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WEEKLY EDITION V v The bend bulletin ? VOL. AVI. HKND, DKSCIIIJTKH COUNTV, OltKUON, Tlll'llHIMV, JULY I, 1IMH No. 18 k V ? t; . i DESCHUTES IS FIRST COUNTY OVER THE TOP REACHES ITS QUOTA IN WAR SAVING PLEDGE. CLATSOP IS SECOND C 8. Jnckaon Wlrea Congratulations .Mllllcn DUtrict Omnm In 100 IVr CVnt. Ovrr-Hubocrlbl Alt District In. (From Saturday's Dally.) Dwchulfw waa tho Aral Oregon county to roach Ita quota In tho war savings pledge campaign, according to information received thla morning. Clatsop wm second, having reported Ha buccs to aUto beaduuartors on Friday. Thn Doachutra report wan wired Thursday night. With thn actlro campaign for pledges over thoro remains only the collodion of acattored plodgca and tho tabulation of returns to learn the unci detail of tho county accom plishment. That many woro not reached, In aplta of tho thorough canvas made tiy tho soliciting teams, J apparent (rota tho number of thono who arn voluntarily coining forward to turn In plcdgca. Although thn campaign la officially over, It la ntlll dralrcd that any who havo not algnrd phages do no at onco, not only to Increase tho county total but for tho purpose of allowing their Interent In tho thrift movement and thulr sup port of tho government, In tho tabulation of pledges head junrtnrs requires a statement of tho number of pledgea secured and thn amount pledged and thoso figures nr being added to an taut aa the completed report coinu In from the country districts. Tho Aral 100 per cent, ovor-aub-pcrlptlun ramo In yonterday, being ifrom tho Mllllcan dlatrlct, In chnrgo of P, II. Johnaon. With a quota of J COO, Mr. Johnson reported pledge of $1,000. An over-subscription waa also reported from Ilrothora. Other districts reporting thla morning ahnw equally good reeulta, Itedmond going over $12,000, m Pino bettor than $1,C00 and tho Hlchiirdaon dlatrlct oxccodlng Ita quota of $1,000. Lower llrldjto, In clfurgo of A. 8. Holmes, went moro than $300 over IU allot ment. From Kugono last night mnie a telogram from II. J. Overturf offer liiK to Incrennu hi a pledgo It nocca nary to help tbo city reach IU quota. O, S. Jncknon, atato director of W, 3. 8., has alao wired It, W. Bawyor, county chairman, tho following moa sngo.o.f congratulation on tho results, obtained In Deschutes: "l)rnonnlly and In hohnlf of tho Vtuto committee, I want to exprewi my npproclatlon for tho nplondld work you nud your commlttoo havo lvon In putting your county ovor tho top. In war sayings, Tho teat to day of tho patriotism of a modern -community la Ita Intoroat in war aavr 'Inga .Tho only .reward Unce Bam an glvo you la an opportunity for moro aarvlco, Thoroforo, booat your1 county oh .high aa you can, tor th .inoro alumna hold by you ppoplo tho bettor tji.oy jjj up' both as citizens! And patriots." THOMPSON ELECTED NEW SCHOOL CLERK J, Alton Thompson was oloc(ad jcork of tho Homl school board at a mooting of tho djrootora last night. Tho salary of tho qlork wan roduced from f CO' to $25 a month, Mr, Thompson Is iiIho county school su perintendent and aa clerk of tho local board will hold tho samo posi tions, uu County Suporlntondont .Myorx of Crook county, who la nlso clerk of tho I'rlnovlllo acliopl board, Othor buulnosa dono at tho mooting lncludod tho appolntmont of n build ing commlttoo, consisting of Car) A, JoluiHon, Mm, IU, AL Thompson and JI. 13, Nordoon; accpnnnco, ,pt, tl)Q roslgnatlon qt M,ra. Wj .Bt. ft'oarcy as, primary toaohor,, nnd thij iBcusstp'n of routino majors. , 0MiW. ud ', , SHRINERS WORK IS COMPLETED (From Monday 'a Dally.) Completing their ceremonial huro Into Baturday night, mombnra of tho Myatlo Bhrlno departed for their ro- npoctlve home, many of thorn tho ha mo ovonlng and other remaining ovor to tako advantage of tho trips offorod by tho local commlttoo for yesterday. fjaturday evening the band concert wm given on tho Kmblurn club lawn and III tho evening a parndo of tha nobles And candidates was atagod, during which tlmo tho mombnra made contributions to tho benoflt funda and to tho Ilelglan relief, Yoatorday throo trlpa woro roado by tho local cotnmlttoca, each con sisting Of from four to flvo carloada of tho flhrlnors, who wero taken to tho varloua places of Interest In Cen tral Orogon, flomo tow of tho mombera nro re maining horo with tho expectation of pending noveral days lu thla soctlon on a fishing expedition. 