"-aWl THE BEND BULLETIN. ; VOL. XIV. HEND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Jt'IA 20, 11)1(1. no. at, DIVISION SEEMS POSSIBLE NOW SATISFACTORY LINE IS PROPOSED Mast SIlo Voters Insiirpj and Over turn Work of OM Guard Commit, tec Meeting to Decide Question To Ho Held Hero Thursday. As the result of an insurgent movomont started In I'rinevUlo by inon dissatisfied with tlio work of tho hnnd picked committee- appoint ed to arrango for county division with Redmond nnd Ilend It now eoomfl probnhlo thnt division will lio tho main Isstio this fall, aftor all, nnd that tho movemont for tho re moval of tho county seat to Hend will ho nht'ndoned. At a largely attended meeting of tho county scat committees on Mon day a representative delegation from Prlnovlllo nnd tho east side, ap pointed In Prlnovlllo nftor a thor ' ough discussion of tho question on Saturday, proposed n lino for divis ion satisfactory to tho committee r.nd n meotlng will ho hold in tho Com mercial Chili room Thursday nlgl't t glvo n goncrnl opportunity for discussion of tho plr.n. Invitations to tho meeting hr.vo been sent to tho various oast cldo precincts which pro expected to stand with Hond In tho mattor. j. Tno lino proposed is prncucaiiy tno sumo as mat on wnicn n was nought to form Deschutes county two yearn ngo with the oxcoptlon that Torrobonno lo loft In tho old county to glvo Prlnovlllo rccoss to tho railroad with her own lino when 1ultt, tho Una Is threo miles further oast In the Powell Hutto country and tho prcsont south eastorn part of the county Is placed In tho now county Instead of cutting down through Hampton as was proposed two years ngo. On this lino tho cast cldo ropro Hontntlvca assure tho necessary 35 per cent without difficulty nnd' It was tho almost unanimous opinion of the commlttoo pro8entat ' Monday's meeting that such n division would lio wholly satisfactory nnd would "bring nn end to tho prcsont unsat isfactory agitation. BEAVER WORKS IN TOWN 'Cuts Down Troo on ISmolcs T.nvn nnd Drags It to Illver. Tho pooplo of thlo vlclnty aro thor ough respectors of the str.to gamo laws and tho protected anlmr.la aro fully nwaro of this condition, If any thing crn bo told from tho action of a heaver almost within tho city 11m Jta last weok. Indeed, It wtia with in the city limits in everything but en actual location of tho boundary. 1-nst spring II. K. Hrooka had set out on tho grounds In front of his liouso n fair sized elm nnd nn aspen which had stood near tho Pilot llutto Hotol. Tho grounds run down to the river and ono night lint weok a t beaver camo up out of tho wr.tor, cut off tho aspen and Investigated tho elm. Tho aspen ho er.rrlcd out Into tho stream. Mr. Hrooks Is now hav ing wire netting put around nil his trees to prevent any further dnmago. WORLD DIVERT TRAFFIC Crescent Polks Want RomiI llullt to Ijiiio County Lino. Forty ono voters of Crescont, ac cording to The Evening Herald, of Klamath Falls, have signed a p ti tlon asking tho Klamath county court to Improve and construct an automobile road to tho I.nno county line via Odoll and Crescent lakes. Copies of tho petition are being cir culated in Klamath Falls for signa tures. The purposo of tho pioposed road, which will cost about $10,000, ac cording to tho estimates of tho pe titioners, W stated to bo "the saving of about 70 miles to Southeastern Oregon points from tho Willamette valley; tho diversion of tourist travel through Klamnth county, Instead of via McKenzle Pass, Hond, Prlnovlllo and Silver I.ako, resulting In more money spent In Klamath county, more valuable property, more taxes received and loaat, but not last, full hostlcrles Instead of only a few rooms occupied only part of the time;, a greater volume of business a n the garages, grocers, clothing " stores, sporting goods houses, recre ation resorts la fact, every busi Tioia will be benefitted In some way ort he other." STBAHDRN TAKES REST HERE I THEN LEAVES FOR KLAMATH Returned From Hums Trip by Wny of Prlncvlllc on Friday Ii