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The Bend Bulletin
(Weekly Edition)
Published Or
T1IR HK.M) llUI.liETlfC
(Incorporated)
KntAtlU1irtl 1009.
R0I1KIIT W. SAWYEIl, ManaRor
An Independent nowpapcr standing
for tho quaro deal, clean buMnes,
clean polltlca and tho best IntcrcaU
of Bend and Central Oregon.
One year........................... $3,00
Six months. 1.00
Tli r co months................- -60
THljnSD.VJ', OCTOHEn 7, 1920.
oim GEoanAPHiEs
In a wny, tho treatment of ContraN
nroc-nn In thn rencrnnhlea now 111 USO
'in. onr nchoola la merely amusing. wholo'nnd. wo believe, ho exerted
i, -.,.. wvov.. it u roniiv n R-.hls Influence on behalf of tho Con-
Ins of II problem In order to hnrn
It Ionic cherished dmlrc for good
road imtlnfled.
In crediting tho commlmlon n a
whole with n now tntcroat In tho
highway of Eastern Oregon, wo
think It proper to say n special word
for tho sortlco rendered by Commis
sioner Klddlo. On his appointment
Tho Bulletin took Mr. Kiddle on sus
pended Judgment. W'a preferred to
seo how ho took tho Job beforo ox
pressing complete, satisfaction with
another Northeastern Oregon man.
Now wo bcllote wo can all say wo are
glad of tho nppolntmont. Since be
coming n member of the commission
Mr. Klddlo has traveled from one end
of tho stato to tho, other. Ho has
studied tho highways of Oregon as a
HUH HtKVKNTIO.V
In calling attention In thn gover
nor's designation of October 9 as r'lre
I'ruvuntlon day Mayor Enstrs mad
ly stated tho case when ho said thai,
tho tlmo to put out fire Is beforo
they start. An mmco of prevention
Is worth mom than n pound of euro
and tho slight effort necessary tu
guard against n flro'a starting Is as
nothing whon compared with thn loss
that may occur If n flro does start,
When ouo takes Into account tho
nation of rntiillitnlo for city office
early In tho tiimtlti tho council Ima
taken a illnllnrtly forward slop In
thn Interest of good government. It
now remain to bo seen whether thn
voter will tnko advanlngo of llm op
portunlty glvon them.
It hns nlwaya boon pnssllile, here
tofore, for nominations to bo made
up to within n fow days of thn elec
tion. As n result there has never
boon any real municipal campaign.
Until tho last minute It was never
amount of prevention work done, known Just who tho candidate were
dally by tho flro department It seems' to be, and In tho Interval of one or
almost superfluous to plan the ob- two days botoro the election It was
rlous matter. All over Oregon these
books aro In uso. Is It, then, any
thing to bo wondered at If all over
Oregon there should bo a profound
and dense Ignorance concerning this
section If tho youth of tho stato for
tho past flvo years havo been getting
their Information from their pages!
How well can we bo known In tho
other states whero tho book la In
use!
Speaking of fire prevention tho
other day, Chief Carlon said It was
necessary to begin the work with tho
school children, because their minds
were tho most impressionable, their
habits less fixed. What habit of
thought, may we suppose, is preval
ent In tho minds of the children In
tho rest of the state when they think
of us? What Information do their
parents get when they look In tho
school geography to find out about
Central Oregon? The answer, of
course, is that they are getting noth
ing but erroneous Ideas from tho
school books, and in our fight for
publicity and recognition we cannot
afford to let any such ideas go forth.
Tho text books used in in the
school outside of Portland are se
lected by the state board of text book
commissioners. According to the
Oregon Blue Book, the members aro
Harrison G. Piatt, Chairman, Port
land; Margaret J. Cosper, Salem:
Mrs. A. E. Ivanboe, La Grande: Al
fred G. Schmitt, Albany; F. A. Tled
gen, Marshfleld. Tho Blue book
further says: "All terms expire
January 31, 1921," and, concluding:
"Thla commission meets every six
years and adopts text books for uso
In the public schools outside of Port
land. At the meeting held June 2,
1919, text books were adopted to be
used until June 2, 1925."
What the board did -when it met
in June, a year ago, was to readopt
tho geography that had been used In
the previous six years. We do not
know what other geographies, If any,
were 'offered for Its consideration,
but If there were any they must have
been shot full of faults. Otherwise
the board cannot justify its selection
of the book now in use. A possible
answer is that world geographical
changes made it necessary to put oft
the issue of an edition with necessary
revisions. We believe, however, that
the board, If Interested in a fair deal
for the whole state, might have se
cured a book that treated us intelli
gently and correctly.
It would be worth while to take
this matter up with the State Cham
ber of Commerce and, through it, in
sure proper treatment of Central
Oregon hereafter.
tral Oregon links which aro so Impor
tant In tho chain.
