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Crook
Journal.
County
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOLUME XXIV.
A general storm, the benefit nf which
In mux to In- K in' ru I throughout this
part of I In' slate started Saturday and
iiiillniii'il iivit Monday. Willi a good
fall (if nun and snow on Tuesday f
this week.
From nil parts of the country comes
the, report Hint thn utorm him linen
general, and stock mon and farmers
iii J (i li 1 1 1 n 1 nvcr tin' benefits that the
morm will bring.
On Hut summit between Irlnvtll
mill Mitchell . the snow yesterday
mriisurcd about four Inches, liut fi'll
wet and had a heavy moisture con
tout. Near the Barney saw mill nn Mill
Creek nlKiiit six Inches of snow In r
liorti'd, while In the I 'it ti 1 1 nit and I'ow-
70REST
MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND
More than ten tliouaatid paaaon
Ren, 10,271 to ho exact, have been
carried on the City of Princrllle rail
way since May 1, 1919, when passen
ger service was Inauxurated on regu
lar time cards.
The ten months of the period show,
that the service has averaged. mmgly
fiver the 1,000 per month mark, the
high month being; October, which was
fair month, with 14 51 fares while the
low month was December, during
(luring which month the storms tied
up traffic nn all lines for a few days
when but 813 people wore handled
on the line.
liy months the traffic was: 10T1
In May. 919 In June. 954 In July,
1010 In August, 1074 In September,
1451 III October, 1012 In November,
813 In December, 104 4 In January,
and 923 for the abort mouth of Kelt
riinry. Freight truffle on the Hue has been
Itood, cash receipt for the entire sys
tem up to and Including February 23
On Saturday of thin week, the final
bond election of the Ochoco District
will be held at Grimes Chapel, start-
ing at 8 o clock In the morning and
continuing until 5 In the afternoon.
The lasue la for $100,000 six per
rent bonds and will be an amount suf
ficient to complete the dam and can
al system and put the entire system
Jnto operation.
Good progress la being made at the
(lain, and the project will be complet
ed In time for the spring floods,
which will Insure a large supply of
water for Irrigation this season.
CIRCUIT COURT CONVENES
HERE NK.XT MONDAY
March term of Corcult Court !
The
for Crook county wll be opened next ! , ' ? , "B 11,18 " ,mly u,ttv
Monday morning at the court house. , f" looking forward to the arrival
The main case will bo called for next;,f, nillton and are charmed
Thursday, when the series ot Twohy, wl,h "," "DPearance of the bride and
Brothers cases will begin ,M,fore ! re wel aatisOod w.th Herb s choice
Judge .1. V. Campbell of Oregon City, ' 1,1 selecting a wife. Mr. Hamilton be
who will take Judge Duffy's place for ''y Wtoti with Miss Lejeune
.i ; while a membor of tho A. E. F. in
till ,71. i tin, o. .
Tlm first of these ensea will be Wm.
Marks vs. Twohy Brothers, and the
rest will follow In quick succession.
W. TT. Wilson of The Dalles and N.
O. Wallace are the lawyers for the
plaintiffs and Mtilnrky. Seabrook and
Dibble of Portlnnd nml Coo. Bornler
of I'rlnovMle are the lawyers for the
defense. These cases nre causing a
Inrge amount of comment and Inter
est. In this part of the country and a
largo crowd of people will attend the
court during tho trials.
Other cases that nre expected to
come before the court, this term nra
State vs. Geo.-B. London and Logan
Bros, vs. Cross.
No cases have been announced to
come before tho Grand Jury, but
omothing may be ready before the
end ot court.
rOWHX BUTTE DANCE
u WAS WELL ATTENDED
A largo numbor of rrmevllla peo-
llo attended tho dance given at the
Powell Butte Community Hall last
Frldaji night, to celebrate the com
plete pBvnieii! for the hn IT. The mus
ic was from Mend and tho hull was
crowded wtth dancers from all parts
of the country. The dance was free
and a bountiful supper was served to
the dnncers at a liarge of 60c to pay
for the expenses. vie dance was un
animously voted to V tho beta, over
given at Towell Butte.
OF CROOK COUNTY
CANNOT
ell Iliitli. countries there, with lend be.
inline of till' moisture fulling In Hie
fnnii of rnln, which was general In
tlm curly part of the utorm.
At tlm lociil weather station the re
cords dhow tlint titnl precipitation
for the utorm was .41 of un Inch, .10
fulling on Saturday, ,12 on Mnniluy,
ami I 9 on Tuesday.
