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WEEKLY EDITION ..V frMMDP'fw' The bend bulletin. ,P . v' VOL. XV1U I1KND, DK80HUTK8 COUKTV, OUIXJON. TUlIWDAY, Jl'LV , lfUO. No. 19 2 i K MRAGE EXPLOSION CAUSE OF MIDNIGHT FIRE; LOSS ' OF $66,000 IS ESTIMATE , ' I STIFF BREEZE FANS FLAMES BIG CROWD WATCHES Volunteer Drptirtmrnt I.nyw HUlrcn Idnrn of llooi1, ntul Aided lly 1 Cltlrcnis Priwnt Iiiiiiifnoi Threatened Loe. A loinl 'explosion, followed by a mass of fliiino shooting Mcvward, on vnloplng tlio I'loiumr, garaKo on Iloml, nnnr Orennwood, In a cloud of flro wh tho cause onrly Wednesday inornltiK of ono of Bend's two most disastrous fires, mid uslly the must itpoctnculur, of Kh conflagration. Fanned by u stiff brcoio blowing from tho north, tho flames rapidly spread, wiping out tho Club cafo. tho Mooso club, mid gutting tho Esto- baniit & fltokon cigar mid Haft drink hliop, nnd tho second-hand storo of Armstrong k Hhutor. adjoining whllo tho frmno dwelling belonging to Clint Whlltod, n block cnnt on Irving, was partially, destroyed. Tho Cont-Oro Motor Co, garage, north of tho point whcro tho btazo originated, wan fired by sparks raining on tho tnr root and by tdngucs of flamo licking out from both ends of tho IMoncor garago building. Irmurenrfl Relatively Hmall. Tho gross loo wan estimated th-n mornlmr at approximately 166.000, with Insuranco, as near at could bo learned, covering not more than 130, 000 of this amount. Doth the Pio neer and tho Cent-Ore Motor1 Co. garages, business operated by H. 8. Royce & Son and Van Huffel Jecb, respectively, were homed In building! owned by Lon L. Fox, who places his loss at about $14,000, of w'aleh 14000 Is taken care of by Insurance. The $25,000 stock of parts and ac cessories carried by the Cent-Or Motor Co. Is partly offset by pollclos aggregating $10,000, while tho Pio neer garage loss, Including nine or ton used cars, will reach at least $16,000, with Insurance of $3500. Tho Club cafe and the Mooso club buildings, were both owned by the Mooso lodge of Bond nnd wilt mean a loss In the neighborhood of $5000, whllo tho other buildings on Bond, which wore damaged by tho flumes, nro tho property of Hi II. Do Armond nnd . II. Gilbert. They nro valued nt $0000, with Insurance, nt halt this amount. Tho Club enfo stock nnd fitting nro estimated nt npproxk inntely $2000; the lost to EstcbenJt & Stokoo Is about $30Q0, with less than $1200 protected by Insurance, nnd tho dumngo done to tho articles In the second-hand store hus not been estimated. Flrmnen Wk Mtw. Accounts nmatintlng to $7000, filed In ono of tho two safes In the Ploneor garage, nro bolleved to have , been destroyed by the hcut. '' What can havo causo tho explosion which was responsible for tho disas ter remains a mystery. The Ploneor garage was locked and no ono could havo gained accww to It, Mr, Royce Htates. A short circuit, or spontan eous combustion are posslblu expla nations which aro offored, A moment nftor tho flro started a (lozoii-nlurms wore turned. In and tho nglno of tho llond voluntour tiro do purtinont, drlvou by Merle Hoover, answered tho call Immediately. Thirty momborH of tho department worked at top speed nnd no loss than 10 linos of hollo wore luld, Including 2000 foot borrowod from tho Brooks flcntilon Lumbor Co. Flromon re pontodly risked tholr Uvea In oudenv orlug to Hiuuo tho Cout-Oro Motor Cq, building,' and sovornl, who wore Htuttonod on (he hocoiuI floor, ro tronted bnroly In tlmo mt tho flre onton timbers collapsed, , Hpurks Flro Homed. Flromnn Hosb, Htutlouod on tho root of tho Wright hotol, adjoining, wob badly burned about tjio arms, handB nnd faco, and a stranger, "who. waa aiding In tho Ravage building, (Conttnuod on last pago.,) MORE WATER IS ALLOWED FARMS rSKTTLEHH OK O. O. I. PROJECT DEMAND AM) Oirr ADDITION- al flow hefore MAKi.vr; FIRST ALFALFA CTTTINO. Demanding