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Crook GoMoty Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRI NEVILLE
VOLUME XXV.
PRINEVILLE, CROOK (WJiTV, OREGON TIIIRMDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1090
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LYRIC THEATER BOUGHT
BY SPARKS COMPANY
A FIVE THOIAND HOLLAR PIPE ..OHHAN 1H TO UK INSTALLED, AH
SOON AH ARRIVAL FROM THE FACTORY IN KANT
A COMPLETE CHANGE OF
I'rlncvllle To Ho on The 'Hprlui" C livult f Modern
IIoiim In Cwilral Part of Oregon.
Final arrangement have boon
completed whereby the Spark Ani
uxrmcnt Company, which at present
It operating In Heppner and Condon,
will manage the Lyrto Theater, start
lng the first of October.
The Lyric haa been succnaaruuy op
erated by Clinton Houeton tor al
most year. The Peremounl-Arl-
craft line of plcturoa, which stand
for all that la the best In the motion j
picture world were Introduced by
Mr. Houaton during his management
and will continue to be shown In the
local theater.
j. u. Hiiaras. woo win coma vi
Prinevllle as the manager of the lo-
vtM nnwriti w mm iu vu u hhiihi w
laat of the week, and represented the
company In the business transac
tions. He will arrive In Prinevllle
about tha first ot Oetober and will
make bis home here.
One. of tha Imnrovement which
will appeal to tha local trad will be
the Installment ot aa American Pipe
Organ, valued at about $6000 In tha
theater. Pipe organ musio has be
come universally popular In tha lar
ger shows, and the Installation ot
ona here will prove a big attraction.
The organ has already bean ordered
and Is on the way.
Two new projecting machines, ot
tha latest make, and fitted with ev
ery modern contrivance, will take
the place of those In tha operating .
room. Tha entire coat of fitting up
this room will be about $1200.
METHODIST LADIES' LUNCHEON
IS APPRECIATED BY CLUB MEMBERS
The lucheon prepared by tha Me
thodist Ladles Aid aoclety laat Frl
dan for the men of the Commercial
Club was done full Justice to by
those who attended. Those who
managed to attend made up tor the
absentees In the size ot their appe
tite. The Ladies' Aid diners have
long been famous.
An apple pie with flaky crust and
juicy center, a counterpart to that
with which the menu topped off,
was sold to the highest bidder, and
Ralph Jordan, who sayB himself that
was always a lucky guy, got away
with the speclman ot culinary art
tor exactly one dollar and six bits.
A general discussion ot clean-up
day came first In order, emphaBing
the necessity ot having a town clean
ing before the Fair. It was pointed
out by the chairman that the Mayor
had sot the 25th as a holiday for this
, special purpose, so that there will be
, no excuse tor anyone to furt-to clean
. hp. President Rosenburg appointed
Asa Battles, Ralph Jordan and Ver
non Harpham as a committee to
meet with a similar one irom tne
Ladle Annex to take steps toward
cleaning up Prinevllle. Mr. John
Shipp called attention to the permis
sion given by the City Council to all
desiring, to burn refuse In the yards,
providing ot course, that such fires
are properly watched and taken care
of. Fires tor this purpose will be
permitted for five days, beginning
the 25th,
PROGRAM EACH DAY
Motion Picture
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The new machinery will provide
steady power and light, and will
make poaaible a clcur picture, even
for those In the front seals, doing
away with the flickering that usually'
makes those seats undesirable. 1
By a rearrangement ot the seating
system, and a little consolidation, It
will be possible to enlarge the capao-,
0. th, roum nIty Thlg will
tMM materially1 In Uklng care ot
crowds, but will In bo way detract
from the comfort ot tha room.
Another Innovation which la en
tirely new to tha picture tana here,
and which will be tested out, Is tha
change every day plan. New ple-
turea will be run every night, which.
will allow tha confirmed picture tan
to aea almost twloa as many films a
before.