Thn furt tlutt tlm (Iron III la brok
en, and Indications point to a moist
month which will make It much bcl
er for nil kinds of livestock and farm
crop" r Veil.
Tlm leniMi -i liiro rcm'ilni'd compar
atively !, .; i ilui- a the Mural, the
inin.i.iuiii Iil.k -i degree above nn
Til end ii y and the warmest night being
Monday when 29 wna thn coldest
point reached.
PASSENGERS ON C OF P. RY.
totalling 1109,527.29, and cash on
hand In the operating department on
that date waa (7,857.64.
I luring the time the road has been
In operation, more than $10,000 have
been paid on construction by the rail
road commission, from receipts from
the Hue, In addition to which Improv
menls In equipment and property of
the road totaling several thousand
dollars have alao been made.
The Item of ballasting, siding, and
bridge construction which the com
mlHaion has paid has run Into a large
sum.
A fund of $160 a month was voted
by the city council at Its regular meet
ing Tuesday evening to pay In part
for the services of the communion,
which Is the first oav these gentle
men have received for their services,
which have been so . valuable to the
city.
The amount above mentioned will
be deducted from the earnings of thej
road monthly In the future.
UMWi, moonshiners fixed
The Crook county moonshine canes
which caused so much Interest In Cen
tral Oregon last month, when Joe
WIIhoii, James Ivy, Mra. Sarah Snod
erly. J. K. Warner, Floyd Warner,
Denver Good and Cluis. Kerschner
were arrested by local officers and
charged with making Illicit whiskey
near here, was brought to a conclud
Ion in Porth
ortland lust Thursday when
the Federal Grand Jury found a true
bill against Jauies Ivy, J. E. Warner
and Joe Wilson and allowed them to
plead gujlty and fined them $250
each. The others were released with
out trial.
LEJEVNE-HAMILTOX
A delightful romance came to a cli
max last Monday, when Herbert llam
tllon, son of Mrs. 8. Hamilton ofthls
city, and nephew of Sheriff Combs,
and Armance Lejeune of Xerveirs.
' llelirliim Wui imitnrl In nmrrluffa ot
,'"r,,,ln,,d la,at Monday afternoon
France.
The bride Is not conversant with
the English language and hud many
novel experiences on her journey to
Oregon, as slio sometimes had diffi
culty in finding some-one who spoke
French to Interpret for her.
Mrs. Hamilton will make, a welcome
addition to I'rineviUe's social circle.
meetings at theater
Dr. McCnllum, who is holding ev
angelistic meetings in this city will
give a talk at the Lyric theater Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 p. m., for men
only. This is more especially for the
young men. Ho will use for this sub
ject, "lie laid to his wife." The mus
ic will bo furnished by the young men
of the High School Orchestra.
DEATH OF ERNEST D. SMITH
Ernest D. Smith died at the Homo
Hospital with pneumonia, caused by
the flu. He was 23.yenrs of ago and
was working at tho ranch of Alex Am
nions when he was taken sick, The
body was shipped to Spray, Oregon
for interment. Mr. Smith was well
known in this part of tho country.
BATTLES PURCHASES HOME
Asa W. Battles has reoently pur
clinsed the Charles C. O'N'eil home on
East Second Street, which is one of
tho nicest bungalows in rrlnoville.
r rinkviluk. crook county, oreuo.n,
SHORTHORN SALE
AT
Tlm Northwest Shorthorn Breeders'
Association will hold their tenth an
nual Sluing aula of registered Short
horn cattle at the I'aclfic Internatlon-'
al Livestock Imposition building at
North Portland this year on Thurs
day, March 18. i
Eighteen of the leading breeders;
of Shorthorn cattle In the northwest'
consign to the sale and In the big cat
alogue, being mulled out by Frank
Drown of Carlton, Oregon, Is shown I
the blood lines of very animal to be j
Bold. The sires represented In the
sale have among them animals that
huve made Shorthorn history on the j
Pacific coast, many of them being un
defeated champions. j
It will pay any farmer or range
man Interested In Shorthorns to at
tend this sale. There are six big
sales of Shorthorns being held In the
northwest this spring land not only
will there be a rare opportunity to get
the best of breeding, but the price will
be reasonable.
Shorthorn cattle have grown in
popularity until today there is scarce
ly a county In the United States that
does not have a strong representa
tion of this breed. Well bred cattle
such as are represented In this sale
have a remarkable sale ring record
In the northwest.
