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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. XXI
JUDGE G. SPRINGER
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U M. Itmhli-ll, I. W. Ward, 1. II,
(irrHy, ml A. II. Itownmn Are
Mriitliini'il fur tin Place
After nil all tiny conference I ji nt
Friday with large number of tax
payer and voters, County Judge G.
Springer unnnuiH-od thut he would
Of hi resignation with Governor
Wltbyennibn Immediately after the
nt term of county court, which
will Itn held next week, and that hln
urressnr, may be chosen by the
time lila resignation la filed.
A committee wna nymed to select
nutn fur the pluce. I'll Is commit
tee la: II. V. Johnson, 3 8. Steam,
('.. M. Cnrnett, 8. V. Yancey and J.
W. BtHlltoll.
A nti nilicr of men have been mun
tlniiPd ua iiiiaallillltli'a for thn place
an.l na many little boonir, and boom-
leu have, been Blurted In upiort of.
almost every one of them.
Those, whoae name have been
moat prominently mentioned for the
place are: L. M. liochtell, I. W.
Ward, J. II. Gray, and A. H How
man, and thn next judge may be
llntitd anions; t hfiie names.
The action of Judge Springer waa
taken because of the fart that the
dlvlalon of the county since the
election of the judge han caused hla
Interest In actual Crook County ter
ritory to be leas and this fact hug!
canned a feeling of unrest on the
part of many of the taxpayers,
which found Ita expression In the
meeting Friday.
The Judge anld that be had no
desire to stay after hearing thn
views of thoao present, and that his
resignation I ready immediately
after the next term of court.
PRINEVILLE MASONS
ARE GIVEN BANQUET
Following tlio annuul custom the
visiting members of the. Masonic
fraternity living In and near Prlne
ville gavo a dinner to the members
of the Prlnovlllo lodge on Saturday
evening.
The out of town visitors were:
II. L. Kimball of Summit Trairlo,
F. M. Wood of Paulina, and Mr.
Malurkey of Rodmond. The Prlne
ville visiting members are: Goo.
Walker, A. C. Gleason, B. E. Novel,
Willard Wlrta, E. H. Brent, Geo. F.
Euston, G. O. Pollard, Rev. Van
Nnys, D, C. Ingram, E. J. Wilson,
Jas. Matthews, A. R. Bowman and
E. Reeves. D. H. Peoples acted as
toast master for the members and
Rev. Van Nuys for the visitors. A
good bnnijuet was served and a
royal good time Is reported.
FAKMKHM MEETING TUESDAY
Twcnty-flve Men Attend, Addressed
by Blanchard
A meeting which was attended
by twenty-five or more farmers,
was addressed by R. A. Blanchard
at the Commercial Club Tuesday
evening. .
M. R, Biggs was one of the
speakers, and he impressed the men
present with some of thn agricultur
al needs of this part of the country.
A better understanding between
the work of the county agriculturist
and the farmers was the object of
the gathering, and those present
were enthusiastic over the immed
iate future of the agricultural and
livestock industries here.
T. H. Lafollette was ' chosen to
represent the community in the ag
ricultural council 'meetings. '
The Journal tor job printing.
SOON
FOR CROOK COUNTY
MANUEL L. QUEZON
AtBa,
Manuel L, Quezon, presldsnt of the
Philippine senate, who introduced a
bill authorizing an army of 25,000
men.
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
The stirred concert, given Monday
evening at the Baptist church by
the evangelistic party and local tal
ent, was of the very hlgheat order.
The music pupils of Thus. J. Hill
rendered a number of Instrumental
selections of the highest) order, and
all of these are worthy of more
than special mention.
A recital by Professor Hill's pu
pils at some early date Veuld be
highly appreciated by the public.
POULTRY-MEN ORGANIZE
All Kkks Offered by Them Are to
He Candled
Poultry raisers held a meeting at
the Commercial Club rooms Tues
day evening, and organized the
Prinnvillo Poultry Association with
J. II. Gray president and R. V. Con
stable secretary and treasurer.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held in this city March
10, nt which all who are Interested
In the Industry are urged to be
present. Ladles are eligible to
membership.