The price ot admiaslon will ho tha
same tor adulta as under tha old
management. Tha admiaslon for
children tor the five week day from
Monday to Friday will ba ten cents,
but on Saturday and Sunday nights
the price ot admiaslon will ba twenty
cents.
When tha contemplated Improve
ments are made, The Lyric will ba
one of tha very heat moving plctara
houses In Central Oregon. ... The
Spark Amusement Company plans
to have five house ot thta kind on
their circuit in all. The keyword of j
the new management will ba "Tn
Best", best pictures and best service.
It. L. Schoe, Socretary of the In-tor-State
Fair, Invited discussion ot
plans to properly house visitors who
will be In town for the celebration,
lie pointed out that up to this time,
slipping accommodations In Prine
vllle during the Fair have been at a
premium, and some system Is' ne
cessary whereby as many room will
be registered as possible,' and so
thore will be no confusion In assign-
ing rooms. Mr. Schee suggested
that the Ladles Aid take charge otl
the work, and make a house to house
cunvasa in order to locate rooms, and
establish an Information bureau in
some central location during the fair
from which persons desiring rooms
could be directed to a place to spend
the night. The speaker advanced
the opinion that the city should pay
for this work, as Prinevllle will reap
many benefits from satisfactorily
taking care of visitor.
Dr. Rosenberg suggested that the
ladles get a deposit ot 25c for each
room which they list from the owner,
when the canvass 1 made, for their
labor in doing the work, and .that
this be included in the price ot the
room, and the visitors pay to the
household direct where they get the
room. .
The proposition to undertake this
work was turned over .to the ladles,
to decide whether or not they could
take charge of this work, and under
what conditions,
HiBWIlIB
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' The moxt bountiful hay and train
crop ever harvested In Crook county
In being gathered by the farmers,
and while haying baa well past its
treat, there la yet a Urge amount of
swond crop alfalfa and aume grain
hay being cut and considerable
acreage lu the awath and windrow,
and grain harvtwt In thia county la
juat getting wll underway.
The grain hay harvest waa exeep-
, tlonully large In the cattle country
no u ill and punt of Prinevllle, and a
good supply of moisture In both pre
cipitation and Irrigation provides
anywhere from flfty to one hundred
percent more alfalfa than the ubuuI
aupply In the river valleys and tha
Powell JButte dlatrict.
i The latter locality harvested al-
moat as much hay the first crop aa
waa In the ricka there laat fall after
the entire crop waa cured, and the
second crop Is a large one, the en
tire cutting being of a better quality
than usual.
-0n the Ochoco Project, where
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, "What the stockmen of today need
fa efficient organization. That's why
we are forming tha Harney County
Livestock Association In Harney
cpunty. In tha past tha stock grow
er worked alone In geting his stock
marketed. It was every man for
himself, and get ahead ot the other
fellow It poaaible. It was the lack
of cooperation that forced the farm
ers and stockmen to bear tha brunt
of every shift of tha market, and
culminated In the present situation
The trouble with the stockmen Is
tnat they mn,t wke
that "organisation" I. the keynote
Q t th pro , c k
progress
enough." ,
The above quotation Is the opinion
ot Pat Cecil, one ot the most up-to-date
and Influential cattle men of
Harney county, and a member ot the
advisory board of the Silver Creek
Cattle and Horse Raiser's associa
tion. Mr. Cecil la a reliable author
ity on the stock situation, having
been In the cattle business In Harney
county ever since the time when the
trip from Burns to The Dalles was
niade entirely by stage, and took
Ave days to complete.
Mr. Cecil further stated that he
has great faith in the future of the
livestock Industry, and while he does
not expect a miracle to happen ns
soon as the cattlemen are organized,
nnd realize that there is a hard and
up-hill road to climb before the sidl
; .tlnn ,. h.w wWa ,t .hnillrt ho th.
end will be a permanent gain to the
stock grower.
