Sworn Circu
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. XXI
PRINEVILLE GAM
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TRAIN OK TWELVE CAM I ROM
CENTRAL OREGON
ELEVEN ARE FROM PRINEVILLE
tr Hold Mt Sll.tfo, the lll((lirl
Price Ml North Portland
ThU Year '
Aeuln buyers of ealtle at North
TVMlmid have recognlfd Prineville
eUl" nbove Mil others offered In
lbl market In a most substantial
nr.nnir, and on Monday a car load
f steers anld thorn al $9.00 and
titers at 9.20, all from tho Prine
ville country.
OmimniitUiK on the iiuallty of
t s atuff a compared to other cat
tl In Ilia yarda at the same time
of tli Portland pH'ra aaya: "A
viry turtle per cent of the run waa
fr.m Central OnKon, and tlila wua
f rxri'lli'iit quallly."
A train of twelve can waa slilp
fA rrotn tlila part of the state and
arrived at North Portland for the
Holiday market, and of these,
eleven cars ranie from Prineville
yrds.
The market for all kinda of cat
tle la stronger than It baa boon for
Months, and thn threatened foreign
complication have had no effect
whatever nn the quotation.
Shippers from thla part of the
nlate were: S. 8. Stearns, 2 toada;
J K. Houston, t loads; -Oeorgo Dix
on, 3 loada; Ed Slayton, 3 loada;
James Mace, 1 load, and C. S. Wood
f Ki'dmond, 1 load. .
Three ear loads were Included In
the sale at $9.20, two of them being
thn property of S. S .Stearns & Son
and the third waa sold by James
Xaco of the Fair View Farm.
Thn prices obtained by these
shippers cauacd a sonsutloii among
the trade at North Portland.
LYON MEETINGS
ATTENDED BY MANY
Meetings were opened by Or.
Lyon In tlila city Sunday afternoon,
and services have been held each
afternoon and night since I hut day.
The afternoon meetings are de
voted to bible study, nnd are at
tended by large audiences, and the
evening meetings are more general
in nature.
The Baptist church, where tho
services are being held, has been
coinfortubly filled each evening dur
ing tho week.
There will be no afternoon meet
ing on Sunday, and no night ser
vices Saturday night.
MANY AT LUNCHEON
IVmiIuIIoii PasNFd ..That Hciihain
Kails Tract He Held Intact
A large crowd attended the
luncheon at Hotel Prineville Friday
and a resolution was passed, after
considerable discussion, asking that
the state land board hold the Ben
bam Falls segregation intact until
investigation can be made for the
irrigation of these lands from
Crooked River.
The opening of these 74,000 acres
of land for entry would mean that
homesteads would immediately be
filed upon the lands, and this would
remove all possibility ot ' irrigating
them until the patents were all is
sued when a district could be form
ed, While there seems to be no Im
mediate liklihood of the lands being
Irrigated from the Benham Falls
canal, some of the members con
sidered It quite leasable to Irrigate
a large part of the tract from
Crooked River.
The luncheon tomorrow will be
held at Hotel Oregon drill.
Crook
FOR CROOK COUNTY
AMBASSADOR GERARD
Jamaa W. Oarard, American ambaa
aador to Germany, who haa bean re
called and Inatructad to laava Gar
many. n
STADIG SAYS QUIT;
WALLACE SAYS NO
Gus Stadlg, of Lower Bridge,
wishes to withdraw his suit In quo
warranto against Deschutes County,
It waa aald yesterday and telephon
ed M. ft. Elliott to that effect.
When questioned concerning what
will be done In the matter N. O.
Wallace, one of th attorneys em-
! ployed to prevent the formation of
the county aald yesterday:
"The suit "'' agamst Deschutes
i County has not been called off and
I won't be. That case will go to the
I supreme court for decision."
"If the legislature of thla state
can take my cases out of court and
i aettlo them tor me, the sooner I
i find It out the better."
Mr. Wallace says that be and the
I people he represents will do all
', they can to expedite the progress
of the caae and that no delays will
bo caused, or have yet been caused
by them.
NELLS McKAY RANCH
1(10 Acres of Land and Lciiho Are
Included in the Deal
James Prose reports the sale of
ISO acres of land on McKay which
he purchased from his brother, W.
