wfti,rll-r.-li.,jjrl. Th bend bulletin "VOL. XIV. -K IIKXD, OHKCOX, WIIDXKSDAV AFTKKXOOX, MAY 10, 11)10. NO. 10. PACIFIC STATES TAKES CONTROL PIONEER TELEPHONE CO SELLS OUT 'Transaction Completed Ycwtcrdny nt Piincvlllo Lines to bo Insjicctctl With View to Improvement Sew Concern Took Possession Tho I'nclllc States Tolcphono & Tolcgrnpli Company yesterday purch asotl tho Interests of tho Pioneor Telephone & Tolegrnph Company. Tho transaction was consummated through V. D. DoVarney, a roproson tatlvo of tho former company and the officials of tho Pioneer company nt Prlnovllle. Tho consideration Is not known. Tho l'actflo States com pany took lmmcdiato possession of tho system. It Is understood that tho Pacific States Company will nt once make an extensive Inspection of tho lines In Crook and Jefferson counties with tho view to learning local conditions and to nscertaln what Improvements nro needed to bring tho system up to par with other portions of tho com prny's plant. It Is understood that tho latest cqtilpmont will ho Install ed In tho exchanges, and that tho lines will bo Improved. Mr. DoVnrnuy will ho In llond to morrow and will then tcko up mat ters or local concern to tho now com pany. It has not been learned whore tho'henriciuartors for thu Crook anil Jefferson county systom will bo. Tho Pioneor Tolcphono & Tolo graph Company was organized In 1904 nnd has boon operating lines between Prlnovllle. Mndras Paulina nnd Uedmonri: Itedmond nnd llenii Demi, La Pino, Tumnlo and Sistori). Its principal owners hnvo, been Dr. C S. Edwnrds, W, F. King nnd Goo. Noblo of Prlnovllle. Slakes Complaint Vnncce.ssnry. As a result of this salo It Is ex pected that It will bo unnecessary for further steps to bo taken townrd obtaining n reduction of rntes be tween llond nnd tho Powoll Huttos' country nnd cheaper exchango sorvlco between hero nnd Redmond. Tho matter has been In process of nd justmont between tho Pioneor com nnnv nnd tho Dcschutea company fol lowing a mooting wit' n rop-csontH-tlve of t'.io Public Sorvlco Commis sion last wlntor. Hecauso of tho slowness with which tho two companies havo ben proceeding Countv Commissioner Ovorturf brought tho matter up At the recent meeting of tho county court and wns authorized to fllo u eomplalnt to tho commlfslon nt once. Thh would have been dono todnv had not tho salo boon mado. Mr. Ovor turf 's now advised liv Mr. DoVarnev that n complete readjustment of rntos uid service will bo nut Into effect ns soon as possible bv tho now companv. WOOL SAOITES SET .lunc ii:J Named for Iteiiri Clips Ite- poitcri Xorriml. June 23 has been sot as tho date upon which tho wool sales will lie held this your In llond. Tho salo will bo held nt tho United Wnrohouso i d alt tho sheep men In Central Oregon who nro making dollvorles to Henri for futuro shlpmont aro ex pected to bo hero. Shearing nnd lambing nro now in full blast In tho sheop raising sec tion of Contrnl Oregon, nnd reports are that tho clip Is equal to that of If Ht year despite tho extremely hard wlntor. That tho sheop mon will receive top notch prlcoa this year for tho product Is Indicated by tho prices that nro now bolng quoted. It Is oxpectori that Central Oregon wool -ulll bring as high as 25 cents per pound. FOUKST I'lltlJ IIKKAKK Ol'T. Approximately 30 ncrca of grounri upon which there wns somo standing timber, was burned over last Wed nesday In tho vicinity of Sand Spring half way between Fort Hock and Tlenri A large part of the territory w, 8 In the Deschutes National For mat. A force of mon wns summonod and tho flro extinguished beforo a ureut deal of damago was done. to nni.i) piixvr m'tti: hoad. A 40 foot cinder road with a seven per cent grrdo will bo built to the top of Pilot Ilutto. Tho work, which 's In line with the plan hold by