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Crook COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. XXIII. IAL AMPLE . FOR 0CH0C0 DAM M. II. KIKKPATRHK IN CHAIU.K ... OK 81,1 HI. U OPERATIONS WORK PROGRESSING RAPIDLY Two Full HlilfU Or Nine Hour Each Will Ik) Hlulrlng ly The First Of Nest WH?k ' There le absolutely no question about lliure being amplo niatxrlal easily available (or the complution of the Ochoco I mm In good time In the opinion of M. It. Ktrkpalrlck, super intendent o( the sluicing operations for the Lewis people. "There If mi abundance of material and It will bo eitMily placed In the dam without question," he said yes terduy. "The quality of the material It also Idnul, and within a month we will be Into the bin pit, where there la a great depth of easily haudlud earth." Work U already under way toward the din'p project pita north of the present opurulloiia, and flumes and pipe line will be advanced as rapidly . aa possible. Two full shifts will bo at work "sluicing by the firm of next week, ca-h working nine hour. All oxpeet- tcnslon of flume and pipe linn will ho made by a third crew, which will allow a maximum of working time for tho men In the pita. Chns. Moffatt of Seattle will be In charge of the clerical work for the job, and Hurt Sevoner la guucrul foreman. . w.V .. FIFTEEN I'AHH EIGHTH GRADE FINAL EXAMH I Fifteen atudnntt pttaaod jlhe eighth grade final examinations In thla city laat week, and have taken tip their dutlra aa atudnnta of the high school. Several wore conditioned on one sub ject and will be required to write that one In the May examlnatlona. There were no failures, regardless of the fact that the schools have been closed considerable because of the epldemlo of "flu." For the Prlnevllle schools Vera Dunham received the highest grade or an average of 89.5, while Margar et Nlcolal received an average of 89.4. The seventh grade pupils were al lowed to write the geography test and Collins ElkfiTs received a grade of 91, Veata Prose 89, and Velma Snt.tuck 1 88. They also took the test In agri culture, In which Flora Edwards re ceived a grade of 96 and Laura Shawn 93. The sixth grade took the physiology test in which Florence Lafollctto re ceived a grade of 98, Louis Reavls (Dlshman) and Thoa. Davis each re ceived 93. The practice of allowing the lower grades to write the final state txamln atlons before passing out of the Sth grade Is bolng encouraged and assists materially In the final test,, which is quite difficult before the high school Is reached." w. s. a. . WATER AVAILABLE FOR LANDS Those Prepared to Use Water Vndor The Oclioco Project Should Not ify Office At Once More than four and a bait feet of storage water is now available In the Ochoco dam, and the water Is ris ing constantly, In addition to the flow from McKay creek. All who are In a position to use this water should notify the project engineer at once. For those who have not provided fbr surveying laterals on their lands the board of directors has voted to How a crew of three engineers and equipment at a flat rate of $20 per day where they are wanted. Equipment belonging to the dis trict Is available at a reasonable rate for use In constructlug laterals. This includes ditchers, scrapers, and all other Implements used in building ditches. . w. . . A CIRCUS PICTURE COMING "The biggest show on earth" will ne given. on the screen at the Lyric February 19 and 20 and the picture Includes the Al. O. Barnes circus, which Is known to many Prlnevllle oeople. Louise Fazenda will appear In ac robatic stunts also, and she la consid red the best in her class. ' w. a. a. P8YCHOCRAFTS CLUB 18 ENTERTAINED The Phvchocrafts Club was enter tained at the home of Mrs. Robert Davis on February 8. The program .consisted of a piano solo by Mrs. Da vis. and a review of the book "Daughters of The Land," by Mrs. H 8. Cram., The hostess served dainty refresh' ments and all present voted the af fair a very pleasant one. OF CROOK COUNTY BIG FARM DEAL AT POWELL BUTTE O'CALLAGHAN HROH BUY W. M. WILSON HOLDINGS IS 575, PrKrty Includes 440 Aire At Pow ell llulto,. 