Crook County journal., August 30, 1917, Page PAGE 6, Image 6

AUGUST 30. 1917
PAGE 6
CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
FOREST FIRE BURNING
ON CROOKED RIVER
HORSE RIPE IS ON IX IUKNKS
COMMCN1TY
HAMPTON STOCK WILL BE MOVED
Mr. and Mr. C. L. Shattuck and
family, of Prlnevllle. lire camping
on Canyon creek enjoying a rest be
neath the plnea of the Ochoco Na
tional Forest where the fishing l
fine.
Ed Merritt and on, Frank, were
in Prlnevllle. Thursday.
Al Nlcklos was a rrlnevtlle via?
Itor the first of the week.
L. N. Nichols, of Prlnevllle, pur
chased a small band of sheep from
Kimble A Black. Dan Larktn, of
Prlnevllle, is driving them out for
him.
Peed ts Short Many Head Will
Come to rrlnevUle Country
To Be Fed This Winter
MEADOWS NEWS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
BARNES ITEMS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
V. V. Brown's men are riding for
horsea In our part of the country
thla week.
Ilarley Saunders went to Prlne
vllle, Wednesday, and took his little
girl to the doctor. She Is quite sick
with throat trouble.
Mlaa Christy McKcron and brother
Fred were passengers on the statue
last Friday.
HAMPTON BUTTE NEWS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
A forest Are has been burning tor
several days on Crooked River and
Don n ley Creek, about 14 miles
southeast of Meadow. The rangers
here are fighting it but the last re
port was that sit had burned over
about 60 acres.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimble, who spent
several days at the Willowbrook
ranch, left Sunday evening for
Portland. ,
Harry F. Kimble and Jennie M.j
Bagenburger were in Prinevllle,
Sunday. !
Norris Morgan spent Sunday of
last week at bis summer pasture j
camp here in Meadow. j
Mr. Friede and son, who have ;
large Interests in the Muddy Co. j
ranch, are spending a tew days here
this week riding over the pastures
and viewing the stock.
R. E. Jordan, superintendent of
the P. L. L. Co. was a business
visitor in Prinevllle, Monday.
Wm. Doak was a Prinevllle vis
itor last Monday.
Nettie Scott is spending her va
cation with Mrs. Morgan and Miss
Helen Summers at Lonehurst, Miss
L. Jordan's homestead.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Goodnight,
who are spending the summer camp
ing, hiked to the Ochoco mines
Sunday.
Andrew Scott and Orn Jones are
haying for the Willowbrook Land
Company.
Wm. Truax is working for the
Willow Brook Land Co.
Some cloud bursts visited us last
week refreshing the country and
everyone now has a smile.
Haying is about over. Some are
just finishing up.
We understand that Fisher Logan
and O. I. Davidson bought hay in
the Prlnevllle country.
Hackelman and Engstrom return
ed from Mas Gross' farm near
Prtngle Flat where they have been
haying.
Orville Davidson was a passenger
on the stage last week on his way
to Prineville.
Ray Morgan is haying at the Ben-,
nett farm.
pounding of
Powder was
A 1917
BAKING POWDER
Crescent Baking Powder Ib
in tune with progress. It is
modern. In place of one leav
ening action, it has two. Two
leavening actions assure a
positive raise of dough or bat
ter. With one leavening ac
tion there is always a question
whether the creation will
raise. The advanced corn-
Crescent Baking
conclusively evi
denced at the
Panama Pacific
I n te r national
Exposition. In
c o m p e t ition
with the world
it won the Gold
Medal. This
1917, a today's
baking powder
costs but 25c
a pound.
CRESCENT MFG. CO.
Seattle, Lea Anselee. Sn Francier.
CRESCE NT
Mr. Gurske recently bought the
Wiley place from Wm. W. Brown.
Dirk Rhode returned home Fri
day from the Pickett ranch where
he had been working.
Edgar Powell was a visitor at
Rolyat, Sunday.
' Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hall and
children spent Saturday at Charlea
Sherman's.
Wm. and Geo. Miller are spending
a couple of weeks at Mossyrock,
Wash.
Huey Swigert was a caller Satur
day at C. A. Sherman's.
Mrs. Ed Street, of Fife, visited
Sunday at the home of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shrader.
The hay crop in the Buttes and
surrounding country Ib very poor
this year. Many will have to move
their stock to other places to feed
during the winter.
Misses Marie and Nellie Wilson
are home again after spending a
few days on the Pickett ranch on
Crooked River, where they cooked
for hay harvesters.
Calvin Sherman has bought a new
gasoline engine and pump.
Mr. and Mrs.' Isaac New visited
Sunday at the home of Lester Hall.
F. D. Scammon was a recent call
er at the home of Paul Street.
Charles Sherman ktljed another
rabid coyote a tew days ago.
Santord New is working on the
B. F. Shepherd ranch on Crooked
river.
Lester Hall and Edgar Powell
have Just finished haying oh the
Bruce Balfour ranch.
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Frank Taltl who was drafted,
failed to paas the examination be
cause of detective eye sight.
Italph Smock Is working In llimd
on a delivery wagon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clureitce Fergueon
and Mrs. Kate Colvln, of Roberta,
puaied th run (tli Alfalfa, Sunduy, en
route to the mountains to pick
berries.
Miss Kuth Fouler, of Powell
Butte, drove to Alfalfa, Monday. W.
M. Ferry accompanied her back. He
will overhaul the threading machine
owned by Ora Fouler.
Paul Mertschlng purchased a fine
bunch of young two-year-old heifers
from M. L. Pyatt.
