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Uuj( jy WEEKLY EDITION The bend bulletin. I.' . VOI. XVI. CAPITOL HEARS OF NEAR GRAFT CONVICT MONEY START OF TROUBLE. .Tiki Kellir, WiiIii Pnrolo Officer, I.'oiiich In for Hlmro of Cilllrlitiu ' iinil Partly AmiMil of HrliiK lit on Drill. IHII tit Tlir llull.lln.) HAI.U.M, Hnpt. ll.Thii wonted cnpltol caIhi of fluptamtiur was rude ly Jolted this past week by dlacloH urea nt tint stnto penitentiary which linvo hud Hut firm nmnltorlng or rnfl to thorn tlinl hnii bmut hoard of In stnto government for many yenra In tho pnt. As It Is, thl wholu thlni? In very nt to simmer ilown Into within but ! Jarring discord of v fw affinals Mfho nro slightly Kriwn.nyiul nt "" iollir; tho mnchlnntlona of it fow foxy ronvlctH mill tho possible, hut not probnbln, turpitude of n minor prison ufnclal or two. Cmlrt OH Moiiiy. II HimiiiH that n convict named M. 8. Irvln on mo Into nn estnto of n fow thousands of tlnllnm not long uk mill thin rnoiioy, llko nil convict' money, waa placed In tho hands of AVnrdun Murphy for anfokeoplng. Irvln amil n nolo out to Murphy atat I UK thnt ho owed Jack Mounhau, Pnrtlnnd employment ngont, 200 tint! naked Murphy to forwanl him tho tyonoy. Thin wiih duly Mono, hut tho warden's suspicions wero aroused ut tho transaction. Along wiwi Ouorgo Thnchor, l'ortlanil criminol ogist; Attorney Cliiniintl Ilrown nml District Attoruoy Hvaiia of Multno mah county, nn Investigation waa 1 nturU'd nml It win diacovorr-d, np V n.iriMitlv thnt Irvln nnvor ownit tho .1200 to Monnhan, hut Mnnnhnn wan ... -.it..-.. I. . r.f.M1(t A OliM.liInn ill ruturii ii iu .iiim:i. mm i it gunrd, who In turn wan to hand It i over to Jim Conwra, nn all-round crook nml uolity convict. What Connors I nt mul od to ilo with It li n inyntory. Hherldnn wan discharged. Would Implicate Officer. An effort hnn boon mailo to pins tor soma sort of n suspicion onto Joo Keller, ntntn pnrolo officer, by Intimating thnt tho inniiry wnii to bo tho purchase price for Irvln'n pnrolo. Just whoro thin auaplclon could coino In on tho fnco of tho transaction roqulrcH considerable- ntrotchtnR of tho imagination to fathom. Thoro rooms to bn n unturnl tendency on tho pnrt of n mnjorlty of pooplo, however, to consider ovory public of flclnl a crook an noon na hu la elected to offlco, nml to hnVo tho preemp tion of guilt Htnrt running Immcdl tttoly ho tnkes liln onth to support tho Inwa nml constitution of tho atato nil tho United Stntoa. Many pooplo linvo tho Idoa that n public official la engaged In two occupntlona: wenrlng out chnlr Bents nml stcallnK public fund nml thoy nhrlok with Joy if thoy aocuro nny aort of n lllmay protoxt upon which to baao Motno Mort of n proof for tho ussump tlon. Tho fuel of tho mnttor la tho AVcrnKO atato otflclnl Ih n hard working bird, who 1a ao doggone iifmld thnt hoiiio conntltuout will llnd him on tho Job hoiiio day doing notli--hiB thnt ho fairly fumes In tin effort to kooi busy 24 houra In tho day, whllo na n olnas thoy nro ho hnnout thoy wouldu'L at on I a public postage Htnmp, Thai, inny Hound llko ful nomo llnttory, hut It nuvortholoaa la truo, Thoy will Jab olio another bo hind tho buck to Knlu n lltllo polltlcitl prestige; thoy will n u inllo out of tholr way to grnb n voto or tho rlKht kind of publicity, but whan It cornea to htoallng, It ia a Hafo aasnrtlon thut Oregon Ih about oh froo from monoy Kraft ns any utato In tlio Union nml tho rIiiiii oyud, Binir vlHiigcd roportors n bout tho cnpltol will toll you thoy linvo lookod In vain for tho dluhouoHt official. Dwil 1oUn "I'Miy." Tho pnultontlury dim I IooIch n llttlo flbliy on tho nurfaco and It nny monoy .grnhhliiK Is going on It Iu by hoiiio ,oiio who 1b ratbor raw nml coarflo lu Ills work. It nppoarB to bo a rnthor trnngo Hort of u