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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915.
NO. 3S
Comiity
CROOK COUNTY
ANNUAL FAIR
Board Preparing for The
Best Fair Ever Held
Livestock Sale Feature
Manager Schee Already on The
Job Promise A New Deal
From Srart to FinUh
Work ha begun in earnest on the
eleventh annual Crook county fair
and from all indication will surpass;
any fair ever held in Crook county.
The free attractions this year will
be new and dfferent from anything
witnessed here in previous years and j
will worth coming from a distance
to see. "
There will without doubt be the
Urgent exhibition of livestock at the
1915 fair that was ever seen in Cen
tral Oregon an many of the breeders
in the county have volunteered to
exhibit.
One new feature this year will be
the live stock auction sale that will
be held during the mornings of the
fair and already seventy-five head
of registered cattle and horses have
been entered for this big combina
tion sale and this event alone will
bring some of the largest breeders
In the state.
If you have any good horses, cattle,
"Tiognr 'sheep that you care to dis
pose of, bring them In for the buy
ers will be here and will pay you
what yt.ur stock is worth.
The Crook County Fair Associa
tion invite all the people in Crook
and Jefferson counties to come to
the fair ami exhibit their products.
- IVn't go away from the fair say
ing, "I hud better this, or better
that at home." That doesn't, do you
any good or the fellow who exhibits.
If you have an animal or product you
are proud of, bring it to the fair
and beat the other fellow. That
will make him to do better another
year. It will do you good and will
make a bigger and better fair and
will make everybody prouder than
ever of Central Oregon.
Ix't us all get under the fair and
boost. It is not the fair of the mem
bers of the fair association. They
do not expect to make a cent, but
if the fair looses money they expect
to pay the bills. If everyone does
what he can to make the fair a suc
cess, they will have no bills to pay,
but will have a surplus in the treasur
er to make a better fair next year,
to advertise Crook County better,
make it a better place to live and
Weather Prediction
For Tomorrow
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Mr. E. Pankhurat, Engllih auffra
getta leader, who headed a demonstra
tion demanding that woman b per
mitted to help make war munltlona..
make it a place where outsiders will
want to come to live.
If a any time you want Informa
tion regarding the coming fair or
livestock sale, write or phone me at
any time at Prineville, Oregon.
R. L. Schee,
Manager.
Water Permits
Issued for Quarter
During the quarter ending June
30, 1915, the State Enignecr issued
196 permits to appropriate water,
including 9 for the storage of water
in reservoirs. While most of the
permits issued cover small develop
ments the estimated cost of all such
developments aggregate $731,000,
involing the conUruction of 218 miles
of canal lines, for the irrigation of
21.K? I acres of land and the develop
ment of 4.2.VI horsepower.'
The following . jh rmita were is
sued in Crook County:
II. V. Gates of Portland, secured
a permit to irrigate 170 acres of land
including domestic supply, diverting
water from springs located near Cul
ver. Win Led ford of Post, secur
ed a permit to irrigate acres di
verting water from Horse Heaven
Creek. Glee Congleton of Paulina,
for the irrigation of 7 acres, divert
ing water from Wolf Creek. Jas.
Boeletto of Post, for the irrigation
of 7 acres, diverting water from Con
ant Creek. Bettie Erickson of Alfal
fa, for the irrigation of 5 acres, in
cluding domestic supply. Geo, R
Brick of Roberts for domestic sup
ply, diverting water from springs.
Lueion Touretet of Paulina, for the
irrigation of 28 . acres, diverting
i water from Grindtune Creek. C. E
I Griffith of Sisters, for the irrigation
of 2 acres, diverting water from
j Squaw Creek Emily Wallenburg of
'Terrebonne, for the irrigation of 70
acres, the development of 2" horse
power, diverting water from Crook
ed River. Eimnitt Stafford of Fife,
for the irrigation of SO acres, divert
ing water from Long Hollow. Roy
Gray of Post, for the irrigation of
110 acres, diverting water from
Horse Heaven Creek. W. J. Kingsley
of Howard, for the irrigation of 10
acres, diverting water from Marx
Creek. Dean Houston of Paulina, for
the irrigation of 25 acres, diverting
water from Beaver Creek. W. I).
