CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
Gvv Lafullkttk, Editor-Proprietor
Entered at the postoffic nt Triueville,
Oregon, at second-class mutter.
TheJournal stands for the best inter
nets ol Piineville and Crook County, la
independent in politic.
Published every Thursday afternoon.
Price $1.50 per year, payable" in advance.
In case of change of address please notify
na at once, giving both old and new
addreea.
will dfstrov your cron the same as
the weeds would do.
The practical solution of the prob
lem is to pasture the summer fallow.
Sheep Are the best animals for this,
and cattle, calves preferably, are
second. Sheep will eat practically
all weeds, and if they are put into
the field early, and in sufficient num
bers, they will do well on the tender
young weeds, and keep the fields
bare.
True, some moisture will probably
escape through capilary attraction,
but the sheep will return a small
amount of the very best fertilizer
to the soil, and instead of an ex
pence of $2 per acre for harrowing
the summer fallow, it will pay you
about that much in revenue.
The number of sheep that can be
handled on any given piece of land
depends entirely upon the particular
piece of land, how weedy it has be
come and how much waste land there
is within the inclosure, along ditches
and in fence corners.
Prineville is the only town in Cen
tral Oregon that can boast of artesian
water.
DESTROY THE ROBBERS.
In no vocation is an individual sub
ject to the mercy of the elements,
pests, and so many varied robbers
as is the farmer.
In Central Oregon, besides the
elements, the farmer must consider
the animal pests, rabbits, rats, and
even the striped chipmunk and the
blue "Juniper" bird will each pack
off wheat at this time of the year
and in some instances make a ma
terial reduction in the total yield of
a field of wheat. These things are
very hard to control, and about all
that the farmer can do is to get his
crop into the granary as quickly as
possible. j
The moisture control is another
matter however, and one that has
not been met by the greater number
of our farmers. For this reason the
crops are dependent upon spring
rains that sometimes do not come.
As a result many of the wheat crops
hardly pay to harvest a great many
seasons. But in every community
there are a few men that understand
and sret a (rood croD every year. Con-
sider Joe Wiegand, of Lamonta, Inexpensive Hotel, Camp and Cottage
George Rodman of Culver and Accommodations, Manifold Amuse
others we could name. j ments. Surf and Natatori-
To meet the moisture problem, the' urn Bathing. Round trip
farmer summer fallows parts of his From Redmond $13.25
farm each year, with the plan to Direct or Circuit Routes to Any Point
OREGON TRUNK RY.
Central Oregon list
Special Fares
For
SUMMER TRIPS
From Central Oregon Points to the
Seashore Resorts, Clatsop Beach,
Eastern Cities and the
California Expositions
Cool, Gay Gearhart and Seaside
Gatsop Beach
store up from one year to the follow- j
ing the supply of moisture that falls, j
and take the field into the second!
season with about double the amount j
of moisture that falls in one year, j
That is a good theory, but in most J
cases it fails, for the reason that j
just at this season of the year, a j
crop of weeds spring up on the:
East Daily until Sept. 30
Chicago, direct, $72.50;
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth
or Winnipeg, $60.00; St. Louis
$7l'.20. New York, $110.00.
One way via California
with stopover to see Ex
positions, at slightly
higher rates.
ground, and take the moistue that ( Oregon Trunk, North Bank and the
you are trying to save. These weeds Floating Palaces, S. S. "GreatNorth-
are robbers, and should be treated ;
just as any other robber; put them
out of business before they get the
moisture, for this moisture is money
to you.
You have been told that the sum--mer
fallow should be worked. This
is a good theory also, but the theory
of farming, and its practical par
.alell are quite two different things.
The sandy nature of Central Ore
gon soils will not permit their con
tinuous harrowing. By these opera
tions the surface' of the soil will be
ern" and "Northern Pacific" Sail
ing every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday from Portland, and
San Francisco. $40.53 round
trip from Redmond, includ
ing meals and berths on
'ships. Rail rates
same without meals
or berths.
Ask for Exposition Folder.
D. Keller, Agent, Redmond.
' Prineville has the best and fastest
ball team to be found between Port-
left too loose and will blow, which land and Klamath Falls.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
The total cost of Pendleton's public
swimming pool at Roundup park la
$10,699.93.
About 100 convicts wore aettt to
Gaston, Washington couuty, to pull
100 acres of flax.
Baker Is planning for the Baker
county fair, which wJH be held Sep
tember 8, 9. 10 and 11. "
Several families were made desti
tute by the fire which destroyed a
large part of the town of Scappooae.
William Keyes, a young,' unmarried
man, was killed Instantly. at one of
the Kerry logging camps In the N
halcm valley.
A movement has been atarted at
Heppner for the erection of a modern
creamery and cold storage plant at a
cost of $9000.
The directors of the Cottage drove
cannery predict that the output this
year will be four times as great as
thut of last year.
According to county records, $177,
8119.65 haa been spent on Clackamas
county roads up to August 1 and most
of it on repairing old roads.
The state land board haa decided
to advertise for sale 241 acres of tide
land located in Tillamook bay In the
vicinity of the Wilson and Kalchla
rivers.