The association will market eggs
and poultry, and will candle all
eggs offered by tbem.
R. A. Ilium hurd was present and
assisted In the organization.
IMPROVEMENT IS NOTED
Hut Ono Arriwt Instead of Twenty
live In Month
Citizens of Klamath Falls are
greatly pleased with the effects al
ready noted regarding the new dry
law. In January twenty-five men
were arrested for drunkenness, and
but one arrest has been made in
February for the Bame cause, which
the police say is due to the iew
bono dry law.
HAS CHAUTAUQUA CONTRACT.
Clara Homey Tiffany to Appear
Tills Year
Clara Homey ' Tiffany, a former
C. C. H. S. girl and a resident of
this city for a number of years, has
a contract for a place on the Chau
tauqua circuit as a reader and solo
ist this year.
Those who have known Mrs. Tif
fany for years realize that she has
the talent and ability to make good,
and all her friends will be pleased
to hear of her success. '
E. L. COE WELL LIKED
Pupils at North BAnd Are Signing
Protest
E. L. Coe, who was at the head
of the Crook County High School
at -one time, recently sent a letter
of resignation to the hoard of the
North Bend schools whore he is at
present employed,
The pupils are protesting his ac
tion, and are signing a letter to the
board, asking that Mr. Coe he re
tained. 1
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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH
PEERLESS AS TEACHER
HAM KMI LKIHiK OK THK HI 11. K
THAT IH EXHAUSTIVE
MEETINGS CLOSE TONIGHT
Wa Induced to Remain Here (
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Specified Time Many
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As the Lyon meetings have pro
gressed, those who hove been privi
leged to attend the afternoon and
evening services have pronounced
Dr. Lyon the ablest man In his lit ay
of work who ever appeared In this
community.
His wide experience, exhaustive
knowledge of the bible, profane an
Jewish history surrounding the cli
cumstanccs under which the dif
ferent purls of the bible were writ
ten, together with scientific and
medical education, and more than
twenty years' study of hhr work
has combined In making him at
once an able, Instructive and fluent
speaker.
Endorsements of his work are of
fered by every denomination which
has been represented in his meet
ings, and the benefits that have
been felt by the different churches
will continue for many years.
The meetings will close tonight,
and tomorrow Dr. Lyon will leave
for bis new field In Washington.
He was Induced to stay for this
uy uo peopie wno nave nee a
auenaing tne meetings, and the
continued interest this week has
Justified this action.
A larga number of conversions
have been made during the meeting
and more names are added to the
number every day.
000 HEAD OK CATTLE
Liu-fce
Herds in Lots at the Dixon
Ranch Tonight
More than 900 head of cattle are
in the yards at the Warren-Dizon-
McDowell ranch three miles west of
I Prinovllle tonight.
Many of them have been there
( on feed for weeks, others are on
j their way to the markets and a
bunch of four cars ' of Shorthorn
cows arrived yesterday from Port
land where they were purchased on
the market Monday by Mr. Dixon
from a Walla Walla grower.
15,000 PEOPLE PRE
DICTED IN TEN YEARS
s
Bright Days Aheud Dr. Lyon Tells
Business Men
Prlnevllle will have a population
of 16,000 within ten years predicted
Dr. Lyon in a short address to the
business men at their luncheon last
Friday.
In all his travels he said that he
has never seen an irrigation project
that possessed so many meritorious
features as the Ochoco project, and
that the many natural advantages
will make this project one that will
be among the moBt successful in all
the west.
The luncheon tomorrow will be
at Hotel Prlnevllle and .a large at
tendance is desired.
ART SHOP IN OLD HOME
New Lilies Are Added und Improve
ments Made .
The Art Shop moved on Tuesday
to the quarters formerly occupied
by the same business on South
Main street.
