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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916.
NO. 30
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CITY COUKCsL ISSUES j
STATEMENT ONBONDS
Promise Railroad to This '
City Before Winter.
ANOTHER ELECTION . REQUIRED
Posaibitity of Error Being Avoid
ed ThU Time Delay About
Thirty Days.
To the
I'rineville
IVople of the City of
Oregon :
In order that tho people of
I'rineville may know exactly the
ulatiw of the proponed Railway
Construction Bonds, the plun of
action to be adopted by the City,
and the reasons for adopting this
plan, the officers of the City make
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the following public statement: (Supreme Court of Oregon twice.
The evening of Tuesday, the! profiting by the experience of our
ahofJune, 1910, was the time ,mt issue, which has failed, and by
set by the Council for receiving! that of our neighboring towns!
bids on our proposed $100,000 bond j wt, have decided to adopt the plan
issue. No bids were received at j finally followed by Grants Pass in
that time. That this call for bids jt, successful issue, anil now being
had been fully advertised is shown , trjed by Bend after failing in one
by the fact that nearly one-hundred
letters of inquiry and suggestion
have been received by us within
the last month. We now face the
fact that these bonding companies' entire supervision of our record
have not found themselves in a I wjtn the legal department of some
position to buy our bonds even,rt.iai,iu bonding company, who
though the present demand for agree to furnish all the necessary
bonds Is unusually good and the
market high. ,
Wo find three general reasons
for this lack of bids. First, the
form of the bonds was not accepl-
able" in that the optional period
for redemption was too short.!
This optional period is always j
considered by bonding companies,
when making a bid. Our issue
would not sell well unless raised '
from a ten to at least a
twenty year ,
redemption period, hecoml, all
the companies agree that they
figure the value of an issue on
a (i per cent basis. We called
for bids on a 5 per cent bond and
for that reason our issue would
have been handled at a decided dis
count. The third and most serious
objection to our bonds is that we
offered no guarantee of their
legality. Reliable bonding com
panies will not accept the opinion
of local or Portland attorneys on
this matter. They requested us to
take our issue before tho supreme
court of thii state in a friendly
suit or else to procure an opinion
from one of the few law firms in
the United States who are final
authorities on bonding issues. We
called for unconditional bids, re
quiring the bidder to satisfy him
aolf as to the legality ot the issue
before bidding. It is evident from
the absence of bids that tho pre
liminary opinions of these com
panies was not favorable to our is
sue. Wc know that the represent
ative of at least one reliable com
pany was ordered not to bid at any
price as they considered the elec
tion voting our issue absolutely
illegal. Neither Mr. Davidson nor
the bonding companies will take
our bonds on the record we have to
offer at this time. There is only
one way to procure a clear record
and that is to hold a new election,
and procure a competent legal
opinion declaring its legality.
Prineville is not the only town in
Oregon to fail in its first attempt
to place a railroad bond issue on
the market, which is considered
the most difficult issue to make
legal. Grants1 Pass is now happy
and prosperous with a railroad,
but it took three elections and a
Grange Picnic At
Opal City Friday
A huge picnic was held at Opal
City luii Krithy under the auspices
"f the Grange, whi.-U was attended
by hundreds from that pjirt of the
district.
The Opal City Grange in one of
the oldest of the few fanner's
organizations of (antral Oregon
and has accomplished much toward
the betterment of it community.
At present there are about eighty
! active members. John Hendriek-
jnon, Hulph Armstrong and It. K.
Keeney are officers of the associa
j lion.
Tlfis annual picnic in part of a
Hellenic of extension to interest and
benefit farmers. Friday's event
was featured by agricultural
Continued on paife 12.
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supreme court opinion to put
through their bond issue. Rose
burg is now on its third election
an,j has taken it record to the
election, and adopted by Hums and
other towns in their first attempt
to secure a railroad.
Under this plan, wo place the
ordinanccs, resolutions, notices,
ballots and otnor forms; agreeing
; to jiroeure the favorable opinion of
an expert guaranteeing the legality
of our issue to the; date of the call
fr bids, and further agreeing
to place a bid at the proper, time.
We have made such a contract with
Keelher .Brothers of Denver, who
nro to Mart work on our proeoed-
ings immediately. The city has
pU.,.d itself under no obligations
whatsoever to accept the bid of
Keelher Brothers, but will be in
a position to accept the bills of Mr.
Davidson or any bonding company.
We shall place the new issue at
the original sum of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars, making the
rate fi per cent und changing the
optional period from ten totwenty
years. We believe that tho people
of Prineville sincerely and unitedly
wish to build a railroad from
Prineville to a connection with the
main line. We believe that we
have your support in our efforts
to secure the nu-ins to build this
road. We honestly believe that
the quickest way to bring in this
railroad is to begin anew and adopt
the plan for the new is.-.ue which
we have outlined to ytu.
As officers of the City of Prine
ville, we are endeavoring to the
best of our ability to serve the
wishes of a majority of its 'people
and the best interests of this com
munity. We are not attempting to
hide our past mistakes from you
nor to disguise our plans for the
future. We ask for your hearty
co-operation in bringing a railroad
to Prineville, completed before the
coming winter, and we feel now
that if you will give us a favorable
vote on this issue at the coming
election, we are in a position to
promise you that actual construc
tion work will be begun within ten
days after the election.
Prineville, Oregon, June 7th,
1916. - ;
(Signed)
D. F. Stewart, Mayor.
John B. Shipp, Carey W. Foster,
H. D. Still, G. P. Reams, Wm. J
Pancake, N. G. Wallace, Council
men.
