k HEAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN fefcNb DUMNG THE PAST THRfefe DAYS HAVE AMOUNTfeD t6 FULLY $10,000 NOT A BAD RfcCbRD
THE BEND BULLETIN.
ItVKKYONK In the Bend
country should subscribe
for Tim Huu.KTlN. It lia
boosted long for you.
"COMU TO JIKND."
VOL. VII
BKNI), OKKOON, WHDNHSDAY, SKPTUMUKR 15, 1909.
NO. 37
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BEND IS CENTER
OF OPERATIONS
High Oltlclals of Oregon Trunk
Line Visit Our Town.
CONFER WITH UNQINUGRS
More Surveyor Are Put In the Meld
and tho Work of Running; n Line
Through This Section I (loins
Rapidly forward.
Bend has received Its full (junta
of vUlU from the big railroad men
durltig the pant week, and nt the
. prevent time this section of Central
Oregon and Ucml In particular
appear to be the center of railroad
operation. I.ust Friday evening
two large automobile belonging to
Porter Bros, rolled into Ilciid con
vcylng as passenger none other
than hcvcrul men high in the coun
cil of the Oregon Trunk Line, the
Hill road. They were: Judge
Chas. II. Carey, of the law firm of
Care) & Kerr, Hill's Portland at
lorncys; Johnson P Potter, of Por
ter Bros; Matt Clark, a reputed
capitalist but whose connection
with the railroad it not known lo
cally; R. J, lluck and Robert Rca,
Uith connected with the engineer
ing forces of the Oregon Trunk
Line.
k After upending the night In Dend
and conferring with Hugiiiccr
Wakefield who i.i in charge of a
surveying crew here they left
bright and early Saturday morning.
Messrs. Carey and Porter went
south, presumably to Klamath
Falls, while Messrs. Clark, lluck
and Rca returned northward. None
of these men gave out anything of
interest while in Bend.
Sunday the town wan again vis
lied, by other Oregon Trunk men,
namely, C. A. Kyle, chief engineer
of the road; V, G. Mason and
Robert Kca. Mr. Kyle likewise
conferred with the surveying pur
ties here, and then left. Like all
railroad builders, these men arc
noted for their reticence an far as
talking is concerned. It was
learned, however, that Mr. Kyle
has recently made a thorough in
spection of the entire line of the
Oregon Trunk and has stated that
it will not take nearly so long to
complete the road through the
lower canyon as was at first ex
pected. This is good news to Cen
tral Oregon as it means a railroad
that much sooner.
A report Is also being circulated,
which we were unable to confirm
however, to the effect that within
the next few days contracts will be
let for construction along the- en
tire survey of the Oregon Trunk
Line and large crews stationed
from the Columbia to Bend.
Last Thursday another crew of
Hill surveyors pulled into this sec
tion and camped two miles north of
town on the Dr. A. A. Hurrls forty.
They were originally In charge of
kobj5Kf who hus lecn super
ceUSlrhowever, by D. K, Rockfel
low, Mr. Kca preferring to return
to Mudras where he had worked up
u lucrntive business buying and
helling real estate. This crew tied
onto the Wakefield line just east of
Ilciid and Is extending it northward
to Redmond. The survey runs
over the L. I). Wiest place, crosses
the Pilot Unite cunul about 300 feet
wiuth of the H. C. Kllis bridge,
nud then runs north nbout 50 to
too feet west of the county road.
It is understood this Hue is follow
ing quite cloudy the old Columbia
Southern survey. The camp will
he moved farther north in 11 day or
two.
Itnginrer Wakefield's crew Is
continuing the line southward. It
runs to Wet Weather Springs, as
outlined in lust week's Bulletin,
and from there crosses the lovn bed
at I.avit butte, running not far from
the river. This crew is now work
ing south of the lava and will move
camp to Fred Shoii(Uest's place the
Utter part of Uic week. It is un
derstood that F.uginecr Wakefield
has secured a very satisfactory line
out of Bend, with a grade n little
less than one per cent.
