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BEND BULLETIN, BEND, ORE., WEDNERDAY, MAItCH 11, 1014,
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liiH BbINU
(Uublltlied Every Wednesday)
GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM
Editor and Publisher.
RORERT V. SAWYER
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mui, uiu imill iiu umiiiira iui w.u
distribution of Its expenditures ap
pears to plcnso nil sections pretty
well.
Tho money nnd tho Improvements
will bo wolcomed. Probably they
would hnvo como auywny. Perhaps
they wcro assured eamo timo npo.
nut that Is no reason why tho auth
orization of such largo expenditures
should not nppenr In tho court rec
ords, and such authorliatlon. and
final clinching nssurnuco of tho
monoy, is what tho people hnvo desired.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1914.
WHY DID SPRINGER OBJECT.
Considerable criticism of The Bul
letin ban been voiced In tho past
year becauso of tho stand it has taken
against Judge Guyon Springer. For
this stand Tho Bulletin has no apol
ogy to make. No malice has actuat
ed It and no hopo of favor from other
sources has urged It on. It has seen
In the man nt the head of Crook
county affairs a vanity and Incompe
tence mat nave produced friction
and Inefficiency as well as wasteful
ness nnd extravagance and It has folt
It necessary to point out to tho tax
payers and voters of the county what
it saw. To all who would still crit
icise, Tho Bulletin recommends a
careful study of tho following facts.
Last December Judge Springer
hired A. McE. Ball to "expert" tho
books of tho county and since then
Mr. Ball has been intermittently In
Prlnevllle and at work on tho books.
Early In February he made a report
on a number of the county officers
In which It was plain that he had
tried to show his worth by going
down tho line with criticism for every
officer he touched. For tho most
part he sought to fortify his criticism
by citations from tho statutes of Ore
gen that only served to show his un
fitness for the work he was doing.
His complete lack of understanding
of the situation and needs of Crook
county was indicated in his comment
on the high school agriculturists,
"Wo do not believe your county has
reached a stage of advancement when
this department should bo maintain
ed." For what has been done to date
in this direction the county Is out
not less than $1200.
If hostilo minds aro now saying
that In the preceding we are offering
conclusions as facts we ask that they
bear In mind the two undoubt
ed facts, that Springer hired Ball and
the cost has been high.
Then wn ask them to observe this
fact that the last session of tho
legislature provided that the sate in
surance commissioner should annu
ally make an audit of the books of
each county at the expense of the
county, and this that when the tax
payers sought to put an end to the
expenso connectea wltb Hall's em
ployment and to substitute for him
the Insurance commissioner Springer
fought them.
These are Incontrovertible facts.
What does their study suggest? Tin
Insurance commissioner must make
an audit of the county books some
time this year. The law so provides
and officials to be Investigated have
demanded it. Why did Springer try
to postpone the Investigation by the
state official? He denies that poll
tics bad anything to do with the em
ployment of Ball. Why did he fight
to retain him? Springer has made
professions of economy. Is it econ
omy to pay for work that must be
duplicated? Whj did not Springer
seek out the Insurance commissioner
in the first place? Is he Ignorant of
the statutes of Oregon?
Those who would defend the coun
ty judge in this matter are In a dif
ficult position. He has wasted the
county money in the unnecessary em
ployment of an accountant, be has
sought to continue tho employment
and Increase tho waste, he has sought
to prevent the employment of the
state official by whom tho work
should properly be done, and be has
fought against an Investigation of all
the county offices.
Why has he done these things?
TO A REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Tho following paragraph Is quot
ed from n letter recently received by
Tho Bulletin.
"I would llko to ask you for a lit
tle Information. When I was In
Bend a year and a halt ago I (ook
up some, matters In a business wny
with tho firm known as . I
have heard nothing from them for a
long while and fall to ndto their
card or advertisement In the paper.
May 1 ask whothcr they aro still in
business or not? I am desirous of
keeptng In touch with some ono In
that section who Is making a business
of looking out for the development
of the lumber business.
"1 would greatly appreciate hear
ing from you regarding this matter
and If the firm mentioned is not now
doing business, kindly refer me to
a good reltablo firm Interested in tho
handling of tho timber proposition. '
On this eleventh birthday of Tho
Bulletin It ts necessary to record Its
loss of one who has contributed
greatly to Its success. U. N. Hoff
man, who has been managing editor
for nearly thrco years, has left the
paper and will leave Bend. His abil
ity and painstaking loyalty to Tho
Bulletin and to tho town aro recog
nized, and havo been of very mater
ial old In tho development of both.