Starting ten years ago It crowded
the aveage price received to rach the
$200 ark ard almost without excep
tion, year by year, the average prices
paid at this aale have Increased, show,
ing that not only was there a healtby
growth of interest but that the new
men going into breeding have all had '
the opportunity to make money In the
businas.
The aale at Portland on the 1 8th Is '
largely a bull sale, there being 64 j
hulls and sixteen heifers offered. Well
Informed Shorthorn authorities who!
have read the sale catalogue state
that there has never been offered In j
the northwest a better bred lot of In- i
dlvlduals than Is consigned to the
Portland sale this year. Write Frank !
Brown, sales manager, Carlton, Ore
gon, for a copy of the catalogue.
CHANGE IN RY.
Changes made In the City of
Prlneville Railway Bervice starting on
Monday of this week greatly Improv
ed the service between this city and
the main lines.
South bound passengers leave
Prlneville In the evening at 4:45 and
arrive at Prlneville Junction at 5:45
Connecting with the O. W. train south
at that point.
Passengers arriving from the north
on the O. W. train are able to make
connection with incoming trains leav
ing Prlneville Junction at 6 o'clock
and arriving In Prlneville at 6:55.
Passengers north leave Prlne
ville at 7:40 and arrive at Prineville
Junction at '8:35 connecting with the
Oregon Trunk northbound.
Refer to the time card at the top of
column 1 page 2 in each issue of the
Journal.
OBITUARY
Joe Sumner, who has been a resi
dent of Crook county for more than
SO years, died at the Home Hospital
in this citv at 8 o'clock a. m. on March
2, 1920.
Mr. Sumner was 61 years of age
and was born In Grant county.
He leaves as relatives a sister, Sa
die Windom, residing at Goldendale,
Washington. A brother, Tom Sumner,
residing at Antelope, and a mother,
Mrs. E. J. Sumner residing at Prlne
ville. The funeral was held at the
home of his mother on March 3 at 3
p. m. and the sermon was delivered
by Rev. J. E. Wilinms.
DEN BY TRUCKS SOLD
Ed Myers of rattHna bus purchased
n Penny truck from the Newell Motor
Sales Company of Prineville. This
truck is one-ton, solid tires, and spec
ially unique bed, and is the first of
these smaller models to be brought
to Prineville. Mr. Newell obtained
this one when at the auto show in
Portland last week, and it was driven
here by way of The Dalles.
m.iucii 4, nco.
ACCOMi
JAP FARMERS WANT
G. Hata. a Japanese farmer of;
Wapilo, Wash., is In Prlneville this!
week, looking over the Ochoco Proj
ect, with aview of leasing or purchas
ing a quantity of lands for the grow
ing of celery, cabbage and other like
crops.
Hata Is accompanied by his attor
ney It. Ogata, and is making a close
examination of the soils and condi
tions which he says are excellent for
the purposes mentioned
Hata has been very successful on
his Waplto farm, which consists of
420 acres of irrigated land, about 14
miles from Yakima, and from which
he produced about 2.000 tons of net
ted gem potatoes this year, more than
1700 tons of which were first quality.
He is 34 years of age, unmarried,
and has been in the United States tor
the past 17 years, making a study of
Intensive fanning.
xvt,it ht has not secured any land
yet, he is considering several differ
ent tracts, and says he will probably
locate here.
While there seems to be some op
position to leasing or selling any of
these lands to Japanese, a large per
centage of the men Interviewed on
the subject by Journal representa
tives offered no objections, and said
that they were good farmers and
would get good results from the lands
they farm.
- Th objection- offered in many lo
calities where fruit raising and small
farming Is Indulged Ip by white peo
ple is eliminated in this country to a
great extent because ot the fact that
this is essentially a livestock country
many of the farmers say.
There Is howerer, strong opposition
to the Japanese from some quarters
and for the benefit of those opposed
to the Orientals, we wish to say that
unless some change In plans is made
they will be actually located here In
a very few davs.
An interesting feature of the situa
tion is the story, evidently quite true,
told by Hata, to the. effect that two
prominent business men of Bend
were responsible for getting them In
to Central Oregon,- and the lands
near Bend were considered of little
value by the Japanese for farming
purposes. Yet Bend is alarmed at
the "Yellow Peril."
