CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
ThejCfty
G. P. Reams made & trip to Mitche'l
the first of the week.
Mrs. Guy Soars of Powell Butte
was in Frinevllie Tuesady.
Mrs. Hugh Gee of Combs Flat was
visiting in town on Monday.
Glen Chitwood of Willow Creek
was visiting in town several days this
week.
C. F. Smith left yesterday for
Eugene and other "iViHainette Valley
points.
Denton G. Burdick of Redmond
was in Prineville the frst of the
week.
Frank McClure and wife of Headly,
Texas, are visiting at the Pishman
hwne.
Willard H. Wirt: is in Portland
attending the meeting of the district
attorneys there.
G. M. Cornett and family return
ed the last of the week from a trip
to Crater Lake.
Mrs. Robert Demaris who has been
visiting here, returned to her home
at Post Saturday.
Mrs. Vira Cyrus returned the last
ef the weke from a trip to Willam
ette Valley points.
Loren and Harry Kimbal of
Meadows, were in Prineville the last
of the week on business.
Congressman Sinnot says that the
roads throughout Central Oregon
are good so far as he has been.
Delegations are coming in force
form other Central Oregon towns to
the county fair here in October.
1. M. Mills and son of Paulina
shipped two car loads of beef cattle
to the Potland markets Monday.
" Earl McLaughlin and family left
the last of the week for Walla Walla
where they will spend the winter.
Clark Glcason left this afternoon
on a business and vacation trip to
Miss Evadana Gove is the new
assistant in Pr. Gove's dental parlors.
P. B. Foindextcr, Newt. Poindex
t.er and Jap Ireland returned the
first of the week from a trip in the
Cascades.
Mrs. J. 'A. Douthit of The Dalles.
who has been visiting her mother
Mrs. Dunham of this city, returned
to her home last Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Frauenfelder who
has been in Prineville for several
weeks, returned to her home in St.
Louis the last of the week.
A card from R. E. Gray and wife
says that the Grays are now located
at Prismo, which is a California
beach resort. They say that thcyj
are enjoying the trip immensely.
Wade Houston and family return
. .1 fr.un a tvin to the Cascades the i
. r .u i. ti, ,. .... t n ! where they will camp for a time
first of the week. 1 hey secured all
Hiram Gibson of The Dalles is in
town on business,
W. J. Buckley of Redmond was in
Prineville on business Wednesday.
Miss Dottie Poindoxtof returned
from Portland the first of the week.
Mrs. June Powell returned the
last of the week from a visit to Port
land. G. W. Noble and Robert K. Davis
returned the first of the week fr in
a trip to Paulina.
The John Carroll threshing ma
chine has been busy on the Ochoco
for ,the past few days.
Ira Cox and Mary Morgan both
of Barnes were married by Judge
Springer on August 21.
K. A. Davenport and family left
this morning for Mt. Vernon Springs
and Willamette Va!l
the blackberries and huckleberries
they could can. and caught lots of
big fish in Big Lake.
Drs. Martins returned from a trip
through Harney county last week,
and left Saturday for Lake county.
They expect to return here by Sep
tember 20, and after a ten days stop,
will go east for the winter.
Mrs. Freeberg, of Sarles, North
Dakota, who has been visiting here
for some time with friends and rela
tives, returned to her home there
last week, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. E. 0. Hyde of this city,
who will spend a vacation there.
I. M. Mill was in Prineville from
Paulina the last of the week arrang
ing for the completion of his new
home at that place. The Mills resi
dence will be one of the best in that
part of the country when completed.
The contract for painting and finish
ing has been let to A. B, Roller of
this city.
P.. E. Simpson and G. N. Clifton
left Sunday evening for Seattle to
attend the funeral of their old friend
i 11. W. Littleton who suddenly died
'y there on Saturday. Mr. Littleton
accompanied those other gentlemen
Fortland
tswr.s.
Attorney . .,. a,;aee and Mrs. Vn a hunting trip into the Cascades
Addie Spalding returned the last of frvm this point a few weeks ago.
the week from an auto t:n to
Klamath Falls.
