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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1917)
THE BEND BULLETIN TUIO WEATHER Fair timlKlit; TliurNiliiy, prob ulily hikiw: warmer Willi soulh naMturly wIikIn. BULLETIN C 1 PHONE NO. 201 VOL. 1 1KXI, PEHCIMTKH COl'.NTV, OREGON, WEDNESDAY -AFTERNOON, JANUARY 81. IIM7 NO. 4ffl ED BEYOND RECALL DESCHUTES COUMTY GREAT Senate Passes House Bill 135, and County Now Stands Unassailable; Action Speedily Follows Report of the judiciary Committee; Bill Barely More Than Week Old; Governor Withycombe Ready to Endorse "CREATING" COUNTY Executive Again Congratulates Residents of New County LABORS OF THE ANTI-DIVISIONIST LOBBY SINCE TUESDAY, UNCEASING OPPOSITION OUT- SIDE OF OLD CROOK, ALMOST NIL. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31, 2:15 P. M. (Special.) At 2:15 thta afternoon, the HouKe of Representatives concurred in the Senate amendment to the Deschutes county bill. The amendment remodels the wording of the emergency clause only, leaving the clause fully effective. The bill will probably reach Governor Withycombe for signature tomorrow. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) DeBchutes county is created beyond possibility of recall, legal tangle or tech nical delay. The long fight against it has ended in utter Iefcat, and the county stands a legal and unassailable entity, doubly secure in its creation by the voters last No vember and by the action of the legislature. House Hill 135 passed the Senate this afternoon with a vote of 27 for and none against, three being absent. It was favorably reported out of the judiciary committee, and was speedily disposed of by the Senators. ; , There was no question to the measure injhjp , j3cjai&, -with the exception that 'tf Slight SmclTd merit was made In regard to the emergency clause, which amendment will be adopted by the House this afternoon.' Senator Baldwin supported the bill on the floor, and previously in the hearing before the judiciary committee. The absent Senators were Olson, Huston and Bingham. . Representative Forbes has sent the following message to W. F. King and Roscoe Howard, leaders of the anti division lobby: "County bill has passed Senate without a dissenting tote." Representative Vernon A. Forbes Introduced the bill In tho House the second day of tho session, and last Tuesday It passed the House with 46 favorable votes and only 11 votes opposed, lta chief sponsor fn the Senate has bnnn George T. Bald win, of Klamath Falls, senator from the Deachutos county district. It will probably take a day for the engrossing oammltteo to prepare the bill for final action by the Gov ernor, but Governor Withycombe atatos that ho will sign It tho mlnuto It roaches his desk. Illll Is Storm Center. "I'm getting accustomed to 'cro fting' Deschutes county," said the hlcf executive. "Whon I signed tho proclamation doing it last month, I congratulated Its citizens upon the surrces ot tholr efforts, and now In signing tli Is bill, which both recre ates It and removed any possibility Central Oregon Told of By Roscoe Howardl Saturday's tssua of the "Oregon Votor" contains an extensive artl :lo by Roscoo Howard, ot Deschutes, dealing primarily with lrrglation af fairs In Contral Oregon, The main features of tho article, are as fol lows: Tho Irrigation projects In what was old Crook county before tho di vision of Jefferson and Deschutes, eovor a territory about 48 miles east and west by 60 north and south. All tho projects llBtod hore have available, water supplies, and have all boon pronounced fenalhlo by cora potont authority. Some aro bottor than others and of course- those, which will return most In crops at presont compared with c.OBt ot building the system should bo given first atten tion. Tliny aro well sorvnd by railroads, tho average huul to tho Oregon Trunk and Doschutea railways being probably not ovor 16 mllos. Irrigation projects In Central Ore gon dovolopod and In process of de velopment reported upon, showing nrus in crop: BECOMES A HABIT for further logal quibble, I congrat ulate Deschutos county and Its cit izenship again." Since emorglng from the House with Its big favorable voto. House BUI 135 has been tho storm conter of much activity. A hard working delegation from Prlnevllle, rein forced by Roscoe Howard, of Des chutes, and a couple' of Redmond citizens, have labored