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? THE BEND BULLETIN "For every man a squaro deal, no Hess and no more," CHARLHS D. KOWK .-..KDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATIiS: One ytar -. ......... Six tsonthff .. 'Three month..... Invariably In advance.) .l.ja . . 9 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1907. With Priucvillc getting a fine new $4.5,000 court house, with Judge Hell's nnd all the county offi cer's snlarics increased 100 per cent, with the assessed value of property 'doubled and taxes heavily increased, will someone please show us where the taxpayer comes in on this "effi cient county management?" The Rev. Homer says that The Bulletin "has lost all sense of com mon decency and hence cannot do much harm." Present and former neighbors of Homer's say equally as fine things about him. "O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as ithcrs see us; It wad frae momc a blunder tree us, and foolish notion." There is much just wrath brew ing at Bend regarding the unwar ranted delay of mail. It is gener ally conceded that a delay of a few days was necessary, but that there is little excuse for a condition of affairs that deprives the whole of Central Oregon of outside mail for more than a month. It is believed that if there was much concern felt by the railroad officials the wash outs on the Columbia Southern could have been repaired long ago. What kind of a weakling system is it that allows a few small breaks and washouts on its line to stop all traffic for so long a time? The railroad should have found some means to forward the mail to Shani ko, where the Cornett company has had facilities ready and waiting for many days to carry it to its destina tion. There is a woeful lack" of good management somewhere. Is there a greater "graft" than ever yet to be unearthed in the management of Crook county's af fairs? That is the question now being asked since the report has been received of those returning from Salem. In an examination of the yearly reports of all county ex penditures (excepting for roads and bridges; sent to the secretary of slate, it has been found that for the last four or five years the re ports account for only about half the money that should have been paid into the Crook county treas ury. According to the assessment rolls, much more should have been paid in taxes than the reports show was paid. If this mouey has been Collected, where has it gone? If not collected, why not? There is only one thiug that will ever satis fy the growing suspicions of the taxpayers, and that is that the county books be audited by a com petent, impartial expert. And that is what is going to be done. We shall see what we shall see. fn speaking of The Bulletin's "comparative statement" which showed that Prineville, during the last three years, had paid a smaller levy into the county funds than the rest of the county, the Journal says that The Bulletin "knew that Prineville levied its own road tax and why try to convey the false impression thuf the people of this city paid less taxes than those liv ing iu the comity?" The Bulletin conveyed no false impression and the Journal knows that it did not. The Journal practically admits that matters are precisely as this paper said they were. Of course, Prine ville levies its owu road tax; Bend pays for its city road improvements, as also must' any other i n corporate tovu in' the couuty. But that road tax for city purposes docs not go into county roads. Nobody but a blithering idiot would expect a tax levied for city puposes to be included in a discus sion regarding the taxes paid for county expenses. The Journal is trying to evade and cover up the fact slated by The Bulletin, and that is that citizens of Priucvillc, for the last three years, did not pay into the county funds as much of a tax as did tho.se living outside of that town. And the Journal ad mits it. It Seems So. Stiver Laic OtMtUft. ltstcmstheRev.il. M. Street of Prineville, in trying to make the Bend Bulletin out a prevaricator in regard to some of its statements anent county division, got over enthusiastic and overstepped the bounds of truthfulness himself, somewhat. The Principle Looks Bad. Speaking of the fact that certain Culver taxpayers had called upon