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WEEKLY EDIJION
THE BEND BULLETIN.
Tumalo Fair
Tumalo, Ore.
Oct. 9-10
Reveille Week
Bend
Oct. 20-26
VOh. XVII
HKND, DKHOIIUTICB COUNTY. OIIHGON, TIIUHHPAY, 8 KPT. IN, HMD
No. 1S
DEEP WELL IS SUNK DAW A HP fin I lXtA Iff? A f V A f 17 A
WILL DEMONSTRATE
IRRIGATION WORK
ff-ACrAIUD DAAft
on stookey KANcii Ml f A MiK UfAM illflWIl ItLrALrA
-
.ATTENDANCE AT
SCHOOLS SHOWS
CITYGROWTH
1015 REGISTERED ON
..OPENING DAY.
GAIN IS 25 PER CENT.
7IHI Attriulnl (in l-'lnit Hay of Term
Jn HUH Total Will ltd Much
(iiriilor by Kuil f Month.
' Hiijh Hiiporlnleiiilrnt.
An nil Intllcntlon of thu purrontiiRo
of growth In llond'H population
which has resulted In (hg overcrowd
. Ini: of tho city schools ul tho vury
opening of tho turin, registration
IlKUroM worn Riven out Tuesday by
Superintendent H. W. Mooro, show
Ini; n gain 'f mora thiin 200 ovor
opening day registration In 19 18.
Yoitorday, 1015 uppllud fur admis
sion Into classed, mid 790 woro on
Ituiid to wtnrt work nt tho bcRtnnlng
or tho turin hint your. '
, Monday'ii total uvun boats tho
iiiitnbar reached nt thu und of tho
first month lnnt year, whan 880 had
entered school In Hand. Mr. Mooro
considers Hint yeMordtiy'a reglntra
Hon In only about 80 per cont of
what may bo expected ut tho ond of
tho flmt four week.
Tho only school lit thu city whoro
Inst yonr'n uttoiidanco wait greater
than now, wun at tho Control build
ing, and thin In readily oxptnlnod by
tho fact that only tho lower floor
.of that building Is In tino during tho
'present school year, followlnn de
cision by tho board of directors
taken In order to mliilinlzu tho flro
rlskj
Jly schools, registration for tho
opening day in an follows; Junior
IiIkIi, 100; senior high, 1C0; Central,
1IC; Kenwood, 210; Hold, 320;
Canipn. 60.
html yoar'n figures, whllo kIvIiir
not nn absolutely accurnto basin for
comparlnnn hocntiso of thu dlfforont
plan nu which tho Junior .IiIrIi was
at first conducted, Mill rIvo n Ron
ural Moil of tho illMtrlbutlou of pu
pil ut that time, and uru an follows:
Junior and senior IiIrIi schools, 100;
Central. 200; Held, 270; Konwnod,
85; Cumpn. 2G.
PUPILS TO RECEIVE
PHYSICAL TRAINING
ihilK't-nlty of Oregon (iradiiato to
. lliuiilln KH'rliil Work In
(iraili'N mill High Krliool.
Physical training In tlnvKrommar
Kindnd tho IiIrIi .nchool of tho
Horfd pubio fischooltf jfor tho first
(lino will lio undur tho personal
dlroctlon of n timelier specially
trained and -equipped with tho
luioWledgo to handln thla foiituro of
tho nchool training.
MIhh Kiln Down, gradunto of tho
University of Orogon, will havo,
complete clinrgo jot thu physical
tralnlnR nt tho pupils In tho K'rani
niAr 'grades and tho rIiIb of tho
IiIrIi tichool. Minn Dowh oxpectB to
make a IiIk feature of hor depart
ment thin your and will dovoto
much time , to tho promotion of
iithlotlcn for tho Rlrln.
Tho public Hchool will havo nc
cuun to tlio II, A. A, C. Kyiunn
Alum thlH 'year, whoro Minn Down
will hold nioHt of her cIiihhos.
