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WEEKLY EDITION The bend bulletin. 1 . i VOIi. XX IIH.VI), DIWCHL'TIM COl'NTV, OHHGO.V, TIIIIWIMV, IlKrK.MIJUIt Jftt3 NO. Ill MILL COMPANY TO BUILD LONG ROAD TO SOUTH Permission for Crossing Signal for Construction 25 MEN PUT AT WORK vIj)IiiK of Hli'vl on four Mllo Hlrelcli In lie Undertaken Till Winter, llul ICventimll)- l.lim Will II. null for nn Mile Permission from tliu public serylco commission (or installation of n mil road croanliiK noma four mile south of Hand mm Tliu Dnlli)Cullfornla highway will make possible the com trtictlon of ono of Ilia most perma nent of tliu logging railroad of tha Ilrnoks-Bcanlon Lumber Co. Willi a ipoclul crow of 26 man mldcd to the regular track crnw of 10, laying of stent on tliu Drnt stretch of whut will eventually bo n CS ml lu Una slurted Wednesday. Work will coiiilnuo Into tho spring, I' which tl mo It In ex pectod that four tulles or more will hnvo been laid. Tim gruilo for tho flmt port of tho new llnu has boon built for several year In preparation for tha com puny' future nocds, nud tliu work which will ko on for tha remainder of tho year I consequently arranged for. Dccaunn of tha frosuu condition of tha ground, ballasting and tamp ing will not ba posslblo for sovcral month. A continuation of tho road will In years to coma tap tha timber In tho company' moit southerly holding Next fall a change In prevent routing of log will probably result lu timber fromComp 3 bolng brought In over Ilia new Hue, MORE HIGHWAY WORK IS SEEN Engineers Secure Final Data in County as Basis for Bids Slightly tnoro than IB mllea of Krndlng of stnto highway lu Des- chute county will be undor way In tho spring of 1SS3, It was known Tuomluy wbeil 0. W, Wantor, dlvl Ulan onglneor with headquarters' at Tho Dalles, and It. P, Newland, resi dent engineer at Midras, arrived In lknd to socuro final data u tho bad for advertising for bldi on section's of tha McKonslo-Ilend and McKcntlo road. On theso two highway 6.15 mllea are io bo graded, (ha call for bldi to bo Uued at tho January or Febru ary meeting of the state highway commission, and In addition bids on m nlnp miles on Tim lalles-Cotifornla highway between tho Allen ranch and Paulina pralrla are to bo callod, as announced Monday, Work on tho McKenxlo-Ilcnd highway Is to bo from Tumdlo to tho Deschutes river, and on tho McKcntlo highway from Cllno Falls to Ilcdmond. CONCERT BY BAND IS MUCH ENJOYED Tuesday evening's concert by the Sliuvlln-IIIxon band at tho American Legion building was 'horoughly en joyed by such of Dond's population as. w'oro not too busy sending off Christmas parcels to attond, and tha hall was, crowded by a still greater number for tho free dancing which followod, 'most of the day's bundles having been tied and addressed by that time. The concert wna one of the most Interesting and best pro- METHODISTS TO HAVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM An Impromptu program, followed by a social, will bo tho plan' carried nut by tho Sunday school. of tho Meth odist Episcopal church, on Friday eve ning at Kpworth hall Due to tho, Illness of Mrs. W., 0. Headrfck and ..I L . , -... . . . ... .. .. . I uiuurn wiiu nuiu iu mivu u ian ill directing the cantata, It will not be Klvun in full, but nil of tho music jearned will be given, Drags Gun Muzzle, Hunter Loses Fingers When Piece Discharges Dragging his shotgun by the imuilo whllo hunting, Iloh Lit tlofluld, cook nt Hliovlln-IIIxuii Camp Ko. 1, lost tho third mid fourth lingers and part of Ills left hand Friday, whou tho gull was discharged, Ha was brought to tho Lumberman's hospital today. Asldo from tho shock, his condition is not ro garded as serious. CHINOOK WIND AND RAIN END WAVE OF COLD Central Oregon's blanket of snow shrank visibly Monday morning s a warm chlnook wind toro along to ward the Columbia, As tha thaw progressed, dense clouds hung In tha sky and at noon a warm rain fell for half an