Crook County journal., March 22, 1917, Page PAGE 8, Image 8

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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
MARCH 22, 1917
CATTLE SHIES AT
, FIFE, POST
CRI.ZI.Y CAI.VKK SOU AT $10
PFB HK..i AT Tl MAI.O
CANANT BASIN HAY All SOLD
Ckm1 lrice Received for Cream
Frum lH-al Concern ;mmI
Well at Hat Itock
BARNES ITEMS
Our Regular Correspondent)
By
The snow is still here, a little
wore comes every night and the hay
stacks seem to bo melting faster
tli an the snow.
O. I. Davidson bought about SO
Bead of two-year-old steers of Walt
Morris and Roy Price and had the
misfortune to Jose one on the way
tome. It fell over a bank about 15
feet and broke its back.
. R. J. Engstrom bought 1 1 4 tons
f hay from Cyrus Devi thus and Ira
Cos is feeding 87 head of cattle for
Engstrom at the place. The price
paid was JS.00 per ton.
Harry Barnes bought hay of Mr.
Thompson recently. v
Charlie Ivy returned last week
irom Prineville.
Mrs. Gus Lampky, who has been
for some time, went home on
Monday's stage very much improv
ed in health.
Harry Barnes returned from
Prineville last week.
Lew Bennett and Walter Falen
moved down from Hampton Buttes
last week with a bunch of horses
and cattle to feed at the Lew Ben
aett place near Barnes.
Dick Rhoda bought a stack of
lay irom urvuie uavuison last weea
saying 10 per ton.
The loss of little calves all overj
tie country this spring
has been '
quite severe so far. The ranchers
tbink the cause is on account of
Seeding the cows so long on dry
iay.
Bye and Lew Bennett were visit
ors at the Dixon ranch Friday.
Kenneth Thompson went to Prine
nlle on Monday's stage on business.
Harley Sanders went to Prine
vrille this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Burchdoly, of
Beld, are visiting with Mrs. Harley
Senders, this week.
JJOWKER S AT POWELL Bl'TTE
Don't make any engagements tot
larch 26th. In the meantime take
easy and rest up as Bowker's
Portland Orchestra is going, to fur
Bish the music (or the Powell Butte
Community Hall Dance on that date.
Chicken pie supper will be served.
18t2c
FIFE ITEMS
Our Regular Correspondent)
iBy
Woody Best, of Silver Creek, was
id this vicinity buying cattle last
eek. He bought 60 head of Joe
Street and 7 head of John McEach
rn and some from several others.
Gus Collins was trading at Buck
Preek this week.
John McEachern has gone to
Brothers, Oregon, to get a load of
eed rye.
Ray Feeley, of Sunlee, was at
Buck Creek this week.
Mrs. Joe Street and daughter,
Irs. Frances Chapman, were Fife
visitors the last of the week.
Gideon PerkinB, of Buck Creek,
las been up in the Suplee country
looking after his horses.
Yes!
Under all
Circumstances
You
can
Depend
on
Crescent
To Raise the
Sold by all
Grocers 1 -lb- can
25c
Crescent Mfg. Co.
Seattle, Washington
NEWS
Correspondent)
(By
Wm. Joslln, a well known resi
dent of this community, died at The
Haiti's Hospital March 13, after an
illness of a littlo over two months.
GRIZZLY
Our Regular
His death was caused from cane.rj'h" "nest they ever visited,
of the stomach. He Is survived by Miss Victoria Huston Is spending
his wife, two sons and two daugh- ' week-end at the Gil lot home,
ters. The family have our deepest! Howard Hartley and Paul Sooggln
sympathy in this hour of their he-1 ""ended the meeting of the Cutrle-
reSVement. men's Association at Sisters Sutur
Morrow & Keenan shipped twol'ftV
cars of fat hogs to Portland the;
middle of the week.
