K Grook Comiity Journal COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON CITY, OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE VOLUMB XXJV. PUIKETOXJt CROOK COUNTY, ORROON. MO.MMV, MAT 81, 1020. xo.s. TWICE A W VERY IMPORTANT RURAL MAIL CHANCE COUNT TOLSTOY OF RUSSIA, TO SPEAK HERE ON JUNE 18 One of Iho most Important changes 'n the ninll service of the county In contemplated In a move to conuict lhe Powell Butte community with Prlnevllle with an R. F, D. ially mall Una. Th movement nrlglnutnd because ff th fart that twenty or more fHin lei between th In city and the older Powell Butts eomunlty are not at this time served by the existing mall lines, and thf, propoaad new system will provide these people with dally nail between thelfTiome and Prlno villa without In any way taking from the existing mall service for the com munity aa already served. A altuatlnn which made ncetry fM sending of mall over the city of Ifnevllle railway, the Oregon Trunk atnr rourt to Powell Butte, and thence ovor a rural delivery line to people who live hut aeven mlla from Prlnevllle la moat unatlfnctory. and one that the cntemplated change will eliminate. The old home tagn to Powell Butt from thla city, the atnr mall pouches frovldod a much better service than nlls today. A petition ha been signed by a rral many Powell Butt people Bak ing the deportment to make the Im provement, and II will no doubt be favorably considered by the mall hlef at an early date. SELLS RANCH NEAR POST Edmund A. Parker on Bnturday completed the sale of hla largo ranch holding In the Pint country to Karl W. Miller, who alo resides Wat vl flnlty. Thla eule make Mr. Miller the owner of a Terr large acreaga. Anything li Possible. While one lint n ny of thing: "It t Impossible'" and contents himself with nnyliiu wi. imotlier one pause him and doe It. This hn been the history ef the world's pmiire ever since time betrHii We Minimi say of any thing tlml It is Impossible In Oils mar velous World of Invention Mini emleHV or. ' We enn only ny: "It hn never yet been dune " Cat and Doo at Peace. There I one place near Philadel phia where out and dog dwell to gether In peace. It I a cemetery de Voted to deceased pet It I at Pratt dsvllle and coniuiiiH many hmnUoiue tomlistotie AX k iirum It hna been the general talk on the roots of rrlnevlllo the 1nt day or o among the public that the so-cal led detective or plain clothe man sent here from Portland wai em ployed by Mayor Stewart and 0. J. Rihelln. which ia a falsehood from Hurt to finish. Aa to Mayor Stewart. I do not know what he had to do with this matter but for myself, 0. J. Itlh elin. I had nothing whatever to do with this mnn or his affaire. Yours Respectfully, 0. J. RIBEUN, R. W. Breose Is the new police of ficer on the city force. c. DIES SUDDENLY C, Sam Smith, one of the best known men In this part of the state, died at his home near this city this morning at 1 o'clock. Mr. Smith had been Ih good health and was busy assisting his son Henry about the ranch until Saturday ev ening about 4 o'clock when he was suddenly stricken with appoplexy and fell unconcloua In the field where he was at work building fence. His Illness was not discovered tor perhaps a half an hour when he was found by Henry and brought to the residence In an unnnnclnns condition, He never regained conciousness and expired early today. Funeral ararngements are being made, but the time has not been set because of the fact that his daughter 'Mrs. L. C. Morgan, who lives In Mi chigan is expected to arrive soon, and the services will perhaps not be held until Wednesday or Thursday. Mr. Smith was elected sheriff of this county in June, 1902 and again in 1904 and has been one of the lead ing citizens of the community for many years. He is survived by Mrs. Smith, a son, Major Henry Smith and daugh ter, Mrs. L. C. Morgan. DEDICATE GROUNDS A large number of members and friends gathered at the Presbyterian Church Monday evening for the pur pone of officially opening the new tennis and volley ball courts tor use of the friends of the church, Norrls Dlxby and R. W, Douglas played the opening game on the new tennis court, and then a shower of ruin miirie it necessary to adjourn to the basement of the church tor the remainder of the program. The rest of the evening was spent In playing games ar.d a general so ciable time. The Ladles Aid Society of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches served Ice cream and cook ies. The new tennis court will prove very popular, as It Is the best in town tit present. The volley ball court will