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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1905)
-"1. i I m a V hl THE BEND BULLETIN runMSIMU) KVKKY FRIDAY HV 1.UUDDI2MANN & LAWRUNCH "For cvarr man a qure deal, noltii and no" mor." 5 suiiscRirnoN rathsi One )Tr...M ,..... Mx month ,.. .- - Three nioiit)i,....... (Intlbly In idvticc HOW TO KHM1T. Kciutt 1y IkiiiU tlroft, ikkUI money onlor on Ucnil, wsprw money unlcr, or tvKtttcrcri letter. Make nil remittances jmynMe to The llciul llulktin. Stage and Mall Schedule. AKRIVE at Ann, Urom Shnnlko i ITinerllle 7 ! " ' llKtu Ikevitw nd Rltvt r LVe. .- t m. !) except Tue. l om IMmnta Tum., Thim mt SM.... r. p. m. 1 rem LftMMw Mon , WpiU, Thura. ml St.nooH I.li.we IIe.n. SlmilLo vU I'rliieville . . 6 . m. tily 1 or Uleriewr ml SWtrr LWe , - . ,.. -.. Tjop m illly except Sun for rimoTBe.,Thur. ndSt .. .. S,m. 1 or LaldUw Men.. Weil., Thur. nd bt .J p, tn POUT Orric ItocHHWeeV d-: S . in. loSp mi. Sundays, from It . m. to It m.. and hH hoiimncr rtll of nil mit from railroad reaching Beud before $ p. in. Tutornosr omen HouHV-Week d. front rg. m Iom p m. 8uml nd hWdy. lrtm 5w . tu. to l noa, ami from jso p. in. t vop. m. FRIDAY JULY 14, 1905 Jim Hill builds railroads tbot de velop native resources, he doesn't watt for the traffic to be produced first. The question has arisen whether it would not be wise to have an other election aud authorize bonds for $5,000 for the new school house in place of 3,500 that has becu voted. Pink whiskers brought Jim Ham Lewis into notoriety and a fat job, and now here is Green Beard shedding a sort of lustre upon Crook county in the land fraud trials. If wheat carrying is so profitable to the railroads that they care for no other traffic and only accept other traffic when it is incidental to wheat carrying, isn't something the mat ter with the grain rates? Harvesting operations now claim the service of all able-bodied men in Central Oregon. Town building, and even the exploitation of timber lands, are put aside for the gather ing of the products of the soil. This is safe and sane development, The return of Elihu Root to the cabinet will probably give us a rest from Taft. The Ohio judge has "been too prominent recently and his mistakes have not added anything to the glory of tin? Roose velt administration. Doubtless he means well but he lacks practical experience in affairs, and energy and good intentions will not take the place of such experience. He is too fresh. Root is a man of ripe attainments balanced by experience in large affairs and be will supply just the force th it is needed at Washington. Charles F. Lord's suit against District Attorney Heuey for $50, 000 damages is scarcely up to the dignity of opera boufie. When the district attorney dismissed one in dictment against Lord, that mem ber of the grafters' combination thought Heney had lost evidence to support the charge and the damage suit was immediately filed. About that time a supplemental indictment against Mr. Lord came in. Lord would better give up his attempt to intimidate Francis J. Heney. Mr. Heuey has the habit of knowing what he is doing; Mr. Lord op erates in the dark. AN UNTENABLE POSITION. Portland will make the mistake of her life if she permits the Harrl man lines to put the excuse of "no developed traffic" iu the way of present railroad extension to Bend. It is, in the first place, not a valid excuse for an agency that would itself be the greatest developing force hi the country. There is much greater reason for the farmer to say lie cannot operate here with out transportation Facilities. Set tlers do uot have the means to in vest without prospect of immediate returns; the railroad, in Jhe very nature of the case, is atl investment to make possible such development as will create commerce. The set tler who says he cannot clear tli I Jatul, put up buildings nud plant and till crops a hundred miles from the railroad is justified; the railroad which says it can not enter n given section because the farmers are not yet producing traffic sufficient to pay is not justified in that attitude, for it is denying one of the funda mental considerations for the privi leges it receives from the jrcoplc. It is a mistake to assume that the road to Rend will be n mere stub end or feeder. It will, of course, serve as nn important