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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1906)
THE BEND BULLETIN. VOL. IV JJKND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906. NO. 10 GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN CROOK COUNTY The For the next TEN DAYS we will sell for CASH ONLY, Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hardware, and Hulkling Material at prices lower than the lowest. The following area few of the many bargains we will have on our counters the coming week: NEW SURVEY TO BEND Oregon Short Line Crew Is Coming from Burns. HEAD ENGINEER RGNTS OFFICE Jo lb. box macaroni, 75c 4 Kftl. Sole Control syrup - doc 3 fftl. Jacket Wedguwood Nyntji 1.50 j gal. Jackut Wedgwood yrup a. 35 4 X"l- Jackal Wedguwood nyrup 3.00 XXX Sodas, cawe lots (per lb.) toe Rookie, aaaotled kinds, cast toUt (lb.) 16c Ulngr attar .... ice Iterax Washing Compound 3 pk. for ijc ytrvboi Suit lb. p4c. (or 13c S. V. P. wit, - - 2 lb. for 13c $ lb. can CottoKuia, . . -30c ItMt laundry Soap 5c 3 Iloarl Nuptlm Soap Economy Cream, tflb. Pako Tea Hattle Axe Tobacco, 4 bars for 25c 2 cans for 150 1 lb. phiKi.jna Derby Ribbwl Underwear, 50c jnir garmout Halbriggau Underwear, 50c per garment Negligee nhirU, aaaorted, 90c to i.to Shoea, 53.50 to $..jo value, $1.50 lot.js Custom made auits, $9 to $11-30 valuwi for $7 to J 10. Straw haW; all shaped, mm mid prieos at big reduction. A LOT OF REMNANTS suitable for Ladies' Waists and Children's Dresses less than cost. Iliigogcs O'Kanc Uulldlng nnd Will Us- tabllslt Headquarters Other Rail- roail News of Importance. intention as soon as tltc line is sur veyed to Klamath Kails. THAT SAW TROUBLE. THE BEND Betid MERCANTILE OREGON PROFESSIONAL CARDS C. S. BENSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Bend, - Oregon. V. 1. MYERS LAND ATTORNEY Twclw y Ml t"ctk Wfo the U. . U OSW d (MwrtmNt of ttat (Mlvrior. Alw Mfl H1' Office, - I,aiiii-w, Okm. U. C. COE, M. D. OPtMCIt OVUK HANK Physician and Surgeon TKI.KIUIONK MO. 21 JIUNI) OKUOON DR. I. L. SCOFIELD DENTIST RKDMONI). OHHCOS Will ninkt tiiontltly vIkIIh to Hand. J. V. R0B1S0N Veterinary Dentistry Of I'ICII AT HHNI) I.IVIiUV H THANSI'HIl , CO. 8TAI1I.KS. BEN'I), .... OUHC.ON NOTAKV l'Ulfl.ie' 1NIHJUANCK A. H. GR.ANT Agent fur Liverpool,- I.0111I011 & Globe, nnd Lnncnslilro Flro Insurance Companies. IHJNI), - 0RIK10N Crook County Realty Co Real Estate Bought and Sold. Llfo and Accident INSURANCE. CVflCB IN BUfclUTIH IICILDINO ukhU, oHksom At Demi, Oregon. A Complete Slock of DRY i Uotigli, Surfaced ami Moulded -LUMBER- At Bend, Oregon. All Widths, Lengths and Thicknesses Reasonable Prices Good Grades Dry Stock INCH COMMON DIMENSION SHIl'LAP RUSTIC T. & O. FLOOR I NO BEADED CEILINO Lun,licr WINDOW JAMBS I)e,ivercd j WINDOW CASINO t'juuuu HEAD BLOCKS . l0yt U)Sl O. G. BASEBOARD AnV,,Cre 0,, STAIR TRHADS Tlic LaiIlls of WATER TABLE Tlic D ' & ! O. O. I1ATTINS CoW , MOULDINGS : .. HtC C. S. I. to. 1. 1). D. PATENT ROOFING FENCE PICKETS SHINGLES ETC., ETC. CUSTOM FEED AlILL IN CONNECTION. . . The Pilot i3utte Development Company 4 OREGON " m. ." . ,.. .1 . . 1 ,. . . --jrffn BENb X Another crew of railroad survey or will soon be in Iiend.nud anoth er survey for a new road will ere long reach this place. For several months there have been numerous reports that a line would be sur veyed into this place from the south east, branching from the Natron Ontario survey at Uurns. The re j)ort is now verified and in due time the surveyors will be stationed at lit. ul. Chief Hngineer Waggener of the Oregon Sliort Line, who was in these parts on a tour of inspection, returned to Hend last Saturday from a trip into the mountains west of Odell. While here he rented the building formerly occupied by Hugh O' Kane's cigar store and stated that he wanted it for office rooms. He will make Hend his headquarters for some time and the work of running. tile different sur veys west from Ontario across this section of the state will lc directed from Hend. Sunday Mr. WaReener