WEEKLY EDITION
The bend bulletin.
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VOIi. XX
IIH.VI), DIWCHL'TIM COl'NTV, OHHGO.V, TIIIIWIMV, IlKrK.MIJUIt Jftt3
NO. Ill
MILL COMPANY
TO BUILD LONG
ROAD TO SOUTH
Permission for Crossing
Signal for Construction
25 MEN PUT AT WORK
vIj)IiiK of Hli'vl on four Mllo Hlrelcli
In lie Undertaken Till Winter,
llul ICventimll)- l.lim Will II.
null for nn Mile
Permission from tliu public serylco
commission (or installation of n mil
road croanliiK noma four mile south
of Hand mm Tliu Dnlli)Cullfornla
highway will make possible the com
trtictlon of ono of Ilia most perma
nent of tliu logging railroad of tha
Ilrnoks-Bcanlon Lumber Co. Willi a
ipoclul crow of 26 man mldcd to the
regular track crnw of 10, laying of
stent on tliu Drnt stretch of whut will
eventually bo n CS ml lu Una slurted
Wednesday. Work will coiiilnuo Into
tho spring, I' which tl mo It In ex
pectod that four tulles or more will
hnvo been laid.
Tim gruilo for tho flmt port of tho
new llnu has boon built for several
year In preparation for tha com
puny' future nocds, nud tliu work
which will ko on for tha remainder
of tho year I consequently arranged
for. Dccaunn of tha frosuu condition
of tha ground, ballasting and tamp
ing will not ba posslblo for sovcral
month.
A continuation of tho road will In
years to coma tap tha timber In tho
company' moit southerly holding
Next fall a change In prevent routing
of log will probably result lu timber
fromComp 3 bolng brought In over
Ilia new Hue,
MORE HIGHWAY
WORK IS SEEN
Engineers Secure Final
Data in County as
Basis for Bids
Slightly tnoro than IB mllea of
Krndlng of stnto highway lu Des-
chute county will be undor way In
tho spring of 1SS3, It was known
Tuomluy wbeil 0. W, Wantor, dlvl
Ulan onglneor with headquarters' at
Tho Dalles, and It. P, Newland, resi
dent engineer at Midras, arrived In
lknd to socuro final data u tho bad
for advertising for bldi on section's
of tha McKonslo-Ilend and McKcntlo
road.
On theso two highway 6.15 mllea
are io bo graded, (ha call for bldi to
bo Uued at tho January or Febru
ary meeting of the state highway
commission, and In addition bids on
m nlnp miles on Tim lalles-Cotifornla
highway between tho Allen ranch and
Paulina pralrla are to bo callod, as
announced Monday, Work on tho
McKenxlo-Ilcnd highway Is to bo from
Tumdlo to tho Deschutes river, and
on tho McKcntlo highway from Cllno
Falls to Ilcdmond.
CONCERT BY BAND
IS MUCH ENJOYED
Tuesday evening's concert by the
Sliuvlln-IIIxon band at tho American
Legion building was 'horoughly en
joyed by such of Dond's population
as. w'oro not too busy sending off
Christmas parcels to attond, and tha
hall was, crowded by a still greater
number for tho free dancing which
followod, 'most of the day's bundles
having been tied and addressed by
that time. The concert wna one of
the most Interesting and best pro-
METHODISTS TO HAVE
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
An Impromptu program, followed
by a social, will bo tho plan' carried
nut by tho Sunday school. of tho Meth
odist Episcopal church, on Friday eve
ning at Kpworth hall Due to tho,
Illness of Mrs. W., 0. Headrfck and
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uiuurn wiiu nuiu iu mivu u ian ill
directing the cantata, It will not be
Klvun in full, but nil of tho music
jearned will be given,
Drags Gun Muzzle,
Hunter Loses Fingers
When Piece Discharges
Dragging his shotgun by the
imuilo whllo hunting, Iloh Lit
tlofluld, cook nt Hliovlln-IIIxuii
Camp Ko. 1, lost tho third mid
fourth lingers and part of Ills
left hand Friday, whou tho
gull was discharged, Ha was
brought to tho Lumberman's
hospital today. Asldo from tho
shock, his condition is not ro
garded as serious.
