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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1907)
THE BEND BULLETIN VOL V IMNI). OREGON, FRIDAY, DKCUMBER so, 1907. NO. 40 Spe Dinner A ft Hotel Bend Restau rant December 25, '0.7 From 12 to 2 p. m. Price 50c ALSO Dance at 11:30 p. m. lWMHsTsT BWrfwMWBBsarttGawJtSEawi itmntinnMiniiiiii wimmw Bend-Slianiko Livery & Stage Company J. II. WUNANDY, Prop. New Covered Stages between Bend and Shnniko ALSO ' v Livery and Peed Stables at Shaniko and Bend. Wo run our rig to plcaso the public. Stngca lonvo each way every day. Riga to all parts of Control Oregon. Careful drivers furnished ",' I now have a Utter outfit of Uuggias ntul horses mid can give more Mttisfactory Attrvicc (Iihii ever Ixiforc. All kinds of light nnd heavy livery furnished on short notice nl reasonable rales to nil point in Cantral Oregon. Traveling parties will profit hy seeing me before going elsewhere. For consult j. 11. wknandy nt uetui, ttlmniko. uregou. Special Attention Given -tmmmammjmmmmmwnmiTAm.,mHMi.imcvmxmt'0n lh Central Ore gon Bonking d& Trust Company IXCOI-aATKI IVHi Capital 02ff.000.00 , Transacts a General Hank Ing lluslncss. Acts ns Administrator, Hx ccutor or Trustee of Estates Issued Drafts and Uank Money Orders on all Foreign Countries. Interest on Tliuo Deposits Safe Deposit Boxes, Fro Insurance. John Stcldl, President J, II, Kcyburu, Cashier I1HNI), ORKOON. Ii your uduic oii our subscription list? mm H 72 r ciai Amos 1 s Supper further fnrorniution about stages or w. r. KM.I.KV, Agctit, to Express and Boggago. r When You Paint buildings, inside or out side, if you desire the very best results at the least expense you should use The ,, SlIERWIM-WlLLlAMS PAIHT Coll for 1 color curds ' E. A. SATHER A Full ' Line ot Groceries, Dry Qoods and Hardware always on Hand, Wj.:.. it;,- ;,. .j,i,-Bi&2a SAWMILLS FOR BEND Timber Owners Agree Locate Plants Here. to IMVB LARGE AUI.LS ASSURED Arrangement Made with HIk Lum ber men to Manufacture at llend when Unllrond Comes. A few.wcek into The Bulletin published nu article in which it minted thnt tin Central Oregon De velopment Co m pa 11 v had located a site for n mill ond on the tract known ns the "Siscmorc place" a Xii)d of 365 iicrc.i nnd one large enough to accommodate five of the largest mills In the country. It was quite generally known that the C. 0 D. company- had bought this tract. Later it was learned that the company would hold the land ntid would endeavor to net the lare lum ber ciiiuiilc)i to build their mills there when the time Is ripe This week The Bulletin hat a story of even more importance and interest than the one which told of the find,, log of a site for so large a pond'. It now develops that the C O D. company, during the past three or four mouths, has been working with the large timber owners to lo cate their mills contiguous to this pond. The local company has made a very liberal offer to the big lumber men, which is being eagerly accepted by thrm. The develop ment company has offered to give to inch lumber company a lease of ns much laud ns it needs for its mill and yards, said lease to continue in farce ns long as the mill is run. There is no string, whatever, tied to this offer. It is simply a gift to the lumber companies in order to get them to locate nt this place. John Steidl has had charge of this work and has been in corres pondence during the summer with the different lumber firms who own timber in this vicinity. Five of these hnve already agreed to accept the offer of the local company nnd will locate their milts here. They have asked for blue prints of the proposed mill site in order that they tuny make their selections of laud lor their own mills. Two or three of these companies have had their representatives here to look over the ground and nuothcr owner of a large trnct says he will come a few weeks later. This menus thnt with the advent of n railroad Bend will k-comc one of the most important lumber manufacturing points in the entire Northwest, and that the lumber industry alone will have a pay roll of approximately 30,000 n day. IDENTITY NOT KNOWN. Supposed to Do Man Who Came- Hero Last Summer Looking for work. Upon his return to Bend Con stable I.ucns reported that there was nothing discovered on the body of the dead mau who was found in the timber last week by two Indi uus, to prove conclusively who the unfortunate man was. However, enough was learned to leave but little doubt that he was a foreigner who appeared in Bend last summer looking for work. J. I. West gave this fellow work for n day or .two and then he was offered work by Mrs, Chas. R. Reed on a contract for clearing held by her husband, Mrs, Reed having re turned to Bend to look after a few matters connected with the contract during her husband's absence nt Corvallis. Tbc'ight that this for eigner was taken out to where the