PAGR 10.
11KNI) IIVMiKTIN, 1RNI, ORICG.ON, THURSDAY, MAIU'll IB, 1017,
Tho HtiovIln-IHvon Company.
So critical bnn tho car shortage
situation becorao locally thnt It tins
become necessary for tho Knapp
Chonoy Company, operators of tho
box fnctorr of Tho Shovllh-Hlxon
Company, to close down its plnnt
for a week to onablo it to rollovo tho
congestion (n ltd ilry sheds and to
mnko what shipments of stock for
whloh car will bo avallblo.
Tho suspension of operation, ac
cording to Manager Q. W Cheney,
will probably contlituo for n period
of only ono week, during which tlmo
ho believe that tho congested con
dition of tholr shipping rooms will
bo relieved.
"For tho last several weeks." said
Mr. Cheney, "wo havo been nblo to
get only about 26 per cent of tho
cars necewwry to fill urgent orders.
Business la good, but cars nro not
obtainable anywhere."
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Three, nnd possibly four, summer
camps will be established by Tho
Shovlln-lilxon Company ns soon ns
tho winter woathcr breaks, accord
Ing to Ernest F. Nichols, superin
tendent of tho logging department of
tho company. Tho winter camp will
probably break up Into smaller
groups early In May.
Purposes of Merchants Potato
Contest Discussed by M.G.Coe
(From Thursday's Dally.)
Furthor offers of assistance which
insuro success of the potato contest
Inaugurated by Montcllo Coo havo
been received by Mr. Coo slnco an
nouncement of tho contest In Tho
Dullotln last week. Following Is a
further discussion of tho purposes
of the contest and of tho benefits to
bo derived from modern potato grow
ing methods In this section, prepared
by Mr. Coo
lly Montcllo G. Coo.
Tho purposes of tho "Bend Bus
iness Men's Dcttor Potato" contest
Is not primarily moro acres of pota
toes. Wo would not advlso anyone
without experience to plant tho crop
extensively ou tho start. Tho aim
rather than more acres. Is more
potatoes, and bettor potatoes to tho
ncro, with a corisequont lower cost of
production per bushel, greater profit
to the farmer and moro prosperity
to tho community.
Tho stockman Invariably keeps his
prlzo heifer for breeding stock, and
sells his scrubs for beef. Tho potato
grower often sells his fancy potatoes
nnd plants tho culls. Tho result Is
most erery old kind of potatoes. This
year anyone can soil any kind of po
tatoes. Hut, without doubt, noxt
season, or at least in tho very near
future, prices wilt bo different, nnd
thoso sections which produce a uni
form potato of tho highest quality
will suffer the least depreciation In
values. Potatoes from Maine of the
same variety as those from Wiscon
sin sell for a higher pries In the same
markets, booauso they are graded
and handlod moro carefully. While
Long Island potatoes sell at a prem
ium, even over those from Maine, be
cause thoy are still more uniform,
and' are graded to a higher standard.
In view of these facts It Is time
to wake up, gat together and have
a product that will not be a drug on
the market In a season of low prices,
but one that because of a well earned
reputation for quality will sell any
where any tlmo. Uy persistence and
organised effort Desehutw Valley
potatoes will bo made as famous as
Hood River apples, and will be re
nowned as strong disease free seed
stoek, as well as for faney table pur
poses. Here are facts to show that the
above statement Is not an Idle boast.
