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Crook
Goiaety
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. XXI
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SHIPMENT PAYS WELL
611,1100 I'lH'Ml (Mil MOTH 9I0MI
t at halt lake smelter
I
HORE WILL CO OUT IN JUNE
BuIIiIIiik f Railroad In I'rliK-villn
M ill Havp IVr rut of
Trucking KM-nft
W. T. Davenport returned Tuna
day frutn Hull Lake where he ac
companied a shipment o( ore from
the Ophlr Mayflower group of mines
east of I'rliievlllo.
The - shipment, whd'h ' Included
more than 69,600 pound of high1
grade quartz taken from the prop
erty of Davenport Jlroa.. Champion,
and the MeCulIlitter Estate, la thiij
Cmt of a number of car that these t
firillt will ship during the summer.
Two more tars will go forward i
a aoon an thn ore can be hauled
to thn railroad, which theso people
hope to tin able to chip from Trlnn
vflln In Juno.
Thn gold In thla shipment brought
$158 per ton, besides the quantity
of manganese, allvnr and Iron which
tbia rock carries, the combined vhIur
of which total about $12 per ton
oq an average.
The mines have been operated
under a borne to Swank Bros. &
Bailey, and to Kllgoro.
The shipments that have been
made during the past three years
have brought a total revenue to the
ownnra of $16,000, and aince the
successful shipment of the Inst car,
and a larger amount of high grade
ore la ready for shipment, these
people plat) to Increase the output
greatly thla yoar.
Placer operations will bo atartnd
by these people aoon also. During
a period of five weeks last spring
Mr. Champion cleaned up $J!00 In.
placer gold on this same location.
The development of cheapen
transportation will make this mine'
a great Industry and will make pos-l
lililo the shipment of a great
amount of ore that Is of too low a
grade to ship with a long and ex
pensive haul.
LOAN BLANKS OUT
SOON AFTER FEB. 16
In a recent letter from Mr. W.
W. Flanmigan, secretary of Farm
Loan Bourd at Washington, be
states that the 12 dint riot banks
have been named. The sale of
stock In these Federal Land Banks
Will be com plated about ' February
lOtb and the bank at Spokane will
not be organized before February
15th. The remainder of the blank
forma which' complete the national
farm loan associations will be issued
from the district land bank after
the above date. These consist of
tbe blank for the Individual appli
cation for loans, the affidavit for
Bocretary-treasuror, the application
for charter, the blanks for the loan
committee, etc. As soon as the
banks are organized, prompt atten
tion will be given to communica
tions from the farm loan associa
tions, and unless untorseen obsta
cles arise, farmers should be able
.to get their loans during March.
The office of County .Agricultur
ist Is assisting farmers in this mat
ter in every way possible. . The
blanks will be sent out to the asso
ciations as soon as they are off the
press, or request can be made to
tbe district bank it the associa
tions so choose.
BOWKER'H ORCHESTRA AGAIN
Bowker's orchestra will play a re
turn engagement at the Club Hall
In this city; Saturday evening, com
ing here from Mitchell where they
vill play for the annual K. P. ball
tomorrow evening.
FOR CROOK'. COUNTY
AMBASSADOR FLETCHER
' '-,-"Hi.:,. A
Henry P, Flstcher, rtcently appoint.
d American ambassador to Mexico,
who leave this vk to taka up hla
duties.'
0. C. CLAYPOOL MEMBER
O. C. Claypool baa received notice
of bis appointment as a member of
thn hoard of directors for the Ore
gon Retail Grocers Association,
which board la composed of three
of the most progressive grocers in
the state. '
One of the other members la a
Eugene man and tbe other conducts
a business In Portland.
This la the first time that central
Oregon has received such marked
recognition by thla organization.
NEW FARM TRACTOR
PLUNGES OFF BRIDGE
The new Case tractor which waa
recently purchased from the Inland
Auto Company of this city by Geo.
Dixon, was run off the bridge across
u. u.., c..,..,e, u. ,o,.ru ..cr
una c.iy yennrc uy a.iernooi. .uui.
live UIIOIK uy jonil llJ,
The machine was being driven to
the ranch when one of the plows
caught on a plank in the bridge,
pointing the nose of the tractor over
the aide. Being inexperienced, the
machine went off the bridge before
It could be stopped, and hit the
ground Just west of the water's
edge, on Its "nose", turning over
onto its back.
