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THE BEND BULLETIN. VOL. VI I3KND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUCUST 7, 1908. NO. '? A NATIONAL BANK fjcml Will Soon Have Suclj an Instlitilfoii. CAPITAL STOCK PULI.Y PAID present Hank Will (lo Out or limine and Now Concern Will Tkc Over Assets-Open about Sept. I. llend Li to have n national bank. The Central Oregon flanking X: Trait Company will iooh be dis jiolvetl mid i;o out of business. It will Ik: muwiccdcd by mi luttitiitioii known in the First National Hank of Ilcml, Oregon. The new Imnk will have n capitalization of f 15, xx), fully paid up. The nxxets of the old concern will Iw taken over by the new organization, at a valu ntlon fixed lv und under the ap proval of the national bank ex aminer. That is, the examiner will place a valuation 011 nil nxscts mid no assets will be taken over ex cept lhoe that meet hit approval. Application has been made for a uatiouil bank charter, ami it is ex pected to have the First National Hank of Ilcud ready for business on or about .September 1. The (lerttoiiucl of the stockholder of the new banking institution as sures it.H succcs-f. The stockhold er arc C. S. Hudson, cashier of the First National Bank at Canon City, Colo., who resigns to come to Ilcud; John Stcidl, Dr. V. C. Coc, IS. A. Sathcr, Roscoe Howard, Attorney C. S. Benson, Cha. I). Rowc, of Bend; F. F. Smith of Cist; Robert Smith of Sisters. Mr. Hudson, who will be the .ashler of the new bank nnd who will have the general management of the bank's business under the board of directors, is n thorough banker and has had years of ex jicrlciice in that business. He has held several very important osj tiotiH with large concerns in the Hast, and each and every one of them hjwaks in the highest terms of him as it man and a banker. Recommendations of equal satis factory tone huve been received, in response to inquiries made by local men, from business concerns in Colorado with which Mr. IfudwMt lias been connected mid from men with whom he has done business It is quite evident that Mr. Hud sou will bring to hit duties qt Rend h ric experience in the business in which he is to engine. ' It will mean much to Ilcud and vicinity to have n sound f.unucinl institution, namely, a national bank, mid one that mn command the icMiect of conservative business men. The new bank will, of couth-, do n general banking busi ness, will make loans, collections, etc., nnd will be able to afford the usual accommodations to responsi ble parties. While the exact date when the new bank will open for business cannot now be told, it is exacted that nil nrrani;cmcits for its opening will have been com pleted some time !ctwccii the ist nnd 15th of September. Before the old bank closes its n (fairs it will call in nnd redeem nil otiUtnitdiiig "time certificates" Issued at the time of the panic. Mr. ifudsou, accompanied by his wife, visited llend several weeks ago nnd gave the local banking field n thorough examination. He expressed himself ns highly pleased with piosectH hero nnd said an ex celleut banking business can cer tainly 1) worked up by the new institution. He writes that lie will be in llend nbout September 1. Hear Damages Camp. When Claude McCnll, who is tending enmp for' the Martin & Schroder sheep camps, wnn in our office n few days ago, he told us of the peculiar antics that n bear per formed at one of their camps. Mr. Hruiu made the visit, of course, at a time when no one wns near, nnd being fairly hungry nte ull he could find about cnuip that was edible Including all the mutton, bacon and dried fruit, and turc tip nil the other packages in the grub box, leaving u conglomeration of cofTce, leu, suijar, salt, beans mid rice. Not being satisfied with the havoc he hud already wrought he tore in to the inner confines of Claud's bed hud made it n very unpresentable sight to the owner when he re turned. Silver Lake Leader. flowing Water at Threo Feet. While the 7.X vnquerou were camticd out by Fossil Lake on the desert they dug a hole hear the lake for fresh wnlcr. When down nbout three feet they struck a vein of water which soon boiled out of Uie top und flowed like n sprint:, soon making u small rivulet to the lake. This goes to show that there is a grc.it dcil'df water under that country nnd if the right kind of a well were sunk 110 doubt