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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1908)
THE BEND BULLETIN. VOL VI BF.ND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908. V( 39 to y ELEVATION AT BEND Govern men t Men Find It to lie 3,629 Feet. OTIIGR INTI:HI:STIN(i DATA (loolo)(lcl Surveyor Spoilt Ilia l't Week Ml llfiiil Now Camped at the Powell lliillcs Station, The U H. geological surveyors, who had Item working tnwmil llend from (lie Kititli, otrlvtd 111 town Thursday evening of Inst week nnil linve been en in (Kill here during the week, moving camp, WMcrihiy morning to the Powell llottct s t ),; Mutiou, They established M-vcriil elevations 111 ami utoiiiiit llend, nnil when The lliillctln usked for 1111 in tefview, Mr I. I' Iiiirn. (lie en gineer in charge of the crew, very obligingly produced his notes ami maps unci pro ceded lo give tlie re mitter miuli itiietcMlug iiifurmn lion. A nutnlwr of elevation in this vicinity will be of interest to But Ictin reader One elevation wns marked in the nolid rock Just across the road cunt from the Wcuiiudy livery stables, which shows the ele vation to he 3.629 feet. Another otic wan placed on the rp.it side of the rocky ledge on which Mnuds the city wnt r lank The elevation there in 3617 feet .Still another Motion wilt marked at the bridge over the Central Oregon cunul on the bilvcr Luke roud south of town, and shown 3.7.(3 fret, or a drop of 113 feet from that point to the hench murk nt the Wciinndy stn ble , n diiUucc only n tulle more than n mile. TImw surveyors follow mi .es tablished road and lire now work inn on the iojiI lxlwacu itend untl I'rincvllle. Five utilos out on the l'rluovlllc riMid the elevation in .V 139 mid 84 miles out It drops to 3.3 J J feet. On June 15 the crew Marled their work lit Ashland, where they got the vhtvatlon from a bench mark cutuhHahed by a line which hud been rim from sen level At San PiuucUcotu Portland. They sur veyed over the mountain to I'pjier Klamath I.ake, ealablhdilux an ele vation stake every mile. At the lake they found th ehrvaltou nl the water' wipe to be 4.139 feet. At Foil Klamath it was ..io feet; nt Klnmuth Mnrah 4, 519; nl Iknver Mnt.ili .,04o; and at Odell ,.53 Coming north uluvtUions, n tnlrd Inat week, nrv .j.aaft nl Roalaod; on Paulina ctook at th Caldwell much 4.190; 4, iii at tint W. P. Vtiudtvett much; nl the Fred Short quest plncit 4,173; and nt the high eat point 011 the toad an It skirls the tun o( l.tiv.i Utittc, 4.307 feet. The crew vinitcd the renowned Crater Luke nud found the eleva tion nt (he wuter's edge to Ik: 6,177. Where the trail drops ovci the top of the crater's edge to descend to the hike the elevation is 7,076 feet, or a drop of 899 feet from the top of the crater where the 10.nl crosses down to the water. Ol comae this elevation of 7,076 feet it not the hlghcal point around the lake. At one place thute in a n pcrciuliciilur drop of approximately 3,000 (c-ct Irom the hiiiuuiit of the crater to the waiur. Thus at that point the mountain would be about H, 177 led high. Ai Muted above, the crew plncc.1 nn elevation or "bench" mark every mile. These coiifilst either of an iron pout with a copper top or an iron bar about five inches long with mi aluminum top, set in a hole in fcolid rock and surrounded by ce ment. On the copper lop of the iron post or on the aluminum plate whichever it happen!) to Ik Is stamped the elevation nud nlso the words "United States Geological Survey, f, 30 fine for meddling with this'plnte;" nlso the initial of the engineer in charge nud the number of the station, Some mny wonder how these elevations ore determined. It Is n simple yet 11 Minstiikltig tnnttcr The englnccm start at the coast nt cii i vil. mid then by incaiiH ol MiridniM Instruments a rod and level tiny defer mine the rise nnil fall of the land us they proceed, even lo I'm- thousandth part ol 11 foot. Their work it very accurate In the morning they Mart and run their line until noon Then they turn around and tun another line over the mime territory If these two Inns ilinw iinv difference in elevations the work mu-t all be done over and the error discovered Mr. HiKgs suited that nt no time .since Icavlnt; Ashluud