Crook 'County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
tol. xxm.
PRINKVTLLK CROOK COUNTY, OR BOON, OCTOBER 23, 1019
NO
HALF MILLION TO
BE ADDED VALUE
$170,000 COLLECTED
FOR THE YEAR
T
BOND ISSUE FOR PERMANENT ROADS' AGAINST TWOHYS
BUSY THIS WEEK
ih wkll nun: land to pass
TO PATENT IN TIIIIITY DAYS
DKLINQl 'KM IKS TOTAL
ham. COUNiy COURT PLEDGES CAREFUL EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS
JURY FINDS FOR V. C. O'XKIL
IN SIM OF $2.Vt YESTERDAY
JUDGE CAMPBELL HITS IX
PLACE OF JUDGE DUFFY
ALMOST FIFTY THOU
LANDS HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED
Will ltiilui' Tuvihi Perhaps Ten Per
('lit In Thin County. MIIUMtril
North ami KhhI u( Unite
Property valued hI perhaps $600,-
OOO wilt tin available (nr I lie awiuM-
iiii-nt rolls next ycnr that has not
been taxed prior to tlili timo, accord
ItiK to statements or Hpeilul Agent
KlinmrnT mid Arrhlbolil, who were
In tli Vicinity lust week looking over
tin- l.iiiilH In guiiMton, which tiro sit
uated on tlm nortli hiii! wont slopes
of Powell Hull tr.
Tlili limd hu been occupied for
several years mid t'ffortii have linen
made by tlm iiwiium to have patent
Issued by the government- but this
hni not been done Ikjchuso of this
contract that exiled between tlm
Din 1 1', government mid Irrigation com
pany. Tin) land will add to Ihn total tax
able property of the comity about
ten per rent, which will have Ihn ef
fect of lowering tint taxes of other
property by about that amotmt.
According to th Inspector tho
patent should be Issued during the
lu-xt thirty daya.
moil school ii:ii ti;
LEAGUE IX TIUHTKKXTII YKAR
Two HundnMl High Schools In Htitte
Arc Eligible l'r Entrance
Two hundred high schools of the
Plata are eligible for entrance Into
the Oregon High flchnnl Debating
League, now entering Its thirteenth
year, according to announcement by
R. W. I'rescott. professor of public
speaking In the University of Oregon,
who Is secretary of the league.
The Htatn Is divided Into two dis
tricts for the purposes of the leagne.
Each one of theee,, Professor Prescott
announces, will have a separate ques
tion for the preliminary rounds,
which will bo contested In January,
February nuc! March, with the finals
In May. The twelve district winners
will meet for the seml-flnnls at the
I'nlverslty In Eugene as a feature of
Junior week-end, May 12, 13, and
14. 1'p to last year only the finals
were debated In Eugene. In 1918 the
four team remaining In the seml-fln-nls
wero taken to K.iiKciie and the
jilnn proved so successful that it was
decided to bring all twelve district
winners here In future years.
Of the 200 eligible, It is Mr. Pres
rott'a opinion that mine than 100 will
enter teams, constituting an increase
of 26 per cent over the most success
ful previous year. War conditions
and Influenza Jast year thinned out
the ranks of tlio schools III the league
but the Interest already manifested
Indicates a return to pre-war Inter
est with greater numbers than ever.
Schools may enter the league up to
December 1 by communicating with
the office of the secretary, here or
with their respective directors. The
srhodulttt will be mndo up by districts
on or before December 10, and the
final contests In each of tho districts
are set for March 13.
Tho trophy for the winner la the
cup put up by the Laurean Literary
Society of the University and Prof.
E. E. DoCou, professor of mathemat
ics at the I'nlverslty, who waa the
first president of, the league. The
cup goes into tho permanent posses
sion of any team winning the cham
pionship three times. Salem High
School has won two legs and needs
but one more victory to take the tro
phy. Eugene High School waa the
winner Inst year, for the flrat time,
taking a close contest from Bend, the
runner-up. George W. Hugg.'super
lntondcnt of the schools at McMlnn
vllle, is president of the league.