4M Acre Irrigate! Other mm and Stock I One of the biggest farm land stock deals closed In Central Oregon within recent years was consummated this woek when J. P. O'Callaghan and Dennis O'CaJlaghan of Paisley took over the holdings of W. M. Wilson at Powoll Uutte and on the Arnold ditch, eaat of Bund. The consldoratipn In volved was 176,000. The property taken over by the O'Calliighans inrludea 4 40 acres at Powell liutte, 400 of the entire area under Irrigation, 320 acres of unim proved land on the Arnold ditch, 2.31)0 ewes. 200 tons of hay, horses, cattle, farm machinery and all other property, with tho exception of Mr, Wilson's personal effects. The pur chasers will move their headquarters from Pauley to the Powell Ilutte ranch, where earlier spring and light er snow affords more ideal conditions for sheepralslng. The O'Callaghans are considered among the wealthiest sheepmen In the Paisley section, where they own 1080 acres of range land. 111 under culti vation and 6,000 head of ewes. They started in Central Oregon as sheep herdurs In 1892 and have steadily worked up to their present standing. The Powell Butte ranch was pur chased by Mr. Wilson 10 years ago, when he came to this section from Al aska. The property Is now considered to be the most highly Improved of any In the entire rich Powell Butte dis trict. Mr. Wilson, after winding up a few smaller business matters, will lo cate Jn Bend, and may go Into busi ness here. Bend Bulletin. -W. a. a.- Powell Butte NEWS NOTES RoySkeen has the influenza. Miss Elnora Klssler also la ill of the same disease. Neither of them are serlous- ly ill. Miss Fay Bussett spent the week end with Mrs. Reeves Wilcoxen In Redmond. ' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilson were In Bond last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Drlscoll were business visitors in Prlnevllle last woek Mr. Clifford L. Worrell and Mrs. Mary Sheoly were married at the lat ter s horns Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, by Rev. Hazjeton, pastor of the M. E. church at Redmond. The bridal pair' were attended by Miss Flora M. Katsch as bridesmaid' and Mr. Hermann K. Allen as best mac. After the ereraony the party sat down to an elegant wedding supper. During the serving ot the supper they were entertained by music from the new Grafonola. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rice, Henry Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Hazloton, Miss Flora M. Katsch, Hermann K. Allen. J E. Warner returned Saturday from Portland, where he had gone with a carload of lambs tor the mar ket. Friday, February 21 there will be a social at Community Hall, the pro ceeds to go to the Powell Butte Sun day school and Community Hall in equal shares. The ladles will begin serving a cafeteria supper at 6:30 and will continue to serve all comers un til 8:30, when the program begins The committee having it in charge consists of Mesdames Wallace Smith, Carl Llndqulst, Geo. Truesdale, and E. A. BuBsett, Fred MoCaffrey and Harold Charl ton went to Prlnevllle Friday, where they played basketball. Harold Charlton went to Bend to witness the basketball game between Crook and Deschutes high school teams. . Mrs. Agee gave a party for John Reynolds Sunday, It being his fifth birthday. Delicious refreshments were served and the tiny tots enjoy ed a fine play. Those present were: Thelma Smith, Wayne and Gladys Klssler, Catherine Truesdale, June, Margaret, and Billle Chapman. w. s. s. CATTLE TOPPED MARKET H. Baldwin topped the cattle mar ket at Portland last Monday with two loads of steers that brought him 13 cents throughout. The range of prices for the day was somewhat be low that figure. SOB I Coturaiy Journal PRLVEVILLE, CliOOK COUNTY, ARMENIA AND ANOTHER JOB '. TOk MEDALS ARB SENT OUT Medals Are Sent Out To Winners Liberty Loan Essay Content Gold and silver medals for success ful writers in an essay contest on the merits ot the fourth Liberty loan were delivered Monday to Robert E. Smith, executive manager of the state Liberty loan organization. Ten sil ver medals will bo awarded In each , . ,,. haii nuv ! wrlter'ln each grade of the public schools, from the third to the twelfth inclusive. ' Ten gold medals will be awarded in a statewide contest by members of each grade from the third to the twelfth. The gold medals will bear the engraved name of the winner and will be sent to