Judge Bell to return the 200 "grafted" from the county funds, to defray expenses of delegation that fought Stockman county di vision, the Madras Pioueer says editorially: "He mUI ttMt if there wa anything 'wrong' about it that he would return to the eoantt funds th portion of the fumU that he received. Taking him at In word, a number ot Culver taxpayer are now asking that the monev be re stored to the county. And this if right The amount grafted from the county fand at that time waa about fxo, and it in not so much the load of the money a the principle of thia action that look bad. That the county fund should be open at any time so that any chic can grab out a hamllul ami ue It (or tills, that and the other purpose in connec tion with matter wholly foreign to the affairs of county government it not the honest and proper way for county affair to be conducted, ill a iianceroua pre cedent to establish. Will Judge Hell make (tool? If he does it will be a great surprise to the people of Crook county." Tax Notice. Sheriff Elkins notifies the tax payers through the Prineville papers of a saving of 3 per cent if their money reaches his office by March 15. If one-half is paid by the first Monday in Aprll the time for paying balance will be extend ed to the first Monday in October without further cost: Taxes be come delinquent the first Monday in April when a penalty of 10 per cent will be added and interest charged at the rate of 1 per cent a month. NO MAIL FOR TWO WEEKS. No Relief In Sight before Above Time and Probably , Much Later. The problem of delayed mail seems no nearer solution now than at the time of the first washouts. We were then p'romised mail in two weeks and that promise still holds good. It is still said that no trains will reach Shaniko before two weeks and possibly not until much later. The work that had been done iu repairing the breaks on the Columbia Southern was all washed out the first' of the week. Prospects for receiving mail are thus poitponed again. People here and in the surround ing country are getting rather "wrathy" over the situation. They consider that there is no excuse for a condition of affairs that deprives this section oi mail for a mouth or longer. Consequently in the hope of p-ocuri jig some relief and' forc ing the railroad to deliver the mail at Shaui'eo, a message was wired to the postmaster general at Wash ington hist Monday, Dr. U. C. Coe and C. Rude being the principal movers- in the affair. The message follows: IlKNi?, Or., Peb. 18, 1007. Hon, Post master General, Washington, I). C Mail 1 iccumulated since January .y to and from this place reported held 011 railroad between llltfgs and Shaniko. Grca t inconvenience and suffering caused by unnecessary deiay. I'lease direct prooer officer to have mail forwarded at one :. I'. C. Con, Clin. Committee. 'he Cornett Stage Co. submitted a r imposition to the postal authentic- s to flarry the mail from the br eak" in the railroad to Shaniko for 2 i cents a pound. This offer was n rjected by the government Mr. Plude fihoned-tb W. R. Guerin at I.'ortlaud explaining the condition 01 uuuiw -ami astiujj mm 10 go 10 Problems That Confront The Irrigator, j IHITATO CUI.TUKI!. From I'ftimet HIMl No j tirl ! tht 1 S. l4iliwHt f AKttciiHn't. timk to err sukd ivtatoks. At least three American experi ment stations have conducted tests to learn the effcet of cutting .seed potatoes several days or weeks in advance of planting. The results varied somewhat according to the length of time that the cut sets re mained implanted, but on the whole indicated no marked differ ence in productiveness between niautiug freshly cut pieces and tl'oe that had .been cut for a week or less. The investigations of Kraus and of Wolhiy in Germany led to the conclusion that a flight wilting of the seed pieces increased the yield on moist soils and in wet seasons, but reduced it on soil not retentive of water and in dry seasons. Oil the whole it appears that the storing of cut pieces ior several days, which sometimes becomes necessary, is attended with no great disadvantages. Of course due care should be taken iu such instances to prevent heating, and it may be well to dust the cuttings with gypsum (land plaster) to pre vent excessive wilting. ciiano.x or SUM). To test