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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1913)
th Hy;wn nvjJMTlti, ,ffsm, wkdnkhdaVi FKn.RVAnv o, hm M.1IL A. 1 'M !, 4 4 Ml T OPTION SALES DECISION IN LA PINE 1 CASH !) Iiutcs IiMitt ConipMny Wlitn Its I'lutit Willi (Joui-nor West niul Desert IjiihI llonnl Hiiprruico Court Huntnlii Morson, IHpoclnl to Tho I loud llullotln.) MALUM, IV Ii. 17. In n decision of (tin Buprotno Court lisudod down lint nvok In tho caso of tha state against iillid Dotoliules Land Comapany of l.n llni. Invnlvlnv llin rllrlit nf Dm mm. lmny to ioll "options" on tho Und onibracod In tho Carey net project In Crook (oiinly hoforo tho lauds worn itctunlly reclaimed, tho court docldoa In (uxor of tho company and affirms tho decision of tha lower court In dis missing tho suit. Tho decision Is of groat Importsnco lo every section of tho state which lias a Carey net project for which tho contract with tha statu won inado pri or to tho legislative enactment of 10011, amendlnK tho stnto's tnwa rel ative to tlu domrt Und 'a nuthorltr Iti handling audi landi. Governor West mado tho right against tho Deschutes land Company, using ovary means to force J, K. Mor won, president of tho company, to caae selling any contracta or op tlona on tho land that his company was reclaiming When Morton ro. fused to atop aollliiK hla option, n Hult waa brought In tha Multnomah county circuit court hy tho attorney general, uikmi tha Instruction of tha desert land board, to enjoin tho Des titute ljnd Company from selling options on tho ground that tho com pany waa violating a provision of Its contract with tho atatn, Tho lower Miurl dlamlssod tho aull mid tho itato iipnlod. Ijind Ibuinl Wlllioiit l'mrr. In tho opinion of (ho higher court, which waa written by Judgo lluruott, It la held that tho desert land Itonrd, under the laws In forco prior to 11)00, had no right to Insert n clauso In tho contract with tha company which would prohibit tho company from netting audi contract or option, "Tho general sropo and purpose of tho Carey act and of tho state legis lation supplemental thoroto waa to encourage tha reclamation of desert limits mi that the same should bo ctiino Inhabitable," aya tho court' opinion. "There Is no Intlmntlon In uuy of tha legislation noticed that lit lenntlon of land should bo hindered or Impeded. Iloth the national legis lation nnd tho state law authorised tho contracts and agreements that tuny tie necessary to 'Induco nnd oauso such reclamation.' "Tho Oregon stntuto Itself pro scribes this In general terms and In GOUR D ml j tic i bo addition thereto lay down with pr. tlcularlty the condition which shall Included within the contract with ituy person or eorirntlou desiring to underline n reelnmntlou project, but It doe not nulhnrlto tho board to In vert nny provision restraining tho nl letiatlon of tho contractor's Hon or nossessnry Interest In tho lauds con ferred by tho statute. "On the contrary, section 10 of tha net prescribes that nny cltlson desir ing to purchase nny unsold quarter unction of desert land on which Is a lien for tha cost of reclamation shall bo entitled to purchnsu tho aamo on SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER. 3 TO 7 P. M. Elaborate, five course menu complete in all details. 