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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1916.
NO. 48
CoMoty
Journal
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SURVEYING TO START
ON PRINEVILLE R. R.
Kelly to Have Men in Field
Monday Morning
RIGHT OF WAY TO BE SECURED
Work Will Continue Just as
Fait as Possible Is Plan of
the Councilmen
FnirineerTH. A. Kelly will start
a crew ot men to work on the
Prineville railway sur-ey Monday
morning.
This action was ordered by the,
council at their special meeting
Tuesday ami it is the plan of the
councilmen to keep this work on
the move until the road is complet
ed. Although there has been a num
ber of vexing delays in the bond
Issue mutter and the arrangements
have nut been completed yet with
the bonding house, the (Joint has
been reached where the council
feels safe in starting the work.
Councilman Wallace was author
ized and instructed by the council
to represent the city in a legal
way in securing rights of way and
adjusting the matter of the line
on Crooked River with the land
DeArmond Addresses
Redmond Waterusers
The annual meeting of the Cen
tral Oregon Water Users Associa
tion was held in Redmond on Sat
urday. Because of the fact that this as
sociation will no doubt some time
In tho future, control the irriga
tion system which supplies their
lands, the organization is a very
important one.
This and other facts were driven
lutme in a forceful manner by H.
H, DeArmond, attorney for the'
association, who urged a closer
organization and sub-organizations
in order that tho work may be
cared for properly when it comes.
While the meeting was not attend
ed by a large number of people,
much important bus'ness was cared
for.
owners, to prevent as much damage! are at present
as possible,
As soon as this work has pro
gressed sufficiently, construction
will be started.
A BEAR STORY, TOO
O. C. Clavpool, Don Peoples and
Joe Lister returned Monduy morn
ing from a trip to East Paulina
Lake.
They reiort no luck fishing for
the reason that the weather was
too cold and also a lack of inclina
tion on the part of the fish to bite.
This lake was stocked with fish
f-iur' years ago, and because of the
fact that there is such a large
quantity of food for them in the
lake, they have grown until they
POST MAN IN FAVOR
Saya That Any Method
Killing Them la Good.
of
TALK AND VOTE FOR THIS
One Community Kills Many
While Others Only Raise
More to Supply Shortage
PRINEVILLE MEN WIN
ON BURNS GRIDIRON
Score of 10-0 on Sunday Last
in Windstorm
RETURN GAME THANKSGIVING
Estes Kicked Goal From Thirty
Seven Yard Line in Teeth of
Gale Handed Surprise
an average
and weigh
of 37
about
;T
James F. Miller, 78 years old,
was found dead in bed at his home,
1435 East Sitxh street north, Port
land, at tho corner of Dekum ave
nue, by Mrs. F. J. Shaw and Mrs.
A. Chambers, neighbors, on Sep-
tcmber 29.
Death had occured early the
'evening before. The body was
removed to the public morgue.
Mr. Miller owned considerable
property about the city and has a
number of children residing in the
state. One son, Rev. C. C. Miller,
is a Baptist minister at Aiwa.
Mr. Miller was an Oregon pio
neer and was proprietor of the first
general store at Silvciton and
owned a general store in Prine
villo in 1893. He was a veteran
of the Indian wars and a member
of the G. A. R.
Mr. Miller was father of Mrs.
Rose Lawson, now living about ten
miles from this city, on the Ochoco.
Mrs. Lawsop went to Portland to
attend the funeral of her father,
returning, last Thursday.
inches in length
3u pounds each.
They are rainbow trout, and
have become so fat that they are
not "game" as such fish are sup
posed to be. 23,000 fish were
placed in the lake originally, and
not more than 500 have been taken
out. A bunch of G2 large ones
was killed when a bblt of light
jning dashed from the face of a
cliff into the waters of the lake be
low in July, according to the mun
who is caring for the game.
A game preserve has been creat
ed there, which is 82 by 40 miles in
size and the protection has already
increased the number of bear
amazingly.
The party referred to above was
informed that eight or ten mem
bers of tho bruin family are often
seen in the shallow waters near the
lake siiore in summer. They are
tamed by catching them in a log
pen trap, after which they are kept
chained up until they become used
to being handled when they are
liberated again.
f our bear ars being tamed at
the lake at this time, and they were
seen by this party. It is sometimes
necessary to keep them confined
for four or five months before they
become gentle enough to suit the
keeper, he says.
