Crook County journal., January 01, 1920, Page PAGE 2, Image 2

JANUARY 1, 1090
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( ROOK COl'NTT JOURNAL
Crook County Journal
BT GCr LAKOLLETTE
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llle, Oregon, at second-claas matter.
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CITY OP PRIXEVILLE RAILWAY
Time Table No. 4
Effective 12:01 a. m. Not. 0, 1919.
West Bound
Stations Motor Motor
P.M. A.M.
Leave Prinevllle 6:30 6:16
Leave Wilton 6:45 .6:30
Leave O'Neil 6:15 6:06
Arrive Prinevllle Jet 6:30 6:20
Stations
East Bound
Motor Motor
No. 3 No. 1
P.M. A.M.
Arrive Prineville 7:60 8:45
Arrive Wilton 7:35 9:30
Arrive O'Neil 7:05 9:00
Leave Prineville Jet. 6:60 8:45
TRADEINOORTOfr)
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Beginning the year 1920, Prine
ville and Crook count have more to
be thankful for than they have ever
had since the founding of the town,
something more than fifty years ago.
The railroad, which was talked of
and writttea of for years, is here, and
being operated regularly and with
efficiency.
Whatever the road lacks In modern
equipment and main line facilities it
.makes up in obliging service, and
the careful and the able manner In
which the railroad commission is op
erating it, together wth the knowl
edge that the road was actually built
and is now operated by Prinevllle
people, which is a source of pride to
all loyal citizens. .
The irrigation of what was at one
time called "Poverty Flat" threatens
to turn that part of Crook county in
to one of the most productive bits cf
territory in the northwest, and with
the year 1920, the dam, which will
make this a completed reality will
be finished and all parts of the
fsystem functioning normally.
This, too, is an example of local
enterprise, and one that we may all
feel is without a peer in any com-
munty. Its conception, development
and operation ia entirely due to local
men and the people they have em
ployed to assist in the d veKpnunt
of the plans.
The next, and one of the most im
portant steps in this dtve.opm nt
plan is the general highway system
which is being worked out to success
fully. This system of highways
bring the duf.rent commu"l.i's of
the county tog ther and uraw closer
the fabric of the conimun tl s to
make up a real commouwe Hh.
Prospective earlv devel pie it of
the 14.000 aire tract of laml be
tween Prineville and Powell Hu't
the Lone Pine Irrigat'on d t r ct.
while small is compact a d of first
quality lands, the Hear Creek dis
trict, and other projects me:m be -tor
times and a maximum of devel
opment for the ureas affected.
In the 192i class will com1 en-' or
more sawmills, which will muk pos
sible the marketing of large quanti
ties of timber tliat have n t b r
a source of revenue to any ex'.ent up
to this time.
In all of these things the Journal
has assisted Insofar as it atIHty to do
so permitted, and for such as-si tun e
as we have been able t render we
feel that we have already been pMd
many times In seeing the good things
come to the community and our
friends.
Looking forward the way seems
much easier and the possibilities
much greater than were ever evident
before.
Cooperative effort a'l along th
line, such as we have had in the past
and better, will make great things
possible. They are easy of accom
plishment now if we all work togeth
er. It is not difficult to keep a
large body moving, but it Is some
times very difficult to start It, which
has already been done In this case.
Make a New Year resolution now
to put your shoulder to the wheel,
and put this community on the map
to staty. Come on Let's Go!
A DANGEROrS MEASTOE
Just at the stage of Oregon's great
est possible growth there e.imes a
measure which proposes to limit the
interest rate in this state to 4 or 6
per cent which will In effect drive all
capital for development out cf the
state in event it should pas.
As an illustration r An Oregon far
mer has $2,000 which he would like
to loan at 6 or 7 per cent or put in a
savings account in a local bank to
draw 3 per cent interest.
Just supposing that while he is
waiting to make a decision what to
do, Oregon passes the proposed am
endment to the constitution chang
ing the legal rate of interest to 4 or
5 per cent.
Would the farmer loan h's money
here or would he deposit It In an
Oregon bank which could no loncer
pay interest on savings accounts?
Furthermore, if It becomes necess
ary to do so, he could not borrow any
money here, for who would loan to
him at these rates when they could
get more elsewhere?
This law would be a killer for Ore
gon, and ewgry man trying to do bus
iness in the state.
WE THANK YOU
To our host of friends who have
made the Journal what it is t day,
and who have given it the support,
both in a business way and a moral
way, that it has received during the
past year and the twenty and more
years preceding 1919, we express our
sincere appreciation.
