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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1906)
HEmrfy 'jru, . SBmRvP''' K3KU Lbbw ' By' iv KS F BK" H I F -' ,! , - - ' ' V?T THE BEND BULLETIN Tender of her rights as is Bro. Wwr. vw nsvwY Myers. 5 H-1.1 .,. Tl.-l r..C..i. TI.a flsfWn "For every man a square 'ffcrrt, no less and no more." sunscRirriott atus: Oue j ear.H.... .. M....,...... Flic month ... .............. Three mouth!.... ... . (InYariablr In advance.) ...It.ja .. .So hOW TO RliMIT. f Rcmituy Ixink draft, postnl money 'onlor on lUetid; express money order, or registered letter. Make nil remittances payable to The llcntl Hullctm. Z?- Stage and mall Schedule. -.; Akrivx at Rend. from ShntvS'?lit Vrineilte- J p. to. lUlly Vtoui MVertew and Stiver lVe........ -.. . ... . -... a. m. daily except Tun Front Turnato Tue., TJmrn. and Sat... i:ij p ra. Vrom Laldlaif ilarty eictpt Sunday ....... y a. ra. ' LXAVX llENtl. Var ShaniVo via ITineville 6 a. m. dally . I'ot taVevtew and Sliver tjiVe.-..- ....... ... yjop. m dally eacept Sun. r TutnatoTues.,Tnnr, nd Sat..... S. m Vor Ulilliw dtlly, except bunday.....-io a. in. poxV OrriCK Hooks Week dy; Sa.m. toSp. t. Suniuii. from 11 a to hour after arrival of all null ii m., una 1111 Irom nillroad reaching Bend before S p. ra. Tklei-iioxb OrriCK Hooaa Week dy. frora Jaw a. m. to 9o p. m. Sundays and holiday, from Sxu a. tu. to 11 noon, and from Jx p. m. to gxp. m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906 TUG CAA1PBELL. SYSTEM. - There is much discussion going the. rounds of the press at present regardjng, the "Campbell system" -of dry.'arming. For 13 years this man, H. W. Campbell, has been studying atld perfecting a system of soil cultivation that today is pro ducing marvelous results and is converting thousands of acres of formerly worthless desert into fer tile fields and rich homes. With an untiring energy and a determina tion that knew no discouragement, he kept at work studying the ac- - tion of moisture in the soil, disre- . garding the gibes of the skeptical, rind has finally given to the world a method of soil cultivation the bene fits of which to the, human race are simply b2yond calculation. Who can compute the worth (of a man who makes it possible to.', transform ' the dry, hot home of sagebrush and cactus into great fields of grain, many gardens and fruitful orchards? The result is a monument to one man's untiring energy and study. The service rendered mankind by H. W. Campbell with his method of soil cultivation, and Luther Bur bank with his creation of new vari eties of vegetables, plants and fruits, places these men in the fore most rank with the world's bene factors. Papers throughout Eastern and Central Oregon are discussing Campbell's common sense methods and in a few localities his system is being tried with always favorable results. A. M. Drake's decision to give this system a trial next year in tfre vicinity of Bend :s commendable and may result in much good in -tbjs part of the stte. ft is only by such trials tjia( the adaptability of different systems of cultivation to "various regions becomes known. ''This trial in the Bend country will be watched with interest. Bro. Myers of the Laidlaw Chronice takes exception to The 'Bulletin's statement classing Creorge Lt Summons' excellent ranch "in the "Bend country." He would pre fer that the Simmons ranch be cred ited to Laidlaw. Well! Well! We arc sure tio offense was intended. yet, Jiro. Myers, tor many years, V,yeaV; long before the thriving little Uown of Laidlaw was even conceived -lin man's mind, the country in this part of the Deschutes valley for raauy miles was designated as "the Bend country." So The Bulletin was not so far amiss after all. Be tha( a; jit may, we are glad to hear 'so many good crop reports from this' whole "tipper Deschutes val ley" (as Bro. Myers would have it f called), glad to hear of "the Laid law country's" prosperity, of Red-i; mond's fine crpps, and similar good g reports irimi uu puna ui iuc vum. ipass. Laidlaw is to be cougrat di lated upoti havitiglso valiant a e- 1. ... -II ,. f ti. T Tim nctiou of certain parties in insisting on breaking n quarantine established by llic 13c nil board of health, to say the least, deserves most severe censure. When n board of health imposes a .quaran tine, with tio purpose in mind other than to obey the law and protect public health, and this quarantine is disregarded by some, there JS no alternative left