HrF tint 1 K jR, it JB. M0 Rni t TB "'jB H'" IWi V' ! B L-df VOL. IV DKND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1907. - " ' ----- ' .k NO. 42 L , . ... , . 1 1- . . . m B ocmiso wo are scljjng tho samo and better , quality at n closer margin is a very good reason why you' will find our store the ! best place to buy anything in tho lino of Groceries, Drygoods, Furnish- ings, Shoes, Hardware, Sash and Doors, Paints and Oils ' 1 The PINE TREE STORE 12. A. SATIIUU, iitoiunrroR r At IJcnd, Oregon. A Complete Slock ol DRY 'Kotixli. Stirjnccd mid (Moulded -LUMBER- At Bend, Oregon'. All Widths, Lengths xmd Thicknesses Reasonable Prices (iood (irntles Dry Stock INCH COMMON DIMENSION SI 1 1 PI. AT RUSTIC T. & O. FLOORING BEADED CEILING WINDOW JAMBS WINDOW CASINO HEAD BLOCKS O. C. BASUBOARD STAIR TREADS WATKR TABLE O. O. HATTINS MOULDINGS P. B. I). PATENT ROOFING PENCE PICKETS SHINGLES ETC.. ETC. Lumber Delivered at Low Cost Anynfacre on Tlic Lands of rite i). 1. & r. Co., or The C. S. I. Co. I CUSTOM PEED MILL IN CONNECTION. The Pilot Butte Development Company BEND, OREGON A PROFESSIONAL CARDS C. S. BENSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Bond, - Oregon. W. P. MYERS LAND ATTORNEYI Tnclvr vrr lwlfl jnnctlrc ifoic lite II. B, Unit ft 111 wi nikI rMtliitiit of Hie Interior. AUoKcucml itctlcc. Office, Laiw.aw, Oku. U. C. COE, M. D. OPI'ICIC OVUK DANK Physician and Surgeon niLltl'lIONIt NO. 31 MINI) ORHC.ON DR. I. L. SCOFIELD DENTIST lll'.NI), ORF.GON Ofllcc lit residence on Hawthorne Ave, R. D. WICKHAM Attorney - at - Law Ol'I'ICIC IN HANK IIUII.niNU. HI'.NI), . . ORF.GON M. V. TURKEY, M. D. IMiyslcInn niul Surgeon OI'l'ICK IN JOHNSON III.DC. OK WAM. ST. IlKNI). 0RKGQN J. tl. IANER, ABSTRACTER of TITLES NOTARY 1'IMIMC I'll liiturmicr, I.lle luiiruct, Kiuety lloiiih, Htal Kltr, Cutivrymiclnc HUNKVIM.lt. OKHOON THE First National Bank of PrinevlIIe. Established 1K8H. Cnnltnl, Surplus nnd Undivided Profits, $100,000.00 Severn! new subscribers put on this week. Your turn next. II I'. Allen Will Wuriwrllrr T. M lUlilwlii II. Ilalilwlu 1'rrtUlcnl , . .Vice I'rriUlciil . ,,.,.Clilcr AuUtunt Catlttcr THOROUGHBRED Poland China Boar FOR SERVICE Black iaugshans Stock and Eggs tor Sale E. C. PARK KltDMOND, ORKOON COUNTY BILL KILLED A. M. Drako Telegraphs Defeat or Measure. DIHI) IN COAMUTTEI: R00A1 Above Announcement Brings Dlsnp. polntment to ManyAll Favor Continuation of Fight. A telegram from A. M. Drnkc was received last Saturday morn ing by J. II. Ovcrturf which an nounced that the bill to create Deschutes county had been killed in committee last Friday. That was nil the news iu the telegram, but The Bulletin secured a more complete account of the "kill ing" from W. P. Myers, who has just returned from Salem. The fight (levcIoj)ed as follows: There were five members on the commit tee on counties. Of these, two favored the "Deschutes" county bill. Two were controlled by Princville one on account of race kinship with Will Wumvcilcr. the other being an old schoolmate of Representative BcUcnap. The fifth, with the deciding vote, was con trolled by the crowd kecking the creation of "Cascade" county with Howl River ns the county scat. Cascade county was defeated in the senate. When that happened, the "Cascade" crowd, instead of keep ing hands off, threw their influence against "Deschutes" and induced their man to vote against reporting it from committee. Thus the Das- chutes county bill died in commit tee. Tie bill would have passed if it had been reported, as enough leg islators favored the measure to ac complish its passage. Defeat, then, is due not to lack of merit contained by the bill, but on ac count of political wire pulling in the committee room. The news ot the death of the bill was received hereabouts with great disapK)iutmcut. Practically the whole population of Western Crook had gone into this fight with n de termination to rid themselves of the domination of the Princville "ring," nnd to create a county of their own whose affairs would be run in the interests of the people. Hence, the present failure brings bitter disappointment to many. Ex prcssious of this disappointment are heard everywhere. There is one noticeable feature, however, iu all the discussions, namely, that there is no intention of "giving np." The move for county division has been n move by the people, and the expressions now being made are unanimous iu the determination to carry the fight to a successful issue, even though it should take years to do it. Otlior Legislative Doings. A new water