TAOK . Tin: nRNn nuLi.KTW, jinno, wkdnksiuv, janvaky t, (run t i i ,t i t THE BEND BULLETIN OK0UQ13 PALMER PUTNAM Kdltor and Publisher. U. N. HOFFMAN Managing Editor. An Independent newspaper stand ing for the square deal;clonn busi ness, clean politics ami the best In forests of ltotul nnd Control Oregon. Ono year. ........ I1.B0 Six months... ..... .SO Thrco months... . ...-i. .GO All subscriptions nre duo nnd PAYAW.R IN ADVANCB. Notice of expiration will lw mailed subscri bers and If renewal Is not mndo with in reasonable) tttuo the paper will bo discontinued. ricaso notify us promptly of any change of address, or of falluro to ro colvo tho paper regularly. Make alt checks and orders pay ablo to Hend Hullctln. WHDXKSUAY. aBMtrtssa JANUARY 1 ' 1, 1913. A IMH Sl'titlKSTIOX. Tho November election bequeathed Oregon two Inws, both excellent enough, but neither appllcahlo, as things now are. Oac of them per mitted the state to Issuo bonds up to 2 per cent of Its taxable property, nnd the other dtd the same, npproxl-, matoly. for tho counties. Another bill, which was defeated, provldod for the cxtMandtturo of such boad funds under the supervision of a highway commissioner nnd highway engineer. So the stato and counties now have tho means to raise money for tho creation of permanent roads, but no method of expending such money whoa It has beon obtained. To remedy this peculiar state of affairs a plaa U broached to have the Governor appoint a state Highway vtMHiubttloa. Its members to bo drawn from four sections of the Mtat4 and which will employ a com lultatener who Is to have direct charge of Oregon's road building ac-l tlvttlos mi far a they are financed from tho bod Issues arising from the above mentioned laws. The commissioners are to receive no salary, getting only actual expen no. Presumably, they are to bo se lected from the ranks of men of abll. Ity men such as aro qualified and nre of a stamp that would not enter lnlo apolltlcal race, for office. Their election of -a -commissioner - would take his offico out of politics, at least o-faraa 'uch'an office ever can'bo expected to uSpolItfcally free. Altogether, the plan is an excel lehfone. It is to bo hoped that the legislature will seo At to acfopt It. ' A PKOMLSINa OlTIXM)K. - No better tribute to tho advancc- .rlent Dead haa accomplished coulibbe f asked than that afforded by the open ing of Its splendid new banking building two days ago. That any town but ten years old which up to eighteen months ago was oae hun dred miles from a railroad could war. rant such a structure. Is remarkable. Put the men who have set a mark for Mend by orectlng that building realize that the town not only will grow up to it speedily enough but that Bend needs it today. That they deserve credit for what they have done Is no less apparent than is the fact that tbey were hble to do what they bavo accomplished a matter for incero Jubilation on the part of ev eryone whose. interests are those of Uend. ' ';The new building is sn stent for Bend, it I another milestone In the -town's development. And the growth ,ot the institution which It houses la also worthy of comment. Four i years ago its deposits amounted to less than $20,000. Today they are tin excess of a quarter of a million dollars distributed among more than vlercn hundred depositors. Tbst'a an inspiration, too, for Band, isn't It? i If so much has been accomplished during the four years that have Just ' passed, what may not the next four years hold In store? The answer need trouble no one exoept only the man who sold out his Hend property. It la Important that all who have the best luteroais of Hend at heart, come to the Commercial Club meet Ting tomorrow night. The officer .who have handled the organization Jdurlus tho year hav. made an excel 'lain record. Tbey had a hard task. 'While they have done no very big work, an far aa showiness Is con 'cerned, they have plugged away 'quietly, and. In the face of difficul ties, hava raised the .'