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C Of 0 LIBRAAT Crook Coitinnty Journal COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON . CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE VOLUME XXV. PIU NEVILLE, (HOOK Ol'.NTV, ORKUON TIH RMDAY, JAMABY 6, 1121. -S.NO. . t fiffiflLEI 'iocs mi mm "The future of Prineville ft bright and present financial depressions will be but temporary," Mid Mayor Wurxwellor to (roup of business men at Hotel Prlneville on Tuesday of this week. "While any stringency through which the community It now pawing li Tory untortuuste, It U but a mult of the readjustment, and will In no way affect the future of this com munity." The (llng that a general Im provement In conditions li coming wlu the uew year, and that a sound and Heady growth la aura Is being expressed generally by business men and others iu a position to know the true condition of things. Normal prices throughout moil llni'i are being reached In local tores and business nouses and cat- tie moil returning from the market report an upward swing In the yards at this time. ANNEX ENTRY WINS THE CLUB SLOGAN "Your Home Town First", the slo gan by the Camp Grounds committee for the Ladles' Annex, was awarded the 110.00 prize given by Cap P. If. McD. Fuller, of Uuthrle k. Company, for the best slogan to be used by the Frlneville Commercial Club. The Ladies' Annex baa presented this prlie money received tor the slogan to Crook County Post No. 89, American Legion, to be added to the Community Memorial Building fund, for which the boys have been work ing so bard. The Legion boys ap preciate the spirit In which the do nation was given, and It bas but re newed spirit Into their dream a of mak I n g an appropriate memorial building a near reality. A number of excellent entrlos were made In this contest, and the selec tion, committee, consisting of Mr. Fuller, Judge Wallace and Guy La follette, bad a bard time choosing from the lot. Among the other slogans submit ted were the following: "Prlnevllle Finds s WayjVTh Heart of the In land Empire;" "Put pfep Into Prlne vllle;" "HoBultuiiy-fjiignra Here, To our Oreaf Community We Extend Good-- Cb'f'' . "Everyone Knows Whatirook County Grows.' Much Interest has boon shown In this contest, especially by members of the various ladles clubs of the county. The prize was posted with the Journal last month by Mr. Ful ler, who realized the need of a slo gan for the Commercial Club, and took this means to secure a good one. The prize was awarded New Years' day. ARTISANS INSTALL OFFICERS Prlneville Assembly, No. 163, ot United Artisans, installed ofllcers for the coming term lust Monday night, as follows; P. A., Florence Cyrus; M. A., Julia Lister; Supt., Ada Grimes; Inspec tor, Louisa RetzlofT; Secy. Amy Johnson; Treas., J. W. Horlgan; Sen. Cond., Jessie Forrester; J. Con., John Zeek; Mast. Cor,, Alfred Leuel Ilng; Warden, Lawrence McCoy; In etruo., Martha Speer; Musician, Mar- tha Nevel. After the Installation ceremonies wore over, a bountiful feed was serv ed, and a social time was enjoyed. The local Artisan lodge has been growing rapidly, and a very success ful year has been predicted for the order. LYRIC PiPE OMAN BOMBARD A large audience waa present st the . Lyric last Saturday, when tba new pipe organ was played for the first time. ' The organ Is a great Im provement over the old piano muilo, snd adds greatly to tba enjoyment of the film features. "Back to God's Country,'" the film play which was presented on Saturday, was shown In Albsny and other valley towns, just before coming here. THE STOCK MARKET IS O. Rambow returned Tuesday morning from Portland, where he had just disposed of a carload of cattle which he shipped Saturday on the stock train. He reports that he found the market for stock decidedly stronger getting 18.35 for his cat tle, a fifty cent raise over the formor prices. James Cram, who also ship ped Saturday, received $8.00 for one carload, and 18.50 for another. Oth er Saturday shippers were J. P. Pick ett of Post, and S, M. Bailey. It Is thought that the backbone ot low prices tor high-class stock may now be brokon, and that from now on the market for quality beet such as Crook county offers, will be bet ter. (ontriMU Totaling $434,481 Are Awarded Ilj; Highway Commission HALF MILLION BONDS ARE SOLD ConinilHKlon Holds Others Back For ltrttor Prices Further Work . Is Now Planned at STATU HIGHWAY COMMI8- SION DOINGS Resolution adopted on the death ot Comlssioner Kiddle. Miles of work contracted is 68.78. Contracts awarded aggregate 3434,481.00 Only $600,000 in road bonds out of 81,600,00 offered because price dropped to 90. 7U . Advocates of inside loop ad- vised to develop it as a market road. Ordered for advertising Grading of old - Oregon Trail from Umatilla county line to La Grande; culverts between Bend and Mlllican; Clackamas river bridge. Agreed to advertise when en- glneers are ready Nineteen miles of grading on Prlneville- Mitchell road; Prtneville-Red- mond road; grading of tour miles between McNamee and Tilley, Wheeler county. Survey ordered tor 38 miles between Condon and Arlington -on John Day highway, ' Will advertise for paving of Albany-Tangent section when bonds are sold to grade Tan- gent-Harrlsburg rection. MM ly SSOCCEEDSE LEGION SCORES 14 AliD IIICII SCHOOL 12 The basket ball season was usher ed In last Saturday evening with a hard-fought game between the C. C. H. S. and the American Legion teams, the latter team winning by a score of 14 to 12. Both sides were supported by many rooters, and the contest proved to be extremely In teresting from the first toss-up to the final whistle. 