WEEKLY EDITION
The bend bulletin.
M '9w',
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VOL, -XIX
iihno, uvmmvim county, ohmom, 'iuihhuay, avuui a, un.
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DUTY OF WATER TOO LOW, STATE
SPEAKERS AT HEARING; BOARD
ENDS PRELIMINARY WORK HERE
NORTH UNIT SEEKING
TO KUSII ACTION
WANTS FEDERAL AID
O. . I. DlMrlrt HponkiT Aokn Com
inUnliiii To ItmiKnUo Needs of
Norlti Cnnnl Unit Htnlrt Kngl
tyfd nrer In Member if Audience.
Tim duty uf wnlnr, Rot nt 1.8 aero
toot In Cuntrul Oregon, la entirely
too low. On thin point roprciutn
(Wen of wiilrr using Interest appear
ItiK nt thu liunrlnx of tlla special wa
ter commlHiilon hero Monduy nfter
noon woro agreed with hut nnn ox
coptlon, 0. II. Drowsier, for thu
Hqunw Crook district, declared thnt
1,6 ncro foot wax sufficient. It woi
strongly InllliintiHl that with tho do
volopmunl of Deschutes river Irrlr.a
Hon resources, Irrlgnblo land In til
runily existing projects, which uro
now receiving less than the amount
of watur needed, should first bo tak
nn caro of.
I). 0. Ilonny, Col. J. II. .CavanaURh
and Fred F. llannhaw, member of
th commission, lull TuvKduy morulne
with 1'. Ilolhorlon, of tho Portland
Chamber of Coiumnrco, and' C. C,
Fisher, U. H. reclamation sorvlco en
gineer, for Madras to ro ovor tho
North unit. From thuro they will
ro to l'ortland, to recolva briefs In
elaboration of thu statements mado
yesterday.
Wnllaiw linn I'o hit I'lltd.
N. (I. Wallace, of Prlnovllle, speak
InR In bohalt of tho North unit, era
iited tho lanaatlon of tho aftornoou
when h declared thnt from ono point
In Crooked river ho could point out
power kIIi'N capnblo of dovolopliiR
G, 000,000 horaepowpr. Mr. Wnlliico
dcclured that tho dlatrlct standi on
tho cooporntlvu report of 19H, ntid
doubted tho practicability of turnltiR
over tho IrrlRatlou davolopmont of
Central Oregon tq (ho reclamation
service. This inlRht cauio haltltiR
of work until 1923, ho nald.
As to tho $100,000 appropriated
by congress In connection with Hon
liam Fall NloraRO reservoir work, ho
maintained that this nmuuut should
bo tiacd In cooperation with omo
unit that I ready to start Immcdlulu
iduvolopmant. Tho I'oat reservoir
alto on Crooked river ho declared to
bo a myth, but said that Inter tho
government could coino In and flora
watur at this point If needed, "Ac
tlnn at onco tomorrow," Is what tho
district dotuunds, ho Impressed on
tho commlaalon In closing.
Ho was recalled by Mr. Ilonny,
who Inquired If n brief would supple
ment Mr. V.'nllnco's statomont. Ho
was assured that a brlof would"
Toach tho commlaalon In from a
wrok to 10 days.
"In that case, I'm afraid that 'ac
tion tomorrow' will not bo possible,'
fllr. Ilonny smllltiRly observed.
C. O. I. Work Told.
Olcii 'Slack, speaking for tho Ar
nold Ditch company, uliowod that tho
Intcrost.of Ills community Ialn de
velopment of all tho land, particular
ly 8E0 acres In that area not under
ntry. Thoro aro 4500 acres trtb
utnry to thnlr ditch for which thoy
havo no water at presont, on tho
basis of 1,8 foot por ncro. Tholr
maximum flow, 150 socond feet, will
bot'j'.V&on this yoar, ho declared,
flo'ji unit lands could bo. Irrigated
through tholr ditch If It woro on
InrRod nnd Improved, ho slatod, nnd
nuch a thing hue boon contemplntod,
Jcbbo Btoarns, o tho C. O. I. com
pany, doscrlbod tho work of tho paBt
15 ycarH, during which 100 mttOH of
ditches nnd laterals havo been con
titructod by tho company. Tho com
pany would llko-moro wnter than tho
present flow of tho Doschutos, but
rocognlzcn tho claims of others, Ho
suggested that nil wntor UBors nhould
pay for tho water thoy got, to nvold
wnHto, Many, ho said, ubo four or
flvo feot to tho 'ncro, and then nro
not satlBflod. Othortf full to uso wa
ter whon thoy should.
