Elkins
WJ
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
WE WANT THE TRADE
Of everyone at Hend mid It vicinity, and wrc willing to niuct you all
moie than liiir way to gut it.
V know that after trndhiy with us oneu there will bu no trouble
nlxjia securing your subsequent order.
We will give your
MAIL ORDERS
The .tame attuntiou and prompt shipment Unit we would wurij you proa
em in trsou.
We will Mil you nailing but flrjillMB goods tit an low a price ns it is
Ktlble to mako, quality Ixring considered.
Send us ii trlfll ordur.
Yours
SlTliSCUIItlt POR THIS
WEEKLY OREQONIAN
A Nil-
THE BEND BULLETIN.
BOTH PAPERS $2.00 PEI YEAR.
You Cnn't Miss
M. C. AWBREY'S SALOON
ix iiKsciit'TK. (iki:r,oN,
Stonewall, Monogram and Kentucky.
BOURBON WHISKIES,
Olympia Beer and Fine Cigars.
City Meat Market.
J. I. WHRT. Ilt-m
HMM.H IK
MEATS OF ALL KINDS
Hotter, figgs, Poultry,
Potatoes, Vegetables In Season.
Nearly opposite Pilot Untie Inn--Wall
Street.
MILLARD TRIPLETT,
BLACKSMITH
All kinds of wagon mirk done.
Horseshoeing a Specialty
Shop Opposite ivClioolhmt.Hc.
HUM), OKIIOO.W
.1. M. LAWRENCE,
V. h. CilMMISMIOKIIK.
Notary Public, Insunmcc, Township
Pints for Upper Doncliutcs Valley.
Ill(fl, IlKKflON.
II. I IIMXN.tl- M. II. ClIAK. H. IIIIWAHIMt M. I).
Drs. Belknap & Edwards,
MYSICIANS AND SUIUiUONS.
PRINIlVlt.t.1! ORIKION.
OllVwot Kraroru'ltiiirkM Utag Hlmc.
AUnriirynml
Will prmllfe In all
court" In tlir mate.
M. R. BIGGS,
V S. Cimiiilvloiicr.
I'HINIIVII.I.It OKKOOH.
I,fin! miiR ami tDf of all klniU. OITlcf tin
Irrtl IruilInK lonnirtlm-.
A RcKulnr '4'Jor.
Redmond Joyce, an old miner
from the headwaters of the John
Day, arrived iu Ucud Tuesday
evening and will probably spend
the winter here. With him came
his "parducrs", two gray burros,
heavily laden with camp equipage.
Mr. Joyce is a stonp-umson und ex
pects to build several fire-places of
the soft tuff rock that abounds
m
King,
for Lmsiiie.il,
ELK5NS . KING.
here. His nrosDectini: has
been
auecesarul. he says, aifd he i,ns
located two valuable pkicurs iu the
ht summer. He says the tribu -
Uiriiw of the Upper John Day afford
a promising field for prosjecting.
In the rush of the early days only
the main gulches were prospected,
but there nru rich placers farther
-
up that have been neglected. He,
will return theie next season. Mr. 1
Joyce is a grixxle-beartled native of
MasaachunetU, who lias prosecte4l
extensively in the Western country.
He got hit "jwnlnurs" in Ariona
several years ago.
District School Meeting.
There was a meeting of the school
board TUesday uuiht when the
clerk was instructed to .see what
arrangements could be made for
putting wire screens over the win
dows no as to prevent injury from
ball playing or snowballs. A war
rant was authorised to Ik: drawn
for Mr. Rowan to my for the first
month's teaching, the money to
meet it lieing iu the treasury.
'ii... I.I.J ..(".!... n:i... 11...... t- 1
opment Con.imny tosupplyts rlcksl,Jnst( of haU The
of wood for the school was
CIKIICd.
The bid was for slab wood at j?s
jwr cord, throe ricks to the cord,
delivered, or half that sum at the
mill. A bid had been submitted
l.i, llnrii.it. T mt.Ic I. lit lin mi 1wl..i '
.' ...'.:'" ' . - !
it. 1 lie r. it. 1;. Los, tender lor
wood delivered was accepted,
Permission was given for the
holding of religious meetings iu the
school-house.
Progress of Irrigation Flume.
Nearly 1000 feet of trestle for the
Pilot Unite Development Company's
irrigation flume are completed nud.
the working floor laid, The work
is proceeding ot the rate of 200 to
400 feet a day, beginning at the property to own, but they are not charge of the judge remained be
niill end und extending up toward disposed to take many chances on fore putting the case iu the hnnds
the headworks. When the upper the title. They want the patent as of the jury. The preponderuce of
sides' of Se"SSS prm,erwiliUbe lhe l'asis for " 'that outside opinion was'that the young
inid back toward the mill. That 'J"SJs they will buy land if they can man would not be convicted of
will finish the flume and the ditch get it cheap enough, murder, though he might be found
work will theh enguge attention.- I
PORtls
IS.
