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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1915)
.twJ 1. ' PAGE 4. TUB nEXIl BULLETIN, BEND, ORE., WEDNESDAY, ULY JiflJS. l 'I It BEr f " I 1: .I ) t f . I r i r- f ,' r W sir THE BEND BULLETIN (Published Every Wednesday) GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM Publisher ROBERT W. SAWYER Managing Editor An Independent newspaper stand (ng for tho square deal, clean busl-, nets, clean politics and the best In-' tercstB of Head and Central Oregon. one year $1.60 61x months 80 Three months CO WEDNESDAY, JULY 2S, 1315. CONFIDENCE. Tho State Land Board did exactly right in coming to the assistance of the Tumalo project. It has extend ed to the sottlcrs tho hand of real co-operation It has given tho men on the Tumalo lands the opportunity to finance their project to completion. The waters of Tuinnlo creek have been extraordinarily Ion-, due to the excessively light snow fall In the mountains. What with tho low water, and some leaks In tho floor of the Tumalo reservoir, the Immediate out look for tho project has not been overly bright Hut by expending some $5,000 and with It completing the diversion of Crater Creek to re lnforco Tumalo creek, an ample water supply Is assured for this season nnd also an excess of water sufficient to test out tho reservoir and make possible the mending of leaks which can only be discovered and cured by flooding tho floor of the big artificial pond. Originally tho State lent money to build tho Tumalo project. It Is assured that every cent will be paid back, with profit and Interest. Now, to complate a detail of tho undertak ing hitherto not vital, tho settlers will borrow a few thousand more dol lars from the school fund, and tho last kinks will bo straightened out. I)y permitting tho settlers to have this money the Hoard has put It to service In n way that could not be battered. Mora Important, its mem lrers novo shown their confidence In tho project and In Irrigated lands. Had the Land Hoard refuted to make loans on these Irrigated tracts, It would. In effect, hate condemned Irrigated development In tho state. Hut tho chairman of the Hoard, Gov ernor Wlthycombe, came out BtronK ly In favor of the loan. Ho expressed himself with enthusiastic confidence Ho said tho Improved Tumalo lands Are worthy security, And as ho Is an acknowledged authority on agri culture and land values, his fellow members ncccpted his advice. ..In short, tho Tumalo project has had another otnclal "O. K." placed tipon It. Not only that, but artificial ly watered lnnds with adjudicated rights havo, ns n class, received rec ognition. It Is a distinct expression of confidence in irrigation and In Central Oregon. Wo have rcaBon to bo satisfied, and grntuful especial ly tho Tumalo settlers and to re member that confidence hegots confidence. ROAD SIGNS. Tho Oregon Voter says: "Crook county newspapers, ospo clolly Tho Mend Uulletln, nro agitat ing tho mnttor of road signs. Tho state law require that road super visors shall not bo permitted to drnw pay for work ilono until thoy havo placed direction boards at road Inter sections The purpose of tho law is excellent, but It Is Impractical In operation. It take money to build nnd replace mid posts, and tho fundi should lie provided Ueforo ay penalty Is laid upon the overworked i nnd underpaid supervisor, ir the county feels It cannot afford to apnd tho nionev. do not take It out of too stipnrvlacr'M htila." Nut ontlroly right, Brother Chap man. True, tu no use to cuaa the road suvorvlenr. for. nett to a emnlUtown editor he Is more Impervious to cue lng than uny creature extant. But It Ik worth while trying to stir a county court Into a eeuihlauce of In lentil. A very few dollars would eiuln Cntk county with proper ileus nnd they would he a most wise In vestment And If the Court dosea ou. probnhh the Commercial Olehe will see to It that tho good work Is .prop erly undertaken. Just as our own or ganisation le doing It herealwut. DKSIUAULH PUBLICITY The Oregon Voter has this to ear: Under tho law county boards are required to innke a owl-nnHat fla- anolal statement at the end of the first six months of each year. "SovortU eountlos have ptmimaeu theeo statements, ihowlag expendi ture for the half year nod halapeee tui of June 38 In every separate fend. Other counties have made no sueh twbllwtlon. "II la significant that In taoee etwaltos where the per mnJta Uvea re highest the statement are not belair tiubllahed. "A published statement Is Uie best I KWU M iHioroiauon lur mwt. It makes ioeIMe the redaction af needle oiiwnce. "Failure to publish la usually a cover for wasteful