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WEEKLY EDITION V. -W The bend bulletin. ' $:h VOL. XVJI IIKNI), DKHGJIUTICH COUNT, OIIKOON, 'JHUllrtlMV, JUNK fi, J010 No. 14,, tc.im i - k M PI i , .' EXAMINATION WILL SELECT POMILHEAD TO BE HELD HERE ON JUNE 24. PLACE LONG VACANT l'lral 'JVM for I:IIkII.Ich IIcM Nearly a it Yrnr Ago Artlnu; INwIihiiMit ' JIikImmi Among Thosn lo Try for Appointment. (From Tuesday' Holly.) Tlutl n postmaster may flnnlly lio appointed (o nil thu vucnncy (lint linn existed In tliu Ilond office for tlio last two years, In Indicated In the announcement nimlu today by tlio United Mates civil norvlru commls mIoii, thnl competitive examinations for tliu jioitltluii will bo hold In litis city on Juno 24. Just how Inns a tlmo will olnpso after that (Into bo foro n successful candidate In elected and appointed In not stated. No In formation wun uvullablo today ns to what local men would compota for tho Ilond post mastership, bul It was learned that V. II. Iludion, acting postmaster, who linn been In choree or tho offlco ftlnco August 1018, when Henry Ford, former postmnstor, loft tho city, would be on tho lint of thoia who would nook tliu appoint nicnt. Trot N Contprtcthr. Although announced by tlio civil Murvlca eommlimloii, tho coming tent A In not, properly speaking, a civil mirvlco examination, bul wilt bo hold under nn mocutlvo order of March ni, 1017. According to this nn open coniputotlvo examination In provided for to tent thn fitness of appllcnntn to nil tho vacancy, tho communion , certifying thu result to tho post master general, who nhnll nubtnlt to thu pronldent tho nnmo of tho highest qualified eligible for nppolntmont. No person who ban panned his CCth birthday will bo considered, eligible. PiwItJou Vacant Tmo Yearn. Tho position becanio vaoant In Ilond In Juno, 1017, whon the term of Postmaster Ford expired, lie continued an acting postmaster, how ovor, and In April, 1018, examina tions worn hold hora for tho pur poso of solcctlng liln successor. A number of applicants woro In tho race, and competition was keen, but tho results of tlio tost were novor given out, and the announcement of n now examination ends all hopes of nn appointment being made on tho basis of tho papers niod with tho civil service commlsnlon mora than n year ago. DAVIDSON WILL TRY ' EXAMINATION JUNE 24 . (From Wednesday's Dally.) 'At loast ono more llend mnn In ad dition to acting Postmnstor Hudson will try for tho postmastunihlp, at tho computltlvo examination an nounced for Juno 24,for J. D. David Hon announced thla morning that ho In to bo In tho running for tho posi tion. Suvornl others, It Is under Htood, will tnko tho examination. CLERK'S FEES REACH ... A TOTAL OF $479.95 (From Tuosdny'B Dally.) Fuoh collected In thu office of County Clerk J.-H. Hanor for tho pnnt month showed u total of J470.05, according to tho roport 'glvon out from tho otneo today. Recording amounted to $320.45, circuit court fote to J 110.60 proba(o court fops to $10, find mnrrlago llcensea lo $24. CLASS ATTENDANCE: &r x .. AT GYM TOTALS 732 (From Tuosday'a Dally.) ClnsHoa nt tho Ilond Amateur Ath .' l'otlo club during tho past month hnd " u totul nttundnnco of 732, It- was . stated thin morning by Athletic Di rector Luckoy. Nino hundred and nloty uttondod tho month bofpro, .' tho d8crHaHB''fiolnB duo to tho coining u v, of the Biuumor season, Mr. Luckey 7 titm). WEATHER IS UNKIND TO COUNTY FARMERS Warm Days Frequent During Month, hut Luck of llaln anil Too Ifonvy l-'rofttH Chock Vegelittlon. (From Tubmlny'M Dally.) Although tho tiuiroury full lo 14 degrees above zero on tho overling of May 30, maximum tomporntures for tho month itvornged 70.1 degrees, official government monU-rirologlcnl record, taken horu, show, 'ho aver ago minimum wns 33.5 degfues, und I ho menu buiwneu nvuragn maximum und minimum wan til. 8 dogroen, Tho month wan uxcoptlonnll ilr"y, only .02 or nn Inch of nilti fulling, although