, 1 WEEKLY EDITION 1? 7f The VOL. xx iiknd, vmomrrm county, orboon,, Thursday, march 2, i L i . 1 , No. 1 t Bulletin TUMALO WILL ASK FOR BIDS SOONJHOUGHT ACCEPTANCE, OF WEST OFFER POSSIBLE IffroRB WATER IS NEED Hrrrrlnry if .Niirlli (,'iiiml Co. Meets Willi Pimrll Hullo Director Plnn Would Nri'il Approval of Tim V. O. I. Dlntrlit. Tlinl bids on construction will tin cnlleil for by tlio Tumuli district within tlm next month was tho belief expressed by Oswald Went, secretary of tlio North Cniiul Co., till wouk nit 11 result of 11 mooting nt Turn itlo Hnlilnlay iiIkIiI. Cnlllng for hid la noccnniiry to IcKnllxo ti possible acceptance of tlio company's offer to do tlio work, mndo recontly nftcr tin hid worn received on tlio dis trict's liondii. Mny Aid Powell llulto West went to Redmond Monduy to mod with tlio director of tlio Powell llutto dUtrlct In coiitieclton with n proiionltloit mndo by tlm North Canal 1 . t , .. I n VII, IU Supply WHIUr IUI IIIU lunu, lands III Hint district through tlio North Cnnnl, no Hint tlio .Central Ori:on cnnnl would tin nlilo to tnko rnro of tlm high lino lands not now Irrlitntod. Should tlm Powell llutto director nccopt tlili proposition, tlio matter would hnvo to bo tnkon tip with tlio U. 0, I, district, said Wont. ROAD WORK TO BE BEGUN SOON DISTRICT HIGHWAY ENGINEER ASSURES COMMERCIAL CLUB IMPROVEMENTS WILL START WHEN WirATKKR PERMITS. I-'rovomont of all of tho frelRht r ads out of Ilond Is assured Just ns do on ns tho frost Is out of tho ground, according to word rocalvod by tho Commercial club from John II. Scott, district highway oiiKlncor, It was ro ported at tho Inst so union of tho club directors. Now gravut will bo placed on soma parts fit tho highways, and all will bo Krndod. Tho credentials of Itav. J. W, An doraon, who conies horo to solicit for tho fund for Indlgont nogroes In Oregon, woro oxamlned, and ho was Klyon n letter showing that ho Is properly authorized to rccelvo con tributions. It, W. Sawyor reported tho results of tho rocont mootliiR with tho hlch way commission In Portland. SNOW CONDITIONS DECLARED WORST Drifting Krcpji Wild Animals At Homo And Trapping Koonon I yiQpcd, Hays W. 1'. Vnnilovcrt. Snow conditions to tho south of llond nro the worst In many years according to W. P. Vundovort, plonoor rosldont of Contral Oregon, In Dond Monday from his ranch on Tho Diillos-Cullfornla highway. Van dovprt has soon dooper ssnow, but tho present full has boon so light and fluffy that trails hnvo drifted over nlmost ns soon as brokon. Ir the past month ho has talked to only two mon from, outstdo his own ranch Blnco ronchlng Bend Vaudovort lins spokon to a numbor of trappers and has boon told that fur catchors aro not making oxponses this wlntor, Wild animals aro doing little or no traveling bocnuuo of tho snow, it is oxplalnocj. FORD SHIPMENT RECEIVED HERE A cnrloaa ot Fords1 unlotttjedhe rpndstorB,' touring cnrs.jiAfaB, ajio uuexs. Prisoner Tried To Get Saws To Aid In Escape Tlmt Ilobort Stovons, itnnnfl- not of Hand womun uinl girls, had ondi'iivored to comimiiil- ento with hi younger brothor, l.eo, In tlio hopo of getting ns- slstniico from tlio outside bo- foro niuliliiK his bronk for lllior- ty n wcok ago wub nhown In u nota found on Itobort whon ho wan enptured Friday nlKht In u shnek' four mile southeast of tlio city. Tlio note, Apparent- ly written In Jail, nskod hln brothor to procure tools for hlin, stilling that thu only tools In tlio Jail woro "no dull they wouldn't cut hot butter." Stevens, suffering from rhou- mntlsm, oxposuro to tlio cold, and lack of food oxtondlng over a flvo day period, wax taken by A. 11. Horn nnd Deputy Sheriff George fltokoo