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JW ,fvw FAGR 4 11KND UUMiirriN, IlKNI). OUKOON, THURSDAY, JULY 111, 1010 vv The Bend Bulletin Jw KMUInnt ? gpkbliflhod Dy -JTHB lND HULLKTIN , '(Incorporated) hr.rip.xKEGON A ,KflJI?lVl W0 W.)i r-Alaii KODBUT W.ISAWYEU Edltor-Maiiaccr. An Independent tiewspnpor standing for the square; deal, clean business, clean politics and the best Interests or Bona nnd Central Oregon; s One year; ,..., L..k.)2.00 Six monUm. :.., V. 1.00 Throo nionths.-.i .... .50 TIIUnDAY;( JULY 24, 1919. t .11, It. 487. Slnco all Irosorvolr possibilities aro to bo exhausted In tho prosont effbrt to nnd n storage- basin for of tho Deschutes, it ,tQ . n83umo that soma tho waters seems fnlr site will bq round which will hold water, nnd that so far as this ren turo of tho project Is concerned thero will bo no trouble. Tho noxt thing will bo to obtain tho neces sary funds with which to do tho work. As tho matter stands at tho pres ent Secretary Lano has said that ho is in favor of the construction of tho Deschutes project nnd tho officials of tho reclamation servlco during the year enough water goes electrical power will bring. It would bo unfortunate to linvo cither dovflopcd nt tho oxpojjjso of tho other ns tho Journal, says must bo thcscnuo, nnd wo trust that our power; or soma of It, may bo pro served. JvVa , Ho waver, tho Itetihain project is liow tho big thing. Lot us do nil wo can to obtain It and thou, when it Is building, hco if some of tho power cannot bo saved. ? - . HBSKRVOIK SUKVKYS. In urging that tho reclamation sorvlco order surveys of other reser voir sites for tho Deschutes projo"ct besides- that at Dcnhnm Falls, ns reported olsawhoro in this paper, Senator McNary is rendering this section n great service. Tonight the geologists who vlll mako tho study will nrrlvo here. For them to con flno themselves to Donhnm Falls and to let the irrigation development of this great valley stand or fall on their decision ns to Its value us n reservoir site would bo n great mistake. Tho people of tho two counties most deeply affected, Deschutes and Jefferson, will never rest until water is brought onto tho land. Tho wnter Is In the river. Careful measure ments havo established tho fact that Shoe Styles Every Stitch YtaM nt aro also pledged to this work. Tho ouo thing necessary Is tho approp riation of sufficient funds by Con gress. It this is done work will be gin quickly. At tho present tlmo n bill pro viding money for general reclama tion purposes, not only in tho west, but in tho south and cost, is being considered by tho public lands com mittee of tho house, or which Rep resentative Slnnott is chairman. It is needless to say that Mr. Slnnott is heartily in favor ot tho bill and is doing what ho can to assure a favorable report. Tho one thing to bo done now by persons interest ed in reclamation is to create favor able sentiment for tho bill, H. R. 487. If you know anybody in con gress ask if of his support for this bill. i , . . IRRIGATION" "VS. POWER. .Commenting on tho investigation no being mado hero by Professor Crosby, Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Wiley, the Oregon Journal says: "On tho theory that tno proposed Benham falls reservoir will hold water rests largely tho tuturo devel opment of irrigation in tbo Do ""sehutefi valley. On this thirteen mil lion dollar project tho government is asked ."to cooperate. As a pre liminary, step tho government has sent out (hreo experts to study the geological formation of the country and report thereon. This commis sion is composed of Professor Cros by ot Massechusetts, a noted geol ogist, Hbm'er Hamlin, of California and A. J. Wlloy of Idaho, both of whom aro consulting engineers of the U. . reclamation service. "Tho expe'rts have arrived In Bend to begin the examination. "If tho report is favorable, it will no. doubt bo followed by fed eral a,id, wh,!ch will help to bring under the , Irrigation district tho valley or the Deschutes and make thousands ' of acres of land productive . "Tho geology of tho country, which is of volcanic orgln, Ispe cullar. It will bo interesting to know if thero aro subterranean channels through which the water will escape and mako Impounding impossible. Tho experience