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4 Tht Btnd Bullttin rnDiin(i nr (IncortxiMfert) (rtl.)llif- lIHrtl, IJOnBftf W. flAWYMK, Manager An Independent nowipnper standing for (he sqttAfo itenf. clean business, clean politics nd th brut Interest of Bend nnd Central Oregon. One yenr IJ-00 Six months 1-00 Three months o Thursday, jmyAnv 3. togt. SOME FACTS In n welter of reprlntod matter from other Central Oregon newspa pers, voicing harsh criticism of Ilend for making nn effort to secure nn equal nnd fair distribution of the Ir rigation waters of this section not nn effort, It should bo understood, to end tho development of the Deschutes project wo find In tho Crook Coun ty Journal the following: Wo say that It Madras, Bend, or any other community attempts to Ir rigate any part of tho segregation nnd leave tho remainder arid wo would resent It almost ns much as tho apparent effort now being' made to prevent all development. "If tho Dend club has any Inform ation of this nature why not publish it? We believe In working In tho open and ask Tho Bulletin to come out of the mass of words and tell us who nnd what Interest Is opposed to tho Irrigation of these lands." For tho benefit of tho Journal wo present this statement of tho facts. Where tho statement Is not known to be a fact this Is Indicated. In the first place the Deschutes project survey contemplated tho Irri gation of four units from a certain estimated flow of the Deschutes and with a certain duty of watar. Records of flow in tho Deschutes 6ince 1913, when the report was Is sued, show that tho amount of wa ter figured on In the cooperative re port will not be available In a low water cycle such as we have experi enced In the past few years. Ideas of water duty have changed in the samo period, tho present con clusion being that a lower duty (I. e. more water on tho land) Is necessary to raise crops in the Deschutes val ley. From this the fact becomes patent that If the Deschutes alono Is de pended upon for a supply, one or more of the four units must bo abandoned In whole or In part. These last four are statements of fact. Now for the Information and belief: The North unit 13 planning to ask tho stato engineer for an allotment of water from the Deschutes greater in amount than that provided for It In the Deschutes project plans, an amount in excess of its pro rata share of the decreased flow. In order to lower construction costs it plans to build a canal that will permit an excess wasto and seep age. That Js one reason why It wants moro water. Another Is Its plan to have a lower water duty. The directors of the North unit are fully acquainted with the water shortage situation and plan to make their request and get their water without reference to the rights and needs of the other units. Now back to the known facts: If the North unit request Is made and ''granted, we will have. In the words of tho Journal, "an attempt to Irrigate a part of the segregation and leave tho remainder arid." Does the Journal resent this? This whole situation was pointed out by The Bulletin last July and Au gust In editorials which are reprinted in this Issue. Bend has been alive to the danger, not only to It, but to Redmond and Prlnevllle, in the North unit plan. It has started a fight, not only for itself, but for Deschutes and Crook counties. If the Irrigation situation Is cared for we are satisfied that our mills will be. Will Prlnevlllo Join In the fight for sel protection? And will tho editor of the Madras Pioneer do us the honor of reading the reprinted editorials, of discussing the issues raised In them, nnd of tell ing us wherein tho plans of tho North unit differ from the outline given above? WHAT UPTON CALLS AN ANSWER Readers of Tho Bulletin who are following tho Deschutes project con troversy nnd its connected features will remember tho letter from Jny Upton, tho honorable state seuator from this district, published at his request n week ago, in which ho cun ningly insinuated that some "invis ible