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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916.
NO. 4
Joureatl
PRINEVILLE IS AGAIN
A CONVENTION CITY
Will Be Hostess to State Fed
eration Women's Clubs
300 DELEGATES WILL ATTEND
.Most Important Meeting in Fem
inine World for the Year
in the Entire State
I'rineville in to be the meeting
place of the Oregon Federation
of Women's Clubs next year, and in
n)t iiiintf thin, tlio mcnt important
irathn ifiK for the year for the
women of the state who do things,
l'liiU'Ville in iiirain alieiid of till
other towns in this part of the
Mate,
The meeting will he held either
in May or October, probably the
uier mourn him win w auemieu ,)(,in( t.()m1,.k.( to uvt. the cily
by not less than 300 fair delegates., . . , , ,
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from all the 137 clubs of the state,
many and perhaps most of whom
will bo accompanied by escorts
which will make a convention crowd
really worth while.
This convention was secured for
Prineville through the combined
effort of the Ijulies Annex, Com
mercial Club, Powell Butte Sorosis
Club, Tumalo Tillicums and the
Kedmond Indies Club, and the
actual work which resulted in se
curing the meeting for this place
was performed by Mrs. Collins W,
F.lkins, who has led the fight for
the convention for the pant four
years, attending the meetings and
finally securing the 1917 meeting.
Tho Federation met ting was
held this ymr at Seaside and four
teen cities of Oregon wore candi
dates for the lt17 meeting at that
time.
These were eliminated one at a
time until finally i'rinevillo and
Med ford were alone in the race.
The matter of a final selection
was left to a committee, which de
cided last week by unanimous vote
in favor of I'rineville.
Mrs. ('has. II. Costner, of Hood
Kiver, is president of the Federa
tion and will come to I'rineville to
assist in the work of planning for
the entertainment of the guests.
As 1917 is election year for the
Federation, a full attendance is
promised, and as there am 20,000
club women in the state of Oregon
at this time, the advertising that
I'rineville will receive from the
meeting is of immense value.
There are five federated clubs in
this county and these will all be
invited to assist in the task for the
entertainment of these ladies.
The Shumia Club is not active
in this matter, ns everyone of its
members also belongs to the Indies
Annex, and the work will be done
in the name of the latter organiza
tion largely.
The Ladies Annex is in a very
thriving anil prosperous condition.
They have a total of 12') members
in good standing, everyone of
whom is active and have added 35
of these since Oetober 1 this year.
They have been promised and
will receive the support of a united
community in this task and will
make the convention one of the
best the ladies have ever attended.
Prineville, as usual, is at the
head of the list.
G. M. WYATT BOARDING
WITH SUE KNOX
G. M. Wyatt was convicted Fri
day afternoon In the, justice court
on a charge of soiling liquor in
Bend.
The jury returned a verdict after
the first ballot.
Mr. Wyatt was his own attorney
and called no witnesses in his own
behalf, although ho chose to take
the stand himself and offer evi
dence. He was fined $100 and costs at
once by Judge Bowman, and in
lieu of the amount is boarding at
Hotel De Knox. 1
Dr. Hosch is Again
Mayor of Redmond
A very spirited city election wan
held in Redmond, Monday, at which
time J. It. Hosch wus again chosen
mayor and the "Citizen's Ticket"
wuh elected throughout,
J. I), (fuller wan a candidate for
councilman, and wait cm both
tickets, which gave him tho highest
vote received by any candidate or
101) votes (or councilman for three
year term.
The men who wore elected for
their respective offices are: J. F.
Hosch, mayor; J. I). Ilutler, W. B.
Daggett and A. It, Roberts, council
men for two year tern, I. M.
Heedy and L. C, Marion, council
men for one year term.
LAKE H. BECHTELL IS
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IjiLp M I : -ill t -t 1 wim nniMiinted
city attorney at the regular month
ly meeting of the council Tuesday
evtning. I
The resignation of Statira Biggs
was read and accepted, Miss Biggs ,
The riirht of wnv man was re-
IHirled about completed by City average for that point. 40 cars be
Fngineer Kelly, who has charge of 'K received in October and 30 tr.
4hn rni wav enrmt ruction, nm will I
be ready for tho use of the rail
road committee in securing right
of way within a short time.
An ordinance was given its first
reading, which provides that the
recorder and city attorney be placed
on a flat salary instead of a fee
system.
This will be taken up again at an
adjourned meeting of the council I
on the evening of December 12.
