lUKtK OOCNTY JOIUMAL
.11 NK 111, I'I9.
Crook County Journal
BY GIT LAKOIXKTTE
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A MATTER OP PUBLKITY
The recent election provides an
other proof of the repeated failure of
measures of real merit failing to re
ceive the approval of the voters be
cause of a lack of understanding of
their merits.
Managers or so-called managers
of these campaigns are not unlike
managers of some commercial estab
lishments who are not large enough
for their positions and who do not
know as much about the state at
large as they think they do. ,
The fatal mistake in this election
was a lack of publicity or education
of -the voters.
An attempt was made to reach the
voters of the state by using paid
space in Portland papers, which is an
excellent way so tar as it goes, but
which does not reach the greater part
of the rural population of the state.
For the country district of the "up
state counties," as they prefer to call
the remainder of the state, the usual
attempt was made to secure free pub
licity by loading the mails with free
stories to the country papers.
It has been well said that he who
attempts to secure something for
nothing usually gets just what he
pays for.
In this instance a small amount of
money well spent for display adver
tsng with the country papers would
have won the day, as was the result
with the Roosevelt highway.
A PRIXEVILLE tlTY BAND
The musicians of the city met last
week and organized a band to con
duct concerts during the summer
months. Owing to the war, we have
been without a city band for some
time, but now we have plenty of good
talent with which to build up a strong
organization. All members of the
high school and public school bands
who are in the city will in. this way be
able to continue their practice dur
ing the entire vacation period. It is
urged that as many as passible at
tend the practice periods every Mon
day and Thursday evenings. James
Austin, a well known band leader,
lias been elected Instructor. The of
ficers of the organization for this
year are: President and Manager, R.
L. Schee; Secretary, Ernest Estes;
Treasurer, Harry Stearns.
THE SAME OLD GAQ
One hundred years before Christ
300,000 Germans invaded France,
murdering, burning, pillaging as they
went At Aix-en-Frovlnce they were
fnnneri and defeated. Thev sued for
peace and swore they would never do
It again. Sixty years afterward Z4U,
000 Germans invaded the Jura dis
trict of Franca. Sir vfiars later 400.-
.0 Germans invaded the territory
between tne Meuse ana uise. uney
v. ore beaten. They wore they would
never do it again.
Sixty years before Christ tho Ger
mans Invaded the left bantc of the
Rhine. Two hundred and thirty years
after Christ the Germans invaded
France. They were beaten. They swore
they would never do it again. Twenty
years later in onother invasion, an
other defeat, another solemn pledge
"never again." In 274 A. D. the
Rhine basin was Invaded by the Ger
mans; In 275 Northeastern France.
In 301 Langres was pillaged. The In
vaders were beaten and they swore
never again. In 351 they reconquer
ed the left bank of the Rhine. In
854 they devastated Lyons, in 360
Besacon. In 364 they invaded and
plundered Belgium.
, From the year 372 to 1914 thirty
three invasions in a little over fifteen
hundred years, an average of one ev
ery fifty years. ...
Whenever they were successful the
Germans celebrated with unspeakable
atrocities. Whenever they were
beaten they swore they would never
do it again.
"Le Matin," which prints the
above statistics recalls that three days
before the outbreak of the world war
Herr-Haase, the German Socialisa
leader, solemnly declared at Brus
sels that the German proletariat
would opose war to the utmost. Three
days later Herr Haase voted for the
war budget.
Four and a half years ago the Ger
mans again invaded France. Again
they were beaten. And now again
they swear they will never do It
again.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENrM INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Reader.
The first annual rose show was held
In Springfield last week.
Conrad P. Olson of Portland, was
named code commissioner by Chief
Justice McUrtde.
The most successful wool sale In
years was held at Condon last week.
About 750,000 pounds of wool was
sold,
Grace E. Garret has been appointed
postmistress at Helix and Mrs. Betty
Miller at lloldman, both in Umatilla
county.
The 14th annual meeting of the Ore
gon Bankers' association will be held
In Portland on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
Brigadier General Brice P. Bisque,
former commander of the spruce divi
sion, has been decorated with the
distinguished service medal.