.nsuclal burden fwhtch practically burled the club iwhu they Inherited It. Under the circumstances, to clear up a debt of fiiverfJlOOO and in the meantime to -"' -" - kep th club alive And free- from further debt has been a roil accom plishment. After this, It would bo criminal for Hend to let Its Commer cial Club die. Wo arc Inclined to favor n continuance, nt least for some months, of tho present modest poli cy; the answering of communications and tho maintenance of some com munity headquarters. m to speak, Is In Itself nn Important work, nnd, for tunately, an Inexpensive one. Dig ger projects may wait utlt Uuanclal' hacking It) mora readily obtainable. The plans outlined In Mr. Sawlilira letter regarding the Columbia South. em project should bo studied with attention. This matter la of the greatest Importance. It 1h essential that tho people of the territory dl ,'eclly affected bend every effort to- wards settling upon n plan, nnd standing solidly by It, when It Is presented to the attention of the Log Isliituro and tho (lovernor. To delay or to be undetermined now that a golt'en opportunity offers, Is suicidal. The llulletlu has added to Ita list of complimentary subscribers the public library nt Seattle. The paper uow goes to a dozen such Institution throughout the Northwest, where It can be read by thousands nnd serves as an advertisement fur Henu, una fur The Hullctln advertisers. The other day a woman, Ml Ada It. Neal, "proved up on her home stead before. the land office nt Hums, In thrvo years she has cleared, plow ed and put under cultivation ICO acres of what was sagebrush land .Miss Noal Is tho kind of "agricultural suffragist" Oregon needs. It Is Instructive to note that John D. Rockefeller and J. Plorpont Mur Kan admit that among their common ancestors was Francis Drake, the buceanaor. Who dares maintain that there Is nothing In heredity? IIAPTIST CHRISTMAS TltliK. The Christmas program Khe at the Baptist church on Christmas Kve, f was attended by a full house. In spile of the stormy evening. Mr. Qosney. the new Sunday School superintend, ent, was In charge. The program consisted mainly of musical selec tions and while a number of those on tho program were kept away ou ac count of sickness, every one taking part did well. The church was pret tily decorate) with fir boughs and the tree was covered with tinsel, imp corn, candles and other Christmas decorations. If the enlovment of the uudlence was to lo Judged by the Interest, certainty everyone had a de lightful time. " WIND STOKM DDKS HAVOC. A high southerly wind that blew Saturday night and all day Sunday played havoc with local telephone and electric wires, banging signs and anything else that was movable. The telephone service was put almost completely out of commission. Mou day morning only six local lines could be operated; the Prlnevllle. La Pine and co-operative out of town lines were down, the Laldlaw service atone being In commission,. The worst damage done to tho electric system was caused by a tree falling acrota the Kenwood line, which cut It off completely. KXHRCISKS IX THK COl'NTItY. fn connection with the Sunday school at the Richardson school house east of town, a most enjoyable gath ering was held on Christmas evening. The attendaaco was large, many per sons being unable to find seats. Pro ceedings were opened by Mrs Knsor Wlgmore,. the preacher, who deliver ed a ahort address on the lessons of Christmss. stter which the children rendered an excellent program and the members of the adult lllble class superintended the distribution of the gifts to old and young alike from a fine tree. The serving of cake and coffee by the ladles of the congrega tion closed the evenings program. Services are held at this school bouse every Sunday at p. m. - - -- --- -- - t - Second Sheets GOO Sheets of -Copy Paper 75c 'Em Bend Bulletin . . -- - - --- I HILL RAILROAD BEND-FRISCO LINE LOOAIS LARGE K Klnmutli I'iiIU Paper AllrXei That Jobber A ix In Arm IIcviiiim' of DlM-rlmliinlluii Again! City mil