on Information given by Mm. II. J. Hottong. Stovons nnld that ho had boon aldod In hln cscapo n wook ni;o Friday night by an nutnlst who took him Into his car Just after ho hnd loft Jnll. LEWIS RESIGNS; DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN WAY John UK l.owls, engineer of tho rumalo Irrigation district, resinned at a rocont mooting of tho directors of tho district, Krcd N. Wallace, sofr Toln'ry 'oftho district, announces l.owls stated that ho did not want to stand In tho way ot devel opment of tho project, and under stood that tho North Canal Co. hnd stipulated In Its rcconl offer that ho should not bo retained, Wallaco said. Tho report of Ilnnr & Cunningham, Portland engineers, on tho probnblo cost of tho project, did not greatly differ from ' estimates previously mndo by Lewis, stated Wallaco. Tho district has taken no defln Ito action on tho Nbrth Canal Co. of fcr, but Wallaco staled that It would probably proceed with advertising for bids for construction, and that If no hotter offor Is mndo, that of tho North Canal Co. will bo accoptcd TAX PAYMENT MAY BE CLUE Ilocatiso of tho similarity ot tho namo of John I. Bauds, moro com monly known as Udward Sands, for mer Deschutes county rancher, to that of Kdward V, Sands, sought as u witness In tho W. D. Taylor mur der mystery. Shorlff 8. E. lloborts last week wired tho shorlff of Los Angoles county, giving that official tho former Deschutes county man's prosent address, the City Hotel; Sac ramento. A tax payment gave the address. Tho Sands known In this country had boon a fnrmor southeast ot Dond for Bovoral yoars, when ho dlsap poarod early In 1918. His wlfo left shortly aftor, NVattampt was mndo to dlsposo ot any of tho household oftocts or ranch property. SnndB was first hoard from In tho following yoar whon ho sent a monoy order from Ontario to pay taxes on his farm. Blnco thon, ho has com munlcatod rogulnrly with Shorlff Roborts onco n your on tho samo sub Joct. This year tho namo was brought to tho sheriff's attontlon by a wlro rocolvod today In which Sands tplegrnpliod tho $4,97 tax moro than a month beforo It nocamo duo. YIEWS EVIDENCE IN L. L. WALLACE CASE To. look up ovldonco In connoctlon with" tho caso of I.ostor L. Wallace, nrrested Saturday night whon local pbllco found a still at his homo on Vcst;Hlghth stroot, Fedornl Prohibi tion' Qf fleer M( P, Burnett wnu'M'n 'Ppnd.Wcdriosdny, Burnett -will roc dpimoiiUhdt a" U. 81 marshal bo sent 16 Beid to take'Wolldco'to Portland. HIGHER COURT TO PASS UPON BOND ELECTION APPEAL IS PLANNED BY ATTORNEYS DISTRICT IS WINNER Opinion lly Judge Duffy Conllrni Organization And llond Procerd Inns, And Kxrlusloii- Pliin To ItminMrwt Flume. Contestants In tho district organ ization and bond election validation suit brought by tho Centrnl Oregon Irrigation district will appeal from tho ruling of Circuit Judge T. E. J. Duffy for tho district, handed down Into Monday afternoon. That tho matter would bo carried to tho su promo court was stated Tuesday by II. H. Hamilton, who with Paul C. King represents tho contesting set tlers. Judgo Duffy's opinion confirms th ij, organization proceedings, tho validity of tho bond election, and mo exclusion of settlers on that part ot tho Pilot llutto ditch obtaining Its water from tho North canal. Exclu nlon was mado on tho petition ot tho settlers. Thnt tho court's opinion will In- suro a water supply for ranchers whoso lands aro Irrigated from tho C. O. I, canal was the statement of H. II. Do Armond, attorney for the district. Stops will Immcdl atcly be taken to secure certification of the bonds voted Into last year, bo said, and as soon ns this can bo ac