but a summary arrest of those violating the law. The recent arrests in Bend were amply justified and those arrested got no more than their just desserts. The city officials Miotild be com mcuded for the faithful performance uf a duty that, at the best, must have been an unpleasant and dis agreeable one. Tub boom that was prematurely sprung by some of "Uncle Joe" Cunuon's friends in behalf of his candidacy as a presidential aspi rant has not met the sweeping re ception that was expected by others than Mr. Cannon. "Uncle Joe" is a radical "stand-pattcr"on the tarifT question and it is not to be wondered at that a boom for "Uncle Joe" for president is not received with great favor by those ot his party who believe firmly iu a protective tariff but who also arc as firm in their belief that certain rates of the Ding ley tariff should be revised. Tub Cuban people evidently can not get away from the habits of the Latin-American. A revolution has broken out on that island, a dark, deep plot to overthrow the present government has been discovered, and President Palma is makiug arrests right and left. Great (?) armies of 200 and 300 mcu are be ing bent against the rebels. It would seem that in the mind of the Latin-American life without a revolution is not worth living. i- VIOLATES QUAR ANTING. George Reed Disregards Health Reg ulatlon and Is Arrested. Last Monday George Reed, who is convalescing from an attack of scarlet fever and who had been un der quarantine for some time, de liberately disregarded the law and about 11 o'clock at uight left the house where he was quarantined and came into town with the in tention of calling at a place that apparently has great attractions for him a house, the "occupants of which were also ,under. quaran tine for having received letters from the sick man , and having visited him while quarantined. For some reason the'officers sus pected that such an attempt would be made by Reed, theV were ac cordingly on the watch, and he was caught and arrested. He was placed in the city lock-up and when his quarantine expires will be arraigned before Justice Kllis. The. penalty for breaking a quarantine is a fine of not less than! 523 nor more than 5100 or 50 daysi i'.t jail, or both a fine and a jail sentence. Ulds Wanted. ' " Notice is hereby given that th(l board of directors of Bend Dis trict No. is desires bids on 50 ricko of wood split, ready for, tfie stove and piled in ricks in the-A'school basement. Separate bids nxust be furnished on edfch.of the fbllo'vVing :r. .. . - t ' ' 1 apccuicauons; iz,iu ana 20 men lengths and on limb -wood, body pine and juniptTt. Bids opened September 4. I lie board reserves the right to reject-rjll bj.ds, 22-24 Von -want the ncrta" Then read The ltullcf',11, SSuy on Credit I tb4s $60 MacttiWjor $25 nam rKMiD. It fa aS'fctrli.Arhi. Atan bead, b&U befiW. lock. Iltebi doajblMtad, ) Ihriadlnf ahutlla: bai automatic tobbln winder and other laUittuproT. menlf. TbU ( thaANTI Tia'MT MAUII1NK. It la tha lint machine are nta 2r aaklsc you ftO fur. All tUMIaania (o with mh garJalM. Bold tor only cut? and m moathlr. yfiixtitUi Mttf nmmi ntunw bowuj elegant bomabald foode w wllLahlPtfrtieM i7a.i75 virtt eu OKTLlUtZ,oa. J I'J fllllHIIiV I II :i I I fill I I fill I I III' II I IMIIMI i i 11UL1V1IIJ lllUi VVJIIIUIII. 1IIV Uliyiw" ;, A fundamental requirement iu irrigation on whatever scale is the determination of grades. On small scale irrigation works such approxi mation as can be secured by care ful use of very simple appliances answers the purpose very well. Al though the surveyor's level is de sirable, this can be dispensed with by using the simple sighting levels described iu books on drainage, and even these are not essential, for n home-made appliance can be made to give satisfactory results. Such a device is described below, which, although in constant use in some parts of the country, does not seem to be widely known. It will be found useful in nearly all kinds of farm engineering where the location of grades and levels is neccssarv and no special1 Yiindrauccs, inter vene, but it must, be born iu mind that its usefulness depends entirely upon the care with which it is operated. The use of a triangle(fig. t) was suggested to small" irrigators iu California many years ago by n prominent irrigation engineer, C. 15. Grunsky, of San Francisco. It is constructed iu this way: The three pieces A B, B C, and C A are made fast to each other at l'ig. t Leveling device A, B, and C. The