Crtiiok Coiiety ".Journal COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE TOL. XXIII. PRINEVILLE. CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 23, 1919 NO. 11. WATFR IN MAIN (!MI CHARLES W. COLBY ! RESUME OF WORK OF THE STATE ENGINEER ASKS SUPPORT FOR PROJECT ON OCHOCO PROJECT KILLS WIFE AND SELF OREGON LEGISLATIVE BODY WORK OK IMIFPARING DITCH KM FOR KPIUNU I'HK IIKINd RI'HIIKI) INTAKE AT TWO POINTS NOW McKay Water Turn Ml In At Crow lug Worm Weather IVr mlu Irrlgutlon For the flrsf time since Hi com pletion th waters of Ochoco Crook were, on Tuesday, 'allowed to flow down tba Main Canal of tha Ochoco Irrigation District as fur as Dry creek. Toe bond of the it ream hud reached the North porul of tha tunnut about th rim o'clock In tba afternoon and It wm expected tha water would ba flowing out of tha wanleway at Dry crock hy nlKhtfnll. A fast aa poniilble tha ennui will h flllitd anil tested to tha and near Hound liutta In oritur that all struct ure may ba puddled and tested and tha canal aoukud up ready for opera tion. At the mi inn tlmo crews are busily engaged In puddling all drops, turnout, and other structures on the" " ". Water Is being lukon into-the can- al at the Mr Kay crooning as well as at the dam, ami Inn covered consider Otiln distance went of McKay. It la thn plan of tha board to keep water In tho cauul for tba remuluder of tha aprhiK. unless iiimo repair work ahould become necessary that would uiuke It necessary to shut It ; Off. The effect of this water will be marked thla year on crops grown on the binds near this city, and In Its ap plication a new epoch In the develop ment of tha country Is seen. F BONDS ARE SOLD A block of 1200,000 worth of bonds the remaining unit of the $1,100,000 bond Issue of the Ochoco Irrigation District, authorized before tho con struction work was started, waa sold to Clark, Kendall ft Co. of Portland, and Htephena aV Co., of San Kranclsco, at a meeting of the board of directors Monday at noon. The bonds brought $180,000.00 or 90 points plus accrued Interest. There was but one other bid, that of the Union Trust Company of Spo kane, which was represented bore by Krank C. I'nlno. The Union Trust Company bid was for 95 points plus Aa the board considered the set iiuuiuni wiiii ma vouiruuior impos sible under the terms men t limed, tho bid for $10,000 less money seemed to be far the beat business move. The bids wore opened a week ago, but upon agreement with the bidders, tho mutter wns deferred until Mon day, pending the outcome of a con ference between the board of direct ors and the contractor. ', w. i. . J. C. IKlSON, PIONEER OK LAKE VIEW ENDS HIM LIFE Despondent over financial difficul ties, J. C. Doduon, pioneer stockman, and ranchur of Lukeview, placed the muzzle of a ,22-callbur rifle in his mouth and blew his brains out, Sun day morning, at the Redmond Hotel. Ills brother, W. I). 13. Doduon, Is sec retary of the Portland Commercial club. , The discovery of the tragedy was made at 9 o'clock In the morning, when a chambermaid called at his room. Receiving no answer, she op ened the door and found the rancher - lying dead In his bed. lie hud cover ed the floor nearby with newspapers and placed a. basin close to the edge of the bed, aparently In th endeavor to prevent soiling the carpet. A cor oner's jury returned a verdict of toll Inflicted duth. Saturday night Dodson loft Bend by auto for Redmond, leaving word with his driver to call for him In the morning. Shortly after he bought a rifle at a second hand store, and lat er retired to his room, where he wrote a note telling of his intention to end "his life. It is believed that the shot was fired between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Dodson came to Central Oregon nearly a quarter of a century ago, homesteadfng In the Lakevlew sect- Ion. Ho was about 46 years of ago. w. s. a. v O. O. II. KF DEFEATS REDMOND The same skill, spirit, pop and luck Is still with old Crook Count uifcU. In a fast f.amo of tuiHliotbull at the Club hall Snturdny night, C. C. II. S. defeated Redmond High, 3 to 22. A large crowd was out to witness the game and much onthusiaBm was ev idenced. The homo tuam is com posed Of Llfltrr, Horlgan, Rosenberg, Lister and Miller. Tho next gamu will be at Madras. Saturday night, I uu i.iie.eBL uUl wn. cuuuiuunai p,BCe reatei to some agreement pre otf the acceptance of thf district of a Piously made, the mall carrier did settlemont of the contracting firm of , h,.,n ,hft 0iVerv of the mes- Twohy Hros. Company. a i. .i m.i.i, w I IIODIKM FOUND HY HIIKUIFF ' '!