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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1912)
4 j- 4.-. , MM t-t - SAVE MONEY! WE CARR.Y THE COMPLETE LINE OF FARM MACHINERY WAGONS AND BUGGIES. WE SHOW YOU BELOW A FEW OF WHAT WE HAVE IN STOCK: I Tllll IIIIST OP IIRHAI), PHIS AND WE A1AKB ALL KINDS OP PRRDSTUHP. CAKI1S MAIM I'UOM OUR I'LOUK. JS& Sx&WkkBB s i mi n 4), OM) HICKOKY WAGONS Noted for Llht Draft and Strength. Savo tlmo and money by using the SUPERIOR POTATO PLANTER and be sura of a largo yield. Sec us. .iXPL IF fast wJESKQ m9 GET THIS MACHINK AND SAVK TIME AND WOKHY H mkiI rim HRgpflHii Ir I. M UIlLtJHU EM THE BAIN WAGON-Can't be beat. The old reliable. Get this famous light run ning and durable plow Has no equal. YOU WILL CALL ON US for Flour, Feed and Farm and Mill Machinery, we con save you money tSnvo Your Hack, Tlmo nnd I'nttonco by Using Thin. ! (II' lOiir re Your Horse I rrtl lurried Out at Allll ami He will be Cat and Strong as wo handle the best articles In this lino that are manufactured. We will take pleasure In furnishing you with any Information In regard to dry farming at our command. Call and see us and get better acquainted. Our Motto: Livo and Let Live. Farmers invited to call and see our goods when In Bend. Bend Milling 8b Warehouse Company. k"i T If you exwct to rnlmi alfalfa at a profit, you need this Implement. The Dent Harrows on the Market. Get Our I'rlcvs. The Superior Drill Assures Beat If you cxct to succeed at dry land Uesulta. Get the Old Reliable. farming, you need this tool. v9wvIrdr" ; -4. (flour) eUR FLOUR MAKES THU tlOUMi- WIFE ReJOICE. ---- l Information for the Homeseeker : i Kvury Imun of Tho Hullo tin record thu progress of Central Oregon nmt tho lloml country. If you nre n homo seeker InokltiK (or n now lo ration, or own proporty In thin auction, Micro la no hotter way In liocomo acquainted with, or keep posted on, what In being dono In thla part of tho world than hy reading thla papur regularly. Hond In your subscription nt onco, ho na not to mlaa nnythliiK of what la going mi In thla hlK, rrsnurcotul country I h I a groat Inland omplra that has now Ikjoii opened for dovolop motit liy two Kroat railroad nyatoma. WIND. 1'opulntlon, 1200 (oatlmatnd.) 'Location, on tho Desohutes rlvor, 135 mill's south of tho Columbia rlvor, First regular railway train sorvlco Inaugurated Nov. 1, 1911. AYoraKO nunual proolpltatlou, 10 Inches. Highest temperature ovor recorded 102 degrees. UiwoHt tomporaturo ovor rocordod 19 dogrous liolow xoro. Annual moan tomporaturo, 4 1.8 degrees, AvontKO of 320 days pur annum with sunshine. Klovutlon, 3fl20 fout (Kovornmont rocord.) Cllmnto dry nnd healthful tho yoar round. llond Im tho terminus of tho Oro- con Trunk lino of tho 1 1 lit rnllwny 'iiyHtom nnd of tho Deschutes hrnnch of tho llarrlman syHtum. It In tho 'llRtrlhutlni; point nnd railway station , Tor a lnrua numliar of towns In Crook, I.ako, Klamath and llnruoy countlos. Daily stnRO lino from llond to ' fillvor l.nko and Intormudlato towns; to I'owoll llutto, nnd to I.aldlaW. Auto priBHotiKor lino and nuto truck frolKht carrying lino to Hums uud Intortnodlnto liolnts. Iturnl froo delivery norvos sottlors IIvIiik oil Irrigated lauds east of town. Tho followliiK nro n fow advan tages Hand Ituu to affor: flood Kradod nnd lilnh souool. 