V of O LI BR ART
Crook County Journal
COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL, OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOLUME XXV.
PRI NEVILLE, t-BOOK COUNTY, OREGON WURMOAY, MARCH 24, 1921.
NO. 27.
WATCH THE INDICATOR
Lake Ochoco tint a total storage
capacity of 47,000 acre feat of
water.
The figure shown by th Indi
cator give th total amount of wa
ter In storuxe at tin time tha read
ln( wut taken at night o'clock till
morning by officer of the district,
and tha report la official
It will be corroded each week for
tha benefit of thoae of our reader
who are Intereatud In watching the
water lupply raiae for the crop thl
year.
The storage of 1911 and 1920 are
alto given at the left.
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EASTER SERVICE
Methodist EpUoopal Church, on
March 27, 1921, at 11:00, A. M.
Prelude, Minuet In G, Beethoven;
Dozology; Invocation; Hymn; Apos
tles Creed; Prayerl Anthem, Re
demptlon, Suter; Responsive Read'
lng; Gloria; Scripture Lesson; Of
feratory, Berceuse from Jocelyn,
Godard; Solo. The Palms, Faure;
Sermon; Hymn; Benediction; Post
lude, quartette, Tenor, W, P. Her
ahey, Soprano, Frances L. Durand,
Alto, Florence Paul, Bass, J. B.
8hlpp; Violin, OrvlUe Shultz; Piano,
III I I
iuu i m
Blanche Shtpp.
' Rev. M. R, Gallaher, Pastor.
II I BIIIO Bffi
H M 0KGHI1 IS RAPIDLY MUG
A. J. Wiley, Consulting Engineer
for Kulph Hchnecloch Company, who
Iihh been associated with the Ochoco
Project since It conception, waa In
Prineville Baturday on a regular trip
of limpnctlon, and examined the
Orhoco d ii in In company with the
board of director of the project,
and engineer R. W. Ra and R. B.
Frolaeth.
After a thorough inspection of the
dam, Mr. Wiley pronounced It In
put-feet condition, and laid that It I
standing the (eat to which It ia be
ing put by being rapidly filled with
water, In a remarkable manner.
Commenting upon the dam, Mr, Wi
ley aald: "Before the dam waa ever
constructed, we knew that there
would be more or lent water escapo
on the north side of the alructure,
due to the fact that the material
there hus never been wet, being loft
there by aome kind of volcanic ac
tion. On the couth aide, however,
the hill Is filled by wash from the
Combs' Klut country, and being de
posited there wet, win naturally not
nearly so apt to leak. For this
reason tbo cut-off trench waa made
much deeper and with considerable
more care on the north end of the
dam, and It is working to perfection
Practically all If not all of the seep-
age and waste water la escaping
around the end of the cut-off treuch.
though (he volcanic formation there.
ud dot's not run through the struc
ture. Such water as is running off
from the lower face of the dam, no
doubt comes around the end of the
dam in this manner and does not es
cape until after it hus left the cen
ter of the lower fiire. The forma
tion of the hill north of the reser
voir is such that no amount of wat
er going through it would In any
way endanger the dam Itself, anl
while It would no doubt Justify the
district In expending some money to
stop these leaks as the water recedes
which would very easily be done by
use of a raft and Inexpensive ma
chinery for sluicing.
"However, the escape Is so llghr,
comparatively, that the expenditure
of much money would not be justi
fied, and would be altogether un
noceasary. "Having been asosclated with, the
construction of dams of this type In
many parts of the United States, ov
er a long period of years, I am pre
pared to aay that the Ochoco reser
voir is aa near perfect as any dam
of this type can be.
"The amount of leakage will per
haps Increase until the dam Is full,
and wastes over the spillway, but
will diminish In proportion as the
water recedes. It will be less next
near and still leas the year follow
lug and will gradually diminish each
year, but will perhaps never cease
because of the formation of the soil
there,
"One of the finest features in con
nectlou with the Ochoco reservoir is
an abundance of water to nil it,
Many reservoirs which I have helped
to construct, have gone for a great
number of years without ever hav
ing been over half full, and the peo.
pie under the Ochoco project cau be
thankful tor the fact that they pos
sess a dam of first quality and an ab
undance of moisture to fill it."
