The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, February 27, 1919, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY EDITION The bend bulletin. VOL. XVI HKNI), DHHOHUTHH COUNT, OHHflON, THUHHIMV', IWIIHUAItV Ji7, J01 No. na $1,000 RANCH IS ON MARKET BEND SCHOOLS ARE CROWDED BIG YEAR FOR STATE CERTAIN WILL IMPROVE MANY STREETS READY REDMOND CLUB t FOR HATCHERY FAVORS BONDS po ?. BIG JOHNSTON TRACT TO BE SUBDIVIDED. Morn Ttinn ISO Fiimlflcvi Will Ho , PIwcmVh !rrlKtl I.nh.1, Declare .1, 11, Mlwr- Increase In Al falfn Production Nought. s (From Friday' Dally.) Marking tliu passing of another of llio Mr estate of Central Oregon was tho announcement mado today by J. II. Minor local really oporalor, (hat liu hint secured tho Johnston rttock rnnchjl'or iliillyliiloii and sale 1 1? 40, 8f7and ISO aero tract. Every H(iinro foot or tho big farm I Irrl- Katcd, and Mr. Minor bollovoa that ovory bit or It will bo disposed or within tho. noxt two wookn. When tnarkotad, tho sulo or tho tracta will represent u transaction or inoro than 9100,000. , Tho Johnston properly la gonorally known (in tho tint Irrigated ranch of nny alio In Central Oregon. Homo IS year ago tho land waa secured tiy J. O. JohiiHton nnd became tho homo ranch of tho Dechule Irrlga tlon & Power Co., of which Mr. Johnston wan president, and which was tho predecessor1 or tho Central Oregon IrrlRatlon company. Aa a reiiuli or tho orlKlnat ownership of tho ranch, tho main ditch of tho O, O. I. Co. run pant ono aldo of Iho 1280-ncro tract. For tho lait four years tho property ha been tinder tho management of (Icorgo J on en for tho Johnnton cntato. It I 10 mile northeait or llond. Many to Und Home. Wboro formerly tho two section or Irrigated land, offering opportun ity tor Intensive cultivation, haa or forded a homo for only ono or two famUle, from 20 to 25 home will now bo built there, according to Mr. Minor' plana. During hi work In Central Oregon ho haa aubdlvided .aavural largo tracta and I a firm bo Hover In tha doctrine that 80 acre under Irrigation will give tho avor ttgo farmor nil ho can tend to, and will at the lamo time agordJMraau excellent living. Tho Johnston ranch I In tk heart of n auction which has bccoMo fa fouu for its alfalfa crop, and nearby rancher report cutting tour ton to tho aero during tho pal season. Following cxporlmonta mado by tho county agriculturist, tho big tract now being cut up ha boon liberally aprlnklcd with sulphur to aid In tho raining or a bumper hay crop. Mr. Miner haa made arrangement with, tho First National Dank of llond, according to which tlint Insti tution will sell aifalfu uoed on tlmo to settlors, and will alto send II, A, Ward, agricultural specialist, to gve, Advice to any who may require It In regard .to tho most scientific niuthods of cultivation. ' STOCKMEN ELECT AT "ANNUAL GATHERING Northern Lko County 'lUtngo I Doubled In Capacity llooVr ami HreedliiK Htock HogrcKnted. (From Tuesday's Dally.) llelurnlng from attending tho an nual meeting of tha Northern- Lako County Stockmen's association, N. Q. v) 'Jacobsonr supervisor of tho Deschutes 'national forest, reported this morn ing the election of A. II. Myers, pres( dent; W. 13. McCullom, vlco presi dent, nnd H. I,. Noel, secrotnry ot tho organization. Tho In Pino. Stnto bank waa chosen as treasurer, whllo Harry Grampton, Charles Kenlght, Sam Olmstoad and Ooorgo Hoffman woro named inomhoru of tho advla ory board. with a rnngo doublod In capacity, tho members or tha stgek ussoclatl6i will miiko uso or threo wolls during tho coming season, It wau decided, ono to furnish water supply for liooves, whllo tho othqr two will bo available only 'for brooding stock, Mr, Jacobson slated that tho ground n tho Fort Hock country la no thoroughly saturated with moist u ro It cannot poaulhly dry out dur ing thp coming season, and In conso iiucnce, uhundaut grnHH nud hay. Is ' Assured, llond, ho said, aro prac tically bottomless, JAHflH NUMHI.H'OF PUPILH I..V- Timirta uiiaukh oauhkh con. GIIHTIO.V 275 NOW ItKMH Ti:iti:i i.v jikw hchool. (From TuosuayVDallr.) With every acat occupied, and In omo room with two In u neat, tho Dond schools began tho second so.