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THE BEND BULLETIN, DAILY EDITION, BEND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1018
The Bend Bulletin
DAILY EDITION
Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday,
I1END, OREGON
Entered as Si-cunil Class matter. January 8,
1817, at the Post Office at Bund, Orcuon, under
Act of March B, 1879.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918.
about $11,000,000 on the Deschutes
line, and that Harriman spent a sum
only sJlghtly less. Harriman re
fused to build the line there until
Hill accepted John F. Stevens' rec
ommendation and began preliminary
work. The race that followed is
familiar history in Oregon. Millions
were wasted, as though it were a
game by drunken sailors.
A compromise was not reached un
til the principals to the light were
sobered by the reckless expenditure,
and, when within 40 miles of Bend,
agreed to use a joint line. Under a
further agreement each road oper
ates a passenger train each per day.
It is known on the highest author
ity that Wall street was disgusted
with this extravagant battle of mil
lions. A prominent banker there
told a western man that the waste
of money in the Deschutes canyon
had a great influence in weakening
the confidence of eastern Investors
in western railroad enterprises, if
not in all railroad enterprises.
That and similar waste of money
is largely responsible for the failure
of the railroads to .get sufficient
money for their uses, and that in turn
is responsible for the breakdown of
transportation and the taking over
of the lines by the government,
along with the great loan made by
the government to put the lines in
condition to handle war traffic.
It Is, in part, to pay for such In
excusable and wastful performances
that the people are now called upon
bo pay large increases in freight and
passenger rates.
f, instead of double tracking De
schutes canyon, one line had been
built and the rest of the millions had
been spent in building to Lakeview
and Klamath Kails, Southeastern
Oregon would have been Portland
territory, and that virgin empire
would now bo in 'the midst of a
swiftly advancing and highly import
ant development.
The Deschutes canyon folly was a
crime against Oregon.
It Is a crime whose evil effects
have done great harm to Portland
and have deprived an active and
splendidly intelligent people In Cen
tral and Southeastern Oregon of a
development that would have been
of great value to all Oregon.
It Is a situation that all the state
SOLDIERS FOR
POLITICIANS
'(joQtiDuu .rom Page One.)
TO MY PATRONS.
Mrs. MuMer lias returned to Band
ami will open her parlor on Monday,
Ihe 24th. Sho has brought a large
quantity or the famous Milk Weed
quantity or the famous Nick Marr
preparations with her, for which
purpose she went to Portland to learn
how lo use It with the most success.
Ladies are cordially invited to come
and find out more about It. Malr
dresslng and beauty parlor, O'Kane
buldg., room 28. Phone Red 1701.
Adv. 105-ltiCc
I MONEY!!
A BATTLE OF MILLIONS, A.N'l)
(OroKon Journal.)
A crime has been committed In
Oregon against the people In a great
belt of territory between the summit
of the Cascade mountains and the
eastern border of this state. This
belt extends from the California bor
der northward 100 to 1 50 miles, in
cluding the Important towns of
Klamath Kalis, Lakeview and other
places capable of great production.
These people are In Oregon, are
loyal to Oregon, and want to do busi
ness with Oregon, They are at the
farther end of a vast plateau, which
has a gradual slope northward to
Bend, and northward and westward
down the Deschutes canyon and the
Columbia gorge to Portland. A
loaded car of livestock, or wheat or
other products, stalled in motion at! should help to remedy
LakOVlew would almost roll into
Portland of Its own momentum, The
altitude, for example, at Lakeview, Is
4,92r, feet, and at Klamath Kails
slightly less. There Is scarcely a rise
In the ground from Lakeview on th
northward journey, almost as straight
as the pigeon Hies, through the rich
Chewaucan anil Summer Lake val
leys, which, with the Silver Lake
and Goose Lake valleys, make a con
tlnuous sweep of valley land 150
miles long almost as long, but not
nearly so wide as the great Willam
ette valley. North of Sliver Lake
ami on the way to Bend, there is a
grent area of deep woods, made up
of yellow pine, extending the greater
part or the distance to Bend.
