WEEKLY EDITION
The bend bulletin.
VOIj. XVI.
mend, dkhchctes county, oreoon, tiurhday, January u, ji
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DOUBLE CRIME
LAID TO WIFE
TWO BODIES FOUND AT
G. 11. SIMMS HOME
Jeuloiii Womiiiii Hhot IIuI)ium1 oh
ClirMuiiiH Night, Thru Turned
Hctolwr on Self, EvU
ileum In Ow Shims.
A doiiblo ""(JlirlMtinoii tragedy In
Hum! was rovcalml yesterday niom
liiK when thn bodlittof Mr. anil Mm
George rH. KIiiudh' wore found, ouch
with u liiillut holu In (ho lof( Milt) of
Hid head, nl llin Mfhims homo near
lliu mill Iruadn, Mr. Minims' loft
IiiuiiI was frojim UkIiI aliuul the
handle or tlio .32 Colt Mx-shootitr
wlth which Hint IiikI killed hur him
Imnd mid then ended hur own II f
A holster strapped to hnr lilt li'K
showed how nlm hud carried bur
wuapon to bed without exciting hir
llllHlmtld'H SUSplcloUS.
Thurn mih no sign of uny struggle
ItavliiK tukvn place, tint woman hav
ing nppnnwtly united until HIiiiiiih
full asleep hnfori) firing tho fatal
shot. A frozen Htruiim of blood led
from thn I lend of tho bud to a comur
of thu room.
ClirUlma Plikril for Tnmrdy.
In tlm kitchen a partly dnvourrd
Christmas turky and unwashed
iIImIiuh fixed Ilia probable (Into of tho
tragedy a Christmas night. Thin
ifvldimcit was strengthened by tha
finding of a rout receipt dated Do
cumber 21. and a Portland paper of
tho munii ditto.
Discovery of thu crlinu was inndo
nt 11 o'clock In the morning, whun
Hoy Hurgrun, son-in-law of Mm,
HlmniH, after visiting thn houno on
hucccnhIvu duyii and finding no signs
of life, took tho caso to tho local
authorities. With Chlnf of I'ollcu
I.. A. W Nixon ho untored tho dwell
Iitr. nnd Hhorlly afterward flliurlff
H. E. Huberts and l)r It. W. Hendur
hliott Inspected tho bodies, concurring
In thu opinion that n murder and
Hiilcldu waa thu history of Hid case
Under thu mipurvlHlon of Dlntrlct
Attornuy II. II. Da Armund and Act
lug Coroner J. A. KumIvh, a Jury
competed of M. Kroojjur, fonmiati,
nnd M a ii r I co CuHlimnn. John I..
Oursko, James N Roberts, It I'
Mlnler and Tom Carton visited the
premises yesterday afternoon, con
vening linmudlatuty afterward In
Judge- Eustes' offlcuri for oxuinluntlon
Of WltlM'SHU.
Wnmiui Wan .lealoiiN,
Ilengren, Mrs. Slmma son-in-law,
testified that ho hulluvml JcaloiiHy to
Ini tho motive, lmdrof'tho crlinu. Ho
mild that his mnthor-lntnw, aged 4C,
and 13 yours hnr hunhund'H Hiiulor,
Imagined that women In thu hoIrIi
horhood wore trying tojnllunmo
Slmma' iirfoctlnns. In thin Ntntu
moiil, llorgron mih uphold by Chlnf
Nixon, both declaring, however, that
thoro wan no hnulH for tha wlfo'a huh.
jiIcIoiih. Thu lust tlmu at which Mr.
nnd Mm. Klnnim had lieiin seen allvo,
uh far an Hurgren know, wan on
Chrlstmns day. whun Mm. llorgron
vlnltcd their homo, exchanging r.lftit
with thoni.
Tho Jury, aftor a hrlof dollborn
Hon, returned a double vurdlcl of
death by KUiinhot wound, Inflicted In
ouch ciiho by Mm. Slmms,
Thu couple had buun residents of
llond hIiico October, having been
married In Arizona only hint Juno.
CIRCUIT COURT IS
SET FOR JANUARY
(From Saturday's Dally.)
That thu circuit court will bo In
iu'hhIoii In Ilund on January 0, In
llund, wuu tho announcement HiIh
uiornliiK of County Clurk Ilauor.
Two iiaturallKiIllou ciiRen arc Hchod
ulod to come up before, Judgu T. K.
J, Duffy, and equity ciihuu may iiIho
ho hoard,
ILLNESS OF YEARS
RESULTS IN DEATH
(From Tuemlny'fl Dally.)
