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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1909)
Ql nam ' .PjSliiilP Ifrilil iki- at iW THE BEND BULLETIN "Pwevwy rhhi bwht ileal, iw 1 Mil aava iuajw VV CHARLES D. ROWB KDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATK& Oatyttr., Six month!-. Tare months. (Iimrtablr In ndrnnct.) .! 3s WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1909 A QHeftlen of Relative Importance la determining whether or not b railroad should be permitted to build up the, Deschutes canyon intd Central Oiegon, just one considers tion should be borne in mind, and that is: Which will be of more value to the state and which will benefit the most people, a railroad into this section or a power dam in the lower river? Which will return the greatest good to the greatest nutaber, a railroad or a power pro position? The reclamation service expects, by mcdss of the proposed dnta, to develop electric power, convey it over to the Umatilla project and pttBp water for the reclamntion of 200,000 acres. An average vataa tioa for that land would not exceed $150 per acre under a high state of cultivation. Thus the reclamation project would increase the taxable property of the state something like $30,000,000. Now let's see how a railroad through the Deschutes can yon into Central Oregou would affect the taxable property of the state, or in other words affect the property valuation. It is stated that there are more than 30,000,000 acres of land in the section to be benefitted by the pat posed railroad. It is a conserva tive estimate to figure that a rail road into Central Oregon would in crease the value of this land on an average $5.00 an acre. A $5.00 per acre advance would increase the taxable property of the state $150,000,000. There it stands, $150,000,000 in favor of the rail road as against $30,000,000 for the reclamation or power project; an even five to one. There are still other ways to show the great difference in im portance between the two under takings. The Madras chamber of commerce states in a letter to the Portland chamber that there are 500,000 acres of wheat land in the Madras section awaiting the com ing of a railroad. This land would easily be worth $30 an acre with transportation provided. That would mean a valuation in the Madras section alone of $15,000, 000. The Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company have contracted to reclaim nearly 300,000 acres in the vicinity of Bend. A railroad would make the development of this land certain and rapid. It is generally conceded here that at a very con servative estimate this laud will thea be worth at the lowest $100 an acre. That would mean a tax able valuation in just a small por tion of Central Oregon of $30,000, 000. These are only "drops in the bucket" as compared with the whole of Central Oregon the por tion that would be benefitted by the Deschutes railroad. There are the millions of acres of timber, and aile after milt pf land that some day will be cultivated either under irrigation or by dry farming. There is no comparison between the recla mation service's power project and the railroad as far as the benefit to be derived from each is concerned. The power ptoject would make possible the reclamation of a paltry 200,000 acres. The railroad would open up on empire. Furthermore, competent engi neers, state that sufficient power can be developed to reclaim the Umatilla lands and still allow the railroad to build over its present surveys. If this is possible, there should be no question whatever about approving the railroad's right-of-way maps. The reclamation service men are inclined to nrgue that there arc other routes for a railroad into this section. There may be, but Harri man's engineers, who have spent thousands of dollars in investigat ing that very question, say there are no other practical routes. It W admitted by all that the Deschutes canyon furnishes the best grades, and provides a wnter-grade, down hill haul from this vast inland em pire to tide water at Portland. In these days of keen competition freight rates play a most important part in the prosperity of a country, and rates over a water-grade road would of course be lower than over a road of heavy grades. That is another reason why the Deschutes canyon should be left open to a railroad. Look at it in whatever light one may, there can be but one conclu sion, namely, that a railroad up the Deschutes is of far greater im portance to the state as a whole and, of course, to this section, than the power project contemplated by the reclamation service. Measure the two propositions by the only true test, that of the greatest good to the greatest number, and the railroad stands out pre-eminently above the other. What then is the logical conclu sion? Judged by their relative im portance, should not the railroad be given first consideration? If there are to be any changes in plan, the power project is the one that should give way. WILL BEOIN ON COW CANYON. 