Uniitcrn l.iimlicriucn Make fVenh fix-nmlimtlon--Mnrkct
I'nutwnril.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Johnson, of
Cloquct, Miuuosnln, A. A. Powers,
of' Powers, Minnesota, and IJ. W.
Dtirant, of Stillwater, Minnesota,
Nieiit most of the week In Hend.
The men arc prominent lumbermen
and were here to examine into the
limber situation Mr. Power in
iected this country to years ago
and tiieu liought jo.ooo acres of
yellow pine on the west side of the
Definite Ix-low Heulium ntfl. He
and Mr. Johnnon nru identified
with large luuileriuK concern in
the Rust nud they my tlioy have
timber enough there to Inst tltem
10 years. However, thoy plainly
ice the drift of the lumbar bunitiem
and are casting an uucltdr to wind
whhI in thin country. Mr. Diiraut
lui been more iutcieslod in mxiIIi
eru pine but he is now looking with
favor on Oregon. They ejire ac
compenied by John Ryan, who
knows Kanteru Oregon tiiujcr like
a book.
All thexe men uudtrfttitiHl the
domcatk lumber trade, and they
ojicratc in the home filed and leave
the foreign market to others- They
Mty the yellow pine was placed on
the east aide of the Cascade moun
Uitu by Providence for tbe special
convenience of the domestic demand
and they do not mean to fly in the
face of Providence by lugging this
timler off to the west or south
Thuy will tuk it cart, where it lie-
longs.
This introduces the transports!
lion question and .NbaMra. Power
ami Johnson are firmly of the be
lief that the situation here demands
a railroad leading to the eastern
inarKci. i ney Mfe no nuvantagc
whatever in entablishingcoiinectioii
. . .... .
letwecu lleud and Portland. In-
... ... m ..(
ALL LIKIJ OUR I'INH
:. i"cy argue uuu n roqroau to Mla i:0i who wer nU highly
I'orttaml would do tliisyjury nolpj wM lnc QtLimi thoy .,r.
lW001 in l,,c w of lcwloiivit of iwK In speaking of the timber, he
j lls timbcr sources, for it would ' Myii.
I ,ncn" "" ar"iniry local freigljt rate ..It g truy n UVIKjerful country.
' t0 ,w Iwil lfore r ll,,bur Without au exception it is the
' wou,(1 "" cve footing with I Rntii pjiw in ihtt Unjltft Stnteg
I t,,c con,t prwluct. The same Tjlc lretM grow fro, 3 to 6 foet in
womu no true 01 any merely local
l1,,,ro,, t,mt n,iht U"iW hre-
TIie Imnlwriiitii aay our reliaf must
come from a transcontinental rail
road and that it should be au east
and west line.
"When are wc llkoly to ga,t such
a railroad?"
"When the railroad men. get
ready to build it." ;,
"Would the timbur interests here
alone justify the building of such a
line?" ;
"Abundantly. Owners or this
tiinlwr belt could well affoRl to
buikl their own railroad out, li thoy
would act together."
"When are lumbermen Hkqly to
undertake extensive operflllons
here?"
"Not until there is a railroad
rnjlrf,-,i llllial ,., r.rt
"Hut the railroad men say there
is no use building here Ixjfbre the
lumlermeu get busy and provide
tlu Iriflif Min An vnn tliint- of
-
that?
"We don't think anything of
it. The railroad must come be
fore the sawmills."
Mr. Johnson takes 'the ground
that development of the lumbering
industry will be the most powerful
incentive to development of agri
culture iu this region, liecause it
will make au active local market
for agricultural products. All these
men admit that timbcrland is good
'f he party stayed at the Pilot
Unite Inn, but Mrs. Johnson wan en
tertained by Mrs. Drake part of the
t.me they wore here. They drove
about and inspected the neighbor
hood of Rend while the men made
their daily trips out into the tall
timber.
Wednesday Me. Power,
Johnson, Diiraut ami Ryan left
early for an inection of the Um
ber in the vicinity of Heuhani falls.
A little later in the day Mrs. Drake.
Mrs: Johnson and Mrs. I.ucaa went
up preMtred to serve a picnic dinner
at the falls. They nmde an enjoy
able day of it.
Sheep Returning la Winter Rangoa.
Tli sheep men are getting back
to their winter ranges with their
flocks. Last Saturday Uoacoe Knox
came down the river with a baud of
3300 sheep, which, after watritit
at the Sisetnore bridge, he took out
aero tbe desert for wtiter quarter
on Newsome creek. Thi route
lies between Rear Creek holies and
Powell butteti.
