The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, February 01, 1917, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY EDITION The bend bulletin. VOL. XIV. HEM), DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FElUtUARY 1, 11)17. NO. -18 DESCHUTES COUNTY CREATED DEYOND RECALL Senate Passes House Bill 135, and County Now Stands Unassailable; Action Speedily Follows Report of the Judiciary Committee; Bill Barely More Than Week : Old; Governor Withycombe Ready to Endorse "CREATING" COUNTY Executive Again Congratulates Residents v of New County X'ABORS OP THE ANTI-DIVISIONIST LOBBY SINCE - TUESDAY, UNCEASING OPPOSITION OUT SIDE OF OLD CROOK, ALMOST NIL. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31, 2:15 this afternoon, the House of in the Senate amendment to The amendment remodels the clause only, leaving the clause fully effective. The bill will probably reach Governor tomorrow. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Deschutes county is created beyond possibility of recall, legifl tangle or tech nical delay. The long fight against it has ended in utter defeat, and the county stands a legal and unassailable entity, doubly secure in its creation by the voters last No vember and by the action of House Bill 135 passed the -vote of 27 for and none against, three being absent, ft was favorably reported out of the judiciary committee, and was speedijy disposed of by the Senators. There was no question to the measure in the Senate, with the exception that a slight amendment was made in Tegard to the emergency clause, which amendment will be adopted by the House this afternoon. Senator Baldwin supported the bill on the floor, and previously in the hearing before the judiciary committee. The absent Senators were Olson, Huston and Bingham. Representative Forbes has sent the following message io W. F. King and Roscoe Howard, leaders of the anti division lobby: "County bill has passed Senate without a dissenting vote." Representative Vornon A. Forbos Introduced the bill In tho House tho socond day of tho session, and last 'Tuesday It passed tho Houso with -46 favorablo votes and only 11 votes opposed. Its chief sponsor In tho Senato has boon George T. Bald win, of Klamath Falls, senator from tho Deschutes county district. it will probably take a day for tho engrossing commltteo to proparo the bill for final action bytho Gov ernor, but Governor Withycombe states that ho will sign It tho mluuto It reaches his desk. Kill h Storm Center. "I'm gottlng accustomed to 'cre ating' Deschutes county," said tho chief oiocutlve. "Wlion I signed tho proclamation doing It last month, I congratulated Its citizens upon tho jfacceM of their efforts, and now In .signing this bill, which both reere--utes It and removed any possibility for further legal quibble, I congrat ulate Deschutes county and Its cit izenship again." ? Since emerging fcom the House with Its big favorablo vote, House $111 135 has been the storm center of much activity. A. bard working delegation from Prlnovllle, rein forced by Iloscoo Howard, of Des chutes, and a couple of Redmond citizens, havo labored unceasingly to put It to sleep, Anti-DivUlnnUts ISusy. Thursday night theso antl-dlvlslon lobbyists, led by W. F. King, ap peared bofore the Senate judiciary commltteo and argued long and ve hemently against the bill. Their success was about the same as the success of Mr. King's provlous ffprts In tho House namely, thoy had next to no success at all. But they kept at It hard, with individual senators and backed with a generous ammunition chest of telegrams and messages which poured In, almost all Jrom residents of "Old" Crook county. Satisfaction Genera!. J, N. Williamson was ono who seat long telegrams, and all sorts of combinations wero entered into to lhH) .? Influence against the bllL A notaVfei feature, however, was the ftlMaat entire lack of objection from UiIr PMckutes ceBty. The pec- !W$L;h ew eenaty, with Ue ex BECOMES A HABIT P. M. (Special.) At 2:15 Representatives concurred the Deschutes county bill. wording of the emergency Withycombe for signature the legislature. Senate this afternoon with a ceptions of a few chronic obstruc tionists, and thoso actuated by per sonal motives, nro satisfied. It wus brought out, too, that thoro Is wide spread commondaton for th,o county court appointments made by Govor nor Wlthycombo and for tho appoint ments of offlcors mado by tho court. Extonslve petitions and tolegrams came In from tho east side of the old county signed by frlonds of Dos chutcs county, urging sonators to help the bill. Whlla, of courso, tho primary cred it for tho passago of tho bill Is duo to Representative Forbes, thoso fa miliar with what has transpired ho re during tho last week givo great cred it to Fred N, Wallace, of Tumalo, and II. II. DeArmond, of Dend, whose consistent work has proved most ef fective. TWO OPERATORS WILL BE UTILIZED IN BEND Western Union Find IlUNlness Hero Justifies .Additional Help and Equipment Hull Impressed. (From Monday's Dally.) Upon his return to Seattle last