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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1917)
THE BEND BULLETIN TUH WKATHKR Probably Itnln Tonight and Tomorrow. DAILY EDITION VOL. ! HEM), DKHOHUTKH COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY A I'TKKN'OOX, NOVEMIIEIt 110, IDir no. aim 1 t', V BEND 10 RAISE TAX OF $25,000 r TILLAGE FOR 1918 TO HE MORE THAN 2(5. "Way mill .Minn 'iiiiiiiiIiim f Coiin II Flnn llmlgit Fur I lilt Cotillon Yrnr AM-nl Valuation nf llrml Property $7I7, II. A lux In vy nf between 20 nml SO Hi'.! In in ii m I Ihi iiiiiiIu thin yiir liy llin K'ily of (lend In nrdnr to ralno ly lax--alion l!r,. 000, tint mini which tin ways mill means rcimuiltli'it of the council liua plnt-ml an norenaary In IiiiiiiIIo llin city's cxpennen for lln- nniliiK yi'iir. AlthoiiKh Hi" in 1 1 la k- I In pnnt your wnn only 18, Clyiln M ' Kny. chairman of tho t-oni m 1 1 1 -whlrh prepared I ho budget yeninrday, ainyn tliv Inrronaa In nut exorbitant, iMViiiimi un nxiremnly low viiliiiitliin 'hn bniin pliirwl on rlty property. Tim total nnnrnacd vu lnu I Inn of rlty property .rxriunlvo of public utilities, for thin '! r liuit bomi plnt-nd lit $797. 4!o. nil liirn-ano from 9 G 4 :i,4 00 In lit 1(1. A niut'tlliK of tint taxpayers li:n lici'ii railed tor lercmbcr 'J I, on whlitll ilin tint codicil will In-nr a l:' iilon of tint budget. A roiiiplet" report of tint city fl-iium-cn tor iho piiHt yiur ban hi'n prepared by tint city recorder's of- t mill it how tt thn (1 In l ti i'mi' ' ii I it for YV flnrnl year ending on November I. ID17. amoniiti'it to $2u1K.1!i.liiI nml K li r.-celpu $1,724. OK. Itonil Illtrrcl lot IiiiIinI. It nlo nhtiwa Hint undiT Hut rhur (. nml ordinances of llt'iiil Hut hud l" I for thn coming year muni Include a npiTlflr levy lo cover lirterent utnooiitlii.' to $2600 on tint newer bond, tin ii Ki'hriiury IS, I 9 18, mid August in. 1918. hIko 12100 Inter cut on mil run d bonds iluu April 10 d October HI, nml 1 10.10 IiUiti'hi ii fiindlim liondit duo Ma rill 15 mid ..trptomlii'r IS, In placing tho nnncnned vnliiiilloii of property Comity Anm-mior W. T. Mullnrkny tins Included tho three Items, rlty loin with Improvements. ."iDS,4.",0; lands, 1 1 1 30 ; personal property, J 1 97,8110. .Tint trriinuntr'n report shown the v.iih on liiind on September I. lo ' .amount to H1.7Sn.70 and thn llabil .tlrn 118.074.28. Tho nnioiint of luxes levied on thn 111 in tux roll Jiiiioiinird to $0,600.97, which with 4 111" adillllonal nix per cent Increase allowed to tin placed on thn 1 1' I 7 roll wflhout n vote of tint pnopln would Iw $10,247.00. Tint c-Htlinatnd In lomn ai'i-riihiK from wthrr nourecn In placed at $2200. Tint cxpi nilll lin n for thn year ending July 2.1, 191", totalled $24. 820. IIS. Thn tolul of thn reKlntnrnil war r,i:itH on liiind Novntnlinr 1 In $14, 12S.II4 mid thn total cuhIi In tint gou- ral fund, $10.0114.31. Grazing Men of Water on KntimiluK from a 25 days' hlkltiK 'trip over thn territory between Swainp Wells mid Kant I.aku, (IiiizIiik Inspm-torn Hiirton and Kiihns rnport id yimlnrday thai they had discovered no Biirfucn ludlrnllous of water on Old Deschulitn National Forest raiiKe "but Dint 1licv believed they hud found vBi'Vorul xood pronpocts which could bo developed by means of wells. Tint bint of theso won three miles north of lOast Uiko where n test well put down 20 font In 'llin bed of an old 'rook struck moist onrth nml water worn Rrnvnl. Thn prospnet was very ncoiiniKlng, ncnordlus to Mr. llor aon, who says tho moisture In tho Kround muni hnvn lionn Ihnro alnco "thn ruins of Inst sprling. Tho RrnxliiK Inspootorn wcro sont itit by tho Torostry norvlco to discover w.itnr Bourcon which might lm dnvol opon bo ns to Increase, tho currying rnimclty ot tho rnngo, if Btiltnblo wolla enn lio plnood by rho govoru mont nlmost twlro us many entile as thoso now grnzliiR tltoro may ho ac rommodntod In tho national forest. Until mnn spont almost 'their ontlro