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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916.
NO. 35
CHAUTAUQUA WEEK
RAILROAD BOND ELEC
TION SET FOR SEP. II
TWO MEN DROWNED
PRINEVILLE DEFEATED
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Attendance Averaged 1000
Twice Daily.
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR 1917
Guarantee Overold $146.50
Surplus About $175.00 for
Prineville.
A crowd of more than 1200 peo
plu were present at the closing pro
gram of Prinovllle'i flrbt Chautau
qua Saturday night.
The attendance for the week was
fur above the average, the very
first on the entire circuit in fact,
which places Prineville solidly on
the map as a first class Chautauqua
town.
It is hi jtory, we are told, that
Chautauqua grow better from year
to year, and it was a great surprise
to the Kllison-Whitc people that
Prineville reached a position at the
very top of the list the first year.
The original contract called for
an advance sale of not less than
$1125 worth of season tickets by
the local committee. It is on this
guarantee that many communities
fall down the first year and are
compelled to make up a deficit.
Prineville sold the guarantee and
$146.50 in addition.
The gate receipts', which are cash
above the season ticket wile aver
ages less than $.100 we are told and
go as low as $200 for the season.
One day in Prineville netted
more than $210 and the season of
six days showed a total of $816.00
at the gate.
Of this amount Prineville re
ceived 25 per cent, which after all
local expenses are paid, will leave a
balance of perhaps $175 in the
fund, which may be hold for other
Chautauqua work or used in the
city park, as the guarantors see fit.
A few hours only were required
to get a contract for the return of
this Chautauqua next year. A
total of 81 names were secured on
the 1917 contract which makes the
Chautauqua a permanent institution
in Prineville. .
We are told that a larger tent
will we recommended for Prine
ville next year, and that the town
will be recognized as among the
very best of a list of 200 towns on
the Ellison-White circuit. The
average attendance for the twelve
programs was about 1000 persons.
T
Dollar Week was a distinct and
unqualified success, both in the
amount of sales made and number
of satisfied customers.
Out of 15 business houses in the
city making dollar week specials,
$800 was the approximate return
in cash, or an average of $50 each.
A good example, is the 25 sacks
of flour placed on sale at five
different stores, by the Prineville
Flour Mill, which were sold in less
than an hour.
Only new and standard stocks
were sold by the merchants, which
fact gained the confidence of the
purchasers.
Not less than $4000 was spent
with Prineville merchants during
the week. Before buvinar from a
catalog give your home merchant
; a chance to show his figures. Home
spent dollars make home industries.
Oh! Hugh Cane fait hlmsolf slipping
after the second inning
SHE WANTS A MAN;
TURNS TOWANT ADS
Over in Monmouth, Oregon,
there resides a young lady of good
family who is lonesome. She
would like to get in communication
with a young man who would be
come a good husband for her. To
realize this ambition the first thing
that suggested itself was a classi
fied ad in the Journal. The ad is
there, also a long list'of other? in
great variety. Do you read them?
Do you use them? If not doing
both, you are losing money.
See what this young lady says
under the head of "Personal."
FOR LAST QUARTER
During the quarter ending'June
30th, 1916, State Engineer John II.
Lewis, issued 137 permits for the
appropriation of water, including
six for the construction of reser
voirs. According to these permits
it is proposed to irrigate 7.616
acres of land, store 1,4 10 acre feet
of water and develop power at a
number of small individual power
plants for private use.
15 permits were issued in Crook
County, which are as follows:
H. H. Hawley of Post for the ir
rigation of 79 acres, diverting
water from Camp Creek and two
springs. A. L. tfonnett oi names,
for the irrigation of 32 acres, di
verting water from Camp Creek.
G. A. Garske of Dry Lake for the
irrigation of 190 acres, diverting
water from springs. C. N. Soren
sen of Sisters, for irrigation of 40
acres, development of 3 horse
power, diverting water from Squaw
Creek. S. Rodman of Barnes,
for irrigation of nine acres, divert
jng water from South Fork of
Crooked River. S. Rodman and
B. Shepherd of Barnes, for the irri
gation of 24 acres, diverting water
from South Fork of Crooked River.
W. W. Brown of Fife, for the irri
gation of 386 acres, including
domestic supply, diverting water
from Twelve Mile, Norcross and
Long Hollow Creeks. E. P. Blun
dell of Bandon, for the irrigation
of 110 acres, diverting water frdfn
Dry Paulina Creek. J. H. Gray
of Prineviljo, for the irrigation of
184 acres,' diverting water from
Sheep Rock Creek. A. L. Shep
herd of Barnes, for the irrigation
of 100 acres, diverting water from
Twelve Mile Creek. L. E. Throop
of Dayville, for the irrigation of
30 acrei, diverting water from
North Fork of Beaver Creek. M.
A. Chapman of Lower Bridge, for
the irrigation of 36 acres, diverting
water from , Squaw Creek. O. C.
