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WEEKLY EDITION THE BEND BULLETIN. VOI. A'.V I1KND, IIKSOIIUTKB COUNTY, OIIBOON, 1 lll'ltHDA V. .11. KV lit, IMS2 NO. 20 4. PUSSYFOOTING WRONG TACTICS DECLARES WEST Action Needed for Railroad Development. 4FAVORS U. P. SYSTEM Will M win Most for Oregon If (liven lmiire, H)n r.(Joeriior In Addre Ilefore Itenil Com menial ('lull. "Till I mi time fur iuy feint li Ing," declared ox-governor OkwiiIi! Went ul llm ('(iiuiniirclnl club forum meeting yesterday noon during tliu rourn of III discussion of llm Huuth. ern-Coiitritl I'nrlflc nil-merger sltiiu Hun mill tint net Ion Mini nhniil be Ink. .Ml In llm Interest of thn development of runt ml inn) mmi lifii.lorii Oregon ''It I n tlinn for itvory mini lo f I ml out where In1 KtmiiU mill to ko down lli linn tor Hint rum! Unit will help lilt rommillilty." Ttmt tliu roiul Hint will ilo tin most for the development of nil Oregon, If Klvnii llm opportunity, wiik Hid ' rnlon 1'nclfli: wn Mr. Went' until. mi'iil developed In tlm roiirin of n luglcil iri'iiiHtloii of tint riillronil mUiiuiIoii. "Tlii- t'lilon Pacific will not It it lid ucro tlm lnt" mile It lias ncccHK to Hip Wlllnmilto vullity," Iia milil, "mul to get Into t lit valley It should Imvo tliu Natron cut-off line of Hiu Central I'nclflr. Till ciinnec Hon would moku, KliKrun n city of r.O, (100 people," liu nnUl. ''mul. would do n grout bomiflt in' tlm rent of tliu ntnte," Outline ItnllroiKl HUlnry Mr. Wet began hi remark liy outlining tlm history of Hiu ownor nlilp of tlm Hirer ronil Involved Hint IimI tii lo tin' recent Htiprume court dorlalqn ordering Hie dissolution of ownership. At Hik present time, hn iMlntrd out, thero worn two tit-t Ioiih Involvitit, oiui of construction mul ono of rote, Tlm construction Hint would follow Union Pacific entry lulo wont ern Oregon would benefit Hi' lid no fnr uh vulluy mul Cnllfomlii iolut worn concerned mid do It no linrm In It competitive hUuiiIIiiii with K lit mat li Fall since li Hue would ho hulk to Hiihm hvIIIm from Hint point giving It i"iii..l ml ii Into eastern territory. Tlm rourriitu niikkoxIIoii offered hy thn speaker for Iniliii'dliitu iictlou wn t hul tho roitiiiiou Interest of Central 4 Oregon ho nscorloliied mul thn effort then niiidc to Mteiiro nn itdoptlou of llm program l' Hi" Wlllnmotln val ley Wlintovor thu Commnrclnl cluh iloen, Mr, Went Intimated Hint ho In tended to curry on hi flKlit for Hi" Holiillon best for Control Oregon, uy Ini! Hint ho would ho glnd to meet any rnllrooil uttnriitiyti, "forolRn or do nii'Ktlc," to urguo tlm question In volved miywhoro In tho Btnto, Valley Coniiiftloii Urged In niiHwer to questions Wont mild Hint ho thoiiKlit while ho would fav or a lino direct to Crane from llend there wn llttlo to chooso mi far an llend wn concerned biitwoon Hint lino ami ono hy tliu way of Odoll. "Ilut don't Hlop to figure on 'Hint," bu-urguod. "Vou'vo i;ot to Rot tho Union I'nclflr. Into thn Willamette vnlloy beforo you Kut uny lino across eastern OroRiin. nntl you've got to Kct buy and work for Hint now." Attracted hy tho announcement of thn i.illroud iIIkciikhIoii hy ux-gnvor-nor Wnt nn unusiiully Inrga nunilior wnB present nt tho luncheon. Iluforo tho spunking begun MIh Doloro Cat low tmui; two hoIoh, iircoiupnulod on tho piano hy Minn Alice Stockmou. FIRE IN TIMBER IS CAUSED BY CAMPERS Four ncroB or limner wore nurnuu ovor near Kqunro lake Wednesday hy it flro tltotiRlit to Imvo hoon started hy carolooHn camper. Klnvon men worn Haul out from Sister hy ItaiiRer l'orry Houth, ami liy MlKlit tho bluzo wiih under control. .1. E. IIINTON SHEEP ON WAY TQ RANGE Throo bands of Bbnop belonRliiB to J. M. Illitton of Blinj'iJltlo arrived In llond Thursday nlglit by train ami. snro now range Huntlnml on tholr way to .tho Bummop 0to bund wlir.itrti.p onjtho rni-iil''nml.twflMlltir.wetlt.Qr i no summit on mo ua.cuua mmm. TIMBER PURCHASED HY LOCAL COMPANY ItiookwHrnnloii IiiIcicbIn Ai'iiilii 2,lltl,0IHI fli t of Vellow mid b IiIkIro I'olo I'lne. I'OIITLANI), July 8. Tho Ilrook. Hcnnloli I.uirtber Co, of llend him pur chtned a tract of timber on tho Deit chutoH nntlonul forest, ndjacent lo It former hold I nit, totnllnic 2,410, 000 hoard feat