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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOLUME XXIV.
prinevillc gbook county, Oregon, may 13, 1020.
NO. 87.
S VICTIM
WRECK
County
MS. CROOK
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ARGUMENTS ON SPECIAL
Mr. C. Adrian Crook, wife of
well known Prineville boy, mot In
stant rlfdlh last Sunday, when the
In-going train, on which the wai a
passenger, crashed headlong Into the
outgoing train from Portland.
Eight persons were killed and thirty
right 01 lien were injured In thlt ac
cident, The collision oecured near Bertha,
a email alatkin Just outside the city
limlii of Portland, on the llllUlioro
mad to MrMlnnvllo. The Inbound
passenger was under orders to stop
at Bertha and let the outbound train
pass at that station. Instead of side
tracking at Bertha, as per Inatrue
rtlona, the train proceeded at full
apnitd past (he station. About a half
mile from the stirTlon there I a pro
nounced curve In the track, and It
was at this curve that the trains mot
head on at full spaed, and crashed In
to each other, the engineers only hav
ing time to throw on the emergency
brakes before the collision came.
Slim K. Wllletts, the engineer of the
Inbound train, whom It I believed
failed to obey hla orders to sidetrack
at Bertha, was killed In his can. and
nearly every person In the forward
coach of hla train waa either killed
or Injured In some way. It was here
thnt Mrs. Crooks met her death.
The rsr In which the deaths oeeur
ed waa a passenger coach. Usually
the tralna on thla road are made up
with the smoker and baggage car at
the front of the train, with the pas
senger roach at the rear. This time
for some reason, the order was re
versed, and the day coach, which con
tained all the women and children,
came first. For thla reason the In
jured and dead were nearly all wo
men and children. The men In the
moker received good shaking up
but were not Injured seriously. There
were severs! Injtlred In the outgoing
train In the smoker, which came first
as usual, but none In that train were
dangerously hurt.
It Is stated that few would have
escaped Injury In the forward coach
es If the trains had not been built of
ateel.
Mrs. Crooks was on her way Into
the city to attend the services at the
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Her Hnthnnd, C. Adrian Crooks,
bns lived In Prliievllle a good share
of bis life, and has manv. friends In
this part of the country.!
He i formerly manager of the
Ties Chute Power Company here,
and Is a tallented electrician. At pres
ent he Is In business In Portland.
R. A. Itlnnd, the engineer of the
outgoing train. t nlsn well known
In Prlnevllle and vicinity. He Is the
owner of the 1(!0 acre ranch which
Joins the Crimes home on the West In
the Ochoeo Project and It has not
been long since he wns here visiting
and attending to his hualnena Inter
ests In this country. He lived at
McMInnvillH. His injuries are not
hold to lie serious.
Mrs, A. Crooks, the mother of Mr,
Oroks, and Mrs. 0. M. Clifton, his
Bister, left Sunday evening for Port
land lifter receiving a telegram advis
ing them of the, tragedy.
DUTY ADVANCED MORE
THAN INCOME HAS
If a family of four In 1013 with an
Income of $100 a month had boen In
creased to a family of 10 In 1920
with an income of $45 a' month, It
would bo In the Biime boat as the
higher educational Institutions of Or.
egon are at present. The Institutions
are the Mute University at Eugene,
the State Agricultural College at Cor
vnllla and the State Normal School at
Monmouth.
When the annual mllluga arrange
,ment whb made for the support of
,l,a..A t,,, 1. ..K ...1
ititnw iiipiuuLiuiin, ii w an jn i mri,i
by all concerned that the assessed
valuation of the state would Increase
In proportion to the growth of the,
Institutions themselves.
" IKJn the contrary, however, the
state support has Increased less than
- four per cent while the full time at
tendance hns Increased 150 per cent
,-t4 As a result, the three Institutions
-ere in desparate straits, having In
sufficient funds to pay their facult
ies properly, and Insufficient build
ings to house the students.
All three Institutions have been
doing fine work of late years, and are
now rated among the best In the
country. Although their expenses
are much lower than those In other
"states.
To provide them relief, the legisla
tors In January referred to the peo
ple a bill providing a 1.26 mills,
which is to be voted upon at the
special election of May 81.
The Psychocrat Club met at the
home of Mrs. Gladys Belknap Sat
urday, April 8th., Mrs. Trunkey re
Tiewed the book, "Kennedy Square"
y Hopkins Smith, which was well
flven and enjoyed by all.
