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II f m i '. THE BEND BULLETIN QKOUUt? PALMKIl PUTNAM Publisher. W. M. HOFFMAN Managing IMttor. An Independent nowstinnor stand Ing for the squnro dcnl, clean busi ness, clean )ollltes nnd tho best In forests of Pond ntul Central Oregon. t Ono yosr 11.50 Six months .SO Threo months .50 - - - All sutiscrlntlons nro duo and PAYAW.K IN ADVANCE. Notlco ot expiration will w mailed subsori bcrs and If renewal Is not made with in reasonablo time tho nnpor will bo discontinued. Pleaso notify us promptly of any change ot address, or of failure to re ceive the paper regularly. Make all checks and ordors pay able to Bond Ilultetln. WEDNESDAY FKU'RY 28, 1912. V4 PANAMA ARTICLES The ilulletln will publish tho following articles regard ing tho Panama Canal, written by G. P. Putnam, who has just returned from an exten sive trjiv to Panama and Cen tral America as n special correspondent -for various metropolitan newspapers. Ono article will appear each week. In this issue is printed tho first: "What tho Panama Canal Is." 1 "What tho Panama Canal Is." 2 "Constructing tho Dig Ditch." 3 "Some of tho Dig Jobs." 4r-f"Tho Men on tho Isth mus4." G "I low Uncle Sam Treats His Umptoyocs." 6 "How Panama has Tleon Made a Health Resort." 7 "What tho Canal Wilt do for tho Pacific Coast" t e. I TIIK IRRIGATION CONGRESS Oregon' brat state Irrigation Con gress, which mot In Portland Febru ary 19-21, was attended by 158 dele gates from ajl sections ot the state. 'It accomplished the chief objects for which .it was called. The many In terests which have been working separately for or against tho govern ment, the Carey act and the private r.rojcct havo been brought together. They are now nnlted in an organi zation which will endeavor to securo tbc pasaigo of legislation that will offer overytpossible aid to the prompt development ot all Irrigation pro jects and at tho same time protect to the fullest possible extent the rights of the settler. The one's! announcement by E. G. Ilopson, project engineer, that the Secretary of tho Interior would pro ceed with tho completion of tho Umatilla project and would take care to protect all vested land and water rights was Uio principal piece ot good news divulged at tho congress. The btatoment was preceded by a tele gram .from President Taft saying tbat he would endeavor to accord Justice to Oregon and give to it its just share of the reclamation funds. The resolutions adopted by the convention Included a petition to congress ssklng for an appropriation of 115,000,000 a year for a series of five; years for the construction and development of feasible irrigation projects, and that Oregon bo given bcr fult aharo In accordanco with the provisions of the original reclama tlon act, which apportioned funds for such purposes In proportion to the amount contributed by tho sale of public lands. The congress also favored the en actment of legislation that will, as far as possible, give the control of the various Irrigation projects luto the hands of the settlers, the men who have, eventually, to pay all the bills. It also contemplates the or ganization of Irrigation districts and the financing of the obligations of development, after the manner of municipal Improvement districts. Other resolutions favored the per fection of the present system of water titles, enactment of legislation to protect the settler against fraud nnd urging the Investigation, by the Legislature, of tho Kansas law which permits an official scrutiny of the assets and resources of people who file articles ot Incorporation. INVOICING TIIK ItAW. Tho Hoard of Health of Oregon has used sit Its persuasive powers in tbe past soveral yoara In an attempt tofgot correct statistics, as required by law. It announces tbat, "Just as rapidly as possible wo will prosecute -overy physician, mid-wife or under taker who fntls to comply ith tho statute." Tho following nro excerpts from tho law which tho board will on forco: "It shall bo tho duty of nil physi cians, nceouchora or mld-wlrca In tho stalo to roport to tho secretary of tho board' ot health ot tho city or county In which they may occur, all births and deaths, and shall Inuno dUtoly report contagious diseases ns nro