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PAQK 8
FOREST VALUE
ISEMPMS
ZED
TO BEND CLUB
Much of Timber Cost Goes
Inlo Payroll, Says Allen
8T1LT.WKL1S CXINt'KSSION
UKA1 IX OOUKT TOIMV
(Continued from PnKQ 1.)
MUST -'JgKEVENT LOSS
Commercial Itodv Hoars l'lurcs On
Logging Costs Anil Damage lly
l'iro Anil llcotlc t'our
li IIpaiI Speaks.
Declaring that prosporlty Is lnrge
ly governed liy tho pay roll dollar
biuI thnCJUiopnyroll of Ileml, based
on the lumber industry calls special
ly to allenUbn tho necessity for pro
tection of tho national forests, II. E.
Allen of tho Ilrooks-Scanlou Lumbor
Co., addressed the Bond Commercial
club nt lUwoekly forum meeting
Wednesday, readlug from n detailed
report on lumber production. Ap
proximately 88 per cont of produc
tion cost, according to Allen, goes for
labor.
"Tho vital part played by labor
In the financial condition of this
country places a diroct responsibil
ity on the' shoulders of every person
who goes into the forest to aid In
preventing destruction by flro," said
Allen. "Tho loss to the community
and country1 at large by destruction
of any property by llro is a direct
waste and the destruction of timber
is a groator loss and effects more
generally tho entire Inhabitants of a
community than any other kind of
property loss. Timber is tho back
bone of tiro lumber' Industry, the
foremost Industry In the northwest.
Once it Is destroyed by fire It can
not be replaced short of a century.
In the destruction of 1,000,000 board
feet of timber we have the loss of
the expenditure of approximately
$36.40, the money It would take to
convert that amount of timber Into
the finished product and put It
aboard cars.
"Even a small fire will destroy
many millions of feet of timber in
a few hours. If we wish to protect
our lumber industry we must all
fight hard against the spreading of
forest fires."
CoUnian Akx Cooperation
J. II. Haner of the Deschutes
County Fire association also gave
concrete figures showing how the
loss of' timber by fire resulted In a
direct loss to every business in the
community.
J. H. Melstcr, logging superintend
ent of The Shevlln-Hlxon Company,
spoke of the damage done to the for
est by the pine beetle. He pointed
out that through a recent survey of
the situation It has been found that
the Insect works to better advantage
in the timber that is surrounded by
thick underbrush or where the
ground is deeply covered with pine
needles. Melstcr also spoke on the
grave necessity of guarding against
forest fires.
"Co-operation between labor and
employers will mean a great deal in
aiding to diminish carelessness about
fires In the timber by loggers," said
Norman F. Coleman president of the
Four L's, a visitor in tho city. "If
the men arc brought to realize that
the loss of the timber will affect
them as much as the owners they
will exercise more care In protecting
It." The protection of timber is of
interest to humanity and through
education only can Its advancement
be hopedjor."
The high school base ball team
was reptepenled by Clarence Gould
who expressed appreciation for the
co-operation given by the Bend mer
chants In .aiding in tho payment of
n coach fpr'tbls season. He also
asked that the nend business houses
close bc-Hvceu the hours of 2 to 6
o'clock' Friday afternoon during tho
game between Bend and MadrgB. Act
ing on this request Clarence Mann
helmer .moved the club go on rec
ord 'as favoring the closlug and L.
Antics, authorized to speak for M.
V, Cashmainand J. H. Power of the
' J. C. Penney Co. seconded tho mo
tion. The'motlon was approved by
the club, Final announcement of
the closing will be made after all
merchant's have been interviewed.
H. L. PJ'uinb, forest service super
visor, whd presided at today's lunch
eon, -said that B0 per cent of the
fires of last year were man caused.
In 1921, however, the percentage was
reduced ;to C0f he said, predicting
that , If.it t cT forest fire prevention
campaign is continued each year It
will, be iiure' to have a most desirable
ef fjo'oii the education Of tho public.
ipkr, :
Poverty,. Sometimes Beneficial.
Poverty ',!"' uncomfortable, as I my
self 'c!mi'(eallfy; but nine times out
of ten the best tiling that cun happen
to n young man is to he tossed over
board nnd compelled to sink or swim
for himself. Jiinies A. Onrleld.
"Wo'll havo to get rlil nt tho old
man; lib's caught us inooiishinlng."