1 COMMUNT DY OTHER tAPORS Supreme Importance ot Direct Primary The Stcranif nto Bee. The most important matter be fore the California legislature is the direct primary. This involves not only party nominations for the legislature but also choice of United States senators. The mere state ment shows how vital the subject is to the whole state. It is notorious that under the present system of nominating candidates by party conventions the Southern Pacific governs California, The object of the, direct primary is to do away with nominating conventions, con trolled and manipulated by bosses, in the interest of the railroad. In stead of having bosses select the party candidates, the direct pri mary enables the members of the party to choose candidates for them selves. TLe success of the direct pri mary in other stales is well known, and it will soon prevail in all parts of the Union. The objection that it is expensive is not valid. It is little if any more costly than any other form of official primary such as California now has. And no matter what it costs, it would be a small price to pay for freedom from boss rule. Railroad corruption and bossism have cost this state many millions of dollars. ' S lly the WaytMo Scrlho, S I A Religious Author's Statement. Rev. Joseph II. 1'eiperman, Salisbury, K, C, who ft tbe author of several book, write: "I'or several year I was afflict ed with kidney trouble and last winter 1 wa suddenly stricken with a severe pain in my kidneys and was confined to bed elf bt days unable to get up without as sistance. My urine contained a thick white sediment and I passed same fre quently day and night. I commenced taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the twin gradually abated and finally ceased and my urine became normal. I cheer- Mosey Itaa Been Raised for New Road Through That DefHe. The improvement on tbe Cow canyon road will be made at once. When Wasco county agreed to spend $600 on these improvements, it was made contingent upon the fulfillment of Crook county's prom ise to raise an equal amount by voluntary subscription, and practi cally that amount has already been guaranteed. Of this sum, which was to be raised in different sections of the county, the Madras section agreed to raise $200. Bend and Prineyille have contributed $300, and the B. S. & L. Co. at Hay creek have donated $100, making up tbe amount which was to be raised in this county. Tbe Pioneer says that Secretary A. D. Anderson of the county Farmers' Union re ports that theseverul branch unions in me .vinaras section Have raised $150 by subscription, and to tbi will be added $50 which is to be raised among the business men of Madras. The principal improvement will be the building of a new road up tbe bottom of the canyon, avoiding the .heavy pull over "the horn." and which will eliminate the hard est piece of road between Madras and Shaniko. Other improvements will be made on the trade nl.n The work will be started at anri. under the supervision of D. A. Howell of Shaniko, and will be finished us soon as possible, GSaiaSSajJfi Would Be an Unwise Act. An agitation has been started with the avowed purpose of calling the jcfertn- dum on the Oregon Agricultural College appropriation bill, Tbe friends of the college feel that such action would b extremely injurious to the college and therefore Injurious to the important interests of the state which are so close, ty allied with It. To avoid such a result It is Important that the people of the state should t informed as to the real condition of affairs. In the first place it is not the verdict of the people that is feared, but the ef fects of the delar which tbe use of the referendum impose. If, by the use of the referendum, the people ot the state could vote on this bill before tbe first of July of the present year, there would be no opposition on the part of tbe friends of the college to its exercise. If the referendum is invoked the bill cannot be voted on until November, 1910, which will mean that the buildings pro vided for by the appropriation would uot be ready for occupancy for at least three years. The present college build ings and equipment are entirely Inade quate to meet the present need. The present attendance is over 1400 while the college library will accommodate loS; tbe work in agriculture ha Increased nine times In two year while tbe room allowed for the work baa only been doubted; in the past year the work In chemistry, which require the use of laboratories, has doubled and there is no extra room available; the present ar mory will accommodate less than one fifth of the students required to take military drill; and such illustrations might be continued almost indefinitely if space permitted. Add to this the fact that last year tbe attendance increased 18 per cent and that In the past four months the number of letters of inquiry received from farmer and clttrcns ol tba state generally ha doubled, and I) will give some conception of the extent to which this viul work will be crippled by the delay. Moreover, tbe delay would make It Impossible for tbe college to fulfill tbe conditions which, the federal govern ment impose a prerequisite to the en joyment of it bounty. The (late would be forced to break faith with tbe federal government which litis offered many thousands of dollar to aid in tbe edu cational and experimental work which Is to be done in Ibis state during the next two years. It is for these reasons, the significance of which cannot be fully realized until tbe conditiou at the college are person ally investigated, that tbe friend of the Oregon Agricultural College urge thai tbe people of tbe state consider well be fore culling the referendum. R. D. 1IKTZUL, Oregon Agricultural College. Sayl Did you ever atop to think when yon were in a hurry to get somewhere that the horse you werr driving get tired like yourself when overtaxed? I'cr haps uot, or you would surely be more merciful. If you would remember the fact that every living thing among animnl is built on much the same principles, breath tbe same' nlr, and requires the Mine nutriment to sustain