left for Hums where he has his present headquarters. He will oc cupy the Hend offices about June 6. Une crew working tins way from Hums is now in the vicinity of Price's ranch, about 60 miles south east of Hend. At the rate at which they progress, the survey will reach Hend at no far distant date. Hend people who arc interested in railroad news and they include the total population, men, women and children have been question ing the significance of this new sur vey. This is how they have it fig ured out: a hue from Hums to Hend, connecting here with the one already surveyed from Madras toward Klamath Palls, would fur nish a direct route from Ontario to Portland, with n line running up the Deschutes river from its mouth to Madras. Such a road would have an easy grade and would do away with the climb over the Cas cade mountains. Some of Demi's most conservative citizens believe that the surveying of this line con tains indications that Hend will ul timately be on a through line from Portland to Chicago via Ontario. Railroad News Notes. A traveller passing through Demi the first of the week said that on his way from Portland he saw men grading at the mouth of the Qcs chutes. This verifies the report of railroad construction up the canyon of the Deschutes river. Postmaster Grant is receiving let ters for different members of the Oregon lvastern crew of surveyors who worked through Demi under Chief Graham last winter. Wheth er this is indicative that the crew is already on its way back to' begin cross-section work cannot at present be determined. It is known, how ever, that such is Chief Graham's Action Brought to Obtain Possession of a Circular Saw. The case tried in Justice Iillis' court last Tuesday of the Pilot Hutlc Development Co. vs. S. II. Dorrancc of Sisters, in which an action in replevin was brought to recover josscssiou or a circular saw, was decided in favorof the plaintiff. Damages amounting to jiG and costs of action, alxnit 535, wcie charged against defendant. Sonic time last fall the P. D. D. Co. entered into contract with Mr Dorrancc to put three saws in good condition for sawing. Dorrancc took the saws, hammered them, and re turned them to the company, claim ing they were in good shape. This the company denied and returned the saws to Dorrancc for better work. Whereupon Dorrancc again went to work on the saws, put them in good condition, and pre sented a second bill for his services, claiming the saws were all right when first delivered. The P. D. D. Co. refused to pay .the second bill on the grounds that the saws when first returned were not fit lor use, therefore Dorrancc had not fulfilled his part of the original contract. Dorrancc delircrcd two saws and kept possession of one, claiming a lien on it as payment for the work on the three. Whereupon the P. D. D. people replevined the saw, and the case was brought before Justice Ellis. From the evidence introduced the court rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff, with damages and costs as before men tioned. Attorney C. S. Dcnson of Dcnd handled the case for the plaintiff and Attorney Kirk Whited of Laid law for the defendant. SHOULD NOT BUILD Voters Object to Erection of New Court House. PRESENT TIME UNSUITABLE TWO NEW FOREST RESERVES Nearly 3,000,000 Acres In Crook, Kla tnnth and Lake Counties. The Forest Service at Washing ton will in the near future recom mend the creation of two new forest reserves in Southern Oregon, which will embrace about 3,000,000 acres ot timber laud withdrawn several years ago. One of these reserves, the Fremont, will lie in the north ern part, of Klamath and Lake counties and the southeast comer of Crook county. The other, the Goose Lake reserve, will embrace the southeast portion of Klamath and the southwest part of Lake counties. It is known that Senator Fulton will soon submit plans showing the outliuc of these to reserves to Hend parties aqd other Crook county people and after a thorough investi gation if it caii be shown that any part of this land should