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71 ;!f ,i THE BEND BULLETIN J , "For every man a square deal, no less nnd no more." -1 SUBSCRIPTION RATHS: dC JtAFMHIM HMWMWHIMH1I1W l sts mtrtlha...........- -....-..... Thttc WHWtl...- - flnvatfaMr tn advance.) . J HOW TO KUMIT. Remit by lnk draft, iwstnl utdttey mler on Wenrt. exnrw metier orutr, r registered letttr. Mk alt remittances .wvnblo to The ltcnd llulleUn. Stage nnd mail Schedule. AXMVR AT HHKB, (row Sfcantka vl IfteTfUe 7 p. tr vnm Lakcmwr an surer Lave frem TutwiW Mom . WW , PH.. 4 P '.'rem lAfcM daily exteiK Matfay .. J Lbavk Nkd. ForShnlVorlrrtaeHte-. a. t itattjr Vor LaWevlcwawl SHrLake. . . 7-aop.m daily except !i F ruinate Mo.. Wei. attd PH . .10 a. m for UrtdtawdaHy exeep Sunday ...... loa. rott Owe I torn Week day; S a. ". P ra. Siutday. (ham it a. m to u m . awl hall hear after atttwal at alt wait htn nftatad rracbhiE HwhI before S p. m. Tiit-BTHOwa- OprtCK Hocus Week day, from from Saw a. ta. to It noM, ami Ira WM. .. w f i r . : rf . . to It noM, ami from jsoa p. m. to 4-00 p. ra. FRIDAY, OCTOBER a6, 1906. THAT DGSCMUTliS DAM. The reclamation service's recent' announcement W build a dam in the Deschutes river canyou and there by destroy one of the most desir able railroad routes into Central Oregon has aroused uo small de gree of condemnation. This is a it should be. Here iu Central Or egon there is a vast empire of unde veloped wealth awaiting the coming of transportation to spring into life and furnish work and homes to thousands of people. This vast em pire is on the verge of this develop ' ment and any act that hinders it, however temporarily, is unjust and unwise. While there are several other very good routes into Central Oregon, upon which surveys are now being rapidly completed, the only railroad that had actual con struction under way was the one coming up the Deschutes canyon. This line must now be abandoned at least until the reclamation service throws over its plan to build this dam. The Bulletin has no desire to at tack the reclamation service. The good it is doing in reclaiming many thousand acres of desert land can aot be computed. However, this plan to dam the Deschutes, gener ate electrical power and carry it 100 niles or raofe to pump water for the .'Jmalilla project and in doing it re tard development in this section of ';he state is manifestly unfair. The 1 Umatilla project has ample trans portation facilities both rail and water and is in the midst of a sec tion that is rapidly developing. Why, then, should Central Oregon be injured in order to build up the Umatilla region? It may be answered that the only practical plan to get water onto the I'raatilla lands is by pumping and that the Deschutes is the only avail able stream from which to obtain power for such pumping. II this is true then let the government engi neers build their dam only a few miles farther up-stream at some point above the confluence of Wil low creek with the Deschutes. That would leave the canyon open as far as desired, and it is said that just as good power sites can be found farther up-stream. Under such plans the people of Central Oregon will be only too willing to have the government harness the Deschutes and use its power for the welfare of the Umatilla project. But they do deem unjust any arrangement to develop other sections of the state it the expense of Central Oregon P'or the Umatilla project, the gov ernment engineers should discover, f possible, a site for a dam , toe building of which would not iritcf tere with railroad construction into this section of the state. COMIfSd TO HER SENSES.' i It is to be uopecj, that Pnneville - uas at last been-convinced of the .- f error of her ways nnd that the mist tlint has so long befogged her vis ion is at last disappearing. Prom tire very beginning of irrigation de- vclopmcnt in western Crook county, a large majority of the people 01 Prinevillc have knocked Bend nnd the Bend country with nil the pow er they possessed. Strangers pass ing through lMneville on their way to Bend to look over the country have invariably been told that this part of the county was a worthless, barren waste and anyone was a fool to invest money in it. The follow ing confession by the Crook County Journal is. therefore, noted with pleasure by western Crook in that it shows the falsity of former state ments by the knockers. The Jour nal soyst "Two yarRtlnMi It va noised around 1'rinevilTc tlwt n few settler hml taken up land on the "desert under the Carey act, c