THE BEND BULLETIN
Till" WKATIIKIt
Tonight nil Saturday, full-.
DAILY EDITION
VOL. I
HKND, DKHCIIL'TKH X)UNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY U, J0'7
NO. 54
(
HEVi MILL
WILL START
The Gardner-Wilkinson Saw Mill, Which Will Employ 75 Men
BILL IS PASSED
I
PICKETING
MOVE
MARCH
5
! CONSTRUCTION NEARS
COMPLETION.
TO EMPLOY 75 MEN
;iiriliinr-1VI1kliiiin Lumber Company
Plant Will tut 7ff,000 I'wt Dally
Lumber l He Hauled l
IVnnil for Hhlinint.
March 6 l llio (Into that linn been
( for the beginning of operations
or tho Gardner-Wilkinson l.umbur
Company's sawmill, situated seven
miles northwest of Hnud, which Is
mow iwarlng completion. Willi Ideal
, weather In which to do construction
the logging and bulldliiK operations
have been runt) ml fur the last throe
months.
Thn mill will have a capacity of
75,000 fool dally, operating on olio
ahlfl and will oroploy about 60 mnn.
"Tho company has a contract In force
4 to supply seven million feet of lum
ber and It will begin flllliiK thla or
lr aa soon n It begins cuuIiik. It
-will probably take until May 1 to
complete thla ordur, after which a
ii I K HI shift may bo put on, which
-will moan virtually doubling thn ca
pacity of the mill and tho addition
to 25 mnn to the pay roll. The main
mill bulldliiK la 140 font long and
:1H fnnt wide, operates one nlghl
foot band aaw with other auxiliary
machinery. Aa yot It baa not been
I definitely decided on the location of
(he planer. ' Thla feature will be set
tled aa aoon aa hauling la begun.
1ogglng Pond Idtrge,
WbUo the conatructlon of tho mill
haa been going on a largo crew of
mnn and tnama were engaged in log
King on the land cloao to tho mill
) altc, and now 1,260,000 fnot of loga
jiro docked In the baaln for thn Ing
oing pond Juat below the mill. When
the logging pond baaln la filled with
wut or from tho Wlmor ditch It will
-over approximately threo acrna of
Janil will bo held back by a
' -dam of boa vy. 'plunk construction,
3i 7 5 foot long at tho creat mid 30
feet high at tho enntnr. The pond
ordinarily will hold about 760,000
led of loga. Thondoro Auno hna tho
contract for logging. Tho dnin waa
constructed by M. J. Danlelson,
Mill Hlt In Ideal.
Tho Gardner-Wilkinson Lumhnr
'ompiiiiy hna aoloctcd an Ideal loca
tion .for their mill. Although not
4iii a running atrimni It hna been uf
lorclod loKgliig fucllltles which few
J n lu lid in 1 1 In ha vn. Tho mill, yards
jind enmpa aro aituntnd on a high
Jnvnl ploco of ground abovo tho gulch
jmrily occupied by tho logging pond.
The loga can bo easily convoyed from
tho pond to thu mill with tho timber
close nt hand. Although conaldorod
Iji imnll mill, It la comploto In ovary
latall, with now machinery. Approx-
Imatoly 10 acres have boon cloarod
north of the mill, and tho lumber will
ho piled there for air drying before
J I la hauled to Bond for ahlpmont.
Iload NimmIm Improvement.
Some of the dotal la relative to
whipping tho cut to the railroad have
not yot boon completed. Aa aoon aa
liaullng la begun, 20 four-horao teams
will bo used to convoy lumber to
tracks from tho plnnor, tho location
of which haa not boon dotermlned.
Mr. Wilkinson said yesterday that
tho company la willing to expand ap
proximately $2000 for the Improve
ment of the road from the mill to
1ho yards of tho Dond Brick & Lum
'tor Co., and will ask the county to
naslHt In the Improvement of the rood
Trom the brick yard to town. The
total cost would approximate $4000.
At Its lmmodlnto command tho
Onrdnar-Wllklnson Lumber Company
lias approximately 26 million foot of
timber within easy roach of the
mill.
