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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
tOM'MK XXIV.
lillNKVILI.K. CROOK ( W'U, OKWiOM 1 Ht IWD.AV, JULY IS, 1020.
NO. 44.
LUNCHEON GIVEN TO
CONGRESSIONAL PARTY
TO
PROVES TO BE
J.
VISITS PRINEVILLE
A LARGE AUDIENCE
STILL ON THE JOB
OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOLDSMRST MEETING
Couhty
A committee of citizens mot Mr.
liryuii at Madras limt Friday morn
ing mil escorted III in to Prlnevllle
lui'i' hn was the guest of Crook
County nt a luncheon at tlm I'rlne
vllle Hotel, Tli dining room seated
lit capacity and he was given a very
h-arly reception by all present. At
the close of tlm luncheon, Mr. Bryan
b'lnx Introduced, responded In his
inmi pleasing manner fur a few nut
incnta. On ai-cnunt of Hie fuel that
)i- win to nptuik at tlm tent at an
ei.ily hnur It became neci-mary to
hurry th occasion. Before lavlng
for Redmond, Mr. Bryan expressed
himself, as luting much plumed with
hit: recaption here,
first iiaiti.ht t in u a
Rov. J. W. Cuhren, who hui been
r -appointed District Missionary,
will preach In thn evening at eight
o'clock. Ilia subject will be "Bought
at a Price." Thn Sunday school will
tin ft at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Mra, Huhcock and Mra. Asa Hull Ion
will open the Dally Vacation Bible
School In a few duya.
Young People's meeting at 7 T. M.,
a cordial Invitation to all.
ELKS 10 HAVE
A
The grand lodge of Elks, at Us re
cent meeting In Chicago, endorsed
the plan of the Bend Lodge to erect
a hunting lodge at the head ot the
Metollus river. The plan la to ask
each member to forego the price of
one cigar and this to be uaed as a
building fund. It Is estimated that
this will raise a fund of $106,000,
flKurlng the smokes at fifteen cents
itch, and that this sum will he am
ple for the purposes outlined. The
perm of the Idea came to Mr. Will
Wnrxwellcr, of this city, and his son,
Mux Wurzweller, has donated the
necessary grounds for the building
In addition to (he donated grounds,
It is planned to purchnae ono hun
dred sixty acres and ask the govern
ment lo act aside 20,000 to 40,000
acres of the national forest as a 13.
P. O. E. National park. The Bend
lodge, of which Mr. Wurzweller Is a
member, sent representatives to
Chicago with the plan where It met
with a hearty response. Next year It
U expected the plans will be matured
and It Is hoped by the members to
have the necessary funds forthcom
ing so that actual work on the build
ings and grounds can be speedily
undertaken.
FORESTRY NEWS
Mr. J. E, Wilson has taken up duty
as fireman at the headquarters ot
the Williamson Shearing Plant He
will remain there until the firing
season is over.
Wayne Adamson ot Prlnevllle has
(one to Divide Ranger Station as
Primary Lookout man. He will oc
cupy alternatively Hash Rock and
Tsmerack point. The Forest Ser
( vice Is going to erect a platform on
this point for the purpose of the ob
server. It will be about 8 ft. square
and 75 feet above the ground. A tel
ephone, fire flndfr and map will be
plnced on this platform for the ben
efit of the man stationed there. He
will be connected with Dude DemarU
who Is a cooperative ranger and fire
man, located at Highland Flat, by
the Mill Creek drift fence which will
be used as a telephone line.
Under the supervision ot Jack
Dobry, a new road Is being construct
ed up' Mill Creek to the summit of
the mountain. Three men are work
ing with him and It Is probable that
the .road will he finished In about
two weeks. They are within one
mile of the summit at this time and
It will be possible to get to the Divide
Ranger Station by auto.
,C. W. Goodnight has been on Look
out Mt., at the Quick Silver mines
for the past two weeks fixing up the
roads to this mountain.' It is ex
pected that within another week it
will, be possible for an adventure
om driver to go to the plnacle of
Lookout Mountain.
Members of the appropriations
committee ,( the lower house of con
grss spent a few hours In I'rlnevllle
lest Haturday on its tour ot Dei
chutes. Crook and Jefferson coun
ties. This committee. Is on a trip of
Inspection, looking over National!
