the bend bulletin iSwijs mi , v!. xi r, IH'.NP, OIIKGOV, UKDNIJHDAY A1TJ4HKOOV, NOVKMIIKIt 1H, VH4. NO, 7. ,. iULLEIM TOLD GEI OFF GRASS . 0! I. DOESN'T LIKE &' COA1MEINT r aiut .Letter Mudorwi Action Taken, JUrKln imcijiili()n llo Allowed---. liiMitanco Coiuiulitloiur Afckfil '((i Proceed With Ihiiiiilniitlon. A stated Inst week, The Itn II el In vrfllo to llio Control Oregon Irriin tlon Company's Portland ufflees, nk In what rtnps would ho tanon to i wardprwlUltiK nn oxmiilnutluu of thfl uoiHiwny'n liooks, In nocordmiM Willi thu offer inado by .MnunKer Ito- cot Howard, and tutor donlnd by lilm. ' Thin reply linn boon reoolvcd. , "Portland, Ore , Nov 13, 19H. "Tlio Hand llullittln, liond. Oregon. Dtmr Sir:. Tlio Directors of tblH Cnmpnny whips fully appreciating tlm bonovt). lent deposition of Thu Ilullolln here tofore so frcuuontly manifested to wards tlio oompnny nnd Kit ofllron, rftupnet fully suggest that mtlufnctory pro K roan own probably bo nindo by ill rott dwIIllR between tlio company will Uie Iiisurmiee Conimltwloner fKandat to an tliflUuH of tb ooilljny8 hooks: hrfll tlmt tlio kindly ' M& af. .Tbo liitllitln In rwpoet thweta Will be unBeoatHnrv. ' Your respectfully. XJPKTUAI. OIIKOON lllltlflATION i '0OM lly Jtwwe fittarns. fhwrelaiy TIj pvlijetft IntentleVof the eom imhhMRQou ll o toll Th Bulletin to "ItMP ftft JJlG RrftM." IlBWOVOf. KHU ,Uor to witflni It lis hnen nlwwn. ur- ntlr rHt thnt the Krtiw be fur- i thar Invndtdf nnd tlntt nvnry nffurt bo , tnnua to Kt nomo notion in tlie.innt- lor. Whou vhowod tlio letter from Mr. filorn, 1'. J. YounK. prculddtit of tlio rntrl Oregon IrrlKatlnn Ooinpnny AVnler t'tor' Aoclntlon naldt 1 'Tlmt Kitoinn to mo clmrncterUtlc ' of tlio Cotiipany'n utaud nnd mothndi. 1 Mr. Rtonrnn ovldoiitlv ti trrlni; in nmko It Appear thnt The lltillettn In , till iimtiitr In workltit; on nn Inde pendent lond, nnd hat not Km haolt ln(Of the etUoPiP'TliM oinrihSllrnlr ly l not true. In this ctiie we nro nil nKrUed tlmt Mr Hiiwnrd hni plnynd us dirt, nnd wo nienn to do nil wo enn ; to sot thnt InrestlRntlon. In the pant tug C. O. I. oMror have Imd n hnblt of koIiik I'uforn the Iind Hoard nnd myliiK. when a 'kick' enino In. thnt U wtin only oao Individual nuok'nir. nnd Uwt All the atlmr nottliim wnr 'mftly MUlnflvd ' rrobnblr In bln tRMUnee thevMI mr 'It'n only The lmfbttii.' Ilut llil Um't no. fnr we nra iibaolutelr In MvapMlNV with lh Maud ttkra by Uie tMer ' I A. O. Wnlker, dlrectar of Uiel JVntor UiHtrfi AaM'iutoH. rnd tb lleArnn' letter nTurdny "V mado chnrcee, Red unleM tlm oomimnjr lueola tia linlf way nnd tdmwi n wUtlngnniui to dlnprovo tbow. A wo enn't help-lint bellevo the cbnrnen nro true," nld Mr. Wnlker. "Mr. Howard Mid wo could InveatlRato nnd then lie turned us down. If bin ..flntotnontii woro tlio truth, nnd our Ynalntonnnco 'c nra not IioIok inl- cpenL why uliould ho refuio the In- vonukntlonT Anywny, nt tlio order of tlio' dlrectori I hnvu written to the Little Talks on Banking Certificates of Deposit A ccrilllmtc- of deposit or 0-l nn It In nonictuiies fiilleil, In it certlllcnto UnihhI by n Imnk ceitlfylng.tMi eeitulii hum of iiiiiuey luin been dopoMtcd In tlio bitiut pajnlilo to it (ortiilii peiMiu. It Ik'iiin Hie bnnU'a proutUo lo pit) to tho louul lioldlcr tliln huiii on lutiitu of tliy rt;i'. (ilU'iilu piopoily 'iid(ii'il. TIiono rortlllcutCM nie drawn In tMi different Vhjh, (KijHblu (iltliur on donmiiiHor nt