MICHEL GROCERY
COMPANY
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tinued activity in behalf of your Com
munity and ours, which we wi l ug y
and emphatically do.
For the paper and those closely al
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we thank you.
OREGON !iEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Eriefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
The carrier delivery system for mail
will ho started In llend on April 1.
Major James Bruce, Indian war vet
ran and pioneer of Oregon, Is dead at
McMinnvllle, at the age of 93 years.
Christmas business in Kugene this
season exceeded that of lust year by
100 per cent.
A fuel famine has been averted In
Mood River and wood and coal are
fairly plentiful at the present time.
For the Improvement of the coast
guard service at Siuslaw, a 36-foot mo
tor boat has been shipped to that point.
The annual winter meeting of the
Oregon Jersey Cattle elubWas held at
Oregon Agricultural college, December
31.
Oregon has an approximate total of
963.759 acres In Irrigated lands, ac
cording to Percy A. Cupper, state en
gineer. Albany voters, 98 to 60, have ap
proved an increased levy for school
purposes on the 1919 tax roll of Linn
county.
Charles Holstrom, for more than 20
years night watchman at the state cap
Itol, died after an illness of about nlue
months. ,
The Hood River county court has
adopted a budget that will raise a tax
of $181,851.31, nearly $30,000 more than
last year. '
, Crews will begin work on the Hood
Rlver-Mosler stretch of the Columbia
river highway as soon as the snow
clears away.
Robert N. Stanfield and Whitney
Boise, both of Portland, were reap
pointed members of the Oregon land
settlement commission.
Engineer B. R. Jones has completed
his Burvey for the proposed Monmouth
gravity water system, which it is esti
mated will cost $56,000.
Over $50,000 for produce and labor
was paid out by the Cottage Grove
cannery during the 1919 season. The
total pack was 289 tons. r"
Salem automobile dealers have or
ganized and plans are being made for
a show to be given by the organization
on February 19, 20 and 21.
Eugene will hold a special election
for the purpose of voting $75,000 bonds
to furnish funds for an aviation field
and additional fire apparatus.
The Cottage Grove grange has Join
ed the Commercial club In going on
record as opposed to the proposed issue
of $2,000,000 In county road bonds.
K. G. Warner of Pendleton was ap
pointed by Governor Olcott as a mem
ber of the state livestock sanitary
board to succeed the late 3. N. Bur
gess. There was one fatality due to acci
dent In Oregon during th week end
ing December 26. The victim was
Swan N. Swanson, construction work
er of Buxton.
Thirty Filipinos, representing the
Filipino student body In Salem, Philo
math and Corvallls, assembled at Sa
lem December 30 to celebrate their na
tional holiday.
S. T. Kestersen, fireman on the Cal
ifornia, Oregon t Eastern railway, was
severely Injured at Klamath Falls
when he fell from his engine and was
dragged 30 feet.
Tony Lettls, recently discharge!
from the penitentiary after Bervlng 20
months for alleged alien activities dur
ing the war. Is again under arrest, be
lieved to be insane. y
Johnson S. Smith, deputy collector
of Internal revenue at Portland, was
appointed federal prohibition director
for Oregon, according to announce
ment from Washington, D. C.
G. G. Brown, clerk of the Btate land
board, has recommended to the boarrl
that $200,000 of the state school fund
be invested In school district bonds
bearing at least 5 per cent Interest.
A bill to hold the attorney general
responsible for the operation of all leg
islation enacted In Oregon will be sub
mitted for the consideration of the
state legislature at its special session
In January.
The city of Solo has filed applica
tion with the sta'e cnplnoer for the
appropriation of 40 second-feet of wa
ter from Thomas creek for the devel
opment of ;J26 horsepower for munici
pal purposes.
The I'liez company, with processing
plants and head offices in Salem, has
received from a New York buyer an
order for 65 carloads of apple cider
to be delivered at the eastern city as
soon as the product can be made.
R. N. Stanfield, well known sheep
man of eastern Oregon, has closed a
lease with the Warmsvrings irrigation
district whereby he secures for 99
years the shore line of the district's
large reservoir at a reported contlj
' eratloa of $50,009. The reservoir or
j lake will cover thousands of acres and
In midsummer ind early fall the water
will recede and expose several hundred
acre, which will afford excellent grat
ing and give accett to plenty of water
In the dry season.
