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
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