Aftor mi lllnean latitliiK for yoaru,
John Kitloy, m;od hi, dlod at hhi
liomoatoad near llond last ultiht,
(loath comliiK tho vonult of caiicor
of tho mouth. Mr. ,ICuloy had lived
In tha llond, vicinity for tho IiihI 10
yottrH. Ho Is Biirvlvod by ono hou,
HvIiik In HiIh vicinity.
Funeral arriusoniQiita lmvo not
Jjoou (hrioUrjcc(l. m t
BEND MAN GIVES UI'
LIFE IN FIGHTINCV
FOR ADOPTED LAND
Mm. C, ''. Molm ban received
word of thu death of hur
brolhor, August Jorgonscn, In
Franco, Mr. Jorgunsou wiih a
member of (ho SrHth regiment
- or (ho 01st dlvlnlon. Ho hod
lived In this country only two
yearn and had not been natural-
Unit, but when called In thu -
draft ho declined to claim thu
exemption that wan open to him
mid went Into nnrvlco. Ihmldcs
IiIh ttlHtor, thoro Hiirvlvon hln
mothur, ii resident of Copcn-
lingon.
LIBERTY BONDS
LOST IN BLAZE
Hi.vi:.it-oi,i itov (ihii:vi:h
OVi:it VA.MHIIKI) HAVINOH OK
.MONTIIH HUM'IIUIt rCMIO.l.
tion caukim run:.
(Prom Mondny'n Dally.)
ItiiprenuutliiK thu patriotic narlnRH
made by IR.) ear-old Noel Heuley
through many rnouthn, two Liberty
bondn worth 1100 weru lonl In a lira
thin afternoon which dnntroyed tho
homo of Mr and Mm, Ira Hlilreman,
near Idaho and llond, whuru young
Heoley wan boardltiK. In addition to
thu bondn, Hid boy loxt mont of hln
clothen In thu blaxo. Thu youngiter
wan heartbroken until ho learned
that he could probably make good hU
Ion by writing to tho Lakuvlow bank
whoro thn bondn weru purchanud.
Tho fire ntartcd when nulphur
Man unvd to fumigate tho houno.
Kla men from thn burning brlmntono
touched n nearby curtuln, and In n
few mlnutwi tho entire ntructura ui
iiblazo. A few hounuhold ofTectn, In
cludlnc a trunk containing 11C In
war nnvlngn ntampn and bondn, tho
property of Mr. and Mm. Shlroman,
wan naved,
Tho blaze mudo nuch rapid head
way that It wan ImpoNnlblo for tho
flro deparimont to do more than pre
vent thu nprcad of llamun to tidjacont
building!!.
WAR BOARD OFFICE
ORDERED REOPENED
Department of War Wirt". Command
to Itend l'urMse of CIiiiiiko
Ih Not i:plnliKNl. "
(From Tuendny'fl Dally)
After oujoylng only a week's vaca
tion from war work In two yearn'
tlmu, thu DeHChiitim county war
board received word today by wlro
from tho wnr department, Windilng
tou. 1). C , to reopen thu ottlcu hero.
Ordorn for thu cloning of local head
quartorH woro carried Into effect Junt
before ChrlMtnuiH.
No Intimation of tho reason for ro
KiiniliiK work was received, but
County Clerk Manor of tho board,
uxpecta furthor Iimtructlona shortly
covering thin point.
WAGES RAISED
BY BURLESON
K.MI'I.OYI-S OF AM, TKI.KOIIAIMI
LINKS UNDKH OOVKItNMKNT
f ONTIlOIi TO KT .'IVK TO TK.V
I'KU OKNT. ADVANCI3.
(lly UnllrJ Vtnt to Tti lUml Ilullctlii.)
WASIIINOTON, Doo. 31. A wngo
InoreiiHo of from r. to 10 por cant,
wim authorized today for all oiu
ployou of tulograph ayutoma under
Kovornmont control, tho lucroaao to
begin January 1, PoHtmiiHlur Ooiioral
Durleaou nnnouneoa. AfouHungorn
will not bo Included In tho advitnco.
KmployoH In tho aorvlco contlnu
otmly fornix moutha to ono your will
rocolvo thu C por cent, rnhio, whllo
thoao who lmvo been nt work for
moro than a yonr will ho glvon tho
10 por cont. ndvauco. No Individual
BiUary will bo Increased to moro than
$300 u month.
KEYES
CHOSEN
CHAPTER HEAD
RED CROSS ELECTION
FOR 1919 HELD. '
Seattle Ki'delary Olt e lllgli I'mUo
lo llrnil for OfferliiK Inimeillalo
Work lo Holdler.1 anil for
Antl.'M'lu" CiunpnlK'i.
