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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1916.
NO. 20
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Women Voters in Majority by 13 Citizens
Jubilant Over Results of Election.
OVERWHELMING VICTORY IN CAUSE OF PROGRESS
The Matter of Issuing and Selling Bonds Will Be Consid
ered at Meeting of City Council Tuesday Evening.
Construction Work Will Be Rushed.
TV vote on the $100,000 railroad
liond Issue carried in Prineville on
Tuumlay by a unanimous vote, there
being but one against the issue and
,V5 voter in favor of it, u record
that is said to be without a prece
dent in the history of such elections.
The day was ideal for the elec
tion, and workers were busy getting;
people to the polls, a number of
automobiles bearing the leg-end
"Vote Now" being pressed into ser
vice. The election was great victory
for the railroad project but was
ven more than that. It demon
MORE THAN 25,000 ''
ACRES OF LAND SOLD
Local People Are Purchasers
of Grazing Tracts
PRICES AND TERMS ARE RIGHT
Watson P. Davidson, President
of Oregon & Western Col
onization Company Here
The greatest movement in real
estate that has occured in this vi
cinity for years is reported during
the past two days, the Oregon &
Western Colonization Company re
porting sales that will aggregate
more than 25,000 acres.
These lands have been bought by
local people with but few exceptions
and the prices and terms made by
the holders are such that many
other sales are' likely to follow
rapidly during the coming weeks.
Watson P. Davidson, president of
' : the company, arrived in Prineville
; .Monday and working with B. F.
-Johnson who is local agent for the
company, the sales have followed
thick and fast.
Among the buyers of this land
are; Joe Lister, 54 sections, II- D.
Dunham 2 sections, Otto C. Gray 2
i sections, Will Ledford 4 sections, J.
N. Williamson 6 sections, Qilkey
son 1 section, B. F. bhopherd 1
section, c. . vouo wjchowi, o. y.
Yancey 3 sections, J.Ralph Breese
Get the
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strated tho fact that Prineyille peo
ple know what they want, and arc
interested enough to come out and
express themselves, and stand as a
unit in matters that are for the
common good of the community.
For this reason the Journal main
tains that. Tuesday was the greatest
day yet recorded in the history of
I'rineville and that a great future
awaits the community that is able
to act as a unit in such matters.
Bond buyers have been investigat
ing the proposed issue, and there
will no doubt be no delay in getting
the bonds sold and the railroad
construction under way soon.
2 sections, and a number of others.
These lands ' are being sold at
pria-a that will average 5 per acre,
depending upon the kinds, and are
grazing lands. They are adjacent
to lands that are already owned by
the men who are purchasing. ' Most
of them will be fenced soon and will
constitute immense pastures.
Mr. Davidson and Mr. Johnson
will leave today for Paulina and
Burns, and will close up a dozen or
more sales between these two
points.
mi
ihese lands are being sold on
long terms, as much as ten years
time being given to those who desire
those terms.
The improved condition of the
livestock market seems to justify
investment in lands of this quality,
especially at these prices.
MEET AT REDMOND
The Prineville Commercial Club
has been invited to attend a banquet
in Redmond on the evening of April
3 at 7:30 at which the commercial
club from Bend will also be enter
tained by the boosters in the Hub
City.
This is the first meeting of this
nature that has been held in an ef
fort to get the business men from
the three towns to work together
for the common good. Other meet
ings will be held in Bend and Prine
ville, which 'will result in a better
feeling and cannot harm any com
munity. ,, . .
No limitations are placed on the
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Manager ghee h promifJed thK
tnere w,u De not eaa than 25 men
from Prineville, at this first banquet.
O Kinney Draw Touches
Of the 357 people who came to
the polls on Tuesday a majority
were of the fair sex! Another
record of which Prineville may well
be proud. They were in the majority
by 13 votes, the numbers being 185
women and 172 men. Two members
of the election board were ladies.
