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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY QF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1916.
NO. 46
IDEAL WEATHER FOR
THE BIGGEST FAIR YET
.Stock Pens and all Buildings
Crowded to Limit
PARSONS BAND IS HERE
Wrecked Aeroplane Cannot
Appear Balloon AcU Sub
tituted The twelfth annual Crook County
Fair opened yesterday morning
with every pen full In the live
stock division, an overflow of ex
hibits in the pavilion and a number
of tents on the ground to provide
for the various displays that could
not bo cared for in the regular
way.
The management has provided
very possible means for the ac
commodation of the exhibitors.
Special lights have been put on t
the grounds, telephone connection1
as usual, and unhung provided in
wine of the buildings and tents.
A largejwater tank which will bo
ept full of w er by an electric
pumo will praide water for the
stork, and pressure for washing the
animals, which lias been badly
needed before.
Through cooperation with the
management, arrangements have
Wen made with the Itaptitt ladies
whereby meals are being served on
the grounds each day.
It seems at the last moment that
the aeroplane that was to appear at
the fair this week will be unable
to make the date, because of disa
bility of the machine.
Manager Scheo has been wiring
Mr. Munter, urging his appear
ance if possible, and he may be
able to appear for a part of the
week.
To make doubly sure of a satis
factory attraction, a balloon act of
the high quality that was shown
here last year was hastily con
tracted, and apoeared lor the first
time yesterday, in a triple para
chute dip.
A letter from Mr. Munter, which
explains the difficulty, is given
here:
"It is with deepest regret that I
have to announce mv inability to
fill my flying engagement at Prine
vi'le this fall. After filling an en
gagement at Ilepner, Oregon, last
week, 1 discovered that my mag
neto had gone bad on me. This is
a special magneto for an . eight
cylinder motor, made in Germany.
I have had the factory looking all
ground the country for paits, but
it looks as th" I shall not ' receive
them in time for this date.
Thete is a possibility, of course,
that 1 shall receive these parts in
time, in which event do you want
mo to come to I'rineville, or would
you consider this too uncertain and
want to cancel the engagement
now. I do not think myw.f that
I shall get these parts in time.
This is a regretable accident, but
unavoidable, and one of the for
tunes of the game as it at present
stands.
Will you kindly advise me
whether or not you want me to try
and appear in Princville if possible,
as above stated, and oblige."
L
Harold Lister, son of Joseph
Lister, sulTercd a serious injury
yesterday when a chisel with which
he was doing wood work in the
manual training department at
the high school, slipped and pene
trated the left hand.
Two corde supporting the second
finger were severed and it was
necessary to have , these sewed
together bj physicians.
M The pain was intense an! loss of
blood considerable.
Because of the nature of the
injury, it will disable the young
man for some time.
Mace & Cofoid Handle
Many Sheep and Cattle
Maco & Cofoid recently pur
chased a bunch of 00 head of fat
ury cows from Grant Mays.
These men also bought the K. D.
Huston cattle consisting of 160
head. 80 of which were three, and
four year old, and the remainder
of which were two.
Two sheep sales have been made
by them for delivery during the
fall, one bunch of fine wool lambs,
1800 head which were sold to
M. McLenan of North Yakima at
$5.25 per head.
A band of 2000 head of 6 year
old ewes is being delivered by
Mr. Mace at Dee near Hood River
this week, the consideration being
$7.50 per head. These were pur
chased by Wallace Fargo of Bake
Oven, and were summered on Mt.
Hood.
A car of yearling Lineolna were
sold to M. , Benson at $8.P0 per
head. )
These mon are breeding a band
of 1000 head of Hampshire ewes
all young and of a good type, and
will be In a position to supply some
of the demand for this popular type
next year.
GRAND OFFICERS VISIT
LOCAL I.0.0.F.L0DGE
Mrs. Nellie Wattenburg, presi
dent of the Reliekah assembly of
Oregon was in Prineville Friday
evening, and a meeting of the local
lodge was held in her honor. The
grand officer addressed the meeting
in a very pleasing manner, and
after the formalities were over, a
banquet was served in the dining
hall of the 1. O. O. F. building.
