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-J The bend bulletin. IT VOL. X. I1END. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1912. NO. 9 HIGHEST B B WINS CONTRACT timber cruise MAVDCPunwcn Majority of County Court Favors Donohuo at Five Cents an Acre, Disregarding Lower Bids and Placing Apparently Unnecessary $12,000 or $16,000 Burden on Crook Co. Tax Payers. Crook county taxpayers are rub IiIiik their oyes unit trying to ilKuro nut Just what happened, ami why It happened, at tho ineotliiK or tho County Court last Thuniday, whan a majority of that 'tody awarded a con tract to tho hlKhost bidder, apparent ly dlireKardliix any claims of lower rospouslhlo bidder, and plaeltiK what appear to bo an uunoenssary burden of iiniii) f 12.000 or $10,000 upon tho tiupayora. In a nutshell, A. I'. I)inohuo, now or Portland, woi Blvcn tho contract. County Commissioner Itlco and County Commissioner llayloy ravored tho award. Juuro Kill apposed It. ItewpondliiK to a demand 'or tho reason for his position, Commissioner llayley stated lirlofly that the highest .bid received was tho lowest price for county, Oregon, 123,000. It, It, Gardner, for onllro timbered area In Crook county, not to exceed 50,000 root per 40 acres, subject (o taxation, $22,400, holme on n busts or approximately 3H cents per acre. I). !'. Btownrt, $1.08 per 40 ncro tract or lump sum or $lU,4r,o. M. (1. Noasu, 3 cents per aero. Upon reading and examining nil or said bids and the conditions thereof, a majority or the court decided to ac cept tho bid or 'tho Hold A. I. Dono huo, for G cents per acre, tho com pleto details of a contract for such crulsliiB and all matters Incidental to tho carrying out or such work was continued until Monday. May 13. 1012, which said contract and agree ment Is to be dratted by District At torney Wilson. At this tlmo tho county Judco APPLICABLE VALUE IS WANTED FIRST Itepoit From I'rliirvlllo Klntm Mat ter Now Ilrforo (Jrnixl Jury ! Jector Contend Court lln No Might l' IiiMltiHc Action, agreednnorth BIDDER ASKS HOT QUESTIONS l muo LI m. u. rsease writes upen Letter to County Com missioner Bayley Requesting: Information Upon Points Connected With Timber Cruise and Insinuating That Deal Needs Publicity. UHI1H TITLE & TRUST CHOSEN which tood cruUIni could ho done ta,M U, '". " several wnicn goou cruising cuum no "on,. - , ,,. . ,,, i. and U a lower bid wero accepted tho result would probably be round un reliable. Means 912,000 or More. Donahue's bid Is flvo cents an acre. Other hid rangeod from 3 3-4 cents an acre to 41 cents. As far as can be ascertained, at least several o. the other bids wore offered by reipon alblo parties, and compiled with all tho requirements as regarded bonds etc. Well Informed men stato that on a conservative basis tharo are at least 800,000 aeres of timber that will bo cruised under this arrangement, pro vided It goes Into effect. This means that tho dlffercnco between the five cent bid and, say, a 3 4 cent bid, Is atuimn $13,000. This amount and It may bo $10,000 or more comes out of the tax payer at largo, as It Is raised by a general special assess ment divided among all classes or property owners. The Court llecortl. Tho official record of tho Court' ;roceduro, a set down at It meet ng, stand a follow: (Prom a typewritten copy obtalnod from I'rlnovlllo.) May 3, 1013. Now Is presented to tho court elovon bid for cruising timber In accordanco with tho ad vertltemeut thorofor heretofore made, and tho following abrldgod tatetnont represents tho amount or .the Mjveral bids: Miller Urns, 40 aero tracts $1.60, ess than 40 scrm 4 cent per acre. Hunter, Htaat & llloss, ands lying on westerly side of coun y 4 cents per acre, on easterly sldo deluding tho llluo mountain, 6 cents er acre A. J. Dwyer, 24 cent per acre. It. K. Jones, 40 aero tract at $1.00. Archlo Johnston, 3& ceuts per cro. A. P. Donohuo, 5 cent per acre. M. 0, Nease, 3 cent per acre. The J, II. Manor Company, inor- hantlblo tlmbertoxcept such tl liter may bo classified as cord wood Imber) subjoct to taxation, In Crook reasons, for not Joining In tho opin ion or tho msjorlty or this court, to wit: That other bids were submitted for performing tho same