of o library Crook County Joyreal COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE VOLUMB XXIT. PRIXKYTLLE. CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL IS, 1U20. NO. 23. .RIGHT FOR BUMPER OUTLOOK B CROPS THE COMING FAIR t lnr conditions during the puBl two weeks have boon such that ihu it(ii outlook !r 1 ft 0 In now con ul(!ic(l htdt'T In this purl of the state tluiii (or many years. Itulnfall in Kiuiilla, totalling mora than half Inch, have occurrd dur I ii K Hi'' pimt I en dii) a and cloudy wa tlu'i", wiih constant aiuully weather uml much heavy anow In tho moun tain make tho prospects which were Very poor fur Irrigation, better than any Ri iiaim fur llm nunt four years. Wlilln II la not possltiln to get ne cii I die liiforniutlnii concerning Ui (I. pill of anow throughout tho I) I no Mountains, several feet of heavy new anow Ih reported In different localll l . and inoro la fulling dully. Farmers toll u tlmt tho ai'll la sat urated Willi moisture, full crops are mo coming up with every promise In i scolli nt condition and lute crops of making a record growth when witrinor weather comes. I'ercipltatloii tor t tin period, rcenr. (led nt tho liii nl weather bureau, was .11 on April X. .27 on April ft, ,06 on April 11 and .OS on April 13. Itaiige condition are crcntly Im proved, and stockmen report Unit re rord growth I being tnadu In the low er tulla and In fuel everywhere ex uptlnjt the hlnlier raiiRea where anow and in- la yet ahundunt. Slock that him been In the feed lot for nionilia are practically all on tho range now and Vockmcu oro much encouraged over th outlook. Almost all tho hay raiaed In thla part of llm state hint been fed during the winter, and the aurplua which am ounted to many hundreds of tona In the Powell llulln country la being buil d and shipped to Portland and Spokane market where It la consid ered a.-iiuu of the very beat bay ever bought. R.tu.ui hnodkkly At v' n :u A verdict of not guilty wa found by the Jury In the trial of Sarah Rnod erly laat Friday afternoon, on the charge of Illegally niauufai-turing Whiskey. The flint tlniA thla matter gained publicity waa when Mra. Knoderly, to gether with a number of others, waa a I rented aa a reaull of evidence col lected In raid on several mills near hero by aherlff Combs and deputies, the offender were taken to Porilnnd to be tried under the National laws but fedcml authorities, upon inveml gntlon decided that Mra. Snoderly waa In no way connected with the manufacturing of thla whiskey, and released her wlhout trial. The atate authorities were not aid-' lsfled with the decision, and aha waa thereupon re-arrested to be tried un der the elate law for the aatno of fense. Mrs. Rnoderly wai able to produce witnesses who proved that she waa not present during the manufacture of the whiskey, and waa not connect ed with the biialness In any wny whatsoever. While the testimony for the prosecution conflicted materially with that of the defense, the Jury de cided that there were no grounds for tho prosecution and acquitted hor of the charge, Tho Jury who ant on this case con sisted of Arthur Michel, Harry Hud son, Horace Kelly, George Wiley, I. W. Ward, and Lex Long, and the trial waa held before Justlct Ilow nuin. Jny H. t'pton defended Mra. Bnoderly. 3. E, STKIVART & '' v 8TORE IS RORRRD Three lioys from thirteen to fif teen yenrs of age broke Into Stew art's tore lust Wednesday night and , niudo away with from $60.00 to $100. worth of goods, consisting of watch es, etc, Thoy Immediately confes sed to the theft when accused, and 'Willingly assisted the officers In col lecting the stolen goods, which was approximately all recovered. The boys wore taken before Judge Wallace last Saturday morning, and promised to behave thnlrsolves if giv en another chance, and It being tholr first offenso, they were paroled on their good behavior. The Incident appeared to be a re sult of too much Indiscriminate read lng of sensational