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HID IJAI.L IS ROII.INU
Preparations undct? Way
for a Qrcat BIk Fourth,
$1,000 IN PURSliS AND PRIZES
llontl IVopla Aro Duty with liana for
b Unique and (llorlou Celebra
tion A Trout Harbacue.
Ucml will eclebrnto the glorious
Fourth. That Is assured. Com
mittees arc appointed, funds are be
big liberally subscribed and every
one who visits Ilcnil on the next
unttoual birthday will be sure of
'the time of their lives." A mass
meeting was held at the 1), M hall
last Moudny evening to start the
ball a-rolllug and everyone was en
thusiastic and everything harmon
ious The necessary committees
were appointed and the work is
now Mattel.
I'mult 1101V contributed indicate
that close to $1,000 will be spent
in the celebration. That sum as
sure a good cue. One of the chief
features of the day's entertain
ment ill be another grand trout
Iwrboctie such as was so popular
last June when Governor Chamber
lain and other state officials were
in Hcnd. Tom Triplctt is chair
man ol the fish committee and
promises to-cittch enough fish to
feed the population of the whole
country for miles nrouud. Some
able orator may be secured to de
liver an address and help stir up
the jKople's patriotism and enthus
iasm. A grand exhibition of fire
works will lie shot off In the even-
In);
Thcie, of course, arc only three
of the leading attractions. While
the program lias not yet been made
out, it is. certain that good purses
will be hung up for horse racing,
broncho busting, foot racing of
various kinds, climbing the slip
pery pole, catching the greased
pig, etc., etc., etc. In short, all of
the sports that go to make the day
glunous.
Will you celebrate in Ilcud? You
will miss it if you miss it.
The committees appointed are as
follows:
Piimiicr-11. 1'. J. McDonald. A. II.
Grant. It. A. Hathcr.
(Sport 1 u. iirown.nr. toe, j. 11.
Wrnnmly.
Htitcrialuunmt . I. I. Weil, Dr.
Xlcltol, A. I.. Goodwlllie, M,rs. II. C.
HIH-.
Visit Tom Trlplelt. Ralph Sheldon.
MllUrd Triplet!, i)r. Nlohol.
firework I. II, Wcuandy, C. I).
Brown, Nick Welder, A. II. Grant
Advertising Clmt. I. Howe, J. It.
Nittlilll. Dr. Coo.
Ground 8. C. Caldwell, chairman.
Ilatanceof eoimntltce to Ikj appointed
later.
CATHOLIC CHURCH DEDICATED
(lend House of Worship Is Opened
with Impressive- Ceremonies.
Last Sunday witnessed the dedi
cation of the little Catholic church
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14,000 POUNDS OF NEW GOODS
Arrived this week. These goods will be sacrificed with the balance of the Bend Mer
cantile Co.'s big stock. Come early while the selection is good.
Store closes 10 a. 111, on
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at Hend The Hcv. ftuher Hick
ey was present to celebrate Mass
and to officiate
I'atVicr Hickcy opened the serv
ices by explaining to tlio congre
gation the meaning' and signifi
cance nf the difTcrcnt articles doned
by n Catholic priest when celebrat
ing Mass. He then nrocced-'d- to
bless the building by the sprinkling
of holy water and recitation of
pruyers. Afterwards Roscwlg's
Muni In F was sung by Mrs 11.
P. J. McDonald and Miss Hrutua
Ivrdman with Attorney Hen son as
organist. This service was very
sweet and pretty and impressive
and elicited much praise fiom tho.se
present. After Mass had been
celebrated Father Hickcy delivered
a short sermon.
A goodly number attended the
dedicatory services, many Protes
tant friends being present.
In the evening Father Hickcy
lectured briefly, cxpluliilug the
meaning of the candles, decorations
and difTcrcnt parts of the Catholic
nltar.
dedication" at Taidlaw
New Presbyterian Church Opened
to Worship with Appropri
ate Ceremonies.
The new l'rehyterlau church was ded
liutwl but Sunday morning. A kmmI at
tendance m preterit The service were
conducted hy tlte pastor, the He v. J. C.