I'IojuIn for North Canal Unit.
II, II. Do Artnoiul, reproBoutlng
tho C. O. I, district, told tho commis
sion of tho district's plans for taking
(Continued on Last Pago.)
Deschutes Board
Picks Own Name
. For Future Use
Kroln now on tho commission
which la RtuilyliiR water ro-
sources and needs of Central
Oregon will bo known ns tho
Deschutes board. The board Is
aulf-chrlatcned, and tho action
to provide a short, distinctive
nppollutlou was taken just he-
foro tho members of tho com-
mission left lleud ufter tho pro-
llullnary hearing held In this
city.
SILVER LAKE TO
HAVECREAMERY
TltANHPLIt OK Till: Kill IT ItOCIC
PLANT TO M:W COMPANY
('OMPM.TKII VIWTKItllAV
IIAIHV INIH'HTItY OltOWK.
Transfer of tho Fort Itock cream
ury to tho fjllvor Luko Cooperative
creamery was completed Tuoadny In
Hum). Tho Silver Laku concorn la n
nuw company, recently organized
with a 'capital stock of $5000. Tho
deal was' arranged by II,, M. Pcaso
nnd Harvey Crampton, president and
secretary of tho Kort Hock creamery,
and Louis neunett nnd Cluy MartltP,
hotdliiR similar offices In tho now
company,
Tho creamery will bo moved Im
modlaluly to Silver I.ako nnd opera
tions will bo commenced as soon as
pnaalblo. Members of tho new or
ganlxutlnn now own 100 cows whore,
two years ago, thoro wcro 'no dairy
cows In that dlatrlct. Cream has
been sold meanwhile to tho Kort
Itock creamery.
Interest In dairying has been nlded
by tha formation of an Irrigation dls
trlct at Silver Inko, for which bonds
hnvu beau voted and uro now ready
for sale. Tho district Includes 8000
acres of Irrlgublo land. Kxpcrt
mental growth of alfalfa on small
tracts has shown good results. Tho
soil la similar to that near Ilond.
Two good crops (f alfalfa aro expect-
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SUIT ASKING $10,000
DAMAGES DEFEATED
Hupromo Court HiihIiiIiih Itullng of
Circuit Judge Duffy In Case of
NiH'Innds vs. Dugan.
In tho $10,000 damago suit alleg
ing slander startod In circuit court
bora by Irouo Noolands against
Charles J. Dugan, tho stato Biipromo
court lias sustained tho decision of
Judge T. cj. j, uurty in which tho
demurrer of tho dafendunt was al
lowed, n, 8. Hamilton represented
tho dofondant.
Although tha suit was started and
dofontod undor tho name of Noolands
vs. Dugan, thp plaintiff In tho action
boenmo Mrs. A. J, Kroonort shortly
after tho filing of tho suit.
TWIN LAKES MAY BE
REACHED BY AUTO
Will Ho Open To Fishermen Friday
Snow flnno At Crnno Prairie,
Hut Flvo Feet At Lnvn Lake.
Flahormen plnnnlng to opon tho
Housou Frldny nt Ttflu lakos will bo
nblo to roach their destination by
auto, according tp word received at
tho Doschutos national forest' hond-
nuiirtors from KA. Holmes nt Lava
Inko,
Snow Is practically gono at Crnno
prnlrlo, Holmos stated, but thoro la
Btlllfivo foot at Lava Inko. Heavy
rainfall tins occurred In that region
lu tho puBt fow days.
CATTLE ASSOCIATION
ARRANGES PASTURE
Oniicro llreledeil Ulll Iliitigo (Kl
lleml On llnMiks-Hrinloii IjiiiiI
A horn Arnolil flllrli.
A mcutlng of tho llend Cattle as
sociation was held In tho Commercial
club rooms Saturday, lost year's of
ficers being reelected. O, L. Mooro
Is president and O. II. Slack secre
tary. Tho association will paaturo
S3 head of cuttlo on tho cutover land
belonging to thu Ilrooks-Rcanlon Co.
above tho Arnold ditch. Louis Ulla
dnau has u herd of 1000 gonts on tho
samo tract,
Members of tha association who
will pasturo cuttlo on this aroa aro:
0. II, Slack, Charles Hooch, It. N.
Colver, Charles Slpchan, N. Crlstof
forson, 0. L. Mooro, It. A. Puetl, and
perhaps others. Tho cattlo aro or
both dairy and boef types.