a greater supply of wa ter for Irrigation than that for which tho wulrs wero ndjustod, mora than 40 sottlors In the Powell Ilutte, Torrubonno mid Alfalfa districts, rep resented by their attorney, II. II, Do Armond, waited on officials of tho Central Oregon Irrigation company In Deschutes Thursday afternoon, tho conforonco resulting In the grant ing of tholr demands, Mr. Do Ar mond reported on his return to Bond. On a bails of averngo dally use, to reach a total of 1,8 aero feet dur ing the growing scuson, water was being allowed, but moro Is needed for n short tlmo, the settlors de clared, as the tlmo for cutting tho first crop of alfalfa Is almost at hand. It has been found that tho host results are gained by wetting tho ground thoroughly boforo a cut ting Is tnado, V. a, Stanley, prosldent, und Ooorge ICanoff, In chargo of tho ditch syatom and the uso of water, repre sented the company In the confer onco. SURVEY IS ORDERED FROM ALLEN RANCH H. V, Wlckurr Has Low Bid For Burfftclag The Dl!c-ClirernU Highway from Bead N'ortli. PORTLAND, July 7. The state highway commission. In session here yesterday, ordered a survey on The Dalles-California highway to bo made south In Dpschutcs county from the Allen ranch, the last point to which It had boen surveyed, and op ened bids tor the surfacing of tho SHiiio road from Dend to tho Jeffer son county lino. Tho lowest was that submitted by a company hooded by II. F. Wllkncr, formerly con struction onglnecr for Oscar Huber. at $2.45 n yard. A. D. Kern bid $2.81 a yard and tho Warron Con struction company bid $3.70. Tho commission today awarded the contract for gravel surfacing of The Dallos-Callforulu highway between Ilend nnd tho Jefferson county lino on u bid of $29,850. Roqucsts wore ronowed for work on tho Rodmond-Slstors and Tumalo Sisters highways. MICKIE SAYS tiAOB JjfU TUt f UU.tR MCT fMJ4tto &Un litl CUDt tiayj ? WOUO tt W 4CGtt -tUCtt NM SfcTViFICfi N1U R.MtV4GrNr V , UM 09 VUtA X & Got fc MPOtWO -O UJE UP TO J SCHEDULE FOR CONGRESSMEN IS SET AHEAD TO BE HERE THROUGH SATURDAY MATHER IS IN PARTY Park Director anil A. I. DnvN, ltcc-1 tarnation Krrvlio Chief, Accom pany Member of lloii-c Ap propriation Commit tec. Again tho schedulo of tho congres sloiial appropriations com in It too has boon set ajiead, this time through tho kindness of tho Southern Pacific railroad, Represontutlvo N. J. Hln nott, chairman of tho public lauds commlttoo, who Is traveling with the party, .wired' to D, O. McPhorton, presldont of tho Ilend Commercial club, yesterday. According to this In formation, tho congressmen and gov ernment officials heading for Central Oregon aro In Klamath Falls today ! and will bo nt Crater lako tomorrow. Tho Commercial club Is asked to havo cars at tho lako Thursday eve ning In readiness for tho trip to Dond ou Frldny Saturday will be spent in and near llond Investigating vari ous reclamation projects In this vicinity. The number of tho appropriations committee who will bo here has been greatly cut down and will now In clude: James W. Good of Iowa, chairman; William R. Wood of In diana, Louis C. Crmnton of Michi gan, Milton W. Shrovo of Pennsyl vania, Josoph W, nyrns of Tennes see, John M. Evans of Montana, John J. Eagan ot New Jersey, James A. Oaltlvan of Massachusetts. park Director In Party. In addition there will be Stephen T. Mather, director ot the national park service, who toured through Central Oregdn last year, Arthur P, Davis, director ot tho reclamation strvlca, bis assistant, J. B. Deadle, and James A. OaUlvan, Jr., and Adolf K. Barta, clerk to the committee. With Mr. Slnnott Is Representative Charles R. Tlmberlako ot Colorado, member ot the warn and means com mlttes. The tour ot inspection bolng taken by the official party Is for the pur pose ot obtaining first-hand Informa tion, in order that tho appropriations committee may