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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1922)
THE BEND BULLETIN TWO WKATIIKll Fair tonight and tomorrow, DAILY EDITION VOU VI. 1IKND, VKHOIIUTfXH OOUNTV, OIUCtlON, WKItXHSIMY AKTMINOON, MAY l, lU2. No, 140 FIRES AREUNCHECKED IN NORTHWEST FlantcH On Skeena River i I'rcHcnt 3 Mile Front FIRE SWEEPS FARMS Kntiro l'iiiiilnlioa Near Corliett lUtttles Agulioit Di-vKHlnlliiK ( Attack Puget Hound IiOHKCN An Heavy By UilIM I'rnatoTht Dctxl Bulletin.) PORTLAND, Muy Si. Forest flies raged l two northwestern dis tricts today. From Prince Rupert i'ii mo ropnrtii of f Ira along the Hkamia rlvar on a three nilln front, with the town of lluxultoii cut off and throul nd by flro on two sides. Fires In iiouiliorn Wuahlngton threatened or chards aloriK tha Coliimlilu river. .Many smaller flrea reported by look out!. Tho town of Corbotl, on tho Col umbia rlvnr reported tho counlry- alde nonr that town swept by fire thin morning, and unchecked at noon. Iloimota, barn unit livestock worn consumed In a blnno being Nwnpt over tho dry nrtH by n strong vast wind. ICvory available nun In tho vicinity In flKhtliiR thi flames'. Urolith A lilx Flume Report from Seattle started thul tbouaunda of dollar worth of dam uko baa been donn In four rounilea iirouud I'uget Hound by flrea In dry timber. Valuable maud nr iiiun ut'i'd. Flro fighters nrn mnaalitg uf dangerously menaced points. Max imum temperatures uro IiIkIi. with no ruin In hIkM to chuck tha it promt of flro. No llvaa ro reported IokI. DRAGICH PLANS BRICK BUILDING Work Preliminary to Con . Btruction Already Started I fc. Will Cost $6,000. Work prollmlnury to construction of iho now Draglch building on liond street wan bi'Kun Monday when the frame part of tho present building at being torn down to allow for work on tho now building. Actual construction of tha building will be- Kin thli week. It will bo of brick. 25 by 100 foot, and will coat approx imately 14,000. Tho contract has been lot to a local man. A confoctionory, pool hull and burbor (hop will bo housed In tho now building, which will belong to Mike Draglch, of the firm of Drag Ich and Sprlngor, which will oper ate tha confoctionory and pool hall. BONUS BILL GIVEN FAVORABLE REPORT i B United Preee to The Bend Bulletin.) WA8HINQTON, May SI. -Tho deflate finance committee today or dered a favorable report on tho Mc Cumber aoldlor bonua bill. Tho vote win nine to four, Ronutnr Hmoot'H aubHtitute monaure being rejected eight to five. MAJOR LEAGUE SCORES AMKH1CAN LKACU'K At Boston . (First gamp, ) Boston Waahlngton t Second gamo.) n. it. k. 6 2 4 10 1 4 10 2 7 11 2 R. H. B. 4 4 0 1 10 N 1 n H. R. 7 10 2 5 13 0 n. h. k. .3 8 3 , 1 7 1 n. h. e. .4 7 2 . 1' 5. '1 U. H. E. .11 14 1 .29 2 At Cleveland- At St. LoulH St. Louis "At Philadelphia Phllndolphla Now York At Ilrooklyn Brooklyn ItOBtOll At Plttaburgh ' I'ltlaburgh Chlcngo-Bt, Louiai rain. John D. May Disinherit 11 is Granddaughter; Her Marriage Objected To (l United I'rrnt to The IWnd Bulletin.) OHICACIO, May $1. Mr. Edith Rockefeller Mct'ormlck today wont on rocord u oppoa lug th a murrluga of bur 17 your old duuKhtor Mutlilldo to Mux OHor, Swiss llvory stublu proprl utor. Mm. McCormlek said thut whllo hIui would no loiigor op pose hr divorced husband's up jxilnlinont u the glil'a guurd lun, alio wanted her oppoaition to t ln imirrlnKu to Oser on rec ord. It win rumonid today tlint John I). Rockefeller hud tliruut onod 'to cut off his quurdlun'a Inheritance If dim married Oaur. SEEK TO KEEP WESTON HERE Allegedly Debatable Objec tions In Murder Trial Are Pointed Out. Allegedly debatable object loin of the defense In lilt! trial of A. J. WoNton for murder of Robert II. Krug, In which Weston wuh found guilty and sonluiicod to life Imprl Honment In the Urcgon Hintn penlten t lory, wore pointed out in circuit court toduy by Karl Ilurnnrd, dc- fousn attorney, the object being to allow U'eHton in remain in the coun ty Jull until hi no pen I bus been piiHuml on by tho circuit court. Tlin admission