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THE BEND BULLETIN VOL. VIII JWND. OKKGON, WEDNESDAY, DEC 7. 11110. NO. 39 P'u It Ml I 1 CQE TO BE MAYOR UETS GLKVliN VOTIiS A10KI2 THAN CAI.DWUI.L. Theodore- Anne, II. IS. Allen and At. J. Kcllcy Uleclotl Aldermen and l!d Keliey Alamhal 133 Vote Were Cast at the Hlccllun, One hundred fifty-three vote were cunt ft the city election yestcr duy n.t follows: J'OK MAVOIt U. C. Coc Ha 8. C. CmIiIwcII 2L Cue's majority 11 I'OK AI.DItHMKN Theodore Anne 1.13 Herbert It. Allen ni M. J. Kcllcy.... Hi A. C. Lucas ,.,, 77 A. M. Lara 03 (The firm three were elected.) I'OK MAU.HIIAI. J. K. Kcllcy 88 0. A. Chapman 61 Millard Triplclt i Kcllcy's plurality 24 Only one of the regularly ap pointed election board npjwurcd for hervlec V. A. Far be. II. J. Ovcrturf and I. C. liozcll wcrr (worn In for the additional judge and I,. A. Shuw and It. C. Throne served oh clerks. Some 15 votes were challenged during the day, but only three were excluded. The newly elected officer will take their scats the second Tuesday in January. TO READJUST LINE More Taxable Property to He drought Into llcnil District. On the 4th day of next month the District Houudary Hoard will act opon a ctitlou for changing the boundary line between the Itend and the I.ava school districts o as to run ni follows: Ileglnulng at the southeast corner of the Bend district, thence south on the cast line of range 13 cast 10 the south line of township so south; thence west 15 miles; thence north 9 miles and thence west to the west line of Crook county. This wilt add to the Iiend dis trict about 537,000 of taxable Kopcrly, on last year's vuluatioti, leaving about 200,000 in the Lava district. The south line of the Bend district is now near Wet weather spring. This throws a fine body of timber into the Lava district where there are only half a dozen school children. Therefore that district literally has "money to burn" while the Hcnd district, employing nine teachers and run ning a full high school, is deprived of the revenue that should logically come here. The proposed readjust ment will still leave the Lava dis trict with a larger taxublc valua tion than that of Madras, which was last year $91,158, or Kedmoud, WHY IT PAYS To Do Business With TEg Deschutes Banking 8i Trust Company. w iOUIl money is safe; every safe-gmml nntl lis protection for the depositor is furnished. Your vnlunhle papers may be stored in our lire, and burglar-proof vault. Our cen trally located ofllccs are always at our cus tomer's disposal. Our farmer friends are es- )ccially welcome; tliey will mm our name a windy place U write letters and transact their lumiiifMM. W wiuit von to feel near cnouah to tlin nfli!trs so that regarding your business, or any investment you wish to make, you will freely consult with them and feel that any advice is gladly given, as it always Is. The Deschutes Banking & Trust Company Of Bend, Oregon "Conservative Banking for Conservative People." L, II. HAllU), Pre. J. W. MJVSTimS, Vice Pre. M. O. COK, Cashier. which wus 107,5.18; indeed, hut seven of the 67 districts of the county show a lurgcr valuation I hun will be left in I.avii district after the proposed clinugc is mndc, and none of the districts liave less need for the money. RECOMMEND 10 MILLS Such Is Hie Need of Hcnd School l)ls I rid -1 lie Detailed Estimate The School Hoard met at Chair man Trlplett's store Monday eve ning, all of the Directors being present. The bill of the I'uttcrsou Drug Company for f 17.05 was al lowed. The Clerk reported unpaid warrants outstanding from the school year ol 1909 10 of 1,195 8t, exclusive of interest on them from date of issue. This deficit was caused by the exemption from tax ation of the properties of Deschutes Irrigation & I'owcr Company. After full consideration the Hoard decided that the following be sub mitted to the voters of the district us the Hoard's estimate of the ex pciiscs for the year: Salaries for year ;f 6,705. 00 Interest on bonds 325 00 Fuel and water 345.00 Incidentals.... 500.00 Deficit, I909-'io 1. 195. 