uncoaslngly to put It to sleep. Antl-IlvlNlonlU Busy. Thursday night those antl-dlvlslon lobbyists, led by W. F. King, ap peared before tho Sonate Judiciary committee and argued long and vc homontly against tho bill. Their success was about the same as the success of Mr. King's previous efforts In tho House namely, they had next to no success at all. Dut (Continued on Inst page.) Resources DcuchutM Itcc. a Irr. Co. Co (Caror Act) SIT Arnold Irr. Co 2,000 Squaw Crook 8.0US 8now Crmk 600 Crooked Kiver Various publla and prlvaU ayatma..26,70O Paulina Cmk 6K0 Tumalo Trojuet (Carry Act) (,000 iwnirm ureiron irr. uo. mot Butt a Central Oregon Canali 20,100 Total .'. 83,701 Katlmateri. "Data klndlr furnlahed by Mr. H. O. Ken nard. Water Muter. DbL. No. 11. Using figures from like lands upon which statistics are gathered, tho yearly production from thoso 63,791 acres may bo calculated at 23,06 por aero or 11,471,020, and It may be safely estfmatod that thoy aro supporting 8,000 pooplo. Crop roports for It 16 are not avail able from any ot these projects ox copt those ot tho Tumalo and Cen tral Oregon Irrigation company, which are here tabulated. A sub stantial progress ovor 1011 is bIiowii In nearly all lines: People en Landa. Tumalo Project, lull -,' WS 1010 ma Inoreaiifl 28 (Continued on Inat page.) IIIHTOKY OF CONTEST GOES HACK TO 1014 Tho final decision, lacking only tho formality of tho gor- - enior's signature to enfl def- Inltnly all doubts cant upon Deschutos county's right to con- - tlnuo In business as a munlc- Inul corporation, la tho climax of a contest lasting over four ynars. First proposed In 1914. Dcs- chutos county failed to bo sc;p- aratnd from Crook by a bare margin of two and one-hulf per emit less than the 66 per cent needed to carry. Division was aguln proposed last summer, but excepting In the precincts whore division was strongly fa- vored, littlo campaigning was done preceedlng the November election. Hut In these pre- ducts, tho work was done so well that au easy majority for division was the result. Shortly after the proclama- tlon of the now county by Gov- ernor Withycombe, camo the - service of papers In the quo warranto proceedings, In which tho antl-dlvlslon olement brought suit against tho coun- typ through the name of Ous E. Btadlg, of Lower Bridge. The suit Is still .pending, but becomes of no force by virtue of the passage of the bill "cre- aitng Deschutes county.".. WIS CAUSE OF DEBT CROOK AND LAKE COUNTIES ISSUE MANY WARRANTS FOR KARA BENEFIT FROM LAW IS IN DOl'BT. Although the Crook county court, at Its Docember budgot meeting, es timated that $60,000 would be neces sary to pay the bounty on Jack rabbits and sago rats, votod by the people In November, only $5000 tor the purpose was Included In the tax lovy. One reason for this, it Is un derstood, was the size of the levy that would have been nocessary in case the full amount had been pro vided for, and anothor was the ques tion as to the constitutionality of the law, which was expected to be raised. As yet, Crook county has not paid out any mojioy for bounties, the taxea for the purpose not coming in until April. Warrants on the bounty fund have been issued, however. In the amount ot several hundred dol lars. Lake county also passed a bounty law In November and it now under stood to be Issuing warrants In pay ment tor the ears which have been turned in. The first county to pass a rabbit bounty law In Oregon was Harney, whore an. initiative measure- was adopted two years ago. Opinion Is dlvldod iu the county as to the ultl ninto benefits to be derived from tho law, but there Is no question as to tho amount It is coating in bounttos. Nearly ft year ago the county had pnld out $50,000 for the purpose. Tho payments since then have not boon announced recently. REVIVE SEA WARFARE Americans Warned Out of Forbidden ' Zones by Now German Note. (By United Preaa to The Dally Bulletin)' BERLIN, via Sayvtlle, Jan. 31. A new German note was handed to United States Ambassador Gerard hero today. It repltos to ProBident Wilson's Senate speech, and an nounces tho withdrawal of sea fight ing restrictions. It asks that Amer icans be warned from embarking on ships eutorlng the torblddon zones. rue note said that unrestricted sea warfare would be effective to morrow. The wators around all the Allied countries are doclarod to be In the barred