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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1915)
zzxstn The bend bulletin vol. xnr. 1113X1), OltKGO.V, WKDXKSDAY AFTHUN'OOX, AVGCST I, JOIB. 123. " 1 IP LETTER TELLS OF TRENCH LIFE BROTHER HEARS FROM WAR FRONT UIi live of A. M. Pillule, Midi Can- r.di.m Contliigont hi France lc- v( rllics Conditions. XoNes Mndo li (ionium Shells Individual. 1'ip Great War now raging In Eur onc i brought vividly homo by a let- f r nnd "post card recently rccolved i . M Prlnglo, munogor of tlio li.l'cd Wnrehouso Co., from his lr ther who In serving with tho Can iiilin.i contingent In Frnnce. Both Air I'rlnglo'a brother mid futhor en listed when tho first force of Cajiad ; r.8 was enrolled Inst fall, tho lnt f r serving as chaplain of Ills regi ment. Ho litis roninlued In tho train ing cum pa In England but his soil Ik b been nt tho front for some ttnlo end took part In tho spring battle of Ypres. The letter Is nB follows: In tho trenches, Frnnce, May 2C. 'At present I nm lying nt tho door y of my "dug out" or "booby" hut rcwlv to Utvo In In case n "twilight limited" comes over. Wo may ho ro- Pewd tonight and sent back for a few dnys but thoy mny havo us hero frr a day or two yet. Th'ngs nro 1 rcttv strenuous but one coon gets ur ,1 to tho racket nnd sleeps thiough ny old noise. It is n groat sight, one I can't doscrlbo nnd ono which If 1 romo through this all right (and I hn'e nm (loots) I never wnnt to sen . r.g in. My wntcr bottlo tipped ovor ,'' just thoro vlth a rather disastrous ' result of thlB Indelible pencil. (Ue- fcrrlng to n blot on tho paGO.) Thlnut I.ook Favorable. ' Things nro looking vory favor- n'.'i through hero now that tlto warm v.eather hrs como but tho smells nro hict tho rovcrso. Tho whole couutry Is ore vast cometory. Hlght bohlnd in.- ,is I write I cm seo several of the burled dond while out ohoad nro m m cf the unburlcd some Ilrlllsh l)iit nnstlv Gorman. Somo day when jieif,. 'i restored I suppose nil effort will be nindo to mark the graves but It v ' 1 be nn ImpoBfllblo task so fur ro t .st of thorn arf oftnwnod. ,. To in i' r and a little to (lie inn i oan mo n g.nvo with this Inscription, "In ii "ry of 2 privates (unknown) ), i il Mnv 10," nnd not more than o foot from whero I am Bitting lU'it Is a Uoha Uin sticking up with n t .iper through the trigger uflnrd v th nothing on it but n name nnd . would never know except for tho Tt -- Utile that ho was a Ccnr.dlan. T'w -. out In front are In such ahepe iM.i Mug thoro as they have ror w Uh that they will never he known. I u that for a' space of, five minutes there could hurst on the ears of Hand's population the roar that Is going on here now. Away In our rear the guns oro flashing every few niln-ute-, then In n couplo of seconds th re Is a terrlflc report nccompanlod hy the rumblo of tho shell ovor hond nnd looking ovor tho pnrnpot ono sees tho flnsh of tho explosion hnd heirs tho deep "Iloom!" Tho Ger mans uso stnr slioiis incessantly to guard ngnlnst surprises. Thoy work like a rocket though they stay In tho nlr nevornl seconds. Thoy burn with fl INSURE YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN CARELESSNESS Even though you migltf never 'have ti fire or thieves enter your home, n paper mislaid is often times lost just as irretricvahly as if it had been burned or stolen. When your valuable papers are in our vault vou KNOW where they are and you KNOW they are safe. You can lease a steel box in our vault with a non-pickable Yale lock big enough to contain all your private papers, for $2 a year Can you afford to be without this insurance? Thfe Deschutes Slate ' Bank B. FERRELL President a brilliancy that suggests tho uso of calcium carbide In Borne form or oth er. They havo them In white, red and green, the last two being UBed Infrequently nnd only for signal woik. At flrBt tho Pszb-r-r-r of tho bullets over tho parapet glvo ono a creepy feollng but they soon get com monplace nnd simply cnuso witty (al so profnno) remarks to bo passed. Tho shells, of course, ore more to bo feared than