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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1919)
W rAOK 4 IIRND ItUMiKTIN, HKNI), OltKOON, THU118IMY, MAY 12, 10n . . in mil Hi,: .i r if;,,, The-Bend Bulletin r . (Weekly BdlHon) . ' Published By Tin: liKNi) nuiiiiicTiN (Incorporated) BFND. OREGON . JKstnbllshwl 1802. ."W nOURRT W. SAWYER Editor-Manager. An independent newspaper itnnd tag (or the square deal, clean busi ness, clean politics and tlio best In teresu of Bond and Central Oregon. Six Months.... ,...., . 1.00 Three Months r.. SO THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919. AbXnT A BONE DRY RIVER. On Its faco tho recent announce ment Yh'al tho reservation of water by tho stato for Irrigation purposes made It lmposslblo for the local power company to proceed with pro jected electrical development on tho Deschutes abovo Bend Is merely of Interest to Irrlgntlonlsta and the Indi viduals who own tho power com pany. A closer view, however, shows ' that there is another vitally Inter ested party, the city of Bendi It Bccms to us that boforo tho position of tho stato is completely acquiesced In the people of the city should con sider carefully what It means and decide where their own best interests lie. As wo understand tho situation, tho state of Oregon, through Its en gineer, says that plans nro under consideration for the use of all the waters of tho river for irrigation pur poses, nhil that whoever builds a power plant on tho river does so at his own risk, that tho state will per mit no vested right to accrue from such construction, and, if and when all tho water Is taken for Irrigation and no more comes down the river to turn the generators of the power plant, tho people who Invested in that plant, In this way rendered useless, will receive no compensation for their loss. Officials of tho Bend Water, Light & Power Co., faced with this situa tion, have said that tho company wished to do nothing that would interfero with Irrigation develop ment and have considered placing their next electrical development elsewhere. Undoubtedly they were also led to their decision by an un willingness, to enter into a contro versy with tho state. If it Bhould appear, however, that tho interests of the public as well as their own de mand that a fight bo made, and if the public were ready to back them tip in their fight, we. imagine they would bo willing to go in. Bend is vitally Interested in the Irrigation development of Central Oregon. Every plan looking to the uso of tho waters of the Deschutes for irrigation purposes has met with favor here. Only last winter the Commercial club spent much time and money In nn ngltatidn for the Bcnham falls project and has re ceived with satisfaction tho news that a government geologist will como hero this spring to btudy tho reservoir possibilities of the Benham falls site. Bond Is also vitally Interested in the uso of tho Deschutes in power development. Water power hqs al ways been listed as one of tho town's great assets. The Deschutes river has been described as having as great power possibilities as auy river In the United 'States. The future of the city has been linked in the minds of all with power development on tho Deschutes river. In short, tho combined possibilities of Irrigation and water power have always been considered as among tho great assets of the city. Npw wo are told that tho river is for irrigation 'only, that there can bo no power development. Now this thing is sum: That electric power will always be sold In Bend.. So long as sufficient can bo produced nearby for the needs of the town it will bo so produced. When tho demand grows beyond tho point of local production it will bo produced elsowhero and brought in on high power lines. But high power lines aro costly and since the public util ity laws of the stato permit suffi cient charges for servlco to warrant a return on the investment tho peoplo must pay for tho more costly servlco a higher rate than they would pay for current produced nearor homo. So It is to tho interest of tho peoplo of the .city to keep tho power jilants nearby. Furthermore, we need cheap power to attract more Industries, If power production becomes expensive the npw industries may not bo attracted. Tho state's position amounts to saying that except in tho irrigation season not a drop of water Ib com ing down rlvorf That for all but, say, Bevs'nrjloiithH'i;! the year 'every drop of watqr ,in tho Deschutes above Bend will bo stored at Bonham falls, and there' will be absolutely nono for any other purpose. Now.irtliat. ieems .somewhat- ox-, traMfl$W'MpK!pt6 ssT'saw-nillW It they.do.not noedr water' forthelr ponds. . IJoml peoplo want tho beauty of 'that stream' flowing ilown, through tho town tho year round. .Anglers want tho rlvof for tholr. sport nnd recreation. Why cannot tho statu of Oregon ngroo that n certain amount of water- may como down river till tho year roundT Theso other In terests need wntor as well as our thirsty lands. Dlvldo it. Lot our development bo symmetrical and tho Interests of nil bo served. And If wo nro right In saying that tho mat ter is to tho Interest of tho city ns well na that of tho power company lot tho Commercial club, the city council, tho Labor council nnd other bodies look Into It nnd work tor n correct solution now. i .