All these people, 15,000 or more
111 number, are anxious to do business
In Oregon, to sell their products in
Oregon, to buy their supplies in Ore
gon. IBut they cannot do it. Their rail
road connections are all with Cali
fornia. Klamath Palls Is served by
the Southern Pacific and Lakeview
by the California, Nevada & Oregon,
a narrow gauge, from the south. The
Lakeview rood extends 240 miles
southward and eastward to Ilono,
touching the Western Paolflc and the
Central Paolflc, giving the Goose
Lake, Chewaucan and Summer Lake
valleys nccess to San Francisco in a
roundabout and unsatisfactory way.
A carload of livestock, to come to
Portland from Lakeview. would have
lo gx hundreds or miles south, and
then westward, berore It could even
stnrt 111 tho direction of Oregon and
Portland. A carload of potatoes
started from Klamath Kalis would
have to go CO miles or more south
ward on an extended exclusion Into
California before It could even be
pointed In Ihe direction of Portland.
Worse still, the rates for anything
destined for Portland or coming
from Portland are all the way from
." to 20 tier cent, higher, though the
distance Is about the same. More
over, there Is a through and direct
oiling or not ii passenger and freight
traffic to San Pranclseo, while Portland-bound
freight. If there were any,
would he subject to transfers and do
I iys as Is tho case with all passen
ger traffic.
And here is Ihe crime of all this:
Enough money was speul In building
I wo lines of railroad track, parallel
ing caeb other a few yards apart
i.iiougn i lie Headlines canyon to
have built one line through De
schutes canyon and with extensions
to both Lakeview and Klamath Kails.
Tho money wasted in th i toollsb
building of two lines In the Deschutes
canyon would have tied the business
tind the people In a big empire on
iho huge plateau in Southeastern
bills come duo just the same, and
the fact that one pays for what one
gets Is a maxim written irrevocably
on the tablets of time. If the state
wishes to be a godfather to stud
horses, and shower Its' parental bless
ings in other directions, it must re
member that parenthood always costs
money and that babies need shirts
and shoes. The only way that money
can be saved is to merely eliminate
and blot out. And history show3
that this can't be done. So far no
one has pointed out that any of the
state activities are really useless, and
all of them are backed by an im
mense following, that sits on its hind
legs and howls every time some pa
triotic taxpayer suggests that tho
immense followlng's own particular
state hobby be cut out.
Stories for Newspapers.
If the new plan of government
goes through it will mako lots of
stories for the newspaper boys, but
the cost will be there just the same.
And the cost will bo sufficient the
next two years. This became evi
dent when bids for the last six
months' supplies for the present bi
ennium were opened a few days
since. Mounting costs indicated that
many of the institutions will require
deficiency appropriations before the
year is up. Numerous supplies have
jumped 25 or 30 per cent, on this
latest batch of bids and when It is
considered they jumped 26 or 30 per
cent, six months ago, and 25 or 30
per cent, six months before that, and
have been keeping up that ratio for
sovorul six months' periods,. It will
be seen that expenses of state gov
ernment have been compounding
with a vengeance and the taxpayers
will have to - handle the freight
charges when the time comes. There
will be considerable cussing over tax
receipts the next few years, but, as
a matter oi fact, the state officials
cannot be blamed for it. It is a
certain fact they have been holding
down expenses as economically as
possible, and in some instances have
perhaps been too parsimonious. But
uny householder, who has to pay for
groceries, shoes, fuel and the other
accessories of a not too luxurious
life, will appreciate the fact that ex
penses are growing and the state
cannot get off any cheaper than a
private individual.
The high cost of living Is hitting
things with a stiff wallop and appar
ently there is no way to avoid it.
Might Help Politicians.
