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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916.
NO. 13
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Mall and Passenger Service
Normal Again.
STOCKMEN SEE PROSPERITY
Crooked River Running Banks
Full Ice Jams Cause Consid
erable Annoyance.
Tin-Know iiinl cold weather, which
have been so in dvidcnee since
Oiristman day, dinapteared the first
of the week, and conditions are be
coming normal again.
The lust week of the storm de
moralized truin nervice into tlx; in
terior mill even yet delays are
rfiucnt beeaue of slides and wash
ouU along the line.
Mail which was dispatched over
the O-W line from i'ortand did not
arrive in this city for ahout a week
while the O-T service was a few
lay quicker.
The ice breaking up in Crooked
River mused high water at several
(mints, and thousands of tons of
ice line the gravel banki. for miles
along the river. The water has not
been unusually hitch however, and
perhaps will not be during this
tircak-tip at least.
t?rfow which covered the ground
t depths ranging from one to two
fe. t and more, melted and went in
to the ground in a lurge measure,
insuring1 good enisand good ranges
for the Ktockmen.
Roads have not been Imd yet,
although tho.se between Prineville
and the railroad which are subjected
to heavy trallic at all times, will
beco'ii" (itite muddy oon unless
they fi eze solid aain.
FREE BOOKS FOR USE
OF FARMERS READY
Through arrangements with the
State Library, a good agricultral
library was placed in the ollice of
the County Agriculturist in 191!i.
A notice of this fact was placed in
tiie paper but few farmers have
taken advantage of its use. Any
funnel w ishing any book or bulletin
on any subject may be Hiipplied
through this libiary. Should the
book or subject desired not be at
present in the local libiary in the
Agriculturist's ollice, the same can
be obtained and furnished to the
jieison desiring it. Hooks are loaned
for two weeks. If kept longer
thin this, a fine of 2 cents per day
is charged. The loan of hooks may
be rem wed by sending in request of
extension of time, unlers request
for this has been filed in' the ollice
by some other person at expiration
of first two weeks. Hooks can be
mailed and will be sent prepaid but
return postage must be paid by the
borrower. 43 farmers used this
library during the year 1915. It is
hoped that 100 or more will use it
during 191(5.
A. E. Lovett, County Agricul
turist. Get the
rf ' - - . I. i , I T-' '
Portland and Seattle
Market Quotations
Portland,
Wheat Club e; hlucHtiMii, $1.08;
md ItiisNlaa, ltdc; forty fold, 97c; red
l ie. Ofie.
liny Kmttorn Oregon timothy,
IIH.60; alfalfa, $20.
liutUT Cmmnry, 32c.
Kkk Itiuich, 37e.
Wool Ktntoni Oregon, 25c; valley,
2c.
Hop 1916 crop, Vi&l2t4e per lb.
Stattl.
Wheat- Itliii'Htcin, $1.11; club $1.02;
rH ItiiMlan, $1.00; forty-fold, $1.03;
rift. $i.oi. ,
Hurley $31). 50 per ton.
Hay Timothy. $19 per ton; alfalfa,
$20 per toi.
llm lorCreamery, 32c,
Krrh ."fr.
FORGERS RETURNED TO
0REG0NF0R TRIAL
J. F. lilanchard and deputy Anne
of Bend, returned the last of the
week from Tennessee with John
Steiner and Frank Taylor who are
wanted here on a forgery charge.
These young men, one 22 years
of age and the other less, forged a
number of notus on Bend merchants
and made their escape, returning to
their former homes before they were
apprehended.
An affidavit which wan furnished
by a Bend merchant asking for the
return and punishment of the
forgers,, and which was sent to the
Governor of the state when re
quisition papers were iwked for,
furnished the basis for the authority
on which the action wa. taken up.
The officials who had the matter
h charge, as well as the above
mentioned witnesses, ar6 to be com
mended on their action in the mat
ter. Crimes of this case are be
coming entiroly too frequent, and
punishment is surely due the of
fenders. J. F. Rlunchard states that con
trary to a rumor which is abroad,
he has no relatives in the eastern
states. The trip was made in good
time with practically no stops, and
at about one third the cost at whi ch
trips are sometimes estimated.
Too Late to Classify
FOR QUICK SALE-T will "selfmy
Overland touring car just over
hauled with electric lights and
starter; extra new rasing. Has
run about 2500 miles. Price $3o0.
K. II. B. Call Journal Office. Uitf.
1 hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of 'county
school superintendent, subject to
the approval of the republican voters
at the primaries to be held May 19.
J. K. Myers, present incumbent.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
County' Commissioner of Crook
County at the primaries to be held
on May 19, 1916.
