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CROOK COrSTT JOTOMAL
Crook County Journal
BY GUT LAFOLLETTE
Katered at the postoffics at
Maevllle, Oregon, as second-class
aalter.
CBLISHED EVERY THIRSDAY
rrtca 11.00 per year, payable
atrtctly In advance. In case of
aaaage of address pleas notify na
at Mce, giving both old and new
address.
auSfAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
:ijii.;rj5Si-i'iHi.vi'r-i3l
general or nets
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
VUWCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
MONTHLY WAR STAMP QUOTAS
FIXED FOR TWELFTH DISTRICT
Tlie Treasury Department has assigned to the Twelfth Federal
Reserve Distriet the following monthly quotas to be raised in War
Saving! Stamps during 1919:
January
February
Mareh
April .
May
June .-
July
August
September
October
November ,
December ,
Total .
I 4.200.000
4.800.000
5,400.000
6.000.000
6,i;oo,ooo
7.200.000
7.800.CO0
8.400.000
JUiOO.000
lO.NHl.OOO
J 2.000.000
1:1,200,000
$'.16,000,000
The total to be raised throughout the country is $1,600,000,000.
1XCRK ASK CRKMTKD TO COl'XTY
AGENTS
During the year closing December
St, 1918, 1.100 county agents in the
Northern and Western states conduct
ed 74,710 demonstrations and held In
connection with these demonstration
Meetings involving a total attendance
f (61,000 people. A total net prof-
due to increase on the demoustra
Con aras alone amounted to $21,'
S51.000. This does not include the
Indirect results from those who put
the lessen of demonstration into ef
fect on their own farms, involving a
Bach larger figure.
The agents assisted 323,12b farm
ers In selecting seed corn for the
fields and 513,000 farmers in testing
taeor seed for germination. Under the
direction of the agents more than 10,
40,000 acres were planted with test
ad seed; more than 2,000,000 acres
f -wheat were grown following the
agents' advice; 97,315 farmers treat
ad their s -ed.oats for smut involving
aa acreage of nearly 2.000,000; 23,
M farmers theated their potatoes
lor disease involving an acreage of
114.000; 15,335 farmers began the
crowing of alfalfa; sweet clover was
introduced on 5,000 farms, soy beans
aa 10,000 farms, and cow peas on
1400 farms; 14,000 orchards were
aired for following the agents' sug
gestions; 32,400 farmers were given
assistance in the growing of beans
involving 500,000 acres.
War food production campaigns
were given special assistance by the
ownty agents through the location
sad furnishing of farm seeds. Of es
pecial significance was the locating
of spring wheat for 48,000 farmers,
winter wheat for 28.000, oats for 14,
Mt farmers; corn for 219,000, rye
or 11,000, buckwheat for 2,100, bar
ky for 6,100, sugar beets for 1,700,
potatoes for 9,200 -beans for 4,600,
cane or sarghum for 9,100. This in
waived a total of seed of all kinds of
I.25M66 bushels.
As a result of such work the spring
wheat acreage was increased by near
ly. 1,500,000 acres, winter wheat by
1.717,000 acres, oats by 182,000
seres, corn by 597,000 acres, rye by
XS7.000 acres buckwheat by 17,000
acres, barley by 122,000 acres, sugar
fceets by 31,000 acres, beans by 40,-
acres: the production of spring
wneat was increased 21,000,000 bush
alt, ot winter wheat 23.676,000 bush
, oats 4,824,000 bushelB, corn 12,
5,000 bushels, rye 1,651,000 bush
als buckwheat 324,200 bushels, bar
ky 2,817,000. bushelB, sugar beets
648,000 tons, potatoes 2,139,000
ashels, and beans 332,000 bushels.