Wm. Stanton, of Prineville, was
in this vicinity the first of the week
buying lwo-j.ear-old steers. About
the only person selling was N. K.
Newliill who sold a few head and
delivered litem lu Prineville Wed-jket.
nesday. I
N. A. Newbtlt went to Prineville .
Wednesday and purchased two old,
horses of Mrs. Wilson.
Mr. Lanchard, of Prineville,
bought a four-year-old mare of J.
W. Lewis the first of the week.
Lou
in his
Smith installed a telephone
residence the first of the
week.
Smith Bros, are busy cutting
wood this week. There is a scarcity !
of wood this year and It Is reported
that the price Is to be raised from
$1.25 to $1.50 per rick
Miss Grabhorn has signed a con
tract to teach two more months of
school. There are now 16 pupils
attending school regularly. .
H. F. Chitwood, who has been
working in the Shevlin-Hixon mill
at Bend for the past three months,
is bark on the creek visiting friends
and relatives.
From nearly every place In the
county have come reports of rabid
coyotes, but not from Grizzly. In
fact a coyote is seldom seen here.
MEADOWS NEWS
(By Our Regular Correspondent)
The ranchers here look forward
to a bumper harvest of hay.
Ship your cream to the Ochoeo
Creamery. Kimble ft Black Bhipped
15 gallons just recently and it net-,;
ted them $19.09. j
Jas. Wright, Guy Tyler and Uoy
Ritter started from Meadow with
I the second shipment of beef for the
- - 1 oon 18 Boln
lo rortiaua witn mem ana neiore
returning will visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Coon who live near
Corvallis.
Jas. Wright came to Meadow to
help drive out the P. L. & L. Co.
beef cattle.
Guy Tyler, of Prineville, was in
Meadow last week.
HAT ROCK NEWS
(By Our Regular Correspondent)
Victor Shawe was in
Prineville!
on bustness inursaay.
Jacob Becker was In Prineville
Friday.
Mrs. Hughes and mother, of Red
mond, have moved onto the former's
homestead.
J. A. Moffitt has lost 20 head of
sheep. It is supposed that they died
of rabies.
Mrs. Moffitt and family moved out
onto the place Friday. Nellie will
finish school here.
Mrs. Becker has been very sick
the past week.
Thurman Moffitt, who has been
digging a well (or some time, has
struck a good flow of water. He
is now digging nearer the house.
There has been only one case of
measles in this community so far.
TUMALO
Our Regular
NEWS
Correspondent)
(By
E. W. Gillett has purchased 220
acres of land in Montana. They (lid
not sell their farm here for fear
they might want to come back some j
day. They expect to leave in a few j
weeks for their new home.
Mr. Knickerbocker bought eight
head of calves of E. W. Gillet for
$16.00 each.
Grover Gerking has purchased
200 head of two-year-old steers and
will feed them on his ranch two
miles north of Tumalo.
Herbert Scoggin has gone to Con
don to purchase cattle to feed. He
is expected home Monday.
A very pleasant surprise party
was given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Trent Friday night of last
week. Everybody reports having
had a good time.
Miss Rachel Knickerbocker, who
is attending school In Bend, has
been very ill with tonsilitis. She is
improving now.
T. F. McCallister is spending the
week-end with his daughter, Mrs.
J. J. Melton.
Twelve of the ladies of this neigh
borhood enjoyed an old fashioned
carpet sewing Saturday at the home
of Mrs. Lee Pullman. . They also
organized an O. D. O. club to keep
them busy during the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. J., J. Melton spent
Thursday at the home of Fred At
kinson in Redmond.
Mrs. Knickerbocker is in Bend
thla week attending the bedside of
her tick rialiRhter.
