C of O L1BHABT Z
Crook Coiimty Jouriial
COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRI NEVILLE
VOLUME XXV.
I'KINKVILLE, CROOK COUSTY, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921.
HO.M.
WATCH THE INDICATOR
Laks Ochoco hut t tot ii I storage
eapaclty Of 47,000 acra feot of
water.
The figures shown by the Indi
cator gives the tuUI amount of wa
ter In storaga at the time the read
ing wm taken at eight o'clock thli
morning by officers of the district,
and the report la official.
It will be correct od each wnek for
the benefit of those of our readers
who are Interested In watching thd
water supply raise for the crops this
year.
The storage of 1919 and 1920 art
also given at the left.
47,000
44,600
46,000.
48,600
4S.000
44 C00....
44,000
43,500
43,000
42,600
42,000
41.(00
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40,600 1
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89,000.
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38,000.
37,600 i
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88.600. ;
80,000 i
86,600 I
86 000.4
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34.000.
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32.600
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81.000 1
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28.600..
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26 600..
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22,000 ;
21.600 ;
21.000 ,
20.600
20,000 1
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14.000
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9.600
9,000
8,500
8,000
7,600
7,000
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6.000
4,600
4.000
3,600
3,000
2,600
2 000....
1,600....,
1.000.1...
500.....
INLAND AUTO CO. HAS
SOLID TIRE PRESS
It Is gratifying, to learn that the
Crook county truck owners will no
longer be, handicapped because of
the tact that there has been no solid
tire press available in this locality.
The Inland Auto Company has re
' cently purchased a 75-ton solid tire
press to take care of this need,
whloh lately has become intensified
' with tbe growth of the community
and the various road construction
projects adjacent to Prtnevlllo.
Their ad In reference to this press
Will be found elsewhere in this issue.
IP
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II GATHER
DEW BAY TO
Luke Ochoco will be filled to ra
pacity not later than Sunday after
noon, and water will flow over the
wumUi way for the first time.
Considerable speculation has been
indulged In by those In touch with
the condition, concerning Just when
this hlatorlc event will take place.
At the rate of Increase which has
prevailed during the week, Saturday
afternoon or night may aee the over
flow point reached.
People, from many points In the
northwuitt have expressed a duslM
(o be present when this event takes
place, and if the weather remains
favorable a lurge amount of the pop
ulation of I'rinevillo and the district
will no doubt be at the lake, making
up perhaps the record crowd.
To stimulate Interest In the tak
ing of photographs, the Journal of
fnrs a cash prize of $5 tor the best
photograph taken, allowing the lake.
water going over the spillway or any
other Interesting point along the.
shores of thi lake. A second prize
of one year's subscription will be
given, and for all additional photo
graphs submitted of unusual merit
cash will be paid.
(let lo lake Ochoco during the!
week end, and take pictures of any
point that Inlereata you most.
1
CONTRACT
LET FOR
OCHOCO
HIGHWAY;
inoiiwiHMl & Dann, contractor,
were. KHimb-d the contract on con
Mruclloii of the Priiievllle-yloiies'
Mill wi t Ion of t he Ochoco Highway
at the uhmHIiik of the stale highway
iMimiiiiNNlon al the court bonne in
Portland ) efWrdn y at price of
$IM,IHIA.OO
The cut In- lentil or tbla link In
17.05 iiiIIik.
The new highway to California
has been selected.
After one ot the bitterest road
fights In the history of the old Ore
gon country the state commission
this morning decided on the route
from The Dalles to Madras. Large
delegations from Wasco and Sher
man counties heard Chairman R. A
Booth of the state highway commis
sion, make the announcement.
The route selected goes from The
Dalles to Dufur, on through Maupln,
Criterion, Cow Creek valley, Tygh
valley to Madras.
This cuts Shaniko and Antelope
off the main highway. They were
on the old route selected by the leg
islature two years ago, but the new
law shunted them and the road will
follow the survey as stated.
