CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL FEBRUARY 22, 1917 PAGE 2 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL BY lil'Y LAKOIXKTTK Entered at the postolllce t Priue Y'Ue, Oregon, as second-class matter. riBUSHKU KVERY THI'KNIIAY Price $1.60 per year, payable trlctly In advance. In carfe of change ot address please notify us J once, giving both old and new address. devised but the present system. The addition of the clause which calls for a postal card notice before the publication ot the lint Is a good one, and Us adoption is due to Rep resentative Forbes, for which he is entitled to great credit. It will no doubt mean a great saving, and the flnal publication ot the lists will at the same time protect the delinquent. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGI ADVERTISING Bf THE GENERAL OFCICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 1 RANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES PORTLAND JOtUXAI, IX SPASMS The people of Oregon have wit nessed the spectacle of what might have been a great daily paper that worked Itself Into a fremy over what must have been a guilty con science. The Oregon Dally Journal, has been attempting to make one grand stand effort followed by another for weeks, to create public sentiment, toerce, force, drive, compel and otherwise influence the Oregon leg islature to Jump through the hoop which the Journal held, in view ot the- people, by abolishing the tax publication law. Since it is known by all our read ers that The Crook County Journal has been and is now publishing the tax list in this county, we have felt it best to say nothing on the subject until the issue was decided. As the bill has been passed, not the Portland Journal's bill but a better one in our judgment, we will say a thing or two. Had the charges that were made By the Portland Journal been as truthful as they would lead the leg islators to believe, no power qn earth ould have prevented the passage of the bill they seemed to wish passed. The facts are however that when the members of the legislature found that the best interests of the tax payers are served only by some kind, of a publication law, handled in an honest manner by an honest county court, they did not line up just because the Portland daily wished them to and passed the bill considered the best for the people, tiie ravings of the Journal to the contrary notwithstanding. The fight put up by this organ, finally evolved a principle that wouW make the Portland Journal the controlling power in the politics of the state, and while they exposed some things in connection with the publications in some counties that fx&ecled heavily against officials who prepared the copy and paid the Bills for at least one of these publi cations, most of the charges made againEt publishers were no doubt greatly exaggerated or false alto gether,, Tfi collection ot taxes is a matter that everyone feels keenly, and no nnnecessary expense should be con nected with it. The protection of every man's title is a duty the state owes to the individual and no other effective way seems to have been IS NOW HISTORY Tlio- legislature has adjourned, and the people can now sot about the tusk ot finding out Just what new laws have been written Into the statute books. Some excellent measures have passed. Just how they will work out remains to be seen. The dry laws, of which there are two or three instead ot one, as many people suppose, are the most stringent that any western state has yet seen, and no doubt will make the use of liquors expensive and very inconvenient for anyone in the state. A man was arrested and fined be cause he came Into Klamath Falls with a flask in his pocket one day last week, which shows that the work of enforcement is already on. An anti-cigarette law which makes the practice ot smoking by minors very dangerous and provid ing for the punishment ot the( minor and the party supplying the means ot his smoking as well, was sub stituted for a bill that abolished that practice by persons of all ages only after the fact was discovered after the last mentioned bill had passed, that it was unconstitutional. Two sterilization laws were pass ed, btth fine constructive pieces of legislation, and some other reform measures that show thu Oregon is going ahead rapidly and sanely. A long list of other bills was passed of course, bat the above were of a kindred nature, and will have the greatest moral effect on the Btate that can be imagined. DRY IX urao The national house of representa tives has passed a bill asking for the submission of the nation dry measure at a general election, to the people. The measure will perhaps not get to the senate this session, but will pass that body without a doubt we are told by those in a position to know, It is quite easy to make a proph ecy, and we believe that this matter will be an issue for the considera tion of the voters at the national election in 1920, and if so, a dry United States is practically certain at that time. Sentiment has been in favor of the national issue in the west tor a long time, and there is little