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Crook
CoMpty
Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOIA'MK XXIV.
PRI. NEVILLE, CROOK ( OINTV, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1020.
SO. 45.
TUCK WINS PLACE
ON OLYMPIC TEAM
POPULATION OF -
TO SELL C. 0. 1. C.
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.PRINEVILLE 11444
TO THE FARMERS
SCALED BY LIZZIE
EASTERN OREGON
Arthur Tuck, well known Central
Oregon boy, won honors mid eslab
l.shed a place on the All American
Team at the Otyinpio tlamos. Out
i( lb 143 niiiiit chosen on the Amer
ican team. II places were glren
to lh winners frou the Pui-lilc coast
Mar than 100 of the loading athletes
of the country ware selected to rep
t.seut the United Stattt In 'he Ol.vnv
pic.gamna, at Antwerp, Belgium, next
month et a Mlon of th Aiuerlian
Olympic Committee.
Tuck It a graduate of the Kedmnnd
High School and during the tour
' i hti there ha won honor In the
various track meets, lilt tint fame
wat won In It II at the Stats track
meet at 0. A. C. where ba won single
tended for Redmond, lie graduated
In 1919 and went to Eugene and waa
placed on the University of Oregon
It ark loam, (or wblcb be won many
honors In tha Javolln throw. In the
hitter part of June he went to Bun '
Frsnclsco and there tried out with
(ht Western eonteitanti fur the final
Giymplo try-ouii at Boston.
On July II, 1920, he won the Jave
lin and placed on the All Amer
ican Team to the Olympio . garnet
which are to be held at Antwerp, Bel
gium, next month, th la being the
gienteit bonort won by an athlnt.
Mr. Tuck's father bai been for sev
nal yam, a protestor In tha Red
mond High Bchool, and bat been es
pecially Interested In the track recta
which have been held In tbla taction
t: the country tor the paet tlx year.
Arthur Tuck It one of tbe youngest
men who have ever entered lu the
Olympic garnet. lia It Just past 1
yesrs old.
Tha Olympic garnet are one ot the
oldest Inttltutlona in th world, oav
Irg been established by tbe old Ro
mans during the height ot their civ
ilisation, and baa been carried on and
held every four yean on down thru
the ceuturiet, until now.
Tbe last Olympic contest wat held
In Stockholm, Sweden, and high bou
crt were carried off by the American
Team. '
The fur West and Pacific Coast won
pieces for 32 tianies, the Olympic
I.. P. Campbell of tbe bridge de
partment and H. C. Ingles of the en
gineering department of the State
Highway Commission, spent last Fri
day In Prlnevllle. While here they
wt'tii over the work now under way
and conferred with the contractors
and C. W. Woodruff, resident engi
neer. Mr. Campbell was particularly
Interested In the matter of bridge
on tbe Crooked Rlvnr suction, Whllw
no definite information wat given
cut by these gentlemen tbe opin
ion It expressed that at least the
bridge near the Cram ranch will be
constructed this full In order to give
tbe people of thsswastern part of tbe
county an opportunity to travel that
portion of the new road from the
Davis Ranch to the Mayfield ranch
this winter.
A
Prlnevllle has a population, ac
cording to th cenaut bureau, ot
1144. and Crook County 1424. The
county figures thowt a decided de
crease since 1910, bat the depart
ment explains that sines the last
fount two counties have been carved
fuim the original territory, and It
la estimated that counting the orig
inal territory, there bat been a gain
i f about 7,000 In the past ten years.
The count In Prlnevllle It rather dis
p.j. pointing to our people, but It la to
be remembered that we have almost'
as manjipeople living Just outside
the etty limits as Inside.
Hl'Itl'KIKB 1.1'XCHKO.V
AT THE PROJECT LAND
The farmers ott Central Oregon
have been waiting three years for
this coming harvest, claiming that
the crops In tblt country come In
eyelet of four years. Their belief
teems to be bourn out by tbe outlook
In the turroundlng country. Th
Lamonta and Madras communities,
which bave always been th beavleat
wheat producing communities of thlt
section, are preparing tj harvest the
largest crop that has been bad for
the laat tour years. In an automobile
trip from Prlnevllle to Madras, the
wheat waa observed along tbe road
to be In the neighborhood of waiat
high, and heading well. - la tbe
Prlnevllle valley, the grain waa much
tidier than th dry land crop, but
the heads were not aa large. How
ever, the grain, under tbe Ochoco
Project la much thicker, and It Is
estimated that it will run about one
third more grain to the acre.
