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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1921)
WEEKLY EDITION Tub bend bulletin. Sn, A. SUNFLOWER TO BE A LEADING CROP IN LAKE VALUE FOR SILAGE IS ESTABLISHED BIG YIELD POSSIBLE Double, Arrraue of tl Vrnr Pre- illrted I'or Desrliule County By I'arm Bureau llfail Irrlgn. (Ion I . Herommended. Hunflowers for orullniso aro like Jv to bu n leading crop In Lake couti ly, a woll as In Deschutes, uccont lux to V. L. Ballard of tho O. A. C. extension ileimrtmunt, who left for l.akevlow Tuesday morning to con fur with Agricultural Agent W. L Tousch of that county. Kjporlmonts woro conducted lr thai. sectlort Iniit year with parlleu 1r success and tlm agricultural ox i.nrl will boost for tllO ploHtlllg Of lltcrrusod ncrmiRo to this hardy crop for tho coming season. Mr iii.llnril will alto seek to pro motu tho use of aulphur fertiliser for alfalfa In I.ako county on his prcs cut visit. . :M-Ton Yield IWible. Tho Burns experiment atntlon made an experiment with Mammowi 11. Mnnr Inal Villir. fllld" MIIP.IKM .IllHlun.li' , . lug that a yield of 20 tona to the aero I posslblo with Irrigation. Hun flowora aro not recommended na n dry land crop. Thoro waa no alio available for the teit, hut tho crop was cut and allocked llko com. It rr.ni,! nut of thu shock Krcon and mado a good foddor at good a corn, It waa slated. Thn first aucceaaful experiment with aunflowora In Deschutes county wni made by J. I,. Purborry of 1'laln. view durltiK tho aoaaon or 191,. u. V. I'lorcy & Bona ofTumulo alio conducted uii early experiment. Tenia made of sunflower niisllugo how that It haa a feeding vuluo loss than that of corn by only one-tomb of ono per cont. Much better ro atllli wcro oblnlucd durliiK the past year, oi tho fnrmora better iindor itood tho methods of cultivation. Kimtrt lnrmiMil Acreage. Doulilti tho ncroauo will bo plant ed In tlilH county durliiK tho coming acuaon na compared to laat season's crop, In tho opinion of Kred N. Wul lacb of Tumnlo, head of tho county farm burenu. It. M. Chase, another prominent farmer ueur llond, aaya that In hli opinion sunflower haro comn to atay na lb; leading ensilage crop of Central Oregon. Knsllago la neces sary to tho dairying Industry, ho polnta out, and ns corn la not n auro crop hero, sunflowers will tibplAiitod for this purpose In Increasing qunn thy. Perhaps thobust success with sun flowori In OroKon has been had In Wullnwu county. Information In ro Kard to methoda lined and results ob talncd thoro will bo publlihod lator In tlicso columns. DEPUTY ASSESSORS COMMENCING WORK Klvo doputles aro nlrondy In tho ffjfd working on porHonnl proporty vnluntloiiB for Assessor August An donon, and two moro 0, P. Deckor of Tumalo and It. 8. Towno of Lower llrldgo will bo beginning shortly. Others named by Mf. Anderaon nro: Ooorgo Sedgwick, Itcdmond and Tor robonno; It. 0. Culver", Alfalfa; Frank Porclvull, Mllllrnu und IIIrIi DoBort; Clnudu Vnnrtovort, Harper and I.a I'lno; Frank May, lloiul. INTEREST SHOWN IN CLUB METHODS That llond Commercial club meth oda nro nttrnctlnR Inlorost la ovl doncod In a lottor rocolvod at tho club'B hoadauartors from Wnl tor H. Mouchnm, socrotury of tho Da Itor commercial orRRhlzntlon. Mr. Moachnm obIcb for figures on tho Tin ml club's budRot and duos and for Informatjon regarding methods of collecting dues and concerning offlco Iicip una. general cubic, EGG LAYING TRIO SETS ODD RECORD Tito lien Ottncif lly Mrs, Agne M. Holding l.xy Huge I '.uuii Third Offers Two A Ihiy To Oirni'r, A trio of Ilfhck Minorca owned by Mrs. Antics M, Holding nro probably tho most unusual ckr layers In llm county, Mrs. HoltoiiR bolleros, Did dy No, 1 Inures a douhln-yolkod egg In tho nest three or four tlmos a week and on other daya her offer. Iiirs nro of tho customary site. The blR frrs tneaiure 7 ',i Inches for tho sliorlor clrcumforonco und K'A Inch es tho loiiRer wuy around. Tho wnlRht Is four oiiucvs and six drachms, lllddy No. 2 lays Just as IiIr an ckr. the only dlfferonco being that It Is longer and illmmor, mid lllddy No. 3 fro'iuently lays two In tho courso of a single duy, ono of tho ordinary va lidly, tho other loft-shelled. TO RECOMMEND WORK ON CAMP CLUB TAKES ACTION FOR TOURISTS Council Will Mart At ()n(- iVrpar- Iiir (J rounds For K'aon Suvt At Hands Is Assuranro Olvcn lly Members of Administration, On asiuranco from N II. Gilbert, member of tho llond city council, that tho council will start work at oiico cleaning up tho presont camp ground alto and placing It In