Crook Coamity Joiuiraal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXII
I'll! NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 8, 1918
NO. 8
GETS STATE AID
TOR IMPORTANT ROAD
UrilVKY ORDERED STARTED ON
CROOKED RIVER
'(
SERVE IMPORTANT TERRITORY
Kind of Road And Exact location I
Entirely Up To Ths
' State Engineer
INTER STATE FAIR
ATTRACTIONS BIG
WILL ISK OK HIGH ()!U)KH AM)
MORE ELABORATE THAN EVKH
RAILROAD TO BRING NEW ONES
Fair AwMtcUtlitn Has Heeu Granted
The RIkM to Fill Streets
With OoneeMlona
A a result o several weeks ot
bard work on the part of a commit
tee consisting of omi of the heaviest
tai payers In tha county, eelorted and
assisted by Judge Watace, tha stata
highway conimiMlon Instructed tha
atata blghwsy engineer on Monday, to
survey tha proposed poat road, up
Crooked rlvar with a view of making
It a atata highway.
Tha Importanca of thla road la far
greater than can be readied without
Investigating tha amount ot traffic
1t will care for, and because of those
facta tha atata haa n fit to comply
with tha requests of tba Crook county
Judge and committee, and will make
tba survy at once,
Thla will mean that tha 196,000
which haa been voted by the county
to expend on a first class road will
be matched by an equal amount from
thu atate, and that the chooalng of
the location, the actual building of
the road, and the manner and style
In which It la built will be entirely In
the handa of the atate authorities.
The flrat 28 mllna of thla trunk
road will serve 9 rural postoflres with
mall, will aupply mall either directly
or Indirectly to 414 carrier pouches
or drop sacks, and will care for the
transportation of 3,600 pounds of
mall each day to and from this Im
portant territory. To thla may be
added more than (,000 pounds of
merchandise every day to aay nothing
ot the farm produce, the passenger
traflc and other travel that goes to
and from this great country south
and eaat of I'rlnevllle.
Heventy-flve per cent, of the total
ares of the county will be aerved by
this road, 40 per cent, of Ha popu
lation and 42 per cent, of Its taxable
property Ilea where It will be served
by tha trunk road, which will become
trana state highway. '
TATR FAIR to HE MOKK OF A
PRACTICAL NATURE
STANDARD OIL CO. TO
E
TO BE ERECTED HERE
WILL ERECT Til f IKK TANKS OF j PERMIT GRANTED FOR ERECT-TWO-CAR
CAPACITY EACH ION OF GENERAL WAREHOUSE
STOCKYARDS TO BE
ERECTED AT ONCE
CITY WILL BUILD LOADING PENH
FOR EARLY USE
TO COSE WORK AT 0"CE f DEFOTE AKMCEKENT SM MANY STOCK SHIPMENTS SOON
Permit Granted For Construction of
, Tanks and Building Near
The Depot Grounds
When the Oregon Inter-State Fair
opena, less than two months from to
day, on October 1, to be exact, the
largest and most complete aggrega
tion of conceeslons that haa ever been
seen In this part ot the state will fill
the streets and concession spaces at
the fair grounds.
Secretary J. D. Bhlpp baa a long
list to select from, and will bring In
the largest and most modern ones of
every kind that Is available. In ad
dition to the Ferla wheels, merry-go-rounds
and like features, mora elab
orate attractions will be possible this
year because of the railroad trans
portation. A special dispensation was issued
Tueaday night to tba fair association,
allowing them the use of the streets
tor those attractions, tbo special po
licing of the city to be paid by the
fair association.
Because of the tact that there will
be no other fairs In thla part of the
atate this year, and that many of
them are being discontinued else
where, the display ot livestock, and
other articles and the atendanco Is
sure to be better this year than ever
before.
The date Is October 1 to 5 Inclus
ive. Plan now to attend.
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PIONEER MINISTER DIES .
"All exhibits at the atate fair this
year will be of a practical nature,
and will be designed to give Instruct
ion In the Increasing and conserving
of food and clothing supplies of the
atate," said A. U. Loa, lit comment
ing on the 67th Annual State Fair
which will open In Halem on Septem
ber 28 and continue for a week.
Lectures and demonstrations will
be given on food conservation and
production. In all agricultural, horti
cultural and livestock departments.
Present Indications are that the llve
atock show will be as good If not bet
ter than lust year.
The racing program will be superb,
the music the bunt and the entertain
ment ot a high class order.
