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1IHND, WBHCJIUTKH COUNTV. OIUXJON. rilVlWpAY, VFAllCvAHY 20, 1DU0
VOL. XVII
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LIMIT PLACED
ON JAPANESE
BURTT AND RANCHERS
SIGN CONTRACT
Potato
Broker lo Employ
Tlm-ii Orientals
No ,,Mr
J'tinn
on
Knch
of llli Holding.
itntl Hlro
, Them Only n Htpcrta.
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Ai tint eloo of u conference hold
Tuwulny afternoon In Redmond bo
- twion aoorgu I.. Ilurtl. wuiillhy po
tato brokor mid ownor of, InrBo
trnetn of potato lands In Contrul
Oregon, mid ruproHoiilatlvo Dos
chutes ciiunty ranchers mid business
' man, u contract wn sinned In which
Mr. nurtl agreed to mnploy no mora
(linn throo Jnpiinoso on tho lloskliis
runah In thu Lower Bridge noctlon,
nnd a Hko number on thu lands own
I'd In the, Powell llutto country. Tim
Japanese to ho no employed will bo
retained In tho capacity of exports,
mid will bo queued only during tho
potato season'. Ho further agreed to
iHnk'c.-ni) sales of lands In Control
OrinOM of Jopiinoso labor on IiIm ro
ftanijTncaulrod holdings.
At tho close nf n conference hold
otHtly ncqulr'jd holdlne Mr. llurtt
stated that ho hud iiMvar liituiidajl to
employ JnpuuoKo iHbnr on lit rswnt
if acquired holdliiRa
Tlircn Cftuiillwi Prolific!.
Tho working purt of ilia contract
njuld Tuesday, roads us follows:
"Tho said Uatritf I., llurtt, for
' himself, nnd on bohittf und for (ho
MtIU PortltiUd-l)oiieuivi Jant Com
Wlt l-fraes to mid w ttitj t n,ild
committee representing tin evUetm
of Central OruKon, (hut uullhur of
tho II mt mild p.irtlu ith ill at tiny time
1)1 Uiu future cm pW)' Hnv'JupiiuoMt
vJnbgr In, on. or about any of .heir
potato flolita .within " Uiuohuiee,
,;Urook, or Joffcnion counties; Hint at
no limit shall thoro bu nioro thiUi tlx
Jupnnoio uxpoit potato mon onploy-
fvA In Contrnl Oregon, and In no In-
-Hnneo ahall thoro bo more than thrco,
of wild expert potato man bo employ"
'tStToti what In known as tho C. F
Hotfktns ranch In tho Lower Urldgo
aomiuunlty. and not more than three
'QXald export potato men ahall bo
employed on tho Powell llutto ranch
nt' any ono limn; that those until
JnpanoHO oxpurt potato tuoit shall
not- bu ruMldcntH of Contra! Oregon,
andRhfill not bo omployod nt any
othr tlmo than diullii; the. plantltiK
iiqdliarvostliiK. notiHOll, and It In osr
peclnliy nnreud that noiio of tho mild
oxVort-potato mon ttliull bo employed
(nt, coniiuon Jnbor, nor nhnll any Ju
pattciia bo omployod nl common labor
on any of, tliolr lioldlnna within tho
nforoald DorcIiUIchi, CroQl; mid Jot
romou countloii.
"And tho parties further acroo
that they, will not subdlvldo any of
their IioIiJIiiku, nor sublet any part
of tholr holdltiKH whorohy tho Intent
of this uKroumonl uhall bucomu nul
lllled, nor shall thulr holdliiKu, nor
"any part of tho tmino bo sold or con
voyod to uny Jiipane.io or to nny
ngunt or roproKuntntlvo of nny Ju
panoao." .