Parks and Irrigation projects In the
northwest, and making a general
study of conditions In this section.
Coming from the southern part of I
the. shite where they looked over tho!
Klamath Irrigation projects. Crater
f.ulta, and other points ot Interest,
they spent Friday night at Bond,
where they were entertained at a
br. liquet at the Pilot Butte Inn. Leav
ing Bend at an early hour In the
morning they spent a few hours in
the Powell Butte country, and ar
rived at I'rlnevllle In time to In
spect Ihu great dam of tho Oehoco
pioject, taking lunch at tho Prlne
vllle Hotel. They were accompanied
by a delegation from Bend and Red
mond and were met here by a delo
gutlon from Madras and other parts
of the North Unit. Members of the
committee made no promises whllo
here, but Insisted they were simply
devoting their time to a careful study
of western problems, the greatest of
which wss Irrigation. Hon. N. J
Slnnott accompanied the committee
on Its tour through Oregon, and ren
dered good services to his people. No
man better understands our needs
than does Mr. Slnnott and be took
great Interest and pains to know that
the Information desired was at hand.
After lunch the members of the com.
mlttee were placed In charge of the
North Unit delegation and left for
Madras where they boarded their
speolal car for Portland.
Congressional members ot the
putty- N J. Slnnott, Oregon; Burton
L French, Idaho; James W. 0004
Iowa; James A. Gallivan, Massa
chusetts; Louis C. Cramton, Mich
Iran; John C. Egan, Now Jersey; Mil
ton W. Schreve, Pennsylvania; C.
Kascom Slemp, Virginia, and Joseph
W Byrnes, Tennessee. Other mem
bers of the party visiting Prlnevllle
Included, Director Davis of the Re
clamation service; Stephen J. Mather
and others of the national park ser
vice; Alfred A. Aya and P. Heth
erton, of the State Chamber of Com
merce; C. L. Smith, Wm. McMurray
and II. E. Lounsbury, of the O-VV.
I). F. FAR HAND WILL
TOl'R CAXAItl
D. F. Farrnnd and sister and Wil
liam Miller expect to start soon for
Canada in their car. They are go
ing for the purpose of buying Can
adian Pacific Irrigated land In the
district of - Calgary, Alberta. Mr.
Farrand's brother will have chargo
ot the shoe and harness shop during
his absence. Before returning, ho
will go to North Dakota and settle
business Interests there. Mr. Far
rnnd expects to be gone' about two
months.
FIRE AT DEMARI8 MILL
Last Thursday afternoon (Ire broke
out near the Demaris mill, which
caused more or less damage to the
lumber in that part ot the country.
Mr. Hershey, manager of the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co., saw the smoke In
that vicinity, and Immediately went
cut there. Upon his arrival he found
the fire very bad, and phoned In tor
the crew which is now working for
the Company. Everything was put
to rights, and they returned about
8:30 that same evening.,
ENJOYS WEDDING DINNER
Warren Brown gave a dinner at
Mother Thompson's last Sunday in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Battles.
Mrs. Thompson furnished a "Great
Dinner" Just like she always does
everyone enjoyed Itvery much.
Those present were: Mr. Warren
Brown, Mrs. Dale Jones, Sylvan
Michel, Estelle Conway, Floyd Fes-
sler, Dolly Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. Dr.
Horace Belknap, Mr.' and Mrs. C. E.
Bergh, Mrs. George Wiley, Sam
Brown, Josephine Thompson, Joe
Smelzer and Mr. and Mrs. Asa Battles.
"Each party has nominated a v et
ciiiidldate upon' a silent platform, and
I don't like either of them." was the
nfost heartily applauded sentiment
.vireHHo( by William Jennings Bryan
speaking to 1000 people In the Chau
tauqua tent here last Friday after
noon. In his third speech since the j
Hun Francisco Convention.
He flayed both Democratic and
Republican parties for their timidity
In refusing lo say one word In favor
ol the abolition of the liquor traffic
and accused the leaders of each ot
tiylng to bring back the saloon.
Mr. Bryan does not believe In third
parties and humorously sidestepped
by saying, "When I was a young man '
I was sure that when my party got
Into power the Democrats hadn't I
been In power for a long time
that every evil would be corrected,
that everything Unit should be done
would be done, and that nothing that
should not be done would be done.
