WEEKLY EDITION
4m,
FHE bend bulletin.
V0I. SIX
IIHNII, IMSHCIIUTHH COUNTY, OUKOOff. TlIMWIMV. AVMU ill, Uri,
Sit. B.
CO. I. DISTRICT
BOND ISSUE IS
SETTLERS DETERMINE
FATE OF PURCHASE
VOTE EXCEEDS 2 TO
Alfitlfn Anil (IriwiKO Hull Only Pre
clnrlH Whrro ('ontntrl Featuring
flUMll.OOO llotiil Imii PlniN
Piitnr Among Witter IWr
now tiii: iiondh lost
Yes
15
, J
c
20
No
Torrobonnn
4- Deschutes
ItiKtmoml
Powell Until!
G4
20
112
47
1
Alfalfa 26
(Irntico Hall 39
28
Total IH 22
For llin itccdiid llnio thin year
polllom mi llio C, 0. I, project re
jected n proposed lionil IftHttn In thu
idtirtlnil hold on Friday. Till do
fpu In tlm id u n h for purchase liy tlui
lUtrlct of tint company' holdings,
n conlrnct for which win signed by
directors of doth thn company unit
ihu district. ItoturnN received hero
Katiinlay showed thai thu $260,000
hand lumio lost hy a vola of mora
than two to one,
Objection of tho settlers to tho
iimemil of water to hi) furnished
wan fnrtii'i'ii bh it harrier to thu pro
poiied purchase, III thn meetings held
lant wouk at Terrebonne, I'ow
oil Hullo mid Itedmond, where
Htato KiiRltirnr Percy A. Cupper
urgrd thn piirchaHn of tho holding
It was charged that whlln seepage
losnu for thn pant two years have
lionn C7 per emit, thn figure In thn
contract went worked out on a basin
of 40 pur emit seepage. This, It
wan argued, would kIvu thn HOtlters
In watur tliiin under thu old agree
ni nut.
Iti-Ktilt Kliimn Early
Statu Knglniwr Cuppnr stilled In
tho Ituilmonil mooting that hn ho-
Moved thn only way tho settlers
could gel water thin year would hn
to purchititu thu property. Actlru
oppnuuiilH charged him with fuvor
Iuk thn purchiiKU ho ttint hn could
collect IiIh own $5,000 fco.
Tlio election wan conceded tout
Hint iiIkIU hy thn nttoniuyH for tho
district, DoArinoiul & Krsklnti, on
hearing, thiil ' tho margin for thu
hnnil IkhiioIii tlm On'tugo Hall sec
'tlon wait only 39 to 28, an thai dis
trict wus roiiNldoroil tho, most favor-
nlilo
..".
HORACE MANN TO'
BE GIVEN HONOR
May I, lltflllt Aiiiiivrnuiry of HIn
lllrtli, Hoi Apart. For - Exercises
In Honor of Pioneer Educator.
OliHorvutlon on thn part of nil pub
lic schools In Ort'Ron of Muy 4 of tho
.126th anniversary of tho birth or
'.lontco Mann, pioneer educator, Is
naked by J, A, Churchill, stato su
perintendent of public Instruction, In
proclamation rnculved yeslordny by
County Superintendent J, Alton
Thompson. Touchors nro nskod to
toll tholr pupllH of thu llfu mul
iicliluvoinontH of lloriico Mnnn,
li'In ovory school houso," says Mr,
, Churchill, "In overy school room,
v thorn Is nu echo of tho good that llor
iico Mnnn did for thu whole world.
As recrotnry of tho boun! of oil Men
tion of Massachusetts, his plea for n
moro oiiiltiihlo distribution of school
moneys, bettor prepared tonchors,
bettor equipment, n richer course of
Htitdy mul n Ioniser torm of school,
has boon tho sourco of Inspiration
and tho oxponont of proRross for tho
school moo mul womon of Amorlcn.
"It may bo woll said that to Horace
Mann should bo Klvou the credit for
formuliitliiK our groutest national
Ideal tho education of tho musses
for tho preservation of our llbortlos."
ThcBtnto mul other libraries will
assist tonchors In finding suitable ma
terial for a proper obBorvnuco of tho
lny.
