CoMoty Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
tol. xxm.
PRINEVILLE. CROOK eOCCTT, ORBGON, OCTOBER a, 1019
NO. 47
Crook
$220,000 ROAD BOND ISSUE TO BE AIRPLANE AT PRINEVILLE-HITCHaL OPENING DAY OF INTER STATE FAIR
SUBMITTED ABOUT NOVEMBER FIRST SUMMIT PRAIRIE TRIPJSPOPULAR BRINGS LARGE CROWDS TO GR0OS
PETITIONS BEING CIRCULATED FOR SPECIAL AL rrL EXHIBITS IN SOME CLASSES ARE COMING IN
ELECTION TO MEET EMERGENCY SLOWLY, SOME ELABORATE
WAITS FOR CLEAR WEATHER LIVESTOCK IS BONG MOVED -
ELECTION NECESSARY TO INSURE . - RAIN IMPROVES TRACK FOR
CROOKED RIVER-POWELL BUTTE ROAD r vw " SPEED EVENTS, ENTRIES GOOD
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After considerable discussion with Many of Prlneville's braver motor-
FUND WILL BE USED FOR OCHOCO, BEAR.' AGGREGATION OF CONCESSIONS
vatlon of maps at the local Forestry the very unfavorable weather of the
CREEK, PAULINA, AND OTHERS lXX iZTtiX eve,,t-8nd en" EVER SEEN IN THIS PART OF STATE
Dayvllle, where It should take on gas; , Road construction makes speed Ira-
thence to Illg Summit Prairie for possible on some parts of the road
. . more ens and nn In Prlm.vlllo Vr.l- ... i. ., - .. i u
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JlliOuoO III road bonds of this cou
U an curly date will be submitted
the voters at a Special election which
will bo culled by the county court of
this county tomorrow, acting on po-
tltlons which are now lining clrcuUled
ankliiK the court to take this action.
The (lute of tho elect! in will per-
kit pa he about November I, althc.iiKh
no definite date has been (leiermlned
upon. Twenty days will bo necessary
for proper notice atur the notices are:
posted, however.
The election at this time l. n.
aary because of the fact luul $50,000 ia d,,tanr" of 12 mp, n r less,
additional Is necessary to Insure the nd terminating at or near the quar
Croked Klver-Powelt Uulte road,'tnr eornriT on the Wet ! of Sec
and while the matter Is being sub- 30 lna ,ame township and range
muted to the voters, the highway i 't herein mentioned"
coninilsslon requested Judge Wallace! Tna '-ontmrt for the construction
to have road program submitted of ,ne C1"00'1 R'rer Highway is to
that would care for the road noeds of,1' let durl" October,
the county for the next three of four "
years, which was decided upon at !
meeting of taxpayers at the court i HTATE GUARANTEES OCHOCO
house Friday evening. I HONI) J.VTEREHT
The matter of just how the funds
should bo used was discussed at
length, and It was decided to bond for'!
the limit, which Is $220,000. and ls-j!
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sue the bunds as fast as the State and
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nation w
nn PKim 111 inHfl uDtni wnriu
and nut
eh the fund received from thai!
sale of ou
Diir bonds. I
A brief but well delivered address
by Mr. Tkiwen superintendent In
chargo of the Ochoco road construct-) '
Ion now under way, emphasized the..,........., ,
fact that the Nation and Slate ,;ARMhMAN WORKMW BANQICT
now In the act of bullillng roads and
every county that contemplates any
construction should get their plans
under wny and have them acted up- Miss Sullivan, who Is the Crook coun
cil l ttiii I , i r i, I .. .1 u Ah.ila.mnH " V. n A-hahIk n.ll.l
to liiindle them.
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The proKram'aa outlined will mean'
the expenditure of more Hum $750.-
000 on the roads of this county with-'
In the next three or four years, which i
whon added to from various other
funds and sources will total practi
cally a million dollars.
It was also brought out that the In
terest on these bonds will be cared
for In part from the Increased auto
mobile license which will he paid to
the counties, beginning next year.
