Crook Coiiety J onreal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
PRINEVILLE. CROOK OOUHTtToBBOOK, ' , KTOIIKK in, ittto.
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NO. 49.
ROAD BOND ISSUE IS VITAL FOR LEGION
C. 0. 1. DISTRICT MAY
RAILROAD GRADE MAY BECOME
PART OF STATE HIGHWAY
ALL COUNTY ROAD BUILDING fIVFR A HIINflRFO
No election In your gone by lu necessarily mean higher taxes, It
Crook county mm no vMhI to the wel- will take at leant five yearn to com
ifare, of tlm county as will tin the one! plcta the proponed Improvement plan,
to bo held on Friday, November 7,1 Furthermore, the proposition to be
when the voter will pan on the prop, voted upon provide that the Imnie
oattlon to Ihhuu 1220,000 In Itonil for will he retired In tnall amounts af
)nrmanent mail count ruction. If Uioi ter five year, and never at any time
proponed bond Innue carries, a pro-1 will the taxpayer be obliged to pay
tram wilt bo adopted by tlm people 'interest on I bn whole $220,000 lamed,
wnten may not tie changcii ny tliawr
county court I lint will cover compre
hensive icheem for Improving all
trunk romln in Crook couniy.
If the road bond proponal I defeat
ej It iiii'aii that there will be no road
Improvident ponnlhlii to be uiidertak
i n within five year, for the rnawon
that tlm Muht highway coinnilHalon
and the r d. rul bureau of public road
are inakliiK up their budget rlKht
now for contemplated expenditure
covering 1 1t ii t period, and evry statu
In the union and nearly every county
In Oregon In making prrpnrllut; to
take advantage of It and for the
gri-ntcnt road linprovenient era In the
blatory of the country, t'nle Crook
county Ret In early, It tneaiia a delay
and a ail not li n that can never ho rem
edied. If the proponed road bond Issue In
defeated It mean that not another
penny of nluie and government fund
will lie expended In Crook county In
at leant five year and even the proj
ected Crooked River highway will not
be built.
Thl I beraiiHti during the period
n I nee the bond Innuo wan voted In
June. 191 II, for the purponn of bulld
tng the Powell llutte-Cronkod Klver
Highway, cent of road conatrutction
have Increnncd no rapidly that nil pro
vlou entlmnte have had to he din
carded, and Crook county muni vote
160,000 more for that road or nee all
hope for the project go glimmer
ing, and that I one of the mont Im
portant Innua to be met November 7.
Therefore unle the proponed bond
innue I approved by the voter. Crook
county will have to travel over the
name old mountalnnun and nmtly
grade, rutty and full of dunt hole In
ummer and no ntlcky In winter that
ninny of them are Impassable.
If the bond lanue rarrlen, sufficient
fund will bo provided when matched
with government and mate fund to
Improve all the Important road In tha
county, including the Crooked Klver i Infled that a very small IncreaHO In hlaj 'ho same time he would realise once
road to the mouth of the South Fork; taxe will ho ncceaaary If the present mi,r tht na WH8 among men who
a road acronn Crimes' flnt to thi Jef- proposed bond lanue should be ap-i atood for the principles of Amerlcan
fernon county line; the mud up the! proved. For what slight Increase I1"" tid nt tor Bolshevism, and
Ochoro to the Wheeler county line; j there niny be In taxes, the benefits to - where slackers were no more to be
and the road throiiKh the rowel)
Hint.) a
ty lino.
i t lop to the DcKi hutc coun-
It Is not Ihe Intention of the coun-i
ty court to Insiio the whole $220,000
at unco, nut oniy in mien nunm anil nil
iich timer an may be required to
meet what appropriation that enn be1
secured from the male und federal j
road department, and therefore the and which the people of other corn
voting of the road bond doe noli munition are willing to pay?
A
Union County, Oregon, voted on
Saturday, October 1 1 to issue $1,600,
000 of bond for peri'iaiient roaj
construction. According to tho Port
land Journal the vote was 2141 Yes
to R28 No.
