LOCAL BITS. Mtikc your Iioihc cozy. 1'raiik OIunh of Redmond was lit JkMiil Wediiowlay. Rev. ficomu mid wlfo of I.aldlnw ucte Honil visitors Tuminy. Tom I.niiKilon of Redmond is sfCiiiliii,: n few days In Hand this week. Mr. C. A. Joiium lclt .Sunday niomint; fur a jdiort vlnit t Port laud, J. 1. WojiI'mihw fiirniltirc stock will help you to make the home comfortable. Fifty jcr cent cut on gloves anil mittens rtl McrrlU'n Scmi-Aununl Clearance Hale. Mm. II. P. J. McDonald nutl Mrs. O. S. Crocker took n plenum: trip to I.nldlaw lnt Monday. Mr. nnd Mm, Joint tftcldl mid V. P. Vnndevert were visitors nt the school last week Thursday. The Hshool boys of the town are tiithu.i!astic over lmulxill nnd an attempt In bciiiK mudc to orKitnirc h nine. Miss Marlon Wlcst litis some tiling of n novelty in n box of tulint in full bloom .sitting ou her desk nt ochool. Do not forget Merrill' Semi Annual Cicnrntict .Sale. Inning tut til March 15. A rcnt price cut ou every article in slock. A crew of seven men .ipettt Suit May it licitd ou their way into the Odcll country to cruiw out a body of timber for oubttde buyer. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. II. Sellers have rented the Goodwills cottngc on Ohio street, east of V. P. Vamlc- vert's, mid have koik to liottsckcep hiR. The fitcmnti's dnttce Inst Friday Was the moit successful donee of the season, it if said. A large crowd of voting folks attended and the fire company cleared about $40 from the proceeds. Big Cut in Groceries... Por two weeks now our cut in price of stnplc groceries tins brought much trade into our store. The people apprecinte (fie saving we arc offering them and (hey ore buying liberally. You Uflltt to save money, don't you? Then read over this Hit nnd buy your groceries of Nichol. New Petite I'runrr, regular price wi6,'c per lb.; now 1 1 wril water Cnatllr Soap, formerly hk per Uvr, cut price..,...., . 5c 5c f'till Cream Clioov, regular Icr lit.; now I'uunuz. Vanilla, former price 50c; now , Mlnccil Sen Clatiit, former price luc, now ('rcen and Jilack Ten, formerly Vc: now., 1 15c 25c 15c 30C 12'C 14c IvcIImc Mush, formerly now W. liilou Meat Cn.'a Shoulder, frch, former price if, now rmonr'a Vhlt iMontliiK Sonp, wm toe liar; now 5c Salmon, 1 Hi. can, a am for now 25c Croaccnt Wheat l'lnkos, Mine 'ir I'orcc, now a for ,,JuD oil Snrilluo, formerly lue; gj now iw f'urfcctlon Stock Catmip, wnn 3$c,y -, now XiOLf I'oiintalii Apricot, former twice in win 35c. now ....,,.,, Ul I'utiiitnin (JraiMw, formurly 2$c; OAr now (5ood Coffee, wAs) JKK now,...., 15c I.uumlry S6at. furmerly 35c; now 7 for ...... . TonmtocH, 3 cnim fof. ... 1 for 25c 25c 10c Com, former price ic; now. .. ......,.;. Larue l'rcnoh I'nmtw, former O y$ price 10c; now. O V I'ouiitain lYnchcs, former prlru 35c; now,,, I'oimtfttu Strawberries, former ly 30c; now , 20c 25c HVERYTHINO. IN TUG DRUO LINE Prescriptions filled by nn P.xpcrienced Registered Pharmacist W. S. NICHOL Make Your Home Cozy... There is no necessity of livlnii in n house like n barn not while J. I. West is Helling furniture nt the reason bl prices now offered. You only live once will be a lonp time dund so why not fix up the home and make it com fortnble. cozy nnd homelike? It will tnke only n few dollars jHsrhnH only n few cents. I now hnvc n very satisfactory line of furniture for you to choose from. Come in and look it over whether or not you wish to purchase. Uy the way, why ttot i;ct chair to ease those tired bones have the finest of Rocking Chairs COAL OIL J. I. WEST, - - NEW DAILY STAGE Prom BEND to SIIANIKO and All Interior Points New and Up-to-date