Rf""' JPfW 'itLw;f '' V tWlHgff I' j j ""'"' J i W'S'f W'g 1W 0tmm TmnsnABBr rl THE BEND BULLETIN Tor every innn n square deal, no 'less and no more. "J St'USCRlPTlON RAT11S: hut ytsr -...... f I.JS 1k le'StM .......... . .. thrf "irtlMi..... .....,... f veldt. (InvailsMy le. dtH.) HOW TO RKM1T. Remit by emk draft, postal money Orde r on Bend, express money order, or registered letter. Make nil remittances i wble to The Bead Bulletin Stage and Mo". Schedule. AlllJIVH AT MsNtt. rte ShstrtVe vfcx V""0" " "J ShSW Uske SBSSI I tvr 1-akt prem ThsmIo Tate.. Thurs. sal fat t:tj p m Prom tSMw slly mi Saadsy . W Lsavk Mbn. liwDMKllnrU rrlaevuU..... . m. telly Ulertew aad. Stiver Use.;.......--. ... rjt(.ai chritr San iv ?ssioTes.. Thar, maw . Far Uawaeily ewe Kaadajr a. n ....i a. a. daflv ert tvcs flll Or pick Hotme-Werk dsr; a. ta. to e a. SsjMtsV. free it . . ", ! ffterstttvst of U mau trots railroad IPJUMIIIE; I unit win p. . TMUcrHewa Orrree Horn-wk days, frow . m. ta saw p. i Saadav -. frMM M . m. ta it mw, sad from j p. a, lo awp.tn. FRIDAY, AUGUST to, 1906 Evidently Mr. J. 0. Johnston in tends to capture a share of that ex port apple trade that tlte Hood Riv er people have been boasting about this season. His decisiou to plant 500 acres to nothing but export ap plesapples of exceptional keep ittg qualities means much for the future reputation of the upper Des chutes valley as a fruit country. Now let otlter settlers follo.v Mr. Johnston's example by planting only firsttclaats commercial fruit. The good record made by the Uend country last year as a farming country is being duplicated thi season with even better results. The skeptical arc being converted when they stand before waving grain and green alfalfa fields. George I.. $tmmous has a field of oats that jMomises about 65 bushels to the acre, and there are many other ieMs hereabouts that will yield a JMHtisonte return. One man said: "I like to see the crops grow in this country. I did not believe they erer would, but my doubt has been turned to conviction. Crops of all kinds are yielding abundantly." Aod the half has not yet been told The two boys who were "out for a food time" and who in having it killed a lwrmlesfi old tinker at Lath am last Sunday, are now tasting the bitterness of their folly. The cries of the dying old man haunt them night and day, and the awful fair of the murderer clutches them with all its terror. Merely youths, they now see before them a life of ottforcod confinement in the pent ttntiary. Whether the court, con fiideriiig their youth and evident repentance, will impose a lenient sentence remains to be seen. It is said that dime travels exerted a pernicious influence on these boys. They were travelling over the oountry, away from home and par ents, ami were evidently infected with the insidious desire for a law less life. The utter foolishness of ucj) a life is seldom seen by many youths until they have tried it and experienced its ultimate bitterness. Better to bear the restraining hand of a cnreful parent than to suffer the pangs of a guilty conscience and to experience the power of law. Joo Howard's Chang of Base. Joe Hownrd, the well-known cattle man of Central Oregon, was, a guest at the Grand hotel iu San Francisco at the time of the earth quake. The bed iu which lie was sleeping was thrown across the room and he awoke in time to dodge a dresser coming from the other direction. He escaped in jury aud then walked the streets .several days, unable to get out of town or communicate with his family iu Oregoti. Then he put some money into property, and now he , has 16 temporary buildings iu the business district, which rent at' JiigU figures, and. he is building j litorc. He writes that licrc is more money in that business just now than in Oregon entile and he is going extensively into it. Mrs. Hownnl is at Corvnllis looking after one son who is still at the stole agricultural college, from which institution all the other children have been graduated. Watch Us (iron In Impudence. There U a little town over on the desert called llend. It has a i-i ... !