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TAOK 4 The Bend Bulletin WKKKLY KDITION rWUbkfd hj Tht nnd Ilollftln (tnrarptratrd) Katablisliril HOi ROI1ERT W. SAWYT-R. Manafsr An Indrrndnt Newspaper, ttamltnir (or tlss square deal, clean biulnras, clean poll"" and the bnt IntemU ot Bend and Central OrecoOjfc Subscription Kates On Year t-00 (Hz Months 11.00 Three Months ... , JO.tO THUIISDAY. JANUARY 26, 1922 KEEPING THE McKENZIE OPEN Today wo reprint In nnothcr col umn n letter written by Preslilent Ray, of tho Eugeno Chamber of Com merce, to District forester Cecil con cerning tho proposition to keep tho McKenzIo highway open during tho winter. This letter makes clear the interest taken by Eugene .peoplo In , this subject, as mentioned hero last Saturday, ana points tne way to local cooperation In securing tho desired action, ' President Ray's statement con corning east and west roads has spe cial point this year when the Col umbla highway Is Impasstblo with tho promise of remaining so well into the summer unless strenuous measures for clearing it are adopted. The sort of thing that has happened there is not likely to occur on the McKenzie and comparatively small cipenso can keep this road to Eu geno open. With this arrangement made the Central Orcgonlan can get to Portland with little difficulty whatever the condition of the Col umbia highway, or If bound for Cal ifornia, he can shorten his journey by nearly 400 miles. The Idea of making the mountains accesslblo for winter recreation Is also a fine one. In the Cascades we have opportunity for winter resorts equal to any In the United States. They will take time to develop but some day they will come. Making the McKenzie an all the year road will hasten that day. This year the bureau of public roads Is keeping the road over the Blue mountains open between Prlneville and Mitchell. It would be only a slightly harder thing to give us an open road to Eugene. We trust that any local action 'needed to secure the result will be .taken. . i, v. PREHISTORIC DISCOVERIES Our 1925 friends have given up the Idea of an "International hog show somewhere in Central Oregon." Instead they plan an "International stock show" in some unnamed part of the state and for our share In the exposition they suggest the exploita tion of "the prehistoric discoveries of Central and Eastern Oregon." All this appears in the latest publicity matter sent out from the Portland headquarters. Wo are, of course, deeply cha grined at the thought ot losing that bog show on which we bad set our 'hearts. At the same time our be wilderment as to what is meant by "the prehistoric discoveries of Cen tral Oregon" is so great that tht sense ot loss Is somewhat dulled. 'What are these discoveries? Who mado them and when? No one from Portland, we may be sure, and yet . Can It be possible that Port land has discovered something in Central Oregon that Central Oregon itself does not know? Or has It 'finally discovered Central Oregon? Our mind falters at the thought. XLhc Central regon JSanft D. E. HUNTER, President GARLETOX IJ. BWIFT. Vice President E. P. MAHAFFEY, Vice Pres. nnd Manager H. M. STEPHENS, Cashier BEND, OREGON Instinct or Intelligence To hoard, store, accumulate is a primitive instinct obeyed by the wild creatures. " Nature endowed man her favorite ani mal with so many superior qualities that they sometimes crovd out the THRIFT gift. The squirrel saves instinctively, involun tarily. Saving, with mankind, becomes an act of WILL. To cultivate' the Saving WILL develop the spending WONT. Start to lay away a supply for "The Win ter of Life." itc (genital I!,' E. HUNTER, i ii.i How grievously may 'wo hnvo mis understood our big brother. It this is tho secret what n Joy ful occasion 1925 will he. Think of if, a whole section ot tho exposition dovqtcd to Portland's dis covery of Control Oregon. Possibly It will bo dono by ono of those mod cm pageants. First thero will bo shown tho vision leading tho 1925 commlttea to wonder It thero Is not something olr'or back ot tho moun tains, then tho rcsolvo to explore nt whatever cost to life and limb. Tho expedition will bo shown outfitting at melorfrnnks (every nrllclo re duced), its perilous passage over tho glaciers and lco fields of tho Colum bin highway will follow, thon Its slow and laborious ascent of thu Central Oregon plateau. Smoke of tho saw mills will direct tho party to Bend and there will he n final tableau with a Jullusmeler waving a Portland 1925 banner and crying out to his followers, "Have no fenr, my bravo ones. Those aro white men." Think, then, of our great Joy'. Discovered nt last and tho story told the world. How tho news will ring. It is a wonderful prospect but one question still perplexes