H. Prose, less than a year ago, to
Mr. Rugglcs, formerly of Gross
Valley.
The sale Includes a lease on a
lurgo farm adjoining, which be
longs to B. F. Allen.
Price and terms of the sale are
not made public.
Mr. Ruggles will build on the
place, and plans to make his home
there.
SOLI) CAR OK BUCKS
Local Agents Hold Kive Machines
In Six Days
The Inland Auto Company sold
and delivered a car load of five
Buicks last week in Just six days.
Three of the machines were sixes,
and two were fours.
Purchasers were: David Evans,
W. I. Dlshman, J. D. Bolter, and
two machines were placed in Bend
through the local agency ot the In
land company there,
Another car shipment is on the
way in.
8. V. HARDIN HAS FIRE
Blaze Destroys Storehouse and Wa
ter System and Threatens Home
Last Thursday evening Are de
stroyed the store room and water
system at S. V. Hardin's residence
east ot the city and for a time
threatened to destroy the residence.
Windows were broken by the heat
In the north end ot the dwelling,
and the paint was blistered and
blackened by the smoke and flames.
A number of autos loaded with
volunteers from this city rushed to
the scene and prevented more ser
ious damage. - -
County Journal
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 8, 1917
18,000 TIES FOR
CONTRACT AWARDED TO JOHN
M. CARPENTER Tl'EHDAY
TO BE DELIVERED BV HAY I
Will Ik Hewn fine Tics, and Will
He Placed on Hlghl-of-way
at 42 Cent Each
A contract was awarded to Jobn
M. Carpenter on Tueaday evening
by the city council for 18,00 hewn
pine ties, to be delivered on the
right-of-way for the railroad be
tween ' Prineville and the bridge
across Crooked River, before May 1.
The contract calls for ties 1 of
standard specifications, and all tim
ber must be cut before" the sap
starts which means that the next
five weeks may be the limit for
felling the timber.
Mr. Carpenter says that he will
have a large percentage of the ties,
perhaps 5,000 of them In place by
February 20, and he hopes to finish
the contract within a month or five
weeks from that time.
The 18,000 ties will reach more
than one-third of the distance from
Prineville to the main line, and
plana for the remaining number are
being considered by the council,
and provisions will be made tor
them within the next two weeks.
The ties will be cut from timber
on Grizzly and other foot hills of
the Blue Mountains,- as' close -;to
Prineville as possible, and will be
hauled and placed, load in a
place, on the right-of-way.
H. W. NEAL BADLY Bl'RXED
Narrowly Escaped Serious Fire on
Huttirdity Evening
The Ore department was cal'.ed
out at 7 o'clock Saturday evening
when H. W. Neal had hiB Ford car
In flames in his garage on West
Fifth Street.
Mr. Neal was filling the tank with
gasoline, using a lantern to provide
light. The lantern was overturned
and the chimney broken, which al
lowed gasoline that had been spilled
on the car, to ignite..
The car was in flames in an iu
stunt as waa Mr. Neat's arm which
had been splashed with gasoline.
He ran Into the street and extin
guished the flames by lying on the
damp ground.
He then returned to the garage
to rescue his little daughter who
was in the rear seat, and pushed
the car out of the garage into the
street.
As there was but little gasoline
in the tank when the fire started,
the flames were easily extinguished
after the small supply ot fuel was
consumed.
CAR OF VEL1ES
Loral Agency Has Shipment of New
Cars on Floor
A car shipment of Velie automo
biles has arrived and are on dis
play at E. G. Hodson's garage where
J. H. Templeton local dealer, r is
ready to demonstrate them to
prospective purchasers.
They are a classy looking little
car, and Mr. Templeton says they
are great to "eat up the hills".
HOGS SELL AT 811.75
Highest Price Ever Paid for Swine
Reached Monday
The highest price ever paid for
hogs in the northwest was quoted
in the yarda at North Portland Mon
day when sales were made at
$11.75.
This price is, 10c above the pre
vious high record for Portland, and
dealers believe the record has not
yet been reached.
