DRND MUIiliKTIX, MENU, OltKGON, THVlttTOAY, AUOUHT 1 t, lt PAOKfl The Bend Bulletin (Weekly Edition) Published lly T1IM 11BNI) UUIjIiKTIN (Incorporated) Established 11)02; t FItKl) A. WOELFLEtf,. Killlor UOllBUT W. SAWYElt, Manager An Independent; nownpapor standing for the aqunro deal, clean business, clean politics and the best Interests of"Dend and Central Oregon. . One year .. $2.00 Six months :... 1.00 Three months 60 THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919. 4 d A OOOD EXAMPLE. As wo pointed out tho other day, costs and wages make a circle. Higher wages nro asked to meet Increased costs; then costs aro still further advanced to meet higher wages. Of lato tho country has "witnessed a debauch of this sort ot thing, until frightened at tho demands for moro wages, it Imb started In the last 10 days to tower tho cost of living and get things back to normal. So far as tho lumber business is concerned, tho Sbcvlln Interests started thrco weeks ngo to try to Mftbttlto conditions as is shown by a circular which has just como to our attention. Tho oxnmplo Is n flno one. A definite stand ngalnst further price ndvances must help to bring about a return to sane and normal conditions. If tho lenders in tho basic industries of tho country would do the same thing wo ought to soon ho back on a level keel. Tho circular, which was sent to tho trado under tho dato of July 19, is as follows: "The course of tho lumber mnrket during tho past six weeks has been marked by a demand for certain kinds and grades of lumber far In excess of tho ability of lumber manufacturers to supply promptly from stocks of lumber now on hand. This demand, In tho main, has been a lcgltlmato one so far as industrial needs and needs for building construction aro concerned, but It has been nugmentcd to a considerable extent by a speculative demand from certain merchants. Who, fearing a shortage later In the season, have sought to provide for futuro needs ahead of the actual consumption of the lumber. This has resulted in sharp prico advances in certain Items and a panicky feel ing on the part of many lumber buyers which has led them to bid up values of certain Items of lum ber In a manner which can only be described as hysterical. We feel that the "present prices for most items ot common lumber, as per list of July 17th, are entirely justified by existing costs of production and distribution and aro In lino with other commodity values, but that there are no, now and are not likely to be in the future any good rea sons for further advances in tho prico of lumber. We believe, too, that the best interests of ail branches of tho industry will bo better served by a more stable price situation. "For these reasons we deem It only fair to state to our customers that our companies will not, during tho next ninety days,' make any further price advances on the prod uct of any of our mills. . Further more, if It shall appear to us that In the excitement any items of !u ru bor have been bid to a price tho legitimate situation does not war rant, we shall not hesitate to lower such prices promptly. ' let the; PEOPLE DECIDE. Union labor, which might bo ex pected to favor unreservedly the plan for tho nationalization of tho railroads proposed by tho five '' brotherhoods, is not wholly in sym pathy. Eugene E. Smith, one of the labor leaders iu Oregon, has al ready voiced his opposition to the plan and wo may expect to hear of others who agreo with his opinion that it is too great a step in the direction of socialism to bo taken by tho United States. Such opposition, however, will be only a whisper, compared to tho campaign which will bo waged in favor ot tho plan by the railroad men. United and organized, with a large membership extending Into every part of tho country, and there fore with a great political power, they will use tho power to forco their program through. Lett to con gress alone, It seems posslblo tho measure will pass justv us tho Adamoon 'wage bill was passed in 1915", becauso congressmen 'will yield to the organized pressure and will vote as they think tho moBt good will bo done' to themselves, rather, fJiAii f th'o country. Aid spe tyqllpve.tjip, whole, plan should benplaced.. boitoro ,tlia people byia, uMlonM