Pleas- ed With Appearance (if Country After spending four days here fol lowing his recent trip to Hunts, Rob ert E. Strnhorn, with Mrs. Strahorn nnd Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hudson, left this morning for Sliver Lake, Lake view, Klamath Falls and other southern points for tho purpose of Inspecting tho surveyed lines of tho Oregon, California and Eastern. He foro returning Mr. Strnhorn will go Into California and make a visit to Crater lako and the country back of Grants Pass. Returning from tho Hums trip on Friday Mr. Strahorn was full of en thusiasm over the prosperous ap pearance of tho country ho had seun and expressed himself as fully satis fied with tho work of tho engineers. Tho eastern survey Is now well Into Harney valley, threo lines having been run over Sago Hen hill In nn effort to find a satisfactory approach to Hum's from, that angle. In Hurns Mr. Strahorn met with tho local railroad committee to discuss build ing tho road Into the town Instead of going by n water grndo to tho O.-W. it. & N. terminus at Crane. Tho Journey back from Hurns was made by way of the Crooked rlvor valley and Prlnovlllo where Mr. Stra horn addressed tho Commercial Club nt Its luncheon on Friday. Ho was greatly Impressed with the possibil ities of tho Ochoco project. LOCAL HATCHERY WILL HAVE MORETHAN 500.000 MINNOWS HIH.OOO Trout Arrive for Feeding In Tlio Idist Week Lnrgo Shipments Expected to Arrive Soon. Between 500,000 nnd 000,000 trout minnows will bo nrallabto for the streams and lnke of Central Or egon whon nil tho shipments by tho Stnte Fish nnd dame Commission to tho Hend Ijntchory have boon made. With tho arrival of 138,000 steel head trout minnows In tho stato fish car Rainbow last night, and 180,000 rainbow minnows on Saturday night in charge of Tom Craig more than 300,000 minnows aro now In tho feeding ponds at tho local hatchery. Approximately 300,000 more aro expoctod within tho next fow weeks. There ore also 80,000 hatched from eggs brought to the hatchery by Pearl Lynes from Odoll lako. Flshormon throughout Central Oregon report angling hotter than It has been In yoars. Flshormon who havo worked tho Doschutos rlvor bo tweon Cllno Falls and Whlto Rock report big cntchos. Paullnn nnd Odoll lakes are becoming popular summer fishing grounds for both lo cal and outsldo anglers. Dig fish nro being caught In both of theso lakes. Catchos last Sunday wore roport6d to be big In many places in Centrnl Oregon. RABIES BECOMES MENACE Flintier to Seek Relief From Dogs Helleied to He Infected. That tho rabies menace In tho vi cinity of Alfalfa and tho Orange Hall districts of tho county Is becoming more dangerous every day Is report ed by several farmers of tltoso local ities who havo been In Hend this week. Sovcrnl dogs hnvo been soon which have been thouyht to have tho rabies. 8everal have bean killed and It Is known thnt rabies among canines Is prevalent, and Is menacing the stock of that Bectlon. Fears aro impressed that with tho presont warm weather the condition will become oven worse. It Is also thought that coyotei are also Infected and that some of tho stock has beon hlt'cn. The 'armors are going to ascertain whether some relief cannot bo given through the action of county oMlclals whereby dogs must bo muz zled to prevent their biting stock or Individuals. UECHUITS AUK RACKWAHD. Major Hiram U. Welch, accompan ied by Sergeant Kennoth Gilbert ar rived In Hend Monday night to re ceive enlistments to the Oregon mil itia for the purpose of tilling tho Oregon regiments now on the Mexi can border up to tholr full strength. Up to ttilg forenoon no recruits had appeared. Major Welch will leave for Shanlko tomorrow morning. COMMITTEES GET WOKK. The newly appointed committees of the Ccvtmerclal Club were put to work nt Saturday's luncheon when a number of matters presented for discussion were referred to them by President Keyes, The matter of aiding In tho transfer of trout fry to arrive In the evening a referred to the transportation committee, an exhibit at the state fair to the public affair committee and the Chapman motor tax proposal to the commit tee on roads. 