THE BEND BULLETIN Probably lUIn Tonight or Tomorrow fJoolor " AtLY EDITION 1 . t VOU DI BEND, OKHOBUTES COUNTY OREGON, WKDNEHDAY AFTERNOON, HKIT KMHKIl ft, 1010 No. 75 U. S. AVIATOR OVER MEXICO, IS EXPLAINED ACTION HALTED Both ich and Poor at Uncle Sam's Cost Sale VALUATION IN ON FRANCHISE COUNTY GAINS COUNCIL ASKS MORE CHANGES ARE SEEN IN FACTS. ASSESSOR'S REPORT. BORDER SNIPING MAY GO UNPUNISHED. NO LAW WILL APPLY Kimipenn C'unlom Prior lo War Only Precedent Mexican" Gen eral Declares Aim-rlt-nn Plum lYIghten Ciillle.. , lit Unlied I'rewloTh. tlod UulMln.l ' WAHIIINUTON. . C. Hupl. 3. High offlclol doubt whether or not tlin United State will be In a por tion to lnko any action aguliiHl Mnxl- co It It In found that Captain McNub, V. B. army, who wan shot yoslorduy, wii f lyltiK over Mexican will. There In no International law governing fly Iiik. but It wait the custom in Eu ropean eountrloN, ; prior to tho out- ' break of tho war to fire upon forolgn aviator who crossed Intornutlonal boundaries without permission. ' Mnxlrami (Jive Excue LAREDO, Texas. Bept. 3. Captain McNub wiu one kltomelor across the border flying over Mexican territory when ahot yolorday by Mexican sol dler. Qonornl Garza, commanding the CarrantUta garrison at Nuovo Laredo, declared today. ' aoneral Ouria, In a itatomont made public through tho Mexican eounsul at Laredo, admitted that the huotlng wa done by soldier of a Carrantlsta outpoNt. tionerul Onrta said that hla ol- dlnra declared they had recolved many complaint of aviator flying over Mexican soil and frlghlonlng the HvoNtock, Ito said that ho had protested repeatedly against thli, mil that hla protest had been ro penlodly Ignored. Ho also declared thut It had boon reported that tho American aviators woro taking photographs of Mexican territory. Ilia itatemont made no effort to deny the ihootlng, but attempted to JUHiIfy It on tho grounds that the aviator's alleged flight over Mexican territory constituted a breach of In tornationul law. LIGHTNING CAUSES MORE FOREST FIRES Two mora fires within the bound- arid of tho Deschutes National For est wero rcportod this morning f bringing tho total of blnxos starting this wouk as the ' rosult of rocont electric storms up to 14. The now fires are in tho Croscont section, ono of 20 ncros being on Clo ver Creek, and the othor of 10 acres nenr Mt, Thlolson. Tho flames have tnado but slow gains, and Ranger Itoy Mltcholl, In ciargo of the dis trict, will havo but little difficulty In bring them undor control, it was stated at forest hondquartors hero PUPILS RIDE LONG WAY TO SCHOOL Children who live In the Prlnglo Knit country will attond school at I Pine this yoar.nn d bocause of the dlHtnnca between the two points, the school district Is providing for dally trnnportatlon. L. J. Harrlman, In thn ojnploy of the forest service dur Itffr the summor months, has been given the contract for taking the pu pil to and from ncnool. Rome of the pupils live as mueh ns eight to 10 miles from the build ing whore they will attend clnssos, ' COUNTY COUKT HAS t REGULAR SESSION Member of the DoHchuto county court mot In rugulnr session thlB mcrftlng at tho court houno. , The onrly part of tho mooting was devot ed to audltlnrt bills, and rond mnt tora woro scheduled to come up this aftoinoon. it' BOLSHEVIK ARMY WOULD NEGOTIATE , PARIS, Sopt. 3. A Berne dis patch today reported that official Announcement ha been mnde there aaylng that the Bolshevik forces on the Duelser front had asked to nogo tl peace with, the Rumanian. CJllnon Must Hliow lliintl, I loclidon Vacation of Streets Ik Aiikrd Concrete Wnlk ' . t'onlnirt Ict. Wliothor or not the city of Bond Nhould grunt to K. D. Qllxon a fron chlMo permitting him to bring water from Spring river lo Ilund for muni cipal and domoHtla use, wuh tho queatlon which occupied tho greuter part of tho council' time lust night ut the first meeting of tho month. Tho mutter cume up when tho ordi nance bill carrying the frunclilHo, Was read for tho second time, and quo-, ... rt i, f I (ions lljr Olllicuinuil iv. I,, rnjim brought oxplunatlons from It. B. Hamilton, attorney for Mr. Cllson. Mr. I'ayne's objections to granting the franchise woro that there had boon no assurance thut financial support would be available to make possible fulfilment of the terms of the contract, and that the city Is now getting good service and an abund ance of germlesa water from the fiend Water, Light A Power Co., the present franchise holder. Mr. Ham ilton sugested In answer, that com petition might result In even better (Continued on Page Two.) WILSON STARTS TOUR TONIGHT PRESIDENT WILL TRAVKL 10,000 MILEH IX ATTEMPT 'TO tOX VI SCR PEOPLE T1L1T TItKATV KHOI'LI) NOT UK ALTERED. I Br Unitnl Prm toTht Bend Dulltln.