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Crook County Journal
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NOVEMBER SEVENTH
On November 7 the people of this
county will vote on the (220. 000 road
bond issue.
On that day one of two things will
happen. The people will vote to put.
on a road building campaign that will
serve almost every part of this county
with good highways, bring together,
the business centers of the state, de-j
velop the business of Prineville, the
Prineville railroad, the farms and the
ranches of the county, or they will
vote to block al road building by the!
will halt all road building of every
nature for years, stop construction
on the Crooked River-Redmond high
way and deal the county a blow that
it will not recover from for years.
This is not an overdrawn conclus
ion; it is a statement of fact.
Opposition to the bonds is develop
ing in the most unexpected quarters.
As one might expect, however, the
strongest opponents of the measure
so far observed are either on or near
good highways now, and thus do not
have the interest in the plan that tbey
who will be more directly bene
fitted have.
The man who attempts to use ar
gument against good roads is in the
class with the man who opposes pro
hibition. He has no case. All evi
dence is against him.
The only logical statement we have
Iheard against the present road pro
gram is that money being expended
at this time is to a large extent wast
ed, that the dollar does not have the
purchasing power it had at one time.
This last we admit.
The facts are, however, that road
work being done, while expensive, is
far from money wasted and the high
er the cost the more it is offset by the
fact that our dollars are more than
doubled by the state and nation, for
the first time in th history of this
country,
This is possible because of the fact
that the slate highway commission
has been brought to see the great
need for roads in this part of the state
and the opportunity ts too valuable to
be lost.
The nation and state and other
counties in all parts of the west are
doing the thing this county Is plan
ning to do, and Crook county cannot
afford to take this backward step now
and vote down this bond issue.
Friends of the bonds should not
think the issue will be voted without
effort.
To the people of the Crooked River
country: Poet, Paulina. Suplee, and
Fife, and residents of the Bear Creek
and Camp Creek country The Journal
wishes at this time to sound a warn
ing: The bond Iwue may b lont!
If it is lost, it will be because you
do not work hard enough for it. Do
not get out and vote for It.
It is your opportunity to get out of
a costly, almost Impossible road situ
ation. Almost all of the people of the
county realize your need for the
Crooked River Highway. Many will
vote for it. Many others, we cannot
tell Just what percentage, will not.
A friend of the bonds said yester
day that the danger lies in the failure
of those wishing the bonds to get out
and vote for thorn. Work, talk, and
vote for these bonds. They must not
be allowed to fail.
Nov. 7
WITH THEJXCHANGES
County court was in session Wed
nesday of this week Judge Henry D.
Keyes and Commissioners R. E.
Wright and Mike lukek being pres
ent for the purpose of selling the
$44,000 bonds voted last spring for
road building. The bonds were sold
to the Clark-Kendall company of
Portland for $4fi,7'!5, being at a pre
mium of $2,735. The purchasers are
to pay the cost of executing the bonds
and are to refund to the county all in
terest that may accrue up to the time
of actual delivery of the bonds to the
company.
When the former ISO. 000 road'
bond issue was offered for sale by the
Wheeler county court there were few i
bids and the court was able to get in
the neighborhood of only $500 prom-!
ium. This time the competition was
keen, six bids were made, and the
court made the splendid sale as de
tailed above.
The court has ordered a tractor for
road work with a roller attachment,
so that the machine can be used not
only to pull a grader but can be con
verted into a roller for packing the
roads. Fossil Journal.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
George Wheeler, after an absence
of 12 years, returned to Prairie the
latter part of last week from a tour
of North America, South America,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand,
making these countries on the vaude
ville circuit. Saturday evening he
pulled off one of his stunts at the El
ectric theater, which was well enjoy
ed by all present. Grant County
Journal.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of th Stats of Oregon
for Crook County.
In th Mutter of Nea! A. Thomas, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the Estate, of Neal A. Thom
as, dereaacd. to ail creditors of said Deceased,
and to all persons having claim against said
Estate, to present the same with proper vouch
ers as required by law. to the undesigned at
the office of M. R. Elliott, in the city of Prine
ville, Oregon, within six months from the first
publication of this Notice.
Dated this 27th day of September, 1919.
NEAL A. THdate
J. A. WILCOX, Administrator of
the E estate of Neal A. Thomas,
47t5c Deaaeaed.
