WEEKLY EDITION
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The bend bulletin.
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VOL. XVI,
IIKNK, IMOK'IIUTKrl COUNTY, OREGON, TIIUtHDAV, f'Kllltl'AKV SO, JU10
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No. ni
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LEGISLATURE
LEAK IN DITCH
TO BE STOPPED
COUNTIES MAY
ATHLETIC CLUB
SHOWS GROWTH
STOCK OWNERS
PICK OFFICERS
LIGHT CHARGES
TO BE PROBED
END IS NEAR
DEMAND FUNDS
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$
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FORMAL CLOSING MAY
BE DEFERRED.
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LIHIo IUriimlruclJ(H Work Dnno, In
Hjilto (if rittrlollo Talk, inn .Mora
'J'lnio U Needed If Pro
gram Iw Carried Out.
(HcUt to Tim Dallttln.)
HALKM, Feb.' 20.- On Friday,
Kolirunry 2 J, Urn thirtieth Oregon
legislature In scheduled lo closo
under tho cotiNtltutlonnl provision
lor n 40 ilnyn' session, but thoro uro
Indications Hint If tnny 1m a Iiuuk
ovnr for it fow days. In nddltlon
tliuro In the' remote possibility Hint
llio session may bo extended liy u
upcclnl session to consider rocon
iitriictlon problems, uml tliuro In nliio
a possibility Hint tliu membera tuny
causa nn ndjouriiiiitmt on Hnturduy
iilKlit, which will tiikii It over for u
fow ilnyn Into next week.
All of tliunu Mini contingencies
which will lin decided by llio Mud urn
during tliu closing bourn, which will
bo flint Hiuf furloun closing lion rn
'If thin legislature accomplishes nny
thltiK Ilku whnt It not out to do.
Too .Modi Tn Ik, It Pluliit.
Tliu cluinctm for it special session
uro remote, but novorthtilosn these
chnnccn uxlnt. There hnvo boon
numerous otforln made lo flot nonio
whera on reconstruction problems;
nuiiiorouH nugginitloiin hnvo been
mndo; nuiiiorottn bills Introduced;
numerous orntlonit united, nnd num
uroun minor nlod hutuln hnvo grnp
plod on numerous times, places nnd
occasions with numerous tnnjor
nlzgd reconstruction problems. Every
tbliiK han tended toward chuon, In
decision and wuvIiik of Ihu growl old
flu if. Everybody linn talked about
whul thoy would llko to do for llio
aoldlorn and uvorjbody has dono
nothing; uvurybody linn dissertated,
written thoshi after thonls, lobbied,
pnriidcd nnd shouted patriotism, but
Mill llio reconstruction problem, In
ill ltn magnitude, linn lloppod up to
hwiiI thorn In llio faco, wlion tint lust
wordn woro mild. Tliuro baa boon
considerable groping nnd parryltiK
nnd thrusting and swatting back and
forth; thorn ban Un this man and
that man with thin hlw nnd that
Um, nnd when tho various man nnd
IdeHH hnv come toneriier tliuro linn
buou a splash, nnd the Ideas and
' muu liuvfl flattened.
UtpurtH Col till In.
-? There hun. been a inlKbty onlllng
lnvof experts. Up to thin Hum no
ono know that thoro oxfated nucli u
brued oh "reconstruction oxporU" In
tho Mtnto, but tli ay hnvo poppod (up
on nil aide. Tliejr hnvo' ox pur tod
Nlduwuyn, and frontwards and buck
wnnU, but liuvo always uxportod
about In nuch u nmntior an to never
got nnywhoro.
Out of tho pluutltudo of nil of thin
bunk hooiiiu to linvu nrlnon but ono
'thought nnd that In to Ihhuo bonds.
Evcryono deslrou to InHtiu bundn.
'Everyone In olHmnned with it mad bo
Hat that If thoro In a sufficient num
ber of boudn Issued, no mutter what
for, or how, or why, ovury living;
(Continued on pnRO 4.)