stories. It also is an illustration of tho bud effoct of allowing boys ttfe run off the streets at nlnlit. and the formation of nelgn borhood "gnnds." Tho parents of tho boys gave every afmlstnnce they could In getting the matter run down, and there Is no doubt but what those bovs have learned a lesson from the Incident, and will behave themselves In the future. ' TO RAISK INTERNATIONAL KI ND A Pnmnillliia coll IhI 1 11 IT of M. K w. 1. DlBhmun and B. T. Slayton was appointed Tuesday evening to raise the remaining $2900 of the Crook County quota for the Pacific International runa. OF REAL ESTATE I'robuteo t'Slate Thulium FV McAllis ter. Peter Polone to M K. Polore, int. Probate r-siute IJ. Koojmiann. Jonnlo K. Juhra to F. U. Hmlth wd. lis 1-2 an. 1 ne n, J.2-1S-H 1800, rev. 1. J. A. Kllott to M. XV. riobson, wd, e,- aw, nviai'.', mvuw, 21-16-14 II rev .50, Hum., t') i . i" . It. 4 :-K,-H peso, It. l'.-n j lo. i. J. bhooert to aunie wd. c9- wnwH a. no. nw, 16-1 14 $10 rcr. .1100. It. L.Schee to J, j. price wd. tract llydo Purk J I rev. .60 Bums to M. Taylor wd. tract aamo fl rev, .r.0. Kllmiboth Smith to Albert Wuy, wd, acnw, awnw, iiwaw. 2Caeno, nose 27- io-i i iwuu, rev. 4 I'. S to 8. Karl Evringhum, pat, a.ne, 17 n. ne, 20-18-16. J. V. Kll to Jesse Yuncy wd. s,n. aw. K-J 4-1 S. $1000 rev. 1. Murla Turnbull to J. L. Karnepp et a I asgn arehlff cert, sale, e, 14-1 6-1 S Brown A Hut ilea to SCeke E. Hendr- Ickaon wd. lta 7-8-9 b 6 4th add to Prlnevlllo, $io. rev. 1. K. (5. Kinder to Effla Saunders wd. tract Newaom add Prlnevllle $2760 rev. i. Henry Oromer to C. W. Foster, wd, e.e. 7 w, w, 8 nwnw, 17 none 18-16-1 $250, rev .60 Mat to F. H. May cert proof nwnw 8 18 14, aenw, 25 16 14. laaac F, Shown vs. Anna Shown, di vorce. Chaa. II. Welch to A. P. French et al wd. n, nw 20 14 17 $10 rev. 1. Hen D. Fox to Ralph Poftlly wd 124 ac 32 16 18 $10 rev. .60. C. B. Drake to J. A. Kllott, aat. J. E. Warner to Chaa Houston wd. aesw 27 nene S3 awne.nwaw, nw 84 17 17 $2250 rev. 2. Minnie U Morford to Elam C. Frau ght, wd. tract 32 14 16 $245. I. Fred Meyera to Mat Clark wd. nw no, c.nw, efnf 22 12 24 $10. rev. 1.60. Matt Clark to Dant Rusaell, wd. same $10 rev. 2. M IMK'O I1K.1I.TV tt). HKLIJJ 8w ACRE TRACT W. B. Russell purchased through the Ochoco Realty Co. a 20 acre tract of Irrigable land, lying Just north of Prlnevllle, he Intends to highly Im prove It, and will raise poultry. Quot ing him verbatim, he snys, M I pre dict thnt rrluovllle will In a short time eclipse Petaluma. California, as we have an ideal climate -for poultry raising and not the prevailing chick en troubles which are common In California and the Willamette Valley. STOCKMEN ARE BECOMING ACTIVE The annual mucins: of the Mnurv Cuttle and Horse Association hold at tho Court House In Prlnevllle on Ap ril 3rd.. A special meeting of the Snow Mountain Cattle nnd Horse as sociation wus held at Wooley ranch on April 6th and the regular meet ing of the Silver Creek Cattle and Horse Association was held at the Grunge Hall on Silver Creek on April 8th. All meetings were Very" Interest ing and considerable good should re sult. Even during these strenuous times for cattle men a commendable spirit of cooperation with the Forest Service Is manifest on all sides. The Mnuj'y Association voted an assess ment to take care of the salary of a range rider for four months begtn- nlrTK June 1st and also to take care of wages of a man to work with a rep resentative of the Forest Service In the construction of salt logs prior to the opening of the grazing season so that many more troughs may be ad' ded to the present number now on the Maury range. The Association also voted to place salt on the range to the extent of ten pounds per head each perm Itee to pay his pro rata share of the salt expense, the salt to be purchased by the Association and distributed" by the range-rider. An Improvement assessment of five cents per head was levied for the purpose of- developing