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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1906)
BULLETIN, .? VOI,. IV BUND, OltUCON, FRIDAY, NOVUM BUR 9, 9o6. NO 34 THE BEND A NEW MAIL ROUTE People in This Region De sire a Change. MiLAYS IN PRliSliNT SliRVICI: PatttloiiH Arc llelutf Circulated Pray ing for (i Moll l.lim from Slmniko to I lend v lit jMndrn. All extensive movement is on foot to secure better limit nervier for western Crook county. There is couilrieruhlu riisttulisfnctioii with lliu prcnunt .virvice fiom Shuiiiko to Henri unit .Silver Luke via Priiie villc, (hie to so tunny delay in the receipt of until during it xreHt jmrt of tlie yenr. 1'or mitny month this dissatisfaction hnit Iweti ex meNtetl, Hint now it Iihm culminated in h general movement that Iuih as its object the establishment of a direct until route Irani Slmniko to Henri. vis Madras, Culver, Red mond, Ctine l'all nntl Lairilww. A K'titiou Iihh been drawn nml siguutuie are being obtained. The lelitioti follow: nrifiux, l'or rullihlut direct lUily mail wt Imnt fttwnlko to fowl. Oregon, vi Madra. Culver, Redmond, Cllnc I'nlU Mini l.aidUw. To Mom. (. M. Crtlyu. I'mtttiMter Ccwitl, WtMbhietoti, I). C IcMr Kir Where, tlte herein . decrilcd null route would iKrectly IwttrAt that section u( Cruok eounty, Oregon, covered lv vsIimI m In li tli iirrclitrU id Henri, lllack Wutte. Iluyntdck, Irvlnutl, and the uiirpulleri iwrt of Montgomery; mid Whereo, Ilia twiri ilencHltnl district, nwluu to iirigatUiu and other recent development, h incredwri from a total population of iWu in ni (U. 8. ihm) to 4.H00 by December 1, iyi, according to estimate lmrd on lite irutarivd vote on June j, ifyi, or a rate 11I fc.j per cHl incrwwe In ix year It oail nafriy l Mtrrted tlMt the ilevcl itpmutit of tbU regitm has but now fairly coHittiNCd, there being about 400,001, Mctkuf Jand actually reclaimed or iu procrtt of trclamation, h nile Rrnd, tlir MMtthertt terminus of the prxpmcd mutr, lie on the border of the ureal yellow ptm timber twit of Central Oregon, and Where, it number ot trade and jiopu la lion center lutve 'pnoiK uii through out thU rrgion since louo, wfioee inter vataare o linked together that direct mail communication with each other U of the utmost iniortauce, while on the other hnri there U no promiie of imme diate development in thtt ri'Kloii direct Iv served by the prevent route from Hhauiko to Rend, via Trineville. The imputation of mII miction U nt the priMiiil time i tiiau one-nan im iaree im in that to be directly wirvwd by the iroMNH-d route, and the commercial in tereateil are of vastly Imw imKirture; Mini furthermore, direct communication with the county M-at in of lea iuiportmuc to tin titan clow comiuuiiifHtinu between the town 011 the line ntked for, and Whereas, liy the prencut difficult and circuilou route over (irily mountain, vln l'mif ville, fully nine-tenth of our umil is received at thewuintu potolTice along the route axkeri for from live to 3 hour Inter thnii it would be under the ttervice roxed, while during llio winter mouth thi ilehty iu mall tie livery I from five to .K lioun by rennim id th dilfercuce of the condition of lltu roadk on the two route: Wherefor, we, the tmricrviKUcd )t roil of the limit service iu thu region iilfcctcil, rckwctfu)ly jwtitiutt thnt a mull route be entutilUhed fnim Hliantko to lleiul, Oregon, tlironi;li tdrttmitiiilly thu following intarmciliiitc (xiiiitH, to wit: Mudnu, Culver, Kurimouri, Cllnc l'ulln and bnidlnw, Mihjocl to vliuht cIiuiikc by the ruithuritio of the 1'ont Oflh-u IK'iiarttiiont, And It I the don Ire of your netltioiiuri) that, if (xmlhlc, thu iircnoiit umil route from Slmniko to lluml, vl.i I'riiicvillc, be couthuicd iu iidilltlou to the new route prayed for, but If the Kifttotllcu mitliorlllo deem It Inuxjitdlcut to mnlutuiu two mail rout imi liotweeu Khuuiko nml llcuil, your jHttitiuiiur ask that the no-called 1'rlue vlllu route be abandoned