Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, January 25, 1917, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text1S CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL JANUAWY 25. 1917 RAY HOME BURNED; BKAIj KSTATB TRANSACTIONS AT l-OWKIA BfTTK ICE HARVEST GOOD AT ALFALFA )rpm Helow Near Barnes, Snow at Howard " Is Shtpcl From Mines entry. Lew Bennett. Earnest Smith andj Orvltle Everet have been ruling after horses thla week. George Tackman and wife went to Prtnevllle last week. Albert Btrdsong waa on the creek today. Burt Dcmerrts and family are In Prtnevllle where Mr. Dcmerrls's father la quite sick. Miss Harol Jeffries, accompanied by Charlie Cllne of Albany, visited the former's parents here last week. Mrs. S. L. Boynton and daughter. Mrs. Mary Cox. went to Prineville last week on business. Kildle Street Is quite sick with rheumatism. Calvin Sherman was on the creek recently. March Logan of Paulina was vis iting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Logan of this place, one day re cently. ROBERTS ITEMS 10 (By Our Regular Correspondent) TO RKAt'H I S BATVROAY SPELLNAMES WITH GREAT CARE Community Better known To Our Bonders POWELL BUTTE NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) Tuesday, Mas Strixner bought 100 head of ewes from A. H. Rhode. N. P. Alley bought four fat hogs from Frank Rice, the first of the week. V. T. Smith has rented the Geo. Braree place and will move onto It as soon as they can build a new house. He also bought the Brazee stock and machinery. j Albert Schultx, of Alfalfa, has been In this section with his wood saw, the past week. Dewey Johnson left last Monday morning for Silvcrdale, Wn., where he will run his fathers farm. Allan Willcoxon has sold his farm to J. C. Brix. He has bought the Cornett eighty across from Johnson's store and expects to build there soon. Wallace Smith is putting up ice en the Brazee place. S. D. Mustard made a business trip to Sisters last week. J. J. Flint has ust purchased 40 acres of ditch land which joins that of his son-in-law, E. R. Agee. John Tuck has just shipped a car nf hav to a Hood River buyer. It brought Mr. Tuck $14.00 per ton f. o. b. Redmond. A number of the young people held an informal dance at the Hall Friday evening. Last week Geo. Truesdale bought 40 acres joining him on the north. Mrs. Sears and Mrs. Yates left Sunday night on a business trip to Portland. Miss Arsa Sears, who is attending school in Prineville, will keep house for her father until Mrs. Sears returns. The Powell Butte Sorosis held a Tery interesting meeting at the Community Hall last Wednesday with Mrs. E. R. Agee and Mrs. E. K. Hall as hostesses. The business of the afternon was the discussion of details for the banquet the ladies of the club will give to the husbands and families on February 16th. The Powell Butte Cooperative Association will hold its annual election Thursday evening, Feb. 1. E. S. Barnard killed a rabid coy ote on the Prickett place Monday morning. The boys held another skating party Sunday evening. i HOWARD NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) New snow In this vicinity is about S inches deep on tha level. A rabid coyote was killed at the Calavan ranch last Wednesday morning. The coyote had attacked some of the hogs before being dis covered. I. M. Blevlns and D. A. Sears at tended the stock me-ting in Prine ville Saturday. Miss Nettie Scott who is attend ing high school In Prineville, spent Sunday with her parents. I. P. Sears was In Prineville Sat urday on business. William Kingsley was in the city Monday. Jese Lindsey purchased a saddle horse from Pete wagers, one nay last week. Ja8. Wright returned to his home on unDer Ochoco after working a few weeks for I. Blevins. C. W. Starr purchased two sec tions of land last week, one from J. N. Williamson, the other from the Oregon Western Colonization Company. Alex Donnely attended the stock meeting in Prineville Saturday. . R. E. Jones is quite busy now davs eettine logs ready for the spring run. Harry Lamis was in the city Sat urdav. He returned Sunday with a load of brick for his new, bungalow Peta Jacobsen went to Prineville I Saturday to make dual proof on hi I homestead. Mrs. Sam McKlroy went to Port ' hind this week to undergo an oper ation. She has been piling (or AM. l.KTTKIW MIST BK MAU.KUj ,,, ,lm0. Considerable excitement was cre ated at the home of Jamea Cram Sunday morning when mad coyote tried to get through an open win dow. Mia. Cram shot at the mil- ' mat after It had bitten three rings. j but the hired men killed It after r.illow lot it over two milea. Other I damage la unknown. The home of Wm. Ray of Hie Help To Help Volt Make Your j i,uwson ranch burned to th ground i early Minnuy iuuiuiuk, i"'-'!'1" I with Its entire contents. Mr. Kay I was iii Prineville. and. Mrs. Ray burned her arms trying to save some clothing. The origin of the fire is unknown. A very pleasant surprlsv party urns iilveti at the home ot Mr. and !Mrs. Nelson, Friday evening. Music jand five hundred were the amuso iinents. Those present were Misses I Edna Merritt. Beatrice Porteous. 