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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 17, 1916.
NO. 14
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WILL START SOON
Commissioner BlanchardSays
Plana are About Ready.
THIRD STREET TO BE OPENED
Friday Luncheon to Be Regit
)ar Feature Next One at
Hotel Oregon.
Work will be well under way on
The Crooked River road before the
first of March according to the plans
of (Jommissioner Blanchard.
The plans are to get the work
Urtcd as soon as possible, and
crowd it to completion before
the roads get dry and dusty. A
rock crusher will no doubt be pur
chased by the county and wed forj
the first time on this road, Com
missioner Iilanchard said. I
These plans nd a number of
other important isKues were dis-J
cussed at the Friday lum he n which ,
was held by the business and pro
fessional men of this city. j
The matter of opening the street
between the original townsite and
Noble's s Wit ion was disrusM-d, and
a committee consisting of Mr. Brink,'
Mr. Bowman and Mr. Davis was'
appointed to attend the next meet-1
ing of the city council i nd get some 1
action in the matter if possible. j
The committee on mail service
reported progrens, and stated that
they expected to have the matter of
a rural route for the territory north
, of Prineville, well under way soon.
A committee was appoin ted to get
plans under way for the street
sprinkling, and to confer with the
council in thin matter.
The luncheon tomorrow will be
belli at the Motel Oregon at 12
sharp. All business men arc re
vested to come and bring as many
farmers with them as possible,
H. EARL CROSS BUYS
A deal was closed the fi-st of
the week whereby II. Earl Cross
, became the owner of the stock and
business formerly conducted by the
Lafollctte Nursery Company, at
Powell Butte.
Mr. Cross is a mun who has had
much experience in Iho nursery
business, and will be able to care
for the demands in this part of the
state in a manner that will be satis
factory to buyers of this class of
stock.
The business will be known as the
Central Oregon Nurwry, and post
office address of tho new concern
is I'rineville.
All bills for stock nlready de
livered are duo tho old company,
while orders that have not been de
livered will be cared for and collec
tions made by Mr. Cross.
Wheat is being sold at Culver and
Madras at prices ranging to ?1 and
a little above.
Get the
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C. J. Sundquist Finds
Good Well of Water
Water which raised to within
thirty feet of the surface was found
on the C. J. Sundquist place north
of this city the first of the week.
The well Is 180 feet' deep, and for
mation through which the drill paw
ed would lead one to believe that
artesian water might be had with
out going an ' unreasonable depth.
The flow was found in a blue clay
of the samo nature as that which
overlays the artesian flow in this
Immediate vicinity. Mr. Sundquist
plans to continue the work at some
future time, with the hopes of locat
ing a guhhing flow of water.
ST. VALENTINE PARTY
A GREAT SUCCESS
Saint Valentine and his hearts
and cupids received duo homage
Friday, February 11, when the
Misses Mildred and Ruth Dishman,
Beatrice Clark and Estelle Conway
welcomed their sixty guests at the
Club Mall and proceeded td enter
tain them in a way which left no
doubt, in the minds of each that it
was the very best social event of
its kind ever attempted in Prine
villc. The young hostesses ushered their
guesta into the main hall, where they
were at once struck with the beauty
and taste of the decorations, which
consisted of an evergreen border
around the room and myriads of
hearts festooned overhead. Here
they were presented with appropri
ate programs and under the able in
fluence of Morgan, Luckey and Mrs.
Carlson, dancing became the order
of the evening.
Loganberry punch was served
throughout tho evening and directly
after midnight the festivities were
brought to a close when each guest
had been regaled with delicious
sherbet and cake. Everyone parted
from their happy hostesses with the
thought of looking forward to
pleasant remembrances of an. even
ing thoroughly enjoyed. R. W. 0.
Central Oregon News
Notes of Interest
The old Pilot Butie Hotel at Bend
is being demolished to give room
for a modern three story structure.
The property was recently purchased
by Sulivan and Brooks.
A. L Luce, A. C. Mc Fall and H.
L. Mc Fall came over from Grand
view Monday with a four horse load
of rabbits which they shipped to
Portland. Keep on that way boys
and the Jack-rabbit will soon be ex
tinct. ' '
The holdings of the Eastern Ore
gon Livestock Company will bfe sub
divided in smaller tracts. This land
comprises approximately 100,000
acres of rich and fertile soil. It is
well watered and capable of sus
taining a dense population. Har
ney County News, Burns.
