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WEEKLY EDITION r.V The Bend bulletin. - rj .i 'H&tfft-J. VOI. XV. II1CNI), DKHCHUTKH COUNT!', OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1118 NO. et TO 1NE RAISED ATTENDANCE OF 55 AT SCHOOL S OF ROAD SOUTH 111 CLUB FAVODS GOVERNMENT IS CINDERING PLAN BUYING RORSES I EUIPHT k "WILL DECIDE ON C. O..I-. QUESTION. J-'ull Atlrniliiurci In KvHc-Apprtiv- nl l)owlrcl On IrrlKiUlim DMrlrl Koriucit Hy Witlcr llwnt On I'roJiNi HtmrtiN I'lim ITp. BALI.'M, Or., Fob. 1G. (Special to Thn Bulletin.) Tho Hereon Land Hoard hopes to hnvn n fully nUumliiil mooting Tuesday, Fobruury 20, whuii H will pass upon tho queMlon of whiithnr It will kIvu It approval to . tint Irrigation ilUtrlct fonncil by wn Qtor users of tlio Central Oregon Irri gation project. Notice havo been mint out to tlio Cunt nil Ormton Irri gation Company, tlio Central Oregon Irrigation District, tlio Central Ore gon Wntor Users' Association, to C. C. -McCollcich, of Portland, attorney for tlio district, ami to Jesso Stearns, of Portland, secretary of tlio company. It Is considered probablo that tlio tumtlon of tlio Steam plans for tlio handling of tlio Jtmlntennnen und of f tin project will cotno up for final con nlilnratlon at that tlmo. If tlio board; locdes to npprovo tlio district plan, U li inoro than llkoly that such tuovu will decide thn fato of tlio Htcarns iilsn onco for all, but In event of tx fnlluro to approvo tlio district plan It & In barely possible tho Stearns plan will coinu up for further considers tlon. It la not considered likely that tho dUtrlct plan will bo rejected, now j)iveir. In fact, an Attorney (lotioral Brown Htntoil to tho board at Its ro cont meeting when tho district plan was up for consideration, tho board linn llttlo option and thorn li lltllo to construct under tho law im to whothor (ho dlRtrlct plan should bo approved. J to stated that tho law wan plain In Itself that audi district could bo formed and what tho board did one wny or nnotlior had llttlo effect. Tho Approval of tho district plan by tho, lioard U considered nil a movo toward lending tho moral support of tho lioard to thn district and llttlo else. It Is undoratqpd that tho inoinbora of tho board, or a great majority of thoiu at least, aro In fuvor of approv ing tho district plan. Htato Trcas uror Kay was tho ono who mined tho question as to how tho dlfforont par ties Interested fool toward tho din trlot nnd offarod tho motion to hold n hearing on tho question. IlltOOKH.HCANI.ON CAMP KM. IX)VKH AUK NOT OUTDONK IN l'UKCIIAHK tW WA1UHAVINOH HTICKKItH-OVKIt $20(10 TAKKN. (From Tucmdny's Dally.) Whatever tho omployeH of tho llrooks-Scunlou plant do In their Thrift fitutnp campilgn tho workers in tho woods do not menu to ho out fa lono nnd will stay with tho mill nnd ynu nnd otlior dopartmontB In tholr purclmso of Btamps down to tho lust ilollar. This wan ovldoncod yostorday whon COOKS BUY $600 IN WAR STAMPS tho roport cnnio In from tho logging 'camp that tho ntamps woro soiling Ilko hot cakes and that tho folks who make tho hot cakes woro loading In tho, buying. Tho purchnso of tho conk forco ulono on tho first day tho .Htanipa woro put on aalo, woro ?G00. Tho tuombora of tho forco who made this record aro J, P, Jones, Hammond allschor, Oluronco Jnml- won, Ooorgo D, Card, Mary II. Card, Ilobnrt Hattoraoy nnd Lester Drynn. 