.'Crook County journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
vol. xxm.
riUNEVtLLK, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON,
no. as.
MEMORIAL MS ARE
PLANTED IN PARK
IN MEMORY OK CROOK
COl'STV'H WAR HEROES
DR. CM DELIVERS ADDRESS
Map Of Ground la Made And Trx
Are Named Ho Tliat They May
ll Kaally I4K-a(cd
Memorial services were bold at
tao City Park Sunday afternoon and
trees wure planted In mmry of the
Crook county boya who gave up tholr
lives during the war.
A amnll crowd waa present because
of the extremely cold weather.
M. K. Drink gave a abort talk and
explained tha purpose of the gather
ing after which the y;ees were plant
ed by Jay H. Upton, M. K. Itrlnk,
C. W. Klklns, Dr. Gervln and Judge
N. O. Wallace.
Jay II. Upton Introduced Dr. Ger
vln who gave very Interesting talk
on the wnr and paid a glowing trib
ute to the boya who took part In the
wnr and especially to thoae who sac
rificed their Uvea In tlio great cauae.
A mnn of the ground hm been
mad and each tree named 10 that If
anyone wislu-s to bestow especial care
on any tree they may he able to lo
cate It by calling on M. K. Brink,
who will ahow them the map.
Following la a Hat of t'hos from
Crook county who aacrlflced their
Uvea: Thomas ,0'Kelley, Delberl
Ijiiib, Clyde Smith, Elmer Mouaton,
John McDowell, Dolmar Mattaon, Ar
chie Roberta, Arthur Mining, Lloyd
Cantrlll and Benjamin Hlnoy.
w. a. .
Paulina
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NEWS NOTES
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FORESTRY
Eg NKWS NOTES
A very Important meeting of the
Maury Cattle and Home Association
waa held at the Club Hall In Frlne
vllle on April 4.
The meeting waa flrat scheduled to
be held at the Maury aaw mill but
on account of mow condition! the
place waa changed to Prlnevllle.
About thirty uaera of the Maury
range were present and many mat
ters of vital Importance were dlaeua
ad and disposed of. Among the
moat Important of theae waa the ad
option of a apodal rule requiring aU
permittee! to pay their pro rata ahare
for the purchase of aalt for the range
and also tholr portion of the expense
of hiring a range rider to distribute
the suit on the rnge, before a permit
could be secured from the Forest Ser
vice. The Maury range will he en
tirely enclosed by fence this season.
A range rider will be employed for
three or four months to work In co
operation with the Forest Service In
HEDl'LE OF TRAINS J-CITT Of PBNEVILLg RAILWAY
EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL lltk, ltlt
Motor Mlurd Motor Mlud y. Motor Mixl Motor Mixed
No. t No. I No. No. 7 i'. . No. t No. 4 No. ( No.!
AM AM PM m AM AM PM PM
4:4t 1:40 10 :40 Lr PRINEVILLE Ar. 7:2 1:20 Ai
1:04 7:00 ' 1:44 :M L. WILTON Ar. 7:04 :0 1:00 M
1:84 T:f 4;1S 7:24 Lv. O'NEIL Ar. :lt I:0 7 2 0.-00
4:00 7:40 4:15 7:40 Ar. PRINEVILLE JC. L. 4:20 1:16 7:10 ;44
Post
fjV NEWS NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoffman vis
ited at W. A. Carson's the first of
the week.
D. R. Groff of Prlnevllle Is hauling
freight to Paulina for Lyle Miller.
W. II. Post Is quite sick at C. O.
Stover's with lagrlppe.
Dotrlch Cordes, who bas been fore
man on the Baldwin ranch Is working
for J. R. Post.
Miss Burkholrler la visiting Mrs.
n. K. Cray at Rabbit Valley.
