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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1921.
PAVING
What la there about the business
of paving that causes so much dis-
pension, such antagonism? Men may
differ on politics, on religion, on fish
ing tackle, on automobiles, or on al
most any other subject and each re
spects the other's views as honest
opinion. When the subject is paving
however, motives are impugned
judgment is doubted and the man
who thinks one sort of paving may
be poor is immediately charged with
beine in alliance with some other
paving interest. In paving matters,
apparently, differences of opinion and
honest judgment may not exist
There are only black and white with
no neutral shades between,
We are led to these remarks by the
present flare-up over the matter of
paving here in Bend. Councilman
Gilbert, reported that a Wiliite job
in California had proved unsatisfac
tory and at once there was a sug
gestion of ulterior motives on some
body's part. The Bulletin gave the
news of a council meeting at which
reports were made that the Shevlin
Hixon Wiliite paving was in bad
shape and yesterday a Shevlin-Hixon
official asked at The Bulletin office
tor "the Warrenite representative'
and wanted to know why both sides
of the yard paving story had not bees
told. Previously The Bulletin had
been charged with having made "pe
riodical attacks" on Wiliite.
Now The Bulletin is not the rep
resentative of any paving interest
Wiliite, Warrenite or any other ite.
As a newspaper doing its best to
serve its community it is interested
in the general matter of paving from
two viewpoints. It wishes to present
the, news of the paving activity and
controversy as it happens and so far
has endeavored to do so. If any
think it. has suppressed paving news
or colored that which it has printed
the columns of the paper are open to
them to point out the fact and tell
the story as they see it. In addition
to printing the news we have ven
tured from time to time to mention
the subject editorially and discuss
various angles as they appeared to
us. There only has opinion been ex
pressed and there only will be found
such "attacks" as we have made on
Wiliite. As a matter of fact there
have been none.
The point is, as we have said be
fore, we do not pretend to know
about paving. We repeat that, ai
. to Wiliite, our judgment is suspend
ed. We hold no brief for any other
paving. All we know is that the
Wiliite in the Shevlin-Hixon yard is
reported to be in bad condition and
that one of the leading highway en
gineers of the state has advised in
favor of more .than a two-inch pave
ment. We know also that the city
has contracted with the Wiliite com
pany to pave a number of streets.
Since this contract was entered
into on the petition of a majority of
the property owners affected and
since the obligation is really theirs
and not the city's, the city being
merely a go-between for the purpose,
we do not know that the council
should worry about the matter. If
any are fearful that Wiliite will not
stand up it should be the property
owners who asked for the improve
ment. The chief duty of the council
is to see that this Improvement busi
ness is not carried so far as to make
the city have to pay for it, as will be
the case apparently with some of the
improvements made last summer.
Coming back to our opening ques
tion, we suppose the answer is that
the paving companies have gone so
far In bribery and underhand meth
ods to gain their ends that suspicion
is directed against them all and from
them to those who support them. It
is unfortunate that a town as united
as Bend can be on a matter for Its
own benefit cannot work out this
paving business without getting
tarred wltrAhe stick that has made
trouble elsewhere, iteoateg, special I
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The Prison
We have to punish those who fail to walk the
narrow, way, for law and order must prevail, or
there's the deuce to pay; and so we put lewd men
in jail, for stealing bales of hay. And we've been
jailing sinful guys through all the hitter voar
since Adam brusned the pesky flies from off his
brindled-steers; and often, often, doubts must rise
if wisdom here appears. We've jailed such mul
titudes of men, for long or shorter spells, we've
sent so many to the pen and locked them in their
cells; if jails improved the world, why, then, it
should be wearing bells. And every time we .jail
a skate for swiping bales of hay, we let some
greater reprobate unshackled go his way, to boar
his plunder in a crate, or haul it in a dray. The
prison is a beastly place that reeks of nameless
grime, and he is far from heaven's grace, who's
in it, doing time, and bitter lines are on his face,
and in his heart is crime. Revenge on those who
put him there, is what he thinks of most, the jurist
in his padded chair,, the stall-fed legal host; his
soul is cankered in despair, and justice seems a
ghost. Some day the old world must invest a better
kind of pen that will not make the erring gent go
forth to sin again; for prison is a punishment for
beasts, and not for men.
enter here. For all new contracts
let us get the best paving we can af
ford. That that is now contracted
had better be gone ahead with un
less those who asked for it have
changed their minds and can obtain
cancellation of the contract. In that
case let's start fresh and get what
will satisfy.