shapo for tho coming tourist season, If inch action Is tho doslro of tho com munity, tho Commercial club, In ses sion yoatorduy voted that such a recominondatlon bo made to tho council. Tho voto was on motion of If. A. Miller. Definite action by tho club fol lowed n report on tho camp ground sltuntlon by J, Kdgar Illoom, chair man of tho auto camp committee, and discussion In which II. 0. Kills, J. At Kastes, II. A. Miller, I). O. McPher- son, Clyde M. McKay and K. U. Vlnal took part. A number -of tho npcakers pointed out that thu camp need not be locat ed on tho banks of the Deschutes and tho city's terminal railroad rlRht of way proporty was aRalu suggested. Mr. Gilbert stated, howevor, that tho thing now most to bo desired Is speed, us tho tourist season la vir tually at hand. The slto used last year could bo jnoro quickly put In shapo than any other, ho anld. HIGH DESERT MAN FACES GRAND JURY .Newton WrIU, Charged With loot ing Cabin of Clirlitlaii Tinner, Held On Own Iterognlunre. Nowton Wells, who with Claronco Mcintosh Is charged with looting tho cabin of Christian Tinner In tho Hampton section Into In tho fall, walvod preliminary examination on Monday In Justice court nnd was hold to tho grand Jury. Ho was re leased on his own rocognlzaiico. Wells cumo to llond to answer tho com print on notification from Sheriff S. K. Iloborts. Mcintosh Iiiih not been locatod. ."531 A TON REFUSED FOR CERTIFIED SEED Ilonz Ilros. of Toppcnlsh, Wash., liavo purchasod u carload of common grndo Nutted (loin seed from tho Contra! Oregon Potato Oiowots nt 23 a ton, For certified sued, $31 a tan was offered, but this was ro fliHcd, Thu potatoes purchased run from ono und ono-bulf ounces up. SECOND DISTRICT CONSTABLE NAMED Albort Julian of Rodmond has boon nppolntod constablo of district No. 2 by .tho county court. This district Includes voting precincts 14 t 18, Inclusive CO. I. DISTRICT TO VOTE AGAIN ON BOND ISSUE APRIL 15 IS SET FOR ELECTION $250,000 AMOUNT NAMED Contemplated Issue Includes fl 5,- 0(H) I'or I'lirclinso Price Small Discount Would Ih) H,Mnlreil On llond, Attorney llcllrrrs. Directors of tho Central Oregon Irrigation district, after conferring with precinct committeemen In Itcd mond Monday afternoon, Issued a call for n 2CO,000 bond election to bo held on April 15, II. II. Do Ar- moud of Do Armond & Krs- klno, attornoys for tho dis trict, reported. Tho, bond Is suo Is to Include tho 1125,000 purchase price of tho C. O. I. com pany's holdings, which earlier In tho yoar wcro offered to tbo district for 1100,000, Tho election call was Is sued after Jcsso Stearns, counsel for tho company, had declared vehem- ontly that tho offor of 1120,000 was tho last which tho company would make and that It was a matter of lit tle moment to tho company whether tho district accepted or refused, Kxpcctft Ioir Discount, Tho bond lisuo to bo voted on Is for 20 years, a portion of -tho amount probably to bo retired serially. SU per cent Is tho rate of Interest. Tho 2GO,000 Includes an Item of JC5,- 000 for outstanding Indebtedness, 115,000 for ono year's Interest and 135,000 as a working fund. Mr. Do Armond Is of tho opinion that the district bonds, In case tho Issuo is ordered, can bo marketed with not moro than a threo por cont discount. OPENING ROAD IN CRESCENT SECTION Work of clearing tho road south of Crescent toward Klamath Falls Is boing dono this week, according to a tolophono message received from Kd Itourk of Crescent. It Is expected that tho road will bo open to travel this week. This strotch of road Is not usually pass ablo until about April 1. Snow Is still fairly deep In tho vicinity of Crescent. MANNER OF SPENDING FOR DESCHUTES PROJECT TOLD Inquiries made at a recent session of the Bend Com mercial club, which were crystalized in a motion to ascer tain the manner in which the $400,000 appropriated for the Benham Falls project is to be spent, find their an swer in the detailed estimates on which the appropria tion is based. These estimates are contained in a letter from John' Barton Payne, then secretary of the interior, written to the secretary of the treasury, late. in Decem ber of the past year. In general, the appropriation is for beginning con struction of the Deschutes project, and for incidental operations. In detail, the expenditures which are esti mated for tho fiscal year 1922, are as follows: Estimated, Kmploycs Itato 1922 Salarlos: Construction onglneor, per annum $4,500.00-3,600.00 1 Knglnoer, por annum .-. 3,000.00-2,400.00 1 Knglnoor, assistant, per annum 2, 400. 