50c Per Plato Mfdjgt tho tonus thorolu speolflod, "In our Judgmont tho provision of tho contract upon which tho atnto ro lion In this suit la Inconsistent with tho provisions of thnt section Just noted and bunco I It In plain excess of tho nuthoilty of tho board confer red by tha stntuto In forco nl tho tltno tho contract wn mado. IIoIiik a de parture from tho board's authority and thus contrary to tho stntuto, ho provision la void nnd does not bind either party to tho Instrument be cause n contract to bo onicucloua must bo equally binding upon both parties. Tho defendant had n right to contract to do In tho future what mlgh tonally bo dono under ha pro visions of this soctlon," EIGHTH GMDEjRADllATES Mat of Those Who I'jimciI Kvatnliia (Inn Announced by Hupt. Meyers. County Kuporlntondont Meyers has furnished the following list of eighth grade graduates In tho county: District 1. Itota It, Nowlon, (Jus sle O'Neill, Klvn II. Miller, Dottle Pnludoxter, May Mrlckson, Gladys llayn, I'rlnovllle, Dlst. Z. Itnlph Christian, Oeorgo Taylor, I'rlnevlllo. Dlit. B. Pearl U. Itussoll, I'rlno vlllo, Dlst. 10. Kloyd Osborn, Culvor. Dlst 11. Vernon A. Chltwood, Orliily. Dlst. 12. Lelta llenslor, Mndra. Dlst. 32. licrt Itohlnson, James flrnnt, Margaret Leach, Ada Mitch ell, Ijimontn, Dlst. as, Dorn A. (lould, Ilolmrt. Dlst. 3d. Nellie Crnm, Youngs. Dlst. 37. Vivian (larlock, Kdlth Karguharson, llaycrcek. Dlst. 48. Flora llammnch, I'rlne vlllo. Dlst. 40. Arthur DUney. Vnnora. Dlst. G 4. Pauline Truesdate Dow. ey Johnson, Powell llutte. Dlst. 67. Clifford McKenxle, Pau lina. Dlst, 88. Marvol Akeyson, Mad ras. Dlst. 72. Ilattlo Frost, Powell llutte. Dlst. 74, Calvin Sherman, llarnc. RECORD nSFERS Denis and Other Instruments Piled Willi County Clerk at Prlnevllle. C. V, Hllvl to P. W. Ilrown, It 20, blk 4, llend. Tho llend Park Co. to J. I.. Hills, It 21, blk 114, first add. to llend Park, 9110. llend Park Co, to Mary l-ovy. it K, blk 113, first add. to llend Park. S140. Henry A. Miller to Dwlght M. Dsv Is, half Interest In lots 1 and 2. blk 8. Ilond. Joe Innea et nl to Harry K. Jones, commencing 430 feet south of ne corner of noV4 nee. 32-17-12, w 200 feet, ii 200 feet, n 200 feet. John II. Wlmer to (leorgo W. WI iner, et nl, ono-fourth Inletest In tho soWnwVi, swUnoVi, nwHseU, sec. 32-KM1. I.a Pine Townslto Co. to Dwlght M. Davis. It 34, blk -, U Pine. 1200. It. II. Kummy to Mary Slater, It 4 of seo. 31-1712, nwVJnwU, sec. C. 18-12. I3CB0. llend Park Co. to John J. I.ucoy, It 4, blk 113. first add to llend Park. 8200. II. J. Ovorturf to V. (J. McCuls ton, It 2, blk 27, Ilond. (lortrude Market to William Mar kol, nHuwH of noU ofsoU, sec 4-18-12, $1000. laming a Pox. Foxes as n rule iirv treacherous and shy. yet I soon found that they re scinded to gentle treatment and affec tion. I became ijulto friendly with four foxes nnd used to go In nnd out of their cage set era I times ii day and Invariably took with me u handful of raisin. 1 found they were very fond of any sweet fruit, especially raisins, and It wns not long before they would eat them freely from tny hand. At first I had to approach cautiously and not dare to attempt to place my hand on them. Hut by nnd by I Ktted them almost na freely as I would n dog. and i they cvnsed to show nny feur In my presence. It was tho same wltti tlio coyote and tlm lynxea or wildcats. Detroit Free Press. IJt your farm and city property tvltll me. I villi make nn honest effort to sell It. C. V, HII.VIH Adv. 50c - on SALE T1T"f '"' ' "TX'" In order to make room for n big stock of NEW DRY GOOOS, 1 am Milling all my SHOES, HATS nnd GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINGS at HALF PRICE, I am also putting in a full stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Kitchenware, It will menu money to you to traUe here. The Same Old Reliable E. A. SATHER GOVERNMENT PUTS ITS 0. K, 0NJ0RS0N WORK Hpeclal .rt IteKirt I ten u It nf In vestigation Into Charges That Company Was Misusing Mull. (Bpoclnl to Tho Ilond llullotln.) BALKM, Fob, 17. After making a thorough Investigation of tho oper ations of tha Deschutes Land Com pany, of which J, B. Morson Is presi dent, ICdwnrd V. Dickson, tho gov ernment agent, has sont n report to tho department of tho Interior com pletely exonerating the company