THE
BEND
DiJLrLO 1 Il
VOI,. VI
IWiNU OKI I, O.N I'KIDAY, AUOUST 14, too8
NO. 22
CROP YIELD HEAVY
!5eil Country Alakcs Cioocl
Showing for 1908.
(MAIN AND GKASStiS 1)0 Wlil.l,
Report from All Parts of (he Segre
gation State Hint the Harvest
Will He Bounteous.
Fanners nrc beginning to brag
alxxit their crops In tills hcction, mid
well they iwty. The- spring wn a
cold and backward one Imt a very
satisfactory yield Is going to lm Imr
vested. Orniii crops in the vicinity
of Redmond nrc shiiwinii up hand
somely l'liotoyrnplicr jlowmnu of
Mewl litis taken views of difTrrent
fields in that vicinity They show
ft field of wheat Mainline to a mini's
chest and another of oaU standing
ns IijkIi as his neck. The heads of
both the wheat apd oats are filling
out likely and u fine yield of grain
will result. No threshing lms ut
tH.cn done mid couseijueiiliy the
yield can not lie Muted.
Similar reports have come in from
Powell lluttes. Crops are very
heavy theic, esecially oats, and in
an oat held owned by K. A. Ittissctl
it is said a steer or a uinu is com
pletely hidden from sight 30 feel
distant from a ersoii. A farmer
writing to The Iliillctin from that
section sy.s that the crops would
pay for the laud in n very short
time if transportation was enjoyed,
with the hettcr market it would
jtlfbrd.
Clover crops nrc doing remark
nhly well and it is a common re
mark heard now-n-days that "this
is rertniulv it ureal clover couutrv '
held ol clover on tuc out expert
litem farm near Itend has yicklcd
about three tons to '.he ocie ftom
the first cutting of the scamp. Sim
ilar repoiu come front other parts
of the segregation. A field ol al
falfa, seeded with a nurse crop last
year by the C. O. I). Co. of llend.
gave a line vie Id for its first cutting
u shun Mint uro, and is now about
readv lor tlv second cutting.
All root crop arc likewise doing
welt, as usual. A Twill Palls (taper
reported m few weeks ago that the
Ktaio prop 011 that project would
U- practically a total failuie, due to
the cold spring. Fortunately that
is not the case In the liriid country.
The yield of potatoes here will he
as good as usualwhich is very
good.
And fruit it doing very well. The
unuiially late frost played havoc
with the strawberries, currants and
gooseberries, hut red and black
lasplierries, I.ogaii berries and
hlatkberticx are yielding prolifical
ly. I.. 1). Wicst's blackcap rasp
lierries are a sight to behold and
are literally a mass of fruit. Mr.
Wiest also has a few grajte vines
that have reached the lieanug age
and will have some fruit this season
Thus does the llend country still
make good. We were visited with
a cold and backward spring, com
mon from one end of the country to
the other, but in spite of that hand
icap the crop yield in this section
wil be found to lie very satisfac
tory when the harvest is garnered.
IIUKNS IN TOP Ol TKKHS.
I'lre Was Carried Prom Jack Pines In
to Tops of Sugar Piacs.
The llulletiii made reference lust
week to the fact that a timber claim
on Sugnr Pine mountain belonging
to W. II. King of Prineville had
been entirely destroyed by fire. We
learn .since that the reason the loss
was so complete was because the
fire got into the tops of the big trees
and burned over the entire claim.
Of course, when the needles burn
on 11 tree that kills the tree. The
timber is .standing oh nicely ns ever,
with but little dnninge done to the
bodies of the trees.
On this claim there is a lot of
jack pine growing so thick that it
is said it would nlmoht be impossi
ble for a man to go through them,
Within this jack pine thicket there
was a luxuriant growth of grass
standing a foot and a half or two
feet high. This grass got to burn
lug, the fire ran Irom it into the
tops of the jack pines, and then was
curried into the tops of the big
sugar pints. That is the way the
damage was done If it were IhI
sible to log the claim now, there
would be but little Ions. Dili, df
course, thnt is impossible, and the
logs will siHiil before there is riny
chance to use them.
Mm rkcuivinm nnnos.