(From Tucnday't Dully.)
Unnnlmounly cIiohuii by the mem
bers of the local Hod Cronn chapter
at their annual meeting heru lant
night, J. P. Keycn wan ro-olccted to
head thu organization through thu
coming year. Tho election followed
reports by tho various commltteo
heodn, and an appeal by Mm. W. C.
IllrdNiill, necrotary. for Incrcaned ac
tivity In production to make good
thu tlmu lont during tho Influenza
epidemic. Other officers who woro
elected are: Mm. H, M. Horton,
vice chairman; Mrs. E, P. Mahaffoy,
necond vice chairman; Mrs. Richards,
secretary; C. .8 Hudson, treanuror.
Secretary Cadbury, of. tho homo
nervlco department of tho lied Cronn,
with headquarters at Seattle, out
lined tho present probloms confront
log the national organization, declar
ing that tho mont serious In that of
providing work for returning sol
diers. "Hand Is exceptional among
tho cities of tho northwest," ho said,
"In offering Immediate employment
for men coming back from tho sorr-
Ico." Ho praised tho Ilcnd chapter
highly for Its efficient work In com
batting thu Influenza epidemic In this
section.
Directors of tho chapter were elect
ed as follows: J, P. Kuycs, Father
Luke Shochan, J. A. Kan ten, Mrs. W.
C. Illrdsall, Mrs. H. M. Horton, If. H.
Du Armond, Mrs. E. P. Mahaffoy,
It W, Sawyer, J. Alton Thompson,
Mrs. II. IC. Ilrooks, Clyde M. iMcKay,
A. Whlsnnnt. E. P. MubnlTey, II. A.
Miller, Mrs. Illchards, C. S. Hudson,
T. A. McCann, Itov. W. C. Stowart,
J. C. Rhodes nnd Henry N. Fowler.
For tho commltteo on homo nerv
lco, II, H. Da Armond was named
chairman, -with Mrs. Vernon A.
Forbes secretary. Tho sulcctlon of
tho production committee was loft to
tho vlco chairmen of tho chapter, and
for thu remaining standing commit
tees Mrs. II. K. Ilrooks was appoint
ed as chairman of military roll6f,
T. II. Foley In charge of flnanco and
Henry N. Fowler for publicity.
To tnko care of business details
loft over at last night's meeting, as
well ns to plan for tho work of tho
new year, tho directors will moot
again nt S o'clock on tho evening of
Friday, January 3, In tho county
court room.
END IS HIT
BY COLD WAVE
.MKIICI'UY DKOPS TO ZEUO, CI.OO
fll.NO POWKK WIIEEUS WITH
ICE AND IIUIIST1NU WATEH
PIPES THHOUCHOUT THE CITY,
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
Demi's ' coldest weather for tho
winter camu last night, when tho
mercury dropped to an ovon zero.
Tho rlvor, Jiut nbovo tho powor dam,
was coatod with Ico, a part of tho
Houd Water, Light & Powor com
pnny'a plant hud to bo closed down
until anchor Ico clogging tho wheels
could be removed, whllo frantic calla
for plumbers to patch brokon pipes
In all parla ot tho city teStllTod to
VI,
tho Bovorlty ot tho froo?o. Uy noon
today tho thormomotor roglutorgd 21
dogreo-H abovo zoro.
Although tho cold auap has fro
luo)Uy boon oxcoodod by proviouq
low tomporaturtj rocorda horo, tho
auddouuosa ot It all caught many un
nwaroa. No furthor stopping of any
part of tho powor plant may bo ex
pected oxcoptlng undor very uxcep
tiounl ctroumataucea, for a forco ot
men will bo on hand day nnd night
to aoo that nothing occurs to hi ml or
thg offlclonoy of powor production.
PARTIAL RETURNS
OF $2347 MADE IN
RED CROSS DRIVE
(From Thursday's Dally.)
With Itedmond and the north
end of the county still unreport-
ed, Deschutes county's lied
Croiis subscrlptlotTtodny total!-
rd 12374. Chairman II. A. Mil-
ler, of tho membership drive,
reported. This, with tho dls-
trlcts stIJI to be heard from, will
bring tho county up to tho
Amount needed to reach tho
goal of universal mombcrshlp.
No returns havo been made
as yet from Jefferson county.
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DELEGATES TO
WORKAS UNIT
I'lUX.'UAM TO HKCUItE l-KDKUAI
All) IS .MAPPED OUT FOK IIUU
(JATIONISTH OOINO TO POUT
LAND. (From Saturday's Dally.)
