TKK HBN nUM-RTIN, H5NI, WKIWKHDAY, FKHIU'AUV ft, iilt. "Afl..?, ? WATER RATES R DSCUSSED K. B. MILLER WRITES TO MAYOR I limit of llotiil W'nlrr, Light V Pnvirr Company Promise Investigation mill That Hale Will I hi I, oh it cm I ir t'oiiiiii i:(iri)iint. llecontly (1, l, I'utnnm, n Mnyor. wrote l KempMor II. Millar, hoad of thu llond Water, l.lulit ft Power Company, calling attention (a (lio fncl Hint there wn hoiuo coniilnlnl regarding thu nllognd exorblunco of water rale In I ho city, nml roijuoit Iiik Hint Mr. Mlllnr InvoMlgnttt I ho mutter, with n view of pinking re liK'lln ahould It ha found that rate wero unfairly high. Monday tho following letter wm rocelvail from Mr. Mlllnr. "I hnvii your letter of Jmiunry 8tli, regarding tho witter rnt that are now being charged by thu Itaml "Wator, Mcht & I'owor Company, JSvor iliiro your liifonnnt convorsa 1lon with tun on thU subject, ami, In Jncl, licifurn tlintjl hao hail It In julnd to thoroughly InvrstlRnto the water rti nnd put thwiu on n run noaahlo biaW If thoy worn found to lo In any way unreasonable. "Jtlnrn taklnjc otcr tho manage ment of th ttlant Inat Docetntter, our itral labor liaa leeu directed toward Din prorlalou of n wrmnnont power lilniil moro nearly commensurate with tlm need of tli it town. both In opcct to tho furnUhlng of water nnd electric light ami power. ThU vork la wll under way niul In a very wliort tlm I exited to return to Iteiiil nnd so carefully Into thu water rata question. "I wUh to ay beforehand, that If Investigation ahuuld ahow that aotno of the prevent water rale In llend tiro too high, that till ahould not Ik) taken na n crltlcUm of tho pre vious management or the plant. Ie 'tuo It must Ito remembered that they developed thla water ayatom and xti'ndrd Ita tunlna Into many parta of the city In anticipation of the fut ure growth, and U-foro tho earning from audi main could pomlhly Juitlfy thu et"ndUures. Undoubt edly, the t'nterprlmt of the former ounom, In providing good water, light nnd N)wor service o early In tho hUtory of tho town, haa been nn Important factor In the development of tli n town. "I'ndoubtedly, nlao, tho policy of tho owner of tho property now nnd In tho futuro will tinvo an Important Influence on thu further growth and welfare of llend. I can definitely nnnotinro It to bo tho policy or tho jireacnt ownera to oxtoud tho water tualna nnd thu electrla tight nnd juwer llnea Into new nro of tho city rapidly na rennonnbto demand for service arlne. Wo have already iliinii n good deal in thla direction since taking over the plant, na you know. Thla, na you nro w awnrc. will often nweiultnlo the building of n wntur main or n polo lino In antici pation of tho demand, and boforn that part of.tho property can bocomo n paving propoilllon. Thl policy of building for tho futuro la, I liellevo, one that will aerve the beat Intereata, not only of tho company, but of tho community na n whole, tho Intereata of both bolnR parallol In thla reepect. On tho other hand, It would undoubt. (!! bo poaatblo, by adopting a nar row gauged policy, for tho company io alve ervlce exclualvely to tho well developed are of th town and let- tins thoae on tho outikirtt wan. "In nuking the last itatementa I am not attempting to Juatlfy tho vroaent water rate. Neither will I criticise them until I hate mad a thorough Investigation. It la certainly truo that the company at present It rnlng no eiorbllant returna on Ita Investment. Howover, the question of estshllthlng new ratea ahould bo decided only after a careful Investi gation of tho subject from nil Ita Vhaaoa, and that Investigation, -1 liromlao you. will bo mndo In a very Abort time," AECORD nSFEHS Deed nnd Other Instrument Filed With County Clerk nt l'rlnevlllo. Tho llond Co. to lloutl 1'nrk Co., It 1, blk 13, Contor Add., llend. I.ytlo Townalto Co. to I. II. Iloyn- iilda, coinmencliiK nt no corner aoc. 32-17-12, aouth 130B w 87B foot, to point of boBlnnliiK, thotico W f.O ft. N 100 ft, B 60 ft, H 100 It. tquu claim flood). 