rnpeclally heavy storms were reported from tho country n few miles out from llend. ?Tho, hot test dny of tho month enmu An .Mny 20, when 86 dogreon woifjtrcorded, und tho grentost dally rutwifyM CI dogroea, on May 23. U ' $ ' Fifteen dnys woro clcur, 13 woro partly cloudy nnd three cloudy hut cool wlndn, and nlmost tptnl ab hoiico of rain, checked vegetation, having u particularly marked 'ejffocl on garden truck und on (he 'range, which In at least two week behind tho semion. The only killing fronts woro on tho last two duyVaf' tho month. SHEVLIN OFFICIALS FINISH LONG TRIP (From Tuesday's Dally.) After making, for tho nrat time, a thorough survey of tho company's timber holdings In Central Oregon, officials of Tho Hliuvlln-lllxon Com pany, who arrived hero last week, roturnod last night from un auto trip Into tho Crencont section. From tho main routo they mndo side trips through tho woods, until a compre hensive Idea of tho oxtont of the timber owned by tho corporation wnn gained, This morning thoy started on a tour of Inspection of tho logging camps, Ihclr roturn bolng scheduled for thin evening. They will leave tomorrow for tho east. REFUSES PAY FOR ROAD SUPERVISION (From Wednesday's Dally.) '.' After years of mall" carrying In Alaskn, during which tlmo ho used almost ovory known form of convoy anco short of nn nlrpluno, E. W. Quernoy, who has charge of tho Ilond to Stauffor routo, has devel oped such an appreciation for good roads that ho has taken charge, with out compensation, of tho repair work bolng dono on tho 00-mllo stretch on tho Bond-Burns road by tho county. Tho work bolng dono at tho prosont tlmo consists chlolly In removing rocks from tho highway, nnd Mr. (Juornoy declares that with tho Improvement already, iUiido ho Ih ablo to save two hours pu his trip. In addition to what Is' being dono In this county, Mr. (luornoy haB boon Instrumental In starting work on that section of tho highway which passes through Lnko county. "After breaking trail for my dog team over a 300-mllo routo In Alaska, those trails In Control Oregon don't bother mo a bit," Mr. (Juornoy Bays, "but 1 do approclato good roads Just tho namo," DRIVE WILL BE LAUNCHED HERE (From Wednesday's Dally.) In preparation for thq Salvation army drlvo scheduled Jo. start on Juno 22, 13. P. Mnlmrfo'y, fftntrnl Oregon chairman, haa 'ruc6)vcd u quantity of Hupplloa from tho fltato heudquartora nnd It Is probubhv that tho campaign may start locally bo foro tho dato officially set. Tho drivu Is bolng handled hero, as wall as throughout tho greater part of tho United States, by tho felks.a nn ondorsomont of tho charitable nnd patriotic work o tho Salvntlon'nrmy, Although notirly throo wooks will pass boforo tho tlmo Hot for tho opuu lng of tho drlvo, Prlnevlllo nnd Red mond luxvo ulrondy nout (uword, that (hoy aro ready to turn In tliotruotna nt any tlmo that Ilond HtalsO1 Tho Dulles and Hood Rlvornr both ovor. ' ?i MAJORITY OF ISSUES WILL BE ENDORSED INCOMPLETE RETURNS FAVORABLE. , CANVASS IS ORDERED City Voto Hlimvn Wrong Majority on All MrnNiircM, hut Itcronitruc- tlon BUN May Ho Defeated In County n( Iwirgc. (From Wodncnday's Dally.) Although returns from n few of tho precincts throughout tho county nru still to como In, tho succens of tho larger number of tho measures In tho ntntu nnd county election In virtually annurcd, election ofHcluls, who nrrlved In Mend thin morning with returns, declared. Ilcconntruc- tlon bond measures aro still In doubt, as It Is stated that a number of tho larger rural precincts had cast a sub stantial negative voto, bul tho pass- ago of tho fl2C,000 county rood bond Issuo, for a tlmo thought to bo In danger, was today a forogono conclusion. A formal canvass of tho county voto will bo made tomorrow, County Clerk J. II. Honor announced this morning, and at thai tlmo final re turns will bo available. Uallot boxes from tho precincts In tho far western part of tho county will probably not arrive until