artesian water could be struck anywhere on the desert. Jt's up to somebody to put in a. well drill and );ivc it' n fair iri.ii, ns me indications tire promts ing. Silver I.nke tender. FACES CHARGE OF ARSON A. li. rUlehenct Hound over to Circuit Court 1'allcil to Ralso Itond nnd Wat Taken to Jail. Last Friday afternoon A. 11. Kstcbciiet was arraigned 011 n charge of arson, and his hearini: was had before Justice O'Connor of Rend. As a result he was bound over to the circuit court, with his bail pluccd nt 53,500. This he was unable to raise, and Sunday he was taken to jail nt Priucvillc by Car lylc Tnplctt, who had been ap pointed special officer by Sheriff lilkins. He is charged with hav ing set fire to his storage cellar for the purpose of collecting insurance on his Mock of liquors stored therein. Considerable evidence was intro duced at the hearing. Sheriff lilk ins tcstiticd that he had asked Hste benct why he had moved part of the liquor out of the cellar into the ice house. listchciict made 110 an swer except to say thnt he just wanted it there. The sheriff also said he had examined the cellar, nnd could plainly sec that the fire had been set by someone, also that lie saw something unusual, namely, the keeping of empty bottles in the storage cellar. He finally accused Kstcbcnct with having set the fires and said that he intended to arrest him. Whereupon Kstcbcnct showed great signs of fright nnd nervous ness, turning first red nnd then white, with great drops of perspir ation standing out on his forehead Charles Drown was put on the stand nnd asked if it was custom ary lor saloon men to keep empty Iiottlcs in storage with their liquors. He replied that it was not, that the empty bottles were generally .stored out of doors, Ralph Putin testified that on the day following the I.iuMcr fire he went into JvUcbcnct's place after a hntiiinrr that the defendant had borrowed, doing into the cellar after it he noticed that the room wns quite full of smoke, and asked Kstcbcnct if the smoke was from the I.inster fire. Kstcbcnct replied that it was not; that someone had probably dropcd .1 match into n barrel of waste paper in the rear of the cellar, which had caught fire and pnitly burned. Dunn asked if anyone put nut the fire and Kstc bcnct replied that it went out itself. Henry Whitsett testified that on the moiuiug nftcr the Muster fire he noticed that the hose enrts were .standing in the street between his place nnd Kstebcuct's. The night previous they hnd been left be tween the Pilot Hutte Inn and the old Smith restaurant. Whitsett asked the defcuduut who had moved the carts down there, and Kstcbcnct replied that he had, that he fenrcd there might bo n Ike downtown. This action, taken in connection with the fire in the cel lar, is tnkeu to indicate thnt the de fendant knew of the fire in the eel lar nnd had moved the carts in or der to have them ready to protect (Continued 011 page 4.) IMPORTANT RULING Of Interest to Desert Land Entryman. DI-CISION ON LOCAL CONTUST u Stock In Irrigation Company If Accept able as "Yearly Hxpcndlturc" Required by Law. Attorney C. S. liaison of llend hns recently received advance sheets of "Decisions Relating to the Pub lic Lands. Hie pamphlet con tains the decision of l'irst Assistant Secretary Pierce of the Department of the Interior, in the contest ol Caldwell vs. Hnlvorsou. The de cision will le of widespread interest in this section as It establishes the precedent that the' purchase of stock in an irrigation company (when said stock entitles holder to a cer tain amount of water for irrigation) will be accepted as a part or whole of the "annual expenditure" re quired by the desert laud act. The decision follows in full; :.r. V.I CAi.mvm.1 IIAl.VOKSON. All cxcudlturc for stock in an irrigation coMxuiy, by means of vlioc system a ilrvrt land cutrymau proxtc to irri gate Ills land, each shaie of stock en tltllue him to a certain amount of wat er, It mi cxiitliturc (or the "purchase of water rights" within the meaning of section i of the act of March , 1801, and he l entitled to credit therefor toward mrrtiiiK the requirement of the statute with respect to annual ex (iciiditurc, notwithstanding uch stock uuy be transferable. First Assistant Secretary Pierce to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, May 4, 1908. Samuel C. Caldwell has appealed to