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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK .COUNTY
VOLUME xxvr.
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ALL STAR TEAM
An ill star team from Grant coun -
t.v high school will be organised to
pity tho Crook County High School
during tbe county fulr In Boptem-
ir. ine fair association la going have It to date:
to flnaiK'a tha Inter-county contest' Total amount water atorfld 1920,
and kcwn rivalry amonit the Orai.t 23,800 ao. ft.
county boyi will be developed In ao-. Acre foot delivered, 18,500. -
luting thia team. Aa soon na arhool 1 Loss, due to avaporatlon and eep-
ens tha boys will go Into tho try- ago. about 30 per cent.
outs and tho u-am picked a soon n Thla quantity water permitted t
r-Mlbla'ao that tboy will h able to b delivered to u-r, per ere, .9 of
perfect their team work. Theru an acre foot.
will ba a rat urn game and tha Grant Water In canirt of District for
Ohunty team will play tha Crook season lasting 10 days,
county high achool at tha Crook Water out only 6 days.
County Fair. On tha Clh day of; Above shows water was available
Mptemher. Henry Foster, and Dill for about 96.6 per cent of time.
' JMahaw will meet the boys who as-' Of the 20,600 acres under main
ir to make thla team. The meet-'tanal water ws delivered to 19,274
Ing will ba held oil the county fair 6(re. '
grounds at John Day. All of. the! N0 water delivered to balance of
foot ball players, or those who ex-, 1.315 acres (uncleared land),
j-ect to play with their own high ( Also land under the pumping plant
hools ar Invlti-d to ba present at received no water this year, due to
this meeting- on Sunday, September pump installation not being com
fth. Blue Mountain Fgt. ' plt-ted, 1,400 acres.
Land under the project receiving
Mf MMY-Hriinoi, ACTIVITIES water and not using entire allotment.
H0 acres.
The Primary Department of the Acreage of crops under main ditch
I reabyu-rlan Sunday 8chool will compiled at district olTlce, shows
meat Friday afternoon at the church st0 In alfalfa, of which ,-
In the basement room. 0 were old crops and 1,800 aery's
Mrs. W. I. Dlshman. Supt. of the' w"" Jung atuff that baa not reach
l')partnii"tit Intenda thla meeting tu;e(l 'ull bearing capacity.
be In the nature of a rally, particular! '-""d devoted to oats 1.J00 acres
stress being plitced upon a good time ; at nay 200 "
fir the boys and girls of this deparU j Meadow hay ...600 "
itifnt. There will be soma stereoptl.! Wheat 5 000
tan pictures thrown upon the screen,! Wheat hay, cut green, 800 " ;
Illustrating such stories of Hop O My Planted to rye 1,000 "
Thumb, Llula Hod Ridding Hood ' Planted to rye hay 1,900 "
and some comlo picture all of which 1 "nrley, jgg
th children will enjoy. The par-j Pturge amounts to 1,800 -
is are enpeclnlly urged to c that ' cleared, but not planted to-S
tbelr children do not miss tho splen- H' '00 cr?s; while land not clear-1
did treat In store fur them.
obituary of
, miw. an nik taylor
. Mrs. Annie Taylor was born at
Orkaloosa, la., In 1866. She was a
dkllffhtttr of Mr init Mr. Mawtnn
Hansen, and with her parents cros I falfa hM not reci lu full ca
d the plains by ox team In 1862, pc"5r 11 ' d,mcu,t to determine the
traveling as far a California. Their 1 veraK yieMi ,ome fle,d '
next place of residence bolng at
Spring Valley, Oregon, and at this
place of residence she was united la
marriage to Mr. W, A. Pike, in Not
ember, 1S7T.
To this union tha following chil
dren were born: Mrs. Emma Prultt,
Antelope, Ore., Edward R., of Cul
ver, Aron D. Plk. of Prlneville and
Mrs. Alice Crab tree, of Yakima,
Washington.
Mrs. Taylor passed away at the
residence of Mr. W, F. King, Mon
day, August 23rd at five o'clock,
fine was a member of the Presby
terian church, and was a good and
faithful mother.
There were left to mourn her loss,
her children, step children and many
friends. A good woman a nobie
sc ul has departed and may her mem
ory ba a benediction upon her loved
ones and friends. , .;
The funeral service was held Tues
day afternoon from the residence of
Mr. W. F. King, interment being
made In the Prlneville cemotery, Rev.
