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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1906)
DC LOCAL BITS Have yon Nccn Orntil'M (INjilny of fruit ormiBWi nppicM, biiiiiiniis mill ICIIIOIIH? -10lf The moiciiry llilrt inornliii: Htoort i above yaio, lliu huuoikI cnlilcul nilit of tliu winter F. C. Rowlec of Redmond whs In llcud Ttiasdity and W'udtiiwdity at. (ending to bualiiusH inalUru. Wllll.iiu O. Ktllux, the popular itieieliiint anil ixwtiiMNtur of I.nld jitw. vs Hcntl culler Wcdnetidny, Ollke rooms for lent in tlie Pilot Hnttc Devwlopinoiit Co.' olllce liiiildlux. Apply at tliu i:oiijmuy If oft Tucwlay for tliu vicinity of Ix: y.oiiu a week oflire. junttM McCoy his liotiiMtctitl in Mndrus. Il will or 10 tiny. S. M. Rubers thovc over from J'rintvillc Tiiuwluy wjtli a loiu) of furnltitic for tli A- II- Mppmun (.tore at llcud. John if. (Joddnrd onine to feiitl Sunday from Powell IliitUr where lie is lu'lpiiiK sink a well oil tlie lluldwin much. CoinnitmcitiK on Sutiirday, Jan. jo, until further notice the ltend Social Club will Kivc a dance every Kntiililay nlnlit. Mr. nnd Mrs. George O'Nell of the I.onc Pine Tradlni; Co. of Forest, arrived in llcud Wednesday for a stay of a taw duya. I'. W Marshall of Portland was taking orders In llcud the first of the wtvk for Whittlcr. Fullor t Co.. dealers in juliUs and oiU. C. A. Jones, uotarv pulilie, cnu lc found ut The Ilullcliu office ready to draw and acknowledge deeds, and uiortgnKari, and attest twpcrri of any sort. TyicwritliiK done. 4tf As soon as the snow will jiennit Millard Tripplct will move with his family onto his homestead in iSi i. where he will reside for some mouths. His homestead Ik about nix miles south of town on the bank of the Deschutes. l)r. Hurris loft Monday for his home at Hillsboro. He has Ueu on his ditch html a short distance ch.sI of Bend for the ast mouth uftsistin his sou Jesse in the clear iiiK of it When the doctor left they had all the pine trees cleared olT. The sou Jew: will remain during the winter and finish the work of removing the MitRe brush and juuiciH. It. M. Rice of New York arrived in llcud Sutiirday. Wednesday noon he left for .Sister. He was making very minute inquiries re garding railroad construction cast of here, anil mi id lie wanted to fol low the Corvallis & Eastern survey as closely as possible to Sisters. He had a man of Oregon showing the Corvallis & Eastern extended ticrnvt the state. Considerable specula tion was arousrd as to his purjwse in visiting here and in making such careful inquiries' regarding railroad extension, but it was impossible to obtain any definite information from him. Toilet Articles MEDICINES Drugs Prescriptions Carefully Compounded We carry In stock every thing usually handled by a firrtt-class drugstore including; Stationery, School Supplies, Magazines, Toilet Prepara lions, Confectionery, Cigars and Smokers' Supplies, and n Pine Line of Watches and Jewelry, ...Perfumes... Merrill Drug Co. Bend, Oregon. Pasturage for horc, jo cents a week, fla a month, near JJend. 11 H. W. Murium.. Oeorge Ifqbbsand Harney Lewis came In Sunday fiom the Johnston pilinli for it few days in town, I'lliu barred Plymouth rock roouturs, full blooded, for sale at J. 50 each. C. IJ.Al.i.KN. tf J- I'.. IJyim came to leud from his raiicli Hoith of town the first of the week for a few days visit. I'oit .SAi.it Several work and driving liorspfl, Must 1 sold quick. P. I,. Tomncinm, llauk llil(iig. .j3f C. M. Kedfleld of Redmond wan a Hed visitor Tuesday, iflcd here by I). I. & p. bseuMi. Here turned Wednesday. Oeorge Mcvcr came homo to Ilcnd Tuosdny after a stay of sev eral days in Priueville. He was called therp on busincsH matters. C. K. JJawRou. representing Long Cr wholesale grocers of Porhind wasdoiiigbiiHlneHS in llcud Monday, He loft Tuesday morning. J. I. Weil, alias "I)ad", linet been apKinud oliainiMii of tliu election Ixjard of tliu Rend precinct. This appointment is for two years. At Redmond C. M. Rcdficld, F. T. Redmond nild C. W. J.ord arc apKjiutel judgeii of elections P. C Rowlee. R. J. Ummnii mid Prank Glass, clcrkn. I,ast Tuoiidoy "Dad" Wcat fin ished filling hiii Ice house. The ice was in line shaM, six to no ven in dies thick and clear as crystal. Jfo lias stored aliout 70. tnnii. -rTrerTTZZZ 111. II I .. mwf i : rr- .vu a, . 