stunt Wor somo liartorlng, brlbo tnkliiK official to Jiavo n convict, who wna about to buy hla wny out of tho prison soml tho brlbo through tho warden's of flco. Unquestionably tho doal looks tunny, ami thoro Is ft dark man l(ld- (Continued oil Pago 4.) FOURTH DRIVE ON TOMORROW BEND READY TO DO ITS SHARE. (font of 92.17,000 Hiin lliin Hrt nml Volmiliiry HiibxcrlptliHi Will llubio Aiiioiuit by tliu St-HHvy Tliim. (Knnn WmliifHdny'n Daily.) Tomorrow moruliiK Ih tho "kick off" and lluml nml !)inchutfM county will launch tho Urlvo for tho fourth I.lborty loan, with tho Intmitlon of following up tho work dono lu tho boat and kIvo tho county tllatlnctlon of boliiR otnoiw; tho flral to ko ovor tho top. Although no dcflnlto allot mout hna boon Klvon tho county an a ijuota which to fill, tho cotntnlttoca nru working townrd tho coal of I2C7.000, mnro than twlco tho nmnuul of tho third I.lborty loan quota, hut li'xii than $26,000 inoru than what waa ralaod on that drlvo. HuliHcrlptlona nrn to bo entirely voluntary, thn aloKan for tho drlvo IioIiik "Why ahould ono kooi! Ameri can aollclt anothor," nml from tho dlapoaltlon ahowu up to tho prcNiuit thoro la no doubt that tho quota will bo filled without tho wnsto of effort. ClaHlflcallou of nil pooplo living within tho county haa been com pleted by tho official of tho county war work com ml t ten unit tho drive on tho fourth I.lborty loan virtually opeuod thin afternoon. Up until noon today I13C0 had been aub- acrlbod for I.lborty bomla, although tho drive ban not commenced, Adrertlfllng postern furnished by the Koverumoul linvo arrived In pro fusion nml nro being aont out to tho vnrloun districts In tho county for distribution. Among theao posters la to bo found tho enrda for por ccntngo In subscriptions from various firms whoro n number of pooplo nro employed. A nubscrlptlou of 7C per cent, of tho employe entitles tho firm to tho card, but tho letters 7G per cent, appear, nml whoro tho por contaxo exceeds thla amount atlckera nro furnished by tho hcadquartora corresponding with tho amount sub scribed. II, J, Overturf, city chairman, has aolectod na a general cntnmlttco II, A. Miller. II, K. Allen, T. 11. Koloy nnd CnrI A, Johnson. Chnlrmen for tho various nub-commltteca nro na fol lows: Advertising apace, II, A. Miller; publicity, Carl A. Johnson; npoakora, II. K. Allen. THIRTEEN MEN ON FRIDAY, THIRTEENTH (From Sntu'rdAy'a Dally.) Thirteen men In tho clnsam of 1017. Juno, 1918, nml August, 1018, compllod and filed with Uio govern ment on Frldny tho 13th waa too much for J. II. Manor, secretary of tho war board yesterday afternoon nnd ho Immodlntoly commenced a search to find anothor man to mako It 14, but hla aonrch waa uaoleaa, Tho war department demanded a totnl of nil mon In clnaa 1 under tho 1017 and 1018 registration of mon between tho ngea of 21 nml 30. Tliu Doachuoti county Hat, Including (ho mon working In ahlpyarda, nnd nil totnled oxnetly 13, Four nro loft of tho 1917 registration, four of tho Juno, 1018, nml flvo of tho August, SLIDE ON 0. T. DELAYS TRAIN (From Saturday's Dally.) A Blldo ninety foot lu length and Hoveral ynrds deep on tho tracks of thn Oregon Trunk ut mllo post C7 haa delayed jiaHHongor norvlco to llund, truliiu which ahould linvo nr rlvod In tho city this morning not lioiug oxpoctod Jo bo hero until boiuo time thla afternoon, At 0 o'clock thla morning officials of tho Orogon Trunk horo atatod that tho trnln had not nt that tlmo loft Fallbrldgo, but it was oxpoctod that (trrangomontB would bo mado for' It to run as far na tho alldo and traiiBfor passengers and exproaa nround this point. It thla la dono tho passongor will arrive lu horo boiuo tlmo Into this ovoulng. IIKNI), DKHUHUTKH COUNTV, OHKGON, TIIUJWDAY, HKPT,,J, JIM8 BOND BUYERS ARE COMING IN EIGHT APPEAR THIS