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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1912)
TIIK IlKNIi nULI.KTlN, llEND, WKDNKHDAV, NOVKMHF.lt 0, tOia. PAQR 6. . J. ; THE BEND BULLETIN GE0RUE PALMER PUTNAM Editor and Publisher. U. N. HOFFMAN Managing Editor. An Independent nowspnpor stand ing for tho square deal, cloan busi ness, cloan politics and tho best In terests of Rend and Central Oregon. Ono year 'O Six months " Throo months B0 All subscriptions are duo and PAYAULE IN ADVANCE. Notice of expiration will bo mailed subscri bers and If renewal Is not made with in reasonablo tlmo tho paper will bo discontinued. Plcaso notify us promptly of any chango of address, or of failure to re celvo tho paper regularly. Mako all checks and orders pay nblo to Horn! Uulletln. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 191?- useless uvws. Useless and unlnforced laws are tho'b'ano of modern administration. Every city, every state, and tho nation, has them. Tholr existence is usually cither duo to carelessness on tho part of legislators or to tho fact that unnecessary lows aro shuf fled through at tho Instnce of some faction or other, and then later they aro found to bo cither unwise or uu nppllcablo. Also, many laws simply outgrow their usefulness n changed condition causes thorn to bo no longer efficient or desirable. It U to be hoped that at yester day's election a numner or unuccvu tarv nronoscd lawa were not put Into being by tho vote of tho people. Ore gon has enough and to spare or com tiiin.iteI and unnecded laws as It Is, without adding, through Initiative petition or otherwise, to tho existing crop. Before adding more let us tlrst do away with many that aro now dn the statutes, cluttering tho mechanism of state, accomplishing nothing, other than to add to admin istrative and legal complications, and notably lowering popular respect for wise and- useful laws because they exist side by side with tho latter. unenforced and ridiculed. A striking example of tho sltu- .nn i fnun.1 In Washington. That state has a law forbidding tho salo of cigarettes. Today, In any tobacco storo In Seattle, you oan buy cigar ettes. There Is no slightest pretense of secrecy, the outlawed product Is sold as freely and openly as cabbages o, khoes. The law was a ridiculous oner It could novcr be enforced as was demonstrated and It should never havo been Inacted. That It r.min. and that thousands of Waahlngtonlaas aro violating It dally, makes not only that particular law, hute hi a measure, all Ibwb and legal machinery, a Joke, and a vicious Joke at that. The dead timber should be cut. Legal, etmpllfleatlou would be a blessing. IJACK TO THE KOII. The recently organized Hebrew Agricultural Association of Oregon is doing excellent work in' induolng members of their faith, particularly headB of families to fllo on govern ment lands in Central and Eastorn Oregon. About thirty heads of families have already filed on lands in the Hond and tLakevlew districts and a number of others are ready to do so In the early spring. All these homestead ers are self sustaining and havu suf ficient money to ktep thorn going while on the land. Tho "Hack to (he Boll" movement Is spreading among the JewUh people all over 'the country. Over B000 of thgm are now earning their liveli hood In the New England states by tllU(0tho soil and many abandoned farms have again become fruitful iinder-'thelr skillful and patient work. One of the principal supporters of this movement Is lion Bolting, tho iiromlneut Portland merchant, who Is very much Interested in tho upbuild ing of the sparsely settled sections of Oregon particularly Central and Eastern Oregon, with desirable home steaders and homefccckers. A num berof other prominent men nro back lug the-movement and much cna be expected from this organization In the encourageroout of the proper kind of sottlera filing on Oregon lands. years In tho general character of tho papors, but calls attention to tho fact that very few aro Riving any ado- quato attention to tuo field of agri cultural development. Howcvor, Tho Uulletln Is cited as an exception of this general neglect, In tho follow ing paragraph: In tho recent publication by Tho Rend Uulletln of a series of articles written by an authority on agri culture, wo have a rather signifi cant suggestion of what may bo done In the Interest of rural sub scrlbers. The fact to be particu larly noted In this connection, how over, Is that these articles nro be ing prepared especially for this community, and thus will be based upon an actual knowledge of Its needs. Perhaps tho most notable feature of tho Just-completed presidential campaign Is the fact that tor tho first tlmo In the history of similar politi cal eruptions, there has been no business Hurry and no appreciable economic disturbance. Tho country has gone on about Its business un disturbed. Prosperity Is general. All lints of enterprises throughout the United States art nourishing. Tho customary '"hard times" howl of tho presidential year has boon shelved, because thero Isn't nuy ox- cuso to put It In operation. AH of which means that the far sighted men of the country reallzo that n period of unoxampled prosperity lies before us and that they further re alizo that whatever their icrsonaI preferences, so