The questions In the preliminary
rounds Include several live topics of
political, social and economic interest.
For the finals athe University, Prof
essor Prnscott aminnces, some ques
tion connected with the league of na
tions Issue will be chosen.
W. R. Bailey of Hood River, Is di
rector of the leaguo for the Upper
Columbia district, comprising Hood
Rlvor, Wasco, Sherman, JefforBon,
Crook, and Deschutes counties. The
question for debate tn thla district Is
"Resolved, That the United States
should ratify no treaty by which Chi
ns Is despoiled of the Shantung penin
sula." High schools eligible for member
ship in this district are Culver, Mad
ras, Morn, Prineville, The Dalles,
Wasco, Bond, Diifur, Hood River,
Kent, Redmond, Odell (Hood River
No. 3), and Grass Valley,
TRINE VI LLE MAX PRESIDENT
-
Hobart Renins llenas Hophomoro
Class At O. A. C. This Year
W. Hobart, ReamB of this city has
been chosen class president of the
Sophomores at Oregon Agricultural
College, according to press dispatches
from that pluco.
WATER TAX INCREASES SUM
I'uynicnU Coming In Steadily Will
Decremm Amount Duo. Work!
Handled Without Help
Ttxes have bi-on paid Into the eol
liM'lor'i office at tho court house, In
thin county to th amount of morn
than $170,000 according to Chief
Deputy F, A. Howell who hit charge
of that part fit tho work in the office
of Hlmrlff Comb.
There yut remain to bo collected
about 150,000 a great part of whlrh
la water tax payment under the Och
oco Irrigation Project.
Piimetils arn coming In steadily,
however, and Ihc total amount that
will be delinquent finally will bo
aimill, Mr. Howell thinks.
Itegardle of the fact that tho
work hiu been heavy during the peat
thirty daya. It has been handled with
out extra offlcn help with the excep
tion of a few daya at the (lone of
the period before October 6, when one
assistant waa added.
SEEN BY OTHERS
A government scouting ffarty re
cently traveled through Central Ore-,
?"!! ' i.r.,pu "'"Ct !.f,Knd JrUn.k.
government highway, which, It Is
planned, will be used to connect up
all the government national parks
in the west. Including the Yellow
stone, Glacier, Crater Lake, Yoaem
Ite, and Grand Canyon,
Following Is what one of tbat par
ty had to say, a reported In the Oro
gon Journal of Saturday, October 18,
according to Fred Lockley, the Jour
nal's welt known correspondent, who
accompanied the party. The man
t quoted by Lockley was Harry Child.
! Mr. Lockley says:
"Having cotiio through Central Or
cgun and on down over the California
I roads to. Hun Francisco, 1 ara forced
ito confess that Oregon cannot expect
tourist traffic over the rultv bumpy
roads of Central Oregon tfntll ahe
! does what California has done, and
i that Is to spend more money In Im
I proving her roads. When I asked
' Child where be came from he said:
I " 'I was born in San Francisco, but
I where 1 came from Is not as import-
.,. ... u.i.r t .in. in t,h i on.
afraid the' condition of your Oregon !
roads is such that, if we should go
over the grade anywhere along here,
I might go to n climate that Is not
popularly conaldcrud a summer re
sort. " 'It I Bhould wind up there, I am
going to make application at once tor
a Job of shoveling sulphur, or what
ever else they burn In Hades, so that
my Influential friends who urged me
to come by way of Central Oregon, In
place of through the Willamette val
ley, will repent of their advice. When
you have a country which is naturally
so well adapted to good roads as is
central Oregon and when you do no
thing to make good roads, though
all of the natural conditions are fav
orable, you cannot expect our party
or anybody else to rocommend tour
ists to come this way.
" 'The trouble with the people of
Oregon is that they are eutrely sat
isfied with themselves and their
country. They seem Indifferent as to
whether other people like It or wheth-
er they even come. Their attitude
seems to be, 'If you don't like it, Btay
away,' and they will stay away until
you make it possible for them to come
to and through your state with some
degree of comfort and safoty.