had tlieli tun surveys showed u viuiniicc in elevation of two inches. The in MruiiiHit ueil by Mr Hlggn Is the one Iwii)h used by the government hi this 1 Ijms of work, the Fouth Prism l.uvel This iur.truiueiit is so iimdv 1h.1t the engineer while sighting uml rending the elevation rod wlih one eye, with the other has Mght ol 11 spirit level on the lustruiiuut. By this arrangement there is 1111 chance for the iustru ineiii to i;ct out of level without the engineer knowing it nt once. The work of this crew will end nt I'riiievillc on iiIkiiii October 8 After which the men will drive link to Axhlaml OKIKION TKUNK AOHNTS UUSV Secures PJglit i, Wny nn Fast as l.lno Is l.ucalcd. Spoiikiug of railroad develop incuts In that section, the Madras I'lonccr ol Inst week snid that the past week has brought 110 further definite news regarding when con Mriictiou will begin on the Oregon Trunk Line, nud it is probable that no news of this kind will be forth- coming until the location of the hue is completed Right of wny is be ing secured, however, ns rapidly as the line is located, nud that is n strong indication that actual con Mr nit ion will Ik started In the near liituio Another important fact is that Porter Ilrothern, who are the principal owners of the Oregon Trunk Line, have a large construc tion outfit and equipment now ly ing idfe, and with that outfit nud equipment idle nt a heavy daily ex peine to tin. in, it may be presumed that they will not delay the com mencement of construction on the Oregon Trunk I.lue one day longer than is ueccs-mry. MAY IJIJUIN WOUK SOON llarrhii.sii Oiiulrucllou lliiglnccr On to Terminus of C. & II, ' Another lnM( ItnlloMioii that Karri hmh U contiileriuK the extenloinf the Corvalllt & I'juUni from l)trolt ititv lli purls l lotttnl ju the rrl lit of two SuutlH-m l'nelfic conttuetttn en iMr lo tlie tfimitiui ( tU ron.l at Dttroit. ' Tlirtc mrn etitrlwl with them ma, tlniUaiHHlM,priiita, and it It iiiil tlwt lltvlr vMt 1 tu IoU itvrr the nitr otcteuiNit)( tliC & l- A iliwlrri from Albany to the Or- Knian lc.l: Tlut HarriiiMii I eoiuiiUttiii: lit rkleiikioii of Dm CorvrttlW Si lUilcru U itlilii-Mlnl ly Ilic Met that I'. YV. KncLor awl J. II. I'oi', lo Suiltlieril I'aclric Htlriicllm cuntractor ami eiiRliiMr, ncesiuMiiivil tiy J. T. Walch, Miiwrlu- Iciiiieiit ui lit v.. m it., ion Aiitany inn uituiiiitK fr the t'rtstern torinlnm of the lte In ii-ll rr, rsrryiiiK with tlifin iiui, ilraHinus ami Mint print. Till U tbe mot iuirUiit imliCNlloii )it noted that ttir Curvnllis .S: Htateru U the riiiiU Klnvtcl hy lUrriniHii for hi pioiiiitedvxleniluu into Central Oregon lliU year. "Kiifker oml fope arril fruin Port land Ut txeniiiK and pcnt the iiIkIH liere. ThU inoriilim tlwy were joined l.y Walch and uutel for Detroit in n train eoiwUlliiR only of their tpeclal car nud engine. "1'or wine time iirvcyor have lieeu wotkliiK etnrd from Potroll, the pre cut Icrinnuis of the 0. . It. over the old iiircy of Iho Oreeon Pacific, and tho trip of Utickeriinil Pope lend to tlc lie lief tlml ncitial coiiktrutftlou uoik U coilteliiplatcd." New Drlllliij,' Outfit Arrives. The new drilling outfit for the Madras Oil ci Ons Co., hns nrrived at Shnulko, and as soon as It can be hauled out, will be set up and work resumed at the well which the company is drilling o the west slope of drizzly mountain. The new drill Is capable of sinking the hole to a depth of several thousand feet, if it is found necessary to go that deep. Piouccr. OF INTEREST TO ALL A Few Items of More Tlinn Usual Import. HAD ACCIDHNT AT ANTELOPE Handler, Wife and Daushter Seriously Injured In n Runaway Crawls Pour AIIIrm afle'r Help. Henry Schooler of Silver Lake was In Hcnd Tuesday euroutc home from southern Wasco county where he has lccn working for some time past He reports that several thousand head of sheep have been sold out of the Antelope nud Shnul ko countries of Inte. The range hns been over-Mocked to such nn extent that in runny places there Is practically nothing for the sheep to feed on, hence the necessity to sell. Mr. Schooler told ofn serious ncci- ilent which hnupcued to .1 stock man, Johnny Mwio&en few miles south of Antelope, Inst week. Mr. MUmte with his