Statira Biggs, City Attorney.
KeDUblican rresidential rossibilihes ?
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Any one of this group may be
cago
Madras Man Meets Death
While Fishing.
BOAT OVERTURNED WITH THREE
Prineville Masons Attend Funer
al Services Today Body
Found Tuesday-
The. Deschutes River added
another victim to its toll of many
tragedies when Tom Tucker of
Madras was drowned Sunday near
Vanora. He with Austin Culp and
son had secured a boat and were
fishing in the swift water, when in
making a cast, Mr. Tucker, who
was a heavy man. caused the boat
to capsize. Of the three men, Culp
was tho only one who could swim
and he immediately started to shore
with his son. Glancing back he
saw Tucker standing waist deep in
the water, supposedly on a sub
merged rock or shallow place, but
when he and his son reached safety
no one was in sight in the river.
It is thought that the victim think
ing the water was shallow started
for shore and became ensnared in
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one of the many treacherous holes
of the Deschutes. An alarm was
sounded and a search for the body
begun. It was late Tuesday even
ing before blasting raised the
body, fully- two miles below the
scene of the tragedy. Mr. Tucker
was a man about ntty years old
and was well known in the county.
OPAL SPRINGS PLANT
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At the bottom of the Crooked
River gorge near. Opal Springs,
a point five miles southeast of
Culver, Jefferson county, is a
pumping system which is the unit
in one of the most unique projects
of the state. Picture to the mind
the rugged slopes and almost in-
accessible walls of the Crooked
River canyon and a mental idea of
the difficulties overcome is fixed.
Because of the great height to
which the water had to be raised
a pump could not be found to per
form the task. Earl Thompson,
engineer and manager, of the pro
ject, went to Portland and in eight
months returned with a pump of
his own design which now silent
ly, masterfully, with, little vibra
tion, daily Jifts 35,000 gallons of
water through a four inch pipe, to
a height of 830 feet.
A flume carries water from Opal
Springs to a 200 foot, twelve inch
Continued on page 12.
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ELLIOTT DAMSITE
ONLY FEASIBLE ONE
Will Cost Much Less than!
Any Other Reservoir
ONE RESERVOIR ON THE MM
Location at Kemmling Ranch
Found to Be the Most
Practical-
The investigation of, the various
reservoir locations for, the storage
j of water for the OchoccK Irrigation
t district has revealed the facts that
the location of the large dam at
the David Elliott place east of this
city is the only one that is feasible
! from a standpoint of cost and
storage capacity, on the Ochoco.
' On McKay the best; reservoir lo
cation is on the John Kemmling
place, while another of less value is
located on the Alex Hinton place.
The board instructed Engineer
Rea at their regular meeting on
Tuesday, when these reports were
submitted, to confine future investi
gations to these two locations. The
work will be rushed ''as rapidly as
possible, and will , be completed
Continued on, page 12.
RABBIT BOUNTY LIKED
BY HARNEY PEOPLE
Measure Will Be on Ballot
Here in November.
SIGNERS NOW BEING SECURED
All Must Be in During June
Stockmen Favor Measure
Pest Is Menace.
The Harney County Tribune,
published at Burns, has the follow
ing to say concerning the rabbit
bounty:
The Times-Herald published a
small article from the Oregon
Farmer wherein R. A. Ward, Bio
logical assistant at Rtdmond, aired
his views on Harney County's rab
bit bounty. The gentleman says
the means of destroying the rabbi t3
is too expensive, and will have to
ttop. We beg to differ with Mr.
Ward and the Oregon Farmer. The
bounty will not have to cease on
account of it being a drain on the
treasurer's funds as the rabbits are
getting scarcer all the time, and
the farmers are not experiencing any
dsadvantages from them this year,
which speaks volumes for the
bounty, the means of getting rid of
them. The bounty paid leaves the
money where it will do the most
good and does no harm to the tax
payers and it certainly is getting
rid of the rabbits. ,
""We lift our voices in protest to
any move which would remove the
bounty law. It is a good thing and
we need all the good things."
The Tribune has hit the matter
squarely en vhe head. It is not a
matter of how much will be paid
for rabbit bounties but the only
question is this: Will a rabbit and
his offspring for the year eat five .
cents worth of crops and grass
from the ranges? If so, then it is
good business to pay five cents and
have him killed.
if Crook county should pay
I $50,000 in a single year for the ex
termination of rabbits, which is not
' at all unlikely, this would mean that
! a total of a round million rabbits
'have been taken off the ranges
1 and out of the grain and afalfa
i fields of the county.
True,
the total is a neat little
sum of money. But what about
the total amount ot property de
stroyed by that number of rabbits?
That is the only question.
If you want to help get the
e !-the ba,, ?
mis lNovemoer, jjei, a coyy ui inc
petition from this office or from
Homer Norton at Post, and circu
late it. All petitions must be in
during this month.
$20,000 Fire at
Redmond Yesterday
A disastrous fire at Redmond
about four o'clock yesterday
morning, consumed the general
store of Taliaferro Bros.,the Brown
and Reynolds' barber shop and
Butler's drug store. The origin of
the fire is not known, but it is
thought that it started in the rear
of the barber shop. There was
some insurance but net enough to
cover more than fifty percent of the
losses.
Score Was 20 to 6.
Paulina baseball team
The
ar
rived fullof, hope Sunday but left
very badly annihilated indeed. A
score of 20-6 was computed after
the fireworks.