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The bend bulletin. tfOL. XIV. BEND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 0, 11)10. NO. 4t COMPANY WOULD HOLD CONTROL BEARING ON TODAY DISTRICT PLAN ONLY SOLUTION. -Settlers Taking Over Segregation Sei Juno Would Bo Minority Stock. Holders Extension .Sought on 0 mid 10. (Special to Tlin Bulletin.) SALEM, Or., Dec. '5. Tho con tract under which tho Central Orogon Irrigation company administers Its .segregation expires In June, 1917. Nominally, thcrcatter the settlors as--sutno dlroctlon of tho segregation, which Is supposed to bo turned over to them. 6 Hut next Juno, If matters stand as at present, according to men hero familiar with tho complex situation, tho settlers actually will not havo any moro say regarding tho admin istration of the segregation than they have toduy. For tho company will ho aula to control tho association, because It will hold a majority of .tho acreage Involved, and represen tation in tho governing association of necessity will ho apportioned on -an ncreago basis. If this Is truo, tho company could -lomlnuto tho association and keep In tho, saddle any management It saw 'l. Juntas uny majority's! Jck ht-ld- -er can In a corporation. Apparently, tho only way to cs- capp such a situation, It Is pointed out, Is for tho settlors to form an Irrigation district. In a district, under existing laws, each owner has si single voto, Irrcspectivo of tho acrcago ho controls. So any settlor would have as much "say" In tho district management as would tho company. It Is estimated, from flgurcH avail able In tho offlco of tho statu en gineer, that tho company would prob ably control, on a voting basis, somn 33,000 acres of tho land which would lie under tho Jurisdiction of tho wa ter users aftor next Juno, as against about 10,000 acres owned by set tlers with voting power. It scorns lmprobablo that Bales between now And Juno would vory materially chango tho ratio of control. Company Control Knur to One. . The records show that tho com pany will retain a voting Interest In tho Water Users' corporation cover ing tho following: First Lands sold under old form contractu which have a perpotual maintenance feo of $1.00 per aero per year, 23,000 acres; (2nd) un sold luuds, approximately CO, 000 acres; (3rd) lands not yat paid for by settlor, amount unknown. Approximately 1C.000 acres have been sold under settlors' contracts which convoy an Interest In the Irri Katlou system; If all warn paid up, tho settlors would havo about ono voto to tho company's four. At tho request of tho company, tho Desert Laud Hoard holds a meet ing tomorrow (Wednesday), at which the company, among lessor things, will present tho matter of tho "act of Congress extending tlmo on segregation lists six and nine teen." Presumably, this means that the company will seek to get the board to approve such an extension. It Js stated that if the company Is suc cessful In securing such approval, It will then go before the legislature and ask for Its approval, backed by the board's action. With this in hand, it Is presumed that the com pany would then seek passage of an act of congress actually extending the contract time on the lists In ques tion. The time on segregation list six expires February 13, 1918, and list nineteen expires October 17, 1920. Thereafter, unless extension Is grant ed, unsold lands revert to the public domain. Settlers' ProtcMs Expected. It Is expected here that setters will protest strongly against any such extension and especially against ap proval of tho move by tho Land Board. It is believed that the board will simply take the request under advisement and will refuse to take definite action until the Water I's- DESCHUTES COUNTY ' Tho county division caso Is still pending beforo Circuit Judgo Duffy. Briefs were filed on Tuesday, and a decision Is expected nt any time now. ers' association has had opportunity to present Its sldo of the caso. It Is further stated that under an act ot congress of August 11, 1916, a district may assess unsold and un entered lauds, and tho assessment so mado bocomo a Hen upon tho lands, which must bo taken up by tho pur chaser or subsequent settlor. In other words, It would not In tho least hamper tho formation nnd operation of nn Irrigation district to havo the unsold and unentered lands under lists six and nineteen revort to tho government, as they could bo Includ ed In a district anyway and could bo lovled against and ultimately sold If tho levies woro unpaid. Tho text of this act, which is too lengthy for publication here, is available to any interested person, at Tho Bulletin