SNOWED UNDER
HINT AT PAPER
MILL FOR BEND
WATER FILING MADE
ON DESCHUTES
I'JO HitiiihI IVet Asked Hy John
Hleldl, llitcri-stcil Pnr Homo Tliiin
In Development of The I'ulp
Industry In (Viitml Ori-go".
That tho appropriation of 120 sec
oud feet nt watur from tho Deschutes
river for thu operation of u jmper
mill In this city Is being sought hy
John Hleldl In an application filed
with Htute Engineer Percy A. Cup
per, Is thu Information given In n
recent lumio of thn Oregon Journal
under u Solum datu line. A similar
story Is carried by thu TelcKrum,
Mr, Htoldl ma do no secret
when Interviewed, of thu fact of his
having matin filing for 120 second
feet, but ponied having specified tho
operation of a paper mill as tho una
to which tho water would ho put. Ho
was unwilling to ho quoted as to
whether or not this Is the purpose
for which ho Is asking so larKu a wa
tor rlKht.
Kor more than a year, howoror.
Mr, Hleldl has been Interested In thu
possibility of developing Ilcnd
throiiKh thn Introduction of tho pa
per Industry born, and has been
known to Imvo been InvestlKatliiR a
new process for pulp manufacture. It
Is understood that In making tho wa
tur filing Just reported, ho may bo
representing largo outsldo Interests,
TOTAL ECLIPSE
DUE TONIGHT
moo win. in: hidden poit
a minutes first moment
IIP TOTAMTV HERE AllOUT
II O'CLOCK.
A total eclipse of tho moon will
bo oliHervabln from this city to
night, ll:0G o'clock hulng tho hour
at which tho moon will ho entirely
obscured, according to figures for
cities In Oregon. Tho moon ontors
tho punumhrii at S: 10 and enters thu
shadow nt 9:10 o'clock.
Tho total ecllpso lasts 42 minutes,
tho mlddlu being reached at 11:27
and tho end nt 11:48, Tho moon
eaves tho shadow at 1:09 a, m. Fri
day morning, nnd nt 2:15 It leaves
tho ponumbrn, Thu ccllpso Is vlslblo
brougham North and South America
mul In thu Pacific ocean,
DAIRY HOUSE
IS DESTROYED
'I UK CAUSED HV FAM.INO OP
stove pipe mntNH milk
HOUSE TO TIIH OHOUND
DWELLING SAVED.
Tho milk houso of tho Jones dnlry,
four miles northeast of Ilcnd, was
burned to thu ground Tuesday nt
a. in., tho flro holng started
when n stovepipe lending - from a
heating stovo full from Kb position.
Tho loss was -chiefly In machinery.
'ho Iloiul department arrived too
Into to snvo tho milk houso, but pro-
oiited tho flro spreading to tho house,
by tho uso of tho chomlrnl hose.
ntor thu hhuo was extinguished
with u stream of wntor pumped from
ii Irrigation ditch.
FARMERS PLOWING,
WORKING ALFALFA
Riirlm: plowing for potntoos nnd
iprlng-tooth harrowing of alfalfa in
preparation for tho growing season
re tho principal activities of Con
al Oregon farmors nt tho present
mo. Planting of potntoos win bo
I it about May 10, or" lator, nccord
ig to conditions tlion, mid tho sea
Mi for planting otlior crops will bo-
gin about tho snmo tlmo.
"Almost Prohibitive," Says Firinegan
of Requirements for Getting Permit
to Ship Game, After Making Request
"Almost prohibitive," says 12. J,
PliuiCKiiti, with ruferenco to llio
regulations on shipping gaina fish,
after attempting to send u part o'f
his Htinilny catch to it brother In
Portland. Mr. Klnnegnn, William
Hponcor and II. K. Ilrowu mado a
very satisfactory catch at Kut
Inko, thu largost of a string of 20
being 21 Inches long.
Mr. Kliiticgan bud learned that a
permit was necessary, and had
written to tho gamo commission
for one last Thursday. After be
ing obliged to give away most of
REDMOND CITY
ATTORNEY DEAD
J. A. WILCOX, PlltST .MAN TO
l'HACTIt'i: I,AW TIIKItl IJIKH
TIIIH MOltMXO AFTKIt HIIOItT
IMAKKS.
