aHa CROOK COCTTTT JOURNAL FEIUU'AnT .! WITH THE EXCHANGES Some complaint It beard that old fashioned lobbyists, bearing bottles and casea of boose, have not aa yet shown up In Salem. Several casea of acute thirst are present, but absent la the material wherewith they may be slaked. Bortlea-gers are hard to find and evidently have some (ear of the law. A pathetic cry has gone forth for some of the lobbyists with Dottles, and muttered threats are ut tered that maybe bills may be intro duced which will bring them down with liberal supplies. , We have traced none of these threats to members of the legislature, although the thirsty among them are wearing long faces and seem bowed with sorrow. It the session passes without booze scandal uch as degraded the 191? legislature home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Busaott the plain people of Oregon will be,Su"ay 8 Powell Butte NKWS kotes wg J. E. Warner shipped a carload of sheep to the Portland market Wed nesday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Stewart gave a dinner Friday evening. The guests of honor were Mrs. C. O. Foster of Portland and Harold M. Chartton. The 7th and 8th grade exams will be on at Wilson school this week. The classes are bonelng away hard at re views and expect to pass with good grades. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Reynolds and in fant son of Redmond visited at the none the worse off. So far not one member has appeared drunk on the floor of the house. Oregon Voter of Jan. 1. In the language of the stockman, Will Ledford, of Prlneville, Ore., be lieves in "doing his own dirty work." The Immemorial feuds between cattle men and the sheepmen are still not unknown In the Central Oregon coun try, and so Mr. Ledford plays both ends against the middle. Not only is he a stockraiser, but he also runs sheep. "You see," said Mr. Ledford. "lt is far better to do dirt to yourself than to quarrel with some one else." As a sheepman, no other sheepman molests Mr. Ledford's range. As a cattleman, no other cattleman tries to "frame" on him as he might on a common sheepman. Mr. Ledford was at the Portland yesterday swapping yarns with Bill Hanley. Oregonian. The Grant County Stockgrowers' Association want action on the pro posed John Day Highway. During the week they wired our representa tive, Denton G. Burdick, at Salem, as follows: "On behalf of the Grant County Stockgrowers". Association we would respectfully request that you press the claims of Grant and Malheur counties for the building of the high way from east to west, traversing our county. It is needless to recount to you the merits of this route, know ing them as well as you do. Suffice It to say that the people of Grant county are heart and soul behind it, and they not with pleasure the stand thus far takm at Salem for the im mediate prosecution of the road pro gram, which we understand embraces the road frcm Portland to Ontario along the John Day river. With best wisnes for success in your endeavors. we remain yours respectfully." The Diue Mountain Eagle. Chas. Backus was in from the oil well today and Is very enthusiastic about the future of the well. He stares that the cement recently placed in the well to keep out the water is successful and not a drop of water is leaking into the hole. The water has not been wholly bailed out but it is expected it will be within a few days. All the men from the well seem to wear the "smile that won't rub off," when they come to town and Chas. is do exception to the rule. Well, any way, those boys who have staved with the well during its trials and tribula tions are entitled to a reward and we uupo mey get n in the natiire of a gusner. mrney County Tribune. H. W. Dorinan, president of the Caldwell Cattle Co., reports the sale oi twenty matured cows and a bull to G. M. and H. W. Bassett of Green- leaf, Idaho. The bull at the head of mm nera is L-ount Lavender No. -412,-609, a roan four-year-old, gelling at 1,000. The local Shorthorn Breeders' As aociation will holds Its first public sale Feb. 7. Twenty-five females and twenty-five bulls, the majority native bred, will be offered for sale Jordan Valley News. The state supreme court today re versed the decision of Circuit Judge Duffy in the case of the State vs. J. E. Warner, who was convicted of lar ceny of cattle. Warner was eoavict- ea on evidence based on the sierra brand. The supreme court held that do testimony nad been given shewing the brand to have been registered in order to establish the ownership of the brand. Word was .vcc.ved today by Ross Farnham, attorney for the defendant, that the Jabe Warner case lias been remanded for a new trial. The Warner case was heard h-re last B.inng. uena Bulletin. The pure-bred percheron stallion belonging to the Powell Butte Stal lion Club, died very suiidely recently. This is not only a loss to the club members but to the community at large. Geo. Truesdale and family visited Prlneville Saturday. Charles Charlton, Jr., and Edgar Peterson were recent guests of Lester Smith at a dinner, after which thev piayed games and enjoyed themselves. Mrs. Smith knows the way to a boys' heart. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bayne visited with Mr. Bayne's father at Deschutes Sunday. Mrs. Horton of Bend came out to furnish the piano music at the danca. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roberts were hosts to a jolly bunch for dinner on Sunday evening. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stewart, Mr. F. E. Jackson, and Harold M. Charltoa Earl Forrest has purchased mid shipped to Redmond a brand new thresher which he will Boon b'lng to the Powell Butte vicinity to finish threshing the grain left at the break down of his other machine. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rice were hosts to Mrs. Sawyer, the Salvation Army woman, who spoke so entertainingly at Community Hall Sunday. C. M. Charlton and Joel Elliott were witnesses in the Final Proof of Mrs. J nnie Jurhs last Monday, be fort Att rncy Daggett of Redmond. Alrah Elliott attended the dance and renewed old acquaintances Fri day night. Messrs, Jack Meyer, Lloyd Bussett and Misses Crystal Sturdevant and Fay Bussett motored to Redmond on Sunday evening, where they were guests at the Sturdevant honiu for dinner. Mrs. Ross Bussett was a guest of Mrs. Reaves Wilcoxen ut Redmond last week. Grandma Sears has been enjoying a visit at the home of Geo. We'ls for some time. Wm. Peterson lost one of his team of mares last week. Allan Wilcoxen also had a valuable horse die at his ranch. Too much good feed and too little work is probably the cause. Mrs. Grace Bayne conducted the 8th grade examinations in Miss bus sett's Bchool in the Edwards' district Jack Meyer was a guest at dinner sunaay at tne E. A. Bussett home. Arthur Michel brought out a load of young people to the dance Friday night. Community Hall people all recognize Arthur as a good friend of the club. Frederick Rice and sisters. Mrs. Edith Ring of Portland, and Miss Marion or Redmond, attended the dance. Frederick has Just returned from over there, and carries scars of wounds received in some of the Heaviest fighting. He Is a graduate or crook County High School and Crook county may well be proud of such boys. w. s. . DR. V. GESXER LEAVES FOB PORTLAND OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. I want to pay my tribute to the pr:s8 and the effectiveness of news paper publicity. I want to say that the benefits the whole community de rives from the earnestness of writ ers in behalf of our local industries Is immeasurable. I want to inform you that for the year 1918 the Ore gon Life prospered beyond all prec edent, and for this, in a very large measure, I feel that we have the right to thank the newspapers of Portland and of the state. . And our prosperity fcs added a generous quota to the prosperity of Oregon. Ours is a p'rictly Oregon life insurance com pr.ny. Our funds are kept in Oregon. We make no investment nor do we loan money outside the state. Our every effort is directed to the up building of our own commonwealth, a condition that should obtain, for the reason that we are solely depend ent on Oregon for our own success." It was Assistant Manager E. N. Strong, advertising manager and sup erintendent of agents for the Oregon Life Insurance company, who made the foregoing asservations. Oregon Journal. W. 8. B. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. V. Gesner. who has been nrac- ticing in Prineville during the ab sence of Dr. Rosenberg, left Saturday for his home in Portland. Dr. Ges ner nas Deen occupying the offices of Dr. Rosenberg and has also acted as County Health Officer. W. I. 8 PROGRAM FOR SECOND NATION' AL SHORTHORN CONGRESS Regular services will be held Sun day, February 9th. Sermons by the pastor at 11 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. Bible school at 10 a. m. and Young People's meeting at 6:30 p. m. The men of the church have spent several evenings this week making some al terations in the platform to adapt It to present choir plans and also the growing Sunday school. Secretary F. W. Harding announc es the program for the coming Short horn Congress Show and Sale at the International Pavillion, Chicago, on February 18-20, as follows: Tuesday, February 18 Judging all day. $5,000 in prize awards; 300 entries. Judges, W. C Rosen berger, W. H. Pew, Dale Bel lows, J. Chas. Yule. Tuesday Evening Shorthorn movies, five reels show ing Shorthorn scenes from all parts of the U. S. Wednesday, February ID At 10 o'clock a. m. opening Auction Sale, 100 bulls and 200 females. Auc tioneers, C. M. Jones, N. G. Krasch el, H. O. Tolliver, Wm. Milne. Wednesday Evening Shorthorn dinner at Stock Yard Inn. Speakers, Hon. Duncan Mar- i!' A.lberta Ca"a-; Congressman A. C. Shallanberger of Nebraska; James Atkinson of the Bureau of Markets, Washington, D. C; Sec'y G. E. Day of the Dominion Herd Book, Canada; and President John R Tomson, if the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association, i v i Tuesday, Febrvary 20 10:00ia. m., sale mens promptly and continues until fi lshed. Owing to the delay on the part of the contributors in filing entries the catalogues may not be printed in time for mailing but will be ready for distribution a day or two before the "inning oi me congress. Secretary Harding calls atention to the importance of the event as