of tho entire con osalnu of (luorgo Stlllwall. which llernnrd declared conlnincd mitttora projudlclal to the defendant, which wore not mentioned In direct lestl mony nnd could not have boon ud mltted, was particularly mentioned by Itornnrd. ' He also pointed out what he declared to bo orrora In Judge Duffy's 'JnsAruMlou to the ury. ' A complctn tranacrlpt of tho tout I mony of tho cane wai aaked by the defense, In order that It' might pre aent a completo bill of cxceptloua to the supreme court. TOURIST OFFICE CHANGE LIKELY Nell Market Recommended for Work on Withdrawal of II. J. Overturf. Currying with hi in the rocommon datlon of tho liend Commercial club directors that the work of the Con tral Oregon district offico of the Ore gon Tourist bureau bo handled here by Miss Nell Markel, Director Sid ney Vincent of the bureau, will leave for Portland toulght after a day spent in Hond. H. J. Overturf, pre vlnualy designated for the position found that the work would be more arduous than ho had expected, said Vincent, and has withdrawn. Betwoen 40,000 and 60,000 curs will coma to Oregon from California this soiiaon, Vincent predicts. A! ready tho work of the bureau has been as great ns for July of lust season, he said. He expressed grati fication at the action taken by Itend In acquiring a pormanont auto camp ground site, declaring that much of Oregon's settlement nnd develop ment In tho future will be done by tourists who visit Oregon and find Inducententa to locate In tho state. LOSE RESOLUTION FOR FRAUD PROBE (Or UnHad PrH toTht Brnd Bulletin.) WASHINOTON, May 31. Uy a vote of 101 to 38, Representatives Woodruff of Michigan and Johnson, of South Dakota, republicans, today lost their final attempt to force the house to take action on a resolution for Invostlgntlon of alleged laxity In prosecuting war grafters. U. S. AGAIN INVITED TO ATTEND MEETING (Uy United I'rra. to The llvml Uulletln.) Washington, May si. A sec ond Invitation to attend the Inter national conference Juno 15, at tho Hague hue been rejected by the United States, It was learned today SEE CHANCE TO CURE OLD LEAK IN RESERVOIR More Water Will Allow For Sluicing In Silt LiARGE CONTRACT LET nlteil Contrai ting Compiiny's Jllil Accepted, And Work On Dam Ami lUverxloii ( onat To Start At Once, Poaalblllly thut the louk (n tho Tuiniilo project rosorvolr, which re sulted In the partial failure of the reclamation program of years ago, may be cured, now exists through the letting of the contract to the (lulled Contracting Company of Port land for construction of a dam and diversion culm I to transfer water from the Deschutes rlvar to the Turn- alo food ounal. Experiments con ducted under the direction of Fred N. Wallace hure indicated that the hole In the side of the reservoir, which Bwullowed unlimited quantit ies of water needed for irrigation, could be stopped by sluicing In silt. Tho sill was uvuiliiblc, but the water for sluicing was not. The new water supply, In addition to providing siiT flcivnt witter to irrigate the entire project, will mean that this theory can be submitted to definite proof. Coder the direction of C. M. Red field, newly appointed eugineer for the Tumalo Irrigation district, con atructlnn work la to be started Im mediately on the diversion dutn and runul to carry part of the flow of the DvHchutes river Into tho Tumalo feed canal. The dam Is to be lo cntcd with In Hie city limits of lend, short distance below the county bridge. Surveys for the dum and tho diversion ctinul have ulroudy been made. Omlriul Is Let Provision for the work, which means the reclamation of the 11,000 acres of the Tumulo project which failure of the reservoir to hold water has mado Impossible for years, Is the result of action taken by the board of directors of the district at a meeting Mouday night, when bids submitted Saturday were considered. and the contract awarded to the United Contracting Company of Portland on a bid of 1317,761.75. A lower bid, that made by J. D. Hanley, could not be accepted, owing to the contractor's failure