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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1919)
!K-i:V(Hi:ri 4, 1010. C1COOK COPNTT Ot'RNAL p.. it Every Purchaser of Candy Will be interested in our gift baskets of Candy. Come in and let us explain to you Fancy Japanese Handwork Basket filled with chocolates, value $10.00 Ditto value - - 7.50 , Ditto value - - - '3.00 Ditto value - - 1.50 These Baskets Given Away on New Y ear's Day Come in and see these BASKETS JOHN PRINEVILLE, J PRICE OREGON a Records of llf-termrs takn at ran dom from the fibs at the at ate peni tentiary Indicate that the men aent to that Institution to serve the extreme penalty under the present lawa have nerved on an average a trifle more than five J PAT. I At the request of County Commis sioner Holman, District Attorney Evans la preparing a resolution offer ing a standing reward of $5000 to per sons leading to the apprehension of any man committing a murder In Mult nomah county. Transporting convicts to the Oregon penitentiary by airplane Instead of by train and automobile as la the present practice, la proposed In a letter receiv ed by the governor from Chester G. Murphy, secretary and attorney for an airplane company. The packing plant of the McMInn vllle Fruit Growers' association, now finishing the season's pack of more than 30 carloads of first-grade apples, baa been obliged to curtail the work of caring for all the fruit produced In , the vicinity of McMlnnvllle through lack of cars. I As a result of the splendid prices received the past two years for the ' fruit, Gordon O. Brown, horticulturist of the Hood River experiment station, says he finds that many Hood River orchardlsts, despite the high oost of ,the nursery stock, are planning heavy ' plantings of cherries. That no person, firm or corporation, hiring another In this state, shall pay a wage of less than $4 a day of eight j hours for any male employe or a wage of less than $20 a week of 41 hours ! for any female employe la proposed In ' a constitutional amendment filed with, the assistant secretary of state. David Smith and Walter Banaster, 'charged with murder In connection with the shooting of J. N. Burgess and George Perlnger, eeaatern Oregon stock men, during a holdup of the Claremont i Tavern, near Portland, pleaded guilty. : Previously James Ogle, another mem : ber, had pleaded guilty and all were sentenced to life Imprisonment. Because of having more water avail- . able than Is necessary to Irrigate lands at present included In Its project, the 'Columbia basin survey commission baa ! written a letter to Percy A. Cupper, 'state engineer, asking for maps, pro flies and other data regarding eastern Oregon tracts which might be acquired by the commission In Its Irrigation program. To make plain amendments to the t election laws passed at the last session ! of the legislature. Sam A. Kozer, assist- The Biggest Bargain in Prineville Ford! owners will have a chance to get second hand SOxS and 80xS44 Urea at prices) before smkauwa. Cora la early and) get yosur fiek. We also have oa haadi tb I PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CTP Tire and Tube PRINEVILLE Vulcanizing " WORKS 447 MAI SHEET ant secretary of state. Is sending out letters to every county clerk In Oregon ealllng attention to the act requiring the re-establishing of voting precincts within the counties of the state at the regular December terms of thi various eounty courts. Mandamus proceeding! to settle the question as to whether Governor 01 eott la to serve out the unexpired term of. the late Governor Wlthycombe or to hold the office merely until the next regular election will be instituted at onee by O. M. Roberts, district attor ney of Jackson eounty, according to an announcement made by Attorney General Brown. Whether it would be to the best in terest of the state to close Columbia lough and thereby increase the agri cultural possibilities of Sauviee Island, lying north of Portland, or reclaim the lands, dyke the waterway and thereby make iu navigability a greater asset In attracting Industries, Is a serious question In the mind of Percy A. Cup per, state engineer. Opening bids for the construction of the proposed new bridge across Youngs Bay at Astoria, graveling the canyon section of the Baker-Cornucopia blghr way In Baker county, and the sale of (1.000,000 worth of road bonds author ized at the last session of the legisla ture will feature the meeting of the state, highway commission to be held in Portland on December 20. TVere were approximately 1520 mile of state highway work. Including all post and forest project under contract In Oregon on November 15, according to a report prepared by the state high way department The total cost of these improvement, including 280 miles of paving, 316 mile of macadam, 124 miles of grading, engineering and contingencies 1 $21,464,613.44. Because of the contention of the Oregon-Washington Telephone company, which operate extensively in Hood River valley, that it would be unable longer to continue it service unless given financial relief, the Oregon pub lic service commission ha authorized aa increase of rates for both residence and business phones of about 10 per cent, established an exchange toll charge and made alight modification In several branches of the