Clo cLI(p . CLaJ W1THQUT A RAILROAD TO CENTRAL ORXGON THERE WOULD NEVER BE NEED OF WATER POWER PLANTS HERE, MR. SEC. Or TM INTERIOR I :VimvCITI.lWICf,.lr.J I TW W W f '" TTC YT O f T I F W Tf Y I WIMhlnk thW a hfMr I y think thila firctty Oregon know (lie railroad 1MD DD1W DULLDIIIM. I fur inure essential llinn the liilrifcring (Kiwer planl, gootl HiM.KTIft Tvdny. After looking ii over, "what do you think nlwiil It? VOL, VII BUND, OREGON, WKDNliSUAV, MAKCII 17, 1909. NO. 1 Mr ONLY WAIT FOR .APPROVAL OF MAPS Ready To Begin at Any Time oh Central Oregon Railroad. Tim BUST AVAILABLE ROUTE It Govrnment Refuse Right-of-way Through the DeKliute Canyon, It Will SerloiMly Retard HuHdlnjc of Uoad Into Thli Section. We will be prepared to Mart construction of our road into Cen tral Oregon one week after tlu Gov-rnmciit approve our itirvcy plauit," said Chief Engineer Boichkc, of the Ilarriman lines in the N0rthwc.1t, I nut I'rlday. Speaking further of tlic Central Oregon rullroad situation, the Ore goninn nald: Mr. Buschke admitted that (lie only qucMiou holding up this op provul Ii the investigation now be Ing made by Supervising Engineer 12. 0. Hopson, of the Reclamation Service, who has officially made request for ull information and data obtained over the various routes surveyed into Central Oregon br the Ilarriman Hues This Infor tuattou Is considered essential by the Government before it can pas on the Ilarriman application for right-of-way through public buds Hrnnr'IXhiJiterftilar'lin 'this Information tbe Reclamation t Service officials expect to arrive at a dcdilon c to whether the Des chutes river is wore valuable for the conservation of water for power purposes than fur railway purposes. May Abandon Deschutes Line. Should the Reclamation Service consider that the dam is paramount, it Is practically decided that Mr. Ilarriman will not build into Cen tral Oregon over the Deschutes toulc, but will be compiled to have entirely fresh survcyit made over different routes. The reason for this is stated to be that the increased .'-.cost of construction of a high line 1 over a water-grade line would be $ 55 1,000 at the site of the Govern' incut dnm alone. There would further be additional expenvc In volved iu gradlug, which, taken with u 30 cr cent increase iu the cost of maintenance and operation, would absolutely preclude any pos aibility of the Deschutes canyon road being adopted by the Ilarri man ciigiuccr. , Besides the Government dam, there are several private dam sites which would further Increase the height to which the line would have to be raised, but it is believed that these objections might be stir mounted if the Government dam project could lie overruled. The height of the proposed Government dam was to be too feet, and this would mean that the road along the canyon would have to be raised to ut least that height to surmount it. Ik'sidts this, it is said that the dam would be the means of flood ing an enormous number of water level and close to water-level ' pla teaus, which with the advent of n railroad, on be made immensely valuable ns fruit ranches, Maintenance Coat Heavy, A Hue that wus tiuspcuded from the cliffs would be far more difficult to keep In repair ami maintain and would be iu constant danger from falling rocks from basaltic cliffs The high Hue would involve at one point, Mr. Doschke pointed out, the grading of a cliff 500 feet iu diameter nt a cost nlcne of $30,000. Against the Deschutes down water-grade haul the Shanlko and Redmond extension would involve a grade of 602a feet cast and 3335 feet went. On at least four points on the road helping locomotives would hayc to be placed, iu par ticular the Shanlko hill requiring Immense power to move an ordi nary freight train. The survey (or this route showed both cast and west the grades were so steep that the road was declared Impracticable from an ocratiug standpoint. In comparison with the Shanlko extension the Deschutes watcr-gradr haul would have a grade of 3839 feet cait