Crook CoMmty Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXIII.
I'll! NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, junk 12, 1010.
NO. 31.
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TRACTS LET JUNE 20
BENEFIT TO FARMERS
HIGHWAY
ON
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OWNER IN T. X PAYMENTS
FATHERED BY PRINEVILLE HAN
Jay t'pion, President f Stale Irr.
, K"""1 C'nirrr Put The
Meaaure Through
Jay II. Upton of thin city, who li
president of the Oregon Irrigation
Congress, and who has been active In
matter! concerning the Improvement
of land In the Interior of the ttata
throughout his residence here, Is the
man who Is responsible for the act
which was adopted at the special el
ection held June S, which Is of so
great .Importance to the farmers nt
this part of the state.
Besides being a great benellt to
the Irrigations throughout the
state, the measure Is of Immense ben
efit to the farmers of the local proj
ect and therefore to the entire com
munity. In an Interview given yesterday,
Mr, Upton says:
JAY It. UPTON
"President Oregon Irrigation Congress
"The passage of the state measure
authorising the state of Oregon to
guarantee the Interest on bonds Is
sued by the Irrigation districts for the
first five yos-s means to the farmers
on the Ochoco Project that tlio tu:tu
will pay the Interest on the bonds of
the district for the next three years
and that the owners of land instead !
of having to pay sIxty-Blx thousand
dollars a year or about $3.60 per aero
per year, will only have to pay about
20 cents per acre per year. It means
that the state has loaned $218,000 to
the farmers In the Ochoco Irrigation
District. .
The farmers will pay the state the
same Interest that the state will pay
on the bonds and It should not be
more than five per cent. Of course,
after the district's bonds are paid off
the money which the state has ad
vanced will have to be repaid, but it
will be much easier to do that in 20
years than It is today when the far
mers are bending every energy to got
their lands In shape for Irrigated
crops after two years- of crop short
age. To other districts In the state
where bonds have not yet been sold,
it will mean that the farmers will not
bave to pay a high rate of Interest for
five years while their system Is being
built and while they are clearing and
Improving tbelr lands and knowing
that they have five years before any
appreciable load is placed upon them,
they will not hesitate to sell bonds
and Improve their projects.
Many Irrigation projects that have
hesitated to proceed will now take
action and much waste land will be
made productive.
It will also mean that these proj
ects will be able to sell tholr bonds at
a higher price and at(a lower rate of
Interest because bond buyers' have
been compelled to taks all the dis
count the law permits on account of
the ever present posiblltty of delays In
construction and the failure of same
of the farmers to pay their taxes
promptly to meet interest on the
bonds.
With the state paying tha Interest
regularly during the period of con
struction and preparation, the bond
buyers take no chances and can find
a ready market for the bonds and can
therefore pay a higher price tor them
and a lower rate of Interest.
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COMMITTEE MEETING OF CHAU
TAUQUA WORKERS
II. M. McFadden, advance agent for
the Ellison-White Chautauqua sys
tem, will arrive In Prlnevllle tomor
row to meet with the local commit
tees and complete arrangements tor
the Prlneville Chautauqua on July
!, 4, 6, 6, 7 and 8.
The committee meeting will be held
at the Club Hall at 7:30 p. m., and a
Urge attendance is necessary.
CONSTRUCTION
RIGHTS OF
WOOL SOLD AT NEW
HIGH RECORD MARK
SALE MADE II Y GROWERS
AT AH HIGH AH SO OK NTH
HAY REACH 65 AT PORTLAND
flip Is Heavy And Quality Above Av
erage, Due To Good Range
. And Mild Winter
Wool sales are being reported at
new high price levels throughout the
country snd a number of sales by lo
cal men prove that the Prlnevllle pro
duct Is up to the standard of that of
other communities.
Salos made by growers, Prlnevllle
delivery, are reported ranging from
45 cents to 47 cents and one or more
sales were made at 60 cents, delivery
at this point.
In some parts of the state, especial
ly where dirty wools are more com
mon, some sales have been made as
low as 18 cents to 42 cents, while In
others 65 cents has been paid at point
of production.