- - . TWO ARGUMENTS. Wo have Just rend iu 'argument In our weekly. contemporary In favor, of tho proposed refunding bond Issue which will 'bo voted on a wook from tomorrow, which compares tho pro posed borrowing by tho clly to tho borrowing dono by nn individual for tho crcctton of n homo. Tho simple and conclustvo answer is that the cases aro not tho tamo, It the com parison wore with nn individual who borrowed to pay for his (groceries, his clothes, his" Insurance, his rent in short, his running expenses then tho analog' might servo ns tho basis for discussion. It a man borrows money with which to build n homo he Is borrow lug to. mako a permanent Improve ment. In tho Bama way, it tho city borrows for the purposo of building sowers It Is making a permanent im provement which will benefit not only tho residents of tho 'city today, but those of tho coming years when tho bonds aro to bo paid. Tho bills which tho council now proposes to pay by a bond issuo wero not contracted for any permanent Improvement. They nro ordinary running expenses, Incurred for tho benefit of tho present residents ot tho city. Tho present residents should pay them. It is truo that many of us hnvo borrowed to build nnd nro paying Interest on our loans. But wo nro paying our running expenses as we go along. Another argument in the sanio paper runs something liko this: A majority ot tho Individuals com posing the city aro paying a high rato of Interest on borrowed money. Tho city can borrow at a lower rate thun they can. Therefore tho city should borrow to pay its bills rather than to mako them pay in taxes money that they can bo using to re duce their high Interest loans. Carried to its logical conclusion, this argunfent would mean that until tho time camo when individual credit was better than that of tho city, 'the city should keep on borrowing. Wo wonder if there it anyone who really thinks that. "Votlngbonds to pay running ex penses," a prominent Bend banker Bald at u Commercial club meeting, "has boon called financial immoral ity." Is opposition to financial im morality neither wlso nor constructive? TUK RECONSTRUCTION ACT. Yesterday wo roturrod to tho uho that had been tundo ot tho returned soldier nnd snllor for tho pur,ip,snj or getting legislation passed. If our Snlcm correspondent Is correct in his recent forecast ot dutent tor tho $6,000,0.00 reconstruction bond mons uro it will bo l)ocauu ot this very uso ot tho soldier and snllor, In fact tho thing that wns expected to put tho law over will bo what kills It. Tho reconstruction bond hill la an omnibus affair, partly good and partly bad, hut tho whole so Inter woven that the good and tho bad must stand nr fnll together. Our correspondent looks on tho bill from tho vlowpolnt at Its lutoutlon to pro vide employment during tho recon struction period, nnd says slnco it now Booms clear thoro will bo no em ployment problom tho votors will ns- suiuo that there Is no ncwl ot voting tho bonds. , .Hero then, is nnothor case of fail ure to present a mutter fairly nnd squarely, resulting In difficulty nnd possibly defeat for an Important measure. Tho Btnto of'Orcgon. needs a now ponltontlury. It needs additions to Its hospital equipment ami to tho statu supported educational Institu tions. It needs funds with which to cc-oporato with tho United States In reclamation projects. All theso things nro provided for In tho bill nnd they nro needed whether thoro Is any employment problem or not. It will be ttnfortunato, if, because no work for roldlors la. needed, tho bond bill la defeated. operating ojij thaTiver near Bond for BomfiWiti'lplopW?'