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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1912)
A NEW CONTRACT FOR COLUMBIA SOUTHERN LANDS MAY BE MADE WITH A. D. KATZ l" r x . N J y 1 I I. Prospect Bright for Laid- law.Segregation. i ".. NnllctlnUYints for tlic First Time Contract Tlmt AVI II ro Into Kflect Next Year If Alma I). .Kota Docs Ills Share The full contract entered into by tho state of Oregon and Alma D. KnU of Portland, relative to tho tak ing over of the Irrigation segregation of the Columbia Southern Company, adjacent to Laldlaw, has been re ceived here. (, While tho contract appears In full, It U prefaced by an agreement whose conditions must be fulfilled before the contract can go Into effect and Kats can take over tho segregation. Preliminary Agreement. In tho preliminary agreement the Btatc binds Itself as follows, To executo a contract for the reclama tion of 3,784 acres of land on or be fore Dee .31. 1912; to permit Kats to collect malntcnanco fees where with to defray upkeep expenses dur ing 1913. And Katz agrees: that ho will care for the land In "a careful and bust nessllke manner"; and that should tho cost of malntcnanco during this period bo greater than tho amount received from the settlers, he, Katx, will defray such excess; that ho trill do his best to raise funds to com plete tho system before Dec 31, and that ho will furnish bonds for $5,000, to "Insure tho faithful per formance' of the agreement In case Kats does' nothing by De cember 31, all tho lands Involved revert to the state, and tho situation remains practically as It Is now. The Contract Tho contract Itself, which will be entered Into between the State and Katz, provided tho latter fulfills his obllgalons In the specified time, Is a bulky affair. An accurate digest of It Is as follows: The Company agrees to construct its system In accord with tho plans reported by C. Laurgaard and D. C Uenny, which were approved by the Desert Land Board March 1, 1912. The Company agrees to commence actual construction work within three months from the date of con tract, and to have work completed within three years. However, the Hoard may grant i "extension of time for good cause shown". Cess ation 'of work for six months, with out sanctloa, forfeits contract. During construction the Company is to pay Into tho Reclamation Fund $250 a month to be used by the Hoard's representative In Inspecting the work. This amount is to be considered advance payment on the fl.QO an acre payment later pro vided. Application of Water. From April 16 to October 15 the Company shall deliver to each pur chaser sufficient water to cover each irrigable acre to a depth of one and eight tenths feet; but from May 14 tu August 31 six-tenths acre foot of water supply Is the maximum that will be required. Water is to be measured within half a mile of its placo of use. Tho Board may permit delivery of water through some equitable sys tem of rotation; it is to be delivered at tho "highest practical point which can be reached by gravity flow." The Board Is to decide when disputes arise. Tho purchaser Is to construct all distributing ditches. ' Purchasers shall bo entitled to use water only on the lands speci fied in their contracts." Pollution Of the water is strictly prohibited. Contract Fives Mens On all lands on which tnoro than 15 per cent was reclaimed before November 1, 1909, should the owners enter Into new contracts with the Company, f ho' Hen Is fixed at $15 per Irrigable acre, In addi tion to previous Hens. "Which means that settlers who have Im proved their lands will have to come across" with $15 .an 'acre more, if they want to get the bene fits of the Improved service from the proposed reservoirs, etc. This Hon affects 3,784 acres. Tho list of owners In this doss Is given below. On lands where less than IB per cent was reclaimed, tho leln Is fixed at $50 per Irrigable acre. Some 3,400 acres come under this head. In each caso owners are to bo credited with tho amount they already have paid out for their Hens, this Is to bo deducted from tho $50 an acre chnrgc. On lands whoso contracts aro to bo returned to tho Company, for cancellation and re-s tiling, tho Hen Is to bo $66. In this class Is in cluded 10,764 acres, on all of which refund of tho original outlay Is to bo made the owner. On tho 4,725 acres of vacant Carey Act land tho Heals also $66. The Hen Is to be $66 on 4,725 acres which is now temporarily with drawn