specified by tho state board, which tnnj' occur under their super vision, with n certificate of tho onuso of death, nnd such correlative facts as may bo required In tho blank forms furnished by the State Hoard ot Health. "Any person or persons, any board of health or tho ofneors of any cor poration who shall violate any ot the provisions ot this net shall bo deomed guilty ot a misdemeanor nnd upon conviction thereof shall bo fined not less than 10 nor more than $100." Tho Ilultetln extends to tho Red mond Spokesman Its sympathy In tho loss of Its plant by firo Monday night. The publlsjjera will not miss an Issue, however, whllo new equip ment Is being secured. It takes more than flro to kill oft a good newspaper, and the people of Red mond aro to bo congratulated that tho Spokesman will rlso from tho ashes a paper oven bettor than before tho flames destroyed the plant. Every national society or organi zation finds It hard to get along with out n publication. At a recent meet ing ot tho national council ot tho Hoy Scouts ot America It was decided to establish an official magaxlno In tho Interest ot tho organization. W. D. Doyco ot Chicago, vlco president of the U. S. ot A., offered to finance the publication for threo years, at tho end of which time he bclloves it will be self sustaining. The meeting ot tho Commercial Club tomorrow evoning Is a crucial one. II means tbat this organiza tion which has been ot great benefit to the town will bo let pass Into temporary oblivion or made of greater service than over before. It Is up to tho pcoplo ot Bond to attend this meeting and see to It that tho club Is given a new and a Armor lease on life. Tho fact that a higher approprla tlon has been secured for tho operat ing expenses ot the Ilend postofflce. largely because of tho pressure brought to bear by Tho Bulletin, is another instance of what a small town newspaper can do for Its com munity. Perhaps tho moral is, "When you want something, give your psper a chance to boost for It." , Figures compiled by State Super intendent ot Education Alderman show tbat or the 66 pupils who grad uated from the eighth grade In Crook county last year 1 are in high school this session. This Is 63 per cent, and as compared with other counties in the state Is a tow percent age, but threo counties being lower. A pamphlet Issued by the Stato Board of Health shows tbat for the threo months ending December 31, 1911, 29 births, 3 deaths and 23 marriages wore reported to the board from Crook county. The expected has , happened: Colonel Roosevelt has announeod that he will accept the nomination for the presidency if It Is tendered him. Last year was a good -one for aviation, but a bad one for aviators. StMIIHMMIMMMM I CENTRAL OREGON D01NQS AS TOLD BV EXCHANQES DO ROAD WORK AT MADRAS. (Madras Pioneer.) As soon as men, now busy building a grade out on the Hayereok road, can finish their work there, they will bo brought to the city, and work commenced on the new grado from the foot of tho hill to tho O.-W. R. & N. depot and Agency Plains. A new survey has been made by tho railroad and the County Court working to gether, and a modern road with tho best grade to bo obtained, will bo put In. Fonai:its hecuri; money (Madras Pioneer.) Two forgers, working under the names of Oeorgo Harto and 0. W. Mason, got away with $60 of Madras money Saturday night, and have neither been seen nor heard of since Harto cashed two checks purporting to have been drawn by A, P. Clark, on tho Madras State Rank, securing $18 from Martin Phillips and $17 from. Tom McCormlck, while bis pal Mason, who also works under tho nnmo ot McAtltator, was. cashing a similarly forged check, supposed to hnvo boon drawn by tho snmo party, nt Koush's. for $31. After securing tho ensh on tho worthless chocks they wont to Mototlus, nnd Into that night mado n lionst to tho effect that they had worked cold checks In Mad ras, but got nwny on tho north bound train Sunday morning boforo their statements were verified. HAMi TEAM FOR MKTOMUH? (Metoltua Central GroRontan.) A number of baseball enthusiasts nro talking up tho matter ot organ ising a baso ball club In Metollus. Several good players hnvo boon lo cated In tho town and n lull sot ot uniforms was purchased