They say thut'Culver is apparent
ly "running its face" for business.
A certain man went to that town to
do some trading, offering a pay
Continued on pagu 5.
Now I Time to Act in This
Matter.
PETITIONS BEING PREPARED
Let the Journal Know Your
Wishes in This Matter Be
fore March 1.
Do you think a bounty on jack
rabbits would be a good measure
for Crook County to adopt? If so,
how much should that bounty be?
The Journal will take the initia
tive in the matter of getting this
bounty voted upon at the November
election, should the demand seem
to be general and of sufficient
strength to warrant such action.
Briefly, the matter has been sub
mitted to the county cuurt at vari
ous times for several years, but
they are not in possession of suffi
cient information to warrant them
in taking action, and the most satis
factory way to get the bounty would
be for the people to vote for It at
this general clccthn.
The Journal has the law . already
drafted, and will print and get the
petitions into tho hands of those who
will circulate them, should a suffi
cient number suggest it to justify
this action and expense.
, Eight percent of the voters would
be required to sign the petitions
and this would get the r. sure onto
the ballot as an initiative measure
at the general election in November.
v Should the measure carry at this
election, the law would take effect
immediately upon the proclamation
of the governor, which would not
be later than some time in Decem
ber. This would enable the court to
include the bounty in the budget
for 1917 taxes.
All petitions would have to be
signed and filed before July 6.
Arguments in favor of the
measure would have to be printed
in booklet form and circulated to
the voters.
The entire cost of the measure
would be less than $100 and' might
not exceed $50. The expense would
be met by those favoring the issue,
rabbit clubs and other organizations.
If you would like to see this
measure on the ballot, and will as
sist in circulating the petitions,
write cr phone the Journal during
the next ten days; or before March
1. This will leave sufficient time
to get, the papers prepared and the
measure handled in efficient manner.
A. L. Luce took a load of rabbits
to Culver Monday and shipped them
to Portland. The boys have killed
lots of rabbits since the deep snow
enme. Grandview Correspondent
in Culver Tribune.
Some very large rock fell the
first of the week from the high cliff
on the west side of the Deschutes
and nearly blocked traffic on the
grade. The kind of weather we
have been having this winter will
cause many rocks to weather.
Father Uses
E SEED TESTED
WITHOUT EXPENSE
Entire Year May Be Lost if
This Is Not Done.
SEND SAMPLES TO 0. A. C.
Not More Than Ten Days Will
Be Required to Furnish You
With Information.
Any one who plants seed, the
quality of which he does not know,
is taking a chance to loose on the
crop he is planting. Attention has
been called during the winter to
the analysis of all farm seeds and
the Agricultural College is not only
willing, but anxious to analyze farm
seeds for the farmers at no expense
to the farmer. The necessity for
analysis of seeds is understood by
practically all men who have planted
seed, for all have at some time dis
covered that the seed t.hey have
paid good money for was almost
worthless. Also many have planted
large quantities of weed seed with
alfalfa or clover. Some cases are
known where farmers have dis
covered that their seed was very
poor and full of weeds after they
have puchased this seed. No deal
er should object to funishing a small
sample of the seed which they pro
pose to furnish before purchase , is
made and it is good business to ob
tain this sample and- have same
carefully analyzed before purchase
is made. Send your sample direct
to the Agicultural College, giving
your name and address and asking
that analysis of same be made. You
will receive returns from 5 to 10
days after and will then know
whether or not you wish to purchase
the seed. If analysises are satisfac
tory and your crop fails, something
other than the seed will have caused
the failure. It is almost foolish
for a man to waste a season's work
on a bet that his seed is good when
he can easily have the seeds ana
lyzed at no expense and overcome
one of the chances or gambles in
farming. A. E. Lovett, County
Agriculturist.
SISTERS NOTES.
M. Harrington has been quite ill
the past week with the la grjDpe.
The basket bill game between
Sisters and Redmond resulted in a
score of 24 to 25 in he favor of
Redmond.
The Teachers Training class of
the Sunday School has taken its
second examination this week. The
class finds much enjoymemt in the
systematic, study of the Bible and
methods of teaching it.
We still have quite good deal of
snow at Sisters.
Last week word was received of
the death of Ed Howell of Free
water, Oregon, who formerly lived
, here.
I Sam Dennis of Seattle, brother of
John Dennis, is visiting at Sisters. '
! H. W. Hayden. !