the Department from your deci sion of December 6, 1907, reversing the action of the local officcis of January 34, 1907, and dismissing his contest against desert land en try No. 556, made by Kd. Hnlvor sou, May 20, 1905, for the NW. Sec. to, T. 18 S R. 13 IJ., W. M., 160 acres. The coutest affidavit was filed September 22, 1906, nnd charms failure to make the required annual expenditure of $1.00 per ncre, or to make uuy material expenditure whatever for the improvement, irri gation and reclamation of the said laud as required by law. There is practically no con diet of lesliniqny. It appears from the record that claimant expended about $55 in clearing ami cutting trees tixn the land, during the first year of liis entry, which is the per iod in question, and that he liought two shares or stock 111 the Arnold Irrigation Company, paying there for and thereon, in labor and cash, enough to raise his annual expendi ture above the required sum of ;?iio. The nearest approach of the ditch of said company to this laud nt the date of entry was nbout two miles, but is 111 processor further construc tion, and is the ditch shown upon the plat filed with claimant's appli cation to make entry. I his stock is transferal)!-, nnd the question presented in this case is whether this expenditure for stock in the irrigation company can properly be allowed ns nn expendi ture required by the desert land law. The act of March 3, 1877. as amended by the net of March 3, 1891, section 5, provides: That no land klmlt Ik- tutcntcd to niiv persou under this net unless lie or his ufcsluuorii idiull have expended in the nee- eury irrigation, reclamation nnd ctilti vnliou thereof, bv means of main canals mid brunch tlitcficn. mid in periiiaiirnt improvement upon the bind, nml in the purchase of water rights for the Irriga tion of the fcuiue. ul least a.im ner nere of the whole tract reclaimed Hint jxiteut-i-d In the manlier following: limn one year niter ranking entry for Ktich tract of desert laud ns nforcsnid, the, party mi enteruur shall expend not less than Ji.uiper ncre for the purixise aforesaid: mid lie shall hi like manner cicnd the sum of fi.ua per ncre during tuc second mid nun uurliii! the third year therealtcr, until the full sum of I j.uo per ncre is mi expended. You hold that the purchase of this stock is nit expenditure "lit the purchase of water rights for the Ir rigation' etc., as provided for in the nbovc quoted act. Your decision reverses the action of the local officers. It is contended upon this appeal that because this stock in this irri gation company, concerning whose solvency and ability to deliver the water within the rcuuircd lime tin qilciilion is raised, in transferable, ami may be sold before water is actually used upon this laud, the expenditure therefor cannot be properly allowed to this cntryman. The same argument can be made ns to allowance for fences, which can be sold and removed, also as to all ditches off the land, the water from which can be sold and diverted to other laud; also as to windmills, towers nnd other movable machin ery, even if the same arc actually in use upon the laud. The Department is of the opinion 11101 this expenditure for stock in the irrigation company is an expen diture for the purchase of water rights, and properly allowed to this eutryman under the statute. Your decision is accordingly affirmed. It will be remembered that in this case Mr. Caldwcl) claimed that the purchase of stock in the Arnold Irrigation Company could not en title Mr. Haivarson to credit on his yearly expenditure for the reason that the stock could be sold and the water transferred to other land. Mr. Caldwell won in the land office at The Dalles. Mr. Halvorsou thereupon appealed to the Commis sioner of the General Land Qfficc, who reversed the decision of The Dalles officials. Mr. Caldwell in turn appealed to the Department of the Interior, witlitlic result that the decision of the Commissioner of the General Land office was affirmed. Mr. Caldwell, through his attorney, W. P. Myers of Laid law, has applied for n review of the case. Attorney llcnson of Rend has handled the case for Mr. Hal vorsou. Pleasant Rldgo Items. I.oU of beautiful warm tunshluc now-n-day. I la) lug is nil over no-v and put up in .1 first clM condition, exceptionally to. The railroad ii itill coming. C. M. Hcslfield wn in