T. M. Patterson of the Presbyterian
church officiating.
E. A. BUSSETT INJURED
at A. Bunnell was uauty mjureu
yeiterday morning, when the Jacob
lalf on tha hay rack, caught on a
telephone line, which was down, near
his home. Mr. Bussett Is haying and
was crossing to another field and at
tempted to go under this slightly
lowered line which caueht tha rack.
V. . Tt .-.A l. Jt.. 1 J M
causing the team to become unman
ageable. Mr. Bussett was thrown
from the wagon and badly bruised,
bis Injuries being more painful than
dangerous. Dr. Hoach, of Redmond,
was called In Immediately and tha in
jured man is getlng along nicely.
10UNG PEOPLES' MEET
ING SCNDAY EVENING.
; Young peoples' meeting will be
held at the Baptist Church next Sun
day evening, September 6th, at 7:00
P. M. All young people are cor
dially Invited.
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IRRIGATION DISTRICT
' Tba summary of tha Ot-hoco lrrl-
gallon District published lunt wetk
wa not correct and we band you
herewith tha olltclal summary aa we
ed amount to 1,600 acres, soma of
this being small tracts of 6 and 10
acre.
Cultivated this year, under pump,
by dry farming, 900 acres; the bal
ance of uncleared land under putqd
I amounting to 600 acres.
Owing to fact that much of th
6 tons to the acre or more,
It Is yet too early to determine th0
correct average yield of grain to tha
acre; but estimates now being re
ceived place the average at from 14
to 80 bushels per acre, varying ou
different farms In different sectlou.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
There, will be a meeting of ' tha
American Legion next Tuesday ev
ening, Sept. 7th at which time elec
tion of officers will occur. Refresh
ments an everything! It la Im
portant that all members put In an
appearance. Don't say "I forgot it."
DANCING PARTY GIVE.V
Friday evening was the occasion
for a dellgtbful dancing party giveu
at the Annex Rooms by Miss Agnes
tilllot and Miss Dolly Hodges. The
rooms were decorated with golden
glow and cat tails, furnishing a very
beautiful scheme which was carried
out in other features. . Pleasing pro
grams were furnished the guests.
Punch was served during the evening
George Stearns, Blanche Williams
Segersten and Frances Durand fur
nishing the music for the dancing.
Refreshments were served, which
were enjoyed by all. Many friends
of the entertainers were present.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
t Services next Sunday. Sunday
school at 10 o'clook. Preaching and
Divine Worship at 11 and 7:30- o
'clock. Prayer meeting and social
hour every Wednesday at 7:80 In
the basement of the church. A cor
dial invitation la given to all not
worshiping elsewhere. '
. W. L. Best, president of the Sil
ver Creek Horse and Cattle Raisers
Association, Pat Cecil and R. J. Wil
liams members of the advisory board,
and L. E. McDanle county agent of
Harney county, were In this part of
the country" conferring In the interest
of the forest service.
FOR ALL CENTRAL
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON THl'IWDAY, SEPTEMBER a, lao,
SEN. CHAflEERLAIN
VISITS PRINEVILLf
United States Senator Ceo. p..
Chamberlain, after an absence of fiv
years, visited Prlnevlll and Crook
county last Friday. Accompanied
by Rulph Watson of the Oregon
Journal, th Senator arrived In
Prlneville from Redmond Thursday
evening. Friday morning they were
driven to the big dara on tbe Ochoco,
and over a portion of the Ochoco pro.
Jert, and at noon they were guest of
the business men at the weekly lun
cheon at tbe Hotel Prlneville. Sen
ator Chamberlain spoke at om
length on matter of special Interest.
especially did he congratulate our
people upon their spirit of progress
and accomplishment In building
the municipal railroad and the com
i lotli of tha Ochoco Irrigation Pro
ject. While realizing that general
conditions are somewhat bad, he ex
pressed hi full confidence In the fu
ture anu"predl)ted tbat Crook county
and the flit I re Northwest Is on th
eve of vast and Important develop
ments. The "Senator only once dur
ing his talk touched upon national
politics. Ha regretted the fact
tbat an effort is being made to make
tbe league of nation an Issue in the
present campaign and predicted tbat
the league would never be ratified
by the United States Senate without
rt nervations. On other topics of na
tional Interest he vigorously express-
o). his wellknown views on the cosis
of living, profiteering and Industrial
matters. He pledged continued sup
port to all matters looking to devel
opment of Central Oregon and espe
cially to the reclamation of tbe and
lunds.