This I but one example of what
other counties In Eastern Oregon are
doing to get the state and government
aid for building roads. Crook coun
ty's Ibmiio of $220,000 seems only a
drop in the bucket us compared to
what other counties are willing to do
to get good roads and to get them
while the getting Is good and before
the state and federal road funds are
depleted or retrenchment seta In or
government aid Is withdrawn, as may
occur nt any tlmo.
According to recent announcements
tho stnte highway commission has al
ready allotted $1,800,000 of the $2,
000,000 nvnlliiblo for post roads un
der the Shaclileford bill granting gov
ernment, aid to counties and after that
sum is allotted .the highway commis
sion will not be able to assist until
the legislature meeta again In 1921,
and places other funds at its disposal
for poHt road construct ion.
Crook county Is so situated that It
must almost entirely rely upon tho
post roiul program for tho improve
ment of its trunk highways as nt
present only one designated state
hlghwny crosses this county, the Eugene-Mitchell
state highwayi which, it
is ultlmiituly planned, will connect
tho central and onatern portions of
Oregon with the Pacific const by a
well graded and woll improved high
way. WORTHY CRAM) MATROX HERE
Mrs. Alberta McMurphy, Worthy
Grand Matron of Oregon, Order of
EaBtern Star, accompanied by Mr. Mc
Murphy, paid an official visit to tho
local lodge Carnation Chapter No. 44
on Friday evening, October 10. Whllo
on a tour of Southern and Central i
Oregon by auto, Mrs. .McMurphy isj
paying her official visits to tho Chap
ters enrouto. Leaving Prineville she
iproceoded to Redmond, visiting the:
Chapter there, Saturday night. From
thorc she went, to Bend where she '
Visited the Bend Chaptor Monday;
night. I
tlin plan of the prenent county
court are carried out.
In addition, It munt be considered
that beginning with the year 1920,
one fourth fif all aiitojiiohllo license
money collected In Crook couniy by
tlm aeeretnry of stale will bn return-
ed to the treasury of thl county un
dr a law punned by the 1919 lerla
luture, and all automobile llrennen
have been lucrenm-d more than 100 1
per cent, and In many canon 100 per
cent. j
For Instance, Ihe tax on Ford has
been Itii -reaned from $S to 915. and
the tax on Nlx-rytlnder llulckn will he
I2H after January 1, and correspond
ing liicreane have, been made all al
ong the line.
The property tax on automobile
bun been abollnhed and after 1920 no
pernon will pay any tax directly to
the county on an automobile. The In
crenncd llceimn tax haa been created
to take care of that feature, and It In
provided by law that the rountle'
proportion of the 4tat license shall
be uaed to pay Intercut on road bond
Untied by the rounticj.
I'nder the old property tax law, no
many automobile escaped the tax
roll that It wan ImpoKHlblo to compel
automobile owner to pay a junt pro
portion of the upkeep of the road.
It haa been estimated that the average
Hcenae hereafter to be paid to the
male of Oregon will Amount to 120,
of which mini $0 will he returned to
Crook county.
If there are 1,000 automobile In
Crook county and all will have to
pay the aate Hcenae or keep their au
tomobile In the garage, there will he
$5,000 available to Crook county to
pay Intorent on Itn road bond. At 6
per rent., thl sum will pay Interest
on 100,000 of road bond annually.
If the bond re old at 6 per cent,
$5,000 will nav Interest annually on
approximately $95,000 of road bonds.
So that the local taxoaver can be sat-
be received will be immediate.
