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THE BEND BULLETIN. VOL. IV I1KND, OKKOON, J'RIDAY, OCTOI1KR 2(5, 1906. NO. 32 SHEPHERD WILL HAM Such Is the Penalty Por His Crime. WILL HI: l:XI:CUTI:l) NOV. ,H Die Slayer of Hen I'. Zcll In Convicted ( Murder In Ilia I'lritl Dcjcrcc Oilier Court New. The ante of supreme importance lu this session of tliu circuit court was brought to a clow Wednesday evening, when l'red Shepherd, on trial for the murder nf lieu lf. Zcll, wns convicted of. itiiirdur in the flr.it decree. Later in the iluy Judge l:ror pronounced sentence 011 thu couvictid nmu tlutt lie Ik: Iniugad by th neck until dead on Xovein lr 30. It wan practically 11 foregone conclusion thttt Shepherd would lw convicted of murder. The cold brutality of the slaying of Zcll left but little ground for h defcufte. What defense wm made wan beted on the pint of itiMttity. Hvideucc wan introduced to show that .Shep herd was not real bright mentally nud while this is generally admitted, it i not conceded that he whs un aware of the enormity of the crime tlntt he committed. Mrs. Zcll. the wife of the mur dered man, nud an eve witueem of the murder, wns naturally the bent wituewi for the proiccutiou. Shu told n convincing, straightforward story of that awful night of horror, weeping bitterly when her testimony whh given. Many women were In ntlcudniu-v at the trial and when Mn. .ell told her story, there was scarcely dry eye in the court room. I.nst Wednesday afternoon the cam: went to the jury, which re turned the verdict alter about an hour's deliberation. Slte)wrd re ceived the uewa of It Ik conviction and later the sentence in a aplrit of bravado and left the court room with n smile on his face. John I'. Dell wns nlo convicted of manslaughter for the killing of William I'ugh. Un May 1 1 Dell threw I'ugh, n feeble old man 69 years of age, out of the 0erH saloon nl I'rineville, then picked him up by the heels and jammed his head on the sidewalk, indicting injuries from which the old' man died. Dell wns given n sentence of one year in the penitentiary. The ease of Dorrnuce vs. the Pilot Htttte Development company wns decided in favor of Dornuice. This case wns appealed from Justice Kllis court, in which court the IV II. D. company brought action last winter to recover n lumber saw held by Dornuice. Dorr.ince had been employed to put three saws in good working order for the I II. 1). sawmill. After working on the saws he delivered them to the mill and received $15 for his labor. After using the saws n very short time the mill people claimed the work was not properly done nud returned the three saws to Dorrnuce for better work. He ngnin sharp ened them, presenting another bill for f.5, keeping one of the saws in the meantime in order to secure payment. In Justice Kills' court the jury decided in favor of the 1 I). D. company, deciding that the first job wns not properly done nud ordering n surrender of the saw. This case was reversed in the cir cuit court nud decided in favor of Dorrnuce. William Hogg nud James Adams were convicted on n charge ol rustling stock. t The case ol W. T. Casey vs. W. S. Nicltol wns decided in fnvor of the defendant. When Dr. Nichol bought the Merrill drug stock last spring, there wns unite an amount of ground feed which Dr. Merrill had been selling for Mr. Casey. Nichol took this feed and disposal of it for Cnsey. In settlement. Mr. Cuscy claimed more than Nichol thought was due him nud brought suit against Nichol, with the above staled result. Arrested for Stealing Morses. O. II. Krickson, of Hear Creek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krick sou, formerly of Hcud, wot ar rested Inst week on the chnrgc of larceny of a horse and taken to I'rineville. lie wus arraiuged lc fore Indue I'razer. and his bull placed at $1,500, in default of which lie was taken in charge by blierifl Klkius. Later bail was secured and young Kricksoii liberated. People returnini: from I'rineville report that there is not the shadow oi a case against the young man and that the whole affair is simply spite work. The case will lc curried over to the next term of court. ATTI2AUTI31 SUICIDU. Trouble over a l.ovo Affair the Cnuso of a Very foolish Act. TucMluy afternoon Mrs. IXmmii Johnson attempted to commit sui cide by taking chloroform. Anti dotes, however, were administered to her and she will recover from the effects of her rash net. She was very ill for a day or two but will soon be out again. Tuesday afternoon she went to the drug store and purchased a small amount of chloroform, stat ing that she had suffered consider ably the nitfht before from tooth ache and wanted the chloroform so as to cure it. She then went to the Pilot Itutte Inn, where she had been working, and took the poison. Immediately after taking it, she called another