WEEKLY EDITION
The bend bulletin.
VOI. XX
UMNO, DBHOIIDTK8 COUNTY, OHKGON, TIU'IMDA V, JULY i!7, WIS
.vo. aa
LARGEST AREA
RECLAIMED IS
CLOSE TO BEND
.100,000 Acres of Irrigation
Land Tributary
SHOWN IN STATE MAI'
0,HM ,rrr Arlunll)' Walrrril,
Siijh lluhiiU llfNiilt of Oregon
Knf t'rprlM" Hmitv t.'rrrk
Hum-' l t'omplrtiMl.
Wliuru In Orcgon'ii tiiont uxlonslvo
fcrIuii o( iirtunl mid proponed rccln
umtlonT It lit within ii null nit of CO
in 1 1 r ft tun Ilend. according t tho
(illlclul limp compiled In thu state mi-gllit-ur'ii
(illicit mill Just puhlUhed. Tim
first ropy of thu limp to Im received
hern Im In thu oftlcn of John DiiIiiiIh,
ciikIi r for thu North Canal Co.
IrrlKiiti'il, drained, logged off' uinl
hunii'il on" 1 it ii il aullnhlu for u k r I c u I -turn
uru marked, an well im proposed
Ir-T-K'""' districts. Anil minioUiIng
ovur 300,0(10 ucruM of Intnl. either
IrrlKiiled or within Irritation proj
ects, In marked tributary to Ilend.
About NO, 000 ncrcii nru now under
water.
.Miillu I ut In Practice
ThU U nit iho mora striking In
lliat thu reclamation In not govern
nntnt work, nit Im that of the next
lament nrmi, In Klamath county, nor
I It drtiliiuKo, un nru nmu of the
othiim, Dubois points out. It In nil
Irrigation plmmed anil ttffccted by
Oregon people, with Oregon capital,
thu engineer state.
The fuels hruuRhl out lu thin map
nhoultl Im understood by every rent
tie n I lu lli'iiil, In order that thuy may
hu nucil lu bringing new lniluntr len
hero and lu Inlluanclng thu construe
tlon of rullronds, when rallrondit aro
liullt through Central Oregon, to con
sider Ilond iin thu central point of nit
of thu development of the region,
tm In muphnslxod.
Survey Completed
Thu preliminary mirvuy for recon
struction of thu Huow Crunk Irrlgu
tlon project, which tint North Canal
Co. him been migiigcd lu for Hoveral
weeks, wntt completeil Inn! week. A
cr w lu flinrftu of T. O. Wnrlnn lino
h.-.'ii nuking water mciiHtirmncnls on
Snow creek, ns wull nit othur survey
ing, to deternilnu whnt aliould bo
done nit u result of the dam unit ditch
being washed out Inst winter.
A iHirvey wiih made with an Idea
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Snow cruek canal. A report win no
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lllllliu lit III" mnilltl III u nii.ii . .,'.
LUMBERMAN TELLS
OF SHEVLIN FIRE
i:imller Editorial Reprinted On
KlrM Pugo of National
" MiiKnlne.
'How Unified Kfforl and Conn,
ilenco Hurmount an Emergency," Is
llio honilliiK undur which Thu Amer
ican I.unibormau, national lumber
publication, reprlntH on IIh front page
an editorial written by Frank R.
Prince In tho Equalizer, tho Htiuvlln
lllion publication In llund.
Tho editorial U hosed on tho recent
flro In Shuvlln timber, partly dcatroy
Iuk considerable logging equipment
'mh well as down logs nnd Htandlng
rlmboi nd lays special emphasis on
tho oicollent work done by tho log
ging department In preventing n mill
nbutdown for lack of raw material.
SHEVLIN PICNIC TO
BE HELD IN AUGUST
Unto To lie Announced Ah Soon At
Time of Mi'Cii'iiii'n Visit
In l.cniuctl.
1'liuiH for thu annual Hhnvlln-IIIxon
picnic to bo hehl at Ileuhnm Falls aro
undur way, tho dutu to be Homo time
III tho latter part of August. TIiIh
will bo nniiouncod iih noon tin 'It In
definitely known when T, A. McCiinu,
vice-president of Tho Shevlln-lllxon
company, fonnar Ronornl munugor
lftao, will hu nblo tn attend,
Equipment for tho picnic 1h nl
ready bnliiR secured, and ordors aro
JiuliiR placud for u larito qunntlty of
fofroshmonts, A crowd of 2000 at'
tended ltut year's picnic.
