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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOLUME XXV.
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OREGON GETS APPROPRIATION FOR mm
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, WASHINGTON. DEC. PRESIDENT WILSON HAH AITROVED
TIIK 9IWI,04M ESTIMATE FOR TIIK
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I.V ADDITION TO PREVIOUS ESTIMATES FOB EXTENSION I.N THE
STATE OK OREGON. ' , ;
Thl fa Ix-licvril to ItiMirr Im-luoloti of lrwhotHi In next year's work,
1ialrmnii Good of the appropriation committee having indicated hi ym.
Uktiy with I lie Oregon di'li-jcation In It stand for allotment of more fund
In vkw of esppfltlMurmt ironMd for New York and in neighboring stole.
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WASHINGTON. D. C, DEC. 14. 1920.
OUT LAFOLLETTE. . -
EDITOR CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL, , -
TRINEVILLE. OREGON.
AH A RESULT OK PERSISTENT FIGHTING FOR THE LAST TWO
WEEKS. FOR ADDITION TO RECLAMATION FUND FOB OREGON,
SECRETARY OK INTERIOR AM) DIRECTOR OK RECLAMATION SER
VICE HAVE ASKED PRESIDENT TO APPROVE. 'A RECOMMENDATION
FOR FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO INAUGURATE GOV.
KRNMENTAL IRRIGATION OK DESCHUTES VALLEY.
THIS MEANS THE WILDING OK RESERVOIRS EITHER AT BEX
HAM PALlJt OR AT CRANE PRAIRIE WHICH IN Ol'B JUDGMENT
MEANS THE DEVKI-OPEMENT OK TIlV: GREAT CENTRAL OREGON
4UNTRY.
NICHOLAS J. 8INNOTT, M. C.
, CHARLES L, McNARY, U. 8. S.
GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN, U. S. S.
The United States government will
ndp under the task of irrigating the
Central Oregon country and take
initial action at once, f he Benham
Falls, o r Crane Prairie project,
which ha been dlacuaaed for yearn,
and which for a long time aeemed
Impoaible of accomplishment Ii as
sured with the direct statement from
Washington that the government
will build a mammoth dam at one
place or the other, and that an In
itial appropriation for $400,000 Is
assured to start that great task.
The action at this time la the re
Bult of a two week's fight headed by
the Oregon delegation, Chairman
Good of the House Appropriation
Committee and Director Davis of the
Reclamation Service.
, The project Is Intended to supply
water by the storage of waste or win
ter run off of the Deschutes, deliver
it to the lands which have been with,
hehl from entry for to many years
betwee'n Powell Butte and Bear
Creek Butte, and Will extend conttu,
uoualy to the very limits of this city
on the south and west, covering the
lands between this city and Redmond
that have never been reclaimed.
. In addition, water will be applied
to the North Unit project, surveys
for which are now being made, and
any other lands which may be sup
plied through arrangement with the
reclamation service.
i It is considered that the present
action Is a direct result of the visit
of the appropriation committee of
the House of Representatives to this
part of the state last summer..
At that tlme, chairman .Good.. of
the committee said to a Journal re
presentative after . having been
shown over the project in questiou
''A condition now ; exists whereby
Oregon has a balance of millions of
dollars in the reclamation service
OF CROOK COUNTY
TO 1 fl M
aJ3 L-X U UU U
NOV
DESCHUTEH RECLAMATION PRO-
II V THE RECLAMATION HKHVK E
fund, which should be available for
this state during the next few years,
and through the lease of govern
ment oil lands, this money will be
available each year la good sited
amounts.
"If I am not misinformed, there
is now enough money there tint
should be had to make poslble an
appropriation of from 1400,000 to
half a million dollars, and I am pro
raising you that I will make a hard
fight to have this money approprlat
ed for the Benham Falls project, the
only proviso being that Director Da
vis, who U a member of this party,
considers the project a leasable one.
"The lands we have looked at to
day should support thousands of
happy homes, Instead of being a bar
ren waste as they are today.