Tblt shows the advantage ot irri
gated lands over tbe dry tanned
A dullghtful surprise luncheon
wus given at the Dlshman borne.
Tuesday noon In honor of Mist Mil
died Dlshman.
Many beautiful presents were glr
en by friends and relatives, at birth
day glftt, after which an enjoyable
tourse dinner was served.
Among tho:v present were: Mil
dred Dlshman, k ith Dishman. lirr
iiice Shlpp, Ki"!le Conway, M'.Mred
loung and llob Henderson, ' ,
BRIDGE WORK HaS
STARTED ON 2NDST.
area. The crop conditions under
Club of San Francisco having 15, ' i' rigatlon are n.o exception, and even
I.o. Anaelca Athletic Club. 11: Col-i " " bumper crop years of the dry
loses, 5 and Multnomah Athletic
Club, Portland, Oregon, 1.
Tbe Pacific Northwest tolectlon
for the American Team wat:
John Murphy, Multnomah Club,
lortland, High Jump.
Eldon Jenne, Washington State
College, Pole Vault..
' Arthur Tuck, Unlveralty of Oregon
Javelin Throw.
A. A. Pope, Unlveralty of Wathlng
ton, Ditcua Throw.
WUUame F. Bartlette, University
of Oregon, Discus Throw.
Leon Perrlne, University ot Idaho,
I'untathlon.
The telectloni were bated almost
entirely upon the showings mad In
th final trials at the Harvard Stad
ium, July 17.
: ' The distribution of bonort in the
eventeen events covered the entire
country.' Most of the athletea are
college men who bave won varsity
letters during- th present or recent
yrart. . - . ..
A CAR LOAD OF
FLOUR ARRIVES
J. B. Stewart and the Michel Gro
cery Co., have juat received a car
load ot White River Flour from The
Dulles. Thlt It the fir.it full car
load ot that article ever shipped to
rrlnevllle.
DANCING PARTY
Saturday evening wat the occa
sion of a delightful dancing party
given by Mrs. Harold Malsoa and
Mist Tona Cornett In honor ot Mr.
Harold Malson. A ft stare dance
-was staged which waa enjoyed by all.
An artiatto color scheme wat beauti-
' fully carried out. The Invited guetta
from Bend arrived in the latter part
of the evening to enjoy the events.
' Excellent punch waa" aerved between
dances, v and light refreshments
brought the party to a - delightful
. -lose.
lends, the irrigated sections have an
overplus of more than enough to pay
for the cost ot wator. Thlt it a com
rurison In a year ot good cropa all
over. In the years of drought, on
the dry lands, there will be no dif
fcrenee In the yield on the irrigated
lands, consequently the comparison
would be even more one-sided. Al
though In the more adapted parta of
the dry farm areas, there are a few
who have made a success ot grain
averages run greatly In favor ot the
Irrigator.
From the Gap, on through the La
monta country, the grain It .much
better than it has been tor years. The
Rye it about ready to cut, and much
ot tbe wheat la turning. Thia sec
tion hat alwayt had the best ot the
rest ot the dry land for the reaaon
that the toll it more adapted to that
kind ot farming and thia year I no
exception.
The Agency Plains,. north ot Mad
ras, it a most beautiful tight now-a
day. The best crop conditions exist
there that have obtained aince 1916,
The grain on the Plains It still in the
milk, and ia filling tine. It It about
hip high, and gives promise ot run
ning from II to 80 bushels per acre.