Governor Olcott appointed Dr. John
Besson of Portland and Dr. R. C Mo
Daniel of Portland, as members of the
state board of medical examiners.
More than 60 osteopaths from all
parts of the state gathered at Portland
last week tor the annual session of
the Oregon Osteopathic association.
At a meeting of several hundred
former service men of Lane county In
Eugene, Lane count? post of tha Amer
ican Legion was formally organised.
An Increase from $1 to 12 an acre
foot la sought by the Central Oregon
Irrigation company In an application
filed with the public service commis
sion. Nearly $500,000 worth of liquor hat
been confiscated and destroyed by the
war emergency squad of the Portland
police department since February 1,
1918.
Harry Moore, U years old, of Eugene,
won first prize on his bread at a cook
ing contest held In connection with an
achievement meeting of the Dunn
school club of Eugene.
Petitions presented by the Oregon
Single Tax league for a constitutional
amendment to be voted on at the 1920
election were approved by Sam A.
Kozer, deputy secretary of state.
C. M. Knight, representing the fed
eral bureau of cereal diseases, has ar
rived at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege from Nevada te Investigate the
cereal diseases In Oregon, Idaho and !
Washington.
Portland was chosen for the 1920
meeting of the Washington, Oregon
and British Columbia Council of the
TTnltaH Travplora' asanrintinn whlrh
1 ... J , 1Q1A in . v.. I
' eouver, B. C.
j Steps have been taken by the Bend j
city council to incorporate in its bud-1
I get for the coming year an appropria- j
I tion for the establishment of a '
! Carnegie library in Bend with city j
I and county aid.
j Announcement by the Sunrise Milk
Products company of North Bend of
' an increase in the price of butterfat to
85 cents a nound. marks the highest
' price ever paid for butterfat in the
Coos Bay country.
With 2422 accidents reported to the
state industrial accident commission
for May, this month takes rank as the
second highest In the history of the
department, August, 1918, being first
with a total of 2494 accidents reported.
An equitable rate adjustment, based
on transportation costs, Is demanded
on behalf of Portland and Columbia
river basin shippers, In a complaint
forwarded by the Oregon public service
commission to the Interstate commerce
commission.
C. R, Wade, Justice of the peace,
a democrat, becomes county judge and
Henry G. Kern, banker, foundryman
and mayor of North Bend, county com
missioner, as a result of an overwhelm
ing landslide in the recall election in
Coos county.
A series of dairy meetings will be
held in Coos county June 12, 13 and 14.
Dairymen from all parts of the state
will gather te discuss dairy products
and cooperative methods of marketing
with a view te benefiting the producer
and consumer.
Members of the Loyal Legion of
Loggers and Lumbermen of the north
west district, which includes Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, have designat
ed Eugene as the place for the organ
ization's official Fourth of July cele
bration this year.
The first forest fire of the season in
the north end of Jackson county oc
curred on the railway ieauiug out from
the Rogue River Lumber & Box com
pany's mills, six miles north of Gold
Hill Mill and timber crews and
ranchers prevented a heavy loss.
The railroad between Medford and
Jacksonville, which has been operated
for several years by the Southern Ore
gon Traction company, and which was
sold at public sale ordered by the cir
cuit court, May 30, baa been leased tor
a year by J. T. Gagnon, the Medford
lumber mill operator and box manu
facturer, pending confirmation of tho
ale by the court.
A request hn keen sent to the state
rsme rommitwlon by farmers living
along the banks of . the l.mklsuiutf
river In the southwestern part of Polk
county, asking permission to kill a
number of beavers which are seriously
damaging lands aacg that stream.
A public building adequate to house
the postoftiee, customs service and
other branches of the government lo
cated at Astoria, would require 8400
feet of floor space and would Cost
$300,000, according to an estimate re
ceived by Reprtwulative Hawley from
the treasury department
Mrs. C. E. Andrews, of La Grande,
mother of Hert Andrews, io was the
first Oregon member of the Italnbuw
division to meet his death In France,
has been named honorary president
of the Oregon chapter of the Ualn
bow division veterans, an organisa
tion which embraces 27 states.
