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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEYILLE
VOLUME XXV.
PRINKVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1020
NO. 1.
TO HOLD MEETING
AT THE CLUB HALL
' On next Tuesday veiling, Septem
ber lit, at the Club Hull In thl city,
at seven tlilrty, there will be held
meeting for the purpose of discus
sing the tux measure to be voted on
by the people at the November eloo
tlon, being the coiintll ulloneil am
endment known a the lour per cent
Interest rate measure. An organ
ised tiflort li bulng made to ditfaat
tb;t measure mid our people should
turn out (or title meeting. The pur
pose of the meeting It to thoroughly
Inform the voters es to the effect
this amendment would have on the
financial condition of- the state at
Urge, The purpose of the amend
ment le to fig the maximum rate nl
Interest to be chargd for money at
(our per cent or five per cent by con
tract. Where the legal rate if flxod
In thl way, It would be unlawful
for banki o r money lenditra t o
charge, even by contrace, a rate In
excess of five per rent per annum.
Well Informed speakers will be pres
ent and all angles of the matter will
be gone Into. The date Is Tuesday
Bifht, September list, 120. at too
Club Hall In Prlnevllle,
MOST PLKA8INCJ EVENT
One of the most ploaslng events
of the opening of the school year
orturred last Monday night, when
thf school board, all of the faculty
nd the pupils of the high school
were the honored guests at a recep
tion tsoderd them at the Presbyter
las church. There were from lit
to 175 present to spend an eajoy
ahle evening not toon to be forgot
ta. The early part of the eveentng
was spent In the playing of games
which were filled with Interest from
beginning to end. A delightful pro
gram was heard which was appre
ciated by all. An opening address
of welcome was made by the Paator
open behalf of the churches of the
city. The lame was replied to by
Prof. Bhlppee who In his own happy
way emphasised the relation of the
high things of life to education and
that the achools and churches were
laborers together In the great cause
of Christian and religious education.
The muacal part of the program
readings, vocal and piano solos, also
a number of whistling selections ac
companied by the piano. Those ap
pearing on this part of the program
were: Mrs. Robt. Douglas. Misses
Florence Cramer, Margaret Nicolal,
Kathryn Drury, Marjodle Wilson and
Bernlce Con gal ton. This part of the
program which was all over too toon
was keonly relished by all.
Fruit punch and wafers were the
refreshments of the evening. Tito
punch bowl was presided over by
Mrs. W. I. Dlshman, assisted by Mhs
Hester Constable.
Mlssos Vol ma Sliattuok and Flora
Edwards were at the door to greet
the guesls and pin on them a got
acquainted card. The decorations
of the evening were beautiful flow
ers of various kinds, the tame being
contributed by a number of ladies
of the church. A hearty word of
thanks is due those who contributed
to nil the pleasures of the evening.
STEAM CAR COMINO INTO FAVOR
One of the latest designs of steam
cars described In a paper recently
read before the Society of Automo
tive Engineers Is reported to have
averaged about thirteen miles to a
gallon of kerosene on average roads
with seven passengers In a machine
weighing 4200 pounds. The car ran
1825 miles on a twenty-five gallon
tank of water, of fifty-three miles to
a gallon. The temperature of the
water In the tank at the end of the
run was 130 degrees.
This same car Is said to raise
steam from a cold boiler In less than
one minute. No manual operation
of any kind Is required In starting,
other than closing on electric switch.
Kerosene or a heavier oil Is used,
And is completely burned. There Is
no gear shift; the machine can be
made to creep along no faster than
one-quarter mile an hour on hill or
level, and on the other hand can bs
reversed, while going at full speed
Ahead. Saturday Evening Post.
