uregon Historical Society 807 HeewrrTS, J Grook Journal COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE TOIX'MC XXV. l'RI NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON THl'RMDAY, MARCH 10, 1021. XO. 23. Gouinty WATCH THE INDICATOR Lake Oi'huco ban a total storage capacity of 47,000 acre feet of water. The figure ihowo by th Indi cator give the total amount of wa ter In tornge at the time the read ing n tut on at eight o'clock tlili morning by officers of the district, and the report ll official. " It will be corrected each week for tbe benefit of those of our readers who are Interested In watching tho water supply rulse for the erupt this year. The storage ot 1819 and 1920 are li4 given at the left. 47,000 4Mno.... 46.000...... 45,600 46,000 44 600 44,000...... 43, 600 43,000 43,600...... 42.000. 41.600. 41,000 40.600 40,000 39.600 39,000 38.600... .J 311,000 37,600 37,000 30,600 36,000. ... 36,600 36 000 J 34.600 .1 34.000.... 33.600 33.000 t 32.600 1 ft 32.000 j B 31,600. jo 31.000 30,600. ...! g 30.000 ! 29,600 i 29,000 1 ' t ,0.,.... 28,000 27,600 1 27,000 28,600 26,000 26 600 26.000 24,600......i 24.000 23,600 23.ooo ; 22.600 i 22,000 21.600 i 21,000 , 20.600 20,000 19.600 : 19.000....:. 18,600 i 18.000 1 17,600 i 17,000 1 16,500 i 16 000 i i C.BftO ! 16,000 i 14.600 i 14.000 1 13.500 j 13,000 12,500 : 12,000 1 11,500 i 11,000 ! 10,600 ! 10,000 ' 9,600 9.000 8,600 : 8,000 7,600 7,000 6,600 6,000. 5 600 6,000 .4,600 4,000 3,600 3,000 2.600 2 000 1,500 1,000 600 3 MINORCA II KX LAYS HOME EGG ' Mr.'G. W. Wells, of Powell Butte called yesterday morning and laid n egg on the editorial desk wo hope the readers will not miscon strue this statement It was an egg of unusual proportions and was laid by one of Mrs. Wells' Black Minorca bens. Its size is entirely unusual, measuring 6 8-4 inches around the middle and 8 inches around the long way. It Is, without a doubt, the , largest piece of hen-fruit we ever aw, and we believe It would be dis astrous for any other hen to attempt to beat It. The egg weighed a trifle ever four ounces. KMHOPP 1 I'ni'llli' ( it Morfgngn ami Joun cinipitny i Appear In I'linevlllo. A new hank, with (Biltnl of $50, 000.00, and abundant bucking la as sured today (Saturday) by the an nouncement from (ho otlUe of K. 8. Ilramwell, superintendent of lianki. ul Salem, tliat a churter baa been grunted to John I., Karnop of Port land and other who are associated with him In ttiii' enterprise, Tint announcement la the result of an application for pernilHHlon to or ganize, Died by Karnopp and about 80 ot the molt prominent of CrooK counly'a farmera, atockmen and bus iness men which waa circulated and generally signed In tlili county early IuhI month. Tint announcement li the best new that haa come to tbla commun ity for weeks, because of tbe fact that the new organization will bare sufficient strength to be of material benefit to the community, and Mr. Karnopp la one of the beat qualified men in the atate to till the poiltion offered here. To thoee who do not know Mr. 1 TO 10 ARE -DATES FOR DRIVE William 8. Kennedy, state direc tor of the Salvation Army Home Ser vice, was in the city Tuesday In the Interests ot the annual Home Service Appeal, to be held from May 1 to 10 Tbe Crook county adviaory com mittee of the Salvation Army con sists of the following local people, In whose hands will the activities of the service be carried on: J. H. Up ton, chairman, Robert Douglas, vice chairman, Asa W. Battles, secretary, N. O. Wallace, Harold Baldwin, O. P. Reams. O. F. Kuston. J. E. Mvers. n. F, Stewart, Mrs. W. Belknap, W. j I. Hershey, C. W. Elklns, Hugh La-1 kin and Dr. C. S. F.dwards. , Mr. Kennedy met with several of the advisory board Tuesday, and dls-1 cussed with them the plans tor the appeal, the funds from which will he used for financing the Salvation j Army activities In the state during the next 12 months. Chief among, the many phases of the work done j are the support ot the rescue and maternity home, the assistance giv en aged and dependent men and women, and relief offered to prison ers' families, and the emergency re lief offered, such as In rase ot fires, floods, train wrecks, etc, The ad visory committee Is to have charge and supervision of the activities In this section. During the Home Service Appeal, the citizens of Crook county are go ing to be asked to contribute $1045, u very small sum, considering the wide range of relief to be provided for. To the over-sens veteran and hts frlnnda, the Salvation Army needs no Introduction, and to those not acquainted with the activities of this organization, a quiet little chat with an ex-service man will prove suffi cient to