1 We request that all correspond ents for The Journal mall their weekly letters to reach us not later than Saturday each week. Those coming later than that will be he'avily blue penciled. Most news will that time, whatever come be mailed In a HOWARD ITEMS (Special Dispatch to The Journal I ALFALFA ITEMS (Special Dispatch to The Jourr'l) bncaio Jealous and would' a rid, the victim crawled though' it By hard work out' from i is- 1..11.. 11. M Krnt.Mt l.llthv. be available by rtrasKfteloV llarrv later can w-,i ii,,i,.t. l.i.rune Kim- second communlca-; ' ' , .,,., lion or held for the following week. ' ,,,,. ,llllW hundred .... - All names snouta De speueu plain ly, and In this manner no misume will occur. This will help to put your community on the map. MILL CREEK NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) About 3 Inches of snow fell dur ing Saturday night. A rabid coyote was killed at the Russell ranch last Saturday by Mr. Sager. rabbit scalps to Prineville. Sutur day, while going on other business J. K. Warner left for Browns vllle Tuesday to see his mother who Is not expected to live. B. F. Uoydston returned from Portland Monday. (By POST ITEMS Our Regular Correspondent) Lew Bennett. Orvllle Kverett and Ernest Smith were on tills side rld- Mr. Burmeister was in Prineville ; )1K for horses last week. Monday on land business. ,.B..,i nlirty was held at the A coyote was found dead at Jones home f Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Carson lower cabin, last week. ! Bt Tuesday evening. An enjoyable One day last week Mr, Russell t,nui W1U1 hH, by everyone. ran off the grade between Prineville; We arw ,,,.s,.,i to note that 11. and his ranch with his car. Hia ) ,f t Inwly Is thinking of starting daughter was with him, but neither .,( children to school again as the of them were hurt. I rBbld coyotes are very Bi arce now The Gilchrist children are out ot ; George Kelly of the Double Bur school this week on account of Dad , A ,.,.(, 8 (.reeling a house on his death rfta monster and' It' ) hisjod they 1H iwover. Paul! Piogglu Is expected! to rtile the "Wild Horse" nf tb went In a few dura. Good lurk ta the boa. Mr. Martin, who purchased Ua Gist place will go to Prlnovlltfc Jan. 17 for his roan Durham" hull ' wtUoh tin bought last week. On Monday evening, . Jan. K a very plftamnit surprhin war gltn Mis Victoria Huston, , toucher nf the PliUnvlew school. In linnoti af hur ' blrrhduy, at thehom of Wr. and Mr Ji-aae Melton. On arriv ing from school she was mtl' lit (h door by some of her pupils, and host ana' hostess who showered tier with prvsont. They then took their plums at a sumptuous dinner sfler which they olitnlneri! her ai dlvided attention by music . until a second surprise came of thirty-four guests with more presents,, who par tlclputeil lu games until a Ikte hoar when th hostess served a light re past. The "guest of honor" carved the birthday , Pake. Tile happy crowd departed wishing Mix Huston ninny more such birthdays; Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Donovan of the Bend htmpltat. The rinlnvlew IMtchi Co. held their annual meeting at the school house Jin. 1.1. Mr. C'lutlfaii wua elected president. The Federal Loan association ha nearly perfected Its organiza tion. Applications aggregating about 140,000 havs beeu received. Frank. Arnold Is "making scarce" with jnuk rabbits In this vicinity. Hubert Scoggln has en laid up with a "catchy In his getalong" for the past few weeks. C. P. White has an attack of lugrlpi. The sunshln I trying Us best to scare Jack Frost away, but he wilt creep out after dark. START: FEBRUARY 4 on to huh wu.li trrE in WKKkN' IKIIin NOTED SPEAKER IS: SECUREO Mtigrl- onilil Al 4 bnlr nf Will Nlnit PrepuraiHW Are Made I'Vir- Nctrvtre On Sunday, February 4, the open ing meeting of a thrum weeks' Series will be held lu this' city, under th able leadership of Dr. t.yon. The plan for Ihese meetings ha lMen under coiiHldratlon by t churches of the clly ror weeks, anil at a meeting ot a minimlttee heU lust night mint pllui" were made. This meeting promises to be es pecially successllll bocauao of the fact that the speaker baa unusual qualifications for hia work, and the united support of threo and perhaa four of tha chur:lua of lh city will be in tha movement. Tho singing wilt be In charge at two leader wtu come witn m speaker, and tJm plan la to start ths services wlHi a choir of not lea than fifty voice. Plan now to, attend these meet ings, they wills b worth your while, MI X I D KTtK'K TO Itti HIIII'I'I.D lig, Ml lie, Hlicep, Any HIihh or Weight Benefit mi nr Hate colds. Mr. Wolfe was In town Monday on land business. Mrs. Haines and children visited