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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1909)
STILL THE ALL IMPORTANT QUESTION IS: SHALL AN INSIGNIFICANT RECLAMATION PROJECT RETARD THfc PROGRESS OF AN EMPIRE? THE BEND BULLETIN. If you want In sell ADVERTISE If you want to buy READ $ HI 'vll VOL. VII IJKND, OKIJOON, WHDNKSDAY, APRIL 7, 1909. NO. 4 t REPORT SAID TO BE FAVORABLE " ' '' ' I IH I II' '"" IT' HAS BEEN SUBMITTED While Engineers Would Not Disclose Nature - of Their Decision in Right-of-Way Matters, It Is Believed That It Favors the Deschutes Railroad. LETTER TO BEND MEN iUKTl.ANl), Oregon, April. , MJ09. Hunter & Slants, Henri, Oregon. -Hear Sirs: Dirt will begin flying on the l)cschutcs roari In a very short time. The reclamation engineer in their report hove rccomtncnricri to Secretary Halllngcr that he grant frtc and unhampered right-of-way, on condition thut Harriman begin building IMMKDIATKLY. That in the only string tacked to the concession. From personal knowledge, I know that a very prominent railroad builder, known also In Crook couity, has been offered the supervision of constructing the Des chutes road, and O'Uricn's engineers are ready to jump Into the llclri as soon an the word comes from the reclamation hcrvicc at Washington, which should not be delayed longer than 10 days. The road will go this time without fall unless Ilnrrimaii craw fishes, and there in no Indication, judging from the activity and arrangement being made in the local ofliccu of the Harriman people, that he intends to carry out a bluff again. It may cheer up the community n little to know that there Is considerable in terest here regarding the Henri country." The above letter is from a man in Portland whose name we arc not at liberty to disclose, but we can assure Hui.lktin readers that he stands in a position which enables him to have precise information in regard to the topic he discusses. Judging from the statements he makes In this letter, it i practically a foregone conclusion that construction on the Deschutes railroad wilt start in a very short time. It discounts completely those reports that have been circulating during the past day or two to the effect that the report of the reclamation engineers would be of such a nature as to make impractical the building of a toad up the Deschutes. The man herein referred to is preparing to make quite an Investment in Hend property, (the nature of which cannot be disclosed just at present) and evidently he has faith that what he predicts will come true. Tint lli)i.i.HTtN, on December 30. published another letter from this party, in which he promised to keep Messrs. Hunter and Slants Informed whenever any authentic railroad news developed. . This last letter is in fulfillment of tjiat promise. News 'Phoned to Hend. The first news that reached Henri relative to what the report of the reclamation engineers would be, was 'phoned in last Sunday. It was to the effect that the Deschutes right of way hail been approved and whs 'phoned to D. I!, Uock fellow, of Henri, by Don Ilea, nl Madras, Mr. Kea having received a hlmilnr message from Portland. The message, however, was in er ror somewhat, as at that time the report of the engineers had not had time to reach Washington, News nrtlclcs in !oth the Portland Tele gram and Journal slate that the en gineers' report will recommend that the ruilrond be granteri rlght-of-way, but the Orcgoniau says the report will recommend the grant ing of right-of-way with the ex press stipulation that If the recla mation service should ricsirp to build dams In the river nt any time, then the railroad should raise ill truck above the dams. Tlint, of course, would put nn end to the railroad for no company would build on such terms. The very foolishness of such n stand cnui.es people in this section to believe there is no truth In that version, BRINGS GOOD NEWS but rather to believe that the right- of-way will be approved with only one provision, i. c., that work be commenced at once. The Tele gram of April 3 says: While I). C. Ilcuii)', mpervMng engi neer ol the reclamation service, i lint in n position to discuss in mi)' way the na ture of lilt forthcoming rewrt to the He (wrttnent of the Interior with reference In the Deschutes river project, It U inti muted through private channels Hut lie wil mike strong rccoiiiiiteniUtioiii favor lug the coiiitriiction of the Ilarrlmau road into Central Oregon. Hnelneer llentiy admitted thlt