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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917
OUR ADVANTAGE.
The tempest which has been rag
Ing on the other side of the nioun
tains about the hunting season and
forest fire protection makes us again
realize the more fully the advantages
of life east of the Cascades. Over
on the other side. In the fir and
where there is much undergrowth
the fire risk is great. . When a fire
gets started destruction is pften com'
plete, fire fighting is very expensive
and real protection and Insurance Is
practically impossible.
That 4s west of the mountains.
.With us it is different No fire can
wipe out our forests or threaten our
payroll by destroying the source of
raw material. Such fires as occur
do next to no direct damage, thanks
to the character of the western white
pine timber and tbe absence of un
derbrush and thick growth. .
So our hunters can go forth Into
the mountains, and we have no great
cause to worry.
Bend Is fortunate in many, many
ways.
COSTLY.
." Since the Civil War fifty thousand
private pension bills have been put
through Congress, some meritorious
and others indefensible. There have
been more of tbem in the last eight
years than in the previous forty-eight,
and though the present session was
called for the handling of emergency
war legislation, more than four thous
and private bills have already been
introduced. ;
What will Congress be asked for
fifty-three years after the close of tbe
present war?
I
AT THE HOTELS
The Wright Hotel.
P. J. Gallagher, Vancouver.
C. H. Oakes. Milllcan.
Howard Palmer, The Dalles.
Alvin S. Hawk, Fremont. -H.
Monahan, Portland.
Mrs. C. H. Clow, La Pine.
John H. Snyder, Portland.
James Brown, Tygh Valley.
Peter Koeksbae, Burns.
C. R. Lawson, Redmond. .
F. P. Drake and daughter, Hem
sted. Hotel Cozy.
Fred Weidman, Spokane.
K. W. Billingsly, Portland;
A. M. Brown, Portland.
A. T. Shaver, Millican.
Oscar Black, Hampton.
J. E. Charland, S. P. & 8.
T. J. Cowan, Btauffer.
, N. Braillon, Portland.
Pilot Butte Inn.
Ben A. Bellamy, Portland.
Guy Shields, Spokane.
L. L. Stratton, Portland.
O. W. Anderson, Lethbridge, Alta.
N. S. Slmpklns, Portland.
W. M. Wilson and wife, Powell
Butte.
MIbb Sophia Strfxner, Powell Butte.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Woods, Vale.
Norma Bowen, Atlantic City.
Emily S. Higbee, Atlantic City.
Mrs. H. H. Larkin, Hood Rivevr.
Mr. 'and Mrs. M. J. Finley, Held.
Ray Martin, The Dalles.
G. E. McCline, The Dalles.
Q. M. Vanse, The Dalles.
J. C. Cecil, Burns.
Frank Sloan, Millican.
F. S. Stanley, Portland.
N. Braillon, Portland.
J. A. Clarke, Washington, D. C.
J. A. Wilson, Portland.
J. E. Stearns, Los Angeles.
A. E. Cook, Prlneville.
A. M. Carmon, Portland.
George Stanley, Portland.
FOREWORD.
, This little pamphlet la prepared and presontod to tho public
under the supervision of the directors of the Bond Conimorclal
Club, an organization composed of tho leading business men
and citizens of the city. These mtn realize that a conservative
statement of facts Is the soundest basis for legitimate adver
tising. They have made nu honest pffort In the statements
that follow to accommodate men and women of means and
purpose who call upou the Commercial Club for reliable Infor
mation regarding resources and activities of Central Oregon.
The Club maintains a paid manager whose business It Is
to supply additional Information to anyone Interested in any
special line of activity or development. All Interested are
cordially invited to make use of th manager's office.
THE CITY OF BEND. .
As a city. Bend Is comparatively new.
It was officially Incorporated In 1904 and quickly sprang
to a village of approximately 600 Inhabitants, beyond which
point there was practically no growth until the coming of the
railroad in 1911, when the population Increased to approxi
mately 1500. ' An official census of the town was completed
by the city and officials of the school district in November,
1916, which showed a bona fide population of 5193., The
present population, August, 1917, Is over 6000.
Bend maintains a standard, full tour-year high school,
which is on the accredited list, and Its graduates enter any of
the standard colleges of the country without examination.
The teaching force consists of 29 teachers and the school board
this year has adopted a rule of employing only Normal gradu
ates for teachers in the grades. This assures the highest effic
iency possible in the teaching force of the Bend schools. The
high school faculty Is composed only of graduates of standard
universities or colleges. The school population in November,
1916, numbered 1265, which automatically placed Bend In a
district of the first class.
