Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, April 10, 1919, SECTION TWO, Page Page 2, Image 9

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    cbook county journal
Anuti 10,
22
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& COMPANY
I WILL
Put a new top on your car, or repair your
curtains, or do any such work as is needed
This u the time to repair harness for spring work.
W. J. HUGHES
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
H. Xi. MAKER JOHN OORJfETT
Thoroughly Overhauled
Secondhand Cars
For Sale
MITCHELL GOOD CONDITIO FOR
DODGB
OVERLAND
FORD, FIVE PASSENGER
1 4-CTXINDEB BUICK; 1 4-CTLINDEB OLDS
MOBILE 40- H. P. TRUCK
$450
$500
$325
$340
$200
MAKER & CORNETT
INLAND GARAGE PHONE BLACK 651
Cor. Second and B St. PRINEVILLE, ORE.
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1 9 it mm useensnsiisiii'tri
Mark All Freight
-Care of-
I City of Prineville Railway
Cheapest, - Safest, - Quickest
SERVICE
Daily freight service to
and from Prineville.
We specialize on live
stock shipments.
City of Prineville Ry.
Prineville, Oregon
PAINT ASAH ASSET.
Bankers Say They Lend More
Money on Property When
Buildings Are Well Painted
AN INDICATION OF THRIFT.
On Cohmth Advance H Ptr Ctnt
Mor If Repainting I Den
Ivry r"lv Yun,
Doe It pa; to ptnt carefully farm
bufldlngat Doe It add to the selling
vlu of a farm when building a re
properly kpt ap aad regularly paint'
dt A cacful Inquiry of a aumbor of
leading banker In tht Mississippi val
ley, IncladlBf nrh at a tea aa Iowa. Mi
aow, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Ula
aourl. roTcala th. fact that la erly
very caao U banker did not heal
tat. to say that they would lead all th
way from S to SO per rent more on
land where farm bulldlnta wer well
painted and kept la good condition.
They maintain that well kept-op and
well painted bulldlnta and fence ar
an Indication of thrift and that th
thrifty fanner I food client, aad to
him money can be aafely loaned. An
average of the return from the
banker chow that th Increased loan
Talne because of painted building I
around 22 per cent.
Some of thee banker mike Inter
esting comment A Michigan concern
aye that, whll not especially pre
pared to advla definitely la reapone
to thl inquiry, th officer would lean
more money on farm where building
wer painted than where they wer
not so treated. This bank alio flnda
that whore house, barn aad fence
ar well taken car of the farm I
profitable proposition, and beaker In
general consider the farmer a good
client Another Michigan bank says
"farm buildings out of repair and
needing paint Indicate that the owner
la alow pay." Such farms are rated it
about one-third of the assessed rila.
for loans. Where the farm building
are In good ahape the rating la one
half. The president of a middle west
era bank say that whan real eatate
loan are considered, painted building
ar alwaya taken Into consideration in
making an estimate. The general ap
pearance f th property aurroundlng
th house aad barn and lo th field
and fence would b carefully observ
ed. Re further y that he ha no
hesitancy In saying that he woald ab
solutely refuse loan on farms where
th building war not kept ap and
well painted. In hi Judgment, ua
palnted farm buildings would redac
th loft vein tt least 23 per cat
A Minnesota banker saya that h m
much mor willing to loan money
where th buildings are well painted.
In his particular rase he believe that
h would loan 20 par cut mor thaa
If th buildings war not properly
takea ear of. A farmer wh will
keep hi building painted take a
mach deeper Interest i hi work thaa
on who dee aot Another Minne
sota bank aays that well painted band
ing bar resulted la secariig frets
hi bank oMtlm as high as 28 per
cent mor money thaa wher th
building r Bet paiated. Aa Okie
concern aays that It will lota 35 pr
eaat more mosey oa a wll kept farm
wher balidlag are painted at I .est
eace erery At year. A Mather nii
aoi baak ay that It has a. bed
rale thla, bat tt doe mak a de
cided difference whaa wa.r of farm
laads apply far loaa. If th buildings
ar well paiated aad thus wU pro
cured th loaa rat would net ealy
be cheaper, bat th aasoaat ef money
borrowed weall b larger. A norther
mtnet baak com et httte to say
that It weald 1ms fully BO per ceat
mere oa a farm where building war
well paiated aad la good order thaa
where they war at Th vie presi
dent who ssswer th iaaulry, gee
o to y: There probably ar maay
farmers good fiaaadally aad morally
wh permit their balidlag to remala
painted, bat a a ral th mew nb
staatial people wh Ut la th coun
try keep their buildlag well painted."
' Aa low beak, through tt rice pres
ident tate that It wld mak dif
ference ef at lat 25 per cent la fa
vor f th farm wltb painted bond
ing. Another Iowa concern says that
It would make a difference f at least
20 per ceat
All tat being true, It I perfectly
evident that It Is a good business prep
osition to keep the farm building wall
painted. They not only look better
and are mor pleasing to th owner,
bat th farm would sell to batter ad
vantage, th loan value of th property
would be greatly Increased aad th
building themselves would last much
longer aad -.need lea repair. The
American Agriculturist
PAINT AMD ILLITERACY.
Curleu Fact Oeme to Light That Lo-
oalltlee Least Ualng Book Avoid
Paint AIM.
Washington, D. C. A curious fact
haa been brought to light by th Edu
cational Bureau and th Bureau ef In
dustrial Research her. It la that ia
th state wher illiteracy la moat
prevalent paint I least used. Th
paint referred to I th common or
ban variety, of course, for th back
wood countries hav no neeii for th
finer pigment or facial adornment.
It 1 true, though, that la the sections
of all states wher whit illiteracy 1
highest paiated borne ar rare and
painted outbuildings and barn are
practically unknown. Probably th
illiterate do not us paint on their
building because they do not under
stand Its value a a preservative.
GARDEN SEEDS'
BOTH PACKAGE AND BULK
ONION SETS
SING E QUART 121-2 CTS.
10 QUARTS $1.25
TT 17
HID
iress
Irrigation Boots
ARE THE BEST QUALITY
' 'L . .
WE CAN
FIT I
YOU
$6.00 the Pair $5.50 the Pair
J. E. STEWART & GO.
Prineville
Flour
Mills
Seed Wheat
Seed Oats
Alfalfa Glover
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"EAT MORE .BREAD"
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