i Crook
G
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
VOL. XXIII.
HAY GET
BEET FACTORY
OMI'ANIEH AUK MUCH INTER.
ESTEI) IN EXPERIMENTS
OUR LOCAL BEETS TEST HIGH
iTwo Yean Twit On Twelve Farms
Indicate High Grade Of I tart a
Out Bo lUUed I lore
J. E. Myers last week mull net out
to several ranchers In this vicinity
sample package of sugar bent seed
for experiment purposes. Such ex
periments have boon successfully
conducted here for the last two
year.
A twit of about 17 por cent. Ii con
sidered very good by beet sugsr re
fineries, On tha tenia conducted on
beets raised on twelve different
ranches in Crook rounty for tha past
two years, tha everage hnt ranged;,..,. ,,,1..,,..
round 18 per cut. aomo tests going j,;
a. high a. 20 per cent. , "".....f
pany and the Or.-gon Agricultural
Colloge are both lending their anoint
nee to these experiments and so fur
are highly pleaned with the results.
Ho much so, in fnct. that It this year's
experiments miilninln the high aver
Bge of the two previous years, a sugsr
factory will bo established here In the1!' . . . .i . ' .
near future. : !"Ily or "'"K'-ntly permits any water
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IMll.l.Y WWW IV lt.M
MIW.
A case growing nut of Ihn
rondiicled by Blierlff 8. K.
onducted by Sheriff 8. K. Il ber s,
b"fyi ?f rr, FrBnk b, K,,,,i
nd Fire Chief Curio,,, was disposed
of In police court when Mrs. Dolly
Wnrd. formerly of Prlnevllle,, plead
, .st. h, wnu sue was noi nrouBu -
Into court this morning. I
ine srresi oi nirs. warn wns ac-
over $10, which bad prevlos!;' been
furnished him In marked bills by lbs
authorities. The young lady wns at
first shocked beyond measure when
hand reached out from under the
bed and grasped her bare ankle. Then
she recovered from her stimrlse nnd
said It was a Joke. Hru this m.irnlng
he pleaded guilty. Bond Bulletin,
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M KVKV BEING MADE -
WEST OF l-IUNEVILI.B
Another alrl. a mVn I Inward 'wh ?.UP" ni in pnsonmeni. jus-, vllle; M. Coyn
J ..... ;, -iiices rouris snun nnve roncurrenti 220-vd
WI1 nlllken lust nlpht Km mr vIm1.,. . ... .f ' 7U'
rnmnlluhAr1 Uv Plit.f Vlnn svlin rn. . .... ....
ceni..rt ,,n,ir . i.d i ,. .,m ' "D V ' "a sSO-yd. relay J. Young, R. Young. ,aress K,vcn. ine parade
,rd .i,a mo 'Jlw,n " rigidly enforced In the H. Johnston, E. Andrus, Madras: Kenu to the cemetery,
from lodger to be used T n "Vni ar-! I"'M..SLrir t.1".. C0Unly I "" D,"y- Kidder. Red i towing will close the day's
in.th.i,n .M....k.m.n ... "'. u' - mond: Hayes, Wyman. WrlEht. Mil-t Invocation: Song. "
A survey of the State Highway grnm la as follows:
lesdlng west from Prlnevlllo Is be-1 "When You And I Were Yun,
Ing made this week. The grade dl-iMaggle," Insturmental- quartet, by
rectly west of the city will be niator-i Bernlce Shlpp, Wlstar Rosenberg Ed
lally reduced to a very easy one, and j ward Van Nuys and A. II. Gillett.
the general course of the road will "The Newer Patriotism, " Clara
follow stralxlit Hues through the Pow-, Short.
ell Butto district.
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REGISTRATION FI NISH EI)
The total reglstrstlon for the spec
ial election to bo held June 3, is 1G97
for the county.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
The meeting of the Commercial
Club scheduled for Friday evening
the Crook County High School grnd
untlon exercises tomorrow night,
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EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES
Tho folowlng successfully passed I
the eighth grade examinations: Flo
ra Edwards, 94.7, highest average;
Jimmy Nowsnm, second, 93. B; Elean
or Euston, Raymond Horlgan, Marie
Oerardo, Vera Hendrlckson, Ted
Blanchard. Three were conditioned
and will be permitted to remove the
conditions at the June examinations.
County results will be given fully
next week.
p-w. s. a.