A committee was appointed by the
chairman, Dr. Rosenberg, to
draft!
necessary papers. The commute Is:
Wlllard H. W'lrtz. W. F. King, and
E. J. Wilson The respective roads,
the amount to be spent on each and
their terminals as decided upon by
the committee and as will appear on
the ballot are as follows:
"Total IsRiie to be voted, $220,000,
divided as follows:
"Fifty thousand dollars to complete
Crooked River Highway as at present
projected beginning at the Southwest
corner of Section Eighteen In Town
ship 15 S. R. 14 E of W M on the
boundary line between Crook and
Poschuteg counties . and running
thence generally In an easterly and
southeasterly direction through the
City of Prlnevllle and terminating
near the southwest cornor of the
outhwest quarter of Sec. 17 T. 16 8
R 18, E' of W M, approximately at
the Shorty Davis place, so-called,
length of road, 46 miles, more or less.
"Ninety thousand dollars on a rond
beginning at or near the Southwest
corner of the Northwest quarter of
theSouthwpflt quarter of Sec. 17 In
T 16 S R 18 E of W M (Shorty Davis
place) and running thence in a gon
eral southeasterly direction upon the
most practicable route along Crooked
River for a distance of 34 miles more
or less, to the steol bridge across the
South Fork of Crooked River at or
nenr the quarter corner on the F.ast
side of Soo. 14 in T 17 S R 22 E of
W M; ,
"Forty thousand dollars upon the
Ochoco Canyon Rond, beginning at
a Junction In the City of Prlnevllle
with the Crooked River Highway and
running thence in a general easterly
and northeasterly direction upon the
most practicable route along Ochoco
Creek for a distance of 20 miles, more
or less, to the R. E. Jones Saw Mill
near the center ot Sec. 18 In T 14 S
R 1 9 E of W M ;
"Thirty thousand dollars upon a
road beginning with a Junction with
the Crooked River Highway as at
present projected at the mouth of
Bear Creek near the Southwest corner
of the Southeast quarter of the South
east quarter of Sec. 12 in T 17 S R 19
E of W M and running thence alone
rna m.ar i.i'u nr i no ma p.inta a n n n rnnn
iear Creek, If practicable, to a Junc-
Hon with the present Hear Creek '
d a or ,.? 7h Nnrihwi ?r
lioad at or near the Northwest cor-1
nJl "f.l:e lqur ' M1! I
HuulheaHl Quarter nf Rue. 811 In T 1)1
S It 19 12 of W M (Hickman place
for a distance of 25 miles more or Jt'is
' "Ten thousand dollurs upon a road
beginning with a Junction with the
('rooked ltlver Highway as at present
'projected In the City of Prineville and
; running thence In a general north-
westerly direction crossing the Prlne-1
vlllc - Willow Creek (Grimly) road at I
or near the Southwest corner of Sec-1
'tlon 35 In T 13 S R 16 E of W M for
The State executed a contract
r?n '"in ln? "teret on the
1'"0:000 .b?d .'.""V??. by I
the Ochoco Irrigation Dintrlrt nn
Tuesday of this week.
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.. ' ,ne rlnal ctlon ,n .re- "i.."n" V",n
lleyn lhna owners unaer
project of tax payments for the
i next three years.
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Miss TIazel Sullivan returned last
Wednesday from a visit to Portland.
Workers, attended a luncheon at the
Hotel Portland Sun.lnv. which was
tended by local officials and county I
chairmen, at which time preliminary
Plans were laid for a drive in Oregon.
l'HINKVII.I.K PEOPLE VISIT
OLD HOME AT I.KIS.WON
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Zell of
Piinevllle, arrived here Saturday for
a visit with B. H. Irvine and family.
They are on their way home from a
trip to California. They were early
residents of Lebanon, being pioneers
of 1852 and 53 and were married
here 67 years ago. Mip. Zell Is a sis
ter ot Mrs. B. H. Irvine, deceased.