Hut I soon discovered that there were!
some bad men in tbe Democratic
party and some good men in the
Republican party; so that for twenty
years I have been trying to get the
good men out of the Republican
party into the Democratic party and
the bad men out ot the Democratic
party Into the Republican party."
Mr. Bryan's Prlnevllle speech was
not a political speech. Tbe central
thought of his speech was to hold
up to the people their ingratitude for
the many gifts their government be
stows, referring to the new testament
story of the healing ot tbe lepers.
He classified these gifts as edu
cation, religion and popular govern
ment and spoke at length under
each class. .
Political, . religious, educational
and general conditions are in a stin
each striving to work without the
other, which Is impossible. In the
party politics, we look for the man
who Is the most popular. Why is
he the most popular? Well, because
he understands the people, tries to
please them and along with that,
works for their good and not for his.
The party does not make the man,
but the man makes the party. When
looking for our representee in Cou
grcss, we should disregard tbe party
and pick the man, one we know lo
he struight, a possessor ot high ideals
and one looking out for the good ot
the commoners.
Religion at this time should not
be neglected, at the moBt strenuous
moment, when indifference has al
ready begun to uproot the principles
of our land. Christianity is one ot
our principles, but do we use it? No.
Why did we have to tight for our
rights? Because we could find no
other way to deal with supposedly
Christian nations, such as Germany
and Austria. Don't neglect your
Church and your God.
Higher education is what we need,
and not half of the people ot the
United States attend a college or uni
versity, so as to be able to get these
locals.
The Americans are known for their
great educational Institutions, and
students from all over the world at
tend them, graduate from them and
recommend them to the other
countries. Why do we not take ad
vantage of these opportunities as
they lie vacant used only by
the selected few? But education will
not alone settle the problems which
will always be pending. Education
and religion go hand In hand.
The conventions,1 both Democrat
ic and Republican, did not represent
the American people. They jvere at
tended by the "Big Bugs" ot our
country. The common people -are
Being trodden upon by the money
making machines whose king la the
almighty dollar.
Ingratitude, a trait ot the Amer
ican race, comes to the surface, by
the non-expression of the apprecia
tion for 'the luxuries and conven
iences which we have. Much ot our
success depends upon this and much
upon the Interest and enthusiasm
with which we enter upon our work
for the future.
We have seen that no one helps
who does not try, and that nothing
la impossible to the person who tries
and wills. Which are you?
fie careful for your sins will find
you out
CRUX-DILL
C. H. Craln and Margaret Dill
were married in The Dalles July 1st.
tioth are residents of Prlnevllle.
I-OWKY-FOSTER
Charles Lowry and Sallie Foster
were married by A. R. Bowman Mon
day noon.
Fred Polk and family returned
Suuduy evening from the east. They
have been In Madison, Wisconsin,
visiting friends and relatives tor the
ast six weeks. Mr. Polk says the j
Crops are fine, lots of rain and everv. i
'thing looking good In every state.
j Mr. Polk took up his work on tho
City ot Prineville Railroad again
Monday evening.
McKenzie-liuNton
Cecil McKenzie and Velda Huston
were married Saturday evening,
Both are residents of Prlnevllle and
art- well known here. Mrs. McKenzie
a' tended school here having finished
her Junior year.
Discussing briefly the league of na
tions, Mr. Bryan said that It was tbe
greatest Idea given the world in
modern times. it is a crime,' he said
"for the political leaders of both
parties to hold up the treaty while
they make a political campaign over
unessential reservations while the
.world waits. The three great things
In the treaty which no senator has
ever raised a voice against are; First,
s nine months period ot examination
and deliberation before going to war;
second, a reduction in armaments,
and third, the abolition ot secret
treaties.
Speaking of profiteering he cited
cn Instance that had been shown up
by the income tax officer in his
home state In the city of Omaha
where a clothing dealer had chargea
S-!" 7 for suits of clothes that had cost
him $13. In his home town of Lin
coln, because it wasn't as big as
Omaha, they had found that out of
every $1.86 paid a certain shoe deal
er, $1.00 of this amount had gone to
pay the tanner and the hide grower
and the manufacturer and the mer
chant's overhead and all other costs
that entered into the making and
marketing a pair of shoes, and that
tbe other 86 cents had gone to pay
the merchant himself for handing
the shoes out to his customers over
the counter.
