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WEEKLY EDITION -n The bend bulletin. t, T r VOL, XVI. IIKM), DIJHCIIPTKH fOlNTV, OKKGQN, 'J'llt'lWDAV, AVOVHT Ji, UI18 No. 2(1 " 5 BOARD ADVISES CHANGE OF HEAD HOPE FOR STATE AID IS SLIGHT. Only W(y Would Mo tor Promoter to V AhnIkm Right to Party Finan cially Alilo to Hrn It Through. f fc. ' ' (From MoRdayVDnlly.) (MiwctM'trf Thi'bulUtln.) HALKM, Aug. :. Tho only "out" tlml (ho desort I mid board sees (or thn Morion project At La.PIno In Dtitchuti'H county ,li- for 'jydrson to assign his rlghTstaiSotno'fino fliian 1 :(nlly ahlo to put It through. This la tho substniica of advlcn sont by thn honnl In n lottnr to Morson In rojocllug proposals made hy him Houin tlmo nlnco. Tho loiter of advlco follows: "Tho honnl has had tho proposi tion you submitted for tho rnclamn thin of your project under consldora tlon. In vhiw of tho fact that your propositi Involves both federal and titnto legislation nnd an appropria tion hy Hid stnto, It Is not deemed practicable nt this time, particularly whim It Is taken Into account that tho required legislation hy both tho Unto and tho nation would hnvu to ho special for this project. It Is difficult to sccuro consideration of matters of this character during war times nnd It Is iiurstlonnhlo whothor Much matter shoud ho pressed upon our natlunnl ofllclals for consldora tlon when every energy should ho Unvoted to war work. "It Immediate Increased food pro duction would msult. tho reclamation of thn project might ho brouicht within tho Rcopo of tho nation's war program and commoud It to tho fav orable attention of war working of ficial Washington and to tho stato legislature. However, thn 'tlmo ro- -qulrod to reclaim tho lands, Includ ing tho clNtrlng off of tb'o rather . Iioavv rowth of timber. seems to exclude this project from that class of enterprises. "Thn board Is naturally anxious to ha vo' this land roclalraod and to pro tect tho Investment Qf"th'6a who liovo purchased options ADit Assign ments of lieu, Undor present condi tions of thn project, It ' very unlikely that now capital 'can bo' In terested In It, however, It all rights In or claims against tho project could ho definitely fixed and determined In nn agreement undor which tho whole project could bo turnod over to any ono huvlng tho nnnurlal ability to complotu tho same, It Is bollovcd that A, tho projort might bo complotod. "Tho rights of tho option nnd Hon holder nro doubtless fixed by tho In ulrumont they hold and It Is pro numd that you and your Immediate associates hold all tho stock In the , company. If thoroforo you nro will ing to co-oporato with tho hoard to this matter as you have Indicated in thn pant, kindly Indicate on what torms you will ho willing to rolln' iulsh or assign all your rights In tho project, tho oxtont of tho rights of tho option holders and whether or not thnro aro other claims against thn projoct. Tho hoard can do nothing undor tho conditions Id which tho .projoct now Is to socuro Its complolldif, nor can tho stato as H!ton any obligations undor the staTuto to complete- tho projoct and If private capital' can bo Interested at all, It can only bo Intorostod In a oIoaii cut proposition, "It Is hoped that you will soo your way to co-oporata with 'tho hoard to tho nnd that such u proposition can bo worked out on this projoct, "An assignment to tho board of all tho rlghtH of tho company would, It Is hollovod, accomplish tho purpose, provided of courso such assignment ' wah not unduly hurdonod hy condl- tlonu, Thn dotiort laud board would ' then bo In n position to Intercut others who lmvo tho Ability to corn ploto tho Bamo." . MAN LOST IN WOODS. (From Wodnosdny's Dally.) . A young man by tho nuiiio of i Whltculdo Is reported to ho lost In Pj tho woodn In tho vicinity of tho Edl Hon Ico envos. Whltosldo wub ono of a party who wont Into tho woods In soiirch of Harry Hayden, who bo ., enmo lost lust Sunday night, Search K 17ig parties nro now In tho woods In i Boarch of tho innit, among (horn bo ' ng Ilaydon, tho man whom Whlto tildo wab ondonvorlng to roaouo. HE' H IHHlmmmmmmmMafiftf jic mmmmmmmmmmmi mmVaHv. 