Tuesday is Washington's birthday.
Language Too
Parent-Teachers'
Meet Tuesday Nignt
The regular monthly meeting of
the Parent-Teachers' association was
held Tuesday in the assembly room
at the public school building.
Some 150 persona were present
and considerable interest was dis
played.
, Song by the school, an address
by Mr. Upton and a discussion lead
by Mr. Schreder were leading num
bers on the program. Solos by
Miss Conway and Joe Smelzer were
heartiy applauded.
Children from the third, fourth
and fifth grades participated in the
program.
An address by Mrs. H. P. Belknap
was also a feature of this program.
The real work of the meeting was
a discussion of the system of individ
ual training that is in use in some
of the schools of the country.
The next regular meeting will
be held in the High school assembly
room. '
LIQUOR SALES AND
SHIPMENME LIGHT
Only twelve quarts of whiskey
wVre shipped into Crook County
during January. These , were con-!
signed ti parties in Bend. I
Two shipments of alcohol were
made to a Redmond druggist during
the month. Twenty Sales of alcohol
were made by druggists ) in the
county during the month, and five
prescriptions for alcohol were issued
by physicians in the county. Frine
ville druggists have not taken out
bonds for the handling of alcohol,
and until such times as they do,
sales will not be made by them.
According to the interpretation
of the law, all who have shipments
of liquor coming from wet territory
will be compelled to receive them in
person at Redmond.
A Sure Way to Lose
Money; Sending it Out
There are yet some residents of
the county who are playing the
mail order game. Many have re
formed during the past year, and
are getting better service and better
values by buying at home. -?
There has been a great amount
of discussion about this recognized
. evil during the past ten years, and
i the people are commencing to see
the folly of sendirg to "the mail
J order house.
There are exceptional ' instances,
' and of course these are uppermost
' in the minds of the buyer, when
such practice would be , partly ex
cusable. Speaking in a general way, prices
on merchandise in the Prineville
stores are materially less than they
j were even eighteen months or less
past.
j The fact that Prineville is situated
so close to railroad towms, and yet
I is compelled to pay the difference in
: freight between this point and the
railroad is a handicap in the matter
of price comparison. Yet when goods
! reach the consumer, this consumer
Continued on page 5.
St
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HOLD 3,000 SACKS
Salable Table Spuds Will Be
Held at $1.50 per Cental
All STOCK TO BE POOLED
Next Meeting Set for March 6
Organization a Good Step
for Fanners.
Although the Deschutes Valley
Potato Growers' Association was ,
disappointed in not having Prof.
Larsen with them on Monday,
February 4, they held an interesting
meeting and transacted considerable
business. It was agreed to pool all
potatoes belonging to members and
sell only the graded product, the
executive committee of the associa
tion to have full control of grading
and sales.
The executive committee held a
short meeting after the regular ses
sion and decided that no graded fancy
potatoes would be sold for less than
$1.50 per hundred and no seed po
tatoes for less than $2.00 per hun
dred. A census of potatoes in this
section shows a total of only about
3000 sacks of potatoes. All potatoes
will b stored and graded at Red
mond immediately and potatoes
sold as market prices are found
satisfactory by the executive com
mittee.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held Monday, March 6.
All those interested ir the potato
industry are invited and members
are especially urged to be present.
A. E. Lovett, Secretary.
GOOD PLAYS BILLED
AT THE L
A number of famous plays have
been secured as coming attractions
at the Lyric Theatre, first of which
is "John Glayde's Honour," pro
duced by the Frohman Amusement
Corporation from the play by Alfred
'Sutro and featuring C. Aubrey
Smith, Mary Lawton and an all star
cast. The story is a powerful one
dealing with high finances in New
York and the gay life of Paris. This
play will be shown two days, Satur
day and Sunday, February 19 and 20,
at slightly advanced prices. Other
Gold Rooster Plays for early
presentation here are "Nedra,"
"Excuse Me," "Madam X," "The
Galloper," "At Bay," The Beloved
Vagabond" and "Mary's Lamb."
A new era in motion pictures is
promised Prineville partons in the
introduction here of Gold Rooster
Plays.
Whether the county seat should
be moved to Bend or the county
'divided at the coining election is to
be the subject of a clebi t ; between
high school pupils tomorrow. Leona
. Springer and Marie Fox will argue
for removal and Lottie Pugsley and
Bonnie Hess will speak for division.
j Bend Bulletin.
By Gross