Mr. Watson, lu a few words, ex
pressed his surprise at the progreag,
made-ln recent year in this section
arid pledged the efforts of his paper
to a continuation of the suport need
ed In the big things In the future.
Tbe party left immediately after
lunch for Madras and Jefferson coun
ty where it expected to spend the af
ternoon looking over the lands of the
North Unit Irrigation District. They
were met here by H. W. Gord, W. R.
Cook, W. E. Johnson and Geol T.
Pearce who acted as an escort for
them over Jefferson County. .
MEDAL RECEIVED
BY JAGK D03RY
John Dobry this week received
from Washington what I known as
a "Good Service Medal" Mr.' Do
bry was a member of the Marines
during the world war and saw some
of the most exciting service during
tha early day of American partici
pation on tbe battle front when tho
German drive against Part waa de
finitely checked. Mr. Dobry is now
In the service of the local forest de
partment and I stationed near Ocho
co, on the McKajizte Highway. - '
' .' REItEKAH NOTICE
' The Rebekah Lodge will hold in
stallation of Uie N. G. tonight in the
lodge room. Social hour will follow
the business transaction. Every
member of the lodge is especially re
quested to be present.
CHURCH NOTES
A Joint meeting of the officers and
teachers of the Prlneville Sunday
school was held last Monday night
at the Methodist Church to consider
a house-to-house . canvass in the
interest in Sunday school work iu
particular and the Church work in
general. The matter was gone Into
fully and It waa decided the canvass
should be made on Tuesday, Sept
21st, teams from each of the church
es making the canvass. Tbe matter
of Rally-Day for tha Sunday schools
was also considered and It is quite
likely all the schools will observe
the same on Sundey, September 26th.
ALL STORES CLOSED MONDAY
All stores will be closed Monday,
September 6th Labor Day, and all
those planning to do shopping Mon
day morning, please do It Saturday
evening.
OREGON
DISTRICT l
AT GRIMES CHAPEL
A meeting will be held at Grime'
Chapel at 7:20 on Friday evening of
thi week, (Sept. 2rd.) to dlictu
pioblenis which are now confronting
the Ochoco Irrigation District for
Ibis fall and next year. The Board
It anxious that all landowners be
present to discuss these questions
and inform the Board of their wish-
PS.
At the regular meeting to be held
next Tuesday, 8ept. 7th, plans and a
budget must be adopted for work to
b done next year. Co-operation be
tween landowner and the Board will
j undoubtedly involve tha proper solu
tion to many problem that have
arisen during the past few month.
Question of vital Importance to ev
ery landowner will be more satisfac
torily settled by a closer contact be
tween tbe Board and the landowner.
1 he Board will endeavor to have the
facts and figure at band so that in
telligent discussion may ba held.
Everyone who pay taxes on land
in the District should be present.
HON. It. F. NH -HOL8 DEAD
Benjamin F. Nichols, universally
known as "Uncle Frank", died at
his home In Tumalo, Oregon, Wed
nesday morning, at, the ripe old age
ol nearly nlnety-flve years.
B. F. Nichols was born in Clay
county, Missouri, November 27th.
' 825, and came to Oregon in 1844,
wintering first at Waiilappu, Dr.
Whitman's station, and the next year
went to Oregon City, and thence to
Dallas.
He was sheriff of Polk county, un
der the Provisional Government, and
while tbe late George H. William
vas Judge of the District Court.
He was clerk of that county after
tbe territory was organized and dur
ing that time studied law and was
admitted to the bar. e came to
Crook (then Wasco) county in 1877,
and practiced law and operated a
drug store in Prlneville tor more
than thirty years.
- He represented Wasco county in
the legislature in 1880, and was tha
father of the bill creating Crook
county. Mr. Nichols was married to
Mis Sarah Ann Gilliam In 1860.
Ha wa made a. Mason in Polk
county In the early territorial days,
and at the time of his death waa tha
oldest Mason in Oregon who had
been raised in this state.