laughed at though they do vory little daningc. The big "Jack Johhsons" make cuch n hoIbo that ono can gattgo whore thoy aro going to land, hut tho shrapnel nnd tho (Continued on Inst page.) K PHYSICIANS ATTEND HOSPITALOPENINB MONDAY Tlnfo Clinics llclil-Ilr. A. K. Hockey Of I'oitliiml Present To Hold Open House .Soon. Tho iImw Itend hospital, of vhlch Doctors U, C. Coo nnd H. Forrell hnve supervision, was opened Monday morning for tho reception of patients. Threo clinics wero hold at which leading physicians of Crook and Jef ferson counties nnd Dr. A. K. Hockey 'n well known physician of Portland wore In attendance. Decides Dr. Hockey thoso present woro Dr. C. S. Kdwardo and Dr. J. F. Hosonburg, I'rlnevlllo: Dr. W. It. Snook nnd Dr. K. F. Long, JIndrnsi Dr. X. Y. Hob bins, Croscont: Dr. O. W. Snnp, Mo tollus: Dr. J. F. Hosch, Hedmond and Dr. U. C. Coe, Dr. I). Ferroll and Dr. J. V. Vundevort, llend. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Donnovnn, re cently of Iown, nnd formerly asso ciated with the Dollevuo hoBpltal In Now York, arrived In Dond last wcok and havo been engaged in proparlng tho.hoBpltal for tho opening. i Tho now hospital Is modornly equipped throughout. Each of tho Individual rooms for patlentB Is Blmp ly, rut neatly furnished. Tho wards hnvo beon ronovnt,od and put In proper condition for treatment of pa tlonts. Surgical accosaorles for tho oporatlug room arrived last week and wero Installed, for the opening Mon day. Plans aro being made by Drs. Coo and Ferrell for nn opon houso to bo hold In tho near future, and upon that occnslon people of Dond will bo given nn opportunity to Inspect yio now hospital. 1DICHL SOCIETY REVIVED i Crook County Physicians Meet In I Demi Monday. Atttcn (o'rovWo Interest In tho Crock County Medical Society wis tak.cn Monday afternoon by physic ian's of tho county who were In llend to attend the opening or tlto llend Hospital. Tho presence of Dr. A. 13. Hockoy. of Portland, president of the Oroxon Medical Society, who deliv ered a talk upon various phases of tliu medical profession provoked n live discussion nt the session which was held at the Kmhlom Club. Monday's meeting of the county roclely was tho first held In Dend. Dr. C. S. Kdwnrds. nnd Dr. J. F. Hosonburg of Prlnevllle wero re elected president nnd secretary re spectively. The Crook County Medical Society has a membership of ten physlclnus, nnd offorts to moot at moro regular Intorvals will bo made for tho future iullktix adihtiox iieocx. oMi rwtntrnM fnr Din nririftlnn to I Tho Dullotin building has been let to II O. Dlmlck and preliminary I work was begun Monday afternoon. 1 4I1J v-w)ai .... .-..--- E. M. LARA Cashier BRIDGE AND DAM DONE, iffitLL BEGUN RECORD TIME A1ADE ON CONSTRUCTION CON TRACTORS ARE THROUGH ANH RAILS ARE LAID DION HERETO BUILD A1ILL AND OTHER PARTS OF PLANT DANIEL SON TO PUT IN SHEAR BOOM Tho bridge to the Shevlln-Hlxon ' mill stto Is completed and rails nro, laid nearly all the way across. Track i laying for tho balance of the distance , to be coverod by the railway corn-) iianv. to the site of the pinning mill, i will be completed this week and con nection uindo with tho lumber com pany's logging line. Tho logging pond dam, a Blrort distance up stream fronl tho bridge, will also bo com pleted this week, and construction of tho mill Itself begun, J. P. Dion, of Dion & Ilorskotte, who will havo charge of tho building, being already hero doing preliminary work on the ground. Tho bridge, which Is built of fir tinihors, Is 8S0 feet long, with n fiO foot span over tho river. On tho cast sldo the bents nro so p'eced na to permit a roadway to pos3 undor on tlio river bnnit liencntn, ami on the weat, an opening is loft through which will run tho lumber company's lino from tho woods to tho dock at which logs will bo unloaded Into tho pond. Tlio middle point of tho brldgo Is Wi feet above tho river. Tho brldgo nnd tho 5700 foot spur from the main lino of tho Orbgon Trunk nro understood to havo cost In the neighborhood of $25,000. Work on the railway spur wits bo gun on Juno 10 under