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VKfiP, . THK BKKD BULIitiTIN, RKKll, ORK WKDKKHDAY, AUGVKT 18, 114, communication from taxpayer NORTH ENDER WRITES PIONEER Study of Conuty Division Question Made Administratis Comh Com- Klderetl nnd Ooportunltitt to Make 8aInjr 1'olntcd Out. Tho following study of the county division question appears as a com munication In the current Issue of tho Madras Pioneer: "it you will permit me spaco 1 have something to say to the voters of Crook county In the matter of county division. "There are a number of questions which merit consideration and care ful study upon the part of every vot er In Crook county. Uoth in the ter ritory proposed to he formed Into now counties and that which will r main In tho old If tho now should be formed. "First Is tho question of Increas ed cost of administration should one or more new counties be formed. This item of cost of administration Is the most dimcult to solve to the satisfac tion of tho people and yet it is the one to bo primarily considered. The newspapers of Prlnevlllo ore natur ally raising this question of taxntlon and one of them asked for someone "with the figures" to come forward and enlighten the people. This re quest Is in the very nature or tnmgs one that cannot be complied with, for the reason that any figures or statements upon this question must bo relative and can only be determin ed by comparison and probability. There are some things, however, that can bo determined as settled facts, which are self-evident and from these self-evident facts we must draw our conclusions and make our deductions. "It Is self-evlden that a county which can be administered by Its elective officers without the aid of deputies can. other things being equal, be roost economically admin istered. If the population and area are such that the officers are able to do tho necescary work without deputy hire, then It would naturally follow that the division of such a county would materially decrease the cost of administration and therefore de crease taxes. "Crook county, as now constituted, both in area and population, makes It a physical Impossibility for the officers to do tho county work with out deputy assistants at a heavy cost to the county over and above the salary of the officers. Let us go through the list and see what tho conditions are. The Sheriff has dur ing the year a number of deputies at heavy cost and expense to the tax payers of tho county. Tho clerk, assessor and other officers must havo deputies all of whose salaries are paid by the county. The county court Is required to do the work of the en tire county and the commissioners are paid five dollars per day and te t cents per mile and they must glv. j or at 10081 snouiu give, io earn ana every part of the county due con sideration and this requires a great deal of their time and considerate travel: therefore the cost of the county court would not he mater ially Increased y a division f the county, neither would the ex jenee of other officers necessarily l Increased. It would require no more time. In days, for tle courts to do the work for the same territory than it would for one court to do It. For example, if the present court trans acted all of the countv business of Crook county In ninety days, then the same work could be done by three courts In thirty days and the expense to the taxpayer would be the samo with the exception that there would actually le a saving In the less" mileage paid. The same holds ood with reference to the other offices where deputies are required, and f a county elerk and to deputies can do the work of the countv as at ures-i eat constituted, then three clerks without deputies could do the wtV for the same territory and the same people. If the county should be divid ed Into three. "If the county should lto divided that portion remaining In Crcv county can dispense with her depu ties and therebv reduce expenses anl tho officers will be aide to do the work, pract'cally unaided, as It will be materially decreased In volume b the division. "The new county or counties can take some of these discarded dejmtlf) or others, and make them their of ficers at no great Increase In salary and the number of office holders will, for practical purposes and with ono or two exceptions, remain the same "Not only will there be little or no Increase In