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e Bend Bulletin , WEEKLY KDITION rtWUliKl kr Tli lUni IlolMIn (lncorprtni) EiUMIitifd 1102 i ROBERT W. 8AVv'Kiy Ungy An Independent Nmp,Ti, landln for tha iquari tlenl. clean bulnM. clean politic nd lh beat InteroU ct' Dend and Central Oreson , " Sabacrlptlon Rate On Ycr .. Six Month ..i........ if ......... W....M.0J Three Montta i.. ............ $0.50 THURSDAY. DECEMUBR 2S. 1822 N0T IN POLITICS ,- "Recently nn ' official lecturer for tho Ku Klux' Klah told nn nudtenco nt tlio gymnasium that tho Klan was not, In politics. Yesterday a news art fruai silrl ftl A I ai At. I B m Or) A In 3 u T , 7 , m praise, for their successes, Washington by nn Imperial ofllcer of, ' ,ii. thetfMWtfHttCft.'Vrffte6i'ttiKt'1'Ih council had given tho city faithful and cfllclont service Tho biggest achievement, secured with tho tumor tant aid ofReeordor Rqss Farnhaiii, linf he'W tjbo mntorlh.1 ro4uotI$u l tho eity'ldebt. Old accounts liavff been colloetod and current oxponscs kept down. Tho rosult has boon n material reduction In tho warrant debt. Othc achievements havo been the street work under tho direction ot Mr. I nncs, tho development and operation ot tho camp ground under Mr. Levcrett, and tho conduct ot tho pollco and flro department under Mr. allbcft. . The job Is ono which must bo done. Those who nro willing to undertake It usually get nothing but criticism for their errors and nover a word ot Wo think Fifteen Years Ago' (Erom th ', nfl I thb. Klan In which he claimed for tho organization tho credit for the defeat ol'TArlous candidates In tho recent l f'M. . .. ... ciecjion. in roruana ino ivtan circu lit'cU.' a ticket of BDnroved eandi da'tfe it takes credit tor tho defeat of'feo'vernor Okott; according to all '' .. -.. ... . reports u plans a uoitmie attempt tu confrftl tho next Oreefln legislature TJiiiyjooks very much like "being In politics. Apparently the statements and the dotngs of the Klan officials do not track? In the face of such definite nndwell authenticated actions, It Is fctoish for any member, lecturer or otherwise, to assert that the Klan Is not in. politics. It very clearly Is In,' afld 'the interesting thing Is to know jiisti.why ay contrary assertion slioold be made. t ' ))jOThapi the next lecturer will elu cidate; yu- f MR PJJP SALESMAN The other evening a bunch ot ns waTs seated in a hotel lobby, and tnero'camo wandering into o'jir midst a hklf-grown pup. bills' pedigree vas as'.tnixed as a boarding house hash, andan X-ray to determine his spinal antbother vertebrae would'haVe been -,J'!. si((J6yiner .oupcruuuus. , A- bellhop promptly escorted htm tofand through the door. In a few minutes he was back again, only to repeat' the process. "Shortly thereafter he came trot ting1 iii through another door.' He had a most Ingratiating manner and heiwould stop before one or another oft us with that look ot appealing trustfulness that only children and pup 'dogs' can put over. .. S66'ri a hand was put out to give hfrka'.frlcndly pat, and the waykthat pup 'and. the fellows warmed up to each other .was remarkable; even his natural enemy; the bellhop, thawed out and slipped, him a bunk of meat he. had purloined from the kitchen. That pup succeeded in being al lowed to remain where It- was warm, to ge&fo'm'ethlng to eat, and to make frlelitUrbecause "he was a salesman. himself trade was far-from Al, but be knew the funda mentals. He realized he had a, 'hard propo sition to put, over and that he could not sell unless he could get to the buyers, so be was persistent. Pitting him out onco or twico meant nothing in bis young life, and I reallythink that, ho bad a sense ot the advertising value the attention creating value his "puttings out" and reappearance would create. Even' in the moments ot stress dur ing the putting-out processes he never forgot to be a gentleman. qlmnnsot, Tho tltillotlti UllMVVJIIIIll! I IV V I II Tho body of l.il Htilbhrt wad found Saturday evening, floating 'In thu tlumo of, tho Cllno Kalis Power Co Ho had died ot heart fallurb, It la stated on good authority that deeds are -being' prepared nt PfliiO' vlllo for ttio.nnlo ot the towntdto ot Laldlaw to the "Mount Hood Rallrond & Powor Co. ,rThls Is tho company mat, u .nas uecn sum, wouiu mill' un electric