of wentern yellow plno and lodRH polo plno. Tho purchano wn uiailo throuKh llir dlntrlct forctor' ortlco heri', nc co nil me to Fred IC. Ami', nlHtnut dlritrlct forenter In cliurne of timber huIch. I'rlcp pttld Worn $3, SO u (liounand feet for yellow pine, nml two cont each (or lodge polo He. KELLER SUICIDE JURY'S VERDICT Despondency Over Ap proaching Blindness Prompted Act. A vcnllet of suicide wn roliirned Hliortly buforo noon Tuendny by a cor oner' Jury drawn In the cno of Al bert Keller, need 68 yearn, who came to hi death .Monday nlf.lit nt tho homo of hi ntepon. Dr. Paul Woer ner, nn HI. Helen' place. The lniUi't wu iniido ncceruinry hy tho fact Hint Keller wn a Herman "object, and record wore required In cuo official lnforii)ltHoit nliuilld be denlred by the Ourmpil gore riiment. MVhllo'iolher niotuhcr of tho fum liy and KUcM wore at dinner Monday nlRht, Keller In hi room on the sec ond floor, fired two hot, tho first apparently to lest tho riiii, the second bullut nasi Inn tlirour.li tho brain, causlne death." Dr. Wooriior. hi cousin, Dr. Krwln Dlclsclie, and Fath er (labrlel IliirrliiRlon run hit I up utalrs, found that Keller wa already dead, then culled city and county officer. A few moment beforo the tragedy, Dr. DlelHcho hud roihi to Keller' room and knocked on tho door, In teudlni: to link lilm lo join the party at dinner. The only reply wn, "Ye, yen, don't bother mo." Ceinmii Miijur Keller' act I attributed to de spondency caused by rapidly up proachliiK hllndnes mid the fncl of hi dependency on hi Htopaon lnce 1912. Ho hud formerly been wealthy. Ilo was frequently moroso and had on two occiiHloiin threatened to kill hlmnclf, It wu testified at the In quest. Ilo wu it native of I'forchelm-Ilnd-en, In (lermnny, mid hud spent sev eral year In ArKentlna before com Iiir to Hit country. He wu hlRhly educated mid n Rifted lltiRUlst. Ho hud attained the rank of major In tho Herman army, Mr. Kollor 1 now In KrolburK linden, havliiR left two month iiro to vlul t friend nml relative. Her bun band had refused to accompany her, hut hi mental condition hud nrown worse utter her departure. Hervlce were hold nt 11:30 o'clock yestordny morning In Pilot llutto comutery with Father HarrliiR ton li the offlclutliiK mlnUter. PLAN TO PLANT MOOSE-BLOCKED BurghduiT Still in Favor of Stocking, However, He Writes Lodge. After receiving from tho llend Mooko IoiIro a letter of commenda tion for tho action of the stuto Ramo commlHloii In making nrruiiRomoutH to Block tho country about tho bond wnloi'H of tho Deachtitca rlvor with tho animal front which the frntonyil order taken Uh homo, Htnto Onmo Wnrdon A. H. lluiKluluff linn written tho llend lodge, BtutliiK Hint "somo ono Iiiih thrown a fitonltoy wronch Into his plaiiB,'1 mid Hint ns ti rOHttlt I ho briiiKliiR of liiooHo to Central Ore. Ron Hit yonr Ib oxtromoly doubtful. ito'lins not Klvon up tho plan, how civdr, for lio cotiHldora tho mooso to hond or'Amtjftcu'a most aplondld mmv nhlmn'la, atul tho country 6-' joo'iMI(ienriforiilantltiB,'ho nuelbuB MILL EMPLOYE IS TRAPPED IN SHAVINGS BIN Ernest Fulton Suffocated in Fuel House. FIREMEN AID SEARCH Attempt to I'm' I'ulmotor Set at NiiiirIiI by Dust lllocklnx Air I'iinsiikch Wife anil Ttto Clillilrcn Hurvlve. Overwhelmed hy ton of wet huv Iorm sliding down tho Incline In the fuel house of the Ilrooks-Hcanlon Lumber Co. plant, Krncsl Fulton, aged Hi yearn, wa pinned against a timber at tho bottom of tho Incline und suffocated buforo help could reach him, late .Sunday afternoon. When the body wn found, an effort wu mnde to use a pulinoter, but tho mouth, iiojii nml deeper air passage were so lightly clogged with wood cl tint n to niuko this ImposHlblo. Fulton, a resaw man In tho mill, wu OHslitlnR Fireman C. T. Dcniil III the bolter room Hundny. To ward evening, several Ion of nliav I li K stuck on the Incline, and Fulton wont to loosen it. A partition di vide the boiler room nod tho shav ing chute, swinging door, two feet IiIrIi by four feet wide, hinged at the top, allowing the shaving to flow from tho outer bin on to conveyer operating to feed the fire. HIinvlitK Slide Trap Wet shavliiK frequently stick on the Incline, and for such cue tho llreman's helper I