Crook
Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEV1LLE
VOL. XXIII.
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 1, 11.
NO. 85.
1919 0CH0C0 CROPS ESTIMATED $724,
CoMety
000
1 i
ft
A L-. - - at
Irrigation Causes Increase Of 1600 Per Cent. In Values Of Crops Produced On The Project
17,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER USED TO DATE
23,000 Feet of Water Wasted Because of Incompleted Reservoir. 5,000 ft. Stored, 6,000 to
Come Down Ochoco and McKay
BALLOT NO. 304 IS
HERE'S A GOOD ONE
T
MEASURE AUTHORIZING
STATE TO GUARANTEE INTEREST
HAKES IRRIGATION BONDS SAFE
All IViwnlilo Irrigation Project. Will
lie Alli To Hell HomW And
l'rMTsl Willi Conatructlon
Great Interest U being shown by
(ho voters o( Croak county In the
amendment to the constitution, re
ferred by l ho Legislature to a veto
by 'the peoplo on June 3rd, known
on the ballot 304. It Is the meas
ure authorizing the state to guaran
tee Interest for five years on bonds
of Drainage and Irrigation dlstrlcti.
This mi-enure In the flmil effort of
the Oregon. Irrigation Congreits to
make the Irrigation district bond a
"gilt ciIkh sale and sound" Invest
ment unci It relieves the farmer of
the hoavy bunion caused from Inter
lt on the lioniU during a time I lull
the land Is non-productive and while
large amounts of money must be ex
pended lu prcpurlng the lund for pro
duction. It will mean that the farmer on tho
Ochoco project will not have to pay
any Interest charge tor throe more
years.
It will in i .in Hint oil of the feasible
will be ublo to tell bonds nnd proceed
Irrigation projmts In Central Orogon
to Immediate construction.
It will nii'uu thut ull lamlH whlrh
tho local farmers ciin not furtn them
selves of which will bo for sale, may
bo purchased by honorably discharg
ed soldiers or tailors, for a period fix
ed by tho Stale, so that the returned
heroes will not huve lost any rictus
or opportunities by renaou of their
services in the army and this feature
of the bill la meeting the warm conir
mnndatlnn of the soldiers of the pres
ent war as well as those of tho Span
ish war and Civil war.
Crook county Is going to show lis
appreciation of the work of the offi
cers of the Oregon Irrigation Con
gress by voting to a man who It In
favor of this measure.
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CROOK OVKR TIIK TOP
IN ARMENIAN DRIVE
We hold that a man may be honor
able, high-minded, bonest, truthful,
and In every way a model citizen and
at ill be allowed a certain amount of
latitude when he comes to narrate
the experiences of his latest fishing
trip. We believe that all men who
I enjoy fishing hold these same views.
i'rof. Evans thinks so. He knows
how easy It Is to overestimate the
size of tbe big one, how a doien med
ium Used trout will till a basket
the next day. Mow a trout sixteen
Inches grows In some mysterious way
to twenty- or tweny-two after he has
been caught and has lain over night.
Knowing all these things, the Prof.,
who Is some fisherman as well as all
the things we said at the beginning,
proceeded to stop at the start all con
jecture as to bow large the flah real
ly were, by bringing home the bacon
and showing the catch to everyone to
whom he told his story.
Thlt morning he went out early
and returned shortly after eight o'
clock with something like a dozen
tin trout over ten Inches long, and
one old "resldonter" twenty-seven
and a half Inches long! 27V4 Inches,
count 'em, 27 W Inches! He caught
thlt beauty Just outside the city lim
its above town In tho Ochoco. We
will not continue further. This Is
press day and we are fearful now that
as aoon as this truthful narative fil
ters through the bone headed back
room help that activities will cease
abruptly at tho Journal office, at
least until the Ochoco -It whipped to
a creamy condition for two milos In
cm U direction from the office.
HINMNlEFJ
TO
A group of PrlnevUlo business men
will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Commercial Club Rooms for
tho purpose of discussing the erection
of u largo hotel In thlB city. Tbe
meeting was called at the Instance
of several of the reading business
men of tbe community, who believe
thut tho accommodation of the busi
ness of Prlneville In the future de
niiuids Additional hotel accommo
dations'. Mr. Wilson, architect of The
Dalles, will attend the meeting to dis
cuss plant.
Anyone who over doubted the value of Irrigation ahould take a "trip
of two or three hourt from Prlneville over the Ochoco Project and coin
par, the condition! there with thote of last year and previout seasons.
Scores of men, teams and tractort are to be teen hurrying the prepar
ation of the landt for crept. Irrigating and fencing the forty, eighty, and
hundred and twenty-acre tractt at well as larger holdings.
Ettimatet made from the most careful and conservative comparisons
show that the crop thla year will be several timet larger than ever before.
The Engineer's office of, the district baa compiled the figures published
herewith, showing that the total value of the cropt produced on the Project
last year wat $44,396, while tbe estimated value for the current teaton will
total $724,000.