In the Portland market dealers
are optimistic and feel that the mar
ket will perhaps reach 80 to 6G cents
during the coming few weeks.
The unusually good quality of the
product this year Is assisting the up
ward trend of the market. Mild win
ter weather, good early range and
other causes which have kept sheep
In good condition have contributed to
the wool conditon.
At the government auction sale
held in Portland Tuesday, S, 000, 000
pounds sold at prices from 40 to 66
cents and bidding was keen through
out the sale.
Ql'INN LA KIN, FISHERMEN
The old reliable firm of Quinn &
Lakin made another round-up of the
trout in their own particular pools
Sunday. We are In doubt as to
whether these two fishermen use
hypnotixui, practice voodoolsm, buy
their fish from boys who fish all
week, or are Just plain skillful fish
ermen. We have heard all of these
reasons given tor the limit catches
these men have been getting. Last
Sunday, with their usual sucenss, they
caught the limit of beautiful resides.
TO START OClCO
The State Hlichway Commission
ivill order the survey fttiirtad on the
Ochoco Highway, east from Prlneville,
at a very early date.
This Information Is Riven out by
Judge N. G. Wallace, who returned
today from a business trip to Port
land, where he met with the Commis
sion yesterday
The work will perhaps be in charge
of Engineer Woodruff.
' w. a. s.
SCHOOL ROOKS TO CHANGE
Nineteen nineteen Is the year In
which the text books for grammar
and high schools change and by the
middle of June the mate Text Book
Commission will havi adopted the
new books, or re-adopied the old
texts. It is rumored that the histor
ies will probably not be changed. The
members of the commission are now
busily engaged in Portland in going
over the offerings from over a thous
and publishers, with a view to select
ing the texts. According to the state
law, a selection of texts must be made
every six years.
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GUGGENHEIMS BUY MINES
ON UPPER OCHOCO
It appears that the Guggenheims
have acquired Interests in the upper
Ochoco mining district and propose
to expend some capital and energy
in testing out some of the properties
there. Yesterday, their manager, Mr.
C. L. Martin, was in town and was
able to supply his needs from the
Muns hardware stock, from which he
selected nearly a thousand dollars'
worth of miscellaneous supplies.
Kedmond Spokesman.
TO COMMENCE ON CROOKED RIVER AND POWELL
BUTTE PROJECTS SOON AFTER
WAY BEING SECURED ALONG LINE
WHERE DIFFH TLTY IH ENCOUNTERED, HTATE DOES NOT DELAY.
HIT HTAKTH CONSTRUCTION AND KETTLES AFTERWARD
The date for letting the contracts for the construction of the Prine-ville-Shorty
Davis State Highway and the Prlnevllle-Kugene Highway to
and from tbls city through tbe Powell Butte district has been announced
by tbe State Highway Commission as June 20.
The State specifies that construction work starts on these projects by
July 1 this year, and work Is to be pushed ahead as rapidly as possible.
The rights of way are being secured along the lines of We Highways,
and but little difficulty Is being met by the county which is in charge of
this feature of the work.
In cases where reslstencc is met, tbs State proceeds with the construct
ion and settlement Is made later, at the convenience of the State.
These roads are oMhe utmost importance to the county and State, and
incidentally,, for Prlnevllle, as the follow natural water grade Into and
from the city.
The heavy traffic from the Paulina and Bear Creek countries will find
an easy roadway Instead of one that Is at all times difficult and at many
times of the year Impassable.
SHEEP MOVING
TO SUMMER RANGE
Several bands of sheep bave passed
through Prlnevllle In the past tew
days on their way to the summer
ranges in the Cascades and Blue
Mountains, which they plan to reach
on opening date, July I.
I. L. Jones of Mitchell and the
Yancey sheep passed through yester
day. All are in good condition and
report good lamb crops, as high as
96 per cent.
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SALVATION ARMY FCXD IH
. BKINU READILY RAISED
The Elks in the handling of the
Salvation Army drive, are meeting
with great success in this section.