MORNING.. Drlto to Coiiiiiiniro In Tlilafeiinty Tliurhibiy .Morning Quota Will Ilo I Uglier Tluiti l.uxt.Jhut . -(Tun IU) IUiImnI, (From Tuesday" Dally.) Hurid nnd Deachutea county pooplo nro determined thnt thla county will go ovor thn top on Koptombor 28 and nro already Booking out tho managers of tho various districts to toko out tholr bomla. II. J. Ororturf, who will havo chnrgo of tho ijrlvo In tho city, atntod thla morning that at least eight pooplo had mailo their appoaranco at tho Commercial club rooms ready to mako tholr subacrlp lions. Thoy had read In tho Port land papers that tho drlvo In other noctlona of tho atnto waa to corn monco today and tomorrow and wera responding early. llecnuao nil of tho enrda linvo not boon classified, tho drlvo lu Do achutca county will not commence until Thursday morning. Tho rating for each Individual haa not yet boon established. It la being arranged to that the coming drlvo will bo carried on with less waatetT effort and greater case than any of tho threo precodlng drives. Whllo tho chairmen nro hampered through lack of clerical help, tho greater portion of tho work haa already been dono. 11 will bo tho aim of tho officials of tho drlvo to keep well chocked up on tho work, ao that at all times they will know exactly what haa boon dono. ' In tho third loan drlvo, through reports coming In alow, and Insufficient help, It waa estimated that tho county had subscribed to tho loan at tho rato of 1C7 por cent. Thla wob found to bo In error when tho government record of tho amount raised hero gavo tho county credit for a porcontago of 202.21. Whllo no quota hna yot bcon as signed It la presumed that tho amount to bo raised hero will bo placed at approximately $257,000. Whllo thla on first nppearanco aooma to bo largo In proportion to the $116,747 allotmont for tho third loan, comparing tho results of tho drlvo It will bo noticed that tho county will havo to ralao hut ap proximately $22,000 In oxcess of Its last aubacrlptlon, when 222C aub acrlbors purchased a total of $230, 100 In bomla. LOOSEN MaaMrKlaLVPdauttaiaKar - JPa'& t"S$ aW k mW- Tho Fourth Liberty Loan is tho first item on tho program of nntionul war finance since tho announcement of our inten tion to put fivo million mon in Franco and finish tho wnr noxt year. On our resnonso to its call for our dollars our friends and enemies will judgo of our sincerity and earnestness iu malting that pledge Tito nation's resources are amplo. Tho success of tho Fourth Liborty Loan depends on our converting a share of thoso resources into Fourth Liberty Bonds. Nothing more. Tho loan should bo tmbsoribed tho first day and oyersub scribod the second day, Buy Liborty Bonds, Don't bo a Turtle PUBLICITY TO CARRY BONDS PARADE LEADS MEET ING TONIGHT. J'osnIMij iiKil(loti of tho I.nlxir UiiIoiih lir.'xiglil Out ut Coiiunrr- rLiI Club l.iittrli Will Crt yiKuri-n tor CuiiijMilfrii. (From Wodnoaday'a Dally.) A fear thnt tho labor unlona of tho city might oppose tho ndoptlon of tho $20,000 bonding measure for tho purchaso"offlro equipment waa expressed at tho noonday meeting of tho Commercial club today. To avoid thla tho most complete pub licity for ovory detail of tho plan waa advocated and also tho appointment of a committee from tho Central Labor council to act with tho com mlttecH ulready nt work. Deputy Flro ..Marshal Stokes was tho first to mention a possibility of union .opposition, saying that ho had heard It waa to bo reckoned with, whllo I). U. McPhoraon said that tho only thing to bo dono to Ineuro tho paasago of tho bond moaauro wna complete publicity and co-operation between tho Commerclnl club, tho city council nnd tho labor council. H. 8. Hamilton urged tho collec tion of facts which would show what would bo aaved In Insuranco pre miums If the