81 interest on dcf;clt 7'-75 Total 9.042 50 The Clerk then rend the Counly Cletk's certified statement that the districts taxable property for the year 1910 was 651,733. He also stated that the county apportion ment for this district would beat the rate of 8 per pupil; with an enrollment of about 3 00 pupils, this will give the district about 1600 from that source. In view of the expected enlarge ment of the district during 1911, it was moved and carried that the Hoard recommend a levy of 10 mills for the year 1910-11. There will be a meeting of the voters of the district at Millard Triptctt's store this evening between 8 and 9 to vote on the levy. RUSHINQ THE ROAD Team Work Nearly Done Progress at Crooked River llrldsc. E. W. Monahon, superintendent ol construction for; Henry & Mo Kt-f- the Orrcon Trunk Contract" ors, was in Hcnd Tuesday, and an nounced that the team worK oiong the right-of-way will be compietca tt'Iiliin the next week, nrovlded the ground docs not freeze too hard. The excavation lor liic norm pier of the Crooked River bridge will be compjcled Saturday. The cement for the piers has been ucitvercu ami the rock crusher is now in opera tion. The crushed rock to be used will be taken from the pits exca vated for the piers. Timbers arc now being delivered for a large trestle six miles north of Redmond. Fifteen bunded feet of trestle just south of Crooked River is being rapidly completed, ull of the piles having been pluccd when von want advice ATHLETIC CLUBCRIMENAL LIBEL ORGANIZATION FORMED BY HliNI) YOUNG AlliN. To maintain Itoom mid Have a Reg ular Instructor List of the Charter Members and the Officer. At 11 meeting held at Muster's Hull last ThurMlny evening the Hcnd Athletic Association wits tern tirurily organized with the follow jug officers: President A. R. Dorris. Vice-President Warren Wecl ock. Secretary Guv McRcynolds. Treasurer Prince Slants. Scrgeants-nt-Arms W i 1 1 a r d Houston and Vern Hotaling. Directors I). I). Gardner, Wil lard Houston and Fred Lucas. The charter membership roll was left 0cn until last Monday, and 45 members were pluccd on the roll. The initiation fee is now ($. Th? monthly dues of the or ganization will be f, 1. Warren Whcelock, Willard Houston and E. R. Post were named as a committee to draw up by-laws; Carl Hunter, C. M. Da vis, mid Alplionsc Liustcr a com mittee on entertainment, and Wil lard Houston, Vern Hotaling and A. R. Dorris a committee on appa ratus. At a meeting held Saturday eve ning the association decided on red and white as the colors, and the winged H as the emblem. It was also decided to order the gym nasium apparatus on Monday. About $50 will be spent for equip ment at present, the usual athletic apparatus having been ordered. At a meeting held Monday eve ning by-laws were adopted, and the previous election ratified. Ar rangements were also made for a dance to be given at Liuster's Hall, next Saturday evening, for the benefit of the association. The association lias arranged to secure the use of the basement room under Liuster's Hall. The room is 30x50 feet, and will be laigc enough for the present uses of the club. Shower baths will be installed in the near future. A. R. Dorris will serve as in structor for the class work, which began Tuesday. Mr. Dorris was a member of the Multnomah Athletic Club of Portland for four years, and served as an assistant instruct or during part of that time. The charter member roll follows: I.. G. McReynold J. U. Holcomb Prince Sliat CUucle Kcllcy C, M. Dorri George Woods It. K. Post Vern Hotaliug A. K. I)orrit I.croy Hotaling WllWrd lloutton Alnlmns I.ttutcr A. L. French John Sillier V. A, IWrrii l'rcil l.ueat I). I). Gsrducr Warren Wheelock Leo i'clarske Kenneth Minor Carl Hunter W. H. Wilkinson S. C. Dorris W. It. (llllllaii C. O, Springer Prcd Trltdett loli 11 nair August .iiiuny T. II. Wall James Seriavallc A. C. Seeley Ivan McGillvray Joseph WornstafT I.loyil Kcllcy I'. W. Ilrackett Charles Carroll I). M. Davis Ted Hoke Kowe's Economy Store Rowe's Hconomy Store was opened to the public last Monday. Miss Veda Williams and Miss Iva West furnished the music during the entire day. The store was decorated for the occasion and was crowded throughout the day. The interior of the new store is very neat and artistic; the shelves and tables are all red, while the ceiling and walls arc pupered while The lighting of this new racket store is excellent. Camp moves South of Iiend. Joe Rock, railroad contractor, re cently established a camp a mile oouthofthe railroad crossing over the Pilot -Dutte canal. He uow has a crew of 15 men clearing the right-of-way for the Oregon Trunk Rail road just south of the city limits. Tumnlo Neighborhood. TllMAtO, Or., Dec. 3 The weather tunn promised a hard winter, ludgint' Irom tne way it lias siarleu in. Ills prom ise may be fulfilled. Stock Is in good condition hi thefc parts and everybody has an abuudaiice of feed, so let hei come. John II. Wlmcr lms gone to Grants Pass to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. J, V, linker have gone to make their future home at Roseburg. Gen, N. Campbell of this place. made a business call at lleud today. 