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The Bend Bulletin
(Weekly Bditfoii)
Published By '
THE BEND BUIiLETHf
(Incorporated)
Established 1008.
ROBERT W. SAWYEn, Manager
An Independent newspaper standing
tor the square deal, clean business,
clean politics and the beat Interests
of Bend and Central Oregon.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1921
DEVELOP THE SOUTH UNIT
Of tho two Deschutes project units
In which Dend Is especially Interested
It now seems assured thnt one, the
East unit, will bo developed. There
Is needed only tho allotment of suf
flclent water to make It possible for
tho North canal company to proceed;
It may take a fight to Ret this water
but surely it will be forthcoming
sooner or later. That, of course. Is
what tho community wants. It has
no Interest In tho North canal com
pany but naturally Is favorably dls
posed toward it and its plans.
The other unit of local interest is
the South unft, not in its entirety
for it runs around back of Powell
Butte and into the Princville territ
ory. There Is a considerable section,
however, lying to the east, adjoining
the Arnold district and directly tri
butary to Bend the development of
which Is of the utmost local Import
ance. This is public land withdrawn
from entry pending reclamation and
as matters stand today only tho
United States reclamation service can
proceed with its development.
The Arnold Irrigation company Is
in position to reclaim a portion of
this unit that lying closest to Bend
if water Is given it for the purpose
and it is the logical authority to
undertake the Job If the Reclamation
serrice will not do it. The Arnold
company has applied for this water
but so long as there is In existence
the ruling of the water board that
water will be allotted only to those
who own or control the land on which
the water Is to be used it has no
chance.
It Is probable that so far as the
Reclamation service is concerned its
attitude toward this unit is affected
by the statement made in the Des
chutes survey report that it Is tho
least desirable of the four units. Tak
ing the unit as a whole this may be
true but the portion irrigable from
the Arnold system is extremely good
land. This fact should be brought
out.
Under these various circumstances
the question arises as to what can be
done to obtain the desired develop
ment. We suggest that the proper
course for the Commercial club and
its irrigation committee fs first to
obtain a soli survey of that portion
of the south unit tributary to the
town in order to show its desirability
for reclamation. This having been
done the Reclamation service should
be. persuaded to come in, obtain an
allotment of water, Join in the Ben
ham falls reservoir project and re
claim this section. This, of course,
being on the assumption that the
water board rule still holds. If the
water board rule Is changed aid
should be given the Arnold in getting
this land to reclaim, in securing a
water allotment and the necessary
storage either in the Benham Falls
reservoir or elsewhere.
Only in this way will this develop
ment of such vital interest to Bend
bo secured. x , , v t
THE SCHOOL ELECTION
Spite and antagonism lagalnst tho
school board, rathur than opposition
to tho tax based on understanding of
tho situation, decided Saturday's elec
tion. When it Is remembered thnt
there was no word sntd against n
higher tax proposed last Juno by tho
board which Included leaders of last
week's opposition no other conclu
sion can bo drawn. Thoro was no
discussion by a parents' association
in June, no advertising, no distribu
tion of circulars. Tho association had
Its origin this fall in tho controversy
over tho high school strlko and tho
discharge of Mr. Paulson. In that
matter it opposed tho board; It kept
It opposition alive and defeated tho
tax. Had tho board, as reconstituted
after the June election, continued the
fight against Superintendent Mooro
and retained Mr. Paulson thoro would
have been no parents' association to
fight the tax.
It is a sevcro indictment to say
that spite ugatnrt the board rather
than a deslro for lower tnxatlou
caused Saturday's result but tho facts
admit of no other conclusion. Tho
standards, the progress, and tho ef-
flcicncy of our schools, and the credit
of the district have been sacrificed to
vont ill-will against tho board. Tho
results will tell.
