C of 0 t.fWURT
Groo
County
Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOLUME XXIV.
mi phone li;;e.
FOR POWELL BUnEi
To better rv the Powell Butt' Dr. J. H. Rosenberg of Prlnevllle
imtront of the iKftchutne Mutual Tel-! was unanimously electod president
ihone company, the board of dt of the Oregon State Elk's aasocla
fptora Thursday nlKht ordered the'tlon Saturday morning at the con
addition of another line Into this , ventlon at Salem. Dr. Rosouberj la
territory. Thla line la calculated to' a prominent cllUen of Prlnevils and
r llevs the two line operated at pr a well liked doctor In thla part of the
nt, aa both are overloaded, one , country. He haa ben a mnnib-r of
wing twenty-three patrons and the Elks for aotne time and la an In
l) other twenty, j ti rented worker in that sssoclatlon.
The Improvement will be accom j The convention waa hld lent year nt
jiMnled by the general repair of til Klamath Fall, Dr. Rosenberg and
role line to Powull Butte. The work a veral othora from Prlnevllle altend
Vlll be darted without delay, c-' dig.
cording to M. C. Conlon. and la estl-! The vice-presidents of the conven-
, . a .1 t. a n a l"i a
n.aion 10 c apnui fBVV-nBn-
rnond Spokesman.
AUTO STEALING
The exlstenc of what uthorltlo
telleve to be an organization for the
theft and diapoaal of autoa, with J""rn"a " noon many or tne visi
r preaentatlvea In at least four Ore-",,,n' ,or lhalr no", lhat ,ler
gon counties eaat of the mounlaiua, ! noon' A ,sr ntwtalnroant waa
but come to light aa the result of an ' lvn Saturday enlng for all thow
accident which occurred to one of who '. the business and adop
the alleged atolen cara. a Ford, which t!oa of being tranaacted
broke down at Beaver Marsh while ,n th6 "n"1'"
being taken from Klamath Falla to! Bonator Chalmberlaln and Con
Bend. In the train of event follow-J greeaman MoArthur were both pres
lng the delay la Included the ar- e,'l t the morning aeaalon. The Sen
net of C. II. 8huter. local second that the spirit of Amerl
hnnd dealer, on a charge of eompll-l nlsra was the dominant note In the
city In the theft, the arreat of Geo.' futernlty and that the membership
Taylor of Bend, charged with hav-hould stand unitedly and actively
log liquor In his poaseaaion, and the, 'or eradication of disloyalty wben
cspture of Oscar Houston of Prlne- j ve' found.
vlll on an auto stealing charge. McArthur, In his remarks supply
Houston and Shuter are both ou ' mnnted the discussion of the Senator
the way to Klamath Falla today In by telling of the aupport of the Ell;
cuatody of Sheriff Humphrey, and In their enactment of the war mess
Taylor, who waa arrested here, will urea which backed the nation In Iti
face trial In Prlnevllle. Hanging ' advance against Germany,
oer Houston's head ia a warrant, The success of both the entertalii
cliarglng theft of a Butek car In Pen-! lPnt ,nd attendance U the unanl
d'pton. j nioua verdict of the more than 5000
A week ago the individual said to r,K, who hsd B8Mmbled there from
hhve originally taken posaesalon of . everv iocton of the 8tate.
the Klamath KiilU Ford left the ma-
thine at Beaver Mursh. He contin
ued bis trip to Bend, however, and
sold the car to Shuter, giviug the
latter a bill of sale bearing the name
Fred M. Jsckeon. The entire trans-'
action took place In Bend. j
Shuter then hired Houston
to'
Orlvo to the marsh In bis Buick aod
tow tbe stalled car to Bend. At Cres
cent, howover, they were overtaken
by tbe ownor of the Ford, who re-
gained hi property and started back I
.
fm Klnmnth. Sheriff Roberts, who
bad Shuter and Houston under sur
veillance arrested the former on hii
re-appearance In Bend, and shortly
after, Houston wa Jailed in Prino
vllle. Communication with Umatil
la county official eatabliahed the
claim that the Buick driven by Hous
ton had been stolen In Pendleton.
On arriving in Prlnevllle, Houston
bad put the car In private garage.
After the arrest, It is charged, George
Taylor of Bend made hi appearance
iu the Crook county seat and ab
stracted 15 gallon of whiskey froil
th car which Houston had been driv
Irg. Taylor wa picked up In Bend
cd warrant held by Sheriff Combs
of Crook county.
