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Crook County Journal
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RANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
WITH THE EXCHANGES
During the races at John Hay some
one stole a Ford car belonging to Mr.
Lutton of Drewsey. The matter was
put Into the hands ot Sherirf Howell,
and this week he was advised hy the
sheriff of Crook county that the car
had been found near Prlnevtlle. The
machine had been ditched and aban
doned hy the thieves. Blue Moun
tain Eagle.
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Hood River's cherry harvest Is end
ed and the last carload of black cher
ries, the crop of which reached eight
cars, was shipped east by the Apple
Growers' Association Monday night.
The fruit, packed in 1 pound boxes,
linrd with lace paper. Is being dis
tributed st Minneapolis, Chlcsgo and
New York City. A total of 95.000
pounds of Royal Anns and other
white varieties were shipped to ran-
Iners. While the crop was about !5
per cent short of last year the slie
and quality it is declared sot a record.
- Hood River Glacier.
WHY THK DISCRIMINATION"?
The Portland papers have taken np
the fight against discriminating rates
for freight to the Pacific points. The
city is waging a fight for fairness
in thiB proposition. There is an ele
ment ot discrimination that exists un
der the very noses of Portland pa
pers and is as vitally important to the
residents of Crook county and other
Central Oregon communities as the j
freight rates are to rortiand.
We have reference to the attitude
The first section of the McKenzie
Highwsy to be graded will lie the
la'j miles in Deschutes county, oe
tween Sisters and the lava beds,
contract for which has just been let
to Siems, Carlson & Co., of Spi.l'.ano,
according to reports jelv"d lure.
The contract price was J12S.0OO.
Another section on which bills w ill
'he called within two weeks is nie
fl5H mile stretch in Lane county be
tween Rlue river and Belknap springs
This will be followed later by tro ad
vancement of the section on tbe sum
mit of the mountains t the construc
tion of stage, surveys and bn-ation
work having already been done.
Bend Bulletin.
The John Hayes ranch at Tumalo.
formerly owned by Grover Qerklng.
was sold yesterday to C. N. Jones, a
recent arrival In Deschutes county
from Virginia. The ranch contains
200 acres with 177 Irrigable and with
water right. Of the total acreage 1 00
acres is seeded to alfalfa. 'he con
sideration, according to J. H. Winer,
who made the deal, was 1,000.
The new owner is an experienced
J I,l-aH no.-lotilf
merce regarding the different projects; - ' "0 mak(J the
In his section. It has come to the r b Iirttock ranch.
tfrn 1 h',n fpw "monrtl'M " "vps .. other lare inter-sts .n
?fc who hJnnnZ.:l-ke county which he managti.-
that people who have gone to the . .. ,.
chamber of commerce in Portland tor 1 "n- '
Information in regard to different sec-1
tions of the state and have asked di-i On Thursday evening of last week
rectlv about the Oehoeo Irrigation 1 the Maxwell enr of Mrs. A. T. Mig
Project have been told that "they i non. of Seattle, Washington, was
do not know anvthin snout it. There burned on the road two miles north
is no water there now, the dam is not'i'f Madras. Mrs. Msgnon and a party
finished ar.d we do not know when it"' friends were returning home after
will he finished,! if ever, and we do trip In two automobiles th.-ourh
not know if thev will have water .California The conflagration was
enough when it is finished." caused by a short circuit, the insula-
This is the kind of impression a ? hav,"fh wor" " t?w'
stranger receives of our part of the w,r'nf- AUhouh ,l l?aBr b,5f;
cotantry. There has been a sample, ,ni,udnR a J"1?6 T"""
Ill u I IV r w a a urnu i cu , viaxj wv. v. u t.
our observation in the last week. Aieapel without an injury. Nothing
man from the Wilamette vallev came remaAned of.,he c except the frame
into the Journal office and asked a;a"l.,he e1" was 5??" by
me Alain Direct uarage, flurr toi-
few questions regarding the project1
and by his manner indicated that he;
ions arrangements they all contin-
' ttnA tha 1 InllTOffT h AfTl fx in the
wet skeptical about the success of the " ' : , ' . T j" .
project. He was taken in charge and remaining car. The destroyed auto
a half a dav devoted to enlightening mob'1fnwasJ,,red'.we understand,
him. He was shown the dam, the.for M00 Madras Pioneer,
lands that have been put under the,
plow and in crop this year, the land Guests at Cloud Cap Inn were priv
just cleared and that under the pro-'ileged last week to see the spectacular
cess of being cleared and lie went phenomena of glacial geysers. As a re
sway fully convinced that the Ochocoi suit of the early week warm days.