That is about the sum and sub
stance of railroad news as far as
local operations arc concerned.
Work is still progressing at Trail
Crossing, and Harriman'a construc
tion crews arc as busy as ever
building grade this way from Mad
ras. In the meantime Luldlaw tro
pic claim to have received authen
tic news to the effect that the Har
rimau forces would soon bc-taken
but of the Deschutes canyon and
put on the extension of the Corval
lis & Kasirrn. Tout would he a
welcome bit of news, but The Bul
letin doubts very much if it will be
done.
Probable Route of the Oregon Trunk.
A bit of news thut shows which
route the Oregon Trunk Line may
follow to the south lus come to
light in the statement that Porter
Bros, have been awarded a contract
for a 30-mile cxtttision of the Pa
cific & Hasten) to the northeast.
The Pacific & Hasten) is a rod
running northeastward from Med
ford towaril Crater Lake. It is
said that a very feasible route has
been found over the Cascade range,
and it is predicted that the P. & li.
will In: extended eastward to con
nect with the Oiegou Trunk Line.
From Medford it is possible to se
cure a very good route southward
to San Francisco, and such a Hue
would pass through a country tre
mendously rich in resources.
John F. Stevens, president of the
Oregon Trunk Line, when on his
secret trip through interior Oregon,
visited Medford and inspected the
P. & H. When asked if his eople
had purchased this road, Mr.
Stevens said.
"I met Mr. Allen when he was
here and he asked me to recom
mend a good railroad contracting
firm to him. I mentioned Porter
Dto-i. and I now notice in the news
paper thut they have becu awarded
the contract fur an extension of
the road.
"The Pacific & Ivastcrn is not a
part of the Oregon Trunk Line. I
urn not saying, however, that it
will not be some day,"
ANOTMUR VICTORY FOR HILL.
Ilarrlntan Road Refused Right or Way
In Upper Deschutes Canyon.
Secretary Ballingcr has rejected
the application of the Deschutes
Railroad (the Harrimau line) for
right of way from Shcrars Bridge
to Mudras, a distance of 60 miles.
This gives Hill undisputed posses
sion of that part of the canyon and,
in effect, tells the O. R. & N. peo
ple to keep oil". Balliugcr's de
cision states that the Interior De
partment is without jurisdiction in
f ranting the Harriman application,
nusmuch as it has already passed
upon aud approved the right-of-way
application of the Hill line over the
contested ground, a distance of 60
miles, from Sherars Bridge to
Madrus,
Secretary Balliugcr's ruling is the
stiffest body jolt the Ilurriutun
(.Continued on page 4,)
APPLICATION FOR
RECEIVER DENIED
Present Olficcrs of I). I. & P. Co.
Continue in Power.
WIN OUT OVER BONDHOLDERS
Suit Was tsltterlv nought Itefore fed
eral Judge llean, and Present
Management of Company Is
Victorious In l-Jrst Round.
The present officers and directors
of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power
Company have won a victory in
the suit instituted by Hasten) bond
holders praying that a receiver be
iipjwintcd for the company. Last
Friday Federal Judge Bean of the
United States circuit court at
Portland, denied the motion for ap
plication for receivership. Refcring
to this suit, the Portland Telegram
oflast Thursday said:
Instead of the present manage
ment of the Deschutes Irrigation &
Power Company having assigned
away all tangible assets by means
of which the bondholders and other
debtors might realize something,
Attorney John II, Hall, counsel
for the company, argued yesterday
afternoon that the present plan of
development would pay outstand
ing debts aud leave a profit for the
stockholders of something like ft,
311,000. Mr. Hall's talk was
largely confined to such estimates,
based upon the following statement
of lads:
At the time the Howard contract
was centered into, the company had
about 101,000 acres of land in the
Pilot Butte aud the Hutchinson
segregations to be reclaimed. The
company's new contract iwith the
stale was to reclaim this laud
for an average price of $ 25 50
an acre, and the contract
with Howard was to do all the
work, sell the laud, collect tbe
money, and pay to the company
from $7 to $7.50 net an acre. 01
this net payment, 3 must be paid
in the sinking fund for the first
mortgage bonds, insuring to that
fund 303,000.