morning that not only did he, hut the authorities at Wash iiigton as well, realize the tremendous importance of giving Central Orcpuu railroad transportation facilities, hut he would not say that the facta warranted the construction of the Ilarrlinau road as projected as against the conservation of the government water rights under present locations on the Deschutes riser. Mr. Ileuny saya that he will reroiu iiteiid that his report be given the right of way by the department over many other matters now Lefore Secretary Hal linger, for. he feela that an emergency exists, "I am inclined tn think that the de partment will art at the earliest possible moment 011 my report," said Mr. Hen- 11 y. "It is known nt Washington just how important a matter It is for Oregon to have n railroad through the Central part of the state. They know it there just us well ns we do here." At the Harriman ofllccs here today It wns stated that every scrap of right of way needed fur the rullroad up the T)e chilli's eiiiiyon fur the entire Mo miles to Ilctid could be closed up within 14 hours, giving the construction depurtmeut a clean sheet to work oil. It was slo stated that the engineering department Is in shape to go ahead with Its plans the minute favorable word is received from Washington. It is known that In the engineering department of the Harriman service preliminary plans arc being pushed forward just as rapidly as If the government hnd already ap proved the maps of the new project. The Journal says in pirt; "It Is n delicate matter to make known the results of .! ll findings before they have been acted upon at Washington," stated Mr lloori, (an engineer aoci ated with Mr. Ileuny In this Invcstiga titan) "and for t f nt t rcAoii we cannot an notincf for m day or two 1 he exact nature of our report. I uuisldcr, howeier, thut the needs of Central Oregon are scry generally understood here, ami the Im portant of it railroad is obvloua." While the report has jutt Iwen com pleted it I said that the reclamation en gineers decided more than a week ago that they would not stand In the way of the IJcKcliutcs railroad If Harriman is in earnest in his repeated statements that he wants to build it. Sent Telegram to Secretary Halllngcr. Hend men arc determined to do all In their jwwer to ticcurc the ap proval of the Deschutes railroad right-of-way. As a gentle reminder to Secretary Hallinger that we need that railroad and in order to em phasize the imjiortaucc thereof, the following telegram was dispatched yesterday about 11 o'clock, It is expected that ths message will reach the secretary about the same time that the engineers' reort ar rives. . The telegram reads: IlKNli, Or , April otli, Hon. R. A. Ilalllttger, Washington. I). C. We, the Commercial Club of the City of llend, in behalf of the cititens of Central Oregon, reupcclfully atk and urge that the railway maps and sur set's In the Deschutes canyon lie approved at your earliest com en ieuce. (Signed) A. M. I.ana, l'rcs. Reported That Contracts are Let. A report; wns brought to the Ros lanri sawmill from the south that contracts hud been let for railroad grading for u distance of 30 miles north of Klamath Palls, and that recently thobc at the Klamath Agency could distinctly hear blast ing from the direction of the Falls. The truth or falsity of this rumor could not Ik determined. What Man Do You Strangle? r . Z m " I Homo ntatlsttclnn figures that $2M, ono.W every year la twin diverted from tho local merchants of this coun try to the mnll ontor concerns In the front cities. How much of that MONUMENTAL MOUND OF MONKV goes out of this community J ISvery dollar so spent helps to BWEM. THE nEAP In tho city thrst tins no uso for us except to get our OOOD MON13V, Every dollar mailed away helps to BTItANOLB KNTEltntlBE . AND BOUTTI.E mOSl'EMTY right horc at home. When yon atranglo your neighbor yM strangle- yourself. rkj cr iLx Q yW PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE FORCED Wafer Users on the Klamath Project May Have Time. BIO A10NGY FOR MADRAS HOflS Shipped to Portland Market and Are Rated as Best Porkers Received at Hie Metropolis Numerous Short Items of Interest. K. S. Smith, attorney for the Klamath Water Uhcrs Association, returned recently from Washington where he went In the Interests of the landowners under the govern ment irrigation project nt Klamath. In speaking of the results of his trip to Washington, Mr. Smith said that with the help of Senator Pulton