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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1918)
I1KND nUM.KlIN, KN1, OUKflON, TlWiWHAV. JANWAHV to, HUH fAOR 4. IJE&3 The Bend Bulletin nEND. OREGON imiiMIsIiimI iuoa. GE011GE PALMElt PUTNAM Publisher ROBERT W. SAWYER Etlltor-MnnnKor. An Independent newspaper stand ing tor tho BQunro deal, clenn busl nosB, clenn politics and tho heat In terests o f Bend and Contrnl .Oregon. bnTYcnr ! Blx Months Three Months &0 THURSDAY, JANUAKY 10, 1D1S COMMUNITY COOPERATION. Tho Oregon Farmer la working In every Issuo to upbuild tho spirit ot community cooperation. "Trndo at Homo" Is its monthly slogan and wo nro glad to help spread tho gospol by Teprlntlng what It has to say, as follows: "How many farm folks and small town residents fully appreciate what a spirit of community cooperation may bo mado to mean -to them? Not alono can this bo weighed In tho scales of sentiment and civic pride. Thcro Is also something of a dollars and cents valuo In boosting one's homo town If wo study the mattor from tho mercenary side. "In a community that Is 'financial ly sick' It Is a very uncommon thing to find tho Individual prosperous. This Is becauso the Individuals who make up tho community shape tho trend ot a community up or down. "All of you have heard people liv ing In or near a smaller town say: Our little town can't grow, It Is too near tho city. So, with this belief planted In tho mind one goes on spending a lot of tho money that Is produced locally in tho stores of tho nearby larger towns and cities. "You go on falling to patronlio vour homo town merchants. They can't make a 'go ot it and as a trad ing conter tho homo town falls lower arid lower in tho scale. "Local merchants become afraid to stock up with high grade merchandise after a time and it Isn't long beforo your home town stores carry only tho lower grades of goods. "Don't pay your local dealer two price for a good article; but do give him a chance to buy In sufficient quantities so that he can supply you at the same price as tho article can be bought for elsewhere. Encourage him with your trade so that he is not afraid io carry well-known brands ot goods with a standardized quality. A standard artlclo represents tho same value no matter where- you bur It. "Once the merchant of your home town knows the trade of their com munity Is back of them, they will not hesitate -to carry standard products of known quality for you to select from. You have the opportunity to help make your community improve. For, with better stores, comes a bet ter town and a good town means en hanced values for property you own in It or near It." A REWARD. The Bulletin today offers $25 to nail Red Cross lies circulated by pro German traitors and In some case's by just plain fools. You've heard the He about the log ger who was supposed to have writ ten an old lady telling her ho had bought the socks she made for sol diers. You've heard the Ho about all tho Rod Cross speakers who were sup posed to bo getting rich from Red Cross receipts. You'vo heard the Ho which tried to brand evory worker in the Red Cross as a war grafter. You'vo heard tho He that tho wo monln tho booths, taking member ships, got a commission. All these stories are lies lies, originated by traitors. But they are carried sometimes by fools. Evory article mado by the Red Cross goes to tho purpose for which It was Intended. Evory dollar you give to tho Red Cross goes Into tho great humani tarian task that faces tho organiza tlon. Stories ot graft and dishonesty In connection with tho Rod Cross aro'2C .! 