" 'The worst feature of the whole
thing is that you really have some
tling for the tourists. You have won
derful scenery, but you ore doing
nothing to make it accesaable. My
advice will be that those who want to
swing around this circle of national
parks go hy way of Portland, Salem,
Albany. Eugene. Roseburg, Grants
Pass, Mndfurd and Ashland, and on
down throughh California.
" 'The one thing thatwe have
found to which we can give unstinted
praise is the wonderful and majestic
Columbia River Highway. That of
Itsolf is worth a trip across the con
tinent. No person should go to Port
land without making this as a side
trip. The highway, with Its wonder
ful views and its splendid roadway,
should create in the minds of all Ore
gonlans a doBire to have other roads
equally as good.
" 'When you leave the Columbia
River Highway for some of your oth
er roads, the contrast Is so great that
I cannot sea why the people donot
insist upon spending more money for
roads.' "
Mr. Lockloy concludes his article
by -saying:
whu me neauiy oi ma .;oiumuiii
river and Oregon's wondertul haln
of setinel poaks Hond, Jefferson,
Throe Sisters, Three Fingered Jack,
Kndoraement of the propound bond
home of $220,000 waa unanimously
made by the Grand Jury laat Mon
day In lia report at the conclusion of
lt dutlea. The member of the jury
were W. I. Dishman, Chairman; C. B.
Owlnn, W. M. ClaybauKh, J. A. Mof
fltt and Wra. Arnold, of Powell Butte
and Jamea il. Scott and Cheater W.
Kiiirr of Howard.
The bond Issue a proponed waa en
domed In the following words:
"Wn very carefully went Into the
atate of I In; county's finances and In
connection therewith have consider
ed the advisability of voting; the pro
posed bond Issue of $220,000 for per
manent road Improvement. We ear
neatly 8Hk and urge every taxpayer
In the county. If possible, to learn for
himself by personal Investigation the
state of the county's funds and re
sources and not take for the truth
any rumor until It has Iftien backed
up with authoritative figures.
We find that owing to circum
stances over which the voters and
taxpayers now have no control, the
rounty Is approximately $100,000 In
debt. It ta limited to about that am
ount In its tax levies and owing to
tho increased cost of maintenance, no
money can be raised to pay off that
Indebtedness and leave anything for
the upkeep of the county's roads and
bridges.
Therefore, we believe that one of
the methods of relieving the general
fund of the county free from road ex
penditure and maintenance of bridges
would be by voting the bond Issue
proposed, permanently to Improve
the roads with the help of the govern
ment and the state and thereby allow
the ratae b d ,
b 'PPXel to the general fund In-
dehtednesa instead of being used
continually to patch the old, unwise
ly located roads 3.000 miles of
them that we have.
This la only one reason why we
urge the taxpayers thoroughly to In
form themselves upon the proposed
bond election. There are other and
very Important reaanns why the bond
election should carry, another being
that Crook county will get no good
roads within the next three to five
years unless It does carry, and that
every other county is forging ahead
with Its road program and Crook
must act or be behind."
Following Is a list of the counties
In Oregon which have voted bond Is
sues to-date, together with the am
ount of such Issues as furnished by
the 8tate Highway Commission of
Oregon r
FIRST SNOWFALL HERE
, .
The first snowfall of the winter
w ?fn on the mountains from the
clly thla morning and before nine o'
clock the streets and all the sur
rounding country was white with the
downy flakes.
Before noon, however, the trace of
snow was mostly removed by the sun,
and stockmen and farmers rejoicing
for the moisture thus afforded. -
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday school at 10 a. m., J. H.
Gray, Supt. Morning worship at 11,
a. m. Sermon: "Christ Eternal."
Junior Endeavor at 3 p. m., Mrs.
A. C. Hartley, Supt. Senior Endeav
or at 6:30 p. m., all young people
invited. Evening worship at 7:30 p,
m., sermon: "The Prisoner's Ansyer
to the Jailor's Question." -
Mid-week prayer meeting at 8 p.
m., Wednesday. All are welcome to
all meetings.