referendum. ,. ti - twills "li l-tljo. most VeVolUtiohitr'y, tt(8ft nfdtfctl'faP reacliiug tliinkvor proposed In the UnlttW'WatW.,(f'car rled through as proposed, it be- comes an entering wodgo, and starts this country oft on u most tronion nous socialistic experiment, wo w want It? Ib It tlio best thing Tor us to do? Shall wo sink Individual ism Jntn. nnol of effortless medioc rity? , BJiaU wo place In tho hands of (government bureaucrats tho man agement of our moat Important business? At least, lot us have tho pooplo answer. MEAT. l)o you remember thnt sovoral wcoks ago It was reported thnt thu war department had a big surplus ot canned meat on hand nud that tho big packers had persuaded de partment officials that It should bo shipped abroad? To put It on tho homo market, they claimed, would demoralize prices, and tho starving people ot Europe needed It. There was a untvors.il protest but nothing came of It, unless to cause tho dopartmout to slow up on Its program, whilo the packers stm worked to get tho meat out ot tho country. Then last week tho pooplo blew up, President Wilson dlscussod the prico ot canned tomatoes before a joint session of congress, profit eers wcro arrested and n lot of army meat was' placed on wilo. Jjo far we havo not heard any thing from tho packers In opposi tion to these sales. Wo doubt It anything Is said by thorn because they will hardly daro onrago public opinion any further. Hut hero Is tho point: They went ns far as they could. And they quit only when It was clear that they had to do so. Wo have no fear ot tho United States going llolshevlst. Tho great mass ot its people are too sane tor any such tiling to happen, but it over the rountry seems to lean that way It will bo because ot just such things as this, when food prices aro kept up by a monopoly nnd gov ernment officials think moro of the monopolists than they do of the people. A CRISIS. Apparently tho reclamation serv ice's Idea of the investigation ot tho Dcnham falls reservoir slto is an investigation which docs not cost too much. At least, that Is the con clusion to be drawn from tho state ment, mado today, that unless ar rangements are mado at once tho work of the geologists now horc will bo ended with a preliminary re port and nny real decision as to tho reservoir will wait until bor ings can be made. This may bo next year or tho year after, or whenever wo shall bo ablo to croato enough interest In Washington to get tho work done. If wo, should havo to wait now, after all we havo been through to get the business to Its present point, It would be a great misfortune. It would mean that the Investigation now going on would bo merely a teaser. Assuming thnt Congress passes tho Mondell bill providing funds for reclamation, none could bo allotted to the Doschutcs pro ject until finnl report had been made. What we want, on the con trary, is to havo things in such shape that thu report will precede tho passage of the bill. Then, It It Is favorable, wo havo Secretary Lano's promlso to tako up tho proj ect as soon as tho monoy is avail able. Now, If ever. Is tho time for concerted action on tho part of the Irrigation nnd commercial In terests" ot Deschutes nnd Jefferson counties to get tho necessary boring done at once. COSTS COMPARED. Fred Lockley, In tho Oregon Jour nal, tells tho following interesting facts about increases iu newspaper advertising and subscription costs as compared with those of other com modities. "Many of our dailies aro raising tho price of tho Sunday papor from h cents to 10 cents. Most of (hem have been compelled to make an ad vance In tho subscription prices. Ad vertising rales in most of the largo dallies havo also been advanced. Tho prices of paper and supplies of all kinds havo shot skyward. Labor cost has almost doubled and it is a question how long papers can con tinue to exist without Hocurlng moro rovenuo. A recont government an alysis shows that tho coat to tho public of nowspapors has Increased about 20 per cont. as compared with the prico boforo tho war. Tho aver ago incrpase in city taxes through tho whole United States is C7 per cont. The average Increase In freight ,Is 39 per cent,, in express 37. Tho increased, ccfst In magazines is from $M fi n8li,C0.nt ,Caudy is -JO ppr. ,cont. moro