y et 0 LIBRARY Crook Journal COvNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE rOI.CMB XXV. I'RINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON THURHRAY, MARCH 17, 1021. no. so. Goiiety WHICH THE INDICATOR Lake Ocboco but total storage apaolty at 47,000 cr (eat ol water. Tbs figure ibown by the Indi cator 1 1 vet the total amount ot wa ter in storage at the time tbe read ing win tukon at eight o'clock thin morning by officers of the district, and the report la official. It will be corrected each week for tbe benefit of thoio of our readers who are Interested In watching the water supply ralie for the crops tbli Tear. Tbe storage of 1919 and 1920 are also glvon at the loft. 47,000.... 44.800.... 44,000.... 45,600.... 4G.000.... 44 00.... 44,000.... 43.500.... 43.000.... 43.600.... 42.000.... 41,600.... 41,000.... 40,600.... 40,000.... 89.600.... 39.000.... 38.600.... 38.000.... 37,600.... 37.000.... 86,600..-.. 30,000.... 8G.r.oo.... 85 000 ... 34,500.... 34.0VO.... S3.S00.... 33.000... 32,500.... 32.000.... 31.(00.... 31,000.... 30,600.. 30.000.... 29.600.... 29,000..., 2S.S00.. 2.000.. 27.600.... 27,OQO.. 28.600.... 20.000. . 26 600... 26,000.... 24.600..., 24.000..., 23.600.... 23,000..., 22,600.... 22,000.... 21,600..., 21,000... 20,600... 20,000... 19.600... 19.000... 18.600... 18.000... 17,600... 17,000... 14.600... 16 000... 16.600... 16,000... 14.600..'. 14.000... 13.600... 18,000... 12,600... 12.000... 11.600... 11.000... 10,600... 10.000.., 9.600... 9.000... 8.600... 8,000... 7.600... 7.000... 6,600... 6,000... 6 600.. 6,000... 4.500... 4,000.., -! a is 3,600 , 3,000 , 2.500 2 000 1.600 1,000 600 SILVER TEA NEXT Tl'KHDAY A 25-cent sllvor tea will be given next Tuesday afternoon at the Col ling W. Elklns home. The contri butions received will go towards the Upkeep of the Annex library, which til Just recently been opened to the public In general. Associated with lira. Elklns In entertaining on Tues day will be Mrs. G. P. Reams and Mrs. E. E. Bergh. OAS DROPS 2 1-2 CENTS Local retailers have announced a drop In the price ot gasoline to the consumer of two and one-halt cents per gallon. This makes the retail trice of gas In this city now 38c MIffllilL 0 WO RESERVOIR RAPIDLY M TO AltliCLKH OK IXCOHPORATIOX I OK "THE BAXK OF PRIXE VII.I.K" WERE HKJXF.D IN TIIIH CITY TCKHDAV AM) FORWARDED TO TIIK HTATK HITF.RIXTENDENT OF HAXKN, AT HAI.F.M OX TIIK KA.MK DAY. TIIK AKTICLKH PROVIDE THAT TIIK CAPITAL BTOCK SHOULD UK (WMMMI.OO, WITH A Hl'RPLl'H OK i-VHMUKI, ALL OK WHICH W TO IIK PAH) S WCFORE TIIK BASK OI'KXH. MR. KAII.VOPP ARRIVED IN FKI -SEVILLE, TUESDAY, AND, HIM K THAT TIMK HAH HKEN MEETIXO A MMHEK OP THE MOHT PROM I MINT ItlHINF.SH PEOPLE IX PHIXEVILLE AXD HlRItOtXD INU COI'XTKY, AXI IH GETTING EXCELLENT HEHIXTH FOR THE MEW HANK. A DEFINITE DATE FOR THK OPENING OK THE IXHTITUTIOJf HAH XOT YET HEK.V HET, BIT IT WILL PERHAPH RE WITHIJT THIRTY DAYS, ACCORDING TO MR. KARXOPP. NAIL ROUTE IS TO BE ENLARGED The Powell Dude mall route has U)nn extended and Improved, In or- dir to aorve more families In tho diHtrlct, aa Well aa make bettor ser vice for thoae whom It already servos. The new route, which Mar-tod yes terday, carries moil to O. W. Wolls, Myron Ilager, John llluton, Uov MoftU. and Durham others, who huve heretofore not received mall under L the old plan, k also takea the mall past the bouae ot Charles Parrlah trod others, who before had to go a mile and a half in order to get their mail dally. An effort was made last fall to get Powell Butte served by a mall route from Prlnevllle, tbe county seat, but on account ot the sparsely settled country between, the plan was not carried out. Many Powell Butte residents believe, however, that the movement last fall may have callud attention to tbe. inconvenience caus ed many of the farmers, and that tho Improved mall route la the result. When tbe Benham Falls project goes through, and water reaches the land between Prlnevllle and Powell Butte, making it poasible for many homos In that section, Powell Butte will without