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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1921)
TliH WKATHKHi Fair; killing front In morning. 1 I - - . . I - H " - VOI,. V. IIKM), DKSCHrTF.H COl .NT V, OHKGO.V, MO.NDAV AFTERNOON, APRIL 4, 1021. No. 101. TO BALLOT ON WATER PERMIT GIVEN GILSON PETITIONS SIGNED Y MANY, FILED KEFEKENDUM CERTAIN Few llefuar To Place Natnea On Written l(iurat Asking Election On Mayor's Franrlilar Home Feel HIIkIiI-I When .Not Aakcd Petitions referring lh Gllson mu nicipal waterworks rmticlilM, grant ed recently by Ilia Hnd council to (ho mayor of tho city were filed with City Recorder noun Farnham this af ternoon by T. II. Foley, general manager of the Ilend Water, Light Power Co. The pntlllona war algned hy approximately 600 realclotita of llnnd. June 7, tlx data of tha apeclul alata election, la tha tlina named on which tha voters of Ilend will paaa on tha franrhlM ordlnnnca and. ac cording to thla. tha pntlllona need nut hava been filed until April 17. In order to allow an ampin margin of tliuo to make any alight changea In tha form of tha petition which might lie required by tho recorder, tho algned requcals for tha referendum wera turned In today. Few Itefuan to Wan. One copy of tha petition, that cir culated peraonally by Mr. Foley, waa algned by moro than enough cltlsens to Inaura tha quentlon coming befura the people, and not onca waa ha met with a refuaal. ho atated. A few of thoae approached by other petition clrculatora wera unwilling to back tha referendum. On Ilia other hand. It waa learned that many who did not havo tha op portunity of algnliig flt aomewhat aggrieved. Mr. Foley explained that II had been Impnaalble to aeo every one, and thut fiillure to make grner eral circulation of the petition waa not to be taken aa an Intentional alight. DAIRYMEN CUT MILK PRICES ELEVEN CENTH A ylAHT 1 THK NEW QltrTATION IX KKillT AHAINHT AI.LE4.ED DISTItllll TOILS' TRIHT. n, United Preaa to TtM Head Bulletin.) PORTLAND. April 4. Milk prlcaa wera out to 1 1 cent a quart today, tha opening gun In tha fight between tha Oregon Dairymen's league and dlntrlbutora, whom the diilrymoa al lege hava formod Into "milk ttcnl- e-ra trtiat." Former pricea were 11 and 14 cent a, which Include a one- cent reduction made by the dlatrlbu tnra on April 1. According to Man ager Hall of the league, producer will now offer conaumora direct 10, 000 quarta daily. TOWN IS DESTROYED BY MIDNIGHT BLAZE I Br United rraM to Th fend Rullrtln) SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. Fire starting shortly after midnight lust night, fanned by a heavy wind, prnc tlcnlly destroyed the main portion of tho town of Tlhuron, on Sun Francis co bay. Thirteen buildings were destroyod In the Tlhuron fire, the worst in Marin county's history. Estimates of loss vary from $50,000 to $250,- 000.- WATER IN ARNOLD DITCH WEDNESDAY Water will ho turned Into tha Ar nold ditch Wednesday, nccordlng to the announcement of officials of the Arnold Irrigation Co. A crew of 16 men has been busy on repair work for thcee weeka. Three hundred acre of land under thla ditch will bo riewly sown to alfalfa thla spring, It Is stated. THE 97 Year Old Wife Dies, Grief Kills Husband of 103 My United I'm U Th Bend Hulletln.) DENVER. April 4. Grief over tha loss of lila 7-year-old wire cauand the death today of Camlllo Tata, 103, Denver's old- eat roaldent. Tala'a wife died Thurailny. They wera married 07 yoara. NEW CONFIDENCE OBSERVED HERE NOTE HOPEFUL TONE IN BUSINESS Spring Weallier Anil Heaiiniptlon of Mill And l-otcglng Activities Give Confidence In Com ing l'roMrou I'erliMl. Whether It'a the coining of apring weather, or the resumption of mill and logging activities, no one aeema to be certain perhapa It'a a combi nation of both but a aurvey of con- dltlone In fiend reveala a distinctly different tone from that prevailing two weeka ago. Not only la buaineaa already better, and unemployment on tha wane, but a goneral feeling of 'confidence that from now on read justment will bo rapid la noted. With I lila la apparent the belief that, once readjuatment to changed economic condition! la completed. Bend will enter Into an era of proaperlty un- aurpaaaed In Ita history. One of the ureal barometera for economic condition! la the marriage llcenae department In the county clerk'a office, and laat week waa In with tha general trend of jevenla In Deachulea county. More marriage llcenaea were loaued than In the entire month prevloua. More people are aeen on the at reel a In Ibe evenings, atorea are busier, there la larger attendance at llie inean-m. iuu ..'iiiii In those asking for credit la noted. Fear Hollaing Shortage. Within a abort time, real estate men predict. Ilend will Bee a bad housing shortage. In tho last two weeks, aalna