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i WEEKLY EDITION "f THE BEND BULLETIN. ' r 1 1 v M IIKNI), wiCBOHIJTICH COUNTY, OII2GON, THURSDAY, .ll'VK l, J 020. VOL. XVIII Ko 17 i ' RECLAMATION OF ARID LAND NOW ASSURED STATEMENT MADE BY NORTH UNIT MEN BENIIAM FALLS IS SITE Mnlii Onm)iir Dlttli lo llt r MIN n Length Preliminary Work Be Completed Wllliln Kit Month Time. PORTLAND, Juno 17. That llio reclamation 'of 100,000 acres mak ing up ttio North Unit irrigation project In Contrnl Oregon, In ilolt nltoly assured, In tho declaration of Harry W. flnnl nnil A. I). Andor- v boii, pronlilnnt and secretary respoc lively, of llio Irrigation district. They worn lit I'brtlnml yostomdy. Tlioy niinouticoil In addition, tlio omploymoiit of A. J. Wlloy, of IIoIho, Idaho, reclamation engineer, for tlio project, nnd of F. C. Ilorr- t. inarm for llio bond underwriting company, to mako nil preliminary surveys. Tim Ulnlph Kclinijiolock company of 1'ortlnnd, h'uIiI President (Innl, has tnknii mi option nt 90 on tho millro $5,000,000 bond Issua votoii by tlio pooplo of 'tlio North Unit IrrlKntlon district, and thin company lias nlroady paid for $50,000 of tho ItoiiiU at thu mi mo rato. Tho fuudH thiiH secured will ho tisod In moot Iiik tho oxpunsn of tho prollinlnnry work. Thin work IiivoIvoh tho flnnl location or tho Irrigation ditches, thu Impounding dums nnd tho rosor voir. Much of tho purvey linn nl roady brer, tentatively mndo co operatively by tho United Htatos roclnmntlou service nnd thu Oregon ntnto engineer. Tho reservoir for tho North Unit will bo located JuhI nbovo Ilonham Falls on tho Deschutes river nnd ' will constitute n Inko moro tlnin 20 nilloa Ioiik uud four to flvo miles wldo. Tho innln conveyor ditch will lie 45 mile Ioiik. At ouo point tho .wholo curront will bo carried across tho canyon of tho Crooked river. 'All tlio prollinlnnry work up to tho point of actual construction will bo done wlthlii nix mouthx from the present dote." mild Onrd. "Tho construction work will then occupy from two to three yearn. s "Tho building of tho North Unit project means tint bulldliiK of nil tho Deschutes Imnln Irrigation units comprehending approximately 270, 000 ncreii, for tho Ilonhnm Falls rodorvolr nnd tho natural flow of tho Deschutes will provldo wntor for nil. Thin moans that Central Oregon will hnvo nil Irrigation do velopmenl oriual In niagnltudo to Twin Falls, Idnho, nnd tho railroad recolptH for 1010 nt Twin Falls ng Krogntod In vnluo 12,000,000. I wonder It 1'ortlnnd can understand thu vnluo In tho upbuilding of this cl(y of such a project exclusively trlbutnry to It? 'Predict 11,000,000 Hiikhcl Crop. "Under dry land furmlug, tho 1 vorago production from tho North Unit Is 500,000 hunholfl of grain a fv yonr. Wo estlmato that under Ir rigation It will bo 5,000,000 bushels a yonr, nlwnys grnntliiK Jhat wheat will bo grown In. tho iamo propor tion itH now." k Eighteen yonrH 'huvo pusBod Hlnco Hnrry Onrd flrat organized thu cam pnlgn for tho Irrlgutlon of tho North Unit. Onrd, John Henderson arid I', N. Vlbbort coiintlluto tho North Unit board of directors. "Whllo nothing dollnlto on tho sub Jo'ct hnH boon given out, It Is bo llbvud that tho development which lu'cludoa tho North Unit, mid tho ono which Oeorgo L. llurtt, potato broltor, forecasted on his rocent visit to Bond, iuo ono and tho Homo. A. J. Wlloy, who will roprosont tho project In tho aurroy, wrh a inombor of tho pnrty of exports hoadod by Prof. W. O. Crosby, who cohduotod a goolonlcal examination Inst Hummor to prove tho- water holding proportlos of tho IKmliam rails reservoir bUo. JITNEY MEN TO PAY LICENSES COUNCL PASSES NEW ORDINANCE Humiliation of Unreliable Driven Will fiuproto Moral Tone of City, U Belief HwHt lit- xlgiiM An Night Off her. As tho culmination of a movement which has boon uiidur way for mouths, to place under closer "super vision thu drivers