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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1909)
EVERY IN-COMING STAGE IS LOADED DOWN WITH HOME AND INVESTMENT SEEKERS FOR THE BEND COUNTRY NOW, ."WATCH US GROW!1 THE BEND BULLETIN. IP YOU WANT A MVK NTJW8PAPKR RKAD TIIK nULLBTIN. 'COME TO BUND." VOL. VII BUND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1909. NO. 33 L& OREGON TRUNK WILL BRIDGE COLUMBIA Surveying Parties Now Loculinj; (he Site. REQUIRE ONE YEAR TO UUILD llxprct to Have Line In Operation to Madras In IHMoiitha-l he Oregon Trunk May Connect with l!- tendon of Hie llurllnjjton. Several Oregon Trunk survey parties arc now working along lite Columbia river between Cclllo and Tlic Dalles necking the most prac tical oint at which to bridge the river. While it hat been supjKwd ever since it hccuuic known that the Great Northern was behind the Oregon Trunk I.lnc that n bridge connection across the Columbia would be made with the North It.ink Road, the first admUnlon that such was the plan was nude at the Oregon Trunk I.lnc offices Satur day. The Oregon Trunk Line's survey has now been located from the mouth of the Deschutes down the Columbia for a distance of several miles. The original survey came out of the Deschutes canyon ntiout the level of the present 0. It. & N. main line. In order to get over the Government ami Moody dam sites, in the Deschutes canyon,' the line has been relocated higher up the bank and now leaves the mouth of the Deschutes at a point about 70 feet above the O. H. & N. main line. South of the present O. K. & N. bridge across the Des chutes about half a mile a promon tory will Ik tunneled. Workmen nre now boring this tunnel, which is to be about 800 feet long. Selection of Bridge Site Difficult. Paralleling the O. K. & N. Miuth ward for several mites the Oregon Trunk Line is higher up the clifTs of the Columbia river gorge, grad ually dropping until approximately .the level or the 0. K. & N. is reached near Cclllo. 'The selection of the bridge hitc is a difficult mat ter, us the current of the Columbia" is swift in that locality and syste matic soundings must l mode. While the point of the crossing of the Columbia has not been defi nitely determined, it is now thought likely the bridge will Iks locatcM cither near Cclllo or what is known as I'tve-Milc Run. It is the intention of the Oregon Trunk Line builders to have the road completed nnd in ocration to Madras within 18 months, or by about April 1, 1911. The Colum bia bridge will lc about one year in building, and it Is the expecta tion that it will be completed so that trains can run through be tween Portland and Madras with the completion of the road up the Deschutes. Speed Is Alain Object. In the Deschutes Canyon speed In construction work is being given strong consideration, It is prob able that, in order to complete the road within 18 months, the line will avoid, temporarily, tunnels that would reduce the curves, In other words, extensive rock pr tunnel work will not be permittee! to delay the completion of the line if such work can be avoided and still a good Hue established, Sub sequently, tunnels' that will straight en the line nod reduce cost of oper ation, but whlcl) to build now would ilehtv opening the road, will be constructed. Oiegouiau. (IIVIIS NI!V THKOItY. Oregon Trunk Line May Join Inten sion of llurlltijctoil Road. San Francisco, Oct, 9 That J J. Hill is considering the extension of the Ilurllugtou Railroad from Deliver to the Pacific const is stated by T. B. Walker, n MliiiieiiiutlH millionaire, iiitcnstcd in Culiloruiu timber lands, who bus close rela tions with the railwuy mugnate. He is quoted as follows; "In 11 talk c bad recently, Hill told in that he did not Iwlletr that n line from Han I'lmicUro north would t of Kieat mlvilitMite, lull thai the extension of the HiirlltiKtoii to tlil city, prolmlily from the end of the Cheyenne or Oucrn ey branch, would lc. TliU would make a through Hue from Chicago to Sail I'rxnclxii, with wlilfli tlicUrrKou Trunk I.lnc could lx- connected at tome point hi Northern CallfortiU. 'The tine would give the Iluilington a ttiarcof the Sacramento valley traffic, and a feeder might l hulll through the San Joa'iiln tallcy. With the Oregon Trunk connection, another line would I oened to eaateru Watlilugtnu, Idaho and Molilalia." John V, Stevens, president of the Oregon Trunk, later denied posi tively that his road was going into California, at least under the ptes cut plans, and said that the plans included no further building than thut of the surveyed lines in Ore gon. "I knew Mr. walker for 30 years while I was in Minneapolis," said Mr. Stevens, "and while I know him to be a prominent tim bcrman, I have never known him to lc connected with the Hill inter ests in uuy way. "This Hiirilugton proposition is a new one, out It is getting now so that a-good many reports nu lling circulated about the Oregon Trunk, all equally without foun dation. The Oregon Trunk is not, however, planning to enter Cali fornia and we will confine our operations to Oregon." Railroad New Notes. Superintendent of Construction Ilurdick, for Porter Bros., arrived in Madras last week from a trip up Willow Creek canyon, where he was looking for convenient places to construct roads down the canyon for the establishment of construc tion catlips, Mr. Ilurdick is mak ing a gcnciat tour of inspection in this locality, preparatory to In-gin ning construction in the near fu ture. Pioneer. The Oregon Trunk I.lnc has let a contract for bridge timbers, The Crook County Journal said: This week M. Toplill iV Company pur chased a timber