Tlwe sheep went
through the summer
with small
Iom, only 15 being uuarcoiiiited
for. They are grade merinos and
Jin Hue condition, with the vxcep-
tionof a few old ones with ,,xr ,)r Cl:arks S. Edwards, of IteJ
teeth Out sheep ... , tbe band es- . & I?Hw-Hs. came out from
ca,wd the shearer last spring but VrinwiW .Wedneada y and returned
his fleece still hangs on in good
shape. A ert of the baud belotigs
to Mr. Roberto and both he ami
Mr. Knox want to sell. Tltey re
gard tbe sheep busiinss aa on the
decline but still they hold their
j price abovu the market.
Improved With Our Timber.
In au extensive account of a re
cent visit to Hend, editor Campbell
of the Rock lord. (Wash.) Register,
sieakh favorably of both the
; ,Iewrt antl lltnber lnufe of lh!s
jreRij)ni Uts wus fiCComianieil by
a party of Wisconsin and Mitiuc-
-
diameter and scale from 3 to 5
thousand feet to the tree. The
quality is the very best and is the
only timber in the west that will
compare with the Minnesota white
pine. This timber belt contains
something like 42 billion feet of
lumber and the country iu and
around lleud has a great future be
fore it."
LOCAL NEWS
A. M. Drake is expected home
from Portland next week.
The Primer claas iu the fteud
school now has a rending chart to
assist them iu learning.
Ductus are reported to be un
usually plentiful up the river this
year.
Mr. and Mrs. I'miik M. Tcwks
bury and daughter have gone to
The Dalles for a boarding house
outfit.
John Sisemore and Willian T.
Stephens returned Tuesday night
from a trip of two weeks across the
mountains to Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. N, II. McCaun, of
Minnesota, arrived in Rend yester
day and are preparing to move out
to their homestead iu 19-13.
All the testimony in the Donkcl
murder case was concluded in
Prineville this morning and only
the arguments of the counsel and
guilty of manslaughter.
Richard King has gone to TJie
Dalles to testify for the timbcrland
proofs of 0. J. Gray and James
Uoylc, which are set sor hearing1
next Monday.
I'.ditor and Fisherman A. II.
Kennedy, 0 the Priuevllle RcVieivy
was out again latit Sunday to whip
the Deschutes. Kennedy's card fif
now fine fat trout
of his friends.
left at the door
J. N. and II. V. Hunter and An
drew I. Puglebcrg left yesterday
for a trip up the river. Mr. Puglc
lwrg will take up his residence on
his homestead in 24-8. The Hunt
ers will be gone a week or more.
Mr. and Mrs. C. I,, Turney ar
rived down from their claim, 13
miles from Rosbwd, Wednesday
after a load of provisions for the
winter. The Turney-Dano colony
up there are enjoying life in the
wilderness.
John Nielli, a genial Italian who
came to Hend .several weeks ago
and took a timlwr claim, left this
week for Portland. He said the
eople of this section did not like
him I'ccausc he could not speak
their language.
tviv. He will leave at once
for a viait of a week or two in Port
land. He is well pleaded with
business developments in Prine
vilie. II. G. Caldwell and family have
moved down from their ranch,
aliove Iava, to spend the whiter in
Hend in order that their young
daughter may enjoy school privi
leges. They have taken quarters
in the West building and will have
charge of "Dad" West's market
through the winter. Mr. Caldwell
is an experienced meat artist.
A socnl dance was given last Fri
dny evening at the new store build
ing of Low's in the I.ytle townsite.
the event serving as a "house
warming" for the new manage
ment. It has been decided that
another gathering for the same pur
pose will take place tomorrow even
iur. Appropriate refreshments
will le served, and everybody is
invited.
Among the people of this locality
culled to Prineville to testify, in con
nection with the Donkel case this
week are "Dad" West. John Sise
more, Mr. and Mrs. George Hates.
"Demp" Cnutrell, James Shaw, A.
H. Grant and Charles Brock.
Prom the Lava neighborhood were
called Wallace Donkel, Jim Hlack,
Cort Allen and John Atkinson.
Sheriff Smith came out and served
the subpoenas.
Mike Rest, camp tender for
Hay's bond of sheep, reported
Tuesday morning that an unknown
lihut had shot at him as he was
riding along iu his wagon after
dark the night before on the west
side of the river not fur south of
Hend, and that the shot carried
away his hat and damaged the
front of his apparel. He submitted
no corroborative evidence except
that he was still under the influence
of something or other and was
ready for a bracer. The Hays
sheep did pass north over the
Tuiuello road Wednesday.
President W. A. Lafdlaw, of the
Columbia Southern Irrigation Com-
pany.is making un experiment farm
on his desert land entry iu the
northeast half of section 13, i6-ti.
That tract is under the ditch com
pleted last week and the ground is
being cleared for immediate culti
vation. About 100 acres will be
sown iu'grains this fall and a varie'
ty of crops will be planted next
season to test the productivity of
the country. People looking for
homes are more interested in know
ing what is actually produced than
hearing of the splendid possibilities
of a country.
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