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g i Tagel CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL Crook County Journal BY OCT LAFOLLETTB Entered t the poatofftce at Prine itlto, Oregon, m aeoond-clase matter. CBLISHKD EVERT THVBSDAT Price f 1.00 per year, payable Itrict- la advance. In caae ot change of , Idreaa pleaae notify ui at once, (1t- ag both old and new address. fills PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE i GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES PRI NEVILLE CITY RAILWAY Tliue Table No. S Effective 12:01 A. M. Sunday, Feb ruary 29, 1924) Station! Wrdt Bound Motor Motor No. S P. M. 7:40 7:65 8:10 8:20 Vr. Prineville It. Wilton Lt. McCalKater Lt. O'Neil At. Prtnevle Jet 8:35 East Bound Mixed Motor No. 8 P. M. 4:45 5:00 5:15 5:25 6:46 BUtloni At. PrineTille ' At. Wilton At. McCallliter Ax. O'Neil Lt. Prtnevl Jet No. I A. M 8:35 8:20 7:05 7:55 7:40 No. 4 P. M. 6:56 6:40 6:26 6:16 6:00 Mixed No. 1 A. M. 6:15 6:30 6:46 6:00 4:20 Motor No. 6 P. M :46 :30 1:26 8:46 8:46 STATE CHAMBER DRIVE IS GOING GOOD Approximately 815,000 or one-sixth ot the state's quota outside of ward the budget sought by the Ore gon State Chamber of Commerce in Its expansion movement. Springfield, Marshfield and Bend were the three first towns to go over the top in the order named, in rais ing their quota. Other towns that Eugene, Newport, Madras & Jeffer on County, and Maupin. Madras' quota was raised in leas than 24 hours. C. E. Roush, chairman of the Mad ras & Jefferson county committee, in a letter to President Charles Hall of the Oregon State Chamber of Com merce, reporting the success of the Madras & Jefferson county canvass, aid: "This section of the state is great ly Interested in raising the Greater Oregon fund, and we want to see every other section of the state sup port this movement heartily. This applies especially to Portland. Port land has a great opportunity at thla time to prove to the outlaying sec tions ot Oregon, which comprise her trade territory, that she la willing and ready to reciprocate in the solu tion of our problems, and we don t expect her to fail." The Intensive canvass now In pro gress at Prinevill, Coquille, Myrtle Point. Klamath Falls, Lakevlew, Wellowa, Elgin, Lebanon and Wapiu itia. It Is scheduled to begin in the following towns during the week of June 28th Cottage Grove, Ashland, Brownsville. Harrisburg, Bandon, gardnier, Newberg. MoMlnnvllle. Sheridan, LaGrande, Wasco and Moro. Additions to Earth's Ws'jht In the early days of lis hisi.irv the earth grew rapidly by the addition of meteoric mailer. It In still prowlng in the same mentor, though marcely to an appreciable i'ni. fur tl.e mass of meteoric inat't-r milled yearly If reckoned to be inly 'JltMum 'on. In ibe course of tuivs the lnrcV planets have swept up pi :.-fij 'ally all Ihe frng tneiits of the unguis) disruption, aud the only available 'iif ot supply of meteoric matter mviiis to be that brought by comit. Exit Humorist. While making a tour of the southern . r- we iU're driving along coun : ro.nl. when a fanner came walking v.nnl us. One of our crowd, a hu .miii si. thinking he would have some : n -i 1 1 the num. stopped the car. - ml Hiking a small satchel and a mag- !in'. gave a ten-minute Impression of 'illy Sunday. When he hud tlnlshed. lie man locked at him a little queerly. : ut Ins h:nd in his pocket and gave !:iin a card. On It were the words: "I am denf." Exchange. Sea Serpents Numerous. There :ire pienty of sea serpents, and of all snakes they sre the most venomous, in tropical waters they are vastly numerous, especially In the In diun ocean, where they are often s-en literally by hundreds, swimming at the surface of the water. They are six to eight feet long, very tierce and will commonly attack human beings. Their bodies are flat, and almost wholly filled by the luntrs. Flnger.Prlnts In Babylon. A group of valuable historic tablets from the excavations of the city of Babylon, beaHnu dates as far hark a three and a half centuries before tlu Christian era. was recently secured Several of the pieces carry the dis tinct prints of the fingers which mold ed them over 2,10 years go. Mother Love. A mother's love Is indeed the golden link that hinds youth to aire: and he is still hut a child however time may have furrowed his cheek, or silvered his brow, who