feeder, hut Portland's interest is to control the trade qf thin third of the state nutl the only way to do that is to make possible the development of that trade iu sympathy with Portland. Cammcrcial relations must grow, they cauuqt be created over, night. The Bend road will inevitably teach thrqugh to Cajifqruiu connections The vast timber belt east of the Cascades jnakes this sure Whnt will become of Portland in this field if her interests arc uot well cstub lishtd here when the California con nection comes? And if the road from the south should reach Rend first Central Oregon would know and care as much about Portland us it would about Kalnuuizoo or Hong Kong. San Francisco would commaud this field as completely as it docs the Sacramento valley. If Portland has not sufficient interest in this locality to press transportation through in advance of actual developed traffic iu other words, to assist iu the creation of commerce that she professes to want she will have no ground for complaint if other alliances are made. Rend will have a railroad, one way or the other. SENATOR MITCHELL'S CONVICTION Senator Mitchell was convicted by an Oregon jury, and the testi money of Puter or McKinley had nothing to do with it. His own law partner for a generation, the man who had been willing to com mit perjury and to suborn perjury at the behest of aud lor the "protect ion" of the senator, was the main witness against him, but there wns plenty of corroboration. Senator Mitchell had so Ion 14 escaped ac countability to the laws of the laud that it seemed impossible, un natural, that he should now lie held to answer for this misconduct But he is held. No convict was ever quite friend less aud Senator Mitchell has n number of friends bound to him by common interest in the spoils of crooked politics. They are inex pressibly shocked and grieved that one so long uiicuuglit .should at last be brought to boy lefore they had all thev wanted out of him, The fact th.it he was clearly proved guilty is too trifling for their con skleration. They knew he was en gaged in these practices for years; indeed are themselves the benefici aries of .such "senatorial" work. Wliut harm could there be iu it so loin; as it helped thorn to what they wanted? It is perhaps just as well to have it brought sharplv to mind now that the satis faction of personal greed is uot the whole aim and object of pop ular government. There is such a thing as conscience iu the discharge of public duty. Under what president before Roosevelt would we have found pros ecution of the Burtons, the Dietriches aud the Mitchells for such offen ses as have been brought to their doors? The power of the pull at the patronage fountain was suffic ient to hush dangerous criticism. These men, placed by the people iu high place, used ignobly the power given them, because the national administration permitted it. When we got a president who would not permit prostitution of the public service for the screening of grand rogues there came trouble into the camp of the grafters. Mitchell is convicted. No man rejoices at this for its own sake, for it is a pitiful spectacle that is pre sented by this aged transgressor at the close of a very notable career. But there is a vital principal of government at stake, which de- mauds that the guilty be so declar ed and suitably punished. The perpetuity of republican institutions depends upon keeping the public service, high and low, clean. The growth of grafting hns been our most insidious peril. It must be checked or we may as well abandon the experiment of popular govern ment first as last. uver aoo samples 01 wall paper including an me latest designs in figures, ingrains, Moire silks and tile papers, from 5c per roll up N. P. Wkuikh. NotIcc--VnriiliiK. All pesons found tampering in any way with the ditches, Humes or machinery of the llend Water, Light and Power Co. will be pro secuted to the full extent of the law. When assistant engineers are re quired same will bo employed. Grntiluous services tiot wanted. E. F. uatticn, Presidt'iit, Raspberries, strawberries and all small nursery stock for sale by W. J. Buckley, Bend, Oregon. Office rooms for rent iu tile Pilot Hutte Development Co.'s ofliet building. Apply at the cotnnauyV office. tf Soo acres of fine pine timber iu 1 body near sawmill and good mar ket. Two