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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1920)
fege t CROOK COUVTT JOURNAL THCRHDAY, RFTTKMnKR , 101M THE SECOND OF A REGULAR SERIES OF NEWSY ITEMS FROM THE C.C.H.S. By Clarence Mertschlng A Fa ed to decide upon the olsss colon. After the proper procedure, green nd white were chosen M the colors ot the cUm of 'I. A Senior meeting wss held Tues day to decide upon the deilfn ot class pin or ring. An obstacle arose at a previous meeting, when the ! matter was nrougm up, wneiuer pin training are In a position to do work should be worn. A compro- .... .ni. Hlrlns articles. . ... .... . ... work iur r""i ' mia. was enecieo. auu iu Mri. in this department. Last year as well as years previous, articles ol very good quality were maae ior va rious people ordering their work done here. The high school will have a sec tion of the pavillton at the Fair grounds set aside for Its exhibits was settled by lettng each member order which was prefered, provided the same design was used. A meeting ot the football hoys was held to arrange tor the game Oct. first with - John Day. Arrange ments were also made tor the trip to ih.i pitv. At the same meeting. In- Articles from the Domestic Scleu i atructlons were given In regard to snd Domestic Arts oi'i""""" Uvtng out the football schedule lor be on display on the grounds during Thg flrgt (Mm ha. fl. the Fair. For a number of years ; a organUed nt0 ,n efficient the high school has displayed artl-. machlne Th(1 e(Tl(Ct of their do rlea made In Its various departments ,.,. i .M,n hv what la left . L .i .inimr this vearianil each succeeding year has brot i . in tha Brat torn. me Bsseutu'j """"- . will be directed by Miss Cramer, who out a better grade ot work than wae Thpre weM orglnaUy about will be assisted by Mr. Shippee and displayed the year before, 'thirty pledges for the football turn- members ot the orchestra. Thers j The hot iunt.h service which has j ()U( aml now aomethlng besides a aro a number of studenU gifted with Wtt gtarted In the domestic science; mathematician is needed to bring rood voices and there is no reason i ,lepartraent. is being patrouiied by ' ,hB ,oUl up t0 thirty. Red paint in County High 8chool .. .-..j that shows a dally Increase., abundance was seen several Friday saw me iars-ov )f tne practice. when 51 students were served. That! siiturdav. Mr. Evans and Mr. much more. In addition the ex citement of the game will be worn off by the time they are ready to play the Central Oregon teams, Al though, In view ot the tact, the hoys are glad to be able to make on real trip during the season. Those making the trip to John Day will be: Mr. Medley, coach i Og den Mills, captain, fb; Raymond Smith, manager, qb; Cecil Bowlln, left halt: Mark O'Kelley, right halt; Tom Jacobs, c; Chester Luelling. lg; Lester Horlgan. 'rg; Clarence Mert- schlng. It; Ray Ooodmlller, rt: Har vey Ayres. le; Verl 8hsttuck. re. substitutes are Lloyd Luelling and Myron folk. -rnk County High ,.i l i' ne liuiea lor iu oiB-"' nights Friday saw the largest number,'.. the Dractice. ... .I-. . j-... Tht ,.y.-Ko arrangement vi poi- iwhen 01 siuaeuw -o - .. jS ,11 be attempted, as well as the ,his f(?ature has become permanent mol at Redmond, with the eas.er music. Before the year is ov- (or thi8 vear nag been assured, and j prtm,ipaIg and coaches ot the tha r. It is hoped that the tour PrU(Mig8 Ha, wi thereby find It neces-; o(hM h,gh gcnoola ot Central Oro- may be developed, ana some garT to unaeriaae me n"6""" lent songs learned. j of a new branch of work in her de- . . . 