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Crook County Journal
COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL ORECON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY. OF PRINEVILLE
roi otK -xxv.
I RINLYILLK, CROOK COUNTV, OREGO.X Till llSDAy, FEBRUARY 17, 1121
NO. VA.
WATCH IKE INDICATOR
l.V Ochoco linn a tot I storagH
capacity uf 47,000 acre (nnl of
watr.
Tim figure Indicated by the Indl
CHtor shows thi) total amount of wa
ter In storugo kt the time the raad
win Ukuli hi tight o'clock tli In
morning by officers of the district,
and tlit report Is official.
It will bo corrected ouch week fur
ths benefit of Hume of our renders
who are lntiratnl In watching tht
water supply nits for the crops this
year
(SOP 'OUTLOOK' IS IE Bill
THE 0CHOC0 FOREST IKES SPLENDID SMK
47.000
40,600
46.000
46,600,
48.000
44 600
44.000......
43,600
41.000
42,600.
43.000
41.600
41.000
40.600
40,000
31.600
39.000
31,600
31,000
37,600
37,000
38.600
38.000
36,600
36 000
34.600
34.U00
3.1.600
33,000
32,600
32,000
31,600
31,000
30,600
30 000
2.500....
29.000
28.500
28.000
27.600
27.0IHI ....
28.600
26,000
26 600 ....J
20.000
2 4, &00 i
24,000
23.600
23,000
22.600
22,000
21. .100
21,000
20.600 ,
20.000
lS.JOO.
10.000
IS. GOO
I H.000
1 7,500
17.000
lti.r.oo
18 000
1 5,5110
15,000
'14,500
1 4 000
13,500..;...
i::,ooo
12.600
12.000
1 1.500
1 1,000
10,500
10,000
9,600 !
9.00(1
8.500
8,000
7. BOO
7,000,
6,600.
8,000
6 500
6,000
4,500
4.000
.1.500
3,000 1
2.600.
2 000
1.600
1,000
600
With the coming of spring weath
er conditions there appears to be the
bint crop ouUook for this part of
Oregon that the country has had for
nan,y years.
Bolls are saturated with moisture
to a great depth and In the moun
tains the snow supply la greater than
at any time for many seasons paat.
On many mountains snow to a
depth of five feet' Is reported by
Cba. Houston, and on the McKay
Trout Crock pan a depth of three
feet was encountered by 8. S. Black
lust Friday, which Is a record for
this season of the year he ssserU.
Reuben Booten roports from two
to three feet on Summit Prairie,
with four feet on the divide between
Lookout and Round Mountain, and
about five feet of snow is reported
on the Prlnerille-Mltchell pass by
Stanley Balfour.
I.ake Ochoco has more water em
pounded than was in storage there
on April 16 last year and the smalt
streams throughout the country are
running banks full.
Kali-sown crops hats wintered
well and sprang sowing is well under
way with prospects bright for a big
ars-ago.
Redmond Ifefeala Prineville
Basketball dope will hare to be
reorganized as' a result of the game
between Redmond and Prineville,
last Friday night, when Prlnevllio
was defeated by score of II to II.
The game was Tery close all thei
time. Almack anil Smith, playing
forward positions made the baskets
for Prluerille. Wright played oen-j
ter because of Mills being absent.
The .guard positions were held by
Horigan snd Jacobs. At the end of
the scheduled time, the score stood
12 to 12. Three fire-minute periods
were added before the tie could b
played off. A large crowd witnes
sed the game, and Redmond brought
a number of rooters along.
RALPH SCHNELOCH PROVES
HIMSELF TO BE 18 CARAT
ti
y
MOTORCYCLE OPS TO ARREST
AUTOMOBILE LICENSE EVADERS
Joy Saltzman, of the Statu auto
mobile license, department, was in
Prineville several days the lost of
the week on business connected with
the licensing of motor cars. He
stated while hero that very shortly
motorcycle cops would no put on the
roads In Crook county to nab all per-
LATE NEWS FROM
THE HIGH SCHOOL
Bend Wins the Debate
The long-advertised Interscholas
tlc deliate which was hold on Febru
ary 11th as scheduled, resulted In
Knurl's triumpth. In Prineville, the
visitors received only one vote out
of three. The affirmative team tor
the C. C. C. U. S. consisted of Clar
ence Mortschliig, first speaker, and
Lester Coshow, second speaker.
