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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.
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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.
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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
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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.