u ntntetl tlmu In die fu ture. Tlioto iliiiwn pnynblo on iloinaud may liofranj.ioil nt niiy lime mid do not dniw luteroet. Thooo drawn on thno boar luttttwNt. ut u icitaln lute It loft for tlin'tliiui epeolHoilr uhuiiII u poilial of eea iiiontlw. Thiy do hot draw liiteMt iinlukN left for tho full time wkhI1Iui1 and do not draw luU'iivit lifter uintui'lty unlohfl iciuiuod. A ileiniind uei lltli'uto opeititivi as n bunk (baft or cjislik'l'H rltcck and wbon properly unilaiood, and tlio lidldar Ideiitlltcdi mil bo ciudied nt-bnnUn otber tluin.tbo lino pf I no. A timo cortllK'uto, (Ioo.s .mil tut.ONwaillj-. (Iporato In tliU milliner fot' tlio Imnk rysorvorf. thu ilnlit to i of iino pii)niout iin(ll matutlty, It In tiiiiiMtitil for u lunik to rofiiHo to Itnnor u time certlllcnto whon juooontod mid In Kcui'iiil they have tlio miiiiu piopoitlos imTthoho pajablo on deuinud, A cortKUato of ilepoHlt Is uonorally IhnuoiI wliwi a niun of money lifto bo left Intact until tho entire iRTtoiint 1m tvlthdriiwn. Tljuo ooitiy in ten HlTord ft, Hfo niyl comenentwny for drawliiK Inlet ct.t tTn your juh'Iukh. W, T1IIH HANK lAYK t l'Ult OHNT OX TIMI3 OHUTn?. ICATIW IP I.1J1T I'OU A YI'UU. ' JN Deschutes State Bank iiKNi, oitunox JJ. FEJlUCLL ,rroaIUont E. M. hAHA, Oaehlor J, 4 TI4ACHKIIH' IHCC'HPTION. Tlio rosoiitluti for Ilia Crook county tOHciiorft who will attend Uih tiiRlUuto In Itonil next week will ho hold Monilny night fioni H to 10 o'(tnk In thu lfimhtoiu t- Club baiKiuet hell, under the auspices of llio l.ndltm Library (Jliih, During tlio evening n buffo t lunohoon will lie served. All nro luvllod (o attend. ''' Insurnnoo Commissioner nsklnn, tlint ho Inko tip tlio mutter direct with tlio compniiy, nnd thut ho prosoouto tlui Investigation mi speedily as ikjs H'lila." STATE IRRIGATION CONGRESS IS TO MEETMBY 7-8-9 lltroitlhc CouinilUeo Holed Intt A. . Wolber of Alfulfu, Appolntml on I'kiiiiii Committee. The litis meeting of the Orexoii State Irrlsntlmi ConRren will lie held In Portland on Tliuntility. Krldity and ulurily, Jnuunry 7. 8, mid 9. TIiom dntes were deeldrd niton at n moN ItiK of tlio oxvcutlvo eoinmltto of tlio CoiiKrwin recently hold In Portland The pnrlom of tlio linperlnl Hotel will bo the pi ii co of tueetliiK. From now until tlio date of the UonKroiN tlio different oflleori expeet to nmkn every effort to Ineuro n good nttendnuoe, ImvInK tlio work no di vided thnt they will bo utile to rene'i till In the ntato who nro Intoroeted In Irrigation matter. J. (1. Illnkle, elmlriilan of the lmllntlvo comtnlU te. will Attend to eecurlrvK the mom ter of tlio loglKlntiirt. nnd nil ns erfHllted iIoIorhIwi. C. C. Ohnpmen will ere for the cammerolnl oluM tr Uie Htatu, nnd Crttd N. U'nllnt. eeretHry of the OviiKtum will ren'-h nil IrrlKntton eOmpMM. At the executive committee meet ing A. O Wnlker of Alfalfa w t polntfid n member of the program eommlttee The other memwr nre (' O. Chapman of Portland nnd J. K Kltiier of IlHlnre. ItllftriltnilK l'lHIIINd BTOPH. Uletrlct (lame Warden CMydn Me. Kny returned front Portland Satur day inoinliiK. after meeting with the Flilt nnd (lame ComtnlMlen thore An n remit of the petition circulated here by Mr. MoKny. tho old clowd fluhliiR neanon will bo renurood on tho Dcschuton. Heretofore flthlnK wnn permitted nil tho ear, for flilt over ton Inohe Ionic. Thin, It wnn point ed out. simply encourned law break. inK nnd tended to oxhniut local trout. All