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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1909)
if "NORTHfeRN CALIFORNIA LOOKS LIKE 30 CENTS COMPARED WITH CENTRAL 6RECON," SAYS JOHN F. STEVENS, PRESIDENT OF THE 6. t. L. THE BEND BULLETIN. 11' YOU WANT A MVU NEWSPAIM'.K RI'.AU THIS HUM.KTIN. "COM It TO BUND." VOL. VII KIWI), ORP.GON, WKDNP.SDAY, NOVP.MHHU io, 1909. NO. 35 WESTWARD, 110! COME TO BEND! Deschutes Country Is Last Orcat West. NOW COMING INTO ITS OWN Numbers of Homo and Investment Sofkeri Arriving Dully Ounce to (let In On (Iround Ploor U Past I'usolnr. Probably no town and locnlity in llic Great Northwest is as much lu the minds mid eyes of the jnroplc, just at the present time, an Ilenil uml the Deschutes country. I'roin I'ortlanil to Pittsburg ntul from Camilla to Mexico, mnuy pacr have tolil, In part, the story of our threat latent wealth in undeveloped natural resources, of the tmlxiurxl- led oportuiiitics here awaiting the 'brawn and bruin of the industrious sons of commerce that will convert this section Into "The Great In land Umpire," indeed. And the Deschutes country nud Ilcnd arc deserving of the renown which they arc fast gaining. I' ( part of the ; tuition may be found as many and varied opportunities peculiar to u new country as are here plainly available. Truly, this is "The Last Great West." The cartoon ut the bottom of this page, representing Ilcnd us the hub from which radiate many spokes, each spoke being covered by n de ascription of one or more of the ad vantages or oportuntics of this section, may give those who are unacquainted witli our great coun try some Idea as to the future in ' store for us. Hut to fully appreciate the great things in More for the Deschutes I country and Ilcnd, one must see them, And to sec the Inland Kin '. plre is not as difficult a matter as it wus a year ago, when the trip from 1 the railroad had to be made in slow going Htngcs, pulled by horses. Past automobiles now meet cVcry I train nt Shaniko and bring passcn I gcr.t, nt a moderate cost, direct to r.Hcud, The trip of 100 miles is , iiisdc in from Gy, to 8 hours in per ; feet comfort. I,nrgc numbers of home and in- ; vestment seekers arc arriving from ; week to week, and the number ; is increasing. With two railroads building to this section, spending millions of dollars, -times cannot be otherwise than good. There is cer tainly n fine optKirtuuily here for those who want to get in on the ground floor in n new country. Hut those who wish to avail them selves of this chance must act quickly for it is fast parsing, Again we will use the Ilcnd Hoard of Trade's "slogan-COM IS TO IJKND. , DIRECT MAIL ROUTE. Cornell Company Alav lUtabllsh Line Prom bhanlko to Iteml. The Ilulletin announced some time ago that a move had been ntarted to establish a direct mail route from Shuuiko to Ilcnd, and it now seems very probable that such u Hue will soon be a reality. The Cornet Stage & Stable Co. has pur chase the stock, and conches of the Wetiandy stage line including livery stables at Madras and the new town of Hilllman, where stations will Ik established for the accom modation of the Coruett Mages nud sMTiul livery tutuoiits. The weight and volume of the mail for the interior that under the present system conies over the Shatiiko-I'rinevllle line lias in creased until it U almost impossible for one coach to handle the mall alone at times. s O. M. Cornell, of the Cornell Stage & Stable Co., will go to Port land to confer with txistofficc offi cial in nn effort to divide the coun ty mail service, nllowitig the malls for the west side of the county and the south to go over the Shaniko tleudSilvcr Lake road direct. The citircn of this part of the county have long hecu nutating for this chuuge and now that the mails coming to and passing through ilcnd have increased to such n mag nitude tlmt it is Impracticable to carry them by the present circuit ous route, it is verv likely that a direct line will soon be rculircd. The pussetigcr and express traffic is so isreat that extra coaches arc run out of Shaniko every day, as many as four dispatches from Shan iko in a day being no uncommon event and the Crook county Jour nal of Prineville, Mr. Cornell's home, says that gentleman will in crease the facilities of the C. S & S. Co. to handle the traffic for a few mouths, or until rnilwuy com munication is established. DRAKE UKINUS POUR SUITS. Sues State Official and Deschutes Ir rigation & Puwcr Co. Pour suits have been started against Governor Prank liciison, Slate Treasurer Steel, Attorney General Crawford and State Hn giueer Lewis by Alexander M. Drake, Hiking mainly for an in junction to restruiu the Deschutes Irrigation it Power Company from appropriating water from the Des chutes river above the city of Ilcnd for the irrigation of a tract 01 laud being reclaimed by the Deschutes Irrigation A: Power Company un der a contract with the state. Hesidcs the injunction asked, Mr. Drake demands a Settlement of nearly every difficulty that has arisen between himself, the state and toe Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company. These difficul ties' arc numerous. The suit may result in the final settlement of the question of riparian rights in the state, if it is allowed to be caYried to a final adjudication, Drake asserts that thcD. I. & P Co. has a contract for, and should build a new canal Mow the city of Iteml, thus taking the water out be low, instead of above, his power plant at this plaec. Other