doubt, be connected with the county scat by a direct mall service. EASTERN HTAR TO CELEBRATE The celebration ot the tnstallatfon of the different chaptera of the East ern Star in Central Oregon will take place at Bend this year, on Friday, April 1. The birthday ot the Ma dras, Redmond and Prlnevllle chap- j ters Is the 27th of March, and the Bend anniversary Is a few days lat er. The celebration la usually on the 27th, but as that date Is Easter Sunday this year, It will be held on the date mentioned. A large num ber ot members ot Carnation Chap ter plan to attend. , The order of events will be adher ed to without variation. Races In track events ' will not be changed from schedule. , Contestants who are scoring In field events may be excused temporarily to take part in track events. - Midgets must weigh f 00 pounds or under. They will be weighed In at the gymnasium at 12 o'clock noon on the day ot the meet. t Declamatory The high school declamatory con test is divided Into three divisions; Div. 1. Humorous; Dlv. 2 Ora torical; Div. 8 Dramatic. , Tno grade declamatory contest is divided Into four divisions, two grades In each division. Humorous selections are allowable In Divisions 1 and 3 only. Selections in Dlvs. 1 and 2, CENTRAL OREGON SCI IDOL DAY, REDiUT 14 RED CROHN HHOl'LD BE NOTIFIED OF DESTITUTION It lias recently come to the atten tion of the local chapter of tbe Am erican Red Cross that the people of Prlnevllle and Crook county are not reporting to the Red Cross officials the cases where the Red Cross could he of real assistance and fulfill Its purpose and duty. Every case ot persons in need should be reported to M. W. Skip worth, county chairman, or to Mrs. Asa Battles, executive secretary. All such communications will be consid ered confidential. A tew caM h4Te been rePorl l the Red Cross only after private per sons bad supplied the needs. The nod Cross should be consulted im-f mediately and allowed to take care of or cooperate with private Indiv iduals. . TO BE LIQUIDATED In another column In this issue we are publishing a notice which gives detailed facts concerning the liquidation ot the Crook County, Bank. I Geo. F. Euston baa been appoints ed Deputy State Superintendent ot Bauka, under F. S. Bramwell, and will have. charge ot tbe affairs ot the institution while It Is being liquidat ed. Mr. Bramwell Is In Klamath Falls this week, and will issue a formal statement soon concerning Juat how the matter Is to be handled, but It is said on good authority that he ex pects to pay dividends to the deposi tors quite soon. The notice of liquidation which is being published today, will run for 90 days, during which time the af fairs of the bank will be fixed up as fust as possible. Services will beheld at the Catho- 11c church next Sunday morning at 10:30. i restricted to 600 words. Selections In Div. 2, restricted to 800 words. Selections In Dlv. 4 restricted to 1000 words. Tennis Tennis contests are as follows: High school Boys singles and doubles; girls' singles and doubles. Grades Boys' singles and doubles. AH tennis contests except the flnaU must be played off before the day of the meet. Stenography and Typing; v Contests in first and second year Shorthand; first and second year of Typing. ' Entrants, Etc. Section t. Art. 6. Every four-year high school may have one entrant in W. It. TICKER HI'EAKER AT GKI.MEK' CHAPEL MOXDAY. County Agent Tucker was the principal speaker at a meeting held at Grimes Chapel, Monday evening. The occasion wss mainly a social ev ent, and a large crowd from the flat and from Prlnevllle overflowed the building. Ben Sordal, ot the Ocho- co Irrigation District, took orders . i.i. . . , for alfalfa seed and also sweet and red clover seed. About two tons of a falfa seed were ordered. Samples of seed from different companies, at various prices, bad been previously secured by Mr. Sordal and Mr. Tuck er, and were on band for Inspection. The big feed, which Is always the crowning feature of a community ... ' meeting on the flat, was served st . I . -V . let him have Just as big pieces as he' wanted, and he filled up his plate. TO HELP FARMERS The following telegram was re clved last Saturday by B. F. John- n of the Oregon and Western Col- (,.;liutlon Company from W. P. Dar- ildaon, president ot the company: ' "Congress made appropriation for helping farmers purchase grain for seed. Funds will be distributed through county agent; maximum amount one farmer, $200. Suggest If county agent has no information he wire Wallace, Secretary of Agri culture. Give some address near est agent, and have your agent get In touch with him Immediately. W. P. Dadidson.". In compliance with the telegram, W. B. Tucker, county agent. Immed iately wired Secretary Wallace tor more definite Information, and he was informed by wire that the fed- eral agent at Argo, North Dakota would have charge ot this work, and that information would be immed iately mailed by the latter to Mr. Tucker. If this federal aid can be secured this spring ,tt will be ot great ad vantage to farmers of Crook county. S200 will go a long ways towards buying Beed for sowing grain, and will do a lot to relieve the money shortage if it can be secured In time Dr. and Mrs. Horace Belknap left this morning for Xampa, Idaho, af ter a three-day visit In town. -vWbile here Doctor Horace per formed 12 operations, many ot them being difficult ones, all ot which ap J pear to be very successful, and aa; i slated his father in the work of his I practice. each event providing, each high school may have two entrants in the one-fourth mile and one mile runs. Each county may Belect by the pro cess of elimination, one entrant for each event from high schools having less than four years of work. Each county may be entitled to one entry in each division of the grade contests. The board may provide for repre sentation .on finals in the tennia con tests in both high school and grades. Program 9:00 A.M., Tennis contests, Dr Hosch and gymnasium courts. Un der direction of Prln. George A. Ga briel, Madra8. 10:00 A.M., Stenography and Typ ing contests. H.S. building. Un der direction of Miss Daisy E Leon A Under the direction ot Miss Phila Hall, domestic science teacher tor C. . . ., ... A , , . darted the second week in school, and an average of between 35 and JO nnnfl hnvA haan .uru.H aoH Aav ,,nce that Ume The mMl each three rUc , ot drInk . fcot dish of aome sort, and bread and butter. The luuch is always Plan ned fltft that la annnltoa tho fojwl ala. . ui ,. . . . ... ments which are beat for the nourish ment of a growing boy or girl. The lunches are given to pupils at as near actual cost as can be figured, the tolul cost for the three dishes averaging 13 or 14 cents. Students are allowed to bring their own lunch if they wish, and supplement it with any or all of the dishes1 supplied on the school menu. Grade pupils os ; Yeu no iiiuwj vi iuc uiga Bcnooi nave the privileges of the cafateria, and teachers ot both schools are also served. The work, of preparing and serv ing the school lunch is done by high school girls, supervised by MUa Hall, aud gives them practical experience in this kind of domestic work. School lunches are now a feature of nearly every school of any size in the country. Many pupils who live at a distance from school, must nec essarily bring lunches, often consist ing almost entirely ot sweets, which overload the stomach of a pupil and make efficient, school work an im possibility. When mothers realize that their boys and girls may get a well-balanced meal at school, thua relieving them ot the worry and bother ot nxing up a lunch, at a price- which is very near cost, they are glad to take advantage ot the service, and vote to make it a per manent feature of the achool life. The credit for the success of the local school cafateria goes to Miss Hall. She has put much ot her time Into the planning of the meals, and the fame ot them has gone far and wide. New Typewriters The typewriting department has secured four new Underwood type writers. Four old machines are to be turned back to the factory on these new ones. At present the Un derwood is the chief machine in use in the departmnt However, three Woodstocks and an L. C. Smith are also possessed. In time It Is expect ed to have these machines replaced by the Underwood, giving that ma - chine the preference to all others ard, Redmond. . . 