MAYOR CLOSES
PART OF CITY
Aa n precautionary moaBuro, nftur
conferring with momborH of tno city
hoalth commlttoo, Hod Crosu com
mlttoo hondH, and tho City physician,
Mayor J. A. Hunto Tuosday iasuud n
proclamation closing tltontroB, dnnco
IihIIs, and links, nnd asking that
lodKOti cancel tholr mooting)!, that
thoro bo no prlvato partloa or gath
erings, and that pooplo rofrain from
'cpnEroRntlnE i Pool halls, atoroa,
"fSii'dvothor placoa whoro any dungor
of contagion m'lght bo brought about,
Although both omallpox and tho so
called "flu" uro proBont in forma bo
mild na In aomo cnBoa td bo hardly
rocognizablo, tho mayor's proclama
tion la gononilly upprovod, and many
mootlngn, loclgq hobbIoiib, nnd parties
woro callod Qlt iminodlatojy uftor Uo
poHtorB uuuouneliiK tho policy of tho
authorities had Jioon put up. Tho
thoitro) woro cloul nt tho roquoat
of Mnnugor O. M, WtlUlnston,
COUNTY. TAX ROLLS
GIVEN TO SHERIFF
Pit) '""'lit on I'Jrot Ilulf .Vow Due
Total In ?MK!,I00.TI--9I.0H2.70
Callcclcil li" Aiwcwor.
rollowliiK tho turnliiK ovor by An
MOHBor W. T. Mullarky, of tho tax
rolU Haturday, Deputy Sheriff
AiiRiiht Andornnu niinnuueed this
inornhiK that pnymentu may now no
mudo oil tho llmt half. Paualllew
will bo enforced after April 5, Tho
total taxen lUtud are $302,100.71, of
which amount f 1082.73 wnn taken In
by tho nnseiHor. Iravlui; J1o 117.92
to ln collected by the m'"tI1I h i Wee
SNOW RESERVE
LOW IN HILLS
DANGER IS SEEN
IRRIGATORS
FOR
Krnrc-lly of Water Predicted
Tlinei for Coinlnu Henion-
by Old
I.ntc
Wliilrr or liirly HprliiK
Preelpltiitlon .Veeded.
Not In tho memory of tottlent
Central OroKon ban thiro boon
In
HO
llltlo (mow In tho wnttir nhcd of tho
Dowhutoii river and other muiill
Htrcmmt whlgh tiro foodflM to ronor-
volr jor IrrlBHtlon projocn o thl)
yur aerardttiK to wall Informed IrrI-'
tMlluii men, nnd mon who have been
In tho mouiiUInn for tho last throo
woaltii.
In-local lUn throughout tho Cau
codo ltt?fl whoro miow In pant years
at thin tlmo ha been upwardn of 13
foot In depth no nnow now Ilea on
the r. rou nil, and. In other places
whoro. evun renter nniounta have
bouii beforo, thore lie only a inodor
atj blanket. ,
AccorJIiiK to Fred N. Wallnca,
maniiKor of tho Tumnlo Irrlcatlon
projttct this condition may reault In
nn uuprocbdoutod water ahortneo
thli aoHMon unloM there In a. heavy
late winter or early nprlnc fall of
snow. Whether tho present weather
.will brlnj? heavy anow In thu moun
tains la not yot known.
Karmors vjll bo advised of any
chaiiKo in ctTndltions concornlnfr tho
probable wate.r aupply oo Hint thoy
onu lay their plana for thu coinlnu
year.
PUMPING PLANT
TO COST $12,000
Inatallntloii of an auxiliary pump
lug and sterilization plant by tho
Hand Water, Light & Powor Com
pany nt n point Bouth of tho city noar
where tho city water main taps tho
Pilot llutto caunl is an Improvomont
which will bo started In tho near
future, nud for which preliminary
work Ib lit fact, already under way,
T. II. Foley, mauugerof thu company,
stated WednoHdny. Tho pump near
tho main power plant within tho city
limits will probably bo abandoned, na
now oiulpmont has been ordered.
Construction of u Hiunll concroto res
e.rvolr to hold approximately 30,000
gallons, nnd a powor Hun from Do ml
to opernto tho pump, tiro included In
tho program of lovolopmout. Tho
oxponditure, Mr, Foley believes, will
cost 12,000 in round numbors,
Tho pump will hnvo a capacity of
l.r.OO gallons n mluuto, COO mora
than tho outlru city uhivj ovon during
tho hotlei moutha, bo that In thu
event of tha ditch falling to offer a
largo enough supply n Bufllclont
amount may bo drawn dltoct from
tho rjvor.