he made n strong effort to secure relief in the payment for water rights, but that as practically every other project bad asked for help before bis arrival in Washing ton, and had been turned down, the secretary would not allow the graduated payments as asked. However, he was promised that while the landowners would be notified of the payments as they became- due, if it was shown that they were unable to meet their ob ligations, the payments would not be forced before the end of the first year. That is, they would be able to get water for the first two years if they made their payments for maintenance. The payments would have to be marie the third year, however, before they could secure water. Hy that time the land would alt be well under cultivation ami able to pay for the water.- Klamath Palls Herald. Ship Pat llojc,to Portland. Davenport & Stroud of Princvillc purchased a carload of fat porkers in the Madras country last week, and left with them Friday for Port land where they will be sold again. The hogs were freighted out to Shaniko, this method of getting them to the railroad having proved more satisfactory than driving them through. The price paid for the hogs was five ceuts per jwund on foot, and there were 150 head bought with an aggregate weight of betwecu 35,000 and .jo.ooo pounds. This is the secoud shipment of hogs from Madras to Portland, the same firm having bought n carload .several weeks ago, upon which they made n good profit. Other ship ments will be made and with a ready matket for their porkers, the hog industry promises to become a very profitable one for the farmers of this hcctiou. Mr. Davenport savs the buyers of the other car load of hogrt said they were the best lot of porkers that had been brought to Portland. Pioneer. Will Survey Indian Allotments. W. C. Wlerman returned yester day morning from Northern Idaho, where he has beeu employed with n surveying party for several weeks. He left in the afternoon for the Wnrmspring reservation, where, he will run out the lines for a number of allotments made to Indians on the reservation. Many of the allot ments made in recent years on the reservation have never been sur veyed, uud Mr. Wcirman has been employed by Superintendent Covey to run out the lines of these allot ments. Kvery Indian man, wom an, or child on the reservation is entitled to on allotment of 160 acres and some of the Indians have se cured very valuable tracts of land, Pioneer. Shorter Items of Interest. A move is aaln 00 foot to incorporate the town of Madras. A number of roods, constructed on the macadam method, will be built radiating from Hood ttiver through the outlying country district. Dr. II. ChaS Dunstnore has left Print--ville for Independence, where be ho accepted a call to the Presbyterian church of that place. Work on the irrigation aysteni which is being built to reclaim the lands of the Oregon Valley (.and Company at Lake view, is p'ogresiing rapidly. J. R. He nlum I clearing off the trees and bruth and will toon plow and plant w aciesof land for Misa Handle on ber fine ranch just east of taidlaw. Chron icle. The Princvill- Journal any that with in a month two cight-paiscngcr auto mobile will be making regular trips be tween Priiieville and Shanikn, beinp run In connection with the Cornet stage line. T. V. Dunaway, vice-president and general manager of the Nevada, Califor nia, Oregon railroad, known as the "narrow gauge," Mys the road will be extended from Alturas to Lakeview this summer. I'erd McCallister recently sold 1600 head of young mutton sheep in Portland, receiving 1 5 50 per cwt. He is very well satis6ed with his experiment of feeding sheep for the msrket and will feed again next season, according to the Journal. Wm. Led ford is back from college and found a position waiting for him. In fact. It found him before he got here, and impressed him Into service at the Shaniko stage office. "Kentuck" es caped as soon as he could and came to Prinevllle. Review. William Bocgli was in town Saturday from the Cove orchard. Mr. Boegli uys that he expects to have a good fruit crop this year, with the exception of peaches. The severe winter killed the new gtowth on the peach trees, and there will not even tie blooms on the trees this season. Pioneer. The Portland, Kugcne & Eastern tail, way company Is very active building electric lines and city street car systems throughout the Willamette valley. It has surveys completed and right-of-way purchased for 50 miles up the McKentie river from Uugcne. J. C. Bracher, one of the directors of this road, while In Hend two years ago, said his road ulti mately tvould be extended over the mountains to tap this section. Mrs. Ann Mann Munroe celebrated tier one hundredth birthday at her son's ranch near Mitchell,, Wheeler county, November 13. 