tnethoda." ( ' . - - - features of late. One seems far luckier than ho deserves, the second has played a luckless hand, and tho Indian has been permitted to go back to die of the Whlto Plague. Only 42 per cent of Oregon's land area Is taxable. SUPPLY MEN IN TOWN. Representatives of well known Arms who ore here today in connec tion with the mill development In clude J. W. McKenzie. of the Chi cago Ueltlng Co and E. C. Quirk of John A. Roeiiling Sons Co. A. II Garrison, general freight and passen ger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul is alto here. present grade of cows tho cream Is' necessarily made higher than If we testing out on tho average 32 perl were still receiving the flour mill A. It. ROGERS HERE. A. R. Rogers, of Minneapolis, ar rived .this morning and left at onco for Sulphur Springs, east of Prlnc vlllc. John E Ryan went to Prlne- vlllo with Mr Rogers. Use Self-Ralsing Deschutes Pan' cake flour. It Is always fresh and a home product. Adv. PROVE AN ALIHI. Jess Tetherow, pitching for Prlne vlllo was too much for Bond. Prlne- vllle winning last Sunday's base ball game by a score of 10 to 0, Tho Bend aggregation had not been on the diamond together since the Ctau. tauqua series, and were not in trim for 'Sunday's game. Poor fielding and hitting accounted chiefly for Bend's defeat. Tetherow pitched good ball, and was given good sup port by his team mates. Springer and Clow twirled for Ilcnd, but mis erable support was given them. The Bend batteries were. Clow, Springer and O'Donnell; Prlnovllle, Tetherow and Lister. See Edwards for paper banging. Adv. CREAMERY IS BOON TO BEND (Continued from pngo 1.) cent butter fat, which according' to A. H. Hicks, butter macr. Is a, creditable mark under the condi tions. Supplies Ice Cream. For the purpose of supplying tho demand both locally and In towns nearby, the company this spring ad ded to Its equipment a 10-gallon Ice cream freezer and is supplying this refreshment to dealers In Bend, Red mond, Terrebonne and Tumalo. Re tailing at 11.00 a gallon -this Ice croam has realized the compan; ap proximately $1,000 a month. So soon as It 1b possible to add another freezer n larger territory will be Berved. Will Imiirote Methods. "We feel ver confident, said T J Peterson, secretary of the creamery company," that the coming year will see the farmers doing much more along the dairy line than they hue uonc so iar. ip iu mis nine uiej creamery iihs ireeii target) an eAjif n ment nnd the fermers hare been sceptical of Its ability to meet the current market quotations. As this has been done up to this time, and with prospects for far better condi tions during the coming year, 1 feel safe In saying that we will be oblig ed to enlarge our capacity." In "a futurel ssuo The Bulletin will publish figures to show the busi ness done by the creamery during the lost year. revenue. Two weeks ago we challenged the proponents of the so-called Steldl & Tweet franchise to publish their water rates as compared with our rate. It seems highly Inconsistent for them to promise to reduce the electric rates when It is a fact that they are now charging the people of Wlestoria, Lytle and Riverside two dollars for the same Eervlce which we give for one dollar. odv Bend Wrter Light Power Co. Classified Advertising ductlon. In order to meet obllga tlons outstanding on tho equipment stockholders at first were docked 10 per cent per month on their cream, but now that theso obligations have been mot, thoy nre freo from this duty. Patrons Increase. The Increnso In tho number of pat rons of tho creamory has been strik ing. Beginning at first with a small number In tho near vicinity, the cromery Is serving more than CO farmers, all of whom, It la sold, con template enlargement of tholr hords nnd addition of moro and better equipment. Theso conditions nro coming nt the present without solici tation upon the part of anyone. What mny bo dono with thorough bred stock Is shown with what re sources tho farmers have. With tho WHY THIS INCONSISTENCY? To tho Voters of Bend: In last week's Issue of Tho Bulle tin the proponents of the so-called Steldl & Tweet franchise In attempt ing to answer our challengo of two. weeks ago quoted Mr. Foley as say lng that If the flour mill franchise was granted we would bo compelled to raise our rates from 1C to 20 per cent. This contortion of what Mr. Foley said was not necessary. Ills state ment was published and could have been referred to for nn exact quota tion, which would have disclosed that he said no such thing. What Mr. Foley said was as fol lows: "Because oven this low rate that tho flour mill would pay us will rep resent