In carrying on hor work hIio In
nnxloiiH to obtain tho cooperation
of tho pnrputu of tlio pupils to In
uuro success.
HEARING DEFERRED.
INyAUTOMOIjiLE QASE
Bucauso of tho nhnonco of W. P.
Myers, uttornoy for Ghironco and
Arclilo lllaml, n,rrostod In Prnlrlo
City Inst wook on a charge of Btonl
Iiir nn luitomobllo belonging to J. K,
Hngllu of thli city, no preliminary
lioajinjjjAvl be hold in JMotJco court
until thir latter l)nrt ' tuo we,c H
m'iih announced Tuotulny,
1111 m . i ,i i i ,
1IOVH All) 40l HUNTIJHH.
:,NK5W"YOnK, font, la.-rNntlon.
Vde machinery of the Hoy Scout or
ganlzatlon .wU bo net lu' motion to
get back Jobs for returned, douRl
l)oya, U wna. minouncel here today,'
Drill (Iocn 1)0.1 IV-et Hi-foro Wati'i
In JtcmhiMl AIiiiikIiitiI Hiiily
for 'Block Sow AhhiiitiI.
One of tho daopoHt wolln overnunk
In Central Oregon Ih Hint Junt'com
plotod by County C'ommlnNloilor Beth
Stookoy. on htn Horno Kldgn ranch,
Tho drill hnd roiio 900 feet when
finally n wutor bearing layer wan
reuched,
florliiR wax ntnrtod on tho Htookoy
ranch early In tho iiuinnier. .Tho
Biiecenn of tho drlllern will Innurq tin
ndeguntn nupply of water fur stock
on tho 3000 ncien Included In tho
property. '
POTATO CROP
MAY BE SHORT
OUTPUT W)ll KNTIItlJ NATION
wimj in-: la h pi:u ci:nt. m:sb
THAN I.ABT VKAIt OUKOON
NOT UP .TO BTANIIAHO.
, IllRhor prlcen for potntooM tills
winter are Indicated by n report Just
Klven out by thu U, B, Depurtinont of
Anrlculturo, bureau of crop cntlnint
qi, which forcantn that the total crop
of thu United Htn ton will amount to
310,191,000 IiuhIioIa, nn contrasted
with 400,100,000 hiishelH, tbo total
for 1918. Thin will represent n do
cronno of 12 Hi pur cent.
OroRon'n potato crop will bo 4,
000,000 husholn thin year, It In ontl
mated, nn n&alnnt 0,000,000 last
yoar, nnd 0,4:4,000, tho avcraRo for
flvo years. Thu entire stnto In
tlmatcd nt 09 por cunt of tho avo
rngo. In making up this forecast,
Ucichutcn C'Hinty In placed nt 74 por
cent, Crook nt 72 per cent, nnd Jef-
fornou nt 30 per cent.
WiiHhltiRtou'u total output, snyH
tho report, will bo 7,011.000 husholn
an iiRiilunt 8,080,000 last year, nnd
8,888,200 for tho flvt yearn nveniRO.
Thu statu percentage for 1919 Is
forccaniod nt 74.
POST MEMBERS
NOW OVER 100
lin.NI) OHOANIZATION KNTITI.r.l)
to two im:iji:uati:h at
AMi:maN i.koio.v btati:
CONVKNTION IN POItTliAND.