George, uMitted by Rev. Mitchell of
rrinrville ntul Rev. Tavenor o( (lend. In
liUnddrvM Rev. Mltrholl endeavored to
Imprt-M ujkiii tli mlmU and heart of
tit jJe the world' need of the Sav
iour, the centlal step of every true fol
toner o( Uie Matter to dedicate hi life
to Hit service.
Alter the nerinau, Rev. Mitchell made
an tpMl to the (woplc for a donation to
be ued in mrlning .rati (or the
church. Till was uict with a ready ntul
hearty iejione hy many prccitt who
were interested In the work, for the
pretcnl thr scats will cotuUl of strong,
folding clulr. Thco chairs wilt not
only 1 very serviceable lmt very con
venient, a hy their uc it will be tKmihle
to sea! almost double the nuuilier that
could I seated with itattonary pew.
Something like 60 chair were donated
that day.
After the service all were invited to a
sumptuous dinner given hy the Indies ol
Unldlaw, These ladle deserve the high
ctt comineudntion for their splendid
splrltof good-will and the royal hospl
tnlity wltlcli mm ihown hy them in en
tertaining over U5 cople. All went
away from the little village of taidlaw
feeling that their lot lwd fallen in pleas
nnt place, for the detcrt hail brought
forth of her Increase.
The church was dedicated free from
debt.
On the liiday evening preceding ded
ication a reception was given in the
church in honor of Rev. George. Many
were in Attendance and a very pleasant
evening enjoyed, Refreshment of ice
ercniu and cake were verged.
Rev. George and family wilt leave
soon for Iowa where they will remain a
few month, and will later prolmhly re
turn to Walla Walla, Wiuti., In order to
give Rev. George' children the educa
tional advantages of Whitman college.
Relied Uarloy for Sale.
In the Johnson building on Wall
street at llcud. Stf
Sundays.
OKND, ORECOty,
COMPANIES MERGED
Crook County TclcpUqne
Linus Arc Consolidated.
PLAN MANY lA.PRQVGMONTS
lUUnslons Will Do Made to Hursts, and
Silver Lake Through Bervtcc,
to California.
The Deschutes Telephone Com,
patty, with headquarters at Hend,,
and the State Central Telephone
Company, or the Summers lines at
Prineville, will be re-organised and
consolidated Into a new company
to be known ait The Pioneer Tele
graph and Telephone Company.
The new company will have a cap
italization of $150,000, and will
have over 300 miles of wire In oper
ation, with several new lines under
construction. The stockholders of
the new company will meet at
Prineville next Monday and affect
an organization. Several of the
leading business men of Prineville
have Income identified with the
new company and will take an
active part in its management here
after. .
W. 1?. Gucrin, Jr., president of
the old Deschutes Telephone Co ,
has taken the agency of the local
exchange at Prineville, which is
owned by the Pacific Telegraph
nud Telephone Company. The
city lines will b e rebuilt n t
once and u metallic circuit system
put in. Hates will be the same as
the lleuil rates. Three regular
operators will be employed and
the office will be kept open
from 6 o'clock a. m. to 12 o'clock
p. m., both Sundays and holidays.
Various extensions and improve
ments are planned for the immediate
future. Two of these extensions
that will be commenced at once are
a new line from Prineville to Hums
and one from Prineville to Silver
I,akc. These lines will be first
class in every respect. A very
heavy wire will be used, strong,
substantial poles put in and modern
instruments installed on both the
Hums nud Silver Lake extensions.
Connection will be made at Silver
Lake with n line from Illy which
will furnish a direct Hue from Cali
fornia through Central nud East
ern Oregon to Idaho, Washington,
and Montana. The new line will
be about 500 miles shorter than
those lines running through the
valley and will undoubtedly do a
heavy business.
The Pritieville-Madras line will
be rebuilt soon into a substantial
and modern line. Farmers' lines
will be built through the whole
section covered by the new com
pany wherever conditions warrant
FRIDAY, MAY io, 1907.
it. A new line fiom Prineville to
Paulina is being built, about 40
miles being now completed.
