Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, December 30, 1920, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextOF.EGCN HEWS NOTES CF GEKERALCITEBEST Principal. Events of the Weei Briefly Sketched for Infor-1 mation of Our Readers. Mm carlouris of packed apples tod pears wort shipped Inst week from Benton county orchards to New Or leans, the growers receiving iii bl(b M $2.76 box (or their fruit. An Tlllmok county does not have common point rates iliiilli.r to Astoria cud nth or Oregon cities, a movement U on fool to apply to the interstate comment commission at Washington. Tht stale flab anil game commit ' luii tiaa closed all flab hatcheries and agii taking alatlont In Klanuitb coun- (v ftie Him mliiip anA Inl.i ,.rr ti. i nreluhl n ftiiinlnva.l rim-In- ih. ..,. nier. , Claims sgiilnat tht rlty of Klamath .Tails (or damages totaling $:)73i bavt bten filed by all survivors of the I Houston hoU'l flrt, In wliMi at least i nine persous lost their lives Suptcna-j nor (. . j Blieep entered tht Hampton school house In Deachulea county and devour 4 tht School register containing tht) i records of every pupil attending tht! school aim s tht district wus organised ! In 1911. I The trustee of Albany college bavt j been noliried of a bequest left the col- j lege by Ilm line Kllen E. Geary of Portland. Mis Geary was a daughter of one of tht turly presidents of lbs1 loss t It nt Ion. out or s toiui of $:s,iM)3.gr,i 92 that has been expended by the highway de-purtm.-nt from It Inception In 1913 to Doc-ember 1 of this year, more than half, or $13.34.398 3T bus been ex pended this year. Robbers eurly Friday broke Into tht State bank of luillcr, miult an Inef fectual attempt to dynamite the safe, ' and escaped after breaking Into a bar bnr shop and Jewelry store and steal ing valuable articles. Mayor Aran! of Dallas bus gone to El I'uao, Tex., whera he will intend tht annual convention of the Nutlunal Anfcora Gout tlreedera' association, of whli h organisation he bus been presi dent for the past several yeura. School children In Marlon county, xclualve of the city of 8nlem, num ber tibliS, according to figures com plied by the county school superin tendent. In Ralnn there are approxi mately 4500 children of school age. ;? Crosiilng accidents on the lines of the Southern Pacific In Oregon during tbt period from January 1, 1918, to Stptemher 1, 1920, resulted in a toll Of 12 lives, 638 Injured and 161C automobiles damaged or destroyed. The Hood River county court adopt ed a resolution limiting the loads of motor trucks on vulley highways to their fnctory rate capacity. The state law permits truck drivers to carry 600 pounds In excess of the rated capuclty. Ownership of tide lands In casus where tidal streams, by process of erosion, encroach upon the tnmli of bort owners, follows the shifting boundary line to tht line of ordinary nigh tldt, according to a IckuI opin ion glvtn by I. H. Van Winkle, attorney-general. ; Indications of a general strengthen ing of the markets for dried and green fruits were announced by R. C. Faul ts of Salem, sales manager of the Oregon Growers' Cooperative associa tion, in an address delivered before tht State Horticultural toclety at Its meeting la Kugent Friday. Careful Investigation made by the Sherman county farm bureau, based on figures kept by cooperating farmers, reveals the fact that the average cost of producing a bushel of wheat last year was 11.15. Half of the farms pro- ' duced their crop at a figure above this, some running as high as $2.40. Protest against what la alleged to be an excessive rate proposed by the , national forest service for gracing In the Lava Bed country In Modoc and Siskiyou counties, California, has been lodgtd by tht Klamath County Wool Growers association with W. O. Dur bln, supervisor of tht Modoc national .' forest ... One hundred and forty-nine Orego lane were decorated by foreign gov- I'ornnients tor their service abroad during the world war, aocordlng to a compilation completed by Oeorge A. h White, adjutant-general of the state, In bis work of organizing the world- I war records affecting Oregon and Ore- ; fon men. I The mllllng-ln-translt rate so long sought by the smaller lumbermen of 1 western Oregon probably will be put In force by the Southern Pacific com pany In the near future, according to : a letter received by Fred C. Walters, ; president of the Elmlra Lumber cotn 1 pany, from Oeorge Quiiyle, secretary of the Oregon Chamber of Commorcs. Mr. Quayle enclosed a letter from the . public service commission In which it was stated that the commission was In formed by letter from the railway com pany that when the netv consolidated lumber tariff was Issued, the milling- ' ln-translt privilege would probably be Included, i Twenty tight mltet of trails wert built la tbt Cascade national fonst I during the iaat season, according to a ! report of N. K. Macduff, supervisor