code bill has been framed from the debris of the orig inal bill introduced in the legisla ture, which it is said, has some chance of passage, says the Lake County Examiner. The bill, as presented the second time, elimi nates the clause declaring "bene ficial use shall be the basis, the measure nnd the limit to the right to the use of water." This wns a concession to the riparian rights people, who believed that this sec tion was aimed at them, Section 11 of the bill was strick en out entirely. This section gave the state engineer practically ab- CIIDVPV AftF IMKHPfi solute nower in'makhiL' rules and UUI T L?IJ AU lUJlJIvlS regulations. While the power to make rules is retained, there is in serted n provision that an appeal may lie taken to the courts from the engineer's rulings. It will probably be insisted on that the bill be made more specific upon this point. The bill introduced provided that the state engineer must proceed to. make hydrograph ic surveys on all streams and upon the completion of any survey the state engineer must file suits to de termine all water rights upon the streams. While the bill retains the author ity to make surveys, the provision requiring the attorney-general to bring suits has been cut out, and he Is required only to intervene in cases where the state has an inter est and where a suit has been com menced by private parties. With this change in the scope of the work, the appropriation has been reduced from $50,000 a year to $17,500 a year. The bill as introduced provided that the cost of suit should be chnrged to all the water users, pro ratn. The amended bill provides that no costs shall lie taxed against any person against whom the suit was not necessary. The provision that money may be advanced for surveys is retained, but it is provided that the money shall be recovered only iu the dis cretion of the court. The bill has been thus amended by its friends ns a concession to some of its opponents. A bill has been introduced by Belknap of Princville (and is now undoubtedly adopted) that raises the salary of Judge Bell from $600 to $1200 per year, and also in creases the salaries of aU county officials practically 100 per cent. Evidently there was a reason for that increased assessment aside from the need for a new court house. Antelope has been succcsstul in its county division. The new coun ty of Ncsmith has been created by tl(c legislature, with Antelope the county scat. It is reported that one line of the new county runs within n mile of Madras. Statements one aud two of the (Continued on page j.) t Indications Point to Im mediate Construction. BUSY ON OREGON EASTERN Naturo of Work Now Being Done In dicates that Grading Will Begin In the Early Spring. The Burns Times-Herald has an interesting story relative to the work that is being done on the eastern cud of the Oregon Eastern railroad. The nature of such work indicates that construction will be started early in the spring. The Titnes-IIcrald says: "Persistent railroad rumors of the past week in this city indicate immediate construction work to be gin on the Oregon Eastern and if reports arc true the line will be completed to this valley the coming season. "While The Times-Herald canr not vouch for the authenticity of the information, it seems to cminatc from a semi-official source that Chief Stroddley has definite in struction to rush the work as rapid ly as possible in order that con tracts for grading may let and work begin as early as weather conditions may permit. These contracts will be let in sections of from 10 to 30 miles from Vale to the western portion of this valley if reports are true nnd ae many contracts will be negotiated as possible. The roadbed for the entire distance named may be worked at the same time provided a sufficient number of contractors may be found. "Should labor be found plentiful such an arrangement would mean the completing of the grade work this season aud the matter of dis tributing ties aud laying rails does not require a great deal of time with the present modern method of do ing such work. "Engiueer Millar and his crew have been brought here from the west and it is understood will be placed ou particular work in this valley aud between here and Vale, making at least six different sur veying parties between the two points. One of these is now at THE PATH TO THE PASTURE TlIK unrrovv path that we used to tread I.cxl straight away from the farmyard gate, And down the lime to the posture lot, Where for our coming the cows would wait. Between its borders of