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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1906)
BEND 'uy VOL. IV BKND, ORKGON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1906. NO. 9 -f THE BULLETIN. The GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN CROOK COUNTY For tho next TEN DAYS we wJILijcll, fr CASH ONLY, drocerjei?, Dry Clouds, Shoes, Hardware, nnd Building Material at prices lower than the lowest. The following area few of the many bargains we will have on our counters the coming week': 10 lb. box iiincnront, - 73c li gal. Solo Control syrup - fipc 2 Kill. Jacket WuriKuwoori syrup 1.50 3 Kill. Jacket Wodguwood vyrup 2.35 ,1 gut. Jncktt Wedjjuwood syrup 3.00 XXX Sod, cane lots (Hir lb.) - 1,0c Cookie, ustorUd kind, en mi lots (lb.) lOc Ginger simps .... toe Uonix Washing Compound 3 lb. pk. for 1,5c Corcbjv Suit - 3 lb. pk. for ,$ Tn blt wilt, 3 lb. for 15c 5 lb. cnu Cottolcnc, .... 50c Ba1 Laundry Soap 5c 3 Heart Nnptba Sonp .1 bar? for 25c IJconomy Cream, - 2 cans for 15c Yt lb. Mnravilla Tea - - - 15c Unttlc Axe Tobacco, - 1 lb. plug, 30c Dorby Hibbcd Underwear, 50c per garment Biilbriggau Underwear, 50c per garment Negligee shirts, assorted,, ope to t.io SJiooh, 3.50 to S4.50 valuos, 1.59 102.75 Custom madcMiits, $9 to $12.50 values for 7 to ?io. Straw bats, all shapavsiacs and prices at big reduction. A LOT Op REMNANTS stable for Lades' Waists and Children's Dresses less hxy cost. THE BEND MERCANTILE Bend -. z QiECON PROFESSIONAL CARD8 C. S. BENSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Bend, - Oregon. W. P. MYERS LAND ATTORNEY l,ml OlfV ! Ifcpiliiiriil t Hie Inlcllur. At"" ' l'f ctlcr. Office, JfAIW.AV, Ork. V. C. QOE, M. D. OI'ICK OVltK HANK Phyaialan and Surgeon TJtl.HI'IIONlt NO. 3 1 I1KNII OIU'.GON --. 1 - 1 ' DR. 1. L, SCQFJELD PENTI8T HI'.DMONI), OUI'.OON Will mwkc mwntUly vUlU n llcnd, " J. W. ROBISON Veterinary Dentistry OI'I'ICK AT KN I.IVKKV THANSJ'IIH CO. KTAIU.K.S. lU'.NI) ouwloN NOTARY l'UHMO 1N8UHANCU A, H. GRANT Agent fur Liverpool, London & Globe, nnd Lancashire Plro Insurance Companies. DOND, ORHQON Crook County Realty Co (teal Estate Bright and Sold. LHo and Accldcfct INSURANCE. UfflCU IN UUL11ITIH llVILDINO BUND, OK Id ON p A ornplce Sfock of At Bend, Oregon. DRY Roili, Surfaced and Moulded -LUMBER- At Bend, All Widths, UonStUs and ThJeKriescs Reasonable Prices Qood Grades ' Dry Stock INCH COMMQN DIMKNSION & q. l?IOQIUNG BKADHD CRIMING WINDOW JAMBS WJNDOW CASING 1IRAP HLOCKS O. G. DASHBOARD STAIR TRKAPS WATER TABLK O. G. BATTINi MOULDINGS P. B. p. PATflNT RQQFING FKNCI PICKETS SHINGLES KTC, KTC. j,nber Belii.rcs at low Cost Aaywherc m Tht Uis of rrhe B. I. & P. Ce.tOf fTtrt C, 5. 1. Co. FOR ARTESIAN WELLS Madras Man Will Drill for Deep Water. ' BUYS NEW I200.P00T OUTPIT Will Do Used In Haystack Region-Interesting l&pprt Rcznrdlnj: Flow ing Water Possibilities. CUSTOM PJ3ED MILL IN CONNECTION. The Pilot Butte Development Company BEND, - ' OREQON , , .., , j6 Can water be obtained by sink ing deep wells in this section of Central Oregon? That is the ques tion which has interested Bend citi zens and all residents throughout Western Crook county for the last few years, and Frank Lovcland of Madras is determined to find an answer to he inquiry an answer of so great importance to the de velopment of Crook county, partic ularly the Haystack country and those sections where irrigation is impossible. Mr. Iovcianu has just purchased a isoo-foot drilling machine. It is the largest and best drilling outfit ever brought into this part of the Mate. The first work with the new drill will be for J Strain on the north cud of Agency Plains, where lie will drill for water. Afterwards Mr. Lovcland expects to o to the Haystack country, to continue a hole which was started there two years ago on the Dave Harnett place to prospect for oil. The indi cations of oil. a th(it place arc said to be unusually strong, and the pr'ospcc hole will be drilled to some depth in search for it Later the machine will be moved to Madras and drilling will be re sumed on the fumous "hot air" well, which is