-. tltlhl Saf ILMi mt AMI FORMER PRINOILLE RESIDENTS Coll Wm In Tha Hhiwp IlitMnc. Hera For Hnrral Year Wa A Partner of J.inra ('ram Charles W. Colby,' formerly of this . pliicn, killed his wlfn and hlnntolf last' h0UB over organisation. Both the Saturday at their farm .hoy, near. prMldent of -the ,eMtei w. T. yinton Ileoverton. Mr. and Mrs. Colby were. , , . '. , , well known here, where Mr. Colby ' ' Yamhill county, and the speaker of was In the sheep busliieKs for.sevoral the house, Seymour Jones of Marlon years. The Oregonlon of January 20 1 county, were elected without oppost carries the following story concerning ,jon lh?.i,r"t,1"i),:. n ,u ,, J The legislative mill began to grind of TKKifi V'ft'-IP"-.. ."or organization was com urdny morning shot his wlfo, .30, pleted, wUh less useless debate than while she was alocplng, and then , during the first week of any session turned tha ,32-callber revolver upon for mhnf y(!arg Wne fewer bills hlnmi'lf. Thn bodies were found tt-' - . ,,rn,,aA .i,n ,,,,ol1v 'nnnwir about mldnlKht Saturday by Sheriff were n0"" than usually appear Alexander, of Beavorlon, who went "luring the first week of a session, in ilm fi.rin mi ihn I'uclfle lllirhwuvt seldom does the initial week see SO )n r. Bp (0 a n()( delivered by the' rurul man carrier, uaKing tno snor- su rharg of the place, pnertil n li'Aiilid.'r i.'uim an uwnii securely fnstened, but forced his en-. trance to the dwelling. Mrs. Colby f evidently had retired some time be- fore tho shootinit and was sleeping ! soundly when shot through the head' Colby was fully dressed, but was ly- Ins on the bed beside the woman The weapon was lying between the bodies. "No motive for the deed has been, discovered. The Colbys wore married 10 years ago In Son Francisco, and The wife had lust returned from Port land, where she had been working for soma time. "In a letter written to J. Frank Stroud, of Beaverton, a life-long friend, Colby declared he had killed three men, but local officers have been unable to learn anything defin ite In thla regard. It Is reported, however, that he waa at one time un der arrest on suspicion In connection with a murder charge. "I have killed three men In my life," the letter to Mr. Stroud says, "but this killing of the woman I love and worship above anything else on earth, takes the nerve." "The letter was dated at 2.15 o'clock Saturday morning, supposedly a few minutes before the shots were fired. The note to Sheriff Alexander wns written about the same time, and the envelope bore instructions for the mallcarrler to open it and read Its contents, Thinking the request for the shor ,f( t0 and take charRe 0, lhe fore officers reached the place. The house wos In perfect order and there were no signs of a struggle. The stock had not been cared for for some time, bearing out the belief that the shooting took place during the pre ceding night or early morning. "According to acquaintances, Col by had a violent temper and fre quently became enraged upon minor provocation. These spells, they claim were of short duration and the man soon regained control of himself. It Is supposed he and his wife had quar reled early In the evening Friday, and that he watted until she was sleeping to put an end to their troubles. Colby formerly lived In Prinevllle, whore Mr. Stroud became acquainted wllh him and so far as Is known the confession to three other crimes does not refer to anything oecuring during his residence there. Colby owned a ; ky genator Dlmlck and a somewhat 20-acre place one mUe east of Beaver-, ,n a houge b Mr Kub ton, a beautiful home, and his home ., . . life seemed to be pleasant. ' directed at criminal syndicalism and "In his letter to Mr. Stroud, Colby , designed to suppress Bolshevlkl and asks that his sister in California be! j w, activities. The measures de notlfled. He Is also said to have a nt crlmlnal ,yndioail8m and sabo- BlTamesV Cram, archer of Pr.ne-I tage, and would curb lawlessness seek vllle, Ore,, who Is at the Imperial Ing industrial revolution. They would Hotel, was Mr. Colby's partner in ! punish by fine and imprisonment not sheep raising from 1907 until 1911..' , actual obstruction of property, Mr. Cram aays Colby was reputed to . , . ,.,,, m---.,,,,, have killed two or three men, but ex-, the distribution of literature cept for suspicions in the case of or the teaching of such propaganda. Shorty Davis, none of the alleged Tha bill are expected to meet the murders were committed In Oregon. aeBire 0f Governor Wlthycombe as "Mr. Cram says Colby told him that . . h,. tv.t . i.w he was born In Sacramento, Calif., "Pressed In Ms message that a law and that his parents died when he providing for the punishment of treas was Beven years old. Then Colby on ba enacted, said, he went to live in San Francis-1 state Police Is Created By Bill. co, where he lived by stealing on the . .. , . . . , ,,. wharfs until he was 16 or 17 years! Creation of the department of state old. Coming to Oregon, he worked police 1 proposed in a bill introduced on the Willamette river for a time, by Senator Orton, of Multnomah. Then he went to Eastern Oregon and i Tne t,m provides for an appropria later to Nevada. Mr. Cram says Col- , 60 fl00 tn rt 0, fte by waB an expert horseman and one tKm " ' ' " vv . of the finest shots he ever saw. ; department for a two-year period. "The murdered woman was Colby's . A superintendent of state police, to second wife., whom he married In 19- D8 aDDolnted by the governor at a 09. The couple became engaged af- Balary of $3000 a year and the selec tor meeting only twice In Oakland, Dala v ' Calif, They were Introduced