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WEEKLY EDITION The bend bulletin. W" voi. -vvi. IH-JNI), DIWCIICJTKH COUNT V, OREGON 'ill!. HSDA V, .M'LV 2.1, WIH No. 21 BOARD STARTS KLAMATH FIRE TWO DESERTERS METHODISTS TO RECEPTION FOR ON HUGE TASK UNDER CONTROL ARE HELD IN JAIL DEAL IS CLOSED MEET SATURDAY BOYS A SUCCESS BIG IRRIGATION r ENDEAVOR TO LEARN EXPENDITURES. Hk Vvr ('nil, I, Imitation Aitiriiiliiii'tit Will II" I'ut to TinI Ih'lltiwi f I'wplo Will Grunt (ho Amount Nwlwl. (Hfxlal In 'Hi Itullctln,) HALH.M, July S5. Htnto Tnx Com. tnlmiloiinr Galloway and Secretary Oondlii at thu Mtuto board of control liuvu slnrtiid on tlin MtUpmuloiis task of tmeortnluliiR Jtitt how mucli the vurlou Institutions unit departments of statu gnvnriiinoiil expect to spend (lurltif: tho biennial period. TIiIh no tlvlty cdium about rh u result of thu ooiiiinlHiilon'n determination to find out how much money Hi slntu will himmI to (louiluct IIh affairs ovor nnd above tho npproprlulloiiH which -would ho iiormnlly ullowud tinilur thu operation of tho fi pur cunt. llmlta tlon nmnmlmunt. Tho lltllu chunk of work bitten IT tir thu two officials mentioned will lio no riwy cud to chow up mid ill kchI within tho next fow weeks, bo foro AuKUHt IB to bu uxnet, If thn ooiniiilixlon Iioh tho figures on tho lntu It hope to serum thiim. An a Honernl ruin thrno or four months urn required Jn souring data for tho Mr biennial budget, "'"I " tho Mntnu ground will havo to ho covered, nlthoiiKh prohahly It will not bo on mich nn nxtiiiiHlvo scnln for tho tuntn tlvo budget now unilur wny. AiiiciiiliiH'iit to TiM. Apparently tho movo of thn stato tax couuiilmilon wilt plnco thu U pur i-mit. limitation amendment on trial It linn never buforo Ihmiii up to tho liooplo of tho stato to determine whullinr they desire to exceed tho llmllulloii allowed by thn nmnnd mmit. Koiiio oommunltk'N, such na lluml, have linen railed uponto net. niul almost Invariably theyy. havo granted tho extra munoy asUd for. Thl Ih nu Indication that .th tnx payor are no laggards '" "PnrtlnR money when It comes to n case of iihiuI. niul tho taxpayers believe that thu money will bo wull nptuit. Mow much money tho people of tho tnl will fool llkn votliiR will depend largely upon thn tax com inlwdnn Itself. If that oommlHHlon proven ronsounblo In ItH ilnmmnlH, no doubt It will Kiit what It nnkH for. or at least that U tho opinion of nniiio of thH mcmburH of tho commu nion. If It begins slopping ovor niul granting requests to everyone, nnil liIncliiK upon Iho ballot nn nililliloual levy for a Kro.it amount of funds, tho whole proposition Ih apt to ko by tho boards, u"LX,M' legislature plnred In tho position 1ttho mun with tho chumiUKiio appetite niul tho beer liursit. CoiiipllcnlloiiH An' PohmIMi'. The commission Is l't to Hntt It nolf lit n peculiar position In ondenv- orliiK to arrive nt nomo llgnro for tho people to voto upon. 