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PAGE 8 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL MARCH 14, 1918 RALPH FERRY OF ALFAL FA REACHES FRANCE IKVKMPMKNT O.l H TO HOI.O MKKTINtl RATIKHAY BARNES CAHLEGO ONTO RANGE Farmers Eager to Comply With Government Requests to Help Stop Labor Shortage (By ALFALFA ITEMS our Regular Correspondent.) In a letter to his parents, Ralph Ferry reports his safe arrival in France. i The Alfalfa Development Club ' will meet at Albert Shults' home Saturday evening in response to a 1 call from the president, J. N. Rob-! rts. I Wm. Spencer, while in Prineville, j Saturday, purchased a Ford car. i While playing with his brothers with a bean shooter, little Carl Spencer was accidentally hit In the ' eye. He was taken to Bend for treatment. 1 Mrs. Albert Shults entertained Mrs. L. V. Clarke, Mrs. C. H. Hardy ; and Mrs. Curt Halloway at a knit- ting bee for the - Red Cross on j Thursday. Carl Larson is the proud owner of an Oakland runabout, purchased Saturday. Mrs. Curt Muller established a manicuring and hairdressing shop in Bend. She is also teaching a class in French. C. H. Hardy has purchased a gas oline engine with which to pump water to irrigate some high points on his ranch. Art Wurzwejler and H. Cox, of Powell Butte, were in Alfalfa on business Thursday. - Curt Halloway, J. N. Roberts and Gustave Berry were in Redmond, Friday. Carl Larson and Miss Nannie Staefler autoed to Bend, Friday. The Jolly Neighbors will meet with Mrs. Charles Pyatt, Wednesday to knit for our soldiers. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Palmlund, of Bend, are spending their vacation with relatives in Alfalfa, Mr. Palm lund is a stone mason. C. H. Hardy will soon have some fine hogs ready for the market. Frank Post is building a rabbit proof fence around his ranch. The new wire fence on the west half of the Johnston ranch is well apder way. Paul Mertsching, who has been ill tor some time, is slowly improving. m You Particular Coffee Drinkers You people who really know what fine coffee is, 'rewtMit (Tram Coffee is tor you. No matter how critical or educated your taste, the aroma of Crescent Cream Coffee will attract you its flavor, body and richness will win your friendship tor all time to come. The price la 40c a pound your local grocer sells it CRK.SCKXT MFG. CO., 8KATTLK, WASH. CRESCENT Cream Coffee (C-ll) c ONLY ItWSIIUI.ITV TO SM IRK ItO.ll (tSTKl (TION FIVE TRUE BILLS RETURNED Price place, a distance of 24 miles. AH the farmers of this section jare dehorning their cattle and turn ing them onto the range. Lewis Stanclift has returned from Prineville. R. Whittaker, the Barnes school teacher, is on the sick list this week. Mrs. S. L. Boynton spent several days last week at her homestead. County Agricultural Agent, R. A. Ward, sent a number of question naires to Barnes to be distributed among the farmers. Although there were not enough for all, those who received them, filled them out as everyone is willing to help in any way possible to put an end to the serious shortage of help that Oregon is facing this year. TERREBONNE NEWS (By our Regular Correspondent) , BARNES ITEMS I t'By our Regular Correspondent) Warm sunshine has visited Camp Creek taking all the snow and leav ing young grass with a good start. T. T. Armstrong made a trip to the Buttes last week. Mrs. Lew Bennett is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Logan. Ira Coz is hauling hay from the The Fairview Stock Farm shipped three carloads of cattle to Portland, Sunday. Messrs. Reigle and Eby with ! their families went to the Ochoco dam last Sunday. Mrs. Hyde and Miss Deitrich spent the week-end at Lower Bridge as guests of Mrs. Joe Howard. A number of Terrebonne people attended the pie social at the Lower Bridge school house last Saturday evening. A school work day is scheduled for Friday, March 15, when parents and friends will bring lunches and spend the day improving the school grounds. KorommemlM That The Means lie IVovliltMl For Storage Of County Machinery The Grand Jury completed Its la bora and was discharged on Friday of last week, making the following report at that time: Report of the grand Jury tor September, 1J17, Term. To the Hon. T. E. J. Duffy. Judge: We, the Grand Jury, empaneled and sworn at the September, 18U. Term, beg leave to submit to you the following