Mr. McCallister and Mr. Melton
motored to Rend Saturday on busi
ness. They alHo vinitml the big
sawmill and the new Pilot llutte
Inn. They think the hotel is one of
ALFALFA ITEMS
Our Reguiur Correspondent)
(IV
M. S. Maylleld and John Elders
passed through Alfalfa Thursday
I with
beef cattle for the Rend mar
Mr. Cronan bought up all the
available alfalfa hay in this vicinity
at $10 per ton, which amounted to
about $1300.00.
J. N. Williamson bought 17 tons
of hay from Fred Schmltt at $10.00
per ton.
Bert Powell was called to his
mother's bedside in Portland where
she had undergone an operation
and Is
very low.
semi-annual installation of
The
officers for the Jolly Neighbors Club
was held with Mrs. Will Spencer.
Mrs. Spencer was chosen president.
Mrs. Bert Powell vice president and
Miss Ada Perry financial secretary.
Mr. Cronan Is feeding 2900 sheep
at the Johnston ranch and about
2000 at the Powell ranch.
Miss Jessie Pyatt is ill with the
measles.
A meeting will be held at the
school house Wednesday evening,
March 21, and an effort made to
organize a Farm Loan Association.
Miss Nannie Staeffter, housekeep
er at the Johnston ranch, made a
trip to her homestead Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ham, who have
been working at the Guerln ranch,
moved back to Bend Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hardy were
shopping in Redmond Saturday.
It is expected that both the Mu
tual and Alfalfa-Powell Butte-Kod-mond
telephone lines will be in
operation next week.
ROBERTS ITEMS
Our Regular Correspondent)
(By
A mad coyote was killed at Er
nest Luthy's place last week after
three dogs had been bitten, and
three men badly frightened.
Reuben Booten is bringing 165
more cattle to feed here. Everyone
has plenty of hay around here. n.
Henry Carlln and Ed Parker went
to Prineville Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Nye have
been very sick with the measles, but
are recovering.
The muddy roads are making the
stage drivers work night and day.
Nearly everyone had to go home
without their mail Sunday.
HELD ITEMS
Our Regular Correspondent)
(By
J. B. Davis, of Pringle Flat, is
seriously ill.
Alex Rickman, of Bear Creek,
made a business trip to Charles
Wheeler's this week to bring a herd
of cattle home that Mr.' Wheeler
had been feeding. Mr, Rickman re
ports them in good condition.
We have been having beautiful
weather for the past few days but
the snow still stays with us.
Madge Amnions took dinner with
Mabel Kennedy last Saturday.
Percy Blackstone was a caller at
Held, Saturday.
Mrs. Clifton Lewis and Madge
Ammons were callers at the J. F.
Houston home Thursday evening.
Clista Houston is suffering much
pain from earache.
S. D. Kennedy made a trip to his
nomesieaa on me aesen rnuay ana
he reports the snow ao being very
deep out there
Dr. Finley, of Held vicinity, went
to Portland lsst Wednesday on
business.
Florence and Lucile Rickman are
ill with bad colds.
Miss Faith Ramsay was a caller
at Held Tuesday evening.
POWELL BUTTE NEWS
(By Our Regular Correspondent)
J. F. Houston received 51 head
of stock cattle Saturday which he
bought In the Dufur country.
W. A. Kentner, of Terrebonne,
bought the Chas. Muma ranch last
week and has moved hiB family out.
Miss Celia Manceau and her
cousins are in the house with meas
les these days.
A Schultz, of Alfalfa, Is running
his wood saw in this neighborhood
this week.
Miss Helen Garey called at the R.
L. Moore home Saturday.
L. W. Van Doren killed ' a mad
coyote just back of his house last
Wednesday.
Ross Daris is working for W. M
Wilson.
Mrs. R. L. Moore and Mrs. L. W
Van Doren visited the Wilson school
last Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilson at
tended the opening of the Tllot
Unite Inn at Rend last Saturday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Merit, of
Telherow Rutte. visited Sunday
with Mrs. Merit's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. It. I.. Moore.
Mrs. Alma Hall returned Friday
from her visit In Yrtiicvtll.
