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Hcntl Dist. nivr.iw. '"o;1 WEEKLY EDITION The bend VOI. XIX IlKNI), DUHOIIUTKH COUNTY, OREGON, THl'ltHflAY, AUGUST II, IU2I. No. SW. Bulletin BANDITSTAKEN, DR. BRUMFIELD YET AT LARGE PRISONERS ARE SENT TO KLAMATH FALLS OAR SEEN AT MARSH Machine Tinikri! After Early .Morn liiK Drliiiiliil I 'or Food .M Ileum stentl Cabin Aulo CutrjIiiK Two (J oi". Hi m I It on I'l. Hock Itonil Officer Iiuvd In their custody the two riiiui who hold up three Muiumiis south of Crescent Friday. Neither of (ho two In Dr. II. M. Ilrumflnld, it 1 - Joged Itoiteburg slayer. A woinun win taken with om of lln iiu'ii. uinl with IIiimii wim taken to Kluniiith Falls Hinulny night. Thin, In brief, was the report re ceived by telephone Mnnitny mornltiK from Crescent, whom Hans '.linmer- mini brought In word Hominy night or tlm capture. Tim woman anil 0110 of thu men worn taken nl Miller crook Hunday, five mile from tlm scene of the holdup, and tlm second man win found at Fort Kluniiith, where ho had gone for supplies, Tho ar rest were liuidn liy Deputies Itourk of Crescent, and Murphy, of Rose- hurK. The prisoner worn taken.dl rect to Kluiunth Full without first being brought to Crescent. t'nr Tritrku Trmrsl, Humor aro mill currant that Ilrumflold mny ho In hiding In tlio country outh of Crescent. Follow tlm dnmiiiid for food, mads In tlio early mornliiR by a mau who slopped lit tho homestead cabin of Mian Dora Hly, near Boiler murih, a party of 1 .11 Pino Mon wont on a trip of In vestigation Hutiday. A Chevrolet ear had boon throiiKti tluil section only thn day bofore, they found, and the driver hud apparently boon unfa miliar with the country, It was hIiowii by the uncertain munner In which ho hud piloted liln car. Track where ii in ii n had loft the machine allowed Hint ho wore a No, S dres shoe, a fact In ilHotr somewhat unusual. ''A ahcephardor had noun a Chevrolet cur In tho vicinity eurhor In tlio day. It curried two men. Iloth front Urea of tho machine were plain, while one rear tiro had a nobby tread, tha other, a diamond troud. After turning nbuut several times In the marsh, thn car had boon run to the Fort Hock road, then head ed south. IajciiI authorities had received no Teporta tlila afternoon. ' Humor K(Uliuil. i Reports that ii cablrf'lti'llie vicinity of tho holdup had been occupied tor n number of days wora explain ed by Forost Huporvlsbr' H. L. I'llimb when ho mentioned that ho nnd Hunger Qlon Ilnwiird hud been In that locality and had Inspected tho cabin, .Tlioy had not used tho build ing, but ho wa confident that their visit to tho place hud Riven rise to' tho rumor. SHEEPMAN REPORTS FIRE, PAYS $5 FINE Archie Wurnor Plead Guilty With owl U'lilllnu For Arrest, Anil Light Penally In Hvncteil. Archlo Warner ,of LaPlne, allow ed no costs to nccumulntqqnftor bo found yoHtordny thnthln camp flro luul Htarted n forest bluzo. Ho reported promptly to Justice of tho Poaco 10. L. Clurk In I.n l'lno, ploadod Hiillty, and paid n flno of $5, Warner bad trundled tho flro nt Ills sheep camp nt Indliiu springs, but tha flames had crossed tho ditch, Deschutes Nutlannl forest employes oxtAigulshod tho flamoH, Supervisor II, Ii, I'lumb stilted this nftariioon, COUNTY SCHOOLS GET $4,695.62 FROM STATE .Put of 1384,985.00 apportioned by the. state ruisrrfr to the common schools of Oi kiRon I or 1921, Deschutos cpiinty, with 3090 pupils, receives 14095,02'. This l a per capita al lotme"rif6r i;74i asihgalnst $3.02 In 1920,' 1.95 la 1919, ndv i,83 in Coast To Coast Hikers End Long Journey At Bend Mr, and Mrs. Frank IloburRO, who luivo attracted much attou- ilon by their hlko ncorss the continent, arrived In llend Wed- nesday. Mr, Hobarxn bus n homosteud Hour tho old John- slon ranch, which ho took up In 191C. Thn packs they carry bear tho slogan, "New York to Oregon." Thuy left Pough- keepsln July 2, miikliiK their way to I'ortlund In S3 days by accepting rides from