with tho Tumalo dam makes it impera tive that a careful investigation be made before such a project as tho one contemplated is put Into exe cution. "One result that will follow tho building or a large reservoir will bo the destruction ot the present water power ot tho Deschutes as far north as tho mouth ot the Crooked rlyer. Bend will have to get its ppwer from some other source, , "This, however, is a small matter compared to tho great development or wealth through irrigation, both local and general. Tho future growth ot tho region depends up on it, The forests, that aro now its. greatest asset, though they will .last for years, are being cut dovn under tbo stimulation ot tho general demand for lumber. When they aro gopo tho only re source is irrigation." The Bulletin has consistently urged' the 'irrigation development of this section through tho construc tion' of 'tho Bentmm rails reservoir nnd. In1 oter ways and would be the last'jj'oay anything that would tehd(jt'oi Obstruct the project. .Wo liavp Itiberore, however, and -we repast.. no w that, it will be an' 'un fortunate thing tor Bend to have all possibilities uf-i power development by Benham Falls to reclaim all the suitable land In tho two counties. Tho ono problem is how to collect that wnter In tho uon-lrrlgntlon sea son so thnt it can bo used in the other few months ot tho year. A reservoir at Benham Falls is pro posed nnd theso experts aro to sny whether or not such reservoir would bo water tight. Granting that It would hold water, tho Benham Falls slto Is the best on tho river, but it it bo decided that it will not hold wnter thu ganio is far from being up. Thero nre other storago possibilities. Whllo theso experts aro here let thorn study the whole situation nnd in stead of making two bites of the cherry determine at ono tlmo how wo can assure ourselves ot tho water that we nre bound to have for our irrigation development. Probably it is not In their author ity to go beyond tho Benham Falls Investigation. In this caso the necessary authority should be ob tained from tho reclamation servlco at once. Let's mako a clean Job of the thing while we havo the opportunity. ll ( Ml ' f I Ml f rTfritm. I'd $?) SL- 2SS22222I Ono lesson that tho war taught America was that wo wcro not .depending upon Kuropo ono halt as much for stylo ideas ns was popu larly supposed. Tho now summer and fall shoos havo proved this out, because, whllo .Paris stylo loadorn woro trying to shovo tho Cuban heel down our throats, American women are going thotr inorry way. with tho graceful high hI In pump and shoo that Is 100 per emit Yank. Milady Is hero shown hanging out a lino ot seasonable hoso but It's not a wash Instead tho newest in wovon transparent pat terns and n row embroidered styles. SERVICE MEN BACK LEAGUE Of NiWttSS Am 'Favor Jh'Atli I'nnUJIy Cm ux KiiNcr itml l'rottltiftlnii, Httnw i Yoto Taken Hero Mionk. h Molt wjio BiiW iiufvfca with tho U. H. f'drcoH favor1 tho longi'io of nit tloiiH, prohibition, tho death puiiiil ty for tho ox-knlMor, uml, IiuIIuyo that tho American jilrl Is easily superior to thu glrlx of I'arhi, tho straw vote being taken liuro by army recruiting officers shown, In cidentally tho polls nt recruiting houduuiirturs will cIoho tonight, for tho thiol) iinn-commlnslouod of II coin In ohnrgo, Including Louis Main, who unlisted from Hum!, will loimi tomorrow morning for Condon, whore thoy will mako their, next stop. Ono enlistment. vus t result of tholr work horo, Arthur, McLnln, ii recent arrival from Ou inula, going Into tho ulr service.) ., A TANSY PLANS BRICK BLOCK' TWO-HTOIIV, KMIlMltl IIUIMHXH WIIIj UK ITT t'l Itf NIJAIt MJ. TUUK ON MWI'OHT AVHNVM 1IY CONTllAtnilt. . - lv 'the'v'Dl'ftmu'fGs deBtroy0a,. Hvo ll- wanr'tdsee' the agricultural .deye eaUen and wo want ' trie industrial grjijvtb. rtriHTrlW jjl tW plentiful AIR PROBLEMS. Llfo becomes moro complicated each day. Came tho telephono to take ua out ot tho seclusion wo may have sought; tho autombbllo to mako our travel moro speedy and to keep tho pedestrian on his mettle when crossing the street, and now the airship to tako away our last remaining feeling of security. To have a root over one's head used to mean that one was secure. A man's house was his castle. Once