Another light car, thought to hav
been taken In the Tumalo section,
vas recovered by th authorities In
the oourse of the Investigation.
Bend Bulletin.
The Ford car mentioned above la
now at th Inland Garage this elty.
It engine No. appear to be 3,748,
876, but this may be an error as
tbe number appear to be somewhat
obliterated. It has three speed
transmlslon, I touring oar, car
ries no license and ha never been,
0 tar as Information obtained, reg
istered In this state. According to
record of the factory, thla car was
assembled at Cincinnati, Ohio. This
oar 1 supposed to have been stolen,
but no further Information ha been
obtained. .
According to a written statement
made by Houston Just before leaving
Bend for Klamath Falls, a man by
th alleged name of DeFray em
ployed him to assist In the sal of a
. number of ear represented a being
the property of a used oar concern
of Portland. DeFray 1 laid to have
delivered to Houston t Hodge car
which he took bp Sllverlake and at
OF CROOK COUNTY
dr. rosekberg is
ESPECIALLY liOZED
wo - f Medford.
Marahf.ald and Salem, without inv
nppoaHlon. The troaaurer, of Kla
math Falls, waa re-elected and the
other officers were ilurt re-elocted,
being very euriiext offlcliils In the
convention.
The association adopted regula-
tlona pledging co-operation In rall-
nd Protection of Elk
from extinction. The convention ad-
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
le J- VV. Cabeen will preach nt
"tent o'clock next Sunday evening,
Wci will be "And Moses' face
was sinning, and he knew It not."
10 o'clock In the morning the Sab
bath school will be held.
The young people meet at seven
cVlock, one hour before the evening
kttIc. The subject of the meeting
..Ml I. II I. I A ,1
ou im.uuu
Tuesday afternoon wa the occa
sion tor a delightful entertainment
given at the home of Mrs. Wlgle in
Honor of Mrs. Wagner ot Lebanon.
Light refreshments were served by
Mrs. Adams who was assisted by Mrs.
Clifton and Mr. Brink.
Those present were: Mesdames,
Luckey, Darling, Black, Howard,
Douglas, Dlshman, Porter, Johnson,
Ketchum, Rea, Milllcan, Busey, La
toilette, Rosenberg, Carlson, Trunkey
Thompson, Bergh, Clifton, Garrison,
Davis, Lowry, Newell, Babcock,
Stewart, Hall, Baldwin, and Battles.
tempted to sell. Not being able to
make a deal he left the car and re
turned to Bend. The car was af
terwards returned to Bend and was1
lost in the fire which destroyed two
automobile concerns in that city.
Houston claims that Defray de
livered to him still another Dodge
car which he took to Silverlak and
that car Is now In the hands ot tbe
rtficera at that place. It I also
claimed that the Buick car was also
given to Houston by tht same party,
tnd Houston admit, it 1 said, that
h knew this car was stolen. It haa
been identified as belonging at Pen
dleton. When sheriff Combs found th car
here, the booze had been removed
by George B. Taylor. Taylor was
arrested In Bend, brought back and
paid one hundred dollar for the
privilege of taking the booze out ot
the county. Before leaving tor
Klamath Falls, according to th of
ficer, Houston made a complete
statement of hi part In th various
transactions. He la charged In that
county with larceny and face a term
In the State penitentiary.
FOR ALL CENTRAL
I'RI.NKVUXE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON
JAKESMS
NARROW ESCAPE
James King, of Eugene, swim
ming Instructor at the Nye Beach
swimming pool, waa rescued from
drowning In the urf at Nye Beach.
Newport this afternoon by James II.
H. Anderson and another man.
Some children were playing with
an old boat in shallow water when
King approached with Louise Mason
aged 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
hockey Mason of Albany, and told
them that be and Louise wanted to
rldo through the breakers in the boat
which did not behave' very well In
In the aurf, filling with water. Louise i
swam sshore hut King remained In
the boat, not realizing his danger. His
criiia attracted the attention of many
persons assembled on the beach.
There ts no life boat or bony on the
beach, aa in former days, and excited
persons threw boards and planka Into
the water, hoping aome would reaa
King.
Anderson and Jamea J. Oatene of
the United States land office at Van
couver, Wash., took a plank and went
out to King, who grasped the plank.
The United States coast guard boat
had been summoned, but had to
come a long diatance, and King in
the meantime bad been reacued.
Charles Harwood of the coast
guard happened to be preaent and
swam out, but missed King and the
other on the plank. The coast
guard boat picked up Harwood
Oregon Ian. '
The James King mentioned In the
above la son of W. F. King, bard
ware man of this city.