hand" was directing tho work of the Commercial club Irrigation com mittee. On tho receipt of hh letter telegram was sent to Senator TJp-,-ton demanding that ha submit tho evldoneo bank of his Insinuation, Ho ailed to "como rlenn" or, in fact, o eomo at all, and yebte.'dny a second rtVimitmf mode upon Mm. Here hU fcplr "ff IcHef fr Mend CommerclAl clufi require flfi Hirer fro1n Ihosri who sinned whni(i which f hitre denounced, nnd not fur ther explanation from me." I oth er words', the honorable sennfof I ! not able to "come rlenn." lie line ho evidence with which l support lite InMniietlnn. Hero, however, I the nnswer lie sny I required. It Is n resolution sinned by nil the dlreetow of the Commercial club but two. one of these being nway from homo nnd tho other being Judge T. K. J. Duffy, who, because of tils official position, has taken no part In tho club work on Irrigation. Tho resolution Is: "Whereas, Tho directors of tho Ilend Commercial club have recolved front tho Honornblo J. It. Upton, stnta senator from this district, a communication In which ho suggests thnt some undisclosed Interest or 'Invisible hnnd' Is Influencing tho work of the Irrigation committee of tho club, nnd "Whereas, In said communication Senator Upton asserts that tho busi ness, banking nnd milling Interests of tho city are not In accord with-tho work of said committee, "Now, therefore bo It resolved, That tho directors of tho Bond Com mercial club take this means of as serting to Senator Upton thnt tho work of tho committee, from Its ap pointment has proceeded under tho direct supervision of tho board of di rectors, thnt tho directors nro fully in touch with tho plans and purpose of said committee nnd that no undis closed Interest or 'Invisible, hand' Is In any way back of tho offorts of said committee for tho preservation of the irrigation and industrial inter ests of Deschutes county. "R. S. HAMILTON. "J. A. EASTES. "H. E. ALLEN. "T. II. FOLEY. "J. EDGAR PURDY. "ROBERT W. SAWYER. "A. WHISNANT. "MAURICE P. CASHMAN. "E. P. MAHAFFEY., "C. S. HUDSON." Senator Upton bad six days In which to prepare his answer to the demand for an explanation of his In sinuation. A visitor from Salem on Saturday who had seen Senator Up ton the day before said tho senator was somewhat up In the air as to who reply be should make. On re ceipt of the second demand wired him yesterday he put together the feeble reply reported above. Now ho has hl3(. answer, aqd It Is up to him to adnit there is no "Invisible hand" or to' submit his proof. TWO CONCLUSIONS -Central Oregon Irrigation company settlers are complaining that they do not get enough water. Accord ing to the studies of tho Oregon Ag rlcultural college experts, the con tract amount of one and eight-tenths aero feet is not enough. They say that this Is too high a duty, and that the amount should bo Increased nnd the duty lowered. At the same time tho settlers are seeing water t-'koif by their lands nnd out of tho conr.ty to tho Lone Pino district. The doa- ert land board has authorized t'.iis sale because the C. O. I. settlers liuve failed to make a settlement with the company. Two conclusions nro to be drawn from this action. In tho first place. It would be desirable for the C. O. I. settlers to get Into the saddlo by buy ing out tho company. They can then take the necessary action to get tho water they need. Tho sooner they do It the better it will bo for them. The second conclusion Is that the very same thing the C. O. I. settlers do not like that is, to have water go by them Into another section will happen in a larger degree if tho North unit Is able to carry out Its plang for the appropriation of Des chutes water ahead of and to tho ex clusion of the other units. All who aro Interested in prevent ing this should bo actively behind tho present work of tho Commercial club. DON'T BE A CLOOMY GU8- We think It Is up to every business man and who is not a business man In good old America? to strlko a hopeful keynote In his advertising. Wo say this