2ti Tol Onto, tho Urooks-ScanlOii Com- 'f liany.JtaR found It necossury to vur- chase over f 2000 worth of tAiimpa for fdVdUtrlbutlbn to Ito emloe, post oitick to m: occupied march l! ruhinic8h mk.v con tribute m:aiii,v enouoh to ituv new furnishings. (From Monday's I Mil.) Practically nil of tho mono uoodod for furnlahliu: tho now postffleo, to opon In tho Hphlor building March 2, has boon rulsod by a comui(too com pusnd of W. II. Stunts, Floyd Dement, Antouo Auno mid F. O, Luughlln. This morning $2700 out of tho 13000 1 1 J III I'M III IS IMM-M Fi-iH, f Entirely now fixtures will bo used In tho building, nil of tfiVtrt e)f tho most modoru and convenient make. Thoy will bo shipped In from thn oast and Installed upon tholr urrlvnl. A larxor number of boxes thun thoro ii ro at pmsont will bo put In, , At first It was thoiiKht sufficient funds could not bo rnlscd umong tho business houses nnd that another lo cation for tho post offlco would havo to bo sought. Although tlio govern- inent leases tho quarters for ,0r a mouth, tho equipment must bo pro vided for It by tho owner or others Interested, When tho O'Donncll building was taken for tho post office headquarters, subscriptions were tak en up In tho snmo manner, In addition to having moro conven iences for mailing and n supply of mall boxes sufficient to satisfy the demand, tho windows will probably bo arraiiKod so that tho postmaster may havo ono. At present durltiK tho busy hour whou nil three windows havo a walling lino, Mr. Ford must step out In tho corridor If ho wishes to convorse with anyone 1. V. G. A. DRIVE FU NOS SENT IN 9.111 IUIHi:i) I.V COUNT!', WHICH 1'IJI.I HIIOIIT OK gUOTA ti:k ItUlONNi: WAH TIIIJ iaitOIWT NMAI.Ij TOWN CONTHIHUTOH. (From Wednesday's Dally.) With $511 raised In ,, Deschutes county, tho committee working for the Y. W. C, A, war fund today closed Its drive and sent the money to head quarters. As no reports havo cotno from Ii Pino (hero Is a possibility at tho sum being slightly Increased. Terrebonne, with $21, inailo tho best showing of tho smaller towns. Tho greater part of tho subscrip tions woro In dollars and CO-cent pieces. Tho county foil short of Its quota, which had been sot at $800. Mrs. C, P, Nlswongor, chairman of tho commltteo, said today that sub Horlpttons will still bo taken In, but no moro active canvassing will bo dono. Any desiring to contrlbuto should notify her. Tho following nro tho amounts sub scribed by tho county 11181110(8: llond $442.G0 Itodmond .....,.... 38,00 nistora ......M...Mn.f.p. fi.7o "ISC ............. ...,. ... 4.UU ( Torrobonno 21.00 Total ,....$G11.00 TIMBERMAN VISITS INTERESTS IN BEND (From Tuosdny'u Dally.) John J. Hupp, a proiuluont, timber man of Snglunw, Michigan, who has oxtonslvo IntoroHta In thn tlmbor lands of this soctlon, nrrvoc In llond this morning on business! , ijo was no compnuted by C. 10.) Slipppard, of Portland, who with 07 V. Sllvls. nt- -tondn to Mr. Ilupp'a lriress in this Buuiiun, CHILDREN'S QUJLTS PLACED ON DISPLAY (From Tuosdny'a Daily.) Four gnlly colored q,ujlts, knitted by tho chlldron In tho Bond grudo bcIiooIh, nro being oxhtbltod in tho window at tho Hood-Smith atoro eov oral days, Thoy -woro nuuutfaoturod from loft-bVor bits of yarn, knHtod In Hqunrea, which woro. Joined to gethor ib form largo .coverlota, WORK DONE IN, SPITE OF COLD. Pmnnuii In Vnrlinl l'rojofl Irrl- KHtlon I'l-itjev-t to Ito I)lM.-UK.rI Tiiiinrri -I.'iikIikht Will .Miwl AKrlciill iirnl Itoily, ItnOMONI). Feb. 20. (Special to Tho nullelln.) Tho Central Oregon IrrlRatlou achool opoiuxl hero yester day with an nttendauco of CC farm ers. Tho lecturers for tho clay woro B tii to KiiKlneer John II. Lewis, W. I.. Powers and T. A. Teeters, of Oregon Agricultural CoIIcko, and Fred N. Wallace, of tho Tumalo Irrigation project. Yesterday 4C woro In attondanco and although It was bitter cold they built wlors and measured water which -was run through the ditches of tho streets of Itodmond from a fire hose. Last night they mot at tho Red mond high school where a 120 l!do storeoscopo lecture on tho Unltod States reclamation projects was given by Professor Powers. Tomorrow at 3:30 tho directors of tho irrigation district will prosont Mr. Lewis to tho County Agricultural Council In the county agents' offlco at Itodmond. Mr. Lowls will discuss a proposed Irrigation project which will moan much to the development of Central Oregon, and representa tives from ovory community tnklnc; water from tho Deschutes river will bo In attondanco. In addition, Messrs. Card, of Madras; N. J. Itur dick, of