As the primary issue of first
mortgage bonds was but 447,000,
aud 88,ooo of them have been can
celled, the outstanding totul of this
issue is now 359,000. By apply
ing the $303,000 assured from the
Howard contract in finishing the
first two segregations, the first
mortgage bonds would be reduced
to $56,000, the attorney said. The
fact that 354,000 of the liens to be
secured in tins work had been as
signed to R. J. Bulktey could not
affect the first mortgage sinking
fund, the attorney argued, for the
3 an acre must be put there. Af
ter deducting 3 an acre for the first
mortgage sinking fund, 4 to 4.50
coming from the Howard contract
would remain, or a total of 404,
000 to 436,000, which could be
used in liquidating the collateral
trust bond issue nud floating debts,
which nrc suid to aggregate nbout
140,000 nt the present time.
Have 74,000 More Acre.
Another segregation has been
made by the company, known us
the Benham Fulls project, of 74.000
acres, of which Mr. Hall said at
least 65,000 acres were good nrnblcpcg "d caused internal injuries.
and irrigable land. 1 he contract
with the state for this tract is 60
an acre, and the company then
made n contract with Howard to
reclaim the laud, taking as his com
H!iuation half the profits of the
work, Mr. Hall estimated that
the cost of reclaiming this land
would be nbout 1,300,000, und
that the company would receive
60 an acre for 65,000 ncres, or a
total of 3,923,000, Deducting
from this gross the cost of reclama
tion, estimated to be 1,300,000,
would leave as net profit on this
one project 3,632,000. Howard is
to get hulf und the company half,
bringing into the treasury of the
latter 1,311,000. From these net
profits would have to lc deducted
56,000 yet dm the sinking fund
lor the first mortgage Ixmds, and
from 20,000 to 40.000 to take
care ol outstanding floating debts,
or a total of materially less than
100,000. Deducting this amount
would yet leave the company with
about 1, 311,000 as profit, to be
disbursed among the stockholder
From the financial statement sub
milled in court the present indebt
(ducts of the corporation exceeds a
figure in excess of 800,000
Through the various revenue of the
concern, the defendants contended,
that the deficit, although of an al
normal figure, could be liquidated.
Say Company Is Sound.
Oi) the basis of these estimates,
the attorney urged tlie court to
hold that the company was in sound
condition, and that the manage
ment should be continued without
a receivership. He said that griev
ous injury had already resulted
from the court proceedings, as in
tending purchasers had been driven
away by bad report, and would
hesitate to purchase so long as liti
gation beclouded the horizon. It
was also argued that a receivership
would ruin the company, as no
further tiurcbascs would be made
by settler. During this part ol
his argument Mr -Hall was fre
quently iuttrrupted by Messrs
Addison anil bitiks, counsel for the
Kastcru bondholders, with sarcastic
reference to his estimates on avail
able assets. They challenged the
assumption that wreck and ruin
would follow a receivership, and
held forth the assurance that tbeii
people would come forward with
300,000 or more funds needed to
finish the work, and put the com
pany in perfect condition.
Before finishing Mr. Hall read a
telegram from the complainant in
the case, John G. Dcshler, sent two
days ago, in which he asked that
Messrs. Addison and Sinks dismiss
the case, and withdrew authority to
proceed. Immediately Mr. Addi
son sprang to the floor and said
that false information had been
sent to his client by the opposition,
upon receiving which Mr. Dcshler
ordered the case dismissed, but
when the true facts were placed be
fore him, he sent another telegram
telling the attorneys to proceed as
before.
Owing to the heavy interests in
volved, six attorneys appeared in
this case, three for each side. Col
C K. S. Wood, L. G. Addison and
F. H. Sink represented the com
plainant. Jesse Stearns, John H.
