END BULLETIN.
VOL. IV
IJKND, OKKGON, J'UIDAY, DECKMBHR 28, 1906.
NO 41
THE
A NEW STAOIi LINE
Is Assured IJctwcuii Bend
and Stmniko.
WILUilVH IJIiST OPSHKVICR
Company with $10,000 Capitalization
Is Inciirpomleil Will llo In Opcr-
ntlon In Very Short Tinio.
During the past week there lmve
been (crslstcul rumors to the effect
that a new stage service would be
imt 011 fromShniiiko to Ilcnd, mak
ing twlcc-n-wcek trips. The facts
In thli case prove better thuii the
rumor, tt now develop that the
Uticklcy uxprcss line will le ex
pauded into a new stoge service
from Shauiko to Ilcnd, giving dully
jjervlec lotli ways. It will run by
way of Madras, Forest, Culver,
Kedinond, I.aldlaw and Hctid, and
will be in oer.tiou early Its Jan
nary.
The stage will leave Shauiko in
the evening and will proceed as far
as Holler's, where the night will le
spent, Starting the next morning,
the arrival nt Ilcnd will be made
about 7 o'clock p. in. Dinner will
be had at Rced'tt at Culver. On
the return trip to the railroad, the
stage will leave Ilcnd at 6 a, tit. and
will reach Shauiko about 10 or 11
o'clock that night. On the out
going trip dinner will be had at
Culver and supper at Halter's.
There will be six relays on the
line, which cuts the distuuee for
each relay to about 15 miles. This
will insure fresh horses throughout
the (rip. 1 he stages nrc ordered,
the horses arc procured, and all ar
rangements made for n first-class
kissctigcr and express service.
During A. M, Drake's recent
trip to Portland final urrangemcuts
in regard to this Hue were com
plctcd. A company was incorpor
ated, with a 510,000 capitalization,
the incorporators being 1'. S. Stan
ley, Jesse I. Stearns, A. M. Drake,
John H. Weuftiidyand V, J. Duck
ley. The financial backing of the
lompnuy gives assurance that it has
i-'Hiu to may and intends to do bus
mew and give the best of service
The stage equipment will be first
class, the route is the best that
could lc selected to iusiirc good
toads the year around and conse
quently good time and regularity,
horses will be changed frequently,
and everything possible done to
make a quick and comfortable ser
vice. Moreover, the stopping places
for meals ore two of the very best
in Central Oregon, Doth the Hot
ter and Need placet) have long been
known as Ai stopping places for
travelers.
A branch Hue from Madras to
i'riuevillc and a continuation of the
service from Iluud farther south
may be established in the near fu
ture. The news of this service will be
received with great pleasure nud
enthusiasm by every one. A better
stage service lor the Deschutes val
ley has long been needed and will
now he supplied. Furthermore,
this incorporation is the first iudiea
ion formally mouths of any move
on the part of those interested in
the D. J. & P. Co. nnd the I II.
1), Co. to act in harmony and it is
hoped that this is but an augury of
still better airuiigemeiits for the In
turc,
011 their linuuchuti, were six coy
otes The coyotes would occusioti
ally send up a lonely, hungry howl
of disappointment, but the cou
gar kept theni away with jcalouu
.are. The coyotes had the distance
nicely measured between them
helves and the cougar, and whim
t'te big cat would whirl around as
if to charge them they would move
Imck accordingly, but would re
tunic their old position and howl
again as soon as the cougar turned
his attention to eating. After
watching this strange drama for a
time the hunters ociicd fire and
broke up the show. Tliry bagged
the cougar and two of the coyotes.
A MERRY CROWD.
FUNDS ARE PROCURED
A Rxil I road Across Central
Oregon Is Assured.
WILL BI: EXTENSION OP C.& E.
Financial Arrangements Arc Practi
cally Completed and Construction
Company Is Ready to Ucgln.
In
COUflAR AND COYOTES.
hunters Deltoid Rare And Interesting
Drama Played by Wild Animals.
Jack Summers of I'riuevillc re
lates to the Madras Pioneer n story
of a cougar hunt in which he par
ticipated at Mnury, south of Princ
ville, U few weeks ago. His party
was informed that a cougar was
eating on the carcass of a cow, so
they armed themselves mid cautious
ly approached the place. , When
they reached n point where they
could see their quarry they were af
forded n rare mid entertaining sight.
A large cougar was eating 011 the
carcass ami ranged around, sitting
Wholo Neighborhood United
Ornnd Christmas Dinner.
