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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XIX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915.
NO. 41
CROOK COUNTY
HIGH ACTIVE
New Equipment Being Added
For Boys and Girls
Practical New Features
Boys Will Be Taught to Build
With Wood and Iron; Girls
to Cook, Wash and Sew
These are busy days about the
Crook County High School buildings,
Many chatiircs are under wnv for the1
. . ... At the A. J. Noble ranch a fountain
coming school year, and the re- . , , , A , , , , !
of artesian water spouts to a height;
arrangement of the equipment anil (f mml . fwt day an1 anJ
installation of new devices for the! it j Md that Superintendent C. L.
different classes will keep the'Shattuek of the Des Chutes Power!
school where it has been at the head
of its class in the state.
Previous to this year the mamiul
training and domestic science classes
have shared the same building to the
icirthca.it corner of the campus, but
lit the i.-iiing of the school this fall
a hange will have been made.
This building, which has been used
jointly in the past will no doubt be
kr.uwn as Industrial Hall in the
future. Besides the wood working
nwhinory which has been in use
there by the manual training classes,
there are being installed at the pres
ent time, 12 forges which will be
uwl by the boys in blacksmithing,
niH. hine and other iron work in the
"trrmre." " ' " r
f The domebtic science and domestic
art department will take up the en
trie ba'-emetit floor of Commercial
Hall in the future. Just across the
hal! from the domestic art rooms are
being inslalld the electric ranges that
were in use in he old domestic, hall,
and in addition there will be in use
this winter, two wood stoves, and
two stationary wash tubs, where Un
practical side of the laundry work
for the home will be taught to the
girl students. With the use of ,
inonern equipment, ior instruction
in sewing, cooking and washing,
t surely there could be no more practi
cal course 01 stuuy ootaincu any-
...t
w nere.
' .i i i i i
" ing installed in the basement of the
j main building that will be used by
the boys in caring for their suits and
other things used in athletics.
Indications point to the biggest
year yet in the history of the school
during the 1915-16 term. The
attendance Is expected to be the best
yet.
Prineville Man Talks
On War; Got In Bad
Seattle, Aug. 19. E. C. Bauer, a
promising young farmer of Prine
ville, Oregon, is still here, having
spilled his "matrimonial beans,"
He should have been standing be
fore the altar of the First Presby
terian church at Kelowna, B. C, to
day slipping the plain gold bnnd up
on the finger of the village school
ma'am. Hut Bauer's foot slipped.
In the oflieca of the Canadian immt-
gration inspector 'today he opined
that the allies didn't have a chance.
That was a mistake.
So Bauer "Imliancd" at all the
points where it. is possible to cross
into Canada, and his sweetheart is
waiting at the church.
Stacy Smith returned to Prineville
Tuesday, after an absence of over a
month. He has been to Seattle,
Tacoma, and other Washington
points, and reports an excellent trip.
Artesian Water is
A Great Asset
An hour's spin any evening a this
season of the year, over the country
adjoining prineville on the northwest
will wove to any one that some of
the best country In the world lies
near Prineville, and that there are
dome excellent homes here.
The flow of artesian water that
has been developed on many of these
places during the last year have im-
provcd c,""liti"n wonderfully. More
suh'k in inp pastures improves tne
appearance of the places, and the
bunk account of the owners as well.
Five years ago there were but few
sheep in the fields and pastures,
while today they are as plentiful as
hogs and in many Instances more
profitable.
Company has never yet stopped to '
speak to Mr. Noble about hours,
although his Ford always slows down
some in passing. .' . )
At the G. W. Slayton place a well
throws the water Into a cistern on ,
the hill, which in turn furnishes
pressure for irrigating the lawn and
flowers, as well as for the house.
J. M. FJIiot has the best place of
wih constantly gushes a stream
"f w,ller into the air a considerable
distance, and looks cooling in Uie
August sunshine. Crops throughout j
this section are good and the people
are busy and contented.
Prineville K of Ps , j
Visit Crater Lakej
A party of some twenty-five Prine- j
villc people attended the Knights of j
Pythias festivities at Crater Lake;
last week, and returned to this city I
during the past few days. All report!
an excellent time. No trouble was !
experienced on the trip excepting Joe
Lister's party, who rxperinced some
car trouble.
Ed Martin of Klamath came along
in his Hudson six and brought the
party in to Prineville, and a mechanic
was sent out on Monday to the
Crescent country from the Inland
Auto Company garage who brought
the car in.
Some 500 Knights were at Crater
Lake, and an initiation of a class of
28 was held in the open crater on
the island out in the lake.
Included in the party from Prine
ville were Joe Lister and family,
Frank Foster and family, 0. C. Hyde
and family, Miss Gove, Miss Dobbs,
Mrs. Spalding, Jay H. Upton, G. N.