Inst sum mer. With a llttlo assistance on tho part of tho business pcoplo, Mototuis will have n tnnm ot ball tosavra that will bo n crudlt to tho town A meeting will bo held In tho near tuturo to arrange details. COUNTY CI.KRKH OFFICE PAYS. (Prluevllto Journal.) It Is not generally known but It Is a tact that the county clerk's office Is more than self-sustaining. It takes In nt lenst a third moro In tees than It costs tho county to maintain It. In the year 1911 nearly $7000 was ro colvod In fees. Tho exact figures nro $6970.38. This Is an average of $580.86 Vi a month. The nxpolises ot tho office averago about two-thirds ot this amount- Tho receipts for 1910 woronearly as great as fof last year. SoiTio $6839.65 was taken In by County Clork Brown. This means lots ot painstaking work of tho most exacting kind. FURNITURE :MO YP.AKM OM. (Metollus Central Orogonlan.) Frank U Walt has In his posses sion in Metollus a bureau which Is 350 years old. This nrtlclo or furni ture was tho property of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Hissing, who woro killed In tho Oregon Trunk wreck last summer. Whllo In a somowhat dilapidated condition, this old piece ot furniture Is highly prized nnd Mr Walt has secured possession of It with tho Intention ot keeping It for his nephew, '.owls Walt Kissing, whoso parents woro tho victims of tho railroad wreck. WILL STOCK LAKES. (La Pino Inter-Mountain.) Forest Ranger J. B. Curl said yesterday that tho forest scrvlco had taken stops to stock Paulina and East lakes with flsh this spring. Trout will bo mainly used. A tele phone lino wilt also bo built to tho Wickiups and tho top of Davis Moun tain from the rangor station north of La Pine, connecting with tho lino owned by tho Plonocr Tolcphono company of Prlnovillo. Thero are other good things ptannod for tho La Pino country, ho says. It appropri ations can bo made for thorn. WAY AI.1VE, T.VPP RELEASED. (Prlnovllle Journal.) Tho dead has conio to llfo again; the lost Is found. Frank Way did not know ho had been murdered until he reachod Crescent last week Ho was Informed at that place that Douglas Tnpp was about to bo strung up for his murder, so he got busy with the telephone and Informed the authorities here tbst he was a pretty lively corpse. He said that ho would leave at once for Prlnovllle and struck out horseback arriving here Tuesday Way says that ho left homo In Do rnmlxir and went to Klamath county He also told Douglas Tapp, nts com panion on the homestead, that he might sell the horso tbat was found In Tapp's possession at Burns. Thus is tho mysterious murder cleared up Blood clots and olhor dark nnd mur derous Indications of crlino havo been consigned to the ash barrel. On motion ot the prosecuting at torney Tapp's bond of $5000 was re duced to nothing, thereby In offoct giving him his liberty. BURNS BUILDING STONE (Harney County News,) Thero Is one Item of commerce which tho News has nover seen men tioned ss an asset In tho transpor tation for railroads tapping tho Burns section, but which, doubtless, has not been overlooked In the cal culations of railroad officials. That Is the splendid building stono which a bounds plentifully In theso hills. The demsnd In all the cities of the state at present Ja for Oregon building stono, but there docs not seem to be any proper transportation faclll ties to reach tho places where It Is found and convey it to where It Is needed and the consequence Is large quantities of such rock are hauled In from the states. With a railroad across the stato and passing through Burns and along the neighboring hills, the excellent stone abounding here will find a roady markot, as It can bo gotten out and handled very cheaply and bo loaded anywhere along the line of railroad as it skirts tho city, A tralnload a day can bo taken out tor a long time to como. I Heard Here and There j SEWER SYSTEM FOR LAKI'VIKW (Lake County Examiner.) Lakovlow Is to havo a sowago sys torn. Tho town council at a special session last Thursday night npproved tho proposition offorcd by G. W. Rico to furnish a survoy of the systom and accepted his offor, agreeing to pay him $500 for his sorvtccb. Mr. Rico is of tho opinion that ho can havo the plans completed within a month and