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Crook CoMinity Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CkOOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXIII.
PIU NEVILLE, CROOK COUNT, OREGON, JANUARY 80, H18.
NO IS.
E OF THE WORK OF THE
OREGON STATE LEGISLATIVE BODY
LEGISLATURE ENDORSES STORAGE WATER FOR
YIELDS $102 AN ACRE
WILL HAKE GOOD
DESCHUTES PROJECT! OGHOCO 8,000 FT.
LAM) LIKE OCHOCO IS A
GREAT MANY RKMI'ECTH
1918 INCOME IS $7,213,392.00
Urenlmt Profit In Alfalfa Which
Crop Maccd Half Of The
Total Wealth
It li especially Interesting to not
ice the report of the manager of the
8unnylde project In Washington for
the year It IK, for the reason that
that project l In many reaped Ilka
the Ochoco lands which are being
placed under water for the first time
thla year.
The Bunnyilde report ay that
there ws a amnller profit last year
than In Itl7, hut that the total In
ferno for Kit whs at tho average
of 1102 per arm, and that about half
the Income of the project was from
alfalfa.
Thoae who are In a position to
know both project say tbut there la
much almilnrlty between the Ochoco
and the 8unnytil lunile, and thut
thero should be no marked differ
ence In the amount 6f crop produc
ed. It U Interesting to note the fart
tbat sugar beet did not prove a
Rood crop. The prune crop, which la
a very ainnll acreage, showed good
returns, but we are Informed that
mot of the orchard of other fruit
have been pulled out to give place to
alfalfa.
Tho report of the manager of this
project, which, by the way, ha a
heavier annual maintenance than thei
Ochocn, I reproduced here, a It ap
peared In the Spokesman Rovlow on
January 19 of thl year:
"YAKIMA.' Wash... Jan. 78. An
nual crop return of the Bunnyilde
project of 70,400 acre, according
to a report by K. K. Tiffany, project
manager, total 17,213,892. The yield
n acre wi slightly over f 101, not
quite up to the mark aet lat eaon
when the Bunnyilde project held the
acreage record of all reclamation
project. The total yield I alio
lightly less, due to effect ot early
prlng front and ravage ot the sug
ar beet blight
Alfalfa alone represent nearly half
the total, $3,454,440, an Increase of
20 per cent, over 1918. The highest
yield per acre was the prune crop,
which returned the growers $532.
The yield of sugar boot wa $207,700
disappointing return from 4,070
acre. The return per acre was but
$50, where a year ago it was $70.
" 'Farmers on the project are plons
edwlth the return and are In a pros
perous condition,' said Mr. Tiffany."
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SUICIDE ATTEMPT A I'AILI'RE
Woman Awaiting' Appeal On A Theft 1
Charge Htwk To End Life
Folk-wing an attempt to end her
lite ijy taking strychnine, Mm. J J
llally, ot Brother, convicted at Bend
liiBt jtar of robbery and at llborty
since tUen under $6,000 bail pend
ing an opinion by the Supreme Court,
was rluced the county Jail again
Monday.
Mrs. Bailey was brought to Bond
from Grass Valley by Deputy Sheriff
Roedi r, of Wasco county, and Honry
Patjens, her bondsman. The said
Unit (be woman had taken a larga
dose of poison following a quurrol
with Patjens, by whom she was em
ployed as housekeeper. Only by the
prompt administration of an emetic
wn h" life saved.
The robbery case tn which the
woman figured was one of the moBt
sensational ever triad In central Ore
gon courts. According to testimony,
she lured L. A. RnwItngB, an aged
rancher living nearby, to her cabin,
and with the aid ot hei 14 -your old
uon overpowered and bound him,
hooping him prisoner while she ran
sacked his hifuse of valuable papers.
She was sentenced to a term of from
three to fifteen years in the peniten
tiary. ' The supreme court on January 23
handed down a decision reversing the
circuit court of Deschutes county In
the case ot the State ot Oregon vs.
