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Crook County Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
roi iMK XXI.
PRINEVILLE. CROOK COUNTY, OREOOlf, Till RMIMY, JIXK 24, IH20.
NO. 80.
EXHIBITS PLANNED
FOR III
FAIR OPENING
Announcement ha been made by
manager Behoe of the Oregon Inter
Sine Fair that B trl. of $100 huH
ben provided fur Ihu best communi
ty exhibit at Hut fulr this full.
The Powell Uutte Community
and the Ochoco Project farmers, both
having good organisations, have pro
mised to compete for this prize, mid
from the Interest already manifested
there will no doubt bo -nought pro
ducit of the f I rat clam to fill a largo
part of the pavllllon at the 1S20
how, from tbeite two communities
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Excellent growth Is being made In
all kind of crops, and It will k p
the Powell Hutle community, whUb
ha lone been at th head of the liat
In Central Oregon Communities, buay
Indeed to keep ahiad of the Ochoco
Project fellows thia (all.
Tbla la the (Irat year that Ochoco
Frojoct farmers have had an oppor
tuatty to demonstrate what their
liuida can do, and they are making
an excellent atart on cropa that will
be difficult to excell. -f
Following the Oregon Inter-Sta'te
Fair, the exhibits will be 'taken to
i'ortluud and placed on display in
the Oregon building to how visitors
there what this part of the slate la
doing.
There ban never been time when
cropit looked to good, and there
should be a pavllllou packed with ex
hlblla at the fair, which cornea
the first week In October, and the
rivalry between the two communi
ties mentioned above ahould bring
out the beat thBt they have to offer,
which will be a good ahdVlng, In
deed, thia year.
If you live in either of the above
communities, get in touch at once
with the secretary of your organi
zation and plan to furnlah your part
of the exhibit.
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PRIEVILLE WILL BE
DECORATED FOR
THE FOURT
WILLIAM JEXXIXGS BRYAJf
Elllion-White Preaenta William Jen nlngs Bryan in a discussion of pres
ent day national Issue, "Pending P roblenia" Friday afternoon, July 9th.
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One week from tomorrow Prlne
vllle will atart the big three daya cel
ebration which promises to be the
largest affair of its kind yet to be
staged in this part of the state.
The business houses and streets
the occasion, decorators coming here
from Portland where they have been
assisting in the festivities there this
week.
There will be a springling of con
cessions, enough to provide a varie
ty of attractiona, baseball each of the
three days, roundup attractions at
the fair grounds and a large var
iety of amusements (or the three
days.
The event will start with a noisy
demonstration at (our o'clock Fri
day morning, and will go from that
time until the evening of the fourth
Make your plans to attend the cel
ebration in Prineville thia year.
CAP FULLER BUYS
YAXCY PROPERTY
Jesse P. Yancey on Tuesday com
pleted the sale of his residence on
First Street, together with the fifty
acre field which he owns adjacent
to that part of Prineville, to P. McD.
Fuller, the contractor on the Ochoco
Road, at a stated consideration of
$15,000. Mr. Yancy has been the
owner of the property since 1905.
Mr. Fuller wi!! take possession
within a month. Mr. Yancy and hi
family will still make their home la
Prineville.
THE BIG ELLISON-WHITE CHAUTAUQUA WILL BE IN PRINEVILLE JULY 5, 6; 7, 8, 9 AND 10
ON TIE LAST DAY
The big climax of the West Coast
Chautauqua came tor the children
on Monday afternoon, when the pa
gant for which they had been prac
ticing for almost a week was pre
sented In the afternoon program,
under direction of Miss Kinney, the
children's Chautauqua Lady.
The entertnlnmont was in the form
o( a citizenship pageut (or children,
and the groups were divided Into
campflre girls, boy scouts, story book
spirits, troubles, dolls, and gardners
The children spent a great deal of
time and threw their hearts into the
preparation of the pagent, and the
unstudied enjoyment with which the
children went through their parts
wbs a delight to behold. Both the
children and Miss Kinney are to
be congratulated on the success of
the performance, A great deal of
the credit is also due to the parents
in drilling the children at home,
part were the following:. Nelda New
som, queen, Ruth Rowell, Waiting
maid, Maxlne WlUon, Goddess of
Liberty, Velma 8hattuck, Pianist,
Edith Gray vocal accompanist. AIbo
the following, Evelyn Horlgan, Por
ta Olllam. Louis Gilliam. Vesta Gil
liam, Kathleen Wilson, Veva Shat-,
tuck, Dorothy Kussell, Laura lb. Kin.
Edna Grimes, Dorothy Hoover, Ger
do Trapman, Harold Brent, Wilran
Hollls Wlrtz, Billy Wirti, Edna Win
er, Lucille Rowell, Margaret Adams,
Blrda Gulllford, Anna Evans, Don
Evans, Adrian Trapman, Velma Zev
ely, Velvet Zeveley, Lewellyn Garri
son, Lots Maker, Morris Russell, and
many others whose names were not
secured.
A number of songs, Including
"Pack Up Your Troubles In Your
Old Kit Bag," and the Chautauqua
Game were sang by the Children.