Cars of graded potatoes, shipped this
year by tho Dosehutes Valley Potato
Growers' association, have In every
Instanee commanded a higher price
than the highest market quotations
at the tlmo of their Bale. The first
ear sold In October for $1.60 per
100 pounds, when tho top of the mar
ket for extra fanoy wus $1.SS. At
other times our potatoes sold at a
premium of CO cents per 100 pounds,
and at no time did a car bring lees
than 25 cents per hundred more than
the highest quotations for extra
fanoy at the tlmo of sale. An old
established association at Creswell,
Oregon, could not obtain the same
price In tho Ban Francisco and Stock
ton market. Moro ovldonce of qual
ity Is as follows: In cooking tests
at Corvallis, In competition with sam
ples from all over Orogon and several
samples from other states, potatoes
from Central Oragon baked the best
and boiled tho host with the Jackets
ou, or the Jackets off, and were fin
06 1 of all iu flavor and texture.
llosldes producing a potato of fine
quality, this section Is favored with
other advantages. There is practic
ally no blight or rot, no Colorado
beetle or flea beetle. No spraying Is
required to bold In check insect ono
mo8i oj .to protoct the vine from
fungus disoases. Doth climate and
soil aro especially adapted to pro
ducing (he potato at its best. Com
prehensive experiments in Franco
showod that seed from tho higher
altitudes giYO consistently higher
Tho growing of moustaches nnd
near moustaches Is becoming con
tagtous around tho offices of Tho
Shovlln-Hlxou Company.
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General Manager T. A. McCaun
leaves tomorrow ovonlrfg for a two
weeks' trip to Snn Francisco.
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llrooks-Hrniilou Lumber Co.
With no linmcdlnto relief In vlow,
tho Drooks-Scnnlon Lumber Co. may
bo compelled to clone down a part
of Its plant for n short tlmo until
shipments now on Its books can bo
mado and tho storo rooms cleared of
tho largo amount of stock that Is on
hand. According to Gonornl Mana
ger J. P. Koyos, tho mill may operate
only tho day shift and tho men In
tho dry sheds may work only eight
hours dally. It It Is found that suf
ficient cars ran bo had to warrant
tho using of tho men In tho shipping
department on two shifts, while tho
mill Is closed down, this may bo done
to rollovo tho situation.
Of tho 300 cars that woro needed
last month to handlo tho company's
shipping business, only S5 cars wcro
received.
yields. The samo thing has been
noted In Colorado.
Our timber, becauso of Its vast ex
tent, Is a great resource. One claim
of 1C0 acres with 100,000 feet of
standing timber at 12.50 por 1000
feet Is worth J1G.G2V4 per acre, and
another crop will mature in 1G0
years. What is tho cash return from
an averago aero of potatoes grown on
tho samo ground, one-fourth of the
tlmo in 150 years? One county
(Aroostook) In Maine, ships nnnunl
ly IS.000,000 bushels, of 30,000
cars of potatoes, besides having some
CO odd starch factories for utilizing
waste and Inferior potatoes. Let us
hasten the day whon oxports of po
tatoes from Deschutes county will
be noxt to our timber exports In Im
portance. By giving prlzos to Induce hill se
lection of heavy yielding, high quality
potatoes, a long start has been mado
In the proper direction, Theso hills
used for seed tho next year, will In
ono season Incroase the yield and
value of the crop many times tho
amount of tho prizes. Tho detailed
reports It Is planned to rcqulro of
contestants as to their inothods, ex
penses and results, will bo of Ines
timable value to guldo futuro opera
tions under our peculiar conditions.
Finally the concrete results of tho
contost will bo such In quantity and
quality, that "Deschutes Valioy Po
tatoes" will be widely advertised, and
futuro mnrkota more easily secured.
It is planned to give weekly,
through the papers, for the benefit
of the contestants, results obtained
at the various experiment stations,
bearing upon the different phases of
potato growing. It Is expected by
next week to have all completed de
tails of tho contest ready for publi
cation. STATEMENT ISSUED
FOR LAND SEEKERS
Official Communication H-cclcd by
II. C. Hllix in Regard to Pilings
on UK) Acre Tracts.
(From Thursday's Dally.)
