Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, April 08, 1920, Image 1

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County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL FAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOLUME XXIV.
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AlllluHt 100 III. 'II attended the
Kiut'kiiiir meeting lit Ilio Cnurt
limue In till city Hnturday nlKl't
uiul ft luigu liureHite III membership
I etilted.
Com m litres, to ( 1 the Biw't
lug of stock men In Hmid in a few
dn. lh meeting of the Oregon CbI
tla & horse raisers association In
Hums Miiy 14, ttnd for tho perfoc
linn of the organization were appoln
td mill much work of Importance ao-
t'liiiiiiimiiiiii
that were asked. Quincy Grubbo, the
deputy superintendent, hild the ex
amination, and to my surpnsu I was
given certificate.
"I (iniKlit a t'-rrn at Cleveland, then
at Look I hk Glims, and litti-r at Deer
Creek. 1 received 2S a month and
liuurdud arnund. While in Douglas
county 1 taught tlm grandchildren of
General Joseph Lane, our first terri
torial governor. For a whllo I
taught a private school at A mm Dun-
I ham's ranch at West I'oitit. Later
Tim first and one of the beat ad- they mudn It a public achonl and I
ntv.Hwa of the evening was dollvered taught there ttirea and a half yeara,
liy Will Wurawrllnr, president of the It wp bere that I met my fate. I
First National Hank of this city. was ti.khi the part of a bride In prl
Mr. Wursweller aald that one of ( vale thenit!cnl. .Timuer Wllklna took
the moat direct results of the present the purl or ilic tirouiu. We gave the
difficulties In which moat stockmen' performance In the grange hall and
find themselves today was the xpan-j took up a collodion to defray expan
sion of business, caused by the war : aoa. I passed the basket and one of
condltloiia. when all stockmen were, the men In the audience dropped a
urged and assisted In expanding their
holdlnga In order to Increase produc
tion. lie urged that all stockmen stay
a closely aa possible to their home
Institutions In flouncing, and v said
that caution should be used In the
business of every stockman, v
George Rusell covered the condi
tions thoroughly In his address and
said that the fluxatlon of the mark
ets were purely the result of manip
ulations. lie snld that the profit of the pack
er la too great In comparison to the
amount paid the producer for his
finished beef, and made the atate-
nient that the hide of a cow. mine
Into shoes, sella for more than the
grower gcta for his hef. alive.
He also stated that ha had fed t-
000 worth of hay to his cattle dur
lug the winter, and that they were
worth leas today than laat tall.
Another meeting of the associa
tion will be held on May 1. '
A delegation from tho local organ
Izatlnn will attend the meeting which
la being held In Mitchell in the mid
die of thla month.
LOCKLEY'S THEME
In lila always interesting llt
rriiry rambles. in the Oregon
Jouriinl. Fred I.ockley on Monday,
delivered the following Interesting
effort on a Prineville woman, whose
career Is Interesting to all Prlue
vllle people:
Friend I.ockley says:
The first time I ever met Adn Mll
llRn was when I stopped over-night
at her house at Mlllican on the way
from I'rlnevllle to Klamath Falls.
We reached the Mlllican ranch Just
at dusk. Samuel Hill, whose guest
I wns. In his courtly way. Introduced
himself and then said, "And this Is
Fred I.ockley." Mrs. Mlllican said In
a verv dlssnpolnted voice, "Are you
the Fred I.ockley who writes?" "Yea"
1 responded, "but why that look of
disappointment. I havo been read
ing your articles for yeara and I had
formed a mental picture of you. I
thought you were tall and slender,
with long black hair and coulful eyeg
and It rather Jarrd me to find thnt
uch a very prosaic looking person
was Fred Loekley." After such a
upper as a very prosaic looking per
nn could greatly enjoy, Mrs. Mllll-
rnn showed us her collection of In
dlnn curios and told us at length why
In her opinion there would soon be
universal sufferago throughout the
United Slates. As I remember It, her
argument wns not that women are
Just ns capable as men, but that they
are much more so,
Yesterday I again met Mrs. Mllli
can at Eugene. 8he Is there to at
tend the state university. "That
should resume my studies after GO
voara may seem strange to you." ihe
said, "but I don't see why there la i
anything out of the way nbout It.
