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.
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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."
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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.
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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;
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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-
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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."
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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
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man uotiucu a i a uicciiiie ui inrj ui"
Chamber of Commene Wednesday in
Portland
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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.
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KtRTHTlAV PARTY
Members of the local chapter ot
the Eastern Star called upon Mrs. J.
Boone Monday, the occasion being
her birthday anniversary,
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; Post
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