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rAGS 4 BKND M)IXKT1N,,111CNI), OKKQQ.V, THUK8PAV, OClOfWR tMr Itt The Bend Bulletin (Weekly KdlUon) Publlnhed Hr Tllrt.ltHNI) nOMiKTIN (Incorporated) Kstnbllshcd 11)08. KltED A. WOUr.Fr.EN, Editor KOUEItT V. SAAVYEIl, Mnnnsor An Independent newapaper standing for tho square deal, clean .buMncss, clean politics and the beat Interests of Bond and Central Oregon. One- yenr $2.00 Six months .- 1.00 Three months .r..... .......... 60 THURSDAY, OCTOBER- 30, 1919 TO THE JUJIIMC. From, the United Slates Council ot National Defense consisting of tho Bccretfirlen ot Wur, .tho Navy, tho Interior, Agriculture, - Com merce, and- Uauor there has come u "Statement Coucornlng tho High Cost of Living" which wo aro nsk edvto publish. Wo gladly comply with tho request and present tho statement herewith. "To tho "public: "The United States Council of National Defense, composed ot the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior. Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, has made a careful Investigation of tho hlgh-costot-llvlng problem, and finds: That tho Nation's productive powers have not been fully utilised Hlnco tho armistice. That too few goods, notably the necessities ot life, have, been pro duced, and that even some of these goods have been withhold from the market, and therefore from tho peo ple. That the high cost of living Is duo In part to unavoidable war waste and Increase ot money und credit. That there haH been and is con Bldcrablo profiteering, Intentional ana unintentional. "Tho Council believes thnt . tho remedies for the situation are: To produce -more goods, and to produce them In proportion to the needs of. the peoplo. " To stamp out profiteering aud stop unnecessary hoarding. .To enforce, vigorously present laws and promptly to enact such further new laws as aro necessary to prevent and punish profiteering and needless hoarding. To bring-, about better coopera tion and root hod In distributing and marketing" -goods. To keep'' both producer and con sumer fully. Informed as to what goods ar.o-needed and as to what supplies arc available, so that pro duction ma'y anticipate tho coun try's demands". "Goods and not money aro the means of life. Better standards of living- nru Impossible without 'producing lhoro goods. Mun can not consume what has not been produced. "At the war's end our Allies had desperate need of the essentials of life. We have had to share our resources villi them, but this drain will gradually lessen. In so far as our shortage of goods Is due to this can bo -we can well afford to bo patient. "It Is Just as essential that wo have patlwice -witty the economic situation hero at home. The pro cess ot production requires time. It production is rapidly Increased, vastly improved conditions will pre vail In America when the results of prebcnt.nhd future labor bagln to appear. "Team ..work Is Imperative. , Ijl Is just as essential 'between retailer, wholesaler, und producer as It Is Iwtween. employer and employee. One group of producers cannot wait on another group. Tho manufacturer the farmer, tho distributor must each immediately assume his part of the burden and enter upon his task. Tho Nation can not afford curtailment of goods vital to tho peoplo. "On American business rests a grao responsibility for efficient co-operation In bringing about full and proportionate production. On American labor resU an equally Krave responsibility, for elflclent mum unit production und maintain uninterrupted distribution of goods if labor Itself is not to suffer from further rises In tho cost of living. "Tho entiio Nation producer, and consumer alike should re turn to tho unity tbut won the war. Group Interest and undue personal gain must give way to the good of tho whole country If the situation Is to bo squarely met. "Our, common duty now, fully as inuch as'ln tho war, Is to work and, to save. In qther words of the President-In his uddresa 'to tho countron August 55, '1919; only 'by Increasing production, and by to save. In the words ot tho part ot tho peoplo, can wo hopo for largo decreases In tho burden some cobI of living which now weighs ua down.' " "Work, save, co-operate, pro duce." IKKIOATIOK PUOSPECTS. Central Oregon's prospects for ex tensive irrigation development nt any time In the near futuru scorn now to bo vanishing. Not only tho Mondcll bill