When I got a fragmentary schooling
equal to finishing the fourth grade,
I hnd to stop school to earn money,
o I decided to be a teacher. My
uncle was one of the school board so
I got the place. The children used
to love me, for all I taught them
wa reading and writing, and I let
thorn have long recesses to take up
tlm time. Word came that there
after teachers must take an examina
tion Mr. Todd, a minister ' was
county school superintendent, and as
he had eaten many a chicken dinner
at our house I felt sure that I would
pass the oral examination without
trouble. When I went to Rosoburg
to take the examination I learned to
my consternation that Mr. Todd was
away, that his deputy would hold the
examination and it was-to be written
tnBtnnH of oral. I was In dlspalr. 1
stayed that night at Mrs. Booth's
home Her husband was a minister
and a friend of our family. She put
handful of sliver Into the basket, at
the sunie time giving me a smile that
made my heart go plttypat. After
the play Will Van Dyne introduced
the stranger. Ilia name was George
Mlllican. He was 47, I was 23. He
owned a ranch on the MrKenzle. The
Hev. I. I). Driver married us In Eu
gene. We started on our wedding
Journey the next morning on horse
hack to cross the Cascades Into East
ern Oregon. Mr. Mlllican owned a
meat market In Salem, later bought
by K. C. Cross. My husband hsd a
ranch on McKay creek, near Prlna
vllle. and a ranch at what la now
known as Waltervllle, on the McKen
lie. It was nsmed Waltervllle after
bis son, Walter.
"After a few years times became
very hard and my husband lost his
property. He took up a ranch near
Pine mountain, now known as Mllli
can. Wa bad to have money to help
stock the ranch, so I went to teach
ing. I secured a position as teacher
at White Itorks, I tnh, in the Indian
School. Later I waa transferred to
the Indian School at Yuma, and still
Inter to the Indian School at Pima,
Ariz, where I taught nearly four
years. From there I was transfer
red to the Indian school at Puyallup,
and from there I went to the Tine
mountain much, for we had got on
our feel again. For the pnst few
years we have lived In Prineville.
"You will always find me an ac
tive participant In all conventions
and guihuringi of women's clubs and
oilier organisations to advance tho
cause of women. My great interests
In life are helping to secure a square
deul (or the women and the Indians.
In the past tho women and the Ind
ians have always gotten the worst of
it. My husband died last fall, on
November 25. He had celebrated bla
eighty fifth birthday two days before
his death.
"When I was a girl a woman of 60
or even 40 put on a black dress, wore
a poke bonnet ana considered ner
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I A large caterpillar tractor, the mo
tive power for a fleet of road graders
arrived on the woks on the Osker Hu
ber contract on the highway between
' this city and Powell Hutte Monday
; evening, and has been busy since that
i time, grading the new roadbed.
1 Trees and brush are being remoT
j ed the entire length of the right ot .
T. a7, ana suriace rocn is Demg remoT-
ea to permit me operation oi
machines.
All surface rock on the grade west
I of this city is being moved and a
retaining wan duiii on toe tower side
of the grade.
Right of way on the grade has been
cleared for some time, and the work
Is progressing rapidly on this unit of
the work, which is being built aa a
sub contract by Gabe Botanl.
As soon aa the grade Is completed
gravel will be hauled In large motor
trucks, with dump bodies, and the
road surfaced the entire distance
from thi city to the Deschutes coun
ty line, near Redmond.
Supplies of gravel will be taken
from the pit on the grade west ot
: this city for the first unit ot surfac-
Ing, and the remainder of the sup
plies will be secured from the old
river bed, where a rock crusher will
; be installed. " '
Um FIELD FOR
PRINEVILLE ASSURED
place In the chimney corner. I refuso
to put on a poke bonnet. I do not
feel old, and I am going to gratify
my long supressed desire for an ed
ucation. That's why I am a student
here, and some of these youngsters
will have to go some if they get bet
ter grades than I am going to make.
Top. Recent view of Lake Oeho
which Is growing larger and gaining
depth every day. Today the lake is
72foet deep at the dam, which means
that 37 feet of storage water is al
ready on hand and the depth is in
creasing at the rate of a foot every
two or three days. At ita crest, the
greatest water depth will be 118 feet
or 83 feet ot Btorage capacity.