R. If. Booton went to Prlnevllle
constructing salt troughs, developing ; Monday to bring the rest of bis cat
watering places, keeping the stock I tie home.
properly distributed over the range,) j. o. F. Anderson went to Maury
etc. Surely this la a great forward . Station Tuesday,
step Trom the old system of turning Miss Rnrkholder spent Sunday
the stock loose to drift at will, many, night and Monday with Mrs. Norton,
of which were onto the eummor feed Mra. B. B. Oroff visited with Mrs.
long before It wss ready to be grazed e ,b. Knox Monday night and Tues
and later on were there In greater day.
numners man the range would com- g,.0. Knox, who has the spotted
fortably support. With the new plan
In operation all users of the range
will turn a certain permitted number
of slock through the boundary fence
at the opening of the grazing season
(June 1) with a fueling that the grass
has not all been trampled down dur
ing wet weather and that hia stock
will also be salted and cared for by
the range rider. He will also know
that there Is little danger of stock
straying either voluntarily or Invol
untarily", as the experience of some
seems to Indicate by happenings In
tbe past. -
Sage rat poisoning Is being car
ried on extensively this year. The
ranchers realize the effoctlvouoss of
early poisoning.
The grass on the range Is growing
slowly. A few ranrhers huve turned
their cattle out but the majority are
still In the pastures.
Crop conditions re excellent so
far. The soil Is wet deeper than It
has been for suveral years and aver
age conditions from now on means
good crops.
A lone I. W. W. or Bolshevlkl pass
ed thnmgh l'uiilimt. Ilu left consid
erable literature along his trail but
was unsuccessful In getting recruits.
Mesrs. Ingram, E. W. Dnnelly and
Ilarpham attended a mooting of the
Sliver Creek Cattle Horse Ass'n
at ftlley on Aprll 7. They report a
very Interesting meeting and that
among athor things discussed was the
value and absolute neceslty of co
operation and pulling together it suc
cess is to be attained In any business.
As an expression of their confidence
In cooperative work, it was unani
mously decided at the meeting to
send a delegation of six members of
tholr local Association to. attend the
State Association meeting at Bond
on April 22 and 23. The Silver Crock
Aaoclation also voted to purchase
twenty-one tons of salt to bo distrib
uted on tholr range during the com
ing summer by a range rider who will
bo employed at Association expense.
The local office has been advised
by Hanger O. C. Blake of Mitchell
lumber,
diet Smith
lumnn. J- er. , lnt t a m.pnt ,,, , ,h whH
The local saw w II has boon Idle for Butte CBtll() & Hor8e Ag. assess
wo years and the lumber yard Is mout of $3 B0 nea(t wag , , d
bare. It Is hoped the mill will re- for ,otk gr8,(1 und(jr ,t on
sunie operations soon as there is i ,,.,. --. w. hii.. h,t tM. .
much building postponed for lack of - record ttR)IPRBrl,,,nt to h lviri hv
, , I any stock association for a single
and Eddie Birdsong i .,., n ,., , ,u fc,u ,
of Supine are funning the Birdsong of wlr6i gnlt. range-rldlng. etc... the
place on Grindstone. , above assesmont annenrs neenaaRrv tn
take care of all of the expense. The
DELAYED wnite uutte peopl contemplate on-
cioeing ineir range wun Daroea wire
fence during tbe coming season,
work on which will begin as soon as
the weather conditions permit. It
will take something like fifteen miles
of fencing to complete the Job.
w. s. s.
ruixEv
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IU.15 TRAIN
What was supposed to be the first
passenger train Into I'llmiville left
Prlnevllle Junction Thursday even
ing at 7 o'clock but upon the arrival
at the Joslah Williams ranch the
train was flagged by Harry K nr.nrd,
who informed tho "engineer" that
the track, was unsafe, having bai-n
washed out by the overflow ot in )
Irrigation ditch. (Harry has bo.n
reccommendod for the Carnegie, med
al.) After a short (?) wait lu the.
canyon Fred Hoolscher arrived on the
scene and saved the day by bringing
the passengers ami baggage to I'l Se
ville In his car.
The pason?ers Included' J. McHul
len and E. H. Taylor of tho Pacific
Tel. & Tel. Co., of Portland, E.