10:00 A.M., Grade declamation contest at gymnasium. Presiding officer, Mrs. Lillian Watts, county superintendent of Jefferson county. 2:00 P.M., at fair grounds, field and track events. Directed by J. E Myers, sperintendent of Crook coun ty, president;, J. Alton Thompson, superintendent of Deschutes county, Paul Irvine, secretary-treasurer. Order of Events - 1. 60 yards, high school. 2. Shot put. 8. 50 yards, grades 4. 60 yards, midgets. 5. 100 yards, high school. 6. 100 yds., grades. 7 100 yards, midgets 8. Javelin, Mile run. . 9. High jump, high school; high jump, grades. 10. i 5-yard low hur dles, grades. 11. 751yard low mm Water has reached a depth of 104 feet at the deepest point In the Ocho co Reservoir, and has backed up to a distance ot about four mile. Tne total ampunt of water In storage to day is 34,000 acre feet, aa is shown by the Indicator on the left hand side of this page. This la but 13, 000 feet less than the total capacity of the structure. The Increase In the amount ot water has averaged a little less than 1000 acre feet per day, during the month, and a part of the time It pro duced an average of 1,000 acre feet per day and more. The wanner weather during the last few days seems to indicate that the capacity of the reservoir, 47,000 acre feet, will be reached by the first ot April or shortly after, and waste 'water will be going over the spillway, on the south end of the structure. Yesterday afternoon, white caps, perhaps a foot and a half to two feet In heighth, were rolling up on the) east shore of the lake, caused by the high wind blowing up the canyon. Indications are that there will be an abundant supply ot water, plenty to meet all demands of the district and more, and prospects were never brighter for excellent crops on the project. As soon aa there is a de mand for water, It will be turned Into the ditches,: probably about the first of next month. The engineers of the project are greatly pleased with the manner la which the dam stands the test ot the rapid raise in the reservoir. While of course, there to some seep age of water through and around the structure, there is much lean than waa expected by the engineer. In fact they state that only about 50 percent aa much water has been lost as they estimated would sfpa through the first time that the dam waa filled. " The directors of the North Unit Irrigation Project, who live at Ma dras, including Mr. Gard, Mr. Hen derson and Mr. Anderson, were In Prineville yesterday, looking over the dam and noting the amount ot water which la being stored tor Och oco lands this year. Every year applications presented by the students for entrance into thia department have been increasing. Accomodations are not sufficient at the present time to handle the de mand. In another year or two it la hoped the department will be en larged t o care for the demands. Each year the commercial and busi ness world is Increasing its eall for efficient typists and stenographers; and only by maintaining adequate equipment, accomodations and effl teachers can Crook County High 1 School expect to furntsh her share t I the stenographers called tor. hurdles, midgets. 12. 120-yd. high hurdles, high school. 13. 440-yard run. 14. 2220-yard - low hurdlos, high school ;,discus, bjgh school. 15. 220-yard dash. 16. Relay, 880 yards, midgets. 17. Running broad jump, high school; running broad Jump grades. 18. Pole vault, high .school; grades. 19. 880-yard relay, grades. 20. 880-yard re lay, high school. In some lhstances two or more events will take place at one time, as indicated'in 8-9-14-17. 8:00 P.M., High school declama tory contest at gymnasium. Pre siding officer, Supt. S. W. Moore, ot Bend. v " - J. E. MYERS. President. , PAUL IRVINE, Secy.-Treas.