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WEEKLY EDITION The bend Bulletin. VOL. XIX IIICND, DUHC'IltlTICH COUNTV, OREGON, THURSDAY, FHIHU'ARY , 101:2. No. 4 NO BIDS COME FOR CONTRACT OF NORTH UNIT SECOND CALL HAS NO RESULT TASK'S SIZE DETERS Director Now I'rro To .Vcgollato I'rlvnli'l)' For Coimtriirlloii of Vunt IrrlKnllon DlMrlrt Connie Not Drrlital UKin. .MA AH, Jnli. 3 1 . Although miiiiitroua contractor worn on hand hero today, no hlda worn prcaonlud In nnawitr to tliu mil for contractor)! iroponnlH advertised by thn directors of Hid North Unit, Tlio mngnltudu of Hid undertaking, Involving an Minuted rout of 17,000,000, Is lit). Hi-veil to Imvu prcviMltrd competitive bidding. Cnntrnclora who wero pres ent for thn opening of acnltid tiro pomil urn unditratood to tuivii been awaiting tlio chitiicu to ri'curn nub- contrucln. Two dill Mnilc A. I). AikIitkiiii, official of thn din trlct, rntilil mnkii no diiflnllu an notincijiiiont today rewarding thti next stop to In) taken In starting tliu con struction of n storngit dam at Run ' ham Fulls and rnnnU unit littorals to wuti-r tlio hiiitln In Jofforson conn ty. Iln stated, however, that thn ills trlrt Iiiih coniiilli'd fully with tlio term of Ilin law In twlco railing for hid, and Hint thn failure of contrnC' tor to repnnd now leave thn din trlci fri-o to m-Kot lain privately for propoxali, That thin courHi) would tm pur sued, hn wnn unable to Ma to drfln llely. TO MEET SOON v u convention to hi: ki.i.d at pendleton i'i:it. hi. II AMI IS NATIONAL OF- FICHHS TO SPEAK. Wonlgrowor of Conlral Oregon nro Intrri'ilrd In Hid nnnonncoinont that thi) 23rd annual ronvnntlon of Oregon Woolgrowor will ho hold nt Pendleton February 10. 11 nnd 12. Aiiioiik tho npoiikiTH will ho F. It Mnnthnll, secretary of tliu National axiioclntlon, mid Dr. 8, W. McClnrn who forniorly livid HiIh poaltlon. Others on tho lint of speakers aro A, J. Knollln, manager of tlio wool- grower commission company; K, F. Benson, formerly Washington ntuto coiinnlHHloiior of iiKrlctilttiro; Jay II, Dobbin, president of th Oregon Woolgrowcrs; H. A, Ward, manager of OroKou Cooperative woolRrowors; I'atll V. Marin, O. A. C. director of extension; Stanley Jowntt of tho U. H. IlloloKlcnl survey; II. N, Knvun augb, district foreiit Huporvlnor. A banquet Krldny night and a smoker staged by tho Pendleton Commercial club Bnturday night will bo on tho ontertnlnment proKrnm. CREAMERY BOILER BLOWN HIGH IN AIR SILVER LAKE, Jan. 28. Tho boiler nt tho Hllvor Lnko croamory wan blown 100 foot Into tho air hint Hnturdny, doIiiR dnmngo to tlio crcainory amounting to Hourly $1, 000. Ono man, who wuh iilouu In tho building, wuh not Injured. Water bulug too low In tho holler Ih thought to luivu cutiiod tho exploHlon. THIRTEEN DISTRICTS IN CENTRAL OREGON Six of tho ttlxty Irrigation district of tho Htnto hnvo houduiiartora In DoHchutcH county, nnd 13 in Central Oregon, it Bttrvoy of tho Hut Just ye colvod by 'Socrolnry L, AntloB of1tho IrrlRatlou conRroBa bIiowb. Thoro nro 33 drainage dlctrlcta listed, WOOLGROWERS MARKET TOPPED BY PILOT BUTTE SPUDS "Central Oregon Potatoes Hlniiil Alone," WIii'n Broker On Receipt of Cm load Khlpiiient. How highly potatoes from thn Ilend district coinparn with those Krown In other section In Miown In a telegram recolvod by Jim I. Inn, of tho Pilot Ilutto ranch, at hla homo In Hnlnm, from (InorRo I.. Ilurtt, ono of tho larxeiit potato brokurH on tho Pacific const, A copy of tho lulu Rraiu innt to Iluud mention that it car of I'llot Ilutto ranch pud Hunt Ilurtt, nold nt IS.5C a hundred, whllo tho IiIkIiobI price obtulnud