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LET EVERY VOTER CO TO THE POLLS TUESDAY AND VOTE AGAINST ALL COUNTY DIVISION BILLS THE BEND BULLETIN. VOTE . 351 t No. Deschutes County. VOL. VIII miHl), OKISOON, WKDNUSUAY. NOV, a, 1910. NO. 34 VOTE 351 X No. Deschutes County, T ROUBLES III! IRRIOATION CO. STRONHLY HACK.:,), STARTS WORK. Recelverthlp UnJa anil Crew Com' inence Conttructlmi-Nnrth Cn ml, with lllic 'y Roll, to bo liullt Next Spring. Tlic rrcclvorshlp of the !) aliutes Irrigation & Power Co practically has come to 1111 cud r Also, the company itself is n tiling fof the p.it, the new nrgaiilitinii being known as the Cent ml Oregon Irrigation lo. Kvatt more minor ftuut lit the miiioniircinuiit 1h.1t u Kblg campaign of improvement iiu mediately will he ushered In by I lie new compuny, . Laud in being sold, repair work ,'is commencing on the old counts ' uud ditches, and the coming year will mark high tide 111 new con struction. So, then, is Oregon's greatest irrigation enterprise active ly and firmly on itit feet again, up parcntly with all lit old diihculliw udjtislcd and now with the substuu tisil financial bucking of one ol the country's strongest banking liuiie, the J, G. White Co , who siicccm fully have put through u great number of similar irrigation enter prise. As soon n he lias submitted the balance sheet of the cash hook probably this weekReceiver Red field will be discharged. The first construction work starts at once. A crew of 30 men nud 30 teams, says Mr. Red field, under Tom Lnngou, goes to work con structiug lutcral "C" of the Central Oregon Canal. This latcrul is about eight tulles east of Mend, nud, among others, waters tfTc ranches of Cole Smith, Williams Hros., nud 1'rauk I.c May. Already 30 tennis have been ordered and large quan tities of equipment and supplies. "Wc arc authorized to make nil necessary repairs 011 the canals at once," said Mr. Ucdficld in his Hcnd office yesterday. "There wlll lc work for nil the settlers That want work, even this fall. At first wc m.iy he a little shy on equipment, but much of thin al ready is on the way In from Port land. There is construction work enough near latcrul "C" to keep that crew busy six mouths. "A soon as pible and this means practically nt once we shall put another big Inrce repair log the main canals, from which water will be shut off temporarily. Probably 60 men will be employed until freezing weather mukes it necessary to knock off." When questioned regarding big couitructlou work in the enrl spring, Mr Ucdficld said, in part: "It seems certain that tue North Canal will he constructed just as noil hh weather condition1 permit 1'rnlHihly 500.000 will be required for that work, while the comple tion of the ) stem will entail the txiHMiililmc ol perhaps n million." Mr. Redficld wild Hint it was highly probable that surveying nud engineering work on this project would k resumed this Autumn A re location ol surveys may re sult. Work preliminary to nctunl construction, Mich us the digging ol text pits, etc , probably will take place iielorc it becomes too cold. iSonut 50,000 acres will be watered hy the North Caunl. On Oct. t6, the Contra! Oregon Irrigation Co. filed It articles ol Incorporation, with 11 capital tocl of ft, 500.000. On the previous day the Deter t I.nnd Hoard np proved the old contract between Hut I). 1 & I'. Co. and the state, this being taken over hy the new organisation. The directorate U hs follows: V. S Stanley, A. V lilies, uud Jesse Stearns, ol Port land; I.. N. l'aruum, of New York, representing J. G. White ik Co L. G. Addison, of Columbus, reptc scntlng the Ohio bondholders Stanley is president; Miles, vice president; nud Steams, secretary treasurer. It is understood that Rosette Howard will be malinger ami C W Ucdfielil chief engineer. TRY OUTPOWER PLANT .Machinery Works Wcll-t.lictits May lie Ready In I'cw Days. The first Deschutes jxwcr for generating electricity has been used. LM Friday water wns turned into the flume nud on to the wnter wheel In the new power house of the Mend Water, Light & Power Co This was done to give the plant n thorough testing pre paratory to starting the lighting system, probably next week. Ev erything worked smoothly, there being no hitch in the opcrntion of the machinery. As soon as an nuto-trnusformcr arrives from Portland, which prob ably will be brought ,iu this week hy Frank Robertson, all will be in readiness "to turn on the juice" and give ltcnd its first electric lights. The system and power equipment is the largest and most complete of any in Central Oregon. ADVERTISING- OREGON Magazine Articles (live this State . Very Valuable Publicity. Oregon, and particularly Central Oregon, has been favored with much inng.ine publicity this month. In lite November number of Sunset magazine is a long nud splendidly illustrated article by Waller V. Wochlkc, setting lortti the -opportunities nud development of the state nt large. Another article, by Randall K Howard, in the Pacific Monthly, is entitled "The Awakening of Cen tntl Oregon " It deals in detail with the transportation that the railroads coming is nuking in the interior country. Particularly the free-la ml openings that await homesteaders is dwelt upon. The Basic Problem of