Irrigation Project was the best of its j which sent great volumes of water
kind In the Northwest, and he was a 'pouring down from the snowbanks on
man of some experience in this line, the peak and ate away the surface of
He admitted to us that he had been the great ice fields, the force of craii
nejudlced by his interview at the pressed air blew great holes 1n Eiiot
Portland chamber of commerce andjGlacier and sent the pent up floods
aad all but given up the idea of ev-; spouting skyward hundreds of feet in
in investigating. i to the air. The water and air fore, d
,. Whv is this discrimination prac-'their way through the ice bnrrisr wilh
.Iced? If it is not discrimination, it ! explosions that sounded like cannon
is ignornce and if ignorance is the i alinB-
reason for misleading inquirers, steps' Among the guests at tne mile high
should be taken by those in charge ! hostelry who witnessed the grand
of the information department of that! spectacle were Rev. and Mrs W. A.
bodv to learn something of the State Sunday, who had been spending the
as a whole. There Is room fur ell whorweek on hikeB in the vicinity of the
rnmo tn Drprm, irith tho intention nf ! Inn. Mr. Sunday declares ho has im-
settling and thev cannot all settle inibibe1 enough inspiration and stored
the Willamette valley, nor will they
wish to. Central Oregon has many
advantages that the valley cannot
show, and is wiling to concede to
that part of the state her qualities of
xcellence. All we want Is a fair
up enough pep to last him for anoth
er season's sermons. Hood River
Glacier.
Old and grizzled, but still full of
the fires of early youth, Ezra Meeker,
break and we feel we nave a right j one of the early trail blazers across
to demand it from a body organized I mountain and plain, was here yester-
supposedly to further the upbuilding i day with his covered wagon and bull
of all sections of the state,
The chamber of commerce never
overlooks the papers of this section
when it has a proposition to boost,
sending along bales of matter for tree
publication, a large part of which is
given publicity through our columns.
Why, in all fairnes cannot this body
Inform itself sufficiently to give a
truthful, definite information to hon
est inquirers who may prefer to live
In this section rather than in the Wil
lamette valley?
JHOW ABOUT PORTLAND?
The Oregon Journal recently waxed
exceeding wroth over the visit of an i, ' , ,,,,, , ,
t. ,.,,,.,,., ,,,, ,one P,e t0 h"1'1 tn wagon from roll
team retracing his steps of those early
days when the country was a howling
wilderness and peopled by lurking
savages.
It is the same Ezra, but not the
same oxen and wagon, and instead of
the wooden yoke those oxen are driv
en with harness and inverted horse
collars and respond to bits in the
mouth. The old man finds some
changes In the trail. For Instance,
"Trail Crossing" is now bridged
where in early days the traveler had
to plunge headlong over the rock
walls and out again at such an angle
that many teams were necessary to
pull a single wagon up the rocky
slope while men sat on the end of a
eastern garment manufacturer's agent
who took many hard iron dollars
from Portland for lovely gowns and
ing sidelong in to the canyon below.
But, had as it was. it was the only
spot along the canyon for many miles
wraps that were not made in Oregon. ,i, ..,., ' t
Th. T,noi rfonWerf tho ti.t Vh. 1 1 wllere the traveler could attempt a
.. """-" -"- crossing
the people who made their moi.ey in
Portland would spend it with au out
'slder. This is all as it should be in-
From here. Mr. Meeker continued
:on to Prineville and thence will con-
? 11 " ? in I THue mns untU he the
products. It should lie the program
of every buyer to confine his pur
chases to those things that are made
here at home as far as is possible.
But the Journal laid particular stress
on the fact that the money made in
Portland was going away from that
place. How does it square the adver
tisements in its own columns, invit
ing all the people of the state to take
the money made in their various com
munities and send or bring it to the
city of Portland to spend?
These communities have as vital a
reason for existence as Portland. Jt
Is as hard on them as it Is on Portland
to see the money going to the eastern
centers.
Snake river near where the thriving
city of Ontario Is now located. The
old trail crosses the Snake river near
there and continues along the long
level stretch of prairie up to Ameri
can falls, where it recrosses the
stream and from which it is but a few
miles to old Fort Hall, which was in
those days the final outpost of civilization.
