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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOL. XXIII.
PKI NEVILLE. ChOX OOPWTT, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 18, 1010
NO. 45
LONE PINE LANDS TO
BE
MHTHHT BEING K)ltMl;i) TO
GET WATER FROM DKHt III TKM
Will IRRIGATE 2,000 ACRES
huily Will He I 'imveyrd Actum The
Crooked River lly Mcnim Of A
Bridge Ovnr The Canyon
The Lone Pine IrrlKullon District
Is 'noon to be organised, with en area
i( about 2. QUO acres of Unit, which
It to be Irrigated from ft supply fur
nished from the extension of the Cen
tral Oregon Canal, across Crooked
rlvor canyon to the lands which lie
on the north side of the river near
the former O'Nell posioftoce, ell in
Crook county.
The petition, which in filed this
week, ask for the consideration of
the matter by the county court at a
meeting to be held for that purpoae on
October 18.
The landa specified are all owned
nd are for the moat part already un
der cultivation by the owners.
Petitioners, which constitute prac
tically all the land owners, are: N. K.
Melton, 8. W. Rlcketts. a. Dnxarth,
Emily Wallenberg. Robert 8. Knorr,
V. Butler, R. 8. Te.rill, E. 8. Terrlli
and Ethel K. Edwards.
Denton 0. Burdlck Is attorney for
the petitioners.
MRS. MARY A. RAM D1EH
Death closed the eventful career of
Mrs. Mary A. Cram, aged 84 years and
the mother of nine living children,
last Friday night. Mrs. Cram had
lived a full life. Recently aha cele
brated a family reunion here with her
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren present.
Mrs. Cram was horn at Nashua, N.
Hampshire, November 29, 18.16. tier
girlhood was spent In New England,
where she wss married to Perry Cram
who preceded hor to the grave. Soon
after their wedding they went to Aus
tin, Texas, where their first two chil
dren were born. From the south they
migrated to California, coming .from
that state to Oregon In 18H0.
Tor a number of years Mra. Cram
has mnde her home here near her son,
P. A. Cram. She was proud of her big
family and her many grandchildren
nd grent-grandchlldren, and her hap
piest moments were when they were
here visiting. Happy family reunions
were frequent occurane.es.
Funeral services wore held at the
home at 4:30 o'clock, Sunday after
noon. Rev. W. O. Elliot, Jr., paator
of the Church of Our Father,. Port
londfl officiating. The body was tak
en to Portland for cremation.
In addition to the local son, the
other eoght children are: Wardwell
Cram of Harrlshurg; Bldwcll Cram of
ORteway; V. S. Cram of Raymond,
Washh.; Mrs. Chas Butler of Port
Townsnnd .Wash.; Henry and James
Cram of Prlnevllle; Mrs. T. B. Steele
of Los Angeles. Calif : Mrs. Hurry L.
Vorsa of Portlund. Hood River Gla
cier for Bcpt. 6, 1919.
NEW IRRIGATION COMPANY
Articles of Incorporation were
filed st Snlem on Monday of the Cas
cade Irrigation Company, with O. B.
Hardy, Jr.. W. I. Smith and N. A.
Burdlck as Incorporators The capital
stock Is $50,000.
The new corporation will have Its
headquarters at Redmond and Its
flld of operntions will be Central Ore
gon. Redmond Spokesman.
EHTRAY NOTICE
The following animals have hoen
taken up and may be found at the
Hamilton Stables in this city, where
owner may have same by proving the
proporty and paying coats:
One bull, roan with white face,
branded 65 on left hip, about five
years old. '
One bay hor30, eight years old,
branded two parallel lines on right
shouldor, left eye gone.
One hay horse, branded S enclos
ed In Diamond on right shouldor.
One gray mare, branded P on right
shoulder.
One colt branded with a top on the
left hip.
One gray colt branded CS on right
hipf
One gray colt branded UP connect
ed on right shouldor.
One bay colt branded. 94 on right
shouldor. 4Gt2p
STANITELD BUYS HOME
R. N. Stanflold on Tuesday complet
ed a deal for the purchase of the beau
tiful home of M. W. Hunt at 271 Cor
nell Road, Portland. The residence,
which Is valued at $30,000, will be
the future home of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanflold and their daughter, Barbara
No price consideration was given.
Last year. Stanflold bought a quarter
block on Grnr.d and Hawthorne ave
nues and this summer has purchased
the Henry building at Fourth and
Oak. Stanfiold Standard.