hour. Tha weather had moderated some what Sunday, following n light snow during the night, a maximum of 37 degrees abovo zero, tho warmest In days, being reached lu tho afternoon. Early In tha ovenlng the minimum of 12 degrees abova was reachod. Thon tho mercury bogan to.rlio, and this morning the warm wind was melting tho snow heforo It, At 8 o'clock the tomperaturo wus 3S degrees above lero. Abovo tha power dam, tho Des chutes was froiciifrom bank to bank Sunday, and floating Ico had gath ered farther up In tho stream and frozen. Now the channel Is clear aRalu. MUCH FREIGHT HAULED SOUTH Nearly Four Million Pounds Pass Between Bend and ' Silver Lake Nearly four million pounds of freight and mall hate bcon hauled over tho road between Silver Lake and Ilond during 1923, figures made public by tho Uond-BUvcr Lako Htagu Co. show, Tho estimated totul Is 3,988,000 pounds, of which 420,000 pounds was mall. These figures do not take Into con sjdoratlon tho amount of cream, which averages sq gallons aauy rrom Silver Lako to Hand. Ton thousand pounds of' freight aro haulod each day on tho avorago, and there Is a mall stage going-each direction dally, Outsldo of tbo poitofflco department, 19 persons aro ungaged in transpor tallon between Dond and silver Lake, An increaso of from 22 to 2G per cont In alt of those figures Is expect ed for 1923, according to Curl A Johnson of tho stage company. CHRISTMAS TREE IS EASTERN STAR PLAN A Christmas troo party will bo hold Monday night by tha Eastern Star lodge, the members of which have invited their husbands to at tond, following tho Initiation and business moating, aids which nra expocted to be of a humorous nature wilt bo exchanged, and games and dancing wilt bo participated' in. PYTHIANS TO COME FROM NEARBY TOWNS . Large delegations from tho Knights of Pythias lodges of Red mond'snd Prlnavllle will bo la Dend this ovenlng for the visit ot grand and supreme officers to the lodge here. Pour candidates for the Rlble class In tho first rank will come from Prlnevlllo, it was learned here today. FUNERAL HELD FOR ' PARALYSIS VICTIM Funeral services wero hold Wednes day morning at 9 o'clock nt St, Fruit- cla church for Oeorge Alack, who died Moudny night ot paralysis. Futher, Oubriol Harrington was lu chargo of soomn requiem muba. Many friend of tho 'fumlly wero present. Inter vaunt wus in the Pilot Dutto ceniqtonv COOPERATION IS NEED, SHOWN AT CLUB LUNCHEON Realization of Common In tercsts Is Urged OUTLOOK 'IS BRIGHT CuniUKK for Aolorlu 1 tellef Finn May lie Mini'-, HlurfliiK Tliiirn ilny, Committee ItrporlH Firemen I tii No f.10 Thu need of cooperation in Ilond In order to competo with all of tho other towns and cites In tho United mates which aro seeking additional population, wus pointed out at Wed nesday's Dend Commercial club forum luncheon by II. M. Turner, who spnko from tho viewpoint of a romparutlvo stranger lu (ho city. Dend s suffering with "growing pains," Turner declared. Her prob turns aro such as aro common to towns which hava grown rapidly, Soma of tho natural beauty of an unusually favorable situation has beon destroyed, but not all; and tho fact tho town Is spread over so large an area that nil of tho rough spots havo not been covered by Iioukcs, Is merely an Indication that men of vision have planned It. Advertising Is tha only thing that will maku Dend a great city, and co operation must go along with tho ad vertltlug, ho stated, pointing to tho famo secured by Oberammergau with Us uniiual prosontatlon of tho pusslon play, and Pendleton, with Its round up, through cooperation; and tho fa miliar examples of California, Col orado and Florida. Inteiit.tH Omnium, Dixliuvd Carl A. Johnson, who presided, do clsred that now, when mill construe tlon Is going on and other largo projods are planned, Is a good tlrao for men who aro In business on largu scale to reallio that their Inter ests aro common, and to cooparato A. G. Clark passed around single tootupicxs