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i ,T " WEEKLY EDITION bend VOL. XX IIICND, DEHCHUTKH CODNTV, OUKUON, TIM ItSDAV, ACOCHT , lltl".! .NO. 23 4- The bulletin LEGS MANGLED, BEND MAN DIES . FROM INJURIES w Caught by Cable Dragged by Two-Ton Weight. AlRECTS FIRST AID Dr. Heihut Li-inert l,lw Only I'nw HoiintVlMrr AtTldent on Helli Htoukey Hunch W In t rotor of Sfw liuni. Dr. Herbert l.nnmrt of Bond died nt '30 o'clock Tuesday nlnlit of shock und luternul Injuries Nimlnliird when h 1m leg were nearly severed below Hit' Idled liy u ruble which wim being un In lowering plpo Into n well on the He th Htookey ranch SO mlleii east ol llimd, The robin wim Jerked Into tlio well hy falling pipe, utlil tangled about I.emert'ii legs, it feet Ion of Inoim pipe RirlkliiR III m uliotil tlm huik time, hrcuklug bis rlr.lit nhotil iler and musing the Internal Injuries. Tim chtunt occurred about 3:30 V Ntortfe' w,m v"" pr"ont, K"VO - nrffv ij,nu priiromoa toss or moon ' A.OItwoir('nt for a llend physician, and l)r, J (' Vandovcrt linmeilliitely responded and worked with I.einert for Home time Then n truck wiik rent for to truiHpnrl Ihn InJureiT man to llend, J i), Donovan went out with a truck, and I.emort wim plncitd In It to ho brought to a hospital hern. He was transferred lo the physician's ear when I ho truck developed englnu trouble, and died nfler bolus brought six miles toward lend. 1 Hit wife and daughter, who had been sent for, went In thti car at I tin time of bin death. Culilr OilN Ktimrxli Seven hundred and twuity-llvu feel of pipe, weighing mora than two tons, were HiiHpeinled from the mouth of tli well with ICS feet of loose cabin .rrciiil oer the ground, uttached to It, when Klookey, operating (bo en Kltm holHt, started to rolHii tho heavy weight of lulling, to allow for Its be Ing lowered further. Tim collar at tached lo tlin upper ontl of the pipit pulled Iooko, and tlin pipe felt, jerk lug tlio cubic with It. Dr. I.einert f n il to avoid tlm coll of ruble, which w iiM'd uhout bin logs, dragging him ver thu liolo, smunhliig' the hones of the logs to lilt" and stripping "If the nVnli. Ho Kreut wan tlio pull of tlm 4jipeiided plpu that In nil Instant tho ruble had torn through flesh and hone, following tho pipe Into tho well. Although fatally Injured, Dr. I.e inert wan utile lo Klre Htookey do tailed directions us to tho treatment of the mtiUKlod parti, and especially ( Insisted that his right shoulder be tightly bundaKed, fearing Internal bleeding from tut artery which he be loved had bunt. Only the. efficient tint aid Riven by tho rancher .kept Dr. Lomort nllvo until a physician could arrlvn from Band, Dmlh Forworn , Almost from the moment of his In ry Dr. I.omert realized that ha hnd no chance for life, but wax cool and In full possession of hi mental facul ties until within a halt hour of hlx mum, wneti no gruauuuy lost consct ouinosfl, Tho only regret ha ex pressed, Stookoy sold, watt Unit ho left no Insurance or properly for tho members of his family, ' Ltimnrt wiin liiHtiilllne n nritnnt purnV,' u device for which ha had tho inclusive OrcKon snlo. Ho came to llend Hovnral months uro In tho In terest of thin pump, and wub having It manufactured In Ninull quantltloN nt the llend Iron WurltH. Ilu hud sold n number, but IIiIh wiih the first to bo ItiHtallod. FOREST OFFICIAL INSPECTING RANGE E. M, KuvaniiRh, usslutunt district , forester In charge of grazing, arrived In llend Wednesday from Portland und In today Inspecting runRu In tho Sisters vicinity, accompanied by Orazlne Examiner K. K. Horton, iIX IIO AD OIIKWH AT WO)M i'ltlNHVIU.B, July 28. Six crews conslHtlnR of iO men 'nro'ornployo'd'ln tho Ochoco natlpnnl forest thU oum Jrrr on road work, Work on' tho Me-Konzlo-Ochoco and Crooked river hlehwuys la bolng pushod to completion DIRECTORS TO MEET TO MAKE DECISION IteliullilliiK of Know t'teek I'l-njeit to III) lleli-iiiiliieil nl Meeting Hi t Mr I'rlihi). A decision on tlm reroiiNtruvtliin of the Hnow