pit iexl them for their lck of jtMlgment ami laughed at the thought of anyone trying to raise 11 paying crop among the juniper. Atwut two month ago we felt n mild jar when we received the mUertisemcntsof a fair to tie hekl at the onc-year-oM town of Redmond on the 'desert.' The story ot that fair ha alrcadv been told. The surprise of those who visited it" The western part of the county has always maintained that this knocking by Prinevillc was caused by a feeling of jealousy that the county seat was fearful of the grow ing importance of this part of the county and afraid that the towns springing up here would some day outstrip Prinevillc in size and im portance. The county seat appar ently could not see that the develop ment of any part of the county would react favorably tor Prinevillc. Prinevillc' s knocking has been un just, narrow-minded and foolish a silly attempt to prevent iuevitable development. "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." A COMMGNDAULB Aldv& Next to transportation there is probably nothing that is of more importance in a new country than an efficient system of rural and long distance telephones. It fur nishes rapid and eaiy communica tion with the cotlritry districts, sup plying the ranchers with an easy means oi ordering goods from their trading centers. It also makes life more enjoyable for the farmer, keep ing him closer in touch with the events of his neighborhood and the world in general. The rural tele phone is also a powerful factor in binding the people of different com munities closer together and thus engenders common interests ancl ambitions, which results in much good. In a new country where some advantages are lacking, a system of rural telephones undoubt edly plays an important part in procuring new settlers, thus aiding in development. Hence, the announcement this week by the Deschutes Telephone company to construct an extensive system of rural phone lines in this region is received with pleasure. That the company has reached this decision is largely due to the efforts of W. K. Guerin, Jr., the president of the company, who has been diligently working with this end in view for several weeks. Mr. Guerin and the Deschutes Telephone com pany deserve commendation, as these extensions mean much to the development of the upper Das chutes valley. With several large lumber firms acquiring all the timber they cau purchase, and attempting to buy ranches and meadow land; with the country covered for miles' with railroad survey stakes arid with these roads hurryftig finol locations, and construction; with nvuiy large coucerns building irrigation works the cost of which moun'.ts into the thousands of dollarsand with oth er capitalists promoting 1 nore recla mation projects with all these in dications of coming development before us, what 'betrer" reasons"' 'do pVP "ecu 'or our fiUr jn the Bcud 'country? l.f .. .-r. Am mm Problems That Confront The Irrigator, j The Supplemental Value of Irrigation. PY K. JW1IS A. WlltrpOK, IN T1IK IKKIOVTION M'.K. (CotiMwu.it (rant Ut week ) The early spring water should lc run on the land nnd made to do duty in producing crops. The soils well stocked with water iu the spring usually are able to curry crops through the season without much irrigation; the irrigation of such fields is valuable cltielly tit in creasing the yield, and making the plant safe during the critical heatwl periods. It does not matter so much when the water enters the soil. The chief thing is to gt sufficient mois ture into it If the wasted waters of fall and spring were used on the fields, the duty of the irrigation stream would again be materially increased. It is a crime aguiust the interests of the arid West to let either fall or spring water run to waste. AN' ItXI'KRIMK.VT ON THK VAM-'KOl' TIIU NATURAL PKKCM'lTATtON. On a typical great basin soil, classed a a medium lonm, observa tions have been made for the pur pose of determining how much of the natural precipitation may be retained in the oil. Iu the fall, about the middle of Auguat, after wheat harvest, the soit was fdtind to contain 9 per cent of moisture to a depth of eight feet. It is an in teresting fact that, 011 similar soils, it appears that wheat cau not reduce the soil moisture below o per cent. On May 4 of the follow ing spring the soil was again ex amined and found to contain an average of 17 percent of water to a depth of eight feet Seventeen per cent of water is nearly equiva lent to 20 acre inches of water. Deduct from this depth 10 5 acre