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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
APRIL 11, 1918
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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Cur Reader.
The smelt run, unusually heavy, con
tinues In the Sandy river. The little
fish are of ttna quality and many
1 people are dipping them, while ct in
jmerclal fishermen are catching them
I In large quantities w ith the result
Principal Events of the Week I J they .r .oia at extremely t,
President Wilson has Issued anoth
er Induction call for 150.000 men of
I class 1, telegraphic Instruction hav-
T jtng been received by Captain I. H.
Ellis Beggs, SO, a pioneer of Baker :Cullion. In charge of the selective serv
and Graut counties, died at Canyon . Ice In Oregon to entrain 823 men dur
City. I Ing the five-day period commencing
A home guard company mas organ- . April 26.
lied In lleppner with about 60 mem-1 Deposits In all of the banks In the
kerg, state aggregated I1S1.591.30S.68 on
Time In which candldatea for state ; March 1, according to figures romplet
and district offices may file their de-j ed by Superintendent of Banks Hen
elarations with Secretary of State 01- j nett This was a decrease of $14,367.
ott ends Friday. 1666 from December of last year.
A contract for the construction of but an Increase of 120.417.034.29 over
60.000-bushel concrete elevator at March of 1917.
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The Dalles at the approxiate coat of
125,000 was awarded.
Reporta received from various coun
try communities In Marlon county In-
FOR SALICA KILLS
WILL Mill tlt M.l EACH DAY
KKOM TKKKKHOXNK
S. S. IS REORGANIZED AT FIFE
Fifty cltlsens of Wendllng forward-1 dicate that the early peach crop was
ed a petition to Adjutant-General John , heavily hit by recent frosts and In
M. Williame asking for authorisation j many Instances orchards will show a
f a home guard at Wendllng. small percentage of a crop. Logan-
. The annual convention of the Ore-1 berries also probably will be later
on State Sunday School association ; than usual and somewhat reduced,
will be held at La Grande April 22 to j So far as can be learned there has
25, and at Salem, April 25 to 27. j been no damage to the Umatilla coun-
Out of 1187 physicians In Oregon ty wheat crop from the recent cold
130 have been commissioned or been j snap, despite the fact that much of
recommended for commissions in the the grain on the reservation was In
medical reserve corps of the army. j a condition where it is highly suscept-
That the recent heavy frost has ! lble to the cold. Farmers forecast the
radically destroyed the pear and j largest crop In the history of the coun
petite prune prospect In many locall- ty.
ties of Douglas county, 1 the opinion j District Attorney Goyne. rf Tllla
ai" ouuai J.su. I mook county, was advised by Attorney-
Senator McNary has Introduced a General Brown that only a majority
lill to enlarge Crater Lake park by ; vote la necessary to select the site for
adding a tract on the north, Including : a schoolhouse or to do any other act ;
Mount Bailey, Diamond Lake and j under the school law requiring a vote,
Mount Thirteen. ! with the exception of determining upon
Mack Hindman, 93 years old, one of . the removal of a schoolhouse, which ra
the oldest if not the oldest pioneer of quires a two-thirds vote.
Baker county, died after a short HI- j Linn county will have a county agrl
aess at the home of his son, Albert cultural agent within the next two
Hindman of Durkee. ! weeks. The committee which was in
Rails on the new Klamath Falls mu- charge of raising a fund for the pur
alcipal line, being constructed from pose has announced that its efforts
Klamath Falls to Dairy, 20 miles east, have been successful and that the
by Robert E. Strahorn, have been laid money Is ready. An agent will be
for a distance of seven miles. selected upon the recommendation of
Robert A. Booth, of Eugene, one of the board of regents of the Oregon
the state' leading men, was named Agricultural college,
ty Governor Withycombe as state Deploring the fact that Oregon
lighway commissioner to succeed E. soldiers when absent from the state,
J. Adams, whose term has expired. are without the right to vote, the
Members of the Loyal Legion of Marion County Veterans' association
Loggers and Lumbermen tarred and has adopted a resolution favoring the
leathered two pro-German members , enactment of a law removing this dls
sf the L W. W. at Knappa and then ; ability and declaring that members
headed them up the road with a warn-1 of the association will refuse to vote
big not to return. ! for any candidate for the legislature
The Eugene Fruitgrowers' assocla-; not favoring such action,
tlon is closing its season's run on broc-, The 61st session of the Central Bap
coli with a record of almost 2500 cases tist association will be held at the
cf this canned product as compared First Baptist church, Salem, April 10.
