STOP LAND WITHDRAWAL. t4 ,i I w t; r BEND FURNITURE COMPANY MATTING Severn! very pratty patterns of Japanese Matting, suilabla for dining or sleeping tooin.H nt 30c, 35c mid 40c per j. yard. SEWING MACHINES Tin Sewing Machines .nold mid handlud ly us arc guamntuod for to years n I id il will lxi to your Interest to .sec u.s before placing your order. Thcc machine uru now in stock. FURNITURE Our stock of Furniture has begun to nrrivc nnd you onu find ninny useful pieces of tlic.se goods nt u very reasonable cost. Get tlic prices. LUT US HH YOUR HOUSK FURNISHHRS BEND FURNITURE COMPANY LOCAL BITS John lllosrt went to Dig Meadows Momluv. retitriilni' Tucdnv. 1 Relink Hooth, of Johnson, llootli & Co., of Priuovillc, wns in Hand I' Sunday. Roy Cliitwood nnd John Ncwbill, xjf Willow Crcok, were Hand visit ors Sunday. A. C. Lucas went to Princville TuvMluy on business connected with the hotel. U. S. Commissioner Lawrence him frctdily corructud pints of this mrt of The IJalles land district. J. L. DcHcvolKO and Sain It. 8 toy, travelling men of Portland, were a2J culliiiK on Hcud merchants Tuch- . day. The burning of brush rrnd rotten stumps, logs, etc, has improved the nppcnnincc of the northeastern HiitiurlMt of Lytlu. Urick T. Itrickson, who was in Crook county for nbout a year past, left this wuek for his home in Skauec, Mich. He completed entry of n timber claim while here. ' The Kbv. J. W. Commcrforfl of Prinovillc delivered tw6 interesting mid instructive sermons nt Grant's hall Sunday morning nnd evening. ' Ilotlt services were well ntteuded. . Hi. Mauring, tile affable slicrifl of Lake county, mid 'dominated for t re-election 011 the democratic ticket, Svns in Hcud Friday night jtccoin , Raided by 'his sister, Miss Corn Miiliring, of Onrficld, Vrisli. They Were ctirotite to LakcvictV. The Heud Baseball team wns out prncticing Inst Sunday. The boys hnvc scvornl excellent individual fc.t... ..... .....I . ..1. 1 A 1 iuuyei.1 nun wilill mcy wnni now is Home hard practice in tciiin work. , They promise visiting nines n hnrd rub for honors On the diamond. A. Nnle, n contractor and builder of Portland, wns in Heud Saturday and secured the contract for erect ing Dr. Merrill's new building. He went to Prluevlllc Monday to wire for hitf tools, and will commence Work as t.0011 as they arc received. Mr. and Mr. M. J. Morrison ' mid Joseph I'. Taggnrt left Tues day morning for their homesteads '.tip the river. The Morrison home stead is nwny up in Klamath ' county. They could find no team for their journey except nt the Pilot 'Butte livery. They will return to Bchd in n week or two. I.. II, McCnuii is doing carpenter work nt the Riley much this week. W. T. I'dwnrds nnd Oco. Whit sett were in town (torn Squaw creek Sunday. Mrs. Rowloo, "president of the Hon Ann clnVsnys the constitution of the clnb was ndtfpted nt the first meeting; AnA the organization is complete in 'every rcsicct. The Pilot Huttc'Cbmpnny is clean ing up and burning the brush mid debris around their sawmill yard. It greatly lessens the danger of fire and adds to the looks of the sur roundings. A cow belonging to Postmaster StaaLs, of Deschutes, wns myMcri otisly .shot while grazing on the bluff north of Sisemorc's Monday. The bullet went through the udder nnd broke the hind leg of the beast. William Arnold, of Hrownsville, I.inu county, arrived in Heud Tues day mid will engage in contract carpentering nnd building. He is a brother of Thomas Arnold, who recently sold his rnndh near Sisters. C. 15. Lovcll, purchasing agent for the D. 1. & P. Co. returned early this week from an expedition into the Haystack country where he bought seven excellent horse. He says there nrc fcovcru'l more good teams to be had in that loctd ity. O.'C. Gray, republican nominee for county treasurer, wns interview ing the voters of Heud precinct the fore part of the week. Mr. Gray Is n young man of good husiitcus oxporieucc mid habits and will mnkc n safe mid competent county treasurer. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. C. Lucas, of the Pilot Hutte Inn, will hold mi opouing reception on the 3rd of June nt the completion of the I1111. A cordial invitation is extended to nil, and it pleasant evening is prom ised to all who come to view the furnishings of the Inn. Among the pleasures of the evening will be dancing and a midnight luncheon. - ISd. Throrut, of Minneapolis, mid Guilder J. Ilnt'tgen, of Rosby, Mind., made timber land proof here this week. Since Mr. Throan wns here Inst year he has engaged in the dairy business ill the chief city of Minnesota. He has no difficulty finding pasturage for 40 cows within the city limits. Nutter mid 'milk sells there for. liulf the nrices hi Hcud. Hugh O'Kane made a business trip to Prineville Monday. Mrs. W. F. Stewart is slowly recovering from her very serious illness Mrs R. II. Caldwell is recovering from the serious illuciw that kept her bedfast for two weeks. Harry Hroker is, now one of the imrtucrs in the cigar stntid nt the new Hotel Scott in Portland. Nick Weidcr is nursing n broken finger which cmuc in too sudden contact with the baseball Sunday. Prank Klkins, the republican nominee for slier iff, spent part of the week in Bend precinct, He says reports had reached him that this precinct would go hopelessly dem ocratic, but after getting around among the voters he feels war ranted in declaring such reports misleading, untrue mid calculated to injure the good name of the community. Mrs. A. M. Drake returned last Monday from her visit in Portland. With hcrcmne W. K. Gucrin, Sr., and Miss Gucrin, Mrs.W.H.Gucrin, Jr., and her little daughter Mary, and nurse, and Charles Johnston. W. K. Gucrin, Jr., met the party near Madras with teams. After a week's visit here W. 11 Gucrin, Sr., Miss Gucrin, nnd Mrs.W.K. Gucrin, Jr., will rcturtt to the Knst nnd in June they will come XVest again. W. IS. Gucrin-, Sr nnd hisdrfng'hter will spend the summer here, ns will also the Johnston mid Turrtcy families. The family 6f W. IS. Guoriu, Jr., will make their home here. Lands Aro flolnJr Pns't. Among the men u'ho hhVc taken lauds under the Cdlhmbia Southern ennui this week arc John McCor- mick, of IViticvilR-; V. -H. Hall, Seymour 1?. Pu'ftoii arid J.'C.Tllorp. of Wiiitsburg, Wnsh; ond John P. Coen, of Portland. In all these men t66k 366 hCrtfe nnd thty will begin improvments at ouco. J. D, Whnrtoh, secrctnVy of the Kellogg Trrilis'ftortatiOh Company, Portland. c6nie up with tw6 of his friends this wctik mid they nre now examining tlic luilds under the Tumello ditch. ( Manager W. A. I.aid'law, 6t -the Columbia Southern Irrigation Co., left Monday 'nlbnitiig lto 'feftirn to, Portland, after spending 'h week looking over the ditch work. Land Agent H, S. Cook, who came in with Mr. Laidlaw, left for Portland yesterday morning, Plrt Qucitlon for New Debating Soci ety Wednesday Nhdit. Steps to organize a literary nnd debating society were take nt a meeting for thin purpose held at Grant's hall Wednesday evening. Arrangmcnts were made for a full programme at the same place next Wednesday night, when a pcrnia neut organization will be effected The meeting was called to order by J. II. Ovcrturf mid a temporary organization made with J. M. Lawrence chairman mid N. P Weidcr secretary. A committee to draft constitution nnd by-laws for permanent organization wnsappoiut cd, consisting of Mr. Ovcrturf, Miss Iva West mid Rolla C. Stone. A programme committee consist ing of Miss F, McCanri, Miss Mag gie Autic and S. D. Pcrcival, wan appointed. Mr. Ovcrturf proposed the follow ing resolution for the opening de bate next Wednesday evening. Resolved, that the orders with drawing from entry lands of Oregon cast of the Cascade mount ains, with a view to creating forest reserves, should be rescinded. The chair was directed to name the leaders for the debate, the lead ers thus named to select their own assistants and the entire debate to be limited to 40 minutes. J. C. Meeker was appointed to lead the affirmative and J. II. Ovcrturf the negative Kach will probnbly se lect two assistants. Hesides the debate there will be a varied programme of music and other numbers and general business, including the permanent organiza tion of the society. Ail arc invited to attend the meeting. The BEND Restaurant I'ATTHRKOK ta H1IAMV. I'nor'l Mcnls Served nt All Hours TASTY PASTRY Always on hand. 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