The Allen & Harucs ranch, situ
ated between I.aidlaw and Clitic
Pulls, was the scene of a merry and
enthusiastic gathering Christmas
day. The whole neighborhood
congregated at this place, the lad
ies brought baskets full to over
flowing with good things to cat, a
grand Christmas dinner was pre
pared, nnd from 30 to 40 people
sat down to the well filled board.
It was one of those old-time affairs
that you read about, where the
tcoplc for miles around gather to
celebrate some festive occasion.
In the evening many of those
present went to Ia!dlaw to attend
the Christmas exercises at that
place.
The Allen & Uarnes ranch is one
of the largest in that neighborhood,
comprising 600 or 700 acres. It
has many large buildings on it and
thus could afford plenty of room
for the accommodation of such a
merry crowd as gathered there list
Tuesday.
MORE MONEY THAN NEEDED.
All IZxpensea of the Christmas Tree at
tho Union Church Paid.
The committee appointed to mHc
it subscriptions to defray the ex
penses of the Christmas exercises
at the union church have paid all
expenses and find that they have
several dollars left. This com
mittee, composed of J. I. West
and Titos. Triplctt, succeeded in
raising 39.50. The bill for candy,
nuts, oranges, etc. amounted to
S.V 43, IcAving n balance on hand
of 7.08. This will be turned into
the treasury of the union Sunday
schoool as the Sunday school is in
need of money.
Moneys paid out were for the fol
lowing supplies:
Cnmly nnd nut f Jt..ij
Orange 7.00
Chccteeiolli, cte 1 .on
IMmImii 55
Cnmllon 15
Netting 30
lluslncn.i at Tho Dnllcn Land Office.
The following business was
transacted nt The Dalles land of
fice during the month of Novem
ber, 1906: Homestead entries, 33;
timber laud applications, 122;
homestead commutations, 10; final
timlier entries, 91.
At the I.akcvicw laud office the
following buvinoss was done dur
ing the month of November, 1906;
Homestead entries, 14; timber laud
applications, 67; homestead com
mutations, 4; cash entries, 20.
Prlnevllle City Ulectlon.
The I'riuevillc papers give the
following result of the city election
nt that place last week Monday:
Por mayor, Med Vnudcrpool; for
cotincilmoti, J. II. Uoscnburg, I. W.
Ward, Carey W. Foster; for record
er, J. II. Ilatier; for tensurer, J. I.
McCullocli; for marshal, J. II.
Crooks.
An unusually large vote was
(tolled, 198 ballots being cast for
mayor.
A Novel Plan for Christmas (lifts.
The pupils of the Iakeview
school adopted n novel idea with
regard to presents to be placed up
on their Christmas tree; the name
of each pupil was written upon a
piece of paper, nil tlie pieces were
placed in a box, mid each pupil
drew one. Kach is-to give a pre
sent to the one whose, name is upon
the piece of paper drawn. Lake
view Herald,
More news has developed rccard-
ing the extension of the Corvallis
tic Kastcrn, in the near future,
across Oregon to Ontario, as noted
in The Bulletin of last week. This
time it is the Co-operative Christian
Federation that is nlayine the lead
ing part. All arrangements have
been made for raising the necessary
Minus lor minding the road. Sun
day's Oregonlan has the following
to fay about the extension of this
road, the one which Bend people
expect to furnish them with trans
portation: "That the railroad from Portland
across Central Oregon, as projected
by the Co-operative Christian Fed
eration, is now assured is the in
formation given out by the officers
of the Federation Trust, which is
the business organization managing
Federation affairs.
"It is stated that $1,250,000 has
been nrovided for the railroad in
the Hast, chiefly by Philadelphia
capitalists, and $2,000,000 in addi
tion underwritten in Oregon, and
that thus the conditions asked by
intending bondholders, who pro
pose to provide the rest of the bond
capital, have been met. '
"Railroad bonds nrc not being
placed on safe in Oregon at this
time. But bonds of the Federation
to the extent of $2,000,000 nrc now
being offered for subscription, which
ootids will contribute to some ex
tent, if required, for the railroad
cost. The first proceeds will go
toward the purchase of required
properties.
"The road will run from Port
laud south through Clackamas
county, six miles cast of Oregon
City to Mehama, 62 miles, n station
on the baiitiam branch of the Cor
vallis & Kastcrn Railroad. Thence
to Idtinha, 30 miles, it will use the
present tracks of that railroad. The
distance to Ontario from that ter
minus is 330 miles, following the
projected line of the Oregon Cen
tral & Kastcrn Railroad, now the
Corvallis & Kastcrn.
