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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY ,
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXIII.
PRINEVILLE. CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 81, 1919. '
NO. M.
MAY HAVE AIRPLANES
FOR INTER-STATE FAIR
PRINEVILLE TO HAVE
TWO CHAUTAUQUAS
County
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PRINEVILLE TO HAVE A NEW SAW MILL
DEPENDS UPON , III 1,11V
TO INTEREST OTHER FAIRS
THIS Will BE BEST Film YET
Intent Ion In To (i.t A Circuit Of
l-ittxlern Oregon Fairs Ho That
ot M ill Not IU Tim. High
The management of the Oregon In-tor-Btnln
Fair la now pUnnlng upon
having an aviator Klvn dally exhi
bitions at tha fair thin fill, provided
arrangements ran be nmd with somei
of the othrr Eastern Oregon Fairs to
form a clrrult In order that the price
may ne wtintn reach.
They are now In touch with an
viator who will give dully exhibitions
of the latest thing In fly.ng. doing nil
such stunts as looping the loop, tall
spinning, nose diving, flying upside
down and In fact everything that the
best aviators of today are doing.
The securing of t.il thrilling at
traction will depend upon sncurlng
two other dates either heforn or after
the fair "aera and arrangement are
now belli made wim these other
fairs and If the plan succeed the
aviator will fly from rfpuknne to thnso
fairs, thus assuring the people In the
remote sections thst this attraction
will wppean Definite information
regarding the coming of this attract.
Ion will be given out as soon as pos
sible. Without question the Inter-State
Fair la growing faat and this year It
will be noticed more than ever h"fire
by the outside livestock exhibitors
and the commercial exhibits from
Portland, California and In fact the
entire Northwest. Almost all of the
space In the pavllllon la now reserv
ed and It Is all for outside people.
It Is hoped that the city hand will
be used for the music and this will do-
rend npon whether they are In shape
to handle it. The amusement lonejmia. Club this afternoon at thi home
will be oven better than ever this of Mrs. Edwarda In surprise hand
Tear and without auestlon the fair; kerchief ahowcr on Mrs. May J. Wlgle
will fur surpass air others held here. Who former president of the Club, In
The Orsnth-Connty Fair Is held the appreciation of hr work for the ehu
wek before the fair here, also the mlaa last year. .
Fan 'Km All at Mitchell and the! Several guests of the Shumla raem-
maie rsir at Hnicm inus insuring ,
plonty of horses, livestock and amuse
ment as many have signified their In
tention of shipping directly here.
The big problem Is whnt will we
do with all the people. If Prlneville
hopes to keen up with the Inter-State
Fair It will be up to the people to get
busy and help solve the hotel prob
lem. ,.i.f0 r' big on' ".d ; sl,t..
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11. Rl'SSELL PURCHASES
PRIZE WINNING BIR
W,
W. n. Russell hns purchasiicl the
breeding pen of Huff Orpingtons be
longing to Dr. I. It. novo. These
birds are from the prlio winning
Pcudder laying strnlnjOf fluffs. Mr.
Russell expects to be able to sapply
eggs for hntchlng next sprlig to those
desiring something choice In the line
of fine poultry. They are certilnly
a fine pen of birds and with the pure
bred Plymouth Rock stock Mr. Rub
aoll already hns will give him an
excclont plant for the production of
high class breeding stock.
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MERRY PARTY AT PAULINA
Arthur Michel, Krnest ERtes, Ad
rian Yancey and the Misses Ruth and
Mildred Dlshman motored to Paulina
Saturday afternoon, where they at
tended a merry party the same even
ing at the home of II. J. Lister.
The party was nttondod by a large
number of frlonds from the Paulina
section. All enjoyed the evening im
mensely, which was spent with mus
ic, dancing and a general good time,
followed by light refreshments to
conclude the evening's merriment.
The above mentioned young people
from Prlneville were guests of the
Listers both Saturday and Sunday,
returning home Sunday night.
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FIRE IIOSK NEEDS ATTENTION
If a fire should break out In tho
city today would the fire hose be
found to be out of order and refuse
to worker burst as they have done
In a grent many small towns lntely
where serious damage has resulted?
This Is a question that should be ser
iously considered at this Benson of the
year when the fire menace is so
great. Some one should De apolnted
to carefully examine and see that the
entire fire fighting equipment is kept
In working order for any emergency.
NEW RAILWAY AGENT COMING
In about a week the Ci;y of Prine
rllle Railway will have a new general
agent at this point. N. O, Davis, who
has been freight cashier at ,the Bend
office since 191! I.'.b resigned bis
position to accept the jtfice here and
irill be on the Job in it few days.