- Thjiy,w.ant, lor soBaaj; Kt FARMS AND SOLDIERS. Someone once said something ubo'it tho crimes committed In tho namo of patriotism. A considerable number aro being committed nowadays in the namo of tho returned soldiers and sailors. Whoevor -has a project to boost hitches to It an argument to tho 'effect that it Is for "tho boys coming back from tho war," and with that help proceeds to gef what he Is after. When ho has it tho re turned soldier Is forgotten. Theso thoughts nro suggested by tho situation developed by a. II. Baker us a moinbor of tho commis sion appointed to carry out tho jiro vislons of tho recent legislative act termed tho "soldiers' land sottlo nipnt hill," as reported In Tho Bulle tin yesterday. As Mr. Baker has pointed out, tho net shows tho returned soldier all through it, und If words moan anything tho Intention of tho law wbh to help tho soldier obtuln a farm homo. Wo doubt If tho act would have passed tho legislature on any otiier basis. By tholr present ac tion, however, tho proponents of the bill seem to indicate clearly that they put tho soldier in Just to get votes and that now thoyhavo tho money they wanted they will tnko tho sol dler out. How else can bo explulned the re fusal to mako a plan that will ln cludo tho soldier and ils needs? What help to tho returned soldier will it bo to establish model farms? Does It mako It easier for him to acquire u homo on tho land if flvo farms costing from 17000 to $12,000 aro established by tho commission? Model farms nro all right, but when the taxpayor puts up hla. money to holp soldiers nnd sailors ho wants to help them and unless it can be shown that model farms will holp jnem ho is not in favor of the farms. Somo dny tho soldier and the sailor will resent tho uso to which they are being put. CLEAN-UP DAY, Spring time nnd houso cleaning nro closely associated in tho minds ot most housowlves. Why not In tho minds ot tho storekeeper, grocery nnd factory man, butchor, market proprietor nnd other persons who conduct or work in establishments whero food Is stored, sold or handled? And then, why not got tho house wlfo's habit and hnvo regular clean ing days? Tho woman who directs her houso efficiently has for genera tions regarded Monday as wash day. Why can't tho establishments that handle foods hnvo a regular "wash day '? To start, lot ovoryono look to hla own back yard, his back rooms, tho dark corners where' dirt, dust, cobwebs nnd Bcrnps ot refuse may lodge.. Theso aro gorm breeders. Thoy aro n mqnncu to the' health, maybe, of thousands. Let's get after thom. This la n good tlmo to start after tho br.scmonts, too, ,4 If Jhoy aren't vclean. why not clea'n thorn? If the work Is well dono and Is looked nftor regularly once a wook, It won't get ahead of us. Hire somo ono to help tho first cleaning day. It will pay. Every one wants his placo to bo clean and swoet smelling. But at time best of us get careless. Spring tlmo Is tho best tlmo to awaken to tho nood for n cloanup. Lot's Jig out tho. corners, use a little energy, a lltUe soap and a scrub blng brush, a broom or whntovor is necessary, und lot's pay a tribute tp spring nnd'put on a now coat whether It bo of paint, wliltowash or Just cleanliness. A clean placo pays, too. Cleaning up will keep up tho standard of ef ficiency. It will assure hotter health in tho neighborhood. If you get sick or your customorsi get sick nnd can't pay their bills, you suff.or. Em ployes work better, accomplish more and feel bettor when tho environment la clean and tho air .better. A good motto is "Do it NOW." -. .MW til, . lr" wW?s mm V v T " ' y 1 ' 4 ' cupyrfent 1919 Hut Sthsffner & Mm NO ANTAGONISM. ' It Is said, so we aro told, that tho opposition of Tho Bullotlu to tho proposed bond Issuo to refund city warrants comes from an antagonism to tho- city council and a deslro to oppose what tho council may suggest rathor than from any real bollct that bonding Is not tho right way to end 'the city's financial difficulties. Wo doubt If such belief Is at all. widely held ; wo regret that any should hnvo tho Idea. It Is wholly contrary to tho facta. In our opinion tho present city council is more earn estly desirous of doing a good Job for tho city than liny In offlco for somo time. Its mombers aro taking tholr responsibilities- seriously nnd dovotlng consldorablo tlmo und thought to tho problems before them. Instead of opposing tho council The Bulletin wishes to usslst und up hold It In Its task ns far ns possible In tho matter of tho proposed refund ing bonds wo nro uimblo to do sp. On this wo think tho couucll Is wrong and In saying ho wo aro voicing not only our own opinion but that of a largo soctlon of tho public. To issuo bondn to pay running ex penses is poor business. For Jlint reason, und for tliaf alono, wo op poso tho bond Issue and favor u tux. A Portland nowspapor reports that tho govornmont is to soil ship timbers no longer needed because of I yiou want good style -then you must have all-wool Here's why; nil-wool fabrics keep the style they had to start with; they don't lose their shape. Other fabrics don't "stay put;" don't wear. Yon get all wool here; Hart Schnflner & Marx, put Rood style into all-wool fabrics; it's there as lon as the clothes last and that's a lonj time. Hart Schaffner & Marx waist-seams are favorites The one above Ya iinifU-brciiud model; it Ui (one "over the top" with young men: many variation!, tingle and Jouble-brcaiteJ. MP