Itend was represented by Paul Rey
nolds, first speaker, and Irwin Mc
Neil, second speaker. The two Bend
debaters were accompanied by their
coach, Miss Spoor. In the arrange
ment of argument and presentation,
C. C. II. S. was superior to the visi
tors whose main line of attack lay in
refutation anticipating the argu
ments to be brought up by the af-
Urinative. In the rebuttal, the
Hend team exhibited lis familiarity
with tho subject, obtained through
longer study of the question. Dur
ing the course of the debate, a mus
ical program was offered. Blanche
Howell sang a vocal solo, a selection
was Klven by members of the high
school orchestra, and Mrs, Edwards'
stringed orchestra also gave a selec
tion. Rev. M. R. Callahor presldeJ
as chairman. The judges were:
Mrs. Collins Elkins of Prlnevllio
George Gabriel of Madaras, and Mm.
George Whitts of Terrebonne.
At nend the results were some
what reversed. Here the vote was
(three to nothing for Bond. Prine
i villi) was represented by Klslo Grant,
! first speaker, and llazen Cram, sec
ond apeaker Bend's debaters were,
Funny Lou Meyers, first Bpeaker and
licnj. Garske, second speaker. Miss
.aid of Madras was supposed to uct
us one of the Judges; but through a
misunderstanding, Bhe failed, to go
to Hend. As a consequence, two
Bond Judges and one disinterested
Judge from La Pine acted. At Bend
us was the case here, the method of
argument was nioro in the form of
refutation, while very little con
structive argument wirs offered.
The outcome of the two dehatos
gave Bond four voles and Prineville
two votes. As a result, Bond will
The
Prinevllle and Madraa( Feb. I.
Friday night, February 11, Prine
vllle will play Madras at Madras.
Since the first game between these
two teams, Madras has lost two val
uable players, while the Prineville
team has lost Its best player, Ogden
Mills. Under these -conditions, the
chances for victory are practically
even. A report came in Wednesday
night that Stangland, who played on
the Madras team when it played at
Prineville, was not expected to live.
He had tonsllitls, and It developed
into pneumonia. He was taken to
The Dalles hospital for treatment,
hut hl condition has been getting
worse.
Since the Initiation of the Fresh
men a few weeks ago, efforts to con
ciliate the Freshmen and Sopho
mores reached its culmination in a
party given by the Freshmen to the
Sophomores. The pnrty was held in
the K. P. Hall last Saturday night.
Games were played and light re
freshments were served.
Track Meet Preparation
Next Saturday, Mr. Evans and Mr.
Medley will go to Redmond where
the committee of the Inter-county
Track Meet will convene. The busi
ness to he taken up Will be to deter
mine the time and place for holding
the annual meet. A program Willi
also be arranged at this time in or
der to enable the varioiiB schools to
train their contestants. Two years (
agoVhe meet was held at Madras,)
while last year Redmond held the
meet. This year it will be either at l
Bend or Redmond. The Redmond
location may be given the preference
because of Its central position.
Last Friday morning a "regular"
assembly was held. Robert Cham
bers presided and a splendid pro
gram was given. " After the musical
program, Mr. Chambers addressed
tho student body In. regard to school
spirit. He went Into the subject In
a very able manner, and gently, but
(irmly, reminded the students of the
actual status of the school spirit.
He then clearly propounded various
methods by which a regeneration of
the school spirit could be had In or
der that the school might regain Its
old standing.
This statement Is made In order
that the progress which Irrigation
development has enjoyed In the state
of Oregon, may not be Interrupted as
a result of the speeches made Friday
on the floor of the House, at Salem,
by Representatives Burdick and Gal
lagher, In connection with the so
called "Irrigation Bills."
The statements made by them
were absolutely false and mislead
ing. - Every question on which a state
ment was made on the floor Friday,
had been so clearly gone Into and
disproved at the public hearing on
the hills Tuesday evening, that no
man of ordinary Intelligence, which
I regard Messrs. Burdick and Gal
lagher to have, could have misunder
stood them.
Oregon cannot absorb all the bonds
It originates, and as funds must
come from outside the state, syndi
cates of different bond dealers have
been organized to underwrite the
several issues, and I hope that this
attack will not stop an effort which
has already brought into the state
for this irrigation development over
three and one-half million dollars,
of outside capital.