THE QUIET CAMPAIGN
It may bo that beforo tho next four
weeks havo passed there will bo somo
enthusiasm aroused over tho presi
dential campaign, but up to the pres
ent tlmo there havo been Just about
as many signs of a presidential elec
tion as of paved streets. From all
reports tho condition Is riot local.
The state of Oregon is apathetic, and
so is the rest of tho country. It Is
a dead campaign.
Just why this should be is hard to
say. Wo havo seen no reason glvon
beyond the suggestion that tho coun
try had so long ago mado up Its mind
to rid Itself of the democratic party
that its only Interest now Is In tho
approach of election day. Governor
Cox created a llttlo excitement when
he began his campaign with republi
can slush fund charges. The peoplo
sat up for n while and wondered If
tho democratic candidate was really
golng'to start something to bring tho
campaign out of its rut, but when It
appeared that Cox had no proof and
could produce none, and that, as a
matter of fact, there was nothing to
his charges, they sank back Into their
former lethargy. Ho has not been
successful In starting anything else
since this fizzle occurred.
Senator Harding, It must bo
agreed, has dono llttlo himself In tho
"starting" business. Thero has been
no need. So long as the rut Is In
the road leading straight to tho
White Houso, thoro has been no rea
son for his trying to get out of It. At
the same time it is the general
agreement that Harding has grown
or perhaps it would be better to say,
shown his actual self to be something
much bigger than tho pleasant con
servative he was thought to be when
nominated. Ho has so far kept his
campaign above personalities and
above mud slinging. He has shown
himself dignified and yet democratic.
So long as tho right man Is elected
there Is no reason for getting worked
up over the campaign, anyway, and
the straw votes seem to show that the
people have their minds well mado
up as to which Is the right man.
never possible for anyone to dlscoV'
or what tho candidate's platform was,
or what particular thing ho stood
for.
For tho most part candidates for
city offlco havo been men who wero
well known, llesldonco hero has given
aciiualutanca and tho voters bnvo
est In tho work tho flro department ! taken thorn on that acquaintance.
sorvnnco of n special day, as request
ed by tho governor. Other commun
ities may need waking up, one may
feel, but not Bend; and yet ovou
hero It Is worth whllo bringing Into
clearer rellof tho Importance and ne
cessity of flro prevention, and espe
cially to educate and develop Inter-
Is doing. Wo must all become mem
bers of a greater flrep revoiitlon de
partment. Tho present flro department Is al
most n child of tho mnyor's. Ho Iioh
Thero havo been no "Issue," and
there lias boon no reanou for plat
forms. Tho town Is growing, how
ever, and thu voter urn entitled to
a longer opportunity to learn whero
weight of truck and loud mid llm
rain at which they may travel Ihn
public highway might tin mndn.
"In thl county alone tlinusnmlH
of dollar of Injury hii b"n ilumi
road n nd bridge by ovinvulntit
truck, hauling grain mid wood mid
other product mid merclinndliw. In
these circumstance It Isn't Strang"
that I he cost of iniiliitniinnco of coun
ty riMid tin multiplied."
taken a deop and nctlvo Interest In tho candidate stand and to make a
Its development and whllo to Chlofi choice botweon them. Tho now ox-
Carton nnd tho loyalty of his depart- dlnanco gives that opportunity
mcnt mombers must bo given the
credit for tho actual work done. May-
Callfornla Is also having Its trem
or Eastcs cooperation nud willing bles with motor trucks, as I
support snouiu uo recognized. Tho
rest of us can now do llttlo olsa than
to show our appreciation by Joining
wholo-hcartcdly In tho plans they are
making for Flro Prevention day.
A DESIKABliE CHANGE
By making provision for thn iioml-
seen In tho following from the Santa
Barbara Press:
"Not nlono on tho paved stato and
county highways, but on dirt roads
us well, hoavy truck aro working
Immonso damage. Without Injury
to anybody, and greatly to tho public
advantage, regulation limiting thn
Mite help to keep cunt of egg
high.
There I no room for poor lilrdH
uu the farm.
Heat I the great enemy of eggs,
both fertile nnd Infertile.
Of Ihn Infection illsent.es of tur
keys, blackhead I the uiont destruc
Mite multiply more rapidly In warm
weather, ho tlutt war should bo made
on tin-in now.
Be sure that tho early hatched pul
let on uhlch you nre depending for
winter V are making sternly growth.
When e consider the fact that the
cock h the lr of so many bird we
may. be liuprouM'a with thu luipor
taucn of n gcMHhiuale bird.
Want to buy bay, ue Bullet In cln
iritMl art.