H. J. Overtruf, present incum
bent. I respectfully ask the considera
tion of the electors of the
Democratic Party for the nomina
tion for assessor, at the primary
election May 19, 1916.
H. A. Foster.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
Sheriff of Crook county at the
primaries to be held May 19, 1916.
S. E. Roberts.
0 Some Logic ! Who Says Women Can't
0CH0C0 IRRIGATION
T FORMED
. .
Vote Stood 51 for and Only
17 Against
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHOSEN
Land Owners go on Record a
Favoring Irrigation of Thous
ands of Acres.
The Ochoco Irrigation district
was formed at the election held
Saturday by the decisive vote of 51
tc 17.
Ilirectors elected at this time
Bfher, T. H. UfoIIette, E. T. Slay-1
tin and I). F. Stewart. D. F.
Adamson was elected treasurer for
the district.
The retuf ns were canvased by the
county court on Monday, as is re
quired by law, and the results of
the election announced as above.
The board will meet during the
next few days and select a chair
man from among their own number,
also a secretary.' 1
The formation of this district is
the first step in securing water for
the irrigation of the lands north of
Prineville. It is one of the best
pieces of land in the country, and
with water which will no doubt
be supplied during the next few
years, will support some of the best
homes to be found anywhere;
FARMERS' INSTITUTES
Arrangements have been made
for Farmers' Institute meetings in
Crook County to begin February 12,
at Terrebonne under the auspices
irf the Terrebonne Improvement
Club and ending at Grange Hall,
February 19, under the auspices of
the J itar Gi'ange. Other meetings
wijl be as follows: .At Redmond,
February 14, with the Dechutes
Valley Potato Growers' Association
and the Women's. Club; at Lower
Bridge, February 15, with the Lower
Bridge Development League; at
Cloverdale, February 10, with the
Cloverdale Council; at Tumalo,
February 17, with the Tumalo
Development League; at Powell
Butte February 18, with the Powell
Butte Improvement Club, and the
Powell Butte Ladies' Club. Prof.
J. A. Larsen, specialist in soils
and crops, and Miss Anna Turley,
specialist in home economics, both
from the Agricultural College, with
the County Agriculturist, will com
pose the staff of speakers for these
meetings. Talks on cultural methods
and growing of special crops, also
on domestic economy and labor
saving devices from the home will
be given, hut the large part of the
time will probably be spent in open
discussion of topics of most interest
to those present.
Each community has charge of
the meetings to be held in its loeal-
Continued on page 5.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
LUNCHEON FRIDAY
Plant for Regular Weekly
Luncheons
i R. L. SCHEE NEW CLUB MANAGER
A Busy Year Ahead for the
Local Organization Much
Real Work to Do.
The Commercial Club luncheons
are to be adopted by the Prineville
Commercial Club as it is thought
that this kind of meetings will
prove more satisfactory than the
weekly evening meetings.
The luncheons will be held on
Friday of each week at the various
eating places in the city and will
begin promptly at 12 o'clock and
over at 1 o'clock in order that the
business men may not be detained
from their work.
The first luncheon will be held at
the Hotel Prineville on Friday of
this week and all Club members are
requested to be present. All far
mers who are in the city on Fridays
are urged to come and eat with the
Club at the luncheons as we want
to be of any possible service to you ,
we can and stand ready at all times
to help the entire surrounding
country as well as the city of Prine-
.
vine.
It is not the plan of the Club to
conduct these luncheons like a ban
quet but to have a popular priced
dinner with the business pulled
off with a snap.
Don't forget Friday, February
11. at the HoUl Prineville. Twelve
o'clock sharp; please be prompt.
MEETINGS CLOSE AT
The Revival Meeting, just closed
..b..i.ltl..l.l,llvl.l4.lll,IOU-lll.,EUI
to be the largest revival on' the
Pacif.c coast among the Christian
Churches this year. The total num-
ber responding to the Gospel invita -
tion was 13$. Of this number 102
came by primiry obedience, con
fession and baptism. Nearly the
entire number will become members'''
of the local organization. The j
Continued on page 5.
Many
Ice Jams
In Crooked River
Ice jams in Crooked river at many
places have attracted coniderable
attention the past few days. One
at the lower nd of the Bonnyview
ranch yesterday flooded several acres
of the ranch and destroyed several
rods of fence yesterday. The Stew-
art-Carlson dam which supplies
water to the Prineville Flour mills
was swept away a short time before,
and irrigation dams of the entire
length of the stream have r1vph.1v
been washed out, or are
theatened
with destruction.
