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About The Deschutes echo. (Bend, Or.) 1902-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1903)
iparIjutPH iErhn V O L. II OUR P IO N E E R D E S C H U T E S , C R O O K C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , O C T O B E R 17, HMUÌ. NO. 21. IR U IG A T IO N IS T S . were raised last summer. Sixteen ^ ^ acres have been seeded to alfalia rx • J i S h o r t A c c o u n t o f th e S u c c e s s fu l W o r k and seven acres of rye has been } o f th e D e s c h u te s R e c la m a tio n a n d Irrig a tio n C om p a u y. sown on the Svvailey and Benham j places. Indications point to a THE BEND M ERCAN TILE CO. Of all the Deschutes river irriga- good crop of alfalfa next season K e e p s a c o m p le t e s t o c k o f S ash , D o o rs . tion enterprises, the Deschutes and several shareholders are pre- W in d o w s , an d Reclamation and Irrigation C o m - paring the soil lor seeding. Mr. ry • > r (T\ » , r -r r-> r ' I r '> h h ■"•'.I - 7 1 J Ì/IC c l n .1 . / t t l 'L j ( ( / I .u . ,, . . .l . pany has thu 3 far been most sue- Bow has twelve acres cleared, cesoful in its aim to accomplish fh e lands selected by this com- the purpose of its promotors. To pany are ot the very choicest and H E A D Q U A R T E R S F O R S H E E P M E N 'S this company must be given the lay to the north, south and west ol A N D C A T T L E M E N ’S S U P P L IE S . credit of being the pioneers in irri- Bong Butte. About •'f'NOOO. has gation on the Deschutes river, thus far been spent in money and Full Line of Hardware, Stoves, Ete. The scheme originated with G. W. labor to push this work to a suc- Swalley (now deceased) and James cessful conclusion and a crew ot E v e r y t h i n g a t Prlr.eville P r i c e s . R. Benham, who in 1898 succeed- eight men and two teams are now| ed in interesting others in the pro- engaged in widening and deepen- ject, and in October of the next tng the ditch. Besides the eight A . ’ II. (jl t A N T , M \ n a <. i : h year the company was incorporat- quarter-sections held by the mem- ed. The shareholders at that time ; bers of the company, several have | BEND OREGON. were W. II. Gann, C. B. Swalley,' homesteads and Frank Glass has W. R. McFarland, W. H- Bird- | purchased 400 acres of state school j song, Win. Johnson, B. C. Low, G. land which can be easily irrigated. 'P here is a considerable depth of ! ——---- -------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^________ _ W. Swalley and James R. Benham. Mr. Gann later sold his share to so*l P11 die lands held b}’ the com the company and some time after- | P a i , y and Messrs. Benham and j ward Frank Glass, purchased it, Alt’! arland are of the opinion that making him one of the sharehold- ; *♦ equally as good as that in the ^ river, ^ ers. C. M. Elkins, of Brineville, bottom <ands of Crooked raising is where alfalfa an un also acquired a half interest in Mr. McFarland’s share after questionable success. It is esti- an organization had been effected uiated that tlie cost of maintain- and at present is the executive ai,ce of canals will not exceeil forty Has a complete line of head of the enterprise. Mr. John- cents per acre irrigated, goods at his new store. son is secretary and treasurer, Mr. A two-thousand dollar The upper floor of Steidl Benham general manager and .Mr. addition has just been McFarland chief engineer, he huv-. Reed’s new barn will have a oa- ing been selected for that position p»city of from twelve to fifteen tons J received. Qualities right by the stare land hoard in the fall ot’ bay. This part of the structure, and prices right. of 1900, when the company decid- extending out over the rimrock, is W . H. STAATS, Prop., ed operate under the Carey act. several times as large as the ground The survey had been made in boo,-. STAMTS . September, 1899, and tlie work was already well under way when ap- plication to select lands under the Carey law was made, i lie origi- nal intention of the promotors was to select iand under the Desert Band act and to encourage other settlers to come in and acquire an interest in the canal by doing an equal amount of work or by pur chase of riglits from the company. The appropriation of lands im mediately contiguous to theirs, by larger concerns that afterward came in, forstalled their plans, however, and caused the little company to select a small area of its own and carry out the work without further aid. The first construction work was that of the flume something over a half mile in length and for which lumber was hauled from Benham falls, The flume is seven feet wide with fourteen inch side boards and is built with a grade c f three-eights of an inch to the rod. In the ditch work, considerable rock was -1 , , . ’ • ’ 1 Deschutes, • - - Oregon. F. G. Connelly, the forest ranger wl10 has been stationed at Crane Prairie during tlie past summer, was in Deschutes Thursday on his| way to The Dalles. Mr. Connelly ' was formerly a partner of Nick Smith in the locating business. ----- —----------------------------------------------------------------------- —— ------ ----------- Kenne(Jy> ()f th# p rine. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ viile Review, was a visitor in town last Sunday, having come ovei to visit friends and incidentally to try his luck with the rod. He suc ceeded in landing 110 of the finny tribe and and took them to Prine-1 viile the next day to distribute among his numerous friends. Mr. Kennedy was accompanied bv his faithful dog. Ox. MINN F SO T A I i U F F IC' I' TWO II Y < 1 t M KKO\\\*, 1 * 1101 **. The only first-class establishment o f its kind in Western Creek County. T h e f i n e s t b r a n d s o f w i n e s , l i q u o r s , b e er s cig a rs c o n s t a n t ly on h a n d . and Kastern people are especially invited (o r a li at (lie Buffet when in the r itv . A protective tariff would greatly ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ benefit English landholders. Of j . l . M c C u l l o c h , late years the value of English lands bas dwindled down nearly to a prairie basis and the landholders have in some cases become bank- . , , , , The aristocratic landholders Real K8tate boUght and 8° ld and ProPerty looke‘l af*eB ar>d taxes paid ruPB for nen residents. would gladly welcome a tariff but ♦be hordes of city laborers would Agent for Bytle Townsite, proposed terminus of the Columbia Southern. Abstracter and Examiner of Titles. encountered which necessitated be driven to desperation. Chamber- Fire a n d life i n s u r a n c e . Pr ln o vi l l e O r e g o n hard labor for these plucky irriga- bain s speech would indicate that , , tionists. This was all overcome Englishmen are not afraid to ac- . . .. _ . , , an overcomt B A c c o m o d a t i o n s f i r s t - c l a s s In e v e r y r o s p o c t at and at the present time the c om -1 know,edge that the country is in a pany has eight and a half miles of critical state, ditch carrying water to their lands, aorne twenty-three acres of which C. W . B A R N E S , This popular resort is under the special management and super have already been tested to show ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY P I B L I C vision of VV. H. Staats. its productiveness. P R IN E V ILLE , O R EG O N . Three acres of well-matured oata o « c e » wMt Third 9tr««t. DESCHUTES, ORECON- HOTELSTAATS