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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 1, 1917
NO. 12
POWER LINE BEING
MVTTKK ARRANGED ..TIENDAY
WITH POWF.lt n.MI'ANY. ,
BRIDGE WOKK ALSO STARTED
;isM-nf-way Arrangements Art
Being H-Ul.-d In a Hull,
futiory Manner
An agreement tu reached be
tween B. L. Blvyer uf the Des
ehutoa Power Company and the city
on Tuesday whereby the city will
aatst lu th changes In the power
line made nocitsaary by the railroad
construction, Instead of having to
pay the ejitlre coat of the change
waa at flrat conaldcred.
t'nder the agreement the city
wtll pay for the tabor In connection
with the work, and all material
bllla, which will b quite heavy,
will be paid by the company.
Mr. Slvyer Raid In talking about
the propoai'd change that the work
will be quite expensive for the com
pany, but will be a bettor line when
It la done, and that hla people feel
that they wlnh to assist In the rail
roiid matter for this city.
Material baa been ordered for
the change, and work will be ruah
ed manager Bhattuck laid today.
The changes will commence near
the A. J. Noble place weat of this
city and will be In most part be
tween thla point and the bridge
across Crooked River.
Piling baa been delivered at the
bridge alte, and Mayor Stewart has
the machinery ready, and will have
It In place during the next few
days.
The right-of-way difficulties be
tween the bridge and Prlneville
have almoat all been amoothod out,
and in fart the entire plan Is shap
ing up so that little dolay will be
encountered In the construction
work.
IGHT;
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Thursday evening at the Lyric
Theater the Junior class of Crook
County high school will present a
one-act comedy to help raise the
fund for the football boys' suits.
We understand there is also an un
usuully good picture. It will be
worth your while to see Box and
Cox. '
Next Friday evening, February
2nd, the Crook County High School
will meet The Dallas In a duo-debate
at The Dalles and Prlneville.
It is interesting to note that in the
two triangular debates of the upper
Columbia district, The Dalles won
two 2 to 1 decisions, and Crook
County High won two 8 to 0 de
cisions. We believe that this con
test will be the hardest fought con
test of the whole series for the
every endeavor of this school, we
hope to win, and by strong, con
sistent effort. Our boys "have it
in 'em" and our coach Is always
"on the Job". Why shouldn't we
win? Do your share. Be there.
Your presence adds much.
TELEPHONE FOR ALFALFA
Company Organized to ' Construct
Lines Officers Elected
(Special Dispatch to The Journal)
A telephone organization was
formed last night to be known lis
the Alfalfa Mutual Telephone Co.
The officers elected were A. O.
Walker, president; Roy Leonard,
secretary-treasurer; and a board of
directors consisting of the president
and Curt Mullor and Frank M. PoBt.
Several of the farmers are at
Work now making polos and as
soon as the frost goes out of the
ground both the local system and a
line to Bend will be constructed.
I.AMIS A I'M M
('. Hiun Hmlili KworiuiM'ml)! For
Federal Land Appralwr
Among the democrats to land a
recommendation for appointment to
a federal poaltlon at the hands of
the state central committee In Port
land Saturday evening was C. Sam
Smith of this place who was rec
ommended for one of the four fed
eral appraisers In Oregon.
The state will be divided Into
four districts, and It Is probable
that Mr. Smith will be given the
northeastern division.
The recommendation Is consider
ed about the same as an appoint
ment, i
A number of changes were slated
for democratic office holders In the
state, among others being post
master at Portland, United States
marshal and collector of customs.
KEMMLINQ BUYS JERSEYS
Home of Hmt KcKlMtrawl Animals
Go to McKay Rancher
Two Jersey heifers, purchased
from Med Carey of Carlton, were
received the last of the week by
John Kemmllng, the McKay farmer
and dairyman.
The heifers are from one of the
beat herds In the state, one year
ling and the other a two-year-old,
and coat Mr. Kemmllng about $550.
A registered Jersey bull was pur
chased recently by Mr. Kemmllng
from the It. McCall herd which is
unsurpassed In the state for qual
ity. AND SEATTLf MARKETS
A jump In the price of butter fat
was made on the coast Monday, an
advance of three cents taking effect
In Prlneville on that day, making
the present price 38 cents.
No advance has been made In the
price of creamery butter to the con
sumer however, the retail figure re
maining at 45 cents.
The egg market remains at 40
cents although the cold weather of
the week has decreased the supply
somewhat. The drop In price that
has been expected among the deal
ers for the past two weeks will not
come until the present cold wave
has passed.