The gang plows which were be
ing trailed behind the machine went
over the head of the driver, cutting
an ugly gash In his scalp, and into
the mud. ' The machine pulled it
self out on Its own power after be
ing righted and la none the worse
tor the. fall, a few minor breaks ex
cepted. 14 MEN' CXTTIXO TIES
John M. Carpenter Mum Camps Al
ready Established
A crew of eight men is busy cut
ting ties to fill the contract recently
made by John M. Carpenter for the
Prinevllle ; railway, and six more
will be added to this number before
the end of the week.
Mr. Carpenter has his camps es
tablished, and will have a large
number of ties ready tor delivery
soon. '
GRAZING FEE INCREASE
V
Supervisor Rosa Has Order From
Secretary Houston
Instead of an increase of one
third in the grazing fees in the na
tional forests as was at first con
templated, an Increase of 25 per
cent has been announced according
to news received by Supervisor
Homer Ross from Secretary Hous
ton. Other increases will be made as
local conditions justify the secre
tary said in his communication, but
the 25 per cent increase will pre'
vail for the current year,
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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 15, 1917
WOOL CAR COMING
ON ITS INITIAL TRIP
rONTAIXH EXHIBITS OF MICH
VAIAE TO SHEEPMEN
ONLY COMES AS FAR AS MADRAS
MtoM Ih-fore Heal Slwp Territory
In Reached ('(immerrlal Club
Trying to Get Dale
The sheepmen of thla part of the
atate who can and will go to Mad
ras on February 28 will have an
opportunity to aee the "Wool Car"
with Ita accompanying demonstra
tion of the care and grading of
wool, and Ita various stagea of man
ufacture into cloth and will be
given demonstrations by means of
charta ana other methods, of the)
proper conduct of that branch of
the ajieep industry.
The poor arrangement of the
route for this car for thla part of
the state is to be regretted, and will
of course make Ita visitation by
many sheepmen an impossibility.
The Prinevllle Commercial Club,
through President E. J. Wilson and
Manager R. L. Schee. la doing all
that is possible to secure dates for
the car that will make Ita inspection
by sheepmen of this part of the
country practicable.
The matter la being taken up
with the proper authorities to se
cure a date for Redmond after
other datlngs in the state have been
cared for and if they are success
ful, due notice will be given to
every sheepman in tuts territory.
i and Inducements given to get them
to attend the meet Inge on the date
secured. -
The exhibit Includes some live
sheep, by the use of which better
demonstrations can be made.
The various market grades and
rlnHHPH of wool will be considered
, the d,!II10!latratis and the
manufacture of these wools into
worsted and woolen cloth will be
ghow at ,u varloug stages, which
... . . -rnv!er ft hetter idea
of the real merits of a certain staple
grade and quality than he could
acquire in any other manner.
As stated in The Journal recent-j
ly, tbe wool crop Is given less con
sideration by the sheepman than
any other part of his product, when
it should be and could be made one
of the greatest sources of revenue
by considering the weak points in
his flock at shearing time, and se
lecting breeding stock with a view
of remedying the exact defects
which bis flocks have of this nature.
Many men fail to realize the fact
that by the proper selection of
rams for their flock for two genera
tions, which requires less than six
years, the entire character of the
sheep and their fleeces can be
changed, and the amount of tbe
clip and Its value can be increased
sometimes as much as 50 per cent.
More knowledge of this nature
will directly benefit every man in
the businesB, whether he has large
bands of sheep or a few on the
farm, and when the car comes
within reach of this part of the
state, every man Interested in the
business should make it a part of
his business to be there.
NO RABBIT BOUNTY
Deschutes County Will Buy $500
Worth of Poison However
Although the attorney general
has ruled that Deschutes county Is
not required to pay bounties on
jack rabbits killed in. that territory,
and the county court has held that
they will pay no bounties, a fund
of $600 was set aside for the use
of purchasing poison nnder the di
rection of the county agricultural
agent tor the extermination of rab
bits. The poison is being purchased
from a wholesale drug house, and
will be placed at the disposal of or
ganizations of farmers who apply
tor it.
