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Crook CoMMty Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE
VOLUME XXV.
PRINKVILLK, CROOK COUNTf, OREGON THIRHDAV, APRIL 2, 1021
NO. 8X
WATCH THE INDICATOR
Lake Ochoco hat t total storagu
capacity of 47,000 acr feet of
water,
The figure shown by the Indi
cator give the total amount of wa
ter to storage at the time the read
la ( wss taken at eight o'clock tbtt
Morning by officer of the dlstrlot.
and the report I ofnolaL
It will be corrected each week for
the benefit of those of our reader
who are Interested la watching the
water supply rala for the crop thli
year.
The itorage of 1111 and 1110 are
lo glren at the left
47.000
46.600.
46,000.
46.(00.
46,000
44 (00
44,000
43.(00
43.000.
43.600.
42.000
41.600
41,000.
40,609
40,000
39.600......
80,000
38.600
38.000
87,600....
87,000.
86,600......
86,000.....
86.600
36 000 J
34.600...,..i
34.000.....!
S3. 600.
33.000
33.600
33,000
31.600..
31.000
30.500
80.000...j
39.500....
29.000
28,600
28,000
27.600 1
27.000 I
I 26.600
26,000
26 500
25,000
24.500
24.000..,..
23,600
23,000
22.600
22.000
21.600
21,000
20.600
20.000
10,600
10.000
i 18.600
18.000
17.600
17,000
, 16,600
16 000.....J
16,600
16.000
14,(00
14.000.
13,600
' 13,000
12,600
! 12,000
11,600
11.000.
; 10,600......
10,000
9,600
9,000
! 8,600.
! 8,000
i 7,600.
7,000
i 6,600
' 6,000.
6 500
i 6,000......
4.600
4,000
i 8,500......
! 8,000
2,600
I 2 000
1,600......
1,000.
I 600
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
A live school for religions train
ing and a place for everyone., Sun
day, 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m
by the pastor.
Good community singing at 7:80
p. m. Sermon at 8 p. m.
Welcome to all.
M. R. GALLAHER, Pastor,
On a couple of days laBt week
there was not a spud to be had at
any ot the store In Prlnevllle, and
local merchant were compelled to
annd noat haste to Redmond tor
some to relieve the shortage.
Oil .GO lit TO GO OH MAP
IE NEW BAM OniZAIN IS COMPLETED
A maul meeting will be held In
Priuevillo Monday evening of next
week, May 2d, at the Circuit Court
room In Prlnevllle for the purpose
of tuklng preliminary ilep for the
organisation of a Crook County
Chamber of Commerce. This meet
ing I the result of a feeling which
has existed for some time to the ef
fort that there should be some or
ganization for the general develop
ment of this part of Oregon.
At a meeting held Tuesday eve
ning at the Hotel Prlnevllle, which
was attended by people from vari
ous parts of the county, a committee
was appointed consisting of Mayor
Wurswellnr, Benaor Jay H. Upton,
13. P. Johnson, A. R. Bowman R. L.
Schee and Quy Lafollette, to meet
with J. W. Brewer of the Oregon
Chamber of Commerce, for the pur
pose of perfecting plans looking for
ward to the general development of
Crook County.
After a lengthy meeting of the
committed, It was definitely decided
to call a mass meeting as announced
above, and all who are able should
a Horn! the Monday night meeting.
At the meeting held Tuesday eve
ning, J. W. Brewer of the Oregon
Stale Chamber of Commerce was
the principal speaker, and he made
It Hear to those present that organ
ization and concerted effort would
bring to the Ochoco Projnct the one
hlng It now needs, which is more
settlors. Ho said that no other oro-
i'ct In the west Is In bettor position
o receive people today than Is the
Ochoco Projnct, and ensured the peo-
plo that the State Chamber was
ready to do everything In It power
to co-opcrato with local people In
this work.
It was voted to have a bronze me
morial tablet made and put up at
the Ochoco reaorvolr, which will
contain the names of the original
board of directors, those who had
o do with tho organization of the
district, the date work was started,
and the date It was completed, and
committee was appoiuted to" at
tend to this matter.
Among the speakers at the meet
ing wore Senator Jay H. Upton,
Mayor Wurzweller, Engineer R. W.
Rea. M. R. Biggs, C. W. Foster,
Fred Hoelacher, John Grimes, W. I.