, Miss Hazel Archibald, of Seattle,
is visiting at the McCall ranch.
HILL 10 BE CUT
THROUGH FOR STREET
PLAN TO EXTEND MAIX OX THE
NORTH THKOIGH HOG HACK
TO AVOID RAILROAD YARDS
(travel and Hand Will He I'sed to
Grade Streets and Fill
Low Lot
A plan was approved y the coun
cil at the meeting of that body on
Tuesday, for the extension of Main
Street on the north, through the
bog back, and connect the street
with the straight road to McKay.
The Idea is supported by prop
erty owners In that part of the city
and a generous support is received
for the idea from all parts of the
city.
The extension of this street in
the manner suggested is made nec
essary to allow more room for the
railroad yards, and to obviate the
necessity of having the highway
pass too near the stockyards.
The large supply of sand, gravel
and earth that will be taken from
the cut will be used in filling some
low lots on the northern part of
the city, and for grading up low
streets, especially Main on the
north end.
While it is not considered ad
visable to ask the city to finance
this Improvement at this time, suf
ficient support is thought possible
from interested citizens, who are to
profit by the use of the removed
material to make it possible with
out asking aid from the city.
A plan to use water in sluicing
the loose material from the top of
the cut is being considered.
MRS. LEWIS BUYS MILLINERY
Will Select New Stock From Port-
land Houses Next Week
Mrs. John Lewis this week pur
chased the millinery business from
Mrs. Anna Estes and will be pre
pared to handle a full line of mil
linery supplies.
Mrs. Lewis will leave in a few
days for Portland where she will
order her spring hats.
Watch tor her announcements.
MEETING IS POSTIH)NED
The officers of the Parent-Teachers'
Association deem it advisable
to postpone the regular monthly
meeting this time owing to the
union revival meetings now being
held at the Baptist church, so the
meeting of Feb. 12 will be put off
indefinitely. Watch for announce
ment of next meeting.
Rei H. Powell, Secretary.
OCHOCO TELEPHONE MEETING
Lilies Within City Sold to Pacific
States Company
The annual meeting and election
of the Ochoco Telephone Company
was held in this city Saturday after
noon. The company's lines within the
city were sold to the Pacific States
Company,, who will rebuild, them
soon.
, Officers were elected for the en
suing year as follows: J. F. Blanch
ard, president; T. H. LaFollette,
vice president; J, E. Fuller, secretary-treasurer,
and Raymond Cala
van and G. C. Price, directors.
This company will extend their
line to Meadow during the summer,
BASKETBALL TOMORROW
C. C. H. S. Will Meet Their Old
Rivals, Bend H. S.
Tomorrow evening at 7:80 the
C. C. H. S. basketball team will
meet the Bend H. S. team at Com
mercial Club Hall. i
Both teams are well prepared,
and a fast game is sure to result.
An admission of 25 cents will be
charged. '
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
AMBASSADOR BERNSTORFF
Pfcctr by AsMrteaa Prm AaooetatSo.
Count von Bernstorff, Gorman am
bassador to tho United 8Utoo, who
waa handed his passports by direction
Of President Wilson.
AND SEATTLE MARKETS
Eggs dropped to 35 cents during
the week, and the supply is gener
ous at this figure, which would with
the warmer days, perhaps force an
other drop in a short time.
Butter fat went up on Monday,
41 cents being the market now, and
an increase in butter to 50 cents
for creamery and 40 to 45 for
country grades followed the cream
quotations.
- No change is felt locally In the
potato market, although outside
prices and seed demands will force
an advance in tubers soon.
Prices quoted in the local markets
today are as follows:
Wheat, marquis, $ 1.60
Blue Stem .. 1.55
Rye 1.00
Barley 40.00
Oats, .. 33.00
Flour, standard grade, 8.40
Flour, patents 8.70
Bran 25.00
Midls 33.00
Hay, loose 9.00 10.00
Hay, baled, 11.00 13.00
Wood, dry $5.00 $6.00
Wood, green .... 4 50 5.00
Gasoline , .35
Butter, creamery . .60
Butter, country 40 .45
Butter fat .41
Potatoes 01
Eggs 35
Onions 05
Lard, 6s . 1.05
Lard, 10s ,. 2.10
Portland.