The question present Itself thus:
In Crook county going to keep up with
the progresa of Its neighbor, or lag!
behind the rest of the stnte, and
maintain a reputation tar and wide
for having the poorest hlehwav In
the went, because of a alight Increase
in the tax rale that will be negligible
I nil of the latest pieces, you can t af
j ford to miss It. The boys are busy
COKJ'OIUL KLMF.Il McCOM.FM signing car and passengers already
1HKIYFS Ilo.MK THIS WFI'K and Intend going up about forty
After participating In the bloodiest
battles of tho war, for which ho re
ceived both tho American and French
cltntlons, and decorations, Corporal
Elmer L. McCollum ha arrived home
again none the woi-se for his many
thrilling experiences. McCollum waa
with tho First Division infantry and
was among the first to enlist from
Hay Creek, Oregon, was transferred I
oversea on November 1, 1917, and
received his discharge September 28,
thl year.
He received the American rttatlnn
of honor, and was decorated for hav
ing participated In the battles of
Montdldler, Cantlgny, Aisne-Marne,
Saint Mihlel, Meune-Aronne and, Se
dan. He alsoTccelved the Fronch ci
tation of honor, and was presented
with the French decoration by Gener
al Foch.
After serving several months in the
Army of Occupation In Germany, Mc
Collum nailed on August 27, on the
IT. S. S. Mobile, which on this trip
bore General Pershing back to the
States.
He Is visiting relatives here at the
present, but contemplates locating
near Prlneville.
COOI'F.RATIOX ASSl'KEl)
The county court has pledged
itself to the effect that money re-
suiting., from the salo of road
bonds should they bo voted on
November 7, will only be ex-
pended in cooperation with the
state or federal governments.
This applies to engineering as
well as actual construction. Vote
-YES on the road bonds Novem-.
her 7.
KEXXAHO DISTRICT MAXAGER
AVI11 Have Charge of Squaw Creek
Project, Headquarters nt Sisters
II. G. Kennard, well known as wat
er master for this county and in Irri
gation work generally has tnken over
tho management of the Squaw Creek
Irrigation District, with hendquar-j
tors nt tiiniers, ana lert ror mat place
(on Saturday.
New construction Is under way to
provido more water for the lands un
der the project and a big Job is ahead
of Kennard, who is qual to the work
necessary.
WILL ATI EMIT TO OUT
EVERY MAS FROM Ol'.TY
AIMS OF ORGANIZATION GOOD
PowillilUlle For Hclpfulm To It
Member Are ('nllmite.il Itljj
Dunce At Paulina Houit
Lent Monday night the American
Legion met in a special meeting at
the Kpanlnh War Veteran' room In
the court houne, at which time mat-
tern of Importance to the Legion were
dlncuHHcd. Several new name were
added to the roll, the Legion now
having a membership of over a hun
dred. The lint of name of all of
thonn who are known or thought to
be now residing In thi county, or If
outside the county, their addresses,
wan then made nolo of, and It la the
Intention to reach every one person
ally or by letter and give them a
chance to Join thin pont. Every ex
Hnr"ici) man should avail himself of
the oportunlty to Join the Legion If
for nothing nine than for what It I
standing for. It'n the blggent and bent
friend an army man ever bad, and
furthermore It Is proving Itself.
While thl pont ha not as yet been
called upon by any ex-service man to
Jielp or aid them In any way, other
pont all over the country have had
numerous problem laid before them
and have surely obtained result. It
Is not only a strong and wonderful
organization because of Its size and
being able to materially assist its fel
low comrades and In keeping and In
sisting on 100 per cent Americanism,
but the fellowship and comradeship
that exist there, and old time and
old army experiences brought back to
life, are memories that would noon be
forgotten. TIs true that many of
those experiences many would Ilk to
forget, and forget that there ever was
n army, but there Isn't a man that
would not gladly go again. Of course,
" he Isn't growling by the second day,
he wouldn't be a good aoldler, but at
een.
The Legion men of Paulina and Su
plee section, assisted by other mcra-
hers from here and elsewher. are e ci
Ing to give a Legion Dance at Paulina
Friday, Oetoher 25. The ladles of
Paulina are going to serve the chow
and from all statistics available, they
hold all records for cooking. The
Prlneville fellows are going to fur
nish the music, so If you want to hear
strong. So If you want to go, you had
better start early for the road 1 sure
going to be crowded.
KEC.ISTF.R TODAY!