Unified endeavor, with tho secur
ing of federal aid for Central Oregon,
as to tho ultimate goal, Is the key
note of thu program which delegates
from Deschutes, Crook, and Jeffer
son counties, to tho State Irrigation
Congress, will support. This was tho
decision reached yesterday afternoon
nt a meeting in Redmond of Irrlga
tlonlsts from all over Central Orogon.
In tho neighborhood of 150 wera
present at yesterday's session, tho
most Important commercial and farm
organizations of three counties being
represented.
According to resolutions adopted.
Central Oregon delegates will seek
to havo tho Irrigation Congress,
meeting January 9, 10 and 11, pass a
request for federal aid on the Des
chutes project. An effort will also
bo mndo to Interest thu legislature In
tho Tumalo project. An expression
of approval of tho Slnnot bill will bo
registered) and a letter will bo writ
ten to Congressman Slnnott express
ing tho sentiment of Central Oregon
In this respect.
OVERTURF RESIGNS
POSITION IN CLUB
letter AnnoiincoH Withdrawal ns
ManiiKcr of Commercial Or-
Kiinlatlon In Head.
(From Monday's Dally.)
In n Iotor received by T. H. Foley,
president of thu llond Commercial
club, II. J. Ovcrturf, for tho past two
years maungor of tho business men's
organization, tenders his resigna
tion. Ilia auccessor has not as yet
boon doflnltoly chosen, Mr. Foley
states.
Explaining Ills reasons for giving
up tho club manngerahlp, Mr. Over
turf declared that with prlvnto busi
ness Intoreata ho waa unable to givo
tho required nmount of tlmo to tho
duties devolving upon him as man
ngor. .
DIRECTOR A. P. DAVIS, IN INTER
VIEW. OUTLINES IRRIGATION
DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR
CENTRAL OREGON.
RECLAMATION
OUTLOOK
GOOD
That tho reclamation aervlco haa a
doflnltoly outlined Irrigation program
In vlow for Contra! Oregon, is shown
In a lottor rocolvcd horo today from
Ooorgo Palmer Putnam, publisher ot
Thq Dullotlu, following a conversa
tion with A. P. Davis, director of rue
Initiation, Washington, D. C.
In giving tho results of his intor
vlow with Mr. Davis, Mr, Putnam
writes as followa:
"Tho dopartmont hna In ito wlso
abandoned Its plans for Central O lo
gon dovolopmont, ns previously out
lined and gono into, Independently
and in conjunction with tho state ot
(Continued ou pago 4.)
MRS. BARNETT AND HER SON
Mrs. Oeorge Harnett, wife of the
commandant of tho U. S. marine
corps, was tho first American woman
to vlilt the Marne battlefields after
the American engagements there. She
decorated with flowers tnnny of the
graves of American heroes. Mrs. Har
nett was summoned abroad suddenly
a few weeks ago because of the Illness
of her husband. This picture was
made with her son, llaill Gordon, a
lieutenant In the marines.
NEW HATCHERY
TO BE STARTED
K. E. CLANTON EXPECTED TO AU
III VE IN IIEND THURSDAY TO
HUI'EHINTEND WORK OF CON
STRUCTION ON THE TUMALO.
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
To superintend tho construction ot
the now fish hatchery on tho Tumalo,
R. E. Clanton, master fish warden,
will arrive in Dend Thursday, accord
ing to word Just received here by
W. C. Dlrdsull, to whose work is
largely duo tho satisfactory conclu
sion ot arrangements for building
tho plant. Mr. Clanton's expenses
while here will be defrayed by Mr.
Dlrdsall.
With tho appropriation of $2500
by the county court. It is Intended
to start work immediately on Mr.
Clanton's arrival: Plans tor tho
hatchery, donated by Leo A. Thomas,
havo been complete'd, tho necessary
survey Is tho contribution of Robert
II. Gould, while considerable quan
tities ot bulldln-s materials will bo
furnished by tho Urooks-Scanlon
Lumber Co., the Miller Lumber Co.,
tho Pino Tree mill and tho Ilcnd
llrlck and Lumber Co. Tho 13-acro
hatchery alto is tho gift' of Tho Shov-
lln-llixon Company. In connection
with tho work, Forest Supervisor
Jacobson will lend a number ot his
rangers to aid in installing a 1600
foot plpo lino.
Mr. nirdsall stated this morning
that every endeavor would bo made
to complete tho hatchery within a
month's tlmo, and that immediately
thereafter spawn for 1,000,000 trout
nnd for 500,000 stoolhead salmon
would bo brought to tho Tumalo, tha
fry later to boj planted lu Central
Oregon streams and lakes.