Down In Portland the other day
veterinarians of Oregon and Wash
ington succeeded, so they said, in
successfully removing the bray from
a mule. This is in Itself quite a
feat, but It might be put to a prac
tical use during campaigns, and next
fall no doubt would be a valuable
asset If some of the spellbinders that
could be named were touched up
under the new plan.
Governor on Vacation,
Governor Wlthycombe has been
away from the capltol on a vacation
for a few weeks, visiting his son Rob
ert at Union and enjoying himself
with his little grandchild. A long
drag with his son's illness back In
Washington, when for many weeks
it was believed the son would never
survive, along with the worries of a
campaign and an attack of the grip,
all have tended to make the govern-
I have a few thousand dollars
to loan at low rate of interest
on good mortgage security, pre
ferably producing farms. No
delay.
J. M. LAWRENCE
Loins. Inaiitince, Investments
BEND, OREGON
04 of a Strict nf Informative Article
on Dental ByglnNo. 7
What
Causes Tooth
Decay?
WE know that when
food is left ex
posed to warm air for a
given time it ferments or
turns sour. Pood caught be
tween tho tenth ferments, and
this fermentation is usually
ca,'S(,a ?y very small plants
called miero-orsaiiisms. Food
deposits in tho mouth or in
between tho tooth soon fer
ment and decompose. forming
an acta. Which Is a solvent for
tho enamel of tho tooth. On
decayed tool h affect it ntgh.
boring tooth.
It will thus be scon that decay
is duo to the presence of for
mentingfood particles In tho
mpUth. Remove this by means
of a tooth-brush, or dental
floss, or hy uny otlior way,
and you will help to prevent
decay of teeth.
Diseases which occur In
childhood, such as tonsllltls,
measles, diphtheria, scarlet
ever, and others, causo tho
teeth to become liablo to
decay more easily. This Is
because during sickness tho
teeth do not receive proper
i uu t ix r l . cry
often tho six - year molars
or's health none the best, but It is
believed he will be recuperated and
fresh as a daisy upon his return from
his trip to Eastern Oregon.
Examinations for state teachers'
certificates will be held in the county
seats of each county of the'state from
June 26 to June 29, inclusive, ac
cording to an announcement made by
Superintendent Churchill. The usual
subjects will be covered and in ad
dition domestic art, domestic science,
drawing, manual training, mechan
ical drawing, music, physical culture,
stenography and typewriting will be
subjects to be given to applicants
who desire special certificates.
Labor Shortage at Asylum.
If you happen to find some strange
man prowling around your back yard
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YOU MUST HAVE GOOD GROCERIES TO HELP THE GOOD
HEALTH OF ALL THE FAMILY, AND AS YOU SPEND A
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THEN "TRADE WITH US." WE WILL GIVE YOU PURE
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BENNETT-COOPER CO.
this summer, don't be surprised; It summer.
will probably only be a loose nut off
from the wheel of state. Superin
tendent Steinor of the state hospital
is finding such great difficulty in
keeping employes at the institution,
with competition keen for labor In
the shipyards and war industries that
the institution is operating on a
shorthanded basis and probably will
continue to do so more and more.
But two alternatives are left either
to lock up all of the patients tight,
or take a chance on some of them
wandering away. A large share of
insane people are made worse by
being locked up, and the best cure
for them is sunshine, work and air,
Consequently, Superintendent Steiner
is going to take a chance and he ex
pects plenty of elopements this
C. O. I. Order Hang!!.
Final disposition of the distribu
tion scheme for tho Central Oregon
Irrigation company's project under
the order of the public service com
mission, Issued some time ago, is
hanging In abeyance. The commis
sion, In its order, provided that the
distribution plan shall be subject to
the approval of the desert land board,
meaning the state engineer. When
the company sent in its plan to the.
commission, the commission sent It
to the state engineer for his ap
proval. It Is now there awaiting
final decision. The company has
passed the buck to the commission,
tho commission has passed it to the
engineer, and now it may be shoved
back to the commission. Time will
tell.
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It Is said that James J. Hill spent