WEEKLY EDITION
ft
he bend Bulletin.
VOl,. XX
lin.VI), DK8C1ICT1X (X)UNTV, OIIKOO.V, TIIL'ltHDAY, DKCKMIJKIl 7, ll2!
NO. II
WOMAN HOPEFUL
AS SHE LEAVES
TO FACE PROBE
Greer's Killer Happy Over
Reunion Willi Hu.Hband
4 SLAVIC WARJtAjW HELD
l-Yili'rnl Clinrgil Hitil Itri'ii I'lrfcrrci)
,giiliiit (Iitit on IlimU nf .Nolo
I 'l IIKIIII'Ilt, 1,1-111 llt'll 'llll'
ilrrn Di-m-iIi-iI by Jm-r
Smilingly confident, entirely roeov
crml from llio nervous collnpmi fol-
jIowIiik liitr confession to KhurllT H. K.
Robert liiitiirilny, Mm. I. A. Nichols,,
who Saturday morning Mint Itoliurt
Oritur to (loath nl tlm Hlimmlt stogu
Million, loft tliu Mountain Vlnw hos
pital ut U o'clock Tuesday moriiliiK
to Marl tlio Ioiik niito trip to Cres
cent, where tlio lii'iuiint wim hold In
tint ufliirtinon. Mm, Nichols was In
Hid cuHtody of Hliorirr Robert,
llnppy In Itoiiiilim
T Neither Mr. nor Mm. Nichols had
any statement to mukn tin they Inft
thu hospital to enter tliu sheriff's cur.
t Until worn unfelgnedly happy In each
other's coinpnny after tholr nix weak
enforced separation. Nichols ex
pressed hi liopo (or n successful out
romn of tlio case. "Hho cortnlnly hm
It coming," ho declared.
Nichols had boon spending the tiny
with tholr flvo year old dntiKhtor In
Honltlo on tlio occasion of her fifth
hlrthdny when news of the ihootliiR
reached him, tlio first Intimation of
hla wlfo'i whereabouts ho had hoon
nlilo to gain nlticu hor doparturo with
Oroor, dcsplto all efforts of depart'
mont of Juitlco and Plnkortmi mon.
A shadow croaiod hla wife's faco a
ho mentioned tlio child, but lifted n
ha directed tlio conversation Into
othar chnnnola.
Checking atatomonta mado by
Nichols. Sheriff Itotitrta received n
iklta Monday from United Ktatoa do
, partmont of Juatlco officers In fieattlo
slating that buforo Orcor'a doalh n
federal warnint hud been laatiod
charKliiR him with whlto slnvory.
MpcclfyliiK that ho hnd nbdiicted Mra.
Nlchola from nuo atutn to nnnthcr nl
tho point of n plaint. .S'lchoU lind
told tho sheriff that a cruinploil frag
nu it f n nolo found In the stavo nt
IiIh Kllonsburg homo jiiat after IiIh
wife's doparturo with Oroor atutad
that alio waa leavliiK. not of hor own
froo will, but at tlio point of n gun.
'l'ho dofonao hna wnWcd prtdliulnnry
oxtimlnnilon, mid tho grand Jury
prolio In Klatniith Falls will start at
OI.CO.
Ilrlil I'rUoniT, Slnliil
Thnt Mra, Nlchola wna coerced Into
nccompnnylng Grror from Rlloits
burg, that alio wna hold n virtual
prisoner nt tho lonely cabin In tho
north end of Klamath county former
ly used as a slago atntlou, and that
lier efforts to cot Into communication
filth hor hunbiind and llvo year old
daughter brought on tlio quarrel
which ended In Oroor'a death, will bo
features of tlm dofonao, V. 1'. Myers,
uttornoy for Mrs. NlchoU, atntcd.
Shot TIinhikIi Ti-mplo
All doubts lis to tho killing of
Oroor nt tho Innoly Summit atngo
station, confessed to hero (Satur
day afternoon by Mm. Mabel Nich
ols, woro sot at rest lato tho samo
night when Doputy Bherlff Chat Hoi
llnshond, sent out by Bhorlff 8. H.
