Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, July 26, 1917, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextJULY 26. 1917 CROOK COUNTY" JOURNAL PAGE 5 Tile City 0. M. Cornell ha a new CnillHuc Eight. M. K. Ilrljik hits a ntrw HttuMmlcr cur. i i). Rainbow, or KoU-rts, v-n In llrn city, yilriliiy. Miss llnneretla limit spent .the week vml In PiintLniiil. Muy Kims spent M turn duys n Purilimd, tliln ik. A W. Clothier ws In Prlnevllle ' tram I'tirtluml, Twsiluy, 1ih1u Kntes, n-tnni'itl, Wi'ilnrml...-', (rum Jt trip to Portland. J. ,11. Meyer was In Pi'lnevlllo, from 1'imt, toe first of the wwk. C. 8. Ferguson und lfi were In tlio illy. Monday, from Huberts. 0. C. Ciny unci family were In Prliievltl yesterday, from font. Mm. Cans. 8. Kd wards auj chil dren have returned from porUimd, Rev. W. U Van Nuy Mi for Kugene, ilrst of th woek. Homer Norton wan In the city, from Coat. Tuesday, Clarence Mlxhy tft Tuesday, for bis home, at Paulina, George Kay loft, Monday evening, fur Thomas, Oregon. K. L. Jordan, returned. Wednes day, from Uoldendale, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. O. C Hyde, arrived yesterday, from Uoldendale, Wash liiKton. Mr. and Mr. J. F. Taylor, arrived Wednesday, from Ihelr home, at Elk Creek, California. Mr. and Mr. C. L. Perrlsh turned, Tuesday, from a two wee a vlalt at Howard. Mr. Oowman, Sr., la in Prliievlllo, from bla boms In Kansas, visiting bis ion, R. A. -Bowman. Mr. and Mra. R. L. Ireland re turned Monday, from a two weeks camping trip,' at Lookout Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. N. 0. Wallace, re turned, Tuesday, from Deschutes, wbere tliey hajte been ramping for several days. The First National liatnk Is being cleaned and revarnlxhed throughout. The exterior Is being retouched also, which nils greatly to the appearance of the building. . . ' Kd. Harbin, returned from a trip to Lautonta, yesterday, "where he has been -at work on the Urant thresh ing outfit. He says the crops are very poor there, this year. . Mlas Ila M. Charlton, who recent ly graduated aa a nurse from the Good Samaritan Hospital, at Port land, has passed the state examina tion and Is now working at her pro fession at Condon. W. H. Young has been critically ill, at bis home In tbla city. His daughters, Bess, Mrs. L. U. Austin, of Portland, and Mrs. W. C. Palo- moutaln, of California, have been In the city for the pust several days. At the Methodist Church, next Sunday Regular services In the morning. In the evening, Cnlon services. Sermon preached by tbe Rev. W. L. Van Nuys. Everybody Is Invited. E. T. IlEID. Pastor. The launching of a boy or girl to live for Christ Is greater work than to launch a battleship. This is the Duruose of the cnurcn Buna scnooi, which meets at 10 o'clock every Sun day morning, at the Baptist church'. Preaching at 11:00, subjeet "The Call of Christ,'" The Maker of Man hood. Union Young People's Meet ing at the M. E. church at 7:00. Union Preaching service same place, at 8:00. Rev Van Nys, Speaks. M188 EVELYN MILLIOKN Evelyn Milllorn was born, July 28, 1895 and died, July 18, 1917, at Eugene, Oregon. She was the eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. F. B. Mllliorn. She was a graduate of Crook County High School, Eugene High School and was a student at U. of O. She was a talented musiclun, and bad a wide circle ot friends here, who will mourn her death, which come after a lingering Illness. . : Fatal POSTMASTER AT BARNES Mary Cox Appointed By President Marv Cox was appointed post mnsler, at Barnes, on July 24, by Presldont Wilson. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANTED Woman cook. Good wages and stoady Job. Write or Dhone Wilson Ranch, Powell Butte. Oreaon . 37tfc WANTED A good, big gentle team to work to the mountains, will put up Berries tor use of team Notify at once. Mrs. Pearl Breeding. 37tlp The little ads do the rest. OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEBEST Principal Events of Hie Weat Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of fiur Readers. A strike of ftrfhertnen on Rogus River lasted only a fmm days. The Oregon ItaptlM ussembly will be held at the stats fair grounds July 27 hi August J,'ewuerg liss lout fwoipf Its pioneers Is the death or Hllbu H. !ollard and I Jewry J. Noble. .