Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
VOL XXII
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 20, 1917
NO. 6
CITY DELIVERY POSS
BEE FOR PRINEVILLE
Rcgi ikki) AMorvr ok pohtal
llWKin'M REACHED
HOUSES HAVE TO BE NUMBERED
Nlnfl Hliftia Mini Good Sidewalks
NM'(iill) Two Carriers Woul'l
lie Required
City mall delivery for Prlnevllle
In now posslhlti, ami ahould th re- j
qulretnents tin met as to at reel signs
and house numbers, thn department
will authorUo lha Installation of the
service.
Thn minimum of 15000 postal re
ceipts haa lieen exceeded almoat fiO
per cent, and thorn la no dnulit but
thnl the iimller would bo looked up
n favorably by thn department.
Two carriers will bn required and
will llknwlan bn authorized by the
department ahould the service be In-
uKuratnd.
Ileiaune of thn fart that Prlnevllln
haa thn beat aldowalk ayalem In
Central Oregon. havInK more cemnnt
walka than all other towna In thn
Interior romblnnd, thll city by
prompt action In thla mutter, can bn
firal to secure city delivery service.
Postmaster J. W. lioone has boon
not I lied by the department that thla
city la entitled to the city delivery,
and It la decidedly Prlnevllla's move
In the matter.
It will he dlacuaand at the lunch
eon tomorrow, and action may be
taken by the city council at an early
date toward the it reel light and
umherlng of thn houaua.
HWKI.1V AfiK.vr IS CITY
0. E. MeClurn, of Thn Dulles, who
In agent for thn Franklin car, ar
rived In thn city tlio Aral of the
week with two new cam. One was
anld to C. W. Foster.
He whm nn'ompimled by hta
krother, C. W. McClure, who drove
enc of the cara up from The Dalles.
FINED $87.50 BY JUDGE
Oeo. McVey contributed $87.60 to
the county treasurer Monday after
nls arreat on a warrant charging
him with having lliiuor In hla
possession at a public dance.
The Ann for thla offense was
placed at $36 by Judge Bowman,
and upon the refusal of McVey to
tell where he obtained the liquor,
the Judge fined him $50 additional
for contempt of court. AIbo coat
charges of $2.50 were added mak
ing the total $87.60.
Commenting on the cane, District
Attorney Wlrtz anld that for an of
feiiRe of thla nature the flue ahould
bo not less than $200, or a Jail sen
tence, or both.
The law, ho Bays, placet the maxi
mum fine for the first offense, ut
$600 or a Juil sentence of 6 months,
and he consldors one-half that
amount none too much, considering
the coat of apprehending the of
fenders. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The special meetings under the
leadership of Dr. E. P. Lyon are
growing In Interest and quality.
The sermons since Sunday evening
have been of an exceptionally high
order. We invite our business and
professional men to give some time
and attention to these discourses.
Mrs. Kertlg Is directing the child
ren In the preparation of Borne songs
for Sunday, morning at the Sunday
school hour. The children should
not be overlooked at Christmas time.
We Invite parents to be at Sunday
School on time Sunday morning and
see what their children are doing.
The Rnnilnv morning theme will
be:
b: "The Visit ot tne Magi,
in (ho afternoon at three o'clock
we will hold services at Grimes
Chapel. We desire to meet the
people of the entire community. We
extend the compliments of the
season to all our friends.
T. H. Fertlg, pastor.
URGE PROHIBITION MEASURE
Methodist Church Wired Congress
man Hlnnott Sunday Evening
The local Methodist Church sent
a night letter to Congressman N. J.
Slnnott, Sunday evening, urging
upon him the necessity of the dry
measure that was to be considered
the following day In the House of
Representatives.
They also voiced a disapproval of
the use of grains and sugar In
liquor manufacture.
PRINEVILLE DEEEATH PA I' LI NA
County Heat Tem Too Kt For
Vlxllor
C. C, M. S. defeated the Paulina
basketball team Friday evening In
fast game, thn final score being
20 to 16. The features of thn game
worn thn liHkt throwing of Robert
Lister 'of 1'uulliiu mid Luckey lion
liny of Prlnevllle.
Paulina a I no met defeat at thn
handi of thn Prlnevllln town team
Saturday evening. The score wai
17 to 21.