Atnuy Settlers Making Proof and Oh
mining llllo to I. nml a.
Many settlers on the segregation
are making proof of reclamation,
cultivation and settlement and some
feW deeds have lieeu issued by the
State J.nud Hoard Mr. J. R
Whitney, of Redmond, has just re
ceived deed No. 10 for .to acres.
Settlers cnu iiinke proof at any
time by complying with the thice
mouths residence and ouc-ciglilh of
the irrigable laud placed under cul
tivation. The state will thereafter
deed on receiving release of lieu
from the company.
ANOTHER BAD FOREST FIRE
(turns over a Largo Area Southeast of
llend-forest Officials Put Updnod
right Now Under Control.
The largest forest fire in this vi
cinity and the otic that seems to be
doing the most damage has been
burning 011 the Paulina mountains
during the past week. The fire
that The llulletiii reported in its
last issue ns burning in that sec
tion was put out, but another apd
much larger one has since been
started.
P. P. Petit, head forest ranger of
the Rowland district, came to llend
Monday to secuie men to fight the
fire. He refuted that it had start
ed in the cast side of range 13 ami
had burned through ranges 1 t and
15 and when he left it was just en
tering range !. nil in townships
x, 2i and 22. The Are extended
in an unbroken Hue for 15 mile
and was traveling to the southeast.
It was doing considerable damage
Mr. Petit repotted that he had
counted 250 trees that fell during
one night, but stated that the great
est damage was being done to the
small trees. The foiest ofticutUate
naturally very anxious to save the
young trees from destruction.
The ranger said he needed 150
men to light the fire nud strenuous
effoits were being made to secure
them. All that could be found in
this section were soon engaged and
Tuesday and Wednesday men lie
gnu to (nine 111 from Shauiko and
Moro and along the line of the Col
umbia Southern wherever they
could be found. As soon ns they
reached town they were taken to
the cene 01 'the lire. They arc be
ing (mid 2.50 h day nud hoard bv
the government.
Wednesday it clouded tin nud a
slight rain began to fall. The rain
continued intermittently during
Wednesday and Thursdny, nud
must have been of considerable as
sistance to the lighteis, although
the precipitation was light. With
so mnuy men on the ground the
fire will undoubtedly soop be got
ten under control.
I.ATiiR. Thursday nftcruoon
Ranger Dennett enmc in from the
scene of the fire, lie had been
working along the .south side of the
fire and had n fire line eight miles
long on that side of it. lie report
ed that the lire had burned n short
distance into township 23, ranges
13, 1 intuits. Thursday evening
Ranger Petit nlso came in and re
ported Unit they had the fire under
control on the north and south sides,
but it was still burning to the east.
It had gotten only n very .short dis
tance into range 16. Heavy rains
during Wednesday nud Thursday
l.nd been of great assistance, lie
returned to llend in order to iicnd
in some 30 or 40 men, by way of
Uoulntid, onto the east line of the
fire. He reported thnt the fire bad
burned only about n mile into the
south side of township 20, but had
(Continued on page 5.)
COST OF RESERVOIR
Pine One Could lie Built
for C. S. I. Project.
AT KXPKNDITURK OP SIIn,0.1i5
An Interesting Article that Describes
Storage- Posslljlllilc for the Laid-
Imv Irrigation Syitciti.
There has been so much discus
sion regarding the Columbia South
ern Irrigation Compiiiy's project
during tlic past two years that any
1111111' 'bearing" on that subject pos
sesses more or less interest for the
eople of this section The chief
trouble with that unfortunate proj
ect Is that there is not enough writ
tr in Tumello creek to supply the
enure M-'grcguiiuii wmi water ior ir
rigation. It has been suggested
that this trouble be remedied by
building storage reservoits There
is an interesting article covering
this question in the June number of
'The Northwest Journal of P.ugi
liming." a journal published by
the students of the Oregon Agricul
tural College. The article is by
Percy Cuper, who was one of a
crew of surveyors who recently stir
veyid the ptojiosed reservoir sites.