of for hire anion, tho Doud city council, In session on Friday passed, under an emer gency clauso, a Jitney licensing ordi nance which, by tho elimination of a few unreliable drivers who operate for but u short time, will nlU mate rlally In Improving moral conditions In Ileud, It Is believed by thu coun cil. Men permanently ougngod In tho Jitney business In Ilonil are known to bo In favor of tho ordl nance. According to tho now city law, Jit ney owners must puy a llconse of $20 n year, payable In advance, which may bo rovoked on violation of laws or police committee rules. Regular stngu lines are not covered by tho law. Another phnso of tho ordlnnnco In that which Imposes a f 10 n year license fee on each vehicle engaged In tho bnggago or truusfer business Confirming tho nctlon taken ut tho previous meeting In tho appointment of it temporary park commission, tho appointment wns again made Inst night In nu ordinance which sped floa the duties of tho commission nnd loaves tho mombors already named In offlco until January 1, 1922. To Declare Holiday. Coining an a nurprlso to ninny Is tho resignation of Night Offlcor Hwlft, presented orally by Council man MePhorson at last night's meet ing of tho council. Mayor Hasten expressed his keen regret that thu city should bo losing tho sorvlcos of so efficient nn officer nnd tho snmo opinion was expressed by mombors of tho council, Mr. MePhorson was unwilling to discuss tho circum stances loading up to tho resigna tion. Tho ninyor was authorized to declare- a holiday for Monday, Juno 5, becauso of Indepoiidonco day coming on Sunday, and to Isstio a request that tho buslnosa houses of tho city closo noxt Wednesday ntternoon In order that there may bo a largo at tendance nt tho park clcnii'iip, sot for thut date. "LEARN TO SWIM" IS SLOGAN AT Y. M. C. A. Ihnrt from 1'ortlnnd to Olvo In- htriictiou to Nou-Hwlininers from Juno liM to Juno ilO, "Learn to swim" will bo tho slo gan at tho Y. M. C. A. from Juno 28 to 30, Inclusive whon Tom Col ley, master uylminlug export of Portland, wll bo In Ilond. An nouncement of Mr, Oolloy's coming wnH mndo this morning by Secre tary h. W. Trlckoy, who states thKt Instruction will bo for all over tho Ago of 10 years. Thu method of In struction which will bo tisod will give a kuowlodgo of tho rudlmouta of BwlnuuliiE In tho lesson In most cases, ho says. Further details will on announced Inter. WOODSHED CARRIED BY SUDDEN STORM IIuIIiIIuk on Ileud View Crashes Into IMno Tree, Which Savtw Homo of Henry Funk A sudden gust of wind, originating in tho hills wost of Doud, packet up tho largo woodshed nt tho Harry Funk homo In this city on Mon day afternoon", and would liavo hurled It against tho housd If It hnd not beon for nn Intervening plno tree. Ah n rotmlt, tho front of tho shod wuh crushed In and chick ois temporarily kopt within tho building wore left without a homo. ,No qthor damugo wna roportotl In tho neighborhood. Face Trampled by Horse, Stockman Rides 95 Miles His faco terribly gashed, nnd his noso broken, J, II, Helfrlch, , Homstond valley rancher, redo 05 inllos to Ilund Juno 10, ro- ported fur medical troutinont at 4- 10 o'clock last night, uud wnlkod to Ht. Charles' hospital, 4- where 17 Htltchos wore taken to clone tho wound. Ho Is report- 4 4 od to bo doing well today, al- 4-4- though Homowhat weak from -V 5los of blood. 4 4 While ha was riding for cat- 4 4- tie, about 9 o'clock yestorday 4 4 morning, Helfrlch'n horse stop- 4 4 ped on a sagu 'hen's nest, and 4 4 tho bird, fluttering up from tho 4 4- ground, frightened tho animal 4- so badly thut ho threw bin rider nnd stopped on him. Ono of O 4 tho animal's hoofs crashed Into 4 4 his owner's face, breaking tho '1 4- nosu mid ripping tho check. 