15 TEACHERS TAKE EXAMINATIONS TlilriNm of ThU Numlwr Arn from Dcuchutra County and Two from Oulxldo County. (From Monday'a Dally.) Thirteen teachera from Deschutes county, one from Crook county and oiio from Klamath county wroto on tho state teachers' examinations which woro held In this city from Wednesday until Saturday of last week, Tho following wero those at tending: John Tuck, Nora K. M. Livingston, Dura K. i-'ontor, Manila II. Howell, Mrs. Olive Lanofoar, Mil dred Moradorf, Jannlo K. Carroll, Jllla Moore, Flora II, Thorscn, Curtis Christy, Frank W. Wobnr, Ava A. Moore, Annu H. Tate, of Deschutes county; Mrs, II. C. Hcolt of Klamath county and Mrs. Kthlyn T. Stetson of Crook county. HARTRANFT SEEKS AN INVESTIGATION (From Tuesday's Dally.) An altercation occurred yesterday afternoon between It. I. Mlnter and Ilev. II C. Hnrtrnuft, county rood administrator, when Mr, llartrnutt called upon Mr. Mlnter to explain n lettor he had written to Washington charging Mr. Ilartrniift with pro- Qormanlsm, As a result of tho affair Mr, llartranft has asked tho depart ment of Justlco to maku an investiga tion as to his loyalty. FOREST FIRES UNDER CONTROL HI.V HKPOHTKD ON DICKCHUTKH NATIONAL KdllKHT AHK ALL UMNO IIKLI) IN CIIKCK 11V I'XmiiHT kmpiayi:h. (From Monday's Dally.) Six forest Area which havo boon acinic ou thai' Deschutes national forest for thq paawook aro all undor nnillrAV Htta mitMilnff 1'lin In .aA.I wmv. . 4iu, . .lib, tuu lUlfivav flro la at Ilachotor Dutto, covorlng approximately 200 acres, whoro As ulstant Forost Supervisor II. 13. Vln ennt has boon with a crow of mon slnco Thursday night. Auothor flro was located at Suttlo lako last night and a crow of mon sont hurriedly to tho Bcono. At Crnscont lako au othor flro la In progress but Is being hold In chock by th6 mon in chargo, At Dig river station nnothor blaro Is bolng hold, and tho samo at Tumalo and Davis mountain, On account of tho smoky atmoa phoro, consldorablo difficulty Is bo lng oxporlonced by tho hovoii look outs on tho roeorvo In picking up tho flroB. Forost Suporvlsor Jacohaon Bald thla morning It Wna nlinost impos Blblo to socuro moil to fight fires at tho proaont on account of tho labor ehortfgo, and ho Is luatructlng tho rqugare to socuro holp In tho dlatrlct Whpfo -tho flro broaUa out hithor ,tluinbondt9IJndold,t tj CONSOLIDATION EXPERTS BUSY WOULD HAVE GOVERN OR APPOINT OFFICERS. Itotv of How Promised When IaIh laturo OnlH Plan Kx-Oovcmor Writ (iotnK t I'nuic.) Wel ter IMrrcn'M Cliancm. (BprtUI la Th Hullttln.) HALKM, July 3. Matters of great pith and momont for tho futuro of thq ststo government nro germinat ing horo these listless, sleepy, dreamy summer days. Wlillo a majority of tho atato officials are taking tho July weather accordingly, one small pato Is busy at work, silently framing up some sort of a plan which threatens to glvo much fuss and flurry to aald atato officials when winter comes around again next year, Thla one planetary pato has seven satellites, thoso satellites being known aa the consolidation commission, and if thoro Is anything busy In state af fairs thla samo commission la aa busy or buslor than tho busiest. 1'rof. Matthews, University of Illi nois expert, is hard at the Job and rocont dovolopmctrts Indicate that big things will bo planned, whothor any aro accomplished or no. Kvon a wooden Indian wouldn't need moro than 20 atlff wallops on tho bean to become allvo to tho fact that thoro In something stirring which promises to ralso tho row of all rows when tho loglslaturo gels down to brass tacks during tho year coming up. Prof. Matthew a recently asked At torney General Drown for an opinion aa to whether or not loglslatlon moroly repealing tho present laws providing for tho election of a state superintendent of public Instruction would automatically mako tho gov ernor superintendent and glvo him power to appoint a deputy to handle the affairs of that office. While tho governor would automatically be come superintendent, tho nttornoy general holds that moro repealing logiaiauon would not glvo the gov ornor powor to appoint such deputy. J'Hoquest for a 10 por cent, ad The details of the opinion aro of vanco