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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
fHOOK CDtTfTT JOCrlJCAL DECEMBER M 101ft, ae:;i ceds motes CFCEKERAL INTEREST Frlnolptl Evinti if Oil Wtck Ifftfty Skitdie. fir Nftr nttitN tf lr Ru.irt. BJaMl Braanaa, k pioneer MM ksrse owaer et Eugene, died at kit mm thesa tlUiidilU. ' JPar Ue first Urn la history. Cartas wa turkeys ssid la tt wkolssals market la Rooebarg far 41 eeata a BUd. All nwkm ( the 8. A T. C. ef tk Oreo Agricultural college, with tka eaceptlea st a few students aa tka iok list, ksvs been discharged. Bdwta B. Hatch. oC Porttaad. w in! I member at tka ataU board at paarmsay to succeed Frank S. Ward, f Sales, secretary at tka beard. Ira Laagley, a well-known cattle- at Dlila ereek, a oar Rye valley. i akat aad klllad by aa aatdaoUfted wke was kiddaa la tka kruak ear tka read. Tka top aatck pries tar cattle la Lake ceuaty waa raacked wkea W. D. Xoblaett. at Summer lake, aeld M bead at beef ateck to W. Q. Moan, at Lnkevlew. at II eeata a pound. State teachen' examination la Wal bn Grant. Harney, Jefferson. Jack sea. Cooa, Douglas, Yamhill aad Polk saatlea were cancelled beeauae at prevalence of Spanish Influenza. Five very large telepkone polea aad many large trees, aome et wblck were sore tkaa twe teet Is diameter, were ten up In the vicinity of Eugeae wkea email cyclone visited the section. Oeld HUl recently renewed the baa en lnfluensa by quarantining all caeca, eleelaf all pablic meeting places, pool rooms, and prohibiting the auembllng of mere than tire persons in public place, tax levy yielding $660,782 will be ree. nired to maintain tka public achcola Multnomah county during the com ing year. The ackeol eeaaua akowa 1,115 children of ackool age In the county. All logging camps In Coos county, numbering about 20, closed Saturday might and will not resume until after Mew Tear's, savs the six at Powers, which shut down the 14th and reopen ed en the 26th. While it la aaid no case ot Influenza at the state hospital for the Insane threatens te terminate fatally, Dr. Stelner, superintendent ot the institu tion, is contemplating closing' the hos pital to visitors. The total assessed valuation ef the state Is $987,633,191.97, an increase ot 168,928,326.81 ever last year, when the assessed valuation was $928,605,570.26, according to figures given out by State Tax Commissioner Galloway. All restrictions on the serving ef food by hotels, restaurants and other public eating places were discarded Monday, in conformity with instruc tions received from Washington by the Oregon food administration. Labor and industrial problems In Oregon during the reconstruction pe riod will be the special subject et In-' vestlgation and consideration of a con vention of tbe state's leading interests called fer January 9-10-11, at Portland. It Is reported from the lower TJmp ua river that the Hubbard sawmill, being rushed te completion for open ing about January 1, is te be aban doned and no further work will be done upon It until the lumber situa tion develops. Tbe food administration haa an nounced the cancellation of flour mill , lng regulations. This will throw tbe market wide open to millers and deal ers te make such prices as they see fit on flour and mill feed, subject only to the laws that pertain to profiteer ing. The new lease of the Pacific Cheml . cal company on Summer lake was ap proved by the state land board and Jason Moore has forfeited the $10,000 which he had deposited to cover the former lease. Under the new lease the first payment of royalty money Is due January 15, 1920. Mining for gold anij platinum will fee undertaken at Whisky Run, a local ity a few miles above Bandon, on tbe ocean beach, where H. M. Axtell is assembling - machinery and apparatus for the work. Whisky Run is one of the places that were famous for gold production In early days. , In Instructions sent out to all dis trict sealers of weights and measures Deputy State Sealer Spence Wortman ' countermanded his order of Septem ' ber 27, when' the district sealers were ' told to waive the enforcement of the gasoline law as far as the gravity of 'the gasoline Is concerned. All bonds of state officials should fee written yearly; they should be re quired to have the written approval of the attorney-general, and with the ex ception oTthe bonds of the treasurer and secretary of state should all be kept an file in the office of the secre tary of state. These are recommenda tions which will be Included as a part of the forthcoming biennial report of Secretary of State Olcott, which is (tow in the course of preparation. tuts Treasurer Kay, la ala Meaalal report