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The DesChutes Echo VOL. I. BEND, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 6, 1002. AGREAT FUTURE IN VIEW. _ TREND OF RECENT EVENTS MARKS THE DAW N OF A PROSPEROUS ERA IN THE DESCHUTES VALLEY. by far the advantage and host routo. Operations, however, wiiion are being carried oil ill the south* crn portion of the stato niav have a tendency t«> push matters. t i „ Salt Lako-Uoos May line apparent- Iv has noon established on a solid basis, und if eonstruetion on th a t load, us is given out, commenta i in the spring, then either the Vo- A Boom Time Is Predicted When Local Activity Be I lumhiu Southern or the Corvallis gins in the Spring. Irrigation and Lumbering and Eastern must build to gain tin NO. 28. in«» -ome liard knocks l>y recent de- Echoes Along the Deschutes. vi lopments which go to show that the proposition is a fake pure and j Mrs. .). U. ltroek left for Brine* simple, and is simply a scheme to . , , | vi I le Tuesday to he gone several create a boom tor the purpose ot I soiling off a lot of land whieh has |' been bonded and laid off into town Will Vandevert left the first of lots. I f it wasn’t for the udvertis- the week on a business trip to ing tin company gets through sul>-! I’riueville. sidized papers, business would be j John Bloss is in The Dalles at* slow with the great promoters, I The editors win* are willing to tending to business matters. “ stand in” and fake the people Mr. and Mrs. M, S. MavtieUl will soon find themselves dom up and \V. (i. Max Held and wife were in business Persistent lying and | Bosland visitors Monday who misrepresenting matter is sure to made final proof on timber claims* prove a boomerang, W. L. Phillips alul Wife were here from Airtit* the tit'sl of th«' SOME UMBER FIGURES. week to make final proof, ■ advantage both in position and traffic. Pressure wiiieh has re- centlv been brought to hear upon the Columbia Southern from Port- The Deschutes Valley is just work in the Walker Basin, has ap land is likely to see the extension Mow upon the threshold of a new plied for 7(».(XX) acres. of that road put through and it 1 i a> All of the land under process of life, a wide and diversified develop been given out that eonstruetion irrigation, both by private and ment-—a growth, both in popula will begin early in the coming t ion and wealth, and u future corporate capital, is directly tribu*: year.- John MeTaggeft left fur ThO Whose possibilities call be measur* tary to Bend and the Deschutes ; C o m m tircia l O rg a n iza tio n to A d v e rtis e Interesting and Unusually High Dalle« Monday with a party which eil only hv the energy and capital river, a fact that marks this point in the meantime the residents Which will he invested in building ns il future centcr— a center of Prices Paid for Sturnpage in lie located on timber claims, Up its trade and industries. The trade, business and population o' Bend will he wide awake to the Arrangements are being made Sale of Minnesota State Lands« by the Sabhuth-scbool for an en opinion expressed by scores of cap* arising from the settlement of the husiness interests of the place and its future growth. The Board of italists and business men who lands contiguous to it. tertainment til he given Christmas In the sale of timber, owned by night. The committee in charge lmvc visited this section i* that A Futuri For Agricultural Pursuits. Trade which was organized nearly a month ago has the development the state of Minnesota, xvliich took consists of Messrs. (\ J. ( ’otter, 1., Bend( Deschutes, as it will be re it has already been fully demon named) lias before it a future UM» strated that the district so long and welfare of the eountrv at heart. place a short time ago, sturnpage I). Wicst and A. ('. Hampton, and cvety effort will la put forth (»rices were the highest ever record The t htcrtainmeht xvill be held in equaled by any other district in juu t ni as the “ Oregon Desert” is in properly advertising to tin cd in the state. The top notch flit* new school liotisc alid it is ex the state. composed of a volcanic ash whose world what the Deschutes valley was readied when the Maslick pected xvill be enjoyed by ¡i large It is the natural outlet of the j lowers of production have reached j . is, wlmt it can do in the line of a«l- Lumber company bought in two number. The program will be an» enormous wealth stored up in its their full height in the Yakima 1 : vancoment, what it’s going to he million feet, paying $10.