Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL XXII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 28, 1918
NO. 16
RED CROSS PIG SELLS
FOR TOTAL OF $640
T.
BRING IN CREAM; GET
CHECK FOR EVERY CAN
WAR SAVINGS STAMP
WEEK IS MARCH 19-23
JOHN LINO
MISS H0ERLE
BY STATE
SOLD TEN TIMES AT M. (till Kl
FOLKS II ANCK Kill I) A V NIGHT
SOLD IN SANDWICHES SATURDAY
PrenM-d I'nrk ItrliiK New Krirl
Price of 92:1 IVp Pound
In Prlnevllle
Drcmied pnrk, In (he form of a
ftS-pound plK. lirmiKlit a little more
thn $23 per pound In Prlnevllle,
lint week.
f I In majesty made hi firnt appear
ance lit the Ited Cross dance Friday
til(tht, which wn pronounced to bo
th most iuiocHf ul event of the
rsium,
About three bundri'd were present
Including many of the old timer
who hud not been to dunce for
year. Quadrille and two-nh-pi and
other old lime dunce were th or
der of the evening. Mm. Nelson and
daughter furnished the music,
Thn most Important event of the
evening wa the auctioning of the
Red Cross pig which wn donated by
C. Bam Smith. This pin win sold
tftt time to the following people:
I.ynn Nichols f 80. Frank Fouler 120,
G. II. Russell 120, It. L. Jordan $34,
A. J. Noble $20, Joe Lister $20, Mrs.
X.. Nichols $60. Mr. Kate Warner
$16 and the Owl Lodge $70. W. I.
Plshman paid $5 for the tall and J.
W. 8tanton paid $6 for the right
ear. Three doughnut were (old
for $.f0. - 1 . '
, The total proceed of the dance
were $400.
Many out of town guest were
present.
On Saturday afternoon the same
pig wii made Into sandwlche and
aold at auction, bringing from $1 to
$11 each, ii n (I averaging about $5
each, which added to the totul to
the extent of about $.120, making a
total Income from the pig of about
$M0 and for the drive for funds for
the local chapter of the Ked CroHS
of about $720.
O. II. KiiHHcll waa auctioneer for
the anln of aundwlchei, and the
funda were turned Into the First
National Hank where they were
placed to the credit of the Ked
Croas.
( HOOK RAISED yi'OTA
Trained Men For Shipbuilding Vol
unteered Promptly From County
When 3204 men were needed for
volunteer In the ship building
plant at Portland, ten voluntoer
were aaked for from Crook county.
These men were readily aecured and
have passed the military examina
tion and are now at work In Port
land and. Vancouver mills and
plant. Other who wish to volun
teer should soe Lake M. Bochtoll.
RED CHOKN DANCE M.IIK II 2
McCoril Hull on McKay Will be the
Place of Next ltlg Guttierlng
Another Red Cross benefit dance
will he given at the McCord Hall on
McKay on March 2.
This dance Is being given by W.
B. Smith and Frank Hlndorman and
they are being assisted In the enter
prise by T. L. McCoy.
WIRES''
FOR PRINEVILLE HERDS
Seven of the best Shorthorn bulls
sold at the North Portland Bale
this week went to Prlnevllle buyers.
George Dickson bought five of
the number and M. S. Mayfleld
fcouiht two One Individuals for his
herds.
The prices paid by Mr. Dickson
were: $450, $225, $226, $215 and
$225.
Mr. Mayfleld paid $375 for one
and $230 for the other.
John Llnd, former governor of Mln
neiota, chairman of th advliory coun
cil that will administer the war labor
program.
MEN 1ST GO TO JAIL,
The plan of securing a ride from
Portland or Seattle to Prlnevllle at
the exponae of Twohy Brother Co.,
and failing or refusing to work after
arrival at the camp, received a se
vere set-back Saturday when several
of these men were told they could
go to work, refund the fare or go
to Jail.
The matter wa taken up with the
sheriff and district , nttorney when
some of the men decided that the
most they wanted to do was to come
to Prlnevllle at the expense of the
big contractor, and possibly eat a
meal or two with them.