According to Mr. Cecil, the situa
tion In Harney county i counted not
critically serious. Very few llqul-
STOCIffl MOST
if im VUIVJ BllCfklkay f
GATHER YOUR EXHIBITS NOW
FOR OREGON INTER-STATE FAIR
The abundant crops throughout
this part ot the country should be
the mean of filling the pavilions at
the fair grounds to over-flowing tor
the opening day, October t.
Community exhibits from Lower
Bridge, Terrebonne, Tumalo, Powell
Butte and the Ochoco Project are
all " being prepared, says Manager
Schee, and will make the best show
ing that has ever been made here, he
says. ' ". . -
Instructions for the preparation
there were a large number of rye
stacks a year ago, the bay this year
la largely sprinkled with alfalfa and
perhaps halt of them are ot a decid
edly green tint being almost it not
en' i rely all alfalfa.
Conditions which have forced
many of the Block out of the country
will decrease the demand for hay,
and undoubtedly will establish a
much lower price for hay than has
ruled for the past several years, al
though there have been no sales of
any magnitude reported thus far this
full.
The grain yield has been good,
and so far as the threshing has pro
gressed, and average of nearly twen
ty buahels per acre Is being reported
for wheat, which at the prevailing
high price of about 12 per bushel
bring a good return per acre.
The year, regardless of late spring
and early fall conditions, has been a
most successful one for the farmer
and will go a long way toward mak
ing a general prosperous condition
throughout the adjacent territory.
dattons have resulted from the drop
in the market On cattle, and tew
movement ot any kind in liveatock
have been reported. Up to this time
the Harney county growers have
been competed every year to- ship
their stock to Idaho and eleswhere
to teed during the winter, on account
ot the scarcity ot hay supplies, but
this year it is estimated that there is
a aupply of home grown teed abund
antly large enough to feed all live
stock In the county, with a small
margin to spare, so it Is expected
that all growers will plan to feed
the stock on the home range. '
Mr. Cecil further stated that while
Harney county has been without rain
ot any consequence all summer, up
to the last few weeks, and in spite
of the fact that very little water has
come down in the creeks, yet the
crops of alfalfa are the best within
a number of years, and the wild
grass on the range is especially good.
Mr. Cecil is one of the boosters of
the Harney County Irrigation Dis
trict, and expects the new project to
do wonders in the way of Increasing
crop yields and opening up the
country. He waa In Prinevllle two
years ago when work on the Ocho
co project was Just beginning ( and
stated that In the success of the Och
oco project he can picture what the
Harney county project will do for
that country.
Herefords are' the best cattle for
the country represented in Central
Oregon, according to Mr. Cecil, who
is a grower of purebred Herefords.
as they adapt themselves best of any
breed ot cattle to shortened range
conditions, in his opinion. He for
merly specialized in Durham cattle.
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of exhibits were recently published
in the Journal. :. " -
Call on or address Mr. Schee for
a premium list, which gives a wide
variety of awards, which will pay.
you well for the time required to
prepare your exhibits.
Exhibits of cookery, canned goods
and hand-work articles should be
made by the ladles who will find a
wide, variety of premiums In these
divisions. '
HOLT TRACTOR IS NOW
TEARING UP MAIN STREET
THE IMG JOB OF PUTTING THE STREETS IX OUR BUSINESS SEO
TION IX SHAPE
MAIN STREET TO BE MADE SMOOTH AND HARD
This Improvement Haa Long Bwn..
IVopvr Equipment
The 125 horse power Holt tractor
is busy this week pulling a large
scarifier and grader In tha task ot
tearing up the uneven surface of
Main and Third streets and leveling
it in such a manner that It will be
able to stand op under the heavy
traffic to which It 1 subjected.