HIGHWAY OFFICER
HERE TUESDAY
Mr. E. E. Kiddle, member of the
Brte Highway C'otniuiiwlon, spent
Tuesday In Crook county on a tour
of Inspection, He arrived In the
forenoon end was taken ovor tbj
Ochoco road as far as the Hanger
Hliillon at the forest boundary. He
spent a part of the afternoon on tho
Crooked River Highway out from
town, and wound tip by a short trip
over the Redmond ruad from I'rlne
vlllu west to the county line. He
wns very much Impressed with the
poHHlljllltii's of the Ochoco road anil
expressed himsalf as favoring tbe
completion of the nineteen miles
from Prluevllle to tbe Jones Mill Just
as soon as the Commission can fin
ance It. He was given a demonstra
tion of what Improvement will do for
this mud wlmn he was driven over
that portion recently improved by
the forest people, He found work
progressing fairly well on the two
projects under construction and Is
now better able to understand our
needs and conditions.' Mr. Kiddle
left Tuesday evening for Redmond,
from which point he will continue
his tour of Inspection.
BCYS 490 CHEVROLET
Mr. Lon Newell of the Newell Mo
tor Sales Company Informs as that
he told to Mr. Harry Lanlus 410
touring car lsit week. This model
of car Is becoming very popular Id
this section on account of Its sturdy
qualities and handsome appearance
Mr. Lanlus Is Indeed fortunate in be
ing able to travel in Chevrolet style.
CUIES PROTEST
Oil CERTAIN PERMITS
We the officers and members of
the underalgned churches and con
gregations being assembled together
in our respective churches, do un
animously offer and pass the follow
ing resolutions and do hereby order
a copy placed upon the church re
cords, one sent to the Hon. D. B
Stewart, our Honorable Mayor,- one
to the Oregon Interstate Fair Asso
ciation of Crook county, and one
each to the Crook County Journal,
and tbe Call.
Be It resoled that Inasmuch as
the County Fair was extended over
and held on the Lord's Day last year
and Improper concessions of an Im
moral nature were granted the priv
ilege of our streets, we do hereby
register our hearty disapproval and
protest of the same, and most earn
estly and respectfully urge and re
quest our Honorable Mayor and City
Council and manager of the Oregon
Interstate Fair Association of Crook
County that the same-not be be per
mitted this year.
Respectfully submitted,
The Methodist, Christian, Presbyter
Ian and Baptist Churches.
The committee in framing the
above resolutions understand very
clearly the nature of concessions be
fore they came last year was not
known by our Honorable Mayor or
City Fathers, and are pleased to
note they will not countenance the
same this year. The churches also
feel very keenly the disgrace brought
upon our town and community, by
Round-Up, Fair or anything of like
nature being held upon the Day,
which is commonly accepted and
known as the Sabbath or the Lord's
Day,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CANVASS
" On next Tuesday September 21st,
each Sunday school will make a joint
canvass of the city In the interest of
the Sunday tchoolt In particular and
church work In general. It it earn
estly hoped some one will remain at
home In each home on the afternoon
of the canvass to that all can be seen
that date and the work completed.
The teams from each church making
the canvass are requested to meet
Monday night at 7:45 at the Metho
diet church to . complete all neces-
sary arrangements for the work of
the next day.
if
IS FORMED HERE
Last Saturday the articles of In
corporation were signed which gives
I'rineville a new and very Important
Institution. The Incorporators are
U. M. Oomett, II. J. Marion and J. H
Sli-lntorf, all local men. Tbe Dew
company is Incorporated, with a cap
ital slock or $00,000, aiid will con
duct a general lumbering business.
It is expected that a general en-larKemi-iit
of the operating plans will
remit from this cementing of Inter
ems, and that tbe concern will rap
idly forge ahead, and become one of
the big Institutions of this section.
UOVrt' AM GIRIJi' EXHIBITS
TO TAX SPACE AT STATE FAIR
Realizing the tremendnons educa
tional value of the Industrial Con
tests for boys and girls, each year at
the state fair, the State Department
ol Education and the Oregon Agri
cultural College have cooperated In
preparing an exhibit this year that
will not only tax the space given to
this department In the educational
building, but will far excel any pre
vlous exhibit In quality.
