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Crook
Qounty
Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOLUMI XXV.
Tin Powell Dm to Community ex
hibit took drat prize (rom the Ochoco
Irrigation District for tb best com
munity display at the Oregon Intnr
Fiate Fair this year, with II points
oat of a poslble hundred, to 70 points
woo )y tli latter.
The exhibits were scored (or
grains and grasses, vegetabU. fruit,
and other products; arrangement of
display and quality of products.
Tbt Powell Butte display was ex
ceptionally wall arranged, showing
much forethought, and the variety
of products shown was also a factor
In the awarding of the prise.
The Ochoco Irrigation District dis
play was alao of excullont quality,
hut showed that It was put together
In too much haste. This exhibit fell
down on grains and grasses, hut was
strong on fruit and threshed train,
which oould not be beaten. One ot
the fature ot this display was the
0. I. D. spelld out In plums of sev
eral different varieties. The veg
Uble display was also fine.
Terrebonno did not abve a com
munity display, but ths exhibit of
D. IT. Gates of that plaos, Judged
along the lines ot a community dis
play, scored 66 points, which to an
excellent record tor products grown
on one farm. Mr. Gates received
first prise for the best farm exhibit.
Terrebonne has announced tbat
they are going to make a bid for the
prise from this division next year.
The Ladles' Guild will have charge
ot tbelr display, and It to aura to be
an excellent one.
The rivalry betweon the commun
ities In Central Oregon Is very strong
and as the different ones are very
well matched as to the One products
which they raise, the contest for
next year will be a close one, as all
will bonelft by the exhibit this year.
Those making the Powell Butte
display such a success were E. R.
Area, B. A.' Bussett, Henry Hansen.
Frank Kessler, James McDanlol, C.
D. Mustard, J. F. Rice and others.
Ochoco boosters were: T. H. La
follette, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Towner,
Mr. Thayer and C. L. Roberta.
MILES IN 1.45
OYER BLUE NTS.
The aeroplane which was to have
been used In exhibition flights at the
Inter-State fair here last week, ar
rived Thursday evening about five
o'clock, having made the flight from
Payvllle, a distance- ot more than
100 miles, In an hour and three
quarters, In spite of the fact that the
machine was bucking high winds.
The landing was made in the Foster
field near the fair grounds, where It
was formerly thought Impossible for
a plane to land.
The flight to Prlnevllle was made
by Merle Brlggs as pilot, accompan
ied by Chester Kincald, former C. C.
H. S. boy, as manager and mechanic.
The machine was expected In Prlne
vllle earlier In the week, but on ac
count of unfavorable air conditions
the pilot waited on the other side ot
the Blue Mountains until Thursday.
' The first flight with a passenger
was made Friday evening, and the
plane was slightly damaged In land
ing In the Biggs field, and it was out
of commission for the remaining
days of the fair.
Arthur B. MacKenzte, ot the Dud
rey Aircraft Company of Portland,
which conducts an aviation school at
that place, was In Prlnevllle when
the plane arrived, and he will fly It
at the Potato Show at Redmond -if
present plans are carried out. The
plane belongs to the Willamette Val-
! e y Aeroplane Passenger Servtce
Company.
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JACK CUSTER INSTANTLY KILLED LAST THURSDAY
OF CROOK COUNTY
SON OF EVANGELIST
T WHILE HUNT1I
A diapatch from Yakima, Wash
ington tells ot the accidental killing
ot Arthur Iiulgln, son ot Kev. E. i.
Bulgln, well known here.
The story follows.
, Arthur Bulgln, 21, son of Rev, E
Uulgln, widely known evangelist,
was shot and Instantly killed about
I o'clock this morning while hunt
ing with four other men on the Bur
llngame ranch about two miles north
ot the town ot Outlook In this coun
ty. Rev. Mr. Bulgln, father of the
young man, was one ot the hunting
party.
According to telophone messages
from Bunnyslde, young Bulgin was
killed by a charge from the gun ot
another member ot the party who In
the excitement of getting up a covey
of birds fired a charge of shot Into
the back ot Bulgln's head at close
range.'