grass and weeds It bore the prints of our restless feet, That stepped so blithe through the early Jews, Or lagged along in the pulsing heat. " Above our heads curved a roof of blue, Where oft we saw the ghost of the moon Go drifting by with the sua tipped cloud That sailed away to the port of noon, l'roin nodding thistle and mullein stalk Tim meadow larks through the summer sung, And from the stubble of harvest fields The bob white's call through the stillness rang, O little path of the long ago, I've wandered far from your beaten dust, And stumbled oft iu my journeys wide. And lost the key to iny childish trust; And now and then iu my waking dreams I stand once more by the pasture wall, And hear again from the harvest fields The cheerful sound of the bob white's call, Nrjw York Sun. AT work iu Crane creek gap making soundings and ascertaining what r1 necessary to make the require? cuts to bring the grade through tli pass on the per cent desired. Some have brought the news that actua' work on the roadbed had begun iii that section but they arc only test itig to ascertain the nature and character of the formation therein order to intelligently compute the estimated cost 61 construction over that rather difficult portion- "It is also rumored that Engincr Louis Shaw has been promoted and ns soon as he has finished the particular work he is now on he will be placed at the head of the construction work." The Oregon Eastern is the Har riman line building across the state cast and west from Natron to On tario and from which line it is planned to throw out a branch north ward to Bend and ultimately down the Deschutes river to connect with the O. R. & N. along the Colum bia river. BUjLDINdS GO UP. Redmond Opens Spring Season with Improvements. ' Rudmond, Feb. 18. Spring building is now on. Corning to town' sometimes one hardly recognizes1 that be is on the same old streets. The most ' noticeable buildings are the barn that Buckley U putting up for stage company horses amf Frank McCalTery's residence. Bring your blacksmithing to Redmond now. The shop is again open at the o stand and the anvil rings merrily to the' sound of the hammer all day loug. Not that anybody ou the segregation needs to be apprised of the fact bat that those at a distance who read these note may know, we hereby acknowledge re ceipt of water in the Filot Butte canal and laterals and suppose now that luiul- ing water from the river is oyer for another season. Saturday night we were delighted at the receipt of a small batch of mail from the outside world. It consisted of mail of the first class entirely and came by way of Oufur. Sunday night there may have been more mail, but we doubt it as there was none in our bag. Sir. Wright and family of Prineville passed through here Friday on their way to Cline Falls to visit friends. The Beesings of the Sisters neighbor hood were in Redmond trading the lut ter part of last week. It is reported that Fercy Walzer luu bought Sir. Wright's team and will farm this season. We hardly know whether it would be more fun to sec Percy with a wife or trying to run a cook stove. After the Woodmen meeting Saturday night there was a dance at II. P. Jones's We did not have a report, but can hardh imagine that it would be proper to re port a dance iu Redmond without say ing that it was well attended and every body had a good time. Mrs. Simons entertained several of her friends at cards on Thursday evening. It is reported that John Meredith and family of Cline Falls will move to Portland shortly. Carl Khret finally made connection and got back home Thursday night The euchre club meets this week with Sirs. George Wood, on Thursday. The north and south county rood as petitioned for has, been viewed and the linemen have been out, We understand that there is a good show that after the March term of court we may be able to drive out a few miles from town ou u road that is official instead of being siui. ply a trail through the woods. If it turns out this way we may turn in aud make another effort to get an east and west road. We understand that Mrs. Renehan is expected home before long and that Mr. R. is busy getting the new house ready for her at the experiment farm. It is understood, too, that Mr. R. will have two men to help him carry on the farm. Sir. Laudes was a business visitor in Prineville last week, Mr. Gates Satur day and the undersigued will try it today. Sirs. Reed, who has been oulte well lately, was taken last week with another attack. K, C. PARK. (County Notes coutUucd ou page 3.)