rfud 680 feet west. Tht surmounting of Hogg's I'asn on thr Corvallis & Eastern was similarl) K)inted out as an absolutely im possible feat from the railroad oper ator's point of view. Unless the Government declares against the dam it would appeal that quite indefinite tunc must pan. before the Ilarriman Hues can find a gateway Into Central Oregon, for the length of time taken up by the requirements of surveys over new routes will make the Central Oregon road more a thing of the far-distant future than of the iicar-pretcnt. Water Power Available. It is confidently stated that while it will be impossible for the dam to be 011 the Deschutes river if the road is to be latd up the canyon, tke-Gm-crBHKHt-ncrd 'beottuder - bo fear' of obtaining tbe required fewer of water for water power, for this can be obtained cither by building a dam low and easy to surmount 01 by other methods familiar to re clamation service engineers. That it will be impracticable to build a dam without a soinilc stretch of railroad is another feature that must appeal to the reclamation engineers. At the point hclectcd. for the dam, so miles above thr junction of the Deschutes river with tbe Columbia, no sand can be ob tained for concrete, and. together with heavy engineering machinery, will have to be carried at least 30 miles. The difficulty of construct ing even such a road as would be required Is quite likely to postpone the construction for a considerable period of time. "If the Government insists that we must build over the dam sites it will mean that we cannot build the Central Oregon road, at least not for some time, and certainly not along the easy route the water grade luul. We should be shut out from our most feasible route. If we bad to allow for the dam be ing in position a mete 13 miles of our route would cost a further f 56.1,000 over our estimates and to gether with the private schemes further up the river the cost of the road would be advanced at least $1,000,000, making the total cost of the road $6,000,000, Now to make 4 per cent on our investment and allowing 4 per cent for oper ating and maintenance wc would have to have nit income of of $480,- 000. Hut we expect that It will be n number of years before the coun try is developed sufficiently to give us any return on our money, and we are willing to allow for that aud to help build up the country, but besides that 4 per cent for operating there would be au extra 3 jcr cept for increased cost at operation, (Continued uii last page,) Alfalfa, 1 Year J)Jd, Yielded 2& Tons per C I 1 I ttltllHllli'TS'miKm. NaayakaBayat HILL ENGINEER PAYS BEND COUNTRY A VISIT N..W. llcthcl, Chief UngliKcr of Ike Oregon Trunk Line, Made Rccon- nolaaance lletween Madras to . i Bend-Would Not Talk. N. W. Bethel, chief engineer ol the Oregon Trunk Line, and catliiK engineer of the North Dank road, lipeut Saturday and Sunday iu Heud. While The Hulk-tin an many others in CenlralTHeftri would have" been triad toslenrel lot of definite railroad news Vroiti Mr. Hctlicl. yet such a tiling was uot to be expected and he, in com mon with' other railroad men who have been through here during the past few months, had nothing of importance to give out. Mr. Bethel did state, however, that he had some spare time on his bands and took the opportunity to make a recounoissancc of the sec tion between Madras and Bend. He wished to acquaint himself with this section, and that was the ob ject of his visit. Further than that he had nothing to say. Mr. Bethel came Up by way of Redmond aud Laidlaw and spent a few days in each of those towns. The visit of Engineer Bethel has had a tendency to revive interest in the Oregon Trunk Line. Noth ing has been heard of thut project for some time, but it is evident that it is btill a live one. The Ore gon Trunk bus a line surveyed aud located from the mouth of the Des chutes to Madras, and iu view ol Mr. Bethel's presence here, it would not be surprising if crews are put in the field soon and a line surveyed from