TERREBONNE NEWS
(By Our Regular Correspondent)
John Terry was in Rend on busi
ness one day Inst week.
Miss Nettie lUlston
tending the C.' C. II. !
who la at
, spent the
week-end at home. (
Orvlllo Morris bought a new In-1
(iliin motorcycle recently.
.Miss Mary MeCauley spent Snlur-j
day and Sunday at home.
A large number of young people
from here attended the St. Patrick's)
dunce in Redmond Saturday night.'
Vernon Putnam, of Rend, pur
chased two cowg of George Galea
last week.
Several from thla community
were in Redmond Saturday.
C. M. Klklna has a fine crop of
lambs on his ranch east of town.
Louis Arney has purehused a new
buggy.
C. M. Elktns purchased 10 tout
of alfalfa hay from Karl Malkson
the past week.
A delegation of Prlnevlllo boost
ers were railing on residents east
of here last week and aerurtng right-of-way
for tho Prineville railroad.
A number of persons interested
In the local telephone Hue met at
the L. P. C. Hall Thursday night
and perfected an organization by
electing officers and appointing
committees to forward the work.
Messrs. Trnpmnn, Gatlirnlth and
Patterson, who are const rutting a
dam in Crooked River foh the pur
pose of watering a lurgo acreage in
the Lone Pine Flat, have nearly
completed the rock anil flume work.
The flume is a large one, earning
50 second feet of water nearly half
a mile and required Sn.dOO feet of
lumber to build. They will soon be
gin constructing luteruls to the land.
MILL CREEK NEWS.
(Special to the Journal)
New neighbors in this vicinity are
Westly Kyle and family.
The snow la nearly all gone.
We are in hopes of having spring
now.
Grover Price and wife were in
town one day lust week.
Jess Yancey was out to his ranch
Friday.
Mr. Burmelster, who has been
sick for over a week, is recovering.
Mr. and Mrs. 1)111 went to Prine
ville last Thursday and when they
were returning their horse became
frightened at a car on the grade
below Dave Elliott's and ran away.
They broke the lines and the double
tree. No one was Injured and the
horses were caught without injury.
J. W. Stanton took a hunch of
cattle to his ranch Friday.
Mr. Dishman aud son were at
their ranch Saturday.
Mr. Freund and daughter were In
Prineville Saturday.
LOWER BRIDGE NEWS
(By Our Regular Correspondent)
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Rice enter
tained at dinner Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Walters and daughter
Margaret.
Those from Lower Bridge In Red
mond Monday were Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Fuller, Fred Walters, Charlie
Hlscock, Mr. Lelghton, L, A. Hunt
and R. S. Towne.
Mrs. Joe Howard spent Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Cnrl House.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stadlg and Ed
Mitchell were In Redmond Thurs
day.
Thursday morning R. S. Towne
started to haul manure with a team
which had been Idle for some weeks.
After having unloaded, one of the
horses refused to go. He pricked
her with his fork, the horse kicked
up, driving the fork handle against
Mr. Towne's fourth rib on the right
side, crushing the rib in. Mr.
Towne was taken to Redmond where
he was attended. He is getting
along nicely and able to attend to
his chores.
At a water meeting held in the
Lower Bridge school house Thurs
day evening a committee was ap
pointed to confer with a committee
from Cloverdale. The purpose of
the committee Is to find, it possible,
grounds upon which the two com
munities can work together in an
effort to bring about development
In the Squaw Creek Irrigation Sys
tem, where bywater may be furnish
ed to all subscribers. Many are of
the opinion that through such co
operation available water can be se
cured In ordinary years to this end,
Mrs. R. S. Towne called on Mrs,
Leathly and Mrs. E. Mitchell last
Thursday afternoon.
