V of O UBRART s, X
Crook Coupty ' Journal
COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
YOLtTMl XXV.
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WATCH THE INDICATOR
Lake Ochoco has a total storage
capacity o( 47,000 acre (eat- of
watnr.
The figure shown by the Indi
cator gives the total amount of wa
ter In storage at the tiros the reed
ing win taken at eight o'clock tttlt
Horning by officers of the district.
' and the report la official.
Jt will he corrected each week for
the benefit of thoso ot our ran dun
who are Interested In watching the
' water supply ralae for the crops this
year.
.The etorage of 191 and 1920 are
alio given at the loft.
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IfATER
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TESTS M EXCELLE
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Flood waters are now available
for use lu all the can ale ot the Ocho
co Irrigation District. Aa a general
ruin wulcr will be supplied on do
m ii ml and In auch quantities ai the
watnr users can handle. It Is esti
mated that the flood waters will be
available for the use of all concern
ed for a period of about two weeks
and will be supplied as long as the
supply holds out. The flood waters
will not be charged agalnttt the seas
on allowance until the watnr In the
reservoir begins to lower, after this
time all water used will be charged
against the season allowance.
It will be necessary to allow the
district olflce at least two days no
tice before water Is wanted tor the
reason that no surplus water Is be
ing carried In the cauals, and any
additional water will have to be
turned Into the canal from the dam
or from McKay Creek. A great deal
ot trouble is being experienced with
weeds in the laterals, this condition
tends to delay getting the water In
lateral and If the water users will
make an effort to burn the weeds on
their own furms It will greatly as
Hlet the dlHtrlct In the efficient deliv
ery of water.
SPOTTED FEVER
CAUSES DEATH
Spotted fever caused the death of
John It. Foster at the borne of his
son, Anson Foster, at Paulina Val
ley, Inst Friday. A prior attack of
flu had weakened him to that he was
unable to combat the fever. He
whs 72 years of age.
Mr. Foater came to Paulina Val
ley about 1897, and was one of the
oldest residents of that vicinity. He
is survived by his wife, three sons,
Lester Foster of Portland, Frank
Foster of flrlo, Anson Foster of Pau
lina, and one daughter, Leon a Smith
of Selo, He is the brother of .Wm.
Fouler. Mrs. John Faulkner and
Miss Sallie Foster.
The body was brought down from
Paulina Sunday, and a detachment
of Odd Fellows, to which order the
deceased belonged, escorted the re
mains to t ho evening train. Burial
was mado near Turner.
TEACHERS MEET
HELD SATURDAY
The meeting of the Crook County
Teachers' Association and local In
sttllute, which was held last Batur
day, was declared to be the best one
ever held here and was successful In
every way.
The program was very Interesting
and the numbers were welt render
ed. The debate, which waa one ot
the chief numbers on the program
was won by the negative team, con
slating of Mr. Shlppee and Miss Al
len; the affirmative team being Mr.
Plaits and Miss Keeves. Miss Ber
tha L. Drown, who was scheduled to
appear, was unable to be present,
lu addition to the program and in
cluded among other things, a resolu
tion was passed to the effect that In
all schools provision should be made
that the children should be supplied
with good, clean, wholesome drink
ing water. This resolution was pas
sed to call attention to those dis
tricts where the teacher is compel
led to take the necessury drinking j
water to the school, and thus incur- j
ring a great inconvenience to the
teacher as well as the students. i
REA APPOINTED ON
R. W. Rea has been appointed as
chief engineer for the Medford Irri
gation District at Medford. The new
project covers about 10,000 acres,
and la located in the Rogue River
Valley.
Mr. Rea has been chief engineer
for the Ochoco Project throughout
Its construction, and the success of
the Ochoco dam Is a monument to
bis ability in this line of construc
tion. He plans to leave the first of
the month for the new field.
Mr. and Mrs. Rea will return to
make their home In Prinevllle upon
the completion of the work in the
Rogue River Valley.
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AVERAGE Of NINETY
RANGERS ATTEND
MEETING AT BEND
BENEFIT DANCE
EARLY IN HAY
Sometime In the fore part ot May,
a dance is to be given by the Triple
"E" Club, In order to ralae money
to cover the pledge made by the
senior class ot the high school for
the Near. East Relief Fund.
Music will be furnished by the
distinguished Johnson Creek Jazzy
Jazz Band, the band that opened the
eyes of the people to the fact that
Prinevllle can furnish Us own dance
music. The exact time will be stat
ed in the next issue of this paper.
STAG LUNCHEON TUESDAY EVE
LEGION MEET HAS
A GOOD TURNOUT
A good crowd turned out to at
tend the American Legion meeting
last Monday night.
A donation was made from the
treasury to be sent to American Le.
glon headquarters to be used In dec
' orating the graves ot American he
hoes on foreign soil.