Percy A. Slovens pos, Amorlcnn
Legion, now linn ,moro than 100
paid up mumbern, which will en
title' It to two doloRqtort In tho
Htnto convention, which meetn In
Portland Wednesday, Thurnday and
Friday; whun deloRutca will bo so
lecled to thu natloiial convention In
Mlnnonpolln on Armistice day nnd
u permanent statu orRmifzutlou, ef
fected, ,
Tho 'local post startcdjjfcnmotlilnR
In tho way of n post-waiuchnck on
Oorniun propaganda wlion It ad
vised the Portland post; tn Inoulro
Into tho activities of cortaln Ger
man Boclotlos In Portland promot
ing bonoflts for foreign aid. -Tlio
local post wnu given .credit for
Initiating this movoinont,
Tlio Dead post Is mootvlng' thu
cooperation of nil tho merohnntB of
tho elty In phuiH for ijjid big Ho
vlollo wook fete, lo bo' lipid hero
during tlio wook of October 20-2G,
FOREST OFFICIAL I?,
STATIONED IN' BEND
To spend tho noxt six w'ooks In this
Vlolllltv 111 irnnnrnl liinnuhMmi wnrlr
W. N, KavuniiRh, usslstnt district
foroBtor, from tlio Portland off co.
arrived' in Demi this morning. Mr
Kiivnnagh'H vlult lino booir inr.do poa
Hlblo only by tho termination of tho
flro Benson, na un to tho comlne of
tlio full rains, ho hnd worked for
wooln BiiporvlsIiiK flro flglitliiK on
the for.ests of oastern Oregon and
Washington,
FOR CAR THEFT
AHCIIIi; AND 'l,AHKNC'i: IHiANl)
TAKII.V AT PKAIHIK CITY
I.ONO IIIKK BAH) TO 1IAVI2
iNBPiHKD di:biui-: I'OIt AUTO.
Pacing trial on n charge of lar
ceny of a Dodge car bolonglny; to
J. !-: .HnRlIn of this city, Arclilo
mid Clnronco (Dlnnd, aged 18 and
10, respectlely, both of Terro
boniiu, wore brought Into Ilend on
Btindny by Italph Curl of Canyon City
deputized by Bborlff B. K. nobertn.
Mr. Itobertn returned Baturday
night from Prairie City, whoro ho
had traced the two buys, and whoro
ho hnd furn lulled Information which
led to their, cujituro and tho re
covery of tho car by Jack Howell,
marshal of Pralrlu City.
Tho car, which had 1oon bor
rowed by Hurry Klloy of thin city,
disappeared from In front of tho
Pilot Hutto annex onrly the morn
Im; of Beptcmbor 1, nnd Bheriff
Itobertn left an Thursday of tho
snmo week for Orant county, hav
ing reason to bollovo that tho Indi
viduals taking tho machine had
headed that wny. After passing
Mitchell ho lost track of tho fURl
tlvon, nnd "later loarned that ho
had left thorn behind him on tho
rond. Tho arrest wan mado In
Prnlrlo City on Soptombor 10, but
tiro trouble tnado n long trip of It
for tho doputy and his two prison
ers. Tho boys nro said to havo
admitted taking two tires nnd two
Dodge keys after reaching Prnlrlo,
previous to their arrest.
They had agreed that they must
havo n car, whon, during tho last
week in August, they tramped tho
Ions Journoy from Palsloy, whoro
they had been working, to llond.
Their opportunity ta acqulro n ma
chlno camo shortly after their ar
rival In this city.
LOST HUNTER
IS LOCATED
OI.Al'8 KIAIQUIKT LOCATHD IN
KAItliY MOHNINO TWO DAYS
AITIMt niCCOMING BKPAKATH!)
ritOM I'ltlKNDB.
KenrB which hnd been folt by
friends In llond for Claun Ulmqulst,
Bhovllu-Hlxoiv yard omployo, who
wan lost whllo on a door hunt 25
in 1 1 o.t southwest of Crescent Sunday,
were allayed today whon It was
learned that tho missing mau hud
been found early Tuesday, No
details were available.
Tho hunting party, composed pf
Shevllii-Hlxon umployes, missed
Kliiuiulst after combing one of thu
mountain ridges for doer. All at
tompts to layito their comrade prov
ed In vain nnd thoy returned to llond
lonvlug Chnrlos Iloss and Henry Car
ter to continue thu search. This
morning It hud buon planned to send
out roonforcomonts, na no nowa had
boon received from tho Croscont
country since tho huntors returned
to llond Sunday night.