to qualify. Fred N. Wallace, secretary of the board, stales that tho storage site at Crosceut lake recently acquired from the Walker Basin Irrigation Company, will bo used to' provide the surplus flow which the district ex pects to divert from the Deschutes Moro than two miles of 10 Inch Iron flume will bo necessary. Rumored Acts Of Legion Scored By Minister While Veterans Honor The Dead r.ogionnnlrcs of Percy A. Stevens! Post, standing lu formation before tho firing of the salute to the dead at Pilot Hut to cemetery and hun dreds of other residents of the city attending the Decoration Day ser vices yesterday, heard from the lips of Bend's newost minister. Rev, J. L. Webster of the Prosbyterlnn chinch, a denunciation of the Legion a con duct based on rumors which the speaker said had csna la him. "1 do not know whether It Is true or not" Rev. WebBter said, "but I have beeu told that tho Loglon has put on shows which were a disgrace to the community. It makes my blood boll. This is plain talk, but I think that It should bo." Rev. Webster, Invited to give the final address of the day, had In his earlier rqmarks, spoken in a' highly complimentary manner oj the Legion and of its local work, developing the Idea that the living could through tholr lives boat honor the Ideals which had animated those now doud. "If what 1 hnvo henrd U truo," he said In his conclusion, "you are disgracing, not honoring, the memory -of tho dead." Tribute Paid Veterans Tribute to the voternns of Amer ica's threo Inst wUrs was paid by Rev. F. II. Beard, formor army chap lain, speaker of tho duy, In an elo quent insplrntlonnl address given at tho main services hold In the audi torium of the Legion building. Point L. M. Foss Resigns Before Recall Petition Is Filed; Board Picks Principal And Coach For B.H.S. rtealgnution of L, M. Koss, chair man of the board of directors of. School District No. 1, was received by the board ut Its special meet ing lute Monday afternoon Just be fore the tiling of petitions for the recall of Koss und Mrs. Horace Richards. - Foss guvo no reason for his withdrawal, and could not be Interviewed today. The board now has for consideration two res ignations, that of C. A. Huyden having bym tabled at the last reg ular meeting. Petitions directed ut Foss and Mrs. Itlchards are slightly over the required minimum of 233 names eucS Similarity of pen munshlp Indicates thut Jn muny instances btisbunda signed for wives and wives for husbands. It is not expected, however tnt the board will question this Irregular ity, preferring to allow the recall of Mrs. Richards, the only mem ber affected by. the petitions, to go to a vote at the annual school RAISING ASSESSED VALUATION IS SUGGESTED AS Jimm Murphy Winner of 500 Mile Classic; 94.5 Miles Averaged (lr Unlud I'reu tn The Itvnd llullotin.) INDIANAPOLIS, Muy 31. Jimmy Murphy Won the International COO mile uuto ruce over u field of 25 drivers aver aging 94 miles an hour and shattering the track record of 89.62 set up by De Pulma iu 1915. Murphy led from the start. PRODUCTTONOF COAL IS SHORT Consumption Greater, Says Hoover Conference On Profiteering Meets. WASHINGTON. May 31. Coal 'production la now running three mil lion tons a week behind consump tion. Secretary Hoover told a gen eral conference of nonunion coal op erators convened hero for the pur pose of curbing profiteering In fuel. Production Is at the rate of 5,000,- 000 tons weekly, with consumption 8,000,000 tons. ing to the Ideals of liberty and in ternational righteousness which had made . the American' soldiery the greatest In the world. Rev, Beard re ferred to biblical characters to show that tbe same spirit and faith were common lo the warriors of both ages. The gymnasium was filled for a woll balanced program including a medley of patriotic airs by the Shev-lln-Hixon baud, a vocal solo, the "Recessional," by Miss Laura, Rand and "The Vacant Chair," by a quar tet composed of Louis Bennett. Guy Belden, Mrs. Ralph Lawler, and Mrs. R. D. Ketchum. The invocation was given by Rev. J. Edgar