t'reek IrrlKutlon project will bo mnilo at a mentliiR In llend Krlduy, It wim decided by tlm direc tors In a mrelliiK Monday nlnht In the olllcii of 11. II, Du Armotid, attor ney for III ii district. T. (I, WurlliK and hit rrew of enRl neeih of tho North Canul Co,, who linvn been makltiR a survey of Die pro posed lepalr, left Tuesduy for Know rrnnk lo lake filial measurements to determine the IciikIIi of tlm riuiul which will be needed. Directors who met last nlKlit weru HoIIIm HwIurIc, h'loyd Hrott nnd I'uul HcorrIii. BURDICK SEES CHANCES GOOD TO HEAD HOUSE With Thomas II. Kay as a pasilva ally, and Herbert Gordon withdrawn' from the race und pledRvd to support Denton 0. Durdlck of llcdmond for tlm speakership of tho state house of representatives, prospects are brlRht for Durdlck's success when tho house Is orKaulzed next sprlni:. "I have my share of tlin votes," llurdlck suld Haturdny mornltiK while In llend from Hedmond after returnltiR from tho vnlley "Thlncs look flno." He added that be expected "mud slInRlnR" id feature tho campulRti nRulnst him. "It will sturt In two or three wueks," ho said, "and will be lonit drawn out and hard fouRht." Morn "dirt." will. Muter Into the ilcht for house honors than has been used for many years, he predicted. Portland Dlvidnl llurdlck will have as his chief op ponent K. K. Kubll, whoso Initials, as well us his supporters, ure Identi cal with those of tho ICu Klux Klan, Portland politicians have picked cith er llurdlck or Kay as the winner, linnlni: their predictions chlelly on tho Ruins mnde by Hurdle): during tho past week. State ItepreFculutlvo II. J. Over turf, who like llurdlck Is a candidate for reelection, declared thut Dur dlck's chances for beliiR speaker are excellent. "The Portland delegation Ik divided, Kay Is stroiiR In tho val ley, and the Eastern OreRon delega tion, which Is stlckltiR toRether and uupportliiR llurdlck will, I believe, iiumu tho speaker," Overturf said. SULPHUR GIVES GREATER YIELD Benefit of Treatment of Alfalfa Fields Shown In Experiment. HtrlklnR proof of the valuu of crudo sulphur applied to alfalfa fields may be seen on the Adolpli Olson ranch at Tumalo. Tho part of the Held treated with sulphur now has alfirjfu 21 Inches high, ton days after tho tlrst cutting was mudo; while on tho part not treated with sulphur but other wise gpen Idontlcnl care nnd cut at the snmu time, tho new crop In only 10 Inchus high, according to County ARrlculturlst D. I.. Jamison. Other tlelila in tho county on which the same test was niado show thu same resulta, suvh Jamison, provliiR boynnd u doubt that crudo sulphur application will result In ti grontly Incroiisod ytold, M'KENZIE AWARDED PRIZE FOR WINDOW Harvey W. McIConzIo of Mann- holmor'H store him been awarded n national prlzo for tlm window display nrratiRod by him In tho Mauuheimor It wuh learned hero Tuesday, Tho subject of tho display was foot hygl ono. OCHOX (JHAZIXU GOOD ''PniNEVII,I.K, July 28, QrazluB I as the timber lands of the Ochoco na tional foreBt. In good, while, tho pub- turago on open areao In practically Konti, Buys Supervisor V, V, Hnrp- liara. RACE TO HNISH DAIS RIVER BEFORE WINTER United Contracting Co. Is Starting Work. RUSH CRESCENT CAMP Mi Cm ii ley To Iteiiinlii In CliiirK At Crane Pnilrle (,'iirloail of Kqillimient Ik Dili' In llend 'Mil Week i:ill Hen-. Construction of tlm Crane Prulrie reservoir Is being taken over by tho Culled Contracting Co.. which will have churKu of the crews on the force account basis. It Is announced by Will Kills, superintendent, who ar rived In llend Monday morning to begin tho work which his company has contracted on tho Tumulo project und for thu North Catiul Co. Claude Mct'uuloy of Deschutes will continue lo have charge of the crew nt Crane Prulrie . f. PralrMnrjd th$ IliimBHJsVweo at KroritfTakfl' tedf todlPPrriris Wurf the Nor(h Canal Co. Is being started at once and will bo pushed to com pletion In anticipation of early snow In that part of Central