doubt about the result once the measure gets on the ballots of all the people. Remember The Journal has the largest bona fide list of subscribers in central Oregon. Our Want Ads get results, lc a word each issue. Call The Journal when in need of anything in the line of printing. Toney & Rose Passenger Service From Prineville to Redmond We Meet all Trains TO BUILD SHIPS AT COST PRICE Belhlelieni Steal Will Make 01 - far to Uncle Sam, 1 B,DS0N16 INCH NAVY SHELLS No Chanc For Profit In Thtm Undor j Protont Tit, Graco Says Possible ' Explanation of the Pricoa Md by an i English Firm Which Bids Undor AM ' American Manufacturers. j Speaking recently before the Terra pin Club of Philadelphia, Kugeue U? tirace. President of the Bethlehem Steel Coniiany, said in iart: In a peculiar sense Kcthlchera Steel serves the American people. For example, though we have bees able to obtain In Kuroi almost any price, we have adhered, in our charges to the I'nlted States Government, to the basts of prices established before the war began. We agreed if the Government would abandon Its plana for a Federal plant- to make armor for our Navy at any arive ta Government ittelf might con titter fair. Our ordnance plants are at the dis posal of the nation at a fair ojierating cost, plus a small margin, thus saving the Government Investment and depreciation. I I m rryrrr- One ot the special needs of the new navy is sixteen-inch guns guns sixty feet long and eaable of hurtling a 2000 pound shell with such power aud accuracy as to hit a SO loot tquara tar get fifteen miles away. We have undertaken voluntarily to construct, at a cost of R.mOOO, a plant tilted to build sixteen-inch guns. Under no conceivable circumstance can orders which we may receive for ; Portland this plant yay even a fair return on the investment Considerable comment has been made nn the fact that a British manufac turer recently bid less than American manufacturers for sixteen and four- teen-Inch shells for the navy. Vse flatter Jtour o Graham Flour AND Whole Wheat Flour We manufacture Graham and Whole Wheat Flours from the whole grain. They are not mixtures of mill feed and low grade flour, but made from the best of grain. You get the delicious flavor of the wheat after being thoroughly CLEANED and CONDITIONED A Trial will Make You a User PRINEVILLE FLOUR MILLS 2 m WANTS ItfcrKKSKNT.VriVKS ... Kill In! 1 1 us 100- Miin Would tiers For IK Cmrern T aa Clint, rttr LM..,.,, 102 N. 5th Street, Portlmid. Oregon, General Sales Manager of the lurg 'est concern of its kind in the world, j wants three or four men In Crook I am unable to state the basis upon ! County and several men In adjoin- which the Knullsh bid was made. It should be remembered, however, that this bid was for a specific shell, sum pies of which are being sent over for test a test not yet made. Two years ago we took an order for 2400 fourteen-ineh armor-piercing sheila at a contract price of $7ii8.mo, to be delivered within a certain time or we had to oav a lame penalty. The only specifications for making Bureau or fttauaarua ano these shells are that they shall lie of a certain size and must pierce armor-plate at a certain velocity on im pact. It is Impossible to foretell the exact conditions of the tests. We had made larce quantities ot shells in the past which had lieen accepted. But In placing this particular order the Department altered the angle at which the tested shells must pierce armor ing counties, to work for him spare j time or all the time. Ho can use 'only those who have a rig or auto. Work Is very pleasant and no pre j vlous sidling experience Is neces sary. Work consists of leaving a wonderful new household necessity In the homes on frco trial. Tests at more than thirty of the leading I'nlversltles and the Government this new article to be four times as efficient as any article now In general use jln this section. Article la needed ,; In every rural home and benefits j every member of the household, 'bringing cheer, comfort and happl 1 ness Into the home. Not necessury !to be away from home nights. Pay ifrom $6.00 to $15.00 per day ac- JAY H. DOBBIN, President HENRY L. CORBETT, Vice-Pres. J. C. AINSWORTH, Vice-Pres. E. F. ROY, Treasurer S. C. SPENCER, Secretary E. W. RUMBLE, Gen. Mgr. Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Co. Incorporated Advances Made on Wool Loans on Sheep WE BUY NO WOOL DIRECTORS Jay H. Dobbin Henry L. Corbett C. C. Colt R. N. Stanfleld J. C. Ainsworth W. P. Dickey E. W. Rumble North Portland Oregon plate. The result, however, has been 'cording absolute Inability on our part to pro- , homes duce In any quantity, shells which will meet these novel tests. In fact, we know of no process of projectile-making through which It is possible to pro duce In quantities shells which will conform to the requirements. The result Is that up to now orf that contract of $7WOO, we have put Into actual operating expense SMT.KSl., and have been penalized for nun-delivery $4!ir,744., a total of $343,625., with no receipts whatever. Such was the experience In the light of wbi'h we were called upon recent ly to