"I don't know whether you have
pioflteers in Prineville or not."
said Mr. Bryan with a twinkle in his
eyes, "but If you haven't, you ought
to advertise the fact and you will
soon have a greater population than
you ever dreamed of for there Is
where a lot of people are wanting to
come Just now where there are no
pioflteers. I think our parties
should take this up. 1 think all our
social and clvio organizations should
take it up. I think our churches
ought to take it up. I told the Pres
byterians for that is my church
at Philadelphia when I was down
there this year that they ought to
take it up and get every profiteer
out ot the church so that when he
went to the penitentiary he wouldn't
go as a Presbyterian."
Upon the question ot woman suf
frage Mr. Bryan said that he was
only waiting for the ratification by
one more state of the suffrage
amendment for the correction of
many ot our national problems in
cluding the liquor traffic."
The lecture was attended by a
great number of peaople from all
parts of Crook County. The tent
was filled although additional seats
and benches had been supplied. Tne
people expressed the opinion that
Mr. Bryan was the greatest lecturer
they had heard, and that his mes
sage was such that every one thor
oughly enjoyed the two hours spent
listening to this great man. Even
members of the opposing parties ad
mitted the fact that his talk was es
pecially good.
Mrs. Harold Malson entertained
oti Tuesday, at a tea tor Mrs. John
Stelnorf,,of Imperial Valley, Calitor
r'a, who arrived in Prineville recent
ly and will make her home heie
The City Council held an import
ant meeting at the council chambers
Lot Monday night. Mayor Stewart (
piesided and a quorum of tbe council j
reported on roll call. Mr. Shipp, of j
the street committee, reported the
sidewalk near tbe lumber yard about. I
completed and that the people de-1
e n d a cross walk leading to the new I
walk. Under the charter it is up to j
the property owners of abutting pr.op- j
erty to build these cross walks. The
matter was finally disposed of by j
referring it to Mr. Hershey, of the
Tum-A-Lum people for a petition
from those owning tbe property af
fected. Mrs. McMickle, uf the Oehoco
Warehouse Company, asked tas
council for additional grounds 'near
their buildings in order to give more
rocm for the warehouse and Incident
tally room for a coal house of suffi
cient capacity to permit Of storage
o coal. She pointed out that last
winter they bad no room for coal
and when the blizzard came the en
tire town and the railroad as well
had no coal. This matter was re
ferred to the street committee for re
port at next meeting. The same dis
position was made of the request of
E. J. Wilson of the railroad commis
sion for more trackage room. The
business has so increased that it has
become necessary to have more room
for the railroad operations. It was
the sense ot the councilmen thpt
these matters should both be taken
up at the same time and some means
devised to remedy the situation even
though additional lands should be
acfuired by the city tor street pur
poses.
Mrs. Wright appeared before the
meeting asking that a previous order
pf the city to remove the buildf
occupied by her on Main street be
modified and the time for removal
extended. She insisted that she
cculd not secure a building else
where, and if the order was carried
cut at this time it would be necessary
for her to discontinue business. The
city, Borne months ago, made an or
der directing- the buildings belong
ing to the Snodderly estate, the one
occupied by Mrs. Wright and the one
occupied by Frank Brosius, be razed
hat later than August first, 1920. j
This action had been taken on ac
count of the fire hazard. Mr. Skip
worth representing Mrs. Snodderly,
addressed the council at length, and
plead for an extention of the time
limit. He stated that his clients
were willing and anxious to remove
these old buildings and erect a mod
ern structure, but that on account
ot conditions effecting materials and
labor, it was impossible for this to
be done at this time. He assured
the council that in case the time lim
it was extended that no improve
ments would be made on the old
buildings, and that in the very near
future new buildings would go up
on this site.' After considerable dis
cussion, the time limit was extended
at the pleasure of, the city council.
The matter of a temporary bridge
on Second street to take care of traf
fic, while the new concrete bridge is
being erected also came in for con
siderable attention. It Is up to the
city to provide for the diversion of
travel during the construction per
iod, and inasmuch as the work on the
new bridge is liable to commence
at any time, it was decided that steps
be taken at once in preparation tor
erecting a bridge on Third Street
that will accommodate the travel and
also be a permanent improvement.