The fact that bonds are bought at
ninety does not Indicate a profit of
ten points . or that the selling dis
trict Is losing ten per cent. It
proves that for some reason (In this
case because the law requires bonds
shall not bear over six percent) they
bear a rate lower than they can be
sold for at par on the market and
therefore rhust b discounted. This
is easily understood when the bonds
of the principal foreign governments
have sold through the same period
to yield as high as eleven percent,
and when the United States Govern
ment bonds are selling to yield over
six percent. ,
The mere fact that a bond during
any three-year period is once offered
at par does not prove the sale of any
number at that price. It is a fact
that Irrigation district bonds, some
of which were originally offered at
par, have been subsequently retailed
as low as ninety-two.
No contractor works except for an
expected profit. The fact that a
contract Is let at cost plus 15 per
cent, with a limited figure to which
this 15 percent applies, does not
mean that the district loses this 15
percent, or pays it In addition to any
other profit which the contractor
gets, but the fifteen percent is in
stead of a usual 25 to 35 percent
that any contractor adds to his esti
mates of cost of labor and material
and equipment when figuring a piece
of work on a unit price basis or at a
lump sum figure. On this basis a
unit price or lump sum contract
would -"have cost the districts the
cost of labor, material and equip
ment plus 25 to 35 percent instead
of plus 15 percent as paid In the
cost plug contracts.
No district whose bonds have been
sold to a syndicate, which is has
been my duty to manage, has suffer
ed the loss of one penny by graft, ex
tortion, or improper or excessive
profit,
This would have been easily prov
en even to the satisfaction of Messrs.
Burdirk nd Gallagher, had their
real interest actually been the pro
tection of the districts and the farm
ers. The motives for the Introduction
of these bills, and the Interests be
hind them, were fully exposed at the
public hearing Tuesday evening.
This drove Messrs. Burdick and Gal
lagher to practically abandon on Fri
day their attack on Mr. Cupper.
Of the total membership of tho
House of Representatives, not a sin
gle voice was raised In defense of
the bills excepting those of Messrs
Burdick and Gallaher. Their re
marks, made when they were pro
tected by the privilege of the House,
and could not be answered by those
whom they charged with improper
practices were as a result of Tues
day's hearing not expected to have
any effect upon the members of the
House to whom they were ostensi
bly addressed, but were made as a
smoke screen to deceive the public
and to becloud the, issue to their
misrepresented constituents , who
were practically as one against the
bills.
RALPH H. SCHNELOCH.
More than $30,000 have already
been spent by stockmen in develop
ing the range In the Ochoco Forest
according to Forest Supervisor Ver
non V. Harpham, and almost 201
miles of rail drift fences bare beea
built by the cattle men, . while
great many salt and water troughs
have been built on many parti of the
range In the forest. ,
. While applications for grazing
permits for 1921 may be filed at any
time before March 1, many stockmen
have already filed and the number of
stock held by the stockmen seems to
be about the same as in former
years.
The Ochoco Forest is considered
a model by Mr. Harpham, and it has
a record for smooth running of Its
affairs.
Stockmen pay for the privilege of
grazing cattle about 70 cents per
head, and sheep about 11 cents.
The revenue from the Ochoco for
est makes It practically self-supporting,
which is more than can be said
of many forests.
AGAIN IT IS TIME FOR
ALFALFA SEED BITING
All ranchers who are intending to
plant alfalfa this spring should sea
Mr. Sordall at the Project office.
I The idea is to pool all small orders
so that a lower price can be obtained
from the wholesalers or growers.
In order to get the benefit of 'a
lower price, all "intending planters
should make known their needs, as
early as possible so that Mr. Sordal
can get an idea of the quantity to be
desired this year.
WATER GAUGES INSTALLED
FOR REAR ( REEK DISTRICT
Mr. ad Mrs. C. B. Willsey and
daughter arrived this morning from
Portland to make their home on the
project, having purchased a forty
northwest of Prineville.
sons who do not carrv the 1921 11
cense on their cars, and all those! debate Redmond on the 18th.
who have heeii driving cars without winner of this dehnta is then to con
1lcn.. in r-onntrv districts will be i tend wlh the winner of The Dalles
nrreBted and made to pay the maxi
mum penalty tor this offence, If they
do not take sleps to get licenses be
fore then.
MiSier debiito In determine which
team goes to Eugene on March 11th
to represent the Vpper Columbia dis
t riot, in the finals.