1 ' FAIR ASSOCIATION -HOLDS MEETING The snnual meeting ot the Oregon Inter-State Fair association was held Monday, January 8, at the Commer cial Club rooms. After the reading of the minutes and the report, ot the treasurer, which showed itfcelpie ot 86,154.00. and disbursements o f 85 016.66, leaving a balance on. hand of" $187. 38, the election of ofllcers waa held. M. n. Biggs, C. C. Berkley, Ed Slay ton, Ralph Breese and Geo. Russell were elected as directors. After the sdjournment, the board ot directors met and elected M. R. Biggs, presi dent, C. C. Berkley, 1st vice-president, Ed Slayton' 2nd vice president, Geo. Russell, 3rd vice president, and J. B. Shlpp, secretary-treasurer. Eastern and central Oregon road affairs predominated at the state highway commission meeting yester day, although those sections have no representative on the "commission since the death ot E. E. Kiddle. It was the first session tor Commission er John B. Yeon. There Is a drive underway by Mal heur, Baker and Union counties to speed up the grading of the Old Ore gon Trail, which connects with the Columbia River highway at Pendle ton, and Grant, Wheeler and Gilliam counties are pressing the commission for more work on the John Day high way. Deschutes and Jefferson are seeking development of The Dalles California highway and Deschutes and Crook counties are asking for help for the McKenzie highway. All of these projects received encourage ment. The commissioners, however, were somewhat astonished at the drop In the prices of highway bonds. The road body offered 81,600,000 of 4 Vis percent bonds and the best bid re ceived waB from Carstens & Earle and associates on a 90.71 Jiasis, the lowest "bid since Inst August, when 90.08'was offered and accepted. In November the price was 94.68. The commissioners decided" that $300, 000.00 was enough to dispose of at 90.71. If the roadmen were disap pointed at the bond prices, they were pleased at the bids submitted by con tractors, which were better than us ual. Oregonlan. . The Laldes' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will meet next Thursday "with Mrs. Charles Elkins The meetings now are In the form ot missionary discussions, and this meeting will be given to Cuba and Porto Rico. Mrs. F. E. Lafler has charge. SLEEPER SERVICE mi r As a result of complaints made by passengers using the night train be tween Portland and Bend, anthracite coal will be used from now on in heating the cars. Gas fume result ing from the use ot soft coal had been complained of as causing much discomfort to those using the sleep ing car service. . LEGION DANCE WELL ATTENDED The New Years' Eve dance, given by the Legion at the Club Hall was well attended by many from the sur rounding country, as well as by the Prlneville people. The Nelson or chestra furnished the music and the occssion was much enjoyed by all in attendance. -The marriage of Albert Wilson and Manilla Dee occured last Sunday at Madras. Both ot the young folks are very well known In thia part of the country. The bride Is the daughter of Jack Dee of Grizzly, and the groom Is an electrician for the Deschutes Power Company at Ma dras, where the newly weds will re side. . They visited the groom's mo ther In this city several days, return ing to Madras last night. MORE LAND TO CO TO PATENT . 1200 acres of land reclaimed by the Central Oregon Irrigation Com pany under the Central Oregon pro ject in Deschutes and Crook counties has been patented and the State of Oregon has received the patent The lands covered by the recent patent are those formerly rejected from patent by the Department of the Interior on account of the excess acreage involved. An adjustment ot the excess acreage question by supplemental contract between the Irrigation Company and the settler in each instance Was made, and evi dence of such adjustment filed "with the Department by the State, upon which the additional patent issues. During last September, the state received patent for 16,660 acres, which together with the 1200 acres which is just received, comprises al most all ot the Oregon lists for Pa tent Nos. 9 and 10, which have been pending before the Department of the Interior for several weeks. The Prlneville post office has just received the new form postal savings card, published iu 24 foreign lan guages. The new card will be fur nished fre of charge and when the ten 10c postal savings stamps have been affixed to the card it will be ac cepted Rt any depository office as a deposit of 11.00, or It may be re deemed in cash. The local post of fice has postal savings deposits ot 82626.00, made by seven depositors. LF1.1I LADIES AimEX HOLDS RECEPMI A very excellent musical program was enjoyed by all wbo attended the Annex Reception at the club rooma on the afternoon of New Year's day. The following participated in the program: Vocal solos, Maxfne Hyde. Helen Lafollette, Lulu Allen and Mrs. Bergh; piano "solos, Vera Dun bam, Catherine Elkins, Eleanor Eus ton, Bernice Congleton and Ilia Johnson. Mrs. Edwards' orchestra gave a number, Flora Edwards play ed a violin sok, and Florence Cram er