can -t recall, with a softened heart, tbe fond devotion, or the gentle chidlngs, of the best friend that God ever gives us. Bovee. SEE EFFICIENCY IN FARM TOOLS Tractor Covers More Ground in Day Than Man With Six Horses in Plowing. TWO-ROW CORN CULTIVATOR Use of Corn Binders Increases Effi ciency of Man-Labor 50 Ptr Cent Over That Done by Hand Good Work of Hay Loader. (Prepared by the rnltrd 8tt Pepart mrnt of Aiirtruliure.l , With a 'JS-lnch horse-drawn plow, one man accomplishes from 70 to Sii per cent more than with a single-bottom plow, due man with a '.'M-lnch plow drawn by a tractor covers from '."ifl ,to er cent more ground In a day than does a man using six horses Awful Possibility. Edward was talking cannibals to his sister. Rather frightened, the Utile sister said: "Oh, I hope they don't come here. If they do. the'd eaten ns up and then we won't have ourselves." Our News Section Edited at Home GROCERIES Our close study of the grocery business enables us to offer you a better as sortment of stock at Prices that Are Right VEGETABLES We handle Vegetables of all kinds. FRUITS Here we have Fresh Fruits of all kinds on hand in season. Give Us a Tiral. MICHEL GROCERY COMPANY ARTHUR 8. MICHEL Price Quality SYLVAI.N O. MICHEL Service fex&V fear- The One-Horse Cultivator Illustrat ing Waste of Man-Labor Actually Entailed by Using Small Imple ments. on a horse-drawn plow of the same size. A three-bottom plow drawn by a suitable tractor enables one man to accomplish from 60 to 70 per cent more than does the two-bottom plow drawn by six horses. Two-Row Cultivator. These facts were brought out by about 600 replies to an Inquiry ad dressed to fanners In central Illinois by the office of farm management. United States department of agricul ture. I'nder conditions where the use of a two-row corn cultivator Is. prac ticable, tills machine enables one mac to cover nearly twice as much ground per day as with a one-row cultivator. In the section represented by replies received by the department, three horses are most commonly used mi the two-row cultivator and the addi tion of a fourth horse apparently In creases but little the amount of ground covered per day. Such of these farmers as use corn binders have found the use of this machine Increases the efficiency of man labor 50 per cent, on the aver age, over that achieved when cutting and shocking by hand. Eighty bushels, the reports show, Is an average day's wort for one man when husking corn from the standing stalk by baud. Value of Hay-Loader. With respect to the value of a hay loader, they learned that the use of this Implement reduces by about 25 The Two-Row Cultivator One Man and Three Horses Doing the Work of Two Men and Four Horses With Two-Horse Cultivator, or of Four Men and Four Horses With One Horse Cultivator. per cent the time required to put on a load of hay, while the amount of labor required for unloading Into the mow Is only a little more than half as great when ft hayfork Is used as when the work Is done by hand. BOOST FOR PUREBRED SIRES Efforts Being Made to Eliminate Scrub Sires Appreciated by Many Stock Breeders. Many breeders of purebred stock do not realize the value of the state and national purebred sire crusade. They full to see that this crusiide Is Increasing the use of purebred sires and consequently, Increasing the de timnd for I hem and prices. This crusade Is a business proposi tion and is of greatest value to the breeders of purebred stock and they should support It. APPEARANCE OF FARM HOME Surroundings Must Be Made Attrac tive to Uplift Family, Visitors and Passersby. A home and Its surroundings must he attractive In order to he most up lifting to the family, visitors, and pass-ers-hy. Farmsteads especially need attention In order to secure sutfsfiic lory conditions, siiys the United Suiter 'department of agriculture. The rurni home ami the furtii business are si closely related that the success of the Inner is ri'llccted In the uppuurunce of the foin'cr First Annua wMm HELD AT INTER-STATE FAIR GROUNDS JULY 2, 3, 4, 192i PRINEVILLE Bucking Contest Steer Roping Bulldogging Fancy Roping Steer Roping Wild Horse Races Relay Races Roman Races Running Races Indian Races Indian Dances Indian Parades And Everything to Make a Real Round-Up For Particulars, Write W, RAY MANAGER Prineville, Oregon MOMMY, JINK 2N. H2 .