ProiitNc Hill llulnp (Klamath Falls Northwestern) Inspired by constant complaint tunde to them by wholesaler ,nnd Jobbers, not only In Poitlnnd mid other commercial cities to tho north, but by thono of San Francisco nnd other California towns, the mer chants of Klamath Falls nto said to lie beginning to look lownrd the so called Hill Hue for rullut from the dlsorliulunllcii ngalnst this city In favor of sister Oregon cltle result ing from what thay consider the ' terminal rate" Injustice. Jndced, mi uniieurublu Is this dis crimination snld to hnio become that It Is openly stated In many In fluential shipping circles In this county Hint the Hill lines will be offered the uxclustve right to haul all freight hound Into this district by many large shinier if thoy will, In turn, arrange to Immediately bring the Oregon Trunk Hallway a Hill road from the northward nnd thus connect Klamath Fall with the Croat Northern and Northern Pacific systems. While there Is much rctlceuco In the best Informed circles regarding tho extent of this promised defection to the Hit! lines, It Is common know I edge that corrosiHtndence has been -it Mt. Hood Nougat Something New Try Tkc Don't Forjret Our DAINTY MEALS. jrriev! U IS cod! Jcicob January 1, ilS Dear Friend: I had to shovel snow this morning We ha,d an old shovel but I went to the grocery and got a new shovel Nama made me bring home a basket full of other things td eat too Tomatoes coat 10c a can. Your friend, Jacob P.S.-I bought things so cheap that Mama gave me three pennies. That is because I went McCUISTON'S GROCERY 1 WANTS AaPt1 u "V ' ,." C4tf0i$- iro i i JL o Still in Business! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmm IN THE FUIKS BUILDINO NEXT DOOR TO STAR THEATRE . . ON WALL STREET. , BIG REDUCTIONS A. L. FRENCH it going on for; some time between many of tho largo Jobbing houses of Portland, Seattle. San Francisco and other distributing centers, and their customers in Klamath and adjoining counties having for Its purpose a united movement to Induce Mr, Hill to begin actlvo railroad building to this city. Klamath Kails is said to b no worse off than scores of other cities on the raclnc Coast that have but one railroad. Hut. with the Hill lines already built to Hend a hun dred miles northward and the con. tract said to have already been let by the Hill tines for extension south ward toward this city as far as Cres cent, it is lcgtnnlng to I felt by many of the leading local merchants that an escape from present alleged unbearable conditions of competi tion may easily be accomplished through tho establishment of a "community of Interest" relationship between the Hill line and this sec tion. .. It Is a patont fact to many close observers that the Hill line, soonor or later, must and will coino Into Klamath Kails on their way south ward to Ssn Kranclsco. Ily building from Hend to Klamath Kails, It would only bo necesssry for an ex tension to be built further south ward a little over a hundred miles to connect the Great Northern and Northern Pacific systems with the Western Pacific at Doyle, In lessen county, Cat. .With James- J. Hill aa the domi nant financial' Interest now back of the Western Pacific, aa Is alleged to be a demonstrable fact, It would only be necesssry for the two hundred-odd miles of rallrosd link to be built bo tween fiend. Ore., and Doylo, Cal., to glvo him hla much coveted entry Into San Kranclsco. To reach San Kran clsco by any other route from the northern lines would mean the lay ing of almost a thousand, Instead of two hundred, miles of new steel. To comfileto his proposed lino to Med ford from Hend, a portion qf which ha already been built from Medford to the eastwsrd, Mill will liavo to come southward from Cres cent Inward Klamath Knlls, to with in a ahort distance from tho north ern cud of Upper Klanlath Lake. CJOKS TO PILOT ilt'TTi: I NX. Mrs. W. I). Cursoy, who has had charge of the dining room at the Al tamont Hotel, Is now conducting Mio dlnlngdepartment of the Pilot Unite Inn, hsvlng changed owing to the Al tamont quarters being top small for her to conduct tho business she wish ed, she says. The Pilot Dutte din ing room has been re-papered and otherwise Improved. Mrs. Curs-yls serving an elaborato New Year's din ner this evening from 6 to 9, the bill of fare of which la printed elsewhere la this papers - T on many lines of Winter Wear Including OVERCOATS SUITS HATS, ETC. WATER DAMAGED GOODS BELOW COST! Some Bargains for those who come curlv. 