salary expenditures but there will bo considerable saving in decreased mileage fees of Jurors, wi' nesses, court officers and others anl this saving will In all probability t least balance any small Increase In salaries caused by tho change Not only will there be a saving and con venience in the county administra tion but to those who must and do have civil matters tho saving to them In court cost's will be very great Un der present conditions those having suits and actions must take their witnesses to PrlnevlUe. and manv of them have to go from sixty to eight miles and even further to attend court, and I believe that an average of fifty miles would be fair as to tho distance most people have to travel to the county seat. The mileage of witnesses Is ten cents per nillo each way, which would make the rolleago fee of each witness In each trial ten dollars. If there should be ten wit nesses u the case, which is a fair average, tho cost of thin o'no Item )t mlleaH alone would mean uno hun dred dollars In each case. Very much tho larger part of tho circuit court'u time Is tnken In trie trial or civil cases and tho saving to litigants, In the matter of mllongo alone tn tho smaller county unit would bo very great. The samo holds good ill criminal cases nnd In Jury mileage. "That there will be some addition al coats to the new counties In the matter of office buildings nnd equip ment thero can bo uo doubt, but this cost will be small and the buildings tor offices will bo furnished nt n nominal rental for the first two years, at least, or until the question of n permanent county sent Is determined. "I believe that tho division of Crook county Into three smaller counties will not, to any appreciable extent, lacrcase the cost of admini stration, nnd the taxes of each sec tion will be expended nt home with greater economy and efficiency nnd with much more satisfaction to the taxpayer, "Second, this brings us to another phaso of the question and that Is the future development or tho country. With the county so largo and diverse In its Interests as at present admin istered we And dissatisfaction, jeal ousy and bickering between the dif ferent sections of the county, Bach locality thinks, or pretends to think, that It Is not being fairly treated, and v.e hear of "rings" nnd "counter rings": of roads built and Improve ments made In one part of the coun ty to the dissatisfaction of the othor: of bridges built In this part to tho Injury to that, etc., nd Infinitum, throughout the entlro category. That these misunderstandings, fault find ings and bickerings are, and have been, detrimental to the general de velopment and settlement of the county, there can bo no question. This dissatisfaction Is talked every where nnd about the first thing n newcomer hears when he reaches this county Is that "Tho high taxes are caused by the mlsadmlntstrntlon or by useless expenditures"; that as sessments are unfair for we are as sessed higher than other parts of the county, and so forth nnd so on." The .prospective settler after hearing these things thinks that this country Is a good place to leave alone and so he returns to his homo or to other sections of the state and tells his friends and we lose numerous good cmzons. u tno new counties are formed each section will handle Its! own money paid In taxes, Its citizens will better be able to know bow It Is expended: they will know their of-! fleers better and hold them to a more Cooling Wash Te net In half ta hou not In tn mlnuus but tn S seconds. Just a few drops of that mild, sooth lnr. ccol&r waih. the L. D. D. Jfe terlptlon. the famous euro for Ecxma. and the Itch Is cone. Your burnlnsafcln It Instantly rvllavtd end you bare nb soluts protection from all summer skin PATTERSON imi'CJ n a wgj aja a 2GJa "Est! S 2 aEj a 2 y SSsBI s W$ w? bIIhB ?! 