our icinity Tuoday on butincM. Civil Kneiuccr P.ikc and crew nre nt Ilall't ntntion thta week running urcy line on which to build laterals for the late l)a id Miller. Mm. O. V. Hall entertained n few of her friend lat Sunday at dinner in hon or of Mrs. Samuel Ward and tlauehter Laura of Spokane, Wash, All reported n deliKhtful time. J. Alton ThompMHi ii irrigating Win. IlurcheU'a ciop during hi nWnc. Horn, to Mr. mid Mr. Clint Woodson the Jitd, n lo-lti. lmliy jirl. Mother mid babe doing well. lleury Ilcwiiis i making Mine extra exertion in ihoving the under over his place Uli week mid lost. Kev. llnrrnder filled the pulpit nt l'lcswiit Hidgc lt Sunday, Ui ilU court wn good, Sherwood Pro, ate contemplating Uiyiug 11 binder, m Milwaukee. Crops are looking extremely promikiug. They will cut oats for tluc who )ii.h cutting done, Chad Irviu w-isnt our Sunday school laid Sunday with plaT.11 re aud nirpriM. to nil. However, we me ,lnd to tee this Chid, and there is the most of welcome. May the good work go on. Come right along. Powell Uiittes Items. (,ood crops nre lieiug harvested. The settler hi tho old river bed ex pect to have school next wiutcr. J, 1, Jones Im come home from the ditch camp to Irrigate. Perry Imus and wife have leturncd home after an extended visit to Portland. Cliff lillis, who has been cnrpciitcrlug hi l'r!ueIlle during the summer, hns re turned home to Irrigate nnd harvest his crop. No one is imuuiuc from kidney trou ble, so just remcml)cr that lfoley s Kid ney Remedy will stop the irregularities mid cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble thnt Is not beyond the reach of medicine. C. W. Merrill, Druggist. Tltere'sNRWS "in The BuUetlu. DAMAGE FROM FIRES Burning In Timber South of Bend. HARD TO GET U.pHR CONTROL A Stubborn One In 19-10 Is Causing the .Most Damage Two Others In 22-o and on Paulina Mta. For the last week or to days a number of fires have been burning in the timber south of Iicnd, nnd arc doing more or less damage. The largest one and the one causing the greatest loss is btirnjng about five miles wcs of Prank West's place on the upper river, in township 19, ranges 9 and 10. This fire is now burning within the reserve, and is a very stubborn one. Reports from the fire Tuesday stated that it had then burned over four sections, and it has been burning constantly since that time. A 'phone special to The bulletin Thursday reported that one of the fire fighters had just been at the Prank West place and he brought the uews that it is doubtful if the fire can be put out by tomorrow, Saturday. J. N. Hunter has gone with eight or 10 men from Iicnd to fight this fire. In all there are some 15 or 20 men, including the rangers, working hard to get it under con trol. There is a large amount of snow brush, jack pine, and young fir in that region, wuich makes the fire very hot and very difficult to get under control. Another fire of no mean propor tions is burning west of the Ros land sawmill and some six or seven miles south of the "fish trap," or in township 32, range 9. This has been burning for several days and reports from it state that quite a number of large trees are falling. A crew of fighters nre likewise try ing to get it under control. Still another one is burning on the Paulina mountains. Inquiries made at Rosland bv The Bulletin discloses the information that this one is not doing much damage, as it is running chiefly through the grass and pine needles. A crew of eight or to men are at work on it. A claim belonging to W. P. King of Princville and located on Sugar Pine mountain has been totally de stroyed. J. N. Hifhtcr passed over the claim and reports it a total loss. While the cause of the fires is not known, they are supposed to have been started by lightning. There has been practically no rain for sev eral weeks and the timber is in prime condition to burn. Redmond Items. Redmond, Aug. 3. Another oue of the popular Lndict' Aid social U on for pext Thursday afternoon from 3 o'clock 011, Icecream and rake will be served nt the school house. W. L. Gibson has had some honei stolen ntalu. Saturday moruine Ik whs lookhiK for them and presume he has found them by this time. Horn, to Sir, aud Mrs. D. W. C. Woods, .Saturday, a clrl. Ten pounds, and Mr. McClay say its no doctor's baby ..cither. J. H. Lnuib lias bought A. It. Ander son's three town lots, east of the Red field property. He says they may come handy to have when the rnilnvad gets here. Mr. Anderson h.