j, ft-m-W) f FINE NEW POTATOES only 4! cents per lb. Excellent potatoes and the price is only b trifle above cost. Fresh Bananas, Oranges & Lemons Just Arrived This Week ...S. C. Caldwell A Full Line ofup-to-Date anil Frosh Groeerlm. THE BEND BULLETIN Vi "For every man n square deal, no less and no more." ' CHARLUS U. ROWS Jb .EDITOR ter Bend housewives went begging for eggs and could not get tliem nt 50 cents n dozen, and were glad to buy one or two nt n time. liggs will average 30 cents a doen. Pork and beef always bring a good price and it is practically itn pnsMblc to get any pork in Ucnd There is good money for those who wdt go into hot; raising in the Ik ml country. ' A Bend rancher is now .sellitm THE QUGSTION OF A MARKET. 1 niwberries for ao cents a quart I if . . r :ir !.. .1.!.. - A subscriber to The Bulletin ' n aau" u,a" " "' "" -.writes from Waukou, Wush., tud sOescriitioj'i RATES: f.lr taenlto .. .-. Thrt monthi.- .. .. . .. 'InTarbbW tn ndnnct.) Il.jo .fo FRIDAY, JUNK 28. 1907 CNKm - IK'iV say:: "1 c In voor 1 cr thai looVinc well around Ucnd. Kilt .a )UC4tKHi I roukl HVc you to anwr Uort eap faneer ell thcir.crap W they have no transportation facilities! Here ?n Washington we have raised wliat "that wc ludto sell at is cents a bulict. .A l5lfe crop, without tlng able to sll it "Will brcit a fanner up in business pretty .300a. ''I have 80 acre of land near Bend and vvouU like to improve it rifilU away, but what 4 the use railing a ctttp as long ns 'thereisnochancetosellit. One farmer rott't sell his crbti to nnothcr farmer." The tclicf that there is no mar ket for farm produce in the Bend 'country 11 an erroneous one, It is true that ibis section lacks railroad transportation and it may be diffi cult for the farmer who has always lived where the railroads carried his'producc to market, to believe that a first-class market is here fur nished for all the hay,' grain, vege tables, butter and eggs that be can "produce. But nevertheless, such is the fact. The prices paid for farm produce in the Iknd country are at the very top notch and there is- no glutting or overstocking the mar ket. Each spring finds the supply so nearly exhausted that the man who is' obliged to buy farm produce is forced to pay a price that seems prohibitive. ' In order to prove the above state- raents and to convince the man who may be incredulous, The Bulletin will quote a few prices on farm ' produce. Lust fall loose hay in the 'field was sold at about $15 a ton. "Today hay is being sold to Bend buyers at 25 a ton. Alfalla hay, baled, is selling as high as 30. It ivas only a week or two ago that the Pilot Butte Development Co. paid 19 a ton for clover hay and then hauled it 20 miles to Bend. Barley haB sold as high as three cents a pound and will bring on an 'average a cents through the en tire j'ear. Oats will command a sdmswliaf higher -'price, Wlieatl fAin'averaetwo'centsa pound, or Sr.jo a bushel, and a poor grade of wheat at that. Where can you gel u better price? 1 Vegetables corumJrtd n high Vricl also.' -Last 'fall- potatoes soldi fcr'tvvo ccfita'a pound, ''or $1.20 a! "bushel. Tilat was the lowest tuey have evesold in' Bend: They have1 been as high as 3' and 4 cents. 'The average ftif onions" is- about three cents a poUifd. Cabbage has never sold for less than two cents, andE. A. Satber paid that price or cabbage in the field last fall. Carrots, rutabagas aud turnips will average one cent a pound. Butter costs on an average 75 cents for a a-lb. roll. And a large part of the 'butter sold in Bend is shipped front Portland. Last win- vicinity drive over the mountains into the Willamette valley, can fruit there and bring it back. The fruit supply is wholly inadequate for thu lemand. Sonic will undoubtedly insist that such prices can not be maintained nd that the market will become overstocked without transportation facilities. It is doubtless true that these prices will drop somewhat, but only a trifle. It is certain that farm produce will always command a most profitable price hereabouts And the reasons therefor arc easily seen. -t New settlers arc moving into the country constantly. They bring with them a team or two of horses, perhaps a cow or two, and some chickens. For the first six months or year they must buy all the Iced for their stock, as well as supplies for the tabic. When it is consid ered that these settlers arc moving in every month it is seen that they furnish no inconsiderable market for farm produce. But it is one ot the smallest of the local demands for such produce. The Deschutes Irrigation & Pow er Company has a vast system to complete within the next four years. They now have two camps estab lished aud arc