Life. THE GREATEST OF ALL PROB LEMS TO THE 0 E N E R A L P U B LIC IS THE BREAD AN DMi UTTER PROBLEAl If NDUSTRV alone will not solve the bread and butter II problem; lint If one lay by something, however siiihII, Iroiii the fruits nihil Itidntlry, he lias found the solution of tills problem. To the man with n bank account optmrliinttle arise, which would otherwise Iks beyond hit reach. You lme often heard a limn tny, that were it not for tilt iiimlly teKinlbillty he would do this or that. With a bank hufuure to hit credit the bread mid butler problem it solved lor the protein, mid be it there fore able to make ll a lent luiRHlniil problem In the future. The Deschutes "Banking & Trust Company "Conservative Banking for Conservative People." I,, n. lUIIlI), .'ret. J. W. MASTUKS, Vice Pres. M. 0. COK, Ciithlcr FK nruiNTY OPPOSE DESGHUT Those Most Concerned are Against Division Which is Favored by . Redmond Boosters Alone. ? Mr. Voter, do you know this? Section 12 of the hill for the creation of the proposed County of Deschutes rends: ' The county indue of Crook County sod Ihe county Iude of Detehutet County, AND II. I'.JONHS Of DUSCItlTlW COUNTY are hereby unpointed Ixmnl of coiillulitlouert to determine the value ol the diHinly building, in Crook County, the amount of tndeblediieM, It nuy, to be mmmuinI by Iecliule County, and paid 10 Crook, nud the amount ol money that liny be due from Crook County to Detehutet County, under tbe lermt of Suction r I ol tint Uw. This means thttt Ihe DECIDING VOTE is in the hands of Dechutes County, Hint 11 REDMOND MAN is the third member of a board in whose hands rests the absolute decision in the matter of dividing up the financial and prop erty holdings of Crook County. This is a most extraordinary and unjust joker. In other county division bills this board at least is chosen justly; the third member is impartial. Air. Taxpayer, it's up to you. A great majoiity probably four fifths of the voters of Orook Comity arc opposed to the schsuit for the creation of Dtschutes County as proposed hy initiative petition, to be carved out of the parent county and to have for its comity seat the town of Redmond. More over, the majority of the coplc in the proposed new county do not favor its creation. H.1I1I facts, these. HJt truthful. And their unadorned veracity may be substantiated by any fair minded nun who cares to, or can, ex limine the local sentiment. The reason for their publication is this; ;t lutse report lias been circulated, and apparently has gained wide crcdaucc, that Crook County as a whole favors the scheme, thai the jwople of proposed Deschutes County favors it, and that Bend scc no reason for opposing it. In the state pamphlet, the Redmond Commercial Club in its argu ment favoring the creation ol Deschutes County, goes 011 record in part us follows; "Crook, the parent county of the proposed Couuty of Deschutes, is favorable to the creation of the new couuty." This from Redmond newspapers: When the proportion t first made to create Dcscluuet County, there wat SHAN1K0 HAS RECORD Hnorrnous Quantities of Goods Go Through Terminal Town. SilAWKO, Or., Oct. 31 -During Jthep.ast year more than 20,000,- 000 pounds of Central Oregon freight has been handled through 1 the Moody warehouses at Sbaniko. iTIila ,1rv..i, .. i..f,l.. ,I.m ixliant shipments of over 100,000 sacks nor the immense tonnage of mate rials anil supplies used in the con struction of the Oregon Trunk Railway and tlic Deschutes Rail way which was handled through the private warehouses of these companies. Just now there is a great boom In the teaming business on account of the excellent condition of the roads to tbe interior and it is no uncommon thing to see forty to sixty outfits loading at the same time at the warehouses. During tbe same period of twelve months more than 30,000 passen gers have pased through the Shnniko gateway. Probably this record is une quated by that of any town twice the size of Shanfko in nil the West and Sbaniko' s shipping business, if anything, is increasing, and will increase with the development of the interior, until the completion of the Deschutes railroads in a few months. The opposition to Detehutet County teemt to all eotnc from Madrat. In all the propoted rounty Madrat alone it obeetlng. Kedmond puket man, Oct. 37. tome opposition made in different parti of the old couuty, but nowhere was the .ippoutlon at Mroug at mlht be ex ptreled. Oregon Hub, Oct. 37. Facts again. At a mass meeting nt I'rineville, county seat of Crook County, June 38th, 1910, the i'rineville Commercial Club unani mously adopted resolutions absolutely condemning the new scheme and promising I'riueville's heartiest opposition to it. The Madras Commercial Club adopted similar resolutions. Madras is the principal town in tbe proposed new county: its people and its press arc uVhtiug the scheme-to the best of their ability, lknd, second town ol Crook County, is opposed. Protests are heard from Laidluw and Sisttrs and from many olLer towns and jeclioiis ot" proposed Des chutes Couuty. In short, Redmond, the proposed county seat of tbe proposed county, alone desires its-creation. Of the 10,163 names upon the initiative petition for the creation of Deschutes County 217 were