THOSE WHO WANT BETTER R.OADS ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE TRUTH ABOUT COUNTY AFFAIRS SHOULD GO TO PRINEVJLLE MARCH 4
The bend bulletin.
vol, .xi.
IHJNI), OIUWO.V, WKIlNKHDAV AITKItNOO.V, FKIHtrAUY 1W, 1011.
NO. 51.
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THE EAST SIDE
Statistics Show Rank Injustice In Division of Road
tRunds, Wherein West Side Districts Receive No
, , Recognition Despite Preponderance of Taxes
and Votes -Table of Figures is Given
Crltloliin n( tlm County Court for
It Dour crook and Itnavor crook road
Appropriations, described In Tim Hut.
lotln Inat woek, baa continued In a
growing chorui. Ily iiottlnic aaldn
this large mini, amounting to nliout
jjC.OOO, tho County Court liatt prac
tically put an ond to other road work
in tha county for" tho rout of thn year,
Inasmuch na thn only money nvallahto
for road purposea thla yonr must
coma out ctf thn general fund and
' thla fund cannot aland any furlhur
tlrnlns for thla purpoao. In preced
Inn yeara a apodal road tax haa boon
levied and thlt with, contribution
from tho gonoral (und haa paid (or
thn road work throughout thn coun
ty. With It ofech road district hna
1 Itcon assured of having nmn wort
lono because of tho statutory provl.
K alon that r.O por cant , at least, of
tbla apodal (und bo apont In tho dlv
trlcta which paid It In Thla yonr,
(or tho (lrt Mmn. no apodal road tin
waa lovlod and tho (und dooa nut nx
lt, whllo thn appropriation of I2T..
000 from tho Kouornl (und for tlili
1 yurpose means that llttlo morn mm
l nvnllablo from it (or other road
, work.
According lo Ihojw who ntlomlHd
the lory mooting InaJL December, tti
present aaet of affairs Indicate that
Judge Hprlngor hna put one over on
tha woat lde of thn county, although
tbU nMoaaltntiHt n alight atrnlnliu
f tho law. According to these per
sons, however, n little thing of thla:
HAtHro la of no Interest to tho Judg
Ilia oIIIoh In not holug InveatlgiMod
At thla mooting, It will m remomlmr
41, Hprlngor proMMt that n special
road tax bo levied and out or it that
tho eastern tKirl or thn county lm
-given Jflo.000 for road work mix) tha
wont aide only 115.000. ThU 17:..
000 wua to bo raised by n apooinl 7
mill lovy. but whon thn proposal on
oouatered vlgnrnua objootloti not on
ly waa It nbnndouod but alao, na aug
tteated above nil smdil nwid lax (or
tho year loll. Now, It la olntd out,
the Judgn sr to It that no appro
print bin la mndo (rum thn general
(und (or thn benofll of thn aamn poo
via ho waa trying In fnvor In pronto
1ng thn JflO.000 appropriation Inst
December, und ho dooa It without
itlvlng anything to tho woat alder
who worn (ormorly to bo glvon tho
nop of n UK, 000 appropriation. Not
only do thoy got nothing but thov
have no ohanro nt nnythlug unlee
tho eounty court room Into dobl In
their behalf. Putting It annthor wny.
ft soama elonr Hint Hprlngor la qulto
willing tu de privately what ho don
not dare to da iilllclly.
la tHt yoar 1911 the total amount
utd from tho gonoral fund (or road
rorpoMM wm ill.6K.tX and .from
bo peUI road fund. $18,941.7
Thla year tkoro U no special rood
fund and nlrwady tho Minora I fn.i-1
U oalled upon by thla Baavor orok
xpndlturo for HCOOO or nearlv
JI.aflD mnro than It furnished all Inat
yoar for all oouaty road nuryos.
It perhaps would ut trouble tho
"Wast aldora so much that tho Jmlgo
hiiil plnyod on on thorn tn tho faah
Ion Indleated above If It wore not
for tho fact that thoy loft tho inn;
Xur no thoy did Inat December In tha
lwllef that thoy warn protoctod from
uny ouch double crowing by tha
VH MM Ol'KN lOll UUfllNHHH If QUIt NUW
QUAKTK1W. AT TIIK OU) IOOATION,' COUNKIt OK .