Hall and W. T. Muir appearing
for the defendant. Mr. Muir ap
peared for the Merchants Savings
& Trust Company, which is in
volved by virtue of the mortgages
aud trust bonds issutd by the Des
chutes Irrigation & Power Com
pany.
KILLED AT SHBRAR'S URIDQG.
First Death on Construction of Des
chutes Railroad.
The first fatal accident on the
construction of the Deschutes rail
road, occurred at the Hastings
ranch in the Deschutes canyon neat
Sherar's Bridge last Thursday night
at about 1 1 o'clock.
A. Rowson was sleeping in a
tent with two other men when with
out warning a targe rock about the
size of a man's head fell from the
h it'll cliff nbovc and tore through
the tent striking Mr. Row.son on
the left side. It fractured the left
The injured man was taken to the
railroad hospital at Grass valley,
reaching there in the early morn
ing and died at 10:35 n- m He
was a native of Hnclaud und 36
years of age Pioneer.
Pore it Ranger Examinations.
Hxnminations for the position of
Forest Ranger on the Deschutes
National Forest will le held nt
Priueville, 011 October 25 and 36,
Persons who desire to tuke the ex
amination should nt once write the
Civil Service, Commission, Wash
ington, D. C, for application blanks
and other information.
BEND COUNTRY HAS
MANY RESOURCES
Orcat Opportunities for Home
seeker and Investor.
TIMBER, IRRIGATION, POWER
A Brief Description of Our Various
Resources, and Information for
the Man Who fa fnterested to
Central Oregon.
Ilclow The Bulletin print in full
the subject matter of the leaflets
issued this week bv the Bend Board
of Trade.
The Town.
Situated on tbe banks of the
Detchute river, I J J milet south of
the Columbia, Ilend command almoat
Inconceivably vaat latent wealth,
in timber, water power, Irrigation prod
uct!, wheat, fruit and the various
branches of ttoclc railing. And if in
all Oreeon no town hat been located with
a keener eye to future development, it
it equally true that none is situated more
beautifully or healthfully. Acrots
the magnificent Deschutes the timber
lands roll upward to the cnow-clad Cas
cade, and to tbe eait anil north lie the
irrigated field' ami juniper-dotted sage
bruth plains.
Here, with a light anil welt distributed
rainfall varying from ten to twenty-five
inchei, the aun thine 320 daya of the
year, and the dry, clear air ami wonder
ful Detchute water offer "panacea for
all the ill that flesh I heir to."
Great quantities of the beat of clay for
brick making and many varieties of
building atone, together with the inex
pensive lutnber manufactured on the
pot, offer unexcelled advantage for
comtruction.
Tbe High School graduates are ad
mitted to the State Univeraity free of
examination, and the lower tcbool are
a ititiinctive in their excellence. Tbe
advantage of tlieic institutions,
coupled with the endless healthful recre
ation, give equal and unequaled oppor
tunities for the best development of
youthful minds and bodies.
BKNI) i preeminently for the home and
family.
Railroads.
The It e n d country is entering
on an extraordinary era of railroad
development. Two roads are hasten
ing construction work up the Des
chutes. The Hill line has officially
announced ita Immediate completion to
Ilend, whence it will probably be put
through to California, The Harri
man mad will tap the Deschutes coun
try probably a toon as its rival, with
every Indication of its continuance via
Ilend to connect with the Natron-Ontario
east and west line. 'With two great
railroads struggling for supremacy, Cen
tral Oregon's future it indeed bright.
MIND I the hub of the territory that
will profit most by this development.
Irrigation.
Ilend it the headquarters of the
Detchute Irrigation & Power Com
pany, vhoc Carey Act wrgregi
lion embraces 318,000 acres in the
immediate vicinity. Alfalfa, clover, oats,
wheat, potatoes aud small fruits thrite,
fruit raising is yet In its Infancy, but
with every promise of a bright future.
Both in quality and yield the sugar
berta are unexcelled, this in itself form
inc. the foundation of a vast industry.