. Considering the tact that wheat
is expected to be the best price that
It hat ever been, this promises to be
a red letter year tor the Central Ore
gon wheat farmer. The pioneers
of Central Oregon have cleared aage
brush and Juniper, and struggled
along as best they could for a gener
ation, every four years getting a crop
but never a crop and. a good price
t the aame time, consequently what
was made one year waa paid- out
the next - three. However, it
teems that they will be able to get
out of the. rut tblt year, and will
make good. -
Steel wat put on the ground for
the new cement bridge on Second
St., Tuetday. Actual work on th
bridge started Wednesday morning
Joe Heckart who has charge ot the
construction work has recently fin
ished the concrete work of the Stock
Parn being erected on the" George
Slayton ranch. Mr. Heckart also
built the railroad bridge over tbe
Clocked River and. tbe Newell Uar
ar.e. The Concrete bridge over the mill-
race on zna., St., win lar surpass
anything we have In the county. It
will be modeled after the type of
bridges built on the Columbia High
way. Joe Heckart has the sub-contract
under Oskar Huber. Mr. Hu
bcr has the contract for the highway
along the county .line between
Prlnevllle and Redmond. Thlt road
will also be continued to Bend.
It la a state project and will be a
portion of tbe McKenzie River High
way. A camp will be opened Thurs
day morning to continue the work on
the grade. Mr. Lund will have
charge of the rock work. .'
This highway work Is to be pushed
rapidly under the supervision of Mr.
Stebbins. Joe Heckart will put in
all the bridges and Culverts between
here and Bend. The culverta will
be of cement construction with
concrete wings and head walla and
batteries of concrete pipe.
This highway ia one ot great im
portance to thia section and will un
doubtedly tend to bring a great deal
of business to Prlnevllle which hat
been going the other way.
Negotiations are now under way
looking to tbe transfer of the hold
ings of the Central Oregon Irrigation
Company in Crook and Deschutes
Counties to the Central Oro
rhutes counties to the Central Ore
gon Irrigation District, Incorporated
under tbe laws of tbe state' and op
Frstlng in a similar way to the
Ochoco Irrigation District. Attor
neys representing both sides to the
deal have been In conference for sev
eral days and rumor bas It that an
eereement will be reached soon to
be submitted to a vote ot tbe peo
ple of the district tor ratification.
There tit been a controversy over
general conditions of affairs of the
company for several years and for
the past two years there has been
efforts made to transfer the hold
ings to the district. An election was
lit Id on a proposal last tall which
waa turned down by a large vote.
Just what the new proposal will he
has not been made public. The fol
lowing clipped from the Bend Bulle
tin ot a recent issue sums up the sit
uation. "While no definite results bave
been attained In the series of con
ferences held during the past two
days by representatives ot tbe set-
: tiers ot the C. O. Irrigation dis
trict and the officials ot the Central
Oregon Irrigation Company, assur
ance, that all differences would be
amicably settled was expressed by
Harrison Allen of Portland, one of
the attorneys tor the district.
"Detailed reports on negotiations
row being carried on, having as
their object the acquiring by the set
tlers ot tbe control and ownership
ot the project, are not being given
out as yet, but it is known that tho
company haa made a tentative offer
considerably more favorable than
that defeated in the last district bond
election. Before this offer can fin
ally be acted on, however. It must
be passed on by the directors and
tl en taken up at precinct meetings."
(Iji Grande, Ore., July 19.) This
district will undoubtedly bave the
Pat Ireland, of the Ireland Trans
fer Co. of tbls city had the honor ot
driving the first car to the top of: best crop it has had In many years..
Lookout Mountain. The car was s! This much I have gathered from per.
Ford "Chummy Roadster" and the j sonal observations and fraro talking
trip was made in about three hours; to those who know. Since last writ
from Prlnevllle to tbe top of the ins I bave covered this entire basla,
mountain. j the main farming section of which is
Lookout Mountain for years was! thirty miles long and eighteen wide,
one of the guiding peaks for travelers Two good showers in the lust week
and emigrants into the Oergon j neve put tbe final assurances In tip-
Country, and many an old pioneer
who crossed the Cascades over the
McKenzie Pass will remember how
the mountain was used as a guide
while crossing the high desert be
tween the Snake River and the foot
of the Cascades.