Mid-Oregon & Hnstern the Name.
"The new road is to be known
as the MidOregon & Kastcrn-a
company organized last July in
Oregon, with n capital stpek of
$-325.oonl with Wallis Nash
for president, the Merchants' Na
tional Bank for treasurer and John
VanZnntc for secretary.
"Affiliated with the Mid-Oregon
& Kastcrn will be the Federation
Trust, n corporation which is to
own and manage the industrial prop
erties of the Federation, including
irrigation works in Baker nnd Mal
heur counties, known as El Dorado
wrter system; the Miller & I,ux
ranch of 120,000 acres, in Harney
county; n towusitc on the CInckn
mas river, six miles east of Oregon
City, where wnter-power factories
arc to be planted; timber nud lum
her mills; mid 51 per cent of the
capital stock of the railroad all
these properties to be acquired and
developed mid financed separate
from the railroad, as parts of the
co-operative industrial scheme of
the Federation.
"The iudustnal projects will en
tail an expenditure of between
$2,500,000 nnd $3,000,000 and the
railroad project will involve an out
lay of $11,000,000 additional. In
each case the money is to come
from bond subscriptions. The
bondholders of the railroad are to
receive 49 per cent of the capital
stock of the road as bonus, nud the
other 51 per cent is to be held by
the Federation trust, the face value
of the bouds to equal the par value
ol tlie stock 1 3, 125,000.
Obfects of tho Corporation.
"The Federation is a society or
ganized in Oregon to promote in
dustrial projects and the moral,
religious, intellectual and physical
welfare ol its members. It will
establish a woolen and flax mill in
its proposed town in Clackamas
county, carry on extensive farming
in Harney county, sell water for
irrigation in Baker and Mjtlhetir
counties, establish dairies and but
ter and cheese factories, conduct
lumber camps and run sawmills,
and engage in various activities
"The promoters have aimed to
organize the railroad company with
entire independence from possible
control by Harrirtian. The major
ity of the stock is to be placed in
permanent trust in Oregon, and is
not nud will not be for sale to any
one so long as the trust retains its
own existence."
BUSINESS INCREASES
Postoffice Receipts Show
Improvement at Bend. ,
EVERY LABORER IS EMPLOYED
Ready to Uej-ln Construction.
A New York construction com
pany, which has been organized as
a subsidiary of one of the best
known railroad construction com
panies in tlie cast, for the especial
purpose of building the Mid-Oregon
& Kastcrn, is now ready to com
mence work.
A prospectus issued by the Fed
eration has the following:
Only Practicable Outlet.
"Tills rond affords the only reasonably
practicable outlet for the timber on the
Sanliam, and In the heart of the range,
above the main riven. When one tract
of 19,500 acre of this timber yields 800,
000,000 feet of lumber by actual cruises,
or over 41,000 feet per acre, and when
the imtitense timbered area (560,000) di
rectly tributary to this rotd, and lying
on the western slope of the mountains, is
coniidcred and when to this immense
quantity is added the valuable pine tim
ber standing on similar acreage on the
cast slope of the mountains (probably
equal in value though much leu in quan
tity), then the estimate of 600 tons a day
or three trainloads of aoo tons each, fs
seen to be conservative in the extreme,
This tonnage is estimated to yield 613,-
200 tier annum on the average Haul.
Adding a small percentage for tics, pil
inc and rales, the returns amount, on
tins moderate basis, to f-650,000 for the
Cascade division.
"The surveys of this road run, after
enming the Cascade mountains, through
the heart of the irrigable belt of middle
Oregon The system of irrication which
Merchants Report n Pleasing Christ
mns Trade Money Comes Into
Country from Timber Sales.
ore all the time. While working
on the upraise a tit-foot ledge of
ore was uncovered -carrying a val
ue of $50 a ton Both ore values are
uniform. 1S0 far no barren streaks
have developed. The upraise hai
been finished to the surface, thus
furnishing plenty of fresh air for
the mine. Night and day shifts
are -employed in the mine and the
wotk 01 ucvciopment ts being car
ried forward in a most economic
manner.
an
Jreeo
s citli
ther already partially completed and
settled, or where irrigation will be pro
vided In the near future covers about
570,000 ncres. The yields of cereal
and of alfalfa anil ther forage plants.
on such lauds, are enormous and regular.
