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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 19, 1916.
NO. 49
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Ochoco District Would Be
Bonded for $47 Acre
INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED
Amount It Lei Than Estimated
By the State Issue Would
JBe Twenty-Year Bonds
An election, which will be held
m November 11 at Lower McKay
school houM), will determine
whether or not the Ochoco Irriga
tion district shall be bonded in the
sum of $1,100,000.
This wai decided upon at the
mooting of the board of directors
held Monday,'
The above amount will be on a
total of about 23.000 acres of land
and will be practically $47 per acre
for that amount.
The investigation of the project
bus been completed, ami all the
lnta necessary to determine the
ctwt of construction was placed be
fore the board, which ennbled them
to arrive at the amount necessary
to construct the reservoir, build
eanula and purchase all land within
the reservoir, and make such ad
justments of existing rights us will
be necessary in order to make the
project complete.
The amount Is loss than was esti
mated by state and federal cngi
n?ers some titno ago, and it is
thought that this sum will be
sufficient to pay interest n the en
tire .bond,., issue for at least two
years.
The bonis will be issued in such
a way that ten years will elapse
before any of the principle is pay
able, and at the end of that time, a
payment will be made each year on
the principle for ten years at the
end of which time it will be entire
ly paid.
As the application of sufficient
water to these lands will make
them worth several times their
present value it seems that there
should be no doubt that the bond
issue will carry,
Newsome Creek Rabbit
Club Holds Meeting
The Newsorn Creek Babbit Club
hold a special meeting on the 10th
to formulate plans for an active
campaign for securing the passage
of the rodent bounty measure.
While there is little if any opposi
tion in this part of the county, the
club is not so well informed as to
the conditions in other localities.
A committee was appointed for
securing the co-operation of the
people of every precinct and if
thobo of each precinct who are in
terested in th:s measure becoming
a law will immediately get to
gether and write to this club at
t'ost, Oregon, all information will
be furnished free of charge.
Last Friday the weekly discussion
of the advisability of adopting the
constitutional amendment providing
for a Normal School at Pendleton
was led by Herman Wallace and
Robert Hillyer. . This discussion
was the first of its kind to be held
here and proved to be very in
teresting. Carey Foster, Rev. Van
Nuys and Attorney Brix were the
principal speakers among the
citizens present. We wish to thank
them for their cooperation, also, to
express our appreciation of the
goodly number who attended, and
hope that next Friday many more
will come. The hour is three
o'clock. Rader Prewett and
Sylvain Michel will lead the dis
cussion , by defining the issues on
both sides of the Rural Credit Bill.
An interesting subject and interest
ing speakers.
Monday morning the Girls' Glee
Club made its first appearance for
this year, rendering two pleas'ng
selections. It is always a treat . to
hoar our girls sing. Miss Conway,
who directs this Club, certainly
deserves credit for the admirable
manner In which the girls appear.
Crook. County High boys and girls
find rare opportunities , here and
the Glee Club is not among the
least. 1
Mr. McKenzie, of the Portland
office of the Remington Typewriter
ComDany, was here to look over
our machines last ' week. It may
be well to mention here that the
typewriting department is living
ud to its high standard of last
year every machine busy every
hour. Bend has' replied favorably
for a shorthand and typewriting
contest to be held at the annual
track meet in the spring. We
hope to hear from Redmond simi
larly. Why not match the brain as
well as the brawn of our students,
at least once a year.
The football game between the
public school and the freshmen of
the high school resulted in another
victory for C. C. H. S. The game
wis highly interesting and showed
good coaching and lots of practice
on the part of the public school.
Something interesting! A foot
ball game between the Alpha and
the Ochoconian literary societies
of C. C. H. S. will be played in the
near future. The date will be an-!
nounced later. Come out and help
your choice to win! J
Mr. Baughman is holding regular
meetings for band practice, .and
reports that "the boys are going to
play." We wish to grout this re
port with three cheers, for it is not
on'y an effort worth while for their
participating, but one more credit
able addition to our school.
