The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, August 20, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextMGE a TUB BEXD m'LI.KTIN, DAILY KDITION, ItKM), ORKUON, MONDAY, Al'JU'NT !. I 'MI The Bend Bulletin DAILY EDITION PaMUhaa Brtrr Afttrnaen Elrept Sanaa. BEND, OREGON. .. Entered aa Seoond Claaa Butter. January I 117, tt the Poat Offlca at Bend. Oregon, ander Act of March S, 1179. GEORGK PALMER PUTNAM PublUher ROBERT W. SAWYER EditorManecr HENRY N. FOWLER Aeroclat Editor FLOYD C. WESTERFIELD....AaUUnt Mgr. RALPH SPENCER Mechanical BnpU An Independent Newapaper, standing for the square deal, clean buaineM, clean politic aaJ the best intereata of Bend and Central Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bj Mall. One Year IS.00 6U Month! 12.75 Three Montha 11.60 One Year icso recall and direct primary whip over "'J? i Its back. It is practically useless so Ion dollars a year to aid any city or county that would raise as much more and the two would build some branch lines, badV needed? The commission and its big force of engineers and office help could all be employed on building something Instead of Investigating what other people are doing, and seldom help anywhere. "The people need railroads more than hey do controversies about rates, and they need constructive pol icies more than they do a lot of com missions playing politics for re-election.' , . "Of course, the state uoe-tis some kind of a commission, but with the All subscriptions are due and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Notices of xplration are mailed subscribers and If renewal is not made within reason able time tbe paper will be discon tinued. Please notify us promptly of any change of address, or of failure to re ceive the paper regularly. Otherwise we will not be responsible for copies missed. Make all checks and orders pay able to Tbe Bend Bulletin. MONDAY. AUGUST 20, 1917 fit SELF-HELP. Successful financing of the Ochoco Irrigation project is one of the most encouraging events that has happened in Oregon In many months. Irriga tion in Eastern and Central Oregon has long been practically at a stand still. It is true that work has been ; uc service commission accomplished on projects under way but new development has been- des pairingly! slow. Several years ;go those interested in irrigation of the arid spaces of Oregon became convinced that self- help was the only solution. Govern ment aid was no longer available. Projects financed through specula tive promotion, while productive ot reclaimed land in some sections, had been found to provide a costly acre age. Due to certain risks connected with disposal of water rights, and also to foreseen obstacles to' prompt return on the investment, investors had demanded a high rate of profit. Finally they refused to consider Irri gation securities.' So it came about . that district organization was turned to as the best means of obtaining needed water. The state has not been backward - in providing the necessary laws, but es they covered a new field these Jawa were largely experimental. In 1915 a district organization act was passed and several districts attempted to finance their-projects thereunder. We do not recall that any succeeded. In 1917 a, comprehensive and more workable district irrigation code was adopted, and Ij is under that law that the Ochoco is to become the pioneer ' in a development that should be the salvation of semi-arid Oregon. A way is shown for the owners and settlers on dry lands that can be irrigated to become their own water company and make their lands blos som -wltTiout paying toll to the exact-, ing demands of speculators. It Is a straight form of financing similar to that employed by cities in providing funds for public improvement. The v Ochoco district seems to have the backing of substantia men. Its suc cess should make irrigation district 'bonds an attractive investment and lead to many similar Improvements. Tbe Oregonlan. far as doing substantial justice to capital. "Western states In great need of development aud new capital are not served by a constant crusade on earn ing power ad Investments when the whole world Is bidding tor capital." It is really a pity that manufactur ers and others with good sense and large Investment should let the good old-fashioned Colonel send out this type of stuff nominally in