CHINOOK WIND
AND RAIN END
WAVE OF COLD
Central Oregon's blanket of snow
shrank visibly Monday morning s a
warm chlnook wind toro along to
ward the Columbia, As tha thaw
progressed, dense clouds hung In tha
sky and at noon a warm rain fell for
half an hour.
Tha weather had moderated some
what Sunday, following n light snow
during the night, a maximum of 37
degrees abovo zero, tho warmest In
days, being reached lu tho afternoon.
Early In tha ovenlng the minimum of
12 degrees abova was reachod. Thon
tho mercury bogan to.rlio, and this
morning the warm wind was melting
tho snow heforo It, At 8 o'clock the
tomperaturo wus 3S degrees above
lero.
Abovo tha power dam, tho Des
chutes was froiciifrom bank to bank
Sunday, and floating Ico had gath
ered farther up In tho stream and
frozen. Now the channel Is clear
aRalu.
MUCH FREIGHT
HAULED SOUTH
Nearly Four Million Pounds
Pass Between Bend and
' Silver Lake
Nearly four million pounds of
freight and mall hate bcon hauled
over tho road between Silver Lake
and Ilond during 1923, figures made
public by tho Uond-BUvcr Lako Htagu
Co. show, Tho estimated totul Is
3,988,000 pounds, of which 420,000
pounds was mall.
These figures do not take Into con
sjdoratlon tho amount of cream,
which averages sq gallons aauy rrom
Silver Lako to Hand. Ton thousand
pounds of' freight aro haulod each
day on tho avorago, and there Is a
mall stage going-each direction dally,
Outsldo of tbo poitofflco department,
19 persons aro ungaged in transpor
tallon between Dond and silver Lake,
An increaso of from 22 to 2G per
cont In alt of those figures Is expect
ed for 1923, according to Curl A
Johnson of tho stage company.
CHRISTMAS TREE IS
EASTERN STAR PLAN
A Christmas troo party will bo
hold Monday night by tha Eastern
Star lodge, the members of which
have invited their husbands to at
tond, following tho Initiation and
business moating, aids which nra
expocted to be of a humorous nature
wilt bo exchanged, and games and
dancing wilt bo participated' in.
PYTHIANS TO COME
FROM NEARBY TOWNS
.
Large delegations from tho
Knights of Pythias lodges of Red
mond'snd Prlnavllle will bo la Dend
this ovenlng for the visit ot grand
and supreme officers to the lodge
here. Pour candidates for the Rlble
class In tho first rank will come from
Prlnevlllo, it was learned here today.
FUNERAL HELD FOR '
PARALYSIS VICTIM
Funeral services wero hold Wednes
day morning at 9 o'clock nt St, Fruit-
cla church for Oeorge Alack, who died
Moudny night ot paralysis. Futher,
Oubriol Harrington was lu chargo of
soomn requiem muba. Many friend
of tho 'fumlly wero present. Inter
vaunt wus in the Pilot Dutto ceniqtonv
COOPERATION IS
NEED, SHOWN AT
CLUB LUNCHEON
Realization of Common In
tercsts Is Urged
OUTLOOK 'IS BRIGHT
CuniUKK for Aolorlu 1 tellef Finn
May lie Mini'-, HlurfliiK Tliiirn
ilny, Committee ItrporlH
Firemen I tii No f.10
Thu need of cooperation in Ilond
In order to competo with all of tho
other towns and cites In tho United
mates which aro seeking additional
population, wus pointed out at Wed
nesday's Dend Commercial club
forum luncheon by II. M. Turner,
who spnko from tho viewpoint of a
romparutlvo stranger lu (ho city.
Dend s suffering with "growing
pains," Turner declared. Her prob
turns aro such as aro common to
towns which hava grown rapidly,
Soma of tho natural beauty of an
unusually favorable situation has
beon destroyed, but not all; and tho
fact tho town Is spread over so large
an area that nil of tho rough spots
havo not been covered by Iioukcs, Is
merely an Indication that men of
vision have planned It.
Advertising Is tha only thing that
will maku Dend a great city, and co
operation must go along with tho ad
vertltlug, ho stated, pointing to tho
famo secured by Oberammergau with
Us uniiual prosontatlon of tho pusslon
play, and Pendleton, with Its round
up, through cooperation; and tho fa
miliar examples of California, Col
orado and Florida.