16 OUT OLD, WELCOME NEW PRISCILLA CLUB FESTIVITIES HAS Corkctt' Kerne of lUrl.rlor OlrlV IUniuet King "Kvcryoiie Wa Meunt l-'r Someone" an lenp Ye Mr Viilhci. " Tho Prlscllln Club. Ilcnd bache lor girls' organization, last night saw the old year out and tho new year In, Incidentally iiJo)liig n ban quel and a general good time, at Cor kott'a. Twenty of tho young ladles, Includ lug several who no longer aro "bsch. olors,'' participated, and there was a round of apeech-making In addition to tho dainty menu of good things lo eat provided by Mrs. Corkctt. Miss Marlon Wlest was tonstmlslres. Miss Harriet Dolsen prophesUed the future of those present (Misses Schoolcraft and Sldner being co-authors). Miss Arrlo Hlack offered n toast to tno school teachers of 1911, orlglnatora of the society, Miss Anno Market spoke on tho departing year, and Misses Paulino and Margaret Wlest also spoke. Afterwards all Joined In singing "Kveryono Was Meant Kor Somolmdy," with which cheering thought the Leap Year was burled. The party was cniiiiosnd of Mra. Ciivstor Jntlow, Mrs. Klmer Ward, Misses Marlon and Paulino Wlest,. Castle. Young, Anne, (lertrudo mid Noll Mnrkcl, S.tthor, llluck, Wilson, r'orco, Morton, Mcllay, Trnutnor, iiordcn, Dolsen and Sldner. Mlmos Margaret Wlest. Kllxaboth Klein mid Arvllla Murphy served, , Later the club ndjournod to Mrs. Ward's where souvenir gills were re ceived from Mr. A. M. Lara, plu troys with each girl's Initials painted upon them, given to nil who assisted at Mrs. Ward'a recent wedding at tho 'Lira home. FIND lYJEJALUIIBLE II. It. Ford Kxhlhlta Sample of Hub stance HUcovrird Xrar Hend. On exhibition at the office of tho OregonLaud' .& ImrtdjrntlbXOo. Is.-'n. T ' sample of mineral- or slm'lsr su stance which may prove to I a valu able fliul. It wn brought from a ledge discovered In the vicinity of Mend by II. II. I'or.t last week. There i are hundreds of ions of Urn material ho sajra, The substance has the appearance of magnesium, bill the exact nature of It will havn to be determined by chemical testa. Prof. Klmer Slier rUI. Instructor of chemistry at the University of Washington, says, afmr a cursory etsmlnatlon of the sub stance, that It appeara to he dlato macenua earth, which Is used exten sively In nuking dvnsinlto. With Ills brother Harry, Prof. Sherrllt Is hero on a visit. (iKHKixri linn- i.v iirx.uv.w. J. N. II. Oerklng of Laldlaw received a painful and what was at first, con sidered a serious Injury In a runaway Sunday, when he was going horn from Uldlaw with K. K. Dayton. The home Itolted and Oerklng w thro mi fiom tho rig, Ismllng on bis hesd. Me remained unconscious for several hour, but at last report Is apparently entirely recovered. XOTICK I'Olt ITIII.HMTIOX Department of the Interior, I'. S. Land omce at Tho Dalle. Orogon, December ldtli, 1913. Notlcn Is hereby given that Nells Anderson of Hend, Oregon, who on January Bth, 1909, made desert Und entry No. 0281. for NKViNKVi. vc. 21, nnd WHNWU, section :S, town ship 17 aouth, range 12 eaat. Willam ette Meridian, has filed noilco of In. lentlon to make nnal proof to estate ftt llsh clslm (q the land aliove describ ed, beforo II. V Kills. V. S Comnria. aloner, at his omce at Hend. OrOgon. on the 8th day f February. 1913.' Claimant names as witnesses. Archlo Pottle, Aduni Kotxman. Charles lloyd. Wqlter Daniels, nil of Hend. Oregon. f3-l7 V. W. MOOHK, Iteglster. Application to Contest, Blanks TUB BULLETIN now haa . In stock Uicm blankj, for t mIo at the usual pricea. ..Ai. 3- .-.- .-. ..y.