and bundles of them to Illustrate tho saying that In unity thoro Is strength. It. S. Hamilton spoko briefly ut tho opening ot tho program. May Mnka dutviuii Plans ot tho Astoria relief commit tee to start a canvass of tho city on Thursday noon it the fund I not suf ficiently Increased by that time, were announced by II. II. Do Armond. Tho flro department raised G0 last night, Chief Tom Carton announced. The committee hopes to reach tho aura decided upon, $1,000, by Friday oro- ning. Portland has oversubscribed the amount set to bo given there, $50,- 000, without solicitation, according to L. Andes, wcrotary of the Com raorclal dub, who points out that Portland's population is about 50 times that of DoHd, mi-klng tho amount asked comparable. Antics reported the eloctlon of directors, CONTROL OF BEETLES BY SPRAY SUGGESTED Jnenli'ko Kxplaln Procedure, In In structions Sent Out to Na tional Forests Control ot the western pine beetle by snrsylnc Is the subject of lnstruc Hons sent out (o tho national forests ot the northwest by A. J. Jacnlcko, forest examiner, whoso work In sur veying beetle Infestation in southern Oregon and northern California was largely responsible for the recent 1160,000 federal appropriation. Ho ndYiies two sprayings a year, the first In tho porlod from May 1 o May 15, and the second during t!o last (wo weekB ot July. The first 60 feet ot tbo trunk ot tho in tested tree should be thoroughly wet by the spray, he says. He suggests a mlxturo ot ono part ot croosote to four parts ot keroBonj. FOUR ARE INITIATED. BY MODERN WOODMEN ,A elats of (our was adopted and liljtlatqd Into the local camp of Mod ern V6odmon of America at the mooting; held Tuesday night. Those Initiated were John Payne, Drlco Sliuli, Charles Itoss and Alfred Bol linger, The .election was postponed until niqutlng, early in Jauuury. Refreshments worn served following tho lttH(nton, STATE TAX FOR m IS LOWEST SEEN IN YEARS $95,907.15 Amount Allotted jfor Deschutes County IS PREFERRED CLAIM I Sum CloM-ly Approximate Fl (Turin (it Am'or'ii Kitlimite Count) Court Fixe l-vy at Meet inx Held Wednesday Dvischutes county will pay tho low est Jtato tax in three yearn In 1923, wiieu iy&,-J07.i& win bo due. this Is according to wired information re ceived lata Tuesday afternoon by As sessor August A. Anderson from tho stats'; tax commission in Salem. This year Deschutes county paid a state tax of 102,11C.75, last year the levy was 199,284.50, and In 1920 It was m.7Q3. Payment of the state tax must be .made in cash, and the amount due thlSjjear was In excess of the levy for county purposes, asldo from Inter est on bonds and tho market roads tax. Slnco tho state tax Is a pre ferred claim, delinquencies In taxes havo acted directly against the abil ity ,of tho county to pay bills for. Its own expenses. KMlmnto CIom) Announcement ot the amount ot the .state tax shows tho Deschutes county assessor to bo an excellent dopester. A little more than a week ago lu estimating tho mlllagcs which might bo expected for the coming year, bo set Hcnd'g combined levy at 98.7. Of this tho city levy was fixed at 177.790, that ot the school district was also decided on for $147,519, but that ot tho county was uncertain as It would Include tho stnto tax. Tho assessor estimated combined stati and county taxes 1232,030, lit tle more than 2,000 In excess ot the amount which actually will be levied. Deschutes county's levy was'set at S229.329.C0 by' the county court in session Wednesday aftornoon. WOMAN IS ACQUITTED , IN TRIAL ON APPEAL Dcfi-nxe HintN at Kpltp Work and Sots Up Alibi to Disrreillt Pros, ccullon Tetlm6ny A verdict of not guilty was re turned by tho circuit court jury In tho case ot the city of Dend vs. Mrs. Ilernleco Hewitt, tried Tuesday on appeal from tho municipal court. The Jury was- out for less than an hour. Mrs. Hewitt was charged with con ducting' a disorderly house. A re volting' story ot debauchery at the Wright hotel on