zone. NOTE LEAK PROBE UNEARTHS A CLUE IN U. S. CAPITAL MeHHuge Wired Shortly After LanMiig Gave Out Confidential Advance, Is Tentlmony Today., ); Uly UnlUrf Prw to Tlx Dmlly Bulletin) NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Members of the House rules committee, con ducting the Investigation In regard to the leak Information concerning the Wilson peace note, asked George Kills, of the Mutton brokerage firm, on his return from Georgia, to ex plain the Mutton leak message. The Investigators ascertained that at 11 o'clock on the morning of De cember 20, Secretary Lansing con fidentially told the reporters at Washington that the note was forth coming, that at 12:48 o'clock on the same day, Mutton's Chicago corres pondent wired that the note was forthcoming, that at 1:14 o'clock Mutton told his clients that the note was forthcoming, and that at 2 o'clock the ticker carried rumors of the note. Telegraph operator P. A. Connolly wired a tip on the note from Wash ington, shortly after Secretary Lan sing met the reporters, it was testi fied. The commitree will summon Connolly, and will ask blm who gave him the message. 16 HEIA)W, COLDEST OF WINTER, IH'T NO ILL -RESULTS, FROM ' HCDDRN DROP, EOLXW-e-T,HE The coldest weather of the winter, and within three degrees ot the min imum recorded all last year, was reached last night when the mer cury In the official government ther mometer here dropped to 16 degrees below, sero. The minimum was reached on January 18, a little more than a year ago. - Although the cold o'f laat night was just four notches lower than the previous low mark ot the season, practically no trouble to water or power users has resulted. A slight inconvenience was - experienced at 7:16 this morning when the water was shut off for 20 minutes while ice was removed from the Intake at the headgates ot the Bend Water, Light & Power Co., but there has been no hindrance at the power plant, and no complaint of frozen mains or service pipes, by house holders, such as characterized the laat cold spell. "The snow blanket on the ground Is an absolute boon to us." was the declaration of F. T. Parker, of the power company, this morning. "With its aid, there should be no trouble whatever. As long as we have bright, clear afternoons, there will be no danger of anchor Ice forming to hinder operations at the power plant. The situation at present, is vory well In hand." . As far as could be learned, La Pine held the record for low tempera tures In this section, with 23 do grees below. The thermometer at Sisters registered only. 1 1 below. COMMERCIAL CLVB GIVES VOTE OF THANKS TO VERNON A, FORBES CITY EXPRESS DE LIVERY IS ASSURED. Three rousing cheers from Jthe members ot the Bend Commercial Club, gathered at tholr weekly luncheon at the Pilot Butte hotel this noon, greeted the announcement by President Floyd Dement thnt the Deschutos county bill had passed the Sonate today. AlmoBt Immediately following, a motion that a vote of thanks be temlored Representative Vernon A. Forbes tor his work In socurlng the passage of tbe measure, was carried unanimously. , ECU s III COUNTY SUCCESS LOUDLY CHEERED (Continued on Inst page.) PLOT UNEARTHED AGAINST PREMIER FOUR WILL BE TRIED SATURDAY . Paclfbit and Three Suffragettes Al leged Also to Have Sought Life of Cabinet Member AU Britain Aro used. LONDON, Jan. 31. Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, her daughter, Harriet, Mrs. Winifred Mason, and Albert Mason, are under arrest here charg ed with conspiring against the per son of Lloyd George, premier of Great Britain. At their arrange ment, the magistrate remanded all for trial Saturday. It is reported that the prosecutor has 300 witness es against tbe four. It was later announced that charges are also pending that tbe prisoners conspired to murder Ar thur Henderson, Laborite cabinet member. Mason, it is known, is an expert chemist, and a conscientious objec tor to war. The women are all suf fragettes. The conspiracy was reported to Scotland Yard Saturday and Chief Inspector Parker directed the inves tigation. Mrs. Mason was arrested at Southhampton,' and the others were caught at Derby. ! Prosecutor A. H ' Bonkin declared that tbe plot was hatched between December J6 and January 30."