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Crook County Journal
COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY
FOR ALL CENTRAL OREGON
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE '
VOLUME XXV.
IKINKVIU.E, tHOOK COIXTV, OREGON THl KHIAV, USE , 1021.
NO. 88.
The Crook County Irrigators, a
hundred and fifty strong, are rep
resenting Crook county In the 1o
Festival parade today In Portland,
wry man wearing the official uni
form, Twenty-four automobiles from
Prlnevllle and a number from the
surrounding territory left for the
metropolis, aturtlng Sunday. . and
continuing until late yesterday.
In addition to the orerland tra
velors, there wera about 28 Tuesday
and last evening who went by rail
for the lama purpose.
Telephone report! aay that the Ir
rigators are taking the town by
atorm, and the Idea, aa a publicity
atunt, li one of the hlti of the festi
val thin year.
Tha flrat position In the parade
today to he hold by an organization
la that of the Irrigator!,
WOOL SALE IN
A number of wool clips have been
atored In the Masonlo block, and
plans are developing to have a wool
sale there aa aoon aa the wool can
be assembled from the various parts
of tha country.
The plan la being developed by the
First National Bank and Mr. Wurs
wider says that there are a number
of buyers who will be present when
the sale la held.
, Fine wools have sold ka high as 19
centa he says and he believes a ready
market will be found for all that la
offered here,
The wool la clean and of good
staple this year, and buyers are ap
parently ready to purchase the
grades produced In this country.
ATTENTION! 4TH OF
JULY COMMITTEES
On next Monday. June 13th, at
three o'clock in the afternoon all
the various committees that were ap
pointed to arrange for the celebra
tion to take place on July 3, 4, and
6 are requested to meet at the Ser
vice Motor Sales to commence Im
mediate action on the preparation of
the plnns for the coming event.
The fact that It Is only a matter of
a few weeks before the Fourth will
be on hand makes It necessary that
all further delay be avoided In get
ting things under way for the big
celebration.
Since the committees are compos
ed of business men of the town, It Is
to their advantage that they be on
hand on time In order to put every
effort In making the event a success.
BASE BALL CAME
ON FOR SUNDAY
Next Sunday afternoon, June 12,
ot 2:30 the town team will play the
Bond team here.
A good close game Is promised,
and it is not to be like the one play
ed with Antelope when that team
walked off with the easy victory of
11 to 4.
Last Sunday Redmond and Bend
played and the, latter was defeated
on its home ground to the tune of
16 to 7. Redmond also defeated
Prlnevllle when that team played
here.
Judging by the showing made by
these two teams against Redmond,
It la quite likely that this game will
be a good one when It gets started.
MB fflE 1 HIM TODAY
SUB WOHEH JUW (WV AT IE QFCTIOH
FRUIT CROP TO BE
GOOD THIS YEAR
The fruit crop thto year will be;
tmior than laat, an excellent crop of
practically all kinda being reported
from orchards throughout thli part
of the state.
Practically all small orcbarda near
and In this city have good crops of
fruit, and borrlea of all varletlea are
developing well.
From Powell Butte comes the an
nouncement that there la a rood
j proapect especially for apples and
I pi! ted fruits.
I Mitchell and the adjacent torrl
. tory reports good crops of fruit, and
the Dongll orchard near Culver la
said to havj a good crop of all kinds
except peaches, the greater part of
these being damaged by early frosts.
Gardens are making record grow
ths these days, and the outlook la
bright for heavy production along
these lines.
TO
IMPROVE STREETS
At the Crook County Chamber of
Commerce luncheon held Monday,
the matter ot repairing the street,
especially the main street, came up
for discussion, i
, As one of the members said, "The
main street which every tourist
that comes to and goes through
town on Is actually so rough that
the visitors are just about shaken to
pieces before they drive the length
ot the street." Last fall the streets
were scarified and graded until they
were In splendid condition, the best
they ever have been In. But they
were soon back In their old condi
tion. The proposition now being consid
ered Is to again scarify and grade
the streets and finish with a coat of
oil. The coat of the oil Is fugured
at 12.3 S per barrel provided con
tainers are furnished, according to
0. A. Holmes- The plan met with
the approval of the members pres
ent at the luncheon and W. C.
