The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, August 28, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BEND BULLETIN. VOL. VI IJI'.ND OKl'.GON, FRIDAY, AUGUST s8, 1908. NO. 24 Harriman Will Build into Central Oregon i Promises flovernor Cham perlaln that Worfc Will lie Begun at Once, WILL COME UP DESCHUTES llnrrliimii Favors n North ami Snulh I.nc anil River Route (lives the Host (Irmlcs. IIII.K ALSO RliADY TO BUILD !vents Indicate an Interesting Phit lletweon the Two Orcal IJallrond Magnates for Possession of Iicsctjtltco Klvcr Route, Tlic (I r en 111 that Central Oregon hasdrramed for 30 years it about lo lc realized, mid this vnsl inland empire is nt Inst to Ik: given railroad transportation. Governor Cham, hcrlain Inn returned from his con fcrcncc with the great Ilnrrimnn at rclicm Hay and states that the "Wizard of Wall Street" promised him "unequivocally, flat foolcdly, nnd absolutely" to begin at once the "speedy construction of a rail road into Central Oregon." The only thing now to be determined is to choose the route of the extension, and Harriman is now in conference nt rclicau Ilay with his engineers and lieutenants attending to the choice of routes. Harriman has promised and the road will he built. Sccrit Routes Possible. I There arc several routes that tuny be chosen, some giving n line north and south, others n line east and west across the stntc. It Is Mild that Harriman favors a north nnd south line. One possibility is to extend the Columbia Southern through this section to Klamath Kails, but very few believe that will be done hs the grades on the Columbia Southern ore frightful The more probable route for n north and south line would be one up the l)eehutcs river from its mouth through Ilcnd to Klamath Falls. The etist and west line .will either lie the extension of the line from Natron through the Cascades at Diamond Peak pass nnd across the state eastward to Ontario, or the extension of the Corvallis & Hast cm through Demi and eastward to Ontario. If the Natron-Ontario line is built, lines north through this section and south to Ktamuth Falls will be constructed. The gcn era I opinion is that n north and south route will be chosen. Tho (Jovernor Talks. Governor Chamberlain said in part: Mr. Harriman staled definitely that nrltml work would Ik- begun on tlie Ioiik delayed cxtcmlou ino Central Oregon ntonre. Tim only preliminary step to lie taVcn More construction U lgiin l (11 fix definitely the route, mid that will Ik done wltliln the next lew days, ai the rrimlt f iinollicr official conference of IiikIi Harriman ofllciaU at 1'clicnii Ilay. This conference- hnsnlrenily liccii ordered nnd will he nltcmlcd by Julius Kruttsch llltt, dlicctor of inatuteiimice mid opera tloii of the Harriman line; It. It. Calvin, Wccprcililctit of the Union Pacific; Wll- ll... Ilnnil rlllrf rllL'lllPIT 111 IllC Pacific NVKtern; mid kcverat high ofllclalii of the Southern Pacific, Including member of tho legal tnfI- "Tlie most Important question yet to be decided, mid the one Hint will bo of utmost Importance, to the regions affect' id, U whether Harriman will tap Leu trnl Oregon with mi cant and went or a north nnd south line, The north mid south Hue seemed to find most favor In Mr, Ilnrrluun'seye. Construction In tho Immediate puturc "VI...... .... iiiiililiu, (ill nr mill About tjie nature of the business conferences our imrty had with Mr. Hurrlman, We wero provided with nil eiullcsa supply of map, drawings, atattitica and other data prepared by the Hsrrlniuu Hues ami also wltli all state maps and documents tlmt would bear oil the subject. Wo went cv Jmuitively luto the gcogrnphy and topog- tnphy of pnicllrnllv rwty portion of ill tale now milapH'd by fHllriimln . dlsciittvil the arloua resource ni' their chance of ilt-telnpineut We li' k up tllculrlv thr llrml roimlry, II r nllirt on tlnu Mr 1 1 it r r 1 11111 11 frinUI Hilmlllril that tin? nrlointseiilnnsboii il lime tihcf, mid bv finully iiminmireil t me that be would order niliml work br mum In the Imiiiedlair liiliim. Ilr ml lie would call together vailnua uffieliil of Ibe illllercut rouiU nml that ut a con ferenrr wllb tliem the definite rniue w.itllil ! ettlel IIm.ii Tin- cmifcrrtirr vtill lie t'ipilnpvil with the Mirvevn of n mmiU'r of iIkIiIh of-un, nil of wbirb have been lirlil fur miiiic time ami iwijh of wblrli we went over on our Ni to .Sir. Harriman' IimIki'." Will (intend Corvnllls & liastern. According to Governor Chamlx-r lain, Hiirrluiau lutciidk to extend the branch line now terminating ut Detroit and will push that eastward to it future c6tiuection with the proposed north nut) south Jine. It is also a nractical certainty that the new line now bcitm built to Khun nth Fulls from the south will he ex tended northward to Odcll and then over to n connection with the Soul., eru Pacific main line nt Natron, and that when this has been done truins will run direct from Portland to Sacramento over tlmt route, (Continued 011 page 5,1 HILL TO TAP THIS SECTION llcllevcd That He Has Obtained Pos session of tho Oregon Trunk I. Inc. The Reasons for Soflilnklnjc. A