V. D Cheney, of tho llond Park Com V ", will be begun this week und" tno direction of K. O. Clark of th Ttnml Pintrnptlnp Pnmnnnv. The road will imt lio completed nt once, but will be built as the cinders from the 'mtte are taken out. The plan which Mr. Cheney has la to havo the road start from the west base circl ing tho butte one nnd ono half times ' cfore reaching tho top. IIIRTIIH. Wednesday ovenlng to Mr. and Mrs Montelle Coe. a son. This afternoon to Mr. sr.d Mrs. A J Strain, a daughter. Thursday to Mr. nnd "Mre. Thomas Jicob. an eight and a half pound $xy. COMMERCIAL CLUB PLANS INVITATIONJOLUMRER MEN Will Try to Oct Xct Convention to Meet llcic Mail Delivery .Matter Walls Action on Street Xniucs. An Invitation will bo given by tho Commercial Club to the Oregon branch of tho Wcstorn Pine Manu facturers Association to hold Its next meeting In llcnd, nccordlng to a vote passed nt tho meeting of the club on Saturday. A committee con sisting of C. S. Short, II. A. Miller and F. D. Decker wr.s appointed to consider the matter and send tho In vitation. On behalf of tho mnll dollvory committee II. C. Kills reported that matters wero at a standstill waiting on tho settlement of tho plan to re name tho city' streets which Is in tho hands of tho council nnd tho city onglneor. County CommlcBlonor Ovorturf reported that the county court had appropriated $1000 for road work In this Bcctlon nnd that work on tho Powoll Dutto and Tum nlo roads would begin soon. A largo number signified their In tention of going to tho Joint meet ing In Prlnevlllo Monday night. Vice president Floyd Dement presided In tho nbsenco of President Keyes. Tho luucncnu wns held nt tho American Hnkory. TWO FORGERS PLEAD GUILTY; WORK TOJETORN MONEY A. Floyil Hills Will Fnco 'Ma! Wuliuei' Held on llurghuy Charge. Mjer Case Dismissed. After entering a plea of guilty to tho charge or forgory In tho cir cuit court this weok, Frank Taylor and John Stolnor, who passed bad checks on sovornl local merchants In December", to which wero signed tho namo or George Mllllcan, wero sou tencod to terms or two to llvo years and wero paroled. They will ho put under tho supervision or county com missioner J. F. Hlnnclinrri, on whoso rnnch thoy will work. Tho pnrolo Is conditional upon tholr refunding tho money to tho merchants. C. Floyd Hills will bo hold for trial nt tho current session of tho dUtrlct court on two counts brought by tho grand Jury. Hills Is charged w'th forging a check nmrie nnyablo to S. Sourud by tho Ilrooks-Scanlon I. umber Company. 11. C. Wnhncr will also faco trial cnarged with burglary. Tho caao ngalnst Ole Myer, chnrged with mak ing fnlso affidavit for the purchao of alcohol was dismissed, no true bill having been returned. STEEL FLUMES OUT About 01 Feet on Miilu Tumnlo Canal Itrenks Down. Over $1000 damago was done in Friday when four sections of steel llumo on the tin In canal on the Tuin aloo project broke. In all 64 feet of flume wont out, necessitating the purchuKo of new fltimo and n week's work on repairs. Tho brenk was enusod by n slipping of the supports on an Inclined ledgo which had been ' slicked up" by recent rain. Manager Wallace, of the projest itnnnt Rntnrilnv In Pnrttanil tmrnh rising now llumo nnd has since hud n crow making repairs. About $200 worth of damago was done to ronds t,i Ihn tli'lphlinrlinnfl lit tlin ftnfift wptors roioasod from tho canal by mo uroaiv. wKT.Mom: ix poitTiaxi). fTho Oregonlan.) U. W. Wetmore, of .Minneapolis, secretary and treasurer of the Shov-lln-Illxon Company, or Ilend. Ore gon, was In Portland yestordny on business connected with his inter ests In tho stato. Mr. Wetmore mnrio his headquarters nt the Henson while hore. Ho loft In the evening for Spokane. In addition to being con nected with the Shovlln-Hlxon