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WEEKLY EDITION f THE BEND BULLETIN. 4 h .. vol, xvi. MUNI), DKHCIIIJTKH COUNTV, OltlWO.V, THUIWDAV, HKPTKMIJKK IJ, 11)18 No. 27 UNION LABOR i HOLDS FORTH ' ON LABOR DAY REGISTRARS TO BE AT THE MILLS 4000 ACRES ARE WOULD RELIEVE BEND WILL VOTE TAX VALUES IN BURNED OVER VOTERS' BURDEN FOR FIRE NEEDS COUNTY GAIN i ,. ALL PRECINCTS CAN REGISTER THERE. CABINS AND SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED. MATTHEWS GIVES THE PEOPLE NO CREDIT. SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD THIS FALL. INCREASE IN CULTI VATED LANDS.. . BEND STAGES ITS FIRST CELEBRATION. PARADE IS LARGE ONE I-MJiiuitml TlnU Ovrr 2MM Workers Tiiki' Prt Plwro l)rllvT Al- dims -Hundred" Knjuy l.tinrliroii. (From Tuesday's Dally.) Kvnry unionized triido and Indus- try In tho city of llutitl won rnpro wrntott In thn parade staged by union labor yesterday, opening tho festiv ities for tho first Labor tiny celebra tion avur hold In thin city, Load tiy thn union band, thu parndn formml nt tho foot or Division street and, iiiarchliiK through (ho principal MtrnvtM of tho city, wound In and out until tho picnic Kroundi on tho rlvor worn reached, wltnro tho pro cratn for tho day was hold. Ilnnnora of thu vnrlouii organiza tions and patriotic emblems emblaz oned tho divisions, everywhere tho national colors showing n prodomln (tnro, demonstrating that patriotism iind labor were linked hand In hand. It was Mtltimtftl by union laborers horn that 2000 persons wuro In tlio parado, At tho picnic ground many hun dred other persons had nthori'd bo font thn arrival of tho parado, and tho MatM which had boon provldud previously with tho expectation of being arnplo to seat tho crowd worn commandeered for tho unci of tho ladle only, and tho unoccupied tinnnhna on tho speakers' stand worn used tor tho same purpose. Men worn enmpolled to stand up or And Miintit on ronta of tri'i'a and olhor ob structions during tho speaking which followed, but did It wlthuul resent tnont. Following tho ndilrosH of wolcomo by A. K. Kdwardu, Mr. J)lxon, fluid nrgaulziir for tho Snlvittlnti Army oversea fund, ntldrnsaml tho meet ing, giving those present an Iden of tho work which had boon .nccoin pllshod by thn Army In Its' help In tho comfort of tho aoldlnra. Ilo lwnlt with considerable emphasis on tho necessity of thn work of tho Red Cross, thn Knights or CnlumbUN, tho V. M. C A. and thn Salvation Army In keeping tho mon overscan In fight ing trim, concluding hla remarks with an nutllnn of tho drlvo to ho conducted In thli city during tho present wook. ' . At-tho clone of Mr. Dlxon'a re marki mombora of ,the labor organi sation passed among thn crowds, gathering lit tho contrlbutlonn'offorod by Hi oho prosunt, nnd $107.10 was oonntod. Many ot Ihoao present plnrod aa high an $Wn tho hats, whllo othera wrote outjrtholr personal checks. ' Aftor Mr. Dixon had concluded hla remarks, nnd whllo tho niomhora of tho cnmmlltoo worn counting tho funds collected, Waltor M. Plerco, wtnto imitator nnd democratic cnnul lalo for govomor of Oregon, waa Introduced by tho chairman na tho Mpoakor of tho day. 'Mr. l'lorc,o oponoil hla remarks with n compli ment for lloud nnd tho laboring olu mout, HtutliiK that ho had boon plensod to obHorvo tho patriotism ox liroHHod by tho mon In tho parado, mid Impressed upon thn labor or KitnlzatlotiK roproHontod tho noccsslty of maintaining (hla patriotism, buck ing tho govurnmnnt with both muscln nnil money In tho conlllc't In which tho tuU4ln In oiiKO(Jrt ". .. Ho mitllncil In glowing torms that which had beon uccompllBhod by labor Hlui'o tho commonconiont of tho yar, urging tho laboring mon to maintain their organizations, but to uvold abovo all olso at tho present tlmo HtrlkoH, Ho oulORlzoil IToaldcnt AVUson to tho hlghost oxtout, declar ing tho nation's lender to bo a man who hnd ovor shown hlmsolf to bo a lrlonrt of organized labor and ndvlBod that should It bo nocossory by or ganized labor to tako up dlfforoncos with tho employer Instoad ot effect ing a Btrlko to gain thoBo onils, tho Presldont bo modo acquainted with tho qondltloiiB, and loavo It to his judgniont ae