Practically every church organization known is represented
in Bend, among them being the Baptist, Presbyterian, Metho
dist, Catholic, Norwegian Lutheran, Christian Science and
Episcopalian, all but the last two of which have church build
ings and maintain regular services.
There are 30 fraternal organizations In Bend at the present
time, all of which have a large membership. The Elks recently
received a charter to organize and will probably erect a club
house this season. Tbe Moose lodge maintains club rooms
tor its members at all times. This is the largest fraternal
organization In Bend.
Bend is the headquarters for the United States Forest Ser
vice in this part of the state, maintains a United States Land
Office and Recruiting Station for the United States Army
and Navy.
At the fall election in 1916 Deschutes County was divided
from the original county of Crook and Bend was designated
as the county seat of tbe new county, and a building to house
the county officials is now under construction.
Few towns in Oregon have newspaper service comparable
with Bend. The Bend Bulletin, the oldest paper In the city.
Issues daily and weekly papers and is the official paper for
Deschutes County. Tbe Bend Press, a new 'but virile sheet,
which has enjoyed unusual growth the past year. Issues a
weekly. "The Labor Bender" is the official labor organ for
Bend and has a wide circulation. Church and business organ!
payroll of more than J 100,000.00 a month.
Tho plant of the Stiavltii-I llxnti Company coat approximately
11,000,000.00. It Is a twin mill, operating at present tlirt
to be a city of no less Importance to Central Oregon thun
Spokane is to Central Washington,
band saws, and it Is understood tho fourth bund will be Installed
this season, which will Increase Its rapacity 33 Vi pur cent,'
This company owns over 240,000 nores of western white
pine timber land tributary to Its mill. Figuring on n conserv
ative busis, this acreage Is sufficient to keep thulr plant run
ning at a maximum capacity day and night tor more thun a
quartor of a century. In addition to their holding, there Is a
largo amount of privately owned timber In the country and
approximately 1,500,000 acres moro In the National Forest
tributary to tho mills at Bond. The aggregate amount of tim
ber available, therefore, is sufficient to Insure continuous
operation of the mills of Bend for moro than 60 yours.
Their plant throughout is one of tho most modern In the
United States, Every safeguard and convenience has been
furnished, and conditions for workmen are practically Ideal.
No detail tor the comfort and safety of tho employes has boon
sacrificed to production.
Forty porcent ot the lumber cut In th Shovlln-Hlxon Com
pany mill is romanufactured Into sash, doors and box shook,
The Brooks-Scaulon Lumber Company's double hand mill,
situated, as the other plant, at tho edge of tho city within a
halt mile of the business section, has a dally capacity ot about
250,000 feet. A complete box factory Is operated in oonncc.
tion. This company has timber holdings which Insure tho
operations ot this plant fur at least 30 years.
While not the largest mill In Central Oregon, the Brooks
Scanlon plant has tho reputation tor being the most Ingeniously
arranged tor economical production.
Both companies operate their own logging roads and do
all their logging with the most modem oqulpment available.
In addition to theso large mills located at Dund, thero nro other
small mills oporating in the vicinity which aggregate u dully
output of approximately 100,000 foot. Tho output of theso
mills Is principally used by the local retail trade or sold direct
to the larger concerns, which utilize their products along with
their own. Bend lumber finds a ready market In the central
states. Boca u so ot Its soft texturo, It Is rapidly taking tho
place of the declining supply ot the white pine of the Lako
states. The scale of wages paid In all the Bend plants Is higher
than the average wage paid In the Northwest, honco labor con
ditlons are of the best.
BRICK. .
The Bend Brick & Lumber Company, whoso plant la locatod
three miles out of Bend, operates ono of tho most modern brick
plants In the state. The output of common brick from this
plant Is approximately one-sixth ot the output of the stato,
They are distributed to all Central Oregon points and as far
north as the Columbia River. Their product Is both common
and face brick Is considered among tbe beat in tho Northwest.
IRON FOUNDRY.
The coming of the large lumber Industries opened up a
field for an extensive Iron foundry business. The foundry of
Huffschmldt & Dugan has been In operation about a year and
has orders for more than It can do. All the castings used In
the Interior Industries are manufactured at this foundry, there
by reducing the operating expenses of local Industrial plants,
rations issue weekly publications, covering their partlcuUr " well as furnishing a 1k1 market for scrap Iron, which I. a
NOTICE OP CONTEST.
Department of the Interior, ' United
States Land Office, The Dalles,
Oregon, July 20, 1917.