wife and daughter were driving n pair of colls which became frightened nud ran away, and all three were thrown violently & from the vehicle. Mrs. ftiKI llrnbs were both broken between the ankle nud knee, the dnughter sustained n broken hit) and Mr. Malcne was .o badly injured that he could not walk, but with great pain he crawled nud worked Him self along for n distance of four miles, to 1 he nearest how, and summoned 11 hi. When the call for n physician reached nutclope Dr. King wna making another cull, some 30 miles out, and ns he wns lueouiy surgeon available tnc un fortunate victims of the accident were compiled to endure wveral hours of excruciating puiii before medical assistance could arrive. View Proposed Konds. County Surveyor RLc. County Itoad MaMer Mcl.auehliu and VhsvVcr Hlliott were in these parts recently viewing out several pro posed ronds. One, the Kichurd King road, leaves the Silver Lake road n short distance south of Lavn Unite and runs wct and south to ward the river, joining the Silver Lake road again near the l-'red Shomiuest burn. This road would serve the King, Jones, Minor, Mitchell nud other homcstentU in that section. A second highway viewed is known ns the John Kcrgu son road. This is nn extension ol the Ice cave road from the present terminus of the I'red Ilunuel rond. The thiid petition goes under the numeof the II. P. Dencer rond, and nsks for a public highway starting utnr the Uichan'iou and Wilkinson ranches nud running straight north to intersect the Priuc ville road near the John Uailey place. May Invest In Hcnd Property. Thos. Triplctt wns accompanied to Dcud fiom I.euoir, X. C, by nn old-time friend, Mr. I'M. Martin, who comes to look over the Itend country. Mr. Martin is n lumber man of 20 years' experience, hav ing held the position for many years of assistant general manager of the Wilson Lumber & Milliug Company nt I.euoir, one of the largest concerns in that section of the country. Mr. Martin is a sub stantial business man and has about decided to iuvest In Dcud property, and may later engage iu business. He is well pleased with this section nud believes it has a very bright future before It. The Uullctln hopes that Mr. Martin will decide to cast his lot with us. Some (lood load Work. Uoad Supervisor Richardson re cently did some good work on a very bad place In the Dcnd-Laidlnw road. Near the Ovid Riley farm there Is n very narrow stretch of road n high rim rock on one side and n wire fence on the other. A stump or two nnd n log were blast ed out of the way nt this place, and some boulders removed nt the foot nf a very steep drop In this same stretch of roni). Mr. Richardson also examined the bridge over the Swnlley ditch north of Ilcud, nnd found the bridge In excellent con dition except that the planking had never been nailed down. This will soon be done and side rails put on. Leaves Town ylt Kills Unpaid. I J. S. Williams, who has been in Ilcud during the past summer en gaped iu the lumber business hav ing leased the LInstcr mill left towfiffrfcw days aj;o leaving sever al bills unpaid. One of his credit ors, A. C. Lucas, brought complaint before the proper officers and yes terday Chas. D. Ilrown was sent after Williams, to arrest him nnd bring him back. Williams went south with his own rig, heading for Lakevicw or Klamath Falls. The Smallpox Scare. John S. Parmiutcr of Hcnd ra taken tick Monday, and hi cave unidiagitoted by Dr. Coe ajtmallpor. He ms immedi ately taken to a home without the city limit and placed under quarantine. Mr. Parttiinter had uten taking care of lite eoa ami (icddlinK milk for Dairyman Patterwm durim; the latter' abteuee in the Valley, and, in order to avoid all danger of apreadlnt; the dbxatc, Mr. Patlcrxm and the children were aim quarantined in their Ironic, the building therowEHly dUiiifected, ami tb rle of milk from the 1'aUerwii envr toipe!l. The liealth board In alto oi.lrr. the vaccination o all whool children. The ick UMit'a condition was dUoorered be fore the diae had developed efficient ly for him to prr;d to contagion to other, all neccKury precaution hare beu take, t,be health board ia keeping a ery cloe watch for any new eae. and tbe pattern' condition would indi