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WEEKLY EDITION The bend bulletin. VOL. XVlll UI5ND, DICSOIIUTICS OOUNTV, OIIKUON, 'I'lllMtHII.W. KCI'TIC.MIIKIt III), IIIUO .Vo. Ul. COMMISSION TO USE GRAVEL IF CASH IS READY HORSE RIDGE GRADE CONSIDERED OTHER WORK POSSIBLE V County Will Start On Hend-HMer Ami tho, llcdmmid-HMer (Irmlo, Ktrn If Btnte Cooperation Is Not l'orthromlng Immediately (Pr Unllol Tru loTh IWnJ DulUlIn) POriTLANU, Sopt. 29. Tho high way commission linn promised to gravel tho now grndo bctwoon Iloml and Horao llldgo and to do omo work bctwoon Demi, Rltr and lti'il mond l( tho commission enn (Ind tho necessary money noxt year. Appearing boforo tho stnto high way commlMlon nt tho Tuesday meet Ing In Portland, mo inborn of tho Des chutes county court requested tho graveling ot tho Hond-Horso Hldgo road section of tho Central Oregon i highway, tho grado for which bus w been Inrgoly built by tho county this summer. Kor this work so done, $10,000 of county funds, secured from tho marketing of county road bonds, had been available. Tho to- cation has been mado over new coun try, and with tho money at hand for tho purposo, the county tins been nblo to construct tho grade nearly to Mono nidge, It was pointed out to tho commis sion that unless tho work roquostcd on tho Central Oregon highway Is dono, tho snino condition will exist thcro as prevailed on tho rand from Ilend to tho top of tho new Tumalo grade this summer. This possibility hnd been predicted to tho commis sion early In tho year, but work had been dolayed until tho senson was too far advanced for an offcctlvo rem edial action to bo tnkon. Surfacing I'uvnrcil. Speaking for tho commission, ' Chairman Ilcnson declared that tho surfacing should bo dono; that tho 4jf commission will tako tho mnttar un der ndvlsemont, nnd that, If tho no cossary funds aro available for tho work, n call for bids will bo Issued. This, by tho way, was tho nctlon taken on nil request presented nt yesterday's session. Another movo for better roads In Crook county was mado by Judgo N. 0. Wallace, who naked for construction of tho Oclioco road from Prlncvlllo to tho edgo of the Oclioco forest, and who stated J' that tho county Is ready to put up $40,000 toward tho $80,000 or $100, 000 cxponso Involved. Tho Deschutes county administra tion Is anxious to begin work on tho llend-Slsters mid Ilcdmond-Slstors grades, tor which $25,000 und $20, 000, respectively, aro now nvnllablo. It tho stato commlslson cannot Join In cooperative work on I bono Im y provements, tho county plans to go as far ns possible with tho funds at hand, using tho machinery now on tho Central Oregon highway. MICKIE SAYSi WOP6 . rf WMT GMVhi COOSCJRHTKDM "t TVU UCttE. OCST CUP OWE Q WW PrfCWBW oar a tu' pp.vca to wn tr to tuevrr lamer TSf? fPrlntocL AAA ANTELOPE KILLING MEETS OPPOSITION I'Ydrrnl (iiuno Warden nnil Parmer Stntii IllologUt I'lnloy Crltlclu Permission (irauted I r In Ciibli. POUTLAND, Bopt. 29. Indignant uvur tho permission given lrvln 8. Cobb by tho stnto gamo commission to kill mi nntetopo during thu writer's stay In Oregon, federal gamo author Itlcs mid private Individuals hero aru severely criticising thu commission's action. Ooorgo Tonkin, United Hlutos gamo warden, doclnred It Is "mlglily poor sportsmanship tn shoot one of u.hord of anlmuls ot which I born uro so tow remaining, nnd which nro so tnmn It Is no trouble at nil to kill ouo." W, L. I'lnley, former stnto biolo gist, and the champion of disappear ing animal species, Is especially In dignant. "It Is tho wrong kind ot publicity for u muu to write about killing an telope la Oregon," ho declared, "when " is closed season, and libera nro so very few loft, anil wo nro try ing to got n reservation to protect those few remaining animals. Those peoplo nro going In on thu reserva tion whero the animals nro tamo. It Is ontlrely wrong to shoot nntelopo except for scientific purposes, I