REFUSE TO HEAL WITH
JAP LAND BUYERS
The Ochoco Realty Co. of this
city states that the firm has no
land in their listings that they
will sell or lease to any Japanese.
This firm believes strongly in
the principle of "America for
Americans" and stazid on that
principle as being the best for
the country.
DEATH OF IVA WEST WARD
Mrs. Iva West Ward, who was well
known by many of the people of this
commuinty, died-t her home in Bend
Saturday. Mrs. Ward was a sister of
Mrs. C. O. Stover of Post.
Concerning her death the Bend
Bulletin said:
Friends tilled the Methodist church
to its utmost capacity yesterday af
ternoon when funeral services were
conducted by Rev. J. Edgar Purdy
for Mrs. Iva Ward, wife of Elmer
Ward, who died Saturday of pneu
monia. Despite the winter season,
floral offerings were many and bau
tiful, almost completely covering the
casket.
Following the indoor services,
many of those who attended accompa
nied tho body to Pilot Butte ceme
tery, where interment was made In
the lot where John I. West, Central
Oregon pioneer, was buried.
LADIES' ANNEX MEETING
The Ladies' Annex had Its regular
meeting at the Club rooms Tuesday
afternoon. " Mrs. Chas. Elkins render
ed a solo, which was very much appre
ciated by the club and Mrs. Edwards'
orchestra played several, numbers,
which showed much talent on the part
of the members of the orchestra and
which were enjoyed by all. Mrs. Col
lins Elkins was to have, given a talk,
but this was omitted from the pro
gram as she was unable to attend the
meeting. ,
Mesilames VcMeen and Windom
were the the hostesses for the evening
and served delightful refreshments of
cake and punch. A short social time
was enjoyably spent by all present.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
T O
H hi
I0DATE ALL
More than one-third of all cattle
and horses and ten per cent of all the
sheep whose owners have been seek
ing admission to the Ochoco Forest
for 1K20 will be compelled to look
elsewhere fur their summer forage,
according to a statement Issued from
the office of Supervisor V. V. Har
pham in this city yesterday afternoon.
The forest has been crowded each
year for several summers past, and
with the closing of applications for
permits In the forest on March 1, the
demand for summer pasture is seen
to be greater than ever before.
Applications for horse and cattle
aggregate a total of 33,985 head,
while but 20.300 will be permitted in
the forest according to a ruling by
CITY TO VOTE ON BOND
OF
On Monday, March 15, the proposi
tion ot issuing bonds in the amount of
$100,000 by the city ot Prlneville will
be submitted to the voters for their
approval or rejection.
The bonds will be 6 per cent long
term bonds, and will be for the pur
pose of putting the city on a cash bas
is and taking up outstanding war
rants. At the same time two other charter
FLU SITUATION IMPROVED
The flu situation In Prineville has
Improved considerably since the few
inches of snow has fallen in the last
couple of days. The doctors report
only a few more cases and these as
well as the old cases are improving
very much.
KILL IT
The proposed measure to change
the Oregon constitution and limit the
legal rate of interest to 4 and 5 per
cent is already having its effect in ad
vising anybody with money to loan
that Oregon will be on the map for
making loans if the measure should
pass.
The small merchant, business man,
farmer and home builder would be
the hardest hit as local banks would
be put out of business and no money
would be loaned within the state at
such rates.
This is no overdrawn, "throw the
scare into them" picture. If you had
$500 would you loan it at 6 per cent
in Oregon when you could get much
more by loaning it outside the state?
We cannot afford to let such a
measure as this get by in this state.
TO VACATE PART OF PRIXEVILLE
A petition presented by M. E.
Brink, Attorney for J. W. Boone, to
the city council Tuesday evening, ask
ing for the vacation of parts of
Prineville Heights, totalling 30 acres
was allowed.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
C. W. Elkins to Nettie Gawley wd.
N'n Sec 7 SW 8-17-19 $1 rev. $.50
G. L. Burtt to Portland Deschutes
Land Co., wd S4 NHi S 29-all31-14-15,
all 1-3-5-7-9, 11,13, 15, 17,
21, 23 W1 25 all 27, 35, of 15-15
N'uNE, SWNE V4 7 all 13, 15, 17,
21, 23 of 15-16 $10 rev .'....200.00
Matt Clark to Walter Alexander
Yawkey Lbr. Co., wd SWSE Eli SW
It 6, 6, 13, 16, $10 rev 1.00
G. Perry to Matt Clark wd same
$10 rev 1.00
N. G. Wallace to Addie Wallace wd
pt SESE 5, 15, 16 1.00
A. F. & A. M. to C. A. Baker d It 42
Masonic Cementery.