DEATH OK IVA IMXKTH PRICE
Mrs J. C. Price (Iva Ttooth) died
In a Portland sanitarium, December
16, after an lllneaa of several
mouths. Mrs. Price was .11 years
old snd was horn and lived moat of i
her life In Prlnevllle. After hr
marrluge to J. C. Price she lived In
Kugunn until a few mouths ago
when she was taken to a Portland
sunltsrliini. .She was a member of
the II ml graduating cluss of Crook
County High School.
liesldes her husband she leaves a
daughter, Margaret Jean, uge.d four
years, her father W. A. Month, and
brother L. A. Uooth who Is Receiver
of the land oMIco at The Dulles.
Interment was In thn Eugene
cemetery.
Her many Prlnevllle friends
re-
gret to hear of her death.
TEACHEIW INHTITt IE
Joint NeKlon Is Being Held at Bend
This Week
A good attendance is reported at
the Joint session of the Crook and
Deschutes county Institute In Rend
this week. Secretary Francis re
ported 130 present.
At an election held Tuesday after
noon, County School Superintend
ents Myers, of Crook County, and
Thomson, of Deschutes, were chosen
to represent thn Institutn at the
meeting of the Oregon Teachers'
Association In Portland on Decem
ber 27, 28 and 29.
The visiting teachers were enter
tained with a banquet and recep
tion Monday night at the Pilot
Butts Ion,
OFFICIAL NOTICE TO
DRAFT REGISTRANTS
llcKlxtmut iiiiihI einplialii ully
rend caret ully their questionnaire
lcfre apH'urtiiK before the legal
advisory Imiird. Failure so to rend
the qiieHllnniwilrc Iiiin, uiul will, re
sult In great Inconvenience to the
regUlriinl.
LEGAL ADVISORY HOARD.
EN(A( EM KNT A N NOl' N ED
' Mr and Mrs. William Ferguson,
of Pendleton, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Glndys
Andre, to Dr. Horace P. Belknap, of
this city. Miss Andre Is a charming
young maid, and equally popular In
Pondleton and Portland. She en
tered one ot the hospitals of this
city for training several mouths ago,
and she Iiub hosts ot friends here.
She ulso Is widely known in musical
circles, as a vocalist. The Ferguson
family are prominent socially and in
banking circles in Eastern Oregon.
Dr. Belknap Is a son of Dr. and
Mrs. II. P. Belknap, of Prineville.
and one of the well-known young
physicians of Portland. He was
graduated from the medical school
of Oregon University, and is a mem
ber of Alpha Knppa Kappa frater
nity. Later he was Interned at the
Good 'Samaritan Hospital. He is
surgeon for Supple and Bullin Ship
Building Company, and for the Pa
cific Marine Iron WorkB. Dr. Bel
knap also is popular socially, and
he is a member of several of the
leading social and medical clubs of
this city. He is a partner of Dr.
Harry McKay with offices in the
Morgan building.
The marriage ot this charming
couple will be an event of February.
Miss Andre has Just returned to
Pendleton after a visit of several
days with Mrs. Otto Wtndfelder and
while in Portland she was extensive
ly entertained. Sunday Oregonian.
MIbs Andre visited at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. H. P. Belknau last
August.
NET RED CROSS $57
Roberts People Contribute Proceeds
Raised at Dance
The Red Cross dnnce, which was
promoted by Mrs. H. C. Nelson, of
Roberts, netted the cause the neat
sum of $57.
The event was held at Roberts,
Saturday evening, and was attended
by people from all parts ot the
country.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CENSUS
All Residents of City Have Been
Tabulated by Workers
A Sunday School census of the
city has just been completed by the
united action of all the Sunday
Schools, whereby Information was
collected to be used In getting1 re
cruits for the different schools. An
effort is to be made to get every
child and all young people into
some one of the schools.
MAYOR STEWART'S RED
WHEREAS the American Red Cross, through Its President,
Honorable Woodrow Wilson, Its Chairman, Honorable William H.
Taft, and the Chairman If its War Council, Honorable H. P.
Davison, has called upon all loyal and patriotic citizens of the
United Slates to affiliate witb said organization by taking member
ship therein, and
WHEREAS the week of December 17-24 has been designated
by the aforesaid as the time for membership affiliation, and
WHEREAS the State of Oregon has been assigned the quota
of 240,000 members, being 20 per cent of Its estimated popula
tion, and
WHEREAS to fulfill Its quota It Is necessary for every man
and woman In Oregon to join the American Ked Cross,
THEREFORE, 1, D. F Stewart, Mayor of Prlnevllle, do here
by PROCLAIM to all citizens of the City of Prlnevllle that It is
a patriotic duty Incumbent upon each and all of them to affiliate
with thn American Ked Cross during the aforesaid week of De
cember 17-24, to the end that the City of Prlnevllle and the State
of Oregon mi'V sustain our beloved nation and the American Red
Cross to the full extent required. Every man and woman in
Oregon must become a member of the American Red Cross dur
ing the week to fulfill this patriotic obligation.
