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BEMB BULLETIN FAIR EDITION DESCHUTES NEWS CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 47th Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950 No. 214 TEE Big Reservoir At Post Plan For Project United States bureau of recla mation engineers studying pros pective reservoir sites In the Crooked river valley to provide water for existing and new farm lands have recommended that if such development be undertaken the Post site be selected. Four different reservoir plans were studied. They were the Prineville, Post, Hoffman high dam and the Hoffman low dam. All-plans studied contemplated a water supply for the Crooked river project by supplementing the yield of the existing Ochoco reservoir, rehabilitated this year. Some of the plans, Including the Post reservoir, contemplate a wa ter supply for additional lands not yet selected. Beport Submitted Investigations of the Crooked river project culminated in a project planning report complet ed in May, 1949. This report pre s e n t e d a plan for storage of Crooked river waters for supply of project lands only, by means of a dam at the Prineville site. The general need for additional irri gation water in central Oregon was brought so sharply to atten tion by several developments just prior to the completion of the report that planning for complete storage control of Crooked river was imperative, bureau of recla mation officials said. Later, the Prineville site was found unsat isfactory for the higher storage capacity required and the Post reservoir, site was selected. j Meanwhile, however, a third al- ternative reservoir with a dam at fthe Hoffman site was proposed I by local interests. This site, with I its possibility of either a high or a low dam, was studied. Information about the four sites studied is summarized here: Prineville Reservoir Site i Water supply studies for the "Crooked river project revealed that 12,790 acres of project lands -rf .should be irrigated directly- from looked river 'in periods of low low. Irrigation of these lands swuuiu require mi annual waict supply of 33,000 acre feet for which storage capacity of only 30,000 acre feet would be requir ed, as a considerable part of the supply could be obtained by direct diversion. With an inactive stor age capacity of 2,000 acre feet and 45,000 acre feet of capacity for exclusive use of flood control, the total planned capacity was 77,000 acre feet. The flood con trol capacity was made as large as could be justified on the basis of benefits and added costs be cause any lesser amount provided inadequate flood control. A por tion of the irrigation storage ca pacity was to be used for flood control part time, and small re- leases from the same storage would occasionally be required for maintenance of fish life. Ben efits from recreation use of the reservoir would be wholly inci dental and secured without any t specific operation requirement. serve the Crooked river project nnlv tho Prineville nnH Pnst res. i ijervoir sites were very similar in uver-Hu aesiraDiuiy. Lower stor age costs at the Prineville site were secured only through nego tiations with the state highway commission which led to the aban donment of the state highway through the reservoir site. estimated construction costs m the 77,000 acre-foot Prineville reservoir wa3 $2,901,000. The 'rlnevllle reservoir was proposed r construction in the gorge near e Bear creek confluence. Post Reservoir Site The protect area to be served riiras.! .nn I 1 .. 1 1 1(11 3 acres by selection of the Post res ervoir site because of additional irrigable lands between the Post and Prineville dam sites. Irriga tion of this area would require an ""itri aupij ui 5 acre feet. Reservoir operation stu annual mntm. T 1A OW dies revealed, however, that' an annual water supply of 65.000 acre feet could be obtained at the site by construction of 121.000 acre feet of active irrigation stor age capacity. With provision of 2,000 acre feet of inactive capa city, the total reservoir capacity would be 123,000 acre feet. Sub stantial flood control benefits millri ha nhrniniul iifitk thin Manr. voir without provision of any spe jcial flood control caDacitv. Bene. Iits from -fish and wildlife and . l ecreation would be slightly great fer than were estimated for the Ismalled reservoir at the Prine Iville site. 1 The Post reservoir report adds: ! "The 30,200 acre feet of assured annual water supply not required iy the Crooked river project would be augmented by about .wo acre feet of return flow from the project durine each krrieation Reason. The total 32.200 acre feet t"! additional annual water supply r"ia noi oe allotted to any sp- i- area until additional invest!. tions have been made. Thp 1- tment finally made, on the basis luture