have Increased, with soll ers apparently more anxious than buyers, but It will not be long before this ralulion la reversed. In tbla connection, the recent reductlona not- tiug 20 per cent In building labor and materinl costs will be important In stimulating new construction. Many are nlanniiig to build during the spring and summer season and a boom In the anle of building permit at the city recorder' office la coufi dently expected. A source of proaperlty Independent of local conditions will aoon be op cned by the annual rush of tourists Into the Central Oaogon country. Tourist buaineaa for Mend has been on the Increase ateadlly during the Inst four yeara. FINANCIER DIES IN LOS ANGELES HOTEL iBi United Ppm to Tha Bend Bulletin.) PASAUKNA, Cal.. April 4. E. C. Converse, wealthy New York banker, was found dead In his bed at the ho tel Huntington here today. He waa formerly president of the Bankers' Trust Co. WOUNDS FATAL TO BROTHER OF KING (Br United PnastoTlM Band Bulletin.) ATHENS, April 4. Trlnce An drew, brother' of King Constantino died today from wounds received while fighting tho Turks near Brus- sa, according to a Greek commun Ique, SAFE CONDUCT FOR KARL IS SECURED (Br United Preaa to Tha Bend Bulletin., LONDON, April 4. Formor Em peror Karl returned to Swltxorland today, according to British foreign office nvtvlces, Reports said that ne gotiations with Austria and Swltter land to arrange for his safe conduct had been completed. BEND INQUIRY INTO SEA DISASTER IS CONTINUED OFFICER OF STEAMER TAKES STAND DESCRIRES COLLISION Ouartermaoter Ijme of West Mart- land Huya Faulty KteerlnK Clear Not ll-Kiilll i'llot of Governor AIo Teallnea. ( Br United Preaa to Tlx Bead Bulletin) SEATTLE. April 4. Heaumptlon of the Inquiry to fix blame for the alnking of the governor, the finding of the body of Mra. W. W. Washburn. Jr., and a atatement by Quartermas ter Lane of the West llartlund were the outstanding features today In the aftermath of lust week'a aea disas ter. "Captain Alwen sighted the Gov ernor," Lane declared. "He aald: 'I wonder what that fellow's going to do.' Our whlalle gave one blaat and was answered by three from the Governor. This meant the Oovernor waa trying to get out of our way. It took cine minute to reverse our en gines to full speed astern. "We struck the Governor with a crash that sent our prow far Into ber side. The fact that the West Hurt land' steering gear waa not of the beat had nothing to do with this dis aster." Captain W. II. Marden, pilot of the Governor, who aald he mlatook the West Hart laud's lighta for shore lights, also took the aland today. CLEVER PLOT BEHIND DEATH T A COM A OFFICKIW HF.F.K FV1 IIF.NCK IX COXXFXTION WITH IlltlTAI. H ltlKH OF XOHTH- F.UX PACIFIC KMPIellYK. (Br United Preaa to TtM Bea I Bulletin) TACOMA. April 4. Deputy sher iffs are today aeeking a clue-to an apparently carefully laid robbery plot, believed to have been behind the brutal murder of Henry Bacon, a Northern Pacific employe. Ills battered body waa found In bed in hla room at the Dupont water atatlon yeaterdsy evening. Entrance waa gained through a window, all doors being padlocked outside. He was missing since Friday. I EXTRACTS CAUSE OF POLICE COURT FINE . i . Charles Mulcars was fined $25 by Judge Ross Farnham In police court this morning, pleading guilty to a chnrge of being drunk and disorderly and resisting an officer. He was ar rested Saturday night by Police Chief R. H. Fox. He had been drinking vanilla extract. It was stated. High Desert Brothers Start Trip to Old Country to Visit Father; Passports to Germany Are Denied George and Wilt Stolnkamp, ranchers In the Brothers section, are on their way to see their fath er, whom they left behind In Ger many when they came to America more than a decado ago. Tim re union will be marred, however, by the fact that the father will be tinahlo to see his sons. Ho was stricken with blindness during the Inst your of tho war. Technically, tho I'nlted Slates and Germany are still at war, and n a result the Stolnkamp broth ers, who are full-fledgod Ameri can citizens, were unablo to secure passports when they started mak ing arrangements this winter for a visit to their old home. While they would not be allowed to sail direct to Germany, they found no difficulty In obtaining passports BULLETIN Mexican Trains Collide, 33 Die on Monterey Line EAGLE I'AHS. Texas. April 4. Thirty-three were killed In the collision of a freight and passenger train 25 miles west of Monterey, Mexico, today. Mea- ger reports aald some Ameri- cans were among tho dead. FALL EXPLAINS NEW LAND PLAN hf-cretaky tkixh oregox congressman that 4.1 i.am) offices failed to pay ex penses last year. Bulletin Wnshlnaton Bureau.) WASHINGTON. D. C, April 4. In resoonse to an Inquiry by Con- aresaman Klnnott aa to whether all land offices are to be consolidated Secretary Fall has replied: "Relative to the proposed bill au- (kn.l,in. iK. r. r-Au i H ..n t In hia dlacre. tlon. to conaolldate the office, of reg - Ister and receiver in United States land offices. I have to advise you that the report of the general land office for lust year shows that out of 4 lo cal land offices. 