complished tho district's securities will bo offered for snlo. Rebuilding of tho C...O.l flume south ot tho city, sovornjWi:"tlons of wh'cU woro washed oui??last year, and which Is now consldorcd (o bo In dangerous condition, will tako $80,000 worth ot tho bonds, and will bo started as soon as tho necessary funds aro avallablo. Construction cannot be completed, however, In tlmo for tho beginning of tho Irriga tion system, ho says. SNOW DRIVING DEER CLOSE IN Snow has drlvon deer unusually low down on tho desert this winter, District Gamo Wardon C. A. Adams stated this weok whllo vist Ing Bend from Itcdmond. This Is particularly truo In tho vicinity of Pino Mountain nnd Horso Ridge. Many doer nro being reported In tho timber near tho logging camps In tho vicinity ot Bend, and In tho Slstors country the nnlmals have ap parently forgotton their fear ot man and aro In a fair way ot becom Ing clvlllzod. Sovoral havo actually been soon feeding on tho Younce ranch at Lower Brldgo, Adams said. "They would be easy Indeed to kill at this Benson," said Adams, "but thoro would bo no'sport In It aside from tho fact of tho closed season. It would bo too much like shooting sheep." The district gamo wardon consld ors that thoro Js less gamo law vlo latlon by fnr In this Boctloti than to tho wost ot tho mountains. Pop ular sontlmont results In thts, ho bo lloves. "Such n sontlmont must bo tho strongest factor In preserving our game," ho unld. "Peoplo aro real Izlng, and should roalizo more and moro, what n big assot.our wild llfo Is. Without It ono of tho great est attractions to tho tourist would bo gone." Adams believes that tho moro im portant ' spawning lakes Bliould be closed to anglora 16 days earllor to lusuro u larger tako ot eggs tor hatching. NEW TURNOUTS ARE ISSUED TO FIREMEN Now turnouts woro tssuod to tho nj'emborB of tlio Bond Volunteer Fire department ttt InBt night's mooting. I Tw ta'onbrary memberships woro voiea.; COUNTY LEADS STATE IN SEED CERTIFICATION DESCHUTES HAS HALF OF OREGON SUPPLY KING HAS MOST, BEST .1,000 liuhc! Pass Din Inspection Conducted By (1. II. II) Mop AVIlt Principal Disease Certi fication Nearly Doubles Value Again, as In 1921, Deschutes coun ty leads tho state In tho amount of certified potato seed produced. Ac cording to 0. R. Hyslop, O. A. C. ox- pert who conducted tho bin Inspec tion of potatoes registered for certi fication, Deschutes county has one half of tho certified seed of the state. Tho amount will bo In tho neighbor hood ot 4,000 bushels. M. A. King ot Redmond Is the certified potato "king" ot Deschutes county, having not only the greatest amount, but the best. His seed showed only A per cent disease while 8 per cent Is allowed under tho cer tification rules. King has S00 sacks of certified Netted Ocms. Price lit Higher Certified seed Is now selling at $3 a hundred pounds, with a good de mand, whllo other potatoes aro priced nt $1.7S, says County Agrl culturlst D. L. Jamison. Only about one third of tho pota toes which passed the field inspec tion havo passed the blu Inspection, says Jamison, tho principal disease being wilt. Much Near Henri Others who havo certified seed, besides King, aro Carl Rosen and Gcorgo H. McGregor of Terrebonne, with 3C0 50 sacks respectively; Ray Armstrong of PlalnvieV, 300 sacks; J. A. Melvin (3E0), George O. Mur phy (200) and V. A. Schnouer (350) ot Bend. POWELL BUTTE IS MADE OFFER An offer to deliver "water to the Powell Butto district nt an Initial cost ot S63.75 an aero was made Monday at Redmond to directors ot tho district by Oswald West, sccre tnry of tho North Canal Co. West stated here last night. As only two directors wero present nt the