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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
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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
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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.
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