tho direction of D. M. Howard, engineer of tho Oregon Trunk, who wns nss'sted by V. J Stnnsborry as tlmo keeper. Un der tho ngrerment with tho Shevlln Hlxon company tho spur nnd brldgo wero' to bo completed within CO days. Finishing nt this tlmo tho work Is dono well within tho contract limit, which 1b siilllclont to Indlcato tho ef ficiency with which It hns boon done. For tho accomplishments n con nection with the bridge building credit Is duo to tho contractors, Not tleton, Druco & Eschbnch nf Soattlo who began work on Juno 10. II. H. Wood hnB been In charge, with A. C. Druco. of tho company, horo a por tion of tho tlmo. Dniilclsnii llnlliN Dam. Speedy construction work has characterized tlio dam building, as well nsthnt of tho railway spur and bridge, tho first supplies lielntc as sembled on May ?8 nnd n fow men put to work. Counting from tho time whim the full crew of 3R men was emplovptl the ilnm has been built In practically two months, the tlmo set when tlio work wan begun. Tho Word la even better than would np pear slnco unforeseen difficulties werq encountered durtiK the work. Includ ing a flood caused by the closing of an Irrigation canal up river, anil tho neeewlty of going n'ne feet below tho river bottom to find a suitable foun dation on the east end of the dam and the eonseiiuent additional Um ber work to build up from the foun dation. The dam, with abutments. Is ISO long, the abutments, to ho llnishod shortly, bolng 75 feet long on tho west mid and 00 feot on the oast. Tho dam ltoelf Is of timber crib work llllod with fitnno and planked over. Abovo It Is built a 10 foot wagon brldgo which will connect with tho road to town on tho east sldo of tho rlvor. At regular Intervnls eln'co wnys with noodle gates havo honn put In by which to regulate the Hay Carriers JacKson ForKs Wire Rope Manila Rope Pulleys and ForKs Mowing Machines Binders and Reapers and Binder Twine end Hardware Co. Th Compony thut put IF YOU DID NOT GET A CATALOG CALL FOR ONE liuIshtH t water nbovo the dnm nnd at pup point there Is n log chute to penult the passage of logs to points bolow the dam, If necessary. With the julnleewnvs closed It Is estimated thnt water will flow over the crest of tho dam with a head of about one foot. Tho dnm hns been built by M. J. Dantolson, who nlso put In the pres ent dam of the Dond Wator Light & Power Co., and has had considerable othor exporlenco In construction work. On tho completion of this wotk Mr. Danlclsou will begin on n 500 foot shoar boom nbovo the dnm which will call for tho construction of n number of cribs 12x11 In size and giving employment for somo tlmo longer to tho crow which has built the ilnm. Mill lliilldor Arrives. With tho railroad brldgo ropiplot od work can begin on tho construc tion of the snw mill which will bo located n short dlstnnco up rlvor from the wert end of the dam. Plans for the mill havo been drawn by Dion & Horskotto, lumber plnnt de signers and builders of Minneapolis, and on Snturdny Mr. Dion nrrlved with n crew of foremen to begin work. l.nter In tho week M. II. Ilea, goti- ornl superintendent for tho Shevlln luteroflts. Is expected, accompanied by .Mr. Horskotto, and building will then lioaln In onrnost. Pitiullng their arrival Mr. Dion Is putting up nn of' lice nt the mill site nnd laying out tho timbers nnd other material which hns alrendv been dollvorod, ready to stnrt on the mill. According to tho ptivis tho saw mill will be -. 1x180 foot In sl70, dls charging on tho bench land ab.ovo the mill site Into n 200 foot sorting shed. With the saw mill thoro will bn n lath mill H2xS0 feet. Other buildings will bu a saw mill power house 78x78, n fupl house, 50x10, machine nnd blacksmith shop .ir,xll2. n humor 31 feet In diameter and 125 feet high, n plaulntr mill, round house, enr shop and puriin house, 10 dry kilns, n stacker and an on-stnoker.' IIhto IIiiiI lporteiir. UaMrs. Dion & Horskotto have tud"lcng experience In the construe tlon of lumber plants, having been nssoetHtod for years with W. A. Wilt klnson, known during his life time m the boat snw mill