proporly legislate for national parks and reclamation proj ects. 81x national parks and 11 rec lamation projects, no well as the Co lumbia Rivet highway, are to be visited. CENTRAL OREGON JUNIPER HAS LONG HISTORY OF USEFULNESS K New Value as Material for Manufacture of Pencil Slats - Recalls Aid Given By Hardy Trees to Early Settlers East of the Mountains. Recognition ot the value ot Junl per as ono of tho groat natural re sources ot Central Oregon la accord ed In an editorial published In the Oregonian undor tho heading, "Now tor a Juniper Recrvo." Interesting tacts regarding-the history of. the use of Juntpor are also given In tho edi torial, as follows; "Interest is ronowed in tho omni present Junlpor troe ot central Ore gon by tho statement that load pencil manufacturers havo at last become aware ot Its virtue as n provldor of ponctl slats. Tho manufacturers of pencils, wo nro told, hnvo sent moro orders than can be filled not that Juniper la not plentiful, but that mon cannot bo found who will cut tho bolts, Possibly it is not wholly a abort ugo ot labor that la tho piCstJnt trouble. And it Is a mistake to doslg nuto tho Juulpnr aa 'long despised' na a contemporary does. The Juntpor Is ono ot thu most prized possessions at Vour Undo Snmuol. Ho owns u vast area of land In Central Orogon, land thut la not particularly attrac tive to' tho aottlor bocnuso of ita dry misa, or. Ita rocky or hilly churactor, but it Is dotted with Juniper. Tho Junlpor la not particular about mois KNIGHTS HAVE SISTER LODGE PYTHIAN TEMPLE IS INSTITUTED Mrs. W. II, Hudson, m Most Excel- Jent'Chlrf, Headu New Order In Wend Redmond Team In Cliaige of Degrrc Work. Alpine Temple, No. 28, Pythian Sisters, was instituted here Thurs day by Mrs. V, K. Buckingham, with n mmbcnililp of moro than CO. Women who became charter members, of tho new order wero Initiated' during tho oftornoon, and Knights of Pythias, who constUuto nearly half tho membership, wero taken in at mo ovening session. Degreo work was in chargo of u team from, tho Redmond lodge. Ceremonies wero held at Bather's hall, where a social session was en joyed on tho conclusion ot tho Initiations and the Institution of tho teraplo. Mrs. W II. Hudson, as Most Ex- ceiiom liiioi, ueaos mo iomDio,pmont ,eaRU0 with Mrs. J. A. Eastes as Past -u .. Chief, Other officers elected aro: Excellent Senior, Mrs. J. Edgar Purdy: Excellent Junior, Mrs. H. H. Do Armond; Manager, Mrs. J. W. Ash; Mistress ot Records and Correspondence, Mrs. E. P. Jcch: Mistress of Flnanco, Mrs. Jay B. Noble: Protector, Mis. R. W. Har vey: Guard of tho Outer Temple, Mrs. W. H. Staats; Trustees, Mrs. 8. C. Caldwoll, Mrs. M. Harris and Mrs. Eliza Jacobs. Mrs. Eastes was designated to represent tho temple at tho noxt convention of tho grand lodge. CONTRACT IS READY FOR AIR DELIVERY On the organization ot the pro posed aerial transportation company, with headquarters at Bend, a con tract for. carrying 400 pounds of sec ond class' nail matter from The Dalles to Bend and Burns will bo offered the- new company, a wire re ceived Wednesday by Frank R. Prince ot this city from Harold Grady of the O. IC. Jeffrey Airplane com pany of Portland, states. " - Mr. Grady and Mr. Jet fry expect to bo la Bend tomorrow night. SHEPHERD STOCK SOLD. E. M. Thompson has purchased tho entire music store stock of the late L. K. Shopherd, Including all phonographs, pianos and records, Mr. Thompson will havo the agen cies formerly held by the Shepherd store. ture or quality ot soil, Like the sage brush, it will grow to larger propor tions In fertile soil, but also like the sage brush, It will struggle success fully for exlstonce In lava beds or In a sprinkling of dust on the bed-rock. "Time was when the Juniper be longed to anybody and everybody who wanted It, By the stockmen ot Central Oregon It wns never despised. It- provided them