GOVERNMENT MAN
WANTS LAVA BEAR
l.'lmer WllllniiiN Comes To Central
Oregon To Wage War On Coyote,
Then "Hand Ipper" Lures.
Irvln S. Cobb may soon havo an
opportunity to continue his hunt for
tho sand-Iappor, or sun bear, as he
Insisted It should bo called. In tho
Smithsonian Institution or other
spot moro convenient than tho lava
fields It Glmer Williams of Portland,
of tho U. S. biological survey, suc
ceeds In a hunt whlcli ho plans.
Williams cama to Central Oregon
to protect thu chickens of tho
tirango Hull district from coy
otes. Considerable losses of barn
yard fowls In that section aro re
ported and Williams, connected. with
tha predatory animal control work, of
tho survey, will probably transfer
ono of his trappers to this Held. Ho
Is making a visit to the camps of
government trappers In this vicinity.
Hut whlla In tho lava regions Wil
liams oxpcts to spend some Umo In
a determined effort to locate tho ani
mal mado famous In tha columns of
Hon Franklin's weekly, In order that
tho question raised by tho renowned
oplcuro may bo. definitely Bottled.
Thirteen Year Old Girl Claims
Ownership of Calf, Identifies
Hide, Indictment Declared Faulty
Thirtcoii-ycnr-old Lois Stookey,
claimant of ownership in tho calf
alleged to havo boon stolon from
tho corral of her father, Scth
Stookoy, was tha first witness for
tho stato In tho trial of C. L.
Evans and Jako Kooyman yester
day. Sho Identified thu hldo
produced In court as belonging to
tho calf, which sho bad known
HOME BUILDING GAINS BECOME
MORE GENERAL, REVIEW SHOWS
' Encouraging roports continue to
como In from alt soctlons of tho
country rolattvo to tho lncroaso In
homo building, Bays tho American
Lumberman, of Chicago. 'In prac
tlcally oyory soctlon of tho country
negotiations nro under way where
by It Is sought to reduce tho wngos
of building labor from tho poak. Gen
erally, vyhoro reductions havo been
mado, building la largely stimulated,
nnd It would scorn that lu two or
tltroo wooks tha building labor situ
ation should ha woll adjusted In
practically all parts of tho country.
"Production of lumbor continues
upon n restricted basis and while
orders placed nro not up to normal,
novortholcss thoy oxcood nctual pro
duction, taking tho country ns a
whole," says tho Lumberman. "Shlp
monta nro coming forward promptly
mid mills nro taking caro of rush or
ders In good Bbapo. Tho domnnd Is
bucIi that tho volume of grades suit
able, for building shlppod oxcoods tho
volumo producod nnd consequently It
Is becoming difficult to place sonio
orders which nro badly mixed or
which cqll for Itoms In tho most do
mnnd. This condition Is particular
ly notlcoablo'ln tho southern pina ter
FATHER BRAVES
FIRE PERIL TO
SAVE CHILDREN
R. G. IIENSLEY BADLY
BURNED
AWAKENED BY SMQKE
;
IIrMxIer Itelleved To Have Started
Klimes At Farm House Severe
Hums Sustained Ity Father
Will Not Prove Knliil.
Clad only In night attire, It. O.
Hensloy sustained severe burns on
the shoulders, back and neck when
ho rushed through fire and smoko
Tuesday night to rescue his children
from his burning home, 7 miles from
'llortd on tho Hoar Creek road. Mrs.
Henslcy narrowly escaped death In
making her way from tho burning
building. Henslcy Is being cared
fori at tho nearby homo of Charles
Hoech. Ho will recover.
Tho explosion of a lamp used to
warm a brooder kept In tho houso Is
thoujlit to havo started tho fire
shortly before midnight, but no ab
solute, information on this point Is
available. Henslcy was awakened
by smoke and, not realizing tho ex
tent of tho fire, went outside for wa
ter, believing that tho hlazo could bo
overcome.
The Tire, however, had gained such
headway as to render futllo any ef
forts which he might make, and be
ran through tha flames to save tho
two children, ono four years, tho
other ono year old. Neither was
harmed.
The house, valued at about $3000,
and Its coutrjnts are a total lossj
STATE DEPUTY IS
GUEST OF WOODMEN
J. O. Hurgess" of Portland,
Stato deputy for tho Modern Wood
men of "America,- Tuesday night visit
ed tho lodgo hero and delivered an
address.