open the purse strings and help towards that $1045. FIXED FOR ltlSTlRllING PEACH Sum Clemens wns fined Friday on the charge of disturbing the peace, after pleading guilty to the charge. F. F. Bolln, with whom Clemens had words, was also fined ou the same charge. Clemens also plead guilty to the charge of using profane language on the street. His fines totaled $47. ISolin was fined $10 and costs. METHODIST CHURCH Morning service conducted by the laymen of the church. "Benefit ot a Christian Education", by Vern C Shlppe. Evening service at 7:30, p.m., op ening with a song service and sever al orchestra numbers, followed by a 30-mlnute talk on a "Personal Dev il," by Rev. Wilhany. Karnopp, It should be suld tbat be ll president and bead ot tbe Pacific Count Mortguge company of Port land, ha been making vlalti to tbla part of thu atate for several year, and bus great faith In the future ot the entire country, la an 'enthusiastic supporter of Irrigation and good road development and will at once become Identified with thu general plan of development and progress In thin part of the atate. When interviewed la hli Portland olllce tbli morning concerning tbe pinna for the new bank and Ita po licies, Mr. Karnopp aald: "Why am 1 Interested In the Prlne vlllo banking situation? Too might ask me why I came out west or why I um in Portland. My native state ii Wisconsin, where I wai born and reared on a farm and received my public school education. After my graduation from one of Wisconsin's Stale Normal Schools and its famous state university, a great question presented itself to me and was about as follows: "Will you try to work yourself up In some business or profession In the A Hid MKETIXG OK OTHOCO FARMERS There is to be a very inportant meeting of the Ochoco farmera it the Grimes Chapel on next Monday evening, at which time number of matters of vital importance to pro ject laud owners will be thoroughly discussed, among which will be tbe distribution of the water supply, and the co-operative buying ot alfalfa seed. County agent Tucker will be present and will have a great many things of Interest to bring before the meeting. He la a man of long ex perience In irrigation, and the sug gestions he will make are aure to be of great benefit to thoae who attend He is among us to assist in a great work, and tbe least the ranchers can do is to lend support to his efforts by being present. Your attendance at these get-together meetings are sure tQ add Impetus to his work and encourage him to put forth his best efforts In the work he has to do. Remember the date and be there. ROHIXSOX & CMFTOX ARK MOYIXQ STOCK. The wide-awake firm ot Robinson b Clifton are starting in tjnuseclean lug for the summer business by ev ening up their shoe department. All ot the different lines that show an uneven condition are being placed aside for immediate selling. Their "ad" on another page of this paper will be certainly worth reading by all of our large family of subscrib ers, as it says lots In little space. TO BE 100 PER CT. Prof. J. E. Myers Js sending out literature this week, together with membership cards for the boys' and girls' club work. The touchers of the country are attempting to attain a 100 percent membership for the schools. This means that one or more pupils in each school will take up some form of club work. Crook county now has over 100 boys and girls enrolled In the clubs of the county in good standing, and more members are coming in all the time. Club work for the school children will be one of the special features that W. B.' Tucker, county agent, will encourage, and he will materially assist the county school superintendent In the attempt to build up the club work In this coun ty to a high standard. With his as sistance, It Is expected that the agri cultural and livestock clubs will in crease to a great extent. Miss Oma Emmons and Miss Gail Reeves went to Bend Saturday on a shopping trip, returning the same evening on the train. u r n ; j Kant or will you go west and grow , up with a new country? I could never hope to answer tbat question liiti'lliKently until I bad seen for my W'ilf the opportunities the West had. After a few preliminary maneuvers, I decjded Portland bad the most for me. I made it my home. After I bad acquainted myself with real es tate values In Portland and Its sur rounding territory, and felt that my judgment could bn fully relied upon, I started out In the mortgage loan business, loaning money for Wiscon sin people and local clients. "In 1918, I purchased an interest in the Pacific Coast Mortgage Com pany and became ita president and general manager. This brought me into Central Oregon because the