clearing was being done, Mrs. Reed nwokc with him standing by her 'side and choking her. She screamed for help nnd the other men on the place rushed to her assistance. The foreigner disappeared, and nothing has been heard of him since, al though the officers of the law have licet) looking for him. It was later learned that he had rifled the pock ets of the man with whom he had been sleeping. Constable Lucas found a memo randum and two handkerchiefs on the corpse. The book contained writing made with an indelible pen cil It had become wet, however, md was so badly blurred that it could not be read. The book also contains a map. Mr. West states that when the man was working for him he took nut a memorandum book and showed him a map in it Mr.vWcst says that both book and map arc the same ones that the foreigner showed him. The trous ers on the corpse were bluish black in color, the same color as the suit worn by the suspected man. The size of the corpse and the color of the hair also tally with a descrip tion of the foreigner. Hence it is believed that this man, fleeing from the officers of the law, became lost in the woods and died from the awful torments nnd agony of thirst. ORQANIZG COMMERCIAL CLUB Hend Men Band Together for'Qood ot Town and Vicinity. A number of Bend men met in the Lara hall Thursday evening and set the ball rolling for the organiza tion of a commercial club The movement this time is. backed by a dozen or more di-termined business men who declare that the organiza tion will be made a success nnd that it wilt bt continued in exis tence, with plenty of work for all who arc interested in the growth anil development of Iknd. The meeting Thursday evening was called to order by Mayor Mc Donald, who appointed Chas. D. Rowc ns chairman, the chair ap pointing J. IJ. Sawhill, secretary. The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers, which resulted ns follows: President Prank II. Grcenman. Vice-president C. M. Redricld. Secretary J. It. SawhIII. Troemrur, J. I). Davidsun. As soon as the president of the organization was elected, the chair was vacated by the temporary chairman and President Green man presided during the further deliber ations of the meeting. Mr. Green- man spoke interestingly for a few moments on the need and object of u commercial club, asking for the support of everyone. A committee to draft a constitu 'tion and by-laws wnsnppoluted ns follows: V. T' O'Connor, A. M. Lara, JMJ. Sawhill, C. D. Brown, Chas. Da Rawe. Committee on permanent organization: H. P. J. McDonald, K. A. Cast, IS. A. Sathcr. The organization will be known ns the Board of Trade of Rend, The membership fee was placed at $3.00. Another meeting will be held next Thursday evening, at which time a constitution and by laws will be adopted aud a perma nent organization perfected. ' Time and space forbids ou ex tended notice of this worthy and important movement in this issue, but The Bulletin will have more to say rcgardlug itin the future. There's newsta The Bulletin. WILL BUILD DITCH J. E. SawhIII Takes Over Arnold Project. PUSHED TO EARLY FINISH Agrees to Deliver Water on Land by June 15, 1 908-Will Reclaim Ap proximately 3300 Acres. Arrangements have been practi cally completed whereby J. R. Saw hill will take over the Arnold ditch and, if nothing unforeseen arises to retard the work of construction, will push that project to comple tion. For some time a deal with this object in view has been in progress between the stockholders of the Arnold company and Mr. Sawhill, which has finally resulted in Mr. Sawhill taking over the ditch with the intention of com plcting it as rapidly as possible. The salient stipulations of the contract by which this transfer has been made are as follows: Mr. Saw hill will deliver water nt the rate of one cubic foot for everyj 80 acres at the highest practical point on the land of the stockholders of the Arnold ditch company for $10 on ocrc; maintenance charge 50 cents per acre per year. Water sufficient to raise agricultural crops will be delivered from April 1 to November 1 and the maximum amount of one cubic foot from May 33 to August 30. Deferred payments for water urc to be made in four yearly in- bailments, the first payment being due ou Nov. 1, 190$; same to bear interest at 8 per cent per annum from .Nov. 15, 1907. Mr. Sawhill agrees to 'deliver water by June 15 next to certain members of the con pany who will need it uext year to make final proof ou desert claims As soon thereafter as the work can be done he will complete the sys tern and deliver water to all who contract for it. Iu case of trouble in securing rightstf way, Mr. Saw hill reserves the right to return their payments to the stockholders and drop the project. However, no trouble is expected- from this source. The original Arnold ditch com pany was organized in 1905. Since that time work has been pushed with