Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, March 22, 1917, Image 1

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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 22, 1917
NO. 19
IND I!
E IS i PRINEVILLE CATTLE
FUNDS ARE READY
FOR FARM LOANS
NICHOLAS II
SECRETARY LANE
FAVORED FOR COUNTY
SELL ABOVE MARKET
Grook
win, iik riti:i'.itt;i to mo iiv
FIIWT OK JI NK
IWOHY BROS. HAY CONTRACT
Mot ProgreiMlvr Work I Accoin.
lillhlicd hy lloitrd of
llliwliin
Messrs. Walter Kenditll and Ralph
11. Sheeulmk, of tli Arm or Chirk,
K-mhIiiII k Co,, of Portland, were In
tho city Sunday, Monday and Tues
day looking ovit the Ochoco Irriga
tion Project.
Tli In llrm la oii of tho lurgeiit
bond buying houses on the Pacific
Coast ii nd they expressed themselves
a greatly pleased over tho phyKli'Hl
conditions of thn project. They
were utiHt luted In their praise and
expressed the opinion that tho peo
ple on the project did not reuliw
the gold mine at their doora. Tho
H'lieriil unsettled condition of th
country Iiuh knocked the hottotn out
of the hoiid lunrket hut they believe
conditions may change at any time,
"Five week ago", aald Mr, Kendall,
"we could have found a ready mar
ket for thcHO honda, and conditions
may become satisfactory again at
any time. The dlatrlct should ho in
shape to sell Ita IioiiiIh whenever thn
fluctuations of the market, make It
advlaahln to offer them for idle. A
large block of bonds such aa thla
district propoaea to aell, would only
be purchaaed subject to approval by
the attorney! of the buyers and Uiia
usually la a means to offer to buy
thn bonds and then to hold thorn
until the market la ripe and then If
the market falla, aome flaw la found
In the proceed inga and the aale
turned down. To avoid thla a
thorough and reliable Investigation
by attorneys and engineers whriae
reputation la a sufficient guarantee
to bond purchasers must be made
before the aale and then the aale
can be advertised baaed upon the
legal opinion of auch attorneys and
the technical Investigation by auch
engineers.
Clark, Kendall A Co., are the
western representatives of Spencer
Traak & Co., of New York and
Chicago, the largeat bond Bellera In
the I nltcd States.
They have agYeed to have their
attorneys Invcatlgate the legality of
the' bond Issue and their engineers
to make an examination of the pro
posed work at an expense of nearly
three thousand dollars
The Board of Directors has en
tered Into a contract with this firm
agreeing to pay them tho Bum of
12600.00, In case any other firm
buys the bonds, but If thoy are the
successful bidders they are to stand
the expense themselves.
Tho highest bond authority on
the Pueiflc Coast will pnss upon the
legality of the bond issue and com
peting bond buyorg can bid on the
Continued on page 6
IS
HIGHLY APPRECIATED
The final number of the lyceum
course was presented Tuesday evetv
Jng when the Brewers, a company
of three ladles, dollvered an excel
lent musical program. The house
was comfortably filled Jor the oc
casion. The numbers were all of a high
order, and although the manage
ment of the attractions was not
taken over by the Ladiea' Annex un
til after the first number had been
played, and one of the other num
bers failed to fill because of delayed
train service, the public generally
Is greatly pleased with the success
of the course, and It la an assurefd
fact that the Anex will present a
course of Bome like nature next
Winter.
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Czar Nicholas, who abdicated tha
throns of Russia aa tha result of a
revolution.
ENCEATH.E.
Special services of unusual Inter
est will be held at the Methodist
church next Sunday evening and
Monday afternoon and evening. This
(conference Is the local part of a
great plan that Includes tho entire
organization of tho Methodist
Church and Is handed down by a
specially arranged aerlea of confer
ences that reach first the Districts,
then Groups and finally the last
charge In the denomination. At
thla conference will be several
speakers of noto. On next Sunday
evening t'V:S0 the congregation is
to be addressed by Rev. Louis
Thomas of Dufur Ore., and at ?:30
p. m. Monday there will be a mass
mooting at the church. Varloua
speakers will address this afternoon
meeting and at these services the
public la urged to attend. The
principal aesslon of the conference
will be held on Monday evening at
6 o'clock with a luncheon and after-
dinner speaking. At this session
every member of the church Is ex
pected to attend together with those
friends who form the constituency
of the church. The meetings will
be addressed by the following out
of town speakers: Rev. H. T.
