Crook- Couety Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL XXII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 21, 1918
NO. 19
R. N. STANFIELD AND
HO. JAM KM WITIIYCOMIIK
LATERAL SYSTEM IS MORRIS GIVEN FROM
HOX. EDWARD (THICK
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PARTY HERE MONDAY
ALMOST COMPLETED
ONE TO TEN YEARS
TO AID POTATO SALES
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MAS WHO HAM DOVE ,MOHT FOR
PKLMlW HIIKEPME.V KPEAKH
CAPABLE,fEARLSSANOM0DEST
11m Mean mill In Able to Fx pre
mid I'IkIiI For ThemHup
port Heeiuit Solid
n. N, Rtniiflitld, candidate for
United State senator, wui In Prlne
ville, Monday, atlilremifd an audience
at the Commercial Club, Monday
cvrnlnir. and li ft the following aft
ernoon for Madras and 1'ortlund.
Mr. Stunflolil In meeting with al
moBt guild support In tlila part of
the miili), and It I a frlmuU aay will
receive inuny votes throughout the
State, especially In I'ortlund, where
ho la gaining many friends, which
will Insure hi elertlon m senator
from Oregon.
In Ills address Monday evening,
b convinced hi hearers of lila
patriotic sincerity, a man who la
capable In the extreme, fearless
when under attack by bii enemies
and modest Indeed when any men
tion waa made of hie successes In
the magnificent sheep business
which he has developed.
Mr, Stanfleld has been properly
railed the sheep king of America.
Ha markets mora wool and more
mutton each year than any other
Individual In the United States, and
while the nation Is In the greatest
war of blatory, men of the Stan Hold
type are badly needed to handle Ita
affairs In the big way that is re
quired. Traveling with Mr. Stanfleld were
Jack Guyton, secretary for Mr. Stan
fleld, Kd Cuslck of Albany, candi
date for State Treasurer, and Tho.
Ryan, speaker for the third Liberty
Loan.
E.D.
FOR STATE TREASURER
State senator, Edward D. Cunlck,
of Albany, was In Prlneville, Tues
day, In the Interests of his candidacy
for the oillce of state treasurer.
Mr. Cuslck Is of a type that one
would naturally turn to in selecting
a man for the office to which be
aspires. He Is sane, able, conserva
tive,' and above all, a competent
business man w(th a full measure of
good home souse.
He has been strongly behind the
government In every appeal that has
been made for war neods In Linn
county, and has thus identified him
self with the men who are the gov
ernment. Too little Is thought of this mat
ter, and it will be fitting to reward
Mr. Cuslck by nominating and elect
ing him to the oillce of state treas
urer, and while selocting a mun of
the maximum measure of ability,
the people will be also rewarding
one who Is big enough, and Btrong
enough to stand and work for the
people who make the nation pos
sible. w. s. a.
RE(X)RI PRICK FOH SHEEP
rrlnevllle Man Auctions Red Cross
Sheep For $4500 lu Bend
A Prlneville man , O. H. Russell,
auctioned a sheep at the sheepmen's
banquet at Bend Saturday evening,
which brought the Red Cross, tor
which purpose It was sold, more
than $4,500.
R. N. Stanfleld paid the highest
price, which was $1,000 for the
sheep, and others bid up to $660.
It was sold 160 times, and many
f the bidders were Prlneville and
Lake oounty men.
The sheep will be brought to
Prlneville and afterward taken to
other Oregon towns and sold by- Mr.
Russell, for the same cause. The
sheep's name Is Bill, and he is
"some sheep."
Who today announces Ills candidacy
for K"vf'rniir
AT PRINEVILLE HOTEL
Saturday morning, E. S. Robe
asHumod control of tho Hotel Prlne
ville, which he has secured on a five
year lease.
With lilm from Portland cume
Mrs. Kobe and a number of helpers,
who will assist In the tank of serv
ing the public at the best known
and most popular hotel In this part
of Central Oregon.
Mr. Robe has spent a number of
years In the hotel business, having
been assistant manager at the Port
land for eight years, and knows the
art Of pleasing the public as well as
anyone could.
Before securing the lease on the
Prlneville, Mr. Robe looked over the
northwest In a thorough manner,
and decided that Prlneville has a
better future and now offers the
beat location for future development
that is to be found In the territory.
