Crook Cbmuity Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOLUME XXV,
rm.EViLi-E, ciiook county, orbgojc thi khimy, October 2, uno.
NO. 7.
Mr
M1MICIY
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OCAL POUTICAL POT llfflMCH HIQEST Siffl
TIIK CIUK)K COUNTY JOIRNAI8
AN'ALYHIH OK I'llOI'OHKII MUM
ANU MEAMUREM
Following are our anlysls of Hie
several measures on the state ballot
and our rocomnieudallons thereon.
Compulsory voting and registra
tion amendment, 800 yes, 10 1 do.
This amendment establishes no
thing except the authority of the leg
islature to compel by subsequent en
actment all qualified persons to reg
laler mid vote. Similar measures In
other countries have failed of thulr
purpose and even to approach effect
tvrneas In this country would requlie
establishment of eome form of police
espionage antagonistic to American
Ideas of liberty.
Vote 84)1 no.
Regulating legislative
payment of legislators.
ulona and
301 yea;
803 no.
Constitutional amendment length
ening the legislative term from 40 to
60 days, and, Increasing the pay of
mr mbersfrom $ 1 SO to$300 and for
bidding in moat instances tbe intro
duction of new bllla after tbe 40tn
day. Adoption would promote a
mora orderly consideration of lawi.
Tbla proapectlve Improvement I
worth the additional cost.
Vol 8KI ).
Oleomargarine bill. 804 yes, 80S
Do.
Theblll la an attempt to legislate
oleomargarine, 'cocoanut butter and
all other butter substitutes from the
market by Impoalng a high license
upon tale and upon use In public
places. State and federal laws now
amply protect the conaumer from de-
crptlon. The hill la (Infective In Unit j
It prescribes no llcenae for retailers '
and Us effect would largely be to j
transfer manufacture of wholesome .
butter substitutes In this stute to J
other states but still permit retail of
imported products. Bad in both
principle and detail.
Vole 80S no.
Single, tax amendment. 306 yes,
807 no.
Eliminates all taxes except taxes
on land with the ultimate but un
stated object of expropriation thru
high taxation of all lauds and conver
sloir of all farmers Into tenants of
the state. It la a measure hereto
fore rejected by the voters on numer-
HUB ui.lUDluttni viutiiai muwuow.vra
adopted In Canadian provinces have
proved an economic failure and am
being abandoned as rapidly as possi
ble. It Is a dream of theorists, some
of whom have money; and ling be'm
worked to death In Oregon by propa
gandas In need of meul tickets.
Whether Ha proponents have been
subsidized this year has not been dis
closed. .
Vole 307 no.
Amendment fixing term of certain
county officers. 808 yes, 309 no.
An amendment giving to five coun
ty officers the same tenure of office
as other county and atate and city
officers In general. Corrects an un
reasonable discrepancy and 'would
promote oeuer periormuuce oi uuuu
ty business.
Vote 808 yes.
Port of Portland dock commission
consolidation. 810 yes, 811 no.
Provides for the consolidation of
two commissions perfoming the same
functions and authorizes the single
commission to Issue bonds for rlTer
channel and Inner harbor improve'
went, and for acquirement, reclama
tion and disposal of low lands In and
.abutting harbor. While approval of
the entire state Is required it in-
-volves no statewide taxes or issuance
' of state bonds. It is wholly local In
wwtin
II application to the Port of Port
land. Does not specifically commit
port commission to the much discus
sed Bwan Island project. In Its pro
gressive and Investment character, It
Is similar to tbe Interstate bridge,
Columbia highway and general road
programme.
Vote 810 yes.
Anti-compulsory vaccination meas
ure. Amendment. 31! yes, 313 no.
Title of this amendment Is a mis
nomer. It Is an anti-medlcatlon
measure and Is plainly designed to
permit freedom of movement In pub
lic places of disease carriers. There
is no compulsory vaccination In Ore
gon and none Is suggested. Amend
ment Is denounced by scientists of
national repute as a menace to puo
llc health and as a distinct backward
top.
Vote) 813 no,
Amendment fixing legal rata of In
terest. 314 yes, 31 5 no.