tho Dcuctiuten n'tovo the mouth of the Metollun nnd the Metollun nnd nil lake, etc., draining Into both nro UlillUICU 117 HI" IUIIIIH. D1UTII I'KNAI.TY AIIOIilHIIKI). luteal ruturnn from tho gvner.il election seem to Indicate the pntanco or tho inentiuro nbolIhlng tho death pminlty. Tho vote on thin ntuend merit wnn very cloto. the pampteto rount nhonlim a difference of only a few hundred voten on the two nlden. It In expected thnt Ooveroor Ve will now oommute the sentence linuglUK over the oonvkted wurUer em In the ntnUi pnitlnry to life lmprl&oiimeHt. ' ItAlMKJAU WINK Bl'IT. The null begun lnnt nprlng to en Join the O -W It. & N. Co from oper ating Hn trnlnn overn ntroteh jf n,bout threo mllen In tho Deicliuteii canyon, alleged to bo mod In viola tion of tho rlKhtn of n land compnnv which proposed to build a dam In tho r'vor, nan been decided In fuvpr of tho company. Tho decree In tho caio wnn handed down by Jttdgo Ilenn In tho United Btnten Circuit Court In Portland on Monday nnd completely nustnlni tho pobIUoii of tho railroad. $ CITY ULLAGE TO BE LOWERED ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR MADE liullntllon. nro Tlmt 1(11.1 Tnv Will Ito 20 Mllbi or iW rroirt Vl iiatlou Ib etlTtl.lflO HxtIiMho'Off I'libllu Hortlo CnrpomtlMM. Tentative Unieten of the cosH'i tlm 4xppyom of niiielng the city ef llond for the eoming yuttr Indlente thnt n niatorlnl reduction tn tlio tux levy will bo made by Uie oommon rounelPnt Itn muotlug on Tuntdny. Vurloun mnttorn thnt ennnot be set tled until tho council tneetn will nf foct tho amount of levy, but It now nontiia, on tho Dguron that have boen crmpllcd, that It enn bo rot nt SO mill ur Ion ni ognlnit SI mills lost yenr. In the pant year tho city has had iintiHiiul expeiison for street work and for other purposes not cstlnntud in tho preparation of the budget n year ngo. NoverthelMs Itn flnnneen aro In flood nhnpo nt tho prenont time nnd with the receipt of the numn duo from tho county and from other nourree 't v III end tho yinr froo from debt. The city valuntlon for 1918 wns $100,810 which Included public nor viae oornorntioiM. or oxelnClre of then $811,110. As yet the valuation of the public nervlrn corporations for 1011 In not knarn but It will pr numnbly b well over Jto.ooo. With the regular city valuntlon of ISTJ.tGt ns already announced by the county ri mi dinar, tho total for 1114 will be in xoe of f-100.000. (Continued on Inst tge.) . IIIHCUHS TKLHPIIONK I.IXK. At tho Commercial Club luncheon on Baturdny the plnn to obtain an entry Into town of tho farmer's lino from Lnldlaw wnn dlsausscd. Tho matter wan originally brought before tlio club by representatives or the linen which run Into Prlnnvlllo nnd Itedmond and In now under consid eration by n committee nppolntcd at that time. CltATIJIt A ItATTI.i: CltOUM). h PINK, Nov.' 10. Tho discov ery ol more human bones, presum ably Indians, la responsible for tho theory that tho steep Interior wall of tho Xowborry orator wns a battlo ground for prehistoric tribes. The latest discovery, that of tho bones of four men. was made by l'red Rlitn tntfer, of Knnt Lake, while euttlag n road throiiKh the lav a lilllalde on th eent slda of tho lake. Front time to time within the pnl four yearn, Ibi llnr dlncoverlen hnvo Ihmp mnde in the iwmo lofcllty. ia PINK HCIIOOIi Pi.VIHIIKI). LA PINK. Nov 1.