for Nutted (liitn from tliu Yakima dlMrlct rniiRod from $2.10 to 12.25. "Polalou from Central Oregon Hland alone," wired Ilurtt, nfler con RratulntliiR Mini on tho nuallty of thn tubiirN and tho excellent manner In which they were packed. "I'llot Ilutto ranch Block, mild 30 cent abovo any other potato In tliu mar ket," bo continued. "Thin In tho moot wonderful potato growing noil In thn world, nnd practically un known." SCHNEELOCK IS OPTIMISTIC ON PROJECTPLANS I'tm unllflcd optlmlHin un to tho poKnlhlllty of early conntructlon on thn North unit project was oxpremied by llttlph Schneelock, Portland bonding firm head, who wan In llend with englneerK and directum of the district nnd prospective conntructlon coutrnctom, on their way to liinpvct the dam Kilo nt Donbnm l'alln. Thcy will he In Central Oregon for some time. Kettlent on the North unit are di vided In thulr vlown on tho mlvlitu- blllty of present conntructlon. mem-f hern of the party mated thin morn ing, nnd Kchueelock'a particular mln nlon at thin time Is to bring har mony to tho divided Jeffernou coun ty camp. In tho party nro II V. Gnrd, K. A. CtirlHtennen and Howard V. Tur ner of Madrnx, director of tho tlls trlct; A. J. Wiley of Ilohin and P, II. Hermann of Han h'ranclnco, cnn nulling eiiRlneera who prepared tho original uitlniuten of tho unit, F. II Trowbridge of Han h'ranclnco, who did thn engineering work on the ground, and N. O, Wallace of Prlne- vllle, attorney for the district. Tho bond market Ih very ntrong, Hchneulock nald, and If thin condl'1 Hon contlnuen for several woekn thcro will bo no difficulty In mar kotliiK the district's bondB, which he hohlH, IIIiIn on conntructlon will ho opened at Madra next Tuesday, January 31. WORK ADVANCES WEST REPORTS NORTH CAN A I, COMPANV COM- I'll.INd DATA COVKH1NO VAHT IHHK1ATION IMtOdltAM IN VV.S- Tit All OHKtiON. Work on tho vast IrrlRatlou devel opments planned by tho North Canal Company la progressing rapidly, It Is declared by Oswald West, formor governor of Oregon, now' as sociated with Sam Hill In financing reclamation work In Central Oregon. Tho company hi compiling n mass of data -having to do with tho res ervoir alto at Cranu Prairie, and with other pliinn nt tlio company. Formal action Ih expected shortly by tho I,oun Pine district regarding tho ex tension from tho Pilot Ilutto ditch In carry wntcr to tho district's lands, Wust Bu'ld. No decision on tho company's pro posal for tho reclamation of hind a In tho Tunuilo district will bo made Until tho ropnrt of llaar ft Cunning ham, unglnoers, chocking tho estl mntos, of John II, Lowls, district uug lnoor, ta recctvod, BUSINESS LOTS PURCHASED BY THOMAS WARD TO ERECT BUILDING THIS SPRING DEAL IS COMPLETED 'ormer IikkIiK Kallroiu! Foreman I'Iiiiin To lliilld IIUHlnoH lllock Price In Nelgliliorhood of f,t)01 Now In lOM Angelen Two lotn acroiB Mlnnciota uvenua from tho Hum Hardware Co. build ing, owned heretofore by Dr. J. It. llooth and W. U. Ilooth of Seattle, have been Bold to Tliomun Ward, formerly In charge of conntructlon of the Hhovlln-Hlxon logging railroad. Tho deal wan handled by Hunter & Ktantn. According to W. II. Htantn, Ward pinna to erect n hnnlnmn block on thene two lotn during tho coming prlng. Detalla of hU building plana are lacking. Ward la now In I. on Angelen. Tho prlco paid for the lota waa In tho neighborhood of JC.000. Thla la tho flrat solo of n downtown property reported hero In several months. Ham to bo Torn Down Tho Iota nre now bolng used by Auue HrotbiTB as n wagon yard. Tho Auno barn wan condemned soma time ngo by thn city council, and Is to bo