'lie hajs taken up a homestead near this place and anya he intends to get busy and make a home. , CHARM 01 IMINS AND COMBS AGAINST PROMS. Prosecution of Committee of the Cit izen (loot! (lovcrnrnent League, Which Opposed Ne-P.lectlon of the Present Sheriff. Monday nt Princvillc Sheriff Elkius and Ins deputy, John Combs, filed in Justice Ik-ruler's court com plaints charging the members of Publication Committee of the Citi zen's Good Government League (by which name the Prohibition movement in Crook county is known) with criminal libel. The committee was composed of R. V. Constable of Princvillc, G. T. Morchead of Madras, L, D. Wicst of Iiend, and Hen Gotter, Karl Hen ton and L. A. Hunt of Redmond. They published a paper called "The Citizen's Call," which, dur ing the recent campaign, spoke rather plainly of Elkins's adminis tration ol the Sheriff's office. J. A. Hoffman was malinger of the Call and is included in the prose cution. Elkius fulled of re-election by but nine votes. The special matter complained of appeared in the Call dated October 29, but really issued about Novem ber 5. It criticised both Sherifl Klkius and Deputy Combs. Warrants were served on all the defendants, who appeared before Justice Dernier this afternoon, waved examination and were held to the Circuit Court on bonds of $250 each. School Notes. Last Thursday the Highth Grade club met at the sellout house. The following interesting programme was rendered after roll-call. Kongaruo Court: Judge Marion Lawrence; Sheriff Ralph I.ueas; Clerk I'red Triplet!; Crlrr Hugh Thomp son; Complainant Vancie Clark; l'ro ccutlng Attorney Clarence Sather; Prisoner George Woods, Defendant's Attorney Pay Dry-annum). Jury ol sis and three witnesses oil each aide. The charge was that t.tic defendant had stolen a valuable ring from the home of the complainant. The trial resulted in acauilUI. Anne I.imtcr and Irene Page anng a duel and there wa a song by Prances Stcidl. Kobrrt limes delivered a lec ture mid the Club Paper was read by Vancie Clark. The school has commenced rehearsing the Christmas contata. Tlllle Wood was absent last week on account ol illness. I.yle Richardson was in charve of (ffr I'irtt grade during Miss Riehardsow' absence. a Monday the premiums were awarded to the following pupils by the Crook County Pair Avvociatloir. Marion Lawrence 1'our firsts. ...f 4 00 Hinlly .Schredcr One first ami two seconds 3 00 Margaret Wlcsl One first and two seconds 3 00 Itstelle Thorson Two firsts 3 00 I.yle Richardson One first and one second 1 5 Marie Pox Oue first and one sec ond 1 So llruce Deyarmond One first t 00 Clara Vineyard One first I 00 Martin Vineyard One first 1 00 Caroline Taylor One second,... 5 l'rancis Stcidl One second .so Claudia Triplell One second.... 50 Total 13 firsts and 9 seconds: f 17 50 THE BEND BULLETIN Solicits Inquiries About Up-To-Date JOB PRINTING MODERN TYPE, MODERN MACHINERY, MODERN METHODS. Call at office or phone us. Phono No, 56 Wall Street, near Ohio, "AFTER MANY YEARS" Justice Called to Appraise Hstray Finds to he Ills Own. Last week H. E. Stewart, who lives on the Waugh rond seven miles northeast of Iiend, reported to The Iiultetin that he had taken up a bay mare and wished to take the necessary legal steps to find the owner or get pay for her keeping He had complied with all require ments up to the point of having tht animal appraised by a Justice of the Peace, for which service he was referred to Justice Orcutt of Des chutes precincL When the Justice went out to the Stewart ranch to nopraUe the mare he discovered ,bcr to be his ovn property. More than five years 1 .igo lie Had lost her out on the "desert" with a band of wild horses and had no tidings of her sine: that time. And he last saw Iter not a great distance from where die was rediscovered. The beast did not appear to have suffered any great hardship, but she showed no recollection of her owner. It was not necessary further to unwind legal red tape. Justice Orcutt lost his appraisal fee but gaiued a good bay mare. THIRD ANNIVERSARY A.M. Lara & Co. Entertain the Public In Appropriate Manner. A. M. I.ara & Co. entertained at their store 011 Priday and Saturday, the occasion being their., third an niversary party and Christmas ooemnir. She store was exten sively decorated, Christmas trees ana sparkling decorations Having oeen arranged turougnoui me store,. Refreshments wete served '-n the second floor. Mr. A. M. Lara, as sisted by several friends, presiding at the booth. Miss Veda Williams and Miss Iva West furnished the mustc during the afternoons and eveninps. About 7o cuests en joyed the hospitality of the firm. Leaders In Doll Contest. The voting contest for the prize dolls offered by At M. Lara & Co continues to arouse the interest