The hardy pioneer considered it a
good lookout from which to locate
small bands -of cattle that had strag
gled from tbe main bunch, but cursed
their luck because it was so hard to
climb. Even on horseback, It was a
man and
terrible ordeal for both
beast.
In later years, the U. 8. Forest
Service built a small cabin on tbe
summit of the mountain and
equipped it with fire finders and
other instruments, and kept a ranger
stationed there during the fire
season.
Owing to its location, it was de
cided to establish a larger camp there
making it necessary to build a road
up the mountain. Charles Goodnight
ot Prlnevllle, has been working all
spring making this road, and baa Just
completed it.
. Mr. Ireland and his Ford, in com
pany with V. V. Harpham, district
top yields.
Haying is here, but 1 have failed
to see the huge alfalfa stacks to be
seen in Central Oregon. In tbe first
place they don't raise alfalfa exten
sively, but rely more on timothy add
mixed crops. Water for irrigation,
is plentiful, there being the Grande
Ronde river and smaller streams ia
the valley.
The nature of the soil here is pe
culiar. Tou may travel for miles
seeing the best crops snd then sud
denly you will find large sections
where it seems impossible to raise
anything because of bogs and alkali.
Thia sort of land is used for pastur
age. The harvest season will be a gals
one here, for the farmers have unus
ually tine yields of wheat, now Just
beginning to turn. The farms ars
much smaller than In the Pendleton
district and tor this reason combine
harvesters are not used to any ex
tent Moat of the grain ia headed.
I rode down to Elgin the first of
the week, twenty miles from Ls
Grande and all along the way was
one field after another with bumper
crops. 1 ne natives use all svauaDW)
ground, for even the railroad right
SHORTAGE 01 HELP
IS BECOMING ACUTE
The -shortage of hay hands in this
country is becoming acute, and is
causing some little apprehension on
the part of the alfalfa ranch owners.
With the first crop of hay down, and
in the shock, it ia hardly possible to
get men to put it in the stack. Wages
as high as four and even five dol
lars 6 day and board Is being offered
but there are no takers. Som-j ot
the growers are holding off for three
fifty, and it is said that they can not
gel help enough to move their hay
at all at that figure.
ot way was supporting potatoes and
corn. Orchards and gardens seemed
to be doing more than their share la
forest supervisor," and a party of
friends, in Mr. Harpbam's Buick,
started for the cabin 'on the top of
the mountain. Mr. Ireland was the) the H. C. ot L.
mm 10 mue me ascent, ana cu
later followed by Mr. Harpham.
As this is the only peak in this
country that has a road of this na
ture to the top of it, we predict that
it will be a standing dare to all auto
raobilists from now on.
SOME OBSERVATIONS
Yesterday the section surrounding
Prineville was again treated to a
splendid shower, which will do a
great many good things to the grow
ing crops. f
BIG NORTH UNIT
T IS LET
O. C. CLAYPOOL AT REDMOND
SCHOOL DATES
Public School will start Septem
ber 6, lasting tor a term of ten
months, High School will begin Sep
tember IS, continuing tor a period
ot nine montht.
SHORT ON WIRE
The Ralph Schueelock C ot Port
land h-wu secured tho cout'ncl for
constructing the irrigation system
ot tbe North Unit District. A 15,
000,000 bond issue tor this projeot
was voted last March.
The North Unit Irrigation Project
comprises 100,000 acres ot Irrigable
land in Jefferson County, laying
along the railroad and extending
from Opal City to Gateway. The dis
trict hat been under organisa
tion since 1916. It it one of the big
gest and most leasable projects in
the West 'The irrigation water for
thia immese project will come from
the Deschutes River, t storage res
ervoir will be built at Benham Falls
or in that neighborhood, above Bend.
MRS. CARR INJURED BT FALL
O. C. Clapool, formerly ot Prlne
vllle, but for the past few years a
resident of Portland, has returned
to Central Oregon and is now em
ployed at the Muns Hardware estab
lishment at Redmond.
Mrs. Carr fell when descending the
ttept ot the Baptiat church, breaking
her wrist and spraining her collar
bone. She has been suffering very
much from the Injury.