Rogers Interests Expect to Construct a Saw Mill to Cut
Their Two Billion Feet of Pine Timber.
OTTO IIOIMiKH ItK'I'l HNS 1IOMK
Monday morning Otto Hodges, son
of Rllns Hodge of this city, returned
with his discharge from tha U. S.
Navy with which branch of Undo
Sum's fighting service ha has been
associated for the past two years.
II on 1 1st oil from here' In April,
1917, just a few days before war was
declared and was stationed at Mare
Island where ho received bla training
preparatory to going to sea. lis was
placed In the commissary department
In the beginning and he steadily ad
vanced In that line. For practically
two years now ha baa oeen most of
tha time at aea, patrolling the waters
of the North Pacific, going as far
as the Philippines and Vladlvoatock,
but spending most of the time in the
Alaskan waters.
Otto likes the sailors life very
much snd Intends to take It up aa a
life work. After spending the sum
mer here visiting relatives and friends
snd taking a vacation trip to the
mountains, he Intends returning to
take a course In the Government
school at Mare Island. With the
training In seamanship that he has
now had, by the addition of six weeks
study he will be able to take out pa
pers as a Second Mate. Then It will
only require a little more time on the
water until he can acquire First Mate
papers and from there It is an easy
road to higher ratings. As soon as
he gets his Mstca papers he will en
ter the merchant marine, preferably
on a paasenger steamer crossing the
Pacific.
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A HANKKIMHIEF SHOWER
Mrs. Our Lafollette and Mrs. C. S
Awards are entertaining the Shu-
hers re present, among them lin
ing: Mrs. K. J. Burrows and Mrs. A
J. ilsy of Portland, sister md mnt
of Mrs. Wlgle.
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FORMER PRINEVILLE GIRL
MARRIES I.N NEVADA
Word hns Just been received of the
tniirrlngn on July 8. 1919, of Miss
fri7 t,iLhrwfii
Kureka. Nevada. Miss Jeffries will
-..lie rememncreu as hhviiik i.iukui in
itlie Prlneville public schools a
few
i years ago. The newly-weds win mane
their home In Eureka, where Mr.
I Eat her is engaged in the hardware
1 business.
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HERBERT HAMILTON TO
RE HOME IN SHORT TIME
Mrs. R. Hamilton on Tuesday re
ceived a telegram from her son, Her
bert, who has been with tl.e Array of
Occupation on the ifhim since the
armistice was signed, saying that be
was at Garden City, New York, on l.is
way home, and tha. he expected to
bo discharged and In I'rt'ievtlle oon.
We note by the Portland Journal
that he arrived In Now York Monday
on the U. S. S. Martha Washington.
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DR. EDWARDS MOVING OFFICK
The building on Main street for
merly occupied by A. R. Bowman is
being remodeled and fitted up In the
most up-to-date manner for a phys
ician's and surgeon's office. Dr. C. S.
Edwards Is tho now tenant and the
suite of office rooms formerly
occupied by Pr, Edwards with Dr.
Belknap will be fitted up as part of
the Belknap offices.
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SCIIEE TO HAVE NEW OFFICE
R. B. Roller is this week remodel
ing and papering the building for
merly occunled by the Prlneville Ci
gar factory. It is to be fitted up as
an office for R. L. Schee, secretary
of the Oregon Inter-State Fair and
secretary of the Prlneville Commer
cial Club. He will move into his
new quarters as soon as they are
flnishod. which will be about the last
of the week.
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DOLLY HODGES ENTERTAINS
Miss Dolly Hodges was the hostess
last Saturday evening to about twenty-five
young people -with a dancing
party at her home. The guests of hon
or were the boys who have just 're
turned from the service. After an
enjoyable evening with music and
dancing, light refreshments were
served to conclude the occasion.
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NO BAND CONCERT THIS WEEK
Owing to the fact that several of
the band boys are desirous of attend
ing the .Elks lodge meeting in Bend
tomorrow night, there will be no band
I concert here this weeK.
Site for Mill Not
High Cost of Construction and Ma
terial Forbid Building Opera
tions for at Least 2 Years.
A. R. Rogers of Minnespolis and
W, A. Pickering of Kansas City, have
been apending several days In this
vicinity recently Investigating the
conditions relative to opening up the
Rogers timber, building a mill In
this city, and starting the work in
the large holdings adjacent to Prlne
vllle. The work that haa been done
at this time Is an exhaustive survey
snd check on the conditions to be
met and the men at the head of this
enterprise state that at this time It Is
impossible to give out any statements
aa to exactly when the mill will be
started, except that It will sorely be
built. There are a great many things
that will make It Impossible for the
company to start this year, however.