Vmo cnntpliiB out In tho forest, bno night Blnnpliig undor a Jnck plno troo whim tho tompurnturo wnn linlow nro. Thoy wulkod from 10 to 17 in lies ouch tiny, nftor going ovor tho Nearly All Slates in Union Have Men Near Front Today (liy United I'rrn. li. Tile llrnil llillli-tlll. ) AMKH1CAN IIKAIigiJAIl- TICKS, Nov. 30. Tint Aiiiinlran 1 1 ii 1 1 1 j I ) u I Kiiard now In Kranrn now ri'irnnnniin alinimt nvnry Hlulit In tint union. Now Hum- in hot arrlvltiK In lOuropu liuvit hi'i'ii Klvnn u hitiirt-thrlllliiK wnl- romn. Tint Kn:nrh liuvo MliiK'd h )'(' I n I wi'liollilliK rnritmouli'H, tint pniiplit. Kit 1 ly ilrnttHiiil, limn Ii- Ihk llirouxh thn Htrmttn mid toouliiK Hi'" Amnrlrann wltn flownru. HEAVY RAINS ARE BENEFIT MOIIK THAN INCH OK MOIHTI'KK 1'ltW ll'ITATKO IN TIIUKIv DA VH ItOI'H AM) I to A l)S Alli:i) M I l ltl AI.I.V. AlthouKh In tint flmt 11 nioiitlm of tint yi'ur only oint-hnlf of tint normal rainfall Iiiih hnnu rnrordi'il 111 lli'iid. uiiiiHiiulls hfiivy pri'i'lpltatlon durliiK tint limt thrw ilaya. If roiitliiut'il, limy ItrliiK lint total up nnmcw hnrn ncur to thn nvnrn.tci!. At D o'rlock thin inorn Iiik. iiftnr mi almoHt inn iuiiiIiik ilrl.ltt limtlux thrnuifli 72 liourH, 1.2 of nil Iiiih of rain had fallen, hrliiKlUK tint totnl for thn year up to O.Oli. Full hum ii itrulu will lii'Ui'fit Krnutly an li rfiiilll. furmnm ilitrlarn, while roailH whlrh liuvo linen rendereil prin -(Ii ally hiipaitsulile liy reiiHon of dunt fllleil l inn kliolei, are now In i xn l lenl rohilltlon lie t n line of tint down pour. Due Important renult will he In tint Improvement of the llend-l.n I'lue hlKhn'iiy, whlrh linn linen held up Im mune of tho rxlri'tnely loiiK dry npi-ll. Clnilnrn have linen plied uIoiik a cou nlilemhltt porHon of llin road, hut tint heavy dunt. particularly on tint flmt few mllna of tho hlKhway out of Henil. Hindu nprcmllliK of the nurfnr Iiik n failure, nn tint cinders promptly dlnappeurnd from bkIU nn noon an dlntrlhutnd. Frank .Mu.v, who in In rtinrKi) of thn work, In ronfldent Hint nlnrn lint rain, rlnilnrliiK will lm nf fectlvn. 300 MEN MADE FIT TO ENTER THE WAR Illy tlnltnl I'm to Tho Ih-ml llullrlln.l PDHTI.AM). Or.. Nov. IIU. Three hundred men have been inudu phys- Irally fit for nervlco by navy nursvonn In Portland. Operations bnvo linen performed and Hpecla! treatmnnts provided In lib Is human reclamation rnmpnlKii, In which hospital nuthorlllen nml phyH Irlann havo ronporatnd with tho navy sin-neons In this work. Find Signs Forest Range sumo ground sovornl t linos, lookliiR for tionslhlo water Bourccs which had huen rnportod to thorn. They stayod nwny from food flupplles so long Hint snvoral days they wont on rations of rlro mid spngliottl snvoral meals In succession. Onnio wna found lo bo plentiful. Mr. Morton claiming that ho crossed tiO dnnntrneks north of lOast I.nko and saw ono of tho animals nearly every day. Mo Is of tho opinion that the gnmn rnfugo Is doing luuell good In providing n placo for door to wlntnr. A number of bonr tracks wcro also found but tho men had no encounters with bruins. "As to ducks," tho forestry man continued, "Knst I.uko was literally covorod with them at ono end. You could hardly aoo tho water thoro for thn birds. "While nt East I,nko," ho wemt on, "llob Mowellnn, tho trnppor, told us that ho had captured a grey wolf, a Bcnrco nrtlclo In this country. Ho also lind tho skins of several silver foxes and cross foxes. It Is surprising how many cattle am at 11 1 out In tho forest, which is now a foot (loop In snow up near the InkoB. Wo had to quit our work on account of It." (Contlnuod on Pago 3.) CAR FAMINE 10 OE A LONG ONE M'CANN IS HACK FROM PORTLAND TRIP. Diversion of Kmptlin lo K. I'. Will Mini Tui-Hilny, I'.ut Only XI) Vrr ('tut of Noriniil Hupply In I'roliiililit 'I'linrnaftnr. IteportltiK no ImiKlhlit rnoultn from hln trip to Portland, In tint way of ritmedyliiK tint car nltuiilion, T. A. MrCann, Keneral inmuiKor of Tho Shevlln-lllxon ('ompiiny