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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1911)
n The BEND COMPANY imn m0mm baonbi H COLLEGE "FEED" HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ARE GUESTS. University Club Give Banquet In Honor of Younr Men Who Gradu ate Willamette President Responds to Toast. Having as its guests the members of .the High School graduating class, the University Club held its second banquet last Wednesday evening at the Pilot Butte Inn. Plates were laid for twenty-four. Dr. Fletcher Homan honored the gathering with his presence and re sponded to the toast, "What a College Should do for the Student," presenting the topic In a forceful manner. The toastmaster of the evening was W. D. Barnes of Lald law, president of the club. Re sponses were made by L. D. WIest on "Why Go to College," by Judge H. C. Ellis on "How to Go to Col lege," by Prof. J. C. F. Harrington on "What the Student Should Do at College." L. Griswold and J. C. Baxter of the Oregon Trunk engi neering force were present and spoke of the good cervices of the university man in the engineering field. Others making talks were J. H. Scott, Frank May, Dr. U. C. Coe, H. J. Overturf, George S. Young, J. E. Sawhlll, V. H. Put nam of New York, F. B. Clark, Dr. W. W. Faulkner, M.Lara, U.N. Hoffman and Dr. B. Ferrell. The four guests of honor were also called on and responded briefly. The singing was led by Mr. Saw hill and produced much merriment and applause. EXCITING RUNAWAY Wagon Strikes Telephone Pole, Break lot it Into Three Pieces. A runaway team, hitched to on empty wagon, created considerable excitement on Wall Btreet Friday By the purchase of the property of A. M. Drake, The Bend Townsite Company, The Pilot Butte Development Company and The Bend Water Light & Power Company the above company secured the real estate upon which the future city of Bend must locate. To encourage the development of the city and to give everyone an opportunity to share in the prosperity of the city, a reduction of $125,000.00 was made from former prices on the present platted real estate. Choice Inside Business Lots from $500 to $ 1 500 Residence Lots from $ 100 to $300 On very easy terms of payment. These prices are special and those who con template the purchase of property should make their selections at once. CALL AT OUR OFFICE OR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW PROPERTY. ADDRESS: A. O. Hunter, Real Estate Representative, Bend afternoon. The climax was reached when the waRon struck a telephone pole at the Chapman building and broke It into three pieces. The horses, bolonKintr to V. H. Dcnccr, were loft standing untied nt the feed mill on the rivar. Ho cominjr frightened, thoy started to run and as they came down Wall street attracted the attention of scores of people. Practically no damage resulted to the wagon or horsou whon the telephone imjIo was hit. Lucky Ha Stuck to Hla Opinion. rrlde of opinion la h.tuuh the most common fault of u fairly educated and Intelligent modems. We form our Judgments and then, as It were, defy any one to change them. It la said that lit) one Una ever been converted by abatract argument. At the time of the great disaster In Martinique the Italian bark Orsollna was taking mi a curgn of sugar there. Her captain was ticcustouicd to volca noes, ami he did nut like the appear ance of Mont I'elee. Not half his urgo was on board, but ho decided to nil for home. "The volcano Is all right." argued the shippers. "I'luNh your loading.' "I don't know anything nlxiut Mont Viet:." said the captain, "but If Veu rltis looked that wny I'd get out of Naples, and I'm going to get right out of here." The shippers threatened him with arrest. They scut cuhIoiiis oltlrers to detain him. but the captain erslsted In tearing. Twenty-four hours Inter the shippers and the customs ollli-ent lay deud In the ruins of St, I'lerre. Christian Herald. A Miser's Luxury. There was a Middlesex couplo once who lived on a sum to shock tho most reckless of our correspondents. Daniel Dancer was the man. Ho looked on saving as on art and saved for art's sake. Ills father left him a farm and eighty acres, and his sister helped him carry out bis scheme of life. He let tho land llo fallow, says tho London Gest It costs money to cultlvato land. Tor food the couple believed In one day, ono meal. Tho batch of dump lings baked on a Saturday lasted out the week. For clothing ho depended on bay bands "swathed round bis feet for boots aud round his body for a coat" But Daniel had a weakness. He would buy a clean shirt each year. And out of this aroso the tragedy of bis life a lost lawsuit over three pence which, In Daniel's Judgment, the shirt seller bad wrongfully pocketed. He died In 1704 worth 3,000 a year. Oypsy Wonilsae Langusos. To communicate with one another xypalef aojw use lntti fiftljhsz. SS flie telegraph, too. when necessary e-tHt'lnlly In this country. Hut the modem Ilouiany nlo follows the "pat teran." tracing the footMeps or wagon tracks of hi' friends on Hit road by the same method employed by his an dent prototyiH'. reading directions where no words are written as clearly as the goneto does a roadside sign board Hut the iMtternn can U read by the gjpy only It l hidden am! secret, although It may be In plain sight, as a signboard Is open and pub- lie The ii tiers n may be formed of sticks or stone or grass placed cross j fsshlon at the parting of roads In such manner that only a gypsy would In stantly notice aud understand. To him It means much tlrst of nil, the direc tion taken by Itomany predecessors. Ceutury Magazine, Ths Hungarian Crown. The Hungarian crown worn at their accession by the emperors of Austria as klbgs of Hungary Is the Identical , one made for Stephen and used at his coronation over BOO years ago. The whole Is of pure gold, except the set-1 tings, aud weighs almost exactly four-j teen pounds The Nettings nbovo nllnl- ed to couslst of llfty-three sapphires, fifty rubles, one emerald utid IMS pearls. It will be noticed that there are no diamonds among these precious adornments. This Is accounted for by the oft quoted Htory of .Htephcu's aver sion to such gems becuusu he consid ered them "uulueky." Qattl of tha Hsrrlngs. Tho buttle of the herrings was tho comical name given to a light between un Kngllsh force uud it l-'rencb detach ment not far from Orleans lu -V3i. Tho Kngllsh were coin eying a largo quantity of supplies, mainly herrings, for It was Lent, to the urmy that was besieging Orleans. The Kugllsh hud 1.000 men. the I'rcuch 0,000, The for mer repulsed tho nssalluuts aud saved thu herrings, so the buttle wus uamvd In honor of the supplies. Willing to Taks Thsrn Dack. A letter came from the clothing firm saying that the cloth that hnd been ! sent them was full of moths. Was thtf , wholesale house taken aback? Not It j return post went a missive to this ' effect: ' "On looking over your order wo find that you did not order auy moths. It j was our error, and you will pleuse re-1 turn them at once at our expense." Argouaut. Couldn't Hslp Hlmttlf. "Ho lived noxt door to a man for ten yoors without oven learning his neighbor's name." "Can you Imagine anybody being so unsociable!" "Ob, yes. You see, tbo warden wouldn't let them talk." Birmingham Age-Herald. The Bend Bulletin $1.60 a year. q INCORPORATE every desired feature of all other typewriting machines into one and compare it, feature with feature, working part with working part, with the' Underwood Standard Typewriter and the Underwood stands out as the best machine one permitting the greatest latitude of work, doing more and better work per given effort, and is '.The Machine You Will Eventually Buy." q It is mechanically perfect. 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