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HKND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOIJKR 4, 1907.
"NO. 39
MUST LIVE ON LAND
State Officials Make Rul
vide that an "actul settler is defined
to mean a person who is iii nctual
occupancy of the laud, with the in
tention of making the same hfspcr
maucut residence utid using the
laud us his home." He tmmt !
ANOTHER NEW ROAD
Alt. Hood Electric Line to
Tap This Section,
i fncl and the construction crew nl.
ready engaged In the vicinity of Hull
Run ami Iwtwren that point nnd Half
vlrw will be rapidly odvtiiiI along the
root so that considerable of the heavier
rrt of ih wprk will probably be com
pleted during the winter month".
Approaching the Deschutes ,nt n point
not far from tiic mouth of Warm Spring
(Continued on page 4.)
WOODS FULLOF SQUATTERS
IRRIGATED LANDS
WITH-
ing to That Effect.
IS HARD ON SPECULATORS
come an nctual resident within six
PERPETUAL WATER RIGHT
$15.00 TO $40.00 PER ACRE
(Continual an pne ,j )
ANOTHER LARGE PROJECT
IS BACKED BY W, A, CLARK
ll' I J,
KHte
f
185,000 acres in ttic I)es Chutes Volley.
60,000 acres now timlcr 350 mile of completed canals.
Most fertile soil, abundant and never falling water, glori
oils climate 310 sunshiny days jwr year clicap lumlcrnnd fuel,
worlds of water jwiver, fish, game, nud licnutiftil inoiiutaiii scen
ery, combine to make an ideal country to MVtt in.
Ah for MAKINO A MVINO, man after man of onr settlers
is producing this year from these clicap lands from $50.00 to
100.00 an acre in clover, alfalfa, oat, wheat and barley crops.
Vegetable and fruit crpj have yielded from $ 100.00 an acre up.
1.16 varieties of grains, grasses, fruits and vcBctables raised and
ripened on the land. Clover H tons per acre, alfalfa 7 tons, oats
Ho bushels, potatoes 300 bushels, swectcorn 180 bushels roasting
cars, strawberries n.to gallons, and other crops in similar pro
fusion.
WHY, MAN; IT IS LIKE FINDING MONEY.
Have you got your tract of land yet? If not, why not?
0t n hustle on and get it now, while you can get your pick.
Remember this is Carey Act land.
YOU FAY ONLY I'Oll TIIU COST OF IRRIGATION.
You get the land absolutely free directly from the State
of Oregon.
For particulars write today for Hook let G.
Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company
Clias. P. Richardson, Manager Sales Department
Room 20.1, No. rt W'nll St., Spoknnc, YVnsh.
CIR
BEND, dREbON.
I'urclmsers or Irrigated LnnJ Will He
Kc(ulrciJ (o l.lvo Upon and CuIlN
vflte It Olven Six Alontlu,
Oeicltulcs Land Company Will Re.
claim 31,000 Acres of Fertile Land
In the Vicinity of Rosland.
At, lie nd,
Oregon.
A Complete Stock of
DRY
Hough, Surfaced and Moulded
-LUMBER-
All Widths, Lengths and Thicknesses
At Bend,
Oregon.
Reasonable
Prices
(lood
Grades
'Dry
Stock
INCH COMMON
DIMENSION
SIIII'LAP
RUSTIC
T. & 0. FLOORING
nitADKD CF.IMNG
WINDOW JAMBS '
WINDOW CASING
HKAD BLOCKS
0. 0. KASKI10ARD
STAIR TRHADS
WATIJR TAHT.lt
O. G. 1IATTINS
MOULDINGS
P. B. D. PATI5NT ROOFING
WINCH PICKETS
SHINGLES
Iv'VC, ETC.
Lumber
Delivered at '
Low Cost
Anywhere cm
The Lands of
me D. I. & P.
Co., or
rtio c. s. 1. Co.
CUSTOM FEED MILL IN CONNECTION
APPLMTO
Chtrai Oregon
Development Company
The .State Land Hoard has re
ccntly adopted a new ruling in re
gard to settlement on irrigated laud
which places a new interpretation
on the law as heretofore generally
understood and which will nlav
havoc witli the speculator who
never hat intended to live upon the
land. The ruling provides that
purchasers of irrigated lands under
the Carey Act must be "nctual
settlers" in the full meaning of
that term and stipulates that the
man who buys irrigated laud must
take ur his residence thereon with
in six months after putcha&e ol the
laud. Residents of Hend who own
tracts of ditch land arc already fig
uritig nnd worrying over the new
rule, while some nrc making ar
rangements to move onto their laud
before the six months cxpitcs.