I
VERY REASONABLE
There appears to be but little In
terest In the sale of down timber al
ong the Prlnevllle-Mltchell highway
east of the Jones If 111.
This timber Is In large trees, cut
Into log lengths and would be eas
ily handled by a drag aaw or could
be loaded and taken to a mill for
sawing Into lumber for which use It
Is admirably fitted.
Speaking of the timber, forest su
pervisor, V. V. Iiarphara said today,
"111 is tlpiber is of specially ood
quality for the .tost pi't. The tiivi
have all been limbed In good shape
the brush piled and mn. of I' burn
mI and the trunks of 'In, trees have
tvn sawed Into log lei rfiiis so that
it la an Ideal logging pronation for
anyone who Is in a posltio.i to utilize
this timber. It Is not so n.uoh a mat
ter n Dollars and cents wlia the gov-
rntnent in attempting to dispose of
this timber hut rathe a m.il'jir of ut
ilizing these first-class logs before
they are attacked by bugs and the
elements to render them unsalable.
While no price was specified In the
advertisements, toe timber will be
sold for an absolute mlnnlmum and 1
believe that the District office at
Portland will sanction the disposal of
this timber for us Pw a figure as 25
cents per thousand In order to clear
the ground and ellmlnut.) what will
surely become an uct'ial menace since
after the logs are permitted to lay
for a couple of 'years 'or so they are
almost unsalable from a commercial
standpoint, at least, and at the same
time they. furnish an Ideal field for
buggs which soon abroad to sdjaent
timber with destructive results This
Is not mere theory slnoa right here
on our own forest we have boerf able
to observe certain wind-swept areas
during the last couple of years which
are sctually becoming a menace to
the adjoining stand of timber.
PIUNKVILLE AHEAD
OF PORTLAND
0M-riitr from the InrKrat playhouse
in the city says we excel liiin
, here
Arthur O'Noil, who was raiBed in
Prlnevtllo and Iihs many friends here
was in the city the first of the week
visiting his cousin, Clinton Huston
wiio owns the Lyric Theatre here.
O'Nell has been operator at the
Liberty Theatre in Portland for some
time and waa greatly surprised at
the high class pictures that are be
ing shown at the Lyric here.
The Toll Gate, here Inst week, has
not yet come to the Liberty he says,
and the play, Eyes of Youth, in which
Clara Kimball Young stars, which is
being played Friday and Saturday is
another that is to be shown here as
soon as Portland patrons will see It.
It Is listed as the of all pictures this
year. These pictures are of the best
and should not be missed.
JUDGE SPRINGER SELLS ..
HIS MADRAS RANCH
Judge Springer has announced this
week to friends, that he has sold his
large rnnch near Madras to the Eug
ene Hihle School, a school under the
auspices of the Christian Church, tor
about $40,000.00
The Springer rnnch Is one of the
best ranches in the Madras country,
and it is understood that it will be
worked under the direction of the
college and the proceeds will be used
to help defray the expenses of keep
ing the college going, in the way of
an endowment.
JOINT HOCIETV PROGRAM
C. C. H. S., May 12, 1920.
Ogden Mills, Chairman.
Whistling Solo,
Miss Cramer
Recitation,
Guitar Solo,
Piano Duet,
spjBMpg bio&
Recitation,
Piano Solo,
George Humphreys
Orval Sehultz
Velma Shattuck
, Mike Trapman
Vera Hendrickson
Harold Davis
Jokes,
The assemhly was turned over to
Mr. Glllett, who Introduced Lloyd
Carrlck, State Endeavor Worker, Who
cave a talk on habits.
MADRAS COURT HAS RECORD
The May term of court for Jeffer
son County has established a new rec
ord, says Judge T, B. J. Duffy. At
this term of court, the Grand Jury
reported no Indictments, and there
were no oases to come before the Jury
one civil case, Oregon Motor Car Co.,
vs. D. M. Clark, waa held last Tues
day before Judge Duffy.
MEASURES TO BE VOTED ON
AT SPECIAL ELECTION HAY 21
RKFFERED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATIVE AS
SEMBLY. Submitted by the legislature CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT EXTENDING EMINENT DOMAIN OVER ROADS
AND WAYS Purpose: To amend section IS of article 1 of
the constitution of the state of Oregon so as to declare that
the use of all roads and way requisite for the transporta
tion of the raw products of mine, farm and foreat Is a public
use and necessary to the development and welfare of the
tate. Vote YES or NO.
