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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1908)
THE BEND BULL i t. ' , ... 1TIN. VOL VI BUND, ORKOON, FRIDAY, NOVI'.MHIJR 13, 1908. NO. 35 i DIRT WILL SOON FLY PrmljiiK Wll) lie Under Way by Jnnunrx I. SO SAYS (H:NL MOR, OflUfiJ J)CKliutc Route In the One Wat Will Jle Choien Promise- of 113 Miles pf Railroad In IJI Months A Rnllrond In 15 Mont lit. The matt Interesting Ml of newt In the railroad liic to be heaid for tunic time U the stttleuieut'iitlc Dili week hyOelirnl Manager O'llilen of the Ilarrltnau Hue of On? rfortlmcst to the ehVel tbal l.e Volltil lVe n long Welch of fvftd 111 Vifibrntlon iltlilii); the next feW 'inpnlhs. Mr. O'Htleii said) ''We will have the 'road Imllt for a distance of 115 mllri within 15 months." That will give Itend ml the Heml conn try railroad ocr nhlch to uiaiVct the crop of 1910. General Manager 0' Illicit of the Jlarrlnian Unci has said that lie would bo disappointed It dirt is not flylini all along lilt company's line Into Central Orcnon by the 1st of January. He also staled that with in two weeks the surveying will be finished, and the reports thereon will be forwarded at once to Mr. Ilarrltnau, who will decide which route the new railroad Is to take, It has been learned from the Port laud offices that the surveys show the Deschutes route into this coun try to be much better than any other. According to the Portland Jour nal the surveys for that part of the route between the mouth of the )cschuics and Madras have been about completed and the computers in Chcf hugiiiecr Iloschkc's office arc now figuring 011 the compara ttvo coit of the Deschutes route with that going Miutli front the termi nus of the Columbia Southern at Khauiko. The estimates will be n strong feature in favor of the Des chutes route. niKY SOON TO HIS ri.YINC. "I expect to have the reports 011 the routes ready to submit to Mr. llnrrimnu within two weeks," vaid Mr. O'Hrien. "We arc hurrying them as fast as possible so that we can get to woik. I presume the reports will be acted upon without delay in New York and that the Deschutes route will lc approved there. If that is done wc will be gin work at once and dirt should lie flying all along the line by the first of January." The probable choice of the Des chutes route for the Central Oregon Hue will be hailed with delight by the great majority of people In this vast section of the Mate now with out railroad communication. It is generally regarded as being the liipit fcasjblc path into the central part of the state, (he easiest to bit Id nud flic que glv(ug the least diffi culties In the way pi heavy grnt pg to overcome. HIM. IN Till: CANYON. .Surveyors for the Oregon Trunk line, generally believed to be a Hill enterprise, have liccn working along the .same route uud although they secured n government grant for rough of the way through the government lands through which the Deschutes canyen cuts, they have stated that they would not at tempt to keep the llarrimnu line out of the Deschutes canyon should they also decide to take that route. In view of the fact that Mr. Hill Is believed to be interested in the Central Oregon country the inct that Judge C. H. Carey, attorney for the Hill lines here, and C. K. H. Wood, who has represented Mr. Hill personally in several important legal matters in the Northwest, re cently returned to Portland from an extended trip into Central Oregon, which they mode together, Is sljj nlfirant. White Mr. Hill was In Portland last week he declined to discuss the proposition of a Central Oregon line, inlying if lis planned one he would'' not make it public Until t was in such mIiiikj Hint it could be dquc without injuring bis plane. I'lnus'lnr (he Iliirriiu.au line south of Madras nc ii4 e"t problematical, accprdiuu to Mr. O'llrfeii. Hesntd thai'tic hud selected Madras as the present terminal of the line from the mouth of the Deschutes, so that lie would have one section ready for approval by Mr. Harriinan anil could begin work on it without de lay. A" fcoou us the Deschutes Madras lliiu is approved, however, work on rttitnatc for the line from Madras south through llcnd to con nect with the Klamath line which is now built, will beg'u. And as r matter of fact this work has al ready been started, as surveyors arc now running lines south from Madras. CAPITAL STOCK PAID LP The $2.1,000 Capitalization of the fiend (link I Now Hilly Paid Up. An Increasing Patronage. The capital stock of