Mrs. Burmeister Saturday. Putting up ice is the order of the day at Alfalfa. Frank Hafner, A. O Walker and Frank Ogle have al ready stored a good supply. W. E. Guerin Is spending several days in Bend. Bert Powell made a trip to Crook ed River Wednesday to buy some stock cattle. The Alfalfa Development Club will meet at the school house Mon day evening, at which time it is expected that final arrangements will be made for the construction of a rural telephone system in this locality. A. O. Walker went to Tumalo last Saturday to attend the annual meet ing of the Tumalo Cattle Growers' Association. Will Spencer has moved his fam ily to the Redfield place, so his children will not have so far to go to school. Fred Schmltt had a runaway with his new team the first of the week. Fred fortunately was not hurt but the wagon was demolished. Mrs. Curt Holloway is spending several days at Lower Bridge. Thirty-six and a half tons of ore have been shipped recently from the Ochoco mines to a smelter in Ogden Utah. It is expected that the ore will average $400.00 per ton, mak ing a net return of $14,600.00 This is only one of the sources o wealth In Crook County. Just look around and you will see others equallv important. All our country needs is development. W. A. Donnelly and family spen Sunday in Prineviiie, Mr. Donnelly attending a meeting of the Mill Creek Stockmen's Association. Harry Kimble, postmaster at Meadow, passed by on his way to and from Prineville last week. Ten inches of snow fell here Sat urday night. Before that most of the south hill sides were bare. E. W. Donnelly and Miss Jessie Payne passed by Sunday on their way to Ochoco Ranger Station. Mr. Donnelly was driving his new Buiek. The school at the Ochoco mines was closed Friday on acount of so many of the children having severe colds. (By HAT ROCK NEWS Our Regular Correspondent) were in place. Scholars were rather scarce here until last week, when two new ones enrolled. They were Robert Kelly and Lewie Bennett. There was a surprise party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Nelson last Friday evening. Taffy pulling was the chief attraction until 12 o'clock, then we tangoed until morning. Lunch was served by A. Carson. Herbert llawley was among those seen hazing the mustangs off the Mr. and Mrs. Grant Prineville last week. Geo. Wells was a busines visitor in Prineville last week. Leone Kyle is visiting at the , pinnacles lust week, home of Mr. and Mrs. Becker. j The 640 acre homestead law A party was given in honor of seems to have made a hit here. v.,i lo-unn'a 57th hirthdav lust Among other homesteaders Bre Saturday. A bountiful supper was Bruce Gray and Tom Miller, served at midnight. I Roy Marrls was seen last Mrs. Becker fell the other morn-1 moving his cattle to a new Ing, striking her knee on a Bharp; ground at Paulina vally rock, which will keep her In the week feed house several days. LOWER BRIDGE NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) (By BARNES ITEMS Our Regular Correspondent) We are having gome very cold weather, the thermometer in the iieighborir.g country reaching 25 to 30 degrees below zero the past week. It has reached as low as 20 In the lower country. Land Commissioner Chas. A Sherman is in our country. He came over in his car and was gladly received by all of the people wish- ine to make a second homestead GRIZZLY NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) About 3 inches of snow fell Sat urday night. Among the late cases of whooping cough reported are at R. W. Bland's and R. B. Smith's. Most of the George Kelly bought hay nl New- some Creek recently at $8.00 per ton. Jim Flannery Is fixing to leave for Oklahoma the first of February. Walt Marris lost a calf with black leg recently. Does anyone want the hide? E. W. Nelson took a trip to town this week. Elva Johnson and Sllva Miller visited at the home of R. R. Price At the annual meeting of the County Agricultural Council a com mltteo was chosen, known as the Community Stock ("Br Committee, with C. Hosklus as chairman and W. II. Ogg. Jas. Melvln and R. A. lllanchard ex-olflclo composing the committee, This committee has investigated the plan of opera tlon of other cooperative slock shipments In other parts of this country. They are now ready to make the first shipment to Port land, and hope to get it started In ubout a week or ten days, on Sat urday, February 3rd, If possible. The plun will he to give every shipper a receipt showing the kind quantity, weight and mark of his product before it Is loaded on the cur. A man will then be. sent with the shipment. It will b sold on it h own merits In the open market. The man will he paid for his time and expenses, all other expenses In cident to the shipment will he de ducted and prorated to each shipper according to the weight of his live stock. A check will then be mailed to each individual, uud a statement of expense