- .Tae utmost Indignation Is -.. prevailing throughout Great Britain. BENDITES GO TO TERREBONE DRIVE J. B. Miner la Enlisting, Names of En thusiasts Who Enjoy This Sport To Be Held Sunday. More than 100 Bend people will participate in the big drive nest Sunday, when several thousand Jack rabbits will be subdued by the in vading hordes from outside points. J. B. Miner, of Bend, is making an effort to enlist a large party to go down to Terrebonne next Sunday morning. . The drive ia expected to be the biggest that has ever been held in Centra! Oregon, people being invited from all sections of that part ot the county. The Bend invaders will leave on the morning train Sunday. Persons desirous ot going on the trip are urged to give their names to Mr. Miner, so he may advise the Ter rebonne committee in charge ot the drive. 260 PERISH WHEN THE LAURENTIC SANK LONDON, Jan. 31. It was report ed from Belfast today that 260 men perished when the auxilllary cruiser, Laurentic, struck a mine last week. Contestants Working Hard for Double Vote Offering Miss Francis Steidl, Bend .L ....... ...470,000 Mrs. J. A. Eastes, Bend 465,000 Miss Mabel Bixby, Prineville 464,000 Miss Cora Bates, Bend 439,000 Mrs. Mable E. Lara, Bend 326,000 Miss Lucile Parsons, Redmond 445,000 Miss Ruth Bayley, Tumalo 427,000 Miss Edith Masten, La Pine 149,000 Miss Cosina Mueller, Bend 88,000 The double vote offer Is rapidly drawing to a close and the different contestants who are taking advant age of the extra votes are having re markable success in their different territories. The campaign managers ot the' different candidates are using all their efforts In ordor to promote the success of their nominees and while their methods differ they areJ getting the results. The surprise, .of the campaign is the remarkable showing ot the out-of-town contest ants. Especially at Redmond and 110 BOUNTIES RABBITS Pi OPINION IS RENDERED BY GEO. A. BROWN. LAWONLYFOR CROOK Decision Sought by H. H. DeArmond at Request of County Court Saving of 923,000 Will Be Effected an a Result. SALEM. Or. Jan. 31. (Special.) Deschutes county is not required to pay a bounty upon Jackrabblts. An opinion to this effect. has just been rendered by Attorney General Beorge A. Brown to H. H. DeAr mond, of Bend, district attorney for Deschutes county. It is estimated that this settle ment of the bounty problem which, has been vexing the Deschutes coun ty court will save the new county not less than $25,000 during the coming year, the figures being based upon the bounty cost which is piling; up in Crook county and upon the experience- ot. Harney tonntT. ' . At the last election the1 voters ot Crook county, by a large margin, ap proved the bounty law. Tbe kernel ot the attorney general's opinion la that this law applies only to Crook county, as such, and that as the ter ritory - now embraced In Deachutea county ia now not in Crook, lta tax i payer are in no wise governed by any special legislation specifically, designed for Crook county. Inquiries Many. Since the formation of the new county Its court has been besieged with inquiries concerning the rabbit bounty law. It refused to pay any bounties under the Crook county leg islation until the question had been decided. At the court's request Mr. DeArmond sought the opinion from the attorney general. - It substanti ates the opinion already advanced by the local district attorney. "I believe that this means a sav ing to Deschutes county ot at least 125,000," said . Mr. DeArmond this morning. Attorney General Decides. Following is the complete text of the attorney general's opinion: "Jan. 22, 1917. Mr. H. H. De Armond, District Attorney, Des chutes County, Bend, Oregon. - "Dear sir: I have your favor of the 18th instant, asking-my opinion whether Deschutes county is author ized and required to pay the bounty on Jackrabblts and sage rats, pro vided to be paid by Crook county in the special act submitted to the (Continued on Page. 3.) Prineville, the interest in the success of their representative is growing keener, as the campaign grows In age and the local candidates must look to their laurels If they keep the Dodge In Bend; in other words they must take advantage of each day left of the double votes In order to re gain thoir standing'. Only seven day" left In which to - obtain the double count. . Promptly at the close ot double votes Thursday, February 8, the judges will Install the ballot box and the extra votes will be past history In this campaign. - ---- -.