meet ing, no action was taken, but tho of fer will bo consldorcd at a meeting in tho noar future. Water was to be furnished, ac cording to tho otter, through the North canal for lands lying low en ough to mako this practicable, so that tho Central Oregon canal could supply water to moro ot tho high lands. West,, accompanied by J. D. Wil liams and A. A. Sinclair, engineers who came hero from Portland with him last week, left last night for Portland. West expects to return later In tho weok, he stated. FARMERS' COMMITTEE FOR CLUBS PLANNED Direct Connection Between Com mercial Organizations And Tho Rural Districts Desired. Formation of n committee of ter mors from all soctlons ot Doschutos county, to be connoctod with tho Bend and Redmond Commercial clubs, so that formers' problems may rccelvo prompt attontlon ot tho clubs was planned nt a meeting Friday of Deschutes county farmers with J. A, Eastea, prosldonf , and L, Antles, sec retary ot tho Bend Commercial club, A commltteq from tho Redmond Commercial club arrived later lu tho afternoon. Everyono present Boomed in favor ot tho plan, which, was outlined, by Secretary AntleB Passage of; a res olution adopting thoi.plan,' and tho selection ot ci'comrottteo ex pecteL Third Cold Wave Sends Mercury to Th ree Belo w Zero 4 Tho third cold wavo of tho 4 4- winter hit Bend Monday night, but with less marked lowering of tcmperaturo than that char- ncterlzlng tho previous excurs- Ions of the mercury bctow scro. Three degrees below was the minimum recorded by the offl- clal government thermometer. UNUSED STILL ANDITSOWNER TAKEN IN RAID Taken Saturday night with a com plete factory made still which he had never used, Lester L. Wallace, of 480 West Eighth street, faces a federal charge. The still, having a 15 gallon boiler capacity, was shipped In from Nebraska, arriving in Bend only three days before the arrest was made. Two barrels of mash wero found when the officers raided Wallace's place. Chief ot Police Fox and Officers Houston, Carlon, and "'Welch' partici pated In the raid.. Tox gives Hous ton the credit for locating tho still. NEW CROPSJO BE ENCOURAGED FARJI BUREAU ADOPTS l'RO GllrWr OF WORK PROGRES SIVE METHODS FAVORFJJ DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED, t Introduction during the coming season of a number ot ne,w crops and progressive methods In agricul ture is encouraged in the program ot work adopted by the Deschutes county farm bureau last week at Its annual meeting. The work com mittee consisted qf E. M. Eby, the new president, R. M. Chaseand A. J. Gonnason. Grain crops favored were federa tion and Hannchen barley. The growing of oats and peas, barley and peas, sunflowers and corn and bar ley and sweet clover for ensilage was recommended. Certification for seed and dlsln fcctlng with sulphate ot ammonia were adopted as the program to bo emphasized in potato culture In the county. White nnd Alsike clover aro fa vored under tho clover seed program Breed standardization and scientific feeding are subjects to be studied un der tho bureau's dairy project. Un der livestock, bettor sires, feeding, and the providing ot a veterinarian and a brand inspoctor will be given attention. Other programs aro those of poul try and bees, marketing ot livestock, cooperative purchasing, and pest con trol. Directors elected were A. S. Holmes, E. M. Eby, Vern Ltvesay and C. W. Hoech for ono year, John Marsh, H. J. Sottong and Fred N. Wnllaco for two years, nnd E. M. Peck, J. A. Melvin, and R, E. Grimes for throe years. A rising voto ot thanks was ex tended to the retiring president, Fred N. Wallace. COUNTY ASSESSOR SELECTS DEPUTIES Assessing ot Deschutes county proporty, which under the law may begin on March 1, probably will not start until a month later unless tho snow goes oft before that time, Aug ust A. Anderson, county assessor, an nounces. J V . Field deputlos who Have been ap pointed, and the djstricts In which thoy w(U work, nro. as follows: Frank- May, Bond; R, C. 