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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1921)
r VAtM Junk Man Would Buy Copper Boilers And Worms, but Still Are Broken Up Before Sheriff Will Make Sale "Thofe'd no need nf breaking tip lliono linllcM If roil Want In soil llmm for Junk," Sheriff fl K lloti erl win assured ljr a Infitl second hnnd dealer, who had road In The Bulletin thnl tho sheriff Intended to chop up n number of tonfiscntcd copper null and wnrmit. sell them, nnd glvd the money (o "tho Itod Cros. Not only wns tho sheriff Informed Hint smashing of the parts wns not necessary In effect ing n nalo, hut ho was told that hollers nnd tubing would com- REVISION IN PLANS FOR WATER USE, MAY BE NECESSARY, STATES . BIENNIAL REPORT OF ENGINEER That tho reduction In flow of the Deschutes river during tho last few years may mean a revision in tho plans of tho cooperative report of 1914 is pointed out in tho eighth bl cnnlat report just issued from the of flco of State Knglneer Percy A. Cup per. Special attention is paid in the report to tho Deschutes project. State Engineer Cupper, in his statement, emphasizes the favorablo report of Professor W. O. Crosby, U, S. reclamation service geologist, re garding the water-holding properties of tho Benbam Falls reservoir site. Regarding tho West unit, Mr. Cup per mentions that there crs Indica tions that this part of the project may soon follow tho example set by the North unit In the organization of an irrigation district. "No, develop ment has taken place on the South unit, which Is perhaps due to the ad verse conditions set forth In the co operative report with respect to that unit," ho adds. Continuing, he says: "The East unit Is almost exclusively unentered Carey act lands. Tin Tumalo proj ect, being unable to secure the neces sary water supply from Tumalo creek, Is now looking to the Des chutes river for additional water. The Deschutes river, like many other streams in Oregon, has during the past few years, fallen considerably below its normal flow. This may necessitate a revision of the plans In the cooperative report, and it is the policy of this office to consider the project as a whole insofar as pos sible and release no water without UPTON AND BURDICK ARE BLAMED FOR REAPPORTIONMENT RESULTS Blame for the fact that Klamath county is still attached to Lake, Des chutes. Crook and Jefferson counties as a senatorial and representative district, even though Influential leg' islators favored Its separation, Is laid by tho Herald of Klamath Falls on Senator Jay H. Upton of Prlne- vllle and Representative Denton G. Burdlck of Itedmond. The following news comment on reapportionment results Is made by the Herald: "Followers of the session are cer tain that hostile Influences were brought to bear by Upton and Bur dlck, but aro without proof of- ac tive hostility. . Like many facts of common knowledge the position of tho local legislative delegation in tho reapportionment campaign was clear ly apparent, but so well concealed it such paradoxical expression is per missible that It would be hard to prove their cold-water attack upon the friendly sentiment killed tho pro posal to grant the Klamath request, "Tho reapportionment committee also foozled, antagonizing Marlon with a proposal to Joint district that large county in order to make an other senator available, NEW COMMISSIONERS NAMED BY GOVERNOR Divorce of I'isdi And Game Boards Is Complete Itedmond Man In Selected To Hcrvo Three Years. Legislation tor the divorce of the fish and game commissions goes Into effect Immediately and appointments of members of the now separate boards has Just been announced from the office of Governor Olcott in Sa Jom. Included in the list of game tnntid n hinder price without any lilnierlnl alteration I Hut Sheriff l(nbrl hnd tin In lenltnn nf