She is 86 years of age They re
moved from here to Crook county In
1899. Lebanon Express.
LAM) 1UH IN THE EAST
R. W. Breese returned last week
from a month'g visit in Indiana and
Illinois. Mr. B reuse reports the peo
ple of that section are land crazy as
land that will produce corn at the av
erage of 40 bushels per acre Is selling
for $400 and $500 per acre and some
going as high as $750. Some of these
people should come to Crook county
wnere tney can got as good land at
$76 to $100 per acre.
R. A. WARD GIVES TALK
R. A. Ward of the First National
Bank of Bond was a visitor in this
I Jflction, la8t Frlday and took advan-
tnge of the occasion to be present at
the Commorclnl Club luncheon where
at the request of the chairman Dr.
Rosonborg he gave a very instructive
talk on "rabbit extlrmination" of
which subject he Is a recognized au
thority, having spent many years in
the study of rodent extermination
throughout the entire western coun
try. WEATHER RECORD FOR WEEK
Cooperative Weather Observer D.
P. Adamson furnishes the following
record of temperatures and rainfall
for the past week:
Date
High Low
Sept. 24 83
Sept 25 v 86
Sept. 26 83
Sept. 27 71
Sept. 28 60
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33!
Sept. 29 68 23
Sept. 30 65 29
October 1 23 In. rain
The rainfall for the month of Sep-
tember was .91 inches, the most since
Aprll.
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? " ? " nv-lla- ,Fo1" and other Place are rouKh and buraP I
nf Ut .Ul8 ,,h,!du'8 tho machine but throughout the roadbed Is firm,
unU(jd afuy , the Connel fieid at'and the trip can be easily made with-
B'f Summit Prairie about noon Tue.-u? dama?e t0 the car -oTlU occu-1
uay, nepicmner 3U. Un account of tne
neavy log nanging over Lookout
Mountain It was considered unwise to
come on Into Prlnevllle until better
weather conditions obtained. Consid
ering the fact that the country was
entirely new to the pilot of the mach
ine and also the fact that he was
guided entirely by natural land marks
to reach his objective It Is rather re-
markable that a landing was made
without mishap. It U understood
that the machine will come to Prlne
vllle Just as soou as the weather will
permit.
The nreaent rain ilnrm which nvl
dently has been general throughout j taxed to Its utmost in caring for the!
this part of the country will probably crowd. .
finally eliminate all fire danger for! Music for the closing day was pro-:
this season. This will make it pos-jded by the Prlnevllle band.
sible for field men to give attention to On Saturday, several bunches of j
other work which must always take livestock were encountered on thej
second place to Jlre protection. drive between Prlnevllle and Mitch-
Wire bat been purchased to con
vert the present Forest Service
grounded telephone line np Mill Creek
Into a metallic circuit aa far as Cabin
w.
th ..there will be a grounded Forest
vice line to Divide Station. This
auuuiii tuanv jtubbiuib ejiueimui service I
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w uie Buo.e uuonoui ommm lor e
season. I
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A second sale of 60,000 feet of yel-
loy pine has Just been made to Todd ,
& Hamlin, owners and operators of
the Muury Mountain Sawmill.
at-Wion of the Forest indicates that
neceni onsarvauon 01 range over a
this fall will probably be similar to
'ast ran wnen eany rains maae green
fend all over the ran ires thus mnkine
it possible for stock to gain flesh and ,
irrnw into excellent ennHitinn hofnre
severe weather sets in.
THE OAKS CAFE
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lha flt nf the week with a rimh . i
'l wu" " tus"'
They are giving a twenty-four hour!"1"" V " , kT '
service, have three ot the beat chefs;801116 ot your neighbors.
obtainable and are giving to their
patrons the very best that the market
affords. Needless to say their house
is extremely popular as Is evidenced
by the crowda thronging the place at
meal time.
A NEW MEAT MARKET
Bostwlck and Cox have this week
opened a new meat market near the
Ochoco bridge, known as the Ochoco
Market. They recently purchased and
installed up-to-date equipment and
are prepared to handle all kinds of
fresh and cured meats, fresh fish,
vegetables and fruits,
STOCK SHIPMENTS FOR WEEK
Thirteen Cars of Stock Leave This
Point For Markets
Sunday, Sept. 28, C. Stearna, 2 cars
of BheeD A Sehwartzer 2 cars of
cattle
Wednesday October 1, R. G. Ray
mond, one car of horses. Wm. McCoy
one car of cattle.