Clark of Laidlaw, for the irrigation
of 258 acres, diverting water from
Three Creek.
Wm. Horsell was badly injured at
the W, F. King farm north of this
city on Monday when he fell out of
the barn loft. He was badly bruised
up, but will be out again in a few
days.
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Lovett Says Disc
the Stubble Fields
A discussion of the preparation of
the soil for the growing of next year's
crops or of the preparation of next
year's Summer fallow at this time,
may seem to some an uninteresting
proposition. We will, however, find
by careful study and thought that
this is one of the most important
times for a consideration of this sub
ject. The fields from which the
grain has Lent cut seems at this time
to be very dry and unproductive and
in need of no care or attention. Dur
ing the next two or three months,
the weather will be very dry and
warm as a rule. Prctically nothing
excepting a few weeds will grow in
the stubble lands. If we will take
the pains to go into these fields at
the time of harvest and dig down
for a little ways, we will find that
there is some moisture in the soil.
If we leave the fields as they now
Btand and again dig in September
or October, we will not be able to
find any moisture. Handled in this
manner, not only will practically all
of the moisture leave the soil, but
also because of the hard, dry con
dition of the soil, no chemical or
bacterial action, nor beneficial in
sects can work their end.
The value of discing the land im
mediately after the grain crop re
moved has been proven, not only in
other States and in other sections of
Oregon, but also in our own countyJ
Moisture is constantly rising to the
surface and passing off into the air
in the hard stubble lands. By disc
ing this land thoroughly, the capi
laries of the surface soil are broken
up and the rise of moisture to the
surface stops. The moisture in the
subsoil and the soil below the disced
surface, however, continues to rise
to a certain extent and in most cases
it will be found that land thustreat
edjmay be plowed in the Fall if so
desired. - If the land is thus disced
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At a special meeting-of the city
council called at 2 o'clock this after
noon, a concrete sidewalk, five feet
in width was ordered on First street,
from Main . to the west end of the
street on both sides, making a total
of six blocks and crosswalks.
Clark & Ousley of Lakeview will
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after harvest and is not plowed in
the Fall, much more of the rain and
snow of the Winter will be absorbed
by it and a decided improvement in
the moisture condition of the soil
will be noted the following year.
Where the annual rain fall is as low J
as nine to fifteen inches, crops can !
be obtained only through the con-)
servation of every particle of mois
ture possible. If we allow all of the
moisture remaining in the soil after
harvest to escape during the remain
der of the Summer, we have lost a
very valuable amount of moisture.
If we do not prepare the lands for
catching and holding air of the mois
ture which falls during our Winter
season, we are again losing a con
siderable amount of valuable mois
ture. We will in the future find that
themost successful farmers, especial
ly on our dry lands, are those who
disc their lands immediately after
harvest and plow their land either
in the Fall or very early in the
Spring.
The me- of preparing the Sum
mer fallowlnerally practiced in
this section 'is absolutely no good as
a Summer fallow. This does not mean
that all of the land is not properly
prepared but it does mean that the
practice of plowing the Summer fal
low after the 1st to the 15h of May
is a mistake, does not save an ap
preciate amount of moisture and is
therefore of very little good as a
Summer fallow. If we had the mois
ture necessary for growing our crops
on our dry lands, we would not Sum
mer fallow the lands. Our Summer
fallow is for the purpose of increas
ing the amount of mosture in the
soil for the growing of crops. Every
method or means that we can use to
catch and conserve this mosture
should be used. One of these methods,
and one of the most important is
that of discing the land thoroughly
immediately after harvest.
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be awarded the contract for the
work, which is to cost $1.05 per
running foot, besides the filling, and
surveying charges.
Construction will , commence to
morrow, baring delays, and will be
well under way by Monday morn
ing. WIFE IS AWAY.
bottles? Want em back, you say?"
Reh in New York World.
MRS. W. E. KING
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Who will demonstrate the canning of
fruita and vegetable at the Commer
cial Club hall at 2:30 next Wednesday
afternoon, July 28.
Good Advice for
Automobile Buyers
Now that most of the motor car
companies have made their 1916 an
nouncements there is a great deal of
talk jn motoring circles concerning
the prices at whice the new cars are
to be sold. Along with these dis
cussions there has also been much
talk concerning the lowest prices at
which a satisfactory motor car can
be marketed.
