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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1906)
w,. J ft V UU THE BEND BULLETIN , P'Pbr every man a Square deal, less and no more." no SUBSCRIPTION RATBS: Oae j-wr....... Hi BrfHrtk.. Tbrrt BMMrtlH.. InnrltMr tn dnace.) . Jo the old administration's ticket will be snowed under deeply so deeply thnt Gabriel's truriipet will never raise them by the ticket of trusted and honorable men put in the field by the, International Policyholders' Committee. Problems That Confront The Irrigator. IMPROVEMENTS AT REDMOND HOW TO RBMIT. JRemit br bank draft, po4al areaey Order on tfed,acxpreM money order, or trtgfctered letter MaVe alt remittance payable to The Hm1 Bulletin. Stipe nhd Mnll Schedule. AliltlVB AT BK4B. Piwa ahralk I-rfcrrtttt 7 p. m. ytam Laltrtvw Mhcr Uk-... - . .... k.m 4Ur eicept Te. M TmmIo Mo . Wa., rri . U5F.M lui Lafctfctar B)r ravpt !4a4r ..... J M Lkavk Immm. tegfcn ta lltaevtttc 4 i. m. Mlr tlrew 9Ur Lake Iter ftMb Mm., W., ami Jrt , . .... m Mr LaMktw atailr cxecpt l4r . m. (Cotitlmed from pae I.) ttoar Ornca Hoe Wk ; 1 1. m. tot la. Swap, few ii i. . to it a.. hawsAtr rrtwal of alt aMiti Inn militm H4 Wcfcrc p. m . ThtarMOMi! OrriCB Hoc Wrrk r, fci -. p. m. Soan m Mkap. fiWHi to a. M. t ii uiii, no horn ym jv ra. I iS raOf FRIDAY, 0CT0I1KR 19. 1906. Nearly ever)' week brings some representative of capital into this -region to look over the resources ol the Bend country, and looking they arc pleased and impressed with the '.latent wealth lying here awaiting development. Their impression of Bond was recently aptly stated by a wealthy man from the East, not long absent from .here, vaid: "I wish I owned this townsiYc." It will pay you to keep your eye on Bend. lihtal visit at Ubb) MonUm, and Pole U correvfioiMllNKly iMippy. He doe not Hav to waJt the dUlws toager i only one reaaon why. Mrs. S. brought liiu Mertticc with her, whom we are all frM toke. Yesterday we Mr Mr. awtt Mrs. H. P. finder returning to Dormice's from Prinerill. where they hod beett om court aad fair boil neo. Coming through KedtMoad ou Monday we mw a new reaidMtee in coarse of con fttntctkm, bat did not loam boc. Theee are aiRna we like to we. 1MI. W00.W told M team of Up mates to a man above l'rinerille while atteHiing the fair there kutt week and delivered them there today. We dM not learn what the coaaMeratioa vww, bat jadgiftK from the team it wm no mean mm. It. C Park. Ttie Supplemental Value of Irrigation. BY PR. JOK.N A WIltTOOK, IN THK IRRIGATION AUK. There arc two distinct phases to tb work of reclaiming our desert lands by irrigation. The impound ing and distribution of waters by mirhty dams ami canal form the lust; and the proper and economi cal use of the water on the farms, the second. The former of neces sity precedes the latter, but when the labor expended on the vast ir rigated atius, and the possible re tcr, a little lew than four-tenths of an acre inch would lie sufficient to produce one bushel of wheat cr acre. With a precipitation of 11 inches a little more than 30 bushels of wheat per acre should be pro diked, if all the water that fulls soaks into the soil. Naturally, this is far from being true, and the crop producing power of the natural pre cipitation is corresitondniKly de creased. yet. by proper methods of sod treatment one-half to three lourths of the precipitation should casilv be stored 111 the soil and be suiting crops, are stutcd in dollars t kept there until required by plant n- - Elsewhere in this issue .will be iound an article telling the good work being done by the govern ment and state of Idaho in estab lishing a model farm and experi ment station near Caldwell. Idaho. Professor Elias Nelson, the youu? man formerly in charge of the D. I. & P. Co.'s experiment station near Bend, has charge of much of .the work of establishing this new experiment