But to give Sherman county a run
for its money, Chairman Booth stat
ed that "a log of the new highway
will be run from a point somewhere
near Criterion over to Shaniko, from
there to go in a northerly direction
through Moro and Wasco to the Co
lumbia Kiver highway,"
It was the sentiment of the com
mission that the old road from The
Dalles to Dufur be forgotten and
that the new grade that keeps within
the 5 percent limit be followed. This
will cost, according to the commis
sion's estimates, only $9000 more
than using the old road, which has
a much steeper grade.
The deoislon of the commission
was received calmly by both visiting
delegations. '
I
STOCKMEN MEET
The stockmen of Maury Mountain
held a meeting at the court house
on Monday to discuss problems con
fronting them generally. A very
live meeting was bad, a large num
ber of men being present. Among
tbose In town to attend the meeting
were Labin Harris, Jess Stewart, O.
U. Gray, Dick Mulholland, Alex Am
nions, R. R. Price, John Miller,
Chas. Huston, Chas. Cox, Dave Gult
ermuth, K. B. Knox, Walt Knox and
Sam Newsom.
An Important Item of busineas con
ducted at this meeting was the adop
tion of a resolution excluding all
horses of whatever description from
i 1
the range, effective this season
VK REMOVE OUt HATH
TO THIS YOUNG BIDDY
H. E. Stewart of Powell Butte, Is
the owner of one Red Rock (some-
times called Partridge Rock) hen.
hatched on April 1, 1920. She
! started laying on October 10. Up L
to March 1st, she laid 67 eggs, and
on March 29 hatched 12 chicks. Atl
of this performance was under dry
farming methods, and we are won
dering Just what her biddyahip
would have done had she resided on
land under the Ochoco Project.
A. J. WILEY MAKES-ICAREFUL
Boise, Idaho, March 21, 1921
Board of Directors, Ochoco Irri
gation DlBtrlot, Mr. Fred Hoels- "'
cher, President, Prineville, Ore.
Sirs:
At your request I have made an ex
amination of the condition of the
Ochoco dam and submit the follow
ing report:
The examination was made on
March 19 and was called for by the
feeling that, as the reservoir is rap
Idly filling and will soon be full with
the water for the first time running
over the spillway, an examination of
the dam should be made by one who
Is familiar with its construction.
The dam Is of the hydralic fill
type, In which a mixture of broken
rock ot all sizes from the largest.
weighing about 50 pounds, down to
I m pay pa Id e rock dust, was carried
from the borrow pits by water thru
flumes, and distributed in dykes
along tho upstream and downstream
faces of the dam.
The water by which the material
Is carried flows from the dykes to-
ward the middle line of the dam
carrying the fine parts of the mater
ial to be deposited in a central pool
which occupies about one-third of
the area. This central pool is thus
filled wjth the very fine material
deposited from the water and makes
a central core of very tight material
occupying about one-third of the en
tire volume of the dam. This cen
tral tight core merges gradually up
and downstream into a relatively
coarser, heavier, and more pervious
material until near the faces ot the
dam it. contains a large percentage
ot large broken fragments mixed
with, finer particles Into a compact
mass. The theory of the hydralic
All dam is that the center third is
the tight part while the other two
thirds give weight and stability.
The hydralic fill is recognized', as
probably the safest type of earth
dam. The process of construction
AT
ME
HL
WILL TEST THK HEED
GROWING POSSIBILITIES
About two tons of garden
peas and a quantity of string
beans and other garden crops,
a total of more than 30 acres,
are being planted by local peo-
pie on the Ochoco project, un-
der a special contract with a
seed house. ,
The seed Is being provided by
the seed house, and Is being
J' planted under their direction,
and the crop Is already sold on
contract to the people who fur-
Dished' the seed.
The seed people believe that
our climatic and soil conditions
are Ideal, for seed growing, and
if the experiment Is satisfactory ,
a large contract Is possible for jthe year Just closed. This will aut
the next year. iomatlcally cancel all other back
FOUR FEET OP SNOW ON
THK MCKAY MOUNTAIN'.