Oregon, while work at llend und on the Tumalo project Itself mny be done In the lute fall, and Is not considered so urgent. However, It will be started uh soon as the Crane Prairie and Crescent camps are going. Visits HexTVOlr Hlto Kllls went to Crane Prairie Mon day with John Alexander of tho North Canal Co, engineering staff, to make filial arrangements for taking over tho camp there. "We're hare to stay until tho Job Is completed," Kills stated. WILL CONTINUE ROAD PROGRAM Construction and Improve mcnt in Forests to Go on, Says Hrundage. Improvement of roads In the na tional forests, und construction of now roads, will contlnuo next season, though perhaps on a slightly smaller scule than .tills year, It wan stated by P, II. Ilruudage, forest examiner for the district office nt Portland, who ar rived In llend Tuesday to make a tour of Inspection of tho roads and other work done In tho Deschutes forest. Ho will bo accompanied on this trip by Supervisor II. U. Plumb, Plans for the next yenr'a road pro' gram will be tentatively outlined as a result of this tour. Tho road crows have been at great assistance thin year In keeping down the loss by fire, Ilrundugo stated. Tho presence of these additional mon In the forests has made' early control of fires possible Considering tho weather conditions that have pre vailed, tho fire situation In the north west has been handled as well na could have been expected, llrundngo stated. On his present trip llrundngo will also visit tho work being done on the Willamette highway In tho Cascade forest, JitHt across tho summit. TOT WALKS ON BED OF COALS Two Year Old Boy Badly Burned But Will Recover. (Herein! to The llullrtln.) 11HOOK9-SOANL.ON OAMP NO. 2, July 20, Whllo toddling nbout camp, tho two-yp)r-old son of Mr. and. Mrs, William Norborg was badly tnirnod. about, tho feot when ho stopped Into a hot, bod. of coals which had rQinti)icd unextinguished from tho proYlou? day., Tho child will ro coYe,i xtmmiHiumv nor CONTRACTOR'S HEADQUARTERS WILL BE HERE Warehouse, Offices, Garage to Re Built. TO START DAM SOON Three Cmnps to lie Opened Within it Wevk .North of lleiul, Tvwi I'p Itlver 100 Men Will Im Km plojed nn Construction. Construction of a freight platform neur the old llend Klour Mill ware house, for the use of the Culled Con tracting Co., is well under wuy as the first step toward the big program of Irrlgutlon project construction which the company has before It, A warehouse, ofllces and a garage will ho built on the same property, adju cent to the floiir mill spur. Superin tendent Will Kills hud 10 men at work on the platform und warehouse riimw Blto'fs convenient 3rtth to the Hllfi'aj'undo tlio'sceno. of; local op cratloniiaM,tho concrete Jdini acrnxrf - tho halVjkMhtltes. which wlllllVertiwn- iTler" stffreil at Crescent lake to' the Tumalo project. Is to be built but a fc'w rods below, adjacent to the camp ground. A crew of men Is now at work there removing logs from the river bed, To IiiemiM' ('renin No camp will be built for this work, tho men boarding In llend. Twenty men aro now at work at Crane Prairie, and a crew Is to leave for Crescent lake as soon as the de layed carload of equipment reaches llend. The Crane Prairie crew will also be Increased when this equip ment Is uvailable. Sufficient men are available for the present crews which the company will employ, Kills stuted today. About 400 men will be employed when ull of tho work Is under way. A camp will be established on the flat two miles north of llend: another on Tumulo creek nnd a third at Hock creek canyon. In addition to the two south of llend. The crew at Hock I creek canyon will consist of 100 men, J fur construction of tho ditch and tun- nel. All of the camps should be in j operation some timo next week. CREW GOES TO . INSTALL CAMP Work Started at Crescent Lake on Reservoir for Tumalo Project. A crew of olght men left Wednes day for Crescent lako to Install the camp which tho United Contracting Co. will operate