The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, September 01, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIT'S RATHER GOOD NEWS THE PEOPLE OP CENTRAL ORfcGON ARE HEARING THIS WEEK, AND THE RAILROAD 15 GETtfrd PRETTY CLOSE TIM town thnt I attracting nttriitlqu everywhere, the coiiiIiik city of Central Or egon, li named HltNl). BVKRVONli In the Semi country should subscribe (or Tiik lit'i.tirriM. It has boosttd long fur you. JL JTjijLr L1L4I iLjL 11JLJLjL Jl 11 il VOL. VII UF.NI), ORKGON, WKDNKSDAY, SKPTItMBKR i, 1909. NO. 35 HILL'S CREWS ARE NOW AT TRAIL CROSSING ARRIVE THERE SUNDAY MORNING BEGIN A Large Force of Men and Teams Are at Work, I with Another Camp North of the Crossing Hill Interests Buy Central Oregon Survey. Hill's construction crcwit have in- ttyaded Ccntrnl Oregon an fur a iTrnll Crossing, 38, miles north of Vend. Hill's surveyors ore camped lit Hcnd wild are running a line Bhrough the town. Another crew f hit engineers have cone 65 miles outli to Corral Springs to run a Hue over the Walker Range on to Klamath Fall. Hill interests have jftouglit the survey of the Central Oregon Railroad Company extend lug from Mudras to Redmond, mien was put inrougti iiy iocai topic last October, backed largely y the D. I. & P. Co. These four t:ntencci tell briefly what the Hill itercsts have been doing during lie past week. Last Sunday rooming about a o'- ock a Hill crew pulled into Trail rotting and began at once to cs- blish camp, on both sides of rooked river where the survey oases that stream. I'.arly Mon- y morning they began to "throw rt. Another camp was cstab- bed about the same time eight lies north of Trail Crowing, on ic old Central Oregon survey. In icse two ctews there arc 180 men id 104 teams. Th'ia information as secured yesterday in a convcr- tlon over t li c phone, with ic Weymouth, who was at Red lond looking after the camps that ere being established at Trail rosslug. He appears to have gen- rul supervision of Porter Dios.' amps. Have (taught C. O. Survey. Roscoe Howard, general manager fthe I). I. & P. Co., wired on londay from Portland to Chief Kit- rlnecr Rcdfield at Rend as follows: 'You may announce that wc have old the Central Oregon survey to the Hill interests in conformity to Sour promises that wc would not do Iso unless assured parties getting Sthc nut vcy would construct a rail road through Central Oregon." When the Central Oregon com pany began to solicit subscriptions for its road, one stipulation in the agreement was that It would not tell out unless it was absolutely in ured that the purchasers would 'build a road into Central Oregon, i'fhc Inst clause in Mr. Howard's imcssagc calls attention to this igrecmcnt. The purchase of this survey gives the Hill interests a high class line from Madras to Redmond, and Kill now has crews at Rend to con tinue that line on through the slate. Hugiucer Rcdfield, of the D. I. & P, Co., who bad general supervis ion of the running of the C, O, sur vey, stated, when t was iintsucu, that it made possible one of the best stretches of railroad in the country. It has a grade of less than one per curt, and extra light curves. Tin! CONSTRUCTION AT ONCE Established Eight Miles grade from Madras southward ic so evenly distributed ovcrthecntlrc dis tance that it makes an ideal line. Its construction, however, will be fair ly expensive as there will be con sldcrablc rock work and many good sired cuts and long filli. Prom Madras to the Trail Crossing bridge Is -ji miles by the C. O. sur vey, nine miles from there to Red mond, and 30 from Redmond to Rend. This survey crosses Crooked riv er a mile and a half below Trail Crossing, and a bridge with a 350 span and over 300 feet high will be required. It is said to be the lct crossing of Crooked river to Ik: had in that vicinity, and it is evident Porter Uros. have executed another coup over their Harrimau rivals and have secured poises ion of n very strategic point at the crossing of Crooked river. A War of Strategy. At this war of strategy continues between the Hill mid Harrimau forces it becomes more evident ev ery day that the Hill people arc somewhat shrewder than their op ponents. Unannounced but sud denly and in force, their construc tion crews have arrived in these parts during the past week and have taken possession of advantag eous