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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
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XMAS CHEER FAILED
Two iiaiuu:i,h i;vi:h.l
I'XHK OK WIIIHKKY TAKEN
DEPUTY SHERIFFS ARE BUSY
Two Hhlpmenta From California M ill
Not Ito I'm? Fur ClirlntniM A
Wan InlrniliMl
Two shipment of whiskey from
California, on a consignment of two
barrels of bottled goods, tha other
a shipment of several cass of bottled
whiskey, were seized by deputy slier
Ufa this week and are reposing Inno
cently nt tli county jnll, while the
authorities ara buay collecting In for
matlon sufficient to Juatlfy arrests
or parties suspected of bringing In
the case goods.
Wm. Ulhson waa taken Into custo-
dy charged with the crime of lllicnl-
ly 0KiiMlng tho barrels, and wit re-
li-aand on a cash bond of 1200.00 on
Monday,
Mr. (llbson waa arrested at his
Mnury mountain ranch by dnputy
sheriffs Hay t'utnam and J. II. Gray,
after the authorities found the bar
rels In hll wuKon on the prtmlss.
Ilia trial will be held In thla city
In a few days, before Judge Bowman.
No arrest have btten made In the
matter of the man goods, although
the authorities have aome rood evi
dence, and are collecting Information
from California authorities to aasist
the ni in the location of tho guilty
part lot.
The cases wore brought In by auto
mobile, and were left near the road a
abort dlatnnca from the city whore
they were discovered by Deputy Sly
iff Howell and brought Into the city
before any of the bottle had reached
their final destination.
Information that la being collect
ed by the authorltloa la expected to
disclose a small ring of bootleggers
that will create something of a sen
sation when all arrests In connection
with the traffic have been mado.
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WHEAT I'RICK FOB 1019 8TANIW
The guaranteed price of wheat for
the 1918 crop stands, by the terms of
the Lever Act under which the Unit
ed Slates Pood Administration Is op
erating. This statement was made by
the Pood Administration December 4.
The President's proclamation of
September 2. 1918. stated that the
"producers of wheat produced within
the United States . . . for tho crop of
119" are guaranteed the prlcea there
In sot forth. $2.2(1 per buahel at Chi
cago, and the end of the war or the
proclamation of peace does not In any
way affect this guaranty.
Section 24 of tho Lever Act pro
vides "That the provisions of this act
shall cease to be In effect when tho
existing state of war btween the Unit
ed States and Germany shall have ter
minated, and tho fact and dnte of
such termination shall be ascertained
and proclaimed by the Prealdent; but
the termination of this act shall not
affect any act dono, or any right or
lhllgatlon accruing or accrued." etc.
It further states that "All rlahts or
liabilities under this act arising before
lis termination snail continue and
may be enforced In the aame manner
as ir the act had not terminated."
The guaranty for the 1919 wheat
crop expires June 1, 1920.
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RESOLUTIONS
w nomas: The news has come to
us of the death of our beloved for
mer Superintendent, H. C. Baughman
we, the crook County High School,
at an BBBemhly meeting made and
adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved: That In tho death of Mr.
Baughman the state has lost an edu
cator of ability and strong personal
ity.
Resolved: That the 'Crook County
High School has lost a personal friond
who, during his stay with us did ev
erything possible for the advance
ment of the school and community.
Resolved: That we extend to the
family our deepest sympathy."
Resolved; That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the immediate
family of Mr. Baughman and a copy
furnished each of the county papers.
- ROBERT R. DAVIS,
RUTH MULHOLLAND,
LYNN CRAM, Committee
MEETING NOTICE
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Oregon Inter-State
Fair will be hold In the Commercial
Club rooms on Monday, January 6,
1919, at 2:00 p. m.
7t2c J. B. SHIPP, Secretary.
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WORD FROM OREN NOBLE
Oren Noble, who has ,boen In
France for eight months, returned to
New York December 11, according to
a letter received by hlB parents. He
Is now stationed at Pelham Bay Park,
N. Y, He states that they had a
rough trip across the sea, having
torray weather all the way over.
They lost their wireless and were lost
at sea for three days and bucked a
high wind all tho way. Oren Is ex
pecting a fullough and if It Is grant
ed he will be homo soon.
CROOK CO. WILL BE
ONE HUNDRED PER CT.
INCOMPLETE RKTIHNH SHOW
ALL DIMTKKTH GOING HTRONG
TWO THOUSAND CO. QUOTA
Rlvordiile Chapter Auctions Cake For
lhtneflt of IUd Ctimn -Pro.
ceodx Are $I(.2J
Although returns ara comln in
rather slowly It looks very much like
Crook county Is going over the top
In the Red Cross Christmas drive.