Flooding of Reservoir
Site Relied On To End
Pest of Grasshoppers
AltlmllKll grasshoppers nru
plentiful at Crane prnlrlo, they
wero hatched ho latti that thuy
do not Ihrnnten destruction of
tho ran no thin sonsou, states
County AKrlculturlut I). I.. Jaml
non, Just returned from u trip to
tho prnlrlo, No measure will
bo taken agnlnnt tho Insects this
year, Jamison says, an their ex-
termination will bo virtually as
sured next year by tho flooding
ot the area Incldant to tho com.
pletlon of thu North Canal com
pany's reservoir.
BEND TO SEND
TUMALO MAIL
Petition For Star Route Al
lowed New Service To
Start September 1.
That the petition for n stur mull
route between lleud and Tiimalo has
been granted was learned last week
when Acting Postmaster H C. Heeds
rcclovcd from tho postofflcu do
partmont at WnshliiKtou, I). C, u no
tlco thai bids for tho mull contract
would ho rccolred up to Auxust IS,
and that cnrrylng will start In Sep
tember 1. Hix round trips will be
made each week.
Thu now service Is being Initullcd
lu response to a petition sent out by
residents of Ttimulo. Tho star routo
supplying tho Tumnlo section has
hitherto been from Deschutes.
MATCH FIRES
OFFICER'S CAR
Cas From Vacuum Tank
Ignites When Nixon
Raises Hood.
A mutch, lighted lu an effort to
uncertain thu caum of failure of thu
lighting system to function, started a
Are which Monday night virtually de-
Hlroyed thu Kssex car of Statu Special
Olllcer I,. A. W. Nixon a half mllo
beyond thu Tumnlo tlxli hatchery.
In mi ran to on thu mnchlno Is J900,
lcsn than half of thu Investment rep
resented by the enr, recent repairs,
and accessories purchased, Nixon
Bays.
Nixon hud loaned his flush light
tho night before tn J. I). Donovan,
nnd tho removal of IiIh spotlight tor
repairs wiih thu cnusu, hu believes, of
thu failure ot thu cur's lumps when
hu nttuinpted tn turn them on about 8
o'clock Inst night. Ills vacuum tank
had apparently flooded, and whon hn
lifted thu hood of tho cur, match lu
hand, tho liquid at onco Ignited. For
a moment ho endeavored to put out
tho flumes with loose dirt, then fear
lug an explosion, rotlrod to a safo ills
tunco and watched tho destruction ot
his ear.
Krom thu hatchery ho secured u
lido Into Ilend, and was accompanied
back to thu scene of thu lire by Sliei
IIT 9. K. Roberts.
Although thu chassis was do
stroyed, tho two front tires wero loft
Intact, and tho rear ones only slight
ly Hcorched. KlamcH fulled to rench
thu Rnsollnu tank, and tho engine
could ho turned over next morning.
ALFALFA ACREAGE
GREATER IN CROOK
11,(MM Aires llimettcri
Yield
Avernni'N TIiito Tons To Aero
Three Crops lOvpeeted
PllINKVIM.E, .Inly 21. Harvest-!
lug of 11,000 acres of alfalfa lu
Crook county Is In full Kwlng, Tho'
iiverago yield will bo three tons to j
mo aero, ami unco cuttings tiro an
ticipated by many fnrmat'H. Thu ticru
ago 1h Hourly 2,000 itbovo that of last
your.
A BhortnRO of thu hay crop In
Pnullna vnlloy, duo to aclivlty of
grnsshoppera and it dry season, Is re
ported. A luhor Bhortngo throughout
tho county linn hnndlcnppod thn farm
pra lu Imrvoatlug tho llrat crop, but
many wlil be ready to uturt on tho
uecoiid cutting by August 1,
HUGE IRRIGATION CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM UNDER
Will Call For Bids
To Complete Highway
In Deschutes County
(BimUI to TU IlulWln.)
1'OUTI.ANI), July 26. Tito
state highway commission today
ordered Its engineer to udvor
tlso for bids for thu completion
ot a mllo and one-half of road
from tho Doschutcs bridge
through Tumnlo to connect with
the completed road.
THREE CHARGES
ARE ASKED BY
ACQUITTED MAN
(llf IJnltrJ PrrtoTh Ikml llulltlln.)