to our local men of business, to our farmers, too, nnd to ovcry man who eclls what he has, even if all he lias is his dally labor. Because thcro has been n slump on the prlco of this, tlrnt or tho othor commodity. It Is tho poorost reason in the world for talking hard timos. Pessimism never won anything. Gloom Is a thing of the gravo; it Is not' for tho living man with a futuro beforo him. The times may have boon bad for u lot of us for bo mo months past, but as everything changes, going from ouf extreme to tho other and striking f-rmulcy In between, wo all know tint thero ,iro good timos ahead 'nnd not toff fur Attend plllier if w All pttl Iho be! fm forward and the be( nmlle In Hie front The ni nn who recover flr from jllie glrmm of III bad hlldlnfM, or fmnr Iwwg, or whatever it wn Hmi hi' 'him H the mnn who In going: to hv Iho most prosperity In Ihn Iwiter Hine that nro on their wny, Hmi r I' on their wny Just ns sure n (he hr corned up nnd out of Iho onsl evT? morning. II Is gulng In rmv ! most prosperity because til effort will stretch over n larger period limn the fellow who slouches gloomily un til tho good times nro so apparent that they hit him on the nose. Thoreforo, wo sny to the business mnn who Advertises: Put optimism In your nfls. To tho farmer nnd oth er worker, whoso tongues are their ads, wo say: Talk good times; they'ro coming, nnd soon. BUY AT HOME Tho announcement thnt tho gro cers of Bend hnvo decided to confine tholr bread stocks to tho product made hero In tho city comes very op portunely In connection with thu Homo Products dinner to bo given by tho Woman's Civic league this eve nlng. It tho Idea of using home products in ordor to stimulate local Industry Is good In general, nnd there Is no doubt but that It Is, It Is good in this particular enso. Facts gathered In connection with tho campalgn'ou behalf of local bread have shown thnt In tho past an aver age of $1000 a weak has gono out of Bond for bread made elsowhero. This Is a lot of motley to bo sending away from homo every weok and, while tho new arrangement will menu thnt increased supplies must bo used and paid for out of the city, It also mcaus that there will bo more paid hero lu wages and other forms of sorvico, and tho suppllos themselves will bo bought largely through local doalcrs. Wo congratulate tho merchants who hnvo Joined In giving this en couragement to local industry nnd wo bespoak for tho local bakers tho sup port of all bread buyers in tho city. In tho death of Assessor W. T. Mullarky Deschutes county has lost an ablo and faithful servant whoso place cannot bo filled. Nothing could havo shown tho truo qualifica tions of tho man more clearly than the utter sacrifice, of self during his last week as a county official, when continuous application, through -long hours, to tho task of completing tho tax rolls occasioned tho uorvous breakdown which resulted in Jilt death. A Portland paper proposes the es tablishment of a glass factory In that city. In view of tho number of bot tles being destroyed theso days by tho rovenuo officers there ought to 'bo a good market. The abolition of Sunday bathing is advocated by somo of tho New York blue law fanatics. Cleanliness Imay still bo next to Godliness with them, but they do not want It too cIo3i'. (From the columns of Tho Bulletin of Fobruary 2, 1900.) John Elder, formerly of Bond, nearly lost his llfo In tho recent heavy snowstorm. The old grizzly bear that has made a pilgrlmugo through this sec (Ion for tho last 18 years, passed through The Meadows a few nights ago. His tracks measured hovou Inches across and 13 inches long. Cattle attempting to cross tho Des chutes, crashed through tho thin coating of Ice and were lost. Tho stock belonged to John Ryan, Feed on tho low desert is said to bo hotter this winter than It has hcon for IB years. Tho LlnBtX-r sawmill closed down this week after a 10-day run, W. P. Myers, tho attornoy who recently located at Laldlaw, Iihh bought tho Chronicle and will assumo management lu tho