TWENTY-THREE HILL
LEVY MADE FOR 1916
A 2:! mill levy was made by the
i city council at their meeting called mi"ans out ' thing, and that is
1 for that purpose on the evening of ,llllt the balance of trade is getting
; December 1. The lew for general onto th'-' r'Kht '''' of the ledger
! purposes was fixed at 10 mills and nd better, much better times are
ia levy of l.-J mills was made for thc'H'rc for the farmer and stockman:
,imvment of interest on tho railroad i The completion of Prineville's
bond issue. j railroad and development of the
No one was present at the meet- Ochoco Irrigation District will
ing excepting the councilmen and!nmke I'rineville the most important
the usual stragglers and no protest j shipping point in Central Oregon of
was made concerning the amount
of tho levy.
The general fund tax for this
year was raised from an eight mill
levy, which was not sufficient to
run the affairs of the city for a
year.
The administration of the city's
affairs has been very economical and
tho past year has seen more sub
stantial improvement done and the
way cleared for more solid con
structional work on the part of the
city than has been accomplished
for rnanv years.
Announcements are out for the,
Oregon high school debating league
for the yeur 1916-17. They are
in the form of a neat little bulletin
issued by the University of Oregon.
The frontispiece is a halftone of the
state champions for last year,
Bernard Ramsey and Orville
Yancey, accompanied by Superinten
dent Baughman, of the Crook County
High. The question for the cur
rent year is, "Resolved, that Ore
gon should adopt a health insur
ance law embodying the essential
features of the 'Standard Bill' of
the American Association for Labor
Legislation."
Mr. Baghman is director ot the
Upper Columbia district which in
cludes Hood River, Wasco, Sher
man, Crook and Jefferson counties,
and this will be the first district
for the C. C. H. S. team to master,
which will of course be done in
due time.
The championship cup, which has
been won one time each by the fol
lowing schools, Albany, , North
Bend, Pendleton, Salem and Prine
ville, must be won three times be
fore it is permanently owned by a
school,
EXPORTS ARE HEAVY
Prineville's Railroad is Now
in Great Demand
SHIPMENTS 30 PER CENT STOCK
Livestock and Other Tonnage
Will Make Business Good
For flew Railroad
Tho
past two months have wit-
n eased
tho greatest export busi-
jn-hs from the farming and live
stock heotions of Central Oregon
that have ever occurod up to this
i time.
Oetober wuh the banner month.
there being a total of 110 ears of
livestock and farm products shipped j
from Kedmond, which is at pies-f
cut the shipping point for the j
I'rineville country, and November
followed with 80 cais of products!
lor me use oi me ouisiuo worm, i
The incoming freight shipments
for these two months were about
Wovemoer
Thia freight comes to the Prine
ville country hrgcly, at least 60
per cent of the total which is un
loaded at Kedmond being billed
to this point, officials of the roads
declare.
Of the total tonnage shipped out
during the past sixty davs, about
30 percent has been livestock, prac-
"rally all or which has ongmatea
in mo i rineviuc country me re
cords show, and the remaining
seventy per cent is divided between
grain, hay and potatoes, with a
small percentage of other pre
ducts. ' " ";
For many years the freight move-1
nients were practically all toward j
this part of the state and the
change in the tide of commerce
food stuffs for the world.
OREGON & WESTERN
SELLS LAND RAPIDLY
B. F. Johnson, local manager for
the Oregon & Western Colonization
company returned Tuesday evening
from Burns and Crainc.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Davidson,
president of the company, left this
city Friuay morning for Harney
county and made a number of land
sales enroute. Frank says that
snow was falling fast in Burns
Tuesday and he made the return
trip by the desert route.
Lund sales made by this company
in the past ten days are: Josie
Foster, 640 acres; C. T. Carey, (510;
G. II. Anderson. 120: L. B. Scott.
K;0; A. Venator, ."(H) ; J. L. Carey,
480 and II. E. Berggen, 320.
CROOK COUNTY TAX
LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED
A temporary organization of the
Crook County Tax League was
effected in this city yesterday, with
L. A. Hunt as chairman and J. J.
Ellinger as secretary.
A budget committee was elected
to cooperate with the court in the
discussion of the tax levy today.
For the purpose of perfecting the
oranization, a committee was ap
pointed to meet some time in
January on call of the chairman.
This committee is composed of
George McGregor, of Terrebonne,
chairman, I. B. Meyer, of Paulina
and M. W. Pettirgew, of Redmond.