One Item alone, which la causing the
engineers considerable difficulty is
the Ochoco dam, the construction of
which baa made a difference of $160,-
TO COMPLETE THE OCHOCO DAN
' BY JANUARY FIRST IS THE PLAN
All Emergency Field Work Done and
... JMany Workers
: PROJECT IS THE BEST IN THE
PROGRESS AT RIO EARTH BAM QUITE SATISFACTORY COST OP
COMPLETE SYSTEM TO BK SMALL PERCENTAGE ABOVE
ESTIMATE LAND OWNERS ALL INVITED TO IN
SPECT BOOKS Of DISTRICT ANY TIME
Following out the policy of the
u.u v. uu ..v.w. w m w..vv
trict outlined some months ago, all
workers on me project inai were urn
essential to tne completion oi me uam
and the maintenance of is office,
have been discharged during the
month, a number of them during the
current week. This action is possible
at this time, because of the fact that
all emergency work on the canal sys
tem has been completed, practically
all the structures installed and the
principal effort of the district forces
concentrated on the dam.
The new condition effects a saving
for the district that will bo consid
erable, and will not retard the neces
sary work in any way.
In speaking of the changes in the
employees of ihe district, President
Biggs said "We havo been planning
this stop for months and are glad to
say that at last it has become possible.
We will concentrate every effort on
A GREAT GARDEN
Just a word to those who are dis
.mirolrnH with thnir ftttAmntft At car.
denlng this year. We will admit
that this has been a poor season for,
gardens but to prove what can be coll to keep the crop this year. On
done with proper care, just take a: or about January first Mr. and Mrs.
look at the Garrison garden on West'D. A. Yates (brother-in-law and sis
Second street. The journal repre- ter of Mr. Sears) will take possession
sontatlve looked it over carefully yes- and move onto the place to operate it,
terday and was truly surprised at the as Mrs. Sears desires to remain in
results which have been obtained by their present home at The Dalles un-
the application of scientific princl-
pies to the raising of a garden. Mr.
Garrison has thirty-three species and
fifty varieties of as luxurient truck
as was ever produced in any climate
by any gardener. That is some
strong point but seeing is belleveing.
And what one has done others can
do, so cheer up If you have failed
and try again next year with a deter
mination to win. But don t fail to
give Mr. Garrison's garden the once
over as it is a winner, the sight of
which will do much to whet your en
thusiasm for your efforts next year.
1 W. B. S.
CHANGE IN MAfL DKTRIHtTIOX
We are' informed by Postmaster
Boone that the. firs: class mail ar
riving here at S:15 in the evening
will be dlBtrlbntad bo that those hav
ing boxes at the office can get their
moll between 8: SO and 9; 00 oich ev
ening. But It is necessary to. go to
the office between those hours ns the
door Is lockdd at 8; 0C promptly each
night.
Yet Decided Upon.
000 In the construction of the rail
road Into the timber. The road must
now go up over-the dam, that Is, al
ong the hillside above the dam,
whereas before It could follow a wat
er grade up the Ochoco river bottoms
The representatives of this company
stated positively that no definite site
had been selected. In fact, no defin
ite plans of any nature have been
made. The work at this time being
merely a thorough checking up of all
conditions affecting the project and
every step up to date has been very
encouraging. They have verified
logs of this company amount to ap
proximately two billion feet, and the
railroad to tap the timber will be
about 10 miles In length. The road
will alao reach into the Ochoco min
ing district, which promises to devel
op into a very Important factor 1 the
growth of this section.
are Laid Off
WEST SAYS PRESIDENT BIGGS
the completion of the dam, and at he
present rate of progress it will be
done by the first of the new vear.
and when it is completed, we will he played baseball at every oppor
have the best little irrigation propo- tunity and was finally elected cap
Bition in the west. ! tain of the champion baseball team of
"All land owners in the district are
invited to come iu to the otfieta of services in this capacity, he was , progranls and in ti;eir campaign for
the district and inspect the books at. awarded a medal of which he is very j Dusine8g j,ere in 1921, it is imperative
any time they wish to do so. Not a proud as he says "it's the only medal ,hat no rivalry exi3t iocauy between
dollar of the funds of tha district have that I've brought home." guarantors or friends of the two com-
been misspent and the work has pro- After spending the summer atpaUies. The reason for this is evi
gressed as rapidly as possible consid-jhome here he will enter the Univer-dent (Tom tbe fact that divisions or
erlng labor and materiil conditions. sity of Oregon for a six years' grind . factiona are very undesirable in any
It is a fact that the cost of the com-! to win a degree of Doctor of Medi- community. And if we are going to
firtcu iiiujcib "... ud u ii i. a o in a i .
percentage greater than the estimate,
which ie quite remarkicle consider -
in conditions under which tho work
has been done,
The bond issue which will be voted
on in August will complete the work,
and enable the land owners to repay
the entire cost of the system in a few
years at the prevailing high prices.