ulan he an attraction. The two churches are very fortu nate In having a pastor of the exe cutive ability of Mr. Patterson. Un der his leadership the churches are becoming closely united, and the ser vice are well attended. A number of social affairs have been planned for the summer. THE WUEILER RANCH IS SOLD HUswcll Brother of Montana, Muke Klrst.Paynirnt on Propiu-ty Optioned Anouncement was made Tuesday that the first payment closing the sale of the Wurzweller holdings, known as the Swamp ranch, has been made by Haswell Bros, of Missoula, Mont., the entire consideration to be IfiO.OOO. The deal was made thru the agency of the Central Oregon Really company. An option on the property, which lies Just beyond Sts torn, was taken more than a week ago. If the new owners decide to ac quire In addition, the stock kept on the ranch, another deal, amounting to something In excess of $100,000 will be made, It is understood. NOTICE TO LIBERTY All persons holding coupon liberty bonds from the first issue up to and including the Third issue must pre sent them to the Bank before June 15 to be sent In for permanent bond. LI DO GOOD BUSINESS Sunday H. R. I,akln and Thomas Qulnn went down on the Crooked Klver fishing, and Inst evening they returned home with a string of 90 wltha very large dolly in the catch Ernest Gibson brought in about 71 Sunday. J. E. Adamson and Lex Long caught something over BO on their fishing trip Sunday. Fishing in the Ochooo is fairly good this year and no doubt will continue to get better in the future, then we will not have to resort to the larger streams for our Sunday meases of fish. THE CHEERFUL CHERUB aaaaaBBaaBaaaBBBBBBBBBBaaaaaaaasa I'll to.ke most tivythincj from fvte. Except &. lift tKitti void a.nd null-. I hfcd n accident today TKo-t ivst saved tkinos from getting VV ' I AEROPLANE BADLY SMASHED IN FALL- BREAKS OFF LARGE JUNIPER TREE AS IT CRASHES TO EARTH The first airplane accident that has happened near Prlnevllle for sev eral years occurred on Saturday ev ening when the Ed Dudrey machine, fell about thirty feet while attempt ing to leave the landing field on the old Cross Place, right at the head of the new grade west of town. The field at present Is rather soft and the machine had to go about half way across before the requisite speed could be attained to allow the plane to rise. About thirty feet above the ground a conflicting current of air hit the machine, and It was sudden ly diverted towarda the ground. Run ning full speed Into a twelve foot Ju niper. The force of the blow broke the tree of about halt way up, and knocked it about 6 4eet across the field. - The collision twisted and broke the propeller blades, and crushed one wing and damaged the other to some extent. The damage Is assessed by LK. DROWNS IN LAKE L. K. Shepard, the enterprising owner of the Bhepurd Piano Company of Bend, met death by drowning In Suttles Lake Saturday. Mr. Shepard, accompanied by Nor val Springer was In a boat on the lake when It upset, throwing the men In to the water. Mr Springer swam saf ely to shore, but the heavy rubber boots which Mr. Shepard wore, filled with water, and he was unable to make any headway, and sank before assistance could reach him. Mr. Shepard has many friends In Prlnevllle who feel his loss keenly. PRINEVILLE-MITCHELL E The rrlneville-Mitchell Highway is progressing very rapidly. The- grav eling from Jones' Sawmill east cov ers a distance of 4 1-2 miles at pres ent. This highway will be one of pleasure for the tourist because it passes through one of the yellow pine forest which is always of interest to the pleasure seeker. It also answers for something more than pleasure and scenery, for It will connect toge ther two vast countries. Eastern. Or egon with Central Oregon. D. D. Kny. representative of Ar cher & Wiggins, who has been spend ing several days calling on the trade here, loft this morning for .Bend. IAL A beautiful Memorial Day service wes held yesterday, Crook County Post American Legion having full charge. At ten o'clock in the morning the American Legion firing squad organ ized at the flag pole on Main Street, and marched to the Baptist church, where Rev. Purdy of Bend gave an in spiring address.' READY The Prinevllle camp ground Is now ready for motor tourists. Tbis camp ground is equipped with two large furnaces which will aid the tourist in cooking their meals and there is a shelter under which is a large table which will accommodate a large num ber of people, it also has all the nec esary facilities tor making it an ideal camp ground. The camp ground is located