and thnt thu roulu hcreliibeforu duncrlbed be cbtab lUlicd. The chief objection to the pres ent route in the delay to mail at Demi and tributary points due to the almost impassable condition of the load from Hcislcr to Princvilla iltirliiK the wet season. Very fre (liicntly (luriiiK the winter the stayu iroiii oiiuiiiko noes iiui reueii rnue villc ill time to connect with' the rrineville-Ueud-Silvcr Lake shtRB. Consequently the patrons of the. office at Demi, Roslnnd, Odcll and Silver Lake do not receive their Vuail for at least 34 hours later than 'they should receive It. Kveu when connection is made! at1 PtiiucvUlc it in frequently so httu that the mail doe.i not tench lleiul until 1 1 or 13 o'clock nt uiht, which re sult in the patrons netting their until the next tuoriiitiK 12 to 16 hours lute. The places hervud through the lleiul office Inidlnw and Tuiniilo are thus also forced to .sulTer n delav of tunny hours in the receipt of their mail. Thin could lie much improved by the new route. The ronil from I leister to Henri via Miirinis is in vnrinbly iu fir.it-cla condition. The ruins of the frill mid winter settle the dust mid the soil jwckn into 11 fu ui, hard rourilieri, free from "dobe," which pnys such Intvoc with the road from I leister to I'riueville. The until over thu pioKjed ionic would pructiunlly never l lute never on account of bad roads. Hence the people iu tlmt Utkc region served through the Henri, Silver Lake and Rowland oftlce would gel their mail invari uhly on time, while Kaidlaw wouhl r.-ceive its mail the a.tme day n Hend now does, itihteitd of wuiting nearly 24 hours. Redmond and Clint- l'nll, Kakllnw mid Hend would nil be nerved almost art (juickly as I'rinevilk now i. Still another rcaaon tor eatablish iiiX the new route in found in thu reat growth of imputation through out western Crook. During the lut six years there has been an iucreaftu in Herniation of nlxntt 600 tier cent in thii jart of the county. Thi gives a much larger imputa tion to he served by the proKsed route than is now .served by the line from Shitniko to 1'rineville more than twice as many. Furthermore development is now very rapid iu weatern Crook due to the settle ment of the Madras wheat districts mid the irrigated lauds contiguous 10 Menu, ciiiois me iihjviii); umu these lands every day and the de velopment has only lwgtiu. With the vnst areas ot timber laud adjacent to Hend iu which logging operations will ere long be com mended and with the thousands of acres of irrigated lauds that are daily being occupied, this section of the state is destined to see a great development It will need the lest ixmible mail service, and in view of the lact that the service i supposed to exiht for the greatest good of tlie greatest number, western Crook should he granted the new route. Hay creek, Grizzly and Priuuville could 1) served by a branch from lleuler, nml be as well served as they are now. That would be the only branch route necessary in seivuig any of the olhces named, whereas now there are necessary the following brunch routes: Hcislcr to Voting's and Madras; Madras to Culver ami Haystack; Grizzly to I.utnonta; I'riueville to O' Neil's and Redmond; Priucville to Hend; and Henri to I.airilaw. It is no one's rietiirc to discom mode tlie I'riueville cople iu any way. IJvcit with tlie new route iu operation they would receive their mail just as soon as they now do by a line from Ileisler. This part of the county is bound together by common interests due to irrigation development nml more rapid com munication between western Crook Icoplc than is now enjoyed is deemed of more importance than communication with the county seat. That will always be had with greater or less efficiency, but rapid mail service to and from the railroad and between western Crook settlements is necessary for the best development of the vast stretch of country from Madras to Silver Lake, and comprising the offices of Madras, Culver, Ilnystack, La mouta, O'Neil, Redmond, Cline Palls, I.aldlaw, Hend, Timtalo, Sister's; Rostand, Odetl and Silver Lake. October I'ostofflco Duslnesa. Postmaster Graut reports' the fol lowing money order business for Uncle Sara during October: Issued 275 domestic money orders, amount ?7i833'75i fees $31. 