allowing the moonshln Inn nece.Morlos to Ret Into una nRflln. nmt before niiy of the melnl In marketed It will ho no badly mnttlod nil to he Rood for nothing hut the molting pot. The wrecking of right still wns started thin morning ly It C. All ien, undor Sheriff Itoberts' super vision. Hollers and worms hnd been stored In tho garage of Spe cial Agent I.. A. W. Nixon. carefully considering Its effect upon every other unit and, In fact, having a well dereloped plan as a basis for action." Specifically referring to tho Jef ferson county lands earlier In tho report, tho report says: "Tho North Unit Irrigation district, which com prises the North unit of tho Des chutes "project, has disposed of $50,- 000 In bonds to carry on construction surveys and also has given an option on the remainder of its Issue of $D, 000,000. Final surveys nnd invest! gallons nro now In' progress. This project contemplates the reclamation of approximately 100,000 acres of land with water stored In Bcnhnm Falls reservoir. This reservoir will also servo as a number of other units of the so-called Deschutes Project." "Tho Tumalo lrrigatlou district, which has a partial water supply from Tumalo creek," says the report in the next paragraph, "has in view securing a full supply from the Ben ham Falls reservoir when the samo is constructed. Tho district has made arrangements for securing a temporary supply of water from Crescent Lake reservoir, which Is to be constructed by tho Walker Basin Irrigation Co. for the reclamation of Us Carey act project. This project will not require water for a number of years, and during this period the Tumalo irrigation district expects to utilize the same. The Ochoco Irrigation district has practically completed Its project for the Irrigation of 22,000 acres nf land. "Josephine county, with approxl mately 7500 population, held tenac iously to its senator. Klamath, with nearly 12,000, shares her senator with four other counties, none 'of whose Interests are similar to Klam ath's. "The best remedy in sight Is one that is rapidly gaining popularity' here the suggestion of the Chamber of Commerce legislative commltteo for a constitutional amendment mak ing possible a general redisricting that would give each county a sena tor and apportion representatives on population basis, each county to have at least one. There Is every indication that in the next two yenrs, If an active campaign of education Is conducted, tho people of tho state would endorse the amendment and replace tho present politically con trolled system with a really repre sentative government. "The question of representation Is a constantly recurring bugbear of succeeding legislatures, and tho members would be glad to shift tho burden, which at almost overy ses sion, disrupts harmony nnd Inter feres with tho transaction of tho state's business," commissioners Is one Central Oregon man, M, A, Lynch of Redmond, who Is named to hold office for threo years. Other appointments are; Fish commission Frank M. War ren, Portland, appointment to June 1, 1925; Christian F. Schmidt, As torla, appointment to June 1, 1924; Al H, Powers, Powers, Coos county, appointment to June 1923, Game commission Georgo II, Kel ly, Portland, five-year term; I. N. Fleischner, Portland, four-year terra; Bert Anderson, Medford, two-year terra; Blaine Hallock, Baker, one year term. m of ifI? Mk lj RACK. Ml capivssvr xfxo w zJrrE.jaaovJ' Am company i no two pii.vii out or ins stgnt nnd after n loin; tlmo ho honrd the crnck of Snowbird's pistol. He picssod thnt she hnd either shot nt sonic wlhi creature, or rise wns mere ly nt target pmctlcc rather n com nion proceeding for tho two when they were on IIk hills together. Thus It I to he seen thnt Cranston knew their hnhlts fnlrly well. And since he hnd kept n cloo watch upon them for several dnys. this wns to he expected