now down 159 feet. It is believed an abundance of fine water will be found there within an other hundred feet. Many who have studied condi tions through Central Oregon, be lieve that artesian wells can be ob tained hi many places by drilling far enough. r the Gilchrist and Price valleys in the southeastern par; o,v Crook county, flowing wells have already been, obtained, aud many other localities n the county give strong indications of artesian well possibilities. Que of these is the Haystack country. Iq ihc,5unim,er 0,1 9,03, a crew of Unite States geological surveyors made a trip through this part of the 5ntc and the result of their work is given in an interesting gov- cru,rocnt bulletin entitled, "Prelim inary Keport on the Ucoiogy ana Water Resources of Central Ore gon." Speaking of the Haystack country the report unysi in.. ..-... f .i... ., !...,.. .: All tuc WWK ui wuvuw tV". vi.i.. ed ited to the went of Culyif and muiIi of uystack, wntcc (or domestic use is five to 10 tulles. The fiuc, most essential tlilnjj on whipll the In hue pmsixipty o( this otherwise favored pejjift'i (eciul- cut is uie prcurutK oi water supply volcanic dust, Mtid, gravel, etc., and flooIel witli lavn, Its rorks are cnmi05ci, to far as known, and jurlifitit from lopofgranittc lorim seen at a dis tance, probably to aureat extent of com pnet tuffs, in beds which dip westward aud tutM benenth the Deschutes tilnins The hills when seen in profile from the south present lotm slopes on tuc western side and steep, rocky escarpments facing east. Ju a ijcncrai wny mis structure i favorable to the hone of obtaining ar tesiu water where the rocks referred to underlie the plain to the west. In the open-textured deposits beneath the sur face sheet of basalt, there is a possibility that water pressure may exist, but an answer to this question can only be had by drilling test wells. "One conclusion reached during my hasty visit which maybe welcome to the residents of the region is tlmf the con ditions favoring agriculture are there so great that unus.il efforts are justified in attempting to supply the demand for water." Discussing water conditions in PrmeviIIe and vicinity, the report takes notice that at the time wells were drilled to furnish water for Prineville the water rose "three to four feet above the surface level of (Concluded on page 4.) MURDERED AT PRINEVILLE nlcili(tp nl least (or houschftltj u,scs mid iocjc (ii s.umcic.111 9WJ' OH KW ft"(l JW for the maintenance of stoi uuiuucpi n raucues, "As to tha quutictii of obtaining arte; slau water, hut little Information is avail able, but that little i suggestive and warrants further study. On the cast the Haystack country is bounded hy up lands havinu a maturo topography such as hills Ion 1? exposed fluencies of Uie 11 ir and of ruin aud streams to the dentldltii: coliltiionly present, These uplands were a part of tlf- eastern border of Deschutes valley Uvfnre H became deeply filled with WILLIAM PUGH KILLED BY JOHN DELL Saloon Urawl Ends In Death of 69 Year-Old Man-Dell Bound Over to drand Jury. William Pugb, an old man 69 years of age, who lives near Paul ina, was assaulted by JohnF. Dell at Princville fast Friday afternoon aud died Tuesday from the injuries received'. Pugb was a quiet, peaceful old fellow but bad been at Prineville for a few days and had been drink ing, according to reports. Friday about two o'clock be entered the Opera saloon and, stepping bchiud the bar, oscd for a cigar. Dell, who bad been left in charge of the saloon while the proprietor went to dinner, repljed, "I'll give you a cigar" and grabbed the old man and threw him out the door. He fell on bis back with his feet in the $a!oon. Del ben picked bim up bv his ankles and iambed his bead and shoder$ several times on the sidewalk, finally pushing the body away front him so that the head was bent forward onto the chest as the body tpnpled over. Injuries resulting frqnj i"his caused the old man's death. Pugb was a small man, weighing only about no pounds, while Dell is a large, heavy, six-footer. Evidence Introduced before the coroner's jtyry