ft man fair nnd un- (Oontlnuod on pago 4.) Mm Am II-uIiimI to Know Tholr l'nvlurt NiiiiiImt, Homowt Will Kllminwto Piwmlblllly of Con- (jrnUm 111 Oilier Pliwvi. (From Wodimaday'a Dally.) Hoglatrarn at larRo for tho con voulonco ot men worklnx In tho mills nro to bo vatabllihod In the offices of tho lirookn-Hcaulon Lumber company and Tho Kliovlln-Hlxon Lumber Company on Huptnmbor 12 for tho purposo of rogUtorlng tho omployns of tho mill during tho day. This unnouncHiuunl waa madn this morning by mombora of tho registra tion boards which havo boon appoint ed by tho Dcschuten county scloctlvo norvlco board, This action was taken by tho regis trant ot tho flvo preclutn In tho city In ordor to rntlnvo tho conguatlon which would bo bound to occur wnro tho mon required to rnglator either boforo leaving for their labors In tho morning or after tholr return from their work In tho uvonlng. It takes several minutes to register each man, na the Hit of questions on tho now registration card la longer than thoso asked of tho 1917 registrant. Pro clncts In tho mill districts would bo swamped between tho hours of 7 nnd 8 o'clock In tho morning and after C at night. Whllo tho registrar for tho mill havo not yet been named, It Is pre sumed It will bo somn one of tho office forco In each place. Tho only requirement" are that tho men who register at either of tho mills bo sure of tho product lu which ho lives. This will bo written upon his card and these cards assembled and placed lu thn proper precinct piles before tho registration number Is nsslgned. Thn various registration places will bo made public within thn noxt day or two. It not ynt being dstormlned whrn some of tho registrars aro to hold forth. DRAFTEES ENTRAIN THURSDAY MORNING Wnr OIlfrM Hi'lii) Sending of Mini for Ono l)n Vrv Mobllleil lleni VoMeriwy. (From Wodiiosdoy'a Dnlly.) Through n counter ordor received by tho local hoard from tho war de partment, tho Deschutes county draftees who wero mobilized In this city yoHtorday will not bo entrained until tomorrow morning. Tho mon are In tho city, tho guests of tho local board until that tlmo. Tho following nro tho uamoa of thoso leaving an tomorrow morning's train; Guy O, Bhuffer, Mllllcan; Dow Dobklns, lied moud; Isaac D. Veddor, Lower Ilrldgo; elms, h Luco, Hedmoud; Donald Morris, Horn!; Jny P. Spencer, Ilond; Warren Kvans, La Pino; Algor W. Davis, Tutnalo; ltood A. Wlnklo, Unnil; Kugono a. ConiBtogk, Hed moud; Chris Kostet; Hubert W. Pease, Lakovlew; Jno. O. Williams, llurna; Lowla 13. Hawson, Lnkovlow. BANKERS WILL GO IN DEFERRED CLASS (lly United I'rrM to The llnl bulletin.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. Oonoral Crowdor, provost niarshiU, has an nouncod that hnnkorti and othor em ployes of thoso Institutions not pro vlously regarded ns warranting de ferred claBslllcatlon may now apply for oxoinptlon on tho 'grounds that tholr work la necessary to tho na tion. DOLL FOR BENEFIT OF THE RED CROSS (From Wednesday's Dally.) A 30-Inch doll, real hair and oyo lashoa, Is bolug oxhlbltod In tho dis play window at tho Owl Pharmacy nnd will 1)0 dlspasod of, with tickets Boiling tor 10 conts oach. Tho pro cooda from tho tmlo of thoso tlckota will bo turned ovor tq tho Hod Cross, Tho douor's namo lu bolng withhold, Ifriivy Koroat Flro In IUk ICIver Hx: llou OiIIm Out All Member of I'oriwt Hrrvlro mill HUty Mun from Mill. (From Tuesday's Dally.) Ovor 4000 acres of timber and sev eral homesteaders' homes aro burned, together with tho Fall Hlver school house, as a result of a forest fire In thn Dig Hlvor ranger district, which broke away from tho men In charge of It flaturday morning, and before a crow could bo secured of sufficient slzo to hold It, It had gained six miles. Haturday morning Forest Super visor Jacobsen, In company with tho ranger, in a do a survey of tho lira, then covering less than GOO acres. It was thought at that tlmo that It could be hold with a small crow of mon, as It did not appoar to bo dan gerous. Loss than two hours later u high wind had sprung up, and It was only by tho amsllest chance that tho supervisor and those; with him savod their automobiles from de struction. From