A commanding majority of the
qualified voters have said that tho
schools shall be run for a sum that
the present board feels Is Inadequate,
It is manifestly too much to expect
this board to handlo tho problems
thrust upon it. Wo believe its mem
bcrs will be wholly Justified In offer
ing their resignations and electing in
their stead thoso who have led the
successful fight against the tax. Tho
situation is one of their making. They
should have tho responsibility of
working It out.
So far as the tax is concerned it
has not been permanently defeated.
It has only been postponed. Property
owners will pay a lower rate next
year but if they are wiso they will
create a fund with which to meet the
higher tax of coming years caused
by cutting tho rate now. This, of
course, assumes they expect to hold
property which they now own. Ail
who do not do so or who, having lots
for sale, make sales before the 1923
tax Is payable are permanently ahead
of the gdme.
A .CONFESSION OF FAILURE
The Portland 1925 crowd is get
ting scared. Its leaders have begun
to hear the anti-tax rumble that is
rising from every quarter in tho
state. They realize that while they
may be able to Jazz Portland they
cannot Jazz all of Oregon.
Evidences of this realization ap
pear In the latest proposals In re
spect to the fair taxation plan. At
first tho argument was that new pop
ulation and new construction brought
about by tho fair would mean more
valuatipn and consequently lower
taxation. That was the reason for
the fair and the excuse for the tax
ation It would cost.
Now, however, the promoters aro
not so sure of making the voters see
that taxation will be reduced and so
they are. proposing a means of Insur
ing this result by more taxation
Senator Georgo Joseph, right hand
man to Julius Meier, chairman of
the 1925 committee, has proposed
thnt Iri 1925 tho gasoline tax bo iloa
blod, to reimburse tho; general tuiti
of tho strtto "ns n means of relief to
tho tax payers from whatever extra
burden 'may come from tho oxp'osK
ion, levy." aonnior jobcpa wouiii
cntch tho, motorist who' Visits' Oregon
In 1926 and mako him pay ox'tra (or
his gas surely n fliindvortlsoment
for tho stnto and n treat Inducement
to him to settle horo but ho forgets
that iho tax would catch tho Oregon
motorist nk welt. Tho extra tax on
tho Oregon gasollno unci a would
amount to $500,000,
Tho Joseph plan Is a plain confes
slon that tho fair will not reduce lav
ntlon. It la, also a powerful argil'
tnont In favor of a state tax for the
fair. Is It not!
CAUSES
Wo nro criticised by our morning
contemporary for "not daring to un
cover tho rent cause of tho trouble"
lying behind tho antagonism against
tho school board which cautot Die
defeat of tho proposed school tax on
Saturday. It takes Issue with our
statemout that spite against tho
board rather than opposition to tho
tax decided tho election, saying tho
school superintendent and not tho
board was tho object of tho animos
ity that expressed itself In the vote.
Tho Bulletin Is qulto ready to go
a stop further back In tho analysis
of the causes leading up to tho defeat
of tho tax and to agreo that dislike
of Superintendent Mooro was one of
tho foundation stones tho corner
stone, let us say, of tho structure
of opposition reared against tho
board. To say, however, as our con
temporary does that this was the
solo cause of tho opposition Ignores
too much. Not only tho fouling
against Mr. Moore but all tho other
things that have happened this fall
have been pooled' in an antagonism
to tho board that found spiteful ex
pression on Saturday. "Thero was
tho celebrated Dewey case, there wos
stnto counties as opposed to tho
I'ortlAr boomers Ik Cvlilunt' In IW
agreement signed by n majority of
tho representative not to voto for
a properly? tax for Uio fair, 'Thoso
men known that tho xontlmont back
'homo Is OK"lnt any Increase' In tax
ation and they have taken action thnt
will effectually prevent it.
Tho plan proposed by BecfotolT
of State ICotor to ollmlnato Hems
from tho present state budget In a
sufficient amount to provide tho
necessary $3,000,000 carries nut tho
Idea of mixing thu money without
additional taxation, Mr, Kozer would
cut $5(1,000 hero, $100,000 thero and
more somewhere else and then de
vote thoso funds to tho fair. If thin
worn dono thoro would bo no Inrroaso
In tho state tax and a considerable
body of objection would bo removed.
