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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1914)
TAOK B. TIIK IIKN1) m'M.nTIN, 11KNI), OUIJ., AYKON'tiMDAV, MAY 111, till I. MEXICAN . POTTERY. Primitive Method of the Skilled Workmen of Durango. Practically nil tho lottery used In the Dunuvgo section-uf Mexico, rrom tfid tiniest teacup tothi largest flower pot, lit fashioned hy tm ml from Durnn ro clay There nro about twenty such factories In-the elty, employing from tlvo to Hfty men each. The clay used in this Industry In obtained from tho tmso of Durango'M fumouH. Iron Moun tain, uuo nilto north of tho ctty. The rrNxeta art ell fashloued by hnntl nml foot power. The only Instrument used Is n I urge wooden wheel, through the axlii of which imssea n pole about three feet In length, terminating at the other extremity In n small wooden wheal set piimtlel to tho bis wheel The operator hKh ho that he tuny turn the lar;e wheel met horizontally near the floor eo that It will move freely! with hi foot, which In turn causes the little wheel nbore. on a level With lila client, to revolve very rapidly. A convenient nixed lump of tbo clay dough Ik plaivd upon thl.i little wheel, ii ud uit the mam rvol-ts by the Ini pulse of the laborer's foot, he hollows out and fastilnim the ve?wel. The skill and dexterity of theso work men -ia little short of remarkable. With only the eye to guide, bo fash tuns with axtuulshlng rapidity vessels .which du not illfTer one from the other , In either mIxu or uluii. A single la borer la able to eomplete about thirty- ' rlx dozen Jars of nearly a quart ca pacity lu a day. Argonaut. BULLET ANDB1BLE. On, Tried to Take a Man' Life, While the Other Saved It. To Illustrate the bullet rent-nine pow ers of papers, a veteran war corre spondent brought for the Inspection of come of his journalistic eollouguca a pockctbook tilled with photograph and papers and a Miblc. each of which on cparate occasion had been Instru mental In saving bis life In the course of tho ItUMo-TurkUb war. In one Instance he was k pocked off his horse by the Impact of a bullet and became uncouxclous. only to Hud on re training bis senses that the friendly wallet bad prevented the bullet enter ing bis body. On the second occasion. at Plevna, the ltlble, which be had placed In a Bide pocket, deflected a heavy piece of shrapnel that threaten ed to end bis existence. lie bad kept tbo wallet Intact as a memento of his escape, and one of tbo journalists wbo was examining Its contents came, by a curious coinci dence, upon a letter which be himself bad Indited to tho war correspondent aomo thirty or forty year ago, tbo very existence of wblcb he bad en tirely forgotten. In the 'letter be bad expressed tbo hope that his friend would return safe and sound from the seat of war. Tho words "safe and sound" bad been al most cut away by the bullet, wblcb. -4 jl-. i - 1 Ranchers Call at Bend Grocery for an empty egg case free. flWe pay 9Q,c trade for extra . large spuds. Berry Cane , Sugar $5.20 per 1 00. i i Just east of the Depot. ; Mail orders a specialty. ? but for tho providential Interposition nf tho tiiiiulli, nf iwin-rn. would nroba- bty have cuded tho war correspond ent's life. Nottingham Guardian. FI11ST FOItKST FIIIK. Word has como In of tho llrat for est flro of tho season which burned over about CO ncres In tho neighbor hood of Fort Hock early laBt week. It wna a ground tiro entirety nnd did but llttlo damage but It Is regarded by tho forest officials as a strong In dication of the dryness of tho season which will mako patrol work neces sary very soon. KX-MAYOK MAItniKH. Tho nmrrlago of H. T. McDonald and Mlsa Morion K. James, both for mrlv of Hond. occurrod at Los