Her visit was followed on Tues
day evening, by that of Grand
Master Henry S. Westbrook. ,
This meeting was attended by
Odd Fellows from various parts of
the country. The grand officers
have been visiting lodges for
several weeks, and plan to continue
the work until about January 1,
E
The new threshing machine
which was purchased by Ora C.
Foster of Powell Butte a short time
ago, was destroyed by fire on Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Fire
also destroyed a quantity of wheat
belonging to Reeves Willcoxen at
.whose ranch the fire occured.
A spark from the engine started
the blaze, just after the machine
had started on a new setting, and
before more than two sacks had
been threshed. The quantity of
wheat destroyed is estimated at
from 200 to ;i)0 bushels.
The machine was a Red River
Special, and was doing excellent
work. It was without insurance,
and its loss will be a severe blow
to Mr. Foster and the community
as well, for the grain crop is heavy
and enough work was contracted to
keep the outfit busy until late fall.
The lots will be keenly felt by
Mr. Willcoxen also. He has had
the misfortune to be ill for a, me
time, and the work of threshing
was being donated by his neighbois
to give him what assistance they
could.
The Willcoxen ranch is located
about two miles directly north of
Powell Butte postoflice.
BY FIRE TUESDAY
The residence, barn and about
125 tons of hay were destroyed by
fire on the old Marion Templeton
ranch a few miles north of this
city Tuesday afternoon at 4:30.
The ranch, which has been rented
by Peter Nelson for the past year,
is on the Prineville-Lamonta road.
"The origin of the fire is un
certain, but the blaze started at the
residence and the stiff breeze that
was blowing at the time, carried
sparks to the hay yards a short dis
tance away.
E
STARTS TODAY, 10:30
Beaver are Confident of
Victory; So are Locals
FAST GAME IS ASSURED TODAY
Prineville Team Stronger Than
Ever Before Tomorrow and
Saturday Decide
This morning at 10:30, the first
of the series of three game that
will be played for the state chan
pionshio, between Princville and
the Baby Beavers will be called on
Davidson Field.
The game will be over in time
for you to see everything at the
fair, ant? that it will be full of oep
from start to finish is sure.
Tho Baby Beavers were winners
in a game with the Northwestern
All Stars at Portland last Sunday,
score 5-1.
They come to Prinville full of
confidence that tlley will leave
winners of the state championship
of semi-professionals, and the locals
are just as sure that the title will
remain in Prineville.
The Prineville team is stronger
perhaps than ever before, and will
put up a battle that will convince
the Beavers that they know some
thing of the game themselves.
The Sisters Fair will open its
gates for the third annual event,
on Wednesday next, and will re
main open the following day.
This fair has assumed larger pro
portions, in f general way, than
any other fair outside of Prine
ville, in the Central Oregon country.
The nremium list covers all the
features listed at the bisreer fairs.
and while, the "cash prizes are
necessarily smaller, they are
enough to encourage the exhibitor.
A good racing program has been
arranged, and will be under the
able leadership of B. L. Tone.
The fair is made possible by do
nations in addition to the gate
receipts. There are many special
prizes offered by the business
houses of Sisters, Bend and Red
mond, in addition to which cash
subscriptions amounting to $180
were secured at Sisters, $205 at
Bend and about $100 in Redmond.
As the Redmond Imt was received
too late to be printed in the pre
mium list, the Sisters Fair Associa
tion has requested tho Journal to
reprint it here, with their thanks
to the donors. Redmond Bank of
Commerce, $25. The following
subscribed $5 each: Hotel Red
mond, A. G. Allingham, Hotel
Oregon, Lynch and Roberts, F. W.
Mci-'affery, J. D. Butler, P. M.
Reedy, Tum-A-Lum Lumber Com
pany, Alfred Munz. Dr. J. F. Hosch
and Roy Reynolds. The following
subscribed $2.50 each: Henry Shoe
maker Dick Doty, Claude Crist,
George Brewster and Frank Body
felt; Thos. DeYoung and Dr. Cline
$1.50 each and B. L. Reynolds
$1.00.
Fred F. Hoelscher is having a
new residence constructed on his
farm. It will be modern in every
respect and construction is being
rushed. The work is being done
by contractor W. J. Pancake.
NOMINATING COUPON
Good for 10,000 Votes
IN THE CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL'S AUTOMOBILE CONTEST
1 Hereby Nominate.'!.....
of
As a candidate In Thr Ckook County Journal's Automobile Contest, sub
jeot to all rules made by the management and request that the 10,000 votee
be placed to hie (or hei) credit. Only one of theee 10,000 vote coupon will
be credited to eauh candidate.
