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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL XXI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 19, 1917
NO. 33
CROP CONDITION IS
OREGON INTER-STATE : j
EAIR PLANS ARE BIG
CROOK COUNTY MEN
AREtFREEFROM DRAFT
il WILL PROVIDE
ADMIRAL GLENNON
LEAST NUMBER DRAFT
I BETHMANN-HOLLWEG I i OuLuO
THK LACK OF It.m WILL CACHE
VERY MARKED SHORTAGE
IRRIGATION NEED KEENLY FELT
IhIkiiKhI I.himIh KIii.w Itul Little If
All' DlSTeuxe III Crop
I try I.mm1 Hit Hard
Wlilln the lined f ( mlu luia. boon
f'H for Hi-viral wi'.'kn, tlia rohtllllon
hm mil rcH tii'il Its critical stages un
til Hi" last week, when with the
temperature reaching 100 degree or
mar lliHt point every day, the dry
land crop ara literally burning up.
Tim cold, lata, spring caused the
growth to bn retarded until, when
the warm daya did coma, the drain
nd hay rrnpa were month late.
Dry landg that wnra lurnmnr fal
lowed litHt year will produce fair
crop In inma liintancri without rain,
wbllo olhera will not have enough
inolature to mature the it rain that la
already growing on them.
The opposite condition prevalla re
garding tanda that hare an abund
ance of water for Irrigation.
The warm dayi and nights caua
greater growth of alfalfa, special
ly where the molature la sufficient,
than any other condition and In many
Instances the alfalfa crop will be
greater than waa at flint anticipated.
The example of water making the
crnpa waa never more clearly dem
onstrated. Were It pons lb I e to have ample
water for the lands In , yi) Ocboco
district, the coat of the construction
of reservoir and canals would be
largely taken care ot this year.
Showers In aomo parts of the
country during the past two or three
days are a great benefit, and will as
sist greatly In the present situation.
DR. ROSENBERG AP
POINTED LIEUTENANT
Dr. J. H, Rosenberg of this city
received a telegram Friday stating
that be had been , appointed first
lieutenant In the medical reserve
corps.
Dr. Rosenberg took the medical
examination several weeks ago, and
the appointment was not a surprise
to him.
Ha Is subject to call at any time,
and Is confident that the commission
means active service In France at
an early date. .
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ROME GUARD 18 ORGANIZED
Loral Men Offer Services For Law
Enforcement
Local men organized a "Home
Guard", Monday evening ot this
week.
The movement was assisted by
Spanish War Veterans, and the plan
Is to organize as strong a unit as
possible., the services ot which have
been offered to the sheriff and other
officers of the law, to be ot assist
ance In any emergency that may
arise.
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UNITED STATES MARINE FEAST
Have Elaborated Dinner, July 4th
At Mare Islund
A card from Orvllle Dtlllon, who
is at the training station at Mare
Island, states that the Prineville
men there, are all doing well, and
are receiving the best of treatment.
They were given an elaborate din
ner on July 4th,, which would cause
anyone to wish that they were in the
camp.
A partial list ot the good things Is
given here, at the suggestion ot the
boys, who participated In the feast:
Radishes, sweet pickles, green
onions, green garden peas, baked
ham, roast chicken, oyster dressing,
mashed potatoes and as many other
good things.
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Admiral J. H. Glannon, of the Airier
lean commission to Ruesia, whost ad
dress quelled a mutiny among the
sailors at Sevastopol.
EAST LAKE TROUT ARE
That the, large numbers of trout
In East and Paulina lakes represent
much food value there can be no
queatlon. 8lnce the most popular
fad ot the times Is to compute food
values, O. C. Claypool has been fig
uring on the probable amount of
trout there and what the year ac
tually worth as food.
Four years ago there were 18.000
trout In the lake. These were
planted and there can be no mistake
about the number. Allowing 1000
for losses, which should more than
cover them, there would be 27,000
left.
Figurine the average weight to
be the same as the fish that Mr.
Claypool caught there last week,
the total weight ot these flab would
be 900,000 pounds, or enough to
load 30 cars af the minimum weight
of 30,000 pounds per car.
