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APRIL 5, 1917 PAGE 2 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL BY GUY LA1DI.I.KTTF Entered at the postoffice t JTtne villo, Oregon, as second-class matter. ITBUSHED EVERY THVRMIAY Price 11.50 per year, payable strictly In advance. In case of change of address please notify us t once, giving both old and new address. JlilS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGI ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALU THE PRINCIPAL CITIES teach the people that war Is a busi ness that should not be ndulgcd In and at the close of the present con flict some agreement toward disarm ament of the nations la possible. The abolition of strong drink by the warring nations Is a very good result, and one thut shows conclus ively that above all nun, a soldier must remain temperate to be at his best. As for the United States, the re sult will be beneficial also. The loss of men Is to be regretted, but Is one of the things that go with war. The obliteration of political strife, and the drawing together of factions and welding of a nations! sentiment Is to be the greatest good. To Mr. Hyrd and the Fnterprise we extend a hearty welcon.e. MILL CREEK NEWS (Special to the Journal) The V lilted States will bo victor-1 J. V. Stanton was at his ranch j several days last week. j Grover Price and Mrs. Price were! in Prlneville Friday. j W. I. Plshman was branding andj dehornng his cattle last Thursday.! Mr. Gilchrist waa In town last week. ' W. I. Nlshman took several head ; of bluck cattle to his ranch one day I last week. i A little more snow has fallen. Mr. lUirmelster was in Prlneville WAR After more than two and a half years the Vnited States is drawn Into the World War. Should this nation have been one ef the first to enter the conflict the general impression of the results would have been different perhaps than they are today. We have been witnesses to the greatest struggle ever staged, where the lives of millions of men. and billions of dollars are the puppets with which the war gods are play ing their game, and some of the re sults are becoming apparent. When the history of this great conflict is finally written there will be a number of apparent results, and a very few outstanding causes for the greatest war of the earth. Of the results several are already apparent. The passing of the weak ious of course. Peace of uny kind will be Impossible without victory to the allies and the cause of the Americas is that of the democracy of the earth now. Let us be diligent In the prosecu tion of the war as wo have In at tempting to evade It. Everything that could honorably be done wns done to avoid the conflict, and there Is nothing to regret in this regard. War is our business now. Let's at tend to It. Saturday. I Now turn to the Claaslfled Ads on Page S. , ' 1HMVST! ..1WXXT! ..1MH)ST! Prinevllle's railroad Is Just around the corner. Time, and a very Bma'i amount of that, will' bring the steam cars, and right now, today, Frine ville is face to face with the great est period of growth and prosperity that It has ever experienced. In the old days, all that was nec essary was to let the stock onto the ranges and they would return fat and ready for market. It was never considered necessary ,to consider the possibilities of de- community, and I no resident ever cared to tell the .stranger of the undeveloped re- soures of the country. Growth, development and prosper ity are here, and the new Prlneville 'will he a reality during the coming months. Boost! Get the spirit. The resources are here. Tell the truth, and it will do the rest. Boost! and unjust rulers of Russia has al-l ready marked the progress of that !velopment in the nation, ata irora one oi me aarnesi eountr's in the world, where des potism nd superstition ruled, where no mf, . was allowed to express his Tiews or proceed with his worship anlesf le agreed with the ruler, where .rge numbers of the popula tion were allowed no voice in the government, and no party had a great amount of power because of the iron and ignorant hand of the Czar, and in the stead of these things, a government that will rec- We have on our desk the first egnize the right of all men. which . number of the Central Oregon En will perhaps not only extend the j terprise. While carrying the volume right of suffrage to every man, but! number of the Prlneville News, HAT ROCK NEWS j (By Our Regular Correspondent) Mr. Becker was in tVlnevlllo Sat-' urday. Harry Van Meter has mado final proof on his homestead. ( Mr. and Mrs. Allen Grant moved; from this community Saturday. Theyi are going to the Shorty Foster place. i Mrs. Margaret Moflltt was a visit-' or at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Becker Inst week. 1 Winfleld Crelghton. who has been in this community for some time, has returned to Bend. Mr. Larsen was In Prlneville on business last week. J. T. Mollltt was Iu Prlneville lust: Wednesday. ; SITI'I.Y 1KM AMt- PIUCKS t 7so better Jour Our claim to superior quality is based on fact High grade grain and correct milling go into our product the result Stoddard Flomr a flour making more loaves per barrel and of better quality. Let us prove it at our risk Satisfaction or your money refunded PRINEVILLE FLOUR MILLS 53 w m W The price of meat, from day to day, is the most Interesting food problem that conies before the American family for we are nutur- allv a nation of meat-enters. Proli- ablv it Is altogether the most ern pinking honjse Is upon a scale calculated to thrive upon volume; plunts. equipment, organisation -all i,. these operate to best WF.LCOMK ! portant material problem that the 'average family must deal with in maintaining, for its every member, i the fund of strength necessary to I keep in the best working condition. Certainly there is no other item of family expenditure about which the American public is quite so sen sitive. Oddly enough, too, there Is probably no other problem of house- to the women of the land as well, and which will institute other re forms that will perhaps put Russia among the front rank of the re publics of the world. In the other nations of Europe much good of the same kind is sure which the Enterprise supercedes, It hold economy or of individual main is a new publication, and one thatltenance that is so little understood. presents a bright and newsy appear-1 by the average person as mis ques ance to the people of Prineville and tion of "What