LIEVILLE STOCKMAN
PAYS RECORD PRICES
GEO. DIXON BUYS YEARLING
STEERS AT RECORD PRICE
0. C. CRAY BUYS6ULLAT $1000
Wallace anil Joe Pout, O. It. Gray,
W. M. I'oot and Other Htock
men In Transfers
When Geo. Dixon bought five
head of steers In the stockyards at
North Portland last Friday the fact
that the Prinevllle growers are to
be regarded both in the buyers and
sellers of stuff at top prices was
Impressed upon the exchange there,
and in a manner that caused a sen-
satlon for a time,
The steers were
black Angus,
were atall fed by Forest Grove par-
tiea, and will be finished on the
Warren Dixon & McDowell ranch
for the Inter-State Fair here and
will also be exhibited at the Inter
national in Portland.
The price paid for these animals
waa $10 per hundred pounds, and
waa of course a higher bid than
waa made by any other buyer.
Mr. Dixon also purchased three
cars of cattle that bad been on feed
by Grants Pass parties who made
an unsuccessful attempt to feed
tbem out on beet pulp from the
augar factory.
These were shipped to Redmond
t' a Aral it (hattajilr a tan
The first prize Polled Angus bullTr00 Kreen
at the Pacific International live
stock show at North Portland last
fall waa purchased by George Dix
on, and this week the Individual,
which Is two years old, was resold
to O. C. Gray for $1000.
Mr. Gray also purchased 118 head
of Shorthorn cows from Mr. Dixon
'and 110 head of yearling steers
Thps will he delivered on Februarv
20. and will be taken to Mr. Gray's
j Crooked River ranch.
I F. F. Koelscher bought 65 head
of yearlings and two-year-old Short-
tini-n hulfora frnm Mr nivon nlan
these having already been delivered.
Joe, Wallace and Will Post and
O. B. Gray all sold cattle to Mr.
Dixon during the week, all prime
stuff and in excellent condition.
These sales totaled about 250 head.
LECTURE FOR MEN
BY DR. LYON SUNDAY
The Lyon meetings have drawn
large audiences throughout the
week, a capacity house being pres
ent to hear his sermon at the Bap
tist church Sunday evening.
The afternoon lectures are very
instructive, and everyone agrees
that he knows his bible better than
any other 'student who ever lec
tured In Prinevllle.
A special lecture will be given
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Methodist church for men only,
and at 3 o'clock the usual Sunday
atternon mass meeting will be held
at the Baptist church.
Services every evening at tbe
Baptist church, and every afternoon
at 2:30 excepting Saturday.
FARMERS IMPORT CALVES
Blooded Youngsters Being Shipped
to This Part of State
E. C. Park, C. F. Wood, G. N.
Rader, M. E. Landes and J. A. Foss,
all of the Redmond and Terrebonne
country, have arranged to Import
calves to the value of about $850
from some of the best dairy herds
in the state, for the purpose of
stocking their irrigated ranches.
These men are securing the calves
through the livestock committee of
the agricultural council, and are
sparing no expense to secure the
best stock of tbe kind to be had in
the markets.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
COUNTESS BERNSTORFF
T ClbMdtaM.
Counteas von Bernatorff, wife of the
former German ambaaaador to the
United States, la an American woman.
PRINEVILLE, PORTLAND
AND SEATTLE MARKETS
Prices quoted in the local markets
today are as follows:
Wheat, marquis, $ 1.60
Blue Stem J. 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 6 10.00
Hay, baled, 11.00 9 13.00
Wood, dry
$5.00 i
$6.00
r5.6
.35
.50
.45
.41
.02
.30
.05
1.05
2.10
Gasoline,
Butter, creamery
Butter, country ..
Butter fat
Potatoes ,
Eggs
Onions
Lard, 5s
Lard, 10s
Portland.
Wheat Club $1.60; bluestem $1.55;
t?d Russian, $1.48; forty-fold, $1.52.