Coming Building Season
Will be Record Breaker,
Declare Bend Realty Men
(From Wodnosdny'a Dnlly,)
That building will bo more, nctlvo
In lliuul thin year (huu at uny tlnio
In tho hlntory of tho city In tho be
lief of local real ostnto men utid con
tractors, Construction of homcti will
bo tho chief fenutro or tho building
program, It Is bollovcd, but It Is also
known Hint plans aro being consid
ered for 'buslnesH blocks, which will
dopond largely on tho lucroaso of
capacity of local Industries, ulroudy
unnouueed, or contomplutod.
At 'tho proHcnt tliito, real esiato
men doclnre, Ilend faces nu actual
crisis In tho problem of housing
.famlllea who nro coming hero to
work. Houses uro apokon for wooks
boforo being yacntod, nnd a numbor
of families coming hero to locuto and
liolng unublo to securo dwolllngs
lmvo Joft tho city.
Whllo nu deilnlte plans lmvo boon
announced on tha scoro, It la known
that thu construction of ut least ono
NKTTJiKltH IWVONO LA VISK UK
1'OltTKI) TO IIK riiANM.NO 1110
MIl'ItOVI'MUNT TO HKOUUIS
'WATKIt THIH HHAHO.V,
(From Thumdny'n Uiilly.)
For tho flrnt llmo In two yearn,
tliu Mornoii'dltch In to bo made avail
able for tho wntorlnx of nomo 4000
ncren beyond La I'lno, according to
nrrnniteincntn which hnvo been made
with tho owner of tho irrigation
nyntotn, It wan learned today. A
break In tho ditch nnd a nltik holo
which appeared two neanonn iiro
will bo ropnlred by tho nuttlern at
an approximate cont of 120,000, It
In uuderntnod, no cliuro beltiRtnado
for water uno In oxcIiiiiiko for tho
Improvement.
It In believed Hint water will bo
nvullablu far uno on tho rnncben of
tho vicinity during tho coming Irri
gating nmiNon, tin work In to ntnrt
iin noon nn weather conditions permit.
Tentutlvo plunn nra being coiihIiI
ored for the orgnnUntlon of n din
trlct milt tliu taking over of tho en
tire, ditch fiaConi, It In underntoud.
FREE EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU STARTED
(From Frldny'n Dnlly.)
To nerve country tin well nn city,
tho llond Commercial club ban en
tnbllnhed what In virtually n freo em
ployment buronu. Minn Kelt Marked,
managor of tho club, ban moved hor
hendquartern from tho O'Kauo build
ing to tho city rent room, nud tho
with tho mnnlonn Job, ntnrted prl
Insk of connecting tho Joblenn muu
mnrlly for tho benefit of tho return
ing noldlnrn, v.lll ho mudq n npeclnl
font uro of club work.
All farmern and other omployorn
who ii ro In nucd of help or who know
that, they will bo nhortly aro nnked
to report to Miss Market, nnd tho In
vitation to men returning from tho
norvlcu nnd In need of work to
reglntor at tho club in reiterated.
SINNOTT CRITICIZES
COMMITTEE'S DELAY
(From Monday' Dally.)
WASHINGTON, I). C, Fob. 17.
Stirred by vUorou arltlalnm of tlmlr
dilatory t notion dsllvorntl by Con
Kraatmaii N. J. Vlanott of OrtKon,
Hih Iioum ooHitnllto' on Irrigation
linn deoidod to hold another niMtlng
Snturdny on tlm nubjoct of thu bil
lion dollar reclamation bill.
"Votl nhould put thin bill beyond
tho rhetoric stage In thin bongrusft,"
ho nnld with omphafilH In nddrennlng
tho comtnllteo. "All you hnvo done,
geutlomou, ban boon to llddlo-faddlo
nnd ludulgo In beautiful rhetoric.
Whnt wo dumnnd, what tho went de
mnndn, nnd what tho returning sol
diem nro going to demand, In action.
