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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1922)
MKND UOMiKTTN, IIKPfl), OHItaON, VJIUItHDAY, MAY 11, JOSS. rAOK a MAY SNOWFALL VANISHES WHEN THAW ATTACKS Late Storm Ih Genera Through County RESULTS BENEFICIAL Crop Ami ItmiK" llrlprd It)- I'rcclp Itnllon Drifting In Mlllln.n Vnllry Hfporli'il May lti-mril Kcl. Hnow which full steadily for Hourly IS hours imdlng nt 10 o'clock Tikih ilny morning, reached n iliiiith or 3,3 lnchi. Then Ilia tlmw begun, nmt street woro dry nnil t ho gront part of tliu froli fall had huitoil Into wuior by mid uftornoon, That (lui storm won general In Dos cliuton county win lou moil liy tola Phono reports, At Itodmoud, thu precipitation wnn approximately one Imlf of tlmt In Ilt'iul, imtl a tow miles north of Kcilinoinl thu snow conned mitlrcly, At l.n 1M no thu snow won ' no deeper than In Hand, and tha worst blocking of roads wnn reported from thn Mlllican valley, whoro mow drifted lindly. Mild wontliar ntlondod tlio storm tho minimum reached Mondny bo liiK only 28 degree. This, with tho liort lonKtli of tlmo during which thp now lay on tho ground, nmilo thn mow of tho snino vnluo to farms and range as a heavy rain, at tha same tlmo laying tho dust which was already becoming henry on rural V rocds and city streets. Hlirrji Pnilertnl Tho backward season proved a blowing In dltgulio, puttlnic off shearing much later than usual, re sulting In most of tho range sheep being left with thnlr winter fleeces erring ns u protection against tho snow. Today's snowfall hero of 3.3 Inches stands an a record fur (ho month of May In Hand, tho nearest approach being May 13, 1913, when two Inches fell, according to tha government roc urds, which go back to 1K10. Homo thing over nn I He'll fell In May, 191S, on thrva separata days; tho 8th, 11th and lllh. Only ona other snowfall In May was reported, a mora trace on May 8, 19 H. U. II. 5. SUNIUKS A It Hi CLEVER AS ACTORS "A Pair of HUrn" To Prim Hit In Two ri-rfornmnrrn Till Week Matlnco Thursday Tho uproarious situations of "A I'alr of. Sixes." high school senior class play, will bo cleverly enacted In thn two performances, this i attornoon ami r rway uvoning ai ino i .... r t .. I. .. 1 1 .1 1 i u.nM AlllVriCtlll I.VHIUII IMllllllUft, "B revealed In tha rohenrsnln this week. Krvln McNcal nnd I.oyd Hlakloy as tho quarreling partners arc extreme ly funny, nn well an playing tho parts In a naturnl mnnnor. Dorsoy Mooro plays tho leading femlnlna rolo In n charming mnnnor, whllo clover chnrncter acting Is dono by Dorothy Dodds, as tho Cockney . servant girl, Helon Mahoney as tho m eccentric ntenographor, nnd Mildred lloovor, ns tho Invontor's wlfo. Wilbur Wntklns has somo good opportunities for comedy In his rolo us a lawyer, and Elmor Johnson as "Mr. Applcnato," Gordon Valltchka nn n bonkkeopor, lleubon Nelson as a snlosman, Ilrynn Trlplott as an of fice boy, nnd Ourdon Dutt an tho shipping clerk, all havo clover parts E. M. THOMPSON ENDS LONG AUTO JOURNEY Itcturns to llviul Aftir B.BfKI Milo Winter Tour TliroiiKlt Tho South. Completing a 5,653 milo auto tour which startod on Novombor 19 whon be left, Dead for tho south In com pany with Dr. U. Forroll, H. M. Thompson has returned to tbo city 2 aftor spending the winter and spring In Southern California, New Moxlco, and Arizona. On tho return trip from Ban Diego, mado by way ot Portland, Thompson was accompan ied by II. M. Horton. This soctlon ot tbo tour, 1700 miles, took two weeks, Thompson stated. During his ontlro Journoy, Thomp son was unnblo to rocall any car troublo, although ho did uso up two sots of tires. Ills only mishap oc curred whon hit auto wus mlrad down on an Arlionu road for SO hours. For tho most part, roads In Ariz- ona and Now Moxlco rosomblo trails rathor than highways, Thompson said,, ANCIENT TOWER IS TORN DOWN Landmark Erected In 1905 FuIIh Supported Firel Water Tank Here. Onn of Ilund'n oldest Inudmnrkn foil Hnlurdiiy when thu tower hulll In 1005 to support thu city's first wntur storage tunic, on