Barley No. 1 feed, $39 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa,
$16.
Butter Creamery, 37c,
Egga Ranch, 30c.
Woo' Eastern Oregon, 36c; valley,
41c.
Hops 1916 crop, 59c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem $1.65; club $1.52;
forty-fold, $1.52; red Russian, $1.60;
fife, $1.52; turkey red, $1.55.
Barley $39.50 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 42c.
Eggs 34c.
BILL ASSOCIATIONS PROPOSED
Agriculturist Advises Better Bulls
and Division of Fjvpense
Through the medium of the press
county agent R. A. Blanchard is in
teresting the farmers of Crook and
Deschutes counties in the organiza
tion of bull associations, which will
enable the farmers to buy better
bulls and divide the expense among
a number of men.
This practice .is followed in some
of the best dairy countries in the
world, and will no doubt prove very
profitable here.
PRESBYTERIAN BLUES
DEFEATED BY THE REDS
In a membership contest held by
the Presbyterian Sunday school dur
ing the past three weeks, the mem
bership was increased from 60 to
130, and the band of workers who
termed themselves the "Reds" de
feated the "Blues" by 35 members.
The entire scbool will enjoy a
banquet as a result, which will be
provided by the Blues.
Beatrice Clarke was captain of
the Reds, Clarence Dishman led the
Blues.
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CITY OF PRINEVILLE
NO. 14
OREGON INTER-STATE
FAIR CHANCES GOOD
STATU . RKCOONITIO.Y AXD AP
PROPRIATE LIKELY
CEO. RUSSELL IS ON THE JC3
Appropriation for State Fair May be
Trimmed an Equul Amount
For Stock Show
G. W. Russell returned the first
of the week from Salem where lie
has been since the opening days of
the legislature, working tor a bill
that provides for an appropriation
of $4,000 for the Oregon Inter
state Fair at Prinevllle.
It seems at this time that the bill -will
surely pass, although Mr. Rus
sell will not be greatly surprised if
the amount of the appropriation is
shaved somewhat.
The amount of the appropriation
that is made however will perhaps
be deducted from aums allotted for
the state fair at Salem, and it is
pointed .out to the legislators and I
others that the Inter-State Fair will "
be a show of beef stock, PrineviJIei
being in the center of the best beef
producing part of the state, and
that stock that is shown here will V
be taken to the fat stock show ia-
Portland and the atate fair also it
the dates for these events can be
arranged in the proper sequence
Tbe amount that is 8ecurd...traa.-, i
the state will be used for the jay
ment of livestock premiums, and is i'
just as meritorious as any appno
priation that was ever made" for th " ".
state fair proper. ' j.,,
Mr. Russell is entitled to credit :
for the fight that he has made for
this bill, and whatever appropria- ':
tion is made will be due to bis hard ;
work. "
LADIES ANNEX WILL
The Ladies Annex will be hostess
to the federated clubs of central
Oregon in this city at an early date.
The idea is to get a working plan
for the united clubs, and arouse en
thusiasm for the state meeting
which will be held in this city dur
ing the fall months.
Seven new members were voted,
Into the club at the last meeting,
making a total increase in the mem
bership of 46 since the beginning of
its renewed activity in tbe fall.
A total ot $11.75 has been raised
for the scholarship fund by the or
ganization. VALENTINE PARTY AT
HOME OF MRS. DUFFY
A company of sixteen ladies were
present at a pleasant St. Valentine
party at the home of Mrs. T. E. J.
Duffy yesterday afternoon, when
Mrs. Duffy and Mrs. Upton enter
tained at bridge.
Mrs. Lake M. Becbtell won the
prize for the high score of the aft
ernoon. Refreshments were served.
AUTO WRECK ON GRADE
No One Was Injured, But Car Was
Somewhat Disabled.
A Ford car, driven by Sam Ellis,
got beyond control because ot faulty
brakes, on the grade west of Prine
vllle Monday night and was over
turned. The party, consisting of Ellis, R.
L. Schee; Arthur Michel, John
Dobry and Tuck Bixby were return
ing from Bend, and when ' trouble
started all left the car but Ellla
and Bixby. None ot the occupants
were injured.