An advance in lard will take
place tomorrow.
Wood has been selling lower dur
ing the week, but like the egg mar
ket is regulated by the weather, and
may advance again.
Prices quoted in the local markets
today are as follows:
Wheat, marquis, $ 1.60
Blue Stem 1.65
Rye .... 1.00
Barley, 40.00
Oats '33.00
Flour, standard grade 8.40
Flour, patents 8.70
Bran 25.00
Mldls 83.00
Hay, loose 9.00 6 10.00
Hay, baled 11.00 13.00
Wood, dry $5.00 $6.00
Wood, green 4.60 6.00
Gasoline, .35
Butter, creamery .45
Butter, country, 40
Butter fat .39
Potatoes .01X
Eggs .40
Onions 05
Lard, 5s 1.05
Lard, 10s 2.10
Portland.
Wheat Club $1.62; bluestem $1.56;
red Russian, $1.60; forty-told, $1.63.
Barley No. 1 feed, $38 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa,
$16.
, Butter Creamery, 38c.
Eggs Ranch, 33o.c
Wool Eastern Oregon, S6e; valley,
41e.
Hops 1916 crop, 69fl.
Ssattle.
Wieat Bluestem $1.66; club $1.54;
forty fold, $1.64; red Russian, $1.62;
fife, $1.64; turkey red, $1.57.
Barley $38.60 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 39e.
Eggs 36o. ''
Mrs. Elva Allen returned yester
day from Eugene wher she has been
visiting her daughter.
There will be services at the Cath
olic Church, next Sunday at 10
o'clock.
PRINEVILLE, PORTLAND
GRADE THEIR WOOL
DIFFERENT OCALITIEH KHOl'LI)
UK HACKED SEPARATELY
FIGURES ARE. INTERESTING
.. W. Rumble Advlwea No Man to
Hold flip Xo Market b
Hure Thing
"No sheepman should ship wool
of more than one grade In the same
sack", said E, W. Rumble, manager
of the Columbia Basin Wool Ware
house Company to the editor of
The Journal In an interview recent
ly. "As much care should be used
In the classification and grading of
wool as there Is In the grading of
wheat, cattle, or In fact any kind
of livestock or food crop", he con
tinued. "Wool is perhaps the only
article in the west of so great value
where no attention Is paid to its
grading and classification."
" It seems that the sheepman
considers his wool as a byproduct,
and pays less attention to it than
to any other branch of his business,
as a result of which a number of
different grades are sometimes pro
duced by the same grower, and
sacked and shipped together with
the effect on his sale of reducing
the salability of the clip materially,
sometimes as much as 20 per cent
or more."
. . Mr. R-.mble said also that his
concern has a number of men on
the road, conferring with the grow
ers in a campaign of education,
telling them the difference between
different grades of wool, bow to
sack it tor shipment to the markets
of the world, and realize the great
est amount for it.
When asked about the price for
the 1917 clip, Mr. Rumble said
that he and his company would ad-
! vise no man to hold his wool, or to
sell It either for that matter, but
that statistics showing production
In pust years, demands in the same
years and the prices received for
wool would indicate that a wool
famine is inevitable. "Yet," he
said, "we all know that statistics
are very deceiving."
If a man offers to contract a
clip of wool at 30 to 32 cents as
some have done in the past ten
days, Mr. Rumble thinks that the
party wishing to contract is doing
so because he feels that he can
make a profit on the clip, and if
there is additional profit to be
made, he feels that the grower
should have It himself.
The firm, of which Mr. Rumble
is the guiding head, is composed of
some of. the strongest financiers In
the west, and millions of dollars
are at his command for the use of
sheepmen in this and adjoining
states,
- Any man who is honest and has
pasturage and hay for sheep, no
matter whether he wants to buy a
dozen or 12,000 head, he is given
fair treatment and every opportun
ity for assistance in financing his
enterprise by this concern.
It Is not their aim or plan to
take the place of the local banks,
and they always work in conjunc
tion with local institutions, but
they do step in with unlimited
means and take up the over de
mands that are frequent in a com
munity like this one, for sheep and
wool loans.
Mr. Rumble is always at home
to the sheepman at his office in
North Portland, and through his
efforts, and men of his type, the
sheep industry will advance rapidly
in the next decade in the west.