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Vacant rooms and dwelling houses
are at a premium in Dallas,
Hood River post of the American
Legion was formally launched with 55
members.
The Coos county teachers' Institute
was held In North Bend October 13,
14 and 15.
State money on deposit In the banks
throughout Oregon on October I ag
gregated $3,647,838.37.
The building fund for the new tans
anne hall at Willamette university
has reached nearly $40,000.
Sumpter will vote on a new charter,
embodying the commission form of
government, on December 9.
It Is believed that tho total prune
production of Douglas county for
1919 will ho about 8.000.000 pounds.
Thirty four pupils of Middle Grove
school in Marion county earned a total
of $1200 during the summer vacation.
Of 4000 schools in the stato of Ore
gon, ISO have been unable to open
this fall on account of lack of teachers.
Thomas A. Drasfield, 83 years old,
one of Raker county's earliest settlers,
died at the home of his son In Baker.
Captains of all ships coming to
Portland hereafter will be entertained
by the Portland Chamber of Com
merce. Plans of the Silver Lake irrigation
district of 8000 acres have been sub
mitted to the state engineer for ap
proval. Marriages in Marlon county during
the quarter ending October 1, out
numbered divorces practically three
to one.
Rev. William Rldgely Powell, one of
the oldest clergymen In Oregon, died
at his home In Portland at the age of
81 years.
For the first time In seven years.
Baker has a city Isolation hospital,
established to accommodate a case of
smallpox.
Miss Rosallna Esplnosa, graduate of
the University of Colorado, Is the new
professor of Spanish at the University
of Oregon.
The Dalles district Columbia river
conference of Methodist Episcopal
ministers was held lu The Dalles Mon
day and Tuesday.
Miss Anne Elizabeth Arnsplger, a
resident of Oregon since 1853, died
at the home of her slBter, Mrs. Mary
Rhodes in The Dalles.
Multnomah county road budget for
1920, as tentatively prepared by the
road department, calls for a total ap
propriation of $1,200,000.
Organization of a county farm bu
reau was effected at a meeting In
Klamath Kails of farmers from all sec
tions of Klamath county.
Eight Eugene dentists will care for
the teeth of 72 children in the Eugene
public schools during the present
school year free of charge.
Demands were presented to the
board of education by the teachers of
the NorthBend schools tor an increase
in salaries of $20 a month.
Physical examination of Umatilla
county school children is revealing
that the majority are in need of medi
cal, optical or dental attention.
Flans for the enlargement of the
fish hatchery on the north fork of the
Umpqua river has been made by the
Oregon fish and game commission.
Heavy frosts last week killed plants
in the big tomato and potato fields
around Dallas and damaged the ripen
ing fruits to the amount of several
hundred dollars.
With the discharge from Good Sam
aritan hospital of Portland's first case
of influenza for the winter season, the
city is now without a single case of
the dreaded disease.
W. D. DeVarney of Portland was ap
pointed by Governor Olcott as a mem
ber of the child welfare commission
to succeed Fred Lockley, also of Port
land, who has resigned.
The thirty-third grand encampment
of the Grand Commandery of the
Knights Templars of Oregon met in
Eugene with 70 delegates from dif
ferent parts of the state.
Five thousand boxes of tomatoes
from five acres of land at Dlllard la
the record made by T. B. Evans &
Son. The fruit brought a price of
more than 40 cents a box.
Curfew ordinances which require all
boys and girls under the age of 18
years to be off the streets by 9 P. M.
after October 1 will be strictly en
forced hereafter In Salem.
A committee of five of the Portland
police department appeared before
Mayor Baker, with a request that there
be a horizontal Increase in salaries of
approximately $20 a month.
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the
founding the Oregon City Congrega
tional church will be made the occa
sion for the holding of the 71st state
conference of the Congregational
churches of Oregon, a three-day ses
sion being called for November 4, I
mil Q.
Elnven parrels of land, the property
of various members of the Indian col
ony on the Umatilla reservation near
Pendleton, will be offered for sale to
the highest bidder on November 81.
Issuance of $900,000 In bonds to fl
nanoe irrigation of $8,000 seres of the
lngell valley $0 miles east of Kla
math Falls was approved at a special
lection of taxpayers of the district.
To study methods of logging used
In the central Oregon white pine belt,
nearly 150 members of the Pacific
Logging etuigreaa which held its tenth
anuual session tn Tortlaud, visited
Rend.