Hon Yes
not No
Submitted bv the legislature T.TMTTATION OF FOUR PER
CENT STATE INDEBTEDNESS FOR PERMANENT ROAD8
Puroose: To amend' section 7 of article XI of the constitu
tion of the state of Oregon so as to permit the creation of
debts and liabilities Including previous debts and liabilities
for the puroose of building and maintaining nermsnent roads
to the amonnt of four per cent of the assessed valuation of
all the property In the 8tate of Oregon, Instead of two per
cent as now provided by law. Vote YES or NO.
Soa Ye
nos No
Submitted hv the legislature RESTORING CAPITAL PUN
I8HMENT Pumose: To restore centtel punishment by pro
viding by constitutional amendment that the penalty for
murder In the first degree shall be death, except when the
trial Jury shall, by their verdict, recommend l'f Imnrfson
ment. Vote YES or XO.
804 Toe
non Xo
Submitted by the legislature CROOK AND CURRY COUN
TIES BONDING AMENDMENT Purpose: To amend section
10 of article XI of the constitution of the state of Oregon so
as to permit Crook and Curry counties to Issue warrants
to evidence their Involuntary debts and liabilities, and Issue
bonds to an amount not to exceed two per cent of assessed
raluatlon of all prooertv In the eountv to fund such warrants
when such bonds shall be authorized by a malorlty of the le
: gal voters of the county voting; on the question at anv gen
erst or special election, and th county eourt shall each veer -thereafter
levy a speclsl tsx to pay the Interest on said bonds
and retire the principal thereof at maturity. -
Vote YES or NO.
JlOfl Yes
807 No
Submitted bv the legislature SUCCESSOR TO GOVERNOR
Purpose: To amend section 3. article V, Oregon Constitution,
providing for filling of vacancy In office of governor caused
bv removal, death, resignation, absence from state or other
Inability to discharge gubernatorial duties, by making the
president of senate governor until such disability Is removed,
or until such vacancv is filled for the unexnlre! term of out-
going governor at ensuing general biennial election: or. if
both governor and president of senate ere unable to dis
charge gubernatorial duties the speaker of house of repre-
sontaMves shall In like manner become governor until
disability removed, or until vacancy Is filled at such election.
Vote YES or XO.
!OR Yes , . -
300 No
; Submitted by the loglslntnre HIGHER EPUCTIOXAL TAX
ACT Purpose: Providing In addition to annual tax lew now
provided by law, a tax of 1.2 mills for Oregon Agricultural
College and University of Oregon, and .OB mill for Oregon
State Norma! School, totaling approximately $1,247,000, be
ginning 1921: appropriating for current year from monev
now In treasury a sum equal to said annual tax levy: said
money being for snnport and maintenance,-including salar
ies, additional buildings, making repairs, purchasing sup
plies, and eoiilpment; providing, that a vote for enactment of
this act shall make said tax an annual levy though in excess
of tax for the preceeding year plus six per centum thereof.
' , Vote YES or XO,
810 Yes
R11 Xo
Submitted by the legislature SOLDIERS'. SAILORS' AND
MARINES' EDUCATIONAL All) REVENUE BILL Pur
pose: Providing for s two-tenths of one mill tax for educa
tional financial aid to soldiers, sailors and marines in ad
dition to that now provided by law. and submitting the ques
tion whether such taxes shall be levied each year In a sum
tp excess of taxes levied by the state for the preceeding vear
nlus six er centum thereof. . - Vffte YES or XO.
812 Yes
sin Xo
Submitted by the legislature STATE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL FUND TAX Purpose.; To lew a two mill tax upon
all taxable property, commencing with the year 1920 and an
nually thereafter, for the support and maintenance of public
elementary schools; to credit each county with such tax lev-,
led therein against the amount due from the county on state
taxes and to distribute the amount so credited among the
several school districts of such county in proportion to the
number of teachers employed In the elementary grades In
each district and providing said tax is not to be deemed with.
In the constitutional six per cent limitation of section 11 of
article XI of the constitution of Oregon Vote- YES or XO.
