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f. WEEKLY EDITION The bend Bulletin. tki MUAY, JMIIMf II, Urii, VOI, xtx iiiiNi), umvuvrm vovnty, omumm, Sr, It 1 C. 0. 1. SEHLERS MAY TAKE VOTE ON BOND ISSUE SECOND ELECTION IS DEEMED POSSIBLE CONSIDER 1'UIICHASE f 'oulrnrt llejeeleil II)- Voter May ll Iti-nilimlttcd, Or New Propoiil I'or rVl.tHHI Deal May li lll-loli-il On, Hn)N Attorney. Strong Indication (tint ttio quo- Hon of purchasing llio holding o( Hid Cuitlrat Oregon Irrigation cum pany niny attain bo voted on by the settler of Ilia 0. O. 1, district were given Tuesday nt n district direc tor ' meeting hold In Redmond, II. II. Do Armoml of Do Armoml & Kraklne, attorney fur tlio district, reported thin moriilnir. A number of precinct commlttco men who hnva lioen working nut a plan to tnkn ovor tliu system weru prosont nt Tuesday' meeting, Mr. Da Armoml mild, anil from tlio ex pression of opinion of director and committeemen, a dutlro for u now Ihiii d election wa appftront, Defl nlto action regarding elecllon plum Is expected to lio tukeu ut nuothar meeting In Itedtnoiid Haturday after noon. Whether tlio contract which wa recently turned down by the settlor, calling for a 1100,000 comldoratlon, will ha resubmitted, or whether a now proportion, unofficially mill milled by tlio company, will bo at l miu U a yot to lie determined. Tlio now offer U for a $260,000 prlco and would mean that the company would definitely glvo up nil It rlRliti and property In thin soctlon of tlio itato. WIPE IN HANDS OF TURKS, FEARS BURT No Word Received lly Handier Hlnro Ne of Capture lly Nntlonnl. lit Purer Late. In Venr. Mr. 1'. C. Hurt, who sailed with the first rollof expedition sent to tlio near cast aftor tho war, I In tlio baud of tho Turkish lintlonullsts, her husband, prominent Deschutes county rancher, fears. Mr, Hurt tins received word that 111 wlfa was among a uumbor of rollof worker raptured by tho nationalists lato In tho year, and lackliiR any later In formation, ho I led to bellovo that Mia I still hold by tho Turks. C. T. TERRILL NAMED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF On an appointment mado by Bhor Iff fl, K. Hnborts, C. T. Torrlll, who ha bcon associated with W. P. My or In tho practice of Inw In Hond for tho past year, look offlco on Tues day as chief deputy sheriff, succeed Ing AiiRiist A. Anderson, who wns rocontly chosen by tho couuty court as assossor. Mr,' Torrlll will bo In charRO of tho tax collection dopart- mailt. NEW LICENSE FORM RECEIVED BY CLERK Now license blanks for huntlne nud fishing huvo boon rocolved nt tlio offlco of County Clerk J. II. Honor nud sportsiuoii may now pur chase the nocoHHury pormltn In prep aration for tlio earning hoiiboii, Hunt ing n nd fishing license ouch soil for $3 and tho combination Hcoiiro for CHECK IS PAID UP, WARRANT WITHHELD J, W. Wright of Cllno Kails enmo Into Bond Tuesday when a tolo phono cnll Informod him Hint n war runt had boon Issued for Ills arrest on tlio clinrgo of passing n worthless check. Wright ,r paid $25.08, tho value oMliechock'takon by tho Ool den Rule'fyoro, and tho warrant was pot served, RATE CUT IS HELP SLIGHT DROP IN rilCKlUT niAiKics to middle vi:st WILL NOT SHOW IM.MKDIATI result 111:111:, however. Iteductlon In niton on lumber to CIiIi'iiko, St. lioul ii ml other middle woMtorn point, decided on by of f I cluln of trnmt-contlnentnl Hue In cn nIoii In ChlcnRO, will Im beneficial to lumber production, T. A. McCann general mnnaRer of Tlio Shcvllri-lllx on Compftny, Hinted I'rlduy when In tervlnwed in to tlio effect which tlio chniiRu iiilRht linvo. Tlio rale cut will not amount to mora than 11.25 thousand. Hotel to the cant aro not Included In the contemplated down ward