Mrs. J. J. Bailey and remands the
case for a new trial.
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REDMOND MAN DIES SUDDENLY
H.
K Whitmnn Props Dead While
Walking Home From Church
While walking to his home in Red
mond from church with his wife
shortly after noon yesterday, H. E
Whitman dropped dead as a result
ot a fcuddon attack of heart trouble.
Organic cartao disease, following: a
recent illness trom influenza, is
thought to have been tho cause of
death. Mr. Whitman had declared
on'y the evening bofore that he wus
,ln excellent health. Announcements
as to funeral anangomeiiLs have not
been received.
Mr. Whitman had lived In and near
Redmond for the past six years, be
ll. n engaged in the Jewelry business.
He was the owner ot considerable
property In Deschutes county. Bend
Bulletin.
IT'S IP TO I'M THE YANhS
MADE GOOD OVER Tlli:RE
LAST DRIVE GOMES IN APRIL
1
One More Illg Job. Must lie No Lan
Ring Bf American People
Yank Fought To Lat
The coining Liberty Loan will be
the last. One more big job to pay
for the victory or the Immediate
demands of victory andLlberty
Loan will be history.
There must be no lagging by the
American people In the drive that
will come In April. It will not be a
time for excuse.
The ame spirit that characteriz
ed the lust hour of fighting before
the armistice went Into effect should
be shown by the stay-at-home for
whom the Yank fought In France.
Here la the official report of oper
ation In those lust few hour of the
wnr:
"The 3rd Division advanced 3 kilo
meters east of Hrehevllle. Despite
incrimsed resistance by muchhte gun
and artillery fire the 6th Division con
tinual to advance, capturing 18 pris
oners, 8 large caliber guns, 6 mlueii
werfer and considerable material., In
isrcoriiunce wun tne term of the arm
I Istlce, hostllltle on the front Vf the
American armies ceased at 11 a. m."
The Yanks didn't shirk that' last
Job. Many gave their lives with
peace a matter of minutes away. Ev
ery American at home worth the vic
tory won by those boys In khaki will
work as hard In the ooming loan as
100 "r1.
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Barnes
NEWS NOTES
E23
LESS
T. T. Armstrong, who ha been on
the ilck list, I able to be up again.
Ray Morgan ha recovered from a
bad case of the flu and i able to
do the feeding again.
Dr. Rosenberg of Prlnevllle was
called to see Mrs. 8usle Boynton, who
Is recovering from an operation per
formed last September In Portland.
Evoryone on the flat was pleased to
see the doctor again.
F. A. Hackleman and on, Abe, who
have been feeding cattle at the "Jag
eve" rnnch, spent Friday night with
Mr. V. A. Hackleman and daughter,
Dorothy.
Mr. Mary Cox, Barnes postmis
tress, Is able to be out again after a
hard case of the influenza.
Miss Mary Prleshoff expects to op
en Sphnnl nMVt Mnnitair n a hn-A ha.,A
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been no more new cases ot the flu
for iwn wnnks
for two week
Harry Hackleman passed through
the valloy on his way to the Houston
and Foster place with a nice bunch of
yearling steers.
Chos. Blrdsong Is looking a(ter
the Interests of the school this week.
Jim Dixon passed through on his
way to the "O-I" ranch at the head
of Crooked river, with twenty nice
full-blood Hereford bulls.
Lyle McFadden, who has been em-'
ployed at the Logan ranch for a year,
has gone to Terrebonne to visit with
his father at that place.
Claude Day, who Just returned
from the service, Is employed at the
Heorge Tackman ranch.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
End Of Old Semester Tuff Day Was
A Success
The annual Declamatory Contest
of the Crook County High School will
take place at the Methodist church
Friday evening of this week at 8
o'clock. Music by the High School
orchestra.
Tag day, last Saturday, netted
$73.10 for the Students' Loan Fund,
60 per cent, of which will go into our
local fund. The high school students
want to thank the patrons for. their
cooperation in making this tag day
a success.