66; two.iuW national orders, amount $40,,yfees 20 cents; total money order's Issued, $Zi905.6i. Onthusethc nosttaas. ter's commlsston f raouuted WoVio, There were 38 orders paidi'amQU.utr' in& to $430.03. TO CLEAR MUCH LAND Large Tract Will Be Put under Cultivation. II00I)RIVI:RA1IN INTERHSTKI) The Oaveriport-Stnnley Ranch Com pany Will lintnblMi on Hxtcnslve Stock I 'n no Ibist of Hend. A few weeks ago M. M. Daven port of Hood River, nccomimiiieri by a large force of men and teams, arrived in tills region and Dcgan to clear a large tract of laud about 13 miles east of Hend. tit turns out that this work is the preliminary steps iu the rievelopmeut of what will some day be one of the largest stock ranches iu tlie state of Ore gon. Mr. Davenport is one of the firm of Davenport Hrothers of Hood River, proprietors of the Green Point Logging Company. Thec gentlemen have secured about 1,000 acres of laud east of Henri adjoin ing a tract of equal size owned by Stanley & Smith, also of Hood River. V. S. Stanley of the D. I. & P Co. being a member of the latter firm. These two organizations have combined in this venture, will fence their laud, place a targe band of sheep on it and eventually will jointly ojMfrate it as a great sheep ranch. M. M. Davenport is in charge of the work as superinten dent. The Davenport-Stanley Ranch company is organized witli n capi tal of $50,000 and it is the purpose of the company to improve their property and make of it one of the finest stock farms iu ICasteru Ore gon. Of this comiHiny Dnvciiort Hrothers. own half the shares and Stanley ot Smith hold tlte other half. They expect to spend $30,000 this season iu clearing, building and stocking the ranch. Mr. Dav enport recently said that they ex (iccled to have between 400 and 500 acres cleared and into crop next year. 1 11 the spring Mr. Davenport will return to Hood River to take charge of the Green Point Logging company, which lias a contract with the Stanley-Smith Lumber company to supply logs for their big double saw mill nt Oreeu Point. The DaveiiKrt Brothers'- holdings in Hood River valley amount to something like $75,000. That success will follow Mr. Davenport's efforts in this region is assured, as he is an experienced irrigator and a hard worker. Speak ing of these gentlemen, the Hood River News-Letter says: The Davenport brothers urc deserving of the micceiw which see in to Ih coming their way, for they hnvelecn hard work ing, energetic, etcrprihig businessmen ever nince tucir coming to tlie valley, and it wns more through the effort of l'rnuk I)aveupor than any other man tliut the value ot irrigation became known in the valley. Mr, Daveujurt, through his irrep'rcwlblc, invincible de termination, MK-cecdcd iu building and operating tlie first ditch. When all other had bcittmv discouraged and dropped out of the organisation, he still held t the business, and although of tun handicapped for lack of means pur severed until he demonstrated the al solutc necessity fo'i irrigation in the val ley and family noM bis holdings in the company to the Tanner' Irrigating coiujwny. TO USE SUB-SURFACE PACKER. Methr.d Taught "by Campbell Will Do Tried on u Largo Scale. Joe- Mnruach'ftf Madras, the farm er who more than doubled the yield this year from a 40-acre tract of ba rley by the use of n sub-surface, pack sr, will sow 040 acres to wheat next season ami will use the packer 011 1 he entire field. He wiirrilso sow about 00 acres to oats mid bar- icy lie will suw guuu, wnfau aceu an d give his land Very careful cul tl pation, ami at his nekt , harvest c xpects to be rewarded for ills labor 1 vltn an auuuuaut jieiu, , wr. Marnacli. DeJleVes la the 'necessity of frequeut'tiuUivatlon of the ground, V. 1 'y.'BY. .!...! 