E. J. Calavan Is superintending
the exhibit, and inorder to promote
enthusiasm, has spent much Urns
traveling over the state, meeting the
county superintendents, 1 local club
leaders and the boys and girls them
selves. He has the assurance that
the following counties will make ex
hibits: Clackamas, Polk, Weeco, Til
lamook, Washington. Jack to a, Mult
nomah, Douglas. Malheur and Sher
man. There will also be many In
dividual displays.
The' stats offers cash prizes am
ounting to $1,000, and tbe Brst
prises In the club winners contests,
trips to the O. A. C. and membership
in the boy's and girl's summer school
for 1020, with all expenses paid, are
provided by business men of Port
land.: ' . -.
The state fair board has appro
priated money to cover the expenses
of a boy's and girl's camp for three
days, the county represented to pay
the transportation charges.
Judging and canning contests will
be notable features of the education
al work, each county to be restricted
to one team of three members, the
teams to be guests for one day of the
club camps.
The boys and girls are also encour
aged to watch the official Judging
and every phase of state fair lite as
well, and aside from these features
will be taken on trips to the state
institutions.
TAX VALUES ARE
ON THE DECREASE
According to a tabulation recently
compiled by County Assessor Foster,
tax values in Crook county have de
creased during the past year a total
of $53,335, the 1920 tax list showing
a total of $4,937,890. On this ba
sis taxes will be levied for next year.
The decrease shown represents a loss
of the valuo of automobiles, a alight
decrease In the number of mules,
horses, cattle and sheep, a slight de
crease in money, notes and accounts,
and hotel and office furniture and
fixtures. The Value of Improve
ments on undeeded lands is shown
to be $18,070. Next year, however,
about seventeen thousand acres of
this undeeded land will be subject to
taxation, and the roll for next yeur
should show about one-half million
Increase on this account alone. On
automobiles alone, the roll shows a
loss of about $87,000. This, how
ever, Is accounted for In the return
to the county of one-fourth of license
fees collected for this county,
amounting to about five thousand
dollars.
COOKED FOOD SALE
The' ladles of the Presbyterian
church are going to give a "cooked
food' sale at the TrI-State store Sat
urday afternoon. Everyone inter
ested In real food for their Sunday
dinner please be on hand. Nothing
will be put aside for you, so be on
hand, when the sale is ready.
conns AT
FAIR TO BE CLEAN
Last year the City Council, as us
ual, granted to the Fair Association,
the free use of some of the streets I
for concession purposes. Tbe Fair
management, the City Council and
the people were imposed upon by a
number of so-called attractions
which were of an Improper nature.
This year, It is distinctly understood
no such concessions will be granted
and that our streets will be free
from a repetition of last year's do
ings. An effort It being made to
have the Comity Court grant license
to some of these people so they may
set up Just outside the city limits,
but no such license will be granted
and our people and visitors may rest
assured that the Inter-State Fair
will offer no Immoral or improper
attractions this year.
CHICKEN DINNER FRIDAY
. The Methodist Ladies Aid will
give a chicken dinner at the Metho
dist church, next Friday, September
17th, In honor of the Commercial
Club. Ladles are cordially Invited.
Matters of much Importance Will be
discussed, clean-up day and general
Improvements of Prlnevllle will be
considered, and every member is re
quested to be present.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
STARTS ffl'.TERIl
The Crook County High School
opened Monday morning, the enroll
ment being about the same as last
year. ' On account of the large num
ber of boys being employed on the
farms, not as many as usual are
able to get to school tor the first
week or two.
This year the number of new stu
dents from other schools are more
numerous than has been for some
time. Some come from the Port
land schools, some from California,
and other noted districts.
Mrs. Pratt, the ' Normal teacher,
has been unavoidably detained lu
Portland, but will arrive this morn
ing to begin her class In the Normal
work,
The Domestic Art department has
SO enrolled In that work. Miss Hall
who has had charge of that work
during the past term, took a course
In advanced dress making at the
O. A. C. this summer, and will be
well prepared for the dress making
classes this coming winter. This de
partment also offers hot lunches to
the school at the noon hour, for
those who wish them. Lunches will
be furnished to the students at cost,
and the domestic science girls will
do the work.