but nil of tho other measures more directly designed to old in reclamation work aro cither languishing in Congress or have bcon definitely nbundonod by their sponsors. Tho only remaining hopo for this section seems to lie in tho chanco thnt tho Reclamation service will undertake construction here out ot Its regular funds. Tho foundation for these conclus ions oxlsts in a recent Washington nows item stating that tho Scunto Irrigation committee had practically decided that the effort to secure tho passage ot tho Jonos bill providing $250,000,000 for old and now pro jects would bo hopeless. Continu ing tho article states that Director Dnvis, ot tho Reclamation service, hns-'aald that probably not more than J 10,000, t)00 can bo economic ally expended next yenr on existing projects, In addition to regular sour ces ot reclamation fund. Tho com- mltteo is cxpoctcd finally to favor "fattening" tho fund to that extont and will abandon consideration ot ncw projects. Excessive cost of work under present conditions, with danger ot burdening Irrigation with Inflated rosts which would react In the futuro, is a strong factor In this decision. This statement from Director Darls Is not very encouraging to the North unit Irrlgatlonists nor for those of this county who look to the Honham Falls development to pro vide water for our remaining arid lauds. Unless, Indeed, tho nenham Falls, or Deschutes project. Is con sidered by Mr. Davis to come within tho category of "existing projects." If thnt Is the case there Is still hope, and it might be well for the proper Individuals or committees to take the matter up with Director Davis, ns well, as with Senator McNary and Representative Slnnott. Th foregoing. It will bo recogniz ed by these In touch with tho situa tion, assumes thathe report from Professor Crosby, tho geological ex pert who studied tho reservoir possi bilities at Benham Falls last sum mer, will be that tho reservoir can safely bo created. This is exactly what Is to be expected from tho forthcoming report and once It Is made there will be only the ques tion of obtaining the final Interest and cooperation of the Replantation service In the construction ot tho pro ject. INSURANCE RATES. Referring again to the matter of local Insurance rates we venture to suggest that a committee from tho council or from the Commercial club or from both, should bo appointed to ascertain whnt reductions the peo plo of Bend are now entitled to and when they will bo put into effect. One of the potent reasons for vot ing the bond Issue last year to pro vide fire equipment, quarters for the department and tho first year's main tenance was the reduction in insur ance rates that would follow. The bond money has now been spent for its intended purposes. Nothing re mains to be done so far as that fund Is concerned. It Is gone where it was planned to go and the people aro being taxed to pay interest on tho bonds. If they are also entitled to collect, our fire protection being what It is, it amounts to double tax ation. We understand that local Insur ance agents agree that n reduction In rates is due now. Indeed, has been due for some weeks, and that the only reason it Is not made is the fact that tho Installation of new flro hyd rants, now planned, will make a still further reduction possible. To mnko ono reduction, they say, and then another will make more or less trou ble for the companies, as represent ed by their rating bureaus, and they want to wait until tho hydrants are In and then lower rates, Tho objection to this position Is that it takes" Into account the inter ests of the Insurance companies only. The people's interests are not con sidered. And while it Is to bo ex pected that the companies' represent atives should do what they can to save money for them it is also tp bo expected that the city council will be alert and active in efforts to save money for the people. Because ot tho sad memories it evokes it has- been suggested that1 the nnmo ot the' Pennsylvania town heretofore called Brandywine be changed to Waterralk. - THE COUNTY VALUATION. Tho full Assessed valuu ot Des chutes county ns or starch 1, 1010 bids fair to bo In oxcokh ot nine million dollars, or an increase of GO per cent over tho totnl for 1918. Thu valuations placed by tho county assessor show thnt per cent ot In crease but thu grand total must wait tho action of thu State Tax Commission