am opposed to killing them for sport, becausu that day has passed." A. K. Ilurghduff, statu gumo war don, who Issued tho permit, Is out of tho city. So fur ns Is known hero, tho nuthor has not yet killed tho antelope. FLYERS SMASH STATE RECORD Smashing tho previous altitude record for Oregon, which they hnd established In Ln Grande In August, Pilots Darker and Itcchtstulner ot tho Iloml Aircraft corporation climbed to a height ot 17,400 feet nbovo son level Monday afternoon, surpassing tho previous mark by 1200 feet. Alternating at tho con trols, It took tho two pilots 45 min utes to nttnln tho now record alti tude, and flva mluutcu later they had grounded at the Knotts landing field. While in tho scrvlco both of tho men who flow yesterday havu frequently soared 22,000 foot, or better, abovo tho earth, whllo using scouting planes. Although Ilend was enjoying one ot tho warmest days of tho mouth, with hardly u breath of air stirring, tho Tlyors reported zero weather aloft, with a 30-mllo wind blowing In the upper strain. Tho wind was oven, however, and tho nlr free from "bumps." Tho greatest obstacle to rapid flight which wus encountered, however, was tho Increasing rnrlfl cation of tho ulr, making It Impos sible to obtain enough oxygen to mix with the gasnllno fur tho motor, nnd resulting In slowing down tho num ber of revolutions fully 200. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ENJOY FIRST DRILL Kxrcutlon of Klcmcntnry Commands Pound Knsy, llut Cadets Unnblo To lurn To Hull. Korty boys ot tho' senior high school answered the call ot Marino Bergeaut O. J, Lambert yosterday af ternoon forming tho first skoloton company of tho high school cudot corps, and enjoying 30 minutes of rudliuontury military drill, Tho boys woro quick to loom, Sorgeunt I.nmbort roportod, nnd In tho hull hour learned to oxocuto tho com ninndH "left fnco," "right faco," "about fuco" a ml "forward, march," Thoy couldn't learn to halt In the first drill porlod, howovor, Itelu forcomontH nro expected for tho first company nnd n socond organization will ho formed Friday by junior high students, Tho companies nro bolng forinod In rcHtilution military manner, with n corporal In charge of oach sqund nnd responsible' to the drlllmaster for tho conduct of tho sovon endots under him. Two drill periods n week nro scheduled, CO. I. COMPANY ASKS FOR TIME CONTRACT EXTENSION REQUESTED , Period I'or Declamation of Lauds Ktplren mi October I? Uiile Honored Attorney Tor Settlers Hies Protest. BALKM, Bopt. 23. Ilecnusu of tho ubsonoo of two of Its inomberl, at tho meeting oC tho desert land hoard here, the board ban delated nctlon on (ho request of tho Central Oregon Irrigation company, which has u reclamation contract with the state, for tho extension at the period ot segregation of approximately 140, 000 acres In Crook and Deschutes counties. Tho contract between tho stnto nnd United Btatos government affecting those lands expires October 17, and If mi extension of time Is granted tho transaction must have tint sanc tion of tho department of the In terior. The Irrigation service, ns now con structed, Includes three main canals aggregating 4C4 rules, concrete di version dam across tho Deschutes rlvor, CI, 000 acres of Irrigable laud patented by the United Ktates gov ernment, 44,000 acres contracted for with settlers, 3fi,000 acres occupied by settlors, 800 farms with n total appraisement of $3, 500,000, and tho crops and livestock for the year 1920, with estimated value of $2,500,000. KiIi'IihIoii Pmlvlrit. Jack I.atourelto appeared before the board for tho Irrigation district nnd protested ugalnst the proposed oxtonslon of time for segregation of tho lands In case they were to remain under thu control of the Irrigation company. (In said, however that tho district would not object to the ex. tension It It did not operate to ox-! tend tho company's reclamation con tract with tho stnto. It