MEETING CALLED AT
POWELL HUTTE
Road Rond Election Will Ro Discuss
oil Tomorrow Evening At The
Community Hall
A meting has been called by the
residents of the Powell Butte dis
trict for tomorrow evening at 8 o'
clock, at which time the advisability
of passing the road bond Issue at the
election November 7 will be discuss
ed. A good attendance Is loo"ked for.
and Mount McLaughlin; with our
fonm kissed coast line and the beauty
of the fertile Willamette , T'mpqua,
and Rogue river valleys; with the
sculptured beauty of the marble caves
and the awe-inspiring majesty of that
sapphire sea of silence, Crater Lake,
Oregon has unlimited attractions tor
the tourist; but we must make our
scenic resources . accessible or the
tourist will go by on our other side.
"Not only must we have good roads
but we must be able to take care of
the tourist in an adequate way. If a
group of Portland business men
would get back of Crater Lake Lodge,
put in sufficient capital to secure an
experienced resort manager, put on a
line of swift and comfortable touring
coaches, such as are found in Rocky
, Mountain park, Yellowstone Park and
Glacier Park, the word would soon
go foth, to the tourist fraternity and
every hotel in Portland and every in-
mistry in uregon wouiu reel tne sum-
ulallon of the money brought into
the state by the tourists. Let's quit
talking and do something."
Benton ....$ 220,000
Baker 600,000
Crook r nno
fla'kamas None !
Clatsop 400,000 '
Columbia as ft nnn
Coon Sf.2,000 j
wurry 88,000 j
Douglas 600,000 t.
Iea hutes . 125,000 I
Gilliam 250.000 '
Grant 140,000
Harney None
Hood River 76,000
Jackson 600.000
junepnine .None
Jefferson 100.000
Klamath 347.000
Lane None
Lincoln 180.000
Linn 600,000
Lake "200,000
Marlon 850.000
Multnomah 1,250,000
Malheur 230,000
Morrow 290,000
Polk 265.000
Sherman 350,000
Tillamook 400,000
Umatilla 1,050,000
Union 1,498.000
Washington None
Wallowa 300,000
Wasco 260,000
Wrheeler 124,000
Yamhill 360,000
Important Order by County Court
The county court pledges Itself In
the following manner to disburse the
funds arising from the bond sale if
the measure passes:
"October 18. 191.
"To the Taxpayers of Crook county:
"We, your county Judge and com
missioners, comprslng your county
court, do hereby pledge ourselves, in
pursuance of an order to like effect
entered of record to-day, that If the
people by their votes on November 7,
approve the proposed $220,000 bond
Issue for permanent road Improve
ment, that no part of that sum will
he spent on any project that has not
first been approved, surveyed and
designated by the State Highway i
Commisslon of Oregon, or by the Un- ! ident was Miss Mattle Beatty of Sa
lted States Bureau of Public Roads, lem, who received 70 votes to Mrs.
as the case may be, and no bond is- Calaban's 119. Mrs. Calahan waa
sue will be authorized and no bonds nominated by Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar
will be offered tor. sale until . the 6f Portland. Miss Beatty's nomina
funds are required by the Highway tion was made bv Mrs. Frederick
Commission or the federal bureau of Eggert of Portland,
public roads. i Mrs Collins Elkins of Prineville
N. G. WALLACE, ; was elected first vice president; Mrs.
County Judge William Bell of Roseburg, second
E. T. LUTHY, ! vice nresident: Mrs. Charles Hines of
HUGH LISTER.
County Commissioners
GRAND JURY HAS NO
CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS
For what is perhaps the first
time In the history of the county
the Grand Jury empanelled on
Monday did not have any crimi
nal cases for their consideration.
More than seven months have
elapsed since the last Grand
Jury.
They completed their work In
one day, made their report and
were dismissed.
The men who served on the
Jury were W. I. Dishman, fore
man, W. M. Clabaugh, E. H.
Scott, C. W. Starr. C. B. Guinn,
Wm. Arnold, and J. A. Moffitt.
