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Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOLl'MK XXIV.
PRINKVIIXB. CROOK OOt'NTT, ORKOO. MONDAY, MAY 17, 11)20
NO. 28.
BIO SHORTAGE OF GAS IF CARE IS
FORESTERS
.Manager Campbell of the local
Standard Oil station returned tb
Innt o( the week (rum Portland where
ho ha been an business connected
with the company.
He ' that there li but little Ilk
llhimd of the gaa ahortaia here, there
being at thla time about 6,500 gal
loni of xaa In his tanka here and a
hlpment of aome 1,800 gallon! will
aoon arrive with more to follow In
ahnrt time.
The fact that gai for thla atatlon
cnmi'i from the eaat inatead of eouth
makes the situation easy here aa
compared to other polnta.
Mr. Campbell aayi however that
care ahould be taken not to waate gas
aa there fa an actual national short
age, and the man who leaves his
car running at the curb for several
mlnutea la apt to walk some day for
the want of (aa thus wssted.
OU TIM Kit 1IERH
Tare? Davis, who la an old timer In
this part of the country, waa In Hrine
vllte Saturday shaking bands with
friends and doing bnslneas. Mr. Dar
ts formerly kept a atorn in Prineville
In partnership with Dave Stewart,
and Is well known to old residents of
rrlnevllle. He Is now located near
Bisters.
1XMKTIC ART EXHIBIT
The Domestic Art class of the lo
cal high school hae a very Interest
ing display of dresses, suits, embroid
ery, and other form of needlecraft
which the girla of the different clas
ses have finished, on display In the
front window of the Cnrnett Btore.
This exhibit proves better thai words
the benefits girls are getting from
their Instructions In the classes un
der Miss Fhlla Hall thla year.
SELLS OLD HOME .
Sarah Elliott completed negotia
tions for the sale of her old home In
the Second Addition this morning.
Cecil McKensle has purchased the
residence. This is one of the old
residences of rrlnevllle, and Is well
known to the older generation.
WIXEVIIXK MITCHELL
ROAD .VOW Or EN
Grover Illnke was In the city from
Mitchell Saturday and reports the
road open for automobiles and In
fair condition.
More than a milo has already been
graveled bv contractor Wolfe and a
fleet of six dump body motor trucks
arc busy on this task.
Standard English Pound.
, The original English pound was de
rived from the weight of T.tWO grains
of wheat taken from the middle of the
ears mid well dried. This remained
the standard from the time of William
the Conqueror to the time of Henry
VIM, In whose reign the avoirdupois
pound of 7,000 grains came Into use.
This was established as the standard
pound during the reign of Queen Ells
nheth Htid has been continued to the
present day.
Animals aa Weather Prophets.
Few beliefs are older or more wide
spread than that animals, and especial
ly wild animals, have foreknowledge
of what the weather Is to he, and
something that amounts to such fore
knowledge many of them doubtless do
' possess, hut there Is no" reason, and
only poor excuses, for assuming that'
there Is a source of Information seen-
rate enough and of application remote
enough to give any appreciable exten
sion to the weather bureau's prognos
tications. Exchange.
Feeding the Bedridden,
Administering liquid food or medi
cine to persons lying on their backs
In bed la difficult, even for a trained
nurse. A novel hospital drinking glass
overcomes this dllhVully, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The lower por
tion of the vessel Is similar In shape
to an ordinary tumbler. On top of
this Is a tapering hood, which Is pro
vided with an eccentrically placed,
slanting opening. If not more than
half filled the device can be held In a
nearly horizontal i position without
spilling the contents.
Music In Church.
For almost n thousand years' Gre
' gorlnn chant, without any Instrumental
or harmonic addition, was the only mu
sic used In connection with the liturgy
of the church. The organ In Its'urimi
tlve and rode form was the first In
strument to be Introduced Into church,
and for a long time was the sole In
atrument to accompany the chant.
PREDICT
KEEP THE WATER
Many of the country roads through
out the community are receiving
their regular summer baptism, and
traffic la much delayed thereby.
There la a atate law to the affect
that anyone violating the statute In
this regard Is subject to flnea and
poslble Imprisonment.