Roberts, returned to I. a I'lno from
tlm scono of tlm shooting nnd report
ed by tolopliono thnt ho had found
(Ireer lying ilend In tho cabin, In hor
voluntary admissions to tho sheriff
Hnltirduy, Mrs. Nlchola .bolluvod that
ntio hnd killed Oroor, hut said that
hIio could not ho certain. Hho hnd
shot lilm nftor ho hnd throntonod to
brine hor to Hand and forco hor to
load nn Immoral llfo, Hho said, add
ing that Oroor hnd boon drlnkliiK
fhonvlly nnd thnt Hho horsolf hnd hnd
u faw drinks,
HollliiBhoad found tho body lying
on tho bod In tlm cabin, a bullet holo
In tho right tomplo. About the wound
woro bad powdor burns, A alioll,
ejected from tho automatic pistol
used by Mrs, Oroor, was also on Urn
bod. Tho postura of tho doad man
iudlcntod thut there, "hnd, boon no
tjtniRKlo, HuUlnshond said, Mrs.
illclmlH hnd lockod tho door whbh
efto.loft Immodlntoly aftor thq shoot
Jng To drlvo to Hopd arid. give hotsolt
up, but Homy 0. Mlddloh.oltz, who
Mid uIho boon milking his homo ut
tho plnco, had nrrlvod nt tho Htngo
(Contlnuod on pngo 8.)
Auto Camp Ground Is
Still in Uho; House
on Wheels to Go Soon
r.ven though snow covers tho
ground and water pipes aro
fro7.oil, llnnd'H niito tourist park
still has one tenant family Thin
will bo thu last wook during
which tlm enmp ground will bo
used this your, however, for this
family has at last found n houao,
It la thnt of 1'. J. Fulmar, who
enmo hero aovornl wooks ago
from Muakegon, Mlnh. Thoy llvii
In a comfortable closed In hoiian
mounted on nn auto truck body.
Ho fnr us cold weather Is ciw
reined, thoy could apond tho
winter In tho moviihlo dwelling;
but ronllzlng that that would bo
confining to thu children, Kul
mor hna boon seeking n houao,
mill hna nt Inst found one.
MANY RESPOND
TOSUBPOENAES
More Than Fifty From
Bend Leave for Portland
at Grand Jury Call
llond was depopulated to tho ex
tout of nt least CO persona during the
puat wook ond na u reaull of an ox
odua of moro than that number to
I'ortlond, called by federal grand
Jury subpoonns which aro understood
to havo resulted from an Intention to
Investigate tho adminlstrutlon of the
ox-sorrlco men's loan bonus In Des
chutes county.
Homo of thoio subpootined drove to
Portland, and aoino loft Haturday
night and Sunday morning; but there
woro enough going Sunday night to
fill an extra Pullman car. Among
thoao leaving on this train wcru II.
II. Do Armond, Ilosa Knrnhum, I.. I).
Poole, K. It. fioltz, A. 0. l'owoll. A. J.
Ooggnnr, Charles Carroll, Charles
Halnns, J, Ilyiin, C. S. Iludaon, Kred
N. Wallace of Titmnlo, It. I.. Itledcl,
Itobert Caaeboor, Kd Cnseboer, John
A. Knight. William I.ano, 13. J.
Daughorly, K. I.. Vlnnl and Frank
Oaabnr. Casalo Klymi nnd W. O. Ilol
niont loft on Haturday night, and nlao
If. J, Overturf, ouo of tho former up
pralaera whoso work Is being Investi
gated. WITNESS LIST
Moro wltuosses nrn being called by
tho federal grand Jury, In session In
Portland, In Its Investigation of tho
workings of tho soldier bonus In Des
chutes county. Deputy 0. S. Marshal
ltalph Wells was In Deschutes county
Tuesday, nerving subpoonns on 11
In Ilend nnd I.u l'lno, It Is under
stood, Itny Golden and ! K. Orroll
woro served for tho second time, and
Htnnloy Smith, who could not bo scon
on Wells' 11 rat visit to llond Inst
week, was subpoenaed. Names of
other wltuosses called havo not boon
learned.