. It Is reported that Mr. and Mrs. D
H. Peoples of Bend, formerly of this
city, are the parents of a baby girl,
born last Sunday.
HIGHWAY NEEIDC
Citizens Requested to Confer With Court In Plan For County Highway System
WOULD OUTLINE 5-YEAR PROGRAM-BOND ISSUE NECESSARY 10 SECURE STATE AND FEDERAL AID
T
ELLIOTT Hi Hit; IN ARK
THE U EST BIDDERS
INVOLVES ABOUT TEN HUES
Forestry Office 8aja Home Work Will
' Probably Bo Done This Winter
On This Important Koad
Good nowa has Just come from the
Portland office In the form of a sttto
ment thai bids for the Wbeelor
county section of the Prlnoville. Mit
chell road Involving 9 3-4 mile were
opened on September 10 and that the
lowest bidders were Eliot t & Scoglo of
Portland The statement also Indi
cates that recommendations by the
Forest Burvlce have been made to
award the contract to the above firm.
It Is very propable that soma work
will be done yet this fall and the cost
will be approximately $200,000.
Another bit of good news comes In
the form of an allotment of $600 with
which to build a secondary road to
the Mill Creek-Trout Croek divide.
Work will be commenced on this proj
ect at once with the hope that at
least a passable road for autos can be
completed before next summer. If,
this can be done It will be possible for
auto parties to at least worn their way I
to the summit of the m aintain and '
perhaps easterly as far as View Point;
also northerly down Into the Trout
Crook country.
Runner Anderson ha been at the
local Foretitry headquarters f;.r two
or three days In connection with his
official duties.
Arrangementa have been made with
the State Fish Hatchery on Tumalo
Creek near Bend for securing &0.000
trout fry, The greatest number or
which will he placed In the new Ocho
co reservoir. Probably the majority
of the fish will bo eaxtern brook trout.
Ranger Freeman from Summit
Prairie spent Tuesday In Prlnevllle
consulting with local Forest offlcluls
and purchasing a list of supplies for
lis full needs. Ranger Freeman only
comes to town when hunger driveB
him in and statea that he very much
appreciates the cooperation of the
weather man In furnishing sufficient
rnlnfall to help him extliiKiilnh one of
the most stubborn fires of the season.
The fire had been burning for sever
al days and was located in one of the
worst sections of his district so far as
brush, logs and other features making
ire iignung difficult is concerned.
Reports from all soctlhns of the
Forest Indicate that the recent Ken-
oral rains have again saved the day
for the stockman and that undoubt
edly by the time feeding season comes
all stock will bo In excellent condition
Even though the past summer has
been one of the driest known, stock
have kept up well and even consider
able beof has boen gathered from the
cattle ranges, however, had rains
falld to come when they did all clasaog
of stock would undoubtedly have suf
fered greatly.
EPIDEMIC OP COLDS
The Dalles is in the grip of an epi
demic of colds and slight attacks of
tonsllltis. The local hospital has had
more cases of tonsllltis during the
past month than ever Jiefor in its
history. From Indications the cold,
flu, or whatover It Is manifests Itself
with a headache, which heralds sore
throat, stomach ache and a general
weakness, The Dalles Chronlclo.
A MILLION DOLLAR RAIN
A million dollar rnbiniore or less,
has been hitting the eTrth in this sec
tion today. Everybody Is wearing a
smile and the hills are wearing fall
coats of green again. Sheepmen and
stockmen In general In Harney coun
ty will be greatly benefitted by the
visitation of aqua pura. Crane Am
erican. HYDE PARK SELLING FAST
The following sales In Hyde Park
wore reported by R. L. Schee this
week: Ralph Porfily, 2 acres; James
Fuller, 1 acre; Mrs. R. W. Zevely, 1
acre; Chas. O'Kolley, 1-2 acre; and
Mrs. Fuller 1-2 acre. This land Is
joining the city on the east and is
selling fast to parties that expect to
improve soon.
Contracts For Crooked River -Redmond
Road to be Awarded October 7
Length 46 Miles. Ochoco High
way Waits County Aid.
. A meeting of all citizens In the county who are Interested In the matter'
of cooperative highway system providing trunk highways that will be with
in easy reach of every community In the county Is being called by Judge
Wallace for Beptember 26, which Is Friday.
The meeting will be held In the circuit court rooms In the court house,
and Is for the purpose of hearing from every part of the county, and a gen
eral discussion of the needs of all the communities, which It is planned can
be cared for during the progress and unfolding of the program, over a per
iod of from three to flvs years.
