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To tho Tax Payors of Crook County,
Oregon:
Greeting:
As tiio County Court lins been
criticised from time to time for Its
failure to appropriate money for
demonstration work. I take this op
portunity to give )'ou tho facts In
tho ease. Aout two oars ago, at u
meeting of tho Contral Oregon De
velopment League, held at Prlnovlllo,
tho matter of demonstration and ex
perimental work was taken up nnd a
subscription of $10,000 waB made for
work as I understand In Crook
count)-. Tho contributing parties be
ing tho two railroads. $2600 each,
tho Portland Commercial Club $2000
nnd Crook county $3000. in all $10,
000, for which sum the Oregon Agri
cultural College agreed to carry on
tho work for two years. About tho
15th of April, last, Mr. Powers, tho
party representing tho College in this
work, was In Kcdmond ana I pre
vailed on him to come to Prlnevllle,
that we might learn something of the
status Of tho matter. When I learn
ed to my surprise no one seemed to
bo looking after the matter particu
larly as to collecting the contribu
tions. Crook cotmty had paid its
contribution in full and Mr. Powers
informed mo tho railroads had paid
up but no effort and perhaps no de
mand for tho remaining $2000. I
requested Mr. Powora to sco the head
men of the college nnd furnish mo
nn authoratlro statement that I
might take the Initiative In the finan
cial department and gather in tho
balance of tho funds. This ho agreed
to do but to this date I have heard
nothing from him or the college ofTl
clals. I withheld this public explanation
of the oaso In the hope wo might get
matters straightened out In a quiet
way, hut as the college has failed to
answer my letter of soma weeks
Blnce, written with a view of gottlng
together for demonstration work for
next season. I think best the tax
payers should know tho situation.
The matter In a nutshell Is about
ns stated In lost week's Issuo of tho
Deschutes Valley Tribune. Tho Ore
gon Agricultural College contracted
to carry on the demonstration work
In Crook county two years for $10.
000. The college has received
,r
$8000 nnd tho work was done ono
season, but Uttlo or nothing dono tho
past Benson.
if 1 cared to plead tho cano of tho
County Court, I would put n conun
drum In this way: If It costs $100
por aero to farm scientifically, how
long will it take tho dry fnrmers,
who nro unaided, to make n fortune?
Hut. U is not n matter of great
Importance that tho peoplo should
know who la to blame, what is need
od ,1s Intelligent preparation tor next
season. Under tho old law author
(xlng experiment stations, tho college
was required to publish reports for
distribution. In this enso, tho sta
tions woro created without stato aid
and there Is no state law requiring
u stntemont of receipts nnd expendi
tures. Hut the law of common de
cency, tho custom made law of busi
ness, requires that those who handle
money contributed for any purpose,
shall account to tho contributors. As
tho County Court for tho peoplo con
tributed $3000 It reels under obli
gation to tho people to report results,
nnd in view of tho present unsatis
factory status of tho previous Invest
ment, wo feel that wo should have a
dotlnlto understanding ns to what
shall be undertaken In future nnd
tho failure of tho collogo to respond
to tho request for such an under
standing Is responsible for tho fail
ure to have tho work under way for
next Boasou.
Tho court is a unit In fnvor of
demonstration work, but want a dis
tinct understanding ns to tho extent
and character of tho work to do
undertaken.
O. SPRINGER. Judgo.
The IiuUctln lias written lo Pros
dent Kerr of tho O. A. C. for n state
ment of that institution's vorslou of
tho matter, and doubtless will be able
to set It forth noxt week.
BEND SCHOOL NOTES
Tuesday afternoon the high school
hnd a spelling match, the following
taking part: Hazel Thorson, Marga
ret Schroder. tLeona Springer. Ksthor
Vox, Gladys Iirandonburg, Frances
Steldl. Hattle Dlok. Maydew Trlnlett.
Mario Fox. Lloyd Kelley., Cairo Hun
ter, Evelyn Iledlent. Vlolot Young.
Susie Kelley. John Stoldl Jr.. Floyd
Reynolds, Ruth Caldwell) Km ma
Murphy. Lloyd Kelly was the Inst
ono left standing.
Miss Cowlcs dellvored a short
talk on tho "Relation llutwcen Port
land and Other Great Cities."
The high school boys divided Into
two teams Monday night and played
basket ball.
Marjorle and Dorothy Smith en
tered school Monday, Marjorle being
a freshman and Dorothy a senior.
They are daughters of R. W. Smith,
the new lawyer from Centervlllo,
Iowa.
A school entertainment Is now be
ing arranged.
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Banking Time
Fall time is Banking time. Farmers receive pay
for their year's labor in the fall. If yon have
surplus money you need a good Bank to care for
it. If you were not as successful as you expected you need a
good Bank to carry you over until next year. In either
case come to us. We always take care of the FARMER
FIRST.
TEe FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEND
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t U. C. COE, President . A. SATHER, Vice President C S. HUDSON, Cashier
FISH LICENSES
IN 1912. 1490
QAME WARDEN FINLEY
ISSUES BOOKLET
Work of Stale CnimiiWtlnn IH'sitIIhmI
in Attractive Publication In Witt
There Were T.IIO.niU l'Mi
Planted In Oiegou Nt train.
An extremely nttrxetlvo booklet
has Just been Issued by William I,
Flnloy, State Unmo Wardun. It is
beautifully printed nnd well Illus
trated with Interesting views doallng
with Oregon's gnmo nnd fish resour
ces. In amount of Mulling llcunso fees
collected Crook county ranks fifth
among Orogon counties. Tho num
ber of nnglers licenses collocted hero
during 1912 was 1400. Among tho
:t:t other counties those which ex
ceeded Crook nro Multnomah, Jack
son, Lano and Marlon. One non
resident nngler'H license was nil that
Crook county could show under this
head. Tho hunting llcouses Issued In
Crook for the year woro 707, bring
ing the cash revenue for the county
up to $2,204. Tho totnl amount col
lected In tho state was $Sa,770.
Tho revenues derived by tho gnmo
department from fines for tho half
year ending December 1, 1912, was
$13,190.
For tho half year above montloned
Crook county received 76.700 trout
fry, out of n total for tho state of
7.3S5.43G. For the ontlro yonr uf
1912 the number of gnmo fish dls
trlbutcd (bass and trout) totalod ?,
440. MG, as against 1,905,840 for
1911.
Tho brochure gives some neoount
of tho workings of tho Orogon game
nnd hah commission, and a descrip
tion of the work it Is doing.
HP.Wim IIRAWINCS I'IMiD.
Bnglnecr R, 15. Koon has filed with
tho city recorder and tho city engi
neer drawings showing a comploto
record of sewer construction. Kach
set consists of 33 drawings 22 by 33
Inches In alio nnd shows tho loca
tion of all connections and sower ap
purtenances; also, tho nature and
depth of the exravr.tlons mado for
tho construction of the sewer. Tho
entire set comprises not only records
of completed work hut alio complcta
plans to r proposed future extensions.
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