4 0 ,,e8' And Tho Bulletin knows they are lies. That Is why Tho Bulletin today offers 25 to any ono who can prove a single case of graft, or dishonesty In tho Red Cross. Dozens of these stories havo been traced down by Red Cross them selves. ' Every slnglo story has proven false! Yet thoro aro traitors and fools who' carry on tho Red Cross lies. The . next time any one tries to peddle a Red Cross Ho to you, Just tell that person to prove It to Tho Bulletin, and get $25. ";- Vl Hajrorifpu, tasted tho "stlckum'' on , Q iumuor uo warranty ueeu, jots tho tafjof a -thrift stamp or a war, 'Tho nen'd Corapany to Mrfl n D savings, certificate? If not, buy a Overton, warranty deed, lot 20, block stamp. j- ' 14, Park Addition, CONTRACT GOES TO 0. H. SPHIER POSTOFFICE SITE PASSED ON. IS Official Word Received Today Con cerning Avwml Now Quarters to Ho 1,-Slinpod, With En trances On Two Streets. (From Thursday's Dally.) Doflnlto word was received horo this morning by Postmaster H. U. Ford announcing that tho now post otflco would occupy tho Sphlor block on Minnesota and Uond streets. This Is In case tho lessors can comply with tho requirements In tho mat'er of supplying mall boxes and postofflco equipment and moving partitions so as to supply amplo floor spaco. Tho now quarters will bo occupied on March 2. Tho postofflco will bo L-shapcd and will tako over tho two rooms next to tho corner, ono opening on either street. Tho public ontranco will bo on Uond, while tho mall will bo brought In through tho Minnesota street door. Light and plenty ot space are tho principal advantages to tho building. Heretofore the clorks havo had baroly enough room to move around In while sorting tho mall. Last summer tho Sphler block was comnleted but has had only two oc- tcupants, tho Central Oregon Cream ery and tho Northern Express com nanv. A largo corner room and two others will still remain vacant. Three bids wero placed on the new postofflce, ono by O'Donnell Broth ers, who own tno duuuwib ucu v present, ono by L. L. Fox and tho other by Mr. Sphler. Postal Inspec tor C. W. Llnebaugh was In llend early In December looking theso over In order to make recommendations to the postal authorities. DECEMBER WARMEST IN PAST FOUR YEARS Less Than Average Amount of Snow Fell Rainfall Normal No Killing Kro-ts. December of 1917 was an unusual ono tor Dend with its two Inches of snow and spring weather at tho end of the month." Records of tho last four vcars show that eight Inchon Is the average-snowfall for tho month. In lOH, however, there was but live inches. As to warmth, last Decomber had a higher average tomperaturo than ny other in mouit winter. The thermometer recorded a maximum of 63 and a minimum of 21, as com pared with CO anJ 3. respectively, ot tho proceeding yoar. Thoro wero no killing frosts, hall, sleet or thunder storms. On six days more than .01 of an Inch of rainfall wo3 on the ground. Tho weather record for the mouth Is as follows: December, ii; 30 29 24 28 20 28 oo 23 25 25 25 34 42 37 35 37 44 29 4:i 24 25 40 51 22 22 35 43 47 35 40 40 1 o 3 A 5 C 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 1C 17 18 19 .35 Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear ....38 ....35 ...AG ....40 ....40 47 .....49 44 ,....3C ....40 ....42 ....47 ....40 .....47 .....49 .....54 48 5f. 51 64 57 CI 20 21 22 23 24 .45 ,33 25 28 ' 54 CI .48 .02 .C3 30 31 COUNTY RECOHDH. (PurnUhed by Central Oregon AUtrsct Co.) December ill, W. H. Staats to George P. II lb bard, warranty deed, lot 5, block 5, Staats' Addition. George P. Hibbard to Marion L. Job and Mary E. Job, warranty deed, part ot lots 5 and 0, Staats Addition. Juuuury ii. U. S. of A. to Heirs ot James A. Mitchell, patent, SW4 8WU 17, NEi NE4 19, N NWU 20-19-11. John E. Staples to ICnud Sllvort son, warranty deed, lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, block 71, Terrebonne. Fremont Land Co, to Urooks-Hcan- OUTSIDE PALE QFHUMAN1TY Friglitfulncss Tnught by German Leaders Belongs to Ago of Barbarism. SOLEMN PLEDGE MERE WORDS Knlscr's Statesmen Had No Intention of Keeplna Faith With Their Agreement on International Law Horrors Told by Diaries. ' In giving to th AtHhiatn co;,. it Ihe knowledge of German inhuman ity in Ilelgium, say's a jnimphlet is sued hy the committee on public in formation, the evidence is drawn mainly from German and .IwirrtYiiri sources. The German sources in clude official proclamations and other official utterances, letters and diaries of German soldiers, and quo tations from German newspapers. Tho "Hides for Field Service" of the German army advises eafh soldier to keep such a diary while on active service. In the wnri waged In undent times it wns taken for grunted that eon qucrcd peoples might be either killed, tortured, or hold ns slaves; timt tnoir tironorty would he taken and that tholr Inndi would be devastated. "Vne vie- tls! woo to the conquered! 