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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.
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"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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.