oMco. McAllister Discusses- DLstrlct Plan. Replying to an Inquiry rolatlvo to tho Oregon Irrigation District law, J. L. McAllister, assistant secretary of tho Desert Land Hoard, last week wrote to Ada C. Young, secretary of tho C. O. I. Wator Users' Association. ,Tho letter, In part, Is as follows: "Whllo tho Irrigation District law Is comparatively now In this state, there appears to be no objcctlonablo features which would hinder Its ap plication to tho conditions under tho above project. A plan was submitted by Mr. O. Laurgaaul last October, which contemplated Including in tho proposed district tho land of Segre gation lists No. G, 19 and 20. This plan, I believe, is somewhat compli cated and would entail cxtouslvo ad ditional construction by tho Irriga tion district. "I bollovo a better plan would bo to only Includo In tho district tho lands of segregation lists C and 19. Tills would Includo both sold and unentered lands. Provision has al ready been mado by congress per mitting tho levying of assessments on unentered government land lying within any Irrigation district now organized, or to bo orgaulzcd. You will t)to t'Jlt unpatented cntorcd land may bo sold nu any privately owned lauds for default In tho pay ment of tho district assessments; also thnt tho assessments lovled against unentered lands becomo a Hen on tho sama and beforo an ap plication for entry will bo received, tho portion of tho assessments then duo must bo paid to tho district. "Another featuro to bo considered In connection with this question Is tho fart that tho period of segrega tion will expire on segregation list No. (i on February 13, 1918 and on list 19 on October 17, 1920, at which tlmo tho unsold lands of theso lists will In all probability revert to the public domain nnd bo mado subject to entry under tho homestead or desort claim laws. "Should It appear advisable at this tlmo to Includo In tho district only thoso lands now covered by set tler's' contract. It would bo possible under tho district law to Includo any other laud which might bo Irri gated under tho system nt u later date, upon application for-an addi tion to tho district by future entry men. However, I bollovo that, In view of tho recent act by congress, abovo mentioned, this advantage should bo considered In your organi zation nnd Includo nil of tho lands susceptible or Irrigation under tho present constructed system or tho extension thereof. ."Tho district plan will afford ad vantages which might not bo had under any other system of control by an organization of wuter usors. You will note that in tho organiza tion, each land holder Is entitled to ono vote, regardless of tho amount of his holdings. You may find It best to proceed with tho organiza tion, at least with tho preliminary work, under your present organiza tion and after tho directors have been elected, of course they will then be authorized to proceed with the details of tho organization In ac cordance with the state law." WILL SUPPORT STANFIELD Both Crook county members of tho le'slaturo, Vernon A. Forbes, of Bend, and Denton O. Ilurdlck, of Jledmond, have announced their de termination to support Robert N. Stanfleld for speaker of tho next house. A message to this effect was sent to Mr. Staufleld yesterday. CONGRESS TO MEET HERE The Central Oregon Irrigation congress will meet In Ilend next Wednesday, with delegates repre senting all tho commercial bodies of Central OOrcgon and districts which aro affected by Irrigation projects. Matters of Importauco to Central Ore gon will then be discussed, so that at the annual meeting of the Oregon Irrigation congress a well formulated program will bo ready for presentation. G FOR FACE VALUE KEELERS BUY STRA HORN ISSUE AT PAR. Purchasers Have HO Dnjs In Which to Complete Contract, After . Which City Will lUs In Posl- ' k" tlon to Buy Terminal. - PRICES PAID FOR BEND -- BONDS. Purposo Ami. Price Date - School ? 6, BOO 100 190G - Sower 00,000 101 1912 School 23,000 101 1913 - School . . 26,000 102 191G atrahorn... 