Hp hnd no Intention of being Inter rupted In this work ho wns about to do. lie hnd plnnned It nil very well Tho elder Lennox wns still helpless. Crnnston hnd noticed thnt when Dnn mm anowniru went out. tliey were usttnlly pone from two to four hours; nnd thnt gave him plenty of time for his undertaking. The moment hnd come nt Inst to mnko a thorough search of Lennox's house for those In criminating documents thnt Dnn hnd found nenr the body of Lnndy 1 1 11 dieth. The only renlly dnngcrnus pnrt of his undertnklng wns his approach. If by any chnncn Lennox were looking nut of the window, he inlcbt he found waiting with a rifle ncross his nnns. It would he quite like (Tie old monn tnlnecr to hnve his gun beside him. nnd to shoot It quick and exceptions! ly straight, .without asking questions, nt iiny stealing 11 sure In the snow, let Crnnstoji felt fnlrly sure thnt Lennox wns still too helpless to raise a gun to n shooting position. He had observed thnt the moun taineer spent his time cither on tho fireplace divan or on his own bed, Neither of these places wns nvnllnbte to the rear windows of the houte. So, very wisely, ho made his attack from the rear. lie cniue stealing ncross the mow a musher of tho first degree. Very silently and swiftly he slipped off tils stiowMioes nt the door. The door It self, was unlocked. Just as he had sup posed. In nn Instant more ha wns tip toeing, n dark, sljc-nt figure, through the corridors of the house. He held his rl tic ready In his hands. He peered Into Lennox's bedroom first! The room was unoccupied. Then the floor of the corridor creaked beneath, his step ; nnd he knew noth ing further wns to be. gained by wait ing. If Lennox suspected his pres ence, he might he waiting with aimed rllle ns he oijcned the door of the liv ing room. He glided, faster. Ho halted once more n moment at the living-room door to see If Lennox had been dis turbed. Hewns lying still, however, so Cranston pushed through. Lennox glanced up from his mngn zlne to find that unmistakable thing, the barrel of a rllle, pointed at his breast. Cranston was one of those rare marksmen who shoot with both eyes open and thnt meant thnt he kept his full visual powers to tho last Instant before tho hnmmer fell. "I can't raise my nnns," Lennox said simply. "One of 'cm won't work "I Can't Raise My Arms," Lennox 8ald 8lmply. at all besides, ngalnst the doctor's orders." Cranston tolo over toward him, looking closely for weapons. Ho pulled aside tho woolen blanket that Lennox hud drawn up over his body, and he pushed his hand Into the cushions of the couch. A few deft pats, holding his rlflo through the fork of his arm. finger colled Into the trigger guard, aswrftL Jlte. thn Lejiuox was 'not "heeled" nt nil. Then ho laughed nnd went to work. "1 thought I told you once," Len nox hegnn with perfect coldness, "thnt the doors of my house were no longer open to you." "You did sny Hint," wns Crnnston's cultural reply. "Hut you seo I'm here Just the snme. don't ynu? And w lint nre jou going to do nbout It?" "I probnhly felt thnt sooner or Inter you would conic to stenl Just ni jou nnd your crowd stole tho supplies from tho forest stntlon Inst winter nnd thnt probably Influenced mo to glc the orders. I didn't wnnt thieves n round "iiy house, nnd I don't wnnt them now. I don't wnnt coyotes. either." "And I don't wnnt nny such remnrks out of you, either," Cranston nn- swered htm. "You llu still nnd shut up, nnd I suspect thnt sissy hoarder of yours will come bnck, nfter he's through embracing your dnughtcr In the Know, nnd llnd you In one piece. Otherwise not." "If I were In ono piece," Lennox nn- swered him very quietly, "Instead of n numiic or broken bones timt emi t lift Its nnns, I'd get up off this couch. unnnned ns 1 nm, nnd stamp on your lying lips." But Cranston only Inughed nnd tied Lennox's