814 Yes
815 Xo ' .
Submitted by the legislature BLIND SCHOOL TAX MEAS
URE Purpose: Providing for erecting " and equiping In
Portland an institution for teaching to the blind the arts and
trades deemed advisahle by the state board of control; pro
viding a tax levy for 1921 of one-sixth of a mill for erection
and equipment, and an annual tax levy commencing In 1921
of one-twenty-fifth of a mill for maintenance, on assessable
' property In the Btate, and providing that "proceeds from the
sale of finished products he turned over to the general fund,
and allowing a certain fixed sum as compensation for labor
to such Inmates to be paid out of the general fund.
Vote YES or NO.
810 Yes
, 817 ... No .... . ..
ORATORICAL CONTEST
?, t FOR BALDWIN PRIZE
"The Oratorical Contest for the Bal
dwin Prize of $50.00 will be held at
tha Cluh Hall Thursday evening, May
20 at I o'clock. This is an annual
affair With the Crook County High
School and the only persons allowed
to entr luto Ute contest are Lii stu-i
dents of the High School, excepting
only those who have previously won
this prize.
The City Treasurer has called in
all city wararnts with interest pay
able May 14, 1920.
vGEO. F. EUSTON.
Treasurer.
27tl.
BDtD to ram
IN 17 IIIITES
Seven teenminutes ia ample time
to travel the thirty-five miles from
Bend to Prineville these days.
Time waa in the memory of many
when a day of hard travel was re
quired by saddle horse to make the
sage brush ride from Farewell Bend
to this city and later the old thoro
brace stage coach would under favo
rable conditions make the trip in six
hours.
Bicycles were but little better, and
the automobile cut the time to two
hours and later to as short a time
as one hour or perhaps three quart
ers. Tuesday evening- aviator R. 8.
Thompson, who has been showing
Bendites their first airplane in home
atmosphere, flew over from the mill
city in Just seventeen minutes. His
trip was somewhat retarded by chop
py air conditions over Powell Butte
he said.
Thompson made a number of
flights over Prineville during the
past week with local citizens who
wished to look at the city from that
angle.
OLD ARREST BROUGHT TO MIXD
The following clipping from the
Malheur Enterprise brings back to
minds the days when whiskey flowed
freely in Prineville. and shooting
scrapes and other forms of amuse
ment were an every day occurence.
William Wild was arrested five
years ago in the building across from
the Journal office, now occupied by
Wallace's carpenter shop.
" When sheriff Knox and deput
Rowell arrived upon the scene to
apprehend him, Wilde attempted to
pull a gun, and after a struggle was
felled with a blow on the head, and
taken into custody and turned over
to the Vale sheriff.
The clipping from the Malheur
Enterprise reads as follows:
"William Wild, serving a five year
sentence in the Idalfo State Pentten
tiary will be remembered as the man
who put up sucu a decidea scrap witn
a smoking and lead pumping gun on
the streets of Prineville about five
years ago, when he was apprehended
by sheriff H., Lee Noe of Vale toge
ther with Sheriff Froman of Caldwell
Idaho, after they had looked for Wild
for 11 days wanted on the charge of
horse stealing. He was finally sub
dued and taken into custody and was
later tried, found guilty and senten
ced to serve five years, which he was
still serving at the time he was kil
led by a fellow convict, John C. Mc
Donald who struck him over the head
with a piece of two by four lumber
intended for a turkey coup. Wild
and McDonald had quarreled some
time ago and the murder was the re
sult of bad blood between them. Wild
was working in the barber shop of
the prison whei struck down.
McDonald has been held to answ
er to the charge of murder by the
Coroner's jury.
Wild was serving the last part of
his sentence and would have been lib
erated in a short time.
LADIES AXXEX STAGE
A GOOD DAXCE
The Ladies Xnnex added another
dance to the list of successful affairs
which they have staged in the past
year on Tuesday evening, with the
best crowd, the best time, and the
best music that has been secured for
a dance for some time in the past.
The Wilson Jazz Orchestra of Bend
furnished the music for the occasion.
A delicious supper was served to the
dancers at midnight by Frank John
son, and the dancing: continued until
almost one o'clock.
One of the notable features of the
evening was the efficient way in
which the lady floor managers per
formed their task of keeping things
moving.
A large number of Bend and Red
mond people came over for the pur
pose of attending the dance.