Dishman, R. E. Froiseth, Judge N.
0. Wallace and E. N. Hall.
During the evening the Johnson
Creek Jazz Orechestra rendered sev
eral numbers. The meeting closed
about 11:30.
TO DRILL 1X)R OIL IN POST
DISTRICT
A thorough prospecting of
the Post oil field will be made
during the next few months, ac
cording to plans ot the men
who have been making prelim
inary surveys there for some
two years pBt.
A company has been Incor
porated for the purpose and ac
tive work will be under way In
less than a month, according
to Dr. L. O. Roberts, "who has
Just been elected president of
the Blue Mountain Gns & OH
company. The company has been
incorporated with a capitaliza
tion ot $250,000 and has leased
200,000 acres of land in Crook
County, according to Dr. Rob
erts. Other officers of the
company are Neil Bertrandiaa,
vice president and field niana
, ger; Lionel C. Mackay, secre
tary treasurer, who form the
board of directors with Dr. J.
L. Rlngo, D. Rigers, Dr. H. H.
DeArmond, A. F. DeFrenn, M.
S. Miller and Dr, R. R. Hamil
ton. General headquarters will
be In Portland and field head
quarters In Prlnevllle.
PLAY AT ItWKLL . ;
BUTTE A BUIXK88
The Junior play given at th
Powell Butte ball was a complete
success. Its presentation was splen
did and there was a kick in every
act. Every player In the cast carved
a niche for himself In the "Hall of
Fame" of the Crook County Kigb
School. When the play 1 put on In
the city, those wbo have seen It, as
sert that the people will be present
ed with the best play that has ever
been put on here by a high school
claas, and this assertion Is support
ed by every Junior In the Class of
'22, It' up to the members of oth
er classes to see It this Is true. The
only way this can be proved Is by
going to see the play when it I giv
en here, that means the Alumni also.
The play will be given In Prlne
vllle on May 6th, and preparations
are already under way for it pres
entation here.
The cast ot the play, "The Reju
venation of Aunt Mary," consists of
the following members of the Junior
class:
Aunt Mary Myrtle Iverson
Jack Denham. ...... Chester McKenzl
Johua Chester Limiting
Luclnda ...........nLeatha Roberts
Betty Vera , Dunham
James . Myron Polk
Bob1 Burnett.:.......J.....Orvllle Shults
Clover Van Huston
Mitchell Alonzo Wright
Girl from Kalamazoo. Lodama Lytle
Eva Margaret Foley
Accompanying the members of
the play to Powell Butte, was the
high school orchestra. The crowd
was pleased with the music furnish-
ed and the orchestra was compelled
to play for an hour before the play
commenced. In addition a violin '
solo was given by Orville Shults j
and a vocal solo by Lulu Allen, each :
of which were well
were encored.
rendered and
MINCER LANDS
A BIG CONTRACT
T. J. Mlnger received word Mon
day that his bid submitted for the
installation of. the heating and the
plumbing systems In the new union
high school which is to be built at
Redmond very soon, has been ac
cepted. Mr. Minger's total bid
amounted to $14,020.
Among other things, Mr. Minger
will Install a vacuum vapor steam
heating system, and a ventillattng
system for each room, with blower
fans tn the attic, motor driven. He
will also install 50 plumbing fix
tures connected with hot and cold
water in the building.
The new Redmond Union High
school will be built in units, accord
Ing to the plans. The first unit, the
high school building proper, upon
which work will start soon, is to be
192 feet by 65 feet, and will be two
stories high. It will cost about $70
000 and will be entirely modern in
construction. The second unit,
which will be constructed when ad
ditional funds are available, will
consist of a gymnasium. Other
units will be built as fast as the
need grows and money is on hand.
The new school building will put
Redmond, in the first rank as re
gards school euqlpment. !
First Baseball Omno Sunday
The first baseball game . of the
season tor Prlnevllle will take place
next Sunday, when the local team
will play Redmond on the latter's
home field. The boys have'' been
practicing almost every night, and
there has been quite a large turnout
from which to pick the team.
DAVISON WINS SUIT I
AGAINST R. L SCHEE
i j
O. I. Davison won from Ray Bchee :
In sn action on warranty brought
by him .gainst the latter when the
case wa. heard before Judge Duffy
last Monday. ,
When Mr. Davison purchased his ,
land under the project from Mr.