DANC1M) PARTY
A delightful dancing party wa
given at the home of Aver Wirts, last
Tuesday evening by Myldrede and
Ruth DUhmau, Blanche and Bernice
Shlpp and Cathrine Love, In honor
of Eslelle Conway. A balloon dance
was the feature ot the evening. Unt-!
que programs, were given each one
And the dances were given as the
program stated, the music being f ur
lilhhed by George Stearns. j
The room wa decorated In mock
orange blossoms, which carried out
the artistic color scheme. Those pres
ent were: Mr. and Mrs. W. U.
Wlrtt. Mr. and Mrs. H. Maison, Mr.
mid Mrs. Harry Stearns, Misses Peg
McMurry, Helen Wyman, Marjory
Tackman, Tona Cornett, Eatelle Con
way, Agnes Elliott, Dolly Hodges.
Kitty Love, Blanche and Bernice
Shlpp, Ruth and Myldrede Dlshman
and Mrs Frances Durand. Messers
Ted Black, Eugene Moon, Charles
Mcffatt, Henry Schaffer, Henry
Walker, Sylvan and Arthur Michel,
Wistar Rosenberg, Bob Henderson,
Harold Prose, Hobart Belknap, Fred
Baasler, Floyd Fessler and Vernon
Bell.
ASSOCIATION REPORT
Received from sale of season tick
ets, collected, Ellison-White, $1269.
93; Received as 1-4 ot single admis
sions at gate during entire week El-llton-White
programs, 121.98; Re
ceived for reserve seats tor Bryan
Lecture, 61.25; balance In treasury
from last year, 38.11; Total, 1481.27.
Received from H. A. Kelley tor bal
ance in West Coast treasury, 8.26;
Grand Total, $lb89.62.
Paid bills tor both Ellison-White
follows:
Ellison-White as per .contract, $1,-
237.60; war tax, Ellison-White,
112.71; Da Chutes Power Co., tor
lights, labor and material for both
wire, nails, bolts, etc. tor both Cbau
tauquas, 7.18; Jap Ireland tor dray
age on tent, and chair tor Bryan
lecture, etc., 17.60; Piano rent, 6.00;
Lumber, Tum-A-Lum, both Chau
tauqua, 87.65; Central Oregon En
terprise, tor Postage, advertising In
coneetlon with Bryan Lecture. 7.25;
Bill Louhis for carpenter work, West
Coast, 16.35; Charles Ross, express,
postage, etc, 6.00; Total, 1474.04;
balance In treasury, 16.48; Total,
$1489.52.
Outstanding accounts, approxim
ately,, $30.00; Account uncollected,
West Coast, I4.7S.
EDITH McMURRT,
Treasurer.
OREGON
THIKMOAY. JULY ail, lWu.
HAS BEEN REVOKED
The following under Salem date
line, appeared in Portland paper
recently:
. "After a search since June 17, 1919
Fraory "Cberokes" James, guard at
the state penitentiary late Saturday
arrested William Robertson, horso
thief and ex-convict, in the Ochoco
niitional forest reserve in the extreme
northern part of Harney county Thoi
Kuard arrived In Salem late last
right with his prisoner.
Robertson was first received at
iho penitentiary on May 25, 1913, to
'rve one to ten years for larceny of
horses in Crook county. On May 23,
1H, Robertson was paroled but was
recommitted to the prison on May 16
1!'18, following receipt of report nt
the executive offices to the effect
that he bad returned to Central Ore
gon and was engaged in stealing
horses and cattle in Deschutes, Lake
imd Crook counties.
On July 12, 1918, Robertson again
was paroled by governor Withycombe !
on condition that be should dispose
ol his property interests in central i
Oregon, remain in western Oregon I
and retrain from dealing in horse. !
Some time later, word came
to
Governor Olcott that Robertson bad
evumed hia unlawful operation tu
central Oregon. Governor Olcott re
voked hi parole on June 27, 1919,
and inatructed sheriffs to arrest him.
Governor Olcott then aent an ex
1 eriff after RoberUon, but he re
returned empty handed. A week ago
the governor conferred with Warden
Ccmpton of the penitentiary and it !
wa agreed that Guard James should
conduct the search."