In this plan wo also find confir
mation of our statement that tho Ore
gonlan was wrong when It snld that
because of tho six per rent limitation
law no tux could bo levied without
a voto of tho people, The Kor.er plan
contemplates exactly what wo said
was possible, that Is, tho levy of a
tux without reference to tho people
and tho seeing to It thereafter that
other expenditures were reduced so
that tho six per cent limit wus not
passed.
Tho latest number of Tho Amer
ican Legion Weekly reports thu turn
ing out of nu edition of a local paper
by legionnaires who took cluirgo for
n day. Tho pnpur was entirely writ
ten and edited by veterans, says tho
weekly. It may ho proper to point
nut that the entire news stuff of Tho
Bulletin (m mndo up of members of
tho Legion or the Auxiliary and that
Legion man Is circulation man
ager.
Rfeaf Estate
Farms
Insurance
Bend Investment Company
(7'Ae House of Service)
H2(( Wall Street, Heml
Rentals
Loans
Investments
are not bark woodsy, old fashioned
"Juke," farmers. They aro men who
Intelligently follow tho (mentions or
the day and who In tho main, aro Just
as well, or better Informed on cur
rent topics than nro their city bre
thren. The plea, from Portland, that they
will benefit far more from it fair than
tho tax will cost thorn, falls flat.
They cannot sen I lie Idea at all. Near
ly every fanner will toll you thnt ho
favors a fair, will rontrllmtu Inwards
one, mid will prtroulzn It; but the
Idea of having a part of the bill as
sessed against himself Just because
ho Is a taxpayer doesn't appeal at nil.
SKATING TARTY IS
HELD AT DESCHUTES
Speaking of "1925" hero Is what
ono legislator has written, "Surely
there Is some way to prevent Oregon
from committing business suicide,
fnr If tnnrn nrnnnrtv Inr inj,a nn vmi
the strike, there was the discharge I know what tho result will be. I am
of Mr. Rockwell, there wns tho re-; bitterly opposed to a property lax
fusal of Mr. Paulson to allow Dewey
to tako Rockwell's place, and finally
the dlschargo of Mr. Paulson."
To suy that the tax was beaten be
cause of spite against Mr. Mooro Is
an even more sevcro Indictment than
there Is In the reasons we gave yes
terday. It means that to "get" that
one man, nnd for no other reason
whatever, not becauso it was thought
that Paulson nnd Rockwell were nils-1
for our pcaplo hero nro unable to
pay what wo have alrendy placed
upon them."
Tho Oregon Journal says: "Tax-
DESClll'TES, Dee. 22 A skating
party was given Saturday evening on
the Jim Lowe pond at Deschutes
tliosu present were- Lylo Thurston,
Fredrick Stanley. Francis anil Hal It
McCormlck and Mrs. (Hull Cox I lie
toucher of Deschutes,
Mr. Mcltay was a visitor at the
Lowe homo In Deschutes Hntiirday,
Mrs. W, I. owe was a visitor In Do
chutes Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cooler and
children of Tiimiilu ware visitors In
Bend Saturday,
Wado Short and Mrs, K. H, Stanley
were In He ml on business Monday.
Mrs. C. W. Nelson and Mrs. I). I)
Stanton utteuiled tho Ladles Aid so
ciety in Tumalo Thursday.
Walter Lowo was a business visitor
In Prlnevlllo Thursday.
Harold and Paul Cooko of Den
chutuj wuro In Powell II ut t u nn litis
Inuis Sunday,
GIFT OF BOOKS
MADE LIBRARY
win: or cilmilkh a. iiiiows.
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17 VOl.t'.MKM ON' VAItlMII Ht lt
JHCTS, MOM rilKUdO.
