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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1907)
r i' -v.t t. , ,rjPTjm' Jl I I JLr JJLA jL . IrJlJlrlrLr Jl 11 il VOL. V BEND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTQDER :8, 1907. NO. 31.T 1 1 h MDMnmwnsi IRRIGATED LANDS -WITM- PERPETUAL WATER RIGHT $15.00 TO $40.00 PER ACRE 1 185,000 ncrc.1 In the Dei Chute Volley. 60,000 ncrc now under 350 miles of completed canals. Most fertile (toil, abundant and never foiling water, glori ous climate- 3 jo sunshiny tlnyii per year cheap lumtcrnud fuel, worlds of water txnvcr, fish, );nmc, and leiiutiful mountain seen cry, combine to make nu ideal country to LIVE in. Am for JMAKINU A I.IVINQ, man after man of our settlers Is producing tli trt yenr from these chenp lauds from $50.00 to 5100 00 ait ncrc lit clover, alfalfa, oat, wheat mid barley crops. Vegetable mid fruit crops have yielded from $100.00 on ncrc up. 1.16 vnrictie of grains, grassc, fruitH mid vegetables rnlicd nud ripened on III Intnl. Clover 8 tons per ncte, nlfalfn 7 tons, ants 80 buihcli, potatoes 300 bushel, Hwectcorn tHo bushels roasting curst, Mlmwberrii n.0 gallons, and other crops in slmilnr pro fuaioii. WHY, MAN; IT IS LIKE FINDING MONEY. s Have yon not your tract of land yet? If not, why not? Gel a ItuBtlfl 011 ami Rt it now, while you can get your pick. Remembtr thitt li Cnrcy Act hind. YOU PAY ONLV FOR THIS COST OF IRRIGATION. You not the laud absolutely free directly from the State of Oregon. 1'or particulars write tcdny for Booklet G. Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company Clias. P. Richardson, Manager Sales Department Room 20.1, No. 6 Wnll St., Spokane, Wash. OR BEND, OREGON. Bat3ZraU5HEEt3KnSWIS naacSS,ili-.Huri.iJ3gXrSXrn A Complete Slock of '1 At Hand, Oregon. DRY Roujjli, Surfaced and Moulded -LUMBER- At Ucnd, Oregon. All Widths, Lengths and Thicknesses Reasonable Prices (iood . Grades Dry 'Slock INCH COMMON DIMENSION SIIIPLAP UUSTIC T. AG. 'FLOORING liKADHD CEILING WINDOW JAMBS WINDOW CASING HEAD BLOCKS 0. G. BASEBOARD STAIR TREADS WATER TABLE 0. G. DATTINS MOULDINGS ' P. B. D. PATENT ROOMING FENCE PICKETS SHINGLES ETC., ETC, Lumber Delivered nt Low Cost Anywhere on The Lands of Tlie I). 1. S P. Co., or Tbe C S. I. Co. CUSTOM FRBD MILL IN CONNECTION. APPLY TO Central Oregon Development Company BEND, OREGON A SHOOTING FRACAS Indians mid Sheep Murders Clash at Rosland. RED MGN BADLY WOUNDED One Stmt, One Knocked Over the Head with n Rifle, and the Third Ono Undly Uentcn Up. The BiilMiii Slits the Pace. Some sheep herders and packers in charge of n band of sheep be longing to Steve Yuncy of Princ villc (jot mixed up with three In dlans nl Rosland Tuesday evening, nud as a result there arc two badly beaten up Indians nnd another with a bad gun shot wound through the left shoulder) while the white men escaped without n scratch. The Indian shot through the shoulder is Colbert Ilotc, Willie Miller has n badly wounded scalp from a blow over the head with a ride, and the third Indian, name unknown, is badly beaten up. Fred Suodcrly is the man who did the shooting. The ulicep men were returning with a baud of sliccp from the summer range and had temporarily camped about half n mile out of Rosland. Tuesday night they got to drinking nud the fracas followed. It is not known whether the Indians were drunk or not. The story told by the Indians is ns follows; Tuesday evening the old Indian rode up to the camp of the sheepmen and asked them if they had seen anything of his horse. They told him they had not n.id then offered to trade one of their horses for the one the old man was riding. The Indian refused to trade, whereupon they pulled him from his horse and began to bent him. Just then Miller and Hole appeared on the scene and took a hand in the fracas, ondeav uriug to protect the old man. Mil ler was hit over the head with a ride and knocked senseless. Just as he came to he said he heard n rifle shot, which was the shot that wounded Ilotc That settled mat tcrs as fur as the Indians were con cerned nud the fracas ended. The sheepmen tell n different btory, however. They say that the Indians hud been bothering them all day, and had attempted to split up nud scatter their sheep. Finally, in order to protect them selves and their flock, one of the men swam the river, got a rifle nnd returned to the scene of the trouble, when the shooting and fighting en sued. The ball entered llotc's shoulder n short distance below the top and passed clear through. Where it entered it made a hole nbput the size of a lead pencil, and one about the Size of a dollar where it came out, badly shattering the shoulder- blade. It made n very painful wound. Ilote is known- as n bad man. lie once killed a marshall on the reservation, for which he has served time. Miller was struck a glancing blow over the head with a rifle. The blow also badly bruised his right arm which he had thrown up to protect his head, Miller has the reputation of being a good Indian, although Snoderly says he came at him with a drawn knife. Dr. Coe was called to dress the Indians' wouilds