4 4 Helfrlch regained his foot, 4 4 pullud himself Into thu saddlo, 4- 4 rodo 20 inllos to a neighbor's 4- homo nnd, driving n borrowed 4 4 auto, mndo tho 05 miles ro- 4- r mnltilng on his trip to Ucnd. 4- 4 Novcr onco, from tho time of tho 4 nclcdont until ho reported nt 4 4 tho hosptlnl, did ho logo con- 4 4 sclousness. 44'4'44'4'4'4'44'4-4'4'4' ILL USE GYM FOR SMOKERS MAJOIUTV OF HMAMi I'KltCn.V TAOK OF Y. M. C. A. MIIMHKH KIII1 l)i:CII)l IX FAVOlt OF . IMtOFl-SHIOXAIi COXTIMTH. Changing tho policy adopted last year, tho Ileud Industrial Y. M, C. A. will, from now on, pormlt tlio rental of tho gymnasium for profes sional boxing contests. Tho change la tho outcome of a mbmborshlp ref erendum on tho question, uuthorlieu by 'the board of management, which closed Sund'ny night. Following tho board meeting lost night, Secretary I,. W. Trlckoy announced that, out of 300 who were ontltlo to voto at tho time tho roforondum started, 78 cast ballots. II favoring professional boxing In tho gymnasium and 37 bo- lug agnlnst It. Tho membership report glvon Mon day showed additional enrollments of 85, bringing tho total membership up to moro than GOO. Of tho entire number, at least 100 are children. Miss Ella Duws, In charge of tho summor playground work, reported encouraging progress, with an aver ago class attondunco of 35. To fill Yacaticlos on tho board, Charles Halites and Frank Anderson, both In tho omploy of Tho Shovllu HIxqii Company, wore appointed. STEEL WORK STARTS ON BURNER AT MILL Crew of Nino llcglns Krcctlon of Khcll.nt Urooks'Scnnlon Plant Mora Material on tho Way. Work on tho erection of tho stool Hholl of tho now Drooks-Scnnlon bumor was Bturtod Friday at tho lumber company's plant horq by. a crew of nine export stool mop, who nrrlvod tho day before from Seattle As soon "as moro tools are shipped to Doud, tho work will bo pushcd.at top spood.. Tho first car of Btool fa already at tho burnor slto, and tho second car In on tho way from Sonttlo, Gonornl Mn'nngor J. P. Keyos reports. FIRE IS RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE FLUE A snmll fire, caused by a dofoctlvo fluo In tho franiQ building belong ing ,to tho Pilot llutto piqporty on tho corner at Greenwood and Wall iltroot last night, called but tho fire department, uud tho blazo was quickly controlled with but n nomi nal loss. Flro Chlof Carton pointed out this morning that many autolsts, who turnod out to boo tho flro, hnd caroloasly loft their machines parked, In audi a way na to provont tho do pnrtmont from laying n second lino of hoso'hnd1 this boon necessary. STEPNSQUITS STATE EMPLOY IIIOIIWAV IC.VOI.VniMt TAKK8 I'OHITION WITH JILTIIKIC It. 1 NKWhAM) I.V CHAItOIJ OF TWO COUXTIIiH. Accompanied by It, P. Nowland, regional engineer In charge of stato highway work In Jefferson county, O. I. KtebbltiM, who has beon oc cupying a similar position In Dcs chuten county, wat in Ilond Saturday from his hoadiiuurtors in Iledfaond, and announced Hint ho has secured an indefinite lunvo of absonco from tho stato employ, and will tnko the position of construction engineer with Oskar Huber, formerly held by II. F', Wlcknor. Mr. Newland, who ban bad his headquarters at Madras for moro than a year past, succeeds Mr. Steb bins, and In addition retains his old position, being placed In chargo of all stato highway construction In tho two counties. Tho chango goes Into effect Immediately. Mr. Now land will bo located at llcdmond. LOW PRICES HOLD BACK WOOL SALES Clip Are Heady, Hut Owners Can not Afford to Hell at Present Quotations, Kxplnlmil. It'A.lfMn.H nt I. a acistl ...tsAt la preventing tho sale of Central Ore gon clips, although tho tlmo has ar rived whon tho annual salo Is usual. ly conducted hero. With prices ( sticking closo" to tho 30-ccnt mark.i sheepmen, who hnvo been paying top wages for herders and high prices! for hay, cannot afford to sell, and I aro marking tlmo, awaiting n chango In tho market, it was explained to- day at tho United Warehouse, where tho wool brought Into Hend is stored. No Indication