than before, the war,. coal ,00 per cent., clgaj-H, 00, .wheat 150, jcerwm.60," arauges 200, -,buttpr 190, oggtMXSO, "Ufccon 170, pork"150, lrtrd 140, chickens 120,, sugar lio'foreau" 100, milk 90 and fruit 80 per cont." BEND COUPLE TO WED AGAIN DISTIUrT ATTOUNKY KElTHKH TO .ItECOHNIZE KIUHT MAIL 1UAGB IX JUNE HBCAUBH OF limKCJULAMTY OF HKTt'HN. For tho second time In loss than threo months, according to their own contention, tor tho first time uh fnr an Deschutes county rocords go, Chhrlos F, Hohtusnn nnd Miss Mnry A. Hudson (or Mrs, Charles F. Hoblnson), again according to the viewpoint froniVWhiotv tho case Is seen, wcro ttgalti tnar'rlcd In Port land on Wednesday, District Attor ney A, J. Mooru announced this morning, JtHuro at tho officiating clergyman to mnku. propor retnrnH on tho wedding ceremony, which ltoblnson claimed , took place In Ilend early In Juno, Is, tho cautm underlying tho second marriage. Following now'spapor reports ot tho case, attorneys for Hoblnson mailed n marrlngo cortlficnto to Mr. Moore to show that ltoblnson nnd tin ilwi .inii.t..M .. rM ...! l.. tho girl, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. It. K. Hudson ot this city, had been proporly married, but tho document failed to bear tho signature of the minister, who had been Introduced to tho girl under tho namo of Jackson and who hnd never been registered In this county. In consequence, Mr. Moore Ig nored ttiu domnnd ot Robinson's nttorneys for what would virtually have amounted to an apotogy, and wrote bnck advising that a second wedding should be hold It legal nctlon wns to be avoided. For the second time tho consent ot tho girl's parents was obtained, Robin son's mother taking tho written permission to Portland, where the coremony wns scheduled for today. WOMEN HOLD COUNTY JOBS SHERIFF, CLERK AM) TltEAHl'Il KK LEAVE FOR ELKS' COX- VEXTIOX; A X I) ASSISTANTS TAKE THEIR WORK. County offices woro largely held down by women on Wednesday, and will bo for tho remainder of tho week ns tho result of, the Elks' convention In Klamath Falls. WUh hlj3chlof deputy, August Anderson, already gono on a trip east. Sheriff Rob erts has gono south, leaving the of fice in care of Mrs. Hazel Mnnlon. Mrs. Clydo McKay took the place of her husband as county treasurer, and Miss Helen Foley becamo county clerk when J. II. Hunor started for Klamath. The convention will last through Saturday and by tho beginning of next week tho nffnlrs of tho county will again be handled by men. MILL ENGINEER IS GIVEN JRECOGNITION Safety Stop Inw-ntetl by (.'. J. Kclk Is .Subject of Article Iu Technical -Mnguuliic, 4- s.. An Invention of sufficient merit to receive , notice in a halt pago artlrlo in tho magazine "Power" Is tho work. of O. J. Solk, chief en gineer nt the, stoanl plant of tho Drooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. of this city, nnd Is' in' the form of a safety stop to supplement the functioning of tho governors ot a fly wheel. A patent Is now ponding on tho In vention, and Mr. Selk has already roceived a number of fluttering communications from insurance companies In regard to tho possi bilities of tho device. Tho safety stop has been tried out for tho past two years by Mr, Solk on n Corliss engine nt the DrookS'Scanlon plant, bolng thor oughly tested In this manner by thu Inventor. Wo read directions the other day on how to kcop cider sweot. What pooplo want to know In theso days is how to get It hard In tho quickest tlmo. Itocrultlng signs around Jown Joad off with tho statement "Con gress Makes War Pay." Tho demot cratlc congress, that Is, Tho ancestry of the Carnoglo mil lions was' something llko this! by a high tariff, out' -of ste'ol. BondxWJussoVtci.he gypped, by (ho gypsies. WAR EXPLOSIVE SENT TO BEND 14 TONS' OF T. N. IV TO BE USED ON ROADS. . H. War Department Ships Part of Hugo Surplus Which Was Intended for U Against tho (iVrnmu Army. Twouty-olght thousand pounds ot trl-nltro-tuluol, m u r popularly known as T. N, T ono nf tho most powerful explosives known to sol unco, and used uxtunslvoly during the world war, arrived In lluud last Friday, consigned to thu Deschutes national forest, and will bo used In road construction. Tho shipment ot explosive was Hunt by tho U. 8. wnr department from