4 5 were below the maximum; that i. their receipts were not sufficient to pay tho regis ter and receiver each $S000 per year. "The receipta in these 45 offices ranged from $300 to $5900 during that year. The other offices with larger land areas and bigger receipts paid larger amounta. and presumably there was mora work to be done there. !reHrdcnt to Derhla. "It la my thought to obtain ibis discretionary authority for the presi dent to the end that be may first con solidate the offices of register and re ceiver In those districts where tho re ceipts are so small aa to afford an inadequate compensation for Its offi cers, and where It follows that the work la not of sufficient volume to require the services of both register and receiver. As other offices fall be low the maximum in receipta and work, the offices could be consolidat ed there. "The authority in the bill would. however, be broad enough to give the president power to consolidate the two offices in every land district If he found it to be advisable in the In terest of economy and good adminis tration." ANTLES HONORED BY CLUB SECRETARIES I.. Antles of Bend wss elected sec retary of the Oregon State Associa tlon of Commercial Secretaries Fri day at the end of a six-day short couise In special subjects, given un der the dlrection'of the Vovveralty of Oregon school of commerce. JAPANESE TROOPS GOING TO SIBERIA (B United Preaa to The Bend Bulletin.) TOKIO. April 4. Japan will send 10,000 additional troops to Siberia, starting April 6, according to a statement In the newspaper Nlchl Nlchl today. . permitting them to land In Hol land, and once on Dutch soil they are confident that 'they will have no difficulty in making their way across the line. It is only an hour's walk from Holland to their father's homo in Westfallen, Germany. The trip, which started from Ilend Saturday, will end In July, wjien the brothers expect to be back on the Central Oregon home. They expect to sail from New York harbor on the Rotterdam April 9 and will disembark at Rotterdam, Holland. Friends of the brothers are con vinced that when they return they will have persuaded two German maidens to become citizens of the United States, but the travelers stoutly maintained that marriage does not figure In their plans. MORE FEDERAL MONEY TO USE IN VEST ASKED STAN FIELD PLANS TO AID ROAD WORK FOREST LAND BASIS Oregon Senator Would Have High way Funds Dfcttriltutrd In Propor tion to Acreage In National For rt Within Htate Itoundarles (Bulletin Wabiaatoa Bureau.) WASHINGTON. D. C, April 4. Federal appropriations for highway construction In Oregon will be great ly augmented if an amendment drafted by V, 8. Senator R. N. Stan field, to the federal highway bill la adopted. Briefly, the amendment providea that after the deduction of not to ex ceed five per cent for administration. 12 per cent of the fund available an nually for federal highway construc- 'n ha apportioned to the fed- eral land states In proportion to the number of acres in national forests In each, and that the remaining 88 per cent ahall be apportioned to the state In proportion to the number of motor vehicles licensed each year. Provision is further made that the funds apportioned to the federal land states shall be ased for the construc tion and maintenance of roads, whol ly or partly. In the forest reserves. Party Pledge Adhered t. 'The clause in the amendment pro viding for the apportionment of 12 per cent of the highway funds to the public land states is In accordance with a plank adopted by the republi can party in Its platform at Chicago last June," said Senator Stanfield, In discussing the legislation. "In the western states and Alaska large areas of land have been placed In forest reserves to conserve their wealth for the benefit of the future children of the states, and the plank adopted declares that these public lands should be a controlling factor in the apportionment of federal high way funds. "These lands are not open to set tlement. Improvement, development, nor are they subject to taxation. The children of the eastern and middle states are part owners and benefici aries of this conserved wealth equally with the children of the states in which the forest reserves are locat ed. The eastern and middle states long ago passed their public lands to private ownership, and they are now being taxed to help bear the public burdens of the government, among