race to
be greater than the other, or the
one man a better man than the
other; all things equal; nor did it
prove the better course of training
for the white man than for the
black man.
The only conclusion that can be
taken is the often repeated proof,
that no man, be he white or black,
can violate nature's laws, dissipate
for years, and "come back."
If Willard spends ten years in a
like manner to Johnson's past ten,
which he will perhaps do, he will
fall an easy victim to the first good
man he meets, be he white or black.
CASEY'S COW.
Stop fighting the European war
and consider the problem of Casey's
cow. An Eastern contemporary
has dug up the ancient mathemati
cal puzzle, which was considered a
hard proposition years ago. Here
it is:
Statement Casey's cow was
standing on a railroad bridge when
all at once she became aware of an
approaching train, the trein was
just twice the length of the bridge
away from the end, and coming at
90-mile clip. The cow dashed
toward the train and saved herself
by one foot, whereas if she had run
the other way she would have lost
her race for life by just three
inches.
Find length of bridge, the speed
of the cow and the point at which
she was standing on bridge.
This ought to be a simple matter
for some of the Crook county
mathematicians to crack. Go to it.
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WHY CLEAN-UP WEEK?
The mere fact that the governor
and the mayor have each issued
proclamations setting aside the
week, May 4 to 11, as Clean-Up
Week, of course does not make it a
hard and fast law, bui this is an
instance where the will of these
officials should be respected to the
utmost.
It is a case in which those of high
authority ask you to cooperate to
gether in helping the, community
and likewise yourself.
Prineville is in need of a sew
age system and other things to
make the place as healthful as it
should be, but while awaiting these
things, we can do much to keep the
town sanitary and at the same time
more beautiful to look upon.
Prineville is, we find by asking
Portland wholesalers and others
. who should know, the best town in
Central Oregon.
Let's get together, follow the
mavor's orders to the letter and
. make the old "berg" shine.
EXTRA DRY!
Kansas, the original dyed-in-the
wool prohibition state, is dry; yes,
extra dry. Of course it has killed
business in Kansas to go dry and
stay dry as it has. Here are a few
figures that show how prohibition
that is enforced has ruined that
state:
In 87 of the 105 counties in Kan
sas there are no insane.
There are no feebleminded in 54
counties.
There are no inebriates in 94
counties.
ihirty-eight of the county poor
houses are empty.
Fifty-three of the county jails
were recently empty, and 65 coun
ties could boast no contributions to
the state penitentiary.
There are less than 600 paupers
in the state.
Some counties have not called a
grand jury to try a criminal case in
ten years.
Recently Kansas had over $200,
000,000 in the banks.
The farmers own more than
f 225,000,000 in livestock.
In one year the people have add
ed $45,000,000 to taxable property.
Only 2 per cent of the population
is illiterate.
The mortality rate ha3 dropped
from 17 per 1,000 to 7 per 1,000.
William Allen White recently
stated that Kansas had more col
lege students per 1,000 population
than any other state, though a
rival writer dug up statistics to
show that Iowa, a neighboring
state and one that has rapidly
"dried up" the past ten years has
this honor.
Look what prohibition has done
to Kansas!
The legislature of Texas is con
sidering a plan to divide the state.
If a majority of the people of Ihe
whole state so vote, the western
half may be set off as the "State of
Jefferson " People generally may
not know that Texas has peculiar
privileges in the matter of subdi
vision. The act of Congress that
admitted it to the Union gave it
the right to divide itself into as
many as five states, without any
action on the part of Congress.
A special from Seattle to the
Portland Journal says: "Just as
he reached the Colman dock, after
running three blocks to catch the
11 o'clock boat for Tacoma, David
Yule,' president of the United
States Twine company of Chehalis,
collapsed and died of heart failure
before the city ambulance arrived
Inasmuch as spring housecleaning is
at hand, it might be well to warn
the residents of Prineville against
violent exercise.
The same brain cannot at the
same time dwell on work and worry.
You cannot dare while you despair.
it is not so much the quality or a
man's mind as the quantity of his
nerve that brings him through. So
long as ruin in only a possibility,
there is always a chance to escape
Get out of the fright habit and into
the fight habit. Many a man has
missed a picnic because he was cer
tain a cloudy sky meant rain.
All for neighborly harmony is an
exchange, which is the why of this
advice: "When in doubt as to
what vegetables to plant in your
garden this spring, ask your neigh
bor what seed his chickens prefer."
If every man's internal care
Were written on his brow
How many would our pity share
Who raise our envy now?
Seed Wheat and Oats For Sale.
Good cleun need, Little Club,, for
sale at my ranch on the Oehoco.
AIho Hhadeland Side oats. Inde
pendent 'phone, fall or write G. C.
Price, Prineville, Ore. 3 4 6tp
Money Wanted.
Kxperlunced farmer wants to lior.
row $.'100 for nix or Heven months.
Will Hecure loan with chattel mort
gage on crop. Address W. M., Jour
nal, or 'phone thin office.
A REAL HANDICAP.
More boys and young men go to
the devil, to use a phrase that has a
pretty definite meaning, through
having too much rather than as a
result of having too little money.
The boy who only has to go to "the
old man," as he usually dubs him,
to get all the money he wants for
any purpose whatever, not only
does not receive the benefit of the
exercise or discipline that would
come from the work that would
earn this same money, but not hav
ing to do this work, he never learns
the value of work, he never learns
are usually thin and easily
worried, sleep does not re
fresh and the system gets weaker
and weaker.
Scott 't Emuliion corrects nervous
ness by force of nourishment- it feeds
the nerve centres by distributing; en
ergy and power all over the bony.
Don't resort to alcoholic mixtures
or drug concoctions.
c. scorrs emulsion for
your nriM nothing mqualt or
compare with It, bat intitt on
tho ganuinm SCOTT'S,
EVERY DRUGGIST HAS IT.
If You Are in Need Do
Not Fail to Read this Ad
Time We Need and Time We Want!
The European nations in their 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
Watches and Clocks
It will pay you to look over my stock. 1 keep all grades of
Standard makes in stock, such as Elgin, Waltham, Hampden, ,
Hamilton and other makes of different grades of watches
Remember I sell New Elgin Watches for $5.50
' And other R. R. grade watches, 21 -jewel Hamilton and
others. These are sold the same everywhere. Everyone is
invited to call in and inspect my stock when convenient.
Watch This Space for my Regular Announcements!
L. KAMSTRA
PRINEVILLE
OREGON
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PICTURE
FRAMING
Yes, we do it. Just re
ceived a shipment of the lat
est styles in moulding. Our
prices are right. Try us for
quality and quantity. Ask
about the enlargement we are
giving away.
LAFLER'S STUDIO
Prineville - - Oregon
Oregon Daily Journal
Daily 50c. Daily and
Sunday 65c
Why be without the new when
we deliver it promptly to your
door any where In the city for two
cents h day.
RAY V. CONSTABLE
Local Agent
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Our shelves are laden with
good things that will delight
you in this season. Much of
the labor of housekeeping
could be saved by using
some of the many varieties
of prepared foods we carry
in stock. Delivery made at
once. Phone 24.
Mrs. I. Michel
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The Oldeit Bank in Central Oregon
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $150,000.00
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