At thla time the necessity of a bond Issue, which will provide $50,000
additional for the 46 miles of road down the Crooked river canyon to Prlne
ville from the old Davis ranch, then to Redmond through the Powell Butte
district, Including the reconstruction of the grade west of the city and an
amount necessary to Insure early construction of a road up Ochoco from
Prlnevllle to the Jones sawmill, will be given discussion and careful consid
eration. Contracts for the first mentioned highway are to be let by the State on
October 7, and the Ochoco road will follow soon after, provided the county
bond Issue carries.
The meeting Is very Important and a large attendance and general dis
cussion is desired by the court.
LARGE SHIPMENTS
OF CATTLE MADE
Last Saturday evening six carloads
of cattle were shipped to the Port
land market from Prlneville, The
shippers were ' George Dickson of
Prlnevllle, two cars; Isaac Blann of.
Mitchell, one car;-Jim Cram of Rob
erts, two ears; George Russell, of
Prlnevllle, one car.
On Sunday fourteen cars of cattle
were shipped out of Prlnevllle. routed
for Kansas City. The shippers were
E. R. Laughlln, four cars; Dick Barn
house, four cars; Baxter & Payne,
two cars; R. R. Hawken, two cars;
Schumaker Bros., two cars.
AH of these men are from the
Mountain Creek country near Mit
chell. They all expressed themselves as
well pleased with the trail this way,
and also with the vard and loading
facilities at this point.
ROYALTY MAY BE THERE
The Prince of Wales himself may
he an attraction not on the program
for the tenth annual Pendleton Round
Up, which will be held Thursday, Fri
day, and Saturday, Sept. 18.19, and
20 at Pendleton. His highness who
is now in Canada on a tour west, has
been Invited to be present at the
greatest frontier show In all Ameri
ca and it Is possible that he will consent-to
attend.
Whether or not royalty is present,
there will be kings crowned at this
year's round up. Never have any
cowboys won a title two consecutive
times and followers of the round up
are wondering who will win the crown
for huldogging a steer, riding a relay
string and for roping. There are
world's championship titles to be com
peted for bv the cowgirls, too, and in
all, 19 different events will be con
tested for during the three big days.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday, September 21. Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Morning worship
at 11. Theme: "I will make you to
become." Vesper service at 7: SO
Young People's meeting at 6: SO.
These will be the la,st services Mr.
Van Nuys will hold with the -church
before leaving for a Foreign Mission
Conference in New York. The pul
pit will be filled, at each service dur
ing his absence.'
HOME HOSPITAL HS
NEW PROPRIETORS
P. B. Potndexter this week leased
the Home Hospital for a term of four
venrs to Mr. and Mrs. Short of Opal
City, who will operate U In the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Veasev, who
have been operating It for the past
year, mnde arrangements with Mr.
Polndexter, whereby their five year
lease prematurely expired and they
are moving to the ranch.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Bible School at 10 o'clock a. m.
"The Holy Scriptures" will be the
subject of Btudy. The Young People
meet at 7 p. m. Miss Estes will be
the leader. Evening service at tight
o'clock, sermon topic, "Wben those
things begin to come to pass, lift up
your heads, your redemption draweth
nigh." You are welcome td our services.
SET FOR
E
AT
Crook County High' School opened
her doors Monday for the beginning
of her eighteenth year's wark. Tne
attendance to date Is 125 as compared
Vo 115 last year, which Is tho largest
attendance in her history. This um
ber will be greatly increased within a
few day as there are several Students
to come In from the ranches yet who
haven't finished haying.
The interest in every way equals
the good attendance and with a strong
faculty this is sure to be a -anncr
year for the old school. Taere are
fuur tK'w instructors this year. Mr.
Harrington, head of the commercial
department, we mentioned last week;
Miss Florence E. Cramer, head ot the
English department and inatraUcr in
Latin, comes highly recommended !
from Park C liege, MiBslour!. Theie
she was a leader in everything thai
she undertook. She was presi-Knt of
the student body, president u2 the Y.
. C. A., efii'or of the college paper. 1
chapel orgtir.ist and a fine linger.
She will certainly add much to the
strength of the school and to tt so
cial II fo of .Ills community.
Mrs. Claia Tratt, head of .n Nor
mal department, is a graduate of the
State Normal at Monmouth and took
special work at the University of Ore
gon. Up until three years ago she
specialized in Primary work but
since that time her specialty has been
Normal work in the Washington State
High School and Ranter High School,
from which last place she comes to
take charge of the Normal- depart
ment here.