The official decided It wa clearly
a case of obtaining money under
falae representations, and Informed
the offenders to that effect, where
upon they decided to go to work.
Five men rame as far as Red
mond, got off the train and wulked
up the truck auylng they did not
care to come any nearer their pros
pective Job.
Others of the party came to
Prlnevllle, and took meals at the
works near the big dam, and started
to leave the place, one of them say
ing he came for his health and was
not able to work.
An occasional occurrence of this
kind puBsod without comment, but
when It became an almost dally oc
currence, the contractors decided
something would be done about It.
AN MA I, MASONIC HANQIET
I .urge Crowd Attends Saturday Even
ing Event VlNltors Hosts
A banquet given by the visiting
Masons who regularly attend, lodge
in this city to the members of the
Prlnevllle lodge Saturday evening
was attended by a large number of
Masons.
Four ministers were In the con
gregation, and each of those men
was given a pliice on the program
for the evening.
Rev. Van Nuys acted as toast
maBter, Dr. Marvin and Rev. Fortig
each responded to toasts as did Dr.
Van Waters and Geo. Cochran, who
Is a high official In the Masonic or
ganization of the state.
LITTLE VANITY SHOP MOVES
Mrs. O. C. Claypool will move
her Beauty Shop tomorrow, Into the
E. H. Smith building, one door
north of the Crook County Journal
office.
This Is an excellent location and
the rooms are much larger than
where she was formerly located.
W. F. KING IS GRANDFATHER
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Raeman T. Fleming, of Port
land, February 20. Mrs. Fleming
was formerly Miss Edith King of
this city and is the daughter of W.
F. King.
The Fighting Trail.
C. O. I. CO. PIUMKtT IS TAKEN
OVKK IIY HETTLERH
RECENTLY ORGANIZED BY VOTE
Management of Syntem and Allot
ment of Water Will lie In the
llaiida of Farmer
The Central Oregon Irrigation
District wa approved on Tuesday
afternoon by the state desert land
board at Its meeting In Snlem, and
an agreement was reached by the
hoard and representatives of the
newly created Irrigation district
whereby the district will take over
the control of the Irrigation system.
This will place the management
and ownership' of the district with
the land owners, and all water dis
tribution problems will be arranged
by the land owner themselves.
This will pave the way for the
formation of other districts adjacent
to that already formed. The Powell
Butte district will perhaps be the
next, the organization of which is
already under way.
The unsold lands and water right
for them were reserved by the com
pany, and these water rights will be
transferred to the land owners un
der the Powell Butte district, which
ha already been agreed upon.
Thl will make water for the
lands embraced in the Powell Butte
district immediately available, and
will materially increase the area of
highly productive land immediately
adjacent to Prlnevllle.
BIG ENGINEERS ARE
PLEASED WITH DAM
Engineers J. M. Howells, of San
Francisco and A. J. Wiley, of Boise,
the former employed by the Ochoco
District and the latter by Clark,
Kendall & Company, have been on
the Ochoco Project for the past
three dayB on one of their regular
trips of Inspection.
They are greatly pleased with the
progress that is being made, and es
pecially with the appearance of the
situation at the dam.
The cut-off trench for the main
dam Is about one-half completed,
and this appear to be opening up
in first class shape they say.
The small dam has reached the
point where it can be completed In
thirty days, and the giants are being
moved today and tomorrow, to a
pit that is being opened up directly
south of the small dam, where a
large supply of fine material for
forming the core and crest of the
small dam is available.
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN
E
What is said to be the first total
eclipse of the sun to be observed
from this part of the earth for many
centuries will occur about noon on
June 8.
Total eclipses of the Bun occur
only about one time In twenty-five
years astronomers tell us, and fre
quently then they are to be observed
only from points in the southern
hemisphere, but this occasion is
Btaged apparently for a strip of land
through the central and northern
part of the United States, and while
Seattle will have but a 98 per cent
eclipse, Portland about a 99 per
cent eclipse and Los Angeles about
74 per cent, it is estimated that
Prlnevllle will see about a 100 per
cent eclipse, and that the sun will
be entirely hid behind the moon for
about two minutes slightly before
noon on that day.