and says they will recover in time If no lufectlon sets in, The Indians arc from the Wornisprhijj reservation. Wednesday Sheriff Elkius audi Judge Hell passed through Bend on the way to Holland to give the affair proper attention. The sheriff arrested the whole bunch, both In dians and herders, nud they arc to have their hearing at I'rinevillc to morrow at 10 o'clock. Imported Horse on Exhibition. T. II. LafoJIcttc, president of the fair board, lias received n letter from the I). S. & I., company of Hay Creek saying that they will be nt the fair beginning the 24th with a full display of imported Shire horses of both sexes. These horses arc English bred and have taken blue ribbons at horse shows in Lou don, England. The fair manage ment is making strenuous efforts to have the Hay Creek people bring out a display of fine sheep. Jour nal. . WANT TO BUY CLINE FALLS People behind .Mount Hood Railroad Endeavoring to Acquire I'ower Site on Deschutes River. OPPOSE NEW RULES Local People See No Good hi Them. WOULD STOP DEVELOPMENT Uellevcd that State Land Board Will Make Grievous Error If the New Regulations Are Adopted, The announcement that the Mount Hood Railroad intends to build up the Deschutes river into Central Oregon is given additional aspects of truthfulness when it is known that that company is en deavoring to purchase Clitic Falls on the Deschutes. Such a deal is now said to be on. II the power site at the falls is purchased it in dicates that the men behind this road, which is to be an electric one, mean business and also indicates that the road will build up the Des chutes through Bend and on across the state. As announced in The Bulletin a few weeks ago the Mount Hood Road is now under construc tion with rradcrs working between Portland and the big mountain. The Portland Journal says: Last spring engineers in the cm ploy of the railroad company now laviiiR mils in the vicinity of Ore- pou'a highest peak, made a close examination of the falls whose tre mendous power has btcn partially utilized by the Clinc Palls Power company for the purpose of reclaim ing some 1 20 acres 01 plateau lauu lying above. Since early in the summer negotiations have been in progress for the purchase of this power site by the road whose line of survey is not n great distance away. The talis were purcuascu oy tor- mer State Engineer A. 1?. Ham- niond about five years ago, io-inch centrifugal pump installed which was operated by a so-horse-power turbine wheel, and the arid laud"! a distance of nearly 200s feet above the plant irrigated. The falls nnd land surrounding were sold a couple of years ago to F. T. Hurlburt, n banker in Shaniko, nud W. Lord. It is estimated that 50,000 horse power can be generated at the falls which drop n sheer 30 feet in tbe canyon of the Deschutes river. Government measurement shows n flow of 3,600 cubic feet of water er second passing over the break u the channel of the stream. Ilarrlmnn Getting busy. A dispatch from Klamath Falls says that the activity of Harrimau engineers iu that section iudicatcs that no time is to be lost iu the building of a railroad through Cen tral Oregon by the "wizard," Prep arations are now beiug made for the commencement of work at the southern terminus of the Oregon Eastern & Klamath Falls. D. D. Griffith, chief locating engineer of the Southern Pacific Company, is now moving his camp to a point 10 miles north of Klaumth, Falls and will at ouce begin the work of com- (Continued 011 page 4.) As local people become better acquainted with the new rules re garding irrigated land that the State Land Board have under con sideration, the greater becomes the opposition to them. Sunday J. E. Sawhill returned from a trip to Portland nnd he reports several features of the new rules that arc not at all liked by the settlers here The reason for the opposition that is developing is the firm belief by practically every one that the rule iustead of working to benefit the country would do incalculable harm. In other words, would completely throttle the development of tbi scctiou, and that the State Land Board certainly docs not want. Enter Protest. As soon ns the officials of the D I. & P. Co. heard of the proposed rules, Messrs. Stanley and Stearns proceeded at once to Salem and en tered objections before the State Land Board. Tlicy were accom panied by Dr. U. C. Coe, J. E. Sawhill and II. P. J. McDonald of Bcud, and Chas. P. Richardson of Spokane, sales agent for the com pany. When they secured a copy of the proposed rules they fouud 31 pages of typewritten manuscript in volving a woeful amount of red tape that would work to the hin drance of this whole section. Practically all the features of the rules aroused their opposition. Among these was one requiring n settler, at time of making final proof, to submit affidavit stating exact size and capacity of his later als, of the company's canals feed ing them, of the company's head gate, amount of water carried by the canals, etc. A lot of tccbutcal in formation that no man would kuow except an experienced engineer. Another objectionable rule was oife