Large Crowd Attended From
Prineville and Other Town
RIPE STRAWBERRIES SHOWN
Some Livestock Exhibit Added
Thi Year Attendance Was
Good for the Day.
The West Side Fair, held at
Tumalo Saturday, was tp to the
standard that has always been
maintained for a tint class show
at Tumalo.
Besides the usual good exhibits
of farm products and other allied
shows, a number of poultry pens
were provided this year for the
first time, and these filled with a
good variety of feathered , beauties,
and a pen of first class sheep, lent
a variety to this already high class
show.
As compared to former years the
exhibits for 1916 were perhaps less
in number, but aside from the
absence of an exhibit of fruit,
which was made impossible here
as well as at most of the other
fairs in interior Oregon, by the
unseasonable frosts throughout the
continent this year, the display
seemed to be more tastily arranged,
and perhaps of a higher quality
than some of the former shows
here.
There were fewer exhibits in the
needlework department, but the
quality was up to its ' usual stand
ard, which is high indeed.
This community , abounds es
pecially in root crops, and irri
gated grains, especially oats and
barley.
Of these there was a good variety
and individual exhibits that cannot
be excelled in any land.
The state project exhibit, which
consisted of 55 or more varieties of
grains and grasses, was a notable
jshow in itself. This display was
(made by Manager Wallace of the
Tumalo Project, and because of the
date confiding with the State Fair,
it is in Salem this week instead of
in Prinevil'e.
While it is a dangerous thing to
mention individual exhibits, we
feel that the show of young Mr.
Rogers, who displayed everything
possible raised on an irrigated
ranch between Tumalo and Bend,
is especially deservinsr. This con
tained everything that should be
found on a well reeulated irrigated
farm excepting a wife, and we
urge Mr. Rogers attention to this
item.
C. P. Becker's ripe strawberries
and exhibit of honey deserve special
mention aiso.
A large number of cars bearing
Prineville pennants were present
during tfie day, and several of the
Prineville men assisted in the band
which furnished music for the
occasion.
Silver Lake Fire Monday.
Fire at Silver ' Lake Monday
morning destroyed a garage of E.
M. Body, the Aldrich Lumber yard
and livery stable; the Electric
garage and several other buildings.
The fire was caused by the ex
plosion of the engine of the Bend
Silver Lake auto truck while it was
being filled with gasoline, supposed
ly due to a short cicruit.
McYhne, the driver, was serious
ly burned about the face. Esti
mated loss is $12,000.
Nominate your candidate today.
Many Want the Ford
In Journal's Contest
Candidates in the Jounal's auto
mobile contest are commencing
to get into the race, and from
present indications it seems that
there will be lively times before
the winner of the car is announced.
"Uncle Frank" Nichols of Tum
alo was one of the first to get into
the spirit of ihe contest, and as he
says himself that he is just young
enough to make a nimble candi
date, he feels that a good start is
half the race.
Nominations of the candidates
are being made rapidly and those
who expect to be in at the finish
should not delay in getting started.
All that is required is to send in
your coupon, or bring it in, which
will entitle vou to a start of 10,000
votes, and get receipt books and go
to work.
Every annual subscription of
$1.50 is worth 5000 votes to you.
The first candidate to ask for. a sub
scriber's vote usually gets them.
Start today.
The candidates that are on the
list today, and the standing accord
ing to reports brought to this
office are:.
B. F. Nichols. 30.000
OttoSontag, 15,000
Mrs. Hugh Nelson f 10,000
Miss Dolly Hodges, 10,000
Alex Rickman, 10,000
Mrs. Alma, G. Morse, i 10.0C0
E. C. Park, 10,000
Mrs. L. M. Miller, . 10,000
Zoe Cornett, 10,000
Gladys Bayn, 10,000
J. L. Wright, 10,000
Ernest Estes, . 10,000
PRACTICE GAME"
Prineville and Bend, in the gfle !
of the Shevhn-Hixon team, crossed
bats in another of those practica
games on the Davidson field on
Sunday.
j This time, the result was differ
j ent from last week, Prineville win-
l.. - w o a .1.
mug uy a kuic vi o- uvcr u
Benders.
