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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1918)
IIKND I1ULLOTM, I1MND, OREGON, TIIURHDAY, MAItCII 7, 1018 FAGM Vtttm Specials This Week ! 2Sc Tooth Brush 25c Rexall Improved Tooth Paste for o y REED & HORTON HEND, OHEGON EIGHT HOUR DAY III MILLS T BEGINS 1 Government Official Issues Instructions to Lumber Manufacturers Bend Plants Re ceive no Official Message From War Department, but Express Willingness to Assist Government Object is to Stabilize the Lumber Industries (Mr Unllnl I'rwn toTJw IWixl Ilullrtln.) I'OHTLANI). Or., Fob. SB. UoRln nlnK tomorrow tho olght hour day will bo effective In oYcry lumber mill nnd camp In Oregon and Washington, Colnnnl Dlsqun told (ho Lumbermen's 1'rotoctlvo association nt a conference lioro this morning. Thin It ono at tho feature of tlin government's con. trol of tha (Ir and spruco Industries. Tho shorter day hni boon icrantod partly In appreciation ot tho efforts of tlin Loyal Legion and partly to Mtnblllio tho Industry by eliminating tho rush or employes of tho plno and fir mills to thoio nt tho iipnico man ufncturoni. Two I'ortlnnd mills havo boon tnk on nvor by fcdorol authorities and wilt bo put at work finishing ulrplano jiarts. Thin action followed tho auth orization of Colonel Dlsquo to com mander any pruco lumber or mills. Tho Protective Association passed a rosolutlou oxprcssliiK confldonco In l)siuo and pledging support of tho government program, Colonol nisuo announced that ho loos not bollovo If will over bo noces ary for tho government to tako over tho spruro nnd fir mills. February Hpruca shipments this year waro tho greatest aver mado and tho prospects n ro for n blK Increase, After viewing tho nbovo dispatch Trom Portland, tho local manage jnoiits of both tho HrookB'Bcanlon Lumber Company nnd Tho Bhovlln Jllxon Company stated that thoy had not received any direct ardor from tho government to run on an night hour basis but thnt It was evident nil order whs In effect to do so and according ly thoy would start an eight hour day March 1, tho wago question to bo loft to a conference with Colonol Dlsriuo, as It Is understood that ho lins established n cortaln basis upon which to -work and thoy would un doubtedly bo acquainted with It In tho next fow da. They expressed their dcslro to sup port the government's program In ov ery detail and havo confldanco In Col onol Dlsquo's Judgmont that this was tho proper solution for tho hours of labor at this time and that ho would havo tho propor solution for tho wages. Tho mills will start at 8 and run until 12 o'clock, starting again at 1 and running until 6 o'clock. When asked It posslblo to over run three shifts, It wan statod that saw. mills could under no consideration run throo eight-hour shifts duo to tho naturo of tho machlnory and tho ne cessity for repairs between shifts. COUNTY CLERK'S FEES SHOW LARGE GAINS (From Friday's Dally,) Fees collected by tho county clork's office for tho month ot February havo shown an Inrrenso of about f 120 ovor tho provloun year. Figures prepared today by Miss Klonnor Whltmoro, deputy clerk, nro ns follows: 1318 1017 Itrrordlng I274.2G 11C8.2G Circuit court 92. CO 4S.00 Probate court ........ COO 42. GO Marrlugo llconses.. 12.00 9.00 1383.75 1264.76 WILL CALL FOR GOODS FOR RED CROSS SHOP (From Thursday's Dally.) Persons having goods to contrlbuto to tho Hod Cross Superfluity Shop to bo opened In Ilond next weok, who nro unablo to bring thorn In to head- quartora should tolophono Mrs. II. K. llrooks and sho will arrango to havo them called tor. fl-jotel Altamont WELL FURNISHED ROOMS with hot and colJ running water. Good bath privileges. Dining Room "With Good Service ME L i 10URS: DrcalUit 6 to 8, Lunch 12 to Ill5, Dinner 6 lo 7llfi. Meali that pleaio tho Utte and tatiily the phytical nredi. (looms and board, per wetk $1 1; pet month $40, Sin glo mcati 40c and 60c, Phone Red 101. WILL FAY THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR RABBIT SKINS E. E. VARCO BROTHERS C. H. BISHOP, 1130 Kintftton Ave., Bend SITUATION IS ENT RELY ED NJMOTIATIONH VOH TAKINO OVKH MAINTK.VANCK JV DIH TltHP 1IHC!UHHK1 KUtHT HTKI AOOOMl'LlHIIKf) WITH HOAJUJ'H AtX'KlTANCR. 8ALBW, Or., Fob. 28. (Special to Tho llullettn.) Numerous phases of tho situation as to tho- Control Oro gon Irrigation Company's projoct woro alrod at Tuesday's mooting of tho Desert Land Hoard, when ropro sentatlvcs ot tho now Irrigation dis trict ii lid the C, O, I. company met to enlighten tho board as to approving tho district plan, In a nutshell tho district plan wan approved with tho understanding thnt Attorney Claudo C. McColloch for tho district, and Jesse Stearns for tho company, would get together as to tho tuturo ot tho saleable acres still held by tho com pany. Tho company desires that theso acres bo maintained by tho district fered that It gave some leoway over district Is willing to maintain what It can, It docs not wish to bo encum- berod with the necessity ot maintain ing ncroago for which It has not tho -water, to bo detrimental to tho In torosts of those already holding wator rights and acroago under tho district. Huggffit I'lrklnir IlourtL Discussion disclosed tho fact that tho company nllmits It probably will not tin allowed to sell any moro lands than tho government will pntont nnd nny mora lauds than thero Is water to Irrigate Consequently, nftor eight years of difficulty, it Is likely that tho sottlors and tho company will got togothor on some such basis, Tha suggestion was advanced that a board of disinterested anglnoors bo named to determine tho capacity of tho ca nals on tho project