Oscar O. Itlttcn was Initiated at
tho meeting of the lodge.
slnco It was ono day old. Lois ex
plained that sho claimed tho calf,
but that It was "probably papa's."
Attorney for tho defense H. II.
Do Armoud objected to the trial
of tho caso under tha grand jury's
imllctmant on four counts, among
them failure to specify tho sex of
tho allegedly stolon animal. Tho
objection was ovorruled.
ritory and, as-a consequence, eastern
buyors aro turning to tho purcbaso
of Douglas fir in spite or the very
high frolghts which must be paid to
got It Into central western markets.
"In the matter of prices there haB
been somo'tendency to firm up thoso
for tho lower grades, particularly In
southorn pine. Hero and thqre may
bo noted a trend to reduco tho prices
Of tho hotter grndos nnd this Is duo
not bo much to lack of domnnd ns to
u readjustment of tho spread In val
ues botween tho different grades. Iu
normal times n wool suit Is worth so
much moro than n cotton suit, nnd
thus tho best grade of lumber la
worth so much moro than u lower
grado whon conditions aro normal.
Whon tho heavy demand for lumber
arrived, however, tho natural spread
in prlco botwoon grndos was dis
rupted by tho fact that certain gradoa
wcro In much greater domand than
others and as a consoquonco pi ices
for tho grades In most demand
mounted much faster than '.boso fur
tho other grades. Tho nntur.il
spread In prices la now In process of
ndjustmont, a fact which must be
taken Into consideration In any
study of present market coiiittttonn,"
No Prisoner in
Jails of Bend;
Hames Released
't For tho first tlrno Jn half a
year no prisoner Is behind tha
bars within tho corporato llm-
Its of thocltyof llend. Yesterday 4
Tom Hames, serving a sentenco
for Illicit manufacture of liquor,
4 paid $200, tho amount remain-
4 Ins; from his original fine, and
was released from tho county
Jail.
WILL WAR ON
SOCIAL EVILS
HYGIENE SOCIETY TO
SEND SPEAKERS
Commercial Club, American Legion,
Public Schools, Other Organiza
tion Hack Campaign of Educa
tion Committee Is Named.
Support of tho publicity campaign
soon to be waged In Bend by the Oro
gou Social Hygiene society was ten
dered by the Commercial club yester
day at Its regular luncheon In the ap
pointment ot a member to represent
that body on the local committee. J
O. Gibson was named at the request
of J. E. Waggoner, field xejxcsMW
tivc of tho society, who expli'nel the
purpose of the campaign. ,y
Other members of tho committee
named today aro S. W. Moore, repre
senting the schools, Frank R. Prince
for the American Legion, and J. Edr
gar Purdy; Three other members
are to bo chosen, and there will also
be a committee of women.
Film Lecture NUtcd.
Dates havo not yet been selected
for the two speakers who will ap
pear hero, representing tho soclPty.
J. E. Snyder of Corvallls, who spoke
hero on a Liberty loan drive several
years ago, will como during tho lait
week in April, addressing women and
girls exclusively In the afternoon and
men and boys exclusively In tho eve
ning.
II. M. Grant, formerly Rend high
school principal, will appear the fol
lowing week, with a lecture IHub
trated by films. This is for both
men and women and is of an ex
tremely interesting character, Mr,
Waggoner declares. It will probab
ly be given both afternoon and eve
nlng.
JAMES CARTER
FREED BY JURY
After being out more than eight
hours, tho jury sitting In tho caso or
James T. Carter, on trial In circuit
court on a statutory charge, brought
In a verdict or not guilty at 6 o'clock
yesterday morning. Tho case was
turned over to the Jury at 9:80
o'clock last night.
Crowds rilled tho courtroom to
overflowing from tho moment the
caso was called, Mondar lorwn,
until the final Instructions woro giv
en the jury. Spectators who vore'
evidently under ago were frequently
ojected. . .
Neither the defendant uor the
mother of tho 15-year-old girl In
volved in the case appeared
on the stand. Numerous witnesses
testified to tho character ot the de
fendant. Tho girl was tho chlet
ness for tno stato. , i
HALF OF COUNTY 4.