makes the price this vicinity. I meat?" In his Introductory remarks the I It is evidently a standing mystery editor, Mr. A. M. Byrd. pledges his to the average consumer who advantage, and at lowest cost when the volume of supply is great and sternly. The higher development of waste-1 saving and the utilization of by-1 products depend upon volume. The ' small business cannot save waste. Is the penalty of Its suiulluess! But ; 'the big business can only begin to realize the possibilities of economy, jof waste-saving, of turning every thing to account, when its supply, of I raw material Is larce and steadv and when the manufactured product ,,( : moves ireeiy hi me uisirimuiiiK eini. With the economies and the re finements of thrift as expressed In to come, and we predict a system for! good faith and support to the town all ef these governments that will ; and community, and we believe he make republics of some kind of i will be a good factor in the develop very one of them. ' Iment of Prineville and the Prine- Tfie devastating effect of the mod-: ville country which is, and is des ern implements of war will also tined to be, the best in the west. CEMENT SIDEWALKS Cement Blocks and Cement Brick and ALL CLASSES CEMENT WORK I am pleased to furnish figures and will Contract anything in these lines R. A. CLARK, PRINEVILLE, OREGON finds int'rp"He(1 ny-prouuriB pniuurni i t 1 1. 1 i ut ..-.I it far easier to blame the packer for '"wer pum... u. ..,K a price that is too high to please ""le, the large packers secure, from . . verv narrow martin hctween what him than to lane tne proniem apart - , n.i .nrt lh. real nrlce-makinic ' la,t l" ",B Bl,H; ' ' " "" elements so that they may be seen , &M&. (WIS LARGE VARIETY EASTER CUTj WYlL FLOWERS fMiJfC SATURDAY t) c f V hOt We 0rder Flow? r for ' I "l -r V Special Occasions J$ F. E. LAFLER f mm Hii oi imiTinmriiiiiriTfiiiirfr-' ; clearly and their operation under stood. The average consumer is sure to be surprised by the statement that in a sense at least the large packers are not vitally concerned with price fluctuatons. This is because they are the manufacturers between the producers of raw material and the dealers that sell the manufactured product to the consumer and it is inevitable that they should receive a certain reasonable profit for the service that they render whether the price of meat is high or low. Their task, as they see it, is some thing quite aside from buying live stock at a low price and selling dressed meat at a high price. ' In fact, It is exactly the opposite of this. Their own permanent inter ests are best served by a market that gives the growers a fair price j for their live stock and, on the other j hand, that passes the meat on to, the dealer at a reasonable price. ! Naturally this muBt mean that, be-j tween the two, there would be only j a narrow margin tor tne pacner. A market condition that encour ages the live stock grower to pro duce heavily and the consumer to eat generously spells volume of traffic and volume of business at a small large packer's success. I A market of this kind means aj satisfied producer on the range, the farm, and the fped-lot and a con tented consumer In city, town, and county everywhere. The whole structure of the mod- FREE Retain thi. COUPON filled out with t 1-ceot stamp, or briof it to ui and re- , ceive a card good for one FILM FREE Nam Addrast - Malts of Camera Siza Film No Do you own tha camera .iffHS.... THE ART SHOP F. E. LAFLER. PRINEVILLE, OREGON one hand and what Is. received from the distributors of dressed meat on the other, a reasonable; return for their services provided the volume is always great. Quick and constant turnover and the economies possiblo 1 only when operating upon an Im- mense scale, are the basic reasons why it is to the permanent advan tage of the packers to see the live I stock producer receive a good re turn for his work and Investment and to see the consumer get the : dressed meat at a price that will 'stimulate consumption as distinctly las a good price for live stork stim ulates production. ' In the last ten -year period popu ', lation has increased at a tremendous 'pace while live stock production ' has decreased. There was only one l answer to this condition: higher live stock and meat prices. As a result many consumers felt forced to cut down their allowance of meat not because the edge of their meat ap petite was dulled or their need of meat nourishment diminished, but because they could not increao their outlay for meats. ThiB necessity for a sacrifice In their allowance of the most coveted kind of food was resented for hab : its are hard to change. Somebody must be to blame and they unloaded their wrath upon the packer as the most convenient scape- jgoat. This without anyA clear real ization that supply and demand must I govern prlceB in the meat world, jmore completely and sensitively per haps, than In any other branch of trade because of the perishable na ture of the product. Meat must be sold for what It will bring when ready to market and that figure is fixed by the avall- ahle supply and the demand. j On the score of supply the public 1 has been slow to realize that It takes two or three years to produce a steer and almost a year to turn out a hog. I This means that increased supply I cannot be Instantly responsive to increased demand. That Is a long I time process after demand has moved the readily available supply to market. Again, receipts vary with the seasons. In the fall the ranges pour out their cattle 'and sheep and the winter brings the big run of hogs. The spring is a season of scarcity in cattle and sheep; and hogs are few in the autumn. Paid Adv. In the hsart of ths city Xt''' W The Portland Hotel g l Invites thecitiien of thi snirs et of the Cat- y 1 cascades to sija-irn unler its hupiUble raaf tvhev V I ever they visit the City of Roses. I I Generous in size and superior in enviramait I I The Portland offers to its gueits every lunury and I I convenience. I Europem PUn $1.53 and Up wards j fc Richard W.Childs 1 ? S-V- Jr . X. NEWS FROM MICHEL'S STORE , TO THE PUBLIC We have made no extravagant claims that is not our way of doing busi ness. What is done at our store is done right no half way measure We Compete With No One in Price No store competes with us in quality We make no specials because all our prices are special, due to quality We thank you for your patronage Yours truly MRS. I MICHEL THE STORE OF PERSONAL SERVICE 4