CROOK OOrXTT JOCRJCAL ffiiri'art . loit Crook County Journal BY GUT LAFOLLETTE Eoter.4 tter. at the Oregon, postofflc at a tecond-clau KBUSHED EVERY bonut. the board to take the portion that standing tquarely between them and water wat the contractor, and a favorable settlement could thus be obtained, the board at all timet tak ing the position that, under the con tract, it the additional work claimed to have been done by the contractor had been done, then they should have 1 extra pay for Its execution I This, howver, be offset by damages THURSDAY done to the district by failure on the part of the contractor to progress with the work as It should have been, year, payable, na(j the fight been only between in case or . hoard and the contractor the re- ! GENERAL OWCE NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BLANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES Price $1.00 per strictly In advance. ckange of address please notify us suit would have been of less general at once, riving both old .and new Interest, but the result now Is that all ; land owners under the project, many of whom are less able to stand flnan clal loss from lack of water than the fHtS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGO ' board members themselves, stand to ADVERTISING BY THE i suffer from the lack of effort on the : part of the contractor. I It la doubtful If anyone who has . been In touch with the work on the project since last June would assert j that the effort on the part of the con ; tractor has been toward getting wat , er for the land owners. . The legal steps taken also Indicate j that the interest of the land owner is forgotten by the wealthy contract ing firm, In their effort to force as much funds as posible from the dis trict, which funds would be eventual ly paid by the land owners throughout the project. The contract clearly provides that should any failure occur on the part of the contractor, equipment owned by them on the ground should be left there for the use of the district In completing the work. One of the prayers of the wealthy corporation is to the effect that the district be forbidden to use this equip ment In completing the dam and also In protecting the property it already had. Every land owner under the pro ject, and everyone else who knows the conditions as they exist on the CORPORATION VS. FARMER With the tiling of the suit against projecti wil tnat da f the Ochoco Irrigation District on Fri- M rea, $50o,000 could result to day by Twohy Brothers Company, the the farmer8 under the proJect 8houl(, situation shifts from one in which a ,a- K ,,. :,: ..... equipment for the next four weeks, also that the part of the dam already constructed would be Jeapordlzed by signed when the work wat atarted. The aim, ambition and deatre of every man under the district, as well as all thoae in the community It to secure water tor hit cropt. while the attitude of the contractor would indi cate that he did not wish to deliver the water, at least not until he wat paid a sum of money in excess of that specified In the contract, and agreed to by the board ot d I rectors. Thete tactics not only create dis trust In the minds ot thoae vitally Interested but should be noted by all communities who are contemplating the work ot like nature before future contracts are entered Into with thlt concern. mild sort of disagreement between the company on the one hand and the board ot directors, their engineer and attorney and the bond house which 8pring (Ioods that thjg lo88 ,g not 0 u i ail niura urrii me ut-si uii-uu the district has had in its niany-an Cled controversies with the contractor to one in which every individual in the district, in Prineville and in fact tn the community, is brought direct ly into the issue with the contractor. There is no gainsaying the fact that the work is far behind where it should have been at this date, and would have teen, had the contractor been in a temper to get results in stead of trying to arrive at a situation that was more profitable to him through a plan, which acording to the opinion of the se in a position to watch the work for the past few weeks, or since early in the last half of 1918, amounted to little less than a game t "freer out." The idea possessed by the contract or seemed to be that the lack ot pro gress on their part would force a pay ment to them by the board of direct ors ot a turn of money as a sort of ly a lot to the Individuals, but to the state an I nat'.on, and at a time when every d. v appeals are being sent from the ends of the earth for more food and food products. This act aione should brand the contracting f'rm as an enemy to the people under the project, of an act that is next to disloyalty itself. It is not a question of paying the contractor for work faithfull- per formed, and the offer ot the board of directors less than a month ago, to pay the contractor $60,000 as a lump sum for settlement, money to be paid as the contractor delivered the work and not before, was flatly refused by the contractor and in that refusal he supports the argument that he did not wish to progress with the work to a point where the land owner would