provided with a long pole. A nn uddltlonul safe guard, a ropo I suspended from tho celling to bo within reuch of u inn n who might bt-cnught for-n-mo nirnt In n sudden fall of shaving, but Fulton wa apparently unable to reuch tho Hue. Moro than three feet of shaving covered him, while tons more pushing him against u timber In tho partition, mnde It Im possible for him to forco IiIh way up. Flro I)eai1liieiit Oilletl After Fulton hud gone to tho chute, ho wu not missed hy Dentil ut first. Then search fulled to tils closo lilm. Tho mill plant on Sunday I pructlcnlly deserted, and trouble with one of the holler made it neces sary to secure moro holp. A call was sent In to tho telephone exchange, and the operator notified tho flro de partment. From a hole In the roof, Wllnrd Houston wn lowered to tho bottom of tho chute mid worked for 30 minute in nn effort to free tho body, whjch wa finally recovered by shoveling out shavings from tho doorway. A physician' examination showed that Fulton had been dead for at leant 20 minute. Fulton I survived by a wlfo und two small children. Ho had been n resident of Uend for several years, being employed for tho greater part of Hint tlmu In tho mills. The body Is to bo shipped to Enterprise. CRANE PRAIRIE WORK IS BEGUN Camp Established and Dig ging for Dam Founda tion Started. Work on tho digging of n cutoff trench for tho foundation of tho dam which will convert Cruna pralrlo Into a storage reservoir for tho reclama tion of 20,000 acres of land la under way, John Dubois, resldont engineer for tho North Cunnl Co, stated Mon day morning. A camp bus been estab lished for 00 men, but bo mo delay la being caused whllo n ear lond of equipment la being waited for. Clearing of tho reservoir alto will lio uiulorlnkou next year utter tho reservoir Ib rJvoii a final tost to dom onstnito Uh water holding properties. HOLLANDERS HERE ON AN AUTQ TOUR II, S. 'Orutatun and his wlfo of Tho' Hnguo, Hoilund, famous na tho aceno ot historic pence conferences, woro tit hond ovor night, nccompu tVtoil by J.'Hiimphbld or Pbr'ti'nndf 'on a tour lbf:tiw northwbst.o- ' v -i MUST MAKE AND PROVE CHARGES TO OUST CHIEF Np Inefficiency Is Alleged, Says Gilbert BO TLEGGERS BLAMED (,'rlHiyoiii by IdivtlenK Klement lle- pimlble for ItfM'iiltnent on I'nrt of Fire Department, HajM Houston. Charge of Inefficiency must bo preferred und proved before Chief of I'ollcii Wlllard Houston will bo re moved from office, N. II. Hllbert, chairman of the police and flro com mit ten of the city council, stutes. No such charge have been mude, he ald. Councilman J. S. Innes will support Gilbert In thl stand. llend bootlegger whose business I suffering from hi policy of law enforcement are responsible for the criticism of tho llend Volunteer fire dcpnrtitien a "stool pigeons," re sented hy the department and leading to a demand for the absolute divorce of tho police and fire departments of tho city. Chief of Police Wlllard Houston, who I alto fire engineer, declared Tuesday night nt a meeting of the fire fighter. "The one who are lilt are the ones who are making the noise." Houston declared, em phasizing tliut llend I ut the turhlng point .between lawlessness and law enforcement, "llight now I have i these people on the run,v he said. Ask Iteiiioval The city council wa expected to attend tho meeting In u body, but only Councilman Gilbert, chairman of lht--jMittcu- uud-dre -committee, mid also n member of the fire depart ment wnt present. It wa on his suggestion that u motion by Fire Chief Cation wa based, providing for a committee to bu composed of President Owen Hudson of tho volun teers. Tnvlnr Ithondx. and tlov Lov- on, to confer with the police and flro j committee regarding the action to lie taken. During Tuesday night' ses- slon hints were dropped from time ' to time that failuio to separate the police and fire departments would ' mean that the volunteer organization I would reaso to exist. I That tho removal of Houston, I cither a police chief or as fire engl I neor will solve tho problem confront ing tho volunteers wu the declara tion of President Hudson In opening debute on tho question. He recalled Hint at a special meeting last week Houston had asked tho