to each on of 12 police officers by the super other one night at a church Bocial. Intendent at salaries of $1500 annually Tho next night Colby took her to a each, are the main provisions of the theater. He then returned to Oregon where he helpod on the ranch during the lambing season. Returning to , Provide for Employment of Soldiers. Oakland, he married the girl, with ' First of tha reconstruction bills to whom he had kept up a correspon- be Introduced In the senate was that dence, end took her to the Alaska- . a.natflr Huston makina- emoloy Vukon Exposition in Seattle. of Senator Huston, mawng employ DDflMPT ORGANIZATION OF BOTH HOUSES AUGURY OF CESSFUL AND EVENTFUL SESSION I Hvl II I Salem. If tba prompt manner In which tha legislature organized and atarted to work li an indication or tba manner In which tha law-making builneaa la going to be conducted It augurs well for successful session. There was no bickering in either many important measures brought for- ward. All told, 60' bills have been Introduced In the house and 31 in the Bnntn nBl0, The first Important action of the legislature after organization was the ratification of the national prohibition .mnHmBn. Th. ..mi.tbitlon resolu- tlon passed the bouse with only three negative votes, cast by Kubll, Lewis and McKarland, all from Multnomah county. In the senate the resolution was passed by an unanimous vote. Bill Passed to Relieve Soldiers. The first bill passed provided for the creation of a soldiers' and sailors' commission for the relief of returning soldiers, appropriating $100,000 for that purpose. The bill passed both houses with only one dissenting vote, cast by Senator Wood of Washington county. - Governor Wlthycombe promptly signed the bill and announced the ap pointment ofW. B. Ayer, chairman; John H. Burg'ard, A. H. Cranston and John H. Stevenson, all of Portland, as the personnel of the new commission. A technical error was discovered In the soldier' relief bill by the auditing department of the secretary of state, which Is held to render It unconstltu- t,ona,( and , neceggitate sending the bill back to tha legislature for amendment Consolidation Plans Harmonious. For a time there were Indications of a clash between the house and senate over the consolidation pro gram, but tho differences were smoothed over. A practical plan is being worked out under which the joint committee will put into form all proposals for consolidation, elimina tion or merger of duties of various department and commission. Members who have been here for several sessions declare ' that never before bava they seen the legislature as a whole In such a seeming state of harmony on the consolidation question as now, and it is believed the conflict which blocked all efforts at consoli dation two years ago will be avoided. Radicals to Be Curbed. A bill was Introduced in the senate ment of war veterans, either soldier or sailors, compulsory by tha state, counties and municipal corporations. Tha measure applies to 'veterans of the Civil, Spanish-American and of the recent war who have achieved honor able discharges. Tha bill provide that soldiers who bava bean maimed in action shall be given employment suitable to tbelr physical condition, and. In case any working force of men is cut down, would be the last to be removed from the payrolls. Tax Limitation Repeal Proposed. The repeal of the 6 per cent tax limitation amendment adopted by the people at the general election of 1916, Is provided for in a joint resolution Introduced In the house just before adjournment by Brownell of Umatilla county, . The resolution provides for the ap pointment of a committee of five mem bers of the house to prepare a measure for adoption by the legislature, and submission by It to the people at the j next general election, of a constitu tional provision repealing the present ( per cent limitation amendment. Want Road Work Started. A joint resolution introduced in the house by Mr. Bean, calling upon th state highway commission to imme diately start work on one or mora unit of highway work to provide em ployment for at least 1000 men was passed In both houses. This resolu tion provides that preference shall be given to returning soldiers and sailors. Mr. Bean also introduced a joint resolution . calling upon congress to enac leglslatle which will remedy bad conditions surrounding th re turning men, because of governmental Inaction. Thi resolution calls atten tion to the fact that th Oregon legis lature has been compelled to appro priate $100,000 t grapple with a situa tion which shguld have bean cared for by congressional action. Prevent Teaching Foreign Languages. Representative Dodd of Umatilla in troduced a bill in the house, making it unlawful for any board of school dl- ! nu.tnr tn nrmit the tp&rhlnff of ftnv subject, other than foreign languages, In any of tha public or private schools of the state except In the English lan guage. Any director permitting such a thing to be done, or any teacher vio lating the terms of the act is to be punished' by a . fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the