'Ihu last legislature. In ItH KlutlutifliiH desire to ilo HiiniothliiK about consolidation or olliiiluiUlon of commissions, cut ono coniiiilHHloiiur front tho Htnto tnx ooiiiiiiUsIoii anil now thoro uro four ox-ofllclo inumborH niul ono appoint Ivq moniber. Tho x-ofllclo inoinborM ,Viinj thu Kovuriior, Hiiorfltnry of Htnto 'mil tho Htnto trtntHuror. Theno throo ttuluut tho four Hi mumbor. . ' With but four tnutiiliorn on tho conimlHrtliin tho poHHlbllltlOH of com jilluutloiiH nro obvloua. It momiH thnt, In cnHo of n tlo, tho two mom ImrH who uro luulluuil to balk at any liropoi.ilH mailo by tho olhor two iiiuiiiIiiii-h can cniiHO n tloup. Coiiho iuuntly. whun It coiiioh to iii'Kiitlvliijj liropomilH, It la nppnrout thnt two inumborH can coiiHtltuto, virtually, a inability of tho commlHHloii niul Imvo 1t nil ItH own wny. Hut thoro Ih nnu noophold OUt Of HIICll llOHHlllllliy. Kvlilch nnmiH utlll otlior niul poHalbly onoro IntoroHtliiR oppohunltloH for complications. ThlH Ih fouiul In tho fact that Tax CommluBlonor (lallowny Ih nppolnt- ivo. Ho hohlH his ofllco by vlrtuo of tin nppolntmont from tho commlHslon, niul whllo nil throo momborH votoil to kcop hi in on tho Job, ho could bo llrad by nny two of tho momborn. riiiiB, If ho doBlrod to luno up ivltli TluiB, It ho doBlrod to lino up with niul nociuno too Htubborn for tho otlior two, thoy would hnvo tho op portunity of ouBtlng lilm bodily and (Contlnuod on last imgo.) I'llt gMWjMUllMllld. .iliilwniMifc ..Majw.-.!.;.....-. LEHH THAN FIVE Ml LEU AD VANCE INTO tin: DESCHUTES reservenew I'uti: ih AP PROACHING AT OTHER POINT. (From Momlay'it Dally,) Tho Klamuth Iiullaii rcHorvntlmi forimt llro, which Into lnnt wuok Hwnpl Into tho nouthnrn boundary of tho DoiirhtituH national forcHt, Ih now uiiilor control. N. 0. Jncobxun, forcnt iiup'irvlior, rnturnod lant nlclit from tho ncouo of thu lire, and rcportn thnt It can now bo Imlit without dancer by n nmall crow of mon. Tho llro advanced only flvo iiiIIoh onto tho renervu, Mr. Jncobnuu itntcd thin inornliiKt nmi thin wiih In tho IoiIko polo tlmbur, whoro llltlo dam ago wmi doni), only n Hinall point of tho yollow pltio Btatul bolm; caiicht, In llRhttiiK tho fire, more than tun mlleH of trench wan mndo on n flro lino of ovor llftuun mllcn. In uvory limtancn iionitlblo thoio flRhttiiK thu llro took nilvnntaRn of tho Hand pniciiiiB ui nut mum in inuir worn. In several places tho flro wocpliiR up In thn crnwmi of tho timber Jumped tho trunchoH. nnd It won noconnury to back llro to prevent fur ther nprund, Another flni on tho roBorvatlon In RWcopliiR toward thn rcnorvo, but from tho direction taken by tho tiro at tho prexunt It will reach thn boundary nt n point where It can bu ennlly controlled. LOCAL BOARDS GIVEN RIGHTS (From Wednesday'1 Dally.) Local bonrdH bum boon rIvoii mora prlvlloKos, nccorilliiR to nn order ro ceiitly loeelved, nnd men Bent from tho local ImordH of n county to Camp I.uwIh or otlisr trnluliiK cainpn can not ho dUcharRud on tho Rrouuds of hnvhiR ilepeiuloutH If they wore mar ried after certain Mptnitled daten nn KHt down by thu war departmuut, January IB of thin year for the elan of 1118 roRlntmntrt nnd May 17, 1017, for tho roRlKtmiits of a your IIRO. Local hnnrdn nro empowered to plnco men who uro thu fathurn of children born Hiihnoqiiont to auoh marrliiRun In elnnn 2, accordliiR to tho ruvinud rulliiRn, but If thay nro draft ed tho camp hoard can do nnthltiR hut retain thoni. Thu receipt of tho order, nny tho mcmburH of tho board, hIiowh to n Krontnr dug roe than nny liiHtruetloiiH received heretofore the lutlludo Riven tho local boards In tho matter of uxomptloiiH on Rrounds which cannot bo followed by tho bourd at tralnlnoc ciiiiiph, Min who nro untitled to deferred clnsnlllcatlon ihould bo ho llttted before butiiR nent to tlieHO camps, where It In tin ponnlblu tor thorn to obtain n din charRo, If they