In conection with livestock the
agents secured for the farmers 5,117
ntgistered bulls, 8,770 registered
ows, 3,113 registered rams, 6,816
registered boars, while more than
ltt.OOO registered sires were transfer
led fom one community to another,
ttereby lengthening the period of ser
ice. Cow-testing associations num
bering 1,400 were organized and
tfrrasgh these associations and
Jhrouph associations previously or
' canized more than 125,000 cows were
uder test, and 5,200 cows were dis
carded as a result of tests during the
year; 387 livestock breeders' associa
inons were organized with a membed
ahip of 139,000; 73,000 animals were
tested for tuberculosis, 389,000 were
areated for black leg, and nearly 500,
t!ia hogs were vaccinated for hog
tAofera by veterinarians or farmers at
Rents' suggestion; 22,873 addition
al cows were bred as a result of spec
ial campaigns conducted by agents;
198,948 sows and 225,566 sheeD were
slaced on farms; 29,000 calves were
saved fro mslaughter.
The number ot livestock keDt on
rms as result of special work of
Mm agents was increased as follows:
Cattle, 126,720; hogs, 938,477; sheep
,ss,ivy; poultry, 1,067;430.
Assistance in securing farm tract
ors was given 6,346 farmers; 214
-public markets were established
Hiroagn whichi were marketed S14.-
SI7,000 worth of farm products; 9,
SS farmers were assisted in securing
redft for the purchase of machinery,
seeds, fertilizers, etc., and 328 farm-
loan associations were organized.
Information in regard to the stor
ing oft fruits and vegetables was giv
en 154,000 farmers; 3,202,600 quarts
f fruits and vegetables were canned
as result of county agent work, ex
clusive ot boys' and girls' club work;
1,900 canning demonstrations were
Ikeld for adult women; 762,000 lbs.
a fruit and vegetables were dried as
aeault ot special- drying campaigns;
and 614.000 dosen eggs were preserv
ed. More than 8,000 silos were erected,
4.700 crop rotation systems were
planned, 7,964 drainage systems
were planned involving S62.000 acres
and 318 irrigation systems were plan
ned involving 280.000 acres.
Assistance In starting to keep farm
accounts was given 49,000 farmers,
while more than 17,000 kept such ac
counts through the year; 150,101 la
borers were furnished the farmers
through county agents and farm bu
reaus, while more than 114,000 peo
ple applied to fhe county agents for
work.
The value ot business done through
cooperative associations and exchang
es organized by county agents am
ounted to $28,762,134, involving a
net saving to the farmers ot more
than $3,000,000.
TIIK NEWSPAPER'S MISSION"
T)ie first newspaper was estab
lish d 1,?69 years ago, and was is
sued in CFiina.
It wss written by the government
officials who said there was a genuine
need fur it to circulate information
for the people in general.
Today, more than 1,200 year3 later,
we see t'.io same need, and every
newspaper In the land is asked by
various government bureaus and de
partments each week for publicity,
each with this statement: "This de
partment has no funds with which to
pay for this service, but wishes to
have it printed as an item of new."
In the statement quoted above is
the admission that the service is val
uable to the government, and we won
der how long It will be before the
United States government reaches
the viewpoint that was held by Chin
ese over a century ago, and pay for
the service asked.
There is no inclination on the part
of newspapermen to be lax in their
support of the government, or to
donate of. their space, which is their
capital, to the point where it becomes
burdensome.
The tact is more apparent as time
advances, however, that space is the
newspapers' only asset, and means
the same to the owner or owners as
groceries on the shelves do the mer
chant.
No government official or depart
ment would ask the miller for a sack
of flour free because "This depart
ment has no funds with which to pay
for this service" or commodity.
The world moves, and the United
States is the most enlightened nation
in it, yet we have not yet quite reach
ed the viewpoint held out by our yel
low brothers 1,269 years ago.
Frank Johnson of the Colonisation
Company was in Crane several days
the past week in company with Mr.
Trow, an irrigation engineer from
Ontario, investigating the advisability
ot putting down a number of deep
wells for Irrigation purposes. Har
ney County Tribune.
R.'W. Rea. chief engineer of the
Oehoco Irrigation project, and M. K.