Stillwcll had no Idea of the way in
which Weston Intended to get rid
or Krug until tho night of Krug's
death. When ho learned, ho pro
tested, ho said under persistent ques
tioning, lie disclaimed any intention
to take any part In causing Krug'a
death, or to share In tho money
which ho said Weston expected to
get nt tho Krug homo.
Quizzing lA-nglliy
That cross-oxnnilnnUon of Still
well would continue for souiu 1 1 mo
further was stated by Attorney Col
lier nt tho closo of court nt noon, af
ter ho had questioned tho witness nil
of the morning and for n short tlmo
Tuesday.
Shortly nftor tho morning recess,
Collier sought to introduce a con
slderablo portion of tho record of
tho preliminary hearing before Jus
tico J. A. Eastes, by reading it Into
tho questions nsked of Stlllwell; but
nn objection prevented his Introduc
ing more than one question at a time.
A discrepancy In StlllwcH's state
ments regarding Weston's motives,
at tho hoarlng and yesterday, was
brought out. Tho first statement
was that he said ho would do It to
get Krug's money nnd some timber,
tho second that It was because of
Krug's knowledge of tho moonshlu
ing operations.
?nys Story Oft Itepoatcil
StillweU's original testimony ns to
Weston's retolltng the story of tho
murder at almost every meal, to him
nnd Wilson, witness declared as true.
Stillwcll had nover reminded Weston
In Wilson's presence that he. Still
well, had been present: but ho
thought Weston hnd onco told Wil
son of It In his. presence. Stillwcll
had never mentioned it to anyoun
until arrested in Portland recently,
he said.
Weston told on these occasions of
having tortured Krug by holding his
feet to the fire, said Stillwcll, but
declared this was not true.
Stlllwell did not seo Weston carry
ing a club on the way to the sccno of
the murder, but later heard Weston
say that he had taken it from the
mill, he said. He distinctly saw
Weston strike Krug over tho head
with a club. Ho saw no gun, but
Weston could have had one. He
thought Weston had carried tho rope
with him from the mill.
The only conversation on the way
to Krug's cabin was regarding hid
ing their tracks, said Stillwcll. Neith
er spoke to Krug until after Weston
struck him, he said. Weston used
only one hand In felling Krug, who
was about StillweU's size, the latter
stated. Stlllwell saw no blood on
Krug's head afterward.
Krug asked no questions on re
gaining consciousness, said Stlllwell.
He said nothing about rheumatism,
but did say that he had no money
there; that it was all in tho bank.
Weston did not say he would let him
go if he gave them money, said Stlll
well. Weston placed tho rag over Krug's
mouth and nose, and tied It at tho
back of his head, said Stlllwell. Krug
denied having told anyone about the
moonshlning, and later said that he
had some money on the table, he re
called. Weston had never told what
he found on the table, or what ho
took from it, he said.
Next morning they arose before
dawn, said Stlllwell. Stillwcll re
marked about n peculiar odor com
ing from the slough.
"I expect It's Krug," was Wes
ton's reply, ho said.
A little later Weston said "I'm
going over to Krug's for eggs."
He returned without the eggs, and
said "Krug's cabin is burned, and
Krug Is dead. I'll go and tell the
authorities," and did so, said Stlll
well. He did not see Weston again
until the coroner's inquest, he said.
Witness Niwous
Hands and facial muscles nervous
ly twitching, his body shivering and
trembling despite the warmth of the
room, George Stlllwell, admitted
moonshiner, declared in court hero
yesterday that he was an eye witness
to the killing of Ilobert II. Krug on
the night of March 24, at the ranch
home of the aged hermit. A. J. Wes
ton, on trial for second degree mur
der of Krug, killed the old man,
strangling him with a strip of rag
three times in an effort to get money,
death resulted after the third time,
the witness stated adding that ho
aided Weston In placing the body on
a bed, Weston a moment later sot
ting fire to the house.
In detail Stlllwell told of tho walk
from the Joe Wilson mill at Bisters
where ho and WeBton wore working,
to the Krug cabin on the night of
tho tragedy, A confirmed Inebriate,
ha had been plied with liquor by
Weston during tho attornoon, and
had been given another bottle to
drink on tho way to tho Krug homo,
ho said. Krug's death had been sug
gested by Weston, nnd Stlllwell had
domurrod, hut had been threatened
with death If ho did not accompany
tho plotter, ho said. Weston had
planned buforohnnd to do nwny with
Krug, after tho old man hnd visited
thq mill nnd septi tto luoonalilnlng
operations 'which were going on, tho
wltiioas said, Nervously, in response
tci a question, lio liu'Ucated Weston
to tho state's attorney,
Sujs King Asked Mercy
After tho two hnd gonu Inlo (ho
main room of tho Krug homo,' ac
cepting tho hermit's Invitation, they
watted for a while until Krug fin
ished his supper In the cook house.