"I had no Idea you had such
amounts of exceltent land here, and
the trip has sure been a revelation
to me.
Before leaving the party at a point
north of this city Chairman Good as
sured us that the project is entirely
feasable and should be built, in the
opinion of Director Davis.
. Senator McNary went on record iu
a public addres shortly after when
he said that he wanted to go on re
cord as favoring the project. 1
The part played by Congressman
Slnnott should not be overlooked
Although not a member of the ap
propriations committee, he ' took II
onto himself to come with the party
and took part In the arrangement
of many details of their entertain
ment. ; . - '' !';','.'?" - '
Monday evening the girls turned
out for basketball practice. As a
number desire- to take basketball
tralnng, a division must .be made,
and each night a different set will
practice until the team Is selected.
County
FOR ALL CENTRAL
IRIXEVtLLE, CBOOK COUJfTY, OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, laao.
STOCKfM PROTEST HERD LAW MOVES
FULLER PRIZE TO BE GIVEN
FOR CI. I II HliOGA.N JAN, 1
Who among the ladles of this
county has a slogan for the use
of the commercial club?
In Its eampalifn (or the adrer-
tising of the community, not
Prlnevllle, but the farm lands
adjacent, there Is a real need
for a commercial club slogan,
and Cap. Fuller, of Guthrie &
Co., will award a cash prise of
(10, which has been posted at
this office, for the prize winner
In the slogan contest.
' The award will be made Jan-
nary 1, and announced In the
Journal of that week. ,
' Address your slogan to the
Journal, and mark the envel-
ope Commercial Club Slogan
Contest. It will be left for the
Judges to open on January 1.
at the time that the award Is
made.
LEGION SMOKER TO BE
STAGED FRIDAY NIGHT.
Kid Taylor, one of the best known
fast leather pushers on the coast Is
to box Greek George here Friday
night, instead -of Ava Pelling as an
nounced last week.
The change Is made because of the
fact that the last named contestant
was badly worsted with the same op
ponent in a recent go and does not
care to repeat the experience.
Five bouts in all will be staged by
the Legion men, and every man Is
Insured his money's worth.
W. W. G. EXTERTAIXED
The World Wide Guild met at the
home of Mrs. W. 3. Ayres- Monday
evening, Dec. 18. After a short
missionary program, silk embroider
ered butterflies were given to each
of the W. W. G. tnembers. The but
ter flies were sent from Huchow
China by Miss Edna Shoemaker, the
missionary whom the Guild have
sent missionary boxes to for the last
two years.
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream
coffee, and homemade candy was
served. Those present were Miss
Esslo Reams, Marjorle Wilson, Myr
tle Lister, Blanche Rowell, Lelu
Laugblin, Calista Houston, Miss
Nora Stearns, Miss Moore, Mrs. Asa
Battles, Mrs. S. W. Babcock, and
hostess Mra.:.W; S. Ayres. ;.
ACCIDENT AT FRIDAY RANCH
One of the laborers on the Irriga
tion dam at the Priday ranch near
Gateway was badly injured when a
delayed blast broke his Jaw, knocked
his teeth out, and otherwise injured
him. He leaned over the blast to
see why It did not Are, and It blew
off In his face. He was immediately
put on the train and sent, to the hos
pital.' -.:..'.. ; -', ' '
COUNTY ROAD BONDS
HELD VALID BY COURT
The 1200.000 issue of Crook
County road bonds .are held va-
lid, in an opinion handed down
Tuesday by the State Supreme
Court in a like case in Union
county. , '
This validates about $6,000,-'
000 in road bonds In the state.
Issued or authorized, of which;
our Issue 1s a small part
OREGON
WE
BUYS MCKAY TIMBER.
Deeds were Sled this week cover
ing several sections of timber lands
In the Blue Mountains on the bead-
waters of McKsy and Willow Creeks,
the timber being transferred to the
Prlnevllle Lumber Com p a n y of
which G. M. Cornett and J. F. Stein
tort are the leading factors.