Inteiit.tH Omnium, Dixliuvd
Carl A. Johnson, who presided, do
clsred that now, when mill construe
tlon Is going on and other largo
projods are planned, Is a good tlrao
for men who aro In business on
largu scale to reallio that their Inter
ests aro common, and to cooparato
A. G. Clark passed around single
tootupicxs and bundles of them to
Illustrate tho saying that In unity
thoro Is strength. It. S. Hamilton
spoko briefly ut tho opening ot tho
program.
May Mnka dutviuii
Plans ot tho Astoria relief commit
tee to start a canvass of tho city on
Thursday noon it the fund I not suf
ficiently Increased by that time, were
announced by II. II. Do Armond. Tho
flro department raised G0 last night,
Chief Tom Carton announced. The
committee hopes to reach tho aura
decided upon, $1,000, by Friday oro-
ning.
Portland has oversubscribed the
amount set to bo given there, $50,-
000, without solicitation, according
to L. Andes, wcrotary of the Com
raorclal dub, who points out that
Portland's population is about 50
times that of DoHd, mi-klng tho
amount asked comparable. Antics
reported the eloctlon of directors,
CONTROL OF BEETLES
BY SPRAY SUGGESTED
Jnenli'ko Kxplaln Procedure, In In
structions Sent Out to Na
tional Forests
Control ot the western pine beetle
by snrsylnc Is the subject of lnstruc
Hons sent out (o tho national forests
ot the northwest by A. J. Jacnlcko,
forest examiner, whoso work In sur
veying beetle Infestation in southern
Oregon and northern California was
largely responsible for the recent
1160,000 federal appropriation.
Ho ndYiies two sprayings a year,
the first In tho porlod from May 1
o May 15, and the second during
t!o last (wo weekB ot July. The
first 60 feet ot tbo trunk ot tho in
tested tree should be thoroughly wet
by the spray, he says. He suggests
a mlxturo ot ono part ot croosote to
four parts ot keroBonj.
FOUR ARE INITIATED.
BY MODERN WOODMEN
,A elats of (our was adopted and
liljtlatqd Into the local camp of Mod
ern V6odmon of America at the
mooting; held Tuesday night. Those
Initiated were John Payne, Drlco
Sliuli, Charles Itoss and Alfred Bol
linger, The .election was postponed
until niqutlng, early in Jauuury.
Refreshments worn served following
tho lttH(nton,
STATE TAX FOR
m IS LOWEST
SEEN IN YEARS
$95,907.15 Amount Allotted
jfor Deschutes County
IS PREFERRED CLAIM
I
Sum CloM-ly Approximate Fl (Turin
(it Am'or'ii Kitlimite Count)
Court Fixe l-vy at Meet
inx Held Wednesday
Dvischutes county will pay tho low
est Jtato tax in three yearn In 1923,
wiieu iy&,-J07.i& win bo due. this
Is according to wired information re
ceived lata Tuesday afternoon by As
sessor August A. Anderson from tho
stats'; tax commission in Salem. This
year Deschutes county paid a state
tax of 102,11C.75, last year the levy
was 199,284.50, and In 1920 It was
m.7Q3.
Payment of the state tax must be
.made in cash, and the amount due
thlSjjear was In excess of the levy
for county purposes, asldo from Inter
est on bonds and tho market roads
tax. Slnco tho state tax Is a pre
ferred claim, delinquencies In taxes
havo acted directly against the abil
ity ,of tho county to pay bills for. Its
own expenses.
KMlmnto CIom)
Announcement ot the amount ot
the .state tax shows tho Deschutes
county assessor to bo an excellent
dopester. A little more than a week
ago lu estimating tho mlllagcs which
might bo expected for the coming
year, bo set Hcnd'g combined levy at
98.7. Of this tho city levy was fixed
at 177.790, that ot the school district
was also decided on for $147,519,
but that ot tho county was uncertain
as It would Include tho stnto tax.
Tho assessor estimated combined
stati and county taxes 1232,030, lit
tle more than 2,000 In excess ot the
amount which actually will be levied.
Deschutes county's levy was'set at
S229.329.C0 by' the county court in
session Wednesday aftornoon.