Only nineteen more days un''
Christmas, shop now,
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IN CIRCUIT COURT IRE
Attempt Being Made by State
to Cancel Patents
VALUES PLACED AT $750,000
Big Men in Legal Battle are
Without Audience Will
Finish Today
Attorney General Geo. M. Brown
delivered one of those masterful
pleas which have made him famous
yesterday evening and last night,
finishing at a late hour, in Judge
Duffy's court in this city, in which
he tied single and double bow knots j
in the legal vocabulary of the!
English language, calling down all I
of the metaphor and simile that!
only an attorney of exceptional !
ability can command, reviewing
evidence and applying law in his
effort to convince the court that
the title to the famous Hyde-Benson
lands in Crook county be canceled
and the lands returned to the State
School fund from whence they
came, and to which they now right
fully belong, according to the views
of the Attorney General.
For his audience besides the
court were J. O. Bailey, assistant
attorney general for the state of
Oregon, G. G. Brown, clerk of the
State Land Board, W. M. Bickford,
of Missoula, Montana, Attorney
Hersehey from the last mentioned
city, A. C. Shaw, of Portland, and
a couple of newspapermen. '
The three last mentioned at
torneys are representing the land
holders,, including the Western
Lumber Company, the Anaconda
Copper Company, the W. A. Clark j
Company, the Riverside Land Com
pany, a well known paper company
and others who are in one way or ;
another interested in these proper-'
ties. t
The state is being assisted by the j
United States in various ways in j
this suit which has been taken upj
in the seven counties in which the
35,000 acres of land are located. I
More than one half of the lands
are situated in the Cascade Forest
reserve and are lands that the state
and Federal government hold were
selected in a fraudulent manner
by the Hyde-Benson people at the
time forest reserves were being cre
ated, in an attempt to secure valu
able lieu lands.
J. O. Bailey, the attorney who
has been working on this case for
the past 18 months in the interests
of the state, says that the lands are
valued at about three quarters of
a million dollars, and the Crook
county lands are perhaps the most
valuable because of the heavy
timber they carry.
About 12,000 acres of tin land
acquiredby these people have passed
beyond the power of the state to
redeem, but Mr. Bailey is of the
opinion that the 35,000 acres can
be secured.
Mr. Hyde, the principal offender,
was in the courts eight years in
the matter and is now doing time
for the offense.
Thousands of pages of evidence
have been introduced here, and
many volumes of law and cases.
A decision is not expected from
fudge Dufffy for several months
because of the mass of evidence and
law that will be necessary for the
court to review.
"Arguments will be finished to
day. TO BE TRIED OUT
The demurrer in the county divis
ion case was overruled this after
noon by Judge Duffy, and one day
was given the attorneys who are
opposing the division of the county
to file an answer.
This means that the case will be
tried out on its merits, both as to
the Fife precinct matter and other
questions involved in the complaint,
in the circuit court here soon, per
haps within a week.
Bend City Election
. Causes Many Changes
The municipal election in the
city of Bend Monday was another
of those love feasta that so often
characterize the elections of this
nature in any town, and when the
smoke of battle cleared away, and
the votes were counted it was found
that the '"old guard" which had
been in power for 1916 was given
the royal bounce and another ticket
elected from top to bottom with
the single exception of treasurer.
Miss Mary
tj. Ooleman was re
this position without
elected to
opposition.
S. C. Caldwell was elected mavor
over J. A. Estes by a vote of 420 to
306.
Councilmen elected were A. E.
Edwards, Lewis Bennett and O. C.
Hinkle, defeating E. P. Broster-
house and L. C. Rudow for these
positions.
City elections in Bend have been
characterized by their contests for
the past few years, but Monday's
affair sets a new record from this
standpoint.
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COUNCIL MEET DEC. 23
On December 23rd, at the
Domestic Science building at Red
mond, the Crook County Agricul
tural Council will sit down to a
delicious luncheon served by the
high school girls at noon. This is
the first annual meeting of the
Council, which represents the en
tire county. Each of the 24 farm
ers organizations have delegated a
representative to the Council,
which, together with the State
College and the U. S. Depwtment
of Agriculture direct the work of
the County Agricultural Agent,
R. A. Blanchard. The object of
the Council is to set in motion in
a community" way all efforts" which""
will make for better farming, bet
ter business and better living.
The following program was sent
out by County Agent Blanchard:
Cooperative purchase of seeds,
strychnine, gypsum, feeds, etc., by
P. H. Dencer; discussion by C. F.
Hoskins and W. F. Mackey; Rab
bit Campaign Extermination, by
E. S. Barnard; discussion by W.
M. Ogg and C. L. Mead; Stock
Shipping Association by C. F.