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REBEKAHH INSTALL OFFICERS
Rev. C. P. Rallcy, Former Resident of
Prlnevlllo Victim of Heart Trouble
' The Standard Oil Company will
atart construction on a tank station
In North Prlnevlllo during tha next
few days. The station will Include a
warehouse and other buildings, three
large tanks, each with a capacity of
two carloads, and such other equip
ment aa will be neceasary to care tor
the large trade supplied by this con
cern In this part of the state.
The large tanks will be for stop
Side Track la To Be Provided For
The Building Of This
Big Concera
Feeding Pens And Other Accommoda
tions To Be Provided By '
Private Interests
Stockyards 'on the grounds pro
vided for them, north of the city, will
TILED BY CITY COUNCIL
ALLEGATION MADE THAT WATER
SUPPLY IS INSUFFICIENT
THE NEEDS Of GR0V.IX CFTY
The Public Service Commission
Requested to Investigate Con
ditions And Act '
la
A permit waa granted to the North
ern Grain A Warehouse Company on
Tueaday evening tor the erection of a i be under conatructlon In a few days,
wsrebouse near the railway termln-land will be ready for aeveral large
al In North Prinevtlle by the efty1 ahlpmenta of cattle and sheep within
council. I the next few weeks at the most.
While the plan la not yet announc- The rectlo of the yards will be
ed by Mr. Van Taasell, manager for nn,e" aupervislon of Councilman
the concern for this district, be says B, Bhlpp, who has already secured
that the warehouse will no doubt be . the lumber that will be re-
oraotori at n aqpIv Aata mnA that QIUTed.
age of gasoline, distillate and pearl I iW amount of feed, corn, cotton 'They will be located on the south
uil, mini will UB lllieu uirWU7 ftruua mMA -.V an1 nhi WtitHa nt nnliAa 1UC Ul lue ir&CK. WD1CQ IB DeiDK 6X-
wiii be abipped in for sale to local i "",uou "r purpose, ana bujoiu
stock men. ! ,ng wl11 De feeding pens for the te
la the order granting permission 1 ,d,,tince? come from
the company's tank cara.
C. H. Benson, who secured the lo
cation for (he plant frost the Oregon
A Western Colonization Co., which Is
near that of the mill and creosote
plant belonging to the Ochoco irrl-
for the erection ot the warehouse,
provision was made tor extending the
gallon District, stated Tuesday that tr-k" 'or the new concern.
everything Is in readiness for the er
ectlon of the buildings and tanks for
the company, and that the station
would be ready for operation in a
few weeks.
A permit was granted by the conn
ROUND-CP TO BENEFIT THE
These pens will no doubt be erect
ed by private Interests or an asso
ciation of stock men themselves. At
any rate, they will be nnder control
of the city, ao that all will be treat-
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RED CROSS THIS YEAR .TnaMrprice. be poZle!
Many cara of cattle are now being
Pendleton will stage her ninth an- gathered and will be shlped as soon
ell Tuesday evening for the construct-. nua' Round-Up this year for the bene-, aa accommodations are provided,
Ion of the station, and there are no 111 01 lne Kea ;ross. rue date will i wnue one sale oi is cars ot sheep baa
Rev. C. P. Bailey, pioneer Baptist
minister, who baa been preaching in
Oregon and Washington for 44 years,
passed away at his home In Thu
Dalles on tha morning of August 8.
Ha had Buffered for several' months
with heart troublwr " t "-
Rev. Bailey was well known In
Prluevllle, having lived here for
many years previous to going to The
Dalles. He waa Instrumental In tho
building of the Baptist church here,
and always a taltbtul and tireless
worker tor the church. His many
Prlnevllle frlenda regret to hear ot
hie death.
Besldea his wife he Is survived by
eight children. One son, M. S. Bail
ey, lives lioar Prlnevllle.
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LORAINE HUE RANDALL DIES
Four-Ycar-Olil PauK'itw of Mr. and
Mrs. Randall 111 Only Short Time
Mrs. Jennie Arnold, Deputy Prweldont
Conducts Installation Thursday
;
The following officers were Install
ed last Thursday evening by Mrs.
Jennie Arnold, Deputy President ot
the Rebekah lodge: Mra. Florence
Nichols, Noble Grand; Mra. Vtra Cy
rus, Vice Grand; Mrs. E. True Shat
tuck, Socretary; Mra. A. Cohrs,
Treasurer; Mrs. Jennie Arnold, War
den; Miss Vivian Honkie, Conductor;
Mrs. v Hendrlckson, Chaplain; Mrs.
Nancy Long, Inside Guard; Mrt. An
na Russell, R. S. N. G.; Mrs. Julia
Young, L. S. N. O.; Miss Ida Cohrs.