an oportunity for the nplertinr, m-u ! class herd bulls and worthy founda- nuu mumies. A feature of especial Interest Is the protection which is accorded the pa trons. A guarantee Is given with ev ery animal one that is fair to the seller and fully protects the buyer including a sixty day retest. The Board of Directors Is determined to make the congress an example of highest attainment in its entire scope. J The total county Indebtedness of Klamath county Is now $132.J49.7. A large attendance of grower and other I expected at the fourth an nual meeting of the Western Walnut association to be held in Portland Feb ruary ( and T. After a long vacation, occasioned by the Influent epidemic, the Monmouth public school opened mln Monday, having been closed since a week be fore the Christmas holiday. With practically no new "flu" case for several day, the Albany health authorities have removed the ban on that city and allowed public meeting in churches and theatre, and schools to reopen. Because several email school chil dren have been run over and serious ly hurt by automobiles of late, the La Grande Parent-Teacher association has launched a campaign against care less driving. Representatives of a party of French Canadians, who desire to secure farm ing land and locate In the Willamette valley, have been In the Albany sec tion the past few days, looking for de sirable tracts. The Oregon Congress of Mother and Parent-Teacher associations will hold a child welfare drive In Portland February 12 for the purpose of financ ing the work of the parents' educa tional bureau. An offer or $270,000 has been made by A. L. Hill and other business men of Medford tor the purchase of the Pacific A Eastern railroad property. The offer la now under consideration by the bondholders. One section of the McKenzle river wagon road, construction of which was halted by the declaration of war, will be built this summer, according to word received by Clyde R. Sella, district forest supervisor. Captain J. L. Wood, of Albany, is on of 30 officer selected from the Engineer corps of the American Ex peditionary force to appraise the prop erty damage caused by the German army In Its operations in Belgium and France. The senate and house conferees on the revenue bill have been asked by Senator McNary to place a per gallon tax of 10 cents on loganberry and other fruit Juices Instead of the 20 per cent gross sale tax a approved by the house. The taxpayer of Umatilla county are getting behind the movement to induce the county court to call for a special election for submitting to the voter the plan of issuing serial bonds providing for permanent road con structiou in the county. Construction on the depots for the Prineville railroad, one at the junc tion and the other at the terminus in the city of Prineville, ha been start ed, and on the completion of these structures, regular passenger traifio over the road will begin. Motor vehicle registrations for Jan uary, 1919, exceeded those of January, 1918, by nearly 12,000, according to tabulations for the month made public at the office of Secretary of State 01 cott. There were 49,062 motor ve hicle registrations for the past month. Portland had the lowest monthly fire loss during January since May, 1910, with the tingle exception of one month, December, 1917. The exact fire loss has not yet been tabulated, but Fire Marshal Grenfell estimates the January loss at approximately $5000. The fruit crop in Douglas county re turned over $1,000,000 to growers In 1918, and as labor and weather condi tion were unfavorable fruit men are highly pleased. Through deals closed last week at Hood River, J..R. Nunamaker and sons, Don, Floyd and Neal Nunamaker, already owners of 75 acres of full bearing orchards, have Increased their holdings by 75 acres. The aggregate of the sums paid will reach $50,000, it is said. A total of $14,270.56 was collected for the Oregon soldiers' and sailors' fund, raised In Portland by various entertainments for the benefit of Ore gon men overseas and of this amount a total of $5425.09 has been disbursed, leaving a balance of $8845.47 Intact In the fund. The attendance at the public school at Notl, 23 miles west of Eugene on the Coos bay branch of the Southern Pacific, Is so great that one room can not accommodate all the pupils and another will be added. The teacher and the larger boy pupil of the school will do all the work. The big sawmill of the Booth-Kelly Lumber company at Springfield re sumed operations Monday after hav ing been closed for a month. During this time repairs have been made to various units of the plant The com pany's mill at Wendllng has been op erated throughout the winter. ... J To furnish employment to returning soldiers and stimulate activity alung constructive plans extensive Improve ment of the docks and streets of the city of North Bend Is being advocated, and Indication are that there will probably be a large amount of work done there during the summer If ma terial can be secured at latlsfactory price. t It will not be long before the prune crop of the northwest will be 100,000, 000 pounds, according to eatitnalea made by Robert C. Paulua, manager of the Salem Fruit union. The