-' rrled cherries ar to be product of Is Kugcne Fruitgrower' ,aHMcia lion unery In Eugene. The spop of clover seed j Linn oounty to going to be extremely ishort, according ito tats reports. A movement has been launched at Marshflold to organise the Southern Oregon Development board. The salmon rn In the lower Colum bia has started sgslu, after the Inter ruptlou caused by the June freshet. The summer arlsawl which bss been In sesHlon st Oregon Agricultural col lege fur the last two months, closed Frldsy. llecause ot the spread of forest firss In southern Oregon an emergency call has becti sent out for wore fire fighters. Superintendent Pollock, of the Alsea hatchery, distributed 4U.0OO young rainbow trout In streams trlbutory to Alsea river. Wllltam'Thomas, about 80 years old, committed suicide at tbe Dsvls home, south of Rsedvllle, by bsuglng him s-.0f from a rsfter. The fourth annual meeting of the raclflc Coast Association or Port Authorities will be held In Portland September 4, t, and I. . ('resident Wilson has sent to the senate the renoralnatlon of Frank 8. Myers to be postmaster at Portland for another four years. Arrangements are under way ,for a special meeting of the Cattle and Home Raisers' association which Is to be held In Lakevlew September. , i Forest fires are burning more gen erally In the llutte Falls, Prospect aid Woodruff Meadows districts, and part ly fit Crater Lake national park, than for 10 years. , J, O. Hill, of Curry county, crsdlta his dog with Increasing the fumlly bonk acccunt by $129. as a result of the animal locating a coyote den and killing six pups. . , - Fitly business men of Prlnevllle have formed a Crook Cou.ity Defense Guard for the purpose of assisting Sheriff Knox In any kind of an emergency that might arise. , The 'conference of the Oregon Asso ciation for the Prevention of Tubercu losis, and the Northwestern Tuberculo sis conference will be held in Portland, October 15 and 16. ' A. J. Oglesby, pioneer of Lane coun ty and prominent In Its affairs In the early days, died at Breitenbush Springs', east of Albany, ot heart dis ease, at the age of 71 . State Dairy and Food Commissioner J. D. Mlckle has gone to Atlantic City,; N. J., where he Is to attend the annual convention of the National Associa tion ot Dairy, Food and Drug officials. The Murlon county court has signed up a coutract for the construction of a new sleel bridge across the William ette river between Marlon and Polk counties at Salem. The bridge will cost 8a:i7,oi. The United States engineering crew, under Walton Haydon, has completed the survey of north and south Coos rivers, for data for use- In government work or deepenlug the channels and removing snags. The president has renominated Her man Wise postmaster ot Astoria and Ira. C. Mehrling postmaster at Falls City. The senate confirmed the re nomlnatlon ot Edward G. Worth, surveyor-general of Oregon. According to Jackson F. Kimball, head of the Klamath-Lake Counties Fire association, there have been twenty-four fores fires in Klamath county in the last two weeks, with practically little or no damage. The schools of Hood River may open two weeks earlier than usual this year, in order that a vacation may be called If necessary at the height ot apple-picking season to allow the stu dents to participate in tbe harvest. As a result of the recent I. W. W. disturbances in the neighboring coun try ot Klamath, the citizens of Grants Pass have organized a group of 60 men Into a home defense company undar the command of Sheriff George Lewis. , . Incendiary destruction at Klamath Falls ot the new milk house and new pasteurizing equipment ot the Wil liams dairy, Is evidence, say officials, that the menace of the I. W. W. has not yet been removed from these vi cinities. The Modoc Point Irrigation project on the Klamath Indian reservation will be completed in about three weeks, according to Project Engineer H. W. Hincks, of the Klamath agency. This project embraces about 6340 acres of rich land, and was started In 1913. A reijumt tut a (crossing over lagging road la Outsop county, made by II. K. Noble, 6 .Portland, discloses the fact that he cuvtmiipluies develop ing a large tracl of spruce In that county to obtain lumber tor construc tion f aeroplanes. Fonr or five prtl rf cruisers who are eayimluliig and damnifying Oregon Jti California grant land have started -work in Polk county. There are about 2tM0 .M-res of land Is Jolk county oii(l Uy the Oregon fc California, about 3.1.0V0 or this being timber land. The largest farm sale ot recent weeks. Involving a total consideration uld to ,be $liO,K00, was reported form HeppiMf, whwe L. K. Alcllce sold his fine stuck ramh on Willow creek, a few ouUcs abow lleppner, to O. M. Gray. Ike rasch comprises 7J82 aores. The public servir commission has Isr.ued an order repairing the Willam ette Pacific railroad ojteratlng between Eugene and Coos Hay to construct ap proximately 12 miles of country road for Lane county along the north bank of the fSluslfcw river ' within four months. The banks and trust companies of Portland, In answer to a call showing the status of their business June 20, 1917. show desposlts of $:!, 834,485.62 greater at that time than at the close or business June 80, 1916, according to a report Issued by Superintendent of Banks Sargent. - . . . A thoroughbred stock farm on the Klamath Indian reservation is being planned by tbe officials at tbe Klam ath agency, who'are co-operating with the agency school, to stock a 800-acre ranch under the Modoc Point Irriga tion project, and raise pure bred cattle by modern methods. Mrs. 