Madras to Bend and possibly on south,. For years Mr. Bethel hns been one of J. J. Hill's locating engineers. His recent connection as chiel en gineer of the Oregon Trunk Line has done much to strengthen the suspicion that that road is a Hill enterprise. Aud his visit to Bend goes still farther to confirm the statement that Hill intends ulti- 0. & N. RIGHT-OF-WAY MAN AT REDMOND. J. P. Kddy, right-of-way m.m for the O. H. &. N. Co., arrivad In Redmond last Sunday evening. lie secured options on several piece of laud along the company1 survey, Ivluu between Uedmoiul and Trail Crossing. The price stipu lated iu the option I f 100 per acre for the land that, the company actually uses for it right-of-way, Mr. Kddy intimated that hi company would be willing to pay that price fpr the laud taken, lie left This would indicate that the-Ilarriman interests are rather coiifideutthat their survey up the Dctchntes will bo unproved by the government. into Central Redmond Items. Kkiuionh. March 14. licit DI.orimer went out ettenlay to lie present at hi brother's sale to be held at Wailsburg. Wash., the joth. After the sale tbey. wllh a neighbor, Will Abbey, will come bark to the Redmond country, bringing two car to Shaniko. Mr. Abbey hat Wnd in the Wood ntljjlibotlxxxl north of town while the Detarimcr ar- lo cated at the foot of forked Horn bulte. C. N. I)eI,orimer alone will bring In trvrli head of horse ticside household article, etc., too numerous to mention. jjh J. tlenoinKer tiad the misfortune to while ou a trip borne from the "dlW'uw null. It i a Ion be can but ill afford to itand at this time and we hope otne one will have a horse to put out for a time or Ita keep or something of Utal kind. Today we pasted a small field of fall wheat town Dec 8 which i looking jety well. j AttivaU yesterday Included Mr. Belliel of Portland and Dr. Dixon from tome Ulaji point The doctor says he has tome to May. We hope so. It make it look like development sure enough. W. R. Davidson repotta a land seeker Itt the past week in the abapc ol an old friend, I It. Garlingboutc of Kmlerby, U, C, a planing mill superintendent at that place. Mr. G's. time was some- what limited but he will probably iuvett and return. The Ladle Aid met laU Thursday with Mr. Park. A good crowd, good time, plenty of work done and plenty to cat. Ditto everything at Mr. McLat lili's next Thursday o as to get the meeting and the quilt finished befote the annual meeting In Apiil. Newt Cobb and family were down from Sisters visiting. Mr. Stewatt was quite ill so that Dr. Edward was called jesteiday. The Watt eighty Is beiinc cleared and will be cropped ami a house bmtt pre paratory t the owneis coming 011 in tbe summer or fall. Milton Law-sou was laid up with an Injury to hi foot but we did not learn rt!culnr. H, C. PARK. Land Scrip. Soldiers Additional Homestead Scrip lor sale. Can be used ou any government laud subject to home stead entry and obtain title prompt ly without cither settlement or cul tivation. Fully guaranteed. J'or prices addles I W. Hudbull, Springfield. Missouri- We need your subscription. Tuesda) night for Portland. matcly to build a line Oregon. Acre First Cutting. First National Bank of Beid A telegram received from Washington this morning give authority to The I'irtl National flank of Bend lo open for business. This will be done within tbe next twt or three day. A full write-up of the new Institution will be given in next week issue. BaHmgcc WW Hurry Matters. Washington, D. C . March o Secretary Ballinger of the interior department said today that there would bo no undue delay in passing upon the application of the Ilarri man railroad for a tight-of-wav 1 through toe Dcsck-vttes esmyem. He ia clrwpl'lMaa;9Tlwa ( reclatiiatfofi service to prepare far Him a report or all facts in the nat ter, and when the statements are ready he will give them thorough ntiil r.rw,,nt mitci.l.rnllftH nwl nt US lib U,IVW3 tut; I4VI9 JU3III,) Hnginecr Scblecht, who is now at Deschutes making an investiga