Mr. Wiley loft Prlnevllle Satur
day evening after having been most
of the day at the dam, and said that
he feels that the work here has been
all that anyone could expect, and
that the plans formulated for the
district worked out to perfection.
WELL DRILLED ON
ROIHNSON RANCH.
Ernest Wagoner finished drilling
a well on Ross Robinson's ranch, a
mile east of town, on the project, on
Monday. At the depth of 40 feet,
water raised to 20 feet from the top
In the hole, and at 60 feet an abun
dance of water was secured.
DATES FOR CLEAN-UP
ARE DECIDED UPON
Clean-up Week tor Prlnevllle ha
been set by Mayor Wurzweiler tar
the week of March 28 to April 2ad,
and during that week It la expected
that every unsightly object will ,'be
cleaned up and the city made to look
new and bright.
In order that the entire commun
ity become Interested In this work,
the mayor has set Wednesday March
30th a Community Clean-up Day,
and on this day the city wilt be clos
ed to all business except of a clean
up nature.
The meeting place will be at the
Legion Hall at 8:30 and all are ex
pected to come In work clothes and
and some kind of weapon to use dur
ing the day. It can be a shovel, a
rake, hoe, axe, grubbing hoe, or in
fact, anything you feel best adapted
to use. The entire male population
of the city will be on hand at the
Legion Hall on next Wednesday, and
V. V. Hurpham and Cap. Fuller will
be there with teams and wagons and
big auto trucks to take ?ou to var
ious parts of the city ; whore the
work ia needed so all you -need to do
ia report at the above place, prompt
at 8:30 and you will And a place
for the day where you can accom
plish much good tor your home and
town.
A big Community Dinner will be
served at the camp grounds at noon
for all, and the ladles are requested
to bring a well-filled basket any time
before noon, to help feed their hard
working husbands. Horace Kelley
will have charge of the eats and all
the ladies of the city are expected to
assist him in preparing the big teed
Try and do your clean-up work at
home either Monday or Tuesday, so
you can help work on some non-resident
property on Wednesday. Don't
try to cart your rubish away, but
pile it up sot it out along the curb
in front of your property lute Tues
day evening, and the wagons and
trucks will take It away early Wed
nesday morning at no cost to you
It you have a barn or out-bulld
ing that you are tired of looking at
and you find you could Improve the
looks of your own property by hav
ing it torn down and the lumber pil
ed in a neat pile, notify Arthur Mi
chel between now and next Wednes
day morning and a crew of men will
take it down in good order for you
free of charge and let you keet the
lumber. You have no Idea how well
pleased your neighbor will be to see
that old shack torn down.
Next Wednesday is the big day.
8:30, a. m. is the time. The Legion
Hall is the place of meeting.' The
entire town will be there. Don't
make other plans for the day, as you
will show yourself up if you are on
the curb or sitting on the street cor
ner watching the crowd. This is
your town and your rubbish,, go bo
on hand and help clean it up!
WHAT SEEMS TO BE WRONG?
We have heard a number of com
plaints on the seeming unnecessary
expense for books In the first grade
of our schools. ITp to the present
time, parents of the little tots have
been called upon to purchase five
different kinds of readers, and just
why one book for the term should
not be enough, we are unable to say.
In years past it has been the com
mon and economical practice to
hand the books down to the younger
brother or Bister, but, under the new
ruling, this practice cannot be fol
lowed up. We would like to have
someone tell us Just how It Is, so we
can be In a position to answer In
quiries. ' "
NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY
MAY HE ORGANIZED HERE
Initial steps for the formation of
a National Guard company for this
esctlon will be taken at the next
meeting of the American Legion, at
which time all young men of mili
tary age who would be interested
In uch an organization In Crook
'county, are asked to meet with the
American Legion and talk the mat
ter over.
F. A. Feasler, adjutant of the lo
cal Legion post, has taken the mat
ter up with the adjutant general,
and ha been Informed that the
number of such organizations al
lowed Oregon would be increased In
June, so if It I the wish of the
young men of the community, steps
for an organization will be taken.