could bo given as to when tho deferred offering of clips for purchaso by woolsn mills repre sentatives would bo held. CLUB ATTENDANCE REACHES LOW MARK DlfViitsfon of Hlril Deserve UrliiRt No HctultH New Mrmborshlp Plan Is Adopted. With nn nttondnnco less than halt that usually present at tho weekly Commercial club gatherings, llttlo business was transacted at tho weekly luncheon of tho organization. Discussion of tho Malheur bird ro Borvo measure led to nothing except tho decision that tho club should tako no action In tho matter until it has carefully Investigated tho merits of the proposed legislation. T. II. Foley, chairman of tho spe cial flnanco committee, recommend ed that each business houso In tho city employing moro than ouo clerk bo asked to tako out at least two club memberships. Tho recom mendation was nccopted. CARRIER PIGEONS MAKE FAST FLIGHT Birds Hcturn to Bend .From Van- couvor, Washington, In lhrco Hours and Eleven Minutes. Six carrier pigeons, aont to Van couver, Wash,, on Tuosday by Wil liam Sproat of tho forest service, mado the return trip by air this morning- in loss than halt tho tlmo takon In making tho jQiirnoy by raU. Tho birds loft Vancouver nt 9:09 o'clock and reported at tho Sproat homo in Bond ut 12.20 'o'clock Wed nesday. All six wore in otcollont condition, not in tho least fatigued by their long flight. Mr. Sproat considers tho tlmo mndo by tho homors as proof thtt tho birds sailed straight ovor tho moun tains, Instead of circling around, a trait nncrlbcJ to them, by soma fan ciers. By air lino, tho trip Is 124 mllos, approximately 40 miles an hour. Tho snmo tlmo would havq boon Ihipo88lblo, had the pigeons dodged around tlio Cascades, ho, says, 1 ' , BEND DEALERS ILL BUY GAS W. G. COOMBS HEADS ORGANIZATION Will Attond Klalo AMOclatlon Meet ing In Portland Tomorrow At Wlihtfi Motor Fuel Question Will He Threshed Out. In nn effort to combat tho short ago of gasollno In Hend. local garage and service station men, who organ ized this noon at a meeting at tho Pilot nutto Inn as tho Dend Auto mobile association, will purchaso a car of motor fuel, and may endeavor to secure two more, it was decided at tho initial meeting. Thursday's meeting resulted In tho election of Dyron Itoyce as vico presi dent, K. P. Jeck as secretary-treas urer, and A. W. IJontragcr and II. H. Loop .to act with, the officers of tho association, as members of the cxccutlvo committee. II. S. Royce, after a conference with C. L. Hosb. Portland auto man, declared that It Is posslblo to secure nn ndequata eu?ply of gasoline. Tho local dealers have already put up $1000, to be used In the purchase of tho first car. , W. R. Speck, local manager for tho Standard Oil company, was pres ent at tho meeting and pledged his cooperation in tho distribution of t'ns. HAYDEN, FOSS NEWDIRECTORS WIN WITHOUT DIFFICULTY IX SCHOOL ELF.CTIOX, AND WILL TAKI3 OFFICE AT MKKTIXG TOMOHHOW NIGHT. Counting of ballots, completed Monday at tho closo of the annual schosl election, showed L. M. Foss and C. A. Haydcn as tho directors- elect, with 103 and 100 votes, re spectively. Miss M. E. Coleman re ceived 29. In all. only 110 votes wore cast, a marked contrast to tho heavy voto polled a year ago, when tho recall was unsuccessfully In voked. Tho successful candidates will tuko office at tho next meeting of tho Bchool board, to bo held tomor row night. J. A. Eastes, Mrs. J. Alton Thomp son and P. B. Johnson were tho mombors of tho election board serv ing yesterday afternoon and evening. EASTES HOME IS WEDDING SCENE Franklin-W. Fowler and Mists Xan Heavls Joined In Marriage AV1I1 Mako Homo In Bend. A quiet homo wedding took place Juno 1C at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Eastes whon Miss Nan KJ'reston Renvis, daughter of Mrs. J. B. Reavis, of Seattlo. and FrauK lln W. Fowler, son of Dr. and Mrs. C." A. Fowler, of this city, . were Joined