I A. Wilcox, city nttornoy of Iled-
uioud mid it resident of Contral Ore
gon for 12 years, died at 4 o'clock
Wednesday morning at his homo. Ho
had been 111 slnco Friday nnd was Ir
rational for scvcrul days beforo bis
death.
Mr. Wilcox camo to Oregon from
Sniihurn, Iowa, In 1909, and was tho
first practicing attorney In Itedmond.
Ho was also secretary of tho Farmers'
Mutual creamery and owned consid
erable property near tho city. Funer
al services will bo In chargo of tho
Knights of Pythias lodgo.
WOMAN IS INJURED
BY FESTIVE CALVES
Mm. M. It. Hinds, of Horsu Itldgo,
Tries To Lend Two At Onct
Ilroki'ii Collar lUino Is IlcMilt.
Two festlvo calves, which Mrs. M.
It. Hinds, of Horse Itldge, was en
deavoring to lead at one time, aro
responsible for a broken collar bono
from which Mrs. Hinds Is suffering.
Mrs. Hinds was Jerked from her feet,
losing consciousness ns sho foil, and
tho frncturo Is bolloved to havu been
sustained whllo tho calves frisked
over her. .
Sho Is recovering rapidly: It Is ro-
portod by tho nltondlng physician.
MATTHEWS AWARDED
DAMAGES IN COURT
Damages amounting to $500 wcro
nwarded A. II. Mutthows in his suit
against Dan Angland, decided In clr
c u I t court an Monday afternoon.
Drench of contract was charged hy
Matthews, In that Angland had re
fused to deliver CsO bead of slieop
to tho plaintiff by tho terms of nu
agreement between tho two.
N. Q. Wnllaco nnd D. N. Graham
appeared for tho defendant, K, O.
Stadlor bolng counsol for tho plaintiff.
BUILDING MOVEMENT GAINING
IMPETUS IN THE MIDDLE WEST
Dusplto tho fact Unit tho uncer
tainty n si to tho bottormout of tho
building lubor situation continues In
somu sections, building ns a whole,
continues to show progross, says thu
American Lumberman, of Chicago,
Tho most pronounced activity Is to ho
found In tho construction of small
houses, mul retail lunibormoii nro
selling it very respoctnblo volume of
hi in her for this purpose. In fact, In
n number of cases tho nctuul num
ber of foqt of lumbor sold this year
oxceodH that sold during 1920, For
oxnmplo, In ono of tho largost Ohio
ttloa, whoro a careful record was
kopt, It was found Hint during March
tho iiumbor of foot of lumber sold
was approximately twice tho number
of foot sold during tho corresponding
wook of 1920, but Hint for 1921 tho
total li monoy realized was only
slightly greater than for tho much
bis catch, Im today received a let
ter from the commission. Advising
that It U necessary, In applying for
a permit, to specify tho kind and
number of game to ho shipped, the
shipper's name and tho nama of
tho recipient. All this must be
filled In on the permit at tho Port
land office. Permits for the seasoo
will bo forwarded to anyone, pro
viding the informatfon is given, the
letter stated. Mr. Finncgan Is puz
zled to know how tho kind and
number of fish can be given ahead,
of time. '
MOTOR SERVICE
MEN ORGANIZE
IIK.M) AI.TOMOTIVK I)KAI,Ult8'
ASSOCIATION I'Olt.MKI) IH-7T-TKIt
COOPKIIATION AND SKUV-
ICK SOUGHT.
Oarages and service stations of
Ilcnd bavo organized themselves as
tho Ilcnd Automotive Dealers' asso
ciation. It was announced on Tues
day by tho president, K. L. Payne of
tho Deschutes garage. Other officers
nro: J. L. Van Huffcl oftho Cent
Oro Motor Co., vice president; Itay
Jackson of the Bend garage, secre
tary; James Collier of the M. & C.
service station, treasurer. Every
garage nnd practically every automo
bile agency Is represented.
Tho association was formed In or
der to obtain better cooperation and
to glvo better service to tho travel
ing public, at a reasonable price, the
officers state.