investigation and pres- (v-oniinued from Page 2) V kv - - - -y ' 1-1 ? "J j - : - rL. . - J i'fl " li August, 1950, tinds millions is the nursery plant, near the Deschutes Gorge Line Improved Improvement work estimated at more than $1,500,000, including installation of a modern automat ic safety system, was completed on the Deschutes river railroad this past year, and the mid-century anniversary finds the gorge route in far better condition than it was following its completion just short of 40 years ago. Major work included the rebal lasting of the entire track from the Columbia river to Bend. New bridges and fills were reconstruct ed. Several of the trestles and bridges that served the Deschutes lines for the past. 40 years were replaced with fills. Many miles of passing track were rebuilt with heavier steel. In the reballasting work, vol canic cinders and crush rock were used. Bridges replaced by fills were those at Kaskella and Lock it, deep in the northern gorge. Some of the new rail spans were over irrigation ditches in Jeffer son county. Diesel Kwpnea Ism While the track improvement work was underway, diesel elec tric engines were placed in opera tion over the river route, from the north bank of the Columbia to Bend, and travel time of the mail train on the Bend run was slashed half an hour. Belief was held locally that rail road officials were considering inauguration of passenger service from the Pacific northwest to the Bay region of California, hut it appears that this service will not be immediately started. Work In Bond this past year in cluded the installation of a 60 car service track. CE Cooperative Sponsors Picnic Present for the annual picnic of the Central Electric cooperative this month were 43 employes and members of their families. The cooperative has Its headquarters In Redmond, with John Norlin as manager. Millions of Young of young pine trees growing in the newly established Bend pine nursery, which serves the north Pacific pine region-Shown here, in tho mam picture, Butler road a short distance northeast of Bend. In the background are the Three Sisters. Insets: lower right, new ground being leveled for additional trees ; right, young pines growing in nursery. Upper right, closeup view of Ponderosa pine seedlings. Nefted Gem History Traced; Tubers Noi In Pioneer Class Highly Edible Deschutes Spuds Fail to Show At Redmond Exhibit; Other Varieties Noted Deschutes Netted Gem potatoes, now far-famed in the west, cannot be listed as "pioneer produce" of central Oregon, old timers say. When Redmond sponsored a 1911, in connection with a railroad agricultural exhibit, there was not a single Netted Gem on display, so far as can be re Six Angus Sfeers To be Converted To 'Dawn Eats'- Six head of registered Black Angus steers weighing 5,100 pounds will be provided for the 1950 Deschutes county fair buck aroo breakfast on the morning of Sunday, August 20. The lot-fed steers are being provided by the Brauetich Bros, ranch, east of Bend on the Bend-Burns highway. And here are a few other Items on the dawn meal menu: Fried potatoes, 1,000 pounds. Syrup, 36 gallons. Butter, 130 pounds. Eggs. 350 dozen. Hot cake flour, 250 pounds. Bacon, 260 pounds. Milk, 50 gallons. ! Shortening, 100 pounds. Coffee, all you want. The morning meal will be pre pared and served by the Redmond Breakfast club, with George Mur phy as tophand. Officials Named For Horse Show A. L. O. Schueler Bend, who raises American Saddlebreds, will serve as ringmaster at the Red mond Saddle club's fifth annual horse show, to be held as a Des chutes fair feature In Redmond on Saturday, August 19, In the aft. ernoon. Joe Dodd. Arabian horse breed- er from Tygh valley, will Judge north, in the lower fields of new the show. Aside from holdine the ly-lrrigated Jefferson county, show, tlie Redmond club mem- bers will also assist with rodeo features of the 1950 fair.. . Trees Growing in potato show on November 2, pealled. At least, the Gems did not show up among the prize winners. At that pioneer potato show, predecessor to the Des chutes county fairs, S.1 D. Mustard of Powell Butte swept major awards with his entries, and won the Carl Gray prize of $25 for the best potatoes entered. Missing were the Gems that won renown on the Mustard ranch In later years. Award winners at the potato show of 1911 were such tubers as Blue Victors, Burbanks, Early Roses, Gold Dollars, Royal New Yorkers and Early Ohios. All of these potatoes were produced on Crook county irrigated lands in 1911. Mustard Is credited with the In troduction of Netted Gems to the Deschutes country, however. As early as 1911, he was one of cen tral Uregon s leading potato growers, and experimented with various types, to determine which was the best adapted to the vol canic soils and Jhe rather rigid weather