The Klamath Indians of Oregon will
be permitted to sue in the court of
ejalms to recover approximately 100.
000 acres of land which, they say, was
omitted in fixing the boundaries of the
Klamath reservation, by the terms of
a bill Introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Sinnott.
First Lieutenant 1-ouls II, Conipton
of Salem, recently returned from over
seas, bringing with him the croix de
guerre awarded by Marshal Petain of
France for bravery In action, will be
state p. role officer to succeed Joseph
F. Keller, according to announcement
made by Governor Olcott
A new Irrigation project by which
1600 acres of land will be brought
under water on the south side of the
Klamath river, between Klamath Falls
and Keno Is going rapidly forward.
The water has been diked from the
lands In that section and will be pump
ed on again by two large centrifugal
pumps.
Warning Is given by J. O. Holt,
manager of the Eugene Fruit Growers'
association, that owing to the tremen
dous peach crop in the Willamette val
ley this year the fruit will be market
less unless thinned to a great extent
He declared that otherwise all the
peaches will be small and It will be
difficult to sell them.
A mandamus suit was filed In Ma
rlon county circuit court by S. A Mul
key and others Interested In the or
ganization of a bank for St Johns, In
which the court is asked to Issue an
order directing the state banking board
to Issue a charter to the new bank or
show cause for refusal. Petition for a
charter for the bank at St Johns was
filed April 16 and was disapproved by
the state superintendent of banks on
the ground that no need for a bank
existed.
A fine of $50 was imposed by the
circuit court at Astoria on Charles
Marco on a charge of operating a
purse seine in the waters of the
Columbia river. ' The case was on ap
peal from the justice court, where a
b'milar fine had been Imposed, and
notice of appeal was immediately
taken to the state supreme court The
action, while of a criminal nature, la
a friendly one to obtain the court's
interpretation of the state law pro
hibiting purse seining in the Columbia
river.
Captain Conrad Stafrln of Dallas,
who was recently returned from serv
ice in France with the 162nd Infantry,
was appointed adjutant general of the
Oregon national guard, Governor Ben
W. Olcott announced. The appoint
ment will be temporary, the appointee
to serve only until the return to duty
of Lieutenant Colonel George A.
White, now on his way home from
France, now resigned the office two
years ago on the understanding that
he would be reappointed upon his
return home.
Four hundred and thirty thousand
rainbow trout eggs brought from Odell,
Cresent and Davis lake and placed in
the Tumalo hatchery, the first to be
handled at the new plant, are due to
hatch Sunday, according to the super
intendent Three hundred thousand
more eggs, gathered at the lakes, are
ready for transportation, and are ex
pected to arrive Saturday. In addition
to the hatching, 400,000 brook trout
fry, from eggs gathered at Elk lake
last winter, will be sent in the near
future from Bonneville and will be
cared for at the Tumalo hatchery until
they are ready to be planted.
To speed up road development half
of the counties In Oregon voted road
bonds at the special election last week.
The aggregate of the bonds Is in ex
cess of $5,000,000, or more than half
the size of the bond issue for roads
enacted by the session of the legisla
ture In February. In addition to these
bond issues, several other counties
plan road bonds elections during the
summer, under the newly enacted (
per cent county indebtedness law for
roads. More than $1,000,000 In bonds
is contemplated at the special elec
tions to be held later. Road bonda
voted by various counties at the
special election were as follows:
Baker, $500,000; Benton, $220,000;
Deschutes, $125,000; Gilliam, $250,000;
Jefferson, $100,000; Klamath, $347,704;
Lake, $200,000; Linn, $600,000; Lin
coln, $180,000; Marlon, $800,000; Mal
heur, $230,000; Polk, $265,000; Tilla
mook, $430,000; Wheeler, $44,000;
Wallowa, $300,000; Morrow, $290,009;
Tamhill, $360,000.
j SENATE WANTS TEXT
OF PEACE TREATY
Bankers Called on to Explain
How Treaty Was Brought
Into United States.