-.:.. -...1 .. in....... norary wninm mm "') The impudence of some ol thee upstarts in putting on airs to get ahead of older towns like those on Coos Hay is enough to make us ashamed' of ourselves. Coos llay Harbor. AhJ Still They Coma. Tacoma, Wash.. Aug. 6. Arti cles oi inoriwation were filed to day by J. C. Donuelly and Arvid Rydslrotn for the Southern Kxteu sion Railway Company to build a railroad from a point on the left bank of the Columbia river, near the mouth ot the Deschutes river, through the valley of that river to a point near Madras, thence to Ikud, Or., with a branch to l'riue- ville, (Jr. The capitalization xi.25o.ocJ0. Considerable specula tion exists as to the parties behind the move. Donnelly is a well known hotel man here, and Rvd strom is a prominent contractor. Portland Telegram. Orcjton Weather. PoRTUANt). Aug. 7. The drought continues in all parts of the state, the only precipitations re ported being light showers in some of the coast countries and in tlte Power river valley in the .Illue mountains. In the Willamette valley and coast counties the fore noons were generally cool and cloudy ami the afternoons warm .tnd clear. In the remaining por tions of the state, both the morn ings and afternoons wpre generally clear. There has been an increase in the number of forest fires aud the atmosphere, in consequence, is becoming somewhat smoky, al though, except in the immediate neighborhood of athe fires, the smoke is not dense. The mean temperature averaged about normal, ami the week was considerably cooler than the preceding one. In southern Oregon the mornings were usually cool, and the after noon temperature averaged nearly three degrees above normal. Iu the counties east of the Cascade mountains both the night and the day temperature averaged slightly over a degree above normal. The prevailing winds were northwest erly. HAS THE RIGHT IDBA. Experienced Fruit Grower Commands L. I). Wicst's Recent Article. I,. D Wiet is iu receipt of a letter from the publisher of "Better Fruit," a magazine derated to fruit culture, in which they emphasise the importance of planting nothing but the best fruit stock stock that produces fruit that demands the highest prices. Mr. Wiest laid stress on this same point in his recent article in The Bulletin. The tetter reads: Hoou Rivkh, Oregon, Aug. j. iyo6. Mr. I.. I) Wit. Bend. Ongon. Hear Sir We nave read with great iutereat vour article on "ProbJeM that Confront the Irrigator" in The InUWUa of July. a:, and wUta u aaanre yon that you have the fruit ouainew ia the West aixeii up iuat about right, and especially in regard to aelectiaic varieties for com mercial orchards. We have tent you today a sample copy of oar new mavsiioe "Better Fruit.''' houinK that you may And time to look through its columns very carefully and quently baked by the sun is a tbeo boot that you will appreciate the value of retical advantage of furrow Irriga the contenu to the lrt.it growers. Howl River has made great progress in the tclrctiuK of anetit, packing and marketing of their fruits sad through our majfatine "Better Fruits" we wish to give our exinrrit-nrt- and help fruit growers in other 1 alitir tu do like-1 wise, at we feel that the mere belter . fruit is K'own and iht leu poor fruit f. ! on the market tin Vtitr the prices ill ' lie for eerlxl 'jur-. iruh . I IH.TTKk 1'KI IT l'l HIJMIIN'. Co. Bsjiy on Gh'sdail this $60 Machine for $25 FIFIGNT fRfMIB " s bleb-arm. drop ttitrb doubt 1J. Kll Uirndlnr Luiil bit auiumtiic bobbin Kinder and mbrr Uirn Imj.ror it.rDU. TbutitbvANTI b ime rBatbin. .ttnu KS Bsas&ihi TIUW M mink. It 11 Writ TOtll for r aiiiruit UTUOttl ibewior tlfCtat boBMhola roods wawli! MP(ff!jM f retU)oa Iiu fitaitsti-oar ntw attrt pUn. Covuptx Furnlturo Company 17a-7SVlrlSt. POKTXJLKB, OU. -Kir-A Kg i ,pfi I wwmmwm , ir,wi .1 i iiHiwiii ii ii ' Problems That Confront The Irrigator. Pointers for Alfalfa (lrowers. Alfalfa is grown in Nevada with from one to 22 irtigutions iu a sea son. It is stated that iu the Hum boldt river valley the crop is irri gated from one to eight times: that . 