board B I) is fastened to the triangle at right angles to A C. An ordinary car penter's square used in the con struction of the apparatus will insure sufficient accuracy in the position df B D. Near B, on the board B D, a plllmb line is made last. 1 lie plumb bob, like n mason's plumb bob, hangs in a hole, so that when B D is vertiele the string hangs very near the surface of the board B D. When B D is exactly vertical AC is exactly horizontal, if the angles at D arc true rieht angle. The dimensions of the triangle may be about as follows: AC, 12 feet long; A B, about 7 feet 3 inches; B C, about to feet; and B D, dbout 6 feet long. Other di mensions Will do as well, the essen tial features 'being the straight bodrd A C and the board B D nt right angles to it and near enough to one cud of A C for the man carrying that end of the triangle to see accurately the position of the plumb line. The board B I) should not be less than 4 feet long, or the plumb line will be tqo short to give satisfactory results. It will fre Amount of fall secured and thlcknuw of different kengtli of b4K of triangle. I'eel. .,m... ...M...1 T" The number 4 ff lt the head el the eelmnn niileoflcligth. The Traction below lhc number In the length of the triangle. These are correct to (iu'en'tfy be found convenient to nave a scaie 01 icct inarKcu on .on AC. Iu marking ou the board B D the line in which the plumb line will hang whbh A C is exactly hbrizontal considerable care is required. Two pegs are driven in to the ground as far apart as A and fc for these points to rest on. The highest one is driven into the ground until the plumb line follows about the center line of board II D, Having marked this position of the plumb line, the triancle is reversed. so that the eiltj , rests on the peg where, befqrfe we hail the end' C, ...t ..:;. yxlV.?1- ci. . .i.t 4J.0 i...t.i. and vice veVa, Should the plumb line make jhj atigle with the first 1 if ie rtmrl-i-rl rn flip linnrrl tlion r1if cbt'fasittan will be txacityi!i' tue middle between these two linen. 11 ' ' . 2 I A II t This point Mould be permanently marked on the board B Dj iu using the triange when the plumb line passes Uii'dugluihis.pojnt the base of the triangle will be level. DBTltKMlNATION OKMNB 01' DITCH To ufec this Instrument for locating the line of the ditch, calculate the amount which the grade should risfe iu a distance equal to the length of the base of the triangle lo secure the fall which is best to con vey the water, according to character of soil, etc., a matter which will lw discussed later. Under one cud of the base 1 listen a small block with a thickness equal to the desired rise. Below is given a table, showing the thickness of blocks which should be used on triangles of different lengths to give various grades. When a block of required thick ness to give the desired grade has been fastened to the triangle, drive a peg at the starting point, its top, say, 6 inches from the pro posed bottom of the ditch. Place the end of the leveling apparatus nuclei which the block is fastcneil upon this peg, with the other end pointing in a general direction from which the ditch ft to come. triangle with plumb boll. The bottom of the -block must rest upon the top of the peg. Bring the apparatus to a level and set a peg 6 inches long so that its top just touches the bottom of the for ward end of the apparatus. The lower cud of this last peg will then mark the bottom of,, the proposed ditch. This operation 'will he sim plified by putting a leg just 6 inches long upon the forward cud of the triangle. It will then be only neccs-iary to swing the triangle around until the base is level, when this leg will Test upon the bottom of the proposed ditch. Drive a jcg here, which will, like the first, be 6 inches high from the ditch bottom, carry the triangle forward lo this peg, and proceed as before. Contour lines for checks or dis tributing ditches can be located with the aid of the triangle. To locate a contour line (a Hue passing through points of equal elevation), as required iu the construction of n check levee, drive a peg until its top lias a convenient elevation from the ground, say one foot. Put a leg of equal length on one end of of Mocks required with triangle length. rThickiiMurilucka, lieitix the amount uf 1 an n,r mnereiit triangle aim lor dif ferent gradr, er mile. i-foot 4-fool !? foot H-fool jft-rade A,flUlH vfw.1 lo-fi grade grade Itrailclgradejurade grade Inch 1-16 Inch' I nc Vt. 3 l