POWELL BUTTE RANCH SOLD
Mr. and Mrs. John Driscoll have
sold to Guy Sears their 120 acre
i ranch at Powell Butte. The sale price
was reported as $11,500. Mr. Dris-
j til her daughters, Orsa and Ada, have
completed their educational courses
t there.
Orsa -will complete her train-
ing in The Dalles hospital and Ada
I will graduate from The Dalles high
school. As yet Mr. and Mrs. Driscoll
have no definite plans for the future.
This is one of the best ranches in
that community and the home is thor
oughly modern, making a nice home
for anyone. The Sears' are well
'known here, having owned and oper-
ated Beveral farms in this section and
we are glad to see them buying in
again, but the loss of the Driscoll's
will be keenly felt and they will leave
a vacancy hard to fill. Mr. Driscoll
is well liked and Mrs. Driscoll is a
gracious, cultured woman, who has
endeared herself to all..
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MRS. REA ENTERTAINS
The Afternoon Bridge Club was en
tertained Thursday by Mrs. R. W,
Rea at her home on First street. Mrs
J. H. Upton received the highest score
and Mrs. George Euston the second
highest.
TELEPHONE RITES SOAR
The Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Company announce a raise In
rates whicL-applies to residence ser
vice changes being made In the prin
cipal business rates May 1, 1019.
Beginning July 29, 1919, the fol
lowing changes become effective:
Old New
Rate Rate
One party res. phone $2.00 $2.75
Two party res. phone 1.75
2.26
2.00
Four party res. phone 1.60
OCHOCO FARMERS MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Ochoco Farmers' Association In the
Grimes Chapel Monday evening at
7:30 sharp to discuss the Irrigation
bond issue and other matters. All
landowners in the Irrigation District
should attend this meeting.
MASONIC TEMPLE TO BE BUILT
The local order of Masons is now at
work on plans and estimates for
new temple to be built nere at a cost
of approximately $15,000. If con
ditions and plans are satisfactory,
construction may start soon. The
building is to occupy the site of the
old temple which will be moved to
another site and sold.
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SERGEANT BELKNAP ARRIVES
Sgt. Hobart Belknap, youngest son
of Dr. and Mrs. H. P. Belknap of this
city, arived home Sunday after spend
ing over two years in the service of
Uncle Sam. .
Hobart enlisted in April, 1917, be
ing one of the first bunch to enlist
from here. He was entrained to
Camp Lewis and placed with the IT.
S. A. Base Hospital there, where he
remained in training for a year. He
was then transferred to Base Hos
pital No. 93, A. E. F. and sent to
France where he served as a First ! in the most business-lik manner os
Sergeant in the hospital until March Isible. And also all new toutracts for
of this year. He was then given per- j future Chauatuquas will be handled
mission by the government to take a by this association direct with the
four months' course at the famous I Portland office of the bureaus. This
University of Aix-Marsailles with all! will eliminate the annoying practice
expenses paid. This offer he gladly of having the audiences bored with,
took advantage of and availed him-, future Chautauqua propaganda dur
aelf of an intensive pre-medical j ing the programs. Annual Chautau
course for this period. While in qUag are now a community necessity
Southern France he had an oppor- j and should be permanently establUh
tunity to visit many points of interested as an institution in inis city by
and also received a leave or absence
to take a trip to Rome and other i
points in Italy. While in the service
Southern France. For his excellent
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' rorxTT FTKS GO
rROOK W11 ','KS w
OVER THE TOl' riKSl
The' following letter of apprecia
tion addressed to the citizens of the
county has been handed us for publi
cation by the committee representing
the Elks lodge in their recent Salva
tion Army drive:
"The generous response made by
the people of Crook County in the
campaign conducted by the Order of
Elks ln beht.ll of the Salvation Army
"9 oervice,
highest wjnM of appreciation.