large springs on the tract. Forsalu at low price. R. G. Smith Beud, Oregon. Rownnl for HorncH. I will pay to for the return to me at Bend of the following; ties erllwtl horses which strayed from the p.tstute of John Ferguson on the Ice Cave road about a month ago: One black mare branded "M" on the left shoulder aud about seven yums old, with it small while spot in forehead. One bay mine branded ""a" on left hhoulder aud about nine yeuis old, with u small white spot In forehead. Also one colt belonging to otto of the mares, about two months old. W. E. Cil'KKlN, Ju. AUniey LoHt. A stun of pajnsr money wrapped iu a handkerchief was lost on the Fourth of July. Finder will be givu suitable reward on leaving same at The Bulletin office. River Ranch Wanted. We have inquiry for a rivet ranch, for which about J?yoo cash will be paid. ti Ckook County Rkai.tv Co. Cooking molasses 50 cents a gallon. Steele's Restnttrant. tf Parties desiring home grown misery stock of commercial va leties can get same by seeing W. J. Buckley, Beud, Oregon. BEND'S NEW flEAT yARKET WAI.I. HTRItHT, ill II M Cii THE finest stock of FRESH MEATS in Crook County. Cured Meats and Lard and all the Accessories of a First-Class Market. Everything new and of the best. WH ITE & H I LL. Authorized Capital $25,000 Incorporated 0O4 T5e Central Oregon Banking & Trust Company of BEND, CROOK COUNTY, OR, Transacts a general bapkipg and trust business. Issues Letters of Credit goqd throughout the wqrjd. Acts as Administrator, Kxccutqr or Trt?cc pf Jistntes. Transfers money by Mail or Telegraph. Collections made promptly and nion favorable terms. Interest pn Deposits The Central Oregon Banking & Trust Co. has added several pew features to Its rapidly growing business. t will now give Time Certificates of Deposit, paying ipterckt thereon as follows: For 6 Mofiihs, 3 pep cent For 1 Yer, 4 per ccrjt SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOI RENT aL Reasonable Rates ALL riUi ADVAXTACFS OF A CITV HANK D I R 15 C T O R S : V. It, OUltltl.V, Jn.. Piow. A. !.. UOODWII.l.lK, V10: J. M. LAWRHNCK, Sw'v F. 0. MINOR, Cwmm: Phm. BEND OREGON YOU ARI! INVtrilt) TO Jhe hite f ouse COU. OIllIUON A 1IONI) 8T.S. ?l. 30. uiotcbenct, iprop. The Best Liquors and Wines DOMESTIC and IMPORTED CIGARS A. II. Llppmim (lc. M, Meyer A. H. Lippman & Co., Furniture Stoves, Ranges, Healers, Cooking Utensils, Doors and Windows, Faints mid Oils, CareU nud Matting. We carry a' fine line of Rockers nud Couches. Wo con furnish your houso complete GIV1S US A CAM. TF.RM8 CASH Z. F. MOODY (1I!MRAL Commission and forwarding MERCHANT. SIIANIKO, - OklUlON Large, Commodious Warehouse. CoasiRumcals Solicited Prompt attention ji tu tltmc who fitvnr nit ullli tlirir tMttriU)e. 9 A Complete Stock of At Bend, Oregon. DRY I Reasonable Prices Good Grades Dry Stock Rough, Surfaced and (Moulded -LUMBER- At Bend, OrcKon, All Widths, Lengths and Thicknesses INCH COMMON' DIMENSION SIIII'JjAI' RUSTIC T. & G. FLOORING BKADIvO CKIMNG WINDOW JAMBS WINDOW CASING I IF. A I) "BLOCKS O. G. DASHBOARD STAIR TRKADS WATI-R TABU? O. G. DATTINS MOULDINGS P. B. I). FATKNT ROOFING PKNCK PICKETS SHINGLES ETC., ETC. Lumber Delivered at Low Cost Anywhere on The Lands of mie D. I. & I Co., or riic c. s. 1. Co. CUSTOM FEHD MILL IN CONNGCTION. The Pilot Butte Development Company BENDi OREGON THROUGH FROM IJI:NI) TO SMANIKO IN ONI! DAY SIIANIKO-PRINEYILLE CTAfiE I IMP PRINEVILLLMJEND MAUE UnE SCHEDULE SOUTH ItOUNI) Leave Sluiuiko dp. iu. Arrive I'riucville 7 a. in. Leave I'riucville 12:30 p. in. Arrive Rend 7:00 p. in. NOKTIirtOUNI) Leave Beud 6:00 a. in. Arrive I'riuevlllc 13:0a 111. Louvu I'rluuviitu 1 p. m Arrive Shauiko 1 a. in. FIRSP.CISS EQUIPMENTS FOR TRAVELLING PUBLIC PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RATES REASONALE JQ Hotlt 'a pent One Vcar SUBSCRIBE FOR THIS Weekly Oregonian AND THE Bend Bulletin Roth Papers $2- One Year Uarkai- Shop ndUlh InHoUI. Ho CorntrOond and Ortgort Olr.l. TEL DEND. llUail O'KANU, Prop MOST CK.NTKAI.I.Y J.OOATKD HOTKI. IN 1IHN1). SAMPLE ROOM IN CONNECTION. New HoiiHc, New Furniture, Rcnsounhle Rates. Good Rooms Always Reserved for Transient Trudc. G. W. Whltsett's Saloon. Best ImK)rtcd aud Domestic WINES, LIQJUORS CIGARS. Excellent Bar Service. High Class Gentleman's Re sort. Only first class godds kept in stock. Call on us. .1 1 J 1 :-;