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PAGE It BOND UOIilJCTlN, lUSNV, OKROVN, THURSDAY, OCTTORKIt UT, JOUI. TRACK SYSTEM CUTS HAULING COST A THIRD NEW METHOD AT MILL IS SUCCESS YARD AREA REDUCED 1'cWr Piles Ncc-ded, No Breakage Or Stilling of, Lumber One llorc Draws ( Cars Whrrv Former ly 2 Homes Drew One Wagon Since tli p. installation of tho track yard distribution system nt tho Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. plant. cost data, covering operation show a cut ot one-third in hauling expense. General Manager II. K. Brooks states. Maintenance costs on the $155,000 investment represented have not been completely .forked out as yet, due to the short length ot time that the new system has been in use. Included in general cost reduction is the fact that by piling from tho cars, instead ot from tho ground, larger piles are possible, few er aro needed, and that in con sequence the yard area has been re duced 2C per cent. As the lumber is no longer rolled oft on the ground before piling, there Is less breakage, and practically no lumber is soiled In muddy weather. Hauling Efficiency Feature Under Ujc old system in which the roll off wagons were used, two horses pulled one wagon, with a load of 2200 feet. The tracks make it pos sible for one horse to draw as high ns five cars loaded with 2500 feet each. The yard .distribution plan now in use required the laying of 13 miles of new 20 pound rails, 500 electri cally welded split switches and cross overs, all mvltches made to conform to a standard curve. The track was all laid by experienced railroad men. after the gravel ballasted roadbed was brought to an even grade SPECIAL GYM CLASS FOR MILL WORKERS Hours Announced For Junior And Intermediate And Hint' School Boys ana Girls at It. A. A. C. A gymnasium class particularly for mill men working on the second shift has been arranged at the D. A. A. C, from 1:30 to 2:30 o'clock Mon day and Thursday afternoons, an nounces A.. P. TauBcher, physical di rector,. Other .classes are as follows: Intermediate and high school boys, 7:45 Monday nights; Junior boys, ages 12 to 14, 4 to 5 o'clock Monday; junior boys,, ages 8 to 11, 4 to 5 o'clock Thursday; intermediate and high school Girls, 10 to 11 o'clock Saturday.- - Hours for basketball and Indoor baseball practice and games will be announced later, Tauscher stated. 20 CENTS RESULTS IN TWENTY REPLIES "Twenty cents brought twenty men," said George Chllds of the Bend Hardware Company In commenting on results received from a classified advertisement inserted in Wednes day's want columns of The Bulletin. "The only complaint I have is, we only asked for one man and we got twenty In one day," said Mr. Childs. BEND MASONS FED REDMOND CHICKENS Redmond chickens proved very ap petizing to 50 members of Bend Lodge No. 139. A. F. & A. M who Wednesday attended tho meeting of tho Redmond Blue lodge, and wit nessed tho conferring of the Master Mason degree. A chicken dinner was given In honor of tho visitors follow ing tho business meeting. RICHARDSON CENSUS SHOWS 21 INCREASE The Richardson district, reporting Its echoo) census tho first of any In tho county, shows a school popula tion of 53 children as opposed to last year's j32j, Wepprts' (Superintendent Thompson. 'jlltocohsuD is scheduled to begin today. Tho Richardson re port, signed iy C. II. McDowell, dis trict clerk', shows 30 boys and 22 girls of school age. World hears news quickly But One Hundred Year Ago the Horto Was the Only Means of "Rapid" Communication. A few hours after Caruso died tho civilised world knew of it nml wns In mourning. A hundred years ago Napoleon tiled", on May fi, 1S21 and It wns exactly sixty .days before jtho world received the news, tho New Vork K cuius Post states. Though the KugllJli were e.xpcctln; his death nt any moment nud had made every preparation to have word trans mitted from St. Helena to Kngland with nil possible dispatch, It wns not until July 4, that the news reached London, having been brought thereby the sailing vessel Heron. In ncccr- dance with the spirit of the times, the message ,wns not glum out on the arrival of the vessel, but was llrst con veyed to the colonial otllce, an act which required approximately two hours In Itself. July 4. 