Crook County journal., December 18, 1919, Image 1

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Crook Cotiety Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOM'MH XXIV.
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NO. 0.
AGAIN REACHING NORMAL
COM)
TIONS
Automobiles Running, Most Trunk Roads Open, Train Service
BIG RABBIT DRIVE
NEXT SUNDAY
Them will ha a rabbit drive on the
Initio about two miles north of the
city on the McKay road. Sunday.
There will be niuani of conveyance
fur all th oho who wlih to go, leaving;
town Sunday morning at nine o'clock.
The neighborhood In the vicinity
of thll bill to will turn out en masse
to try and destroy a large number of
these peat. Thero will bo a lunch
served at noon.
Ernest Wagoner, Max Wilson and
others are preparing the corrali thla
week and It la hoped to make a nic
irnnful drive, aa hundred a of the rnb
blla have taken shelter on the hutte
during the alorm, Everybody come
and leave the guna at home. The
anow and condition of the ground
over which the drive la made will
make (ho nan of guna duiignroua.
BILLS ALLOWED
FOR NOVEMBER
At an adjourned term of thn Coun
ty Court on December 3, 1919. when
were present N. i. Wallace. Judge;
K. T. t.utliy and Hugh I.lntor, Com
mlmtloiicra; Ami W. Rattles. Clerk,
anil the following proceedings were
bud, to-wlt:
The sum of $40,000 was appropri
ated fur tho Improvement of the Orh
oro Canyon rmd and application
made to State Highway CommlaKlon
of Oregon or the 1'nltod States Uu
reau of Public Honda to have aame
designated ns a Post road
The aum of $90,000 was appropri
ated for tho Improvement of the t'p
per Crooked Itlver Bond nml api II
cntlon niinle to have mime, designated
na a Poat road.
The aunt of $.10,000 is appropri
ated fr tho Improvement 'f the
Hear Creek Ilond and application
ninilo to hnve the mime designated na
a Poat mud.
The aum of $10,000 wus appropri
ated for the Improvement of the
Crimea' Hut Iload and application
made to hnve the aunie flea gnutcii na
a Poal rond.
In each and every of the above
nnmed ronda. the appropriation is for
the permanent Improvement of the
ronda, and la provided that nn nm-Mi.it
or greater amount tie appropriated
by tho State of Oregon or tho Untied
Slates Bureau of Puhlle Honda, or
both, for Iho aame project.
The petition of Mary Cox nnd fif
teen nthera Baking for a vacation or
a portion of the PrlneviUo-l-'ltV road
being regiilnrly presented. It Is or
dered that the County Surveyor be
notified to exnmlno anld road Bnd
make n report In writing to this
court at hla carlleBt opportunity, Ret
ting forth hla opinion as to whether
or not aald rond ahould he vacated,
AsseRHment of ten cents per acre
made on tho 7.54 1 acres of deeded
land In tho Dear Creek Irrigation
PlRtrlct.
A small change made In the elect
ion precincts of Roberts, Precinct No.
f; Johnson Creek, Precinct No. 7;
nnd Nowsom. Frcclnct No. 16.
Ordered thnt warrant In sum of
$1,500 bo drawn In favor of W. F.
King for the pnrchnae of fencing wire
to fence the right of way on the
Crooked Hlvor Highway, now under
construction.
The Reml-nnnunl report of Coun
ty Treasurer Bowman, received, ap
proved nnd ordered filed.
Assessor ordered to extend Fire
Tnlrol tax In accordance with affi
davit of F. A. Elliott, State. Forester.
Report, of Surveyor In tho matter
of tho proposed vacation of a portion
of the Prlnevllln- Fife rond, received
recommending that If the owners of
the abutting land, viz: Watson Bros.,
contract to reconvey to tho public
for road purposes, the vnoa'ed portion
of tho rond In case the same Is need
ed, that the petition be granted.
Ordered thnt Wednesday, February
4, 1920. at 10 o'clock a. m. be fixed
as tho time for hearing of tho petition
for the vacation of a portion of the
Prlnevllln- Fife rond.
Court adjourned.
rills allowed
It. W. Dreeae. Judge; L. C. Perry,
Judge; F. A. Ttowell, clerk;; O. L.
Hornier, clerk; T. I. Qiiinn. (dork;
John Maloch, Judge; C. TV Garrison,
Judge; P. C. narrlsnn, clerk: H. A.