the effect on the yield of using seed potatoes from different localities, several varieties of pota toes grown in Vermont and iu Maryland were planted in both states. The seed grown in Ver mont gave larger yields both in Vermont and in Maryland than seed grown iu Maryland. It has been found advantageous to change seed potatoes every few years, but from the small amount of definite experimental data now available we believe no final con clusion can be drawn us to the effect of the practice. To make the change, tubers of the desired strain may be sent to the grower at a distance, and after two years' culture under new conditions the stock may be brought back to its origiual home. SKKD HN II VS. STKM HNI). When potatoes are cut in half through their smaller diameter wc have a seed or bud end more or less crowded with eyes and a stem or butt cud on which there are few eyes. The experiments to deter mine the relative values o f cuttings from the stem end and from the seed end of the tuber have been numerous. the proper authorities and insist that steps lie taken to relieve this tie-up of mail. As yet nothing has been heard from the Washington message, nor has it been learned whether or not Mr. Guerin was successful iu having anything done. Trains are running 011 the O R.& N., Cornett is willing to haul the mail for a reasonable compensation. Ilcuce, people are disgusted, and properly so, at the government's and railroad's apathy regarding this matter. Docs Not llelfe'Vc Coyote Story. R. A. Jenkins, who resides south of Madras, writes the Pioneer that he doesn't believe the coyote story published last week. He says that a 75 pound shote would lie too much for a coyote to carry n quar ter of a mile up a hill. Further more he state that he is satisfic 1 that it was a cougar that had the pig, as one of his neighbors heard a cougar's cries on Wednesday night of last week. The Pioneer does not pose as an authority on such matters. It tries to print as nearly the truth as possible, and this coyote story was printed as it was related to us. But we do) know that the rocks above this pig pen are a rendezvous for a number of coyotes and that they arc seen almost daily in that vicinity, and at in'glit their, lonely yelpings drift down to tlie,jLoyii. Coyotesi llave greater stunts to their credit than this. Two or three of them have been seen mak ing off with a good sized calf, leav ing no evidence that any jiortion of their burdeu was drugging the ground, Pioueef, The majority of these showed that the yield was greater when the seed end was used. The superior productiveness of the seed end 11s compared with the stem end was maintained, whether the halves of the potatoes, the thirds, or smaller cuttings were employed. Iu a few instances, however, the results suggest that the general sutwriority of the seed end niiiy not be maintained with some varieties and with immature seed tulwrs. Kr-TKCT Of .HI'MOl'TlNtS. The growth ot sprouts belote planting is made at the cxpuise of the tubers from which they draw their support. Hence if these shoots are rubbed off before plant ing there is a total loss ol the nutri ment contained in them. More over, numerous weak shoots grow from the injured eye. To prevent these evil consequences of prema ture sprouting, seed iKitatoe me stored iu n dark, dry, cool place. Iu spite of all piecautious the tub ers sometimes sprout; but when practicable only potatoes that have not sprouted should be selected for planting. If the eyes appear dormant iu spring, seed potatoes may lie ex posed to the light and warmth for a lew days before planting so as to promote germination and ptompt growth. If long exjod. sprouts will form and careful cutting and planting by hand become necessary, so as to avoid breaking off these sprouts. gUANTITV Ol' Sltltll J'KK ACKIl. A bushel of tmtatoes (60 pounds) may contain 2.jo qtiartcr-pouud tubers. When the seed pieces are planted a foot apart in .v'oot "ws an acre requires 1.1,520 sets, When tubers averaging 4 ounces are em ployed an acre requires at theae uistnuccs xj uumicik 101 jnniuiiiK whole potatoes, 30 bushels when halves are used, and 15 bushels witch quarters arc planted. Iu a dumber of tests the amount of seed cut to 2 eyes, spaced I by 3 feet, averaged 13 bushels per