The number of students registered
in each course are: Unclassified, 15;
Manual training, 3; Scientific, 1;
English, 15; Normal, 25; Commer
cial, 46; Home economics. 6.
Wednesday afternoon the school
was presented a beatiful picture of
John Pershing, by Mrs. Nicolal. The
picture la one that is appreciated
very much by the school and they are
very grateful to the giver.
Mr. Medley and Mr7 Platts have
charge of the athletic work this year
and It promises to be the best year
for athletics than has been experien
ced for some time. More than 25
promising recruits reported for pre
liminary football practice Tuesday
evening.
The other departments are well
superintended by the different in
structors and the school will soon be
going along nicely.
FOREST SERVICE NEWS NOTES
Wayne Adamson, who has been
acting as lookout man at Divide Sta
tion tor the past couple of months
returned to Prineville September 1st.
He has been temporarily succeeded
by E. E. Harpham who is acting as
lookout man in connection with oth
er work In that section of the Forest.
Ranger Riley Warren has Juat re
ceived telegraphic information that
he will be given a position as scaler
on the Whitman National Forest,
with headquarters at Baker if he
wishes to tuke up this phase of the
D1DNT GET DEER
BUT TOUGH ON BEAR
Two weeks ago W. B. Russell and
D. W. Bagshaw, of the Journal force.
Sallied forth with enough ammuni
tion and other killing apparatus to
sink a battleship. They were In
tent upon bagging their limit of deer
meat. 1'pon arrival at the hunting
grounds, however, they found that
a party of other enthusiasts had
beaten them to it, and had driven
the deer to other parts, so, rather
than return empty handed, they slew
a perfectly good coyote and returned
swearing vengeance on the deer the
following Sunday. So, in fulfill
ment of the vow made over the
bloody body of the said coyote, they
made a second start last Saturday
noon, arriving once more at the front
at 4 o'clock.
It being too early to either cook
supper or retire for the night, tbey
decided to go up the mountain and
do a little preliminary work In the
way of locating the enemy, prepara
tory to finishing up the Job with fly
ing colors the next morning. But
once more luck was againct them,
they ran slap-dab onto a big black
bear (tbey call it bar), and it was
found necessary to shoot the brute
to prevent It from mussing things up
In their general direction. Their
trusty 25-35 was no more than put
into action before the battle was
won. The problem of skinning the
bear was rather a stieker to the boys,
but It was finally decided to handle
the matter j with Russell's pocket
knife. By the time this .task , was
completed and the hams removed, it
was -dark,-and the- re tars-to camp
through four miles of woods wss not
accomplished until nearly midnight.
At 3 o'clock the next morning luck
turned against the hunters . In v the
shape of a downpour of rala, which
necessitated the breaking up of camp
and a huried start for home. They
still have the buck fever however.
and promise to get that said deer
meat before the , season closes or
bust.
Tbe bear was a full grown black
bear, and would weigh approximate
ly 500 pounds dressed. The hide
was on display in the Journal office
window Monday and was then sent
out to be mounted. It was not only
a large bear, but was pronounced by
those familiar with such things to
carry an exceptionally fine coat of
fur.
work. Mr. Warren has decided to
go and will leave so as to report for
duty September 10. Mr. Warren
has been district Ranger with head
quarters at Cabin Ranger Station for
the past year. He will be succeeded
by Ranger J. O. F. Anderson who is
now In charge of the Maury District.
Mr. Anderson will take over his new
duties about October 15th.
The woods are full of hunters and
we cannot urge too strongly that
every care be taken not to shoot at
anything that is not fully Identified
The best hunting in the mountains
is usually on cattle ranges. The cat
tle are well distributed over the For
est and It is not difficult to mistake a
cult or even a grown animal tor a
deer if the hunter is inclined to be of
an excitable noture. It is not "un
common that cattle are found dead
having been killed by someone who
shot at an object without being en
entirely sure as to what is was. If
a hunter will Just remember that he
must be sure that he sees horns on
any deer that he fires at, it will nev- i
er happen that stockmen must meet
the loss of one of their herd at the
hands of a careless hunter.