'Bi jiftammmmmv A. U. CLARK y, Llborty Ioai Field Mniiafrrr. UNION LABOR TO CELEBRATE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR LA IlOll IAV CONTAINS PAHA UK, HPOHTH. HPEAKINO AND DANCE HAIIV HIIOW IH FEATURE. (From Tuesday's Dally.) Plans tor tho Iwxbor day colobrn tlon to bo held In this city on Mon day, Hoptombor 2, In which ovory union man In tho city Is expected to tnko part or suffer a flno, hnvo been completed. Tho festlvltlos will com- iiioiico In tho morning with a stroet parade, which will form at 9:30, closlivg In thn overling with a grand Labor day ball at tho Hippodrome. Tho following Is tho program for tho occasion: 10 A. M. Mammoth union Labor dny parade, led hy tho union band, starting from tho railroad viaduct at 9:30 and terminating at tho pic nic grounds on tho river west of tho Hippodrome. ill A. MvAddress by Hon. Walter M. Plerco at tho picnic grounds. All cordially invited to hoar tho speak ing. 12 M. Plcnto dinner sorted on the grounds, freo to all, 1:30 P. M. Sports and baby show. 3:30 P. M. Iloxlng contest At tho I). A. A. C. Ullllo Ooorgb vs. Joss McDorman, wlnnor tako all. Two preliminaries. Ct'So P. M. Progrcsslvo auto ro vorno rnco on Wall street, Franklin avuiiun to Oregon nvunuo. 9 P M Grand Labor day ball at tho Hip. KNITTING QUOTA IS SHIPPED OUT (From Monday's Dally,) The special quota of knitted goods assigned to tho Hond chaptor of tho lied Crow for dollvory Soptombor 1 has boon complotod and Is being shipped to tho district offices at So AtUo today. This quota, ono of tho jjiaMjhliavo'ovor boon rocolvod noro, was sont oarly in July, with loss than CO days for completion, niYdwfth ninny of tho workers of tho chapter ungaged At other duties which occupied a great deal of their tlmo, 'Dcspltu this, aud through tho aid of knitting raachlnos which have boon purchased slnco tho quota was sot. all of tho roqulrod articles aro being sont out In this shlpmont, which constats of 9G0 nalrs of box qnd ?6 awoators. - Tho following contributions uiave boon rocolvod from tho auxiliaries nnd branches: Auxiliaries. Wpmon's Club Auxiliary of Hod mond, 100 pairs box, '4.Bwoators, Hodmond Auxiliary, G3 pairs box, C Bwontors. IlrookB-Scnnlon Cnmp, 43 pairs box, 5 awoators, Arnold district, G pairs box, 1 sweater. Clovordalo, G pairs box, Motollus, 25 pnlrs box. La Pino, 119 pairs box, 1C pairs sock tops, Tumalo, 10 pairs box, G awoators. Torrobonno, 10 pairs box, 3 Bwoat oru, llmuclics, (Madras, 115 pairs box, 7 flwpatora, 2 pairn wrlatlots. Oulvor, 31 pairs box, Doth La Pino and Madras oxcood od tho allotment apportioned to thorn, A. G. CLARK HEREiSTATE EXPENS FOR BUSINESS LIBERTY LOAN FIELD MANAGER ARRIVES. Will Mnko PIiiiin for ('iirr)liiK on (ho I'Niurlli Liberty Iwtiui In 'I 111 County Sfxl Months VltltM Dutightcr. (From Wednesday's Dally.) A 0, Clark, field manager for tho fourth Liberty loan, arrived In Hond this morning and has commenced gathering tho material togethor to aid In putting Dond over tho top by tho appointed tlmo. Today Is Mr. Clark's birthday and ho had planned to bo In Hund At this tlmo to visit with his daughter and hnr husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Van HufTot. Speaking of his duties as flold manager for tho fourth Liberty loan this morning, Mr. Clark declared that "to glvo nny Portland man a high sounding tltlo nnd sond him to Hond to tell tho poopto how to put over tho fourth Liberty loan is like grabbing a corporal, hanging a major general's tltlo on him and sending him across to Franco to tell Flold Marshal Koch how to skin Kalsor Dill and his crowd of savagos." Mr. Clark, however, points out that a rocord Is tho only thing that can ho Improved by broaklng It, and ex presses tho hopo that Hund and De schutes county will break their rec ord established In tho third Liberty loan. "Tho eyes of tho nation will ho contnred