Of interest to entrymen under the
C-10 acre homestead law, Is an official
statement received this morning by
U. S. Commissioner II. C. Bills. The
communication says as follows:
Under the regulations recently Is-
(sued by the Department, the illstrlet
I land office will not accept or reject
J petitions for designation, but in oases
whore they consider the petition de
fectlvo or Insufficient, they will mall
iu hid uiiiryiuuii uy uriunnry man a
copy of Circular No. C23, and a copy
of Circular 624, which explains tho
requirements. If an applicant under
tho Stock-raising Ilomostead law re
ceives theso circulars from tho land
office it Is a notice to him that his
petition is defective, and that it will
not be sent to Washington for 30
days, during which tlmo ho may file
a now petition if he desires. H h
does not do this the old petition will
be sent to Washington and awult Its
turn for notion by tho Classification
Division. Whon It Is roachod It may
be rejected, or held up for further
evidence causing much delay and
possibly the loss of tho entry.
Practically nl of the petitions filod
bofore the regulations were Issued
are defective, so ovory ontryraan un
der this law should mako u now peti
tion if neodod.
See J. Ityan & Co., for farm land
loans. Adv.
Bee Edwards for papor bunging.-
Adv. . .
No Cheap
Goods
But Goods
Cheap
The. Buying of Fooihlufi
TWay h a Housewife's
ONE BIG PROBLEM!
WE ARE HONESTLY EN
DEAVORING TO MJY IN MAR.
KETS, IN QUANTITIES AND AT
PRICES THAT ENABLE US TO
SAVE MONEY
FOR OUR PATRONS
IT MAY NOT DE MUCH. nUT A
LITlLE SAVED ON A FEW
ARTICLES HELPS.
77' US ON THIS
MOSS BLACK II Awl
Erickson's Grocery
JOHNSON DLDC.
THIEVES GET FLOUR
IN EARLY MORNING,
LEAVING NO TRACE
(From Monday's Dally.)
Unlocking tho warehouse door at
tho Bond Flour Mills plant early
Sunday morning, thloves appropriat
ed 22 sacks of (lour, presumably re
moving thorn In an nuto or wagon.
Thoy loft no trnco ns to their Identity
or tho direction taken.
Tho loss was not discovered until
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
a slight twisting of tho Inside of the
lock, making tho opening ot tho door
difficult, showed that tho catch had
been tampered with. Whon the loss
was noted, tho ground was soft and
muddy, and had been passed over
repeatedly by vehicles ot different
sorts, whllo tho depredation Is be
lieved to havo been committed while
tho road wns frozen hard.
Sheriff S. K. Roberts is ot tho
opinion that the thieves may bo tho
samo ones who recently stole a quant
ity of flour from the depot at Dos
chutes. KILL G10 RABBITS
IN MILLICAN DRIVE
Bend nnd Milllcnii People Combine to
Kttrriiilunle Undent IVM Will
ltrprut DrUo Sunday.
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
Six hundred and forty rabbits were
killed yesterday aftornoon nt tho rab
bit drivo hold In Mllllcan valley, and
so enthusiastic aro the residents of
tho section ovor tho success of tho
drive that another will be hold next
Sunday, Bend rosldents who woro
present reported today. Among those
from hero who attended wore Mr.
and Mrs. J, K. Kngebretson, Mr. and
Mrs. L. II. Gloss, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Tausey, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Clemens,
K. Melstad, K. K. Sawyer, F. W. Cox,
lllllle Mlnter, and Kd. Lyons.
Some 66 ranchers of Mllllcan val
ley took part In the drive aftxr n
picnic dlnnor had been sorvod at
noon. No guns were used, the mom
bres of the party being armed with
clubs. The rabbits were driven down
tho valley Into a woven wire corral,
and boys from the neighborhood dis
patched the bunnies with sticks.
Those attending next Sunday are
assured excellent sport, as It Is stated
that as many rabbits oseapod as were
slaughtered. All who go nro request
ed to take basket dinners.
Just plant the
lape a row
at a lime-
m
B E S
WO
FIND MUCH OF VALUE
IN CITY SURVEY.