The Summers Unci consist of a
line from Prineville to Post; Prine
ville to Howard to Summit Prairie;
Prineville tip the Ochoco) Prineville
to Madra via Grizilcy, Culver
and Lamouta; and Madras to Hay
Creek. The lines In operation by
the Defchulcs company were the
Dend-Priucville line; Bend to Bis
ters via Laldlaw; Bend to Rosland,
and Bend to Redmond. The latter
company also has farmers' lines
covering the territory between Send
and Rostand, Bend and Sisters, and
lias one building from Bend info
the Arnold ditch district. It also
recently took over the D. I. &, P.
Co.'f private line which gave it
communication with several of the
large ranclcs lying cast of Bend,
Another feature under the new
organization that will be a great
improvement Is that the Pacific Tel
egraph and Telephone Co. has pur
chased a building at Shaniko and
about June 1 the Shaniko central
office will be moved into the com
pany's private building in order to
avoid the publicity heretofore exist
ing because of the location of that
office In the hotel corridor.
The main office of the Pioneer
Telegraph and Telephone Company
will be at Prineville but it is under
stood that a large part of the office
work will still be done at Bend.
CIRCUIT COURT IN SESSION.
No Indictment Returned against Har
rison Melvln Other Court Notes,
Circuit court convened at Prine
ville Monday, with Judge Brad
diavv presiding. Harrison Mclviu,
the man who killed S. H. Dorrance
last winter, was not indicted by the
grand jury and was discharged.
The evidence before the jury showed
plainly that Dorrance had threat
ened to kill Melvin and that Mcl
viu shot in self defense.
The case against O. If. Hrickson,
sou ol Chas. Ivrickson, for Mealing
a horse, went to the jury about 3:30
Wednesday afternoon. The jury
remained out until about 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, when they
were discharged, not being able to
ngrce on a verdict Hrickson will
be tried again, his case coming on
today. Those who heard the evi
dence say that there was not the
shadow of a case against Hrickson,
the action having been brought
through spite It was reported
that the jury stood 11 to 1 iu favor
of acquittal.
Wm. Horsle and V. C. Rowlee
were arraigned for selling liquor nt
Redmond without a license. Rowlee
plead not guilty and was dis
charged. Horsle plead guilty and
was fined $250.
A. A. McCord wa fined $300 for
assault on Rich Fqvvell. It is un
derstood that Powell was tearing
down McCord's fence and McCord
shot him through the hand.
The case of Clark vs. the Colum
bia Southern Irrigating Co.,
brought to collect damages sus
tained on account of the failure of
the company to supply sufficient
(Coutluucd oti page 8.)
.CROCKER & McDONALD, Agents
FOUR DEEP WELLS
AJoore Bros. Will Drill the
First One at Redmond.
COST OF DRILLING, SIQ.000
Agreement Call for Dajrth, of 800
Feet hi Each Well If Water I
Not Pound Sooaer,
Moore Bros, of Madras have
closed a contract with the Deschutes
Irrigation & Power Co. to sink
four deep wells on the company's
segregation, one on the Redmond
townsite one on the Haswell
Gucrin ranch, one on the Stanley-
Davenport ranch, and the other at
some other point on the segregation, j
The contract calls (or a depth ol
800 feet in each well, although they
will probably not co that deep if
an abundant supply of water should
be found at a less deptu. Die ;
price for the four wells is to be
$10,000. The contractors have
purchased the big drill owned by
the D. I. & P. Co. which began on
a well at Redmond during the early
winter and got to a depth of some
thing like 200 feet, when work was
temporarily abandoned. Moore
Bros, arrived at Redmond last Mon
day ami will begin operations at.
once. They estimate it will take
four months to sink the four welLs.
Many believe that au abundant
supply of clear, cold water will ic
found underlying the big dciert of
Central Oregon. These wells will
give the matter a thorough test.
TIIEYREFlFsE$59PERACI(E
Numerous Reports that Owners of
Ditch Land Will Not Sell
for Above Valuation.
TOMAW), Slav ". Robert Noland, vrho
his a fine eighty of ditch land fire utile
MUtheast of Rend, v at Tunialo one
day list week and while here he bought
a fine Jersey milch cow from C. W.