claim on uptier Willow creek and at once entered into n contract with I.nu Hamilton for logging the timing and deliver ing it at the mill site on the claim, 10,000 feet per day for the first few weeks and 35 000 feet daily there after until 3,000,000 feet have been delivered. The machinery for the sawmill, a big steam outfit, is now on the way in from Shauiko. The timbers ate to be from 14 to 20 feel in length. The contract provides for their delivery nt any point along the Oregon Trunk Line right of way. The Coruett Stage & Stablo Co. It's tin: mail line, the only direct stage line from Shauiko to Silver Lake, by the way of Priucville and Uetid. Stopover privileges tickets good until used. and Irrigated Land f-'or Sale. Forty acres fine irrigated alfalfa laud for sale, and relinquishment on 1 Co-acre homestead adjoining, For particulura address W, care The Uullctiu. 3o-tf, D. I. & P. CO. SUES DRAKE FOR $50,000 Allege Damage Due to Document Piled at Washington. ALLEGATIONS ARE PALSE ihelilg Irrigation Company Urcomes Axgrraaorln Suit to Collect Large Sum from A. At. Drake, Claim ing Intent to Injure It. The D. I. & P. Co. has filed a complaint in the circuit court of Crook county 11 gainst A. M. Drake asking judgment against him to the extent of 550,000 and for costs nuil disbursements. The action was caused by the fact that the defendant had filed tvith the Department of the Inter ior a statement charging the irri gation company with fraud in con nection with the securing of its Itcnhnm Palls segregation, and making other allegations against the company. The D. I. & P. Co. claims that Drake's statements arc false and that it has been damaged thereby to the extent of 550,000 which it will attempt to collect in the courts. MANY LI.TTBRS RECEIVED. Ilach Day's Alall firings Numerons In- qulrles to the Hoard of Trade. The Bend Hoard of Trade is in receipt of n letter from John I Springer, traveling freight and passenger agent of the Great North ern Kailwuv, thanking the Board for the quickness with which it gathered and forwarded an exhibit for the Dry Parralng Congress at Hillings, and far the spirit of "hus tle" displayed thereby. Several hundred of the leaflets gotten out by the Hoard have been tcut to Hillings for distribution at the congress. The secretary received 40 letf's last week from inquirers, all of which have been answered. A list q( several thousand names of per sons iutcrcstcd iti Central Oregon was ulsa received from the Oregon Development League. An instance of the results that come from sending literature and writing letters to the persons named in these lists is shown by the fact that the Merrill & Wilkinson Com pany has received 50 answers to the letters they wrote to these per sons. The secretary of the Hoard, Geo Putnam, has nu illustrated arti cle in last week's Pacific Home stead descriptive more particularly of the dry-farming homestead np- porttiuitics in this section. Anoth er article, dealing with our irrigated lauds will upcar in the Homestead later. The Homestead bus a sworn circulation of 13,608, which gives some idea of the value of these arti cles as advertisements for the Heud country. The Hoard is receiving many In quiries in regard to irrigated land .here, which arc being answered. by letters and by mailing D. I, & P. Co, literature to the inquirer. Hcnd Real Estate Is Active. Last week Hunter & Stnats .sold the lot north of the bunk building to L. P. Swift of Seattle, the con sideration being tji,ooo, This is the lot ou which Hunter & Stoats Intended to put up a uew building for a town hall, with office rooms in the second story. It is under stood Mr. Swift will erect n build on the lot along substantially the same lines. Mr. Swift also bought 40 acres of ditch land ndjoiuing the Voting tract northeast of town. He expects to move to Ucnd in about a year. TWO SUITS AOAINST COUNTY. C. C. McNeilly, First Court Home Con tractor, Suet on Default of Contract. Two suits have been filed against Crook county and will probably be heard at the section of the circuit court now sitting at Priucville. C. C. McNeilly, who was the original contractor on the new court house, sues the county for $3,700, as the balance due him on his contract. It will be remembered that McNeilly failed to complete the work. The county court claimed that the foundation, which McNeilly built, was not properly constructed, and they held back $3,700 from the amount stipulated in the contract. He now sues to collect that amount. The other suit was filed by A. If. Lippman. Lippman submitted a bid for ccrtaiu furniture for the new court house which was lower than the one accepted by the court, and he claims that the contract should have been given him. The county court states that Lippman's bid was in such shape that it could not have been accepted, as its wording was uncertain and practically de void cf specifications as to quality of furniture. A New Firm. The Hcnd Investment Company is a new real estate firm which has opened an office in Hend, in the building formerly occupied by the bakery. The company has offices both at Hcnd and Bcllingham, Wash. The local office will be in charge of H. A. Herkman, who re cently moved here from Belling ham. A llartalfl In Land. For sale, at less than company prices So acres of irrigated land. Close to town, partly improved. Can be had for part cash and bal ance on time with approved secur ity. Address X care of Bulletin. One Moment. Please! Who's the Town Buster? The citizen who sneers at his own town. The- citizen who belittles local en terprises. The citizen who scoffs at homo im provements. Tho citizen who buys his