successful contestants accompanied by a congratulatory let ter from Edward Cookingham, chair man ot the state Liberty loan execu tive committee. Winners ot the sil ver medals will receive their medals from the county school superintend ents. Crook county has one state winner In Dorothy Simpson, In the eighth grade division, who will receive a gold medal. The following scholars will receive a silver medal for the winners in their grades in the county : Third grade, Edna Catherine O' Neil; Fourth grade, Kathryn Bloom; Fifth grade, Nelda Newsom; Sixth grade, Eleanor Yancey; Seventh grade, Velma Simpson, Eighth grade, Dorothy Simpson ; Second high, Alice McNeely; Third high, LeBter Coshdw. w, a. a. 1 PRI NEVILLE PEOPLE AT BEND Among those going to Bend to at tend the lecture by Irvln S. Cobb were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Millican, Har old Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W. Thomas, Arthur Michel, Mr. and Mrs. M E. Brink, Mrs. E. J. Wilson, Blanche and Bernlce Shipp, Vernon Lister, Mr and Mrs. R. W. Rea, H. S. Kennard, and T. L. Qulnn. w. a. a. T. T. CLUB MEETS At a vnrv nlnaflant meeting of the! T. T. Club held last evening at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Hyde, the announcement was made of the en gagement of Miss Eva Jackson to Mr. C. C. Blakeley of Portland. Miss Jackson has been a member of the C. C. H. S. faculty for some time, and has a large circle ot friends here w. . s. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL HELD A memorial service was held for the late Theodore Roosevelt Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church. . The building was comfortably fill ed with citizens who wished to show their respect to the former president, and an appropriate program was ren dered. The high school band provided fit ting music, which was followed by some well selected vocal numbers. Speakers reviewed briefly the life of this well known statesman. OREGON, FEBRUARY IS, 1919 JYRIaV THDR UNCll? SArt JHIGH IKS ANNEX PARTY SATURDAY A high Jinks partyjwas given at the annex parlors ot the commercial club Saturday evening, which was attend ed by about 80 ladles of the town and community and a most successful evening is reported. The fact that such meetings have been under the ban tor some time seemed to add pep to the Saturday evening function, and the result was a most decided success. The ladies were In costume and ev ery character known was represented among the maskers. Music and dancing occupied the time until the hour ot adjournment. One of the most lively features of the evening was a group ot young la dies of ebony hue, who presented southern dialect songs and stories, and were always primed with a new song Just when those present were wondering "what next." Other good musical numbers were featured and those present In at tire of the sterner sex provided the proper element for dance numbers that was voted quite up to standard. w. a. a. Barnes NEWS NOTES The farmers of this section have never before experienced such an op en winter. There has been scarcely any snow at all. For the last week rain has fallen in the valleys, while snow fell on the mountains. Grain and grass is green in the fields even where it was sown late last fall. Had the winter been as hard as that of 1916 and 1917 there would no doubt have been a great loss in live stock as almost every farmer was short of hay. Walt Ttannutt haa mnvari tA Prnnlr. I ed rivsr with a bunch of cattle which he Intends to feed the rest of the wln- ter. Harry Barnes Is hauling hay from the Moore ranch to his home ranch. W. H. Birdsong of Izee visited the homes of Chas. Birdsong and Burt Demarls last week. Claude Seeds passed through on his way home from Prinevllle, where he has been on business. Bye Bennett made a business trip to Crooked river and says that the roads in that section are very bad. March Logan of Lopran Brothers, was on ihe creek with a bunch of horses he had brought over from Beaver creek and expects to take them to Powell Butte to feed. Little Bunnie Tackman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Tackman, had a first birthday party last week,, a fine time is reported. Fisher Logan is home from Powell Butte, where he has been looking af ter cattle which he isTeeding there. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLB DEATH OF HINEY DETAILS OF HOW PRI NEVILLE MAN LOST HIS LIFE IN FRANCE FEU IN FIRST DAY'S FIGHT Home Communication Service Secures , Data Regarding The Death Of A Prlnevllle Boy Reports have been received In this city by relatives of BenJ. W. Hlney, ' who was killed In action in France on I organized with Dr. I. H. Gove aa the morning of September 26. The!..., . ... report Is made by the American Red , Cross, and no doubt Is as accurate and complete as is possible to give of the death of a man in battle. The report gives Private Hlney's number e 2,781,776, which gives a hint of the magnitude of our army at the time he was called. It says: "Under direction of the Home Com munication Service of the American Red Cross in France, the undersigned secured at the front a few details of Private Hlney's death, announcement of which has doubtless already been ma 1 to vnn hv the War DeDartmeut. . "Private Hiney was killed ahout; ."t" TJ"'"B """- " """" six hours. The 91st Division went in- m hxttlo fnr thA firnt tlma at 5:30 o'clock that morning and lost a good ; many men In the forenoon. Company a lne Hlales vl murnia, w asning A was in a support position that ton and Idaho, and the remaining am morning. and was not in the first ;ount wlu De subscribed by thejresi- wave: but in advancing steadily In i a fog. it had unwittingly passed thru the first wave, and at 11:30 was vir-! Plans ror the proposed huilding tually In a front line position. were submitted by General Manager , The following account of Private j O. M. Plummer for the consideration Hiney's death was given me by Ser-j of the directors, and minimum estl geant Chester R. Mcintosh of Cam-1 mates placed the sum needed at pany A, whose home address is 10431 $250,000. The building contemplat 57th St., Oakland, California: I ed would cover seven and one-half "-'Company A had started out at a ' acres of ground, occupying a plot of point a short distance from the vil- lage ot Cheppy, but by 11:30 had gone. several miles and was less than a mile south of the village of Very,' said Sergeant Mcintosh. - The -Company was scattered. Corporal Harold Carey, Private Hiney and I were in the third platoon, which wm off by itself.. Corporal Cary was ten or twelve feet in front of me, and Pri vate Hiney was fifteen or twenty feet behind. " 'We came to some barbwire. Cary crossed it and was a few feet on the other side when he was struck by a bullet from a machine gun sniper, and fell back dead. I, myself, fell flat among the barbwire to escape the bul lets, and remained there ten minutes, as it was too dangerous to move. " 'Benjamin Hiney was Just ready to come through the wire when a ma chine gun bullet struck him. It is my impression that he lived a few hours, but we had to go forward and ! I did not get a chance to go back and see him. He was struck two or three minutes after Cary was killed. It was his first day in battle and he was showing up finely. '" 'We caught three of the machine gun men in the nest from which Cor pora! Cary and probably Private Hin ey were shot. One of them was al ready severely wounded. Company members had their bayonets ready to kill the other two, but were pre vente by their officers.' " "The Company pushed on and got to the village of Very that afternoon, where it spent the night. Private Hiney was buried near where he fell. A description of the grave will doubt less be sent you by the Gracve Regis- ! . . n . . 1 TT a A mU irauon service oi m v. a. aiiuj. iuo snot where he was killed is about 22 miles west of Verdun and perhaps eight miles north of Clermont. The villages of Cheppy and Very, which were close, are too small to be shown on most maps of France. "Private Hiney gave his life toward one of the greatest achievements of the war.' The Argonne drive was one of the biggest factors in bringing about the total defeat of Germany. Numerous American Divisions, relay ing one another, aided by some French Divisions, kept up this drive unremittingly from daybreak on Sep tember 26 until November 11. Kany in November they had progressed so far to the north that the retreat homeward of the German armies far ther west was