rond ncross Coutrul Oro gon to connect with a lino In Nevada Two days qt steady rain proceeded Christmas. Hundreds ot whlto swnn nro swim mllig on Silver lako In tho early mai mcso men nro entmeu 10 praise, n,0Inlngs, Hying out to tho murshos and wo arc glad t3 bo hblo to say so. to tc0ll Ior Ul0 grintor ,mr, f lho day and returning during tho ovo NOBODY INTERESTED Following tho general ejection, tho papers had many columns ot news concerning the efforts various tndl vtdunls were making to secure their choice as' presiding officers ot tho house and tho senate. There was much scurrying about. In tho con "test for tho presidency ot the senate, especially, partisans ot ono candidate or another were making hurried trips to interview sonatpts-electit telephon ing at all nours 10 reporttno prog' A tow gray swan also nlng. seen. Frod Wallace ot Laldlaw was In Ttimnlo yesterday after u load ot hay for Jack Wcnnndy of-Uoiid William UOegll, proprletorf of th Covo fruit farm, was In town yester day. Mr. llocgll 'has hud an nxcop- tlonally succcssul season this year tho ylold ot all kinds ot frults grown at tho Covo having been unpreco dontcd. E. A. Smith has returned to Uond ress ot the campaign and to secure , v- " . , . . , ... , .. . .from several months' work on tele It was said that one man would be Hij4i8d nothing to sell but : an his visible stock In tra supported becauso he would help in the passage ,ot legislation desired by certain Interests, or that another was favored because he was pledged to certain other measures. All this was quite proper and le gitimate. No ono cap properly voice the slightest objection. We do think, however, that' tho people ot'thd state Would appreciate signs ot equal ac tivity in preparation for legislation of general) Interest and Importance. All they havo seen so far has been the fight to control the house and the senate organization on behalf of special Interests. A senator or representative anxi ous to dp what he could to perfect the laws' ot the state could find scores ot opportunities. Our statute hooks are now filled with a mass ot Ill considered nnd undigested legisla tion. It would put the state many dollars ahead It (his could be worked over and put In shape. For this sort of thing, however, there Is no scram ble. There Is no .particular Interest on anyone's part to see the right phone lino construction for tho Plo nccr Telegraph & Telophono' Com pany. Tho engineers ot the Deschutes Ir rlgatlon & Power Co. are busy theso days getting, maps, flold notes and reports ready to bo (lied at the land office at Tho Dalles, and with tho state engineer. Mrs. W. P. Myers was a visitor In Bend from Laldlaw Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wllcoxon wero in Bend Wednesday night to. attend tho dancp. John Stcldl left tor Portland last Sunday morning, expecting to bo gono for about two weeks, ,?n What's Doing.in the Country.;, PROGRAM IS GIVEN AT SISTERS SCHOOL SISTERS. Dec. 28. A shortOichool A Tt IJ m I I 1' V tH WilO tlU4 iUV ililkVliWV" imn8 uoue. wumu oo, re.reauiuu dInt0 and Drrm,ry Erdcs. A larito io qeq as.mucn aciiviiy on oenaii oi i crowd attondedi a all of us as for the .tew who want Perit Huntington. Earl Robblns and Vcrn Skelton hauled timber from the J. P. Duckett sawmill to the school house for tho new barn to bo something .for themselves. New Southern Pacific advertising bulU vcdneidar says "You never nsK, si. mo iran win run today for you have learned to depend on it." Maybe you do not; but here in Send you ask twice a day what time the train will get -In, Irel Harrington, spent Monday with uecilo Jtonoins. lien 'Tone, was a business visitor In Clorerdale Tuesday morning Miss Floronco Itoyal went to lied mond Saturday to spend Christmas at nor homo there, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Edglngton. spent unristmas with Mrs. KUgington s sis ter. MrB. Smith. In Plalnvlow. I Howard Jaequot is spending' the weeir witu pis cousin in uond. Amnnp tll'nnn f rnm-PlnvanlnlA 'whn Trvrwf rxr tf ivw e-rtrrmmviil .. . - ""iliu .'irt.i mniwuwi i nitenaqu mo program at the church Bend. Ore.. Dec. 27. 