a small blazo In thn anaga and dry timber, In tho high winds tho blazn leaped to tho crowns and covorod thn surrounding timber rapidly, driving boforo the wind. As soon na the condition was de termined, Mr. Jncohseu came to Ilond and commenced recruiting men to Oioko a fight In saving tho heavy timber In this region. Moro than CO men wero sent out from llend In cars Saturday night, and besides this number all the men from tho forest stations that could be sparod, about 12 In number, wero rushed to tho scene. Flro linos woro Immediately established and by morning, when most of the mon wore weary nnd worn out from hard work and loss of slop tho llro was fairly well under control. Sunday morning moro men worn sent from The Hhevlln-IHxon and i Hrooks-Scanlon mills to relieve those who had gone out tho night previous, with tho result that this morning tho llro was ontlroly surrounded nnd can bo easily held. Mombora of the mill crow sent out Sunday morning aro still on tho flro lino. Tho groater portion of tho t'.mbor bumod ovor Is on tho nntlonal re servo, although thero was aomo pri vate ownod timber In tho path of tho blaze. Just how many homesteaders wero rendered homoloR In tho Itlg Hlvor and Fall Hlvor districts Is not known, but It Is expected thero wero Bovorul, although It Is not bolluvod that any cnaunlllos wero suffered. Flro offlclala this morning declared that nt times tho llamea from tho flro rcachod a height of nearly GOO feet and lit up tho country for miles around. NIGHT SCHOOL LACKS INTEREST (From Wednesday's Dally.) Intorost In tho night school project waa not manifested to any RroAt ox tent nt tho mooting called by J, A. Monro, superintendent of schools, to bo hold In tho high school last night, Tho attondanco was vory light, bo much so that no attotnpt wns made to formulate plana for carrying on tho project In tho future. It will probably bo further discussed by tho board of directors nt tho rogular mooting to bo hold tbla ovonlng. HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED? i Whv should it be necessary, in times like the present, for anyone to solicit funds for a war cause? The question was asked here last week and it may be portinently repeated in connection with the present Sal vation Army drive. Bend has to raise only $275, Why make someone wear out his shoe leather and time in calling on you for your subscription to the fund? Do your share by volunteering. Sent! your subscription to The Bulletin office or to one of the drug stores. Would Make All Office In HUito Ap pointive, Vtltli tlio Kxt-cptbm of Oow-nior, Who Khould I to ed vo Moro Pay. (HlW.I b Tb IlulMln.) 8ALK.M. Hopt. n. Now that tho final report of tho consolidation com mission has beon allowed to pass from tho sacred precincts of tho chambers within which It was drawn and to bo barod to tho glaring light of publicity, tho audacity of ono Prof. Matthews, who drew tho report, be comes qulto appalling. Aaldo from tho fact that ono statu official reports a qulot bit or scandal to me oncci that tho University of Illinois pro fessor didn't chango his shirt all tho tlmo ho was In Salem, othor Interest ing details of tho working of tho Prof.'a mind havo como to Hht. For Instance, ho says In his re port that all ot tho state offices but ono or two should bo nppolntlvo be cause such appointments would "re Ilovt tho voter of a burden too great for'l Im to bear" (Hear! Hear!) ot satisfied with framing up a lltllo airtight autocracy which would deprive tho voter of all of tho fun ho has in llfo, tho Prof, adds Insult to Injury by calling our electorate n bunch of low clnss boobB. Just think of tolling an Oregon voter that casting his ballot is too great a bur den for him to bear. If thero Is a' raco of professional ballot casters onjthat , havo oyor 8Ccn hQ dodarcd. earth, that has boon attuned to the 0 a,g0 acrtcd that formcr Adju ripplo of the folded ballot sllpplnRtant Gonora, Wllllama had neglected Into tho receptive slot, It Is ho oltho homo gUBrd 0f the itato. but that Oregon who has voted on all kinds ; tho now,y nppolntod a,ijutant. Ueebe, or measures, ami an Kinus oi oincmis nnd all kinds of fads and