WAI.I. AND OIUaiON HTIWKTH,
VK AUK NOW AltdH TO OWKIt YOU A Mi TIIK
I'AaMTIl-W OV MOUKHti ItANIUNfJ lX)01TlIKIt
WIT1I OAltKKUti I'KltSONAIi ATTK.NTION TO VOUU
lUNKlNfl UKQlIlUliMIINTfi.
IN OUU n)NCHKvTH-KTMIi VAULT VOUH
l.li:iW AND VAIA'AIU,I Wll.d UK AUSOMJTKI.Y
HAI'i: AND OUU HACK DKPOSIT IIOXKH .MAY UK HK
OlIUUD AT A HMAM YICAUliY UKNTAL.
VK UAUNKSTIiY SOUGHT YOUIt liUHlNKH.S.
Deschutes State Bank
Hticc'CMNor Co thn
Deschutes Banking & Trust Company
if
J1KND, OUKfJON.
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ROAD ROBBERY
tonus of tho atntuto under which
thoy had tholr mooting, Thla so
cnllod budgot law provldod that It
nhould bo unlawful for any tax to
bo lovlod unload an estimate woto
first initdo fully ItnmlElng tho amount
rocmlrod (or tho Improvouirnt nud
malhtoniinco of jiulillo hlghwaya,
roada, atroota and brldgoa, and pr
yidlng (or a hearing at which tax
pnyora might appoar and dlacuaa tho
propoand lory. Aftor thlt hoarlng,
according to tho atatutn, tho county
court ahull dntormlno thn amount of
tnxoa to I io Inrlod and ahall mako
ti aoparnto lory for oidi purpoao. "N'
grnator oxpoudlturn of public monoji
anaii no maun ror any apooinc pur
' jhino than tho amount ao oatlmatod
nud io por cont, tlinroof."
Although no nuthorltatlro Intor-
nrutatlon of thla law haa boon made
Itn iirovlalona aoom to bo porfoctly
clear. All oxponara muat bo provld
od (or In thn annual budgxt and
whom thoy aro not o prnrldod no
oxpoudltiro oau bo mado (or thn
purpoRo.. Certain gonoral oxpone, of
oourno, nro taken naro of by thn gen
ii nil fund but an tho atntuto apoolft
onlly provldoa that road oxiionana
mint bo oatlmntod and pnv!dod (or
aopurntnly It would nam that tho
gonoral (und could not t callotl on
(or road oxponao. Ity taking the ac
tion that It haa In thla raapct tho
court haa apparently dlKrogantmi tb
oplrlt, If not tho letter, of th liudt
law.
Tho nnawor that la mado to tb'a
cr'tlclam of Judgo HHnr to th
ofrect that ho la only ono momiHr or
tho Court and could not put thoa
appropriations through without tbo
aoolHtonco of tho two eomtnllonon
la n pnrfoctly iiropor on. It la trim
that Commltwlonor Hmn l an "out
alitor nud no audi would lo Incllnrl
to favor tho appropriation. In do
Ing on, however, ho hi almply aid-
(Continued on iwgo 8.)
IUNGHE0N ON SATURDAY
CoiiuiiorrloJ Club I'lnna Open Meet.
iu; lo DUouni NccN.
What la expected to bo tho flral
of n aurleo of mooting that will cra
nio rnnnwod Intoroot In tho work of
tho Commercial Club will hold
Saturday nt a noon lunchwon at tha
Jlond Idtol. According to tho plana
of tho officer of tho ciuii. th lun
ch no na will bo hold ovory Saturday
or ovary other Haturtay and will bo
open to all bilnoja rnon mm! Mttlcra
from tho mrruundlng aeuntry. A
atuall chargit. IS rvuta. will Im road
to cover the ooal of th waa I. ant
tharo will Im no oihor oxpon.
At tha flrat lunchaon Important
Hint torn v. Ill Im iI'ocuwmhI rolatlng to
oo-oporntlve work (or tba bonoUt of
tho HHttlora In tho noarliy country.
Tho talk will bo Boort oo that too
much tlmn will not o takon from
bualnoaa by thoau who nttond. It la
hopod that nil (ram thn town and
country who havo tho Interoot of
tho community at heart will attond
Thn lunehoon will bogln at IS o'clock
ahurp.
