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The Bend Bulletin
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1920.
RENTS
The Bulletin has received a letter
complaining about rents in Bend and
asking why we do not write an ar
ticle about the rent question here.
To start the discussion, perhaps it
would be best to reprint the com
munication, which Is as follows:
; "Why don't you write an article
about the rent question in Bend.
Food and everything has come down.
The men's wages are cut In the mills,
but rent Is the same or more, even,
than during the war. People must
pay high rent for the meanest kind
ot a shack and have no voice in the
matter. I am paying $35 for a
house that In any other place would
rent for $25 at the most. Something
surely ought to be done about It, for
it Is not right that rent should be so
much higher than other things."
It Is probably the fact that our
correspondent is right, and that rents
In Bend are high, the cause being
found In the law of supply and de
mand. In the past few years the
population of Bend has increased by
leaps and bounds. There has been
an almost constant and acute short
age of houses to care for the increas
ing population, and those who have
-houses to be rented have found it im
possible to charge rents that were
higher than was justified if the mat
ter were looked at from the view
point of return on investment alone.
There is another side to the question,
I however, which is that all houses
built in the past few years have been
built at peak prices and with money
at high interest rates. As prices go
down these houses will come into
competition with lower priced ones
that can rent for lower figures. No
owner can be criticized for seeking
to obtain a return now that will en
able him to compete with lower
priced property later. ' '.
Then, too, it must be remembered
that no one is obliged to build houses
to be rented. Whenever the hous
ing shortage is acute in any part of
"the country there is much talk that
something should be done about it,
but we believe i. has never been sat
isfactorily decided who should do it.
An attempt to better conditions in
Portland failed miserably. No pub
lic agency has satisfactorily dealt
with the situation that has been uni
versal in the United States in the
past, few yeara. The matter has al
ways come back to a question of in
dividual initiative and investment,
and when the individual has gone
into the business, it has been on the
basis of investment, return and se
curity. . We think our correspondent Is
wrong as to wage reductions... Some
articles of food and certain kindB of
merchandise have lowered in
price, but this fact has no direct
bearing on rents. These prices have
decreased because the market has
been supplied with goods at lower
prices. There is no new supply of
houses at lower prices as yet, though
there undoubtedly will be later, and
then, as pointed out above, rents will
go down. .
. The best answer to the high rent
question is always "Build your own
home.". And here In Bend that 'is
not a mere form of words. The mill
companies, whose employes form the
greatest part of the population, have
been ready to help them at all times,
and there are scores of persons who
have taken the opportunity to cut out
rent paying to another.. 1
And that would be our answer to
bur correspondent, "Build your own
home."
There have been, so far, five sub
scriptions to the fund for the starr
ing children of Southeastern Europe,
amounting, In all, to $45. If it Is
any satisfaction to you to know that
yon have given a child a few clothes
and one meal a day during the win
ter, or In other words, bft life,
sea la flO.
. ' a i ii ll.- .. fLKH
Tips
I always tip the waiter who blithely brings to
me my slice of alligator, and cup of sparkling tea.
I don't believe in tipping, in principle it's wrong;
I've done a lot of yipping this moral line along.
And doubtless soon or later abolished it will be;
but now -1 tip the waiter who brings 'my mush to
me. I see my neighbors waiting a long time for
their meals, the manager berating, and making
frantic spiels. Their words are fierce and gripping,
they thunder and they screech; they don't believe
in tipping, and practice what they preach. But I,
who tip the waiter, am pushing through my face
an egg and boiled potater, with tact and princely
grace. My grub is cooked to please me, my part
ridge and my owl, and there is none to freeze me
with most forbidding scowl. And no one spills the
gravy, the salad or the prunes, upon my whiskers
wavy, or on my trouserloons. I am an ardent hater
of tipping as a graft, but I shall tip the waiter
until I'm dead or daft; for I like prompt attention
when I demand a stew, a hash all spiced with
gentian, a goulash or ragout.
to culobruto Chi'Utmns than to ro
mtimbor little children, inpielully
those wIiuho plight Is ns pltliiblo tin
or, Mtor still, by cutting out initiiy
Klflu nltoKtithtir, ciin mnku this ClirlHt
iiiiih it Kloi'loii" oho fl,r B,imu niurvlng
those of Central titul SoutlieiiHturiii children
Kiirnpo.
