The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, January 11, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BEND BULLETIN. t . ' V VOL. IV ISKNI). OKKCON. I'KIDAY. JANUARY u, 1907. NO. 43 COURT HOUSE AGAIN County Court Attempts to l:vade Injunction. SCIII-M1: WILL HI: RI-SISTUD Prlnolllo King Determined to 'lliwnrl Will itf liupnyarit Levy Lowered but Assessments IncrcnucJ. County Coininlwiouer Jlnyley rnvwd through Mend Wednesday 911 his way home from attomlitijf a cioti of the county court nt I'riue ville. It i learned tliul tlic county court has awarded to McN'eilly & Wright a contract for htt,itlitiK tin foundation of the proiKW.-d new court houw 'I he foundaiiou Ik to cot $16,516, tlie entire building ft.j8.591. The conltuctoru to hind tjienmlvea to complete the job when money U available to pay for it Utter. It Is dmjdy m subterfuge hik! uVMMiou to amrt that constructing h $10,000 Imncmetit in not incurring iridebtediMea for the county to complete the structure; Ixrtidc it muat lw borne in mind that even tltt $16,000 iii not yet available or likely to Ik If. in jH-obable, the collection of the entire roll i eon tmMed. Their scheme may sutwfy lite commUrtionenf, but not the lihjher court. The contrnctor takes great chances of ever getting hi JHiy. sine it it well known that the job is to atoppttl ovuii if it becomes uccaitury to tie up the entire tax roll. Thure in no desire on the part of Western Crook to olmtruct reasonable improvements even in Prineville, and we are awured that the Krenter rt of the besfcitiens of that city itself are opposed toJffonfo,, this extent of thu proposed cxpen-. diture, and disapprove of the doings of the ring Last spring the ring became panic stricken at the discovery that through the rapid settlement in the Deachute valley Western Crook could outvote them two to one, whu 11 com para lively new ami un known man was elected county comitiiBkktncr by an overwhelming majority over one of their tnot popular men. Knowing that thuir domination would end with the expiration of the terms of Judge Hell ami Comuiiion' r Steam, they attempted to secretly railroad through 1111 unueceasnrily large ex txiudittire in order "to spend money in rrlnevllle" and saddle o extra vagant a court Iioums on the tax jwyer that they would Ims deterred powihly from the proposed county divkdon, which wa recognised at inevitable two years hence. They have forced the iaaue, and it i not improbnbltt that the taxpayer will move the county .seat liefor the exeuditure takes place. The plan of the ting resulted in the ntaciutor incrcu.ing, even doubl ing the valuation in thu western part of the county, mi as to throw the burden of the extKMiditure ujkiii that territory and rake in all pos sible taxes hefotc a divihiou. The lx)rd makes a gntudstuid play of reducing the tax rate, but the hollowne.SK of this Is npixucnt when it is seen that the levy is to produce $88,381 or $a7,.J3 more than last year, thus providing funds, if no opposition results, to complete the building in two years, mid before their regime will end. The Story of tho Scandal. Last spring foreseeing that they would have political domination of the county, the Princvillc ring de termined to stick the county for 11 big expensive court house while they still had the power, l'lans were secretly prepared and bids nd vertiscd for in tin inconspicuous manner, in a l'ottlnnd paper, No one outside of the ring knew what was going on, until the scheme was discovered and exposed by the Madras Pioneer, The I'rincyille papers even the ofiidal organ of the county suppressed mention of the plot. Indignation spread among the taxpayers. A prelimi nary injunction was obtained re straining the commissioners from any anion whatever until further order ol the court. The iiijiiiirlion whs placed in hands of the sheriff lor Nvrvice by a social messenger the day prior to opening of the bids. Presumably nt Judge lit IPs instance the sheriff conveniently re served service until the commission ers went through a farce of reject ing the only bid of some $65,000 and scut the plans back to the architect with instructions to maku NO MATHKIAI. ciianou but bring Cost TO WITH I N ,15.000. Ill July Judge llradshaw granted a permanent injunction against Jc--iug any com met or incurring any indebtedness in excess of $5000 This they now pro-tow to evade in spirit by letting the contract for only a portion of the work but binding the contractor