springs on the range. Likewise the Snow Mountain Cattle and Horse Association voted to em ploy a range-rider for a period of three months beginning June 1st. The duties of the rider will be to distri bute suit on the range which will be purchased by the Association and to ride the line between the sheep and cattle allotments with tho Idea of con SHOULD BE PURELY UVESTOC WATER HAS BEEN RISING RAPIDLY THE PAST WEEK IN LAKE OCHOCO - The quantity of water for Irriga tion purposes la increasing In Lake Ochoco at the rule of about 500 acre feet every twenty four hours. The water level in the Lake raia ed about 10 Inches in the twenty four hours ending at 8 o'clock yesterday morning and an altitude" of 76.6 feet abovo the extreme bottom of the dam was reached at that time, or more than forty feet of available storage wuter, totaling 12,000 acre fuet. The present capacity of the Iak9 is 27,000 acre foot, or more than double the amount of water already stored, and the prejiont rate of flow will reach the above mark In about thirty daya, by which tlmtho storage cap acity should have boen Increased sev. fining the cattle to the range desig nated. The Silver Creek people assessed themselves for a similar expense and will employ a range-rider beginning June 1st to distribute salt purchased by the association and continue the work of constructing salt logs which was undertaken for the first time on the Silver Creek range during the season of 1818. About fourteen salt logs were constructed last season on this range. The Forest Service sure ly appreciates the hearty cooperation of the Stock Associations and when conditions become more stable pro gress In range management will sure ly be greater and results are bound to follow. - , Stockmen and ranchers seem to ap preciate the opportunity to purchase rat poison which Is being furnished by the Crook County Court at cost with the Forest Service acting as dls- Irlhntlnr atfent Mnra than fiftv In-i dividual have already taken advant age of Oils chance to supply their de mands and about one ton ot grain has already been put out. From statements made by various indivldu-! a Is who have been juaing this product It Is believed that first class results are being obtained and it is proboble that It will be necessary to mix up another quantity of grain to supply the demand. REGISTRATION" CIXWES APRIL SOTH. Registration by the county clerk for the May Election will close next Tuesday, April 20. Those who have changed their politics, and have not yet regis- tered, should make a point of dropping in at the clerk's office and doing so before that date. Registration is coming on in fine shape, says Asa W. Battles, county clerk. ELK'S INITIATION DATE SET Tuesday, April 27th, has been set as the date wen the Bend Elks will arrive In Prineville to initiate a num ber of would-be Elks into the mvster ies of this organization. A number of Redmond and Madras applicants may be initiated also. This initiation has been delayed. February 81st was formerly set for this initiation, but at that date the epidemic of flu was at its heighth and the whole proceedings were put off indefinitely. , An Elk lodge will be a decided ac quisition to Prineville, as a large number of men here "belong, and many others desire to Join. Plans for a special program and celebration for the 27th are on foot. JOHN 1). LAl'OLLETTE FOB TREASURER John D. Lafollette' this week filed his petitions for the nomination for the office of county treasurer on the democratic ticket. He is well known throughout the .county, having been county assessor for many years in this county. UNIT ALREADY COMPLETED ) ON HIGHWAY" WEST A section of Hlghwayrfrom the..