of the high Deschutes country. In his experiments he ob viously happened on Russets. It appears probable that Netted Gems were grown on the Mus tard farm as early as 1912. It was shortly after that date that they replaced practically all other po tatoes on lands Watered by the Deschutes. Yields were high and the Quality of the Gems was out- ! standing, In the year 1950, Deschutes county's 4,000 potato producing acres are growing Gems. To the Isome of the potatoes tried out In .the Deschutes area are welL doing New Bend Ponderosa Pine Nursery Board Members Very Busy Men Busiest men in all central Ore gon this week end are the six members of the Deschutes county fair association, headed by M. A. Lynch, old-time resident of Red mond, as chairman. ' His fellow members are Roy Newell, R. J. Carpenter, Howard Mayfield, Carl O. Calloway and M. A. Cun ning. Two of the association mem bers, Newell and Galloway, are also on the fair board. The third member of that group is Ellis Edgington, of the Sisters commu nity. Each of the members of the association has specially assigned duties. For instance, Galloway is manager, and on his shoulders in recent weeks have fallen the nu merous prefalr duties, from re pair of the rodeo plant to final arrangements for the fair. Car penter will worry about finances, and Mayfield will be riding herd on the rodeo this week end, with Newell in general charge of the rodeo. Ellntr Alto Busy Another of the busy Redmond men will be Jim Ellngs, who is completing his years service as Deschutes county agent, while Gene Lear was on a leave of ab sence, attending Harvard umv-r-sity. Lear will step back into the harness about September 1, but Ellngs will be very much on the job until that date. Not the "least busiest" man In the county will be Joe Llevens, 4 H club leader, for It will be the 4-H youngsters, with the Future Farmers of America, who will en ter most of the exhibits this week end. Wayne Reddekopp is to be superintendent of the H vo cation agriculture exhibits. CAR SHORTAGE FELT The railroad car shortage hit Prineville's lumber Industry hard In early August, and resulted in i the curtailment of operations at several of the big mmoer nuns. Prineville Notes Big Change In Industries, Way of Life Crook County Town Now Recognized as Major Lumber City; New Epoch Arrives With Rush Prineville, once a frontier town with rangeland reaching from grassy hills to Ochoco lawns, is thinking about putting its spurs and other riding gear in a museum and donning the garb of lumberjack. The Crooked river city, a recent survey revealed, is crowd ing Bend as central Oregon's No. 1 lumber manufacturing city. In tall pines, from Summit prairie to the western edge : of the Blue mountains, the Frakes' Jersey In Premium List Called Mystery Jim Frakes, who operates Des chutes county's Snow Vu dairy In the Pleasant Ridge community, may be on the prowl, come fair time, and fair board members wouldn't blame him in the IcaHt if he showed up with a pair of six-shooters and maybe a double- barreled shot gun. The reason? Carcfullv read this paragraph in the 1950 issue of the Deschutes county fair list. "Snow Vu award: lhe hnow Vu dairy farm J. C. Frakes) will award a registered jersey heifer to the outstanding dairy club member under 14 years old. who is Interested In establishing a breeding program." Frakes operates a holsteln dairy farm. There are no Jerseys on his farm and he isn t otter ing a Jersey to any youngster who Is interested in estaoiisning a breeding program." Just how that Jersey got Into the premium list type Is a mys tery. Certainly. Frakes said, the Jersey didn't come from his hol steln farm. WINS DISTRICT CONTEST Frank Conklln. Redmond, this summer was named district win ner of the better farming contest, sponsored In the southeastern Oreeon district bv the Kiwanis rluh Picture of Frank' 40-acre project will be on display at the state fair In Salem. cry of "t i m b e r" echoes through wooded valleys. Log ging trucks are rolling into Prineville mills over newly constructed access roads. Scat- ternri iht-nnirli i ha rtimtlutwlu are more than a dozen logging camps and some portable mills. Smokestacks break the Prine ville skyline, with the the city vir tually surrounded by big plants, except on the west. Occasionally, when winds are idling, smoke fills the broad valley where deer once grazed and wild ryegrass was antler high. Over the Prineville municipal railway, a wealth of lumber is rolling to market. Change Takes Place Even old-time residents of the city that was named for Barney Prine, blacksmith and storekeep er of pioneer days, admit that a change is taking place in the life ol the community and some make the admission reluctantly. They dream of the old days when plnelands were quiet, and deer came out of the green