allowing Che filing of contests against the holdings of settlers. The company claims that the con tract the settler signs is sufficient to determine hisdelinqucucy aud when such delinquency is found and the settler ejected, then is sufficient time for an outsider to step iu nud apply for the land. The Chief Objection. Other objectionable features were fouud, but the one of prime impor tance and which arouses the great est opposition is that one requiring residence on the laud within six months after purchase and until final proof is made. That is the one to which local people are ob jecting, for they readily realize that if It is enlorceu tlie. development of this section is knocked in the head. It would also work a great hard ship on many who have purchased ditch laud and are so situated that they can not live ou it. An in stnuce is cited of a young man who is attendiug school at Corvalhs. He would have either to give up his education or his land, one of the two. That's hardly a square deal. Several professional men live in Bend and own ditch land and iutend to or are developing it. The new rule would shut them out and stop development of mauy tracts. Many purcliasers uom scattered tracts. They could not live on each of these, and undue loss and trouble would follow the adoption of the new rules in their case.' These people arc all raising vigorous oppo sition to the proposed regulations. The Greatest Harm. However, the greatest harm would come from stopping all land sales. The ditch company posi tively would not carry on further development work if the sales of land ceased. An'd that is the result everyone says the new rules would accomplish. The mere promulga tion of them has ajready caused harm. Mr. Richardson hud a large number of Washington and Idaho men ready to come and look over: the land and many would have bought, As soon as they heard of the proposed rule requiring resi dence within six months they re fused to come-. Mrs. Kendall, of Illinois, who looked over the irri gated land here during the summer ind who was just ready to buy a, section and put two nephews and a son on the tract, refused absolutely to buy as long at there was a, chance that immediate residence would be required. Thus the bane ful effects of the proposed rule is al ready felt. ThoiCi closely acquaint ed with the sale of the land state positively that such regulations as the board propose would knock the whole thing in head. While tbe company objects to tho rule requiring residence within six months from purchase, it enters no opposition to a provision that neces sitates residence upon and a certain per cent of cultivation of tbe land before title to it can be obtained. The new rule would make immedi ate residence necessary. The com pany objects to that because it knows that the majority of would be buyers will not move upon the land now. Should Help Instead of Hhtderlag. Attorney-General Crawford, in the meeting before the State Land Board, touched the heart of the whole question when he said that all red tape and every restrictive feature should be eliminated from the rules except those that are ab solutely necessary to protect the State and the settlers. The irriga tion company should be helped and not hindered. TLe Deschutes com pany is now the only Carey Act project in the state and the pro posed rules would operate against it alone, for the present. The com pany is already handicapped to some extent by its distance from a railroad, and it has enough to con tend with when it meets the natural competition of those irrigation projects that possess railroad trans portation. The spirit of the State should be to help in every way in stead of retarding. Bend people take the same stand ns did the attorney-general. They believe that the irrigation company is reclaiming its segregations in, good faith and local sentiment con demns in no uncertain terms a lot of redtape rules that really are not necessary aud which only impede the development of this section. The ditch company has had much to harass them. The charge of graft and the federal investigation was sprung just as things were ready to go forward nicely. These charges were groundless and hap pily were proven so. Now, when Mr. Richardson lias his campaign fairly launched nnd many prospec tive buyers headed this way, the land board issues a set of rules that halts everything and is practically like giving the company a kick in the eye, as a Bend man put it. Such treatment is what Beud peo ple are objecting to. If the State Land Board really wishes to eraiu the cood will of the 'people of this sectiou and arc anx ious 10 ue 01 reat service, lei tuein cut out all action in the future that will have any tendency to retard the company in its legitimate work, and, on the contrary, lend their in fluence, which is of great impor tance, to furthering the develop ment of a section that will some day add many happy homes and much wealth to the great common wealth of Oregon. Rules Arc SucpMdsd. As a result of the visit to Salem of Messrs., .Stanley, Stearns and Richardfton aud the Bead men, the (CoathaiMd oa pa4.)