1908. The old lady Is still hale and hearty, and is proud to suy she has been through the time of every war the Uuitco, States his had since the Revolution. She was twenty when the Grst railroad was .started In the United States, has lived during the term of office ol every president of the United States except two, Washington and Adams. Mrs. Munroe was the mother ot nine children. Condon Times. Tumalo Items. Tumalo, April J. The weather has been somiwlmt unsettled the past week. Wm. linker and family returned Thurs day from Roseburg where they spent the winter with Mr. Taker's father. They report prospects good for a heavy fruit crop mere tnts season Mr. Spoo, wife and three children, ar rived last I'riday from the valley and have taken up their residence at the Spoo-Dayton mill. Kills Kdglngtou is back on his home stead west of Tumslo after several months absence at Hood River. Karl J. Starklaml of Union county was in these parts lsst week looking over the country and soliciting orders for dried fruit Mr. Statkland is one of Grand Ronde Valley's most successful fruit g'owers, The settlers under the O. S. I. Co.'s ditch have been busy cleaning out the ditches and getting things in shape to turn the water iu about the middle of this week. WILL EXPERIMENT WITH YELLOW PINES Endeavor To Grow Them Where Black Jacks Thrive Now. WORK TO BE AT ROSLAND T. T. Monger, Expert Forester, Will Learn If the More Valuable Yellow Pine WW Orow on SoH Now Occupied by Inferior Trees. T. T. Mungcr, an expert forester connected with the United Slates forest service, will conduct experi ments this summer in reforest ization in the vicinity of Rosland. His task is to learn whether yellow pines will grow on the lands now covered with a dense growth of blackjack pines, an inferior variety. Mr. Monger will experiment with three methods of prorogation, namely, broadcast seeding, ' spot sowing and the planting of young trees. Mr. Hunger's work Is to deter mine what variety of trees is best adapted to the reforestation of a given district, and wherever bis ex periments prove successful the for est service later begins the work of planting seeds or young trees 00 a large scale. Mr. Monger expects to take up fits experiments some time during this month. Last September Mr. Mungcr, up on request of Inspector Kent, went into the Rostand sect ion to deter mine, if possibl-, why the jack pine grew so prolifically on certain tracts in that section apparently to the detriment of more valuable specks. Hisrlask was to determine if there were certain conditions of soil or water which favored the black jacks but were death to the yellow pines. At that time, it was said be would continue his studies from Rosland through the entire belt of jack pines, which runs clear into California. Mr. Monger's return this spring to experiment by actual planting and growth of young t recti indicates that the stndy of these conditions is to be continued still further and brought down to a practical basis if possible. If the forest service ultimately can cause yellow pines to grow successfully on the vast tracts now occupied by tne interior jack pines, it will be accomplishing a very good thing. CONTEST DISMISSED. Deschutes Land Co. Wins In Contest Brought by C. W. Richie. About a year agoChas. W. Richie of Rosland brought contest against a tract of land embraced in the Deschutes Land Company's segre gation, on the grounds that the land was capable of producing an agricultural crop and hence was non-desert in character. The tract under contest embraced 200 acres lying adjacent to where the Silver Lake road crosses Paulina creek The Bulletin is In receipt of In formation to the effect that on February 16, 1909, Honorable Prank Pearce, first assistant secre tary, reudered a decision sustaining The Deschutes Land Company on all points, and ordering that all contests be dismissed. The con cluding sentence of the decision reads as follows; "No further con tests growing out of the desert or f on-desert character of the segre gated land should be permitted." The, company is npw preparing for the summer's work. .2 '1 M B nn 1 m I mammmmiFmimmmHmmm rmsn