O. & W. C. Co. to R. R. Robinson wd'
E!-i SW; SE 33.14, 16 $2229 rev 2.50
' U. S. to Fred Smith pat S',-j SW NE
SW, SWSE 32. 1.6, 22
J. A. Ramsey to Ernest Harold,
power attorney
Fred Smith to O. B. Gray, wd SVa
SW, NESW, SWS' -'i. 16, 22- f 10
rev f... 1.50
L. M.Hodges toThos. Smith et al,
wd N'4 NE SEXE 11 SWNW 12, 13,
15, $850 rev 1.00
J. J.Coffeltto. J. M. Coffelt et al wd
SESW NW SE 12 WHNW NENW, N
'a SW 14, 15, 16, $10 rev 2.00
John Pavin was doing business In
town last Friday in connection with
his UuUl in Crook county. Mr. Davin
lias been in California for the last few
months. He went to France Just
prior to the war to attend to his in
t rests there, and when the war broke
out he was unable to got back to the
United States, so had to remain there
during the war.
XO. 17.
the Secretary of Agriculture.
Only 87,000 head of sheep can be
cared for In the reserve, while the ap
plications total about 96,000 head.
Most of the applications are from
stockmen living near the forest which
indicates that they own the land, and
are entitled to a share of the summer
grass, in so far as the supply lasts.
A total of 204 individuals made ap
plication for permits in the Ochoco
forest.
This situation is a complicated one
for the stockmen, and shows that the
winter facilities are greater than
those for summering stock which will
make necessary some solution of the
problem of summering surplus stock
elsewhere than In the Ochoco forest.
E
15
amendments will be offered, one pro
viding for the construction of a sew
er system for the city, and payment
for same, the other to make possible
the assessmnt of improvements in
street intersections to property in ad
jacent blocks.
The election will be held in the
basement of the court houst at the
usual hours tor city elections.
BUYS A CHALMERS DISPATCH
Billy King has purchased the Dia
' patch car which the Inland Auto Co.
received in its last carload of Chan
dlers. This car has the prettiest lines
of any of the Chandler cars , and is
! colored old blue, which does not show
the dust readily. This car will make
as high as eighty miles an hour when
called on.
T
But few cases of flu or lagrippe
: are being reported now, physicians
: say, and although there Vas at one
time in the past three weeks, sever
! al hundred people ill from the mal
i ady, the number at this time is much,
j less.
Serious Illness, which resulted in
! deaths in many instances, were prac
' tically on relapses, which demon
strates the importance of being very
j careful after having had a tussel with
any kind of cold or lagrippe.
i The falling weather of the past
, week will have a beneficial effect the
, medicos think, and the crest of the
i disease seems to have passed several
days ago. Practically all critical
cases of last week are improving now
they say.
OBITUARY
Thomas Ferdinand McCallister, an
old Pioneer of Crook County, died at
his home near Terrebonne, Deschutes
county, on February 26, 1920. Mr.
McCallister was born near Salem, Or
egon. February 3, 1857. He came to
Crook county in 1878 and was a res
ident of this county for 41 years. On
July 13, 1883 he married Miss Matil
da A. Rizeor. Thomas Ferdinand
McCallister planted the first orchard
at the Cove nearfulver in 1S88, and
now this is the finest orchard in Jef
ferson county.
He leaves as relatives: Mrs. Matil
da A. McCallister. wife; Pearl Daven
port and Daisy Melton, daughters,
and Roy and Fair McCallister, sons,
all of whom reside near Prineville.
Mrs. Jessie Kurtz, a daughter residing
at Portland, a son, Roland McCallis
ter who resides in Honolulu.
Mr. McCallister leaves a brother,
William McCallister residing At Salem
and a sister residing in W a..j ,.gton.
Wm. Boegli, who owns ths Cove
orchards now, is a foster son of Mr.
McCallister. He has been a member
of the Christian church for 21 years.
PURCHASES A CHANDLER
M. R. Elliott has purchased a Chan
dler Chummy Roadster from the In
land Auto Company. This model of
car Is becoming very popular here, as
it is a heavy enough car to keep well
in the road without losing its grace
ful lines, or appearing hunglesome or
unwieldy. It is one of a carload of
Chandlers which was recently receiv
ed by the company.