Others fed belligerent and declare
that the ruling requiring residence
cannot be enforced, and that they
will not comply with it. They will
probably feel differently before the
expiration of the six months of
grace.
The new rilling will undoubtedly
provdkc the ire of those purchasers
living ot a distance who have
bought the laud for speculation
pure and simple, as it will force
them to cither move upon the laud
and cultivate it or sell out to an
actual settler who will do so.
A dispatch to the Orcgonian
from Salem tells of the new rule as
follows:
S.M.HM, Or., Sept. 37. The
State Laud Hoard has just adopted
n new set of rules and regulations
for the government of arid laud
sales and the management of the
reclamation systems under the
Carey act. One of the most im
portant bcctions of the new rules is
that which relates to "actual set
tlers." It is this section that is
likely to prove n Mumbling block
to many of the purchasers of land
in the reclamation systems, for it is
generally understood that inauv
have no intention of living upon
the laud nnd will find it vcrv in
convenient to make (heir homes
there even for the period of six
months.
Will Run through Central Oregon and
Connect with (lould-Moffatt Lines
nt Salt Lake City.
The rules upon this subject pro-'this enterprise.
Work on another large reclama
tion project will undoubtedly be in
progress ere many mouths pass by.
U.ast Friday President J. E Morri
son of the Deschutes Laud Com
pany signed the ucccssury contract
required by the State Land Hoard.
This contract stipulate that the
company shall reclaim 31,000 acres
of laud adjoining Rosland at an es
timated cost of $20 an acre, and
the lien price to the settler is $36
per acre. It also provides that
when 80 per cent of the lands have
lecn deeded by the state to the set
tiers, then the system shall be
turned over to the water users bv
the corporation free of encumbrance,
thccuuip-any to retain a proportional
intcrot in the system depending
ui)on the amount of land unsold.
The company is thus liable to a
proportional share of cost of main
tenance.
The board insisted on this pro
vision since there is no other in
ducement to compel the company
to spend money to advertise and se
cure settlers upon the land, which
is the object of the state. If the
company is assessed to a propor
tional share oi cost of maintenance
it will act as an incentive for the
company to dispose of unsold land
to actual settlers
The company is not required to
give n bond, and in lieu of this, as
was required of the Deschutes Irri
gation & Power Company, n de
posit of $i for each acre of land
sold mutt be made with the state
treasurer as a guarantee of good
faith.
The contract further provides
that the land shall be reclaimed
and the system turned over to the
Water Users Association within
five years nnd free from incum
brance. This project has been held up for
two or three years due to otic cause
after another. It is hoped that it
win now go lor ward, as its success
ful completion will be of much
value to this entire section The
land to be reclaimed lies for 35 miles
along Little river, or the main stem
of the Deschutes, its lowest extrem
ity being a short distance below
Boguc's place at Rosland and ex
tending up into Klamath county in
33-9. Rosland, 32 miles south of
Hend, will be the headquarters of
Stories of railroad construction
into Central Oregon still appear
and, like Hanquo's ghost of old,
they will not down. The latest one
to attract attention is an account to
the effect that Senator W. A. Clark,
Gould and Moffatt arc associated in
an enterprise to build a new road
from Denver to Salt Lake, across
northern Nevada, through eastern
and southern Oregon to near the
headwaters of the Deschutes, down
that stream !o Warm Spring River,
then northwesterly through the
Cascades near Mt. Hood, and on to
Portland. It is said that the Mt.
Hood Electric Road, now in pro
cess of construction, will be the
first link in the new line out of
Portland. The story is told in a
lengthy article in last Sunday's Or
cgonian as follows:
The Rush for Choice Quarter-Section
llxceeded All Expectations Some
Comical Incidents Noted.