Com pany, Mr. Wetmoro hns largo mine and tlmbor holdings In the Ilend dis trict. A form of SA1S LAW IS POPULAR COMPENSATION LAW SUCCESSFUL Auditor For Industrial Accident Com. mission, Hero This Week, Finds Great Acthlty Mnny Finns Sow Under Iiiu In Oregon. "Tho Workmen's Compensation Law Is becoming more popular in Oregon every day and Is hero to stay," said Harold A. Wllklns, nud Itor for tli3 State Industrial Accident Commission, who arrived In Henri on Monriny for a 10 day's stay, during whlcn time ho will check up tho var ious firms subject to the law. "Ow ing to tho financial success of tho law and the re.ent decision of tlto Oregon Supremo Court establishing its constitutionality, thero hnvo beon n larso number of appPcutlniia to se em ro tho protection of tlm law re ceived from omployors who formerly rejected Its provisions. Tp to Mnicli 1 tho Commission has beon operating for 20 .months nnd during thnt time has collected rront all sources something over $1, 000,000. All of that money, exclus ive of tho surplus on hand, hns beon paid out In bonellts to Injured work men and their dependents with only a cost of slightly ovor eight per cent for ndmlnlstratlon. Somo SHOO claims hnvo been received during this time, Including 10S fatal In juries, nnd of this number only four claims hnvo been nppcalcd to tho courts. Not only was thero sufficient money In tho fund to pay theso claims, but In two months out of tho last ten (July and February) thoro was on hand n surplus of 30 por cent which under the law gave both om ployors nnd workmen theso months exempt, furnishing them tho snmo protection ns In other months, free Of COHt. "This largo amount of money has sustained a large number of families during their misfortunes, nnd nt tho snmo tlmo saved the employers of tho stato from many exponslvo dnmngo Hiilts, Tho money. Instead of being spout to pre'vent tho recovery of dam ages, hns gono whoro It should go, to tho Injured mnn nnd his family. "Tho law automatically covers all kinds or roiiHtructlon work nnd nil fnctorles, mills and shops whoro inn chlnory Is used, unless tho employ - ors lllo a rojectlou within ten tiny nftor thoy begin operations, Thoro aro somo fi.100 Urine In Oregon un- der the law, and Increasing every liny, particularly hore In Henri, where i tho construction work for the last 'eight months has undoubtedly been ' the most actlvo of any rlty In thn ! stnte. Other linos of business such as stored, transfer, teaming, farming. etc., can eomo tinrior tho law by up- W $XW'SrVXA mission has nlrondy recolved appli cations from something over lfiO fanners to protect their men." i TO ORSERVE MOTHER'S DAY Chin dies nf Ilend Piepuie Sped ill Kert Ices fur the Oti'iislou. Tho name of Mother will be ox- tolleri In the pulpit of ovory church In Hend next Sunrinv upon tho oe- cr.slou of annual Mother's Day. Sps- his loft log last Friday at the lorf clal services havo boon arranged with glng camps while ho was working in spoclal mutrio In observance of the the sklildor. He was tukun to the occasion. In sovornl of the churchoai H'-ml Hospital where tho bones we.'o Mowers to be worn in honor of Mother set, will bo given thoso attondlng tho . services. FIIF.K1IIT OFI'ICK MOVF.D. Mother's Day throughout thei Owing to the congestion nt thn country Is ono of the most widely depot It hns been neoeesary to move observod days on tho onlonder, and ' Hi" freight office or tho Oregon duo consideration Is expected In (Trunk and O.