His departure from this office Is a
matter of sincere regret to thoso who
have worked with him, nnd who wish
him well In whatever fresh fields he
seeks.
L. II. McMahan of Salem Is think
ing of running for the Progressive
nomination for Governor. Ho prob
ably wants another turn at tho Tum
olo low through tho recall of Judic
ial decisions.
Although wool no longer enjoys
boncflts of a protective tariff, It Is
selling at a higher price than that ol.
talned last year. So la Prasldout Wil
son Justified.
li man v club roses.
The Ladles Library Club havo
several hundred cholco rose bushes
which they aro now offoring tor sale.
There are eight varieties, two yoars
old. cverbloomlng roses, grown at an
altitude similar to Bend and are ex
ceptionally strong nnd hardy. They
are selected with great caro and will
bloom this year. Tho entlro pro
ceeds from tho sale of theso roses go
to tho library fund. The prlco Is
25 cents per bush, and roses can bo
had at any tlmo by calling at Mrs.
C. S. Hudson's.
When Springer's "export" Ball was
combing the statutes of Oregon to
find something to quote against oth
er officials showing their extrava
gance and disregard of the law he
roust .have come across Chapter 28C
with its provision for an audit by
the Insurance commissioner. Why
did he not call Springer's attention to
It nnd point out the wastefulness of
paying blm for the work that must
be done again by the state official?
Ho criticised everyone else for spend
ing a little more than be thought the
statutes allowed. Why no criticism
of Springer for incurring the expense
of a double audit? Why?
BETTER ROADS.
About that road mutter again. The
figures given by Tho Bulletin, show
ing expenditures for roads In differ
ent districts, simply concerned last
year. Wo are awnre that many sub
stantial Improvements were niado In
many districts in previous seasons on
both sides of the county. For in
stance,.tho Bear Creek road received
attention under the Ellls-Bayley re
gime. ,
It la; now pledged that the west
portion of the county Is to get $27.
800. That is almost entirely due to
tbo effort of Commissioner Bayley,
PROTESTS AGAINST FRANCHISE.
To The Editor:
- An application Is beforo the City
Council for a franchise to furnish
electric light and power to the citi
zens of Bend In competition with tho
present company. I think the grant
ing of another franchise at this time
would be an Injustice to the present
company, and would be against the
best Interests of Bend, for the fol
lowing reasons:
The owners of the Bend Water
Light & Power Company have been
Interested In this city Jut llttlo over
a year, and In that time they have
expended over $50,000 In Improve
ments In tho power plant, with the
result that Bend has the .test power
equipment In tbo United Sates, size
considered, so that when strangers
come hero It is pointed out as an un
answerable argument that big people
have faith In tho future of Bend.
No more effective way could be de
vised to drive capital from Bend than
to destroy the value of the Investor's
property before they have bad a
chance to even begin to get a return
on their investment, as would bo the
case should a franchise be granted a
competing utility In a town as small
as Bend.
While wo do not admit that our
rates are in. any way excessive. It Is
not necessary to take our word for It.
Oregon has a Public Utilities Com
mission whose business It is to pro
tect the public against excessive
charges by public service corpora
tions. It has been stated that com
"titlon Is rod in anv business, but
the furnishing of light and power
ts not a business in the accepted
sense of tho term. It Is simply sell
ing service, and I think that any
thinking person will agree that it
would be foolish to pay two servants
if one can be made to do tho work.
Competition In the light and power
business in a tofrn the size of Bend
would be a losing proposition for
everyone concerned. Splitting th
business In a small town means that
both companies lose money, and aftor
they have exhaustod themselves finan
cially In useless competition It usu
ally ends by one company getting
control of the other and the public
would be paying two servants and
getting the service of but one.
What Bend needs is no duplication
of public utilities, but new enter
prises. For Instance, If a new gro
cery or other store should como to
town, under present conditions, It
would not help the town it would
simply take business from the other
stores who already have ll'tlr
enough. But If a factory came to
town, even It It employed only two
men, something would be gained.
Bend is a progressive town, and
when anyone comes forward with a
proposition that requires money to
encourage capital to locato here, al
most every man will dig down Into
his pooket to help. Why, then should
tbo city, ns represented by the Coun
cil, destroy the confidence of the
capital already Invested by granting
a new franchise, particularly when it
Is shown that nothing can lib gained
tor tho city, If tho applicants for tho
franchise nro sincere and really aro
able and moan to compote for tho
business?
It this company was not progres
siva and did not take aiuplp caro of
tho enlarging needs of tho town, or
even gnvo poor sorvlco, thcro might
bo a question; but such ts not tho
case. .