Saturday, October 4, Wm. Sidford,
two cars of cattle. H. J. Lister, four
cars of cattle. Fairview Stock Farm,
one car of cattle.
CIVTL SERVICE EXAMINATION
,
Tho TT S Pivil Soi-trico fnmmlnatnn
announces that an examination will
he held at Prineville. Oreeon Post Of-
flee for the positions of Clerk and
Village carrier on October 25, 1919,
to establish an eligible register from,
i which selections may be made to fill
! vacancies as they may occur in the
positions of clerk and village carrier
at the Prineville, Oregon, Post-office.
Aee limits 18 to 45 venrs on the date I
of the examination. Both men andjjazzer of them all, Little Bit Rinkler
women will be admitted to this ex-ion the violin, who, it is said can make
amlnatton. Entrance salary $1,000
per annum. Application blanks and:
Information may he obtained by ap
plying to Miss Stella Hodges, Local
Secretary Board of Civil Service Ex -
aratners, Prineville, Oregon, or to the
Secretary Eleventh V. S. Civil Service
District, bus rost urtice Building, Se -
iattled Wash.
pants,
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In order that the scenery may be en-!
Joyed and stops made at the springs
enroute and other places of interest. !
A large crowd of people attended !
the evenu which were well staged i
and which were put on without aer-!
ious mishap until Sunday afterun.
when about four o-clock one of the
riders, Tip McGee, received serious !
injuries when hU horse and another
mount suffered a eolialon, Injuring
Mcuee in sucn a manner that he died i
during the evening.
The capacity ot the little city was
en. ' i ne siock was in most instances
in good condition.
A lot of the trio follows- i
. Started from the Journal office In
PMncmat, 9:30. School house at
Idam 9:47, distance 5.5 miles. Mill
m.Di...v.c .- WWCD. .
9:1V, distance 3.4 miles. Ochoco
Ser-!Creek at i0:lo diBUnce 9-2 mileg.
one band of
sheep
encountered.
Mark's Preek
10:30.
15.1 miles.
Jone8. Mnli i0;50( 186 miles; two
bands of cattle, one band of sheep on
roads near here. Ochoco Ranger Sta-
tlon 11:05, 24.1 miles. Ochoco Mines
11:20, 27.9 mileg. Crook-Wheeler
! county line, 11:30, 29.1 miles. Crys-
ital Spring on summit of mountain,
11:46, 32.2 miles. Altitude at this
nnlnl In K917 faat ohnva aao lavol nr
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more than 2300 feet above Prlnevllle
ana aDout z.uoo reel a Dove Mitcneii
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Ranger Station, 12:05, 36.1 miles.
Oage ranch at 12:45. where party
spent 45 minutes for lunch, distance
i42 - 3 miles. Bridge Creek bridge,
which is a covered structure and a
good one, eliminating every one of
the sixteen fords that were formerly
oncmintoreH hotveoon thu nninf anrl
Mitchell at 3 O Clock,
51.4 miles,
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METHODIST CHURCH
Special services next Sunday, Octo- ership of Prof. Gillett, and the demon
ber 5. All members are urged to be i stration work from the grammar
present. District Superintendent H.
F. Pemberton will preach.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school at 10 in the morning.
There were 65 present last Sunday.
Come and find your class. Evange
listic services begin one-half hour
earlier. YoHng People's at 6:30. Ev -
ening services at 7:30. Sermon top-
ic: "A Birthright for Sale." The
Misses Stqarns have returned and
will have charge of the music. Miss
Nora as chorister and Miss Laura will
preside at the piano. Come and enjoy
a pleasant evening with us.