nomo tlmo tonight. City 1'avom All HUN. Tho truth of tho old political maxim that a small voto In a favor nbto ono was well demonstrated when complcto returns came In from tho llvo city precincts last night, for every measure on tho two ballots carried by n largo majority, tho $12S,000 road bond Issue gaining tho biggest victory of tho day with 2C5 for and only 22 against. Tho C per cent county Indebtedness oil! carried, 24C to 30; tlTe Industrial and reconstruction hospital amend ment won, 220 to 54, and tho statu guarantco of Irrigation and drainage district bonds went ovor on a 24 S to 20. voto. Tho samo favornblo results pro vnllod In regard .to tho $S,000,000 reconstruction bonding amendment, which had been .thought to bo .In greater danger than any othor stato measure, tho city voto on this ques tion bolng 233 for and 48 against. Tho lieutenant governor constitu tional irmondmont cnrrled, 205 to 80; tho Itoosovolt highway won, 252 to 35; tho reconstruction bonding bill wun. given n 205 to 73 majority; tho soldiers', sailors' and marines' edu cational financial aid bill was en dorsed, 235 to 54, nnd tho market rouds bill carried, 252 to 31. GREA T ACTIVITY FORESEEN B Y NOR THWES T L UMBERMEN In vlow of tho prcemlnonca of lumber manufacture from a local industrial standpoint, forecasts of unusual development as a phaoo of tho reconstruction era, which aro mudo by prominent lurabormon of tho northweal In tho business digest issued bj" tho United Statea, National bank of Portland for tho summor of tho current year, are of especial In terest. Thnt tho lumber Industry Is about to outer Into tho most active epoch In tho history of thebuslness In halt u century Is tho prediction mndo by George S. Long, manager of tho Woyorhueusor Timber company. "While there may bo more or loss ot tho unknown nnd contusion nbout business affairs until tho war tur moil Is settled, I bollovo that the nctlvltlos ot tho world In tho noxt 10 or 15 years nru going to surpass In a business way and In a develop ment way any similar porlod within tho memory ot man," Mr. Long pre dicts, In tho same article sls tho follow ing statement from ono ot tho lnrg ost rotations having yards In tlio In terior; "Tho demand for building material for farm and city Improve- munts is In n very hoalthy condition. Wq uro not only anticipating u con- TO INSTITUTE B.P.0.E.L0DGE IN BEND SOON DISPENSATION IS NOW THOUGHT CERTAIN. ' LAST OBSTACLE GONE Hlnto Asportation favor tfrnutliiK of Petition, and Tlio Dullew With- drawn JiirlMilIctJon front llrml Territory. (From Wednesday's Dally.) To Institute an Klks lodge In Dcnd, Dr. II. !.. Tonoy, deputy grand ex alted rulor, will arrlvo. hero from his homo In McMlnnvlllo somo tlmo between Juno 20 nnd 24, ho In formed W. C. Cooper, prominent roomber of tho local antlcrcd herd, In a long dlstanco telophono call yes terday. The petition of tho Dend Klks who aro seeking a dispensation for tho establishment of a lodge hero has' not yet been passcdupon by tho grand' exalted ruler, but a favorable decision is considered by Dr. Toney to bo a foregone conclusion. Obitarlew lcmovril. Tho petition which was sent In following tho organization meeting of Central Oregon Elks, held hero on tho evening of April 21, was held up for several weeks when tho stato association, acting on complaints of a number of towns throughout Oro gon, alleging that Dcnd's population was short of tho 5,000 mark, recom mended that action bo doferred. A census of tho city, however, re vealed that oven with an Incomplete enumeration Dcnd has nearly C00O, land tho association In consequence has recommended that a lodgo bo' In stituted hero. Following this ac tion, tho credentials committer passed favorably on tho petition, and tho lodgo nt Tho Dalles, which form orly Included all the torrtory "from which tho Dend membership Is to bo drawn, has -withdrawn .its Juris diction over this section. This removes all obstacles to tho granting