To Warren H. Stewart, of Bend,
Oregon. ContesLee: You are hereby
fields ot activities.
The citizens of Bend recently purchased one ot the most
desirable sites in the city and presented it to the Nazareth
Literary and Benevolent Institution, which will erect a hospital
and sanitarium costing approximately (50,000.00. The instl
tutlon will maintain from the beginning a kindergarten and it
is expected within a short time they will support a standard
school. This institution. In addition to the hospitals already
located in Bend will attract the best medical service in the state
and give people an opportunity to benefit by his service while
enjoying the natural benefits of a dry climate at an altitude
3600 feet. , , x
There is now under construction in the city more than
100,000.00 worth of business buildings.
Tbe buildings in Bend are not confined to business blocks.
but some of the finest homes in any town ot like size In the
state are being built in Bend.
SPLENDID HOTELS.
One of the most attractive features of Bend to tourists is
the Pilot Butte Inn, which was opened to the public March 17.
This modern hostelry cost approximately $100,000.00 and is
one of tbe most unique hotels in the United States. It Is
constructed of native lava rock, rough logs and rough lumber.
All of tbe lumber has, been colored by burning with a gasoline
torch and presents a most pleasing effect. The builder and
owner ot this hotel Is a man of means and artistic taste, Mr.
Philip R. Brooks, of Vancouver, B. C. The Pilot Butte Inn will
prove itself the Mecca of Central Oregon for all weary tourists.
Bend's other hotels are well above the average, and Include
the Hotel Cozy, opened since tbe Pildt Butte, a modern pressed
brick structure, the Wright Hotel, favorably known to the
transient and home trade alike, and the Altamont, a high class
establishment with a truly borne atmosphere.
OUTING FEATURES.
To sportsmen enjoying out-door life, tbe summer months
in the Bend country are a veritable paradise. The trout fish
ing on the Deschutes and Its tributaries, on the Metollus and
In the lakes within easy reach ot Bend, Is the finest in tbe
Northwest. During the present season, rainbow trout weigh
ing as high as 17 pounds were caught with hook and line In
some of the nearby lakes. For the more arduous sportsmen,
the hills abound In big game, such as deer, bear, cougar, etc.
In fact, the most fastidious sportsman can spend a month In the
Bend country and not have one disappointing day.
PUBLIC GYMNASIUM.
By popular subscription, the citizens of Bend have raised
approximately $30,000.00 for the erection and equipment of a
public gymnasium, which will Include a library, reading rooms,
club rooms, swimming pool and all the modern facilities that
go to make an amateur athletic club complete. This building
is now under construction and will be completed this year and
will be formally opened to the use of the public and the Bend
schools.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
The present industrial development in Bend, to which she
owes her recent unusual growth, consists chiefly of two large
lumber manufacturing plants, the ShevIIn-Hlxon Company
and the Broohs-Scanlon Lumber Company, both large operators
in the pine districts ot Minnesota, These mills have operated
more than 300 days out of thelast year, running 20 hours
a day. They employ approximately 1600 men and have a
business' of considerable magnitude under present conditions
WATER POWER.
Bend is located on one of the greatest power producing
rivers In tbe United States the Deschutes. There is a power
plant now In operation In Bend which Is capablo ot developing
2200 horse power. The same company, tbe Bend Water, Light
A Power Company, have filings at points within 20 miles of
Bend. which are capable of developing an additional 32,000
horse power. This assures Bend and vicinity the best elec
trical service In the Northwest. The service rates tor rcsldnecos
and business plants are very reasonable. The company recent
ly filed a most unusual request with the Public Utilities Com
mission In which they stated that' on account of the largo
Increase in tbelr volume of business they should be allowed to
reduce their rates on light and power.
RAILROADS.
In Its location as to railroads, Bend Is particularly fortunate
being situated at the southern termini of tho Hill and Harrlman
lines In Central Oregon.
In October, 1911, the Hill and Harrlman railroad systems
completed their lines Into Bend, which Is still the terminus.
An extensive distributing business Is being conducted from
Bend by auto truck and teams for more than 100 miles to the
south and east.
THE STRAHORN LINE.
While Bend Is located In practically the geographical center
of Oregon and Is served by two of the largest railroad systems
In the United States, the real railroad development is Just
now taking place In Central Oregon, through the efforts of
Robert E. Strahorn, of Spokane. Mr. Strahorn, whose record
for actual railroad building Is one of the most enviable In the
United States, has undertaken the task of connecting up the
various ends of roads that are projected Into Central Oregon.