employe of the hotel into the room and told her what she had done. This em ploye immediately notified others, antidotes were administered, nud after strenuous work she was de clared out of danger, not. however, until she had suflored terribly from the effects of the poison. The act was caused by trouble in a love affair. PKI7.I2S AWARDED. Children Who Hntcrcd Mower Contest Receive 'I heir Reword. Saturday morning, Oct, 13, the children of Head who in the spring had entered the (lower growing contest inauguatod by Mrs. A. M. Drake, met nl the Drake residence, received their prizes nud then romped and played on the lawn during the morning. In the spring seeds were given by Mrs. Drake to nil the young folks who decided to cuter this contest, with the vtudctstawliugthat those who grew the best (lowers would receive prizes in the fall. There were n number ot both boys and girls that did extremely will with their ilower seeds, some working under great difficulties and in one case planting the seed n second time. Now that the children have made such n good start we .see no reason why Hcud should not be the garden city of Kastcrn Oregon. The prizes were ns follows: Albert Kstcbcuet received first prize for best effect and most at tractive yard. Harry Johnson prize for best de veloped flowers. Guy McRcynulds prize for most original design. Among the smaller boys Harold Snther took prize for the best garden. Annie nud Mary I.iuster hnd first prize for best garden. Pauline- nud Mnrgnrct Wiest prize for best developed flowers. 81'HCIAI. l'HIZUS. Mutlc llroilcrlimi Arthur Jolnmou ClHrcnce lluytl I'fHIII. INI I A mm lll l.rim Hnl IMiin Hoyil Carol Hoi it lieu Hail Kiitli Cslilwcll Annie Colter I.IIIIrii Cutlur Alllc CuUwcIl HcmIc Doilkle 1'rniik I'llcy Hubert I'llcy lltlril I'llcy Murluii llunltr Muyilcu Tripled kuc j ripicn Knlpli Julnituu ui(a jnnnwii AuJru Kfintr Willie Hunter Knliili l.ucu Viol I.ucu KeniieUi Minor Clieter Moore Herman Moore Dewey Moore Waller Nlcliot Johuy tUther Itlter tthcltloii CUrenct Ktllier 1'runcea HleMI Kulpll KlicMuii hleikeu MteUlI lleorve Woods iUuJle Woodt, Don't borrow The Hullctlu from your neighbor' subaclbe for itt TO EXTEND ITS LINES DescluiteH Telephone Cojiv pany Plans Extensions. WORK WILL BEGIN AT GNCK The Upper Deschutos Valley Will Soon lie Covered with n llioroiigh Sys tem of Phono Lines. One of the most important steps that could be taken in the develop ment of the country contiguous to liend nud the upper Deschutes valley was taken this week when the ninungcmont of the Deschutes Telephone company, with head quarters at liend, decided 011 a num ber of extensions to their present tinea. When these extensions are made, this section of the Deschutes valley will be bound together by a thorough system of telephone lines, both rural nud long distance. With He ml as a center, ranchers living in the extensive scope of country bounded on the east by Priuevillc, ou the north and west by Poieiit and Sisters and ou the south by Silver Lake will have direct con nection by telephone with their trading centers nud the outside world The towns will have long distance connections, both north and south, with all the cities of the Northwest and the coast country. During the week there has been n reorganization of the telephone company, due to the fact that A. L. Goodwillic and P. I.. Tompkins had disposed of their stock. Hoth Messrs. Tompkins and Goodwillie were members of the board of directors, being vice-president nud treasurer respectively. Wednesday evening, a meeting of the stock holders was held to perfect a re organization of the coutpany when Hon. K. H. King of Sandusky, Ohio, and Attorney R. D. Wick ham of Heud were elected to posi tions ou the board of directors. Under the reorganization the of ficers of the company areas follows: W. K. Guerin, jr., president nud treasurer, 15. II. King, vice-president nud assistant secretary; R. D. Wickhnm, secretary. P. I.. Tomp kins on November 1 retires from the imsitiou of auditor and will be succeeded by Miss Uttssie Wilkin son. During this meeting, the mnttcr of these extensions was discussed and it wns voted to author ize them and to push construc tion at once. The extensions will be ns follows; From Hcnd to I'rineville on the Near Creek road; liend to Ice Caves taking in the Arnold ditch country; Hcud to Silver Lake via Rostand. Prom Laidlaw to Sisters; Laid law to Tumalo; Laidlaw to Cline Palls; Clinc I'alls to Redmond: Redmond to Porest; Lsldlaw to Redmond via Forked Horn buttc country. The company now has lines from Hcud to I.nidlaw, Hcnd to Priuevillc and I'rineville to Porest. The poles nnd wire nrc nlready ordered for the extension from Laidlaw to Sisters and work will be commenced on tliat line at once and pushed with all possible speed. Work on the other extensions will alwj be commenced and carried forward during the winter. The exact route of these lines has not been determined upon. 