Faught and son, Frank, Dolly
Hodges, L. V. Allulsl and Warren
Yancey.
Mr. Allulsl of New York City, was
greatly alarmed and anxiously watch
ed the high cliffs on each side of the
road, fearing an attack by Indians.
The other passengers finally succeed
ed In allaying hts fears and he was
brought to the city In a normal con
dition. , . w. a. s.
TERREBONNE SCHOOL DAMAGED
fover, is able to sit up
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welborn, who
have beert feeding their cattltf on Dry
Creek, came home Tuesday.
lace Post. '" -1
Mrs. J. M. Hayes Is visiting rela
lives In Prlnevllle.
Barnes
NEWS NOTES
HIGH SCHOOL
NEWS NOTES
A very pleasant rain visited Barnes
and crops are better than they have
been before at this date for several
years.
Ira Cox Is home from Newport
News, Va., where he bas been for tbe
past six months. In the service.
Charlie Birdsong is borne from
Prlnevllle.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Demar
Is. April 3, a daughter. Mother and
baby are doing nicely under the care
of Mrs. Cora George.
John Handy roturncd from the ser
vice last week.
Mr. F. D. Scammons went to Prlne
vllle last week. "
Bert Demarls and Charlie Birdsong
went to I zee last week after their
cattle they had wintered at that
pluce. .
Mr. Looten of Dry Lake was at
Barnes on business this week.
George Tackman returned from
Prlnevllle last week with a load of
supplies and found the roads very
bad.
K. J. Fnestrnm In on thA alrlr Hat
naipn uidhod is woraing ior wai-rwUn la grippe this week.
F. A. Hackleman and family visit
ed In Prlnevllle several days last
week.
A SAFE STOCK FOR ALL
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A . . k
Tbelma Miller is acting" as substi
tute during tbe absence of Miss Estes
the first grade teacher.
There Is still a large percentage ab
sent from school on account of sick
ness, but It Is rapidly decreasing and
It Is expected that the attendance will
again be normal within few days.
Forty-five were absent last Monday,
but only twenty-nine on Monday of
this week.
Josephine Thompson is substitut
ing this week in tbe fourth grade.
Prof. Gillett, who has been on the
sick list for some time, but was able
to be out for a while, bas been taken
to the hospital again, suffering from
a relapse.
The class In Salesmanship is learn
ing Improved methods and devices
for persuading the customer to buy.
Each member of the class at the close
of this semester is expected to pres
ent to the class some article with a
forceful selling talk.
We are glad to report at this time
that despite so much sickness the In
terest in tennis and track is una
bated. ,
Roy Clark Is out of school at the
present due to an Injured ankle sus
tained ai!e riding a motorcycle.
We hope he will soon be back In
school to continue his track work.
The Junior class has ordered some
VICTORY LOAN QUOTA
LESS THAN BEFORE
COUNTY WILL SUBSCRIBE
9118,125 FOR WAR OBLIGATIONS
SPEAKER COMING ON APRIL 21
Chairman Baldwin Believes County
Will Go Over The Top In Less
Than A Week From Start
The quota for Crook county In the
sixth and last government loan, which.
Is called the Victory Loan, Is 1118,
125, which is much smaller than tha
quotas for some of the former drives.
The quota for the entire state 1
low In proportion and a general op
timistic spirit is felt regarding tha
success of the coming drive.
A. D. Weir, a speaker who illus
trates his addresses with trophies
taken from the batlefields, will be in
Prlnevllle on the evening ot April
22, and will spend four days touring
the southern part of the county.
The dates and places for these
meetings will be announced later' by
Chairman Baldwin, who Is optimistic
over the outlook for the drive tn this
county.
TTa hollevAa wa will rtA over thA tnn
flowers to be sent to Harold Gray to 'a8 ugual witnfn a week after the driT
ii mm imw wo u wis nnu0pens and anticipates no difficulty
and hope for his return soon. (n making np or exceeding the quota.
