CROWDING llll! WORK AIIHAI). Program uf Pilot IluKo Development Company's IrrlKNtlim Hntorprlno. lfor a week In-fore Wednesday the work on the Hume frame of the Pilot Unite Development Conipnuy wn very difficult mid mIow, the ImuitlliiK uf Hi long, gretii, freahly vt jKilen to niipH)rt the Htruc tui being attended with consider nll danger to thu man well as bdng the Imidoat kind of work on account of th rocky ground, lint tlmt Wrt of the trcille wnn com pleted without Accident tind since Wedutmlay ptngrcnti Iimm been fnt ur. It Ih uow given out tlmt the trcallc to the headworks will Ix completed by next Wudnenday, If no mifoiMcn delay occurs. Men arc added to the construe tion force hs fast ns they ciui lc obtained, though, of coiiim, there In wioie or le change, iin is usual on work of tlmt character. Some i lift i go, other come. lMve team Hre now engaged on the ditch excnvHtion not nearly as runny at, mc wauled. A nninber of others Hie protnihcd unci they will probably go on the work after the holiday. At first the jwy, in view of .lie high price of feud, was deemed too small, but n couocgaiou in the price of suppllw lifts been made tlmt gi-cs satisfaction nil round. President Drake is expected home near tlte firat of the year and then the working force i to he doubled awl the canol will be crowded forward to completion. All the men and tea nut that can Ik had will be put at work. Now that the railroad i aasured It is evident there will be ue for the irrigated land and no effort will b pa!ud to gut a targe acreage under water ervice for the coming staaou. mas iturciiiNSON soi.i) out? Story to Tlmt lirfectlrrlj-itloii Proj ect tit On Forward. Ju3tt Harerow, who is looking afUr the Columbia Southern ditch in the TunwHo vnlley, was in ltend Wednesday on his way to 1'riueville to xjwnd Chriatiuas. lie had with him h letter rtcdved from Colonel C. Ir. Smith, who was the chief engineer oil tire Columbia Sotitlieru ditch construction latfl auintncr and who recently returned from a visit to Portland to consult the Columbia SoMthera Irrigation management regarding field work. At the clot ufthia letter wa the brief stato uttitt that C. C. llutchiiuou. of the Oregon Irrigation Company, had sold out to a company in New York and that work 0.11 that enter prlee would go ahead. Three weeks ago Mr. Hutchinson visited ltend and drove' out over th prospective ditch line of hi company. With him were two New York men, W. It. Ourritt and II. D. Turney. They gave out no intimation of what bearing their visit had 011 the Hutchinson proj ect, but trom other ' sourcea the nevs came t)ial the visitors rejwe sunled men likely to invest in such unterprisee. If they have taken over tbc Hutchinson interest, or otherwise arranged to push work on that irrigation scheme, it is im ' (Mi Unit for this locality, livery movement for development of our native resources, for making and ljiuds fertile, should receive overy passible encouragement. A Mll.ll 01' WIRE NliTTINU. Pence to Keep Chickens In ami the Coyotes Out, Mr. Wlost bus completed the fencing of .0 acres of his homestead with wire netting so us to keep bis fowls inside ami the coyotes out side, This is the forty on which bis dwelling and the present chick en house stand. The fence is made of juniper pots set eight feet apart, with 11 wide busuboiird and above tlmt the wire netting of 3-inch mesh is Ktictchcd, Three feet above the Iwncboiud a narrower atrip is fast cued. The netting extends a foot above that strip, so as to catch the chickens that fly up intending to alight on the board 011 their way ovur the fence. Six inches alwvu the top of the netting a sin gle Imrbed wite is strung to stiffen wild support the fence and turn Animals that might lc disced to disregard the warning boards. Holes under the hntctxHird due to inequalities in the ground are now being slopped. When that Khali be completed Mr. Wiest will have a very stilwtnntlnl and effective fence. The .o-Hcro lot thus unclosed is to be subdivided by similar fences, though they will not be so substan tial. Their purpose will Iks simply to tiu'mrntc the various varieties of fowls into their own yards. This improvement will give Mr. Wiest very complete runs for bis fowls and enable him to branch out in the oultry business, Suspension Order Revoked. Tltnhsr mid Slonc Entries to Pas Promptly to Patent Hereafter. l.nst Monday afternoon Secre tary Hitchcock, of the department of tuu interior, issued thu following: TS voter rftxWr which Snal MUoa m llav btt and Moh rnlrtr vnit MMpMl4 kw b rma4 by lh ncrtUry or the laWrtur, aad all Mich