Just Mr. Evans to f 1.000 to $1,500. The plane was on the way back to Portland from the stockmen's meet ing at Burns, where it has been ex hibited during the week, and stopped at Prlnevllle for gasoline, and other supplies.. The machine was piloted by N. B. Evans. Jlmmle Fellows, whose craze for flying la well known to bis Prlnevllle friends, was a pas senger. Neither of the men were hurt to any extent. Mr. Dudrey tells) us that the only thing that helped was the funny re mark of Jimmie as the machine came to a halt. He pulled himself to gether, took a hurried Inventory of himself, and then exploded, "Well, I'll be dammned," which surely re lieved the tragic situation. ; C. V. Dudrey, owner of the plane arrived in Prlnevllle yesterday, and had the machine loaded on a truck and brought it into the city, where It was sent by train to Portland for repairs. . RECEIVES SIX DECKS OF SHEEP W. K. McCormack was In Prine vllle Saturday to receive six decks of sheep which were shipped out Sun day morning to Idaho points. The sheep were ewes and lambs and were contracted from Guy Lafol lette last December. T, FOR THE WEEK The following figures are the maximum and minimum temperatur es In Prineville for the week begin ning May 24th to May 30th. Monday, 67 29; Tuesday, 67 25, Wednesday, 80 30; Thursday, 69 31; Friday, 6631; Saturday, 62 29; Sunday, 6220. Saturday night was the coldest night we have experienced this week when the mercury went to Just 20 degrees above zero and Tuesday was the hottest day we had when the mer cury read 80 degrees. ' While there has beenjome cloudy days, high air pressure indicated by the barometer indicates continued dry weather. The employees of the banks, coun ty officials, and the post office clerks are strutting up and down the street today lording it over working people, taking advantage of the fact that this is a legal holiday for cele brating Memorial Day. ARE LARGELY ATTENDED HERE After the services In the church, the boys in uniform, members of the American Legion, marched to the cemetery north of the city, where the people were gathered. The firing squad fired three volleys In honor and memory of the dead of previous wars in which the United States en gaged, and Rev. Purdy led In prayer. FOR MOTOR TOURISTS south of the commercial club hall on the Crooked River Highway. It has a large gate leading out of it on the south side into the ball park where the tourists may pitch his. tent am ong the willows if he wishes to do so. It has already had one occupant and he said that It was the finest camp ground that he had visited on his trip from California to his home in Idaho. HAY COME WITH A SPECIAL TRAIN The Maupln Ball team has notified Manager R. W. Zevely, stating that they would probably bring a special train to Prinevllle on July fourth, providing the Prlnevllle ball team would guarantee their team $150 should they lose and if tbey win guar antee them $200. The Commercial club Friday accepted this proposition and Instructed Mr. Zevely to notify the Maupln team to that effect. This game will be one of a series of games that will be played on our field during the celebration. The Maupln team has a record of being a very stiff team, having won num ber of games already. GAS SUPPLY D01 TO 1, A little more tban 1,000 gallons of gasoline is the total supply on hand today at the Standard oil station, which if normal deliveries were made would all be consumed tomorrow. A tank car containing ten thous and gallons is looked for tomorrow j which will relieve the situation im mensely. While the supply has been low, there has been no serious result be cause of the efficient way in which Manager Campbell of the local sta tion has cared for the trade, and the excellent co-operation given him by garages and users of gas. P.O. C. W. Linebaugh, postoffice Inspec tor in the Spokane territory, was In Prineville the last of the week, on of ficial business. The arrest of a transcient who was accused of having taken a package from the Prineville postoffice was in vestigated with the result that no ev idence that would cause the man's conviction of the crime was found. SEND DELEGATES Prineville will be well represented at the Women's Federation of Clubs, to be held at Enterprise this year, starting the first day of June, and continuing four days. Mrs. C. W. Elkins. the official del. egate of the Shumla Club, is well known throughout the state iu club work. Besides being the delegate from the club, she is Vice-President of the Women's Federation, and has a prominent place In its affairs. Mrs. George Euston has been