History of Item!, nod Reports on Io
cnl Industrie (liven by Hoy nnd
Girls, With More to Follow
Tomorrow Afternoon,
(From Thursday's Dally.)
Tho students ot tho Bend high
school found out lots ot things about
tholr owu homo town thnt thoy did
not know before thoy conducted a
few days' survey this week Into tho
civic, historical, political, commore
lal, social and Industrlul aspects ot
tho City of Bond. ,
Tholr compnlgns wero virtually to
"Know-Your-Clty," and many busi
ness nnd professional men took sev
eral minutes oft their daily routine
to explain sumo of tho phases ot tholr
work.
Students Outline Survey m.
In both oral and written exposi
tions several students yesterday aftor
noon outlined to tho high school stu
dent body tho findings of tholr sur
vey, each of which wns remarkably
woll explained nnd somo of thorn
quite In detail.
Arthur Nnrrott nnd Albert Caso
took various phases of tho plat of
tho city ot Bend describing In somo
detail tho features of tho location
and extent of tho original plut nnd
tho additions thnt havo since been
mudo to tho city.
Tho history of Bend was vividly
portrayed by Ruth Vnudevert, a na
tive daughter of Rend, whoso par
ents havo resided nt tho Old Home
stead for many years. Her story
the progress, from n historical stand
point, wns traced from tho first in
habitants to tho early settlement of
tho town, followed later by llllah
Brick, who told of tho later building
and activity of tho town und tho
massing of population, nnd tho devel
opment of tho tributary country.
Real Ktat Noted.
Ralph Curtis told of tho real es
tate activity of tho town, desclbed at
length tho nature of the enterprises
thnt twelvo real estate firms woro
conducting und tho special features
of ench firm.
Undo Sam's Institution, tho post
office, Its speclnl features, methods
of handling mall, tho routes of rural
deliveries and tho work of tho local
office woro described by Cralgo Coy
nor. Field (cncrutly Cohered.
More or less complete details woro
given on tho following subjects by:
Mnbol Bphlor, "Churches"; Losllo
Holmes, "Nowspnpers"; Margaret
Thompson, "Society"; F.ugono Ful
ton, "Telephone System"; Cleon
Flashier, "Unions, Labor and Wag
es"; Floyd Grube, "Power and Ire
Plants"; Florence Gllson, Calvin
Smith and Robert Fulton, "Business
Houses"; Cecil French, "Foundry";
Ruth Fleming, "Cost of Living";
Stanley Bond, "Forest Reservo"; Al
bert Nelson, "Flour Mill"; Kvelyn
Bodlent, "Natural Wonders of Bond";
Hattlo Dlek, "Bend Public Schools";
Mario Brostnrhous, "Laundries."
Tho reports on "Tho Ornonhouso,"
"Flour Mill," "City Government,"
and "County Government" will bo
given Friday afternoon.
In all tho reports there was a
strain of youthful optimism, through
nil tholr extemporaneous talks, each
student being a booster for tho en
terprise upon which his survey
touched.
"A" Advertisement No. 1
MRffSPMk
Better
Labor
WITH
FOR BETTER GARDENS
Ilettcr results because only
finest, selected seeds front
prlio winning strains are utcd.
fhey aro properly spaced in
thin tissue rupcr tajc which
absorbs and holds moisture,
giving quicker and tatter ger
mination, nnd healthier plant
life. Less lalior, lwcausc you
plant a whola row at a time,
and no thinning out is neces
sary on account of proper
spacing in the tape. Moro
economical, Ijcoiusc abso
lutely no waste of seeds.
rikro Serdtar li made by
Hie AniMWdiiBrcOlapv Co.,
71 WctiJrdSt.NfwYock
City Citt It at your ilcul.
cr, Price 10c prr packano
.SKUSE HARDWARE CO.
UMNO, OKKUON
NEWINN OPENED
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I'IRHT MIJAI. HKHVKI) AT THIS
liosTiiKitv yi:htkrdav luiin.