gave a whistling solo. The committee wishes to thank all those who narticirmterl in tha nrn. r gram and assisted materially in mak ing the afternoon a success. DOBBIN NAMED AS liEYCBB - Salem, Jan. 3. Jay Dobbin, Wal lowa county rancher and stockman was named by Governor Olcott today as state highway commissioner, suc ceeding the late Ed E. Kiddle. The governor said Dobbin has not been consulted, but hoped he would ac cept. Dobbin's name was not In cluded in the list of 10 candidates whose friends were flooding the ex ecutive office with telegrams and let ters ot recommendation. - . METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHCRCH All Christians in the community are asked to join in making this a year of prayer. First for the pas tor, Ephesians 6:19; second for the church, Ephesians 6:18; third tor an effectual opening for the gospel, Cel essians 4:3,4. " Also will you make this a year of service? Bring your family to the house of God. Share your love with your neighbors, Luke 15:6. Spread the good news werever you go. Mottos for the year: Grow in grace and in the knowledge "of the Lord Jesus Christ; 2 Peter 3:18. In crease and abound in love one to ward another and to all men; Essal onians 3:12. The Christian people of the com munity are observing the week of prayer, January 2-9, as other com munities are over the land. .Cot tage meetings are conducted In four places each morning at 10 o'clock A general meeting is held at one of the churches at 7:30 p. m. These meetings are going with increasing interest. Friday night every one is specially urged to meet nt the Bap tist church. This meeting is spec ially arranged for the benefit of the schools and will open with a song service led by Mr. Hershey. Let ev erybody siug. Beginning next Sunday there will he a meeting each evening in t!ie Methodist church. This is a com munity meeting but it is held in one building to avoid confusion The date of closing of these meetings la not known. There 'will . be .good singing and spirited preaching. Re ligion Is vital to the welfare of the community and is essential to the salvation of each individual. This is everybody's meeting and every body is expected to be in it. d funds o) v u vyu llJIbl M i mill Reanlts are Satisfactory, and BO Of ., position Is Thus Far Noted At the Ochoco Irrigation District election, which is to be held on Jan uary 11, it Is generally understood that M. R. Biggs will be elected to succeed himself as director. No candidates have been nominat ed for the position, the feeling seem ing to be genera! that the present board is satisfactory and their ef ficient record, both during the past irrigation season and in work betoie and since that time is such that no one interested In the welfare of the district seems to advocate a change in the arrangement of things in so far as the officials in charge are con cerned. ' While It Is a fact that considerable ... mmcuity nas oeen met and am i fully cared for, the feeling seems to be general that there la a big year ahead for 1921, and the continuous moisture fall, which Is making a considerable showing in the dam er- ery day now and mild winter weath j er permitting everyone to keep farm . work moving is responsible for a general feeling of optimism In re gard to the new year. KEW OFFICERS TAKE UP DUTIES With the coming of the new year Crook county's new officers, elected at the November election, were very promptly sworn in and took up thlr new work on Monday, January 3. Of Crook county's staff ot officials, tour are new to their offices. Ole H. Olson, who was elected to his posi tion on the Democratic ticket at the recent election, moved into the sher iff's office in the basement of the court house, taking with him as of fice deputy, D. O. Jones of Paulina Ralph Jordan, the new treasurer, will be located with Mr. Bowman, at the office of the Central Oregon Title and Loan Company on East Street. Mr. Jordan has assisted In keeping the books up-to-date at var ious times during the past year, and all the details of the business are right at his finger tips. He won his new job from John Lafollette, demo cratic candidate, in the hardest fight of the recent election. Wade Houston, who won the office of county surveyor from H. A. Kel- ley, the past holder of this berth, has moved to Prineville and has been hard at work getting acquaint ed with his new duties. Herman K. Allen, elected to the vacancy of county commissioner, has taken up his new duties in the com missioner's oourt. The new officers are competent men, worthy of the offices to which they have been elected, and the af fairs of the county will without doubt, prosper in their hands, as- ' sisted as thev are bv other countv officials, who have shown their abil ity by past years of efficient service. The old coucil transacted business for the last time Monday night, and the new city officials went on dutv on Tuesday, the new council meeting for the first time Tuesday evening, and they have dedicated their efforts towards the Improvement of condi tions in Prineville in every way. Will Wurzweiler is the newly instal led mayor of the city, and H. G. Davis, H. W. Howard. H. R. Lakin, Geo. Nicolai, G. W. Noble and Ross R. Robinson make up the new coun cil. E. O. Hyde has taken over the duties ot city recorder, as well as the responsibilities of the office of tha justice ot the peace.