positions where blocking tac tics might be employed by Harri man forces had they gotten into this section ahead of Hill. The sire of the crews at Trail Crossing is evidence that the road will be pushed through to Hcnd and on across the state with all due dispatch. It is confidently believed that construction crewt will arrive at Ucud ns soon as Hngineer. Wake field can get his surveys completed at this p'nec. Iluylug Hay and drain. Agents for Porter Urn, are purchasing All the liny and grain they run find. .Sixteen hundred tons have been con traded for along Crooked rlvrr at fio cr ton delivered at the camps. Auotli er gent wit at Powell Unites the first of the week contracting fur nil the the bar ley and oats In that section, nl a price of Ho cents per bmhel. With rallroAil crews at work tn this section, liny and grain will go to a hiirh price lcforc next sprint. There wilt be a Imiuiua for the farmer who has prod uce to sell, What la llarrlman Doing? Twohy Bros., the Hnrrimnn con tractors, have their crews hard at work around Madras, and grading is still progressing about three miles south of thai place. The Harritnnu forces have made no new move of nny consequence in the railroad contest duting the past week. Hand us your snbbcriptioti, MANY ARE PLEASED WITH THE HIGH DESERT Real Katate Men Are Busy Locating: Hntrymen on J 20-Acre Home steads Vast Wheat Territory Tributary to Uend. People arc snapping up the 330 acrc liotncktcads.oii the High Des ert with 'much avidity and it is now plainly evident that this large tract, comprising nearly a quarter of a million ncrcs of fine wheat land, will be taken by homesteaders as rapidly, if not more so, than the Fort Rock section. Last week J. N. Hunter, of the firm of Hunter & Stoats of Rend, spent several days en the High Desert locating people who wanted homesteads. He look out in one trip, Mark Rickard, Patrick Stewart and Glen Ireland of Corvallis, these gentle men having come over the Cascades in Mr. Rickard's auto. In an in terview with The Hulletin, Mr. Hunter said: "There is fully a quarter of n million ncrcs of as fine wheat land as lies in Central Oregon contained In this tract that wc call the High Desert. The soil it a volcanic ash with quite a heavy per cent of clay, and ranges from eight to 10 feet deep. There, arc no rocks nor tim ber on this land, but plenty of tim ber can be had at the edge of the tract, on Pine mountain. The land ics almost as level as a floor, and in many places one can see mile af ter mile into the distance. There is a heavy growth of bunch grass and the sage brush stands as high as u man's head in many places. "One feature of this land that makes it very attractive to the wheat grower is that the moisture stands close to the surface of the ground. We found the soil quite moist an inch or two below the sur face, something that you never find here at Dend at this time of the yenr where irrigation has not been applied. Mr. Staats and I bored for water. We went down 37 feet and got three feet of water, aud wc have been told by others that this condition prevails over the entire tract." "What do you consider will be the chief crop grown on this laud?" Mr. Hunter was asked. "It is primarily u wheat country and that will be the most important crop. You remember John F Stevens, Hill's famous engineer, after his trip through here, said Central Oregon would laconic the greatest wheat country In the world, ami that Oregon's nnuunl production of wheat would be raised from 14,000,000 bushels to 40,000, 000 bushels just as soon as the laud could be gotten under cultivation. This land will be farmed by Camp bell's dry fanning system and will lc wonderfully productive. There is n field of barley out there that will go 40 bushels to the acre, and (Continued on page 8,) SURVEYING CREWS ARRIVE AT BEND Pulled Into Town Saturday and Began Work Monday. ARE WORKING FOR J. J. HILL One Crew Left to Establish Camp South of Odell, WhHe the Other Is Finding the Best Route Out of fiend for a Railroad. Engineers L. F. Wakefield and Wm. F. Millikcn arrived in Bend last Friday evening, and were fol lowed Saturday afternoon by their crews consisting of men and equip ment. The two crews comprise about 40 men. Karly Monday morning half of the outfit started for Corral Springs under Engineer Millikcn, Corral Springs