Greene, Goldendalo, Wash.; Rev.
Louis Thomas, Dufur, Ore.; Rev.
Rob't Allon, Redmond, Ore., and
Rev. W. C. Stewart, Bend, Oregon.
No preaching Bervlcea next Sun
day morning at 11. All the other
services as usual.
Itl'YH CONFECTIONERY'
H. R. 1, uk I n Sells ItiiNlnes Yester
day to John J. Price
John J. Price purchased the con
fectionery business of H. R. Lakin
yesterday afternoon.
The dual includes the business
Just as it stands, with the exception
of the koduk line, which will be
continued in the new business which
Mr. Lakin will open about April 1.
Mr. Price is an old resident of
thlB part of the country, and has
many friends here. He will con
duct the business much as It has
been In the past he says, and in the
location now occupied.
The transfer will take place the
first of the week.
THAT ROAD TO PRINEVILLE
It has been suggested to us by
one of the heavy tax payers of
Wheeler County that the people of
Mitchell and Prineville get together
on the road proposition and have
the s road from Prineville through
Mitchell and on to Dayvllle built,
or at leaBt to lay our laim before
the board. Prineville will soon
have a railroad, and our neoDle
here want to get closer to the Prine
ville people, as much of our freight
will surely come through that way.
People what do you think of it?
The columns of the Sentinel are
open to you for discussing the mat
ter. Let us hear from vou. Mitch
ell Sentinel.
KM.Mi: NATION OK COMIM 'FLAT
ROAD IH XK( KHNAKY
$74,000.00 ISSUE IS POSSIBLE
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lm rrr w mum K'll ill rum; nT"'
hurf itefore Hiiflli lent Amount
Could lie Kalxed
Hotter roads In Crook County 1b i
the paramount issue at this tlmel
and ranchers are taking a laudable!
Interest and demanding that Prlne
ville and the citizens of this town
do something that will benefit the
farming community. ' The Journal
la receiving communications from
Lr tmrt .f lliu onimtv in,l ulll
j continue to print Interviews with,
i leading citizens until the sentiment
I of the entire county is canvassed j
and made public.
j. t,. Koberts, of Roberts, Is one
of the leading Crook County ranch-j
era who feels the time has come to
I build permanent roads along pertna
. nent grades so that the money once
spent will not be wasted. He be-
: lleves that the time for travelling
over cow trails and across mountain
I tops Is a thing of the oaat and that
j the county should be bonded to
i build main trunk lines along water
I grades. The county can be bonded
for only 2 per cent of Its assessed
i valuation and this would raise about
1 174,000.00 his year. By the time
that amount Is judiciously expended
'the assessed valuation would be In-
. creased - and ... further bond issues
could be voted until there would.be
a good water level road from Beaver
Creek down Crooked River to Prlne
ville, from the Camp Creek country
down Bear Creek to a junction with
the Crooked River road and a road
from John Day through Summit
Prairie, down the Ochoco.
Homer Norton, of Post, has ex
pressed himself In no uncertain
terms. "The people of Post," says
Mr. Norton, "are anxious and will
ing to do their part toward better
roads. We have an organization at
Post and we are willing to take the
responsibility of calling delegates
together for the purpose of decid-
Continued on page 5
prineyEStland
and seattle markets
Prices quoted In the local markets
today are as follows:
Wheat, marquis, $ 1.60
Blue Stem j.,65
Rye i!oo
Barley 40.00
Oafs 33.00
Bran 25.00
Midls., 33.00
Hay, loose, 9. 00 10.00
Hay, baled 11.00 13.00
Wood, dry $5.00 $6.00
Wood, green 4,60 5.00
Gasoline, ,35
Butter, creamery m .45
Butter, country 40
Butter fat .37
Potatoes 03
Eggs .30
Lard, 6s 1.10
Lard, 10s 2.15
Portland.
Wheat Club $1.66; bluestem $1.70;
red Russian, $1.62; forty-fold, $1.67.
Barley No. 1 feed, $39 per ton.
HayTimothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa,
$16.
Butter Creamery, 36c.
Eggs Ranch, 27c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 40c; valley,
40c.