PORTLAND. Doc. 7. With In
vostlgatlon of tho alleged soldlors'
bonus fraud as tho main enso on tho
docket, tho fodernl grand Jury sworn
In Monday afternoon by Federal
Judge Wolvorton has begun Uh task.
Abo Molor hns boon solected fore
innu of tlm now grand Jury.
Presentation of tho Qvldouco In tho
enso, which Is brought before tho
government from tho unglo of tho
u ro of tho malls, Is bolng mado before
tho grand Jury by Asalatnnt United
States District Attorney Thomas
Mngulro.
Although tho Incident of bringing
hnlf a hundred witnesses down from
Ilend, lu whoso number worn Includ
ed soma of tho loading business men
of that city, tins nindo tho Investiga
tion tho center of Intorest nt present,
tho govornmont olllclals nro using
every offort to maintain socrocy na to
tho progress of tho further Investi
gation of tho inattor.
BOY GETS 6 MONTHS '
FOR TAKING WATCH
Jack Mosnrvoy, 10 yoors old, nr
rostod Bundny, plondod guilty In Jua
tlco court Tuesday afternoon to tho
charge of stealing n gold wntch from
tho homo of Arthur Prion on Colut'i
bin nvenuo. Ha wna glvon a six
mouths' Jail sontonco by Justice of
tho Poaoo E, D, Ollsom
IS AUGMENT
BEND'S MILL AGE
FOR COMING
YEA
STIMATEiSAYS
Slight Increase Is Seen Over
Present Tax
COUNTY RATE LEAST
jy-'I-,')i:o CnIIiiiiiIimI Itiiilnil for
County AiliiiliiUtriitlnii unit Hliiiri!
of Klalti Tax llfilinoiiil I tu ii h
CIiku to llrnil With 111.5
Ilond's mlllngo na represented by
the taxes to bo paid In 1923 on an
assessed valuation of (2,207,1170 will
bu 08,7, It Is estimated by Assessor
August Anderson. Tho estimate Is
bused on county, city, and school
district budgets, with an approxima
tion of what may bo expected as tho
county's share bt tho state tax, which
has not yet boon reported. The esti
mated mlllngo Is n slight Increaso
over that In effect this year, 93,119,
despite tho fact thut tho county ratio
of assessed valuation to actual vuluo
hits been advanced from & I to 65 by
tho stnto tax commission,
Mlllugo for county nnd cstlmutcd
stato tax for the coming year Is 2G.4
as agaltiat 20.19 this year, tho now
city tax la 3S.2, ouo-tonth of a mill
hlghor than this yoar, nnd tho tax
for school district 1 will be 37.1 as
against 32,3. Tho city vnluatlon Is
J2.207, 570, that of tho district $3,
970,350, and that of tho ontlro coun
ty $9,302,285.
City or Ittilitionii :td.8
Tho county goncrul levy. Including
tho estimated stato tax Is $232,030,
thu city levy Is $77,790, and tho
school district No. 1 levy Is $147,-
519.
Rrdmond will run llond a closo
aocoud for mlllago honors, according
to tho aascssdr's figures. Tho city
of Redmond bus a levy which will
call for a mlllngo of 3C.8, school dis
trict No. 2 wilt add 17.8, tho union
school district 10.5, and tho esti
mated county general levy mlllago of
2C.4 brings tho total to 91. G.
HUNGRY MAN FAINTS
ON DAY OF PLENTY
Portlier Central Oregon Cmvpiiurlior
t'ullupM's tut l)iitnti'p of Port
land Family
PORTLAND, Dec. 2. Ooorge
IJcera, 20 years old, penniless cow
puncher of near llond, Oregon, fnlnt
cd from hunger and uxposuru on tho
doorstep of tho homo of Mrs. M. T.
McDonough, 325 annul avenue
North, Thanksgiving day.
Mra. McDonough found Doors n
short time later nnd ho was sent to
tho emergency hospital.
Until u fow days ago Doers was
cmployod on n cuttlo ranch uonr
lloud, Monoy was senrco. Dccrs took
horses In payment for his work, was
unnbln to sell them mid finally lost
his Job because his employer was
forced to cut down expenses. Wnlk
lug most of the wny ho reached Port
land early Thursday. It hnd been 2 I
hours since ho hnd tasted food.