Young Bulgln's wife is In New
York and his mother is In Chicago,
It was stated. He was a singer of
ability and came to Sutinyslde with
his father two weeks ago to assist
the latter In a series of revival meet
ings, In which he led the singing.
The acting coroner at Sunnyslde
tonight stated that Ralph Lyons, a
member of the hunting party with
Arthur Bulgin at the time he was
killed, bad made an affidavit that to
the best of his knowledge and belief
a shot from bis gun killed Bulgln.
LAKIN HARDWARE
.Each rider in the bucking contest
which took place In front ot the
grandstand during the fair received
a fine rope lariat, donated by the La
kin Hardware Company, on 8aturday
afternoon. Manager Schee present
ed the lariats to the riders from the
Judges' stand.
The riders receiving the lariats
were: Sumner Houston, winner of
the contest, Charlie Klet, Jim Inglls,
Sleepy Epperson, Fred Nichols, Hen
ry Stevenson, Billy Ray, Ralph Syl
vester, and Frank McCullough."
SHOW THIS WEEK
The Redmond Potato Show and
County Fair starts today at Red
mond, and will continue tomorraw
and Saturday.
The exhibits this year will be es
peolally good, on account of the fine
crops throughout the country, and
the awakening interest that is being
felt in. the different fairs. There
Is $3000 offered In premiums.
- A good time Is promised by the
management to all who will attend
There will be races, wild horses, cow
boys and Indians, and a dance each
and every night.
The cow weight guessing contest;
lot the fair was won by Mrs. Bill Led.
ford and Steve Yancey, each gues
Sing the correct weight, 1118 lbs.
BOSSIE WEIGHS
1118 POUNDS
FOR ALL CENTRAL
rRINKVILIJE, CROOK ttHJNTlT, OREOOff THL!R8IAY, OCTOBER 14, 1920
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By Clarence Mertechlng
The game with Bond
The chief occurence last week ot
Interest to Crook County high school
students was the game with Bend,
when a score of 85 to 0 In our
favor was made. It was called on
Friday afternoon, before the Fair
program, commenced. There was a
good attendance at the game, but a
larger crowd was expected.
The game was a walk-over from
start to finish. Although the op
posing team out-weighed the locals,
their organization was hot as per
fect. The Bend papers, In their
comment on the game say:
"Outweighed by an average ot 1!
pounds to the man, the local players
put on a splendid exhibition ot grit
and courage throughout the game,
never losing heart until the last
whistle blew. This was the first
real game of football many of the
team had ever participated In, and
they were naturally rather nervous
and upset. However, they all dis
played the main essentials of a toot
ball player beadwork, grit and that
never-say-die spirit which keeps men
going long after all strength is
gone." '
Somewhere In the Judgment ot
the fans ot either town there Is an
error. For the fans of Prlnevllle
say that we were outweighed by the
Bend team.
However, neither team can crow
about their performance as a whole.
Weak spots in both lines were at
tacked without mercy by tho quar
terbacks ot both teams. ' Consider
ing the number of inexperienced
men In the Crook county line-up, and
the showing they made, a very pro
mising outcome Is looked tor in the
future games. Since the John Day
game, a noticeable improvement Is
seen In the organization.
SCHEE RESIGNS
AS FAIR MANAGER
X wish to thank the people ot
Crook county that have helped me
with the Fair during the six years
that I have been Manager, and I
credit the success ot the past fairs
to your co-operation, and ask thai
you lend the same support and even
more to the new 1921 manager, as I
find that it Is impossible to handle
the work any longer due to the fact
that the -Fair comes at a time when
my own business needs all my at
tention. All I ask of anyone 1b to do as
much toward helping the new Man
ager as I am going to do myself.
Let's start on the 1921 Fair new
and make It the largest ever.
