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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1913)
THE REND RULLirm, REND, WEDNK9DAY, JANUARY ttl). 101ft. m PAGK 4. THE BEND BULLETIN QEOKQK PALMER, PUTNAM Editor and Publisher. U. N. HOFFMAN Managing Editor. An Independent newspaper stand ing (or tho squnro deal, clean busi ness, clean politic and tho best In terests ot Ilcnd and Central Oregon. Ono year. $1.00 Six months 80 Thrco months 60 All subscriptions tiro due and PAYAM.K IN ADVANCE. Nottco of expiration will bo mailed subscri bers and If ronowal Is not made with in reasonable time tho paper will bo discontinued. Please notify us promptly of any chango of address, or of failure to ro eclvo tho papor regularly. Make all checks and orders pay able to Mend Uulletln. The Uulletln has Ixvn designated by the County Court of Crook County to publUli officially nil the proceed ing of tho court. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29. 1913. malt will furnish approximately $160,000, leaving $320,000 to t raised by the remaining 32 counties, Aa theo counties will receive, back on the arcrngo $20,000 for tho $11, 000 put up, tho burden ot tho cost ot tho experiment will bo on tho taxpay ers ot Multnomah county. Those counties which do not olect to como under tho net will bo out tho illffor enco between what they put up and tho $20,000 they might have received." 80MKTIIING TO THINK AllOUT. The unappropriated lands in Ore gon .that are open to homestead en try cover a larger area than all the Improved lands In Indiana, n state With a population or 2,700,000. U. H. l)ejartiiient of Agriculture. PLAN .MERITS SUPPORT. The committee on roads and high ways of tho House ot Representatives bos circulated a broadside outlining the provisions of an act creating a state highway commission and gov erning tho expenditure ot state aid moneys. The plan merits attention t.nd support In the words of tho clrcluar, It is as follows: "That we shall provide & state highway commissioner or a state highway commission that will bo em powered to select a competent road expert from the department of ruads nt Washington, D. C, a department that is under the Department of A(C xlculturc. Tho duties of this road expert will bo to Instruct the various county courts, or those In charge of the cxpendi'uro of count road mon. cys, in tho best method ot procedure consistent with local conditions whenever called upon to do so. His only power over tho supervision of the expenditure of the state aid mon eys will be that of making a request of I ho county authorities to appoint and hire a suitable road expert, pref erably a citizen of that county, who is conversant with local conditions, who iliall under bis direction expend tho sate aid moneys in that county upen that highway which has been determined by the county officials to be the main highway ot tho county. He will have the further jxwor of removing said expert should he prove Ju.mclsnt and of requesting the coun ty authorities to name another. Should it provo that there Is not suf ficient talent or expert knowledge In the possession of a oltlxen of that county, ho will then be empowered to appoint an expert with tho suit able requirements and executive ability, subject to the ratification of the county court or the road author ities of that particular county. "Tie method of allotment of state moneys will be a flat appropriation of $10,000 per county to be raised by state taxation. This $10,000 to be, matched with an equal amount by the county which desires state aid, or a lets portion of both should the county authorities so elect. "The resdlt of a measure as out lined In the preceding paragraphs will be that where the county author, ities in suy particular county do not desire the expenditure of state aid moneys undor state supervision they uhall be free after tho passago of the net as before to spend the moneys ot their county a they see (It. Hut cbould this experiment prove of value those who have not desired to come under tho act will nave a chance to observe and profit by the experience of those counties that have. "Tho financial expenditure amount ing to $10,000 per year per county will amount during the next two years to $080,000. The proposition of taxing automobiles at the rate of CO cents per horsopower will be in corporated Into this act; this money less the cost of collection to the state will be turned Into the state aid road fund. This In the next two years will amouot4o -approximately $200,. 