department to take further time before asking Ills to resign. (illtiert PleiuN for Unity Councilman Gilbert pointed out that tho city ndiqlnistration hud been actuated by motive of economy in combining tho office of fire engineer nml police chief, but that ho had never approved of tho use of volun teer flromcn a police officers. Ho registered u plea for unity, and as sured tho volunteers that the people ot llend, with tho oxception of law violator or those In sympathy with Inw violation, do not regard the de partment members as stool pigeons. Ho suggested that tt might bo pos sible to separate the paid firo tight era from tho volunteer organization. "Not only tho boozo element, but tho business men nml tho mills aro out of sympathy with the depart ment," nssertcd Hudson. "That hurl. I'm not president of an or ganization ot stool pigeons. Coun cilman Innes has aaid wo can afford to toko this criticism, but it Isn't fair to tho dopnrtincnt." Tt'iuuo of Off lee Short Houston declared that ho would fight to stay In tho department, but that ho could not turn down the city hy leaving tho police department. "I'vo got theso peoplo on tho run. It Isn't fair for tho department to ask Hie to resign now," ho said. Ho does not expect to bo either pollco chief or flro engineer after tho cud of tho pvonent year. "Tho bootleggers hnvo got tholr picks n long way into tho business men," Houston charged. "In tholr effort to got mo out ot ottlco thoy hnvo ovon soul word to my nged mother that it would bo bettor for mo If I turned in my tnr," Flro Clilpt iHoutjtpn 'explained that na far ns hO'la concerned, police pow- (Continued on Pago S.) FARMERS IRRIGATE WITH ENTHUSIASM Silver Ijikit ItcolilenlM Hnrilly Able to Itcnll.! They lime Water Fourth Ih Olwmtl. The Silver Lake Irrigation project will be entirely finished within the next two weeks, according to J. W. Cunningham, engineer for tho dis trict, who was In Dend last week on hi way homo to Portland. Irriga tion I already under war. and the farmers ot that section, who hare waited for water so long that they can hardly realize their dream have cotuo true, arc irrigating their crops with great enthusiasm, says Cunning ham. The Summer Lake dam will bo fin ished in 30 days, but as yet little work ha been started on the remain der of the system. Work on the ca nal and lateral will be pushed as soon as the dam I completed. Sliver Lake' Fourth of July cele bration wa a success, the bucking horse riding being some of the best Keen in Oregon, Cunningham report ed. The celebration took the form of a roundup, with all the usual fea tures. LIE LARGE RANGE Otber Grazing Lands, How ever, Will Provide for 1200 Head. With the completion of the North Canal company's Crane prairie ator uge rcsorvolr. approximately 7,000 acre of the best cattle range In Cen tral Oregon will be flooded, but there will bo plenty of room on the national forest for the 1200 Jiead of catHf grazing on the prairie this year. Plan for this have already been made by officials of the Deschutes forest, it is announced. Heavy sales of cattle resulted this year In large grazing areas in the Slsters-Metollus section becoming avallable for new permittees. On the Slsters-Metollus and Three Creeks , ranges, 1,000 head could be taken caro of, and there la room on the Davis lake range, hitherto used for sheep, for 400 head. No change in grazing allotments will be necessary until next year. 25M ACRES TO BE RECLAIMED North Canal Company Signs Contract for 32 Second Feet. Complete reclamation of 2S00 acres out ot n 3500-acre tract Is pro vided for in n contract signed by tho Crook County Improvement district, formerly tho Lone Plno Irrigation district, and the North Canal Co. Tho land lies immediately north ot Crooked river, near Terrebonne Under tho terms of the contract the district purchases 32 second feet of water, measured at Crooked river and u completed Irrigation system, which provides for delivery to each -10-ucro tract. Construction is to be gin September 1. Tho cost Is to be $75 per aero irri gated, payable in bonds at par. tho company to assume and pay certain legal and engineering expenses, In curred by tho district. As there are other lautls In the dis trict, the