HAM, ih:nii:h rumor of iikiii
PRICKS TO UK CIIAROKD.
(From Monday's Dally.)
Although tho formal opening of
the now Pilot Hullo Inn Is still to bo
held, tho hlg hostlm-y was (brown
open to guests yestordny morning,
when the first meal wns served by
tho culinary department. A large
number of guests Is already regis
tered, and tho old Inn from now ou
Is to bn used only to nrrommodato
any ovurflouw from tho larger build
ing. Indignant over tho report thnt ex
orbitant prices nro to bo charged for
dinner at tho opening, Manager Bird
sail Issued an official denial this
morning. "Wo aren't running any
Jenso J nines gnmn," ho said, "and I
should like to have It understood that
this talk about $5,00 por pinto Is
absolutely fatso. A charge of Jl.&O
a plate will ho made."
Mr. Blrdsall stated that already
heavy reservations for tables have
been made, n sufficient number hav
ing spoken for places to (III tho din
lug room twlco to capacity.
It was officially reported this
morning that tho S. P. & S. Is mak
ing preparations to run a special train
from Portland for tho opening.
For sign painting saa Kdwards,
Adv.
TRY
SUNDAY
AT
Pilot Butte Inn
12 to 2 P. M.
LUMBER LATH SHINGLES LIME
PLASTER CEMENT
AH Finish Lumber Kiln Dried
Miller Lumber Co.
SELLING
SHEVLIN-H1XON LUMBER
OFFICE ON OHEGON ST.
Shoes for Real Service
OUt HI'IKTAI.TV IS TO MAKI! HIIOIJH THAT
HTAMI TIIK 'I'lJST
NAP-A-TAN SHOE
Is ospoclnlly mado for this kind of country, Nono aro bat
tor mado.
J. E. TILT SHOE
A hnndsnmo serviceable dross shoo for mon. Cunnot bo
boaton fur tha money, (live theso shoos n trial.
A. HANSON LOGGER.
Tlis A. Hanson Logger kIiom of Throo l.akos, Wis., aro
hnnd-miido nnd cuo of tho very host of Its kind. Hpwlul mado-to-order
work taken for this shoo,
U'-TO-UATF. HIIOi: RICFAIRINd
BOND
STREET
R. H. LOVEN
NEW PERKINS HOTEL
Fifth tnd Wuliinjton Stircti
PORTLAND, OREGON
Centrally Located The Hotel for YOU
Special Summer Rates
Room with bath privilege, single 75c up; double
$ 1 .00 up. Room with private Imth, single $ 1 .50
. up; double $2.00 up
Auto bus meets trains.
Union Depot enrs puss our doors.
From North Rank Depot S ear transfer at 5th St.
RANCHERS PETITION
Stockmen Ask That Forest llniiiidur.
les Mo Left Uii('hitiiu.oil,
(From Muiiilny'H Dally.)
Fearful that tho government,
range may bo lessoned, ranchers of
tho Fort Rook country hnvo peti
tioned tho Forest Service to leave
unchanged tho boundaries of tho Nn
tlonal Forest. A copy of the peti
tion, signed by 30 stoekmon nAM
hoiuenteaders or tho district, roach)!!
Superintendent w. O, Hastings this
morning.
Tho petition slates Hint (ho laud
ou tho south edge of (ho Denchutim
forest Is valuable chiefly for raugo
purposes,
Four chairs at your service at tho
Metropolitan, No watting. Adv.
School Days
are Here
Sno lo It thnt tho chtldion'a ante
aro woll cared (or. Money Is saved
In doing so.
Our shoo repairing ranks tho best
Only tho highest quality leather used.
Wi: GUARANTF.i: ALL WORK TO
UK SATISFACTORY.
Quick SIioc Repair Shop.
Wright Hotel llldg. OrreiniiMnl Ave.
YOUR
DINNER.
THE
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nEND
OREGON
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