was explained that thu project Is now in litigation and that there was u probability that tho Contra! Oregon Irrigation district would tftko over the holdings ot tho Irrigation company. As n result of this It was predicted that the Irrigation com pany would relinquish control of tho property. Members of the board Indicated that the request for ex tension of the segregation period probably will be mado at tho next meeting of tho body. JUSTICE FINED ON GAME. LAW CHARGE If. (I. lln)i-, of .MrKi'iirlf llrldge, Plead-. (Inllly To Having Illegally Killed Venison, And Pnn $l!IO. Pleading guilty through his attor ney, 11, B. Hamilton, to tho charge ot having venison, killed out of sea son, In his possession, II. O. llayon, Justice of tho ponco nt McKouzio llrldge, nrrosted two weeks ago by District dame Warden II. McDonald, Monday paid a flue of $100 and costs at $30, Another charge ngalnst the defondiint, specifying tho salo of venison, was dropped. Tho enso was heard by Justlco ot tho Peace J. A. Kustos. Prehistoric Kiddies Had Marbles. Too; Countless Playthings Left on Shores of Dog Lake; Volcano Held Responsible Prehistoric chlldron may havo played murhlos Just as gleefully as tho youngsters ot today, assorts Jack Horton, grazing examiner on tho Doschiites forest, nftor u trip to Dog Inko In Luko county, near tho California lino, whoro ho gnth' ored evidence in subntnntlntlou of his stntuinont. Lnrgo quantities of spheroidal stones, many of thorn almost purfoct spheres, uro found undor n thin layer at earth nnd nod on tho banks of tho luko, Mr. Ilorlon says, nnd tho samples, ho brought homo with him nra just tho right slzo to bo usqd In tho gamo which every boy plays nt soma tlmo or othor in his Ufa. Tho "mnrhlos" vary In color from a dark gray to n light, dull rod, MISflNG PAIR FIND WAY OUT MR. AND MRS. TUCK REACH REDMOND Callipers, Hncmed In lly Marly Worm, Make Wny I'rom (JrDzly Itnslu lly tho Mlulii Trail, After Heanhein Turn Hack. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tuck of lied mom), for wlimn searching parties have been limiting for Hire duys last week, have made their way out of Orlzxly llnsln nnd are now safe at their homo In llodmoud, none the worse for their eiperleucu, John Tuck, father ot tho missing man; ro portod this morning by telephone, Moro than three weeks ugo Mr. and Mrs. Tuck panned through Bis ters with ptickhorsoH, on their way to tho basin for n hunting und ber rying trip. They cnrrled 10 days' provisions und, by tho time their food was nearly exhausted, unusually early niitumn storms had come, blocking with snow tho direct route by which thny had crossed ttio sum mit on the 45-mltn trip to the foot of Mt, Jefferson from Bisters.' Tho same storms which caught the Tucks and u number of Indians in tho bnslu later caused the first search pnry, which set out Inst week to hunt for tho missing couple, to turn buck. Krom four tn five feet of snow was found on the summit, one of tho heaviest, falls ever recorded for Hop tombor. Unable to penelrntu to tho bnslu In this way, the searchers reported to the elder Mr. Tuck, who phone to Detroit, asking rnngers tp go In from tho other side, Tho promise was given, but thu missing couplo appar ently were entirely able to take earn of themselves. They flnnlly made the trip out by the roundabout Mlnto trail, which the searchers hud plan ned 'to Hbo In case the uxpedlllau tied to use In enso the Detroit expe dition proved a failure. M'KENZIE HIGHWAY IS IN POOR SHAPE Autolsts who wish to travel from Central Oregon to thu Wlllntnetta valley will do well to bewaro of Hut MoKenxlo Pass highway, Is tho warn ing sounded by Lloyd Maglll, who, with his wife and Dr. Orant Bklnner, returned late Monday afternoon from Poley Bprlngs, Tho snow was troublesomo, but It wns thu general condition of tho rond west of Mia summit which mused the most grief to motorists, Mr. Maglll said. Ha wan Informed that u washout