Inch) Inch Inch j-16 j-16 3-16 Inch X 5 C J-16 -l6 Inch J.I6 j-16 10 3-16 JI6 J If' -io S-l ft J 10 Lfc!6 are the number uf fret of full in the illlchr per give lu Inclie the fall wliltli uiuat lie all'wo! the neareat one-alxleeuth of on Inch. the trinmrlc and restthe1 orhei-' dud on the peg, theh'jJVing the triangle' nrnmi1 until ttir nliimli 1fti tilimi.o' the base to be level. At this point drive a .sccont jMjgvntid proceed as before. If the pegs lire driven so that the tops1 are bt'th6Siiefght of the proposed levee they may be re tained as grade stakes for the em bankment. To find a point in the next con tour line below, on which a check levee should be raised so that its dlubankmcnt will' hold back the water to the base of the h ir hendiie. bbsed le'Ve'e, measure the distance fforu the'lmd C td'the slirfaterfrom Tuflf 'point nsrj'the'tr1angi(j atfain hi the same way and repeat the oper fipghi with the end A at ihcUaUnif the )& le(fctit..itf ltteMhl'-'itrJ. diiWe'iii tlie,ilffe,fcllrj!t nf tlto' nWt. ation mlll the sum of nil the measurements twl from L to the mrlacc is equal to the new1 of the levee it is intended to con struct. Having thus found a whirl ing point for the second contour line proceed to locate this line ns ln-fore. . , It Is obvious that the triangle i most serviceable Iu determining grades on laud which has slope, because mowapprtciable dUlcrences iu grade will be noted in each ux of its length. The uiliictmy nf reaching sat fifnctory correct conclusions ns to the IxMl position for a ditch or contour check increases, as a rule, with the lint toning out of the surface. But the ukcwF the triangle is only recom mended for small-bcale work in the absence of more accurate instru ments, and under such conditions it is very serviceable. MKASHlKMItNT 01' .HMAM. MTKHAMrJ. Before discussing sources of supply it is im)ortaiit to cite a method by which the Humility of water available iu a small brook, outflow from a large spring, or tlis charge from a drainage system may lie easily ascertained. With out an estimate of the sunply, res ervoir building or the determina tion of the area which can be irri gated is merely gtiuM-work. Re course to the milter's method of measurement is best for mieh sources as will frequently b drawn upon lor the farm supply. It con sists iu causing the water to How through an opening, the cnimcity of which is known, mid which is readily capable of adjustment to the flow iu any case. To make a contrivance caixtble of measuring a small stream, take a board one inch thick, is inches wide, and eight feet long. The opening above referred to is one inch wide and 50 inches long, and the distance from the top of the txxird to the center of the opening is ex actly four inches on the upstream side. Ou the downstream side the ojcning is beveled so that the hole presents sharp edges to the stream. A sliding board is hung upon the top of the first board with a 'strip screwed along its upper edge, 'this sliding board being wide enough to cover the owning on the upstream side In the slot there is a closely fitting block made to slide ou the beveled edges, and fastened by n screw to the sliding board. It is obvious, then, that when the slid ing board is moved bnokward or forward by means of its cud, which is extended for a handle, the block moves iu the slot and detct mines the length of the opening. Iu operation the )oard in placed iu the stream ho as to dam the flow completely, and the sliding board is moved backward and forward until the water is all iwssiug through the slot, the water being kept up to the top of the bottrd, or four inches above the center of the opening. The length of the own ing measures the numlx.Tof miner's inches of water flowing through. If the flow is too great to ikis through the ouiug one inch wide, the opening may be made wider, the water still to Ikt kept font inches above the center of the opening. The laws of several state provide that iu devices for measur ing water for sale by Ihe miner's inch the opening shall be six inches high, and shall be provided with a slide as above described. The num ber of miner's inches then dis charged is equal to the number of square inches iu the opening. The sibsumptioii made that the discharge n proportional to the size of the opening is not true, but the error iu measuring small quautitiuB is not great enough to be taken into consideration. By converting the results of measurements itr 'miner's inches to gallons, cubic feet, or some other familiar unit, if muy I determined how long it will take the stream to fill a reservoir or cover a given field with the .ere. sary depth of Water, , Thh Unite is rermuy convertible ..jrihj cubic leet Of 'gallons or acre-Inches of water, .according to the time tile water flows. 