That he will make a success of the
undertaking cannot be doubted.
w. s. .
.LUNCHEONS MAY HE EVENINGS
Move CoitNlilercd to Include Ladles
In Weekly Festivities
A committee has been appointed
to consider the matter of changing
the hour for the business men's
luncheon from noontime to 6:30
each Friday.
The fact that less than an hour
Is available , tor the midday meal
limits business that can be con
sidered, and if the time Is changed
until evening, more time will be
had.
It this move Is made, the attend
ance of the wives of business men
and other ladies who wish to attend
will be encouraged.
w. s. s.
GUS MOHIEH HERE
Candidate For Governor Attends
Friday Luncheon
Qus Mosier, of Portland, candidate
for the republican nomination for
governor, was In Prlnevlll.e, Friday
and was present at the luncheon at
Hotel Prlneville.
He addressed the men present In
a very pleasing manner, and proved
hlniBclf a friond of Irrigation mat
ters,' In which this community is
greatly Interested.
w. b. s.
FIFE LADIES ORGANIZE
Another Auxiliary to the Prlneville
Chapter Is Started
A Red Cross Chapter was organ
ized at the home of Mrs. Ed Street
last Friday evening. A quilt was
raffled off, bringing $67.76 tor the
Red Cross fund.
A social dance was given the same
evening at the Fife hall.
r-W. a. s.
WILL WEIGH MAILS ,
Starting March 10 All Outgoing
Mall Is Being Weighed
Starting March 16, the local post
office Is weighing all outgoing mall.
The order la In effect for the period
of sixteen days, and is a recent or
der from the department, which is
for the purpose of preparing data
tor mail contracts and other issues
concerning the office.
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L. A. Hall, ot Mllllcan, was in the
city yesterday.
PART WEHT OF Mi KAV READY
FOR WATER SOON
LONG WOOD PIPE IS BUILT
Water For Went Part of project by
April I Is Now Anured -Flume
Itullt
The lateral system west of McKay
will be completed during the next
ten days, and that part of the
Ochoco Project will be watered as
has been planned since the work
started, by April 1.
The water will be taken from Mc
Kay, which is running enough water
to fill the system to its capacity, and
will afford everyone who has land
properly prepared to Irrigate their
lands thoroughly before the stream
fails, which will be in a few weeks.
The Fuller camp Is being moved
this week to thet Wagoner ranch one
and a half miles north of Prlneville,
and the system on the east side of
McKay will be completed from that
point.
The steam shovel was moved on
Saturday to the last piece ot excava
tion on the main canal west of Mc
Kay, after having completed the
work to the Marks place from the
east end of the line.
It will be taken back to the east
part ot the syBtera In about ten days
after having completed the work
now under way. " -
The stave pipe, which conveys a
large stream of water across the
Ochoco Valley a short distance east
of Prlneville, has been completed.
It is 28 inches in diameter, and is
about 8600 feet long.
Tbe canal at each end of the pipe
is rapidly being finished, and will be
ready to furnish water to the 700
acres of land In the Juniper Cove
suction of the district in about ten
days. I
Water has alrendy been running
through what is called the Towner;
lateral west ot McKay, and also a
considerable -distance of the main
canal on the eastern section ot the
work.
A model piece of flume has beonj
built this week by the district, near
the Marks place north of Barnes
Butte. It Is 460 feet long, 6 feet
wide and four feet deep, and was
cut and dipped In creosote at the
plant in this city. The entire con
struction on this piece of work will
require about four days, only.
At the dam work Is moving rapid
ly. The pipe line for carrying ma
terial from the pits in the mountain
side to tbe dam was recently re
placed with an open flume, and the!
progress is much, more rapid than
before.
The conduit 1s being cemented,
and will be finished this week.
w. B. s.
Tl
TURNED UP ONE HOUR
On April , all clocks will be
turned up one hour, by government
order, and all train, mall and other
schedules will be affected at that
time, to meet the order recently
signed by the president.
The plan has been tried out in
local communities In former years,
and was a general order In England
last year, with an unusually satis
factory result.
.Everyone should comply promptly
with the order, otherwise much con
tusion will result in delays ot mall
and bther business.
w. 8. b.