on Oregon, and no doubt many aro now planning to beat us out for first placo in going over tho top In tho fourth Llborty loan. County aud city organizations throughout tho stato aro being per fected and our pooplo will bn Asked to voluntror their subscriptions." According to Mr. Clark, rating cards and subscription blanks will go by mail to every resident of tho county and they will bo asked to mall or send In to somo committeeman tha. first paymfcnt of 10 por cont. of tholr subscription. Tho work of covering each district with solicitors wlil bo materially reduced and tho effort thus exponded can bo devoted to other work. IMr. Clark goes from nond to Klamath Falls and Is planning his return to Portland via Crater Lake and Modford, that being a part of the stato novor beforo visited by him. LIMITED SERVICE MEN WILL BE USED (From Saturdays Dally.) LImltod sorvlco mon aro to ho noodod In tho registration of mon be tweon tho ages of 18 and 21 and 32 and 46, say bullotlns Issued by tho war department nnd tho local boards of all counties, Deschutes Included, aro required to sond In tho number of men In spoclal and limited sorvlco classes who may bo used by tho gov ernment as clorks In chocking up tho names nnd compiling tho necessary data aftor tho completion of tho registration nnd prior to tho drawing. Tho Deschutes county board ro colvod its ardors this morning. War Work Committee Plans For Handling Fourth Liberty Loan Preliminary organization for tho coming fourth Llborty loan drlvo waa effactod last night at n mooting of tho Doschutos county war work com- mlttno. nttoudod by ronrosontatlvos from Hond, Tumalo, Ilodmond, La Pino nnd Mllllcnu, In oponing tho mooting C. S. Hud son. Liberty loan chairman for Du- BChutoa county, roported tho plan of campaign ob outllnod nt tho meeting of county chnlrnion In Portland Inst wQok, This plnn, ns nlrondy an nounced, contomplntos especially the ollmlnatlon of soliciting commlttoos in tho early work of fho drlvo. In- Btond, ovorybody who Ib llBtod na n ppsalblo purchaser of bonds will bo told what his allotmont 1b and ho will thou bo expected 'to como for ward voluntarily nnd turn his aub- Borlptlon in. Tho work of fixing IS OUT OF SIGHT INSTITUTIONS WILL BE NEGLECTED. Six Pit (Viit. Limitation Wns Not Mndo an n War Tlmo Mwixure- Insufficient Kmid for tho Nnxt Th Yearn. , flfll to Tho IlulMln.) BALKM, Aug. 29. Tho recent ac tion of tho stato tax commission in deciding to put upon tho ballot a measure to provide for tho levying of 1940,000 In excess of tho sum at lowod undor the G per cont. limita tion amendment for tho year 1919 Is worthy of somo special comment as It will test out a big Issuo In con nection with that amcndmen.t That measure will determine to a great oxtont whothor tho amendment Is a workablo proposition and whether it Is clastic enough to provide for tho noeds of tho stato during critical periods when ovory nervo and slnow Is strained to tho uttermost. In small communities, where the bounds of tho amendment have been stretched, tho communities have In variably answered In tho affirmative and havo givou tho extra needed money. Hero, as a digression, It may bo re marked that tho sad-cyed Individual who' whacks out thesa lines on a wheezy typewriter acknowledges his human limitations and that he may bo subject to prejudice llko any othor common mortal. Coming In contact with conditions as they exist at tho capltol day aftor day Is in clined to warp ono's vision slightly toward tho lino of view taken by tho officials themselves. In this Instance, however, a sound weighing of all tho conditions makes It appear plain enough that tho stato expenses aro going to bo out of sight, llko all other expenses, and that tho G per cent, amendment was not made for war times. A careful examination of tho needs of tho state make It plain, also, that the amend ment will fall to allow a sufficient amount of funds for properly con ducting tho affairs of stato govern ment, during tho next two years. Tho