report: We have been in session three days and have returned 6 true bills and 2 not true bills; We have given our most careful attention to all matters that have come lie lore us, and given each and every case, whether submitted to us by the Court or by suggestion of the members or others, a thorough In vestigation, and we recommend, and report In addition to the mutters heretofore presented to you, the following: We huve, ns directed by you, made an inspection of the county's proper ty as complete us the time at our disposal would permit, and we be lieve that the county court should provide a suitable and adequate storage provision for the protection of the county's road tools, as wo find that many of these tools are lost from time to time and no one seems to have taken it upon himself to protect expensive tools from loss or theft. We believe that such a provision would result in a saving to the county instead of a further ex pense; We have visited all the quarters of the comity officials in the Court house, and as was also our duty, and as far as we were able to learn dur- tion was very successful as everyone responded generously. This part of the country has been marooned for the past month from outside districts, by poor telephone service. Mr. Burmaster and family moved to the Knox ranch on Crooked river the first of the week. D. J. Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Jones motored to town Saturday on business. Mrs. Ada Grimes and daughter, Edna, spent the week-end at the Stewart ranch. G. C. Price is able to be around again after a week of measles. MILL CREEK NEWS (By our Reeular Correspondent.) This section was visited yesterday by the first spring rain. The Armenian drive in this sec- Convenience, Sanitation and Safety combined in nveready Daylo Flashlights Use one and you will never be without Different styles and sizes! Also batteries and bulbs! D. P. Adamson & Co. Druggists, POST ITEMS (By our Regular Correspondent.) Inn our necessarily short Inspection, these offices seem thoroughly and efficiently to be conducted and sys tematically arranged; We visited the Homo Hospital where the County's Poor and I'u fortuiintn Indigents are housed and cared tor at public expense, and the I woman In charge very accomtuoditt- Iniily showed us the entire Institu tion and It seems to be extraordinar ily and neatly arranged, and seems to hu sanitary and clean and a lit place In ivery respect for the euro of the County's wurds; We cannot too earnestly and em phatically direct the attention of all the tax payers and residents of Crook County to the deplorable con dition of the county's finances, and we would strongly urge that every taxpayer and resident, so far as ho inny be able, Investigate for him self and learn the exact condition ot those finances, as we have tried to do with tho short time at our dis posal. We find first that there are ap proximately 3,000 miles of public highway In Crook County that on an average coats the county $10 per mile for maintenance alone. Sec ondly, we are Indebted at this time for general purposes about f 1 00, 000. Thirdly, we can raise but $90,000 by direct taxation, each year, owing to the so-called six per i I cent limitation amendment to the Constitution of this state enacted by the people In 1916. Fourthly, we have an anual expense account, aside from the maintenance of the coun ty's highways of $90,000; The past season, owIiik to the ex traordinary rainfall, has rendered nearly eVery road In Crook County both impussublfl and Impossible. The truffle has Increased on account of j I in-reused Industry, particularly In the Ochoco Irrigation District. Our present Indebtedness precludes the county court from making any ex penditures at this time, lawfully, the budget for 1917 having hereto fore he-n made up, from making udetiuute repulrs and even milking uny effort at maintenance which Is almost an emergency, If not actually so at this date, that Is, expenditures other l him Is actually required to maintain a county government, en force tho laws and transact the county's business, which we hold to be the primary and most important functions of the county; Two alternatives seem to be pre sented to the people of the county. One Is to vote an additional tax levy to relieve the Indebtedness against the general fund. The other Is to vote a road bond