The article. 111 jrt. follows:
One of the first companies to under
Ukc til reclamation of land under the
Carey ,et, was the Three Sitters Irriga
tion Oiimwny, which later became the
Columbia Southern Irrigation Company
Thl eomMiiv cnteieil Into a contract
with the Hate to reclaim some 37.000
acre of land ill Crook county. The
plant of irrigation contemplated was a
gravity system from Tumello creek, the
rti muted cost of construction ot which
I '77.'" r praeti.alh l"P"r acre,
and the annual cost of inaiittenauce hm
estimated at ft m (-or acre.
It U obvious that in auy irrigation en
lernrise th water Mipph u of equal im
(MirtAUee nith the Inod to, Iw irrigatnl,
yet thia tntuirUut feature m frfUerttly
ilinrvganUd, or eonilerrt uyo Mich
tueagjer daw to reoder the conclusion
arrived at utterly unreliable ami often
misleading lu ralimfltua far lioth irri
gation and (tower, wherr (forage U t
n.nteinptated. the low water flow of the
tin-am noull govern 111 trie construction
wuila.
In the caw of tb Cotumhi Southern
company, the contract dm meculed
when the only axailable data a to water
up)lv w an eatlmale of the maKitnuw
and uiiinmuri How of the trcam, Uiteft
on K utter' formula which U a very uti
atufacturv metbihl of determining
trram ditclMrge. The n-aulU thut ob
tained were. Max. Ho, 1,176 aec -ft.,
Miu., K aec.-ft. It wm tletermlnol.
after a conaideraUVe aum of money had
hrrn expemte.1, that tluae reculla were
apiroiuiatel- ! ter cent too large,
ami that the water ul wa really uf
licient to irrigate mil In exceed oue-half
of the aegtvgatiott. When thu faet tie
i a me known, the aettleni ularted an la
enligatlon us to the imctu-ability of
orun' the diig Hootl water. Itngi
necr. uudvr tlte direction of the Male
cuuhicer, were eiit thare to invetignte
the feaiihillly ami make an estitiMte of
ctmt and raiMCitv of tcveral retervolr
ultra locutctf by the kettler. An exami
nation of tho aites diacioted the fact
that four of the Are wen- near the head
wateranf Tumello creek and were too
mall to lie of practicable uw In the Irri
gation of mi huge nil urea, et'ii if they
hail U-en ideal lte. which they were
nut Thlsrgetof tlii-w, with n two
foot dam Mu feet oil the crent, would
cover lc tlmn 'ncrc, and would Iihvc
itktoragecHMu;ltyo(MlaHtt i.miiicre feet.
Ooing to the great distance from tlie
Inud and coliMiplerit toas by hh'vxc,
thl amount would probably not irrigate
more than ,v arrea. Although no eati
mate ha lievii made, it W oblon that
the eoat per acre foot of storage water
would lie cr) high
A tough irlane table iuru'V wax made
of what is known as "Winter flat Heer-
olr Site,'1 on a scale of 1 iuch-Joo feet,
ami contour liitorvul of 10 feet. I'roui
thin urcy it npHHired that the tocroir
would hne a cntKieity of iitmut ..1,(k
nere feet, with the water ruUod 70 feet nt
the dam, and would cover an are." of ap
proximately t,do aeren. After allowing
jo per ccuti or H,6i)ii acre feet for loss by
secpige qui) evaporation in the distribu
tion system, together with aucvnpum
tion of one foot in depth from the sur
face of the reacnulr riming the Irriga
tion season, or l,6.o acre' feet, or a total
losHof 10,340 nre feet, the stored water
available forncpiM Irrtgutlon would be
,7&o acre feet. Allowing i.H acre feet
tor the irrigation of each irrigable acre
of land, the reservoir would supply water
for 18,100 acres. As the reservoir would
be filled in the spring, the summer How
would still be availublc for uce on addi
tional lands mid would Ih more than suf
ficient to irrigate the remainder o' the
segregation, especially as a considerable
portion of this laud is tough ami hot sus
ceptible to Irrlgitlon As this retervolr
site Is nut slttutrri on the creek, n (ml
ena! would lie neci-inary. tail, as tile
Ho could lie regulated by tin means, It
would eliminate the necessity of a water
way to the rewrvoir
'fhe lonMriii lion uf Winter I'lit l'e
rrvoir Motilil email the roust ruction of
twuilm It Is proooteri to build an
firth fill dam at trie lower end of the
.basin, 75 fret high, with a length of (So
fret till lilt- rri-sl 4 In f aim, tlnrml
lone font thhk on l lie titnier aide, a alote
(il r 4 in i on tlie loner sule. ami a waler
tight sleel ivre wall, tlie water to tie
drawn olf through a tunnel around the
dmri. The total cost of this dam, in
chiding galea and rigging, is estimated
nt 1107,364, These figures could prob
ably U- lowered If the earth could lie
placed by the hydraulic fill im-thnd. The
other dam would Im- n earth fill, with a
maximum height of v feet, and estimat
ed roi of ft r.771. The total cost of re
constructing tin- entire protect, Includ
ing the storage facilities mentioned, to
gether with feed canals and the neces
wry additions! distribution system, is
eslimalMl nt f79,4y;, or slightly in ex
cess of fro jier acre
Redmond Items.
