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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
DBTRMBRR M 101ft. Crook County Journal BT GUT LAFOLLETni Entered at th nottofie at Prtnevtll, Oregon, seeond-eUts attar. PUBLISHED EVERT THVRSDAY Pile l.00 per year, payable Strictly in advance, la cm ot change of address pleat notify us at one, tiring both old and new addreaa. fills PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGfc ADVERTISING BY THE NEW YORK AND CHICAGO (RANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES NEW YEAR GREETINGS Before the next Issue ot The Jour nal ia in the mails, the year 1010 will be npon us, and the tasks ot the com ing year will be looming on the frosty horizon. The fifth year ot the life ot thla publication under its present manage ment will be under way, and it is but timely that we sit down together and plan for the future years for the com munity, for only by planning, and successfully executing these plana, are worth while things achieved. The past tour years hare been year of difficult times, both in this com munity and in the world generally. They have also marked more worth while effort and development in this county than had been seen in the pre vious 45 years combined, and for those who are best informed on the present situation and the future, the biggest days of all are yet ahead of us. and a broghter and better era is Indeed Just around th corner. The completion ot the city rail way, which has been made possible only by the people working together and fighting for the one obective, for getting disappointments and sur mounting difficult obstacles, accom plishing results that almost any other community In the country would at once declare impossible is one ot the most noteworthy achievements that any community could realise, even In normal times. And all this in the most distressing financial and eco nomic conditions. The bringing ot irrigation to the Orhoro lands, which 1 already ac complished to a greater degree than most PrinevtUe people realise or ad mit, will mean several hundred per cent Increase In th crop production on these lands during 1010. This task has been made possible by the most careful and able work ot th people In the district, their elect ed board of directors, th untiring project engineer and th efforts of th larg contracting firm. The task is not entirely completed Indeed, and In tact th greater part of the coming year may be required to complete the storage reservoir, but it is well along and la a wonderful asset to the community. And better yet. it will be brought to a successful and profitable conclusion, without the least shadow ot a doubt In th very near future. Plans for the Irrigation ot lands to the south and west of PrinevtUe are working out, and another four years will see great activity and develop ment In that quarter. Since we are started, why should we not keep the good things going? The milling ot the larg body of timber lying east and - north and southeast will be a matter of but a tew months, those who ar heat In formed In the matter tell us. We are starting no wild rumors, but are dealing with facts, and the results are arriving . every month. Watch the Prinevill country go tor ward! Added interest to the stock Indus try, which after all Is the verk back bone and sinew ot this country, 1s more manifest every day, and won derful strides are due In this Indus try during the year. There ia no doubt nut the Prine vtUe country Is making good. In the the issue of the Journal dated January 7, 1915, we said edi torially In part: "The prime object ot the Journal will be to advocate and stand tor the best interests ot Prlne ville and Crook county and the Irri gation and development ot all parts ot Interior Oregon. "Many things are badly needed In Prineville. ror example, the Irriga tion of SO.000 acres of land adjoin ing the town on the north and east development of conditions within the city, and many other things. "At the same time the interests of the people living in the great country to the south and east ot us will not be overlooked. . I feel the develop ment of the country Is far more im portant than the municipal Improve ments and the Interests of the farmers and stockmen are of first importance to the development ot this town.. The above creed needs no revision Some of the objectives have been re alized, others are working out, and a few new ones added. Of the ultimate success and pros perity of the community there can be no doubt Let us work together as in the past, pull together, and plan together for the things we most need and there can be no doubt ot their accomplishment We wish you all a happy, prosper ous and busy New Year. A MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN now. but that seems dreadfully alow. I It the new order which calls for aend Cltlsens of Wallowa ar planning in mf,n home In troop trains to be for th erection ot a memorial toun- demobtllied, then our Job should end tain In that little city, for th sol-'(oon. whoa! I had to stop and ran dier and sailors who gav their live : le th allotment of a buck private In defense .of their country. Indian. There 1 a fund already started that) "As you see my address hat been might be applied to a Ilk cause In changed. I waa transferred on ac Prtnevllle. Why not erect 0 memor-' count ot my new Job, and as far as I ial fountain? LEST WE FORGET t Under th above head, and dis played to a degree, th Athena Press la advertising a barber who refused to support th United War Fund drlv. Th notice Is signed by a cltltens' committee, and we wonder It th gen tleman named In th notice hat any respect tor the power ot advertising, adverse though It may be. HUSBAND SEEN ON SCREEN To meet her husband face to face and to have him look laughingly In to her eyes, when in reality he Is In faraway Prance, waa th happy ex-: perlene ot Mra. Earl Wursweller, ot 348 Muitnoman ttreet. wnen tn lat-ied est allied nation official war review was flashed before her on th Maje- tie theater screen Wednesday night, Mra. Wursweller thought she saw her husband In th midst