WEEKLY EDITION
THE BEND BULLETIN.
VOL. XX
1II3.NI), DICHUIIimCS CXUNTV, OHVAIOS, THlIWIJAV, Ill.TKMIIKIt I I, IWJZ
SO. 12
COUNTY AGENT
WILL BE KEPT,
COURT DECIDES
Support of Agriculturist Is
Strong, Evidenced
BUDGET MEETING HELD
Petition AnkliiK TIihI Offlto IUi Con
tinned Httx 'JOII .Viiiiicn, Tlmt of
Opponent 1 18 One Hpenk
it Aftaliint Itrtentlnn
Continuation of tho oltlco (if coun
ty agriculturist In Iochutrs county
win decided on by ttiu county court,
following discussion at tliu budget
mooting Monday uftcrnoon ut tlm
courthouse, Itutuiitlou of ttiti services
of tlm county agent was favored In
arguments by V. II. Daggett, Hod
iiiMiul uttoriiuy: Karl Denton, secre
tary of tlio county furiii bureau;
(ourgu McGregor, Turrubonno farm
or: A. J. llurtor. Tiininlo farmer;
Jnlin Ma mb of Tunialo, Ouy Dobson
of Itciliitoild anil K. M. I'M, prosl
,lenl of tbo farm bureau, Tho only
T opposing speaker wan J. W. Kcbrunk
of near lt';ilinonil, who In not n prop,
orty owner, but who represented, bo
mild, tlii) US iilRiiurM of a petition
nuking tlmt no further funds bo ox
pou dctl on malntnlnliiK n county
agent but (hat tho amount bo trans
ferred to thn market road fund. Thu
supporter of tho agent's ofllco had
presented n petition with 203 signa
tures. Tho viiluo of technical agriculture
ban been recognized since 1802, when
national fundi for establishing ngrl
cultural rolfogcs were approprlnted,
wii) tho declaration of W. II. Daggett.
AlmoHt nvery statu In tho union has
Klveii tbo mime recognition by estab
lishing itirh colleges, Oregon ax Ioiik
. ago an I S35, ho said; and Deschutes
county, If tho agent' oltlco woro donn
uwny with, would bo tho only county
In Oregon falling to tuko ndvantngo
of tho coIIcko'b service.
' Oit Small, Declared
Tho amount spent by thn county,
$2,400, means tax of only 26 emits
on every 11,000 of amended valua
tion, unlit Daggett, nnd If tho oltlco
In abandoned bore, tho pcoplo of thl
county will still bo helping to pay
for agent In all tho other counties,
In statu and fodural taxes.
Tho Itedmond business men nro to
suro of tho value of having an agri
culturist that they pay tho agent's
omce rent, In addition to tho other
support thoy glvo hi in, said Daggott.
If It woro not for tho county agunt,
Dcschutox county alfalfa growers
would not bo using sulphur, Earl
Donton declared; and tho uio of sul
phur lias added hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to tho county's In
come. Crlllclo Agent' Servlco
J. W. Hchrunk, tbo opposing speak
er, declared that tho farmers have
not been given a sqtiaro deal by
f agents In tho pant. Soma of tho
Mupposod puro seed furnished by tho
agriculturists turned nut to bo poor,
mid It Is tbo farmors who woro fur
nished that seed who nro opposed to
continuing tho ofllco, ho Btnled. Ho
also blamed ono of tho early agricul
turists for tho establishment of 1,8
ncro foot uh tho duty of water, when
2.5 foot nro necessary, Ha nlso ob
jected to tho fact that tho agents tiro
changed so often, "Just ns soon as
wo, got 1 1 1 in educated, bo's gone,"
i Scliruuk complained.