I'OIITI.AND, July 21. K. U.
Clurk, I.a Pino merchant, nnd his at
torney, Ilobcrt II. Mngulrc, at noon
today asked United States Attorney
Lester W. Humphreys to bring
charges of perjury against Hurton T.
Oney, N. K. Jones nnd Matt llabcr,
Kovernmcnt witnesses In the recent
trial of Clark, lu which ho was ac
quitted of consplrucy with Oney to
defraud tho government by padding
Oney 'it expense account. Oney Is n
former forest ranger with n record of
10 years' servlco with tho govern
ment: Jones Is a rancher nnd occa
sional forest servlco employe, and
ltabcr Is a former clerk of Clark's
and an orcuslonnl omployo of thu for
est service.
UkiiI Point Involved
Humphreys announced Immediate
ly following his conference with
Clurk and Mngulro that since tho
grund Jury does not meet until Sep
tember, ha Intends to tako plenty of
tlmo to study the case beforo making
his decision. Humphreys also stated
that ho would advise himself thor
oughly on this law before announcing
whether, since tho acquittal of Clurk,
Oney enn bo tried on tho present In
dlctmont of conspiracy.
Magulru holds that Oney cannot ho
tried on this Indictment, slnco It In
volves conspiracy with n man whom
a Jury has found not guilty, and
Ucorgn Alexander. Oney's attorney,
holds to this samo vlow.
"They mny bo right," Humphreys
said, "but I Intend to ndvloo myself
thoroughly before suylng onu wuy or
thu other."
ADVISES AGAINST
USE OF PASS ROAD
Uoturnlng to Uond by way of tho
McKentlo puss, Myron Symous re
ported Tuesday that tho road Is al
most ImpnMablo. nnd advises against
cars uttompHuR tho trip bocnuso of
tho many detours necessary by road
work now lu progress. From Slstors
hu sent buck help Monday night for
two auto parties whose .machines ho
hud found stalled on tho rond,
Symons hud been at Seattle nnd tho
benches for the Inst two weeks.
POULTRY CLUB WORK
IS FOUND EXCELLENT
ljxcollont work Is being dono by
tho Mountain Vlow Poultry club,
County School Superintendent J. Al
ton Thompson reported Tuesday nftor
attending tho nicetlng of thu club
hold at the It. 10. (lilines homo lu tho
QmiiKU Hull district. Tho club Is un
der tho leadership of Mrs. L. E. Lindsay.
Concealed Weapon Charge Filed
After Loaded "Forty-Four" Falls
to Floor During Country Dance
A .11 caliber revolver which Is
responsible for u warrant tor tho
iii-rrst ot Vern I.owoll on tho
chnrea' of carrying n conconled
wonpon. resto lu District Attorney
A. J. Mooro's desk, hut tho ownor
la by no ineunH so dollnltely lo
cutod, Mouro attites. A chnrKo
of using profane nnd obscono lnu
Ritngi) la nluo on llle nglnst Lowell
and against his brother, Crank,
WAY NEXT WEEK
United Contracting Co. Su
perintendent Hens Will
Aid North Canal Co.
Great activity In Irrigation project
construction will begin next Monday,
It was announced yesterday by Will
Kills, who will be resident superin
tendent for the United Contracting
Co., which has contracts for the con
struction of the vnrlouif units of tho
Tumalo project, and will also, It was
learned today, erect the Crane Pralrlo
Htorugo dam for the North Canal Co.
Kills nrrlved In Ilend this morning
to make arrangements tor storage for
IiIh equlpmant, two carloads of which
aro already on tho way, to find office
spare here, and to make other pre
llmlnury arrangements. He will bring
his family hero next week.
On Monday most of tho foremen
for tho various departments of this
extensive work will arrive In Ilend
and will begin tho task of setting up
tho five camps which will bo under
Kills' supervision. All of the camps
will bo In operntton within ten days
after their construction is started,
Ellis declured.
Tho work for the North Canal Co.
at Crane Prairie will bo dono on a
force account basis, tho supervision
remaining In thu hands pf John Du-
buls ot that company, while the
United 'Contracting Co. will have
charge of tho handling of tho crews
Tho coffer dams nt Crane Prnlrlo
are being put In and a truck load ot
equipment was tuken In today. A
carload of equipment for this work
Is now known to be on Its way to
Ilend.