torn down thla nprlng, tho Aunca moving to a location further from the conlur of town. Ancilier building planned for tho name block la tho proposed Knights of Pythian building. Tho lot on wMth It la to bo erected waa rccont ty purchased from M. V. Cashman by .ho local lodge. RAIL PURCHASE THOUGHT NEAR CHANtSi: TO STAXDAltD OAfCH ON TIIU N. C. .V O. I'NDIIIt- stood to m: inci.cdhd in wi:sti:iin PAciric plans. K I.AM ATI! , Jan. 30. As tho first definite move toward railroad exten sion since tho war, Important nnd fur-reaching developments nro fore cast In tho announcement that tho Western Pacific railroad contem plates tho purchase of the Nevada, California & Oregon railroad, oper ating from Hackslaff, I.assen county to I.akovlow, Oregon, Is tho general belief horo. Plans as announced call for tho oxpcndlturo of millions In standardizing tho. present narrow gau go of tho N., C. & 0 nnd other wise Improving tho road to conform with Western Pacific equipment. An Immedlnto oxtouslon that is counted on hero Is tho pushing of tho rood north from I.akovlow Into tho tlmbor on tho Uppor Spraguo rlvor, somo C5 miles. This will bring tho road near lily, nnd two oxten slons aro posslblo to connect with tho Struhorn line. WALLACE TO BRING ENGINEERS' REPORT Tumalo DNtrlct Secretary In Port' land Finding of llaar Ai Cun iililKliiini Hears On Decision. Fred N, Wnllnco, secretary of tho Tumalo Irrigation district, oxpocta to return from Portland within a fow das with tho roport of llnnr & Cunningham, engineers, on tho prob- ablo cost of tho ilovolupmont planned by tho district. Wnllnco loft TuoBduy night for Portland. This report was ordoreil ns n check on a previous roport by John 11, Luwls, engineer of tho district, and will hnvo n distinct bearing on tho district's action on tho otfor to comploto tho projoct, mado by Os wald West of tho North Canal Co, RESORTS TO B BUILT AT MANY FOREST LAKES PERMANENT HOTELS FORESEEN PERMITS ARE SOUGHT No Application Ornntrd To Datr i K-nnoii IVrmltM (Jlvrn For Klk, I'uullnu, Anil CroKcnt I.akc. Apdlcuntn .Muni .Make (i'o(I. Central Oregon's mountain lakes will all have regularly established nnd permanent resorts thla coming ummer, or tho ono following at tho latent, It la Indicated In tho statement of Supervisor II. L. Plumb of tho Deschutes National forest that nppllcnlloua nro In for permits and leases for hotels nnd other nccom- modatlons at Crescent, Klk and Pau- llnu lakes. This announcement fol lowed one from Portland that ap plications wero on fllo for resorts at Puullua and Diamond lakes. None of these applications bavo boon allowed and may not be this spring, said Plumb, but somo of the applicants will provide tont houses and o'thtr accommodations, on tem porary leases, meanwhile bolng un der the observation of the forest ser vice, their accomplishment this sum mer being taken Into consideration when their applications for perma nent rights are passed on. Hotel KlMX'Ifleil An practically all of these applica tions specify the building of perma nent hotels, first class accommoda tions at all of the lakes near Ilend arc regarded as a certainty within the next few years. Allan Wllcoxon will again oper ate his resort nt Klk lako under a temporary permit this summer, said Plumb. There are two, applications for resorlB at Paulina lake. OF MANY LOTS i:m:vi:.v hofsrs and hi hksi diinci: lots prneiiASKD hy (ii:oii(ii: it. wood of ni:v ItCDFOltD, MASS, Kleveu houses and 23 residence lots in Ilend Park addition nnd eight lots In Center addition wero sold by tho Central Oregon associates to Oeorgo K. Wood of New Ilodford, Mass., Tuesday for a consideration of approximately $50,000, an nounces K. L. Vinal of tho Ilend Investment company, which will still bo tho agent for tho property. 