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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
Crook Conaety Journal
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
, VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915. .
NO. 22
ATENSHOT
THRU HEART
Met Instant Death With
Own Gun
Accident Sunday Night
Wat Killed When Alone.
Young Man Had Many
Friends; Body Shipped
THE HAND OF DEATH
Died, at her home in I'rlngle
FlulH April 13, Mm. Anna Cotting-
ham, wife of A, S. Cottingham,
aged 32 yearn, Ik-sides her hus
band she In survived by three chil
dren, Dwight, Alfred and Willard.
Mrs. Cottingham was superin
tendent of the Sunday school, her
life and influence having always
been for the good of the com
munity where she lived. Her loss
will be keenly felt by all her
friends and neighbors.
One of the dark tragedies of this
world occured at the lonely cabin of
CJeoge Atvn near Alfalfa hint Sunday
night when this young man was shot
through the heart by his own rifle
which was discharged in some man
ni r that will neve be explained.
A ten, who was 25 years of age,
and lived alone on his ranch ret u nod
home late at night from a neighbors
and started to pack his belongings
preparatory to moving to another
farm which he had rented. The rifle
which was an automatic high power
gun, was found by his friends the
next day, lying on the table where
he had evidently placed it with
other of his belongings. The body
was lying on the floor, the bullet
having all but passed through the
cheht. It could be plainly seen
through the skin on the back.
Coroner Polndcxtcr and Dr. Coo
of Bend examined the body, but an
inquest was not held as the cause of
the death was too apparent.
Aten came to Crook county in
1911 and has made his home here
since. He had ninny friends here
who stated that he was a royal good
fellow, ami of cheerful disposition.
He was in excellent spirits when
last seen alive Sunday night. The
body was taken to Bend and a
brother who lives in Portland was
notified of the accident.
C B. Dinwiddie
Dies In Arizona
A telegram was received Monday
announcing the death of C. D.
Dinwiddie in Wickensburg Arizona.
Mr. Dinwiddie who hus been failing
for some time, was taken to
Arizona fh January in the hope
that a change of climate might re
lieve his condition. He was 36
years of ago and had been a promi
nent and respected citizen of Crook
county for more than 15 years. He
was elected county school superin
tendent twelve years ago and held
that oflice for two terms,. Ho had
been with the -firm that is now
Clifton & Cornett for about twelve
years.
The body is now on the way to
I'rinevillc and burial will be made
on arrival. As about four days
arc required for the trip, the
party is not looked for here before
Saturday morning.
The funeral will be conducted
by the Odd Fellows of which ho
was a member.
Alarms For Safety
Not For Annoyance
Yesterday you were liable to ar
rest if you didn't whistle, today you
are liable to arrest if you do. In
1911 the city council passed an ordi
nance compelling the use of auto
mobile horns and whistles on all
street corners. There were far less
autos on the streets then, and
people were less used to seeing them
turning corners and darting about
Uian they are now. This ordinance
has been enforced until it has be- j
come second nature to auto users
in fact Councilman Foster said that
he had acquired the habit until he
sometimes catches himself whistling
softly when turning the corners On
foot.
Resides the regulation covering
Uie use of warning signals on street !
corners, the ordinance provides that
there shall be no such signals at
any " place or occasion, excepting
emergency, and then but two sig
nals, of five seconds cuoh. Extracts
from the new ordinance which be
came a law at a special meeting of
the council held in the City Hull
yesterday afternoon: All vehicle
approaching an inter-section of a
street, road or highway, with inten
tion of turning thereat, shall be un
der control, and in turning to the
right shall keep closely to the right,
and in turning to the left shall
run to and beyond the center of the
inter-section before turning; that
every vehicle approaching an inter
section, road, street or highway,
shall be under control so as to per
mit the vehicle to the right of the
vehicle approaching to first cross
the intersecting street, road, or
highway, and that at "the inter
sections the vehicle approaching
the intersection shall have the
right of way; that all blowing of
whistles, bloating of horns, sound
ing of sirens, and the giving of
other and like signals on the
streets, alleys, roads, highwoys and
other places within the city of
Prineville, Oregon, is prohibited
and restrained.
Pine Timber Worth $1.50 per M
The District Forester at Portland
has just approved a sale of approxl
mately 500,000 ft. of National For
est timber to E. E . Purington of
Burns.' The timber is situated on
about 75 acres on the Malheur for
est and is chiefly yellow pine and
Douglas fir. The tract is, in an
isolated locality and the lumber
will be used for local consumption.