has been mado by tho oxprcss not such momentous Interest as Is company on all Intrastate rates, tho trend of ".ho query. It Indicates, I which roquost cannot bo granted by as has been hinted at botore, thatjt'i's commission as applied for. Un tho consolidation conimlmlon has a 'dor tho Oregon statutes tho proposed grand plan of Its own for entirely i IorcaBO mentioned In your lottor revolutionising tho systom of govern-' tnUBt u0 covered by appropriate ment In tho state. j tariffs filed with this commission, Whllo 20,000 or 25,000 of Oro-Ilno roasonabloness of which Is sub- gon'a host young; men aro throwing up tholr occupations, leaving tholr homes, and In some Instances already fighting In Franco to make tho world ftafo for democracy, tho llttlo band of patriots back hero nt homo Is en deavoring to rib up as tight a Itttlo autocracy In this state as -tha most autocratic hoart could doslro, or tho most autocratic Imagination Imagine. Aa near na can bo dotormlnod tho plan In vlow now Is to throw all of 'last yoar for tho saino period. Tho tho offices that enn handily comojnmouuta collected in fees by tho of Into 1ho pot without tho constitution ,nco during tho month woro: For provontlng, undor tho appolntlvq powor qf tho govornor. It would bo a vast stnto macliluo, undoubtedly working smoothly nt times with tho right kind of a govornor, but cor tainly gumming up things lament ably with aplllod grcaso and oil, with tho wrong kind of a govornor. Tho commission seems to havo tripped its too a llttlo In picking on, tha suporlntondont of public Instruct tlon for tho first milestone In tho road of its ambition. It thoro la any powerful organisation In the atato It ia tho organisation which ropresonta tho oducatlonal forcos with Its thou Bandn of toachors In ovory nook, corner and cranny of tho common wealth, Aa booh aa tho goneral aim bocomos known to take a crack at tho suporlntondont of public liiBtruc- tlon and remove htm from tha sphoro of olootivo offlcoH, thurg -will bo a uuzxing iiko uio buzzing of many angry booa. And with othor offices n similar row will bo sttrrod up, or tho mild attompta mado along thoso linos In tho pant aro no criterion for tho fujturo. Only a tow yoars ngo ovorythlng had a tondoncy toward tattling tho "don,r poopul" do tho bualnosB. Evory tlmo aomoono stubbed hla too, hla ofllco Was immodlatoly thrust into tho olocdvo class and tho outlro tond oncy was toward docontrallzatlon of powor, a moro domocratlo handling of affairs, and abovo all a demand (Contlnuod on page 4.) ICE COMPANY PROTESTS RATE SAYS EXPRESS UNFAIR. CO. IS Htnto Public Kervlco Commission Dc clurrH Consolidated Kxprc Com- uuiy Ham Ho lUglit Ut Increase Itatex. (From Monday'a Dally.) IHprcfal to Tb Ilullrtln.l SALEM, July 1. Tho Deschutes Ico company of liend has filed with tho public acrvlco commission a pro test against tho Ico rata out of that city. "Wo havo been shipping Ice by oxprcss from IJend to Madras and Itedmond for tho post thrco years," states tho protest. "The rato from II end to Redmond is 2C cents por 100 pounds. This rato waa made by tho Northern Kx press com pany and tho Ainorican Express com pany accepted It. Tho American Express company is absorbing tho Northern Express company and tho American baa notified us that after July 1 tho rato will bo 49 cents to Ilodmond and 03 cents to Madras. This raakos a vory high rato and ia a serious proposition for tho people In this territory because even at tho present rato Ico comes very high. For this reason wo hopo you -will order tho present rato continued un til you can Investigate. We own tho only Ico plant In Central Oregon, so that all thla territory Is absolutely dependent upon us." Tho commission has sont tho fol lowing reply to tho Ico company through Commissioner Uuchtol: Wo think that tho American Ex press company agent has been mis informed If ho has notified you that theso rates will bo advanced on July 1st to 49c and 53c. It la truo that tho four express companion operat ing In Oregon will bo consolidated, offoctlvo July 1st, under tho namo of tho Amorlcan Hallway Express 'company, and wilt bo oporatcd under Ifntltrnnt U'lltt thn .llrnftni- pnnflml w" " B..W .., HVIIVIHM Jct to attack as provided by statute." CLERK'S OFFICE FEES SAME AS LAST YEAR (From Tuesday's Dally.) In