Fixes th legal rate at 4 per cent
and the contract rata at not more
than S per cent Attempts by law
to reduce Interest rates are as old as
history and have never failed to pro
duce a money stringency, and actual
ly Increase the rate of interest by
compelling borrowers to resort to
unscrupulous lenders. No home
owner with a mortgage on his place
would be able to renew It If this am
endment passed, except by violating
the law and paying a higher rate for
the attendant risk.
Vote 815 no.
Roosevelt bird refuge measure.
316 yes, 817 no.
Cedes Malheur lake to the govern
ment for a perpetual bird reserve.
Adoption of this measure would
mean surrender of certain valuable
property held, In trust for the public
schools, In return for which couut
lons aquatic and marsh birds, some
of which are enemies of farm peats,
would be better perpetuated.
Voto 817 no.
Divided legislative session amend
ment. '318 yes, 319 no. j
The aim of this amendment is the
same as that of 803 yes-303 no, here
inbefore discussed, but it seeks to at
tain it in a different way. It pro
vides for a recess of nearly 60 days
after the legislature has been in ses
slon 40 days and for reconvening of
that body thereafter for ten days In
which only final action would be per
mitted on bills considered lu the first
period. Does not increase per diem
of members but adds somewhat to
legislature cost by lengthening ses
sion and Increasing mileage traveled.
Those In fuvor of the measure should
also vote 302 .yes, as widespread dis
crimination between the ty) by those
who favor an Improvement In legis
lative procedure will mean the de
feat of both. If both pass the one
receiving the largest affirmative vote
will prevail.
Voto 818 yes.
State market commission act. 320
yes, 321 no.
This measure gives state encour
agement to co-operative and other
methods of reducing the spread be
tween what a producer receives and
the consumer pays. It Is in .the in
terest of both classes.
Vote 820 yes.
PRODUCE EXCHANGE OPEN
The Prinevllle Produce Exchange,
located near Johnson's Sweet Shop,
opened for business Saturday. T.
E, Kyuiston, the manager, has not
yet received his full line of stock.
Besides fruit and vegetables he ex
pects to be able to furnish customers
with poultry and eggs, fresh fish,
oysters and meat products.
DAT
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FOLLOWING OUR USUAL CUSTOM, THE JOURNAL WILL RECEIVE ELEC
TION RETURNS FROM THE NATION, STATE, DISTRICT AND COUNTT AND
CITY TUESDAY EVENING, AND WILL POST BULLETINS O.N THEM UNTIL
AFTER THE RESULTS ARE ASSURED.
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By Clarence Mertachtng
Military and physical training has
commenced. As military training is
by tbe State law compulsory, all boys
physically able are required to take
It. However, they may be exempt
by consent of the faculty. As the
weather is favorable for the girls to
be out also, all the boys not out for
football must take military training
three days out of each week. Mr.
Shlppee has charge of the work, as-j
slated by Carl Crisp. The first night !
there were eighteen boys lined up
for Instructions, the remainder of the
boys being on the football field.
A letter has been received from
Lincoln HI In Portland, asking tor an
open date for a game here. A reply
was mailed Immediately,' asking, for
terms, and giving Armistice Day as
a favorable date to play. In addi
tion, letters were also sent to Jeffer
son and Benson. It Is hoped a game
may be scheduled with at least one
of these Portland teams, as the local
eleven Is very desirous to know how
they line up with a team from a dif
ferent section of the state.
Russell Kenny of Culver Is the on
ly new student to enroll in the high
school for this last week. In the en
rollment by classes, the FreBhmen
have the largest number with 62.
OFFICIAL LIST OF
County Clerk Asa W. Battles has
' Issued a list of the registered voters
for Crook county, according to the
books which were closed in his of
11 c e October 15th which shows
where the voting power of the coun
ty lies.
It is interesting to note that prac-
tically halt of the votes will be cast
in Prinevllle, that a heavier percent
age of the fair voters are registered
as democrats than republicans, and
that southern and older settled pre
cincts In the county are the only ones
where the number of democrats ap
proach the number of republicans,
with the exception of West Prine
vllle precinct, which has a slightly
heavier democratic than republican
registration.
