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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 22, 1917
NO. 15
DR. ELWOOD P. LYON
IRRIGATION CODE
PASSED ON FRIDAY
J. C. HERBSMAN
OREGON INTER-STATE
FAIR GETS STATE AID
in BY MARCH 15
MEETINGS SUCCESSFUL
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JlUK I'UIVTH AM) HI'M J ! MO
TIONS MAY NOW ItK KEEN
CROSS SECTIONING COMPLETED
lUria Will IW Ibxelved For Any
Pari or All of Work
A I Oi.ro
Bids will he received at once, (or
the construction of any part or all
ol tho railway from Prlneville to
the Oregon Trunk road according to
tho announcement that come from
city engineer M. A. Kelly today.
Mr. Kelly says the cross m-ctlon-Ing
has been completed and blue
print and plana and specifications
may t liud by those ,wliiliitig to hid
t Ills oltlce In thla city at any time
after today.
The bid munt all he In th office
of the city engineer hy March 1G
and tin) earlier they are received
the bettor the city engineer will bo
plied.
The weather conditions will hn
such that construction can atart by
Mar. 15 without danger of Interrup
tlon, and the plana of the city are
complete enough to authorize work
to commence all along the line by
thut (Into.
The pier for thn bridge waa com
pleted on the aouth aide of the river
yesterday and work la being rushed
on tho other aide of the river.
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
BECAUSE OF MEASLES
The high school waa closed yes
terday morning because such a large
percentage of the student body was
baent.
At noon the public achool clotted
also, more than half of the enrolled
cholara being almmit.
Both schools will attempt to op''"
on Monday but the efficiency of all
clasacs la greatly impulred, nnd haa
been for the past three weeks be
cause of the largo number of cbbcs
of measles.
CROOKED RIVER ItOAI) WORK
Rock Crusher Will Start Again Hoon
Says t'oiiiiitlxHloncr
Work will he started again soon
on tho lower Crooked River road
nd will be completed as fast as
possible Commissioner Blanchard
ays.
Tho rock crusher, which has been
idle all winter, will be put In com
mission again, and the two miles of
road known as the Montgomery
grade and Dodson lnno will be
graded with crushed rock, and roll
ed down with the road roller.
Mr, Blanchard has a crew of men
now getting material in readiness
for the work.
BOXING SMOKER ON
The boxing smoker scheduled for
Monday night promises to be the
best exhibition of Its kind ever held
In Prlneville.
The first bout will be a good four
round curtain raiser, followed by a
six round bout between Tommy
Phillips and Ted Hoke. Hoke Is a
Bend boy and Phillips lives near
Prlneville.
The next bout will be between
Fred Winters, of Bend, and Johnny
Montgomery, formerly of Prlneville.
The main event will be between
Gilbert Shoel of Cheyonne, Wyo.,
ff.nd Speck Woods, of Bend, which
without doubt will be the best exhi
bition ever held in Central Oregon.
fop
A
Who la Stirring Up Prlneville With
Inipri'NHlve Sermons and Lecture
MEETINGS WILL CLOSE
T
Monday night there will be a
aurred concert at the Itaptlst church
which will bo conducted by the
evangellHtlc workers and a number
of local people.
The concert will be of the highest
order, and no lecture or aermon
will be preached at this meeting, the
entire evening being given over to
mimical numbers of an unusual
class.
A sliver offering will be received.
LIGHTS FOR BRIDGE
Committee Appointed to Invetitlgate
the Matter
A committee has been appointed
by the Commercial Club to have
lighta placed on the Crooked River
bridge wost of the city, and a strong
railing built from the ends of the
present railing to the west end of
tho nil.
The members of the committee
are: F. E. Albee, A. R. Bowman
and Arthur Michel.
(M'IKM'O ItOAI) FINISHED
Is Graveled From (it)' Limits to a
Point Four Miles EaM
Commissioner Blanchard informs
The Journal that the work of grav
eling the Ochoco road through what
Is known as the Slayton lane has
been completed, and that now the
road Is graveled and in first class
condition from the city limits to the
east end of this lane.
About one-fourth of the work was
donated by farmers living adjacent
to the road improvement.
