WEEKLY EDITION
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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.
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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'
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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, ' -"