rntnn wtll ihm ht acl4 apm lac Omwfal Uaad OStev la rrgalar 4r. The suspeusiun served a good nurtKMie, and was the means of preventing many fraudulent onirics. While a rigid scrutiny of all entries under this act will Iw continued, It will have the effect of allowing all valid entries to 1 patented. At the conference at the white house Monday morning the public laud situation in Oregon was thoroughly reviewed. The j!iin tort stoutly protested, against the contfiiunuceorthc suipeusfou policy of the interior department, on the ground that it worked inexcusable hardship 011 bona fide settlers, and was seriously retarding the devel opment of the state. Secretary Hitchcock, in a state ment submitted to the president, explained that the extent to which frauds had been perpetmited in Ore gon made it necessary that the ut- most precaution sliouid be taken to head off other fraudulent operations, under thu timber and stone act. President Roosevelt, after con sidering both sides, directed tlw secretary to revoke his former order, ami hereafter timber and atone entries will pass to patent, as soot as they hnvc been approved by the commissioner of the general Jam! office. Itnnklni; and Investment Hnterprlse. Olof M. MtitiH and Peter Ner scth, of While Karth, N. Dakota, who were, in Ilcud on laud business last week, looked over the general business situation here and were so favorably impiesscd that they said they would probably be out here in the spring and engage in business. Mr. Mutts now runs n retail lum ber yard in White Karth and Mr. Ncrseth is in the general merchan dise business there. Closely affiliat ed with them is J. P. Smerud, cashier of the First State Dank of White Hnrtb, vlu is also said to be desirous of engaging in business here. Arrangements have been talked over with reference to the erection of a substantial building on the ve.st bank of the Deschutes opposite Sisemore's for the accom modation of a banking and invest ment house by ' the White Karth people, and other lines of business are to be gathered about that. These are conservative, substantial young btiHiiicM men and will ben notable accession to Ilcud. " " 1 Christmas Celebrated. The usual ChriiUnas festivities occurred in Ilend. The Union Hominy school had two Christina trees in Grant's hnll, with fire place letweeu out of whiqjl Smitu Clans en me to distribute! tli'u xood things from the trees. Tudre was n short program of appropriate music, in cluding n cantata In which a com jmny of childreinhoived to advan tage. Miss MarfOif' Wiest is en titled to great credit for her work in training the chiklran. There was a goodly attendance- and thu affair was entirely successful. At the whoolhousi the new Sun day school hail A Christina tree and a suitable program ami tlw house was well filled with sjwetators. At this tree, as well ns nl the one in Grant's hall, all thtf children were rememlerttd with bugs of nittfi and candy, and other presents were numerous. Work of Legislature. The legislature adjourned Wed nesdas night after three days .ses sion in which it rejxmlcd the troublesome PIlul'M tax law, re storing the old One, appropriated $100,000 for getting canal right of way at Celilo and attended to seW eral local monsuros. LOCAL NEWS "Dud" West was a Prinevillc visitor Sunday and Monday. Joseph V. Tsggart returned Mon day from a two weeks visit in Port laud. Postmaster and Mrs. .Slants made the round trip to Priucville the fore part of the week. New Yunrs eve there will be n grand ball at West's ball. Kvcry one come and bring somebody. About two iiiche& 0 snow fell Sunday at Lavn, 'but trie weather was warm ami there was 110 wind. Thirty-two horses were quartered at Sisemore's last Sunday night, which indicates that travel up the Deschutes is not scanty. A fine Hock of audacious mallards came down the river Tuesday and speit the afternoon feeding un molested along BcjkI water front. J. N. Hunter returned Tuesday from n week's trip hi the timber up in Klamath county. He found .that country under nbotit 8 inches of suow. After thu Christmas tree festivi ties there was ft Umice at West's hall, which was well attended and kept the young folks merry until nearly daylight. Charles Iliauk, of Antelope, was In Heud Saturday night. He was enroute to Silver Lake with n load of stock and furniture tor the new saloon of I. W. SHvertooth. C, A. Daito and Charles Turney were down from their cluims in Klamath county this week. They went to Priucville to attend to some business matters and returned up the river today. Lewis McCullistar is hauling lum ber from ltend this week