of the little girls in and about Bend. The to leaders in the conte-it follow, those living outside ol Bend being marked thus : Myrtle Daily, 1046; Ruth WornstafT, 746; Goldie Conway, 254; Josephine Young, -241; Elma Wood, 177; Lcdra Harriman, 152; Leonora Morris, 13s; Eunice Neff, 1 18; Zelia Morcband, 103; Elsie Horn, joj. c Mall Sacks Robbed W. P. Vandevert reports the robbery of a number of mail sacks on the Rostand route recently. He and others missed a number of letters about the totb of November. This week some a" them were found in George Siy's barn, near the county line, where the thief had evidently spent a night and explored his booty. Further in votigatiotfof the matter is now in progress. I) Ihe First National Bank OF BEND, BEND, OREGON QW Or. U. O. 00E, Prtsldsnt E A. BATHER. Vies Prasldsnt O.8. HUDSON. Oashlsr Capital fullr paid ... 3B.000 8oekholdrs' lUbllllr 252 Surplus - - . So.OOQ l C:M7& -. When the Barbarians were A HG OPirit OI aackiug Rome, tearing through m . those magnificent palaces and sPrtmnPtltlOT! public buildings, destroying UmpGULUJll i they came f0 contact with. suddenly came an edict that the works of art and statues were not to be molested, uule's, said the chief, "that soldier that tears down can replace with as good." And so it should be today. Oo uot criticise the work of another, unless your own work is as good. Do not tear dowu another's character, unless you are yourself without blame. It Is easy to belong to the auvll chorus, else they would not be t,o many member. ...,,,., , How much more happiness there would be in this old world if we all looked on the bright side of things. How many more smiling faces there would be if we met our neighbor with a cheering word. How much better we would all feel if the knocker's hammer was buried, and we spent a little time every day iu boosting our brother If another can carve a Utter statue or build a better mouse trap do not let jealousy cloud your vision, but compliment his genius. Tht will not deter you from striving to beat hi effort. You should thank hint for scttinu the example, and then apply all of your efficiency and energy to produce a better article. Harold A. Holme. tot 1 will soon be here with the regret from 1910, and what might have been Its resolution ami good intention. Now is the time and Bend the place. Let' all get busy and build a city, . DIRECTORS: U. C. COM K. A. SATItrR C. S. HUDSON V. P. SMITH H. C. HU.IS TAX LEVY LOWER COUNCIL RESCINDS 15-MIU VOTGANDAUKnSITIO. Objection Ilecause there was not Pull Attendance, but the Mayor Arjtues the Matter and III Forces Stand Together. At an adjourned meeting of the Common Council held Thursday evening Alderman Keliey moved that the action of the Council ou November 28, in levying a tax of 15 mills on the dollar, be rescinded. Triplett seconded the motion. Sellers argued that the motion could not be reconsidered, as all who attended at the previous meet ing when the motion was passed were not present, Overturf being absent. Mayor Caldwell called Kcllcy to the chair and took the floor, and stated that be believed a levy ol 10 mills would be sufficiet.t for all of the needs of the city, con sidering the increased revenue from the new valuations by the an sessor. Oneil, Keliey and Triplclt voted in favor of rescinding the pre vious action, while Hunter and Sellers opposed it. On November 28 when the levy was first made the vote was a tie, Keliey, Hunter and Sellers voting in the affirmative, Oneil, Triplett and Overturf in the negative. Mayor Caldwell cast the deciding vote in favor of the 15-raill levy. After the council bad rescinded its former action, Triplett moved, seconded by Keliey, that the tax levy for 1910 be to mills. Keliey, Oneil and Triplett voted in favor of the action. Sellers and Hunter against it. The Recorder was instructed to notify the County Clerk of the levy and the Council adjourned to Sat urday night. As there was no quorum on the last named date the meeting was postponed until to night, at which time the returns of yesterday's election will be can vassed. J AT THE HOTELS. Motel Hcnd. L. R. Hedrlck Redmond CM McKay Portland L Frizzell Silver Like Christ Uallo Seattle Mrs. R. M. Dlake Christinas Lake A. A. Harria Shoshone. Idaho L.C Sisetnore Port Klamath Theodore Mluger. Pnneville H. W. Monahan Redmoud Pilot Butto Inn. John M. Daun Portland J. A- SilTcrtooth. Shantko J. n. Younce Fossil G. K. Townsvud Portland A I ay ntcr. .............. . T. A. Cbarcttc " Walter O'Neil O'Neil, Or. George O'Neil " " II. A. Klllam rortianu T. C. Robinson Crescrnt George KbtRsbcrry Portland H. R. Artberton Redmond W. C. McCuuton .....Portland J M I,