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Crook County Journal
BY GUT LAFOLLETTE
Eoter.4
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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-
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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
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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