us. Why watt until 1925 to announce the dis cover)'? INTERIOR FREIGHT RATES A few years ago freight charges on commodities from eastern points to Intor-mountaln cities, such as Spo kane and Salt I.ako City, were the rate to tho coast tormlnal plus tho rnto from tho terminal back to tho Intcr-mountaln point. On a carload ot shoes from lioston, for instance, the Spoknno merchant paid the rate from Boston to Portland plus the rate from Portland back to Spokane. The same shoes on a freight train token through Spokane Jo Portland would pay only the rate to Portland. The reason back of this situation was the fact of water competition at tho coast terminal point. To meet this competition tho railroads made low competitive rates to tho coast. But since, the Interior town had no water borne freight service It was given the rate It would pay If its goods canto by water to tho coast terminal and were then carried by rail to It. This, wo say, was the situation a few years ago. At that time, how ever, a fight carried on for years by these Inter-mountain cities resulted In a change. The discrimination against them was done away with and they received the benefit of low er rates. With the recent develop ment of ocean freight business, how ever, and high rail tariffs, the rail roads have found their traffic great ly reduced. To meet this new con dition they have asked the Interstate commerce commission for permission to make lower rates to the coast ter minals, as before, but leaving un changed the interior point rates. In short, they wish to return to the old arrangement. To oppose this request there waB formed some months ago the Inter mediate rate association with mem bership composed of men from the inter-mountain states of Idaho, Mon tana, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, eastern Washington, Oregon and Cal ifornia. The association is active. It employs a paid secretary with offices In Spokane and Is busily engaged In the fight. The question now arises as to whe ther or not Bend has an Interest In the matter. If It were now the dls- rcaoit Bavti? 14. P. MATAFFKY, Vice l'nr-Idvnt HKN1) ItOIJiKTIN, IIKNl). OHFXJOf. THUtWDAY, .1ANUAUY I''--- trlbutlng center thnt It somo tiny ox poets to bo It would undoubtedly havo an Interest. In view of Its ex pectations should It Join tho opposl tlon to tho change n change which, If made, will Injure Its future pros pects so far as they depend on tho distribution of products of eastern manufacture. It seems to us that tho question Is of sufficient Iniportnnco to engage tho serious nttenllon of nil who nro Interested In tho future de velopment of the city. Dll'THERIA A dlptherln epidemic In Silver Lake, deaths reported In Portland from this disease and a family guur autlned In Bend because of It nil these facts suggest thu need of the utmost care In guarding ngitlnst the spread of tho disease here. Now Is tho time to give warning; now the time for parents to keep close watch on their children's health ami on their own. If precautions nro not taken, If there Is any gonernl occur rence of dipthorla In this community lives may bo lost or Injury dono to health of a most serious nature. Dlptherla Is one of the most treach erous dlscasos to which mankind is subject. To chlldion especially It Is a frightful menace, not only In tho timo of sickness but In the nftor ef fects of paralysis, heart weakness, deafness nnd other Ills thut often follow from tho effect of the dipthor la poison. Chlldron who, In this win ter weather, have the slightest touch of soreness In tho throat, should be given Immedlnto attention nnd kept out of school until absolutely well agnln. Dlptherln begins with a sore throat. A child may have tho dls caso and In going to school may ux poso his classmates to It as well as hastou and aggravate his own Ill ness. An ounco of prevention Is worth a pound ot euro. Fortunately, In tho advance of medical science, there has been de veloped a specific itntl-toxln for dip thorla. Its tiflo has reduced tho mor tality from tho disease to only four per cent of the cases whero formerly tho mortality was 75 per cent. And even this four per cent could be saved by the timely use of dlptherla nntl-toxin. Somo persons, prejudiced against anti-toxin, object to Its use Science has demonstrated, however, thnt tho disease and not tho remedy Is the cause of the Ills that follow. In the hands ot a competent physi cian it Is safe. It you fall III of this dread disease let him use niiti-loxln to help you cheat death. But best of all cheat him by observing the necessary euro and precaution to keep dlptherla away. JAPS AND THE OCHOCO Central Oregon will look with con siderable misgiving on tho plan of certain Ochoco project lnnd owners to colonize