SEVENTY MAN-KILLERS AVAIL
ABLE FOR BIG ROUND-UP
Pendleton, Ore., Sept. 15. Seven
ty buck in' horses, more than ever be
fore, will be available for the best
cowboy and cowgirl bucking riders
in the country at the Pendleton,
Round-Up, which will open up on
Sept. 23, for its eleventh annual pre
sentation. These earthquakes on
legs have been brought In from
mountain pastures and from the
ranges ot Wyoming and are In prime
shape for wild riding.
Just as there are more bucking
horses, more performers and more
Indians than ever before lined up for
the performing end of the Round-Up
TO HAVE STRAW
VOTE ON PRESIDENT
The entire 8,000 Rexall stores,
scattered throughout the United
States are getting things ready for
a straw vote on the two candidates
for the presidency. The votes will
be kept in such a way that the totals
will not only indicate the preference
as a whole but also the preference
oi each sex. This plan will give a
fairly good idea of Just how the wo
men stand, 'and will, in a measure,
wake the candidates up to the tact
that the babies should be hunted up
and kissed regularly If they ever ex
pect to win in the big race to corns.
The votes will be telegraphed
daily to the general offices of the
United Drug Co., of Boston, whera
they will be regularly registered,
and the result of each day's vote will
be wired to the chain of Rexall
stores and displayed in each window.
The Rexall organization proved to
be of great value to the government
during the war. not only by throwing
ther entire chain of stores open aa
recruiting offices for the Merchant
Marine, but in many other ways,
and this latest move demonstrates
the fact that they are still on the Job
for assisting in the big things of the
country. Tbe straw vote wiU ve
carried on during the month of Oc
tober. CAMP FIRE PERMITS UNNECES
SARY OX OCHOCO FOREST
.The local forestry office anoaneea
that so' far as the Ocboeo National '
est is eoneeraod 4t is unnecessary
to obtain a, permit to build camp
fires In the mountains. . ' '
: A camp fire permit regulation was -put
into operation during the season
of 1919 when fires became so trou
blesome as the result ot careless
campers and travelers that it was
imperative that something be dons .
to. remedy the situation. The poller
ot the Forest Service has always
been to allow Just as much freedom
to the touring public as was consis
tently possible and yet retain proper
protection from fire, which Is ths
paramount issue with all Federal
and State forestry men during ths
summer months. Camp fire permits '
were required at a last resort.
So far as the Ochoco is concerned
and in fact on the majority of For
ests, the hunter is placed absolutely
upon his own merits as a true sports
man. The Forest Service strongly
urges that camping parties take ev
ery precaution to build their camp
fires where there is no debris or any -infiamable
material around the fire
and besure that the fire Is totally ex
tinguished before leaving it. It Is
assumed that every one understands
that to leave a camp firs totally un
extinguished is a State offense and
that it is one of the duties ot forest
officials to take legal action upon
discovering any unextiinguishe'd fire.
Every fire must be reported to super
ior officers with a detailed history
of its origin, the action taken to put
it out, the effort made to apprehend
the guilty party in case the fire is a
man-caused one, so that it isobvious
that extreme care should be the
watchword of those who have occas
ion to camp, hunt or travel through
the woods where it is possible for a
fire to get started.
so do indications point to an attend
ance that will surpass previous re
cords. Advance sales of reserved
seats never were as brisk as this
year and a keen demand is expected
each morning for the east and west
section grandstand seats which are
withheld from the advance sale In
order that those who come late may
have a chance to obtain reserved
seats. "
Pendleton will be quite a conven
tion city during Round-Up week. The
State Federation of Labor will meet
here, with between 300 and 400 del
egates, opening on Sunday and end
ing Wednesday night. The rest of
the week is to be used by most of the
delegates' in seeing Round-Up and
Happy Canyon.- The sheriffs and
county clerks of.. Oregon, each with
its own convention, will also con
vene here, using the mornings of the.
three days for sessions. These three
meetings will bring hundreds to Pen