with fenco posts thut never rottod, nnd It gave them n firewood that was the onvy of dis tant neighbors, who, on wintry days and nights, had only tho flashy sago brush to keop thorn warm, and wero alternately too hot or too cold, do ponding ou tho Industry with which thoy stoked tho air-tight heater. Farmers and stockmon went out nud cut the Juniper without hindrance, It supplied tho trading centers with fuol. ' Prlnovtllo for years ran Its electric lighting plant with junlpor cut from opou nnd unappropriated government land. "Tho esteem In which It wns hold was first brought to attention when a Junlpor tract was segregated tor irrigation under tho Deschutes proj ect. A contest wib Instituted to de- (Continued qu last page,) IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERY TO. BE SOUGHT COUNCIL WILL BACK ASSOCIATION INSPECTION DESIRED City Government Ankloux to Follotfr s Up Htato Work In Keeping Sources of Food Supply In Hnnitury Condition. Belief that a cemetery association can better handle-management and maintenance details than the city of Bend ItHelf was expressed Friday by the members of the city council In their first monthly meeting for July, and on the sugcatlon ot Mayor J. A. Eastes, the formation of such an as toclatlon will bo taken up at onco with lhr Woman's Civic Imnrovn- Tho matter; came before the conn ell as the' result of action taken by tho Community Clearing House league at a recent meeting, at which it was decided that an attempt should be mado to bring water to the dusty cemetery. A. J. Goggans ap- peared before the council, represent lug tho league, and presented tenta tive plans for watering the tract, tho one meeting with the most favor call ing for tho construction ot a 15,000 gallon reservoir, to be tilled from the irrigation ditch at the foot of Pilot Butle, a force pump to supply tho necessary' pressure. Ho said that the Bend Water, Light & Power company would probably donate the tank formerly used for the storage of city water, and that It this were done, the expense ot the entire un dertaklng would not exceed $2000. Food IrwpectloR Advised. Monthly reports of officers showed $308.60 as the receipts of the re corder's office, with two calls, 80 Inspections and 10 notifications to remove dangerous flues listed by Fire Chief Carton. Chief Carlon also stated that be understood a movement is on foot to us the Cen tral school building again this year for school purposes. It waa con demned last year, although the use ot the lower floor was permitted, but he declared that It Is a fire trap and utterly unfit to be used for school purposes. He was authorized to tako the matter up with the directors ot tho district Dr. C. A. Fowler, city physician, reported on the recent' Inspection ot dairies and other Bend food sources outsido the city limits, by state rep resentatlves. and recommended that, through cooperation with tho county, roguiar Inspection bo provided for to carry out the work started. The re corder was asked to write for copies ot thu Portland ordinances which cover similar conditions, and the health committee has also under con sideration the designation ot a dep uty county health officer, who will make frequent visits to dairies and other farms supplying Bend with food. Sign to Mark Road. Tho health committee waB author lzzed to purchase 10 mora large cans for refuse, eight of which will be placed at corners on the main streets, with two for the new city park. D. O. McPherson of tho police committee, stated that the city Is still without a night officer and asked tor suggestions. None wait forthcoming Mr. McPherson also mentioned tho need for signs, for tho benefit ot tourists, to show the routes to various points of interest, as well an designating the trunk highways. The streot committee was authorized to havo the algnB made at once nutl placed. Councilman Frank Southorlnnd stated that slow work Is. being made ou tho Qroonwood avouuo Dfldge over tho Pilot Butto canal because $5.50 a day is being paid for labor. Ho said that $0 a day la tho scale and that this amount should bo paid. Tho' matter wan roferred to tho streets committee ' Inspection of new sldeWaJks .con struction waa discussed aiijditwua decided that all .new concrWSwalka -:- ' ' rrs? .