the Central Oregon Dunking & Trust Company has Iwcii subscribed in full and the capitalization of that institution, 35,000, is now fully paid up. The additional stock was subscribed last Wednesday by several of the for liter stockholders increasing their holdings and by the sale of n con hidcrablc block of stock to ucw parties. Those, outside of the old stockholders, who bought stock last Wednesday, arc V. V. Smith, of the Hightowcr-Sniith Lumber Com pany of Gist; Attorney C. S. Hen sou, II K, Allen and Chas. D. Rowcof Rend. The election of officers and a board of directors was also held on Wednesday.. The election resulted in the choice of John Stcidl for president; Dr.. l C. Coc, vice president; II. U. Allen, secretary and cashier. The Iraard of direct ors c1iom.ii consists of John Stcidl, V. C. Coc. F. F. Smith, 15. A. Suthcr and II . K. Allen. The local bank has been doing a very good business and during the past two or three months there has been a satisfactory and very de cided Increase In the patronage of the bank. While the bank is be ing conducted, of course, for the purpose of returning a fair profit to its stockholders, yet it is the desire of the stockholders to give Hcnd and vicinity n first class banking institution, to furnish accommoda tions to those who arc entitled to it, and to provide a place where the banking business of the community can be transacted sjccdily and with perfect safety. With the capital stock fully paid up, the local bank is in a belter position than ever to live up to this policy. A Unlquo Christmas uox. The California Christinas llox U the latest California irolnct ami It is some thing entirely new, novel and orlKlual ll will ho (.Hipped, freight wUy, tp any rnllronil station in tliu country, pr to the Under for cxort. Tho Iiok con tains the liitl of California products fancy l'l;i Prunes, lVncJics, Apricots, MurcaUI . ltaiji, -Seeded Kaislus; Conned IVaches, Pears, I'luliiH and (rapes Soft Shelled Walnuts ai)d Al monds; OrangcSac lloupy. Th' con tents of this hox weighs nliont pound. This Is n Christinas Hoy thin K some thing worth while nud ran ordered of the Cnllfornln l'pilt Products Cqiiuiny. Cotton, California, the (irlglnators nud puckers of till unluc Christmas Hox, They will limit three colored souvenir M)tt curds nnil price Hit of their various mvirtmciits of Ikied nud Canned Pndts free to anyone who writes them, nlso to uuy friends whose iiniues you enclose. If You are Over Fifty fiend this , Mot people )Mitt middle-age' suffer from kidney nud bladder illroMrs which I'nley's Khlney Ucuiedy would cure. Slop tlits drain 011 the vitality nud restore lireiled htrcnglll nud vigor. Commence. InVftiu t'oley's Kidney Kcuicdy today C. V. Merrill, druggist. Por f!c, Good milch coy and two-year-old heifer. Call on Frank llasl, three milca north of Netid on I.nid law road. 3yzf AN IMPORTANT WORK VJI Study Wptcr Supply of Cen'tfnj prcgon. r STATU AND GOVERNMENT Will Hstahllili Gauging Stations on All Streams anil Will Investigate the " Question of Hyaporatlon. I. V The United Slates Geological Survey Is preparing to make a thorough investigation into the water resources of' Central and Southern Oregon, witft'ihc object In view of determining to what ex tent the waters of this vast section can be usctj 'ijor irrigation. The Survey will co-opcratp with Ore gon officials and State Kngiuccr Lewis will have a hand in the work. The Geological Survey has pre pared an article describing the woik to be done, The article makes interesting reading, and Is as follows: The state of Oregon Includes within Its boundaries an area almost as larec as the state of Ohio uutrattrcd by a slugli: tulle of railroad. To the town of Silver Lake, in this urea, belongs the distinction of being the pout-office far ther away from araittoad than any other In the United States. It is 175 miles from the nearest railway station to Sit vcr Lake, ami over this dittsnee sup plies of all klmls such as hartlwarc, foodstuffs, and, ill fact, everything that i not raised In the Immediate vicinity mutt 1 hauled by team; and yet, con trary to the popular notion, the country about this town Is far from lieiuu a bar ren desert. In the past stock ruUlnqlias leen the principal industry, fir lack of tranMrtallou facilities has made it profitable to raise only such produce could I fed to stock that can le driven to amsrkct. The soil is, however, well adapted to dry-farming method, and on some areas that can I artificially wat ered