A bridge at this place has long been
needed.
An ordinance amending the pres
ent law governing Bhows of all kinds
and street fakers, was read the first
time and carried over to the next
regular meeting. The amendment
makes some important changes In
the present law on that subject.
The council authorized the proper
officers to execute the contract
with Mr. Barrett tor the construction
of the pump house at ,, the Court
House and also instructed the city
attorney to prepare necessary res
olution looking to the payment ot the
city's share of the monthly operating
costs ot the community water sys
tem. , "
The recorder at this point read a
special communication from the city
A splendid representation ot the
members of the Crook County Co
operative Chautauqua Association
met at the club hall Monday evening
for the purpose of perfecting the or
ganization. Those In charge of the
work reported about eighty applica
tions for membership. A. R. Bow
I'.an was elected chairman of the
meeting. After considerable dis
cussion as to ways and means, WuV
lord H. Wirtz, A. R. Bowman, P. C.
Garrison, Ross R. Robinson and N.
G. Wallace were elected directors tor
the coming year. The meeting went
on record as being favorable only to
Chautauqua contracts for next year,
and the board of directors were di
rected to prepare by-laws for the
association, and to make the very
best Chautauqua contract for next
year obtainable. It ia the purpose
of the board of directors to hold a
meeting within the next few days
and begin negotiations looking for a
contract. Those who have not paid
the membership dues, the sum of one
dollar, will likely have a statement
mailed soon. The association la at
least twenty-five per cent short of
the required number and special ef
forts will be made to fill this up. The
membership is not limited as to
number and anyone desiring to as
sist in putting over next years enter
tainment Would do well to communi
cate with the officers or any member.
Dr. Horace Belknap, Jr. with hie
wife and mother motored to Terre
bonne Monday where they spent the
day with Mrs. Etta Belknap, who la
visitine her Darents in that citv. Ir.
r
Pelknan. Sr. and Vita eiiieet lo vinit
tffere next Saturday. " : ' '
treasurer In which if was pointed out
that during the past year he had
handled something over two hundred
and twenty thousands of the city
funds; that his salary is one hundred
dollars per annum; that the work
has grown to the point where he can
not afford to do the work at this sal
ary, and asking that his salary either
be increased to a reasonable sum, or
that the council consider his letter
of resignation from the office. The
matter being discussed, his resig
nation was accepted and the office
declared vacant. No one was men
tioned as a possible successor. In
this connection, the recorder read
a special communication from him
self in which he pointed out that
private business was taking all hla
time; that he had tried for several
months to get rid of the office, and
wound up by tendering his resigna
tion to take effect at once. The com
munication was laid on the table for
a month.
The report of the ' city treasurer
filed at this meeting shows, on July
first, 1920, general fund, $37,735.90,
Street Improvement fund, $351.10;
Bond Interest fund, $6,000.00, and
bridge fund, $25.01. Tbe report
shows the above amounts in the cof
fers on July 1st, the general fund,
however, being practically all set
aside for special purposes, there be
ing some warrants still outstand
ing' and several other items to be
taken care of by this fund.
The following bills were presented
and allowed and ordered drawn: H.
A. Kelley, services as engineer,
$102.05; Prineville Sign Shop, signs
for marshal, $6.00; Central Oregon
Enterprise, tags for traffic violators,
$2.50; A. L. Barney, labor, $5.00;
George F. Euston, salary as treasur
er, $75.00; B. B. Goff, hauling, $7.;
K S. Price, salary as marshal and
other expenses, $95.50; Commercial
Club, rent and lumber, $5.15; Lakln
Hardware supplies $31.25; Ireland'i
Transfer, hauling, $1.50; Deschutes
Power Company, Water and Lights,
$204.35; Pacific Telephone Com
pany, $6.20; Fred Landers, work at
park, $40.00; Will Foren, work at
park, $10.00; Tri-State Terminal
Company, sacks, $5.25; Geo. H. Rus
sell, lumber, $96.00; L. M. Bechtell,
services as city attorney, $34.60; O
W. Railway, interest on rails and
equipment to December 1st, 191,
$2,218.62; Crook County Journal,
two Jjriefs In case of Johnson vs.
City, $46.60; Tum-A-Lum 'Lumber
Company, lumber, $276.60.