A large number of silk popples
were ordered, and these will be sold
on Memorial Day, the proceeds to
' go Into the treasury ot the post.
ODD FELLOWS TO
MEET AT MADRAS
Members of the several I. O. O. F.
lodges In Central Oregon will meet
at Madras, on Saturday, April 30,
for a goneral get-to-gether meeting.
At this time degree teams, repre
senting the several bodies will com
pete for the Biggs' Cup, and some
fine exemplification of the I. O. O. F.
work is predicted for this meeting.
The degree team representing the
Prinevllle lodge, Ochoco Lodge, No.
46, has drawn the third degree, and
the captain of the team, James
Cram, Jr., promises to make an In
teresting session for all competition.
It Is expected that a large crowd
of Prinevllle Odd Fellows will be In
attendance, and all who contem
plate making the trip should see Mr.
Cram as soon as possible.
BREAKS ARM
Margaret Trunkey, the 11-year-'
old daughter of Will Trunkey, stum
bled and, fell last night while play
ing In the yard. It is thought that
her arm is broken in two places.
Opal Oulliford fell last Sunday
while chasing calves on the ranch
and broke her left arm.
A stag luncheon Tuesday at the
Prinevllle Hotel will take the place
of the commercial club luncheon on
that date. Kight o'clock is the time
Bet tor the luncheou to take place.
AH residents of the Powell Butte
and Grimes Flat Communities, as
well as all others In the county who
are Interested In the Ochoco Project
are invited to attend.
Ray Schee, who is on the commit
tee, stated that he received a wire
from Mr. Brewer, of the Oregon
State Chamber ot Commerce this
morning, promising to be present,
and he will give an address.
Mr. Schee also states that one ot
the main attractions will be a high
dive by John Combs, from the head
ot the table into the first water tht
went over the spillway, bottled up
for the occasion.
It is also expected that there will
be great interest shown by the
guests in the "Ouster Contest." The
grand prize in this feature going to
the one who first findB the oyster.
Many other Interesting and in
structive stunts are expected to be
among the numbers on the program,
but, should it be decided to omit
any or all of the hilarious stuff, all
who attend will be sure ot a royal
good feed and a big time.
Upon rechecking the grades used
In finding the averages of the classes
in the high school, a tew mistakes
were found which changes the aver
ages by classes. Instead ot a grade
ot 87.14 the seniors have finally got
ten into the 90 percent class by se
curing an average of 90.29. To get
a class average ot at least 90 has
been the aim of the seniors ever
since school started last fall. The
senior class last year succeeded In
getting an average ot 90, and since
setting this as the high mark, all
the other classes are now striving to
pass this grade. The Juniors also
found an error in their grade, which
makes them an average of 88.86,
thus placing them in second place,
with the sophomores third with a
grade of 84.72, and the freshmen
last with 82.18.
Owing to the tact that page six of
this Issue had gone to press before
the corrections were discovered, the
change is here announced.
The entire Ochoco Forest force
has been in attendance at a ranger
meeting held at Bend on April 18,
19, and 20. Forest officers of the
Fremont and Deschutes Forests als6
were In attendance at this meeting.
The object of the joint gathering
for the three Forests was to be able
to better correlate Forest Service ac
tivities for the central and southern
Oregon regions where conditions are
pretty much the same. Meetings of
this kind also have a tendency to
broaden the vision ot rangers, who
ordinarily do not ave the opportun
ity to see the other fellows' problems
and it is natural that in time he
grows to feel that no one has as
many troubles as he. .
Ranger W. A. Donnelly is remain
ing at Bend for a couple of days in
order to receive special instructional
from a representative of the Port-1
land office with reference to fire law I
enforcement work. After many !
years of effort on the part of the j
Forest Service and cooperating ag-,
encies to educate travelers, campers
and others who frequent the tim-j
bered regions to be careful with fire, j.
ft is a fact to be faced that there are j
still too many' man-caused fires, j
This very thing is what caused the ,
rather drastic fire lawB to be drafted 1
by the states and government, which i
laws the Forest officers are now fore-
ed to execute. In this connection, '
certain Forest officers are being ;
specially trained to handle fire tres
pass cases. Ranger Donnelly is the
Ochoco representative.
The Deschutes Power Company
has received the following report
from samples ot water sent to the
Department ot Health ot the city ot
Spokane, for testing. As stated la
the letter, the test shows that there
was no contamination ot the wells
supplying the water for city use, and
that the water system is In unusual
ly good condition.
Des Chutes Power Co.,
Spokane, Washington.
Gentlemen The report of the bac
teriological analysis of the samples
of water sent in from the Des Chutes
Power Co., Prinevllle, Oregon, to)
this laboratory, on the 7th Inst, la as
follows:
Sample 1, Depot north end, bac
teria per c.c, 20; colon test, nega
tive. Sample 2, west end; bacteria per
c.c, 10; colon test, negative.