inches, the equivalent of the water found in the soil in the fall, and there remained 9.5 inches, which must have been added to the soil as rain and snow. During the period from August 15 to May 4 the total precipitation was in fact 1 1.5 inches. A little more than 82.6 per cent of the total precipitation was thus shown to have entered the soil, and to 1 stored there at the beginning of the active grow ing season. Such observations have been made on other soils, with practical ly identical results. Of course, in every case, where such results have been obtained, the soils were plowed in the fall and carefully harrowed in early spring. Similar soils plowed in the spring seldom gathered more than one-third of the natural precipitation. I lie land above described was planted to wheat in the spring, and varying amounts of water wrc ap plied to the different plots into which the field had been divided. The results follow: !pt Irrtaa lion Water JOh ixpth fcTiciza-pltad. pU t llonAHiMea Matxufc Stoai VWdofBwbta 4Aff dartaav fan ait4 ofWIwal ii'i. winter. per acre. (Aarc laitw.) (Aere lacaaa.) 12.0 14-5 17.0 9S ,. 9-5 3 39 4 41 43 S 7-5 lfM IS. 54.0 Kveu a glance at this table shows that the water stored in the spring must have been active in producing the crop. The ftrat 2.5 inehea ap plied produced 35 bushels, while the next five inches produced onlv four biihhels more. If the irriga tion is considered as alone having value in crop production, the above table would give the first 2.5 inches a value of 14 bushela per .inch, while the following five inches would have an inch value of only 0.8 bushel. Such a tremendous difference within such narrow limits seems unreasonable. The New York Centinl has been fined $108,000 for granting rebates to the augar trust and the Standard Oil company has been convicted in Ohio on a charge of conspiracy in restraint of trade and violation of the state anti-trust laws. So far very good, Now let some of the Ar mours, Kockcfellers, a 11 d other "captains of rascality" bcsfcnt to the penitentiary, and the Qountry will begin to believe that the trial of a wealthy''' laivbrttaker in.Ctf cotirt's tdda'y la something more' than a farce. If, however, moisture stored iu the soil above the limit to which wheat can exhaust soil lw taken into consideration, the value per inch of the firt 2 5 inches of irriga tion, plus the soil moisture, was a little less than three bushels, while the cortesponditig inch value when five more inches of irrigation water wete added, was about J bushels. Such a gradual decrease i, of couth:, more reasonable As moie irrigation water is added. the bttslul yield per inch steadily decreases, thus showing that, inch for inch, the water stored iu the soil in the spring is of higher crop producing value than any irri gation water applied. Certainly, iu considering the effect ol any depth of irrigation upon crop pro duction, the amount of moisture in the soils must .nlway be taken into consideration. ANOTItlCK VAl.UK OK KARt.V SOU. MOUVJVKK. Plants do not powse the power ot regulating the amount of mois ture that may be taken from the soil, from u moist soil much more water is taken per day or week than from drier soil. If the soil is kept very dry, much of the energy of the plant is lost iu overcoming the attraction between the soil par ticles and the thin water film. If the soil is kept very moist, much of the energy is consumed in cvapor atiug immense quantities of water into the air. In either of the above cases, the los of energy means a reduction in the vield of dry nutter per acre. It should be the aim of the wise irrigator to keep the soil supplied with the best amount of water at all times, that is, the proportion of soil moisture that will furnish the amount necessary for thrifty plant growth in the most economical manner. It is not the purpose to discuss this optimum amousit in this paper, but simply to call attention to the fact that in the case of alt annual crops, the supply of moisture must be most available from early youth to the time of flowering. Kspccially docs the demand rise just before and during early flowering time. When the flowers arc once well produced, the crop needs much less water for its life processes, and then the soil moisture may be allowed to fall. If this be so, we have another argument in favor of the largest possible amount of capillary water 111 the soil in early spring. Thus, also, the supplementary nature of irrigation is emphasized. CONCLUSION. The limits of this paper do not