- top of the new grade west of Prineville to the . Wm. Harold place on the Prineville-Redmond section of the state highway is graded and ready for gravel, a distance of some three miles. The work was done in about six days with a 125 horsepower T caterpillar tractor, two mam- oth graders, and six men. on the next section west. eral thousand foot abovo the preeunt high mark. The present rate of construction should aee the slructure completed to its storage capacity of 47,000 acre feet In about six weeks, or by June first. Project engineer R. W. Rsa Is of the opinion that the construction vill keep ahead of the water, tho rae of which he believes will be quite rapid during the next throe weeks. It Is ao assured fact that there will be enough storage water to fill the reaervolr this year, according to re porta, and prospect are considered very bright for lands under the pro ject. PRKDKTH PLENTY OF WATER Sam Ellis, official water master for Crook and Jefferson Counties, was In town Tuesday, and stated that in his opinion the prospects for water for farming this year are very bright and that he believes that there will be more water this year than ever before and that Lake Ochoco will be filled. I'ROMINENT EDUCATOR VLSItS Miss Bertha Davis, assistant pro fessor of education ot the Oregon Ag ricultural College, was In town yes terday visiting the home economics department of Crook County High School. VIss Davis is making a tour ot the state for the purpose of visit ing all such departments In all high schools with the aim of getting this branch of education more closely al lied with the same department at O. A. C. which is well known through out the west for thoroughness and excellence of the course of study, and the capability of the instructors there. Miss Davis was very favorably Impressed with the department here, and her visit was very much appre ciated. She is well known to O. A. C. Alumnae here. GRAND CHANCELLOR HERE The Knights of Pythias of Prlne vllle should make note of the tact the Grand Chancellor of Oregon, Jul ian A. Hurley of Vale, Is in town to day making his annual tour of the lodges, and will be present at the meeting tonight. RATS FIGHT FOR POISON BAIT Ira N. Gabrlelson. who makes a specialty of destroying predatory ro dentB, such as sage rats, locally known as ground squirrels. Jack rab. bits and the like. Is now proving his prowes In that line of work in this vicinity. He is in the employ of the Biological survey, and It is said that the sage rats are so fond of the bait he puts out that they will often en gage In fierce battles in their efforts to secure the coveted bait. From Mr. Gabrlelson It is learned hat most to us have been following a false line of reasoning In our at tempts to poison the rodents. Instead of placing the poisoned grain In or near the holes It should bo scattered around their feeding places, such as runways. When placed in small lots close to the holes the rodents seem to be of the opinion that is was plac ed there for some other purpose than for them to feed on, and hence fre quently refuse to eat it. But when scattered some distance from their homes they evidently considered it something choice and lose no tlmo in gathering it up. Lakeview Exam iner. Harold F. Humbert, secretary "bf Oregon Sunday School Association will be at tho Christian Church Sun- dav evening. April 18, at 7:30 P. M, All Sunday School workers of city and county are invited to attend. His subject will be "The Torch of Fland ers." CROOKED" RIVER HIGHWAY OXK HALF COMPLETED Cap Fuller Informs us that about fifty per cent of the grade on the Crooked River Highway is completed. . Excepting about 4,00 feet at the south end of Main Street In this city and about 1,800 feet at one other point, the grade is completed to the Hoffman ranch. Progress is rapid along the line. SALVATION ARMY TO START DRIVE At a recent meeting of the Crook County Advisory Board of the Sal vation Army, the different commit tees were appointed and plans are now under headway so that when May 1st rolls around, all the plans will be perfected and Crook County will go 'Over the Top' In record time. Our quota Is exceedingly small and inasmuch as the Salvation Army rea- ( dies our into