hid cut off travel through to Kugene, .10 INCHES OF SNOW ON NEW LAKE ROAD Buow lying two nnd one-half foot (loop on Dutchman's flat, tho highest point on tho Spnrks lake rond, wns reported on Monday by Hunger Hun Biultli, returning to Demi from thu Lost luko road camp. It is pas sible that the rond may bo opened ngnlu before winter nctunlly sots In, l'o rest Bupurvlsor II, L. Plumb re ports, but another snow storm would muku this vlrtunlly Impossible ho says. A full ot tight snow, reaching n depth of 20 Inches on the McIConzIo pass, wns reported Buudny, Apparently pawnbrokers must havo flourished In those initio pre historic days, for one of tho speci mens brought back by Mr. Morton consists at throo balls Joined In n mniinor closely rosombllug tho sign of tho modern monoy lender. What cniiKOd tho hits of rock tu become round, In thu absence of tiny evidence ot erosion, wusV puz zler to Mr. Horton, but ho men tioned the possibility that dropa of molten lava, sprayed Into tho ulr, might havo taken a spheroidal shape In thu Hitmo manner that shot uro manufactured by drop ping liquid load from n great height, whllo eorrjo ot tho balls might havo been Joined beforo the coollmt process was completed. BEND DEALERS TO CUT PRICE AS JUSTIFIED WILL FOLLOW MARKET SAYS C. A. WARNER FORESEE NO TOBOGGAN Apparently Hiidden Itediiillon An nounced y .Mall Order Houses Ilased on Peak Prices l.oenl Detail Cuts Made (Jrndiially. "Tho merchants of Ilend will re duce their prices ns tho mnrket Justi fies," wns the declaration Tuesday of C. A, Warner, president of tho Ilend Merchants' association, when asked regarding the probable local effect of rocently announced quotations. "There will be no radical slump, howuver," Mentioning the apparently large cuts Just made by mall order houses, Mr. Wnruer pointed out Hint tbeio reductions weru made from catalogue prices which weru bused on April and May quotations, when tho peak was reached in the prices on n majority of commodities. Purchases by lo cal merchants were chiefly made in the early spring, prior to the big ad vance. Blnre then, as tho market has grad ually fallen off In various lines, local dealers luive paralleled wholesale and Jobbers' reductions, so that the de cline has been made gradually, with no fuss or flurry, whllo mall order houses, after their August slump In business, nniiounco the difference be tween September prices and tho peak prices of April and May. This pro duces tho Illusion of n sudden drop, when, In reality, the change tins como by degrees, Mr. Warner believes, nf tor n careful study of thu situation. WlioloMile mt Not liffertlvr. Moreover, new wholcsnlo quota tions offered to retailers nro not to be tnken as nn Immediate Indication, for these new prices ore for spring delivery, (lends cannot be had at tho reduced figures until spring, nnd It follows that tho cuts quoted by trado journnls will have no reflex locally until goods now In stock can bo replaced with the lower priced commodities. As n mnttor of fact, Mr. Warnor snld, the prices now list ed for spring delivery aro tho same as those prevailing Inst Mnrch, Just boforo tho rapid ndvnnces ot April and May began. Luxuries, such ns silk, It it pointed out by Ilend denlers, hnvo nlroady met their fnto, but woolens, (Ino lin ens nnd cottons, nro not "dropping to earth," nor will there bo n marked falling off this year. Cotton tex tiles will show practically no chaugo until spring deliveries nro mndo, al though stnples, such ns sheetings, muslins, cnmbrlcs nnd the like nro showing n slight, but Immcdlnto downward trond. In ono respect tho country mer chant has boon nt n great disadvan tage wliou compared to tho city store proprietor It litis boon difficult to follow the market as It advanced, but It has boon absolutely necessary to follow It ns It moves In tho npposlto direction, local dealers stnto. SAYS FATHER STOLE CHILD Charged by his former wlfo with