there In construe' tion of the reservoir for tho Des chutes county Municipal Improve' ment district, to storo water for usa on the Tumalo project. .Two, carloads at equipment for tho United Contracting Co. were received in Head yesterday, and othor equip ment wilt be here within a few days, Superintendent Will Kills stated last night. FIELD INSPECTION TO BE MADE SOON Potato' Seeil (Vrtlllration Arreage Light Thts Year lljslnp To lie Here Aug. I). Flold inspection of Deschutes coun ty potatoes registered for seed certifi cation will bo' hold August 9 and 11, it Is announced by I). I., Jamison, county agriculturist. Georgo H. Hy slop of O. A. C. will conduct the Inspection. A fow Holds wore visited tills week during Hyslop's visit. Kor two years pnBt Deschutes county has hud certified the greatest number of bushols of seed potatoes. This year only 200 acres are regis tered, 24 farmors taking ndvnntngo of tho plan. An Increase in tho foe caiiBod tho reduction In,, acreage reg istered. However, If h fields which are ontarod provo freo from disease, thd county mny again bo among tho first In umount certified. TUMALO DISTRICT BONDS CERTIFIED Action Taken IJy Htute Commlwlon At Thursday Meeting In Hul em. HAI.KM, July 28.- The state drain age 'and security commission yester day authorized certification of the Tumalo Irrigation district's CC0,000 uonu issue. Tne district Is now known an the Deschutes County Mu nlclpal Improvement district. Construction work to be done In the district Includes the building of a dam at the Crescent lako reservoir and the construction of a feed canal from the Deschutes river to tho Inter section of the present Tumalo canal Full Irrigation for 15,000 cares will be provided. BEND WRECKERS INITIATE 45 AT BIG PROMENADE . V '. fKMcill ta TH. IiuttMin.1' -. "ii l IS .' I) A LL BS'. J o y ' 2 7.V-AT& i$ 1 lttr34'uV.'ri1e' of La'SdcIety dji( - , , iuiiiucp-jci ,i,ueiam .were aaisin Istcred to in candidates by tho Herid volture wrecking crew here last night in the first grand promenade of the Oregon department. All of the na tlonal officers of the boxcar order were present. At the 40 et 8 banquet last night, M. Connolly of llend, captain of the wrecking crew which conducted the Initiation on the Island near The Dal les, was elected grand conducteur, or master of ceremonies, for the state, All other state officers were reelected. The next state promenade wltl be hold at the same place as the state Legion convention. It was decided j The elaborate banquet was opened at 1 1 o'clock and broke up at 2 o'clock this morning. Make Impressive Kutry Organizing nt Sherar, tho special wrecking crow train made an Impres sive entry into The Dalles at 1 o'clock Wednesday. At that time over 500 ! visitors for the three conventions had registered. There was plenty of ex citement previous to their arrival, but the latest visitors showed at once that they were not to be overlooked, This morning at 8:30 o'clock the fourth annuul Oregon department American Legion convention was called to order by Commander G I.ane Goodell of Portland. The Ladles' auxiliary convention will get under way later In tho day. City Kluborntely Decorated Kvery resident of The Dalles Is be hind the local legionnaires who are putting on the convention. It Is clear ly shown by the decorations on build ings, homes and streets. No prevl ous convention has been held amid such n riot of color. Pat Foley, com mander of The Dalles Post No. 19, and his committee, have been work Ing more than a month In prepare tlon for the four day festivities. Koyal treatment was accorded to tho 40 et S wrecking crow at The DalleH Wednesday, and 1 being" ac corded to the Legionnaires from all parts of the state, was the declara tion of the box ear society "voya- geurs" who returned last we It. being unable to stay for the remainder of tho convention. That Bend men took a promi nent part In the work of the conven tion may be seen from the fact that Charles W. Rrsklue is on the