Band practice has been changed Fonowing is the list of official
irum o.i p. ui. w o.v . m. uu -- nnntas for the nation, state and coun-
m. on ac
count of the boys practicing for track
in the evenings.
Vea and Chester McKenzIe are
able to be up after a severe attack of
pneumonia.
The students are working on their
Baldwin orations for the tryout,
which will take place May 9.
Eula Bennett Is back in school
ty:
National, 14,500,000,000; Oregon,
$26,747,550; Portland, $14,786,
325; State outside Portland, $11,
961,225. By counties: Baker, 519,075; Ben
ton, $253,350; Clackamas, $400,950;
Clatsop, $760,050; Columbia, $162,-
450; Coos, $471,825; Crook, $118,-
again after an absence of several; m: gu' $26,650; Deschutes,
aays on account or sicaness. $173,476; Douglas, $430,200; Gil-
A Victory Loan Essay Contest was , am $158fg50. Grant $97,875; Har
announced in the assembly Tuesday $173,925; Hood Rivbr, 200,250;
This contest is for the students i ol ,ackBon 626,950; Jefferson, 36.100;,
u , ,T. v 8u uy w.ij Jogephinei $146,700; Klamath $338,-
be picked from each grade then sent
to Portland where they are Judged.
The best ten wins a gold medal, while
the first winner gets a Prussian hel
met in addition.
Miss Anderson was on the sick list
during the last week. Her classes
were cared for by Clara Short and
Lillian Dinwiddle.
The literary society meetings have
been postponed from April 76 to April! '
students. " I
400; Lake, $196,875; Lane, $657,-
000; Lincoln, $71,325; Linn, $517.
275; Malheur, $392,400; Marion,
$1,237,500; Morrow, $221,175; Mult
nomah, $14,786,325; Polk $184,850;
Sherman, $118,350; Tillamook $173,
700; Umatilla, " $1,230,075; Union,
$344,025; Walowa, ,$232,200; Was
co, $417,600; Washington, $404,775;
Wheeler, $58,725; Yamhillfl $508,-
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Fife
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Powell Butte
Jgig NEWS NOTES W
RIG ROAD NEWS
VALE "SEES THINGS"
A meteor which had all the appenr-
Te following telegram was received ! nnco of flaming length of stove
this morn
from Judg
Portland
affairs:
STAUFFER-RROWN HEARING
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Street and grand- Gladys Pauls spent the week end
son, CK; Hart, went in to Bend on at the home of her parents, Mr. and
I Snnriav fnr a fw Hnvfl visit, with their Mrs Pptpr Pnuls. Her school will
daughters, Mrs. Paul Wilson and Mrs. j not close until June.
Earl Chapman and their families, j wait. Vandervoort and Geo. Hobbs
Mr. and Mrs. Gus. McGlougth are : have moye& on t0 tne Ross Bussett
attending court in Bend this week, ranch,, recently purchased by Mr.
Ed. Street made a business trip to van(lervoort
Brown's Gap ranch on Friday, thence Mj. ftnd Qbq ghoDert haye
to Bena. .,, ,i,.i1 moved to the farm owned by them.
Roy sWCT,nwd through here fc ft Green
MmS;U.K n B Stewart and ranch- We are to not8 that Mr-Batt'-rCL
went I io pSuVon Shobert is much, improved in health.
Monday c- M- Charlton, Justice of the peace,
Jim Dixon and Bruce Balfour at- was taking testimony Friday on the
tended the meeting for stockmen at case of Herbert Walcott, a former
Silver Creek on Monday and left on ! resident or mis community, wuo is
With more interest shown than In
any other case coming up for trial
Tuesday for Suplee.
i applying for naturalization papers la
inn by Dr. J. H. Rosonburgi : ! : . . I Pve.r vaie bunnay evening oetore the De8ahlltea collritv .
o N. G. Wallace, who is In I 1:.s '' Apru. 6'.wlth a .wnTr! court this term, hearine in tbe $10.-
looUIng after Crook county "ln la"f ana a -Dissing.plainly 000 dama 8uit brought hr Charles-
sndnblo, heading southwest into t ie U - ;,,r
Portland, Ore., Apr. 17.
hfi J. II. Rosonburg:
Crooked Ulver road desig
nated mt art of State System.
hill .,!,.... ..u IJ- oLauner flRainsi wuiiam v,
, ' ,7" , . lu ttu ,u."mcl I Brown, a wealthy stockman of Fife.
pot under way an hour before noon
constructed Immediately.