revision, mid It In In tlio eaNtorii market Hint tlio Hand mill aro chiefly concerned. Tim cut decided on will bo helpful im far u It goes. Mr. McCann pointed out that lum her rate aro Mill far In adranco of Ihniio formerly paid by tlio Central OreKon plnn iiiIIIIiir Industry. . The reduction announced hrliiR tlio level to 71 rent n hundred, a drop of cent. Klfty-tlirco cent was tlio wartlmo flRuro. DECISION WILL BENEFIT STATE members ok oheuo.v delega TION RELIEVE SUSTAINING PARM MIAN ACT WILL SPEED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, I). C, March 2, OreRon farmers, and, In fact, farmors of tho entire northwest, will benefit by tho supremo court decision sus- tuinliiR tlio federal farm loan law. For many months tho business of farm loan bond ha been paralyzed bo causn of tho attack on tho validity of tho farm loan bank law and confl dencn of Investors In theso tax-frco bond was temporarily destroyed pondlnR decision of the highest court Tho result of tho decision will bo Rrcatcr activity In all farm loan proj net and sufficient funds to rollovo tho moro Importnnt needs of farm era operating undor tho now farm loan law. Member of tho OreRon delegation bellovo It will do much to speed do volopuiont of nRrlcultiirnl districts of OreRon and tho northwest, and will mako theso Investments much sought aftor by wealthy Investor who aro not now buying farm mortRORcs bo- causo of tho federal Incoino tax. Crippled Herder Pays $1000 For Dry Land Shares Sherman Montgomery, who years ago marketed tho town- slto of Imporlnl, soon to go tin- dor tlio hammer and rovort to Its original assessor's classlft- cation ns grazing land, Is doing buslucsR ngaln In Central Oro- gun, Ho Is not located In Oro- goii, however. This was inndo known on Tuosdny when Au- gust Lohoquo arrlvod In Hond with 1000 worth of stock In tho Central Oregon Hniich Co., which Montgomery luul noi l him nearly n yonr ngo. Lcbentto, n crlpnlo, had boon promlsod n Job nhoop-hedlng by Mnntgomory, and camo to Con- trnl Oregon looking for tho ranch In which ho hold stock. Ho failed to find tho proporty In Crook county, and camo to ! Iloiul, IIoio It wns discovered that approxlmatoly 1000 ncros of land In tho vicinity of Impo- rial la recorded In tho nnmo of tho Contral Oregon Hunch Co. So Loboquo was sntlsflod, and carofuly roturnlng his pro- clou alinros of stock to nn In- nor pockot, ho left for the doa- ort country to wn(t until Mont; gomory buya Bomo shoop for Milm to herd, LUMBER MORE BUILDING EXPECTED HERE INTEREST JS SHOWN IN NEW MATERIAL Conrrelo I'iiio Co. IoMitlli .Mnrlilm; To I'll! Out 10,000 llrlrk Dnlly Iliilnci of New Indimtry MnUes -llnplil firoutli DurltiK Venr. Confident that conditions In Con trul Oregon 'will Rhupo tbeinselve so a to invnn renewed building actlvl tic In Hond this spring and summer, C. II. Knowle, manaRor of tho Con qreto l'lpo Co., ha Installed n inn chlno for tho manufacture of con creto blocks or stuiidard-nlzcd brick, having a capacity of 10,000 of tho latter slzo, dally. Mr. Knowlos has had numerous Inquiries regarding tho use of concreto ns a building ma torlal, and lias reason to bellovo that it tarRo quuntlty of cement brick and blocks will ba used for structural purposes this summer. Tho now machine, Mr. Knowlcs explains, Is operated by four men and will turn out brick at a cost which will allow a market quotation, In fairly large quantities .of J2G a thousand., In addition to tho manufacture of plpo and building material, which during tho last year, reached a total of $66,000, tho company has Installed hunkers with a capacity of 200 yards for plaster sand, concreto sand, roof Ing gravel, standard concreto gravel and crushed rock, which aro being put Into