tourists. The entire cost of the trip was 1?5, Mr. HoburKe, who Is u war veteran nnd bus been an- thurlicd (o receive vocational 4 tralnliiK, Is bore for that pur- 4- pose. He carrlos a letter of rec- ommeiidutlou from tlio mayor of I'ouRhkeopale, 4- Although Mrs. Itolmrge was quoted In I'ortlund as saying she would never mnku (ho trip 4- again, uelthor she nor her bus- 4- band looks any the worso for It. 4- They appear to be still enjoying 4- the udventuro. Itecklessness of motorists whs given as the oh- Jecttouable feature of hiking. ALL WOOL HELD HERE NOW SOLD FINAL ACflllTA.VCIX IIHI.Mi TOTAIj OF MAI.US TO iIU2,(MM) rot'Mw atoxi.v ,xi .mfh 111 v last si:i.i,i:iis. All of tho wool brought to the United Wurehouso this summer, as well as that which was held over from litkt year, has been sold, Tom Cronlii, who had CS.000 pounds, ac cepted the prlco of H Vi cents, of fered at tho recent sale, and Ned Mur phy accepted tho bid of 10 W cents on 17,000 pounds, thu hlRheat price of fered that day. Tho Itotury Worsted Company was the purchaser. These were thu only two clips not sold at thu aulo on July IS. Tho to tal sales amount to 302,000 pounds. Shipment Is proceeding rapidly. OREGON CAP MAY RE ADOPTED BY LEGION llctoliitlon From I'ciry A. Ktoton l'nt Hi'lnK Information That I'nlfimu Cup l Ilelng L'rKeil. Following receipt of a resolution from Percy A. .Stevens post No. 4, urKliiR that the matter of un official Ainorlcuu Legion cap bo advocated by tho Oregon delegates iiLtho national convention, tho department officers luivo taken the mayV up and will present a resolution at tho conven tion, tho local post lias been In formed, Meanwhile Percy A. Slovens post has boon Informed that tho conven tion cap tisod In this state is semi official, urn! may bo tho ono adopted at tho national convention. It Is al ready belns; considered bytho na tional officers. ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY HARNEY OFFICIAL Sheriff (iooilman Heady To Join In 1'iirmilt of Itrumtlclil If Nerefsnry, Wire To H. H. Huberts States. Sheriff Goodman of Hnrnoy coun ty is ready to Join forces with the Deschutes county officials In pur suit of Dr. 11. M. Ilrumflold, alleged IloHoburR slayer. In it wire Just ro- colvod by Sheriff Huberts from flood- man, the Hnrnoy county sheriff offers to come ut once to nld In tho chase It Ilrumflold Is still In thu county. Sheriff Hoberts doos not belevo that Cloodinau's assistance will bo needed. WILL CONTESTED BY HEIRS ACROSS SEA Heirs In Norway, through a Port land attorney, are contesting the will of Olo Dragsvold, victim of a .mill ac cident last year. Notice, of pntesi was filed In probate court last' week1, CAMP LOCATION IDEAS VARIOUS CLUB MEMBERS GIVE DIVERSE OPINIONS Larger Aren Than Is Incluili'il In Present Site Nerded, Claim Coiivenleiiei; of Pirw-iit Cnnip To The City Is I'olnleil Out. Discussion of uuto camp grounds at Wednesday's commercial club meeting centered largely around tho question of location, with opinion di vided between the advisability of Im proving tlio present site or of secur Ing a larger tract farther from the center of the city. The limited area of the present camp was the chief objection raised by K, L. Vlnal, T. II. Foley and oth ers, who pointed out that the tourist traffic already taxes tho capacity of tho camp, and that In a few years tho number of tourists would bo vastly greater. Mr. Vlnal declared that a space cquul to a city block Is neces sary for each camping party, and pointed out that Denver has a camp ground of 100 acres. Ouiip Ivmt Attructle. H. A. Miller, a member of the com mittee which reported In favor of tho prcaent site last winter, said that while tho camp now embraces only about ono acre, thu same pleco of ground covers four acres, and thcro Is a tract of five acres available to tho north. The beat of tho available land Is not being used now, ho said. A committee to report on potelblo sites at the next meeting was