between 16 and 20 per cent of our net ravenue for electricity and If this revenue Is taken away. It will mnko It necessary for the Railroad Commission to fix tho rates that much higher than if this .franchise is nbt granted. !" "This docs not mean that tho rates will bo necessarily that much higher ttfnn they are now, but that they will be that much higher than what tho commission would mako them If wo had this flour mill roe nue." This Is the fact. Tho Commission fixed our rates so as to produce n fair return on tho Investment. When tho flour mill franchise was granted our revenuo was reduced and tho rates fixed by the Commission were Adrcrtlemcnts Inserted untVr tills bending nt the rate of ONE CENT A WORD each Insertion. Cash must accompany all orders from persons not Having a regular account with The Bulletin. No advertisement tnk for less than IS cents each Insertion. FOR RENT. FOR RENT Furnished room In private family. Inquire Mrs. Howard Palmer, 1 block east of Bend Ho tel. 21-22p FOR RENT 3 room house, water and light. Inquire Elite Studio. 21tf FOR SALE. FOR SALE Turkeys, chickens, Indian runner ducks, 14 Inch plow, Harrow, sewing machine, milk cow, 100 foot two Inch pipe. Thrasher pump, 1 4 year old Holstcln bull, 7-S thoroughbred. L. Corbln, La Pine, Oregon. 21p FOR SALE Light driving, ona horso buggy nnd harness cheap. J. A. Brinkley. 20tf FOR SALE or TRADE Team horso. weight 7000 ponnds or will trade for real estate. Nixon 19tf FOR SALE Two thoroughbred POLAND CHINA p!gs, spring boars. J 25 each. Pedigrees free with each pig. 41 Stock Ranch, L. O. Reed, prop., Bend, Oregon, Box 8C. lS-21p FOR SALE Small counter at the Cozy Restaurant. f 17tf WANTED. WANTED Hog fencing, nlso flvo foot woven wire. State amounts and prices. Inquire Bulletin ofllce. 20-23p WANTED Closo In residence lot between railroad and river. Price roasouable. Box 323. ,.' 21tf WANTED Stock to pasture on Weimer ranch. Inquire J. C. Silver, Tumalo, Oregon. 21-24p LI Mr. Carnegie does not appear to be altogether coaaUteut. He and ale alda have started a iwaee loagve In the ataboola of tho country. mteurliiK pledge from tho bos that they veot be eoldler. And In the moan time Caraele' factories continue to turn nut shrapnel far slaughter nero the Atlantic, meaning divid ends for their pettee loving owner. If tho European satlwaiwwere not eo preoccupied In tholr wholesale butchery business, just think how they would berate Uncle San fr pat keeping the peace In Mexico. It will be hard for Europe to preaeh peas on earth and good will toward men for many agear to-cony. ThiW. Leo Frank and Tee Ne Oat havo Ken tho domestic front page Watch this Space next week for our Proposed RATES. kT V - STEIDL & TWEET , t For That Auto rrr . - '"'- 1 rip Ladies Auto Hats and Caps at 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25 LADIES' TAMS LADIES' VEILS They are comfortable They are fetching Get yours noy V l-frSAr- '" R. M. SMITH CLOTHING CO. LEARN THE WAY Rend theatre 4-reels-4 a cool place: to spend the evening, friday. sat.. sunday and monday nights. IOC AND 15C American Bakery WALL STREET OCR PASTRY AND BREAD is nl- was pood. Wo nlso hnve Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Ice Cream end Confectionery. Our goods ore fresh dally. Let us care for your wents. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices right, TELEPHONE BLACK 111. SHRINER & HUEY . V . BEND G. R. COOPER manufacturer of all kinds of SOFT DRIN K S Office at Cold Storace Works Next to Bsnd Hardware Co. Waitliouse Bend, Oregon lL zJtMb huSKkl' THE MODERN WOMAN APPRE- CIATES THE UP-TO-DATE HATH ROOM. and Its many Improvements for comfort and convenience. Hot water all tho time, no annoying leaks, and ever thing always In working ordor that's tho kind of a Job you'd get from us. We uto specialist plumbers and "per fection" marks whatever work we do, from the simplest repairs to the most elaborate stcam-flttlnff Job. J. A. r-XOERRETSON. PLU.MIUXO AND HEATING 117 .Minnesota St. Rend, Or. A CUSTOMER'S VIEWPOINT CUSTOMER RECENTLY .MADE A REMARK T1LT IT WAS A COMMON MISTAKE FOR A MERCHANT TO CONTINUALLY ASK PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM BUSINESS AND TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE. ETfT.. SAYING THERE'S A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO GET BUSINESS. THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE YOUR CU& TOMERS QUALITY. SERVICE AND PRICES. WE APPRE-'' CIATE THIS POINT AND WE MAKE A PRACTICE OF GET TING OVER THE FENCE AND LOOKINO AT THE PROPO SITION FROM THE CUSTOMER'S "STANDPOINT ' ' n , BEND'S BEST GROCERY. ' W. C. McCUISTON ; V Ji J 4 k . aSTi