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FRIDAY - APRIL I;, 1903
IRRIGATION IN OKXGO.N'.
Under ptmts recently litl ottt.
after numerous confctences with ex
Representative Moody, the geology
icnl survey will divert targe part
of its field force to the Eastern Ore
gon Hold during the coining sum
mer, and examinations of varwu
character tending to the develop
ment and upbuilding of that section
will be pursued m several localities.
The first work of importance is tin
examination, already commenced,
on lluttcr Creek, with a view of
outlining a project for the reclama
tion of about 200,000 aacof fcrtik
but t cnu-nrid land included withh
the limits of the recent department
nl withdrawal. It is not known
what part of the withdraw 11 lauds it
susceptible of reclamation on a pa -ing
basis. It is not known how
much land the available water o.
Umatilla river will irrigate. It h
just what system of reservoirs and
canals will get the water on
the land to the best advantage. Al.
of these things arc to be studied
and planned by the experts now in
the field, and by those who will
soon join theni.
Work was inaugurated on II utter
Creek because that proposition,
from the little known of it, present
ed more attractive features than
any other project in the state that
is open to the Government. The
subsequent failure of the Oregon) ir
rigation committee to recommend
' to the survey any one project in the
state as superior to all .others on 'It
face made it necessary for the de
partment to defer to the judgment
of sou 2 one willing to shoulder the
responsibility, and familar with tlic
Eastern Oregon situation. There
fore the deference paid to the re
coniendatkm of Representative
Moody.
During his two terms in congress
Representative Moody has been
ever mindful of the interests of
Eastern Oregon. Before his time
that part of the state received little
recognition. The geological sur
vey looked upon it as a dead area,
and gave it no serious considera
tion in alloting funds for field work.
Now that has all changed, taud
Eastern Oregon has become a very
important factor, and is accorded a
great deal of recognition. When,
in afer years, the results of the ex
aminations and surveys of the' pres
ent day become apparent, and
tnere is sometmug more loan mere
reports to show for tlie work, the
people will begin to appreciate that
their interests have been well cared
for at Washington. Now that
there has been u start; now that
Eastern Oregon has been seriously
reckoned with, its needs made
known, and stops have been taken
to provide for them, it will be easier
to keep the work going. Never
until Hydrographer Newell, of the
geological survey, and Rorester
Pinchot, of t,he agricultural de
partment, made personal tours of
Eastern Oregon with Representa
tive Moody, did they have any cotu
ceptiou of the true conditions df
that vast part of the state, Since
they have been shown, they have
demonstrated their appreciation of
the conditions, and have wielded
an influence with others in higher
authority, to the benefit ot Eastern
Oregoiu-Qregonian.
The foregoing from the Oregon-
ion of the 8th hist, is of interest to
the inhabitants of the dry country,
as an evidence of what the govern
ment, thanks to Mr, Moody, in
tends to do. It also shows the
good work that was not accomplish
ed by the Oregon Irrigation Con
vention, which was mostly occupied
in factional fights and petty person
alities and left not the least evi
dence of benefit or good for Oregon
behind it.
FORTY HIU.IOX I'KKT Ol' I.UMUItK.
For the benefit of many jwop!
who are iuiiuiring from day to day
regarding the resources and devel
opment of southern Crook county,
more particularly the Deschutes
valley and the country immediately
contiguous to Bend; and for others
who may desire some knowledge of
this practically undiscovered coun
try, we will endeavor to present a
few facts concerning the country
ami give a conservative estimate of
conditions a few years hence.
Rend, or Ranswell Rend, as it
has been known since" the time of
the earliest immigrants, is situated
on the Deschutes river about 160
miles from the mouth. It is just
on the dividing line between the
immense sage and juniper fiats of
Crook county and the great belt of
yellow imie timber which extends
for several hundred miles south.
The Deschutes river has an av
erage fall from licnd south for about
ta miles of approximately 50 feet to
the mile, and at'Benham falls, some
13 miles south of Hcud, the river
falls about 300 feet in a lialf-tuile,
making an ideal sjwt for the utilisa
tion of the grandest water power on
the Itocific coast.
The government reports estimat
ed tliat in the yellow and sugar
pine territory contiguous to Rend
there are .vonie forty billions of feet
of timber awaiting transportation to
the Eastern market, .where it will
hpepluce UHSAvhjitoiijif.UqJilgnWe4liiaiml !M '
vitfconshi and Mfnnesofri,.w,lifah is would starftbiife nracc
about nil used up; and it is.couserva
lively estimated that there will, be
expended about $4.00 per thousand
feet to prepare this timber for mar
ket, which means that about $160,
000,000 will be distributed among
the people during the next twenty
or twenty-five years in this country
for labor alone. ' The only
thing which causes delay in sawing
up this timber now is the lack of
adequate railroad transjwrtation;
hut with the assurance now of the
Columbia Southern, this time next
year will see the logs moving to
ward the mills at Rend, and thous
ands of men will be working in the
mills and in the woods.