author lied on motion of T. H. Foley. E. L. Payne, T. H. Foley, Walter Coombs, It. A. Miller and A. G. Clurk were ap pointed by President H. S. Hamilton, who was In the chair. Mr. Foley said that his recent trip had shown him that Hend's aulo camp Is tho least attractive In tho state. He declared that more room was the crying need, and suggested a tract of 40 acres on the west side of tho river, which was considered last year for u fair ground. I ten illy Sought. U. L. Payne stated that, no matter (Continued on last page.) SAM HILL READY TO RECLAIM NORTH CANAL UNIT IF BOARD GIVES APPROVAL TO CONTRACT Approval by tho desert land board of tho contract for reclaiming ovor 27,000 acros of lands In tho North canal segregation Is the only thing now necessary to make the reclama tion virtually cortaln. This was the declaration Friday mornlngof Samuel Hill, former president of tho Homo Tolephono Co., of Portland, and ono of tho foremost Industrial figures of tho northwest, who, with Oswald Wost, ex-governor of Oregon, and J. C. Potter, of Portland, Is organiz ing tho North Canal Company, to bo Incorporated for )260,000. With Guy 12. Dobson and N. A. Ilurdlck, of Rod mond', tho three woro In Uond this noon after going ovor tho North canal lauds this morning. This aftornoon nil, oxcopt Mr. Hill, motored to the Tumalo project. Tho party was to leave this ovonlug for Portland, In tending, however, to roturn to llend within a tow days. Mr. Hill, who Is tho central figure In reclamation plans now under con templation, has long been Interested in irrigation, and bolloves that tho country oast of tho Cascades will bo one of tho richest In tho world If properly doveloped, "Of course I can't say definitely that It will bo done," ho suld, "but wo aro hoping that It will, nnd I can seo no reason why it should not. Reclama tion must como. Central Oregon must havo her chanco," Moral Support Needed, Tho chief objoct in coming to Bond and Itedmond was to make sure that tho proposod vonturo would havo tho moral support of tho people of both communities. After Interviewing representative business men ot both citles Mr. West expressed bellot that tau DaCKing wouia not do wunuoiu. LOGGING CAMP TO MOVE SOON BROOKS-SCANLON WILL LEAVE HIGHWAY Cntrii .Vo. 1 To He Hhlftrd Three Mllo Kouthonst, ami IlcmnlnlriK Camps Will He Combined HtoW Crew To ISe Increased, For the first time In tho history of the Drooks-Scanlon Lumber Coa op erations In Uend, logging camp No. 1 Is to be moved from the main high way. The move will come within the next two months, says Logging Su perintendent 8. A. Illakely. To tap a new timber area, the camp Is to bo shifted three miles to the southeast from Its present location on Tho Dalles-California state road. At tho same time, camp No. 2 Is to bo moved to the present location of camp No. 3, tho Intention being to combine the two. In preparation for the first move, preliminary work is starting shortly. A new barn must bo built and a water system Installed before the houses can be loaded on flat cars and wheel ed to the new location. New Trwk Flannel. Within the near future 18 or 20 mon must be added to tho steel crow, which will lay between four and flvo miles of track before winter, remov ing steel from logged-off areas and putting down tho rails In tho timber ed section through which the com pany will extend its operations. Camp No. 1 will be In ita new loca tion for approximately two years, Su perintendent Illakely estimates. WILL MAKE EFFORT TO STOP SPEEDING Special attention Is to bo paid to uuto speeders In Hend Is the state ment of Day Officer Tom Carlon. Parts of certain streets, where speed ing Is most prevalent, will be meas ured, and u stop watch will bo held on suspected motorists, Carlon says. Ho hopes to be able in this way to overcome In part the handicap of having no car or motorcycle with which to pursuo speeders. "This Is ono of the times when wo must all pull together," he