The next day the same paper car
ried the following:
'William Brown a wealthy rancher
of Fife, Oregon., who a few year
ago preaented Willamette University
u Ith IlilA AAA 1. .. - .!.. 1 . .
tv.vv, U -...Lie loiior; will give all tnose so Inclined a
to governor Olcott asking that Wil-j chance to enjoy the sensations
liam Robertson be paroled from tne j 0f speeding through space,
penitentiary and allowed to return to!.
central Oregon. It the parole Is ;
granted Mr. Brown said he would !
give Robertson employment as a
sheepherder. Mr. Brown volunteer
ed tbe Information in his letter that
Robertson bad played square whilo !
In the former's employ tor several j
months, and that further lncarcera-1
tion in tne prison would have no
beneficial effects,
Roherlann hibm orrooloH In tha
.. v - . - uw
Ochoco forest reserve in Harnev
county last Saturday following revo
cation of his parole and was return
ed to the penitentiary yesterday.
Governor Olcott intimated that ho
would extend no leniency to Robert
son and that the convict would be
compelled to serve out bis unexpired
sentence."
BOOZE MAKERS
TRIAL IS CLOSED
As a result of the trial held before
the United States Court in Portland
last week, R. E. Jones and his wife, j
Nettle C. Jones, and Geo. Bj London !
were all convicted on all four counts
named . in , the indictments, . the
charge being the manufacture and
sale of moonshine. It will be remem
bered that this Is the stuff found by
chemists to be rank poison soon atter
the arrest of these people by local
officer. , R. B: Jones was sentenced
to pay a fine ot $300 and serve 30
days in Jail; London was given a
tine of $300 and 60 days in 1 Jail,
while Mr. Jones was fined $300.
The defense of these people was that
the entire deal was a frame-up on
the part of Sheriff Combs and Deputy
Rowell, and London claimed that
the deputy had just recently sold him
the gallon ot dope which he had in
hi possession at the time of his ar
rest Mrs, Jones claimed that she
bad been cooking rabbit food and
making soap, tht In explanation ot
the fact that a large barrel of mash
was found and the cooking device
was In full blast at the time ot the
raid. - . "' . .
R. E. Simpson left Monday after
noon for hi home In Los Angeles,
after spending several day In the
city visiting friends and relatives. '
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRI NEVILLE
TIL TAYLOR KILLED
BY ESCAPING THUGS
Til Taylor, sheriff of Umatilla
county was killed by one of tbe six
prisoners who broke the county jail
at Pendleton July 26. Mr. Taylor (
had many friends In this part of the '
country and was known by a great j
number of Central Oregon people. '
Hp is a cousin to Mrs. Lillian Foster
who lived in Prlnevllle for several
years.
Taylor has been fur 20 years in
the sheriff's office, 16 years of
which be served aa sheriff.' and nev
f r a candidate has been able to keep
in the running with him at election
time. He was a noted personage in
the Round-Up and several remark
that they can hardly conceive of a
Round-Up without Til Taylor. His
high character and gentlemanliness
are responsible tor the very high
support he got from women voters
in both political parties. These qual
ities were paramount In the man and
Oregon must realize with Pen die-
ton that the state has lost notable
citizen.
Rewards of J6.000 for the capture
of tbe -prisoners dead or alive were
posted Monday morning. Umatilla
county offered $5,000 and the city
of Pendleton $1,000.
The Sheriff office here received
word from the authorities to be on
the loot2for the escaped pris-
oners.
HKRK'S YOUR CHANCE
TO FLY HIGH
A commercial airplane will
.'.arrive here today from Madras
and the pilot will be ready to
carry passengers immediately
upon his arrival. The plane
will
the i
ill be at the landing field, above
grade, until Saturday, which
. .. .
TO
MEET IN PORTLAND
I The Pacific Northwest Merchant's
Convention Which 'convenes In Port-j
,and Aug- 9 to 14 Promises to be
the best attended in the history of
the organization. Invitations sent
cut some time ago have brot over
two thousand acceptances, and what
is more pleasing to the officers of
the organization, delegates are com
ing from greater distances than ever
before. Alaska will be well repre-
son ted, and merchants are coming j headquarters at Seattle. Their work
from as far east as Wyoming, Min- j wm be completed within the next
nesola. Colorado and other states ten days or two weeks,
east of the Rocky Mountains. I The dam has proved its worth
In connection with the convention j during the present season by tor
the Eighth Annual Buyers' Week, j ing an the waters yielded by the
inaugurated by the manufacturers j drainage area, or about 22,000 acre
and Jobbers ot Portland will be held feet. The amount stored during the
This annual gathering is becoming a j
stupendous affair. This year the !
committee has arranged a very elab-
orate series of entertainments, in
cluding a high Jinx for the men,
theatre parties for the ladies, lunch
eons, excursions to various sections
ot the city, sightseeing trips of in
terest about Portland, the entertain
ment program concluding with an
elaborate banquet In honor ot the vis
itors. . The committee in charge ot tht)
week's activities have advised pros
pective merchant visitor that if they
should buy goods from any member
ot the organization while in Portland
amounting to $500, that their train
fare and Pullman charge to and from
their home city would be refunded.