J. BUXTON PRICE
WEDS IN REDMOND
Leaven Thin .Morning with Hihlo,
Formerly MIhs Olive Campbell,
on 7000-Mllo Auto Trip.
A wedding of Interest to both
llond and Kcdmond rosldcnta was
that of J, Duxton Prlco of this
city and Mlsn Olive Campbell of
Hudmond at, tho homo of tho bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. It. Camp
boll, In Hodmoud at 8 o'clock' on
Monday! Hov, Father Shnrkoy of
llond pronounced tho marriage sorv
Ico. Following n wedding bronkfnflt,
Mr, and Mrs. Prlco left for Pondlo
ton to attend tho Hound-Up. From
thorn, thoy will drive to California,
planning u 7000-jnllo woddlng tour
lasting over two months, 'boforo re
tiunlng'to make the!)- homfe In this,
city,
S
C'OUNTl'i COUHT CUM.H OUT OIL
.IKCTOItH, f'HKt'KINO CONTItO-
VKItHY INVOIA'INO MANY HKHI
DUNTB OI-' CO.M.MUNITY.
Tentatively deciding tho question
of proponed rnd extension in tho Al
falfa district, tho Doschutcn County
court yentorday evening appointed
vleworn who will go over tho route
petitioned for making their report nn
to tho ndvlsnblllty of construction,
and on thu location, in October. He
can ho of tlio long program of road
building and Improvement on mar
ket and feeder roads within tho
county, the court may bo unable to
start work for many months on tho
four mile stretch asked by Alfalfa
rcHldontii, oven if a fnvorablo roport
should bo brought in by viewers.
Agitation for tho road started
soino nix months ngo, and from thin
started n controversy which Involved
a largo number of residents of tho
community. Finally when tho peti
tion wan presented to tho county
commissioners, a romonstranco wan
filed' to which was appended more
immon than has boon signed by tho
buckora of tho rond. To mako sure
of thofrcsldonco and property hold
ing qualifications of all signers, tho
court'd,efcrrcd action, nnd yesterday
it wan found that 17 doslred tho
road, nnd 12 objocted to it. Tho
original remonstrance was signed by
23.. "
XV. II. Daggett, of Hodmond, ap
peared for tho petitioners, and H. II.
Do Armond, of llond, for tho ronton
strators, whllo K. O, Stadter, deputy
district attorney, acted as advisor to
tho court.
Another road matter to como be
fore tho court, was brought up by
C. F. Hosklns, It. 8. Towno, and Joo
Howard, Jr., who woro In from
Lower lirldgo to suggest highway
construction from Lower lirldgo to
Torrobonno.
948 ASK DAILY
FOR MAIL HERE
With i tho completion of n nine
day count mado at tho gonenil de
livery -window of tho llend post
office, Acting Postmaster W. II.
Hudson announced on Thursday
that on nn average 94 S names are
called for dally. This Is greatly in
excess of tho number who havo
boxen rented, only 740 securing
their mnll In this way.
The figures secured In tho general
doltvory count will bo used by Mr.
Hudson in urging that llond bo
placed under tbo city delivery sys
tem. APPRECIATION OF
INSTITUTE SHOWN
Appreciation of tho work dono by
speakers and instructors, tlinnks to
County Superintendent J. Alton
Thompson for bringing specialists in
various linos of education for thla
work, nnd to City Superintendent S.
W. Mooro and tho city school board
for tho uso of tho high bcIiooI build
ing, was oxprossod by tho toachors of
Deschutes county through resolu
tions passed yesterday attornoon in
tho concluding session of Institute,
Other business transacted Includ
ed tho oloctlou of Superintendent
Mooro, of' llond, and Suporlntoud Ir
vine of Redmond, as mombora of tlio
oxocutlvo board of tho Central Oro
goii Tii-Couuty AUilotlc and decla
matory association.