1! K. Poarce, of New Bedford, acted for Wood in negotiating tho deal. Wood owns other proporty In Ilend, and is bollovod to bo con sidering fuitbor Increasing his hold lugs horo. Somo of tho property which changed hands yesterday is already Bold on contract to other Individuals. Tho vacant lots aro all good locations for homos, said Mr, Vlnnl, and Wood may be planning to havo hotiBes built on them, or to sell thorn to prospective builders. SHEEP OWNERS WILL HAVE MEETING HERE Plann For Um of National Forent ltanKos To Iti Discussed On I'Vbiunry 1(1 anil 17. A mooting of nil sheep owners who have hold permits on tho DeschuteB, Cascade, Santlam nnd Umpqun Na tional forests will be hold on Fobru ary 1G nnd 17, at Bend. Plans for tho use of tho National Forest ranges will bo discussed and ninny matters of Importance to tho sheop Industry of Contra! Oregon will bo talked ovor. Dr. W. II. Lytic. Stato Votorinar lau, Dr. J. 0, Kxlino, of tho U. S. lluroau of Animal Industry, and Mr. IS. N. Kavanaugh, of the forest ser vice, aro nil planning on being pros out at this niootlug. ANNOUNCE SALE PREPARE FOR WORK ON THE C. 0. 1. FLUME llnnr & Cunningham lU-prrse ntatlvo .May KMnhlMi Ofllrrx in llrnil If Condition Favor. To look over tho C. O. I. flume, engineering work for tho rebuilding of which will bo under tho direction of llaar & Cunningham, of Portland, V, II. Itelneklng, representing that firm, la In Iiend. He stated that tho beginning of operations would de pend entirely on weather conditions, but hoped that a start might be made within the next few weeks. If con ditions seem favorable, ho may open offices In Ilend, ho said. Itelneklng had no Information re garding the progress being made by his firm on tho checking of esti mates for Tumalo project reclama tion prepared by John H. Lewis. On thn results of a careful comparison of theso figures with those submitted by tho North Canal Company, will depend the decision of Tumalo dis trict directors as to whether or not the offer of the company is accepted EASTERN BROOK EGGS COME IN LAST OK I, .-,00,000 TAKB AUK lmOL'CHT TO HKND AFTKIl 18 .MII.K SI.KD TItIP I'KO.M IIKAD OF DHSCIIITRS. Slightly more than 1.000,000 east ern brook trout eggs, the last of the season's take of -1,500,000, wero brought in to Dend yesterday from the eying station at tho head waters of the Deschutes near Little Lava lake, by Ilev. J. Edgar Purdy, Jesse Tetherow, and Cecil Burney. The csgtf, taken at Elk lake, will bo transported to the Tumalo plant for hatchlcs. Travelli-j over snow more than four feet dc?p, necessitating the use of snowshoes, the party, accompan ied by W. II. Delbrucgge, Clarenco Mann, and Ralph La Follette, who had been at the lake, dragged sleds carrying tho eggs, 18 miles to the head of Fall river. From there, Del- . brueggo, Mann, and La Follette went on to La Pine, and the others com pleted the Journey to Bend with their cargo of spawn, traveling by auto truck. For those who are accustomed to the wonders of the summer trip over this route. Iter. J. Edgar Purdy ad vises the winter excursion, declaring that It surpasses In beauty the auto tour which can be made In the warm cr months. He reported a pair of very lame legs as tho result of his first experience with snowshoes. LUMBER CUT TO EXCEED 400,000 SHEVLIN-IIIXON DAILY OUTPUT HAS II KEN LESS THAN UOO.OOO FEET ON ACCOUNT OF COLD WEATHER. Within a few weeks tho Shevlln- Hlxon sawmill will bo manufacturing 