The bend bulletin V Vol. XIII. 1J1JX1), OHKGO.V, WKDXKSDAY AlTKItNOO.V, DKCKMIIKR 13, HHo. 41. SHEVL1N MILL BE GOMPLETEDJAN MANY BUILDINGS NEAR COMPLETION Work Is Hushed on )ry Shod mid Kiln Logging Ociis Increased Structure Reglti to RUe Itnplil. ly ut HrookH-Scanlon Simiiilll. Tho Shovlln-Illxon Company's saw mill will bo completed and roady for sawing by January 1, according to J. P. Dion, or Dion & Horakotto, who 13 in cnargo or the construction of tho plant. Tho flnlohlng touches aro now bolng mado on tho Intorlor of the building. Tho machinery Is practically nil In place. Tho exter ior of tho building has been painted nnd tho Interior whlto washed throughout. The steel burner, US feet high nnd 34 feet In diameter will bo com pleted this week, as will tho boiler room. Tho concreto foundations for tho machinery In tho power house linvo been sot and the Installing of pumps, turbines and engines Is now going on. Work commenced today on raising tho 032x124 foot dry shed across the railroad tracks from tho sash nnd door factory. With n largo crow of men at work this building will bo Tushcd to Its completion. Machinery for tho sash nnd door factory has begun to arrlvo In car load lots and r.s soon as n sufficient amount Is on tho ground machinists will begin Installing It. Roof has been plnccd over six of tho 20 kilns of tho dry kiln. All tho piping has been placed, amounting In nil to approximately 130,000 run ning foot. This structuro when com pleted will bo 200 feet long nnd 104 feot wldo nnd will bo tho largost dry kiln In tho world. Platforms nt the dry kiln and planer aro being laid to handlo tho lumber that will ho loaded and un loaded nt th oho buildings, A crow of men will bem work th's wcok on putting togoiher tho big automatic stnfcko. ni.d unctackor in Le used In handling tho lumber fioni tho piles to nnd from the cars, Tho logging r.row hnB been Increas ed to 30 men and It Is expected that this number will bo Increased to 125 men within a few weeks. A four- lino sklddor Is being tried out and Is proving an ofTlclonf machlno In handl ing logs. Cnrponters nro working on housing accommodations for men In tho woods. At tho IlrookB-Scnnlon Company's plant a Mg crew of mon Is engaged In raising tho frame for tho 240x90 foot dry shed north of tho saw mill. A crow of men Is engaged In laying the foundation for tho brick power houso west of tho mill to bo 8 4 feet long nnd 49 feet wldo. Tho grading for the spur from the main lino of the railroad Is almost completed. The mnchlnery for tho machlno shop has nil been Installed. Tho machinery j rz W. L. COUQ, Pros. D. K. HUNTER, Vlco-Pros THOS. C'Onn, (ahler THE CENTRAL OREGON BANK Capital $25,000, Fully Paid x NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS II DIRECTORS w. l. conn thos. conn d. e. 'hunter W. L. O'DONNEEIi ROSS FARNHAM ,: :-. :. :J- - for the mill Is expected to arrive within two weeks. Painters will be gin this week painting the exterior and white washing the interior ot tho mill. GOVERNOR REFUSES TO EXTEND CJU CONTRACTS Xo Action Will be Taken Until Set- tiers llaie Opxrtunlty to State Their Case. (Portland Telegram.) SALHM, Dec. 10. At a meeting ot the Desert Land Hoard this morn ing Jesse Stearns and Hoscoo Howard, counsel and manager of tho Central Oregon Irrigation Company, respec tively, sought extension of contracts with tha stnto covering lists Nos. C nnd 19, embracing nbout 100,000 acres of land In their Carey Act pro jects In Cen'ral Oregon. Govoruor Wlthycombo nnd Stato Engineer Lew is objected to granting such extension until tho settlers had been given nn opportunity to be heard. "I think Mr. Lewis objection is won tnkon," said Governor Wlthy combe. "I think that, technically. the settlors may havo no direct Inter est, hut they havo a strong moral Interest. Their future depends on It. Iloforo wo tnko any further action I think tho settlers ought to bo heard. Heretofore wo havo heard only ono side, but hereaftor I Intend to do whnt I can to seo that tho othor sldo Is heard." Mr. Lowla said: "This extension nniounU virtually to n now contract. Hoforo wo tako any nctlon I think the settlors should bo henrd, becnuso there mny bo safeguards that should bo Inserted." After this discussion tho company officials did not press tho point nnd on motion of Mr! Kny, tho meeting ndjourned with tho understanding that no extension of contracts would bo granted until the settlers had first boon given full opportunity to stnto their enso. As matters Btand, tho contract be tween tho Stato and tho Compiny covering these two lists expired Oc tobor 17, 1015. Tho Company sought to havo It renewed bo as to coincide In dotes with tho contract now ox Istlng between tho stnto and tho Unit ed States; on list C that oxplrcs Feb ruary 13. 