by tho Department of tho Interior, provided It again shall be mado open to Carey Act segrega tion. Non-lrrtgablo land will have a maximum lien of $5.00 an acre, but Is to mako an avcrago return to tho Company of $3.75. No Water, No Sale. Until land is reclaimed, It shall not bo sold, Is n provision of tho con tract. No land will be sold without express order of tho Board opening It for sale. However, provided- n trust fund bo established Into, which all notes and sums for lands sold previous to watering be paid, It will be per mlssablo to sell lands. Deferred notes will not bear Interest ' until after date of reclamation, and notes and payments will bo returned to; purchaser It tho lands aro not ro- claimed two J oars after original payment. The company Is authorized to sell water rights and proportional Inter est In tho reclamation project. Such rights are perpetual. If the Company finds It actually has more water than Is required Ao Irrigate Its segregated lands. It wilt bo permitted to sell water for out side lands. Penalty for Non-Payment If a purchaser falls to pay princi pal or interest for one year after the same Is due, all bis contracts and rights become void, and payments already made are forfeited to tho Company. The Company may shut ott water from land whose owner Is more than a year In arrears. Chaage From Old to New Contract "Should the owners of any land In exhibit A (lands mare than 15 per cent of which have been reclaim ed) desire to take up new contracts at the increased Hen, tho amount unpaid on the former Hen; plus maintenance charges due, shall be added to tho Increased llcn'tcj bo paid." Owners who do not enter into the new contracts shall be required to pay tho entlro amount duo under their present contracts, on or before November 1, 1913. Falling to enter Into the now con tract and Increased lien, old owners may have no share of the benefits of the reservoir benefits, etc., "but shall bo entitled only to his sharo of the summer flow of Tamalo Creek." Owners of lands under above head can purchase water rights for irri gable lands in excess of the irrigable acreage as shown In their original contracts at a prlco equal to the original prlco plus tho Increased price of $15 an aero. Holders of existing contraH, tc get the bone fits of tho new contracts, must enter Into them before Jan, 1, 1914. . v Tho'annual malntonanco charge It to bo $1.25 an Irrigable acre. Un paid maintenance charges mny con stitute n Hon upon lands. "Tho date of reclamation" shall mean tho time when ample water for tho irrigation or tho lands In ques tion shall bo delivered to within halt a mile of each 40 acres. Tho maximum amount any Indi vidual may purrhaso Is 160 "acres. Tho Company Is to deposit with the Board $1.00 for each Irrlgablo acre at the tltno of Its salo, this amount to bo placed to tho credit of he recla motion fund. Water Users' Association "As soon as practicable, and prior (to tho sale of any water rights by the Company, a water users' corpor ation shall bo organised and Incor porated by tho Company, with articles of Incorporation approved by tho Hoard. Tho total number of shares of stack nro to equal tho number of (teres to ho lrrlgntod and are uot to oxeced 35,000. Tho Com pany agrees to transfer tho systom to tho association hen SO per cent of tho corporation s stock shall havo been paid for, tho Company retain Ing a proportional Interest represent od by the amount of stock for tho unsold land and for tho trrlgablo acreage previously sold tor which now contracts havo not been mado." lVoUdes Publicity All advertising, contracts Hens, etc., aro to be submitted to the Board for examination. Water users are to havo access to tho books of the Company pertaining to water distribution, accounts, and transfer of stock. Tho Board Is at all times to havo access to all the books. ltcleaso of Hon Is to como only when rights nro fully paid for. ICrrorN In Computation "If tho quantity of Irrlgablo land Is In excess of the quantity con tracted for, the purchaser shall pay for such excess tho prlco fixed for water rights appurtenant to Irrigable land. Ylco versa, tho purchaser shall bo entitled to corresponding re duction. In caso of disagreement tho Board's 'decision is to bo final. Tho whblc contract may bo as signed, but only with the consent of tho Board. lteclaniatlon and Bond. All persons holding contracts entered Into prior to Dec. 30th, 1909. fihall bo rcnulred to make uroof of reclamation, cultivation and settle ment within thrco years from Jan. 1. 