Just what big idea leads Mr. Meek
er to again want to drive a pair of
oxen across this stretch of country
is a mystery to most of us, hut if he
enjoys It with the mercury hovering
around the 100 mark, that is his af
fair, much as we wonder. Redmond
Spokesman.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAMNTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
Wasco, county has before It tha
greatest program of road construction
In Its history.
All bids for Sherman county's IHOO,
00(1 tsaim of road bonds wore rejected
by the county court.
But 19 teachers In a necessary force
of 85 have boon secured for the
Murshfield city schools.
The llarrishurg Chamber of Com
merce will hold a community fair dur
ing the week of September 8.
William M. Kcllendiitik. an old time
resident of Kslacadu, as found dead
in bed. IK? was TS years old.
D. W. Bailey, pioneer I'endeton at
torney, died suddenly in hts office. Mr.
Bailey wis about 64 years old.
Governor and Mrs. Olcott, begin
nlns almut August if will leave Salem
on a trip to Yellowstone National park.
That farm property is in demand In
CUckaniHs county Is evident from the
number at sales that have been made
recently.
The sawmill betongitig to George
Kifian. a tew miles from Silverton,
was destroyed by fire causing a loss
of $5600.
Under the direction of the Pallas
Woman's club a swimming pool tor
small children is being built in the bed
of La Creole river.
Bids will be received by the state
highway commission, August E, for
every mile of highway between The
Dalles and Pendleton.
J. A. Churchill, state superintendent
of public Instruction, has just Issued
the 1919 edition of the Oregon school
laws and copies are now being sent
out.
Four steel steamships of 6.000 tons
will be built by the Alblna Kngine and
Machine works, a Portland shipyard,
for a group of Scandinavian business
men.
The public service commission will
hold a hearing in Amity, July IS, on
the application of the Amity Mutual
Telephone company for an increase in
rates.
Salem firemen and policeiyen have
petitioned the city council to grant an
increase In their wages to $100 a
month. Tlicy are now receiving only
$30 to $95.
The Pendleton city council has or
dered the purchase of a new automo
bile. street flusher and sprinkler, to re
place the present horse-driven equip
ment In use.
By the first of August at tha latest
Pendleton will be entirely Independ
ent from the river for its water Bup
ply, as a new pipe line is being laid
to Chaplish springs.
There are now more men than Jobs
in Umatilla county. The free employ
ment bureau at Pcndletou finds that
there are about three hands available
for every harvest job.
With' the employment of a manager
to attend to its business for the com
ing year, the Deschutes Valley Potato
Growers' association will be more ac
tive this year in the potato market
Patients tn Portland hospitals also
have met the high cost of living. Both
St Vincent's hospital and the Good
Samaritan hospital have Increased
their rates since ante bellum days.
Virgil D. Earl, for the past 11 years
head of the department ot mathema
tics and athletic coach at the Washing
ton high school in Portland, has been
elected principal of the Astoria high
school.
Lane county's spirit of cooperation
was Illustrated when more than 1000
farmers met with members of the Eu
gent Chamber of Commerce In an all
day picnic on the University of Ore
gon campus.
The voting of $5,000,000 bonds by
the North Unit Irrigation district of
Jefferson' county has been validated
and in all respects confirmed in a de
cree by Circuit Judge Duffy In, the
county clerk's office.
A regular freight service from Port
land to Australia and New Zealand,
with monthly sailings, will be estab
lished soon, provided Portland can fur
nish from 2000 to 3000 tons of cargo
each way for each sailing.
The June contribution of the Stand
ard oil company to the good roads fund
of Oregon under the fuel oil tax law
amounted to $26,789.12, a gain of more
than five thousand dollars over the
taxvfor the previous month.
The Silverton Food Products com
pany has started a cannery in the
Loughmiller mill building. The com
pany will specialize on Evergreen ber
ries, but will handle some Joganber
ries and possibly some prunes.
Ranchers of Deschutes county were
advised to perfect plans for going be
fore the legislature at the 1921 ses
sion to ask for the establishment of an
experiment station near Bend, when
Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of the Ore
gon Agricultural college, spoke at a
banquet given by the Deschutes county
farm bureau Jta honor of the visiting
regents ot the college.
To stimulate agriculture, domaatle
science, horticulture and livestock pro
duct Ion, the Deschutes county court
appropriated $1225 tor community
fairs to be held tn Bend, Redmond, Tu
malo and In the Orange district '
Portland physicians by concerted ao
tlon hav Increased their rates In pro
portion to other Items In the high coat
ot living, and patients must now pay
all the way from SO cents to $1000
mors than they used to tn pre-war
days.