1 The following data will be 1ic!p ful in computations: One miner's inch, as described above, equals '40G gallon per second; H.97O gallons per minute; 538. j6 gallons per hour; 12,92544 gallons per day; 0.02 cubic foot ner seenn.1. V . cubic feet per minute; 72 cubic feet per hour. One acre-inch of water ' that is, one inch iu depth over an acre of surface; equals .2V, J 2 gallon, or 1.6.10 cubic .rpr. nil.t one miners inch will supply lhis cjiidiitfty in abouto,4lroiir3. TMts a simple calculation shows that a little stream of live miner's iuelies will supply enough water to cover iiuacic 2.3 Inches deep In alHiiit hours- a fair amount for, one irri gation of soil orhvernge cliaraeler if It has not been allowed to become too dry lcforc the application, in fact, this Is an average- amount actually tttttd for 1111 Irrigation of Mhallowroottrd plants like incest field ami garden cropu.I'armeis' llulletiu No,,.i;i8. ftRi;TsN VISITS CROOK', r 1 (CoiltilUKMl 114111 W(f I,) these map by the llntilmnn co pie, It is of liitereat to Iwttii that the Oregon Shntt Line I,h getting materlHl ou the ground for the con struction of its Hue fioin Yule tu Natron. The .statement recently puhhnlied by the llulletiu that the Could liiwi would secure a way into Oregon mid Portland over tilt: extension of the Corvallis & KiiHlcru is kivcii credence iu a recent issue of the. Sn Francisco Chronicle, that Mpcr mi uouuciiig that such ws excited to lc the rosult of the xtcusroii of the 0 & H. through Central Ore gon. Knllrtml Note, Chief Knginoter Waggoner of the Oregon Khorl Line, who Iim bad headquarters at Iktul during the summer, will tuov th ofllce back to Burns about September 1. Chief Miller, who recently returned with hi crew from surveying iu the Cfttcndait west of Otlcll, has taken about half the crew and gone to Kllcy'H ranch W tweeu Bend ami Burns, hIkhu ,o miles from Burns .He and his crew will work from Kiloy'x towwrd Burns, straightening out curve doing and other work on the hue surveyed from Burns toward Bend. Tumnlo Ileum. . TruAi.o, Aug. 30. Chfttlwi Huston of Princville, with a wirty consisting of his family ami several friends, pawwd through here Satur day ciiroute for Craiu Prairie for uu outing. J K. Wimcr, Charles Spangli and V. V. Swisher .returned from the mountains where fhey seiit several days fishing and hunting. John IMwnrds and Bert Powell are gathering horc to lake to the valley soon, Some flue wimple of grains mtd grasses have been put 011 display nt I.aitllnw from the, wmttoii of the country which show what, we emi produce. There are some very large fires raging iu tint vicinity of Blwck Butte which makM tliu days deiiM with snokc, A number of thefnnutrs arc pre paring to thrush. Suvaml binder arc at work now binding the golden grain. IM. White has jum fluishud hal ing his crop of liny nml is now baling hay for other jwrlien. Uoitlainl Itcniw. Mr. CiMik ha InwH very siek tbif HfcU, luit U Improving; hw. Melt in MowMtd, who hM Voh vWtiwr, ' hi iwifiiU. rettinifd to tb vitlkty Aug. '3. Hcluwl cltMcd lait nttuniWicf, . week witftK Kta( Tliwhot weaUierbtwi'luHt a t4U the Imy hurt eat. The tekk and rakel ate litwy everywhere. I)r. CulU ii extwrlml dlly at the lil Mile uf Mr. U(,k. The llnclwlor Clr! have dlMihttl imrliicrnhip, the IhnvardlrU relurninK home nml tli wliwol murili iKiemnliiX chief cook at the Uo.lnn.1 Motel. Tlie Cnlilttell llrrm., lo;iie llr. iimI Mr. Kivao have thoir ejw nartetted. Mm. Wm. Mityfiuld, who him l quite nick, In ulile to lie up ami mimml. I'rank llogiie and 1). lludluy itrejtut III tlie llliilat of linvliu'. Iml 11 r 1? I'vltllll! along nicely, Mr. j Still, who hint Uun drhiu Hit HtiiKt; from KoHluiid to 1'riiievllle, is no drlilng the Silver Lake mUkc. The jieonle uruuiiil llola'ml liatcn'l aeen niiythhig of the one how shay lately. 1 MIm Howard, who linn Ikiuii working lor.Mrn. Will llogtie, ha returned htnne. Mr and ilr. WMll IIokuc arc thliikiiij! of leaving for the valley huoii. iHlr ii'ien from llend tuuvt-d thrmiuU Lllie Iec1til(ea Villley recently looking oyi it teli-piioile lllie from llaiul lo me vr I,uke. 1 Heall Till? DUI.I.KTIN. VOlPflifbilltiread Tint BHjIiWJTU' It givc3 the newsall of it. V