feet with a cord from tho window shade. He went to work very systematical ly. First he rifled (.ennox's desk In the living room. Then bo looked on nil tho mantels nnd ransacked tho cupboards nnd tho drawers. Ho wns taunting nnd calm nt first. But ns tho moments passed; his passion grew up on him. Ho no longer nulled. Tho rodent features been mo Intent; the eyes narrowed to curious, bright silts under the dark Inshes. He went to Dnn's room, searched his burenu drawer nnd all tho pockets nf the clothes hnugtng In his closet He up set his trunk nnd pawed nmoiig old letters In the sultcnsc. Then, stenllng like some crenturo of tho wilderness, he enmo bnck to tho living room. Lennox was not on, the dlvnn where he hnd left him. Ha Iny Instead on tho floor nenr tho flreplaco; nnd he met tho pnsslon-drnwn fnco with entire calmness. Ills motives were perfectly plain. Ho hnd Just rondo a desperate effort to procure Dnn's rifle thnt huni on two sets of deer horns over tho lire place, and wns entirely exhausted from It. He hnd succeeded In gettlnt down from tho conch, though wracked by ngony, but hnd been uuublo to lift himself up In rench of the gun. Crnnston rend his Intention In one gin nee. Lennox knew It, but he sim ply didn't cure. Ho had passed tin point where anything seemed to mut ter. "Tell me whero It Is," Crnnston or dered blm. Again he pointed his rlllf at Lennox's wasted hreust. "Tell you where what Is? M) money?" "You know whnt I wnnt nnd II Isn't money. I nienn those letters thnt Knllliig found on tho ridge, I'm through fooling, Lennox. Dan learned Hint long ago, mid It's time you learned It now." "Dnn learned It homusu he wns sick, He Isn't sick now. Don't presume too much on thnt." Cranston Inughed with hnrsh scorn. "But that Isn't tho question. I said I've wasted all tho tlmo I'm going to. You nre nn old mini nnd helpless; but I'm not going to let thut stand In the way of getting whnt I enmo to get. They're hidden somewhere nround llilt Itouso. I've wiilched, nnd bo's hnd no chnnce to tnkb them Into town. I'll give you Just flvo seconds to tell me where they're hidden." "Anil I glvu you," Lennox replied, "one second less than thut to go to h III" Both of them breathed hnrd In the quiet room. Crmiston was trembling now, shivering Just a llttlo In UU nrms and shoulders. "Don't get mu wrong, Lennox," he warned. "And don't have nny delusions In re gard to me, either," Lennox replied. "I've stood worse pnln from this acci dent Hum nny mini am give mu while I yet live, no mutter whnt ho does. If you want to gut on mo nnd hnmmer me In tho iipprnved Crnnston way, 1 can't defend myself but you won't get ii civil iiii.swcr out of me. I'm used to pnln, nnd 1 enn stand It. I'm not used to fn wiilng to u coyote lllco you. and I can't stand It." But Crnnston hnrdly henrd. An Idea hnd limned In his mind urxl cast ii red glamor over all the sccno ubotit hlin. It wns Instilling n poison In his nerves nnd a mildness In his blood, nnd It was searing him. Ilko fire, In his dark brain. Nothing seemed real. He sud denly bent forward, tenso. "That's all right about you," he said. "But you'd be a little moro pollto If It was Snowbird and Dan that would hnve to puy," Perhaps the color faded slightly In f,fiuv.n fnrn Mil r.w mm ,n.t m ihUfiKf , . Thfrlf Jntif fnn'p'mf MfM thrf romrf In nfnl he fr-mly," fnrm? replied nrrlily "Tlief nlwnjf row Irt df (do htirk W' W ttl"' " pNlnl Hnm-Mfd'n rt fmil'h ("t f"l" "(Ud tmi (lilfik Urn! mn what f fiiennM" ('million mitunt. "i know rt wnf (it deslrny iliti letter, nnd I'll dn It In Urn four second- llmf 1 snhl, mile yon lell. I'm not rveii sum I'm golii' In give yntl n rlinnrn tn (ell now; It i" Inn good n srhcttio. Thcro woti'l lie nny wlliiee Ihen (n yell nround In tho rutin, Whnt If I clmoxn to set tiro (o this house?" "It wouldn't surprise mo n grent denl. It' your