A gift of 160 acres of land on which
there stands 3,000,000 feet Of timber,
has been given to Willamette univer
sity by a donor whose name is with
held. The same donor has given $500
for the equipment ot au Infirmary In
I-aunaniip hull.
During the week ending July 17
there were reported to the state in
dustrial accident (oimuUslnn 3:17 ae
cldnnts, of which three were fatal.
The fatalities Include Charles Admits
of Brighton, Thorn )ev of St. Hel
ens, and 11. K. Iirt-lon of Coqultls.
Under an agreement reached by
both the l'ortliffd giauilmndlers' un
ion Bml the employers involved, the
gt.ue. board of eoiieiliuii.il U to hold
li'-anims on the issues nt stake and
tin' suggestions of the board will be
tiu.eii as a ruling by both parties.
Salem's first oversea war bride ar
rived lu the person of Mrs. O. K.
Tut. Ja, a native of France and formerly
Instructor of English la the French
schools at I.e Havre. Mr. Tulcja until
recently as In the United States navy
and It was while traveling from Paris
to iirest that ho met his young bride.
Practically every lumber and tie
concern west of tho Cascade moun
tains and between Portland and the
California boundary has Joined In an
appeal to the railroad administration
to secure for shippers and consumers
the same rates on lumber between
local points tn Oregon as now exist
between local points In Washington. '
With a total or $66,166.99 collected
In the six month period ending June
SO. receipts from taxes on gifts, lega
cies and Inheritance had almost
-doubled over the same period In 1918,
when the state's revenues from this
source totalled but $:I6..1",3 .47, accord
ing to the semi minimi report of State
Treasurer lloff, submitted to Governor
Olcott.
III cause of the apparent tardiness of
many electrical contractors in Oregon
In filing bonds In the sum of J.'OO and
paying their annual license fee of $15
Siate Labor Commissioner Gram an
nounced that he would begin checking
up the delinquents on August 1. Pen
alty for falling to comply with the
terms of the law carries a maximum
fine of $100.
Small cities and towns throughout
Oregon are advised in a warning issued
by the state fire marshal to look at
their fire fighting equipment, lest they
suffer disaster similar to that which
has come to several Oregon towns In
the recent past From investigations
made by the deputies It has been
found that many of the smaller cities
are without adequate fire fighting ap
paratus. Because of Inability of the attorney
general to lay down a hard and fast
rule defining an Institution of learn
ing under the soldiers', sailors' and
marines' financial educational aid bill
and because It will be necessary for
some of the Institutions to show that
they have the facilities for furnishing
a course of study that will be bene
ficial to applicants. Deputy Secretary
of State Kozer today called a confer
ence at the state capitol.
The service medals for Oregon's
fighting sons, authorized by an act of
the last legislature, will be distributed
November 11, the first anniversary of
the signing of the armistice, with ap
propriate ceremonies in every county
in the state, according to plans formu
lated at a meeting of the medal com
mission in Salem, This commission Is
composed of Governor Olcott, State
Treasurer Hoff, Adjutant General
Stafrln and State Librarian Cornelia
Marvin.
Some Idea of the enormous amount
of gasoline consumed in the operation
of motor vehicles and other activities
in Oregon may be obtained from the
report of Sam Kozer, deputy secretary
of state, which shows that If all this
product, together with the distillate,
used between February 26 and June SO,
1919, amounting to 13,315,188 gallons,
was placed In one container It would
require a tank 200 feet In diameter and
67 feet high. The tank would cover
an ordinary city block tn Portland. If
placed In regular 10,000-gallon capacity
railroad tank cars, it would make a
train of these cars 11 miles long.
Warning to housewives of Oregon to
refrain from using canning compounda
harmful to health has been received by
the state sealer of weights and meas
ures from the department of agricul
ture at Washington. In the circular
received by the state sealer It 4s
charged that many of the canning
compounds contain salicylic or borlo
acid and are unnecessary for the rear
son that fruits and vegetables will
keep for a long period without the
use of chemicals. The warning waa
Issued, It is said, because the laws of
the government and state do not apply
to foods prepared In the homes for
local consumption.
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Cost of Operation 7c Per Hour
Des Chutes Power Go.
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Fresh Fish and Oysters
Fruit and Vegetables in Season
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