were not married bo fore buliiR oIlRlblo to tho draft, no cordliiR to the nfllccrn. E IS TESTED OUT (Krom Thursdny'a Dally.) Tho llrnt nrreHt to be mndo under tho tity'H ordliiuuco pnuaud nu nu emergency nt tho Juno meeting, pro viding thnt nil able bodlod mou In tho city, no matter ot what ngo, should uugngo In boiuo usotul occu pation, wiih taken up buforo Judge 10111b ycHtorduy afternoon, Knii I.uiIuwIk wiih taken In charpo by Chief ot Police Nixon, who chhrgod that tho prisoner wan not ongagod In productive luiliiHtry, LuiIowIr In hla toatlmouy botoro tho Judge ntutod thnt ho wub on n vllt with frleiulH In tho city In an effort to regain his, health, Ho stat ed tho visit would tormlunto within a. bhort time, not more, than two wooks, mid ho would thou lonvo tho city for Portland, Upon thla Qvldonco Judge 13111s contlnuod tho, easu for ono woolc, nftor which Lodowlg will bo roqulrod to report In parson, NEW ORDINANC W. F. MUELLER MAKES CONFESSION. AIIcriiI I'orn'T (!le- t'p Iiifiiriiiiitloii I'imIIiik t Arri-Mt of Kmplioo of lttiiuriiiit In TliU Clly. (Krom Monilny'H Dally.) Hurt Itoblnnoii, nu umployo at tho Downing rontnurant, was nrrcatcd Haturdoy iiIkIU, charRed with being a dennrtnr from tho United Htalcs nrmy, nnd In lodged In thu county Jail ponding thu receipt of Inntruc tlons from tho wnr department. The nrreot wan mndo by H. K. Ilobertn, county nherlrr, Haturday afternoon Mr. Iloborts rnculvod Information lending him to bollovo thnt W. K. Mueller, who Is now being held In tho county Jail on n charge of forgery, was n de- nertor from tho nrmy. Tho Inform uut to thu Hhurlrr'n ofllco had filvoit tho dutnlln of tho nffnlr no that It wan ponnlblu for Mr. Huberts to con front Mueller with facts, which ho did and elicited a confession. In bin confusnlon Mueller, whoso right nnmo Is Wiiiiro, dinted that In tho fnll of 191C, nbout 20 men from Company K, 21st Infantry, then serv Ing on thn border, had deserted and madu their way north. Among tho nnnios of thoso who camu to Hand itud Central Oregon was that of Coffin, who tho sheriff later discov ered to bo Paul Koblnnon, employed nt tho Downing cafe. Upon this Information Mr. Iloberts awaited his chanco and arrested Hob- . Inson ns ho wan leaving n picture nhow here. After he had been lodged In tho county Jail tho man cnnfomicd bin guilt and gnvo thu name of men In other pnrtn of thu stnto who weru In tho party which took loavo ot thu i army service at that time. I Information of tho arrest has baen nent to tho adjutant gonornl'H ofllco nt I'ortland, nnd the men nro being hold pending the official qrdor from tho government. ? " STOVER ACTING AS INSTRUCTOR Now .Stationed u( Camp .larkxin, Houtli Carolina, mill Will Iteiiialu Tliero for About Three Montlix. (From Wednesday's Dally.) Confirmation of tho report that I. lout. II. A. Stover tins returned to this country from Franco to rIvo In struction In artillery work nt nn nrmy camp Is rIvoii In a letter from Lieut. Stover leculvod by n friend In llond. According to this lottor, Lieut. Stover is now ntntloued nt Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, nnd oxpoctH to bo thoro for tho com ing three moutliH. Ho Is anxious to roturn to Franco. Just buforo coin ing lionit), Lieut. Stover wnH with the nrllllory which backed up tho Ma rines nt tho II rut attack on tho Huns nt Chntoau Thierry. POTATOES SOLD FOR GOOD PRICE BY THE