SULPHUR ORDER FOR
BEND IS STILL OPEN
County Agriculturist II. E. Iooiib,
while In llond yostorduy, reported
that tho sulphur ordor for "the
ranchers in tho llond district ia still
opon, Two cava havo nlroady boon
ordered, and will bo dollvercd tho
lattor part of Soptombor. Thoy
will Iuw4bi . total load' of 81,400
poundsT The sulphur ia o bo used
In strengthening tho soil used tor
alfalfa culture.
VIEWER
Check I'loiMiim; Bystctn to lie .Shown
at John Park Hunch by County
Agent Koonn Bntunlay.
Undor tho direction of County Ag
riculturist II, K. Koonn, an Irrigation
demonstration will h held Saturday
of this week at tho John Park ranch
In the northern part of tho Tumalo
project. Tho purposo of tho dem
onstration will be to show tho best
proceed uro in irrigation by tho check
flooding, jsystem.
Strip border checks, contour
checks, and level checks will bo
used, nnd water will be turned In
no that visitor can nee tho results
of actual flooding.
ASK BIDS FOR
STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION WOULD LCT CON
TItACT FOK WOKK I1ETWKEN
I1KXD AND JKFFEItSON COUN
TY LINK ON HKPTKMDKIl 20.
SALEM, Sept. 18. Tho State
highway commission Thursday asked
for bids for (ho construction of the
section of Tho Daltes-Cutlfornla high
way lying between Bend and tho Jef
ferson county lino. Tho work which
will bo bid on'wilV includo 10 miles
of gravol surfacing, nnd contractors'
estimates will bo opened on Septem
ber 20.
WATERFOWL FOUND
IN LARGE NUMBERS
Thousands of wildfowl aro to bo
found In tho country surrounding
tho headwaters of Crooked Itlvcr.
according to Clydo M. McKay, ono of
a party of hunters who returned to
llend yesterday morning; Others
who mado tho trip wero II. S. Dart,
E. O. Stadter, H. E. Allen, and C. P.
It. Short. Tho hunters bagged an
nverago of 10 ducks each.
Decauso tho birds aro wldolv
scattered over tho fields, hunting is
: nut yet especially good, Mr. McKay
says, but tho number of ducks Is in
calculable. Hundreds of wild geeso
woro also seen. With tho coming of
rnlflnr wnntfinr Ifin hlrrla trill lrnnn
No tho water courses, and hunters
will havo a much easier time of it,
Mr. McKay believes.
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
LOOKS OVER ROADS
Looking ovor road conditions in
this section preparatory to tho be
ginning of stnto Improvement work,
Highway Engineer Herbort K. Nunn
spent tho better part of- tho weok
end in tho Dcnd vicinity, going ovor
tho stnto highway south as far as
Harper, accompanied by W. C.
Ulrdsall. Mr. Nunn was not en
thusiastic ovor this stretch of road,
and 'gave it as his opinion that it
should havo been dragged imme
diately utter tho recent rainstorms.
Two auto trucks will bo nvull
nblo tor highway work la this vi
cinity, ho stnted.
IRRIGATION EXPERT
IS VISITOR IN CITY
John T. Whistler, well known Irri
gation engineer, who wns in charge
of tho Deschutes survoy and othor
co-operative work dono in Oregon by
tho stato nnd tho Federal govern
ment arrived Monday from Burns
and Bpent Tuesday horo. Mr.
Whlstlor la now ongtnoer advisor to
the Fodqral Farm Loan Board with
headqimrtora in Donver and Is mak
ing a trip ovor tho Twolfth farm
loan district.
BODY OF RANCHER
IS SHIIED NORTH
Tho body of' Matthias P. Smith,
rancher who died hero Sunday night,
was 6ont on Monday to The Dalles,
whoro funornl sorvlccs woro hold
yestevnay. Alri Smith, who with his
brother, J, A, Smith, owned tho Mll
licnn ranch, was 23 yoara of ago
whon doath came as, tho combined
result, of paroslsi ami arteriosclero
sis.