Winter & Son. Sir. Xoland ic greatly
pleated with the Dcschutca country. He
informed us that ome land in hi neigh
borhood was cijanging hand at 52 ler
acre.
On the other hand we hear that the
Sherwood' boys, who have a fine 160 acre
tract of ditch laud near Redmond, luive
refuted an offer of f$o per acre for their
land. The ones who ovvii good land arc
the lucky ones now dap.
Wc arc sorry to say that Johnny It.
Winter is stilt confined to his room with
the fever. Wc hope to hear of his speedy
recovery as it makes him very impatient
to sec this fine weather and not be. able
to be out to enjoy it
ljcv. Tavenor of Bern spent one n,igbt
n Tuniato this week the guest of l'ost
uijtter Winter and faniijy.
Hcpaty Attestor 1'. U. l)aytqn and Mr.
Tullarof Lahllaw were callers at Turn
alo yesterday.
The dedication of the new Trcsbytcr
Ian church at Laldlaw lavt Sunday was a
great success. The tenuous were very
appropriate and the basket dinner was
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just too good. When It come to getting
up something good, to ea.t the fair ladies
of Mldlaw and tl surrounding country
can't be beat.
John Stiles of I.alillaw was a caller at
Tumalo yesterday. John is riding ditch
for the Columbia Southern Irrigating
Co., and from the way he nets around
we wonld Jujj? he w:n ji(V the right
man in the right place.
C, M. Mudd anc) the new managers of
the Coumti"t Southern Irrigating Co.
were at Tnmalo yettenlay looking over
the company' work and talking reser
voirs. ' Tley say tlayr are up against n
big propostflon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Gibson were at
Tumalo latt Sunday visiting with C. W.
Wimer arji family. They were very un
fortunate in having their house and large
wood shed burned one day last week.
The tots falls heavy on them for they
had a large dwelling and it was well fur
nished with all kirids of costly furniture,
books amj pictures. Nothing whatever
wassved. Mrs, Glbwn bad a large
washing out on the line tnat was de
stroyed. They had a lrg hot bed with
all kinda of ptanta that was destroyed
also.
Redmond Items.
Rcpuoxp, May 6J. A. Wright late
of Plathcad Valky, Montana, now of
Redmond, Oregon, has bought the A. J
Booth property north of Forked Horn
nutteand will tike immediate posses
sion. We shall regret not to have Mr.
Booth for a near a neighbor as we have
had, but shall welcome Mr. Wright and
hope that he will find this as pleasant a
country to live in as wc have so far.
We hope that before long wc shall be
able to get our local papers for one
week before correspondence for lac
next week mutt be tent off. Not know
ing jutt what was written the week be
fore makes it somewhat- awkward some
times.
A letter just received front Comrade
John Trisler, Ottumwa, Iowa, says
"There arc lots of people here wln
would like to be out there and I don't
blame them cither." night inches of
snow for the last of April is not so bad
for old 'Iowa.
I. I.. Harader of our side of the riter
has bought the G. W. Moore Columbia
Southern irrigated forty.
Mrs. Tuck is reported as much im
proved and is .expected home froci Bend
the middle of this week.
This week vrc inaugurate n new de
parture in the pure bred stock indus
try in offering ior sate day old chick
See our ad elsewhere.
Mrs. C. X. lihrct lias been quite sick
but is much .better.
Bill Horsle is back from a trip to
rtrtland.
Quite a number of visltqrs.frora this
place to Prineville the past neck.
Joe McClay is out with I- L. Welch
clearing and Mike McGraw has charge
of the B. M. S. Stage stable at this place.
Ebrel Brothers have jutt installed n
spick and span new- National cash regis
ter iu the store. Tretty soon we'll sec
the over-head bundle carriers running
from all parts of the store to the cash
ier's desk nud many other improve
ments. The Reverend Mr. Lilly of Cline Vail
occupied our pulpit yetterdsy morning
and gave us a good sennotu
Sunday services have been ehanged
from afternoon to morning, Sunday
school coming at 10 and preaching at n
o'clock,
Mrs. L. L. Welch is entertslniug her
sister-in-law from rrinevllle.
E. C. Park.
for Creditors.
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