An- goles on April 22. Tho brldo waa formerly Mrs. KranK uuip. inn rmnni u'ln It TMlldont hoTO fOT 8SV- orat years, nnd at one time was may or. Mr. ana Mrs. .ticwonaiu win re a'do In Los Angeles. xi:v HOOKS IX LIimAllY. Tho following new tiooks hnvo just been added to the library: Ilaruabctto, Helen H. Martin: Onp'n Dan's Daughter. Jos. C. Lin coln : 1'enrod. llooth Tarklngton; T. Tetnbnron, Frances Hodgson Hur nett; Tho Heart or the Desert, Hon oro WIIIhIo; Tho Woman's Ijiw, Mnr nvene Thompson; Tho l'asnlunntu Friend. Carolyn Wells; Tho Intrig uers, Harold Kindlons; Thu Fortun atn Fourth, Win. I.ocke; Tho Treas ure. Kathleen Xorrls; Mother, Kath Icon Xorrla; Dlnn of thu Green Yun, Lcona Dalrymple; World's Hud, Atn olio Kltvrs: Annyhody but Anne, Carolyn Wells; Dark Hollow. Anna K. Green Pidgin Island, Harold Mae Grath; lllack Is White, Geo. liar Me Cutcheon; Tho Hoart or tho Night Wind, Ylrglnlo K. Itoe; Sunshine Jane, Anne Warner; Overland Itcd. NOTION TO 01)1) FKM.OWH. Initiatory degree work will ho hold nt thu next meeting. All vlsltlntr hrolliori) nro Invited to nttmut, COMMISSIONER IS SUPPORTED (Continued from pnKo 1.) community. I shall expect to vial my "co-oporntorn" regularly nnd nn nlat thotn nnd all of thu hi r mora nr tho county lu uvory way poiiHlblo. this work nlvvnya nulijoit to illrnotlnii by tho Htntti Leader, Prof. II. T. French, of tho O, A, l nt Uorvnllla. PHONIC TO WAItM KI'IUXOH. Forost Supervisor Morrlt returned from tho Metollua country Friday. At Aliens ho conrorrnd with O. L. Hall, superintendent or the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, and dv tails wero arranged for tho Installa tion of a phono lino to bo a con tinuation of tho prosont forestry lino to Alllnghams on tho Motollu to tho Agoncy. Mr. Merrltt also arranged with Superintendent Hall for n co-opera tive flro patrol during the coming summer. Mr, Ilnyloy Is a omullilntu for ro-oloo-11611." Itcttirn Present Oftlrci-H. "Thoro Is llttlo doubt hut that thn prosont count' olllcers, who nru up for re-olectlon, will bo rotumod to otllco on tholr records." Sisters llnr old. Hednmnd Favors Itayley. "Wo bullovo him to bo tho mnn for tho place. Ho U tbo only Itupubllcau candidate from the weat-aldu. Hu U a man that cannot ho bluffed. Ho understands Dm duties of thn office, without- question la the best road builder tho county has over had, and hns had much experience jitong thlv line. If the west side of tho county falls to support Mr. lluyloy wa nro likely to tlnd nurselvo without i roproHontntlva on tno couiit'-lmnnl. and It neetus that this would ho a deplorable eoudltlon of affairs. . Ai this part of tho county Is developing very rapidly It desorves nnd needs n rSproHcntnllvo" Hednmnd Hub. "I'horo nro "n, nitmhor or ronnons why Mrj llayloy ehould receive your HUpport. First Wo think him to ho tho man for tho plnco. "Second- Wo know thnt ho will give us gootl representation. "Third He Is n man of his word and ennnot ho bluffed. "Fourth Ho Is the only Itepub Iran candidate fur county- commis sioner from tho west side of tlu ccunty, nnd It ho Is defentel wo do not havo rnprcsautatlou In tho county court house. "At tho present tlmo nearly every olllco holder Is nn east side man, nnd tr thn west side falls to bo represent ed It will bo our own fault, so It Is op to us to volo for Mr. Hnyley," Itedmond Commercial Clu'i. MORE AID FOR LOCAL FARMERS (Continued from page 1.) Ions problems at tho college, and In formation from the V. S. Department of Agriculture and somo of tho ro Hiilts of my own fourteen years of study and experience In this lino of work. "I shall try to obtain at once i or live "co-oporntora" In each communi ty who will use from one to flvs acres of his land