Woodruff wag appointed to look af
ter the good work to prepare a sur
face for the application ot the oil.
It la estimated that at least 200 gal
lons of oil will be required to apply
oti the main street and probably the
onea leading down to the Post Of
fice and also third street aa far as
the park.
The matter of financing the work
will be by taxing the adjoining pro
perty owners ami by subscription.
The fact that the work Is for the
benefit of the community should
moot with the popular approval of
everyone In town, not excepting the
i Inevitable and unavoidable pessimis
tic element which every town is bur
dened with, Including this one.
The work la to be completed be
fore the celebration and will be com
menced as soon as Mr. Woodruff
returns from Portland.
Mi'B. Chus. Edwards, Mrs CollinB
Elklns, Mrs. P. McD. Fuller, Mrs.
George Rea, Mrs. Asa Battles, Mrs.
R. L- Schee, Mrs. E. J. Wilson, Mrs.
Henry Cram and Mrs. Walter Hyde
went to Pendleton May 31st, to at
tend a meeting of the Oregon Fed
eration of Women Clubs. They re
turned the following Saturday, with
the excepn of Mrs. Schee who
went on to visit with friends In Spo
kane, Tacoma and other places In
Washington.
A GREAT GAME Hl'NDAT .
The game la called promptly at
10 A. M., with W. P. Hershey" aa
umpire- The battery la strong and
la backed by baaea and field.
The practice gam continues one
hour and la full of thrills. At 11
o'clock Evanegllat H. E. Marshall
will enter tha box and he haa evin
ced splended control.
He puta them over the plate with
a speed that la aurprlslng. v Oet a
seat In the grandstand at the Meth
od lat Park Sunday morning and at
the Baptist Park In the evening.
M. B, OALLAHER,
Manager.
RAIN BENEFITS THE
A heavy rainfall throughout thla
part of the state during the last
days ot the week and on Monday,
makes the crop outlook very favor
able, and added materially to tha
flow of streams which were falling.
Friday afternoon the heaviest pre
cipitation occurred, the downpour
for almost an hour being extremely
heavy, and sufficient to wet the aoil
to a considerable depth.
In some localities It assumed the
proportions of a cloud burst, and
damage from water and, hall Is re
ported from a few sections of the
territory.
Upper Crooked river reports some
hall damage and the hills were white
with hall Friday morning.
Mud and atone washed Into the
Orhoco canal system at four or more
points and did some damage- Water
has been out of the system since Fri
day while the canals are undergo
ing repairs, but will be In again In a
short time, we are Informed.
In the dry farming districts, crop
prospects are excellent
Grain and hay and some Alfalfa
crops are being cut throughout the
country, and harvest will be general
wlthln ten days, with big yields as
sured. Just what the price of hay will be,
and where the market can be found
Is the question that Is now foremost
In the mlnda of the ranchers.
PRINEVILLE CIRL
WINS HONORS
O. A. C, Corvallls, June 7. Es
ther Adamson of Prinetille, has been
awarded "Honorable Mention" by
Sigma Delta Chi, professional jour
nalism fraternity, for her ability in
news writing. Mlas Adamson had
a good record in the contest conduc
ted by the fraternity, for practice
worK students.
Students enrolled for practice work
In the department of industrial
journalism are assigned news beats
the same as on a metropolitan news
paper and the person who finishes
with the greatest number of column
inches to his credit wins a hand
somely engraved fountain pen.
Miss Adamson wrote 235 inches
of published material more ,than
11 columns. Her material was
mainly about commerce and home
demonstration work since these
subjects were on hor heat.