1922. Saturday cjenlng were Mr. and Mrs rr. , 1 .11 1 . f IDiin 14I4UIU II II II UUUKiJlVI. iiUUIBC, An article appeared In last night's jilsses Aleatha and Juanlta Hodson. issue of The Bulletin, nuroortlnc to I and Thomas Harrison. be an Interview with Chief of Pollco 'Ed Spoo, Vern Skellpn and Alfred Communications Hoy fie was a wise dog; he de parted e'ach time quietly and philo sophically, and reappeared the same wayj'with bis tall wsggjng In gentle friendliness and his brown eyes searching into the faces of the hu- mans-jaooui mm, not Dnmiy, noi crlngbgly, but with quiet, assured ness tuu commanaea attention-s-ana so beput bis proposition across. ExcliBe. tlik OUTGOING COUNCIL InaVew days the council which has administered the affairs of the city o'Bend for tho paBt two years will go 'iul of office to be succeeded by a, neV set ot men chosen at the Novem')- election. Tho Bulletin wishes' bow to take the opportunity of thanlclng and congratulating the raerooorBoi tho SerVI the outgoing council for ces which they have ren dered the city. Infsaylbg that the council Is to be congta'lujuted on the quality of serv ice whltjii it has given, we are not urimlQtfrni of the fact that on two major Usues which arose soon after .it took 'charge of the city government wo beicved it made serious mistakes. Wo refer to the Gilson water fran chise' 'and to the women's protective division. , On these we vigorously op posed. tho council. That pur opposi tion vfi'l right was Indicated by the nctlonjof the people In voting down the franchise and in forcing the adop tion bftho protective division ordi nance We think that the council, in Its later, pctlon in respect to the. pro tectlvo5' division, has signally failed to obscrve"'lfs Intent nnd to secure .the best results' possible undjr It. When we havo ,sld this, the sum ot our criticism Is complete. On the, ptherhand, and jexcept tor . Sorenson spent tho week- cud at the Spoo homestead on the lower, desert. A large number attended tho tur key shoot at the Frank Arnold ranch In Cloverdale. " The Ulsters Try Sowing club had Its achievement party Thursday aft ernoon. Miss Velma Graham received first prize In first division, and Miss ry . . a . i , ii lease from the owner. D. A. Boyd of A'?,,"u Wlllard Houston, regarding the al leged misconduct of 'the Wright hotel In this city, and to that article I de sire to make an open reply so that the good people of Bend may know the true situation. I am operating this hotel under a Seattle, Washington, which has very near a year to run, and have been so operating, personally, since on or about the 13th day of August, 1922 From that date down, to, and In' cludlngthe present t'me I have en' deavored to conduct a clean and re spectable house, and I honestly be lieve that I -have done this with a large degree of success. It may be true that some few violators, or would-be violators, of the liquor law have taken rboms Jn the hotel, as they do 'In all hotels, not only In Bend, but elsewhere, but all 6f tho peace officers of this city, including Wlllard Houston, have had my re peated assurances that If they ever knew that a law was being, or had been, violated in the Wright hotel, that they had free access, as far as I was concerned, at all times without a search or other warrant, and that I would aid them in every way I could to help them In the enforce' ment of the laws. Many employes of tho mills mako their homo and headquarters at the hotel and I" feel that In Justico to them, as well as myself, the public should know that Mr. Houston has made statements regarding tho hotel, and its management, that are not warranted by the facts. Yours truly, , "( i, A.SELLIOTT. Lena -.. at An Ewrllih 'writer claims to have discovered the "ldenreJeglae." It runs: Mrs. Lucy Winkle and Mrs. Hartley wore the Judges. Mr. and Mrs. II. K. Allen spent Christmas day with their son. Harold Allen, and wife, 'In Redmond. Mrs. J. P. Duckett and Mrs. Joe Bolin and children were shopping In Sisters Saturday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. George Golden ot Redmond spent Christmas with Mrs, Oolden's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl woods. A dance was given by tho Haean boys at the Allen dance hall Friday ovening, Mrs. Carl -woods and son, Claude, spent Saturday at Bead and. Red inund. ' Mrs. Lea Scartli and Mrs. Mcars were callers at the home of Mrs. M Harrington, Miss Alico Taylor of Redmond spent sovoral days