BEMB BULLETIN
FAIR EDITION
DESCHUTES NEWS
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
47th Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950
No. 214
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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-
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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
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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.