r of o MBiunT Crook Couinity Journal COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON CITY OFFICIAL'PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE volom xxrr. nUNKVOXB. CBOOK COUNTY, OBBOOJV, THIR8DAY, MAT 27, lltfu ALL STOCECMEBI JUBILANT OVEM SUCCESS BIG CELEBRATION 1 BE SUED HERE M JULY 2 3 II 4 Stockmen re returning today from tka meeting of tba Oregon Cattle tt linrsa lUlsers asoctatlon hold at Burns Monday and Tuesday, elated oer tba success of the last meeting of toll statewide organisation. Two days, Jammed wltb business . ilons In which every moment wn g.ven over to the serious work of the ti'jrk business, in which the problem! affecting the prlcea ot the finished beet and range condlllona, caused the 'tea present to leave the host city with a determination to grow better stock, keep them In better condition and decrease numbers all along the line. A resolution was passed to the eff ect that the methods and conditions effecting the market conditions at North Portland be Investigated by the government and regulated In such a manner as to give tbe grower an n break with the commlMlon and packing firms operating there. An Instance of the sale of 300 bead of cows and calves near Hums, the calves to be vested and the cows tak en to Montana and fattened iharo for market later, was discussed as a! means or relieving the rsnge of its overcrowded condition, and also cut ting down tbe quantity of feeder stuff In the years to come. The meeting lacked the spirit of a Jollification, but was given over to man In his seat and assisting In the, strictly business discussion, every solution of problems effect Inglbe lu-1 dustry. . Delegates from all parts of Ore- gon, Idaho, and WaKhington with some from other atates made up the j attendance and all took part in the4 serious discussion ot-mutters rela tive to the stock business. j A rn w hoy breakfast was Served Twesdev morning at the fair grounds j and was an excellent meal, in addi-. tion to the novel out door features the stunt. Tuesday evening a banquet, served In a garage, at which 870 plates were spread, closed the event and was pro-! Bounced a great success. A nice rain on Monday added to tbe spirit of the occasion, and was ' a great benefit to the roads. j The convention for 121 will be held at Canyon City at about this sea- on. Election of officers was held Tues-, day afternoon, at which resulted In 1 the return of all old offlcluls, which have made a success of the organisa tion since Its Inception. Wm. Poll-; man Is president, Geo. Russell of this city vice prosdent and 8. 0. Correll Secretary, Wm. Duby treasurer. Mr. Pollman waa given authority to appoint other vice presidents in sny part of the country where be sees ' It to be benefit ot the organization. The crowds were cared for at ho tols and In private homes, and the -entertainment was of the first cIhhs. Present from Prlnevllle were H. J. Lister and family, W. I. Dish man and family, I. M. Mills and family. Herb Angel and family, Fred A. Powell nd family, M. D. Powell and fun) II v, L. N. Nichols and Mrs. Nichols. J. 0. Powell and family, Tom and John HiiHton, Lloyd Powell ' and 'family, Dolly Hodges, K. H. Evans, Sylvan Michel. Marvin Sklpworth, George Crosswhlte and Lawrence Lister. The roads were good and the run between this city and Hums was niado In about seven hours. . Some of the principal speakers were. Mayor C. H, Leonard of Burns, who delivered the address of welcome George Rurbc.11 of this city who res ponded to the address of welcome Garry Snow, who talked about the Portland Stockyards and what they have senompliHhed during the Inst year, TTlllam Pollman, President of the association, extended the thanks of the association to the Burns peo ple for the invitation to meet at Burns. . Robert Wlthyoombe and T. W. Tomllnson wore interesting speakers also. REDE -WILCOX Mux Rede, one of the foremen at the Ochoco Darar and Grace Ethel Wilcox, were quietly married at the Presbyterian pursonage by Rev. Pat terson on last Monday. Mrs. Kirk patrick and Mrs. Patterson acted as witnesses to the ceremony. C. C. H. 8. WINS ONE GAME The C. C.H. S. baseball boys re turned from Duma yesterday, where they engaged the stock show city team In two games of baseball. The Monday game was won by C. C. H. S. to the tune ot 15 to 1, A second game was played Tuesday and the Burna team turned the tables on the Crook County nine by win ning 17 to 7. The C. C. H. S. boys who were Int erviewed on the subject said they could easily have won both gamos, only they spent too much time ex ploring the town Monday night, and were not quite on the job at -game time. ' i ( 'N DENTON' O, BI RDN K Returned to the House of Kcpresqp tatlvr from this duurlct by an overwhelming vote ' FOUR ARE FINED FOR Just 1365. OOln fines was contribu ted to the Crook County Exchequer Tuesday by George Smith, Clyde Kel ey. Arthur Henem-rat and Harry Meeks, held for arraignment on boot legging charges. The first three named were arrest ed Sunday by Sheriff Combs, assis ted by Deputies Rowell and Yancey on the Ochoco road as they were on tbelr way back to town from tba point this side of the Shorty Davis place where they had cached their supply of liquor. The three men are not local talent but came from Grant County here ex pecting to make a killing selling the fire