He is making a strong effort to
induce growers to ship their wool
to Portland for marketing instead
of selling in the Interior, pointing
to the fact that a large market can
command more buyers, and that
wool of the same grade being sold
In large amounts will command a
better price than when sold in the
small warehouse at scattered coun
try points.
LYON MEETINC STARTS
4
WILL HE HELM IX THE BAPTIST
f-Hl'M H IX PRINEVILLE
REVIEW OF SITUATION IOT
llrv. W. L. Van Nu Reviews Con
dition After Two Years
In the Field
The union meetings which will
be conducted by Dr. Lyon will be
opened In the Baptist church Sun
day next.
Arrangements have been perfect
ed for a large chorus for the oc
casion, and everyone is urged to
attend.
' A review of the religious situa
tion in this community has been
made by Rev. W. L. Van Nuys, who
has been active In the field here
for the past two years, and with
his permission it is herewith pro:
duced.
Every community has its unique
.religious problems as well as those
of an economic and social character.
In Prinevllle several facts or phe
nomena arrest attention at once.
Perhaps the first is the compara
tively small number of people who
seem to be really interested in the
churches and their work. Of course
If the churches should all close
their doors there would be few who
would not protest against such a
condition, and a large demonstra
tion of interest and support would
follow. Everybody, knows that for
many reasons the town could not
afford to be without churches. But
the churches are open today be
cause of the persistent effort of a
few whose interest and loyalty
could never be destroyed. This
number Includes perhaps one in
twenty of the population.
"The next condition that con
fronts the observer is that there
has been a lot of church loyalty
and interest that has been defined
entirely by the local, sectarian or
ization is tempted in this line. But
when the strength of the body is
spent entirely on its own preserva
tion and growth and the larger out
look and relationships and responsi
bilities of life are forgotten, life
loses its meaning and its joy. The
church suffers under the same
law. In the end it will die of 'dry
rot' it not cured of its disease , of
selfishness.
This indifference on the part of
those outside the church and the
narrow sympathy and vision of a
part of the church lead to a most
cruel indifference to the spiritual
needs of the surrounding country.
The people living there are tribu
tary to Prlneville., Their support
keeps the town alive. But they
may justly say with a lonely man
long ago 'No man careth for my
soul'. 'When my money is spent
for the things I need at home or
for the education of my children
in the school, the interest of Prine
vllle in me stops'. 'If they can keep
their churches open, we may never
hear a sermon.' No community
could have a larger proportionate
responsibility and opportunity for
highest service to its neighbors
than the town of Prlneville has in
the presence of the out of town
students in the High School. It is
the highest desire of every true
parent represented in the . school
that his children shall return to
him with trained minds, strong
bodies and clean souls. And the
last is In reality the greatest req
uisite. But a selfish and self satis
fled people will give little thought
to this, interesting itself only in
what their presence is worth in
money and in their social ac
complishments. "A lack of interest in the more
serious concerns of life manifests
Itself in other organizations than
the church. Lodges feel its in
fluence. The orders that have a
serious purpose as their foundation
will be deserted by the majority of
their members except when some
special attraction can be offered,
COYOTE ATTACKS HIIEF.I'
Four Dok Killed Monday Extent
of Damage Not Known
A rabid coyote attacked the Alex
Macintosh sheep in the feed yard
at F. S. Hoffman's ranch Sunday
night tfd no one is able to tell how
many of the sheep it infected before
driven away by the dogs.
Four valuable dogs were all
thought to have been infected and
were killed Monday after the coyote
was Itself found and slain.
Severe! thousand head of sheep
were In the feed lot, and It Is Im
possible to determine just how
great the damage will be.
$KHS 40 FOR RABBIT SCALPS
17,728 Pairs of Ears Presented I'p
to Saturday Night
Bounty has been paid on 17,728
rabbit scalps by the county clerk up
to Saturday night last.
This is a total of $886.40, or less
than $450 per month for the time
the law has been in effect.
and the best 'bait' that can be of
fered It; a feast or a social occasion.
Pleasure In the realm of the senses
becomes the highest good to be de
sired and sought in life. And it
sometimes looks like multitudes
had made sensual pleasure the God
to which the soul is being sacri
ficed. "Another striking phase of the
religions condition in Prinevllle
which cannot be passed by is the
large number of men and women
who came from Christian homes
and enjoyed Christian training but
have deserted the faith and life of
their fathers. Few western towns
seem to have a larger proportion
ate number of those who have thus
wasted a splendid spiritual inherit
ance. They are spiritual prodigals
who are not giving to their child
ren what they received. They are
unfair to the children and the
children , . show--- the marks of -
starved and stunted soul. Perhaps
the necessary conditions of pioneer
life and the uncertain ministrations
and help of the churcb lie at the
foundation of much of this condi
tion. And others who have come
in later, even though some have
been active in the work of the
church in other places, yield to the
spirit of indifference to the church
and quietly drop out.