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NEW BUILDING
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BANK AND PATTERSON
MOVE
Quartrrn of Itotli arr Tliorougbly
Moilorn and Attractive -Owning
OlobralAit. by Itank. VclTiliy(
Htora'a lo llo Next Hatunlay.
With tha romoval of tho Doachutoa
Statu Hank and I'attonton'a drug
atom thla Week Into tho building
u roc ted for thorn by tho Deachute
Investment Co., Ilond hna two morn
moat attractive placoa of bualnoaa
addod to Ita already rapidly expand
ing lUt, and Incidentally another of
tho town a ubatuutlul brick build
Inga la occuidod (or tho Drat time.
. Tho atructuro la not yot flnlahcd
throughout, but other tonnnta will
move In na rapidly aa their quartern
aro completed.
Itauk'M Oitcnlng Vctcnly.
Tho bank opened for bualnoaa In
Ha now quarter yoatorday morning,
und tho llrat dewiltor wna llorl
Shiiey. During tho day all tho men
nho called received clgara and all
tho ludlea cariHtlona, and Inat even
ing there waa a inimical iirogram by
Korroat'a orchoatra.
Kntranco to the Imnk In from Wall
alroot. J Hot lualdo to tho loft la n
prlvato ottlce for the canhler and be
yond thla tho doak of the caahlar
where ho la accooalbla to the public.
Then cornea tha working quartera,
with nmnlo nMirti and modern Imnk-
Ing furulture The llxturoa are hand
aoioa golden oak.
Tho lobb) la tiled, and large plate
kIim window t In an abundance of
light. There aro two wall deeka for
the t(e of patroiu. Two big ahadod
electric lnni (uriilah nrlltlclal light.
Ono of tho apoclal (oaturoa of the
banking qiiurtora la the vault. It la
8 by IS feet In dlmonalona, with 15
Ineli roln forced concrete walla. Thero
la a hal' Inch of air apace and a lin
ing of tiro brick, making It thorough
ly llrHbronf The celling Is of roncreti
17 Inches thick . Thero la a atalrway !
from tho tanking room to tho have
moot where li located tho boating
furnace.
Connected with tho lobby la on of
fice, fnelng on Oregon street, which
haa been rented by K. O. Minor, ono
of the, bank official.
A namo plate on tho outalde di
rects the atranger to the bonk, mid
thn worda "Dnachutes State Hank"
appear in the acreen which ehula
out the public view from the cituh
ler'a private office.
I'ottorcoii'n In llnnilMiinV Store
Tho I'nttonou Drag Co. la now
noting Uto lu quaKtra ono door
ooth of the bank and will havo lu
formal hinIiik Saturday. WlthoHt
exception, thla will bo Dond'a flnoet
alMro and ono that romimre very
fatirably with anv of the drug atnrM
or tho large cltlee. All the fitting
and flit urea are of the latest design
and Ote arrangement of the atook
will make It a very attractive place.
Tho teatlhule and the main (leor
nro tiled, with the name "I'atlor
aoit'a" Inlaid nt the entrance. The
fountain la located Juat Inilde, to tho
(Continued on last page.)
b The Bend Hardware Co.
? i , carry in stock a com-
S ' plete line of S
( ; W ' Agricultural Imple- i (
r ments .
j . Garden Tools
( Garden Seeds , 5
N in bulk )
s Grass Seeds.
$ Cull and et our prices and S
? seed catalog. S
BEND
hiJl HARDWARE. ,!',
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REPRE8ENTATIVE
IN RAGE AGAIN
FORBES ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY
Control Oregon Man' Aide Itrcord lo
Jjtit IegNlaturr) Practically Aw
dure Hint of Itcpuhllcan Nomi
nal Ion lo Home Thla Yer.
Whllo up to tho present, candidate
(or county ofTlcea havo kept In tho
background, aofar aa announcementa
are concerned, atato office acekera are
beginning to get Into the lime light.
Hut no announcement of candidacy
will bo of more intcreat to Contra!
Oregon than that of Vernon A.
Forbes, representative In the lskt
legislature from thla district, who haa
definitely announced that ho will run
for re-election.
After tho brilliant record Mr.
Forbes made last year. It la practical
ly a foregone conclusion that ho will
receive tho Republican nomination
and ho returned to Salem whoro ho
can accomplish tnoro good (or thla
territory.
