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VOL. Ill (
; MCNI), DEHCHUTK8 COUNTY OREGON,
IRRIGATION
3h
INSTRUCTIONS SENT
FROM WASHINGTON.
EXPERTS ARE HERE
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Ail rMllln Nltra Will lie IJKkl
i ...
Into If llrnliam Fall In Not
H(lHfiirtoi-)" ljuiil I'Icmj.i'11
ProfrnMir W. O. Cr"l)'.
InvostlgutloiiH hy the party of
government geologist and eivxlnuer
who arrived In llend lust it I k lit will
not tin confined to ilxnlium KuIIh us
u KtoriiKii reservoir 1 1 u for confin-
lug tho overflow of thai Deschutes
(or tlin Irrigation of IIhi thousands
or ocruii of now arid land in the
l)i-Bcliut" valley.' ilm statement
lout night of Andrew J. Wiley.
member of tho parly. The govern
ment expert, hn nu Id. ttit V recclvi-d
definite Instruction from Wasblng
ton to exhaust all possibilities for
yioniKo purpose, and othi-r site
V 111 bo thoroughly looked Into In
case lbs lund at ilenham Kalla la
not found suitable,
"Il Is olio of thn (Input bodies
of land for Irrigation that I have
ever mem, and I ahull ba itlad to
, do anything In my power to brine
water to it," wua tho statement of
l'rofenr V. O. Crosby of Boston,
who houd thn. party. . r '
Kipert of High Htaailinjr.
Tho govurnmcnt export were
oiut ynatorday ,, afternoon at Oale
ay by . auto from Midra . and
taken to that city for supper, after
ward being brought , to . Redmond.
From there they accompanied the
Ilind delegation, coining . In ears
furnished by M. A. I.ynrh of Red
mond and Mayor J. A. Kaaloa of
Ili'iid. Thla morning thnf t out
on their flrt trip to the Hitnham
Kalla mu, which will ho under !n
vcstlgatlqn. ; :.:, s - (
rrdfnaaor Oiwsliy, tho chief goot'-'
' oglst of tho party, wna formerly a
membur of tfte faculty of the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology,
and Ik now chiefly engaged In orig
inal research work, and bus boon on
topological Investigation in eomioc
tlon with largo engineering project
In thn United Suites, Mexico, Aluaka
nnd Hpaln, Jl Ih IIio author of
ninny work nnd paper dealing with
((colony, mliierolocy and potrolnrty.
Knuliirti' Una Amg Ttirnitl.
Andrew J. Wlloy, In chnrro of thn
9 enKlnoerlnx work, wan aaalatant con
Mrultlon engineer of tho U. P.. rail
vond at' Iiiuie, .Moritnnn, frorh 18Sfi
to R8. chief nxHlKtant ctiKlnoor of
tho Idaho Mining and IrrlKution
Co. on the construction of a InrKe
'ifrlnutloii H.VHtnm from ,1888 to
1882, chief . nnglnoor nnd gonornl
muniiKer of tho Owyhee Lnnd and
Irrlgntlon Co. nt Grand Vle.w, Idaho,
coilHtructlug a Inngn Irrlgution yR
tem from 1892 to 1808, and chief
engineer ' of thn Swan Full powor
riant at Holne, Idaho, from 1900
(o'l902. Ha wna chief anginncr of
tho Holiio-Pnyettn, KInctrlo Power
'..CJflT chief criglnoe'r'for the Barbor
ijrmbor Co., I)oIb, Idaho, ' for tho
cntruction of a largo - dnm nnd
' tioiiiT plant on tho Bolne rlrer from
1004 'to 1905, and la now a connult
Ing member for tho U. 8. reclama
tion aoryion, and, for a number of
Irrigation nnd ', ,waterpower com-
iPnlcR,!,f.V" '.V'',' '1 '. ' ' -. i
TtonJvfHamllti and irvlng hi
Cronb'j-Rftn of ProfeHRor Croaby, are
,'Hie..ot.lur niomboni of the party. '
X-RAPURCHASED ; V
FOR NEW HOSPITAL
' Probably ono of the lurgoHt X-rny
lnncJiituiR in KaHtnrn Oregon Is to
hn inntnllcMl in Jlio hoHpllul of tho
l.nmbnrmftn'R Hospital aRRoclntlnn,
n coord Hi g to J. 1), Donovan , who
wado tlto'pitrchaRo while on hlfl re
cent. trlr to Portlnnd,
' Mr 'Donovan nyR t hat the ran-
chlno In one of tho, Intent types nnd
(Minithlft At ilnln t...a fUfflrtt.U
j'nnd delicate ruttiogroph work.