feature of the railroad game that is looked upon with great im portance by people hi this section is thr visit in Mend last Mondnv even iui' V F. Nelson, president of the Oregon 1 runk Line, (u road projected tip the Deschutes) accom panied bv John D. and Johnson P, Porter, of the, firm of JMrtcr Hros., railroad contractors. These gen tlemen were traveling through with nu automobile and were on their way to Klamath Fulls. The signif icance of their visit may be gath ered from the following facts. Railroad Contractors Visit Hen J. Porter Hros. uic n very large firm of railroad contractors and have done work for J. J. Hill for years, They started nt first ns !iriil.n' builders, but have branched out into construction work during late years, nicy uuiit n large tiart of the North Hank road. The supposition is that they arc about to take contracts lor tlic building of 11 Hill road from the Columbia riv er through tills section to Klamath Falls and on to the coast at San Francisco. While it is mil known ns a tact, there arc many ennd reasons to believe that their trip through this part of the state was made that they might better acquaint themselves with the na ttuc of the work to be done. They were itt n great hurry and gave out that they must be back in Portland by the a8th, when uti , important matter Is to be settled in which they wish to take n hand. Thoy Ask fur Information. It has long been believed that Hill is behind the Oregon Trunk Line. That nmwars more than ev er to be the case when it is known that Nelson nnd W. N. Hethcl, Inrnilnc i-tu'Ineor of the North Hank road, spent several days together in The Dalles last wcck. ioiiowing their visit nt The Dalles, Mr. Nel- son nnd the Porter Hros. take n fly ing trip across the state. At the same time there is n crew of Ore gon Trttuk surveyors working up the Deschutes ana cttccKiug over Hip Oreeon Trunk survev. Furth ermore it is known that one of the Porter brothers recently quizzed lknd men as to the. amount of grain nnd tmv that Is raised in this coun try, and nsked if there was more than enough to supply tne ioc.ni ue maud. He also asked If work qould be done through this country dur ing the winter. All of which is be lieved to indicate that Porter was (Continued on puge 4.) LOST IN THE TIMER 3lrc nitfliter Nearly Dies Prom Thirst. ,16 IIOUKS WITHOUT WATER Mind Win Affected by Ills Sulferbn; nnd Ha llccninc Demented final ly Stumbled Into Cttnip. The forest fires southeast of Demi on me ueitr to being the cause of the death of one iiinu lust week, and for hours he wandered through the limber, tortured with the ngouic of thiist and with death staring him in the face. The ninu was Frank Kvllev, who lives nt PaWey, and Ills predicament wus due to the fact that he Iwcumc lost 111 the woods The first of last week the fire fighters with whom Kelley was lo cated decided to move their camp fiom the location It then occupied about 13 milrs north As the team sters Marled with the camp Kelley took u gun nnd said he would rut, across country and hunt, nnd would join them at the new camp This was in the morning The new camp was established tlmt evening but no Kelley ap peared The following morning sutnc of the men became uneasy at his uou-anpearaucc and two or three of them were sent out to search for him. They finally got on his tracks and began to halloo. In reply to their -hI1 they beard an answering cull in the woods several times but these answers finally ceased. When they first heard the answer they would run in the direction from which the call came but no man could they find They came upon his tracks, how ever, which plainly indicated that he too had been running, but away from the searchers. Finally they became exhausted and returned to camp. ' A larger party was thmt sent out with a saddle horse, food and water, but thev were unsuccessful in lo- cntiiiL? the lost man nnd returned to camp lute that evening. In' the meantime, about 7 o'clock, that eve n!tu. Kl'IIv himself nnixarod in camp, nnd nflcr recovering some what told his story. When he reached camp his throat was swol len so from thirst that he could swallow only with great difficulty, and his neck was swollen nearly even with his chin. He was in 111 semt-demeuted condition. Food and water were imvcii to him spar ingly and he finnlly recovered. He said that he had snot nnd killed nu old bear and a cub the first day out fiom camp He car ried the cub with him durinir that day but discarded it the next morn ing owing to his weakened con dition. When he did not find camp l III: 111. si evening 111; itau.v.