services at a lower flguro, by other parties, who (Continued on last page) THREE QUICK INDICTMENTS BROUGHT BY GRAND JURY IWml Mas Monopoly of Criminal Cum- I'attrnton I'lraiN Oulliy anil (lets Trrni In IViiltentlnry. Three criminal cases wero disposed of by tho Urand Jury Monday with alacrity. The principals In each InsUnco hailed from Ilend. Tho Jury was selected at 11 a. m. At ono thirty Chris Woods was In dicted on a charge or larceny, per fected by J. M. Lawrence, aud forth with ploadod guilty. HI sentence was suspended. Next came the caso of Fred Hahn, alls "lllacklo" for shooting Herman llrauer, alias "I'eorla 811m," In llond. Hahn was Indicted for assault aud was sentenced by Judge Iiraduhaw to a $50 flue. Tho third ense was that or Italph Patterson. Tho (Iraud Jury brought In n true bill, and Patterson ploaded KUllty. This morning sentonco wni timber i prrnniMieiHl. from 3 to 30 yeara In the penitentiary, depending upon bohav 101, (10KH OVKU IIUIINK HOt'TK. K. 1J. Whitney, a postal Inspec tor, detailed to look ovor tho road be twoon lun and liu.j. with a vlow to establishing msll service, went out Monday morning by auto. He will return by way of Vnlo and on his report will depend largely whethor or not the mall servlco Is istahltshod from hero to tho Harney county seat. Mr. Blank's Mistake "I mado a bad mistake today" said Blank to his wife. "I went to pay that subscription to the dally, which was $5. I found out afterward that I had handed tho agent a 9100 bill and didn't notice It un til ho waa gont gucaa ho didn't either, I suppose tho fellow Is honest and I'll get my money back, but It'll bo some trouble." "I'vo been telling you" said his wlfo "that you should deposit your money in tho ' bank and then pay by check. Then you won't bo making such mistakes and having so much trouble." Was alio right? She was. Wo Invito ono and all to open a checking account At our bank. While tho action of tho County Court In awarding tho contract to tho highest blddtr Is tho matter com mented upon by many Just at present, others are going back further and questioning tho right of that body to Instltuto tho proponed timber cmlse at all, from Prlnevlllo rcporU It Is under stood that tho matter has-been placed before tho Urand Jury, with tho re quest thai an Investigation bo made. Corroboration or this, with report of what action Is taken, If any, will not be forthcoming until next week. When It was first learned that bids for tho cruise wero to bo submitted on Monday, March 25th, a protest was mado by many timber owners, and other. At that time tho fol lowing men and companies objected to the proposed crulso; Christian Mueller Land ft Timber Co., It. J. Ororturf. John llloss, J. II. Ilcan, Bcanlon-Olpson Lumber Co., J. N. Hunter, K. P. Hmllh, Tho Ilend Co., J. M. tawroncc, Clyde McKay and W. II. Stoats, Tho argument presonted In brief, waa nbout as follows: Tho Argument. The proper advertisement for the bid hsd not been made. That listing and npprnlilng taxable proierty of tho county I lawfully tho duty or tho assessor, and the assessor only. That tho County Court has no power to Impose upon tho assessor or equalisation board any data It may obtain rclatlva to tho quantity or valuo or tho timber or any other lax aula property. That tho proposod largo cxiondl luro would be unjustlllablo In Mio nbwnco or power to got any bonoflt therefrom. After listening to tho protest, tho flvo bid which had been recelvod wero returned, und tho whole matter continued over for ten day. Tho original bid wero aa follows: Q. It. Gardiner, 44 cent, M. Q. Neaso, 4 3-8 cents, Archie Johnson. 