1 . 1 -1 srv- I lie iippoliitmciit clerks of election of Itidircu and for llcud nrccinct No in as lollowi.1 J. I. West, A. C. Lucas, H A. Sathcr, judgoi C. S. Benson, J. H. Ovcrturf and J. Prank Htroud, clerks. A despatch from Washington to the Orcgoiiiau. dated Jan. 10, say hi "Senator Pulton today made a fbvorablu report 011 the nomination of J. M. Lawrence as receiver of the Rosehurit laud office," I). McMillan announce that he and his family will remain in llcud at least until spring and hopes b that lime to have arrangements completed so that they can romain permanent residents of llcud. Harney Lewis, who has been working for several wcokw at the Johnston ranch, stopped hit labors there Saturdjy night and will scud some tinto on his homestead two and a half miles west of Jlcnd. The judges and clerks of election for the Deschutes precinct for the next two years arc: II. W. Recti, C. H. Low, W. II. Staats, judges; JohuSteidl, Chin. Hrock, C. S. Staiibiirrough, clerks. Voting place at Lytic. Someone is" up to Imd business when they deliberately break the wires of the Deschutes Telephone Co. Within the past week or to days, about 10 miles from Hctid on the Hcud-Priucvillc road, someone had climbed a Kile, broken the insu lator and then when the wire fell to the ground took a stick and twisted it in two. Whoever did this met with a descrvablc accident and probably cut himself 011 the broken insulator, as blood was found on the pole. Postmaster Grant recently re ceived a request from the Oregon Inn to nominate some young lady in this vicinity to enter the contest for a trip to Yellowstone Park. The Orcgouian next summer wilt scud 34 young ladies to the Park who prove to bo the successful ones in a voting contest. Postmaster Grant nominated Miss Marion Wicst and scut her photograph to the paper as requested. A ballot box will soon be placed in the post office where coupons clipped from the Orcgouian and good for so many votes, can be deposited. On Saturday last n ileal was closed whereby the stockholders ii the llcud Mercantile Co. purchased the interests therein of Messrs. Mc Millan and Hoiieyman. Steps have already been token to increase the capital stock and new parties will subscribe to the same, O. S. Crocker of Portland, being one of the new stockholders and will take active part in the business. For the present K. F. Uattcu will have chnrge of the business, assisted by Messrs. Crocker, McDonald and Honey man. J. A. Messiugcr of Hillsboro has purchased the Madras hotel prop erty from Archie Mason, says the Pioneer, the deal including the livery stable run in connection with the hotel, and the price being 900. Mr. Messenger expects to move there in the spring and go into busi ness at that point. For the present the hotel has been leased to W. C Moore and the bam to Charles Dlv-.ney. Mr. Messiugcr visited in Madras for n week during the early fall, and his investments In prop erty at that place resulted from the fuvorable impression of the town which he received at that time. BARGAINS WR YOU AT Our January Clearance Sale 1 Ml1 '.' Talking: Machine Coupons Given , with Sale Goods. Ovid Riley came in from his rnuoh down (he river Thursday to attend to business matters at Rend. II. R, flatohwull reached llcud Monday with a load of freight from Hhaulko, Ho said the roads arc in frightful condition. The P. II. D. Co'ii saw mill was shut down the first of the week in order to do some general repairing. It resumed operation today. Uriiesl L- Hcott of Rockford, Wash., was a guest at Hotel llcud Saturday. He came to Iknd for tliu purpose of looking over the laud. Hilly Robinson will take a trip up-river to Ryan's ranch Sunday or Monday