(10 per nouneed iUrbde of a fortnight, pine forests, a natural center for country of Washington. This I in the future and the resources thousand for the timber. The the trade and business accruing A. S. Slioles and wife of North portion of Eastern Oregon will Stillwater (Mum.) Gazette in com ; hack of it, from a rapidly settling country Branch, Mich, were here Monday probably never produce the varie I The irrigation convention in menting upon the transaction to make final proof on timber and the establishment of new in ties of food-stuffs found in that Portland was a running mate to says: dustries. Prom all sides come the claims. section owing to the higher alti* “ Prices were remarkable high in this step which the hoard xvill take. indications that a year’s time will tude, hut the limit to the possibil* M. Middaugh xvns a business Bend, the Deschutes Valley, and some instances. State Auditor bote a greater change in this dis ities in the agricultural line, once visitor from Portland the first of the country around it was Dunn was not present but a letter trict along the Deschutes than is the field is irrigated, xvill be diHi” the week. possible now to depict. New life, chit to establish. There is plenty thoroughly advertised at that from him was read by Deputy W in. Holder and Judd Palmer melting and it is not proposed Auditor Iverson, new energies, new ambitions have of room for diversity, and time j that interest shall be allowed to " I 11 the letter the auditor stated were Prinevillc visitors the first of seized the people who are now alone will determine what products wane. Outside capital is to re- that the proceeds of the five pre- the Week. The “ lord of file lie* looking forward to a period of can be raised to the best udvan-j ceive the best inducements which vious sales had pul mofc money viexv” had two It's ill his hip pock* growth anil advaheemeht and who tune. an be offered, business opportun* j in the state treasury than had et. xvill use their influence and energy Health In Lumber. ities will l»e opened, property will been derived Bom all the limber j United ¡■slates in bringing the change about. District The immense tracts of yellow j I k * -thrown open to investors and previously «old by the state, and |n,.,* Bureau reports tin* foD Tin? Irrig a tio n Project?» the weather for the The convention iti Portland on pitie lying along the Deschutes ! h**me»l»uilders, and no stone left the state hud been disposing of its ]( in<>■ on tin* Will soon Ite marketed in the east, unturned to push forxvard growth, <iniln'f for more than folty years. m,,|,|t( ,,f November: maximum the 18th of lust mohth marked the first step which xvill lie taken in Billions of feet of accessible timber population, and every business bin* results obtained, the auditor temperature. (>0 on Hu* '.hid; mini- the development of the country ad* stand now inviting the investment projcctjwhich xvill give to Bend said, xvere largely dm* to the ho ntutn temperature, 11 during the .jacent to the Deschutes, The con of capital in the establishment of and its adjoining territory a solid proved method of selling and es- nights of the iilst nfld 21th. There vention commended all legitimate *n\v*niills. The first planing mill scat in ♦!•<* list of energetic spots pecially to the publicity given the xvere ten days during the month sales. that wcl’v wtprti and eight partly irrigation eMtetprises and th** lat is being erected now which will of Ea-tet n Oregon. “ The amount realized at the sale el,.inly, T The lain fall for the s*xon lie followed by a shingle mill. ter are now ready to begin their ¡yesterday was $oU7,U00. The month was unttsthtllv heavy f*U’ work as soon as the contract* are Duly a shot't time will elapse be RAILROAD NOTES, I prie** was $*2 per thousand higher this time of the year amounting b* signed bv tin* department of In fore the larger mills for convert* ' than ever liefnre secured and the 2.01) inches. Thirteen nights dtir’ terior. To the cast, west and south n»g the logs into marketable lum " :,r‘ $8.8'* per thousand. ing the month tin* t»*ni|H*ratufu of the river desert lands x»f fertil ber will be on the ground and the Wireless Specials to the ECHO j “ The Mashek Lumber company | Was above the fie zing po'nt atnl ity and productive!«-«- „rider irri* ” f tn‘l“s conimene*-, Near Over the Stage Line* of DlilUth bid $10.fit) per thousand twenty-one days the temperature ly t ion have been -elected by the >*v t,mv hundred million dollars for two million feet. Tbi? was the ranged from To to fit) degrees. companies which stami ready ami worth of yellow pine stand tribù highest price for whieh any of the j Large bodies eager to ('eminence operations. A t,,r' pnbit ( Pie of the largest cougars which The board of Directors *' sturnpage was sold. There \v*h of it have been deeded for years.) few projects under the managx : has been Killed in the vicinity of Columbia Southern extension into ahotit JOB liimbermcn prcsent.” merit of local residents, have al* The H«'anh»n-Gibs<m Lumber c «* mi - j ■ th** Deschutes river Was shot a few t'rook county has taken final ac Eli* faets presente*I are suf'ieient Ceadv brought small tracts of land l ,;,n' ' *r:,< t. the Diamond Match; tion on the surveys which have days ago bv \\ ill Boguc Who was to con vi ma* tic* must skeptical that Under irrigation ami cultivation, HOnpaiiy’s holdings ami the Bliss ls.