Schee, the latter placed In the bank
a warranty deed to the premises. By """""
the time the deed wa. given to t.J?1
Davison, the 1917 taxes had become : 1.n"ta"L"eed ' 2B0'0.00 "d
due and payable, becoming an
.
cumbrance against the property.
1 The action brought by Mr. Davi
son against Mr. Schee was to recov-
er the 1817 taxes and the penalty
which accrued. The question in-;
volved was a very delicate point of
law as to whetber or not title passed
when the deed was placed In escrow
In the bank, or when It was deliv
ered to Mr. Davison, and was ar
gued to some extent by the attor
neys. The iurien directed the lurv
to bring in a verdict for the
plaintiff.
ICE-CREAM PARLOR '
TO BE OPENED
Mrs. Frank Johnson has. announc
that some time early in the sum
mer, perhaps In May, she will resign
as manager of the Electric Kitchen
and open an ice cream parlor in the
location formerly occupied by the
Prlneville Produce Exchange, Just
north of the kitchen,
The room is to be remodeled and
otherwise specially fitted tor the
new business. Mrs. Johnson will
serve lunches and soft drinks as well
as ice cream, and has stated that it
it Is possible she will have Mr. John
son make candy and send it to her
tor sale to Prlnevllle patrons. Mr.
Johnson is at present connected with
the Hoeffler Candy Company at As
toria. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson up to last
tall, when Mr. Johnson left for As
torla. were proprietors ot Johnson's
Sweet Shop, the most popular con
fectionery and ice cream parlor in
Prlnevllle. and the Johnson brand
of home-made candy
i.
la lauivuD
all over Central Oregon. Mr. John
son states that she plans to make
her own ice cream.
POWELL BUTTE TO ENTERTAIN
The farmers of Powell Butte are
giving a big dinner and Community
Club dance at Powell Butte on Fri
day, April 29.
The Powell Butte farmers are ex
tending invitations to the Ochco
farmers, and in this way It is in-
tended to create a spirit of co-opera
tion between the Ochoco and Powell
Butte section farmers. By promot
ing an acquaintanceship between
these two sections through a com
munity dinner and a public gather
ing, it is expected that the farmers
of both sections will be benefited
thereby.
By sending out invitations, it is
possible to restrict the meeting only
to those farmers who will be Inter
ested In such a movement.
There will be plenty of eats, and
no charges will be made.
The second shipment of alfalfa
seed has been received and Is being
distributed by Ben Sordal of the
Ochoco Irrigation District office.
This shipment was financed by tho
First National Bank of Prlnevllle,
and a third shipment .financed in
the same way, has been ordered.
RED CROSS NEWS
ville wa completed In this city Sat-
Miss Katherine Ewing, field repre- urday afternoon at a meeting of th
sentatfve of the American Red Cross stockholders who were concerned,
visited the local chapter last Tues- John L. Karnopp was elected pre
day. wident; A. J. Noble, vice president.
One purpose of Mis Ewing' visit 8ni w- - ne" eaahler.
m. n I.. hfn ha .h.nr th. The board of director consist ot
p,ang fop wbat fcnown M the new
pr0(luctloll campa,Kn wnlch ha, re.
cenUy been announced by tne Am.
. R . . r.niM tn thB
desperate need of European children '
; for clothing.
j2,vuu,vuu garment. lor cnuaren up
.. ,. . . . . . ...... :
to the age of 14, and an infinitely;
, . . . i
larger uuuiucr ui saruieuia uiu in
used before -these children will be :
... a .i i,h ?! i. ..!
, 000.000 .nta'
... n.;lren. who will accompany him on
asked for will suffice barely to coy
er 500,000 children.
While the appeal Is directed to j
the women who served in the Red'
Cross work room, during the.' war, all
women Interested In the clothing of
these children are included. The
PrJect wiU not be ,auncned on 8n
thing like the war-time scale when
each community had it chapter work
room. Unlike the same service in
war , time, extensive purchasing ot
materials will not be necesaaryy but in' PrineVille and 'throughout the
the women "will be urged to utilize j Central Oscgon country,
any cast-off articles of clothing in 1916 Mr. Schreder was princl
which by the use of specifications of ; pal of the publie school in this city
the Red Cross can be converted into j and he was re-elected to that posl
garmentg for thees destitute chil- tion tor the following year. When
('rel1, he first came to Central Oregon soma
Miss Ewing also brought to the time in 1910 he lived with his father
local chapter information regarding ! on the ranch at Roylat. After sever
the conference of Red Cross work- ing his connection with school here, '
era which is to be held at Baker the ' Mr. Schreder went to Portland where
18th, 19th and 20th of May. All the
chapters are urged to send at least
two delegates to this conference.