obtuiued in Crook Couuty, including Red moud. This is not the proper time to divide Crook County. Tbe western half of the county, hitherto practically undeveloped, is being pierced by two great railroads. The population centers arc uncertain. A (it vision which might be appropriate now well might prove itself a bowl ing injustice after u few ,cars of development. Hut the boundaries of the proposed new couuty were conceived ap parently with little pretense of thatihtful seeking for the greatest good to the greatest number. They ure uibitraiily run, without regard to logical physical boundary lines, The new couuty would Ik: a benefit. (Continued on page 8.) Rough and Dressed LUMR ALL SIZES OF DOORS and WINDOWS "UEX.FI.INTKOTE" AND "MIKADO" ROOFING BUILDING PAPER DEADENING FELT AND TAR PAPER 16-IN. SLAB WOOD Delivered In Bentl -j cA Per Cord .. ,4 3O.DJ dot Your Winter's Supply. Pilot Butte Development Co. Lime Deposits not Large. A. H. Horn has bought a half interest in -the Clark sawmill and will install there his 16 li. p. en gine. Messrs. Horn and Clark have just returned trotn a trip to the Mulhenst, made fot the pur pose of investigating the lime de posits, samples of which Mr. Horn recently tested with great success Thev report that while the lime encountered is of exceptionally high grade no very large amounts were located. Notice to Settlers. Probably by November 5th water will be temporarily turned out of tbe canals for the purpose 'of making needed r'r pairs. Canals may be dry for three weeks. After the repairs water will be furnished throughout the winter whenever possible. Ckntral, Orkgon Irrigation Co. Library Entertainment Friday. The Ladies Library Club will give an entertainment in Ltnster's Hall Friday evening at 8 for tbe benefit of tbe libary. After nn extensive theatrical program there will be dancing and refreshments. . DIED. KlUabeth Wornttaft. the daughter of Mr. and Mr. Utney Wormian, died at tbe Ilcnd Hotplt( latt night of tvpboid fever after a brirf llluet. The deccated wat 19 years old latt Wednetday. Her mother hat been tick with typhoid fever for a long time and it now confined to her bed in a criticnt condition. The (uneri services will be held tomorrow, probably in tbe afternoon. Sarah and Ruth, titters, and a brother, Henry, sur vive tbedeceated. BURT IS GUILTY Contractor mcnealy gets only $400 from county. Liquor Cues lllngo on Decision In Supreme Court Test Case Grand Jury Thinks Towns Should Do Their Own Washing;. Paxkhvillk, Or., Oct. a After being out from 1 1 a. m. Saturday until 10 p. m. Sunday the jury in the if. M. Hurt calf-stealing case returned a verdict of puilty. On Tuesday. Burt was fined $250 by Judge liradshaw. It took a jury from nam. yes terday to 3 a. m. today to return .1 verdict in the case of C C .Me Nealy" vs Crook County, to recover $2750 withheld from the contractor because of alleged faulty construc tion of the court house foundations. McNealy was allowed $400 It is considered a. victory for the county At eleven this morning the Cal culi Court adjourned. Last Thursday a jury acquitted Anderson of Redmond in a liquor case. Thirteen other alleged illegal liquor sellers were fined $150 each All await tbe determination of a test case in the Supreme Court, where the defendants hope to es tablish the invalidity of the county option law. Last Wendnesday the C.rnnd Jury wade its report, before beiuii discharged by Judge Bradshaw It indorsed the sydem of bookkeeping in vogue in the oUices of sheriff, county clerk and treasurer The only recommendation regarding the county jail was that a shower bath be installed therein. The founding of a county hospital was passed on to the county court who "should take steps to provide jfor the same" when such action ap peared advisable. In connection with complaints concerning "the existence of bawdy houses, partic ularly in tbe cities of Madras and Redmond," the report states: We feet that in municipalities where there are police officers who are paid monthly talaries and pretumably attend ing to their duties, and where there ex itt a city council with the ulher officer lucidcuul to tbe municipality, ilia, th 4 qurotl m It one wbieil ctu be luudltif) cally in belter advauuge for the prop e than if it it attempted 10 be handled .y the county at lir;e. Hvideuce wat broueht before ut tbow Inn tbal three muiiicipaliliet bunt ihf x people and tbe money for tuch Fii'ts goes into the city treasuries of tbe uiu nictpalilio; and tuch bcin tbeciue we believe Ibatjtlie taxayert at larKC teat tered In all parts ol toe county, ahould not be required to pay an additional burden for attempting to regulate wunc thluK which tk entirely a tblug with. 11 the power of each municipality, (.'inter tbe muuicip.1 corporation atatulctof tbe state the mayor ami city council are granted full power and authority to Jes uitic or aupprct! houtet ot thlt kind, and we believe that the qucttwn it one which should be left to their power an I authorit) to regulate or auppreas at each municipality may teem wise L&J TT tfSt lTVSst1 RiIr !U aar lue nidi nauuucu uaim. OF BEND, BEND, OREGON ?fe W) T.H.1. Dr. U. O. OOe. Prtddcnt C. A. SATHCIt. Vlc Prlilnt 0. 8. HUDSON. 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