near future. Miss Ruth Reld returned last Huh day from her trip to Portland und San FranciHco. MEDALS ARE GIVEN TO FIRE FIGHTERS I'Viuiteen Member of Bend Deport incut Itnfliif Highest t'ndcr Tho Merit System Itecrlvo Award. Carrying out tho merit system adopted last year by tho Bend flro department, handsomo H-carat gold medals havo been awurded to 14 mombors. Thoso who qualified, togefhor with tholr ratings for tho year, woro Emll Hoss, Fifteen Years Ago i FACTS CONSTITUTING BASIS FOR CLUB IRRIGATION STAND GIVEN IN 1920 EDITORIALS (For the purpose of nldlng Hi Iho development of Iho timlorsdimtlng of whut tli ii Ilnml (.'oiumorrliil eluh Is now trying to do In connection with tho Deschutes project, there Is re printed below n series of editorials on tho subject which nppenrcd In Tho Bulletin Inst July mid August. Com ing as they did beforo tho public mind wns fully nwnko to tho danger,, In tho whole segregation threatened j by tho North unit, the facts they pm sonted may hnvo been forgotten. Tho present nctloli of tho club Is based on- tlroly on tho proposition then out lined. Editor.) CAN THEY DO IT? Monday, July 10, 1921. Tho time tins ciituo to call niton Hon to tho meaning to tho peo ple of this section of thu present nctlvlty of the North Unit Irrigation district In connection with thu Beit hnm Falls reaorvolr plan. Unless liumedlntu action Is taken I'oschuloH county stnnds to see one of Its greatest potential assets taken from it. If tho plans of tho North unit aro cnrrled through our futuro Is gono. Timber will menu good busi ness for mnny years, but agricultur ally wo shull hnvo reached our peak. Thoro will bo nothing to look for ward to. Shortly stntod, tho plan of the North unit Is to proceed on Its own account to build thu Bonhnm Falls reservoir, nnd thon to enrry all the water stored thoro through Des chutes nnd Into Jefferson county for oxcIuhIvo use on tho lands of thnt district. Nothing Is to bo left for tho extension of tho Tiimnlo project, for tho North canal unit or tho old Beiihnm falls segrega tion, nil, except for n portion of tho last named, lu Doschutcs county, and nil tributary to Bond nnd Iteilmond. Tho original plan for tho Irriga tion of this vnlley, as outlined In tho Deschutes project survey, railed for tho reclamation of nil these units from tho Impounded waters at Uenham falls. Until Iho North unit begun on Its present program It wah tho general supposition that nil would bo Included In such plana ns wero made. Now our JMforson county frlonds have started out for thomsolvcs alone. They plan to oat tho apple, coro nnd nil. They expect to tnkn all tho water stored at Bcnham falls nnd to louvo none for any othor district. Will Bond nnd Tumntn nnd Red mond stand by and do nothing? THE NORTH UNIT'S REASONS Tuesday, July 20, 1920. Although tho original plan for the Irrigation of tho Doschntos valley contemplated tho reclamation of four ( units, ns pointed out hero yesterday. I tho present Bchomo of tho North unit is if) apiropriHin iwi.i'iu Hiir plus flow stored in thu Bbnhnm falls reservoir and uso .It exclusively In Jofferson county. Tho danger to i this section In such a use or tho wntorH of tho Deschutes Is that none of our rcclnlmnbla land can there after bo Hcrvcd. It Is a present and : vary real dnnger and unless wo take stops for solf-protectlou our ruturo will bo gono. Tho reasons behind tho North unit plan to tako all the Bonhnm falls water are several. In tho first place tho district now flgurcH a lower duty of water for Its Irrigation needs than was considered necessary by tho reclamation authorities who pro pared the report on tho Deschutes project. Then, by tho prosent plans, huga seepage losses aro oxpectod in gettlngMho water down Into Jeffer son county, whilo nnothor reason Is found In tho general Hhorjngo of water recorded lu tho past few years. Just bow much weight Is to bo given to tho first and third reasons In tho dlstrlffiiUon of tho water rn malns to ho seen. It would seem ntrango, howovor, If tho district