at home ho was sate, but now all has changed. At any moment an airplane may land In his attic or a dirigible come through into tho dining room. Aviators in para chutes will bo dropping in to sup per. Always, wo shall bo in danger. The legal maxim has it that u man's ownership extends straight from tho boundaries of his .land "usquo ad coelum" or translating ' AN EXPERIMENT STATION. It ought not to bo a difficult thing to collect tncts sufficient to show ... . tho desirability ot locating an agri cultural experiment station In this vicinity. Stations aro now main tained tor tho benefit ot whont, dry land farming, fruit and stock feed ing sections and It Is tlmo thnt irrt gallon was added to tho list. Potontially tho Deschutes valley Is ho greatest Irrigation soctlon In Oregon. Already thousands of ncrcs aro reclaimed nnd thero aro thou sands moro to bo brought, under tho Irrigation ditch. As more land Is reclaimed wo may expect moro settlers to come In, many or them Ignorant of irrigation methods nnd practice An experiment station hero which will give them Instruc tion In their now problems will fur ther their success, and therefore the prosperity of tho community. Even though thero wero no new lands to bo Irrigated horo the sta tion would ho needed to- study ex isting problems ot water use, crop rotation, and stock fcedlnz. This is a dairy country, a stock country or n sheep country, according to the turn of mind ot the person w)io has the floor nt tho moment, hut in fact, it Is all thrco, and u potato country and n. hay, country, tooj'o. ono would argue that oiirfarmers had reached anything Hsjfrjec tion In any ot theso brauchea.TAn ex purl merit station could "hoi p all In getting nearer to tho Ideal and every effort should be made to obtain It. i'r MINER PURCHASES WALL STREET SITE ProiK'Vty Adjoining American llal; ei-y Koruni! from Henil Company Brick IIuIIiIImk to lie Put Up. Death. "' ' Death is norhlng moro or liW than slipping bacV nto your own mibcon sclouNness, r.r,! so becoming greater i nnd finer nnd more iict!v moro use ful, too nni' with ,tr "!r powers roughly, "right Into the sky." What I than wo over unit In our "united iraper a wide field Is opened thereby for ! feet bodies. Life Is nothing but nn the law courts. Whoever crosses t'pwit' '" "r universal nie. that land becomes a trespasser. J. B. Minor, on Wednesday, con sumnted a deal with tnu Bend Com pany In which ho purchased thu south halt or lot 2, block 10, on Wall street, adjoining the building occupied by tho American Bakery. Tho proporty fronts 25 foot on Wall streot nnd Is 140 feet deep. Mr. Minor stated that It Is his Intention to begin tho erection of n one-story brick building on the property. Tho structure will bo an arcade building and will havo of fices on tho entire floor. As to when this building would bo started Mr. Minor said would depend on tho availability of labor and mntorlnht. DonUlp;, The old fortress of Dnntr.lg in rfrh In Napoleonic lore, It uan hero that thu Man nC IH'Mlny failed to hed tho Intimation of a grand council of hln uinrhiilsMiiriU Ney, and the rent, that hjs stur had panned porllicllon; It wns herV (hat he upbraided thcin for having grown soft In prosperity, ami for. opposing the Invasion of Russia; and it was from Panxlg that his lr gloiis "Jumped ofT" for thu lll-futed Moicow campaign. In a later tiny DanUlg was the background and the bane for tho north er1' shear of Miickeiisi'n'a gray-green pincers that too Warsaw. Look at Ihojfmnp of the blunt salient that Huh slnn Polund mndit Into thu heart of tho central empires In the days before the war, and the strategic value of the fortified city In the rear of tho In vading German can readily bo seen. As soon iih local building will pormlt hint to dovoto tlmo to hln own work, Jack Tiinsey will begin construction on u 40-hyu0fout brick building on Nowport nvuiiuo, which will Ik! a combination business block mid apartment Iiouku. Two storo rooiiiH will occupy I ho main door of tho building, each ot Which will bo 20 by 40 foot and will Iiuvii Tour living roomii on tho sniiio jloor. Tho sucoud story will have 10 living rooms, which will probably bo divided Into nulles nnd rented as apartments. Damages may bo only nominal but the owner may