Company had previously done busi ness in that section of our state. When I saw, for the first time, what wonderful soil you bad and the sun shine, I decided that with your lands irrigated, tbat your country was the most promising bit of God's country In the West. I have great faith In your country. You have the soil, tbe sunshine, water and in fact, all SAYS STATE OFFICER "With shout four exceptions, as in the case of cess pools, and puddles of water, Prlneville Is in sanitary condition," said Dr. F. D. Strieker, secretary ot the state board of public health, Tuesday. V'i Strieker was in town for the purpose of making an Initial survey of local sanitation, and the unofficial report of the findings will be good news to the residents of the city. His one greivance was the lact of septic tanks and the predominance of back yard toilets, and stated tbat the state board ot health stood pre pared to assist in procuring tbe pro per disposal ot refuse and would be glad to furnish plans tor septic tanks upon application. The official Inspection of Crook county will be made In about three months, at which time the ground will be covered thoroughly, and all public institutions, places where food is prepared or sold carefully looked into and given a rating, up on the degree of sanitation prevail ing. HAITIST LADIES SERVE FEED Those who attended court Tues-j day afternoon may have been secret ly amazed to observe a satisfied, at-peace-with-the-world look on the face of lawyer, judge. Jury, plain tiff and defendant. The Commer cial Club dinner served by the ladies of the Baptist church at noon tells the tale, as all were Invited and took advantage of the opportunity to get a real feed. The basement of the church was filled to capacity all dur ing the noon hour. On account of the crowd no business was discussed. The menu consisted of individual chicken pies, with lots of chicken, fruit salad, mashed potatoes and gravy, pasnlps, macron! and cheese, jelly, pie and coffee. 'RIXEVILLE -RAILROAD CHIEF REAL OPTIMIST. E. J. Wilson, mannger of the City of Prlneville railroad, the short line in Central Oregon, which reaches to a connection with the outside world, reports that prospects are encourag ing for excellent crops of grain this season and for abundance of feed for livestock throughout the inter - lor, but that farmers and wool pro ducers are In doubt as to what sort of a market will be open to them. Cntil the situation clears he does not expect there will be an oversupply of optimism. Manager Wilson Is spending port of his time while in Portland at the offices of the S., P. & S. system learning of conditions af fecting his railway, Portland Telegram. II HERE the elements which tends to make a prosperous aud happy community What you need now la more people to settle these lands. You, as community, need financial assistance to help work out the great possibili ties before you. "I am interested in your banking situation, first because it is in line with my thinking. I have always been interested in that line of busi ness and have made it my study and hobby for many years. Tbat proba bly is why I am an investment bank er today. Secondly, because your territory Is so large and so full ot varied Interests tbat with two hanks In your city tbe banks themselves and the .community at large can be made more prosperous and bappy than with one bank. In my opinion two banks there is a financial and economic necessity. "The policy for the new bank will be one ot real service, of friendli ness, of co-operation and in all malce it a bank for the people, supported by the people of the entire oommunl .ty The bank in all Its efforts will remain strictly within Its sphere cf GRAXD JIRY RETURX8 ISIT TWO TRCK BILLS The grand jury found two tru9 bills when it met this week, for tha March term of Circuit court. A true bill was reurned against Perry Cross, the charge against him being the larceny of a colt. His trial may come up today. His case was to have come up last October, as waa that of Jacob Thomas.' A true bill was returned against the latter on a statutory charge. He plead guilty, and was sentenced to one year in the county jail and a $200 fine assessed against him. Thomas is an Indian 80 years old, and he has an honorable discharge from the U. S. Army, as had his fath er before him. On account of his past record, he was parolled to the Indian Agent on the Warm Springs Reservation. 