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Aro thry nwnro ot tho tact that tho heads ot families aggregating probably not less than threo million pconlo would suddenly bo deprived ot their solo means ot livelihood, nnd thnt properties valued in tho nggregato nt perhaps two billion dollRra would as sud denly become worthless? It is doubtful if they do fully rculUo this.yct these nro figures given by no less n writer thnn Dr. Henry Smith Williams in an article in tho "Ladies Homo Journal," reviewing tho pro hibition movement. And ho adds: "Personally I am nt loss to understand how anyone who has the slightest grasp ol rconomlo questions can contcm plate with equanimity the snsrcli litio possibilities nay, certainties which roveal themselves through tho slightest use ot the imagina tion In connection with these fig ures. To me. nt least, it seems obvious that the only thing which has kept tho prohibition move ment before the people of the United Etates Is tho simple fart that prohibition dors not prohibit." Thinking1 men and women who seek the truth and are unswayed by prejudice, and who elvo the foregoing facts the consideration they drserve cannot escape a like conclusion. Paid Advrt!tcint. B. D. I'MUCII, Chamber of Commerce, Port land, Oregon strict accounting of their steward ship. Thero will cease to bo causo for antagonism between tho new counties and the old nnd we can and will all put our shoulders to the wheel nnd with n long pull nnd a strong pull and altogether make this Stops That Itch troubles. Tfe can elvo you a reed stta trial boltlo of the tanuln D. D. V. Prescription for only IS cent. Don't fall to try this famous remedy for any kind of summer akin trouble we know D, V. XX will civ you laataat relief, CO.. Hend, Ore, The I loan I Cannot l)e Iletlcred. The Iron Is fJ tin rim teed Forever. THE LIFE CAREER 'Sthoollne In ylh nhoulil lnt(Mr I dltnint In pirpatt 'lon III III ll tat Ih IkiI prtinnnttit Mtiliutliin lui which k Utwblt,--l,itidtnlC W KIWI. This Is the Mission ol Ihs Fnrty.sUlh School Ycir Opens SEPTEMBER i8tli, 1014 Will lor llliistmlfd io.-itv.iR Hook lei, "TUB UP!! CANfclR." slid lor Ciui log niilliliiR lull Infui Hint Ihii lgtr f.iK.i1- AURirUIMIRP Agronomy, Animal tlusbanury.Daliylluv bmtdry. Poultry Husbandly, Horticulture. Agriculture lor Ttarheis. r-Okl-STHY, I omilNfl I.NOINIl'KINO llOMh KCO NOMICS: nomestlcSiletKc.UomrMlcArt, UNMNIt'RlNtl! bleclrlrsl, Irritation, HIrIiwav, Mechnnkal, Chemical, Mining. Ceramics. C.OMMliRUi. PHARMACY. Industrial arts I'lxntwntil fcmrtfi-Agrlftilture, Dairy ing, Home Mnkm Course, Industrial Arts, l-'nrestrv, Huslnr Shot! Course. Stkool 0 Muitt Piano, String. Hsnd, Yoke Cultmr. Fftimm Binin Ccx by Mll Ff AUilltM NIK KKUISTMAR, (l7.IMo-) CMvsllh. Oiton T "l I 1 1 I ' I J-i ) I in tho grentest section of the great State ot Oregon. "There need bo little. If anything, said In favor of the great conven ience of thu people by reason of di vision us this will bu readily parcel ed by everyone. "Thnt Crook county MUST bo di vided sooner or Inter Is conceded by all and It would seem that this U thu "psychological moment" In which 10 bring It about and It should bo ac complished without friction or Ill feeling but with hearty goad will to the old nnd the new and with a closer feeling of friendship and doslru to ndvanca and develop Central Oregon A TAXPAYER." MAUKKT HKPOItT. NORTH PORTLAND. Aug. 7. Uo- celpta fur tho week have been, cnttlo 2671), calves 125, hogs 1GR2, sheep C9S-J. A good big run of cnttlo for tho week, about elghty.Mvo ears do ing marketed, but prices held well. Prime light steers $7. SO; top cows $G nnd $0.26; bulls 14 to H.7S, ac cording to weight; top light veal calves $S. 25. Hog liquidation was light for- the seven day period, prices Undiluted considerably, as every hog market In the country has been sub ject to advancos and declines but tho Portland market closed with n strom "come back" tendency and twst light swlno brought 0 cents. Moderato receipts of sheep and lambs, top grade steady with Inst Heck. Prime wethers $4.60 to $4.75; prime ewes $3.85 to $4.00; medium ewos 3.2S to $3.7'; spring lambs $5.50 to $C. Refresh yourself with a cold drink. Pull pints at 5 and 10 cents. Ameri can llakery - -Adv 22tf WHSSSBEESaEBWWSSSSSmSSSSSBSSSiSSm AUGUST MOP REPORT I'oitciinIn for Present Monlh Mlmw FnllliiK Olf l'-"i J"!)' TdlnN. Tho August crop report .Issued on Rntiirday by thu Dvpitrtmunl of Ag rlotilliirn shows n slight fulling off from tho July totals for Orogon In n few InilnnceM, decrenscs bulng not ml In corn, wheat mid onts. In tho case of barley nnd potatoes the Auk 11st forecast Is higher than that (of July. Tim report Is as follows: Com August I, forecast, Oregon 000.000 bushels, United RtuU'x 2.