Permission has been granted by
State Superintendent of Banks Sar
gent to the Katacada State bank to
reduce Us capital stock from $25,000
to $15,000.
The number of school children In
Washington county Increased 1T( dur
ing the past year, according to the
annual report of County Superintend
ent Barnes.
Although surveying will be done
this autumn It is now deemed unlikely
that ' work will begin on the actual
construction of the Kendall railroad,
east of Roseburg, until next spring.
Just able to reach home after btng
lost in the mountains of Grant county
four days, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Word
have returned to John Day, and are
recovering from their experiences.
Charles A. Warner, a prominent
resident of Sclo, passed away In a
Portland hospital, where he waa taken
some time ago for an operation for
cancer, lie was about 60 year of
age.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Stover sawmill, 11 miles from
Union, with a loss of $3000, unin
sured. The blase was controlled with
difficulty and threatened the dense
forest for a time.
J. K. Starr, district attorney of
Wheeler county, won his fight to re
tain his office In the recent recall
election by a big majority, according
to the official vote filed with Seere
tary of State Olcott.
The body of Lee Graham, a train
man who was killed near Huntington,
was brought to La Grande for Inter
ment Graham was knocked from a
box car by a bridge while apparently
looking for something under the car.
The state fish and game commis
sion his Just finished planting In Cra
ter lake 5000 crawfish from Odell lake,
with a view to propagating food for
the trout. This step was found nec
essary because of the manner in which
trout have been multiplying in Crater
lake In recent years.
More than 15,000 letters have been
sent by City Treasurer Adams of Port
land to owners of property who are
delinquent in the payment of street
and sewer assessment, and unless the
A Talk on "Tum-a-Lumber"
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Did you ever see a more
beautiful wood than this? It
is Douglas FIR "trim" for; all
interior woodwork, sash, doors,
chair rails, baseboards, cornice,
mouldings, stair rails, newel
posts, panelling, etc.
For all such purposes, "no
wood is quite its equal"
For Every Building Puspose from Modest Home to Modern Warehouse
Douglas Fir Lumber
gives superior service. The United States Government, in Forest. Service Bulletin No. 88,
issued June 17, 191 1, says: "Douglas FIR Woods, may, perhaps, be considered as the most
important of American Woods. As a structural timber it is not surpassed, and probably it is
more widely used in this capacity."
Why does -the ultra-conservative government thus describe Douglas Fir?
The reason for the superiority of Douglas FIR for building purposes is that in pro
portion to weight, it is the STRONGEST AMERICAN WOOD.
See Anderson About It
at the home of
TUM-A-LUMBER, Redmond, Oregon
Do You Know
You can buy a new 16-size
ELGIN WATCH FORI
$5.50
At My Place!
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Send me $5.50 by mail and I will send
you one of my New $5.50
Elgin Watches
L. KAMSTRA
Prineville, Oregon
It Always Pays to
Read My Ads
interest, at least, is paid this month
the property Is to be sold at public
sale in September.
Accused of threatening to kill J. L.
Shad, an Klkton druggiMt, Misses Dol
lie l-evlns and Lillian Maltpress and
the former's father, James levins,
were held by the Elkton magistrate
to appear before the grand Jury dur
ing the next term of the circuit court.
Bonds of $1000 each were furnished.
The new lungmotor, purchased by
public subscription, arrived at Sea
aid and la on exhibit. The two
drownings that have taken place thla
season on the Clatsop beaches caused
several of Seaside's prominent citi
zens to have circulated among the
business men a petition, and in less
than a couple of hours the $150 neces
sary for the purchase of the lung
motor was subscribed.
A gigantic demonstration of what a
dollar will do in purchasing merchan
dise will be given In Portland next
month. Plans have been formulated
at the chamber of commerce, where
u larse number of retailers gathered
at a luncheon and not only decided to
make the demonstration, hut appoint
ed committees, fixed the date a'wl
started out to make "dollar day" t
red-letter day in the shopping dlntrlct.
Threshing of wheat, which has Just
started, proves that predictions of a
bumper crop are true, is shown by
reports from all part of Haker, Grant
and Malheur counties. Not only I
there a much larger acreage than tha
recorded amount lnwt year, iut the
yield per acre Is much better. In the
Lower Powder section of Baker coun
ty the yield Is averaging nearly 40
bushels to the acre. Medical Springs,
near the Union county line, also re
ports a big yield.
SELL YOUR
CREAM
TO THE
Ochoco Creamery
Prineville. Oregon
If you like Square Dealing
and Prompt Payments
L. B. LAFOLLETT, Proprietor
Ninety Take Military Course.
Tanoma, Wash. Ninety liusliioss
and professional men, including one
minister and a half down capitalists,
reported for the cump of Instruction
for busIiifiHB men In command of Col
onel It. II. Wilson, Kourtocnth Infun,
try, United Stales army, at CoKgrovo,
American Ial;c. They will spend
three weeks receiving military In
struction from regular axmy officers.
Atlanta is Boycotted.
Atlanta, Ga. A Boston firm which
for the past two years has furnished
the city of Atlanta with parts of Its
municipal supplies, has refused to
have further dealings with the author
ities until action Is taken In connec
tion with the lynching of . Leo M.
Frank, according to W. E. Chambers,
city purchasing agent.
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