Get your smoked glass ready and
take a look.
(K IKXIO AND REDMOND CREAM
ERIES UNDER NEW SYSTEM
TURNER & PEASEC0.0PTIM1STIC
See tij( Future In InduHtry In Thin
Part of Stale Supply Goes
to Seattle
E. Brown, representative of Tur
ner & Pease Company, of Seattle,
Is spending his time between the
Ochoco Creamery and the Redmond
Creamery, Inaugurating the policies
of his concern.
He has already started the policy
of paying for every can of cream as
soon as the test can be made from
the samples which is the following
day in most instances, and the
checks are mailed or returned with
the can to the owner, at his option.
Just now these creameries are
paying 62 cents per pound for butter
fat, and the surplus, above the
needs for Central Oregon, is being
shipped to Seattle for the market
there.
Mr. Brown says he has investigat
ed the creamery situation in this
part of the state and thinks the in
dustry has a great future here.
CAPTAIN HENRY SMITH HERE
Captain Henry Smith wa home
on a furlough last week-end visiting
his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.
C. Sam Smith. Captain Smith is
tationed at Camp Lewi, American
Lake, Washington.
PREPARENOWTOSWAT
Already an occasional sage rat is
to be seeu by the road side, and his
number will Increase a thousand
fold during the next thirty dayB.
The rat is always very ravenous
when he first appears in the spring,
and is more easily poisoned than at
any other time of the year.
The Increase for the year does not
appear until after the rats have been
out of their winter's nest for some
time, and that is another reason
why they should be given attention
early.
This year, the demand is much
greater than ever before for all
kinds of crops, and the damage the
rat will do is therefore greater than
In former years.
The beat formula for mixing a
cheap and effective poison tor the
rat is printed herewith. We suggest
that because of the high price of
saccharine, sugar be used in its
stead, or some grade of syrup would
perhaps do as well or better.
This is the formula circulated by
R. A. Ward last year, and which
was so highly spoken of by everyone.
Put It In your scrap book.
It is as follows:
Mix one tablespoonful of gloss
starch in one-half teacup of cold wa
ter and stir Into one-half pint of
boiling water to make a thin, clear
paste. Mix one ounce of powdered
strychnine (alkaloid) with one
ounce of baking soda (bicarbonate)
and stir with the starch to a smooth,
creamy mass, free of lumps. Stir in
one-fourth pint of heavy corn syurp
I end one tablespoonful of glycerine,
and finally one scant teaspoonful of
saccharine. Four tablespoonfuls of
table salt added to the boiling water
before making the starch increases
the effectiveness of the poison dur
ing crop growing season. Apply to
20 quarts of oats and mix thorough'
ly to coat each kernel.
Each quart of poisoned grain is
sufficient tor 40 to 60 baits. This
quantity, scattered (one teaspoonful
to a place) along squirrel trails, or
on clean, hard surfaces near the
holes, will not endanger stock.
The Daughter of Uncle Sam.
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Mis Helen C. Hoerle, who enlisted
In the Naval Reserve a a cook, I the
first woman enrolled in that branch of
the service.
iriLiiitti
TO BE RAISED SOON
J. N. Williamson is chairman of
the committee which will raise a
fund of $2000 In Crook County for
the Armenian sufferers.
Mr. Williamson presented the
matter at the luncheon on Friday,
and It was decided to take the task
of raising the fund to the churches.
It is Mr. Williamson's plan to use
the church machinery, asking all of
them to work together In the matter
but to avoid putting the burden of
raising the fund onto the church.
The committee ' selected by Mr.
Williamson for the drive is com
posed of the following men: D. F.
Stewart, W. J. Pancake, C. W. Fos
ter, C. F. Smith, Joe Smelzer and C.
W. Elkins.
The drive will start Monday,
March 4 and continue for the week.