1918, nnd on list 19 on October 17, 1920. Tho Company con tends that tho prosont contract with tho stnto ovon If not ronewed contin ues to run by Implication. This theory pf Implication, apparently, chiefly Is based on tho provision of tho present contract that tho project Is to ho turned over to tho settlers In Juno, 1917; the Company holds that tho provision carries tho Impli cation t lint the ontlro contract holds until that date TO (II VK ll.l.l'STIIATKO LKCTTIti: An Illustrated storenptlcnn tectum, dealing with tho principal curront, events of tho world, will bo gly,on to night nt tho Mothodlst church nt 8:30 under t)io auspices of tho llcnd high school. Tho lecturo Is ono of n scrips to bo conducted under tho direction of the Extension Division of tho Unlvorslty of Oregon which provides for n largo number of high schools of tho state, Tho courso hns been made possible through tho gen oroBltv of W. L. Cobb, president of i the Central Oregon Hank. Thero will bo no admission chnrgo. AI 9 8 5-M E FOR UNITED ACTION REDMOND MEETING IS WELL ATTENDED Central Oiegoii IrrliMtlonlst.s Gather on Saturday to Puss lti-solutlons and l'li'iHiro for Coming Con- gi-cxs .Jones Mill Kudorsed. In order to agree on a courso of ac tion nt tho coming Irrigation Con gress which will give this section tho standing Its Importance nnd liltcrcst In Irrigation matters deserve, a meet ing wns held nt Hedniond ou Sntur day nttended by over 75 delegates from Crook nnd Jefferson counties. As a result of tho gathering Central Oregon Jrrlgntlonlsts will go to Port land nB n united body and will work together thoro on nn agreed program. Tho' chief business transacted on Saturday was the pnssago of resolu tions touching on Irrigation matters, both of spccinl and of general Inter est. Tho Jones bill wps heartily en dorsed and the Oregon Irrigation congress urged to send a comnflttoo to Washington to work for Its pns Bago. Tho stato congress was nlso urged to tnko steps to bring nbout n, better understanding of tho district Irrigation plan as contrasted with tho Caroy-nct, and to seo to tho dis semination in western Oregon of in formation concerning tho Irrigation questions of eastern Oregon, in order that stato measures touching them might bo moro favorably receivod. Other ItesolutloiiM. Othor resolutions provided for edu cation concerning Irrigation district bonds, for nn amendment to tho stnto constitution permitting tho stnto to undorwrlto such bonds, urg ing a largo attendance nt tho coming congress from Central Oregon, pro viding for organized proccduro nt tho congress and urging tho Depnrtmont of the, Interior not to extend tho Den tin m Falls unit contract. llecntiBo the Jefferson county dele gates feared tho roleaso of tho Don ham Falls unit might affect tho North unit, which Is 'to bo watered by stor age at Ilonham falls, they wero at first Inclined to opposu tho resolution relating to tho extension of tho con tract, but after tho matlor had boon explained thoy Joined In voting for tho resolution. Uend delegates nt tho meeting were II. II. Do Armond, G. S. Young, C. K. Short. T. II. Foley and It. W. Sawyer. The resolutions committee consist ed of L. A. Hunt, Lower llrldgo: L. K. Smith, llodmond; II. W. Gnrd. MadruHi M. M. Davenport, Culvor; II. J. CluMinwoth, Grnndvlew, J. I). Hell, Prlnovlllo and It. V. Bawyor of llond. Tho resolutions In full wero as follows: W'lieiciiN, Owing to tho present stntus of Irrigation bonds through tho failure of Cnroy Act projects tho lr (Continued on pngo 11.) S IN 5fe!5fe563l653l3fejjt:!l5 5 We carry a complete line of goods FOR THE HUNTER Loo over our slock ' of Rifles, Shotguns and Ammunition Bend Hardware Co. Th Company thnt put llm "Wour" In Ilurdwur" IF YOU DID NOT GET A CATALOG CALL FOR ONE '' i?