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Sopt. 3. ovonlug on hlH 10,000 mllo speaking tour of the United States, plauhed In an effort to convince the people of America that the peace treaty should bo ratified a It stands. He will attempt to solidify public opinion In favor of the treaty so that pres sure will be brought to bear on op position senators from their homo districts. Inducing them to change tholr attltudo. , STATE ROAD OFFER IS NOT YET MADE County Judge Writes to Coinmbuilon tilvlii( Attltudo of Court In EfTort to Huston Action. Although a weok h.t elapsed since the road committee of the Bend Commorclal club announced that the State highway commission stood ready to surface that part of The Dnlloi-Callfornla highway between Bend and Redmond, providing the oounty would take care of the grad ing, no formal proposition to this offoct hns beon received by the coun ty court, Is the statement of Judgo W. D. Barnos. The state's share of the expense, according to the offor quoted at the Commercial club lunch eon a week ago, would amount to (175,000, while . the county, would pay out only $60,000, and the court ha already announoed that it stunds ready to take up the proposition. ' Judge Barnes has written to Com missioner Thompson informing him that the county will .take favorable action on such a proposition as aoon a it I formally tendered to ' the court. " ' WANT COUNTY TO AID STREET WORK Pot It Ion Is Clmilntcd on Newport t Avcnuo Asking for Assist nnco In Improvement. ' Betting forth that improvement of Newport avonue Is of o much advan tage to out of town taxpnyor as resi dents of the city, a petition asking that the county 'pay a shnro toward the improvement already started, Is being elreulatod among property own er on the west side who will be af-feoted. I ? '9 M 1 11 .i mi mil It 1 II t ' l r nr - - m j. w. m v, c v ,. tewU i ill it Insane Policy of Senators is Severely Scored (Br UnlUd Pnw to The Bold Bulletin.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 3. Declaring t h a t' "senators who demand the amendment of the treaty are proposing an "insane International policy," In which poltroonery and fal- lacy aro so mixed that It is difficult to see which predom- Inates," Senator Hitchcock to- day opened the fight for un- qualified ratification of the treaty In the upper house. ONE KILLED IN MOT WRECK TRAVELI.NO max dies almost IXHTAXTLY WHEN MACHINE CKAHHEH INTO REAR OF UX- LIUHTED AVTO TRICK. I Br Unlln) Pro- to Th. Bnd Bulletin. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 3. C. L. MacDonnld, Omaha travelling man, wa killed, Mrs. Lawrence Barko vlch, of San Francisco, seriously In jured, and Lawrence Moran and Miss A. Andrews, of San Francisco, 1 hurt when Moron's car crashed Into an auto truck today. MacDonnld died a few minutes af ter the accldont, a fractured skull causing his death. Moran says that he was driving only 20 miles an hour, and that the truck had no tail lights. WEDDING HELD AT BAPTIST CHURCH Joseph L. Davis, of Bend, and Miss Adeline Kennedy, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Ken nedy, of this city, were married yes terday at the First Baptist church, Ror. E. B. Johnson pronouncing the marriage service. Mr. and Mm. Davis left Inst night to spend a few weokB In Portland before returning to Bond to make their future home. SECOND INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC THIS WINTER IS FORECASTED (By United Preu to The Bend Bulletin.' NEW YORK, Sopt. "3. A minor epldemlo of Influenza is practically Inevitable throughout America this fall, according to Dr. Itoynl 8. Cope land, Commissioner ' of Health for New York City..' .? ' ' I Influenift epldomtcs have always swept countrlos In pairs, according to' Commissioner Copolnnd. The Inst one In America prior to. Inst winter was in 1891, which was the minor appendage to the major epl demlo of 1890. ' Dr. Copeland looks for the epi demic this year to be much lighter than that of 1918, though minor epi demics are often as bad as the major phase. This was trua of 1891, he say.' But the fact that so many people were affected last year gives added Immunity this year. WASTE OF WATER BY STATE CHAMBER OFFICIAL , While endorsing