T "" lUiRCiic Or Crook .-County JomfeaS CLASSIFIED ADS ON PAGE 3 X COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE - .,,.. , . , , , ,,, .r r- fc VOL. XX PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1916. NO. 34 8 PAGES BENDTRYINGTO STEAL THE COUNTY SEAT Would Put Skid Under Stone Courthouse in November. SACRIFICE WOULD BE $400,000 County Seems Seat at Any to Bo Policy Fight Sure. Price Hut Petitions bearing several hundred mimes were filed with the Kccrctar of State yesterday vhieh provides Unit the proposition of moving the county seat from Prineville to Bend tie placed on the bullot 8t the elec tion to he held on November 7. The matter has been discussed for some time, arid because of the fact that the Bend people consid ered this to be more to their inter-i-Hts than submitting a measure of dividing the county, this removal was decided upon at a meeting held in fiend on Tuesday morning. The same afternoon the petitions were circulated and they were filed in Salem on the following day. This, regardless of the merits which a proposition to divide the county actually jiossesscs, places the taxpayers of the county squarely in a position to defend a proposition that on the face of it, would in the event that it should carry, mean a sacrifice of a large sum of money. There is no doubt about thu fact that Bend is entitled to a seat of i government. Intercuts there and thereabout are such that should a reasonable measure have been sub mitted at this same election, it would have received an overwhelm ing favorable vote, not only from Prineville, but from enough of the remainder of the county to have granted them a county, of which Bend would have, of course, been the county sent. In the matter that is being sub mitted however, the facts are re versed. If it is right that tne west side should have a county seat, the same is true of the east side. Doubly so for the reason that the buildings are already located here. There can be but one answer, and that is a fight to a finish, with Bend on the one side and the tax payers on the other, for a much larger percentage of the . voters in Bend are non-taxpayers than in, any other part of the county. RABBIT BOUNTY BILL FILEDATSTAIECAPITOL The petitions asking that the lahbit bounty measure he placed on the ballot in November, were filed with the Secretary of State the lirst of the week, bearing about 000 names. ' The measure provides that a bounty of five cents each be paid on rabbit scalps, and two and a half cents on sage rats killed within the county. Should the measure receive n majority of the votes cast at the election this fall, it will go into effect on December 1, this year. Bounty will be paid on not less than 50 scalps at one time under the act, and the person presenting the scalps will be required to swear that he killed the rodents within the boundary of the county, and the person , presenting them will be : identified by a taxpayer. A. Zell Badly Injured in Accident Friday A. Zell was painfully injured in an accident about 4:110 Friday afternoon when the large buggy borne he was driving became frightened at an approaching auto mobile oi , the bridge on West Second street. Mr, Zell was coming into the city alone in the buggy, and met the car which came quite close to him on tht! bridge. The horse became frightened and turned squarely, toppling the buggy over and rani down the street. j The buggy turned over twice, j throwing Mr, Zell into the top amlj briming him severely, lie was rendered unconscious by the shock, but soon recovered and was taken to his home cast of the city. THE COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL BILL AS FILED The county seat removal measure follows: Initiative Petition for a Bill. To propose a local law for the County of Crook to remove the eountv seat from the City of Prine ville and to establish the same at, the City of Bend in said Crook County. Initiated by J. A. Eastes, R. M. Smith, F. II. May. J. F. Arnold and L. D. Wiest, all of Bend, Ore- eon. Be it encated by the people of the Statc of Oregon with and for Crook County: Section 1. That on and after the first day of January, A. D. 1917, the City of Bend shall be the county seat of Crook County. Secton 2. On and after the first day of January, 1917, all the county otllees and the circuit courts sliall be at Bend, and all county business required to be done at the county seat shall be at Bend. On or bef ore said first day of January! The line of parade was long and the, county court of Crook County, made up of many interesting and shall remove all the county records, JamuHing floats with each depart- books, oflice equipment and other county property from Prineville to Bend, and shall provide all neces sary office rooms, furniture and equipment at the City of Bend for doing and carrying on all the busi- ness of the county that is required to be done at the county seat. Section 3.- All laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. RAILROAD BOND ELEC TION IN SEPTEMBER The election on Prineville's rail road bond issue will be held early in September. The firm which prepared the, papers for this bond issue, is of ! the opinion tljut it is necessary to set the date sixty days ahead i in jorder to call ' this election ac cording to the charter, The papers are all prepared and I are now in the hands of the city ! and there will be no delays in get-; tins' the construction starteu as soon as the election has been held. 1 Arrangements have been made for the funds, which will enable j the work to start without another i delay in selling the bonds. This will enable many loeal people to assist in tho construction of the grade, and as the harvest ing of crops will be over for the season, the months of September and October should see the road graded and steel laid into Prine ville. There is a baseball game sched uled this afternoon, between, the married