consti tutional amendment committee and Lynn I), Coavert on tho state aid committee, while Frank R. Prlnco acted on tho committee on commit tees, Ersklne was elected a 40 et S dele gate to the New Orleans convention, and Dr. J. H. Hosenburg of the Bend volture wus also elected. Frank R. Prlnco was elected executive com mittee mombcr for district No. 2. CLUB'S DISCUSSION OF ROADS POSTPONED Wednesday's Commercial club luncheon was almost exclusively a gastronomlcal event, tho anticipated roads discussion being postponed, W. F. Turner, uttorney formerly of Bums, who has como here from EI Pnso to make his homo, made a brlof tulk, nnd Rev. J. Edgar Purdy told something of the recent Boy Bcout camp at Elk lake, President J. A, Eastes presided, 1 WAVE, RUSHING DOWN HIGHWAY, BLOCKS GRADE Car Overwhelmed South of Lava Butte. STORM SKIRTS BEND w Cloudburst Reported From South of ,fly nnd Hall In Grange DU ., trlcl lUIn Here Is .(Ml of nn Inch. A,'Ciiudburst which flooded The Dallcrf-Callfornla highway Just south of Lava butie, as well as adjoining landto'h depth of two feet, and over whelmed the car In which James E. Smith, Peter Raber, Pat Riley and twoothers were returning to Dend Monday evening, was reported to day by Raber. The torrent rushed down the bill atabout 6:30 o'clock, white Bend was enjoying a light rfho'w?rvof .0C of an Inch. JJThft fdln. was heavy from Paulina xeck?6n, but, Smith's car kept Just behliid -the Btorm aj It swept along. The clouds bung low., and as the party neared the butte, the water dropped In a solid wall arid a wave nearly COO feet long, extending on both sides of the road as far as they could see, rushed down to meet them, stopping the car Instantly, and doit- ' ing over the machine. In a moment the flood was passed, leaving rocks and tree limbs scattered over the highway, which was badly washed, particularly at the sides, Raber said. The car was not damaged, and after backing out of the debris, was able to continue the trip into llend. Hall Corcrs Ground At. approximately the same time, a heavy hall storm covered a limited areft(in the Grange Hall district with Icy ''pellets. Large sections of The Dalles-California highway betweon the Shon qu'e's't rauch and Lava butte were washed out early Monday evening, it was reported by 11. C. Ellis and his party, who were on their way home from a week end trip to Crater lake. The road was also Uttered with branches, and travel was made addi tionally difficult by a fog such as Is seldom seen outside, of London, they declared. 'Crater lake, however, was not at alt clouded when the party visited It. Tho rim road Is In good condition, although a little snow water still crosses It. The road to the lake Is at lta best, and trips should bo made nowjVns It will be badly rutted later, Ellis stated. Except for the section from the Allen ranch to La Pine, it is better than common. Lightning Sets Fire The hotel at the lake was crowded and 'hero aro many campers, Ellis reported. On the way back, they pted a forest Are a mllo north of Kirk. Lightning was thought re sponsible. Members of tho party were Mr, and Mrs. Ellta, Mrs. Nor man B. Chapman, Mrs. Ethel Buntln, Mrs Mildred Lawlor, Mrs. Margaret BoiOTtb. Miss Juantta Ollmour, Dr. Grant Skinner and T. C. Terrll. CHILD HURT IN AUTO SMASHUP Three Cars and Lamp Post Involved m Crash on Downtown Street. A triple smashup occurred on Wall street Tuesday when an automobile driven by Mrs. R. II. Loop struck a car. driven by Mrs. W. B. McLuuglilla. throwing Mrs. McLaughlin's little dau'ghtor, Mary Margaret McLaugh lin', who was in tho act of alighting, to the pavement. Sho was bruised but not seriously Injured. Tho McLaughlin car was thrown forward, striking tho parked machine belonging lo Dr. E. Ilea Norrls,. which In turn struck a lamp post and broko several globes. The gasoline tank of the, McLaughlin car was broken, and Norrls' car was slightly damaged'. Witnesses differed as to the speed at which Mrs. Loop's car was going.