unqualifiedly the movement to provide more water for Irrigation In Central Oregon, and pledging the assistance of the State Chamber of Commerce In the endea vor to bring about the passage of the Lane-Mondell bill which would finance the Benham Falls Irrigation project,' F. S. Bramwell, vice-president of the State Chamber, Informed the Bend Commercial club today that there Is now available sufficient water to take care of from 30 to SO per cent more land, with a cor respondingly greater population In Deschutes county. . "Don't ovar-irrignte," was his plea. "Many of the Central Oregon ranchor are using too much water. Remember that your fields have two ends. Don't drown the upper end so as to soak the lower. Use enough ROUND TABLE DATE IS SET CONFERENCE WILL HE HELD BY P R K 8 IB E X I AND HAND PICKED DELEGATED E.RLY IX OCTOBER. By United PrM to Th Bend Bulletin. ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 3. The "round table" conference be tween capital and labor will be held at the Whltohouse between October 5 and 10, It was announced today. President Wilson will Invite about 40 to attend. ... The president 1 sending letters to the United States Chamber of Com merce, the American Federation of Labor, Investment bankers, and re presentatives of agricultural associa tions, asking them to submit names for his consideration. In addition to the delegates thus chosen. President Wilson will select others from the country at large. The Invitations will be sent out by the president whllo he Is on his speaking tour of the United States. Speaking to the United Press, Dr. Copoland said':- ."I hove no doubt but that wo will have another epi demic this year, though Inflnltoly less violent than last year's, when practically every person was affect ed.' ' ' !"i' "Seventy percent of last year's victims wore between the ages of fifteen and forty-five, probably due to the fact that bo many men wore In training camps. , Asked what could be done to pre pare, Dtv Copeland prescribed "soap and water and fresh air." . "Influenza Is essentially a house disease," he said.- "Apparently It needs long continual contact to be come Infected. It Is not like small pox, which you could set In a (Contlnuod on Page 4.) Big 'and tittle, rich and poor,' : they all buy supplies for the Inner, ' -and outer man when Uncle. Bam. .'. ells at cost, especially In tho naJ- ' tlonwlde rap at the Htjh Cost or -Living. These photographs show bow Washington folks from kid-' dies to well-to-do grown-ups glad-1 ly gave up 16 for 126 army blank- . eta and bought , peas, beans and bacon at. price unheard of sine -Jpefore tbe war. ; 1 . ",' : . '4 1 ' IS DECRIED water, and then stop. If you use too much, you are depriving some other fellow, you are injuring your own crop, and you are doing a lasting damage to the soli." Mr. Bramwell recommended cor rugation as the best system of IrrI gatlon. and advised more frequent cross-ditching to make possible bet ter distribution. "Above all, don't make the mistake of thinking that extra water will take the place of cultivation," be said. - - . Mr. Bramwell was in attendance at the Banker-Farmer mixer on La bor day, and at the Commercial club luncheon this noon, commented aprovlngly on the get-together spirit manifested by the business men and farmers. He advised that greater attention be paid to potato culture, and de clared that Deschutes county baa aJ baking potato that should be fea tured with much profit to the grow er. Mr. Bramwell's chief mission in his present trip through the state is to i Interest the county courts o' urcKun iu lue jjuuucuuuu Ul u j booklet featuring the resources of j the various sections of Oregon. This .is to be issued by the State Chamber of Commerce, ani subject matter will be compiled in the different counties. At the conclusion of hla address. - this was' referred to the publicity committee of the club. Mr. Bramwell mentioned the Strahorn railroad, and. declared that on its completion it would un doubtedly prove a good thing for Bend. i DISQUE TAKES STAND TODAY "FALSEHOODS," 19 HIS COM MENT ON STATEMENTS MADE IN SPRUCE PROBE MAY START LIBEL SUIT. (By United Pree to The Bend Bulletin.) PORTLAND, Sept. 3. General Dlsque, formerly In command of tbe Spruce Production Division, Bureau of Aircraft Production, testified to day before the Congressional com mittee probing the management of the division during the war. He de clared that the Investigators had re ceived the grossest misrepresenta tions