This magnificent offer is expected to
greatly increase the attendance of
merchant from the middle western
and Pacific Coast states and Alaska.
CONTRACTS TO BE LET
v The State Highway 'Commission
is going to let contracts August 10
for four wooden bridges which are
to be built in various part of the
county. One bridge to be built at
Bear Creek, a 40 foot span, one at
Dry Creek, also a 40 foot span, and
two on Crooked River, both of which
will be 120 feet.
KO. 44.
BIG OCHOCO DAM
IS NOW COMPLETE
After being under construction
since September, If 17, placing the
earthwork on the Ochoco dam waa
finally completed at noon on July 28
Tbia dam, the largest earth tre
ture in the Northwest and th
fourth largest In tbe United State.
(according to records available), i
situated t 1-2 miles east of Prine
viile on Ochoco Creek. It form
lake of about 11,000 acre at spill
way level, which contains 47,000 acre
feet of water for Irrigation use on
the 22,000 irrigable acres ot th
Ochoco Project.
The dam has a maximum height
above creek bottom of 126 feet, ia
1,000 ft. long on top, 600 feet thick
ou the bottom, 18 feet thick on th
top and has a volume of approxim
ately 640,000 cubic yards. The struc
ture wa built with the clay, sand and
other earth materials, gravel and
rock fragmenta, available at and ad-
Jacent to the site.
It containa no
artificial cor
concrete or other
other than the puddling clay and fin
silt deposited by the sluicing process.
The dam was built entirely by th
hydraulic method by which all mater.
i&Ls are sluced in by means of rapid
ly running water the clay and other
materials being, held wholly or par
tially In auapenaion during transpor
tation to the cite.
Water to fill the reservoir created
by the dam is derived from rain and
melting snows on the 300 square
miles of water shed, 56 per cent ol
which area lies within the boundar
ies of the Ochoco Forest Reserve.
The main spillway is constructed
at the south end of the dam and haa
a maximum capacity of 20,000 cubic
feet flow per second, which is 20
time the maximum recorded flood
flow of Ochoco Creek at PrinevUl.
The auxiliary spillway from the main
canal immediately below the dam,
in addition, has a flow capacity ot
1.000 cubic feet per second.
A contract for construction of the
dam was originally let to the Twohy
Pros. Co., of Portland, on , unit
price basis. This firm abandoned
their contract on Yebruary 1st, 1919,
atter completing approximately 26
per cent of the volume of the struc
ture, tbe Ochoco District subsequent
ly taking over the work under th
contract and entering into an agree
ment with the Slucing Department ot
,h Punt Snnnrt Rridira and nrailar.
j - -" o- D a
; lng Co (formerly Lewis, Wiley and
; Morse) for the continuation and
completion ot the sluicing and other
operationa. This work has now been
completed and tbe large crew ot
men is being disbanded, and mach
inery and other Implements owned
by the sluicing company is being dis
mantled and shipped to the company
season of 1919 was 6300 acre feet.
As a result ot this stored water, crop
this season are good all over the
Ochoco project, and water users are
without exception, very much pleased
at tbe manner In which the supply Is
being distributed and over the pros
pects of future years.
The value to the community ot a
structure like the Ochoco Dam la
hard to estimate, but It ia safe to
predict that each succeeding year
will show crop increases tar beyond
the most conservative hopes ot the
land owner.
Financing of the project was ef
fected by three bond issues totaling
$1,350,000 and marketed through.
the bond firms ot Clark, Kendall and
Co. and Ralph Schneeloch Co., and
associates ot each.
All construction work on the dam
has been in charge of Project en
gineer R. W. Rea, for the irrigation
district, and M. R. Kirkpatrtck gen
eral superintendent for the sluicing
department ot the Puget , Sound
Bridge and Dredging Co.'
JEWELRY STORE MOVED
W. H. Cyrus this week removed
his jewelry business, from its location
on Main Street to the new location
on the ground floor of the Masonte
building on Third Street. ,