Washington. Resolutions asking
the state department for the text of
the treaty w ith Germany ami directing
the foreign relations committee to In
vestigate how copies of tho unpublish
ed documents have reached private
hands In New York, were adopted by
the senate without a roll call.
The request for the treaty will be
referred by state department officials
to President Wilson ami Secretary
Lansing at Parts and pcniPng a reply
no official opinion Is available here
as to whether the text will be forth
coming. I'nder the Investigation resolution
Introduced at the request of the white
house by Senator Hitchcock of Ne
braska, senior democrat of the foreign
relations committee. It Is expected
that a far reaching Inquiry will begin
wtthn a tow days. The committee
met Monday to formulate plans which
may Include the summoning of mem
bers 'f the American peace delegation.
Adoption of the illtchrock resolu
tion came after the debate had reach
ed a dramatic climax In a clash be
tween Mr. Hitchcock and Chairman
Lodge of the foreign relations commit
tee. After this clash a request by
Mr. Lodge that the senate substitute
an Investigation resolution drawn by
Senator Kellogg, republican of Minne
sota, was withdrawn and the question
was put on adoption.
In Its Investigation of how copies of
the peace treaty reached New York,
the senate foreign relations committee
subpoenaed Jacob Schiff, Thomas F.
Lamont. H. P. Davison, Paul Warburg,
J. P. Morgan and Frank A Vanderllp.
Lamont was requested to bring with
htm any correspondence which passed
between J, P. Morgan k Co. and Us
Paris and London agents regarding
the treaty, and particularly any com
munications on the subject between
the banking house and Davison, while
the latter was abroad.
The committee also adopted unani
mously a motion by Senator Fall, re
publican, of New Mexico, Inviting Act
ing Secretary Polk to appear as a wit
ness snd to take part in the Inquiry
by cross examining witnesses and
otherwise.
President Wilson, In a cablegram
received by Senator Hitchcock, demo
crat, Nebraska, said be hoped the In
vestigation by the senate foreign re
lations committee of how copies of the
peace treaty reached private Interests
In New Tork would be "most thor
oughly prosecuted."
TELEGRAPHERS GALL
NATION-WIDE STRIKE
Chicago. A nation wide strike of
telegraphers and telephone operators
who are members of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union of America was
ordered to take effect Wednesday
morning at 8 A M. ,
It was estimated at the headquarters
here that the strike would affect be
tween 60,000 and 100,000 Individuals,
of whom nearly 25,000 were said to be
members of the union.
The decision to call a nation-wide
trlke was reached by President Kon
enkamp after spending several days in
Washington where he bad directed a
strike of union employes In ten south
eastern states. That strike followed
a strike of telephone workers In At
lanta, where telephone employes were
said to have been discharged because
of union affiliations.
GUERRILLA WAR IN IRELAND
Dally Battles Between Volunteers and
Soldiery Reported.
Paris. Guerilla warfare of a char
acter "which usually precedes a major
conflict" Is going on In Ireland, de
clared Frank P. Walsh and Edward
F. Dunne, in a supplementary report
which they have forwarded to Presi
dent WUson regarding conditions In
Ireland.
Messrs. Walsh and Dunne, delegates
of Irish societies In the United States,
affirm In this addition to their report
submitted to President Wilson last
week that clashes between Irish voir
unteers and the army forces in Ire
land. In which men on both sides are
killed, are of dally occurrence.
Ban on Immigration Aim of Bills
Washington. Bills prohibiting Im
migration for five years and placing
more rigid restrictions upon aliens en
tering this country were Introduced in
the senate.
Italy Gets Ten Millions More.
Washington. A credit of $10,000.
000 In favor of ltaiy was announced
by the treasury, making a total of $1,
681,500,000 for that country and a total
of $9,290,219,124 for all the allies.
REWARD
JWe note that Road Supervisors and
property owners make a practice of burn
ing weeds, that accumulate along the
fences adjacent to our power lines. This
practice is dangerous, as it damages the
power line.i and places the life of persons
who may come in contact with a down
wire in danger of instant death.