Thursday and Friday of this week
will be given over to Semester exams
All students who have an average ot
90 per cent, will be excused trom ex
aminations.
The new Semester opens next Mon
day. A number of new students are
expected.
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LIGHTING PLANT INSTALLED
Homer Ross and H. W. Howard
were at Hay Creek several days this
week Installing a new Delco lighting
plant for the Baldwin Sheep Co.'s
ranch. T,hls ranch has had a Delco
plant for several years but the new
one Is tour times as large as the one
they have been using.
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STANDARD OIL WILL BUILD
The Standard Oil Co. will start
work on their buildings early in
March. The station will be located
where the creosotlng plant now Is,
This building will be moved to an
other- location.
OF CONSOLIDATION
THE JOINT
Salem. While considerable legisla
tion of minor Importance received at
tention In each bouse during the sec
ond week of the session, the big con
structive measure, In which the peo
ple of the state at large are Interested,
ucb a those relating to highways
finance and consolidation of manage
ment of state institutions, were still
Incubating when the legislature ad
journed for the week end. Seveal
bill on these vital subjects are sched
uled for Introduction this week, but
It will doubtleso b some time before
tbey are passed.
The joint consolidation committee
bas agreed upon several bills designed
to merge various state bureaus. They
seek to create several departments,
viz., a department of labor, a depart
ment of agriculture, a department of
health, a department of state Institu
tions and buildings and possibly one
or two other department. Passage
of these bills v.ould result In the mer
ger of a dozen or more board -and
coramlsHli .it
Some member of the Joint consoll
dstion committee seem to think tbat
their progrsm will not meet with very
strong opposition, but others believe
opposition will develop when the" bills
sre reached on the calendar, and It
would not be surprising If they are
held up and swamped in the conges
tion usual during the eloslng days of
the session.
.Road legislation la uppermost In
the minds of member In both houses,
sod all conc ede that a comprehensive
highway program should be passed at
the present session, but the trouble Is
that petty jealousy, politics and per
sonal ambition are hampering any
prompt action. The senate and house
committees are jealous ot each other
and there are members In each house
whe would like to go down in history
a the father of the tat' highway.
Read Bills Appear
A number ot road bill have been
Introduced, ome of which have merit
Several aeek to bit the so-called pav-1
lng trust and permit open competition ,
in road construction.
While It is impossible to tell just
wbat the road construction program
ill be, It seams certain that a $10,-
000,000 bond Issue -will be provided
for, to be financed by funds derived
from an Increase In the motor vehicle
tax and a tax on gasoline.
Reconstruction has received slight
consideration, but thus far no definite
plan has been formulated.
During the first two weeks of the
session 80 bills were introduced in the
senate and 191 In the house, and in
addition a number of resolutions and
memorials have been presented. Eight
house bills were pending In the sen
ate and 22 senate bills In the house.
A flood ot bills te Increase salaries
have appeared. So tar 14 counties
are reported to have offered bills to
increase salaries of county officers,
aid bills are In to Increase the salary
ef the justices ot the supreme court,
superintendent ot public instruction,
Insurance commissioner and dairy
commissioner. According to lobby
talk more salary bills are coming.
$842,311 le Cut From Budget Figures.
The joint ways and means commit
tee, daring Its first two weeks of
wrestling with the financial problem,
has tentatively allowed $2,002,863.44 of
the $2,845,171 ot the budget require
ments te be put up to the law makers,
having lopped oft $842,311.5$ se far.
These slashes leave only a little more
than $400,00$ more to be cut eft te
meet the provision ot the I per cent
limitation amendment and there is
every indication that the committee
will make good on this task.
The main reduction made' has besa
the lopping oft ot the $880,000 which
the Industrial accident commission es
timated would be its share for state
aid during the next two years.
The next heaviest reduction Is that
of the state fair, $30,000 being pruned
from the estimates of that Institution.