&WW&&&:?&:i:fi& CHECK ARTISTS MAKE DIG RAUL BEND MERCHANTS ARE VICTIMS ItogiiH Paper to Amount of ijS'JlS Is Passed Monday Names of George Mllllenn and .Sam Itoehnchcr art) Used Forgers In Vicinity. Eight prominent llend business men were victimized lato Monday af ternoon to the total amount of $215,25 by check artists who called r.t their places of business after br.nklng hours with checks to which tho names of George Mllllenn and Sam ltoobnchcr, of Mllllenn, wero signed. Of tho eight checks present ed, seven boro Mr. Mllllcan's nnmo. Thoy ranged In vnrlous amounts from fl3 to ?41. The merchants, who wore victims of tho rorgers, believe thnt thoro threo persons oporntlng In llond for n short tlmo Mondny afternoon, ns ench ono says that tho checks wero presented between four nnd six o' clock. Ono morchnnt snys Unit ho cashed two of tho Mllllenn checks and ono of them was presented by n woman. Tho merchnnts nlso say that tho persons who passed tho checks wero woll acquainted with conditions In and nbout llend nnd particularly with Mr. Mllllenn. This fact leads tho merchants to bollovo that tho men hnvo beou residents In tho vicinity of Mllllenn. In vlow of this Bltuntlon several ot the merch ants, who honored tho checks, loft this morning with deputy shorllf Thoodoro Auno for tho Mllllenn coun try to obtain evidence, ont he mnttor. Mr. Mllllenn, tho merchnnts Bny, has bcon nurchnslnc n considerable nmount of liny from homostondorB In ! tho vicinity of his ranch, and It Is hollovod that somebody hns been working on his slgnnturo with some of the checks given In pnyment for tho hay. AH tho merchants, say that their Buoplclons with regard to Mr. Mllll can's slgnnturo wore not nroused, ns tho Blgnnturs to tha bogus checks wero, to, tholr knowledgo, Identlrnl with Mr. MIlilcnn'H. The forgeries wero detected nt tho First Nntlonnl Hank when tho llrst bad chock enmo In. It wnH nscerlnlned. nt once thnt j tho checks wero not genuine nnd llohert 12. Strahnrn wns In (own thoy were not honored. During tho for n short time Wednesday nfter inornlng hours eight of those bad noon on his wny bark to Portland checks wero presented for pnyment. from HuriiH and points In Idaho I'pnn comparing notes last night where he hns recently been visiting, nil the merchRiitH enmo to tho eon- He reportn eutliUHlnsm for tho new elusion that there were at lenHt two railroad ns running high In Hums, and possibly three men engaged In where he attended n banquet Tiies the work, and thnt they have been . day night. In nnd nbout llend and are well ne- A possible route, Mr. Strnhorn said qunlntcd with Mr. Mllllenn. Thev ' to bring the new lino dlreotly Into have accurate descriptions of the ' Hums, had been worked out, nnd tho men. Almost nil of them sny that a small amount of merchandise wns purchased for which tho checks were I presented In payment. It wns nlso) found that the writing bore evidence that two persons did tho signing of ::: 4lr UkkSJ i 7, Ws !! tho checks nnd used common names ns payees. Tho checks wero all writ ten with pencil. Immediately upon finding that the checks wero bogus an effort was made to nseertnln whether mon answering tho description of tho forgers had loft Uend by train, but trainmen s.iv that they hnve not seen any ono ot such description. STEPS TAKEN TO BUILD GYMNASIUM FOR BFND Plnin Considered nt Meeting Held Monday Night Would be For Gen eral PuriHwci. Steps toword tho erection of n gymnasium for Uend wero taken on Monday evening at a meeting attend ed by n lnrgo numhir of businessmen, ministers nnd teachers, at which ways and menus woro discussed to erect such n building. Tho need of a structuro, which may bo used for nthlctlc, soclnl and semi public gnthorlugs, wns brought out, nnd It wns tho opinion of all who nt tended that ii structure of this kind built In n centrally located placo In town would prove Invnlunbln. The plan outlined provides for n 70x100 foot ono story frnmo build ing, with n Moor spneo sulllclunt to nccomtundnta basket, bnll, hnudbnll, a moderate nmount of gymnasium equipment, showers and a stngu for uso on tho occasion of public meet ings, church functions or any other affair at which tho people, of tho town mny hnve need of hnudllng n large nunibor of people At Monday night's meeting n building commlttpo consisting of D. K. Hunter, rhnlrman, Cnrl Johnson nnd Superintendent II, L. Hopkins was appointed to nseertnln the cent of n structuro of tho typo desired. 