CHfiMom Aiie. 0. One of the sad
dest events It lias ever fallen 10 our lot
to record, occurred thb week in the
death of Haby I in melee, which took
place Tfievlsy night, frotri nieumonln,
alter a very snort lllneM. Wlien on
Monday it became evhent th.it medical
attention was nerdeil the parents took
him to I'riueville, but wltliout avail
funeral services were held from the
Iniuse on Thursday morning with many
symtathiring friends prevent. These
wrrices were very simple, partly from
the fact that there was no official' of the
church uf their choice any where in thia
section of the country. Two hymns
were Miag at the Iwrisc' muj prayer Mrs
offered. At the cemetry the Our father
and Hail Mary were given nml the tittle
Imriy was laid away. We find it hard to
realise that the little one who bright
ened the home for four sliort month has
been takeu and we lmpe that he may
still lie a source of inspiratioii nud com
fort to tlte liereavwl parents. The ltearl
felt sympotliy of a host of friends i
with tlicm.
V I.. Kicker has been gaining steadily
ill Prineville and he is expects! home
the Utter part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Cnrl Ithret. with Mr.
and Mrs. Mcduffie, started f riday morn
ing for an outing on the Metolius.
Tuck and Reeds preceded them on
Wcdueriay rooming.
Nelahlmr Smith 1 back from Slsokaue
and rrport Olive as much improved and
iimi one win u now n in in eour 01 a
week or two for an extended visit as it
wilt lie ueceaaary for her to give up work
for some time.
. Aa the Water Users' Association never
perfected organisation, ""d as there
seems to lie need of some such uuion, it
is r-o,ueled that settlers come toKetbcr
again on next regular Settlers' Associa
tion meeting uight, August at, for the
iliscnsMoti of various matters of general
interest. Kemember the date. Kvery
one is urged 10 be present.
W. II. and lVWitt lrab are doing
some clearing for Mlsa Kckersou. They
wilt clear, plow ami put into clover awl
tiutoly leu acre. II. C. P.VKK.
Inklings at (list.
C.tsT. ue n. Mr. Alex I.vrHM
of C.ist thought Ite would go in the
chicken IhuIhcsm, to purchased a itnaen
or iiMire hens, nice ons, too. Ite va
calletl away from home one day last
week, ana when nc returned lie iiectiletl
he was out of the chicken Id. Mr.
Cojote bad got all but four.
MAURI KD-MU florence Phllltm
and Charles Wiley were married Sunday,
at the liottte of tlie brilie's father, tnmr
(list. Their many frieud wish them
hapoineaa,
Mr. ami Mrm. Prank .umwalt of Ktl
mouri stooiMil over night at Gist Tues-
ilay night.
Mr f. M. l'hiliim receivetl tlte sari
news rruuy tlut hi moiucr waa not
expecti-d tq and for hlut to come as
soon as piMsibte. Mr. l'lillipp Uft toilay,
Miini.iV, ior tile vaney. u is nopex iimi
lie uiuy liui) lir better when ho arrives
tliere.
Mr. ami Mrs. Will fryrear sricut the
afti--ruoou at (list Sunday,
Mr. Kesnt of Slaters has sold out hi
farm at that place. Wo did not loom
lilt iiwii'h name who bought but c were
iiiforiued that he was from Washington,
f 3,a.xi whs the price paid
Judge Hill and Mr. Wvun stnptieri
over at (list for a few- miuutou Monday
on their way to Sisters in the intercut of
tlic LcntrAl Oregon Kallro.ul.