and single men. It should prove amusing. . I . tt n tsfcf.'".; Kft-'Vt t 3aI; ' vr- ' A it i- ,v - ,;: s . p - " 1 11 ' 1 .... .? ..I in. i ., hi,, n . w.,..,., ot.i.vji'y Witepskie's Royal Hungarian Orchestra at Chautauqua this EVER-LARGE CROWDS Auto and Motor Race Thrill Spectators. DECORATED CARS BEAUTIFUL Weather Ideal for Event Holi day Spirit Prevailed Sane Fourth. With weather made to order and a record crowd participating, Prin;- jville started her Fourth of July(races. Millard Elkins won the celebration Tuesday morning with .former and Randall and Quinn the a mammoth parade. merit well represented. In tVw. nnl nf tmrn .tivwinn for decorated cars, Tom Sharp was first ; with Andrew Noble second. Mrs. Dishman won the first prize for the best decorated car of the city. Her car being a mass of.Tr u,, . , , . . . I A baseball game was staged yellow blossoms tastefully ar- Tuesday evening betw(?en prineville ranged. Mrs. Edgar Stewart won an(j a team of Paulina players second place. hurriedly assembltd. The locals The Ladies Annex had the largest won 9-2 in a game holding little in number of floats from one organ- ization, winning a prize of ten dollars. Harry Hudson piloted the win- Kekuku's Hawaiians will I ning baby buggy decorated by Mrs. Cyrus, and a special prize was given the boy scouts for their entry. Robert Osborn won in the motor cycle entry. The most unique feature of the parade was a locomotive, represent ing the Prineville & Eastern R. R., constructed by F. F. Hoelscher on his motor truck. It was com plete too, from cylinders to a smoke-stack. Engineer Tom Quinn showed masterful control, but could be pinched for not having a union card. In the industrial section the Lyric Theatre was first with a float showing the scope of the movie business and the promise of excel lent pictures during the week. After the parade the street sports were taken up, chief among these being the motorcycle and auto i V 7? ""-nwrnng enrms Burdon surprjsed the majority Dy winning a 100 yard dash from Howard. Pete Barnes won the fat mans race ana Marry Kennara tne , "ovuujr niuiurcycie race. I Tf ie vnru A tea rrw-i nf rcr tViut Via port)and baseba team cou,d not i come for it left an unfortunate blank in the celebration program. Some good games will be scheduled terest lor tne tans. L&Ke uecnteii was hit in the face by a batted ball jn pPactice which caused a painfu, and rather deforming injury for the present. close Chautauqua Saturday night, featuring "Aloha Oe." Afternoon and Evening. FOR SIX MONTHS One Arrest in Prineville for Drunkeness. . PORTLAND IS BENEFITTED Business Goes Along Better and Crime Is Reduced Everywhere. Oregon has been dry for six months. The records for various parts of the country are interesting indeed, and it is the custom of the various papers to review the new order of things at this time. Prineville has had one arrest for drunkenness during this time and the sight of a staggering man on the streets is very unusual, instead of the common thing as it were be for January 1. It is gratifying to see some of the big daily papers which advo cated the liquor traffic, come out in no uncertain terms indorsing the present condition of affairs. Two of the big Poitland dailies, the Oregonian and the Telegram printed such articles, as well as big dailies in the Washington cities. Continued on page 8, SURPASS RECORDS Other Towns Far Outclassed by Prineville. TICKETS ALL SOLD SATURDAY Ideal Weather Assists Crowd Waited Until 10:30 Monday for Talent. Prineville's first Chautauqua is on and its a winner. Tuesday, we are told, was the biggest second day that the Ellison White people have seen this season. Mr. White who is managing the event here, says that they are greatly pleased with the spirit in which they have been received and that the attendance and the en thusiasm is much better than they expected. The programs have everyone of them been worth the price of a season ticket and while some of the largest events have been held already, the remaining numbers will be of the highest order also. Indeed, the musical events, both this afternoon and evening are of an order that can be unequaled anywhere. The talent has been selected with a view of leaving everyone more than satisfied and this will be the result when the week comes to a close here Saturday evening. The performances start promptly a advertised, and the attendance is increasing from one performance to the next. The late arrival of the train on Monday caused an unpleasant de lay, but the hundreds of people who waited at the tent, entertained ably by the Leal band until 10 o'clock were well rewarded by the humorist S. PlattJones. If anyone wants to know what is the matter with Jones they will be compelled to ask Jones himself, for no one else could tell.. The musical numbers on Monday were up to everything that had been claimed for them and as to Victor Murdock, well he is a moose," that's all. THURSDAY Morning Junior Chautauqua, King Arthur's Court. Afternoon Concert, Witepskies Royal Hungarian Orchestra Inspirational Lecture, "Success Where You Are," Mrs. Har riette Gunn Roberson Evening Grand Concert Witep skie's Royal Hungarian Orches tra Popular Selections, Mme. Kay Morvilius, Accompanied by Royal Hungarians FRIDAY Morning Junior Chautauqua, King Arthur's Court Afternoon Prelude, Elizabeth deBarrie C-ill Popular Lecture, "One Blood," Dr. Frederick Vining Fisher Evening Harp Concert, Elizabeth deBarrie Gill Stereopticon Lecture, "America Before the World," Dr. Fred erick Vining Fisher SATURDAY Morning Junior Chautauqua. King Arthur's Court Afternoon Prelude, Kekuku's Hawaiian Quintet King Arthur's Pagent, Supervisor and Children EveningAn Evening in Hawaii (a) Opening Concert, Kekuku's ' Hawaiians (b) Illustrated Lecture, "Isles of Peace," Frederick J. Halton (c) Closing Concert, featuring ' "Aloha Oe". (Good-bye). Ke kuku's Hawaiian Quintet