every part of the State j our citizens are. assured that every i Miliar cimiriuuieu in mis wormy cause will be used to the best advan tage, and not only that feature, but the knowledge that the money raised ! in the coming drive will be expended I in Oregon will be a great incentive ' for everybody to take part and to i take pride In keeping up the record of this rart of Oreeon. ! The committees aonointed are aa follows; I Chairman, AsaW. Battles, Vice-' Chairman, N. G. Wallace, Sec-Treas, George F. Euston. j Organization Committee; Chair man, J. E. Myers, G. P. Reams, W. P. I Hershey. j Publicity Committee.. Chairman Collins W. Elkins; Guy Lafollette, rioya a. r essier. Speakers Committee; Chairman,' L. M. Bechtell; W. S. Ayres, D. F. I Stewart, i Advance Gifts Committee, Chair-i man, Harold Baldwin; E. J. Wilson,! J. E. Myers. j School district Chairmen; No. 1 G. ; P. Reams, Prineville; No. 2, W, P.! Hershey, Prineville; No. 2, Chaa. O Christiana, Prineville; No. 8, 8. B ; Ellis, Prineville, No. 4, D. J. Evans, Prineville; No. 6, C. W. Starr, Prine ville; No. 6, John Kemmling, Prine ville; No. 7, Jas. A. McCIun. Prine- ' ville; No. 8,, Mrs. John Hopper, Prineville. No. 9, J. E. Roberts, Rob erts; No. 10, J. A. Sager, Prineville. No. 12. W. W. Davis, Prineville; No. 13. Jas. E. Fuller. Prineville; No. 14, Leo B. Lafollette, Prineville; No. 15, Chas. Lampert, Barnes; No. 16, Mrs. E. A. Bussett, Powell Butte; No. 17, Mrs. Geo. C. Truesdale, Powell But te; No. 18, Victor Buttler, Prineville. ' No. 19, Mrs. Bertha Wood, Paul ina; No. 20, Mrs. Otto Gray, Post; No. 21, Mrs. Ora Breese. Prineville; No. 22, J. T. Houston, Prineville; No. 23, Ira C. Swift. Meadow; No. 24. O. B. Gray, Post; No. 25. Joseph R. Post, Post; No. 26, C. B. Guinn, Pow ell Butte. No. 27. E. E. Laughlin, Paulina; No. 29, Fischer C. Logan. Barnes; No. 30. H. J.Faulkner, Paul ina; No. 31, Charles Marrin, Broth ers. No. 32, Mrs. Grace Bavn, Powell Butte; No. 33. Paul P. Werner. Fife: No. 34, N. E. Melton, Culver; No. 35, Lincoln Kyle, Roberts; No. 36, Mrs. L. B. K. Hedlund, Prineville; No. 37, J. F. Houston, Roberts; No. 38, Mrs. Mary Carlm, Roberts; No. 39, Mrs. Kate McCoin, Prineville; No. 40. S. A. Lytle, Suplee; No. 45, David Wea. ver, Prineville; No. 46, Mrs. Edith Garner, Suplee; No. 47, E. J. Clark, Suplee. These chairmen are to be in charge of their respective school districts. and they will appoint others in their district to wait upon the people and receive their subscriptions. Their names and addresses have been sent in to the State Headquarters and lit erature and data will be sent them fronl time to time, so that they will be prepared to give any information relntive to the work that is being 'carried on by the Salvation Army. - The State Headquarters are plan ning on sending a speaker out some time during this month and more def inite announcement will be made in these columns next week relative to this matter. TALENTED MUSICIAN HAS. RELATIVES IN PRINEVILLE Last Sunday's issue of the Oregon tan contained a large photo of Ethel Lynn Ross, who recently came to Portland from the East, and who has received the appointment of Organ ist for the First Congregational Church. The Sunday Oregonian of the week before gave a summary of t'.o musical career of Miss Ross be t m she came to Oregon. Miss Ross is the sister of Charles A. Ross of this city, and made many friends upon her recent visit to Prineville who will be pleased to hear of her succeses in the musical line. YOUNGSTERS SEE TICTURES More than 400 youngsters from the grade and high schools were given a free exhibition ot the Pacific Interna tional motion pictures Tuesday thru the courtesy of O. M. Plummer and Clinton Huston of the Lyric. i( SHOW Breeders of the best livestock In the northwest today pledged them selves Tuesday evening to bring cx ibits to the Oregon Interstate Fair in Prineville during the 1920 show, which promises to be the largest live stock and