0 CREDITS DILL FAVORED DR. MACPHERSON EX PLAINS ITS TERMS Huys Fanners Interest lliinlcn Will Ho ltcdiiccd by Passage of Consti tutional Amendment Will les sen Morfpigo Foreclosures. (Oregon Journnl.) Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls, July 19. Tho lntorest bur den of eight or nine per cent on Or egon's $30,000,000 Indebtedness car ried by Oregon (armors would bo greatly reduced by tho passage ot tho rural credits constitutional amendment now boforo tho pooplo for their consideration, says Dr. Hec tor Mncpherson of tho O. A. C, bur cau of organization and markets, who hns taken an actlvo part lit pre paring tho measure for tho ballot. "If our farmers aro prosporous every other legltimato business will shnro In thnt prosperity," Dr. Mnc- phcrson declares. "In addition to tho high lntorest rrtcs, long nnd cxponslvo freight hauls to distant markets nnd Inflated land values have placed Oregon agri culture under nlniost Insupernblo handicaps," says Dr. MacphOrson. "It is estlmnted that tho avcrago Oregon farm falls to mnko vrg03 for its occupants nnd two per cent on the Investment represented. "Oregon farmers pay Interest at tho rato of 8 V4 per cent niid 9 Y por cent on tho $30,000,000 fnrm In debtedness. It Is tho purposo of tho proposed amendment to tako tho burden out of tho farm mortgage In cubus of tho stato and glvo tho far mer n porlod of 36 years In which to pay oft tho mortgage. Tho actual rato ot Interest. Is 5 per cont. Ono por cent will bo added to pay the principle nnd lu 30 yoars tho entire Indobtodncss, lntorest and all, will bo wlpod out. "This means an annual saving In Interest and mortgngo of over threo quartors of a million dollars annu ally. It also means an-end to the porpotual 'worry and oxponso of ro nowlng mortgages. It will greatly lessen tho nuuibor of mortgngo fore closures, lost homes and blighted hopes. It will moan bettor equip ped (arms and bettor rural prosper ity, which will bo shared In by rail roads, factories and stores and nlso by laborers In our cities. "Tho system Is Inexpensive nnd perfectly safe. Tin borrower roots all tho bills without Involving the stato or taxpayers In any oxponso or risk." FA I II APPORTIONMENT MARK. Announcement has boon made by Secretary of Stato Olcott that tho county fair apportionment for tho stato, which has boon forwarded o tho stato treasurers totals $ 10,724.75 Crook county's share Is $033.1'.'. PETITION ASKS OPENING Interior Department Asked to Kllm liinte Criino Pmlrle From Ittscrio. That Crano Pralrlo bo opened to pettloment nnd entry Is the request contained In a petition now pending bofor the Secretary of tho Interior bearing the names of a uumJier of Portland residents. Tho petition Is based on tho claim that the pralrlo ii not properly a part of tho Nation r.l forest nnd not sultablo for resur volr purposes. In nn alllilavlt supporting tho pe tition It Is stated that the pralrlo Is not suitable for reservoir purposes because of tho lava formation on tho east side, and various extracts aro made from tho report of the Des chutes survey to confirm the claim. Thes oil of tho prairie Is azsertol to be suitable for agricultural pur poses, while Its present use for graz ing Is called "an Indefensibly eco nomic loss. If not profltablu graft for those Interested." No Information Is available as to the attitude of the department on tho petition. PVTHIANH TO CONVENE. A special car will carry Central Oregon Pythlans to the convention of tho grand lodge to be held In Port land on August 1 to S. Over 20 Rend Knights havo already signified their Intention of going to Portland for the event and large numbers are expected to Join the party from towns further down the lino. Tho Rend delegation, ace rdlng to r.nnounce meats. will wear uniforms consisting of white hat, shirt and trousera, with blue necktie. TS E 14 TONS ARE SENT FROM SPRECKLES L. 