DEPUTY STATE FIRE
MARSHALS ON VISIT i
On au Inspection trip which Includ
ed visits to nil CoutrnI Oregon towns,
Doputy Stnto I'lro Marshals Gcorgo
Stokes and lloraco Sykos woro In
Pond Tuesday, leaving during tho
day for Shantko, '
Satisfaction With Budget Seen When
Only Four Voters Oppose in Election;
Tax Levy of $77,790 Is Provided For
OonornI satisfaction with tho
city budgot as compiled by tho
budget committee and rntltlod by
tho outgoing council found expres
sion In Monday's election In tho
fact thnt only 08 persons votod
ft ml only four of thoso opposed tho
ImdffQt. Sixty-four votod for tho
PfiRsngo of tho charter amendment
sotting tho city's expenses for 1933
nt $83,690 and tho tax levy at
$77,790.
Itoms of osponao recognized in
tho budsft aro: Intcrost nr.d sluic
ing fund on bonded dolit, $20,000;
legal dopnrtment, $750; rocordor,
NORMAL SCHOOL
SECTION'S NEED
THOMPSON
High School Should Offer
Course, He Tells Club
EDUCATION DISCUSSED
lAitnl .S'ci'iN Outlined mtmxlum
lM-nllnl, Hays CoKtnmn llomi)
rconoiiilrH Work Outlined
C0flK'l'ltti0ll ICinplixihl.cd
Possibility of a normal school be
ing located In Central Oregon within
tho next fow years was pointed out
by County Superintendent J. Alton
Thompson during the educational
program nt tho Ilend Commercial
club Wednesday noon. Uccausc of
thu recent law enacted In Oregon
which after 192G will requlro all
teachers to havo two years' work
above tho high school, rural schools
will bo at a handicap In securing
teachers, said Thompson. To over
come tho handicap In this section,
tho locnl high school, or soma high
school In tho county, should start
now to plan tho addition of two
years' work in education, admitting
only students with tho ability to be
co mo successful teachers. Tho or
ganization of such a graduate school
would aid In bringing a normal
school hero when, probably in tho
near future, a second normal be
comes necessary In Oregon, Thomp
son said.
General as well as local problems
In education were discussed at to
day's meeting, presided over by City
Superintendent G. W. Ager, the meet
ing bolng planned in connection with
national education week. The need
and boneflts of cooperation between
school. and parents wero outlined by
Miss Harriett P. Umbaugh. English
toachor at tho Ilend high school.
OooH'rntloii Xewl Shown
"You havo $300,000 Invested in
school property, and expend $1,000
a day In operating this business,"
said Miss Umbaugh. Realizing this,
moro citizens should tako time to
look in and see how tho machlnory
Is running, she declared, particularly
It thoro Is any misunderstanding.
Schools are Imperfect as are other
Institutions; but too much destruc
tive criticism is deadly to efficiency,
sho said. Tho schools exist for tho
children; but if they aro to get tho
most out of thorn, regularity of at
tendance and punctuality must bo
taught In tho homo.
An outllno of tho work of the
homo economics department was giv
en by Mlsa Lois Davis, Housekeep
ing is not a mattor of Intuition, but
of knowledge, sho declared. Homo
economics work in tho schools In
creases tho pupil's feeling of respon
sibility. The courses given hero cm
phaslzo tho Importance of nourish
ment rnthor than of quantity and
variety of foods. Study of household
management In a broad way Is taken
up. Korty-ilvo high school students,
nnd nil of tho girls lu tho seventh
nnd eighth grades, aro taking domes
tic science work, sho said.
Citizenship Oontos.t On
A citizenship contest Is now on In
tho local high school between the
classes, oach striving for tho great
est number of a possible 2,000 points
to bo given for citizenship under four
classifications of activities; scholar
ship, extra currlcular activities, ath
letics and civic development, It was
nnnounced by Principal Arthur S.