advertising for too more teams. These men aud teams will be heavy consumers of the stuff the farmer raises. There are sawmills scattered throughout the country with their horses and men; there arc stage line animals that consume many tons of hay and grain in a year: there arc big ranches of several thousand acres each that are now being put under cultivation and that need great supplies of hay and Brain to feed their stock; and there arc the hundred and one calls for farm pro duce from the town man with the' driving horse, the livery stables, timber cruising and railroad sur veying crews, etc., etc.. There is no danger of overstocking the mar ket. Thus fur wc have treated the question from the standpoint. of the present aud the immediate future. What will be the mtiirc of the mar ket here in later years? When you ask that question you touch upon one of the features that will make this upper Deschutes 'yalley one of the most prosperous spots- in tile entire country. Conservative rridn are' confident 'that a railroad will be building into Bend within twto years at the l'Jtest, possibly much sooner. Kailroad coustructlon crews, witll their hundreds of horses aud thousauds of mtuf will consume all of the surplus produce Problems That Confront The Irrigator. Alfalfa Growing from ftumcr' llullctln N, 11 J, ii)rllhcl by the V S. Iwi-AttnitntofAitU-uHiitr. IRRIGATING Al.l'AI.l'A. On account of the deleterious ef fect from standing water it is essen tial that alfalfa fields should be ns neatly level ns jwssiblc. In Cali fornia, where the fields arc slightly sloping, they arc divided into suit able small areas called checks, which arc separated by low dikes. The checks at different levels are irrigated separately, thus prevent ing the accumulation of water upon uny given portion for too long 11 period. Where there is mi abund ance of water aud it can be supplied at will during the growing .season, it is customary to irricatc in the spring before sowing the seed; or, in cac of an established nllalfa field, before growth starts and again after each cutting. It is said, however, that greater yields arc obtained if the flooding takes place before the hay is cut, and that in California an extra cut ting can in this way be secured. The flooding must lc long enough lefore cuttitii: to allow the field to dry oit sufficiently, or injury will lc done by the trampling of the horse during mowing. I t i s thought that there is less injury 'rout scalding when the water is applied before cutting. MINIMUM 01' WATMK. Where the amount of water U limited a much less quantity than is ordinarily used will produce pay inir crops The minimum amount of water to produce n crop of nlfal- fa and the time nt which the water should be applied depend upon the soil aud climatic conditions. Upon this point there is little available experimental data The maximum crop will le produced by applying plenty of water throughout the growing season. However, it is also to be noted that n much less quan tity of water when applied at inter vals of three or four weeks produced .1 fair crop nt the Utah experiment station. Fifteen aud 17 inches of water applied in this way produced more than half as much ns 61 inch es applied nt frequent interval. Furthermore, three irrigations of 15 to 17 inches ptoduccd about the same results ns the stnc amount applied at four irrigations. In ap plying irrigation water to fields it is necessary to saturate the soil to a reasonable depth. All the water that drains off beyond the amount requited for use is lost to the crop. It is not necessary to apply water again until the crop has removed a large part or the available supply. CUTttNO I'OK WAV. Alfalfa should lie cut just ns it is lowing spring. beginning to bloom. After the be ginning of the flowering period the hay deteriorates rapidly in nutritive value. If tl-c licUl is (airly uniform the proper stage for cutting is when about one tenth of the plants have reached the (lowering period. 1 lit number of cuttings varies from two or three in the North or nt high alt itudes in the mountains, to as many ns ten in irrigated districts along the southern border from California to Texas, I he yield ii from 1 to 2 tons per cutting, the first cut being usually the largest, but the vicld per cutting, especially for cuttings alter the first, is usually less when there arc several cutting In the alfalfa regions of the conn try the aggregate yield of hay is, mulct favorable conditions, usually from 5. to 8 tons icr acre, It is customary in many localities to pas ture the ticlds more or less after the last cutting. I'ASTUKI.N'O Al.l'AI.rA. In all the nltalfa districts the fields are used more or less cxtcn