February 22nd Program
Next Tuesday, February 22 the
high school will observe Washing
ton's Birthday, by giving a program
in the afternoon. The two literary
societies will hold a Joint meeting In
the assembly, where the program
will be rendered as follows:
Oclinconians
Trio Blanche Rowell, Madge Row-
pll and Esther Trenne".
Vocal Solo Mahol Haugeberg.
Piano Solo Essie Reams.
Be.ading Ladocla Jacobs.
Talk Robert Chambers.
School Activities Raymond Smith.
Jokes Pete Augustine.
Alpha
Violin Solo Flora Edwards.
Original Composition Mabel Polk.
Quintette Chester McKenzle, Tom
Jacobs. Murk O'Kclley, Lester Co-
Bhow and Lyle Laughlin.
Patriotic Reading Priscllla Webb.
Sketches from the Life of Washing
ton Barbara Gallaher.
Comic Reading Van Houston.
Tribute to Flag Farrel Barnes.
After the program the societies
will adjourn to their respective
places of meeting for the purpose of
election of officers and any other
business that may be brought up.
Since the beginning of the second
semester the clusses have held meet
ings for the purpose of electing of
ficers for this semester. 'In the
Freshmen class the oftiers are: pres
ident, Helen Cram; vice-president,
Marlon O'Kelley; secretary-treasurer,
James Webb. The Sophomore
class officers are: president, Barbara
Gallaher; vice-president James Nev
som; secretary-treasurer. Vera Hen
driekson. The Junior class officers
are: president, Chester Luelling:
vice-president. Vera Dunham; secretary-treasurer,
Lodma Lytle. The
Senior officers are: president, Clar
ence Mertsehing; vice-pres. Myrtle
Lister; secretary-treasurer., Veva
Bolter.
PRUNES CHEAPER HERE
This week is "Prune Week", and
local people who stocked up on this
well-known grown in Oregon fruit
were pleased to find that it could be
purchased in Prineville cheaper than
if they sent away to the Valley.
Frillies of the best quality have been
sold this week -by local merchants at
ten cents a pound for any quantity
When prunes were shipped in it was
necessary to buy at least a 25-pound
box in order to get this price.
The Michel Grocery Company had
a very interesting window display
of prunes in different sized boxes,
and a framed copy of Governor 01
cott's proclamation designating this
week as "Prune Week" in Oregon.
The Prineville Hotel has prunes in
some form on the menu each day
this week, as have other eating es
tablishments in the city, and the
commercial club luncheon on Tues
day was known as a prune luncheon
in honor of the week. '
Sam Ellis on Saturday installed
water gauges on Bear Creek, for the
Bear Creek Irrigation District. The
district some time ago voted bonds
to organize, but on account of not
having measurements of the water
in the creek, actual work was held
up, as the gauges have been slow In
arriving.
From now on work In the district
will start in good earnest. The peo
ple of the Bear Creek community
have shown themselves to be wide
awake and enterprising citizens, and
will, without doubt, make a big suc
cess of their irrigation district.
1020 WOOL CROP SOLD
Archie McPherson of Ashwood.
prominent stockman of that part of
j the county, has been in Prineville,
I this week on business. He reported
I the sale of his 1S20 crop of wool at
l 27c a pound. The Baldwin Sheep
j.LamV Company have sold their large
1920 crop at 20c a pound.
RI KETTS CLUB POPULAR
That the Ricketts Glee Club pro
gram last Saturday night was the
best given on the Menely course'this
year, was the opinion of most of,
those who attended.
After the program, an informal
dance was given under the auspices
of the Legion, the boys of the club
consenting to play. The music made
a hit with local dancers, proving to
be the Jazziest that has come to
Prineville this year.
When it was found that the club
would be in Central Oregon this
week, and that Tuesday night was
open on their books, arrangements
were made for them to return to
Prineville and put on a short pro
gram, with a dance afterwards. This
dance will long he remembered 88
the best dance of the season. The
Legion served lunch at twelve.
The Ricketts Glee Club boys stat
ed before they left that they "believed
Prineville had more pep than any
othr town in this part of the land.
Prineville people will be interest
ed to know of the marriage of Mlsj
Wilda Solomon to Ira Jackson Fitts,
in Salem on the fith of this month.
The bride is well-known ' in this
part of the country, having many
relatives in Crook county, and has
visited here often.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitts'will mnVe their
Jiome'at 135 State Street. Salem,
Oregon.