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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
Crook -Couety Journal
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915.
NO. 38
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PAGES
COUNTY FAIR
WILL BE GREAT
Some of the Plans for the
Eleventh Annual Show
Manager Schee Explains
New and Extra Feature Added
and Negotiations Being
Made for More
A'.l arc invited to pome to the
Crook County Fair this full ami camp
on the ground a there will be
i) rntv of room for all witn tree
eamji gound, free wood, and free
water. And the management will
do anything possible for all who can
come and camp on the ground dur
ing the week.
Tim time for the Fair is drawing
nearer and there are many thing
that you nhould be thinking about.
How about that, nice peiec of grain
that you have and are you not going
to have nunie good specimen for the
fair? All your neighbors' will be
there with splendid exhibit and you
can't afford to leave yours at home
for you have some grain or stock j
that is as good a the best if you will
only take a little spare time and find
it and get it in shape for the fair.
If you have Mime articles that you
think are good and want Mime help
in selecting don't hesitate to notify
the manager and he will gladly ren-
der any assistance possible along this j ing reservation for place. The poul
line. Now don't come to the fair j try room will be filled and in fact
and say "1 wish I had brough thisorjHll departments will be larger and
I wihh I hail brought that for if i
you have never showed at a fair be
fore start now for the 1915 fairs go
ing to be a hummer and next year's
fair will be still better and sooner
or later you are going to bring in
your exhibits mi don't wait but start
with this year's fair.
The livestock department will be
one that will make anybody's heart
glad tp look at for all the breeders
are coming with their best and we
all know what it means when all the
stock men in Crook County get to
gether in one show ring.
The boys from the West Side will
be here with their best and you will
have an opportunity of seeing the
cream of the live sock of Crook
County all in one herd.
The milk testis something that is
creating much interest among the
dairymen and if you have not heard
about it yet don't wait but send to
the fair Manager, Prineville, Oregon
for a premium list containing all
the rules for this test.
Then there is the Big Combination
Livestock Sale that will be held in
the mornings during the fair and if
you want to buy or sell anything in
the way of good cattle, horses, Bheep
or hogs don't missthia as there will
Portland and Seattle
Market Quotations
Portland.
Wheat Club, $1.01; bluestom $1.07;
red Russian, 94c; forty-fold, $1.03;
red fife, 94c.
Hay Eastorn Oregon timothy, $17;
alfalfa. $13.50.
Butter Creamory, 27c,
Ekss Ranch, 24c
Wool Eustorn Oregon, 2Sc; valley,
80c.
Mohair 31o.
Seattle.
Wheat Illuestom $1.03; club, $1.00,
rod Russian, 95c; forty-fold, $1.00;
fife, 97o.
Darloy $27 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $17 por ton; alfalfa,
$14 por ton.
Butter Creamery, 27o.
Eggs 24c.
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be plenty of good stuff and the buy
ers will be here.
A we told you la.it week there
will be a prize fat steer given away
to the person guessing th6 nearest
to the correct weight so if you are
a trood meaner don't overlook this
as some one is going to get this $100
steer.
The art building will lie crowded
this year and already people arc mak-
better than ever
Just a few words in regards to
amusements fair week. We want to
say that the management has been
useing all their efforts to secure
Mime amusements for the young peo
ple and have succeeded in doing so.
There will be a large merry-go-round
and a ferris wheel coming here dir
ect from the Oregon State Fair and
will be an attraction that will amuse
the children. Many sideshows and
consessions have been secured that
will complete the best Midway that
any Central Oregon Fair ever had and
you may be assured that there will
be plenty of entertainment for young
and old both day and night.
The race program while not quite
so heavy as in other years, will be
exceptionally good and there will be
plenty of entertainment each day at
the track and some thrilling attrac
tions will be given each day in front
of the grand stand that were never
before witnessed in Central Oregon.
The races will start just five min
utes before they are advertised to
start so don't be afraid of any long
delays or dull moments this fall for
they will be hard to find at the Crook
County Fair this year.