3U cents, I Metka 3H cents, J. II. Ilauer, S cent. At tho mooting of April 4th, whon tho protestor wero again on hand, It was decided to let tho matter llo over until tho May term or court. In .ho moan lime proper advortlsomout for bids was mado. Drastic Action PoMlhle. Following out tho grounds of these previous complaints, It appear prob able that action will bo taken to pre vent tho Court from proceeding with tho matter until It entire legality ind appllcablo valuo to tho county has been established boyond question. ?. C), I. Co. an.l .Desert Land Hoard Hlgu Agreement Itegartllng: Handl ing of I'll lid for This Project. Hoard' Itcpmientatlve Here. An agreement wa signed on April 30 between tho Central Oregon Irri gation Co. and tho Desert Land Hoard, wheroby tho Tltlo & Trust Co. of Portland Is appointed a tho trus tee which Is provided for In tho agreement mado between tho Irri gation company and Uio land Kard on Pobruary C. The service of tho trustee are to bo paid for by the company, and all or tho $160,000 raised by subscrip tion by tho company for constructing the North Canal-Is to bo paid to the trustee Tho board has also turned ovor to tho trustee tho cash In tho guarantee fund accumulated under the contract or June 17, 1S07, and tho settlers' note. Payment arc to bo mado out or tho money held by the trustee monthly upon the pre sentation of voucher duly certified to by tho general manager and chief engineer of the company. In propor tion to tho amount or work dono on tho canal. Tho trustee Is also au thorized and directed to pay for lat eral or maintenance work dono un der tho Pilot Ilutte and Central Ore gon systems a sum not exceeding $C000 In any ono month. Ilrodle lleprmentatlve or Hoard. Tho April 30 agreement provldeso that "heforo payment shall bo re quired or tho trusteo monthly thoro shall bo presented to tho trus tee tho certiflcato of II. C. Ilipdlo as representative of tho board, stating that tho aggregato amount or vouch er certlflod by tho general manager and chief engineer of tho company dot not bear a greater proportion to tho sum or $160,000 than the amount of work then done as shown by tho Inspection report of tho board hall boar to tho entire work a shown by tho plans and specifica tions." Mr. Prodlo was In Bend tho last of the wej, huvlng come vor from Si Icin to Inspect tho canal work. He Is assistant secretary of the land !oard. (Tho following letter reached The Ilullctln from Portland this noon. M. O. Nease, tho author, Is one of tho bidder for the cruising contract whoio offer of 3 U cent an aero wa not accepted. In publishing It. Tho Hutlctln wishes to slate that It columns will bo a open to any other communications, regarding this or any other matter, as it Is to this Interesting document.) AUNT AUNK IIUUIKD. Last Friday nt 10:30 funeral ser vices wero held ovor tho body of Arnt Auno. at tho homo of his sons. Rev. I. 1. Uorby conducted thorn. Later, tho casket waa taken to tho cemetery whoro tho Interment took place. Many bautlful flowers brought from Portland by tho family and frlenda contributed to tho beauty and Im presslvoncss ot tho last rite ot the old pioneer, a did tho singing of a quartot composed of Mrs. Z. W, Llnd borg, Miss Arrlo Dlack and Messrs. I A. Jackson and Prince Staats. Open Letter to Mr. County Com inl-sloncr llayley. Why didn't you spring A. P. Dono- hue proposition before the public at the Court's meeting In tho early part of April, Inasmuch as you had hla proposed contract In your pos session at that time? Where doe Jo Haner figure In this transaction? After stating (n open Court that tho contract had been awarded to your ex-nelghbor Donohuc, why wm ii necessary to nare so many confer ences In Donohuo' room at the Prlnovllle Hotel, and In the hallway of this hotel? Thcso conferences tak ing place as late a three o'clock In tho morning. Did you know that when you were discussing the ad visaulllty, In Donohuo' room, ot backing up on tho Donobue propo sition, and swinging the deal to Haner, that In tho adjoining room there were parties who overheard your conversation, and do you chal lenge mo at thl tlmo to make public the conversation overheard? Who originated tho Idea of cruis ing tho timber or Crook county? Isn't It a fact that it was Joe Haner, and Isn't it a fact that Haner at tempted to secure a contract for fur nlthfng estlmue (not cruising) at a Star Chamber Session or tho Court In the early part or the year, and Isn't it a fact that said attempt vas blocked by Judge H. C. Ellis? Did Donohuo's so called bid con form. In any respect, with tho adver tised call for bid, which call for bids expressly stated that bids wero to be nicd with the County Clerk prior to May first: Donohue's bid being nied on May first? Do you feel today that