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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1915)
CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL PageS Announcement Having purchased the Belknap Confectionery we will combine it and the Art Shop in the Curtis building, one door south or Crook County Bank, on or before Aug ust 1 st, where we hope to meet all old customers of both places. Watch for the opening when a program will be given. Something free for every child. F. E. LAFLER You'll Need Lots to Ea this Coming Month You know it is Picnic Time. How About that Lunch for the Fourth of July? Wo have just what you need. fancy assortment of up Deliveries made to any part of the city at once M rs. I. D. P. Adamson & Co. Prineville, Oregon Pure Drugs and Chemicals. Prescriptions a specialty. Maher & Grosh Cutlery. Books and Magazines Cigars and Sundries. Lowney's Candies in sealed packages. D. P. Adamson & Co. Prineville, Oregon Summer Clearance Sale of Millinery at Mrs. Estes' Millinery Parlors PRINEVILLE. OREGON R. M. LAFLER Fresh fruit daily and a - to - date groceries. Miche Summer is here with Warm Days Have you a good WELL? A drink of nice, cool water is what you want. Better see or write Wagoner & Co. . Prineville, Oregon Well Drillers Artesian wells a specialty OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Commissioner Wells Resigns a Plaes. Balem, Insurance Commissioner Harvey Wells has notified Circuit JuilK" Galloway Itiut be finds It Im possible to continue as receiver of the Horticultural Flro liellcf company of Oregon, Oregon Merchants' Mutual rin niiHiiclutlon anil the Pacific Homo Mutual I'lro Insurance company, for the f'ui.'on Unit, lie runnot do Justice, to Mm Kuril and the. liisuriin'-n depart mint and -'!v) juiij.c-r fittenllmt to the rec-lvi Tiiliip, Wells asks that he b rHiew-d of tln receivership Ausunt 1, ,tt which time Ik; will make a report. Douglas County Wins Audit Suit. ll'iO-ljtir. In H i'f'l;:ln IiiI'hK'J iluwu le-re Jiil;; Hamilton held that u rtititwt exec -uti'il between tli dnti! liifiuvimrp f',m!iilwiliiin'r unit account ants, employed liy the state to exp'-rt (lie books of enmity officers tu leit blndlm; upon Hie counties affected. The decision was rendered on a de murrer filed to the complaint of Mc Kcnzle & Sons, of Portland, who Huimht to collect 1550 for auditing t'.m hunks of Duuclos county. Payment of the bill wan refused by the county court here anil suit was Instituted. Land Suits Not to Be Dropped. Salm. Prosecution of the Benson anil Hyde land cases will be pressi-d. according to an announcement made to the state land board by Attorney General Brown and C. R. Hundel, spe cial agent of the federal government. Negotiations for a compromise be tween the board and a number ot al leged Innocent purchasers are In prog ress, but Messrs. Brown and Rundil say the Interests of the state might be Jeopardised If further delay were al lowed. ElBht suits were Instituted In Lane county, but only one was pressed, Judge Harris overrruling a demurrer to the state's complaint. SYNOD INDORSES GOVERNOR Presbyterians Will Celebrate Passing of Oregon Saloons. KuRene. The Oregon Presbyterian Synod closed Its animal convention here after a three-day session. The keynote was a demand for closer re lations between churches. Dr. John K. Bailee, representing the Southern Oregon Presbytery, In an address, ad vocated church union, not through the loss of the denominational Identity, but through co-operative effort and the abolition of the petty sectarian dif ferences. A resolution was passed indorsing a report on Sabbath observance, and agreeing to co-operate In an active fight for preserving the Sabbath. The report in part read: "There are sreat forces at work trying to break down our legal rest day." The synod went on record as Indors ing Governor WTthycombe In his an nounced Intention to enforce the li quor laws of the state. A state wide revival service, to be gin at midnight, December "1, cele brating the passing of the saloon in Oregon, was authorised by the synod In a resolution similar to one passed by the stute organization of Christian Endeavor In Eugene last February. Paul Farrell Is Killed. The Dalles. Paul W. Farrell. the 19 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Farrell, of Kaiuler, Wash., and nephew to President J. D. Farrell. of the Ore-gnu-Washington Railroad & Naviga tion com puny, was fatally Injured In the railroad yards here, when he at tempted to board a movlug work train. Ho fell to the ground and in trying to get out of the way of the train raised his foot, which was caught by a car, his body being drawn under the wheels. He was rushed to The Dalles hospital, but thero was no chance to save his life. Ills body had been bad ly mangled and he suffered a deep gash on the head. Hooper Admits He is Parole Breaker. Grants Pass. Sheriff Smith, accom panied by Special Officer M. Cotturi, of the Southern Pacific, returned with John Austin Hooper, who was arrest ed nt The Dulles for the robbery of the Southern Pacific ticket office at this place a few months ago, when two night operators were held up about midnight by a lono robber, who got away with about $:100. Hooper admits that he is a parole breaker, but denies all participation In the Southern Pa cific robbery here, Prison Fee Abandoned. Salom. Hurry P. Mlnto, superin tendent of the Btuto penitentiary, be ing Informed that members of the state board ot control opposed his pol icy of charging an admission fee of 25 cents to visitors, said hi would dis continue It at once. HUNDREDS PERISH WHEN jOAT UPSETS Excursionists Drowned Within a Few Feet of