'I he plan is to build them where the greatest numlxir of rural sub scribers can be procured. The question of their construction, how ever, is definitely settled nud only a few months will see a large por tion of the upper Deschutes valley covered with a thorough and effi cient system of rural and long dis tance telephone Hues. A Telephone Directory. The Deschutes Telephone company, as its new extensions are made, will furnUh to all subscribers a complete directory of its various lines. These directories will differ from the average directory in tlmt they will lie corrected every month or six weeks, with the names of new sub teribcrt added. It is also planned to solicit advertising from merchant in the towns reached by time lilies, the advertisements to be in corporated in the directory. With these directories corrected every mouth ami with them distributed completely over this territory, their value as an advertis ing medium will be tint-claw. Kvery progressive merchant will need and want an ad. in its jMges. The company iill furnish the direc tories and the work of correcting them so frequently free to subscribers. Telephone Line to Silver Lake. A telephone line from the south will be built into Silver Lake. Joseph Hessig, president of the Klamath telephone and telegraph Company, was in Silver Lake lust week, looking out a route for a line from Port Klamath to Silver Lake via Klamath Marsh. He said the line is a sure go, and that work would commence in the spring. His company has sub stantial financial backing and it is expected when the line is once started the work will be pushed to completion as rapidly ns possible. RAILROADS ARE BUSY Surveyors Are Again Odell Lake. at RANKIN TELLS OP GOOD WORK Many Men Hm ployed In Finding Best Route over the Cascade Moun tains Near Diamond Peak. Some of the Oregon Eastern surveying crews thnt left the upper Deschutes country several weeks ago to complete work around Hums, have returned to this section of the state. I,ast week Engineer Millar and staff passed through Silver L,ake on their way to Odell lake to resume work on the sur veys that they ran last summer. While at Silver Lake Mr. Millar stated that his crew would now run the final preliminary lines nnd that the Oregon Eastern rond will surely be built in the very near future. LITTLE BOY BLUE. Uy I1UQUNU PIULl) Tlllt littlo toy dog in covered with dit, Hut sturdy nnd staunch he siaude, And the little toy soldier is red with runt, And tlu imukot molds in his hands; TI1110 wus when tho little toy dog was nsw, . And the toldlor wis parsing fair; ( And that was the tiuio when our I.ittlo Hoy IIJ119 Kissed them nud put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come," he cnldi "And don't you make any uolkc!" So toddling off to his trundle bed, - He dreamt of his pretty toys; And as lie wns dreaming, an ntigcl song ' Awakened our Little Hoy lllue Ohl the year nrc many, the yenra are long, . rK Hut the little toy friends arc true! .; Aye, faithful to I.ittle Hoy lllue they stand, Kach hi tho same old placc 1 Awuitiug the touch of a little hand, The Rinilo of n little face; Ami they wonder, as waiting the long years through, In the dust of that little chair, What has become of ourhlttlc Hoy Hltte, Since he kisml them and put them there, "p. ajA; tt. A Rankin lias 100 .Men nt Work. C. R. Rankin, the engineer who has charge of the survey of the Oregon Eastern railway which is being made from Natron up the middle fork of the Willamette and crossing the Cascades at Odell lake to connect with the' line coming north through California via the Klamath country and which will eventually be built across eastern Oregon to connect with the Oregon Short Line at Ontario, was in Eugene recently and told a Register representative of the progress bis crews were making. He has at present in the surveying force something like 100 men, scattered in different groups from the sum mit near Odell lake nearly to Na tron. They are all busy and the work is progressing finely. They will most likely be at work there all winter as they were last winter, the desirable object being to get over the mountains with the light est grade possible. In fact, they arc limited to a maximum grade beyond which they cannot go. There will be no heavy tunneling nt the summit, only one short tunnel will be needed there. They have plenty of help iu the engineering force, but have more difficulty se curing ordinary labor. There is little doubt that this new line will be a very easy grade across the mountains and will be the ouc used by the Southern Pa cific for their California traffic and it will mean a line to Eastern Ore gon and Salt Lake by a much shorter cut than Portland now has. This Hue from