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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1921)
I llUtsl.W, MAIM II o, Him CROOK ttHXTY JOIRXA1, fKl.MiVIM.K IITY HULWAY Time Tlle No. 0 Effective 12:01 A. M. hundny, Feb ruary 2U, ltJo Stations Went Hound Motor Motor No. S P. M. 7:40 7:65 :19 8:20 Lt. Prlnevllle L. Wilton Lt MoClItr Lv. ONell At. Prtnevle Jet 8 . 35 Et Bound Mixed Motor No. P. M. tattoos Ar. Prlnevllle Ar. Wilton Ar. McCallitter Ar. ONeil Lf . Prinevl Jet No. t A. M 8:35 8:20 7:05 7:55 7:40 No. 4 P. M. :65 :40 :26 :15 8:00 Mixed No. 1 A. M. I:lt t:2t 1:41 :t 1:1 Motor No. P. U 1:46 1:10 8:46 8:48 hi(Ji price (or the privilege of trav eling as against those who are con stantly on the go. If this mileage plan wore adopted, it would, of course, be necessary to install mileage recorders which were proof against tampering, and when set for the year, to be sealed until inspected. A minimum mileage could be decided upon, and all ex cess mileage paid for above that fig- ure. a would he provided by law. rKKSIPKXTt.il. FACTS CROOK COCXTY JOVRXAL Gl'Y LAFOLLETTE, Editor and Publisher Entered at tht poatofftV at Priiwvilla, Oregon as econd-claaa matter. P;-tc $2. (id per year, parable trlctly in ad wee. In ease of change of adtlrvaa pleaat a--ttff ut at once, siviotf both old and new cdrva. A.lvrtiin Representative ...t.'.iCAN PRLSS ASSOCIATION V.'e notice that it is expected to adjust the matter of automobile and Ford licenses next year according to the weight of the cars; and, while this plan might not be a bad way of fixing it, still we believe that a more just method would be to charge by mileage instead of weight. By this plan the ones using the roads the most would pay more, while those making only occasional use of their' car would not be burdened by the heavy tax necessary to keep up roads which were pounded to pieces by the cars in constant use. If this plan was adopted, all that Would be necessary would be for the state to appoint as deputies in each town the garage owners, and make it their duty to set back the speedo meters of the cars as they presented themselves and issue to the drivers an inspection card stamped, and giv ing the license number, to be retain ed for the purpose of showing that they were entitled to travel on the roads. In order to simplify the work of the authorities, an inspection card could be attached to the windshield that could be readily noticed. At the end of each season make it the duty of each car owner to appear and settle for the mileage recorded at the rate of a certain price per thousand miles. Some plan like this would, in our estimation, be an absolutely fair way of taking care of the matter. As it is now, or as it would be under the weight system, those who only use their cars occas ionally are compelled to pay a very Warren G. Harding, who takes of fice today as the" 29th president of the I'nlted States, ia the first presi dent to be elected to that high office on his birthday. He was 65 years old November 2nd. 1920. He is the first V. S. Senator elected to the presidency. President Harding is the seventh president contributed to the country by the stnte of Ohio. Only Virginia, with a total of eight presidents bom within her borders, outranks Ohio in this regard. No president has been born west of Ohio. No presi dent has resided west of Illinois. President Harding Is the seventh president of Scotch-Irish paternal ancestry. 15 of our presidents, ev er the period of 133 years, have been of Knglish descent, three of Scotch, one of Welch and two of Putch. The average age of our presidents at inauguration is 54 years, approxi mately, while the approximate aver age at death has been 66 years. President Harding exemplifies the rapid rise possible in American life better than any of his predecessors. He was not included In the 1914-15 "Whos Who." Like many of his predecessors al so his parents were not wealthy and he has risen to the highest office In the gift of American people thru fru gality, Industry and thrift, of which he is a warm exponent, as evidenced by his recent approval of the Gov ernment's Thrift and Savings work, represented in the sales of Thrift. Treasury and War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates. Globe-Democrat. without making an affidavit, he li s good man to leave alono. A good borrower never consldeis himself broke. A frying pan becomes a chafing dish when it gets Into society. The only place a plug hat amounts to anything is In a small town. It is far easlerjo become rich than to become respectahle. High finance Is the art of taking money from other people and calling it "speculation", Instead of theft. People who dislike you only see your bud points; people who love you see only your good while you have the real fun of seeing them both. Mitchell Sentinel. HOW XKW l.lt KXSK AtT WI1.I, AFFKITP AITOS YOU AND ME Whenever everything is wrong, S5 percent of It Is