FARMERS OF COUNTY Miunbora of tho Deschutes Valley Potato! Urowors' association gntherod nt Tumnlo Saturday afternoon to picnic, hold n busluoss meeting and to listen to speeches. Ovor 100 wore In nttoiidnucu from nil parts nt tho county, Following tho bountiful nnd sub Btnntlul luncheon, business reports woro rIvou, from which It appeared thnt mtpmborH of tho association had received a hlshor price for thor po tntoos In tho pnst year thnu growers who woro not mombors. Tho Netted Com mid Hurbank nro tho nssoclntlon Btnndnid for Into potntooa nnd tho lOarly Hoso mid Early Ohio for onrly. About 01 cars of potntooa were shipped by the nssoclntlon, of which tho No. 1 grndo brought hn avorngo ot $1.25, which "wns "bettor thnu foddlng them to the stock," as ono spoakor said. F, L. Dullard, formerly of tho INVOLVES LANDS IN DESCHUTES COUNTY, i Director), of North Irrigation DlMrlrt 'J'nku OtiT IIoIiIIiikm of tlm CVn- trnl OnKoit Irrigation Compuny. (From Friday's Dally.) BALKM, July 10. Directors of flic North It ligation district havo reached nnj agreement to buy nil of tho Cen tra! Oregon Irrigation company's rights In tho 70,000-acro Carey net project near Kedrnond and Hend for $70:1.000, according to Htato Kngl iioct John If. Lowls, who has Just returned from a meeting with In torentcd parties at Madras, where thu dial wan negotiated. ,M Whether tho deal will bo finally consummated is contingent upon whether thu north unit district ob tains certification from tho state se curities commission of tho proposed bond Ibcuo and also obtains approval ot tho capital Issues commlttco tor tho Issusnco of bonds. Uut Htato Engineer Lewis expressed confidence In tho plans of tho district and be lieves they will result In much groator development In Central Ore gon. . "North unit comprises 100,000 acres nonr Madras, Metollus and Culver, now being cultivated by dry farming methods," said State Engi neer Lewis. "Water for Irrigation can bo had by storage In tho pro posed Ilonham Falls "reservoir, 1C miles south ot Hend. This Is tho cheapest and best storage on tho De schutos rlvor and Is cnpablo ot sup plying more than 200,000 acres ot land. In addition to 100,000 acres In north unit, there are approximately 40,000 acres on tho west sldo of the Deschutes rlvor noar Tumnlo, 35,000 acres In tho north canal project noar Iledmond and 15,000 acres of prlvato land- near I'rinovlllc, which should como under this reservoir. )"Au understanding, with the north unit will eliminate 'tho Central Ore gon company operating for a profit, leaving tho settlors In this- basin In n position to secure Irrigation at cost, if the various districts can agroo among themselves as to tho proper distribution ot the cost ot the reser voir water. Directors of the north unit fol hopeful of working out the Iotro 200,000-ocro project, for which plans wore preparod by tho state and U. S. reclamation service In co-oporn-tlon. "It Is tho hopo of tho directors that tho Hood water supply can bo had In tho near futuro, leaving tho reservoir feature until soma timo in tho futuro. "Thoy propose, howover, to do everything possible to eliminate com plications so that a clean slate may bo prosented to tho governmout, should fodoral credit be made avail able as a rocoiiHtructlon measure. Falling In this, It Is tho hope of the district to enlist private capital." Settlers on sold lauds ot the Con- (Continued