1 '.l!' !!.AI.AM.. I IU(UC Crop PW "H ." miuuua , known, as scientific soil culture, in order to conserve the moisture in the ground and get the best results for his labor, ami ill addition to the cultivation will use the "sub-surface packer" upon every acre of the land which he intends to crop tliis year. He has been offered 75 cents a bushel for the t6oo bushels raised on 40 acres this year or $1200, but is holding it for a higher price. REPUBLICANS WIN CONGRESS. Sofc Majority In Thnt Itody Hughes Defeats Mcnrst In New York. The returns from Tuesday's elec tion shiw that the republicans will have n good working majority in the sixtietli congress. Tlie demo cratic party has carried the solid South as usual, but failed to win to any extent iu other sections of the country. The republicans arc sure of n majority of 50 in the sixtieth congress. In New York, the spectacular fight for governor has ended in the election of Hughes (Rep.) over Hearst (Dem.) by about 50,000 plurality. This is 30,000 below the plurality given Higgius two years ago. Returns from other states can be summarized as follows: Nw Vor l -KrpuWIoin Oovernor d I.Cfil lure lfhHly ho cdHKK H CoHgfwwtti I'rnurlvinU KrralMM Ooretnor. no cbtngc Iu CMitrMMKB. KrpulltcN !.egMatiwc. MiuMrhiHril - KtMMkN ComMor. Ut ticket Hud UfUUlute, bu change in CoCTa- ttfH I-nlaJ.-CllMl bv tMtil Mf tl4. ulthouch In- diralioHt rvor HbUcaa, HtmMlcan l ItUlutr. lmltlnlm -W Mll4 IM H I hfffMttlOUt. liUho-Ooolititf. (Kp) ptotwMy dcfMlti! for Gvrnor. Couefn-mirn Ultd I.fliUtur (tiuUibly KrwMKMN MhiUm HrpuUlcatt long rcm awl major ity of J.rgittatarr UHU-KcibUcti Mate offieMiml IvrgMatuic rotwbly nochangt In ConicrMMi. NrbfixUa Krpublleaa Gmmor and no change In CongtrMiaeH. Wa4twutth. of New Vork.aud BabcocL of WI4- cotitln, itefmlMl tor Congrr. MUaeoU-Johnw (Um ) cl-ctnl by larg 4urallty K'lwMkant win iMlance of Mate tkkH and memurtt of lr(latitre Ohio Krtmbllean by not W 'iian 7Jw Kkcti 17 Kciwhtkan CoagrrMnica, thrc dcmocrallc, m dUtilct In doubt. THE NEW COURT HOUSE AQAIN County Court Considers Illds but Does Nat Award Contracts. At the meeting of the county court held the first of the week, the bids for the new court house were opened and considered, but con tracts were not let, the court carry ing that over to a later meeting In this connection there is a matter that should be noted by everyone and that is that the agitation carried on against a new courthouse has re sulted in the cutting of the plans from a $70,000 to $So,opo building down to the more leasouable one costing about $45,000. Thus the agitation has resulted in a saving to the taxpayers of about $35,000. At the nicetiiifr of the comity court in its capacity as a board of equalization, affairs were so man ipulated thai those who desired to enter a protest against their assess ments were unable o do so, and the board adjourned without hear ing complaints. That is the report thnt reaches Hend. In view of this, it is still probable that strenuous efforts will be marie to overthrow the entire assessment roll. NEW POSTOFP1CE WANTED. An l:teiison of tho Tumalo Route Asked to Servo the Gist District. A petition is being circulated praying for the establishment of a postoffice nt the Charles L. Gist ranch. This ranch is about seven miles from Tumalo and eiaht from Sisters and is the cente'rof quite nn extensive farming settlement. The "petition asks for the new postoffice and that it be served by extending the present route now rutin nir from Hend to Tumalo so as to run from Bend to Tumalo to Gist's. 1 Death ot a Pioneer. J, F, Doak, a pioneer of Oregon and Crook county, died last week WedtiesdaV at Priueville, death be- Inc' due t6 a .stroke of apoplexy. The deceaijjsd had hauled iu aload of wood from Combs flat and vhilc unloading it was takeu sick ' dud died dtttink the afternoon. He