with 800 cases, the greatest output for 11 and 12. Rev. G. H. Young, of Albany,!
any previous season. j will be moderator. The association em-
The postoffice in Berlin sold $219.12 braces Linn and Marlon counties, and
worth of war savings stamps and the churches having membership are
$22.75 worth of thrift stamps during located at Albany. Brownsville. Hayes
the month of March This Berlin, is ville. Holly, l,acomb. Lebanon, North
tot the capital of Germany, however, Palestine, Providence, Salem, Scio,
hut a postoffice in Linn county. Stayton, Tallman and North Santiara.
Portland's fire losses for the first What is said to be a record price
four months of the municipal fiscal for Jersey dairy stock sold at pub
year ending March 31 were $67,729 as lie auction on the Pacific coast
against a loss of $108,581 for the cor- i was established at Tillamook, when
responding four months of the last H. H. Curtiss, a Pullman, Wash., dairy
fiscal year, or a decrease of $12,855. 1 man, received $1700 for bis herd bull,
The Gold Hill Lumber company's Saint Mawes. One of Mr. Curtiss'
ox factory at Gold Hill and its saw- j Jersey cows brought $850, another $650
IU and logging railway on Sardine and two others $500 each. Mr. Curtiss
treek, six miles north of Gold Hill, ! lisposed of his entire herd of blooded
which has been Idle the past four j Jersey stock, formerly maintained Just
years, will resume operations at once. ' north of Pullman, the sale totaling
The Eugene "Committee of 100" has U8.010, considerably more than expect
placed in circulation a warning to the ; id.
effect that men who are physically fit j P. Tensen, of Ontario, has complain
and do not work will be considered in ed to State Veterinarian Lytfe that a
the same light as a slacker or traitor , loss is being suffered by stockmen at
and will not be tolerated in the com- '. Ontario and Payette by a federal regu
anunlty. j lation which prohibits the shipment
Fir manufacturers of the northwest j from one state Into another of cattle
re pleased with the prospect of ob- reacting to the tuberculin test. While
taining big orders for material to be ! iuch 'cattle can be sold for meat, no
ased in the construction of 100,000 new i market Is present at Ontario or Pay-
IUmI Cnww lleucflt Given lUrne
Men IH-liorn Cattle I'l
DU of liable
TERREBONNE NEWS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
A number of Terrebonne people
attended Patriotic Day aervlcea at
Redmond, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. White, of Bend,
spent Sunday at the Johnson home.
A line son arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mackey, Apr. 2.
Mr. Hartranft, county food com
missioner, was In town Monday giv
ing the stores directions In the new
food laws.
Several thousand dollars worth of
machinery is being unloaded at the
station this week for the new silica
mills. As soon as the machinery Is
installed the company proposes to
begin shipping one car load per
day of powdered silica.
Mr. and .Mrs. H. B. Wlnfleld are
enjoying a visit from their nephews,
Clarence, Herbert and George Rom
mal. of Libertyvllle, III. There Is a
probability of their locating here
when the rest of the, fumily arrives.
Last Thursday afternoon the Jun
ior High School enjoyed the long
anticipated visit of the Kedmoml
High School. They were very
courteously shown over the building
by Supt. Gooding, served a luncheon
by the Puniest le Science class and
lastly were entertained with a num
ber of lanleru slides in the assembly
hall.
POST ITEMS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
they have been dehorning.
K. J. Whlttaker waa a pleasant'
caller here Wednesday night.
A meeting was held at the Maury
saw mill for the purpose of fencing
the forest reserve In order to keep
stock off of It from early spring un
til June 1st.
J. II. Whittaker received the news
that his father was very 111 at
Oiuiiha. Nebraska.