Hundreds of census enumerators
are wanted and the supervisors of
Oregon are wondering if they will se
cure enough to make the canvass.
Oregon will require about 930 enu
m orators.
Knough money was taken In at the
state fair at Salem over and above ex
penses to pay off the entire debt con
tracted for the construction of the
stadium there and to leave over $10,-
000 surplus.
Mothers and fathers of Oregon boys
with the American expeditionary
fi'ivi'S in Siberia may expect their
sons home in a short time, the war
department has advised lien S. Fisher
1 f Marshfleld.
Clatsop post, American legion, Is
nuking good progress In Its campaign
!o induce Astoria business men to
withdraw their patromiKO from the
Toverl, the Finnish daily, accused of
disloyal utterances.
A nurse whose duty It will ho to
v sit thy homes of children who are
absent on account of Illness and to
supervise health In general In the
schools of Kugene is to bo employed
by the beard of education.
Paid up members of the American
Lotion in the state of Oregon numlier
9002. according to tho report which
Presiott W. Cooklngbam, state treas
urer, was authorised to forward to na
tional headquarters of the Legion.
After thoy had been made by 10
ex service men to kiss the American
flag, the eight I. W. W. members who
were held In the Baker county Jail
pending action by the authorities, left
Baker quietly upon being requested
to do so by the police.
Following a reorganization of the
board of directors of the Central Ore
gon irrigation district, George Moore
becomes president of the district, and
an order has been issued for a bond
election on November 25 to vote on
bonds amounting to $240,000.
That the present basic price for
wheat Is fully Justified by the condi
tion of the world market and the
dearth of world production was the
declaration In Portland of Julius II.
Barnes, federal grain director, tn an
address before the chamber of com
merce. A kissless winter! This Is the
edict of the Portland municipal bu
reau of health. "Ding bust It," com
mented Health Officer Parrlsh, with
professional dignity. "I know this ts
going to make me one of the most un
popular parties In the little old state,
but it can't be helped. Influenza is
responsible."
The resignation of W. L. Thompson
as a member of the state highway
commission became effective October
15, Mr. Thompson having made this
request tn a letter to Governor Olcott
J. N. Burgess, of Pendleton, began his
duties as Mr. Thompson's successor
on that date.
Since the organization of a state
highway department in 1914 there has
been expended and contracted for Up
to date the sum of $21,071,666.97 of
state and federal funds. To this Is to
be added approximately $2,000,000 of
county funds expended under the su
perintendence of the state highway
department
Js'ew rules of the Industrial Welfare
commission governing the employment
of women In industry became effec
tive Tuesday. Most important of these
ts the 48-hour week, which will super
sede the present week of 54 hours.
The wage minimum for experienced
adult women has been placed at 21
cents an hour, or $13.20 a week.
Bank deposits of Oregon on Septem
ber 12, 1919, showed an Increase of
$52,186,616.26 since the call of June
30,1919, and of $91,514,905.83 since the
report of August 31, 1918, according
to a statement Issued by Will H. Ben
nett, state superintendent of banks.
The total deposits are $288,441,623.93.
The increase is general over the slate.
Ten yearsln the state penitentiary
for stealing an automobile was the sen
tence handed out to Walter Willis by
Judge Gatens of Portland, and the
same Judge sentenced Joe Gonla to
five years in the same institution for
the same offense. Judge Gatens has
publicly announced that no mercy may
be expected by automobile thieves In
his court.
After a heated contest In which the
relative merits of La Grande and Pen
dleton were at Issue, delegates from
La Grande at the state federation of
labor convention In Bend won the se
lection as the 1920 convention city.
The convention delegates voiced their
disapproval by a vote of 61 to 27 of a
resolution to petition President Wil
son for the Immediate release of all
Individuals Imprisoned under the es
pionage act
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Who's Your Banker?
ARE YOU forcing the
merchants of your com
munity to finance your busi
ness by allowing your ac
count to become overdue?
They need this money in
their own business to take
care of their wholesale ob
ligations, to buy more stock
and to pay their running
expenses.
If you haven't the money
to pay your account on the
firsl of each month, the
right thing to do is to make
an estimate of the amount
of money you will need,
how much time you will
require for the loan, and
then see your banker. If
the bank will not loan you
this money, you are not en
titled to credit from a merchant.
Being one of a series of display editorials,
the purpose of which is to create a bet
ter understanding between the local
merchants and the consumers.