at hor homo 'here during Christmas vacation, She re turned to Redmond Monday. Miss Georgia Woods 'spout Christ mas at her homo here. A. Osier and Mr, Grny of Rend were callers at tho C. N. Robblns home Monday ovening. '' Mr, liaison mado u business trip to Redmond Tuesday morning. Holland and Cleon Clark tjpent Christmas at their homo In Tutnalo. Rev. and Mrs. Sclumble and chil dren attended tho Christmas pro gram nt tho church Saturday leve lling. ;' ' R. J. Skelton worked on tho Clo verdale ditch Tuosday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Dan Winkle and Chil dren spent one day last week In Uond, Mr., Harrison moved his oattlc hack t'o Cloverdale after having them at thei Woods "ranch for tho nasi three TERRIFIC GALE LASHING OCEAN, ARE VICTIMS Five Ships, Reported Lost on the Atlantic EXPECT MORE LOSSES IlttrcK Signals Picked Out of Air, Hut I-Nsw lit Laboring VckhoIn Able to Give Aid Crew of Schooner Itcxriiril (Pr Unltxl f-rfM to Th lUml llullttln.) LONDON, Dec. 27. Twonty-olght lives and five ships havo boon lost lu lho torrlllc gales and hurricanes rag Ing on tho Atlantic and along tho English coast, according to reports recoived horo tpday. It Is expected that lator reports will ralso this toll Tho disturbances extended far Into the ocean, battering oven tho biggest liners. All vcssols aro from on to three days late. Ships limping Into port today re port that distress signals wero picked from tho air, but that tho raging sous hlndcrod ttiolr search for tho vessels In trouble. Tho crow of tho disabled schooner Gordon Fudge ot London was rescued at sen by tho American1' freighter Menomlnoo, dcsplto moutitalnou wavos which ripped ncrdsa the-ttoom- er's decks. Ml'iumierttood. Ho was In his ilrst week at college. aud when ho went to the stationer's to buy n fountain pen ho felt desirous that the youm; womnn who wnltNl on him should know that In spite ot his youth he wits no high-school' hoy. When she handed him n sheet of paper ho wrote on It. with many (lour. Ishes, In a large, hold .hand, "Alinn Mater, Alinn Mater," eight or nine times. Tho clerk watched him with R sim per, and at last she sjloka, "Why don't you let her try It her self," sho suggested, "nnd then If it doesn't suit, of courne, we'll change It." Milwaukee Sentinel, Swsllow Covsr World. Swallow, it has been established by experiment, migrate from England to South, Africa, .1,000 miles. A man In Berkshire, In 102J, fastened a mark. on a swallow and turned It loose. The bird wns reported ns having been caught five months later at Jnnnen- llle. South Africa. Other marked swallows, liberated In England, have been reported frnhi Natal, Orange Free State, Cape Province nnd the Trans vaal. Her Revlied drammar. Teacher was endeavoring to make clear to the youngsters the grnmtnst icnl tenses. "'My father had monoy,' she pointed out, "Is In tho pnkt tenxc. Now, Grace,, what tense would you be employing If you should sny, 'My fa titer has raoney'T' That would be ' firetehse," said Grace, very soberly. Exchange. Tribe of Indians Marquette Met. Tho first reference to the Mlsnourl tribe of Indians made by'n European was by Marquette in n letter1 written in 1070 to La Mercler, his father su perior, as Indians "who use canoes of wooU" On Mnrquette's mnp appears the name und location of the "Ou Mes- soure." IiMT, GIRL'S LETTER; SENT OFFIC ABSOLVES II R "JnitC' Doe". Claims to Hnve Been on Houseboat ACCUSES MRS. LEAKY CrtHlene I'lnred In Letter Received by Portland Police Chief (!lrl Invited to Appear and Toll Htory (Ily Unltnl TroM to Tin lUml Ilullrtln.) PORTLAND. Doe. 30. J- A girl signing horsolf "Juno Doo'' wrote letter to Clilof ot Pollco Jenkins to day, declaring horsult tn ho tho girl Involved In tho alleged orgy aboard Cash Weir's houseboat on tho night ot Septombor 23. The letter assured Chief Jenkins that shu Is still alivo, accused Mrs. Holeli Lonry ot mis treating her, nnd nbsolvod Cash Wolr and his son, Earl Weir, ot complicity In her supposed death. Mrs. Lcary had accused tho two Weirs of killing tho girl nnd throw ing hor body tn tho Wlllnmotto river, Tho pollco placo credence in tho lottcr nnd -havo Invited tho girl to como to pollco headquarters and tell tho wholo story. SIGHT OF MONEY WON HIM Proipecter Refused $100,000 for Mine, but