CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
FEBRUARY 22, 1917
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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
BY lil'Y LAKOIXKTTK
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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