WOMAN IS ACQUITTED
, IN TRIAL ON APPEAL
Dcfi-nxe HintN at Kpltp Work and
Sots Up Alibi to Disrreillt Pros,
ccullon Tetlm6ny
A verdict of not guilty was re
turned by tho circuit court jury In
tho case ot the city of Dend vs. Mrs.
Ilernleco Hewitt, tried Tuesday on
appeal from tho municipal court. The
Jury was- out for less than an hour.
Mrs. Hewitt was charged with con
ducting' a disorderly house. A re
volting' story ot debauchery at the
Wright hotel on the night of No
vember 18 was told by four young
men who had come to Dend on that
night from an irrigation construction
camp.
The complaining witness, I. D,
Gordon, admitted that he had not
entered a complaint until after Mrs.
Hewitt and her husband had caused
him trouble over checks drawn on
tho Redmond National bank, and had
sought to prevent his keeping com
pany with a girl employed In the din
Ing room which tho Hewitts conduct
at tho hotel. Other witnesses for the
prosecution were T. R. Anderson, C,
R. Hagman and E. F. Schroy.
Dofonse testimony was to the effoct
that Mrs. Hewitt and her husband
wero at a theater when most of the
events related by the city's witnesses
wero alloged to have occurred! W. P.
Myers and R. D. Parsons appeared
for tho defendant.
An evening session ot court was
necessary to complete the case. This
was the last Jury trial on the docket
for the present term, and Jurors were
dismissed following tho bringing ot
verdict.
SLED STRIKES DOG:
BOY IS BADLY HURT
The first, coasting accident reported
this year occurred wheu Ralph
Rhoads, 6 year old son of Mr., and
Mrs. T. W. Rhoads, was knocked un
conscious as a result of his sled strik
ing a dog which attempted to cross
tho path on the-Awbrey heights coast
ing course.
The. boy's face was badly bruised.
Ono eye wob injured and several
stitches had to be taken to closo n
wound on his nose. Ho regained
consciousness otter being taken to a
doctor's oftlce. Ho Is now Improving,
Bags Six Geese With
Explosion Torn Piece
and Only Four Shells
flagging six goce with four
hells, using a shotgun with the
end of tho barrel blown off by a
previous explosion, was tho
achievement of Ciarcnco Itogers
ot filievlln-lllxon Camp 2. After'
Hubert Littlefleld, camp cook,
lost part of Is hand last week
wben the piece exploded while
he was dragglng.lt by the muz
zle, Itogers sefotit to "find tho
gun. Six Inches' of tho barrel
had been torn away, but there
were still four shells in the ma
gazine, and Itogers decided to
try his luck. He carried half a
dozen big honkers back to camp.
OVERHAULING
HILL STARTS
Half Production at Shevlin
Plant to Continue Three
Weeks
Half of the bands at The' Sherlln
Hlxon Company mill stopped last
week, and the plant wllf remain an
a halt production basis for the next
three or four weeks to allow for the
annual overhauling ot mill equip
ment, states General Manager J. P.
Hennessy.
The reduction of production dur
ing this period will make little .or no
difference In employment, as prac
tically all the mill men who do not
take advantage of tho opportunity
for vacation trips to other points In
the northwest will be needed for
overhauling the plant.
Work In other departments will
continue as usual, and In the woods,
weather permitting, an endeavor will
be made to accumulate a reserve
supply of logs.
CLUB OFFICERS
ARE RE-ELECTED
Old Directorate Meets
This Noon to Pick Presi
dent, Secretary
Election of six directors ot the
Dend Commercial club effected no
change In the directorate, for a count
ot ballots compteted shortly after
o'clock Tuesday afternoon revealed
the fact that each ot the six had been
ono of the outgoing directors. J." P,
Hennessy, E. P. Mahaffey, H. A. Mil
ler, R. S. Hamilton, T. H. Foley and
p. S. Hudson won In the election by
good leads over other candidates.
Holdover members on the board are
T. E. J. Duffy, E. L. Payne. D. G. Mc-
Pherson, J. A. Eastes, F, Dement and
H. E. Allen;
The outcome ot the eloctlon Is the
more remarkable because ot the
manner tn which the club nomina
tlons and balloting Is conducted. A
list ot the entire membership, with
the exception ot the holdover dtrec
tors, was sent each member, with in
structions to vote for 13. The list
ot candidates selected in this way
was mailed to each member tor the
final election1, with Instructions to
vote for six.