Many of the Oregon cities are re
presented by crack organizations of
various branches of militia, but not
one exists In Central Oregon.
So pass the word along. Be on
band at the Legion Club April 4,
wnen an open meeting t to De held.
i
LATE NEWS FROM
. FORESTRY OFFICE
, 'Potato Show lp October."
Every ranger on the Ochoco Na-' What has been done by Mr. Beck
tloual Forest is taking a reading er on the Tumalo project, can be re
course prepared by a committee of Plated by hundreds of farmer or.
Forest Supervisors. The course tne Ochoco project, a well as
deals with almost every phase of for- throughout the Powell Butte district
estry work, from the fire protection and ln 'act- wherever Irrigation is to
work to law enforcement, land laws, De had ,n Central Oregon. Of cours3
etc. It was estimated that it would 8ome land are better than others
take 30 days solid work for each and ,or tnat reaan the return would
man to complete the course. perhaps be greater in some Instances
in rtrfmn t .h ,..,, ,nn but from th example set by Mr.
E. W, Donnelly is making about 65
signboards tor his district (Snow
Mountain); he has also overhauled
the government trucks, and done
numerous odd Jobs between times.
Rangers Anderson and Blake and
Eider are also making signboards.
Each year more signs are added to
the roads and trails within and near
the Forest so that within a few years
at least the upland country ishould
be so thoroughly posted that it will
be impossible for even the "town
dude" to become lost.
By changing ranger district boun
daries, Ranger Congleton will as
sume charge of the Maury Mountain
territory in addition to the Beaver
Creek and a portion of the John Day
water-Bhed, but will give up the
north slope ot the mountain towards
Dayvllle to Ranger Ralph Elder who
will be located at Antone Instead ot
at Cold Spring Ranger Station near
Summit Prairie.
A meeting of the Wheeler County
Sheep Raisers' Association Is to be
held at Mitchell on March 26. .We
understand that matters pertaining
to the scale of wages to be offered
by sheepman for the coming season
and various other local problems
that confront them will be discussed.
Ranger Blake will represent the
Forest Service.
Mr. L. L. Jones, a - prominent
sheepman from Mitchell passed thru
Prlnevllle on March, 22 on his way to
Bend to discuss range matters in the
Cascades, and stated to local Fores
try men that there is an average of
at least one foot of solid packed
snow from the Ochoco Mines to the
Prineville-Mitchcll summit, with the
snow banks in places three feet or
more in depth.
Contrary to the quite popular sup
position, sheep and cattle have not
all been shipped out of the country.
Records at the local Forestry offlco
show that applications have been re
ceived tor grazing 100,235 head of
sheep and for 21,161 head of cattle
The capacity of the Forest is approx
imately 85,008 head of sheep and
(Continued on page 6)
BERRIES PROFITABLE
L
Anyone who doubts that berries
or garden produce would be profita
ble in Central Oregon, would do well
to visit the farm of C. P. Becker, at
Tumalo, during the growing season.
. This farm, which contains but 40
acres, is highly diversified, and well
kept, good returns have ben realized
for Its owner for a number of years,
and an ideal home maintained. Some
everbearing strawberries are grown
on the ranch, which bring satisfac
tory return every year, not only
from the sale of berries; but from
plants, which are In a greater de
mand than Mr. Becker can supply.
When interviewed recently for the
Journal, Mr. Becker gave the follow
ing statement:
"I sold over 100 crates of straw
berries from less than 3-4 of an acre
:at fj.oo
a crate, last year. The
J plants dug from the same plat sold
:for over $200.00. We began pick
ling for market July 10th, and con-
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i were berries late in October and I
had a Bmall display at the Inter
State Fair and" also at th Redmond
Becker and others, it would seem
that almost any tract of this size,
properly handled, would bring very
satisfactory returns.
ANOTHER HEN TAKES CHANCE
It would Beem that a genuine con
test has started among the hens ot
this section since the flock of Mrs.
Wells' set the pace for size. We
now have a contribution from a Ply
mouth Rock biddy belonging to Mrs.
C. L. Roberts, of Ochoco Valley.
which measures eight Inches a'round
the long way, and seven Inches at
the middle. It Is a perfect egg in
every respect, and further proves
the wonderful possiblities of the
feathered tribe.