being south of Odell and about 65 miles from Rend. It is understood the work assigned to this crew is to run a line over Walker Range and continue on to Klamath falls. Knglneer Wakefield rcmanied In Uend with his crew anil established eatnp just north ot the Wenandy livery stable. Ills crew is employed in running a line out of Head to the south and has spent the pt two days surveying through the section adjoining the Bend townsitc on the east between Hcnd and Wot Butte. It is no small task to get a suitable grade out of (lend to the south, although it can be done. The elevation at Bend is 3629 feet. About a mile and three quarters south, at the bridge across the Central Oregon canal, it is 1741 feet, or a rise in that mile and three-quarters of 113 feet. It is understood that the Hilt line from the Columbia south is to be built on a grade not to eicced one per cent To make the climb of 1 13 feet out of Bend and yet keep to the one per cent, would require something over two miles of road, Hngineer Graham, when he ran a line through Bend three years tgo for Harriman, just skirted the town site on the east, and then took a long curve to the southeast in order to get the required distance for the nj-foot climb, I'rom present indications, Kngi uecr Wakefield will run his line over practically the same territory, although he Mill probably swing farther to the cast Ite started his line in the vicinity of where the road running cast from town Crosses the Pilot Duttc canal. I'rom there his crew worked In an.easterly di rection to the R. It. DeYaruiond place, and as we go to press they are swinging couth, having started this morning In the vicinity of the M. J. Kelley place (the old Hedges homestead) on the northwest quarter of section 3-18-13. Those acquainted with the topography ot the country there say the line wi'l proUIJy cross lh Central Oregon canal near lid Brostcrhous' homestead. No one knows yet where the line will run, but Itngineer Wakefield must keep to a one per cent grade. It Is understood Graham's line put of Bend was all of one and a half per cent If the Hill line is finally located where the survey ia now being run, the depot aud yard would very prolwbly be placed adjoining the present townsitc 011 the east Graham continued on south and got lVr the ridge at Lava Butte by crossing close to Lava falls. Wake field a!m may cross in that vicinity. The Bulletin endeavored to secure au interview from Knglueer .Wakefield but he refused atoolutely to talk. Just a Small Rxample. As a small indication of what Central Oregon can produce, wc quote the foltowig from the Priue ville Journal: Six bundled aud sixty-two head of beef cattle were taken through here yesterday and today on tbeir way to the railroad at Shaniko lor shipment to Portland. Four bun dred and fifty of these were cattle that had been bought up by Willis Rrown of Heisler, and Mr. Grimes of The Dalles, from growers rcsid tag in the neighborhood of Wagon tire mountain. Grant Mays is shipping 160 head from bis ranges on upper Crooked river, while Knox Bros, of Post arc taking 53 head to market. While cnrotitc the cattle were held at the Powell ranches near Prineville for rest and feed. HOSPITAL FOR BEND. Dr. U. C. Coe Has Opened One bt Slae- more Cottage on Oregon Street. Dr. U. C. Coc has leaded the Siscmore cottage on Oregon street and has opened a hospital therein, with Mrs. G. W. Hall as nurse in charge. Accommodations have been provided which will enable the hospital to care for several patients at one time, and an oper ating room Las also been equipped. The cottage has been thoroughly renovated throughout, having been repapered and newly painted. This hospital service will be a great accommodation to the entire community. Such service is es pecially needed in a country like this where patients are often miles from the nearest physician. Here after they cau be removed to the hospital and secure the benefits to be derived from more frequent at tendance by the physician and from competent nursing. The hospital will fulfill a long felt want and will be liberally patronized. IRVIN TRACT SOLD. Rogers Lumber Co. of Minneapolis Buys 30,000 Acres of Timber land. One of the largest timber deals reported in this section for some time was the recent purchase of the Irvin holdings by the Rogers Lum ber Company