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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.
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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.
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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
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