The next thing which will proba
bly show up is a hen that will lay a
nice slice ot ham with her egg. This
addition would certainly be highly
appreciated by ye editor, who is do
ing the sampling ot these wonderful
productions. We are fully convinc
ed now that there Is no limit to a
hen's capacity. Who's next?
NEW STORAGE RATES AT
THE SERVICE MOTOR 8AI.ES
Mr. Holmes, of the Service Motor
Sales, informs us that a change in
storage rates has been decided upon,
to take effect immediately. The
new storage rate is $5.00 per month.
This cut will certainly be appreciat
ed by all car owners.
P. & S. TRAIN WRECKED
ENGINEER COYNE KILLED
The S. P. & S. train, enroute to
Bend Monday night, was thrown off
the track by bowlders washed on the
track, four miles east of Lyle, Wash,
about 9:30 in the evening. The en
gineer, B. F. Coyne, of Portland, I It satisfactory, ararngementa . can
was killed, and the fireman jumped I be made, the famous "Georgia Mln
to save his life. Only the baggage ' strells" will appear in Prineville on
car and engine were derailed, and
no passengers were injured.
The accident caused a delay ot
eight hours In the mail reaching
Prineville.
With the greater part of the stock
for the Bank of Prlnevllle subscrib
ed, and encouraging support from
many people throughout the county,
J. L. Karnopp, head ot the new bank
which I being organized in Prlne
vllle, left Friday evening for Port
land after having spent several day
in this city getting affair In shape
for opening the new concern.
The opening date ha not yet been
fixed, but will be in the first half or
April, unless something unbooked
for should delay matters, acocrdins;
to Mr. Karnopp. , .
In an interview granted Friday
evening, concerning Prlnevllle and
the surrounding country, Mr. Kar
nopp said:
"I am greatly pleased with the re
ception I have met in this communi
ty during fhe week, and believe that
the people here are willing to do
their share towards the development
of one of the best countries ln th
Northwest.
"After having Inspected the re
sources of the country ln the limited
time at my disposal, I believe that
I can easily say that a population
many times the present number will
be seen here during the next few
years. If I can take even a small
part In bringing about the general
improvement in condition here, I
will consider the time and effort well
spent." 1 -
Mr. Karnopp Is a firm believer In
irrigation development, and thinks
that a great number of small farms,
intensively cultivated, I much bet
ter for any community than s num
ber of large one that cannot be car
ed for to the extent necessary. Ha
expects to return to Prineville short
ly and will be prepared to open the
bank at an early date.
PRINEVILLE GREENHOUSE
IN REGULAR OPERATION?
Under the firm name of Townsend
& Campbell, a greenhouse ts now in
operation in Hyde Park. The con
cern will supply the wants of local
people in the way ot vegetables,
young plants, cut flowers, etc. Jos
eph' Townsend is the manager.
EVENING CLUB ENTERTAINS
The Evening Bridge Club enter
tained last night at the home of Mrs.
Charles Elkins, the husbands and a
number of friends being guests.
Eight tables ot bridge were seat
ed, and the rooms were decorate!
with attractive boquets of pussy wil
lows. A tasty lunch was served,
consisting ot chicken patties, cara
mel and strawberry ice cream, cake)
and coffee.
Mrs. Jay Upton won the guest
prize tor the ladies, and H. W. How
ard received the gentlemen's prize
for high score. Miss Marjorle Tack-
man won the club prize, and Bruce
Ensley was the recipient of the Con
solution prize. v
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Euston,
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bowman, Mr.
and Mrs.' Fred Eickemeyer, Mr. and.
Mrs. C. W. Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Foster, Mr. and Mrs. H. W,
Howard, Miss Marjorie Tackman,
Miss Martha Gillett, Miss Louisa
Jordan, Mrs. J. G. Bolter, Herbert
Eickemeyer, Bruce Ensley, Charles
Upton, and M. W. Skipworth.
'GEORGIA MINSTRELS" TO
APPEAR HERE, ON MAT 28.
May 28, under the auspices of tha
American Legion.
The troupe Is a large one, and has
proven satisfactory wherever thef
have shown. ' -