uso this week. Tho growth of tho business 1 shown from tho fact that tho valuo of oqulpmont now In uso hag In creased from $7500 to 130,000 In tho ono year of tho company's opera tlon here, whilo manufactured plpo on hand umounts to $20,000. Order now waiting to bo filled amount to $10,000 Mr. Knowlcs states. BIG FUR SHIPMENT IS MADE FROM BEND 13(0 IVHk, Chiefly Cojotr. Kent to ldiMern Market Owner I'repnr oil to Hold Cor.KtroiiK Market. L. 1j. Noonchestor and R. L. Hut ton of tho Steins Mountain Haw Fur Co. loft last Friday for Fort Wayne Ind., with n shipment of 13G0 coyoto and 160 lynx hides which they will placo pu tho market, provided a sat Ufactory prlco can bo obtained. In tho event of low prices prevail ing tliero, they will visit tho various markots In Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. Should they tall to dlsposo of tho furs thoy will placo thorn In storage until such time ob tho market becomes moro steady. Mr. Noonchostor Is tho la-goat buy er of raw fur In Contral Oregon, hav Ing purchased nearly 7C per cent of tho furs sold hero this year. Ho has noarly $17,000 worth, of polt In storaga at Heno, Nor., held over from last year for n bettor prlco. BREAKS ARM IN FALL FROM CHURCH STEPS An X-ray plcturo lias disclosed tho fact that Mrs. Lucy Hall of 240 Florida nvenuo had sus talnod n fracture of ono of tho bones In her arm In a fall from tho stops of tho Methodist church some time ago, Insteitd of savoro strain, an was first thought. Tho bono was ro- broken and rcsot. Mrs. Hall had nttoudod services nt tho church and upon leaving stepped of tho sldowulk and foil among tho rocks two feet liolow. TRANSFUSION FAILS TO HELP DAUGHTER ta n'flOrt Till I nf T)sxt1nii.l '( uvu (111 J k AUllltlllllf daughter of J. J. Klein of Heml.sun- dorwont n transfusion oporatlon Sat urday nt St, Vlncoiit's hospital for tho third tlino In less titan two weoks, according to word received horo today. Her father gave his blood' (or' tlio oporatlon. The last report racalvod hero stat' od that Mrsi TuU's condition was not Improved. , . PYTHIANS PLAN TO BUILD HOME $5,0$) SITE ON BOND STREET BOUGHT Two Klory Hlriiitnrii To He. Put L' On Jot I'lin linMil Prom M. P. OihIiiuiui, 'pM-r Plmir To1 Ilo L'jeil I'or IxmIrm PurpoMii. . Fof, a consideration which It Is I known will shade SS00O, Uend lodgo No, 103, Knights of Pythias, has be come, tho owner of lot No. 2, blockylG, on tho ont ldo of Hond street; adjoining tho Shaw property. Tho lot was purchased from M. P. Cashman as tho slto for the Castle hall which I being planned by the Knight. J. 8. Inncs and I. M. Mc- Hcyn&lds, members of tho building coimrilttco of the order, closed tho deal. Confidence In Hend and In. Hie city's' future Is shown by elaborate planslwlilch aro being considered for tho construction of lodgo hcadquarj tern In tho center of tho business dis trict.,' Theso Includo tho erection of a two'-story flro-proof building on tho nowly acquired slto, tho structure to be ISO feet deep on a 40-foot front. Tho lower floor will be .mado aval. able for storerooms, while the upper story" will bo for tho lodge and club ruuiiiB. Construction work, It was stated by members of tho committee, will be started as soon as architect's pans hayo,bcen drawn and a decision made regarding material to be used. Since tho Institution of tho Bend lodge, the order has had no meeting placo of its own, Satbcr's hall having been rented for tho purpose. CHANGES FATAL TO HOUSE BILL TOO MUCH AMKXDING WHBTTED COVKHNOIfH AX FOIt OVKIt TUHF IHHIOATION CODK MKAS- t'ltu, kxpIjAXatio.v oii'i;iu:i) Homo bill 112, seoklng to change tho irrigation code, Introduced by H J. Ovcrturf, and so frequently altered in tho sonata and house that Its own