I iiliall hold this commltteu nnd tho
proHopt national ndmlulntrntlon ro
nponnlblo for thin do-nothing policy,
and I flhnll boo that tho country duds
out who has ntood In tho way of this
mttch-neoded legislation."
npurtmont houso Is being consldored,
nud that numerous houses will bo
built to sell nnd to rout. Tho largo
building program, which wiih halted
by tho outrnnco of tho United Stntes
Into tho world war, will probably bo
resumed, It Ih understood, and tho
fact that thu cost of materials Is
gradually dropping makes this nil
tho more likely.
As n sidelight on tho building nltu
atlon In Jlend, It was learned today
that tho mill companion nro planning
tho erection of nn otnorgoncy hospital
and first aid station noar tho UrooUs
Scanlon offices, As It Is now planned,
tho building will bq of ono story, of
framo construction, covering a tract
of 30 by GO foot, nud contnlnlug
operating nud dressing rooms, n 10
bed ward, kitchen, nurses' room, ills
poiiBury, bath room, bed rooms nnd
dining room. Tho cost, It Ih esti
mated, will bo approximately $60Q0.
I.oo A, Thomas is tho architect.
ACTION IS PLANNED BY
COMMERCIAL CLUB,
Alllniico wllli Whkco, Jeffcrxon anil
KIiuiiiiHi OuUlncil Advlro on
City Finance lUwjucrtttl
by Sfnyor Katie.
(From Wednenday'n Dally.)
A half million dollars will bo asked
from tho stato highway commission
for tho construction of Tho Dallon
California highway, if plans advo
cated thin noon by II. II. Do Armond
nnd endorsed by tho Ucnd Commer
cial club nro carried out. In n
letter rend to tho business men at
their regular meeting thin noon, Mr.
Do Armond ricclnred that Central
Oregon In being entirely Ignored in
tho present slate road program, and
advised that steps hi taken to secure
n meeting of dologa)es from Wanco,
JefferHon, Deschutes nnd .Klamath
counties to mnko it tin I tod effort to
necuro funds for highway construe
ilon which will benefit nil four
countloe. Communications to tho
other countlen concerned will bo sent
eff nt once.
Dlacukslon on tho subject wan
started by tho recolpt of letters from
Heprosontntlvo Iiurdlck, In which
thu Control Oregon loglslntor opti
mistically stated that thin section
would bo well taken earn of In the
mutter of road building and Improve
ment. Anothor communication rend was
from S. O, Carroll of linker, secre
tary of tho Oregon Catt'lo nud Homo
Ilalsern' association, which will meet
In llond In April, Inquiring nn to
preparations mndu for J ho entertain
ment of tho visiting stockmen. T. II.
Foloy, president of tho club, ntatcd
that ho would 11.11110 n committee to
mnko tho necessary arrangements.
City I'liiniiccM ninrtiiMil.
J. A. Hastes, mayor of llond, spoko
on thu financial condition of the
city, declaring that Ilend is now
UO',000 behind, that, tho bankn nro
literally loaded down with city war
rants nnd Hint tho municipality, In
fact. In vlrtunlly bankrupt-. "Our
credit In good', but it in in bud shape,"
ho said. Ifb asked that a committer
bs named from tho Commercial club
to dlscuna with the flnnnoe committee
of the ell? council plunn for a pos
sible solution of tho problem.
It. W. Sawyer atatod that the basic
reason for the city's heavy ludebted
ueaa Injhat valuations of property in
Ilend, oti which tuxo nro levied, arc
at least f.0 per cent too low and that
until .valued aro placed nt their
proper level the bnlanco on tho city
books will continue to bo on tho
wrong sldoof tho lodgor.
Hank Itefue WiirnttitN.
C. 8. Hudson, president of the
First National, stated that nt present
tho bank Is carrying $0000, worth of
city wnrrnntH nnd that absolutely no
nioro can bo taken on. IIo said that
ho would bo willing to sell tho entiro
lot at a 10 per cent, discount.