Metollus; Kd. White, of Opal City, and Jay II. Upton, of Prlno- vlllo, will bo present. CHILD IS INJURED WHILE BOB-SLEDDING (From Tuesday's Dally.) Coasting on a hill near tho Pino Tree mill resulted In tho sorlous In- Jury of 12-yoar-old Vail Mc.Vabb, son of Potor McNabb, Saturday afternoon. Tho child's condition was slightly im proved yesterday. Vnll was on a bob-sled coming clown tho hill, whon tho runnurs struck a dead treo limb and ho was thrown up In tho air, lauding on his left sldo on a rock. Ho received Internal Injuries. This Is tho first nccldent caused by the snow this winter. "Gov." McCann Wouldn't Sound Bad, Says Editor (From Friday's Dnlly.) Tho manager of Tho Shovlln-IUxon Company plant, known In llond as 'Tom" McCann, has tlio title of "Colonel" whon In Libby, Montana, whoro Is another Shovlln plant under his maungomout. Tho latest Issuo of Tho Llbby Times, Just recolvod in llond, gives Mr. McCann this title and also repeats a rumor "going tho rounds in Oregon nnd Spokane that ho might becomo the uexi. governor of Oregon." Asldo from tho Interest given by tho mention of Mr. McCann, tho arti cle has Interesting facts and figures concerning tho Llbby plant nnd tho Shovlln troatmout of dta omployes. Tho article, which has n caption "Governor McCann Wouldn't Sound Had," is ns follows; Col. T. A. McCann, gonornl man ngor of tho Libby Lumber company nnd tho two big Shovlln plants at llond, Oregon, nnd who makes his homo In tho Oregon metropolis whoro tho two plants nro locatod, waa In Llbby this wook for a couplo of days looking ovor ntfulra hero. As usual ho found ovorythlng in npplo-plo or der. Whon Intorvlowed by n ropro sontatlvo of Tho Llbby Tlmos tho gonial colonol gavo sonto vory Inter esting Information about lumbor con ditions and among othor things gnvo tho vory good nowa that 1n nil prob ability thoro would not bo any shut down of tho irtlll at all this wlutor nut not oly that, hut that about tho first of 'March a night sh'lft would ' be put on and from tbou on two shifts COMMITTEE NAMED TO MEET COUNCIL. IIiirIi O'Kmm OpiM.o Committal ApjxdiilcNl to CoiiHlclcr PrcjjKTty ViilimtJon With AM-nKr Announce Night Mi-tHlng. Lively dlsousslon over tho subject of cindering the city streets and tho costs of previous work marked the Commercial club luncheon this noon. mo nesi aitonuanco recorded at a mooting this year marked tho lunch eon. Tho discussion of tho street work occurred oftor V. A. Forbes had out lined a plan for cindering tho streets and paying for tho work by assess ments nnd subscriptions, as described In a recent Issuo of Tho Bulletin. Hugh O'Knno assorted that former work had been charged In largo nioas uro to tho abutting proporty owners, Indicating that ho opposed tho pres ent plan, while It. P. Mlntcr annonccd his opposition unless real benefits woro to bo gained. That tho mem bors.'looked on tho suggestion with favor was Indicated by the unanimous vote given to J. A. Bsstes' motion that a commltteo bo appointed to work with tho city council In putting tho plan through. Mr. Kastes, II. M. Grelner and II. K. Dran were appoint cd as members of tho commltteo. In order that more tlmo for discus sion might bo had, President Foloy announced that on March C the meet ing would bo held In tho evening and that at that tlmo reports from stand Ins committees would bo cxpoctcd. Ho also appointed F. Dement, It. W. Sawyer and It. 13. Could as a commit- too to take up with tho county as sessor tho matter of proporty valua tion and roport at tho evening meet ing. Procedlng tho discussion of tho road matter, Principal II. M. Grant, of tho high school, called tho atten tion of tho members to the physical plant tho town had In Its schools and asked for tholr cooporatlon In turning out a worthy product from tho school "factory." Mr. Grant also urged that as many as posslblo nttend tho meet ing to bo hold In tho high school to night. Another speaker was E. N. Strong, of Portland, who gavo n short