For tho Information of anyone who
docn not understand tho functions of
tho Stato Public Utilities Commis
sion, I would say that If nt any
tlmo tho mombers of tho council or
private citizens wish to know whether
they nro bolug ovor-chorged, tho on
ly action nocoBsnry Is an application
to tho Commission for an Investiga
tion nnd n revision of tho rates.
Whllo tho Commission can compel
lower rates, It also, in soma Instances
raises rates, it It Is found they nro
lower than will allow a fair return on
tho Investment. A reason for this Is
that tho so-called power trust can
como Into n town nnd rIyo rates so
low that they can drive a weaker lo
enl conumnv out of business, nhd
when that is accomplished tho rates'
aro raised again. Tbo object or tho
Commission ts to protect both tho
public nnd tho companies. Thcro nro
hundreds or instances in mo Norm
writ where speculators havo applied
for franchises anil nut In a rattle trap
plant to harass tho existing company I
into buying mom ou:.
For tho Information of the public
I will sny that ours Is ono of tho tow
Independent power companies In tho
West. Even In tho Deschutes and
Crooked River valleys every town,
with tho oxcoptlon of Bond, Is paying
tribute to tho so-called trust. No
doubt It gives tho trust great satis
faction to look on whllo two local
companies scrap, becauso In tho end
tho trust will got thorn both nnd Bend
would became but a small cog In tho
big power trust wheel.
In conclusion I might sny that per
sonally nnd privately, as n citizen of
Bend, I honestly bollovo that tho as
sociation of tho men behind tho Bend
Water Light & Power Company with
Bend ts ono of tho best things that
over happened to tho town. I only
ask for thorn tho snmo fair treatment
that wo havo always tried to glvo,
and are always willing to glvo. They
can succeed only If Bond succeeds.
Very truly yours.
T. H. FOLEY.
Bond, March 11, 1914.
h3 ttw v it
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
TO ATTEND OUlt
OPENINO AND IHHI'liAY OK
PATTERN HATH
.MARCH 1U AND III
ORIGINAL MODEI.H AND COPIHH ,
FROM OUR WORK 1IOOMH WILL
PMCAHIC YOU. NEW (IOOD.4
ARRIVING
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OREGON TRUNK TRAIN
Arrives 8 a. ni,
Leaves 8:30 p.m.
O.-W. II. N. TRAIN.
Arrives 7:45 p. m.
-- Leaves 7:25 n. m.
STAGE LINE MOUTH.
Arrives .7:30 p. m.
-t- Leaves 10 a. m. -
AUTO LINES. -
Cars dally to Burns and points
south nnd southeast.
POSTOITICE HOURS. -
General delivery open dally 10
a. m. to 0 p. m.
General delivery open Sunday
10 to 10:30 a. in.
Night train mall closes 7 p. m,
-- Day train mall close 0:30 n. in.
TELEGRAPH HOURS.
Western Union dally 7-12, 1-J,
7-10. Sunday 8-10. 4-0.
TELEPHONE HOURS.
- Pioneer Co. dnlly 7 n. m.-9 p. tn.
Sunday 8-12 nnd 6-8.
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MoKAY (!KTS MORK GAME.
Clyde McKay returned from Port
land this morning, after attending a
meeting of tho Orogon Forest Fire
Association, of which ho is a trustee.
Mr. McKay reports that ho has secur
ed from the state game authorities a
shipment of Hungarian partridge and
pheasants, which will be In noxt
week.
NOTICE.
Tho attention of alt owners of
poultry is called to City Ordinance
No. 34, providing that fowls shall
not be allowed to run at largo In the
city. All such owners nro wnrncd to
keep their poultry yarded.
S. E. ROBERTS,
1.2c Chief of Police.
KKPORT OH THK CONDITION OH
The Deschutes State Bank
No, t.
tDoJ,lnlhUtrSf Ofrn. t the cl ol
KKSOUKCKS '
Iani ami dltCTwnU... . ...... -W.79' J
OittrfrafU. urtd Bd unttunc... 41 4
Bond. and Warrant.-- -. W
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR RENT Oood 4 roam house
and aero lot ono block from dopot.
Excellent chanco for gardening. In
qulro Ed Brosterhous.
FOR RENT Thrco room liouso,
partly furnished, $8 a month, Park
Addition. G. W. Shrlnor, ltfc
FOR SALE Full blooded Ilboilo
Island Red hens, Inquire nt Wrlitht
Hotel. ltfc
WANTED.