Perhaps the most appreciable
need of the High school this year
is a large gymnasium. The Red
mond Commercial Club has recog
nized this same need in the Red
mond Union High t School and has
met it admirably, Bond plans to
follow in her steps. It would seem
that we mean to intimate that the
Prlneville Commercial Club should
do the same for the County High
School. We do not wish to take
this position, but rather that some
of our able, patriotic and whole
hearted supporters take this matter
seriously, investigate for yourselves,
and if you find the military and
physical training that is now being
done in the high school worth any
thing to the health and efficiency of
your boys and girls, look over your
bank account, decide on the amount
it is worth to you and then talk it
over with the high school board
and insist that they meet you in
thu enterprise dollar for dollar.
Mr. Evans has just received ten
Fcnmanship Diplomas, awarded by
the A. N. Palmer School of Pen
manship for proficiency in penman
ship, for the following students
of last year: Quay Boyd, Mary
McCauley, Lydia D. Laughlin,
Bessie Pancake, Cora Dickinson,
Hulda Sundquist, Alice Blanchard,
Blanch Shipp, Doris L. C. Fisher,
Hazel Harris.
The Senior Class of this year bas
elected to put on "The Servant in
the House," by Charles Rann
Kennedy, as the annual class play.
The cast of characters and the date
of performance will be announced
later. ,
Are Working on North Bank
of Crooked River
BONDING HOUSE PROGRESSING
Will Have Papers Ready For
the City at "Very Early
Date" They Assert ,.
4555 VOTERS ARE
Republicans Lead by 2600 to
1500 Few Progressives
PRINEVILLE SHOWS GAINS
Democrats are More Plentiful in
Eastern Half of County So
cialists in Rural Districts
Engineer Kelly started work on
the survey of the Prineville railway
Monday morning with a small crew
of men, on the Prineville end of
the line.
It is the plan of the council to
have as much of the surveying
done and rights of way secured
when the final matters are ar
ranged concerning the bond issue,
when actual construction can be
started almost immediately.
The survey will be run down the
north side of Crooked river to the
Barnes ranch, where a crossing will
be made and the left bank will be
followed the remaining distance. . ,
An effort will be made to
damage the farms as little as
possible, the councilmen say, while
of course the matter of grades and
cost of construction will control
more or less in the division as to
the location of the line.
In response to letters and a tele
gram addressed to Keeler Brothers
at Denver, Mayor Stewart has a
communication to the effect that
the matter of handling the
$100,000 bond issue for the city is
lieinir cured for ami uill lm nam'
pleted soon.
These gentlemen say that they
have been busily engaged in this
matter for some time, and have)
examined all the supreme court
decisions and other matters that
might effect the bqnd issue.
They consider, however, that this
work is now about completed and
that the final papers will be ready
for the action "at a very early
date", as they put it.
There are 4555 reigstered voters
in Crook county for the election
next month, according to figures
compiled by County Clerk Brown
today.
Of this number 2682 are re
publicans 1583 are democrats, 128
are socialists, 69 are prohibition
ists, 71 independent, 15 progressive
and the remainder scattering.
The registration in the three
Prineville precinctstotals 689, while
the five Bend precincts total 1562,
and the two Redmond precincts
total 401.
Sisters has a total of 158 regis
tered, Tumalo 14V, Ireland 122,
Imperial 118, Powell Butte 114 and
Hillman 112.
The registration by precinct follows:
Precinct Rep. Dem. M
E. Prineville 167 102
W. Prineville 134 115
Bend No. 3 362 117
Bend No. 4 232 119
Bend No. 5 161 80
Montgomery 17 17
McKay 60 23
Lower Bridge 24 ,22
Sisters 84-56
Centralo 32 18
Roberts 44 26
Deschutes 140
Johnson Creek 86
Mill Creek 12
is. Total
7 276
6 255
13 492
15 366
20 261
1 35
3 76
13 59
18 158
PANCAKE BUYS LYRIC
LC.
Howard
Summit
Bear Creek
Camp Creek
White Butte
Beaver
Maury
Newsom
Alfalfa
Breese
Powell Butte 73
Kenwood 142
Tetherow
Tumalo
W. 0. Hadley, district fish and
game warden of The Dalles, was in
Prineville the last of the week in
the interests of his commission.
Mr. Hadley is interested in the
construction of a fish way ladder at
Shearer's falls, which will permit
large fish, especially Chinook and
Steelhead salmon, to come up to
the Deschutes and tributaries, as
they did years ago.
There should be a considerable
run of these fish to the small
streams, McKay and Marks Creek
if this barrier is removed, Mr.