to complete the job when further funds are available, thus defying the pro tests lodged by some Moo voters and taxpayers. It was intimated at the time the first bid was oteued that there was n job in it. Whether this was correct Can be judged from the fact that the bid now acted up on is lor (8,591. something like $25,000 letw, and as the Crook County Journal states in its issue of November 15, for "the identical -dan and specification submitted in the spring." If the new contractor is not a dummy for the one who made the former bid. it is demonstrated that the opposition then raised to the secrecy m asking for bids was more than justified, since even the enterprising contractors of Prints ville were not able to then gut in a bid on work in their own city. We shall see what we shall sec, but at any rate the agitation has saved the county some $35,000. There is uo fiulit against Prine ville. All Western Crook wants is a square deal. What it objects to is the paying of an unjust pro- e piyin of the taxes by the trick rpf raising the assessment on prop- crty 111 this section without a cor responding increase elsewhere. T. W. 7.IA1MURMAN MAKKIKI). Wed Mlsa Mabel Williams at Port land on January 2. The following note, taken from the Oregouiau, will interest the lieud friends of Mr. Zimmerman, who, until last spring, was the bookkeeper for the I). M. Co. at this place: On of thr prettitmt wedding of the week wwt tolemtitMsd Wednesday even ing, Jan. 2, M ih residence of A. II. Clark. lojj Uast Main otrt. when Mia Mnll 11. William, of Memphis, Teuti., hm united in inrriKc U Theodore W. ZimiiitfrniHii, of Howard, Or. Mr. Cor-ui'U-k nrtnl mi groomsman, and Mr. CoHHtt h matron of twttior At 8 o'clock Mim l'onl ilyd MemUlaMlin' wt ding march, and the paator, folkwl ttv the KrwoMiittaii hihI kmohi, entereil lint jwrlor and Umk lliir place in the wrcli wny. Later the Uride, tirucixletl by lire. Cowan, aluwly iiterel tty another route, and the beautiful riiiu service of the Christian church wan twrr formed by Rev. J. T. Oltoruiley, Mia Williama' former pattor. Mia Williatn, a brunette wan lovely iu cream ilk voiV, trtiinnl iu kce and ilk autdliiue, and curried a aitower lwuiuel of bride roe, with tulle ami while aalin ulreanwr. The uialrou of luiiior wore cream ImiimUwh. triuiuted with huf. Mi Wllllaini hiuI Mr. Ziiii iiicrnuu art well known in the clly In muaicid cirdm, lioth having lived here inioual). Mr. .immermaii wa a nicmlicr of a glee club, condurtett by I'totefeaor Wiilcr. The bride Iwa titkcii jtarl in miuiy iiroiniiiHiit uuulcal event, mid una Milo w)irum) of lite Suuuyvide M. It. chtirch for tuo year. Mr. and Mrs. Zliuincrm.iu will reinaiu in thu city at the llotul Oregon until after the Scluiiiiiuiu-lluluk concur!, then they will villi relatives in Albany and later go to Howard, Or. whore they wilt reticle, A Peculiar Wound. Mrs. Hugh I.ister ot this city met with a peculiar accident. Some six weeks ago while .stamping her feet to kick oil' some snow she stepped on a broken lamp chimney. She felt ti sharp pain in her foot nt the time nud upon investigation found that n piece of the glass had cut her foot. She paid no further attention to it at the time but for some reason the wound would not heal. Dr. Rosonbttrg examined the wound and removed a triangu lar piece of glass with a base half an inch long. , The foot is now get ting better, Princville Journal, BUILD IN THE SPRING Active Construction Now Planned for Next April. WILL LOCATE (1RAIIAM LINK Story to tlio Hffcct Hint llnrrlmmi in tension In Oregon Will He Started within n Pew Months. Actual eonttructiou on the work of extending the Hnrriinmi line from Nntron to Klamath Pall will begin the flmt of April. r.ralor will start on May 1 to Iti1d the O. It. & N. uxteiMHon from the ColumMa up the lcehMte river In to Central Oicxou. In about five week a crew of aurveyor will be at Hcml mak ing final location on the preliminary survey made by Kngiiteer Graham ll winter. The above intereatittK tatement were made during the week by C. J. Millar, engine, r in charge of a crew that ! now making Anal location on a line runnifie eaat from Ode I. Mr. Millar wa in Hrrid on twaim ami while here tol.l the above lory. He said thai preent plana con template active construction aa aUive imillned, ami tiMt Central Oreaon will be the acene of miKh railroad building during the comitiK Minmer. IIU crew will make lite final loculion on the Grahum turvey through