Fort Wlngnto, Now Mexico, and Is just a small portion of the huge surplus ot war materials which had boon prepared to use against tho central powura during thu present year, If hostilities had 'continued. No charge Is being made .. .. . ..... . . tor tho H tons of trl-nltro-toluol, with tho exception ot freight, which tho Deschutes forest will pay. Forest service employes glngorly unloaded tho 100-pound boxes ot high explosive this morning, storing It In tho llend Hardware Co. powder house. There was llttlo danger, howovcr, ns the T. N. T. does not. oxplodo as readily ns other prepara tions which nro more commonly In use. Tho first 15 or 20 boxes wilt bo sent to East lako, where a forest road Is now being constructed, nnd whero a considerable saving of labor will be effected by using tho T. X. T. for blasting stumps and In other grading work. None of the forest service em ployes has ever had experience In handling trl-nltro-toluol and prelim inary experiments will be mad In determining tho proper amounts to uho nnd tho best methods of detonation . SUNFLOWERS, A SILAGE CROP (Continued from Togo 1.) dltlons, very enroful preparation nnd cultivation of tho soil, In fact tho practice of all of thtu usual conser vation ot moisture methods nro es sential. Tlmo to Plant. Tl;n tlmo ot sowing will depend Homowhnt upon weather conditions. Whon it Is not desired to euro the seed sunnowors may bo sown as late as from July 1 to July 15, and be cause, of this fact thoy are often used as a catch crop, as in tho case where a poor stand of corn Is ob tained. Earlier seeding Is to bo recommended, however, May unit Juno bolng good months, When tho sunflowers aro raised for seed at high altitudes, tho planting should bo done very early In tho son son to Insure maturity. Twolvo to 15 Inches Is tho best dlstnnco butwoon tho plants In tho row when scud pro duction Is desired. When thu sued Is mature tho heads should be cut and hung up Iu n well ventilated place to dry. If the heads aro piled before thoy uro thorougly dry they will mould badly and this will Injure tho vitality of tho seed. Vurlous methods of seeding for a sllugo crop aro pmctlcod. Under Irrigation, two methods havo been tested. Seeding thorn In drll nud In chock rows nt various distances. Tho former me thod has proved to bo thu moro sat isfactory. Acocrdlng to Montana ox pcrJmontors, tho most practical dis tance between rows has been found to ho 24 to 30 Inches, and tho correct amount of seed 12 to 10 pounds, or abourt half a bushel, to tho aero. Sulphur quotations havo been ro calved at tho office of tho county agriculturist at Redmond. Tho quotations aro $2 por hundred f. o, b. Redmond. Ordors tor sulphur are now being placed with tho agri culturist to bo. sent for early In October and to urrlvo thu latter part of October. Nature's Method of Storage. In lower animals nnd In savage race nntiiio stores up food for time of fam ine by converting it into fnt. Thl pro vlhloii of imluro still tpcnilcH, desplto din lack of the net,-ewlty for It, among civilized peoples, nud thu result Is cor pulence, Ily substituting fust for thu famines of old, thu flush can lie brought to normal with no hud effects. Exploded Theory. Thero is liltlo In thu theory (hat If you imiko a better jnuusotrnp Hum any body elf.o Iho world will bent n path way to your tloor. You probably ac cept that theory. Very well. Who manufactures tlu best mousetrap son' the market, Tl'lilludelDljIa,, ; ,ru)JIo, Ledger. 'TICKED UP" IDS EPUUAIIUN How One Man Acquired Knowledu by Hla Habit of Aiklntj , "Why!" ami "What rjfe " Ills youth know full well tin' pinch of, poverty antl lie leanied hot (ally what (fm dollar will Imy, hut, mum Important, what It will nut buy. "Ho It hnpiu'iiH," writes Hi-tieu I tar ton In "The llett Edueiited Man I Know," In the Hed Cross nmimrlue, "that while I hne heard much talk of honks Iu his home nnd nt Hoelnl problems nud International affairs, I have never yet heartl a iiivtulii-r of Hit family mcnllou money, Which, In lt self, Is enough to confirm uiu Iu my Judgment that ho Is, altogellit-r, tlm best educated mini I know." "He went to Europe one summer with a parly of people," the writer con tinues, "One nf tho ladles hruUKht back n very confused notion of what