1'uhllo library and musoum. UUoctrlo lights and powor, day and 4 nlRht. City water systom. Two Rood linnks. Four ohuroh nrRnnUatlons Uulmprovwl land with water rltcht sella nt prleea rancliiK from 1S to ISO nn noro; Improved land, from $S0 nn aero up. Tho principal crops railed on this Irrigated land nrn rlnvur. nlfalfn. nnta. whent. ear- don truck, small fruits such as cur rants, raapburrlca, Kooelorrloa, etc., and nil kluda of root crops, chief of which la potatoes. Tho country Is Ideal for dairying and Iiok raising, Inith of which In duitrlvs nro yut In their Infancy. Tho yield of butter fat from tho Krasios on thoio Irrlgatod lands Is ItlKh. nnd pasturaKo Is posalhlo from six to nltio months In tno year. A creamery will bo In oporntlon hero this summrr, paying Rood prices for dairy products. I logs aro nnothor paying Industry, nspoclnlly so In ronnoctton with dairying. Poultry do well hero also and hrliiK a prolltablo return. Dry rnrinhiK. A largo dry farming territory lies tributary to lloml, with thousands of uares of good government land which can bo homostoadod. A mnu can take 100 or 320 acres undor tho homestead laws and also ICO ncrea under tho dosort land Inws. Ills wlfo may also tnko a desert claim, niul iitiiiuirrlnil wnmmi mil tako botll homestond nnd desert claims, l'ntont in lr.n.iiprn hnmeatoad can bo ob tained by continuous roaldouco of 14 months thorvon, and tho making or iniiirnvoiiionts. Whon such commu tation proof la mndo tho claimant pays tho govornmont J1.2G an aero, rivo years' roaldouco Is roqulrod on land taken undor tho 320-ncro on Inrgod homostoad net, commutation Mothodlst, Hnptlst, l'rosbytorlan, Cathollo, 8lx Bocrot and fratorunl orders. 1'lnur mill. Three sawmills. Orenmory (building.) Ico factory mid cold storage plant (building.) flood hotols. Btono paHsongor stntlon. HlggeBt frolBht wurohouso In Cen tral Oregon. llnndHomo stouo bulldlngB (Includ ing J20.000 bank and olllco building on whloh work utarts March 1.) Hand Is tho first Joint Hill and llarrlman rnllway Btntlon south of tho Columbia rlvor whloh Is located I directly on tho Deschutes rlvor. Irrigated Knnuliig. Hond Is In tho main Control Oro gon Irrigation belt, tho surrounding territory being watered by tho canals of tho Contrul Oregon Irrigation Co and the Arnold Irrigation system not lolng allowed. Filings on gov ernment land tuny bo mado hero bo- foro tho I'nlted Status Commlssloncr Tho filing fees aro $10 for IGO-acro claims and $22 for 320 acres. Tho usual feo for location on government land Is $100. Names of persons doing a location business may bo ob tained by reference to tho advertis ing columns of this papor. Now sotttamonts aro developing rapidly In Mllllcan, Whttakor and Hampton valloys, southeast of Hond on tho nuto road to Hums. Govornmont land Is being rapidly filed on nnd will soon all bo takon. Yellow l'lno Tlmlter. Hond Is sltuatod In tho yellow pln0 bolt, thoro botng 20 billion fcot of tlmbor tributary to this town, It Is estimated. Tho Doschutcs river furnishes oxcollont milt sites nnd logging ponds. Lumber retails locally at from $10 to $00 n thous and. Itesldonts of Hond nnd tho sur rounding country, during their lelsuro time, find oxccllont recreation In hunting and llshluK. Tho Dos chutes river Is well stocked with trout, and tho forests aro tho homes of benr, doer, bobcats and many other wild nulmnls. SINGLE TAX QUESTION photo maiiiKUH i-xm ham:. Photo mailers In sizes 8x10 nnd 7x4 Indies may bo obtalnod at Tho Hullotln ofllco. Hoar this In mind whon you havo a plcturo to send through tho mall. Why get up In the night to fill the stovo? Hank It with coal nt night nnd you need not fear that the pipes will freeze. FIRE Insurance that PROTECTS M. S. Lattin & Co. Hxix-rlriicc of South Vnuroiner, II. t Noted by CmMiideiit. To tho Kdltor of Tho Hullotln: I would llko to sco tho city of Hond follow In tho footsteps of South Vancouver, H. C, and adopt slnglo tax from tho start and seo how fast tho town would grow. Slnglo tax moans tho taxat'on of land values only. Pure nnd simple. It means no tax on labor or Industry. If a man owns a lot and wishes to clear and grade It and by so doing ho makes It look better, why should he bo taxed for tho labor ho has put on tho lot? Has he not Improved It and Increas ed tho value of tho proporty adjacent to It. Undor tho presont sstom tho owner of adjoining proporty can sit bacC nnd watch the othor fellow mako land values for his benefit. On tho other hand, A and H own