Kelly, clerk; Olenn TTendrlokson,
clrk; Selwin Montgomery, Judge;
Chas. A. McDowolI, Judge; B. E. Uv-
iiiinwn. linn, ,. n. iji v lllKNU'II,
clork; Florence Livingston t clork;
Dave Crimea, Judge; S. L. Reynolds,
ATHLETIC CLUB
HAS 50 MEMBERS
Fifty local men have Joined the
Prlnevllle Athletic club which Is
being organized under the manage
ment of Roy Andnraon, and as many
more members are expected by the
time the house warming Is announced
which will be before the flrat of the
year.
Although the program was some
what set hark because of the storm
halting all transportation, which pre
vented Mr. Anderson's supplies from
arriving from Portland, better prog
ress Is now being made.
A basket ball team Is being trained
boxing and wrestling will be taught
and rlnsaes In physical training are to
be organized soon.
The bowling alleys and billiard and
pool rnoma will he opened also for
the benefit of the members.
HALE OK HEALS LAOH
More Than Half Amount To He Hold
During Week In City
The sale of Christmas seals has
been less successful than was at first
anticipated.
While the people have responded
well, there Is yet to be sold at least
half the total allotment to this coun
ty and Mrs Collins W. Klklns who
has the work In charge, Is arranging
for booths for Paturdny In the prin
cipal stores and other places of bus
iness. The schools have responded nobly
In most Instances going well shove
their allotment, some of tnem La
much as 300 per cent.
Plan to buy a bunch of seals on
Saturday and put the sale over as
at first outlined.
WII.IIOIT ll.MtV WRECKED
The large barn on the R. F. Wll-
! holt rnnch west of this city collapsed
; from weight of snow one morning
this week and hurled several horses
In the snow and, wreckage. The aool
I dent occurred nbout 4 o'clock In the
j morning and some difficulty was ex
; perlenced In extricating tho horses,
which was finally done without loss.
I Judge; Roy II. MeCord, clerk; Price
Coflliow. clerk; Clinton 01. Ranney,
i ltni.1,1 l'n,.nM l.,,l..A. TO Tt
I. uthy. clerk; T. J. Dealy, clerk; Al
bln Peterson, clerk; J. O. Powell,
bulge; K. 11. Houston, Judge; 11. Earl
Cross, clerk; James A. McClun, clerk;
Max Strlxner. clerk; W. J. Johnson.
Judge; Fred Stroud. Judge; J. E. Ful
ler, clerk; Ray McKinnon, clerk; S.
R. Anderson, clerk; C. W. Starr.
Judge; Raymond Onlavan, Judge; J.
II. Scott, clerk; Peter Magers, dork;
Harry Lanlus. cl rk; H. W. Carlin,
Judge-; J. A. Rlckmon, Judge; W. T.
Benson, clerk; Edmund A. Barker,
clerk; Lewis M. Fisher, clerk; E. J.
Clark. Judge; Jus. A. Smith, Judge;
Mrs. A. I.. Sniilh. clerk; S. A. Lytle,
clerk; Melvin Woberg. clerk; O. R.
Nicely. Judge; H. E. Rannells, Judge;
II. J. Faulkner, clerk; John T. Faulk
ner, clerk; John W. Morgan, clerk;'
E. W. Nelson, Judge; Walter T. M r
rin. Judge; I. B. Meyer, clerk; Dick
Bryant, clerk; R. R. Price, clerk;
Homer Norton. Judge; A. L. Oldham,
Judge; S. J. Nowsom, Jr.. clerk; E.
E. Clllenwnter. clerk; C. O. Stover,
clerk: J. A. Elliott, Judge; II. K. Al
len, clerk: C. L. Worrell, clerk; J. L.
Ollmoii, clerk; C. M. Charlton, Judge;
Herman Haas. Judge; Effle A. Slier
man, Judge; Myrtle A. Hans, clerk;
Chas. A. Sherman, clerk; J. P. P'ck
ett, clerk: Oeorge W. Wells, 1udge;
J. A. Moffltt. Judge: A. O. Brown,
clerk; Mnttle Hopper clerk; John P.
Hopper, clerk. All of the above nam
ed Judges and clerks of election re
ceive $4.50 each.