How to Avoid Appendicitis
Most victims of apieiuliciti are those
who ate habitually cnustilvUeri. Poley's
Orlnu Laxative cita's clironie coustipa.
ttou by stitiiulatiiig the liver and liowcls
and retot the natural action of the
bowels. 1'olej'n Oriito I.sxr,tive docs
not tmui-catv or grille ami is mild ami
picas uit to take. Hefasc substitutes,
C. W Merrill, Druggist.
$5.00 Reward.
llrouii marc, white forehead, branded
F on left hip. .Strayed from 1). I. Jfc V,
camp 3. f5.i reward for its return to
John D.igostuil, atabovemcntloiicricamp.
33-tf John Dagosti.ni.
Read The Bulletin
uews, nil of it.
nud get the
SENDS SASSV LETTER
Threatens to Use Dyna
mite on Preacher.
LIGHTNING KILLS 2! SHOfiP
Strikes Tall Pine and Hlectrocutes a
lt of Mutton C. 0. Surveyors
Are Camped at .Madras.
Rev. C. A. House, Methodist
pastor at Prineville, has received
an anonymous letter threatening
him with dynamite. The Review
says that Rev. Houscl took an ac
tive part in the recent local option
fight, aud it is suspected that some
aisgruntled anti prohibitionist is re
sponsible for the letter. The letter
has been turned over to Sheriff
Klkins wis) is investigating the
matter. There is n strong sus
picion ns to whom the writer is, but
not enough evidence to warrant on
arrest. The letter was written
with lead pencil, in capitals through
out, aud with an occasional mis
siiellcd word. The threatening
missive follows:
"Hobo IIousH, Old Tramp:
"I'rInevTIIe'lias got red of one bum ami
if yon ifont'tend to your own business
it will move you. Dynamite is cheaper
than property tax, so rnlml vour own
business and let it alone
"Yom beg from women ami children
to keep you alive. You are a church
uieutlr but no christcsut, a d hvpo-
crite."
Lightning Kills 21 Sheep.
Wes Allen, who is herding for J.
X. Williamson, was in town yes
terday and told of the killing of 21
head of sheep on July 22. A fur
ious storm of rain aud lightning
was raging- that day, and the .sheep
always huddle around a tree dur
ing these storms. That day was
no exception. The animals had
gathered about a pine for shelter,
and the liolt struck the tree, going
directly of course to the ground aud
killing all the sheep that wercclose.
Allen was S5 feet away from the
spot, further up the lull nud in
charge of another bunch, but he
plainly felt the shock, which seemed
almost to deprive him of breath for
a moment. The swell of the burn
ing wool was almost unendurable.
Prineville Review.
Plans for Teachers' Institute.
R. A. Ford, new county super
iutendeut of schools, took up his
official duties here Monday. lie is
receiving numerous inquiries as to
when the county teachers' institute
will be held, aud desires to say that
no date will be set until after the
convention of the county superin
teudents of schools has been lwkl
at Salem September to nud rr, for
the reason that he hopes to be able
to induce the state superintendent,
Mr. Ackcrmau, and other promi
nent educators to attend the Crook
county institute. Accordingly,
when Mr. Ford returns from Salem
next month he will designate and
announce the local dates. Prine
ville Journal.
C. 0. Surveyors at Madras.
Robert Ron and the party of Cen
tral Oregou railroad surveyors
reached Madras the last of the week,
having practically completed the
survey for the projected Hue be
tween this place and Oneil, says
the Pioneer. Vhey came iuto Mad
ras last Friday evening and pitched
their camp, and uext day "backed
up" three miles on the survey in
order to make some slight changes
in the line where it comes into Mad
ras. The new survey practically
follows the old Columbia Southern
survey, though a few changes have
been made where the line comes
into Madras nud where it crosses
Crooked river near Oneil, n slight
reduction in the grade having been
found possible nt both of these
places. The old survey got out of
Crooked river on n 1.6 per cent
ernde. nud out of Willow creek
basin on practically the same, while
the new survey reduces the grade
about .1 per cent, so that the heav
iest grade on the line will be a r
per cent.