-W. It. & N. railroads Hend. i to rooms In tho wnrohouso bulldlnK I'llFKiHTIVG KOITII IIIO.M HKXIJ activity to bo supplanted by tlio Struluirn GREAT FALLS All ARRESTED FORGERY CHARGE IS PREFERRED Wlllmri i:. (filbert, Fonneily of Port. land, Taken In Custody by Munis Dctccthi! Agency 9 1 Oil Draft Passed on Conrad Hanking Co. Chnrged with forging a draft to the amount of $1011 on tho Conrad Hanking Co., of Great Falls, Mon tnnu, W'lllard B. Gilbert, alias W. H. Warren, of Minneapolis, was arrest ed Tuesday morning In tho Jobby if tho Wright Hotel by an agent of tho W. J. Hums Dolectlvo Agency, upon Information or F, S. Alkus, of tho compnny'8 district olllco In Portlnud. On May 2 Gllburt Is alleged to havo deposited u forged check In tho Grcnt Fulls bank upon which ho checked n sum almost equal to tho drnft and departed from the city. Ho was traced from Groat Falls to Sp) knno, from Spokane to Tho Dalles nnd thence to Henri. Tho alleged forger hns been In Henri for several (toys, mid bus been registered at tho Wright Hotel, enjoying splendid nc commedntioiiH nriri living In lino Ctyle. Just yesteidav he applied to F. Dement, of tho Henri llnrriwaro Co., for a position, nnri was about t j bo employed when information con coming him was received. His em ploy men t wiie being postponed nwalt lng llirther Information. It lis said thnt Gilbert has n rec ord, "mit the Hurnn ngeut wns not m n position to divulge Jtist what the character of tho operations or for mer years arc. Cilme Is Acknowledged. When tnktm In custody yestorriay morning Gilbert offered no resistance and admitted to tho HuriiH agent that ho wns tho man wanted for tho nl logori Great Falls, crime. It In on Id that he will not light extradition. In company with tho Hums ngont nnri chief of police I,. A. W. N'lxon, Gilbert wns taken to Prlnevlllo Tuos dny afternoon whoro ho will bo hold awaiting the arrival or police auth orities rrom Great Falls whoro ho will lie takon to race tho charges preferred agnlust him. (lllbort Is n married man, his wife residing In Falls City, Oregon. Pro vlntiB to his residence 111 Fnlls CUV hi! lived In Portland. Ilnthor an unusual Incldont In con nection with Gilbert's apprehension occurred yestorriay when G. A. Mc Ginn n traveling salesman, came Into lint tlnml tlnrtlu'nrn Comnmii' Mr. 1 McGinn, who snya that hn resided In Gilbert's neighborhood In Portland 1 '"io years hko cnllod tho alleged i"rer by his sight nnme, but (lllbort ' IKi.tat nn nMtit.w1 lifimu .llunlu l,ila,t "7 "". ""."-'! .....i.w, mm .n.i.iv,. the correct namo Minting that ho w.is W. 14. Warren, of MluneniKillH. TO Itl'X XKJIITS. Operation of the HrookH-Scinlon mill on a two shift bails will lieift'i on Monday nlxlit. May IB. The ml'l lias been running one shift since 1 men. IMPHOVH HAH.ItMAD VADDS. crew of men Is engugori this week In clearing the rnllrond yard pii'iuirntory to ballasting which w II probably boaln within tho next two wcks. Tho local railroad yards have never boon ballasted and consider able work will bo done on them this summer. (il'H ClIltlSTHXSKX IX.I17IIKI). Gus Christensou. an employee of The Bhevllii-Illxon Company, hrok railroads. FORBES RECEIVES INDORSE MENT FROM BEND VOTERS Oxer l.-.O Citizens Sign Devolutions Asserthe That Statements of ltur- tllck Supporters nro False, Over 1G0 voters hnvo signed reso lutions In thn past fow tlas de nouncing na fnlso statements, report ed tb havo been mado by supporters oi Denton G. Hurdlck, candidate for tho Ilcpubllcan nomination for rep resentative, to tho effoct that largo numbers of Henri voters wero not in fnvor or tho candidacy or Vernon . Forbes lor tho iiomlnntlon. According to tho resolutions the citizens of Henri nro unanimous In their support or Mr. Forbes nnd tho signers riotrnro thcmsolvcs to hu In favor of Mr. Forllos, an against Hur dlck, signing tho statement for tho purpose of eliminating thu Itupres clou left thnt the citizens of Huuri wero opposed to Mr. Forbes. Tho resolutions conclude "Wo be lieve Mr. Forbes to bo the most enp nblo man now running for tho olllco of representative from