'Colver, farming territory .adjacent to Bend; C. P. Becker, Tumalo; George .Sedg wick, 'R.'edmond;,,.. S, Tqwno, Low er Brlagevai.d -Sisters) Claude O. Vandeverk, Harper., and La-jPlnei f PKfiTf""..Mf D?"JH ' ui 1, BRIGHT FUTURE FOR LIVESTOCK NOW PREDICTED INCREASING STRENGTH SEEN BY BUYER SHORTAGE DEVELOPS Heavy Hales Have Cut Down Breed ing Htock Below Normal Central Oregon ' Is a Xatnral Feeding Ground, Kays Fen H. White. Based on the workings of the lair of supply and demand; the cattle and Bhccp Industry will show Increasing strength during the coming year. And In all probability for several years to come, Is the prediction of Fen S. Walte, Portland livestock dealer, formerly of the Central Oregon bank, who has been making a brief busi ness trip through this section. Ranch ers, under the stress of declining values of the past year, and con fronted with the necessity ot rais ing money for tho satisfaction of obligations incurred lnt times when money was easier, have sold heavily. not only disposing of their matured market stock, but also selling off much young stuff and oven breeding stock, Walte stated. , Now, with prices showing an up-,, ward tendency, the Industry must be again built up, and this caaaot be done In a season, he pointed out. The number ot beet cattlo I n Central Oregon is far below narraAi, and sales ot lambs during the tall and winter "nave been markedly heavy, many growers marketing wlthont re gard to sex. In contrast to the cus tom of the careful sheepman In' nor mal times of saving the ewes. Not all ot these of course havo reached the market, many of the ewe Iambs finding thotr way into the flocks ot larger grower who sensed the ultimate trend of the In dustry and had sufficient capital to make it unnecessary for them to sac rifice chances for future Increase. These conditions are general, Walte has noted, hot he considers that In Central Oregon the livestock Industry will rapidly build up. Cen tral Oregon's advantages as a natur al feeding ground, both because ot the quality and quantity of hay pro duced, and because ot the rapid, easy run to the Portlandjfearket, make it especially desirable to bring In feed ers until the) natural Increase from the flocks -and herds 'of resident ranchers take'eare of the hay sur plus. MMAVtl MAI VI V W TRACT IS LOST POWER SITE SELECTED BY ltAIL WAY COSUUXY, THEN RELIN QUISHED, DENIED KWN STATE MENT BY DEPARTMENT. Reinstatement ot the selection or a tract ot land at Benbam Falls for a site, originally selected by tfc Northern Pacific Railway company and conveyed to the Bend Water, Light & Power Co., has been, denied by First Assistant Secretary Finney ot the department ot the Interior. The railway company had acquiesced when the selection was held for coa cellatlon by the land office. Lator, following, the colebrated "Wyoming" decision last year, the company applied for reinstatement; and it is this application whch Is dented, in tho face ot a withdrawal for power purposes .by tho govern ment and the disposal ot the base lands by the company, it Is under stood. BEND TO STAUFFER MAIL BjDS CALLED Not satisfied, wlwbliijproYjjMlir submitted, t he pos toff Ice (doparlit m has readvertlseds ff Qfhre .folf'J' X carrying of the tail! 'from" Bid"t StAuffer. Tho round trfp'"ia" d twice, a weekend the1 preAaVt'-fi ia .4;70 Vm. r?''' "P' r