More attention should be paid to
this waste of valuable water before
the authorities see fit to take action
and cause trouble to farmers who
have neither time nor money t de
fend this condition.
rAl'GHT WITH THE GOODS
When the little red bug. bearing
Ernest Haves anit hrlHa nn thai-
honeymoon rrosed te Oehoeo bridge
going north Immediately following
the wedding on May second there was
a large printed algn pasted securely
on the hack of the top which procla
imed to the world the legend, "JU8T
MARRIED", which was not noticed
until lunch time many miles from
thla rltv where thi cronm fnnn4
perk of trouble In removing It. Of
course no one claimed the knowledge
of the crime, but when a friend band
ed Hayee photographs of the csr
ready to start on Its Journey ha at
onee observed the smiling phvsog
of his loving brother In law, W. B
Russell, who is foreman at the Jour
nal office, busy gluing the algn In
place while he chatted with the
young people who were already- In
the ear.
Now Russell Is wondering If aome
of his friends would he around with
a camera If he should commit mur
der or rob a bank.
FIVE HILLS TO BE
STAGED SATURDAY
On Saturday of this weekFrank
Johnson will stage a five number all
boxing smoker that promises to be
one of the best ever seen In Contra I
Oregon.
Speck Woods, the well known box
er of liimd will beet Joe Kapainksle
of Redmond who was for four years
In the navy and who cleaned up ev
ery man he met there on seven bat
tleships. In his own weight. ThiB
will he a good go.
Kid Taylor and Greek George will
stage the second number. These men
met In Dend a short time ago and are
very evenly matched, they were not
satisfied with the dclslon there and
will fight It out here Saturday. i
Duffy Nore of Terrebonne, nephew
of Lee Nore will meet Frenchie Na
clare of Bend.
Two fast preliminaries will be fea
tures and a fast card Is assured.
Slim Yancey will referee the mills.
DECLAMATORY CONTEST
The declamatory contest held at
Redmond Saturday between the dif
ferent high schools of Crook, Des
chutes and Jefferson counties was
won by the following students: Har
ry Bates, Redmond, Oratorical: Ar
na King, Culver, Dramatic, and Lil
lian Van Matre, Redmond, Humor
ous. Those winning for the Grade School
were, Louise Bennett, Madras, Divi
sion 1, Dwlght Hauser, Redmond, Di
vision 2, Luclle Snook, Madras, Div
ision 3 and Beatrice Ramsey, Madras-
Division 4. ,
, "Tempus Fuglt."
The teacher gave Margaret some
yarn and cardboard, and after showing
her how to work a design, told her to
finish It at home. When she came to
school the next tiny with the half-finished
work, the teacher ashed her why
she had not finished It : If she had run
out of yarn, "oh, no," answered Mar
gnretj "I just run'd out of time."
Superstition Concerning Diamond.
The losing of n diamond Is consid
ered, apart from Its material value,
an omen of mishap. To be efficacious
as a talisman the diamond should be
given freely, and "never sold, never
lent, never cove'ed, and never taken
by fraud or fn . e "
No Danger.
"Work never killed no one yet No,
and It ain't going to kill me r Drow
sy Dan.
GOOD
EARLY FISHING
TO BE ESPECIALLY GOOD
The fishing In Crooked and Des
chutes rivers waa well tested out Bun
day by a number of Prlnevllle citiz
ens and waa found to be much better
this year than ever before. Although
these rivers have been fished very
thoroughly during the laat tew years
and It would seem that the aupply of
fish would begin to get exhauated
hut It waa proven that there are atlll
plenty of fiah In these streams and
that they are biting fine when J. E.
Adamson, Lex Long, T. J. Minger,
Wm. Arnold, Gus Gustafaon, W. B.
Russell, P. A. Chandler and Lot C.
Pearce took their fishing tackle and
went) to try their luck Sunday. Ev
ery one got an abundant aupply of
fish and Lex Long managed to hook
PRINEVILLE ATHLETES SET '
GOOD RECORD AT REDMOND MEET
Madras High School, won the Cen
tral Oregon Track Meet for 1820 at
Redmond last Saturday, with the
score of 4,1, with Redmond the clos
est competitor coming close behind
with 39 points. Prineville cams In
third with 29 points, and Bend had
to be contented with eleven.
Redmond was thronged from mor
ning until night with a great crowd
of rooters from every point in Cen
tral Oregon, and the large grand
stand which Redmond has just fin
ished building was jammed with In
terested onlookers.