FINED FOR BREAKING
TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
Pleading guilty to a charge of vio
lating tho traffic ordinance, Italph
Haner was Monday afternoon fined
$10 In police court by Judge Ross
Farnham. Tho violation occurred
Friday, but no complaint was filed
until latu Monday. Haner attempt
ed to pass tho car of William Alt on
tho right-hand side, approaching
from tho rear. His car caught the
front '.wheel of tho other, tearing off
n tiro. Tho accident occurred near
Vellum's storo on First street, both
curs being on tholr way to a student
picnic below tho North canal dam.
WASHINGTON BONUS
QUICKLY PAID OFF
Word has been received by the
home scrvtco section, American lied
Cross, that Washington bonus checks
aro now bolng pnld out at tho rato
of from 2S0 to S00 a day. It Is im
possible to glvo any tlmo as to whon
an application will bo paid nftor re
ceipt, ns this varies greatly accord
ing to conditions.
smaller amount sold during 1920.
This stresses tho slzo of tho reduc
tions In tho retail prices of lumber,
reductions which, of courso, were
first reflected In similar reductions
In tho wholcsnlo prlco.
"Production of lumber continues
upon n scanty, busts In all manufac
turing regions," says tho Lumber
man. "Tho majority of orders
placed aro for rush shipment and
show that buyers aro not anticipating
their requirements, but,xbecnuso of
good transportation conditions, feol
that thoy nro justified In expecting to
got tholr ordora through tho sawmills
promptly, and thus patch up stocks
which nro becoming rather badly
broken In ninny caBos. Prices hnvo
not shown nny appreciable cliango In
trond, though thq mnrket does show
n soiiiewhnt ftrmor underlying tond-oncy."
P0STP0NER0A&
BOND DECISION
COUNTY COURT PLANS
MAY DIFFER
Action On Iteport of Committer On
KimkN At Commerrlnt Club
Luncheon Held Up A Wcrk
Forest OHIiIaN Krwtk
Suggestions by T. II. Foley that tho
Deschutes county court may bo work
Ing out plans for road development
which may not Includo a bond Issue
at this time actuated tho Commercla
club at Its noon luncheon Wed
nesday In postponing action on
the report of tho roads com'
unlttee read during the meeting,
A. Whlsnant presided. A mo
tlon for acceptance of the report
which recommended a special com.
mltteo to meet with the directors and
with the county court for determln
Ing the amount of the proposed Issue
of bonds, was before the club. At
the suggestion of Mr. Foley, a mem
ber of tho committee, action was
postponed one week.
Tho report was made orally by 11.
J. Overturf, later being read In full
by Secretary h. Antles. Mr. Over
turf stated that the highway com
mission announced, at tho meeting
attended by the county court and the
roads committee, that It has adopted
a rule of making appropriations on a
SO-SO basis only, oxcept in counties
which aro already bonded to the lim
it for road Improvement.
Stato Help Assured.
The county court pledged all funds
from license fees and market road
funds to road purposes, whereat the
commission stated that contracts for
graveling would be let In Way, Mr,
Overturf reported. He then moved
tho adoption of the report and the
appointment of tho special commit
tee.
Mi Whlsnant mentioned the out
standing road warrants, to the
amount of $82,000, which will not
be covered by taxes. Mr. Overturf
stated that be could not seo what
was done with the money, but told of
seeing deserted county roads par
alleling well maintained state
roads, mentioning that tho state
guaranteed maintenance of all roads
In which It took part In construction
K. L. Vlnal and J. A. Eastes also dis
cussed the advisability of getting
stato appropriations.
l.iiml Kirluingo Urged.
Other speakers at the luncheon
wero G. M. Cavanaugh, assistant
district forester, in charge of graz
ing, and C. J. Duck, In charge of
lands In tho national fprcsts. Mr.
Cavanaugh told how the government
Is attempting to assist In tho present
crisis in the stock industry by allow
ing tho stockmen to enter tho forests
with tholr sheep and cattle without
paying tho fees in advance.
Mr. Duck discussed the Deschutes
land exchange bill, recently defeated
in congress. It now has the endorse
ment of tho department of Agricul
ture, ho stated, and if reintroduced,
would probably pass. It has to do
with the caro and preservation of
timber lands In this section, both
within and outside the. national for
ests. SUMMER TdURIST
FARES ANNOUNCED
First Cut Dittos In Kifcct Since 1017
Aro Offered Trnvelers Prom
Juno 1 Until August 1.1.