1 the lauds receiving one, two ami three irrigations have given prac tically the same yields of hay. or yields greater than those obtained from other lauds irrigated, six, sev en aud eight times; aud that the highest yields were from lands irri gated four or five times. In the Truckee valley the com mon practice is to give alfalfa 10 or 12 in (gallons, though some men ir rigate less and others as many ns 22 times. The character ol the soil I will iu ntanv cases account for dif ferences iu the number of irrigation required by a crop. Much of the valley soil is so gravelly aud porous that it does not hold water well and therefore requires more frequent ir- rigatiou than a closer, more com pact soil. The character of the laud upon the station farm (experiment sta tion) is such as to indicate that it would require the maximum amount of water to grow a crop, and here good results were had originally poor stand of alfalfa has been natch improved by using less from seven irrigations, in tact, an water than was timed by the former owner of the land. TOO MfCH WATKfc. Mr. Stannard's report suggests what the station experience indi cates, that an excessive use of wat er is not only unnecessary, but is detrimental to the crop. Alfalfa is a plant that thrives bet in warm soil aud atmosphere. The water of mountain streams is always coki. I lie too early and too frequent ap plications of water keep the soil cold and thus retard the growth of the plant. Thee conditions that check the growth of alfalfa stimu late the growth of the less desirable shallow-rooted grasses, which arc tlteu said to "run out" the alfalfa. TWO XXTHOD5 OK IKM10AT1MC Two methods are used iu the cultivation of alfalfa the so-called flooding method, where the land is flooded by means of parallel ditches extending across the field 40 or 60 feet apart, and the more extensive ly used furrow method. The furrow method finds, favor because it makes possible the irri gation of land that could not be flooded on account of its rough and uneven, character. Many fields that have been producing hay or pasture for vcars have never been plowed because tbey are so stony. Many more might profitably be lev eled and irrigated by a less waste ful method. By this method the water is carried over the laud from the distributing ditches, or laterals, by means of shallow furrows from two to four inches deep and from 20 to 40 inches apart. These fur rows are generally made at right angles to the head ditch, but ofteu a more desirable fall is secured by running them at a different angle. The aim is usually to lay out the furrows so as to secure the least fall. In irrigating, the water must run through the furrows until the spaces between them are thorough ly soaked, and this is where the ap ?ireut waste of water comes in. be fact that the land betweeu tlte furrows is not flooded and subsc- tion over flooding, but the differ- ence tu crop yield does not always uphold the theory. One great in convenience is the necessity of hav ing to drive over the furrows in cuttiug aud hauling the crop. HOMEMADB MACIUNKKV. The furrows are made by ma chines built for the purjiose. These machines are not on tlte market, but are usually constructed by local blacksmiths, directed by the ranch ers themselves. Old mowing ma- chines furnish the main parts, such as wheels, tongue, levers, seat, etc. In alfalfa fields the furrows are per manent but need to be opened tin, 1 or "furrowed out." everv snriiiir i before irrigation begins, this being same machine used j!n m?kiK them- . After refurrow- nig iue grouna is roueu. it is much more difficult to get the wat er over the ground the first time in the spring than at later irrigations, localise it is uecessnry to see tlmt every furrow is clear, thai the wat er may tun unobstructed from the head ditch on the one side of field to the waste ditch on the other. It is clear, then, hat the amount of water one man can handle lias its limit. After the first irrigation this will depend on the sixe aud shape of the field, the contour of the laud, aud the degree of economy prac ticed. Water should not be allowed to run to waste after the ground has been thoroughly soaked, nor should it I allowed to stand long on the field. On the station farm 111 the irtigatiou of a 3.vcrc field of alfalfa a stream