questions that tho commission had to docido wcro, first, how much extra is noodod, and, second, how much extra would tho pooplo stand for. Tho commission decided on a measly mill of the total assessed valuation of tho state. That will represent approximately tho $940, 000 askod. And that will not be enough. No .Money for Institution. It tho 9940,000 Is glvon, thoro still will bo fcoblo-mlndcd children who should bo carod Tor by tho stato, but for whom thoro will bo no room; thoro still will be unlncarcoratcd In sane running looso because tho stato asylums will bo filled to overflowing; a rotten penitentiary still will bo vomiting forth Its escapes and vlco still will rolgn rampant at tho vlco rlddon placo; tuborcular patients who othorwlso could bo cured through stato assistance will bo loft to dlo Improperly cared for at their (Oontlnuod on page 4.) quoins Is to bo finished by tho middle of Soptombor. On tho oponing day of tho drlvo tho voluntary subscrip tions will como in to tho banks In such amounts, It Is hopod, as to put Oregon over In an hour or two. Tho county quota is not yet known, but It Is thought It may bo ns high ns $250,000. A mooting of tho wnr work com mlttoo nnd of tho district captains will bo hold next Thursday at 2 o'clnok nt tho Pilot nutto Inn to go ovor further details and to hoar A. O. Clark, division flold agent from Portland headquartors. In addition to tho Llborty loan discussion last night's mooting com plotod tho organization of tho war work committee, oloctlng R. v. Sawyer permnnont chairman and Frod N, Wallaco secretary. ALL WATCH FOR REGISTRATION I)AV UAH NOT VIST I1KKN HKT, HUT KVL'ItV .MAN SHOULD UK KAMI MA It WITH IIIH DUTIKH AND KHADV TO MKKT Til KM. (From Wednesday's Dallr.) Keep your eye on tho newspapers to learn tho data of tho coming regis tration day for mon from 18 to 21 and from 32T to 4 S years of ago, in clusive, undor tbo new draft law. soon to he passed by congress. Tho exact dato of tho registration day on which 13,000,000 men in tho United States Included within these ages must register cannot be an nounced until tho now draft law Is actually passed and signed by the President. Hut It Is certain that tho registra tion day will be early in September. Kvcry man In tho new draft ages, whether citizen or alien, will bo re quired to register on tho day set. No excaso will bo accepted for fail ure to register, and tho penalty will bo up to ono year's imprisonment. For his own protection, every man affected by tho new draft law Is urged to watch tho newspapers for announcement of tho registration day and to register on that day at the placo designated by his local draft board without fall. LOCAL BOARD CALLS ALIENS MEN WHO HAVE DECLARED THKIH, INTENTION WILIj HE DILUTED INTO THE SERVICE OH RENOUNCE PRIVILEGES. (From Monday's Dally.) Thirty-eight alien registrants in Deschutes county who have declared their Intention to become citizens of the United States will be called be foro the local draft board at an early dato and given their cSetce of enter ing tho military service as classified by tho board or surrendering1 their prlvllcgo of naturalization. This action is takon by the De schutes county board under tho act of congress passed July 9, 1918, and through ordors received from tho war department must be entorcod in tho future Tho bill provides that any subject of a neutral country who has declared his Intention of becom ing a citizen of tho United States will bo rellaved from military service only on his application to renounco or recall his declaration, by which he becomes forevor barred from natural ization in this country. All allons are now to be called for sorvlco throughout tho nation, and they may elect clthor tho entrance to military sorvlco or tho withdrawal of allcglanco to this country for all tlmo to come. MRS. LEMMONS LEARNS OP SON AS MISSING (From Saturday's Dally.) Mrs. F. S. Lommon ot this city this morning through tho columns of tho nowspapors learned that her son, Frank