The Bend Press of last Saturday,
Bro Whisnaut, editor, suffered a
period of brain 6torin for the reason
that we referred to the game of
September 17 as a practice game.
Among other things he said that
the Journal was no "sport" and i
"sore" because Bend succeeded in
winning with a real score, for the
j first time after the mill city teams
i had been defeated so many times
that our adding machine has lost
all record.
The joke is that the Press fails
to see the point. , The game of
last Sunday proves that Prineville
could have won. the game of Sep
tember. 17 had the local team
wished to be cruel. We invite the
editor of the Press to attend the
games here with the Baby Beavers
tomorrow and Saturday and per-
haps he will see some real baseball.
John Corey was badly injured
in a runaway accident on the Jo.in
Almeter ranch near' Terrebonne on
Friday afternoon,
Mr. Corey, who 13 a nep'.iew of
Mr. Almeter, wasV driving a team
hitched to a hay rake, when one of
the honses, a young animal which
was, easily frightened, in some way
got the bridle off.
Mr. Corey was not on the rake
when this occured, and when the
team started he grabbed the halter
of the young horse, which broke,
throwing him to the ground.
The team ran over the unfor
tunate man, and his right shoulder
was dislocated, and one of the
teeth of the rake, caught his left
ear and multilated that member
badly.
Medical attention was given at
once, and the young man will re
cover, although his injuries are
very painful.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hall are in
the city from Fife, visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Christian.
Crop One Year Would Pay
for Project
LOCAL MINISTER HITS KEYKOTE
Gives Old Adage New
ing Which Is True as
Gospel
Mea iv
the Little drops of water
On little grains of sand.
Make a mighty difference
In the price of land.
Tli is little truism was given to
the audience at the Methodist
church Sunday evening, together
with lot of other good, sound
logic, by the new pastor, E. T.
Reid.
Whether the new minister is an
irrigation enthusiast and was
selected to preach in Prineville at
this time when an irrigation issue
of the greatest importance is pend
ing, we are not able to say, but we
know that there is a volume of
truth in those four short lines.
To carry out this line c f thought
we are going to reprint from an
address made at a banquet given
in Grants Pass recently by F. S.
Bramwell of the Utah-Idaho Sugar
Company on the beet sugar in
dustry in that part of the state.
In prefacing this address the
speaker said that the sugar beet is
most successfully jyrown in a
country where there is an abund
ance of sunshine and cool nights.
The address in part, follows:
I was sent here, to investigate
land and general conditions that
ontain, and made a favorable re-
( nnrt f-m -.m-i, ka.
tablishment of one of the most up-to-date
sugar factories in the world
and we anticipate that in about 40
days we will have sugar on the
market that cannot be excelled
anywhere.
"The growing of sugar beets
here means a distribution of money
Continued on page 8.
.ON MOUiS
About 50 men attended the
luncheon Friday at the Methodist
church, and a meal of the highest
quality was served.
Judge Bowman acted as toast
master for the occasion.
.A short address was made by
T. H. Lafollette en the completion
of the Ocboco Irrigation District
survey.
Homer Ross stated that the mat
ter of securing funds for roads
in Crook county from the Forest
Service has been taken up by the
county commissioners and the
local forest supervisor, and that
plans were completed whereby an
appropriation of $30,000 is to be
asked for, to. be applied on the
Ochoco road between the mouth
of Mill Creek and Summit Prairie.
Other appropriations are also
being sought, but they are for
wt rk in the Bend country, and the
above mentioned project will be
given first consideration, Mr. Ross
said.
It is impossible to secure these
funds for use on any other road
in this part of the county, for the
reason that the road must be
situated in or near the forest re
serve. Mr. Ross and Mr. Blanchard
will perhaps go to Salem on Satur
day to meet with officials there in
the interest of this matter.
The meeting tomorrow will be
held at the Baptist tent on the fair
grounds. A salmon dinner is
promised. Everybody come.
Serviecs at Methodist church
Sunday. Sunday school, 10 a.m.;
Epworth League 6:30 p. m.;
preaching services at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Subject for Sunday
morning, "The Fellowship of
Suffering." Evening, "Meaning of
God's Fatherhood." Everybody
invited. E. T. Reid, Pastor.