Hoskins; discussion by W. M. Ogg
and P H. Dencpr; Potato Grow
ers Association, by J. L. Gibson,
discussion by S. D. Mustard and
Earl Saunders; Establishing Hardy
Crops, by A. S. Fogg, discussion by
S. W. Merrill and A. D. Norton;
Cooperative Cow Purchase, by C.
D. Jarrett, discussion by W. M.
Ogg and J. N. B. Gerking; Farm
Demonstrations, by J. N. B. Gerk
ing, discussion by A. S. Fogg and
C. F. Hoskins.
President J. F. Blanchard, of
Prineville, will call the convention
to order shortly after the last pie
is consumed. County Agriculturist
R. A. Blanchard and State Leader,
P. V. Maris will assist in the dis-
cussion.
PROGRAMS OUT FOR
Programs have just been printed
for the annual Teachers' Institute
for Crook county which will be
held in this city December 18, 19
end 20.
Some of the "ablest educators in
the state are on the list of instruc
tors including:
J.A.Churchill, Superintendent
of Public Instruction; E. F. Carle
ton, Assistant State Superintendent,
Salem; Dr. B. W. Busk. State
University, Eugene; H. C. Sey
mour, State Club Leader, Corvallis;
J. H. Hockenberry, Portland; Mrs.
Emma Fulkerson, Salem; E. E.
Evans, Crook County High School,
Prineville; Chas. H. Jones, Oregon
Teachers Monthly, Salem and
Arthur D. Carpenter, Seattle,
Washington.
Attendance at the annual insti
tute is required by law now and
the work is very helpful to teach
ers. Do your Chrstmas shopping now,
and do it in Prineville.
FOUR DAYS LEFT TO
HELP YOUR FAVORITE.
Ford Car to Be Awarded to
New Owner Tuesday
nilS FINISH NOW IN SIGHT
Count Will Be Made by Three
Business Men Which Will
Be Final
Next Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock, the Journal will present
the candidate having the largest
number of votes in this office, the
Ford car which is on display at the
Inland Auto Company garage in
this city.
The contest will close promptly
at eight and positively no votes will
tie received after the clock strikes
that hour. All votes must be in
this office at that time to be count
ed, and all subscriptions must be
accompanied by the cash to secure
votes. The only way to secure
these votes is on subscriptions to
the Crook County Journal, and
5000 votes will be given for each
year paid on subscription, or for
each $1.50 paid on subscription.
While no limit has been set to
the number of years any person
may subscribe in advance, it is not
supposed that anyone will abuse
this privilege.
This contest has been unusually
short as such contests go, and has
been unusual also for the reason
that most of the work has been
done by the two candidates, B. F.
Nichols and . Mrs. H. Nelson. The
amount of hustling these candidates
have both done is remarkable.
ijrice Frank Ntcnoli worked iri
this vicinity until Sunday when he
left for his home at Tumalo. from
where he went to Bend and will be
back in Prineville for the closing
days of the contest.
Mrs. Nelson has been busy as
anyone could be. She has worked
over much of the county and spent
several days this week at Paulina
and other points" in that part of the
county.
. Because of the rush of votes,
which have been coming in bunches
during the past ten days, it has
been impossible for this office to
keep any record of the standing of
the candidates, and so far as we
know, both candidates have lost
count of the number they have
turned in.
The votes are all placed in a
ballot box and will be counted as
soon as possible after the contest
closes, and the award made by the
judges at once who will notify the
Inland Auto Company whom to de
liver the car to.
The result of the count will be
posted on a bulletin board in front
of the Journal office as soon as the
count! s completed and will also
be published in the Journal next
week.
Just four short working days
remain for the contest, so if you
want to help either of these candi
dates you must act at once.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
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The BaDtist church was packed to
capacity Thanksgiving evening for
the special community services.
The musical prorgam which pre
ceded the sermon was of excep
tional quality, and was rendered
as advertised with but one excep
tion. The Sermon, delivered by Rev.
W. L. Van Nuys, was one that
was very fitting at this time. The
speaker contrasted the condition in
America today with those at the
time of the first Thanksgiving day,
and also drew telling comparisons
of the United States today and
the nations of Europe, who do not
know what a Thanksgiving day is.
It was an appropriate topic, cap
ably handled and demonstrated
the ability of the speaker and his
familiarity with the topics under
discussion.