almost any of the ordinary f.irm prooucis can uc siiccciMiiiiKruwM. Nature of the Country. The counlrv comiiii of a rather hli-h plateau, varyfng in altitude from about j.uii feel alnve fea on its eastern border to about -l.uo feet 011 the west. It is hauuded on the. north lly the Iltue and Strawberry mountains and on the west by the Cascade Kmtj;c. The streams draining Ihc northern, eastern and western sIojk-s of these mountains find their way to the sea ihroiij-lt ttie Columbia; those of the southern slopes drain Into lakes, from which the water escapes only by evaluation, and which lclong to what is known as the (Jreat lliulu drainage. The principal streams lion lug. to the sea Ire Malheur ami Des chutes rivers, the main tributary of the Inst named being Crooked ritcr; the principal streams Honing to the Croat Imiln are Chctvaucaii rives, Silcr creek. Silvies mir, ami uoiincr nud Ulitrcn rivrr. In nildltiou lo.lliL- water sunnlv represented by these strenms, cousiiler able water for lxth irrigation nud do mestic use can linihalily be ohtniucil from niteslan wells when settlement makes it nccctsary. State and Federal Organizations Co-opjratc, . I'udcr agrccmeuls made by the t'niteil Slnles Cicoiogicnl Survey with Ihc Re clamation Service, the Weather UUrcau, and slate officials of Oregon, an Investi gation of the water supply of this area is to 1 umienaKcn. (.auging stations are to be located on all the principal streams to determine their How. n .larue number of rainfall stations will le established for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of precipitation in the various drainage bfttlus, and i siy will he mane 01 tnc relation iiciwecn Ue pre cipitation and tnc ruu-olf of the stream, whose flow ,vntie as greatly frH!i season to season as does tlm raiufil, 4 Projects to tcclaiul this area hv Irrigntiou will therefore Involve the construction of reservoirs in which the flood .waters of the streams can be MprcO to make them available during the irrigating period, The question of impouimiui! water for irrigation In large reservoirs immedi ately brings up the n,uetitloil of evapor ation, nud stations at wjiich tills phase of the subject will lc studied will lie es tablished 011 four or rji cot the princi pal lakes. Thorough Study ot WMcr Supply. As the reclaumiioii of pity portion of tlilsjarge area will depend entirety on the witter supply Hint Mil be made uvn.ll able for such portion, no definite project can ttc tntteit up until the water supply has beetl thoroughly iVcstgatd. The results -of the Investigation imw to he undertaken will ho published Ivy the United States Geological Survey hi rp ports that will be available for free dis tribution. Immediate supervision of the work will rest with the Portland office of the Survey, of which J C. Stevens is in thntfcr. The cooperating bureaus arc repiesenftd by I). C. Ilenny, surcn vising engineer. 1'niled States Kecla matloii Service, Portland; by ItiluardA. Dents, section dlrecler of the United Stales VS'csihcr Iluicau, Portland; and l,t fiitni If ljuti tt.ilr. iiit.tiirrr. l1fltl. Oregon. The field work wilt he under Hie iiireollou 01 K. 11. roil, l'riiicvine, Oregon. j ('owcll Huttcs Notes, lVrry Isms has his house finished, J. J, Jones took a load of potatoes to I'riiifvlllc one day recently. ' ' ' ' A Mr. Grimes of IJf ml bought "'')' all the hay Ihat was Wr"ral;"in the old river lcd except A. iV Mflrrlll's and IJ or 3( tons of Cliff Kills wlfCAtmul Iward less l-arley hay. " ' I'.. K. Hattcrinan U making ditches on his ranch. "' - Hveryonc Is elated over the crops raised Ihc first year after water was de livered and a largc'acreagc ttlll Ik plant ed next spring in the line of jot 1 toes, beets, cabbage, ciihi.is ski' Alfalfa.' ' A. I). Morrill was out (rom llcnd after load of hay a few days ago. JimCrifTiii is back on his homestead for the winter. Jim has lcn weeing on CrooVM river. Rosland Items. Kosland, Nov. fr. Mr. Ilcnuelt, the forest ranger, is assisting 1'. P. Petit, the ranger at Kosland, inspect some homestead claims in the Widkcr Ilasin, pending decisions. The people of this vicinity arc very much pleased with the decision of the United States laud office in the contest of C. V. Richie vs. State Desert Selec tion No. 1 1. Mr. Richie has a fine piece ot meadow laud which the I.akcvicw land office officials, at least, do not think desert faml. Homer IC Curtis is a new homesteader In our community. He has fettled on 160 acres of land under the Desert