1 1 U ., tA BALI . . a The nign scoovi uw uw- -- - ipsnnieui. The registration has reached a to- This mis tne of new encyclopedias. There is also the one old set of sixteen volumnes. but It is out of date and practically worn out. The new sets were each paid for by money raised through the efforts ot the students. One set, which was bought last year, is a loose leaf encyclopedia, and it is put up In a brief form. The other one U written up in a more detailed manner. These are useful additions to the school, and the fact that tho students are responsible for their ac quisition, Is an intimation of the pride that they have In the welfare of the school. The first year class in manual arts is composed ot nineteen students. Their work "Is ot the regular prelim inary nature. At a later date, draw ing will be taken up. The second year class is now having instruction on advanced carpentry. They are constructing a small house model. At intervals observations are made of the latest models of houses now belne built in Prineville. The qual ity nf Instruction Is of a very high character. Students taking manual ini nf 130 students seating capacity ot the assembly. Yet not all of the students that de sire to go to schol have registered. There are a number that will appear after4he Fair. However, they come dribbling in one at a time and swell the total day by day. For the last week Robert Cham bers. Marion O'Kelley, Ray Graffen- bergef and Howard Davis are the new students to enter school. The Senior English class has de termined that Chaucer did not begin to write until a number ot years af- ... hi. hirtti That la strange It has been commonly thought that all great writers started to write at the time ot their birth. Powell Butte News It Charles M. Charlton. Jr., are at tending Redmond Union high school, making the trip every dsy In tbe Pet erson car. The rain delayed haying In this section tor about half the farmers. Some were through haying, and oth ers had hay down, while some have bay still standing uncut. j C. M. Charlton has a fins csbbsge crop this year, and Is nndlng a ready ' market for It In Prineville. I Mr. snd Mrs. Will Wurswelller ' visited at the home of their son Ar thur this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wur ! weller have Just returned from Ban Francisco, and will go to Prineville to remain for sums time. Wursweller and family of Portland also visited at the Arthur Wurswell er home, ami relumed to Portland by auto. , I tl tMK.lt IttWKI.L II1TTK HrlNIOKNTS V 1M1'M gon, to arange a football schedule for this section. Bend and Red mond each have teams, but up to the present time Madras has not entered the Central Oregon Conference. The game with John Day will be played October first. The team will lesve the high school Wednesday af ternoon and will take two days to make the trip. They will go to Pau lina the first night and on to John Day the next day. Instead ot play ing John Day high school a Grant county team will be played. Th local team had hoped to arrange a game with the Prairie City hiKh school also. In this way the expen ses of the trip would be fully covered by playing two games In one trip. Later " it was learned that Prairie Citv did not have a team organised. consequently such an arrangement could not be had. This was a great The Freshmen held their nrst aiBappoinimeni io mo vc. meeting Friday afternoon. at r. was nopea . w Shippee was chosen as the class ad-, expenses woum not neeu io ue visor The class officers were: Lou : off by games played on the local is Reavis, president Pauline Win-'. field. A number of the players are dom vice-president; 'Eleanor Yan- new men. and the more games play- cey, secretary-treasurer. At tne ea oeiore enienns imu . wo. annn nt. ence will Harden mem jusi turn oauio v iu u w - - Mrs. Dave Still who has been 'ser iously 111 at her Powell Dutte homt-, has been moved to Prineville, to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. llorrigan. Mrs. William Peterson was hos tess for the Powell Unite Borosls lust Wednesday. There was jf. food at tendance, and the hostess , iwrved de lUious refreshments. t '.' ' Mr. Jackson, father ot,Mrs. E. H. Stewart, had the inlsfortuiv to get a bad fall last week, and sprained his ankle. It was thought at first that the bones were fractured, but Dr. Horsch of Redmond pronounced it only a bad sprain. Mrs. Gladys Mllner hat commen ced teachln tha Edwardg aokooL Th. school ODCiitng was dolayed on account ot moving the school house and making repairs. Mrs. Ha M. Foster and small son Oran Charlton, who have been visit ing with Mr. nd Mrs. C. M. Chari ton, left for their home In Salem this week. Mrs. Gladys Short, who Is spend