Sample 3, at pump house; bacter
ia per c.c, 4; colon test, negative.
The above bacteriological analy
sis would Indicate that there was no
contamination of the wells.
Yours truly, ,
FRIEDA DAUM,
City Bacteriologist ,
The stock of the Tri-State Termin
al store Is being closed out In a big
sale, at the store. Everything In
stock Is being sold at a very big dis
count, in both grocery and drygoods
departments. The Btock of the' Red
mond store will be received In this
city for sale next week.
T
A JAZZ PARTY
The American Legion buddies will
be hosts at a jazz party tomorrow
night at the American Legion Hall.
Music will be furnished by the fa
mous Wilson George orchestra ot
Bend. This orchestra made a de
cided hit with local dancers when
they appeared at the Legion's "hard
time ball" here a month ago, and
a treat Is in store for everybody.
Manager Hainline announces a
big time and promises to provide a
fine time, even tho' he is required
to personally pull a tew stunts.
Mr. Lee Blevins has again moved
to Ochoco Ranger Station, where he
will occupy the position ot acting
district ranger again for the coming
season. . Mrs. Blevins will take care
of the telephone switchboard at the
Ochoco Station and much better tel
ephone service should be had after
the lines are all fixed up and it is
possible to cut certain lines off dur
ing the conversation ot others.
Ranger E. W. Donnelly returned
from the Burns section a few days
! ago, where he had been in atend-
ance at a meeting of the Silver
Creek Cattle and Horse association.
I Ranger Donnelly reports that range
: conditions look fine in the Silver
i Creek country and that prospects
j are bright there as well as in every ce88.
' other section for a splendid year
i from a range standpoint.
L HYGIENE
TO BE TAUGHT
Some problems are always with
us. How to deal with the so-called
social diseases is one ot the greatest
that "e face today. The state of
Oregon, through its representative
organization, the Oregon Social Hy
giene Society, attacks the problem
through education both of the young
people and of the adults. A pro
gram, which among other things, in
cludes the showing ot films dealing
with the subject and accompanied
by appropriate addresses and explan
atory talks, is being carried on In
every city and town of the state.
Thursday afternoon, April 28th,
J. E. Snyder of Corvallis, one of the
most forceful speakers on this sub
ject in the northwest, will speak to
the women and older girls of Prlno
ville, at the Methodist church. In
the evening, following the showing
of a three-reel film, "The Venereal
Diseases," he will give his well
known address, "The Wild Oots
Harvest," to men and older boys.
Strong committees, both ot men and
of women of the city are back of the),
movement, and no effort will bo
spared to make the meeting a suc-
The annual meeting ot the Snow !
Mountain Cattle & Horse Associa
tion was held at the Wooley ranch open to both men and women and is
April
The week following, a second film
will be run. This is "The Gift of
Lite," and will be accompanied by a
lecture, "The Dignity ot Sex," by
Henry M. Grant, the executive sec
retary ot the society. This will be
ELYING SQUADRON IS
TO BR HERE SATURDAY
The "Flying Squadron" a
delegation of officers and men
from Camp Lewis, will be in
this city next Saturday evening,
and will then take up all ques-
tions confronting the ex-service
man.
Matters of back pay, lnsur-
ance and any kind of complaint
will be attended to But noth-
ing on shipping over.
. Men who wish to receive the
services of the Flying Squadron
should bring their discharges.
Remember At the Legion's
club rooms, next Saturday, the
23rd ot April, at 8:00 P. M.
on April v. Assessments were lev
ied to employ a range rider for the
Snow Mountain range . during the
coming season, also for the purchase
of salt in a cooperative way.
The annual meeting of the Trout
Creek Cattle and Horse Association
was held at Hay Creek on April 14.
The users of the Trout Creek range
are not so fortunate in the way of
outside public range or other free
grazing lands as are some of the
other associations. By way of con
trast the Trout Creek association
leases many thousand acres of graz
ing lands, made up ot timber claims
and the like, at a cost which figures
$2.30 per head for leases alone. In
addition to this, the Forest grazing
tees, assessments for salt and for a
range rider must be paid. This
makes a rather expensive proposi
tion for the cattlemen who are fac
ing prices that exist at this time.
the consideration ot alt
worthy of
citizens. i
All meetings are free of charge,
but admission to the films will be by
ticket.
ATM. E.
The following letter just received:
Spokane, April 18, 1921
The Journal.
Kind sirs Will be In my pulpit
next Sunday, 11 a.m., to discuss the
Bubject "The Divine Search." At
7:30 p.m., Rev. R. E. Gornall ot
Portland, representing the Commit
tee on Conservation and Advance,
will discuss the "Outlook".
. Sincerely,,
M. R. GALLAHER. ,