on last phro. 1 'bureau of markets, who had assisted ' I., ,.nl. ... ..! nt ,1... n .. j m.l.i , l.t.t .A i.i utiii nuiiv in iiiu UD3UUUIIIUII, i im ported that tho potato crop this your promised to bo short, so that tho association might oxpoct n good mnrkot for its 191S product. Other Bpoakors woro K. E. Favlllo, odltor of tho Western Farmer, and Walter Plorco of La Orando, Demo cratic candidate for governor. Hoth dovotod thomsolvos to wnr subjects mid onch onded his talk by produc ing from n handy pocket nnd waving n small American Hag, Mr. Favlllo, howovor, put ono ovor on Mr. Plorco lu tho llaR waving gnmo by digging up nlso n Hod Cross ting, Tho plcnlo was hold on nn Island in tho river above Tumnlo, ono ot tho most boautlful spots for tho pur poso yot found lu this Boctlon, Many proaont suggested that an offort bo mado to havo tho Island mado into a camping nnd plunsuro ground for tho bouollt ot tho pooplo of tho county, Itl'I'OKTH OK COM.MITTKIW Wll.b HIS .MADI' AUi INCHKAHICH IN U.VI'lJNDrrUHKS 1IAVK 1JKUN Mirr hv Tin: ciiuitcu. (From Wednesday's Dally.) Tho fourth Quarterly conference of tho Methodist church will bo held at tho church Saturday evening at 9 o'clock. At this meeting tho re ports for tho year will bo mndo and tho now officers elected for the fol lowing year. Tho church has enjoyed a year of substantial growth and many changes havo been made In membership, but this1 a a wholo remains about tho same, Old debts haro been paid and new obligations havo been mado and met. Tho salary ot tho pastor was in creased 300 last fall and this has required, among other things, much inoro money to bo raised than last year. All war emergencies have been met also. A large Increase in bener olonco will also bo noted. Dr. I'cmberton, tho district super intendent, ot Tho Dalles will bo pres ent and preside. UNIONS PLANNING LABOR DAY EVENTS (From Wednesday's Dally.) Plans tor tho celebration of Labor day by the unions ot Hend will be completed by tho committees, who aro to report to tho Central Labor council at tho regular meeting next Friday night. At the same timo committees will bo appointed for tho entertainment ot tho Stato Federation ot Labor, which will meet in this city on Oc tober 11. BENSON NAMED LAND ATTORNEY (From "Wednesday's Dally.) (SjxxUl to Th DuUttln.) SALBM, July 24. C.S.' nenson of llond was yestorday appointed as at torney for tho stato land board to succeed Vornon A. Forbes. Secre tary Olcott voted for T. W. Myers, also of llond. Mr. Honson's appolntmont Is to continue only daring tho absence ot Charles Krsklno In military service. CALL TEN MEN -FROM COUNTY ONE CONTINGENT TO LEAVE FOH VANCOUVER JULY 21) FIRST t'AVALHY CALL FOH CAMP FREMONT It ECEIVE1). (From Wednesday's Dally.) Two now calls for mon t.o entrain from Daschutes county hnvo boon made to fill quotas for mon called by the war department. Four of these men aro to entrain hero July 29 for Vancouver barrnoks nnd four additional on August J to entrain for Camp Fromont, California. Tho contingent to leavo July 29 Is mado up of limited sorvlco men, to bo employed by tho government In tho Hpruco division, and Includes two sawmill foremen mid two trimmer planernion. Tho mon called for this division nro Otto II. Piotsch, Ing wnld A. Johnson, Ford W. Cox aud Hort A, Fuller. For tho mobilization on August 5 six mon to fill n quota of four havo boon called by tho local