Hadley says, and he will start the
work soon and hopes to have it
completed this fall. .
Subscriptions are being received,
as there are no state funds avail
able for the work and anyone wish
ing to assist in a material way may
do so by calling on Don Peoples
or 0. C. Clay pool.
L. C. Morgan sold the Lyric
Theatre to W. J. Pancake the last
of the week, the transfer of the
business being completed on Mon
day morning of this week.
The business will be under the
management of Van Brink, who is
considered an authority in this
work, and will be improved and
elaborated in Borne respects. Man
ager Brink made a trip to Portland
the first of the week, in the in
terests of the business, and will
have some ecxellent features for
the people of Prineville in the near
future.
Mr. M or tran has been a resident
of Prineville for the past eight
years and has owned the Lyric for
the past six years, having estab
lished it in the present quarters
and built a business that is a credit
to the town and community.
- He, with his family, will leave
for Detroit, Michigan, soon where
he has property interests.
. Watch for announcements of the
new features at the Lyric. The
policy of the business in the future
will be as in the past, to keep
abreast or ahead of the times.
O'CONNELL ISSUES A
v CHALENGE TO MARTIN
E. J. P'Connell, who claims the
title of welterweight champion
wrestler of America, has requested
the Journal to issue a challenge to
Max Martin of Bend to wrestle in
Prineville at some date soon.
O Connell says in part, "If
Martin weighs under 145 pounds I
will agree to throw him twice In
one hour. If he weighs .145
pounds or over, I will wrestle him
even up, best' two in three falls."
If Mr. Martin wishes to accept
this challenge, he may notify this
office and arrangements can be
made for the match.
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Cox Family Returns to Prineville
Eli Cox and family arrived Mon
day from a long trip through
Rogue River, over the Crater Lake
Pass and back to Crook county over
the McKenzie pass. They have re
turned to their home on Dry Creek
where they will spend the winter,
at least.
Too Late to Classify
Martin and Berg Will
Wrestle Here Monday
Next Monday evening t the Club
hall there will be a wrestling
match between Max Martin of
Bend and John Berg of Spokane.
This event has been arranged by
the Club management and will be
a clean test of skill such as has
never been witnessed in this city.
All who witnessed the meeting
in which Martin was declared the
winner during the fair, will agree
that the Bend man knows his busi
ness. Berg is a man who has partici
pated in mors than 2000 matches
during his career, has thrown such
men as Frank Goteh, Jack Taylor
and many other notables,' and con
fidently expects to defeat the Bend
wrestler at this meeting. ;
FREE DEMONSTRATION Maur
ine Beauty Lotion and Satin
Cream at the Prineville Beauty
Parlor. Goods on sale at Clay
pool's store. 49tf
DRESSMAKING WANTED Ser
vices of an expert seamstress
may be had by calling Hotel Ore
gon. Will be at that address but
a short time. Prices reasonable.
49tlp.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Busi
ness building containing two
stores and an office room on the
first floor and twenty rooms on
the second floor, well situated on
Main Street in Cottage Grove.
Will take ranch and 6ome town
property in Central Oregon.
Value $8000. Inquire of or ad
dress L. A. Gibson, City. 49t3p"
SWITCHES Re-dyed to match the
hair perfectly. I also have a
beautiful line of ready-made
switches. Must be seen to be
appreciated. Mrs. Omar G
Claypool. 49tf.
Have Been Built Successfully
For Quarter of Century
UAL IS GOOD ON OCHOCO
Ease of Securing Earth and
Rock Will Minimize Cost
of Construction
At the Inland Auto Company's
garage in this city there is a new
model Ford, new, spick and span,
that is awaiting the close of the
Journal's subscription contest.
This little car is a five passenger
model, and has crown fenders,
tapering hood, and a regular
bumper in front like the bigger
cars, and is in reality the last word
in automobile construction from the
Ford factory.
It has never been driven except
from the railroad to the garage,
and will not be taken out until the
new wner drives it home on the
closing day of the contest.
Interest is keen in the contest,
and there are a number of candi
dates working, with a close race
between the leaders, Mrs. Nelson
and "Uncte Frank" Nichols.
The value of the prize and the
simple rules of the contest, which
are, that anyone paying a sub
scription for one year is entitled to
5000 votes, makes the interest
general, and for each year addi
tional paid, another 5000 vote
coupon is issued in favor of the
candidate whom the subscriber is
most interested in.