Pigeon Finds Use
When PhoneLine
To Bend Is Dead
.Tliu telephone Rtrlke Iiun no
terrors for Wllliuin Bprout ut
thn iJecclniicH niiiionni . rorem
Hiirvlco. : lnnieiid of taking
down the rooelvur and vainly
attemptluiX , to gut lie ' utton
tlon uf ttiu inluHlng "(,'iwiuul,"
Mr. Hproat, who In ut Kimt lake
on special work for tho forvNt,
merely taken a pigeon from hi
banket, allpa ' note in till
aluminum tube attached to tho
carrier' log and turn th bird
oaut. Inlle of SO minutni
the bird i In tho .cote t lUi
Sprout bortin In", Bund, and, V.
few minute later the
lu received by Mm. Hproul,
Thn Unit communlcatlp)V.'vyRv
received by Mr. Hpro'J-jii''
morning, after 1 her hlubiind'
hud endeavored to eltc.,coiii-
munlcatlon by telepuqpiftt 'V',
PACIFIC FLEET
STARTS TODAY
Aimui, ih;h iuiima. com
ma xdh OS KLAfJHHIP ! AKW
MEXICO BOO HHIPS l1,LDKU
IX 11.KKT UHKX COMI'M-rTR
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(Hy Unlt4 I'rraa la n llrnil Bulletin.)
NKWPOItT NEWS, Vu.. July 19.
Headed by 25 deRtroyer the Pa
cific fleet, lu charge of Admlrul
Hugh llodman, left Humpton roudu
thla morning at 8:30 o'clock. It l
the flnst powerful force thin coun
try ha over annombled to guard the
Pacific coat. Admiral Hodman I
on the flagnhlp New Mexico, and fol
lowing ' am (even battleahtp. the
Wyntpiog, Arkanaaa, . New.' York.
Texan. Arlon. Idaho and MIhIr
lppl. '
Vhefrtrenmed on the Pacific
the fleet w comprlite 200. ihlp
with, 2.000 offioer and 3.1,000 men.
I.tMKIJ4 I.KAVKH AKJl'HT 6..
WABHIKGTO. IJ. C July 19.
8ocrntary, "6f he Navy' Danieli) de
clared todny -I hub 1 ho expects to
leave for the Pacific , -count about
Auguut 1, arriving In 81111 Ulego on
AugDMt 6, to 1nec; tile Piioiflc count
fleuti 'which In due' to urriye 011. the
following day. It, In understood
that the prenldent plimn to reach
the- coant In the middle ot Angnut.
CHICKEN CASE UP
IN POLICE COURT
Complaint Piled by Itedninliil Men
AgninNt Albert Moliler, nmt Com
plalnlnit Wltnenn l'ayn Fine.
On the complaint of A. .. Wright
of Hcdmoml, Albert Moliler, of the
nil me city, wu brought into police
court hero yeRlorduy . nnernoon to
explain the preneneo of q chicken,
which the complnlnlngi wltnens
rliilmed hud been purloined, In IiIh
nulnniohlln .
The defondunt denied all knowl
edge of guilt, nnd, us chief witness
In hla behalf appeared Child Irwin,
who had been in tho car with Mr.
Moliler when they motored to, Bend.
Mr. Irwin stated that the chicken
had been found lit tho middle of the
road, Its feet tide tngetho niid that
out of common buni.nnltyhpyIjad
brought the bird with th4ra'.' , VA
After discovering that the nn(ro
cao was a practical Jok frVmed' Nn
Mr. Mnhlnr hv 'a Karl
tlon which visited Bond Veitfird)',
City Judge People dlRnjllaeoi Mne
ce after ordering the cnml6)pW
Wltnessto purchBRo drlnVa'fotho
crowd. r'" 'i ' ' T'V i'-' V'.
PRESIDENT' SIGNS w.'
1 THE SUNDRIES BILL
.-,-.t"'-- .
9H.M0,00 Now Available; for Voca
tlonal llelmltllltiitlon irfMcn
Wounded In Hervlfx. i. '.,
. I" .
! Illy Unlt.nl PrM to Tim hVml fullctln.l
WASHINOTON, I). C. jMy'm.