builder In tho world. Just recently thoy have biilll the I Ibliv, Montana plant nwiwd by tin" SbevlMi Interests and a plnnt ut ICnreka, Montana, for the Uureka l.ninlMsr Oi. Their latest wotk Ima lip"ii to rebuild the plnnt of the Pot In cli Mimlter Co. at Potloeh, Idaho, from which they route to Demi. In the list of mills In the bulldhiK of which Mr. Dlnu has had a part la ln hided all the mills of tho Shovllii and Weyerhaeuser companies and man? others, the ccmriitu record he lm, as follows. H rooks & Sranlon l.br. Co., Scan lou. Mlnti.; Ilumblrd l.br. Co., Sand Point. Idaho; White Pluo l.br Co., Priest Hivor, Idaho; Crookstou l.br. Co. nomldil, Minn.: McCoy & Itec ord l.br. Co., Ornnd Forks, Minn.: BhoNlIn Clnrk l.br. Co., Halny Hivor, Out . Harlier l.br Co.. llolso, Idnho; Potlntoh l.br. Co, I'ntlatrh. Idaho; The (loo. Palmer l.br. Co., I.a Ornnijo AT.: the "Wr" In Hiirdwuro Oregon; Tho Hogorn lifor. Co., Endor by, 11. C ; Huniblrd Lbr. Co., Sand Point, Idaho: Panhnudlo l.br. Co., Spirit Lake, Idaho; Shevlln Mathlow I,br. Co., Spooner, Minn.; llonners Ferry l,br. Co., llonners Ferry, Ida ho; Virginia & Halny I.ako Co., Vli glnta. .Minn.; Potlatch Mir. Co., Klk Hivor, Idaho; Shevlln Clark Mir. Co., Ft. Francis, Out.; St. Croix l.br. Co.. Wlnton, Minn.; Kottlo Hivor l.br. Co., Trnii8conn, Man.; Mutchonbeck or l.br. Co., Mnfoklng, Mnn.; Shevlln Clark l.br. Co., Ft. Francos, Out.; Virginia & Italnv l.ako l.br. Co., Vir ginia. Minn.; Mbby l.br. Co.. Ubbv. Mont.; Kureka Lbr. Co., Kuroka, Mont. BID CONCERTS ATTRACT BIG FRIDAYJJjHT CROWDS Oi'gaiiliitiou of ttl Member lias Hail llusy Sen-on City and lliiHlncs Men Cniitithuto Liberally. A pleasnnt foaturo of tho Bummer time In Hond Is tho wookly concert given by tho Hond cornot band. Slnco enrly spring tho band has been play ing ovory Friday night at dlfforent places In tho business district, and although earlier In tho season tho ovenlngs wero ofton cold, good sized crowds have usually been on hand to enjoy tho music. Tho band this yoar conslntn of 10 pieces. The members nnd tho instru ments thoy play aro! cornots, Ashley Forrest (leader), F, I.. Mlllor, Ted Hoke, J. A. llrlnkloy, Hobcrt Innos; bass, C. S. Springer; baritone, A. A. Dickinson, J. II. Godfrey; trombone, A. I.. Frunch, Fred I.ucnsj nlto, J. 10. lOngehrotson, .lohn Sathor, Fred Trlplott, A. A. Upland, It. (larrlsh, Pearl Lynns; clarinet, I). II. French; bass drum, O. M. Uuptll; snnro drum, Joe McKay and Donald MaoLuurlii. During the Inst throu months the baud hns llllod several speclnl en gagements, playing at Sisters May 1, track liioet at Hedmond May 15, May 10 on tho occasion of tho Shevlln 11 1 x on Company's announcement, Decoration Day and Fourth of July. Assisted by tho city with nn ap propriation of $25 n month and sub scriptions by the llend business men the bnud hns been able to conduct Its concerts, purchase now niuilo nnd moot Its current oxpansos. BASSETT RESIDENCE BURNS l'lie of I'nkiioHii Orlln llpi o- js Partly IiimiiviI. A (Ire, the cnuso of which Is un known, destroyed the reslilenro of A. P. Ilusaett In Hlversido addition on Tliursdny night. The house, vnlued at npproxlmntoly $1,700. ami tlio fur niture, wero partly covered by Insur- !M P. Mr. lloasett. and his sou Prod, wme t'UcpIng In the house at the time the alarm was given, hut the flunies hud Knitted auoh head wry that only a email amount of furniture and wearing apparel wore snved. It la believed that tho tiro originated In the kltcban. and when (Uncovered It wns Impossible, with the lira proteo 1 ton afforded In that part of town, to check the Uames. Neighbors, who ro sponded tp snvo somo of tho houso hold goods, found It Imposslblu to cuter tho house, mid ettorts wore con II ncd to checking the spread of the Humes to adjacent buildings and tho dry grass. Tim IhiHsett lire Is tho fourth which hns occurred In llend nnd vicinity In the l.tst month. s vxtyjv x"jp xip xi"w "y?' y ay $,'' '"Ly ,lbiii7'",5i?'t5r (".., ayejp The First National Bank OF BEND, BEND.OR.EGON I'. C (OK, Prenldent K. A. SATIIIIH, Vice- I'nwldenl U. H. UCUMON, Ciubier (Miiial fully pMld Vi&.QDQ Hurplu M,OQ0 .,; - ,t:t.""t , in i , " ItlUL IIA.VICl.N't; SKHVICK. Uegulsr bank liwna: We are prepared at nearly all Hmsa to nake ailranesa to reliable parties for their ruiulreuients. Wool ami shju loaus: We are ;)v prtpared to loiui inoner U abeatt man for the purihase ol Sheep. We are now pi spared lo ndvsn'-e yu 1 per pouud ou all wool o "to. In the S urehoiiss at Bond, at 8 per cent Jr either DO days or six months. Bbr.p nn ii do not Usvs t "il at orrnmnt prices unless the ih. 