36.000 100 191G - Bend, as a city, has good credit. Bond houses think well of the standing of tho city and are willing to tako Its obligations nt their face valuo. This was shown on Saturday night when tho bond Issue of $35,000, vot ed In AugUBt for tho puriiosa of pur chasing terminals for tho Strnliorn railroads, was sold nt par. The pur chasors were Kcoler Urothcrs, of Denver, Colorado, represented In tho transaction by Fred W. Glenn, thulr Portland manager. Spltzor, Rorlck & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, also sub mitted n bid of par by letter, but their application was faulty in form and, on thnt account, not consid ered. Undor tho torms of tho contract made between the city nnd Kcoler Brothers Saturday night, 30 days aro allowed In which to complete tho contract. In other words, shortly uftcr tho first or January, 1917, Ilend will receive tho purchase price of thu bonds, less Keolor Brothers' expens es nnd charges, and will then bo ready to purchase tho property J -sired by Mr. Strnliorn. This wlll-btr done nt once. Then llcud wilt havo complied with "Unrln Bob's" re quirements, so fnr as tormlnuls aro concerned, nnd if tho rights of way aro also all in, It will bo In position to expect construction from this end when It begins anywhere. Tho proporty to bo used by Mr. Strnliorn for terminals lies oust of tho Oregon Trunk right ot way, ex tending from Lytlo Aero tracts south. It wns optioned by a com mittee from thu Commercial club last winter, proceeding tho bond elec tion which turned out to bo Invalid, and has sluco been hold by its own ers for the terminals. A largo portion of tho terminal property Iiob been offored lis a do nation by W. D. Cheney. FOREST SERVICE TESTS NEW SHOVEL FOR FIRE FIGHT Tool Is Tnki'-Rimu Affair llnudlu It in '.toiiiili Lengths Can lie Assembled (.Milrl.lj. District Forustur Georgo II. Cecil, of Portland, Is having u number ot take-down shovels made locally, to bo tosted by flio patrolmen In dif ferent parts ot tho district and It found suitable to bo mado part of the forest service standard fire fighting equipment. Tho model was mado and furnished by Djjputy For est Supervisor Harris, of Tacoma, who trltnl It out with satisfactory re sults ou tho Rainier national forest, Washington, during the last fire sea son. Tho model Is made from a regular round point, long handle irrigating shovel. The handle is removed from tho socket and cut in 20-Inch lengths, which aro Joined by a Jive-Inch steel (errulo when tho tool Is put together. Tho shovel blade forms a third sec tion. Spring fasteners, liko those used on automobile shovels, lock tho throo sections together, The tool Is 51 Inches long when assembled. THE SHEVLIN ESTATE Will of Ijite Yalo Football Star Olw Widow .More Than 8!,OOO,OO0. (Oregonlan.) ST. PAUL, Dec. 4. An estate valued at 13.189,965 was left by tho late Thomas L. Sbovlln, former Yalo football player, according to a state ment filed at tho capital today by appraisers. The will bequeathed to his widow, Elizabeth Shevlln, 11,081,430 and f 62-1.996 each to his sou, Thomas Henry, and his daughter, Elizabeth Brlte BULLETIN HAS BECOME DAILY GETS UNITED PRESS WIRE SERVICE. World Nous of Etery Day Available for Bend Render Every Evening Special Features .of Local Value arc Arranged. At throo o'clock this nftor- noon the first Issuo of Tho -- Dally Bulletin was ou sale on - tho streets of Dend, the first dully paper to bo published In Ceutral Orogon. Besides tho regular local iiuwb, tho dally Is- - sue contained Important tele- - graph news from world news -- centers, Including London, Paris, Washington, Ilerlln, Potrograd, as well as tho lat- - est reports from tho fighting front In Itoumanla. Commencing today, Tho Ilultotln becomes a dally newspaper, and Bend acquires another adjunct of metro politan existence. The Dally Bulletin will hn Issued every afternoon except Suiulny. Thu weekly paper will bo continued, pub lished on Wednesday, as hcrctotoio. Tho Dally will ho served with tho United Press news Borvicc, recognized as offering tho finest available news paper facilities for afternoon papers. A comprehensive telegraphic service wilt bo received during the day and up to. ii Into hour In tho afternoon, embracing tho Important news of tho World and specializing In nffnlrs of state a lid local Interest. Ah thu European day Is ended eight hours ahead ot Oregon's, and eastern tlmo Is three hours In advance ot tlmn here, tho western afternoon pa per bus available all tho Hows (if thu world for that day. For Instance, 4 o'clock in tho afternoon hero is 7 o'clock In the evening In Now York, and midnight In Loudon, so that renders ot an afternoon newspaper In Ilend will ltnvo before thorn all thu Important news ot tho day from tho uows centers of the world. Tho puper will bo ou tho street about four-thirty, nnd will bo dis tributed both by currier mid through tho mulls. It can reach every offlco and store In town before closing tlmo and every Ilend home for reading at thu supper hour or during tho oven lug. It will bring Its readers tho same news us the Portland afternoon dallies, which reach hero thu next morning. Stork Market Report. In nddltlou to tho regular tele graph service, which will bo tho sumo us received by most of tho afternoon dallies or Oregon, Tho Dally Dullo tln will got oxteuslvu special mall snrvlco nnd u rut service of Illustra tions. A feature which will receive much attention will bo a market re port. Receipts and prices of live stock at tho Portland yards oach morning will appear In tho afternoon paper, and Important data will ho given regarding grain and uonimodlty markets. Hpeelal fan tu re storlon, Including sporting uiiittfirH of local Interest will ho received from Portland. (1. 