to tka legiatatara, ass r nasi tka beet at that added duties akaald ba glv aa to tka sealer at walghta aad eneas rat, ar tka sealer aad kia wark ekeuld ba transferred to tka Juried lettea at ta public service eommtaetea. Cemplaiat la being made regarding tka present train aervtoa between) Al bany aad Lebaaoa aad petitions are being circulated la Lebanon asking far a rearrangement at tka schedule. Peep) at Lebanon asaert Uat that etty kaa aat kad snob aa aaaaUetao tary Irmia schedule tar 14 years. . La Oread agala kaa gene lata rtg ereea aaaraatta aa a res alt at spread ing at tka taflneaea. At aa Ubm kaa the sttuatlaa been aa bad aa aaw. Many deaths bare socarred aad aaw aaaaa ar developing rapidly, Theaters, daacea, ekarohss, ladgea aad ail paella tmtksrUga are affected by tka olaalag order. Oaa at tka problems witk which aa est stats lecUlatara wUl ba oaa treat ed will be a deficiency at $ 444.lt, rep reaeaUag tka difference la tka ameaat that eaa be levied by tka auto tax aaauaiasloa aadar tka par cent limi tation amendment, aad tka require SMttta at tka state Institutions aad de partments. Thirty-four delegates treat IT fam ine eemmuattlea at Daackutaa oeuaty et at Redmond witk tka eonnty agent and state leader at county agaata aad organised tka Deschutes County Farm Bureau. Tka meeting waa aa enthus iastic ana. aad the organization will take aa active part la tka development at central Oregon. - While the bill dosing tka Willam ette river to commercial fishing south of Oswego la now In effect, it does not repeal a law of the 1917 legislature, which allows abutting property own ers along the stream to take salmoa tor themselves aad families. Attorney General Brown has advised the stats fish and game commission. The expenditure of state road funds during the laat blennlum amounted to $1,288,257.68. and SO miles at hard sur face, 111.$ miles ot broken stone er gravel, 114.5 miles ot graded roads and 40 bridges were constructed, ac cording to figuree contained la tka advance sheets at the biennial report of the state highway commission. Fourth class poatmastsrs kava been appointed ta Oregon recently, aa fol lows: Alfalfa, Deschutes county, Lucy M. Smock; Big Eddy, Waaco county, Harriette B. Ward; Hubor, Washing ton county, Elisabeth H. Thompson; Maplewood, Multnomah county, Ida B. Crawford; Mohawk, Lane county, Tance H. Seavey; Willows, Gilliam county, Augusta O. Parker. Disastrous fires occurring Just at the close ot the 191$ aeason made the forest loss la Oregon the greatest In Its history, according to the report of Stats Forester Elliott, now In course ot preparation. The loss Is estimated at 1,107,741,000 feet damaged er de stroyed, representing a monetary loss ot $734,192.25. Of this amount ks es timates that (44,513,000 feet may ba salvaged. Between 2,600.000 and 1,000,000 pounds of fruit a month, or about 19 carloads a week, la an evaporated con dition, are moving aut ot tha Salem Fruit Union, which expects to gst Its Immense orders cleaned up by Febru ary 1 at tha latest, aocordlng to an announcement made by Manager Rob ert Paul us of tka union. Growers will receive aa high aa $1(0 per tea tor their prunes this year. ' Oregon will be entitled to receive $167,517 from the federal government sack year for educational purposes un der tke provisions ef a national edu cational bill Introduced In congress by Senator Hoke Smith, ot Georgia, ac cording to figures which have been submitted to School Superintendent Churchill, of this state, by the Nation al Education association. The meas ure, in a general way, has for its purpose the elimination of illiteracy, and the general development of the physical, mental and moral wellbelng of young citizens. The rivers and harbors bill will In clude Oregon projects that call for more than $1,250,000. Immediate ap propriations call for $951,000, and $318,000 will follow later for the Ya auina river project. New projects, with the amounts appropriated, are as fol lows: Coos bay inner harbor for 22 feet, $130,000; Yaqulna river, $100,000; Coquille river bar and entrance, $64, 000; maintenance of present projects at the Columbia river entrance, $130, 000; lower Columbia and Willamette, $424,000; Coos bay, $74,000; upper Willamette,. $27,000; Clatskanie river, $2000. State Historian Cornelia Marvin has well under way. -the gigantic task of compiling the names of all Oregon men who entered the country's service during the great war. County his torians have been appointed in each county by the state council of defense, to cooperate with Miss Marvin and facilitate the work. Bulk records available so far show that 5000 men of the O. N. G. entered the