000, leaving $480,000 to be raised by the state at large, U,, direct, taxa tion. Of this the county of Multno- "Rend had Its resources ami loca tion six thousand years back, but nothing happened until man arrived." So writes a friend to Tho Hullotlu, adding that after all a town may have all tho resources and possibilities Imaginable nnd oven after "man ar rives" It will amount to nothing at all unless knowledge of those re sources Is published to tho rest ot the world. In other words, proper publicity comes pretty closo to tho root of a town's development. It Is tho first key that opens the way. Without It all tho resources In tho world couldn't accomplish a thing, for natural riches are worth nothing nt nil until they are dlscovorod and'appllod. The flultetln's correspondent adds and all sane-minded folk will agree that tho tlmo tor frothy publicity Is passed. The truth, told with en thusiasm and foresight, Is enough. To get a truthful, enthusiastic messago about a town before tho eyes ot tho world Is tho prime duty of a Western town's newspaper. If It succeeds In this, month In and month out. that nowspnper Is doing n real duty. It Is accomplishing an cud, and Is adding a grcst'lmpetus to the possibility of Its town's growth. The correspondent Is kind enough to say that The Uulletln Is doing Just that. It so, The Rulletln Is satisfied. Salem dispatches state that thoro Is not a red-beaded man in tho Houso of Representatives. However, If tho lawmakers put into effect that throat chronicled by The Orcgonlan to get back at all of Governor West's ve toes. It's a safe bet that there will bo at least ono red-headed man nt the Capital City. Mr. Oorklug should cause Immodlato action. Thoro should bo no qulbbtlng ami there Is no good excuse na Mr. (lork. lug speaks from n fullness of a num ber ot years of eclunt experience as a farmer upon tho land In question. Tho groat weight which ho brings to bear on the subject lies In tho fact that ho has done so much with tho Inud to mnko It a success, Ho has dona his part In a grand way, so that ho docs not como before tho statu ns n malcontent who, realUlug that tho company which sold tho Innd, nnd Its successors, wore not complying with tho conditions and therefore saying thHt he could do nothing, Every Individual In the statu would bo aroused on this subject If nil could actually see Mr. Uorklng's farm. There Is tho argument to back up his statements. There are 320 acirs, If wo remem ber correctly, which have been put undor cultivation or a lnrga part ot that area, at least. Today this Is one of tho prettiest places In Crook coun ty. Ho has cleared tho laud ot Juni per and sagebrush, and In tho sum mer tlmo tho nice holds of clover, al falfa, oats and other crops are a du llght to tho oyo. Mr. Oorklug has accomplished this In sptto of tho ob stacles. His speech therefore causes more weight than that of un otllco man who dials with this subject, not knowing ot tho actual conditions. cor npv srjr Tho fact that crowds attend tho lectures of Dr. Cook, North Pole ex. plorcr, shows thnt It Is Just about as profitable to bo branded an Internat ional fako as to win legitimate hon ors, so far as pecuniary profit Is con. cerned. I'nVlntr hm Umiril nn orilrt rrnnlr- Isg all the women In tho republic to discard their naiamaa and wear Euro pean gowns. No wonder those Chi- nsmen are trying to borrow I2&, 000,000, says the Washington Post. An Eastern paper remarks that tho Turkish war budget for 1913 should bo known as running expenses. MR. (2KHKINO AMI IRRIGATION. (CulverTrlbuuo). Most of us have read J. N'. II. Cork Ing's speech before the Irrigation emi gres. His speech Is currying groat weight, becauso It comes as a result of actual experience. There has been much said alraut the Carey act projects and especially about the Col umbia Southern. The history ot that project Is a blot upon tho Integ rity of the state. Officials and others have said things which called forth comment; but tho clear statement of IHIIIH, HKWW,I I HIM u Jan. 29, 1913 Doar Friend: Oh! papa used to be such a crank about coffee that he almoat worried poor mamma' o life out of her. She tried all kindo of coffee and it was either too strong or too weak or too bitter or too something, but now every morning when papa takes the first sip of coffee, he smacks his lips as much as to say, ' ' That is mighty good ' I can tell you why this is. Mamma has found out where to buy cof fee The kind we use is Caravan coffee. It costs 40 cents for a pound and a half can Your friend, Jacob P. S.-You can get Caravan coffee at McCMSTON'S GROCERY J Overturf-Davis-MHler Co. - Shingles Mouldings LUMBER CEMENT Building Material OverturfrDavis-Miller Co. Bejnd' Oregon. ! i t i WE OWN Bend Park 280 Acres First Addition to Bend Park 120 Acres Second Addition, Bend Park 160 Acres Riverside 200 Acres Lytle 40 Acres Total . . . 800 Acres Every Acre Platted This is a simple statement of the confi dence we have in the future of Bend. Why don't you make a small investment? Any lot in any of the above additions will not only make money for you, but would be a most desirable place to build your new home Write for further information or call Bend Park Company 455 Empire lhiilding, Scuttle, Wash. First Nntionul Dank Huilding, Bend, Oregon. OREGON INVESTMENT COMPANY If You Want Good Residence Lots Business Sites Irrigated Land LARGE OR SA1ALL TRACTS, 320Acre Homesteads AND RELINQlf&HMENTS, investigate what we have to offer. 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