Shore In Chicago River Chicago. A thousand persons lost their lives In the Chicago river by the capsizing of the excursion steamer Eastland, while warping from Its wharf with more than 2400 employes of the Western Electric company and their relatives snd friends on board, bound for a pleasure trip across ?4ike Mi'hlian; I'ml'-r m!'y skies 7000 women, men and children had wended their way to tie- wharf lo fill five large i;ta.uern with holiday ninth iu a trip to M.tlii 'itn City. liii'n bvi-nn fi fall ss ihf wliai f m I" i mti-udi u!.H lifted the pa "3 plank tr.mi the. KasMaul, deciiri:;;; Hut the l',owmm-nt limit .f .a:--enKf,rs h.ul been n-'ich'-J. V, bile ilieM"''! peeped -lioni raincoats along the bore rails as those aboard waved rood dye to fro nds on shire waiting to board the oilier vessels, 1 lien the passengers swarmed to the left side of the hiilp as the other steauierp drew up Pie river toward the l;arf. A tug was bitched to the Fast hind, ropes were ordered cost off and the engine begun to pump. The F.ast lund had not budged, however. Ropes Ensp it Veesel Lurches. Instead the heavily laden vessel wa vered sidewlse, leaning first toward the river bank. The lurch was so startling that many passengers Joined the largo concourse already on the other side of the decks. The ship then heeled back. It turn ed slowly but steadily toward its left side. Children clutched the skirts of mothers and sisters to keep from fall ing. The whole cargo was impelled toward the falling side of the ship. Water began to enter lower port holes snd the ropes snapped off the piles to which the vessel was tied. For nearly five minutes the steamer turned before it finally dived under the swift current of the river, which, owing to the drainage canal system, flows from the lake. During the mighty turning of the ship with Its cargo of humanity, lifeboats, chairs and other loose appurtenances on the decks slipped down the sloping floors, ensiling the passengers toward the rising waters. Many Go CWn Never To Rise. Then there was a plunge, with a sigh of air escaping from the hold, mingled with the crying of children and shrieks of women, and the vessel was on the bottom of the river, cast ing hundreds of Its passengers Into the water. Many sank, entangled with clothing and bunules, and did not rise, but scores came to the surface, giving the river the appearance of a crowded bathing beach. Many seized floating chairs and other objects. Those on shore threw out ropes and dragged In those who could hold their lifelines. Boats were put out, tugs rushed to the Bcene with shrieking whistles, and many men snatched off their coats and sprang into the river to aid the drown ing. With thousands of spectators ready to aid and the wharf within grasp, hundreds went to death, de spite every effort at rescue. Cause of Accident Sought at Once. Moves toward sweeping investiga tions of the disaster were under way long before the bodies had been taken from the hull of the overturned vessel. Federal Judge Landis ordered a Jury impaneled to investigate the ca tastrophe. Slate's Attorney Hoyne prepared for a county grand Jury. Cor oner Hoffman selected a jury to look Into the cause of the deaths, and the police arrested all the officers of the Eastland. The probability of swelling the list above 1000 was suggested by the an nouncement of detectives from the state attorney's office that they had seized the tickets taken from passen gers boarding the Eastland. They as serted that these tickets numbered 2250 and that this did not account for children, musicians and the 72 men of the crew. They estimated that the total number of persons aboard the steamer might have been 2800 or more Instead of the 2480 previously an nounced by officers of the Indiana Transportation company. Britain Sends Apology to Norway. Christiania, vln London. The Brit ish government, through Sir Edward Grey, secretary of foreign affairs, has expressed regret to the Norwegiau government at tho violation by British warships of Norwegian territorial wa ters, especially by tho seizure by an auxiliary cruiser of a German steamer Inside the three-milo limit. American Perfects Flying Torpedo. Washington. Plans for an aerial torpedo-bout, capable of launching a monster Whitehead torpedo, were shown to be on the way to completion by Admiral Fiske, U. S. N., now at tached to the naval war college, when a patent on the principle involved was Issued by the patent office. Fresh Fruits Vegetables always. clean and a good selection Dry Goods and Second Hand Goods J. M. CULVER CO. Successor to Maddux & Co. Give Us a Call! SELL CREAM TO THE Gchoco Creamery Prineville, Oregon If you like Square Dealing and Prompt Payments L. B. LAFOLLETT, Proprietor If You Labor 10 Hours a Day And you have no watch, you may quit In the evening , and think you have labored 1 1 hours. The foreman will not tell you the time as he willthink that you are sick, and could only work four or five hours. That would hurt your feelings if you robbed the foreman. Safety first PERCY R. SMiTH, Watchmaker and Jcwdar fShipp & Perry fe Dealers in Lumber, Shingle?, Moulding?, Doors, Windows, IS Glass, Paints and Oils, Uuberoid Roofing, Ornamental Fending. CROOK CO. FAIR October 6, 7, 8, 9, 1915 Premium Lists Now Ready Write the Manager, R. L SCHEE, Prineville, Ore. J r I - t ' , V wi fcv Hello ! Say, do you know the Pilot Butte Telephone Company has more miles of line and a larger num ber of subscribers than any f other telephone company in Crook county and at cheaper rates? Telegraph connection is made at Red mond with alb outside points. Main office Prine ville, Oregon. AND YOUR PC, ;: :i; ..rv I a 1 i