you havo tho nervo to go through with this deal, and do you think that the tax payers ot Crook county will stand for It? Mr. Doylcy. you know I aaked you some questions In open Court which you did not answer. I also oskod you some question at the dining table at the hotel In Prlnevlllo, In tho pretence of saveral people, and you know that you stated to me that you would prefer to discuss this propo sition with mo In private, hut this Is not a mattor between yourself and myself, Mr. Bayley. but a matter which concern the public In general, and especially the taxpayers ot Crook county, and to them you owe your answer to tho questions which I havo aaked above. ' ' You know, a well as PltACTICAL timber men WELL know, that tho price proposed by Donohae Is a ridiculous one, a tho timber of Crook county Is very Inexpcnslvo to cruise on account or so much of It being practically level country and no brush. I challenge you to Justify award ing thl contract to Donohuo on tho grounds that he was the only respon sible bidder, aud tho only man qualified to properly perform thw contract. Of all bidders submlttinr proposals. Judging by past experience Donohuo is less qualified than any person submitting a bid. Again referring to the meetings held at the Prlnevllle Hotel, would you care to hare mado public tho conference held In Donohue's room the night before the contract was awarded to Donohuo? ' ' Trusting that you will answer all the above questions to the full satis faction of the taxpayers and residents of Crook county, and assuring you that It you desire me so to do. that t am always ready to ask a few more questions, I nm. Yours sincerely, M. Q. NEA8E. PRHLLE PEOPLE WANT INVESTIMOFSITIMTIOII Possible That Injunction Proceed ing Will He Stalled by County Sent Men, According to Forbe. That Influential people In Prlne vlllo are opposed to tho award of tho cruising contract to the highest bid der Is the word received from V. A. Forbes, now at the county seaftm legal business. "J. H. Gray, among others, has talked to me," telephoned Mr. Forbes, "asking If they would get Ilend cooperation If they Instituted action to restrain the Court with an Injunction from going further. I think there Is no doubt an Injunction will be secured by nisn here." Among the names mentioned by Forbes ot men who propose to put a check on the proposed action aro those or Judge Uooth. C. Sam 'Smith and W. Wurtxwellor. Everyone who wants to see trout fishing In tho Deschutes riv er Improved and made pernuwetit. should write to the State Gbm Warden at Portland, rcqwcstkH" action In the matter of locating a hatchery near Bend, pototlns out the Importance of the Dtp chutes as tUhlng river. SB The Dtschutfc Banking & Timsfc Company of Bend, Oregon "CoMcrvotiV BMkhts for CoMMrvatlva Ptttfsk.' L. D. BAIUD, (President) J. W. MASTERS, (Vice President) P. O, MINOR, (Secretary) Dikmctoxb: L, B. BAIItD, r-P, O, MINOR, ;8. V. DAIRD, GARDEN TOOLS will soon be in demand, and meantime the busy housewife is wanting a variety of kitchen and cooking utensils and other knick-knacks in household hardware. The best qualities are wedded te the fairest prices here, and we ask the thriftily inclined to come here to do their hardware shopping, and they will be sure of getting the best while saving money on their purchase. Abo FuM Line of EuiMers' SnfBw, Stub, Doors, Claw, etc. ; vii?ffi T-ii yyjJvj,iLy Tft First National Bank OP 1IND, UND, OREGON Or. U. O. OOS. Pr.ld.t g. A. SATHSR. Vie. Pr.l4.t O.a. HUOSON. OAtHUr OaIUI rulhr SH - . . 28.000 Stockholder' llabllllr 2S.OOS Surplus . . . M.000 WHY NOT K - N. P. Smith Wall Street man u Sj) on the tUF Hudson yUr devota more time ground? Make an actual demonstration farm out of youra. If wo apply this theory and practice it. not only aa to farms, but all linea of in duttry, prosperity is sure to follow. Let's help the fellow who U here now to make good. Isn't that also the quickest' way to help tho newcomer? We desire your business and will mako ourselves useful to you, aa we are already to over nine hundred different people who now have accounts with us. - FEKST NATIONAL BANK OP BEND DIRECTORS: U. C, COB It. A. SATHUR C. 8. 0 M. rATTKRSON H. C. KU4