for a house and barn on bis place over in the southeast comer of 15-11. lie Is putting nlwut 5000 feet of lum ber into those structures. t Ford McCnllistor was up from the mouth of Crooked river with a load of apples this week, He finds Heud so good a market that he makes regular trips here to dispose of his fruit. Hut this trip closed out his supply of apples at $1.75 a box. The grossbeaks and the juniper jays, returning from the desert, have been with tin the past week. Hut not a robiir or 11 blackbird has been in sight. The chick-n-dccn have come and they make them selves so much at home that they must expect to remain till spring. William Vand evert and C. H. Allen have just moved the old post- office building at Lava from the Wes A Id ridge place to a site be tween Allen's ud Vaudevurt's to use as a school House this winter. This location is mo convenient for the scholars of the district J. M. Iawience has moved from the Garden How cottage his family has occupied since last June, to rooms in the federal building ad joining the office of United States commissioner. J. N. Hunter has taken the Gurdcn Row cottage vacated by the Lawrences. John llloss is over from his homestead near Sisters this week on business. In November he killed two bears near his home stead, getting from them 20 ouuds of fine lard for domestic use. BIoss says it is equal to the finest hog lard and superior to much of the alleged bog product in the market. L. D. Wiest set out his traps again this week nud yesterday morning there whs a good sized lx)bcat caught. Miss Marion took her rifle and ended the troubles of thu beast with a bullet in the eye. The fur is thick and glossy, this being tlw time of year when fur bearers in this latitude are at their best. John Stekil Is down with typhoid fever. He had been ailing several day but last Saturday his condition was so serious that Dr. Kdwards was summoned from Prinevillc. I Ie was out Sunday and diagnosed the case as typltokl, but not a very severe one. It is expected that Mr. Stcidl will be up again in due time, but there is no hurrying this malady. Road Supervisor Sisemore has completed the planking of the coun ty bridge at his place and finds that he will lc able to collect jicxsoual poll tax enough in the district nearly to pay the cost. Thu county will be called on for the balance. Mr. Sisemore pakl out of his owu ocket $386 for the coustruetiou of the bridge a douen years ago $1 for each running foot of the struct ure. A wove is on foot to add greatly to the capacity of the Pilot Ilultc Inn. The plans contemplate the erection of a frame building 34x4$ in front of the preseut structure, with dining room soxaoon one side of a central hallway nud office on the other side, and guest's chambers overhead, the whole to bo neatly finished and furnished and painted white. Landlord Lucas is bound to have facilities for accommodating his growing patronage. "Dad" West celebrated Christ mas by presenting each of bis daughters n corner lot from his acre tract a short distance onst of the school house. To Mrs Kva Poiudcxter he gave the lot 50x100 feet at the northeast comer of the tract and to Miss Ivn the lot at the southeast comer, of the same she. These lots arc rallied at ioo each. It is expected that Mrs. Poindexter will build n dwelling upon her lot soon. About 100 persons were photo graphed this afternoon by Messrs. Weider and Cramer at the Lytle towusitc. The first view was photographed across the rapids at the Deschutes Lumber Co's mill and another near Low's store. The Oregon Concert Uniul furnish several pieces of music and held first rank in each of the pictures taken. It is the intention ot Messrs. Reed & Steidl to have the views appear in the Portland Ore-goniau. FAREWELL BEND HOTEL. Newly Refitted and Furnished and under new niauageiicnt. William Marsh, Proprietor. Ikst of accomodations for regular boarders of transients. mi WITH I'KKIJ FOR CI ni. Teams in Connection. Travelers up the Deschutes Find comfortable quarters ' and a well supplied table at Willow Ranch, jj mflaw south of Ilcud. Good ac commodations for travel ers and teams. Also the ' only General Merchan dise store iu the region. ALL ,1'KICKS 1UG1IT BOGUE & SON, Props. City Meat Market. J. I. wnST, Prop. UKALKK tK MEATS OF ALL KINDS Butter, Eggs, Poultry, 1 Potatoes, Vegetables In "Season. Nearly opposite Pilot Butte Inn , Wall Street. MILLARD TRIPLETT, BLACKSMITH All kinds of wagon work done. Horseshoeing a Specialty Shop Opposite Schoolhouse. WIND. ORliGON. I!, r. llaUCHAF It. 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