1 or two centuries or more there has boon a steady advance In Introducing Ideas of humanity and especially In connmng the evils of warfare to the combatants. The Ideal seemed to have become so thoroughly established as a part of In ternational law that the powers at The Hague thought It sutllrlent merely to state the general principles In Article XLVI of the regulations: "Family hon ors and rights, the lives of persons and private property, as well as re ligious convictions and practice, must be respected. Private property cannot he confiscated." Germany. In common with the other powers, solemnly pledged her fnlth to keep this nrtlcle. but her military leaders had no Inten tion of doing so. They had been trained In the Ideas voiced by Gen. von Hnrtmann 40 years ngo: "Terrorism Is seen to be a relatively gentle pro cedure, useful to keep the masses of the people III n state of obedience. This had been Bismarck's imllcy. tiw. According to Merits Iiuscli, lHsmnrK biographer, Bismarck, exasperated by the French resistance, which was still continuing In January, 1871, said: "If In the territory which we occupy, we cannot supply everything for our troops, from time to time we shall send a flying column Into tho localities which are recalcitrant. We shall shoot, hang and linrn. 'After that hns hnp pened u few ttmev.'tho Inhabitants will finally come toiilielr senses." Horrors Told.ln Soldiers' Diaries. The frlghtfulness tnitsh't hy the Gor man leaders hold full sway In Belgium. This Is best seen In the entries in tin diaries of the Indlvlduul German sol diers. 'During the night of August 1.1-10 Engineer Gr gave the alarm In the town of Vise. Every tine was shot or taken prisoner, anil the houses were burnt. The nr sonvrit wore made to march and keep up with the troops." (From the diary of noncommissioned olllcor Kolnhold Koclin of the Second battalion of engineers, Third army corp.) "A horrible hath of blood. The whole village burnt, the French thrown Into the Mazing houses, civilians with the rest." (From tho diary of Private Ilussemcr of the Eighth army corps.) "In the night of August 1S-HI the vil lage of .Salnt-Miiiirloe wiih punished for having fired on Gorman soldiers hy trt-lng burnt to the ground by the Gor man troops (two regiments, the Twelfth Initdwehr and the Seven teenth.) The village was surrounded, men posted about a yard from one an other, so that no one could .got out. Then tho Uhlans set fire to It, house by house. Neither man, woman, nor child could escape j only the greater part of the live stock we carried off, iin that could be used. Anyone who ventured to come out was 'shot down. All the Inhabitants loft In the village were burnt wiin tno nouses." (From tho diary of Private Karl Heheufclo of tho Third Bavarian regiment and land wehr Infantry.) "At ton o'clock In tho evening the first battalion of the One hundred and Seventy-eighth marched down the stoop Incline Into the binning village to the burning village to the north of Dlnant. A torrlllo spectacle of ghastly beauty. At the ontranco to the village lay about fifty dead civilians, shot for having fired upon our troops from ambush. In the course of the night many others were also shot, so that we counted over 200. Women and children, lamp In hand, were forced to look on at tho horrible scene. We ate our rice later In tho midst of tho corpses, for wo had had nothing since morning. When wo M-nrched tho houses wo found plenty of wine and spirit, hut no cat allies. Captain Hnmiinu was drunk." (This last phniHii In shorthand.) (From the dlnry of Prlvato Plilllpp of the One Hundred and Hovonty-elghth regiment of Infantry, Twelfth army corps.) Writing from Belgium In 1010 Irvin 8. Cobb snld: "Briefly what I saw was this; I sow wide nrens of Belgium iiuil Fruiter In which not n penny's worth of wanton I'ostrudlnn hud boon permitted to oc cur, hi Which the rlpo pours hung un touched upon the gulden walls j ami I miw other wide iirens whore scarcely one stone had boon loft to stand upon another; whore the Holds were ruv lifted J whore the male villagers hud boon shut In squiuN; whore the miser able survivors bud boon loft to ilou In Iwles, like wild boasts." Even Soldiers Horrified, Some Gorman soldiers, wo mo glad to see, showed tholr horror at tho roui deeds committed III Belgium. 