not be in cluded in the reserve, the plans will be so changed as to eliminate such land. The object of these reserves is in part to preserve the water supply of Southern Oregon nnd thus make permanent the water supply for the great Klamath irrigation project. People Opposed to Heavier Taxes Nec essary for Such a Hulldlnj; Cit izen's Interests Paramount. Bros Wanted Notice Is hereby given that Maled bids will be re ceived by the county court of Crook county, Oregon, for the construction and completion of a court house building at Prinevillc, Oregon, Notice to the Public. I have now a complete line of Gents' and Hoys' Suits, fresh and clean, just arrived from the East. Also hats, cats and a full line ot Mioes. In fact everything to wear from head to foot; Come in and see them at Pink Trkk Stork. Recauso we are selling the same and better mmlitv nt n rlrcpt mnncrm c n m crrifH I " ronenrv urir vrit uill find rnr etnra trio I best place to buy anything in the line of Groceries, Drygoods, Furnish ings, Shoes, Hardware, Sash and Doors, Paints and Oils The PINE TREE STORE C. A. SATHGR, PROPRIETOR The above excerpt from a notice appearing in the Portland Journal of May 18. tells a storv that in terests every tax payer of Crook county, namely that the county court is taking steps to build a court house at Prinevillc. Since the news first reached Dend vigor ous objections to such a plan have been heard from various parts of the county, objections with weight sufficient to command the respect of the county court. These objections, as expressed by the voters, can be briefly stated as follows: The bids are called for June 2. General election will be held June 4. It is considered poor taste and judgment for the present county court to take such an important step as building an expensive court house, just previous to a change in the personnel of the court. Of such a matter the people's representatives should have complete control. It is talked that the present action is taken to cinch the matter before the new commissioner is elected, thus doiug away with the possible chance of his opposition. Again, the building of a court house is premature, considering the unsettled state of the county's de velopment. The present influx of settlers and the future building of transportation lines may exert such an influence on-thc gcographj of the county as to make unwise the present erection of expensive nuiiaings. t'resent conditions de mand that no undue haste be ob served in spending the people's money. Invariably the erection of a court house carries with it an additional tax burden and the concensus of opinion is that taxes are far too hih now. At the time the bonds issued for the erection of this building arc being retired, those settlers who have but recently come into the county will have enough of a burden to meet the obligations incurred In the purchase of their ditch land, without the unnccessarj burden of a new court house. An other reason why there should be no undue haste. One feature of this move which is exciting the voters indignation is the persistent rumor heard so frequently of late that the county court intends to transfer the money iu the accumulated road fund into a fund for a new court house. This, in view of the fact that it has been practically impossi ble to obtain any new roads or im provements on the old ones, is justly and vigorously opposed by the citizeus. It is hoped that the court will not be so uufair to ths highest interests of the county as to do what this rumor suggests. Iu this connection it may be well to add that the laws of Oregon pro hibit the county court from trans ferine moueys from one fund to an other. It Is likewise unlawful for the court to incur indebtedness to exceed $5,000. So large a per cent of the tax payers of the county are opposed to the erection of a new court house at this time that steps will uudoubt edly be taken to obtain 11 full con lidgrqtipn '$ the question and ex pressipp from those who bear the k$avfes"t end of the tax-paying burden,