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET IS OFF
Docnuao of tho largo amount of
contagious dlsonso In 'the "city, tho
Futhpr and Sou banquot, provioualy
announced for Fridny evening ot this
wook, has buou poatponcd by Dto
CQUimlttca in chargo. It is hopod
that conditions will be such ub to
parmlt tho nffalr bolng gtvou tho lat
ter pari of next wook,
LET'S 60!
nir-ixiKtiMiW - s Hxr -, r likJ''iJ" I
BIGGS RANCH TEACHES LESSON
IN VALUE OF PUREBRED STOCK
Wlifitil 1 embryo Deechutos Couti-. brooders a demonstration of the tho
tv brcedsru of Shorthorn cattle drop- orles it hna beon pounding Into tho
.,.
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thlnic that thoy wore to hnvo tho
troat that Mr. Iliggs had ready for
thorn In tho way of a display of puro
n mo way oj n uispnij ui iuru-
bred rcglstorod Shorthorn cnttlo. The1
tour, was conducted by tho rirst N'a
tlonal Hank, of Uend. bonded by It.
A. Ward.
Ono hundrod thousand dollars in
purebred registered Shorthorna of all
descriptions, which represents tho
breeding up by Mr. Dlgga on tho
Crooked Rlvor for tho Inst 1C years,
wcro displayed at two ratichos. Mr.
Illggi Is a living oxamplo of a man
who atartod in tho purebred cnttlo
business with a $50 cow and n deter
mination to bo In a class by him
aolf In tho Shorthorn division. He
has lust nbout accomplished hla aim
na ho la rccogulzod In tho Korthwe.it
us one of tho leaders, If nqt tho
i loader. In tho breeding of purobrcd
iBIiorthornn. Every barn, stall, pen
and bend of cattle was at tho dis
posal of tho visiting DoschutCH coun
ty farmers on tho Ulggs ranch and
HlKBH wuh thoro to nnswor ovory
auction put-to him nbout Short
horns. There woro many questions
naked by tho coming Deputes coitii -
ty brucdors, who four yearn ago could
hnvo had llltlo If any tntorost In 'tha
topic of purebred livestock.
Tho visiting farmers woro given
to understand by Mr. Biggs that it
docs not pay, and In fact a fnrmor
loses, If ho tampers with scrub or
ovon medium purobrcd livestock. It
Is Mr. Ulggs Men that n good found
ation In tho livestock business Is just
us cssontlnl as In building, "A farm
er," he was heard to say, "will bo
enterlnit Into risky business if ho
whllos away his tlmo with knothonds,
Ot coui-bo you will pay moro, that's
to bo oxpoctod, but tho roturna nro
greater and moro rapid and 'auccoss
Is moro noarly assured. "No," ho
said when askod whether $750 is n
big prico for a bcgluuor to pay for
n yearling purobrcd bull, "that's Just
wlioroiii lot of you boya nro wrong,
Qot thu best stuff you can possibly
obtain. Food it right und glvo-lt tho
proper cnro'mlxod with common
Bonao and study of, your bueinoss and
yon, wU got somowhoro, That'a all
I have done,"
Flfteon yonrs ago Blgga started
with ono cow. Today within n space
of n fow hundroda rods by ono mllo
he h foejllns purebred Shorthorns
thq valtio of wltlch probably, will ox
ceod 10Q.00O, Nothing but' tho beat
BtuJthns n plneo on tho Biggs ranch.
It 'was tup aim of tho First Na-
tlgp.nl Dank In conducting this tour
to glvo tho young Dosohutos county
j
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ycars-that purebred livestock ull.ldent Upper D-hutes ,0-
, ,
I" "P v-umnu uu-suu.
En touto to Prlnevlllo the Des
chutes ranchers stopped at tho R. A.
Grlflln ranch. Qridln was ono of the,
, ' ,, . ' . , '.
I the Shorthorn ship and who Is having
wonderful auccosa with his utock on
his ranch oast of Bond.
Ono of tho biggest enthusiasts In
tho county Is a recent purchaser of
laud In Deschutes county, J. M. Jans-
-ben, who purchased tho W. It. Staats
ranch In tho Grange Hall district.
Mr. Jnnsscn is nn old timer in tho
livestock -business, nnd is a S,hort
Ifo Is tho owner ot
n vojim old mir.
horn enthusiast
Secret Flash, throo years old, pur
chased from wiiiinm m. nhndim. nf
Sherldnn Montana, for which ho pnldVnK and a c,08cd mutual sympathy
J1.02G at the Pacltlc International tH0 industry as a whole.
in November, nnd Lady Welcome.
llvo years old purchased from Frank
Foster, ot Charlton, , Oregon for
which ho paid ?C50. Socrot Flash
una n lour monins oia can wnicn pro-j
mlses to rival Its mother
and is out of Montana Crown,
thu famous imported Rhodes bull.