farm. These model farms are just what Central Oregon wants and needs a place where the farmers can see practical-fiinonstra-tions of new and better methods of soil cultivation. ' , t 1 The Bulletin cannot resist feel ing a goodly degree ofarmrsement pver a fetjeqt occurrence, nt the ex pense of Bro, Myers of the taidlaw Chronice. . Not jnany weeks ago Broi.,, Myers tco exception to a .statement, made by The Bulletin classmg George L. Simmons' ranch "in the Bend country," the Chron icle claiming that thjs.rauch should have been credited to Laidlaw. Now what must be Bro. Myers' disgust aud chagrin when he reads an elab orate write-up in the Pendleton pa pers of the excellent display of farm products made by J. N. B. Gerk iug, at Pendleton's receut fair, said products having been grown on Mr. Gerking's irrigated, land "near Bend, Oregon." Mr. Gerking's ranch is one ot the gem ranches in the Laidlaw country. The Bulle tin is vindicated. Why, of course, the Bend country is the only one that people consider when they think of Central Oregon. Tumalo Items. We hear that Hbhtower & Smith have the contract to mw and deliver quite a lot of telephone polos. The line will ran from kaidlaw via Tnmalo aawi to the Sutar. Thia line will be a parine in- rcattnent for the telephone onanpany, will be just what the people need and will go far toward bnitdiny np our country. Many jopc are returning from the ralley and the all report much rain and mud. They are elad to eet orer oa iki kle where the road arc dry and dutr. Wc he&r that the Columbia Southern Irrigatine Company k4 riven order to the ditch tenders to tarn the water oat of the canal on the 1st of next month for the winter. Then the settlers will Iutc to get out tfcetrfearreis and tasks and go to hauling water. This il a Jcnt. hard ship on the settlers for the 'reiiort that, they have to neglect so muck of hefr farm work in order to keep a supply of water on hand. Should the company build a new caoal from the Tumalo briilRe, it could supply water to the set tlers about all winter. McCallistcr Bros, arc making great headway in building their large ditch. We hear much blasting in that direction which indicates that tbey have some heavy rock work on tin: line of their ditch, but they will have a fine ditch and plenty of water when it is completed. , T. A. Jensen will start to Washim-ton next week. He will winter In tlietUtc. Isaac CuiUr las returned to Grant's Pass, his old 1hh:. and cents, it can not be denied that the oroper ue of the irritation water is, financially, superior to the money in vested in the construction of the dams ami canals The ac cumulated effect of errors in the use of water, in one yeat, may eas ily equal a large proportion of the total cost of the works under which the lands lie. At the preent time much is said about the reservoirs and canals to be built; unfortunately, much Its is said about the relation qf water to soils and crops. The e.xtentioii of our knowledge of the farmer's Mde of irrigation should go band in band with the engineer's work. If this be not done much low will in evitably follow. It is not true that all is known of the proper use of irrigation water that needs to be known. Tnc principles of practice of irriga- Demonstrations iti Utah aud Colo rado tuve shown that it is po-siMe. with proper methods of cultivation. to produce as hlh as 35 bushels of wheat every other year villi an an nual rainfall of about H inches. Keeping 111 tniml this rather high crop-producing power of the natur al precipitation, It is certainly prop er to assert that the first considera tion of the irrigation farmer .should be tbe conservation of the rain and snowfall on his farm. With six to 12 acre inches of wnttr in the soil in the spring the irrigation farmer docs not need vry much more wat er to mature any ordinary crop. On such a soil irrigation should be ap plied only at the