A line of crochet goods has been
added and an addition made to the
building to care for the increasing
business. ,
The Journal is only $1.50 a year,
SALARY LAW MAY BE
EFFECTIVE ON HAY 14
REDUCES HA LA HI KH IX ALL THE
"OUXTY OFKICfS
COURT JO HIRE DEPUTIES
tliMiige Is KudicMl and Sweeping
Crook County On Par With
Ie'liute County
The new salary bill, which re
duces the pay of all Crook County
officials, the number of deputies and
the pay received by some of them,
Is a companion bill to the one pass
ed concerning the salaries in Des
chutes County. ,
The date when this law becomes
effective Is the question that all the
officials and their deputies are ask
ing. District Attorney Wirti says that
the salary law will take effect on
May 14, the' date that all other
laws that were passed by the legis
lature will be effective, that did not
carry the emergency clause.
Other local attorneys say that the
cut cannot be made until the suc
cessors are elected and qualified.
They say the election of a man to
office Is a contract, and the county
cannot change its part of the con
tract until the expiration of the
period stated in the agreement,
which in this case is the election.
Mr. Wlrtz holds that there is
rothlng to keep the officials from
resigning if they wish to do so,
therefore the county can change its
salary in the manner it sees fit. At
any rate a change in salaries all
along the line is in order.
The bill is as follows:
Be It Enacted by the People of j
the State of Oregon:
Section 1. The county officers of(
Crook County shall receive as com-:
pensation for their services the fol-i
lowing salaries:
County judge, $800.00 per
num.
County commissioners, $5.00
day for each day employed in
an-J
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per!
at-
tendance at the. county, court.
County treasurer, $600.00 per an
num, j
County clerk, $1500.00 per an-
ntm. ' j
Sheriff, $1800.00 per annum.
Assessor, $1500.00 per annum
and three deputy assessors whose
salary shall be $100.00 each per
annum.
County school superintendent,
$1200.00 per annum.
The county court shall have au
thority to authorize' the treasurer,
clerk, sheriff, assessor, school super
intendent and county court to hire
such additional deputies from time
to time as necessity may require
and said court shall1 fix the salaries
and length of service of said dep
uties.
Said officers' shall receive no other
compensation either directly or In
directly and all fees collected under
existing laws by tlfem shall be turn
ed into the county treasury of said
county. '
Section 2. It shal he unlawful
for any member of the county court,
for any road master, road supervis
or, or person in charge of any public
work including the repairing, build
ing or construction of roads, or
bridges to accept any assignment
for money due, or -to become due
from any laborer, workman, con
tractor or person or firm furnishing
or supplying labor, materials or sup
plies, or to draw any warrant or
any sum of money from said county
for the payment thereof, for said
public work. The county court
shall meet on the first Wednesday
of each month and shall audit all
claims presented to said county for
said labor, materials or supplies . or
in payment of any contract and
shall forthwith, direct the county
clerk to draw warrants of the said
county in payment of all claims so
audited and approved by said court,
to the person, firm or corporation,
or assigns, performing, rendering or
furnishing such labor, materials or
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
1, 1917
SENATOR STONE
Senator W. J. Stone, of Missouri,
who holds the Important post of
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela
tions committee.
AND SEATTLE MARKETS
The snowfall and cold nights sent
the price of eggs back to 30 cents
this week, and the supply has drop
ped off materially.
Lard made another slight .ad
vance on Monday, 5s being quoted
now at $1.10 and 10s at $2.15.
Onions have been out of the local
market for the past three 'weeks
because of the fact that supplies
have been exhausted. Potatoes are
strong, and seed supplies are sure
to be high and bard to obtain at
any price.
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 L. 33.00
Flour, standard grade, 8.40
Flour, patents, 8.70
Bran 25.00
Midls ; r 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 .45
Butter, country .40
Butter fat ' .37
Potatoes .' 03
Eggs 30
Lard, 5s 1.10
Lard, 10s 2.15
Portland.
Wheat Club $1.54; bluestem $1.60;
red Russian, $1.52; forty-fold, $1.56.
Barley No. 1 feed, $39 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa,
$16.