A large crowd attended the dance
given at Paulina June 4th. The
very best of eats were served by the
ladies as usual. The Nelson Orches
tra furnished the best ot music and
the crowd was full of pep from start
to finish, which was daylight the
next day.
PREPARING FOR
ABIC
Now that the Irrigators are In
Portland, perhaps they will give a
little space on the front page to the
Fourth of July Celebration.
According to Baseball Tourna
ment Manager Robert Zevely. two
teams have signed up to play here
during the holidays. Vancouver,
Washington, haa signed up and also
Antelope will return to play another!
game with Prlnevllle. J
The posters have arrived and have j
been distributed all over the coun- j
try and when the men who compose '
the various committees to look af
ter the celebration return from Port- j
land, a thorough publicity campaign )
will be started. By Monday a de-'
tailed outline of the program will be
made and work will aoon be under
way.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
LOCAL OIL COMPANY
The Cumberland-Wyoming Oil
and Gas Company held their annual
meeting at the office of the company
In Prlnevllle, June 7th and elected
the following directors, R. S. Dixon,
ot Fort Klamath, F. B. Foster, of
Powell Butte, James Wilson of Port
land, John Comba and Chaa. M. El
klns of Prlnevllle, Oregon.
The officers of the Company for
the following year are Chaa- M. El
klns, President; R. S. Dixon, vice
president; John . Comba, Secretary
Treasurer. John Comba and L. Nichols have
just returned from the Cumberland
Oil Field, where the company is now
drilling two wells. Both being ver
enthuslastlc over the prospects.
Well number 1 which is being drll
led by contract is now 600 feet deep
and Is in a shale formation with
some gas and a trace of oil, consid
erable trouble in shutting out the
water in this well has caused delay,
but aa that haa now been accomp
lished, we expect to gain at least
200 feet in depth before July 1st, as
the contractors now have a double
crew and will drill night and day.
Mr. Nichols has been locating well
No. 2 which is on the Government
permit, on which he placed a drill
ing machlng purchased by the com
pany and Is now down 121 feet, he
will drill this well to a depth ot 500
feet this summer.
Mr. Nichols also notified the Com
pany that his permit from the Gov
ernment on 2400 acres had been ap
proved and that he thought that he
would be able to turn It over to the
Company In sixty days.
A coal vein five foet in thickness
has been opened on the Companies
property and all coal used in drill
ing Is from this vein and quite a lit
tle is sold to local parties, and while
the profits are not large from this
mine it Is quite a saving in time and
money for the Comptny.
Quite a large number of stock
holders were present and a very en
thusiastic meeting was held.
CARD OP THANKS
We wish to sincerely thank our
neighbors and friends for their
kindly assistance during the illnesB
death and burial ot our mother; al
so for the floral offerings the mem
bers ot the I. O. O. F. Lodge, and
the singers.
MR. and MRS. GEO W- WELLS,
MR. and MRS. J. S. WELLS.
GEOLOGI8T PARTY
WORKING NEAR HERE
A party of geologists from the
8tat geologists office headed by
John V- Richards, is In this part of
the state doing geii.sral work tor the
benefit of property owners and oth
ers Interested In that kind of devel
opment. The week Is being spent in the
Howard community, where gold, cln
nlbar and other minerals are being
Investigated.
Mr. Richards says that he desires
to go with those Interested and see
their holdings, and make such as
says as are necessary without cost
to the individual. He will be at
the hotel Prlnevllle again about
June 15, and anyone Interested
should get in communication with
him there or at thla office.
A SAGE RAT BALL
TO BE PULLED OFF
While the Irrigators are In Port
land stirring things up and making
a big noise for PrineVille there, It is
necessary that those that are left in
town ahould keep the good work
up at home. r -j ' -
Although, a great many people left
for Portland, yet there is plenty at
home to have a good time here and
the way that la to be done la through
the Sago Rat Ball. All that is nec
essary Is to put on any old clothes
tha are lying around the house and
appear at the American Legion Hall
on Friday June 10th, and let the
trusty Johnson Creek Orchestra do
the rest. ' To insure a good time,
the dance begins at eight o'clock.