- meslor yesterday and will now con tlnuo until tho latter part of Juno, tho late date of closing being necos snry to make up tlmo lout during tho Influouza epidemic. Now pupils entering thn lowest grado numbered 48, tho total being divided between tho Hold school, with 20, tho Central, with 14, and tho Kenwood, with 14. Others In higher grades, especially tho third nnd fourth, who had not. returned fol lowing tho und of tho epidemic, and who have now entoVed tho grado In which tliey started nt tho beginning of tho year, account for the unusual congestion. A notahlo feature of the. somestor Is tho Inauguration of tho junior high school plan, by which tho seventh and olghth grado pupils aro trans ferred to thohlgh school building, to tho joy of tho pupils of thesa grades and tho disgust or tho aonlor high students, who reel that their dignity Is encroached upon by tho admission or tho lower grade pupils. With this addition tho high school numbers 276 students. INCOME TAX MEN TO BE IN BEND MARCH 3 (From Thursday' Dally.) Hccauso of urgent requests from tnxpayore throughout tho stnto for aid In preparing Income tax returns, Milton A. Miller, Internal rovonuo collector, has been authorized to as sign special officers for this work, ho state (n a letter to Tho Hulletln received thin morning. Two em ploye of tho rovonuo servlco will bo at tho court houso here from March 3 to C, Inclusive. They will also bo at theJtedKond hotel on March 7. The-jtreasMry 'department has ex tended tho tlmo for filing Incomo tax returns to March 15, 1919, and any one not thoroughly familiar with tho provision of tho Incomo tax law and their obligation thereunder should at onco moko Inquiry of tho nbovo mentioned otflcern or write tho rovo nuo office, as this will bo' tho last opportunity to do. so In connection with tho filing of returns of Incomo for the year 101S prior to tho date ocnu'tqf. ' . As, sobu a posslblo after March IS an oxtonslvo "drive" will bo mado, taking In tho entire stato, and heavy penalties will attach whero persons "Ilablo to tax have failed to disclose their llnblllty and mnko ro turn on or boforo 'March 15th, 1919, WILL von ON SCHOOL BONDS (From Monday's Dally.) Tho voters In School District No. 1 will soon bo called, on to voto a bond Issue or approximately $25,000 for the construction of n now school building In Kenwood, according to present plana ot tho school board. Plans for n ono-story, eight-room building with an auditorium iwhlch can ho dlvldod to mako two moro rooms aro now under consldorntlon by tho board. Preliminary akotehca by Loo A, Thomas, woro studied nt u meeting, last wook and on Tuesday night It la expected that dual plana will bo agreed upon. Tho plan Is to uso brick In tho construction and to heat tho rooms by Btoam. An effort will bo mado to have tho building finished In tlmo for uso by tho schools .on tno open ing day noxt September. It will bo locnted on tho school stto whero tha temporary schools In, Kenwood aro now placed. Tho tromandous growth In the school population, together with tho largo Increases oxnpctod next year, mnko a now building to care for tho lower grades necessary as soon an posslblo. CONDITIONS IDEAL IN NORTHWEST. Jlmiipcr Crop A mured Kvcryvthcrc, Hay Oregon Trunk Official""' Itosuttijitlmi of Operation by Mill Favorable Indication. (Frpm Tuesday' Dally,) That tho crop outlook for Contral Orogon, and In fact for tho cnOro northwest, Is tho best In tho farming history or tho territory lying west or tho Hocklen Is tho declaration or J. T. Hardy, general freight and pas senger agent for tho Oregon Trunk, who Is In llond on ono or his regular trips to this section, An unusually largo acroago has boon sown to wheAt as a result of tho government guar antee, and thoro Is so much molsturo In tho ground, In addition to. tho snow still unmeltcd and falling, that only n rcrord crop Is posslblo, Mr. Hardy states. Ho finds another Important In fluence for prosperity In tho condi tion of tho lumber Industry, and de clares that tho mill employers of tho northwest aro doing much to solvo tho