Answering Schrunk, Gcorgo Mc
Gregor said that If Hchrunk, iinil his
nelghborH hud used tho county ngout
nnd learned tho vnluo of border strip
ping their lleldH, they would find 1.8
ncro foot enough. A, J. Hurler point
ed out that 1.8 feet wau established
ns tho duty of wntor 10 years ngo,
long boforo Doachutcs county had nn
ngout, Ouy Dolison said that If
farmors want more limn 1,8 feet,
r thoy Iiiivq only to buy more ditch
capacity, Eby urged tlmt Scliruuk'a
itrffuinont should not lie considered,
us Hell ni nit Is not n freeholder In tho
county,
Boforo tho court announced Its de
cision to leave tho appropriation for
agriculturist as It stood In tho ndvor
tlsod budgot, County Judge II, V,
Sawyor, oxpluinod that tho money
provided for tho ngout could not q
A gully bo transferred to tho market
'? rpnd fund, nor, In liln opinion, to tho
gonornl road fund; In which enso tho
part of the tax uppllcd 1o mails
H would bo less than oiio-fQUtlli of n
mill mldltimml,
NEW PIPE LINE
TO COST $70,000
IS AUTHORIZED
B. W. L. & P. to Seek Water
Rights on Tumalo Creek
SURVEY IS FINISHED
1'ho Mile CoiiNtrurllon Will Ktart In
Hprlnii If HlglitN Obtained
Larger Population Provided for
III I'lniiN of ('oiiiinfiy
Construction of n pipe lino from
Tumalo croek to tho city limits of
Hand to provide n now soitrco of
wntor supply tins boon authorized by
tho directors of thn Ileud Water,
Unlit & Powor Co., T. II. Foley, gon
oral manager, states, Foley has
Just returned from tho east, stopping
In Chicago, headquarters for tho
company, In tho rourso of tils trip.
Tho authorized development would
glvo Ilend water of unusual purity.
Tho cost would bo 170,000 or more.
As tho final preliminary step bo
fore actual construction, water rights
for 10 second feet must bo secured
from tho Deschutes County Municipal
Improvement district, mid application
for this amount will hn made In tho
near future. If this Is allowed, work
will start this spring as soon ns tho
frost Is out of tho ground, In an
endeavor to have tho lino complotcd
by fall.
Maintain PiimpliiK Plant
Thn water rights sought would bo
sulllclcnt In tnko enro of a city of
20,000 population, Foley estimates.
Tho lino, which has already boon sur
veyed, would bo nboiit flvo miles
long. Tho fall from Tumalo creek to
Ilend Is 180 foot, providing a much
greater pressure than Is possible with
tho present system.
Coiuplellqnof tho new lino would
not mean abandonment of tho prcs
out pumping plant nnd pipe lino,
which would bo maintained nnd held
In rosorvo for emergency use.
JURY INDICTS
MRS. NICHOLS
Woman Who Shot Robert
Greer to Be Tried on First
Decree Charge
An Indlctmout charging Mrs. I. A
Nichols with first degroo murder of
Itohort Oreer at tho Hummlt stage
station on tho morning of December
2 has been returned by tho Klamath
county grand Jury. It was statod Moil
day by W. P. Myors, attorney for
Mrs. Nichols. Tho case will probably
not go to trial until early In Jnnu
nry.
Mrs. Nichols, by her own confea
Ion, shot Orcer to death at tholr
lonoly cabin after ho had threatened
to forco her to lead an Immoral life
and hud prevented bor from com
miinlcntlng with her husband nnd
baby In Ellofisburg. Oreor had been
moonshlnlng on n largo scale, and
was Intoxicated whou tho fatal quar
rol started, sho suld.
IRRIGATORS FAVOR
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Pii'sldeut of CoiiKiess Sends Con
gnitulntory Letter to Milliliter
of Line,
PORTLAND, Doc. 8. That tho
Oregon Irrigation cougroas heartily
favors tho advertising nnd develop
ment campaign to bo put on by tho
Portland Chamber of Commerce Is
Rhown In n letter of congratulations
rocolvod by W, D. II. Dodson, In
charge of tho drlvo, from Jamun M,
K'ylo of Hlanllold, president of tho
Irrigators.
Tho Oregon Irrigation congross
Initialed tho movement tho chamber
In carrying nut. From that body's
action sprang tho Oi'o;;on dovolop
incut board to foniuilnto a laud sot
tleiuout plan. Tho cluimuor of com
iiiorco thou undertook tho leadership
In' tho enterprise, adding cooperative
mtirlcetlni: nnd advertising features.
It decldod to furnish tho money for
proeecu'lrig t'.io vor't. A tlrlve vrlll
stnrt Tuesil'iy morning to ralso f 300,
000 to ho used In tho advertising nnd
UoYolopmont caiuyp Igii.
CONTRACTLET
ON BIG FLUME
JOB NEAR CITY
Warren Construction Co.'s
Bid Ih Accepted
COST WILL BE $136,098
Contrnct to Il Hlgiied Willi (.'. O. I.
DUlrlct by Klrsl of Yvur, nnil
Work Hlnrtinl to Complete
I'liimo by May 1
Thn contract for reconstruction of
tho p. O. I, main llumo south of
Ilend wus awarded Tuesday to tho
Warren Construction Co. of Portland
nn Its bid of !13C,098.90, by tho di
rectors of tho C, O. I. district In n
meeting at Itedmond. Crcosotcd
wood stave construction was speci
fied. Jllds woro opened Monday.
