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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1903)
Elkins b King, PRINEVILLE, OREGON. WE WANT THE TRADE Of uvcryoiitf nlllullll hlul its Vicinity, and nrc wlll'iltf Id utCct you all more Until half way to got It. We know Unit after tlndlilg vHIl Ufl once about securing your subsequent ordcrU, We will give your MAIL The name attention and prompt shipment Unit wo would wore yipu pres ent In person. We will sell you nothing but first-class goods at as low a price as It Is (losslblc to make, iuality being considered. Bend u.n a trial order. Yours for business, ELKINS (3b KING. The Winnek.Drug (So. i MICClCSSOHH YD CIIAfti fl. KMVAHUS OOi Carries a Complete Line of Fishing Tilckfd, toilet Articles, Stationery and Patent Medicines. BEND Local Events of Hie Week. Mrs. II. C. LOW, of the Swnlley bridge, has moved to the house at the edge of the lellge cast of C. J. Cottor's home uud ocucd a grocery store. Milt Young has erected a cabin tni his homestead alxntt two miles tlliitlt of lleud this week. Con struction of this has Occupied his tilnc all week. WIicu you are at bunniko, re member the Pioneer Saloon is the place to get fine liquors. The best is none too uood for you, and we dispense the very best. Kvcrette I!. Miller, who has been runuiiiK the lleud market for the post seven weeks, has cone out of the meat business but intends to continue the trade in vegetables uud certain provisions. "Dud" West will continue the meat mar ket. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Hcising will serve ice creum, cake and lem onade at West's meat market Sun day, July 36. Ice cream and cake 150, lemonade 5c. They will alsp dispense ice cream and lemonade at the dance Tuesday evening next at the opening of the Ilcnd Mercantile Company. Most of the time the past week . the regular mail stage has made clo.se connection at I'riucvillc with the mail stage coming in from 4Shaniko and the mail has been for warded through with unusual promptness. Matter mailed in Portland one day reached ltcnd the next day If that was a stage day. This kind of service goes a long way to make people feel they arc not cut off from the world. Mr. and Mrs. Charles II rock en tertained a small party of young people at their residence Suturdny evening. They had music and af terwards a flower-guessing contest, in which Miss Wicst carried off the capital prize a lwautiful little pin cushion and Mr. foster made away with the booby, this time n two-Inch "nigger" baby pin, whiqh was forthwith affixed to the lapel of his coat. The contest caused much amusement and was enlivened with various sallies and laughable an swers from some of the contestants. After the contest was decided the hostess brought. forth delicious ice cream and cake, to which was done ample justice. Those present were: Mr and Mrs Charles Brock, Misses Marlon Wicst, Iva West, Jackie llrock, Jennie Dano, Hlauchc Kever, Viola Cox; Messrs. . I Steffa, A. Gi Richardson, Karl Reed, Will Fos ter, Kd Hrock, H. W Hroker, A. 2I Kennedy. there will lS no rouble ORDERS OREQON. Ralph Caldwell, of Paulina prairie, was In' Itcncl this week at tending to some business matters. Mr. Milligan, of the Sand Springs lion ranch, was in IJend Wednes day mid Thursday, , leaving this morning for his home. The Winn'ck Drug Company carry a fine line of prescrip tion supplies. Opoftitc the P. H. I). Co office, lleud, Oregon. K. Hond Whbkey is to be had At the Pioneer Saloon, Shaniko, J, J. Wiley, proprietor. A Rood grate- 1 ful drink, refreshing, Invigorating. Not lesj than four rigs loaded to the guards passed here this morn iuft. The occupants were hcaticd for the lakes, and it is expected the lake trout will begin their annual bufferings in a few days. A. II. Kennedy made a trip lo the Tumcllo on Sunday, to ascer tain the quality of the trout in that stream, which arc said to be super ior to those in the Deschutes, lie rcjKHtcd the mosquitoes big, strong and active and the trout small, shy and torpid, and concluded that the alleged superiority is due mostly to their rarity. C. J. Cottor has torn down the log cabin he has occupied for the last three years ami is turning the timbers into cordwood as fast as it is possible to do so. On the site of the erstwhile cabin Mr. Cottor will at once commence the erection of a cottage 16x22, which will be con nected with his present home in the form of an addition, and "will pro vide ample housing for Ms larco .family. Work is expected to begin Monday or Tuesday. The Rend Mercantile Company has been busier than a political con vention this week, receiving the new stock ot merchandise and get ting 11 on tne shelves 111 proper shape. Alnnit 35.000 pounds of Ireigltt nave arrived and nearly as much more is due and will be in place in ample time for the grand opening next Tuesday. This will be the most modern store and the most complete stock of goods on the Deschutes riVer and Priuevillc prices will rule. Some days ago the Columbia Southern Irrigation people turned their water down a gully that'de bouches into the Deschutes near the old Howard and Steams corral below the Tumcllo. The rush of water down the gully tore the soil out in considerable quantities and where the river road crosses it a channel five jfeet deep with vertical walls has