Friday, after spending several days In Dond Installing, equipment for the Westorn Union Tolegraph com pany, J. Nelson, equlpmont man for the company, was Instructed to ro- turn to Dend as soon as possible and add to the present outlay enough apparatus for two operators. The Dond business it has been found Is too heavy for one operator to handle, and as soon as the equip ment Is put In tho two-man service will become effective. I. C. Hall, who has been In Dend for several days has been more than impressed with the town's activity and the fu ture of the Western Union's busi ness here. A new window sign Is being paint ed today oa the window of the office today. mSTOUY OF CONTEST - GOES HACK TO 1014 Tho final decision, lacking - only tho formality of tho gov- - ernor's Blgnaturo to end def- inltoly all doubts caBt upon - Deschutes county's right to con- tlnuo In business as a munlc- -- Ipal corporation, Ifl tho 'climax - of a contest lasting ovor four -- years. f - First proposed In 1914, Des- - chutes county fallod to bo sop- - aratcd from Crook by a baro margin of two and ono-half por -- cent less than tho G6 per cent needed to carry. Division was -- again proposed last summor, - but oxcoptlng In tho precincts whoro division was strongly fa- - vorod, llttlo campaigning was done proceeding tho November -- election. Dut In theso pro- - ducts, tho work was dona bo woll thnt nn easy majority for division wns tho result. Shortly after tho proclama- Hon of tho now county by Gov- - ornor Wlthycombo, camo tho sorvlco of papors In tho quo -- warranto proceedings, In which tho antl-dlvlslon olomont brought suit against tho coun--- ty, through tho liamo of Gus E. Stadlg, of Lowor Brldgo. Tho BUlt Is still ponding, but becomes of no forco by virtue of tho passago of tho bill "ere- atlng Deschutes county." EQUIPMENT .EXPECTED SOON (From Wednesday's Dally.) Equlpmont for tho prlvato branch exchango switchboard for tho new Pilot Iiutto Inn Is expected to arrlvo lioro thla wcok and will bo Installed by special representatives of tho Fa clfla Telophono & Telograph Com pany as fioou as It arrives. Tho out lay provides for 05 telephones, most of which will bo put In tho guest rooms. CENTRAL OREGON iHfltaVrioN f - central - . . u . . t i&i j . mmHmzstm&.. oiv n i ! i '2zcFi osa - Map aliowterrltory iHMuiuted by Itoitcue Howard, of the-CentnU Oregon showing of the bul-of-town contest Irrigation Company, la artkle la the Oregoa .Voter. Mu, Especially ' At Redmond and BENDITES GO TO TERREBONE DRIVE 3. II. Miner Is EnUntltiR Nnmra of En thusiasts Who Enjoy This Sport To lie Held Sunday. (From Wednesday's Dally.) More than 100 Dend people will participate In tho big drlvo next Sunday, whon sovoral thousand jack rabblta will bo subdued by tho In vading hordes from outsldo points. J. D. Minor, of Dond, Is making un offort to enlist a largo party to go down to Torrobonno next Sundny morning. Tho drlvo is oxpoctod to bo tho biggest that has ovor been held In Central Oregon, pooplo bolng lnvltod from nil sections of that part of tho county. Tho Dond invaders will loavy on tho morning train Sunday, Persons desirous of going on tho trip nro urgod to give their names to Mr. Miner, so ho may advise tho Tor robonno commltteo In chargo of tho drive. NEW CARS TO COME FOR THE O.-W. SOON (From Wednesday's Dally.) Taking the placo of S. L. Wiggins, local freight and passenger ngont for Ktho O.-W. R. & N now in tho east, traveling freight and passenger agent, II. C. Oliver, is in tho city, and will remain horo until Saturday. Mr. Oliver announced on his arrival that on February lf. tho dollvcry of 1G0O now steel framo box cars ordorcd for tho O.-W. will begin ar riving from tho east at tho rato of 20 n day, and that Dond will get n proper sharo of tho supply. He said that 10,000 O.-W. cars are now tied up in tho cast. Mr. Oliver declared that CI por cent of tho 1916 grain output of the state Is still to bo shipped. Livestock conditions throughout thoKtate, he claimed, iiiu'i'fn -tfiulV tho stato, ho clalmod, nro of tho bout, ranchora having mado ample provis ion for cold woathor by laying In largo quantities of hay. LADIES' AUXILIARY TO ELECT OFFICERS Members of tho Ladles' Auxiliary of tho Commercial Club will meet at 3 o'clock Saturday nftornoou In tho Council Chambors of tho O'Kano building, for tho purposo of oloctlng olllcors for tho prcsont year. IRRIGABLE paojccts oncaoN LANDS. Jfc S FORTHEANSWER WILL LEGISLATURE HELP OUT? Project Settlers Look to Snlcm For Aid In CloalriR Leaks in tho Ren- ervolr Menus Development of Lands Shown Prtxluctlve. (From Saturd,ay's Dally.) TUMALO, OtvUan. 