00-1, S00. 00 1 Clerk, senior, por annum 2,280.00 1 Clorlc, per annum . 1,800.00-1,500.00 1 Clork, Junior, por annum 1,440.00-1,200.00 2 Clurk, under, por annum 1,140.00-1,080.00 2 Draftsman, por month .125.00 2 .Suporlutondont, por mouth 200.00 1 Storokeopor, por month 125,00 ' 1 Tlmokeopors, por month 120.00 2 Foromau, por month 175.00- 140.00 4 Instrument men, por month 160.U0- 125.00 4 I.ovolmon, rodmon, chalttmon, corralmon, por mouth s 125.00- 100.00 10 Physician, por mouth 1G0.00 1 Wages : Suhforomon, par day-: 4.32 3 Ulacksm'tths, carpenters, por day . COO 5 Ilolpora, por dny ' 3.25- 3.00 4 Muclilnlsts, pur day 6.00 4 Watchmen, por month , 75.00 U Cooks, lluuklos, with board, por mouth 120.00- 00.00. 6 Tvamstors, por day 4.00 10 Miscellaneous and tomnorarv labor, nor day, 6.00- 2.50 100 Salarlos , , Wogea ,j (Continued on RIFLE MENACES MAN WHO FINDS LIQUOR PLANT SEES STILL AT WORK, HEARS WARNING OFFICERS MAKE HAUL Wfilskt-y Manufacture flora On With- out Atlrntlon From Owner of Apparatus Khot Is Flrnl An HhiTln" Carries Off Kqulpmcnt A passerby who glanced In tho door of tho supposedly deserted barn on tho W. K. Searcy place beyond Tumalo, Saturday, saw a thoroughly up-to-dato still bubbling merrily away. Then ho turned around and found himself looking Into the muz zle of a high-powered rifle and heard tho command to "move,, and keep on moving." Ills suggestion that a drink would bo In order was met with a repetition of tho command to moro, coupled with advice to for got tho entire occurrence This was the experience which, related to Sheriff S. E. Roberts, prompted investigations by the sher iff and his deputy, George Stokoo, which resulted In tho seizure of a still, an oil stovo and hall a gallon of moonshine Monday afternoon Tho liquor tested 120 proof. No arrests haro been mado as yet. Nliot Fired From Ilrush. Shortly after the sheriff's Inform ant had moved from tho Searcy place, the moonshiners had moved Valso, taking with them their entire equip mant, 'for tho officers on their trip Monday found the barn empty. They followed wagon tracks to the Frank Daytcn house, ulso supposedly de serted, and on tho way saw a horse man who broko all speed laws In making a quick getaway. In tho Dayton cabin tbo unattend ed still wob at work and the officers, timing It, found the hourly produc tion to bo two quarts. It was dusk as the officers left the place, and as they passed through the goto with tho confiscated liquor making apparatus, a shot was fired from tho brush nearby. It was not repeated, and In tho dim light, thero was no chanco of locating tho rifle man, Sheriff Uoberts said. i. $50,000 170,000 Pago 5j)'' m . CIVIC LEAGUE TO MANAGE REST ROOM Donation of Furniture For X'nr, In Filling ti Finer, Asked lly Or. gnnljillon of Ilend Women. Management of the Ilend city rest room, tor somo time Inoperative, has been turned over to the Women's Civic, league by the city admlnlstra tion and the room Is soon to be fur nlsbed for tho convenience of the people, particularly thono from tho country districts, who moke It their headquarters while In Bond. Donations of furniture will be needed, states Mrs. Carrie D. Manny, president of the league, and she em phasizes that such articles as chairs, children's cribs, or other furniture which will aid In making the place more homelike, will be appreciative ly received. Anyone having sncb donations may leave them at the rest room In the Sphler building, or call Mrs. Manny at Red 1861. NEW HOMES IN BEND NEEDED HEALTHY DEMAND FOR HOUSES SEEN Money For Building Will Be Easier Following Huprenio Court Decision On Farm Loan Act. Is Pre- ' diction of II. J. Overturf. ; : That a healthy demand for houses' exists' In Bend today Is the declara tion of H. J. Overturf, local repre sentatlve of the Western Building it Loan Co., which now haa more than a quarter of a million dollars loaned on 152 buildings In Bend. Mr. Over turf believes that the coming season will sco the erection of many new homes, but that construction will be by the home owner, with the specula tive phase noted last summer re moved. Plenty of money will be available for building from now on, Mr. Over turf considers, as the result of the recent supremo court decision up-, holding the constitutionality of the, farm loan act. While farm loana were tied up unusual demands were mado on loan companies, but the, court decision will mean the reduc tion of this excess burden. Kneourngo New Building. As na Indication of the activities to be expected In Bend this spring and