which had ever appeared in a public record. . ' ."Falsehoods I can disprove," Is another, way he referred to the testi mony of some of the witnesses at previous . henrlngs. He . Vindicated that he had consulted lawyers In re gard to the possibility of starting' fiction ngnlnst.the mon he accused of filling thn ears of the congression al committee with libelous state ment because they hnd a "grudge of some kind." Thomas Sweeney testified that he bad warned Dlsque that a combina tion was being formed to "trim the government." "I told him that I was giving htm the tip that he was either In on the frame-up, or was being played for a sucker," Sweeney said. Increase of $2,404,72S Over Last .' Year Due to Change in Actual ''. .. Valors a Well as Advance ..... ' in Percentage Basis. As. the- result of . actual gain in property values, as well a the ad vance of tbe percentage basis on which assessed valuation are made. Deschutes county's tax roll will be ' cf $8,331,525, Instead of $5,838,800, the amount named In the assessor " report of last year. ' This Is the fi gure given by Connty Assessor W. T. Mullarky on the completion of the general assessment of the county for 1 a QnmA ,h,nni ma a, 11 h made as the board of ' equalization ' wilt not have it hearing until Sep tember 8. The valuation of public utilities, also. Is still to be determln- ed. ' "- ; : ' 1 ' ' ' Increases of value have been noted chiefly in merchandise, ' where the has in some instances been as much -as. 100 per cent. The assessed valu ation in this da allows for a 20 per cent on the percentage basis of last year.' Livestock shows no coange in me mauer iu perceniage oasis, wnue on real property, un percentage basis has been advanced until some of the choicer lot and Improvements in Bend Na 150 per cent advance has been made over last year. ' More Land Tilled. Cultivated land in the county to-' tailed 65,572 acres as against 55, 558 the year before, but the valua tion this year Is 3896,230, while in 1918 it was given at $649,280. Un cultivated land under private owner ship now has an acreage of 54,777, and a value of $432,060, ' while in 1918 the acreage was 83,963, and the value $333,235. Non-tillable ,.nd amounts to 263,498 acres and the valuation Is set at $538,425, while last year under this class the -crerge was 193,931, and the value $298,610. In tbe mere figures, how- iever, the story of agricultural devel opment in Deschutes county cannot be correctly read, Mr. Mullarky em phasizes. As a matter of fact an un usually large amount of land has come under cultivation this year, while the report shows a gain of but 14 acres. ' Timber Closely Checked. This is due to the fact that a large amount of land previously listed as cultivated,' but having a minimum of productivity, has reverted to the uncultivated class as It was abandon ed by homesteaders thus maintain ing a balance with the new land which was brought under' the plow and made to yield paying crops. Timber ' lands have been more closely estimated by tbe assessor's deputies than ever before in the his tory of the. county, and despite ex tensive logging operations, 291,833 acres of privately owned timber aro shown as against 305,279 acres of a year ago. This year's valuations in this class are $2,918,820, in contrast to the $3,136,440 or last year. ' Im provements on deeded land are now assessed at $5,277,160, instead of $3,654,970, the total in this division last year.. ... . " ' ,, . . . , 1 City Property Advances City lots and Improvements In Bend were $1,269,220. and $219,850 in Redmond, while, corresponding figures for 1918 were $694,820, and $169,415. The total of lots and im provements on tnem throughout tne county, was $1,635,575 this year and $1,006,896 In 1918, and personal property went to $1,418,790, a nota ble Increase over the $1,174,935 of last year. Among the Items In this lost class are Included: merchandise, $151. 560 ; farm ' machinery, ' $98,775;' Horses, $96,775; Cattle,' $241,305; Sheep, $87,625; Autos, $129,620. It Is noted that there are more horses in tne county man was ine case a year ago, but the quality has suffered greatly a the result of the activity, of artillery and cavalry buyers. '' Cattle number 761 more tban the year he-1 fore, falling to ' substantiate state statements made toward the end of 1918 that stock animalB were being rapidly Bold off on account of the high price of feed. . Sheep, however, are more than 4,000 less than last (Continued on Page 3.) .