Other rolatlves reside in Califor
nia.
MOVE CHECKED
RESOLUTION TABLED
BY BUSINESS MEN.
Menace to Bncccsn of Tlio Dalle-
California Highway, In Feared
Club to Cooperate In E
tcrtalnintc Labor Men. J '
Whether or not tho Dend Com
mercial club shall ndvocata a Cas
cade mountain highway connecting
tho Crater Lake and tho Mt. Hood
National Parks, was tho subject for
longthy dobato at tho weekly meet
ing of tho club yesterday, when res
olutions in favor of such a high
way, proposed by H. J. Ovcrturf, of
tho roada committee, were
hatted in tholr passago by C. S. Hud
son, who declared that ho consider
ed such a movement to bo most dan
gerous to the welfaro of Ilend. Mr.
Hudson explained that tho construc
tion of a mountain routo of the kind
might seriously Injuro chances tor
securing a hard surfaced north and
south highway passing through
Bond, and that it would moreover,
detract from tbo tourist travel
through hero, Instead of adding la
It. He suggested tat the mere
nearly Ideal plan would be for a
soricn of roads to radiate out from
Bond, connecting with tho points el!
chief scenic interest thus mak
ing Bend headquarters for tourksSs.
ltesolHtlen Tablnl. "
Mr. Ovcrturf and W. C. Blrdsall
spoke in faver of the Cascade high
way, but a motion by J. P. Keys m
carried, tabling the resolution until
next week, during which . time ft
thorough Inveatigatfdn Is to be raadu.
A Whisnant declared that opposi
tion to the proposed highway Is ill
advised, maintaining that sufflcleat
support Is already behind the move
ment to insure its success.
Continuing his report, Mr. Over-
;turf moved that the cJco urge tho
county court. In attending the next
mooting of tho stato highway com
mission, to request maintenance
funds for tho south highway from
Bend to tho Sbonqulat ranch. The
motion was carried.
Ijihor Contention CoihIhr.
D. G. McPherson mentioned the
coming stato convention of tho Fed
eration of Labor and on his motion
it was decided that a club committee
bo appointed to cooperato with the
Central Trades council in regard te
tbo cntertalnmont of tho delegates.
E. L. Payne spoke of tho Prlne
vlllo fair to be held early in October,
and urged that a good delegation be
sent from Bend on at least ono day
of tho four day exposition.
THREE DAYS GIVEN
TO FATTEN HORSE
William South Admits In Police
Court That Quo Bushel of Grata
Fed Animal Two Weeks.
ii
After he was' arrested' undor the
namo of John Doo, afid arraigned
under tho name of William Smith,
hearing in police court was held
Tuesday for William South on a
chargo of providing insufficient food
for his horso. Tho nulmal, hitched
within a block of Recorder D. II.
Peoples' office, showed little indica
tion of having beon fed within the
last wook, the court decided.
Neighbors appoared as wltnessea
to testify that tho horse was re
ceiving a scanty ration of Interior
food, and the defendant himself ad
mitted that in the two weeks that
ho had owned the horso, tho only
purchase of feed, made, had been a,
biiBhel of barley. -
A Jail sentence, was, suspended for
three days, during which time South1
will bo expected to add noticeably to
tho weight of his emaciated steed.''
ACREAGE PURCHASED
NEAR EDGE OF BEND
Tho Gllson. Land & Investment Co.
Tuesday purchased from tho NIhwod
ger estate 40 acres of land just
north of Kenwood, lying on thai wejtt
slope, of the Deschutes and rungRg
down to the river hank. T.hee7
siderfttlon is net knew. I( Vi Ut
Intention at tli new owners to it
the tract and phxee it upon th4
niarket in the near future.
I