Already nearly 600 members hva
boon signed up In the city with In
complete returns.
Outside districts are renortln fa.
vorably and the chairman la very op
timistic over the outcome.
Itiverdale Auxiliary auctioned off
a cake for $49.26 and the money was
sent In to the Ited Cross. Rulnh
Hutchinson was the winner of the
cake.
About 1.200 members have already
beeu socured In the county.
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Powell Butte
NEWS NOTES
A messago received by Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Charlton from their sen.
Kills Carl, who Is In France, states
tlisl no Is suffering from Injuries re
ceived while employed with the 20th
Engineers. He hopes, however, to bo
able to be about again soon.
Will Pauls writes to his home folks
that be arrived safely overseas but
does not know when he will be re
turned to tho good old U. 8. A.
A merry party breakfasted at the
home of Oeo. Truesdale Tuesday
morning." They were Mr. and Mra.
Oliver Powell and Lieutenant lie!
Powell, as guests of Miss Pauline
Truesdale, who is visiting her pa
rents at present. Lieutenant Powell
on a short furlough and will return
to his duties at O. A. C. today.
A tine thing was done last week br
several men of this community when
by appointment they all went and
gave Mrs. Mary Tweet a day's work
on her llttlo borne she Is building on
her recently purchased ditch land.
This action enables her to occupy her
home long before she had expected to
be able to. Mrs. Tweet nsks your cor
reHpondent to express her thanks to
all the good neighbors who came.
Such kind acts as this is what builds
up a happy community.
Many turkeys were shipped to the
Portland markets for the holiday
trade Prices received for dressed
birds averaged 40c per pound.
Lloyd Bussott will arrive home
soon from Kamp Eustls. Va.
Several bunches of cattle are being
fed In this part of the county.-About
200 head belonging to Chas. Lens of
Klnmath, are feeding at the E. B.
Williams ranch. Wm. Wurzweller
ft Sons on the ranches of Wurzweller.
Driscoll ft Meyer, 'about 600 head and
Cram A Son of Prlnevlllo will bring a
bunch In about New Years to feed on
me uox place.
Mrs. S. D. Mustard Is captain of
the Red Cross drive In this communi
ty. She has for her lieutenants, Mrs.
Ross Bussett, Mrs. Wallace Smith,
Mrs. Will Arnold, Mrs. Frank Rice,
and Mrs. D. A. Yates. These ladies
all report the usual Powell Butte suc
cess and expect to "go over the top."
J. A. Rlggs will attend the Irriga
tion Congress In Portland next
month. ,
Goo. Truesdale and Frank KIsBler
were delivering country killed beef
last Saturday.
S. D. Mustard Is confined to his
nomo witn a mild attack of Influenza.
Mrs. Arthur Wurzweller and Mrs.
E. H. Stewart were shopping In
Prlnoville one day last week.
Ed. Barnard has moved his family
Into the Ross Bussett cottage, where
they will remain until the new house
Is finished on the Ochoco project.
Gladys Pauls Is at home from her
school for a two weeks' vacation.
ray Bussett Is also enlovini a two
weeks' vacation. .
Mrs. E. A. Bussett has cone tn
Portland and Vancouver to visit her
sisters and bring her mother, Mrs.
Brown, back with her.
Miss Martha HourlKan visited t
the Truesdale home last week. Miss
Famine went to Prlnoville on her re
turn and spent several davs as the
guest of Prineville friends. . .
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NOTICE
If you have leaking toilets, bath
fixtures, or water faucets, vou will
please have them tlxed at once, for if
you wait until we find them we will
order them repaired by a plumber and
it tne repair Is not atended to we will
then without notice withdraw the
supply of water, until the leaking fix
tures are repaired.
7tl0 ' DES CHUTES POWE RCO.
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Miss Mildred and Ralph Dlshman
arrived from Corvallis Sunday and
will remain here until after New
Years,
THE HOLY LAND
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THE GRAND MUFTI, HEAD OF THE MOHAMMEDAN CHURCH (A
WHITE TURBAN), ARRIVES AT AMERICAN RED CROSS HEAD
QUARTERS TO TAKE PART IN THE FORMAL INAUGURATION OF
THE WORK IN PALESTINE.
TO INCREASE RELIEF WORK IN PALESTINE
Red Cross Commusioner Reports Starvation and
Suffering in Holy Land.
