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By O. B. BREUER.
.' Copyright. ISIS, by American Press Association.
J AN filled with exultation
On the birthday of the nation
When I hear again the ever stirring
tory
Of the colonists so loyal,
Who renounced a ruler royal
And above a land of freedom raised
Old Glory
When the band in lively manner
Plays the old "Star Spangled Ban
ner" And the flags on every hand are
gayly waving
I am thrilled by patriotic
Sentiments almost exotic,
And it might be said my joy ao-
proaches raving.
PRINEVILLE WINS
The Prineville Bull team came near
defeating itself Sunday when Tethe
row was loaned to the Madras nine
for the purpose of niakng a close
game.
The visitors, with Tetherow to bat
in the first half of the first, scored
two on Tetherow's home run,
No other results were recorded un
til the seventh, when Prinevillo made
one in the first half and in the ninth
home team tied the score, which
then stood two and two. In the
eleventh the home team repeated
DEFENDERS
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"May the service united ne'er sever, but hold to their
The Army and
Y"ET I fear you'll call it treason
If you do not like my reason.
Such things don't command ao much
of my devotion
As a certain very pretty,
Very charming, very witty
Girl, who throws my heart into a
great commotion.
She's a patriotic maiden.
See, her arms with flags are la
den.
And she surely sets my fancy in s
whirl.
Freedom ah I We fight to Win it
But I'd give mine any minute
To my most alluring Fourth of Jul
girl
A FAST GAME
what has always been their custom
in such cases, and saved the game by
good hitting and cool head work.
Of the scores made, McCall came
across with two and Peg Belnkap
with the other.' Madras scored Teth
erow and C. Bettia.
The batteries worked in . big lea
gue style, P. Weigand pitching, and
N. Weigand catching for Prineville,
and Tetherow pitching for Madras
and Shearer catching.
Born to the wife of Billy Ray, on
Wednesday a boy.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY,
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Prineville
Automobile Map
The Daily Washingtonian publish
ed at Ikxiuiam, Washington, contain
ed an article on June 18 from the
pen of Frank H. Lamb, of Bend,
which shows what at least a part of
the traveling public thinks of Prine
villo. Aside from the article concerning
our little city, which we reprint here
with and let you pass judgment, th(H
pajH-r U a bright, newsy sheet, one
that shows enterprise and thrift.
It is perhaiw timely to add that
the signs which are refered to in
this article were constructed by
Homer Ross of this city, and that
by cultivating this spirit, in connec
tion with the work which has been
done by other Prineville men, we
may and properly so, become well
known as a city of hospitality. The
aritcle follows:
WELCOME!
Please slow down to 15 miles
an hour
Such was the sign that greeted us
after a morning's ride over nearly
perfect natural roads from Antelope
canyon to Prineville. That "wel
come" and the "please" instead of
the usual threatened fine caused me
to choke off at once and to step out of
the over-drive into a civilized speed
ratio. The sign confirmed an opinion
formed 15 years ago, when I was on
the summit of the coast range and
saw asign reading "Eugene 120 miles
Prineville 210 miles." Surely, I then
thought, this is a country of magni
ficent distances and a city the met
ropolis of such a vast area must be
of interest.
Then again, five years ago, I passed
it up with regret when only a short
distance away. At last we were in
Prineville and that sign was a favor
able omen.
Since the advent of the railroad to
Rend the relative importance of
Prinovilles is diminished.
Formerly it was the focal point
and distribut ing center of the whole
of Central and Eastern Oregon. It
is' the county seat of Crook county- -some
200 miles square before the div
ision of a year ago. It is the center
of a vast stock grazing country and
its business depends mainly on the
horse, cattle and sheep industry. At
present it is an imporant point from
which horses are being shipped to
the European war area.
Although in a treeless valley with
encircling bare rocky hills open to
the full effects of the summer sun,
it is rather a pleasant town of per-
FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915.
cheers for the red, white and blue!
on the
haps 2500 people, with good schools,
imposing court house, substantial
business blocks and graded streets,
which may be muddy in winter but
which now are good, and many pleas
ant homes with encircling cotton-
woods and poplar and green lawns.