agricultural fair ever held here; In contrast with the show ot 1919, which is admitted to have been the poorest fair that Prineville baa a'.sd for many years. O. M. Plummer, manager of th Pacific International show at North Portland addressed the gathering, which was held for. the purpose of discussing plans for the fall stock. shows. Mr. Plummer said that the most fatal mistake that can be made at any fair is to allow the cheep gambling concessions to dominate, and that un. less the Prineville fair eliminate thia undesirable element from its future shows it is doomed to failure. Mr. Plummer also said that the present established herds of pure breds, which will be suplimented by other fine herds soon, Bhould make the Oregon Inter State Fair in a class by Itself. - Manager Schee' of the local fair assured the meeting that plans were already made to eliminate all conces sions excepting a very few purely ed. ucational and high class amusement features, and that the promises ot many other breeders had already been secured for the 1920 exhibition .which is sure to be a winner. C. S. Hudson, president of the First . National Bank of Bend was present, and assured the stockmen that he would use his influence to get Dee chutes county livestock to the local show, in turn wishing to get a good representation of the Crook County herds at the Bend fair which will be held In that city at about he same time. M. R. Biggs of the Willowdale farms stated that In his observation of the livestock men of the United State the people of the northwest were the most prominent livestock breeders in the nation and would soon lead the world In the produc tion of first clas stock, in which work they will be assisted by the local cli matic conditions here. Guy Lafollette said that the In terest displayed in the stock at the Pacific International proves that stock show will draw Immense crowds. ' Wm. Freund said that better re sults could be gained by the organ ization of Boys' and Girls' calf and pig clubs, and urged that some such action be taken to assist the 1920 show, which is an excellent idea, and one that should be acted upon. Mr. Foss urged that the stockmen and business men support the secre tary in the tremendious task of get ting the fair started as it should go. Tom Houston stated that he consid ered better livestock would be a di rect result of the improvement of the stock shows. Mr. Plummer stated that in the twenty years he has been observing the arrivals at the Portland Stock yards, he has never seen a shipment of beef from the yards of E. T. Slay ton that were not in prime condition, and says that buyers roost on the fence tor hours in an attempt to buy the Slayton stuff, wbich, is always high in quality. It was decided that stock Judging be publicly done in front of the grandstand at the show here this fall. If . the present indications are worth anything, there will be a great display of purebreds at the coming fair. ! ' ; . . The dinner at Hotel Prineville was attended by about 30 people, and the tables had center designs which read "USE BETTER BULLS." Following the dinner, the motion pictures of the Portland show and stock farms of the west were shown the guests by Mr. Plummer, through the courtesy of the Lyric Theatre. POCH PLACE SOLD Elsworth Curtis and -wife have purchased the Poch place about a mile up the Ochoco, where they ex pect to make their home. The land was purchased from Homer Barney, through the Ochoco Realty Co. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED Asa Battles, county clerk, issued a marriage license on Monday to Roy Sumner, of Prinevillo, and Jessie Hobwood, of Johnson Creek. Justice Bowman performed the marriage cer emony on Tuesday. G. P. REAMS FOR COUNTY TREASURER G. P. Reams filed his intention to become a candidate for the office ot county t easurer this week on the democr c ticket. Mr. Reams la manag of Cornett & Company of thla clt ' id is well known through out the "y.