THE American Red Cross Intends
to administer relief work on
far greater scale lo Palestine
thap heretofore In order that thou
sands of tnea, women and children In
that part of the world may be rescued
from their present suffering. Dr. John
H. Flnley, Bed Cross Commissioner to
Palestine and former Commissioner of
Education for the State of New York.
has cabled that this additional work la
immediately necessary.
At least one-third of the population
of Lebanon has died of starvation and
disease, due to lack of nourishment
Many villages are virtually depopulat
ed, and thousands of people are In
need, owing to epidemics, lack of em
ployment and the prohibitive prlcea of
food.
Families formerly In the besl of cir
cumstances have been reduced to des
titution. Every one la clamoring for
an opportunity to rehabilitate himself.
Owing to a lack of physicians the con
ditions In many hospitals are deplora
ble. More than ten thousand sick civil
ians have been cared for by the Amer
ican Bed Cross during a single mouth,
and Red Cross automobiles are trans
porting hundreds of 111 and wounded
prisoners to hospitals every day. There
are at least ten thousand refugee
LAKIX BUYS ELKINS STOCK
AH Shelf Hardware Moved Into New
Quarters, ljkln Sell Implements
H. R. Lakln has purchased the
shelf hardware from C. W. Elkins,
and the task of moving the stock into
its new quarters has been completed.
In the same deal, the implement
lines carried by Mr. Lakin were
transferred to Mr. Elkns, and in the
future the Lakln hardware will not
handle Implements.
The move is a good one, as only
ny local merchants specializing can
the maximum results be obtained in
many of the lines.
Mr. Elktns has not announced his
plans for the implement linea but
will do so in a few days. The deal
gives the Lakin Hardware one of the
best lines of shelf hardware in this
part of the state.
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REV. T EMBERTON COMING
Will Speak At Methodist Church In
Morning and Evening Next Snnday
Rev. Pemberton will speak at the
Methodist church in this city next
Sunday at 11 o'clock and again at
the regular hour in the evening.
This Is the first visit of Rev. Pem
berton for several weeks. He Ib the
superintendent of this" district for
the Methodist church.
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IRRIGATION MEETING FRIDAY !
Delegates Will Meet At Redmond At
2:30 .To Discuss Plans
A meeting tf delegates from the '
commercial clubs and other organt-j
zations in the counties of Deschutes, ; Strength is being shown in both
Jefferson and Crook, will be held at: the cattle and sheep divisions of the
Redmond Friday (tomorrow) after-; Portland market this week,
noon at 2: 30. j The steer division is stronger with
A general discussion of nlans for;tnn acini. . n cn j ,
wuumiius luouiia iu ma jrriKuuon ,
projects for this part of the state will
be had.
A committee will he present from
Prineville to assist in the meeting.
Armenians In and about Damascus and
more than three thousand In the Hau
ran district, the cable asserts.
Or, Flnley says the American Red
Cross workers have been doing every
thing possible to relieve this distress,
but .adds that greatly Increased help
most come at once. Be requires two
additional hospital units Immediately.
General Allenby has cabled the British
War office to approve this plan.
Dr. Flnley Journeyed on foot from
Beeraheba to Dan In the wake of the
advancing BritlBb forces, and at the
time of sending the cable had Just com
pleted a tour of the Palestine and low
er Syria, passing through Nazareth,
Tiberius, Tyre, Sldon, Haifa and Bel
rut, reaching the latter place two days
after Its occupation by the British
forces. . v
"America should be the first to belp
In the rehabilitation of the Holy Land,
which Great Britain, and our Allies
have redeemed," decli -es Dr. Flnley,
"The first medium of help should be
the American Red Cross, which makes
no distinction as to race, creed or col
or. Under the trusteeship of those who
recovered this sacred land, which la
the cradle of three (..-eat religions, the
civilized world la now given the oppor
tunity of Illustrating Its highest ideala
for humanity."
ELWOOD DRAPER ON FURLOUGH
Former Prineville Boy Is In Medical
Corps At Letterman Hospital
Elwood Draper arrived from San
Francisco Tuesday and is spending
the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Draper. He Is in the Medical Corps
and has been in the Letterman hospit
al in San Francisco for several
months. They have several hundred
returned wounded soldiers at this
hospital, some with both legs or both
arms gone, but he says the boys show
a wonderful spirit and are cheerful
all the time. At one time they had
1.300 influenza cases, but only 150
proved fatal.