Clifton, R. E. Simpson, Dr. Gove,
George Brewster, I. M. Bechtell
Harold Maker, Warren Crooks and
N. G. WaVfaee: r
Mad Coyote Killed
At Steams Ranch
A coyote was killed at the S. S.
Stearns ranch a few miles south of
this city on Monday morning about
6:30, which acted as though it were
rabid.
It was discovered in the front yard
where the dogs were fighting it, and
in a few minutes came onto the
porch, and before a gun could be
! brought by one of the employees of
the ranch, it had stepped off the
porch on the other side and was
standing looking back . toward the
door when it was shot and killed.
It was a full grown animal, and
showed no fear of the, house or the
people there,' The head was sent to
the State Board of Health at Port
land for examination.
II. II . DeArmond, was a business
visitor from Bend yesterday.
How to Prepare
Exhibits for Fair
The requirements for grain cxhf
bits at the Prineville Fair call for a
bundle at least six inches in diameter
at the band. Some fairs require
these bundles to be only five inches
at the band, but by meeting the
requirements of the Prineville fair,
the exhibitor will be able to show at
any fair in the County or State.
There should be a hearty coopera
tion between all farmers and all Fair
Managers in the County this Fall,
and exhibits from all parts of the
County shown ,at all of the fairs. All
of the people in the County should
be greatly interested in what those
in every section are doing, and no
place can the farmers and others get
together and show what they raise
better than at the Agricultural Fairs.
If you find it'impossible to -visit the
fairs personally, any exhibits sent by
you to managers of any of these
fairs will receive the best of atten
tion and be gratefully received by
them. I would suggest that every
person having any exhibits prepared,
would write to the Secretary of the
Tumalo, Sisters, Redmond, or Crook
County Fairs and obtain prize lists
at once. Then try to have exhibits
at each of these fairs and be present
personally if possible.
, Grain exhibits should be gathered
before they are "dead" ripe. Gather
You Can Help Boys and
Girls Through School
Suprintendent Baughman of the '
High Sehool reports that there are;
at least a dozen girls and as many 1
boys that have applied to him for'
positions to assist them through high j
school for the winter already, and ;
that there are more applicants every j
day. The time has arrive for the j
citizens of Prineville to take the mat
ter seriously and help the young peo
ple. We have been asked by Mr.
Baughman to call upon the people
to let him know just how much
work and just what kind of work
STIRRING
I IS
as carefully as possible, tie in a bun
dle or sheaf, dip buts in salt water
and hang in a cool, shady place with
heads dowrt. As soon as well cured,
take the bundle down, strip off the
leaves and make a neat bundle rot
less than six inches in diameter at
the band, with heads straight and
even and straw cut off square at the
butts. Crasses must be cathprwl
at the time they will show best,
should be tied at once in bundles of
the required size and hung in a cool
dry place with heads down. Vege
tables must be left irt the ground
or on the vine until ripe, excepting
tomatoes, which may be gathered
just as the are turning in color and
in color and allowed to ripen in a
cool, shady place. All exhibits requir
ing more than one specimen, should
be uniform in size and shape and of
the size which the market requires,
excepting prize is oered for largest
speimen or other requirements are
to he met. If vegetables or fruits
must be gathered a considerable
time before the fair, it will he best
to wrap each specimen separately in
paper or cloth and place them in a
cool, dry place.
If you have not already, begun
saving or making exhibits for the fair
be gin now, and let us all work to
i make each of our fairs better and
bigger than ever before.
they have. If you can use a boy an
hour each day. sweeping out the
store or office, if you need a boy to
milk the cow and chop wood in the
evening, or for any other purpose
let Mr. Baughman know or phone
this office. There is just as great a
need for work for willing girls to do
as there is for boys also.
Many of the homes in Prineville
could well afford to board one of
these girls for what they could do in
the evenings, and Saturdays. If you
can use one of them let tbe fact be
known, and you will do yourself i.
favor, and the young people as well.
IT UP.
ii
bieena ill iow York Telegram.
State Tax Commission
On Delinquent Taxes
The Journal published a statement
last week to, the effect that all taxes
became delinquent if not paid on or
before September I. This statement
was published after consulting the
District Attorney and the Sheriff's
office.
Later, however, a statement was
issued by the state Tax Commission
that puts a different ligth upon the
matter. The statement in part
follows:
Where one half of the 1914 taxes
on any .property was paid before
April 1, 1915, the second half may
be paid any time before October 1,
1915, without penalty or interest if
the second half is not so paid it will
become delinquent on October I and
be then subject to penaly of 10 per J
cent and inrerest at the' rate of 12 i
per cent per annum from said date.