LONE PINE ELECTION CALLED
Question of Formation of District to
Ro Submitted To Voters
At a special meeting of the county
court on Saturday, an election was
called for the voters of the proposed
Lone Pine Irrigation District for j
iNovemDer zz, at wnicn time mere is
to be selected three directors from
the district at large.
PRINEVILLE WINS 26-0
C. H. S. Administers Drubbing To
Prairlo City High School
In the presence of a large crowd
of local rooters and fans, the C. C. H.
S. football squad delivered a severe
defeat to the visiting Prairie City
team, to the tune of 26 to 0, on Fri
day, on the school gridiron.
The C. C. H. S. team will visit
Bend Saturday at which time they
hope to give the mill city players an
other drubbing. The Public School
team will also play the Bend Junior
High on the same day.
TEMPERATURE RECORD
The temperature record for the
past week as reported by Cooperative
Observer Adamson is as follows:
Date High Lw
October 16 74 21
October 16 72 26
October 17 63 31
October 18 61 22
October 19 64 18
October. 20 71 26
October 21 68 30
IS ONE OF A SERIES OF SUITS
Others Not To Be Tried At This Time
Sixty Days Are Given For
An Appeal
The Jury In the damage suit against
Twoby Brothers Company, at eight
o'clock last night brought in a- ver
dict for the Plaintiff. C. C. O'Neil In
the sum of $6,250, being the enfire
amount of damage asked for by the
Plaintiff.
The case is one of seven or more
aggregating an alleged damage of
$50,000, caused, as the plaintiffs al
lege, by failure of the contractors to
keep open existing canals while con
structing the system on the Ochoco
Project during the spring of 1918.
Th remaining cases will not be
tried out at this time, but their final
disposition will depend largely on de
velopments in the present case.
Sixty days are given the defendant
to appeal to the supreme cour, which
appeal is looked for without question
by those Interested In the case.
HOLDS HIGH OFFICE
Mrs. Collins W. Elkins of this city
was unanimously chosen as first vice
president of the Oregon State Feder
ation of Women's Clubs In annual
session at Corvallis last week.
A dispatch from that city concern
ing the election says:
Mrs. Ida B. Calaban of Corvallis
was today elected president of the
Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs
In a lively contest the closing session
of the 19th annual convention was
held.
The only other candidate for nrea-
lZ2r-T:f?l.
Mrs. John Van Zandt of Portland
' treasurer; Mrs. L. E. Bean of Eugene
, ! auditor; Mrs. J. W. Sadler of Aurora,
, i and Mrs. E. T. Wade of Pendleton,
, I directors, and Mrs. Charles H. Cast
. I ner of Hood River, director.
SEVENTEEN CARS SHIPPED
i Week-End Shipment Keep Up Iu
1 - Volume -Quality Is Good
Seventeen car loads qf cattle went
: to the North Portland market from
Prineville Saturday.
The quality seems to be good on
these shipments and there seems to
be no change in the volume of outgo
ing shipments, cars already having
been ordered for the coming week
end.
Those shipping last" week were:
Raymond Calavan, 1 car; Fairview
Stoek Farm, 2 cars; F. M. Woods, 6
cars; Sid Rogers, 1 car; Dickson &
McDowell, 3 cars; Herb Angell, 2
cars; J. W. Ayers, 1 car; Wallace
Post, 1 car.
NEW SUT ER-SIX ARRIVES
Rrent & Stroud Agents For The New
Hudson Cors
E. H. Brent, of the firm of Brent
& Stroud, arived in this city yester
day from Portland with the new
Hudson Super-Six Demonstrator.
The machine is the last word in
cars of this type and is a beauty. The
firm will handle this factory's prod-
uct for this territory in, the future.