said. Tho contract which was. proscuted to tho dosert land board for approval this week, Mr. West explained, calls tor commencement ot work within six months after tho secretary ot the Interior has extended tho time tor reclamation. Completion of tho task Is to be within five years after tho work Is startod. Tho estimated cost Is J 1.000,000. The secrotary of the Interior. Mr. West said, Is ready to extend tho tlmo as soon as a request to this effect Is mado by tho state. r,0,000 Acre Final Size. According to tha terms of tho con tract, tho North Canal Co. would tako over tho Central Oregon Irriga tion company's Interest in tho North Canal dam and tho filings on tho Craue Prnlrlo rosorvolr, Bubject to the burden of tho rights of settlers on tho C. O. I, district. Dased on engineering data compiled by John Dubiils mid C. M. Hcdtield, tho or Kunlzurs ot tho new company will at tempt tho reclamation ot only 27, 301 acres, tho part most readily wa tered. The entire ncroago of 50,000 ttcres will ovontunlly bo watered, ac cording to Mr. West, who bus tho le gal affairs at tho proposed company In hand, but that moro difficult ot reclamation will bo left until the need for It arises. Actual Incorpora tion doponds on approval of tho con tract by the land board. Mr. Hill, who conceived the idea -f the Columbia nvor highway, and to whoso efforts was largely due the construction of the first unit ot ho groat scenlo road, Is now president of the Pacific Highway association, and Is particularly Interested In the peace portal being built, part on American and part on Canadian soil. BEND SELECTED FOR RED MEN CONVENTION So I)Ki-ntlng Vote Cast liy Grnml Council At Astorln Two llend Men Win State Onice. The Improved Order of tied Men will convene at the time ofthe next annual session, the last Friday In July, 1922, In llend, It was decided by a unanimous vote of the grand council ot the order, which last week completed Its yearly meeting In As toria, Two Itend men appear on the list ot state officers, E. D. Gilson being elected great junior sagamore, while J. O, Hoffman was appointed great mlshencwa. SMOKE HAMPERS FIRE LOOKOUTS VAPOK HOLLS ACKOSS SIOUN TAIXH FHOM WKSTKH.V FIUKS MOBK FIP.KS IN" DESCHUTES FOP.EST AKi: HKPORTED. Smoke from west ot the Cascades is hampering lookouts la locating fires. From high points Tuesday the smoke could be seen rolling over the mountains and yesterday the air was bazy as a result ot western Ore gon fires. 1 Last night Forest Supervisor II. L. Plumb reported that the total num ber ot tires In the Fish lake country resulting from lightning had Increas ed to five. Three ot these were ex tinguished today. In addition, a fire in the La Pine district about nine acres In extent, was sighted, and an other, beyond the old Pine Tree mill site, outside the national forest boundaries, was reported. Both were under control today. MEMBERSHIP OF CLUB OVER 500 MANY FAMILY CAHDS RAISE NCMUKIt WHO HAVE GYM PHI VI LEGE TO NEAHLY 700 OVEItHAUL EQUIPMENT. Memberships In the B. A. A. C. yesterday passed the 500 mark. Aa there are well over 100 family mem berships, betw'een GOO and 700 per sons have the use of the American Legion building swimming pool and gymnasium, and the other benefits which club members will enjoy as soon as the program Is outlined. New cards are being taken out every day. Last Saturday night's dance was successful, but a better one Is ex pected this week. The orchestra has been reorganized, with a new jazz pianist, who formerly was with Mc Elroy's orchestra ot Portland. An Inventory has been taken this week ot all equipment and It Is be ing put in shape as rapidly as pos sible, so that the gymnasium may be opened with regular classes soon. Tho tank was thoroughly cleaned yester day. TWO CHARGED WITH LEAVING CAMP FIRE Charged with leaving a campflre burning at Crane Prairie last Wed nesday, U, G. Smock of Alfalfa and Earl Brandt were nrralgned Tuesday beforo Justice of