Brink were In Bend the early part of
this week. Speaking of the possi
bility of early passenger service to
Prineville over the new mllrimd from
Redmond. Mr. Brink said that It was
expected that within a month a gus-oline-drlven
car would be !n opera
tion, meeting all trains on the main
line. Freight has been moved over
the line for two months. Bond Press
Announcement was made today of
the election of R. A. Ward of Red
mond to the position of vice presi
dent of the First National Bank of
Bend. Mr. Ward's resignation as
county agriculturist of Deschutes
county was presented to the county
court a few weeks ago. It Is under
stood that he hail previously received
some very flattering offers In
Portland, but preferred to remain in
this Bectlon.
In his new position Mr Wnrd will
carry on agricultural promotion work
for the First National according to
President Hudson of the bank, and
also give his attention to general
banking matters, serving the bank's
customers, not only In Deschutes
county, but elsewhere in Central Ore
gon. Bend Bulletin.
Last Saturday the Vale Monthly
Auction Sale established a new sales
record when the winning bids total
ed something over $7,000.00. One
dozen of the registered Missouri
whitefaced bulls were purchased by
the ranchers and stockmen of the
county. These bulls are generally
acknowledged to be the best select
ion of their class ever offered for sale
in the county and the sales company
will probably have 15 or 20 ready for
sale in March. Other offerings went
at fair prices. The atendance was ex
ceptionally good, but bidding was not
as brisk as might be desired. The
farmers and stockment will have to
get back of the Vale Auction Sales
in order to receive the ultimate bene
fits that they will bring. Malheur
Enterprise.
STATE PRIDE LACKING
A bill is under consideration in the
state legislature which would prohib
it the practice of selling Oregon fruits
and other products under a Califor
nia label, which is now quite common.
The quality of the goods is the
best, and a great reputation for these
products is gained by California,
which is a large economic loss to Ore
gon. The fact that the practice has been
allowed at all shows a lack of stare
pride, and should be a warning ag
ainst such action in the future.
The same applies to community
mattersfl The northwest has no bet
ter alfalfa, hence no better steers
than are produced in Crook county,
and this fact should be kept before
the people of the state constantly. It
is a community asset, the value of
which cannot be estimated.
with mumm
Dr. Rosenberg, W. J. Pancake. H.
R. Lakin, Homer Ross, L. M. Bech-
toll and E J. Wilson, all of Prineville, !
attended a meeting of the" Knights1
lempiar in this city Wednesday ev.
ening. Bend Press.
The local stockgrowers associations
of John Day, Mt. Vernon and Dayville
held a Joint meeting on Saturday,
Feb, 1. at Mr. Vernon, to discuss mat
ters relating to leasing the range
lands from the Eastern Oregon Land
Co.
Resolutions were adopted by the
Joint association, offering the Eastern
Oregon Land Co. $99.45 per Bectlon
for grazing purposes. The Company
has offered to lease their land to the
sheepmen for from 25 to 32 cents per
acre, depending on what the sheen
men shall receive for their wool. Or
in other words, of the sheepmen shall
receive 35 cents or better for their
wool they must pay the company 80
cents per acre to graze their land. If
he should get less than 35 cents for
his wool, be can have the grazing for
25 cents per acre. In the first in
stance the grazing fees per section
would be $192, while in the second
instance he would pay $160 per sec
tion. For grazing fees in the basin
Jas. Cant was charged at the rate of
32 cents per acre, or $204.80 per
section. It would seem as though the
stockmen and the Eastern Oregon
Land Co. were separated on the leas
ing proposition "as far as the East is
from the West." Blue Mountain
Eagle.
PEACE CONGRESS
MEETS IN PORTLAND
Ex-President Taft and Other
Prominent Men Attend
Conference.
Portland, Or. Unqualified endorse
ment ot the league ot nations cove
nant, as promulgated at the Paris
conference by President Wilson and
hf fellow councillors of the allies, was
voiced at the northwestern congress
for a league of nations, held In Port
land for te states ot Washington,
Idaho and Oregon.