R. S. V. O.; Mrs Jennie-Welch, L. S.
V. O.
The Rebekahs are making prepar
ations for a big harvest ball in the
ear future.
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POTATO SHORTAGE THIS YEAR
Loralne Sue Randall, four-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. V.
Randall, passed away at their home
In Prlnevllle, Sunday. The child was
ill Just a few days with appendicitis,
which resulted In her death.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church, Monday morning,
Rev. J. H. Gervln conducting the ser
vices. Interment was In the Prlne
vllle cemetery. ,
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DEATH OF J. H. UPTON
other arangementa to be made In this. be September 19, 20, 21
connecelon. ' Although many of the famous cow-
As the Union Oil Company already! Dy n(1 buckaroos are now bnldog
haa a location and such arrangements ln" the Hun aomewhere In France,
It seems that the wants of the terrl- tnere wl1, D P,enty of competition for
tory will be cared for In thla impor-,the Prle and trophies. There will
tant line. b a military and patriotic touch ad-
w -i ded In keeping with the wartime splr-
PETITION FILED FOR SHERIFF i'L . , ' ,
a No person ever received a salary
p from the Round-Up and the money
The petition of John Combs tor, haa always been used for civic im
sherlft that has recently been clr- provementa, but thla year the dlrect
culated, haa been filed and contains ors have decided to aive awav to war
more than two hundred names. This enterprises and have made their plans
is more man me required amount. accordingly.
been made by J. N. Williamson for
Prlnevllle delivery at an early date.
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MAJOR SMITH ON FURLOUGH
ALLIES START BIG DOUBLE
DRIVE ON PICARDY AND VESLE
Advances Reported on All FrontsGermans Unable to
Stem Allied Advance
Major Henry C. Smith was home on
a furlough for a few days this week,
visiting at the home of his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. Sam Smith.
He returned to Camp Lewis Tuesday
evening.
Major Smith has been stationed at
Camp Lewis several months and Is
with the 166th Depot Brigade. He
nas ust recently received his pro
motion to major.
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WILL STOCK WOOD AND COAL.
Ochoco Warehouse Has First Car of
Block Wood From Mills
More to Come
A complaint which alleges that the
supply of water for the city of Prlne
vllle, provided by the Deschutes Pow
er Company, is not sufficient for the
requirements of the city and Its In
habitants, and that the company 1a
unable to supply sufficient water
with the present system was read,
adopted and ordered filed by the city
council at the regular, meeting held
Tuesday evening. '
While the matter waa handled in
rather gingerly manner by the conn-
cilmen, there were no Totes against
the order, and the city attorney waa
Instructed to complete the formal
complaint and file It with the public
service commission at once.
The complaint, aa adopted by the
council, read in part:
"That defendant haa an arbitrary
rule that requires all patrona of the
corporation to use water for irriga
tion between the hours of 6 and 8
o'clock in the morning, and that the
mains carying the water are small,
being for the most part but S inch
pipes, and the system so small for
the uses to which it la attempted to
be put, that in a great many instances
in aome of the homes of tha city of
Prlnevllle during these hours it is
Imposible even to draw water from
the system for domestic purposes on
the second stories.
That by reason of the total and pit
iable inadequacy ot the water sys-'
tern of said Deschutes Power Com
pany, In the city of Prlnevllle, that
the city itself la unable to purchase
enough water to keep its public park
green during the summer months,
that great danger exists from large
losses by fire, and that during a email
fire on the Fourth ot July, 191S.
hardly sufficient water was available
to protect nearby dwellings and no
water waa available for several min
utes after the volunteer fighters ar
rived on the scene of the conflagra
tion; s
That the business men of the city
ot Prlnevllle are nnable to keep the
streets sprinkled and the dust down
In the dry seasons of the year because
the water company frequently has In
sufficient water on hand and In stor
age to fill the city water wagon once.
James B. Upton, pioneer Oregon
lawyer and father ot Jay H. Upton of
Prlnevllle, paBsed away at his home
In Portland, August S.
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F. F. NASH TO LEAVE SOON
The Ochoco Warehouse Company
has the first carload of wood to be
brought to this city In block form. It
1b being delivered to purchasers at
JT.25, when sales are made direct and tnat this was the case on June 21.
1915 ;
That the tank used for storage pur
poses m me city or Prlnevllle has a
capacity of 100,000 gallons, but that
from thee ar and It Is dry
A supply of several cars of wood will
be stocked by this concern and some
coal as well.