was. 62 yeafsof oge. aw 1 Grmntis,selline souvenir postal llouse. taVdsW BeJnVTs uV school Have you done your tiuty? MAY SELL TOWNSITE Figures Secured on Hold ings of P. B. D. Co. PORTLAND MIEN WANT TO BUY W. 13. (lucVin and John Stcldl Arc In Portland nnd Are Confident They Can Close a Deal. A deal is now pending whereby the Pilot Butte Development Co. may disposed of its interests iu the townsite of Bend and also its entire holdings in Crook county. After several days of negotiations, W. K. G tier in and John Stcidl have sec- cured figures on the company s properties at n valuation which these two gentlemen have announced is very reasonable. Tuesday evening Messrs. Guerin and Stcidl left for Portland where they expect to be able to co-operate with a syndicate of Portland men that for several months, it has been rumored, has desired to obtain con trol of the P. B. D. Co's. holdings in this region. The transaction has been brought to its present stage of progress through the efforts of Messrs. Guerin and Stcidl, who through their own volition, ap proached the P. B. D. Co. and op ened negotiations with the com pany's officers. Before the gentle mcu left they let it be known that if they were unsuccessful in clos ing a satisfactory deal at Port land, they would immediately open negotiations with Eastern capitalists who are interested in this property. If this transaction is brought to a successful close at Portland, it will eliminate the controversy that has existed for the past year between the two companies operating at Bend and vicinity. It was with this object iu view that Messrs. Guerin and Stcidl instituted nego tiations with the P. B. D. Co. REDMOND WANTS NEW ROAD Petition to That Uffect Is Now Being Circulated. Khdmoxd, Nov. 5. We notice that another attempt i being made to legal ise one of the rOtiils through Redmond, a north anil south road conuectiug the SUtor? road -with the present bend road about four inile south of town. We understand that this road is intended to follow the Pilot Iluttc canal for quite a large part of the way. Over twice the necessary number of signers arc already on the petition, and it is to be hoped that there will l no hitch in the pro ceedings as .we certainly need a place to work out our road tax, or spend the money. A meeting held Saturday evening for the purpose of forming a ccmetory asso ciation was well attended. C. N. Hhret was chairman and yours truly secretary of the meeting. Over $150 wak reported subscribed and it was de cided to incorporate. Adjournment was takeu for two weeks or until Novem ber if. We do not know of any visitors in town this week. Uverybody appears to lj "steadies." A petition Is being circulated here asking for a vhangc In mall routes and praying for a direct route from Slmniko to bend throuch this place. Consider ing the fact that approximately the western half of the county has increased about 600 per cent since 'the last censua was taken, and taking, into account the difference lu passabllity.'M whiter time, of the two rouds, It loMcs vc-y much as though the petition ought to be granted. Our well drilling machine Is on the ground and sct,up. It Is expected that work will liephi earlv this week. We understand that the company Intends to bore 1,000 feet If It is necessary. . George McQueen has moved from the farih into town. He say.li'hovlng Is no fun hud he does not Intend t do wry much' of it. ' Mrl-Urttt Mrs. I.andes maue a trip Saturdavfto the Sisters country looking 4 up a Uuiber clalm.V 'We hope they Juiults'ometing-.w6U Vehlle, We Vere glad not loifg iujo o &e Mr, Voberg Mowing for Mr. GUs on tin Amborn forty. It did not look well to arc land lying Idle till y6ar that wa cleared and In crop lt seJUift. There are evrl other place where tbr ground i being turned for the firt lime. Mr. Tuck Inform m that the -nroll-inent in school hn reached 32. Mr. Schobcrt and family, however, liac moved to I'owell Unite and