It will be teen by comparlton of tbe figures in tbe table that the acreage
of alfalfa has not Increased materially, while the yield will be more than
double, perhaps three timet at great at In 1918. Thlt will be due to the
increated amount of available water while new acreage In alfalfa hat not
reached a stage where It can be figured at an asset for thla year, regardless
of the fact that considerable hat been town throughout the project, and
will be ready for harvest next teaaon. .
A surprising conditions It teen In the fact that the average of wheat
thla year the water line already having passed the 71-foot point,
per cent more than 1818, while the increase In rye sown was more than
300 per cent,
Water used since the canala opened up to May 1, was 17,000 acre feet,1
a heavy percentage of which was uaed In the soaking up of canals and ditch
lines, while, of course, many thousands of acres have been thoroughly irri
gated that never before received artificial watering.
Water that has been allowed to waste down the streams a part of which
might have been diverted bad the reservoir been completed totals 20,000
acre feet alnce March 1, while 4,000 acre feet wat the run off prior to that
time. There will be a storage of about (0 -feet in depth in the reservoir
thlt yar, the water line already having passed the 71-foot point.
Tbe value of the district to this community cannot be estimated and
the general quickening of business conditions and activity of all kinds due
to the district and tbe railroad traffic makes Prlneville one of th, busiest
points In .he atate
Table thowing values of tbe various crops for this year as compared to
19H Is os folic us.
OCHOCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT
TOTAL IRRIGAI1LE ACREAGE 21,800 ACRES '
ESTIMATED TOTAL ACREAGE 1018, 12,041; 1010, 18,000
"ESTIMATED ACREAGE IX CROPS AND YIELD, 1918 AND 101!)
191 S 1919
Acres , Yield Value Acres Yield ' Value
Alfalfa 4765 6750 $115000 6000 20000 $300000
Misc. Hay 3060 3360 62130 3500 7000 84000
Total Hay 7825 9110 177130 8500 27000 384000
Barley 145 1005 Bu 835 500 10000 8000
Oats 90 1267 Bu 1050 600 40000 32000
Wheat 3775 18370 Bu 3,6600 6000 100000 196000
Rye 809 4605 Bu 6910 3500 70000 106000
Total Grain 4819 26247 Bu 44396 9500 220000 724000
FORMER PRINEVTLLE MAN
WRITES FOR THE POST
Victor Shawe, a former resident of
Prlneville i the author of the story,
"The Way of the Range," which is
published In the Saturday Evening
Post of May 3. The scenes of the
story are laid In Prlneville and tbe
Ochoco valley and (he descriptions
are very interesting. Mr. Shawe
shows marked literary ability and it
is very evident that he will be class
ed with the first-class writers of the
day. He Is at present located In Chi
cago, In business with Omar Claypool,
another former Prlneville resident.
VITORY LOAN RALLY SATURDAY
A Victory Loan rally was held In
front of the Prlneville Hotel Friday
evening. The speakers were Ser
geants Hayes and Frott, who talked
interestingly of their experiences ov
er there. They also demonstrated
tbe use of the gas mask. Mr. Weir
of the Y. M. C. A. exhibited his col
lection of trophies and explained
their uses.
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FOR OCHOCO PROJECT
Two or three petitions are before
tbe county court and many mofe are
coming, asking for road changes and
betterments under the Ochoco Proj
ect. Theseinvolve the property lines of
many land owners, the expense of
building bridges and railway cross
ings, the construction of canals and
other work on and along the lines of
lands that are rapidly becoming high
in alu?.
It has been suggested that a meet
ing of the land owners, the county
court and the enginers of the project.
be held and the road system be work
ed out for the entire project, at some
early date. In order to obviats the
unnecessary expense in the changing
of structures of various kinds.
It would not be necessary to make
all the changes at one time but so
long as a plan for the entire system
is provided, the changes could be
made at they were required, all fit
ting into one general plan.
Let someone call a meeting for
this purpose.
TRAFFIC ON PRINEVILLE
RAILROAD VERY HEAVY
INCOMING PASSENGERS MORE
NUMEROUS THAN OUTGOING
PAWS SAY SERVICE GOOD
Freight Is Heavy And Warehouse Is
Crowded With Shipment. Of
Various Kinds of Merchandise
While it Is yet too early in ths
month for the management to have
their statement of business done dar
ing April ready to publish, it Is evi
dent that the traffie over Prineville's
railroad during that month wat
much greater than they had hoped
Passengers are becoming mora
numerous every day, and fewer tick
ets are bought for Redmond than
when the road first opened for buti
aess, because of the fact that the
traveling public is becoming aware of
the fact that the road is in operation.
The percentage of pasengers to Prlne
ville Is about 40 per cent, greater
than those leaving.
Tickets may be purchased to
Priheville direct over either of the
main lines, which are left at Prlne
ville Junction, from where passen
gers are brought promptly to this
city of the new railroad line.