Mrs. L. A. Coates, of Albany, Is
visiting at the home of her slater
Mrs. F. S. Hoffman.
C. C. Hyde arrived in the city yes
terday from Fort Columbia and Is
visiting tls parents, Dr. and Mrs. E.
Oi Hyde. He bas a ten day furlough.
CAME IM APPEALED $:HMM BOND
PROVIDED
MRS. UWSON GETS $17527.59
Bernard Cane Settled Out of Court
Two Weeks' Term Coming
to (lime
S. N. Morris was sentenced to
serve from one to ten years in the
state penitentiary on Friday of last
week by Judge Duffy.
He has filed notice of appeal, and
has been released on a $3000 bond
which was readily furnished.
Mrs. Lawson was awarded $17,
627.69 for her ranch which is to' be
submerged by tbe reservoir of the
Ochoco project by a Jury Tuesday
evening.
It Is a 320 acre place, and has
been condemned by the district, they
having been unable to agree upon a
price for the land with Mrs. Lawson.
C. A. Parvin's case was continued
for the present and he is under a
$2000 bond. He is charged with
obtaining money under false pre
tenses. Barney Conaway was acquitted by
a Jury, when tried for the alleged
killing of a cow brute belonging to
J. E. Warner.
Tbe case of Oussie Delore against
Andrew Bernard was settled out of
court and dismissed.
".Court has been in session almost
twoweeks, In addition to tbe work
done by the grand Jury prior to the
opening day. No grand Jury was
drawn at this time for the next term
but men are available for that pur
pose should Judge Duffy see fit to
use them.
The suit brought by Crook County
against G. H. Russell for $600 paid
to him by tbe county on a road
matter, the recovery of which was
attempted by the county, was de
cided against the county last night.
Court adjourned for the term.
w.,s. s.
HERMAN WALLACE ILL
Prlneville Man lu Hospital at Halifax
Suffering From Pneumonia
Judge N. G. Wallace has a tele
gram from the hospital authorities
at Halifax, N. S to the effect that
his son Herman Is seriously 111 there
wth pneumonia. Herman belongs
to the United States Navy and bas
been In service In the Atlantic for
some time.
w. s. 8.
IS
EOR BELGIAN RELIEF
An urgent call has come from Red
Cross headquarters to collect cloth
ing for the relief of the Belgians.
The people of Prineville and Bur
rounding country are expected to
send one ton within the next two
weeks.
All clothing must be clean and
mended and brought to the Red
Cross rooms In the Masonic building
opposite the Christian church, any
days except Saturdays and Mondays.
-w. s. a.-
GOV. WITKYCOMBE
AGAIN IN THE RACE
Governor 'Withycombe is again in
the race for chief executive, and we
are printing his platform on page
two of this issue.
The Governor has made an excel
lent record in war matters, and has
a large circle of friends throughout
the state who believe that he should
be elected for a second term.
George J.
Monday.
Dickson was in
Bend,
Republican candidate for the office
of state treasurer
AMONG BEST IN STATE
Word has come from state head
quarters that the Prineville chapter
of the Red Cross' is among the best
in the state.
Local ladies are handling the
work of the Red Cross In a very
efficient manner, and spend two
days each week sewing, besides the
extra work they are doing on other
days. -
The attendance each day at the
Red Cross headquarters is said to be
much larger in proportion to popu
lation, and the work Is indeed be
yond criticism.
w. 8. a.
BASKET SOCIAL AT RYE GRASS
Receipts Go Toward Buying Thrift
Stamps For Purchasers
Last Saturday evening, March 16,
at a basket social given for the pur
pose of raising money with which to
buy Thrift Stamps, the Ryegrass
School District No. 2
received the
sum of $136.60 from the
sale of
baskets.
Preceding the sale of .baskets, a
short program, Including two num
bers from the Crook County High
School, was successfully rendered.
The money thus obtained, will be
used to buy Thrift Stamps and each
purchaser of a basket will receive
the- full amount of his purchase in
Thrift Stamps or Baby Bonds.
Tbe veiling was passed most en
Joyably by everyone, and credit for
the success of the entertainment Is
due to the never tiring energy of the
able teacher and assistant. Miss
Forney.
w. s. s.