Natrou over the mountains is one in which Heud is much intercted, as it connect:, with the Graham survey through Hcnd. When completed from Natron to Klamath, it will furnish a line of railroad on the east side of the Cascades from which to begin con struction northward into the Bend country. CHEST WAS CRUSHED. Full Particulars Obtained of the Death of Oeorge Knarr. The body of George Knarr, thp Hcnd freighter who was. accidentally killed last week while an the road, reached Heud Friday afternoon, I'uncral iser? vices were held front the house Sunday at 3 o'clock, Hev. J. C. George of Laid law officiating, The services were iu charge of local members of the Wood men of the World lodge, of which Mr. Knarr was n member. Interment was made in the Heud cemetery. While full particulars of the accident could not be obtained last week, The Hulletiu's account wus, iu the main, coo rect, Knarr was about a mile and a half south of Antelope when the accident oc curred. He was, driving over a pitch iu the road, one side of the load being tilt ed higher thaulthe other, He reached for his brake when it is , supposed that the load struct: a rock aqd hurled him out. He struck on his hetlu-and fell on to bis back so that ouc rear wheel passed over his chest, crushing the ohoat bonr and breaking one arm. Hxrimlrintlons b the coroner showed that his neck wnx broken, probably by the fall from the wagon. There l some wonder by hi relatives as to whether the fall was not cntMed by heart failure, as Mr. Knarr had been complaining a little lately or heart trouble. Two freighters were following Knarr not far in the rear. They took the bodv back to Antelope, where the Woodmen took charge of it, a member of the lodge accompanying the remains part of tin way to Bend." ' Tumalo Items. Tumam, Oct. J4. F. W. Leverenj? was iu Tumalo today on business. Barney Lewis passed through here Monday with a party of timber seekers. The very cold weather of the past week has caused a great deal of cold among our people here, but the weather has changed and is more pleasant at presence. Charles Spaugh delivered a load of cabbage to the Hightowcr & Smith mill yesterday. William Baker was over from the Dor nuice mill Sunday. He reports lots ot lumber being lkiuled from there. HiihUwer & Smith are busy sawing poles for the Deschutes Telephone com pany. Winter, Avery & Jensen have water tn their ditch again after making extensur improvements on it this fail. Some fall plowing k being done in this vicinity and many aeros of wintc t grain have been put in. The potato crop is a bumper. A Prophecy. TRN VKAH8 PH.OM NOW. I'. W. I.cverenge shipped a half car load ot potatoes yesterday from here t San Francisco. Mr. Pulliaui is picking his apples am! will ship about 500 boxes to the Eastern market next week. The north bound freight was wrecked at Sisters Sunday, which delayed the south bound passenger train 10 hour Fortunately no one wns hurt. Jensen & Avery shipped so tons of finr alfalfa hay to Portland today. Seven hoboes were ditched nt Tumat from Monday's passenger train and ot course our chicken homos were visited. I. K. Winter and Clutrles Spaugh art stall feeding 50 head of Uiree-year-ol! steers, which they will ship to Chicago next month. John Couch has his cremnory started and is receiving abqtjt 5,000 pounds ot milk per day. Duck hunting js fine now on the reser voir north of Tumalo. Charles Thornthwaite has stored 5c Kicks of potatoes in the depot warehouse to ship north. F. V. Swischer is mourning the loss of his valuable cat which he lias had for many years. T.. II. Root is hauling his potatoes t the warehouse. He will store 1,000 sack to ship. John Itdvans shipped five fine draft horses to Portland today, ranging from 1,400 to 1,650 pounds each. The Tumalo box factory has about 401 men employed a"d are shipping from twoto five carloads of boxes per day. Winter & Sous have finished bailing 300 tons of alfalfa hay, which they will ship to Portland as soon as the C. O. R. K. can furnish cars for them. BlillAMV. Another Irrigation Canal. Another irrigating canal is to be built by the Squaw Creek Irrigation company. Action was taken to that end at a meeting of the com pany which was held at the court house Tuesday of last week. The new canal in reality is to be an ex tension and enlargement of one which was begun last year. The present capacity of this ditch is be tween 100 and 200 inches aud this will be increased to 1,100 inches and will carry water to three sec tions of land. The work is to be projected through the McCallister neighborhood, the intake of the uew canal lyiug at a point south of the main canal on Squaw creek, where construction work will begin iuside of a fortnight, The com pany expects to complete the canal, which will be 10 miler in length. some time this fall. Crook County Journal.