Kastbound summor excursion fares
will bo tho lowest this summer of
any rotos effectlvo since 1917, ac
cording to F. K, Studebaker, travel
ing freight nnd passenger agent tor
tho O.-W., who has Just received a
copy of thq tariffs to ,be effective
Juno 1, giving prices for direct route
trips.
Practically tho snmo fares have
beon authorized for westbound sum
mor tourist tlckots. They wllf not
ho sold Inter than August 15, but
will carry a final return limit of
three months from date of sale, but
not Inter than October 1. Stopovers
will be permitted within thu tlmo
limit, with cortaln restrictions In re
gard to stopovers in the westorn
states on tho trip east.
BODY OF DEAD
EX-CONVICT IS
FOUND IN CAR
PAPERS IDENTIFY AS
ROBERT E. COLVIN
DEATH IS MYSTERY
Member of Loading C'rctr nt Shevlian
Hlxon Kinds Ilcmaln.t Inqoe-tt
Held Tills Afternoon Palls To
Shed Light On The Cane
Members of the loading crow at
tho Shevlln-Hlxou sheds Tuesday
morning found the body of
Robert E. Colvln of Toppen
Ish, Wash., In Great Northern car No.
124816. Death had apparently oc
curred several weoks before, bat
tbero were also unmistakable signs
that the man had entered the car
alive. At first It was considered
certain that death bad come from
natural causes, but later an Inquest
was decided necessary, and was
held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday after
noon. No definite cause for death
was ascertained.
Woji Ex-Convict. '
Papers found In the clothes gare
the man's name, and also showed
that he had been a convict at tie
Washington penitentiary at Walls
Walla. He bad completed his pa
role and been formally discharged by
the warden of that Institution last
July. Ho carried a hod carriers' un
ion card, issued In Toppenlsh, and a
letter found In bis clothes was
signed by W. II. Colvln, of that city.
Tho car was traced by railroad of
ficials back to March 14, at which
time It was received onto the Orcgoa
Trunk at Portland from the South
ern Pacific, to the south. Since that
time It has not been loaded, belag
held at Vancouver, Fallbrldge and
Metollus, arriving at Dend Monday
morning.
Word from Fred Colvln, a relative
of Robert E. Colvln, whose body was
found In a box car at the Shevlln-
Ilixon loading dock Tuesday, has
been received from Toppenlsh.
Washington. The telegram simply
stated that a brother and nephew of
the deceased lived thero, and re
quested particulars of Colvln's death.
Advices received from Warden
Graham of the Walla Walla state
penitentiary gavo no information in
regard to Colvln, other than that ho
had corresponded with Fred Colvln
in Montana nnd with W. H. Colvln In
Toppenlsh.
Colvln was burled.yeste.rday In the
Pilot Butte cemetery.
LEGION WILL HOLD
BIG STAG JUBILEE
Special-Features Planned In Connec
tion With T It I ft Evening's
Smoker Withheld As Surprise
Percy A. Stevens post No. 4, Amer
ican Legion, will hold tonight
Its first stag jublleo slnco the
annual election of officers. It is
announced by Norman Cobb, chair
man of the entertainment com
mittee. The affair, which Is to
be In tho nature of a smoker, will
be hold at the gymnasium, now un
der tho temporary management of
the Legion. All mombers of the
post and all visiting members of tho
Legion are Invited.
The entertainment commltteo Is
withholding details of tho program,
hut ex-service, men aro assured that
It will be ono of tho best in tho his
tory of tho post. Tho smoker will
begin at 8 o'clock.
Another affair planned by the Lo-
gion Is tho dnnclng party to be g'von
on tho night of April 28 at tho gym
nasium. To this the public is In
vited.
POWELL BUTTE BOY
WINS IN ORATORY
Roy Skcon, whose home Is In Pow
ell Butte, Monday won tho Interclass
oratorical contest at Wlllamotto uni
versity, Salem. Tho oration subject
was, "United Efforts in tho'Duttle ot
Life." Skeon Is a' sophomore In the
university and Is woll known in Bond,