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CROOK OOCNTT JOL'RXAL
tolerable, and many of the tiosoltals
hive closed for scarcity of food and
medicine. Bolshevik robbers for the
third time within a abort period have
lacked the Russian "tale bank, taking
more than 2. 000,000 rubles in cash and
man valuables.
At Your Service
The officers and resources of
this bank are available at all
times in assisting you to solve
v your financial problems.
We do both a Savings and Commercial Business i
Capital and Surplus $50,000.00
CROOK COUNTY BANK
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
LOOKING AHEAD A FEW YEARS
Remark! That Will Be Merely Ordi
nary When the Blimp Has Been
Finally Perfected.
Augustus Tolllver, the map king,
trod wrathful!; out of his stateroom
hoard the blimp and selr.ed the trio
f th porter;
"Idiot I" he roared, "why didn't ynu
fife me s call this morning? I told
yon I had to he In London for di
rector' meeting at 9 a. mi sharp, and
now London Is Lord know how many
thousands of mile In our rear."
"Ah pounded on yo' door, boas, but
yo' refuses to waken," replied tbt
fKirter.
The anap king pulled oat watch.
"Eleven-thirty," he fronted dis
gustedly. "Where are we nowr
"Jest panned over St. Louis, boas;
we'll be bsck In N'Tawk at 12:0."
"Oh! well." aald Tolllver, "I can
ttenil thnt !2:S0 meeting of the soap
powder people and catch the 1:30
blimp for tandnn."
A small bny was sent to (he local
drug atore for an empty bottle, and
after waiting his turn the assistant
jwitted him and aald: "Well, ilttl)
num. what can I do for you?"
"oil, I want an empty medicine bot
tle," the boy replied.
"I rnn't let you have one without
Kotni-thlng In It," aald the assistant.
To which the little hopeful shyly an-n-i-red
: "I suppose It la merely red
tape, no above us a cork In."
PETROGRAD SOVIET
TO ASKJOR PEACE
Reports Declare City's Plight
Is Serigus and Peace at
Any Price Desired.
Copenhagen, via London. The city
sovtot of Petrograd hai empowered the
peoples' commlaaarles to begin peace
negotiations with the allies on the
Baals of conditions fixed by the allied
powers, according to reports received
here from Petrograd.
Peace Is wished at any price by the
Petrograd soviet, the reports declare.
No peace offer to the allies has been
reported from the central soviet gov
ernment at Moscow, and an offer by
the Petrograd city soviet would there
fore appear to be In the nature of a
separate peace proposal by the Petro
grad district
Living conditions In Petrograd have
been reported extremely bad tor some
time past.
Washington. Swedish press reports
from Petrograd say deaths at Petro
grad from cholera and dysentery have
risen to 200 to 300 a day.
Sanitary conditions are reported In-
EARLY ACTION ON
FOOD ACT WANTED
Washington. Continued reports to
department of Justice of profiteering in
shoes and other wearing apparel and
of Increased prices for the new sugar
crop caused the department to call on
Chairman Itaugen of the bouse agri
cultural committee for early action on
the administration amendments to the
food control act
Assistant Attorney-acneral Ames
wrote Chairman Ilaugen:
"We are also Juat advlaed that the
Mollis Sugar corporation of California
Is placing the new crop of beet sugar
on the market at f 11 SO per )00
against $9. which Is the prevailing
price for the old crop. This being a
case of Individual action and the new
crop not being controlled by the sugar
equalization board, the department can
not take effective action In the matter
until the amendments are passed."
The amendments asked are delayed
by a dispute between bouse and sen
ate over legislation to control rents in
the District of Columbia.
USED CAR
ARGAIM
EARLY BUILDING FOR SUCCESS
Veuth's Wise Employment of Leisure
Hours Means Everything In His
After Life. 1
If the young man could only as
similate very early In his life the fact
that merely to live and eat and drlnl
snd sleep, and then die, Is not enough
but that he must rob himself of many
of the pleasures usually taken np by
young men If he means to make his
life of the highest possible use to the
world, he would set his foot on the
pathway to accomplish aomethlng
worth while.
There Is no harm In billiards or
pool or In dancing, baseball or card
playing, or any one of the score of
different diversions and recreattone
open to young men. The natural In
clination usually Is to devote a large
part of the leisure hours of young man
hood to such pleasures. But the youth
who Is really earnest In his ambition
to do something worth while will dis
cipline himself to resist such tempts-
El
FAIR WEEK
VISITORS
CALL and 'take a look at
ta the following lines: Ladie$
Suits, Coats, Dresses, Waists,
both voile and silk. Shoes that are
snappy, new Sweaters and Skirts in
the newest styles. A new shipment
of Ladies Neckwear just arrived.
For the men I have Hart, Schaffner
& Marx all wool Suits and Over
coats and Mens Stetson Hats.
My stock is very complete consider
ing market conditions. Call and give
me the once over.
Overland. 1918 model $850
Grant Six, almost new 700
Buick Six, 1917 800
Buick Four, 1917 535
Dodge commercial car 1 8
new cord tires 975
Ford with truck body 350
Overland, model 75 450
Make our rest room your
headquarters during the Fair.
INLAND AUTO CO
. .
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
tlons during bis early, formative years,
for the whole fate of a man Is largely
determined by how he utilizes his plas
tic years. He may be restricted by
circumstances, by environment, by
family ties In his selection of his dally
work, but every young man, particu
larly nowadays, has many hours that
he can call his own. and It Is bow he
chooses to use these hours that
counts most and tells most. Forbes
Magazine.
SOMETHING MORE THAN FLAY
Crippled Soldier Pleasantly Surprised
' at Result of Work at Which He
Amused Himself.
How ring got a wounded soldier
a new occupation In life Is told by
the federal board for vocational edu
cation, which is helping the handi
capped men of the army, navy and ma
line corps get back Into the work--day
world.
A veteran of Bellean wood called
upon the board. His left leg gone, he
appeared listless and without hope.
He sat talking to the adviser, now and
then slowly turning a ling on his
finger. The adviser, to get the man's
confidence, asTted to see The rtng.-
The man suddenly became animated.
"I made that," he said. "Hammered
It out of silver myself, and engraved
those figures on the outside. Nothing
but some playing of mine," he added.
The adviser looked at the ring, noted
the engraving, and said :
"How would you like to learn en
graving?" "Doing thler said the soldier, fin
gering his ring. "Say, this ain't work
It's Just play."
"Let's have a try at it," replied the
adviser.
The federal board sent' the man to
learn engraving, and In a few months
he qualified for a good Job In a Jew
elry store.
Practical Sympathy.
James Shaffer of Union town, Pa
struck a foreigner who made disloyal
remarks and was fined $10, but the
I mnnev was naid bv ten members of
the local Christian church, who on
their way borne happened to stop In
the burgess' office. - Each of the men
planked $1 down on the desk of the
official and the case was ended.
WANTED
VEAL, HOGS, MUTTON, BEEF,
CHICKENS, TURKEYS, DUCKS,
GEESE, EGGS, HIDES, BUTTER,
AND JACKRABBITS. GIVE US A
TRIAL. HIGHEST MARKET PRICK
GUARANTEED. PROMPT RE
TURNS GULICKSON & CO.
Established 1912
109 Front St. Portland, Ore.
taowcementl
We have purchased the Harness and
Saddle Business formerly conducted by
W. J. Hughes and are prepared to care
for all his old customers and new ones
as well. We will specialize in repair of
Harness. Saddles, Auto Tops; Boots and
Shoes.
Farrand's Repair Shop
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
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scai C. Hyde