f A QH IVf A M The IIo,nc of rt SclmlT. m mt m .KMrM.LA.i ner & Marx ciot,cs IJEND'S CLOTH IEK tho ending of tho war. Tho lumber meu.whoso business will bo nffcctrd by tho sale, ought to porsundo thu packers to holp tliem got .tho tim bers shipped abroad. . Nowspaper headlines say Pado'r owskl wants to quit his Job as Polish promlor becnuso of lack ot support of tho Diet. Under nourishment, probably, pr stomach ggno back on hi ui. Muuy of the good opportunities for foreign contracts- havln'g been lost Prcsldout Wilson now permits American shipbuilders to accept work for foreign nations. ,Aud it was only n fw years ago that a Froiichmnu named Blerlot, ns wo romombor, flow 20 miles ncross tho English chauuol und wan thought a marvel. It Ib as lmposslblo for Oormany to got tho pence terms changed ns sho said It was to arbitrate tho questions on which slip, declared war, Tho road from tho cradlo to tho gravo may bo shortened If fllcH nro pormlttcd to travel along with you. Swut tho tfly today. ' Of course It's liurd for President Wilson to have n republican con gress wished on him. But thou, he's In Europe, Theso ocoun flying nvIatorH would bo ready to Jump off If thoy woro sure thoy wero not going to full In. It takes more than ouo Hwnllow to mako a sumuior, but ono fly wll mako a funoral. Swnt tho fly now. Tho dljlglblo nt Tropussoy doclded to hop off oh Its own account . v s r- Put it ill "TUB BULLETIN." ,r ' JfiS COULD USE HIS HEAP, BUT- Sam Would Have Had More Confi dence Had He Been In Pouetslon of Another Weapon.' Thero was onco n very Biicccuful business urn n, whoxo two pet hobbles wero system nnd everlasting trying to Impress on Ills employees the Im portance of doing their own thinking. Ills motto wni "Uso Your I lend." mid ho hud the office iiml thu factory plu cardod wllh tho sentiment. One day ho hired n likely looking colored innn as his office porter. Bam thut of courso being his finineforth with received I bo startling Information that limn Is a thinking uiiliiinl and he, Hit in, must keep that In mind us much n.pQKslblc. About twenty minutes ittcr Sam bo gap work the boss, glancing out the of. flcdjloor toward the factory, noticed Hint a row had started among some of the factory hands and the wbotu bunch ww trying to settle the argument In that peaceful nnd itilel way posslblo wjlli plenty of good Miff Motion. ".Vow, Ham," said iljo boss, "I slmll depend on you to break up Hint light nt .Qiico. Tho method to take must coriio from your own brain, but whnt- Ver you do, Sam, remember, 'Use your h&id.' " ("Vcssiih, yessiih, It auhtjngly doen look liko Ah'd liavo to use my hald, uji, but Ah ah Hhiiah would feel a heap bafah, boss, ef Ai had my razali, too." ' ' ' 4 , - TJlo "Know.Nothlnai." "Kimw-NolhlngH" was an epithet popularly conferred upon I lie Aiuorl cafijtor' native- American party, a so crorpoHllrnl organization In the Uult oil KlflR, bccaiiKo ll iiioiiihers when lueH(loiied as to its principles nnd pur IHWOH professed "In know nothing," Tho party was organized about 1851, showed considerable strength the next year,, find jn 38.1(1 iiomiiiied Millard Flllin'oro tor ro-ehcjloii to tlio piesl. denty. ' "Know-Nothings" split on Hie shivery question iuu beciimu .divided Into tho "North" und "Homii" Aiuerl. cans. They were merged Into the Con. stljutfonol Unlpn pujty U l$w. ENGINE DEAYS BIG SEAPLANE WA8IMNOTON, I). C May 21.- Knglno trouble today forced thu NCH to postpone her. trip to Lisbon from Ponta dol Oiidn, thu naval ilk pnrtmont announced this morning. Admiral Jackson wirelessed that onu onglno Is not functioning proporly. With only ono soaplnuo loft upon which tho Hiicccss of I hi) transat lantic venture depends, naval official sny thnt no chances nro to bo taken with either machlno or wealhor until both nro us nearly Ideal ns posulblu. irwgatTonlaw" changes noted by state engineer , (Contlnuod from rngo l.) of tho contrnct, This him boon cured bh (ho statute provides (hut no such bonds shall bo less than 2(5 por cent, of tho construction cost. "Tho drainage district law 'yin also nmendod In boiiio important fea tures, ns that It now corresponds' moro chiHoly with thu Irrigation (lis? trlct luw nnd nil question hits boon ollmluatod as to whutlior or not tho obligation of tho district wlis nn In- jllvlduuj or community obligation, by fixing It (loflultoly us u community obligation, v ' ' 'Another statute was onnclod pro vldlng for thu certification of drain ugo district bonds In tho sniiui mail nor as irrigation district bonds nr'n now cortlflod, "SummliiK up thorofor, much fav oriho legislation was Hecured effect ing reclamation, in fUct tho lastdog--Islaturo segjuod to tko nunore'fftv 'orablo yow toward reclamation thn'rt Kb predecessors." . v ift -aA )Wh it- ';- vV''''Vf'','s'''T'w'" -'