Wistar Rosenberg of Prineville
roally won the 60 yard dash twice.
A false start was made, but the star
ter's gun refused to work, and the
race was completed before the gun
barked the signal for a return, the
race was run over a little later, and
Rosenberg won In 6 X-B seconds,
which was very good time. Gillette
of Redmond came In second, and G.
Birch of Bend took third place.
McBain of Jefferson County won
first In the 50 yard grade run, and
Gerardo of Prineville second, and
Morse of Deschutes county third. The
time was (S 1-5 seconds.
The midget 50 yards was won by
Reavis of Prineville In 7 3-5 seconds,
with Hannon of Jefferson County
second and Whisnat of Deschutes 3rd.
J. Young of Madras won the 100
yard High School. Gillette of Red
mond coming In second and Shattuck
of Prineville bringing up the rear.
The 100 yard grades was won by
L. McRain of Jefferson County, W.
Illrdsall of Deschutes county, second,
and R. Arnold of Prineville third.
Time, 11 3-5.
The 100 yard midgets was cap
tured py Whlsnant of Deschutes
county, Hannon of Jefferson county,
second, -.- m. Arnold of Crook 3rd.
Time. 13 1-6.
The Javelin throw was won by L.
Coyner of Bond, distance, 144.8 feet,
N. Young of Madras took second, and
Harold Lister of Prineville third.
The mile run was won by E. An
drussof Madras, In 6 minutes, 16 2-6
seconds, G. Kidder of Redmond came
in second, and R. Clark of Prineville
took third.
R. Young of Madras won the high
jump, with Rosenberg of Prineville
second. L. Doty of Redmond third.
J. Hanson of Deschutes county
took first in the high Jump in the
grade .class, McBain of Jefferson sec
ond and Gerardo of Prineville third.
W. Birdsnll of Deschutes county
came In ahead In the 75 'yard low
hurdleB for the grades. W. Winano
wit of Jefferson second, and Coshow
of Crook third.
The midget low hurdles was won
My Hannon of Jefferson. Davis of
Crook came In second, time 14 sec
onds. The high school 120 yard hifh
hurdles was won by R, Young of Ma
DRIVES FROM OKLAHOMA
.IX MAXWELL CAR
Gene Hendrickson arrived Satur
day from Gage, Oklahoma and was
quite a surprise to his brother, Glenn
Hendrickson. He came overland from
Oklahoma In his Maxwell car, a dis
tance of something over 2,000 miles.
He says that the roads were almoBt
Impassable in some places but nev
ertheless he made the trip In just
15 driving days with very little trou
ble outaide of a few punctures the
E
IS PftOVIfiC
a big dolly 23 Inches In length and
weighed rive pounds.
H. R. Lakln and T. L. Qulnn tried
their luck In Crooked river and later
went to tho Deschutes below the
mouth of Squaw creek ft here they
caught full baskets of beautlea, aome
of thorn well over a foot In length.
Trout (Ilea were abundant in these
streams yeaterday.
A large number of ears also tried
the smaller stream on the Ochoco and
some fair catches were made.
John Maech caught several fair
sized trout in Mill Creek.
Everyone expects a big season
along the streams this year, and in
the next few weeks fishing will be at
Its best.
dras, Holloway of Redmond finish
ing second, and McNeeley of Bend
coming In last. Time 17 2-5 seconds
Gillette of Redmond carried off
the honors in the 440 yard run, J.
Young of Madras took second place,
and Wyman of Prineville third. Time
54 4-6 seconds.
First place in the 220 yard low
hurdk-s in the high school waa cap
tured by R. Young of Madras, Gillett
of Redmond second, Hayes of Prine
ville third. Time 28 2-6 seconds.
Welgand of Prineville took first
In the shot put, Ed. Moore' of Red
mond second, and L. Coyner of Bend
third.
Gillett of Redmond also took first
place in the' 220 yard dash, time 24
seconds. ' Shattuck of Prineville took
second and J. Young of Madras third.
The 880 yard midget relay was
won by Deschutes county In 3 min
utes and 5 seconds.
The running broad jump was won
by R. Young of Madras, with Rosen
berg of Crook county coming in sec
ond and Dutt of Bend third.
Gates of Deschutes county made
the biggest Jump in the grades broad
jump, Gerardo of v-' '" -'' the
second score and Heath of Jefferson
county made the third.