acre, the usual range licing from 10 to 14 bushels. In 18 experiments with many varieties the average amount of seed cut to single eyes was at thee distances 6.3 bushels per acre, the usual range being from 5 to 7 bushels, though the varieties with large tubers bearing few eyes required considerably mqre seed. Results which follow suggest that it is generally advisable to plant at least 15 to 30 bu. per acre. (Continued next week.) Dedication Hymn. (To Imf miuk at itcdtcattwa of Her. cvuil hou ) 1'raiSe Ilell from whom all bleaainga Mow, I'rainc him all I'rineville here below, l'raiae him main Street, ve slippery boat, 1'rals Sidney too, Imt Ilell the moat. David II11.1.. fitd KUaiM. County CowwiMionr. Decision favors Contestant. Notice wa received last week from The Dalle land office of the decision of the Ilindmuu-Tliorbjoriiaoii homestead contest in favor of tile contestant, Mrs. Ilindman. This was one of the most ttilborn1y fought cmitcU ever triod here, the re cord of testimony containing over 210 pages, the next ill size being the Olson Northern Pacific eontaat containing ij jweua. The jwirtlce were rcprtscutad by C. 8. Ilenaon of Hand for contestant mid V. P. Myers of I .aid law for the contestee. Saloon License Notice. IlKxn, Or., l'eb. 27, 1947. To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of llend. Gentlemen: The undersigned. Severt Dubing, hereby resiiectfuliy applies for a license from the City of Head to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors ami ft.rfniiitftfl rittr in tin- litllldlni' toltll.llml 011 lot 10 of block 10 of tlie City of Jlciid lor a period 01 tnrce moiiiiis irom tlie 19th day of March, 1007 K'"spcct'ftilly, SlCVI'.KT l)l'.IIIN(i. 60 YEARS' EXPEfllENCE Timdc Manna DtBIONS CoHvnioMTa &.c. Anrona iiiiiHn a ahlrn sua aneriiniaii u7 niilmir aurartwn our opinion frsa wlialhtr an Iiouoirlcllr"il4i'tll. HANOBdOK oul'.l.nt. tcutfrca. iiMmI iiaiicr fofMcurliia'valaiils. I'hIdiui luknii Ibrouuu Kuiin k Co. facalra tpttlal millcf, nlllKiut cbarv, In tba Scfcfittffc American. A hindiomelr llhialratod waaklr. iMutHtlr uiUllmi of mir rutisa ymrns , 'turint, a rt linn Hamuli 9 1, ovmwywi I newidler. Cowr-v, New .York lea, at r su Waiaiuiiou, l),l, Viaata Offlca, jjjjwra STREET BAWLS AC1AIN. Another Wordy ami Scurrilous At tack on J ho llulletlii Disponed Of. The pugnacious Street, who so uiellislilv mid unprofitably hurled himself into the county division light, attempts in the Prineville paters to answer The Bulletin's reply to his first scunil ous attack. The Bulletin's argu ment was to the effect that Street's statements showed him to be cither untruthful or an iguoruuut 01 both. We ate mote" convinced than ever that such is the cat. The Bulletin would rather not de vote so much imce to this wludv gentleman, as we could fill our columns with much more ncwy rending, but a few of his state ments demand consideration, m follows: Street sayu, "if the value of u lot is increased from $iS to $,oo the tax under nil lioueat admitiut tration would lv proportionately increased," ami therefore the man who holds prop rty in a town that newly liecomeit a county seat holding Mtid projierty not for specu lative purposes "would be dam age I by an miuecrwuiry burden of tax." That his tax would be greater we admit. And we want to aak the Kcv. Street 11 qtieation. How many men not fool nor idiotic school boys who could have the value of their projierty in creased from 525 to $500 per lot by getting a couuty et. would not be out working for the same with inigh'. and main' The "unneces sary burden of tax" would Ik wel comed by every taxpayer wlioae propel ly would thus lie increased in value 20 fold. His arguments are still weak and insipid Again Street ay that after the court house is bnill "with the in creased amount of asaesable timber the county can be run with a five or mx mill tax." With the in creased amount of ae4blc tim ber." Indeed! Where does the greater juit of that timber lie? In Western Crook, of course. Well then why couldn't Western Crook build its own court I: use and then run its owu business with a five or six mill levy? Yes, there will le an increased atliouul of aaaessable timber nnd also iu a few years. several hundred thousand acres of valuable irrigated laud to come on