-i iuui he was lost. The following day he wandered all day long, suffering tcrrllih- from thirst, nnd the ceuer. nl oninlou is tlmt his mind became affected. lie stated that he heard the men hallooing and answered at first, but at last his throat became so swollen that he could make "110 more tioise than an old hen," ns he out it. At last he stumbled into an old enmn and found there a small bottle of vinegar, which he drank and which seemed to revive him. Iater he found his way iu to camp. When he approached the camp the men were hdllooing now and then. Some of them walked out to meet him as they saw him coming, whercunon he lowered the cun from his shoulder in a threatening manner, and, with a peculiar glit ter iu his eyes, asked what all the imlw was about. It was nlainlv evident that his mind had been af fected by his suffering, when he had recovered he told the men mat his suffering was so iutcuse that he had fully determined to kill him self If he had been much longer in finding camp. ' (1001) RECORD AT THE iJUTTES Oats and Alfalfa AtnJo an lixcellent Sliowlnit In That Section. Many farmers in the vicinity of Powell liuttcs are very much pleased over the manner in which their 1 crops tire turning out the first year they have had water for irrigation They begin to think they have the garden spot of the world, and they certainly have made a good show ing this ear. Hugh H. Mitchell is one of those prosperous and successful farmers. The canal and laterals were not completed so as to give hjm any wnter before April he got his first water for irrigation during tnat month Nevertheless he 1ms n crop of oats that conservative farqp ers say will yield between 80 and 90 bushels to the acre That is a pretty fair yield, we arc inclined to think Mt. Mitchell also seeded a field to alfalfa this spring and from tlmt field he is going to get two cuttings with a very good weight. For alfalfa les than a year old that is certainly going some. Qther farmers in that vicinity are like wise doing very well We simply mention Mr. Mitchell as a good ex ample of what the soil will do when propcrlv handled. And the Powell Unites section is not the only section where crops have been good. Iu fact they are good all over the segregation. J G. McGuffic writes from Redmond that the crops thereabouts arc bet ter than they have ever been. Mat Kttlesh has af.M of oats that stood to his neck, with large heavy heads well filled with grain. Ulncksmith Divics, living a half mile west of Redmond, has watermelons from a foot to 18 inches long, and plenty of large cautaloupcs and cucumbers Grains, grasses, root crops, and tender vegetables arc all doing very well iu that section. The "aldwin ranch has a field of alfalfa that cut s4 tons per ncrc for the first cutting this year. A heavier :.ml better crop will be harvested for the sccour' cutting. Likewise n field of clover on the bid experi ment farm near Ilcnd. yielded three tons per acre for the first cutting of as nice hay as anyone ever set eyes upon. An equally as large yield will be cut for the second crop from the same field, and the field will then furnish a lot of fall pas ture. That's what the Rcud country is doing on nu off year. WILL aiVC REAL MONEY. I). I. & P. Co. Offers Prizes for Uest Letters About Crop lixpcrlcncos. The t). I. & P. Co. desires to get n full report of crop condition on its seg regation, and with that object iu view is going to give five cash prites for the lx?st letters telling of experience! In raiting crops on the company's irrigated laud. The letters should contain the yield per ncte. All Icticw must lie signed by two witucstoi and must be submitted by Sept. 10. Vhcneer possible sample of crops should accompany letter. The finit prise will consist of f 10.00; second, fj.co; third, $2,jo; fourth, ft. 00; fifth, f 1.00. Here is ur. opportunity for tomeonc to make a little pocket money as well ns to show what Hcml soil will do. Livestock Judge at State Fnlr. V, H. Carlyle, who has been engaged ns dealt ol the livestock judges nt tlie Greater Oregon state fair (Sept, 14-19), is one of the mott experienced judges In America, having served at the most iui portauj expositions. Among these are the Omaha exposition, the International livestock show at Chicago, the Charles ton exhibition, the Cauudum national exposition at Toronto and the St. Iou!a world's fair. Mr. Carlyle la dean of the Colorado state agricultural college. "Planting Grouch Seed" Is what the merchant does whose ad. can not be found when one, of his pa trons looks through the paper in search of it. WILD BEAST SLAVS Settlers Terrorized by a Strange Animal. COUGAR KILLS MUCH STOCK Pine Mountain Vicinity the Scene of Many Depredations Old Man Crushed by a Palling Door. A wild beast of terrifying pro portions and great destructive powers is causing consternation among nil ranchers living between Post and Pine creek, and ranchers arc afraid (0 let their smaller chil dren stray far from the house even in broad daylight, though thus far the animal has only committed his depredations at night, says the Prinevillc Journal. D. Koopman alone has lost 11 young calves, to of tbcm this year, and other ranch ers report the killing off of calves, pigs and chickens. So bold is the bestial marauder sometimes that he will slink up to the porches of farm house and take therefrom cats and dogs lying there on. No dog has yet been found brave enough or strong enough tq frighten the beast away, and all dogs which have pome to close quarters have cither been killed outright or terribly n-auled. The presence of the wild animal has been known for two years, but only during the preseut