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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1909)
feVERV NfeW CbMfeR TO tME BEND COUNTRY WILL WANT TO READ THE BULLETIN, F6fc It IS AbMitTED TO fefe Ytit lEST INEWSPAMtR THE BEND BULLETIN. LHAVK your order (or a tu ple copies of Tiir 1IUM.K TIN and tend them to your friends. Booit "COMIt TO IIKND." VOL. VII WIND, OKKGON, WKDNItSDAY, OCTf li' r,, 1909. NO. 30 ILLS INTERESTED IN DESCHUTES COUNTRY lAKE special effort to secure Show Their Interest in ley by Sending Representative to Bend to Work Up Exhibit for National Dry Farming Congress, to Be Held at Billings, Mont. The Deschutes valley and especially the upper portion of it known wore particularly as the Bend country ill railroad people and they are beginning n campaign of advertising te object of which is to assist in the mom valley. This Interesting, and ought to Mend last Monday by one ohn I. SpnnKcr, traveling freight Northern railwny, with headquarters Sere to net in motion the gathering of fiy dry farming in this section, which Tw . . 9 t f",n.... .... ... I... national wry farming v.unnrcai 10 Biker 363718. While here Mr Springer gave It out that the Rreat em pire builder, Jamei J. Hill, und his sou, Louis Hill, president ol the Great Northern, are especially Interested In the Deschutes vitllcy, and arc starting movements to thoroughly advertise it. This is set forth more in detail in what follows: Mr. Springer dropped quietly In to town Sunday evening, and Mon day morning began conferring with Scud men in regard to the gather ing of the exhibit referred to .which is to Include everything prown by dry farming In this sec- ion. He called on C. S. Hudson, resident of the Iknd Hoard of iade; on A. M. Drake, Hunter & aats. Morrison & Coe. nnd other Socal boosters. The burden of his Remarks was that thty must huvc Sin exhibit from this section for the )ry Panning Congress at l)illinp,. lie produced letters showing that Ihc Hill people arc particularly In terested In the Deschutes valley and SsYsIred very much that an exhibit Should go from here to the con gress. Mr. Sprluger asked The Ilullctln to aid in this vprk and In sin interview said; Mutt Make Good. H "Certain of our officials have "1 ade reptcseutations to Mr. Hill in J gurd to the resource of this ouuiry on which we nnvc niiiiniy ot to make pood. These men have poken In the highest praise of the resources of this section, und what "we desire to do Is to have an exhib it at Hillings from the Deschutes val ley which will convince Mr. Hill 'that what we have told him can be acked up by the production of the actual products. We must have this exhibit, nnd I am confident we will get It, judging from the readi ness with which your local people re tnklug hold of the matter. Mr. Hill is offering various prir.es for the best exhibits, and we hope the Deschutes, valley will carry nway some of those purses." Louis HIM Wants I'.xhlblt. Mr. Springer stated that I,ouis Hill, president of the Great North ern, hnd written to Richard Porter, of Porter Bros., asking him to see that an exhibit from the Deschutes vnlley is gathered and scut to Dill lugs, Mr. Porter did not have time to give the matter proper intention, and it was turned over to Mr. Springer. The letter shows the in terest the Hills nre Inking iu this section, and will make interesting reading for Iliillctin subscribers: I'ttiisimtNT'H (Vi'iat, Omit Northern Hallway CouiHiuy, tit.' I'uul, Minn,, Sep- EXHIBITS FROM THIS SECTION Upper Deschutes Val has enlisted the service" of the settlement nnd development of our withall moil important news, was of Hill's own representatives, Mr, nnd passenger ngent ol the Great at Portland. Mr. Springer wan an exhibit of the products grown exhibit will be sent to the fourth I...I.I . IHIIIm.... WamI .. "V... uc ucm m dimiuk. muui., uu unu- tctnlwr J$. 