'James A. Knstos, chnlrmnn, A. L. Fronch nnd P. C. Gnrrlson woro se lected ns n committee to look Into (he matter Of n sultabte slto nnd to as certain tho cost ot nn area suitable for tho structure. II. A Stovor was elected chairman nnd will have charge of the mnvemout. Just what courso will ho chosen after preliminary dotntls uro carod f,,r linvo "ol uoon lnltoly dator- mined, hut tho most feasible courso, It Is thought, will ho to Incorporate for n certain sum nnd to Issued shares, tho shares to bo of n pnr vnluo of $10. Another meeting wilt be held to morrow night nt which tho building nnd slto committees will report. It Is expocted thnt plant of orJ,m.'liutttlKj will then ho considered STRAIIOON HERE WEDNESDAY eltlzens of the town were offering to luoreiiKO their subscription to the road If this1 were followed Mr Strnhorn Itvt for Portland nn the evening train. Ills next trip Into the Interior Mill be made from llend 3a C 8. Hl'DSON. President IT & PC COK. Vice President L K. A 8AT1IKII, Vice Pre. II. txp ly&y MC"5 ta!Z wf itfHP stfK sttft,psiwp te4 s'stj,sQjy W r5 rS rr f3f r5f W HetHSt r$r hs k!j kjgj kjj kJ ixJ kJ kJlksJkMi rfc w &mHJ&J) "C ', The First National Bank agi OF BEND, BEND, OREGON W Cupltnl fully paid KlII'pIlN . . . . Three Robberies in Town Last Week If your house were hurlari.ud tonight what would YOU losy? Put your Money in this Hmik iiutl your Valiialilu Pajiei-s in our Safety Deposit Vaults. TFo FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEND X-' H TO RAISE ANTE WILL PAY $150,000 TO SIT IN Stralioni Seoi Possibility of Placing Interior Town on Main Line of Ore gon, California ,i l'astern Met CMmis There Ijist Wcok. (Tho Orogonlnn. Dec. 10.) , Itobert 1-2. Strnhorn, president ot the Oregon, California & Kastern Unllwny, roturned yostordny from n tour of lOnstorn and Central Oregon, which Included n visit to Hums where he discussed with lending citizens tentative plans for Including Hums on tho main lino ot the. network of railways that Mr. Strahoru proposes to build In tho stato's Interior. To demonstrate their Interest nnd tholr good faith In the project the peoplo of Hums nnd surrounding territory, who already had promised to suhscrlho $100,000 to tho enter prise, ngrood to rnlso this sum to $12r,000 or JltiO.OOO providing tho road can he. built through their town. If, ns now seotus prohahlo, tho O. W. It. & N. company ondo Its lino new being built westwnrd from Vale, nt Crane Creek Gnp Instead of push ing It ou to Anion, ns llrst proposed, It Is possible that the route ot Mr. Strahorn's now linn enn ho changed to Include Hums on tho main lino. O..W. It. X. Xot Mkely to IMoml. Mr. Strnhorn also covered much territory In tho onstorn pnrt ot the state and In Southern Idnho, Ho traveled most of tho tlmo by auto mobile nnd reports tho rends at some places In bad condition. Ho reached Hums on Tuesday nnd on the evening ot tho snmo dny mot n big group of citizens thero. Thoy discussed tha possibilities of meeting tho desires of tho Hums peoplo to become a part ot tha Interior railroad system. "It acorns to ho sottlod now thnt tho Oregon Short Lino or the O.-W. It. & X. Company will not extend Its new rond west of Crane Creek Gnp," mild Mr. Strahoru upon his return . rt ' "It seems elenr to me Hint 'If wo nro to have any onstorn connection for nur rond mo will hnvo to extend the Oregon, California & KaHtnru farther thnn we originally Intended. Xrj.1,0"" Subscription Proposed. "Our origlunl programme would leave Hums about 2fi miles north or the main line. Tills, naturally, hns been very disappointing to the llurni people nnd has occasioned n uumhst of conferences. The people of llurim In their eagerness to have the road built through that city have express ed n willingness to I no reuse tholr proposed subscription to the now road from 1100,000 to $12li,000 or llfiO.OOO. If they could thus be priie tlcnllv iiKHtired of being placed on tho main line. Mr. Strahoru was much uncoum- (Contlnued on last pngo.) M -LARA. Cashier U McllKYNOLDH. Asst Cashier; A HTOVIllt.Asst Cashier m.m JW.000 M fj b ill