them Its schools and roads. Would Remove Burden. "The public land states are com pelled to bear all these burdens by tax levies jipo privately owned land only, and In some of the states the total acreage of privately owned land Is less than half the area of the state. "The construction of public high ways ig one of the largest and. most important and far-reaching of the many problems of this generation, which may properly be termed the 'motor age.' It Is clearly unfair to withdraw from settlement large areas within these states, and prevent their taxation and development without providing some adequate means of extending aid to these states equal to what they should, but do not receive In taxes on these lands. The 12 per cent provided In the amendment is equal, approximately, to the amount these forest reserve lands would pay In state and county taxes if they were privately owned and subject to tax ation. "The apportionment of the remain der ot the funds (88 per cent) is made according to the motor vehicle licenses issued In each state. If the funds are raised for public highway activities by a sales tax imposed upon motor vehicles, tires and accessories, as proposed by another amendment prepared by me, then this method of apportionment is exact and-equitable. It merely means that the contribu tion made by the manufacturer to the government at the time the vehicle Is sold follows the vehicle Into the stuto. and Is there used for the construction and maintenance of roads for the same vehicle to run on. Plan Held Fair. "If the funds are raised by an ap propriation out of the general fund DAILY EDITION LLOYD GEORGE CHALLENGEDBY LABOR LEADER WOULD DEPOSE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT NATION FACES CRISIS Store Than A Million Coal Miners On Htrlke And Serious Fuel Short age I- Imminent AH Hal lor Ilet anted To Pools. tCevrrurhted br The United Praaa.) LONDON. April 4. Arthur Hen derson, Great Britain s most power ful labor leader, virtually challenged Premier Lloyd-George to a general election on Issues rslsed by the threatened Industrial revolution In t b e I'nlted Kingdom. Known throughout the war as a conserva tive and conciliator, Henderson la aa exclusive statement to the United Press today Indicated that bis one idea fs to overthrow the Lloyd- George government. Would Force Election. Great Britain today faced her greatest crisis since the call was Is sued for the first 100.000 mea la 1914. One million, two hundred thousand coal miners are on strike and industry generally is suffering a serious fuel shortage. Week-end meetings of miners and their allies showed a decided trend toward sym pathetic strikes. This Is regarded as being more significant than a mere strike, as labor's gesture la looked upon as a threat to force a general election on the country and to seize control of the government It possible. The admiralty has cancelled all furloughs and ordered all sailors and officers who are on leave to retora Immediately to their posts.' 8nek action Is very unusual and may mean that the government Intends to osa sailors to keep essential indus tries going In the event that trans port and railway workers Join the coal strikers. ATHLETIC CLUB HALL REOPENS LF.GIOX POST TAKF.S CHARGH FOR SO DAYS TO ALLOW USB AS AVDITOKUM AND PUBLIC MEETING PLACE, Demand for the Bend Athletic club as a public meeting place and audi torium, and culminating Saturday la the request of the school board of the Bend district for use of the hall for rehearsal and presentation of a school play, resulted today In ar rangements for the ternpornry op?"J log ot the upper floor of the biild.- ing, -close.! roors mont The executive committee of Percy A. Stevens post No. 4, American Legion, has agreed to take charge of tha building for a period of 30 days, as suming no obligations other than those of current management. The building will not be open for gymnasium purposes, only the hall, stage and balconies being available for public use. With the withdraw al ot the library to the Ellis build- in,; on Bond street, the doors of the , gymnasium will be closed except dur- Ing the time that the auditorium la in actual use. The first use of the building made possible by the new arrangement will be the presentation ot the fourth number on the mill employes' lyceum course the Leiter Light Opera com pany on Wednesday night. EXPERIMENT EFFECT OF FIRE ON GROWTII An experiment to determine tha effect of forest fires on the growth of vegetation has been arranged In the vicinity of Fort Rock by Jack Horton of the forest service. Two tracts, lying side by aide, one re cently burned over and the other aa burned, were fenced In and will be left untouched for five years, condi tions of growth being noted at Intervals. (Continue on Page 1.)