Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, November 30, 1916, Image 1

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COUNTY OFFICIAL
VOL. XXI
JUDGE C. M. CHARLTON
DOLES OUT JUSTICE
Richard Sampair Fined $100
in Powell Butte Court
FEDERAL OFFICER CRABS HAN
Charge of Violating the White
Slave Law and Selling
Liquor Are Made
Richard Sampair, of Rend, was
convicted before a jury at Powell
Butte last Friday of the crime of
Jbootlegging Justice C. M. Charl
ton presided. The defendant was
represented by Messrs Redman and
Moore, attorneys of Bend, and the
prosecution was conducted by Dis
trict Attorney Wirtz. '
Sampair was charged with! the
unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor
in the local Justice court by the
district attorney. Upon an appli
cation for a change of ver.ua by the
defendant, Justice of ihd PeaceJ
Bowman transferred the case to
Powell Butte district for trial,, .
The defendant alleged In his ap
plication for the transfer that he
could not get a fair trial in Trine
ville owing to ill feeling existing
Itetween the rival communities of
Bend and Prineville.
The trial was had in the com
munity hall at the Buttes. Justice
Charlton fined' the defendant $100.
Sampair paid his' fine on Satur
day, but was taken into custody at
once by federal officials, charged
with selling liquor without a
government license and with violat
ing the federal white slave act.
An order was signed by
Justice which provides that
liquor bo destroyed publicly.
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TO DEATH AT BEND MILL
llerny Tweet was instantly killed
Friday night about midnight at the
Brooks-Seanlon Lumber Company's
.nill by a load of lumber tipping
over and pinning him against a pile
on the side of the alley.
Mr. Tweet was driver of one of
the teams delivering lumber from
the mill to the yard and had left
with a load about midnight. After
he had been gone for some time,
searchers went to look for him and
found him pinned between the load
of lumber and the pile in an up
right position. The entire load
was resting on him and death had
evidently been instantaneous.
Mr! Tweet was married and
' leaves a wife and three children,
who will receive the benefits of the
workman's compensation law under
which the employees of the mill are
operating. Mr. Tweet was a son
of Thomas Tweet, a well knovn
resident of Bend and one of her
oldest and most respected citizens.
He was a brother-in-law of John
Steidel.' Mrs. Tweet was not in
formed of the death of her huBband
until the next morning, when Mr.
Steidel informed her of the acci
dent. The accident was,' apparently un
avoidable and was caused by the
wheels of the wrgon sinking into
the soft cinders in a new alley.
,Mr. Tweet was a resident of the
Powell Butte country for years,
and Is well known in Prineville.
Christmas rates'of a fare and a
third on the O-W. line have just
been announced. ,
PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
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THE JOURNAL'S AUTO
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Vote Will Be Refused After
Clock Strikes 8 P. M.
UNCLE FRANK NICHOLS NOW 91
Celebrates Birthday and Goes
After Subscribers Mrs.
Nelson Still Leads
The Journal's Ford race, which is
a subscription contest in which a
late model Ford touring car, which
may be seen at the Inland Garage
in this city, is the prize, will close
at eight o'clock on the evening ot
December 12th, sharp.
The contest has narrowed down
to two candidates, Mrs. H. Nelson,
of Roberta, and B. F. Nichols, of
Timalo.
j Mrs. Nelson has been working
hard as has her opponent and is
again in the lead this week but a
good gain has been made by both
candidates and it looks like any
body's race.
"Uncle Frank" Nichols celebrat
ed his 91st birthday Monday even
ing at Tumalo where he was the
guest of more than twenty Masons
from Bend, who presented him
with a diamond pin, and honored
him in other ways.
Tuesday morning he was back in
Prineville, hustling for subscrip
tions and getting them, displaying
more vigor and pluck than many
men of much less years.
These candidates are both deserv
ing, and one thing is a fact; that is
that the prize will be won by a
meritorious person.
If you wish to help either of
these people win this prize, do not
forget that the contest closes on
the above date.
The votes will be counted by
three businessmen of the city, who
have not been selected as yet and
who will not be announced until
after the count is made. The de
cision of these judges will be final,
and the prize will be awarded im
mediately after the count is com
pleted. The standing of the contestants
at the hour of eleven o'clock on
Wednesday was:
Mrs. Hugh Nelson 1,620,000
B. F. Nichols .1,610,000
Ray Mandell and Dempsy Glover,
both of Klamath Falls, were taken
into custody by the police at Bend
on Tuesday, together with about 84
quarts of liquor which they intend
ed to sell In the mill city.
Mandell is being held in the
county jail here and Glover is held
in Bend, while further investigation
of the case is beng made.
They will be given a trial soon.
Each of the defendants are sons-in-law
of A. W. White who was a
resident of this city at one time.
Sheriff Knox broke a front wheel
off his car on the return from Bend
with Mandell and Wyatt Tuesday
evening. None of the occupants
of the car were injured.
There will be an entertainment
and , box social Saturday night,
December 2nd, at the Lower Rye
Grass school house.
Ed Street, of Fife, was in Prine
ville yesterday on business.
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LADIES ANNEX INI
VAUDEVILLE AT LYRIG
Next Wednesday, December 6th,
the people of Prineville will enjoy
a treat at the Lyric Theatre when
the Ladies Annex will give a home
talent Vaudeville show in conjunc
tion with the regular picture pro
gram. . This will be the first of these en
tertainments to be given in Prine
ville. The Program will consist of five
or sjx acts, making about a two
hour show in all. Singing and
dancing acts with sketches will
compose the vaudeville part of the
program.,
The program is under the direc
tion of Mrs. R. A. Clark who has
staged many of the most successful
entertainments given here in the
past year.