first offense, and not less than $250 nor more than $1000 for tha second of fense, with the alternate punishment of Imprisonment for not less than $0 days nor mora than one year in tha county jail. Market Commission Is Proposed. Standardisation of the sale of all farm and manufacturing products and furthering the market for Oregon goods is proposed in a bill Introduced by Senator Huston, of Multnomah county, providing for the creation of a state market commission. The bill provides that a market director, ap pointed by the governor, shall have supervisory control over the. sale and marketing of all such commodities, to the end that Oregon products might find a wider market throughout the country. Land . Settlement Act Introduced. The soldiers land settlement bill recommended to the various states by Secretary of the Interior Lane was introduced In the senate by Senator Eddy. It provides for the appoint ment of a soldiers' settlement board of three members and carries an ap propriation of $500,000 to meet the state's share of the expense of co operation with the United States. Briefly, the bill provides a plan whereby the state Is to furnish the land and the United States is to fur nish the money tor the developmenC of homes for soldiers. The soldiers will be given 40 years In which to pax for the land and 20 years in which to pay tor the improvements. Provision Is made that the governor shall appoint the chairman of the sol diers' settlement board, who shall be designated as the soldiers' settlement commissioner and shall receive a Bal ary of $4000 a year, Legislative Brevities. Governor Wtthycombe's veto of sen ate bill No. 242, of the 1917 session. Continued on page 8 PRKCIPITATION MORE THAN ! INCH IN PRINEVILLE All STREAMS START RUNNING Know Add Materially To The Water Supply For The Coming; Season A good rain, totaling more than an Inch, fell In Prinevllle the first three days of this week. On Saturday night the precipita tion totaled .4 inches, Sunday .3 and Monday night and Tuesday the guage showed .33 Inches, making a total of slightly more than an inch for the three days' storm. While the rain was falling in the valleys, snow piled up in the moun tains, some falling in the valley and staying on a few hours. Streams started running that had been dry for months, and farmers and stock men feel that the supply of moisture will be of great benefit to crops and ranges during the coming year. w. . s. GET LATERALS READY FOR IRRIGATING All owners of lrigable lands un der the canals of the Ochoco Irriga tion District are notified that the main canal laterals and appurtenant structures are now being puddled in and "tuned up" ready for the delivery of flood waters. The present period of rainy weather may mean an early run-off and whenever these waters come they should be applied to the lands of the Project. One good Irrigation of the bench lands of the Project will mean an av erage wheat crop of many more bush els per acre than has ever before been raised on these lands, and the yields of other crops in proportion. Farm laterals, waste ditches, etc.. should be carefully laid out and con structed so that water can be dis tributed over the fields in the most economical and efficient manner. Farm ditches should be built of am ple size in order that a large head of water may be utilized and the time necessary for each application of wat er thereby proportionately shortened. The svstem of irrigation selected tor each farm should be that best adapted to the contour of the ground, soil conditions, and crops to be raised. In order that the water resources of the district may be put to the high est beneficial use it is necessary that waste of water be cut to a minimum which condition presumes that not only must there be no actual physical waste but that no more water shall' be applied to the land than is demanded for a maximum crop, according to soil conditions and crops planted. Those land owners who are not fa miliar with the design and laying out of ditch systems should consult some old water user or call at the office of the Ochoco Irrigation District, where every effort will gladly be made to cooperate and assist in the selection of an adequate ditch sys tem. Whenever flood waters are avail able from Ochoco or McKay creeks same will be at once delivered to any water users whose ditches and lands are ready and such delivery contin ued as long as the flood run-oft con tinues. Land owners who are not prepared in time to take care of their share of these waters may blame no one but themselves if, through pro crastination, they fall to have their ditches ready in time. W. B. S. BIG DANCE COMING Luna Lodge No. 65, Knights of Pythias, are making elaborate prep arations for a big dance to take place on Friday night, February 14. As Is common with this live order, when they do anything of a public nature, they do it in a most thorough man ner, believeing that if a thing is worth doing at all, it ds worth doing well, consequently the people of this sec tion can safely look forward to the biggest dance of the season.. Ar rangements