ol Minneapolis. The tract transferred contains 30,000. While The Bulletin has been un able to learn the price paid for this tract, yet it is stated on very good authority that the consideration was not less than $t8 nor more than 525 per acre. Quite a large part of this tract lies directly south west of Bend within a mile or two oftown. ' PleasaHt RI4e Items. Harvesting is now on and will perhaps be continued for a month or more, The late plantcij grain is yet green and the cool mums will greatly delay its ripen ing. The grain crop this year will be just a medium yield. The G. W. Hall family are moving this week to Bend where the children will have better access 40 school privi leges. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Miller and daugh. tcr Genevieve, of Atlantic, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs M. I). Sheets and son, of Lewis, Iowa, are now nicely located on their farms some four miles north west of Redmond, preparatory to mak ing final proof immediately. Mrs. G. W. Hall has accepted the position of head nurw: in the new hos pital recently started at Bend uuder the management nod superviitou ot Dr. U, C. Coe. Mr. and Mr. R H. Sherwood aud son 1'raticis are in attendance at the Seattle exposition this week, They expect to be absent alwut two weeks, and will also visit friends and relatives atdirTercut points along the coast, The Bulletin leads, GYPSUM INCREASES GROWTH OF CLOVER Application to Soil Produces a Remarkable Improvement. WILL USE MORE NEXT YEAR Roberts Bros. Scatter a SmaN Amount ef the Mineral ever a FJW of Young Clover m4 Are Much Pleated wkh the RewKs. The Roberts Bros, bave bees ex perimenting with gypsum from the Bear Creek deposit a a small way ob tbeir ranch near Sisters ami are very enthusiastic over the bene fits to be derived from it. Farm ers ia that neighborhood are bow planning to haul sereral toas of the gypsum for use ob their lauds. Blwood Roberts, who was ia Bend a few days ago, told of the results of their experimenting. He took a small quantity of the gyp- sum and ground it up as well as he ' could by hand. He thea scattered it over some young clover that was up only a few laches, applying the gypsum on spots that were not do ing as well as the greater part of the field. The beneficial results were noticed hi a very short time, and wherever the gypsum was ap plied there the clover stands three times as high as where there was no such application. This has thoroughly convinced the Roberts Bros, of the benefits to be derived from the use of the gypsum and they intend to baal considerable quantities of it 'from Bear Creek. Other farmers ia that section have noticed the results of the Roberts Bros, experiment and also plan to use the gypsum next season. While under certaia conditions the gypsum k beneficial to the soil, yet it should aot be too freely used. M. G. Coe of Bead, who is a gradu ate ef the state agricultural college of Missouri, waras against its too liberal aud constant aaplicatioa. Ia aa interview with The Bulletin, Mr. Coe said: "In tab Western section, lime U gen erally present ia the soil ia sufficient quantity far ell plant fowl requirements, and gypsum Is maiuly of value on small areas of irrigated laud where, front in sufficient drainage, sodium carbonate (black alkali) has been deposited on the soil. By the application of gypsum (calcium sulphate) a chemical action takes place in the soil, and the sodium carbonate (black alkali) becomes changed into calcium rarhnnAto. wtatrta im aftlll alkali but which is not detrimental to plant growth like the black alkali un less present in much greater quantity. "Gypsum has had a wide use In the humid regions of the Bast to correct acidity in soils. Here, however, the soil is generally ajkall in reaction, and, as a rule, an application of gyrum would be of no benefit. "It has also been largely used In the commercial fertilizers applied to the worn out lands ot the Rut, It has a stimulating action upon the soil, making the plant food wore readily soluble, and its use always insures big crops for the first few years, but ultimately the land, becomes so run down that It will not produce crop even with the application of gypsum and requires much tilling and turnlug under of greet crops before It become productive again." Read THK BULLETIN.