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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916.
NO. 8
CHAUTAUQUA HAY
COME TO PRINEVILLE
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BIRDIE S. NORTON
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TELEPHONE HEARING
SET FOR JANUARY 1 9
PEARL RUSSELL
TO BE ALLOWED HERE
J. II. Gray Appointel Marshal
Miss Biggs City Attorney
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Ordinance that Will Prohibit the
Sale of Temperance Booze
Will Be Passed Tonight
. I'rint'villi' in on the water wagon,
arid on without nny reservations or
provision. You will not he able to
get any of tin lilcoholiij drink pro
hibited hy the new state Inw, of
course, for thet will bo prohibited
iy a new ordinance which is being
drafted by the city attorney.
Hut tha ni'w council doos not stop
here. Near beer, hopsky, hop nertar,
long horn and all tin- allied second
cousins to old John Barleycorn will
he asked to move on out of the limits
of our fair city
The unanimous expression of the
council at the Tuesday evening meet
ing made a dry town look more
than a mere fancy. It was the
opinion of the aldermen that to
license a place to sell the above
montioned drinks would be courting
trouble, as it offered an excellent
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rHANY CLAIM COYOTE
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Friday was the big. busy day at
the county Clerk's office. It was the
la.nt day of the year ami the last day
in which the $1! bounty was paid on
coyote scalps,
There wercIM coyote scalps turned
injuring the day anil 13 wildcat
scalps. The bounty on the former
totalel $W und on the latter $2H.
Whi'e there were more individuals
collecting the bounty on December
31 than any other day of the year,
larger amounts had been paid to
single individuals earlier in the
month.
On December 29, Edward Pausch
of Fife collected bounties on 104
coyotes and 11 wildcats, and others
have Drought in large numbers .dur
ing the month. '
The bounty from this date will bo
$1.50 each on coyotes and $2 on
wildcats.
Judge Morrow to
Hold Court Here
Circuit Judge Robert G. Morrow
ef Multnomah county will hold the
January term of court for Judge
Duffy next week. There are a
number of cases at issue for trial
In Judge Duffy's court in which he
was council before his appointment
to the judgeship, which fact dis
qualifies him from presiding in the
cases.
Judge Duffy will preside inJudge
Morrow's court during the time
that he is here. Both assignments
were made by the Chief Justice of
the State Supreme court.
There are no criminal matters
yet for the consideration of the
court at this term, and it is thought
that court will not last more than
a week.
Jim Cram of Roberts spent several
days in Portland this week on busi
ness. Herbert Hamilton left the first
f the week for 0. A. C. where he
will take a short special course in
darying.
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Voting Content.
The city of Prinevillc started the
new year with $1)03.15 in the
treasury after the bills for 1915
were all paid.
This is the amount that the new
council has to start their adminis
tration will), and should be sufficient
to run the city for about two months.
The last regular meeting of the
old council was held on Monday
evening at which time the business
was checked up for the year just
closed, and bills for December were
paid. ,
Because of the fact that Mayor
Edwards was stranded somewhere
beyond Bear Creek Butte with a
disabled auto, councilman C. W,
Foster acted as mayor pro tern.
The remaining members of the old
council were present with the ex
ception of G. W. Noble.
Chax. King was granted a license
to sell cigarettes for sis months on
the payment of $."0.
A pool hall license wus granted
to C. C. Hyde for six months upon
the payment of $37.30.
The mayor and councilmen, elect
were sworn in at this meeting also.
Bills paid were:
Deschutes Power Co.,
Journal,
158.90
12.50
25.00
20.25
78.00
25.00
1.00
1.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
1.50
L. M. Bechtell,
E. 0. Hyde.
W. R. Pollard,
Anna Mating,
II. A. Kelly.
Chas S. Edwards
R. W.Zevcly,
L. C. Perry,
M. D. Powell,
Prineville Feed Stables,
SUICIDE JANUARY 1
Mrs. EmmaC. Streeter, a widow,
who lived with her two daughters
in a lonely cabin about forty miles
east of Millican in the Hampton
Butte country, committed suicide
Friday night or Saturday morning,
by taking a quantity of strychnine.
Coroner Poindexter and Dr. Ed
wards were called to the scene and
held an inquest. They found that
Mrs. Streeter was left alone by her
daughters who had gone to a New
Year dance and upon returning the
following day they found the
mother dead in her bed, with a
quantity of strychnine in a bottle
and a cup of water near the bed.