The stumpage price paid for both
species is $1.50 per M. The agree
ment with the Forest Service allows
the company until June 30, 1916,
for the cutting and removal of the
timber. ,
Sheriff Busy Round
ing Up Criminals
Sheriff Knox was called to Pau
lina the last of the week to in
vestigate the burning of 80 tons of
hay on the II. H. Davis ranch near
that point. Every indication points
to the fact that the fire was of
incendiary origin for among other
things that lead tg this conclusion,
there had been a piece of perhaps 10
feet of the telephone line cut out
and taken away. The hay was sold
early in the winter to J. N. Wil
liamson, but was not used because
of the mild weather. Although
there are several clues to the
case, no arrests have been made
Although three men have been re
leased during the week, there are
yet eight boarders at the county
jail. ,
Postoffiee Inspector Limbeaush
was in Prineville yesterday on his
way south. He will inspect a num
bor of the small offices in the county
before returning to Portland.
Baptists Are in Session
In Prineville Today
The Deschutes Baptist Association, wh'ch includes all the
churches of that denomination in this part of the stale, is holding its
annual meeting in this city today and tomorrow.
Present are many people high in the church and ministers from
practically every church in the district.
Services commence each day at 9 o'clock and sessions are held in
the afternoons and evenings.
Although the business of the meeting will be largely completed
during the two days, there will be meetings until Saturday night in
the church. The local pastor, H. Patton Hall is acting as host.
The program for the session appears below:
Thursday Evening
7:00
7:15
7:25
7:30
7:35
8:10
Devotional Exercises
Address of Welcome
Response
Opening Address
Doctrinal Sermon
Rev. D. Lores
Rev. 11. Patton Hall
Rev."W. O. Roten
Rev. -Thos. Moody
. Rev. E. G. Judd
Enrollment of Delegates, Ministers and Visitors, Appointment of
Committees to set during the Association.
Adjournment.
Friday Morning
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
10:15
10:45
11:00
11:15
Devotional -
Roll Call and Reading of Rules of Order
Reports of Committees and Other Business
Home Missions -
Foreign Missions
State Missions
Questions and Discussions
Special Music ...
Annual Sermon - ...
Dinner.
Miss Ruby Weyburn
Rev. C. A. Woody
Rev. Thos. Moody
Rev. O. C. Wright
- Rev. W. O. Roten
1:00
1:15
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
Friday Afternoon
Devotional ...
Report of Publication Society .
Report of Northern Baptist Convention
Report on Bible Schools
Report of Women's Work
Nominating Committees, and Election of Officers
Friday Evening
7:00
7:15
7:15
O. E. Powell
- Rev. C. A. Woody
Rev. J. D. Springston
Committees
Rev. E. G. Judd
Praise Service f
Standing Committees Nominated and Elected
J'inal Reports of Committees .. .
Sermon, "After That, What?" . Dr. Ferris, The Dalles, Ore.
Saturday Morning
(Efficiency Day.)
9:00 Devotional -
9:15 The Church and Religious Education
9:45 The Church and Gospel Stewardship
10:15 Prayer for our Aasociational Interests
10:30 Quiet Hour for Bible Study and Worship
11:00 The Baptist Association, a Unit of
Rev. J. D. Springston
Rev. C. A. Woody
E. G. Judd
- Rev. Thos. Moody
Denominational Service
- Rev. O. C. Wright
11:45 Dinner.
Saturday Afternoon
1.00 Song Service ...
1:15 The Church Efficient Financial Stewardship
1:45 An Efficient B. Y. P. U.
2:15 Juniors
2:30 Address -
3:00 Adjournment.
Saturday Evening
7:15 Song Service
7:30 Sermon
Choir
Rev. C. A. Woody
Rev. D. Loree
Mrs. O. E. Powell
Mrs. G. Re i nke
MARKET QUOTATIONS
GETTING "HOT AROUND THE COLLAR."
3 A
Portland.
WheatClub, 11.27; bluestom $1 .30;
red Russian, 1.20; forty-fold, $1.39;
red fife, $1.23.
Har Eastern Oregon timothy, 115;
grain hay, $12; alfulfa, $13.50; valley
timothy, $12.50.
Butter Creamery, 25c.
Eggs Candled, 19c; ranch, 18c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 25c.
Mohair 31 32c.
SHOOTING ON
CROOKED RIVER
Two Wounded In Exchange
Of Shots
Kizer Under $500 Bonds
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, $1.32; cluM1.28;
red Russian, $1.22; forty-fold, $1.29;
fife, $1.28.
Barley $25 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $16 per ton; alfalfa,
$14 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 26c.
Eggs lDc.
Lists Property Be
longing to County
Commissioner J. F. Blanchard re
turned Wednesday morning from a
trip over Jefferson county where he
has been listing the road machinery
'and other property belonging to
Crook county in that territory.