critical periods in mid- ami late aummer. In short, irrigation should be supplemental only to the natural precipitation. Where the rainfall high the duty of water should be correspondingly DON'T KNOCK A statemeut just received by policyholders of the New York jMutual Life Insurance Company shows a. saving of $3,712,693.43 fot the first eight mbnths of 1006. This saving comes from bo lopping' off of many useless' expemes,, and the extravagances of ;Jhe old raonar gement. If this amount cam b saved 111 eight short mouths,- u&at a huge sum has been1 jGHhedi from the; policyholders durlng-)tho"ycars that tbe former management had Undisputed control. flip. 1 powers behind the tbroue.wlwil&vQireaped the spoils Irom these year? of' jeck Ipss management are askitMj'ito im Reinstated in.poweri throughlKtbe lcct(ou4 q( 4,decturB- uow being, held, but iti's very ppbaWe that Rosland Items. (TfrWtefor Utt wrck.t The Rtxibun! public school star.ted last week, Mntf Pennington teacher. J. Toggart is driving the stage from Rosland to Silver I.akc at present. "Curley" Clanion made a business trip to Silver IVr a few clays ago. Meaors. Hewitt, Howard, CUws&n, 1 Powell and Sly made a buinM trip to MJeml last week. Mr. Howard ami Mr. Hewitt went on to PrlneWlle U-get sup plies for the winter. Mr. ltd wood and J. A. Trcfwe took an outing of a few days m Csnue Prwirie last week. G. W. fioatty la IniprosHtw his raneh by buijdlui: an addltiou, to lilt chicken house. Mr. Kvyngham i fcullill ng a liouse In Roaland, where he- exjxicu to stay this Winter, for u purpose of schooling hU cinuirwi. . C. H. AlleitMul a ImsineiM trip to Prineville a (aw day ago. Mr. Howard has U-cii doing some jiaintiugon his house recently. Ue Caldwell was transacting Imwiif'ss InKosland wieday last week. a Ota Clawfcou is visiting a few days v HI. Iris brother ami family. Prank Jiogue has gone, tn the Hut. stack country for grain and vegetables for the Rosland supply store.,; I 1 Miss Valerie Howard returned" "hBiiie fl.i Af C,..4i r . '.1 tit ..u. ...,, puim h icw uava ago,' fllem. she has been spending two or tbras weeks. . , ,., Mr.'liovrtjrfl, the stage driver,- W leen sp-inling a few days in Siber l,akc. Whatever you doj if do it you must Don't knock. Be happy and healthy and jolly and'ust Don't knock. Don't grumble and mumble and be out ol gear Three hundred and sixty-five days of the year, Whatever your fortune just be of good cheer, Don't knock. If matters don't happen to tumble your way Don't knock. Your plUm-iree will drop you a fruitage some day; Don't knock. . i s A There's nothing will scatter the clouds of despair Like a confident, hopeful and rollicking air. Tli mii vnlir 'Tltd flrAiipliv" lln cm. In Just give your Old Grouchy' Don't knock. the go-by for fair; ConTaiiiuTitn. '"-.- tion are not well developed; many are not at all known; the science of irrigation is yet to be built. This paper is u contribution to the farm er's side of irrigation. "I.r- Co rtFor Sale. The Governor Van ;ni1o,-m,nv. berry pldnut," the hardieW aiosf vigorous T;ftatUUtt?rrie3 on efttlf'1 tu lourey piants 75c Tjftt ica-or M.00 repitli)uJIfd, nostntri- 29tf Thmalb'orcon. T1IK VA1.UK OP THK XATUKAI. I'KK CIPITATION. Especially in the fa.r East, but al so among" our own .(western people, the myth has becotee current that crops con not be produced profit ably on our western deserts without irrigation. It is only within the last few years that .this idea has been shown to reft on unreliable foundation. Kam and snow fell upon tbe western deserts. Along the edtss of the Great Basin, for example, the annual precipitation varies-from 12 to 18 inches, and it seldom' falls lower than eight in ches at any place in the Basin region-. Over a large district sur rounding the Navajo Iddian reser vation, including portjem'n of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico atld Arizo na; that