water. They have been working In this county tor a couple of weeks, and although they have been under suspicion for some time, no real evi dence was brough against them. It was noticed however, that they did a considerable amount of traveling up and down the Ochoco road, and on Sunday the Sheriff and his deputies went on .a little scouting trip, and found three kegs ot whlskoy and ab out forty bottles of bonded whiskey PR1NEVILLE-M1TCHELL STAGE SERVICE WILL START JUNE 14 The Prlneville-Mitchell stage line, which has been contemplated tor some time, will start service on June 14, tbe first service between the two cities for many years. The present contract calls for ser vice throe times each week instead of daily and will be supplimeuted with a like service from Fossil, from which point, the mail now comes to Mitchell. REPORT OK V. S. DEPARTMENT OK AGRKTLTl'RE The nights were generally cool, with several frosts, and the days were moderately warm, there was an abundance of sunshine. Drying wind was a feature, in places. ' Light to heavy rains occured in western coun ties at the close of the week, vegeta tion made .fairly good growth, but is still backward over much of the state. Farm wark made good progress. Winter wheat and rye made good growth liBVlng been benefitted by the rains that fell in the eastern counties a week ago and in western counties this week. Wire worms .in Jofferson County are less troublesome. Cut ting of ryeJiay continues. Seeding of spring wheat, oats, barley contin ues In some elevated districts, but is generally completed elsewhere, Early sown spring grain 1b generally prom ising, and recent rains have given suf ficient moisture to germinate late seedings in most sections. Planting of corn Is well advanced in western and southern counties . and early plantings are up. Fruit trees are Just coming Into bloom In the more elevated districts. Spraying for codling moth is progres sing in southern counties. The wea ther has been favorable for pollena tion, buteome light local damage was done by frost. Except where trees were Injured by the Dcember freeze the fruit prospect is generally good. Strawberries are in market In Doug las County. 'MM JAY H. UPTON OP THIS CITY Who waa nominated (or the Htate Henate by a majority of about 1000 votes over W. 8. WU ey of Klamath Falls There Is no dem ocratic nominee for this office near tbe Shorty Davis place In a small thicket not far from the road, show ing that operations have been car ried on in quite a large scale. The liquor was all seized except one Jug. and ficticious check left for the liquor taken. Tbe place was watched and later In the day the men were ar rested with the check In tbe pockets of one of them. The whiskey was sold by tbe men at a rather decrease in former prices showing that the high cost of liquor is on the downward swoop as well as other comodities. It Bold at $30 a gallon, when former quotations have been as high as $20 a quart. The men pled guilty and the trial was held before Judge Wallace Tues day afternoon at about two in the af ternoon, and they were each fined 100.00 and sixty days In Jail. The Jail sentence was set aside on condi tion that the fine be immediately paid, which they made haste to do. They were' assured by the Judge that if they appeared bfore him again they would not get off so easy. , Henry Meeks, who also came up for trial of having moonshine In his pos session, was fined 155.00 by Judge Wallace. The completion of the new highway which has beeu In process of build ing for several years, will make a quick service between these two cit ies possible, and as Prinevillle is the railway point nearest these two cit ies, should develope a large volume of business between, the two points. Howard, Ochoco and Blake will be served by the truck line which will make the trip with the mail. Alfalfa and. clover suffered some what from dought in western count ies, but this condition was relieved by rain at the close of the week, and these crops are now promising. Pas tures and ranges are generally im proving, having been revived by re cent rains. Sudan grass looks prom ising In southern counties. All livestock is finding ample sub sistence and making good gains. Shearing sheep and goats continues. Planting of potatoes continues, and early potatoes are coming up well. Hops are doing fairly well. Beans are coming up and tomatoes are be ing set out in the milder localities. Tender xegetables suffered some lo cal damage from frost. Gardens need warmer weather. Kt ot P. AT MADRAS An Item of much Importance fra ternally, which was overlooked in the Monday edition, was the Knights of Pythias Convention held in Madras last Thursday night. Prinevllle Lodge Luna 65 was on the spot with the largest representa tion, the biggest and most prominent badges, and furnished nine of the twenty candidates who desired .to .Inquire into the mysteries of the K. P. Lodge. It is estimated that 76 Lunaites were present from Prine vllle. The Bend and Redmond lod ges were also represented. After the Initiatory services, there were a number of speaehes by prom inent knights to impress upon the 1 XV H. i. OVERTIRK, OK BEND Nominated for KcprrsrnUtlve of this district with Denton G. hurdirk , who will be elected with ' out opposition COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM is very siccesskvl The commencement programme of the Class of 1920 was given at the Club Hall last Friday evening. The performances were opened with a march played by Miss Cramer and the graduating students marching in couples, and each one taking his place upon the stage. Tbe stage was very beautifully decorated with the class colors which were pink and green. The C. C. H. S. Orchestra render ed some very beautiful selections, af ter which Rev. Thos M. Patterson gave tbe invocation. A number of so los were rendered and were exceed Inly fine, and a quartet was given by Roy Clark, Wallace Cannon, Wistar .Rosenberg and Erie Laugh lln. The attendance seemed very Tuch pleased with this selection and en deavored to bring the quartet back for another selection but they failed to respond. ... The class prophecy given by Har old Davis was certainly one of the best fables ever written. It advan ced the time about 40 years end the story Harold told about the tMrgs tnai wouia take place in that period were sure wonderful. The class will was rendered by tr ie Laughliu in a very systematic way and he named numerous articles that the class of 1920 bequeathed to the remaining classes. All of the addres ses and musical selections were en Joyed by everyone and the class was graduated without a hesitation. ZEXDA HKXDRICKSO.X W1X8 HERSHEY PRIZE Miss Zenda Hendrickson won the 125.00 prize given by Mr. and Mrs. Hershey in commemoration of their son Kenneth who died while a fresh man of the Crook County High School and he should have graduat ed with the class of 1920. The prize waa given to the student in that class who received the highest grade In English In the last semesters work of this year. The Hershey prize has been given. every year for the last four years. BIG CROP OK WOOL Andrew Morrow and Jos. Keenan better known as Morrow ft Keenan, were in town from Willow Creek yes terday. The main thing on their minds right at present is sheep shear ing. They state they are shearing about 4,500 sheep this year, and the wool is a very good grade. From fifty to sixty cents a pound has been offered them for "their wool this year, but up to this time they have not tied themselves up in any contract. Clarence Stover, a rancher from up Crooked River, was in town Wednes day in connection with his purchase of the Lawrence Gunter land. minds of the newly chosen the sig nificance of the teachings of the or der. - Grand vice Chancellor Jack Clark, one of the guests of the occasion, in formed the memhers that the order had received 1800 new memhers in the last year. A banquet was served at the Mad ras Athletic Hall, served by Madras ladies, and music and songs assisted in making the course of the meal most attractive. The following from Prineville were Initiated into the order: H. G. Chapman. B. B. Goff. V. V. Harpham, Ftoyd Fessler, S. M. Camp hell, C. C. Kimmelt, Wm. McFarland LaVerne Sears and Walter McFar land. ' IIAL DAY TO BE 03SERVED PRINEVILLE On Sunday, May 30 Memorial ex ercises Will be held unrtor Ih. . ... pices of the Spanish War Veterans and American Itrinn n d.. -a- of Bend will deliver the Memorial ad- aress at tne Court House at 10:00 A. M. Special music is being arranged for and appropriate decorations will be in evidence. It is expected that this year's observance will eclipse those of former years. The line of march will be from the court bouse to the cemetery, where the graves of the departed will be fittingly deco rated with flags and flowers and a firing squad composed of American Legion ex-soldiers will fire the de parting salute. Owine tn tho ness of the hour, the Journal is un- aDie to give the entire program. But suffice It to say that It will be an el aborate one. All ex-soldiers and sail ors are especially requested to be on hand, clad in uniform, and it is the wish of the committee In charge of the arrangements that everybody turn out and help to do honor to our departed heroes. Presbyterian Methodist Bible School In bach house of wor ship at 10 o'clock in the morning. On account of Decoration- Day Service, there will be no preaching at the ele ven o'clock hour. A stereoptican lecture entitled "The New America will be given at the Presbyterian Church at 8 o'clock. A HI Ivor- nf f ing will be taken to defray expenses. The church hour is held every eve ning at 8 o'clock. The meeting place has been changed to tha Proahvto. ian Church, until the special meeting wing neia at tne Methodist Church have come to a close. GOES TO EXPLOIT THE OCHOCO PROJECT L. M. Watson and family left Tues day evening for Eugene, where Mrs. Wataon will spend the summer with relatives in that vicinity. Mr. Watson will travel all over the Vallev durine the Hummer mnnthi a tending to the interests of the Ochoco Realty Company at different points, and advertising the advantages ot the wenuco rropeci. THE JAPANESE AGREEMENT NOT George Burtt, who as agent for the George Shima interests in Central Or egon potato lands, signed an agree ment last February to the effect that he would not employ more than six Japanese in the Central Oregon lands has cancelled that agreement In let ters received from San Francisco this week by settlers' representatives. Burtt gave as his reason for break ing the agreement the statement that he "did not like to be harrassed by any group of farmers who