their holdings with Ja panese farm laborers. While It Is true that, so far ns reported, thero Is no Intention of selling outright to the Japanese, the fivo year lease plan will have practically tho samo effect as a .sale. Under It tho Japan ese will become established on thu land, they will farm It In such way that at tho end of tho lease period the owners will bo glad to sell rather than take It back, tho project will become definitely orientalized, nnd it will bo difficult to re-colonize It with white settlors. The course of Japanese laud settle ment in California and in Oregon, at Hood River, has shown all too clear ly that the white and tho yellow races will not mix. Lower standards of living and alien customs keep tho two apart nnd alowly tho inferior yol low man drives out his neighbor. Thero can ho no doubt that tho samo thing will hnppen hero If the Japan ese arc once allowed to gain a foot hold. Tho reason back of tho proposal Is the unfortunate financial plight In which the'' big Ochoco land owners find themselves. Their lnnd Is not settled, much of It Is not even cleared of tho original eago brush, and yet they have heavy taxes, malntcnnnco and water charges to pay. Without other resources to carry them through they havo cast about to mako the land Itself pay and In their des peration have turned to tho Japanese Their friends regret their financial difficulty hut they properly object to having It turned Into a community liability, Thoso men plunged on Ochoco land. Now they want to put tho burdon of their losses on tho community by bringing In Japanese. It should not he done. Sovoral million of our country's youths recently plunged thulr all In a fight for American Ideals and prln clpiln. They worn ready to Ioho llfo Hsolf In tho cause. Whnt would havo been thought of them If, to suvo tholr lives, thoy lutd gone over to tho othor riido? Hove, In principle, aro thu cases dlfforonl? Portland papers aro chirping over tho romlnK ot the first robin. It imroly Is an awful cllmato If the robins hnvo to go away for" tho sea son. Now over hero Id Contral Oro- gpii tlp. robing .stay .all, thp.yoar rouna. HIGHWAY MATTBUB Since tho stnto highways In Don c hut os county nro main arteries ser ving prlnmrlly the chief transporta tion needs, ot tho people In travel to and from tho farming sections and tho towns, on. tho railroad our first Interest In In Hoolug them completed and open tor use, Progress toward this end Ih now very rapid; by next summer completed gravel roads will run from tho summit of tho Cascades at the I.nuu county line to Bond and to Cllno Falls by way of Sisters, from Redmond to tho Crook county lino, from ut-nr tho Jefferson county lino through Redmond and Bend to tho Allen ranch, and from Bund east to Iturso ltldgo. The only gaps In tho system will bo tionr the Jofforson lino where tho final location of a bridge over tho Crooked river will deter mine thu coursu of about two miles of road, between Cllno Falls and Redmond whero thero Is now a cin dered road on n fair location, from Horse Rtdgu east to I.ako county whom road conditions are naturally good, and from tho Allen ranch to the Klamath linn. This last section Is now grnded In part ami funds will ho available to finish thu grading. Next to our Interest In our coun ty highways wo are interested In tho development of connecting roads In othor counties thnt mako through travel easier for tho tourist and for ourselvos when wo want to go out Into tho world. Here again wo find progress and plans that mean that within n year there will bo good roads through to the north, south and west over which tho greater part of thu tourist travel passes. Thu high way commission and adjoining coun ties have Indicated their Intention ot completing The I).iltos-Cullfurnln highway next summer: l.auo rouiity cooperating with tho Forest service and tho commission will finish the McKenzie In the coming season. With those roads In shape a great advance will hnvo been made. Nevertheless much will remain to bo dono. Hard surfacing of all these main roads is, of courso, the ultimate goal. The goal must bo sought hut It ennuot bo expected for several j years, at least. In the meantime thero nro development possibilities that can and should bo followed to tho utmost. West of tho mountains lenders In Eugene nro endeavoring to obtain tho designation of tho Mc Kenzie as n primary federal high way entitling It to federal aid. Thoy are also working with the Forest ser vice to liavu the McKvnzIo mndo an nll-the-ycar road by plowing or roll ing the snow In the high mountains. In Linn county development of tho Snutlaiu pass road leading to Des chutes county Is sought. In I.nko county an easier winter outlet to tho railroad Is