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CROWD CLIMBS BROKEN TOP
(By United Press) London, August 8. Allies began a double drive
.this morning on Plcardy and Vesle fronts. War office announced
British Fourth Artny and French First Army under Haig smashed a
tip of huge Plcardy salient southeast and east ot Amiens on wide
front. Attack progressing satisfactorily meanwhile Franco-Americans
renewed attack on big scale against crown prince north of Vesle
steadily progressing northward toward Aisne heights on wide front,
while additional crossing of Vesle being made. Heavy fighting on
this front.
Miss Mildred Fennimore Entertains
At Home of Her Aunt and Uncle
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Franco-American crossed Rheims and Solsaons'hlghway. Ameri
can found Roosevelt's grave four miles east Fere-En-Tardenois.
Expects to Re Called For Overseas
Duty in Y. M. C. A. War Work .
Weather Damaged Crops, Also Much
Smaller Acreage Planted
The Northwest, In common with
the entire country, faces a potato
shortage this year, It the preaent con
dition ot the growing crop la any In
dication. Conservation of potatoes
will be necessary. The long protract
ed drouth has damaged the crops and
the acreage Is smaller than last year.
Estimates give a potato crop In
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Cal
ifornia of 47,400,000 hushels as
Against 69,000,000 a year ago.
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TO HAVE UNIFORM COLOR
It is reported that Frank Nash,
formerly connected with the Crook
County Journal, will be called for
overseas duty soon. Mr. Nash en
listed Borne time ago, tor Work In the
Y. M. C. A. and has been attending
a conference of Y. M. C. A. workers
at Seabeck, Washington. During his
stay In Prlnevllle Mr. Nash was act
lve In church work.
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JACK PICKFORD IN TOM SAWYER
Washington, August 8. General Pershing today reported 345 cas
ualties, bringing total since Marne drive started to 3,032.
London, AUGUST 8, 2:00 p. m. -British Troops hive reached
Harbonneires, an advance of five and one-half miles tills afternoon
aevera). thousand prisoners have been captured.
Miss Mildred Fennimore ot Port
land, who is visiting her aunt and
uncle, Mr. and 'Mrs. Wm. Arnold,
near Powell Butte, entertained sev
eral friends at a house party last
week end. The party motored to the
foot of the Sisters Saturday evening
and early Sunday morning ascended
Broken Top. Those who made the
climb were-. Mildred Fennimore, Mr.
and Mrs. Bussett, Ross and Fay Bus-
t j sett, Mr. and Mra. French, Fred Mc-
wmery, men myera aua x,uuu mc-
Murray..
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SOLDIERS' CHANCES
PAYNE HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Edgar Payne, While Swimming Sun
day, Sinks In Deep Water Is
Rescued With Difficulty .
'Cream Trimmed in White and Green
I toot For Railroad Structures
An order Issued by the council on
Tuesday evening, under which all
structures belonging to the railroad,
and all warehouses and other build
ings erected under permit from the
city on the depot grounds are to be
paintod cream, with white trimmings
and a green roof.
The order was Issued to Insure uni
formity in these matters, and some ot
tho buildings will be ready for paint
.In a short time.
Boys of all ages, from ten to nine
ty, will welcome the advent of Tom
Sawyer, the Immortal boy hero of
Mark Twain, at the Lyric theater
on Friday and Saturday. No less a
star than clever Jack Plckford, broth
er of the famous Mary Plckford, will
take the part. Mr. Plckford has long
been an admirer ot Mark Twain's,
and especially of "Tom Sawyer." He
has not forgotten what It was to
steal jam or raid the doughnut jar,
and better than any other young act
or has succeeded In bringing to the
screen the very Incarnation of Amen
can boyhood.
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DR. M. C, 8ULT ON FURLOUGH
Dr. Michael C. Suit, who left
Prlnevllle about three months .ago,
to enter the service, arrived in the
city last Thursday on a short fur
lough and is visiting' friends here,
Dr. Suit Is stationed at the Presidio,
San Francisco.
Edgar Payne, a young man em
ployed at the Ledtord ranch, had a
narrow escape from drowning Sunday
afternoon at the Ochoco dam.
When about fifty feet from shore
he suddenly Bank without making a
noise and was not noticed by the oth
er swimmers. Oscar Hyde and Ross
Robinson, who were in a car up on
the hill near by, saw htm go down
and gave the alarm. After he had
gone down three times, Major Henry
Smith, after diving twice, located htm
and brought him to the surface and
he was assisted in 'bringing him to
shore by several men including Ted
Carlson, Edgar Stewart, Haroia Matt
er, and Jao Ireland. He was resusct
tated by artificial respiration and
was then brought to the city for med-
vain Michel of Camp Holabird, Mary
land, spent several days here with
his brother, Arthur; Michael Suit,
of Presidio, San Francisco, visited
friends here last week end, Earl Saye
of Vancouver Barracks was in the
city yesterday visiting friends an
Ralph Christian of the U, S. Navy,
is here this week visiting' his wife.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR .
United States Public Service Wants
Workers In War Industries
A call has been made for machin
ists, pipe fitters, steam fitters, com
mon laborers, helpers, molders, cop
persmiths, lead burners, and many
other classes of workers for work In
war necessity Industries.
Anyone who Is interested or who
would like to enlist in the U. S. Pub
lic Service Reserve, should communi-
An official bulletin, just Issued by
our government, states that the indi
vidual soldier's chances are as fol
lows, based on mortality statistics of
tha allied armies:'
Twenty-nine chances of coming
home to one of being killed.
Forty-nine chances of recovering
i from wounds to one chance of dying.
1 Only one chance in 500 of losing a
limb. . 1,
Will live five years longer because
of physical training.
This oftcal Information will be a
great comfort to anxious parents.
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FRED S. STANCLIFT WOUNDED
Son of Louts Stancllft and Nephew ot
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Rlggs
Fred S. Stanclift, who was listed
oata with TVilfVorl V. Smith. State Til
rector, U. S. Employment Service, i toaay wun tne severiy wounaea, is a
847 navla strnet. Portland. Oreeon. I son of Louis Stanclift and a nephew
leal assistance. He Is Improving rap-1 Mr. Smith will give all details b to! of Mr. and Mw. M. R. Rtees. His
idiv. hut in still mifferinc from the ef-1 location of work, rate of pay and otb- homo is ln Seattle, but he. has visited
fects of his experience. I er Information desired.
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WALTER MOORE. LEAVES FOR
TRAINING CAMP AT EUGENE
It is so old and in such a bad state ot
repair that it is impossible to fill It
to capacity within IS or 20 per cent;
that this tank was built about 1890,
and has never been rebuilt to meet
the demands of a growing city;
That for a great number of years
the entire water plant of the Des
chutes Power Company in the city of
Prlnevllle has deteriorated, and has
not been added to or augmented to
meet the demands of the growing
city; . . . ...
That insufficient water is provided
by reason of the inadequacy of the
system as referred to for all purposes
tor which a city is in need of water,
for domestic and irrigation purposes
and for fire protection, and that
plaintiffs are nnable to say whether
or not this Inadequacy from lnsuffi-
water supply, which is taken from
wells, or merely an insufficiently
distributing and storage system, but
plaintiff believes and therefore al
leges that the shortage ot water is
the result of a system that is too
small for storage and distribution for
a city the size of Prlnevllle;
That the rate charged for water
for both Irrigation and domestic uses
Is high and has never been reduced
although the amount of water fur- '
nlshed has steadily diminished..
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STUDENTS' NURSE RESERVE
Crook County's Quota Is Five Throe
Have Alread Applied for Entrance
The quota for Crook County tn the
Students' Nurse Reserve is five. The
following young ladles have applied
for enlistment: Wilms Roberts, Ser
epta Johnson, and Mae Barney. Miss
Clara Short o fPaullna has written
for information.
The recruiting office is at the
Crook County Abstract office, with
Mrs. Claudia Wagoner in charge, and
tne time is up the 11th of August.
Phone Mrs. H. P. Belknap if you are
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"BETTER BABIES" MEETING
SIX
SOLDIERS GUESTS HERE
DURING PAST WEEK
Prlnevllle has been host to six
soldiers during the past week. Major
Henry Smith ot Camp Lewis, has
been visiting relatives here, Sgt. Ho
bart Belknap of Camp Lewis, spent
the week end with his parents; Syl-
I in Prlneville several times.
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; COMMERCIAL CLUB LUNCHEON
Walter Moore, who lias boen em
ployed with the Ochoco Irrigation
District, left last Thursday for Eu
gene, where ho will take the Officers'
Training Courso nt the University.
Mr. Moore's "home is lu Eujjone.
A commercial club luncheon will
be held at the Prinevi'ln Hotel to
morow at 12 o'clock. R. L. Schee,
socrotsry of the commercial club, who
is home on furlough from Camp Lew
is, will preside.
Physician Will Measure Bibles at the
Annex Rooms Saturday Afternoon
Children between tho ages of t
months and six years will be examin
ed by a physician at the Ladies' An-:
nex rooms Saturday afternoon be-"
tween the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock.
No charges wiU be made. This 1b
done at the request of the govern-
j ment.