Crook coun ty, and believe thnt by virtue of his experience in this lino, that ho Is In a position to accomplish more good for tho bcnellt of the district tli.in uny other Crook county cnmlldato. ' LAKEVIEW PLANS TO VOTE BONDS FOR STRAIIORN ROADS Coiumeirlal (iuli Appoints Commit, teo to I'lni'o Matter llefoie Coun cil Piopeity Desired, SIH.ooo. (I.akovlow County Kxanilner.) . A special meeting of the l.nlto Vlow Commorcl.ll Club wns railed for Monday evening for tho purpose of tnklng action on securing the right of way and terminals through l.ake vlow for tho Oregon, California and Kastorn Ilallroad, projected by Dob ort K. Strnhorn. nnd from tho sen tlmont expressed by those present net Ion will be Immediately taken. Due to tho fart that both the pres ident and vice president of thn or ganization were absent, W. II. Shirk was iiuniilmously selected to act .as president pro-torn. Mr. Shirk stated that tho object of thu mooting wns to lny out some course for securing tho right or 'wny and terminals, amlthat nil present wero entitled to express thoniAolvoH, whether momhurs of the club or not. II. M. .Volte, n member of tho right of wny committee appointed Homo tlmo ngo, loported Ijiot an tip proximate estimate placed tho valuo of thu lauds desired In I.akovlow at $18,000. It was then decided to ask tho City Council to place beforo tho people of thu town an amendment to the charter providing for the voting of bonds for the buy'nx of thn de sired lands. This was curried unani mously nnd 1). J. Wilcox was couse iiiiHiitlv appointed to plnr the mat ter before the City Council. CO-OPERATION MENTIONED FREQUENTLY AT PRiNEVILLE Kiery SpenKer Piesent Hns Cliiuice nt It County Sent Club's llixpl. tnllty Oveillous on Monday. Prlnevlllo put one over' .Monday IllKllt. The county seat commercial uh eiitertululiiK the clubs rrom the nut of the county, outdid Itself In hoapl tnllty and entiirtninment, sotting n nark for future gutberliiKH which. It will ho hard for competing clubs to reach. The ouoaaion was the aetioml meeting of tho county commercial IhiiUhm called to dlscusa co-operation In tho movement Initiated by the ItediiHinri club several weeks ago. Thorn can bo no doubt but that co-operation wca d!scuil, as were a few" other things, aome of thu spisikors having In mind thn boned: to bo derived rrom co-operation and some thn primaries to be held next weok. On thu. forniHllve sldn, If u guest may bo so ungraeluus ns to criticise, tho meeting vaa nothing, but as n piece of hospitality It w-as everything. The meeting was held In tho Com mercial Club building, whoro two long table and a number of smaller onus aecoinuvodated the J00 and mora giiwts from Trri'ua. Hori mond. Sisters. Bsnd. I.n Pin. Powell Hiltta it ml eUewherr During the meal thoro waa music bv a good op cliMtra, wings, Inclnd'ng a doubl" niiartette oCforlng that was vary H done, and finally tbre round go be tween two boys from the Crook eoun tv high school. In the speaoumsHna that follow- I eo-ovratlon. as Himgee4 glwvn. oe In for a good lel of dtseiwaloii - ng inentloneil at least oaea ov K !i siwakar. Qther subjerta brughi out were Irrlitstloii. roads, sauools. msrkats and the farmer; but oo-oh rratlon oasllr led. At tbe close of the evealag II was voted that pfsalilantu of Um IhMtl. Itedmond am! Prlnevllla elubs up. point a tnojBbor of a nrfliTOirrcom raittee to arrange a definite program for the next meeting, whleh Is to be hold In llond. i I AT COUNT! SEAT PRINEVILLE WORKING FOR ROAD iloiicnal Snjs It May Ik; Under Con- stiuctloii In .lime Sale of DoiuU is Alitliotireil and Other Steps Taken by Tho City Council. (Crook County Journal.) Prluevlllo's rnllrond will bo under construction, barring accidents, dur ing thu month of Juno. Tho Halo of tho $100,000 bond Is sue wns authorized nt tho meeting oC thu council nn Tuesday evening mid a number or Important steps taken. Tim bids for thn bonds will ho opened In tho council chnmhnrs on tho evening of Juno 0, ami presont Indications nro that thoy will bo sold at par or above at that tlmo. Tentative offers havo been mado In fact to mako tho council feel that tho salt) hi going to ho completed with out riolny. During the nnxt ten days engineer! from both tho Oregon Trunk nnd O.