Hh1. Mr. Millar tted that the propo-il dam to tie built in the Deachute by thr reclamation tervice, would not interfere with tlie building of a line up the river by the O. R. ,"s N. He said that their urvev had lieen o male aa to over come thai olMtacle. Mr. Millar alaoklateI that contt ruc tion enKiifer were now at work at Vale, from which point the Oregon Itaatern U to tie IhiIU acroMi the tate wetwanl to Ontario. The enginecri are a I way followed in railroail coitntnictmn by the Trader hihI the actiml building of anew nc. It hm alui tearnetl from ubMilutcly rcllublc sotircea that gnuline will lie commenced wxi tnrint; slmuluiteoualy at Natron and ItoMand rtiuniiiK north. Thu by t!te time the rail reach thU Ride of the Cascade, the laying of raft can be c.iiitliiiie.1 north through ltnd and south to Klamath 1'all. New Council 0rganlz.es. The new city council met last Tuesday and perfected an organi zation for the coming year. No business of imortance was trans acted, only routine matters being attended to. Following are the committee appointments made by Mayor Coodwilhe: Police, I'ire and Liquor License Caldwell (cli), McDonald and HeuMin. Streets, Tuldic Way ami Sewers Stroud (ch). Caldwell ami Oneitl. Way and Mean Koikwm (ch). Stroud ami Wenamly. Health McDoiutld (ch), lleiinoii ami Onedl. Cemetery and Public I'rujicrty Oneitl (ch). Luldwelt and Wenamly. Rule. Order of Huainetcaitd Itlection wenamly (ch). MclMnam aim htowL S. C. Caldwell was reappointed fire chief for the enautug year. 0KIK10N FACTS OHSIKBD. Tliotisaml.s of I'coplo Asking About Oregon Lands. Portland, Jan. 7 Never at any time since Oregon became a state has there beeu such wide-spread interest in her development as is evidenced by the letters received from all parts of the United States by the Oregon Development League. President T. 11. Wilcox, of the State League, has just authorized an increase in the advertising iu thoroughly reliable agricultural pub lications of large circulation. These advertisements are devoted exclus ively to 'J'e agricultural lauds of the state, lor it is an increased farm population that Orcgott needs more than all else combined. Put ener getic farmers on the vacant lands, cut up the largo ranches and the cities, towns and villages of Oregon will grow and prosper. With that end in view Oregon is being adver tised as never before, and the iu quiry is three times as great as it was during the Lewis & Clark Ex position. Many communities of the state ore sending out literature to inquir ers, lists of which are being fur nished to each and every one of tlie sixty-three organizations compos ing the Oregou Development League. Letters of inquiry are com- httr in mnnv different lmifriincj . English, German, Swedish aud 1 Polish lead; letters arc coming from every state in the Union, but Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, tile Dnkotas aud Nebraska arc about equal iu number aud it is from just these portions of the United States thst we want our immigra tion. An accurate conception of the enormous correspondence can best be had from the fact that it cost $527 00 to pay the outgoing postage for the past twenty-five days from the Portland office alone. Kcmcmber that it is iu January that you get more readers than any other month, tiecause the farmers iu the cold sections of the country are resting, but February is also important. One piece of literature aud a ersoiinl letter sent today are worth more than tui during the farmer's busy season. MCJ IRRIGATION DAM. farmers Up Oclioco Protect Interests by liulldlng Large Dam. Oliver Powell, John Watkius aud I?. N. White completed last week an irrigation dam which has cost them $1500 on Oclioco creek about a mile aud a naif east ol l'riueville, says the Review. This dam bears a remarkable resem blance to the Stewart dam on Crooked river, with the one excep tion that the latest reservoir holds lens water. A line of piling was driven across the stream, crushed rock being laid arotin it, aud the whole covered with two-inch plank ing inclined downward on cither aide of the piling. This reservoir is a little more than four feet deep at the dam, 90 feet wide, and the water is backed in the creek, for about 800 feet. The dam is the best constructed one on Oclioco, and will insure a plentiful supply of water for three farms. LAND SELLS RAPIDLY. Many People Are Investing In Ditch Holding Hereabouts. Speaking of the development that is taking