the night of No vember 18 was told by four young men who had come to Dend on that night from an irrigation construction camp. The complaining witness, I. D, Gordon, admitted that he had not entered a complaint until after Mrs. Hewitt and her husband had caused him trouble over checks drawn on tho Redmond National bank, and had sought to prevent his keeping com pany with a girl employed In the din Ing room which tho Hewitts conduct at tho hotel. Other witnesses for the prosecution were T. R. Anderson, C, R. Hagman and E. F. Schroy. Dofonse testimony was to the effoct that Mrs. Hewitt and her husband wero at a theater when most of the events related by the city's witnesses wero alloged to have occurred! W. P. Myers and R. D. Parsons appeared for tho defendant. An evening session ot court was necessary to complete the case. This was the last Jury trial on the docket for the present term, and Jurors were dismissed following tho bringing ot verdict. SLED STRIKES DOG: BOY IS BADLY HURT The first, coasting accident reported this year occurred wheu Ralph Rhoads, 6 year old son of Mr., and Mrs. T. W. Rhoads, was knocked un conscious as a result of his sled strik ing a dog which attempted to cross tho path on the-Awbrey heights coast ing course. The. boy's face was badly bruised. Ono eye wob injured and several stitches had to be taken to closo n wound on his nose. Ho regained consciousness otter being taken to a doctor's oftlce. Ho Is now Improving, Bags Six Geese With Explosion Torn Piece and Only Four Shells flagging six goce with four hells, using a shotgun with the end of tho barrel blown off by a previous explosion, was tho achievement of Ciarcnco Itogers ot filievlln-lllxon Camp 2. After' Hubert Littlefleld, camp cook, lost part of Is hand last week wben the piece exploded while he was dragglng.lt by the muz zle, Itogers sefotit to "find tho gun. Six Inches' of tho barrel had been torn away, but there were still four shells in the ma gazine, and Itogers decided to try his luck. He carried half a dozen big honkers back to camp. OVERHAULING HILL STARTS Half Production at Shevlin Plant to Continue Three Weeks Half of the bands at The' Sherlln Hlxon Company mill stopped last week, and the plant wllf remain an a halt production basis for the next three or four weeks to allow for the annual overhauling ot mill equip ment, states General Manager J. P. Hennessy. The reduction of production dur ing this period will make little .or no difference In employment, as prac tically all the mill men who do not take advantage of tho opportunity for vacation trips to other points In the northwest will be needed for overhauling the plant. Work In other departments will continue as usual, and In the woods, weather permitting, an endeavor will be made to accumulate a reserve supply of logs. CLUB OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED Old Directorate Meets This Noon to Pick Presi dent, Secretary Election of six directors ot the Dend Commercial club effected no change In the directorate, for a count ot ballots compteted shortly after o'clock Tuesday afternoon revealed the fact that each ot the six had been ono of the outgoing directors. J." P, Hennessy, E. P. Mahaffey, H. A. Mil ler, R. S. Hamilton, T. H. Foley and p. S. Hudson won In the election by good leads over other candidates. Holdover members on the board are T. E. J. Duffy, E. L. Payne. D. G. Mc- Pherson, J. A. Eastes, F, Dement and H. E. Allen; The outcome ot the eloctlon Is the more remarkable because ot the manner tn which the club nomina tlons and balloting Is conducted. A list ot the entire membership, with the exception ot the holdover dtrec tors, was sent each member, with in structions to vote for 13. The list ot candidates selected in this way was mailed to each member tor the final election1, with Instructions to vote for six. The- directors, at their regular meeting this noon are electing the club president and secretary tor tho coming