A celebration was indulged in by
the most enthusiastic supporters of I
the bond issue during the evening
on Tuesday. The Club band, fol
lowed by a large group of citizens,
marched through the street) playing
popular and stirring marches, and
making merry in various appropriate
ways.
CATTLE AND HOGS
Market Strong for All Live
stockWill Go Higher
PROSPEROUS FUTURE ASSURED
The Highest Prices That the
World Has Ever Seen Will
be Paid This Year.
Beef is so extremely scarce in the
country at this time and especially
in the Pacific northwest that record
prices are being paid for both cows
and steers. Sales of fancy pulp fed
steers from Idaho were made in the
Portland yards during the week at
$8.75 per hundred pounds, the
highest record ever reached In the
North Portland yards.
Eventually the price of best
dressed beef is expected to reach 15
cents a pound in the wholesale
market, an unheard of price here
Such a price at wholesale simply
means that the consumer will in the
end be called upon to pay from 2 to
4 cents a pound more for all cuts of
beef than ever before. '
The Pacific northwest has shipped
considerable cattle to the eastern
markets during the year because of
the acute shortage there which
brought forth record prices.
Pork prices are again ascending
and mutton and lambs have been so
scarce of late that they can scarcely
be quoted at all in' the markets.
ROADS DAY
GREAT
Business Men Demonstrate
Ability to Work-and Eat
NEW GRADE BUILT IN A DAY
Most Successful Event of Its
Kind Held Last Friday
Another May Follow.
Last Friday was a big day for
Prineville. Following the custom
established two years ago, the an- j
nual good roads day was celebrated j
in a manner that will not be forgot
ten for many years to come.
Men from every vocation gathered
at the Wilhoit grade west of the !
city where a new grade was under
construction by the citizens and the
county working together, and more
than one hundred strong, they
labored with pick and shovel from
shortly after seven in the morning
until after five in the afternoon.
The result was indeed gratifying.
The old grade, which has always
been a dangerous one, and difficult
Mr. heavy loads,, was replaced by a
road mat cannot be considered a
grade at all, for the percentage
was reduced so much that it will be
scarcely noticed by teams and motor
traffic. j
The change had been surveryed
the day previous, and tools were on
the ground and everything in readi
ness for the small army' of men that
did the work.
A team was use during the after
noon on a part of the grade, plowing
an preparing the way for graders
which were put to work on Satur
day, completing the change. .
Practically all of the hand work
that was required, was done by the
volnteer workers, who made a cut
that was more than five feet at the
greatest depth, averaged three feet
for a considerable distance and was
much of that distance, a rock cut.
One of the most important feat
ures of the day's work was the sup
ply of eatables for this hungry crew
which provisions were furnished by
the ladies of the town in abundant
quantities, and qualities that can
only be understood by one who dev
eloped an appetite on the business
end of a pick handle.
A meal was served by the ladies,
of whom there were about 30 pres
ent, at twelve o'clock, and another
at a few minutes after five in the
evening.
Automobies lined the ioad on
both sides for a considerable dist
ance, and everyone who wanted to
go or return from the work had no
difficulty in getting a ride.
A telephone hanging on a con
venient fence post kept the workers
in touch with business and the do
ings of the world outside, the
paging of individuals being con
the Button and
ducted in about the same fashion as
is employed in the lobby of the
metropolitan hotels, with the differ
ence that everyone joined in the
paging process.
The willingness with which every
one did their work, the general
good feeling that preva'led through
out the day, and the large turnout,
which would nave been twice as
great had the management not de
cided that it was better to leave
many of the places of business open,
all demonstrate the fact that even
on short notice Prineville can get
together on such events in a man
ner that will maka other com
munities sit up and take notice.
Other communities are advertis
ing these good roads days,' but as
usual Prineville is first to celebrate
the event this year, and listen! We
may have another one a little later
in the season also.