More than thirty-five per cent of
the total voters are of the gentler
sex, and are quite active' In the cam
paign, from the presidential contest
on down, or up. the ticket, depend
ing -on your viewpoint. "
1
THE ELECTION RETURNS
The Seniors are next in line with 32,
the Sophomores 27, and the Juniors
have 22.
Mr. Evans has received a card
from John Houston, stating that he
had registered In the University of
California. At the same time that
John left for school, Harold Davis
went with him to take up Journal
ism. t
Last Tuesday night the Commer
cial club men held their weekly lun
cheon in the Dpmestle Science de
partment. A splendid three course
dinner was served to twenty-eight
people. Many favorable comments
were made -in regard to the dinner
and the excellent service. The en
tire dinner was planned and prepar
ed by tbe students in this depart
ment ' r
An interesting experiment was per
formed by the Physics class in test
ing the lung pressure with a simple
open arm manometer. A manomet
er is a glass tube that Is curved, thus
making arms of different lengths on
each side of the bend. A mirror
scale is attached behind this tube, in
order that the readings may be made.
The short arm Is connected with rub
ber tubing, through which the per
son whose lungs are being tested,
blows Into the glass tube. There is
morcury of about 25 or SO centimet
ers in this tube that rises in the long
arm and descends In the short arm
when air is blown in. Before blow
ing air into the tube, the mercury
stands at the same level In both
arms. , The reading of the lung pres
sure is taken at the highest possible
point that the mercury reaches In
the long arm and the lowest point In
the short arm. The highest pres
sure was 214 millemeters, while the
lowest vas 20 millemeters. How
ever the lung pressure of the aver
age person is about 40 millimeters.
(Continued on page 6)
The table follows:
g g s a a
E '! s
v w 0 B
East Prinevllle 837 121 90 66 49
West Prineville 267 68 65 72 70
Montgomery 61 13 10 12 11
McKay 93 43 18 22 l
Roberts 35 14 2 12 9
Kitching' 27 11 3 9 2
Johnson Creek 220 84 46 57 25
Mill Creek 32 9 4 14 5
Howard . 23 11 4 6 3
Summit 16 5 4 6 1
Bear Creek 63 19 10 23 8
Camp Creek 73 29 12 25 3
White Butte B7 20 7 21 7
Beaver 102 35 17 34 15
Maury 87 10 7 13 7
Newsom 111 82 19 41 17
Breese 17 10 3 3 1
Powell Butte 162 68 40 28 17
Fife 89 11 5 12 7
Hat Rock 29 12 4 6 5
Summary V
Male Female Total
Republican ......625 360 ...985
Democrat ......481...,....268 ,;.749
Prohibition ...... 2 4 7........
Socialist ... 19........ 6 21
Miscellaneous .. It - 7 ! I
1143 647 1790
V
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IS POPULAR JIERE
Prinevllle Hour Goes to Mitchell
Three wagon loads of wheat and
two wagon loads of apples arrived in
Prinevllle from Mitchell last Satur
day for sale in Prineviire.' Twenty
four horses were necessary to bring
the produce.
The wheat was sold at the local
mill and the apples found a ready
sale In Prinevllle homes.
Those in charge were Henry
Specht and son, Leslie Payne, D. H.
Dove and Frank Fuller. The re
turn trip to Mitchell was made the
first of the week, with tbe wagons
loaded with dour from the local mill.
Mr. Specht, who has auplied Prine
vllle patrons with fruit tor the past
18 years, reports that he has never
seen the Mitchell road in as bad a
shape as it is now. This is partly
due to recent storms, but largely to
the highway construction which is
still underway.
The graveling and grading'mre still
going on in the Wheeler county sec
tion. Tbe road between the summit
and this city, which has been gravel
ed. Is In fine shape, demonstrating
the improvement in the Mitchell road
which will become a fact when tbe
highway work is completed.
The improvement that would be
gained in suplying the Hitchell coun
try with merchandise and other sup
plies from Prinevllle Is already ap
parent and it is thought by MitehH
people that in the future Prinevilla
will supply the entire Mitchell coun
try, Instead of Condon, as at present.