be benefitted, without being paid a sum of money greater than Is specified In the contract which Jie XMING TO OIIKCJON Oregon will act as hoat this sum mer to the National Editorial Associ ation at one of the results ot the act ivities of the Pacific Northwest Tour ist Asociatlon. This body of men and women la made up ot the brightest minds in the newspaper world and the results that will accrue from a publicity standpoint are beyond com putatkm. During the past two years the Tourist Association representing Oregon, Washington and llrltish Co lumbia, has spent $112,000 to attract tourists to the Pacific Northwest and the results have been tar beyond ex pectation when war conditions were taken Into consideration. That Ore gon has received the greater benefit over the other commonwealths is ev ident In the attendance at Crater Lake. There are 11 National Parks In the United Statea and all but two showed a decrease in atendunce ex cept Crater Lake and Ranler Nation al. Crater Lake showed an Increase of between 25 and 40 per cent, and nearly 60.000 people visited Halnler National, while all parts of the North west were Included In the various phases of publicity. The total expenditure of the tour ists and vacation seekers per annum is not less than One Billion lkllars and it is to secure our share of this immense revenue that this association exists. It Is safe to any that within a very short time the Pacific Northwest and it can be demonstrated by figures can derive from fifty to One Hun dred Million Dollars of actual cask from the encouragement of this trav el. This cash remains In the Pacific Northwest. It is not sent out for any raw material, nor for any other com modity, but remains hi rc to help ev ery individual eitlien In the develop ment of his business, uml in the pay ment of his taxes and the Tourist Is absolutely the foie-rui ner of the set tler, the new investor, and the manu facturer. Travel by rail was discouraged last year and as far as going abroad Is concerned there will be nothing do ing this year. The war is over and the people have the money and a de sire to travel. We have to far ex pended the $11,000 to attract atten tions to the greatest asset we havo and we only need to keep up the work to secure returns based on thlt expen diture far beyond the desires of the most avaricious. To illustrate: the fit Mott Mile per Dollar est Tire Service Means Firestone and It Means Us It means that you get the benefit of expert tire building in the first place by equipping with YiYdOiom Tires It means the expert tire service, courteous and reliable help which is always available at our shop. Remember that Firestone Tires are made by specialists in the World's Largest Exclusive Tire Factory. But Firestone! building methods and this immense volume, added to their economical distribution, enable them to charge as low as for ordinary tires. And our shop backs up the Firestone Service. Call onus A-m Park to Park Highway Association at a recent meeting In Spokane re ported 10.000 machines entering entering Spokane over the Yellow atone Highway with an average ot four In a machine. 8 u pose these ma chines were gathered together in Spo kane In one day! You know what It costt you to travel. Take thlt amount and multiply It by 40.000 and look at the total and thlt It the way thlt new money that rosta us practically noth ing to get, flowt In a steady ttream Into our lap. House Kill 7( calls for another appropriation to cover the tame amount asked for two years and dependent upon Washington and British Columbia following with the same amount the gave previously. No appropriation hat secured more for Oregon or been better administered. The work is under the constant at tention ot tome ot our loading bust nest men who gave their time bree of charge and nav their own iiiutna when attending the meetlngt ot the! Hoard ot Directors. The ttate revenues are used to de velop every other asset, either by maintaining departments, enforce ment of laws, maintaining Institution! and the building of roads and brldget and the simplest way to Increase these revenues It by a development more potent than any thut hut gone before, which will result In the com ing here of thousands of men and women, who wll tee ut at we are and ' wno w.u in a large meusure either remain permanently or leave their money for Investment!. WITH THE EXCHANGES 11. l. Frogga and F. F. Wright of near PrlnevlllH were In town over Wednesday night. They came over afur sued gruln. Jefferson County Rei i.t. John Marsh, of Tumalo, who Is In terested In bringing a carload of Shorthorns and one of Guernseys In to lent nil uregon, through the ef-i forts of the County Farm League, was In Hend Monday. Mr. Marsh seis In high-grade cattle the salvation of Central Oregon. Bend Press. A number of farmers are blowing in aiiierent parts of the county, espec ially in me limit toil districts. In this vicinity Henry Hurrett has one team plowing near town, and another team at work on his Pino creek ranch. It is said the soil is turning i.vtr nice. ly. Prevailing opinion Is that there Is not yet sufficient winter molitturx but the season Is yet early and more moisture