27.r-(Spc--lal) Tho pnopI.TNTTumalo oro wait ing for news troJptalom. Whllo tho farmor la going a"t:,iut caring for his Block, repairing lihi fences and got tlng his tools roady for spring work, whllo his wlfo Is tending to tho du tlos of tho housohold, their thoughts nro far away. Whatever tholr farm probloms may bo, thoy aro receiving llttlo attention Just now, as thoy wait for word of tho legislature's action on tho Tumalo reservoir bill. Tho Tumnlo settlors, numbering 70 families, comprise ono of the most progressive communities In tho stato. Facing conditions that "Boom ed bound to ruin them until tho stato camo to tholr aid In 1913, thoy still stuck to tho Job and In soma way managed to hold body and soul together. Then tho loglslaturo ap propriated $460,000, with which to completo tho Carey act project on which they had settled, and tho do Rpalr In which thoy had viewed their 'vnllMuu ehniiRtMl to a hop vot- pccumaii ui success. Money Well Spent. Tho $4C0,000 was woll nnd eco nomically spent. All testimony agrees on that point, nnd whon, In Docombor, 1914, wntor from tho main canal wob turned Into the big reservoir, which was to muko pos sible tho Irrigation of a larger tract of land and tho in ore speedy roturn to tho statu of Its Idvestmout In tho project, tho futuro Boomed assurod. Thou In tho spring tho watota In tho reservoir, na thoy slowly crept up tho banks, uncovered a crnck in tho underlying Rtrntn of rock and bogan pouring awny into tho bowols of tho earth. Sales of land to bo watorod from the rcsorolr 'voro Immediately Btoppod and projoct do volopmont camo to an end, Unless tho leak Is closed,, tho project, as planned by tho stato, cannot bo tho success It should bo. "Will tho loglslaturo help usT" Is tho question of tho projoct furmors, Lund Is Productive, Enough has boon accomplished agriculturally on tho project to provo that the land, If wujer is brought to It, will produco crops to support families and build up homes. Last summor Hans Johnson ralsod 400 bushels of potatoes to tho aero. Tiio season was considered by a majority of tho Tumalo farmers only an av- orago year, yet tho yields wero cred- (Contlnuod oa pago 0.) I 10 WT Contestants Working Hard. for Double Miss Francis Steidl, Bend 470,000 Mrs. J. A. Eastes, Bend ,. 4(55,000 Miss Mabel Bixby, Prineville 401,000 Miss Cora Bates, Bend 430,000 Mrs. Mable E. Lara, Bend :J2G,000 Miss Lucile Parsons, Redmond t. 445,000 Miss Ruth Bayley, Tumalo 427,000 Miss Edith Masten, La Pine 149,000 Miss Cosina Mueller, Bend1 88,000 (From Wednesday's Dally.) The double voto offer Is rapidly drawing to a close and tho different contestants who are taking advant age of tho extra votes aro having re markable success in their different territories. The campaign managers of the different candidates are using all their efforts in order to promote tho success of their nominees and while their methods differ thoy nro gottlng tbo results. The surprise of the camDalrs is the remarkable ES 10 T OPINION IS RENDERED BY GEO. A. BROWN. LAW0NLYF0RCR00K Decision Sought by H. H, DeArmond nt Itiuct or County Court Having of $2.1,000 Will Ho Effected hh a IU'muII, j (From Wednesday's Dally.) SALEM, Or. Jan, 31. (Special.) Deschutes county Is not required to pay a bounty upon jackrubblUi. An opinion to this effect has Just boon roudorod by Attomoy aonoral Doorgo A. Drown to 11. II. UoAr mond, of Uond, district attorney for Dcschutos county. It Ib estimated that this settle ment of tho bounty problem which, has boon voxlng tho Deschutes coun ty court will save tho now county not less than $25,000 during the coming year, tho figures bolng basod uponnho houuty. cost v.'lilcli.ls.plllnc up in Crook county and upon tho oxporlonco of Harney county. At tho last election, tho voters of Crook county, by a largo margin, ap proved tho bounty law. Tho kornol of the attomoy gonoral'H opinion U that this law applies only to Crook county, ns such, and that us tho ter ritory now ombracud In Deschutoa county Is now not In Crook, Its tax payers uro In no wlsa governed by uuy special legislation specifically designed for Crook county, Inquiries Many. Since tho formation of tho now county Its court Iiob been bcslegod with Inquiries concerning tho rabbit bounty law. It refusod to pay any bounties under tho Crook county leg islation until tho question had boon decided. At tho court's roquest Mr. DoArmond sought tho opinion from tho attorney general, It substanti ates tho opinion already advanced by tho local district attomoy, "I bellova that this means a dar ing to Dsschutcs county of at least $25,000," Bald Mr. DeArmond thin morning, Attorney Gouerul DecldeM, Following Is the completo text of tho attorney general's opinion: "Jan. 22, 1917. Mr. II. II. De Armond, District Attorney, Dos chutcs County, Uond, Oregon, "Dear sir: I havo your favor of tho 18th instant, asking my opinion (Continued on page 7.) ...Tr Vote Offering I Prlnovllle, the lutorest In tho success of tholr ruprosentativo Is growing keeuer, as tho campaign grown In ago and tho local candidates must look to tholr laurels If thoy keep the Dodge in Uond; In other words thoy must take advantage of each day left of the double votes in order to re gain their standing. Only scroti day left In which to obtain tho doublo coupt. Promptly at tho close of double votes Thursday, February 8, tho Judges will lastall tho ballot (box and the axtravbtes will he.wut NO Bill ...a.w, . w,a fcaiMytMEii, 7 I i jam ujymii,wmmmmmmmmmmi JttftVXul&l A jsr- ril. id!