splto of tho war and war condi tions tho county clerk's office of ' Deschutes county In recolpta for tho , month of Juno 1s but $2.05 bohind roonrdlng, $226.50; circuit court, $H5; probato and county court, $15; marrlago licenses; $33; nnglera' li censes, $H.7G, or a total of $434.25. Tho amounts collected for the samo porlod last year amounted to $436.30. SEEKS ADVICE REGARDING MEN ADJUTANT GENERAL WHITES LO CAL HOAIU) FOIt INlX)KMATION AllOUT JOHN E. AND 1LY JOHNSON. (From Tuesday's Dally.) Information concerning tho rela tives and. dopondonts of John E. Johnaon and Hay Johnson, two mon who nro bolloved to havo onllstod from Ilond, is bolng Bought by tho adjutant general's office through tho local war board. Tho roqueat for this Information camo to tho local board In a lottor today, and bolng unablo to furnish it, thq local board has asked that any porsona knowing of thoao mon and tholr rolatlvoa re port it at onco. Tho mon nro believed to havo cither boon klllod 1n action or dlod of dlsoaso, COUNTY RECORD IS BEING KEPT rom Tucsday'a Dally.) uccognizing tno need of co-ordinated and centralized activity 1n tho coming war drives as a moans of lightening tho work, of getting hotter results and of avoiding tho duplica tion of work, auggestlona have re cently been made that Dmcbutea county be organized for war work In tho name manner aa other counties of tho state, notably Umatilla. Aa a foundation for tho -work In connection -with tho rccont W. 8. B. campaign, a beginning was mado on a county directory, or Hat of very resident of tho county, together with a record of what each one has done In all previous war drives. As fact aa posslblo this will bo brought down to dato and will bo of groat aorvlco In all futuro drives, especially where a rating Is needed The Bulletin has alao obtained from the Umatilla committee a aUte- ment of how the work la carried on In that county, which la presented herewith aa a possible basis for or ganlzatlon In Dcacbutea. Tho Umatilla Hyatetn. "Tho Umatilla County Patriotic Service league, organized early In 1918, row out of tho recognition of the need for a comprehensive and permanent organization to conduct all war drives and to auperviso and direct all other war activities. Prior to tho formation of tho league, now machlnory waa created for each war fund drive. Different branches of war work were assigned to varloua Individuals and thoro waa little co operation and no co-ordination in carrying out plana for keeping the county well up In tho patriotic per centage column. The Stato Council of Defense bad a branch in the coun ty, but It had novcr been thoroughly organized and tho chairman waa do ing most of tho -work. "The organization is composed of tho following units: "A central cxecutlvo committee composed of tho chairman, secrotary and flvo mombors chosen because of their promlnonco in -war work and becauso their connection with the Red Cross, W. S. S. and other branches of war work enables co ordination in tho work to become a fact. "A district chairman tor each dis trict In tho county who la responsible to tho cxecutlvo committee tor tho work In his district. Umatilla county waa divided into 17 districts, com mercial and geographical location de termining tho boundaries. A precinct chairman for each precinct (voting) in each district. The precinct chairman is responsible to tho district chairman. The Pen dleton district contains 20 precincts. whereaa somo of tho outlylag dls tricta havo but ono. Thero aro 64 In tho county. "A team captain for approximately each 25 potential contributors within a precinct. Dy potential contributor is meant tho head ot a family, alnglo porson or any other porson having separato Income Tho team captains work directly undor tho proclnct chairmen and for war drives soloct tholr own assistants. AH chairmen' and team captains aro appointed for tho porlod ot tho war. "A publicity commltteo compoeed ot tho publishers ot all newspapers fa tho county and such additional members aa they may deem advis able. Tho publicity committee not only assumes chargo of all newspaper publicity, but handles tho tour minute mon and all other speakers on war subjects. Decauao publishers of weokliea nro limited in their phyal cal oqulpmont, tho central publicity commlttoo publishes a