thu hill now occuplud by tho Ht. Charles hospltnl, wns torn down by M, J, Danlulson, nl thn Instiincn of T. II, Koloy, man rigor of thn Hand Wutor, Light fc Power Co, Until this towor wns built, Henri's water supply depended on "Lucky" Dnldwlii ii nil his tmim of horses. Knch morning lhildwln drove about tho city with bis wutor wagon and filled the fiuilly barrel on payment of 2t cents, Homo people bought a bnrrat of wutcr every other dny, but most of them took a barrel every day. Then enma tho Hand Water, Light & Power Company, to build tho big lower and 30,000 gallon lank, freighting In from Hhuitlko much of tho material. Knrvlca through tho new water mains begun July 28, 1005, Among men who worked In building tha tower who nro still In Hand nro L. M, Mcltoynolds, Anton Auno and Theodora Auno, Thu tank was lu pluco until four yearn ago, nt which tlmo It wns dis mantled. Tho towor wns torn down at the request of tho HUtars of tit Joseph, who wanted It dono at this tlmo so that It would not Inter tutor fora with their garden, Just west of tho tower foundation. OFFICIALS HERE ON SCAHIES CAMPAIGN Eradication of DNonno of Klircp Till KraMin Is Purpura of Wool Urtiwrrs. To survey tha general situation In Central Oregon nt tha outset of tha 1923 campaign agnlnst scab among sheep In this section of tho stato, Dr, W. II. Lytic, stntu veterinarian, and Dr. J. O. Kxllno, of Spokane, of tho U. H. bureau of anlmnl Industry, ar rived In Horn! Tuesday. Thoy wera last In Ilond at tho mooting ot natlonnl forest graxlng permittees, at which tlma plans wera made with or adlcatlon of scab thin season as tho coal. Tho work Is being directly super vised lu this district by Dr.. II. A Parsons, government veterinarian undor Dr. Kxllno. COUNTY LIBRARY'S BRANCHES MARKED Tho county library Is putting up signs on Its stations reading "Dos chutes county library stntlon," painted In marine, bluo atid whlto. 8overnl stntlon In school houses and two In lumber camps havo closed for tho summor, but they will ro-opon In tha fall. Now books which nro ready for circulation ara Included In tho fol lowing lists: Nov Fiction on Pay Hlieif Illndloss "Mnn From tho Wilds." Mojor "Ood and Woman-" Evartn r"8etlllng of tho Sago." Qrlmshaw "Conn ot tho Coral Seas." Martin "March On." Quick "Vnndomnrk's Polly." Sinclair "Hlddon Places." Torhuno "Illnck Oold." Travel Doobo "Edgo of tho Jungle." Chnuvolot "Mystorlous India," Kranck "Working North FrQin Pptngonln." Froomnn "Down tho Columbia." O'Noll "Advonturos In Swazi land." Stroot, "Mystorlous Jupnn." Children's Fiction Annrud "Llsboth Longfrock." Aldrlch "Story ot a Uad Hoy." Darrlo-r-"Petor nnd Wondy." Drown "John ot tho Woods." Brown "Socro.t of tha Clan," Burnett "Sacrot Oardon." Da La Ilamo "Dog ot Flanders." DU "Morryllps." Drummond "Monkey that Would Not Kill." Du Dois "Kllnor Arden, Royal ist." Duncan "Advonturos ot Wily Topsail." Fisher "Understood Botsy." French ''Story of Qrottlr tho Strong." Hawos "Groat Quest." Hawos "Mutlnaers," Hoyllcor "High Ponton." Hunt "Llttla Houso in tho Woods, Kurd "Whon She Camo Homo From tColloge." Klpllng'Captalns Courageous." Jnoobs "Texas Dluo Donnot." Jowott "Dotty Loicostor," Johnson "Stover at Yolo," Ardent Rooter Given Back Money He Gave For Scoring; B. H. S. Ball Players Learn Of Amateur Rules Onn of Ilond high school's nr dent rootors bus bocomu posses sor of two silver dollars to which ho hod glndly snld fnrowell ovur n week ngo, Porhnps thoy nro not thu somo dollars, but ho has thorn, nnywny. , It happened nt Madras In tho lust giimn of tho Central Oregon conference bunohnll season, aftor Ilond hud already iron tho tltlo. Mudrnn was leading by ono run, and ICd Norcott was on first basa. "I'll glvo you a dollar if you scoro," shouted a frenzied rooter, O. A Ilushong by mime. "I'll glvo you u dollar If you bring him In," ho shouted to James McNcely, ut the bat. McNooly drovo a long fly over center field, nnd am Id tho bowl ings of tho Ilond delognllon, both romped homu, Thon, not being diamond lawyers, -and entirely In nocent ns