'Rose Pearl Huntley, wife of Captain M. B. Huntley, of the 3d com pany, coast artillery, O. N. O., of Eu gene, committed suicide at her home by hanging herself by a rope to the rafters In the attic. She was despon dent 'over ber husband's contemplat ed departure for the war. Because of the war and the Im portance of tbe food supply, the direct ors of the Jackson County Fair asso ciation have decided to abandon the horse races, bucking contests . and motor races, which have characteris ed county fairs In the past, and con centrate upon the display of agricul tural products and foodstuffs. Corporation Commissioner Schulder man, in a statement Issued relative to - the business of the corporation department, shows that tor the year ended June 30 the operating expense of that department has been 7.7 per cent of tbe revenue received, which sets a new record' In the cost of the administration of any department, the report declares. X)t 'the 899 accidents reported to the state Industrial accident commis sion during the week ending July 19, thre'b were fatal. ' They, were Ralph Williamson, of Portland, killed while trespassing on railroad property; Jake Tupper, of ForeBt Grove, killed to logging operations, and Harrison W. Bangle, ot Hood River, killed In light and power operations. - An order readjusting and generally ironing out discriminations in the elec tric and water rates of tbe California- Oregon Power company has been is sued by the public service . commis sion. Tbe order affects Medtord, Cen tral Point, Gold Hill.. Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Rogue River, Phoenix, Prospect, Wolf Creek, Glendale, Eagle Point, Talent, Klamath Falls and Bonanza. - Attorney-General Brown will go ahead with Investigations' ot the Pa cific Livestock land-fraud cases. This was decided at a meeting of the state land board, when State Treasurer Kay offered a resolution, seconded by Sec retary Olcott, that J3500 be appropriat ed from the school fund Interest to oarry on the investigations, and if the attorney-general deems it advisable, to go ahead and prosecute the suit. Calling attention to the fact that forest fires will handicap logging camps supplying lumber for the gov ernment for the construction of wood en ships, airplanes and training camps, and also that they will make necessary the drafting of men from the Indus tries of tuo state, State Forester El liott urges all citizens to co-operate with him in preventing fires, and also in extinguishing those in existence. Officials of the Cascade national for est are exercising extraordinary fire precaution, In view of the extremely dry state of the timber and of electric al storms that are almost a daily oc currence near the McKenzie and Wil lamette summits. In the Deschutes forest, east of the summit of the Cas cades, 40 fires have been started by lightning, but all were soon brought under control, according to word re ceived at the Cascade forest office In Eugene. If the state ot Oregon will co-operate With the federal trade commission, and if like co-operation can be obtain ed from the state of Washington, a prompt and thorough federal Investi gation will be made of the fuel situa tion in the northwest to ascertain the causes for prevailing high prices and for existing or threatened shortages. Information will be gathered at the same' time to enable congreas or the federal government to deal with the situation. FRUIT JAR Buy Your Season's Requirements Before Further Advances Occur Mason pints per doz Mason quarts per doz Mason half gallons per doz Economy pints per doz... Economy quarts per doz Economy half gallon Schram pints per dz FLY SCREEN PAINTED .. f - Compare the following prices with those of any Mail Order House YARD .-!3c.L.. ...14c... ...16c... I7l-2c ...18c.... ... 