'The Inhabitants have tied In tho vlh litjto. It was horrible. There was clot toil blood on all tho hoards, and what fnoos one saw. torrlblo to behold I The dead, IK) In all, wore at once burled. Among tlieui wore many old women, miinu old men, and a liulfilollvored woman, awful to see; throe children hhtl clnspcd pitch other, iiml died thus. The altar and the vaults of Hie church nro shuttered. They hud a telephone there to communicate with the enemy. This morning, September '-', all tho sur vivors wore exticllod. and I saw four little boys carrying a cradle, with a baby the or six months old In It, on two sticks. All this was torrlblo to see. Shot nftor shot! Thunderbolt after thunderbolt ! Everything Is given over to itlllago: fowls and the rest all killed. I saw a mother, too. with her two children; one hud u groat wound on the head and had lost an eye (From the diary of l.ance Corporal Paul Sploluuiu of tho Ersntr., Ilrst brl gude of Infantry of the Guard.) "... In tho night the Inhabitants of Liege became mutinous. Forty per sons wore shot nud 15 houses ileuiol Mini. 10 soldiers shot. Tho sights horo make you cry. "On the '.'.'Ird of August everything oulot. Tho Inhabitants havo so far given In. Suvonty students wore shot, X) kept prisoners. Inhabitants r turning to Ltogo. "August 21. At noon with llfl men on sentry duty. Sentry duty Is A 1. no post nllociitod to mo. Our occutmtlou, apart from bathing, Is oatltig nud drinking. We live like God In Belgium." (From the dlnry of Job. miii dor School, re servist of tho Tenth company, Thirty ninth reserve Infantry regiment, Sev enth reserve nrmy corps.) "Dehsved Like Vandals." "August 17. In the afternoon I had n look at the little chateau belonging to ono of tho king's secretaries (not at home). Our men hud behaved like regular vandals. They had looted tho cellar first, and thou they had turned their attention to the bedrooms and thrown things nhout nil over the place. They had even made fruitless efforts to smash the safe open. Everything wns tonsv-tiirvv miigiiltlceiit furni ture, silk, and even clilnu. That's what happens when the men are allowed to requisition for themselves. I am sure they must havo taken away a heap of useless stuff simply for tlie pleasure oi looting." "August nth crossed frontier. Inhab itants on Imrder very good to us and give us many things. There Is no dif ference noticeable. "August 'JSInl. Sunday (between Blr nu! mid" IMnaiit, Hinge of IHsouge). At 11 o'clock" the order comes to nil vnnce nfjyj: the artillery has thorough up prepared the ground ahead. Tho Pioneers and Infantry regiment 178 were marching In front of us. Noiir n small Ullage the latter were tired on hy the Inhabitants. About '.".1) Intuit Hants wore idiot and the Ullage wus burnt artillery Is continuously shoot ing the Ullage lies In a largo ravine. Just now, six o'clock In the afternoon, the Vroshlng of the .Mans begins near Dlnant . . . AH villages, chateaux, and houses aro burnt down during thts night. It was u beautiful sight to see tliO tires nil round us In the distance. "August 'Jl. In every village one tlnds only heaps of ruins anil man dead." From the diary of Matboru, Fourth company, Eleventh Juger bat talion, Miirliing.) All Male Inhabitants Shot. "A shell burst near tho Eleventh company, anil wounded seven men, throe very severely. At live o'clock wo wore ordered hy the olllcor In com mand of the regiment to shoot nil the male Inhabitants of Nomouy, because tho population was foolishly attempt ing to stay the ndvauco of the Gorman troops by force- of arms. We broke Into tho houses, and seized all who resisted, In order to execute them according to martial law, The houses which had not been nlreadv destroyed by the French urtlllery and our own wore set on lire by'us, so that nearly tho whole town wim reduced in ashes. It Is a tor rlblo sight when helpless women and children, utterly destitute, are horded together and driven Into