Hops 1916 crop, 4g7c; 1917 con
tracts, nominal.
, 8eattle.
Wheat Bluestem $1.70; club $1.66;
forty-fold, $1.86; red Russian, $1.63;
fife, $1.65; turkey red, $1.71.
Barley $38.60 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 38c. '
Eggs 29c
(i. W. RIHHKLL KOLI 2 IX) IH
ON MONDAY AT .3
SEWN LOADS IN THE YARDS
! CufoM Hold One at $.75
Prineville Cattle Were 50 Cents
Above All Other
0
Prlnevllle beef sold at 50 cents
above all other stock In the yards
j at North Portland on Monday's
market, G. W. RubscII receiving the
j highest price yet paid there this
'year when be sold two loads with
out a cut at $9.85.
Mace & Cofoid sold one load at
$9.75 and another a trifle less,
while three loads were shipped In
by J. F. Blauchard and Raymond
Calavan.
No other cattle brought within 60
cents as much as the Prineville
stuff, and although there was some
thing of a shortage of stock, the
packers were well crowded with
steers from former purchases.
Later in the week the shortage
became more evident and a further
advance In the market is expected
soon, early in April at the latest.
Mace & Cofoid will ship seven
loads to Seattle next Saturday, some
of which are contracted at a figure
which is said to be about 10 cents.
PASTURE MIXTURES
Permanent Pasture to be Sown by
'' Stockmen This Year"'' ' "
In the Irrigated section of Crook
and Deschutes Counties there Is a
demand for some kind of pasture
that will hold as many cattle per
acre as possible during the growing
season. Due to the lack of range
in the country or where the range
Is possible, the poor quality it af
fords, the farmer of Irrigated lands
finds the permanent pasture almost
indispensible to his operations.
The County Agricultural Council,
through its committee on crops, has
arranged for several demonstrations
this year on a pasture mixture. C.
D. Jarrett, chairman of the commit
tee together with County Agent
Blanchard have finished arrange
ments to provMe at least four good
demonstrations over the two coun
ties. These pastures will be sown
this spring and it is hoped it will
; serve as a demonstration to others.
iTwo mixtures are being used. For
land .that has rather poor drainage
the following will be sown:' Red
Top 8 lbs., Timothy 8 lbs., Meadow
Fescue 6 lbs., Alsike Clover 4 lbs.
This is sown at the rate of about
26 lbs. per acre on well prepared
land that has settled for a week or
two befor planting, and harrowed
in.
The land of average drainage the
following mixture is being sown:
Kentucky Blue Grass 8 lbs., Orchard
Grass 5 lbs., Brome Grass 5 lbs.,
Meadow Fescue 4 lbs., Timothy 4
lbs., White Clover 2 lbs. ThiB
should be sown at the rate of about
28 lbs. per acre. Some people ob
ject to' the clover but the amount
used is not enough to be important.
Farmers over the two counties
will do well to try these mixtures
on their places. They have been
used In Idaho with excellent success,
holding as high as 2 cows per acre
tor the season.
R. A. BLANCHARD
TWO MODERN FOUNTAINS
Will Be Installed In Prineville Drug
Stores In Near Future
D. P. Adamson & Company and
Geo. Nicolai each purchased a mod
ern soda fountain last week and
they will be installed during the
next two weeks.
. These drug stores are both dis
carding less up to date equipment
and will be prepared to handle a
first class line of cool drinks and
confectionery.
Kyv
Secretary of the Interior Lane, who
headed the mediation committee
which averted a railroad strike.
CHURCH FEELS NEED
IN THE LIFE OF
Man -is essentially a spiritual be
ing. No argument has ever success
fully disproved this fact. A man is
as incomplete without the develop
ment of the spiritual as he would
be with an undeveloped mind or
body. The romance of two worlds
hangs over him. While in the one,
he must develop and prepare tor the
other.
The Church alone stands as the
schoolmaster instructing for the
spiritual life. Substitutes have been
tried' but none have ever success
fully taken Its place. The absent
treatment is a failure. Compare
the-' tnan. wh-er aiiaiuU . church.
with the constant attendant and the
sincere worshipper. What hope has
the former of meeting the departed
friends of long ago? ' What will he
do when the eternal bedtime comes?