19c... ...20c.... 24 inch... 26 inch... 28 inch... 30 inch... 32 inch... 34 inch... 36 inch... Get our prices on rope, steel cable, binding twine, hay forks, Jackson forks hay pulleys and carriers, fork handles, castor machine oil, oil cans, wrench es, water bags and your grocery supplies for harvest O. C. CUYPOQL & COl RUSSIA IS WARNED BY NEW .PREMIER Petrograd. Premier Kerensky, who haa temporarily succeeded Prince Lvoff, who resigned, In a solemn mes sage ot warning to tree Russia, de clared: "Treason has brought the country to the precipice of mortal . danger now threatening." The new head of the government sent the message primarily to the army and navy. He declared the Ger mans Instigated the Petrograd out breaks, just quelled. In which revolters from Kroustadt and Petropavlovsk, by opposing the Russian offensive, "had stabbed their comrades in the back." He. announced that he had ordered all those culpable to be sent to Petrograd for trial. "Comrades," he concluded, "treason has brought the country to the preci pice of mortal danger that now threat ens. The enemy Is already assuming the offensive; the enemy's fleet may at any moment force decisive action, profiting by our confusion.. I exhort you to support the provisional govern ment and fend off terrific enemy blows." EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Intense raiding activity continues on the western: front by the British. German troops in Eastern Gallcia have crossed the Zlochoff-Tarnopol road on a front of 40 kilometers, Ger man headquarters announced. The Russian premier Lvoff has re signed and Alexander F. Kerensky has been appointed premier, but will tem porarily retain his portfolio of minis ter ot war and marine. The Germans continue their offen sive against French troops on the Che mtn des Dames, hurling great masses ot men in fruitless attacks. The as saults were repelled, the French war office said. The Germans made furious assaults on the Aisne front, bringing up fresh troops. The official statement says the attacks were broken up by the French, who inflicted great losses upon them. The Germans also attack ed on the Verdun tront, but gained no success. . Because some Russian regiments stopped oa receiving orders to discuss the advisability of disobeying and be cause some refused their ordem, the enemy was successful In strong at tacks on the Fiekiaki-Harbuiob front, a Russian official statement sajd. The 85c $1.00 $135 -$1.10 ..$1.20 $1.75 85c 50 FEET :.$2.oo:.. 2.10... -2.25... 2.40... -'.230... ...260... - 275.:. Adjustable window screens, best hardwood frames each 40c troops responsible were those who were Influenced by extremists' agita tions. s Reserve Banks Grow. Washington. Wartime activities of federal reserve banks which have sent the banks' total resources steadily to new levels have resulted In increasing resources to $2,116,124,000. Declaration of Independence by Finns. Helsingfors, Finland. A conflict with Rassia is regarded as inevitable because of the action ot the Finnish diet in adopting a bill granting inde pendence to Finland. War Budget of Navy Submitted. Washington. Secretary Daniels has submitted to the house estimates ag gregating $137,366,177 for war needs of the navy. Sweden Seizes Food. Stockholm. The Swedish govern ment lias expropriated growing crops of all cereals, legumes and sugar beets. Government Lets Contract for Cycles. Washington. The war department has contracted for 6000 motorcyoles tor tbe new army. MRS. WRIGHT'S Coifectioieiry In new location first door north Horigan's market Building Thoroughly Sanitary I Make My Own Candies and Guarantee Them to Be Fresh TryTh MILLINERY Including Hats, Veils, Gloves, Ribbons, Collars and a large assortment of Flowers all going at less c than half price Look them over a ScHram quarts per dozen $1.00 Schram half gallons per doz ..$135 Mason rubbers 3 dozen for 25c Mason, Economy and Schram caps, per dozen 30c Wide mouth Mason caps per doz 30c Wide mouth Mason rubbers per doz 18c 100 FEET $3.70 ..... 3.85 ... .. 4.15' ..... 4.50 ...I. 4.75 5.00 5.30 HARVEST FESTIVAL, SEPT. S Annual Event Is Announced Fur McKay Grove on Labor Day The annual Harvest Festival wiS be held at McKay grove on Labor day, September 3. A complete program, which wlB be even more extensive than last year, is being planned and will ba announced soon. , total SOME FISH MANY MOSQUTOg Prlnevllle Men Visit Big Lake Sunday Roads Fair A party consisting of G. N. Clif ton, Lake M. Bechtell, D. H. Peop les and J. Warren Crooks, motored to Big Lake in the Cascades the last of the week, returning, Sunday. They succeeded in getting fiva nice trout, averaging about 18 la ches In length. La Vern Stars caught three at the same place also. They all report an abundance ot mosqultos, which are very much oa the Job, and act like they were gla4 to see the visitors. The Journal is only 11.50 a year. em