The- directors, at their regular
meeting this noon are electing the
club president and secretary tor tho
coming year.
ELECTION BY LEGION
WILL BE TONIGHT
Interest among ex-service men In
the annual election of officers by
Percy A. Stevens Post No. 4. Amer
ican Legion, was stimulated by tbo
announcement that the election at
the gymnasium would be followed by
serving of refreshments.
BORROW TRUCK FOR
CHRISTMAS PARCELS
To take care ot the" dollveryiof the
Inrge number of Christmas parcels
being received here, the postofflco
has borrowed a ton truck from the
Deschutes national forest service,
and has made arrangements vlth
Acting Supervisor Harrlnian for a
two ton truck In case tha one already
secured proves to have Insufficient
carrying capacity.
WHISKEY, SAYS
DISTILLER; AIR,
AVERS DOBSON
Defendant Claims Only
Empty Kegs Delivered
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SAYS CONTRACT MADE
Cheater Moorr, Axvaltln Sentence,
Declare Pubion Hail I'romMcd
Him Automobile for 10O
Gallons of Moonshine
A flat denial of all Incriminating
state's evidence agalnsf'hlm, coupled
with testimony that he had secured
empty kegs from Chester Moore, ad
mitted moonshiner, to sell on shares,
was the defense Interposed by Ace
Dobson, on trial in Justice court Mon
day on a charge ot illegally receiv
ing liquor from Moore. Tho Jury
was unable to agree on a verdict.
As chief witness for tho state,
Moore testified that on the night ot
November 24, Dobson called at his
ranch home south of Pilot Dutto, and
received four kegs, each containing
five gallons ot 95 proof whiskey
which Moore had manufactured.
Dobson had contracted with him, he
said,, for 100 gallons of 110 proof
moonshine, a Hudson Super-Six car
to be the payment. In addition to
moonshlning, the witness said, ho
was in tho dairy business.
Hnys 40 Gallon Delivered
In all. said Moore, Dobson had se
cured 40 gallons ot liquor from him.
No payment tor 'any of tho products
of his stills had ever been made.
Under cross examination, Moore
stated that he bad pleaded guilty to
tho charge of possessing liquor, but
had not yet been sentenced. Ho had
told police officers ot his dealings
with Dobson because they already
seemed.4o4cnow.aIl. about. It, bo-said.
He admitted that Police Chief Hous
ton had promised to help him out on
his sentence If he pleaded guilty and
testified against Qobson.
Moore was arrested Thursday night
wben officers raided his ranch. One
of the kegs of liquor found on his
place was introduced in evidence.
Saw Keg Delivered
Houston testified regarding the cir
cumstances ot Moore's arrest, and
Dewey Moore, brother of the chief
witness, said that he had seen Dobson
come to the ranch on tho night ot
November 24, and that he had seen
him load four kegs Into his car.
Whether they were full or not he did
not know. He did know that his
brother had been operating a distil
ling plant for some time.
William Sullivan, ot the "Two
Jims," cigar store and pool room, tes
tified that on November 29 Dobson
had brought tour empty kegs to his
place, stating that he was selling
them for Moore.
NEW PRESS FOR 1
BULLETIN HERE
Experts From San Fran
cisco to Install Goss Com
et in Near Future
The Goss Comet press to be in
stalled In tbo building; now nearing
construction for the use ot The Out
letln, arrived In Dend Monday morn
lug from Chicago, Immediately on
lt3 receipt an expert erector in Sau
Francisco was wired and will be In
Dend within a tew days to put tn the
new-equipment. It is expected that
installation can be completed by the
end ot the year, or possibly a tew
days after.
The new press will greatly cut
down the printing, delivering each
paper ready for the street, and main
taining a speed ot 3,000 an hour. It
will also permit an Increase In site
from six to seven columns.
TIMEKEEPER'S HAND :
MANGLED BY ENGINE
The middle finger ot Roy Har
grove's right hand was torn off and
the hand otherwise mangled when It
was caught 4n tho governor ot a gaa
engine which ba was running to op-
orate a drag saw at, the United Con
tracting. Co. tunnel camp Monday.
He is now In St. Charles hospital.
Ho was timekeeper at the camp,