The Normal is shaved off $24,441.5$ to
bring It down to the $74,288.44, or
mlllage tax basis. The forestry board
is hit by a reduction of $18,000, while
the institution for the feeble minded
has so far lost only $12,200 of the
$345,700 appropriation sought In the
budget estimate.
BILLS ARE AGREED UPON BY
COMMITTEE
8nste Favor Dairy Investigation.
Senator Pierce' proposal for the ap
pointment of a legislative commluloa
to make an immeaiate and thorough
investigation of the dairy Industry la
Oregon, met with the unanimous ap
proval of the senate and resulted la
the adoption of hi resolution by un
animous vote. President Vinton named
Senators Pierce, of Union county, and
Patterson, of Polk county, as the two
senate members of this commission.
The measure provides for three mem
bers to be appointed from the lower
branch. This commission Is expected
to recommend needed legislation on
(lehalf ot the dairy industry.
House Bill Protects Cattle Shipper.
The Gallagher bill, preventing a
combination of bidder for livestock,
received an unanimous vote in the
bouse. This bill makes It a misde
meanor to enter Into an agreement
or arrangement preventing competi
tive bidding for livestock shipped to
a wholesale or central stockyards mar
ket Fines for violation of the act
range from $200 to $5000.
The bill Is designed to prevent collu
sive agreements between the stock
buyers, said to exist In the Portland
markets, from bearing the price of
livestock, or splitting the purchase
among buyer for their benefit and
against the best interest of the stock
nei who have to enter the market
for the sale ot their stock.
Would Simplify Court Proceeding.
Five bills, intended to simplify and
expedite court procedure In Oregon,
have been prepared for Introduction
by Representative Hare of Washing
ton county.
The chief reform proposed is to con
fer upon the supreme court power to
prescribe rules governing the modes
of pleading and procedure in the cir
cuit courts, and not bind the circuit
courts with hard and fast laws a to
procedure which are used by the tech
nic! lawyers to obstruct, delay and
divert justice.
Another one of the bills amends the
statute relating to change of venue,
tried in the county in which the de-
fendant resides or where the cause of
action arose.
Change In Tax Law Proposed.
Under a joint resolution introduced
In the house by Representative Hos
terd, ot Multnomah, all property In
the state, except mualoipaV itato and
federal property, would be taxed. The
resolution proposes submission of a j
constitutional amendment to the peo
ple so to amend the constitution. . '
Provision also is made In the pro
posed amendment for a personal prop
erty exemption ot $300. This amend
ment, it enacted, would remove tax
exemptions on all church, lodge and
ether property of a similar nature now
enjoying immunity.
Anti-Trust Bill Offered.
A general anti-trust bill which, it Is
declared, is aimed mainly at the so
called paving trust, but is applicable
to trade and other combinations gen
erally, was introduced in the senate
by Senators Thomas and Lachmund.
The bill Is designed to punish those
who would seek to prevent fair com
petition and likewise applies to those
who endeavor to fix prices or in any
way limit the production of any com
modity. Producers of horticultural and agri
cultural commodities do not come
within the provisions of the act
Tax on Gasolin Proposed.
A bill providing for a tax of 1 cent
a gallon on gasoline and distillate was
Introduced In the house by the house
committee on roads and highways.
The bill defines what' shall consti
tute the fuel upon which the tax shall
be levied and includes gasoline, dis
tillate, liberty fuel and such other
volatile and Inflammable liquids pro
duoed or compound for the purpose of
operating motor vehicles, except kero
sene oil.
All persons dealing tn these liquid
fuels are' to be known as dealers,
whether engaged In the wholesale or
retail business. All dealers are re
quired to register their names with
the secretary of state whether it be a
person, firm or cprDoratlpu name.