the Peace E. D. Gil son. They pleaded not guilty and demanded jury trials. Later the two defendants returned to court and stated that they would plead guilty rather than go to the ex penso ot fighting the chargo, al though they wero convinced that they were Innocent. Each paid n tine of $15, and In addition costs tor Smock totaled $19.50, and tor Brant $6.50. TO LKE ItANGE STUDY J To take part in a study ot range conditions on the Mlnam and Whit man National forests, Orazlng Exam iner Jack Hortoh left on Wednesday by auto for 'Baker He will 8tbp';iro route ajt Peailjetcin, ;where MrAlUri ton will visit wlU" 'net' wentV. BEND COUNCIL GIVES FINLEY QUESTION REST COUNTY OFFICIALS TO BE CONSULTED COOPERxVTION HINTED Mayor Goes Strongly On Record Against City Employe Who Are Interested Only In Salaries Paving Do ml Issues Authorized Although the possibility of remov ing Dr. Anna Rlcs Flnley, head of the woman's protective division, was discussed at some length at Tues day afternoon's special meeting ot the Bend city council, as an economy move, no definite action was taken, partly because of the fact that only four council members were In at tendance. It was generally agreed that the question should be allowed to rest until It could be discussed with county officials. That n sola Hon might bo reached- based on co operation with the county was strong ly hinted by Councilman J. S. lanes. Mayor E. D. Gilson reaffirmed his stand ot Friday night, declaring that the conduct of city affairs Is a busi ness proposition, and that It Is In cumbent on him to see that value Is received for the money paid out by the city. "I am against the Idea ot employes who are not Interested in anything but their salaries," he said. ISonds Are Authorized. Councilman Fox Intimated that the removal of Dr. Flnley might result In Mrs. Emerson Stockwell eventual ly being placed In charge ot the work, bnt the mayor denied emphatically that this was contemplated. Bath he and Councilman Gilbert" hinted at trouble in store for the city adminis tration In case the present officer Is deposed. Debate on the subject was started by Councilman C. J. LereratC The meeting was called to author ize issuance of Improvement bonds for Congress street and Delaware avenue paving, now under way. Au thorization was given without dis cussion, and payment ot $2601.38 already due C. S. Reed, contractor, was ordered. A request from Contractor E. P. Drosterhous for Information regard ing the sewer connections which will be possible tor the new hospital was answered by the council's decision to construct a sewer tor the halt of the block adjoining Lava road. Guarding against the loss of city tools, a steel punch and atencll was ordered for marking Implements owned by the municipality. LIBERTY TO HAVE PIPE ORGAN SOON Spark Slgna Contract With Wur lltzer Co., For Delivery In Octo ber - Wilson George Organise. A Wurlltzer Hope-Jones pipe or gan, the same make as that used in the Liberty theater at Portland, but smaller, will be delivered tor Installa tion here some time In October, tha contract having been closed by Man ager J. B. Sparks with E. F. Tucker, representative ot the Wurlltzer Com pany, Friday. Wilson George, who has recently returned to the Liberty as pianist, and can sometimes be heard In vocal melody, as well as Instrumental, will preside ovor the organ when It Is in stalled. OREGON PRODUCTS DINNER IS URGED An Oregon products dinner, store windows featuring Oregon made goods, booth displays at tho gymnas ium, and an entcrtalument In con nection with the display are among the suggestions made by D, C, Free man, manager ot (he Associated In dustries ot Oregon for the observance ot Home Products week In Bond next month, Tho suggestions are gives in a letter received by Secretary L, Antles of the Commercial club, Mr. Freeman- advises that tho week be cut down to four days In or der that a snappier, more effective program may be'mide possible.