All arrangements have been completed for the construction of
40 miles of road from Klamath Falls north toward Bend, and
this work is now in progress. The matter of securing rights
of way from Bend south to connect with this line Is practically
completed, and construction from Bend at an early date Is
a certainty.
' BANKS.
Among tbe Institutions of Bend that have been most prom
inent In the development of the town and surrounding country
have been the banks. The First National Bank opened for
business in March, 1909, with 160 accounts and $17,000.00 on
deposit. Their last call, In May, 1917, showed that they have a
surplus exceeding their original capitalization and $650,000.00
on deposit, with 2800 accounts. This bank has decidedly the
largest .deposit of any bank In the State of Oregon with only
a $25,000.00 capital.
The broad gauge policy of this bank has put It In a class
all by Itself In Central Oregon. Mr. C. S. Hudson, the presl
dent, adopted a policy several years ago of assisting farmers
by shipping dairy cows and hogs Into this territory and selling
to the farmer at actual cost, taking their note for the entire
purchase price. He advises that he has never loaf's, dollar
on a deal of this sort, and the good accomplished has been
almost Inestimable. The statement of the Bond Creamery
elsewhere given In this pamphlet, shows an unusual growth, for
which the First National Bank Is largely responsible.
With the reputation for actually doing big things for the
farmer, the bank has had no difficulty In socurlng outside con
nections whereby they can provide almost unlimited means to
notified that Emory W. Gurney, who
gives Box 147, Bend, Oregon, as his
post office address, did on May 26,
1917, file in this office his duly cor
roborated application to contest and
secure'the cancellation of your home
stead entry No Serial No. 07971,
made January 16, 1911, for E, Sec
tion 1, TownBhJp 20, South, Range
16, E., Willamette Meridian, and as
grounds tor his contest he alleges
that saidWarren H. Stewart, as I am In mobilization camps clscwhnro, In
informed and verily believe, and; the military or nuval organizations
therefore state, has wholly abandoned
said claim for upwards ot five years
last past and has never resided upon,
or cultivated said tract, or any por-
of the United 0t:itcs or the National
Guard of any of tho several States.
You are, therefore, further notified
that tho said allegations will be taken
tion thereof, .that said absence from as confessed, and your said entry will
the land was not due to his employ-1 be canceled without further right to
ment in military service rendered in bo heard, Jlthor before this office
connection with operations In Mex- or on appeal, If you full to file In this
lco or along tbe borders thereof or ( office within twenty days after tho
buna fide farmers for legitimate live stork diivelopmiint.
lltind's younger bunk, tho Central Oregon Hunk, has shown
n romiirkublu growth during the two short years It hits been
organised.
In March, of tills year, a reorganisation was off. .clod,
through the Swift Interests, which places this bank among III"
strong financial Institutions of Contral'OreKon.
In this reorganisation, tho officers and the directors viewed
tho future In eonftdoiioo, and through their connections planned
u n Institution which will furnish a strong financial aid to Urn
agricultural and stock raising sections of this part of tliu stato,
as well us to the residents, business men and Industries or
tho city,
The list ot stockholders of tho reorganized bunk contains
tho names of men who are Identified with the largo industries
ot tho stuto and with thn cattlo and sheep business of tho
nation In big way, men whose uanies are household words In
the stock raising and business Industries, and who now offer
their business advice and financial aid In full measure to thu
puoplu ot Bond and Central Oregon,
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
Tbo Industrial development at Bond has been a decided
stimulus to the agricultural development. A locul market ut
Buud has been provided for all farm products throughout tint
central part of the stuto. Both the dry tunning and Irrigated
districts ore enjoying tbo benefits of thesu improved market
conditions.
IRRIGATION.
A Carey Act irrigation segregation ot approximately
200,000 acres lies to tho east and north ot Bund, This land In
watered under tho supervision of tho Htnlo of Orogou and
becomes tho property of tho settlers, who acquire It by resi
dence and the payment of from $15.00 to $40.00 an aero for
their water rights. Lands that are non-Irrigable are Bold to
the settlers for $2.60 an acre.
Farming under Irrigation In Central Oregon has long since
passed the experimental stuge. The country Is still, ho ever.
In' need of practical farmers who uro willing to give a reason
able amount ot lubor for tho profits they lake from tho IkihIl
Tho country Is particularly udapted to tho raising ol potntu.H
und other root crops, alfalfu, clover, all kinds of gruln, and to
dulrylng. Farmors In the vicinity of lleticl In the past yenr
have taken as high as 400 bushels of potatoes per acre from
their land, which, under present high prices, more than pays
the price of the land In ono year.