plant hern, roturned to lleinl yemerduy lo pre uarit for a w inter run at the mill with J only half tint number of ram needed. With D. D. Conn, traffir muniiKnr for thn Hhevlln-lllxou iiiIIIh. Iiu wan In Portland to confer with railroad offlclaln In rexurd to tint HhoruiKO. "Two liundred and ji -vniity-flvo cam urn now delivered," nald Mr. MrCann, In npeakliiK of tint dlver uliin of 400 cmptlen from thn 8. P. It K. to the Houtliern Parlflr, which UHhnred In tint prenvut BlinrlaKe, "and tho rutim 400 will lm delivered liy next Tuenduy. There In a Helium) car HhortiiKn throughout thn country. Iiownvnr, and after Tuenday wo will ronnlder ournelvun lucky If wc run Kcl SO per cent of our normal nupply for thn balance of the winter. "Whether or not we will be able to operatu our nhipplHK and plmiliiKl departmeiiln durliiK January, Kehru n ry and March will depend larnely on the weather. If heavy ntorms come In those monllm. It will of coil rue hamper tho railroads in lc UveritiK their limited nupply, and will Kreatly aRKravatn thn nhortiujso. Vou may bn certain, however, that we will not clime down any department until It In absolutely neei'SBiiry." Doth of "the Ilond mill closed down yealcrday, not berauan of lack of cars, but in order to allow- their employes lo celebrate Tbunknglving day. itF.ri i.si: r.v itmrisii tiioc;iit l'ltOlt.Mll.i: I'HISO.VKRS DK i..m-: TKi roxs i--i:.n hoik. i.ox wood wi:ik;i:. liy William Phillip Slinnis, lltnitiHt Prwti Stuff CorrmiHinilont.) NKAll HHITISII IIKADQUAR THUS. Nov. HO. German forces launched n violent attack on the ex treme southern flunk of the Cumbrnl sector this morning. Tho attack Is still In progress, although It Is evi dent that It will bo repulsed. The Prussians shelled Uuurlon Wood heavily last night and today. Prisoners declared tba,t thoy have been without sleep since November 20. They added that German officers fear tho British Uourlon Wood wedge will forco the German withdrawn! south of the Scarpc. Aviators re pented that the enemy Is destroying Camhrnl and neighboring towns.. MANY ItltlTISII Kll.I.KI). LONDON. Nov. HO. llritlsh ensu ultlea In November exceeded thoso of any other recont month. Approx imately 1 20.1179 officers and men worn, cither killed, wounded or mis's Ing. CARL CHARLETON IS PLACED ON TRIAL llecauso of delay In socitrlng wit nesses itho enso of Carl Charleton, charged with bootlegging, was not brought Into tho Justlco court until o'clock this itttcrnoon. Ho was rep resented by Attorney Vernon A. Forbes, wlillo District Attorney II. II. Do Ammnul handled tho state's ovl donco. Chnrlotnn was arrested Tuesday on (ho charge of having sold whiskey to porsons attondlng a dance at the Grange hall Saturday night. GERMAN S PROGRESS NORTH ITALY IS SECOND BELGIUM GERMANS USE WOMEN AS SHIELDS. Kxorlilliinl Wur Tuvett l.n li-il AkiiIiiM 1 1 nl lit i (iiln, uml l.alMir Ih CiiiiKrrlpled liy tin- In vmllii( A iihI ro-(ji'riiiiui J''orrnH, Illy Ufiitwl I'r. UiThr Ilfnd llulMln.) WAKIIINGTON. D. (.'., Nov. 20. Northern Italy la being made a second Hnlglurn. The Germans placed wo men In the front Hue trenches near Vernon, aa shields against the Italian fire. Hundreds were killed, official Home rabies asserted. Tho Germans levied exorbitant war taxes against Italian cities. Italian lubor being conscripted. The Invad ers aro romriiuudeerlng every mov able article. Italian aoldlers along the Plave river report that the terrified screams of women in the hands of the enemy makes night hideous. 