In determining tho county ratio und applying It to tho public utility valuations tin round by thu Public Service Commission. If tho Increases mndo by thu as sessor nro given thu greatest pos sible -weight by tho Tnx Commis sion tho county rates ought to o up td CC or oven 70. And this In turn will mean an Increase in I tho amount In which tho public' utilities will pay tuxes. It the now ratio Increases this amount by 50 per cent tho total- county assess ment will be better than nine mil lion. In this connection It seems pro per .to point out thnt tho public1 utility valuations have not do-1 creased slnco the formation of the county, ns stated in A news article In yesterday's Bulletin. For thu most part these valuations huvo re mained unchanged, tjioru having been slight decreases In some cases and Increases In others. Thu amount on which tho utilities have paid tuxes, however, bus steadily drop ped In accord with thu lowering of thu county ratio. Tho Increases In the rutin that would now. take place will show a corresponding Increase In tho utility valuations) for taxing purposes. With only ono Interest to servo,' thnt ot Amorlcn. thu American legion I Is fust becoming ono of the greatest ' sluglo forces for good In tho whole United States. Portlund Is now just boglunlng to I discover the full moaning of tho slx per cent, tax limitation law. Bend has been wise ever slnco the law passed. When the air mnll service Is start-S ed we shall probably have to put our house numbers on tho root Petrogrnd seoms to be having its ups and downs these days. Tho frost Is on tho pumpkin nnd tho snow is on tho spud. So this ts October. Thought She Was Serving. W took our :i.yiMir.nlil son to n r-ifi-lnrlil fur Milliner tin. nllior nvi.nlnr. nnd when he saw me going around with the tray he said out loud: "Mamma, aro you working hero now?" Exchunge. Put It In The Bulletin. You'll Enjoy Buying Groceries At Our Store Everybody does. Be cause it's conducted just the way you think a gro cery store should be. II is conducted to serve you. To supply you with groceries in a way that will save your time, pre vent annoyance and furn ish you with good things to eat at fair prices. Prompt service, courte ous personal attention, accurate accounts, are ev eryday features at our store. And in addition you have the benefit of our complete knowledge of the grocery business. 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Oregon 'UIie&($icstClass dldrsirncvwWodl a cxnI gronTh nn lliey ollierwlfo would. Chirk lnc of till nature rnn h Inrgrly prevented by shutting the hen In n coop. Any ntyle of roup whleh In dry, veiitllntrd, and ran ln cloned nt nlRtit to protect the brood iignlmtt cnt, rut nnd oilier nuliunU, nnd wilch while confining the hrn, will allow the clilclf to piixM In nnd nut freely nfter they are a few dnyn old, wltl he atU factory. The hen should be confined until the chlckw urn wenncd, though u hiiiiiII yard may he attached to the coop. If deftlrcd, to, allow the hen to overdue. The fenro can be mined from tho ground fnr enough to allow the rhlckn In go In and nut, hut not high enough fur (be hen to escape. Ily lining a coop the rhlckn can And hIipI tor nnd warmth under tho lion nt any time, nnd the wenkllngn nfter n fow dnyH nmy develop Into itlrong, healthy' chlckH. Where elilrkx nre rnUed with lion, they are likely lo lieconio Infexted with lice. If the lire get very nuuieroux, they greatly retard the chlckx' growth nnd nmy even caimo their death. Tho hen xlinuld be powdered thoroughly with mime good Initeet powder before (the It put In the eonp with the chlckH nnd nt Interval of npveral day or n week thereafter. Tho baby clilckn fdiould ho examined for lice, purlieu, larly on the head, under the wing nnd about tho vent. If any nru found, n little grease, Mich un Inrd, Hhnuld ho nibbed on IIuiho place. Apply grenso moderately, n too much will Injure tho chicks. The chlckH Hhnuld bo er nmlned frequently mpl the treatment repeated it lice are found on them. a Kaler Now Than Later, It If) oaHlor to break up a cold or chock a cough now than It will bo lutor, I'entlHtout courIih that "hiiiig on" nil winter pavo tho way for sort ouh throat and lung dlHcaitoa. L, W, Day, 05 Cumpboll Av., H, Detroit, Mich,, wrltoHj "PoIey'H Honey and Tar rollevoH ono of bronchltld very quickly." Hold everywhere Adv. 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