lots" In tho samo block, Tho value of each lot Is f 10,000. A says I will put up a sovon-story block to cost $50,000. Mnybo In tho courso of n ,oar thoie will bo erected several such buildings on the samo street, nnd by tho concentration valuation tncronses. Doob 11 suffer a deprool ntlon In land values I should say no. On tho othor hand ho has dono nothing and tho peoplo who have built up a city all around him base made him rich. Again, a rich man can purchase n $26,000 lot and build a 10-story block for $200,000. Aftor the block Is completed nnd turned over to him, what lias ho got? Ho tins spout $200,000 to produco a block of which only about 30 por cent Is raw ma terial and tho othor 70 per cent Is all In labor, and all this labor spends about 90 por cont of tho amount It receives some for tho necessaries of Ifo, some for rccrontlon and some Is snuandored foolishly. Then why should ho bo taxed to doath for holp- lug his follow mnu? 1 fall to sco tho rotiBon why. Then, again, tho poor man who, by his thrift and savings, has accum ulated a fow hundred dollars and wants to have a homo nil his own can buy a tot hero In Head for $200 Under slnglo tax ho can put up n liouao mid have a piano for his family : ho can glvo his children tho advantages duo thorn lu this enlight ened ago and only pay tho taxes o:i his land values. In South Vancouver, H. P., this thing has worked out successfully for tho last twolvo years, They havo n wild laud tax which Is about -IS por cont greater than Improved land. This Is dono to creato Improvements which naturally makes better condi tions. The municipality consists of about 30 sections of Innd and only had a population of about 350 twolvo years ago. Today they havo 45,000 and slnglo tax did It. Van couver. I). C, proper adopted slnglo tax two years ago nnd last year her building permits woro $20,000,000. Tho way thoy aro starting this year thoro Is a good prospect for $35, 000,000 bolng spent In buildings, and slnglo tax Is doing It. Supposing I havo 20 lots, all wild land. Somo aro right In town and an eyesore to tho neighborhood. Tho Improved Innd tax Is an Incentive to mo to clear tho vacant tots, aud get tho reduction In the taxes and tho lots will sell for enough moro to pay for tho clearing, besides I am hetplng my fellow man by giving him employ ment. And that Is not all, for tho grocer, tho butcher and shoomaker and In fact overyono has a pull at It. The town looks 50 por cent better for tho lots being cleared and levelod off and why should I bo taxod for doing a good? Strangers coming In would say this Is a llvo town. C. H. WHITE. Hond, Oregon. GET FAT ON P. B. GRITS BEND HEALTH FOOD IS FINE DOPE. Towns North of IJcnd, Probably to the Columbia Itlver, Slay Vho Flour Manufactured In Itcnd, Says Uozell, Local Miller. You will find that ono'ton of real will glvo )ou more heat than three rords of wood. Figure tho economy. Tho Oierturf-DntU-MU-ler Co. Why buy Foreign trees whon you can get home-grown trees twlco as good for half tho monoy. I havo thorn. 4-5 II. SPININQ. Hattlo Creek. Nlagra Falls and somo of the other noted homes of breakfast foods have nothing on Hond since "Pilot Butte Grits" mado their appearance on the market. The grits aro manufactured by the Bend Milling & Warehouse Co., from puro wheat hearts, and not only aro at tractive In appoaranco but are espec ially hoalthful. They aro put up In ton pound sacks, with colored labels bearing a print of Pilot Uutte. Mill OtK'ratcs TtiU Week. C. I. Hotel!, manager of tho mill ing company, was iu Maupln and other places along tho lino of tho Desohutes railroads this week. He says he has purchased 8000 bushels of wheat milling of which will com mence this week. That a market for Hend flour exists In tho towns north, Mr. Uozell states Is certain, nnd ho already is arranging to placo his products on tho outside WATER POWER AND MILL THAT MAKE "PILOT BUTTE GRITS.'