of 1 lit forest. I Lest aurunjir lightning catisi-d 24 fires In tbt Cascade national fori-st. . i according to tbt annual report on fires : ; Just finished by N. If. Macduff, super- j visor of tht forest. I Organisation campaigns hava been launched In all tht existing farm bu-' roan eountlet, which art expected to brine tbt total membership In tbt statt) np to 10,000. TM highest priced Raniboulllet ram j at tht ram salt held recently In Bait lam wan bought by the Cunningham Bhtep company of Pendleton. Tbt '. purchase price was IlluO. Work on tbt power, plant silt on ' Tumalo ertek baa been suspended for tbt winter, tbt crew employed com pitting tbelr task Jdst at heavy snows mad further labor Impossible. j Qeorgt W. Weeks of Salem Is now ' mP'0Jr,n a force of men digging 1 ship a million of them to Watsonvllle, ' I Cat whir tbty bavt been sold, j Plans art belag made In Mount Ver not, a Grant county town, to pipe mln oral water from the springs near that j place Into the town, where a new hotel and bath bouses will be constructed. The name of every trail and every creek In the Cascade national forest will be plainly marked on new map 6f the forest now being compiled by N. T. Macduff, supervisor of tbt forest. Mrs. R. A. Booth of Eugene has given a memorial window to Willam ette university, to be Installed In Wal ler ball. The gift Is In honor of Mrs. Lucia Anna Orubbs, dsughter of Jason Lee.. The Bates II Rotters Construction oompany, which has been building the Wlllamlna ft Grande Ronde railway, bat turned over Its unfinished eon traot to tbt Spauldlng Lumber com pany Tbt larfcttt class of candidates over Initiated Into any lodge In Lane coun- ty Joined Eugene camp of the Wood xota of tbt World. More than 300 en from different parts of Lane coun ty wert taken Into the order. All election dope was upset In Lin coln county. The county, by registra tion 4 to 1 republican, gave Harding a 3 to-l rote and defeated Chamber lain by a small majority, then defeated every republican candidate, with one exception, who bad democratic op position. Two Oregon towns. .Iftncalla, In Douglas county, with a population of about 800, and Burns, county seat of Harney county, with a population of about S00, elected women to the office of mayor in tht election. Toncalla also elected an entire administration of women. i Oregon counties have been appor- tlonsd $121,623.51, representing 25 per cent of tbe receipts from forest re servo rentals, sains of timber, etes, from forest reserves for the year end ing June 80, 1920. This money wss received by tbe stale from tbt fed oral government. After a strenuous trip of personal Inspection of the surveyed route from Neskowln, In southern Tlllauiok coun ty, over the divide into the Salmon river country to Otis, .thence to New- port, walking nearly he entire dis tance, Governor Olcott, accompanied by Herbert Nunn, slate highway engin eer, and Dr. B. E. Lee Steiner, arrived In Newport. A coincidence In the vote of Linn county In tbe election Is that the two Hawleys W. C. Hawley for reelec tion as representative In congress from tht first district and C. L. Hawley for dairy and food commissioner ran al most on par, there' being just one rote difference betwen their respective totala. W. C. Hawley received 6208 votes In the county and C. L, Hawley received 6209. Tbt volume of business handled by tht stats treasurer's office during tht last biennial period ended September 80, 1920, as shown by the receipts, ex- Oteded that of the previous biennlum a total of $70.50. by more than $19,000,000, according The community tree was well at to it report prepared tor consideration tended and a good program was ren Of the legislature at its next session dered. " la January. The receipts of the office j C h a r 1 e s -Avery, of Ridgefield ber 10 of this year totaled $39,406, 026.11 Tht Bend Commercial club has filed ! a petition with the Oregon public ser- no commission requesting tbe con- tructlon of branch lino of the Ore - fOn-Washington Railroad ft Navlg ion company from Grant to Bend. tHavtiicrli RAttA k Kimllup fiAtltlnn M tiled) with the oommlsslon by tn, Burns Commercial club some time ago. It Is alleged in the petition that tht railroad It needed for the development of a large area of resourceful coun try. Paul V. Marls, director of exten sion at the Oregon Agricultural col lege; Chester H. Gray, chairman of tht American Farm Bureau Federa tion, and George A. Mansfield of Pros pect, Jackson county, temporary presi dent of the tentative Oregon state fans bureau, will tour the state this week In the Interest of perfecting tht or sanitation of the bureau federation proposed for the state. Meetings will be held In various districts through out the state. DR. LADO A I Si . Dr. E. r. Ladd, elected United Stattt Senator from North Dakota by the Non partisan Itagus. PREHISTORIC RELICS FOUND AT BIG EDDY The Dallee, Or. Charred