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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1920)
--,, fcv I'AGK (T BOND BUliLKTIN, BEND, OKHUON, TIIVUHDAV, Al'HIL 7, 1M!0 COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION IS QUESTIONED FORMER POSITIONS ARE CHANGED Settler Contend 1'ulilLi Service Hjw Not Power lo Ileclilo Water Is mic- Attorney Gonrral to Decide. IU3DMONII, April 1. (Special) A comploto twitching from tho Bldivt tnkon In 19 IC, when the Bottlers on tho C. 0. I. project asked tho Stnto public service commission to take Jurisdiction to prevent discrimina tion In the dellvory of water, and to ; enforce- proper maintenance, vraa mado this morning by attorneys for tho C. 0. I. district, and tho com pany, whon tho henrliiR beioro the commission on tho application of the company for n maintenance fee of $2.80 per aero, was started. No soon er had the caso opened before Com missioners Fred A. Williams and H. H. Corey, than attorneys for tho set tlors introduced an objection to the taking -of toslimony, contending that thnt body has no Jurisdiction, while, counsel for tho company argued against tho objection with Just as much interest as they had taken the opposite sldo four years ago. Upon rc-convoning the session on Thursday tho commission decided not to pass upon tho mnttor of Jurisdict ion at this tlmo, but to rotor tho point to Attorney Qonorat Urown for decis ion. Until a dcclson Is hntulod down from tho Attorney Oonornl'a otllco tho commission will take, testimony in tho caso. In ovont It Is dctormlued upon tho mortts of tho case nil testi mony will bo wiped out. no, Armond & Ersklne, of Bend, nnd Harrison Allen nnd John It. Latourotte, of Portland, nppoared for tho sottlora, whllo Jesso Steams and Denton O. Durdlck represented tho Interests of tho Irrigation company. With tho mombors of tho commission woro Donjamln Forbes, court report er, C. J. Green, chief engineer,' nnd Guy M. JHnrrls, accountant. In explanation of tho relations of company and settlers, Mr. Stearns re ferred to tho contract of 1907 which provides for the acquisition of shares of stock by settlers having paid their reclamation liens In full, and accord ing to which tho company retains nharei for land unreclaimed or on which tho Hen remains unpaid. This contract, ho said, contemplated rela tions with a water users association, a relation, ho contended, which an Irrigation district, tho successor of tho assocatlon. cannot enjoy. He re ferred also to tho case of 19 IG, and stated that ho had l?eon in error at that time in resisting the Jurisdiction of tho commission. Mr. Allen, for the settlors, based his argument on the contention that tho C. O. I. company Is not n public service corporation, and referred to the statuto creating the commission, and giving that body Jurisdiction only over companies which come Into the public service classification. He clte.d several precedents, among them an opinion from Federal Judge Dean, to support his argument that tho Central Oregon Irrigation company Is In2000 Counties This Month The Forces of the Church of Christ Will Gather To Face the Facts IN 2000 counties in the United States the pastors and laymen of 30 great denominations will meet in conference this month. It is the kind of conference that generals hold before a critical engagement; that business men hold before entering a new market. A conference of judgment, not emotion; a clear-eyed facing of the facts. A Survey that Business Men Must Admire For more than a year hundreds of workers have been quietly engaged in making a scientific survey of the mission fields, and of America county by county. The facts developed are startling. No such picture of America's religious situation has ever before been drawn. On the basis of these surveys thirty Protestant de nominations are uniting in a Nation Wide Cooperative Campaign Each of the thirty denominations has its own "For ward Movement" organized and officered. The Interchurch World Movement is the clearing house for allof these. It is the agency which the churches have created to avoid duplication, to foster cooperation and make 3urc that , very marupd dollar render the utmost service possible. The month of April will be devoted to making the facts of the survey known to America; in the week of April 25th -May 2nd, will come a united simultaneous .financial campaign. Whether You Are Inside the Church or Out To every man and every woman who loves his country, these 2000 county conferences are vitally important. For the facts developed by this great survey show vividly what forces are at work in America and what kind tof a country this country is to b. .See that the pastor of your church appoints (delegates. Any pastor can tell you the con ference place and date. Or write direct to the Interchurch WOBJJ) MOVEMENT 45 WEST 18tb STREET, NEW YORK CITY The publication of thlm mdvertlaement la mado possible through (ho cooperation of 30 denominations. n private concern doing business on a basis of private contract, The fact thnt the company furnishes tho water which Is used by tho nltlen of Ho ml nnd Redmond, ho declared, watt to bo considered ns distinct from tho funct ion of providing water for a limited number of fnrmors. That tho company In a public utlll ty in all things was tho contention of Mr. Stearns. Ho based his argument on tho public ownership of water, nnd asserted that tho company Is merely nn ngout for tho slate In tho reclamation and Irrigation of tho public domain. In reply to Commis sioner Corey's question, "Do jou servo tho public generally? ho ad mitted, however, that this sorvlco Is of necessity limited by the oxtont of tho segregation, and tho number of people on tho segregation who do slro water. Tho Irrigation system Is not actual ly tho proporly of the company, ho pointed out, mentioning In this con nection the action taken In enjoining Crook County from collecting luxes on tho Irrigation ditches. Ho denied that tho company ove.r foreclosed on Its reclamation Ileus, declaring that rather, the contracts with Individual settlers were cancelled In default of Vayinent. This statement wnB ques tioned by Mr. Allen, who roforred to the form of tho contract In uso, which he contended Is In effect u mortgage. Tho. arguments of Mr. Latourotte, consisting chiefly In the citing of precedents, closed the morning session. EASTES FILES FOR JUDGESHIP is ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET HAUL SANDERS IS INJURED AT MILL 1'iogvostlvo Huilnroi AdiululMnit Uon of County Affars Acton, ICcouoiny, Kffeleney Prom- Imnl In Political Slogan. Egg.Etlng Snakes. A queer African tci'les of snnUe. which II vim on egs, has n toothllkf spike projecting downward from Us backbone. Just behind the licitd. which Is tipped with enamel. When It swnl lows nu egg the latter passes down the gullet until It encounters tho ."plte. which breaks the shell. Thus no part of the fluid contents Is lost, ns would tie the caso If the snake uero obliged to tt'lte the egg with Its mouth-fangs. J. A, Hastes, mayor of tho city of llend 1iih tiled his candidacy tor tho nomination to tho otllco of county Judge of Deschutes county on tho Democratic ticket subject to tho pri maries May 21. On his declaration Mayor Hastes stated: "I will, it elected to tho omco of county Judge of Deschutes county, conduct tho business of tho county in a businesslike manner, will dovoto my tlmo to n uuiiniio program ior bettor roads nnd will koop In constant touch with any ami all things thnt are for tho betterment of tho cltlioua of Deschutes county." Mayor Basics nolltlcal slogan Is: progressive, busi ness administration of county affairs. Action, economy, etucuncy. At your sorvlco always." Mr. Euatea has been In tho position of mayor of Horn) during two terms tho flrst term In 1910 and then again In 1919 which position ho now holds. Ho has li eon always active In nil civic matters. Mayor Hastes In tho first candidate In tho Held for county Judgeship to till th unexpired term of W. D. Dnrues, temporarily hold by It. V. Sawyer. 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