E
The price of butter fat jumped
three cents in one day last Friday,
the pri ce at the local creamery now
being 33 cents per pound.
Every indication points to a
general advance in prices all along
the line in dairy products this
winter, Several car loads of but
ter have left Northwest markets
for England during the oast few
weeks.
The advanced price of cheese and
condensed milk has assisted in the
stiffening of the market, and as a
result, there are few milch cows to
be had in this locality.
Farmers see an opportunity to
make a good amount from every
cow that they milk this winter, and
the Driccs of milk Btock will no
doubt soon be back to where they
were a few years ago, and the de
mand strong, again.
The dairy industry is becoming
. a very important one in this part
of the state and will soon be a
rival for the beef and sheep In-
. dustries.
C. A. Gilchrist was in Prineville
on business yesterday.
J. M. Howells, engineer of inter
national reputation, who has been
in the work of building irrigation
systems and especially construction
of damn of the hydraulic fill type,
visited the location of the proposed
Ochoco dam a few miles east of the
city on Tuesday and yesterday
evenintr addressed an audience at
the Commercial Club, giving his
opinion on the proposed dam and
comparing it to the work per
formed by him ' during the past
quarter of a century in the United
States, Mexico and Japan. ,
As a result of the findings of Mr.
Howells, which confirm the report
submitted to the board by project
engineer R. W. Rea, the board feels
justified in discontinuing the in
vestigation and ordering the bond
election.
A complete review of the situa
tion regarding the dam and other
dams of like construction will.be
published in the Journal next
week, written by Mr. Howells,
whose past experience and know
ledge of the subject is sufficient to
convince anyone that he knows
what jie is talking about.
Editor Crook County Journal:
In the Redmond Spokesman of
September 21, there appears an
art'ele wherein it is stated that a
rabbit bounty law has many good
points and a few objetcionable
ones.
After a careful reading of the
article referred to, 1 fail to see
wherein any objectionable points
have been raised. Every word of
the article is strong argument in
favor of a bounty law.
Some of the systems being used
for killing rabbits may seem objec
tionable to some, but it would ap
pear ti tho careful thinker that
any system, or method, that will
destroy rabbiu must be a good
on The fact that the people are
forming clubs and societies in
different parts of the county in an
effort to destroy the rabbits is
sufficient proof .that the rabbit
question is a serr us one. The fact
that these societies have been able
to thin out the rabbits in the im
mediate vicinity of their operations
is also conclusive proof that a
combination of all of tht people of
Crook County, working together
all of the time will accomplish re
sults that will be of lasting value,
The strongest argument in favor
of a bounty is that all of the
people will go to killing rabbits,
All of the good, better and best
systems known will be used all of
the time. There seems to be no
other means of organizing the
people of the whole county and as
proof of this I call' your attention
to the fact that the people are not
organized and are not accomplish
ing very much toward exterminat
ing this pest.
It ia my opinion that nowhere
else in Crook county has the de
struction of rabbits been so great
as in the small territory covered by
a bounty during the first few
months of this season by The
Newsom Creek Rabbit Club. Many
thousands of rabbits were killed
but tne "good is only temporary.
Just across our lines our neigh
bors who were not organized were
raising rabbits as fast as we could
kill them and i new supply is
ready to move in when moving
time comes.
We know the bounty is a success
where it has been tried and it's to
the interest of every voter to sup
port the bounty measure. Nothing
else in the power of man ever will
rid the county of this pest and it
will be cheap at any price.
Homer Norton,
Post, Oregon
A team composed of former
college men and heavy weight play
ers was defeated by an eleven
from Prineville, made up largely
of former high school men, on the
Burns gridiron Sunday afternoon,
score 10-0.
The Burns men were an average
of 10 pounds heavier than the
Prineville boys, and were confident
of victory.
The first quarter a place kick
was made for Prineville.
In the second, N. Wiegand made
a touchdown and a kicked goal was
recorded for Prineville, Brosius
holding the ball and Estes deliver
ing the kick in the face of a'stiong
head wind, from the 37 yard line:
In the third quarter Prineville
kicked to Burns and the ball was
held in Burns' territory most of the
period although Prineville was al
most within striking distance of
another goal when time was called.
The fourth quarter started by a
kick to Burns and the ball re
mained in the center of the field
for most of the period.
A return game will be playd on
the Prineville field on Thanksgiv
ing day and between now and that
time there will be games with
Bend and. other teams. Both teams
will be strengthened and a good
game is expected on Thanksgiving.