"Uncle Frank" was beloved by ev
ery one who knew him well, and his
generous nature and act of human
kindness so occupied his time that
he never accumulated a fortune in
worldly goods; but he was wealthy
beyond measure in friends. He was
a charter . member of Prlneville
Lodge No. 76, A F. & A. M., and
held his membership in that lodgo
for more than 42 years. He was
present at the laying of the corner
stone of the new Masonic Temple in
Frlneville, and acted as Grand Secre
tary of tbe Grand Lodge on that oc
casion. -
Some months ago he sustained a
fracture of the right leg, when that
was nearly well, he injured his other
leg. This' confined him - to his bed!
for several months and his advanced
age and general frail health prevent
ed complete recovery. He was one of
the last survivors of the immigra
tion of 184 and was Intimately con
nected with the history of Oregon:
Mr. Nichols was one of a type of
pioneers that is rapidly passing from
the Btage of human activities, but
their memory will ever .be- reverud
by generations hence. ' Intermeul
will be made this afternoon at the
Masonic cemetry under the auspices
of the Masonic order.
MAE WARD WEDS
WALLA WALLA MAN
Word has been received of tho
marriage of Mae Ward of Prlneville,
to Herbert S. Clark of Walla Walla.
Mrs. Clark is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. v William J. Ward of
this city.- She attended the 'Crook
County high school last year, and is
a well-liked girl in this vicinity. Mr.
Clark is foreman of the Dodge es
tablishment at Walla Walla, and a
very promising young man. They
will make their home in that city.
CITY OFFiriAl PAPPB mo n-rv rr DDiMnm t w?
TO GET RABBITS
By L. E. McDanleU, County Agent,
" of Harney County.
Owing to the agitation for a boun
ty on Jack rabbits, coupled with th
published statements of those favor
ing tbe bounty, that tde work of de
struction could not be accomplished
by poison,. It might be well at this
time to discuss the bounty question
solely on Its merits.
Everyone is aware that they are
hardy and propagate with astonish
ing rapidity, and owing to their abil
ity to travel long distances, they are
the most destructive pest with which
e must contend. They are equally
destructive to ail classes of vegeta
tion, destroying grain and grass or
root crop wherever found.
Ten adult rabbits will devour
range or forage equal to a cow. As
long as the grass and weeds are soft
and green, they scatter cut over the
bills and grazing lands, but aa soon
as the range dries up they return to
'the meadows and cultivated hinds for
food. When the snow covers the
grass they, gather around the hay
stacks.
This fact makes their destruction
by poison to a large degree, a matter
only of desire and perseverance on
tbe part of those interested in their
destruction. Any claims that poison
Is not effective under such conditions
are unfounded as has been proven
times innumeaable. No system has
ever been devised other than drives
to exterminate the rabbit when the
grass is soft and green.'
The cost of poisoning is not ex
cessive and the least of caution dis
played' in the distribution of the poi
son will prevent loss of stock. The
poison method I the least expen
sive known, since an ounce of strych
nine dissolved in two gallons of
warm water and poured over 14 to
16 pounds of alfalfa leaves at a cost
of not to exceed 12 Kn will
for more rabbits In one night than
any method of trapping or shooting
will for ten times that sum.
The only methods left In the event
ol a light snow tall would be the em
ployment of professional poisoners
and trappers or the offering of a
bounty. As a rule the principle pf
the bounty system is absolutely
wrong but there are exceptions to
all rules.
The very life of the farming and
livestock industry if the county de
pends upon the prompt extermina
tion of the rabbits at the earliest
possible moment, The question of
means or cost Is of secondary con
sideration. With'' favorable condi
tions and regardless of. the adoption
of a bounty system the County Agent
through the enforcement' of the stat.i
law Intends to rid the county o rab
bits as quickly as possible, being In
terested in results and not in meth
ods of accomplishment.
WE ARE GOING TO GET THE
RABBITTS! ! ! The cheapest meth
od Is through the use of poison.
Strychnine can be purchased at cost
through the office of the County
Agent in Any quantity desired. If
the land owner does not do the work
it will be done by men employed by
the County Agent and the cost will
become a lien against the property.
The County Agent is neither for
or against a bounty but If one 's
adopted he will render assistance as
usual to those desiring it as long as
they get the rabbits. Meanwhile ha
is directing every -effort to secure
federal aid in the work of extermin
ation with fair prospects of success.