Prineville to Have
Local Brass Band
The band boys are planning on a
band for the summer and will soon
begin the rehearsals so that they will
be in shape for the spring concerts.
Pirneville has more material for a
band than any other town of its
size in the state and the city can
not afford to be without it. It is
the plan of the boys to use a
local leader as they have in L.
H. Lohis, a man who is very
capable and under this plan the
band will not be very expensive
and easy to maintain.
u
II
The Swift interests of Chicago,
well known packing house people,
have purchased a half interest in
approximately 140,000 acres of land
located in Harney county, eastern
Oregon, from the Corbett estate of
Portland and William Hanley.
The property was formerly owned
by the Blitzen Valley Land com
pany, fur which Mr. Hanley acted
largely in the capacity of manager.
With the entrance of the Swifts,
the lands are taken over by the
Eastern Oregon Cattle company,
the incori oration of which was
recently announced.
William Hanley will sever all
Cnnnptinn frith thn nmu
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after JuIy lf when he wi retire
to hand)e his Qwn extensive M
Oregon properties, which include
the William Hanley company and
the Harney Valley Improvement
company, proprietors of the Double
O, Bell A and other ranches.
I The center of the vast tract
formerly owned by the Blitzen Val
tley Land company is the "P" ranch ! pamphlcts in suPPortof the measure
j from which radiate a dozen or so is cstimate(1 at about $50.00 Those
units comprising thouands of acres. interested wu'd be expected to
These include the Sod House ranch, ! furnish this
iBuena Vista ranch, Grain Camp! We wiH print the entire mt as
ranch, Diamond ranch, Happy Val-1 he has PrePared t in an early issue
ley ranch, Riddle ranch, Rock Creek , and wil1 have more to sav upon the
I ranch, Roaring Springs ranch and ; matter at that time.
: Home Creek ranch.
j The new owners of the lands have
, .
, i"" P wcoiomse
ito the CXtent Je possible b
'
1 Cont.nued on page 4.
Prineville-Redmond
i
Mail Line Up for Bids
Bulletins are posted asking for
bids on mail service between this
city and Redmond, twice daily. The
bids will be received at Washington nave Dcen nlca eoverin uevelop
until March 7. and service will!mcnt or proPosed development
start March 16. The life of this ranging in size from 1 horsepower
contract will expire on June 30,
191S. The new service provides
for two stages daily except Sunday,
and will leave Prineville at 4:30 a.
m. and 4 p. m. The return will be
made after each train arrives at
, Redmond, a limit of three hours
being allowed the contractor for
the trip each way. A change in the
plans at denartment headonartpra
in Washington is responsible for
the advertisment forbids instead
nf thP srvi. t sfarf ur,.h i -
was announced in the Journal re-
cently.
Reason ?
LAKE WILL VOTE ON
JACK RABBIT BOUNTY
-
Plan for Three Cent Bounty
to Be Voted on thw Fall
PETITIONS EILED BEFORE JULY 6
Eight Per Cent of the Legal
Voters Will Get the Matter
on the Ballot at Election.
District Attorney O. C. Gibbs has
seriously taken up the matter of
establishing a bounty on jackrab
bits in Lake county and to that end
has prepared a rabbit bounty which
he says has been modeled after the
similar law which is now in effect
in Harney county.
The only way in which such an
act can become a law is by the
vote of the people at a regular
election. And before it can be
placed upon the ballot a petition
signed by not less than eight per
cent of the legal voters must be
filed with the Secretary of State
not less than four months previous
j to a general election asking that
such a measure be placed upon the
.ballots. In other words that petition
must be filed not later than July 6,
of this year if the question is to be
voted upon this fall. The act as
J prepared provides a bounty of three
! cents.
j Attorney Gibbs has agreed to
-handle the legal end of the 'matter
' if the citizens will see that the
j petitions are circulated. The actual
: cost of printing the petitions, dis
tributing them, and circulating
According to claims filed with
State Engineer Lewis for the year
1916, rights have been initiated for
i the development of 456 410 horse-
claims represent rights to develop
power but which have not as yet
been actually developed. 219 claims
w idb.ouj norsepower, the latter
being the claim of the Portland
Railway, Light and Power Com
pany, covering its rights on 'the
Willamette River at Oregon City.
Clackamas County leads in the
number of horsepower for whi'-h
claims are filed, having 349,716
horsepower. The only counties in
the state in which no claims for
pC,wer have been tllcd are clatsoP.
GilIiam and Wheeler. The number
of horsepower claimed in Crook
County is 11,719.
Saturday is Lincoln's birthday
By Gross