proposed expenditure wna made, and President Foley naked that tho Insuranco agents get the facta together. For tho purpoao of setting a crowd to tho meeting tonight It wna de cided to hold a parade In tho down town Btrceta, In which n feature would bo an exhibit of tho existing flro equipment of tho town. II. J. Overturf apoko of tho com ing dborty loan, and It waa voted to appoint n committee to taka chnrgo of tho oroctlon of , tho Llbchy temple, tho commlttco being named by President Foloy to constat of Clydo McKay, I.co A. Thomas nnd J. L. Onlther. Answering a question asked by Councilman Edwards as to tho aharo of tho rent of tho rcat room to bo aasumed by tho club, D. G. McPher Bon said that na tho rent of the new room wna no moro than that form erly paid It was hla understanding that tho club paid nono of It. QUESTIONNAIRES TO BE SENT OUT SOON (From Frldny's Dally.) Questionnaires In yesterday's reg istration nro not to bo mailed out for nt least a weak. Thla la tho opinion of members of tho local drnft board hero. UP, TURTLE CARDS BEING SEGREGATED WAR BOARD AT WORK ON DISTRICTS. l.'IOH Hutu JU-kIkNtinI In (ho County with Ono District to lio Hoard j.-nm, Work PJIIiijj Up on Kiiiployc. I (From Saturday's Dally.) Employca of tho war board offlco arc today engaged In arranging in proper order for filing tnd number ing tho Hat of registrants of Thurs day's registration. All precinct have now been heard from with tho exception of Hrothcra, nnd this la expected to nrrlvo hero today. In many Instances registrars In tho various districts failed to mako report of tho number registered, and In Inatanccs such as theao tho cards must all bo segregated, tho various agog being checked up on and tho roporta mado out accordingly. As soon as tbo aegrcgatlon has been completed all registration cards aro to bo shuffled, much after tho aamo fashion as a deck of cards, and then given their aerial number. After thla haa been done, alphabet ical Hats will be made up. All of thla work muat bo dono boforo the questionnaires aro mailed out. Itcglatratlon In tho county had thla morning reached a total of 13C8. Thla includes all of tho districts re ported with tho exception of Droth era. Redmond, Tothorow, Cllnc Falls and MIUlcan came In this morning. Thla number la In excess of what It ws thought by tho local war board tbo total would amount to and exceeds by 272 tho official catlmato of 109G. Tho percentage of Increase in Deschutes county ranged as high aa In other parts of tho country, where 8 per cent. In crcaao waa announced ycaterdayv Tho following Is tho report of tho districts complete, aa corrected by tho employes of tho war board to day: Bond No. 1. ..... . ..... . 138 Bond No. 2 67 Bond No. 3........ 60 Bend No. C ..... 49 Bend No. 6 44 Brooks-Scanlon Camp ................ 41 Brooks-Scanton Mill 143 La Pine, No. 7 35 Lara, No. 8 2 Awbroy, No. 10 29 Tumalo, No. 11.......................... 40 Plalnviow, No. 12.. .. ....... 27 fcSIOlOiDt NO 1 UHMNNOHHIIMIMIHMIt U Lower Bridge, No. 14 15 Terrebonne, No. 15.......... 35 Iledmond, No. 16 85 Tethorow, No. 17 41, Cllno Falls, No. 18 13 Deschutes, No. 19 23 Alfalfa, iNo'T 20 16 Orango, No. 21 32 Mllllcan, No. 22 15 Brothers, No. 23 Hampton, No. 24 11 Brick Yard 8 Shovlln-HIxon Mill 190 Shovlin-Hlxon Camp 79 Cards through mall 71 Totnl 1368 PAYMENT PLANS ON BONDS ANNOUNCED (From Friday's Dally.) Paymonts on tho fourth Liborty loan bonds nro to bo divided ovor a period of tour months, according to a tolegrnm recelvod by C. S. Hud son, county chairman, thla after noon. Toruis under which tho bonds may bo purchased uro as follows: Ton por cont. down, 20 por cent, each on Novombor 24, December 19 nnd January 16, and 30 por cont, on January 30. PETITIONS OUT FOR P. II. DENCER (From Friday 'b Dally.) Petitions