IS LAID TO REST
Mrs. Susanna Yancey was laid to
rest last Sunday from the home of
her son, S. W. Yancey, death occur
ing after a long illness.
Mrs. Yancey was born in William
son county, Illinois, March 17, 1836.
Her parents died when she was a
young child. She crossed the plains
with her grandparents as far as Utah
lu 1S52, and was married to, J. P.
Yancey in that state in 1854. Af
ter residing in various places in Ne
vada,- California and Oregon, they
arrived in Crook county then Was
co county, in 1880, and since that
time the name of Yancey has ever
been closely connected with the his
tory and development of the county.
She was laid tq rest in the I. O. O
F. cemetery, by the side of her hus
band, who died in 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Yancey had eleven
children, six gills and five boys. Of
these, five girls and three boys sur
vive their mother, as follows: Ed
mund H. Yancey of Klamath Falls,
Jesse .P. Yancey, Mrs. S. E. Forin,
Mrs. H. E. Estes, S. W. Yancey Mrs.
May Mackey, Mrs. Adell Nye all of I
Prinevllle, and Mrs. J. M. Hansen of
Portland. James M. Yancey of Ne
vada, Mrs. I. W. Ward, and Al Yan
cey preceded their mother to the
great beyond.
The deceased Is also survived by
20 grandchildren and 18 great-grad-children.
- Mrs. Mabel . Connely left Sunday
morning tor Bend, where she will
make her home. She will be em
ployed In the office of a lumber com
pany Inthat city. For the past year
Mrs. Connelly has acted as Stenogra
pher tor the Ochoco Irrigation Dis
trict, and many friends wish her
good luck In her new work.
As tbe time draws near for tbe city,
county and national election, the
simmering of the pot becomes mors
noticeable, and from Indications wsj
feel safe in predicting a large amount
of hustling by the oposlng forces and
their friends op election day. The
heaviest cloud in the county, it now
seems, hangs on tha race for sheriff,
and a close run in this direction Is
the general opinion. The ticket Is
made up on both sides of good ma
terial, and we feel that either way
the scales tip at the final accounting
will leave the reins of office in good
hands. 8e we say, "go to it boys",
and good luck to the winner.
UKClf SMS NIECES
TO BE WITH US
The first entertainment in the
Meneley Entertainment Course giv
en under the auspices of the Prine
ville Shrine Club, will be presented
at the Club Hall next Saturday eve.
Uncle Sam's Nieces are tour very
brilliant young ladies whose reper
toir is composed of impersonations,
readings, and instrumental and vo
cal numbers, all Interspersed with
humor. These young ladies havs
been remarkably successful on the
entertainment platform and have left
their audiences highly pleased where-
ever they have 'appeared.
The proceeds from these entertain
ments are to be used in purchasing
furniture for the new Masonic hall.
General admission to Uncle Sam's
Nieces, fifty cents, including war tax.
ES
IR ACCUS
There has been a false report cir
culated during the past few days that
I have been a slacker.
No such charge or statement has
ever been made before and is now on
ly being used for the purpose of in
fluencing the good people of this
county to defeat me for the office of
sheriff.
I registered and filled out my ques
tionaire, and have in my possession
my registration certificate, which is
numbered 20483A, and stood ready
to fight for our country then and
now to the last notch, and my reason
in running for sheriff was also to el
iminate the corrupt practices exist
ing the past and to fight the evils
which burdened the people in getting
what, they honestly paid for and da
served, and on the same principles
that any reliable citizen would stand
I would not stoop solow as to use
such unjust methods and falsehoods
to defeat my opponent, and I take
this means of informing the people
of Crook county that any statements
made against my loyalty, integrity,
honesty and sincerity of purpose are.
but a "frame-up" and political sub
terfuge. I trust that the people will consid
er the forces that are trying to mis
lead them In believing such false
hoods at this late date. If defeat
ed honestly, I wish my opponent suc
cess and will support the administra
tion to assist the people in obtaining
proper' results.
If I am elected, I pledge my ablest
support towards enforcing the laws
and to carry out the instructions ef
my office. ,,
1 i . Respectfully,
OUE H. OLSON,
(Paid Adv.) Candidate for Sheriff