TRINEVILLE WILL PARTICIPATE
IN ROSE FESTIVAL PARADE
At the Club Lunchoon last Friday,
doflnlte stops were taken for partici
pation in the Portland Rose Festival
parade. " (
R. L. Schee was appointed manager
of arrangements to prepare and enter
suitable float. The plan most fav
ored and the one that will probably
be followed Is to procure a flat truck
nd decorate it; plnce a fat steer upon
It and surround with alfalfa bay,
making an exhibit typical of. this sec
tion of the State. A great many
Crook county people are planning
to attend the festival this year,
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DEATH OF ALMON P. COLEMAN
Almon P. Coleman, formerly of
this city, dlod in Portland last week,
following an operation. The funeral
was held from the Presbyterian
church in Prlnevllle on Tuesday af
ternoon, May 20, 1919.
He leaves a wife and many friends
to mourn his departure.
i n , V i , Vstrumentnl Trio, A. H. Gillott, Blanch
of this 'week Is postponed unti sllf v c sh
Monday night next on account of j Declslon of Judges.
WILL ENFORCE LAW TO
KEEP CO. ROADS DRY
IHMTKHT ATTIIONEY WIKT9S
ISNl'ES WARNING STATEMENT
EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, HAY 29
Penally Carries Possible Kino And A
Jail Sontence In The Effort
To Protwt Roads
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District Attorney Wlllurd II. WlrU
I . .
s making preparations to enforce the,
new statute regarding th habitual
flooding of roads by .Irrigators.
He has just I sound the following
letter to water users and says that
he mm ns to do Just what he states In
the communication:
"Dear Sir:
"Your atention is hereby respect
fully called to the following enact
ment of the 30th Legislative Assem-
to the matter of allow
ing water from your Irrigation ditches
to flow upon or waste upon the coun -
i '" ,7, m. 'Z ",,"" .' ,," .." . I.
permit yur water to flow upon the
road. The act In question to be;wlnnB De'n Ki'en m tuoordor of
found at page 802 of the Laws of ,h"lr 1'laclng:
Oregon for 1919. reads as follows: EO-yd. dash A. Tuck, Redmond;
Any person or persons, or corpor-j J, Young, Madras; E. McNy;iy. 8ond.
allon occupying land as owner, pro-1 100ty'. dash Tuck, Mctfenly. You nit.
i.u.u mi; ii i iKiiiiuii ur uriuiiHKu uucn,
to wasto or flow from the lands or
premises owned, occupied, bused, or
,j.-mhtii mm, unu uny vuuill
or public highway and damage!
Mw,liro with 7he public ! Prim vllle
treof. stmll bo deemed quIUyi i 0.yd dash-McN,
f a mlll,pmiinor nnd , be pun-Vancet Redmond
pun-
j Ished by a fine not to exceed $100 or
of committed under this:
act
..Ti,,. anl . ,, ti '
respectively yours
"WILLARD II. WIUTZ.
"District Attorney."
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BALDWIN ORATORICAL
CONTEST ON TONIGHT
Thero Is much Interest displayed
in the keen competition of high school 1
students this Tear for the laldwln !
'prise in the Annual Oratorical on-j
test. , We are Informed that It will !
be a hard fought battle. The cro-
"The Land of Opportunity." Alice
Blntjchnrd.
Right Ideas the Nemesis of En
iplres," Alice McNeely.
"Larboard Watch," Instrumental
Trio, Edwar dVan Nuys, Blanch
Shlpp, A. H. Gillett.
"Fair riay," Vernon' Lister. .
"Hnliinced Science," John Houston.
"The Builders of Yesterday and
Tomorrow," Hazel Yancey.
"Adjutant Hunter's March," In-
W. S. B.
DR. HORACE BELKNAP HERE
Dr. Horace' P. Belknap. Jr.. who
has Just returned from several
months' service In France, arrived in
the city Monday morning with Mrs.
Belknap, who met him in Portland.
Dr. Hornce will remain In Prinevllle
several dnys visiting relatives and
assisting his father with operations.
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ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY MEN
HERE TUESDAY EVENING
Senator T. B. Handley ot Tillamook
and Representative B. F. Jones of
Newport wore in Prlnevlllo Tuesday
In the Interest of the Roosevelt High
way and Irrigation Bonds. They left
early Wednesday morn. ng us they
found the sentiment hero vory strong
for both measures. From here they
were going to Bend and Bums.
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EVANS-HOFFMAN
Nina Evelyn Evans and Aaron T.
Hoffman were united In marriage at
the home of the bride's parents last
Thursday noon, May IB, 1919.
Rev. W. L. Van Nuys officiated. A
number of , friends were present to
witness the affair, after which a wed
ding banquet was served.
The bride Is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Evans, living near Held,
and the groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hoffman of Prlnevllle.
The young people will make their
home in the Hoffman ranch near
Prlnevllle.