Issue of approxi mately $95,000 to be applied both to permanent road construction, and also for maintenance, thereby re lieving the general fund of the bur den of "road construction and main tenance; Our recommendation Is that the people very carefully consider the bond proposition, by which $95,000 could be voted In bonds to carry 6 per cent per annum, of which sum $70,000 perhaps could be devoted to permanent construction and Im provements and the remainder to maintenance, and we favor the bond proposition as herein outlined from what Investigation we have at this time been able to make; We would also recommend that If It is possible, our county court should endeavor to obtain a reopen ing ot the settlemnnt with Deschutes County resulting from the lute cre ation of that county from territory formerly wholly within Crook Coun ty, and arrive at a new appraisement and adjustment, If It can be done; Having concluded our labors, we respectfully ask therefore thut ' we be forthwith discharged and relieved from further duty as your grand Jurors, and take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation for the assistance and courtesies rendered us by the Court, Its oltlcers and va rious county officials with whom we have come lit contact during our labors. II. EAKL CKOSH, Foreman C. F. V Kit It IN, J. L. GttlSOM. J. 1. LA FOLI.KTTK, ROY II. McCOItl), ELLIS McKINNON, A. Q. BROWN. KKKKIIAI. TAX MAN II Kit K Will lie At Court llouut I'nlll Mon day Afternoon ,t Junies 8. Hogg, Income tux nltli'lnl, will be at the county treasurer's olllcn at the court limine until tho afternoon of Monday next. All who missed the first oltlclal should sea Mr. Hogg without fall. w. a. s. wink i,i;.si:h Hamilton staiii.k LADIKH A.NNKX KXTKIITAIN The Ladles Annex entertained members and friends Tuesday even ing with "500" and bowling at their rooms In the Commercial Club, About fifty guests were present to enjoy the evening. I In. Mi l,ce of (in) T)ler In Old faliilillNliod Hlulile J. Alvln Wise bus ptircbuseit the leuse of (iuy Tyler In the Hamilton stables, and bus assumed control ot thetn. NOTH'K roil riillMCATION tViMrtmrnl of ilw Inferior, U. I. Lan4 Oltht si llw Dallrn, Orrvnt. Manh II, lull, Nolle b htrrhr fflwn thai DAVID K. III.ANI HAItt). of lAmonta. 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Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. 7-i Alec Tweedt is recovering from the measles. C. It. Henry spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Gunter visited with Mrs. Norton, Tuesday. R. E. Gray and family spent the week-end at C. O. Stover's and R. G. Raymond's. C. O. Stover, J. W. Johnson and j Homer Norton were business visitors ! In Prineville, Monday. R. B. Foster went to Prineville the laBt of the week for wire and ! seed rye. I Mr. and Mrs. HI Smead spent the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. ! Taylor. Mrs. Alec Hlnton returned home Thursday after visiting several j weeks in Prineville. v ; Mr. and Mrs. Fields, who spent I the winter at Powell Butte, returned home Friday. Mrs- Gillnnwater is staying with her parents while Mr. Gillenwater Is attending court. Elmer Ward and family and Miss Mary Stoffer, of Bend, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Stover. Joe Lister, who has been visiting at the Walt Elliott ranch, returned to his home in Prineville, Sunday. Grover Caldwell and two children came over from Bend, Saturday. The children will stay with their aunt, Mrs. J. R. Knox while tholr mother is in Portland for medical treatment. The dance given at Post on the 8th for the benefit of the Armenian I War Relief Fund, was well attended fifty-five guests being present. The donations amounted to $35.35 and as there were no charge for the music, the total amount received was turned in to the proper authorities. Idaho National Harvester S.aV'V.' V. Z. liransretter, Madras, Oregon. Madras, Oregon, Oct. 8, 1917. Idaho National Harvester Co., Moscow, Idaho. Gentlemen: In regard to harvester. We cut 280 acres, had very little trouble outside of a tow chains broken. Did good work, handled nicely with eight horses. Both horses and machine came through In good shape. , Machine shows very little , wear after season's run. Respectfully, V. Z. BRANSTETTER. Wm. ENDICOTT, Agent, Madras, Oregon Idaho National Harvester Company Limited, Moscow, Idaho. -