It occurred to nut Unit Ukto urn
several people In llt'iut who, by cur
tnllliiK tholi' Clii'lHtmna tiMKUiilltui'uH,
Htvornl of my frlnntlH Imve ngrt'i'tl
with mo Unit tlioro will lit) lit) tx
ehiitiKO of RlftH htitwi'Pti ii h tills your.
but WU Will Clllltl'lllUlU tllln Klllll In-
wind (ho l.Kuiitiy lilKOMt olillil-fuml-
Ing fund.
I wish you every iiiocto In your
worthy uffui'l and truat (hut lltuitl
nrny nintrlliiito lllmritlly to thin
worthy ciiiibo,
Hiiicuroly yours,
AN INTI'lltlOHTICl) HUlMCItllllOU.
Fifteen Years Ago
(Prom the columns of The Bulletin
of .December 8, 1905.)
As the result of Tuesday's city elec
tions, A. L. Goodwillie was chosen
mayor, J. M. Lawrence, recorder; F.
O. Minor, treasurer, and J. Frank
Stroud, Millard Triplett, S. C. Cald
well. E. A. Satber and John H. Over
turf as councilmen. '
W. P. Vandevert Is putting up a
barn on the site formerly occupied
by the D. I. & P. office.
George Bates is planning a new
residence, with a basement. In Lytle.
Henry Linster expects to put up a
fine residence across the river from
the mill shortly.
The Oregon Eastern surveying
party working near Redmond Is mak
ing arrangements to move camp to
Bend.
A. C. Lucas reports that the work
of clearing the Johnston ranch Ib
progressing nicely.
Deputy Sheriff J. S. Smith ot
Prlnevllle has been in Bend for the
last few days on matters connected
with hie office. .
COMMUNICATIONS
GIFTS TO SAVE CHDLDItEX ARE
APPROVED -
Bend, December 9, 1920.
To the Editor: I read your edi
torial of December 7, and quite agree
with you that it is time to come
across. I can think of no better way
Get Your Sulphur Now
The Farm Bureau has on hand a small surplus of
Sulphur that will be sold at the carload rate to
those first calling for same. Every lawn and
alfalfa field in Central Oregon should be sul
phured this month. Price $3.00 per 100 lb. sack.
Leave Orders With
D. L. JAMISON, R. A. WARD
County Agent ., First National Bank
Redmond, Oregon . Bend, Oregon
The Unpardonable Sin
To live in a town
To make a living out of it
To educate your children in it
To get everything you possibly can out of it
And PUT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN IT.
The Shevlin-Hixon Company.
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Do you remember the promise
you made yourself last Christmas?
You Were Going to
Shop Early
Christmas season is here-are you
going to keep your 'promise ?
The Birooks-Scanlori Lumber Co.
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Wills ywxs mesdaxd
mtupbml&eY?
EVKRTHING else being
equal, it. pays Oregon people
to buy from merchants who are
sufficiently interested in upbuild
ing Oregon to push the sale o
Oregon-made goods.
Is your grocer this kind of a man? Does
your druggist display Oregon-made
goods prominently? Docs the confect
ioner you patronize feature Oregon
swcct-mcatsf Do your restaurant, hard
ware store, jewelry store, shoe Ehop,
. furniture store, furnishings rtorc and
garage take pride in featuring, whenever
they can, Oregon-made products?
The people who sell the things you need ought to get behind Oregon-made
goods because they are of top notch quality and because the sale of Oregon
Products means increased industrial growth. Your dealer ought to make it
easy for you to buy Oregon Products. Ask him to feature them.
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