desired. All these things directly touch and Interest this sec tion. Whatever can be dono to fur ther tho projects should be done. (From tho columns of Tho Bul letin of January 25, 1907.) A careful canvass of tho records discloses tho fact that thu amount expended In 1905 on roads in tho area proposed to bo Included In Deschutes county was $ 105.20, and that In 190C It was $290.50. Tho county Judgu has stated that tho amount expended In this area for road purposes last year was be tween $0,000 und $8,000. Announcement has been madu 111 Portland that tho Northwrn Pacific has purchased tho Astoria und Col umbia River railroad, It Is now said that It Is a part of a Hill plan to build down thu west coast of Oregon from Astoria, ncross tho Cascado rungo and connect wlth a lino to bo built up tho Deschutes river, tho lino ucross tho Cascade.-! to bo pushed across the state to tho eastern boundary. A number of Bond peoplo havo recently mado proof on timbor claims at Silver I.ako, qullo a largo party returning from thut pluco Thursday morning, Tho C. I), Brown Co., real estnto dealers of Bend, coiitomplaleH estab lishing an office In Lakovlew In tho near future. Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan left for Shniilko lust Saturday. Mrs. Ryan will go to Minneapolis for un ex tended visit, and will alHo vIhII In Now York and Baltlmnro beforo re turning. A week ago Ttioiduy, tho thor momotorH ut Mndrau registered 25 degrees bolow zero, Ralph Hponcor, who Is now editor of tho Contral OrcKonlaii at Hllvor Luke, arrived In Bond Monday night to visit wllh friends. Jim llmltli of Prlnevlllo, puHsod through Bend on Thursday on tho return trip from Silver Lnko whorti ho had boon making final proof on a' timber claim ! Fifteen Years Ago , i M'KENZIK HIGHWAY DESIRAHILITY URGED Would Open I'P Vnil Country At Piesent Left Without Modem Itnnd, Letter 1'olntn Out. Pointing the desirability of keep lug the McKoiizIo highway open lis mi all year route, a letter written by President L. L. Ray of the Eu gene Chamber of Commerce, to Dis trict Forrester George II. Cecil In Portland, Ih reprinted hole as of es pecial Interest to Central Oregonluns In his letter liny sayii: "One of our local citizens, George Melvlu Miller, bus for sometime been Interesting himself In what ho culls tho 'Central Oregon lllghway' and It hits uccurcd to me that his scheme has more or less of merit In It, "Sometime ago I tool; the mutter up with tho hoard of directors ot the Kiigeuu Chamber of Commerce and they authorized the secretary to write letters In reference to the mat ter to the Statu lllghway Commission and to people Interested along the lino of the road, stating that the mat ter might he considered us to whe ther or not It would bo advisable to make this road a primary road under the recent Federal Highway act. Wo weru Informed by Mr. Booth ot the State lllghway Commission thut ho would not favor the designation of this primary road ns a primary road for thu reason that the McKenzie pass was not opn for triivel for a long enough period during the year I recently talked this matter over with somo of our citizens and thoy have suggested that 1 call It to your attention. "You are of course familiar with the work that has been dune and Is being dono along the McKenzie high way and also on thu IJugonti-Hln-ence highway. Tho peoplo lu this com munity are anxious for the comple tion of both of these project and .we roiillze that your department has been exceedingly IIImimI with tho ex peudlluro of funds on the McKenzie lllghway In the past nnd wu are In formed that you will be equally glad to complete the samo and to open up that part of the Kugeue-l'lorencu road which lies within the National Forest reserve. "Wo understand that tho state highway commission Is considering the Roosevelt highway, the Pacific hlghwuy, The Dullcs-Callfornla high way and thu Columbia highway ns primary roads. The Columbia high day being tho only east to west high way and extending along the north ern boundary of tho state. Thu three north to south roads extend parallel to each other and but it short dls tnnco apart. Theso roads also run parallel to existing railroad linen throughout practically their entire courses. Tho proposed Central Ore gon highway would pass from east to west approximately through the center of tho. state and open up n vaat county in Eastern Oregon nut now furnished with modem roads. This roud would not lie purellel to any great distuueo to any existing rculroad Hue. If completed through to connect onto the Lincoln highway It would furnish thu shortest route fiom ocean to ocean via tho Lincoln hlghwuy. It would open up a shorter routo between thu Yellowstone Park and Crater Lnkn Park. It would cut tho Oregon