Bottom. Progress picture of the
rfnm taken several weeks ago. The
The main topic under discussion at
the Commercial Club but Friday
noon, was the possibility of securing
for Prinevllle a registered and offi
cial Aero landing field. A field ot
this nature will give Prineville a
great deal of valuable publicity, as
well as connect this city up with the
air traffic, which is yet eomparaltve-
j ly In its infancy, with Its unlimited
i opportunities for advancement and
I adaptihility.
I N. B. Evans, representing the State
j Chamber of Commerce was In thin
j vicinity for several days last week
looking for a suitable location for a
j field in this locality. Accompanied
I by R. L. Schee. secretary of the Com-
mercial Club. Mr. Evans looked over
a number or possible locations lor
an aero field, and finally decided on
one tract of eighty acres near th's
city that would be the best situated
for a field of this kind.
Prineville Is almost in line.and al
most centrally located between La
Grande and Eugene, where there are
already located official aero fields,
and It is necessary that a stopping
place be selected between these two
prominent fields. Mr. Evans stated
that he was very favorably impres
sed with the qualifications which the
structure is rapidly nearing comple-. locations arround Prineville offer.
and an Aero new for frmeviiie lfl
tion. Photos by Sordal.
HKI.IM ItriLDlXG S1TK
Warren Brown and Asa Battles
sold through the Ochoco Realty, one
of the finest building sites In Prine
ville to Zeke E. HondrlckBon.
C. C. II. H. HTt'UKNT BKLRCTKD
AS FRESHMAN ORATOR
Roy Skeen of Powell Butte, Oregon
waa chosen freshman orator for the
annual Interclass contest at Willam
ette University, Salem, to be held
April 12. Skeen won by one third of
1 per cent from Miss Ruby Roson-
kranz. his opponent. The sophO'
mores have chosen Jack Luckor, of
Suleni, from a-flold of four to repre
sent them
COUNCIL MOVES TO IMPROVE THE
SANDED STREETS VERY SHORTLY
SHIMIAS HOLD MEETING
more than a possibility.
A field, to meet with the qualifi
cations required by the Oregon Aero
Club, must be at least 9,000 feet in
diameter, and so located that an alr-
The Shumia Club held Its regular ,He comlng fronl any direction can
meeting af the home of Mrs. R. W. . f . , fl ,
A complete Inspection of the
streets which were filled Inst tall,
will be made by the city council to
morrow afternoon. They will start
from the city hall at 1 o'clock, and
will attempt to look over all parts of
the filled streets before evening.
A decision will be made at that
time, upon the methods to persue to
put the streets In good condition.
The next few weeks will see great
progress on this unit of Crook coun
ty's highway program.
They also plan to test out one or more
Kov waa a graduate from Crook j blocks, by plowing deep, and mixing
County High School in the class of 17.
HUMMER RANGE READY
Harry Stearns, Jack Harvey ' and
Fred Houston will start Friday morn,
ing with the first lot of stock for the
Steam's grazing land at LaPlne
where they will be kept this summer.
This is the tlrst of three lots of stock
which will be sent to this summer
range.
P1M NEVILLE RETURNS
GREATEST
In a letter received by Mrs. S. S
Stearns this week, George Stearns,
Ass't Manager of the U. of O. Men's
sand and the heavy soil which lies be
neath in a bard roadbed.
These decisions were reached Tue
sday evening at the regular meeting
of the council, which was attended by
a dozen property owners affected,
mostly women.
An ordinance confirming the sale
of bonds recently voted was passed by
unaiimous cvite of all members of
the council. I
The following bills were paid. .