board. These mon nro to entrain for Camp Fro mont, California, and will bo tralnod lu the cavalry division. This Is ono of tho llrst culla recolved by tho De schutes county board for mon In this sorvlco, Thoso who havo boon called aro; Cyril Alexander, presont ad dress, Vancouver, Wash.; Lorenzo D. Hoddlug, proaont address unknown; Lunda V. Aborcromblo, Portland; Gordon D. Cochran, Alfalfa; Thos. II. Coonor. address unknown; John iA. Calverloy, Lowor Bridgo. Theso mon will moblllzo horo on August 5, loavlng for their camp on tho morn ing ot August G, LARGE NUMBER IS IN ATTENDANCE. CnmiN Show Spirit "Htnr HjmnRled Huniier" and "Hmllc, Hmllo, Hrnllo" Aro tlm March' nlfj Tunc. - Dcftchute County Men. Samuel Drown, captain. - Melvin L. Crow. Jas. A. Brlckcy, - - Howard D. Butcher." - J. F. Scott. . . - Theo. F. Atwater. Frank Henderson. " Floyd C. Perkins. Lcsllo L. 'McDanlebj! Burns D. Young. Mlko It. Fetty. . Earl L. Powers, Elrln W. Van Matro. Claude Vandovert, , Wm, B. Gladstone. - James Morrison. ' Amicus O. Dickinson. Lloyd V. Powers. inducted from Other Counties. - Richard II. "Wise, Corvallls. Howard W. Holmes, Golden- dale. - Ernest Hoe, Tho Dalles. Fred G. Lottman, Hamilton, - Mont. ' Leonard Huston, Portland. Milton A. Newman, Emmctt, Idaho. - Enoch Swedborg, Seattle - Enders J. Hansen, Lakevlew. Mortimer W. Wagner, Vale. - Leroy C. Abernathy, Bakor. - Edgar R. Heartt, Vale. Roy S. Hartley, Pendleton. Van C. Cleveland, Jacknon- vllle, Ore. (From Tuesday's Dally.) Honoring tho 31 drafted mon who left this morning for Camp Lewis, ono ot the largest crowds which has ever been In attendance- at tho now Bend Amateur Athtotlc club gym nasium marched round tho UaJi'dast night to tho strains ot "SmlleJiisHe. Smile," and escorted tho boys tiTtfe stago. ,. Tho roceptlon opened when tfca ' boys were met at tho court house by a parade ot autos hoaded by the Bend militia and taken to tho Gym nasium, whero the crowds awaited them. As soon as they arrived In sldo tho building tho throng struck: up tho "Star Spangled Banner." Following this, tho officers ot tho mllltla and soveral young ladles. leading the march to the tuno ot "Smllo, Smllo, Smile," with tho crowd carrying tho refrain, tho boya wero taken to tho stago and placed upon It, Jay-H. Upton ot Prlnovlllo deliv ered tho address of the ovenlng, con gratulating the boys upon the part thoy wero about to play Jn tho win ning of the world for democracy and pointing out tho need ot concortod notion on the part ot thoso both nt home and abroad to tho work they havo to do at this time. Mr. Upton closed his speech with tho romarks that It was hopod that when tho boys, again came homo tho homo people' would bo hotter prepared to receive thorn than tho returning boys wore rocotvod at tho termination ot tho Civil war. Following Mr. Upton's remarks, Mrs. Chapman sang "I Raised My Hoy to Bo a Soldier," following In the oncoro with "Somewhere In Franco," After tho program had bcon given tho lloors wero cleared and dancing was enjoyed by all present until a lato hour. MRS. WORNSTAFF (From Friday's Dally.) .Mrs. C. B. Wornstaff ot Bond 1b tho winner of tho second Rod Cross horso, it was learned lato this after noon. Mrs. Wornstaff learned of her good tortuno whon alio received th wookly edition ot Tho Bulletin thla morning, and immediately made her success known to tho Red Cross headquarters. SECOND WINNER