D. Q. McPhcrson suggested n bond
issuo to put tho city on a cash basis
nud assorted that ono of tho rea
sons for tho big municipal sbortago
Is that tho old budget wns not sot
at a high enough flguro. "If you
hnvo to pay for Improvements In
discounted wnrrnntH, tho city will
continue to go Tleepor and deeper In
tho holo," ho said.
Mayor Knstos again spoko, suggest
ing n $19,000 bond Isouo and a rais
ing of city valuations, and his sug
gestion wns answered by J. 1. Koyos,
who advocated special taxation as n
way out of tho difficulty.
Tho club voted'fn favor of appoint
lug tho cotnmlttcQ nskod by tho Dead
mayor.
CAPTAIN WOELFLEN
' EXPECTED FRIDAY
(From Monday's Dally.)
Captain Frod A. Wooltlon, recently
discharged from tho army, Is expect
ed to arrive In llond on Friday to
rosumo his duties on Tho Dullotln,
M. n. Mutthow tolophonod this morn
ing from Tho Dalles to Buy that ho
hnd soon Captain Wooltlon thoro
lust night on his. way to Lowlaton,
Idaho, whoro ho will visit his parents
for n fow duyB before returning to
llond, Captain Wooltlon was sta
tioned it Camp Merrltt, Now Jorsoy(
when dlochnrgod,
BENEFITS ARE BEING
REALIZED.
HfM-cfnl Privilege Kxtcndcd to .Men
Itettirnliig from Hcrvicc Class
Work anil Indoor Ibwcbnll '
to Htart Next Week.
(From Saturday's Dally.)
Without nny solicitation for mom
bcrshlpn, tho number of those be
longing to tho Ilend Amateur Ath
letic club In steadily growing since
tho benefits offered by tho organiza
tion hnvo been learned. Thin was
Hi'? report today of officials of tho
club. Hpcclul privileges nro being
extended to returned soldiers, sailors
and marines, who aro Invited to make
usu of tho club for 30 days without
charge, and may then tako out
memberships without nn initiation
fco nnd merely on tho payment of
tho dollar n month dues.
lleglnnlng noxt Monday, n business
men's gym class will bo held every
Monday, Wednesday nnd Friday
from C:30 to 6:30. Any tuorabor of
the club desiring to join tho class
phono Illuck 1 821.
All members may placo themselves
In good standing by paying at least
three months or more dues, dating
from January 1, 1919. Duos may
lie paid nt tho club offlco during the
business hours of tho day and In tho
evening from 7 to 9.
Tho following captains liavo been
chosen for Indoor banoball: Al
Lenry, for Shovlln-Hlxon; II. K.
Allen, for Urooks-Scnnlou; A. M.
I'rlngle, for tho business rnon. nud
C. 8. Kmklno, for tho professional
mou. Tho opening game will be
played between Shevlln-IIIxon and
Ilrooks-Scnnlon teams .Monday even
ing. 1VIILL WILL REOPEN
., A WEEK FROM TODAY
Fresh OpiMirtiiulty for Ilctururtl Hoi
tilers to Oct Join In OfTcrct! by
Tho Shevlln-IIIxon Company.
(From Monday's Dally.)
Anothor opportunity for returned
soldlem to Mcure employment in
. Hand will he offerod when The Shev-jlln-Iltxou
Company will reopens on
1 Monday, February 24. The entire
j mill lift been thoroughly overhauled
anil will uq ready for work at that
time.
A change .to securo greator offl
oleticy In handling lumber is a ro
nrrnugomont to permit of one sorter
Instead of two being usod.
PROFESSIONAL MEN
LEADING BOWLERS
(From Wednesday's Dnlly.)
Standing of tho Tenuis.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Business Men 7 6 .GS3
Shuvlln-Hlxon 8 7' .533
Professional Men.. 8 7 .583
Ilrooks-Scnnlon .... 3 C .333
Playing against tho Shovlln-Hlxon
team In tho athletic club bowling
tournament, tho professional men's
flvo took two out of three games and
tied ono by a scoro of 777. High
score for tho ovonlng wont to 11. A.