A. Eberhardt, of Monessen, Pennsylvania, had been reported as missing In action. Ills name was listed in tho casualties ot yestorday, his homo being at Monessen, Penn sylvania. SEVEN YOUTHS REGISTERED (From Monday's Dally,)' Sevon men who havo become 31 years ot ago slnco Juno 5 registered at tho circuit court rooms last Satur day, that being tho dato sot for tho registration of those mon. Tho list Included six Amorlcans, nntlvo born, and ono alien enomy, Thoro were no registrations from tho county dis tricts, all ot tho registrants giving their homo address as Bond. Follow ing Is tho list; James nummol, Qeorgo Dradotoch, Wm. E. Trottior, Ervlno J. Dron son, Wlbur Gardner, Jerome E. Ward, Ralph II. Sumorson. DEADLOCK ON FOR ATTORNEY IN CONVENTION TWO HOURS ARE SPENT IN HEATED TALK. NAME COUNTY TICKET Trouble ArlM Whoa Effort In Mndo (o Placo Rom Farnhafti's Name on tlio IXMguo Ticket for " Prosecuting Attorney. (From Wednesday's Dally.) A split Among the delegates in tho county convention of tho Good Gov ernment league, held here yesterday for the purpose of placing a ticket la tho flold at the Novomdor election, was barely averted at tho afternoon session when tho selection of a prose cuting attorney came up for a vote. After a heated discussion lasting ovor a period ot nearly two hours, only tho willingness ot both sides to glvo and tako and a rating for a two thirds majority by tho chairman pre vented a breach which might havo spelled disaster to tho Intent and purpose ot the league. At the oponing of tho aftcrnooa sossion tho secretary announced that 114 delegates had been reported by tho credentials committee and all oC theso wero In tho hall. The first matter to recelvo the con sideration ot tho delegates was the measure Initiated by C. S. Jackson of tho Oregon Journal, pertaining to tho publication of delinquent tax notices, which it Is proposed to abolish. The league went on record ao favoring tho adoption ot this amendment and In stead ot publishing the notices as, few been tho custom In, the-past, the tax poyer defraying ttjeexiwmse otymh lleatlon, when taxes, aredellBmt the county ofaclalsWf required, to notify the taxpayer fcy'swll. At th same time A lecoad reeoWitton wa. adoptod favorlngxth. other atusw. initiated by Mr. Jackson, setting .' legal rata for tho publication C legal notices. , A .. , State OtfririH Newt-. After the disposition ot the- reso lutions, which will b published lister, the meeting took up the endorsement of stato officials, the delegates unani mously going In record as endorsing Walter M. Pierce ot La Grande for governor, O. P. IIoS for state treas urer and C. H. Grnmm for labor com missioner. Opens Up Ilcchtve. Immediately following tho en dorsement of Gramm, and upon a motion to tako up tho county offi cials, Mrs. E. Wlgmoro, ono of the delegates, gained the floor and placed in nomination tor prosecuting attor noy Rosa Farnham. "I havo opened the beehive, and now watch the swarm," said the speaker, and her prophecy rang true. Almost before Mrs. Wlgmore had gained her seat thero wero at least a dozen delegates seeking the recognition ot the chair- (Continued on last page.) NINE NEW FIRES ARE REPORTED TOTAI4 OF SEVENTEEN IILAJ&KS ARE NOW REPORTED ON T1IK DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOIIHST FOUR LARGE ONES. (From Wednesday's Dally.) Nino additional forest fires were roported yestorday to tho forest ot flco In this city, making n total ot 17 fires burning In tho various dis tricts as a result pt tho electric storm ot Sunday, Whle tho majority ot those roported aro small and easily controlled) four havo gained consid erable headway nnd will roqulre the offorts of Bovoral meu boforo the forest officials cau fool assured there is no danger of tholr spreading. The houBQ (n which tho fire look out lives at Paulina peak was struck by a bolt ot lightning Sunday even ing, but at a time when thore was no one In the building, Little dam age was done excopt to tear the papor from the walls.