PreHldont WIIboii today HjKnetJ'otlin
now sundry civil appropriations hill
carrying $8,000,000 for vocational
roiinblllliil liin of wounded hotvIop
men. Another' bill carries., $0,000.-
1 000 tor tho samo purpose.
FOREST FIRES
CAUSING HUGE
TIMBER LOSS
THOUSANDS OF ACRES
INCLUDED.
RAIN IS ONLY HOPE
; ;
Wall of Flume F.xU-iul IfatpitUy and
Hrr Fighter. Work U Vata'la',
" Kffort. to Ch-k I'rogn
Curelennur 101 In Ceute,
(0 Unllrd PrM to The BVtu) BIMIn.)
BI'OKAN'K. July 19. Forest Are
In Idaho, Montana and Kastern
Washington are continuing 16 eat
their wuy through 'valuable timber.
A glicuutic fire Is now covering thou
sand of acres in the upper Priest
Klver country near the International
boundary, and six large conflagra
tions urn sweepitiig through near
the boundary of Kaniksyu forest,
while unother is within the forest
limits.
Nothing in the world cun prevent
the holocuuHtunlens rain (alls. Fire
fighter are unable to hold the wall
of flame which are gaining steadily.
Supervisor Flint, at Newport, Wash
ington, declured. Fire chief from
half a dozen other points in the
government and slate forests echoed
hi fear.
Appuretilly no lives are endan
gered. Supervisor Flint said that
the fires, ' without exception, could
lie traced to carelessness on the part
r-f campers and tourists. ,
JUDGE IS "DEAR"
TO GYPSY IAiD
: '. ,. .i uj irVrii'.
KOHTt'NK TFJXKR AFrtXTIOX
ATK AH KHK PAVH l.ICJ?X8KTO
"COrilT HALF OK t KAKXINOH
t
PIU)MIHKI OFF1CKR.
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To ba addressed in loving terms
by tho dark skinned seventh daugh
ter' of a seventh daughter, who
gases knowingly Into the future and
tolls whnt she reads in tho .crystal
for a consideration was the .sur
prise which descended upon Police!
Judge Peoples when ' "Mary John,
dimlnulivo Gypsy fortune teller,
was brought into court lnt'e Venter
day afternoon by Acting Police Of
ficer Tom Carlon to pay the license
demanded by city charter.; ,, ;' .,'
Mary has told fortunes, many of 1
them, and never has she made a
mistake, she admitted when qiiee
lloned by the Judge. ."It's-, all
righ, dear, I'll pay the license,". sheJ
ensured him nt the close of the ex
amination. "If I make SIS, I'll
'give you half," she promised Mr.
Curlou us she took her departure.
LONDON CHEERS
ALLIED PARADE
1II.OOO TKODIH, RKPRKHENTIXG
lit NATIONS, PASS THKOl'UH
HTRKF.TS I'KRHHINO , HEADS
3.1O0 AMERICANS.
LONDON, July 19..t London
sounded cheer upon cheer as 19,000
allied troops, representing 12 na
tions, panned in a 1rltllant process
Rlon today; commemorating the com.
Ing sQf peace. Millions, choked the
streets oh a composite army Of 3500
Americans, under General Pershing,
led ilia parade down Iluoktngham
palace roud. . leneinl llaig led the
British force. ' . ' '
WILL INVESTIGATE
PROPAGANDA RUMOR
. i'
' WASHINOTON, n. C. July 10.
Senator Kenyon declared today that
congress will investigate the charges
that big pnekors nro conducting
nntlon-wlde prnpngniidii ngnlnst the
Kenyon bill regulating the pnrkei-n.
He snys that ho has strong evidence
to pluco before (1iu somite.
FAR WESTERNERS HEAD
I FARM LEGISLATION
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CI. MNABY
. - The three bg firm committee
of the senate In the new congress
are already organized and at work
oa legislation vital In this pe
riod. Senator A. J O'onna of
North Dakota U chairman of the
agriculture committee. Senator
Reed 8moot of Utah head the
committee on public land. Sena
tor C U. MrNary of Oregon - I
ehalrmaa ot the Irrigation and
reclamation committee. Ail are
RESUME WORK
. . . . 1 1 .
ON PROHIBITION
A.MKXD.MKXTS IN HOLSK CHIKF
! I.Y TO CORKKCT TKXT 8KX-
ATE COMMITTKK LINQKRs
OVKfl IMIORTAXT PHA8KS. ;
i
- Br Uiflua Prmt to Tb Bcni BulUsia.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July It.