housohold goods by mail. Tho citizen who gets his job print ing done outsido. That man's THE TOWN BUSTER. j. orders! ASKS CITY FOR LIGHT FRANCHISE Louis Doonar Wants to Put In Lijjht and Power Plant. WOULD BEGIN WORK SOON Agrees to Have Plant In Operation Not Later Than a Year K the Fran chlae fs Granted and if Not De layed by Injunctions. Louis Doonar of Princville, vice president and manager of the Pio neer Telegraph & Telephone Com pany, has applied to the city coun cil of Bend for a franchise to in stall an electric light and power plant in this place and sell elec tricity for lighting and power pur poses. The application for the franchise was read for the first time at the council meeting of last week. The law requires two read ings before action may be taken. Mr. Doonar agrees, if a franchise Is granted him, to begin work on installing an electric light plant within 90 days and to have the same in operation within one year from the date of the granting of the franchise, provided he is not hindered or restrained by injunc tion or other legal proceedings. The sentiment of the council in regard to granting or refusing the franchise is not apparent as no great amount of discussion has yet been given it. Mr. Doonar's ap plication is in the usual form, which asks for a perpetual fran chise without compensation to the city. Some of theatdermen have expressed themselves as believing that if the franchise U granted it should be limited to 20 or 25 years and that the city should receive a remuneration for the privilege. A franchise similar to the one ap plied for by Mr. Doonar was grant ed in the early history of the city to the Bend Water, Light & Power Company and is still held by that corporation. It has installed a water system, but no light or power plants. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Two genuine "Bob White" quails a mail and a female were sceu on Garden Row last Friday. These little game birds are welcome vis itors to this section, and hunters should refrain from shootiug them in order that they may multply and stock the country. Dr. I. L. Scofield, A. A. Al- dridge and Armond Shearer left yesterday for the vicinity of Sparks lake, near Broken Top. Johnnie Edward reports that he saw five bears there in one day last week, and these bold hunters are going after one or more of them. The following from Chas. Reed, who left here lant Wednesday In Prank Bunten's auto, is self ex planatory: "Left Embody at 7 a. m.; took dinner at Keuoiona at 12:30; arrived at Shaniko at 6:20 p. in. How is that for a tecord? That driver is a peach. All well Chas. S. Reed." Silver Lake Leader. The bridge crew under County Commissioner Uayley returned the luller part of the week from repair ing the bridge built during the summer on the upper river. The current had undermined the piers and the bridge had sagged a foot or two. This was corrected by driv ing in piles, and the bridge is in first class condition now. That apples will grow in the Bend country has bee amply dem onstrated this season. A young orchard on the Sam Wiebl place near Sisters produced quite a num ber of apples, which matured and were of the best quality. Apples also matured in the young orchard on the old experiment farm. Many boxes of apples will be pro duccd around Bend within the next few years as the numerous young orchards come into bearing. Tom Roberts, foreman at the P. B. D. Co.'s sawmill, received a very painful and quite series la- jury Monday afternoon. Is esc place in the mill a shaft revolves a few inches above a large tiaber, and a set screw extends from the shaft two or three inches directly over the timber. Roberts acci dentally slipped his foot beneath this shaft, and the revolving set screw inflicted a bad wound in bis left foot, cutting the foot and toes frightfully. This is what the Bend baseball boys will bring home with thera from Princville: "The baseball cup to be awarded by the board of management of the Crook County Fair has arrived and in all its splen dor b on exhibition in the window of W. Frank Petett's jewelry store. This cup is engraved "Crook Coun ty Baseball Championship, 1909." It stands 14 inches high on as-iach ebony base. It is a $20 silver cup and should stimulate the best ef forts of the baseball boys." Jour nal. The following extract from a Winona, Minn., paper tells of the death of a brother of our townsmen, George and E. P. Brosterhous: Louis Brosterhous was born in Rot llngstone, Sept 22, 1872, and died Oct. 4, 1909. He was a resident of Winona until nine years ago when he left for North Dakota. He Is survived by his mother and five brothers, George, Charles and Ed ward of Oregon, Henry and Joseph of North Dakota and two sisters, Mrs. Francis McNutt and Miss Tillie Brosterhous. The funeral was held from St. Joseph's church, Rev. Father J. Meier officiating. Interment was made in St. Mary's cemetery. A. B. Buck of Seattle, Wash., was a visitor In town the latter part of the week. Mr. Buck was very much pleased with Bend and its prospects and will invest in proper ty here. He said that with our climate, timber wealth, water pow er, irrigated and dry farming lands we certainly would have a fine country and a large and prosperous city at Bend. Mr. Buck has lived in Washington 20 years and has traveled over the state during all that time. He has seen the Wen atchee, Yakima and other famous irrigated lands in Washington de velop from raw sagebrush country, and he says that Bend with its ad jacent resources, has all of them "skinned" from what they were la the beginning. For Sale. One span of mares, wagon and harness. luquire of Bulletin. 32-3