summer, the Western Loan & Building Co,.ha8 received applica tions for $26,400' In tho brief time since, tho local representative re turned to Bend from attending the recent session of 'the legislature. "All of these will bo taken care of," Mri Overturf said today. Tho company which ho represents dostres particularly to encourage new construction. Mi. Overturf believes thnt tho city will derive the greatest benefit from small-sized loans to In dividual homo builders. P. W. Madsen, president of the company. Is on record at stating that ho considers Bend one of the best branches In tho seven northwestern states In which the Western building, Loan Co. operates. The Bend branch has been in existence since 1911. WOMAN CAPTIVE IS RELEASED BY TURKS A', Recent word received by P. (,' Burt, Deschutes county rnncher, U to tho effect that his wife, an Ar menian rellof worker, has been re leased by a party of Turkish nation alists, who hud held her for ransom. Mrs. Burt is now In Constantinople, and will probably sail for America' somo time In April. t , r MEMBER APPOINTED TO LIBRARY BOARD Mrs. Max Cunning of Redmond' has resigned her membership on the Deschutes county library board, ifor resignation has boon. accepted, .jlk Mrs.'L. Q, Marlon, of Redmoiid has. boon appointed by the county court to serve out the term. EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS CHARGE RESENTED HERE RUCKER SILENT AS TO SOURCE TO VISIT BEND SOON Commercial Club Doubts Reliability of Information Listing Ur.ni Third Qcstlon To Come Be fore Legion Tost. (Br ValUi Press to Tlx Dtad Bolktla) PORTLAND, March 16. , "We made a state-wide survey and se cured definite figures and names ot employers in 30 Oregon towns before issuing the alien employment list." today declared Charles B. Rucker, chairman of the American Legion un employment committee. "We will not divulge our source ot Informa tion. However. It Is specific and vro shall back it up." Rucker will personally visit Bend within the next two weeks, call on employers and request tho dismissal ot alien laborers In order that Americans who need Jobs may be substituted. Rucker Is not a member of the Le gion, but Is handling the campaign lor It. Rucker's statement was given to the United Press on The Bulletin's re.quest for the source of Information on which he based his declaration yesterday that Bend Is the third city In the state In the employment ot alien labor. Club to Investigate. The matter was brought up this noon at the weekly luncheon of the Commercial club and a committee headed by Clyde M. McKay and hav ing as Its other members H. E. Allen and Garl A. Johnson was appointed by acting Chairman J. E. Eastes to Investigate the possible sources ot Rucker's statements mado public yes terday. The reliability of any fig ures on the subject which Rucker may have secured was pointedly questioned. , Commenting on Rucker's refusal to make known the basis of his charges, Frank R. Prince, comman der of Percy A. Stevens post No. 4, American Legion, stated this after noon that he seriously questions the statement that Rucker has figures to show that Bend is an important offender In the matter ot employing aliens. Refusal Criticized. "It is significant that ho says he will visit Bend to Investigate," Com mander Prince pointed out. "It is my opinion that investigations of the kind should be made ahead of a pub licity campaign, and not after. Ruck er is reported to be not a member ot 3 American Legion. I have wired the state headquarters ot tho Amer ican Legion to confirm that fact and have also asked them If his campaign has the support and backing ot head quarters. I trust that tho Commer cial club commltteo appointed today will make a thorough investigation. I will ask Post No. 4 to tako proper action In the matter at Its meeting to morrow night and to assist the Com mercial club In its investigation." SUPREME JUSTICES HEARING DOG CASE Damage Suit For 530O Decided In Circuit Court Moro Tliun Year Ago, Is Argued Today, Deschutes county's fumous dog enso was, argued yesterday before tho state sunremo court In Salem bv II. . Hamilton, nppeiflng for Jorry Murphy and Roy Lnko, upjollants, and W. P. Myers for R. B. L'aton of I.a Pine, respondent. Tho suit Is ono heard In circuit court hero In the November, 1919 term. Eaton, the plaintiff, was awarded $500 damages for a dog killed by Murphy and Lake, who claimed that the animal at tacked sheep which they wore herd In l- Attprneysdo notexpectan opinion wum iiiu supreme court in less man three months, '