could arbitrarily dotormlno it own water duty nnd on Its own decision ho allowed all tho storago water. It would bo equally ntrango If the water records woro road wholly with rof crenco to Its situation and needs alono, Tho second reason, that all tho water Is needed In order to deliver as much n 40 per cont of It on tho North unit, may ho Justified econom ically, but wo doubt It. Sixty per cent Keopago Iohso lu transmission nro altogothcr too high. From tho standpoint of thu umoitnt of tieroago to ho watered It would bo better to reclaim tho lands nearer tho lioad gates to which water could bo de livered without such loss. And yot tho North unit directors calmly plan to Inso moro than half tho wntor In order to got dollvory on tho lands of tnoir district. 103; Frank Gallagher, 93; II. H. Lov on, 83; A. II. Entobenet, 715; Taylor Rhodcn, 7-2; Frod KllonburiJ, 71; John Taylor, 71; Oscar Lurwon, C7; Harry Rolngold, CO? Orn Alllnghain, BO; O, D. Alllnghnm, 0G; Claude H, Smith, (!2; A. E. Edwards, 112; and O, K, Hudson, G9. Tho total cost of tho medals was $7G and was paid from tho depart ment troastlry. WIU the people Interest! In the roclnnintloii of Denehuten county lands permit IhM? IH Tlllrl COOI'IJIIATION? Wednesday, July 21, 1930 Sooner or Inter the director of tho North unit Irrigation district will make room public statement, wo assume, attempting to Justify their plans for appropriating all the surplus flow of the HesrliiititH for the exclusive benefit of tholr limits. Presumably their argument will bn based on their great nood of water to Insure crops on tho dry farms of Jefferson county, and something will bo said of thu fact thnt they nro lu position to proceed with the project, whllo there may bo various delays necessary to Insure the In clusion of'imy of the other units. The preceding Is, of course, based wholly on supposition. Possibly the directors will frankly sny thnt they havo found, as their plans pro gressed, thnt they needed nil the water, nnd so they have started out to grab while tho grubbing Is good. It Is now, they may urge, u free-for-nll scramble and they want nil thu advantages they can get. This argument, or any of like nature, tho North unit men my be nblo to Justify In their own minds, but bow, wo wonder, run they squnro any such nttltudo with the cooperative sentiment that has ruled hitherto? Early hut year, when conditions seemed to bo working toward a fight between the different units tho Bend Commercial club coun selled agulnst nntngnnlsm nnd urged cooperation. North null directors Joined lu tho cooperative campaign mid the club set Itself heartily at work to obtain an examination of the renervolr site. Wo shall not attempt to allot shares of credit for securing the reservoir examination but no ono will deny that (ha club did much to secttro It. Tlio club has also done other things on be half 'of tho Deschutes project ns a whole, the latest being In connection with the recent visit of thu appropria tions committee. If wo nro not mistaken, no other community had nny opportunity to share lu this visit until thu Bend committee invited cooperation for tho purposu of securing nn exami nation of tho wholo Deschutes project. Jefferson county might havo been left out of Iho program entirely had there been nny disposi tion here to tront the possibility of Deschutes project Irrigation nn nny other basis than thnt or community cooperation. Tho Jefferson county committee nccepted tho Invitation to cooperate, permitted Bend people to undcitako the Job of planning the program of bringing the committee hero mid of showing the reservoir situ that at tho very time they woro planning to tako for tliomnelves alone. All this looks llko letting us help pull up tho hill nnd when thu crest Is In sight, casting us off. What kind of cooperation Is tills? UP TO THE NORTH UNIT Thursday, July 22, 1921. It Is not enough that thu people of this county Interested In Its agri cultural futuro tako steps to prevent tho exclusive appropriation of tho