There if abumbnit reason to lielleve
that Portland and Salt Lake- City are
toon to be connected by a new link in a
transcontinental rallrcad chain that if
to be forged as fatt ai laborand sufficient
capital can complete the tank. Concealed
behind the seemingly local electric line
enterprise of the Mount Hood Railway
it Tower Company are said to be the ma
tured plain for the Salt Lake project,
tacked by Uie millions of Senator V. A.
Clark and hi associate interests.
When Senator Clark first nlaced hi
stamp of approval on the maps of the
locating engineer for the San Pedro.
Ios Angcle & Salt Lake it was a part of
111c iiroruscu coniirucuoii 10 cxtenii onr
arm of the new transportation system to
uregon. loiter the financial influence
of the Harritnan system trained control
of the new road and by means of clever
traffic agreements and manipulation
squecied the new line Into a mere link
of the larpcr system. There was an im
mediate veto of plans for the Oregon line
oud for the time being Oregon' develop
meat was retarded.
Link In Rock Island System.
ith secrecy that smack of the
I vious conquest of George Ooul
e pre
d. but
which, it is twlieved by person well ad
vised, is in reality th- linking of. the
Rock Island system snd the Moffatt
railroad between Denver and Salt Lake
City, the plan for the new road into
Portland have been practically complet
ed. Mcaimhile riiL-lnccrinp
parties have completed the location
across to the eastern slope of the Cas
cades, thence southeastward toward Cen
tral Nevada to the eastern terminus at
Salt Ukc City.
Surprise to Engineers.
11 may surprise some engineers to
learn that a route has been found by
which the line will make a gradual
ascent of Mount Hood, to the wnithciit
of that eminence and through to the
tumor Deschutes on n eomrwiiuiini.
grade of lew than one per cent, but uch
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The rush for timber that wast
prophesied would take place last
Friday night exceeded all expecta
tion?. The timber was simply alive
with eager people anxious to be the
Hrst one on a claim, thus securing
prior right. While it was expected
that there would be many appli
cants for each claim, it was not ex
pected that in many cases as many
as 17 persons would be camped up
on the same selection. But that is
what happened in at least one case.
Friday night was a most disagree
able one for those in the timber.
Shortly before midnight a c6il
heay rain began to fall and nearly
everyone was "soaked to the bide"
before they had gotten moved upon
their selections and into camp for
the remainder of the nicht. Eye
witnesses have told how nearly
everyone was running through the
woods through the wet under
brush and pouring rain trying to
run their lines by the light of lan
terns. It was a disagreeable night
and many were glad when day
dawned.
A man driving from Rosland to
Bend the next day said he saw fully
300 people swarming in and out of
the timber along the road. He al
so reported some rather comical in
cidents which he had noted. One
was that so many were sure that
their right to a certain piect of tim
ber land was better than that ot
any of the other squatters on the
same piece. That opinion seemed
prevalent with everyone. One old
man said that he had crossed the
plains in '52, had never used any
of his "rights" and thought, there
fore, that he was entitled before all
comers to one of the best quarter-
sections 01 timber lying out doors.
A veteran of the Civil War had
suffered 1 1 months in the horrors
of Audersonville prison and he
likewise, thought that that should
entitle him to a choice piece of tim
ber. And indeed it should. Wher
ever there are large numbers of
people congregated there is sure to
be seen the humor of human nature
and this time was no exception to
the rule.
The highest number reported or
one selectiou was seventeen, al'.
camped on a fine claim lying a
short distance east cf John Atkin
son's place on the Big Meadows
Another selection adjoining this
one had 13 settlers camped upon i:
shortly after midnight. Manyoth
er claims had as many as eight or
nine. Fortune favored a few, how
ever, and they were able to locate
upon a piece without having any-
oue there to dispute their right to
it.
One instance is told where twe
young ranchers drove some 55 0
30 miles and when they came tc
locate on their selections found twe
of their nearest neighbors then
ready to make settlement upon the
same. pieces. At last reports these
four ueighbors were camped on tht
same two quarter-sections.
So far there have been no case.
of trouble reported. Everyone
seemed to be good-natured. It is
hoped this same feelinir will ore-
dominate when the time comes tc
file.
Card of Thanks.
Myself and wife desire to sincere
ly thank the friends for their kinr"
assistance and sympathy durinc
the death and. burial of our littlt
The Bulletin Sets the Pace.
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daughter, Florence.
Mr. ami Mrs. Oliver Johnson.
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