of about 2.5 cubic feet r second was generally used. The field was irrigated three times for each of the two hay crow and once for the pasture crop that followed. The fust irrigation was May 15. The cost of irriEatiou for the season was hIkmU $2 per acre. OKAIN. There seems to be the same ex cessive use of water in the growing of grain as with alfalfa. It is easy to overirrigate grain when it is young. The results upon the sta tion farm the ast season were fair ly satisfactory from three aud four irrigations. Wheat yielded 46 and .18 bushels per acre and oats from i 6? to 7 i bushels ir acre-yields Mbov lh a"?. r""!, .f ,m mou practice. The first irrigation was May 27, leiore which many fields iu tlte vallcv had been wat ered two or three times. The furrow method is used al most exclusively in the irrigation of gram. Here it is more essential that the space betwven the furrows should not lie flooded than iu the case of alfalfa, because the young !traiu does not always make sufit- cteut growth to slude the ground before the first irrigation. Last spring the grain upon the station farm practically covered the ground when first watered. After the grain is sufficiently grown to lie iu dan ger of lodging, it should not be ir rigated when the wind' blows. To facilitate handling the water it is liest to run a smaller ditch or furrow parallel with the head ditch, into which water is turned at con venient intervals from the head ditch, these intervals to be deter mined by the number of furrows that can be filled by the head of water iu use. Making and break ing dams in the head ditch and making and closing breaks in its bank ate not in keeping with the best irrigation practice. In perma nently la id -out fields the ditches should be provided with boxes or with "back flows" for the control of the water. When water is first turned onto the land the flow fiom the first box should be so regulated by raising or lowering the gate that the flow will fill the desired furrows aud so on dowu the ditch until the water is all iu use. PKOI'KK PKXPAXATIOX or I.AXD. The clearing of sagebrush from land and the work of preparing it for crop is done largely iu the fall and early winter iu the Bend re gion. At the time of clearing, a proper system of ditches aud later als should be planned. Conse quently any suggestions along this line are now timely for the man who expects to irrigate next season. After laud has been cleared of brush the most important require ment is a thorough grading of the land to be watered. The freer from humps and depressions the surface of the ground the more uniformly will water flow over it. The injur ious effects of attempting to spread water over uneven surfaces are soon apparent. Water settles in the low ground, waterlogging the soil and drowning out the plant Jife, while au insufficient supply reaches the higher elevations, leaving the crops to burn up. When once the sur face is properly graded one man can apply the water to every part of a field with greater rnpidity aud effectiveness than two or three men !cn irrigate a like area where the 'slopes are rough and uneven. Grad !ing should usually be done aftei ing siiotiiu usually be uone alter the laterals have been made, as it will be found that less grading will be required than in reducing a whole farm to a uniform slope. Too much stress can not be put upon the importance of grading the sur face of the field between the later als at the outset. The improve ment is a permanent one, and the time and labor spent will be repaid tunny fold'.' HOW TO l.UVltl, A 'l 1(1,11. The ordinary menus employed for leveling the surfaces of fields is deep plowing, followed by harrow ing, after which the use ol a grader or drag will reduce the litiiniw and leave the excess soil iu the depres sions. On some of the larger farms common road scrapers are used On other farms ordinary railtoad rails and drags of homemade de sign ate used. Iu building laterals the first thing to lie considered is the lay of the laud over which the water must le made to How. Judging the true slope of the ground by the linked eye is very uncertain; for even the most experiencetl ate