- 030,000 l)tishels;Jtily 1 forecast. Ore gon 1134,000 liuslieis, ritltml HtatOA, ,tlt).r.72,000 bushehi Hani, itV eragn r. years, 1U0U-1Q1S, Oregon, B4 2,000 liiiHlielH. Ptillcd Blntes 2, 708,:t:U,000 bushels. Winter wheat;- August 1. prelim inary estimate. Oregon 19.700,000 bushels, I'nlted Htnies 075,000.000 bushels. July 1 forecast Oregon 16, 227,000 bushels.Pulted States 052. 075,000 bushels. I'lnnl, average fc years, 10091013. Oregon 12,1)5,000 btishols, I'nlled IJtHtes 441,212,000 bushels, Spring whent: -August 1 forecast. Oregon 3,350,000 bushels, United States 230,000,000 tmsliels. July I ro recast, Oregon 3,382,600 liuslieis, United Stales 274,003,000 bushels Klnnl. average 5 onrs, 100P-1013 Oregon 3,30l,000, I'nlted States 245, 4 70.000 bushels Owls August 1 forecast. Oregon 12,700,000 bushels, United Slates 1 150.000,000 bushels. July 1 forecast Oregon 13.02R.O0O bushels United States 1,107.105.000 bushels, I'lnnl. average 5 years. 1900-ll12, Oregon 12.000.000 bushels, United rltiiu 1.J31. 175,000 bushels. Parley- August i forecast. Ore gnu 4,2r!0.00O bushels, United StntM 203,000.000 bushels. July 1. fore cast, Oregon 4.1U.O00 bushels, I' it oil States 311,31P.OOO bushels. I'ln nl average, 5 years lDOO-MUS, Ore gon 3. U73.000 bushels, United States 1S1. 873.000 bushels. Potatoes' August 1 forecast. Ore gou 0.390.000 bushels. United Status 370,000,000 bushels. Julv 1 fore cast Oregon 0,311.000 bushels. Unit, ed States 3?0, 014.000 bushels. Kin ul, nvernge 5 ears, 1009.1013 Ore gon 0.408.000 bushels, United Stalim 360,027,000 bushels. liny, (tame)' August 1 forecast Oregon 1.950,000 tons. United States 09,000.000 tons. Final, aversge 5 years. 1909-1913, OreRon 1.578.000 tons, United States 01,987,000 tons. CltnilnxS It's n laxative, of course and tho nicest hot weather drink you ever tasted. Flushe. thoroughly, and plonsanlly. too. K. C. Crysler, Syra cuse. N. V-.-snys' "Have used laxa tives for 15 years but this Cltrolat, has got overythlnk else beat n mllo.'i Try It. Patterson Drug Co. Adv. The New Perkins Hotel PORTLAND, OREGON extends to yon u cordial invitation to make this hotel your headquarters. ' THOROUGHLY RENOVATED AND REFITTED. Rooms without bath S1.0U and up. Rooms with private bath $1.50 and up. LOCA TION CENTRAL. REST of SERVICE. A RESTAURANT WITH FOOD AND PRICES RIGHT. C. H. SHAFER, Manager 5 Building . - i in i i LUMBER, sTm - Sr The Miller Lumber Company Bend, Wenandy Livery & Auto Co. NEW AUTO TRUCKS Will bo put on between Hcntl and Silver Lake April 1. RFA'D-LA PINE ?2.C0 IJKNIJ.KRKMONT $i.(H) HEND-FORT ROCK $4,50 BEND-S1LVER LAKE,. $5.00 Reasonable Rates will be charged on nil Express and Baggage. FARNIERS' MEETS . WILL BE HELD DATE FOR BEND SEP TEMBER 1 Comity AgilrnlturUt UvH lln Hu- ciiied Tin eo Piofrors to Tnk I 'ait In Progrnin I.nrge Attt-n- tlancn Melius Mine Initllutr. 4' lleglnnlng August 22 there will bit huld n series of Farmers' liiNtltlltH meetings throughout Crook roHnly The one at lluiid will bu held on I'ueM- duy, Sepleiuber 1. Through the iictlvtlles of thn In tension Dopiirtiiiuiit of tho Oregan Agricultural College and tho efforts of A. I.. I.ovott. Crook county Agri culturist, threo professors from tliw eolluge will bo priweut til ench mot- Ing for tho purpose of assisting thu fnrmnrs of this ouuiity to solve their farmliiK problems. Tint sUiff of speakers will bu as follows; Prof John K. (.arson, agronomist, Prof. It K, Heyiiolils, stockiiinn nnd Prof. A. K. Iivett, oiilomolOKlst. Ono day meeting s will be huld ut viirlou places. Thu time nnd arrangement of the program will bn In thu hands, of each Incut farmers' trniilnllo'i. or local commercial oluli In oo-oporn-tlon h the county ngrloulturlst but general plans will bo to hold tint mcetliigs In thu afternnon, beginning about 1:30 p. in., thu ngrlmilltirlst with thu professors visiting farms In the nelKliborliflod or place of mcetlur. during the forenoon. Sohcduin of meetings as nriangod Is as follows: Saturday, August IX, Prlnevlllo; Monday, August 24, Madras, Tuesday, August 25, Metnl lus; Wednesday, August 20, Culvoi , Thursday, August 27, l.aldlnw; Fri day, August IS, Clovurdaln near Kil ters; Friday, August 29, Opal City. Saturdny, August 31. Itedmuul, Monday, September 1. Ilutid. Thu mentlrig nt Opal City will bo n the nature of a plenlc on tho farm of Tom Aldnrdlro. Alteiidnnce nt lhn meetings will largely Influenco incut -lugs to be held during thu s Inter. - - ''K" S Material n r -t-r t t- SHINGLES . MM J M Oregon. J 4,v. w r 4