that takes four scholars from achool. Kcdmonri may now fairly be said to be dry. The water I turned out of the Hub for about two week for repairs, and the saloon line ha expired nnd there seem not to be enough signers for a petition to bring the matter before the court Some building is still going on. Your-i truly I having a kitchen addition built nnd Z. T. McClay a whole house Neighbor Welch Is doing the latter job and Comrade Trhrfer of South Ottumwa, lown, who with hh wife h spending the winter with their daughter, Mr, yours truly, ha charge of the former work. The irrigation company expect to lure a large force of men and team.i clearing out and repairing laterals tint week and next, hoping to complete the work in that time to a to turn tlte water in again and keep it running in fair weather during the winter. These note never liavc mentioned that the M. W.A. here meet regularly on the tint ami third Tuesdays of the month. VUiting neighbors always welcome. We hope that the appointment of I. I). Wiost a irrigation engineer at tlte Walker baln, will not interfere with lu scries of articles in The Bulletin. The are one of the bast parts of the paper. K. C Park. Tumalo Items. TcmI.0, Nov. 6. We are getting our long looked for rajn and It scums good to liuar the patter, patter of the rain on the roof again. I twill be greatly wel corned by tlie farmers who have sown fall grain. C. W. Thornthwaitc t living on hi homestead northwest of Tumalo. John ltdwards passed through here Sunday. Jobn Is busy gathering up hones. . Parties Interested in tbe ditah lenc-vn a the Gibson ditch, whlah heads 00 Snow Creek, have done some extensui improvement on it this fall. Alice S. Winter of LablUtw spent Sat unlay and Sunday here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Winter. Mia Alice i attending school at, Laidlmv. J. O. Pry of Bend Avas in Tumalo Mon day purchasing seed grain of G. W. Wimer & Sons. T. A. Jensen, who has been mnninu. the engine at thc-H. & S. Qo. mill, accompanied, by Arthur nightowcr, loft ,. -i. 1... ...c 11-. .u:.. ...... .-.... hut week by team for Washington poiuti Mrs.P. P. Smith, Pearl Hightowcr and Vera Mackey of Bend visited their homes at the Ilightower-Smith mill last Saturday and Sunday. Chas. Brock with a party of nine peo ple passed through here last week to lo cate timber which Charles had cruUc: out a week or two ago. Southern Oregon people who have been out'here and have gone bacfc rather class 'this country as a dry, desolate looking country. This can easily be explained They have lived there iu the wet coun try so long that their backs are coated with moss and in their great haste t see this country they forgot to scrape the moss off before coming and after getting out here, of course, the moss tye gins to dry and itch for moisture. Iu this beautiful Deschutes climate pioss don't grow and the consequences are they have to go back to irrigate thetnoss and then tlicj cnnuenin me coun try. Why dont they condemn the moss? Dr. jtay of Goldray, Jackson count) . in a letter to the Grants Pass Courier, once spoke of the poor deluded people of Eastern Oregon trying to make a farming country'mi the sage brush des erts. The writer is personally acquaint ed with the country iu the vicinity of Dr. Ray's domain and can say that that is an old developed country and the Deschutes country people will do credit I to the Goldray country in a few years anil it won't te many year euner. Jackson county Has all tlte advantage they need to make a rich country, The) have a railroad that passes thruughtbe valley full length and have transport tion for everything. What .more do they need and what have we to put up with 90 miles from a railroad? but keep your weather eye on the Deschutes country. There IsjsSomethlng doing every day and In a tw years people win sav ,rWe". I never thought it.'' Outsider ue'ed not be afraid to come here. We c ilu show our country tip by what we raise.