in marriago by tho Rev. J. Edgar Purdy, pastor of the Wotho- (list church. Only a few Immediate" relatives and friends of tho bride and groom were present. ,. Mrs. Fowlor, during tho past year, waa a member 'of 1ho ' Bond High School faculty, whilo tho groom Is employed by tho nond Water. Light & Power Co. They will mako their homo on Highland boulevard.' COUNTY TO EXCEED NEAR EAST QUOTA Work of tho county- committee raising funds for rellof work in thq Ear East ia now bolug confined to cleaning up tho quotas- of tho out side districts, qiinlrmau u. a. unni 'ilton announced Tuesday, 'With tho addition of those amounts, .theT.DoB chutoa total w go woll ove tho $2000 sot as tho county's share. CONDITIONS IN CITYG00D,SAY STATE AGENTS WELL PLEASED WITH SANITATION" ' GROCERIES PRAISED Itetaiirants, Grille, Dairies, anil Soft Drink KitnblLimenU Satis factory With ' Few' 'Ex ceptions, Official Itcport. That Dcnd is In excoftent condi tion, from tho standpoint of sanita tion, was tho declaration, of Sv. J. Duncan, stato dairy and food Inspec- ' tor, who, accompanied by F. M. Phil lips, holding a similar state position, left Dend Tuesday after an Investi gation covering aoveral' days which has been conducted horo' In addi tion to praising conditions found In Bend, Mr. Duncan mentioned especi ally tho cooperation which he had re ceived from all city officials in con ducting tho Inspection. Exceptional cleanliness was noted at tho Cozy hotel, tho Pilot Butte Inn, tho Silver Grille and the O.-I. C. cafeteria, Mr. Duncan declared la mentioning tho list of restaurants visited. Ho gavo especial praise to Smith's grocery and tho Union gro cery, and declared that the meat markets are all properly kopt up, al though a few changes had boon ad vised at two of the slaughter houses. Dairlci Praised. Out of 15 dairies, only three were In any way in bad condition. Two of theso were unsanitary and at the other tho milk was watered. Tho Bend Dairy store tho-- Inspectors spoke highly of, and suggested that possibly the possession of a clarltler. Lpateurizer and cooler constituted aa Important reason for tho keeping ep of tho high standard of the estab lishment. All soft drink' establisn- i ments and confectioneries were found in good condition by the Ih i spectors. I Within a few weeks' Inio the offl Iclals expect to return to, Bond and i if at that time tho Improverae-aCa l which they have suggested to a few restaurants, dairiea and' other bwri i nesse3 having to do with the han dling of food hnvo not been followed, not .only will liconscs 'bo revoked, but prompt action ju tho .courts will be taken, Mr. Duncan declared. KILLING FROST?' fe FELT BY GAUDENS Mercury Falls to 'M Degrees, Potato, Tops Aro Badty 'Black ened As Result -of Cold. Bend experienced a radical change from tho typical mld-BUramor weath er folt on the first day of the week, when tho mercury last night foil to 2S degroos abovo zero. Gardens ia nearly all sections of tho city showed tho results of the sovere frost, pota to tops, in particular, blackening undor the 'cold. , t,. Some Josses WaV Tdeveiop, it ia feared, but -householders who sprin kled their frosted vegetables early in tho morning bolievo that they have overcome., any permanent effects ef the frost.- MANY CHICKS COME SAFELY,,. m., MAILS , r '' - Within tho past Vjfpyf ,t loast 1000 day-old chicks- luie been ship ped Into Bond, sumo .of litem frost as far away aa California-, but not ouo has been, lost ii .transit, Post mnstor W. II, Hudaoul.rejuirtod this morning, Tho. chloks, ,-uf puro-brad strains, aro carefully cratod and 'are called for at' tho poatotfko without dolay. Mr. Hudson says. . . t -.t LAROll COMMlSSIONKll HEHU On quo of his official trips through Contrnl Oregon, Labpr.tCqiumhjgbn or C, H. Grain arrived Ip Bond today, and will go to Prinovillo tomorrow, utondfng"Yoturn to this city later ia tho weoK.'x ' r .