bid for sixteen-lnch shells. We bid on these shells at approxi mately, the same rate per pound as that of a fourteen-lni h shell contract of one year ago upon which the Gov ernment awarded contracts. We have not the slightest Idea what profit there will be in the making of these shells. We do not know that there will be any. There Is no certain ty that It would be possible for us to deliver a shell to meet the test. For officers In the Navy to assume that any bid made under such condi tions Is "exorbitant" Is utterly unfair. We bid on the new battle-cruisers sums which Navy department experts, after examination of our books, found would yield a profit of less than ten per cent. We agreed to assume risks for Increased costs of materials and la bor, to ability and number of visited.- In writing Mr. Sheppy, mention what townships will be most convenient for you to : work in; what your regular occu pation Is; your ago; married br single; how long you hive lived in the community; what kind of a rig or auto you have; whether you i wish to work spare time or steady; how much time you will buvo to ; devote to the work; when you can start, and about how many homes ' are within six miles of you In each direction. This is a splendid op ! portunity for several men In Crook 1 County and counties adjoining to make good money, working steady! j or spare time. Some of the field I men earn $300.00 per month; one j farmer earned $1000.00 working i spare tiuie only. No investment or bond necessary. 14t2p ! noticiTfok publication I Denartment of the Interior, U. 8. Land Office at The Dalles, Ort-Kon. February 16th. 117. Notice U hereby given thfit HAKKV L. VAN MUTER JR.. of Prineville, Oregon, who, on September ! 27th, 11113, maile Homestead Entry, No. j 01208, for S'i, NE',. Section 15, Township IB-South, Range 15-East. Willamette Merid ian, has (lied notice of Intention to make final three year proof, to establish claim to i the land above described, before Lake M. i Itechtell, U. S. Commissioner, at I'rinevllle, : Oregon, on the VMIb duy of March, 1917. i Claimant name aa witnesses: I Allen Grant, George W. Wells, James A. i Moftitt, Aldi O. Brown, all of .I'rinevllle, I flr.nmn p?pr In the heart of the city ;f C " IpgThe Portland Hotel If Invites the citizen of the empire eait of the Cm- cascades to sojourn under its hospitable roof when- V5 1 ever they visit the City of Roses. I I Generous in size and superior in environment I I The Portland offers to its guests every luxury and I 1 convenience. I A European Plan $1.50 and Upward ; v Richard W. Child w I f-A ; ' iir-" A ' -v 't jui r '.j;,u .'.. y ; I i 1 1 A. XI, that made it possioie mai mese , m6(. Renter. contracts might yield no profit what ever. , The costs run beyond the amount ap proprlated by Congress on the basis of the cost estimates made a year ago. And because shipbuilders could not alter the Inexorable cost facts and re duce bids to early estimates of the Navy Department, the prices are cslled "exorbitant.'' It would be a real advantage to be relieved of this na val construction. The profit from It cannot possibly amount tq much, and the responsibility Is enor mous, i We have determined to make this offer to the American Government. "If you will build two of the battle cruisers in Government navy yards, we will build the other two at the as certained cost of building the ships in the Government yards, without addi tional expense or commissions of any kind. We will also contract to have our ships ready for service ahead of the Government ships." SUMMONS IN THE CIRCUIT COUKT OF THE STATE OK OREGON FOR CROOK COUNTY. Mary, E. I'enland, Plaintiff, va. Jamea H. Penland, Defendant. To Jamea H. Fenland, the above named de- fendant,-iREETINOS i IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREfiON- You are hereby required to appear and anawer the complaint filed in the above en titled caue of action atrafnat you on or be fore the 7th day of April, 1017, and If you fail to o appear and answer or otherwiae nlead to the comnlaint of the plaintiff herein, for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the above named Court for n decree dtanolv- ing the bonds of matrimony now existing between the plaintiff and the defendant; grantinK and awarding unto the plaintiff the ffimttdv and control of Charles Avery. adopted minor child : urantinK unto the plaintiff her costa and disbursements herein and for such other and further relief aa to the Court may seem just and equitable in the premises. This Summons ia published pursuant to an order so to do made by Hon. T. E. J. Duffy, Judge of the above named Court, said order being made and entered on tne 14th day of February, 1917. DENTON G. BURDICK, Attorney for Plaintiff. Date of first publication February 22nd, 1017. 16t7c Hardware of REDMOND, OREGON Invites your inquiries for anything in the hardware and implement line. We carry the most complete stock in Central Oregon. Orders Filled Same Day as Received. Try Our Parcel Post Service Our Motto Best Quality, Lowest Price Prompt Service The Journal has the largest circulation of any county paper