more or less zeal to within the last few months when considerable dissatisfaction developed among the stockholders as to the progress that had been made, considering the amount of money and time that had been spent. It was found that most of the Work that had been accomplished would have to be done over, necessitating a heavy expense. It was finally concluded that the original company would be unable to fiuauce the project, and steps were taken to find someone who would take over the ditch aud complete it. Mr. Sawhill finally agreed to do this as above outlined. The laud to be watered by this ditch lies adjacent to Bend on the cast and southeast, and comprises approximately 3,500 acres. Most of it is taken as homesteads and desert claims aud is being settled and de veloped by a progressive and ener getic class of people, Redmond Items. Hkdmonp, Dec. ifi. The Settlers' Association meeting, free feed, oyster supper, literary and musical entertain ment and general social and good time giveu last SaWrday night .will continue for some time to be the biggest thing of the kind that Redmond has bad, Co a- ! f Iderably over aoo were nresenf. ami en." joyed themselves and everybody wa not there either, Mn. Buckley presided at the organ and W. I. Young at the cook store and both covered themselves with glory. The muiioal and literary part of the entertainment consisted of recita tions, solos both vocal and instrumental, quartet and choruses, while the colonel' large phonograph discoursed sweet mgiia during supper. Numerous hearty en cores were responded to by various en tertainers. As always when there la such a gathering many new faces wro In evidence. A we moved around seek-. ing to get acquainted with these new faces we found that most of them wera actual or profpectlve settler. Among the former were Mr. Hall, who cot in. only that afternoon and ia still camped In town. The Peverlr brother were others and Mr. Chase from up toward talulaw, who has been in longer bnt whom wc had never meL Among tho tatter class were Mr. Doran and Mr. Shocmafce, who are doing some clearing north of town. When the breakup came at 13 o'clock we had not yet made tho rounds, so it's a ease of "to be con tinued." L. L. Welch and Earl returned front Portland last week. Mrs. Welch wilt follow in the spring, but Lee brought his genial smile with him and we are alt glad to see it. C. W. Davits, whom we mentioned last week, lias bought the forty corner ing between McGuffie and Manderschied and will build in the spring. He, with his family, arc living in the C M. Red field house. P. W. McCaflery and Ceo. McQueen are on a business trip up in the Sisters country. f. E. Lamb has sold his south forty to Mr. Atkinson, who was mentioned last week. Consideration f 1,000 if yoo please, fenced and half cleared. Sir. Lamb will return to Nebraska to look after some business matters there and Mrs. Lamb wi'l remain hero with Wr D. and John Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Slurp, Jr., were visitors at V. T. Redmond's Saturday. House warming at W. E. Young' next Priday night. School is now in session Mn the new dbtrict southwest of town with 19 pupil and Miss Harader teacher. An enter tainment will be Rivet there ou Christ mas eve. Wonl recently receivvd by Mr. and Mr. Redmoud states that C D. Red mond aud wife, who were here recently, have just reached home. Fittsbursr. Venn., after quite a trip down through California, Mexico and Cuba. K. C Tark. TumaJo Items. Tomalo, Dec. 17. We are having some ot the beautiful white which covers the ground. v J". D. Gibson was a pleasant caller at Tutnnlo yesterday. Chas. Wimcr delivered some nice beet UKCUstomers in Rend yesterday. V. V. and Claude Ii. Smith passed through here yesterday having been ovee to Bend for several days. J. II. Wenandy of Bend was in'Tumalq today on business T. A. Jensen and L. If. Root started to Shaniko yesterday after freight for Mr. llarncrof Mid law. Mr. Mosso ot Sister paved through here Saturday, taking two dressed beave to Bend which he peddled out there. Wimcr and Jensen were compelled to turn the water out of their ditch Sunday on account of the heavy suow fall at the head gate. Chas. Brock passed through here Sun-' day from Bend. A basket social ia billed to take place at the new school house near Gist next Priday night. Taken Up, At our ranch at TumaJo. Or., on De. cember r, one wild sorrel mare weight about 750 lb. White strip in forehead, both hind feet and fetlock white, blotch brand on left shoulder, aee three vear. This mare has been a nuisance here sincu the fall of 1905 aud is supposed to have been lost by Warmspriug Indians. Owner can have same by proving prop. erty and paying feed bill and advertising charges. Guo. W. Wimkr & Sons, WM5 Tumalo, Ur, Seed WhMt for Sale. Cox seed wheat for sal. c oer lb at the Bend Livery Transfer Stabks. iotf Subscribe for Tbc