kept In duplicate By the cominltti-e. In the llgkt of tho Invosllgstloa of other similar enterprises tae cost of marketing snoiiiu nor above 50 or 60 cents per rwt. The car will be loaded at iiM place per shipment only. Any point on the road where fiicllltle for loading livestock exist Is satis factory for a shipment. C.iit la touch with tho above conunltte r phone and let them know what stuff you will have for the fl rwt can Too Late to Classify REWARD A reward of $109 will be paid for Information leading to the arrest and corwlrtlon at anyone destroying the drift fenon of the Mill Crook Litestock As sociation, llltla DANCK--AI night. Morris (lull Friday I ltlp WANTED - Modern 6 room house. Will rent now or at close of school. Mrs. N. C. Wallace, City. Htfc Don't complain about the man who patronizes mail order houses if you send way for your printed matter. young children in this vicinity have ' yrUUy all,i Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hunt and fam ily who have been visiting in Port land and Oakland, Oregon, returned Saturday. Gus Stadig and Charlie Hiskock were in Redmond Friday. Wednesday evening the young people gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs. R. S. Towne, to practice singing. They will meet next Wed nesday with Miss Marion Hoskins. Mrs. A. Kotzman spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. E. Harrington and Mrs. E. Mitchell. Russell Chapman autoed to Red mond Friday. Mr. McNary of the Lower Desert drove a herd of cattle through here Thursday. George Shafer drove to Bend Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Kotzman and George Shafer were entertained at Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Towne's Friday evening. At eight o'clock about fifty of the friends and neighbors came in and gave them a farewell surprise party. The evening was spent very pleasantly in playing games. About midnight a substan tial lunch was served after which they departed wishing Mr. and Mrs. Kotzman and Mr. Shafer success in their new home. had this disease. Mrs. Roy Chitwood returned from The Dalles Sunday, where she has been for the past few weeks being doctored. Her health is much im proved. R. B. Smith, J. W. Dee and J. E. Newbill made sales of wheat during the week. The farmers would like to see a good snow now as we muBt have Miss Beth Thomas Is teaching school in the Maury district and staying with Mrs. E. W. Nelson. Tom Miller made a short stay in Prineville, courting recently. Several of the farmers of this vi cinity arc thinking of taking in the Farm Loan meeting at Paulina Sat urday. Charley Marris is visiting at the home of J. C. Gilchrist on Ochoco Vinctor Shoes for Men j plenty of moisture to have 8"0" i this week. crops next year. I Bernece Congleton is visiting her None of the stockmen have hadsigter MrfJ Tom Millor to do much feeding yet and stock is v y ,.,,, hay ,or gale hore alld in good condition. CULVER ITEMS (By Our Regular Correspondent) The new residence of Mrs. J. H. Grant is nearlng completion, the boys having begun to put on a coat of paint. A number of cases of measles have appeared. Roy McCallister Is In Portland visiting his wife and baby. The Opal City Grange announces a dance at the grange hall on Fri day, Jan. 26, Several sales of wheat have been made lately and a number of farm ers are now busy hauling potatoes. About twenty farmers from the Agency Plains were in Culver on Tuesday investigating the Culver water system. They plan to extend it down into their country. The flow from Opal Springs is capable of supplying the country from Opal City to Gateway with water for domestic use. $12.00 is being asked. Dick Bryany and family visited at the home of W. T. Marris two days last week.' Fred Smlty is staying with his parents this winter. He says Utah beats this all hollow. TUMALO NEWS (By Our Regular Correspondent) Mr. Knickerbocker is spending a few days in Bend visiting his daugh ters who are attending high school at that place. Bill Harde is look ing after the farm In his absence. George Whtttler proved up on his homestead Jan. 15. Messrs. Chalfan, Donovan, H. Gillet and Scott served as witnesses. Local men are obtaining their summer supply of ice, it being about 10 inches in thickness. John and Charlie Calverley had a serious accident Jan. 14 which might have proved fatal, while rid ing on a motorcycle. ' When they came to an icy place, the machine IMS SHOE IS cut from Paris Veal Stock.the highest grade of leather that goes into men's work shoes. This is one of the very best shoes we ' handle and the price con sidering the present market is low. J. E. STEWART & CO. Prineville, Oregon Money Loaned on Sheep Coniign Your Wool and Eitabliih a Real Market Advances Made on Wool PORTLAND Wool Warehouse Co. WOOL COMMISSION MERCHANTS 309 Railway Exchange Building Phono Main 45S PORTLAND, OREGON 4 Turn to the Classified Ads on page 3.