to get two fine Jersey cows recently purchased by Hugh O'Kanc, H. Sill, Oreu Gurucv nud Joe Sattdct of Alberta, Cauano, were in ltend the first of the week inspect ing this region. Mr. Sill had had a misunderstanding concerning a purchase of laud near here nud came to straighten it out. TO IIAVH Ott NOT TO IIAVI2. That Is the Question before the Council Concerning a City Policeman. The topic that called forth n most vigorous and spirited discussion at the council meeting Tuesday even ing was whether the city of Rcud should dispense with the services of a jiollceman. Under existing con ditions the office of marshal, an elective one, carries with it a salary of $ 1. 00 a year, while the city po liceman, appointed by the mayor, commands n salary of 65 n mouth. The custom has been to let one man fill both positions. It is maintained by a part of the council that the city does not now need the services of a policeman. That there is nothing for such an officer 10 do and therefore hissalary should be .saved to the city's funds. Hy those favoring the continuance of the office, it is claimed that inas much as the policeman also acts as a fire patrolman at night, it would he a very risky add foolish thing to discharge the policeman and leave no one to act as a guard against the work of an incendiary or to give the alarm in case of an accidental fire. It is argued by the oppou cuts to this view of the question that il a fire patrol is needed nit effort should be made to secure such serv ice nt n smaller wage. That is the condition in which die question stands. Decided opin ions are held bv both sides to the controversy. The discussion waxed hot, was very spirited and long drawn out. The council is about evenly divided 011 the -question nud final decision was deferred until a later meeting. The ordinance creating the new office of chief engineer of the Hcntl lire department was passed. This officer is to have full command of all companies and npparntus in time of fire and is to exert n supervisory control of the whole department, subject to the orders of the council and mayor. It is nit appointive office nnd carries nit annual salary of $25. Mnyor Goodwillie appoint ed S. C. Caldwell ns the first chief engineer of the Rend fire depart ment. Councilman Millard Triplett ten dered his resignation us n member of the council. In n short time Mr. Triplett expects to move with his inmilv onto his homestead six miles south of Bend, nud for that reason resigned. The resignation wns ac cepted nud his successor will be chosen nt the next meeting, The council adjourned to wcet ucxt Tuesday eveuiug;, LOOKING FOR A MILL SITE. Parties from Idaho Dcslro to llrcct (irltt MU on thfl Deschutes. Mr. Morris of Cliuo palls was in town last Monday representing Prickett & Morton of Payette, Ida ho. These gentlemen purchased a mill site at Clitic Falls and had pre pared to erect a flour mill there. They shipped part of their machin ery to Clitic Falls and were waiting to rpacii'c the balance of it when they learned that the water tower they were planning In utilise was in such shape that tiu.'y would be de nied the usa of U for a time at least. Whan they learned that their title to the water power nl Cline Palls was questionable Messrs Pricktttt & Morton sent Mr. Morris to Laidlaw to sea if a good milt site could be sccurad here. He looked at several places where good water power was available and was more favorably impressed with the power and mill site owned by 11. V. Nich ols than any other in this vicinity. Mr. Nichols offered to make them a liberal concession if they caw fit to locate here. Laidlaw Chronicle. A MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN. Projcx pourul In a Well, Apparently Wasted from Soiy Rock. "Dad" West tells a story of find ing a small frog about the size of the cud of your thumb encased in the middle of n large stone which he broke open one day while quar rying rock for building purposes. The frog upon being freed from its prison hopped off as