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LAKE M. BECHTELL RETURNS
Mustered Out At Kentucky Training
Camp Suffered From Flu ,
L. M. Bechtell returned to his
home in this city yesterday, after an
absence of- several weeks at Camp
Taylor, Kentucky, where he was In
military training. -
Just as he was to be mustered out
he was stricken with influenza which
delayed his return somewhat. He is
pleased to get back to his legal prac
tice, ana nnds a decision Irom the
I supreme court to the effect that a
I case w hh cihaepepal-2naN athre
case which he appealed Just before
I leaving was won for him
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CATTLE AND HOGS UP
Dickson Was In Market Monday With
Three Car Loafs
stronsr with
heavy supplies, prices
reaenmg 117.25 ror best grades.
Geo. Dickson of this city was in
the Monday market with three loads
of steers
HEARERS THRILLED BY
L0CTO SPEECH
ADOREHH FtXL OF HUMAN
INTEREST STORIES OF WAR
t(wt ornnrriMi m m
I dLLKLIAKi 1.1 fKANlt
Wanted To Try Jumping From A
Baloon; Prove Jitney To Front
Line Trenches
Fred; Lockley, one of the best
known and most thoroughly appre
ciated newspaper men In the state,
recently a secretary for the Y. M. C.
A. In France, and Just now boosting
War Stamp and Red Cross activities
and the Y. M. C. A., as well as every
thing else that is American, was In
Prineville Saturday and Sunday,
meeting many of his old friends,
making many more new ones, and
having an Immense good time, giving
us one of those inspections that ev
eryone appreciates having a man of
ui lype conauci.
He addressed a good sized audi
ence at the Baptist churCo 8unday
morning and thrilled them with his
stories of a few of those human In
terest things that always appeal to
Lockley.
.u,Fir8ttof aI1' tDe most noticeable
thing about LIckley Is Lockley him
self. A physical giant, who thrives'
"u uara moor, an Intellectual moose
or a man, who not only sees every
thing about him, and In thorn things
sees oceans of newspaper copy, ana
seeing has the 4are Instinct of being
intensely human, and seeing past the
thing itself into the motive for the
action, and beyond this he is a big
m1mTillyL worklnB. Planning,
fighting for the things that are right
and Lockley has a way of winning
most of the fights he starts, as some
or the ex-saloon men of Pendleton
can well testify.
aetng this kind of an individual.
be was well liked and always got
wuat no went after in France as a
secretary for the "Y."
Experiences of how he wished W
Jump from an observation baloon,
which most mere newspaper men are
refused to enter, and of his driving
a delivery truck into the front line
trenches to get aid to soldiers there
even under fire of the German guns
were incidents of his thrilling Sun
day address.
Mr Lockley is planning another
visit to this vicinity in the near fu
ture, and will no doubt be given a
capacity house should he choose to
talk to us again.
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Barnes
NEWS NOTES
Some snow has visited our locality,
enough to cause all cattle men to ride
for -stock.
Miss Mary Prieshoff of Barnes
made a business trip to Prineville on
Monday.
Walt Demaris and family have been
visiting at the homes of Bert Demaris
and Chas Birdsong. Mr. Demaris
came from Prineville and states that
everything is in fine condition down
there,
C. A. George, went to Prinevlle on
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UUSIUBBB 1 UCBUtty.
Lew Bennett who has been on the
sick list, is greatly Improved
Harry Hackleman was visiting on
the creek a few days last week, but
has gone to Prineville with a bunch
of cattle.
R. J. Engstrom is at the "jag-eye"
riding tor cattle,
Frank FoBter, who has been on his
farm near the head of Crooked river,
lert tor Prineville Wednesday
Miss Dorothy Hackleman was vis
iting at .the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Simons the first of the week,
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart mass
ed through Barnes on their way to
rnneviue Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs.. Frank Hackleman
and son Abe visited Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher Logan Tuesday.
Mrs. Grace Seeds and Mrs. C. P.
Seeds were callers on the creek -last
week.
Lew Bennett and wife made a trip
to Hampton Butte recently.
Harry Barnes made a trip to
Hampton Buttes after some cattle
that were being held in the Dick
Rhoda pasture for him.
Sid Rogers was at Barnes the mid
dle of the week enroute for the des
ert to look for some cattle he is car
ing for there.
Norman Jensen of ..Portland is
again on his homestead near Barnes.
Mr. Jensen states that as soon as his
health will permit that he will move
up here to live.