leeu cut, making it a very dangerous- place for people traveling after durk. It is even difficult to find a crossing in the daytime. You can obtain patent medicinal and toilet articles at ilk' drug store, opposite the P. H4D. Co.'s office, Rend. I). I. Steffa made a trip to J rlne villc the first of the week Return Jug Tuesday, he mriflea thing visit to Lava. J. C. Conn's big team of freight! milled camped 111 ijciki j noway night on the wnyOlll lo HliRUlko with aDout 20.000 pounds 01 wool. Wednesday night's CHiup was on the dusurt about ten miles from Prinovlllc. A. C. Luonii returned Tuesday oVtsiilhK from liny Creek with 21 lietid ot cattle, borne 01 tnesc nrc milch cows, the services of which are demanded at tile Pilot Kutte Inn. The remainder are range cattle and are now jbrowsiuj con tentedlv on the "dese'rt." Hereafter "Dad' Wet will do his slaugltfriflg here instead of teaming In hi.) bee' The first ani lilal to be slaughtered under the new arrangement Will 1x "bin and dru.sst'd Sunday High und the meat will 1 011 .ial Monday, the sweet and tchder U-Vf fattened oh meadow gras". ' J. I'. Circle rtlld familv. accom panied by Miss Ucssfc Severn and her married sislcr, are up from Prhievillc having; all oliliug and catching the frisky trout in the riVer here. The family is camped cast of' the IlctiU Mercantile Com pany's sture and Is ImVilig a very enjoyable lillle. The biggest bodttl tntlit of the fcMM)ll for Rctid Will IK the OJJching of the Rend Mercantile Company liexl Ttiwday afternoon and wen-' lug.. It Will also be A commercial event of importance. Everybody is invited. There will be good music and a hustling trade in the after noon and in the evening a public dance in the hull over the store. James Roggs, formerly of Priue villc and well known in Crook county, recently went to Lakeview and located there as a laud attor ney. l'Kn the suspension of Max Whittlesey, the clerk in the land office at I-akeview. Under the charge of doing private work 011 the government s time, Mr. Roggs was apjointcd temporarily to the jvosl tion and he is now discharging those duties. , The new boiler fori the V. I). I). Co. mill is on the road iii from Shaniko. It will supply 45 horse power. The old engine will be used at the new mill. It will prob ably be two weeks Insforc the mill is ready for operation. -The Rob erts boys, M1IK011 and Ulwood, have the contract for cuttltii the logs and more than 100,000 feet arc now delivered at the mill. This is about u third of their contract. Mrs. A. C. I.ucus went to Prine - ,.ui .... r,i.. .,..-.,...., ... i.. ;.. more complete stock of bedroom furniture for the Pilot Rutte Inn. While on the way in she fell asleep and her gold watch slipped out of her belt and fell to the ground un noticed. She worried about the loss a good deal until this after noon, when the watch was handed to her by Horace Dillard. lie had picked it up near Powell butte. A few evenings ago Mr. Wiest's attention was attracted by a robin that was making u dreadful fuss about his house. lie looked out and saw the agitation of the oiru irom wnicu ne imcrrc mere , was trouble somewhere. Taking I . r 1 ... 1 ... his gun he went outside and. the 1 .,. robin led him a short distance to where au owl had been threatening her brood as well as the Wiest hen roost. The owl got away. Rut the intelligence shown by the robin was icmarkablc and she can here after get the service of the Wicsts any time she chooses to ask for it. Paul Dclancy and W. A. Puter baugh, representing the Portland Journal, spent Sunday and Monday in Rend. They had made the trip in from from Shaniko by way of fossil, John Day and Rurus to I.akevicw, and were on their way back to the railroad, where they will arrive some time the coming week. Their conveyance is a light wagon with attractively painted canopy and full campihg outfit. Their object is to advertise the Journal and pick up business for it and write up the country in pro portion to the patronage it yields. The gentlemen left Tuesday morn ing for Priuevillc Delaney does the desu'ription and Puterbaugh is tne business end 01 imj - euicrpr se. The outfit will ue soldwhen the mllroud.is reached aguiny, NEW CMURCII ORGANIZED. The First Presbyterian of FJcnd- Money For Hulldlnjf. The First Presbyterian Church of Hond wan organized last Monday evening at a meeting held in the schoolhouse. It starts out with a uiumbcr.'hip of ten pcrsoiiH. S. II. Dorrnnce in the elder, the trustees are A. M. Drake, h. D. Wicst and Dr. Charles S. Ud wards, and Miss Marion Wicst is clerk. ' Articles of incorporation will soon be filed with the secretary of state and steps lmve already been taken toward the construction of a 'church edificcj Here. Dr. A. W. Holt, the Presbyter ian state missionary, held 'meetings in the schoolhouse Saturday night, Sunday morning and evening and Monday evening. He announced Monday evening that subscriptions to the amount of $535 had been se cured for building a IJresbyterian church at ltcnd. and the local can vas had not been nearly completed The understanding upon which these subscriptions were obtained was that the new church would le ppfcu to meetings of all religious denominations, proiestant or Cath olic, when not needed by the Pres byterians. It is also expected that all rcMdunt church members will afiiliatc