- Iji Plne'n new ten thousand dollar school houxe Is finished nnd tho noheoU will move Into thole new quartorn next week. Tho building Is n handsomo structurt, of colonial pattern, fitted with all modern conveniences. Tho enroll ment In tho La Pine schools thin year In thlrty-flvo per cent greater than ever before, nnd nn Boon an tho now building In occupied, n new teachor will bo employed to aid tho proseut staff of Instructors. - f. tf -.j BiV " A large quantity of Heating Stoves to ' " select from, among them the COLE'S AIRTIGHT which will make a remarkable saving in your fuel bill. 0 Bind Hardware Company THU COMPANY THAT PUT THW WL'Air IN HAltDWAHK. TO CUT SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX LOWER LEVY WILL BE POSSIBLE llatliiHttcd KxpoimoM fur Next Your Amount to 18,(187 nnd Valuntlon About M()0,000 Levy May He 1 1 .MJllK-H'n ir,i In 0l 1 The lax levy for school district 12 tar the coining year will be dntcrm Inod at a meeting In the principal's room At thn Rld nchool at 2 o'clock on Saturday. Tho enUsMnten of next year's expense thnt have been pre pared to submit to tho meeting Indl oSlo that a tux of 11 mills nt tho hlghottt will ho nufflclont for school purK)sen for 10 1C. In tho past year tho district hna pnld a levy or 16V4 mills nnd In addition lenufld lunda to the amount or $23,000 for tho construction of tho new Hold nchool building. Karl ier cHtlmaton In respect to next yearn levy Rave ground for the bolluf that noxt year's mlllnge might bo out to an low as nix mills. Hut thin has now turned out to bo Impossible an the expected surplus lias beoa consumed In the new school building, bringing Itn total eost up to about $30,000. Noverlhelens) n reduction Is possible and will undoubtedly be mnde el the ttfturdny myu. The entlmated valuation of the nnhool dlntrlct Is $ 1.300.000. delud ing the publhi service corporation valuation. Just what thle will be in yet lo be determined by the BUite Tax Commlnslott. The total valuation Inst year won $1, 291,980. The following eatlmale of the ex panses of the district next year has been prepared and will be submitted to tho taxpayers on Saturday. Superintendent $ 1,700 1 High school principal .... 1,000 2 Assistants O $300 1,800 1 Grade Supt. $81.00 ... 7GB 1 Primary toachor 9 $0... 720 0 Qrado teachers f $75. . . . 4,060 1 8th grndo $80 720 2 Country teechern 9 $C0. . . 1.080 Country Janitors 90 Janitor Hold school 0 $00.. 720 Janitor High echool & $30.. 270 Wood at Held school 100 c. - .300. High school and country 30 c. 90 Wator at high school 17 Water at Held echool & $30 300 Intorcst on bonds 1,715 Hooks, equipment & Itnpalra. 800 Seeding Held nchool grounds. 100 Fencing name -. . 360 V $1C,C7 I'AmIIiIo UecclpO. On deUneuettt tanen $ 1.749.61 hsttlmated apportionment. 906.00 To rake by UmUon . . .$H.OT.J $1.67. 11 mill levy Mrould raise $H.3O0 IHLXTII OF HLIHS l)H AltMOXI). II. II. Do Amond wns oalled to Portland Friday night by tho doa'Ji ot his father. Hlles Do Armond. which occurred that day. Mr. Do Armond wan a resident of Grants Pass and wan 80 yours old nt tho timo ot his death. With hla wKo, who aurvivoa him, ho visited his son In Hand latt sunune.r. WW w i'OOTHALL CMJ1K OX THIS SITU. Tlm IiIkIi echool football team will piny Prinuville a return game here on tho 2 1 III. A wood game In expected and especially a gi-od crowd m all the nchool teachers of Crook county will bo hero on account of the In stitute. The score of tho Inst game fan 29-28 In Prlnevllle'n