Gray of Post, for the irrigation of
252 acres, diverting water from
Crooked River. Ernnla Fuller 6f
Lower Bridge, for the irrigation of
14 acres, diverting water from
Squaw Creek. ; O, A. Hedlund of
Prineville. for the irrigation of 78
acres, diverting water from Crook
ed River,
Survey Will Perhaps Be Made
Before That Date.
ROAD COMPLETED DURING 1916
Funds Available to Start Work
at Soon as Election It
Held.
September 1 1 is the date set at a
special meeting of the city council
on Friday of last week for the
$100,000 railroad bond election.
The present plans of the council
are to consider the matter of hav
ing the surveys completed before
that date, and be in a position to
start the grading immediately
after the election is held.
Funds are available from more
than one source to start the work
at this time, and this will make it
possible to complete the grading
before the freezing weather of the
fall months. According to the
ordinance a3 passed and a copy of
which is being published in this
issue of the Journal it is not neces
sary to advertise the bonds before
a saW is'made, but the council, we
arc informed, will call for bids on
the bonds, anu also for the con
struction work.
Railroad Officials Are
In Prineville Today
A party of the orficials of the
Northern Pacific, Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon-Washington
railways arrived in the city today
at 11 o'clock and are spending the
afternoon looking over the Ochoco
irrigation project.
R.A.Smith, head of the colo
nization department of these affili
ated roads, with headquarters at
Omaha, I. Smith of the same de
partmert, H. C. Oliver, Traveling
Freight and Passenger agent with
headquarters at . Portland, and
H. C. Eagan, with the same title
whose headquarters are at Bend,
composed the party.
They have spent about six weeks
already looking over the country,
having visited the eastern part of
the state where these people are
building roads, and will be out
about three weeks yet before they
return. ,
They will visit various points
where new lands are open for set
tlement and are greatly interested
in the Ochoco Project.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
Central Oregon received a lion's
share of the prevalent rain of the
Northwest, during the last two
weeks of June. All previous re
cords of precipitation for this time
of year were broken, as well as any
for two weeks endurance.
From June 17th to July 2nd the
rainfall according to the weather
station in this city, was 2.61 inches,
or twice as much as fell in the
coast region during the same
period. For the month of June
the fall was 2.36.
A station near" Paulina, at the
timber line, registered between 4
and 5 'inches for the month of
June, as compared with about1 .5
over the county in 1915.
The warm weather following the
rains has started the'alfalfa harvest
and is especially beneficial to the
growth of grain.
Attempting to Swim Stream
Near The Tulies.
TEN COMPANIONS SEE TRAGEDY
Body Recovered After Long
Search Cold Undercurrent
Caused Deaths.
William W. Watson Jr., of 131
East 32d street, Portland, and Jack
Mailer, of Scranton, Pa., both em
ployes of the Shevlin-Hixon com
pany at Bend, were drowned Sun
day i afternoon in the , Deschutes
river at one of the company's
camps.
Watson and Mailer, shortly after
noon, entered into a small wager
as to their ability to swim across
the river which at that point is
deep and swift. They left the
bank together. Watson falling be
hind. Watson cried for help, as it
in play, when about half way across
the river.
More than 10 men were on the
bank when the men started out,
and when Watson cried for help
tney responded to his call, but
without avail. Mailer it is said,
also cried for help, but was not
heard and went down without aid
reaching him.
The body of Watson , was re
eo,eredsoon after he went down,
but all efforts of the men to resus
citate him failed. Mailer's body
has been recovered. Watson was a
resident of Portland. His father
William Watson, is a railroad man
with the O.-W. R. R. & N. Co.
The young man came to Bend about
a month ago, and in Portland was
a plumber by trade.
Too Late to Classify
A GOLD PIN FOUND At Club
Hall. Owner may have same by
paying for this notice. 35tfc.
BIDS WANTED For flock of 120
White Leghorn hens in their
prime. Thoroughbred. Splendid
layers. A. L. Pratt, Post, Ore.
LOST Goodyear tire, 33x4, mount
ed on rim; on Redmond road.
Finder notify J. F. Blanchard.
35t2c.
MODERN HOUSE FOR RENT
Furnished for housekeeping, one
block from Main street. Clean
surroundings. Mrs. Ida Prose,
city. . 35tfc.
WHITE NAVAJO RUG With
black stripes lost by Prineville
Dramatic Club about a month
ago. Finder please notify John T.
Wheeler, city and receive suit
able reward. 35tlp.
LOST Leather book, containing a
check on the Singer Sewing
Machine Co., payable to J. A.
Templeton, also Singer Sewing
Machine receipt book. Will pay
reward for return to J. A. Tem
pleton, Prineville. 35tlp.
A GOOD JERSEY Milk cow for
sale; gives four gallons of milk
. when fresh, gives about three
gallons now. Want to sell or
will trade for a wagon, size 2J.
Wagon must be in good condi
tion. Mrs. Pearl Breeding,
. Prineville. . 35tlp,
NOTICE TO CHICKEN OWNERS.