life, you would realise the (act that it would sutler tbe same pain a you would placed under similar conditions. How often we see the lint jerked and the bit sawed through the mouth of a patient horse driven until hi leg are too tired to keep the track. How few the words of kind nets and regard lu tbe voice of the mat. ter, that reaches hi ear. He for whom he toils day In and day out, to whose benefit his life Is devoted, carrying his heaviest burdens and pulling his heaviest loads with only a little bundle ot hay and a feed of grain at night for recom pense. It' a mean man that will abuse his faithful, dumb servant In this way and yet it Is a fact that among all our farm animal none suffer more cruel treat ment than the horse. I'erhapayou forget and perhaps you have just gotten Into the habit of jerk ing, whipping and kicking him when he don't do the thine you want him to, even though it was but an unetpreucd tiiouqht In your own mind of which you had given him no intimation. Anyhow. wiien you came to where the road forked and he took the wrong one, you Jerked so hard on the line that the sharp bit aawed so cruelly through his tender, wre mouth as to set him hack on his haunches, and this made you still more angry, and you sclred the whip and gave Him several stinging lashes, for half an hour he felt the pain yet trotted briskly along In hi patient efforts to please his matter. You were cross all tbe rest of tbe way home just because of this one little mistake your horse nude at the road fork. You had been to church, toi, that day and in public said you were a follower of the l.ord. Hut you forgot it, I guess, or ele you are naturally a hypocrite and didn't mean it when tou said it, for the lxrd said "Messed are the merciful." And a merciful man is merciful .even to his beatt. And you keep on forgetting It, loo, for every time you go out to tbe barn you speak to your horse a If you would like to knock him down. You have kind words and a smile for strangers you never met before but for your servant whose life it wearing out in jour service nothing hut kicks and blow, without patience or restraint. You way aland well In your church but In this one thing thou lackett, no dif ference what creed vou uphold. True Christianity It not a thing of word alone, it dwelling place it in the heart. And who khall say that this great beautl ful world in which we live shall not In tome far off futnre day be perfected and become the heaven of which we read and for which we long. Of this we are at sured, that through man great trans formation is being attained ami kind ness I one of the colden key to the giteof the Beautiful City that Heth four square. Your store will begin to "find it self when your advertising influ ences a lot more people to find your store. Only a Few More Remnants of Clothing Left. mmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Come and see If you cart use some of them at YOUR OWN PRICE while they last. We have a new line of Paint. nice fresh Candies, and a few Dishes left. Bend Drug Co. HENRY L. WtUTSETT Horse Shoeing and General Blacksmithing WAtlON AND PLOW WORK First Class Work (lunrnntecd. Incted In Ihr old Slirlil.iii short. Blacksmithing I HAVi: started up for business In the Dunn Blacksmith Nliop, and re spectfully solicit a share ol your patronsge. Satis faction guaranteed In liVKKY I'AKTICl'I.AH. Horseshoeing ami General Repairing -.arr-wv'" " -rr I W.H.HEWES Bert, Ore. 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Cau be used on any government land subject to home stead entry and obtain title prompt ly without either settlement or cul tivation. Fully guaranteed. For prices address I,. W. Huubhll, Springfield, Missouri, This is a thoroughbred horse and he can show some excellent colts. He will be 7 years old in April, and was a prize winner at 1 and a years old at the State Fair. Has a kind dis position arid is a sure foal tetter. He is JUST the HORSE for a rancher or company of ranchers who desire to raise good draft and general purpose horses I'or further particular address THB BUND BUI.LKTIN Bend, Oregon Registered Stock H Poland H O Chinas O Q Duroc Q S Jerseys S (Hack LanKshnn Chickens. E. C. PARK, Redmond.Or. Tlic Pioneer Telegraph and Telephone Company Telegram 1'orwardrd to Any Part ol the World. Direct Telephone Cmnttini en I In with rtirtlind. I'rlnevllle and all Tactile Coast cities. Public Py Stations In Hank Bidding at Bend, at Laid law ami lViwtll Butte. Messenger service to any part of Crook County south ol Crooked Klver. sDO YOU WANT A HOMESTEAD WALKER VALLEY REALTY CO. ROSLAND ORGdON CORRIISI'ONDUNCIJ SOUCIT1ID Deschutes Lodge No. 113 Knights of Pythias Kegular meetings the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Visiting knight alwaya welcome CirAS. D IlnmvM. f P. Ciua D Rowr K R ft K. U. C. COE, M. D. Physician and Surgeon OHflCU OVKR tlANK nil Wfibt CtlcBbciie Connection DAY TKLimiONK NO. 31 Bund, Okkoon J. T. GUERIN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Bund, Okjujon. ur Mj Pmata PaavatoaJ. FOIEYSIIONETTAR - - new rt and litmlaluntfa C. S. BENSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW orncx IN WANK IIUIUIINO, BUND, OUltCON - DR. I. I,. SCOl'IIUD, DENTIST. omen in Tittrmrr ruimhno NKXT DOOR TO BARIIUR SHOP. B c nd . Oregon. BF.ND I.ODGH U. D. A. F. & A. M. Mcels on Thursday on or before the full moon ofcuch month. Visit I in l.milir.M always welcome. e A OASTBstv. f o. MINOR. W. M. , THE , First National Bank of Prlnevllle. KstaMlshcd 1887. 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