The Journal wishes them many
years ot happiness.
ov inior sonniciiL in inn ronnrv inn v..H it
jUMBIIIMII'll Willi 11. c .i.uiL VUllll
PIU.N'EVILLK, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON,
B!G CROWD PRESENT
AT TRI-C0UN1Y MEET
REDMOND B4j MADRAS A3
REND 22; PRINEVILLE It
TUCK OF REDMOND IS STAR
Prl-u-vllle Win all Point in Tennis
And Majority in Stenography
And Typing Grades Win.
, A large crowd witnessed tha annual
trl-county track and -fluid meet held
in maaraa last aaiuraay. Commercial Club last Friday, baa ar-
Rodmond won wlto (4 points, 46 ranged the following sub-committees:
of which were made by Tuck, who;GraT decoration, Spanish War Vet
won every event he entered, lerans, Geo. W. Nlcolal, chairman;
Crook county grade schools won froram. Brs. H. P. Belknap, L. M.
over all other grade schools with 5'ltH; Music, R. L. Schee; Parade,
points. Verl Bhattuck was the star Ro8S Rob'nn. Sylvain Michel, Ver-
for Crook county In the crade con-
tests. Prlevlllfc won 65 points al-
togetner including tennis, track, sten
' 1 "''"maiory ana oariory.i
jvr""" cou,nly raae cnoo,, mM8
points.
I ""suits of the high school events,
Jn Tuck, Coyner ot Bend)
H. Lister, Prlnevllle.
Z20-yd. dash Tuck McN'eely
Young. ' '
j High Jump Young, Tuck, Kosen-
i lierif . IT n6V lie
l!r'oa(1 JumpTuck. Young, Hayes,
McNecly, Young,'
Faucet. Redmond
! 120-vd hlah hurdles Tuck R
Tuck; V. Lister, Prlne
er, Bond.
low
hurdles Tuck; R.
Young; Hayes.
Discus throw R. Young; Tuck;
M. Coyner. -
Pole Vault Rosenberg; R. Younr.
ler Prlnevllle.
Mile run M. Coyner; 8mlth, Red
mond; Kidder, Redmond.
County results, winners being plac
ed In order of finishing:
50-yd. dash, grades Hourlgan,
Crook; Grimes, Deschutes; P. Culp,
Jefferson.
n V? n, mldKt8 Wh'tm.ore,
"nn"1 ' Crk: J K",g'
Voo Ca' dnsho BdQi,.....
riLl' f0', Xa!TSU
60-yd dash, midgets Whltmore
Crook: Tuckta. Jefferson: McNeely.
Deschutes.
100-yd. dash,, grades Shattuck;
Tuckta; McNeely.
Continued on page 6
I
Methodist ; Centenary Brings
s Smiles to Wee French Lass
"Smilss" one of B0 little French girls who have found a real home in the
Methodist Episcopal orphanage in Ecully, near Lyons, France.
. This orphanage was the former home of Swiss painter who left hurriedly
at tha outbrsak of the war, leaving $10,000 worth of paintings which will be
old ler the kiddies.
Ia addition to the five orphanages the church already has in France and
Italy ethers will be established very shortly. The centenary movement of
tha Methodist Episcopal church is making a drive for $105,000,000 to rebuild
tha werld and out ot that a certain sum will be set aside to create homes for
tha fatherless children of France and Italy.
MAY 22,
CITY TO OBSERVE
COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT
LUNCHEON LAST FRIDAY
CITIZENS ARE ASKED TO HELP
Work Hum Not Been Arranged In De
tail Hut "All Are Working To
gether For Result
Th
v"i v av vu icvui a, HUH fBI
! appointed at the Luncheon of the
' uu ruDiicny, is. w. inomas,
A. M. Byrd
All' citizens who are Interested In
any phase of this day, which sbould
j p i mia uay, wnicn snoun
mucD lo American people
with any of these committees. Those
having flowers or evergreens for dec
oration are asked to leave them next
Thursday In the basement room at
the court house.
Most of the committees have not as
yet arranged their work In detail
but all will work together for a prop
er observance of the day. The pro
gram committee has made the fol
lowing tentative plan:
All to meet at the caurt house at
" "J- h.en :hJ P.rog,raJ? bt
gin and be carried straight through'
iinisnea at ine cemetery.
Al lne court Douse the program
8,artg wlth an invocation, "followed
uj snciuuii uy ine oana, America Dy
! the audience. Solo, Star Spangled
j Banner; address; selection
by the
band.