Continued on page 8
RECOMMENDATION TO FEDERAL
CONGREHH FOR IRRIGATION
WOULD WATER 200,000 ACRES
State Enfrlneer Cupper Favor A Pro-
Ject To Include The Entire
' Country
As a result of the work performed
by committee from Prlnevllle, Bend, feet of water, or enough to cover the
and Redmond, working with repre-, estimated area of the Ochoco Project
sentative from Jefferson county, a: to a depth of six Inches, is the goal
measure has passed the Oregon legls- which is being set by the board of
lature and has been forwarded to directors of the Ochoco District, and
Washington nrging the passage of the which should be provided for during
Sinnott bill and indorsing the Des- the next thirty days,
chutes project, which is a combina-l While work h.as been delayed for
Uon of the various propositions for! various reason during the past
the irrigation of all arid land in the month, considerable time being lost
Deschutes district, from Bear Creek i during the cold weather by the sluic--Buttes
to Jefferson county. ing operators, the steam shovel has
The project includes 200,000 acres made a good showing, and tth. work
of land, is now open for entry in , Has reached a point where compara
many instances, and is considered by tlvely small yardage, perhaps not
State Engineer Cupper to be the best1 over 15,000 yards, will complete the
project in the state for immediate dam to the point where the above
development by the federal govern- mentioned result will be possible,
ment: Under the best of conditions the
In a recent communication to The amount of earth mentioned could be
Journal, Mr. Cupper says, that the ! put In place in ten days or two weeks,
large body of available land, and the land under the most adverse, should
fact that a good percentage of that be realized in less than a month,
land Is open for entry, makes .this j The material, power and water are
project most leasable.
He believes also that 'this plan,
which would include a storage reser
voir on the Deschutes, will be of great
benefit to the state and the nation.
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Powell Butte
NEWS NOTES
Mrs. John Skeen Is recovering from
a. severe attack ot Icftaenaa.
Tom Cronin ha, sold his Powell
Butte ranch to Mr. Burgess, a young
Frenchman, who will take possession
soon. Powell Butte people will hate
to lose the Cronins and Mr. Burgess
will find he has a large niche to fill
In the hearts of the people if he
measures up to the estimate we have
of the Cronin family. We welcome
Mr. Burgess, however, as one of us.
Mrs. Stone has leased her ranch to
Mr. Ferguson and has
Prlneville to reside.
Mr. Jackson, father of Mrs. E. H. en and all partook of a very substan
Stewart, Is recovering nicely from an! tial supper, after which visiting, stor
attackof acute neuralgia. les and smokes were indulged in nn-
E. H. Stewart is hanling sulphur til a late hour. 'Such meetings at
from Redmond, as is also a number , this are among the things that make
ot the otner ranchers.
Quite a number of Powell Butte
Knights of Pythias and their families
atended the open meeting of that
lodge in Redmond Tuesday night.
Among them were Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Rice, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stewrt. Mr.
and Mrs.
Worrell.
Roy Roberta and Clifford
Powell Butte relatives have receiv
ed word that Mrs. Gladys Milner is
quite ill of flu in San Francisco.
Ernest Edwards writes from Cali
fornia that he has been suffering
from influenza quite severely.
Mrs. Mary Tweet and son, Samuel,
were Bend visitors Saturday and Sun
day. Mrs. B
Manceau and daughter,
Miss Celia, have returned from an ex-
tended visit to friends and relatives
in Tacoma. .
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roberts and
daughter, Ina, and Mrs. E. H. Stew-
art were in Prlneville Sunday.
Mrs. J. J. Chapman was an all-
day visitor at Wilson school last Fri-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Smith and
children and Mrs. Elrod and daugh-j bunchy in places. He belongs to sev
ter, Mildred, attended the prohibition eral clubs, Including the Yonker
ratification in Redmond Sunday ev-j Pressing Club, and The Park Hill
ening.
There will be a dance at Commun-
lty hall Friday night, Jan. 31.
The weather is fine, spring-like and
sunshiny. Who can complain of the and one child and still has them,
winter we have had? Stock is in fine I "In religion he is an Innocent By
shape, grass is good, and hay in abun-l stander." Could anything be fuller
dance. If there comes no morel
storms there will be hay left in this .
section.