Not through any merit of the Elk
lodge, which is a great Institution,
but solely through the merit of the
noble work of tbe Salvation Army In
the great war, the people everywhere
are basing their reason for their lib
eral contributions to this great cause.
There is no other organization of
war workers, barring the Red Cross,
that receives so much praise and com
mendation from our soldier boys as'
does the Salvation Army.
That the people appreciate
their
work is amply expressed by their
willingness to contribute to the car
rying on of the good work In this
reconstruction period.
In Crook county $600 was a por
tioned to the city of Prlneville and
$300 to the balance of the county.
The city aportionment has all been
'raised. The country workers have
not reported their progress as yet,
but it Is certain that they will soon
have their full quota.
w. a. a.
GOOD ROADS DAY
The main street of the city is in
such bad shape that the business men
have arranged a plan whereby it can
be remedied to everyone's satisfac
tion. E. J. Wilson, president of the
City of Prlnevllle Railway, has ag
reed to, furnish two gravel cars to
haul cinders from the pit ' near
Prlneville Junction, nrovidinsr theh
( citllen wl" take a day off and go
over and do the shoveling. Plans will
be completed and the date an
nounced soon for this move. Cin
ders are the most satisfactory dres
sing obtainable for the present con
dition or tbe street. It is to be honed
that everyone will take an Interest
hi hub move ana display nts civic
pride by lending a helping hand.
VOTE ON MEASURES BY
800 801 302 303 30
Yei No Yea No Yea
E. Prlnville 86 11 71 21 96
W. Prlnev'1 61 18 46 22 58
Montgomery 6 13 6 13 7
McKay 25 3 11 12 27
Roberts No vote
805 SOS
No Yea
79
44
4
20
hitching 18 18
JohnsonC'k 85 14 20 26
Mill Creek 2 4 2 4
Howard 6 116
Summit No vote
8
42
2
4
No
2
9
10
Bear Creek 6 6
6 4 10 1
No vote
Camp Creek
White B'te 10
9 6 10
Beaver
Maury
Newsom
Breese
18
6
4
1
6
2
6
1
23
1
8
20
12
17
6
12
7
14
6
0
25
0
9
5
Pow'l Butte 24
Fife 2
Hat Rock 10
Totals Yes 291
15
S6
4
1
4
13
218
852
248
Totals No
154 199
CATTLE MOVING
TO
I Several of the larger herds of cattle
have been taken to summer ranges
during the past two weeks, and prac
tically all of them will be on the
reserves during the next few weeks.
While most of the cattle from this
county are ranged in the Blue Moun
tains, some are taken to the Cascades.
Leland Casey, C. J. Johnson, S. S.
Stearns " and others have excellent
ranges on the Deschutes near LaPlne
where their stock are summered.
w. a. a.
i TRUEHD ALE-POWELL
Pauline A. Truesdate and Rel H.
Powell were united In mariage at the
Presbyterian manse Saturday, June 7,
1919. The Reverend W. L. Van Nuys
officiating..
The bride Is the eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Trnesdale of
Powell Butte and the groom is the
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Pow
ell of this city. Both are graduates
of the Crook County High School and
are highly esteemed by the people of
this section.
Mr. Powell has been timekeep r
at the Government Road Camp on the
Upper Ochoco since his return from
the army. It is here that the young
couple will reside for the present.
The Journal Joins with their many
friends In wishing them many years
of happiness.
w. s. s.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday, June 16. Bible school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11.
Young Peoples meeting at 6:30 p. m.
Vesper service of song with brief ser
mon at 7:30 p. m.
Services will be held hereafter at
Paulina 'and Suplee on the second
Sundays of each month. An effort
will be made to have services in
Prlneville also on these dates. Diffi
culty is being met in finding an assis
tant pastor to care for the outside
work of the church, hut temporary
supplies for the pulpit will be secured
whenever posible. ... ' . ;.
w. i. s.
Two eight hour shifts are - now,
working the highway between this
city and John Day. Two shirts have
been in progress with the grading
gang for the past week and last Tues
day the second shift was added to the
graveling gang. The company cut
from the ten hour day so as to give
more men employment, which has
doubled their crew. Grant County
Journal.