with this Presbyterian church until such time as their own churches shall haVe organizations Here, when clearances from this Presbyterian church to the other denominations will be given, as they may be asked for. It is not supposed that the official roster selected Monday night will be immanent. The names immed iately available for the panose of putting the organization completed were taken. As soon as the ad justment can be made the organiza tion will Le broadened by getting a wider representation of the com munity tit the Iwurd of trustees. Since Monday night 50 more have been subscribed. "Subscrip tions are not to be paid until work 011 the structure is in progress. There is assurance that the Prcsby tcriuu board of missions will sub scribe hlwrally, but that subscrip tion always comes Inst and is colt pled with the condition that the butulhig be free of debt, etc. Plenty of Rain. The thunder storm of. Tuesday afternoon covered considerable ter ritory. It reached across the desert to I'rincvillc and up to the ice caves and over the Tumcllo valley. Rend uppears to have been near the storm center. Everywhere the. storm cloud was low, for the drops were ' very large and burrowed into the 'ground, leaving the whole country 1 lockniarkcd. S. II. and George ; u were up in the timber a , few miles during the storm, when lightning .struck a pine tree less than 50 feet away, ripping the bark doui and producing a cloud of smoke. The shock to the men was considerable but not serious. After a hot, sultry day Monday the rain fell in torrents between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening. The storm lasted aboilt half an hour or over, and the thermometer fell 40 degrees in as many minutes. The oldest inhabitants say that such rains are very unusual and that summers like this one are raiyly cx pcrienced. This must be true, for if nature were as lavish with its mim nrtjfidn, irrJKation ci u ...;.i.i .. ..i.. k .V..... only - - """ . .... W...J w.. ... cssary and unthought Of, but at best their actuality would be a com mon nuisance. Oregon Crop Conditions. This week's report of the United States weather bureau on the crop conditions in Oregon presents the following summary, which is far from being discouraging: "The weather for the past week has been excellent for haying and for maturing grain. Haying has been pushed in all parts of the state, and the crop is of-good qual ity and the yields are generally sat isfactory, except in the southern sections, where previous dry weath er caused some shortage, which has been made up by cutting grain for hay; consequently, the farmers will lmve enough feed lor stock, but grain yields in this locality will show a still greater reduction from former estimates. "Spring and fall wheat continue to fill and ripen nicely; the heads are full and the berry is plump.aud if it were not for the stand being thin t'he crop would be U to the average. Harvesting will Imxoiiic general this week. OaLs arc tin usually promising in all sections, except about Cottage Grove, hi Lane county, where for some un known cause a number of ficldti have topped filling and the plant has suddenly turned a light color, "Pull repotts from tho hop sec tions Indicate a fairly good crop Which, taking Into Consideration the increased acreage, will fall but slightly below that of last year. There arc many stunted hills, prob ably caused by frost in March, but those that came up are in as thrifty and promising condition as could be wished for. "Minor crops, uoh as corn, po tatoes, onions, sugar, beets and gar dens, are doing nicely. Pruit also continues promising, and a large crop of pears and primes is now al most n certainty," Programme. The Bend Orchestra is working overtime on some new music just received, pud which has not lcett heard so far in this locality. It is the intention of the orchestra to produce this new music at the Rend Mercantile Company's grand open ing on next Tuesday afternoon, July 28. following is the OHCIIKTA mxmAMMK. Otlurl-AIryn ...- ... ......H'ttt Thrtr-trj-"NtlWa" ...VMnt ltlon"HreMld"..-......,.Frtmin InttrmlMtofl, . , Mieh"Wliltlliig JolW... ...,....AKhr feliotllKlic "Jolly llckanlnnln" -.Howard Tltrtc-Blci "ftvolliit" - .....!.mbrt Mareti "f.lrr IlitCounterilgii" . ....Seouton Tro-Mp-"In It To Win" ,.,..-,....,-,. Lrlntilon This programme will commence a't 2:30 o'clock sharp, and It Is pre sumed its rendition will consume about two hours. Manager Grant has secured the services of the orchestra fbr the evening also and will give a free dance in the hall over the com pany's store, as has been announced before in these columns. This ball will commence at 830 otlock and continue till midnight. The public is invited to attend. NOTICE. I licrtbr notify all ptTont nJ liquor dealer not to Mil tut aur more Intoxicating liquors un- Itr Mnally iiflbe law. imjhcuj. S. I'. DONKKU l'llcil In thif office July 7, 190J. .IIA7t. IIKUIK. juittcc or the I'eace. NEWLY EQUIPPED. HOTEL PRINEVILLE C. E. McDowell. Electric Lights Throughout the Honsc All White Help. PRINEVILLE, ORE. Chas. S. Edwards, M. D.' rilYSICIAN AND SURGEON. BEND OREQON. Dont forget to drop into .the MINNESOTA BUFFET DESCHUTES . . ORE 0 O N We carry only the finest lines of Wines, Liquors and Cigars, TWOHY' & McKEOWii PROPRIETORS. I t I I 'I ,; MM