Crane American.
MEETING OF LADIES ANNEX
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Annex will be held at Annex Rooms,
next Tuesday afternoon, September
7th. 'Every member is requested to
be present. . ..-'
IRVIN COBB TRIP TO BE FILMED
Louis Moomaw and Perry Relgel
mann, cameramen of the American
Lifeograph studios, have gone to
Bend, where they will accompany the
Irvln Cobb party on a trip through
country. Thepictures they will take
country. The pictures they wil take
will be used later In advertising Ore
gon's wonderful scenic resources.
Portland Telegram.
NO. 01.
EASTERN OREGOII
By Robert Osborn
Enterprise, Ore., Aug. 29. 'Thi
is Cod's country, I like it and am go
Ing to live and die here," a native of
Enterprise told me and It wasn't
bard to believe him. It ia not al-
nays easy to find nice things to say
about a town, but at Enterprise you
have to peek into tbe back-yard to
find comething to criticize every
thing look pretty good in front.
To give you some idea of thia
place, take Prlneville Enterprise is
no larger pave its principal streets,
put in a sewer system, add a new res
ervoir for tbe city water, make moat
of the business bouses fireproof and
you will approach the state of af
fairs In this small, but "Enterpris
ing" town. "How do they get tbat
way?". you ask. A large tannine
area, milling, cattle, sheep raisins;
and lumbering is largely responsi
ble. Prlneville will have a number
of the above improvements when it
gets as large a saw mill aa is oper
ating here at present.
Enterprise is the first town of It
size in Eastern Oregon which has
undertaken to pave, not a few streets
but all of its main thoroughfare.
Taking advantage of the Bancroft
Act the city is spending 1350,00
for a splendid type of bitulithic pave
ment, put in by the Warren people.
The property holders will pay for It
la ten years.
The work is being rushed at pres
ent. Wise provisions have been
made for broad parking strips in th
residence district and gome atreeta
have parking in the center. I waa
told that the city very Judiciously
lKid water mains under tbe parking
strips, so that work may be done oa
them in case of a leak without tear
ing up the paving. This ig a- good
idea to remember when Prinevilla
starts to pave it "bumpers",
A 876,000 sanitary sewer system
is another big item in the town's
prugreBsiveness. a new reservoir is
being built for the city water supply.
They have an honest-to-goodness
high school which set the city back "
260.000 in 1916. .when prices started
skyward. The M. & M. Co., of
which G. W. Hyatt is president, I
putting up a modern store building
that will have anything "faded" ta
Eastern Oregon. It covers half a
block, has a handsome appearance
with show windows on both streets,
tbe interior U roomy and a mesaa
r.ine floor is reached by a gradual
incline. The second story 1 divided
into living apartments. Th court
house is right in th center of th
town, according to the good old
Southern ambition of having all tha
business houses around the court
square a dream that failed to ma
terialize here.
There is a nicely equipped Public
Library here. I should think it was
about time for Prineville citizen to
i investigate the Carnegie scheme and
1 try to get one there,
j Abolit the only drawback I can sea
j to this country are the long severe
j winters, but one can get used to
them. The mountains are in tha
. dooryard of Enterprise and are cer
I tainly scenic. Rich farmlands slope
j off from the foot and at this time of
year are dotted with hundreds of
beef cattle.
Editor George Cheney of the Re
cord Chieftain has one of tha best
equipped newspaper plants in East
ern Oregon for a weekly. Mr. Chen
ey is one of the most congenial men
I have met on this trip and I admir)
the type of paper he puts out. He
has a special building, plenty of
room, up-to-date machinery and doe
a lot of Job work.
One of the local Jewelers has a
big- wireless station for his own
Rmusement. I heard a travelling
man sav that hn had ltstennrt In anil
heard a girl in the Catalina Islands
talking to "Jack" in Lo Angele
and he wasn't joking.
Who should I meet in the lobby
today, but our old friend, "Casey"
Brewster, who is state watermaster
here. Casey had a plumb lonesom
look in his eye and tone when he
said: "The people around her are)
all right, - but, somehow, Prineville
folk are different they are real
folks and I'm going back some day.
I miss such birds as Upton, Rosea
berg and "Doc" Davis."