MANY TO ENTER
ORDER IN BEND
Mcdford D. O. K. K. Com
plcte Plans For Initia
tion Here.
Members of the Dramatic Order ot
Khornssnn temple of Medford will bo
In Ilend In full force on Monday,
August 7, for the ceremonial to be
held here, nt which close to one hun
dred tyros will bo Initiated, according
to the prv'gram which has been re
ceived here. Final arrangements on
the part or tho local Knights ot
Pythias lodge, which will be host to
the D. O. K. K. tenm and tho tyros
from other points In Contrul Oregon,
were mnde at Wednesday night's
meeting. Already nearly B0 local
candidates havo signed up.
Tho tyros will register nt the lodgo
room In Sathor's halt between t
o'clock and 7:30 on the day of the
ceremonial. Tho big show, says tho
program, will start promptly at 8
o'clock at tho American Legion build
ing. Many of tho mombcrs will comblno
tho trip to Ilend with their vacations,
and will loiter along the way nt the
trout streams and places ot Interest.
Numerous camping pnrtlos are being
organized. Diamond lake will be vis
ited on Sunday evening by tho party
coming from Medford and other
townB In Southern Oregon.
$5.00 FINE ASSESSED
FOR BRUSH BURNING
W. II. H. Williams, chnrged with
burning brush during tho closed son
son without a permit, pleaded guilty
In Justlco court Tuesdny ufternoon
nnd was fined $5. Tho complaint
wus signed by Fire Warden J. D.
Ilowmuu.
All throo charges grow out ot
occurrences nt tho dauco nt Rob
erta hall Saturday night, tho three
complaints being mnde on Infor
mation furnished by L. C. Roberts.
Tho loaded revolver, which Vern
Lowell Is. alleged to havo carried,
slipped down his trousor leg nnd
fell on the floor na tho ownor was.
dancing, Huberts told tho district
nttornoy,
Tons of Salmon Bought
As Feed For Baby Fish
In Ponds At Hatchery
Hoveritecn thousand pounds of
canned salmon, Just received nt
tho Tumalo fish hatchery, will
feed the millions of trout fry
there for Just about a year,
Htatos Superintendent Pearl
I.yne. Tho trout will not get a
straight diet of salmon, how
ever, being fed finely chopped
liver one day out of three.
Tha salmon Is Alaskan
packed.
STRIKE IS NOT
FELT IN BEND
Deschutes Lines Little Af
fected By Industrial
Warfare, Stated.
While wire reports toll of the can
celling of branch line trains in other
sections of the country, residents of
Central Oregon need have no fear of
similar orders being put In effect on
tho tines from tho Columbia to Rend,
traveling representative of both
roads serving Central Oregon agree.
Local conditions are so satisfactory
as to Indicate that the effects of the
rait and coal strikes will be felt on
the main lines before being noted on
either of tho Deschutes valley
branches.
DcMhutcs LlncH Affected
"The O.-W. line up tho Deschutes
canyon will operate Just as long at
the'maln line does," was the declara
tion ot F. E. Studebaker, traveling
freight and passenger agent, today,
Only one Interruption has occurred,
a freight train being stopped for one
day on account of the strike ot the
coal chute men at South Junction
Studebaker reported. The strikers
were replaced, and the men now at
work are expected to stay, said Stude
baker.
On account of the possibility ot
trouble at South Junction, tho pas
senger trains are now being hauled
by larger engines than usual, carry
ing sufficient coal to make the trip
from The Dalles to Ilend.
The coal shortage is not worrying
tho Oregon Trunk In the slightest.
CONTRACT GOES
TO LOCAL MAN
Brosterhous To Build La
Pine School Building
Will Start August 1.
Tho contract tor construction of
tho La Pine school building was
awarded to E. P. Brosterhous of
Ilend when bids were opened Satur
day at La Pine, It was announced to
day by Hugh Thompson ot Thomas &
Thompson, who had chargo of the
plans. A Portland and a Redmond
firm also submitted bids. Droster
hous's flguro was $16,081.
Tho plumbing and water supply
contract was awarded to Fiuuegnn
tiros, ot Ilend.
Construction will beglu August 1,
and the building will bo completed,
Thompson stated, about November 1.
It will bo strictly modern frame
structuro with tour class rooms and
a gymnasium.