-W. iiinln roads will decide In con junction with an unglneer furnished by the city, Just where the rond shall bo located with reference to thn north and south rIiIos or Crooked rlvor. While Biirvoys havo been mado on both sides of the stream, tho council Is undecided which Is tho better route for tho rond, mid n contract which oxIsIb between thn city nnri tho main lino ronils, will give tho city tho ad vantage of tho best engineering tal ent mi tho const. Tho council nlso empouorori Mny or Stuwart acting In conjunction with tho recorrior, lo enter Into n contract with theso mnln linn roads, for thn fteel and rolling stock to oipilp tho lino, This may not bo dono for thirty days, yet negotiations nro under way, and n contract of boiuo kind may bo entered Into during tho curront month, that wilt enrn for thla feature of the cniutrttr.ton and equip ment. ' Tho matter or selecting an ougl uoer to mako the permanent survey and rare for the Interests or tho city during tho construction of tho road wns loft with n committee of conn rlluioii, of which .1, II. Slilpp Ix chairman. This committee will do elde upon who the council should se lect for this task, and draw a con tract that will be Hiibinlttnil to tho council at a meeting that will bo held during the mouth which will perhum ho signed. This con tract will be binding only upon the condition of the successful sale of the IhiiiiIs. I'mlor this plan, the moment thn bonds aie sold, thn engineer will bo la a position to start the permanent survey and rrom this moment, the mutter or Pilnevllle's railroad will be determined only by the. length of I I ip required lo euistruet tftVnuul. The council, while making no open statement nt this meeting, will nk for bids, It Is said, for (lie grading and construction of thn ronriMlu med iately upon the sale of the ImtlriH. In this event. Hie lowest nnd bust bidder will be awarded tho omit mot. III event of the failure of satisfac tory bills, thu city will perlmim build the road themsnlvea. Mayor Stewart waa autliorlxuri to select from the council nnd dltlEeuu a group of men who will meet with Itedmouri huslnuaM men soon, to noil fer with theso people about terinlllHln ami oilier Important mutters. Carpenter lima. A Chamberlain nf Ilend were present and submitted an offer to supply tlea for the new rond. This matter was not netori upon. Tho right nf way for the road Is to he secured for tbe city by a ami mlttee of business UMti, CounollmaH Wallace staled. The work In connection with (he railroad matter waa handled by eouu I'ilmnii Wallace, who riemmistrntml his ability and Interest In llm mat ter lu the tiumerous resolutions nail other matters that war bamlM ablv and lapldly. Mr. Wallace and Mayor Stewart have the matter well la band, and they have the united support of every member of thn council In all of the matters In relation to tho road. Tho cltlseiv urn Indeed fortunate In having a mum i of the ability of these mon. SIIIiVI.IX.lll.VOV IMUVMIHS WIV. Tbe Hhevlln-Hlxon Commhf bowl ers made a clean sweep Utt JJaUtti day night on the Carmodr adloyn against the liroks-(canen bomber Company team, taking two mm as of ten pins and one game of wvati pm. Tbe sore ware: ten plpa liavil i HIkoii 719 and 73: Irok-aiilon, 40ft, figl: seven pins, Shovllji'Illxmi, IT I. Ilroqks-Kcanlon, SCI. Jfl .i