For the purpose of crystallising nation-wide
sentiment In the league ot
nations Ideal, and that comprehensive
understanding be afforded of Its prin
ciples and purposes, ex-President Wil
liam Howard Taft, champion of the
cause, and many other notable leaders
ot national thought, were In Portland
to attend the two-day congress. ,
Among the speakers of national
imminence who addressed the con
gress, and who also spoke at many
churches and civic functions, were ex
President Taft. Dr. Lowell of Harvard.
iVan Brown of Yale, Edward A. Fl
! ti, director of the chamber of com
::;erce, U. S. A.; Hon. Henry Morgen
lau. formerly ambussador to Turkey;
!n. Henry Van Dyke, formerly min
:,.er to The Netheilunds; Dr. Qvorge
; afton Wilson, Harvard university;
Mr. Philip North More, president of
the American council of women; Hon
Frank P. Walsh, formerly Joint chair
man of the war labor board.
Portland staged the fifth of the
iirrles ot national conventions ot the
league.
SlKuificap.ee of the Portland confer
ence transcended that of the four pre
vlous assemblies Inasmuch as it fol
lowed directly upon the presentation
of the league ot nations covenant at
the Paris conference, by President WIN
son. For the first tlms In their coast-'o-coast
progress, the speakers of the
congress were able to deal In discus
Ion with concrete facts, for the handi
work of the league conference Is before
them. For this reason their expres
sions of opinion wsre of more than
national Interest.
CONGRESS ASKED
TO DEFER DEBATE
Washington. President Wilson has
cabled a request to the foreign rela
tions committee In congress to defer
'lebate on the constitution of the pro
posed league of nations until he had
an opportunity to go over It "article
by article" with the members.
"There Is good snd sufficient rea
son for the phraseology and substance
ot each article," declared the presi
dent in his message, transmitted
through Secretary Tumulty.
Members ot the senate snd house
foreign committees will dine at the
White House on February 2. the day
after the president is expected to land
at Boston. This early meeting was In
terpreted as' evidence of the presi
dent's determination to get the details
of the new world federation for peace
before congress as quickly as possible.
The cabled Invitation did not name
a date for the conference, but almost
immediately the time was announced
and this was taken to mean that the
president would proceed here direct
from Boston after an address in that
city.
TROOPS ARE WELCOMED
Dr. Hyde is closing up his business
here and will return to Prineville
soon. He has met with a high degree
of success during the few months he
has been with us and has many
friends who will regret his departure.
Redmond Spokesman.
L. E. Smith of the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co., reports that he has Just
sold the city of Prineville the mater
ial for the railway warehouse and
roundhouse at Prineville. There will
be about three carloads of It Red
mond Spokesman.
Will Cronk, district manager of
the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., with
headquarters at lone, was in town on
Monriflv Ml f?rnn1r la nf I
that the crop prospects around lone
are good at tne present. Grain has
continued to grow right along all
winter and is now looking well and
there is a large, acreage in. Should
the weather conditions continue fav
orable, Mr. Cronk looks for one of
the best crops in the history of the
line country this coming season.
Ga::etter Times (Heppner).
Election of officers and decision
on policies to be followed out during
the year constituted the business
taken up by the Sisters-Metolius
Livestock association at the annual
meeting Saturday in Sisters. Pro
tests were registered against the as
sessed valuation of cattle, claimed to
be too high In comparison with other
classes of property.
It was voted to accept the forest
service system for salting the range,
150 salt licks having been marked
by Deschutes forest officials. Re
ports showed that the range, having
a capacity 01 3,zuu nead or cattle,
with a 450-head capacity on leased
land, would be sufficient to take care
of the association's stock during the
coming season. The asociatfon vot
ed to put out a brand registry book,
and In this connection the promise of
Supervisor N. G. Jacobson of the Des
chutes national forest, who, with as
sistant Supervisor Vincent wag In at
tendance, was secured to prohibit
running cattle whose brands are not
registered with the state.
The following officers were elect
ed: Ben Tone, president; M. W.
Knickerbocker, vice-president; Joe
Howard, secretary; Max Wurzweller,
E. B. Graham, and Ellis II. Edging
ton, members of advisory board.
Bend Bulletin.
Slxty-Flfth Coast Artillery Given a
Warm Greeting.
Portland, Or. The arrival here of
the Sixty-fifth coast artillery on two
special trains was the occasion Mon
day for a celebration such as the boys
have not participated In since they:
left Puget Sound for France last year.