brought forth the above facts. An autopsy showed that the spinal column bad been wrenched apart between the sixth and seventh vertebrae so that the spinal cord was plainly visible. The ry's verdict was" that Pugh bad met his death at the hands of one, John T. Pell, and also recom menced (hat Dell be bound over to thp granjl, jury without the privilege nt toil. Pell has the reputation of being a nuarlsome bully and has repeated ly been mixed up in assaults on men smaller thau himself, and the feel ing at Prineville against Dell is very bitter. Pugh came from Liver pool, Kuglaud, many years ago aud ns far as is known, has no relatives in this country. GET READY TO GRADE Construction Gang at the Mouth of Deschutes. GRADING MACHINERY THERE Evidence Plentiful that Oregon Trunk Line Means Business Other Rail road News of Importance. The Oregon Trunk Line, the railroad that is projected up thd Deschutes river from its confluence with the Columbia, is establishing construction camps at the mouth of the Deschutes and at Sherar'3 bridge, 34 miles up-river from the Columbia. This is the latest news of importance touching railroad construction toward Bend. W. H. Stonchochcr and W. A. Tax, two Madras men who returned from Tygh Valley with loads of flour recently, reported that at Shcrar's bridge they saw a number of nicn who were camped there and who were said to be a part of the construction gang of the Oregon Trunk Line. They were using- at. old building at the bridge as a tem porary bunk house. At the same time, news is brought that heavy grading machinery is being unloaded at the mouth of the Deschutes, and the belief is general now that work wil begin at once. So far, every new development seems to indicate that the in forma' tion given out several weeks ago was authentic, and that construc tion of a line into central Oregon, up the Deschutes river, is about to begin. Ipspctlngtlw Route. Cbjef Engineer tVaggener of the Orcgqn Short Liuc was in Bend Saturday. Sunday morning be left for the southwest stating that he intended to proceed into the mount ain? as far as the snow would per mit. Some weeks ago the Burns Times-Herald stated that surveyors working under Mr. Waggener from Ontariq, Jbrough yale to Burns would rup one line from the latter place toward Bend, and another line to Lakeview. It also stated that Mr. Waggener would foake an inspection of the twq route. His trip to Bend was with that qbjecf in view, and undoubtedly bis sur veyors will soon be working hi this vicinity. Mr. Waggener will return to Bend in a few days. BscauM we are selling the same and better quality at a closer mormn is a very good reason why you will Jind out store the best. plce to buy anything in the Une of Groceries, Drygoods, Furnish ings. Shoes, Hardwire, Sash and Doors, Paints and Oils IE PINE TREE STORE E. A. SATHBR, PROPRIETOR Work on Natron-Ontario Line. The Vale Malheur Valjey railway, which is a new line prq jected from Ontario west, has com menced construction and is build ing from Ontario to Vale. A full crew of Japs are laying ties and irop,. Recently the "V" was placed wherp it connects wjtlt the Oregon Short it'll6! two Wiles south of Ontario,. Jje Vale (Driano says all of the grading crew near the eastern terminus were put to work on a part of unfinished work three miles out, and are now across the Malheur river where the most of the last five miles is unfinished. The eradimr crews will be in Vale inside of ten days. The track layers will be here ip twenty days. MalliFHF bridge is being brought ott by teams and will be in readiness wheu the rails reach that point. It is supposed that this road is really a section of the Natron-Ontario line across the state. BasebaH at Madras. Madras fans are getting entbusi- astic and have elected Frank Rod mau captain of their baseball team, The team is planning to open the season about the first of June. A game will probably be played between the Prineville and Madras teams on the Prineville diamond on Sunday, June 3. Wanted. To contract to deliver 750,000 feet of logs, to commence May 1st. Hawkins Bros., Priacville,