1009 Mr. Richard I'orter I'orlland, Or. Dear Mir I am cnclu 1 111: a circular letter ami llp In connec tion willi the exhibit ol agricultural product to I held in Hilling on Octo ler td, 17 and jH. which i now very near. Whilr they call tlll a Dry I'arui Ine Cotigren c are making every effort to liavr till name changed, we tee no object In advritltiUK our Wcttern alales a 11 dry Urtnlni; dUulct;, .Vou will no tice that prcial prUr afc offered for ex hibits from the Mate o( U'aliiiiKtni call of the Cawade mountain: in Oregon, In the Pccliutr valley, tt i our iiiletillon to ahow the lutrtcti of Mr. Jame J. Hill In the DcM-hutc valley ami wc arc vrry atixiuu that they arrange to niaka an exhibit of product from that dittrict. In addition to tlio K'alna, etc. inentioiieil it would I entirely proper for them to end apple or other frulu, although no prlie arc offered for them. Still It would make a creditable display. I would iiiRueil that you takr till up with ionic of the live ouea In the Iccliute country, and 1 understand they are all Ihc ones there, anil auggcat their aiking their commercial bodies to ee that a creditable exhibit Is made at Billing, Mr. Jamea J. Hill, we undcriland. will attend and probably make an addrcM. there and we with him to ace the l)e chute valley creditably reprcacnled, at I have uo doubt it will be. Your truly, 1.01m Hitx." The interest or the Hills iu this section is further shown by the manner in which the prizes arc of fered. The only section in Oregon open to these prizes' is the Des chutes valley, showing that Mr. Hill intends to "feature" thisyjc- tion of the state. Mr. Springer called cstwcinl attention to this fact that iu Oregon it is the Des chutes valley which is receiving Mr. Hill's special attention. The Great Northern company is circu lating the following slips descriptive of the prizes: I'or cxhibltaof farm product grown without irrigation and under dry farm ing method in the state of Montana, in the state of Washington eitil of the Cat cade mountain, in Oregon In the Oct chute valley, entered at the fourth Na tional Dry l'armlng CougrcM, to be held at Hilling, Mont., Oct. id, 37 and aH, Mr. J.J. Hill hat offered $l,ixx lobe dis tributed a prize. Tht'te iirie are offered for exhibit grown without irrlgutiou within 35 titilra of any of the lines of the Great Northern Hnilway in the three tatc named above. Whiter wheat, Turkey Ked. f to Spring wheat, lnird 10 Spring wheat. Durum,,,,,, in Oat, any variety ,, 10 barley, mailing. in' barley, hulle,.,,, ,,. 10 Winter rye,.,.,,.. 10 flux 10 l'leld pen Hi Alfalfa seed lo I'otntocti, any variety. ...... lu (Coutimicd on page 8.) FINDS A FI3KTII.U COUNTKV. Mr. Sprlnjrer Well Pleated with ltd Section a a Freight Producer. While conferring with The Ilul lctln, Mr Springer wos nsked whnt he thought of the upper Deschutes valley. "Our trip from The Dalles to Shfliiiko was through some very rough country," Mr. Springer re plied. "Then as we left Shaniko, we passed through a ncction that would not inspire one with much enthusiasm. However, as wc passed Antelope we saw numerous pleasant and apparently prosperous ranches, but our first glimpse of what we wnc really looking for was when our machine carried us up onto the high lands of Central Oregon at Madras. As Mr. Hill's new line emerges from the canyon that section is the first the road will tup. Those wheat fields around Madras took good. Then as wc came south, wc passed through ap parently n very fertile wheat sec tion, especially around Culver. "Coniiug on into the irrigated section, I am given to understand that your soil yields very well in deed. At Bend you have timber. agriculture and watcrpowcr. I-caa no V sec but that you have every thing other sections have to make them prosperous. Road Will Come ta fiend. "Before .starting on this trip I went into the engineering offices at Portlnud to learn the route of the Oregon Trunk Line, in order that I might confine myself to the country to be tapped. They told me that as far ns they knew at present the road was projected to Bend, but their department had received no instructions rcgnrdiug the road south of Crook county. 0 course we nre confident the road will be built further boutb, but where we do not know at present. "Wc have learned that, lying ad jacent to Bend, there arc 350,000 and more acres of wheat land open to settlement. That naturally at tracts our attention and we feel an interest iu it. If that soil will pro duce what it is claimed it will, we want to see it settled and put into craiti. Wc would like to get some exhibits from it if possible, "Now, wc want you gentlemen to send us the very best exhibits you can. The next time I meet you I trust it will be a still more pleasant meeting, and that wc will then be in closer business rela tions." Mr. Springer left Monday after noon for Priueville. He traveled in one of Porter Bros.' Studebaker