Taylor. A cup has been offered by
(Continued on Pago 4.)
saliiry nnd oxponso, $2,500; treas
urer, $1,225; auditing, $1,200; po
lice dopnrtmont, $5,150; flro de
partment, $10,130; health nnd
sanitary dopnrtment, $2,5S0;
street and bridge department,
$14,000 sowers, $800; cemetery,
$2, GOO; parks nnd grounds,
$3,300; library, $5,000; rest room,
$240; elections, $160; legal publi
cation, $250; engineering, $600;
property nnd Improvomouts, $1,
180; lntoro3t on warrants, $2,000;
to rotin outstanding warrants.
$G,153j estimated tax loss; $3,000;
oinorgoncy, $1,C00,
WINTER SPORTS TO
BE STARTED SUNDAY
Hkl fob to Meet nt I.nvn Ilutle
Connie nt !):() o'clock Jinny
I'lfiti to Participate
Revival of activity of tho ski club,
Informally organized last winter, Is
scheduled for next Sunday when, un
less weather changes aro such as to
make It Impracticable, numerous lo
cal men nnd women who nro Inter
ested In winter sports will tako their
ski to Lava butte, where a good
courso was located late last season.
Acting on the discovery made at
that tlma that skiing Is best In the
forenoon, tho trip to tho butta will
be mado so as to arrlvo thoro at 9:30
o'clock. Tho course Is easily found
from Tho Dalles-California highway,
being on tho north sldo of the butto.
Cars should turn to the west at tho
old Ilrooks-Scanlon camp location,
going 200 yards after leaving the
highway.
RECEIPTS GAIN
ATPOSTOFFICE
Increase of One-third Over
November, 1921, Noted
in Report
Receipts at tho Dend postofflce for
the past month showed an Increase
of approximately one-third over cor
responding 'figures for November,
1921. Stamp sales In November of
tho present year were $1,996, with
total receipts $2,097.50. This Is com
pared with $1, 507.CG stamp sales In
1921 and $1,547.20 as tho total for
tho same period. Money orders In
November, 1921, were issued to the
amount of $1,208, and In the month
Just passed reached a total of $2,-
097.50. J "
Business Is mounting rapidly at
tho postofllcc, but tho Christmas rush
has not even begun to be felt, buys
S. C. Seeds, postmaster. In anticipa
tion of a sudden Increaso within the
next week, however, he is asking for
early mailing of Christmas letters
and parcels, not merely early In the
month, but also early In the day, so
as to avoid congestion at the closing
hour.
BOYS AHEAD IN
SCHOOL CENSUS
Roys of school age aro numerically
far ahead of the girls, It is shown in
tho school census completed Wednes
day noon by Mrs. J. Alton Thompson
with a new high total of 2,019. Of
this number, 1,075 nre boys and 914
girls.
The Increase of 536 over the school
consus of last year Indicates a total
poulatton of S.000 in round numbers,
and oven nt that the census figures
nro conservative, Mrs. Thompson
says. Frequently she stopped at
homes whero a number of children
could have been listed, only to And
that the family had recently moved
to Dend and that the children had
been enumerated In some other part
of the stato.
Tho enumeration alone, states Mrs.
Thompson, took slightly more than
thrco weeks.
SISTERS REPORTS
ON RED CROSS FUND
An addition to the Red Cross roll
call total was made by the report of
$7.60 from Sisters. Thoro are still
a number of communities to report.
A ladies' sowing club ut Tumalo Is
planning to hold a sllvor tea for the
benoiU of the Red Cross fund.
ROBERTS GETS TWO
TURKEYS IN SHOOT
Sheriff S, G. Roberts was the high
marksman in last Thursday's turkey
shoot at tho Pilot Butte traps, win
ning two turkoys. Others winning
one turkoy each wore V. A, Smith,
W. E, Dioter and J. Bates.
TEACHERS' EXAMS
WILL START SOON
Teachers' examinations under tho
direction of County School Superin
tendent J. Alton Thompson, will be
started Wednesday morning, Decem
ber 20. in tho circuit court rooms,
continuing through Saturday of the
sumo week, Thompson announces,
RAPID BUILDING
CONTINUES INTO
WINTER MONTHS
36 Permits Taken Out Dur
ing November
TOTAL COST $20,535
.Seven to Coit Over 51,000 Jinny
Small Duelling unil Garages
Started Clary, Irwin, Den
nett Plan Duellings
With the housing situation still far
from relieved, many buildings aro be
ing started In Bend In splto of tho
uncertainty of weather conditions
during the next few weeks. Thirty
six permits were taken out during
November, the buildings to cost a
total of $20,536.