Charlie Hiscock sawed wood for
L. F. Rice Thursday.
Above
Below
MARCH In-to APRIL
in a New Season Coat
New Spring Coats
For Women; all the new styles and shades
apple green, burg&ndy, mustard, also plaids
Remember only one Coat of a Kind
$6.50 to $25.00
New Spring Goods
Arriving daily. We urge your visit to
this store whether you buy or not
P. M. Ferry & Co.
SEEDS
Fresh Shipment of apples every week
The prices are right and apples fine
Peanut Butter in 1 7',
bulk, per pound 2
CHICKEN TAMALES the can 15c
You will find at this store in the line
of hardware most anything you wish
and our prices are always right
Phone 35il' Phone
Nwprincvilic, Oregon r
U. S. IS VIRTUALLY
IN A STATE OF WAR
Washington. With the announce
ment of the ruthlcKS destruction ol
three unarmed American merchant
ships by submarines, it was unofficial
ly admitted here that virtually a stale
of war exists between the United
States and Germany.
One step the prcKldcnt Is contem
plating Is a call for an Immediate ses
sion of congress to hear an address
asking for authority to adopt aggres
sive measures against the submarine
menace.
Of the three ships destroyed two
were unloaded and homeward bound
and all were American-built, American-owned
and officered and manned
largely by American citizens.
Dispatches Indicate that all were
sunk with complete disregard for the
safety of those on board and some of
the members of the crews may have
been lost.
All of the conditions outlined by
the president In his message announc
ing the diplomatic break with Ger
many as leading to a state of armed
neutrality have now been fulfilled.
The "overt act" described by him has
actually come. y ,
French Premier and Ministry Resigns
Paris. Unable ' to withstand the
growing opposition in the chamber of
deputies, Premier Hrlaml and his en
tire ministry resigned.
IRRIGATION
BY THE
Hanna's Patent Portable Canvass Dam
Cheap, efficient and reliable, will check the water in any reasonable
ditch. Can be placed or taken up by a 10-year-old boy. Sent to any
address C. O. D. by parcel post If money accompanies the order
postage will be prepaid. MADE IN TEN DIFFERENT WIDTHS
116 inches wide.........
100 inches wide
72 inches wide
62 inches wide ...
40 inches wide
- 4.00
3.S0
3.00
2.50
2.00
It Sura and otdcr Wlda Enough
For particulars address
in Style
in Price
No. I Jap rice 7
special per pound .
POST ITEMS
By Our Regular Correspondent)
Ben Hlney Is now manager of
the K. B. Knox raach.
Mr. and Mrs. Norton entertained
the "Owls" Saturday night.
Mrs. 8. J. NewHom la spending
the week with Mr. Stover.
Miss LeVlcey Knox is improving
after a week's lllneas.
Orval Hayes, Krneat and Ralph
Gibson, Prlnevlllo high school stu
dents, spent Suturdny and Sunday
with home folks.
Tho St. Patrick's dance at Mr.
and Mrs. Guuter's was well attend
ed. Nell McKen.le, of Paullnu,
furnished the music.
R. A. Kt'Hter has purchased a
gasoline tractor with which he In
tends to plow from one hundred to
two hundred acres of new lund on
his ranch this spring.
H. A.Kester sold his cattln, 38
head . In all, to F. M. Wood, of
Paulina, consideration 11900.00.
All of the hay In the Canant
BuhIii has been sold the past week.
Among tho purchasers wore Bonny
vliiw ranch, Wm. Ledford, D. W.
Knox, W, O. Elliott, T. J. Stewart,
Tom Miller, O. B. Gray and Hugh
Lister. Those mon have all moved
their cattle to the hay, which will
beyond a doubt feed them through.
Use the blank on paga 8 when
ending in your classified ad copy.
Then enclose lc tor each word and
mall to The Crook County Journal.
The little ads do the rest.
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USE OF
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92 inches wide 3.28
. 60 inches wide " 2.75
46 inches wide 2.25
130 inches wide, extra heavy ..... 5,50
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