This amount ot food at the pres
ent market value for such meat
would be more than 1100,000.00.
As the life of these fish is limited,
the question is, how long will they
live, and will that value be lost to
the state,
18 BUILDING A LARGE SILO
Will Have Capacity of 400 Tons
When It la Completed
George Dixon Is building a large
stlo, one of the largest In tact In the
United States.
It will store 400 tons when com
pleted, and Is 76 feet high and has a
diameter of 24 feet.
The construction is ot staves and
la very much like a huge wood pipe,
sitting on end. The base is ot con
crete. This Is one of three, all of the
same size, that will be built soon
by Mr. Dixon.
RECEIPTS "ARE HEAVY
IN PORTLAND YARDS
The receipts at the Portland
Union Stock Yards Monday were
the heaviest since December 4, 1916.
The run of cattle totaled 2,000 in
cluding car load lots with fewer
tail end steers than usual and a
heavier per cent ot fairly good cat
tle. The run ot stockers and feed
ers was smaller and of a better
quality than the corresponding type
ot stock last week. There were
1760 hogs and only 150 sheep off
ered. Cattle
The conditions at the opening of
the market were generally slow
with an inclination on the part ot
buyers to continue the decline which
set in last week.
There was a brisk demand tor
really good beet steers, and the best
offered were taken readily at 10c,
The highest load sale was 9.60 or
35c lower than the best car load
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IS GRADUATING INTO ( LASS OK
LARGE FAIRS
LIVESTOCK PRIZES ARE LARGE
Confllrtiiitt Dale U Camelled Way
I Clear For Rent Fair In
Interior
As October 3 approaches, the plans
for the opening day of the Oregon
Inter-State fair become larger, and
the fact that this will be the largest
and beat fair In the Interior, In a
class with many of the state fairs
In the northwest U more apparent.
The growth of this Institution,
like all really big ventures, has not
been sudden. It has developed
throughout more than a dozen years
and has met and conquered every
opposing force that has presented It
self.
Its really, big career, which has
been the real factor behind the Ore
gon Inter-State fair, started when
the board recognized that the live
stock industry was of first import
ance for the event and all other fea
tures were but side lines.
The board is composed ot big men
In their respective lines. They are
men who are auccessful in their busi
ness and professional careers, and
who will make the fair an Institu
tion In a class out ot the ordinary
In the United States.
Situated as is Prineville, la the
heart of the best HvestortrterfteY lh''
the west, it will soon become the
home of the best livestock show of
animals grown in the community,
that will be found anywhere.
President H. McCall, ot the board
owns some of the best dairy stock
In the United States, besides other
stock of high qdality.
E. T. Slayton, Wo. Wilson and
Geo. Kelley, all member ot the
board are specialists. Mr. Slayton
has a record as feeder ot beet cat
tle that Is unsurpassed anywhere.
He has been very successful with
"baby beet" and always has a large
number of first quality stock on bis
ranch near this city.
What may be said ot Mr. Slayton
regarding cattle Is also true ot Mr.
Wilson, ot Powell Butte aa a pro
ducer ot sheep. His large irrigated
ranch Is devoted to this industry,
and he la highly successful.
Mr. Kelley is just getting estab
lished In the cattle business, having
ranches near this city and PoBt, and
he is taking to the business like a
duck to water.
J. B. Shlpp, secretary of the board,
Is the only member who Is not in
the livestock business. He is very
successful In his own line ot busi
ness, and is a strong tactor In the
management ot the fair.
The honorary board exerts a good
influence over the management of
the Institution, and will assist in
placing the fair in its true light In
the west.
This board Is composed of Gover
nor Withycombe, Wm. Daughtrey,
who is president ot the Portland
Union Stockyards and Wm. Pollman,
of Baker, who is president "of the
Cattle & Horse Raisers Association
of Oregon.
These men can and will make the
Oregon Inter-State fair a wonderful
success.
The premiums are larger in many
Instances tor the 1917 fair than are
given at state fairs tor exhibits of
livestock.