their be half. It cannot but produce the op posite of the effect desired. All the Colonel's foresight appar ently Is hindsight. He looks back ward. , His happiest memories are of the green old days of monopolies with regulation when industrial high waymanshlp flourished. .. Oregon, like most of the other states. Is fortunate in having a pub The com mission properly represents the In terests of the public in the everlast ing disputes arising between public service corporations and the people. Before there were such institutions as- these commissions, we enjoyed the doubtful blessings of railroad passes. discrimatory freight rates, rebates, "corners" and all the rest of it. We wonder if our friend, the Col onel' actually desires a return to such abuses. Perhaps not. But the worst of It is, his general attitude an -the material he foists upon the press car ry that impression. And that is not to the best interests of manufactur ers and Invested capital. The fair minded, forward looking Investor .to lay realizes fully that such reforms as public service commissions have come to stay and that, mellowed by an educated reasonable public opin ion, their operation is a blessing and a safeguard to the investor, as well as to the people. Ing forward to the blggost convention ot the Stme Hunker Association held In years, at the session which will convene In Bond In )916," said E. N. Strong, assistant manager ot Oregon Life Insurance Company, ot Portland. "In my trawls over tho state, natur ally I get well acquainted with the bankers, and on every hand I hear the desire to sue Bend and this won derful growing community. "Oregon Life Insurance Company Is doing the biggest business in its history, being nearly 60 par cent ahead of the corresponding period of 191C." A. L. Mills, president ot Oregon Life, and president of the First National Bank of Portland, Is well known in Bond, as Is Mr. Strong, who beg mi coming to Bend In 1909 HUGE RESERVOIR IS FINISHED FOR SHEEP Water fop Ttmusaiids of Wool Hear er to lie Iniuoumlett oil Alfalfa Kancli Pyatt Ranch Hold. TO TRY FOR WATER - AT NITRATE MINES Lost Creek WeU Drilling Outfit Goes to Handle Work Xew Houe . Pot l'p on Stewart Ranch. 'Special to the Bulletin.) ALFALFA. Aug. JO. Will Ferry nas just untuned Dunning a big res ervoir on the Williamson ranch which will furnish water for several thousand sheen next winter. Paul Mertschlng has three sons ta ken In the draft. ' Ora Foster, of Powell Butte, was in Aiiaita Monday and engaged W. M. Ferry to overhaul his threshing maciune Derore tne season s run. Charley Pyatt sold his farm of 40 acres to Mr. Ueene, of Powell Butte who will take possession soon. Albert Shults and family went to Men mono i Wednesday. Jensie Tatti and R. Smock trans acted business in Bend Tuesday. Albert Waller and Frank Ogle, who have been In Canada looking over the country, returned Wednesday. Frank Tattl and Carl Larson have taken a contract of clearing land on the Guerin ranch and have begun work. Mrs. F. J. Clarke and son, Herbert, will go (o Portland, where Herb, has a position awaiting hit;. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie V. Vlarke en tertained Thomas Persleys and fam ily, oi rawen Butte, Sunday. Tl 1 1- c . . . imipu auiui-K aim wue and son, Donivan, were fishing at Crane Prai rie Sunday and Monday. Curt Holloway's father, who ar rived last week from Wichita. Kan.. expresses nimselt as highly pleased wan t-entrai uregon. Albert Sliuits and family motor vl to the Bushnell home on Bear Civelr Sunday. Charles Pyatt was in Bend Sn-iH.n his wife, who has been Boeriilii.ii- a ween m town, accomnanv in him home. It was with keenest regrets that the people of Alfalfa learned ot the death of Mrs. Samuel Benn, mother ut iuk cenn sisters, ot mis commun ity. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Post, who are working in Powell Butte during har vest, were home for a day the first of tbe week. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR F0HE1GM ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO POOR STUFF. Tbe Manufacturer is a little maga zine which purports to speak for the manufacturing Interest of the west. Its publisher is E. Hofer, who usually packs the courtesy title of "Colonel." Mr. Hofer Is widely known as a more ,or less expert "shake down" artist. Not, understand, of the old caspipe order, nor yet of the second etory or porch climbing variety. He simply lives off big business, by ped . dling his services as a publicist, pol itician and orator. He Is, or seeks to be, a sort of shadow of plutocracy. At the recent state editorial con vention he essayed to earn his salt when sundry newspaper publishers said unkind things about the robber barons who run some western paper mills and charge the Oregon publlgh-i ers more for paper than tbey often 5iaveto pay for paper manufactured in New England and shipped all the way out here at freight rates which contrive to keep the railroads from poverty's door. All of which is Introductory to the following clipping which Is taken irom a sort of press service, sent from Col. Hofer's office: "The Oregon Public Service com mission announces that it will cut off one $2000 salaried Job to keep within its appropriation. "Of course, the commission will use its $80,000 appropriation and deplores that It Is not given more aioney for its operations. ' "Forty thousand dollars a year would pay four per cent Interest on n million dollars of state railroad ; bonds, and would build roals. "Suppose the state hung up a mlll- ( Special to The Bulletin.) LOST CREEK, Aug. 20. Ben Rhodes assisted J. O. Perry in mov ing his well drilling outfit over to the nitrate mines, where Mr. Perry ex- J. H. Musser went over to Tom BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES Hutton's last Sunday to rln a Inh nf carpenter work. Mrs. Parrott has gone to Pleasant Valley to visit her daughter, Mrs. Books. Mrs. Tom Hutton was a business visitor in tbe valley one day last week. Mr. Koozrnan, our ass'stant mail carrier, brought his sister out on a pleasure trip last Thursday. While in the valley she was a guest of Mrs. Hassler. Mr. Egll was a business visitor In the valley last week. He was an over night guest of Mr. McGee. S. W. Best, who Is building a house on the Stewart ranch, spent Sunday with his family here. Mr. and Mrs. James Musser enter tained Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hasch and sun,. v juaru, jasi aunaay. BANKERS LIKE IDEA OF BEND CONVENTION Believe 1018 Session Will Be the BiK arcst in Years, Hays Oregon Life ' Assistant Manager. "The bankers of Oregon are look- THE FORWARD LOOK. It It Never Toe Late to Maka a Froth Start In Lift. ' Now and I lieu a uiuu pa unit to take account of mock und looks buck rue fully over the cum no of Ills life to uotu the many ilucea wlicro lie umdo the wrong turn or was shoved off the truck l .v adverse i-lrcuuiBtiinct's. He miya to himself, believing wliut lio vuya, that If he could retruco his steps and take a fivaii si art, knowing whut lie knows now, he would uot uiuko such a moss of things agnlu. Lie cun put bit fltitr down on the very sKt lu luo map of h!t life where ho went w i-ou. There was u blurred pluce on tho null, where there wus no truce of the footprint of any who passed that wuy und no mark of the woodman's rx Ukii a tree. It was for him alone to iImxho tho way to take, and In lilt Imste uud fever to arrive he chose w rongly it ml hut wuu deretl ever since. A man lu.va a game, or runt a rare, or conducts a busbies, or uiurvlca a wife, or chooses a friend, or electa a calling, or forma a habit, and by mid by Hit convict ion It borne In upon him, like a growth weighing on tho brulu, that he wus In error. Now It St too late tu retrieve. Ho must wear for the remainder of hit days the inMlstoue due to the wrong division. What Is he to do? lie Htninitlcd his ebuuee iiewlHim. He exchunged his birthright for pottage.. It Is of uo avail to plead that he lind bad udvls ers. that he was misled, that be wus the too) of environment, that n base heredity roso up to clnlui lilm and n luteal t u I ii t In the blood broke out aud wrought uc Irrcpurnblu uilxculf f. The past Is there, and lit legend Is deeply gmvriuou his, brow or seared by the brand of the Iron that lint en tered Into his soul, t'uu he go back? The yen in and the closed doort uud the flu Ulied chapter! tell him no. - Hut the forward look and the futu rity provide, hlui with n U'tter way to take. When Mrs. I'eterkln. lu the sto ry, lind simlled her cup of coffee by putting salt In It and was trying to redeem the error by the neutralizing action of all sorts of chemicals tbe lady from Philadelphia suggested that she make a fresh cup. Betting