I The parade will form and proceed
10 tne Ochoco bridge on Main street,
(where there will be a halt until the
, band renders a selection and an ad-
tnen con-
where the fol-
exercises:
Battle Hymn
of the Republic"; Address, W. L.
Van Nuys; Selection by the band;
Gettysburg address; Decoration of
graves.
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HAT ROCK SCHOOL CLOSES
Miss Beatrice Bullard closed a very
successful nine months term of school
!? the Hat Rck di8trlct tast Week' tte
I?'8,ru"u C(;mm"nl-V 1no1wn 88 the Mof"
' fl" SthJcat P?weU Butt,e . ..
Good Interest was maintained all
through the school year and three
of the pupils wrote eighth grade fin
al examinations before the term closed.
CITY OFFICIAL FAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
COMMENCEMENT IS
(TtOOK COCXTY HIGH fl-OHKS
VERY PROSPEROUS YEAR
TWENTY - FOUR GRADUATES
Motto For Graduating Class Is "Not
On The Heights, But Climbing"
At Club Mall
With the conclusion of the com
mencement exercises tomorrow night
the Crook County High School closes
another prosperous year.
"Not on the heights, but climbing"
Is the beautiful motto of the twenty
four graduates: Leonora R. Elliott,
Edith Lambrecht, Lillian Dinwiddle,
Tilllo B. Zell, Hulda S. Sundquist,
L. Frances Montgomery, Ada Marie
Bullard, Eva Cholson Street, Hazel
Adaline Yancey, John Dewey
Houston, Otis McKinnon, Lynn Cram,
iianssa . snort, Lyla Mae Maddox
Vernon Lister, Blanche Shipp, Ber
niec Shinn mio ch,7
AUcl M?rLet Blath
Alice Margaret Blanchard, Josephine
nuifgie moDipgon, Thelma Isabella
Miller, L. Edythe Wonderly, Ruth
LouiV Yancey.
Following is the program for Fri
day evening. May 23, 1919:
Invocation. Rev. W. L. Van jVnvH
Vocal Duct. Megdames Rosen hfrp
and Duffy; Salutatory. O.ive Bh
I .oniTni duet"!
viuoo
idictorv I nitn nn,eM ,ShIPnP:
'flon Dnwldd,e; Presenta-
,tion of diplomas .vocal duet. Blanchn
and Made Knwoll . '
and Madge Rowell.
Class flower; Red Sweet Pea.
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GEORGE BREWSTER HOME
George (CaSeVl Rl-ewater rainrnaA'
to Frlneville Saturday after an ab-!
senee of two and one-half years spent,
.u mo service oi uncie sam. Casey
was with the 29th Engineers and ex -
perienced some active service at the
front but escaped without injuries
until after the armistice Wfln Qlirnarl
when he shot himself through the
....sci. me injured memoer is st rr
which will necessitate its being re-
111 mAAAnnl.n. . .
mo vea,
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ENDORSE RnosFvnT mrmriv able 8um t0 J"8'0" th state and the
ftt' ROOSEVELT HICItW AY government in construction ot post
- roads and forest roads to connect the
The Commercial Club passed reso- centers of population with neighbor
lutions endorsing the Roosevelt Hitrh-, ing counties. .
way measure at the luncheon at thei AH this construction is contingent
Hotel Prineville last Friday, unani-upon an increase in the limit for
mously. They also endorsed the State ; road indebtedness. And unless the
guarantee of interest on Irrigation ! people of the whole state will vote
Borfds, which appears on the ballot this increase to the debt limit, Klam
for the special election June 3. The'ath is up against it. And Klamath
two measures are ot supreme interest! is only one ot Beveral counties who
to the people of Oregon and should ! are In a somewhat similar situation. .
receive hearty support. j Jackson county, Cocs county, Clat-
W.B,B.
BRIDGE AT LADIES' ANNEX
rrtt. . . ... .
iue two Bridge clubs of Prinevllle accompnsn mis. But tney cannot 19
entertained last Thursday evening : 8ue tne bonds under the present con
with a bridge party in the club rooms i stitntional limitation,
at the Ladles' Annex. Each member "People in other counties should
asked three guests for her own table. ' Bive due weight to this fact before
There were sixty present. The object I noting on the 6 per cent, measure on
of the entertainment was to raise ; June 3. Voting to in crease the bond
money for the women '8 dormitory at I ec Indebtedness limit does not mean
the University of Oregon. A lunch ! tnat yur home county will issue
was served at 12 o'clock, after v.hich bonds UP to 6 Per cent, or will issue'
dancing vas enjoyed for a short any bonds at all. The local bond is
time. sue wil come before the voters of
1 W- B- , your county as a separate proposition
rt)vr TOn. . ' . and you can vote it up or down on ita
ERNEST ESTES ARRIVES HOME merits. But this 6 per cent, measure
should be suported for the sake of the
Ernest (Bub) Estes was mustered inal fa dzen out-lying counties who
out of the service Monday at Camp ,ind Jt necessary to avail themselves
lien J 3 and returned to Prinevillo I of its Provisions so as to get the bene
Tuesday evening, after an absence!"1 of money they already have ex-
ot two years Bpent In the army. Bub
was witn Evacuation Hospital No. ..