are being made for the very best musical talent to be had, which will make dancing an absolute delight. . W. S. 8. TRAFFIC IS DELAYED Bad Place Develops Near the Depot Causing Much Difficulty The heavy rains during the past few days, and constant traffic with heavy trucks and other vehicles to and from the depot has developed a very bad place in the north end of Main street, where many people have come to grief the past two .lays. Delivery of coal and wood fn.n the warehouse and almost dll traffic will be badly hampered until this place is fixed. It will no doubt be given immediate 'attention by the city authorities.. MR. tTPPER WORKING FOR MONEY FOR CENTRAL OREGOJt HAY MEAN AN EAXIY ACTION Wonlc Provide Fund For Lands At Powell Butt And For Those In Jefferson County , State Engineer Percy A. Cupper 1 working for Hie appropriation of government funds, which may be us ed in the development of about 200, 000 acres of land in Crook, Deschute and Jefferson counties. In the work he has secured the able assistance of Representative N. J. Sinnott and other members of the Oregon delegation. . A recent statement of the situation says: "1 have written to various parties Interested in Irrigation along the Deschutes river," writes Congressman Sinnott, "to the officials of the north -unit project, near Madras, to the pres ident of the Suttles lake irrigation district, near Grandview, and to R. A. Ward, county agricultural agent at Redmond, suggesting the wisdom and expediency of sending one especially . acquainted with these various pros pective projects from an engineering standpoint to press their respective merits before the reclamation service and Secretary Lane. "There is a possibility that addi tional funds may be voted at this ses sion of congress tor irrigated land for soldiers: Secretary Lane intends to ask for an appropriation of $100, 000,000 to be alotted to the reclama tion of arid, swamp and cut over , lands. This sum divided among the 48 states will not permit a very ex tennivp rtpvAlnnment in Anv n&rttciilar state. However, I understand that the secretary will choose that irriga tion project in each state which may seem to him to be the most feasible and meritorious. If the above appro priation is made by congress the project making th best showing will no doubt- be selected by Secretary Lane." Engineer Cupper tn a letter to Di rector Davis stated that there is over 200,000 acres of irrigable land in the Deschutes project available for recla mation and of this area it is believed that not less than 75,000 acres are unentered lands. "I feel that the Deschutes project not only on account ot the large area involved, but also on account of the large per cent, of such area that is un entered land, should commend itself to the favorable attention of the re clamation service at this time in con nection with any development work it may undertake," writes the engt neer. Further, he vrites: "The north unit of the Deschutes project, consisting of approximately 100.000 acres of irrigable land, has been organized as an Irrigation dis trict and has voted bonds in the sum of $5,000,000. Should the reclama tion service see tit to take part in the reclamation ot the Deschutes project, this organized district, with its $5, 000,000 of bonds voted, should fur nish an excellent basis for beginning its operations. "While the land in this district Is all in private ownership, it mig"t seem to furnish no basis for coopera tion with the federal government in its soldier settlement plan. However., it is expected that the next session of the legislature will make it pos sible for large land holders within an irrigation district to turn in lo the district a part ot their holdings, receiving credit therefore on the re clamation charge against the remain der of their lands and that the dis trict will be authorized to cooperate with the federal government in se curing improvement and settlement of these lands. Under this plan both the district and the federal gov ernment would receive back the mon ey expended in securing and improv ing the lands under some deferred payment plan. The north unit Irriga tion district has indicated a willing ness to cooperate in this matter, and while the effectiveness of the co-operation depends upon the individual land holder, I am convinced that the plan can be successfully worked out on this project. . W. S. 8.. TAG DAY Next Saturday will be Tag Day; tags will be sold by Crook County High School boys and girls. Have your dimes ready. Sixty per cent ot the proceeds will go to the local H. S. Loan Fund, and fortv per cent. to. the State Scholarship Loan Fund. The local fund has been of great as sistance to a number of students who otherwise could not have remained in school, and is worthy of your hearty support. Second semester of High School be gins Monday, February 3rd. LIEUTENANT THOMAT BARNS VISITS FRTENDS HETtJ Lieutenant Tin-mas Parties, a for mer res'dent of Prinevllle, is in tha city visiting friends. Lt. Barnes at tended the Officers' Training Ciua at Camn Hancock, Georgia, where he received his commission.