Oregon Trunk Ry., Supplies, $484.00
Twohv Bros. Co.. Freight
engine, , 154.00
Crook County Journal, ptg. 84.00
C. O. Enterprise, ptg. 63.10
Vrs. Maling Walker, rent, 25.00
Doschutes Power Co. services 176.00
Jap Ireland, services. 8.30
L. M. Bechtell, servicea, 313.50
P. C. Garrison, fees. 26.10
Pacific Tel and Tel co.
telephone. .70
Wm. Loftus. Irons, " 13.50
Geo. F. Euston. Salary, 25.00
R. S. Price, salary etc. 80.50
King Co. mdse. 9-?5
H. A. Kelloy. salary, 110.00
Rea, Mrs. Henry Howard being host-
The following program was rend
ered: Mrs. Upton gave an interest
ing erview of the life and writings of
Thaekery.
Mrs. Wight reviewed a play, by
Yeats.
Mrs. LaFollette reviewed Chauc
ers "Canterbury Tales.".
40 ACRE TRACT SOLD
At the luncheon Friday noon, a
committee consisting of N. G. Wal
lace. P. C. Garrison, nd R. L. Schee
were appointed to look after this mat
ter, and boose the procuring of an
aero field for Prineville. There la
no doubt that this would be a great
thing for Prineville and this commit
tee can be expected to do the very
best to get It, if such a thing Is possible.
The Ochoco Realty Co., announce
the sale of a 40 acre tract ot irrigated
land belonging to Claudia and Ernest
Wagner.
BIGOCHOCOlM
HAS NEW DELIVERY CAR
The rrcebyterinn-Mcthodl.st Churches
Thos. M. Patterson, Minister
Sunday School in each church at
10:0 OA. M.
Prenching service and divine wor
ship in the Presbyterian Church at
11.00 A.M.. Union meeting at 7:30
P. M in the Baptist Church.
The regular meetings of tho Ladies
Aid will be held at their respective
Glee Club, which recently appeared I places of meeting, Thursday ot this
here, states that Prineville has every week
other town on their circuit beaten
in the amount of money collected In
admissions and reserve Beats. He
stntes that the proceeds of the Prine.
i h ,hnl nveninir drilling me. aSi ville concert exceenea py ikiu. inai
jhe knew about the kind of questions I of any other concert given.
Dr. Pemberton, District Superln
tendeut of the Methodist Church vis
ited tho local congregation Sunday
preaching in the morning at the
Methodist Church, in the evening at
the Presbyterian. Dr. Pemberton is
John Becaas. proprietor ot the
Prineville Steam Laundry has Just
received from Walther-Wllliams at
The Dalles, a new Dodge delivery car
which Is bins elaborately decorated
up, which will be used in his regular
course of business.
R. S. McClure. of Bend, and agent
for Walther-Williams delivered the
car to Becaas the latter part ot last
week.
a forceful speaker, bringing convic
tion to the hearts of his hearers.
Easter was a very busy, joyful day.
The early service was well attended.
A well filled house greeted the nev
minister. Beautiful Easter flowers
and special music were enjoyed by
all.
The Interchurch Movement of
North America will be presented next
Sunday evening and all day Monday,
by a visiting team in the interest of
said movement. All sessions will be
held In the Baptist chnrch. Now is
the time for all to get a more compre
hensive view of this new movement.
A most urgent invitation is extended
to all.
At the present rate of progress, the
Ochoco project dam will be complet- t
ed by June 1.
The present completed capacity of
the dam is 27.000 acre feet, while
the storage water now being held is
0,000 acre feet.
The completed storage .capacity of
the dam will be 47,000 acre feet.
The present surface of the water Is
475 acres, while the total surface at
the point where water will start to
waste will be 10S5 acres.
At the bottom of the conduit, the
water will be but 20 acres.
The lare concrete spillway is pro
greasing rapidly, and will be finished
within six weeks. ,
During the month or March 25,-
600 cubic yards of dirt was put into
the dam, leaving 62, 200.
RESOLUTION EFFECTS USERS
UNDER O. I. D. PUMP SYSTEM
A resolution was passed at the
meeting of the Ochoco Irrigation Dis
trict held Tuesday, to the effect that
if water users under the pumping
System on the project to not get a
full season's use of the water, be
cause of the pumps not being Instal
led in time.they will be granted a
refund on their tax amounts.
A CARLOAD OP
OVERLAND CARS ARRIVE
The Inland Auto Company unpad
ded a carload of Overland Fours last
Tuesday, to sell in this territory. This
make of car is very popular in this
country, and sell as fast as they are.
received.