We are compelled to offer a reward
to stop this dangerous praclice. We will
pay $25 to any one giving us information
leading to the arrest and convidion of any
person who in any way may cause our
lines or any of our property to be dam
aged. Des Chutes Power Co.
City Meat Market
J. W. HORIGAN, Prop.
Choice Home-Made Hams. Bacon
and Lard
Fresh Fish
Fruit and Vegetable in Season
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SOU BY DRUGGISTS EVHNVKSEK
Because tho local postofflee re
ceipts showed a business of over 132,
000 for the fiscal year ending Decem
ber 31, 1918, Postmaster Williams'
salary has been boosted from $2700
to $2800 a year. The new salary
scale is based on second class post
offices of a grade showing a business
of between $30,000 and $36,000.
While the local office did a business
of about $39,000 last year, a deduc
tion of 17.07 per cent was made on
account of Increased postage rates.
The Dalles Chronicle.,
The post office at Seneca has been
discontinued. Seneca is in Hear Val
ley and for the past 15 or 20 years
the Southworth family have been
working for Uncle Sam in the capac
ity of postmaster. The remunera
tion has not sufficiently Increased the
opulence of the present postmaster,
Ed Southworth, so for the past year
he has been trying to get rid of his
Job, and last week succeeded. The
residents of that section now depend
and Ed has more time to go fishing,
on the Canyon office for their mall,
Blue Mountain Eagle.
Four hundred and thirty thousand
rainbow trout eggs brought from the
Odell, Crescent and Davis lakes and
placed in the Tumalo hatchery Mon
day, the first to be handled at the
new plant, are due to hatch Sunday,
according to Pearl Lynes, superin
tendent, who was In Bond today.
Three hundred thousand more egga,
gathered at the lakes, are roady for
transportation, and are expected to
arrive Saturday, Mr. Lynes says. In
addition to the hatching, 400,000
brook trout fry, from eggs gathered
at Elk lake last, winter, will be sent
in the near future from Bonneville,
in the near future from Bonneville,
and will be cared for at the Tumalo
hatchery until they are ready to he
planted. Bond Bulletin.
rOTATO WART DISEASE
The United States Department of
Agriculture warns all potato growers
of a new potato disease, which has
been discovered In parts of Pennsyl
vania, probably Introduced from Eu
rope some time about 1911 when a
large number of potatoes were Im
ported. The disease Is said to be one of
the moat dlstructlve of all potato
diseases, and usually makes the spud
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Attention !
IN8VDE TYRES Inner Arm
our to be inserted between the
casing and tube of automobile
or motorcycle tires, and adda
from 1,000 to 8,000 mllee to
Che life of casings, prevent
blowouts and 90 per cent of
your punctures. Ask, write or
phone for prices and full details
Cobby Stroud, Agt
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entirely unfit for food purposes.
When established In the soli the wart
disease will live for eight years, so
that anothor crop cannot be grown.
There are no control measures, and
the only means of combatting the dis
ease Is by preventing Its spread Into
other parts of the country. For this
reason all growers buyers and distrib
uting agents should use all vigilance
to detect any spread of the disease. It
it became wldoly spread over the U.
S. It might mean the entire destruct
ion of the potato Industry.
Potatoes Infected by the wart are
frequently converted into a shapeless,
spongy mass. The young warts are
light brown in color, and usually
start from the eye of the potato and
become as large as a walnut. When
decay begins the warts turn black,
which has caused the disease to be
known as "black scab" in certain lo
calities. However the cnullflower
llke enlargements do not at all re
semble scab.
The hopes of Central Oregon are
tied to her alfalfa and her potato
crops. Anything wlilch would men
ace either would be the greates blow
to our agricultural future. Tho po
tatoes we raise have become famous
In all parts of the country, both for
table use and for seed. We cannot af
ford to let any new dlsase onto Into
the Deschutes Basin. It Is probable
that the potato wart will never be
spread to the northwest but
should take no chances whatever, anal
use all precautions against Its Intro
duction. LESTEK 3. BUM,,
Assistant County Agent.
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