J. A. Riggs, C. M. Charlton, and
Harold M. Charlton were business vis -
itors in Prlneville Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Riggs were Bend
visitors Saturday last.
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REVENUE OFFICER HERE
B. Frank Miller, of Portland, dep
uty Internal revenue officer has been
in the city several days on business
connected with his office. Mr. Mil
ler is a brother of Milton A. Miller,
revenue officer. He has two sons
in France who were in active service
for over a year.
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SCHOOL STARTS AFTER A
TWO WEEKS' VAPATTON
Owing to the absence of influenza
in Prlnevllle the public school open
ed again Monday, after.a vacation of
two weeks. At the time they closed
there were a few cases and this pre -
. i . i il
caution was thought necessary by the
school board.
ONLY ABOUT 15,000 YARDS
YET TO BE PLACED
WATER WILL BE 80 FT. DEEP
Total Depth At Center Of Dam Will
Reach About 80 Feet Will
Be Of Great Value
A total storage of about 8,000 acre
; all available and ample for the corn-
pletion of this part of the work, and
no difficulty Is anticipated in arriv
ing at the result mentioned.
This will complete the lower "toe"
of the dam to a point which will hold
the water at a depth of 80 feet at
the greatest depth, just above tho
dam, and will permit a storage ot 30
feet.
I Progress at the dam was Inspect
ed on Tuesday by the board ot direct
ors, including the member chosen
at the recent election, who were un
animous in saying that the work ac
complished thus far is of the highest
quality.
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"K. of P. SMOKER ' . ' , .
Luna lodge, Knight of Pythias,
pulled off a very successful get-together
smoker Wednesday evening.
The affair was largely attended by
brother Knights and their friends.
A number of interesting talks were
given pertaining to Pythian history
and Pythian aims and objects, inter-
moved toisperced with good music. At ten o'
clock the dining room was thrown op-
life worth living.
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IRVIN S, COBB TO BE AT BEND
B lv"" lu Ai ,r-"' f
Irvin S. Cobb, who will appear ail
the Bend Amateur Athletic Club oa
Monday, February 10, is an American
who needs no introduction. He is as
much a national institution as pump
kin pie, baseball, chautauquas, and
the Fourth of July.
He's a native of Paducah, Ky. The
best description of him is set down
by his friend, Robert H. Davis, who
heard Cobb give it to a stranger, who,
without knowing to whom he waa
speaking, asked Cobb what kind ot ft
. person this Irvin Cobb was.
"Well, to be frank with you," re-
plied the Paducah prodigy. "Cobb is
related to my wife by marriage, and
; if you don't object to a brief sketch.
with all technicalities eliminated. I
1 should say that in appearance he is
rather bulky, standing six feet high.
j not especially beautiful, a light roan
: in color with a black mane. His tig-
ure is undecided, but might be called
Democratic Marching Club, and ha
always, like his father, who was a
I confederate soldier, voted the Demo-
i cratic ticket. He has had one wife
than this?
At any time Mr. Cobb's coming to
I the lyceum would be noteworthy. At
this particular time is is epochal.
1 Early in January Mr. Cobb sailed
for Europe to make a personal visit
to the fighting front in France and
Flanders, reporting war conditions
for The Saturday Evening Post. HI
articles written for this publication
in the early days of the war detailing
his experiences in Belgium, marked a
new era in war reporting, and estab
lished Mr. Cobb as one of the keen
est observers in the world.
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DEPOTS ARE STARTED
Construction work has started on
the depots for the Prineville Railroad,
one at each end of the line. A round
house is also being built inside the
"Y" here.
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ASST. ENGINEER TO BE HERE
M. O. Bennett, assistant state eng
ineer, will be in Prineville the last ot
1 the week on important business con-
I nn4.nl nrUh tUr ra A wnrV in trifd
nected with the road work in this
county.