R. Young of Madras made the best
discus throw, E. Moore of Redmond
second, and Coyner of Bend third.
Rosenberg of Prineville easily won
the ipole vault for Crook county, E.
Moore of Madras second, and Mc
neely of Bend took third place at a
much less height than the first two.
Gerardo of Crook county. won first
place in the grades pole vault, Gil
braith of Deschutes county second,
and Surface of Jefferson county 3rd.
The 880 yard grade relay was won
by Deschutes county, in 2 minutes
and 62 seconds.
The mile relay, which closed the
track events, was won by Redmond
High school, each runner going 1-4
mile.
Deschntes county won the meet in
the grade division,. having S3 points
to 29 for Jefferson county, and 23
for Crook county.
The Tennis tournament at Red
mond last Saurday morning was won
by Redmond with ten points, win
ning both the boys and girls doubles.
Darrel and Ogden Mills representing
Prineville in the boys doubles. Wis
tar Rosenberg won the bovs singles
for Prineville, and Miss King of Mad
ras 'won the girls singles.
First place was won by Bend in
first year typewriting, with Redmond
taking second place.
First honors in second year type
writing was taken hy Redmond, with
Bend coming second. !
In second year stenography Bend
high school won both first and sec
ond places.
In second year stenography, Red
mond took first place, and Prineville
second.
last two days on his trio, which Is
a very good record for a Maxwell car.
He was formerly a trawlling sales
man for the J. I. Case Threshing
Machine Co., of Oklahoma City. Okla.
hut gave up this position a short time
before leaving for Prineville.
He was accompanied on this trip
by C. E. Farnsworth an expert barber
of that city, who was employed by
Zevely and Oaltes harbors immediat
ely upon his arrivel. Mr. Hendrick
Ron accepted a position with the W.
F. King Co., they both expect to lo
cate in our city.
RIO
Si
LOOKING AFTER
Some of the sidewalks in the city
where cement structures bare not
yet replaced the old plank walks, are
.badly In need of repair.
A part of thesa are adjoining pro
perty where the owner of the lota
should fix them without being noti
fied by the marshal, and others are
cross walka that have been broken
up by heavy traffic of loaded auto
trucks.
They ahould all be repaired at once
or replaced by cement or gravel stru
ctures. JACK WILBUR WTTEV
BY BATTLE 8XAKE
Jack Wilbur was bitten by a ret
tie snake this morning at the O. C
Gray ranch near Post.
Dr. H. P. Belknap's services were
called and the patient la getting al
ong fine. He found the rattle snake
and when he started In bis hole Wil
bur evidently tried to hold him with
a short stick, when the snake bit him
on the finger.
The snake was three feet long and
was promptly killed by another of
the men on the ranch.
YESTERDAY WAS VERY HOT
Temperature reached 84 degrees
vestprriav n n H mon . V, n V. A ,
" - o """ lull
streams where numerous parties were
"i uuiiis puuimj especially apprecia
ted. On May 7th the highest point was
reached by the mercury yet this year
when it reached 87 degrees.
The five days preceeding Sunday
to 74 degrees, but the nights have
as low as z during the past
ten days and last night registered
just 32 degrees.
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BOOSTING EDUCATIONAL BILL
The Lyric Theatre is boosting the
educational bill for primary schools,
and is showing a series of slides. In
which the need for the pasage of this
measure on Friday are brought out.
MADRAS KXTERTAIXIXO LADIES
Ladies of the Shumia club are in
Madras today, being entertainer by
the ladies club of that place. The
Culver ladies club are also guests on
this occasion.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Lawerence Campbell of this city
narrowly escaped death Fridav when
he fell into the big cement lined can.
al near the dam.
He was assisting in the installa
tion of fish nets, and lost his foot
ing and was rescued after mni-v, Hifn.
culty.
METHODISTS WILL HOLD
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
The Methodist Sunday School of
this city will hold their annual pic
nic next Sunday on McKay creek.
They will leave the
at about 8:30 and will drive to the
place selected where they will hold
their regular Sundav Sennnl
after which they will have games and
reiresnments. ana spend the day in
the shade of the pines.
