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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.