Sold for 110,000 Actual Gold Money. Money's an odd sort of commodity and some persons know very little of actum rash from Intimate acquaint' a nee. Harry Venosi tells of nn old sour dough nt the Klondike, who had vnluablo claim after several years of dangers and hnrdhlpti In tho North. Ho came to Seattle and operator who realized the value of his holdings hnd tried to buy him out for $100,000, but It was no ue, the prospector held on. Then came the wine miin who made the deal, and for one-tenth of that sum. Tho stnge-niannged propo xltlnn wan worked like this: The operators cornered their man on the main street and Induced him to accompany them to a dark little office off Marion street .There they talked Alaska and mining until they thought they had their miin In the proper frame of mind. They opened up the subject of a deal and ho ad mitted he hnd been offered $100,000. And you'll never sell for thntT" one said, anil when tho miner snld W the would-be purehnser went to a tahlq near by that was covered with cloth nnd snatched the covering nwny. There, stacked In nent but carelts appearing pile, wns $10,000 In bright, new shiny $20 gold pieces. "There's what we'll givo you." shouted one of the operator ns he saw the miner's eyes gleam. "Vou Just sign tlio deed, and take the money." Aim, tha miner, unused to money, cnrrled awny by the sight of real coin, signed. Portland Oregonlnn. SUSPECTED OF DUAL IDENTITY, Reformer Arrested in Ni'hl Rider Investigation GOVERNOR WILL QUIZ Dr. II. .Mi MrKolii, Held In Murder Probe, Fight Kilmdltlmi nntl Invoke Unbent Corpus III In Kffort - . (Ilr Unit! l't to The llJ Ilull.tln.) ME It ROUGE, Doc. 27, Suspicion of dual Identity brought tho arrest of Dr. II. M, McKolii, formur r- H form mayor .of Mor Rouge,, In Unlit- more yesterday, Federal authorities claim to havo mndo n discovery thut while McKoln posed ns u reformer. and performed urrnndtt of murcy by dny and night ns n physician, In an other personality ho led a baud of hooded nlghtrltlers on deed of terrorism. Ho Is being brought hero for ques. tinning by order of (lovernor Pnrkerf . Other evidence Is bolng accumulated In tha vicinity of Lqku La Kaiirche. 'Dr. McKoln will right extradition to Loiilslann, tt wns lenrnod her today, and tins rotnlnrd counsel to effect his rolonso ou n writ ot habeas corpus. McKoln Is pleading Inno como of all connection with the mur ders of Watt Daniels and Tliomns Richards, duclnrliig that ho left Mou Rouga before the murders warn com mlttcd, and with all ovidonco In hie possession given tu ;h3 grand Jury for Its Investigation ot nlloged tor- rorlsm. Moral Sentiment First. Sclencq .. . . necessitates a fulth commensurate with the grander orbits and universal Inws which It discloses. Yet it does not surprise tho moral sen timent. That was older, and awaited expectant these larger Insights. Emerson. HELEN LEARY CHANGES TALE Woman Now Says She Help ed Kill Girl Sanity Questioned (Ilr- Unltl !'r4U1h Ikt.l null.tln.) PORTLAND, Doc. 27. Mrs. Helen Lcary told tho pollco it third story today. Sho said she holped kill tlio girl named Dotty, aged 33, In Cnshr Wolr's houseboat on tha night or Soptombor 23, She said sho, tho girl. and Cash scuffled and then Cash struck tho girl with n ploco ot Iron plpo, killing her. Mrs. Loary was In a pollco launch today, seeking tho placo whero sho says tho body was burled In tho river. weighted with rocks. Mrs. Leary at first had accused Wolr of abusing tho girl and causing hor death. District Attornoy Myers this after noon annouucod that ha would havn an alienist test Mrs. Leary's sanity. Looking Death In the Face. Death does not fright en mo now. I think It Is like taking chloroform: don't Htruggle against It. hold the hand of a friend, and If Is not hnlf bad with Its promise of rest for inn nnd heaven for you. From "Words In Pnln," let ter written by u dying Englishwoman to her dnelor. H 0D May the New Year bring you happiness, 365 days of health and prosperity. May it bring you new friends and pleasure. v hi Thi is is our Happy New Year" t . . . to you. 5 Acts With Irresistible Power, i jvo reccptncio hus ever been tubde "Here lies a man who would have with sufficient strength to resist V ho 'iKWtf '"..rend, h.qvv be. .was . 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