cars nnd was accompanied by W. T. Krcbs .nnd Wtu. Mason, both of whom arc associated with Porter Bros, iu n business way. Will Lecture In (lend. Mr, l'rancls Hewe of Denver, Colo , will deliver a kerlea of lecture in Tlend next week, the lecture dealing with psychological subjects. Mrs. Hewe bat lectured nt l'rlueville and Redmond and the Journal speaks very highly of her dUcour.e. She comri personally recommended by Rev. Bailey, See baud hill for more complete announcement. Rye. For Sale. Plenty of good winter rye for sale at f l.on per bushel nt uiy much close to Glut posloflice. Ho. Wiiith. Jo-Jt Roller feed mill always ready nt Cluster's mill. , 30-37 MAY NOT CHARGE FOR EXCESS ACREAGE Slate Desert Board Rules Against Contention of D. I. k P. Co. A QUESTION FOR THE COURTS Beard Abo (folds That Where the Acreage fa Lea Than That Stip ulated, the Settler Ha No Re courseOther Ruling. The state Desert Land Board has made a ruling which is of great in terest to many settlers on D. I- & P. Co. lands in this section. The board has decided that the com pany cannot charge fpr water Ut "excess acreage" at the iucrcased lien price of $40 per acre. This question has been under dispute for some time, and the ruling is in favor of the settlers. A Salem dis patch to the Telegram read: Sai.km, Or., Sept. ay. After hearing the complaints of the set tlers In the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company's irrigation pro ject, n Crodb'co" i&t) , as presented by Marvia.yv. THpp, the Desert Land Board, late yesterday after HeoH, came to tut' (MMa IMI under tbeprovis.ons of the orlfttaal contracts between the settlers and the Pilot Butte Derolopaent Com. pany (under which Jthe land was divided upjnto contours of 40 acres and upwards, whhout a survey having been made), the D. I. & P. Company, having assumed the obli gations of those contracts in ab sorbing the Pilot Butte project, has no legal right to attempt to collect the increased lien of $40 per acre upon the excess acreage, and must furnlsb water to those settlers as per the stipulations of the original contracts at $1 per acre per aunufu maintenance fee. On the other baud, those settlers whose acreage fell short of the amount bargained for, have no re course against the D. I. & P. Co. and must lose. . The question, however, it Is un derstood, is a natter for the courts to decide, and If the company re fuses to comply with the provisions of the original Pilot Butte con tracts the courts will be resorted to to enforce fulfillment. This cou elusion is perfectly satisfactory to the settlers. The D. I. & P. Co made no appearance at the hearing, as was expected. , It Also developed nt the meeting that the D. I. & P. Co. has made the practice of contracting to furnish surplus water for the reclamation of private lands outside of the seg regation with the rate of $4 per acre per annum, which it is per mitted to do, no long as it does not infringe upon the rights of settlers within the project, and the con tracts are made upon n temporary basis. However, it is claimed that the contracts are drawn upon a basis which the company has no right to make, and Secretary Brodie, of the LnndfSoard, was in structed to call ti pontile company for n copy of the contract form for investiga'tiou. " The complaiut of the settlers iu the Central Oregon segregation wherein they claim they did not re ceive a sufficient quantity of water to mature their crops this season, because of the Insufficient capacity of the diversion ditch above Bend also came up for consideration. At a previous meeting of the board, Roscoc Howard represented to the board that this ditch bad developed sufficient capacity for the reclama tion of land through the process of abrasion, but upon a recent inspec tion of the system of ditches and canals by AttorneyGencral Craw ford and Secretary Brodie, of the board? the latter made measure ments of the intake ditch and found its capacity insufficient, and the board ordered that the company be noticed immediately to remedy this for the relief of the settlers. y HILL WINS. IH Srvcuri. Dpiler Egfecr Reek fr"W Or '-8enJ Ban Ten. If at first you llon't succeed, try, try again, is n good old saying the follouincr out if ' which at last brought victory to the Hill survey ors in their baseball contests with the Bend tem. The third game between tbq ttya teams, played last Sunday on