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i asKea me lauy at tne grocery
where their picnic ground was, as it
was about lunch time and I was
i.oking for two of the three chief
considerations on the desert, shade
and water, the third being fuel. She
regretted that there was no' such
place as I had pictured in my mind,
but the proprietor told us to go to
the end of the street to a certain
house, which had a fine grove of cot
ton woods, and to go inside the yard
and take possession. The faucet
was at the back of the house. Forth
with I realized that the welcoming
sign stood for something mora than
a polite warning to beware of the
city batile, that it meant a collective
and indivdual welcome.
Scarcely had we located at our
table and commenced our meal be
fore the lady next door came with a
bag of delicious fresh home made
cookies. That overcame all my pre
vious objection to dining in public.
Then a 30 year resident of Prineville
in an unobtrusive manner offered
his vast fund of information on the
roads, towns and general features of
Central Oregon and Northern Cali
fornia. On his many cattle buying
trips he had traversed practically
every road in this region of 500 north
and south and 300 miles east and
west. In a too-brief hour I was able
to learn much of a country life that
r ilroad, irrigation onal and auto
mobiles are diplacing After locat
ing camping places and roads from
Prineville to Lake Tahoe he forgot,
the first branch .road out of town
but left his lunch to hurry back and
tell us to take the left hand road
for Bend.
A Boy Scout attracted by George
in khaki regmentals was busy telling
about seout life on the plains and
desert. The scouts are much in evi
dence in Central Oregon Here at
Bend they have a log cabin lodge on
the outskirts of town
That sign was either a cause or an
effect. I am inclined to think it
was an effect, A city can be given an
appearance of politeness by the sign
painter, but it takes more than a
sign to influence the whole people.
So we tarried rather long." The chil
dren played in the swing. Neighbors
without obstruction called and wish
ed us well. At last we pulled out
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THERE can be little doubt that tbe must magnificent celebration of tbe
Fourth at lmlependence hall, rhUadelphia, was In the Centennial .,
year. 187a (
The day, marking the hundredth anniversary of the nation's birth,
was as impressive as the whole resources of tbe nation and the community '
could make it The world contributed Its thousands of spectators from Ita
most distant continents, assembled to visit tbe great Centennial exposition.
Richard Henry Lee, grandson of one of the signers, read to an enthusiastic
assemblage in Independence square tbe Declaration from the original manu
script something which, with that sacred mannscrlpt sealed In a safe In the
state department library In Washington, can never occur again.
Senator Evarts delivered the oration, and the heroic ode by Bayard Tay
lor In honor of the anniversary was read. In literal truth, on that fourth of
Inly the attention of the whole world was centered upon Independence halt.
Tbe night saw a gorgeous display of fireworks. '
. Since that time the growth of sentiment and understanding as to the price
less treasure of the old statehonse in Philadelphia has been rapid. The cele
brations of the Fourth in the city of the signing have Included addresses by
such distinguished men as presidents of the United States. The city Itself,
removing its private goods and chattels and coiuicilmen and policemen to the
city ball, has devoted the statehouse to Its Just honors and such formal ob
servances as, instituted on a large scale in the early nineties, have been well
maintained ever since.
SPECIAL SESSION
In the County Court of the State
of Oregon for the County of Crook.
Be it remembered a special ad
journed session of the May term of
the Cpunty Court of Crook, County,
Oregon, was begun and held at the
Courthouse in Prineville, Oregon,
this twenty-first day of June, 1915,
persuant to an order of said Court
made the seventh day of May, 1915;
when were present at the hour of
nine A. M., the following officers:
O. Springer, Judge, presiding; J.
F. Blanchard, Commissioner; H. J.
Overturf, Commissioner; Warren
Brown, Clerk; E. B. Knox, Sheriff.
Whereupon the following proceed
ings were had, to-wit:
The following officers of Jefferson
County, Oregon, being present:
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OF CO. COURT
Wm. Boesli, Judge; Roscoe Gard,
Commissioner, and J. M. King, Com
missioner, a joint session of the
County Courts of Crook and Jefferson
Counties was held on said twenty-first
day of June, 1915 the same being
the third Monday in the sixth month
following the proclamation of the
Governor creating Jefferson County
and the time fixed by law for said
joint session as provided in Chapter
10 of the General Laws of Oregon
for 1913. Joint session held in the
courthouse in Prineville, Oregon.
G. Springer, Judge of Crook County,
presiding.
June 22nd, Court in joint session
this twenty-second day of June, 1915.
Same officers from both Courts pres
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