1S21, fell on Wednesday. On Friday, July 0, the news reached Paris. Messengers were dispatched from Paris to Oermnny, where the newspapers commented on the death of "General llonnparte" for the first time on July 1-, sixty-eight days after the event had taken place. And this notice was In a paper published nt Mayenee, then virtually French town. The Vosslsche Zeltung, founded In 1701 and then, as now, the leading German dally, contained no notice of Napoleon's death until July T4, and then It merely copied the London Times. Private Individuals living In tho provinces, regardless of their station In life, received the news much later. It wns not conveyed to Goethe, then living at Weimar, until the very last of July. He received it In a letter bearing a black seal. DEVOTED TO BRITISH CROWN People of the Island of Jersey Have for Centuries Been Proud of Their Loyalty. There Is no part of the king's do minions which 1ms shown a more ac tive devotion than the Island of Jer sey. The true Jerseyman still regards the king ns the successor of the dukes of Normandy. Jersey elected to re main under the English crown In the reign of John, when the rest of Nor mandy reverted to France. It supported the Royalist cause dur Jngjhe Civil war and harbored Charles Upvhen he was In exile; It banished Victor Hugo because of some slighting remarks of his about Queen Victoria, and during the late war It passed Its own military service act, for which there was very little need. Moreover, not once jior twice In this rough Island story has armed In vasion by the French been success fully resisted. The last occasion was In 1781, when the Jerseymen, although surprised and outnumbered and desert ed by their own governor, who was preparing to capitulate, defeated the enemy In a most sanguinary battle, fought In the roynl square of St Heller. London Mall. Plant Juice for Flih Bait. Late In the dry season, when the rhers are low In the heart of Africa, the Gwarl, who Inhabit the central Soudan, set out on prolonged Ashing expeditions. The natives who live on the banks of the rivers ure proficient fishermen, taking great pride In their work, but the village Gwarl nro not very sporting In their methods. They go out for the final results rather than for the pleasure of the sport. They pour the Juice of locust tree IKxIm Into the pools, to which the streams have shrunk, und this causes the fish to leap out of the water. Wildly they leap, flopping out on the dry river bottom as often as not, but the excited natives do not wnlt for the fish to catch themselves. They lenn over the shallow water, finding great delight In snatching the leaping fish as they flash from the river. This custom of using the "Jump Juice" seems to have been handed down from time Immemorial among these strange Africans. Safety First. "Howdy, Gap!" saluted an acquaint ance, halting his team lu the big road. "Hop In and go to Tumllnvllle with me. I hear tell that the women of the Civil ity league, or whatever they call It, have noruted that they are going to begin cleaning up the town today. Mought as well see what comes off." "Much oblceged, Zeke, but I reckon not," replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Itldge. "Some fellers from Possum Flat rid in one day when I wns there a couple ot weeks ugo nnd started to clean up the town. I'm sorter getting along In years nnd hain't as sooplo ns I onco was, nnd In the course of the anecdote I got my back sprained ami my nose skinned right sharply. If the women start any trouble the Lord only Knows what would happen to me. Nope I If I wns to.go any place today I'd go to Mount I'lzgy, whur nuth'n' never comes off." Kansas City Star. Baby Accorded Privilege. Captain Vldnl, of the itcumshlp Canada, which docked at Providence, It. L, wired his superiors In Mar seilles that a baby boy who was born aboard the vessel during the passage from France had been named In honor of the steamer, Augustu Cunadn Pera I.'azar, Tho officials extended to the little fellow the lifelong privileges of tho boat, so whenever Canada wishes to visit France he may do. so as a guest of the C'unadu or any other bruit of tint llnu. GREAT VISITORS AT The coming national convention of the American Legion at Kanus City, Mo., will be the largest and greatest meeting yet held of that body of veterans. Above arc some of the world distinguished people who will be present and take part: (1) Gen. Pershing, U. S. A.; (2) Admiral Sims, U. S. N.; (3) Gen. Foch, of France; (4) Gen. Diaz, bf Italy; (5) Admiral Beatty. of