the .local diamond, re sulted in a Yktojy for the survey ors with the taijjrjsfeeei showing t scotc of 8 to 9. Up to the moment the last man wasrmt oat, the result of the game waaJn-doabcrMd ce sequently it was a very interesting one for the players and spectators, with everyone's nerves on keen edge. As an example of the national game, it was far from being what one could call good base ball, as errors, hits and runs galore were characteristic of the contest. But the teams were evenly matched and the game a close one. The following table tells the tale: SURVItYORS. AD Swank, sb 6 Lowing, If 6 Qulnn, 3b 5 Nclton, ... ...5 Freeman, c 5 Imuicle, p. .i. ....... .5 Ray, lb S Clark, cf ...5 WakcGcld, rf 5 Total 47 IIKND. AD Metke. cf 5 McUeynold. jb... 5 Van Mat re, p 5 McKinney, sa 5 Welder, c 5 Steiiil, If 5 Spoo, 3b 4 Kdwards, rf 4 McCauley, lb 4 R 3 I I I o t o 3 I H 1 o o 3 3 O o I o R o I t I 1 o I I 3 II 3 1 1 o 3 3 o o 3 Total 4' A SCORU MY INNINGS. i34567 Surveyors, o a o a t 3 00 0-8 llcnd . 0100 IOO3 SUMMARY, Struck out Dy Immele, 9: by Van Matre. A. Two boie hit Metke. Van Mat re. Swank 3. Three bae hit Mc Cauley. Home run McCauley. Double play Lowing toSuauk. Left on bac Surveyor. 11; Bend, 7. Umpire, Dr. Guerhi. Notes on the Oante. Nelson made a benuty of stop and a quick bhoot to first. A hum mer headed direct to him from the twt. but he stopped its flight and slammed it into first iu time to re tire the runner. McCauley is the heavy man with the stick. In the fourth, he put the sphere out into .the, sagebrush nnd reached the third base in the .(Continued ompagc 4.) TAKE STEPS TO KEEP CITY CLEAN Will Install Metal Barrels For Waste Paper Receptacles. WORK OP BOARD Of TRADE Uflf Bfl JJw wm iwflTCw 1 9V PfWWoCTwS y fn Outiyfes Dtftriasa, ed K to Wace tor Dumb OretHMf. The regular monthly meeting of the Board was held 0 the evening of Oct. 1, attended by practically all the members. After twain g over the work of the preceding month and hearing a report upon the finances, the meeting took up discussion of future work. It seemed generally agreed that in some minor matters the 'appearance of Bend's streets could be material ly Improved, with little trouble and expense. Toward the accomplish ment of this fxtrpofe it was voted that a number ef waste paper and rubbish reaantaclea be placed oa several t "the street corners, wherein might be thrown the paper, envelopes and other debris that now Ikter the walk's and stneM. If the pnfelic will cooperate wkk thk) effort toward city hettse-clean-ing, the result will be a far more attractive lknd te greet the eye of visitors and possible home and in vestment seekers. A committee of three, cotifttMg of Messrs. Coe, Steidl and Rewe, was appointed on motion to ex amine into the possibilities of se curing 5eme common dumping ground for the city's garbage, and to ascertain what cooperation could be effected wkh the city council in the matter. Ditcuaa ion brought to light the fact that at present gar bage and general refuse is dumped promiscuously ia many places, wkh unnecessary disfigurement ef ap pearances about the town. The purpose is to fix, upon one common damping ground, in an isolated lo cality, as conveniently situated as possible. Once sach a etw ta se lected, and its use secured, a gnat improvement will be effected over the present unsightly prominence of many refuse; piles, instead of the one which would suffice. At the meeting it was decided to take steps toward placing on exhi bition at The Dalles and in Shaniko pictures of the Bend country. An estimate of expense is now being secured from Photographer Gilford. It was also decided to take up the matter of sh ladders on the Dos chutes. Application will Ik- made by the Board to the state game authorities for the construction of lnddrs over the two falls between Bend and the mouth of Crooked river, so that the salmon may be able to work their way into the upper Deschutes. If successful in this move, next season's combina tion of fishing near Bend will be unrivalled "Dolly Vardens," "red sides" and salmon. From both the Portland Com mercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce letters have lecn re ceived asking for Bend literature. The Chamber of Commerce stated that they could advantageously use many thousand of the local leaflets, so great is the demand for infor mation concerning' the Bead coan- 1 try.