LE McELROY'S JAZZ BAND
AT CLUB HALL EVERY NIGHT
Cole McElroy's Jazz Band ot Port
land, which has added new laurels in
this state and parts of Washington
will Elve one of their real dances at;
the Commercial Club Hall every night
.1,. finer tha fair nfi- HTvi-nw hi,
.i . ,n.:,iorin o,,',,. t
Sylvester, premier accordian player
i v. nii -,i.n i
I ui iiic i ulilii. vjuasi, null jb o luul
i nioto ontortoinor r.f thQ firot macr,,i
tude, his solos alone are worth the:
nrice of admission. Carl Lorraine,
I the Swede comedian, versatile drum-
mer and singer, tn the latest song hit?
of Broadway. Lorraine will be feat -
ured in a saxaphone solo, played on a '
piece of paper. F, R. Miller, who4
doubles on the clarianet and saxa-
nhone. is a feature extraordinary.
Also don't fail to hear the premier!
you laugh and sing, who can make
the old folks young and the young
folks younger. This band promises
to be one of the greatest musical
i treats ever heard in Prineville. The
1 original "Mr. Jazz" himself will be
! on hand to help enliven the dancing.
1 Dancing free from 8 to 9 o'clock,
I Come early and get started right.
Yesterday the opening day of the
Oregon Inter-Bute Fair, brought a
large and enthusiastic crowd to the
grounds regardless of the rainfall of
ahmit OR Im.k 4 V. ..
lu '"ulI-
four nOUTS.
The atmosphere was cleared by the
rafnfall and duHt eIimlnated rom tne
hignwayi for thoge who me by auto.
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D fncom'ni traln ,Ter th,euCity ?'
Prln,evil e R- ' den with people
fomin8 t0 the 'af. special trains be-
' run accomo coTmi"8
ffora po,ntB toatil ot PHneville Junc-
tion-
Tw coaches are In use and they
T ,illed to capacity on moat incom-
CENTRAL OREGOX KI.KS
TO ATTEXD FAIR
TO ATTEXD FAIR FRIDAY
Central Oregon Elks will att-
end the Oregon Inter-State Fair .
here In large numbers Friday.
The Elks' Band, a Bend organ-
lzation, will lead a parade of
antlered boosters, which will be
participated in by more than
lOVTrthe plafis of the"organlza-''
tion are carried out.
Many will come by auto,
while others will come by train
to the fair on the above day.
THE COCXTV INSTITUTE
The Crook County Institute wag a
success. From the opening hour of
the first day to the close the Interest
was unabated. Aside from the loy
alrv tr thn tonrniVB vntcn DIVRTI
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goes far toward making interest, the
sessions were worm aiienaing oe-
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;tors. State Superintendent Churchill,
j Prof. Brumbach of the Department
' of Psychology at the Agricultural
; College of Oregon, Mr. Almack of
: tne extension aivision oi tn state
, University, Mrs. Fulkerson, who made
I such admirable talks and who repre-
Bents the school suoervision deoart-1
.mour, state club leader from the Agn
nllnrtl fnMotra nil trava mnot holn-
i f.. t
ful talks.
Not the least interesting were the
musical features of the Institute, be
ing numbers furnished by the school
I orchestra under the competent lead
I school. In the latter case the little
tots ecqultted themselves creditably,
reflecting much credit on their res
pective teachers.
Two of the high school girls, Misses
Blanche and Madge Rowell, gave a
vocal duet which elicited much ap
plause.
The closing hour was devoted to
discussion of the Red Cross work and
jthe entire Institute pledged itself to
j work Wm renewed zeal for the
1 spread of this useful movement.
a resolution of appreciation and
thanks to the committee in charge
! and to the corps of instructors was
j unanimouslv adopted. The institute
i formally adjourned at noon Wednes-
i dav In order to give the attending
teachers an opportunity of visiting
; the fair.
JOHN DAY WANTS REVENGE
The Crook County High School
Football team played the John Day
team at John Day last Friday before
an immense crowd of enthusiastic
fans Mr Evans aceomnanied the
team from here and in his comments
nn tho p-nmo romnrkeit thnt tho tpnmn
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: were verv evenlv matched and that
It was one of the cleanest games that
ne ever witnessed. At tne ena or tne
first, half the score stood 12 to 0 in
favor ot our boys. But John Day came
! in strong In the second half and made
one toucn flown wnten made tne score
at the end of the game 12 to 7 in our
favor.