K. A. Hiickleuian lost a fine pig
last week. The auttmtl had been
bitten about eighteen days previous
by a rabid coyote. The coyote Hum
visited the In mum of Ira Cox and bit
his pig and probably did other dnin
age as there were several cattle and
calves on the feed ground at Cox's.
When Mr. Cox discovered the coyote
he got his ritle and killed the animal
only a short distance from the barn.
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(By
FIFE ITEMS
our Regular Correspondent)
Mr. and Mrs. Norton. Mr. and
Mrs. C. O. Stover and Mrs. Harry
Stover spent Sunday at O. B. Gray's.
Mrs. W. W. Raymond, of Walla
Walla, is visiting at Honnyvlcw.
Miss Hansen spent the week-end
with Mrs. Golds Newsom.
Gale Newsom Is out at the ranch
helping build fence.
Mrs. C. (). Stover and Mrs. Harry
Stover spent Tuesday with Mrs.
Norton.
J. R. Post was a Prineville visitor
the first of the week.
J. R. Knox, O. C. Gray, R. G.
Raymond and Homer Norton were
the Liberty Bond solicitors this
week.
Will Post spent several days In
Prineville the first of the week.
Addie Miler, who has been on a
visit to the Valley the past winter,
is home again on her homestead.
R. E. Gray was down to Post
Tuesday after supplies.
J. M. Hayes was in the Silver
Lake country last week looking for
pasture but failed to find any.
R. A. Kester returned to Prine
ville, Tuesday, after spending a
week at his ranch.
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BARNES ITEMS
(By our Regular Correspondent)
Mrs. Frank P'ausch waa a visitor
on Buck Creek one day last week.
MIms I lies Short spent Saturday
night with Mrs. Carl Pnusch.
Mr. and Mrs. B, II. Balfour made
a business trip to "Wagon Tire",
Saturday stopping for the dance at
Silver Creek, Saturday night, on
their way home.
A large crowd attended the dance
at Silver Creek, given by the Honor
Guards for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Among those going from
here were R. S, Dixon, Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman, Mr. and Mra. Earl
Chapman, Mr and Mra. Kd Street,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson. George
Wilson, Anna Wilson, Mrs. Donald
Stunrt and Marjory Tackman. Mr,
and Mrs. Sherman furnished the
music. Several prominent business
men from Burns and other points
gave very Interesting talks on the
Third Liberty Loan.
H. Schwab and family returned to
thi'lr homestead recently after
spending the winter In Bond.
Mrs. Stanley Bulfour spent one
day lust week with Mrs. Clnudu
Seeds.
Gus Lemkle recently purchased
the new Ford In which he and his
family motored home Saturday.
Sunday school was reorganized at
the I'ausch school house on Kaster
Sunday. New officers were elected
ns follows: Superintendent, Mrs.
Frank Pausch ;secretnry, Mrs. C.
Uimliert; treasurer, Curl I'ausch;
teacher of lliblu class. Mr. McKad
dyn: teacher of primary class. Mrs.
Carl Pnusch: organist, Mrs. Bruce
Balfour. The meetings aro to he
held at 2 o'clock every Sunday aft
ernoon. Come, bring your family
and neighbors if possible.
Johnnie McKuehern and Tom Fos
ter left Sunday for Uend.
George Huettl and family called
at the homo of Mr. Collins, Sunday.
Jim Ivy passed through this part
of the country Friday with a bunch
of cattle on his way to Hampton
Buttes from the Gap.
' Claude Seeds arrived Monday
from Prineville with a bunch of
cuttle for Jack Romberg.
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2,000,000
De Laval Cream
Separators
now in use every lay.
No other farm machine so
important as the cream
separator. It it used twice
every day in the year.
A few of the Important feature of Hie New !n Laval are;
Hell Hpeed Indicator, liiterclianKcall Itlwn, Concave IW.tlom Hclf
IVnterlnii llowl, and Automatic Hpray Oiling of All Gears
ami Hearing.
Lakin Hardware
"Where it pays to trade"
rre rxcluklve agents for till machine.