by that Hm.e it will bo submitted to tho clttions (or n voto. Tho specifi cations of tho plans to bo furnished will bo a comploto outtlno of tho en tire system, Including mnln, Internln nnd scoptlo tank for tho disposition of tho Howorngv, nnd n cousorvnllvo ostlmnto of tho cost so It will be ready for contractors' bids. SEEK NEW MAIL ROUTE. (Lako County Examiner.) At the meeting of tho Commorclnl Club Monday night It wns docldod to tiilto up tho plan of netting n chtuigo In tho stngo route between hero nnd Hums. Tho present routo takes tho mall around by Prlnovlllo nnd Silver l.akn. n distance of about 373 miles Tho proposed plan would run tho tluo by xsny or Kgll. Hutte, Alkali. Abort Lako nnd Vnlluy Falls, and thus shorten the distance 207 mile. It now takos lUo dn)s or nlmnst n week to get mnll from Hunts to l.nko vlew. The Burns territory Is a vast area or productlvo country and much or this could bo mndo tributary to I.akovlow It wo had closer connec tions. The road over this lino I comparatively level nnd no steep grades or hills would bo encountered. PEPPERY CAMPAIGN (Harney County News.) Ono ot tho candidates for prose cuting nttornoy In Tho Dalles district Is turned mppor, lie ought to bo hot stuff In tho campaign. YEAR 1911 WAS DRY Government Report Nitons Deficiency of more Ibnn 10 lurhm In Orfgnn. Tho annual cllmntntoglcal report Issued by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture for 1911, Ore gon section, shows that tho past )onr was an unusually dry one. In tho goncrsl summary, Director Edward A. Bonis of Portland says: "Tho year was notnblo for the de ficient precipitation, n donclonoy which was only Interrupted by heavy rnlnfnll in Janunry, May nnd September. The hottest month was July, when records for high tempera tures were exceeded at many places, nnd all places woro above normal. Tho coldest months were January and February, but there were no ex traordinary cold periods during any month, nlthough temperatures In October and Novomber were docldod ly below normal. There wore dam aging frosts In the fruit sections dur ing April. High water occurred In tho Wlllnmotto river for a brlor In terval In January, nnd tho annual flood In tho Columbia was somewhat retarded, reaching Its maximum st Vancouver, Wash , on June 30, at a stage or 19 8 feot. "Tho annual mean temperature for the slate was 49 degrees, or 1.3 degrees below tho normal. Tho highest annual mean for any stntlon was H degrees nt Umatilla, Umatilla county; tho lowest, tO.t degrees, at Klamath Agency, Klamath county. Tho highest temperature ot tho year was 115 degrees at Blalock, Gllltnan county, on July 16; the lowest, 18 degrees below zero at Yonna. Klam ath county, on January 23. "The average precipitation for the year, determined from all stations, was 28.23 Inches, or 10.49 Inches bo- low normal. Tho greatest annual amount was 105.30 Inches at Mustek, Douglas county; the least, 3.33 Inches at Huntington. Baker county, the greatest monthly amount was 22.37 Inches, at Trask, Tillamook county, In November." TRAPPING PAYS Bonanza Man Hope (o Clear Up 9.100 in Next Season. KLAMATH KAMA When It S. Sparks walked down Main street fairly enveloped In pelts of wild nnlmals ho had caught and skinned, ho attractod no little attention. Ho had 15 unusually flno coyoto pelts DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS. UNtTKO STATUS rrealdtot .............. William II Taft Vkc-rrealdent linnl Sherman iWrtrtarrof HOlr........ rlillaauUrC Kno rJetretarjr ofTreaaurjr ... ..PiaiikllnMacVragh Secretary ef Interior. Waticr L Jiihcr Sccreiar y of Wr. .. ... ..II L Mlmaon Secretary ofCurumere and LborChailea Nigl Secretary ol War . .... . -Ocorgt Vop I.. Mryer secretary oi AgfKmiurc ... j" wtwen fomntrr (Itiml .. Prank II IllUJuock Attorney Ocacral George W. Wicker turn STATU aorrraar . . ....- O. Wl Herniary of HUtc.....- . e W OKutl Treasurer. .. . ....Thoma B Kay Attorney OcncraJ A, M.CravtorJ Supt luWlc lunructloo.. I..K. Alderman hlat J'rlnter ..,..... ........... W, 8. Duulwav Cammlaaioner of Labor StaUtlce...-.0 r HoB Oin Warden . . --. .,m W L. Flaley SUUKuiloeer,.... .......". ...John II. Lou V, 8. Senator.. I George K. Chamberlain f jouarnan Bourne, jr. CcnjT'"""'- "- -" J a.V.' UflVrty SI'VUNTII JUDICIAL DISTRICT ;udge......... ....