A camp will bo established nnd n
crow put to work tearing out tho old
flume as soon as tho contract Is
slgnod, which will bo about January
1, according to Will Kills, who repre
sented thu Warren company at tho
mooting. Tho llumo must bo ready
for uso by May 1, according to tho
specifications.
Tho district's bonds, voted over n
year ago with this reconstruction In
vlow, havo now been certified by tbo
Irrigation securities commission of
tho s'tnto, following a recent supremo
court decision that tho bond election
was legal.
JOURNEY FROM
LAKEVIEW HARDOPPOSITION TO
Rond This Side of Summit
Station Practically Im
passable, Says Priest
Father Thomas J. Drady, pastor of
St. Patrick's church at Lakovlow, ar
rived in Ilend Tuesday ovor the
Sllvor Laka road; but ho Is not ad
vising anyone else to attempt tho
trip. Ho took tho Sllvor Lako stage
from Fort .Itock, nnd with William
Uurton, tho drlvor, and II. K. Burton,
who ulso msdo tho trip, was 3G hours
In reaching Uond,
Tho Drst part of tho trip was easily
made, Father Ilrady says; but after
passing Summit station, drifts piled
up In front of thorn until thoy were
forced to shovel tholr way; they wero'
four hours going C.000 feet, nnd
finally both rear whoels of tho stago
woro broken and thoy had to aban
don tho car. Thoy walked nlno miles
to tho nearest ranch toward Ilend,
ovor n road which tho cor could not
havo traveled It It had not broken
down. Then thoy telephoned for a
car to como from Ilend, and whan It
camo mndo tho rest of tho Journey.
Further troublo was experienced nt
Lava butto, and abandoned cars,
Btuck In tho drifts, woro seon at sov
oral places along tho road, Father
Urady Bays. Ho left last night for
Portland.
35 HORSES LOOSE IN
CITY ARE IMPOUNDED
Owner, Harry Wober, Promise to
Keep I'mler Supervision
Much Diiinago Done
Tlilrty-llvo horses which havo been
running ut largo in tbo city, causing
considerable dumngo to private prop
orty, lmvo been taken up and liu
pbuudod slnco Sunday by city olllcors,
later to bo released to tho owner,
Hurry Weber, on payniont of $35.
Wober promised to keop his stock
under closer supervision in tho fu
ture THE DALLES TO BEND
ROAD IS SNOWBOUND
Snow has blocked tho way from
Tho Dnllea to llond, according to
W, II, Ilnick of Odoll lako, who vo
turned to llond on his way homo
Thursday (light from a trip to Port
land. Urock wiia twlco stalled In tho
snow, trying both tho Grass Vnlley
nnd tho Dutur-Mnupln routes boforo
deciding to' leave his auto In Tho
.Dalles and complete tho trip o liond
by ral), .
Loggers Dig Through Miles of Drifts
to Bring Ailing Woman to Bend; Trip
From Shevlin Camp Takes 5 Hours
Loggers from Shovlln-IIIxon
Camp No, 1 mnda tho IS mile trip
to llond by' auto In flvo hours
Tuesday, shoveling tholr way
through two miles of drifts beyond
Lava butto, tho arduous trip bo
Ing tnude necessary by tho serious
Illness of Mrs. William Clemens,
who was brought' in for treatment
nt a local hospital. The party left
camp at 10:30 o'clock In tho morn
ing, arriving In Ilend at 3:30
o'clock In tho afternoon, and other
cars which left tho Auno camp at
THREE BELOW
Season's Coldest Reached
After Minimum Past in
Other Sections
Cold wi;vcs arc often a little lato
In reaching Ilend, and last night was
no exception to this, tho lowest tem
perature of tho winter being record
ed. The mercury In the official gov
ernment thermometer dropped to
thrcd degrees below zero, hut at 8
o'clock this morning when tho read
ing wen taken, tho temperature was
10 degrees abovo. Plumbers were
busier than over today, with emer
gency work rapidly piling up.
The maximum temperature record
ed far yesterday was 1G degrees
abovo zero.
In other parts of the country the
cold wave was reported to havo
passed Its crest by noqu Wednesday.
ROAD IS ENDED
Objection of tho Deschutes county
farm bureau to tho Improvement of
The Dalles-California highway
through tho proposed Denham Falls
reservoir alto, voiced in n resolution
passed sovcral months ago, was with
drawn at a meeting of tho bureau
last week at tbo Commercial club of
llco In Ilend. The highway commis
sion has refused to do any work on
this section, basing Its refusal on tho
objections of tho farm bureau and
of Percy A. Cupper, stato engineer.