8 CARS OF STOCK Eight cars of cattle went.out from the local yards last Saturday. Ray Calavan shipped one car, J. L. Sig fried one car, C. J. Johnson three cars, Dickson & McDowell two cars aud M. J. Sevier one car. Melvin Weberg also shipped one car from Redmond to the Portland market. He stated Wednesday up on bis return from that point that he was very well satisfied with the mar ket, as it seemed to be much strong er than formerly. POWELL BUTTE CLUB The cafeteria supper which wa8 served by the ladies of the Powell Butte community at the Community Hall last Thursday eVening, netted a good cash return into the coffers of the organization. The proceeds of the supper together with the pro ceeds from the sale of the articles sold, amounted to $148.81. This r money is to be used for the benefit of the Powell Butte church. In the evening the development league held its regular session, and to state that it was enthusiastic, would be putting it mildly. County Agent W. B. Tucker and County 1 School Superintendent J. E. Myers both of this city, were the principal speakers at the meeting, and their remarks were received by a crowded house. The hall was packed full of the Powell Butte farmers, whose success has made for them a name In every farming section of the state. Russell Keeney visited friends in town over Sunday from Culver. He attended C. C. H. S. last semester. Influence and come under both th State and Federal inspectors. We expect to become a member of the Federal Reserve System as quickly as our application can be acted up on, and In that way will automatical ly com under both the State and Federal examiners. This will com pel the officers to conduct the bank along conservative lines and thus serve notice to Its depositors that their funds are properly being taken care of and protected. We hope to make this bank one of the. largest and strongest financial Institutions In Central Oregon, and we hope to serve and accomodate the merchant, the farmer, the cattle and sheepmen, the lumbermen and other Interest adjacent to your territory. We ex pect to do a general banking busi ness along careful, conservative lines; and with this policy before us we shall appreciate the patronage and confidence which the community may extend to us." Mr. Karnopp will be In Prlneville soon, he said, and expects to have the new institution open for business) at the earliest possible date. A NEW EXECUTIVE - AND A NEW STAFF executive and a new executive staff. The new executive. President War ren G. Harding, fcas sworn In ' an Friday of last week, as the retiring chief, Mr. Wilson, became a private citizen.- The executive staff, ofB- -cially called tbe President's cabinet. Mr. Harding has nominated and but the formal confirmation of the Senate-is required.' Actually, both-executive and staff have already begun most satisfactorily to function. Warren G. Harding was inaugur ated as the 29th President of the re public at noon Friday, the 4th ot March. Accompanying the formal ity, the whole vast executive machin ery of the government passed from Democratic to Republican control. As little display and ceremony as possible marked the occasion, and while of pomp and circumstance there was none, ot dignity and ser iousness and impressiveness then was much. No elaborate inaugural parade, no official inaugural ball, no reviewing of long lines of troop this time. Only the serious busi ness of starting a new administra tion of national affairs, the first step toward the actual attainment ot a state of national normalcy. The Bible on which the President took his oath was the same as that used by President Wnshington In 1789 and was furnished by the St John's Lodge, F. and A. M., of New York. It is 174 years old. The Bible has been in the posses sion of St. John's Lodge for about 135 years, and was printed in Eng land early in the eighteenth century. It is the King James version. Simple as the ceremonies were, they marked one of the greatest po litical turnovers in the history of the American government. Not only were Mr. Harding and his running mate, Calvin Coolidge, elected Pres ident and Vice-President by the greatest popular majority in our his tory, but the Republican majorities in the Senate and House, which re sulted from the Congress elections in the autumn of 1918, have been augmented to a point of overwhelm ing preponderance. The Democrats received a blow from which they can not hope soon to recover. I Not only has the new President t'. face the enormous task of laying out a program which will meet the prelP sing needs of the country at home and place its relations with foreign nations on a stable basis, but hd must at once undertake the tremen duous task of selecting for office In the new administration thousands t men who wilt carry oui inese new policies. Appointments to every branch of the government service must be made. Not the least Im portant wfll be the naming of 47 (Continued on page 5)