MOVMUM.S, WALL IM.HI. Kit'.!
ALSO l;K IS-IU ll.T HKADY-t'l'T
LOWER BRIDGE NEWS
I (By our Kegular Correspondent.)
IIOl'NKS.
Semi un at once a list of what you
require tor your buildings and we
will name you prices delivered at
your station and guarantee to nave
you money and give you full satin
faction,
WRITE TODAY
SAM COXXKM. M MIIKH CO.
I'ortluml : : Oregon
honor of Miss Cllsla Houston, Au
gust II, at her home.
ALFALFA ITEMS
(By our Regular Correspondent.)
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Rice and
daughters, Dorothy and Hope, and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl House spent Sun
day at the Cove orchard.
A. J. Fuller, Denla Hunt, Roy
Kidder and Durwood Hunt were
called before the examining Imurd
at Bend, Monday, and they all punn
ed. Mr. and Mrs. Carl House and Lola
and Kda Towne spent Wednesday at
the Rice home.
The Heard tlireNhliig machine U
In this community and la threshing
for Hcolt's.
Mlas Mary Hliear, of Hciid, la vis
iting at Hie Jueger homo this week.
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HELD ITEMS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
Alex Rickman stacked the hay on
his homestead this week.
Miss Bertha Ransom was a busi
ness visitor at Held today.
Alex Ammons and Jim Taylor
made a 'busines trip to Prlnevllle
this week. . ,
Several children in this vicinity
have whooping cough.
A birthday party was given In
Paul C. Bates, of Portland, and
Fred Stanley, of the Stanley ranch,
were In Alfalfa Investigating the
sugar beet crops. JThey found some '
fine beets at C. H. Harris's ranch.
Several other farmers are giving
them a trial but those are not so
fully developed yet.
Men are busy surveying the pro
posed new canal. Only a tew men
are working.
Lue Holland, of Powell Butte, I
was In Alfalfa, Sunday. He pur-
chased six young sheep from Leslie
Clarke.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Thorpe, of
Portland, are here visiting his sis
ters, Mrs. Frank Ogle, and Mrs.
Ray Fisher.
The dance given by the Jolly
Neighbors at L. M. Pyatt's Saturday
evening was well attended and all
had a Jolly time.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Benard. of Pow
ell Butte, were visiting at Leslie
Clarke's recently.
Mr. Roe was in Alfalfa looking
for beef cattle for the Redmond
market the first of the week.
Tkere'a Hefelr and
Ratiefectlea In Marine
DIAMONDS
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from a reputable -tore much a
Jaea-er lira., I'urtUnd. Oratron.
Here you have nrecllrallr un
limited ran for aeleellen--f
rum Kit excellent, complete,
and lenre up-tolele tUxk. We
enjoy an eitenetv. out-of-town
patronage whkh haa come la
ua uiuollclled. Our locka at
Dlamunda, Jewelry, Silverware
and No-elllea an rboaen with
rare by eiperu, and you'll And
nothing of the tre.hr order
here. One ot the beat known
value offered anywhere in the
United BUlea
Ol'It SPECIAL
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It't jual one of many liutaneae
of our buying and telling eu
nertorlly. We welcome Inquir
er. II upon receipt of goode
you are not Battened, money
will be cheerfully refunded
upon ffcolr return.
JAKli'KH BROS.
Jewelers Optician
PORTLAND, OHttiON
Every community has leii called
upon to orgaiil.o a community couu
ell of defi'iiie, a an auxiliary to
the county council of dcfi'tnte which
was orgiinUt'd hi Prluevllle a abort
time ago.
Circular letters were sent to rep.
reaeiitutlva cltttctis by county chair
inun Springer the last of the week,
asking thut the local counclla be or
giinlxi'cl, The circulars said In part:
A State Council ot Defense, com
posed of cltlxi'li selected by our
governor at the request of the Nu
t Ion ii I Council ts now actively at
work ornitiilslug County Council,
which lit turn are required to or
guulie Precinct or Community
Councils, and thus bring (he entire
civil population of our country lute
complete touch with the Nutlonul
admlnlHlrutlim.
Prompt obedience to these de
mands will add liifsttimiblo power
and eltlcleucy and enable our gov
ernment to bring the war to a
speedy mid successful tertuluatloa
and thus save the live of thousands
of our buys.
Our boys are giving their all.
We will do no leas than give a
prompt resuotise to this request.
CENTRAL OKKUO.V ItH'l.TltY
Prepare IllrtU Now For Poultry
Show at lutrr-Slate Fair
All poultrymen 'who expect to ex
hibit stock at the Inter-State Fair
should write to Ray V. Constable
concerning reservations.
You are requested to get your
birds In early or at least make res
ervations In plenty ot time. All
stock sent to the superintendent will
be given the beat of care and put
in good shape for exhibition.
Show stock should be cleaned up
now In order to be In the best
shape for the fair.
The Journal has the largest sworn
circulation of any paper In Central
Oregon.
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We Offer You
Lands Under 'the Ochoco Irrigation
District Project
In Tracts to Suit You from
H IP
Our prices are right and terms easy. You make us a substantial first payment, place a
government loan on the lands for the amount the appraisers wish to make it, and we will
take a second mortgage to secure us on the back payments. We know the land is worth
all that we are asking for it
Our Range Lands Are Worth More Per Acre
Since the Ochoco Project is assured, for now the stockman knows that he can buy alfalfa for winter' feeding. We
have a few choice sections left at the old prices. Terms easy on these also
Oregon & Western Colonization Company
B. F. JOHNSON, Agent
First National Bank Building
PRINEVILLE, OREGON