Tho plant will be undor tho mnn
ngomnnt of Ilay Wilkinson, of Bond,
Junior member of tho firm, Mr. Wil
li Itmon has boen in tho lumber and
tlmbur business tor the Inst 20 years.
Most of his exporlenoe has boen In
tho west, having operated mills In
Orngon and California. In 1907 Mr,
Wilkinson ongagod in oxtonslve cruis
ing work for tho Shovlln IntorostB
and In 1914 took charge of the Orlf-
' lln mill tor the creditors putting It
(Continued on last page.)
I
WIIM)VH' PKNHIONH ORDERED
PAID, AMI ritOI'OHITIONH KOIt
M:V Vt'AltTKItH IH KXI'I.AI.VKI)
TO CO.MMIHHKI.VKHH.
Allowing oven a greater dlspoaltlon
than evnr to accomplish a maximum
amount of bualneas during tholr ses
sions, tho mnmbnrs of tho county
court, mentlug in Bond today, start
ed at ouco on tho program outlined
at tho Joint mooting of tho !)cchuts
and Crook county courts held In
I'rlnnvllle thla week. 1
At tho morning session an order
waa made for the payment of widows'
pensions, blanks for tho county treas
urer woro ordered, and authoriza
tion for 10 payment of tho $40 bal-
anco on tho farmers' donation for
the lledmond road, was made.
Shortly after noon, the court, ac
companlod by J. Touachnr, agent for
tho Uoya' and Olrle' Aid society, of
Portland, vjslted the Wlnnlngham
place, to look after the welfare of
the chlldron there, and Immediately
on their return, court again went Into
session. ,
C. S. Hudson, representing tho Des
chutes Investment company, appeared
to offer new terms for county head
quartora In the addition planned to
the Klrat National Bank building.
More office rooma wore- tondored,
with tho addition of court and Jury
roods, a rental of $200 a month, on
a 10 yoar lease being Baked.
B. It. Hogan prosentod a petition
in regard to tho Tumnlo road.
District Attornoy II. It. DoArmond
presented a roguesl that either a
stunogrnphor be furnlshod him by
the county, or Unit his office rent bo
given lilmM
Forest service forms for nppllca
tlon for national aid In road building
wcro received.
LAST LAP OF RACE
FOR DODGE NOW ON
Bulletin CiintiltlulcN Milking l'inul
. Kffort Vote Now All Placed
In IrfM'kftl Iron Box.
Tho Inst lap of Tho Bulletin con
test startod yesterday evening, when
II. K. Allen, of the Brooks-Scaulon
Lumhnr Co., formally lockod tho
Iron box, into which all votes from
now until the end of the contest, are
to bo placod. The key will remain
In his possession until Monday night,
when the box will bo oponed in the
prosonco of all threo Judges, tho
votos canvassed, and the Dodge car
and other prizes offered, awarded .to
the auccesful candidates.
Tomorrow, In consoquenco, tho
exact comparative standing will be
known to no one. Until the box is
opened the result will bo a matter
of much "conjecture, tor the race has
no laggards remaining In It. A final
spurt toward the finish Is already
highly In evidence.
The oxnet tlmo nt which the box
will bo oponed, and ' Its contents
counted, wll bo announced tomorrow
In these columns. .
STREETS REPAIRED
Diuiingo Done by Hwent Heavy Tlinw
Taken Cnro of.
Under supervision of Chairman C.
V. ' Silvia, of tho strootg commlttoo,
work la holng cnrrlod on In Ken
wood, to ropnlr the damago done in
the heavy thaw of a tow wooks ago.
A numbor of holes have boon washed
In tho Btroots In that Boctlon, and
those are boing filled, mid tho whole
lovoled.
The fact that tho ground was froz
en thoroughly before the first snow
camo, Is given as the cause (or the
washouts.