often deceived as to whether the surface of the laud rises or falls in a given direc tion . Where Mssible, every sys tern of laterals should be laid nut with au engineer's level and a con tour map made of the whole area. 1 11 lieu of the services of a survey or the irrigator may lay out his own laterals, using one of the many types of homemade leveling devices. The average grade for field laterals should vary from one-half inch to one inch jier rod, depending tiMn the nature of the soil. No sjiecial devi-f s ate manufac tured aud put upon the market for building laterals, and farmets have been obliged to defieud upon their own ingenuity. The following de vice was constructed to simplify the work of excavating ditches. Two steel-beam plows, one with a right ami the other with a left shore, were placed side by side and their beams riveted together. The shares of the plow were spread to give the furrows a width of two teet on the bottom. The rear ends of the shares were rounded instead of be ing drawn to the usual point. Above the mold boards of the plows ami riveted to them were placed the right and left moldboards of old al falfa plows. The handles lioltetl to the lower moldboards were spread wider than iu the ordinal y plow and were braced to the beams. The beams running side by side were bent a pott toward the end, at fording au oiening wide enough to insert a 4x4 inch timber two feet long, which is bolted iu place and on which the devices are fastened. Urn NO otT I.ATKMA1JI. In laying out a system of laterals to serve a farm of, for instance. 160 acres, it is important for the future saving cf money aud labor to run the mam lateral along the highest portion of the farm, iu order to command thegreatest irrigable area. This sounds so reasonable it seems scarcely necessary to mention it: -yet. unfortuuately many an inex perienced irrigator upon taking up a new tract of laud may see in the area of his farm certaiu broad fields of gently sloping ground to pleas ing to the eye that his very first im pulse is to run a lateral from the nearest (mint in the main canal to the choicest piece of ground, alto gether overlooking or not duly con sidering the worth of less favorable ground, thereby leaving excellent pieces of ground high ami dry above his main lateral. When the time comes iu which lie finds it will be profitable to extMiid the cultivat ed portion of his farm aud to put every square foot under irrigation, then, instead of supplying the field he wial.es to water from his main ditch ierhaMi passing nerrby), he discovers the necessity of going to his original source of supply and building another ditch, often paral leling his main laterals, but on higher ground. If the original lat erals had been jKoperly located, in stead of being obliged to build a new main ditch large euough to carry a sufficient supply for his whole farm, he could have simply extended sublaterals from the main laterals already commanding his farm aud proceed to reclaim what ever jwrt he wished of the unbrok en area. 1 11 Wyoming and northern Colo rado many an irrigator can be found . B" who realize the advantage of hav ing his laterals laid out with a sur veyor's level, iu order that when the time comes to construct his ditches they may command the greatest area at the least cost and be permanent. The moht emphatic advice given by old irrigators is, "See that your laterals are laid out to the best advantage at the outset and that your fields are thoroughly graded." The jqld adage that "Work once well done is twice done" can be applied with 110 stronger significance than iu pre paring fields for irrigation, Gov ernment Bulletin No. 145, OUR LANGUAGE. "Jin WuriU 11 Mini tfurattttil flm WnnlJ Mo .MUM Itinplii). How many words am poaslhlt'T Marl ing from tlm four and twenty alpha lirtllc miiimlH, I.tillmltr. calculate! tint oomlilimlloiiH at lU0,HMlll,7:i.'I.UiHll 7,W,MKMHHi. Hut many uf tlis einnlil nations would Ih unpnimimrntli cvrn, la Wriali. In rldiiw wvwy ayllafolw W n wparalH word. 1 l)o man's stork uf wwnls ffflw rWi or or HMinr wlili HuittT M. Moiirwlm, fort'sws ait orrr liljeltt hileltttml dfS-, tiny for llio mew In tin