to the asMSsmeiit foil iu Wealcru Crook, and The Bulletin's argument that settlers in the Jroed couuty had uo cause to fear an iiicrettMl tax burden is still valid, destriie the wily, misleading statements of the slanderous Street. Street can evidently i'.nd only two reasons why a man should disagree with his "road fund" fig ure namely that the Western Crook man who examined the county records is cither an exnert fool or an expert liar. Now, just notice these figures' quoted by the reverend gentleman iu two different articles, calling The Bulletin a llut iu both of them. In the Journal of January 21, he .said. "Last year (1006) $17,000 was spent iu im proving the roads and that Wot ern Crook received 5.000 more ol this money thuti did Haittcrii Crook." In the Review of Pebrit- nry 1.) lie Miys that "mote than $X,xx was sH!ut in the proposed new county and Sjj.ifiyiS siieut iu Rasteru Crook." Let's sec. That makes somelliiug over ii, setit 011 roads according to lit- 1 last statement and $17,000 sjk iu for the same purKe according to his fir.t Statement. Which state men! are wc to believe, or shall wc believe either: He says only $v 163. 1. s was spent on roads in R.ist ern Crook. The Journal's own figures show $.,.I3 spent 111 the roud districts lying north ol Priii ville undoubtedly oil the Prim ville-IIay Crcuk road. Now who lies? Street utics his usual methods when . he attempts to evade Tin Bulletin's question as to why so little county money had been put into bridge,-, in Western Crook. lie says the couuty has 110 right to build bridges over dItcmhs. Any blind fool would know that. The bridges The Bulletin had reference to are those across the largest ditch in Central Oregoii, namely the Deschutes river. Nobody ex pects the county to bridge irriga tion ditches. But that's the way he attempts to mislead, Street's attempt to meet The Bulletin's challenge and fasten ex plicit lies onto it is amusing. The first "lie" he trots forward is our statement that high-liandtjd tactics of the county court iu building n new cburt house is largely to blame for couuty division. Is that a he render? Ask 03 per cent of t residents of Western Ciook. Ttic Bulletin knows and knows hiI tivel) that If it hud not Wen for such treatment by the county court, the late attempt for county divi sion would not have been nunlc llut then, of comae, Street know and The Bulletin lies. What rot' Lie No. i is our statement that thete is a difference of tattes and desiies between the new ohirm and the old range stockmen, or the old settlers, and that is on- ten,,, for division. Isn't that a erioui pit vurieatiun.' He must Ih- hard put to Uphold Ilia statement-, whtn he falls luck on such. Wt would remind the reverend prddhr thut there it a difference of opinion tlmt if not nlwnys a lie and The lhtH. till atill believe Ha it fornu-rlv did And a large majority of it, r cider think likewise. Lie No. 3 according to Street neiiiea our statement tli.it nU f,j ,n was spent iu the m.p.v-, new county in 1006 and mi that iu "tlie roMcd Detchute oiuiitv and on roads leading (rotu the railroad to it over ,!( wax spent in utot " Before anyone rait la lieve the reverend gent l nun road figures he must iintr In, conflicting statements mentioned above. His lourth and iaat "he' ih (,iir reference to ou kept out ot Clerk Smith's salary to cVan up the recording he lelt undone ami our suspicion thnt same W4H not br ing (mid out but whs Itriii,- vtvrd for that new court houw V- will ask our readers il Tin Bullitius auspicious were Mot well fmiiIrd' Clerk Smith retired from nfii- last June and the work is iut n. u ing done regardless of the l.i t tlmi pert for record sent In mi Bend mote thin a year ago have ut M-t been returned. It has l--n -.ingested to The Bulletin (smu- tin? reverend' laat acumloui ..ti.i.U that undoubtedly this ill. in had been hired when the roiiulv court saw how vigorous a kick was Ixing made against the heretofore ineffi cient manner of conducting 1 oittity busuieaa. We wonder if that stig gestiou is correct? As The Bulletin hjs before ail, it is wilting to rest the verdict with the leopl as to the relative truth fulucMi of iu word and that of the Kev. H. M. Street. Milk Condiment Wauled. 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