This is only about fifty cents per
capita for the county, and no one
should be required to pay more than
$25 to the fund to raise the quota
for the county.
A meeting of the pastors and
others who will collect the fund has
already been held, and when you
are called upon to subscribe to this
fund, do It willingly and without de
laying the workers by needless
questions.
It is necessary, it has been en
dorsed, and it is your duty. Do your
bit.
FOR LIBERTY LOAN
At the meeting of the county Lib
erty Loan committee Tuesday even.
ing, it was decided to appoint a
committee of five men to take active
charge of the Bale of bonds for the
third loan in Prineville.
Chairman Wallace named the fol
lowing members for the Prineville
committee: Geo. Walker, O. C
Hyde, J. B. Shipp, G. N. Clifton and
T. H. Lafollette.
These men will attend the meet
ing of the county workers in the cir
cuit court room on the evening of
March 11, at which time final details
will be arranged.
PROF. TETERS HERE
Irrigation Enthusiust Says Ochoco
Project One of Best in West
Professor Teters, of Oregon Agri
cultural College, was in Prineville
Friday and spent considerable time
looking over the Ochoco Project.
He is an authority on irrigation
matters, and Bays that the local
project is one of the best he has
ever seen.
P-T MEETING TOMORROW
There will be a Parent-Teachers'
meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock in the Public School build
ing. An interesting program has
been prepared.
PLAXS MADE TO RAISE $00,000
IX YEAR IX t'OVXTY
EVERYONE CAN BUYW.S.STAKPS
Patriotic Citizens Asairting In Cam
paign to Educate People
In Thrift
War Savings Stamp week for Ore
gon is March 19 to 23. It is not the
plan to sell all the quota during
that week, or even a majority of the
amount for the sale will continue
throughout -the year, but the cam
paign of education will be at its
highest during that week, and the
effect is expected to continue for the
year.
E. N. Strong met with the county
committee Thursday evening at
Chairman Myers' office, and plana
were discussed for managing the
campaign.
Mr. Strong offered a prize of a $5
stamp to the student who has the
largest number of stamps at the
end of the school year, bought from
the earnings of that individual
student.
The number of stamp already
sold in the county amounts to more
than $3000 and the quota for the
county this year amounts to $90,000.
Workers cards are being Issued to
people In every part of the county,
and a systematic campaign Is being
planneg tomake the drive a decided
success.
A house to house campaign Is to
be made, and every person will be
instructed in the necessity of this
campaign.
Patriotic citizens and business
houses are assisting in the matter
by keeping some of the most perti
nent facta before the people by
means of display advertising.
FEEDING 850 HEAD OF CATTLE
P. L. & L. Co. Foreman Says Snow is
10 Inches Deep on Prairie
Earl Hereford, foreman for the
Prineville Land & Livestock Com
pany at Meadow, was in Prineville
the last of the week.
Mr. Hereford says that his com
pany is feeding 850 head ol cattle
at Meadow, and 150 head of horses
and mules. 1
Snow on the prairie is now about
16 inches deep he says.
SPECIAL FEATURE AT LYRIC
"The Life of Our Saviour" Is Title
of Seven Reel Picture
A. special feature to be presented
at the Lyric Theatre one week trom
tonight, March 7, is "The Life of
Our Saviour" a seven reel picture
made by the Pathe Film Company.
This is put on for the benefit of
the Presbyterian manse fund, and
all receipts outside of actual ex
penses will go toward this fund.
It is a wonderful production in.
colors and all the scenes are laid in
the Holy Land. The characters in
the play are taken from the famous
oil paintings of men who lived dur
ing the time of Christ.
IS
BY PREMATURE BLAST
Albert Matison, who is employed
at Camp Rea on the Ochoco Project,
was seriously injured Monday after
noon about 2:30, while springing a
hole with a short fuse.
There was a premature explosion
of the powder. Mr. Matison's face
was badly shot with sand and pow
der and his eyes were seriously In
jured. He is being treated at the Home
Hospital and the chances for his
recovery are very good.