UNION PACIFIC CORN ROOK
Is For Free Distribution Among
the Farmers
The Union Pacific Railway Com
pany has issued a corn cook hook
that is of spoclal interest in the
preparation of corn for the table.
These people are advocates of the
idea that corn should be grown on
every farm, and the book just men
tioned is a part of their campaign
In this direction. A letter addressed
to the Portland office will bring a
copy of the booklet tree.
WHY PAY BRIDGE TOLL?
Wasco County Should Care For
Miller's lirldge Case
Any motorist who drives into the
Columbia Highway from the east,
or who comes from Portland over
this highway and through Sherman
county, and wishes to avoid the
worst hills and grades, is compelled
to pay $1 for the privilege of cross
ing Miller's Bridge. '
We are told that this bridge is
owned by Mr. Moody of The Dalles
and the collection of these tolls has
continued for many years. Every
motorist who crosses it no doubt
wonders how many times it has
been paid for and when the tolls
will be removed.
There will be .a dance at the Com
mercial Club hall tonight, the music
for which will be furnished by the
Hawaiian orchestra, ' 1
GOOI CltOWDH ATTEXB TWICE
DAILY DESPITE MEASLES '
DR. LYON IS A VERY ABLE HAN
Topic for Remaining Few Lecture
and Hernioiia Are Interesting
lectured to School
Regardless or the fact that Prlne
vllle and vicinity have been In the
throes of the worst attack of mea
sles In Its history, the Interest and
attendance at the Lyon meetings
has been remarkable to date, and a
number of conversions have been
made. '
A large crowd attends each after
noon service which Is devoted to
the dtscuaslon of various bible topics
and the people are unanimous in
their statements that no man haa
ever visited Prlneville with the wide
range of experience and strong abil
ity to discuss these topics that are
possessed by Dr. Lyon.
The evening services are more
general in their nature and the at
tention that la manifest denotes the
Interest of the people in these meet
ings. The topic for tonight's discussion
la "Gospel In the Stars", and at thla
service many problems that have
bothered the layman for a long
time will be made clear.
The lecture delivered to the high
school students Tuesday morning
j Impressed the young people greatly.
as ii auounaeu in Historical facts.
RK(;iHTKKEI MILK STOCK
Win. Frcund Imported Brown KwIhs
Cattle First In Country
The first registered Brown Swiss
cattle to arrive in this part of the
state were imported recently by
Wm. Freund who lives on Ochoco,
about 18 miles east of Prlneville.
Mr. Freund received a registered
cow of this breed, and a heifer calf
also registered, on Saturday and he
already owns a registered bull of
this hardy breed.
The cow and calf cost Mr. Freund
$200 and a registered bull calf im
ported at the same time by B. F.
Wilholt of this city coBt Mr. Wtlhott
$50.
Mr. Freund says that the Brown
Swiss cows are better milkers than
the Jersey, are a larger, hardier
animal, coming from the mountain
regions of Switzerland, and that
their gentle, hardy nature makes
them more desirable than the Jer
sey. His bull is now two and a half
years old and weighs 1600 pounds
Mr. Freund has a good small herd
of Jerseys and will cross them with
the Brown Swiss, at the same time
he will breed up a herd of the reg
istered stock.
These individuals Just received
were shipped by express from the
herd of Theo. Brooker of Gresham,
Oregon, who is Bald to have the first
herd of this kind of cattle in the
west. - i
CHURCH NOTICES
Sunday, February 25
First Methodist Sunday school
at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 a.m
Topic: "A Greater Church in Prine
vllle." 2 p. m. Men's meeting. 6:30
E. L. service. Other services given
away to Union meeting. E. T. Reld
pastor.
Presbyterian Bible school at 10
a. m. Morning worship at 11 with
sermon by the pastor. No further
services apart from the Union meet
ings.
. Baptist Church A good meeting
in the morning at 11 when Rev. S.
C. Lautrett will preach. Sunday
school at the usual hour. Meeting
for women only at 2. Mass meeting
at 3. Young People's meeting at
6:30 and sermon on "Homeland
Scenes and Heroes."
The Journal for job printing.