Improved Meuhold Hall,
Three different elgnnl lone (mm n
elect rk bell of ordinary appearance,
railing the ImiMeliiililer to thn front,
rear, or side dwr, am now iimdo iinwb
bin by Ihn Ingi'iiloll ilurkii of an
Ohio inniiiifncturer. Thn two eleo
troiniiKiiellc cull of thn bell bnv
sepnmte nrinnliire, ono of which
carries the bell clapper, whllti tli
other coiiHlllUte n bllMor. Poptllai
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The ennny nf il.ool children fre
quently Imparl very curlou liifonun
IIim, One buy wrote, "Hugnr I mndn
from lltuii men." Another, 'To keep
milk from turning sour you should"
leave, It In thn cow." A third young
ster, "Tn innkn butter w mint beat
u I v Mime eug-i In Mime milk and sot tt
In Ihn mi. When the egg comil to
the lop, cum II off."
Diamonds Ud In Shipbuilding.
It I hardly to bu Imagined that dia
mond have anything to do with tho
building of battleship. Yet thl I .
for illnmoml dut I used for cutting
sud itinilug Ihn tremendously hard
steel which I lined In thu manufac
ture of modern nnuniiieiit.
HOPE FOB HIGHWAYS
Tho report In the Oregonlan of the
program of the state highway com
mission, agreed upon at Tuesday's
meeting, naturally more complete
than that which The Bulletin was
able to givo yesterday, should give
heart to those of us who have waited
with varying degrees of patience for
action on the highways of Central
Oregon. In addition to the promises
made for work In Deschutes county,
we read that contracts are "lined
up" for action at the next meeting In
November for grading "from Bartlett
Springs, at end of present grading
job, north to where the road forks
beyond Fort Klamath. This la on
The Dalles-California highway," and
also that a survey has been ordered
"on the Central Oregon highway
from Vale to Burrell ranch,"
In other words, tho work, though
at distant points, Is toward Bend, and
succeeding steps will bring it closer
until tho Job. in completed. This
will take time and thero will be
plenty of complaint and criticism as
the work goes on, but some day the
roads will be built.
Complaint and criticism have done
nothing to bring about tho new ac
tivity on this sldo of the mountains.
The big reason Is the practical com
pletion of a hard surface highway
from the California line to Portland,
nnd from Astoria to Hood rlvor by
way of Portland. Committed to' these
projects as of first Importance, the
commlsBlon lias now practically fin
ished thero, and naturally turns to
the noxt work tn lino. In our. opin
ion1 Central Oregon has now only to
'meet' 'the commission half war In a
spirit of cooporatlon and understand-
MILL BY-PItODUCTS.
That the by-products of the sam-
mlll will outvalue In the near future
the finished lumber Is the prediction
of a western . timber authority as
quoted In a recent Issue of the Liter
ary. Digest.
"Only 40 per cent of our cut tim
ber Is utilized; the rest is thrown
away. This means that tho unused
CO per cent is In such shape that it
would not pay to use it. The prob
lem of utilizing waste material,"
says this authority, "Is that of mak
ing Its utilization profitable." The
enhanced value of timber today is
making profitable the conversion of
waste into merchantable products.
Alcohol, tanning extracts, turpentine,
pine oils, fiber for rugs, carpets, bags
and all sorts of fabrics, Imitation
leather, linoleums, Insulating mate
rials these are a few of the prod
ucts obtainable from sawmill waste
which was formerly thrown away.
It has been predicted that the by
product dlBtlllates of wood, as wood
and grain alcohol, may sometimes
equal other sawmill products In
value. Grain alcohol may be pro
duced from any wood at relatively
low cost and by a process that yields
other products of value as well. This
may become Oj substitute for oil and;
gasoline in tho operation of engines
for automobiles and automotive ma
chinery.
Tanning extracts are made mostly
from tho bark of oak and hemlock.
Turpontlne comes from woods pos
sessing necessary resinous content.
In fact, practically every wood poss
esses Important by-product possibili
ties that may bo greatly Increased by
chemical experts.
As chemical Investigations advanco
and now uses are found for wood
waste, tho percentage of wasto will
bo steadily cut down. Less of tho
tree will be loft In the woods; less
will be discarded nt tho mill, and
evontually tho value of the by-products
wilt at least approach tho value
of tho direct products of the sawr
mill."
KHlBttSSSMESIE
Chevrolet Motor Co. Prices
Are Guaranteed to May 1, 1921
The following announcement by the Chevrolet Motor
Car Company insures purchasers of Chevrolet Cars
against loss through price reduction between Octo
ber 1, 1920 and May 1, 1921.
The following telegram is a reproduction of a wire received by us
this morning from the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
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Sx Portland, Oregon, 10A, Oct. 2, 1920
Bend Garage, Bend, Ore.
We have no intention of changing the list priceo es
tablished for the season of nineteen twenty-one, but in the
event of any unexpected reduction in labor and material ef
fecting the cost and Justifying' a lowering of the list prices
of Chevrolet cars prior to May first, nineteen hundred twenty-one,
we will refund to every purchaser during that period
the amount of such reduction.
Chevrolet Motor Car Co. of Oregon,
M. D. Douglas, 1029AM.
By buying now you will be able to enjoy your Chevrolet awhile wait
ing for the market to readjust itself.
BEND GARAGE
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