Crook county not only fulfilled
the expectations cf the State Execu
tive Committee in subscribing its
quota of $900, but that sum was over
subscribed by several hundred dol
lars the first official day of the drive,
giving Croo county the distinction of
being the first county in the State!
"over the top"
"The prompt answer of the people
of Crook county gave inspiration, to
the rest of the State, and it is not
only appreciated by the Salvation
Army, but also by every man who
wore the uniform of Uncle Sam dur
ing the war, for it was through the
returning soldiers and sailors that
the noble and patriotic work of the
Salvation Army on the battlefields
became generally known, which at
once made the securing of funds the
most popular subscription of the war.
"As officers of the committee sel
ected to assist in conducting the cam
paign, may we not be permitted to
thank the people who contributed, the
newspapers furnishing free advertis
ing, the soldiers and sailors aiding
the committee, and also to you, too,
"Brother Bill," The campaign was
a pleasant one for us, and we feel
sure you toojt pleasure in your con
tributions and in your work.
T. E. J. DUFFY, Chairman.
WILLARD WIRTZ, Sec,
BUSINESS MEN PLEDGE
THEMSELVES TO SUPPORT
m SIGN THE GUARANTEE
(liautauqoao Will Be Held During
Month of .June To Accommodate
Out-OF-Town Attendance
Prineville la to have two Chautau
quaa next year. This was assured
by the action of the business men
last Friday at the Club luncheon at
the Prlneville Hotel, in pledging
themselves to support, not only the
Ellison-White Company, which con
tract was signed about three weeks
ago, but also to support a new com- -pany,
the West Coast Chautauqua
Bureau. The contract for the new
Chautauqua was circulated by soma
of the business men on Thursday and
up to the hour of the luncheon Friday
had received about thirty signatures.
Many more names were added at the
luncheon while Miss Fay M. Hunting
ton of Portland, representing the Bu
reau, explained the contract and al
so gave the history and plant of the
new company. The contract was cir
culated following the luncheon and
quickly had fifty, the required num
ber of aignatures upon it.
Several advantageous features are
noted in the new agreement, among
which ia the fact that the guarantee
consists of the sale of 460 season
tickets at $2.75 each, a saving of ap
proximately $100 from the amount
for which guarantors were held re
sponsible during the past year by El-liBon-WhiU,
and alao the fact that 25
per cent of all season ticket sale
above the guarantee goes to the local
association. It is expected that both.
Chautauquas will be held in the latter
part of June, one following immedia
tely after the other. This ia consid
ered the best time of the year for out
of town people to attend.
A meeting is to be calkd soon for
the purpose of organizing a perma
nent Chautauqua association for this
section in order that the local end of '
the Chautauqua work may De handled
i the organization of a permanent as-
sociation of about one hundred rep
resentative business men of this city
and surrounding country.
While it is expected that the two
rival companies will evince a great
ri, , .jynirv next vear. both in their
put over two Chautauquas success
fully, we will have to pull together
stronger than ever. After it is all ov-
I er we will have an opportunity for
comparison which will enable us to
know which one we wish for 1921
and we will also have performed a
stunt which has never been equalled
by a town of this size in the world,
that of putting over two Chautauquas
in the same season. It is planned to
aid in getting all to work in harmony
in the local campaign for these enter
tainments by having all guarantors of
both companies enroll in the perma
nent Prineville Chautauqua Associa
tion and also have each guarantor
sign both contracts.
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LARGE CLASS TO BE INITIATED
Tomorrow night at the Elks lodge
in Bend a large class will be initiated
into the mysteries of the order. There
are twenty-two scheduled to appear
from Frinevuie ana vicinity. Among
tnem are: a . r . noeiscner, i. m. iuiub,
R. L. Schee, R. S. Dixon, James Dlx-
on, Antone Carlson, Max Strixner, H,
A. Foster, Ross Robinson, C. Sam
Smith, Henry Howard, Chas. King,
H. R. Lakin, Joe Lister, E. J. Wilson,
Homer Ross, H. G. Kennard, Lynn
Nichols, G. H. Russell and E. T.
Slayton.
W. 8. 8.
RESIDENTS XEED MAIL SERVICE
It is hoped that the postal depart
ment will see fit soon to lengthen the
tree delivery route out of Prlneville
to include the residents on lower
Croked river, who, since the rail
road has taken over the mail con
tract Into Prineville, have been en
tirely without mail service. The re
commendation was sent in by Post
master Boone several weeks ago for
this territory to be included ln a rur
al route from here but to date noth
ing more has been heard from the
matter.