England. Mayor Borrows Football, Will Kick Officially Persons who may observe an elderly gentlemen lustily kick ing a football from placement on a vacant lot during the com ing wcok need not call tho 'police. Mayor K. I). Gllson has been requested by the American Legion to formally open tho Armistice Day football game be tween Bend and Redmond high schools, by kicking off. After he docs so, tho ball will bo brought back and kicked off by n member of one of tho teams. Gllson hns borrowed a foot ball with which to practice tho manly art of kicking. Red Cross Gives $310,000 to Aid" 'Clean-Up' Drive An appropriation of $.110,000 for Red Cross work In connection with the "cleuii-up" Campaign instituted by tin: Government to bring the claims of all disabled service men who are entitled to Federal uld before the proper gov ernment bureau for action, bus botfli made by the American Red Cross. The Kxccuthe Committee of til" American Red Cross In tanking the appropriation authorized the appropri ation of .1.1,O0O of this sum to tllu American Legion to defray1 the ex pense of the Legion representatives assigned to the various districts of the Veterans Bureau. The remainder of the appropriation was authorized for apportionment among the several Divisions of thu Red Cross for currying on Unit part of the "clean-up" work that falls di rectly upon the Red Cross organization. Young America Sends Vast Relief To Needy Abroad Various relief projects of the Junior American Red Cross In F.uropcun countries resulted In helping 1!.'17,000 destitute children during the lust fis cal year, according to tho annual re port of the American Red Cross for that period. The growth of the activi ties of the Juniors abroad Is mani fested by a comparison which shows this figure Is 20O.OO0 lurgcr than that of the previous fiscal year. The National Children's Fund raised by school children, members of the Junior American Red Cross, wns drawn upon for $4!!0,fl!i7 for these proj ects. Receipts for tho National Chil dren's Fund during the Inst fiscal year totalled 155,.'! 17. America Succoro Russians Food, clothing and medical relief costing $700,000 has been provided by tho American. Red Cross for tho thou sand -of Russian refugees stranded last 'yeur lu 'Constantinople and vicinity, LEGION CONVENTION OLD JURY NOT TO BE CALLED Becausa uf tho small amount of business to come buforo tho grand Jury lu tho November turm of circuit court, thu old Jury will not bo call cd. Judge T. B. J. Duffy announced Tuesday. Citizenship cases will bo decided Friday and Saturday, No vember 4 and S, nnd on Monday the grand Jury will bo chosen, and tho other talesmen examined. Civil cases will be tried whllo tho grand Jury Is deliberating, starting Tuesday, Judgo Duffy stated. Ho has Just returned after holding court In Portland and Pendleton, substituting for thu Justices there during their vacations. Red Cross Trains 147 Blind Vets In Useful Work Training desrgncd to fit them for the battle of life was taken hy 1 17 blind ed ex-service men at the Red Cross In stitute for the Blind, near Baltimore, Mil., during tho fiscal year IIKO-IIKM. according to the report of the Insti tute for that period. Of this number, II) have gone on to other Institutions, In almost every case to Institutions where those hav ing sight are receiving advanced edu cation. The blind ex-service men who have entered such Institutions nro pro vided with special text-books In Bmllle, reading which they were taught at the Red Cross Institute. Twelve men have passed from the Institute to successfully carry on some occupation or business for which thay were fitted by special, training. A few have withdrawn from the Institute be cause of poor physical condition, 11 are receiving further "training on thu Job" and 87 are still In training. Red Cross Plans $6,000,000 Effort To Save Children Medical care nnd clothing for thou sands of children In Central and East ern' Furope are. outlined as the activ ities of the American Red Cross In Kuropn for tbe current year, says o statement on tl(6 eve of tho Annual Roll Cull of .thu organization. Theso activities, supplemental to thu feeding operations of lhu15tlropeun Relief Council of which Herbert Hoover Is chulrman, are designed to provide tin) most adeijiliito und balanced rullof within thu resources of private phi lanthropy, ' Through the establishment of child welfare stations In the