BOOZE, NOT INSANITY,
LEARNED BY OFFICER
That an Insanity suspect reported
in tho woods near Hrooks-Scaulon
Camp No. 3 was only a. man suffering
from u "hang over," was reported
Tuesday mornlns by Sheriff S. E.
Iloborts after his return to Ileud with
Deputy Sheriff Ueorgu Stokoo.
SHIP 2 CARLOADS OF
CATTLE TO PORTLAND
Two carloads of cattlo, purchased
by L. L. Noonchostor from P. H.
Grnblor ot tho High Desert, wero
shipped to Portluud .lust week.
LOGGING CAMPS GET
FULL LABOR QUOTA
For tho first time tlil Biinn'ior tho
logging camps of tho Brooks-: feanion
Lumber Co, havo all the njon needed,
It Is stated by Paul Hosnier, "uoy
meat mnnagor.
BRIDGE REPAIR
IS HELD UP BY
STORAGE PLANS
StecL Bridge May Be Built
At Benham Falls
CONDITIONS SERIOUS
Plan For Hoplaccnunt Has Approval
Of Public Itoads Engineer And
'yorcut BerTlco Other Kcpnlin
To Ite Made At Once.
If -North Unit plans for a storage
dam at Benham falls are not carried
Into effect soon, a steel bridge may
be erected to replace tho bridge re
cently wrecked when a forest service
truck and tractor went through It
Into the river. It was announced at
yesterday's Commercial club luncheon
by County Judge It. W. Sawyer, when
called upon to tell what the county'
plans' are for Improving conditions ot
the bridges on tho Century drive.
This plan has the approval of both
tho bureau of public roads engineer,
C. H. Purcell, and the district forest
office; The bridge will be purchased
from the government, having been
manufactured for war use.
Delay IfoqucstctI
Repair work on the bridges south
ot Bend has been held up at the re
quest ot the North Unit Interests and
local people Interested In irrigation
development. Sawyer explained, bat
since the situation has become so
bad, no further delay on this account'
can be permitted, he stated. Repair
of the bridge across Little river and
the Rosland bridge have been ord
ered, he announced.
The problem ot the bridges on the
Century drive was Introduced by
Chairman p.. L, Payne, and elaborat
ed by A. J. Goggans, who stated that
friends ot his bad found the road to
the Shevlln-Hlxon bridge, recently
constructed, dangerously rough, and
had broken a spring in driving that
way. Goggans had gone by La Pine
and found that the Rosland bridge
was unsafe, one side being tour feet
lower than the other.
Other speakers on the condition ot
roads were R. S. Hamilton and D. G.
McPherson.
Describes Mexico
An enlightening description of con
ditions In Mexico was given by H. G.
Ferrard, ot the Mexico Finance and
Investment Co. ot Los Angeles, which
is Interested tn the development ot
Mexico City. Ferrard Is on his way
home after a visit to tho interior ot
Alaska.
Not more than 200,000 people
were Involved In all the revolutionary
troubles in Mexico, said Ferrard, tho
others going about their own busi
ness 'ns usual. Under tho Obregon
reVsm, normalcy Is fast being re
stored.' Mexico is open to American
andk(orelgn enterprise, the greatest
necd now being new buildings In tho
cities.' The Long-Bell Lumber Co.
Is interested in a building material
company now being organized. Road
building Is also greatly needed, said
Forrjird, '
' Market Roads First, Advised
Murket roads should bo built be
fore highways, was the declaration
of'Li G. Bradley of. Burley, Idaho,
speaking from experience In that
community, where the transportation
prhtomsi' were stmlar to those here.
Afttjr the market roads are built and
the favmer is brought In close touch
with the city, tho bond Issues tor
scenic .roads will have tho support ot
the entire county, Bradley empha
sized. Construction ot market roads will
also aid In bringing to this locality
the experienced Irrigation farmors
who aro needed to mako a success of
agriculture hero, Bradley declared.
CAR IS DAMAGED IN
COLLISION WITH COW
A damaged radiator, light nnd fonder-resulted
from a collision Sunday
oventug; botween J. D. Donovan's nuto
and n cow which walked Into tho
road' near tho Plalnvlow community
hall as Donovan was passing on his
way homo from tho Shrtners' picnic.
All ot the damage was to tho ma
chluo, so tar na could be determined,
tor tho cow didn't wait to urguo
about who had tho right of way, Don
ovan reports. Tho occupants ot tho
cur wero not damaged, ns Donovan
had slowod down while passing tho
cattlo.