total acre age In prunes In thl state Is estim ated at 30,182. of which 16.016 are bearing and 14.166 acres not yet In bearing but due to bear within the next five years. Ranchers living on the branches of Coo river, the east aide of Coo bay, on Catching Inlet and Daniels creek, and in small community villages, In cluding Cooston, Sumner and Alio gany, have started a movement fur highway giving them accent to the cities on Coos bay. The construction of these highway would necessitate about 25 miles of new road. Lumber shipments by water from the Columbia river during the month of January were exceptionally light. Records complied show that 18 vessels loaded at lower river mills In that month, their cargoes totaling 13,318, 620 ,'-et. During the same period sewn vessels loaded 4.n0,735 feet of lumber at uprtver mills, making a grand total of 17.709.3til feet shipped. A bunding election for the new Sir-u Irrigation project tmar nkr took place Monday and carried by a large majority. Thl election marks the transition of a one lime famous mining camp from a region of desert hills to a promising agricultural coin- i munlty. The plan Is to reclaim 12.000 acres by bringing water from Eagle creek through the Sparta mining ditch. All restrictions, save those on prof iteering, have been removed by the Oregon food administration and the suite of offices formerly occupied by the administration in Portland have been closed. W. K. Newell, federal food administrator for Oregon, will hold his office until the signing of peace, when the United States food administration automatically lose all power. Charles L. Houston, of Astoria, well knwwn contracting builder of the low er Columbia river district, was almost Instantly killed bear Clatsop station. He was directing the construction of new plledriver and had climbed Into the doskey engine to examine It As he grasped a pipe to balance himself, It gave way and ho fell to the ground, a distance of about 16 feet striking bis bead on a railroad tie and frac turing bl skull. A perceptible Impetus was given to Marlon county's ever-growing fruit In dustry when the machinery of the new $100,000 plant of the Northwest Fruit Products company was set In motion for the manufacture of Jellies, Jam and preserves from the fruits and ber ries of the Willamette valley. Tb management of the new plant hopes to manufacture 115,000 cases of jel lies, jams and preserves within the next 60 to 90 days. That the proposed great loop high way around Mount Hood may become an accomplished fact as soon as pos sible, Rufus C. Holman, president of the Oregon Association of County Judges and Commissioners, has called a meeting to be held in Portland Sat urday, February 8. To this meeting have been invited the county courts of Hood River, Wasco, Jefferson, Clacka mas and Multnomah counties, United States forestry officials and interested citizens. In a report made by the chief of engineers to the senate committee on commerce, the following available bal ances for Oregon river and harbor Improvements on December 31, 1911, are shown: Columbia river at the mouth, $94,642; Columbia river and lower Willamette below Vancouver. Wash., and Portend, $218,071; Clat skanle river, $880; Willamette river above Portland ar,d the Yamhill river, $7461; Willamette river at Willam ette falls, $11,821. According to orders from Receiver W. F. Turner, operation on the Pacific Eastern, which extends 33 miles from Butt Falls to Medford, owned by the Hill interesti, ceased Friday, and the railroad will be sold within a fortnight. Receiver Turner offered to keep the railroad in operation for sev eral months longer provided Medford citizens and Butte Falls timber own ers put up a $26,000 cash bond to In sure against loss In operation, but the offer was refused. Approximately 40,000 out of 54,000 acres of the lower Klamath lake marsh landt, which are being reclaim ed by the installation of gates at tb Southern Pacific crossing of the Klam ath strait have been drained, with a total lowering of the water of two feet la the 15 months since the gates were Installed, according to officers of the Klamath drainage district. Al though the water is off the land, It Is not yet sufficiently drained for cul tivation, and It is not expected that the land will be ready for use for a TELL US I Your Fuel Troubles Slab Wood, $ 8.25 deliv'd Mill Wood, 7.75 deliv'd Co4w5iTLp 14.50 deliv'd I We handle chicken feed, mill feedbaled 1 hay and whatever you need in these lines II II II ammmmillimi'llimm,lmiram j Telephone your needs for immediate delivery to the OCHOCO WAREHOUSE CO. PRINEVILLE. ORE. BLACK 671 SHIP YOUR FURS TO ME I pay the best price possible, con sidering market conditions. I press on incoming shipments. pay ex- RAY PUTNAM PRINEVILLE, OREGON JAY H. DOBBIN, President HENRY L. CORBETT, Vlce-Pres. J. C. AINSWORTH. Vlce-Prea. E. r. ROY, Treasurer 8. C. SPENCER, Secretary E. W. RUMBLE, den. Mgr. Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Co. Incorporated Advances Made on Wool Loans on sheep WE BUY NO WOOL DIRECTORS Jay H. Dobbin Henry L. Corbett 0. O. Holt R. N. 8tanfleld J. 0. Alnsworth W. P. Dickey E. W. 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