This proclamation by lue issued on December 18, 1917.
D. F. STEWART, Mayor.
MORE THAN 300 MEN
' ON 0CH0CO SYSTEM
STEAM SHOVEL HAS TASK
PER CENT COMPLETED
S3
HAS BEEN WORKING SIX WEEKS
Much Work Done on East End of
( anal Dig Cut Will Ite Com
pleted In Ten Days
An army of more than 300 men,
assisted by perhaps an equal number
ot horses and mules, and one steam
shovel, one orange peel bucket, air
compressor drills, and a fleet of mo
tor trucks to say nothing of numer-1
oua light delivery and passenger j
cars are rushing the work every day
on the system that will provide
water for the Ochoco Irrigation Dis-1
trlct. :
While it Is impossible to estimate I
accurately the total percentage of !
the work that has been completed, i
of the canal system, it would seem to
be a Biife guess to say that the work
is much farther advanced than any
one had thought possible in so short
a time before construction started.
Ideal weather has been the great
est Blngle asslstunce the workers
have had, but a spirit ot cooperation
between contractors and engineers,
competent and complete engineering
before the work started, and a
spirit of harmony between the
board and all parties concerned have
assisted in making up a combination
that has made the progress and
quality of the work being accom
plished under the district, the talk
ot all who have seen it.
The steam shovel has covered two '
miles of the distance it is to build, I
and has four and a half miles yet j
to go. It has been working about
Bix weeks.
From the section that is being
completed by the shovel to the dam
Is a distance of one and a half mile3
which will be lined with cement.
The enlarging of this section, and
preparation for cement has been
about fifty per cent completed.
On the west end, one and a half
miles of main canal and a few days j thousands to the number of income
in the big cut will complete the i tax payers in this district, inasmuch
system to the east line of the Ruth-! as practically every farmer, mer
field place, and many canals have I chant, tradesman, professional man
been built In this district also. ! and salary worker! and a great many
NOTICE TO YOUNG MEN
. . , i.
On Tuesday, Dec. 18. between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m.
and 2 p. m.,
two boys visited an automobile
standing In the Btreet east of Hod-
son s Machine Shop. They took
with them a tire pump, a monkey
wrench, and an inner tube. Onetf
these boys wore a bright checked
cap. If these boys want to keep out
of trouble they had better return
the goods as parties have them
spotted. 6tlp
LITTLE VANITY SHOP
Mrs. Onier Claypool Opens Modern
lleuuty Parlors
Mrs. Omer Claypool has moved
her Beauty Shop to the building
formerly occupied by Percy Smith
and will have her opening tomor
row. The furnishings are all in
white Ivory and the drapings in cre
tonne. Mrs. Claypool has had sev
eral years' experience in this line
and has all the modern conveniences
and equipment to be found in a
large city. Her many former pa
trons will be glad to know that she
is again ready tor business.
ARE YOU A HOBAB?
CROSS PROCLAMATION
'GOVERNMENT MEN TO
COLLECT INCOME TAX
You won't have to figure out your
own Income tax all by yourself here
after. ThX (government Is going to
send out men to help you. It will
be up to you to hunt up these men,
who will be sent into every county
seat town, and some other towns
besides, to meet the people. Post
masters, bankers and newspapers
will be able to tell you when the
government income tax man will be
around, and where to find btm. He
will answer your questions, swear
you to the return, take your money,
and remove the wrinkles from your
brow. Returns of income tor 1917
must be made between January 1st
and March 1st, 1918.
The- Government recognizes that
many persons experience a good deal
of difficulty In filling out income tax
forms. It recognizes too, that tax
payers resident at points where Col
lector's offices are not easily acces
sible, find it hard to get proper in
struction In the law. Next year,
when every married person living
witb wife or husband and having a
net income of $2000.00, and every
unmarried person not the head of a:
family and having a net income of
$1000.00 for the year 1917, must,
make return of income on the form
prescribed, there will be hundreds j
in every community seeking light
on the law, and help in executing!
their returns. My own and every
other collection! district In the na-
j tion will be divided into districts,
with the county as the unit, and a
government officer informed in the
income tax assigned to each district.
He will spend hardly less than a
week in each county, and in some
counties a longer time, very likely
In the Court House at the county
seat town. In cities where there are
collector's branch offices, he will be
there, and in other cities possibly
at the city hall. My office will in
due time advise postmasters and
bankers and send out notices to the
newspapers stating when the officer
will be in each county. It will be
unnecessary for prospective taxpay
ers to ask my office for forms on
which to make returns. The officer
who visits their county will have
them.