He was accompanied on the trip
by Comissioner J. M. King of Jeff
erson county. They traveled over
250 miles in Mr. Blanchard's car,
visited every road district in the
new county, and were gone less
than two days. The tools and other
material will probably be purchased
by Jefferson county at the May term
of the Crook county court. A list
of them is given below;
6 steel road drags, 10 road plows,
50 shovels, 50 picks, 63 feet of drill
steel, 8 crowbars, 6 sledges, 3 hoes,
2 garden rakes, 9 boxes giant pow
der, 3 cans black powder. 3 boxes
icaps, 3 coils fuse, 6945 feet of
' bridge lumber, 1 surveyor's level,
2 camp outfits, 3 tons of coal, 5 road
; graders, 2 f resno scrapers, 26 slip
scrapers and 1054 lineal feet of cor
; rugated culvert ranging in size
1 from 8 inch to 24 inch, almost half
;of the amount being in 20 and 24
i inch sizes.
Dana and Mrs. Kizer Are
Victims, Former Has Broken
Arm, Latter Flesh Wound
j Prineville Gets An-
other Brick Building
The brick building on Main street
owned by Jack Curtis, is being en-
: larged to a 25 x 90 structure. This
building which was originally con
j structed by the Crook County Bank
for the use of that institution, was
originally 25 by ' 40 feet. It has
been occupied by the Crook County
Abstract company until recently,
when these people moved into their
own building oh Third street. The
vault of the Curtis building was
transfered to the new building now
occupied by the abstract company
the last of the week and the rear of
the Curtis building has been re
moved in preparation for the exten
sion. The work is being done under
contract by Wra. Black who recent
ly arrived in Prineville and expects
to do contract work here Mr. Cur
tis does not know just what kind
of a business will occupy the new
building, but it will be rented to
someone. The new building will
be of brick with a metal roof.
Mr. Curtis thinks it will be ready
to occupy in about a month.
Saturday forenoon T. E. Dana and
Austin Kizer became involved in a
controversy over some cattle on the
Dana ranch near Post, and a shoot
ing occured which resuted in Dana
having his left arm broken below
the elbow and Mrs. Kizer having a
number four shot in the elbow of
her right arm from Dana's 12 gague
shotgun. Kizer was bond over to
await the action tt the grand jury
in the matter, his bond being placed
at $500. .
It appears from the evidence
given at the hearing held Monday,
that there has been feeling between
Dana and Kizer for some time, and
SattfrVlay when the Kizer cattle got
into the Dana ranch, Kizer went
after them taking with him a 25-35
caliber rifle. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Kizer. After some words,
Dana, who was plowing near his
house, procured his 12-gauge pump
gun, and at least three shots were
fired at Kizer and Mrs. Kizer was
wounded in the flesh of the right
arm. There are conflicting stories
as to the number of shots fired by
Kizer' who was shooting at the
same time, but Dana stated under
oath that he was fired at 25 or 30
times.
" After firing at least three shots,
Dana left his gun in the cabin and
ran away, he says, with Kizer shoot
ing at him as he ran. The shot that
took effect in Dana's arm must
have been fired at a distance of 300
yards or more according to Deputy
Sheriff Kowellwhowas called to the
scene of the trouble and located the
spot from the blood stains on the
ground. The bond was readily fur
nished by Kizer for his appearance
before the grand jury.
-Cory In Chica0o Herald.
State Engineer Issues
Permits to Use Water
Charged With Horsestealing
Harry Gadow and Bruce Moxley
were arrested the last of the week
in the southern part of Crook
County on a charge of stealing a
horse belonging to Lyn Nichols.
The preliminary hearing for
these men is set for tomorrow
afternoon.
Miss Edna Estes is assisting
evenings in the Belknap Confection
ery during the absence of Mrs,
Belknap.
During the quarter ending March
31, the State Engineer issued 117
permits for the appropriation of
water of which number 10 are for
the construction of reservoirs.
The following permits were issu
ed in Crook county: r
Oregon Land Corporation of Port
land permit to water 8083 acres
from East Fork of Deschutes.
Mattie E. Gray of Redmond, two
permits, water to be taken from
Grizzly Lake. Harvey Dunham of
Post, water to be taken from Spring
and Lost Creek. John Montgomery
of Prineville, water to be taken
from Crooked River to irrigate 90
acres. A. R. Bowman of Prineville,
water to. be taken from Crooked
River for the irrigation of 15 acres.
Teachers Selected.
Elbert Schreder of Newport has
been chosen principal of the
Prineville public schools. Mrs.
Gray did not accept the first grade
and Leola Estes has been selected
to fill that position.
Miss Maude Bilyeu of Lane
county will have charge of the sixth
grade next year instead of Miss
Schreder,