of a dispensation, which will bo followed in July, according to tho usual procccdure, by tho issu ing of a charter. LINEMEN WORK LATE TO CONNECT PHONES (From Wednesday's Dally.) Working until midnight, linemen brought in from Portland completed last night tho repair of tho Dend tolophono system, which was put out of commission by,flro Saturday. Tho last lines to bo 'connected with tho switchboard wura those on tho west fildo of tho river. sldcrnblo Improvement In tho volume of our trado, but aro already experi encing such n condition." In tho production end ot tho lum ber industry tho optimistic attitude la Just as pronounced, and the man ager ot ono of tho largest mills In tho stato already notes an upward trond. "Tho lumbor business In tho northwest Is Bhowlng somo Improvo mont," ho declares. "This Is coming as tho result ot n cortaln amount ot foreign business, coupled with fairly heavy buying by tho railway admin istration, nnd normal, or better than normal, demand from thu mtddlo west nl coming at a tlmo whon tho southorn pine competitors ot tho west coast uro overloaded with orders and huvo doplu'tcd stocks. "Fir manufacturers aro beginning to roallzo that thoy can no longer Roll their product tor cost, and less. Pricos, having started upward, will probably go as high as thoy should to yield fair compensation to tho producers. Labor is beginning to bo scarce, and tho problem tho mlllmon have to 'face, beginning Immediately, Is not that ot taking caru ot tho un employed, but ot finding sufflclont labor to operuto tho camps' and mtlla,1' ..iLfeilKK BEND WRITE-UP GIVEN IN "BANKER-FARMER" ArlJelo by It. A. Ward Trlln How KJrxt National Is Aiding Live "stock and Agriculture. (From Haturday's Dally.) In tho Mny number of the Hanker Farmer, an entire page In given lo an article by II. A. Word, of the First National bank, outlining tho work being dono In Deschutes county through tho bank's nld to promote tho farming nnd livestock Industries. Ono Illustration In connection with tho article shows Mr. Ward vaccinat ing n calf for blackleg, nnd another shown tho 11-month-old Hereford bull which wok 'exhibited in front of the bank nt the tlmo of tho Cattlo and Horso Kaisers' convention hero in April. Tho Banker-Farmer In published by tho agricultural commission of tho American Hankers' association. CROPS BRAVE COLD TO HONOR NATION'S DEAD (From Saturday's Daily.) Dcsplto weather which kept tho mercury closo to tho freezing point all day, hundreds rode and marched to the cometcry yesterday morning to pay n fitting Memorial day trib ute to, tho soldier dead. Men who served In tho world war, carrying a hug flag, followed tho Bend concert band In tho parado which started at tho Dend Amateur Athletic club in tho morning. Another detail of service men in uniform followed, and a detachment ot Doy Scouts -was followed by a long Una ot school children. Al the cemetery Rev. II. C. Ilart- ranft. ot .tho Presbyterian church, Introduced Father Luko Shechm. of tho Catholic church, who delivered an eloquent invocation, which com bined a tributo to the men of tho nation who gavo their lives In war and an appeal to tho living not to allow tho sacrifice to have been made In vain. An excellent number by tho Dend Imperial malo quartet fol lowed, with tho reading ot Lincoln's Gettysburg address by R. S. Hamil ton and tho address ot tho day by Rev. E. D. Johnson, of tho Baptist church, bringing tho morning's uro gram to n close. Children and par ents, during tho exercises, decorated tho graves In the cemetery. Honor King Pnstcntetf.' Many wero present In tho evening nt tho Emblem club for tho luncheon prepared by tho women ot Bend. Prlvato C. C. Likens, overseas vet oran of Portland, In a brief speech, formally presented thu honor flag won by Bond In tho Victory loan drive, and Bishop Paddock, ot the Episcopal church in Eastern Ore gon, recently returned from tho western war zono, told ot his ex periences during tho