The two teams will play here Frl-
day forenoon at tne Division FarK.
; John Day is determined to win this
game if possible. Our boys are train-
inK hard and it promises to be one
of the classiest little games of the
season.
Mrs. George Hobbs and Miss Fay
Bussett are attending Teachers' In-
! stitute In Prineville. Miss Bussett Is
j a guest at the home or Mrs. Ida Morse
while there.
Some of the exhibits are coming In
slowly, but a large presentation la
being made in most lines, and soma
excellent qualities are evident In all
the displays.
The largest aggregation of conces
sions ever assembled in the Interior
of Oregon line Fourth street for three
blocks and are receiving a heavy pat
ronage. While the weather has a dampening
effect on exhibitors, it release from
harvest and other work many who
could not attend otherwise, and the
remaining days promise to be big
ones.
Powell Butte
NEWS NOTES
Mr. and Mrs E. H. Stewart and Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Roberts were business
visitors in Bend Monday of this week,
Mrs. Mary V. Charlton, Grandma
Spray, and Ch&rles M. Charlton, Jr.,
attended church in Prineville Sunday
morning.
E. C. Charlton went to Prineville
the first of the week where he will
attend the Fair.
Geo. Whitsett and J. E. Warner,
who went to Idaho last week to attend
the land sale at Caldwell, returned
Friday. Mr. Warner purchased a
40-acre tract.
Henry Whitsett, who went with hig
brother, Wallace Whitsett and family
to Idaho last week, returned Saturday
night and reports a fine trip saw a
lot of country, attended the Idaho
State Fair at Boise, visited friends at
Caldwell and returned to reside more
contented at Powell Butte than ever
before.
Mrs. E. A. Bussett and son, Lloyd,
Journeyed with friends on Sunday to
the Ice cave.
Mrs. Martin Foater, with her twin
to visit with her son, Terrill Foster,
of Glen Falls, Idaho.
Mrs. Roy Roberts disposed of gome
chickens to the Redmond market on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Lill and children
of Bend and Mrs. Lill's father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor ot Hood
River, were guests at the E. H. Stew
art home Sunday.
Mrs. Gladys Pauls and Mrs. Arthur
Milner, are attending the Institute In
Prineville this week.
Mrs. Mary Brown Is visiting with
her daughter, Mrs. Henry Young of
Redmond; while there she Is taking
electric treatments from Dr. Hosch.
Powell Butte Sorosis Club held a
splendid meeting at the home of Mrs.
Carl Fisher September 24. This be
ing the first time Mrs. Fisher had en
tertained in her new home, the mem
bers enjoyed it greatly. Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher have just built a modern bun
galow, complete in every detail. Dur.
ing the business part of the meeting
it was decided that a delegate would
not be sent to the State Federation,
which meets In Corvallis In October.
It is the intention of the club to ob
serve Thanksgiving with a big family
gathering and feast at Community
Hall, to which the husbands and the
families of the Club members will be
invited. The secretary of the Club
gives notice of the fact that by a vote
of the club it was decided that a mem-
i her should notify the hostess at least
; twenty-four hours before the meet-
tne of her inabilitV to attend, or be
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I subject to a fine. The next meeting
of the club will.be with Mrs. E. L. Iv-
, erson at ner nome uciuuer o
LADIES' ANNEX MEETS
The regular meeting of the Ladles
Annav will ho hoM nprt TllpM.lftV.
0et(,ber 7. A program will be given.
: At th g . b . meeting matters of
civic importance were talked over and
many interesting discussions were
heard. A committee was appointed
to mnke investigations in regard to
1 a oermanent nubile camping ground.
i This committee has been at work and
an attractive camping place Is assured
other committees were appointed to
! make plans for other civic improve-
ments and reports on tnese sunjects
I will be heard at the October meeting.