1TA MA XS ATTAf K I Xfi. ITALIAN HKADQI ARTEItS. Nov. 30. Italian aviators reported heavy movementa of troops behind enemy linna. I: is believed that the enemy are realizing that It Is Impossible to break the Italian defense and are pre paring for blows elsewhere. General Diaz definitely assumed the offensive at a number of points today. Kirst a decrease in .the strength if enemy attacks became notircablo, but later the Teutons were forced ito retreat. PEACE SOUGHT IN CENTRAL EMPIRES (By United Prnu to The Bend Bulletin.) AMSTKHDA.M. Nov. 30. It was learned today that peace demonstra tions occurred in both Berlin and Budapest. CI.ASSKS SIII1TF.D OX A COl'XT OK DFI'AHTl KK OK 1.. C. SAX DKKS PIMXCIPAI, GH.WT TO TKACH .M.IM AL T.It.VI.MXG. Changes In the regular high school schedule have been necessitated by the departure of 1,. C. Sanders, phys ical director urn! instructor in manual training, who will leave tonight to Join the navy. As a temporary ar rangement until the school board can reorganize the schedule. Principal H. M. Grunt will have charge of the wood working classes and other teachers will take over part of his former subjects. Previous to coming to Bend, Mr, Grant hud two years experience ns a manual training teacher in the Wnl- lulu and Qtilnecue high schools in Washington state. Miss Helen Manney has given up two ot her Knglish classes and has taken over those In commercial arith metic, formerly taught by Mr. Grant, and physical geography, originally under Mr. Sanders. AHss Inez Penn has also given up ono English class ond taken up Mr. Grant's Anierlcnn history courso; Miss Esther Jane Clarke will in tho future tench all students In freshman English. These changes romo Into effect next Mon day. No extra Instructor will bo brought In unless tho school board secures a now man to havo chargo of the phys ical training. Mr. Sunders will leave tonight for Portland and go from thoro to San Diego, where ho will be a carpenter In tho noropluno dopnrtmont of tho navy. WOMEN WORK IX CAMPS. BELLING HAM, Wash., Nov. 30. Owing to tho lnck of available men, women aro now working In several northwest Washington ramps ns Bnc ond cooks, waitresses and tlish- wnshors. CHANGES MADE AT HIGH SCHOOL Land Slides Delay Trains and Block Telegraph Service Land slides at North Junction yesterday caused by the heavy raliiB, delayed both the O.-W. U. & N. and tho Oregon Trunk trains, the one due last night arriving seven hours late, while the morning train had not yet come in early this afternoon., A wrecking train and quantity of dynamite were used before the cars could get through. Telegraph wires were out of commission for several hours, due to the storm, and operators worked at top speed all day to clear away accumulated mes- sages, after service was finally resumed this morning. W OM I. C. I1KAKD KSCAPKH WHEX ISTOIHAX imiXGH DIXXKK XKAKHY TOWN'S XOTIHKD TO WATCH FOIl HIM. Dodging under the tray which car ried his Thanksgiving dinner, Harry jc. Beard, held in the Bend Jail pend- ing removal by penitentiary officials. escaped to the sagebrush yesterday evening and is now at large. Just as it was getting dark yesterday at about 5 o'clock. H. H. Clow, cus todian of the Jail, took the prisoner his dinner. Beard had not been locked in a cell and was walking the corridor as the door opened. Clow turned to lock it while he held the tray In one hand, and the other man saw his opportunity to get away by slipping under the ray and out of the door before it was completely closed. Although hatless, costless and in his stocking feet, Beard ran through the rain to the east end of town. Clow following him across the rail road track until he entered the Jun ipers and was lost. As soon as Sher iff Roberts had been Informed he made a search through the trees but found no trace of the man. Tele phone messages were sent to nearby towns notifying officials to watch for the convict. Beard was arrested last week, at J. B. Kryrcar's ranch at Sisters.He was wanted in Salem for breaking a peuiteiuiary parole and has still three years to serve in the s;ate pris on. In addition to this, charges ot forgory have been made against him in Polk county. He had been In Central Oregon two months. Big Dance Being Planned by Union Men for Coming Week To secure funds to place the newly established club rooms on Bond and Oregon on a firmer financial basis the unions of Bend will give an enter tainment and ball