centers of pop ulation of those countries where ado qiinto medical care Is not now obtain able, the American Red Cross plans to provide tho medical assistance duell ed to restore these children to a nor mally healthy life, The sum of JO, poA'000 has been mado available for this' work. $10,000,000 AID Rod Cross Provides Friendly Sorvlco of Many Kinds to Army of Disablod. BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS 2,397 of Thoso Aro Helping. Ex Sorvlco Mon Obtain Bono fits U. S. Provldos. On fluid of Red Cross servlco alone, Hint of assisting disabled veteran of the World War, entails expenditures f 1,000,000 greater than the aggregate receipts of the Anmuil Roll Cull of ll20, tho American Red Cross un nouncivt In it statement urging n wide spread Increase III membership at the Annual Roll Call, November 11 to SI. At thu present time National I lend' quarters and the nation-wide chain of Chapters of the Red Cnms Is spend ing approximately $I0.ihkmO0 annual' ly for tho relief of disabled e service men und their families, while the aw grogutu receipts from last jcur's Roll Call wero approximately Ji1,ih.00. It Is In the 'J,U.M) of the M.iVa) Red Cross Chapters which stilt are helping solve tint veteran's problem of adjust ing himself to n normal civilian status that the greater part of the cost of this s.trvlce Is borne. Of the total sum spent for veterans' relief lat yeur, National llendqiiarters expended n to tal of more than $'J,lU,lXH, while the remaining ilMiurscinrnt of approxi mately $7,000,000 represents thu con tribution of Chapters In tills country wldu effort to nsaWt thu Got eminent In providing the aid sorely needed by theso men und their families. An Cver Expanding Probltm That the problem of the disabled service mun Is ever-expnudlng ami probably will not reach thu peak bo. fore ltKi.1, Is thu airllnu of well-lii' formed Government officials and that 1!,.T.)7 Red Cros Chapters regard It ns their most Important work Is evt denen that the expansion Is In nowise conllnt-d to ii pnrllcular section but Is. on the contrary, nutlnu-wlile. At thu end of thu tlxral year, Juno III), IP21, there were 'JiyUs) disabled service men In tho l.iai-J Culled States I'libllc Health Service, Contract ami Govern ment Himpltuls and Soldiers Homes, nud that number Is Increasing at u rale of 1,000 a month. Thousands of these men receiving medical treatment, comxniintloii and vocational training from the Govern ment today, started their efforts to obtain them through the 1 1 1 Cross Chupter. The Chapter, ncllng ns the dliubled man's sgrnt In claims ignlnst the Government, Informs the man as to the procedure necesairy to gain for him that which Is provided him by Federal statute. His applications for compensation, medical treatment nnd training am properly filed with thu aid of Uic Red Crow Chapter. Many Forma of Aaalitance If there Is delay before the man's claim Is acted upon, thu Red Cross Chapter lends the mini money to meet thu Imperative needs of himself ami his dependents. Most vital to the man's gnluliig full benefit from tho Government's uiro Is keeping his mind free from worry about his home. Keeping thu veletnu's fain ii.. i... -.ii.i.. . , ! ij tioiii , ,i i',,-i j KOMI llll'l I Informing him of Us welfare Is an other province of the Chapter. Free from fenr on this score, the man's re covery and iidvaucemeiit usually Is rapid. Kvery month during the hist yenr, thu American Red Cross tins given service of one kind or Mro-thcr to an average of 120,21.1 former servl o men nnd their fninllles. An ludlr'llon of thu extent of thu fnlth reposed In the Red Cross Chapter Is to lie found In thu fact that lliero were .IftlJill re quest for friendly aid lu thu solution of personal problems. 