High school girl not under 15
wanted to work for board. Good
treatment for neat work. Inquire
at Bulletin. 51tf
TO TRADE OR EXCHANGE.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR.
I hereby announce myself as a
oandldnte for the Republican nomi
nation for county surveyor, subject
to tho approval of the Republican
voters at tho primary to be held on
May 15.
1-10 Adv. R. L. HRRW8TKR.
Furniture na rutsrw. ... - ay 74
ic from appre rtnre !... . '
ii i
J.040 4J
li. I.. from DDratrd rrxnre tank......
Chrtk. and other ah Herat...
Ciith oo hnd.....v...- -HipenK
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Total ....fc .
UAIIIUTIHH
Capital ttock pld la lljoooo
Undl.Mcd moU ........- 4 71
Due to Uioli ol tnkt -..... 4 J-
Id.IItUiuI depmltt tultct to chk 7.6 7
Time CeruftaUM of UioIU. jjjooo
-tiojAl i
Total ...... ........
STATK OF OS BOON, I
County 01 croot. I. .... . .
I. O. M. Lire, CiuhltT of the' sbore-otmed
bank, dotoltianly twetr that the lre atatc.
ment It true to (he ' r.,n,?'"J.cd tT nd
btllrf. It M. tAKA.CttliUr.
Hub.ciltxd and tworn to before me llilt leth
day of March, If 14. ...
Notary I'uMlc
Correct Atttttt
B. FKMKLL.
F O. Mixoi.
btrtctora.
THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING DY THE
aeNCRAL orncca
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
I bog to announco myself ns a can
didate to succeed myself ns county
treasurer, subject to tho approval of
tho Republican voters of Crook coun
ty nt tho primary election on Moy 1ft.
1-10 Adv. it. I. JUHUA.N.
TO TRADE Ono or two cltyresl
ilonco lots. Good location. Will trade
for anything. Write P. O. Box
55. 50tf
TO EXCHANGE 40 acres one
mllo from Itcdmuiid. All oleared.
Good 4 room house, bnrn. Will trade
for Bond city property, Inquire A,
Bulletin. 40tf
To TRADE For team or hones
lot nnd cabin or lots, 3Vi blocks
from First National Hank. Inqulro
Bulletin. 4ttf
FOR HA I.E.
FOR COUNTY cdHRK.
To tho Voters of Crook County:
I hereby announce myself ns a can
didate to suce'ed myscir to trio omco
of county clerk, subject to tho appro
val of tho Democratic voters of Crook
couuty at tho primiry oiertlon to bo
hold May 16.
1-10 Adv. WARRE. DHOW N.
Classified
Advertising
AtlvrrtltcnentM Inserted under this
Iiendlnir at the ruto of ONE CENT A
WORD each Insertion. Cosh mutt
accompany nil order from persons
not having n regular account with
Tho Hulletln. No mlverlUement Ink
for less than 13 rent each insertion.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Small houso partly
furnished, $5 a month; also tent
houso adjoining. Near depot. In
quire at BulletliT. 40tf
FOR RENT Offlces on Wall stroet
very cheap. Apply Bulletin OlTico.
FOR RENT Rooms centrally lo
catcd. Electric lights nnd water.
Sultabla for housekeeping. Choap,
Apply Bulletin OfTlco.
FOR RENT Largo store, modorn
front Good location. Apply to F.
O. Minor, Deschutes Bank. 27tf
FOR SALE Two good cook
stoves No. S. W. II. l.esh, lot D, blk
IB, Center Addition. 63tf
FOR SALE Light team, wagon
and harness for $185, A, II. Oertcon.
Bond. lit
WANTED A woman to do family
washing. Sot tubs. Apply nt Bul
letin olllco. 1
FOR 8ALK Living room nnd bod
room furniture. U. F. Ureeno, Lnra
houso. ltfc
FOR SALE Black Minorca eggs
for setting, $1.35 for 13. Leave or
ders at fiather's store. 1 tfc
FOR SALE Absolutely A "No. 1
team. Weight about 2000. Good har
ness and new Bayna wagon, A. II.
Uertson, Bend. Itf
FOR SALE Cholco eggs for
hatching. Puro bred whllo Leghorn
Wycoff strnln, excellent layers. Leave
orders now at Thompson's Furniture
store, 63tfc
FOR SALE Good pigs nnd shoots
8V4 cents per lb. at the farm or de
livered In Bond. A. O. Walker,
Alfalfa, Oro 53-lc
FOR SALE A first class Incuba
tor, $0.00 140 egg capacity, Mrs.
Klmbroll. Lytic Addition. lc
FOR SALE Doublo cinch saddle.