Miss Phila Hall, head of the depart
ment of domestic science and art, is
a graduate of Johnson Normal and
Willimantic.Normal of Connecticut,
and took special work since coming to
the west at the Oregon Agricultural
College. Last year she taught in the
Harrisburg High School.
DEATH OF OLD PIONEER
J. W. "Uncle Jim," Elliott died at
his home In this city last night of
heart disease. He is well and favor
ably known in this section, having re
sided here for over forty years. He
was born in the State of Missouri on
July 27. 1839.
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow at 3:00 p. m. from the
home under the auspices of the Mas
onlc order.
UPTON COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Jay H. Upton has been apointed
county chairman ot the Roosevelt
Memorial Association. The quota for
Crook county has been suggested as
$170.. Chairmen for the various
commiK.ees will be appointed by Mr.
Upton.
The Association will raise a $5,
000,000 national fund during the
week ot October 20 to 27, which will
be devoted to erecting a national
memorial at Washington, D. C, and
to maintain a pnbllo park at Oyster
Bay, New York, which may ultimately
take In Sagamore Hill to be preserved
In the same way as Washington's
estate at Mt. Vernon and Lincoln's
home at Sprfngfield. The fund Is
being raised by a non- partisan com
mittee, which feels thRt a memorial
to the late Theodore Roosevelt will
be an Inspiration to future genera
tions. ,
SEPT. 26
J. E. STEWART & CO.
HANDLE GENERAL LINES
TREMENDOUS VOLUME OP
BUSINESS STEADILY GROWING
STUDY PRICES ARE FORESEEN
Apex Is Perhaps Reached Now Low
er Prices Not Possible In Most
Lines For A Year
While there has been a decided ten
dency among Prlnevllle merchants to
specialize during the past few years,
the firm that has perhaps held more
strictly to the general merchandise
line than all others Is J. E. Stewart
& Company.
This fact may contribute somewhat
to the success felt by the firm in a
steady growth to a tremendous vol
ume. J. E. is of the opinion that the
steadily growing tendency to buy in
Prlneville Instead of from mail order
houses is more of a contributing fac
tor, but the pleasant fact to the mem
bers of the firm Is that the growth
nas Deen healthy and steady.
The year 1918 was more than thir-i
ty-five per cent heavier for this con- here, was a principal:
cern in volume of business than the I "With all the thrills of a motion
previous year or any year prior to ' picture stunt. Walter Kendall, of
that time, and the present rate tndi-jthe firm of Clark, Kendall & Co., was,
cates that the current year will be one of the principals a few nights ago
greater than last with the concern m a train hold-up act wherein a' real
by at least fifty per cent , gun was drawn and a real bad man
Mr. Stewart, who is a close student was insisting that things be done as
especially In the grocery lines, says: Ire directed. Kendall and his travel
that prices will probably be no less in ' ing companion, R. B. Spicer, of San
food supplies for a year, that fruits ' Diego. Cal., believed all the while that
of all kinds will be at a very high fig-(the gun play was the part of a movie
ure during the winter, reaching as i drama In the making,
high as sixty cents per can, for etan- Kendall and Spicer, acting for the
dard goods, and the new crop only ' bond underwriters of the Ochoco Irri
wlll fortell what prices will be forigation project, were returning from
1920. Central Oregon, where they inspected
These conditions are brought about the Irrigation layout and boarded the ,
in the face of the heaviest fruit crop Spokane, Portland and Seattle train,
in years, by high labor, sugar andiwhicb makes an all-night run. At
other products, and the tremendous'8 I01"1 about 10 mile out of Redmond
demand for food supplies from Eu-ia,onK toward nlne o'clock, a young
rope. ' fellow stepped into the express car
Mr. Stewart does not consider that ' ft"1? 'IvT!1 PVL" W"e Ti8iti"8
there will be ar.y considerable ln-:WIth Kenda11 8 triend tbf eTesa mes-
ZrminvW1nenrVb,Ut 8as!8e Ail I want is to Til with you fel.
Zizz $: mechehietirwaan4or h.as
er wholesale price than the retai, stranser, meanwnne snowing nis nan
price now current, due to rapid ad-i rli. j a j
vances which have not been . closely L wha.t are we supposed to do n
fnj u i V y this movie act?' pleaded Kendall,
followed by the local dealers. jwithout any evidence of scenting lm!