ot a equad ot Yanks. She sat through a second show and then hurried home to in form relative of her discovery. Man ager Frank Lacey ordered th reels run through th projecting machine very slowly until the Identification was complete. Oregonian. E. F. May, manager of one ot our creamery stations, last week paid a customer $24.70 for two small cans ot cream. "Golden cream" Is not to much of a misnomer after all with butterfat at (0 cents a pound. Farmers who turn their atentton to dairying in the Powder Valley cannot go tar wrong. North Powder News. a. a. XII TOWIM (Continued from last week) pay. Yesterday I waa rushed the whole day, but thus tar this morning only one claim has appeared. Either this bunch Is unpatriotic or broke! Just as long as they remain so, I'll have plenty ot time to keep up cor respondence. "Ot course, the whole topic ot dis cussion in camp now is 'When are we going home?' This is pro-ed and con ed in all its aspects. Some ot the men are very much dejected because they can see no Immediate chance of dismissaL Others are bouyant and as light as the sir, naturally, as they are slated for the farewell walk to the station. This Division seems to be very alow in getting rid ot its men. We are letting out about 500 a day lllfS J0 the business men and farmers of Prineville and vicinity: The undersigned company, entering business in your midst with the coming of the railroad, desires to greet' you cordially and make a bid for your acquaintance, friendship and patronage. We have confidence in Prineville and in the Prineville country, and intend to so conduct our business that you will have confi dence in us. In former days people considered that business con sisted only of buying and selling. We have a third department; we call it Service, and our desire is that in every transaction with our friends and customers here that element may enter; We want to be of use in this community and on that basis extend a cordial invitation to you to call and get acquainted. OCHOCO WAREHOUSE CO. . Mr. and" Mrs. B. H. McMickle can see the change Is a good one. I hated to leave my old friends but 1 am In better quarters and new friends can be found. Then the 113th being construction squadron It not up tor dlgchi,rge. while as It now stands. 1 may get out when this Job Is done. You may send me the Journal as us ual. I ran get It Just as handy. I see that Leola was down recently and I am sorry to have missed seeing her. I supose most ot the stockmen are at the show this week. I ran across Warren Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Or val Yancey. "About those articles you asked ma to write. By George, it seemed that I couldn't bring myself around to write them. It would have been dif ferent if I hadn't been to damned un lurk v aa to ge anchored here. But 'to writ from hr would b too blam tame compared with the tales the i other boys will bring back. I don't feel that I havant don my share In th war, for I rally think 1 have don. as much oontrlbutary work aa anv but I do feel that someone, else could have dune it, letting me In on the Big Adventure. After all the only differ ence Is that others wore sent to Frame and I was sent here. Anyway that Is the reason I didn't write arti cles. " It is surprising the number of men v. an nave only throe years of ed ucation or loss. For a time I was copying me educational and occupa tionai qualifications of the men. If every child could understand the com parisons and relation between educa tion una occupation that was revealed usually in these men. that rhn.i would go through high school and If possible, to college. In most cases It was the high school or colloge man who had the largest weekly pay, al though there are exceptions. For In stance; A colloge graduate was a rare oeing. so tnat wnen I ran across one I expected htm to amount to some thing. One In special had a degree. I turned over his card to look for the occupation and I found It "truck-driver" at a small weekly sum. Shortly after a wop came along with no edu cation at ail. and be was making about twice a much aa th colloge gracl. "I had to laugh at one fellow today. In all caBes we are suposed to get their middle names. This fellow's middle Initial was "B" and he Insist ed that It was Just B and no more. Finally after much persuading be very reluctantly admitted it to be "Berlin." Can you beat It? "Getting out of the army, (If I ever do) sticks one with the necessity of finding a Job. If I get out by 1010 I expect to return to Reed. If later I haven't decided starve probably, as most would-be journalists do. I intend to come to Prineville tor a space during the holidays it there Is any chance. Roll back the carpet and 7TTTSTART the new year right, by I heating your bath and bed rooms JU with a Majestic Electrical Heater. No litter or dirt, and absolutely safe to operate. Price of a 600 watt" Heater, $9.00. Cost of operation $3.00 per month flat rate. 1,000 watt Heater $ 1 2.50, cost of operation $5.00 per month. 1,700 watt Heater $17.50, cost of operation $7.50 per month. Call and be convinced of what they will do, as we use no wood for heating our office. Come and see for yourself. Des Chutes Power Co. H. U MAKEH CARS OVERHAULED Now Is Ui time to have yoor ear overhauled and put tn sliape for th coming season. Rates Reasonable, services right Cars stored by the day or month... Auto for hire. MAKER & CORNETT INLAND GARAGE. SECOND AND B STREETS stsrt th phony going at about 12:00 p. s. 80 th railroad Is picking up a bit. I am Interested in the project and think It is one ot the finest thing Prineville has lone. It Is lucky she had the pluck to undertake and push on such an undertaking at this tlma. "I have been seeing numerous good shows latoly. The Orpheum Is fairly good and the stock shows are excel JOHN OOR.NKTT lent Give me a good stock thow any time. Chaplain In his latest "Shoul der Arms," It a complete turn-over. It's worth coming down to sue, Well. JlgKt, U s time to lick tb postage sump the only thing I ever licked. Aa ever, BOB." 11th Bpruc Squadron, 1st Prov. Ilugt. Vancouver Barracks, Washington.