G. REIN
Shoemaker
First class made-to-measure
Shoes and
Repair Work
Located in Hughes'
Harness Shop
NOW is the time
to use
RED DRAGON SQIRREL
AND GOPHER POISON
for extermination of rats,
gophers, mice and other
pests.
D. P. Adamson & Co.
Druggists
freight cars which the government is ;
to order through a series of contracts
tow under consideration. , j
A total of 466 accidents was report
ad to the state industrial accident com
mission for the week ending April 4,
f which two were fatal. Sam D.
Clarke, of Philomath, was killed while
logging, and A. Emerson, a railroad
man, was killed at Kerry.
Grass Is In fine shape now. Last
week was stormy with a cold wind.
Jack Romberg passed through
with a bunch of cattle on his way to
his farm near the head of Crooked
River.
Miss Marjory Tackman attended
the dance at Silver Creek last week.
Alvy Boynton is here visiting. He
spent several days with his aunt,
Mrs. S. L. Boynton at Grandma
Bennett's. '
Mrs. Seeds and her mother, ac
companied by J. J. Romberg, paid
Mrs. F. H. Hackleman a visit the
first of the week.
Harry Barnes has been at Chas.
Stevenson's the last two days where
ette because it Is necessary. In order
to reach a market, to ship the cattle
into Idaho and back into Oregon again.
Dr. Lytle states that a bill is now
pending in congress which proposes
to remedy this condition. , j
"My congratulations on the showing
of the number of hulls In the water
and those you expect to launch in April
in district No. 11. Tell the shipyard
' The Lane County grand Jury Indicted , boys their record Is fine." James O.
Elmer Paine, Jess Fox and Harry Heyworth, manager of the wooden ship
Martin, charging them with burning ', construction division of the emergency
the Eugene Mill & Elevator company's
warehouse at Coburg and its contents,
inaluding 3700 sacks of potatoes, with
Sntent to defraud Insurance companies.
The state of Oregon, for the year
1918 on the 1917 assessment roll, has
levied $23,203,140.66 for all purposes,
including state, county, school, road,
ities and towns and miscellaneous
taxes, according to a statement com
pleted by State Tax Commissioner Gal
loway. r Lesson Ross, a cattleman of Poe
ralley, fn Klamath county, has been
arrested In connection with the poison
ing of the 27 sheep in the vicinity of
Merrill. The sheep were found poison
.ed" at the homes of two prominent
ranchers and a warning was left to
keep the animals away from Bryant
Mountain, which heretofore has been
used for cattle. Fred Stukel, of Poe
valley, and John McFall, of Bonanza,
lad previously been apprehended In
sounection with this affair.
fleet corporation, sent that telegram
to Lloyd J. Wentworth, representing
the corporation in Oregon. The mes
sage dispels a feeling In some quarters
tha statements emanating from Wash
ington,, that shipbuilders were behind
the schedule In the showing for March,
was Intended to include Oregon build
ers. As Oregon is participating with the
national government in the destruction
of ground squirrels and other rodents
of the fields, the farmers of the state
will be able to buy poison at favorable
prices. W. C. Henderson, acting chief
of the biological survey, has Informed
Senator Chamberlain that strychnine
will probably be furnished for $1.20
an ounce, Instead of $5 an ounce, If
purchases were made in the market.
The purchases will have to be made
through Dr. O. B. Center, director of
extension work of the Oregon Agricul
tural college, who is looking after the
state cooperative work.
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V. Zu Branstetter, Madras, Oregon.
Madras, Oregon, Oct, 8,, .1917. ,
Idaho National Harvester Co., . v
Moscow, Idaho.
Gentlemen: '
In regard to harvester. We cut 280 acres,
, had very little trouble outside of a tow chains
broken. Did good work, bandied nicely with eight
horses. . ,
Doth horses and machine came . through In
good shape. Machine shows very little wear
after season's run. .
... Respectfully, 1
V. Z. BRANSTETTER.
Wm. ENDICOTT, Agent, Madras, Oregon
Idaho National. Harvester Company Limited, Moscow, Idaho.