cate that lw will Miller only a mild attack. Hence, there i ih occiou for alarm It 1 very doubtful if nny new cae will develop, tint if they nhouhl the atitborltie will fee that a strict quaran tine it maintained ami the dltea arad Icated. Vigorous measure liave been taken at it rirtt appearauce, and the autltoritiea ,nr confident they have it well in liand. Tin; reception the Reud teacher re ceived at the Institute at Prinevlllc wat rather an aunudng affair. The I'riiievillc autlwrltlcs, ImviitR heard of the Kiitnll pox at lleml, ordered the llend teachei not to attend the (intitule, and request I that one of them at U-akt, ulwm the authoritiea conidereil Imtl beenexpoved, almuld leave town at oit-c. The teacheri. otteywl, of cotin-e, ami all returunl lo llend. It may Ik- the Priucvilte Author itie tool: extreme ami itnnecekMry uieAMire, hut limy can liardly In: blamed contideriiiK the criout time the county cat had with smallpox a few- year ago. Ship Sheep to Chicago. At Shaniko h.st Thursdny morn ing n large shipment of mutton sheep took place from the stock yards. A train of 18 cars was loaded with the animals, the oper ation requiring the services of nine men Horn 6 to 13, at which time two big Southern Pacific ten-wheel- crs whisked the train out of town Three hundred sheep were loaded tuto each uouule-uecker, or .5.400 in the entire train, nud the freight tarifT was $2 to per car, the rate to Chicago, or 3.780 for the traiuload. John Fleming was the buyer, and it is reputed that lie paid more than $3 a head foe the mutton delivered at Shaniko, iu the vicinity of which place the sheep were grown, Priuc ville Review. HUGGED BY A BEAR Dnn Caldwell Hns a Close Encounter with Bruin. CHILD KICKED BY A HORSE Vicious Animal Inflict Severe Injury on Nlnc-Ycar-Old Boy. Other Items of General Interest. An exciting encounter with a big black bear is what befell Dun Caldwell on the upper Deschutes recently, according to the Princvillc Journal. Caldwell tells the story as follows: "The other nlsht, hearing my sheep stampede, I dressed and went to get ttycm, tqking my six-hooler, the only gun iu camp. I found the sheep up the river at the edge of the limber, nnd had to cros a space of down timber. As I stepped over the last log a black bear rose up iu front of me. I could not run is the logs were too deep, and the bear couldu't run as the sheep were too thick. "So on came the bear. It knocked my gun out of my hand before I could shoot. I dropped to my kuce, and having n small dirk knife in my belt, got it out. As I arose I stuck it into him just above the heart. He grabbed me with both paws, and I drove the knife into him again. The second time I got him. lie let loose of me and dropped -down, and I side-tracked." Vicious Horse Kicks Small Boy. James Cordell ami family, who arc driving through the country on their way from Possil to Hcnd, were delayed at Votings by an unfortu nate accident to their nine-year-old son, the little fellow having been kicked by a horse last Monday af ternoon, one foot striking his arm and breaking it, aud the other foot lauding on the side of his head and inflicting nn ugly bruise. Dr. Snook was sent for immediately, and went to Youngs, where he. reduced the fracture and dressed the wounds on the little boy's head. Mr. Cordell was taking through with him several head of stock, and it was one of these which kicked the little boy when he came too clojeto the vicious animal's heels. Mr. Cordell and his family came on Tuesday to Madras and camped here that night, continuing next day on their journey. Pioneer. Corn Grows In Sherman County The Lewistou Commercial Club boasts about having three stalks of com which measure almost 11 feet hlnli. Here iu Moro. nt the renl estate agency of W. 1). McCoy may be seen a cluster of corn stalks 13 leel high, which might have been higher but for the low ceiling, aul it has corn, not nubbins, ma tured clear to the cuds of the cob'. Mr. McCoy also hns stalks six feet high, with well matured ears, aud some ears husked, like old Missouri. These are samples of the produc tion of farms owned near this city by Horace Strong, J. 11. Mowry aud C. K, Cochran, nud it hasn't been a very good year