MOTHER ASKS NEWS
FRQM MISSING SON
(From Monday's Dally.)
Tho nppoal ot a mother for nows
of her missing son Is contained in
n lotter Just rocelvod by Chief ot
Pollco L. A. W. Nixon from Mrs. Mao
Hough ot 82G Eddy stroot, San Fran
cisco. Tho mother states that hor
son left two years ago In tho mills
horo, nnd that alio has heard nothing
ot him since.
Tho young man Is going undor tho
name ot Charles .Morrison and Is
about 19 years of ago.
SOCIAL HOUR FOR
MOOSE IS PLANNED
(From Tuosdny'a Dally.)
On Thursday night nftor tho rog
ular mooting at father's hall, tho
.Moosohoart Lndica will outortaln tho
Mooso with dancing, cards and sing
ing. Every mombur la urged to
coino aud bring a friend,
S0L0NSS00N
WILL CONVENE
FRICTION PREDICTED
AT SALEM.
Nature of Organization In Senate Is
Uncertain Many Scheme Are
Hatched In Secret Po
litical Conclntci.
(SpUI to The Bulletin.)
SALEM, Jan. 2. Only a llttlo over
a week remains before tho legisla
ture convenes for its 30th biennial
triumphal march through tho statute
books of Oregon and as near as can
bo determined hero the Individual
legislators continue to bo riding high
in tho air as to what they intend to
do In regard to big legislation that
will probably appear before thorn
during the next two months.
Numerous bills of a minor char
acter are admittedly decorating tha
Interior of tho solons' beans, but la
most cases (hoy are too Inconsequen
tial to mention.
Tho past few days a largo number
of the prospective lawmakers hare
dropped Into tho capltol for chats
with tho governor and other officials.
Invariably they hare felt out the
men around the state house as to
the possible trend ot public opinion
on some ot the big measures that
are likely to come up for considera
tion. Almost as Invariably they have
given Indication that they are yet
unsettled as to how they Individually
Intend to demean themselres toward
such legislation. Thero seems to be
more ot a tendency than in tho past
to feel out the beating ot tho public
pulse in this regard. This seems to
be particularly true of tho consoli
dation commission's program.
Legislators Uneasy.
The printed report of thu commis
sion will not be in tho ljanda of the
members until a short time before
tho session conrenes and a number
ot them are getting a llttlo uneasy
about tho head as to just how to
take' what the commission will hare
to teed them in a very large spoon.
All agree that the people of tha
state havo been Insistent on some
sort ot a consolidation Drojrrara
! which would have for Its effect the
cutting down ot state expenses. They
find here a reudy made program and
are sort ot riding between tho devil
and tho deep bluo sea. They know
the fcoplo want consolidation, elim
ination and all sorts ot "shuns," pro
viding it only saves money, but
whothor tho sort ot "shuns" that are
offered by tho consolidation commis
sion are what the people really want
la linfhnrlnir llin InvlaltitAM
I " "0"" """"
mis attituuo or mind is vory pro
nounced among a largo number of
the members developed to a sur
prising extent, as earlier In tho game
thero ha! been a general tendency
to scoff at tho commission's report.
Just how fur this altltudo will ex
tend when tho legislature meets is.
of course still problematical in the
extromo, but thoro Is no question
about this attltudo existing and it
may result In tho commission's re
port being given moro serious con
sideration than anyono up to tho last
tow days hud thought possible.
Harmony May Do Lacking.
One thing seems rathor certain
about tho coming session. All Is not
igoing to bo harmonious in the house
and tho machine Is not going to run
along on nicely greased coga as In
tho past. A number ot mo nib era ot
tho houso feel that Denton Ilurdlck
had somothing slipped over on him
when tho Jones-Gordon combination
waa ruado which apparently will slip
Jones Into tho speakership. On top
ot that ovon somo ot those who Joined
up 'with Jones along in tho begin
ning of things aro wondering Just
whero thoy ure going to got off at
with tho committeeships and have
boon bothering Jones n llttlo of late
along thoao lines.
Roports havo drifted In horo ot In-
aurgoucy In tho very ranks pledged
to Jonos by written pledges,
Ono Marlon couuty legislator whe
is a closo friend ot Jones expressed
tho four that possibly tho Insurgency
may dovolop to such an oxtont aa ti
cause u number of tho mowbera U
ropudl,ato tholr pledges and to qn
uoavor to put uurdick Into tho hlgli
seat, rogardless ot tho original
frarao-up,
(Continued on page $.)