The lands, added to the already
extensive holdings, makes one of the
best bodies of yellow pine timber
near this city, and will afford tim
ber for the mills of this concern for
years to come.
In addition to the mills already
owned by the Prlnevllle company, a
new mill and planer are being plan
ned for their new location on the
siding which is bein Installed on the
City o f Prlnevilel railway about
three mlleB west of this city, where
a box factory mey be installed also.
. A HELP TO TRINEVILLE
- T. Othr fnunHp lf thla atatA
are helping themselves and why
not Crook county? Wheat has,
by the action of the bulls and
the bears reached Its lowest lev-
el and is now on the rise. The
demand I s soon t o become
acute. This community can
render help to its own by put-
ting money into circulation.
Flour is about at its lowest
now and if every household will
purchase at least a barrel of
flour the mill will grind and
thus be prepared to make pur-
chases of wheat from the farm-
era who will be able to meet
their, bills and the deposits in
the banks will be 'sufficient to
assist the cattle man. This will
soon mean local and immediate
help.
Let everybody buy at least
one barrel of flour.
MANY ENJOY CLUB OPEXIXG
The opening of the Legion Club,
lust Monday night, was well attend
ed, and a thoroughly enjoyable time
was Bpent by all present. The bowl
ing alley was kept very busy, and
cards, pool, and other games were
also indulged in. A tour-round bout
between Duffy Knorr of Terrebonne
and Jack Dobry was one of Um fea
tures. The absence of members of the
fairer sex was very noticeable, for
while a cordial invitation was ex
tended to them to attend . not- one
graced the occasion. ,
Under the direction of the Amer
ican Legion, anyone can Join the Le
gion Club, the dues being very reasonable.-
Every Tuesday night will
be ladies' night on the bowling alley.
FUNERAL OF MRS. J. STREET
The funeral of Mrs. James Street,
who died at her home in this city
Tuesday morning, about one o'clock,
will be held tomorrow from the Me
thodist church at two o'clock. ;
' Mrs. Street has lived in this part
of the country the greater share of
her life. She has been a semi-inva
lid Tor a number of years, and was
much loved by her friends for her
sweet disposition, and her patient
endurance of her illnes. Her hus -
band. James .Street, of Suntex. and
daughter, Mrs. Frank a; Turner ot
LaGrande, were at her bedside when
she died. . ... .
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Journal
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
PRINEVlLLE-IOWELL
BUTTE HIGHWAY READY
FOR SURFACING. GRADE
" WEST OS1 CITY NOW
The state highway between
.this city and Powell -Butte,.
which is a link of the Engene-
Mitchell road, is completed and
ready for gravel.
Equipment is being installed
tor loading gravel, and work
of putting the surface on the
road will begin at once. ,
The new grade has been com-
pleted and traffic is already di
verted over it. This makes a won-
derful improvement over the
..old -road being an even grade
for the entire length.
The highway is on an entlre-
ly new survey from the east end
of the grade to the StiU ranch,
and after the surfacing is com-
pleted, will be one of the best
in interior Oregon.
OAL CIEX RECEP-
i:iT0EEJA!:ffl2
The annual New Year's reception
given by the Ladies' Annex, will take
place in the afternoon of January 1
instead of in the evening as was an
nounced in last week's Journal.
The annex rooms will be open
from two to five, and a cordial invi
tation is issued toeveryone to be the
guests of the ladies at that time.
GIRL INJURED IX FALL
The daughter of Mrs. Kate Calvin
of PoWeil Butte was thrown from
her horse yesterday afternoon, and
a hurry call was put in for Dr. H. P.
Belknap, as it was feared at first
that her neck was broken but this
fortunately was not the case, and
she is suffering only from bruises
and the scare.
KDWIX SUNDQUIST IN ACCIDENT
While hauling wood on Grizzly
mountain last Monday, Edwin Sund
qulst was hurt badly by the whole
load turning and falling on him.