"The average motor car buyer has
a tendency to look at these questions
from a mistaken perspective," said
E. A. Albee, local retailer of Buick
cars, recently. "A great many of our
' automoD'le buying friends do not
take sufficient pains to make sure of
j getting a satisfactory car. They
j Pa' the closest attention to price,
because price is the thine that con-
I cerns them most at the time of mak-
j ing their purchase. Later, however.
1 tfy m,d out that motor car service
I is vastly more important than motor
i car price.
There is a minimum below which it
is impossible to sell satisfatory motor
cars; that is, acar that will give sat
isfatory service. The Buick Motor
company always has been guided by
that great truth in making and sell
ing cars. Buick prices are made as
low as it is possible to make them,
and at the same time deliver a car
that will give the motoring satisfac
tion the average buyer expects.
"Buick cars could be made to sell
for less, but they would'nt be as good
as the Buick cars we are now mak
ing. We probably could sell a great
many more Buicks if we were to
make the kind of cars that would
justify a lower price; but w-e prefer
to keep our quality standards at their
present high level. We are postive
that this policy will pay us and pay
our customers in the long run."
0. C. Gray Buys
Big Cattle Ranch
Papers weVe signed the last of the
week, closing one of the largest real
estate deals of the year when George
Ray of Post sold his ranch and cattle
to O. C. Gray.
The ranch, which is situated on
Crooked River, some 36 miles south
east of Prineville, is one of the best
stock ranches in the country, and
consitsts of about 800 acres of land.
Some 600 head of cattle were in
cluded with the place, as well as
horses, other stock and farm ma-
BEND SLATED
FOR EXECUTION
Ball Team to be Completely
Annihilated
Championship at Stake
Visitors Coming With Team Re-inforced-Confident
of Victory
On Sunday, July 25, Prineville
has a solemn and postive duty to per
form, one that must be taken care
of properly and swftly, in that it
may be painful to some of our neigh
bors and the only humane method to
perform such a duty is with precise,
decided manner.
We had intended that our readers
be spared the painful fact in this
matter but after second thought.
etc., it seems that they should be
taken into confidence and, well to
make a long story short Prineville
will be called upon to defeat Bend
on the local diamond on the date
mentioned above.
The Prineville team, on their trip
to Klamath, stopped at Bend and
were defeated by the Benders to the
tune of 6 to 3. Several of our best
men were not in that game however,
and the success of the local team in
other games leads the fans to think
that they should be easy winners.
- Tetherow will pitch for the home
team, and by the way, he has not
lost a game this seaon. t
The Bend team defeated all comers
on their home diamond (which is
about the size of a pocket handker
chief, and has a chicken yard and two
sidewalks, as well as pine trees in
the middle of it) during the festivi
ties there the first, of the month,
and are already calling themselves
the champions of Central Oregon,
j They have some semi-prof esionals as
! well as ourselves, and will naturally
protest at having the laurels which
;they have so willingly assumed taken
gently from them.
The lineup for the home team will
be N. Weigand, c; Thetherow, pf; L.
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Bechtell, 3b; McCall.lf; P. Belknap
cf; Dobry.'rf. '
It is your privilege to see some
thing worth while at this game, so
come, and come prepared to do your
duty. ;
chinery.
While no announcement is made
as to the price, it is said to have been
approxi mately '$50 ,000 .
' "Prineville Commended" next Sun
day night at 8 o'clock Christian
Church. All the regular services.
Your presence desired. Geo. H.
Ramsey.
Portland and Seattle
Market Quotations
Porttand.
Wheat Club, 85c; bluestera, 92c;
red Russian, 80c; forty-fold, 85c;
red fife, 85c.
Hay Kastern Oregon timothy, $17;
alfalfa, J13.50.
Butter Creamery, 2Sc.
Eggs Ranch, 24c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 28c; Talley,
30c.
Mohair 31c.
Seattle. "
Wheat Btuestem, 95o; club 90c;
red Russian, 89c; forty-fold, 90c; fife,
89c. '"
Barley $22 per ton. 4'
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa,
$14 per ton. '
Butter Creamery, 27c. ,
Eggs 24c.