ANNUAL ELECTION
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Elects Of
ficers For Ensuing Year
The Presbyterian Ladles Aid met
at the home ot Mrs. George Nobis
last Thursday afternoon, with Mrs.
Ross Robinson and Mrs. Robert
Davis as hostesses.
The following officers for the year
were elected: President, Mrs. Chas.
Elktns; vice president, Mrs. F. E,
Lafier; secretary, Mrs. I. H. Gove;
treasurer, Mrs. Omer Wilson.
w. s. s.
BAPTISTS ENTERTAIN '
Young People Have Social Evening
At Church Friday
The Young Men's class of the
Baptist Church entertained several
young people ot the city at the
church Friday evening. Games were
played and refreshments served. A
very enjoyable evening was spent.
w. 8. b.
COW HIDE BRINGS $150
The cow hide used as evidence in
the Warner larceny case, was auc
tioned off after the trial by George
Russell, tor the benefit of the Red
Cross.
The total amount received was
$150. Mrs. Ada B. Milllcan was the
last purchaser and she will keep the
hide tor a souvenir.
w. s. s.
EPWORTH LEAGUE PARTY
The young people of the Methodist
church enjoyed a social evening at
the church Saturday evening. A
musical program was given and
games were played.
LACK OF SUBSTITUTES MAKES
CHANGE IMPERATIVE
APPLIES TO WTIOLESALERS ICO
Everyone Ready to Comply With
Order Where It Is
PoHHlble
A modification has been made In
the flour substitute order made last
week by the food administration.
' Dealers say that everyone Is will
ing to comply with the regulations
in so far as that is possible.
The following telegram has been
received from W. B. Ayer by D. V.
Stewart, Food Administrator for
this county:
"Owing to the extreme scarcity of
substitutes in this State the Food
Administration telegraph that tem
porarily potatoes may be added to
the list ot substitutes on the hauls
of four pounds of other substitutes
to the extent of one-half the Quan
tity of other substitutes purchased.
"For illustration, with the sale of
fifty pounds ot flour, the buyer may
take one hundred pounds of pota
toes and twenty-five pounds of sub
stitute from the official list.
"The pound for pound regulation
as substitute for wheat flour is not
affected by the above except to the
extent that an additional substitute
is temporarily provided. This does
not mean that the consumer Is com
pelled to purchase potatoes as a
substitute but if he does not do so
he must purchase tbe full pound for
pound of the following approved
substitutes: Hominy (not canned).
Corn Grits, Corn Meal, Corn Flour,
Edible Corn Starch, Barley Flour,
Rolled Oats, Oatmeal, Rice, Rye
Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Potato
Flour, Sweet Potato Flour, Soybeaa
Flour, Fetlrlta Flour and Meals.
"The above ruling will also apply
to retailers In their purchases from
wholesale houses, Jobbers and mills."
homesSrulesto
Congressman Sinnott has notified
the Journal of the new land office
laws, passed tor the benefit of per
sons who wish to secure absence
from their land during the war,
which 1b framed to assist in the
labor conditions.
His letter in part follows:
"Regulations under the act ot De
cember 20, 1917, which act is to re
main in full force and effect only
during the period ot the present
war, are now being prepared by
this office and , will probably be
available for distribution' in the
near future. A person desiring to
avail himself of the provisions of
the act above mentioned, must file,
within fifteen days after leaving his
homestead, at the U. S. Land Office
in which land is situated, notice that
he has left the land pursuant to the
provisions of the act tor the purpose
of farm labor elsewhere. On or be
fore February 1, of each year ha
must file In the land office a written
statement under oath, corroborated
by two witnesses, with regard to
such absence or absences during the
last current year. Said statement
must give the date or dates when be
left the land and the date or dates
of his return thereto; names and
places where he was engaged In
farm work and the name of the par
ty for whom the work was per
formed, otherwise the entryman Is
not entitled to the benefits of the
act of December 20, 1917."
W. 8. B.
A farewell party was given Mrs.
W. H. Belknap last Wednesday
evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs,
H. P. Belknap. About thirty guests
were present. Mrs. Belknap has
gone to spend a few months wita
relatives in Portland and Oregon
City.