"I Intend to rnnko no specie! effort
to bo returned to tho Mouse," said
Mr. KorlHW. "If the voters are at
Isfled and want me to work for them
nguln. I want to go. Next yoar thero
will bo many legislative matters ol
prime lmHrtance to thla country,
and with tho experience I have ha I
and the friends I have made, I believe
I can accomplish more than a greei
man (MMwIbly could."
According to thoe who know, ho
la la a groat measure responsible for
the many Moms which Central Ore
gun pulled from tho legislative tree
at tho last session. In thla connec
tion, tho Portland Orogonlnn once
remarked that the people of this sec
tion "rocolved a trlflo more than full
recognition getting at tho rato
of 180 'per', whllo the peoplo of the
Mate oa a whole rocolved loss than
$8 por."
Mr. Forbes la n mombor of tho
Cclllo project commission, tho most
Important committee of Ita kind In
the northwest.
What llo Worked For.
In tho work of tho 1913 session of
tho legislature Mr. Forboa took a
prominent part, particularly In tho
support of the county road bonding
act. tho antl-plstol bill, tho demon
stration farm, tho compensation act,
tho wldow'a pension law, tno net for
the state Industrial school for girls
nnd .the bill prohibiting grunting li
quor license outside of Incorporated
town except to hotels aecommoda
Ihk 60 or more guests. He opposed a
f ftftO.ono appropriation for the I'ann-HM-1'aelAc
Uxpoaltlon, supporting the
amend men t. cutting the sum to
S1T&.000
When the road bonding rmaaure
waa being considered there waa a dl'
feronce between the Mouse and Sen
ate aver several provisions and the
bill had to g" to conference twlre.
Mr. Forbes was a tnemtier of the con
ference committee and waa Instru
mental In securing tho pawngo of tho
law as It stands on the hooiia
today. Ono of tho provisions final
ly agreod uion was tho County Court
call Imnd elections but that It must
(Continued on lust page.)
HUGE BACK OF FARCICAL REPORT
"Expert's" Activity In County Investigation Branded
as Political Move and the Accuracy and Worth
of His Findings Questioned Springer Seeks
Vainly for Lawyer to Agree with Him
(This la a careful summary of tho
Court House row prepare! by a Itul
letln revrcsontativo after tliorougli
invrwugsllon.)
PIUNEVIM.B. Feb. 23 Frlctloi
that has existed between O. Springer,
county Judgo, and the other county
officials, since the Incumbency of hla
honor, came to a crisis at Prlnevllle
when the Judges export, A. McU.
Hall, and Sheriff Frank Klkina, mixed
over the custody of the delinquent
tax rolls. A partial storr of the af
fair appeared In The Ilulletln last
week, Tno incident Itself was not
so material, except aa tho culmina
tion of a series of similar Incidents
that have occurred, not only between
Springer and tho sheriff, but between
Springer nnd the county clerk, coun
ty assessor, county surveyor, county
school superintendent and others.
The sheriff, as a matter of law snd
right, la undoubtedly the cuitodlnn
of the tax rolls, except the new rolls
which under tho 1913 enactment ar.
now turned over to the treasurer for
collection Instead of the sheriff. The
sheriff Is still made the collector of
delinquent taxes, however. When o
returned to his offlco and found tho
books in tho possession of tho expert,
ho Immediately took steps to regain
possession, asking Janitor T. N. Bal
four, former sheriff, to open tho room
where the rolls woro concealed lv
the export.
Kxpert Hall had taken from tho
sheriff's vaults all the rolls back to
and Including tho 1007 roll and In
sisted that he needed them all to do
his work properly. This precluded
the sheriff from collecting any delin
quent taxes until Hall aaw fit to re
turn tho rolls to tho sheriff, aa the
latter saw the matter. No titles
could be cleared up and no one could
pay any back taxea until Ball had
finished, and furthermore Uie rolls
were not protected from fire or alter
ation, olthor by the expert himself,
or any other person who might bo
personally Interested In tho correct
ness or Incorrectness of the rolls, a
tho sheriff pointed out.
Tho sheriff notified Dall that ho
PRIZE TRIP TO FAIR
Preliminary Announcement of Rules
U .Mndo by Committee.