hills. And they recall the era when range men wore high-heeled boots, and rode their ponies into barns, over dusty streets. Those were the dis tant days when stages came in from Shaniko, end of the rails, bearing passengers and mail, and news of the Outside world. To the south, along Buck creek, the old timers recall, Bill Brown ruled a slock domain and earned the title of America's "horse king." To the west, a stripling of a town, Bend, was coming into existence. and asking for a new county. Prineville's new era came rath 1 (Continued from Page 2) Pine Nursery Plant Expands; Trees Started Onlv a short distance northeast of Bend where junipers and sage brush long ruled, some 5,000,000 pine trees are now growing, in . the new eena pine nursery, nuuui three-fnurths of this imposing to tal are from seeds planted this past spring..The other trees are two-year-olds. : ; The nursery can be expanded to produce 15,000,000 seedlings, on a : two-year transplant basis, and will provide stock for the entire Pacific northwest Ponderosa pine region. The new nursery is now in its third year of production. One of the most extensive de velopments of Its type ever au thorized by tha U.. forest service, . tho Bend pine nursery Is near the Butler road, under Swalley water. Nearby races the North unit can al of the Deschutes project with Its 1,000 second feet of water for . Madras lands. Land Being Cleared . In addition to caring for the young trees, the nursery crew this season is engaged in an extensive land clearing project. Acreage for merly in crops, prior to its pur chase by the forest service, is being leveled, and prepared for additional millions of baby pines. In the tract are 234 acres, but only a small part of the land is 1 growing pine at present. This past year, buildings repair ed in connection with the opera tion of the pine nursery were completed. The plant Includes a seed extractory, used in "hulling" western pine seeds, shipped here from practically, every pine dis trict In the large region. The ex tractory' is a large building, 99 by 25 feet, and is of pumice block construction. Two years ago, a 94 by 30 foot warehouse was completed, as wag an oil and gas house. 1 his past . season, a headquarters Duliding, consisting of offices and a labora tory, was erected. This new build- .: lng faces the western Cascades and has a "picture window" that fiames the old volcanoes. KngHtrom In Charge Walter A. Engstrom is nursery superintendent, and works out ot the Bend office of the Deschutes national forest, headed by Ralph W. Crawford as supervisor. In early August, there were six men on the nursery staff. Trees grown at the Bend nurs ery will be transplanted in var ious northwest forests, with some going to such distant points as Utah forests. Pine seedlings were iormeny grown ai ine wino r.iver . nursery In Washington. Some major problems have been faced in the first three years operation of the Bend nursery, and some of these have not yet been entirely solved. One of the problems is the control of root rot that developed, presumably from infected soil. This past spring, the suspected soil was "shot" with a fungus-killing type of gas, but it appears that this treatment is not a cure all. Some of the root fungus Is still developing. A considerable loss of tiny trees was suffered In 1949 and again this season. Weather of the record-breaking type has also been a problem in the growing of small trees. Last winter, Bend temperatures drop ped to the lowest ever recorded In the history of the Bend station. Trees Got Water : .. However, lhe staff crew does not depend on central Oregon weather to provide the moisture needed in dampening the pine plots. An overhead sprinkling system has been Installed. Water i " , "'l uacu soil, but to lower soil temperature in periods of extreme heat that might "burn" the tender seed lings. Ground thermometers are used to check soil temperature. Gradually as the trees develop root system, Irrigation is. de creased. The nursery, is still in the de velopment singe, but in time it is expected that It will be open to visitors. Landscaping of the grounds has not been completed, and dusty conditions exist In un irrigated areas. Water Control Tour Planned Marvin Shearer, assistant coun ty agent in Jefferson, has an nounced that a water control tour, originally set for August 15, will be held on Friday August 18. Plans for the tour were changed so that a "length of run" dem onstration could be included. This demonstration will be conducted by Ivan Wood, Irriga tion specialist for both the soil conservation service and the ex tension service. He will be here from his Denver, Colo, headquar ters. Shearer said that alt Interested In saving water and reducing Ir rigation costs will be welcome to Join in the Jefferson county tour.