parent had to look twice to recog nize it, was amonded to death, was tho explanation offered by Mr. Over,- turf for tho action of Governor Ben Olcott In votolng tho measure. "Tho bill proposes to amend cer tain sections of tho Irrigation code. Whllo tho purposes of tho amend iiicnta In the main may seem good, they amend Irrigation laws which havo been carefully considered. whllo the amendments themselves seom to bo In soma Instances 111 con sidered and loosely drawn," tho gov crnor commented In explanation of his veto. "As near as I can deter mine, their general ctfoct might bo to opon up to unnecessary litigation sections of tho law which aro now woll-dotormlned," he concluded As tho moasure was Introduced, It was an accommodation bill, making ono chango to allow Irrigation dls trici uirectors to fix tcelr own monthly meeting dates, It was to aid local Irrigation district nttornoys having several clients, whoso ncot- Ing dates now conflict. Hut tho senate changed and add cu, aim tno nouso aid somo moro rough carpentry work, and whnt was originally n slmplo llttlo bill grow Into a most complicated jjtfalr. Mr, Overturf Is confldont that tho meas. uro ns first presented would havo os. caped tho voto. McKinley L umber Mill Will Start Operation Soon (Special1 to Tho Bulletin.) Plnehurst, March X.-r-Tho Mc- Klnley-Hampson mill, which has boon closed for Borne time, will resume operations within a few , days, it is announced. FARMERS ASK BIG U. S. LOAN MOIIH THAN" l(O,(M0 AITMIID von is cot'XTf wimj nt: avah.ahm: within no dayh .. IH PlIKHIiNT I'XtmXtK. Application for federal farm loans which havo been held up In Deschutes county pending a decision by the supreme ourt total at least $100,000, Is the estimate given by II. C. Kill, secretary of the Deschutes National Farm Loan asso elation. In his own organization ap plication on file amount to more than $24,000, and with tho applica tions mado by members of tho four other associations In the county, will easily pass the $100,000 mark. Money will not bo available for 30 days, but at tho end of that time sufficient will bo provided to take caro of all applications already on (lc, according to the latest Informa tlon received. New applications will be handled In their turn. EARLY PERIOD DESIGN PICKED SONS OF NOHWAV DECIDE ON OENEHAL TVPE OF STRUCTURE TO 11B USED AS HEADQUAR TERS FOR LODGE IN nEND. Plans are being drawn, and a com- mltteo 'ls working to secure a site; for a wooden building, of rustic de sign, the architecture to conform with that of the Norwegian period of several centuries ago, to be used as headquarters by Bend lodge, Sons of Norway. A fund Is being set aside for the purpose and it Is hoped that con struction work: will be started in order to have the building completed before winter, according to R. H. Loven, a member of the committee. Arrangements are being made by the lodgo for tho observance of May 17, upon which date in 1905 Norway secured her freedom. SINNOTT FARM PLAN IN BONUS MEASURE Settlement Program Incorporated In Bill Expected To lie Passed Early In Session of Next Congress. WASHINGTON, D. C March 2. In tho soldiers' bonus bill reported to the senate, practically the entire soldiers' farm settlement plan as pre sented by Chairman SInnott of the house committee on public lands last year and passed through the house under his leadership Is Incorporat ed with slight changes. It is ex pected this bonus bill will be passed early In tho next session of congress. and this feature of land settlement rotalned practically as passed iu Sln- nott's bill. If it becomes a law, as expected, It will aid greatly In tho early development of homesteads arid getting of ex-soldlors into produc tive development on