They stood near .tho firoplaco wait
ing for their host. As liu uutored,
Weston struck hhn on I lie hcml with
a club, nnd ho fell on his hack,
sttinned,i .Stlllwoll said. Weston
turned tho unconscious man over and
commanded his companion to tlo him.
"1 couldn't," Stlllwell said, "so Mr.
We.iton tied his lunula behind him,
nnd used tho other end of tho ropo
to tlo his foot."
"1 always thought you were n
friend of mine; if you're going to
kill me, kill mo quick," Stlllwell
quoted Krug ns saying.
Westou domanded money, accord
ing to tho witness, telling Krug that
ho hud reported them for moonshln
ing, and that thoy needed $500 to
get out of the country. "Then Mr.
Weston choked him with n strip of
cloth, or a towel," Stlllwell went on.
"Mr. Krug said ho didn't havo any
money and offerod Mr. Weston n
JG00 check. I said, 'why not take
It,' but Mr. Weston said I was talk
Ing very foolish. Then he tightened
up on him a second time. He told
me to tnko oft Mr. Krug's shoes and
we'd put his feet In tho flro and make
him give up his money. I started to
do It, but something attracted my at
tention and I didn't."
Fine. Exploded SliolW
Weston "tightened up" iigaliw and
Krug told him whero ho could find
what little money was In the place,
said Stlllwell. Weston followed di
rections, going to a dark corner of
tho room and rummaging among
some papers. Krug lay still us ho re
turned. Weston stooped over Krug
listened, thon "tho old man's dead,"
Stlllwoll said ho announced.
Under directions from his com
panion, Stillwcll helped Weston place
tho body on tho bed, and watched
Weston gather magazines and sot
fire to tho house. They left the
place and from the sheltor of nearby
trees, waited until tho flames
mounted skyward, Stlllwoll related.
Thoy heard the explosion of many
cartridges, detonated by the 'heat.
Just beforo Krug's death, the wit
ness said, he had started to go, but
Weston had detained him with the
threat that If ha did, he would be
left with Krug.
Under questioning from State's At
torney W. P. Myers, Stlllwoll turned
from direct to circumstantial evi
dence. A few days after the flro
which destroyed tho Krug home,
Weston exhibited a $300 note which
he declared the Krug estate would
never realize on unless It was reg
istered. Cross examination was conducted
as n test of StillweU's memory. He
told Defense Attorney John A. Col
lier that he was 52 years old, a sheep
herder, ranch hand, and distiller by
trade, but wob hazy as to where ho
had worked or the length of tlmo
prevloiiH to his going to the Wilson
mill.
"I worked nil that summer herd
ing sheep, ho said, and In responso
to questions said that he did not
know whero his employer lived. "It
was Just wherever tho sheep lived,"
he added.
"When was that," Collier asked,
"In tho summer of 1919."
Are you sure of that?", queried
the attorney.
Stlllwell thought a moment. "No,
1918," ho corrected.
He had known Wilson, who will
later appear as a witness for tho
state, for 1C years, ho said. Weston
had hired him to go to tho mill, ho
Informed his questioner, but shortly
after admitted that Wilson had hired
him. Wilson wanted him to show
them how to mnko moonshine, ho
said, and had told him that previous
attempts of tho kind at the mill had
resulted in failure. Weston remained
In Bend for a week whllo Stlllwell
was setting up tho still and helping
Wilson to get tho mill ready for tho
spring opening, the wltnoss said,
II. H. Hamilton, in his opening
statement for the prosecution, fore
cast StillweU's testimony, and de
clared that the state would show
that tho morning after tho alleged
crime, Weston wont to the Krug ca
bin for tho ostensible purpose of
getting eggs, but in reality to make
sura that tho building and his vic
tim had been destroyed by the
flames. The state would prove that
to establish his visit, Weston left
his bucket a short distance from the
ruins of tho cabin, then went to tho
Tomes ranch, called up Sisters and
Instructed tho oporator to notify tho
officers of the flro. Tostimony would
show, ho Maid, that 'Weston had so
cured a pistol Hovoral days beforo
tho tragedy.