Mrs. J. H. Keer.e of Ejgerv? ar
rived in Prineville the first of the
I J. B. Et'l and family returned
'from atrip to the fairs .in California
the last of the week. Juhn says that
: the San Francisco fair is a beauty,
week and will make her home here, j an(j that prcts f,jr all classes of ac
Mr. Keene, of the Ford GarEjre. has!,.,.,,,!..,: In tho Rai- f'ltv am
been here for some time,
Mrs. Kurtz, daughter of Mr. and
Mre.T. F. McCallister, who has been
visiting in and near here for some
time returned to her home in St.
Louis last week.
quite reasonable. He found the road
to be good throughout most of the
distance, and reports an excellent
trip.
C. A. Whit sett was visiting rela
tives in Prineville a couple of days
John Breeding and family and this week. Mr. Whitssett was prom-
Bert Grater returned from a trip to'inent in the mercantile business in
the Cascades the first of the week. Prineville years ago, and now lives
They secured 400 quarts of black- ir. the Sacramento Valley. He has
berries and 120 quarts of buckle-1 a farm near Culver, where he has
beries. They were camped near Big J just finished harvesting a good crop
Lake on the Sntiam road. of wheat.
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25 People 20 Horses 8 Wagons
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"An American Hobo"
The play is full of music, comedy and thrilling scenes,
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One of the greatest comedians ever seen in the west.
Will Exhibit at Prineville
Friday, August 27
Under the Big Tents
Adults 50 cents Children under 12, 25 cents
John Huffman was taken to the
Pendleton Asylum the first of the
week from this county, having been
adjudged insane.
Mrs. H. E. Cross was in the city
Tuesday, and reports that Mr. Cross
is impoving after an attack of double
pneumonia, but is still very weak.
County Attorney Willard H. Wirtz
was chosen as a member of the execu
tive committee of the Association
of District Attorneys for Oregon,
which was organized in Portland
Tuesday.
On the front page of last night's
Oregon Journal is a potrait of Hon.
W. L. Bradshaw of The Dalles who
is well known here. The picture is
one of a group of four of the best
known jurists in the northwest.
Madras will have what will be the
first automobile service on an R. F.
D. Line in Oregon when commencing
on September 1, the new service
will supply 118 famlies on a route
57 miles in lenght. The salary of
the contract is $1S(K) per annum.
Omar Wilson has the contract for
building a resilience for Homer Ross
in the southeast part of the city.
The residence has been rented to
Alex Donnelly, and will be ready for
occupancy on Sepcmber l'i.
The contract h;us been awarded
to the W. F. King Co. for the erec
tion of a building which will be oc
cupied by the Prineville Steam
Laundry, on the lot directly north
of Hodson's garage. The building
will be 31 by 47 in size, and will be
completed early in October.
The recital at the Methodist church
on Tuesday evening was greatly en
joyed by those present. The read
ings by Mrs. Tiffany, who by the way
is a graduate of the Crook County
High School, were of a high class,
especially her impersonations. The
muiseal numbers by Prof. Hill were
of a high order and were greatly
appreciated.
E. L. Reynolds of the Inland Auto
Company made a trip to the Izee
country, a distance of 102 miles each
way, and brought in a disabled car
the last of the week. Prineville's
garages have a reputation for the
best mehanies there are, and are
reaching far into the country and
getting the business.
An examination will be given for
the pupils of the 8th grade, Septem
ber 2 and 3. Pupils wishing to take
the entire examination or make up
credits will piease send to the office
of the County Superintendent, J. E
Meyers, at once for the questions
which will be sent to the chairman
of the board.
There will be a new feature in
the show line in Prineville on the
night of August 27, when the Inter
Mountain wagon show company will
produce an evening of entertainment
These people use a large tent, capa
ble of seating some 500 or GOO peo
ple, and produce a program of music,
comedy and drama. It is a new de
parture for this class of shows, and
will no doubt be received with
intrest.
Prof. H. C. Baughman and family
returned from a trip to ' Portland,
Eugene and other points the last of
the week, after a three week's ab
sence. They were accompanied on
the return by Miss Bilyeu of Eugene
who is one of the teachers in the
public school here this winter. Mr,
Baughman says that the little boy
was sick most of the time he was in
the Willamette Valley and he was
pleased to get back to Prineville.
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