-en filed for right of way arm*.* tli** safest inVestment ttiut can bc driv ing a hunch of cuttle at the showing the sueces- wl.i»'h ha« tract, together with several Other j I government territory. 1’ ii-ideni nitide *it thè present tini** is in tim- time near Lava. Mr. Hogues dog , * met their efforts to conquer aU bodies owned bv various eastern 7 Lvtlx* gives out that construction l»*r- Wheii luniher companies 'treed the animal atttl stood guard arid and originally unproductive fif ms aggregate ¿tKl.tKK) at'res I wol'k will begin in the spring*. \ II* xxilh millions uf (lollars b«u*k of until Mr. Hogue returned from his Timliermen in the position to «oil. iiX)unc* nients of this kind in the thein go to a ptiblic n u e tp n i and house xvith a rifle. Th*1 cat was an khfiw say that operations will be Under pliante conimi the Des* past have t,e**n instrumental in succeed in buying two iniBion feet : unusually large one. measuring chutes irrigation company bus gin m*xt year. The rapidlydiniin- settling Up «t birg** portion of the and it,.*,, go a w a y h a p p y the in f e r - ¡ , m * «even feel in le n g th , brought several thousand acres un* i.'liing supply of availahle pine in district throUtfh which the new e i.xe c.in U c iis d y ta k e n . N o tm a h y j \\\ j | Ib iD m s h e n d had th e m is - der its ditehesi tilt* Cline Falls thè cast t*«cther witli thè rapi.l ..d- li tie will be built, but the policy j y e a r-c a n p— - il. ly elapse hefor* fo rtu n e to break several holies ill l’owi'T eompahy ¡« irrigatiti« noW **1 prie**?, tb.ev deviare, nmkc seems a g«*»*d One, The iiexv road w estern pirn* w ill U* s u p p ly in g the p ), hand th e firs t o f th e week, II* aboiit a thoM'.ind ic-res with moie necessury thè (fenili* <*f Crook wiH have a Well cle v **1*»| k *< 1 t**rri* i niafkct in tin* east. was r id in g a fte r c a ttle **ml Wu« in siglit bit- m*xt x’ -iir; atei thè camtyV t imber ls*lt. thè «ole re- t»n tin* basis th a t th e p itie ly in g th h 'w n again-» a fin e *' th e le ft l.ittle Itasi,,,,., l'fri«„i,n w ,„. .....Ini... Virgin in Ih, Unii»,I t..Pv ,l.r...,^ . .vl.=. l. - I . , « , , o* ,11 i.fivi.b* **•*"-. lUilf,... . n«mm*,nicati<*n -**»t *-««. r t,. I.,„M n lfitig th e 1 * -c h u te s w ill some dax haix*l h*«*eivi»g th e force o f the >,.n«ra,. h.„ in Ih.. ... ...... . » «m.le.1 t"* »ring thi, pur- ... Il...... . I. ,1... valli.- ..... I fall, ■ttneted. fo f M in n e s o ta t im lx - r . th«* « ta n d in g timi»« r of W.Uht acfx's und»*r its lines ami ,1' M| ,,r Kastefn <'regno * P. It. Dual* was (U Bend Friday Home on*’ either ,*n th»' iftsi*le or V m IU»* iti r o u n d n iim b c f - o f th e lateral?. Vpdef tie* t'a'?*.x net tin* «v’ a'ith into tin* market«- on his way t « » 1’ rineviile. He WJ.S «mtside of the (treat Centfnl rail- tract Bx t l i i s v i c i n i t y re p re s e n ts Tbps* *i«te»-' Irrigation »'»«mpatt.v Ua.lretnl Coirnnunkation in Future. returning from a trip to Silvel* r<aul prop*s>ition. which proposes n**arl.x- *ix hXindre.l m illio n dol has appfx'p' iat»**! ’.<«,(*(» a* (*•« i*x « Lake. Judwiiic from the facts ox hand to establish headquarter- a* Hose- lars tich <li«tri> t lying a fen- n«fh*s w»—t ut pre-ent. the Cohmihi.i Southern burg, has thfoxv«» a slum Wtiich If the Columbia Southern tx*hls «>f Bendi Ih» t'ilot Hilt «e lfi*vel»,p* will in all probability be the lir-t may or mav not lie Well f*'*«mh*d. j Tin* remaining turkey*» iU tin llllle h in u fv r u l l i l i - ” «*-’ (» t*1 it - •nent company, with b* ad «iitnr- ftVul t»* pusl* through f»i>ni th«* D is from tin» Myrtle Point !*o«>*r- neighls>rli*»»sl are Is-giiining to pr**s«*tit supply it wdl have to t**rs in the immediate vicinity« has north. alth»ei«h the CorxwHi« and pfise and i* •*« f'dlow*: shoW a -a .I a tn l d is s ip a te » ! **xpr«* build «1 »Wifeh *h«wti tbi- W«i.V et *-*'gr«*gat *il Afi.DtVl :t< t » -. and tiie Kastem. with its mad graded to “ The pP'nioteV® x,f th«* Hfe-at sion tin thuif The**« in iiiHi* i|H«tioti j least uti Which to oti»«T the t-.ns itn-gon l4».velopn«eiil company, ut «1.»- -itone*» **f tl««. l 's»—•-»»« 1*—. ha- < Vtilr«*! ( i«a|S rf railhsol nr»* r»*»s-iv* «^ ifi« t hri-lhia* h-etivjti«<.. not iti x»«v, Interests Will Be Important Factors.