from nny taint of shady conduct. llo began Inst Novembor tho work of checking over tho company's re ports nnd books nnd states that ho found tho records complete, with tho oxceptlon of n few clerical errors that are always to he expected. The books showed that tho amount of money received from tho snlo of con tracts nnd options on the land being reclaimed by tho company's project nnd nccountod for Its expenditure. Iletwcon 10,000 nnd 17,000 acres of land had boon sold on contract, for which 1220,000 had boon receiv ed. This wo all accounted for. Tho Investigation was brought about by the antagonism of Gover nor West to Mr. Morson and tho gov ernor's reports to tho government when Morson refused to fllo a public roport with the desert land board as to tho condition of tho company. Then the company's plan of sell ing options on tho land In tho proj ect wns attacked by the governor. It was alloged that the company was making misuse or tho malls. The special agent's report says thero'a not tha slightest ground for a charge that tho company was making misuse of tho malls In advertising and negoti ating the sale of the options. Dlchaon'a report states that tuore Is no ground for tha government to longer wlthold from tho company the title to tho Crescent lake reservoir site. He reports that with n little more work tha company can put wa ter on about 10,000 acres for the coming season. Dickson paid considerable trlbuto to Mr. Morson personally by putting In his report an account of tho In stances where bo refunded to op tion holders, who had becomo dis couraged with tho delay caused hy the fight being made on tho company, the money they had (mid In. This amounted to nbout $12,000. HOMESTEADER BUYS CLEARING EQUIPMENT !? For Claim Willi Traction F.n- glne nnd Outfit Willi Which to lUil Innl of the HAgchruti (Inmth. Headed for hla homestead south of Hums. C I. Austin, with an equip ment valued at iipprmlinntely sKHIO consisting of a now 20-hnrcpower trnctlon engine nnd two trucks, load ed with water pipe, tools, disc har row nnd canned goods, loft llend this week for his ISO-mile Journoy ncross tho prnlrlo. For tho past two weeks Mr. Austin has been lacking his freight on the trucks and build, lug n room on one of them In which ho nnd his wlfo will eat nnd sleep dm lug thu trip. He estimates the weight ot his load nt nbout 10,000 pOUuX. Mr. Austin has spent nearly two years on his homestead. About a month ago ho went to Portland nnd purchased tools nnd machinery to clear and work hla land, nnd with his oqulpmoht no will alio hlro out to neighboring ranchers sovcrnl of whom, ho says, have already con traded for his outfit to help In clear ing their land moro quickly. Ho ex pects to mora than cam back tho money Invested In the machinery and ImplemontB during tho coming sum mer nnd fall. haim:v makim tuip. Oeorgo M. Ilnltey, presldont of tho Northwest Townslto Company, with W. P. Davidson, head of tho Orogon & Western Clonlxatlon Co., nrrlvod horo Saturday night after complet ing n swing through tho properties lu which Mr. Davidson Is Interested which took them Into Harney county. Thero Is n rumor that Mr. Halley's organlxatlon may become Interested In at loaat a iwrtlon or tho coloulxa tlpn company's land grant. - the - $l Cheap Electric Power To Manufacturers ? r, '- ! fr i ra Bend Water Light & Power Company thr Ihi Bend Commercial CIu stands ready to aid any bona fide enterprise that will locate here. We can help yoii get a location and cheap power. Tell us what you want and we will tell you what we have. T Bend Commercial Gift Cook With Electricity CJThis is the ideal method for cooking in summer. No hot kitchen no dirt. We have a low rate for this service Ask us about it. 1 ? jt , 4tt S" BEND WANTS PAY ROLLS III SMIISSSSSSy 55 ii ,v f fc Wa.Pt!