Se lection No. 1 r. '"Doc" Collier is another homesteader who has settled on ditch laud within the last few days. His place Is adjacent to that of Mr. Curtis anil is also a fine homestead. About all of the range cattle are now off the range nud the beeves have been taken to market. Geo. Holes' house and turn in Ros laud arc nlxmt cpuiplctlt.' Prank II am tier of Wack Rock has re turned front, tltp galley and is now hauV ing hay for Geo. Holes. Mr. Hveriuglum and family arc now liking in Roslaud so that their children can attend the Roslnnd school. V. II. Stevenson nud family have re turned lo Roslaud from his houicsUad iu order to school his children. Mr. and Mrs. l P. Petit were visitors at SiUer Late the first of the week. Inklings at Gist. Gisr, Nov. 9.- Who could, avk for more sunshine than wc are having these davx. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graham are spcudiug this wek visiting in the Gist neighborhood. Wc will now have churcjj twice a moiillt at Gist, Rev, Lowther having been npphlutcd to this district. I'. K. Dayton nud Mr. Sturgeon were at GNt today ou buslnej. C. I.. Gist will attend the annual mcctlni! of the Souuw Creek Irrigation Company to Iks held at i'rincvillc next Wednesday. Mr. Sludham, near GUt, has burned some 15,000 brick nud they are hard to licat. The prosperous farmers of tjip Covcr date country purcl.ta$ed tic fjljier day a fine statliqu- Thotc interested are Thomas Arnold, Heft Hcxl-son, R, A, t'ord, Chariot Carson, qui .rtjiur Tcin plctoii, Raw Lungs. When the lungs are sore and inttamed, the germs of pueuuioiiln nud coiuump lion find lodgment and multiply. Poley's Honey and Tar kills the cough genus, cures the most obstinate rucking cough, heals the lungs, nud prevents serious re sults, The genuine Is iu the yellow package. O. W. Merrill, Drutiglst. Taken Up. Came to my pasture about July is last, yearling steer with both ears clipped and split; also brand ou right hip but cannot tell what it is. Owner can have same, by pay ing for this notice and damages. 35.0 RICHARD Kl.NO. ABOUT COMPLETED Location of Oregon Trunk Line Will Soon Be Made. ROUTES THAT ARE BOINQ RUN Several Lines Aro Icing Surveyed Titrotish Madras to Hcnd Other Items of Interest. I'. Crane, who is in charge o the Oregon Trunk Line surveyors working down the Deschutes from Madras, says it will require until about the 14th to complete the line to connect with the one being sur veyed up the river from the Col umbia. The Pioneer says that when the connection is made it will comolctc the location of the Oregon Trunk Line all the way through from the mouth of the Deschutes to Madras. The Oregon Trunk Line survey down the Deschutes, below the mouth of Willow creek, follows along the high bench several hun dred feet above the river. The lint crosses Nigger Brown canyon just above lid Campbell's, house, and from there follows along the slop ing hillside below the rimrock. It docs not get down to the river level until several miles below thcCowIes alfalfa ranch. The line is fully 350 feet above the river where it starts up Willow crctk canyon, this be ing necessary in order to, get an easy grade tip this canyon. The surveying party under Mr. Mills, which has been camped at Madras for the past two weeks, moved camp last Thursday morn ing and is now located at Kimrock Springs, according to the Pioneer of last week. They ran the line south from that place for some dis tance following the survey made bv the Oregqn pastern three years ago, and it is reported that from Rim rock Springs they will now run a line north, following the range of hills just cast of Madras. This litic is evidently being run for the purpose of ascertaining if a route can be found that way, avoiding the dip necessary to get across Wil low creek flat-on the line they have already run through Madras. A second party of Harriinan sur veyors moved iuto Madras last Fri day afternoon and are camped on the flat. This party is under J. II. Roberts, and is the same party which ran tlie line up Trout creek to Sagebrush flat. ,. They have been camped at the mouth of Trout creek for the past mouth working muii nit UV3I.IH1IV3, x his l'iiiy is also headed south, but will fol low the Juniper Iltitte route, cross ing over Crooked river near Trail Crossing. This will be the first line the Ilarrltnau people have pro jected by that route, all their for mer surveys going by way of I,a inonta and crossing Crooked river at Oncil. This Hue, by way of Trail Crossing, gets