Because of the extremely hard
condition of the surface, but little
progress waa made at Orst, and a
thorough' soaking of the street, to
which was added the rains ot the
past few days, has made the' work
more satisfactory, and much better
results are being obtained. ' S
The street will be rolled and put
. JOKE ON SAM, OR STL VAX
Sam Ellis pulled off a good Joke
on Sylvan Michel, to be sure, when
he sent him a nice long sight letter,
collect, giving him advice of general
helpfullnea to the newly married,
but Sylvan did him one better. He
sent Sam a fifty word day telegram,
likewise collect, thanking him for
the very good advice, and asking
him to call again. Is the joke on
Sylvan, or Sam?
GILLIS AXD CrStAFSOX .
SUCCESSFUL HUNTERS
J. A. Oillts and Gus Gustafson left
Sunday morning on a hunting trip
up Paulina way. They returned
Sunday evening with a sackful of
THE FIRST OF A REGULAR SERIES
OF NEWSY ITEMS FROM THE C.CIS.
By Clarence
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. One ot the improvements that at
tracted the attention ot the students
when school started was the cement
walks that extend around the as
sembly building. . . . ,
Mrs. Phatt was not able to start
her classes until Thursday morning.
She was detained on account ot bus
iness for a longer time than was ex
pected. The Seniors started the n e w
school ' year with a snap Tuesday
morning. If a cloud ot smoke is
Been around the high school build
ings, it will be caused by the Senior
class In action. ,
The Freshmen apparently did not
have very' many friends last. Thurs
day. As evidence of the Worth of
co-operation,, any member of the'
high school can testify to the effi
ciency, and incidentally, to the safe
ty of such a "movement, especially
when iniation is the objective. The
HAS. STARTED.
Needed, But Up To Xo,w A Lack Of
Has Held It Off.
in first class condition, and should
be finished in fine shape for the later-State
Fair early next month.
The city plans to pave the
streets, but this step cannot b tak
en for a short time yet.
Automobile are being kept off
the streets while the work la In pro
gres, and a move to prohibit parkins;
except on the side streets haa been
discussed.
. All traffic was discontinued oa
Main Street yesterday on account ot
the operations of the grading craw.
The street was so muddy that cars
cut it up as fast as it was smoothed
down.
ducks, two wild geese, and one hob
cat, which clinches their reputations
as good hunters. " "
Mr. Gustafson turned hi share ot
the ducks over to the Domestic
Science department at the high
school, and a feed was prepared by
the lady members of the faculty oa
Monday night.
MRS. ROBINSON ENTERTAINS
Mrs. Ross Robinson entertained,
about fifteen ot her friends Monday
afternoon at her home, in honor ot
her sister, Mrs. Bean ot Portland.
The afternoon was spent at sewing
and conversation. Delicious re
freshments were served -which closed
a very enjoyable afternoon.
Mertsching .
Sophomores met In a body and or
ganized a plan ot attack while the
Rooks had . no organization formed
to offer resistance. Had they co
operated, there would have been re
presentation of the scene of last
year's iniation. However, no re-
niRtnncn WAR confronted and in tne
haste to complete the job an unfor
tunate Soph, was acctdently turned
over the banister and initiated along
with the Rooks.
At a meeting ot the Senior class
held Tuesday the 14th, officers ot
the class were elected as follows:
Class advisor, Miss Cramer; Presi
dent, Clarence Mertsching, Vice
President, Myrtle Lister, Sec.-Treas.
Veva Bolter. At' the same time ac
tion was taken to prepare tor the
Senior reception.
The Junior class is not as large as
It was last year, but those that are
left say that quality and not quanti
ty, is the meritorious feature.
A Junior meeting was held Mon
day evening, when class officers were
elected. Miss Cuningham was sel
ected as class advisor, Chester Mc
Kenzie as president, Vera Dunham
vice president and Chester Luelling
secretary-treasurer.
' A new feature of high school is be
ing tried out in the domestic science
department under Miss Hall. The
food is prepared by the Btudents In
this department and the lunches are
served in a'style similar to the. cafe
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