Rules to govern the competition
(or the prizo trip to San Francisoo
In 1916. offered by tho First Nation
al Band to the pupils of the Bond
public schools, have been prepared
by tho committee which Is In charge
of the contest. They will be printed
In (ull In The Bulletin next week.
To those who expect to on tor tho
contest the following announcement
Is made at this time:
The amount of the prise has boon
set at $150. or sufficient to pay U
fare to and from San Franeteeo and
give the winner of tho trip am pi
time at the (air. The eonteot la opej
to all implla enrolled In tho Bond
schools (rom January 19, 1914, to
March 1, 1916. All who desire to
ontor must make written application
to do so to some member of the
committee prior to April 1. 1914.
stating age at birthday nearest
to March 1. 1914. The contest wll
bo based on scholarship records aid
upon earning capacity and savlu
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The First National Bank
OF BEND, BEND, OREGON
U. C. COE, President K. A. SATHK.R, Vlco- Proaldont
C. S. HUDSON, Cashier
Capital fully paid - - $25,000
Surplus 118,000
Thenew Currency Bill Is now a law.
Panics are a thing of the past
Additional security and safety-has boon
added to the banks of the U. S., and
therefore to the people.
This is the greatest piece of construc
tive legislation passed in fifty years.
We cannot put its many provisions in
writing for lack of space, but will bo
pleased to tell you personally of -tho many
admirable features of this bill, which are
for your further safety and welfare. Call
and talk to us about it.
IE. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEND
E)IRECTORS a-aaaas r
U. C Cob K. A. Sathbr O. S. IlDOsSoy
O. M. Pattkkson H. r. Kf.r.13
r
m
could havo room tn his ofTtco whero
he could work on the rolls unmolest
ed but that tho rolls must h locked
up in the vaults la tils office every
night, as ho was bonded In n largo
sum to care (or thorn and protect
them. Finally, It was agreod that
Hall should take one or two of tho
rolls at a time to an adjoining; room
and the export la now checking tip
tho rolls by this method. ;
Springer (JcU In Game.
Judgo Springer at onco becamo
very much excltod when ho learned
of tho sheriff's acts in retaking tho
tax rolls. He applied to Judgo Hrnd.
sbaw for a mandamus Ordor to Un
sent down by parcel pot to compel
tho rolls to be turned over to tho
expert. He also wired tho governor
asking htm If he would not lend tho
military of the state In enforcing Uio
order that waa coming from Judgo
Hradshaw; and stating that tho sher
iff bad "awlped" hla own tax rolla.
Both tho Judgo nnd tho Bovernor re
(usod to concur with Judgo Spring
er's Idea. Judge Hradshaw roforrcd
him to District Attorney Wlrtz whoro
ho then applied (or assistance.
District Attorney Wirt Inquired
If It was the order of the entire court
or of himself only that the suit vcw
to bo started. The Judge replied
that he had not yet consulted the
commissioners, that It was no uso .to
consult Commloaloner Hayley and
that Commissioner Brown would
havo to bo readied by telenhontt.
Wlrtz then conversed with Brown but
Brown refused to authorize tho suU
until he could be personally prosexki
and go over the situation.
Tho Judge then decided to call a
speelal aoaslon o( tho County Court
(or Monday, Fobrunry 16. Ho Im
mediately wroto mnny o( hla friends
In tho Haystack Culver. Madras arid
Round Butte dhitrlota that a grand
oxposo of graft In official circles
would tako placa and when tho day
arrived tho Circuit Court room lu
(Continued on last page.)
WEYERHAUSERS CRUISE
Representative With Right .Men at
Work Near IWnd.
Thero la a audden nnd promising
activity In local timber. William Hel
nor, who, It la understood, la a repre
sentative of tho Weyorhausora and
comes (rom tho Potlateh Lumber Co.,
Idaho's biggest manufacturer, has
started out with a crow of eight men
to eraise all tho timber on tho west
aide of the Desoliues below Spring
river.
Thla body of pine Utat la being sur
veyed la nrMtleally all tha property
of the Deschutes Lumber Oe.; that la,
the Johnsons of San Franeisco. (or
whom John K. Ryan at The Tules Is
resident repreaeataUve. Whllo thus
far nothing oho bo ascertained con
cerning the moaning of the move. It
Is reported oa good authority that
thero Is a good chance of manufac
turing by the Weyerhausors should
pending arraugomouta bo consum
mated. beu
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