, Where one half wa; not paid be-1
fore April 1, 1915, a penalty of one!
per cent for each calandar month '
or part thereof, on the total amount!
unpaid, accumulates during the
period beginning April 1 and ending
August 31, 1915. For illustration!
if a tax bill as charged on the roll !
totals $100 and the full amount is
paid in the moath of August, a pen
alty of 5 per cent ($5.00) is to be
added thereto. These cumulative pen
alties are not to be collected on or
after September 1", 1915, being sup
ervised on that date by tbe penalties
and interest applicable to delinquent
taxes.
About Exhibits At
j, The County Fair
i .
j There has been some misunder
; standing ;n the part of the dry far-
mers exhibits at the Crook County
1 Fair this fall and in order to make
j it more clear I wish to state that
j there will be only one class this year
; instead of Dry Land and Irrigated
as stated in last year's catalogue.
, This is not done to discourage the
j dry land farmers in any way and the
j Fair Association believes in en
icouraging the Dry Land Farmers
as much as any one and wish to state j
that the Dry land exhibits will be;
placed separately in the exhibition j
room and Iabled "Dry Land Pro-j
ducts" and the Judge will have in-1
structions to judge them as to quality j
and we all know the quality of the
Dry Land products is equal or even!
superior to the irrigated products
andjevery Dry Land exhibitor will
have equally as good a chance to win
as he had in fonner years so-be sure
and bring in your exhibits for com
petition will be strong and if you
win you will have .reason to feel
proud, for all four neighbors are
coming with their best. ' w.-
R. L. Schee. Marta'ger.
Portland and Seattle
Market Quotations
Portland.
Wheat Club, 88c; blue'stem, 96c;
red Russian, 85c; forty -fold, 90c; red
fife. 85c.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $16;
alfalfa, $13.50.
Butter Creamery, 26c.
Kggs Ranch. 25c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 28o; valle..
30c.
Mohair 31c.
eatt:S.
Wheat Bluesteia, 98c; club, 94c;
red Russian. SMta; forty -fold, 95c; fife.
Barley $25 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $16 per ton
$14 por ton.
Butter Creamery, 27c.
t'gKS 2Gc.
alfalta.
Mrs. G. M. Cornett and
James
Toney were called to Mitch-ll the I services. Friends are cordially in
hu.t of the week because of the j vited to attend the closing services
serious illness of Mrs. Toney. ' of the Conference year.
LIVELY START
FOR CONTEST
Candidates Nominated in All
Parts of the County-
All Are Popular Ladies
Special Prize Which Will Be
Given September 4 Causes
Early Activities
The race is on for the Ludwig piano
and many other prizes that are to be
given by the Journal during the next
few weeks.
After the anouncement, including
the rules of the contest and the list
of a part of the prizes that are to be
given, in last week's Journal,
there was much comment and talk
among prospective candidates, but
no candidates were nominated until
well toward the close of the first day,
probably because they were reluctant
to start the race on Friday. '
Enquiries and nominations com
menced to come in lively by Satur
day, and they have increased in num
ber and volume until at times, it
seems that every woman in the
county would like to have that piano.
After insoecting the instrument
which is on display at Adamson's,
one cannot blame any of the aspirants
for the intrest displayed in the mat
ter. , - , - - , - , - :
The fact liiat there li a valuable
little ladies' gold watch to be given
free on the evening of September 4,
to the candidate having the largest
number of votes in this office at the
time of the arward, which will be 8
P. M., has given an early htrest 'in
the contest. This is a 15 jewel El
gin watch, open face, in a 25 year
Keystone ease. There are absolutely
no strings on this offer, the largest
number of votes-takes the watch, no
matter whether that be few or many.
We wish to state at this time that
we will announce the winner of the
special prize mentioned above in the
Journal of September 9, and on that
day we will also announce another
special prize that will be given a
short time latter. This prize will
have new features and to get one
of these specials, get into the race if
you have not already entered it,
while it is yet early.
The votes received by any candi
date in securing a speciial prize will
all count in the final contest for the
Ludwig piano, and other grand
prizes. Remember that all who do not
win a prize will be given a check for
10 per cent of the money collected
by them at this office sit the close.
Church Announcements
Christian Endeavor at the Presby
terian church Sunday evening at 7:15
Topic, "Frivolity, its Dangers and
Remedies." Mrs. Ben Zell, leader.
Regular services at the Christian
Church next Sunday. Bible School
at 10 and preaching at 11 and 8.
The subject in the morning will be
"Peter's Restoration" You will miss
something if you do not attend the
Church in this world.
Geo. H. Ramsey.
Rev. E, C. Newham will leave on
Monday to attend the Columbia Rivtr
Annual Conference which meets at
Spokane, Feptembcr 1, accompanied
by Mrs. Newham. He expects to
be away over two Sundays.
There will be a meeting of the
Official Board of the Methodist
' Church at the close of the morning