that you can't go back, why not make a fresh start exactly where yog are? Decision bat a miraculous way of finding a standpoint of rock lu the middle ot a quicksand. Philadelphia Ledger. Tuesday Wednesday RIGGS , The Real Estate Man If you are looking for land or real estate opportunities anywhere In the 17. H. or Canada, come and see me. I have list of properties and in vestments all over the country Stock, Grain, Alfalfa and Fruit Farms all tlzcs and prices. T. J. M. RIGGS Ptineoille ... Oregon W hen you think of Insurance think f ' EASTES because he handles the best line of companies repsesented in Bend and because he is ALWAYS ON THE JOB and knows Just how to help you tfet ABSOLUTE PROTECTION J. A. EASTES Corner Bond and Oreenwood MARY MILES MINTER in "The Gentle Intruder" In this rolt Mia. Minttr, who it tht ward of a family ot social climbtrt. ii looked upon tt a ntctttiry tvil about tht houM 'till iht wint tht ipteisl favor of tht on of tht family. ALSO TWO REELS OF THE FAMOUS "Shorty Hamilton Comedy" Grand Theatre WOOD SAWING. Ordors taken any place In tho city, Prompt servle. Phono, lted 1581. Wm. Lewis. 1012 Bond St. 370-lawk 1I1IIS WAXTKU. Tho school board of District No. 3, Tumalo, Oregon, will receive bids for transportation of pupils for the ensu ing school year and by automobile from the territory 7 miles north nml 7 miles west to lb school In Tumulo. Information at to routes and spec ifications will bo furnished by J. M. Griffin, Tumulo, Oregon. Tho board retnrve thn right to rnjoct any or all blda, and all pro posal! must be In the omco of thn District Clerk at Tumulo, by Huplvui bur 1, 1817. J. L. COUCH, Chairman. KURD N. WALLACE, Clerk. 208-2CO Bend View PRICES: $100 AND UP TERMS: Rcasooib.e We'll lou oi n.ncy lo build. BEND'S MOST' SCENIC RESIDENCE PUOPEHTY Every Lot commands a view oft lie River, Mountains and City. Building restrictions according to Ixx-ation. see J. RYAN 0'Kane Bldf . CO PboM Ml gas in i ' . Qregonlife - Oregon's SUCCESSFUL Life Insurance Comprny OUR OFFICERS AND, DIRECTORS I Hill A. t.. Mil, US .... ' Portland, On gen II If . Fildnt Oregon Mf I If If PrealOcnt Flrat National Bank I ADOI.PIIS WOIJE . Portland, Orrron ' I I r icr.rrmu.ni ifrpgnn l.lia II I I I'realdent l.lpman, Wolfa Co. I I I I U LOUIS O.CLAIl KB . . Portland. Orrgoo I I I fer-ond Vlca-Prealdrnt Oregon l.tfe III II Hill Prraldenl Clarke. Woodaraid Drug Co. I WM. POIXHAN : . . Baker Clly. Oregon Hill Third Vlce-Preeldenl Oregon Life I ' Prealdtnt Plrat National Bank, Uak-r C. F. ADAMS .... Portland, Oregot It , Trenaurer Oregon Life II l ! ' Prealdent Hecurlly Saving! a True! Co.- I V-P-OUVR .... Portland. Oregon Praaldenl Olda. Wortman a King "IEPFERHON MYKHB Portland. Oregon I Attornc-y-at'Iiw III H- DEVEP.S .... Portland, (Sregon I I ' Cloaaat Devera, Wholeaale Tea and Coffeea I H. L. COP.BETT , . . . Portland. Oregon " I I Vlre-Preeldi-nt FlrFt National Hnnk I It P j I Prealdent Portland Chamber of Commerce II I l 30H. T. PETERS . . . Portland, Oregon I ' ! IIHII ' Capltallat II I I ! l J. N. TEA', Portlnnd, Oregon I H I Teal, Minor & Wlnfrea . . I Kill I.EOFI1IEDB . , , , Portland, Origan i j I , "fapltalltt l' , ' llllll 1 1 t "W. t. THOMPSON . . . r Pendleton, Oregon I f Preldont Amerlran Nntlnnal flnnk II 111 I I " Member Klate Highway CommlMlnn I I Hill ' H. BOOTH . . ' '. . Itofel.urg. Oregon I I Prealdent tlouglaa National Hunk I llll , B. BAHKElt ... , . Condon, Oregon l II t' Prealdent Plrat National Bank of Comlan ' l I I A. J. (I1CIHEV. M. D Medlrnl Dlreuor' . Portland I llll PANPOIID FMITH. Kocrelury . , l-ofnnd llllll I I l C. fi. DAMUKU Oenernt Manager , l . i un I II I llll E. N HTKONO, Aaelalnnt Mlinngor , Portland " ASHLEY FORREST I LOCAL AGENT THE BACKBONE OF BEND IS IUMBER MANUFACTURING OUR PAYROLLS MAKE YOUR PROFITS by buying Local products you are helping bent). The Brooks-Scanlon. Lumber Co. Down town lalin office in Bond Company Uuiltliny; Compliite Slot of Lumber IjiUi, Suxli and Doom )SHEVLIN PINE SOLD BY MILLER LUMBER COMPANY SASH. DOORS and MILL WORK Phone 1661 ' FOR SASH FACTORY WOOD PHONE BEND WHITE PINE SASH CO. 441 KENWOOD BEND VIEW- PINELYN PARK-TERMINAL AND KENWOOD GARDENS j. Easy Monthly Pa)mtnt on Lots in these Jidditiom. Ryan & Co WE WILL BUILD you a Harm an Ih, Monthly Pmimtnt 'Plm. Stt Ui. PHONE 661 .TRANSFER: Wood OREGON FUEL & TRANSFER COMPANY