Tho farmers of tho Bend district orgnnlxod a co-operative;
creamery In June, 1914. Tho lust half ot that year thoy did
about $2700.00 worth of business, and the year 1916 they ill, I
$38,000.00 worth of business, which speaks eloquently for tho
success ot the dairy business In Central Oregon and the Farm
ers' Creamery. The farmers aro gradually building up their
dairy herds to a higher degree of efficiency, and within a very
few years the creamery business will no doubt ho written In
six figures.
THE TUMALO PROJECT.
In addition to the Irrigated land development under thn
Carey Act, tho Tumalo project, lying just north of Ileud. Is
being developed directly by tho state. It embraces about
30,000 acres of the finest Isnd In Central Oregon and Is just
being placed on the market at attractive prices, with 20 year
to make the payments. Tbe products ot this projoct ar
essentially the samo as those described under the Carey Act
project. Thero are numerous concrete examples of men who
have come onto theso lands and within a'very few years becoiuu
Independent. No better farming opportunities exist In tho
United States than those on tho Irrigated lands In Deschutes
county. I
DRY FARMING.
Tributary to Bend, on tha southeast, Is a largo area of dry
farming land embracing practically 1,000,000 acres. A large
per cent ot this territory Is free from trees or rocks and with
well water obtainable at a reasonable depth It Is sure to con
tinue to develop Into an Important wheat growing district.
Much of this territory Ass been settled by homesteadors, who
took the land under tho 320-acro homestead law. Tho govern
ment land that Is still available In this section Is largely hill
land and valuablo only for grazing. Under tho law passed
by Congress In Ducembnier, 1916, homesteaders aro entitled lo
sn additional 320 acres of this land by simply making applica
tion and paying a nominal fee. Theso additional homestead
need not be contiguous to tho lands embraced in the original
entry. This law has had a decldldly beneficial effect on die
stock Industry of Central Orogon, but thore Is now very i:ttl
available land desirable for addltlonnl homesteaders.
STOCK RAISING.
The stock Industry to the south and east has developed very
materially in recent years, through tho efforts of tho Portland
Union Btock Yards, the Union Moat Company, Swift & Co.,
The Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Co., and tho Csttlo Loan
Co. Theso large corporations huvo extensive interests .In
Bend, owning the controlling interest In one of tho banks, and
extend all their financial support and exporlenco to deserving
stockmen and farmers.
Tbe raising of sheep Is particularly profitable, on account
of the excellent range In tho forest reserves south and west of
'Bend. More than ono hundred thousand sheen passod throuxli
Bond last year on their way to this summer range.
FLOUR AND MIXED FEED MILL.
The Bend Flour Mill Company operates a plant at Bend
with a dally capacity of 300 barrels. Thoy have retently
Instnlled In connection with their regular flour mill plant, sn
alfalfa mill and mixed stock fond plant. Thoy supply a large
territory with all tho products of this mill, Including tho reg
ular grades of flour ordinarily manufactured, bcsldos special
feeds for all kinds of stock. Thoy also manufacture broakfast
foods, having developed a most . successful breakfast 1 food, ( '
known as Ryo Flakes, manufactured from pure rye. Thla
department has proved unusually populnf from tbo fact Mint
the new land that is being doveloped under dry farming meth
ods produces rye more successfully than any other crop, until
the land has been cultivated for a few years.
The policy of the Bund Flour Mill Is ono of the broadest
gauge known, Farmers buy seed from this mill and dotivoi
a portion of tho crop In pay therefor. As a rosult, the Institu
tion has a tremendous Influence on building up the agricultural
Interests of the community.
The city of Bend, therefore, with an altltudo ot 8600 feet,
a delightful summer climate, mltd winters, practically Inex
haustible natural resources, located on ono of the moBt beauti
ful rivers In tho United States, capablo of developing at least
100,000 horse power, and at a point where transportation,
water power, timber and farm Innds moot, opportunities pro
vMcd by nature for recreation as well as business, and a citizen
ship capable of appreciating all theso opportunities, Is destined
to you,
H. FRANK WOODCOCK,
Register.
Date of first publication, July s,
1917. , ,
Date of second publication, August
2, 1017.
Date of third publication, August 0,
1917.
Dnto of fourth publication, August 10,
1917.
fourth publication of this notice, as
shown below, your answer, under
onth, specifically responding to these
allegations of contest, togother with
duo proof that you have served a copy
of your answer on the said contoHt
ont either In porson or by registered
mall.
You should stato In your answer
tho name of the post office to which
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