This i common knowledge. Taking a
Wins of estimate, only the product
realizable from one half the irrigated
and irriKable lands, nud estimating on
the Mtmv conservative principle the
yields from fertile lands in tlie same
neighborhood unirrigatcd, but produc
tive of good crops, a traffic may be ex
pected of 446.350 ton annually. This
nt a rate of only f 3 per ton, means a re
turn of fSaj,5oo.
Through the Range.
"The line passv for aco miles
through the center of the cattle and
sheep ranee in Oregon. At proeut a
drive of from loo to 300 miles is in
volved to reach either the Southern
Pacific cam in northern California or
depots on the O. R. & N. or on the
Short Line, Tlie exports of cattle are
given for 1903 at not Iom than 100,000
nud of slucp at fjoo,coo. That this
road will carry one tenth of each is
very obviously a most moderate esti
mate. Not Iom than f 134,80.1 is thus
added to the prospective returns. Ore
gon's export wool for 191 in given nt
not less than 30,000,000 pounds. Con
sidering that this rond will be accessible
to the wool yield of loth western and
eastern Oregon, it is only fair to expect
that it will carry one fourth of the ex
port of wool repreMiiting not lew
than 37,500 in returns.
"Taking into account tlie mileage of
433 for the main line, the character of
tlie great district so opened to transpor
tation, the fncU of the rapid settlement
of irrigated districts in tins and neigh
boring states, the estimate of S 1,120
day is plainly moderate. Tills means
fioS.Soo for the year. The most recent
reliable figure for 1905 for the popula
tion of the eastern Oregon towns to le
directly interested is 9,700, Hut their
rapid growth can only be fairly judged
of by those who nre conversant with the
fact on the gtouud. And the 570,000
acres f irrigable lauds wilt le sold in
4o-acre tracts to judge by the analogy
of recent sales of similar lauds in irriga
tion districts and this means a popula
tion of 57,000 persons or there abouts,
"An estimate of 50 passengers per day
to pass over the line is very reasonable,
if not unjust to the railroad, on the side
of moderation. At three cents per mile
this totals to f 257,045,
"The aggregate totals to f 3,504,645.
Estimated cost of operation is f S66,ooo.
The fixed baud interest at five per cent
on the total amount of authorised Issue,
at the rata of $350,000 per mile, is 650,
350, Kven if it be found necessary to
issue the. total amount of bonds men
tioned, a surplus of 1,072,395 . will re
main for dividend on the stock,"
That business in Bend is on
increase is shown by a comparative,'
statement ot the records in the
Bend postoffice. The business done
by a postoffice is always one of the
best indications as to the general
prosperity of the country. When
much business is done through
Uncle Sam's local offices, it is c
sure indication that the merchants
are also prosperous. Following Is
a statement of the money orders
issued and cancellations made for
the first 24 days of December for
the last three years:
monkV ordkks.
No. Issued. Amount.
319 J396906
........ 14s. ......... . 1034.81
s&4 3093.36
CANCELLATIONS.
w Uu-ss
1605 106.38
906 138.75
In 1904 the D. I. & P. Co. had
a large number of laborers at work
near Bend. Among these were
many Italians who regularly pur
chased many money orders and
sent large sums of money cither to
relatives in Italy or to Italian banks
in New York. They were a float
ing population and were gone when
the construction work of the
company got beyond the vicinity of
tienu 1 nus the large business in
1904 ts accounted for.
IMPROVING NEW CEMETERY.
1904.
1905.
1906.
Everybody reads The Bulletin.
in 1905, wuen ousiness had ac
quired a more healthful and stable
status, it is seen that 148 orders
were issued amounting to $1024. -xi.
During the same 24 days in Decem
ber of 1906 there were 264 orders
issued, amounting to $2092.36.
Thus for the period preceding
Christmas in 1906 the money order
ousiness more man uouuicu in
amount, and nearly doubled in the
number issued.
The cancellations also show an
increase as indicated above.
This should successfully refute
the cry of hard times that is occas
ionally heard hcrc-abouts. Bend
merchants report a prosperous and
pleasing Christmas trade. New
buildings are going up all over the
country, land is being cleared and
it is almost ituposstble to find a
man idle long enough to get any
work done. Money is coming into
the country from the sale of timber
holdings. Hence there is no good
reason for the statement that times
arc hard, for everyone who wishes
to work is able to keep employed.
NEW BODY OF ORE.
Is Found In the Qatewood Mines at
Howard.