It may be stated as a matter ot
general information that "net in
come is the remainder after sub'
j trading expenses from gross income.
Personal, family, or living expense
is not expense in the meaning of the
law, the exemption being allowed to
cover such expenses.
The new exemptions of $1000.00
and $2000.00 will add tens of
wage workers will be required to
I mae rfturn and Py . . t.
The law makes it the duty of the
taxpayer to seek out the collector.
.,'' aRRlimH that Rn in
! ' ,v frm , t ,. . nv.
ernment officer does not call, they
are relieved from making report.
This is decidedly In error. It is the
other way round. The taxpayer has
to go to the government and if he
doesn't within the time prescribed,
he is a violator of the law, and the
government will go to him with Its
penalties.
FIFE ITEMS
(By our Regular Correspondent.)
Mrs. B. B. Balfour was a passen
ger ou the stage Saturday enroute
to Bend where she attended the
Teachers' Institute.
Master Chester. Hubbard Is on
the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Crain and
daughter, Charlotte, of Prinevillo,
were visitors at Fife last week.
Bruce Balfour, of the Stuart
ranch, purchased a Ford while in
I Burns.
j Word has been received that
I Julien C. Penrose, a former resident
i of Fife, who was In training at
American Lake, has been sent to
France.
Edward Street motored from
OIL STATION HERE
lliiolne Houses' Agree to Support
Company Who Will Itulld Station
Practically all the heavy users of
gasoline and oil products In the city
signed an agreement this week to
the effect that they will unite in the
support of any company that will
build an oil station near the termi
nal grounds of the city railway.
At present this business is going
almost entirely to the Standard Oil
Company which has a station at
Redmond and supplies this point
with a large tank truck.
The consumers db not care which
company supplies the business, but
insist that there be a local station
instead of a supply from Redmond.
Rolyat to Mr. Street's Monday.
Emil Carroz was seen in our vi
cinity this week.
There will be a dance at Buck
Creek Hall on Dec. 31. Everyone
is cordially Invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Chapman have
returned from their trip to the Wil
lamette Valley. They are employed
at the Dixon ranch.
Wesley and Henry Street came
over from Silver Creek last week.
Donald Stuart and wife, of the G.
I. ranch, left Thursday for Portland
where they will spend the holidays.
Bruce Balfour, John McEachern
and Claud Wilson returned Sunday
from Narrows where they delivered
a bunch of cattle.
Frank Craln was a business caller
at Geo. Huettl's last week.
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD OR-
GAMZED
The following men were appoint
ed on the Medical Advisory Board
for Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson
counties: U. C. Coe, chairman; Dr.
J. C. Vandevert and Dr. W. W.
Faulkner, . of Bend; and Dr. C. 8.
Edwards, Dr. E. O. Hyde and Dr. H.
G. Davis, of Prineville.
The purpose of this board is for
the drafted man to refer to if he
thinks he has not had fair treat
ment by other physicians.
The board was organized in Bend,
Tuesday afternoon.
REGISTRANTS MAY AP
PLY AT
E
The legal advisory board for
Crook County created pursuant to
the Selective Service Regulations
has established permanent head
quarters in the Courthouse for the
accommodation ot registrants. At-!
torney Geo. L. Bernier will be in i
charge and the quarters have been
set up in the County Court Room,
where registrants will find Mr. Ber
nier during office hours.
In addition registrants may pre
sent themselves to the following
members ot the advisory board at
their respective offices or places of
business: Judge T. E. J. Duffy,
Judge N. G. Wallace, L. M. Bechtell,
T. M. Baldwin, A. R. Bowman, Dr.
V. Gesner, Cladia Wagoner, Jay H.
Upton, M. R. Biggs, M. R. Elliott,
M. E. Brink and Willard H. Wirtz.
All questionnaires must be re
turned to the Local Exemption
Board, which means to the sheriff
or to the county clerk properly
answered and filled out within seven
days from the date of the receipt of
mo iiucoiiiiuiiiua uauci penally ui
being placed in the first class and
of being subject consequently to the )
first call.
MEADOWS NEWS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
Fine weather.
W. T. Davenport made a trip to
Tacoma, Washington, recently.
Miss Lillian Swank, of Ochoco
mines, came to the prairie last Sun
day and Is visiting at the Muddy
; ranch tor a few days.
1 C. C. Berkeley and John Aldrich,
i of Hay Creek, were up at their
i ".Tllir" ranch Mnnftnv rt nrninir nn
Tuesday.