1). Fo Awarded Con tract For It n it 1 1 n g Product Chemists I'rnlsc Alknll Ijiko Deposit Valuable Gnjliislt is Found. Shipments of soda nsh from tho Alknll Lake In Lake county hnvo bo gun, according to G. H. Milno, mali nger of the Amorlcnn Sodn Products Company's Interests nt Spreckles. Tho first car load of soda ash amounting to approximately 14 tons wns shipped to Lakevlow on Saturday onrouto to San Francisco whore It will bo prepared for tho market. Tho machtnory, with which tho company will soon operate on n moro extensive scnlo Is expected to nrrlvu In Lnkovlow nbout August 1 and will bo taken to Spreckles for Immodlnto Installation. With tho equipment that will be used It will bo possible to roflno up to 00 tons dally, but at tho present only It tons will be ro fluod dally. Houd.s Need Repairs. Lakovlew will bo tho point of shipment for tho present, but Just ns soon ns tho roads between Rend r.nd Lakevlow aro put In bottor shnpe. half of all tho soda ash turned out nt Spreckles will como via Rend to Portland. According to Mr. Milne, who Iiob chnrgo of the transportation matters, tho only oxtonstvo Improve ments needed on tho Rond-Hurns rond Is thnt part south of Hond to tho 10-mlla post. Threo threo ton trucks will be used for tho present In handling tho product between Spreckles and ilnkovlew, but several others will soon bo added to handlo tho Increased output. Fox Oets Contract. L. D. Fox, of Hond, who has gono to Lakevlow, has been nwnrded tho contract for handling all ot tho pro duct over tho roads. Stops hnvo already been tnken by Mr. Fox In forming' a corporation with hoad quarters nt Lnkovlow. Fifteen men r.ro now omployod at Spreckles In rollnlng tho product and about ns many moro will bo addod Just ns noon ns tho machinery Is ready for oporatfon. Chemists nro Amazed, Chomlsts, with somo of tho lar gest manufacturing concerns In tho United States havo been attracted by tho annlysos that hnvo boon made of tho Alkali Lako doposlt, and many tho most romarkahlo of Its kind nny thom ost romnrknblo of Its kind nny whoro to bo found Jn tho country. Lnrgcc oncorns which use soda nsh In tho manufacture of soaps, papor nnd glnsH havo commended It highly for ItH purity. Gnluslto, nn exceedingly vnlti ablo complex of carbonate of llmo and sodn hns beon found nonr Alka li Lako. This deposit Is said to bo highly sultablo for caustic soda which retails at tho rato of $300 per ton. Mr. Milno snys thnt ns soun ns tho American Sodn Products Co. gets well along with tho aoda ash refine inent It will take up tho refinement of gnyluslto. T ROAO TO REND Rums I'eoplo Will Not Flirt With Lino to Crane. (Oregon Journnl.) CRANK, Or., July 20. W. C. Ross the Chicago railroad builder, was here again last week and made the people of Hurns a proposition to b"lld a railroad from Crane to Hurns. Mr. Ross Interviewed several of the business men of Hurns, they said they were In no position to accept Lib proposition at the present time. After tho situation had been ex plained, Mr. Ross said he would re turn to Chicago and submit tits prop, osltton In writing In a concrete and definite manner, stating Just what ho would do, and submit It to the pooplo of Hurns before tho II rat of next month. What the people of Rums want Is a railroad from Crane to Hend to Portland. Robert E. Strahorn, who Is promoting this railroad, Is expect ed at Hurns any day, and It Is hoped that while ho Is here he will tell the people of Hums what his plans are. HON IH HORN. An eight and a halt pound boy was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ffodeson. Mr. Frodeson Iz the contractor In charge of the erection of the O'Kane building. A SHIPMENT iD TRAIN KILLS MR. AND MRS. W. G. WAUGH NEAR DENVER Henil People Were Returning by Automobile From Slv Month's Tour in Culorntlo null Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Waugh, of Rond, wore Instantly killed yesterday morning nt Golden, Colorado, near Denver, when n train ttruck tho au tomobile In which Mr. nnd Mrs. Waugh wore