1. II. Iloynolda to Vnlorynno An urnloff, anmo tract na lnt doacrlbod, Chnrloa U, Wlmor to Millard Trip lott. 30.7B ncrca In bwV4oU, eo 32-10-11, bwHbwU, aoo 33, nnd aaVi aoVi, oc. 32-16-11, CIcorHO W. Wlmer to Millard Trip lott, wator rluht for domoatlo uao In Dull crook, W. V, McNnuRht to Corn 11, Smith, i 7 and 8, blk 16, Doachutea Add., Bond. ChnrUB M. O'Neill to Mary K. Knotto. tract beglnnlnR 200 ft Wiil 38 ft B-of N Oornsr of neo. 32-17-12, thonoe 40 ft.'W 200 ft, N 0 tU M 200 ft. Arthur Klntc to IllolinrdlClnn, tho oUboV wHo'i, hoc 31-11-11. Itlclurd King to J. A. KnatoM, trui- too, annio na Inat nbovo deacrlbcd. Dnvld Hill to (). O. Ilmiklo, truatoo, 80 iinnm In oVinwHt wV4noV4 "0 8-20-11. Jniuea T, Oummlll to llobort M, nidur, It 4 or 2-18-12, 38.60 ncrua, 26, Tho llond Co. to l J. Wllkoy, It 11, blk 11, llond. John M, McKluney to J. O. McKln- noy, hnlf Intoroat In lot 4, blk 2, of Hlatora. COUNTY INSANE CARED FOR Plftren (Vntrrtl OrrffonlaiiN llccoinn Htitto tlinrKea nt rmillelon. County JudBo rocolvod on Jnnunry 20th, tho followliiB Hat of namea of pntlunta admitted from thla county, which wore trniiaferrod from tho naylum at Bnlem Io thu Kaatorn Oro Hon Htnto lloapltnl nt ruudloton, Urexon: Krnml Krntnr. William A. Jctlka. Oliver Cotinot, AtiRuat llredo, llorman Audnraoii, Harnb Morrla, Mm. Jonu I'oater, Mnrtha II. Coaler, Corn lieu, tuiiii it. VMiiiloriMinl. Ilruco Itnr. Jeaao I,. I'ouah. Albert rondolph, Al bert Now, W. II. McDonald. CONOITIONJSJXCELLENT Aruotil Irrluntlon t'onumnlra Made (Imiil I'ntKrOim DurltiK enr. Durlne Jnnunry tho annual moot- liiK or tho Arnold Irrluntlon Com pany aubildlarlci, tho I'luo Forest Irrigation Company nnd tho North Irrigation Company, wcro held nnd tho offlcera of tho Arnold company wore elected. Tho dlrectora and of flcera of thcao compnnlca nro an fol Iowa; Arnnl.t Dlrortora: 1M Ilroater- t ... I, ,I.K...l.t tllM Ulti. noua, . r. jiiinuiimi v-ii... ..., chon. Oleiiil II. Black, U. I). Wlcst. ortlcera: Mr. Ilrostcrhoua, president; Mr. McNaURht, vlco prosldenli Mr. Wleat, eecrotary and treasurer. 1'lno I'ort'st Directors: N. (1. Do Vrlna. Itrnnst Onrrett: W. I". Mo- NaURht, C I), llowo, (llonn II. Black. Ortlcera: Mr. MoNniiRht. president; Mr. tlnrrell. vlco presldont; Mr. Black, secretary; Mr. Howe, troaaur r. North Directors: IM llroster houa.. II. C. Kill, I'rcd llunnell. J. N Hunter, I.. I). Wleat. omcurs: Mr, Hunter, pronldent; Mr. llunnell, vlco prealdent; Mr. Wlcst, aocrotnry nnd treanuror. Tlwt miriitiarlne fontliro of nil tllO rnmpnnle. tho ottlror state, Is their financial Improvoincnt during iss. tturinv ihn vixir thu uialittenanco aa- aessment by tho Arnold company waa "ft r.ni, nn nrro anil of the I'ltlO For est graded from 16 to 16 centa, whlln tho North company iiiaau no assess ment. Tho maximum maintenance coat on tho system for 1012 waa 66 cent an ncro nnd tho minimum wna 20 conta nn ncro. In connoctlon with this, tho 20 centa of tho Arnold com- pnny wna assessed to meet tho main tenance cost for 1911 nnd 1912. "Thu nroinnt Hnsnclal condition or tho North company," until Hocretnry Wlest, "la such that tho Interest In come from outstanding accounts Is umclent to meot all interest una maintenance nssessmentn for 1013. If tho financial condition on the Ar nold system continue to Improve on tho aanio ratio na In 1918, "It will bo only n fow yonni until tho tnalnto nnnco will bo similarly provldod." nvln tn n ilmn nf bottom Of tho Arnold canal near tho Doschutes river It Is tho Intention or tho Arnold oiuc lls to construct 1000 llnoal teet or flumo In tho spring, nnd on this ac count tho maintenance nssoasmont for thla yoar will bo 30 centa nn ncro. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER. 5 TO 7 P. M. Elaborate five course menu- complete in nil details, 50c Per Plate i. dfc: (VfSE -r m ' EAT L BOOKLET Northwest Townsitc Company's Publication Is an Attractive Advertisement of the North west, Containing Many Illustrations "InvcNtmonl by 1'roxy In tho Land or I'rumlso" Is thu title or nn extra ordinarily nttrnctlvo advertising work n work or art Just Issued by the Northwest Townalto Company or Philadelphia, ownor or property In llond and other Northw.cntern towns, Thu foldor Is nn elaborately printed publication containing an Interesting text mid many beautiful Illustrations concerning tho Northwost In gonornl nnd tho chosen town In particular. Knch town has devoted to It a care fully prepared Insert, with descriptive- text nnd Illustrations. Homo extrncts frfllu tho publica tion, which, It I fnlr to say, counts In attractiveness anything yet pro duced for publicity purposes, nro ai follows: "A little over n year ago, October 6, 1911, llond