Butter Creamery, 39c.
Eggs Ranch, 34c.
Wool Eostern Oregon, 36c; valley,
41c.
Hops 1916 crop, 48c; 1917 con
tracts, 10llc.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem $1.61; club $1.58;
forty-fold, $1.57; red Russian, $1.54;
fife, $1.67; turkey red, $1.63.
Barley $39 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 38c
Eggs 36c
supplies.
Section 3. All Acts and parts of
Acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
A violation of any of the provi
sions of this Act shall hereby be de
clared to be a malfeasance of office
and punishable accordingly.
SCHOOL CLOSES TODAY
Edna Merritt Completes Successful
Six Months' Term
The district school on Crooked
River, commonly called the Bailey
district, will close this afternoon
after having a very successful term.
'A program will be rendered by
the pupils, . after which the teacher,
Miss Edna Merritt, plans to serve a
treat to all present.
Miss Merritt will leave in a few
days for a month's visit in Portland
and other Willamet4 Valley points.
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NO. 16
PRINEVILLE CATTLE
MAKE HIGH MARK
LOCAL, OROWKRS LOSE BY AD-
VA.NCq CTOXTRACTINQ
(9.75 AND $9.80 Mm
Prineville Land A Livestock Com
pany and G. W. Slayton In
Yardx Monday
A shipment of cattle from the
Prineville Land & Livestock Com
pany ranches near Meadow were
sold in North Portland Monday at
$9.80 which is the highest price for
the season.
Three loads were sold by G. W.
Slayton on the same nforket at
$9.75 and present Indications are
that the market will reach fiO.Oi
in a few weeks at the most.
As usual, the Prineville stuff was
the highest quality in the "yards and
received the high prices, 'as has
been the record there throughout
the winter.
The shipment of four loads from '
the yards of the Prineville Land ft
Livestock Company was under con
tract we are informed at a price
that is reported to be $8.50.
This contract was made some
time ago. about the time In fact
that The Journal published an ar
ticle advising the feeders to hold
and get all that there is in the
market for themselves.
It would seem that If a dealer Is
willing to make a contract for stock
at an advanced delivery date, he is
quite sure that a raise will take
place In the market and that he
can profit by the labor of the grow
er which proved true in this In
stance. All authorities predict that the
$10.00 market is coming soon for
cattle that are really fat.
This point seems to be one that
confuses the, feeders at times. Many,
men do not seem to know whether
their stuff is fat or should remain in
the feed lots for a longer period,
and on the first quality stuff there
can be no doubt about the price
that will be received.
NOW IS GOOD TIME
TO
The present storm affords a good
opportunity to poison rabbits, and
a little work now will be more ef
fective than a great amount of ex
pensive labor later in the season
after th green grass starts.
A good formula for poison was
issued from the office of the county
agriculturist.
Where alfalfa Is grown and the
rabbits are used to it, 1 ounce ol
strychnine sulphate dissolved in S
gallons of hot water and sprinkled
over 10 lbs. of alfalfa leaves will
make remarkable kills, when placed
out in small handfulls about the',
stack, in salt licks or congesting
places or In run ways. Where
there is no alfalfa grown, rye or
emmer' heads, cut off at the stem,
whole and the poison solution re
duced to 6 quarts can be used. In
other localities - the poisoned oats,
made as follows give best results:
mix 1 tablespoonful of starch into
1 pint boiling water to make clear
thin paste, mix 1 ounce powdered
strychnine with 1 ounce baking soda
and stir with starch to a smooth
creamy mass, stir in 1 teacup table
salt, apply to 12 quarts oats coat
ing each kernel thoroughly. The
above is recommended by the U. 3.,
Biological Survey. v
FREE POISON
The County Agriculturist directed
by the Deschutes County Court will
distribute strychnine to clubs hay
ing a poison mixer following direc
tions of the Biological Surrey. This
Is only to Deschutes county.
This is probably the last chance
to kill rabbits while the snow Is
here. Everyone should get busy.