waters of tho Deschutes by the .North unit irrigation district. That would he merely n dog-ln-tlie-manger nttl tudo mid wholly out of keeping with the policy of cooperation which has been adhered to In this county down to tho present. We must stop tho rape of the river that It now planned nnd, at the name time, work (lit somo Idea thnt will Insure equal and proper treatment, nccordlng to tho Interests Involved, to nil. Tho North null Is going ahead now to grab everything and somo will sny that tho other units ought to combine and try to grab every thing nway from it. That would be n great mlstnko. In spltn of Its self ish nttltudo thoro Is still tho need and tho opportunity for cooperation In soma general plan. In many ways tho North unit Is In the most favorable legal position to proceed with tho project. Its lands nro nil privately owned. Its district organization Is perfected nnd Its bonds voted. Those facts slvo It oxcuso for hastening .forward and leaving Its formor associates. In co operation In Iho lurch, In tho loosely organized cooperative activity of tho pnst year tho North unit has boon tho only pnrty directly Interustod un til tho Tumalo district was formed, Its Interest entitles it to n continued sharo In tho cooperative effort and cooperation will bo as hndly needed hereafter as It was u yonr ngo, If tho whole project Is not to get Into a wilderness of ngltntlon and contro versy that will keep outsldo invest moot nnd federal aid away. Of course, If tho North unit Is to fight for Its selfishly conceived plan, thoro will Im nothing to do but fight against It. On tho other hand, If It will see thnt to proceed on tho pres old wolfish lliioH'momiii Injury to tho wholo project and delay in Kocitrlng results, It will abandon Iho progrnm mid ronow tho cooperative nctlvlty, FROM MADItAS Saturday, July 31, 1920, Under tho caption, "Is This Iho Old, Well Known Keattlo Spirit?" tho Madras Ploneor, lu Its latest la tum, carries tho following; "Whllo Bond wan gottln.',' ItH Elks' sanitarium, Its visit from Irving H. Cobb, Its motion plcturo publicity and tho mnny othor things which tho onorgotlc Commorclul club of tho DoschutoH county motropolln has so successfully put across, .apd whllo Itfldmond was sociirliig hor county ifrtlf. hef I!""'! fo-rtitrf flfiif lisf Ifffgrf' Hon, Mnilfn mid Hie KfWr iKiffrmi inf .ffffriifi r-otffity. rtrf WttfiW Off other community I" wltleh Iffl ft- I suit wtt flu Hfs nr ifaoHi. hit itlf llifire limit tit Jnr wn wnrinri for ih Worth iitm ifrimt'inii dm tfp HueeeiM m el'Mn n( lie ml. "Willi done iitlw fbufi (lie Mmllf feeling nf fine eommiuiHy toward An other, this grout work hn Immi w eompllshml with no hlnn or HioitgJil of dittunglng either Iho romintiiiirfen of Ilend or lledmoiid Wo rielllmr have f fin spurn nor Inrlltirtlloll l(r re hash llm fight which this commun ity has eiperlenred In Its effort for Irrigation. Needlese, however, to my Hint It has practically worked done. Other rutii in nn It Ion, an undoubtedly was right, wero working for their own best Interests, ns was this. Wo needed tho North milt, they did not. They wero Informed of our plnim nod their nsslslnnrn was solicited. "At this Isle date they have no fight, only n cry. Tho Itedmond Commercial club, ns did tho Com mercial eluh of Ilend, hnvo appoint ed committees In Investigate Bet ter they had appointed committee n few yearn ngo to desist In securing tliN united project "The Bend papers, and the Ilend correspondent to tho Portland pa pers, hnvo made an efofrt to plnro the North unit In an unfair light. It li doubtful whether they will sue reed, an those who nro Interested, and who will help put over tho project, hnvo Investigated nnd nro correctly Informed ns to rondllloiis." Wo do not know Just what our Madras friend means by his refernnro to the Seattle spirit nnd must nsk for nn explanation. Further, beforo wo engage in any dlncilsalou of tho mat ters referred to lu the article quot ed above. It would bn ilcstrnhlo t hnvo nil understanding ns to tho