unemployment problem. "Under rush order resulting frpm war con ditions, tho mills have been running without a halt for two years', and shortly after tho signing or tho arm istice n largo majority or thom had to shut down for from ono to four wook for repairs," ho said. "Now thoy aro rapidly resuming operations, nud many men who havo been Idlo aro uow finding work. This Is of particular Importance In tho western part of tho stato, whero tho unem ployment situation ha bocn much moro serious than In this section." CAPTAIN WOELFLEN RETURNS TO BENJ) (From Wednesday' Dally.) Aftor aorrico In the army or a year and n hair, Captain Fred A Wooirion of tho 13th Infantry re turned to llond laat night, having re cently received hi dlscnargo at Camp Morrltt, Now Joraoy. Captain Wool flcn attended tho second officers' training camp at tho Presldlo.wln nlng a commission a first lieuten ant, later being promoted to' tho runk of captain, - , Whllo still In tho servlco ho pur chased an Intorest In Tho JltillcMn und will now mnko his homo In Ilcnd, Captain Woelfleu was a member of Tho Hulletln staff whon ho entered training camp In 1917. ACCOUNTANT IS HURT BY PRINEVILLE AUTO (From Wednesday's Dally.) Max Crandall, export accountant, who has boon working on tho city books, .was run down by an auto In Prlnovlllu according to word re ceived this morning by Judgo II. C. Kills. Although not sorlously In jured, Mr. Crandall will not bo ablo to return to Dead for sovoral days. WOMEN TAKE CHARGE OF B. A. A." C. MUSIC (From Tuesday's Dally.) That tho women's commlttoo of tho Ilcnd Amatour Athtotlc club will have charge or tho musical features In connoctlou with tho weekly club socials was tho announcement mado today by tho club directors. Livestock Exposition Building "mm " .i tlnf 'tKMlH0 1 1 ME ) JUMHH Tho now home or tho Paclllo Inter national Livestock exposition, to bo held November in2, at Portland, is to bo ono of tho largest and mo.st complete Institutions or Ita kind iji thn world. Tho plans contemplate ii stadium,' jtidglnjc rliiRH ami sec tions for all kinds ot stock, cover In In nil seven nnl ono-lialf acitvs. Htorkinen throughout tho northwest aro now rulsluK $&30,0(0 for tho BIG PROGRAM MAPPED OUT FOR BEND. Council Provide for 910,000 llond J$ho to mart Work Only . ' 'Will Populated District to Ho Considered. (From Tuesday's Dally.) That street Improvement will bo omphaslzed by tho Ucnd city govern ment this spring and summer was evidenced yesterday afternoon when tho city council, in special session, went on record as favoring tho grad ing and cindering of moro than four mile of streets, with construction of cement walk on at least one stdo of tho Improved streets. Tho financial problem connected with such an Im provement program was disposed ot when Mayor Baste and Ilccordor D. II, Peoples woro authorized to contract with the Lumbermen's Trust Co. ot Portland tor tbo sao or $40,000 worth ot 0 per cent, bonds at par, tinder tho Uancroft act. Klghiy per cent, of city warrants Is sued to contractors, tho trust com pany, through Ita representative, Carlos Close, agreed to tako at a 14, per cent, discount. The entlro Improvements contem plated during tho coming season will cost between $150,000 and $200,000, it Is estimated, but these, Mayor Kastcs Insists, shall bo street which aro well built up. "Thoro aro plenty of streets In tho moro thickly settled portions ot tho city which need Im provement and need It badly without going Into tho sparsely populated sections or tho town with improve mcuyi this year," ho declared today. According to the plans tentatively outlined, tho first work will bo dono on Newport avenue, Highland boule vard, Tumalo avenuo and Droadway, making a roughly circular drlvo In tho1 center of tho city, which will cross the river twice. Other sections which aro under consideration are Dcschute addition. W.clstorla and parts, or Greenwood, Irving, Haw tliprfi, Greeley and Franklin, lying on this sldo ot the railroad. Asldeifrom the. fact that tho Im provement outlined will make pos slblo much easier travel and com munication wjthln tho city, It will practically assuro