Wednesday even ing, December 5, nt the Hippodrome, it was announced this morning by Ray R. Canterbury, business agent. Donations of merchandise and various articles liuvo been made by Bend merchants and others, and each gift will be done up in an unlabelled package and auctioned off to the highest bidders. No bidder will have any Idea as to the contents of a pack ago until after It has been purchased, hut each article auctioned is guar anteed to be ot real value. "In soliciting the aid and patron age ot the business people of the city wo wish to show- the necessity of the cooperation of the business men and the masses," Mr, Canterbury declared In announcing tho dance today. "We feel sure of a large attendance, not only by tho members of the local unions, but by others as well." Following is a list ot those donat ing: A. It. Horn, Mgr. brickyard. Union Barber Shop, Bannister ft Gosney. Bend Hauling Co. R. II. Loven shoe store. McCulston's Bakery. E. Heath, second hand store. ASK SYMPATHY FOR RUSSIANS U. S. INSISTS ALLIES ALTER POLICY. America Taken No Part In Warning to Slav Government Ikilslicrvlkl uml Other Start to Form Coalition Government. (Br United Prai to The Bend Bulletin.) PARIS, Nov. 30. America Is In sisting that the allies adopt a more sympathetic policy toward Russia America is not inclined to view Rus sia soU-ly from the viewpoint ot the aid the Slavs might have given the allied cause, and would oppose seeing Russia fettered with the shackles ot despotism. The United Press was Informed authoritatively' today that the Amer ican commission presented .this atti tude most clearly to an inter-allied conference. Russia is foremost In the minds of the conferees. SLAVS WARNED. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30. Allied military officials, with the exception of Americans, have formally warned the Bolshevik! authorities in Russia that the country has ruthlessly thrown aside the obligations of Its treaty in negotiating an armistice anal separate peace. The messages from the allies warned Russia that viola tions of this pledge may cause ser ious consequences. Omission of American signatures on the state ments man indicate that the- Presi dent has refused to interfere with in ternal affairs in Russia which do not directly Involve the United States. The Russian press declares that Kerensky is in hiding in Finland. TO FORM PARLIAMENT. PETROGRAD, Nov. 30. The Bol sheviki. Minimalists, international ists, social revolutionaries, and other parties are initiating a coaHlon movement consisting of a ministry representing these .tactions, and a parliament composed ot 108 members of the Workmen's and Soldiers' coun cil, an equal number of representa tives from the Peasants' Congress, 100 delegates from the army, and 60 from the trades unions. LODGE MEN" COMING. Walter G. Gleason, grand keeper of records and seal of the Kn'.hts ot Pythias lodge of Oregon, and Leslie E. Crouch, grand chancellor, will be In Bend Wednesday on their annual official visit. The lodge will hold degree work in the evening and fol low It with a banquet. Shaver's Transfer Co. Leverett & Fish, real estate. Two Jims, J. F. Taggert. "Wright Hotel. C. A. Mackcy, jitney driver. Universal Garage. Bend Dyeing and Cleanings work. Bend Junk Shop. Bend Cafe. Bagley & Phipps. Moose Club, P. E. Chase. Briggs' Second Hand Store. Percy Brooks, cleaning and press ing parlors. H. Cato, tailor. Henkle & Haines, real estate deal ers. S. H. Stockman, 15-Cent Store. Inula & Roberts, barbers. Fred Huey, American Bakery. Martin & Cashmau, men's fur nishings. Star Cafe. Chas. Ryder, popcorn factory. Carmody Bros. George Barcley, Jitney driver. Little Brick Cafe. O'Noil ft Johnson, soft drinks. Stephens' Barber Shop. Slate's Barber Shop. Gilbert's Grocery, N. H. Gilbert. Bend Dairy Store, B, E. Davis. G. A. Hilllston, plumbing. Nellie Maeklln, Deschutes Hotol. Graves & Person, Deschutes Hotel. The Wardrobe, Carlon ft Martin. (Continued on Page 2.)