The-house today resumed the read
ing of the prohibition enforcement
bill. - Numerous amendments .were
offered, hlefljr to, perfect' the text.
The senate' judiciary Bub-commll-tee
. continued' considering, Its en
forcement bill, reaching jio agree
ment on Important phases, such as
definition of . prohibited - beverage
and seizure of borne stocks.
NE1YTANGLEIN
PHONE STRIKE
SAV . FRAM'ISCO I.KA1IERS, CALL
MASSMECTIXO TO PROTEST
OHl)KK FROM HEAPQUARTERS
KXDIXG WAIJtOVT. .
'tBjr I'nUrtl Trau. to Thr Btaa Bulk tin.)
SAN FRANCISC jfuly IB. The
Pacific coast teloplionstrlk tangle
received a new twhtt iodnyi when
members of he central strike com
mlltee met the order of. International
offcials to return to work Monday
by preparations for a mass meeting
to protest settlement. They said
that such a settlement would be
only temporary.
NEW REGULATIONS
: FOR FIRE ALARMS
Flrp'i Chief Tells How - to Operate
; Siren by Use of Switch While.
Phone Strike In On. ..r"
Because ot tho telephone strike It
will be Impossible to turn in fire
alarms at the Bond phone exchange,
and Fire' Chief - Tom ' Carlon ; an
nounced thla afternoon that until
an t adjustment . of "'' difficulties is
readied .it will be necessary to call,
out the department by going to the
corner of Minnesota and -Lava roud
and Operating the city fire siren by
the switch which Is located V that
point.
Tho switch should lie closed until
the siren reaches its high pitch,
Mr. Carlon states, then opened, this
being ropeated nt intorvnls. He
asks- thnt tioialnrms. be turned in
for-bonfires, ' '
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CONTRACT FOR
TUMALO POWER
IS SENT EAST
THREE SECOND FEET
NEEDED FOR BEND.
SURVEYS COMPLETED
Mitra for Power PurpoeM Offered to
B. W.. L. 't P.' Co. Without '
Charge lenchutr Best for.
.Water- Hays Foley
That a contract approved, but not
signed by the state, for the use of
waters from Tumalo creek for
power purposes and to . furnish a
new supply for domestic uses for
the cityy of Bend- ha, been sent to
the" officials ' of the Bend Water,
Light & Power Co. in the east for
their consideration, was the state
ment' this morning of T. H. Foley,
manager of the company Interests
here, on his return from a trip to
Portland. If the contract is signed
and its provisions immediately car
ried out. it is estimated that three
jsecond feet of water from the Tam
alo will be sufficient to supply . the
j city. Water for power purposes will
I be furnished to the company with
out charge other than that oi de
velopment. If it is not found advisable to
at once use water from the Tumalo
tor Bend's supply, there will be no
rudical change made in the present
.system, Mr. Foley says, for as far
Peschutes river water is con-
cerned. it is now being taken from
ttiE point where there la the least
possible danger ot ' contamination,
and no other stream than the Tumalo-'
would furnish a better source
!ot,supply. . .
( ..As to power development, surveys
! have ' already been made, on the
'.Tumalo,' hut no final -decision has
as yet been made In regard to utili
zation ot site gone 'over by the
engineers. to increase 4he amount of
electrical energy which can be made
available by the power company.
BEND MEN SERVE IN
ARMY HEADQUARTERS
HV K. Cook Returns to Bend After
' 20 Months Overscan Toured
Battlefields of F.uropr.
I After serving 20 months overseas
! in the American expeditionary
I forces, during which time he was
j stationed at General Pershing's
headquarters In France, H. K. Cook,
ison of W. G. Cook of this city, has
I returned to Bend, and will leave
jsoon for his ranch in Milllcan val
j ley after a visit with his parents
! here.
! Tl.. .. t r .UA fUA )!.... V. . n A
u. .11 .in v. 1 i.it; inu iiiui un unu
previously been a newspaper man,
Mr. Cook was one of a detachment
selected to tour the battlefields of
Europe after the signing of the
armistice.
ARMED PARTY
ROBS SAILORS
MEN OX FISHING TRIP ATTACK
- ED EARLY IX MONTH ON TAM
PICO. RAY, WAK.pFJARTMENT
LEARNS SITXATlOX SERJOVS-
. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 19.