1. Putnam, owner of Tho lliillntlii, Is secretary to the Governor nt tho Cap ital, Salem, and state mid political news of Importance will bo covered by him In regular correspondence. A comprehensive news service of thu coming legislature will ulso bo pub lished. Weekly Will Be Hitler. Tho regular weekly edition of Tho Bulletin will ho continued, and be cause of Its connection with tho Dally It will bo possible to inuku It fuller than ovor and of more valuo to Its large number of subscribers. In tho past effort has been mado to build up alarge rural circulation for tho Weekly, as such a circulation, reach ing out-of-town peoplo who do their buying In Ilend, Is ot prima Import auco to advertisers. Mechanically. Tho Ilulletlu plant Is well equipped to produce u dally uuDiujier. iiiu receui purcnasu 01 a now Modol Fourteen Linotype tho rinest type setting machine In tho stato makes available tho best fa cilities obtainable for getting up quickly and economically tho body type of a newspaper, as well as ad vertising and 'Job work. Hereafter this machine will bo operated two shifts or eight hours each. In type, presses and shop equipment, tho plant Is well supplied to turn out a dally, and there Is ample room to handle one advantageously. II. W. Sawyor. general manager or Tho Bulletin, will direct the business ot the dally and supervise its editor ial administration. Fred A. Wool flen will bo In active chargo of Its news end, telegraph and local. Mr. Woolflen, who has been ou the paper for n year and n half, Is n gfaduate ot the University ot Washington school ot Journalism, and has had actlvo exporlcuco ou dally newspa pers at LewlBtou, Idaho, and else where. As associate editor ot tho Dally will bo Henry W. Fowler, who comes to tako tho position from Bnkor, Ore gon, where ho has been city editor ot the Bakor Herald, an nftornoon dally. Ho is a graduate ot tho Uni versity ot Oregon school of Journal Ism, nnd has had experience on the Morning Register, of Eugene, and tho Albany Democrat. RABID DOG ATTACKS GIRL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS Helen Hayes Bitten Last Wednesday Night Left for Portland Sunday to Take Pasteur Treatment. For tho tlrat time stneo tho rabies epidemic becamo general two years ago, n resident ot Ilend was bitten by a rabid dog, last week and Is now In Portland receiving tho Pas tour treatment, whllo tho city ordl nance providing for muzzling dogs has been hastily rejuvenated and Ib again In full force. Helen Hayes, tho 14 year old daughter ot Mis. Florence Hayes, who lives on Wall Btreet near tho laundry, wns returning from the Thanksgiving daucu lit tho Hippo- dromo on Wednesday night when sho was attneked by a dog and bit ten. Al. Campbell, a friend of tho family, becoming worried tho next day lost tho dog might havo been rabid, looked up tho animal. Find ing thnt It had boon killed, ho dug up tho head, which Dr. Con sent to Portland tor examination. On Sat urday word was received from Btato Health Olllcor Roberg to tho effect that tho dog was plainly mad and to sond Its victim down for treat ment. Miss IluyesUiit tor IWitlund' Sunday night. Thu dog Is described as of a dark brown color with a whlto patch ou Its throat. It wns formerly tho prop orty of n family which moved to Portland a few weeks ago, leaving It hero tinea red for. As soon as It was known that tho dog was rabid, tho city authorities circulated posters stating that all un muzzled dogs would bo killed. CAR SHORTAGE FELT KEENLY DY LOCAL LUMBER COMPANIES SlilpiiiriitN to Eastern Points Held t'p on Account or the Scnrcltj of Cnrrlcih Prospects Dark. The most perplexing problem fac ing thu local lumber companies at present, tor thu solution ot which thorn Is li 1 1 to- Immediate hope, Is tho shortage or (might cars. With largo orderH to eastern points on their hooks, tho lumber companion are almost lucupablo or rilling them and stook Is being stored In dry sheds awaiting a betterment of tho situa tion. Tho railroad companies aro able to furnish scurealy 25 per cent of tho cam necessary tor tho local com panies to fill their orders, and no definite time Is given when the sit uation may show Improvement. As soon as tho now ilnmurrni.