tion, win uc czicvicu iu rciiuri hi the eailicst practicable moment. Foley' Kidney Remedr will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. Cure backache and irregularities that if neg lected might result in Bright' disease or dUItcs. Dend Drug Co. So Sore He Swore; He Swears No More. There vvaa a Merchant mtohty or In fact, o tor ho wor and wer An4 kpt on iwtaring mora and mora. Th treubta wa that folk, Instead Of patronizing him, by Ntdl Wtr buying goods by mall, ha aid. On day ha got a llttla hint On how to make hi tora a mlnt Thn hop took on a rosy tint, H cam and ADVERTISED hi stock) Hi (tor wa crowded, ehuck-a- block. From vn until six o'clock. So now this Merchant awaara no mf No longer I he feeling tor, Sine ADVERTISING ftrowd. hi tor. -SALEj ERICKSONS IN A SHOOTING FRACAS Have Mlx-Up With Tenant , Their Bear Creek Ranch. TELL CONFLICTING STORIES GrklcsM Shot Twtc But Weu4 Are Very Light-Report State THt Other Man Has Fractured SkuM. Hearing Set for Thursday. Mr. atid Mrs. C. H.KrfcksoH bad trouble with Leotwrd Walters on their Bear Creek ranch last Satur day about noon, and as a result Erickson has two slight p&tol wounds while, according: to the story that comes from Prisevillc, Walters Is lying fa a critical con dition due to a bkiw over the bead with a gun. Mr. and Mrs. Erick son have bees placed tinder arrest and their preliminary hearine has been set for tomorrow allernoon. Deputy PrsecutiDff Attordey Bell released them without bail, and they returned to their bonia in Bend Tuesday evening. Tbe Bulletin interviewed Mr. and Mrs. Erickson but tbey did sot wish to make aay stateaseat for publicatioa until after tbe hearing. l liey related enough, howewr, to indicate that there arc two radically different -sides to tbe story and from their statement tbey were set upon by Wallers utm toad, to nxbt for tbeir lives. WaHers wm WskNi to rritwvWsi tSSSSg(tSSfltm WOMB II Jtf r6nQ4Rf9w" ( lMMC W Krkksea's bouse to borrow a horse, Walters Hvisjg In otte bouse and Erickson in a Bother oa tbe saute ranch. As Walters stepped into tbe House, Mrs. J&rKkson pojsted a gun nt kin and fired. lie jerked it away from her iu tinte to save himself. She grabbed another gun and fired again, but agaia be saved himself, taking tbe gun away from her and knocking her down. Whereupon Erickson seized a gun nnd struck Walters over the head. Walters then drew a revolver and shot several Uses at Erickson, two shots hitting him. Walters then took to his beds aad taa for borne, with Mrs. Erickson pursuing Mat and Gring at bin. Tbat Is Walters' statement as reported to Tbe Bul letin over tbe phone by the authori ties at Prinevllle. Walters got in to town, made tbe .statement, and soon became delirious Irons the blow on tbe head, and is in a criti cal condition, all according to re ports from tbe countv seat. Erickson contradicts this story in toto and says he did not strike Walters over the head. To up hold bis side of the story, be refers to the complaint filed by Walters himself which admits that be shot Erickson twice, that be shot him in his own bouse, aud tbat there was no fuss. As stated above, bow- ever, lirlckson would not wake a statement for publicatioa until after bis hearing tomorrow. Several months ago Walters con tracted to purchase tbe Erickson ranch on Bear Creek, agreeing to make a first payment, and having 10 years in which to meet tbe bal ance. According to the contract Erickson had the right to go onto the place, put in crops and take care of it if Wallets failed to do so. There is no doubt tbat Walters wrm not living up to the terms of the contract, and Mr. aud Mrs. Erick son were there to put in spring crops, when the trouble occurred. One shot struck Erickson behind the left ear, grazing and burning his neck. The other struck bitu in the right side, grazed tbe flesh and struck tbe hip bone. Neither- wound amounts to much. But Erickson says that all that saved his life was the fact tbat Wsvker ainmuuitjou must have been very poor. f4