Seven of the buildings are to cost
over $1,000. They Include two apart
ment bouses for N. E. Gilbert and
N. R. Gilbert, on the corner of Lava
road and Franklin avenue, one 24
by 38, to cost $1,500, and the other
114 by 24, to cost $5,000.
F. M. Clary Is having a dwelling,
24 by 24 feet, five rooms, built on
West Fifth street, to cost $1,500. It
is to have a concrete foundation. H.
W. Gant is building for Louis Ben
nett a seven room dwelling, 33 by 46
feet, with a basement and rock foun
dation, on Drake road. Martin R.
Irwin Is putting up a $1,000 five
room frame house, 24 by 32 feet, on
East Kearney. Hugh TIerney is build
ing a frame dwelling at Fifth and
Revere, 24 by 32, six rooms, with
basement and stone foundation, to
cost $1,800. N. Brown and W. F.
Halbert aro building a Ave room
dwelling, 24 by 26, to cost $1,500,
In Kenwood addition.
Small Dwellings Numerous
Dwellings costing less than $1,000
are: Paul Berg, Awbrey heights, 12
by IS, two rooms, frame, $250; J. W.
Cook, Highland addition, 12 by 16,
$100; Raymond H. Stevens, Riverside
addition, 30 by 18, two rooms, $250;
A. A. Sturdevant, Kingston avenue,
24 by 26, four rooms. $500; Wilder
Bryan, Hastings addition, 14 by 28,
two rooms, frame, $200; C. A. Con
rad, 14 by 20, $100; Wilbur Gard
ner, Wiestorla, 20 by 32, three rooms,
frame, $475; G. H. Slack, Hastings
placo, IS by 24, three room frame,
$500; Frank Olson, Florida, 14 by
28, two room frame, $100; John
Steidl, Riverside addition, 16 by 22,
two room frame, $425; E. C. Flnnell,
Second and Kearney, 24 by 32, four
room frame, $300; Alex McLeod,
Wiestorla, 16 by 26, two room frame,
$200; A. Shipley, Hastings place, 16
by 16; $100; Carl V. Erlckson, 342
Federal, addition 12 by 26, one room
and porch, R. L. Allison, contractor,
$27G.
Many Uuild Gurngcs
The approach of winter has caused
an unusual number to build garages.
They includo: Tom Trlplett, Staats
addition, 10 by 16, $75; J. J. Scott,
Nowport, 12 by IS, $100; R. M. Kel
ly, Newport, 12 by 18, $100; J. T.
Carter, Awbrey road, 16 by 24, $100;
W. D. Renfro, 542 Arizona, 8 by 12,
$20; A. G. Truham, River Terrace.
12 by 16, $200; H. M. Swlgert, 11th
and Ogden, 12 by 24, $100; Ed An
derson, Highland addition, 12 by 16,
$100; II. A. Pursley, Terminal addi
tion, 14 by 20, $100; H. J. Bookman,
garage, 1124 Portland avenue, 10 by
20, $75; S. C. Fleming, Stoats and
Florida, 12 by 20, two rooms, $125;
A. E. Pelker, Riverside, IS by 24.
$200.
W. M DIckerson, 14 East Revere,
Is building a stable and chicken
house, 10 by 14 feet, costing $40.
Kate E. Rockwell Is building a wood
shed and porch at 1220 Hill, to cost
$50.
SCENIC PAINTINGS
HUNG AT DOWNING'S
Sovoral attractive oil paintings of
scones which Includo some of Cen
tral Oregon attractjons, have been
hung on the walls of Downtng's cafe.
They are tho work of Art Lowden of
Vancouvor, Wash.
WINTER FEEDING OF
HENS IS DISCUSSED
Instruction In tho feeding of hons
for winter egg production was glvon
to a number of roultry raisers of the
Tumalo section last week tt tho S.
P. Foote ranch by A. E. Cos'jy, O. A.
C. poultry ospert.