The only event that marred
the day, was the accident which
sent the new Dodge car belonging to
John Bacaas over the grade and in
to the ditch. Fortunately however,
me damage was hut slight, con
sidering the nature of the accident,
and the car was brought ;nto the
garrage on Friday evening, and will
be in operation again soon.
The weather was ideal for the
work at hand, and Commissioner
Blanchard, who was in charge,
states that he is both surprised and
pleased with the amount and the
quality of the," work-that, was ac
complished. , -
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LOCAL TALENT PLAY
IS BEST EVER GIVEN
"It is the best show that has ever
been seen in Prineville, and when I
say that I mean either amateur or
professional," said Mrs. R- A.
Clark in the Journal office last Fri
day morning and her statement was
reiterated by many as they feft the
Commercial Club hall that evening
after witnessing Topsy Turvy which
was very successfully staged under
Mrs. Clark's direction.
J. O. Wall,' alias .dry goods man
at Elkins' store, represented the
deacon and was really funny: Mrs.
Nell Newsom, who impersonated
Miss Spriggs, pursued and won the
deacon but found it necessary to em
ploy clever Topsy Turvy, no less a
person than Miss Marguerite Bilyeu,
to loosen his purse strings. Miss
Wilde starred as Mrs. Clarendon, in
whose parlor the first act began;
Mrs. Willard H. Wirtz was May
Golden, Toosy's cousin, who vied
wun lopsy ior t,oru uarence, a
fresh "Hinglish chappie" ably repre
sented by Rei Powell. , Bub Eates
was Frank Golden and Otto Hodges
was just Ned, a negro servant, with
a difficult part which he carried out
to perfection.
The chorus was composed of Mil
dred Dishman, Estell' Conway,
Pauline Truesdale, Ruth Dishman,
Blanche Shipp and Beatrice Clark,
who with their clever singing and
dancing recalled the other days to
many when they sat in the city
Gets a 'Shock
TEACHERS ELECTED
TOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
Many New Teachers in Fac
ulty the Coming Year
FEIN. SCKRQEDER IS RETAINED
Local Boy is Given Position
Prof. HUI is New Music
Instructor.
A number of changes were made
in the faculty of the Prineville Pub
lic Schools on Saturday evening,
when the board held a meeting and
selected the teachers for the coming
year.
Principal Albert Schroeder wasre
appointed. Miss Estes was reelected
for the position in the first grade,
and Mrs. Wigle for the second. For
the third grade position, Florence
E. Wass was chosen and for the
fourth grade position Rei Powell was
selected. Miss Wattenburg of Red
mond will have charge of the fifth
grade, Miss Bilyeu will again teach
the sixth and Mrs. Whiteis will
teach the seventh grade. Professor
Tbos. J:, Hill was selected as music
teacher for he school, which insures
competent instruction in this branch
and at the same time relieves teach
ers in the regular work which will
be a great improvement over the
present arrangement.
There will be no change in the
janitors this year, the work of the
present force being quite satisfac
tory to the board.
While every one of the teachers
who are at present employed, and
who applied were given positions,
the board is greatly elated over
the outlook for the coming year.
Perhaps tbe greatest surprise is
the appointment of Rei Powell to
the fourth grade work.
Mr. Powell is a member of the
normal class of the local high school
and his work there has been of a
quality that justified the board in
selecting him for this important
position.
The public school library now
numbers more than a thousand vol
umes and has become an important
factor in the school.
opera houses and saw no better
chorus work or prettier girls than
they. Paul Clark, Harry Stearns,
Luckey Bonney and George Stearns,
together with some who took other
parts, amused the large audience
with clever specialties.
Mrs. Clark has been encouiaged
to repeat the play, which she will
probably do, and will take it to Red
mond tomorrow night.
Watson P. Davidson of St. Paul,
was in Prineville yesterday. He is
highly pleased with the outlook for
this community, and thinks that big
things are ahead for Prineville.
By Gross