Fifteen Years Ago
TLhe Central Oregon JBanft
D. E. HUNTER. President
CARLETO.V B. 8WJFT. Vlco President
E. P. MAUAFFEY, Vico Pres. and Manager
1 H. M. STEPHENS, Cashier
BEND, OREGON
THE RIGHT
START
is all important to
yotsr children
Give them a savinps . ccount in their
own names for Christmas, and put
them on the road to success.
($hti Ctatral COrec-nt curls
U. li. iri.YTER, 13, . jHAKAt'CKY, '
Preslde.it , vie- Ir.-dent
under the Impression that state taxes
for 1932 would sliow a decided slump
from tho burden of 1921, nro doomed
to disappointment."
They will bo still moro dlsap-
treated, not becauso it wns thought ' Pointed If they voto a tax for tho
the board erred In dealing with the! 1925 fair.
striking students, not becauso of dls-
agreement with any board policy, tho
Parents' association was willing to
wreck the schools by repudiating fi
nancial obligations and refusing suf
ficient taxation for running expenses.
If opposition to Mr. -Mooro .were, tlje
sole cause why was not the Paronts'
association formed last summer and
why havo board acts of recent
months, acts wholly unrelated to any
thing Mr. Moore has done, been the
ubject of protest and condemnatory
resolutions?
So far as Mr. Moore is concerned
the attitude of tho voters was ex
pressed last June when they refused
to re-elect to the school board direc
tors whose only platform was that
he be removed from the supcrln
tendency. In this election all voters
participated, not merely thoso with
a statutory property qualification,
and there was no outcry raised
against tho result. Nor wus thero
nuy outcry until this fall when
"trouble broke loose In great gobs."
trouble that had its origin In matters
for which Mr. Mooro was absolutely
not responsible. Hut thoso who dis
liked the man and who saw the op
portunity to mako trouble for him In
jected him Into tho controversy. At
every opportunity tho herring wns
drawn across the trail; Mr. Moore's
personality and every othor unrelated
subject was brought In until all the
real Issues wero obscured nnd actual
school work, dlsclpllno and concsn
tration, order and progress given, a
set-back that the teachers have only
Just begun to pull away from.
For a tlrno following Saturday's
election It seemed as though another
blow had been dealt that would crip
plo the schools on tho financial side,
From this situation, however, tho
best legal opinion in tho stutu lias
found a way out. Hut again our con
tompornry would drag In Suporln
tendont Moore, an undoubted prl
vilego but not, as matters now stand,
of any Interest, Importance or valuo.
A Christmas program will be given
nf lilt Ttiniiim (tf-hiwtl linitH.i lirlilnl.
u. w.hv... Tney win novo u Christmas trrti, pros
ems iiiiu several piays aim pieces lor
Uio children,
Mr. Jack Andrews of Deschutes
will spend tho winter at Kurt Itnrk
witii his daughtur.
OUR POSITION RIOIIT
News reports from Salem concern
Ing tho suggestions made for f inane-
Ing tho 1925 fair and tho attltudo
of tho legislators in respect to them
clearly Imllcnto tho correctness of
tho position taken by The Uulletln
on the (mention. - i
Whon wo first dhicusied tho ques
tion wo said that we could not sup
port tho tux plan unless othor statu
taxes wero induced () that tho total
amount paid would bo no- greater
hun at present. In tho ab?onco of
a provision for any such' nsrnrnuce-
thero was nothlni; to do but oppose
the tax. That this in the, view of the
peoplo of tho Ptatef at Jargortha tip-
(From the columns of The Uul
letln of December 21. I90C.)
James McOufflo of Redmond Is 111
with typhoid fever In a light form.
The settlers on tho Columbia Sou
thern Iirlgatlon Company's segrega
tion have decided to call off nil deals!
with tho company for tho purchase of
Its works, nnd will carry the trou
bles existing between tho settlers
and company before the Interior de
partment. A. II. Kstcbenot Is petitioning for
a llccnso to sell spirituous, vinous,
nnd malt liquor and fermented cldor.