Bloating his own 3-yf?nr-old son, Per ry McDowoll, palntor, a rosldont of Ilend slnco June, wus taken Into cus tody on Sundny by Offlcors Carlon nnd Carpenter, nftcr tho mother ot tho child hud nrrlvcd from Portland and pointed out hor former husband to tho nuthoritloB. Tho arrost was mndo on (olographic Instructions from Portland and MoDowoll was held for n Multnomnh county doputy. McDowoll nnd tho boy wore nsleep Sunday whe'n thu officers enmo to make the arrest nnd McDowell promptly turned tho child ovor to Us mother and moved to tho city jnll to finish his slcop, Tho, prisoner claimed Hint he brought tho hoy to Bond with him In PRELIMINARY WORK RUSHED BY SURVEYORS NEW CREW ADDED BY NORTH UNIT HACKING IS REVEALED Hepnrt of Investigator On Jnpanewo Hlluatlon Points To Well Krnwa Millionaire As Furnishing Capital I'dr Development. Engineering work on which the reclamation of the North unit, by tho development of tho Honhum Palls project, will depend, Is going on rap idly, with five or six crows of sur veyors In tho field, whllo In Madras preparations aro already undor way for the Installation of offices of the district. Kor this purpose, tho old city hall In tho Jefferson county Boat Is to bo renovated and tho Interior arrangement altered. The lust crow of surveyors to start work wus added early last week at Culver and will run thu survey from Crooked river to Madras. Two crows have been working for several weeks, ono near Itedmond, nnd ono nt tho Crnno Pralrlo rosorvolr site. Another crow has started surveying tho lands in tho North unit on Agen cy Plains and another has been working at the Donliam falls reser voir slto. Strong Harking Hhotvti. Fresh Indications that Herbert Klelschiicker, w o 1 1 known mil lionaire. Is financing the work now going on, nnd will furnish the funds for futuro development by bundling tho $5,000,000 district bond Issue un derwritten by Ilnlpli Bchncotoch tc Co. Is given In tho findings of the special Invostlgator whoso ranort for Governor Olcott an tho Jnpaneso sit uation In Central Oregon has just (icon mndo public. In this report Mr. Klolschncker Is alluded to as be ing associated with O cor go L. Hurtt nnd Ocorgo Shlmn, wealthy Califor nia potato mon, In tho development of n potentially vast potnto growing Industry for this part ot the stnte. Irrigation on n largo scalo was pledged by Mr. Hurtt on n previous visit to Ilend, and nt tho same tlmo ho stated thnt tho necessary backing was available Tho most concluslvo evidence, however, is tho statement of tho Investigator that "Mr. Kiel srhackor was brought Into tho proj ect partly through his connection with banking interests In Itedmond, nnd his coming In lias resulted In the Klelschackor Co. substantially aid ing this part of Oregon by tho pur chase of bonds nnd financing dovel ment projocts." HARDING IS AHEAD IN BIG STRAW VOTE Hotter than n 3 to 2 majority in tho "Solid South" for Cox nnd a 2 to 1 majority for Harding In tho rest of the United Stutes Is Indicated by n straw voto tnkon by 8000 drag; storos In tho United states, ot which tho Horton Drug Co. Is ono. Tha voto Is lncomp)oto nnd will bo con tinued up tho genornl oloctlon un der tho direction ot tho company whoso products nro handled by tha individual stores. According to tho flguros which M. II. Horton has nt his disposal, fionntor Harding hnd 10,494 in tho southoru stntos, nnd Cox 17,015, whllo the totnl In tho othor stntos of tho union was 51,103 for Harding and 25,003 for Cox. In Harding's homo stnto, Ohio, 84GG wns tho voto for tho republican candidate, ngalnst 424G tor Cox, and In Oregon 1100 woro polled tor Harding nnd 02G for his opplnont. National League City Will Have First Of Series (Pr United Tress to Tin HnJ llullctln)' CHICAGO, Snpt. 28. Tito -! National .basobaJl commission 4 toduy ch.nng.od tho datos ot tho world Borlefl, Tho first gnmq will bo. plnyod in Ilrooklyji Oo- tobor 5., (Contlnuod on Pago 4.)