Lady Welcome Is n halt slater
ot Little Sweetheart, grand cham-
lltnil nt Hi. T?n.lf1f Tnln.nntlnnnl n.t.l
CWcaBo IntonmtlonnI I0WB ,n 191.
which sold for $2,200 to South
American evportors.
In adding to his herds Janssen has
purchased n purobrcd Shnrthori
bull from M. It. Biggs, of Pvlnsvlllo,
paying J7B0. This bull call is son
ot Secret Master, tho best of tho
Biggs bulls Other purchaser? by
Jausson from Biggs include? n pure
brod halfor calf for which ho paid
$250 nnd 3G head of purebred Hump
shlro owes and ono ram at n cost of
?1.0BO.
T)io Doschntos ranchors making
tho trip yosterday woro Fred N Wal-
jlnco, A, J. Hartor, F. G. Powors, Ray
Armstrong. Grover Corking. Lloyd
Powers, Henry Powers, K. A. Griffin,
V. Llvosuy, H. O. Plorcy, J, M. fans
Bon. John Marsh, Frod Wilson and
It. A. Ward.
KETTLE OVERTURNED,
BABY GIRL SCALDED
Two year old Roma Tucker,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, A. J. Tuck
er, was aoveroly burned about tho
body und legs last njght whon a
kottle of balling water on a boater
was in aomo manner ovorturnod
while her inothor was bathing hor.
Modlcal naalatonco was promptly
summoned nnd although' the Child's
condition was at first considered
critical, she Ib now thought to bo
practically out ot dungor. "
TO CLEAR BIG AREA
Ofe IRRIGABLE LAND
William J). Hew of Heattle, Former
IteMilent of IJcnd, Here to Make
ArraiiKements for Work.
To make arrangement for clear
ing 1100 acre of ditch land east of
Deschutes, owned by himself, rela
tives, nnd buslneM aMOcIates. Wil
liam D. Hogg, of Boattle. arrived In
Ilend Kunday and remained
through today. The lml will be.
used largely for potatoes.
Mr. Degff was u resident of this
aoctlon la 1910.
STOCK BOARD
TO BE FORMED
MEETING IS SET
MARCH 3
FOR
Iv.ua Itcnulrlng CIwcr Co-opcra-
tlon Among Men In Livestock
Industry Are Cnu.cs for
Organization.
March 3 U tho date for .rgnuia
tlon of tho Deschutes county live
stock board, an organization to be
a central body for all tho livestock
organizations' either In Deschutes
county or -uslnc Deschutes county
range.
At a meeting called by X. C. Jacab
son. of tho Deschutea National For
est. Frc4 N. Wallace and D. L. Jami
son invitations were sent to tho fol
lowing heads of livestock, organiza
tions to meet in Dend March 3 to
perfect tho stockmen's board; Den
Tone, president, Slstcr-Metoliua Live
stock association; Cecil Stoarns.
itnir ninnr ni nn: t:frii nifuiriis.
stock association: Philip Smith, pros-j
Idcnt, Tumalo Co-operatlvo Cattlo
association; J. O. Smith, Pino Moun-
tain Cnttlo and Horsd association; A.
D. Myers, president. Fort Rock,
.Vorthern Lako County Stockmen's
assoclatlon; C. S. Fergus, prosldent.
Big Marsh Stock association; and
Glen Slack, Bend Pasture associa
tion. ' '
This gathering will tako up issues
which camo boforo tho livestock men
of tho county last Saturday at a
mooting nt tho Pilot Butto Inn when
It was found by dlscusslou of prob-
,ou,s thnt tl,oro ,8 nowu need forjao follows;
closer cooperation between the llve-i "Owing to lack of support from"
stock men to provont abuses on tho
favtvirvfa r g mTVV
f '1 Li A 1 A IU fl U
Jljlln iirilivll
BRINGS $32,000 '
Dean Coovert and his mother Mar
garet Coovert, of Portland Saturday,
aunounco through J. U. Miner, ot this
city tho purchaso ot tho property
formerly known ns tho Guorln ranch,
embracing 320 acres iu the Alfalfa
district, from Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Cog
Inn, ot Portland, for a cousldoratlon
ot $32,000,
Tho ranch lies opposite tho John
ston ranch in' the Alfalfa district and
is rcgardod as ono of tho boat de
veloped tracts In that section ot the
county. Of tho 320 acres, all is Irri
gable nnd all under cultivation with
about halt tho acroago in alfalfa. The
buildings on tho property aro jub
utantlally constructed.