Skyline Trull near tho center. If wuys wcro found for main taining It open It might lead to the establlHliuiclil of winter resorts near tho summit such as described In Kwltzerluud, It ways were found ot keeping It open It would not doubt bo found convenient to routo a largo portion of tho const mall to Eastern Oregon points by stagu over this road from Eugene, You will recall thut In tho early duys thut thu Eastern Oregon mall was carrlod on horse back over tho McKenzie routo, "I am oncloslng herewith a map shov.'lng tho routo of (ho proposed highway. Of courso It Ih true that there would be snow on this road be tween Alder Springs and tome point beyond thu summit and Three Sinters for a large portion of thn your, hut It seems to mo thut It would hu no more difficult to keep this road open than many eastern roads that aro now hoing kept open for winter travel. It Is needless to suggest that even thu Columbia highway Is not always opun for winter travel, "I havo heard It suggested thnt It will eventually probably bo nucessary to pavo a portion of thu McKoiizIo highway from somo point above Lost Cieok ranch to iionio point hoyonil the summit on account of lack of availability of surfacing material nnd of thn damage of macadam road by winter as tho snow goes oft In tho Spring. It thin wero done no doubt tho question of clearance could ho mot easier. This mutter Is a subject about which neither our citizens or county court havo thought of' vury much for the reason thut It oxlnnda In scopo boynnd our tmuiodlitto Inlir ests but It scums to mo that It lc of. Intercut not only to ourso(vs uut to Eastom Oregon, Idaho, Wostorn Montana, Wyoming, mid Utah nnd "to the uonerul traveling public, to tho forest service Mid to tho national parks, "I n m therefore culling thn mutter to your attention In order that you may give It such consideration in you may think It warrants." ar SIGN UP TO GO TO POWELL BUTTE Large Delegation From lleml To Attend Dinner (Hull it)' Co opei'iil It ,oclat Inn, Assurance thut :ifi Bund business men will on Thursday night attend the dinner at thu Powell llutto com munity hall, given by thu Powell llutto Cooperative association, was given Tuesday by tlecretary L. A title of the Bend Commercial club, when ho i ipluted a list of that number who purchased tickets to attend tho dinner. Tliono signifying their Intention to go are: M. P. Cnshmnii, K. Perl, 1). (I. MePhersou. II. J. Overturf, August Anderson, Judge T. K. .1. Duffy, J. A. Eiistes, J. Charles .Smith, Frank liinbult, ft. II, Htock inou, J. O. Gibson, Claude Metz, W. L. O'Diiniiell, W. II. Ilnd.on, Clar ence Mnnlihelmer, A. Whlsnttul, A. J. GokkiiIis, It. M. Smith, J. II. liny biirn, George Chllds, R. 8, McClure, Claude Smith, A. G. Clark, II. II. Do Arniond, II J. Power, Jim Smith, K. II. Well, It W. Sawyer, C. 8. Hudson. L. M Fuss, I) II. People. E. P. Maharfey, nltd II M. Stephens DIVORCED PARENTS TO SHARE CUSTODY Hl Year Old Ktmile) lli.b-on Will Spend Half Year Willi I'ullier, Then With Mother, Killing. Six yimr old Stanley IIoIjuoii. of Madras, Is to be iilinrnntely under the rnrn of his father nnd mother, divorced n year ago. according to a decree hnuded down Ttiendny by (Mr cult Judgu T. E. J. Duffy. The father. Nell O. Ilobiion, will hnvo tho boy for the six month, then the mother will take the child for n like period, and so It will continue until Stanley becomes of ngo. The father was granted n decree of divorce on grounds of desertion. Custody of tho child was awarded In Mrs, il. K. Gray, of Madras. After caring for the hoy for a year, Mrs. Gray recently asked to bo relieved of thn responsibility on account of III health. Mother and father Immediately mnde application for thn child, and tho court, tumble to rnto one claim higher than thn other, has granted both. While the hoy Is In the earn of either parent, thu other Is freo to visit him and to aid In providing for hint. REND MEN ASKED TO RAIL MEETING v An Invitation ban reached tho Bend Commercial club asking that representatives ot the organization hu sent to n national conference of business men to be held at Wash ington, I). C, February 8 nnd 9 for the purpose of considering tho rail road situation nipt what should bo dono about It from a business stand point. It Is Improbable that any from this city will find It possible to attend, says Secretary L. Antics. PHOTOS ARE SENT TO O. A. C. ANNUAL I'hotngraphii showing Bend tim ber nnd mill scenes wore sent Tues day from tho Bend Commercial club offices to thu Oregon Agricultural college, Thoy will ho reproduced In the Beaver, thu annual student publication. Special This Week Only! Thin Blown Water Glasses, six for 50c Fancy Decorated Imported Salad or Butter Plates, each 1 5c Fair Store