-n regulation being prepared by several railroad companies Is mado effective, under which extra churges will bo mado for dolay of cam moro than u certain period of tlmo, It may bo that more cars generally muv be available. LAW NOW EFFECTIVE Crook County Will Pay for Rabbits and Sago Rath. Tho rodent bounty law wont Into effect December 1. It provides that every sugo rat or rabbit killed In tho county after that duto shall bo paid for by thu county upon pro actuation ot not less than fifty scalps at ono time, to tho county clork, with tho proper affidavits concerning where, when and by whom they were killed. Tho rabbits will bo paid for by tho elork at tho rate of fivu cents each and thu rats at two and ono-halt cents. Tho luw says that tho "scalp and ears" must ho presented to tho clerk (or mouuty, and thoy must bo not moro than (our months old, also that thoy must ho killed uftor thu date on which the law goes Into effect- S. C. GALDILL ELECTED MAYOR DEFEATS EASTES BY OVER 100 VOTES. Bennett, Brostcrhotis nnd Edward arc Elected to Council Over 700 Votes Cast Caldwell Hc verses Last Year's Vote. Reversing tho result ot a year ago, S. C. Catdwotl yesterday defeated J. A. Eastrs for mayor of Bend for tho coming year. Ills majority was 114 votes, out of a total ot 726 cast. Far tho council, Louis Bennett, E. P. Brosterhous and A. 13. Edwards woro tho successful candidates over O. C. Henklo, L. C. Hudow nnd C. W. Thornthwhaltc. Miss Mary Coloman, was ro-olocted treasurer without opposition. Tho total voto cast In tho'Hvo pro clncts was 736, Indicating nn unex pected Interest In tho olcctlon on bo hair or tho various candidates, es pecially tor mayor. All flvo precincts voted In tho ta enia building on Mlnuosota street, tho votes of Kenwood, Deschutes and No. C product being rcccivod In ono ballot box, and thoso ot Bond 3 and 4 In another. Summarized, tho vote was as fol lows: Ken.-Dos.-No.G No. 3-4 Tot'l MAYOR Cnldwoll 190 230 420 KastcH 100 20G 30D TREASURER Coloman 232 346 S77 COUNCIL Ilennott 137 223 . 360 Brostorhous ...123 226 354 Edwards 183 241 424 Honkl.i 141 204 346 Iludbyr"' tjj JOO 17 267 Tliornlhwalto .'. .121 17i 20 Tho Major-Elect. Mayor-elect Caldwell has boon a resident o( Ilend alnco 1903 nnd lu that tlmo has servod sovoral torms on tho council, being now n member. Until n (uw mouths ago ho wan en gaged In tho morcantllo biiflluosi hero at that tlmo soiling out to Floyd Dement. By trade ho Is n plumber and sheet Iron worker and was thu first to engage In this work in Ilond. Ho was born In Galllu county, Ohio, nnd after attending school them travelled extensively over thu western and southern states, arriv ing in Portland In 1882. In tho 34 years that havo ulapned nine" thnt tlmo ho has lived In Oregon except lor a period or resldourq In Spokane. Mr. Caldwell Is married and litis four children, In an Interview, given Tho Hullo tin following tho announcement of, his election, Mr. Caldwell said that as yet ho had no special plans (or bin administration. Continuing, ho said. "1 bollovo In equal rights and Just tmntmout of ull, and special priv ileges to ikiiio. I bollovo also In u fair and Just administration ot tint city's affairs, ho far an it Is In thu mayor's' power to do these thlngH I am not yet ready to aniiounco tho appointments to bit mado by mo, wishing first to dlNCUHH theso nnd other mutters ot administration with the council." POTATO (iROWERS MEET A most BucroKHful mooting of thu Deschutes Valley Potato Orowora' Association was hold nt the county agriculturalist's offlco at Redmond on Saturday, over thirty being pres ent. It was voted to order stenciled sacks in which to ship thu product of tho association, and ulso to pro euro "muKKlug" labels to bo placed In thu ends of tho sacks and explain tho grades and guarautco of tho con tents. J, L, Gibson was appointed as thu representative of tho associa tion to the county agricultural coun cil. Tho noxt pool ot potatoes will be offered for sale on December 16. SPEAKS O.V ROOKS The members or tho audlenco that heard Miss Mary Richardson, ot Spo kane, spvuk at tho council room, ou Friday, on tho subject ot "Fathers. Mothers and Hooks," were enthusi astic over her address. It was, through hooks, MIsh Rlehardsou ex plained, that parents could (Ind tho way to clvlllzo tho young savages that children woro until thulr early yours wore passed. Sho prescribed tho best books for dltrerout ages, pointing out tho ways in which they aided tho meiitul growth of tho child To Illustrate the talk, a collection ot children's books was ou exhibition. ! "