C. C. H.S. CLOSES
SCHOOL YEAR
On Friday evening of next week,
the Crook County High School will
graduate a class of 27. the exercises
for which will be held in the Com
mercial Club Hall in thts city." -
A very Interesting program is be
ing prepared for the occasion, which
will mark the close of two weeks of
intermingled, with a goodly number
of social events especially for the
graduating class, which will soon be
scattered never to meet: again as a
class.
On official ballot. No. 309 and 301
Argument, affirmative
." Submitted by the Joint committee
of the senate and house of represen
tatives, thirtieth legislative assembly
I- behalf of the Constitutional Amen
dment Extending Eminent Domain
Over Roads And Ways.
The purpose of the proposed am
endment submitted to the voters of
the state Is clear. It Is aimed at giv
ing every land owner, large or small,
an opportunity to reach main lines of
transportation whether this be a road
railroad or waterway, without being
charged an extortionate rice for tha
prlvelege.
On official Ballot Not, 302 and 303
Submitted by the Joint committea
of the senate and house of represen
tatives, thirtieth legislative assembly, ,
special session, in behalf of house
joint resolution No. 11, Providing
Limitation of State Indebtedness for
Permanent Roads.
The Amendment Explained
As the Constitution now reads,
bonds of the state may be issued for
the purpose of building and main
taining permanent roads, not exceed
ing two per cent of the assessed val
uation of all property of the state.
If the people adopt the amendment
now proposed, the limitation will be
fixed at four per cent of the assessed
valuation of all property In the state.
Under the constitution as it now
stands, and under the present asses
sed value of the property of the state
the limit for bonds for road purposes
is a little less than twenty, million
dollars. If the amendment be adopt
ed, the limit will be somewhat less
than forty million dollars.
On official ballot. Nos. 304 and
305, argument, affirmative.
Submitted by the joint committee
of the senate and house of represen
tatives, special session of the thirtieth
legislative assembly, in behalf of the
constitutional amendment restoring
capital punishment.
The Effect Of The Proposed Am
endment Prior to 1914 the constitution con
tained, no declaration upon the sub
ject of capital punishment, but the
legislature had power to prescribe
the punishment of death for murder
in the first degree. It was the pur
pose and effect of the amendment in
1914 to take this power from the leg
islature. The amendment now pro
posed will amount to this, that when
a jury finds a person guilty oi mur
der in the first degree, the pnuish
ment shall be death unless the Jury
shall recommend life imprisonment,
and then the penalty shall be life im
prisonment. This gives the jury pow
er it did not have when capital pun
ishment was formerly in force. This
new provision means that tha
jury shall have the constitutional
power to say, in effect, that because
the defendant is convicted on circum
stantial evidence, or there is a pos
sibility that there was perjured tes
timony, or because the character of
the defendant appears to be such that
repentance and reformation are rea
sonably assured, or that because of
any other reason, the ends of justice
will be satisfied and society sufficien
tly protected by life imprisonment. Of
course the jury shall not be requir
ed to give any reason whatever for
its recommendation of the lesser pen
alty. This throws a great safeguard
around the Infliction of the death
penalty, and should satisfy the scru
ples of those, for example, who point
out that occasionally an Innocent
man has been hanged upon circum
stantial evidence. Experience shows
that the average Jury is chary of
sending any man to the gallows. Un
der the operation of this proposed
amendment in only the clear and
flagrant cases will the jury fail to
pear for life imprisonment.
On official ballot Nos. 304 and
305, argument, negative.
The law proposed is not a well
thought out law. It reads: "The
penalty for murder in the first de
gree shall be death, excepting when
the jury trial shall in its verdict rec
ommend life imprisonment, in which
case the penalty Bhall be life impris
onment." In the judment of this
committee if a jury finds that a per
son is guilty of murder in the first
degree and if it is right under the
law to hang one person who is thus
adjudged guilty then It is right and
should be compulsory to hang all pert
sons so adjudged; and our organic
law should not be so worded that a
murderer of influence, or one pos
sessed of .wealth, or one who may
1 1 . . 1 ,!..,.,.. j.
the Jury, could use such influence,
and thus get off with a term of life
imprisonment where another without
such influence, and without such
wealth, or who could not make such
an appeal would be hung. The safej
ty of our nation and of our lnstitu(
tions depends upon the enforcement
regardless of influence, wealth oft
ony other thing of our organic or coni
stitutional law. f
On official ballot, Nos. SOS and 301
argumnt affirmative.
Submitted by the Joint committee
of the senate and house of represen-
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