tho establishment or a free mall delivery, It is pointed out. No arrangements havo been mado as yet In connection with tho pro posed ,$19,000 bond issue to wipe out the city's warrant Indebtedness, but tho members of the municipal government, havo been assured that Btich an Issue can bo floated on prac tically, tho. same terms as tho Im provement bonds. UNION REFUSES TQ ACCEPT RESIGNATION (From "Monday's Dally.) Ily a unanimous voto tho Timber workers local. In special session, re fused yesterday to accept tho resig nation or Hay Canterbury, secretary of tho organisation. Mr. Canterbury's resignation waa 'submitted tho week boforo but In view ot the action taken by thouojpn w,Ill not result In tho election ot a new man to fill tho position. Other bualnea transacted at yea torday'a meeting waa tho endorsing ot annual reports on tho financial condition or the union, erection of this structure. Tho Ore gon legislature; linn appropriated $25,000 for tho annual premium list of this hIiow. Tho livestock exhibi tion la now In Its ninth your and draws thn breeders and dairymen from California, Oregon, Montnun, Idaho, Washington and Itrltlsh Co lumbia. Tho housing of tho show In adoiuato imarters means tho rec ognition of the value of tho livestock Industry of tho northwest.' MOHK MONKY AVAIIiAHLB FOIt UHK AT TUMALO PLANT, KB I'OIITH W. C. iniilWALL EGfJB 10 HK imOUOHT IN SOON. ' (From Wednesday' Dally.) That $5,000 I now available for further work on the Tumalo hatch ery was tho Information received last night by W. O. Hadlcy, deputy game warden, In a long distance call from W. C. Birdsall, who ha been In Portland and Salem tho last few days. Tho hatchery proper Is practic ally computed and tho additional money, appropriated by tho legis lature will mako possible tho con struction ot a houso for thp superin tendent of tho hatchery. This position Is to bo filled by Pearl Lyncs, now at Elk Lako gathering trout eggs which arc to be brought to Tumalo In tho near futuro. NEW COUNTY AGENT IS WELL QUALIFIED Lester J. Hell, Heccntly Dlxcliargcd from Aviation Service, Has Had . Much Experience an Expert. (From Saturday's Dally.) Tho Deschutes County Farm bu rcau ha secured tho services of Lester J. Dell aa assistant agricul tural agent. Mr. Dell has "been ap pointed by tho federal government and has taken up his duties In the county agent's office. Ho Is a gradu ate of the Kansas Agricultural col lege and has lately been In charge of ono of the llvo stock departments on the largo Montana ranch ot Day & Hanson or Spokane. Ho haa just loft the U. S. aviation corps, and has had a great deal of experience fly ing as a student aviator. Mr. Dell will havo chargo ot the county agent's office and will tako care of the wants of callers. He will also look after much ot tho. corre spondence and tho exchango depart ment or the Farm Dureau Ncws ALFALFA B0Y: GIVEN CROSS (From Saturday's Dally.' A 25-year-old veteran of tho world war possessing tho coveted croIx do guerro awarded for gallantry In action In Dcllcau wood, Ralph Ferry, U. S. marine corps, son of Wljllam Forry or Aifalfu, was In Dend today returning to his homo. Ho enlisted In August, 1917, and after transfer ring to a unit listed for Immediate overseas sorvlco, saw action In tho Verdun sector, at Chateau -Thierry, Ilolleau wood and Solssons. It was during an early morning at tack at Solssons that a high oxplos ive shell burst at tho feet ot tho young marine, wounding him In tho ankle and hip und making treatment In a Parts military hospital neces sary for the next eight months. "I felt as If I would nover stop going up when that shell burst, but finally I canto down and had enough strength left to crawl out ot tho way ot the advancing artillery," Ferry said In describing his last fight. Jits decoration for . ralor waa awarded when as a member or a spe cial detail he uldod In capturing threo German macfilno gun nests In tho faco or a withering lire, going throo days without food whllo cut off from his command. In this encoun tor, as well as at Chateau Thlorry, whore "nil but eight of his company woro killed, ho passed through with