tnlk on Thrift Stamps and tho War Savings campaign. will bo run Indefinitely, at least tho market and Its domnnds nro such at this tlmo nnd tho Indications for tho future nro so .good that ho Js war ranted In making that statement. It may not bo generally known, but tho major portion bx for of the lumber output of all tho mills In tho country Is now going Into government uso. Tho lumbor cut hero finds Its wny to Franco for nrmy usos, it f Inda Its way to factories where they make cartridges nnd nmmunltlon, to mnko boxes, nnd In many ways It bocomes distributed nil ovor tho country for government account. This of courso hns crontod n wonderful markot. And tho noods of tho govornmont nro Im perative und tho mills must bo kopt going or tho boys In tho uniform will suffer. So, rather than shut down ovon for n short tlmo, tho mill koops grinding nwny nnd will continue to and, ns Bald, on tho first of March another shift will bo put on and tho mill will thon run night nnd day. l)y reason of tho oqulpmont and tho aplondld trontmont of Its em- ployos tho Shivlln concern has tho minimum trouble on account of la bor. So .generally Is this known that In most nil Instances, tho moat rabid I. W. W. w'lll hnvo n good word to any nbout tho Shovlln pooplo, only bolng ngnlnat thorn bocauso of tho fact thnt they nro ngalnst nil mills. And horo in Libby whon wo had tho troublo last summor tho loader of tho wobbllos publicly stated that they had (Contluuod ou pago 0.) .MKMHKIl OF PUItCHAHINO IIOAItl) I.V HK.VI) WILL HOLD INSPEC TION HKIti: NEXT WEEK AHK ItANCHEHH roll .MOUNTS. (From Saturday's Dally.) Inspection of horses, whoso owners aro willing to soli thorn for uso by tho If, reglmonts of cavalry tho govorn mont Is putting In tho field, will tako placo.ln tJcnd next Saturday, when Lloutenant C. C. Weeks, of Fort Keough, Montana, Is to bo here. Lieutenant Weeks is a membor of tho purchasing board and has chargo of tho Central Oregon station. Ho ar rived in Bend this morning and is making arrangements to meet ranch ers who may havo good saddlo horses and mules they aro ready to dlsposo of as a patriotic duty. Good mounts already broken In will bo of great value to the government, as It is de sirous that they be sent into tho field as soon as possible. Dolivcry of tho animals for Inspec tion will bo tho latter part of next week, In Prlnovlllo on Thursday, Red mond on Friday, and Dond on Satur day. Llcutonant Weeks will bo In this city tomorrow und Monday and will give Information to anyone who sooks it. E. P. Mahaffey, of tho Cen tral Oregon UanV, and L. D. Mcllcy nolds, or tho First National Bank, aro in a position to gtvo advico concern ing this. Tho government Is dealing directly with the ranchers and has set & fixed price on tho animals. , LA PINE WORK IS ENDED TWELVE AND A HALF .MI LIS CIN DEHED AT COST OF 9ISKM PEIt MILK WILL 1IK LEVELED AND ItOLLED IN THE SPUING. (From Friday's Dally.) After weeks of unusually good woathcr'for road making, Frank May, In chargo of tho cindering of tho La nine road south from Dond, has been obliged, by tho recent snows and cold, to bring tho work to a close. Ho will now tako actlvo chargo of tho count) surveyor's offlco to which ho was appointed on tho departure of County Surveyor George S. Young for tho engineer officers' training camp. On tho La Pino road a total of 12 H miles has been cindered slnco tho work began last fall. A part of tho distanco has been rolled. This should bo ro-rolled In tho spring, Mr. May says, and loveled. At present thoro Is too much snow and mud for this or nny othor work on tho road. Tho cost of the work which has been dono has been about $1325 per rallo. Thoro romalns about $1000 to clean up work In the spring and for coopera tion with tho county. Thoro aro still two gaps In tho cln doriug, one a milo long between town nnd tho Urooks-Scanlon camp, and tho other near Lava llutto. Tho road camps will bo left tem porarily until tho tents havo dried sufficiently