either for corn. The lesson it tenches how ever, is that corn may bo success fully grown in this climate. Moro Observer. Who Vouches for This? Tie five-year-old sou of Rev. I. D. Drown proved his prowess as a hunter last Thursday by disposing of a coyote, siuglehnuded, He started out with a small dog ns his sole compauiou, and when they found the coyote, the dog held his attention while the plucky little fellow ran iu and killed him with a club. Pioneer. Shorter Items of Interest. J. B. Fox will open a small store at Fort Rock. Joe Lister of Priueville took 120 head of fine beef cattle to Portland last week. The Lake county court, has or dered a new road built from SilvCi Luke north to Fori Rock A vein ol gold h..s Urn discov ert-d iu Gold Oulrli, not far from Hums, tiai is rtporte.i m aa 5I.500 jx.r Inn. Evangelistic serviies are belli,, held nt Pr inevjl e under the leader hip of the evanuelist. Rev C K. HiindenschichJ. It Is reported that 10 families arc enroute Irom California in t ike ir homtstends iu the Silver Ljke an I Fort Rock countries Princvjlle's city schools opened a weHc iu'o last Monday with an en rollment of 165 By Wednesday it had increased to 172. J. H. Gray & Sou of Princvillc have sept n number of yearling bulls intq Harney county, nil of them blooded animals Rev. Walter Skipworth, presid ing elder of tin's district, bos beeij reappointed to this territory by the recent Methodist conference. New York buyers have touinct ed with the Hood Uivtr Al'P Growers' Union for 80 cars of win tcr apples, payinv therefor in the neighborhood ol $90,000 Officials of the .state university have "planted" an experiment bed of oysters in Coos bay and if the experiment proves successful, Cors bay will soon have another i dustry. Harold Ualdwiu and Max Wii'4 weiler of Princvillc have bought lb' Frank Hoffman ranch lying ncrt'i of Culver. They bought the ranc'i as an investment, aud the price has not been made public. Messrs Gates and Forsythc, 'ho arc interested iu the Prinev.ileL'glit & Water Company, recently made a trip to the Deschutes 10 :nsj:ct the site for their proposed power plant a! Lava Falls above "end. Rev. C. A. Houscl has been transferred from the Prineville Jf E church to the charge at Dayton, Wabli. Rev. Lewclling is th? new appointee for Priueville, Rev, Lowther has bceu assigned to tha Bend charge. Ranchers in the Paulina country arc prosperous, says the Review Hay is plentiful, most of it is now iu the stack, the surplus cattle lmo been marketed, aud hence Up ranchers are figuring on an easy time the coming winter.- The Chronicle savs that a "phonv message received from Mr. Kollock stated that ihe case of the Sm vs Columbia Southern Irrigation Com pauy has not bceu set for trial but the attorneys hope to have it set for some time in the November term. The Pioneer says there is onU about half a crop- of wheat in the Madras country tuts year Trw price at Shaniko, 74 cents a bushej, is somewhat better than at this time last year, but most farmers an inclined to hold for a higher price. U. A Wynn, right of way agent for the Central Oregon railroad, who has been working in this sec tion for a mouth or more, left the first ol the week for Culver, where he will continue his work of secur ity right of way along the C. 0. line. Pioneer. Those who have hay for sale around Klamath Falls are holding it at so high a price that the cattle men say they cannot afford to pay it. Consequently the cattle are be ing shipped to Reno nnd into Cali fornia. The price asked for hay is $S 00 and ?8 50 per ton nnd the cattlemen are willing to pav only $6.00 and $6.50. A gun club has been organized at Lakcview, the chief purpose of wincn is to protect the property of farmers who are kind enough to al low hunters to enter their premises, The Herald says that any member of the club who leaves open any gate, outers any hay stack yard or draws staples from the wire of any tence, or commits auy other wilful depredation, ou any lands under lease, or on any lands over which it is necessary for the members to travel to reach the leased lands, h liable to fine and expulsion. Farm ers nre requested to notify the club of any destruction of their property oy aumers.