you. Where you find much poverty, you find little soap. When a man gets to the point where he has nothing to sell, he is about through. It is much easier for a woman to get into the silk underwear habit than it is to go back to cotton. After a man In a small town gets a little money ahead, they stop call ing him "Hey there!" and address hira as "Mister." If a man canuot behave himself The tax provided by the new mo tor license act which goes Into effect January 1. next, ia based on the net weight of the car. For ehecklnt: purposes, automobile makers selling I their product in Oregon are required j to furnish the secretary of slate with the shipping weight of their cars. It is understood that this w ill be, also, the basis from which the license fees will be worked ont'. It should be understood also thai additional equipment will have to he reckoned In such cars us weigh clos, upon the class maximum weight. The schedule of weights of U21 models, which vary very little In most cases from weights of previous years, follows: Class 1, 1700 lbs. or under; tax. $15. Ford. Class 2, 2100 lbs. or under; tax. 122. Chevrolet. Maxwell, and Ov erland. Class 3, 2500 lbs. or under; tax. $2S. Briscoe, Dodge. Dort. Frank lin, Gardner, Hupmoblle, Oakland. Scripps-Booth. and Studebaker. Class 4. 2900 lbs. or under: tax. $34. Auburn, Chevrolet FB. Cleve land, Elgin, Essex, Grant, Nash 4, Oldsmobile 43-A, Saxon, Sheridan 4 and Velie. Class 5. 3300 lbs. or under; tax. $40. Buick 5, Buick 7. Chalmei!,, 35-B, Chalmers 35-C, Chandler. Li berty, Mitchell F-40, Nash 6, Olilj mobile 46, Packard 6, Reo, Stude baker Sp. 6, Studebaker Big 6 and Velie 48. t lass b, dioo lbs. or under; t ix. $47. Case, Hudson Super, Roamer 54 and Roamer "5. Liass , 4100 lbs. or under; tax, $55. Cadillac, Cole, Sheridan 8. Stutz, Winton and Elgin. legitimately ' patron oi iiu'im- cat i.txii f uorsics j It Is conceded that the man with a dollar has a right to spend It for whatever he wauls. Neither Is hl right to spend It wherever he choos-i es denied him. But la It right to send your dollars out to the cata- j logue houses and deprive your home j merchants of what la (heirs? Did any house ever receive better value for their money than the home mer chants give them? The home deal ers handle standard goods made by reliable manufacturers; the cata logue houses handle manufacturers' culls, and their patrons pay more for such goods than I hey w ould for a first -class article from his home dealer. Piston saws, for Inslnnce, are a standardized product and uni versally known as being llrst-class. Compare the prices for them (if you can find them quoted in the citti, logucH) with the price asked by your local dealer for the- Identical saw. and you will li ml little or no differ once. It is so wilh all lines of stun daril made goods. The cataloKue houses pile up colossal fortunes lis selling inferior goods at high prices Another phase of the mailer, anil one that ought to compel any man to hesitate and think before sendlnn Ms money out of the community In which he lives. Is the disloalty that is shown. Did any patron of a cat alogue house ever receive credit at his favorite house? Did any if these houses put a single dollar into the const ruction of our handsome schoolhousu? Are any of them help lug to finance the building of our system of highways? Think over these things, you that patronize the outside houses. You are loyal citi zens of this county in all things else, and a little thought on the evils at tendant upon sending your money away will make you loyal in this re spect, too. Joseph lleruld. APVAXTAUK IX ( O-OI'KIUTIOX YCorrectx Uubricauoiy Jlgrade for each ST1ANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) THE FARM LOA.V A(T The farm loan act, designed to as sist agricultural development by providing readily accessible credits to farmers through federal land banks, was declared valid by the su preme court. In an opinion, which Commission er Lobdell of the farm loan board declared removed every shadow of question as to the legality of the banks or their bonds, the court held congress had authority to establish the land banks and to exempt the bonds from state taxation. He announced there would he an immediate issue of farm loan bonds to finance the hundreds of millions of dollars In loans approved by the board. Farm loans aggregating more than $50,000,000 have been held up since May, 1920, as a result of the suit. Applications to this amount were pending when Commissioner Lob dell announced at a conference of farm loan officials here that official approval would be withheld pending a decision of the court. Officials placed the total amount of loans to farmers held in abeyance by the suit at many times $30,000, 000, however, the receipt of applica tions having stopped with Commis sioner Lobdell'g announcement. On March 1, 1920, the farm loan board reported that $182,897,000 had been advanced to 75,384 