COUNTY HOUR
IS IN SESSION
7 '$mw
LOCGINC PLANT IN FOREGROUND
THE EAST BECOMES
FACETIOUS JLBOUT
WAR WITH fri&MANY
Claude Mnnnlielincr Itwclves 'Wires'
From HIhNt in Chicago, Ilundllng
the Hllutttion Lightly.
The Kast has become facetious re
garding the war and the Impending
break with Oermany. At least It
would appear ao according to "tele
grams" received this morning by
(Maude L. Mannheimer. from a sister
In Chicago. Tho wires road:
"To the Kaiser: I would advise
you to keep off tho atreets, cause
If peace comes. It will bo through
the Allies. PHESIDENT WILSON."
"To the United States: Wanted,
five thousand Singer aowlng ma
chines to ham in the Germans on the
border. KINO GEORGE."
To tho President: Wanted, five
thousand pairs of pajamas, the Rus
sians are ready to retire.
THE CZAR."
DISTRICTVALUES
II
CIIAXGK OK HCHOOL UNIT BOUN-
DARIKH IIKI.VG WOKKKD ON
BY THE DK8CHITK8 COUNTY
HfPKRINTENDEXT.
Increased valuations tor Deschutes
county school districts will result as
soon aa the re-dustrlcting now In
progress is comploted. was tho an
nouncement of County Superintend
ent J. Alton Thompson this after
noon. Thirtoen out of the 30 dis
tricts In tho county will be affected,
ho soys, a large percentage bf the
changes having been necessitated
hncauso of the splitting up of old
Crook county.
No loss than eight petitions for
chunge of boundaries are now up for
consideration, coming trom districts
30, 69. 28. 37, 12 and 16. From
dlBtrlct 26, three petitions, all at
variance, have been sent In.,
Before the re-dlstricttng can be
completed, Mr. Thompson will have
to make a special trip to secure ex
act data on valuations lu the old dis
tricts, bofore the final equalization
is mado.
Preliminary work In the settling
of disputed boundaries was attended
to this week In Prinevllle, when the
district boundary boards of Deschutes
and Crook counties held an informal
meeting.
BEND NOSES OUT VIC
TORY OVER REDMOND
Ijoral Five Defeats Potato Growers'
Sons Hero Loot Night by a
Score of 27 to 20.
The Bend high school barely noaod
out a victory In basketball last night
over the Rodmond high school by a
scoro of 27 to 26. The gamo from
beginning to end was the fastest
that has boen seen on tho local floor
this season.
The Bond qulntot Btnrtod out with
a rush and piled up a favorable load
nt the boglnnlng, and whon the first
period had advanced toward tho close
the visiting five Btnrtod to pile up
baskots, and the first halt ended
16 to 9, In favor of Bond. '
In tho second half tho Rodmond
team speeded up considerably, and
It was a Bee-saw raco from the start,
with Redmond playing. more aggress
ive basketball than the Bond team.
The second halt endod 27 to 26, in
favor of Bond. (
For the visitors, Johnson was
clonrly the star, for his team. Al
though playing center, he made a
majority of the baskets, keeping clear
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J BE ADVANCED
10 BOOST FIRE
INSURANCE RATE
CNDKRWIUTKIW CONTEMPLATE
ADVANCE FOR BEND UNLESS
EQUIPMENT 18 PUT IN AND
DEPA HTM EXT ORG A NIXED.
That a substantial advance in fire
insurance rates for Bend Is being con
templated by the board of under
writers In Portland, was the Intelli
gence received this morning by City
Councilman Claude Bennett. The In
formation was given In a letter In
answer to a query from Councilman
Bonnett as to what reductions could
be made In rates It the city should
purchase standard fire equipment,
and employ a volunteer department,
with two paid men. ,
The report of the underwriters
was baaed on an average for Bend
taken for the last five years, during
which period. It was declared," $2:66
had been paid out by the companies,
for every dollar received in prem
iums. The percentage of the con
templated advance waa not given.
The underwriters stated however,
that If the proposed fire system were
Installed here, with the additional
feature of a fire prevention and edu
cative campaign, that there would
be no raise In local rates. In place
of this, they wrote, there would be a
tlve per reduction in Uie business
section of this city.