war. Tho entiro programboth morning nnd evening, was In chargo of a Joint committee representing tho Bend Commercial club and tho Cen tral Labor council. DEFEAT COMES TO ONE BILL PORTLAND, Juno 4. Practically complete returns Bhow that all tho measures on the state bnllot, with tho exception of tho lloutenant gov ornbr amendment, woro carrlod in Multnomah county, although others mny havu boon defeated due to a heavy negative voto in up-state counties, Tho Roosovelt highway and mar ket road bills apparently cnrrlednud tho county boudlng measure Is ap parently safe, Roturua up to 1 o'clock show thu't other moasures are doubtful, with tho exception ot the lloutonnnt .governor nmondmout, which wus defeated. JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION IS ANNOUNCED COMMERCIAL CLUB "TO BE IN CHARGE. FAVOR ONE-DAY PLAN Flninicri Already Have Two Feature Outlined lloal Surveys In County to. Ho Itoportwl to Stato 'Highway Commltsloii. (From Wednesday's Dally.) ' Tho biggest Fourth of July celo bratlon over held In Central Oregon will be staged In Bend this year, was tho unanimous decision reached thla noon by the Bend Commercial club, following an appeal by Charles W. Ersklno that tho city fittingly ob servo the day. la the absence ot tho president and- rice president of tho club, no committee to have charge of preparations was appointed fey Chairman D. O, McPherson. As tka result ot suggestions made by number ot speakers, It Is probable that tho celcbratlpn will bo coaflaed to one day, and that all the erats which would ordinarily bo scattered, over two days will be packed late half tho time. As two features which have already been tentatively arranged, Tom Carlon, chief of-'the Bend fire department, stated that preparations have been made fef a smoker and a dance, to be given' on tho Fourth, Koad Work Pushed. A report by R. S. Hamilton ot the roads committee, supplemented by remarks by H. J. OverturT and A. Whlsnant, showed that hlghway'.swr vcys In the county, which have baea uuder tho direction ot R. B. Uelud. ill be completed Saturday,- and tkat estimates BBfflcleatly aeeurale . la bring before the state hlghwayeeea mission will be finished about that time. It waa decided to send a dele gation to Portland Sunday night to confer with thq highway commission to urge .Immediate road construction and to ask that tho surveying crews now working la this county be shitted to highway work In which Deschutes county is directly later csted. Hoy Scout Week Announced. J. A. Eastes, chairman ot the citi zens Boy Scout committee, an nounced that the week from June 8 to 14, inclusive, has beon set apart by presidential proclamation as Boy Scout week, and the club Bcout committee was instructed to cooperate in every way possible In making the week a success. '' A letter from tho Portland Cham ber ot Commerce Inviting u Bend representative to attend tho oratori cal contest on Industrial subjects In Portland on Juno 8 was read, r.nd tho Invitation left open to any club mombors who might wish to tuke advantage of U FIRE NEAR, LA PINE IS WORST OF SEASON (From Tuesday's Dally.) That the most serious Are ot tho season is raging (n the Jackpincs in tho "Morsen segregation, neur Ln Pine, was the report received this morning by Forest Supervisor N. O. Jacobson. As tar as could bo learned no timber of any y'aIuo is' endangered by the conflagration. Inability to renew telephone com munications with La Pino prevented further details from being obtained. MILLICAN DEPUTY , FIRST TO REPORT (From Wednesday's Dall) . First of all the deputles'of'Couuty Assessor Mullarky to bring' in a comploto report from his district Is Frank PQrclyal of MUllcan, whoiu territory includes ull township In tho Mlljlcun suction. Hln report wai filed yestrday hut will not bo com puted until nil the others from thu county havo come Jn. m Jtlr, fMullnrky oxpcctB tuat'i'tho doputlea' work will l)o.-finished,, by the oml of this month, ' -"