Because of the fact that there
had been some of the poison used
it Was impossible to tell just how
much she had taken. She had been
dead for some hours before the
tragedy was discovered. ' She was
55 years of age.
Committee Busy Today in
Behalf of Course
FIRST WEEK IN JULY IS THE DATE
Ellison-White Service is Offered
With More than 35 High
Class People
Prineville will probably have a
Chautauqua during the first days of
July this year.
the proposition of putting Prine
ville on the list of towns served by
the Ellison-White system was sub
mitted to a group of about twenty
men at the commercial club rooms
last night, and after considering all
the details of the matter, it was
voted by those present to contract
for tha service providing that a
total of fifty persons could be secur
ed to guarantee the sale of the
tickets.
J. B. Hurd, who represents the
system mentioned, promises a fifty
percent better program than was
shown at Bond last year, and all
who attended at Bend are aware of
the high class offerings.
PLANS BHNG MADE
' FOR BJG1916 FAIR
Because of the absence of hold
ers of n majority of the stock of
the fair association, the annual
meeting and election of officers was
not held a was expected at the
Commercial Club, Monday.
As a result the present board will
hold over for the year 1916, and as
this is an excellent board, the kuc
eess of the coining fair is already
assured.
This board already has plans that
will be developed soon no doubt and
put the machinery in motion for a
fair that will excel all past events
the coming autumn.
It is understood that R. L. Schee
who is visiting with relatives in
Iowa at present, will be given the
position as general manager for this
fair andjthisalso insures a successful
event.
As soon as Mr. McCall returns
from Boston and a meeting of the
board is held, the date willjprobably
be announced and a number of
important changes which it is under
stood will be made by the board in
the fair. 1916.
The 1915 fair shows what can
be done by team work and boosting
for a community even of this kind,
the only fault being that ihe work
was not started soon enough.
This one fault will be overcome
this year, and a real fair, one that
will surpass even that of the past
year, which was pronounced the
best county fair in the state will be
the result sure.
Commence now to plan your ex
hibits and plan to attend the 1916
fair. '
Wirtz Asks For
Cooperation of Cities
That the city councils of the re
spective towns In Crook county
should pass crdinances prohibiting
the sale of near ' beer and
other beverages containing less
than one-half of one per cent of
alcohol, even though such beverages
might be sold under the prohibition
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Subscription List has Already
Reached $1400 Mark
COUNH TO HAVE SUPERVISION
One of Most Important Roads in
the County Guaranteed Sup
port Last Night
At a meeting which was held at
the Commercial Club rooms last
evening, the committee in charge
of the road improvement between
Prineville and OMciil reported that
more than $1400 had been subscrib
ed for the improvement of this
road.
Members oi the county court were
present and expressed themselves in
the matter, saying they were will
ing to appropriate a like amount,
or even more if necessary to put
this road into first class shape.
The petitions will be placed into
the hands of Commissioner Blanch
ard who will have charge of the
work on this rad and work will
be started as soon as weather condi
tions make it advisable.
UNDER LARGE FLUME
Ivan Schultz met a tragic death
a few miles south of Bend Friday
when he was caught between the
' top of a load of lumber which he
'was hauling, and the bottom of a
flume under which the road passes,
j Schultz, who was 23 years of age
and in the employ of Aune Bros.,
j was engaged in hauling lumber from
I the Griffin sawmill to the Brooks-
S ranlon planing plant. He had a very
; high load, and when he came to the
i point where the road passes under
j the big irrigation flume, he attempt
! ed to lie flat upon the top of the
I load, estimating that there was
enough distance between the load
and the flume to let him pass under
safely.
A bump in the road which caused
the wagon to raise suddenly, caught
him under the flume and crushed
the life out of him almost instantly.
Two men who were passing and
saw the accident rushed to his as
sistance, the wagon having stopped
with the weight of the flume upon
the unfortunate victim.
All efforts to restore life were
without avail.
An inquest was held by Coroner
Poindexter who was called to the
scene Friday evening.
Schultz had two sisters in the La
Pine country, Mrs. George Mayfield
and Mrs. Farnham.
Sunday Closing Law
Is Again Held Valid
Oregon's Sunday .closing law is
held valid. This is the decision
which was handed down by Federal
Judge Wolverton and two colleagues
who rendered their decision Mon
day. .