' The registration books will
close on Wednesday next and all
those wishing to vote at the spec
ial road bond election on Novem
ber 7 should register before Wed
nesday to avoid the trouble of
being sworn in.
This applies only to new vot
ers and those having made a
change in their voting precinct
since the lant registration.
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
FUND
To the Roosevelt Memorial Association,
Jay H. Cptnn, County Chairman
Prineville, Oregon.
I herewith subscribe the sum of.
to the ItoosKViLT Memorial Fund.
Name i
Address
The above amount is inclosed
According to the plans of the Roonevelt Memorial Awoelntlon, the Roosevelt
Memorial Fund of Ss.oou.ono.oo f to be utilized to erect a National Monument in
Washington, D. C.i to acquire and maintain a public park at Oyster Bay, N. Y
and ultimately to include Sagamore Hill, the Roosevelt home, therein, to be
preserved like Mount Vernon and Lincoln' home t Spring-held : nnd to endow
National Society to perpetuate the principle and Ideal of Theodore Roosevelt.
F.ach contributor to the fund will receive a certificate of membership in the
Roosevelt Menlnhal Association. A certificate will also be presented to every
cuool contributing to the tuiid.
The name ot every contributor will be placed on the list of namen deposited
In the National Monument to be erected at Washington, D. C.
FXKt TIOX TO UK IIKI.I) OX
ItOXD IHHl'K KOO.V
PLAN WAS ONCE DEFEATED
ftrouglit Out Hut Fight From Ketller
!'rcent H)Nt4-tn I Xot KatU
fuctory to Water I'sern
A meeting of the directors of the
C. O. I. District was held here Tues
day, at which time the board waa re
organized, with George Moore, suc
cessor to J. Alton Thompson, named
as president of the board. It was de
cided to give the people another
chance at buying the old company out
nil th rmtirtn f,. ait..!, nv..t.,.a,. .(!!
soon expire, and It is believed that !
conuiunns nave ho changed that theia
sue will he found more acceptable
than on the former occasion, when
the bonds ware proposed.
It Is certain that the people are
dissatisfied with the present system
and are desirousof being In a posi
tion to manage the affairs of the com
pany and thin seems to be the only
reasonable plan.
Another spur to action Is the pend
ing application of the old company to
be allowed to increase maintenance
charge from 80 cents and a dollar to
two dollar.
It Is a case where the matter Is ev
erybody's business and nobody', and
Is probably the easiest method and
the best to buy off the old company,
while the oportunlty offers. Red
mond Spokesman.
.... 11KST PLAX IS HTATE
M. O. Bennett, engineer of the
State Highway Commission, was
Prlneville this week, and stated
that he knows the conditions in
thi county, and that our road
program Is the best in the state
for the needs of the territory to
be served.
He ia also of the opinion that
tae projects will all be approved
by the state highway commission
and receive their cooperation.
JOHX DAY HIGH SCHOOL
K.VPF.IUKNCKS MANY TRIALS
Accidents To Carm, Injuries To The
Player Are Anion); Reasons
There was considerable disappoint
ment felt by all the fans an well as
the local team when John Day failed
to arrive to play the return game of
football. The following telegrams and
correspondnce has been handed fi by
Prnfeanor Wnna and ahala llli rn
Professor Evans and sheds light on
the subject. At the same time it
puts the John Day team in the same
class with Job and all the other mem
bers of the hard luck family since
his time. Below are printed the
telegrams In the order received by
Professor Evans and the letter from
Professor Morse of John Day:
John Day, Ore., 10-10-19
E. E. Evans: Every effort to get
there Friday. Will leave Wednesday.
E. B. MOORE,
John Day, Ore., 10-1 4-1 9
E. E. Evans: Player sriously hurt
still delirious. Cannot come. Partic
ulars by night letter. Answer re
ceipt Immediately by wire collect.
E. B. MOORE,
John Day, Ore, 10-14-19
Evans: Player seriously hurt
E. E.
herewith.