futurn, "Out fatlim," h nays', "did know llir thonaandtli tart f our vwahularr.' which la vory roplutis." ferinliily tit Now lUi'tliimiry Is a nttieh lrT work' than Johnson's, aud wr don 11 irt that primltlrt man talkod Im tiisu an M. V. dot, tlmtieh I'YPn he had his pais-vim-m and ooiiKtvasr. Hut If any www to lake down tu talk of an avr axe modern uuderaradtiatt or society girl wr douiit If It would lw found lo rmitalit more Hum 3.VI ux-uMrn, where an nlitrated Plsalwlhan or Carollmt would have tuiploycd several thousand. Not hill la more striking In the nkl proa writw" than lb rlfh variety and iinaeliiaflve ph-turesiiiwni'a of their laiiiruiiK. Not only aro wo I u-lkliif In eonewtw Imagination and aauuiupd ta go aflelil Hit of th Iwaicu truck of HM-i'li, lull uhraaea wbli'lt wert when ttrst dov!l fnn-lbh and strong- have tbrotteh kua rurrvnry lost IhHr wl. Tti rw fourth of the oprnns.n wo use Imvo i,easd lo In onetlvi mot spoor ami Income coiivwnllousl and llfvhass. (.omloti Halurday ltvlw. ALCOHOL IN BREAD. IIiioukIi lii (III k Omp AlwnC KMr I'litta if Wlilabr n Inir, "Vou eonaitttiM tone plats cf whisky u ynar," aaM the amateur i-iwrnlat. "Now, doe't lt unary " shocked. I know that you're a strict teetotaler, knt Just tbf same I know that you'vs absorbed that much alcohol. Howl Well, simply by estliia bread. "It has Iimis: been known that the fcr Mentation of bread caused the fortua tlott of alcohol, but It was aupiMBwal that It iNtssed front the ilotisti dortax the proofs of baklna. Keveral arleu tlsts hate pruvMl that htvad. when ready for oatlnic. coo talus an iverage of .MiKI per f nt of alcohol id the loaf. You must remember that lu many countries stnmK lluors r brewed from bread. Kvaas, the n lid Itusslan beer, Is brewed from brown brvud. "Now. If you cat MS) loaves of bread every year you must per force have as initiated twenty ounce t alcohol, which NUbt four plats of rye whisky. "la ten years," i-oncluded the ama teur chemist Imnreasteet. "yon have calm ,1.000 loaves of bread, und In that number of loaves la a Unit 390 ounces of alcohol, or (fee eMUivnleot to nlufftoeu iiuarts ef whisky. Think of the saturnalia yoe have beeu o for the hut lea years, Sad you never knew enough to complain of a hit head In Uw Morning.''- New York Pi Tlwtwt Lseii. Act ef Jea i. ny. NOTICK FOH lUJIILR'ATION. I', ft. Mad OBVt, The UbIIm Orrane, Jasaery Nutlet Is her? gives that la cdaitiam wUU Ih- pfovMoeanf thr At of Coeatrw jsaw j. iT. 'Staled "4a set for the saw of ua.hr, Umfe la Ihr aui.i CslHorels, Otvgun. Nr..,, SBI Weshlaglnw Trtrllury." SS eslcndnl lo all Ihr public land Matt hjr act of AagHM 4 1 Vi. Vhaib-all. KrwhsM. ef Brad.raaalv of Crash, state uf ottgoa. h this day ftlrd lalHI afar bla . iiatai No rnt.lof la parches of Iht ewU ol arc lu iv , r iir.ca Aad will aOvr proof la afco that lar land wxuhl a mere valuable for lit limber 11 Nona than foi Tiewlleral psrpnar. nad UWI.h hi rlalai lo asat IsmI btfuia Ihr ( .xiaiir 1 Irrk at rYlaevlll. tlrvgoa. oa lh 4U1 day uriHIourr. lat 1I.MIM.M arltaeaats SctU Krtcko. i Ored, rraM. aad Hotwrt t,. MrMHrlrsy .t frlncvillr, irrrgua. Aa aod all penoM (Uualsg adversaly Ihr abuv4carrilird laad are roqantrd to SU thro ta''"lseSV oa or atfare ihr athl ih dayofiirlobrr. iovS aja MICIIAKI. T. NOLAN. Segltter NOTICK FOR I'lillLICATION. la-partamu ef the lalctior, I', s. Uad oOMe, Th ualw. nrrgoa July jo. 14ns NoUet ta aacahn Mwm ibmi ik..i.. a . hoar, of Scad, oitgua hs, SWd amu 01 hi. iu icailoa to. wake Baal esssaiaiaiiuu moot m paori of hl rlalia vu It K. N. ijan ma.tr Apr r.. .-. in fi. for the an,' IMP 17 . r 11 r. . Ihl sain proof will b Kill., V. a. CuMwiwlMnr. at I facfufc 11 1: kila !.. ,.. aH.i "', on iwpiciancT Ilia, iao hi"! ft" "" """"'"S wesas lu pror f iM'!i,!i,. '" epos sad rslilvaUve ulaald laul, l$ Wiltlaai I Ikiwnlag aad So! Tuiualu. Or, tobcrt .falsi lnhn - ijHU... ........... I'arll I and iarlylr C rnplcll, of wl, Orca.,11 Sl-s; WKIIAK1. T NI1I.AN. krx,M,r - REWARD! - f he undersigned will my ?io.oo for the dutoction and convic tion of any jiersoii who iu any way will fully injures or de stroys its linos in Crook County. TUB DESCHUTES TELEPHONE CO.