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WEEKLY EDITION
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THE BEND BULLETIN.
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IIKNI), wiCBOHIJTICH COUNTY, OII2GON, THURSDAY, .ll'VK l, J 020.
VOL. XVIII
Ko 17
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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