It was a glad day for Portland, for,
included In the regiment composed for
the most part ot regular army troops
and national guardsmen from Seattle
and Tacoma, were many Oregonians.
Every store along the line of march
of the parade presented a holiday ap
pearance and a program of entertain
ment was arranged which was to con
vince the boys that the folks here are
glad to see them back.
Holland Permits Passage of Troops.
Washington. Minister Garrett at
The Hague notified the state depart
ment that The Netherlands govern
ment had consented to aid In the re
turn home of American troops by per
mitting trans-shipment to transports
at Rotterdam of soldiers brought down
the Rhine.
Flood of Spruce Outfit Bids,
Portland, Or. Hundreds of bids
were received by the sales department
of the United States spruce corpora
tion for various items ot the equip
ment used in the getting out of army
airplane stock in various camps of
the northwest and which the govern
ment Is to sell.
WESTINGHOUSE
AUTOMATIC
ELECTRIC RANGES
They tire fYt-Mlstil family cooking ranges for lUiiiieatlti tine and
have reached Miclr highest iTfwllMi In conveiilcmo snd econo
my thr i'. h it hmv years of cx-Mrliiientlim anil rsprrlntre.
In addition to the rleunliiieiw, wfel), wiving In ImmI, ami ireneral
ricNlrahllMj "f cooking with electricity, they further have the
ymilrttigc of Having a great deal of care, trouble, MI rene, by
the alii of the Wetlnlioue rxcluwlvo ecoiiomli'Hl fealurea of the
full autoiiuitlr control by attached rim a and thcrnioMats.
Cimiti In and folk over jour Move and fuel troubles with u. Hrlng
In your lircml or rotiM ami emik them on one of our atiivrw, In
this way you ran try the itnve anil It will give us chance to
prove Its worth.
Des Chutes Power Co.
Full powered
"Red Crown" is trait;rit-diillecj,
all-refincry gasoline. 1 .00k for the
Red Crown sign before you fill.
STANDARD OI!. COMPANY
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Stay These Executions
By David IIinshaw
You average Ancrican citizen in your average
American community imagine if you can, the
possibility of a report similar to the following
being made of your community at any time, and
under any conditions.
"Though much saddened, our workers are cut
ting off whom they must, and continuing with
those selected, principally children. All are mak
ing winter plans and asking, pleading, for funds
now to buy what will cost many times more later
on. Can you not cable us that the promised ap
propriations are certain until the end of June
1919. Such action would double the value of the
gift. We must not let go now."
The Committee for Relief in the Near East
is doing its utmost to sustain these peoples. Pov
erty stricken, plague infested, war terrorized
Near East, the cradle of the white man's civiliza
tion, is perishing. It is perishing because of the
faith that is in it. Only the help of an aroused
American generonity can prevent this.
It is hard at a distance of thousands of miles
for Average American Citizens to grasp the need.
Tolerant, Helpful, Kindly, Generous America
would never permit relief workers to sign death
warrants for thousands of persons, did it but
realize the situation. That is exactly what hap
pens when the workes in the Near. East are
forced from lack of funds to "cut off whom they
must." More than 4,000,000 people are destitute,
of this number 400,000 are orphans, orphans be
cause they were innocently caught in the net of
the great war.
These starving peoples live in the "fester" spot
of Europe and Asia. America entered the war
that autocracy might be crushed from the earth.
We are forever bound to Europe because the
blood of our sons is mingled with European
soil. We must carry on in their names, we
must carry on or their supreme sacrifice will have
been in vain.
France, Belgium, Italy can all be helped by
governmental aid, but the dying Christians of
the Near East have no government through
which governmental aid can be given them. The
task is America's. Liberty, equality, freedom of
speech, freedom of worship, all of these America
has given to the world. Slowly the other nations
of the world are accepting our ideals. Now we
are challenged practically to advance the Broth
erhood of Man as taught by the "Man of Sor
rows" 1000 years ago. The people of His land
by the faith He gave them ask for bread. What
shall America give them? '
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