, N. G. WALLACE
J. ALVIN WISE IN WRECK
that shook buildings in town and was
i,. .,, .i, .. ... v; t kov uuuer way an nour ueiore noon
of here S JTa , "'"tf 8u Hen8t Tuesday. Technically the case start
or here. A wierd blue light illum-l j , j v... i.i - - .
cru luuiiua, uui ecieuiiuil UL a July
acceptable to both plaintiff and de
fendant proved most dificult and It
Ail nf those who have had the flu Minnesota. Mr. Walcott left Powell
are reported as getting along nicely j Butte about 1915.
and rib more new cases have taken Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hitching of the
down. ' county seat visited at the C. M.
H. C. Nelson, the contractor for the Charlton home Monday,
stage line made his first trip up here ; Tom Foss and wife qf Bend were
on Friday, the first for several j visitors at the O'Calialian ranch re
months. All were pleased to see him ; cently.
inated earth and sky like day for sev.
D.VBieill. - 01 .,! ,!,,, .
Davis ranch to -Redmond to be ,V . r.
the noise of the impact was heard
was only after R. S. Hamilton and
C. S. Benson for the defendant had
The school building at Terrebonne
was damaged to the extenof $1,000
Saturday evening, when It was struck
by a bolt of lightning. The lightning
came down the flag pole and com
pletely demolished one side of the
building. The storm happened about
even o'clock In the evenl g.
Warren Yancey returned home on
Friday, after almost two years ov
erseas duty. Warren was In the Air
Service and had some wonderful ex
periences, but is" very glad to be home
again.
.. w. a. s. .
' Senior girls are commencing their
graduation dresses. It is expected
they will live up to the customary
requirements of "sweet girl grad
nates.", v, . . f,,
Just missing being run down by
a train, barely avoiding running over
a pedestrian as he drove for the en
trance of the Woodson garage and
knocking a chunk out of the garage
walls, with considerable damage to
his car, was the experience of Alva
Wise of Wells Station, west -of Al
bany, Friday evening of last week.
Mr. Wise wished to catch the train
that nearly ran him down, and his
haste resulted In the Btring of near-
serious accidents. He caught the
train and called a few days later to
have, necessary repairs made to his
car, which he had left at the garage
without explanaUons. Oregonian.
- w. i. a.-
REV. VAN NUTS AT CONFERENCE
d hrd tt. IwEch They "ds- rP Tyentfn&lar
uVe'shtucrEdlngecariathe W causfand
.tt"?' ! ? Preemptory challenges, that
oi ;h;"Tj --. "...t,,tne introduction
" iwnuwou us uuurstt across me
heavens, and describes it as a flam
ing length fit stove pipe, white hot,
which left a trail of fire as it headed
Into the hills. Malheur Enterprise.
(And Oregon haB been dry for a long
time.) ,
; w. B. B,
again
H. N. Kerbow returned on Tues
day from a several days' stay in Bend.'
S. 'E. Lochrie of Brothers was In
this vicinity on Thursday looking for
some stray steers and hunting beef.
Julian Gardner has returned from
Camn Worth, Texas, where he had
, E. A. Bussett is' expecting a visit
from his mother, two sisters and a
brother, whi live in New Mexico.
Several members of the Tom Hous
ton family are ill with grippe or flu, -whichever
it is. It has also quite a
number of citizens in other sections.
S. D. Mustard took Herman Myers
Rev. W. L. Yan Nuys of the PreB
byterian church, is attending the Red
Cross Conference, which is being held
In Seattle this week. ' Rev. Van Vuys
will visit hts daughter, Helen, who is
attending Whitman College In Walla
Walla, before his return to Prlnevllle,
f ; w. a. a.