Four trips are made dally each,
way from Prlneville to Prlneville
Junction and in this way all delays
are avoided.'
The Ochoco Warehouse; which at
present is handling all the freight
here, is crowded to capacity and ov
erflow capacity has been provided
for some shipments.
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SPECIAL SERVICES AT
METHODIST CHURCH
Crook county Is over the top In the
Armenian Fund drive. She hat once
more made her quota In another
drive, thlt time for $1,000 for the
fund raited to aid Armenia and other
relief work In the far Eaat.
The county committee makes the
following report at to money col
lected and turned over to them by
the variout committeet:
Previously ' reported col-....
lected from county $ 606.66
Do. from City 477.60
From Sch. Dlst 10 8.00
From city (later) 18.60
Total received r $1,006.66
Paid for stamps $ 6.00
Sent to State Treas 1,000.66
Total paid out $1,006.66
HOWARD GOVE, County Chmn.
P. C. GARRISON, Treas.
MRS. II . P. BELKNAP, City "
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DEATH OF D. A. SEARS
CITY OF PRINEVILLE RAILWAY
TIME TABLE NO. 1
EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1919
West Bound East Bound
Motor Mixed Motor Mixed STATIONS Motor Mixed Motor Mixed
No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 Jiftuviw No. 2 No. 4 No. 6 No. 8
There will be special services at
the M. E. church next Sunday, May
4, 1919. The Rev. Geo. II. Parkin
son, D. D., will preach both morning
and evening. Rev. H. F. Pemberton
District Superintendent, will be pres
ent and assist in the services Special
music.
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DEATH OF JOHN LEWIS
John Lewis, laborer, about 42 years
of age, died this morning at the
Home Hospital from pneumonia fol
lowing the flu. Interment will be In
the local cemetery tomorrow. Prac
tically nothing Is known of the de
ceased except that he has worked in
the vicinity of Prlneville for the past
several months.
DEATH OF ISABELLA IRELAND
' David Arthur Seart died last Sun
day morning at bis home on Upper
Ochooo from the effects of tpotted
fever. ,
' The deceated wat born in Polk
county, Oregon. He came to thla part
of the ttate when sixteen years of age
and on June 4, 1898 he was united In
marriage with Miss Hanna Evans.
They have resided In their present
some for the patt twenty-two years.
' He it turvlved by hit wife, two
daughter!, Mrs. Porter Magert, and
Hits Opal Seart, hit father, 84 yean
of age, who livet in Prlneville, a
brother, Albert Seart of Mitchell and
a titter, Mrs. Nettle Elliott of Port
land. The funeral wat held at the
Methodist church at 2:00 p. m. on
Monday. Rev. Van Nuya officiated
AM. A.M. P.M. P.M.
4:45 6:40 5:30 6:40 Lv.
5:05 7:00 5:45 6:55 Lv.
5:35 7:35 6:15 7:25 Lv.
6:00 7:50 6:35 7:40 Ar.
PRINEVILLE Ar.
WILTON Ar.
O'NEIL Ar.
PRINEVILLE JUNCTION Lv.
AM. A.M. P.M. P.M.
7:25 9:20 8:15 9:45
7:05 9:05 8:00 9:30
6:35 8:30 7:25 9:00
"6:20 8:15 7:10 8:45
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Daily Freight service.
Making all connections at Prineville Junction with Oregon Trunk and 0. W. R. & N. trains.
Stages for Post, Paulina, Suplee and Izee leave Prineville daily except Sunday.
For Roberts, Barnes and Fife on Mondays, : Wednesdays and Fridays.
American-Railway Express. , v
Through tickets sold from all 0. W. R. & N. and S.P. & S. points.
Isabella, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jasper Ireland, passed away
Saturday from the effects of pneu
monia and other complications. The
parents were blessed with her pres
ence Just seven months and seventeen
days. Funeral snnees were held
from the residence on Monday, April
28, 1919, at 4:00 p. m Rev Gervin
officiating. Tbe Journal extends its
sympathy to the parents in their be
reavement. fV ,j'
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SCOTT-R ALD WIN WEDDING
Vernon Scott of Portland and Miss
Bertha Baldwin were married in Port
land Monday. They will make their
home in that city. Mrs. Scott is the
daughter of Mrs. T. M. Baldwin and
sister of Mrs. Seth Dixon and Harold
Baldwin of Prineville. Mr. Scott has
recently received his discharge from
the army.
W. B. S.
ANNVERSARY MEETING
I. O. O. F. AT BEND
Oddfellows and Rebekahs from all
over Central Oregon met at Bend
Saturday to celebrate the 100th anni
versary of Oddfellowshlp in America.
About two hundred delegates were
present. The exercises during the day
were open to all, but the banquet la
the evening at the Emblem Club was
for members only. The degree work
for members only was put on after
the banquet. There were over thirty
Prineville Oddfellows and Rebekahs
in attendance.