S. L. Reynolds, carrying poll
hooks $ .80
Rehvln Montgomery, do 2.20
E. P. Why, do 5.00
Rav McKinnon do 3.40
C. W. Starr do 4 00
W. T. Benson do 7.00
S. A. Lytle do 17.50
R. R. Trice do 8.80
Homer Norton do B.40
C. M. Shnrlton do 2.20
Chas. A. Sherman do lfi.00
Coo. A. Wells do 2.20
A. S. Michel canvassing votes 3.00
Nora F. Stearns do 3.00
Class & Prudhomme, supplies 100.40
.T. F. Lytle, rond work 19.50
Mrs. I,. M. Miller health rog. .50
Mrs. Mnry A. Cox. do .75
Cnnst Cul. & Flume Co 244 97
Wal'cr Barney, Jnrttor 80.00
Prlnpvllle-Paulina stage, exp. 2.80
Kilham Co. supplies 8.7"
S. R. Ray, road work 2S4 00
Goo. Richardson, rond work.. 72.00
(Continued on page 6)
Conditions are rapidly reaching
the normal after the most severe
weather recorded In yeurs In the
northwest.
The extremely heavy snowfall that
covered this part of the state a week
ago has settled to an average of
about a foot which permits traffic
without the extreme handicap exper
ienced when the depth ranged from
two feet up to more than three, and
In some localities where drifts were
bad, a much greater depth.
The main county trunk highways
have been opened and the movement
of stock over tho roads has made
most of them very good, considering
the amount of snow.
Hallway traffic Is again regular
both on the main lines and on the
City of Prlnevllle line, permitting the
handling of a quantity of mail, ex
press, and freight that was delayed
In transit for a few days.
Temperatures during the twenty
four hours past have been very high,
considering the blanket of snow that
rovers tho ground.
The lowest temperature recorded
resterday wss 26 above zero, while
the extreme high temperature was 41
degrees, with a result that consider
able settling of snow was noted.
The record low temperature for a
number of years was reached last Sat
urday when the government station
here noted an extreme low tempera
ture of 32 below zero, following 81
degrees below the previous morning.
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O lookit Tommy, Santa come for you and me.
But I never heard a single sound when he
' left that Christmas tree.
Powell Butte
IWSSl NEWS NOTES
About 32 inches of snow fell in nnd
around this section, the thermometer
dropped to 29 below and after that
' 28 and 2H. There seems to be plenty
of feed in the country for the stock,
nnd very little, if any, loss has been
l reported.
j E. N. Hull came out during the
I storm to look nfter his Powell Butte
interests.
j A petition has been circulated the
I past week for a recall of Mr, McGuf fy,
! a director of the irrigation district,
(it met with poor success for signers,
as It seems to be the opinion of some
that it. is only a move of n former
candidate for director to get Into the
vacancy, Mr. McOuffy wns elected
by a large majority, on general prin
ciples. There wns no particular Is
Riie at that. time. It is to he hoped
that tho movement will die.
Schools in this vicinity were all
closed for a few days but opened up
Monday with remarkably good att
endance. Coo. Truesdaln hns been using his
rond forces to clear tho main roads
over which the mail passes and be
tween Powell Butte (nnd Prinevllle..
The wind, however, fills up the read
nleflg tho ITenry Edwards nnd Dave
Still ranches and has made the work
difficult.
The warmest record for Saturday
was 3 above zero.
Many inland towns suffered more
even than Prlnevllle, each In a dif
ferent way.
While mail service was perhaps
slower here than at towns on the
main line in getting back to normal,
Redmond was entirely without water
as was at least a part of Bend.
Electric light service was badly
curtailed In Bend by the low temper
ature conditions effecting water pow
er, which was not In any way felt In
Prinevllle because of the Cove Pow
er plant being located at a point
where the water is always warm, In
Crooked river.
A number of buildings were unable
to withatand the weight of snow and
collapsed, In Bend as well as one In
Prinevllle and several barns and
other large structures throughout
the country district.
The extreme depth of snow In this
city as recorded by the government
station here was 28 1-2 Inches on
December 10, while a much greater
depth was reported a short distance
west of the city.