place on the irrigated lands of the D. I. & P. Co., the Portland Telegram has the fallow ing to say: "The company has reclaimed 75,000 acres of laud in Crook county aud is making rapid strides in its work of making the remainder of the property placed iu its care fit for settlement. Already 500 con tracts have beeu made with persons who are now living on tl-eir hold ings or are planning to go there this spring. The aver?gc unit taken by the settlers is So acres, although at least 100 contracts have been made with persons who want only half this amount of land. "That 40 acres is enough to pro vide for a family is proven by Joseph liuckholz, one of the first settlers on the reclaimed laud. Uuckholz is a farmer who attends to his laud aud his crops, spending no time at the village grocery ex plaining how to run the government- He decided to put ten acres of his new holdings into garden truck and the remainder into hay aud grain. As a result liuckholz cleared $100 an acre on truck laud, besides nuking good profit on his hay aud grain. "All of the settlers who have gone into Crook county during the post few mouths and taken up homes on the reclaimed laud arc said to be well satisfied with their holdings, and are urging their friends to come. It is expected that 20,000 acres will be cultivated by next September, providing homes for 700 families; counting five per sons to each family, it is figured that within the next eight mouths 3,500 honest, industrious settlers will be added to Crook county's population." Cleared $60 per Acre. Over S15.000 worth of alfalfa seed tells the story of what was done in this year This amount is exclusive of the Willow creek coun try. The farmers have heretofore paid little attention to their alfalfa seed, but a few put their heads to gether and said they would try it a year and the results were astonish ing. Some of the growers cleared $60 per acre from their alfalfa seed alter paying the expenses of thresh ing, etc Vale Oriauo, TRAPPING COYOTES How 'to Successfully Fool the Wary Animals. TRIQKS OF THE TRADE TOLD Redmond Trapper Describes Methods Used by Him In Catching Fifteen of the Sly Brutes. If you wish to trap coyotes and rid yourself of the miserable pests, read the following. Several weeks ago The Bulletin's Redmond corres pondent mentioned that Lysle Perry had trapped 1 1 coyotes aud was still after them. A few days later The Bulletin received a -note from an unknown writer in which the request was made that Mr. Perry state, in an article in this paper, the methods employed by him so successfully iu trapping these wary brutes. His article follows, in answer to a request from The Bulletin: TRAI'PING COYOTH6. For the benefit oi those who wish to trap coyotes for profit or for the purpose of ridding themselves of this pest, I give below two of my "sets" or methods by which my father and I have been successful in catching 15 coyotes. I have 11 to my credit. The Ncwhousc traps, size No. 2 ure those I prefer. TRAIL SKT. Find a trail frequently used by coyotes and search tins for a place where rocks or brush make it nec essary for them to step in nearly the same place in passing. Set the trap, wiring it to a wood en clog four feet long and about two inches thick nt the base or thick end. Dig out a hole large enough to admit the trap when set, making it about one and a half inches deep. Place a sheet of paper (not stiff pa per) cut just large enough to cover the open jaws over the trap and cover I he trap at least one half inch deep with dry sand, also burying the clog. I usually use a magpie's wing or a bunch of rabbit fur to brush away evidences of my work iu setting the trap. BAIT SKT. Make a drag of rabbit, cut open, or use the entrails of a larger animal and drag them about, making sev eral large circles returning each time to tlie same spot. I would suggest that beef offals make a good bait drag. Previously set a trap and bury the trap and clog as described in the trail set at this spot afterward being careful not to set off the trap yourself. Drag the bait the last thing about the trap once or twice aud finally place it where it can be gotten at only by going over the trap. Now place a small stick or twig before the trap so that by his carefulness in stepping over the stick he will step into the trap, and your set is complete. It is mi important thing that you use dkv sand iu making sets iu cold weather for wet sand will freeze and render your trap harmless. I