The state department was advised
today that a boatload of American
sailors on a fishing trip at Tamplco
bay - wore robbed fcy a body ' of
armed men on July '6. The depart,
mont admitted that -the situation ,1s
most serious. Mexican authorities
have promised Immediate investiga
tion. "",''; '' V- - -'V
STRENGTH OF ARMY
NOW ONLY 732,000
By United Pkm to The Bend Bulletin. I '
WASHINGTON, D.'C, July 19.
The Rtroiigth of the U. S. army on
July 14 was- 782,000, the war de
partment estimates. Of this num
ber 287,000 are In Europe. .
BEND IS AGAIN
WITHOUr LOCAL
PHONE SERVICE
OPERATORS JOIN5. IN
COAST. STRIKE:
ASK MINIMUM OF $2
Haaao-er . U. Caliber Maintains 81-
' le nor la Regard fci fteawnptioa ',
of Service Walkout Fol
lows Oae-Maa Strike". '
Demanding a minimum wage ot
$2 a day for apprentices, with a S4
a day at the end of two years' -training,
together with the stipula
tion for a ix-day week, the tele
phone operators at the Bend ex- '
change left their switchboards at 6
o'clock last night, and service ia
Bend was paralyzed all night andv'
today. While hundreds of. phonel
users in the city are anxiously wait
ing to learn whether or not any
step are being taken which will'-,
result in the resumption of service.;
J. U'Caither, local , manager, re-'
fused absolutely to make any state
ment on this point. "The wage
scale is fixed on a universal basis,"
was the only remark . he made to
break the silence which prevailed
after every question which was
asked him this morning. ' . - , ,
The strike was tailed last night'.. '
following the arrival of Miss EInora ;
Hildebrand, organizer, . from ''. The"
Dalles. Organlxatlon ot the Bead
local resulted; in V, the . election; of
Miss Irene Roney a president of
the local. Miss Marjorie Hoover aa
treasurer and Miss'' Gladys Farns
worth as secretary,. The members ,
of the . union ' walked out" shortly
after. '. .ku . - : v '.
.. 42 Minhnaai' Asked. ' v. ' 4
In, regard (o- report In- Portland
papers har the coast trike. ' ot'
which the Bend walkout ts a part,
i virtuany over, MIsa. Hildebrand I
' -iHred that . no attention , would
paid to any reports other than
ho coming from unon headquar
ters in Portland. Mis Roney. pre!-,
dont rf the union, in presenting the:
case of the striking operators, stat
ed that they were asking for noth
ing but a living wage. "With the
exception of. the chief ;oporator, the
highest we ,,.haiii.,been promised,
when the announcement of a raise
was made recently,', was $13.50 a
week, and that was far a iglrl who
had worked In the office for two
years," she said. "We -want $2 a
day for beginners, gradually Increas
ing to $4 to be given at the end
of two years in the employ of the
company. We ask also that girls
who work in the evening receive 15 :
cents a day additional, and that the
night operator receive 30 cents
extra. - ? . . j
To raise funds to aid In conduct
ing the strike, the operators will
give a dance ; at ( the j Hippodrome
Wednesday nigbt. .:.!..
Follows One-Man Strike.
The walkout of the operators fol
lows a one-man strike, which has
been in progress for the last three
weeks. When Roy Kerry, the local
company's electrical worker, heard '
of the strike on ' th' coast . he ;
promptly put on .hla coat and left!
the job until, such time as an agree
ment could be arrived, at between
the unionists and the employers.
' 'The only telephone connections '
which could be had todar were' on
long . distance and toll lines, and
then could be made only betweea '
tHout-ofrtown , pointi, called anil ..
Ihe enntml Wf i.m , o..K.'HiVte'v.'.
phohe within the. ejtv . ;ere bao-f..
Jutely dead. ' . . ;. . -yi- 'i'p
KONENKAMP QUITS i
; -i TELEGRAPH UNIONS ; :
Resignation- a ;Presldeht Not Con ,
' nected with Allure of Ro ,
cent Strike, He Hay. ; - ,'
(By Unittd Pnu to Tlx Brad Bulletin.) .
CHICAGO, July 10. 8. J. Konen-
kamp, president of the Commercial ,i
Telegraphers' union, announced his '
resignation today, to take effect y
whenever the union sees . fit. ri He t
said ' the ' reusons were purely per- t
soniil and that he was not requeued
to leave followlrr the . recent un-...
successful strike. '
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