Prlco reasonable. Inqulro at Bulle
tin, life
FOR SALE 00 head of Durham
and Hereford cow and calves, Inqulro
at Bulletin office. 52-63p
FOR SALE Ono good Jersey cow,
fresh within a month, third calf. A
good milk cow. A G. Coo. ltfc
FOR HALE Lots 12 nnd 13, block
5, Wtestorla addition, Bond. Mnko
offer for cash. Mrs, William Woods,
Windsor Apartments, Seattle, Wash
Ington, lc
FOR BALE Timothy nnd clover
hay, G miles northeast of Bond on
Prlnovlllo road. S. A. Dutt. ltfc
FOR SALE-Sottlngs of full blood
ed Barred Rock eggs. $1 a setting. R.
Bartlott, at Metropolitan, 62tf
FOR BALE Team of mares, liar
noss and wagon. Address W. N.
Ray, Laldlaw, Oro. 52tf
FOR SALE Rhodo Island Red
eggs for hatching, $1 a sotting, Mrs.
Rohort Webb. 62-1
FOR SALE Jerusalem artichoke
soed at 2 cents a pound, P. H, Don
cor It. F. D, No. 1. 62-lc
FOR BALE Ton full bloodeil Lf g
horn laying hens. Bend Grocery. 52tf
FOR HALE Improvad Inconiti
paying lot, 50 x 140, 50, Call or
address Bond Grocery. 52lf
FOR BALE Hamilton organ, IV
octavo, good condition. Will sell
cheap . Also, range, davenport, bonk
casa and Incubator, Must soil in 30
days. Wrlto W. G. Wilson, Box 102,
Bend. 62
FOR HALE All tho time, guod
horses, good cows, harm, wagons,
etc. J. M, Judd, tho auctioneer, 61tr
FOR HALE Good two-sealod
hauk. Inqulro at Bulletin. 51-1
FOR SALE Mule team. Inqulro
at It. D. George's barber shop.
Bend. 60tr
FOR SALE Thoroughbred Whllo
Orpington, Rhode Island Red nuil
Black LaiiKihan eblokoiis, G. W.
Hhrlner, Park Addition. 48tfa
FOR HALE 80 acres Irrigated
land, clone In; water right, etc.
$1200, Inqulro Bulletin OUice. 4Stfa
FOR SALE Full blood wl black
Minorca roosters and pullets. Ed
llalvorson, 47tf
FOR 8ALIS Tobacco at cut
prlco. Star and Horseshoe 45e lb.
Bond Cash Grocery, east of depot, 4!t
COMPELLED TO 8151.!, Two 10
foot lots, ono of them a corner. City
water. Or one lot with tent 11x11.
Four blocks from First National
Bank. A bargHln for some one. In
qulro Honklo & Ryan. COtf
FOR HALE All kinds of rough
nnd drcssod lumber, nt Anderson
Bros, sawmill half ft ay between Bentt
and Laldlaw, on old Tumalo rond.
Reasonable prices, rough lunibor $10
per M. Delivering to Bond or Lald
law $2 por M. Telephone 19lf
- iUL.1. U l!W -.-
MIST AND FOUND.
TAKEN UP 23 miles from Bend on
Antelopa Springs road, ono 5 year
old bay gelding, branded 7. with bar
across on left shoulder, and one S
year old bay maru with same brand.
C. L. Evans. l3p.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Roslstored Duroo Jersey boar for
sorvlco. Ed llalvorson. 44IC
Wo Lead. Others Follow
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Ladies:
What would the
r-ko of Amo3
e Ginghams
ko today if the R.
M. Smith Cloth
ing Co. hod not,
put in a lino of
dry goods?
Amoskeag Ginghams
7 cents.
R. M. SMITH
Clothing Company
LEARN THE.WAY
"MARCH IS HERE
House Cleaning Cornes Very Near
and You will Certainly need some
New Rugs and Carpets
Linoleum Oil Cloth
Matting
'at such attractive prices as you can
get at
A. L. HUNTER'S
OREGON STREET
Do You Eat?
' YKB, Ol' COURSE YOU DO.
Do You Buy Groceries?
YHS, OF COURSE YOU DO.
Liken No juii'uiiut kooiI IIiIiikh to
enl kmI Ki'ocfileN, There Is no
reiixcMt i1iv you Hhould not mipply
yourself uml family villi the licut in
llio eiuliu; Hue, Tho let lins nhvnj'N
been, lll nhvnyH he, tho rheupoNt,
That In Uy you should liny nt
Shuey's Cash Grocery
Lending Eats Store of Bend