There arc 1 : men in the survc
ing party nnd they will prolwbl .
be camped here for several day
Mr. Rea nays that the line fron
this place south to Iiend i one th;
can be easily built, with no hcav
work to speak of. He declined
however, to express an opinion &
to when construction would !
started, although he says he tx
lieves that will depend largely tir
on the attitude of the people of t bi
section toward the railroad project
Mr. Rea is firmly convinced tha
the people of Crook county will
have to render some' very material
assistance themselves, if they want
immediate relief from their trail'
portation troubles.
fuccllent Crops.
K. A. IJussct of Powell Butte
reports all grain, especially oats, as
being exceptionally heavy in hn
section this year, and he tells o
one patch iu his eighty which
stands so high that a man or a stee
uot over 20 feet distant is complete
ly hidden; head, shoulders nnd all
lie, nnd all farmers in his neigh
borhood, near Niswouecr's station
are enthusiastic anent the crop ou
look. Prineville Journal.
APPLICATION IS APPROVED.
Organization of First National Bank of
fiend Is Iielnj; Perfected.
Apropos of the organization of
the First National Bank of Bend
the Hanover National BankofNcv
York City writes to Mr. John Steidl
as follows:
"S'ew York. August S. 1908. John
Sleidl, Isq.. President Central Oregon
Banking & Trust Company, llend, (Jr
gorr. Dear Sir We noticed yesterday
that the Comptroller of the Curreti .
approved an application made by yi 1
and your friends to organlxc the I in
rational uanu ot lieml, ami we prcium.
that the purpose is to convert your nres
etit institution into a National -ioi u
tion. and hope that the chanee will nr.v -
advantageous in many ways. It seem.
to us tlmt llend should develop rap.dl
at an early date and National Hanks now
ariavs certainly have the call as agaiu--state
and private institutions. W
note that Mr. C. S. Hudson of Canon
City will aid vou in working out the d
tails, the rsipers havinc been forw.vlt I
to him. vou will find the gentleman ui
tucstioit an able aud experienced utan
The Hanover National is tb
third largest bank of New York,
with a capital of $3,000,000 nnd .1
surplus of $9,000,000.
Mr. Hudson, as stated lost week,
has been cashier of a bank at Cauo 1
City aud resigned to come to Bend
The Canon City bank had deposits
of $300,000. Mr. Hudson writes
that permission has been given for
the new institution to take over the
assets of the Central Oregon Bank
ing & Trust Company, the charter
for the new bank has been granted,
and its organization will go for
ward with all due speed. Mr. Kud
sou expects to reach Bend the lat
ter part of this mouth.
Tumalo Items.
Ti'Mr.o. Aug. . J. N. UJ. Oerkiiis
and Mr. Allen of Laidlay were iu Tum.il
Monday on bu&lueas.
County Judge Kllis and Mr. Wynn,
right of-way man for the C. O. K K
stopped here a tew moments yesterday
J. II. lMwarris and ltd White of Cm
passed through here Saturday returnim
from a business trip to llend.
Clms. Wimer went up to air. Ryan -.
plca Sunday, returning with some fiu
trout he caught up there.
I, It. Wimer and C. II. Su-h have
heavy crop of timothy hay cut and ready
to haul iu.
T. A. Jensen vvus cutting hay for Mr.
Ilakcr on his homestead last 1'ridny an !
Saturday,
Ceo. W, Wimer & Sous are busy lisy
ing and have 11 large crop to put up
Mr. Swisher has just finished puttiu
up u nice lot of clover and timothy hav ,
Jay Nichols is busy haying aud man,
more of the farmers are getting ready to
commence. All are reporting a fa
yield.
C. J. Johuson has gone to Culver t
work.
Miss Olga Ilasselbcrg was Uiting At
home Sunday. She Is working for Mrs
John Ryan at the Tides ranch,
A number of campers from Henri pa-tto.1
through here last week golug to tin
mountains for an outing,
Miu Coleman of the central 'phon
office at llend, accompanied by I-awrencp
Smith of Gist, passed through here Sat.
unlay evening returning from Gist l
llend.
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