'I I"' monoy U rtsdy for ou. Wh are NOW prepared to make loans on outtb- for six months, for feeding purposes, but not on ruiue or she stun. We are V prepste4 to make loans us good farm lands, with "od wator rlbis, no mutter whore losatod in Central Oregon, the bigger the loan the hotter, pro viding tba proiKMltlon is u good one and will stand clos est Invostlgstlon as to values and title Write us ror Information. Hunk by msil and securu our services. TEe FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEND ;. -. DIRECTORS ----- 1' , IV.I. If A HlTllfll I' H. HllDMlV i.. ..... O. M. PATTMIISON ZfXZ xc tcrtr $? -vsf "SEP" 'SKK' "5S! 'SSJf !SJ?f "S '23' '5S5 FRANCHISE UP MONDAY VOTERS TO DECIDE ON REFERENDUM Similar Mciimiio Defeated In tho Council l.nvt Your Ciiovtlnj? He ' lief In That It Will lie Defeated ActUo Compnlgn Is Waged. Tho voto on tho Stoldl & Tweet electric frnnohlso will bo tnken at a spealnl election to ho hold on Mon day. At that tlmo tho voters of Ilond will decide .whothor competition Is desired In tho town, or whothor thoy will pornilt only ono electric utility, regulated by tho Public Utllltlea Commission, to do buslnuss horo. Tho first frnnchlso Tonuoatcd by Stoldl & Tweet was defeated In March, 1911, by a tlo voto of tho council, two thirds being necessary for Its paBsngo. A socond franchlso was presented In March of this yoar, passed by tho council and vetoed by Mayor Miller. Tho council later pass ed tho fronchlsu ovor the vuto. Thereafter tho referendum was In voked by n numerously signed potl tlon nnd August 9 sot by tho council bh tho tlmo for tlio rofonwdum elec tion. Tho oloctlon will bo hold In tho council room In tho Johnson build ing on Wall street from 8 n. in. to a ii in lOlni-tlnn nfllrnm ntiiioliited by the council nro, rlnrks, Prince StaatH and O. M. Ouptlll. Jildgos, .1. J. ivielli. Clnudo Kellny nnd Frank (lllbort. IVill.iu-ltiir Hut itnrnnt of the fran chise last yenr tho city, at tho ,re- o,uesi oi mo iienii iuur i.ikiu Power Co., asked tho statu public utilities commission to Invostlgato tho Investment and ratos of tliu onm psiiy nnd after u hearing held fn Mny a new Bchodulo of rntos wus put In force by tliu commission. A lottor recently rocslved from tho commis sion Indicates Unit n tnntorial mls tulia was made by It In mitioutidhiK Its decision which onlerod thn n portion of the luvestwonl not "tisod and useful" bu utacwl tu'.ti siuminsQ flon. the vnlnntlon of the plrTnt, on which a reliii'll hIiouIiI he nllowil, hi $01.00(1 Instead of $8 1,000, ns pre viously niinouncnil and the amount of tliu suspense account $37,500 Instead of $ IT.r.oo. No rato chniiga Involved. A veiy active pre-election ontu palgu has been waged by the Hlolilt ft Tweet Interests on one side and tho llend Wiiter Light A Power Co. oil the other. While no dotlnlte forecast or the tosult of the election crm bo mail.. Hi,, .ii.lnlnli la crnwIllaT that tilt I frani'lilsn will be defeated, the longer ine people siuuy me noiiiuiiniu iinw Hon Involved the stronger their be lief that conipetltloii Is uuwUu. t A.nolhcr consideration which Is un derstood to be having weight in form ing opinion on tho iiuostlou In tho fact Hint If tho franchise Is grunted It will be Irrevocably In effect nnd any evils which may como from tho resulting competition rail bo removed only by purchase of ono plnnt by tho other, vslillo If the measure Is defeat ed ami tho existing utility falls to glvo satisfaction tlio frnnchlso can bo brought up again. .. -- - , ii. ;. ki.i.ib :l w i ; 7&?frW&&&&'?&&li:$i I "7M TTTZ