ing the winter at the H. P. Belknap home In Prineville, came out for the weekend to visit with her brother. E. H. Stewart, and family. r.rare Pauls, who is attending the Redmond high school came home for an over-Sunday visit. Rev. Brown, the new pastor for the Redmond-Powell Butte churches, preached at Comuntty Hall Sunday. Powell Butte residents sre produc Ing fine honey this yesr. and It has a rnndmarket in nearby towns. Edicar and Elma Peterson, ana Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tuck, former residents of Powell Unite, now liv ing ncur Redmond, l-'fl Dure about three weeks ko for Mlnlir Mountain to gather 'huckleberries. Intending to be absent for only a few days, or a week at most. Boon nf'T t'u" reached t h e mountains, a snow slorm came up. and their berre rack ing was forced to corns to a close. On attomptltiwt"lT return' th . they had coined ihy found the trail packed with snow. They were ob liged to return to their home by s round-about wsy by Mlnto Psss. Their friends became alarmed whsn they failed to return and sent a par ty out In search. The search parly could not get In to the mountains, and planned to try another route In search of them, when word was received that the lost couple were safe In a ranger station. Mr. and Mrs. Tuck arrived home Saturday none the worse for their adventure. MAW PIUNKV1I.I.K HTrl'r.NTH ATTKXI) OltKtiOX COLI.KtiKH. at Prineville is well represented the state colleges this year. The following young people from this vicinity sre registered St O. A.C. Hasel Ysncey, Ruth Adsmson. Neva Welgand, Harry Fsrnsw.irth. James Lawton. snd .Kjler Adsmson. Among those attending the Uni versity of Oregon sre: Oeorg. Stesrns. Wlster Rosenberg. Wallace Cannon. Darrel Mills., Kugene Mil ler, llobart Belknap, snd Klslo Lyall. PRINEVILLE HAN TELLS OF WRECK ONJLECTSIC LIXE n A. Bland was In the city last week, spending hi vacation looking after business Interests In this part of lbs country. Mr. Bland wss the engineer on tha out going train, In tha wreck at Bsr tha atatlon. on the Portland Hllls- boro Una, which shocked tha country by Its seriousness tnia spring. The Incoming train, which had or ders to sidetrack at Bertha, and let by the IMIIsboro local, tailed to do so, snd tli two trains mt In a head on smash on the. abrupt curva just north ot the station. It Is thought that the failure of the engineer to ohev orders was caused by his death by heart failure, just prior to the wreck. j This was the wreck In which Mrs. Adrian Crooks, wifo uf A. L. Crooks,' formerly of Prineville, lost her llfh, According to Mr. Bland, he ws accottipitnU-d on the trip by an engine cr who wss off duty, and who want along just to kilt time, expecting to return to Porllund on the Ingoing train. He wss standing In frost looking out on the side away from the hill, and could sea around tha cure a few seconds before Mr. lilaud could. He suddenly cried to Mr. Bland to "Hold her". Mr Blsnd Immediately threw on Iba emergen cy brake aud loaded (or tha door be hind him. Tha wash cams before he rasched It, aad ha was knocked unconscious. However, the step tor wards the door, which be took sav4 his life, as the place where he sat was ground Into silvers. Ha esti mates It was just nine seconds from the time the train was sighted until the crash came. Tha other engineer had Immediately leaped fur tha ground, but caught hit heal In tha step and was killed. When Mr. Bland revived to con clousiiess be was being csrrled to one of tha ambulance which had ar rived from Portland, but ha was abli to surrender his place In ona ot the to another who was hurt worse than he wss, and went to Portland la aa auto. Mr. Bland has a number of pic tures taken ot th wrack just a few minutes sfler It occurred, which show in detail tha grswsomeness ct the disaster. One ot these shows the position of tba engineer on the Incoming train, where he wss rsught In the worst of the smash. Will Mlard ElMns FOR CROOK, JEFFERSON AND DESCHUTES COUNTIES Unload a Car Containing One Chummy Roadster, Three 5-Pass. Cars and One Seven Pass. Car. Order Now. PRINEVILLE HEADQUARTERS, PALACE GARAGE A PRINEVILLE, OREGON