CAR BCRXS CP
Warren Yaneev'a Sturtntmirar ei
which Oscar Houston was driving In
to town Sunday afternoon, caught
fire, and was all destroyed exceDt the
motor. Mr. Houston accompanied by
Pan Borrouehs in thn rar wno iot
descending into Juniper Canyon
about 2 miles from town, when the
car caught fire. It is not certain hnw
the fire started. The machine was
partly covered by insurance.
EASTERN STAR INITIATES
Cr.rnation Chapter, Eastern Star,
initiated last Thursday evening at the
fomporary lodge rooms they have
licen using, the degree of the order
beins? conferred on Bossie Pancake,
Mabel Woodruff and Mrs. Harold Ma
ker. The officers of the lodpre did un
usually well in rendering their parts,
and the teachings of the degree were
exemplified in the most effective way.
Ice cream and cookies were serv
ed at the close of initiation. A very
good crowd turned out for the meet
ing, and a learge number of visitors
were present.
TAKEN
FEEDI
Prospects for excellent summer
range for livestock were never bet
ter throughout the Ochoco and near
by forests according to the statement
of forest rangers in session in this
city the last of the week.
The late snows and backward
spring haa held Ice and mow banka
In the high timbered areaa and the
grass has not yet started in some of
the localities where there la fre
quently much feed at thla time, but
low lands have excellent growth, of
feed the foresters say.
The very fact that the season la
starting late la a aura Indication that
it will continue late, and the wstsr
supply will last better than it baa for
years according to the opinion of
these men who are guardiana of tha
summer ranges.
The most pessimistic outlook comes
from the territory in the 8now Moun
tain country covered by 81 Donnely.
There the late snows did not fall
and there Is less moisture than in
any other district.
In the Fife district conditions ara
somewhat better, however, Mr. Don
nelly says.
In the Paulina country Chas. Con
gleton says that there is more mois
ture than there has been for years,
snow and rain there during the past
two weeks providing an abundance
of moisture. . ,
The range Is late there aa well,
however, but he believes prospecta
are well above the average.
On the meadows near Paulina there
has never been so good prospecta for
a big hay crop he aaya. and there la
an abundance of water for irrigation
all along the river.
Ranger Riley Warren haa Just re
turned from a trip through the Mc
Kay, and Mill creek mountains, and
he reports that there 1 more mois
ture there than he has ever seen bo
fore at this time of the year. Snow
several feet deep was found in drifts
he said, but was melting rapidly.
Prospects are bright also on the
Trout Creek divide he says.
J. O. F. Anderson reports a snow
fall of five Inches at Maury on May
1 and rain since that date that makes
prospects bright there.
There is but little sign of grass yet
on the high ranges he says.
Grover Blake makes a like report
from the Mitchell divide and saya
that while the season is later than us
ual in that part of the forest, and
prospects are -better than for years,
for an abundance of water In his ter
ritory. The rangers were having a few
days with Supervisor Harpham in
arranging for their summers work.
Stock in most instances will not
be admitted to the reserves until the
first of June this year they report.
GRAIN AND ALFALFA
LOOKING FINE
Grain and alfalfa crops are mak
ing a great growth during the war
mer days, because of the unusual am
ount of moisture in the ground, ara
looking very good, considering their
late start.
Along the streams the crops look
some better than on some of the high
lands, although some parts of Powell
Butte, and other high lauds have a
good start for excellent crops.
In the irrigated section at Powell
Butte the water has been out of tha
caual much of the spring which may
have retarded growth to some extent.
On the Ochoco project every one ia
making ditches and corrugating land
and preparing for the water, which
will be in general use within a week
or ten days.
Selfishness Gains Nothing.
Men should see life as more than a
means of personal advancement. Self
ishness may achieve, but Its Inglorious
name will soon be forgotten lu the
round of yesterdays. It's life that
lives for the common good that lays
tribute on humanity and carves an In
dellhle name in the very foundations
of history. Cull it Utopian if yon will.
Facts show that men must die to real
ly live. And men who give themselves
to human betterment live as they raise
rtthers from unreasonable drudgery to
honorable toil and common eomforts.
Introduction of the Umbrella.
The umbrella was used In England
as a luxurious sunshade early In tha
seventeenth century. Ben .Tonson men
tions It In a comedv produced In 1AML
The eighteenth century had half
elapsed before the umbrella had even
begun to he used in Entfland hy both,
sexes as It is now, .