APRIL 5, 1917
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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
BY GUY LA1DI.I.KTTF
Entered at the postoffice t JTtne
villo, Oregon, as second-class matter.
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address.
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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