Mr. Bennett expects that full in
formation in regard to the merits of
equipment, and necessary ordinances
for a fire system, will be ready in
time for a complete repor. at the
meotlng of the city council Tuesday
night. Plans for a fire hall will be
submitted.
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GERARD AND STAFF TO GO BY
WAY OF SWITZERLAND ON
SPECIAL (TRAIN, FURNISHED
BY GERMANY.
By Carl W. Ackerman,
; (United Press SUrt Correspondent.)
BERLIN, 'Feb. 9. Ambassador
Gerard's plans tor departure are com
pleted. His staff, American Red
Cross officials and consular agents
will accompany him. A special train
tor their use will probably leave Ber
lin on Saturday, en route to Berne.
Simultaneously with his departure,
the Spanish minister will begin to
represent the United States in the
German capital.
NEUTRALS TO TAKE
UP U.S. RELIEF WORK
(By United Press to The Dally Bulletin)
ROME, Feb. 9. The Vatican is
sued a statement today saying that
Holland, Switzerland and Scandinav
ia have agreed to take over American
relief work in Belgium, in the event
of war. .
BULGARS WARN U. S.,
TO SUPPORT KAISER
n United Press to The Dally Bulletin.)
AMSTERDAM, Fob. 9. The Ber
lin correspondent of the Cologne Ga
zette said today that Bulgaria has
wamod the United States, and In
tends to support Germany in any
event.
AMBASSADOR TO
EAVE SATURDAY
HOUSE IS SCENE OF
HEATED DEBATE.
Declared Incrimination Againxt Lu
iMir Livestock IlourclH ConnoI.
datlon Approved, and Hone
Dry Law Aided.
(Br United PrM to Th Dlly Bulletin.)
SALEM, Feb. 9. The House this
afternoon passed the antl-plcketing
bill by a vote of 33 to 26. Heated
debate preceded voting on the meas
ure, Representative Kubll declaring
that the measure Is fair and reason
able, and designed merely to pro
tect Portland shipbuilding, while
others took the stand that it is an
unwarranted blow to organized la
bor. Sheldon declared that "It prevents
strikers from presenting their side
of Industrial disputes, and asked why
a lobby bad been maintained to force
its passage. He asserted that labor
ers on strike have a right to picket
peacefully.
Amend Teachers' Law.
The Senate passed the Orton bill
amending the teachers' office tenure
law. The new legislation la Intended
to favor the teachers.
Senator Cuslck'a bill 'repealing the
law requiring medical examination
aa a prerequisite to marriage, was
repealed.
The bill consolidating the Stallion,
registration board, and the Livestock
Sanitary board, was passed, the meas-
use providing that the new board
will handle a portion of the duties
previously discharged by the Dairy
and Food commission.
As an aid to the bone dry law, a
.bill waa passed extending the boun
daries or counties bordering on .tne
ocean, 'three miles."'. The Intention ot
the sponsors of the measure, la fur
ther to prevent bootleging from
coaating vessels.
GERMANS RESISTING
BRITISH OFFENSIVE
(Br United Pna to The Daily Bulletin)
BERLIN,, via Sayville. Feb. 9.
It Is admitted that . British troops
entered the German trenches at
Vaillencourt, also north of St. Pierre
Vasst woods. Lively artillery fire
Is going on between Ancre and the
Somme. The British attack at Serre
was repulsed.
OREGON MILITIA TO
RETURN HOME SOON
(Br United Press to The Daily Bulletin.)
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. West
ern army headquarters announced
today that Oregon and Washington
militia will probably start homeward
tomorrow. They are now awaiting
railroad arrangements. The troop
trains left Los Angeles today and
will arrive in. Calexico tonight.
ALLIED LOSSES FOR
JANUARY ARE HEAVY
(By United Press to The Daily Bulletin.)
BERLIN, Feb. 9. The Alliea loBt
66 aeroplanes in January, according
to an announcement made here to
day. The German loss waa 34.