A drive cast of Rend a few miles
will emphasize very clearly tho fact
that the Iiond country Is gradually
developing and that the sagebrush
and Juniper must givo way to fields
of grain and fruitful orchards,
Tho largest load of lumber ever
taken from tho Pilot Ilutto mill left
the mill Tuesday morning for Hon
land for tho now hotel. The loud
contained 8,216 fcot.
James Ilruon has gone out to tho
Ilightower & Smith sawmill and will
work thoro for somo time.
O, li. Allen was In Rend this week
from ills ranch at tho Dig Meadows.
A. Drake returned Tuesday ovo
nlng from his recent trip to Portland
Misted a C.iih Sale.
A clerk, who iilto delivers grind, Is
coming In fur a lot of kidding about
the follow I it tr cxiMTleniv lie hud one
iifleriiomi reienlly.
A woman riMiniier. tint very hefty
as to pay, called up nnd nskiil that ii
suit of underwear be seat to her house
forthwith. Tin' rlerk did up llitt park
age. but before he left lie reevhed In
structions from tin- lions to get the ensh
for the good. Arriving lit tin. home,
he bunded In the package iitnt told the
woman tin- ninoiicit of cash he re
quired. "If I have to pay rash I'll know
that they lit," she unpod buck, then
went Into a room adjoining,
"And would you hellee It," the
rlerk Mild, "thnt woman kept me wall.
Ing In the hut sun for half nn hour.
Then she rume back and said curtly,
'I don't wunt f Iii-iii. Tluy are too
short ntid clingy.' "Smith County
(Kan.) Pioneer.
1925"
(Tho Dalles Chronicle.)
Tho Chronlclo is beginning to ro
colvo somo response from residents
of tho county an to their attltudo In
regard to tho 192G fulr tax, and
ovcrythliif: Indicates that public sen
tlniont Is strongly ugaliiHt u property
tax. So completely opposed are thoso
from whom wo havo hoard that It
does, not seem pnsslhlu that n straight
luxation measure can possibly curry
In till" county next spring for any
such enterprise.
Only yentordny wo talked with ono
of' tho loaders of Wasco county ranch
er?, a man who has taken a promin
ent part In tho activities of tho 1'ur-
mei'H' Dillon, and ho said that lio wns
nbHolutoly opposed to tho proposed
tn).v Ho would ruthor mnlto it it out
right donation for tho fair, ho said,
than 'to bo subjoct lo u tux.
And thin feeling, ho said, Mi, ted
also In tho minds of most of tho othor
ranchers through tho, county. These
Valley Lillet In Wlntrr.
It Is no trick at all to have Dip
frngrunt dainty white hell of the Illy
of the valley In liloom In the window
of the living room for the greater
part of the winter, aeeorillng to the
nntlonal garden bureau service. If
j on have u patch of lilies of the val
ley growing In your yard, dig up u
few pips this full, selecting only the
plump ont-N which contain flower
buds, pot them up, suy eight or ten
(ilps to un eight-Inch pot. Ix't them
reumlii outdoors until thoroughly
fnuzeu and then bring them In us they
nro wanted. An soon as they thaw
out the lilies will send up their bloom
with surprising speed. A number of
pots may he planted anil left outdoors
to be brought In from time to time.
Temperamental.
"Wo have several famous movie
stars dining with us this evening,"
whispered the waiter. "Would you
like to huvo a sent near their lalile?"
"Nu," replied the sour-fined patron.
"I came In hero to eat, not to Htur
guze, and liesldes If I wero In over
hear them talking nhoiit Die xulurlcH
they got, I'd he so dlNsutlslleil with
my proHpoots In life 1 wouldn't feu I
Unit I could afford to tip you."
Illrmliiifliam Age-Herald.
Origin of Co.
Thero nr u tlimiNuuil use for gas
today, both In the lion .mil fnUory,
and yet only n cnmniii.itlvoly short
lime a;jo the level hemleil Scotchman,
Sir Walter Scott, wus sculling nt
"miidmuii In London who wus trying
to make light without a wlrk," mid
people, thinking the gen pipes wero
rilled with ill e, approneheil Hum with
fear.
insects Cause Small Lost.