want to prevent any ono from gaining a prescriptive right nnd oo will he forced to tako his case Into tho courts. But how will ho prove who tho trespasser was? Will airplanes bo licensed as automobiles are? And will it bo compulsory to carry a number and a tail light and a muffler? Suppose rights of way aro arranged for tho air routes which are prophecled, how will they bo defined? What will tho right of way agents havo to pay? How will the air travellers bo kopt to them? But returning to tho question of security In tho home. Will not a new stylo ot architecture becomo necessary? Roofs must bo made stronger if they havo to shed ba loons as well as rain. Or, It may bo, a now stylo or roof will bo do vised, something running up to a Bharp point which no uvlator will euro to light upon. Possibly something on that order will settle tho difficulty. Aviators will fall at their own risk, and yhon, in the night, rather hears a bumping and scraping on tho roof ho. will not Jump. from his bed in alarm, but turning .over, will mur mur nlooplly, "Another airman down. We'll bury him In tho limbrninB," tThPm'a, ,'A, man fn, town, who has puf,., up .pver- Q -Jars of ,frut whllp. his' wlfflf8' away, on, a, vacation-. ."Wo move that he be awarded ,acrolx' 'do guerre with cans. Death Is Jtut n changr of direction then, reully; that's all. -From "The Promise of Air," by Algernon Blackwood. Where Huns Were Inferior. There Is a noteworthy example of tho preservation of valuablu military secrets In 'the Interesting article writ ten by the secretary of tho BrltUh Geographic society entitled "German War Map and Surveys." British luMbodior sifrvey and mnptimklng 'were'fi'r, superior to the enemy's, and ono coajplctjou success was scored In the scientific development or sound rnnglng4ftr artillery. They used a self.rccprdUijf apparatus, nn Ingenious and delfst pleco or mechanism, which was 'tifcil 'during tho buttle or Arras In AjVll, 1(117. The tda upon which' It wall baled must have been known to tftimt mnny persons, both soldiers and civilians, hut It never reached the enemy, though how much he desired to obtain It was revealed by Ludendnrfs Issue or an order In which he Innlsted upon the Importance or cap hiring a set or theso Instruments. Un til prnctlcnlly t lie-end of the war Ger man sound ranging wns done with stop watches, a hopelessly crude and Innccurato arrangement In comparison with tho scientific llrltlsh system. In dlunnpolls Star. Flying In Franklin's Day, Benjamin Franklin, who closely re ported the aerial experiments ho view ed In Franco In l'fi.M. wrAc; The Improvemrut In tho Construc tion and Management of thu Balloons bad already made n rapid Progress; and onu ennnot sny how fart may go. "A few Months since thu iden of Witches riding thro' the Air Uxn a Broomntlck, mid that or Philosopher upon n Bag or Smoke, would have ap peared equally Impossible and ridicu lous. "These Machines must always ho subject to bo driven by tho Wind. Perhaps Mechanic Art may find easy means to give them progressive Mo tion In a Culm, and to slant them a little In thu Wind." Art's Imolip'ion. A famous nitlst. wlic hod art ctnase. find forbidden smoking In his studio. One day, after blng ou for half nit hour, ho re-enleri'd ilr 'nllo mi'ldon ly nnd saw on Mutlf t 'Ui n lighted ejgjirettu In his lingers, .v'irh ho tried to 'coiircal. W'th an nlf of nisumed plnyfnlueni the nrtlnt uppronehcd llm offender and saldt "A strung crayon you have there, my friend. May I ask what you propone to draw with that?" "Clouds l" n-"-I x . inL Court Officials at Trial Of Non-Partisan Leaguers SfQP "tlBCV - ,rSJICln . ' UCi - r-JiaV. (T W 3BB 'ssssV2s!ssKi w jwiWmlvKi BBBBBBBBBBBBBBr 1 .MBBBBBBBBBBWOIbIbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbH XSBBBBWBbIbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ASBBSm. sssssRB .g.wfBfci, Jtf& I vflMB iTud&b E.C Dea.n o Attv. E.H. Nicholas ' Judge E, C. Dean and County Attorney B. II, Nichols, who w M, next to the defendants, tho most prominent figures In tho'trlal at - Jackson, Minn., beginning Juno 23, of A. C Townley, president Nu- ; tlonal Nonpartisan Lcaguo, and Joseph Ollbort, who was patlooal Organizer Of the lencun. 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