elect ed to represent the Ladies Annex of the Commercial Club, and will make a very efficient delegate. Mrs. Lake M. Bechtell was elected by the Physocates to attend the Fed eration. She is a very active and en terprising member of the club. Mrs. J. H. Ross concluded a very pleasant visit with her son, Chas. A. Ross and family last Thursday, leav ing on the evening train for Portland where she will remain to see the Rose Festival, and visit with her daughter, Ethel, and will then leave tor the Eas for a visit with relatives there. SENIORS ELECT CAPS AND GOWNS Evidently seriously effected by the Spring. weather, seniors at Reed Col lege in an open air meeting voted to abolish caps and gowns for chapel services, a traditional custom at Reed. ' Dignity demands, however, that the grave seniors be properly gowned and mortar-boarded, and in their rightminds on Commencement Day, June 12. Robert Osborn of Prineville, is a member of this year's graduating class. i On June 18, Count Leo Tolstoy, on of the most powerful writers and world famous characters that Russia has ever produced, will appear on the Chautauqua platform here and lec ture to Prinevllle people for one hour on world problems as they appear to bim. ' Having Just come to this country from Russia, Count Tolstoy will bo In a position to tell more of the ac tual condition in that nation tban can be learned from any other source. This attraction will be one of tho six day program of .the West Coast Chautauqua services which will be In progress here from June 16 to 21 in elusive. Other strong features will be pre sented, but this one number ! wortli the price of a season ticket to any one. A meeting of the Chautauqua as sociation was held Friday evening at the club hall, and organization til perfected for the year. Dr. F. H. Day was chosen secretary-Treasurer, and the following committees were appointed: Ticket Selling Committee. Dr. Day, chairman, O. C. Hyde , Wiliard H. Wirtz, Frank A. Johnson, Harry O. Davis. R. W: Zeveley, R. L. Ireland, Will Trunkey. Grounds Committee; H. A. Kelley, chairman, Wm. J. Pancake, Glen Hendrickson, Peter Seggelin, G. N. Clifton. T. L. Quinn, C. A. Morse. Advertising. R. L. Schee. Chair man; Guy Lafollette, F. A. Fessler. Season tickets are for sale at ev ery business house in the city. All patrons of this year's chautauqnaa, both the Ellison White and the West Coast are warned not to sign with either for a Chautauqua next year as the. Association Is being formed to handle all future contracts and this organization will be composed of all in Crook county that desire to Join fleeting their own-off icera and mak ing a thorough study or the Chantao qua work In order that thev may ob tain the best talent possible. But your season ticket now. ' SHRILL SHRIEK OF SIREN GETS "10 FOR BELKXAP AXD KTXQ How much is ten dollars worth of noise. On a quiet Sunday afternoon it doesn't take much to create a lot of disturbance, but at a rally it takes real pep to make yourself heard above the multitude. Thursday evening Oregon's mas culine part of the student body gath ered with wash boilers tin cans, bass drumms and husky voices to remind the dear public of the election to morrow. Far above the madenlng crowd as the line of rooters progresed down the street, was heard the screetch of a siren. So much attention was at tracted by this source of noise that the rally committee decided to award it a first prize for creating the big gest disturbance, and fixed the quan tity of noise produced as worth pre cisely $10. Hobert Belknap and George W. King were responsible for the siren. It was rumored that generosity on the part of the fire department ac counted for the fact that Belknap and King escorted the scheetching mech anism down the line of march. Eu gene Guard. IN CENTRAL STATES G. W. Lippincott and family just returned to Prineville from Daven port, Io., where they have spent the past 18 months. Mr. Lippincott tells us that crops in the central prt and as he came west are backward and that climatic conditions are bad and the country and crops surrounding Prineville appeal to him very much more than any other part ot tho country. OF BALL GAME The base ball game played yester day afternoon at the ball grounds was won by Redmond to the tune of seventeen to ten. A large crowd ot baseball fans was in attendance to watch the game. The Prineville team has not had much practice as yet, this season, but It will rapldlywhip Into shape from now on, and send the mighty Mau pln team home with some of the wind taken out of its sails, after the gam this coming fourth.