400,000 feet of lumber a day for the first tlmo In over a year, It Is stated by company officials. Tho cut has been much less than half of that for several weeks, on account of cold weather and frozen logs, Tho night shift will bo oporated tonight for the first tlmo, Tho now men employed, numbering something In tho neighborhood of 150, are di vided between tho two shifts, about hulf of thorn being at work today. BABY CLINIC SET FOR THIS FRIDAY Tho regular bi-monthly child wol fare clinic will be hold on Friday afternoon from 2. o'clock to 3:30 In tho Miner building at tho offices of Miss Julia D, Clock, county nurso, who Is cooperating with tho county demonstrator, Miss Eva Comogys, In holding thero clinics, which are free to all mothers with children up to six years of age. MERCURY SINKS TO TEN BELOW, MAKING RECORD SNOW PREVENTS BAD EFFECTS COLDEST IN 2 YEARS Wnrnirr in Afternoon Arnold He port lg liclow Know Blanket Makes Cold Leaf Noticeable Few Call For Tlio Plumber. Another record for cold was es tablished here Monday, tho mer cury In the official government ther mometer sinking to 10 degrees below zero. At 8 o'clock In tho morning the temperature had moderated to the extent of six degrees. With a sky only partly overcast, the weather continued warmer through tho day. 21 degrees above being recorded at 1 o'clock. Monday night's cold snap was not only a season's record, but waa th lowest temperature which Bend has experienced for more than two years. The fact that a heavy snow had pro ceded the mercury's drop mado tho results of the cold less noticeable than those attending the cold periods of earlier In tho winter, however. 18 Below Near City Calls tor the plumber's aid were fewer, and In general the cold was felt to a less extent. An even greater degree of cold was experienced In tho Arnold dis trict, 18 degrees below being reached by the mercury In a thermometer on the Rickard ranch, L. C. Roberts re ported today in the course of a visit to Bend. The minimum on the succeeding night was zero. ACRES IN CROP TO BE LIMITED AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE FAILS TO RECOMMEND RE PEAL OF 8 HOUR HAY AND KSCH-CUMMINS I1ILL. (Br United PrmtoTtk Bend Bulletin.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Th national agricultural confcrcnco to day endorsed the limitation of (arm crop acreage until present agricul tural conditions In the United States and Europe are relieved. The conference refused to recom mend that congress repeal tho Adam son eight hour law and tho guaran tee provisions of Esch-Cummlns law. By a vote of 83 to 68 farmers struck these recommendations from the resolutions urging lower freight rates. PROPOSE BIG DAM ON THE DESCHUTES Development of 30,000 Horsrtiower For Eastern Oregon Industrie Contemplated By Pacific Power. PORTLAND, Jan. 31. The desire of the Pacific Power & Light Co. to mako Investigations with a view to dovoloplng water power at a point midway on tho Deschutes between Shearer's bridge and tho Columbia, Is explained by Quy W. Talbot, pres ident of the company, as actuating tho application made In Washington, D. C. for a preliminary fodoral per mit. According to tho application, con struction of a dam 100 foot high to produce 30,000 horsopowor, la un der consideration. Tho location' ot tho dam is designated as Reclama tion Sito. No cost estimates will bo available until completo surveys and tontatlve plans bavo boon completed, said Tal bot. Tho power dovolopod la to be furnished to Industrial enterprises which Talbot has In view In the re gion east of, tho Cascades, he intimated.