nnd undertake to demonstrate the value of soil prep aration, seed selection and crop cul tivation ns w think best with some crop whleh wo think will pay. Wo will handle those plats to muku them yield a maximum crop If possible nnd study nnd noto tho results with all thu Interested farmers of tha POTATO SEEDJELECTION Atiileultuilst Wishes (i-opei ntora in livery NelglilHiiliooil, Ah the first step lu helping thn f ar mors of Crook county, Agriculturist Lqvott hnsaitont out tho following cnntuiitulcntloit rimardlnK seed pota toes) "Thorn Is ulwnya n sale for tho good smooth, sound and well shaped potato. It Is hard to got u Kood prlco for the potato thnt Is rough and full of eyes nnd knots. And, the lot or mixed smooth, rough, hrulsn.l and diseased potatoes In hard to se'l ai any price. "It wo plant only tho smooth, well shaped potato of sue nnd shnpo thtt wo wish to raise, our chances for ob taining that Hiimo kind of potato, as n crop nro good. If wo plant small nr largo or rough potatoes, our chances Mr obtaining a crop of good marketable potatoes nro poor. lu order to raise u uniform marketable crop of potatoes, w. must plant tint kind of seed mid that kind only. Wo will obtain some poor nnd unmar ketable potatoes from tho best seed and will obtain mmn good, market able potatoes, front thn poorer seed, iiiiiybo, but too nmtt who will ear fully select bin seed will ho limply lowariloil foe hln trouble. "I should like very iiiuuh (o obtain tlio milium of two or tnoio farmers Jm, each nulghlinrhood lu thlR TpVli'W Willi will co-operate Willi InlHiriUjnU onstratliiK thimo Inula to' tliff fcftllsV faction of tlieniHolves nnd tljulr iinlKhliiirH. I should llko to ouo(i. oruto with them lu thn mileetlnii of tho host seed front Iholr soml iiotalniK.' Dud the plautliiK of his mind liiitltn. best pnsnlbln manner uopnmto fronr tlie renmliulHr or thu crop In ot)Hr' that we may study and compare the results: obtained from till different seed. , "Wo will undertake slmllnr work with other crops which wo grow nnd I shall visit tnu iiiirornui ueignmir hooils ni noon ns possible. I mayAl- npr lMl ways ho roachod by addrnsiliig iiiefat Hudmoiid, and nm nt your servlet along nny lino whero I may be of assistance to tho farmers or Crook county." A. . LOVOTT. County Agriculturist. Moil Children's DNrnsra Ntart With A Cold. llestlossiHHw-rovrlshiioM nn In llnmed throat and spasmodlo ooiikIi Is starling In. (live Foley's llonev nnd Tar promptly- H lielvs (he ehll dren so very iiiurli, mid Mrs. Hhlpps, ltnyiimiidsvfllH, Mo , says: "I got Hue results riiin It mid It Is n great medl rlin tjir whooping coiiBh." Patter son Drug Co 1HmmmamammmmmmmmmtMm0mmmmmituu7 -"" imnmififflawjn.niii iiimiiniiiiiii i imii "" hunk the balance. The (lillei-enec between Kortl cost ami heavy car cost is "velvet" for the prudent buyer. lie knows tho Ford not only saves him dollars but serves him best. It's a better ear sold at a lower price. Five hundred dollnr & thi Hlee of tlln lotil numlxHitt lb tourinjr mr U Ave ttftjrt the Mwn cur seven Hfty t. o. It. Detroit, eomnlele wUh tMiiilpment. Get eataloif and iwrtleutaht from UeoiKtf H. Hoover, lUml. ...t -- ! SmTTTT":::::::::::: :;:,... t n t - ....,.,. . - ..-t.t. p " -r-r 11 ii REAL L3 I r I l M t & Lumber Complete Stock Dry, Rough and Finishing Lumber Maple and Fir Flooring 7 ?. . I t s Y 3z: FOR BUSINESS LOTS FOR RESIDENCE LOTS FOR GARDEN LOTS For Close-in Acreage OR. FARM LANDS Let us show you the property "'J' t; conservative buyer that BEND REAL ESTATE is a conservative investment , 25: J .Ji Lath and Shingles Pine House and Irrigation Spout, Lath, Red Cedar Shingles ! i HJ The Bend Company OFFICE CORNER WALL an OHIO STS. ' tt 4 -- MHMKMXMIIIMIMMMH . 4