The possibilities of one of the rail
roads down Deschutes canyon being
taken up and the road bed converted
Into a state highway appears to be
greater than ever before.
A visit of the S. V. & S. traffic and
other officials to Prlneville and over
the line last Friday may have some
bearing on the matter.
The Oregonian recently carried the
following story concerning the plan
which has long been discussed in our
city:
Negotiations are pending which
may result in the abandonment of one
of the railroad grades In the Des
chutes canyon. If this becomes a fact
the abandoned railroad grade will be
available for use by the state highway
commission for The Dalles-California
highway from Madras to the Colum
bia River, a distance of about 110
miles.
An Intimation that there Is such a!
PJSi,,ilty wa hinted at by members
oi wie couiiniasion auring ineir sesg-
! ion this week. The commissioner!
admitted that "everything Is in the
air, and nothing may come of It," buti
that it is possible.
This is the reason whv the commls-'
aion has decided to call for bids fori on hlRh from the Columbia highway
grading and graveling The Dalles-: to the town of Madras.
California highway from Madras to! Once the ties and rails are removed
the Deschutes county line and why;Tpry "le work will be required to
the commission informed the Jeffer-j Put ne grade in condition for high
son county court that "we will wait ! war traffic. The roadbeds are about
awhile on the section north of Mad-j 16 feet in width and might require
ras, as you may have a new highway a little widening or some additional
to the ocean.
The Oregon Trunk built by Hill,
cost approximately $15,000,000 and
the O. W. R. & N. line up the canyon
cost approximately $6,000,000. For
some time there has been talk going
on between the two railroads about
abandoning one of the lines. There
is no need for two railroad up the
Deschutes canyon into Central Ore
gon. Both were built during a fight
between Hill and Harriman, the lat
ter not being anxious to build his line
until Hill favored the territory.
It is understood that the Oregon
cannot come. Prairie City take our
place on same terms and play you
Friday. Wire answer colect to Prof.
Crosby, Prairie City. They will start
Wednesday p. m. and reach there
; Thursday. Be sure and wire them
! immediately whether you agree or
not.
E. B. MOORE,
John Day, Ore., 10-6-119
To the Prlneville People and the stu
dents of the Crook County High:
Doubtless the people of Prlne
ville and the students of the C. C, H.
S. were much disappointed at our not
coming to Prineville to return their
j game of football.
We started for Prineville the day
before the game in five cars, due to
arrive that evening
. .
But on account
j of the storm all cars were disabled,
it being necessary to call a mechanic
for one and to tow in another. A
spring was broken on a third.
We hope to return the game this
fall, as soon as our finances will per
mit. We were very much disappoint
ed, but we wanted you to know that
our attempt to reach Prineville was
sincere. Our expenses were nearly as
much as the intended trip.
Sincerely yours,
E. B. MOORE,
Prin. of John Day High
So that the game to be played here
will be with Prairie City eleven and
will be a hummer from start to finish.
Be sure to be out to see it and root
for Crook County High.
THE TVMALO FAIR
Probably the greatest livestock dis
play In Central Oregon was shown at '
Tumalo while holding their annual j
fair. Special efforts were made this i
year to enlarge the livestock depart
ment, and the committee in charge
was more than pleased at the number
of pure bred stock entries that were
made. It was beyond their fondest
conception for this their first year.
The enlargement of the livestock de
partment was made in an effort to
bring into the country only the pure
bred animals and in this way to raise
the standard of Central Oregon cattle.
Bend Press.
SHEEP AXD CATTLE MOVING
. X. Williamson, Fairview Farm,
Win. McCoy, Geo. Pickford Ship
Livestock shipments over the week
end included eight cars of sheep ship
ped by J. N. Wiliamson to Lyle, Wn.,
two cars of cattle by the Fairview
Stock Farm, two cars of cattle by G.
Pickford and a car of horses to a
Montana point by Wm. McCoy.
Twelve cars have already been or
dered for shipments on Saturday of
this week.
LOAD OF CHEVROLET HERE.
