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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1921)
Till -It-Hlt.tV, M.tV 2H, 1(121 i - f- flMXJK OlWTx JOCTtXAL Putt. I '".. i. . ' - tk " r -a , - ,r , ume arucie, in providing 5555555J5: mors reuder their Intereit It aiiiuuiBiBu mm iDBiniainfta l high pitch by the opportu Ity to enjoy new scene, new stories, new achlevenionU. In this way they soon learn to read. Independently succesHful ly and Interestingly. In our midst we have t first j class high school which bus' built up a wonderful prestige, throughout the state and with; Its six courses Is able to main-j tain Its standing as a school of. nmrlt. Every year from 26 to 36 young men and women are' graduated from this Institution and sent out into the various walks of life as useful citizens. ill A I K TI.MK A lady stepped Into a furni ture store the other day and enquired for a "vamp" table. Being to much of a puzzle for Jim to solve, the customer ex plained that a "vamp" table was one with perfectly straight legs and nothing on top. "Love Is 'blind." Perhaps that accounts for some of the bad shots Cupid has made. THE OCHOCO DAM I5r Klalne G. Howard ' Oh little Ochoco river Vou flowed so pMCKfully down Through the broad Ochoco valley Quietly throfgh the ton. Silvery thread In the summer, Mad, rushing; torrent In spring. Little we dreamed of the power Your gliding waters would bring. Wioe men from far-away cltlea Came and gazed long at your flow. , Measured your risings snd fallings. Tour twists and turns to and fro. Then came men by the hundred Stopping you gay little stream. Steam-shovels hydraulic giants. Making truth out of a dream.' Building: with Infinite labor, Lasting and firm without sham. Heady It stands In ompleteness. Finished the Ochoco Dam. Oh, mighty Ochoco river Blessings we cry upon you. Green fields for dry lands and sage brush; Years of our vlsslon come true. . , . r - - y a V - ' ..... At" r . : cf, It , rv.-. Hr-rV'--t hit ; :-t,f i " . ' ' ' - f t rii ... i..iiKiA'n;i) iuiN l(l" ' V 11'. y , . ; v , "a?, MjUtMMM'.t 1,1 "-wvjtK-.jr r ' ' fH . r , . r .; i i' ''.Avtitgy-if' mm. .j.jr f! ., 1'IIK H'K CAVK This cu.c is Nitiu, i i. i!iil lliii-ty iiiIUh from Trine villi' mill In oiio of tin hIioiv plurin o (IiIn mccIIoii. , v? A it ,ht ?W Ttjii-X 1 j v ii 0 3f -iX, i T" ...17 I! - VsimmuuwirHion II l.Hfe ' -Jf If v4Awwiu ' I II 'MPmvSM iUjjlsii li IAaiifif siliiasiiiiMl EAST LAKH A NO PAULINA LAKK ..4!'ijiiis the Newbiny Crater. County Hup't, J. E. Myers. " -if At the present time we have 47 school districts In the county. Some of thesel along the border lines are oln.t districts, working In collobor atlon with Orant, Harney, Jefferson and Deschutes counties. We have approximately 1,000 school children of census school age Our people as a community believe strongly In the .necessity of an edu cation for their children and are eager to take advantage of the ap portunity offered by sending, some times to a considerable distance in thU sparcely settled county, their boys and girls regularly to school. In addition to the regular school work this year our teachers are fea turing humane education, safety education and the boys and girls club work. . Nearly every school in the county has a club member or mem bers. In some Instances we have sufficient club members In one school to lake the same project to form standard clubs. It requires five members to form a standard club. These club members get their lessons and instructions from the extenslrtn department of the Oregon Agricultural College. The predom inating projects this year are, gar dening, sewing, cooking, poultry, pig sheep and a few each In a number of other projects. No one can measure the amount of good accomplished by their ef forts. There is tangible evidence of work well done and .the satisfaction of valuable experience gained. This movement mothers the thought of more practical things In the school. It cannot be measured by the yard stick of dollars and cents. It Is an achievement in doing well some one or more of the common duties of life. It is fundamentally strong in the attempt to make useful citizens of our bAys and girls. It encourag es industry and perseverance which has a deep Import in forming habits for life. Some difficulties will be en countered by our young people, as in other activities of life. Much ac tive encouragement must be given by parents, teachers and club . leaders in order to give them strength of character to meet and surmount these difficulties. .' Another very important feature that the teachers of the county are stressing is good reading and more extensive reading in the lower grades. In many of the schools they are taking them through from three to five, readers. This entails some additional expense on the parents and school boards but it is money well spent Little folks are like old er folks. They soon get weary of reading ovejr and over again the A TYPICAL OCHOCO PROJECT ALFALFA FIELD SEWED OAK SOLES and KORRY KROME HARNESS REPAIRED Good workmanship combined with Standard prices with Western Association of Shoe Repairers guarantees you satisfactory service Electric Repair Shcp f J. E. STALEY M. R. STALEY