permit the development of this sub ject. The barest notice must suffice at this time. All plants arc like wheat in the manner in which the) appreciate the start given them by an abundance of moisture, stored iu the soil in early spring. When it shall be understood by irrigator and canal manager, that over a large portion of the irrigated area, irrigation should be supplemental to tlie natural precipitation, vary little irrigation would be given wheat and the other grains, and correspondingly less water will be given sugar beets, potatoes and other long growing crop. As a consequence, the water at the dis posal of the farmer will be made to cover more acres; more crops will be obtained per acre inch of water, and the wealth of the irri gated area will be increased. We are yet in the beginning of irrigation knowledge. 1 here is n vast undiscovered field covering the relation of crops and soils to water under the climatic conditions of the western United States. The sup plemental value of irrigation will not txs the least important branch of that coming study. Moving Picture Concert. Don't forget -the moving picture con cert ttf lie given iu the Club lull at Hand 011 Wklttwday, Oct. 31. Also illtutrated ami comic totigs, iKirodief, etc. No phonograph. T do m own aiuging. My concert liwnd to none and if It doe not 11 let t y.ith ytnr approval your money will l clitnfully refunded. You liac no doubt noticed what the I.aVevicw and other peXR,Jave fwld of my concerjt the b&r tftet ever visited their town. Come Riia" 4h'foy yourselves. You won't get buncoed' this time. Kospcclfully, in7iC afcq;i;ttTv. , mmmmMMmr-mmMmmm The Bulletin gives the news. 1 Because wo arc selling the samo and bottot quality at a closer margin is a very good reason why you will find our storo the bost place to buy anything In tho lino of Groceries, Drygoods, Furnish ings, Shoes, Hardware, Sash and Doors, Paints and Oils TETe PINE TREE STORE 12. A. SAIIII'.U, I'UOPUICIOIt A Complete DRY At cnd, Oregon. Nought Surfaced -LUMBER- All Widths, Lengths and TI1ick.1cs.sc8 INCH COMMON 1)1 MICKS. ON' SMIPIwM' RUSTIC T. & C. FLOORING Reasonable HUADttl) CltlUNG Umber WINDOW JAMBS nc,)Cred al PriCCS WINDOW CASING low Cost aood IIHAD HLOCKS Anvuherc i O. G. HASKHOAKD i , 7 Grades STAIR TKKAUS n 11 1 ! i)rv WATKK TA1II.1C InClU. SI. 3 0. G. HATTINS Ir r Stock MOULDINGS nic C ' Co' l . D. PATKNT ROOl'ING l'ltNCIC PICKKTS SHINGLKS ICTC, KTC. CUSTOM FHKD MILL IN CONNHCTION. The Pilot Butte Development Company BEND, - PROFESSIONAL CARDS C. S. BENSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Bend, - Oregon. W. P. MYERS LAND ATTORNEY Twelve jrtar. .pctal practice bffefc Ike II. H. IahiI 0ce ami DepartHMHt f the iMUfWr. Abo cnf al practice Office, - Iaiii.av, Oku. U. C. COE, M. D. Ofl'ICH OVKK HANK Physician and Surgeon TKMU'IIOMK NO. 31 HHNI) - ORHC.ON DR. I. L. SCORELD DENTIST ilHNI), - ORHOQN dnicc iu raahlence on Hawthorne Ave. R..D. WICKHAM Attorney - at - Law Ol'l'ICK OVHR HANK IinKlh - OKUKON Harness and Shoe. X'!. I lialil oiieiieil 11 re- Impairing KsHtaftis CaV barn nml will niWy a full liii(t of linulcM rcimlrv; nlbo wlllps, curry coiiiIjs, lirwlies, fol&nkets, etc... Uriufj in. your wotk. , .. 1 Will also continue fo'rejair h1ioos FRANK UUTTURWORTH. "1 Stuck of anil Moulded At Iknd, Oregon. OREGON -45 NOTARV J'UnMt IHHUHANCM A. H. GPLANT Ag.nl fur Liverpool, London & (llolc, nnd Lancashire Fire Insurance Compnnlus. I1I1NI), 0UIK10N J. II. IIANliK, ! ABSTRACTER of TITLES NOTARY I't'llMC I'ttr !, Ml. latuianr Hmdy hn4 Rtal KMale konvryanciag l'KKKVII.t., OKItftO J. W. ROBISON Veterinary Dentistry OIM'ICR XT MKNtt LlVKRV A TMAWal'KK CO. 1TAHUU. H1WI), .... OR MOON Crook Coiiniy Realty Co Real Iistalc Nought mid SolJ. Life nnd Accident INSURANCE. BKKKM IN HUI I KtlM IIUI1.UIM0 llalttt,, DMMHM) Will Drill for Artednn Vnlor. A mebtiiiK of the citizens of Clirlntmns I, like vnlluy vnf rucutitly held Tor the purpose or OtgauiihiR anil completing arrangements to drill Tor iirtctiian wnier at (liffUhint points in tlint vicinity. The niiSrt ing wan well attended nnd nhottt 5 lock) was mibhcnbed todefrnv tin. cxpen.se of the work. A kovumi nient il0Ki!t wa present and upoke cncouraKiiiKly ol the project. The jwoplc of Christinas Lake a very .c'nthiisinMic over the prospect ofobfnlninjittrtcsian water in sufli clenH qnaiftily for irrigation pur poses a'nd If lllc water is ohtainqd they expect1 'qlllte n lom, ' .arid much luii'tf ViY be flllcd'oh in tlint quartcr.Central Oregoninn. llJAi.CT.mKWImWI IBMWBU