own trade." Inimt shuddered mica on Ids plnrn on thn floor. "I wouldn't hnve to, worry about (hn-o letter Ihen, would I? They nm somewhere In Hut liiium', nnd they'd ho burned In nhe. Hut Hint Isn't nit thnt would bo burned. You could limy bo crawl out, hut you couldn't curry lliii gun, nnd you rouhln't curry Ihu piintry full of fid. You're m-nrly eighty miles up hero from the nearest occupied house, with two pnlr of siiowshoes for tho three of you nnd one dinky pistol. And you can't wnlk nt nil. It would bo n nice pickle, wouldn't It? Wouldn't )oil hnvo n fnl clinnco of getting down to civiliza tion?" Tim video no longer held sternly, II trembled with passion. This wn mi Idle threat. The bruin bud nlrendy seized upon thu scheme with every In tention of cnrrylng It out. The wll. derness Iny stark and dure, stripped of all delusion not only In the kihiw world outsldo but In tho Jirnrts or (heso two men. Its sons. "I hnvo only ono hope," Lennox re plied. "I hope, unknown to me, that Dan has nlrendy dispatched those let ters. Tho arm of the luw Is long, Cranston. It's rnsy to forget that fuel up here. It will reach you In the end." Cranston turned through the door, Into thu kitchen, lie was gone n long time. I-vnnox heard him nt work; thu crinkle of paper nnd then n pour log sound nround tho walls. Then ho heard tho sharp crack of a match. An Instant Inter the first wisp of smoka enmo curling, pungent with burning oil, through tho corridor. "You fmwlcd from your couch to rench that gun," Crnnston told him when ho came In. "Let's keo ycu crnwl out now." Lennox's answer wns a curse the Inst, ilrend nutpuurliig of an unbroken will. He didn't look a mi In nt the glit tering eyes, llu scarcely watched Cranston's further preparation: the nil poured on tho nig nnd furnishings, tho kindling placed nt thu busy of the curtnlns. Cranston wns trained In ltd work. Ilo wns taking no chance on the tiro being extinguished. And Ixn nox begnn to crawl toward tho door.' Ho mnnnged to grasp-tho corner of tho blanket on thu dlvnn n ho went, and ho dragged It behind him. Pnln wracked him, nnd smoko hnlf-hlludcd him. But ho inndo It nt Inst And by tho tlmo ho hnd crawled ono hundred feet over tho snow crust tho whotn structure wns In fl nines. Thu red tongues spoko with a roar. Crnnston. thu flrp-madiics on hit fnee, hurried to thu outbuilding. Thorn hu repented the work, lit touched a mutch to tho hay In thr barn, nnd tho wind Hung Out Hume through It In nn Instant. The shedi nnd other outbuildings were trenled with oil. And seeing thnt his work was done, hu culled once to thu prune 41 He Called Once to the Prone Oody ot Lennox. body of Lennox on tho snow nnd mushed nwny Into tho silences. Lennox's mmwor was not u curse this time. Umber It wns n prayer, un tutored, nnd In Ids long years Lennox had not prayed often. When ho prayed nt all, Ihu word wero burning life. HI prayer was thnl of KaniNon thnt for n moment his strength might como hack to hlin. CHAPTER II, Two miles ncross tho ridges, Dnn nnd Hnowhlrd ttnw n fulnt mist blow Ing between the trees. They didn't recogulxu It nt first. It mlgjit bo flue snow, blown by tho wind, or even ana of thoso mysterious fogs thnt some times sweep over the snow. "But It looks like smoke," Snowbird unlit. "But It couldn't ho. Tho trees are tpow;cUQ buj-nji - . flllf (fieri Kmllnf ifntf nf fir' wl n tfw (rtlfl(Mf wM-1'ef- In which (irllhrr nf Idem would Ml lfiffiiflro Mlrtvn. hifnuin dlllfif f !