Xewell Motor Sales Co. Receive Di
rect From Factory Shipment
The Newell Motor Sales Co. yester
day received a car load of Chevrolet
automobiles from the factory for lo
cal customers.
The new home for this concern is
progressing rapidly nd will be ready
for occupancy before severe weather
comes.
Trunk want the O. W. R. & N. Co.
to pay part of the coat of building the
Oregon Trunk up the canyon. The
O. W. R. & N. is said to be willing to
pay a percentage but refuse to pay
50 per cent of the $15,000,000. A
considerable part of the Oregon
Trunk expense 1 represented by the
steel bridge across the Columbia at
Fallbrldge.
If the railroad companies can get
together there will be need for only
one of the railroad grades, and the
one which Is abandoned can be con
verted by the state highway commis
sion Into a splendid highway. Tha
distance from Madras to the Columbia
river is about 110 miles. The Dalles
California must get down to the Col
umbia highway somewhere. If one
of the railroad grades can be placed
at the service of the highway commis
sion a fortune will be saved, for the
grade could not be duplicated In the
canyon for a million dolars
The maximum grade on state high
ways Is 5 per cent. The maximum
grade on the Oregon Trunk and the O.
W. R. & N. is 1 and a fraction per
cent, the climb up the canyon being
uch that an automobile could travel
ditching, but the cost would be Insig
nificant compared with the establish
ment of such a grade. The most sub
stantial bridge are in.
That the railroads would consent to
turn over the abandoned right-of-wajr
to the state highway commission ia a
natural conclusion, for the old road
j would be worthless otherwise. It Is
possible, however, that the railroad
might ask compensation within reas
on for the right-of-way. In any event
if the road bed Is abandoned the com
mission can go into court with con
demnation proceedings.
CENSUS ENUMERATION
T
"That the facts and figures gath
ered by the enumerators and special
agents of the Fourteenth Decennial
Census will have absolutely nothing
to do with valuation of property for
taxation purposes is a point I desire
to emphasize with all possible vigor."
siid Director of the Census, Sam L.
Rogers, today, in speaking of the
forthcoming 1920 enumeration.
"Some difficultv has been exper
ienced In the past" continued Mr.
Rogers, "in getting absolutely accur
ate values of land and other property
because of a certin amount of confus
ion over this point. Many people were
erroneously inclined to connect the
Census with taxation. We hope to
avoid any such confusion this time."
The Act of Congress hich, under
the Constitution, provides for the tak
ing of the Fourteenth Decennial Cen
sus, makes it unlawful for any enum
erator, special agent, supervisor or
other employee of the Census bureaa
to divulge any information whatso
ever concerning the census returns. A
I heavy fine and possible imprisonment
or uotn, is rne penalty prescnoea tor
violation of this provision of the law.
The th"""" v,iitod "-"rs of the
Census sre given out nowhere but
here in Washington, and then only
upon the express authority of the Di
rector of the Census Bureau.
Actual work by the enumerators In
the various census districts will begin
on January 2. 1920 Tt Is expected
that the population statistics of all
cities and towns will be gathered in
approximately two weeks. Final fig
ures for rural districts, however, can
hardly be gathered in less than a
taonth.
BIDS OPENED NOV.
Bids for the construction of
the Crooked River - Redmond
Highway are to be opened on
November 4, at which time tha
contract may be let. Tt is infer
red, however, that the commis
sion may rot let the contract un
til after the result of the bond
election is known, on November
7. Our road program is all one
unit. Work and vote for the
road bonds.
TELEPHONE HEARING SET
FOR OCTOBER 21
Public Service Commission Will
Here On That Date
Be
The hearing by the Public Serviee
Commission of the complaint brought
by J. H. Angell and others against the
Pilot Rutte Telephone Company,
has been set for October 21 at the
Court House in this city, according to
advices received from the commission
P.END Rl'RXS rOY, PAGE NERO!
Burns wants a mail route from
Bend. Burns and Bend are names to
conjure with. Bend Press.