riding on their return home from n six months visit In Col orado and Kansas with relatives, ac cording to word received last night by Mrs. O. C. Cnrdwoll. Full par ticulars regarding tho accident havo not beon received. Mr. nnd Mrs. Waugh have resided at their farm nbout raven miles cast of Hond for tho last bovoii years. Mr. Waugh Is n natlvo ot Mlss6url and Mrs. Wait git of Iowa. Mtb. Waugh la survived by two daughters, Mrs. O. C. Cardwell and Mrs. C. R. l.owo, o( Rend nnd Mr. Waugh by a daughlor residing In California. Tho reinnliiB nro expect ed nbout Saturday! Funeral arrange ments hnvo not been completed. BRONSON-HOUCK MATCH WAS RIG TREAT FOR REND FANS Portland Lntl Is Given Popular Ik clslon Over Seattlo Roy Prelim inaries Weto Fast. Muff Hronson, of Portland, nnd Loo llouck, ot Scnttlo, fought to a 10 round draw Monday evening In tho Hlppodromo In tho fastest and cleanest bout that tho Hnnd lovors of good boxing hrvo ever vltnocsed. Tho lads entered tho ring weighing 125 pounds mid wore in tho ?!nk of condition. Although tho olhclal decision wrs a. draw, Hronson wua clearly tho wlnnor ot tho match. According to an agreement by llouck and E, Finn nngan, Rronson's mnncgor, no decis ion was to bo given nt tho end of tho 10th round In event both men wore on tholr feet. Dosplto this fact tho rlngsldo spectators wore unanimous that tho bout was Rronson's. Falling to dovelop his much tout ed punch, and bolng on tho dofenclvo for tho most part of the bout Houck, who wns glvon a light margin In the oddd ovor Hronson did not como up lo tholr expcctrtlons. Ho fought n fine defensive battlo with rVniMtn loading out In almoct overy round. Hronson Is quick as a cat, nnd al though thoro wore few cloun punches delivered by either man, Hronson de livered more and recelvod loss than did llouck. Hronson has n vicious punch for a light wolght. lie swings clean and hnrd, whllo Houck hen a strr.'ght from the shoulder punch, which although not no easy to do liver, Is a body Hhnkor when It Ir.nds. Roth men aro high up to the top lu tholr claes. Old fans who have: witnessed hundreds ot r I n) I laij matchos say that Hronson rnd Houck gnvo tha Hond fans n treat In cloaii, clovor boxing. Tlw preliminaries wore fast rnd gave the spectator!) plouty of nnuiHo ment. Harold Hunnoll, of Rond, threw Eddlo McKluloy of Hhnulko In two Etrnlght falls. "Speck" Wood of Ilend r.nd George Hobgood of Prlnovlllo boxed to n drnw In four rounds. Tho fimtost preliminary wns between Fred Gilbert of Rond nnd John Dobroy, of Prluuvllle In a six round contest. The mutch was fast nnd furious. Gilbert uiiKtnlnod n broken baud In tho n'lgngemnit. Max Martin and Hill Iloniley gave the spertf.torn nn exhibition of tl.o most common holds usotl In wrestling. Harry Moore, who wolghs bottor than 1! no challenged Martin to c 10 minute match, iiKrcoliiK to throw Merlin In that time, lie fulled to perform tho task. Kid Clemens and Kid llosco wont n fast three round bout, the decision going to llosco. Tho Shevlln-lllxon quartette, com posed of Tripled, Hell, Rtaata and Kellogg gave several selections dur ing the evening. About -60 spectators wire pres out. DAVIS KP.HIGNH AH CLERK. Dwlght M. Davis, who was elected clerk of School district 12 nt the ele'llon lu June, bua resigned hU posltlou and an election to fill the vrcancy will be held early In Aug ust. Mr. DavU has been out of town since tho receipt of his resignation by the board nnd it hao not been pos sible to learn his reason for this action but It J understood that ho Is planning to leave Hond to go In to business elzewhere. County Comrnlslsoner Overturf hna an nounced himself a candidate to suc ceed Mr. Davis as school clerk. X-RAY EQUIPMENT INSTALLED. A now $500 X-ray was Installed this week In the Rend Hospital by Dr. Jan McClaren or Portland. The equipment will bo adequate for all the needs ot the looal physicians. Additions from tlmo to time will bo made to complete the equipment. E HILL VISIT CREATES SPECULATION Hond Up Sniitliint From