lieu, whon distributed, will, bo about $515 per acre. ' WOOL GOES BY RAIL TO EASTERN MARKET Cf 19 carloads ot wool, amounting to approximately 532,000 pounds,; shipped from Central Oregon, only four cars have gono to Portland, tha others being billed cast, according to J. T. Hardy, S. P, & S. truvollng freight und passenger agent. The rata was reduced on Juno C so that tho rail and bout rato to eastoru points Is practically Identical, says Hardy, so that a tendency to return to rail slilpmont Is noticeable. Central Oregon still . has about 200,000 pounds of wool to ship. Part ot It la in the Paulina country and part, south ot Bend. INUNDi BEND TO CRANE RAIL LINE NOT CONTEMPLATED Old '4 Plan to Be Followed, Wires Carl Gray. NjEW TERRITORY NEED Into Wistern Oregon Neccw Bcforo Development May llo Started lUIIroad Cone Is Key. r-ry "4 That the old plans for Central Oregon railroad development, shelved lor years, aro ine one wnicn win oe followed In case the Union Pacific Is assured that It will be given entrance Into the Western Oregon territory, i clearly stated In a telegram received Monday morning by The Uulletln from Carl Cray, president of the sys tem,' In reply to a query as to the possibility of a direct connection from Dend to Crane. President Gray's reply, sent from Salt Lako City, reveals the Union Pa c I He's Intention to build from Na jrpu.to Ontario, and to connect Bend .with, this road by construction of a hltte from Bend to Odell. TraXflc Must He Assured He wires as follows: "The program for railroad con struction In Central and Eastern Ore gon formulated during the Union Pa cific control of the Southern Pacific Is woll known. It Involved construc tion of a line from Natron to Ontario with Deschutes and Klamath lines connecting at Odell, our heavy and expensive construction from Ontario west, Natron south, and Klamath Falls north was stopped soon after we lost control ot (he Southern Pa cific. The line across' the state can nit be sustained without the heavy eastbouud traffic originating In West ern Oregon and we cannot build it without available traffic to sustain Its maintenance and operation. As a matter of fact. If the Union Pacific 'irero inclined to proceed with Im- provementa and construction without adequate traffic in sight, the trans portation act would not permit tho building of a line without sufficient traffic to pay the fixed charges and operating expenses. Odell Plnnnetl as Center . Our good faith In the program re .forred to is reflected by the invest ment that we made, and our Inter est in Central, Eastern and Southern Oregon has not diminished, but we will not mislead and cannot commit ourselves to construction until wo know where the traffic Is coming Jrp.m to support and operate the line. Whit we may be able to do to carry ouf 'our original program and build from Bend to Odell and from Natron loVOntarlo, depends upon the out come of the Central Pacific-Southern Pacific case and the relation ot tho Urjlon Pacific with respect to the Western Oregon traffic which It en Joyed when its plan of development was made. Regret that we cannot miike definite assurance, but we do c'dt consider It proper to do so until we know to what extent it at all ,jj may be admitted into the Western Crogon territory." SECOND CUTTING OF : ALFALFA DUE SOON Although tho first cutting of alf alfa on the H. J. Suttong ranch near Beiui la not jot all In tho stack, tho second crop is already well on the way to maturity with a Btand of 10 Inches, Mrs. Suttong reported whllo In 'Betid. By tho time the first cut ting is put up, the second will be ready to cut, sho said. She attributes this unusually rapid growth to tho fact that irrigation was continued right through the heavy Juno rains, while many other farmers wore al lowing naturo to do it all. FIRST CARLOAD OF V LAMBS IS SENT OUT Tho first carload ot lambs for tho Portland market to leave Central Qrcgon this year was shipped last weok hy W. K. McCormack. They average betweeu 65 and 70 pounds In weight, In tho same train went throe carloads of grass tattooed cat tle, also tho first ot the season to leave Central Oregon according to J. T, Hardy, traveling freight and passenger agent for the 8, P. & S,