--.W. L. Hrad.haw Attorney .........-...........-Vreil W, Wllaon CXOOK COUNTY JUuge., ,n,iii,..u,...,.. ..w...i,n II. C lUltS Uf f ll.uU Clerk.. ...........- ...........-.. Warren Brown SherlrT..K.. iiwww-ww,.-, ,T, N. Balfonr Treaiurer .... ....alpli Jordan Ajcor...-.....-.... ..-m J. I), La rolletle Hchool Superintendent.,... . ... H. A. Ford Corouer. .. ......... I'r. It. O. Hyde Burrcyor..... .--. w.-m....-r'red A. Mice ComnUaloner. J $&& Tlllt COURTS. CISCUIT Codst I'lrat Monday la May; third Monday In October. I'sohatb Ccjcst I'lrat Monday In each month. Commimionkbs' Court I'lrat Wedneaday In January, March, May, July, September aud November. IIXHtl SCHOOL DltTKICT No. II, II'. U. Kay II. J. Overturf C, M. McKay Clerk.,....-... MUtMarlou Wical CITY OH IIICNI) Mayor.... -.-.. - ....U. C. Coe Recorder..-..- - .. II,C. Itllla rrea.urtr,.,....... , II. J, Overture JI.Wer.andy II. Laltlu Council men .... II. It. Allen S.J. Spencer John hlcldl A. L, frencb nnd flvo bobcat pelts strung till n clruulnr wire, whloh restmi on ins shoulder lllm n yoke nnd tho skins iiiinv itnum mi nil aides. Ilka a ennn. nearly to tho giotititl. It l the biggest mid most vnlimhln cnleli or tun hiiiu brought to County Clink Charles It. I)ot,np hi n long time. The. bounty colluded front tho clork wns ul tho ratn of tl.ftO for the cooto skins and 2 for tho hlttiw or tho bobcats. In addition to tho tntn.1 bounty of $32 R0, ho will gut " -whoro from M to 18 npleco for tho sklus. As n rule, coyoto skins bring less than those or hohrmt, but this winter they mo slightly higher. Sparks places his traps on hilly pine whoro ho onn see them from tho door of tils liuiiin on tho farm nbout two nnil oiio-hair miles fnini llotiitnsn. nnd before brotikfrut looks out to so If thero Is n ontoh. Ho pros tho li itppliig litis not taken two hours' tlmti fiom his rnrm Intmr all senstm. Ho expects to dnvoto Ills time exclusively to trapping, Instead of farming, next winter, expecting to Suitable Suits for old nnd youiiK, for tnll nnd short, for stout nnd slim men nro hero in tho newest stylos, best cuts, most durable fabrics nnd finest finish. Wo am fit all sorts nnd condition of Men nnd satisfy them with tho fit as wo plcnso them with tho prico. To be in the fashion Ret your clothes horo. Then tho other follows will envy you. A. LJFRENCH OrcKon St., IlcU Wall and Itoml. liUKOPUAN PLAN ? "i JbT?SV !r W s3att tr Hotel Wright Mrs. Nsllle Wrlxht, Prop, Ilend'aOnly Stono Hotel. Strictly Modern. Klcctric LiKhts, Hot and Cold Water, Hath and Telephone. New Building All New FurnWilnjrs. Dining Iloom in Connection. Only ono block from depot Cor. Bond nnd Greenwood Sta. STAR RESTAURANT and BAKERY Corner Bond and Greenwood strcoU. Wo servo to order from C:45 a, m. to 10:00 p. m. Family stylo meals frpm 12 to 1:30 p, in. and C:45 to 7:30 p. m. Meals 35c Bakery Goods of All Kinds at tho Lowest 1'rlcos in Town. RESIDENCE PROPERTY In the Most Beautiful Part of Town Deschutes Lots in this addition are close to tho business center, and we are selling at prices fur below whtt is being asked for property much farther out. Also some of the best business corners in the city. - Some of the best buys in farming prop cities are listed with us. Timber land bought and sold. Hunter Office Comer Wall UUND, iiuirto moro than by itgrlcultiiro, With n tlnittm traps, Sparks derlnres that In it winter ho can easily tlunr $500. vSfife 'jrVjWl3 !r ens Hnt n mitt Into it rvturei.in. IveUKtni Unefrt nml irUfeml Ulrrtfiy let S, mil hilt ilntf-n In onvoiUr iitl, JM nUk uili nut I mtxhl, THAT'S becntmo aluminum lit n batter distributor nnd retainer of heat than other materials of which cooking utensil, nro mndo. You can cook nulakor nnd you theicforo snvo fuel. "Wear-Ever" Aluminum Utensils nro mndo without jolnta, senms or soldered part, from thick, hnrtl li cot aluminum. They have no eoaiinj! to peel, crack or blUUr. The esn. not mat, csnnot form jwlaoonua compounds with acid fruits or foodj, snd they last a cnrverstlon. Replnco utetutls that wear out with uteiutJe that" Weax-Eyer" Skuse Hardware Co. Bend, Oregon. KATI1S RflASONAHLI! WEAR-EVER TRADEMARK Addition & Staats and Minnesota Streets 0RI200N.