Purdy, pastor of the Methodist church, and the benediction by Rev. S. A. Stenseth of the Lutheran church, following the band's rendition of "The Star Span gled Banner." IVmietory Program llrlcf Tho band also furnished music for the march through tho city which ended' at tho end of the paving on Greenwood, where curs were taken for the remainder of the distance to the 'cometory. Legionnaires com moited frooly on lack of respect shown to tho flag as It passed through the streets, a number of men failing to uncover, some of them oven refusing to do so when directly requested to. At the cometory, muslo consisted of tho playing of "Nearer My God to Thee," and tho sounding of "taps" by Ashley Forrest. meeting on June 19. The board signed a year con tract with O. W. Ager as city su perintendent of schools, then on his recommendation elected 10 faculty members. Arthur L. Tay lor last year principal of the Rose burg high school, will hold a like position In Bend, and Leo Coss man, University of Oregon ath lete, last year on the Vale high school faculty, will teach science and coach high school sports. A contract was signed with Miss Har riet Uinbaugh as English Instruc tor, and Cheater A. Klink was elected to Instruct in mathema tics. , ' Orade teachers elected are: Katherine Welsh, Beaver Dam, Wla.; Mullnda Muy, Cecil, Ore.; Adeline Deltrlch, Bellingham, Wash.; Cora Scbweer, Odebalt, Iowa; , and Evelyn Hasbrouck, Hood River, Superintendent Ager returned to Vale last night. SALES STIMULUS Taxation Problem Debated At Forum Luncheon By Students. Raising the assessed valuation of property In Deschutes county, and thereby reducing the tax millage, was declared to be the needed stimulus for land sales in Deschutes county, by Miss Naomi Snyder, Bend high school student, in a debate on the advisability of Increasing the as sessed valuation, nt today's Commer cial club luncheon. Leo Harryman presented the negative argument. No decision was made. The speakers were coached by Miss Naomi Hos- klns. Deschutes county's valuation Is about 64 per cent, one of the lowest in the state, said Miss Snyder. Be cause of the high millage rate, which does not mean higher taxes than the low millage rate in other, counties. many prospective investors are dis couraged. The luck of real estate business In the county is due In part to this factor, she declared. The average cltUen Is not a close student of taxation problems, and therefore does not understand the relation between the assessed valu atlon ratio and the millage rate, she said. Increasing the assessed valuation would increase the bonding power of the county, city and of the school districts within the county, so that needed development could tuke place, and be paid for by the greater pop ulatlon and out of .the proceeds of the greater industries ot future years, said Miss Snyder. This would not necessarily plunge the county In to ' greater debt, since bond .issues can only be authorized by popular vote, she stated. - A ratio ot 85 per cent would be about correct for the assessed valu ation, Miss Snyder said. Not Rented)', Declared The difficulty ot raising the rate was pointed out by Leo Harryman in his negative speech, in which he declared that tho county had at-' tempted to raise its ratio, aiid was able to get it only to the present figure. The millage rate is the wrong standard for judging the taxes ot the county, nnd the people should be educated to understand this, ha said. Sales prices are not reliable, as they are often inflated, he de clared. Raising the ratio Is not the rem edy for the taxation situation, Harry man declared. The only remedy is retrenchment, lowering county ex penses until taxes can be paid.. Dan R. Conway and Rev. J. L. Webster were Introduced as new ar rivals In the city, and talked briefly. Judge Morrow, who will occupy the circuit court bench here next week, will be a speaker at the forum luncheon next week, it was an nounced. FAVORITE LOSER IN EPSOM DERBY (By United Preu to The Bend Bulletin.) EPSOM, Eng., May 81. Captain Cuttle, Lord