for tho purposo of plac ing in nomination P. II. Doncer for roprosontntlvo from tho Twenty-first loglslatlvo district havo been pre pared nnd nro boing circulated throughout tho district. Mr. Doncer recolved tho ondoraomont of tho Good Govornmeutlenguo at tho con vention of this iSagua held In this city on September 28, and it ls through this organization that the petitions aro being circulated. No. 20 GROCERS AFTER CASH BUSINESS WOULD DO AWAY WITH CREDIT. Mratlng Held Lnjit Nlht With Prlco Fixing Hoard Open With Popular DUcuftslon Merchant Not I'rcpured to Act. (From Wednesday's Dally.) Merchants of Bend are not to go on a cash basis for somo tlmo, at least If tho sentiment expressed at tho Joint meeting of the federal prlco fixing board and the merchant oC tho county, held last night, can b accepted as evidence. When the matter of prlco flxlns for Deschutes county was commenced two weeks ago, merchant members of tho board declared that tho pub lication of prices In tho county, and In Bend in particular, would force tho merchants to take up a cash basla aa tho limit of profit permitted by the government would not bo suffi cient to carry on a credit and de livery business. Tho government provides that two sets of prices bo published one for a cash and carry business and another to apply to a credit and delivery business. Tho percentage of profit between the two Is set at 16 to 20 per cent., and this, morchants declare, will not tako card of the loss experienced with bad ac counts and the expense of delivery, even under tho one delivery per day system, E. L. Payno of tho Trl-State Term inal and member of tho prlco fixing; board, opened the discussion at last night's meeting in a short talk. In which he outlined the plans of tho government and tho necessity of tho merchants taking up tho cash basis system. To publish the two lists of prices as'requtrod hy tho govern ment, ho declared, would bo an In justice to the merchants doing a credit business. It was his sugges tion that all stores act for a cash system Immediately! "' & N. O. Gilbert of Gilbert's Grocery stated he was willing to o on a cash basis providing the other mer chants wero In sympathy with the proposal. The expression of opinion along this line waa limited, and was finally brought to a closo when a motion waa mado by Gilbert that a vote be taken to detormine how many of thoso present were In favor of a strictly cash basis. Tho vota was light, there being but two area while tho naya mado no response. The merchauta had not entered Into the spirit of the thing and wero not oven prepared to rote. Following tho closo of tho dis cussion on the cash basis question, tho price fixing board took up tho mntters of arriving at prices on the various articles tor Deschutes county, as required by the government, the session lasting until long after mid night. Many of the merchants re mained until tho close of tho meet ing, aiding the members In clphorlng out tho more Intricate details of many of tho articles. Tho prlco list will bo completed some time today and ns required by tho government will appear In Tho Bulletin tomorrow. COUNTY AGAIN LEADS STATE, FIUST CHKCIC TO JJK UKC'IJIVKD l.V SALVATION AIOIV DltlVK IH KN.NT l.V 11Y CAMPAIGN MAN AGKH FOK THIS COUNTY. (From Wednesday's Dally.) For tho second successlvo tlmo Deschutes county leads tho atato In a war drive, according to a nowB ltom appearing In yesterday's Ore gonlan. Tho last tlmo was In the war savings pledgo campaign in June, and tho socoud, Just reported, la tho Salvation Army drlvo. Under tho heading "Deschutes County Leads," tho Oregonlan 'report sayst "Doachutea county holds the banner for rapid work In tho starva tion Army -war fund drive. ' Its check for $$00 was received yiir- day, the ppenlng day of the drive."