R. L. SCHEE.
OREGON
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; .After six minutes ot play, Smith
broke away on an end run and car
ried the ball 65 yards for a touch
down. During the first half two
more touchdowns and a drop-kick
were scored by Prlnevllle.
In the second half. Bend steamed
up, bringing the ball within two
yards ot the goal line; but the Prlne
vllle eleven buckled down and re
covered the ball on downs; Bend
failing to carry the ball across the
line. Prlnevllle was able to secure
two more touchdowns during this
halt.
1 A number of successful passes
were made by Prlnevllle, only one
being intercepted. Smith, Mills and
CfKelley made yardage in great
style. For Bend, Coyner hit the line
the hardest, while Haner made yar
dage a number ot times In fine
shape. Claypool played a - good
game at end, receiving several pas
ses for long yardage.
'.' The game was very slow because
vl Ijhe necessity of calling time on
account, of Injuries. Haner had
time called more than any man on
the field, until he was finally carried
from the field. Prlnevllle had time
called only once because of an in
Jury. A return game will be played
at Bend, October 39.
Following Is the the line-up tor
both teams:
Prjneville Position Bend
Ayers L.E. Claypool
Mertschlng L.T. Dutt
Luelling L.O. McRoberts
Jacobs C. Loejir
Horigan R.O. Boyd
Goodmlller R.T. G. Blakely
Shattuck R.E. Birdsall
Smith Q. L. Blakely
Bowling L.H. Coyner
O'Kelley R.H. Kelley
Mills F. Haner
- The enrollment of the school has
reached a total of 138 students, new
students this week being: Lei a
Laughlln, Lyle Laughlin, Verle Og
den and Norman Hall.
The high school exhibit at- the
Fair consisted chiefly of articles
from the Domestic Art department.
A few articles from the Science and
Manual Training department were
also on display. In addition, a num
ber of drawings by Ruth Clark and
Vera Dunham were exhibited. No
prizes were awarded, owing to the
tact that .the articles were entered
too late for judging. In previous
years entries were not made until
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HAY GROWERS WILL MEET AT
REDMOND FOR ORGANIZATION
:.' Hay growers from all parts of
Central Oregon are being requested
to attend a meeting called for 1 o'
clock In Redmond Monday afternoon
with the object of forming a hay
growers' association or merging
their interests with that of the po
tato growers' association.
It is believed by such an organiza
tion better marketing can be accom
plished. An enthusiastic meeting
along the same lines was held at
Terrebonne Tuesday night and the
meeting at Redmond decided upon.
Redmond Spokesman.
BOYS BIGGEST PRIZE WINNER
The distinction of being the big
gest prize winners was won by Neal
Roberts and Charles McClun. Mas
I ter Neal received $18.00 in prizes,
land Charles was given $16.00 In all.
. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
POTATO OUTLOOK
IS MUCH BETTER
Although there is no estbllshed
market for potatoes this fall as yet,
the prospect for a strong level is In
creasingly better as reports come In
from other parts of the northwest,
according to O. E. Stadig, president
of the Central Oregon Potato Grow
ers' association.
Idaho and Washington communi
ties, from which early reports indi
cated heavy yields, now are facing
a twenty-five and fifty per cent yield
in some cases on account of potato
diseases, Stadig said.
The Central Oregon crop will be
light also, he estimates, due princi
pally to frosts last month which did
much damage to the crops planted
late in the season last spring.
The potato crop on the Burtt-Sbi-ma
farm at Lower Bridge is becora
i n g rough because of a second
growth brought on by Irrigation af
ter the frost which set the skin of
the potatoes so that the new growth
Is taking the form of knots, Stadig
said, Redmond Spokesman.
L1C EIRE DOES
A LOT OF
E
The operating room of the Lyric
Theatre was practically destroyed by
a fire Saturday night caused by the
explosion ot a roll ot films which bad
been left on the table, instead ot be
ing placed hi the metal container
provided for It.
The explosion occured about 8:30.
The theatre crowd was swelled
with visitors from the fair, but no
one was hurt in the jam, as is some
times the case in fires of this nature.