back to the old Oregon Eastern survey at a potut near Redmond, and it M re ported that the Oregou Kastern survey from that point will be fol lowed very closely all the way through to Klamath Vas. No Sale for Deef Cattle. George Small, Jim Small and Ernie Carlon, alter Laving driven their beef tq .where the California buyers were wcm(t to buy, and stay ing therefor some, ttu'ie and tiud ing absolutely no sale, for them, re turned to this place witli their en tire bands last week. It begins to look like the sale of beef cattle had absolutely stopped as no buyers are iu the market at all. This con dition of thiugs makes money ab solutely impossible to get hold of and from present indications no one knows when the stringency will let up. Silver Lake Leader. Madras Firm embarrassed, Because of their inability to meet An obligation to one of the whole- s de houses with whom they deal the lirni of McTaggart & Uyc of this place was served with an at tachment Monday evening The embarrassment of the firm is b licvcd to be only temporary and iv . due 10 uieir inn unity to raise money 011 their outstanding accounts which arc sufficient in amount U practically cover all their indebted ness Their assets are greatly i t excess of their liabilities. Mr. Mc- Taggnrt left for Portland Tuesday morning for the purpose of con ferring with the creditors, and be lieves that a satisfactory adiust ment of their affairs can be ar ranged, so that a general assign ment will not ue necessary. Maa- ras Pioneer. Shorter Items of Interest. Madras now has a school enroll ment of an even hundred. Over 90 votes were sworn In at Prinevillc on election day, Sixteen ranchers of the McKay district have banded together to blind a private telephone line into I'rincvillc from their ranches. Mrs. R. A. Ford, wife of the county school superintendent, hat moved from their ranch near Sisters' to join Mr. Ford at Prinevillc. Contractor Shipp says that it will be fully six months before tin ucw court houe is Qriished a Prinevillc. It promises tq"B' on' of the finest in the state. Silver Lake peo'ple have sent W. F Nelson, the Oregon Trunk Line man, samples of vegetables, fruit, grasses and grains raised there abcuts. Just a little coaxer to bring that railroad in. Local capitalists at Hood River arc askin? for a franchise from th" city to operate an electric railroad oyer certain of the city's streets. The road will extend throughout the entire Hood River valley. The younR, unmarried men of Silver Lke have organized a club that they call the "Silver Lako Jolly Club." The object of 'the club is to have a jolly good time, giving dances and other" partic-j during the winter. Condon's city charter contain:' the provision that allows the city council, under the recent decision of the Oregon supreme court, to. authorize the Opening of saloons at that place. Tlie city dads have taken that action and now many Condonitcs are indignant. At tlm election last June Condon went "dry" by a large majority. The Lakeview Herald tells of n couple of "sharks" who have been operating in that section. Their scheme was to sell dress goods pat terns under the promise that tailorn were following them tomake, up the garments. The tailors failetl to show up and tb'c,goods fell short in measurement, The people caught onto the little game at Lakeview and the sliarks were obliged to ? fund the money they had securcjl from a number of young ladies. WILL BUILD NEW FLUME. Swallcy People toSawThelrOwa Lum ber for a Substantial Improvement The stockholders of the Dei chutes Irrigatjqu & Reclamation Company, commonly known as tho Swallcy ditch compauy, are pr' pariug to build a new flume at tlm diversion works of their system,. They have secured a portable saw mill, have set it up on the Riley ranch and will soon begltl s.Twlnj; their own lumber for the flurrle5. The uew flume is to be 10 feet wide aud three feet deep and will be built ot) a grade of 1.6 feet to every thousand feet. It will h built of two-inch materia), and will have "bents,",, or . supports, every four feet. , The flume will require 200,000 feet of Umber for its con struction. The Swalley ditch is one of the best in this section, and possess) one of the very best water righbi on the entire Descbtite river, as it was one of the first companies to divert water to a beneficial usq. The Swalley canal waters several thousand acres, lying north of Bcuti. The original Jjqo shares ol stock in this ceianaoy hftve sold as b'glt a3$350cacb