sively for pasturing various kinds of stock. In the arid rcgious it i quite a common practice to pasture the fields after the last cutting dur ing a iKirtiou of the fall and winter Alfalfa is undoubtedly a valuable pasture plant, but must be used with some caution to prevent loss from bloating in the case of cattle or sheep, aud to prrveut injury to the alfalfa field from trumping or overgrazing. Cattle nnd sheep will bloat ns readily upon green al falfa ns upon clover, Alfalfa is ircmiu.utly adapted to the production -of liny, aud except in the case of hogs its use ns a pas tille is seenndarv. Where it is in tended to use alfalfa primarily ns n pasture plant for cattle, sheep, or horses, belter results may be ob tained by combining the nlfalfn with some grass, such ns brnme grass, in the Northwestern states, or orchard grass in thu Northeast ern stales. The mixture is 11 more nearly balanced ration, gives n greater variety of feed, and is less likely to cause bloat. IMKr.ltK Of OVHHI'ASTrKIXC. Ou the other hand nu alfalfa field must not be ovcrpasturcd. As pre viously stntetl the plants lack creep ing roots or stems by which to spread nnd can not fill lu spou where the alfalfa has died. The clotH grazing. esjwcially of sheep, ami the trampling of large numbers of animals is certain to injure the stand of nlfalfn. While the pastur ing of alfalfa in the full may do no harm, it must be remembered' that in the warmer portions of the country this season is one of recup eration for the alfalfa plant. If not allowed to mnko some growth during this period it may not hi in condition to start tip welt the fol- and more, too, than this country will be able to produce nt that time. With thti advent of the rail roads sawmihV will be established and logging campir will be numer ous, which will employ many men and hundreds of horses, which will also be great consumnrs of the pro ducts of the farm. And the rail roads will give us communication with the markets of the w.orld. The Bend colintry is now a pros perous place fdr the intelligent farmer and it will be more so in the years to come. Regulation s Corning. llewt Kltr NwI.etlr. The express company is evident ly acting upon the principle adopted by a certain extern railroad mag nate, who vVas asked what rate should be made between certain points on the line, "Oh," replied the big one, "charge all the busi ness will stand." This season they have increased the express charges about 20 per cent aud iti some cases more even than that. The Good Lord Iftiows they were ex horbitant to a great degree before and this is in the nature of a direct steal. There is a good time com' ing and our fruit growers should earnestly (yVatch and pray that it may comc(Mon, when not a "hog with brcecuca" but a board of g6v eminent officials will manipulate the rates w. tjie railroads 'and ex press companies, and just such actions as this last move of the ex press companies is doing good work toward hastening the day. Moore-Morgan. At Priueville, June 19, 4907, Miss Ivlva, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. A. W. Morgan, one of Ked mond's most populnr young ladies, was united in marriage to Mr. John A. Moore, formerly of Hood River, .Judge Bell officiating. The bride looked charming in while silk aud real lace. She was attended by Miss Clara Kicker, who wore a dainty gown of white organdie trimmed In Iricc. The groom was attended by Mr. J. W. McClay. The breakfast table was laid with four covers and was tastefully dec orated, the color scheme being rol, white, ami green. From the cen ter of the ceiling white satin ribbon was draped gracefully to the corners of the table, entwined with feathery green and California popples and edged with red aud green, witji a basket of beautiful cut flowers sus pended over the table by white satin ribbon, A delicious breakfast was served by Mrs. Elizabeth McQueen. The bride and groom were the recipients of some beautiful pres ents, among other things were hand-painted china and silverware The writer joins with their many other friends- in wishing them n long and happy niarrlcll life. M E. Mc A GRAND CELEBRATION -AT- Bend on July Fourth Fuft Will Begin at Simrise and Last AH Day Trout Barbecue and Basket Dinner 3,000 Deschutes Trout, Tea and Cut ice will be served FREE, but bring your well-filled dinner baskets. Oration, Singing: and Readings in the morning. Base Ball Game Novelty Races Broncho Riding Pony Races Tug-of-War Athletic Sports Trap Shooting Fireworks at Night Everybody Invited to Come and Celebrate Independence Day mxxs&amiimvmm rvai'u.-Ti.i.ujj.nBcr. llliii I J-vt.PMB -iti A Bar gam POR OUR . 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