Stover, who ejialked up 209. Tho
tlcd.gamo was later decided in favor
of tho professional mon.
Tho members of tho teams woro as
follows: Professional mon, Johnson,
Stover, Manning, Prlnglo and Hor
ton; Shovlln-Hlxon, GIUIs, Kolloy,
Wobb, Allies nnd Doles'.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
FOR CLUB IS HERE
(From Wednesday's Dnlly.)
To nccept tho position ns athletic
director of tho 11. A. A. C, J. L.
Luckoy of Portland nrrlvod In Bond
thts morning and spout tho day look
ing ovor tho club equipment with
Socrotary Carroll, preparatory to
Btartlng a full program of activities
tho 11 re t of noxt weok.
Mr. Luckoy has had oxporlonco for
several years In athletic work in tho
schools of Portland nnd in tho oast,
ns wall kns In tho army and in vari
ous athlotlo clubs, While, In colloge
ho wns a mouther of the football,
soccor and truck teams,
I'OIlliHT BKIIVICK 8V8TKM OF
CAltI.NO FOIt CATTJjK ADOPTK1)
UY HIHTEIUMirrOLIUH A88OCT-
' ATION tS ANNUAL MKCTINO.
(From Monday's Dally.)
Election of officers nnd decision
on policies to bo followed out during
tho year constituted tho business
taken up by tho Slsters-Motoliun
Livestock association at tho annual
meeting Saturday in Sisters. Pro
tests wcro registered against tho as
sessed valuation of cattlo, claimed
to bo too high In comparison with
other classes of property.
It was voted to accept tho forest
service system for salting tho range,
150 salt licks having been marked
by Deschutes forest officials. Itc
portn showed that tho rango, having
a capacity of 3200 bead of cattlo,
with a 4 CO-head capacity on leased
land, will bo sufficient to take care
of tho association's stock during. the
coming season. Tho association
voted to put out a brand registry
book, and In thin connection tho
promise of Supervisor X. O. Jacobson'
of tho Deschutes national forest, who
with Assistant Supervisor Vincent
wan In attendance, was secured to
prohibit running cattlo whoso brands
aro not registered with tho stato.
Tho following officers woro okct
ed: Ben Tone, prostdent; M. W.
Knickerbocker, vlco president; Joe
Howard, secretary; First National
Bank of Ilend, treasurer; Max Wurz
woilcr, K. B. Graham and Ellis II.
Edglngton, members of advisory
board.
SPORTSMEN PROTEST
DRAINING OF LAKE
j
Petitions Aro Circulated in Ilend To
day JteqitotlitK Malntnluiinrc of
.Mainour ijitiuo ncserve. v ,-. j
y xv
. rr ...? t
(trom Fridays uauy.)
Supplementing tho nctlon or tho
Commercial club nt tho last meet
ing of Hint body Wednesday noon,
petitions protesting the draining of
Mainour lake woro being clroulated
In Bend today by T. W. Csrlorv and
others. Excellent success in sccur
Inff ali.n..d I... .unjil
rr)ttt naMtlnn Ic nu fdllnwa M
"We, the undersigned, believing,
inni mo auio 01 .Mainour taue as
a federal gamo reserve far exaeodg
the doubtful agricultural wlue. of
tho alkali land which would bo inado
avallablo by tho draining of tho tuko,
do hereby petition the legislature of
tho stato of Oregon for U10 etiact
niont of legislation having as Its ob
ject tho prevention of tho draining
of said lnko, or tho changing at the
lake and surrounding country from
Its status as a reserve."
FOUR REALTY DEALS
MADE PUBLIC TODAY
(From Friday's Dally.) '
Realty transactions aggregating
uioro than fCOOO -wero -announced
today by G. W. Fostor, all Involving
local proportles. iMr, Foster pur
chased tho Tom Wheeler houso in
Mill addition for f 1250 and tho C. J.
Lavorctt homo in Park addition for
$3000, while L. W. Gassott bought
from him a $1000 residonco in Mill
nddltlon. Mr. Fostor also sold to
Iter. E. B. Johnson a houso and lot
In Park addition' at n consideration
of ?S00.