448 Workers In Hospitals While thu mun prior to entering Government care deals largely with the Chapter, nfterwnrd he conies Into con tact with the service provided by Na tional Headquarters. There uru I IS Red Cross workers In thu Pulled Unites Public Health Hervlcu nnd con tract hospitals and otlmr Institutions III which these men arn being cared for, whoso duty Is to provldu for his recreation, help lilm with his compen sation claims, keep him In touch with his family; In short, unci lug his every need oulslilo of that provided hy io Government. Whllo these are a few of thu responsibilities of the Nation. il Organization, thoy uru hy no mentis nil. Among other Red Cross uccoiii pllshmentN for thu year ar: It, handled 70,7:12 allotment and al lowniice claims, II delivered through lis Chapter or ganization m,m allotment checks to vetorniM who had moved from thu ad dresses furnished to the Bureau of Wnr Risk Insurance, It provided a special fund of 0,(MK) for medical assistance to men under vocational training. It Hindu 32,40.1 loans totaling $ 1.10,000 to pien taking vocational training, of which 8.1 per cent hits been repaid. ELKS FUNERAL FOR iRDSALL IS T Funeral services for Wallace (. Illrdsall, former iiiiiiingnr ut thu I'llot Hullo Inn, will bii hnld Sit thu Blks' lodge hall Thursday ut '1 o'clock, or. fleers of thu chapter will bu in clmi'Kc, Itev. J, IMgur I'urily deliver ing thu sermon, lutunmtiit will Mi In I'llot Ilutto cemetery. Mr. nil i mill died Monday afternoon at I o'rlock In IhoHcllwood hospital, I'ori land. Mr. BlrdsnU's death followed uu Illness of over three months, during which all human moans of saving hN life wero Invoked, 1 In was fi I years nf ago, n iintlvu of Now Vork state. Hit Is survived by his wife und two sons, one of whom Is here, thu oilier lu thu U. H. navy. As iiiauaKur uf thu I'llot Unite Inn. Mr. Illrilsull gained fur It n favorable reputation through thu country. He Is best known outnlde uf lleml as a good roads bnostur, being u inuiiiher of thu statu tourist bureau and of other associations having roiida Im provement as their aim. KRANCKS Ii. WIJXAKI) I)AY TO BIO OHSKKVK!) Francos K. Wlllard day will bu ob served lu all of thu schools In lie chutes county tomorrow, Ortober 2$, It was announced Inst week by County Superintendent J. Alton Thumpnuii. Programs Including songs, readings, iiuotutlons, ersuys and response by thu students, will bu hnld, etuphnsltliig MUs Wlllnrd's service to America's school system Thu day was sot apart by (he statu legislature. CONSUMMATION OF KI5QUUST ASSUKKI) Assurance that thu Bend Commer cial club's refluent that there ho no protectlvu tariff on lull und shingle win receivn cniiMiicrniinn, was re ceived by thu club Inst Friday from 1 Ititori.moiliillvo V J Mlltlifil I Tllu rn- litest was mndu at thu Instntico of local mill officials, who believed that n high tariff would not benefit thu market for Oregon lath und shingle TKLLS TIIK HULLKTIN IT'S A GOOD I'AI'KK "You publish a rnmnrknbly good paper for u town of C 000," writes Hurry Kcntt, n subscriber In Newark. Ohio, In n tetter to The Bulletin. Hcotl owns property In Bend, which accounts for his taking thu paper Ills figures on population ant evi dently from the last census. 1'I.A.V HARVEST 11.1 I.I, The sixth annual harvest hall nt Powell Hullo will be held Friday, under thu auspices of tho I'owoll Ilutto Cooperalivu ussorlntlon, Wil son Geurgu's orchertru will play. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS CUMinol a.lvvrtUin crmrtf r-r tu 10 rtnl lr ?0 wont or lr4, Onv rrnt l-f wonl for all intr to, Alt tlailll i!rlllti tried? rath In n.1vanrM KOIl HAIi?:. FOR KA!,K Cheap, six stands of bees, also u few chickens. Inuulro 73!) Wnll street or phonu 'JSCJ. 4U-3SP FOR HAM: Good hliiid rooking ap ples, Hpltzuuhtirus, Ortlrys, Now tons und Arkansas Black at I1.2S per box, f, o, b. Hood River In quant ities of five or more boxes, II. II. nud J, C, Wheeler, Hood Rlvur, Oregon. 31-3Dp FOR HAI.i: Winter apples, onions and grapes; Jonathans, Or lino's Goldnii, Wluosiips and Rome Duali ties, print $1.00 pur suck; thnsn are "windfalls and cookers," sunns as you bought of us other years; yes, thoy will keep all winter; (Holm Dnnvor onions, $!!.fiu sack, extra lino and mild; Concord, Sweet Wa ter and Wlnu grupttii, Tic pur pound, prlco f. o, Ii, Diifur, Oro,; apples uru 80c pur pack If you enmo and get thorn by tho load; money back If not Hiitlsllcd. M. M, lliirtnur, Dufur, Oru. 8C-34-3S FOR HAI,i:lI7 ucro alfalfa ranch at llurnilston, Oru.; plenty water, good barn, tool shod mid work shop; modern ilwullliii; Iioiiho; in town lots, tea in ii and machinery, hay Hhodsj iiuo-thlid cash, balance easy tmniH at fl pur cunt, Aildrosii Box 142, OruntH I'ass, Oru. 22-.14-37l WANTISI), WANT M I) to UIONT Hlliall plucn with some alfulfa on It, would pre fer location n mi, i- llniwl HI,, in,, Iftl.'.l I or wrltu Box 18, lit. 1. Bond. WANTND To hoar from ownur of goon ranch for aalo; statu cash prlco; full particulars, I), 1 Bush, Minneapolis, Aiiii, 20-ai-Hp HURSDAY