fancies. And a llttlo old Prof, who wns barely r. feot tall comes wny out from Illi nois to tell tho broad shoulderod Ore- gonlan" that' his voting Is ton much of a burden for said Orcgonlan's nuuy nnd sickly political mind. And the worst part of It Is that tho Ore gon votor has been paying sold Protf 200 n month nnd granting him tho'dutJ. ollhor a8 otRcen or wnen called privilege of calling the voter a poorijn lll0 ,jrat simp nt tho ond of tlio spasm, we gram mni mo voier wns a p .or .... for paying tho Prof, tho 200 Iron mon per, but otherwise wo havo qulto a wholesomo respect for tho voting capacities of tho full-fledged Ore gonlan. ' Tho Prof, avers nolomnly that the voter Is too much of a low-browed intellectual pruno to detormlno who shall bo dog catcher, but that his mind is suddenly elevatod to a great pitch when It comes to electing a governor who Is to namo all tho dog catchers, ot coteray. Ho evidently would hnvo tho votor concentrnto all of his fooblo energies on tho selec tion of a govomor. Ho also sug gests that tho governor recolvo moro salary than any othor Btato official. Llttlo suggestions llko theso which havo so far been commented upon probably will set woll with tho nvor ago votor, although apparently tho Prof, was counting on tho gnat-like tcorobrums of tho ballot casters be ing unablo to grasp tho meaning ot his university stylo, Tho report of tho Prof, only com prohonds Bomothlng llko 300,000 or 400,000 words moro or less. It Is an interesting document to road boforo breakfast in tho morning If ono Is In a hurry to reach his work. If the state official's auriulso Is truo about tho Bhlrt, It Is moro than likely that tho Prof, didn't havo tlmo to mako (Continued on Pago 4.) Horn! Iakuo Xecoasnry to Ituy Proper Kqulpmeiit and Organlzo De partment to Ilo Vp to Poop I c. (From Wednesday' Dally.) Flro protection matters In Dcnd progressed from tho conversational sUgo nt tho Commercial club lunch eon thlsnoon 'and are"'apparcntly entering tho stage of real activity, importing for the council, Louis Den nett said that a special election would bo called on tho day of tho gcnoral election In .N'ovombor for tho purposo ot voting on a bond issuo to buy necessary equipment and that the council desires, In the mean time, to have the ConnneTclal club deal with tho matter. Following Mr. Iionnett'a remarks, on tho motion of Carl A. Johnson, it was voted that T, W. Carlon be placed In chargo of a temporary department. Mr. Carlon has already begun organization. President Foley, who has Just re turned from the training camp at Kugeno, lent a military touch to tho luncheon by calling tho meeting to order with tho command, "Atten tion," Ho also told ot tho work dono by Major Comfort ot tho uni versity staff, who is hero to drill tho Dcnd homo guard for tho next thrco weeks. Major Comfort praised the spirit and "pep" of llend.iand asked tho as slstanco of tho business men of tho city for tho homo guard. "Thero is iinn rip! mainriai iur liiu kuuiu iiuiu had promised to do better. Tho only other speaker waa E. B. Lemon of Corvallls, representing O. A. C. Mr. Lemon asked that every effort be mado to send qualified youths to collego to becomo enrolled n ,ho 8tudent8. arm. training corps. All so enrolled will receive pay at tho rato of $30 per month and will ,,. . aneclal training for military CITTTATTOM V lliht 11 UAHUiN MORE FAVORABLE fFrora Wednesday's Dally.) Tho flro situation on tho Deschutes national forest is again normal and with tho exception, of slight danger from tho lato flro In tho Dig River and Fall River districts tho balance of tho torrltory Is well covered, tho few small blazes causing no worry. Plans woro mado this morning for putting on two hnddle horso patrols to cover tho nig River torrltory, eliminating several men from tho Job. At tho prosent tlmo tho flro lino Is far too lorig to bo covorod on foot, except by a largo number ot men. SPECIAL SESSION OF COURT IS HELD (From Wednesday's Dally.) For tho purposo of hearing two dl vorco suits and a. civil action, a apo dal session of tho district court com menced In this city this morning and will contlnuo until Friday. Judgo T, B. J. Duftoy