Outfit Special Attention to Traveling Men The Most Scenic Route In Central Oregon Best Eating Houses on Any Stage Line PROMPT ATTKNTION GIVKN TO KXPRUSS aud BAGGAGE PAST l'RHIGHT A SPECIALTY Por Kates to I.nnd Locators and Timber Men, address P. 0. MINOR, Iknd, Or., or V. J. BUCKLEY, Ajtt., Shnnlko, Or. C. P. Hcckcr of Laidlaw was n Ilcnd visitor Wednesday. Mf. and Mrs1. John Stiles of laidlaw were Bend visitors! Tiles day. Tom Rutherford of Laidlaw at tended the dance in IJcnd Prlday night. Mrs Murk and Miss Harter of Laidlaw were shopping hi Iknd Saturday. Merrill is felling hats cheap dur ing bis Clearance Sale in fact the price is cut in two. A. II. Lippraan nild wifeof Priuc villc came to Bend last Saturday and spcuj Handily in Idvvn. Doyoit wish to save money? Then buy a pair of those $4.50 and fcj.oo shoes going fdr &J.00 at Merrill's. J. I. Wcsl gat in a four-horse load of furniture this week from Prlrlevillc. He has got one of the best stocked furniture stores in Central Oregon, George Hobos' nnd Clarence Sharp were in attendance at the fireman's dance last Pridny. They came in from the Baldwin ranch where Mr. llobbs has n contract for clearing laud. V, G. Allen, one of the recent new comers east of Bend, was itt town Saturday after some lumber, lie reports that he has nbout 20 acres cleared and that he will have quite nil acreage into crop this year. There will be Christian Rndeavor services nt the church next Sunday evening nt 7:30. Topict "The Bat tle of Buttles, or the Victory over Temptation." Reference, Mai. 36:41. Regular consecration meet ing. Mrs. Mike Morrison will leave soon for nu extended visit in Min nesota, ntul Mr. Morrisdtt will take up his residence bit his homestead. The Morrison residence, has bceil rented to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Ryau who will begin housekeeping there in soon. Dr, M.jjV. TtlrlL'y Ibis week pup chased the residence of P. L. Tompkins audvfie; ami Mrs. Turlcy will rtertinv it as Soon as it is vacat ed. Mr. and MfS. Tompkius will "VC i a fine, Inrge, comfortable rocking after n hard day's work. We " R,; ANOINd IS $3 to $8 KICK l'HOM FOR SALE - Bund, Oregon leave Bend, will stop at Hood River for awhile and if they like it there will locate permanently at that place. C. M. Mudd and T. A. Ruther ford came up from Laidlaw l&st evening to get the mail for that place, thus giving the Laidlaw peo ple their mail several hours earlier than if they waited for the regular carrier. II. P. Dietzel of Madras was in Bend the first of the week looking up business for the Madras Milling Co. Mr. Dietzel says that on ac count of the heavy rains and snow fall a bumper crop is expected in the Madras country this year and that the milling company are lay ing plans to take care of their share of it. Dr. W. S. Nichol returned to Bend Saturday eveulug from a trip to Portland nnd Hood River. He reports that the bill to create rtestutth couuty was killed in the senate last week Thursday. This bill had passed the house and it was generally believed that the senate would also pass it. But it met the same fate ns "Deschutes" nnd "Jefferson." TEi Central Ore gon Banking 2b Trust Company iNCoaroBATUD 1904, Cnpit.nl $25,000.00 Transacts a General Bnnk Ing Business. -i . .1 in Acts ns Administrator, Ex ecutor or Trustee of Estates Issues Drafts and Dank Money Orders on all Foreign Countries. Interest on Time Deposits Sate Deposit Boxes. Fire Insurance. DIRECTORS: A. Mi Drake, A. I GoodwilUe, President. Vice l'res. J, M. Lawrence, Secretary. F. O. Minor, Cashier. DKND . DRKGON . v r It is reported that Bcud is to have a new meat mqrk'ct. S. C. Caldwell returned to Bend Monday night from a business trip to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Prcd Shonqiicst were down from their Big Meadows ranch last evening. Mr. nnd Mrs. Mnyfield of Rogue River, parents of Mike and Wil liam Mnyfield, were in Bendycstcr day. J. I. West is giving away some very pretty pictures with every $ 5.00 purchase. Some ol them arc ou exhibition in his window. No tice them. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Kplscopal church will meet with Mrs. Vandcvert Wednes day afternoon nt 3:30 o'clock March 0. .Members nnd mends arc in vited to come out. Merrill's Clearance Sale will be continued two weeks longer, or un til March 15. The cut prices he is offering arc selling his goods rapid ly. If you want bargains in cloth ing, dress goods, etc., call on him. There was an exciting game of baseball last Priday afternoon be tween the married and single men of Bend, the "singles" winning by n score of 14 to 3. The star play was made by W. P. Vandcvert when he caught a sky-scraping fly in ccntcrfield, fired the ball to first nnd caught n base runner, thus putting out two men. Aud some of the old bucks are still suffering from sore muscles and joiiils. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Arnold ditch last week ar rangements were made whereby Tom Langdon would survey and make a complete plat of the main canal and lands watered by this ditch. He will also survey out the line of the main lateral running to the north toward Bend. Settlers who have land under the ditch are anxious to push it to completion and they will undoubtedly have quite a large acreage into crop this summer. Five sacks chuck full of mail reached Bend last evening, the first of any consequence since January 30. People are consequently happy again and are wearing a satisfied look. It took just an hour aud a half to work out the mail. There is a report from Shaniko that a train will be in there either tonight or tomorrow night. These reports have been so regular and so unre liable that there is general doubt as to when railroad traffic will be re sumed. Until the train does arrive, mail will be carried out of Shaniko twice a week ouly, according to,, re ports received at the 'phone office. Eggs for Hatching. Blue Audalltsians, thorough-bred stock. Best winter layers. Wm. P. Downing, 50-1 Bend, Or. NOW READY TO BUILD. (Continued from page 1.) panics nt the expense of the Pacific coast competition, for so small a price as trackage rights over the Southern Pacific between Oroville nud Sacramento. The Western Pacific will, it uj.bellcved, be com pleted as planned. All the con struction contracts in California, aggregating 380 miles have been let for a year past, nud 120 miles of the grading is done. Branch lines are now being pro jected by the engineering depart ment, aud it is expected that an entrance into Southern Oregon will be effected by way of Madeline and Lakeview. No official assurance has yet been given, but it is prac tically certain that the Western Pacific will tap the Southern Ore gou timber belt, and eventually be extended to Portland, In no other way can the road successfully com pete 'with the Harriraau lines lor the heavy tonnage ot the Pacific coast! PILOT BUTTE INN A. C. LUCAS, Proprietor Tables supplied with nil the delicacies of the season First-class Equipment Fine Rooms and Beds All stages stop at (he hotel door LIVERY AND FEED Good Rigs -!