Fred Merritt went to Prineville,
Tuesday.
Jim Cram was at Meadow a few
days this week. He left Wednesday
for Prineville with a bunch of
horses for Nichols and Cofoid.
Ed McDonald, of Roberts, will
' take Mr. Merritt's position at the
; Cram ranch this winter as Mr. Mer
j ritt expects to enlist in the service
before long.
Joe McCollum, of Meadow, is
' spending a few days, in Prineville
' this week, having dental work done.
SUNDAY SUBJECTS ANNOUNCED
I There will be a men's meeting at
j the Baptist Church Sunday afternon
I at 3 o'clock. Dr. Lyon will give an
! address on the subject, "The Boom
I erang.".
A women's meeting will be held at
the Methodist Church at 3 p. m.
! Sunday and ,it this service Mrs.
Lyon will give an address on the
subject, "Things You Ought to
Know.
Union meeting at 7:30 p. m.
STRAYED Three heifers, two vears
nIH loot nnvinff Ui.unrif,1 'I'rinnfrln
with 'S' in center on right ribs.
There is a wattle on right hind
leg. Were purchased of Bruce
Gray, so have dog iron on hip
Please notify B. L. Tone, Sisters,
Oregon. Will pay for any trouble
or expense incurred. 6t4c
RED CROSS DRIVE Oil
T
KVKRY MAX, WOMAN AND CHILD
HHOl'LD BE A MEMBER
IS REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Crook County Will Surpass Allot
ment of Thirteen Hundred
Member
The Red Cross Christmas Mem
bership campaign started through
out the nation with a rush this
week.
The plan is to secure as many
members as is possible, each person
paying not less than $1, and In this
way to Interest everyone in the
cause of doing as much for humanity
as is possible In and near the war
zone.
In Oregon, where a membership
ot a quarter of a million is sought,
an organization that reaches every
community has been perfected and
hundreds of men and women are
busy securing members.
Crook County has been asked to
provide a list of not less than 1300
members, the figures being based
upon the population, and county
chairman H. Baldwin has the organ
ization completed and working that
will produce a total ot more than
that number.
He with R. L. Schee, Is working
throughout the county by auto, and
when the campaign closes will have
the results.
It is not necessary to wait until
you are called upon to Join the Red
Cross.
Mail or hand your money and
your name to Mr. Baldwin, or any
of the community workers, and you
will be properly credited, and the
work of the committee will be great
ly lessened.
It is your cause as much as any
one, and your duty Is to help with
out the necessity of being called '
upon
SETTLERS VOTE FOR
IRRIGATION DISTRICT
By a vote of 194 in favor to 81
against, the Central Oregon Irriga
tion was formed yesterday at the
election held on the project. J.
Alton Thompson, Alvin Riggs and
James G. McGuffte were elected di
rectors of the district.
Of the six election precincts Into
which the district was divided all
but one voted in favor of the forma
tion of the district by substantial
majorities, the one precinct, Des
chutes, showing a tie vote.
i
' ARRESTED FOR SELLING CIDER
P. M. RuthHeld Will be Tried Today
Before Judge Bowman
P. M. Ruthfield was arrested a
few days ago for selling hard cider
to employes on the Ochoco Irriga
tion Project. He will be tried this
afternoon befor Judge Bowman.
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
By a vote of more than six to one
the national House of Representa
tives passed the national bone dry
amendment on Monday afternoon.
As may have been expected, the
liquor interests made as much ot a
resistance as was possible which,
availed them nothing.
The measure provides that within
the next six years, thirty-two states
must pass the amendment, after
which it becomes effective for the
nation.
Congressmen Hawley and Sinnott
of this state voted for the dry
measure, while "Pat" McArthur ot
the third district voted against it.
During the final hours before the
vote was taken, in answer to a full
page advertisement in Washington
papers purporting to come from or
ganized labor and signed by Samuel
Gompers, W. J. Bryan said that the
"patriotism of the laboring man is
not measured by the quart."
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
We invite all men everywhere and
never more heartily and urgently
than at this glad Christmas season.
Come and hear The Bells ot Bethle
hem, the story of the Child and the
Emperor. Which king will you
serve, Christ or Caesar? Service at
11 o'clock. Special music. A cor
dial welcome to newcomers. If you
like gospel preaching you will enjoy
coming next Sunday. Bible School
at 10. Young People's rally at 6:30.
Come and hear Dr. Lyon every
night. We have heard the greatest
preachers of the U. S. and Europe
and Lyon is equal to any of them.