WILL GREATLY BENEFIT OCHO
C IRRIGATION DIHTRICT
PILOTED BY JAY H. OPTOX
Im Pronounced ..Beat ..Law Now on
Statute Hooka by Mr. Upton
In Interview
The new irrigation code which
passed the legislature on Friday Is
perhaps the best piece of irrigation
legislation ever written Into the
statute books, and will be of great
benefit to the Ochoco District.
Its success is largely due to Jay
H. Upton of this city who was one
of committee from the Oregon Ir
rigation Congress to draft the bill
and secure Its passage.
In an interview just given out
Mr.; Upton says In part: , ''
fin my opinion it is the best irri
gation district law now upon the
statute books, and this seems to be
the general opinion of all those who
have had anything to do with its
preparation. Changes have been
made to meet the requirements of
the United States government, 8Q
that ' districts may co-operate with
the United States Reclamation Serv
ice and the provisions of the Smith
bill, which provides for the inclu
sion of homestead lands.
"Provision haa also been made
for the formation of irrigation dis
tricts on Carey act projects, and it
w5A Tie' of particular- benefit- to "the
lands lying near Prlneville, Bend
and Redmond, which are now under
the control of the C. O. I. company.
"The Irrigation code which was
passed by the legislature Friday, is
the combination of the best features
of the Irrigation district laws of the
states of California, Idaho and
Washington. It is the result of a
long and careful study by represent
atives of the various irrigation dis
tricts in the state, banks of Port
land, bond buyers, and the men who
have been trying to secure irrigation
legislation.
"The method of assessing lands
and the collection of taxes, the lien
of the bond itself, the payment of
interest charges, and the putting of
the bond on a parity with other mu
nicipal bonds, have been changed to
a considerable degree.
"Where the bond heretofore has
only been a lien against the taxing
power of the district, it is now ex
tended to the water rights and the
constructed irrigation works. This
is a duplication of the Washington
statute.
"The board of directors may issue
bonds during the first four years
after their sale, for the payment of
Interest, and may also at any time
issue refunding bonds and retire the
then existing bond issue at three
above par. This will make it possi
ble If cheaper money can be obtain
ed in the future, to retire the six
per cent bond and take advantage
of the cheaper money.
"Heretofore, saving and commer
cial banks, insurance companies and
trustees, were not permitted to in
vest their funds in irrigation bonds,
whereas they could purchase school
district bonds, city, county or state
bonds, and such bonds could be de
posited as security for a deposit of
public funds. The present code
places the irrigation bond in the
same class as these other bonds.
"Before this can be done, how
ever, an Investigation is required
from the state engineer, the attor
ney general and the superintendent
of banks, and if they find the water
supply sufficient, the irrigation proj
ect feasible, and the amount of bond
issue not in excess of 60 per cent of
the market value of the lands, the
water and the proposed Irrigation
works, they may require the secre
tary of state to certify that the
bonds are a legal investment for the
purposes above cited.
,"This Is practically the California
statute, and in that state bonds,
which, before the enactment of that
law were practically unsalable, are
Popular Lyceum Lecturer at the
Club Hall Saturday, March 3 '
AND SEATTLE MARKETS
Prices quoted In the local
today are as follows:
Wheat, marquis,
Blue 8tem '.
Rye
Barley ,
Oats,
Flour, standard grade,
Flour, patents,
Bran .
Mldls
Hay, loose, . 9.00
Hay, baled, 11.00
Wood, dry $5.00 I
Wood, green .... 4.60
Gasoline, -'Sirnr'iii
Butter, creamery
Butter, country
Butter fat ..
Potatoes
Eggs ...
Lard, 5s '
Lard, 10s .
markets
$ 1.60
. 1.65
1.00
40.00
.. 33.00
8.40
... 8.70
. 25.00
... 33.00
9 10.00
e i3.oo
W $6.00
9 5.00
35
.45
.40
... .37
03
.. .25
.. 1.05
... 2.10
Portland.
Wheat Club $1.52; bluestem $1.67;
red Russian, $1.49; forty-fold, $1.53.
Barley No. 1 feed, $39 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa,
$16.
Butter Creamery, 35c.
Eggs Ranch, 32c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 36c; valley,
41c.