frisky as could be. This story has points of sim ilarity with the following oue which appeared in last week's Madras Pioneer: I'rcil l'islier lm six little twt In hi well which he miyi he wouliln't mvnu for 100 scrva of Intut in the middle of the towtxitcof l'iihcrvillc. These ore six Kiitall vrnler froiM. Their origin is un known hut ai far ns Mr. l'Ulicr knows the first savr the light of day nbout a year nj;o when he struck water in the well nu his place. At n denth ot IK) feet he )ud failed to find water and he wan atill working in solid lmuili rock. A Iiiu hlnat of lewder was tint in and when it had been touched off and the atiioke had cleared away, they went down and found the six little frogs, which Mr. l'islier uys the blast had liberated from a prison of Kolitl stone. There was no evidence of any crcvirc through which they might have come, though this blast alo gave Mr. l'islier his llrst water in the well, two or three small streams aloutthe site of n straw coming out of the otherwine apparently solid wall of stone. The origin of the frogs is 11 mystery, although there have been other instances in which frogs or liiardshacleen found at ureal depth in apparently solid rock. A uelghl)or of Mr. I'isher found a toml under similar circumntances at a depth of over W) feet. The iirchcnee of the froga in the well U all the more difficult to account for from the fact that this is a froglcss conn try, the presence of frogs even on the Mir face of the ground being unknown. Notice. The meeting of the Deschutes Settlers Association set for Saturday Jan. 30, has been postponed to Saturday, Feb. 17, to enable the members to attend the Farmers' Institute nt Laidlaw Jan. 30. All those desiring to attend the Institute kindly notify the under signed. P. L. Tompkins, Secretary. Weekly Meteorological Record. Ilcml, Ore., Jan. u to IS, lyoS. Dale Max. Mln, Kangt !j',f, ! i ail II t 11 17 it ,j mi u J? U U ...... an u y U la 31 nil I M li 13 as Slu. it I 17 IS 9 IV ila. an 1; 40 16 u a tin. an it t M 5 i J 1 In. frev'll Wiml 8W HW aw SW 8W SW NW Whitsett's Saloon. Rest ImjKjrtcd and Domestic WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS. Excellent Bar Service, High Class Gentleman's Re-sort. Only first class good6 kept in stock. Call on us. PILOT BUTTE INN A. C LUCAS, Proprietor Tables supplied with all the delicacies of tl)Q season First-class Kquipmcnt Finp Rooms and Beds ! ' " llll IIHII I- ! HP" !- All stages stop at the hotel door cltur f ctoiuly partly cloudy rrlclltulloii for wttk water J) lu. A. II. UiUKr, VoluuUry OJntrvcr. RALPH SHELDON General Blacksmithing and Wagon RepoiriHg HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY g&T Our shop is located opposite Baptist tCburclt. 1, Z. F. MOODY QENI1RAL Commission and forwarding MERCHANT. , StlANIKO, - OREOON J Large, Commodious Warehouse. Consignments Solicited l I'rotnpl attention rtaid to thoic who favor me with their patronage A Complete Slock of At Bend, Oregon. DRY Rough, Surfaced and Moulded -LUMBER- At Bend. Oregon. t All Widths, Lengths and Thicknesses Reasonable Prices Qood Grades Dry Stock INCH COMMON DIMENSION SHIPLAP RUSTIC T. & G. FLOORING BEADED CEILING WINDOW JAMBS WINDOW CASING HEAD BLOCKS O. G. BASEBOARD STAIR TREADS WATER TABLE O. G. BATTINS MOULDINGS P. B. D. PATENT ROOFING FENCE PICKETS SHINGLES ETC., ETC. Lumber Delivered at 'J Low Cost Anywhere oa Tt I mmAm t I me 9.1 & P.I Coor m C.5.J. Co. CUSTOM FEED MILL IN CONNECTION. The Pilot Butte Development Company w. 1 : BEND, OREGON A REPEATING SHOTGUNS No matter how big the bird, no matter bow heavy its plumage or swift its flight, you can bring it to bag with a long, strong, straight shooting Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Results are what count. They always give the best results in field, fowl or trap shooting, and are sold within reach of everybody's pocketbook. FKEEt Stiul aK attri a fttt cari fur r Urg IllatlnltJ ttUlofu. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HaVen, CONN. I, m