was hosten to a ru mnrknblo gathering of men who loom largo In thu great business enterpris es or tho United fltntes. Tho occa sion waa tho completion of tho ex tension or tho Oregon Trunk lino to llond. Thu greatest personage there wan Jnrnes J. Hill, "Kmplro llulldor," ex-presldont or tho Orent Northern, prophet nnd pioneer railroad builder in the Northwest, Ho drovo n golden splko, the last spike, that completed tho railway construction. "And than thoy touched off tho or atory, nnd tho things promised for tho future of llend woro agood and so great that oven If the city took a scorn of year t,v rcnllKj them. It would break nil record for growth. "Hut this oratory was not flamboy ant bombast or mere Idlo phrase spoken to tlckto tho oar of tho Uttlo crowd of sorlous-faccd man who wero present. The futuro foretold thon was tho prophecy of n rich country na seen by ft. man who had Just spent In tho neighborhood of 112,000,000 to reach llond (ind tho country be yond with a modern railroad connec tion from tho through continental lino to tho north. "IM us look around llond for n moment Hero wo will seo tho con ditions, tho facts, that mnko a city a necessity whom llend stands today, facta that nro the basis of Jim H'll' wonderful prophecy for theso hun dreds of thoustnnda of fertile ncro. "Central Oregon I one of tho rich, est region In tho United Btatcs. It Is rich lu soil, rich tn climate, rich in tlmltcr, rich liPwnicr power possl blltles. Thcio rlclm. for tho most part, hnvo been lying dormant. locked away Irom tho hungry world of com- morco by Impassatilo mountain bar rier nnd yawning chasm. "Here nro 600,000 acres or splen did cerenl and grating lands Ideal for dry farming. "Hero arv 216,000 ncrcs or tho richest volcanic nsh soil In the West, capable, under Irrigation, or raising all tho products of tho tompcrsto to no. "Hero aro twenty billion feet of yellow plno. Hero Is enough water nnd power to Irrlgato tho 315,000 acres, mill tho lumber, reduce the wheat, run hundreds or fnctorlos and glva light nnd power to twenty town. "Thoro wna ono possible way of building n railroad Into thla trona uro chamber and tho Hills developed It. It was Itko a funnel, with tho town of- Hand nt tho opening of- tho mouth, of It. "llend wna tho objectlvo of tho railroad, and when thla waa com pleted It took only half nn eye to aoo that tho commerce or thla groat nroa must drain In nnd out through llend. There I no other way. "Some town nro successful for ono reason, aomo for onothor; ono will becorao popular because or It cli mate, another because or Ita attrac tive aconlc location; another because of Ita manufacturing facllltUa; an other because It la located In a thriv ing agricultural district; another b- causo mineral deposits havo been dis covered; another Brows up from a lumber camp, or a sawmill will bo tho seed from which a town will grow. Karely, indeed, doe any on town ever posse all of theso feature and factor. llend I ono of the (aw. nml has them all. ""AlrcAHJItho robut young cltyMTaji a fine wator ytom, an efficient light ing ystem. tho powor for which 1 rurnlahod by a 1700 II. I plant Nothing spunks with greater omphs- sis or the future or Mend a growth than tho fact that thoy had tan bids for nn tsauo or $60,000 worth or bonds for tho purpose- of putting In a soworflKo system In tho city, and thoso bond sold nt n premium, nbovo par. "llend boasts two substantial Imnka, with doposlto on October 39, 1918, or approximately 3300,000, n growth or 33 1-3 per cont In ono yonr. "Tho big timber nnd lumlvorlng men Interested In tho llond Cominuy, nftor tho nnnunl meeting ot that or Kftnlsntlon, stated In no uncurtain inannor tlmt Uond I soon to have nt toast ono and almost certainly two large lumber mills, and that, lu all probability, within eighteen months, with a cnpnolty of 80,000,000 tout aWuoJjy. Can you picture eighty million feot or luinhor? It would" tnnko a single plank ono root wide, ono Inch thick nnd 15,160 mile long, Touching from New York to Beattlo, Now York: to Now Orleans, New York to San Francisco, Now York to El Paso, Tex.; Now York to Tampa, Fla,; Now York to Salt Uko City aad TS Now York to Duluth. "In npcaklng or thu now in Ill's ef fect upon imputation, J. I'. Koyes, who han done much of tho mill con struction work for tho ltrooks com panies for many years, did