" But the cure for all this is at
hand. When Christian people and
churches get together as they are
doing in Prlneville today, and give
their united support to the warm
hearted message of such a man as
is coming to lead the evangelistic
campaign, indifference, selfishness,
and idleness will disappear like
the cold mists of the night before
the morning sun. A hundred signs
of the quickening in the heart of
the church are already manifest. It
is coming too at a time when the
whole future of the city ought to
be influenced by it. We believe
j Prlneville is entering on her newer
j and better day. This movement
will serve to touch the most vital
thing in the building of the larger
and better city and at just the
right time."
W. L. VAN NUYS.
Salem, Or., Jan. 31. Special to
the Crook County Journal. The
long and bitter fight to prevent the
creation of Deschutes county out of
a part of Crook county practically
came to an end today, when the
senate passed house bill 135, by
Forbes, validating all the acts' In
connection with the establishment
of the new county.
The bill carries an emergency
clause and will become law as soon
as signed by the governor. How
ever, before going to the governor,
it will have to be returned to the
house for concurrence in a slip
amendment relating to the emer
gency clause. This will cause but
very slight delay in the course of
the bill.
The vote was unanimous in favor
of the passage ot the bill, although
three of the senators were not on
the floor when the ballot was taken.
The bill was balloted upon at
2:30.
OREGON INTERSTATE
FAIR OCTOBER 3-4-5-6
MANAGERS SET DATE AT MEET.
IXG AT THE DALLES
DM BID COST IZtD
Association Will Stand Part Man
ager Schee Chosen President
of Association
The Oregon Inter-State Fair will
be held in this city on October l-4-6-6
this year.
This date was selected at a meet
ing of the managers of five of the
eastern Oregon fairs at The Dalle
held the last of the week. It Is
the week following the state fair,
and will permit many of the stock
men to come to Prlneville from
there.
An association was organized for
the fairs in the eastern part of the
state, and R. L. Schee was chosen
president, and J. .W. Brewer secre
tary of the association.
A meeting of the fair board will
be held during the next ten days,
at which time further plans for the
big Inter State Fair will be made. .
The riairv hflrn whteh tiaa luum
needed for use on the grounds will
be constructed during the spring
and summer, the cost of which wilt
be divided between the association
and the dairymen.
nnr Aiitr lit iiAiin
SEEDGRAWCCI
The spring ot 1917 will soon be
on us with the usual attendant sow
ing for the year's crops. More
land is being developed and larger
crops will be planted than ever be
fore. Tremendous quantities of
seed are about to be brought in for
sowing.
In the light of the work done in
central Oregon the following va
rieties give best results: w&eat:
Early Baart, Bluestem and Marquis;
oats: Sixty Day; barley: Swanneck,
Hannchen and White Smyrna. .
There will be thousands of pounds
of seeds sown here this year, and it
will be a serious mistake to pnr-
cnase mese seeas Dimaiy. ine
price too often governs the pur
chase. Good seed is cheap at any
cost. All alfalfa is not just alfalfa.
There is a vast difference in the
variety too. Early Baart wheat
brought in from the east and south
is vastly different from that same
variety grown right here or in
countries of similar characteristics.
This very fact has afforded consid
erable argument and many times
the condemnation of a good thing.
There will be sown approximately
40,000 lbs. of alfalfa seed this
spring. It is ot the utmost Impor
tance uiai iarmers pay consiaeraDie
attention to the source of this stuff.
Much of it will be bought in the
south and this is a mistake we
should avoid. In selecting seed,
more attention should be paid to
the source as compared with our
conditions than the mere name it
bears, there being so much differ
ence in the same variety which la
due partly to environment and
partly to carelessness.
FIRE AT TERREBONNE ' ,
Poetoffice and General Store Were
Destroyed Saturday
Fire destroyed the post office and
general store at Terrebonne Satur
day,4 and for a time threatened the
railway buildings there.
Ties were burned from under the
track for a considerable distance
and only by hard work on the part
of citizens, and a number of people
who went from Redmond to assist
was the . warehouse and a large
amount of hay and merchandise
saved.
The high wind added to the dif
ficulty ot fighting the flames.