would not permit ; a few Japanese laborers to come in and work on farms, causing the loss of crop and other severe los ses." His Letter said in part: Interests Will Grow "Our Interests are very large In Central Oregon and evidently will be greater in the near future. "It is impossible for us to see why farmers should stand in their own light when the development we plan would increase the value of all acreage in the communities where we are interested. "-We do not like to be harrassed by any group of farmers who would not permit a few Japanese laborers to come in to work on farms, causing the loss of crops and other severe losses, and, as long as we are acting within the law of the United States government and the state ot Oregon, should we suffer any damages thru the threats and other personal letters which have been written us, we assu re you that we will take legal action to protect our Interests. Will Positively Protect i "Inasmuch as the writer reserved the privilege of canceling his first gentleman's agreement by notifying each signer by letter and as you are one of the farmers who signed this agreement, we take this opportunity to advise you that we herewith can cel our part of the former agreement as it is positively our intention to pro tect our interests in Central Oregon. The eagle will scream in true old fashioned style in Prlnevllle on July 4th, which will from present indica tions be the only real celebration staged in this part of the state thin year. Three days have been set aside for the cdlebration, and the program which is being rapidly shaped up, will include a continuous round of fun and excitement. A large band has been contracted for from Bend, and the Shevlin-Hix-on band of 65 pieces may come for one day In addition to the band that will remain for the three days. Special trains are being arranged, and ball games for each of three day with strong teams will be a feature of the event About $1,000 has been raised al ready for the expense of the celebra tion which will include many unus ual features. Street decorations will be provid ed by experienced decorators and tha fact. that there has been no celebra tion here for years causes everyone to get into the spirit of the occasion, and put this one over big. The program will be announced soon, perhaps next week, and will in clude something for each moment ot the three days. Watch tor it and keep the dates open for this is to be tha big year in Prineville. It is understood that next year some other central Oregon town will celebrate, perhaps Bend, and the fol lowing year yet another until they have all had a chance at the enter tainment of a big crowd, before tha affair gets to Prineville again. Let all local people get Into the game, and put this one over as never before. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Probate estate Almon P. Coleman, re. ne, N.se, swse, e.sw, 16 w.ne, senw, sw, swse, 28-18-25. Sarah Elliott to Cecil McKenile wd 7 b4 2nd add Prineville. ?800. H. C. Claypool to Annie M. Walker wd tract in Newsom add $2,500. R. L. Schee to May A. Bartlett wd. pt It 1 Prineville acres $1. rev .50 U. S. to Clarence C. Stover, pat. n, 16-20. W. R. Smith to Warren Brown wd, n.nw, senw 16-16-25 $800, rev. 1. N. W. T. Co. to D. E. Maxfield wd. It 9b 13 NW T Co. lat add Prineville. Alex Pujols to NW T Co wd It 12 b 24 NW T CO 1st ad Prineville $1. N W T Co to F. Starr wd It 10 b 11 NWTCoOft WAdd $1. Same to Orrall ft Black wd It 5 b 10 NW T Co 1st add Prineville $1. Same to M. E. Brink wd. Its 1-2-3-4 -5 b 1 O & W add Prineville $1 TO BE LIVED UP TO AS EXPECTED "We hope for the co-operation of all farmers who are interested in the welfare of their part of the state. No farmer or neighbor will have any thing to regret." As a result of this cancellation o the Burtt agreement with the settlers in Central Oregon, resolutions from various, organizations here will be sent to Governor Olcott and the Burtt -Shima Interests setting forth the set tlers' objections to a Japanese inva sion and warning that the- feeling here is such that violence may result from a radical element if the actions of the Burtt-Shima people are not stopped at once. . Bend Club Acts F. E. Pellett of Terrebonne yester day appeared before the Bend Com mercial Club he reported In Red mond last night, and that body pas sed resolutions which will be wired to Governor Olcott at Salem. Pellett said that the people ot his community are determined that no more Japanese shall come into the community and, if such an attempt is made, "the newcomers will be sent from the country without violence but nevertheless sent from this part of the state." Because of the presence of an al ledged gun man on the Japanese po tato farm at lower bridge, Pellette is very much afraid that the radical el ement is likely to take things into their own hands at his first move, un less steps are taken by the state to stop the threatened invasion fore cast by Burtt's letter when it says, "Our interests In Central Oregon are very large and evidently will ba greater in the near future." The Terrebonne community club is on record against the Japanese inva sion or extension of interests here. llett said that the Redmond Com mercial club will be asked to pass res olutions on this matter at the lunch, eon next Tuesday Redmond Spokesman.