Ordinance number 202, of the
city of Prineville provides that any
one permitting chickens to run at
large is subject to a tine of from $5
to $25 together with the costs of
prosecution;
.The council has ordered this
ordinance enforced. .Anyone vio
lating same will be prosecuted un
der its provisions.
35t3c. - J. H. Gray, Marshal.
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A prominent Bend fan giving their im
ported pitcher a lovir.g glance
Ti
The Towner place north of Prine
ville and on the bench lands that
will be watered under the Ochoco
Project show what can be done in
that part of the district with
water.
A large field of alfalfa which
looks as well and in many places
better than that on the low lands,
is growing on land that did not
always produce a good crop of rye
before it was irrigated.
The ample supply of water in
the creeks has enabled Mr. Towner
to run a large quantity onto the
lands during the spring, . and be
cause of the drainage and sandy
nature f the soil, the alfalfa which
is yet young, is making a wonder
ful growth.
Grain on other irrigated parts of
the place has a thrifty look, and
with current prices for all these
commodities it teems a safe asser
tion that the crop that is now
growing will be worth more than
all the crops that have been raised
on this place for the past ten years.
Such Is Life But
Why Is It "Sich?"
If a man went down town with
his head dolled up in a three cor
nered dingus, with kinks and curie
cues and a cat's tail and a chicken
head pinned on one side, a whisk
broom and a bunch of spring onions
on the other side, and two strips of
red flannel hanging down in the
rear, he would be arrested. But a
woman can do it and get away with
it.
Why? t
Well, we don't know. If a
woman went down town with a big
wad of tobacco in her mouth,
stood around on the corner and
squirted the juice all over every
thing, swore every other breath,
used foul language and swaggered
around and often got dead drunk,
she would soon be arrested.' But a
man can do it and get away with
it. ', ! .
Why? ,vi-V '
Perhaps some of our kind readers
can answer the above queries of
the Dispatch. We have often pon-j
dered over the matter to some ex-j
tent and have not been able to,
form a good answer. It is up to
our readers.
Mrs. L. Rose Lawson was in
Prineville Monday, from her home
on Mill Creek. Mrs. Lawson says
that crops are exceptionally good in
that part of the country. Barley
on her place promises a maximum
yield, and other grain is very good
also. Mrs. Lawson thinks many
people sow barley too late, the last
days of February being the best
time she thinks.
Bend Discovered Superior
Ability in Prineville Team.
IMPORTED PITCHER A JOKE
Large Crowds Witnessed Both
Games Prineville Now Holds
Honors of 5 Gaines in 6.
At last Send has arrived at a
point where she realizes, without
doubt, that her baseball team
hasn't any claim for prowess.
Neither do they believe that a jinx
is the cause, but have to admit that
they are outclassed by better play
ers. Out of six game played with
Prineville this season, Bend has
one to her credit, and without
wishing to rub it in, that one was
won by pure luck.
The latest additions to the list of
games were played Saturday and
Sunday, when Prineville won the
first 5-4 and with a 9-3 score, Sun
day, made the Bendites look like
mere schoolboys.
Burdon and Tetherow were the
slabsmen in Satuday's game at
Bend, but Burdon clearly outpoint
ed his rival by heady pitching.
Prineville took the lead in the first
inning and was never headed, but
were direly threatened in the
seventh when Bend made three
runs. Again in the ninth with
the score 5-3, two out and with two
men on, Tetherow singled, scoring
one, but Yancey with a quick re
covery and a superb throw caught
the other man at the home plate,
ending the game.
Score by innings.
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Prinv'l 100201100 5 92
Bend 000000301 4 9 4
Sunday's game in Prineville was
witnessed by the largest crowd in
five years, with over a hundred
supporters from Bend. Much of
their monetary support was left in
local hands, however, when return
ing home.
Now for the game.
Neither team scored in the first,
but in the second Bend found
Clark's weak spot and put over
three runs with four hits and an
error, which was the limit of their
accomplishments for the game.
Johnny Baker was Bend's slab
artist, but his efforts seemed effect
ed with the altitude.
Prineville made one in their half
inning, tied the score in the third
and in the next three innings there
was one grand carnage with Bend
receiving the grapeshot, and never
fighting back. Those nine runs
took their stamina completely and
the effort to play ball afterward
was amusing.
Walter Grebe, a U. of O. man
working for the Inland Auto Co.,
broke into the fan's favor with
three hits and some wonderful good
fielding. Burdon proved a real
burden to Bend by making four hits
out of five times up. Morris and
Bob Lister also contributed two
good swats each.
Score by innings.
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Bend 030000000 3 5 4
Prinv'l 0121 1 400X9 13 3
There were ball games played
last Thursday and Friday between
the marrfed and single men, which
resulted in the humbling of the
benedicts. In the first game the
men of blessed singleness won 6-5,
but the henpecked ones really de
served to win. The last game was
a 11-1 slaughter of the innocent
married men