summer has he been feared. He does not seem like a cougar: his traits indi cate otherwise, for be will not tree, keeps away from pens and traps and never shows himself by day. He has been seen at night, how ever, but never within easy range, nnd is of a tawny color. Ranchers arc inclined to think the animal is a lion or tiger escaped from some traveling show, and arc preparing to orgauize a hunt for him as soon as harvest is over. Samples of Oil From drizzly Well. Samples of oil taken from the deep well being drilled on the west slope of Grizzly mountain by the Madras Oil cc Gas Co., were dis played in Madras last Thursday, and created much interest. The deep well which Is being sunk by this company has only reached n depth of 150 feet, work having been suspended until heavier machinery can be secured. The samples of oil displayed here were taken from this bole, being dipped out in an ordinary 5-gallon lard bucket lowered on a rope. There were three or four bottles containing the specimens of oil. One bottle was filled completely with the oil, while the others were about half full of water, and in the latter the line of demarkatton be tween the oil and the water was quite distinct- One had but to draw the cork and smell the con tents of the bottle, to be convinced that they contain oil. The oil, in appearance, is very much like or dinary coal oil, only not so clear. Madras' Pioneer. Cougar Kills Colts. 15. G. Hodson nnd J. K. Roberts went by auto to Millican's ranch Saturday and while tLcre hunted a cougar which has slain a dozen or more colts and other domestic ani mals in and about Pine mountain. The tracks of the beast could be easily traced in places, but neither "hide nor hair" of him could be seen, so he is still at large. This particular cougar has for a long time made life miserable for the ranchers and stockmen of the vicinity and efforts have before now been made to track him down and shoot him. His lair, even, has been discovered, but it evidenjt)y was one of several dens, as the cou gar refrained ttotd returning to it while the huntsmen were wafhiti. for him. Prinevillc Journal. Crushed by Barn Door. Tames Fitzgerald, an old man 70 years old living near Lakcvicw, was probably fatally injured by a large barn door falling on him on Mon day of last week- He evidently went to open or close the door when the rollers ran off the track letting the door fall on the old man. His etiest was crushed, three or four ribs broken, and he was badly bruised about the bead. He is not expected to live. Ucnd People in a Wreck. Word comes that Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sellers enjoyed the exper ience of being in a wreck while on he way to the old home in Wiscon niri Fortunately thev were not in jured although they received quite a severe shaking up. The wreck was due to tne burning out of tlic underpiutng of a brIJgc, which let part of the train fall through. Mr and Mrs. Sellers' escape was due t the fact that they were in the sleep er, at the rear of the train, that be- ingthe only car that remained ou the track. THERE WILL BE NO LET-UP Worc on the Local Railroad Will 0: Pushed as Vlzorously as Over. Prinevillc Offers $100,000. There will be no. let-up in the building of the Central Oregon Railroad by local people. That is the decision of the men who Lave the project In band. The promise of Kir. Harriman to build into Cen tral Oregon has been received wita muph satisfaction by all parties con cerned. At the same time it is considered the part of wisdom to keep right at work on our own lo cal line, build it to Madras and perchance connect with the Harn man line up the Deschutes river at that point. If that is done Bend and Prinevillc are assured trans portation. The railroad situation is such that it, is important that work on the local road be pushed with as much vigor as ever. And that will be done. At the meeting held at Princville last week the committee appointed by a previous mass meeting; recom mended that Princville raise $100. 000 to be turned over to any re sponsible parties who would give them railroad relief either by means of connection with San Francisco via Klamath Falls, by extension 61 the Corvallts & Kasteru, or by a road up the Deschutes river to con nect with the local road. If con nection is made at Shauiko, then $50,000 ouly should be raised. That is the sentiment of the county seat people and they will do as the committee advised. Troper step's are being taken for raising the above amounts, and trustees will be appointed to hold the money iu trust and expend it in line with the above stipulations. Prinevillc will do its part. Meet Me In the Corral." "Meet me iu the Corral" will be the password for thousands of pleasure .seekers at the Greater Or egou state fair (Sept. 14-19). The "Corral" !.i the amusement and concession street at the big exposi tion. Sideshows, stands and many of the restaurants on the grounds. will be located here. Numerous free acts and features are being sinned un. The "Corral" is a cleau and legitimate attraction, no games of chance, immoral shows or fakirs being allowed. '