Wheat Club 1.46; bluestem $1.50;
red Russian, $1.43; forty-fold, $1.48.
Barley No. 1 feed, $38.50 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa,
$16-
Butter Creamery, 38c.
Eggs Ranch, 31c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 36c; valley,
41c.
Hops 1916 crop, 69c.
Seattle.
'Wheat Bluestem $1.49; club $1.46;
forty-fold, $1.46; red Russian, $1.43;
fife, $1.46; turkey red, $1.48.
Barley $38 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 39o.
Eggs 34o.
SHANIKO HAS FIRE
Two Buildings Burned at Midnight
Other Buildings Tlireatened
The Wilson drug store and an ad
joining pool hall were destroyed by
fire last night at midnight at Shan
iko. : -
The postofflce and telephone of
fices were threatened, but were only
damaged on the extertor. The ori
gin ot the fire Is not known.
A party of Bend men including
Geo. S. Young, H. H. DeArmond,
Clyde McKay, S. E. Roberts, W. D.
Barnes, J. Alton Thompson, J, H.
Haner, L. . E.. Smith, and W. L.
Mullarkey were in the city yester
day on business connected with the
transcribing ot records for Des
chutes county.
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PRINEVILLE PORTLAND
CLASSIFIED
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NO. 13
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RAPIDLY SHAPING II?
RRIIKiE PIERS BEING PLACE1
PILING IS DRIVEN
CONTRACTS TO BE CALLED FC1
CroxM Sectioning Being Completed
on the Wetrt End of Line
Weather Afutbtts
With favorable weather condi
tions, Prineville's railroad is beiag
rushed,' and Mayor Stewart and En
gineer Kelly, who have active
charge of the construction, arc
pleased with the progress that is
being made, and the outlook for
early completion of the line.
, Piling has been driven for the
abutments on the bridge across
Crooked , River, and the council
asked the mayor at Tuesday night's
meeting to have the concrete piers
built as soon as possible, which wist
remove the possibility of delay In
cident to spring freshets.
The engineering crew under H.
A. Kelly is completing the cross
sectioning of the west end of tho
line, and construction can com
mence at any or many points om
the line at a very early date.
Contracts are to be awarded for
this work, and the numerous, par
ties who have made applications
for work on the line arc to be given
an opportunity to bid on parts of
the construction at an early data.
' Work on the two rock cuts, one
at the point on the T. S. Barnes
ranch, the other at the place where
the road leaves Crooked River Val
ley will be the first pieces of work
to be contracted.
TO TERM IN JAIL
Lettie Marker-Short appeared be
fore Judge Duffy in the circuit court
on Monday charged by the district
attorney with contempt in disobey
ing a subpoena issued for her ap
pearance in the case of State of
Oregon versus E. W .Gillam which
! wna spt fnr trial at fho Tuniinrv
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term of court. A warrant was is
sued for Mrs. Short at the time she
was summoned to appear and failed
to do so, and she had just been
apprehended.
She was adjudged guilty of con
tempt by Judge Duffy and sentenced
to one month in the county jail, the
jail sentence being suspended upon
the condition that she report twice
weekly in person to Sheriff Knox
and that she give a bond for her
appearance when required in the
Gillam case in the sum of $250.
BEND BUTCHERS TOP MARKET
With Prineville Cattle at North
Portland
Last week there was much pub
licity given the fact that a car load
of ' steers topped the market at
North Portland, at $9.00, being
shipped in and sold by, O'Donnell
Bros, of Bend, all of which was
very good, being advertising tor
Bend and tor all central Oregon
that is of the right kind.
It is interesting to know however,
that these Bend cattle were grown
by a Prineville man, M. S. Mayfield
to be exact, were fattened in Mr.
Mayfield's yards and delivered to
the Bend dealers and shipped from
there to Portland where the record
price was obtained. ' , ;
Mr. Mayfield has a' contract with,
the Bend dealers for cattle and
this load was shipped for the reason
we are told that they were not
needed in the O'Donnell market at
that time. i
The little daughter ot Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Cross had her wrist dis
located while playing &t the John
son Creek school house Friday, i