The conflicting date in the circuit,
which was The Dalles fair, has been
cancelled, which leaves the way
clear tor a great fair here.
The premium list will be Issued
In a few days, and a copy will be
mailed free to anyone who address
es manager R. L. Schee, Prineville,
Oregon.
At the Methodist Church next
Sunday morning, usual services,
Afternoon at 3 o'clock, preaching at
Grimes chapel. Evening, union ser
vices at the Baptigt Church.
OCOTA HAS KEEN KILLED FOR
SERVICE UNDER ELAG
STATEMENT ISSUED UN0H1C1AL
CiiniM From General Wlille, And in
No Doubt Correct Fourteen
( Count leu Escape
Crook County will not be called
upon to supply 'a man for service,'
under the first ' draft, which will
perhaps be made Saturday, accord
ing to figures issued from the office
of Adjutant General White yester
day. He places emphasis upon the fact
that he has not received final in
structions from Washington, which
leaves the possibility of a change in
the situation, but based upon the
figures that 717 men will be drawn
from the state, the above statements
are correct.
Deschutes county will be called
upon for 37 men and Jefferson tor
20, according to the same basis of
figuring.
Harney will supply 37, Lake 44,
Grant 2 and Sherman 30. The
highest number from any county in
the state will be called from is Mai
huer, which will supply 59 men.
The 14 counties are: Benton,
Coos, Crook, Douglas, Hood River,
Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Linn,
Marlon, Multnomah, Polk, Tilla
mook and Yamhill.
"-Jlh?ounJ-eshavlnKj.eces are:
Linn, Marion, Polk, Umatilla, Yam
hill, Douglas, Lane, Josephine, Jack
son and Hood River.
These excesses were added to
gether and reallotted.
Emphasizing the fact that he has
received no official word from Wash
ington, Adjutant General White au
thorized the following statement
and table:
"Allocating quotas on the basis
that the net quota for the state is
717, the unofficial figure announced
at Washington, but not confirmed by
official notice, the following quotas
will be required of the various Ore
gon counties and the city of Port
land: 1
Baker 48
Benton 00
Clackamas 50
Clatsop 64
Columbia 48
Coos ,... 00
Crook 00
Curry 21
Deschutes 37
Douglas ; 00
Gilliam 31
Grant ; 8
Harney 37
Hood River 00
Jackson 00
Jefferson .'. 20
Josephine 00
Klamath 40
Lake 44
Lane 00
Lincoln J. 22
Linn '. 00
Malheur 59
Marlon 00
Morrow 4 1
Multnomah 00
City of Portland 00
Polk 00
Sherman '. 30
Tillamook : 00
Umatilla 42
Union 11
Wallowa 13
Wasco 22
Washington ' 86
Wheeler -.. 3
Yamhill 00
Total 717
MAN WANTED FOB LARCENY
Sheriff Kelsey, of Wheeler county,
was In Prineville the last ot the week
in quest ot Herbert Strange, for
whom he held a warrant for larceny,
Strange, it will be remembered,
was tried some time ago here for the
alleged larceny ot a saddle and was
acquitted.
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Former Chancellor Von Bethmann
Hollweg, who was forced to resign as
a result af Internal troubles in Gar-
many.
FARMERS' DAY WAS
A BIG SUCCESS
Over 400 people gathered at the
Harney branch experiment station,
for the annual "Farmers' Day", Sun
day, July 15. The meeting was held
under the auspices of superintendent
L. R. Bretthaupt of the station, and
was attended by people from a radius
of 200 miles. - The order of the day
included an inspection of the plots
on the station,-the irrigation works
and the general scope of the Govern
ment's efforts. In the afternoon,
after a bounteous lunch was enjoyed.
a program was delivered and con
ventions of the irrigationisU, dairy
men and merchants and manufactur
ers took place.
Perhaps the most gratifying thing
of the whole meeting, was the un
prejudiced interest taken in the
work ot the station. During the
morning, under a guide, groups of
men inspected the various plots.