Hops 1916 crop, 48c; 1917 con
tracts, 10 He.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem $1.55; club $1.54;
forty-fold, $1.52; red Russian, $1.52;
fife, $1.64; turkey red, $1.58.
Barley $39 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 39c
Eggs 35c.
now listed and selling on the Stock
Exchange at San Francisco, above
par.
"Another most important charge
is the one that permits lands which
are now partially irrigated to be as
sessed for the additional benefits in
the way of increased water supply.
Heretofore, before lands which had
any kind of water right could be
assessed at all, the district was
compelled to either purchase or con
demn that water right. This re
quirement made it necessary for the
board to issue a large amount of
bonds to purchase these old rights.
That feature is now eliminated, and
a man with a water right that is
only 50 per cent efficient will be as
sessed tor only 60 per cent of the
amount that the land with no water
ia required to pay, but the mainte
nance charges for all of the lands
is pro-rated equally." ,i
BASKET SOCIAL PAYS $44.85
Lone Pine School Has Event at the
Home of L. J, Ogden
A basket social was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Ogden
last Saturday evening for the organ
fund of the Lone Pine School.
A fund of $44.35 was raised by
the sale Of. the baskets, and many
persons who would have been pres
ent were not able to attend because
of the measles.
BILL APIROPRIATING' fSOO 18
PASSED BY LEGISLATURE
STATE RECOGNIZES ITS OSJECT
I Recognized as a Meritorious tw
st it ut ion Pare the Way
For Big Future
The Oregon Inter-State Fair waa
recognized by the appropriation of
$500 for the use of paying prem
iums on livestock exhibits by the
legislature which passed the bill
carrying the appropriation the first
of this week.
The amount originally asked for
was $4,000 but It was expected that
this would be materially reduced be
fore the bill was made a law, and
the real object of the committee waa
to get recognition from the state
that the Inter-State Fair is an insti
tution in a class above all other
fairs in the state, even the State
Fair itself when the exhibition of
fat beef stock is considered.
The change of the name and tha
broadening of the scope of this in
stitution, the appointment of the
honorary board who will assist In
an advisory capacity in conjunction
with the regular board of directors,
and - the recognition of the name
and worth of this fair is the real
foundation for what will no doubt
become the largest show of its par
ticular kind in the northwest.
Manvcajr lot jot . fat ... stock are
now being planned for the 1917
show by stockmen in this part of the
state. The quality of cattle that
puts Prlneville always at the top of
the market in the stockyards is at
trading attention from all parts of
the United States.
The Oregon Inter-State Fair is
gaining momentum every day, and
by the time another legislature con
venes It will have become such an
institution, by the united effort of
the men who have made the Prlne
ville cattle famous, that It will be
In a position to ask for and get an
appropriation that is really worth,
while.
The date for the 1917 fair is Oc
tober 3-4-5-6. Plan to attend.
LOCAL ATHLETICS WILL
BE
(By A. Michel)
The Bend high school basketball
team defeated the C. C. H. S. team
at Bend Thursday evening last by a
score of 32 to 17. The passing and
basket shooting of the Bend team
was far superior to the Prinevillo
team and their superior weight and
the fact that they had been coached
up to the moment the game was
called made them easy winners. The
Prlneville team made a great scrap
for the game, and at the close of
the first half the score stood 10 to
11. It was a clean game, and the
locals feel that they will be able to
redeem their honors from the Bend
basket shooters before the season
closes.
Bub Estes has been farmed ont
to Spokane by the Pacific Coast
League which has him under con
tract. The Northwest League team
will train in California this year and
Bub will accompany them there. He
will no doubt be with the Beavers in
1918. We all wish Bub success.
The Bend town team will play
Prineville at the club hall here Sat
urday evening. This will no doubt
be one of the classiest games ever
witnessed in this city as the Bend
basket shooters have ''Shorty" Fos
ter and Reed who toured the east
with the famous O. A. C. team, on
their team. Horton is also a mem
ber of the Bend team.
A party of young people chaper
oned by Mr. and Mrs. Wirtz enjoyed
a "Dutch Treat" dinner at Hotel
Prineville Saturday evening.