THE BEND BULLETIN.
VOL VI
BF.ND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908.
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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.