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LUNCHEON TOMORROW
The largest crowd of Prineville cit
izens that has attended a luncheon
for some weeks was present at the
Prineville Hotel Friday and a gener
al discussion of matters for the de
velopment of the community was en
joyed. A larger crowd is promised
for the meeting tomorrow, at which
L. M. Bechtell will be present. R. L.
Jordan is to preside at tomorrow's
' meeting.
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GOOD IV.S.S. PLEDGE
t. E. MYER8, HCHOOL SCPT.
? EXPLAINS CAMPAIGN
COUNTY OF VAST DISTOES
Central Oregon District Rich I
Hheep And Cattle; Irrigation
Writing from this city recently,
Fred Lockley covers the War Stamp
situation so well, along with other
interesting bits of fact about our
county, that we reproduce bis entire
story here. .
The story is in the nature of an in
terview with Superintendent J. E.
Myers, and is as follows:
"Say for me that Crook county ia
not a slacker county and never will
be," says J. E. Myers, countv school
superintendent or Crook county and
county chairman of the War Savinga
SUmp drive. "Crook county's Quota
Is 182,160. We have alreadv nnr-
chased more than 62.000 worth of
War Savings Stamps and have a large
number of pledKoa due tht mnnth
Eleven men here have taken the limit
of $1,000 each and there are others
here who. if seen on the matter, will
do the same thing. In the vallmr
counties, such as Marion ennntv
where the population is dense, it la
easier to put a campaign of this kind
across, but here our population is so
scattered it is difficult to reach the
more remote districts.
"Through the most effective co
operation of the teachers of the coun
ty the school children were assigned
districts and were held responsible
for seeing all residents in their dis
tricts. In some cases the school chil
dren rode 15 miles to some out of the
way ranch to secure the pledge of tha
rancher to purchase stamps.
"Our census shows 1160 pupils of
school age that is between 4 years
and 20 years of age. Many of our 18,
19. and 20-year-old pupil are in
France, carrying a rifle. Unr rolla
show 450 pupils in the rural schools,
about 200 In the elementary schools
here in Prineville .and 130 In the
high school.
"The ladles Annex of the Commer
cial club of Prineville. under the lead
ership of Mrs. H. P. Belknap, did
splendidly effective work in the se
curing of pledges to purchase War
Savings Stamps.
"Our county court allowed $100 to
ward advertising the drive in our lo
cal papers, which of course was very
helpful for publicity is the greatest
essential in any campaign of this na
ture. ,
"Yes. we will go over the top by
the end of the month."
Crook county contains 2. 586.240
acres or 4041 square miles, and Is a
rich and prosperous county.
rnnevllle, with a population of
aoout 1.500, is the only city in tho
county. Paulina is a village of 60 to
60 people. Roberts has a population
of 25 or 30.
Barnes, Post, Meadow, Dry Lake.
Fife, Held, Suplee and Powell Butte ,
are post offices throughout the coun
ty, each of these points having one
or two families at or near the post
office. Powell Butte has a commun
ity hall in which the nearby irrigated
farmers gather frequently to attend
meetings, socials or lectures.
Alfalfa, rye, timothy, clover and
wild hay are raised and a large
amount of stock is fed within tha
county. The assessment rolls show
that there are 8,989 horses in tha
county, 15.466 cattle, 3,001 hogs, and
89,809 sheep, but the assessment
rolls are very conservative and I im
agine an actual count would show
more than this number.
More and more the livestock grow
ers are taking up the ralsng of regis
tered stock and Crook county will be
heard from in days to come, for the
excellence of its stock.
Within a short time, a year or so at
the most, many thousand acres of
sagebrush land will be under wat
er and Crook county will be raising
and feeding largely increased Quan
tities ot-stock.
The county has a bright future and
Prineville, being now accessable by
rail, will forge steadily ahead.
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TO. VOTE ON SILVER
CREEK IRRIGATION SOON
Friday an election will be held on
Silver Creek for the formation of an
Irrigation district to reclaim 17,000
acres of land in that valley. There
can be no doubt of the election as all
the land owners under the proposed
district with the exception of three
signed the petition praying for the
creation of the district. Three of the
most prominent land owners and bus
iness men of the valley have been
nominated for directors. They are
W. C. Cecil. W. B. Johnson and J. R.
Wiliams. These men have already
taken a keen interest in the forma
tion of the reclamation Droiect and
will undoubtedly devote their time
and energy to the fulfilment of the
promises of one of the best irrigated
valleys in Central Oregon. Burna
Tribune.
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Fred Hoelscher is on his way to
Camp Lewis, where he will be mna-
tered out of the service.
CROOK GO
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