The matter of an injunction which
prevents the enforcement of the
law in Portland, is being considered
there today and the injunction will'
be dismissed or made permanent
until a supreme court decision is
handed down., j
Practically all the remainder of
the state is observing the Sunday
law. I
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Who was seriously injured in an acci
dent near the Russell ranch
last week.
AS HATTER OF COURSE
Crook county, together with the
remainder of Oregon as well as six
other states went on the water
wagon the first day of the year and
already the caloon is being consider
ed as ancient history.
In Prineville the change was made
very quietly, the five saloons closing
their doors without protest for the
last time on Friday night. Two of
them were closed before 10:30 in
the evening. All saloon signs had
come down before and signs about
the town which hadbeen erected by
the liquor interest in times gone oy,
disappeared one by one during the
last few days of the year.
Everyone seemed resigned to the
new condition and the sheriff and
district attorney's office report but
one case where it was necessary to
call attention to the law. That case j
was in Bend where O'Neil's saloon
was being transformed into a soft
drink parlor without removing the
saloon sign.
As soon as the proprietor was
notified by the officials .that the
sign would have to be removed the
request was complied with.
The states that joined the dry
force at this time are: Idaho, Wash
ington, Colorado, Iowa, Arkansas,
and South Carolina.
The officials say that they are in
earnest about the enforcement of
the law and will do their very best
to give the people what they want
in this regard.
A strict watch will be kept from
the first, and as the grand jury
meets on Monday speedy justice is
promised the first offenders if
there are any such before that time.
New Year Reception
Very Successful
The annual New Year reception
which was held at the Annex par
lors on January 1, was pronounced
by everyone, an unqualified success.
The rooms were beautifully de
corated in an orignal manner, the
artistic arrangements of hundreds
of flakes of cotton lending the ap
pearance of falling snow, and the
subdued lights and other decora
tions combined to make the effect
more real.
Following the usual reception,
which was a very pleasant affair,
all guests were served with appro
priate refreshments. The Annex
held open house from 2 until 5, and
in the evening cards and dancing
were the order of the day. ., ,
C. L. Shattuck went to Redmond
and Cline Falls the last of the week,
and reports his company's plant at
the falls out of commission because
of the ice.
! Public Service Commission
Coming to Prineville
; HAY RESULT IN MERGING LINES
Action Brought by County Court
in September to Compel
Exchange of Service
The public Service Commission of
Oregon will be in session in the
! court house in this city on Wednes
day, January 1J, for the purpose of
hearing the case which was brought
recently by the county against the
two rival telephone companies
rperating in Prineville.
The hearing will start at IP
o'clock in the morning and will con
tinue until all the evidence and facta
in the case are presented.
This suit was filed on September
3, against the Pioneer Telephone
& Telegraph Company and ths Pilot
Butte Telephone Company to compel
these rival companies to interchange
service, or at least to show reasons
why such service should not be
made.
The facts governing the case are
that the country district adjacent to
Prineville is wired by lines belong
ing to the two companies, and it is
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Pearl Russell was dangerously
injured early New Year's day when
she was thrown from a hack and
fell onto the frozen ground,
j A severe concussion of the brain
j resulted, and her condition has
, been considered critical, although
j she is slightly improved today.
The accident occured at the
Howard hall where a dance had
been held. As the party wasstarting
on their return home the team be
came unruly and the hack was over
turned throwing out the half dozen
occupants, all of whom escaped
injury but Miss Russell.
"It is the purpose of the people
of Prineville that they be given an
economical administration during
1916, and this can be done I am
sure by making every dollar spent
bring a dollar's worth of service,"
said Mayor Stewart in his opening
address to the new council at their
meeting Monday evening. ...
"The prompt attendance of the
councilmen and their cooperation
will assist materially in achieving
this end I am sure," he continued.
"By conducting the affairs of the
city on business-like basis I am sure
that it can be run on what funds
will be available."
"A dollar's worth for each dollar
spent will be my motto for 1916."
All of the members of the new
council were present at this first
meeting and after the Mayor's ad
dress which was short but concise
the committees were announced by
him for the year. ;
Finance: Foster, Reams and Wal
lace; Streets and Public Improve
ments: Shipp, Still and Pancake;
Fire and Water : Still, Foster and
Wallace; Health and Police: Reams,
Foster and Shipp; Judiciary: Wal
lace, Pancake and Shipp; License;
Pancake, Still and Wallace.
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