It Is said Insects culifce a loss of
l,rV,00O,00fl nnniin!l;' In the United
States, but that's n mere husfltclle
cempuicd with the loss mused by
human stupidity utirl Indolence.
nouston Post,
A list of 17 hooks covering a wide
raiigo of subjects, has been received
by tho Deschutes county library as
a donation from Mrs. Charles A.
Drown, of Chicago, wife of tho presi
dent of tho Head Water, Light &
Power Co, Tlmy hnvo been cata
logued and aro now ready for circu
lation. Mrs. Ilrowu was n visitor In Rent!
last summer when she accompanied
her husband on a trip taken for tho
pur pone of making a survey of tho
company's Interests, nnd became
greatly attached to the Central Ore
gon country. That llend and Des
chutes county urn still fondly remem
bered by her Is nvldonred by her gift
to tho library.
Tho hooks presented aro as fol
lows: Altsholor "Sun of Quebec."
Rnllaiityno "Light-house."
Ilonsou "Kreaks of Mnyfalr."
Ileyeus "lAlluiiiugmi Avant Lo
Ouerre."
Illanchard "Four Comers In Cal
ifornia." Ilrhlgos "Martin Crusoe."
Ilrooks "Hoy Kmlgrnuls."
Catlln "With tlm Help of Ood
and a Few Marines,"
Do Kuck "Memoirs."
Dillon -"Inside Story of tho Poaco
Conferonco."
Diittou "t'nderwood Mystery."'
Fletcher "Chestermarko In
stinct."
Ceorgo "Auatolo France."
llnggard "Shu and Allan."
Haggard "When tho World
Shook."
Haines "Dragon-files."
Ilelth "Scully."
Hiirgcshclmur "Three lllnck
PeniiyH."
Hill "Cosmic Law."
"How Diplomats Mako War."
Jelllcon "The Oraml Fleet, 15H-
19115."
Jussernnd "With Amorlcnns of
Past and Present Days."
Keynes "Kconomlc Consequences
of Poaen."
Knyvett " 'Over Thero' With tho
Australians."
Harris "From Sunup to
lown."
Lucas "Ruii-nways and
nways."
Malot "La Petlto Sleur."
Martin "Lucid Intervals."
Montaigne "Kssnyes."
Mooro "Esther Waters,"
Olllvnnt "(loiitleiiiun,"
Powers "Things Men Fight For "
"Problem of tho Commonwealth."
Piitnum "Watty and Co."
Rhodes- "West Is West."
Itlnehurt "Long Llvu tho King "
Dlx "Lltllo Captlvo Lad."
Root --"Over 1'erlscopo Pond."
Rostand "Cyrano do llurguruc."
Snudndors "Wundorlng Dog."
Sownll "Neither Dead Nor Sleep
ing." Snalth "Tho Council of Seven."
Torhuno "Lad, n Dog."
Trnln "Tho Earthquake."
Turczynowlc "When tho Prus
sians Come to Poland,"
Wallace "Jack o' Judgment,"
Wallaco--"Tho Socrot Houso,"
Hun.
Cast-
Uulletln Wunt Ads bring rosults
try thorn.
Winter Short Courses
Corvsllli, Or., lire. 20-31, 1021
FARMERS' WEEK
Put Helinc, Into rrm Practice
I'rult ami Vcctbl Cournc !). S.17. '21
Trscti.r Mrchsulci Cuurie .Jan. 2-Mar. It, "it
unity manuracture Couriw.Jan. 2-Mar. 18. '2t
Altrlciiltuiv Cour Jan. 2.Mar. IB, 22
Ilulry Hinl4inn'a Court .Jan, 2,-Jun. It, 2i
(irnlii flracllnv Court,., Jan. U-2I, '22
llwkiwpliiK Court Jan. 0-Keb. 26, '22
It im-niakcni" Conference Mar, 20-26,
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