Discussion of tho matter of retain
ing tho county agent revealed the
fact all present nro anxious to keep
llio agriculturist's services. Denial
that tho agents havo used tho ofllco
In unfair competition vyjtu merchants
was voiced by several.
C. A. Newhall, representing a San
Francisco sulphur firm, urged the re
tention of tho ngont, In spite of the
fact that his company will be a com
petitor of D. L. Jamison, former
agriculturist, tu selling sulphur here.
Tho relnttvo merits of coarso and
lino ground sulphur wero argued.
B. M. Eby proslded at tho meeting.
A. R. C. FUND IS
Funds secured In tho lied Cross
roll call passed Jho $2,000 mark Fri
day whon reports woro recolved from
three communities outsldo of Ilend,
Mrs. Lotlui Wester, chairman nt Tor
rebouuo, reported $28; Mrs. W. K.
McCormacl; nt Deschutes, $21';
Douglas Johnson at I. a Pino, $9.
Madras la yet to be hoard from, and
the fund raised In Bend Is oxpectcd
to bo nicrcuied.
Of the $2,000.15 raised, $51S.15
was In mombershlps, tho remainder
In pledges.
DR. VANDERVERT IS
VICTOR IN COURT
A vordlct for tho defendant was
brought by tho Justice court Jury In
(ho case of Qeorgo Paddock vs. Dr.
J. C. Vnndavert, tried Monday be
fore Justice 10. D. Gllson. Attorneys
W. P. Myors and It. H. Pnrsons ropre
bontcd Vandovert, and A. J. Moore,
Ross Fnrnbom and Paul C. King ap
peared for Vadd;elt. Tlw plainti.?
sought to seeuro pososslou of the
Itnrnao now oporiited by Ur, Vande
vert on llond street.
NEW MINIMUM
OVER $218 MARK
8:30, also arrived at 3:30.
C. C. Palmer, Fay Howard, Wil
liam Hall, Fred La Marsh, Clint
Olson, Mrs. Hob Llttlefleld and
Clemens accompanied Mrs. Clem
ens from tho Shevlin camp.
Drifts three feet deep had to be
plorccd before tho autos could
make their way( through, tho men
from camp roported. Near Lava
butto tbey met tbo tractor which Is
being used under the direction of
stato highway engineers In clear
ing tho road to tho south.
BEND'S MILLAGE
98.7 FOR COMING
YEAR, ESTIMATE
Ilcnd's mlllage as represented by
the taxes to be paid in 1923 on an
assessed valuation of $2,207,570 will
bo 98.7, It Is estimated by Assessor
August Anderson. Tho estimate is
based on county, city, and school
district budgets, with an approxima
tion of what may bo expected as the
county's share of the stato tax, which
has not yet been reported. Tho esti
mated mlllago Is a slight increase
over that in effect this year, 93.59,
despite the fact that the assessed
valuation has beon advanced.
Mlllage for county and estimated
state tax for the coming year is 26.4
as against 26.19 this year, tho new
city tax Is 35.2, one-tenth of a mill
higher than this year, and tho tax
for school district 1 will be 37.1 as
against 32.3. The city valuation Is
$2,207,570, that of the district $3,-
976,350, and that of the entire coun
ty $9,362,2S5.
City of Itedmond 30.8
The county general levy, including
the estimated state tax Is $232,030,
the city levy Is $77,790, and the
school district No. 1 levy is $147,-
519.,
Itedmond will run Bend a closo
second for mlllage honors, according
to the assessor's figures. The city
of Itedmond has a levy which will
call for a mlllage of 36.8, school dis
trict No.2 will add 17.8, the union
school district 10.5, and tho est!
mated county general levy mlllage of
26.4 brings the total to 91.5.
GRAND JURORS
WORK FASTER
Seven More Witnesses Re
turn From Federal Quiz
in Portland
A little more rapid progress In the
Investigation of the Deschutes county
soldier bonus tangle by the federal
grand Jury in Portland was indicated
Saturday morning when seven of the
witnesses subpoenaed hero returned
to Bond after being quizzed by tbo
secret tribunal. Casslo Flynn, Ross
Karnham, H. II. De Armond, John
A. Knight, L. D. Poole, E. R. Seltz
and Chester Bertrand camo in on the
morning's train, and four others, the
first to bo released from further at
tendance, had come In Friday.