to bo packed. In connection with tho work ou tho Tumalo road a contract has been lot to Auno Ilrothers to ainder a mllo of road from the end of tho present clu dors. Further north, tufa from tho hill on tho Tumalo grado la being spread and rollod making a ftuo sur face. INSURANCE MAN HERE. (From Tuesday's Dally.) E. N. Strong, of Portland, Is here spondlng a tow daya with Ashley For rost, local ngont, tor the Orogou Life Iusurnnco company, of which tho vis itor Is assistant manager. At a moot ing of tho hoard of directors last wook In Portland tho entlro list or offlcors of tho company wore re-olect-od, said Mr. Strong. Tho company lu 1917 put In tho most prosperous year In Its history, having written $3,590, 00Q of, business for that ported, a. montK'V so &so $10,000 waa leaned in Bond. WORK WILL BE DONE THIS SUMMER. Htnto Engineer Hayn Jt May Mean Completion of IIJRhuwy Within Next Four or Flvo Years Change NVar Crat-r Jnkc. SALEM, Fob. 19. (Special to Tho Dullotln.) Stato Highway Enginoer N'unn has Just announced that ho proposes to make a complete survey of that portion of Tho Dalles-California highway south of Bend to tho California line, and that the survey work will be made thla coming sum mor. Wesley O. Smith, editor, or Klam ath Falls, was hore rocontly submit ting a proposal to Mr. Nunn to change a part of tho road as it ap pears on tho road map, so that In stead of running duo south from Its prcsont connection with tho Sand Crcok road, which Is tho eastern en trance of Crater Lako National Park, it -will Jog off southwesterly1 Tat that point to Fort Klamath and rus? south easterly from thoro to whoro the Fort Klamath road now connects with the main north and south highway. Ho presented this Idea to Mr. Nunn as bolng a decided improvement over tho manner in which the road Is now laid out on tho map and Mr. Nunn stated that If the county court of Klamath county would consent to use $24,000 now sot aside for another road, on the road proposed 'by Mr. Smith, that ho would endorse the proposition before tho commission. Criticisms Made. In connection with making this (Continued on Fago 6.) By OWNEKS OF PERSONAL PROPER TY NOT REQUIRED TO NOTE UNPAID TAXES AGAINST IT, WHEN SALE IS ADVERTISED. (From Wednesday's Dally.) SALEM, Or., Fob. 20. (Special to Tho Dullotln.) -August A. Anderson, doputy shorlff for Deschutes county, has requested an opinion from tho State Tax Commission as to whothcr owners of porsonal proporty, In ad vertising a public salo of such prop orty, are required to noto ou tho sale bills or advertisements unpaid taxes against such property. n response Stato Tax Commission er Galloway writes: "Replying to yours of Fobruary 14, wo assumo that tho provision of law to which you refor is that part of Section 3684 of Lord's Oregon Laws, as amended by the laws of 1017, pago 844, whtch reads as follows: 'Tho taxoe assessed upon porsonal prop orty shall bo a Hen upon all tho real and porsonal proporty of tho person assessed from and nftor tho dato whon such assessment Is mado, and no salo or transfor of olthor real or personal property shall In any way affect tho lion tor such taxes upon such property.' Lien Follow m I'ropwty. "Undor this provision tho lien tor taxes on porsonal proporty attaches Immediately whon such personal property Is listed with tho county as sessor and he has placed his valua tion thereon; tha lion also follows tho proporty notwithstanding any chnngo of ownership. "Wo do not find nny provision ot law requiring an owner who adver tises to soil real property, at public salo to certify on tho notco ot such salo that taxes on tho property have boon paid; nor do wo think! that such requirement Is to bo Inferred from tho provision ot the law quoted, "Tho purchaser of poreopa prop orty, at either -a public or private s!e take th same aubjaet ,terany I tea (or taxea ta'awskyjLo, atiaqhftO. thexaio and Is presumed' tp deal with his eyea open In the matter." OPINION GIVEN COMMISSION