Each plot carried a lesson. Expres
sions of surprise, interest and com
mendation were common among the
visitors. The general feeling pre
vailed that the work ot the station
was incalculable to the farmers. In
the afternoon, gathered in the big
shed, on seats provided, the audi
ence listened to talks given by W.
W. Howard, county agriculturist, of
Malheur county, S. L. Wiggins, of
the O.-W. R. ft N. Co. and R. A.
Blanchard, county agriculturist, of
Crook and Deschutes counties. W.
B. Daggett, of Redmond, acted as
chairman.
IN LAKEVIEW THIS FALL
There will be a special meeting of
the Cattle & Horse Raisers Associa
tion of Oregon, at Lakevlew In Sep
tember. v
A large number of stockmen will
Ue present from all parts ot the
state, especially central and south
eastern Oregon.
Many matters ot importance to
members of the association will be
discussed at this time, and everyone
who can, should attend.
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PRESENT YOUR BILL NOW
All Chautauqua Claims Must Be In
By Saturday Night "
If you have any claims against
the Prineville Chautauqua tor the
current year, they must be present
ed to Arthur Michel before Satur
day evening of this week, it they are
to be paid this year.
It is the plan of the committee to
close up the business not later than
Saturday evening, and claims com
ing later than that date will not be
recognized.
The Journal $1.50 per year.
BIT 717 WILL BE TAKEN IX THE
FIRST CALL SECOND, SAME
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CALL EXPECTED NEXT SATURDAY
Our State Han Been First In Liberty
BondN, Recruiting, Red Cross
And Volunteers
Oregon will be called upon to pro
vide but 717 men for the first call ot
more than 600,000 which will bo
made, according to present plans,
next Saturday.
This is less than any other stats
we are told, and far less than either
Washington or California, the form
er being called upon for ten times
as many.
Unless the present plan tails, the
actual draft will be made next Satur
day, and as soon as possible there
after, the ones who are called will be
notified.
Lest we forget, it is well to re
member that Oregon Is always at the)
front In matters ot this kind, wbllo
Oregon was the only western state
that did not support Wilson tor
president.
This demonstrates that we are in
sympathy with the administration,
as all parts of the country and all
citizens should be.
We were first in recruiting in all
branches ot the service and set a pace
for the nation, which had they fol
lowed it, would have made conscrip
tion unnecessary.
- "A full list ot those drawn will bo
printed In the Journal as soon as the
draft is made.
BILLS PAID BY THE
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Claims allowed during July, 1917,
Term of County Court:
John B. Shlpp, judge of elec
tion ::..... 8 3.0
J. H. Wlgle, judge of election 8.0
D. H. Peoples, clerk of elec
tion ... 3.0
T. L. Qulnn, clerk of, election 3.00
L. M. Bechtell, clerk of elec
tion 3.06
I. W. Ward, judge ot election S.Ot
Wm. J. Pancake, judge of elec
tion ........... 3.09
Lester Cohrs, clerk of election S.Ot
George P. Reams, clerk of elec
tion S.Ot
C. L. Shattuck, clerk of elec
tion 3.00
Selwin Montgomery, judge ot
election S.Ot
Chas. A. McDowell, judge ot (
election S.Ot
Henry McCall, clerk of elec
tion 3.00
Millard Elkins, clerk of elec
tion .'. 3.00
D. W. Grimes, Judge of elec
tion 3.00
S. L. Reynolds, judge ot elec
tion 3.00
L. T. McCoy, clerk of election 3.00
Price Coshow, clerk of elec
tion .. 3.00
Roy H: McCord, clerk of elec
tion 3.00
J. E. Roberts, judge ot elec
tion 3.00
U. S. Bushnell, judge of elec
tion 3.00
Claude C. Dunham, clerk of
election 3.00
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A BAD FIRE WAS PREVENTED
Tuesday evennig, a fire started in
the dumping grounds in the north
west part of town, and all that pre
vented a serious conflagration, waa
prompt work of a small bucket bri
gade. The ditch is full of boxes,
rags, paper and everything Inflam
able, and in ten minutes more a fire
would have been beyond control, had
the blaze not been discovered in
time. Children, probably started
the fire.
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