The .temperature record for the
week is as follows:
Dnte High Low
Thursday, Dec. 11 5 8-
Frlday, Dec. 12 6 31-
Saturday, Dec. 13 3 32-
Sunday, Dec. 14 20 15-
Monday, Dec. 15 30 4
Tuesday, Dec. 16 36 11
Wednesday. Dec. 17 41 28
Sttorning
Mrs. Frank Kissler and her two
youngest children left home Tuesday
night for Billings, Montana, where
she intends to spend the winter with
her parents nnd other relatives. She
was unable to get out of Redmond,
however, on account of the blockade
of the trains and returned home to
start at another time.
Mrs. E. A. Bussett went to Red
mond the first of last week and was
storm, hound for the rest of tho week,
returning home Sunday evening.
Mr. Shoemaker of Redmond hns
put on a sleigh and is carrying the
mail for Reeves Wilcoxen.
Ora Foster, the faithful R. F. D.
man. made the first trip with mail
Saturday, going as far as tho Meyer
corner, near the S. D. Mustard ranch,
that was as far as the road was open
and it would have been impossible to
hive made it farther.
Some fears are felt for Dominic
Verges and Mike Anglands sheep, as
no word has come from them and
they were known to be in the vicinity
of Pine Mountain and it is feared they
are without feed. These men left
early in the storm for their camps
and all efforts to locate them have
faHcd. It is to be hoped that help
will reach them soon.
Pan Tlouritran has 2,000 head of
sheep near Bend and within reach of
100 tons of hay.
Ned Angland with his faithfnl
crew of helpers worked hard and suc
ceeded In getting his sheep to the
home ranch Saturday night, but they
had hnnlod hny to them every day
and they came through In fine shape.
A 1
Regular, Temperature Higher
MAKE AND KEEP
SAVINGS PLEDGES
Some time ago there was mailed
to you War Saving Stamp pledge
cards and franked envelopes by T.
E. J. Duffy, chairman of the War
Savings Sommittee for Crook county,
together with a letter explanatory of
the purposes of the campaign. The
reason your card witn amount pledg
ed has not been received to dote,
most likely is because you have laid
It away, and put off filling It out and
mailing It Uncover It again and
make It out and mail It so the same
will reach the above named chairman
on or before the 31st day of Decem
ber, 1819, the day on which the cam
paign closes. At the same time mail
your check or money order to the
bank named in the card, so these
cards will be placed with the banks
as fast as received. The banks have
very generously consented to make
the adjustments and keep the ac
counts, and keep the record of the
stamps purchased by you.
The people of Crook county have
many times before gone "over the
top" first, and they will not fall this
time. Why? Because the govern
ment is depending upon you and the
rest of the people of the United
States to buy $2,000,000,000.00 of
War Savings Stamps during the year
1919, which otherwise will have to
be made np by direct taxes and high
er revenues. Further, the Invest
ment Is the best offered to the peo
ple by the governmnt. It affords a
means for everyone to save snd suc
ceed. These stamps are free from
taxes, safe tn principal snd safe In
Interest, convenient to handle, suf
ficiency of return, and Interest com-
pounded if held until matuntv.
j No quota has been set for the
1 county snd the investment Is volun
tarv. but at the same time It Is er-
t pected that all who are financially
I able will resiona. iet me na irar
be closed with a consciousness of duty
I done and the New Tear opened with
: a savings account to your credit. The
i time to act Is now.
FORESTRY
NEWS NOTES
A lotter from the Portland office
advises that a number of urcrupa
Ioub individuals have, during the past
several months, been taking advan
tage of the fact that members of the
Forest Service usually enjoy the con
fidence of bankers, merchants, and
business houses generally, and on the
strength of this have impersonated
Forest officers and therebv secured
loan, cashing wirthless checks, secur
ing credit etc. This practice has been
carried on to the extent that the
above mentioned letter has been sent
out as a warning to business men
that they may fully satisfy them
selves before extending any courte
sies or business risks that the Individ
ual is more than an impostor.
Rabbit clubs are becoming active
in some parts of the country and In
cooperation with the Forest Service
and Biological Survey, the Bear
Creek Rabbit Club just organized,
has ordered from the Extension di
rector of the O. A. C. more than $300
worth of strychnine. The weather Is
ideal for an extermination campaign
and the progressive ranchers now oc
cupied with this important work are
enthusiastic in the belief thnt the
poison and weather man working in
close cooperation the rabbit pest
can be redecd to a negligible quan
tity before spring crops are under
way.