Thank to the readily grown gram
aud grasses, coupled with the even cli
mate, dairying is dentinal to hold an im
portant place among the agricultural
minimis. The desert idus water.
equals wealth.
lll'.ND is the natural center for the prod
ucts of this Irrieatcd area.
Wheat Land.
It is predicted that the rallioad
development of Central Oregon
will triple the state's wheat
output. To the southeast of Ilend
lie more than 150,000 virgin acres
of wheat laud, now open under the 320-
acre dry farming homestead law, The
laud U level, free from stone, and upon
it well water may be procured. Dry
furmlng under exactly similar conditions
bus been a pronounced, tucccts, uiakiug
' the future of tliU vast area one of almost
unbelievable possibility.
MIND'S water power will operate flour
ing mill for the wheat of this tribu
tary territory.
Timber.
"I'ive hundred car load of lum
Iwr daily for 50 year," i the eatl
male of the Deschutes country's out
put made by John D. Porter, Ilill'a great
road builder. Tributary 'to Ilend.
on down-grade hauls, Is six billion feet
of yellow pine. The Detchttlea
offers the best of power and log pond
possibilities, and the large companies
who today own eighty per cent of the
stand, will Iwgin milling as toon as the
railroad reach Dend.
RKND it the natural milling point for
all this timber.
Water Power.
Ilend ha 3jn,r.) horsepower
inexpensively obtainable from the
tbe Deschutes. Already a dam ia
in the course of construction to
harness a portion of this, and at the
country mature manufacturers will be
quick to embrace the opportunities of
fered, for nowhere it more abundant or
cheaper.power obtainable, and nowhere
greater diversity of product for manu
facture. The sheep and cattle of
the adjacent range country will produce
wool and leather, the great stretches of
black pine lands offer wood pulp in end
less quantities, and the developing wheat
lands must have their yield milled.
Tbe lumber industry alone will employ
ten thousand workers.
BUND is destined to be a manufactur
ing center.
Recreation.
No stream in the state can offer
fishing that compares with
the Detchute. Trout "red-tlde"
and "Dolly Vardens" there are in
plenty, from ttart to finish of the season,
and the best of angling always In the
mountain lakes. Duck, goose and
swan shooting offer endless enjoyment
in the autumn and winter, coupled with
the hunting for deer, bear and cougar,
In the foothills.
BEND will satisfy the sportsman.
"Central Oregon is an empire to sap
port a city the size of Portland," said
John I'. Stevens, Hill's great road build
ing engineer. .
BUND of today will blossom Into the
Central Oregon metropolis of to
morrow. We believe that tbe Bend country offer
unexcelled opportunity for the home and
investment seeker. To convince you of
the justice of our claims we ask that you
make personal investigation. THUN
you will agree with us.
BUYS BEND PROPERTY.
Portland Mail lias Faith hi the Future
of This Place.
R. A. Wade of Portland was in
Bend the first of the week. Mr.
Wade made two purchases of Bend
real estate while here. From A. C.
Lucas he purchased the Pilot Butte
Inn and the acre of ground on
which the building stands. The
transaction did not include the liv
ery stable. The consideration was
7,000. ile also purchased the
building and lot owned by Carlyle
aud Creed Triptett and iu which is
located the Innes barbershop. Tbe
price paid for this property was
$3,000, Morrison & Coe negotiat
ed both transactions.
"I have great faith in your
town," said Mr. Wade to a Bulletin
reporter. "You have in the river
at Bend enough watcrpower to turn
every wheel iu Chicago, ray old
home. With this great abundance
of cheap power and with the vast
amount of timber tributary to your
town, I see a very promising future
for this place,
"I and the men with whom I am
associated have made some very
fortunate investments in Washing
ton, Oregou and California, and
naturally we expect to do the same
in this section."
Millinery.
I have gone to Portland to buy a
first-class line of Pall and Winter
Millinery Goods, and hope to have
my opening not later thuu the 20th
of September.
MKS. T. W. TRIl'UtTT.