(Continued qi last ipageji,, WATER VALUE IS IMPORTANT SMITH POINTS u. P. AGRtCULTURIST GIVES ADVICE " FRIDAY PLANS GIVJEN Commercial Club Dinner at Inst Welcome Members of Congrcs- , slonal Party 'Fire Fighters 1 hanked by BusIhcm Men. . SI "We must educate tho people ot the East to the vatuo ot water on the land. Not one In 25 of our con gressmen has an idea ot it," C. L. ("Farmer") Smith, Union Pacific 'agriculturist, told the Bend Commer cial club at the weekly luncheon ot that organization at tho Pilot Balta Inn yesterday. "Wo must conceal trato on this thought In our recep tion of the congressional appropria tions committee. Water on this land Is going to earn a very large rato of interest on the original eeat ot placing water on tho land." Farmer Smith gave statistics showing that the crop taken from the farms on the Twin Falls projeet Ja the 1919 season alone represeated values three times the cost of the project investment, while 'the Yaki ma valley crop for the samo year waa worth four tltaeq the money invest ed. Trout Luncheon Planned. Discussion at the meeting wax chiefly In regard to the coming of Um congressmen. Eight cars will meet the party ot representatives aa4 other government officials at Crater lake Friday morning, bringing th mombers of the party Into Bend, aadt stopping at Crescent for 'a trt luncheon, T. H. Foley, chairman the club's special committee itt: charge of arrangements, reported. On their arrival ln Bead Friday atght a Commercial club dinner la heww of the visitors wilt be glvea at tlw Pilot Butte Inn and members dextr ous ot attending are asked to twa In their names tQ the .managemeat of the Inn by Thursday evening. A oar furnished by T. A. McCann. and eth ers drives by their owners, H. J. Overturf, A. M. Prlagle, D. O. Mc Pherson, Clyde M. McKay, N. O. Jacobaon and J. N. Hunter, will' pro vide transportation for the congress men from Crater lake to Bend. t in iuur i rujecus. Saturday morning, representatives and government officials will start on a tour ot the Tumalo and C. O. L projects, accompanied by Red mom and Prlnevllle business men. .Lunch eon will be served at Prlnevllle and from there the party will go to Mad ras, from which point they will leave in the morulRg n their special ear tor Portland. A trout breakfast will be served before their departure from the Jefferson county seat. On the motion of; Frank R. Priaee, a vote ofT thanks -was unanimously; passed, showing the club's apprecia tion for the work ot tho fire depart ment in checking the spread ot last night's conflagration and condemn ing adverse criticism directed at the dopartmont. Chairman McPherson declared that the firemen had taken many chances ot grave injury or lose ot life and that the work done was .as efficient as that which could have been performed by any paid depart ment. i EAST LAKE GUESTS HOLD CELEBRATION Impromptu Demonstration BaJoytMl' Uy Moro Than 1100 Vacation-' bits, Half From Head. More than 200 people, ,. half of them from Bond, tho rest (ourlats from Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia, hold an Impromptu celebra tion ut East laku on tho evening of Iudopondenco Day, Outdoor sports furnished amusement for spectators and competitors allko nnd, us fthe ovening progressed, dancing waa u joyed In tho pavilion which, has bona fitted up for this purpose. The rcort at the. lako la greatly improved and will be the BMMSef many week end parties duriug the ' summer montl. W 't