year. ELECTION BY LEGION WILL BE TONIGHT Interest among ex-service men In the annual election of officers by Percy A. Stevens Post No. 4. Amer ican Legion, was stimulated by tbo announcement that the election at the gymnasium would be followed by serving of refreshments. BORROW TRUCK FOR CHRISTMAS PARCELS To take care ot the" dollveryiof the Inrge number of Christmas parcels being received here, the postofflco has borrowed a ton truck from the Deschutes national forest service, and has made arrangements vlth Acting Supervisor Harrlnian for a two ton truck In case tha one already secured proves to have Insufficient carrying capacity. WHISKEY, SAYS DISTILLER; AIR, AVERS DOBSON Defendant Claims Only Empty Kegs Delivered , , . - SAYS CONTRACT MADE Cheater Moorr, Axvaltln Sentence, Declare Pubion Hail I'romMcd Him Automobile for 10O Gallons of Moonshine A flat denial of all Incriminating state's evidence agalnsf'hlm, coupled with testimony that he had secured empty kegs from Chester Moore, ad mitted moonshiner, to sell on shares, was the defense Interposed by Ace Dobson, on trial in Justice court Mon day on a charge ot illegally receiv ing liquor from Moore. Tho Jury was unable to agree on a verdict. As chief witness for tho state, Moore testified that on the night ot November 24, Dobson called at his ranch home south of Pilot Dutto, and received four kegs, each containing five gallons ot 95 proof whiskey which Moore had manufactured. Dobson had contracted with him, he said,, for 100 gallons of 110 proof moonshine, a Hudson Super-Six car to be the payment. In addition to moonshlning, the witness said, ho was in tho dairy business. Hnys 40 Gallon Delivered In all. said Moore, Dobson had se cured 40 gallons ot liquor from him. No payment tor 'any of tho products of his stills had ever been made. Under cross examination, Moore stated that he bad pleaded guilty to tho charge of possessing liquor, but had not yet been sentenced. Ho had told police officers ot his dealings with Dobson because they already seemed.4o4cnow.aIl. about. It, bo-said. He admitted that Police Chief Hous ton had promised to help him out on his sentence If he pleaded guilty and testified against Qobson. Moore was arrested Thursday night wben officers raided his ranch. One of the kegs of liquor found on his place was introduced in evidence. Saw Keg Delivered Houston testified regarding the cir cumstances ot Moore's arrest, and Dewey Moore, brother of the chief witness, said that he had seen Dobson come to the ranch on tho night ot November 24, and that he had seen him load four kegs Into his car. Whether they were full or not he did not know. He did know that his brother had been operating a distil ling plant for some time. William Sullivan, ot the "Two Jims," cigar store and pool room, tes tified that on November 29 Dobson had brought tour empty kegs to his place, stating that he was selling them for Moore. NEW PRESS FOR 1 BULLETIN HERE Experts From San Fran cisco to Install Goss Com et in Near Future The Goss Comet press to be in stalled In tbo building; now nearing construction for the use ot The Out letln, arrived In Dend Monday morn lug from Chicago, Immediately on lt3 receipt an expert erector in Sau Francisco was wired and will be In Dend within a tew days to put tn the new-equipment. It is expected that installation can be completed by the end ot the year, or possibly a tew days after. The new press will greatly cut down the printing, delivering each paper ready for the street, and main taining a speed ot 3,000 an hour. It will also permit an Increase In site from six to seven columns. TIMEKEEPER'S HAND : MANGLED BY ENGINE The middle finger ot Roy Har grove's right hand was torn off and the hand otherwise mangled when It was caught 4n tho governor ot a gaa engine which ba was running to op- orate a drag saw at, the United Con tracting. Co. tunnel camp Monday. He is now In St. Charles hospital. Ho was timekeeper at the camp,