ordinarily arc looked upon 33 bcinir honelesslv desert, the rain- fall during; the lust i. morhlia was a little more thru 18" ichca-ihe average there is perhiim ik Inches. Over large portion of VVyftraing, Idaho and Montana. tlicTtYrinual av eYaige precipitation is" evert liigherJ Mdfe water is needed in arid than' lh h'umifl reclorm trv nrfwlurP rtttp poifod of dry matte? V Tile am'oYtnt ur'wMVer rcprescnteljy dtl 'Uliiiual premutation of eigTat id itftec&es, ir.rWjetly consemiJ-I'." suftfeient V6jBdUcc profitable cMps AKlUia'ttd or m .Useful piauw. r tS Amm- tb produce- due; nocufcd of drVmat-M high; where it is low, the duty of water should likewise be low. The failure to appreciate this principle has led to much disaster 0:1 the irrigated farms. In the in terost of ecotnmical, rational irriga tion, every farmer should be taught that the irrigation stream is only supplemental to rain nnd snowfall. HOW TO i-ONSKKVK TJIK XATCKAI. .lytlfclPITATIOX. To conserve the natural precipi tation the western farmers must practice fall plowing, and in the spring the top soil must be careful ly stirred and smoothed to prevent the evaporation of soil water. More over, since land is plentiful aud water is scarce, it would lie well to let a ortiou of laud lie fallow every year, lor tnc purpose 01 garnering two years' precipitation for the use of one crop.' Were the annual crops of the West'planted on fall plowed fallow soils, there would be general need of irrigation water only nt tbe late critical periods. The argu ments against fallowing, urged 1ri hhc East, do nt hold in the West, 111 the East soils arc fullowed for fertility; in tlie West for water. PAt.I. AXI) 8RINO IKKIGATIOXy " "The" best water reservoir ycf found' Is a"dccp, uniform soil, sucli as o'cciifs'ovjcr a large portion of tHc West. In,,:iany .places much 'of tlie'fall Walt? goes to waste. It should alw'be stored in soils that are to be cropped the following year. '.'f..- .1 (CrmMfi imxt weejr,.), I)otffifeniftilletl J neighbor subscribe for It. i -r in Irom your BocQiiso wo nro jelling tho same and bettor quality ot a closer margin is a Very good reason why you will find our storo tho best place to buy anything in tho lino of Groceries, Drygoods, Furnish ings, Shoes, Hardware, Sash and Doors, Paints and Oils m PINE TREE' STOR& ii. a. SAiiiiw, I'uoi'uu.rok rwT'v .Me-aaiiLWLlU iitrjsgaggKWxgTitas-Ti CWgtas aig I A Complete Stock ol At Ikrid, Oregon. DRY Rough, Surfaced and Moulded -LUMBER- At litfiid, Orugoii. 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SCOFIELD DENTIST niixn, ,- okkoon OfTice- in roiduiict- on IlaMrlhorne Ave, 'grant NOTAKV I'ODMC A(rnt fer Liverpool, London & Olnlic, nnd Lnncnshlre Fire Insiirnnce Companies. HfdND, - ORIHION . J. W&OBISON Veterinary Dentistry OPPICK AT UK,VI) I.IVXKV A TKAHHI'I K CO. UTAIII.KS. HltNl), .... OK(-,( Crook County Really Co Real folate llought and Sold. I.lfo and Accident INSURANCE. I (H-KICll IN UM.TI NlllhlN.. hNI.. IIHM.OK J. 11, HANEIf, ABSTRACTER of TITLES NOTARY Pl'llI.lC IHtc Iimurancr, I.llc Vdnironcc, Huttty IioikU, !(! KtUtr, CoiiTeyaiicliiK PKINHVIU.H, .- , ' OKIKION 'R. D. WICKHAM Attorney - tit - Law M y IUJNI), Ol'VICK ovitu Af 'JlAIlK 4- ORKOON Bon WaMt'edi r'i'eh't, mdbstriousxibV- to learn -WIriierfl, trade. Apply 'lit Bul letin office, THE First National Bank of Prineville. lUtiiblUhed I WJ8, Cnpltnl, Surplus mid Undivided Profits, $100,000.00 ". I' Alltll . .. WlirWurittciltr.. T. M lllUlii .. II. llnMMln , . H . Prroltlclil VU-V llrilitclil Citthlcl . AxManl C)lltr Howard lor Pcturn of Homes. I will give $10 reward for the re- turn rithcr the followlnc marc ""'iKshorforboth-to Dr. W. S. W&tty at Bend, Or. ' The mare nSL8 . U ,0 Pounds, has "fhrclc T" 'brand on left shoulder, dollblc heart on right shoulder, cblor dark ttiy; colt lus brand "M" o right fljiouldcry color brbtM," 28-3 J. K, WH.I.K1. f i