JOHNSON CREEK
A real honest-to-goodness mys
tery has literally been unearthed in
Johnson Creek. When excavating
tor the cellar of the house Omar
Wilson Js bu,'dinf ln. hat commu-
miy, a quan uuuie ut ueer was un
earthed close underground last
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tne Deer Deiong tor wuiara win.
whose property Joints that of Mr.
Wilson on the west, or Jim Oaks,
who lives on the east? The bottle
was accidentally broken when being
turned up, and Mr. Wilson says he
j la saving the dirt for the owner,
' Bhould either of the above parties
desire to claim the remains for fu
! ture filtering. It is hinted, how
I ever, that Mr. Wilson uaa waived
responsibility for the occurrence
either to mask other operations of
a burying nature in which he is In
j duigiiig, or to put interested and in-
quisitlve parties oft the track of sim
ilar caches he has a line on in the
neighborhood.
H. S. CRAM VS. J. H. POWELL
DECISION REVERSED
On Monday the Supreme Court at
Salem reversed the decision given by
Judge T. E. J. Duffy, in favor of the
plaintiff, in the case of H. S. Cram
vs. J. H. Powell.
In the Circuit Court the plaintiff
was given Judgment for some $1250
claimed as over-payment on some
notes in 1919. The case was appeal
ed by Judge N. G, Wallace, attor
ney tor the defendant, to the Su
preme Court, with the result that
the decision was reversed.
Jimmie Fellows passed through
Prlneville yesterday on his way from
California to Boise, Idaho.
Organization of the Bank of Prine
John L. Karnopp, A. J. Noble. W. O.
Hall, Lake M. Becbtell and Joha
Elliott.
Mr. Hall, who will be In actual
chare of tne aw bnk' com
Prinevtlle from Silver City. New
11.: tt. I- - i j -
rience and 1. greatly impressed with
the future of this community and th.
prospect, of the new bank. He r-
. .
turned to New Mexico Saturday eve-
... ..
ning and will arrive in Prlnevllle If
. , .
poMiMe n time for the open,n ot
the new bank.
Ha "if " chil-
hi. return to this city.
ALBERT SCHREDER
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
Albert Schreder, who died In Seat
tle a short time ago, was well known
he was employed with the custom
department, which he quit when ot
tered a lucrative position with the
Barde Industrial company In Port
land and Seattle. Mr. Schreder was
I connected with the Seattle branch, of
the company.
The immediate cause of his death
was complications arising from In
juries to the spine sustained while in
college a number ot years ago. At the
time of his death he was 31 years
old. '
The remains were interred In the
Lakeview cemetery of Seattle.
CO. AGENT TO SELL
VICTORY HARNESS
The war department Is disposing
ot several hundred thousand Bets of
surplus artillery harness through
the U, S. Farm Sales company of
Salina. Kansas, and this company is
in turn distributing the harness
through the county agents and the,
farm bureau of a number of states.
The U. S. Farm Sales company '
states that the harness cost the gov
ernment $136 per set. They are dis
posing ot it at $39.75 per set, F.
O. B. the , government warehouse.
Ransom, West Virginia. The ex
press on a set of this harness, wrap
ped In burlap and weighing approx
imately 80 pounds, Is $13.07 to Cor-
vallis, making a set of harness laid
down by express cost $52.82.
Paul V. Maris, director of exten
sion, O. A. C, says: "We find that
a set ot harness comparable In in
weight and quality to the govern
ment harness is priced at $95 in Cor
vallis. Arrangements are being made to
have a sample set of harness In the
county agent's office as soon as It
can be delivered so that any farm
ers desiring to purchase can se what
the harness ts. Orders will be ao- ,
cepted with checks payable to U. S.
Farm Sales company, and each In- -dividual
can have his harness come
by express or freight as he desire.