G. M. CCFXETT HAS RIRTHDAY
Kentucky Klan Meets At Cornet t
Home Sunday Last
G. M. Cornett was given a birthday
party at the Cornett home In this
city last Sunday, at which time twen
ty persons were present, many of
whom were relatives. A look over
the guests proved that of the score
present, eighteen were born in Ken
tucky, the former home of Mr. Cor
nett. SLUICING SOUTH OF OCHOCO
Construction Of Earth Fill Dam Is
Reaching Final Stages
Sluicing south of the Ochoco,
in
the pits abandoned by Twohy Broth
ers company months ago, was started
with good success yesterday by the
present contractors.
This Is the final stage of construc
tion of the big dam, which will be
completed soon after the first of the
year.
TWOHY DAMAGE SUIT ISSUE'
Criminal Casm Sot Ireent On The
Docket Civil Cases Are Num
erous However
With Judge J. U. Campbell of Ore
gon City on the bench, circuit court
opened in the court house In this
city Monday morning for the regu
lar October term.
Judge Campbell sits In this term
for Judge Duffy for the reason that
Judge Duffy is a land owner in the
Ochoco District, and several damage
suits against the Twohy Brothers
Company, former contractors, are at
issue.
Present at the opening of court
were Judge Campbell, Attorneys E.
B. Seabrook, Jas. G. Wilson of Port
land; W. H. Wilson of The Dalles;
W. P. Myers of Bend; and members
of the local bar, including District
Attorney Wirtz, County Judge Wal
lace, L. M. Bechtell, M. R. Elliott. M.
E. Brink, Jay . Upton and G. L. Ber
nier. R. W. Breese, R. S. Price and Har
ry Hudson were acting as bailiffs.
No criminal cases were referred to
the trial court by the Grand Jury,
there having been no matters of this
nature presented for their considera
tion, and the entire term which prom
ises to be a long one, will be for the
consideration of civil matters.
The first case, which is yet at lssus
was the damage suit against Twohy
Bros., brought by Chas. C. O'NeiL
There are a number of like cases
which may be tried at this term.
LYRIC THEATER CHANGES
OWNERS TUESDAT
Noble & Huston New Proprietors
Will Continue Name find Policy
The Lyric theater was purchased
on Tuesday of this week from W. J.
Pancake by Fred Noble and Clinton'
huiton. '
Possession was given at once and
the new firm put on their first pro
gram Tuesday evening.
The new proprietors are young men
well known in the community who
have had considerable business ex
perience and Mr. Huston served four
years as chief operator at the Lyric.
The past summer he has been In
. j Portland, where he wao employed in
1 two of the largest theaters ,r the city.
'Ihe name and gene, a', policy of
tho place will be continu.'d for the
present at least.,
SET YOUR CLOCK RACK
ONE HOUR ON SUNDAY
On Sunday of this week, Oc
tober 26, all clocks in the land
will be turned back one hour, so
that the sun may catch up in the
flight of time.
In the future you will be able
to set your clock by the sun
without any variations.
Unless some law is passed dur-
I ing the winter or spring, there
j will be no change in the clocks
j for next year when spring comes.
TO COMPLETE McKAY ROAD
Plan To Extend Main Street Through
Hills On North At Once
A committee composed of George
Reams. W. F. King. A. R. Bowman,
G. N. Clifton, and Lloyd Powell was
selected by the members present at
the club meeting on Friday to .get
action as soon as possible on the com
pletion of Main street on the north
with the McKay road by cutting
through the hills or ridges at the
north end of the present street.
A system is being worked out for
the cooperation of the citizens of the
town and country to be benefitted,
the county court and city council In
the work as outlined.
WILL PRESENT BUILDING
TO THE CLUB LADIES
Commercial Club Building May Be
Turned Over To Ladles' Annex
At a meeting of the members of
the Prineville Commercial Club on
Friday, a committee was appointed to
consider the financial status of the
club and to offer the building and
grounds to the ladies of the Annex
as a gift if the matter can be worked
out.
The committee is composed of H.
Baldwin. Arthur Michel, D. F. Stew
art, M. E. Brink, and G. M. Cornett
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FUND
Chairman Upton of the Roosevelt
memorial fund informs us that the
greater part of the county's quota of
the fund has already been raised and
he anticipates no trouble in securing
the remaining amount necessary to
put us over the top.