AUTHORITIES ON IRRIGATION
TO BE SPEAKERS IN REDMOND
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
At a mooting of tho executive com
mltteo of tho Deschutos County .Farm
buroau final plans wero completed
for holding tho Central Oregon Irri
gation school nt Redmond during
tho week of March 3 to 8. The
school Inst year was n success and
tho commltteo this year plans' tp
mako it blggor and hotter than ever.
A .corps of prominent spoakors, au
thorities on their various oubJocts,
has been secured for tho ovont, and
tho Redmond Commorclal club baa
COMPANY'S BOOKS ARE
' OPEN TO COUNCIL.
Itrnd Has Lotvrat Ilatri in Htntc. Buys
Foley Street Improvement nnd
Finance Aro I'uzzlo to tho
City Government.
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
Tint? charged Bend for street
lighting nnd tho rates paid by the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. for
power by tho Bend Water, Light &
Power Co. will bo mndo the subject
of an Investigation by tho Bend city
council, following n meeting of that
body last night, at which T, II. Foloy,
manager of tho power company, ex
plained tho monthly bill against the
city which bad been paid under pro
test at tho previous council meeting.
.Mr. Foley stated that thcro Is no
comparison between rates paid by
tho lumber company and tho city,
an Hio power for tho mill goes direct
from tho generators, tho mill In addi
tion to its flat rato transforming tho
current down from 2300 volts nnd
paying an additional distribution
cost.
Ho declared that electricity Is sup
plied to tho pcoplo of Bend for do
mestic use at less cost to consumers
than In any other city In Oregon, and
that tho namo comparison applies
to curb lighting.
Councilman It. P. Mintor, who had
been tho chief objector to tho light
bill, declared that tho city Is pay
ing $3480 a year for 45 horsepower
and that the lumber company Is be
ing charged only $3600 for 200
horsepower. He maintained that tho
company is receiving low rates made
posslblo 'by tho charges assessed
against the city.
Says fiend Hates Ixnv.
To this Mr. Foley replied that
Bend was practically tho only city
In tbb northwest whero rates had
not been advanced during tho war,
and that in tho faco of Increased
coit of labor and supplies this In
reality amounted to n substantial re
duction. IIo asked that a commltteo
bo appointed to Investigate tho mat
ter, offering to throw open all tho
power company's records for their
Inspection. Mr. Winter moved that
such a commltteo bo named, and
Mayor Eastes selected Councllmcn
Mlnter. MoPherson and Sutherland.
Tho evening's business was Inter
rupted at tills point to allow for tho
prasontaUon of a box of cigars to
Mayor Eastes, C6uncllman Mintor
tendorlng the smokes on behalf of
tho council and congratulating tho
mayor on tho arrival of his 57th
birthday.
Physician to Oct Salary
City Attorney C. S. Benson pre
sented a five-year lease of tho dis
posal tract', and tho mayor and Re
corder D. H. Peoples wero Instructed
to slgu up for tho rental of tho
property with Joo Saravolll. Mr.
Benson introduced an amendment to
tho health ordinance providing for
tho payment of $100 a year to tho
city physician, also an amendment to
tho pool hall ordinance advancing
tho ago limit from IS to 21, and an
amondmont to tho circus license
ordinance having as its object the
Increase of fees. Tho first two rvent
to first reading and thu third was
referred to tho llcenso commltteo.
On tho request of the city attor
ney, tho council adopted a resolution
authorizing improvement lions for
tho deficit of $218.18 Incurred in the
(Continued on Last Pago.)
ruado plana to tako caro of the vis
itors. Courses In the management
of Irrigated soils, Irrigation practice,
field demonstrations and other sub
jects relative to irrigation will
given during the slx-duy course. A
new feature of thu program this
ear is an hour's discussion each day
by the farmers of Central Oregon on
the agricultural topics in which they
nro Interested, This discussion will
be led by local leaders, who aro prac-
(Continued on page 5.)