far as candidates arc concerned, and whatever tho Indi vidual benefits or disadvantages that may result to tholr Investments through tho election of ono or an other candidate, the fact remains that fundamentally business Is going to progress Just about as sntlsfac torlly under one presidential reglmo as under another. Thero can be no other explanation. Whatever tho outcome of the election, the people of business jxiwer hao no fears Whence comes the peculiarly stable and unhysterleal existing stato of national business, despite tho elec tion. And whenco also may be drawn a big measure of satisfaction on tho part of every busluessman, property owner and wage earner for tho outlook holds nothing but that which Is promising. FOR RENT Furnished cabin, If. per month, ono btk oast of dopot, cor. 7 St. and Fir nvo. w. u, i.on. 3G-38p (Advertlsomout) NOTICE OF CONTEST. Departmont of. the Interior. U. S. In tho course of trying to cook up nasty things to say about Dr. Coe, one of the Redmond papers remarked something or other about "tho timber Interests that center at Rend". Now for one of our nclghtiors. Hint Is something of an admission. For not so long ngo the prom of our sister community camo forward with tho bald assertion that there wnsu't a stick of commercial timber anywhere aear Rend, or words to that effect. So, at least, the late lamented cam paign has brought tho light of ver acity In one recpeet to an unwilling eriue. The truth will out. The management of the Pioneer Telephone Company ' to b congrat ulated upon Its progresslvenoss In obtaining the full county and other election returns, and Its generosity In distributing this Information Is to be commended. Land onico, Tho Dalles, Oregon, October 31, 10 12. To Philip Jones, of 313 M 1st St., Portland, Oregon, Contesteo: You are hereby notified (bat Emlto N. Landro, who gives caro E, E. Par ker, Rend, Oregon, as his postolllco nddress, did on Soptcmbor C, 1012, file In this office his duly corroborated application to contest nml securo the c-tuccllatlon of your homestead entry No. Serial No. 07122 mndo July 1, 1910, for E4. Section 10, Township 20. S.. Range 17, E., Wil lamette Meridian and as grounds tor his contest he allege that said Philip Jones tins inner established residence upon said land; that he has never cul tivated or Improved tho same. You are, thoreforo, further noti fied that the said nllcgatlonn will be tnkou by this ottlco as having bcou confessed by you, nnd your said entry will be enncolcd thureuuder without your further right to bo heard therc lu, either before this otllco or on np. peal. It you tall to file In this ofilcc within twenty das niter tho FOURTH publication of this notice, as tthown below, your answer, under oath, specifically meeting nnd re sponding to thoso allegations nt con test, or If you fall within thnt tlmo to file In this otllco dlio proof that you havo served n copy of your answer on tho said contestant either In per son or by registered mnll It this ser vice Is made by tho dollvery of a copy of your answer to tho contestant In person, proof of such son Ice must be either the said contestant's wrltton acknowledgement or his receipt of tho copy, showing tho dato of Its re cotpt, or tho affidavit of tho person by whom tho dollvery wna mado stat ing when nnd where tho copy was de livered; It mado by registered mnll, proof of such servlco must consist ol tho ntnidavlt of tho person by whom tho copy was mailed stating when nnd tho post olDee to which It was mailed, and this nfildavit must bo no companled by tho postmaster's re ceipt for tho letter. You should state tn your answer tho namo of tho post otllco to which you desire future notices to bo sent to you. C. V. MOORK, Rcglstor. Dato of first publication November C. 1912. Dato of second publication Nov., 13, 1912. Dato of third publication, Nov., 20. 1912. Dato of fourth publication, Nov., 27, 1912". It begins to look as If Turkey will bo cooked a trifle In advrcnoe of Thanksgiving Day. WOODROW WILSON. aMiiMMiSHw4 jell fes. Jrbob. m The October Iwuie of tho "Oregon JfpntW." published nt tho Univer sity Of' Oregon, contains an Interest ing nrMale upon tho country Journal ism f the state, written by Ednft MaKalgbt. and baaod upon on ox topd! study of ,QrKP" weekly payors. T,, vrflw flnds a deed Improvement dujR'S the last flvo mxsmz&ii7z0 v 'UFliKsV && mj THOMAS RILEY MARSHALL. NOV, 6, 1912 i Dear Friend: We were away from home in- Jelly-making Jtime, but Mama nays one is not going to worry over a hot stove any more to make Jelly and Jam. She says she can buy it cheaper than I r.Va nan tnnV-A i t. nnd Just as good. Do you know you can get a real nice glass of Jelly, any kind you Yant for 25 cts. Your friend, Jacob. p. S. It would sur prise you to see how many different kinds of Jams and Jellies and things put up in glasses and bottles you can get at McCUISTON'S GROCERY j i i,. ' s A . J t s i 'Yianniaimer Kjjrotiers announce the removal into their new storconc rioor sottti of the Star ulieatre tJTormal Opening Oaturclatj, Joucm6er I he Jinli ? cordial invitation crtendctl to all to visit tlic fin est store in Gentral Oreaon J)Lannicimer KjJrotiers f?tc Store for all ttc People -. . M ." ' H - It , , . . -"I" .- E s ; s ' V ' i' W 'inny-i tf ansa m ?.? uLrrs-v-- K VV Mia .i. .