Miss MoMurry, local Forest Clerk,
is spending a couple of weeks at her
home in Puvallnp. Wash. She will
return to Prineville about Dec. 29, af
ter which time she will probably re
main at local headquarters for a few
days, then take her departure for
Pendleton to begin her new duties
at that place.
Ranger Wiley Warren left hy a
special "train" December 17 for Port
land, where he will spend his vacation
for the next couple of weeks.
From the best information obtain
able,, it appears that, with tho liboi"l
nid of .interested loopl citizens, (par
ticularly tho ranchers who are gen
erously feeding them), tho game
birds. Chinese pheasants and quail
of this locality will probably get
through the present sever weather
without heavy loss. Let us all help
oil we can and save at least the majority.
BEND EDITOR
HAS 1 AGAIN
Because the Journal dared to In
timate recently that Bend interent.
were spreading a brand of poison that
ib injuring noi only crook county but
the entire central part of the atate.
Brother Whlsnant of the Ran Pnu
throws one of bia periodical fits and
says that the Journal "has reached
me stage or localization, the bug that
gets them all."
He rants along, aimlessly, (or a
column or more, questioning our loy
alty etc.. and intimates that we have
shared a fat commission on the sale
of land to a Japanese.
As to the latter, we wish only to
say that such commissions as were
paid in our understanding went to
Deschutes county people who conceiv
ed and put throughs the land deal
referred to, that but one Prinevillo
man, a very close friend of Brother
Whlsnant, was the only locSl citizen
involved in the transaction, and that
the Japanese referred to does not and
never has owned any of the land or
any interest in It, but was Interested
in buying the product, which, may
shock our timid brother of the Presa.
As to the firt assertion of th Presa
we wish to quote a resolution passed
bv his commercial club at about th
same time the attack on the Journal
was made In those columns. V
The Bend Bulletin of December 17 t
says: "A resolution was Introduced
by H. H. DeArmond and favorably
voted on placing the club on record aa
opposed to the transfer of water from
the C 0. I. ditches to the Lone Pine
Irrigation District." Of course. The
Lone Pine District is too far from
Bend too near Prineville and Red
mond and lands In the District are
owned by too many Prinvellle people.
Another statement regarding the
same meeting says "H. J. Overturf
advised that the merchants organize
t free nubliclty
anu p-iv i -
for Redmond, which he said had been
given during the past few months.
You might throw other lava rortt
and get awav with It. Brother Wbis
nant. but don't try that one again.
DETH OF Ti. ASHBV
OCCTRS IN PORTLAND
The death of E. L. Ashby occured
In Portland Wednesday evening af
ter an illness of several months. Ev
er? effort to benefit his health was
without result and he has been grow
Ine weaker for weeks past.
The body Is beine returned to this
city, where funeral services are to
be held Saturday.
Mr. Ashby came to Prinevllle a
number of vears aeo as principal xt
the Prineville public schools, follow
ing which he became interested In
the livestock business and had ex
tensive holdings in land and sheep
at the time of his death. He Is sur
vived bv his widow and an infant
daughter.
TOO MTCH SNOW
The building owned by Lippman
& Co., north of the Ochoco, and at
one time used as a skating rink, col
lapsed from the weight of the snow
on Monday and is being wrecked to
salvage the material.
It was occupied by A. Guthrie ft
Co. as an office and commissary but
fortunately most of their supplies
had been caught In the snow block
ade and were not yet in the. build
ing. These peoole have rented the
Robert Moore blacksmith shop on
Main street, just north of the bridge.
STATE CHAMBER COMMERCE
TOSTPOVES ITS MEETING
Tho Oregon State Chamber of
Commerce notifies all the citizens of
the state that owing to the severe
storm the dates of the annual meet
ing, which were to have been from
December 15 to 10. have been chang
ed to December 29-30-31.
NOTICE TO AlTTO OWNERS
All ownrs of trucks, pntomo-
biles or other motor vehicles will
not he allowed to operate such
vehicles on nnd after January 1,
1020. w'thout the 19?0 license
tags attached to both front and
rear. Th;s is a Ftate rngulation
and must be ol-served
JOHN COMBS. Sheriff.
WILLARD H. WIRTZ
6t3c Dist. Mtrnoy.