GIGANTIC TASK IS
FACED BY BELGIUM
Satisfactory reconstruction Results
Already Shown By Little Nation
in Repairing War 'Damage.
. By R. H. Sheffield.
(United Preaa Staff Correspondent.)
BRUSSELS,. Belgium, Feb. 22.
Centuries of spade and pioneer labor,
performed by millions of tillers of the
soil throughout the ages, had made
of Flanders In 1 9 1 i one of the rich
est agricultural provinces' in the
world. In four year of war the re
sult of all those centuries of labor
was annihilated. The wiping out
of such an extensive region, with all
its vast agricultural resources, wasjamouut nere
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unprecedented in history.
The centers of the war zone here
were Ypres, Fumes, Dixmude, Ostend
and Courtrai. The districts of Ypres
and Furnes, the richest agricultural
lands, contained 215,000 acres, sixty
eight villages, three towns and an
agricultural population of over 90,-
000. Of the land, 160,000 acres
were arable and 55,000 pasture. The
number of farms was 24,000, of
horses 6070, of horned cattle 47,000,
and of pigs 42,000. Annual crops
gathered comprised an average of
437,000 sacks of wheat, barley and
oats, 1,000,000 kilos (say 1000 tons)
of tobacco, 12,000 tons of potatoes,
and a considerable quantity of hops.
Of all this wealth, nothing re
mained at the armistice. Farmhous
es were either destroyed or in ruins;
villages were razed; the cattle had
been slaughtered; the farmers and
their hands had, fled; barren, inun
dated ground was all that remained.
Pre-war values of this destroyed
property may be estimated at $51,-
000,000. That does not sound much
if you say it quick enough, but for
anaemic Belgium it meant a lot! To
put things right today, however, 1s
going to cost several times $51,000,-
000. Wages and raw materials have,
on the whole, more than trebled, and
estimates that put the restoration of
agriculture alone, without any'recon
struction of villages, etc., at close on
$200,000,000 show the extent of the
work of reconstruction to which Bel
gium has set her hand, and in which
she has achieved such satisfactory re
sults in the past twelvemonth.
Officials of the Pacific Building
& Loan association,' I n c 1 u d
ing W. H. Rold, president; Dr. B. E
Lemley, first vice president; A
O'N'eil, second vice president; and D,
il. .Baker, state agent; were guests
at a dinner at the rooms of the Era
blem club at ' 6 o'clock last night
Some 60 members of the club who
were present beard short talks made
by the guests following dinner.
Mr. Reid stated that be was high
ly pleased with the showing being
made by their agent here and de
clared that as soon as building condl
tious permit, the company would be
entirely willing to loan money In any
Bend Is considered
prices or Inside privileges should not J Howe Bancrilt
Book at Granaries,
Boukw are the great civillzers
of the race, the storehouses of knowl
edge, the granaries of Intellectual
food. Therefore to designate In all can
dor which hooks of those that ure
mnde are, Indeed, public pabulum, unri
which are straw; carefully and con
scientiously to examine and explnln.
one man for the million, the .publica
tion which are conducive or detri
mental, In whole or In pnrt, to learn
ing and progress, Is one of the most
Important and noblest works in which
man can be engaged, while to prosti
tute the powers requisite for such a
position Is one of the basest Hubert
one of the best cities In the Mate,
both In a business and financial way,
he said.
Mr. Baker was so well pleased with
the reports he has received of the
country adjacent to Bend that be in
structed J. B. Miner to .forward pa
pers for an 80-acro tract 10 miles
south of Bend to Tacoma, saying that
he would return papers on a busi
ness block In Readsport to Mr. Miner
they having agreed upon an exchange
of the two properties.
This exchange will be mude with
out Mr. Baker having seen the prop
erty here. Mr. Miner was also asked
to select three other 80-acre tracts
for clients of the company in Ta
coma.
Dr. Lemley spoke of the wonder
ful scenery here, stating that al
though he had traveled extensively
be had never seen anything more
beautiful that the view of tho stir
rounding country which he had ob
tained from the steps of the Emblem
club building.
Due to the late arrival of the train
yesterday the visitors were unarile
to see ajS much of the city as they
bad planned on doing, but they vis
ited The Shevlln-Hlxon Company mill
and after an examination of the va
rious departments remarked' that
they had considered the plants at Ta
coma to Have been first-class, but re
alized now that they had seen a "real
mill."