regular army as a unit; 7500 volunteered from July, 1917, to March, 1918; 15,000 men were drafted; 2400 enlisted In the navy; 2000 enlisted in the . United States marine corps; 4000 enlisted in the S. A. T. C. and officers' training schools. PARTIES E1V1CE Oti REVENUE CIU finite Atfopts Aminlntnt tt Mitsurt Ri$!utlit Taxit Fir 1129. Washington. Mvtdlag ear tolly aa party lines, tka seaato adapts asses d meats to tka reveau bill severing tka tag rates a profile aad toes ansa tar Us flseal year tadlag Juas H im, as as to prsdass revenue aat te saeeaa at l4.l44.M4.aes. Tka veto en msttos by Saaater MoCumber (Rep.) to elim inate Uls teatars tram Us kUt was $1 ayea to IT a see. Repablloaa senators epssasd ska pre- vlalsa bsosass tkey rsgardae) it as aa attempt to legielate aa a sabjeot wkkk skauld ba considered by Us aaat sea graaa. la wklek Us rapakUsaaa wUl kava eeutrol. Pemeerata supported It apea Ua grenad Uat baalaess eaeuld be advised la advance st Us 111! sal lections that rates tar Ua tellewlag year would ba lowered. Every rspubllsaa te Us eeaate at Ua time Us roll was sailed voted tor Us McCumber met tea, aad all Ue democrats voted agalaat it The 1920 plan as adsptod cats aut tha $0 psr seat tax sa war profits tor tke year 191941, reduces Us rates on corporation aad ladlvldual taoemes by oaa third and alas lowers Us sxsess profits rates. Tbe axeass profits rates tor Ue year 1918-11 will be $0 psr sent and $0 per seat and far 1419-39 they will be 20 per cent aad 40 per esnt. Ths normal rates sa individual In comes tor ths rosBlag year will ba 12 psr cent (I per csat aa Us first $4000) aad under Ua 1M provision It will be reduced to I psr csat, or 4 psr ssnt oa Us first $4o. Tka corporation Income tax Is reduced by Us same aetkod from 11 par csat to 1 per seat BANK RESOURCES OF U. S. ARE ENORMOUS Washington. Resources of Us aa tional banks of Us country oa No vember 1, the date of ths last sail, aggregated $19,811,404,000. Controller ot the Currency Williams announced. This not ealy waa a aaw .high rsosrd. but waa aa Increase ot $1,777,799,000 over Ue total showa by the call laat August 11. Tha resources ot tka national banks ot the United Itatsa. Mr. Williams said, exoeed tka combined aggregate resource of Us aatlonal banks et la sue of England. Ua Dominion of Can ada, Franoe, Italy, Tka Netkarlaada, Norway, Bwedea. Denmark, Japan aad Oermaar, as akowa by Uelr latest available reports. Mr. Wllllame alas said Uat Us na tional basks' reaeuroea were only one billion dollars lsss tkaa tka combined resources of all ststs aad other banks aad trust eomsaaies la Us oeaatry, as shewn by tksir reports st June, 1917, aad that lu Us past five years Ua growth of Us rssoaress at Ue national institattoas kad been greater Uan Ua Increase which took plaoa In tka precedlac 18 years. PBESHEHT 6IT3 DEGREE Hsnsr First ef Kind to Is estowed ' ty tsrbsnns. Paris. In Us great amphitheater st Ue University of Paris (tha lor bonne) President Wilson Saturday af ternoon received ths degree of doctor honoris causa, conferred upos him In recognition of his work aa a jurist and historian. This Is Us first tlms la the history ot ths university that an honorary degree baa been bestowed, authorizstion for its granting having been given by a recent decree. President Folaoars, Us presidents of the senate aad chamber of depu ties, tha diplomatic corps, members of the government aad tha highest civil and military authorities wsrs present at ths ceremony. Great crowds ohssrsd ths president when he arrived at Ue university, ac companied by Mrs. Wilson, William Graves Sharp, tha American ambas sador, and Jean Jules Jusserand, French ambassador to tha United States. Lodge Criticises Pesos Prlnelples. Washington. Five of Frssidsnt Wil son's 14 principles of peace wars ksld up In ths senate by Senator Lodge, the republican leader, as questions which might lead to division among the nations which have conquered Germany and which certainly should be postponed until after the peace con ference. They relate to secret diplo macy, freedom of ths seas, economic barriers, reduction of armaments and the league of nations. ' Masaryck Enters Prague. "T - Paris. Professor Thomas G. Mas aryck, the president of the newly formed republic of Csecho-Slovakia, has made solemn entry into Prague, according to advices received hers from that city. ichel II ii II II ii We wish our many friends Happy and Prosperous New Years Grocery Company We wish our many friends and customers a Happy and Prosperous New Year ' ' TRY AN ED. V. I'RICH TAILORED SUIT. WE WILL FIT YOTJ. ii ananas mnm am amus annnnnnmssW - - - - r ROSS R. ROBINSON PRINEVILLE, OREGON a