The Christian Church of Prine
ville stands for the spiritual uplift
of every man, woman and child.
We ask the cooperation of every
right thinking and right loving per
son In Prinvllle.
If you have been neglecting
church, will you not change the rule
and visit us at the services next
Sunday?
LADIES MAKE RESERVATIONS
For Luncheon on March 31 See
Committee Members
A luncheon will be given at the
Annex Parlors on March 31, at
which the Ladies Annex will play
hostess to all the ladies clubs in
this part of the state.
A reception will be given, start
ing at 12:30, and all Annex mem
bers are requested to be present.
Reservations must be made by
seeing some member of the recep
tion committee before the above
date.
TERREBONNE SCHOOL ELECTS
Sirs. Whiteis of Prineville Elected
Principal
On March 16, the Terrebonne
school board met and elected the
following teachers: Mrs. Gertrude
Whiteis, Principal and High School,
Blanche Wilson, Primaiy and Art;
Adeline Dietrich, Intermediate and
Music. Applications are still under
consideration for grammar grades
and manual training. Terrebonne
is now a part of High School No. 1
and it is intended by the school
board and those interested to make
it second to none of its size.
DEMONSTRATION DREW WELL
Remarkable Pictures of Calgary
Project Shown
A large crowd of people attended
the demonstration given Saturday
afternoon at the Lyric theatre,
where pictures of the Calgary irri
gation project were shown.
The pictures were especially in
structive, and gave a good idea of
the conditions as they exist In the
vicinity of Calgary.
STATE RI RAL RKDITS LAW 13
-NOW EFFECTIVE "
$5,000 IS MAXIMUM AKIT
$2iH I Placed an the Minimum for
One Party Aim la to Help
People Acquire Homes
The state rural credits law is now
in force and the local attorney for
the state rural credits fund, M. B.
Brink, will receive applications for
loans in any amount from $200 to
$5000 as soon as the blanks for.
applications arrive, which will be
in a few days at the most.
The period of the loans will run
from 10 years to 36 years, but tha
borrower may pay all or any part
of his principal indebtedness at any
interest paying period, all payments
to be made in amounts of not less
than $50, or multiples thereof.
The board has decided that pay
ments on the principal shall be the
same amount each year, and sug
gests that the loans be made for
ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five or
thirty year -periods so as to make
the payments even If possible.
Extracts from the law governing;
the placing of loans are:
All applications for loans under
said amendment shall be made in
writing to the State Land Board
upon forms supplied by said Board.
Each application shall contain an
agreement . drawn up in contract
form . which, shall fulfill the condi
tions of Sections S and 6 of said
amendment, which agreement shall
be signed by the applicant and his
signature attested by a notary pub
lic or other person qualified to at
test signatures within the State of
Oregon. Said applications shall be
accompanied by the required fee ot
one per cent of the loan applied for,
which fee shall be not less than
$10.00, said fees shall be paid inte
the State Treasury and credited to
a fund to be known as the rural
credits expense fund.
Should a smaller sum be granted
than is named in the application,
said Board shall refund to the appli
cant any balance due. Should the
application, for a loan be reiected
the Board shall return to the appli
cant the money received with the
application less such amount as may
be necessary to cover the office and
Continued on page S
ITI
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By A. Michel
The basketball game at the Com
mercial Club Hall on Wednesday
night ended in a victory for the
Alumni team over the C. C. H. S
team by the score of 25 to 11. The
High School was at its best and
played the scrappiest and best game
of the season. Although the game
was ' a little one-sided in the last
half, the first half ended with a
score of 12 to 10 in favor of the
Alumni. Estes and Brosius threw
most of the baskets for the Alumni
team. After the showing made by
the C. C. H. S. team in this game
a good game can be expected when
they meet Redmond High.
Billy George, northwest middle
weight ' champion, won a clean-cut
decision from Farmer Burns, ot
Echo, Monday night at the Hippo
drome in Bend. Before the bout
Billy George was presented with a
belt as Northwest champion by his
Bend admirers. Money was thrown
in the ring freely with which to pay
for this belt. ' The preliminary be
tween Schoal, who knocked Speck
Woods out in Prineville some time
ago, and Gilbert, of Bend, ended in
a draw. A very small crowd went
over from Prineville owing to a
dance being given here by Parsons'
Orchestra of Portland.
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