farmers, and that applications from 179,734 persons then pending totalled $471,-000,000. DEBTS Indebtedness lias ruined many men and made money. To go In debt for transient pleasure, to grati fy vanity, or for things one cannot afford, is the height of folly. But the man who saves a few hundred dollars and uses them as a margin on the purchase of a home or a little farm, or a small business, is likely to profit by his indebtedness in the long run. Many a comfortable home hag been paid for in 10 to 12 years with money that otherwise would have gone for rent. The right kind of Indebtedness stimulates effort, promotes economy and not infrequently, when the debt hangs over the home of a young family, is exactly the right training in self-denial and saving. In safa guarding the home or the farm many a family has established the habits of thrift that have insured fi nancial success later in life.- Kx. Practically all the county agents In Eastern Oregou have adopted work along tho following lines: ( 1 1 adoption of Grimm alfalfa, (2) ap plication of sulphur to alfalfa, (3) silos, (41 pest control, (5) better livestock. Many other plans were adopted In different counties. These are com mon, however, to most counties and are of fundamental importance from an economic standpoint. For instance, there are more than 50,000 acres of altulfa land, the pro duction of which may be increased from 20 to 60 percent by the use of Grimm alfalfa. There are 100,000 acres of alfal fa which will return a ton per acre for every dollar expended for sul phur or land plaster. The cost of beef, wool and dairy. production can be reduced from 20 to 50 percent by feeding ensilage figuring the cost of ensilage produc tion and feeding value in compari son with hay crops. In some districts in certain coun ties, pests, chiefly rabbits and squir rels, are destroying more range and crops than the livestock. The Klam ath county f.uiu bureau handled ten and one-hull tons of poison last year for its members at a great reduc tion in cost. In some counties farm bureau members Instead of purchas I n g livestock Indiscriminately at public sales and from speculators, pool their orders and have members of the organization select stock de sired. With difficult financial situations, facing the farmers these efficient y factors become more important than ever. (Mil q A Y Don't forget that the Crook County Journal is only awaiting the re ceipt of your $2 to appear at your home times. It saves you the trouble of always borrow ing it from your neighbor. around their cut-over lands west of llend, Oregon, and south of Tumalo Creek, In Deschutes County, Oregon. All bids to be filed with Oregon & Western Colonization Company, Pi oneer Bldg., St. Paul, Minn., on or before March 25, 1921, anil a copy filed with B. F. Johnson, Prinevlllo, Oregon, on same date, and all en velopes containing bids should be marked "Bid on Fence", and bid will be opened at one o'clock P. M., March 25, 1921, and the Company reserves the right, to rejoct any or all bids. 25c Dangerous Maladies. There are more death from include" and whooping eouiih than from scar let fever. Greater efforts In school hygiene would seem to be the only way In which this problem can be coped with siiccessfillly, combined Willi (tie education of parents In the necessity fin the observation of quar antine nd Isolation procedures even for these simple diseases. BIDS WANTED Oregon & Western Colonization Company, will consider bids for the construction of eighteen miles of four (barbed) wire fence, posts sev en feet long, top diameter not less than four inches, and placed two feet in the ground, and sixteen feet apart with a limit of twenty foet where not possible to place sixteen feet. Four gates in fence, twelve feet wide, and six feet high, made of 1 1-2 x 8-lnch lumber, and placed In position with gate posts four feet In the ground, and twelve feet above the ground with top diameter not less than six inches, and a tie 2x8 over top. If bid accepted construction to be gin by April 6, 1921, and be com pleted by May 20, 1921. All bids specify kind of material posts are made from. Company to furnish all (barbed I wire and staples F. O. B. Bend, Ore gon, and fence to be constructed v5 -im fKf Pain! Paint Creates Prosperity Have the Surface autl You Save All. The "run down" house (there Ig one near you) Is fast going to ruin merely because the owner unwlBely neglects to keep It pro tected with paint. It costs more not to paint than to paint. Paint saves the sur face and protects the building from sun, rain, frost and varying weather conditions that bring destruction. UTY HOI HE PAIXT gives lasting protection and beauty. It costs less because it takes less and lasls longer. call at our store and let us show you color samples and assist you In selecting the proper color combinations that will make the house appear to the best advantage LAKIN HARDWARE "WHERE IT PAYS TO TRADE."