According to Mr. Minor, who opon
ed negotiations with Mrs. Coovert
nnd hor sou r'ocontlyln Portland, It
is tho Intentions to enter upon ox
toitslvo improvomont of thoir nowly
acquired holdings and to npeclalizo
in raising of purebred cattlo.
DECISIVE GAME TO
BE PLAYED FRIDAY
What may prove tho decisive gamo
of tho season for tho Bond basket
ball team, will bo played Friday eve
ning when tho squad will go to
Metolius to moot the Madras playors,
loaders, of tho Central Oregon lot,
Hue Tho MatpllU8 hlj will bo used
because the floor at Mudraa la not
ot regulation alzo.
Off OF BEND
BONDS
OUGHT
AT BELOW PAR
BIDS ON $350,000 ISSUE
REJECTED
WELTON MAKES OFFER
I willing o llack City Up to sjooo.ooo
Smallpox and QuarantliM!'
Complaints Heard nt Length
IJ- Council.
Although turnim down all bftfs
jfor tho purchaso of $350,000 woffh
of cltr Imurovement bonds bccaiia
nt Mm trtw offers 2G0.41 and S70.05
W-. ,--
bejow par pdr $1.000 tho Bead
city council Friday passed resolu
tions of intention to proceed with
tho Division -street unit, nnd Sower
District ' No. G., at respective esti
mated costs of 153,104.50, and $M3,
000, In tho altercation between tke
health committee and City Physician
Dr. Anna Hies Flnley regarding tho
Interpretation of. the three weoka
quarantlno rule, no decision waa
reached, and tho matter was referred
to tho Stuto board of health for aa
opinion. Information on both sides
of thu question was lavishly dlspen- '
sed.
CITY PHYSICIAN
GIVES UP WORK
As tho outcome of the controversy
which developed thm week botweea
Dr. X'nca. Itres Flnley, Cltr Pbysl-
clan, and tho health committee of tlie
city council as to whether or not the
tbreo weeks quarantine ruling is te
be enforced to tho letter In smallpox
cas-s. Dr. Finlo'y resigned on -Satur
day. "If they want tho city overrwa
with disease, I can't help It.sia
said. rf
Mayor Easteij, expressed lmiisolt
as rcgrottlng that tho rotations b-
tween tho citj and Dr. Flnley had
terminated In this fashion.
Iu her letter of resignation to the
Mayor and council, Dr. Flnley wrota
! part ot your 'boaorablo body. It Is 1m-
possible I foeMo Inforco tho health
laws' ot the .city ft Bond. '
"Tho t0WIs fu," of aHi
I do not feel like trying to handle
It without tho prppor supporjffrem
the city oflleiulsi that I feel tlTot'I am
entitled to,,.. -
"Therofore, I hereby hand In tray
oslgnatlon to take effect at once."
MOORE NAMED
SCHOOL HEAD
A.B tho outcome ot a tlo voto last
night wfclca was only broken by tha
deciding Wjtot ot actinic chaliswa
J, P. Koyea.: City School Superintend
ent, S, W, Moore was ro-ongaged for
three years, at a salary of $3,000 per
year, by the board of directors ot
district no. 1. The nomination,
made by Carl A Johuson, was vigor
ously combatted by Mrs. E. M.
Thompson, passively fought by II. H.
Nordeen, and quietly datqndcd by
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Keyes. A proxy
loft by R. W Sawyer wus In favor
ot tho roeloctlon ot thp superintend
ent. COURT THROWS OUT
SLANDER COMPLAINT
R. S. Hamilton, attorney for the
defense in tha case bt ought by IreW
Neelands against Charles J. Dugait
in which $10,000 damages were auk
od on allegations of slander, re
ceived a lengthy opinion Iwit night
from Circuit Judgo T. K. J, Duff) sw
tHlnlUK the demurrer to the complaint
recently arKueiJ Jn Bond. Tha daniur
ror Bot3 fprth that InBuftlclQj't fuels
woro. nllosod'td cpcaUtutq cjusq for-sjtlon,
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