facts luviflved. It ban been understood thnt tho North unit plan wns to tuko nil tho slorngo waters of tho Deschutes, leaving nothing for tho other unite of (ho Deschutes project Tlio Pio neer now says thero hns been "no thought of damaging either of thu roniinuiiltles of Bend or Iteilmond." Just what does this menu? Whnt Is the fact ai to the North mill plans? The Pioneer Is lu position to know n bo lit these things, Will It explain? If tho North unit does not want nil the water, what coopera tion does It want toward the con struction of the llenliam Fall reser voir? Since the completion of tho successful cooperative effort In ob taining tho reservoir examination nnd bringing the appropriations com mittee through Central Oregon thoro has boon nothing morn heard from Jefferson county about reoperation. What Is now wonted? Tho Pioneer carefully refrain from asserting that requests of tho North unit for niMlatnnro have ever been refused, but. nt tti same time, gives tho Impression Hint such Is the cane. Will It be moro specific and ndvln what rrquesln havo over been refued? Last week The Bulletin urged Hint thu cooperation In erldenca until n few months ago bn resumed. fltnto Engineer Clipper bus pointed out Hint, If results urn to ho obtained, the communities Interested In Iho Deschuies project must pull together Instead of apart. Will the Pioneer tell us If the North unit wants to pull along with tho other units, or does It want to go out In fight Iho other portions of tho Doschutes pro ject? When wo have theso facts wo can proceed with our discussion moro In telligently. WANTS TO CnniMMtATH j Friday, August 13, 1920. I In the few week that havo elnpd ! what It understood to be tlio plans ,of the North unit Irrlgntlon district to opproprlnto no much of the wntern ,of the Deschutes, stored nt Ileiihnui falls, as to maloi Impossible the rec lamation of ,thn other units of tho 1 DeSChllleH nrrilnft l,i ....l,,i. Ilttlo has developed to throw nny clear light an tho situation. In Prlnevlllo, if one tuny Judge from Iho editorial expressions of tho Crook County Journal, Ilttlo attention Is be ing paid to tho matter, tho only ex pression from tho Journnl being Hint Bend wns working up n fight thnt would hinder the progress of rec lamation. Tho Itedmond Spokes man, showing moro Interest, has car ried statements to tho effect that Urn other portions of tho project hnd nothing to fear from tho North unit. Ono of these stntoments is from A. I), Anderson, Iho secrotnry of tho North unit district, who says that no water grab Is contnmplnted. On tlio other hnnd, tho Mndros Pioneer, nrouscd by what Tho Bullolln had charged, asserts that tho North unit It right. Tho question which nntnr ally Htiggesls Itself In niiBwer to tho Pioneer Is, "Right In whnt?" Other questions woro asked tho Pioneer two weeks ago which romuln unnn ywnrotl, but If It will devolo oven u Ittlo spaco to this Inst ono, wo mny know hotter whnt tho facts nro, Of course, tho necessary Impllcn t on from the Ploueor's nssertlon Hint Iho North milt Is right Is Hint It Is right wheroln Tho Bulletin has been assorting It was wrong. That Is, tho fact In ndmlttud und Jitstlflrntloti (in serted, This Is contrary to Mr. An ilersoirfl position. Ho says no grab Is iitniided, Which of Iho two is right? Ono conclusion nt least mny be drawn, mid thnt Is that In Joffer son county there Is somo recognition of tho possibility that tlio North milt will wnnt wnter to tho Injuryyif (ho rent of tho project. Ho far ns tho suggestion front I r nevlllo In concerned, wo dowlro lo Point out Hint Bund does not wnnt to hinder tho progress of roclninii Hon, nor Is it looking for u fight. It profoni to conpornto. On thnt ac count Mr. Anderson's recent ntnto- mnnt Is gladly recnlvod. Now, If Mr. A iil "iMllll Will li It limn llll LJIUI and toll us how tho North unit prrr-' poses to dlvldo tho wntor, and whnt Bond can do to holp In tho promo tion of tho gonornl reclamation ychomp, wo bollpvo hp wjn-find Uift2 help forthcoming. 0" '