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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. .
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Six months :... 1.00
Three months 60
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919.
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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."
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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
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