Allwiny U Looked For Ptesldent of Great t Northern Visits Tlnilier Holt Strahorn Is I o it It t ( it I. Extension of the Oregon Electrto tram Albany up tho Santhiu Is ru mored ns a result of n visit to Kit gene and a trip Into tho timber made by Louts W. Hill nnd n party ot rail road olllclals on Snturday and Sun day. In tho party with Mr. Hill were L. W. Oilman, president of tltu Oregon Trunk, .1. L. llnnnnford, president of tho Northern Pacific and a number of others. According to tho Oregon Journal: "Tho Hill party spent Sundny at Cascadln, lu tho woods east of Al bany. In tho mountains thoro nro billions of foot of llmbor. usually whon Mr. Hill goes Into Contrnl Or egon he takes a trip to Sisters, which la approximately opposite Cascadla on tho other sldo of tho Cascades. How this vast body of timber la to , bo mndo useful Is n proposition thnt has long been urgod upon tho rail roads to solve. "Whether a lino Into this tim ber to connoct with tho Oregon Elec tric Is to bo built or whothor a line from Rond )h to reach It from the othor sldo were subjoins Mr. Hill to day did not discuss. Ho admitted that the timber should he gotten out but whothor now Is tho time or some othor tlmo remains to bo seen. Humors concerning tho trip ns col lected In tho Snlom Statesman wore na follows: "Inasmuch ns dovolopmont of tho timber would necessitate tho build ing ot a rail lino at toast part way up tho rlvor toward tho summit, thU Is takon ns Indication that tho route Is at least being considered for trans-Cascade lino wrwcllnVllllrl tho HIM linos In Central Oregon. ., n "Another Portland rumor la thnt tho Hill Inturosta will doal with Stra horn and tla up with tho Strahorn linos In Central Orogon, so far not n'.llod with any ot thu big rall.-ond groups." Hlraboni Kprwe Doubt, Whon Mr. Strahorn was r.ukod i.bout tho various observation!) on rr.tlwr.y construction from tho Wll Inmotto valley Into Centrnl Orogon Incidental to Mr. Hill's vIsP ho cnld: "Most of those published report" nro the wildest speculations Even If tho Orogon Electric Is extended from Albany up the Santlnm, which 1 un derstand Mr. Hill Hnyit will tint bo done u n do.1 existing condition:), It would only , bo n local project. 'to reach the big timber holdings of the gmitloinoii iihiihmI. The natural wur to rench Central Oregon from the wont Is either by the Corvnllls & Eas tern ovor Mlnto Pun or by the S ii'hoiu Pacific's N'fttnii Una from Eugene. No o'her routac compare with those. Thuy are both controlled by tho .Southern Pacific, which com. p.my, I understand, will not imiUir present conditions complete thgni, nlthoiiKh It is arranging to mnko r. short extension to reach some tlm bo.' which Is to be out soon. Centrnl Oregon must, In my opinion, for nov oral yoars lit hast, be content vlth ItH presoiit railway facilities with such othera rs mr.y be supplied by local or entirely Independent Initiat ive and ccpltcl. "No, I o.i n't see anything In the ptiggeetod ownership ot the Western Prclflc by the Hill IntonwiH rnd a, new Hill line through to Cnllfoitila via Ilend ami Jie Oregon, California & Eastern All such movcu aro of course poaslble for some time lu thu future. Hut plouce reeolloet thnt we hnvo cut out n pretty big twik as It Is, nnd Its success being In my ectliiiutlon dependent upon the hearty ro-operatlun of all thuso In terusts, Including the Hill linos, tin Ion Pacific, Southern Pacific, N. U. O. nnd Western Poclllc wu l.nd bol ter let it go at that. Of courtw W will always hnvo all kinds of rumors about what this party or that party is going to do but It takes big mono, to build railroads and big buslnoes to operate them and the Idle or Ir? responsible speculator would bottor take a rest In dtys like theso." INSTALL CLUSTER LIGHTS. Plvo new curb cluster lights are bolng Installed by the Hend Watej Light & Power Co., on thu wqst 'a da of Wall street. Tho property owiiura who ure making tho Improvement are: Tho Rend Co.. II G. Kills, Mrs. Ada Johnson and 0. W. Shrlner. If! IN DM . V''