B. Gatcwood, president of the
Gatewood Miuiug & Trading Com
pany of Howard, returned Satur
day from a trip to Tacoma nnd
Seattle, says the Crook County
Journal. While at the big Tacoma
smelter Mr. Gatewood had an op
portunity to inspect n traiu load of
ore from the famous Tonapah
mines of Nevada, There were
shipments, too, from some of the
best ore producers of Washington,
Idaho and Alaska. A shipment of
concentrates was also received from
fur off Corca. Vhe car load of con
centrates irom his mine in Crook
comity came in while he was there
and received its share of favorable
notice by the representatives of
mining journals who were present.
Mr. Gatewood was much pleased
with the report of the progress of
work at Howard during his ad
seuce. A new body of ore on the
south drift, some aoo feet from the
surface, was opened up. It is a
two-foot vein of black sulphide
which carries a value of $75 a tou,
They have been working on this
drift six weeks, and working in
Two Acres for That Purpose Will Be
Seeded and Fenced at Redmond.
Redmond, JDcc. 24. Contract have
been let for clearing, plowing, seeding
andfencing two acres of the cetneter,,
Neighbor Uenslcy wa the successful
bidder on the clearing and seeding and
A. j. Booth on the fencing. While we
want to see Redmond grow and increase
rapidly .in population we hope It will le
a long tirneibefote we need to improve
any more of the cemetery than tbi two
acre.
I'. C. Rowlee moved rip to Ja farm
near Bend ,011 .Saturday,
Nelghbqr Jui Handegaard has dis
posed of his ccjuity in his ditch forty and
homestead. He expects to get back In
Minnesota of .ChrisU? and then it' a
visit to the oJU iome In Norway. We
think, too, .that tbere in a girl back there
waiting for jbitn.
Public instigation of officers for the
D. I. & P. Setters Association was held
Saturday njjoi. John Tuck, president
IX. y. Jonttftccfeiofr, and J. H. Jack
son, jU-eaae was as far a your reporter
got wjieasosie 5te wanted to tell him
that the qdern Woodmen will have
public puliation of officers the first
Saturday nlghi of 1907. Neighbor Hen
slcy Is the pew consul and I I. Welch,
advisor wbie J. II. Khretwa re-elected
cleric aod C. W. Jihret, banker. A be
fore .yc did not learn who fills the minor
oCicj-.
We are pleased to note that both Mrs.
McGufiLe and Mrs. Reed fire much Im
proved since last week.
Mrs. Park spent several days last week
visiting at McLallin's .camp south of
Ponell Duties.
We Jjear that Mr. Ogden Intends re
turning to Pomeroy, Wellington, to
spend Jbe winter. At the present rate
lJjerc will not be very much to spend,
fjut we remember last March and have
nothing to say at present.
More blooded stock coming in. This
time it is Mrs. Muma with a trio of
White Wyandottes. They nre beauties
and we arc glad to see'them come. Wc
still think that the poultry industry ;
bound to be a big thing in this country
in time.
Mr. and Sirs. Q'Connor have gone to
Portland for n short time. Mr. Rcdfield
has just returned from there.
A Sunday School Christmas tree to
night and a hotel dance tomorrow night
is about the extent of the public fcstivi
ties as far as we hayc been able to leant
Apcidcnts will happen in a well regu
Jated community like Redmond. This
has been evidenced Jately by the fact
that Mr. Trisler got a broken nose ns the
result of too strenuous york clearing for
Yours Truly. We also saw a boy in town
carrying his arm in a sling, but did not
learn the particulars.
Several members of Mcl,qllin's guun
came in to spend Christmas. W, I..
Perry, Joe McClay, nul Wood and Your
Truly. J, J. Hllinger came in also from
the Johnson ranch, while Pearl I.ynes
went home to the valley for a visit.
Lastly lint not least we always notlei
the usual amountof improvements goinK
on upon returning to Redmond after ,1
short absence, U. C. Park.
Tumalo Items.
TVM.U.O, Dec. 35. Merry Christmas
How strange it seems to have u Christ
mns without any snow, but today then
is a heavy fog hang'ng over.
C, h. and Alice Wittier attended the
Christmas tree at I.aidlaw last night ami
report a good time.
Rev, Tnvenor of Bend stayed over
night in Tumalo Saturday.
A great many teams nre hauling lum
ler from the H.-S. Co. mill to differed
purts of the county, some going to He ml
boun to Madras,
A wrlous break occurred on the C. S.
I Co.'s ditch one day last week near
their headgate, which necessitates about
five or six days' work with several teams
to ropair,
VJ?;P V' Smllh aml Mni Uwrence
and Union and Pearl Hightower and
Vera Mackey are spending a two weeks'
vacation at their home at H.-S. Co.
mill.
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