The livestock parade will be held
at 1.30 on he last day of the fair in
front of the grand Ftand and will be
composed of all the prize winning
stock.
The Indians are coming stronger
than ever this year and an Indian
parade in all their gay colors will be
nrranged and the date will be an
nounced later.
' A good band as usual will bo se
cured for this year's fair and all the
lovers of good music will be promis
ed a treat along this line.
You are all expected to be here
on October 6, 7, 8, and 9. Now don't
disappoint us and if you have not re
ceived one of he new premium lists
write the Manager, Crook County
Fair, Prineville, Oregon, at once.
Prineville has more
walks than any other
Oregon towns.
cement side
two Central
Crook Co. Will
Pi ofit by This
One of the big disadvantages from first, while the settler is struggling
the existence of the forest reserves to erect his home and farm build
of the nation is the fact that they ings and to clear his land, he usually
cannot be taxed, and thereof cannot cannot afford to pay high taxes or
be depended upon to assist in the otherwise contribute toward the ex
making of roads and bridges, man- pense of road building. The Nation
taining schools and the like.
In counties like this, where there
are to be found more than a million
acres of national forest land, which
constitute more than one third of ,
the total area of the county, this of
course, is a serious matter.
The action of the government in
cases likethe construction of the road
between this point and Mitchell as-
Bisks materially however. They .
have other plans of this kind also, ' public improvmenta being made on
which are outlined in the following, the National Forests, and second by
article, from the Forest Supervisor's the direct contribution to the count
office, j ies of a share in the forest receipts.
The Secretary of Agriculture's i Up to date the Forest Service has
plan to anticipate future receipts' constructed on the forests more than
from the National Forest by secur-1 2,300 miles of roads, 21,000 miles
ing an advance of money from Con
gress for the construction of roads,
trails,"bridges and other public works
would stimulate gricultural develop
ment and would releive many strug
gling commnuities from their pre
sent burdens of taxation, says an
article contributed by the Chief of
the Forest Service to the Depart
ment of Agriculture Year Book, just
issued. This policy, says the article,
would apply exclusively in this?
counties where there is a consider
ate arua of National forest land so
located that the forest resources can
not be marketed, although later they
w ill yield a large revenue. It would
fully meet the local difficulties rising
from the fact that the National
Forests are not subject to taxation,
would aid in the protection and de
velopment of the forest resources,
and would remove the one barrier
which in a few places prevents farm
ers from immediately enjoying the
benefits of the National Forests.
Millions of acres of farm lands are
today undeveloped because of a lack
of good roads. In opening any new
country road building constitutes a
hard problem for the settlers. At
From A. E. Lovett, the county ag
riculturist, we are pleased to receive
the following:
I should like very much to see a
large exhibt of all farm crops at each
of our County Fairs this Fall. I should
also like to obtain specimens for ex
hibit in my office. If farmers can
not prepare these specimens them
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al Forests comprise the remotest
and leant settled regions of the
country. In many cases, farming
in these localities is still pioneering
nuder as difficult coditions as have
ever existed in the failure to develope
the large area of excellent agri-
cultural land which lie near the for-
est is the lack of roads,
The Government is trying to meet
this problem in two ways, first by
of trails, nearly GOO bridges, and
18,000 miles of telephone lines.
Every one of these improvents bene
fits settlers and ranchers. In addi
tion, there is appropriated annually
for the use of the counties in which
the National Forests lie 25 per cent
of the grogs receipts from timber
sales and other sources, to be used
for road and school purposes. Some
of the indvidual forests are bringing
in over $100,000 a year, and the
business of the entire National For
est system is increasing so thas this
direct contribution to community
upbuilding is rapidly growing. In
fact, already a total of nearly $900,
000 is obtained from the forests
every year for county road and school
purposes.
A. E. Lovett, Crook County Agri
culturist, left Redmond Saturday
night to attend meetings of the
Naional" Institute Workers and
National Association at Berkley,
Cal., this week. He expects to be
at Berkley three days and return to
his work at once as he feels that the
work will not allow a longer vaca
tion at this time.
selves, I shall be very glad to furnish
information for preparing them, or
if necessary and practicable, to visit
their farms and prepare the speci
mens myself for my use if they will
save a bundle of grain .or several
specimens of other crops and notify
me that they have them. I know
we can grow the crops, but many
farmers and others have to be shown.