640 ACRE HOMESTEAD
INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED
The general land office haa Just
issued a 20 page circular (No. 623)
giving full instructions to registers
and receivers aa to how to proceed
under the Ferris 640 acre grazing
homestead law, approved December
29, 1916. A copy of this circular
may be obtained by writing Congress
Slnnott.
BRITISH SHIP IS SUNK
BY A SUBMARINE
(By United Press to The Dally Bulletin)
LONDON, Feb. 9. The British
; ship, Hanna Larson, was submarined,
and four Injured, it was announced
today. The commander was captured,
and 19 landed. A submarine shelled
the Norwegian vessels Ida, and Han
sklnak. Two of the Bailors of the
Ida were killed. '
MILITIA ORDNANCE
ORDERED SHIPPED
(By United Press to The Daily Bulletin.)
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 9. It was
learned today that all the ordnance
belonging to the Wisconsin militia
has been ordered shipped to the
Brooklyn navy yard.
W
MADRID CONFERENCE
PROPOSED.
NEGOTIATION SECRET
ReaHon for Detaining Ambassador
Gerard Questioned W. JT. Bryan
Would Submit German War r
Iwtue to Popular Vote.
By Robert J. Bender,
(United Press StaiT Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9.
A tremendous sub-surface move is on
to preserve peace, neutral represent
atives attempting to arrange a Mad
rid conference. , Pacifists want Ger
many to promise not to violate neu- .
tral rights. The United States is
trying to make Austria modify her
submarining policy, and to avoid an
Austrian break.
Von Bernstorff is expected to agi
tate for peace as soon aa he reaches
Berlin. All moves are being con
ducted secretly, and are wholly in
formal. Neutrals In addition to the
United States, are determined to pre
vent the extinction of International
law.. A Madrid conference, it Is em
phasized, would protect the rights
of small nations.
Delay Questioned.
"The 'Department "of State today
asked Germany why "Ambassador
Gerard Is delayed from returning to
America. The action was taken
through the Swiss minister. Secre
tary Lansing U doubtful whether
Gerard is being Intentionally detain
ed. He aaid that he had heard noth
ing officially concerning his depar
ture, and said that he may be vol
untarily remaining to clean op of
ficial odda and ends of business be
fore leaving tor this country.
Appropriation Cut.
The House rules committee re
fused to report on the resolution
providing $160,000,000 for the Im
mediate completion of warships. The
$1,000,000 appropriation clause in
the bill, designed to give the Presi
dent finances with which to pur
chase aeroplane patents, was defeat
ed, and au amendment was Intro
duced empowering the chief execu
tive to control private shipyards.
General Funston advised the War
Department that the movement of
border troops has been resumed. Sec
retary ot War Baker said that con
fusion ot orders had probably occas
ioned a delay.
Negro Not American.
Consul Frost officially reported
that George Washington, negro, kill
ed in the torpedoing ot the ship Tu
rlno, was evidently not an American
citizen, but had been born in Canada.
The cabinet met again this after
noon. It Is understood that Pres
ident Wilson believes that the only
absolute war cause, would be the
sinking of an American ship, causing
death.
Would Vote on War.
Representative Callaway Intro
duced a resolution in Congress today
providing that the President cannot
declare war without a referendum
vote. Bryan advised the plan. The
resolution contended that the voters
should determine the German war
question. The matter was referred
to the committee on foreign rela
tione. The Inter-state Commerce commit-
bill empowering the President to
commandeer- the railways in the
Secretary Lansing received a cable
trom Ambassador Page in London, .
stating that von Bernstorft's safe-
conduct had been arranged.
DUNKIRK ATTACKED
BY AIR FIGHTERS
(By United Press to The Dally Bulletin) ,
PARIS, Feb. 9. Aviators ot the
enemy's forces, bombarded French
positions in the Dunkirk region, It
was announced today. Four civil
ians were killed.
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SHIPPING DECREASES.
(By United Press to The Dally Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 9.
Lloyd's report showed 16,000 tons
of shipping in the last 24 hours. On
the previous day It was 28,000,