not hcsl tato to stato that tho 'establishment of oven ono of tho mills will practi cally double tho population of tho town, whltu the two mill, with a doublo psy roll or over 1000 men, would mean an Increase or llend' population or. between 3000 nnd 4600 people, considering only tho workers and their dopendent. " 'Why, back nt Scunlon, In Minne sota,' said Mr. Keyes, 'our mill cre ated n town or 2600 people, and at that wo wcro hut two and a halt mile rrom a town or ovor 0000 In habitant. And thoro was Uttlo be sldcs tho mill In Scnnlon.'" HIIHIIIHIllllH-H-IWf X rOft THE QOOD ROADS X -CLUBBERS." The attempt to Improve publlo roads undtr the old system of Iocs) supervision, small appro pristlons and taxes worked out undsr petty political control vraeiee a large part of tho money so expended. Qood roads clubs should b or- o"ld In wry township In th T T' Unted States 'and constitute X themeeiveo a a -inom in me fleehM of the road authorities wherever bad piece of rod ex lit until It Is repsired. Ve can build Just as well as they do in Europe, but they have good roods only because they maintsln them, and we havo so msny bad roads because as eoon ss we build a road we forget it until we bump into the hole that come In It Better Road. HI-H-HHH 1 1 II l-H-H-H-H-r GOOD ROADS ARE SURE TO HELP TRADE. Will Inereass Population and Build Up Local Business. To no one more than the business man Im tho qUMliod of good road a vital Imuo. Tb- spreading nf th due triuo of iiikxI runibt will menu a ln,f s 0 f Sewing Machine Bend Water-Light '& Power Compny m ii fncrenso In the roltttn ot baalnesa, will lend to groat leap In th develop ment of thl already rich country and will rnako money for arery moo In mercantile line. While directly tho building of good road will boDodt the frnmor nnd stock raiser orbap more than any ono else nnd will ralso tho value of overy fnrrn reached by good rnad. still tho business men rdme In a closo second. (Jood roods will Increaso the produc tivity of tho land becanso it will give tho farmer n better outlet for their mnrketnblo stuff and will lead to such on Inerefum In population than there will be mora worker per square mile than tbero nro nnder the old road systnn. flood road wilt open for set tlement and cultivation land now ly ing out of the radlu of profluible farming. It will put mor square mile of territory within trade dts-tam-o of ywtr town. Tho bnslnen men of nny town are Intereeted In bringing t that town trade from greater dlstnwe than U easily covered on our prweut road. It Increnne th rnlom of bnMni, and every man In buslnetui In the com munity receive hi haro of the In fit. Tho farmer la nblo to haul hi grain and pmdiir to market at I" cost nnd make a greater profit r year from hi lalwr. Thl itddltlonnl proDt I represented by tho additional amount of cash he hn to spend with Ibo homo dealer. When tho farm nro made to pay larger dlvldenda moro settlers will come to your neighbor hood, and nil of tbem will bnvo to spend money with yon and yonr fel low bufllncx men. Ro. directly and Indirectly, the boslncf men ar beno fltod by tb building of good road. 50c - on SALE In order to make room for a big stock of NEW DRY GOODS. I am selling all my SHOES, HATS and GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINGS at HALF PRICE. I am also putting in a full stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Kitchenware. It will mean money to you to trade here. The Same Old Reliable , E. A. SATHER AGE MOTOR WILL SEW 100 YARDS OF CLOTH FOR ONE CENT The outfit is the essence of simplicity and durability may be attached in a few moments can be run by a child. Ends the drudgery of foot pedalling. Turn the switch guide your work That's AIL F J SCHOOL NOTES Friday afternoon Kor. K, 0. Judd gave an Interesting talk on his trip to Arabia. Tho seventh And eighth grades catno Into tho High School room In order that tboy might hoar him. Maydow Trlplctt left Bchool Friday and went out on her father' ranch at Tumato. She wna a member of tho sophomore class. School for a portion of tho primary grades opened In Lara' hall Monday morning. Mrs. Lucy Hick of Harnp ton Is tho now teacher. At the Tailor Shop of A. Anderson you nre invited to exnmino nnd select your spring suits from my new samples which havo ar rived. ...Shop 3 doors West of 1st Nat'J Bank. - the - $l