favor. Ad mission 20 cents. EASIER, RAILROAD BUILDING WILL BE RESULT Ho Hnyn Portland Orcgmifnu, OltJnx I'lmiiK'Jnl lmprotement and Pre dicting Itulldliiff PrutM Ikmd In ltd Sunday inane, the Portland Ornffoslan devotee an editorial ut comment upon the faith In Cantnilb Oregon's credit shown by the recent ante of the Ave per neat Jnter-tnt bridge bonds at a premium: THat, nnd other Indications, point to the sound condition of the ntate. and f rapidly bettering condition of finan cial affaire. An eeIr market and considerable Industrial expansion In Oregon nre the predictions of the Portland pa par. The editorial continues: "Many suoh enterprises await cap ital and tho energy to apply It. As noon an the litigation Involving tho Southern Pacific and Contral Pacific railroads la onded money will be ncedud to complete tho Natron-KIam-ath cut-off. When returning pros perity has put tho lnterurban trolley lines on a paying basis their exten sion to now points in tho Willamette valley, Southern Oregon and the Coant bolt should become financially possible. The same statement Is truo of tho oxtenslon of the O.-W. H. St N line now building through Central Orogon to a connection with the Des chutes Railroad nt fiend nnd with the Soitthorn Pacific at Natron; also ef the extension of the Oregon Trunk road from Hend to Klamath." OOBSDN-MUST EXPLAIN Ifood Hirer Commercial Club Cotn After Antl-DIWttionUtM. B. Dobson. of Redmond, who nntl-divlsion toreee In the re - mni.n hr.. t.om. rflii,t nnn Guy led the cont campaign, has been called upon by tho Hood Rlvor Commercial Club to oxplaln his courao In using unfair and distorted statomontn concerning Hood River county. At a recent mooting of the club, secretary Ravlln wan directed to tako tho matter up with Mr. Dobson. Tho Hood River Nows or November 11 In reporting the meeting, said: "Secretary Ravlln wan Instructed to demand an explanation from Mr. QuyJ3 Dob?on. a prominent baajtetj of Redmond. Orogon. who grossly; misrepresented Hood River In light ing the recent effort to soeuro a divi sion of Crook oounty. Mr. Dobson, it Is nlloged. greatly distorted Hood River's condition in nn effort to lend strength to his cause. GinriNa AFTim chamiikhlaix. W. V. King of Prtnevllle nnd Guy K. Dobson of Redmond, and others, mot with Senator Chamberlain in Portland last week. It Is understood they endenrorsd to gat the Senator "lined up" to nld in getting Oovern-1 image anu mis ywru wws uu. t ...u .ic.r for utiilsstloa i cate thnt In reaching the result it on the North Canal project, and fall ing this to get the money for some enterprise nr Prtnevll.e. In prof- erence to tlio nearer Slstors. Wont Side Project. 11KL1) FOR GRAND JURY. At a hearing before Justice Has tes Monday nftornoon evidence wns produced which led to his holding ' S. McCabo In $1000 bonds for the grand Jury which meets In December. McCabo Is chnrged with the theft of a sum of money from Fred Ruck. CE).C J"TTT I.-. ,..., .ii...... ... - " i The First National Bank OF BEND, BEND, OREGON U. l COB, President K. A S.VTIIFH, Vice- President C. . HUDSON, Cnbier Capital fully paid - $25,000 Surplus) - - S3.000 ii Banking Revolutionized OnJQv. 