Approximately 166 bridges and cul
verts, representing a cost estimated at
$1,696,777, were under contract or ad
vertised for construction during the
yt r 1919, according to the annual
report of C. B. McOullough, engineer
for the state highway department,
Recaiise of the dissatisfaction ex
pressed by consumers with regard to
rates charged by the Douglas County
Water & Light company a movement
Is on foot at Hoseliurg to vote bonds
In the sum of approximately $600,000
with which to install a municipal plant.
The Douglas county Jail was depop
ulated Saturday nlwht about 11 o'clock
when the four Inmates escaped after
suwlng their way out of the muln cago
and then dropping from a second story
window to the ground. All of the es
caped prisoners but one were cuptured
durlnat the day.
The confession of Leon Grannan,
who surrendered recently to the au
thorities at Douglas, Ariz., admitting
that he robbed the SluiHta Limited at
Yoncalla on the nltlht of June 16, 1911,
has cleared up one of the greatest
mysteries In Douglas county crime an
nals, according to Sheriff Qui tie.
Harold Howell, who has been held
In the county jail at Marshfield for
several months and passed through
two trials for the alleged murder of
Lillian Leuthold, a 16 year old girl of
Bandon, probably never will be con
victed. Judge Coke discharged the
Jury of the second trial after it wat
reported that the Jury could reach no
agreement.
Indications that the state fish and
game commission will refuse to accede
to Governor Olcott'a recommendations
that William L. Flnlcy be reinstated
as state biologist and that the com
mission will stand pat on Its action of
December 11, ousting Flnlcy, are con
tained In letters received by the gov
ernor from Frank M. Warren and I.
N. Flelschner of Portland, members of
the commission.
In compliance with a resolution
adopted at a conference held In Port
land, Attorney-General Brown will
draft the bill providing for an Increase
In payments to Injured workmen under
the compensation act, according to an
nouncement made by members of the
state Industrial accident commission.
The bill will be submitted for the con
sideration of the legislature at its spe
cial session in January.
Reports of excessive damage to the
fruit and berry Industry of the Wil
lamette valley, due to the recent freet
Ing weather, were emphatically denied
at Salem by C. I. Lewis, secretary of
the Oregon Growers association, and
V. W. Brown, secretary of the Polk
County Growers association. Especial
ly does this denial apply to orchards,
which the experts state are practically
uninjured by the freeze.
Because of the present car shortage
which Is Bald to be hampering many
Oregon Industries and throwing thou
sands of men out of employment, Fred
Buchtel, chairman of the Oregon pub
lic service commission sent telegrams
to R. H. Alshton, regional director of
United States railways at Chicago, and
L. C. Oilman of Seattle, district direct
or of the federal railroad administra
tion, urging that they aid In relieving
the situation.
W. P. Andrews, forest valuation en
gineer of the northwest district, bu
reau of Internal revenue, who has been
In Portland since last September 5 In
connection with questionnaires by tim
ber owners, has completed his work
and will return to Washington, D. C.
The questionnaires are now being sent
to Washington and the valuations
placed on timber lands and timber
products will be made the basis of
income and excess profits taxes.
During the period between February
26 and November 30, 1919, enough gas
oline was sold in Oregon to operate
each motor vehicle now licensed In
the state for a distance of approximate
ly 6400 miles, based on an average of
15 miles to each gallon of gasoline
consumed, according to a statement
Issued by Sam-A. Kozer, assistant sec
retary of state. Nearly 30,000,000 gal
lons' of gasoline was sold to Oregon
motor vehicle owners during the peri
od covered In Mr. Kozet's statement..
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
BOND 1
Come Across!
It Is simply a case of "come across"
or "close up" with the merchant lis
cannot got by with a statement to
his wholesale dealers and jobbers that
collections are slow and he finds It
impossible to meet his bills this
month.
And whon a merchant is closed out
for debt It leaves a bad stain on the
community as well as on the credit
of the man who falls. It reflects In
time on every Individual in the com
m unity.
On the other band It a merchant
had sufficient capital to carry all his
customers Indefinitely and to also
meet his current bills, he could en
gage In a mortgage and loan busi
ness and make considerable more
money. Because he would get a good
rate of Interest on his money In that
line, and be sure of his security.
When you buy an article of a mer
chant on credit you are borrowing his
credit and It you keep It over the
time promised, you are doing him an
Injury. Many men will not hesitate
to borrow a merchant's credit and
fail to return It promptly when prom
isod, who will go to uo end ot 'rouble
to return a hammer that they i ave
borrowed and promised to return on
a certain day, A merchant's capital
represents his tools and he must have
it returned to him whon promised or
he Is badly handlcappod.
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.
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