out a scratch. Ot tho rost ot tho survivora ono Is still a holpless In valid and ot the others tho best that could bo said Is that thoy are ablo to walk. Among tho more pleasant mem ories connected with his servlco over seas was tho part played by tho rra tomul orgnalzatlons which hofd their meetings behind tho lines almost within sound or tho big guus. A member or tho Knights ot Pythias and tho Odd Follows, tho young ma rlno found life on tho battle tront mado easier by reason ot hjs arfllla tton with thoso ordors. ROAD IMPROVEMENT IS , ADVOCATED. Ilcnd Commercial Organization to Take Lp Matter HuslnoM Men Asked to Underwrite 910OO for KxpoMtlon llulldlng. i (From Wednesday's Dally.) Urging tho Issuing of county bonds to raise funds to match state appropriations to finance tho con struction of roads In Dcschute county', a delegation from tho Red mond Commercial club, headed by J. It. Thome, president of tho club, were guest of tho Dend Commercial club at tho wcokly mooting at the Pilot Dutto Inn this noon. Tho sug gestion of a bond Issue was mado by M. A. Lynch, who spoke after the subject of road Improvements had been Introduced by Mr. Thorne. Tho Redmond club president stated that rumors have been current re cently to tho effect that Crook county Interests aro at work to chango tho routo ot tho state highway In such a manner as to Icayo out Dend, Red mond and Tumalo. Ho was assured By President T. II. Foley of tho Dead Commercial club, however, that such a change, even if contemplated, would bo Impossible. Acting or the suggestion mado by Mr. Lynch, Mr. Foley announced that ho would ap point a committee to work with the Redmond club and any other inter- catcd organizations In tho county la regard to a county road bond issue. Stock Industry Itoostcd. Advocating tfio support ot the people ot Bend In the movement of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition association to secure $200,000 tor the erection ot an ex hibition pavllllon In Portland, C. S. Hudson, county chairman, declared that such an exposition would be of tho utmost Importance In developing the livestock industry, one of the two great resources ot Deschutes county. Better stock, tho affording ot a mar ket tor high grade animals and for farm products will result from the annual Portland exposition, ho pre dicted, and In closing moved tlibt the club appoint a committee to under write $1000 ot the $5000 which he Intends to raise as Deschutes county's share. E. P. Mahaffoy, speaking on the samo subject, showed that the stock and lumber Industries In Central Oregon aro closely connected, as the land logged'off by the mill companies affords excellent range, "The money spent for livestock buildings In Port land would bo a business proposition, not a donation," he said. Club to Aid Exposition. President Foley Btated that the program connected with the raising ot funds seemed a constructlvo one, nnd R. A. Ward, former county agri culturist, predicted thav VX til de velopment ot the stock Industry Do schutes county will bocomo an Ideal breeding ground and that an exposi tion will mako posslblo tho salo ot high .grade breeding, stock at fancy prices. The motion for the appointment ot an underwriting committee was passed without opposition. Two thousand dollars has already been provided for, each of the local banks ngroolng to underwrite halt ot this amount. , City llombi Opposed. 'Reporting for tho county valuation committee, R. W. Sawyor said that tho committee bad not yet finished fts work but would do so und muke a report boforo tho assessing work for tho year was begun. Mr. Sawyer also reported that tha Joint committee appointed to con sider tho flnaclal condition ot the city waa divided on tho question aa to whethor to Issue bonds or vote a special tax and wlBhed the subject discussed by tho bodies represented by the committee, He also outlined a plan which, as ho put It, "would at least leavo the city no worse o than It had boon during the pact year and avoid thu luuanc ot bonds for tho payment ot running $ ponsos," This matter will be dhj eus30d further at tho next mooting ot tho club.