service. Harney valley will soon have one of the largest Irrigation schemes in Ore gon and more than 100,000 acres will be placed under water. At the Com mercial club at Burns the representa tives of the William Hanley and the Pacific Livestock companies met with the ranchers of the valley and reached an agreement to build a large reservoir at the head of Silvies river of suffi cient magnitude to care for the irriga tion of the valley and the surrounding country. The cost was estimated at more than $3,500,000. The Journal aoes modern printing OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Five of seven Mnn county rond dis tricts voted In favor of apeclul roud levies. City schools of The Dalles are being thoroughly fumigated as the result ol a smallpox epidemic. James Hatchelor, aged 90 years and since 1882 a resident of Salem, died at his home In that city. Fire at Mosler completely destroyed seven structures, comprising approxi mately one-half of the business section. The Union County Ad Club has start ed a movement to annul In the restor ation of capital punishment In Oregon. The state convention of the Oregon Butter and Cheese Makers' association will meet lu Portland December 17 and 18. Out of a total of 265 men Incarcer ated In the Oregon state penitentiary, S5 of their number arc serving life sen tences. The 12th annual conference of the presidents and TacuIUis of the 'Inde pendent colbges of Oregon was held at Philomath. With a good yield and high prices prevailing, some Linn county potato growers will receive $400 per aura for their crop this year. Albany's bank resources have In creased more than $1,000,000 In the past year and have reached an aggre gate of almost $4,250,000. Arrangements are being made for an attendance of 2000 at farmers' week to be held at the Oregon Agricultural college December 29 to January 3. Major A. A. Hull, assistant adjutant general of Oregon since September, 1918, filed his resignation with Gover nor Olcott to take effect January 1. Edward E. Kiddle of Island City was appointed by Governor Olcott as a member of the state highway commis sion, succeeding the late J. N. Burgess. Frank Gowan, Chinese-American, a veteran of the recent war and mer chant of Astoria, died as a result of Injuries received when hiB store was robbed. Out of the 11 road districts exclusive of the Incorporated cities In Clackamas county, ten of them made special tax levies of 10 wills at district meetings last week. C. L. McNary, United States senator, has returned to Salem from Washing ton. The senator will remain about A Free Dance! DECEMBER 12 The debt on the Community Hall since Its construction has now been paid in full and the directors feel vary kindly towards the patrons of the dances given at this place and are taking this method of showing their appreciation of the good will of tholr friends. At Powell Butte Hall two weeks betore he returns to the na- j ttonal capital. j Farmers under the Ochoco Irrigation project, at a community meeting, de- j Clded to pool their orders for approxl- j matcly 8m0 pounds of alfalfa 'seed, to : be sown on project lands next year. j A bond Issue of $'i:,3i0 to enable j the central Oregon Irrigation district ! to purchase the townslte of Deschutes ! from the Cehtrul Oregon Irrigation i Company was rejected by a vote of 352 to 38. Lane county teachers .will make no contracts to leach next year for less than $100 a month, according to reso- , lutlons adopted at the closing session of the annual teachers' Institute at ! Eugene. With 68,769 now enrolled In the city public schools, the estimated popula tion of Portland, as taken from the school census, Is 323,229, according to ! tabulations announced by School Clerk Thorn aa. j Preliminary steps were taken at a' meeting of the county budget commit- tee, and the Lane county court to pre sent to the voters of the county a prop osition to issue $1,000,000 in bonds for road work. Umatilla county teachers, although they advocate higher salaries for all teachers In the county, are not In favor of unions, according to resolutions passed by 2D0 teachers at the Umatilla county teachers' Institute. When the big cannery built at Al bany the past summer by the Puyal- lup and Sumner Valley Fruitgrowers' association closes s first season's run work w ill begin at once on the erection !of new buIldlngB for next season. A proposed constitutional amend 'ment extending the highway indebted Iness limitation from 2 to 4 -or 5 per cent will be filed In the offices of the secretary of state this week, according to James Stewart, representative, of Corvallis. Portland faces a corI shortage, with not a vestige of hope for relief, other than Btrlct conservation of fuel by res idents of the city, according to a re port made by Deputy City Attorney Mnckay, In charge of the fuel situation In the city. The Klaskanlne river fish hatchery Is fast developing Into one of the prin cipal plants of the kind operated by Hie Oregon Fish and Game commis sion. There are now 6,000,000 Chinook salmon eggs at the Klaskanlne hatch ery, while about 500,000 young fry have been hatched. Additional shipment ot pggs are expected in the Immediate fu ture and close to 10,000,000 fry will b'.' turuud out from that plaut next sprlm;. 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