- C. D. BROWN BEND, - DHAUJBS IN Central Oregon Real Estate! Timber and Desert Lands a Specialty We buy or sell your land no matter where situated. We can sup ply you with any class of laud at any time. Call on us or write for further particulars. fi H I Mil 1 - 1 1 1- . , n. . , IURMtR Shop and Hatha in IIOTKf. Hotel HUdH O'KANE, Prop. MOST CF.NTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL IK BUND. SAMPLE ROOM IN CONNECTION. New Hdusc, New Furniture, Reasonable Rates. Good Rooms Always Reserved for Transient Trade. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ANNUAL DPvTDENDS Nearly 300 SATISFIED policyholders in Crook County. A, W. CLOTHIER, SPKCIAL AGKNT Z. F. oeN&tAL Commission and forwarding AiERCHAftT. SHANIKO, OREOON Urge, CtMHtiHU WarclMse. &ifitt(SiUcftc4 Prompt attention paid to those who faror me with tlieir patronage........ Bend Livery & W. J. ROBISON, Proprietor. LIVERY, and FEED STABLE HORSBS BOARDKD UY TIIK DAY, WKBK OR MONTH First-Class Livery Rigs for Rentr Theae No. 15 Bond tmt.bctwcta Minnesota and Orfon, Bead, OfCCOl RALPH SHELDON General Blacksmithing and Wagon Repairing HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY Our shop is located Timber Laud, Act June J. it;S. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. U. S. Land Office, taltericw, Oregon, January J.i97. Notice it hereby slven that iu compliance "1th the proriiionaofthe Actor Couure of June J, ih;8. entitled, "Au act for the ule ot timber laud In the atatea of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory," at extended to all the public land atatea by act of Augu.t 4, ii$t, Kllen 1'. Knurr, of BeuJ, county of CrooV utate of Orecou, lia thia day filed Iu IhU other her aworu itate ueut No. jioi for the purchase of the acU ne! aecjl.aM ',, and ne) ! ofiecjsinlp it, r i6e, wm. And will oflcr proof to ihow that the land ought 1 more valuable for ita timber or atone than for agricultoral puruoaci, and to e.tabllt a her claim to aald land before It. C. Kill, V U. coininlwionrr, at bla office Iu llend, Oregon, on Monday, the ijth day of April, 1907. She names M witueuca: A. D. ltstebenct, Mr. Hattle Morri, of Bend, Oregon, Uart Nlcliolai, 1 II, Marlou of Laidlaw, Oreguu. Any and all peraon claiming adversely the aboveleecrlVM lands are requested to Ele thelrclalm In tills office on or before the aald Jjth day of April, 1907. f8-aw J, N. WATSON, KegUttr BARN IN CONNECTION Reasonable Charges 8h COMPANY OREGON AtL KINDS OP i CORHKR f Bond and k Orkco.v Strkkts b Bend F. O. MINOR. RESIDENT AOENT MOODY Transfer Stable opposite Baptist Church. Timber land, Act ofJune 3, 1878, NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION V. S. Land Office, The Dalle, Oregon January 7, 19a Notice t hereby given that Iu compliance 1, the provUiousofthe Act of Congm of June 1(178. entitled "An act for the sale oftimber lauU lu the State of California, Oregon. Nevada mi. Washington Territory," aa extended to all u. Public Laud State by act of August 4, 1S93, liettie Kricksou, of Bcud, county of Crook, state of Orr g has this day filed luthl office heraworn sttu went No. 4769, lor the purchase of the uh t ofseci.tpU. r 10 e. loc 6 and neU W, seccintptSa, rue, win Aud will ofler proof to show that the 4.1 11 ought Is more valuable for It timber ot 4t"" than for agricultural purposes, nud to vstalit her claim to said land before II. C. liUU, V Commissioner, at hi office lu Bend, Oregon w. the will day of April, 1907. She names as witnesses: Lester N. Mcnrtii Oliver 11. Krickaon, K. A. hmith, Cliarle It KrtcLiou, all ot Vend, Oregon. Auy and all pcou claiming adversely tut above-descriuca lauds are requested to file iIk claims lu this office ou or before said islh di) 1 1 April, 1907. It-aia MICHAlir, T. NOLAN, KegUtcr