Dental Corns, and was located near
Toul most of the time he was in
France.
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Post
NEWS NOTES
MM
Berniece McLean is visiting friends
in Prinefille this week.
R. G. Raymond, Frank Reif and
Homer Norton went to Prineville on
Monday on business.
C. O. Stover helped Charlie Shep
herd with the road work Tuesday.
W. H. Gibson and Ralph Gibson
have gone to Burns. '
S. J. Newsom went to Rabbit Val
ley Tuesday.
C. L. Ream, Arch an Dan Ream
autoed to Prineville Monday.
Mrs. Ada Rideout of Portland is
visiting her sister, MrssW. O. Elliott.
O. C. Gray moved his family to the
ranch last Sunday. j
Grover C. Gibson, who has been In
the service for a year, returned home
Monday and is very glad to get back
to Crook county.
NO. 28.
OPPORTUNITY OFFERED
FOR BETTER ROADS
MEASURE AT SPECIAL ELECTION
WOtXD BENEFIT COUNTY
NO ARGUMENT AGAINST ROADS
System Now Poeible Where People
Mar Be Benefitted To A Very
Great Extent
The people of this part of Oregon
bav an opportunity In the special el
ection next month to make posible A
highway system better than that pos
sessed by most parts of the North
west. With the plans outlined for tha
three principal roads in this county,
the1 passage of the six per cent, bond
ing limit for road purposes will make
an excellent system possible, and will
also open the way for following the
cooperative road construction plan to
a pofnt where we will. receive the
proper returns for money paid In
taxes, ui tne tnousanda expended an.
. of
the state have received hut lif tit. in
return on highways.
The present plans allow the return
of two or as much as four dollars for
each dollar expended for roads and
the value of the oportunity should
not be overlooked.
OreZnV ZrZ:
Commenting on the situation, the
rnp Tirpspnr ivn nor Pant hnnri ntr
J'" ' .r.der.t0 get.a hl!l!Way By8"
w111 be benefitted. That is why it i.
proposed to raise the aonstitutional
u.:. c j ......
1 . . l" " vam-
ation, as per one of the measure to
De voted upon Dy tne people June 3.
"Klamath county is typical. Klam
ath voted all the bonds it could and
it expended them but there was not
Bnnil.h Tri Aim,' tA flnloK .1a WAn.ln .kn
111 J .1 V J LIT l.ll.ou LUC IU.UB LUafc
nrara. oAA ,k. A ,
age did not connect up the main parte
of the county. So Klamath must
have considerably more money to put
jher county road system" in shape to
get any real benefits from it. She
is in the fix of a man who needs a
O n i t nt plnthaa onr! hoa oil hue- iit
pants and coat. He must spend en-
nu;n more mnnev to irpt thoao
I ... . .
necessary articles, or his vest won't
be of much use to him.
Also, Klamath needs a consider-
WP county, uolumoia county, all of
tnese nave need ior more money to
get their county road systems into
ouayc auu uiuoi iBBlltj mure UUUU3 lu
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Pended under the existing 2 per cent.
limitation."
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JOHN T. WHEELER RETURNS
John T. (Spokes) Wheeler arrived
I in Prineville Monday morni ig, hav
' ing just recently been mustwred out
: of the service. Spokes spent several
months with the British army and
later was with the American army.
He was with Douglas Lawson just
before sailing and reports that Doug
las expects to remain in the army.
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SIRS. M. R. BIGGS ENTERTAINS
Mrs. M. R. Biggs entertained Fri
day, May 9, with a bridge party in
honor of her guests, Dr. and Mrs. F.
M. Brooks of Portland. Mrs. V. A.
Forbes of Bend received the highest
score, and Mrs. L. M. Hodges re
ceived the consolation prize The
rooms were beautifully decorated
for the occasion. Lunch was served
at the close of a delightful afternoon.
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DR. AND MRS. BROOKS GUESTS
Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Brooks of
Portland were the honor guests at a
bridge party given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. eikins May 10.
Mrs. C. W. Elklns and Mrs. W. I.
Dishnjan were the hostesses.