Compliments were freely paid by
various members of the party In re-
specC to the high clnss of dwellirg
houses here, but disappointment was
shown regarding the condition of the
streets. .
SALARY HAISE
FOR ATTORNEYS
MEETS DEFEAT
(Continued from Pugo 1.)
it hits ulrotidy doiio In lliu past.'
Ily an utmost unanimous vote the
somite approved n bill Increasing thu
salary of thu statu Insurance commis
sioner from $110110 to $1000 n your,
The n it tt-Ju panose bill was klllod
In thu Bonalu by Indefinite- postpone
incut.
The Influence that caused this lie
UuiL3VM a. lnr gelyfn atH-4eleitr jtja--tfc
celved from I'nltml Klutea Senator
MoNury relative to Japanese legisla
tion uiul slating that it is thu wish
of the government Hint tho hands of
tho statu bo kept off until such time
as congress - has thu opportunity lo
consider tho Japanese legislation.
Senator Strayor suld that thu fed
eral government lii'ul been attempting
to adjust Its relations with Japan
for tho lust tour years and If thu sit
uation could bo relieved In n diplo
matic way it might avert another
war.
FRIDAY AGREED ON
FOR DECIDING GAME
lli nil nml I'rlucvllle Trillin, to Meet
III I. oral Gviuiinvliim to Settle
Central Oregon t'liiiinploiililp.
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"Friends, tho taxeB are indeed very heuvy, and
if those laid on by tho government were the only
ones we had to pay we might more easily dis
charge them ; but wo have many others, nnd much
more grievous to some of us. Wo are taxed
twice as much by our idleness, three times as
much by our pride, and four times as much by
our folly; and from these taxes tho commissioners
cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abate
ment." Uenjamin Franklin.
The Shevlin-Hixon Company.
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All Radiators Repaired, Rebuilt, Recored
' Why, of Course.
Pop Moore, relates Louge, believes
In telling children the truth, and when
his youngster heard lilm read the
weather prediction and Inquired how
the weather man knew, Pop In III aside
bis paper and explained the best he
could. He' told of the charts,
the Instruments, the telegraphic re
ports, etc. "And that's how he funis
out the wenlliiii' for tomorrow." he
finished. The-kid listened Intently,
sat thoughtful for n few minutes, and
then earnestly Inquired! "And then
does he tell God?"
Arrangement for the final contest
which will decide thu 1931 Central
Oregon basketball championship have
been completed and the postponed
contest between Ilend and Prlnevlllu,
tho two leading teams, is announced
to be played at 7:30 o'clock Friday
evening in tho Bend gymniislRin. In
the previous nend-Prinovlllo giiniu,
played In tho Crook county sent,
Couch Morton's players were defeat
ed by a scant margin.
Wow Many Colors for a Section?
Not long ago a train xturted out of
Grand Central In two sections. After
running a few miles the llrrn aecllon
Inst time, mid the second, running
ahead, wni ordered to put lip green
signals and run as first section. As this
train approached the next tower the
dispatcher asked the signalman If tho
viiglneman had put up signals. The
Higiinlmnn replied, tiy telephone. "Yes,
he Just put up the green nlid blew."
New York f'entrnl Magazine.
'Resemblance.
The average man resembles n whnle;
he no sooner gets oil top than he be
gins to blow. Itonton Transcript.
New Kuril Miliimnleoil Itnillnlnrai
you can trww then! up Iml you
I'lin't burnt tliifii,
Ntop thoi leak)' rear wheel with
('. M. Oil Keliiliier fur Kuril vnrn
nml trucks,
Laiiglieln Auxiliary Trniimlslon
for Kuril rnrs anil funk.
Auto & Radiator Shop
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Let's Watch Our Step
- The next few months will be a quiet period
in most industries. We have all been gauging
our spending on the prosperous times just past.
Let us all start the New Year cutting down on
the unnecessary expenses.
The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co.
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"To he prepared for War is one
of the most effectual means, of
preserving peace.'
Washington
The foregoing quotation is equally true in private life.
To be prepared for the future is an effectual means of keeping
the present home surroundings intact and the wolf from the
door of your loved ones after you are gone.
If you have not already done so, decide today to prepare
for" whatever the future may have in store".
Start a Savings Account to which we will add 4 per cent
interest at regular intervals. It gives you and your family
something to fall back on when in need. Heed Washington's
advice and be prepared.
Central Oregon Bank
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