skeletons and ancient copper utensils believed to be evidence of a prehistoric Indian race of an advanced typehave been found by workmen grading on tbe Co lumbia river highway near Big Eddy. Taken with hieroglyphics found on tbe cliffs back of Big Eddy, tht dlscor- eriea are thouiht to establish the fact tBt a highly developed tribe once nrflf ai.ar that point Tbe skeletons are charred and crum ble easily, Indicating that tht bodies may have been partially cremated or ' that an entire village was destroyed by a conflagration. j That tbe prehistoric race waa a type far superior to the Indians who roam ed tbe land In historic times It evl-. denced by the fact that ornaments made of apparently pure copper were found lying near the bodies. Pottery, 1 Images, weapons and many otHer de-j vices the use of which Is not known and which bave been either carved or worn out of solid stone bave been dug up during tbe week. ARMENIA FALLS TO REDS . " tr,van """"eg uecup.eq oy Turkish Troops. Constantinople. Armenia Is passing under Bolshevik control, it Is said in reports received here from Tlflis. Turks and Bolshevik Tartars have ef fected a junction at Aluxandropol and it is probable the city of Erivan has been occupied by Turkish troops com manded by Kazio Kasrabekir Pasha. Armenia troops are reported to be surrendering Georgia. or seeking refuge in The Russian bolfhevlkl, it is said ih reports from Sebastopol, are send ing units from three armies now in the Crimean region to Baku and Transcaucasia. "" Terrebonne IWl EW8 NOTES Mrs. Gertrude Whlties and son, Paul, went to Portland Sunday to attend tbe State Teachers' Associa tion, and for a visit Terrebonne waa given a quota in the Armenian Fund of $50.00, and we oversubscribed our quota, with homo, i after spending Xmas with his moth-; er, Mrs. L. Avery. j Mrs. N, Elliott and daughter Ina, gpent tke week ,B PorUwia. ; Qne caMoad of wheftt wag 8hlppea , from hm week t0 porU8nd. Mr Andra,n and of Red. ! i j ter and sister, Mrs. M. Dorn of Ter- rebonne. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE 1600 tamarac, 7-foot posts. For further information, I see John Dobry, at Stewart's stora. j 16-tf FOR RENT Three nice housekeep ing rooms. Enquire at 241 Fifth Street, 15-17p. STRAYED From the Weft Branch Cattle Range, 11 head of mixed ' cattle, branded H with bar above and below, on the left riba. Find er please notify S. H. Howden. Mitchell. Ore. 15-tfc. Victor Bradory who has been her.) visiting, hat returned to bis borne at I'nderwood, Wash. Miss Joyce llazleton, who Is tbt primary teacher, went to Appleton, Wash., to spend the Holidays, with her parents. Basket ball teams from bert will play with tht Redmond teams In Redmond Wednesday . Mrs, Eby's Sunday school girls clas will entertain Mrs. Hlbbard'e class of boys Friday evening. The two classes wert contesting for the most attendance and bett work, tbe boys won. Friday there will be an all-day- 1 wood-sawing-bee for the church. ; Dinner will be served at R. David eon's. j Mrs. V. McAllister spent Xmas ! with ber children on Upper Crooked River. j W. P. Ray and family of Bend and ! Roy Brown of Jay Creek spent Xmas . at the borne of J. Brown. Several from here went to the var ious Redmond-Ststera road camps for ; tbelr Xmas dinner, at tbelr husbands were there. Tbe county is putting a good road through to tbe Slaters, and have a force of 25 horse team and a caterplller engine at work. Miss Dorothy Miller returned to Portland Tuesday. Airs, t.mliy wallingnurg went to Culver Tuesday. Mrs. Leona Peck went to Culver Monday, after visiting at the borne of Omar Cyrus. Powell Butte News CHRIHTM AS-DAY FIRE CAUSES LOSH NEAR POWELL BUTTE The :00k shanty belonging to the highway camp near the old river bed caught fire on Christmas day and burned down. The bouse together with the stove, tables, benches, groceries meat, etc., were a complete loss, amounting to about $1200. It is not known Just how the Are originated, as most of the men were away for the day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert White, Con nie White, and young son arrived CORNETT & CO.'S BIG CASH DISCOUNT January 3rd to January 12th, inclusive we offer you an extra big cash discount on every article in our store, except Groceries and Hardware. Below we list only a few of our many bargains Be sure to visit this store whether you wish to make a purchase or not. 40 percent off 25 percent off on all our ladies' coats, suits, dres ses, skirts and sweaters. These include all the very best quality" of materials that money can buy. For these nine days we give you this special cash discount of 40 percent 33 1-3 percent off 125 percent off on all our ladies' waists, which in clude the best grades of Voiles, Pongees, Crepe de Chenes, and Georgettes, for nine days only, 33-1-3 percent cash discount. one Fourth off All of these I Sunday morning from Linn county to visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. j RIkks. They will remain for some. time and make a good visit as this j is their first time here. A Jolly family dinner party was en-, Joyed at the home of George Klssler and family Christmas day. Grand- pa and Grandma Klssler of Red mood. Mrs. Anna Boettger, a sister, Frank Klssler and family, Carl and Bertha Stevens, twenty people In all. Frank McCaffrey has been In Port land during the past two weeks. S. D. Mustard has been in Seattle and Portland the past week. In Seattle be visited a sick brother. Messrs. Lem and Storey Bushnell have bought a gas engine from Mrs. Oeorge Houbs and plan to operate a feed chopping machine and also a voodsaw, The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George flobbt bas been quite til, threatened with pneumonia. ' Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs had planned to spend the Holidays in Portland, but were obliged to postpone the trip, be- cause of the baby's illness. , Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stewart and Mrs. .Stewart's father, Mr. Jackson, were guests at tbe E. R. A gee home on Christmas day. Other guests present at that time were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roberts and daughter Ina, and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Flint. Lee IColibs and family were guests Gladys Milner and Miss Fay Bussett. of bis brother-in-law, Guy McRey- respectively, and a few of the pupils nolds,, at Bend Christmas. from the Powell Butte Sunday school E. N. Hall and wife have bought was enjoyed. After tbe program the Dan Horrigan ranch, which Joins Santa Claus appeared and distribut ed that Mr. Hall owns at Powell ed treats te everybody. Butte and by this purchase Mr. Hall Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bayne were has become one of the largest land host and hostess to a large dinner owners in this section. We were party Christmas day. There waa not informed of the price paid, but it present Mr. and Mrs. Francis Eayr.e was around tbe $18,000 mark. of Redmond, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mrs. J. C. Brix has for an over- Milner, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rlggs Holiday guest, her mother, Mrs. L.I. and daughter, and Roy. Wltzel. Qulnn of Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. John Skeene are spending tbe Holidays with their daughter and family, tbe Gni Quist over Christmas. Rhodes', near Ridgefield, Wash. Roy J. A. Milner has bought the Over Skeene will also be a guest there land car belonging to the Henry J. from Willamette University, While driving her car recently, with ber two little daughters as pas sengers. Mrs. Frank Foster had the misfortune to hit a stump, throwing the little girls through the wind shield, and cutting their faces up pretty badly, and the car was con siderably smashed np also. Mrs. George C. Truesdale bas been on our complete line of footwear. discount prices are HRt NEVILLE.. URE60N Buffering with a very severa attach of grippe the pant ten days or so. Miss Gladys Pauls Is spending her vacation at borne with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy of Alfalfa. were guests at the George Beck man borne in Powell Butte Christmas, Lambing has commenced with the small-flock owners at Powell Butte. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur WurxweOtT bad Christmas dinner at the Claude Crist borne in Redmond. Mrs. Jessie Dervassey of Albany and her three-year old boy have ar rived and will keep house for Mr. George Hobbs while she is teaching at Butte Valley school. Mitt Helen Snyder la visiting at ber borne during the Holidays). Af ter New Tears Helen will attend the' high school at Redmond, instead ox at Prinerille. Ora C. Foster and family and Mrs. Martha Foster were guests at the Terrill Osborne home Christmas. Ruth Calvin bas just about fully 1 recovered from her fail from a hone j recently. Mies Neva Weigland of Lamonta is guest of Mias Fay Bussett. Everybody enjoyed tbe Christmas tree and entertainment at Communi ty Hall Christmas Eve. A good pro gram furnished by the teachers anl pupils of Edwards and Shepard schools, whose teachers are Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Johnson ol Alfalfa visited with Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Luid- Hansen estate. Fred Snyder butchered some young beef last week and peddled it out to his neighbors. It was a good beef at a reasonable price. Mr . and Mrs. James Mofflt ar.A family and Thurman Mofflt and fam ily motored to Bend Christmas, and were guests of their daughter and family, the Hardy'a. on all our ladies', misses' and chil drens underwear and outing flan nel night gowns. All new stock which consists of the famous Mun sing Wear. 25 percent Cash Discount. on all our wool piece goods, which consists of all the newest patterns. 25 percent Cash Discount for strictly cash.