Is in attendance, com ing ovor from Prlnovlllo this morn lug. LIBRARY CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS (From Wednesday's Dally.) Mrs. C. S. Hudson was elected presldont and Mrs. Clydo McKay vlco president and Mrs. K. M. Thompson socrotary and trcaBuror ot tho Li brary club at a meeting of tho club hold yesterday attornoou, RECRUITING OFFICES PERMANENTLY CLOSE IPy United Pr to Th PnJ Bulletin. SAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 4. Tho army rocrultlng hoadquartors ot Northorn California and Nevada havo boon permanently closod, releasing 15,000 recruiters tor actual service Timber LnndA Also Contribute Lnrfio Hum to Uuj Tax Rolls I'crsonul IYopcrty Hhows Difference of Xoarly Half Million. . (From Saturday's Dally.) Tax values In Deschutes, county for tho present year show a net gain ot $743,610 ovor tho year 1017. W. T. Mullarkoy, county assessor, has mado public a summary of tho as sessment rolls for tho year 1918, giv ing tho total valuation ot taxabto property within tho county as 5, 843, 2C0, against $5,090,640 for the year previous. These amounts do not Includo tho public utilities tc levied by tho state tax commission, v which amountod to $432,397 last year, bringing the total valuation to $5,523,037. Assuming a like amount from this source for tho present year would Increase the 1918 valuation to $6, 316,647. Cultlvntrd Land Increase. Tho effect ot tho Increased demand for farm products and the back to tho land movement Is shown In tho laFgu Incrcaso ot cultivated lands in tho county, almost 7000 additional acres with an assessed valuation ot $11.68 per acre being added to tho number under cultivation last year. During the year 1917 thero were 43,646 cul tivated acres within the county, hav ing a taxabto valuation ot $102,310. For this year the. summary ot tho tar rolls shows 55,'5SS cultivated" acres, with a taxable valuation of $649, 0S0, a net gain of 6912 acres and an Increase In taxable property In tho county amounting to $36,770. Uncultivated lands havo shown a marked docreasc, both In acreage and taxablo values, due largoly to tho larger number under cultivation. but tho amount lost to tho county through this decrease when sifted down to a matter of dollars and cents has more than been offset through a higher valuation ot tho cultivated area. Tho assessment ot uncultivated land is rated as low as $3.9S por acre valuation, whllo for tho cultivated lands a valuation ot Jll.CS is set. While tho loss at first appoarances on the raw lands la $27,540, the ultimate gain to the county through tho Incrcaso in culti vated lands has been $9,230 net. Tho loss from tho uncultivated lands would havo appeared to be much lower had tho tax valuation remained tho same for this year at last. Rut instead ot theso raw lands being assessed at $4.13 per aero this year as thoy were tho year previous tho board lowered tho tax valuation to $3.68, giving a further decroass ot ovor $5,000. Adding this amount to tho differential In favor ot the cultivated areas wpuld glvo an In crease ot oyer $15,000 sustained by tho county through tho additional cultivated acroago for this year. Timber Value IiicmtiHo. Another gain ot $234,445 Is shown In tho timber lands. Whllo tho num bor of acres for the current year Is glvon na over 3000 less than that of a yoar ago, an increased valuation ot from $6,10 to $7 per aero on the 305,439 acres is responsible for tho difference. A gain ot approximately 16 por cent, is Bhown In tho improvements on dooded lands, thero bolng tho dlf forenco botwoon $204,9S5 for 1917 and $237,295 for this year, a total gain ot $32,310. Ilond Property Incrwwcn. Dead property has Increased $83, 280, according to Mr. Mullafkey. For 1917 tho assessment rolls show a total valuation for improvod and unimproved city lots ot $612,140. Tho 1918 valuation for tho same proporty la sot at $695,470. All ot tho increase In tax valuation In tho county has not beon contned to roalty values and Improvement. Personal property has come In for a big sllco ot th,o total am,ounL with a gain ot $417,415, or an Jcrse from $8,238,365 laBt year to $3, 655,770, for tho current year.'