patriotic sup plement for all weekly publications during each war drivo. "A central and district loyalty commlttoo, -whose function It Is to Investigate all charges ot disloyalty, Bodltlou, slackorlsm or any unpatri otic act or uttoranco. This branch ct tho organization haa beon very actlvo and offoctlvo. It a porson la undor suspicion for alleged utter ances or acts or It ho has rofused to contribute to war funds without good and sufficient reason, ho la forthwith summoned to appear boforo tho loyalty commlttoo at a specified tlmo and placo. Evory person eo sum moned Is assured of a courteous aud fair hearing aud overy safeguard la taken, tq provont any injustice bplng done. If tho evidence tends to, vs- (Continued on last pail.) WHITE FLOUR ON SALE AFTER FIFTH OF JULY EMERGENCY IS OVER, SAYS HOOVER. CARLOADS HELD HERE Food Admlalstratar Given Word Vbsi People of Stt May Return to BO-Qq BmU After TM Date. (From Tuesday'a Dally.) ''f" H. C, llartranft, county food administrator, thla afternoon re- - eclved word from the state of- flee that the two carloada of flour held in Bond will bo re- leased for aalo In this county. White Hour will again bo on tho market July 6, according to letter from W. D. Ayor, food administrator for Oregon, to dealers ot the state permitting theaj to resume- their sales on a fifty-fifty basis. The emergency no longer crista, according to the food administrator, Oregon patriots having turned back from 17,000 to 18,000 barrels of flour to bo sent by tho government to Franco, and no moro will bo aent until after tbo new crop comes from the milU, Deschutes, aa did -nearly every other county in the state, upon the Inauguration of tho wheatless cam paign, voluntarily adopted a -wheat-less regime and returned overy avail able pound ot flour to tho govern ment. Where the wblto flour la coming from -which is to be put on sale Friday, July C, Is an enigma to tho local merchants and grain deal era. Every pound available waa turned back. II. C. llartranft, coun ty food administrator, this morning offered the only solution to tho prob lem. He is holding at tho order ot tho government In thla city two car loads of whlto flour, which were turned back at tho tlmo tho order went into effect In this county. Al ready tho government has been noti fied that thla flour Is held hore. awaiting the order ot tho food ad ministration, and Bhould a call bo mado tor it Deschutes county will havo to await shipments of flour from tho outside. It no call la made, stop will bo taken Immediately for Its re leaso to tho local merchants for sale In tho county. Proud of Itoconl. Tho letter sent by Mr. Ayer to tho flour dealers is as follows: "On May 26 'Mr. Hoovor mado an appeal to tho people of this nation, through the churches, to abstain from tho use of wheat flour until the next harvest. In reply to this ap peal Oregon voluntarily -went on a wheatless basis, the dealora ot the atato agreeing not to sell wheat flour and to return for shipment to our army in Franca all flour that was, re turned to them, I am not able to iitato the total amount that waa voluntarily returned, aa It has.. net all been received and checked up, but it will amount to between 17,000 and 18,000 barrels, a. magnificent record and oue of which, the- peoplo of tho atato ma,y well be proud. "Aa the crop from last season's harvest has boon practically exhaust ed tho government will only bo ablo to dispatch one, more flour cargo from this port to Franco until tho now harvest la available For this reason the food administration in Washington haa, given full sanction to my suggestion that, commencing July 5, we rpturn to tho Bale ot wheat flour on tho fifty-fifty basis, and all ruloa and regulations govornnlg tho salo of wheat flour will bo in full torco and effect, and sales can only bo mado by Belling at tho samo tlmo an equal amount of substitutes, and dealora must nof qvorlook the sign ing of the flour card certificates be fore making purchases, etc. 'I havo recelyod a telogram from Mr. Hoover expressing tho greatest appreciation of tho offorta made ,by the people ot thla state, and -yUit to take thla occasion to oxprew'wy own obligations to piifla, Jobbors R,nrth doalors, -wltVput, hlch tho voluntary aervlqe rendered by the people cpld not have beon made effective."'