Franco," (From tho dlnry of Prlvato Fischer, Eighth Bavarian regiment or In Tun try, Thirty-third reserve division.) Too Many Servants In Britain. Duncan Miller asked the minister of national service, says Hid Loudon Times, whether hit uttontloii has been called to the number of advertisements for HorvantH In households of one, two or throe persons, whore seven to ten Indoor servants aro already kept, and whether hu proposes to limit the num ber of Indoor servants employed In each household. Tho minister of n" tlonal service replied that he had al ready pointed out how essential It Is, In the national Interest, that no per son should employ more servants than are absolutely necessary, The min ister trtiHtH that tho awakened con sciences of those who havo In tills respect fulled to appreciate tholr duty will provide uu lininedlatu ami sufll dent remedy. If not, Jin will tell his plan In the general statement on man power. QUALITY KB I m I VplMpl UOTIKU. LI When you want n Kiiiirc you will want one with an established reputation. The Universal has behind it over sixty experience in the building of good ranges You get the benefit of this experience buy a Universal. Vour old stove or range taken in part Bend Furniture YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD Jin LOCAL NEWS ITEMS (From Friday's Dally.) MIhb Elslo Olsln and MIm lintel Putney returned yesterday from Med ford, where they spent Christmas at tholr respective homes. Chnrles Cleveland, who hm been vlsltlnn hU mm, C. E. Cleveland, at tho Ten Bur ranch the pout 10 days, left for Portland till mornlnic. T. II. Amundson Is here from North Dakota, visiting his sister, Mrs. J. Edward Larson. Ho will probably re main a week. Mr, Amuudsoti Is re lated to tho famous explorer. Word him been received by tele gram from Shannon Bond, with tho Coast Artillery ot Fort Stevens, thnt he Is on his way to the east. Ills parents hnvo roeelvod no other word from him. (From Thursday's Dally.) Mrs. II. J. Overturf Is In Portland on a ImslniHiH trip. Shu will return Nicholas Knstluk wont to Prluo- vlllo this morning to work In that town. A baby girl was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kerstetter, at Glut. W. G. Fordham was In today from La Pino. Ho Is planning to move to Bend In the near future I-N-S-U-R-A-N-C-E ! Somebody carries the Insurance on your properly. YOU can't do It without rlsklnK tho suvIiik of yean. It will pay you to liilk to mu ulsjut It. I pay osolul ulteutlou to the Insurance of farm propeity. W. FERGUSON Oflice Foot of Oregon St. 1 O. Hox 4 to SIMONDS SAWS arc BEST BECAUSE SIMONDS STEEL ' BETTER Used exclusively In the camps of liotli the Hrooks-Seunlon und Hhovlln-Hlxon Com panies. They millzo the value of u k')1 siiw. Ho will you, You can earn moro with u KIiiioiuIh saw as thoy run light und ate ground tliflit. H you are IlKuiiiiK' on cutting this winter, como In und wo will Kil acquainted. I Ben fLmmmmm Bend Hardware Company RANGES ! ears of II I w Josetih Vnrco. of Brother, wai. lit on business connected with the alo of MitiHi home yesterday. Dick Vandevert. Oakland, Oregon was In Bend n few days on builnoi. Ho returned to his homo today. Miss It. L. Thompson left for Port lieu you payment Wi llllli ) Co. - Jfm " i ii i TffWjJ land today. She has been apotidlriK ; the holidays with her sister, Miss M. A. Thompson, MIm Daisy Stuart returned this, mornlnic from Seattle. On account of the floods, she had to taku a boil part way In to Portland. W. P. Myen has taken tho oht Hlirlner homo on. Shasta Place ami has moved Into It. Ho was Jnliied Monday by his family, who oainn down from Culver. J. W Taggcrl Is on his way home, to Portland after spudding Christina with Mr. unit Mrs. A. M. Prlnglw. Mrs. Tuggurt will remain hum sunlit time longer visltliiK her daughter Tho high school ltd Cross auxil iary will begin work again noun, Knit ting was delayed beforo tho holidays, on account of the Lick of yum. A larco supply of this Is now on hand. John n ntes Is hero from Mare Is- laud visltliiK his puTonls until Jan uary 7. With him In Itohorl Horner, another former Bend hoy. Both havo been In tho navy since tho middle or last June. ,j z J! V (W i. 1