and thus ascer tain how many acres could bo sold safely so thero would bo a guarantee of tholr being furnished water. But tho Idea ot a board of englncors car ried with It tho Idea of heavy exponso and this feature all parties shied away from Immediately. Tho com pany was anxious to got n peep at Archibald's report on tho capacity. This roport -wos mado for tho govern ment, it Is understood, nnd a copy ot It Is In tho possession ot Stnto Engi neer Lewis. lie statod tho copy was furnished him confidentially, and ho refused to divulge what tho report contalnod as- to tho capacity of tho canal, although an Intimation was of fered that it ravo soma leoway over tho prosent margin. Tho tlmo that would bo consumed In securing per mission from tho government to look Into this report was taken ns n bar rier to basing tho capacity of tho canals on that roport, although per mission to secure data trom it for this particular use may still bo secured, now that tho matter ha boon turned ovor to representatives ot tho com pany and tho projoct for an agree ment. Hun Different View. Stearns said for tho company, during tho discussion, that tho State Kiigluoor had decided that all tho wator avallablo was in uso pn l.vi d& already undor Irrigation, but ho stat od that tho company took a dlfferont vlejy of tho matter. "In uvout tho vlow ot Mr. Lewis is correct nnd wo should turn this main tonanco problem ovor to tho district, tho company would bo bottlod up and could sell no maro lauds. Wo havo no dcslro to Indefinitely continue tho operation ot tho system. Dut tho Carey act contemplated that tho com pany should hnvo possessory rights until tho reclamation lion Is worked out." Stato Engineer Lewis submitted to tho board his plan for a comprohon bIvo development of nil tho lands In tho Central Oregon country, by add ing; 100,000 acres to tho irrigable nren, building n dam nt Dunham Falls nnd ontorlns Into nrrnngomouts with tho North Unit nnd othor sections to irrlgnto tho whole mammoth projoct through ono system, Huggtvitlon Visionary. Attorouy McColloch, for tho sot tlors, stated thnt no doubt much mer it lay In tho suggestion of Mr. Lowis, but that it was visionary at tho pros ant time, although ho bellovod It to bo a vision which would como truo, possibly In tho near tutoro, Dut, ho statod, ho was luclluod to tho bollot that tho sottlors who had tormod tho district would bo timid about buy lug up H tho unsold lands ot tho company and dopqnd on recouping thomsolvos by selling to tho North Unit project, Mr, McColloch pointed out that tho Contral Orogon Irrigation Company now has throo Intorests loft In Cen tral Orogon. Ono ot theso is tho re clamation lion on lauds sold; another Is In tho unsold lauds in tho projoct, and tho third tho oqulty in tho un finished North Canal. ' Ho stated that tho thing to bo douo was for tho com pany to -withdraw ns to tho ond of tha mnlntonanco and of tho project, soil Its lands as fast an water could bo socurod for thorn, nnd to let tho prop erty In tho North Cnnal tnko caro of Itnolf, declaring that as tho district dovoloped It would dovelop tho valuo of tho work on tho North Canal and muko It that much moro saleable for tho company. Governor Make Huggc-Atlon. Coventor WKhycombo suggested tho naming of a consulting board of' engineers to detormlno tho capacity of tho canal system so that the com pany and the district could reach somo definite agrooment as to tho handling or tho unsold lands. This, as stated, was discussed at length, but finally abandoned from the standpoint of expense Another question that arose, but which rornalncd unsottlcd, was thnt of tho $C an aero alleged to bo duo to tho company becauso of a difference In tho early maintenance contracts. Somo of theso were for maintenance at ft.0 cents an aero and somo at fl an aero. Tho company lolloVc It should be reimbursed nt tho rnto of $6 an aero for those contracts which had tho advantage of tho better rate, but this was n question loft unde cided. Attorney McColloch pointed out, in this regard, that it is a generally set tled conviction now In Contral Ore gon that maintenance on the project cannot bo furnished for less than fl an aero and that this will probably bo tho fixed prlco under tho present d.s- trlct plan. Mut Submit DecMon. Undor tho final decision, In which tho board approved tho dlairi't plan, It Is understood that any agreement wr..rl Is reached no.wtet Mr. M.. Coll'i'h, for tho idttlcrn, and M-. Stearns, for the tutupany, wLI In It self l'u submitted lo tho board for Its approval, and from tho attitude taken by tho board today, If such an agree ment can bo rcac-icd tho boa ' will promptly ratify it. Tho gonoral expression of opinion at tho meeting was to tho effect that thoro Is a hotter feeling existing among tho sottlors on tho project at this timo than thoro haa been for years In tho past, and that the ad justment practically reached at the meeting settles most questions which havo boon soro spots in tho Des chutes valley almost slnco Irrigation started thero. And the next day you will go back to McBride's because the Lunches served there are sdrtied just right McBride's Confectionery Orttfoa Strut Phone Rd 1751 O'Kaa Bldtf. WARNING IS SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS (From Saturday's Dally) Notices wcro sent out today by Chief of Pollco, L. A. W. Nixon, or dering about SO property ownors to clean up their promises. Tha spring housecleanlng campaign Is aimed principally at alleys Uttered with boxes behind storo buildings. Ash and rubbish heaps nro also numerous. s DE Bend Hardware Co. 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