18th, 1914, tha Ros&rve Banks in twelve of the principal oUies of the U. S. opened for business. This law means there will never be any more panics in the United States. Every Member Bank can at any time convert its notes Into eohange or aotual cur rency. The power of the Federal Reserve Banks to issue currency is almost unlimited: this currency is now printed and may be ob tained at any time by Member Banks. The First National Bank of Bend is mem ber of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Fran cisco, Gallfornia, and is entitled to the full benefit of this new law. Wo will be pleated to jflve full particulars us tq the ninny other advantage and safeguard of this law, iu poison or by lottoi. TEe FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SEND DIRECTORS -'sr.wvTTr -- U. C Cob E. A SATHRlt . S: HUDSON O. M. Pattbr&on H. c. tyAiz wjj5aKrw COUNT! COURT ISSUES BUDGET ESTIMATES MADE FOR COMING YEAR Plan to Hun County for !08,(Kfl in JOJB Amowit lr School Lea Than Lat Yer and Formation ; of Jcffonwn Not Cannldcretlr ' A budget of exposes on which H Is proposed to run Crook county for the yoar'1911 was presented to tho oounty court at H November meeting and is now being published for tho Information Of tax payers. At the noxt meeting of the court, on Decem ber 2. all persona subject to tho levy will hnvo an opportunity to bo heard and the levy tor tho coming year definitely fixed. Tho budget differs from thnt pre sented to the taxpayers Inst year In that It includes all county expenses, while last year's covered only tho state tax hnd general oounty expense. Thle year then amounts are Included and tho cost of the high school and tho county schools iu genoral. - With all those purposes Included tho total amount onUnwted tol ho neeeaeary In taxes is 191& Is $$$. 988 and the court oomntaecBUy nays. To ralee the above awoant It will require a levy of about ti mllle whiaji Is 2 mills lean than the levy for 1911." Court Too Optlmletfc. Those who have hnd an opportun ity to study the figures prerei.t'd to the court and to compere then with the sums raised by taxation for the same purpoces In the presestt year and It hard to ngree with the court ' ,lf eful prophecy or a .low W f,?l, ?Jr,UKJ?r Mend that t (be oounty debt la paid and general expeases maintained on the same scale as heretofore, the levy Is bound to be higher. That it l expected to pay the debt is shgwn by tho Inclusion In the budget of $100,000 to cover warrants ouutand Ing on January 1. 191G, while a com parison ot other figures of general ex ponse with last year'n shown no over powering effort at economy. Soma figures are cut and some raised ro that tlj.0 result U practically the name In both years." ' T" In considering next year's taxes, "t Is pointed out, thero will be little change In tho matter of assessed valu ations, taking the county as a whole, so that the same or a lower mlllage than that of 1911 would raise an. equal or lower amount than in tho present year. In other .words, an In creased valuation will not be shown to take eare or a lower tax levy nnd raise the saane araoufet a was spent this year. Further rompartsea between the budnet and this year's taxes tnut- did the County Court made reduc tions of a nature that the taxpayers will not agree to 1. the hUNto; and general school funds and that ds not agree with the faets In the matter or tho state tax. For thb present year. It Is pointed ou. the high school tax was two mills, raising $20,587.61 while tho present budget provide! only $13,380. With no record or tho expenditures It is Impossible to sny whether this Is enough, but It would (Continued on last page.) vJ&y