FOR RENT Furnished house-keep
ing rooms., 725 E 3rd 23tlp
of testimony was
begun. Bend Bulletin.
w. s. s.
I. O. O. F. TO CELEBRATE
JARE AVARNER NOT GUILTY
The Bend Lodge, I. O. O. F. has
planned a celebration on the Hun
dredth Anniversary of the Order on
Saturday, April 26 and has extended
' j an invitation to Ochoco Lodge, to
After deliberations lasting through 1 JIn ln the event. Th local lodge
17 hours, the Jury In the case of has accepted the Invitation and will
Jobe Warner charged with larceny i 8 " force, leaving here Saturday
of a steer, from Tom Houston, re- morning early. This lodge will con-
turned at 11:10 o'clock this morning fer the Second Degree in the evening
with a verdict of "not guilty." The a Bend. It is desired that all mem
case,' which was one ot the hardest j her who possibly can be in the party.
fought In the history of the Deschutes 1 . w. s. s
circuit court, terminated at 6 o'clock1 RIO i,. AT rmnrmrrrv H4TT
last night when Judge T. E. J. Duffy, i BIG DACE AT COMMUNITY HALL
for the second time, turned the case ! -
over to the Jury. The first bearing
There will be a big dance at Com-
was held here one year ago, result-1 munlty Hall, Powell Butte, on Friday,
tng ln a conviction, but an appeal to;, April 18. There will be an oyster
the supreme court resulting in an supper and a big time is anticipated
order for a new trial on the grounds i by all who know the kind of dances
that Identification of the steer by i that are conducted ln this popular
brand was not sufficient. Bend community. There will be good mus-
Press. ... - is by "Spec" Young's Jazz Orchestra.1 trator.
been in training. He is staying with, Prneville Saturday in order that
Dr. Belknap might take an x-ray of
the fracture in his leg. The trip was
made without any discomfort to the
patient and the x-ray revealed the
leg to be getting along fine.
There will be a program appro
priate for the occasion by the Sunday
school at 3 p. m. Easter Sunday. Ev
erybody Is Invited.
S. D. Mustard has Installed a Delco-
Llght system on his ranch here at
Powell Butte. Mr. Mustard has re
cently built a. fine gungalow. Last
year a modern barn and now he com
pletes the ranch by a lighting system.
Miss Pauline Truesaaie returnea .
to her home at Powell Butte Sun
day, after a long stay with relative
and friends at Tacoma and Seattle.
Mis sTruesdale is an experienced
nurse and has been following that
occupation.. ' ; - - ,
Rei Powell of Prlnevllle visited
friends at Powell Butte Sunday.
Thursday evening), April 17, at
Shepard school house, there will ha
a pie social. A good program fol
lowed by the sale of pies and a social
time. The proceeds of the evening
will ga toward the purchase of a bell
for the school. Everybody come.
Paul Werner for the present,
Mrs. Frank Pausch spent several.
days ai the Cold Spring ranch, help-1
ing her son, Carl and his wife until
they gained strength after their re
cent seige of the flu.
Herb Angell Bpent a couple of days
at the G. I. ranch last week. .
Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Schwab and
family left on Friday for Bend, where
they expect to visit a week or two.
They expect to return to their old
home in Minnesota.
. Frank McCullough was In to Buck
Creek from the Gap on Friday.
Mrs. Will Seeds spent several days
with Mrs. Claude Seeds last week.
Adolph Hanson has gone to the
Gap ranch to wdrk for Brown. ,
C. N. Bradford and wife have mov
ed back to their homestead after the
winter's absence at the Narrows.
J. N. Perkins was a Fife visitor
on Tuesday.
Emil Carroz was in to Buck Creek
on Monday from the Gap ranch.
Joe Street and Jim Dixon have
been appointed appraisers of the val
ue of the estate of Roy Douglas, de
ceased, and Herb Angell the admlnis-