Harrisburg Ore., farmers are in
trouble on account ot being unalil-j
to buy bailing -wire. They have hun
dreds of tons ot hay cut and ready
for the bailer, but are unable to buy
bailing wire at any price.
We notice that there is a big boom
on in the manufacture and sale ot
iceleas 'refrigerators in Portland
Now why wouldn't it be a good thir.
to start a like movement for bump
lesc roads in Prineville.
Elgin is a little hamlet with
great many stores supported by farm
ing, districts and lumbering. , If it)
famous tor its tomatoes. Last week
they entertained about two thous
and railroad men at a picnic of livs
proportions. There is a building
boom now going on they are
building one bungalow. I saw the
basement being dug. ", .(
Union Is the town where they have
the annual stock show for this sec
tion. For three days last month the
best thoroughbred stock in this part
of the country was on exhibition and
.(Continued on page S.)
;;how to prepare
- FAIR EXHIBITS
We observe that Klamath Falls Is
destined to be the leader of the world
in the production of mint within a
few years. We are wondering why
Prineville can't take a lik-3 position
on the map a a sage tea center.
We understand that the price ot
raisins is to be advanced. It would
he a good idea to lay in a supply for
that fruit cake before they are all
put into the mash. Darn theso boot
leggers anyway.
The Inter-State Fair board are
very anxious to get a large showing
ot farm produce tor this years fair
and give the following Information
in regard to preparing the same.
The work on the pressure water
system tor the court house and school
is progressing nicely and It is expect
ed to have the system in working
order before long.
STEARNS-HUNT
Mr. Carey Stearns and Miss Betty
Hunt were married In Portland Sat
urday. They left soon tor Prineville
arriving here the first ot the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Stearns are going to
make their home on the Stearnt
ranch near LaPlne.
Mrs. Peter Erlckson left Tuesday
evening for her home at Estacada,
Oregon, after spending the last tew
days in Prineville visiting her niece,
Mrs. Pearl Kabln. Mr. and Mrs.
Erlckson were former residents of
Prineville, having charge of the Ore
gon Hotel, tome seven years ago
.They moved from here to Tillamook
county where they were tor several
years, later going to a ranch at Es
tacada, Oregon, where they now have
their home. : . ,. ...
1. Specimens tor exhibition pur
poses must be gatheied either at or
just before the time of harvest.
i Grain should he gathered when
just starting to ripen.
3. Better results are - btained by
dipping the butts ot the grain stalks
III OBtl WKkCI J uuua .
alter, gathering, however, it is not
absolutely nee ism ry this be done.
4. . Tie the buudk-s securely at ths
, , .. .. . ouits ana naun iu wi uur yiawv
Cheer up. fellows, we notice that( t. fc . ... .
5. Cover tho hoads.s'Uh a news
paper or sack until ready to exhibit
6. Show spec mens ot grain bundles
Miould be at least 4 inches in diameter.
We understand that an up-t-date ; Gatner ali'aif i and clover at the
scft drink house in SesttU it using! hme tney will make tne Dcn show
ing then take at once to a cool dark
real spuds new ones have dropped
from 16 cents per pound to 10 cents.
At this price we almost feel like go
ing down to the atore and investing
in one.
a raisin instead of a MarcMno cherry
as a top ornament to its Sundaes
It' teems that since the dog tax
ordinance went into effect, that the
number ot unlicensed curs on our
streets haa greatly increased.
Miss Anna Draper and niece, Alice
McDonald, ot California, will arrive
this morning from Bend, which was
one of their points ot travel. They
visited Crater Lake and many other
ftoted places on the coast. Mias
Draper is a daughter of Colonel Dra
ier ot this city. They expect to re
main throughout the summer."
p'nue and ha ig with heads down
bi .il cured.
S Gather fru . wtwn a lii'le undor
tlpe. i '
9. Root crops cannot be gathered
until ripe or nearly ripe.
10. Care should be taken that root
are not broken on root crops when
harvesting. To prevent shrinkage,
11. Uniformity counts in all exhib
its and when two or more specimen
ot the same atsss are to be exhibited
it Is necessary that they all b ths
same size, color, and shape at nearly
as possible,