( nil Hiy fvirf, If wit Hm( ircuntm cwm m a itrenf fire, lhn( hi Hm "''M nf sottrnl l fieflwf Hm most '""J"'?', "If mif house." tfrtnwMnf fM Mm. "Ami dilief rnri'l gel "ttl." Hlns spnkn very qulelly. wimps Hip fm( (rrflhlo IftillH nf llfn nr nh wnys spoken in Hint sninn itlr-l tnlfn. Then hold nf Idem slnrled ncrns tint snow ns fnst n their iiuwlidil snow shoe would permit. o mu crnwl n lUllo," Dun rnlled In her. "Onn't Rtvn up. Hnowhlrd mint. I think he'll ho (" They mounted to thn lop of llu rlditei nnd tho long sweep nf Ihn for est wn revealed In Ihetii. Tim Iioiki wn n sliiKiilnr tnll plllnr nf Ilium, nl ready glowing Unit ilreiiilful rid from which firemen, despairing, turn nwny Then tho girl seined hi hand nnd diineed about hlin In n mnd circle. "lie's nllvol" she cried. "You Mil Keo him Just n dot nil tho snow, He crawled out to snfely." Hho turned nnd sped nt n hrenkneck pneo down tho ridge. Dnn hnd to met to keep up with her. Hut It wnsn't eti Hrely wise to try to mush so fust. A dead log tuy beneath the unw with n broken limb Urutilied almost In Iti surface, and It caught her nowliim The wood cracked sharply, nnd thu fell forward In tho snow. Hut bu waon'l hurl, Timt thu suowshou Itself, In spit' of a small crack In thu wood, wn still serviceable. "Ilnslo makes wnsle," lu lold her. "Keen jour feet on tho ground, Snow bird; Ihu hnutu Is gone nlrendy nnd jour father I safe. Iteuietaber whr-l lie before us." The thought sobered nnd halted her. Shu glanced ouco nt the dark face o her companion. Dan couldn't linden Ktnnd the strange, light Hint saddcnl) leaped to her eyes, I'erhnp she lir self couldn't huvu explained Ihu wni of IciidemeM thnl swept over her with no cnuso except Iho look In Dnn'i earnest gray-eye and tho lines thai cut so deep. .Since Ihu world wn new It has been thu boast of thu boldest l men Hint they looked their I'nto lu the fnco. And Hil I no menu looking. I'oi fate I n sword from Iho darkness, n power Hint rcndies out of thu mytery nnd cniuiot bu classed with xlghl ! human origin. It burns out the eye) of all hut the slrongest men. Yet Dnn was looking nt lit fntu now, and lilt eves held straight. They walked together down to thr ruined bouse, nnd the three of their sat Nllent while Ihu llru burned red Then Unnoi turned lu them with half-smile. i (To ho continued.) ODDFELLOWS HONOR inmnt utiAmifPTi mur.w imui unit. Funeral service wcro held Fri day afternoon at 3 o'clock from tha NNwonger chapel, for John II. Taylor of Culvur, who died huru Wednesday, while visiting hi dauhtor Mrs. K. M. Hpeakor, Thirty member of Bund lodgo No. 2 IX, together with 10 members of Culver lodgo 1. O. O. F. march ed In a body from tho Oddfellow hall to thu chnpol whero Ituv, Purdy preached tha funeral sermon. Mu- IcaJ, nuinborn wore by a qunrtotto composed of Mr. It. H. Dart, Mrs, T. I(. Foloy. Mr, Nelson Auhury and Mrs, A l.esslng-. At Pilot Iluttn cemetery tho Oddfellows' burial horvlco was read. Mr Taylor wn a member of tho lodgo at Wnlkorvlllo, Wisconsin. TO USE REND MUCK FOR REDMOND HIGH IOO, (MM) Will Ilo Needed In Con striiellou of New Building, I ' Kfttlmnto of Architect. Approximately 400,000 Bond brick will ho used in thu construction of tho nu"w Itedmond high school build ing, It Is estimated by Leo A. Thom as, architect. Tho brick will havo to ha ready for delivery by tho middle of April or Mny 1, While contractor will havo tho cholco of straight brick construction, or of tllo with brick fuclng, thoro Is llttlo doubt that tho . former typo of building will tiocc!. Into u less oxpondlturo, Mr. Th)n"i!rri states. f.O' MOUNTED CARRIER AUTHORIZED HERE Bond Is iiHHtired of u pcrmnuont mounted cnrrlor, Postinnstor W. II. Hudson Is Informed lu a letter lust rocolvod from tho office of Iho post-innslor-goiiornl nt Washington, I), C. A mounted man him been aiding in Hollvory for somo tlmo. but un to now thoro had boon no assur ance thnt ho could ho pormanoutly empioyod. Tho authorization nddlnor n rnr. rlor to tho postal dollvory forco moans tho establishment of a roir- ulur Bchodulo for tho distribution of parcol pott mntlor. In addition, It Is probable that tho now oarrlar mny ho given tho outlying part of wowrori nvenuo. rut It In The Bulletin. m