new farms throughout the west, many of them In Oregon. Deschutes. First County In First State In America "Tho first county in tho first state. How's that?" F. I. Qollehour, state man- nger of the Oregon stato com- ( inlttco of tho European Rollet council, penned this acknow- lodgement of Deschutes county's record In a postscript to n let- tor received this week by tho chairman of the county coni-J,f 1 1 ... . . i The national campaign has4' been closed by Herbert Hoover, chairman. Deschutes county's gifts, largely unsolicited, to aid the starving children of Europe, made, up the quota before any other county In Oregon reached V Its goal. SHEVLIN-HIXON MILL TO OPEN WITHIN MONTH PROTRACTED CLOSING RUMOR FALSE- DATE IS DECIDED ON Will Not Ho Later Tlinn April 1, Soy T. A. McCnnn General Mali nger Hope For Two Shift Work When Operation Start. Rumors circulated In town Tues day to tho effect that It would be months before the ShevIIn-Hlxon mill reopened, and that It might not ka reopened this year, were branded as false by T. A. McCann, general man ager of The Shevlin-Hlxon Compaay. "The Shevlln-HIxon mill will pos itively begin operating again by April 1," Mr. McCann said, "and "pos sibly beforo that time. For 30 to 60 days It may bo necessary to rna only one shift, but It is hoped that the double shift may be resumed from the beginning." NOT LIQUOR, ONLY VINEGAR, CLAIMED , "Liquor" that he was charged with making at his home at Lake, la Lake county, was nothing but Tine- gar, J. C. Woods said' Tuesday whea he appeared before U- S Commission er H. C. Ellis. He gave bonds in the sum of $500 to guarantee his pres ence In federal court In Portland whenever he la called. Last week Woods received a let ter from tho U. S. marshal In Port land directing him to report to a dep uty marshal In Bend on February 28. The Lake connly man was here on time, but was troubled to find bo deputy marshal. He sought Sher iff S. E. Roberts, who solved his dif ficulty by wiring Portland and ob taining a promise that a depary would be on hand the following day. it. D. Carter, the deputr who was sent to Bend, presented the matter to Judge Ellis. Woods' bond was set and the defendant was ready to start tho 70-mile trip back to his home. Woods stated that he had discov ered a new process for tanning' hides which requires the use of certain proportions of vinegar, sulphuric acid and soda. The vinegar he 'had been making of sugar, he said.. REST ROOM TOPIC - AT CLUB MEETING Members of Council Ready To Faver - Jm. , Additional Appropriation For Maintenance, Is Reported. With legislative matters disposed of, the Bend Commercial club held a quiet social meeting Wednesday at tho Pilot Butte, where tho most ex citing thing to come up was a brief discussion of plans which are being worked out "by the Women's Civic league for the reopening of the city rest room. Mrs. Carrie D. Manny, president of the league, reported that throo,of the members of tho Bend council had promised to favor an additional monthly appropriation to aid In maintaining tho rest room and Coun cilman N. II. Gilbert, In attdmlance at the club luncheon, put himself publicly on record to this effect. WOMEN'S AUXILIARY WILL SEEK MEMBERS Following tho receipt of tho char tor for the women's auxiliary 6f the Amorlcau Legion, plans aro being mndo for a membership campaign of, a month's duration before organiza tion of the auxiliary will bo under taken.' Plans for tho campaign Wore discussed at a meeting hold Wednesday evening at the homo ofi Mrs. Sadie Lucas, temporary 'chalr- man.3 Hawthorne avenue. , e ? The 'charter is to: remain open usj iil.the close of the membership 'drive' Hand flnal.electlon of officers for the- year, It Is announced.