is expected. Athena Press. biierman Burr, a theep man of the hpray country, wat in town last Saturday and Sunday, He has a scheme up to rid the countrv of all sheep killing animals, especially the coyote; he thinks the raising ot the scalp bounty would be the proper thing to do and that every sheepman could reasonably give a hundred dol lars or so for the purpose, and that it would be money In his Docket to no to. Miicneii Hentinell. Who ever thought that trapping of coyotes would ever grow into an Im portant Industry In th country. And yet with tho present Jrlcet prevailing It does make a good substitute tor the chrome business that wat. By a new process of dying, developed during ine war mey are now making a beau tiful and genuine (so far as the trade is concerned) fox fur out of the coy ote pelt! Blue Mountain Eagle. Owing to tho prevailing outbreak of rabies or hydraphobia in this com munity, owners of dogs are advised for their own protection to keep their dogs either muzzled or on chains un til the present outbreak has subsided, which may mean a period of from one to three months. Thlt precaution may be the meant of saving your life as well as the lives of others. The Haines Record. C. P. Becker; the rancher-bee man, of Tumalo, was In Bend Tuesday. Mr. Becker says that the past season was one of the worst he has ever ex perienced in the bee business. Where he expected to clear over $1,000 on bees this year, he got barely half of that amount, and where he expected to hive 60 new swarms, he secured only a few. Mr. Becker is carrying 50 swarms through the winter and it expecting great things ot them this summer. Bend Press. LA KIN H'DWARE "Where it pays to trade." Exclusive FIRESTONE Agents On the mountain range the other day, Tom Digglns found a registered hull that had been missing since last fall. In the manner of an elk the bull had tramped for himself a sort of yard In the snow, which was more than three feet in depth, and there he remained subsisting on the brush and branches within his reach. He was as wild as any deer when discov ered, and ran through the snow until exhauated. Fighting mad, he was a difficult proposition to handle. Tom's characteristic description of the epi sode will hardly do to print, as he isn't in the Sunday school' class. Weston Leader. William Byram, thoroughbred breeder, was in Canyon the first of the week. Mr. Byram has a fine line of cattle, and he has never spared any expense in Improving the standard of his breed. Stockmen of the county are fortunate in having breeders within the county. W. O. Cummlngs of the Dayvillo district is also work ing along the same line. Their breed ing stock is superior to imported stock insofar as it is accustomed to climate conditions, and inasmuch as they have imported the best blood that they could buy, they do, and they should find a ready market for their cattle right at home. The Blue Mountain Eagle. Traveling by sled and auto, 350, 000 eastern brook trout eggs, gather ed In Elk lake during the fall and early winter, were brought to Bend last night by Forest Ranger Burton Oney and Pearl Lynes, and Harry Smlth.employeg of the State fish and game commission. Twice as many eggs were left at the lake, and the two State men will return immediate ly to secure them. TTT START the new year right, by heating your bath and bed rooms with a Majestic Electrical Heater. No litter ot dirt, and absolutely safe to operate. 1' rice 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. 0 Des Chutes Power Co. IDAHO SAGE GRUBBER Equipped with both tractor and horse hitch, and two sets of blades. The easiest, quickest and cheapest way to clear Sage Brush Call at Journal Office or Phone 611 -- INCREASED PRODUCTION Is the Nation's Cry THE WORLD IS LOOKING TO AMERICA FOR FOOD More Boot, More Fork, More Miik, More Mutton, Poultry, and Eggs Is expected ot the American farmer. Dr Hess Stock Tonic Makes ailing animals healthy, the whole herd thrifty, and drives out the worms. Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-A-Cea will ttartyour pullets and moulted hens to laying Keep the Dairy Barn pure and healthful, the Pig Pon, Poultry House and the Home free from disease with Dr. Hess Dip and Disinfectant AND THERE IS DR. HESS INSTANT LUOHE KILLER FOR LICE. ALL SOLD ALL Cil ARANT KKD BY J. E. STEWART & CO. The collection of trout eggs for hatchery purposes at Elk lake wat undertaken this year by the com mission for the first time, and as far as the quantity obtained is concerned hat been highly successful. Mr. Oney reported that 6,000,000 could probab ly have been obtained, but the lake froze over after the first million had boen gathered. The fish are now spawning under the ice. The eggs brought to Bend last night are to be taken to the Boneville hatchery at once, the next shipment from Elk lake to be reserved for the new hatchery on the Tumalo. . Mr. Oney stated that the chief difficulty in bringing the eggs on the long trip from Elk lake lay in preventing them from freezing. Bend Bulletin. w. t. WANTED Work for man and wife on ranch. Inquire at The Journal office. ntlp FOR SALE Good pasture, plont.y ot water. Inquire at this office 13t2p