1913. Within 30 days from tho execu tion of tho agreement tho Company Is to furnish the Board with n bond In tho penal sum of $40,000, "as a guarantee of tho faithful perform ance of tho contract." Owner Who Hare Improved List of owners who havo cultivated not less than 15 per cent of their Irrlgablo acrcago prior to Nov 1, 1909. and for which tho $15 addi tional Hen will apply. With but six exceptions these own forty acres each. II. 8. Copthorno. Fred Anderson. Georgo Bell. J. M. Slry. 8. M. Slry. S. P. Wright. Walter Wheatley. J. 1 Haley. J. C. Tullar. John McConnlck J. D.Qrelner. JL P. Mnntlnpl. C. F. Nelson. J. B. Nichols. D. H. Cochenderfcr, K. L. Kensgy. 3. I Nichols. Emll Anderson Wm. D. Barnes. R. H. Uayloy, C. P. Becker R. G. Bowser. Wm. Brown J. W. Brown. Cora A. Brown. J. J. Cocn. J. I. Couch. G M. Couch. O. M. Couch. J. K. Couch. W. H. Courtney. F. E. Dayton. F. E. Dayton. Agnes B. George. W. P. George. ."v W. II. Hall. A L. Ilarader. A. J. Hnrtor. Albert Harper. ' j F. W. Levcrenx W. W. Iong. I Frank Murk. t ! fet a Nagles. ; , A. It, Parker. - A. D. Parks. A. D. Parks. f j 8. F. Palton. 8. F. Patton. . John T. Park. ,V Christian Peterson. A. F. Ramsey. If .1,. II. noot.. , , F. V. Swisher. 4 W. B. Bandel. ' 0. W. Snyder. D. M. Smith. J. C. Thorp. G. I Simmons. ' ' .' ts,." r i t 'iJV Vi 1 . r t ( ti,, V !fA ftEAKJ) BEAT BOARD Convict Captured Hero Escaped Woodpile by Ills Smooth Talk Harry Beard, the escaped convict who was captured here recently, proved at the George MiUIcan ranch, 28 miles southeast of here, that be was a slick one In beating a board bill. Giving the name of Calhoun, he stopped there over night, being then on his way to Bend. Next morning when he went to pay for lodging for himself and horse, he pretended that he did not have enough money to settle with the landlord. Ho said he was ex pecting a check In the mall at Bnd and would send the balance, which was $1.25, to Mr. MUllcan as soon as he got his check here. He was such a smooth talker that be escsped the Millicaa woodpllo which needed attention, asd came on to town. Tho officers probably nabbed him before he got the check which be "expected" in the mall, as tie Mllllcans have not yet received the money which he said he would remit. M1XUCAN VALLEY You can talk about your Rolyat lne placo where man and beast get fat. You can praise your country far and near, And let that praise reach every ear But'don't you think for a minute That MUllcan Valley Isn't In it. You say that gold mines flourish in the soil Well mixed with elbow grease and toll, Well we may not have the gold mines here But wo all hope to find water near. And day by day new cabins arise Which brings to our valley new enterprise. MUllcan Valley has some bachelors too, Who are looking for some maidens fair and true They have built their cabins cages should be the word, But they haven't been ablo to capture the bird. So Rolyat need not worry, for they nro not the only ones you sea For MUllcan has some bachelors' who are as lonely as can be. Bo praise your country or boost your land Sympathize with those bachelors as best you can. Or sing about your sweet nolyat, The place where man and beast get fat, nut don't vou think for a minute That MUllcan Valley Isn't In it. Edwin Do Mcrrlflcld. TO HECEIVK NEW COMERS Wbllo the cheap colonist rates are in force on tho railroads the Commer cial Club will be open in tho even ings until ten o'clock, so that the manv naw eomers can KO there to get Information, If thoy desire, alter the train gets In. This action Is be in tnVnn at tho suggestion of rail road officials who are anxious to make things as comfortable as pos sible for the location seekers. - i . B n i K ur JT . &. - II i BRICK i t4r -wajjsI rim WA ; t .r sr , - ... Jf c 1 IV X V Not Only Brick, but iV. . L-U-M-B-E-R T 'h, Wc have moved our saw mill plant to the brick yard. ' In our old lumber yards, one and half mile's southeast of town, we have a lot of fine lumber, especially small lots. You can get this lumber AT A BIQ BAROAIN. To clear the yard r quickly we arc now selling at the Lowest Prices Ever Placed on Lumber in Central Oregon. Investigate! w - w J Our brick are turning out splendidly, if you arc going 1 1'1" to build you will want to use a ! BEND PRODUCT ' Let us show you what we make. Let us figure with you on contracts. .i . BEND BRICK AND LUMBER CO. f.i t n 1 sHi