PRECINC
S
ATSPEi
AL ELECTION
307 808
Nc Ye
309 310 811 812 813 814 315 SIS 817
No
38
39
10
12
Yea No Yes No Yes
89 8 66 30 82
No Yea
15 81
No
15
64
4
24
. 0
35
0
2
14 37 26
15 4 14
49
10
62 17
8 11
20 6
4 9 13
15
No vote
9 18
4
17
4
7
4
24
0
0
3
23
7
6
1
27
13
4
5
21 25
0 4
0 7'
vote
9 6 5
No vote
6 10 4
16 4 19
No vote
2 9 8 3
No vote
3 8
4 7
8
13
7
12
4
26
0
10
8 7 7
8
12
6
7
2
27
1
12
9
6
4
0
21
0
6
14
4
8
1
23
0
10
2
3
1
19
2
8
180
293
195
261
281
171 233 150 226 169 155
HAY IS CONTRACTED
FOR FALL AT $25
SOME SALES MADE AT ABOVE
THAT AND OUTLOOK NOT BEST
RAIN BADLY NEEDED TOR CROP
Conditions Throughout Central Part
Of State Are Not Favorable
For A Large Crop
Hay contracts are being made
throughout Central Oregon at $20
per ton, while some sales with pas
ture and other privileges are report
ed as high as $26 during the past tew
days.
Some predictions are being made
that even a higher figure will be
reached during the year, while con
ditions may adjust themselves to a
lower level by rains or other more
favorable conditions.
Continued dry weather will cut the
crop to a fraction of normal, howev
er, and even at this date most of the
dry land grain crops have suffered to
a point where no amount of rain will
redeem them.
",-: w. a. a.
RECEIVES A FINE BULL
Wm. Freund Adds to Brown Swiss
Dairy Herd. Will Be at Inter
state Fair This Year
A registered Brown Swiss bull calf
was received the first of the week by
Wm. Freund from Theo. Bergger of
Gresham and was taken by Mr.
Freund to hla. ranch pant nt the ritv
Mr. Freund has the largest herd of
Brown Swiss cattle in the interior of
the state and will be at the Inter
State Fair here this fall with the lar
gest and best exhibit of these cattle
he has ever shown.
Mr. Freund has two heifers, both
with their second calves, that are
giving six gallons of milk daily ei'ch.
and have ben maintaining that record
since February. These cattle are
large enough tor beef as well as being
good milkers.
Men of the Freund type are per
forming a great service to their coun
try as well as making money tor
themselves, all with good livestock.
w. a. a.
PORTLAND SECOND IN WOOL
It is not generally known that
Portland, Oregon, Is the second larg
est wool center in the United States,
Boston only exceeding It in record of
sales. Wool growing should become
one of the greatest industries in the
Pacific coast states as natural con
ditions are favorable in this section.
Breeders of sheep are paying much
more attention to handling of their
flocks with the result that wool in
this territory compares favorably with
the best grown elsewhere. With the
development of wool growing come
manufacturing of wool goods and
there is no reason why Western states
in a short time should not be manu
facturing as fine fabrics and can be
made. Raise the wool and manu
facturing will come. Modern ware
houses grade the wool in some thirty
odd varieties so that the farmer gets
every penny there is in it and he has
every incentive to increase his flocks.
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BEND WILL CELEBRATE FOURTH
Bend will spend $3,000 this year
on its Victory Fourth of July. Cen
tral Oregon 1b invited to attend. The
celebration wil be under the direct
ion of the Bend Commercial Club.
It is expected a monster crowd will he
present from all parts of Central Or
egon. Believing that this summer is the
appropriate time for a genuine vic
tory celebration the Commercial Club
will extend itself in a big demonstra
tion. All kinds of sports will be cov
ered. Efforts will be directed to
have a military demonstration there
that will be the biggest of Us kind
ever held in this part of the state.
Anglers will test their skill with the
fly In fly casting tournament. Boys
and girls will be given a whirl to
show .their prowess in sports.