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SURROUNDING WARSAW
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Map of country surrounding War
taw, which the German armies com
pelled the Rutsians to evacuate.
Shop Talk With
The Journal Readers
How do you like the comic strip
we run in the Journal each week?
What do you think of -the cartoon
feature, and Cap Skipper's weather
predictions? Cap has come to live
at the Journal shop for some time
and you will see him each week do
ing a new stunt. Would you like
more comics each week? If so we
would like for you to tell us, call us
up, or drop a postal in the mails for
us.
Have you read the advertsements
in this issue of the Journal? If not,
look them over now. There are
many interesting and profitable fea
tures listed in our advertising colums
and they change from week to week
presenting an entirely new line of
bargains at prices that you can af
ford to pay. Bargains that in many
instances you cannot afford not to
buy.
It will soon be time to start the
children to school. During the next
month many little garments and
many larger ones will be bought and
made for that purpose. The little
fellow always likes to have new thing
on the "first day of school," and
why not? All right, turn to the ad
vertising colums and look them over.
Can't beat that for prices and quality,
we are sure.
A bill of groceries for the winter
will be considered soon also. Now
look at the grocer's ads. Good
clean articles at honest prices, aren't
they. Not the same old stock, nor the
same old advertisments tnat were
there a month ago, but fresh, snappy
stuff. And don't forget the class-
afied ads. They are little but, Oh
My! they are there for stout alright.
They are to be found in a new loca
tion this week. Look on page 3.
And say, do you want to buy a
car? Everything from a Ford up to
real automobiles advertised in the
Journal.
Read the ads and see if you think
we are telling you the truth, and
tomorrow go out among your home
merchants, and confirm it again
Biological Survey
and Foresters Busy
The gopher extermination work
that was carried on by the Forest
Service and Biological Survey last
summer on the Ochoco National For
est under the direction of Mr. Silver,
was so successful that it has been
decided to continue the work this
season on a much larger scale. Mr.
Taylor of the Biological Survey has
just arrived to take charge of the
GOOD TIMES
FOR FARMERS
Big Crops and Dollar Wheat
Help Some
Prosperity Sure to Come
AH Products of the Farm Are
In Good Demand and
Prices Soaring
Within a fortnight the work of
thrashing the wheat crop of the na
tion will be at its height, and Cen
tral Oregon will be as busy as any
other part of the country in that
respect. .
While the crops will not be as
heavy in this part as was hoped in
the early part of the season, there
exists a condition that does not often
prevail, that is a big crop and dollar
wheat.
In accordance with the law of sup
ply and demand, the price normally
drops as the quantity of wheat, or
any other commodity for that matter
becomes available but this year, with
the nation producing what will no
doubt prove one of the largest if
not the largest crop in the history
of the country, and the market at
thrashing time hovering on the dol
ar mark, which would indicate, if
the averages of past years prove good
that it will go from 25 precent to
"5 percent higher before this time
next year, should mark the begin
ning of a period of prosperiety the
equal of which the country has sel
dom seen.
With horses going higher every
day, all meat animals bringing good
prices, sheep around $5 per head,
and dollar wheat at thrashing time,
the farmer is having his inning, and
will have nothing to do but attend
the fair, count his money, and ride
about in his automobile.
work which will be carried on in
cooperation with the Forest Service.
The gopher, or ground moles, as
they are sometimes called, are doing
great damage to the range on the
high mountain meadows. The results
of last summer's work showed that
in the more heavily infested districts,
there was an average of over 30 go
phers to the acre, or approximately
600 gophers on a 20 acre meadow at
work.
The extermination of these pests
will add greatly to the carrying capa
city of the range and reduce the dan
ger of riding horseback over these
areas, which are honeycombed with
holes.
Weather Prediction
For Tomorrow
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