The fact that the Journal has
been read in . this locality for the
past twenty years, makes vote get'
ting easy, and in fact everyone
seems to be interested in some one
of the candidates.
Those who have voted are solicit
ing other support from their
friends, and every day people come
to this office and leave votes for
some one of the candidates.
Mrs. Nelson has been busy as a
bee for the past week,, and says
that she has scads of votes on the
way that will be in soon.
'"Uncle Frank" Nichols was in
the city from Tumalo a few hours
yesterday and collected several
thousand votes while here,' besides
bringing a liberal consignment
from all over the west side of the
county.
He will have an army of lieuten
ants busy working for him he says,
and like a number of the other
candidates, will be at the Redmond
Potato Show tomorrow and Satur
day and will rounu up a lot of
votes there.
Dolly Hodges has been getting
into the race this week, and wants
her friends to know that she will
be after their votes as soon as she
is relieved of pressing duties at the
posto trice. . s
Others of the candidates are do
ing good work, and will be in
strong during the next week or
two.,
The standing of the candidates
at the hour of going to press to
day was as follows:
Mrs. Hugh Nelson 215,000
B. F. Nichols 180,000
Dolly Hodges 60,000
Hale Ordway 35,000
Alma G. Morse 20,000
Norris Bixby 20,000
Alex Rickman 15,000
Harry Farnsworth 15,000
Hugh Lakin , 15.000
Glenn Hendrickon . 15,000
R. E. Balfour 10,000
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
Vira Cyrus 10.000
C. C. Hyde 10,000
October 11, 1916 Mr. Guy La
follette, Editor Crook County Jour
nal, Prineville, Oregon. Dear Sir:
In response to your inquiries con
cerning various vital questions in
connection with the proposed build
ing - of the Ochoco Dam, I am
d leased to make such replies as my
hasty examination permits. In
making such replies or discussing
the question of this dam or similar
structures, it will be necessary for
me to state facts which may be al
ready familiar to you.
In building a'dam for the Ochoco
District it is proposed to follow a
type of construction inaugurated
about tenty-five years ago ana
now popularly known as the Hy
draulic Fill Dam. The first dam
of this kind was built in Texas,
twenty-five years ago and the
second one near San Diego, Cali
fornia, about twenty years ago, the
third in Madera County, California,
about eighteen years ago. After
the building of these three struc
tures, partly on account of the suc
cessful record made by them and
partly on account f the- rather
spectacular rriethod of their con
struction, hydraulic dam building
sprung into great popularity. Any
body who had ever seen a hydraulic
monitor in a mining diggings,
or a fire hydrant sweep a street,
was imbued with the idea of ac
complishing great things by the
agency of water under pressure, so
that hydraulic fill dam building
was .applied, not only in many of
the United States, but in other
parts of the world. It was often
done by people having a total lack
of experience, but notwithstand
ing this method was new and often
applied by novices, the results have
been almost universally successful,
but not necessarily inexpensive; in
fact the great range in cost per
cubic yard of material delivered in
to these dams indicates the oppor
tunity for a careful student of the
problems for saving a large amount
of money for his employer.
Continued on page 6.
5000BUUEAT
.SOD AT HIGH MARK
The highest price of which we
have record for wheat purchases in
this part of the state was paid by
B. H. McMickle, of Redmond, on
Tuesday for a pool of 5000 bushels
of Marquis wheat which brought
$1.40 per bushel.
The purchase was made for
W. H. Houser, of Portland, and
was two cents above the Portland
market on that day for the same
grade of wheat.
The above price is for the wheat
laid at the warehouse in Redmond,
and from the gross price will, of
course, be taken the cost ot moving
to that point and the cost of the
sacks which are high this year, but
after these two items are paid, it
will net the grower more than ever
before realized in this part of the
state.
Those who sold their crops, or
parts of the crops are: F. S.
Towner, Dave, John and Henry
Grimes, R. C. Kidder, C. Pritchett,
Mr. Foster and E. M. McCord.
, The contract calls for delivery
before December 15.
Fred W. Hyndman of Klamath
Falls was in Prineville on . Monday
in the interests of his candidacy for
representative from this district.
He is the democratic nominee,
and was also indorsed by prohi
bitionists. '