One ear was nearly severed from his
head, and he received bruises all
over his body from the falling wood.
Dr. J. H. Rosenberg was called on
the case and he patched up his ear
so that he probably will not lose it.
LIZZIE COLLIDES WITH S
GAS FILLING STATION.
Had the Master Electric Filling
Station, belonging to the Inland Au
to, company, been of less solid con
struction, it no doubt would have
been put entirely out of commission
when a Ford auto collided with it,
head-on last Saturday morning.
As it was, it had to be taken down
and welded in several places, on ac
count of being badly sprung, but ii
was up again and working before the
day was over. It is the only electric
station in town and was missed very
much by the auto trade while it was
disabled.
. The radiator of the Ford was put
on the bum, and a new one had to
be installed before it could be used
again. '
A boy, well, .under the legal age.
' - was driving the car, and he evldentt
ly lost his head when he was trying
to drive along side the tank for gas
Children should not be permitted to
drive cars under any circumstances.
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NO. It,
win
Stockmen at their meeting Satur
day evening at the court house In this
city gave consiuerauie lime u lae ai-
cussion of the herd laws pasasd at
the recent election in the ptwell
Butte and Alfalfa communities
The stockmen said in tbW dis
cussion of the matter that the law
provides that no stock be allowed to
run at large In the community whtr
the law is in effect, and that should
any stray In, they were liable to be
taken np and sold for costs and', dam- -ages,
which has had the effect of
driving the range stockmen out of
business entirely where It hast been
in force. ' '
Thatf n i A that It vn.tjl Ha Int. .
possible to buy' hay and feed cattle
in such a community, for the reason
that the stragglers would drift into
the community where they had been ,
that could not be met by the stock
men themselves.
In addition to this fact, a number.
of large stockmen have ranges and
deeded lands near the effected dis
tricts, or are obliged to trail thru
them in the spring and fall to reach
their summer quarters, which only
adds to the liability of losing stock
in the manner . Indicated. ,r
A number of ranchers and hay
growers from the Powell Butte com
munity were present and took part
in the discussion, assuring the stock
men that they meant no injustice
for the stockmen, who had In years
past bought hay there and had not
considered the effect on the livestock
industry when the vote was taken.
A meeting is being held tonight
at Powell Butte community hall, and
the stockmen were invited to attend
and see what action it any can be
taken at this time to remedy the ob
viously bad condtion for the stock
men. .
The instance shows but another
reason why there should be a better
and closer arrangement of condi
tions between the Powell Butte com
munity and Prineville, the-home ot
most of the stockmen.
No community can live nnto Itself
alone, and we believe that the Powell
Butte people are absolutely sincere
in their assertion that no harm was
intended against the stockmen, and
that they will arrange the matter
as. best they can to care for the
wants of the feeders who are so im
portant to the hay industry.
BARNARD-THOMPSON
The marriage ot Reuben L. Barn
ard and Georgia Lea Thompson oo
cured yesterday afternoon a t the
Methodist parsonage. Mr. Barnard
is employed at the George Russell
ranch, and the young folks will be at
home to their friends at that place.
The bride is the daughter ot Mrs.
Lola Rhodes, who is also employed
at the Russell ranch, and who acted
as a witness to the marriage, togetrt
er with Mrs. Emma Randle, sister of
the groom. ' ' '
TO SECURE $750 FOR !,
:'.-.:. STARVING CHILDREN
' A Christmas appeal is being
made tor Crook Comity's share
in the large appropriation of
funds to save the starving chil
dren of Europe, the county al
lotment being $760. -lf
Rev. Gallaher is county chair
man , and . W. I, Harrison pt
Portland is in town today as
sisting in the work. ,y . i,
Prineville is expected to raise
$425, Powell Butte $100, Mc
Kay and Grimes Flat $75. Post
and Combs Flat $50, Paulina"
and Beaver Creek $50, Lower
Crooked Rfver ard Grizzly, $50. -
Upper Oohoco $50.'