The lineup at Burns was: Clay-
pool c. P. Wiegand g, Barnes g,
Biggs t. Cole t. Lister t sub.,
Hodges t sub., W. Yancey re,
Roberts le, A. Yancey fb, Brosius
hb, N. Wiegand hb, Estes qb.
localIHels
El
East Buys Horses For
Military Purposes
J. M. East shippeu 75 head of
horses from this point Tuesday,
having purchased them from the
farmers and stockmen of the j
locality during the past few days.
They were billed to Chicago,
and will be delivered to contractors
for military purpose. They are
both light and heavy weight ani
mals, the price ranging from $75
to $100 per head here.
The buyer made his headquarters
at Hamilton Stables while in the
city.
LAND COMPANY MAKES
SEVERALJIG SALES
The Oregon & Western Coloniza
tion Company reports the sale of
7880 acres of land during the past
fewweeks, most of the sales hav
ing . been closed during the recent
visit of President W. P. Davidson
of that concern.
The sales were: C. W. Foster,
640 acres; George F. Kelley, 1920
acres; Walter T. Morris. 720 acres;
Tom Brennen, 1080 acres and 1. B.
Meyer, 2560 acres.
Besides these sales, one town lot
was sold in Sisters yesterday to J.
D. Bowman of that place.
Other 6a es of large tracts to
local stockmen are. pending this
week.
Mr. Davidson was accompanied
on his recent trip by Ira B. Wright
of St. Louis, who is contemplating
the purchase of a large tract of
land from this company in the
vicinity of Fife. If this deal is
closed, which is quite probable, it
will be for the foundation of one
of the largest stock ranches in the
west.
PAID FOR LOCAL CATTLE
Heaviest Movement Made for
Some Time During Week
TRAM LOAD TOR I'MtSX
Some Being Fed in Local Lots
Some Being Shipped to Ta
coma Packing House.
B. F. Johnson returned yester
day eveninir from a two davs' busi-
' ness trip to Sisters.
MONEY ON DRY LID
George Rodman was in the city
last week from Culver, depositing
a small check of about $7000 in
local banks.
The above amount, Mr. Rodman
says, was received for this year's
wheat crop grown on 275 acres of
dry land near Culver.
It will be readily seen that this is
the gross income of almost $25 per
acre, which, when the price of such
land is usually from $18 to $30 per
acre, is enough to satisfy almost
anyone.
The wheat was sold at $1 25 per
bushel and was the Galgalus varie
ty. , .
Turkey Red would have produced
more grain and brought a larger
revenue, Mr. Rodman says, and
although the bearded wheat is
harder to handle, this item ia not
to be considered when the harvest
ing is done with a combine as in
Mr. Rodman's case.
Methods of doing business have
changed greatly in the past decade,
and in order to keep abreast of the
times, the business house of today
must be always alert for new ideas.
The proper buying of merchan
dise or service of any kind is as
essential as proper selling methods.
And speaking of selling, one is led
to the thought that to sell goods
requires three things. First, good
seasonable goods; second, proper
display of those goods at reasonable
prices, quality conisdered, and
third, judicious, well written and
well set advertisements. Of course
these advertisements must be pub
lished in a paper that reahces the
buyers or prospective buyers.
A house of the kind referred to
here is the firm of Cornett &
Company. These people, besides
realizing all the three facts men
tioned above, have an advantage
that many firms in smaller towns
cannot boast of, namely, an expert
ad writer.
J. W. Crooks, who has been with
this house and its predecessors for
many years, has a lot of n' tural
talent and he is greatly pleased
with the results he has received
from the well written and properly
displayed advertisements placed in
the Journal during the past eigh
teen months.
So well pleased are he and his
partners in this store that they
signed the largest advertising con
tract ever written in this city with
the Journal one day this week,
which calls for several thousand
inches of space to be run over a
period of many months.
They know how to buy space as
well as buy and display goods, and
a glance at their show windows or
display counters will convince any
one that they 'have that art down
to a science.
Watch their ads, which will be
changed regularly, and anything
may be purchased from these
people at right figures.
Automobile Candidates
Doing Splendid Work
Candidates have been busy this
week in the contest for the
Journal's automobile which is to be
given to the person holding the
largest number of votes at the
close of the contest which will be
in December.
Some are doing a lot of personal
Athn eA tiriItinft kfkia I
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the closing weeks of the campaign.