Pete Augustine, the operator, was
uninjured.
Both projectors are ruined beyond
any further use, and nearly all other
supplies were destroyed, including
seven reels of films. The loss will
amount to about eight hundred dol
lars.
J. B. Sparks, manager ot the Ly
ric, has stated that if all goes as well
as expected, the doors will be open
again tor movies on Saturday night.
TWO GOOD HOMES
FOUND FOR BOYS
As the result of the appeal by N.
G. Wallace for homes for Roy and
Wallace Witzed, held by the Juven
ile Court on charges of vagrancy,
the boys are now happily located iu
homes where they will receive the
best of training, as well as the lov
ing care that every boy and girl is
rightfully entitled to.
These boys are in "no way crimin
als, or viciously inclined, but they
have been neglected by their par
ents. The attitude of Judge Wal
lace in decreeing that these boys
were entitled to another start in life,
with the same chance to make good
as other boys, Is especially to be
commended, and the boys will partly
owe to him whatever good they may
accomplish during their lifetime as
the result of their upbringing in
good farm homes, instead of being
associated with the boys at the State
Training school without any person
al supervision. "
Roy, the youngest, will make his
home with A. W. Bayn at Powell
Butte, and Wallace, the elder, with
H. H. Hawley at Poet.
NO. B.
Thursday evening at 5:30, Jfck
Custer was electrocuted while at
tempting to move a fork derrick bo
longing to the Smith Brothers'
threshing outfit under the Deschutes)
Power Company's Cove power Una
near the Coshow ranch on the Ocho
co Project.
The derrick tripod caught on
telephone line running on the power
poles, and in attempting to lift the
telephone line over this by the use of
a pitchfork in one hand, while th
remaining telephone wire was held
in the other, an arc was formed
from the power line, which Jumped
perhaps two and half feet to th
ends of the fork tines passing down
the straps holding the fork to the
handle, into CuBter's body and onto
the other telephone line held la th
other hand, forming a short Circuit
which shut off the lights In thin city
for a few minutes, and caused Cus
ter's death almost instantly, the en
tire 22,000 volts passing through hl
body. -
The unfortunate man lived a short
time, and attempted to speak but
those who were near by were unabl
to understand anything he attempt
ed to say.
Mr. Custer was 49 years ot ago,
and a rugged type ot man, well-liked
by the crew with which he work
ed. ' - ', - .
Funeral services were held-in this
city by the Odd Fellows of which,
lodge he was a member, on Sunday.,
after having communicated with hia
home lodge, at Baker, Oregon.
Custer had a divorced wife la
Portland, but no children, and nc
other relatives that could be located
by the local lodge.
At the point where the attempt
was being made to go under the)
power line, the telephone wires are)
less than 18 feet above the ground.
After the accident,, the outfit was
pulled down a pole length and went
under the wire without touching
anything.
Manager Shattuck ot the Deschut
es Power Company, says that at all
regular crossings the lines are high
enough to admit the ordinary der
rick, and that - he has repeatedly
warned threshing crews and others
of the danger of getting too close to
the lines. He says that he is ready
at all times to assist in getting thru
the lines, and that anyone seeing a
break in the telephone line on these
poles should notify the company at
once, as the telephone wires usually
carry enough current to he danger
ous. CIRCUIT COURT HELD
UP BY SICKNESS
Because of the illness ot Circuit
Judge T. E. J. Duffy, Court was post
poned from Monday of this week un
til Monday next.
All jurors and witnesses were not
ified, and Court will be delayed just
a week.
Any naturalization business will
be postponed until the next term of
court because of the fact that no
new citizens are created in this man
ner, within thirty days of an elec
tion. '
FAMILY DISPLAY PRIZE TO
COUNTRY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Neal Roberts and Marie Roberts
received the prize for the best fami
ly display exhibited in the school de
partment. The main feature of tho
display was vegetables.
Charles, George and Blanche Mc
Clun took second place in the family
display division, also with vegeta
bles. Both exhibits are from coun
try schools.