regards tho profession alism rule, tho players collected from liiishong. Today request for Information about tho occurrence camo from Principal Onbriol of tbo Madras high school. McNcely and Nor cott hnd a conferenco with Miss Harriett Umbaugh, principal of tho local school, and then sought out liushong nnd returned tho money. Hero tho Incident ends, eayn Miss Umbaugh, tho boys hav ing taken steps to keep their ama teur standing. No charges of any sort will bo filad, ns tho gamo was tho last of tho season, tha cham pionship having previously been decided, ORDERS SWAMPING SIXPEED FACTORY It.'O TriuiMiilnNlon Di'vlri-N Necdcii To Catch Up With Drrnnnd, Hnyn Malinger. With SO Slxpceds on the total pro duction to dato, tho Pond Transmis sion Company is ulrcady swamped with orders, Is tha declaration at Carl A, Johnson, manager of Pond's now Industry. "Wo need 3S0 right now," bo said, adding that tho number or inquiries coming from all along tho coast Indlcato that tbo domand will steadily Increase. Many Ford car owners In Uend and Central Oregon will Install tho now dovlco as noon as transmissions can bo purchased, Johnson has been assured, Put It In Tbo Bulletin. BADGES RECEIVED BY BEND HIGH ATHLETES Itllibon badges for tho athletes who took second plnco lu events of the track meet at Prlncvillc Friday wcro received at tbo high school Tuesday. James McNcoly will receive five ot theso badges, ono being for partici pation lu tho relay. Elmer Johnson will receive two, and Kd Norcott, Lynn Kribbs and Gerald Hicks will rocolvo ono each. NATIONAL FOREST STARTS NEW WORK Iload location and establishment ot a road camp was tho purpose of a trip taken to tbo Dig River ranger station Monday afternoon by H. L. Plumb, supervisor ot tho Deschutes National forest. Ranger Roy Mit chell, nnd Frank May. SPEED UP CONSTRUCTION OF UNION OIL TANKAGE PLANT Crew of 22 Men Employed In Effort To Complete Task By June 1. In an effort to complete construc tion of tho Union Oil n.o, tankago and wnrchouso plant by Juno 1, at which tlmo tho company wishes to commanco actual operations here, C. R, Watson, construction superintend ent, has nt work a crow of 22 men, and will Increase tho number as soon as materials arrlvo In sufficient quantity to mako It practicable. Foundations for the flvo tanks, each of 20,000 gallons capacity, and for tho warehouse, 40 by CO feet lu dimensions, the garage, with room for six trucks, and tho office, are all being constructed, and concrete was poured Monday. The warehouse is in the northwest corner ot tho lot recently purchased from the Drooks-Scanlon Lumber Co., and fronts both on tho new spur track which woo constructed last wock, and on tho Dallen-Callfornta highway, directly across from tho Ilond Iron Works plant. Tho offlco and garage also front on Scott street, tho approach to tha highway, whllo tho tanks aro on higher ground and closo to tha spur track, thora being room for a pump houso between. Tbrco of tho tanks will bo used for storing gasollno, ono for distil lato and ono for kerosene Watson stated. Other tanks may be erected later. Tho. warehouse and Kara go will bo built ot corrugated Iron. A woven wire fence will enclose tho entire plant. ROAD TO PORTLAND GOOD ALL THE WAY Roads between Bend and Portland are In good shapo for tho cntlro 'dis tance, reports C. P. Niswonger, who has returned from a trip to the val ley city. There is only ono short stretch of bcl road, a now grade at Antelope hill. Expert Tire Repairing Cord Tire repairing our specialty. We repair Cords the factory way. SEE WILLETS For Satisfaction KING BROS. Batteries and Vulcanizing Diamond Grid and Lincoln Seal BATTERIES $20.00 AN U "Let The Kings Serve You KING BROS Batteries and Vulcanizing TEe New Line of Diamond Tires THK "SQUEEGEE" PADRIO A line which offers a variety of design and type and at the same time squarely meeting the new buying creed of "Price plus Quality." A good purchase whether from the standpoint ofv APPEARANCE, PERFORMANCE or ECONOMY. 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