would suggest to those bothered by this "critters" that a bounty, though small, offered by county or state, would do much toward re lieving you of their depredations. I would be pleased to give any one who wishes more information as to trapping coyotes or trapping coon and mink, what benefit my experience may prove to be to them. I will answer any question you may wish to ask providing you en close self addressed stamped enve lop. W. Lysuj PBRRy. Redmond, Oregon. Powell Duttes Items. Perry Jones' brother has just arrived here from Nebraska, having brought, his wife and two children. Another settler for the old river bed, People lathe old river bed are not water dogs enough to want their, laud washed away or deep channels cut in it by too much water, but they would nppreclrt' enough for domestic une. Vurt JJavfs had the misfortune to luu ahorse foundered on grditl recently which the animal broke laid. Doc Piitin.in of Haystack par9cc through this section lost week 'with dm wild eat and 14 coyote' hide, which h caught on the desert. ' Some of the Powell Uutto rancher declare they heard the cars whistle. On, man heard tli-s whistle in' the morning before he was up. WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. Public Installation of M. W. A. at Red mond a Pleasing Affair. Rkdmo.vd, Jon. 7 At the public in stallation Saturday night by the M. A. vikiting Neighbor O. II. Long actcl a installing officer. The social time and box supper were enjoyed by a good sized crowd, nearly fjo being realized from the sale of the boxes. Some of thern were elegant on the outside and some on-the inside. Many of thern ful tilled both conditions, while some of the young men were kept so busy getting the right girl's box that they did not know any thing about the box itself. The storm lias either got our wire down or crossed and short circuited or something else is the matter with them tlwt makes news scarce this week. We liail occasion to go down tlie ditch from town but week and we saw one evidence of prosperity for the first time Neighbor Kendall's big painted house L. L. Welch had been pulling trees and had let him out into the world. Mr. Hansen hauled wood to Princvillc Wednesday and returned Thursday with feed for P.hret Hros. Yours Truly beat him a day over Tuesday and back Wcdnc&day. W c are told that Mr. l'ranz and Mim Dora Harader were married Christmas night and have left on their wedding trip. Their many friends will wish them a speedy return and a long, prosperous and happy wedded life. Mr. Pcaslcy expects to add to his possessions of real estate. Then he will pull some trees and do some more clear ing. Later he will take the field for the Mellon Nursery. L. E. Trickett returned Wednesday from Prineville, where he had been building for W. II. Moore. W. A. Ward has sold Ids forty, we un dcrstand. Queer how some folks can t stand batching Vic O'Connor Is expected back from Portland on tho first stage of the new company. Some people seem to expect their mail on the same stage. Do not be alarmed for that company will not carry mail until they bid on a contract at loast. The colouel Jjas left us for a season and gone to Portland. Perlups that s the cause ot the storm. A special school tncetlng is called. Owing t lhe storm or some other cause we did not get cither the date or the object. Wc haven new driver on the Pnne-ville-Cliuc Palls stage, IC. C. Park A NEW 10ST0FFICE. Ono Will Be Established on C. L. Gist Ranch. Tomaio, Jan. 8.C. L. Gist was in Tumalo Monday on buiine. Mr. (iui stated that he is just iu receipt of a let ter from the poatal department asking him to uiake application for postmaster as per petition sent in lost month for tin extension of the Bend and Tumalo route a distance of seven mitoe from Tumalu, the new postodice to bo called Gist. George Stevens of Madras was iu Tumalo yesterday distributing bills nn uounoiug the big sale of lOkins at Print ville. Dr. Coe of Bend passed through here yesterday, being called to see Mrs. J. II. Kdwards, who is sick, Mr, Spainhour was 4 Tumalo caller Monday, The worst storm of the year visited us last Thursday, Heavy winds with rain made us think of the Willamette valley. Mrs. Iluzelbcrg is suffering an attack of rheumatism. Dr. Turley U attending Uer, Wm. Baker was doctering his horse, which was very sick at Tumalo, Friday1 Saturday and Sunday. Lewis McCallister passed through hero on lift way to Bend yesterday. (Continued on page 8.