,j vWa , the averae farmer! pending trouble. The express mes
could be almost entirely filled from :senger believed they were up against
iue Diewan c uo. siocK, excluding the real thing.
only implements, and from this place j "Just as the trio was figuring a
of business and other nearby Prine-I way out of the embarrassing situation
vine stores, anyone who wishes to the train conductor walked into the
buy anything will be able to supply j express car and quickly surveyed the
their wants without question, will be scene. He drew his gun, the intrud
courteously. treated, and their pat-;er was disarmed and at the next sta
ronage appreciated. ! tion he was permitted to beat it for
In the upbuilding of concerns like : the tall sagebrush."
this one, there is taxable property and I
other excellent features added to the
community that are not possible
where a large volume of business Is
taken by non-resident concerns.
BODY OF RANCHER
IS SHIPPED NORTH
" I who states in a letter that copies of
The body of Mathias P. Smith, the Blue Book will be supplied
rancher, who died here Sunday night, i promptly and without charge to any
was sent last night to The Dalles, j citizen of Oregon on application to
where funeral services are to be held the Secretary of State,
tomorrow. Mr. Smith, who with his There is Included in this year's 1s
brother, J. A. Smith, owned the Mil-juo a list of national and state officials
lican ranch, was 63 years of age when j of the principal political parties in
death came as the combined result i Oregon and of the diplomatic officers
of paresis and arterio-sclerosis. Oth-
er relatives reside
in California.-
Bend Bulletin.
TEMPERATURES FOR WEEK
Cooperative Weather Observer D.
P. Adamson hands in the folowlng
temperature record lor the past week
Date
Sept. 10
Sept. 11
High Low Preclp.
75 42 .00 in.
75 4S .17 in.
- 69 '34 .00 in.
; 76 32 .00 in.
80 36 .00 In.
82 38 .00 in.
80 44 .00 in.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
THIRTEEN DIVORCES GRANTED
Examination of the county records I
sllOWB thnt fnr tllo fiaoiil.vaav anlncyl
September 1,' 1919, there were thlr-l . One of the deepest wells ever sunk
teen divorces and twenty-two marri-jin Central Oregon Is that Just coin
age licenses granted in this county. ! pleted by County Commissioner Both
Of the twenty-two couples married,
the average ages of the men were
thirty-three and of the women twenty
six, s ,
PLAN TO IRRIGATE
25,000
STEPS BEING TAKES BY
POWELL BUTTE DISTRICT
VOTE TO EMPLOY ENGINEER
Would Supply Water From Central
Oregon Canal Syntem Land
Lies Near To Prlnevllle
A meeting of the board of director
for the Powell Butte Irrigation Dis
trict in this city yesterday resulted in
a decision to employ engineers and
complete plans for Irrigation of near
ly 25,000 acres of land west of thla
city.
The district, which was organized
a year and a half ago, Includes the
land lying above the Central Oregon
Canal on the west side of the butte
and that part of the nnirrigated land
north and east of Powell Butte, which
is not now irrigated from the canal
system.
- Water is said to be available for
the lands in the district, and all that
would be necessary for the new dis
trict would be to purchase water
rights from the Central Oregon com
pany, and the construction of a canal
system, which would perhaps provide
for one or more lift pomps for the
higher lands, power for which it la
planned to generate from a water fall
some distance south from the district
on the main canal.
Engineers who have examined the
project consider it quite feaaable, and
easily and quickly constructed.
WALTER KENDALL IN NEAR
HOLD-UP OF TRAIX
A recent issue of the Portland Tel
egram contains the following account
nf an fittomntoH hnlH-nn in whfett
wsttar ifonHoii hn .,. man fwonH.
OREGON BLUE BOOK IS OUT
Copies Slay Be Had Free By Applying
To Secretary of State
The Journal is in receipt of a copy
of the 1919-1920 Oregon Blue Book,
sent by the Secretary of State, and
i of the United States in the principal
foreign countries A statement ot
registered motor vehicles, chauffeurs
and dealers from 1905 to 1919, a
general summary of the taxable prop
erty In Oregon from 1858 to 1918,
and a list of officers of the principal
towns and cities of the State is given.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morn
ing service at 11 a ,m., sermon, "The
Inner Life." Junior Endeavor at S
p. m., Mrs. A C Hartley, Supt. Christ
ian Endeavor at 7 p. m. Evening
worshfp at 8 p. m., sermon, "Jesus
Wonderful." Prayer meeting Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock.
All are welcome to all services.
Come and bring one.
1
BORES DEEP WELL
Stookey on his Horse Ridge ranch.
The drill had gone 905 feet when fin
ally a water bearing strata was reach
ed. Bend Bulletin.