Wnrlrt Hiiutnn ratnrnpri finnriav
, , . . i,j t, ., . '
i villi u .ill. ,u nnunuuu, vj "O, ' ' . ,
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McKay Mountain. He states tnaf
. -
there Is four feet of snow at some
points on the mountain.
MAKES ROMS-COUNTRY TRIP i
t
Gene Hendrlckson arrived the last
of the week from Texas. He made
the trip from there to this city by
auto, accompanied by his son, and '
has an Interesting account to tell ot
his experiences on the way. I
INSPECTION OF THE BIG DAM
in which a pool of water Is always
carried on the top of the dam dur
ing construction furnishes a con
stant test of its tightness, and the
material all being water deposited
has the greatest possible compact
ness and stability.
The material in the Ochoco dam
is specially suited for hydralic fill
work because of its freedom from
clay and its large percentage of
heavy, angular rock.
From my observations of the
work at various times during con
struction, from my confidence in the
ability and conscientiousness of your
resident engineer, Mr. R. W. Reu,
under whose direction the dam was
built, and from the behavior of the
dam at the present time, I am satis-
fled that its construction has been in
accordance with the best practice In
the building of this type ot dam.
Owing to a temporary lack of
funds, the heavy rock rip-rapping on
the upstream face near the top has
never been placed, but as a tempor
ary substitute the system of shear
boards used in contsruction has been
kept in place. I believe they will
serve their purpose during this seas
on but they should be -carefully
watched when the high dojvnstream
wipds are blowing, and should be re
placed before the next season. There
is a slight seepage on the down
stream face near the middle of the
dam occuring in a belt about 6 feet
wide and 200 feet long, at about
two-thirds the distance from the
bottom to the top of the dam. This
seepage is unimportant and not un
usual in a hydralic fill dam. It may
be caused by a coarse streak in the
center core due to the use of an ex
cessive amount at this point of the
green shale from the south side bor
row pits which is deficient in the fin
er particles and relatively pervious.
The seepage will probably increase
until the water reaches its maximum
height except that in hot weather It
(Continued on page 2)
II. II.
ANNEX MEETING
IS HELD TUESDAY
The Ladies' Annex held Its regu
lar meeting Tuesday afternoon and
the following officers were elected
for the coming year: President, Mrs.
Walt. Hyde; Vice-president, Mrs.
Guy Lafollette; Secretary, Mrs. V.
C. Shippee; and Treasurer, Mrs. N.
Q. Davis.
Plans tor the betterment of the
club were the chief topics of discus;
sion. Ladies not In the club are es
pecially invited to Join this month
and delinquent members may be re-
instated by paying a years' dues for
dues.
It is planned to have at each meet
ing a program and light refresh
ments, to be arranged for by five dif-
Iferent ladies each month. For the
. May meeting Mrs. C. W. Elkins is
chairman of the committee of Ave.
The Library Committee alan nn-i
- . '
nounces the new books for next
, . .. . ... .
i uesaay mgni. u win oe remem-
! be red that library nrivileeps ar nn
granted to others than Annex mem-1
bers and high school students, for j .
the small charge of ten cents each
month'tor one book-taken at one
time or twenty cents fortwo books
taken at one tlm-
THE BOOK QUESTION
M FULLY EXPLAINED
i The item run in this paper two
weeks ago, in regard to the number
of books required by scholars in the
lowet grades, has been explained by
Prof. Babcock. The State Board of
Education specifies that not less
than four books shall be studied during-
the term, and if possible, five or
six books can be used during the
same term. While this may seem
extravagent to some, still it must be
remembered that the new system of
study does wonders with the little
tots, and we should not begrudge
the little ones the means of going
ahead in their studies. The work
being (lone by instructors ot our
schools is deserving of the highest
praise, and we should all try and
show them that their efforts are ap
preciated.