"About March 24, 1919, Krug
probably mot his death; In what
manner I do not know," commontod
Collier In outlining the. case .of tho
dufiuiRo. "I im Informod that (iio
ea.hlli burned, '
I'AVo will show I hut Westou went
to'tpo cabin on the intoning of tho
25tlt on n lawful mlHon, Hint' lifl
notified tho nutliorltloH, aided. In tho
Investigation, and wnn a. member of
tho coroner's Jury. No "word was
said about murder until 19 months
after, nnd after Joo Wilson hnd ser
ved a Bontuiiro in tho Multnomah
county Jail and had been released,"
Itererriug to Stlllwoll and Weston,
tho slate's star wlt'uoKHon, Collier
stated that nil tho reports concurr
ing his client came from "tho name
polluted source."
W. N, Cobb, resident of Sisters
for forty years, was tho stnto'H first
wltnoss. He hnd known Krug, and
testified that on March 2 4 or 2ft,
tho Krug cnhlu had burned to the
ground. There was no cms exam
ination. Implicit confidence In thu Jury wnn
shown by Circuit Judgo T. K. J. Duf
fy when ho nuuouhccd at thu closing
of court Tuesday that thu 12
men selected would not bo In
char go of n bailiff, and would not
oven bo kopt togethor until thu case
was delivered Into their hands.
The Jury is composed of A. E, Ba
ther, A. II, l.cnry, Emll Anderson,
Thomas Sharp, II. W. McKcndo,
John C. Hill, 1). (), McPhursou, Ural
Coyner, J. C. llhodes, (1. J. Addlnk,
Prince Staats, and Cllen (1. aoodmnn,
OAXCK KTOItY DKMKI)
Through an error, a story printed
In the last Issue of the Weekly Bul
letin reported a dancing party at
Terrcbouuu as given by tho llnbekah
lodge. Officers of tho lodge state
that no affair of the kind wnn given
under their auspices, nnd that no
dance Is being planned for the future
LlTIIKItAN SEUVIIKS
S. A. SteiiKcth of tho Lutheran
church will hold prcachlliif services
nt tho Pleasant llldge community
hall nt 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
NOTICE OF NIIEItlPK'H HA1.K
tlv virion nf nti nv,,iillnn ilnlv In.
sued hy tho clerk of tho circuit court
of llin rmintv nf I)ifliiilit ufntn nf
Oregon, dated tho 19th day of April
in n certain action in tno cir
cuit court for said county and state,
wherein Ilrooks-Scanlon Lumber
Company, a corporation, as recovered
ludcmenL uirniiiHt M. W. Wnetmr. fnr
the sum of $193.70, and costs and
disbursements taxed nt $30. to, and
attorney's fees In the sum of $100,
Bulletin Waul Ads bring results
try them.
on the lPlh duy of Apill, lO'Jil.
Notlco Is hereby nlveii Unit I will
oh the 3pth day of May. 1U33, nt tun
froutitotir of tho court house III Ileml
In said County, nt 10 o'clock In I in
forenoon of said day. mill nt imlilla
unction to tho blithest bidder, for
cash, tho following described prop
oily, to-wlt:
Lots till on (3) four (I) nnd flvn
(ti) In block Ion (10) of Park nil
dlllon lo Bond, according to tho pint
thereof on file nnd of record In tint
office of tho county dork of Des
chutes county, OioK'in. Taken and
levied II poll us the propel ty of the
said M. W. Wiignor or as much there
of its may bo lioroHmuy to satisfy the
said Judgment In favor of llrnokn.
Scnnlnn Lumber Company, a corpor
ation, agaliiht said M. W. Wagner
with Interest thereon, together with
nil costs and illHbiirsi'tiieiits thai have
or may accrue,
H. E. UOIIEUTrt.
Sheriff.
Dated nt Ileml, Oregon. April 19,
1922.
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Repair Work on Ford
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In line with the tendency to bring down all costs of living,
we are .cutting down all labor charges on Ford car repairs but
we arc not reducing the wages of our men.
The following figures on a few major operations will give
you an idea of the new prices reductions made in proportion
nil along the line:
LA HOIl ONLY
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Reline Transmission Bands d $3.00
Grinding Valves and Clean Carbon - - - - $3.00
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Y
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