The proceeds will go to help the
Natatorium fund. Remember the
date.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Schwartzer,
of Paulina, were in Prineville the
last of the weok on business.
CITY
OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1916.
RABBIT BOUNTY LAW
The rodent bounty law goes into
effect tomorrow, December 1. It
provides that every sage rat or
rabbit killed in the county after
that date shall be paid for by the
county upon the presentation of
not less than fifty scalps at one
time, to the county clerk, with the
proper affidavits concerning where,
when and by whom they were
killed.
The rabbits will be paid for by
the clerk at the rate of Jive cents
each and the rats at two and one
half cents. The law says that the
"scalp and ears" must be presented
to the clerk for bounty, and they
must not be more than four months
old, also that they , must be killed
after the date on which the law
goes into effect.
rne bervant in the House was
produced at the Opera House
Thursday evening by the senior
class of the high school. The play
was well rendered and showed a
kvell selected cast and a lot of good
training.
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
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DAILY R. F. D. SERVICE
FOR POWELL BUTTE
Change Will Benefit Large
Number of Farmers I
DIPHTHERIA CLOSES SCHOOLS
Earl Saunders Walked on by a
Band of Sheep Other
Important News
Powell Butte has daily R. F. D.
service now. The change from
tri-weekly was made November
16th. Now if the ounty court
can be persuaded to improve some
of the roads on this route it will
benefit both carrier and patrons.
Jesse Shobert has purchased the
Casey , eighty from Mr. Olson of
Redmond. This is a good piece of
land and Jesse will have a nice
home built in the spring.
, Clyde Brown has purchased the
farm belonging . to Warren Brown
formerly known as the Doty place
which makes a good'addition to Mr.
Brown's home place. .......
" The cobweb social given at Com
munity Hall by Miss Jessie Hart-'
ley's school was well attended and
netted a neat sum from the sale
of baskets. The program was good
also.
Mrs. C. M. Charlton entertained
in honor of Chas. Jr's., birthday in
the way of a dinner party last Sun
day. The school at this place was
closed November 23rd. to remain
closed until after Thanksgiving.
The occasion being the illness of
little Patrica Saunders, which has
been pronounced diphtheria. The
little girl was taken ill in school.
The Saunders home has been quar
antined Mnd every precaution is
being taken to prevent the spread
of the disease.
Elof Johnson, proprietor of
Powell Butte's department store,
was a visitor in Portland and other
points recently, arrivine home Sat
urday. ,
Earl Saunders had the misfor
tune to be knocked down and run
over by a bunch of sheep recently
and suffered the loss of two teeth
besides sustaining many bruises.
Little Ruth, the small dautrhter
of Joe Shearer, the ditch superin
tendent, has been seriously ill with
an attack of appendicitis. At last
reports she was slightly improved.
We all hope the improvement will
be permanent.
BIG TRACTS OF LAND
A large amount of land has been
sold to stockmen during the past
two weeks by the Oregon & West
ern Colonization Company.
The lands are situated east of
Prineville, and will add materially
to the plants of some of the princi
pal stockmen in that part of the
country. The following sales were
closed on the recent visit of presi
dent Watson P. Davidson, of the
company, who was jn Prineville
on Sunday.
J. P. Connolly, 2560 acres; A.
Venator, 1280; Tip Stoy, 560; Joe
Post, 640 ;'J. H. Upton, 160; O. B.
Gray, 1920, Logan Bros., 640 and
Blanchard, Calavan and Johnson
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CITY OF PRINEVILLE
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"RET G. H. WYATT
IN TOILS OF THE LAW
Arrested in Bend on Charge
of Sale of Liauor
HE REFUSED TO ENTER A PLEA
Brought Into Court Wednesday
Forenoon Will Be Sent to
Trial Tomorrow
Geo. M. Wyatt was arrested in
Bend Sunday evening on a charge
of illegal sale of liquor.
He was taken into custody by
officers Nixon and Culp of Bend,
who have suspected him for some
time, and lodged in the city jail at
Bend until Tuesday afternoon when
he was brought to Prineville Dy
Sheriff Knox.
A preliminary hearing was held
in Justice Bowman's court Wed
nesday morning, and when asked to
enter a plea, Mr. Wyatt refused
to do so, in which instance a plea
of not guilty is entered for him by
the court .
. His trial will be held on Friday
at the eourt house.
Mr. Wyatt is well known here,
having at one time preached at
various places in this part of the
county and elsewhere.
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
H. G. Kennard and R. L. Schee
were in a wreck Sunday afternoon
on the road between Prineville and
Redmond when Mr. Kennard's
roadster was overturned.
Mr. Schee was driving the car
and made a sudden turn to avoid a
collision with another car, when the
roadster rolled over several times
in the roadway. The rear fenders
were torn away, windshield broken
and other damage done, but the
car came on in on its own power
after being righted again.
A few minor scratches were al'
the damage done to the passengers.
BUILDING CONTRACT
Omar Wilson has been awarded
the contract for the construction of
a modern cowbarn on the founda
tion of the building that was re
cently destroyed by fire on the H.
McCall ranch.
Contruction work will commence
as soon as lumber can be laid on
the ground and the building will
be built as rapidly as possible.
The barn will be of the very
latest construction, cork floors in
the stalls and every convenience
tMatuch a building should have
will be included. ,
Receives Bad Cut in Arm
Omar Wilson lacerated his
wrist in a dangerous manner Wed
nesday morning about ten o'clock,
in this city. Mr. Wilson was work
ing at the Geo. Wiley residence
when he lost his balance on a
scaffold, and about to fall, caught
to save himself and hit the sharp
end of a chisel with his'right wrist,
cutting a gash about three inch ea
in length, which bled profusely.