-w been tnlkiug for some time of leaving aud expects to do so lfore long. More new arrivals whoso name we did not lenru nre camped near the school house. Twelve children arc in the num ber. They nre folks who bought tonic time ago, but seem to have trouble find lug their land. The latest word received from Miss Olive Smith at Spokane is that she is out of danger. Prlends of the family will be pleased to learn this. The C. O. surveying crew was spend ing Sunday evening in Madras, having moved their camp to that place. K. C. Park. Library for Prlnevllle. The P. A. A. C. is putting forth considerable effort to increase the Beside new ten 11 1 court and the skating rink, n new library room is to be partitioned of next to the billiard parlors. Th' ladies of the Annex will furnish the library. This auxiliary society is already to do more than its shar ' of the work of making the club better and more attractive. Jour nal. Porcupines Damage Fruit Trees. Porcupines are proving to be a pest at the Cove orchard, and a numoei nave occn uiueu mere 111 the past week or so. Fred Fulg bam, who works at'th'c Cove, killed three of them Tfiursday night. The porcupines arc attracted by the ten dcr berry sprouts and the leaves on the fruit trees, especially the pcai trees, several of which they nearly stripped of foliage. They do no cat the fruit but pull off the leav and ihc young sprouts from tin berry vines, and one of them can do a gqofl deal of damage in one night .Sjadras Pioneer. STRIKES A VEIN OF COAL Madras Oil & das Company's Drill Pierce Fine Stratum of Coal In Well on drizzly Mountain. Although the news was not made public at the time, the Madras Oil & Gas Company drilled into a vein of good looking coal in the holo which they were sinking on thi west slope of Grizzly. The coal wa's encountered at a depth of 1 50 feet and appears to be of a flue quality, but the extent of it is not known as the work was suspended just nfter the coal was struck, tin machinery being too light to carry the hole to a much greater depth When the work was suspended, Frank Forest, president of the com. pany, left for California to buy heavier machinery. He did not buy in California, however, but placed an order with an Kastctn firm through their Portland reorc- scntatives, for a standard drilling outfit and othtr machinery, mak ing up a car-load lot, and this will be received within the next ix weeks. In the mean time the drill ou the ground will be used in prospecting the coal discovery, to ascertain the thickness of the vein, nnd it is probable that further investigation of the coal prospect will prove it to be of sufficient extent to be of grea" importance. The discovery pf a good quality of coal in Crook couu ty would be of immense importauco in the development of this section, measurable by the extent of the coal deposits uncovered, and the exploration of their discovery by the local prospecting company will be watched with much interest. As soon as the heavier machiii cry arrives work will be resumed on the deep well being drilled to pros pect for oil. Mr. Forest boucht casing and other material necessary to continue the work, and also em ployed another drill operator, who will have charge of the work. It is expected that this work will tict be resumed within six weeks c r two months, as it will take th.i'' long to get the machinery here and on the ground. Madras Pioueer. ...x Turaalo Items. TVMAio. Amj. 4. Hot smoky weather. days and 1. Ii. Wimer and C. -11. Spaugh w te at Tumalo oue evening last week. V. V. Smith of Gist und Mr. Tucker ot Seatth?, Wash., stopped hero Sunday u busincsv. A number of our farmer air bi y cro( 1 cutting and putting up hay, and are making a good yield. O. Kelley of Hay Creek state th.it he will be up in this country this f.dl wilt, ,i steam thresher and his own cook wajju to do the threshing for farmers in thii section. V. II. Coulev of I'lauei-an. Oitiit. was in Tumalo Sunday. Mr. Couley h 11 two bands of sheep on the rcsetve at tho head of McKeuiie river. Pred Wallace and Mr. cSuituon of Laidhiw passed through here ynterdiy, Nowthatjthe Laid law Cbrttdclc Kn Ulltn back into Mr. Mveis .knn.lt ,i. hope to get jUici good, reliable, seiiiibKj lEKMilVJ"!;; HCW9 agaui jiuw JL,