TAXES ARE PAID
Approximately one-halt of the tax
es for Deschutes county havo been
collected, It was announced f roiu 'the
sheriff's office on Saturday, 'Tho;
total amount ot taxes for vthe yoar(
was $392,400.71, of which nbput
$186,000 has been turned IntoMUo,
county treasury. About tho snrue
porcentago had been paid nt this tlbie,
last year. ' ,
After Anrll 5 nn Interest ot'OUQ
. - y r) i
per cent Is attached to tho amouutt
tho tux. A penalty ot flvo par cent
Is added nftor November 5. '
FARM LOAN IS
HELD SUCCESS
THROUGH STATE
TOTAL OF $11,452,430 IS
TAKEN IN OREGON
SUM WELL SCATTERED
Of 3,80.1 Borrowers In Statr, 12
Receiving Loans For ?-tO,OW)
Are In Deschutes County, R
port on Second District Shows.
(Dullttln Washington Burrsa.)
WASHINGTON, April 9. Con.
pressman Nicholas J. Slrinott has se
cured from tho federal rami loan
bureau, largely through the assist
ance ot former Congressman A. T.
Lever, nationally known as tho
author ot the Lever rood control
bill, a mass ot Information concern
ing the operation ot tho federal farm
loan act In Oregon, and particularly
In the second congressional district.
which has tho distinction of having
practically ono-halt or all the farm
loans granted under tho farm loan
act- In Oregon,
Up to dato tho total amount
loaned in Oregon through this or
ganization, the headquarters ot
which are at Spokane, amounts to
11,452,432. Tho total number ot
borrowers In Oregon la 3,803. In
tho second congressional district the
number ot borrowers totals 1,588,
and the total amount ot loans grant
ed In this district amounts In tho
aggregate to $5,341,395.
Funds Distributed
Distribution ot this money
through the second congressional '
district Is Interesting, and shows
activity in every county. The asso
ciation, the number ot borrowers
and the amounts loaned to each
association are shown In the follow
ing table:
Kain of Pedera Farm Number ot Anoont
Loan Association Borrower Granted
Annex of Annex St 163.939
Arlington of Arlington,. 11 SUM
Baker ot Baker .'...102 420.000
Bonania of Bonanxa.. 86 66V22S
Butte Creek of Fowtl 64 325.1 JS
Central ot Madras 101 1804i0
Con Ion ot Condon 78 374.7S0
frock Co. of rrlnerUlo 62 234380
Tno Datlea of The Dalles 43 141.800
Dead Ox Flat ot rarettf it 84.004
Deschutes of Bend 30 67,340
East Hood Rirer 47 148.300
Elgin ot Elgin , 38 84.900
Fort Klamath IS 71.500
Fort Rxk Valley 25 24.300
Lonsr Crrek of Long Creek.... 17 32.100
iVrra Water 64 192.050
LGrande Ronde of La Crand...104 . 446,400
Hardman of Uardman 33 203.700
Hood Rirer 18 39,700
lone of Ion 41 214300
Klamath Fall! ; 63 131.140
Lower Bridie I.... 17 45.550
Merrill ot Merrill 21 66.700
Metolius of Metollus 1 S7.750
Ontario ot Malheur 60 22U00
Taullna of ranlina 26 74.550
Ranuar ot Dufur 26 54.900
Redmond of Redmond 41 66.140
Sherman Co. of Moro 17 118.225
Sisters of Sisters IS 41.700
N. Grant Co, Hamilton 21 63.110
Stock Growers ot Burns (9 284.250
Stanfleld ot Stanfleld 29 S3J39
Tumalo ot Tumilo 17 35,350
Upper Valley of Tarkdale 29 54.830
Wallowa ot Enterprise (3 144.550
Wasco ot Wasco 23 169.400
White Rirer of Wamte 33 84.700
Prairie City 10 32.809
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK TO BE HELD
Films loaned by tho national for
est servlco wilt be shown In Bend
theaters during National Fire Pre
vention week, May 33 to 29, accord
ing to present plans or the forest of
ficials. "What a Careless Hunter
Can Do" Is the title ot a film which
will likely be chosen from among a
number for presentation hero.
Fire Prevention week will be par
ticipated In by all whoso Interest lies
In this work, whether In the nation
al forests. In thu home, or In tho
cities.
$40,000 IS VOTED FOR
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
Sliver Lnko is assured of a now
stono school building to take tho
placo ot tha wooden structure de
stroyed by tiro last winter. Just ono
vot'o was cast against the $40,000
bond lssuo which will finance .con
struction, Tha' ono vote .was polled
by a .bncholor. Forty favored the
expenditure.