Thla will give everyone plenty of
time to get peppered up ao that they
will have a good time before going
are no restrictions as to
numbers. The more present the mer
rier. It is rumored that there may be an
election of a queen with the rest of
the court in attendance. Those
who have the dance in charge are
planning a big time and they are
making every endeavor to let the
people know that there are still some
live ones around town in spite ot the
fact that they are supposed to have
gone to Portland.
A large number of posters are be
ing sent out over the country and
one bunch has been sent to Alfalfa
Rex in Portland. Together with the
Irrigators that are In Portland, with
those who are !ft here, the people
down in that part of the country will
wonder what kind of a town this is
anyway.
Everybody come, and come early.
DECISION ON THE
DAVENPORT CASE
Judge Duffy has handed down the
decision In the case of The State of
Oregon versuse Alex Davenport and
Pearl Davenport, dismissing the
write of review and sustaining the
judgment of the Justice court on the
grounds that the defendants should
have carried the case to the circuit
court on appeal Instead of on writ
of review.
In his opinion, Judge Duffy held
that the search ot the Davenport
premises in the siezure of liquor
therein, was illegal, but decided the
case purely on the question of pro
cedure, it being necessary to dispose
ot that question before considering
the constitutional question of the le
gality of the search.
By a handsome majority, the state
voted to honor the men who fought
in the great war, by paying them tha
small cash bonus or making the loan
available for the purchase of a home
for the men.
There la no doubt about tha plu
rality for the measure will be be
yond 40,000.
The bill to permit women to ait
aa jurors carried aa did the bill that
permits the governor to veto a part
of a bill without vetoing the entire
measure.
Legislators will not be granted In
creased pay and a longer term of
the legislature will not prevail ac
cording to the voters. : .
The hygenic marriage measure
went Into the discard also.
In Crook County but a small vot
waa cast as was the condition thru
out tie state. The total count, com
plete, in the county not Including
Summit, where no election was held,
is as follows:
Legislative term and salary am
endment, yes, 165, no 356; war vet
erans amendment, yes 37 no 183;
emergency veto amendment 278 yea
231 no; hygenic marriage bill 271
yea, 29S no; women's Juror's amend
ment, 223 yea, 120 no,-- -'
VOLUNTEERS REPAIR
IRRIGATION CANAL
About fifty farmers from the
Ochoco project heeded the call
for volunteer warkers to get
the main canal Into operation
again and reported for work flu
Monday morning.
The district management Is
loud in the praise of these
men, and as a result of the vol-
unteer effort, the water will he
in the canals days earlier than
would have been possible other- .
wise. e
Every farmer will be paid In
warrants for the work of course.
SNODDERLY B'LD'GS
The buildings owned by Mrs. Snod
derly -on Main Street are both be
ing remodeled. In fact one of them,
that formerly held by Brosius and
the Electric Kitchen have been chan
ged into a first calss soft drink es
tablishment and card room. The
partition has been removed and the
furnishings changed around. The
place is being operated by R. J. Ret
zloff. Later on billiard tables will
be installed.
The building adjacent to J. A.
Stein's clothing store Is being re
modeled and will be open for busi
ness by the first of July. Harvey
Cyrus will locate in this building
which is a better business location
than the one he is now in. The par
tition is removed and two large show
windows will be put up and a more
convenient entrance will be made.
The entire room will be remodeled
to accomodate the stock of Mr. Cy
rus and all the space available will
be utilized,
Mr. and Mrs. Davenport, by their
attorney. M. W. Skipworth, have ser
ved notice ot appeal and will carry
the case to the Supreme Court. ;
This case first came up In the
Justice court on February 25th,
when Justice of the Peace, Hyde,
levied a fine of $300 against Mr. Da
venport and $100 against Mrs. Da
venport. The case was carried then
to the Circuit Court.