The Children's Chautauqua be
sides keeping the children busy re
herslng for a play Buch as this, also
provides a story hour when old folk
tales and other stories are taught to
tbe children, and a play hour. It
also gets the children out of the way
of their mothers (or a time In the
morning, and permits her to get the
work out of the way so she can at
tend the afternoon sessions.
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The members o( the Crook County
Cooperative Chautauqua association
met Tuesday evening with V. V,
Harpham in the chair In the absence
of Charles A. Rons.
After a discussion, It was decldod
to build a booth on Main street to
soil season tickets to the Ellison
White Chautauqua during the cele
bration to be held In Prineville the
Second, Third and Fourth o( July.
E. E. Evans, Mrs. Sam Babcock and
Mrs. Charles Goodnight were ap
pointed members of the booth com
mittee. James Cram, Jr., Mrs. Goodnight
and Mr. Fessler were appointed as
a committee to plan (or special ad
vertising (or the speech of William
Jennings Bryan who comes to Prine
ville on the Ellison-White circuit on
the Ninth of July.
Mr. Hoppes, representing the El-llson-Whlte
Chautauqua was present
at the meeting, and gave a brief . out
line of the program and the speakers
who would appear in Prineville.
The outlook (or the EUiBon-White
Chautauqua (or this year are of the
brightest, with the best speakers and
program that Is the best that has
ever appeared In this part ot : the
state.
The latest Ellison-White news will
appear (ji each issue of the Journal
until the Chautauqua is over.
BEAVER AND PEER RELEASED 1
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Robert K. Balfour, State Deputy
game warden of this district caused
to be reified from captivity one
Yieaver tha' has been In the city park
for the pai few days and two fawn
deer that ' ive been In captivity for
some time,. The animals have been
returned tv their own feeding places.
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ENJOY PRINEVILLE'S
NEW CAMP GROUNDS
F. S. Barlow and family have been
spending a number ot days in the
Prineville Camp Ground. Mr. Bar
low said he originally started from
Nevada twelve years ago, and that
ne nas neen on tne go ever since
Mrs. Barlow said that the ovens In.
stalled in the local grounds are the
most convenient and practical that
she has ever had the pleasure ot
cooking on In the years ot camping
out. They arrived In Prineville Sun
day night.
Another party spent Monday and
Tuesday in the Prineville grounds
consisted of Alonzo 8. Dyer and son,
Vern, and Frank Craig. The former
are from Boise Valley, and tha party
Is making a tour of the country. Mr.
Craig made a visit to Prineville about
20 years ago, and thinks that the
appearance ot the town is much lm
proved.
Miss Daisy Leonard, who had
charge of the Commercial Depart
ment of the Redmond High School
during the last year, will have charge
of the bookkeeping department of
the Ochoco Warehouse this summer.
San Francisco Auditorium, Where Democrats Meet
Interior of Exposition Auditorium, San Francisco
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13,000 GALLONS
OF GAS ARRIVE
On Tuesday ot this week tha
Standard oil station received 1S.
000 gallons of gasoline together with
one car of kerosene. At the pres
ent time there is remaining of the
June stock of Gasoline about- 4,009
gallons, which the management
hopes will last until July first, as the
amount Just received is (or July con
sumption. The station is only delivering to
their customers Just 75 per cent of
their regular amount.
The Standard Oil Station Mana
ger, Mr. S. M. Campbell, wishes to
express his sincere thanks to the pub
lic and the garages (or their earnest
support during the gasoline crisis,
and that they will still continue to
save the gasoline as they have dur
ing the past until there is plenty
available.
OCHOCO FARMERS
HAVE LARGE PICNIC
The (amilies of the Ochoco farmer
together 'with a large number ot
guests, met for a picnic on Lytle
creek, near Porter's Sawmill. About
250 were present.
The dinner table was fifty feet
long, and, according to Fred Hoel
scher, when they started to eat tho
table was so bountifully laden with
good things to eat that there was not
room for an extra peanut, and! when
everybody was satisfactorily -filled
up, there were not enough crumb
left to feed a chipmunk.
One ot the features of the morning
was a cake contest between the ladles
who furnished these lndispenslblo
edibles for the occasion. The cake
of Mrs. John Arnold was adjudged
the best among the array o cakes
of every kind, and for this she' was
given a year's subscription to the
Central Oregon Enterprise. Ed Jones
R. M. Powell and Ed Estelle wera
the judges, and accepted their posi
tions without any hesitation. .
125.00 'in prizes were distributed
to the winners of the races during the
afternoon. ; j '
A short program consisting of re
citations by Darrel and Vera Wilhoit
and the rendering of Mrs. H. W.
Howard's latest poem, entitle, "Tho
Wild Horse Speaks," was given.
Everyone present enjoyed th day
to the fullest extent, and hoped for
another such picnic soon.
George Stearns is a member ot
the cast of this years' commencement
play at the University i.ot Oregon.
The title of the play Is Beau Bummel
and portrays the life at the English.
Court in 1820. .