threatened. Accord ingly, the German Government, being In a desperate situation, surrendered and accepted the armistice terms of the allies. "You have my sympathy In your loss. Sincerely, "COLIN V. DYMANT, "Home Communication Repre sentative, American Red Cross, "91st Division." w. s. . - JOHN NEWSOME HERE John D. Newsome, who has been in Detroit, Michigan, for the past two vears. is visiting friends and rela tives in Prinevllle. Mr. Newsome is plant superinten dent fcr the Detroit Steel Products Company, which is an institution that specializes in automobile springs and like equipment. He believes there will he a scarc ity of automobiles for the next year because of depleted steel supplies. NO. 14. COMMITTEES I1AIIED FOR O DM CROOK COUNTY .fc RAISE FUND OF THOUSAND DOLLARS I. H. GOVE COUNTY CHAM Mrs. H. P. Belknap In Charge OC City of Prlnevllle Canvass P. C. Garrison Is Treasurer "be local committee tot. the Ar- menian-Syrlan relief fund has been chairman. Mrs. W. P. Belknap will have charge of the canvass In Prlne vllle. The allotment for Crook coun ty is $1,000 and It Is expected to have the amount in sight by the end ot next week. Paul C. Garrison is treas urer for the fund in this county. P. I. L. E. BUILDING CAMPAIGN An Immediate campaign is to be launched to raise $250,000 for the construction of a permanent build- "g nouse me annual racinc in terTmtfnnAl TJvpntnck FrnnalMnn- it , ,,,.,,, . '. man uotiucu a i a uicciiiie ui inrj ui" Chamber of Commene Wednesday in Portland ' . une-uau oi iniB sum will oe raisea 'rom Points outside of Portland and dent8 P1 the city In a drive commenc- lnn aD0Ul lne laBl wee m reoruarj. 15 acres. An amphitheater 200 by 300 feet, with a show ring 100 by 200 feet, with seating capacity for 800 persons are Included in the plans. Space, to accommodate 800 head of cattle, 800 dairy cows, 99 head of draft horses and large sections for breeding sheep and hogs are provided for. Site for the proposed building has not been determined upon. Directors of the association are 1 working for the passage of senate bill No. 118, providing for a one-thirtieth mill levy to aid in the annual exhib itions as a means of promoting inter est in the livestock' industry. Frank Brown of Carlton is presi dent of the association. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Post went to Hood River Monday to see Mr. Post's sister, Mrs. Anna Crosby, who is very ill. Mrs. Robert Libbey has been visit ing her mother, Mrs. Wilborn, for a couple of weeks. J. M. Hayes returned home Sunday, after several weeks', absence ever to the Ten Bar ranch. Miss Burkholder spent the first of the week with Mrs. Hayes. Mr. Arch Gibson is doing the feed ing while Will Post is spending a few days on his homestead. L. C. Caldwell and family have moved to Sams Valley, Ore., and Sir. and Mrs. John Knox have moved back on the ranch. Ralph Gibson is doing the feeding; and general housework on the J. U. Post ranch while Joe and Mrs. Post are away. O. C. Gray was out to the ranch a couple of days last week. Mrs. Hansen spent several days with Mrs. J. R. Post last week. Mr. and Mm Norton Mra Hanu,.i and Miss Hansen were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J O F. Anderson Sunday. The stage failed to make Paulina on schedule Saturday and there was no mail down on Tuesday. The mud dy roads are a little too much for autos to run with any degre of cer tainty. The drivers are experiencing considerable difficulty in getting through at all. Mrs. Golda NewsSm spent the day with Mrs. Stover Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Stover, Ed Payne and Wes Schock spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Norton. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gibson have moved over on their homestead. Charley Shepherd and family were over from the Basin Sunday and spent the day with Mrs. Wilborn. O. B. Gray is driving a new 1919 seven passenger Buick six. Mrs. Mollie Gibson spent Tuesday with Mrs. McLean. Miss Addle Miller was down from her homestead the first of the week. . . W. 8. B. KtRTHTlAV PARTY Members of the local chapter ot the Eastern Star called upon Mrs. J. Boone Monday, the occasion being her birthday anniversary, : W. S. S. , ; Post :;: tWssl news notes W5Sj :