From tho manner In which wit
uesses woro called, It was surmised
that tho grand Jury has already boon
working on two or more cases In con
nection with the soldier bonus law.
FINED $5, ANDERSON
ASKS CASE REVIEW
Horse Ileal In j; Case to Go Into Cir
cuit Court ItefiiMil to Dis
miss Is Basis
Leo Anderson, blacksmith, who re
cently was fined $5 In Justice court
for boating a borso, will carry the
ciuo to tho circuit court on n writ
of revlow, pnpera for which havo nl
rejidy been llled.
Rovlow Is asked on the grounds
that Justice of the Peaco E. D. Gil
sou overruled the motion to dismiss
Kf.or U.o ctste had refused to Ml' (is
n wltnosa Anton Auno, ownor of tha
horso. R, II. Parsons Is attorney for
Anderson.
ASTORIA RELIEF
PLAN OF LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Plea for Appropriation Is
Given Club's Support
"40-8" TO GIVE DANCE
Fund for Aid to IIomclcM nnd Job
less In Stricken City Is Started
by Boxcar Society Busi
ness .Men Assist
Steps toward relief for Astoria and
tho victims of last Friday's disastrous
fire which destroyed that city's busi
ness district were taken In Bend yes
terday by the Commercial club and
Bend Volture, Lb Soclete des 40
Hommes et 8 Chevaux. Tho Com
mercial club voted at luncheon its
endorsement of Astoria's appeal for
a congressional appropriation, and
this endorsement will be wired to
Oregon's representatives at Washing
ton. It was given on motion by H.
II. Do Armond. President J. A.
Eastes presided at the meeting.
To assist in Immediate relief work,
the energetic "40 et 8'ers" of Bend
havo taken the lead, with the result
that tonight a benefit dance will
bo given under the auspices of
the boxcar society at tho Amer
ican Legion building, it was an
nounced by Earl B. Houston, com
mander of the local legion post, at
tbo luncheon. M. Connolly Is chair
man of the committee In charge of
planning the dance. Wilson George's
orchestra will furnish music. Tickets
are now being sold, $17 worth being
taken by Commercial club members
present at the luncheon.
Committee Appointed
Cooperation with the ex-scrvlco
men and others who may take up tho
task of assisting In Astoria relief was
arranged by the Commercial club In
the appointment of a committee con
sisting of H. H. De Armond, L. C.
Taylor and Tom Carlon. The motion
to appoint such a committee was
made by T. II. Foley. Captain L. S.
Broadbent offered the assistance of
the Salvation Army, In case a can
vass for relief funds Is decided upon.
Steps toward aid to Astoria were
begun last Saturday when Mayor E.
D. Gllson wired to the mayor of the
stricken city as follows: "The city
of Bend sympathizes with the Astor
lans In their great loss as a grief
stricken, lire swept city. We deslro
to help how can. we best render
assistance and relief? Our citizens
stand ready to respond to the utmost
of their ability. Please wire any sug
gestions at our expense."
The reply came Monday from the
relief committee: "Your wire greatly
appreciated. Only need Is cash, and
any amount would be gratefully re
ceived nnd properly used."
Situation Serious
In response to a telegram sent by
Secretary L. Antles of the Bend Com
mercial club, the following was re
ceived from Mayor James Bremmer,
Colonel W. S. Gilbert of the citizens'
executive committee and L. D. Drake
of the Chamber of Commerce:
"The situation at Astoria resulting
from the devastating Are of last Fri
day which totally destroyed the en
tiro business part of tho city, Its
streets, water, sewer and flro sys
tems, is such that wo have deemed it
necossary to appeal to the president
and the congress for Immediate aid."
Aid from congress in tho amount
of $3,000,000 Is asked in this appeal,
i a copy of which Is Included in the
messago sent here. Over 6.0Q0 peo
plo have lost nil their property and
are without employment or means of
subsistence, It states. Contributions
from other cltlos have been received,
but this will not aid in rebuilding.
Unless government aid Is recolved,
Astoria will cense to function ns a
city and Its people will be bankrupt.
Except In the matter of loss of life,
the disaster Is oqual to those of Gal
veston and San Francisco, the mes
sage says.
COUNTY AGENT WORK
FOR YEAR DISCUSSED
After conferring over the wook
end with County Agent W. T. Mac
Donald ns to the work to bo under
taken by tho agent's office during
the coming year, F L. Ballard of
the Oregon Agricultural college, loft
for PrlnevlUo Monday bight to s,:osd
iv day there before roturnlm tp Ccm"-
vnllla Tha mlfllna nf wnrlr will hn
I completed in the near future.