Europe, contains, Hhc wns sure of only two tilings; she hint seen Venire nnd Vesuvius, lull '" w very lutry us to which Is which, My friend, whoso means hnvo not permitted hlin to miike ii second Journey, knows Eu rope like n man who had lived then for years. He prepared for the Jour ney before he salted; he asked u,utut thins unceasingly at every point; he formed friendships with learned men In various countries and has kept up a correspondence with them over since. Cohuued an he Is to n com paratively small city, he Is hone the less a citizen of the world; ami noth ing that happens In It, no experience or chance acimlulance falls to leld Its full measure tit Interest and added wisdom to him. "A knowledce of the value of lime, n love nf look, n fine habit of asking why' and 'what' these nro the chief stones on which my friend's education Is hullded. Ami to them I should add one Ihm! and most Important Item his unlluKK.Ing Interest In people." i . . SOME WISE GUY WAS SILAS Bought Gold Oar Strictly According to Tradition, but Me Wasn't Really Out Much. "Silas, I understnn' yer win down tor Now York lstcrduy. Wux er rub bed while yer wur. there?" "Not exue'ly, Ueuhcu; not rzne'ly. Yer we. et wux this way: I wtu up ter Times Mpiaro an' a young feller nuns up ter me. nn" says, 'In this Mr. Sllns from tli Crois Itontls)' An' I says, 'Mebbe.' An' ho says, I'm John Dow. My father kep' tit bakery up there, back In th Win. Mebbe yer don't re member me, but how's th' hull fam ily)' I rxpect'd he wanted ter borrow, an' I says, 'On account ov high prices, cwr'hody' lookln' thin, nn' seedy, an' no money;' an' he says ho wtu sorry as ho hail Jest got back from liU mine out west tin' he'tl a gold bnr wiilh sev eral hundred dollars, which ho ht-dn't time ter gi-t melted nt th' mint an' wux gtdn fer ter let some friend ov hit hev It fer J0 cash. Says I, 'Cum Inter th doorway, nil' "w!tfps ofTu my roll tbet hutidrrd'dollar Itusslnn coun terfeit hill (help clrc.ni folks glv'.me. nn' I says, 'fllv' mo twvuty In change quick,' which he did. "When I got Inter th light, I see hlz twenty wuz same kind ns my hundcrd, an' I says ter a pcrllcemau on th cor ner, 'Say, by heck J a feller tried ter rob me awhllst ago.' An' ho says, 'Old ho do ell' an I says, '.No,' nn' he says, What yer klektn' about, by gosh I Yer better off than most peepul In this here town, hellevo me, yer old hayseed l" New York Evening Pos. Tut it in "THE IIULLKTIN. You are going to get what you want, because we are going to get it for you this Fall and Winter We aro receiving daily our FALL AND WINTER SUITS AND HATS and all Men's Apparel. Our prices will surprise you, despite this high cost talk you are hearing. We Carry Everything that the Man Wants in Apparel. BUCKHECHT AND FRIEDMAN WORK SHOES Golden Rule Store i . yf..- Something Just ns Qood. AmriU'iiiiu tlomtihd poetry Dint In "red hlouded, liiiuuui nnd vital," tic conlliiK u one wliu cull liluisolf mi nnllioitly, Till supply nt lhl kind of poetry will always he limited, It In (o he feared, hut Iheiti IH plenty of fic tion (hut would serve ns it substitute, to say nothing of tin movlex.--Rochester Dciiiucrat nud (.'lirohlcln. Otars nnd Otrlpin on' the Oca. Our Hag rules oiiedlftli or the world's Milpplug now, mid -Id tier cent of (tin Milpplng between our own purls anil olheis Is, iimler our own Hug. Trado rout os where onr I'ug has not been seen on nir'rrlihiH ltfW fnr half a cen tury nro now' ti-nVitrsoil hj- (ho boats of Uncle itiim, Enormous Oas Waste.. Poor cnlistruetlnit n( plpu lines Is Iho eniiMi assigned ftirlhu loss In one year of imlurnCgii" vitliii'il nt $IMKH),000 In tho, slates' tlf .tflHsnUi'l and Kansus alone. A Qtoralo. Phlloiopher. Arlemus Hliuins says llio worst thing a limit being u fool 1 Hint others Hud It out before yntl do. Oillhui C'ltlxcii. The Country you think hits none pricuniutl, butitlmsn'l JHuyinfr conditions arc not ncurly so bud ns might Ik: thought. IT the Buyer will inquire, ask ques tions and think. He can obtain very lair prices, and with it he will get what he Wants Service Service is not all. He must have Best Prices and when he pays the price he wants Highest Quality He gets it at Smith's Grocery i 7hm 'i 1 1 fmiTJT7tim IV ,.. ,M 4 itm 'MrMiWnmnumawMMMfi S 4U .