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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
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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
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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
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