Rend is the natural distributing
point for these men, as the mills
and mill owners will be here, and
it will bring business in large quan
tities to the mercliants, doctors,
lawyers, policemen, etc., wlto are
coming to make Rend their home.
It would be an easy matter to fill
these pages with descriptions of tiie
possibilities and actualities of this
great country; but we will let the
timlxtr interests suffice for this is
sue, and from time to time wu shall
print articles relating to our agri
cultural development both prospec
tive and actual. We shall also de
scribe the climate, natural curios
ities, and wonderful resources of
this section, in the hope that it may
reach those who are ignorant of or
in doubt about our country; and do
some good towards the development
and upbuilding of Control Oregon.
A Urge amount of Priueville
capital has gone into the "Dixie
Meadow" property near Prairie
City, which property is being pro
moted by Dr. Rclkuup. Prom all
accounts of the property it is a. fine
one, and the investors will doubt
less realize nicely 011 their invest,
monts, but CJrook county jieoplc
have promising property inside the
boundaries df their own county
which Is'bnly needing it little cap!
tnl to make it as valuable as that of
any other section of the state. It
is only another illustration of the
oft-reformd to fact that when it
comas to mining ventures, people
prefer spending their money on
some property awny from home.
So far very little Priueville money
has round its way in to this camp,
although it offers one of t)ie most
promising fields in the N'ort Invest
for profitable mining investment.
Ash wood Prosector.
Tit A.NVIt. CHOKl AOAI.W
A party of three gentlemen toss
ed through Antelope Wednesday
morning, en route to the lleud
country, in search of funning lauds
and timber. Tlift-e gentlemen oamu-
from Chicago, and they stated that
in the hst all cyus arc turned to
wards thu lacific coast. They pre
dicted a tremendous immigration
tq the far West from that section of
the country within the next few
years. Herald.
Fhese gentlemen arrived in lieud
a few days ago, after a thorough
examination of the Columbiu South
ern Irrigation Co.'s propositkui.and
exiKeased themselves as very well
pleased with the outlook over there,
and at the determination of tlie
owners to complete their contract
this year. They said that a great
many jfeople in the country who
hated to see any sort of develop
ment were "knocking" the irriga
tion companies, especially some
people at Slmniko, who had n large
tale of woe to give the people about
what they thought would not be
done; but as these disjHsusers of hot
air had never, been in the Tumello
or Rend countries, they took their
harangues "cum grano salis" and
were prepared to locate immediate
ly. They said that a large party of
Chicago pco.pJe were awaiting their
d'Ll'UWll textile, taud muM
immed-l
lately.
The aforuintntioned crowd of
members of the anvil chorus belong
to that gang of prehistoric lunk
heads of whom mention was made
in a previous issue. Tliey will cm
ploy any means, fair or foul, to pre
vent tlie Columbia Southern from
extending. Their heelers meet the
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people who arc coming out here to
Investigate conditions and oppor
tuuities, and try to poison their
minds in regard to this country, be
cause they know that every new
settler south of Slmniko is an ad
ditional weight on the side of thu
C. S. Ry. Co.'s argument for ex
tension to lleud.
We do nut advise intone to not
listen to the lies and misrepresenta
tions poured forth by these ptopio,
because if they come over the C. S.
Ry. through Slmniko they are
Inland to hear them; but we do ad
vise them to come to the lleud coun
try and sec for themselves and then
go back by way of Shaulko with
good words for us and a donf oar to
the protestations of 11 bunch of poo
pie who became rich nt thu gaming
table, and are sore because they arc
not nblc to steal it all.
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Ringer Ilormifilfi .eJu'
publican nomination for rvprb&'u
tativc in congress from the first
Oregon district, after a hard fight
with several other candidates, who
held enough votes to defeat him but
could not effect a combination.
This nomination is equivalent to an
election, and it is sincerely IiojhsI
that Mr. Hermann will reform his
ways and continue the good work
so rudely broken into by the death
of Hon. Thus. H. Tongue. Mr.
Hermann and his colluaguc, Mr.
Williamson, should emulate the ex
ample set by Mr. Malcolm A.
Moody.
Columbia Southern
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THE BEND BULLETIN
Detofcd to the Interests of Eastern Oregon and Crook County in General and the lleud Country in Particular.
WE WANT
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$1.00 per
Year. ..
Bend Is the Com ins: City of Central
Oregon. In five years it will have a
teeming population of five thousand.
If you don't believe this, ask the best
posted men in the State on lumber
and agricultural matters, and abide
by their decision. The Bulletin is here
to STAY and keep its readers posted on
the improvements made from time to
time. Doii't you want It? It may
give you a tip that will make you rich. '
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REPUBLICAN.
MAX LUEBDKMANK,
Publisher. . ',
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