OCHOCO LAND COMPANY
FILES ARTICLES TUESDAY
Articles of incorporation of the
Ochoco Land Company were filed at
the county clek's office on Tuesday.
The company plans to do a gener
al land business in connection with
the Ochoco Project. The main of
fice is with the Crook County Jour
nal, and there Is also an office in the
Northwestern Bank Building in
Portland. The incorporators are:
Guy Lafollette, of Prineville, and G.
H. Frost and W. F. Brown ot Port
land.
TO PLANT SUGAR
BEETS ON PROJECT
Cnnntv Aeant Tnclr and
others have secured seed for
the planting of three acres ot
beets on the Ochoco project,
and plans have been completed
for the planting of one Acre
each on the farms of Fred Hoel-
scher, E. T. Slayton and G. W.
Slayton.
The beets raised from these
tracts should be sufficient to fill
a car, which it is planned will
be shipped to a refinery and a
real test made which will deter-
mine the quality of beets gTown
on this soil.
If the beets can be success-
fully grown it is planned to se-
cure a refinery for this locality.
ON THE WEST
Construction of a market road,
paralelling the City of Prinevilla
railway from Prinevllle to Wilton,
a distance of five miles, was started
this week.
The road will be run on the north
side of the track the entire distance
and will be graded and put In con
dition by Cap. Fuller, who is doing
the work for the county and state,
tinder the supervision of the state
highway department, with offices at.
the court house.
This will form a trunk highway
for the larger part of he project,
and also for heavy traffic from Jef
ferson county and through tourist
travel.
A bad ford on the McKay will be
eliminated and a number of stretch
es of road that are in poor condition
much of the time.
Considerable distance, perhaps a
mile, will be-saved in the new road.
Twelve head of horses are being
need at present and a camp has been
established on the Adamson ranch,
two miles west of the city.
The work wil be completed with
in sixty days.
THE JOURNAL'S LAKE '
OCHOCO PHOTO CONTEST
The awards will be made for,
photographs on quality tor re--
production and subject, and oa
nothing else. . '
All photographs must not be
mounted, printed on glossy pa-
per, and size will not be a con-
tributing factor. A small ko-
dak will sometimes take as
good a picture as a large one.
Two prints of each winning
photograph become the proper-
ty of the Journal, one.' of which
will be posted in our window,
the other sent to our engraver,
for halt tones, which will be
published soon in this paper.
Contest closes April 20, and
prize winners published in the
Journal the following day.
We wish to secure a large
. number dt these photographs,
and will pay cash according to
quality for all not winning the
prizes. First prize, S5 cash,
second, one year's subscription
to the Journal.
PRINEVILLE CELEBRATES
WITH BEND LODGE
A number of members of Carna
tion Chapter, O. E. S., motored to
Bend last Friday to attend the an-
nual celebration of the founding of
the different chapters in Central
Oregon.
Those who attended report a good
time. The evening was spent In
dancing and playing cards. There
was also a short program, upon
which Prineville was represented by
a vocal solo by Mrs. O. G. Adams
Attending from Prineville were:
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hatch, Mr. and
Mrs. Collins W. Elkins, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Euston, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Ayres. Mrs. Shelbourne Ayres, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Ross, Mrs. Robt.
Douglas, Mrs. E. E. Evans, Mrs. Asa
Battles, Floyd Fessler, Dolly Hod-
I ges, carey rosier, ueusou juumuu,
Mrs. B. F. Johnson, Mrs. O. G.
Adams and Mrs. Ray Putnam.
It is expected that the anniver
sary will be celebrated in Prinevlllft
next year.
WATER PARTLY IX DITCHES ,
Water has already been turned In
to parts of the canal system on tha
Ochoco Project. That part below
McKay Creek and some ot the lands
on the east end of the system are re
ceiving water. A definite date for
turning It into the entire system has
not .yet been set, but will no doubl .
be announced next week from the
office of the management.
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