One of the best plans seems to be
to get a friend to take a Journal
receipt book and do personal work
among their immediate friends and
relatives.
There seems to be a disposition
on the part of some of the candi
dates to hold out th"ir votes, with
the idea of coming in with a large
number at one time. While it is
impossible for the management of
the Journal t5 regulate this, it
seems that it would no doubt have
damaging effect, for the people
like to vote for a winner, and un
less you are near the top of the
list, there is danger that you may
lose strength.
Standing of the candidates at
the hour of going to press today
was:
Mrs. Hugh Nelson
B. F. Nichols
Hale Ordway
Alma G. Morse
Alex Rickman
Harry Farnsworth
Hugh Lakin
Glenn Hendrickon
R. E. Balfour
Norris Bixby
Dolly Hodges n
E. C. Park
Mrs. L. M. Miller ; ,
Zoe Cornett i
Gladys Bayn
J. L. Wright
Ernest Estes
Vira Cyrus
C. C. Hyde
125,000
100,000
35.000
20,000
15,000
15,000
15.000
15,000
10,000
10,000
, 20,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10.000
10,000
A train of 22 cars of cattle,
bought from Prineville, Paulina
and Crooked River cattle men, was
loaded at Redmond and Bend Mon
day and started to the feed lots of
Montana.
The shipmert was billed to Olson
& Dunswith, and was the largest
single shipment of cattle to leave
this part of the state this fall. Of
the above amount, 15 cars were
loaded at Redmond and the remain
ing seven at Bend.
The shipment consisted of steers
and dry cows, with a little sprink
li.ig of calves and other young
stuff, and was in excellent condition
foi feeders. In fact some of the
steers especially would make good
stuff to go onto the market with
little finishing.
The train was billed to Great
Falls, Montana, and went out over
the Oregon Trunk line. There
were 618 head in the train or an
average of about 31 head to the
car.
Some of the men who sold the
cattle to these buyers are: Clarence
Ferguson, E,. C. Faught, Johnny
Prater, Geo. Millican, Joseph
Angel!; k Alex Rickman, Chas.
Houston, Henry Carlin, John Mill
iron and S. M. Bailey.
Although the prices paid were
not positively announced, it is said
that about $65 was the price for
steers and $50 for cows.
Other movements in the cattle
market during the week are noted
also. Kimble & Black have de
livered 97 head of cows and steers
to Mace & Cofoid; Ed Merritt sold
1 40 head of mixed cattle to these
same people and Mace & Loioia
I. Dishman purchased about
200 head of cows and calves during
the week, delivery on 'luesday,
from Herbert Angell.
A shipment of over 100 head of
steers was made on Tuesday from
Redmond to the Carstene Packing
Company of Tacoma by Herbert
Angell. C. J. Johnson shipped two
cars of cows to the same firm.
L. D. Claypool sold two cars, and
C. Sam Smith sold a bunch to the
same people.
Delivery was made at Redmond
on all of these Tuesday.
C. J. Johnson bought the M. D.
Nye cattle the last of the week,
also O. Rambow's steers, making
a total of about 200 head. A part
of these were included in the num
ber sold and delivered at Redmond
on Tuesday to the Tacoma packers.
Tom Houston passed through the
city on Monday with a bunch of
228 head of cattle which he will
feed on his farm west of Prine
ville. " About 170 head of these
were purchased from Floyd Hous
ton and O. I. Davidson, at $65 for
threes and $55 for twos. The re
maining number were summered
by Thomas Houston himself in the
Bear Creek country.
The entire lot was placed on the
Houston ranch and as they become
condition to ship the best of
Has Left Arm Fractured
The twelve-year-old daughter of
A. P. Jones suffered a fracture of
the left arm near the wrist, when
thrown from a saddle horse near
the Lower McKay schoolhouse yes
terday. In some manner the horse
stumbled rnd fell throwing its
rider to the ground with the above
result. The unfortunate girl was
brought to this city and the frac
ture reduced by Dr. Belknap.
them will be forwarded to the
market. . The first consignment
will rerhaps go into the yards
about the first of the year.
Beatrice Johnson Is
Injured By a Horse
Beatrice Johnson was seriously
injured when kicked by a horse last
Thursday evening, while assisting
her father with a bunch of cattle
on the Johnson ranch near this
city.
A horse ridden by Alex Rick
man kicked at Miss Johnson'
mount,' one of the hoofs striking
the rider on the knee.