Only one day will be devoted to the
affair the fourth of July.
BIG TREAT IN PROSPECT
FOR LOVERS OF MUSIO
CASTELLUCCI S BAND IS FIXE
For Victory Day A Quartet Of Stag
ing Sammies Straight From Or
erseaa Will Sing
Chautauqua week .which Is July t
to 8 this year, promises a treat to the
music lovers of this community.
Twelve musical programs in all will
be presented with a total of thirty
three artists appealing during the
six days,. The big unusual feature
of the week will be the coming of
Castelluccl's Concert Band under the
direction of Omero Castellucci. This
splendid organisation of Italian mus
icians has been one of the biggest
successes of Eastern Chatauqua cir
cuits for several years and their ad
vent in the west will be eagerly anti
cipated by band music enthusiast.
erica's greatest entertainers, will ap-
afternoon and evening programs.
Another musical feature of partic
ular prominence is the engagement
of the Zedeler Symphonic Quartet,
an organization of five splendid mus
icians, who present the music of the
masters and make it of genuine in
terest to the popular audience. Oth
er musical events of the week will in
clude two concerts on the opening
day by the International Trio, featur
ing Frederick De Bruin, the Holland
baritone, ' late of San Francisco
Opera Company; the Parnells, two of
the best musical entertainers on the
platform; and the Earl Hippie Con
cert Company, a group of four musi
cians, who come on the last day with,
a genuine musical surprise. Their
"Joy Night" program has registered
for the last few years. -
The second day of Chautauqua this
year will be "Victory Day." Four
Singing Sammies 'straight- from
France, the Overseas Quartet will
bring songs from camp and trenches
that will , stir every American heart..
They will be followed in the afternoon
by Joel W. Eastman, lecturer of note
who will discuss Reconstruction prob
lems. In the evening their concert
will prelude the great war story of
the week told by Sergeant Gibbons,
tbe famous little Canadian author
and lecturer. Sergeant Gibbons spent
seven months in German prison
camps and has one of the most thril
ling and interesting stories on our
platform today. All men in khaki and
honorably discharged soldiers are
invited to both "Victory Day" pro
grams with no admission charges.
Prominent among the many lectur
ers of the week stands George D. Al
den of Massachusetts. His lecture,
"The Needs of the Hour," is one of
the great, timely, forceful addresses
of the present day. Other important
lecturers are Julius Caesar Nayphe, a
brilliant young Athenian, who pre
sents a spectacular lecture-entertainment
known as the "Oriental Page
ant," on the first night; Dr. Robert
Sutcliffe, eminent writer and educa
tor who has a splendid Reconstruction
lecture; J. C. Herbsman, who will
stir the community to its depths with
his address. "Awake, Ye Dry Bones,"
and Marshall Louis Mertins, staff
poet of the Kansas City Star, who pre
sents a delightful lecture on the last
afternoon, into which he weaves
many of his poems from his latest
book, "The Wishing Gate."
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IN FAVOR OF MOVING
THE STATE CAPITOIi
About twenty-five leading business
men of Prlneville at the Crook County
Development Club Luncheon at the
Prineville Hotel last Friday moved to
bring pressure to bear to get the
State Capitol moved to Portland.
The reason tor this move is a un
ited protest against the action of
Marlon county in voting down almost
the entire reconstruction program at
the special election last week.
J. H. Upton and Paul Garrison were
appointed as a committee to look in
to the posibilities ot the move and
make plans to lay before the Club at
its next meeting, which will be to
morrow. Details of decisive action
will be published next week.
w. . s.
PRINEVILLE LYCEUM COURSE
We are to have a Lyceum course
next winter in this city. Miss Paul
ine M. Pease of Portland, representa
tive of the Ellison-White Lyceum
Bureau, this week signed up fifty cit
izens guaranteeing to support ly
ceum numbers to the tune of almost
nine hundred dollars. The Chautau
qua and Lyceum courses are getting
to be established institutions here as
they should be. There is no other
way possible to get anywhere near as
much entertainment and culture for
your money as is derived from thj
Chhautauqua and Lyceum courses.