Woolavlngton's crack three year old, won the great Epsom dorby toduy from a large field of St. Louis, the favorite, did not place, LACK OF LOGS IS FEARED AS FIRE'S RESULT Sawing May Be Stopped for Week, bays Meister WIND SAVES CAMP 1 Household Goods Burled When Flames Turn Loss Estimated At nO,OWO Four Hundred . FlgM Conflagration. ' v A probable cessation of milling operations for perhaps a week, at, tho local plant of The Shevlin-Hixon' Company, due to lack of logs, will be the most far reaching result of the fire which burned over 2,000 acres of Shevlin timber west of Bend Tuesday. Shipping has been heavy and the big band-saws have been setting a stiff pace for the woods' crews, with the result that only en-, ough logs for a three or four days. run Is now In tbe pond. Practically the entire supply of logs in the woods was "destroyed, or is , still on fire. , says Logging Superintendent J. H. Meister, He feared that, mill oper-. atlon might be baited for an entire, week while waiting for more logs to be cut or for those partly burned' to be put in shape for sawing. The conflagration which raged when change in wind took a slashing fire out of control, had abated this morning until little danger remained that it would spread farther. Some thing in excess of a million feet of timber was burned, a logging loco motive and skidder damaged, fifteen flat cars and much rigging destroyed, and logging camp number one for a time threatened. Meister stated that the loss would total at least $50,000. would total at least S50.000. Camp Menaced Four hundred men fought the con flagration yesterday, the number of fire fighters reaching its maximum after employes at camp one had has tily buried their more valued house- . hold effects and hurried their wives aud children to safety in automo biles, returning to Join in combating the spread of the flames. Tbe fire was within less than a quarter of a mile of the edge of the camp when another change In the wind warded off the danger. Driving for miles through smoke so dense as to be at times absolutely opaque, members of The Bulletin staff reached the threatened camp last night as refugees were strag gling back to disinter their belong-, iug, confident that the fiery menace ' need no longer be reckoned with. One woman, slower than the rest, had just lowered her new sewing machine, her phonograph, and her canary in its cage, into a four foot hole, when the wind turned. - As the evening advanced, nearly every house had before it an earth-soiled tarpaulin, a few hours before the ' covering of the family's treasured -' possessions. ' The return trip to Bend was even more difficult than that to the camp. " for fire had felled trees across .the road, making necessary detours through soft soil, ashes, -and glowing coals. Frequently' trees near the road, burning near the roots, threa ened the passing car. Seen at a .J little distance in the '" night,' the burned over area, dotted with stumps stilt blazing,- resembled noth- - lug so much as the camp fires ot a j r. . - (.vast army encampment. Autos CraHh The tire made rapid progress from the first, gaining headway about noon; advancing a hundred yards at a Jump, creating whirlwinds of flame and tossing fiery masses of burning . brush before it into the timber. Log ges battled against the conflagra tion, then rtdreated to new strategic points, gambling on a. possible change In the direction ot the wind to make another stand where the pine growth was less dense. In the ' firs the tire crowned badly and ad- : vanced with increasing rapidity. THe ' Shea locomotive, "three -spot" and logging cars were overwhelmed be fore they could be wheeled out, and the same fate overtook the smaller Lidgerwood skidder. Employes who attempted to save them were badly singed before they gave up the task. Both the logging engine' nnd the skidder can probably be restored in the company's shops without the ne cessity of sending them to the fac tories from which they were pur chased. . N v - At one time, the danger loomed (Continued on Page 2.)