matters arc included in the suit, but this is the meat of the proceedings. Hotter Roads. A crew of men are nt work open ing up the new county road through Lyle Gap. The new road follows the old one in most places. All bad places are lieing repaired ami the new road when completed will he passable at all times of the vcar Commissioner Uayley also has a crew at work on the Trail Crossing grade., There have been several more or less serious accidents at this point during the Just year and it is the intention of the county to put ft in safe condition.' Last .spring an uutomoblle was "smashed up" there, and since then a horse was killed in a mixtip, due to the condition of the grude, The good roads policy of the present county officers is n-very commendable one and it continued will result in much good to the people iu many ways. CONSTRUCTION AT BEND ON HILL LINE IN 30 DAYS Believed That Men and Teams Will Work Here in Short Time. PASSES VERY NEAR Surveyors Have Finished Location of Line Through Bend and the Course it Will Follow is Definitely De cided Deopt May be Located South of School House Othsr K. R. News During the past few days per sistent rumors have been afloat iu Hend that the Hill ruilroud will have construction forces at work here within less than thirty days The Ilulletin has made a strenuous effort to obtain all particulars per taining to these reports, and after diligent consideration of the obtain able facts and indications, believes that it is justified in stating that it is more than likely that grading will be iu progress at Hend inside of that time or very shortly there after. Hugineer Kockfcllow's crew of surveyors has finished the work of locating on the line through Hend and Monday they moved further north on the line. It has been learned that surveyors now at work on the line arc expecting to Ik moved to Hend in a few weeks and put on conM mcllon work. Pur thermore, the arrangements made by the Hill people, with the local bank to handle its pay checks, etc., nud other significant moves of the officers in charge, plainly indicate thai preparations arc being made for the handling of a large force of men at this place soon. Where the Road Passes. The road will enter the townsitc of Hend at the Orcult hotel at the edge of the Lytic townsitc, coming on across the Harney f.cwis lot then swinging in toward the center of town across the rocky point cost of the school house, crossing the flat near the Smith residence on Ironwood avenue, thence running out to and crossing the Pilot Uutte canal just south of the Hear Creek bridge. The nearest point from the center of town to the road will be about three blocks, Much speculation is being in dulged in as to the probable location of the Hend depot, but so far noth ing definite has been stated. It is believed by many Hend people and by some of the surveyors, that the AN FMTMI-V Be at THE CENTER OF CITY depot and yards will be located on the level flat bouth of the school house. Takes Out New Charter. Apparently for the purpose of clearing the legal status of its cor porative tmwers and adding to l hem the Oregon Trunk Line filed new articles of incorporation in Vancouver, Wash, recently. In its new articles the road names the northern and southern termini. The former is given as a point on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad opposite Cclilo, thereby providing for the construction of a bridge across the Columbia river. The southern terminus is given as a point at or near Klamath Palls. The original corporation was or ganized under the laws of the state of Nevada in Pebruary, 1906, and the incorporation papers authorized the building and operating of a railroad from a point on the Col umbia river, at or near its conflu ence with the Deschutes, along the course of the Deschutes river to Central Oregon, the length of such road, as near as may be, to be 350 miles. Steel Urldge Across Columbia. The Oregon Trunk line will build a steel draw bridge across the Col umbia river at .some point between the mouth of the Deschutes river and Cclilo, according to Jackson Smith, vice-president of the Oregon Trunk. This bridge will give the new Hill line its connection with the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail road and will, in that way, give it entrance to Portland and connec tion with the east by way of Spo kane and the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Madras Construction Headquarters. The location of the Oregon Trunk construction hendquarters for the distribution of supplies for the ter ritory south of Trout Creek will lie (Continued oil puge 4 ) the coming SPOKANE OF WESTWARD, HQl COME TO BENDI . Judge nt Hillings Congress Award Premiums to Our Farmers, The country drained by the Des chutes river made an exceptional record at the dry farming congress held iu Hillings, Mont., taking the grand prize offered by J. J, Hill, besides five firsts and two second premiums. The exhibits were drawn from Prineville, Madras, Hend and The Dalles, and were put on exhibition by J. M. Patter son and D. J. Cooper, of The Dalles, and T. M. Baldwin and G. Springer of Crook county. The specimens .shown were of wheat, oats, bailey, rye, nlfalfa seed aud potatoes. All were grown without irrigation. The men who had charge of the exhibit will as semble a like exhibit from the two counties for the National Corn show at Omaha, Dec, 6 to 10. The exhibit included turkey red and other varities of wheat, shown by the Madras Milling Co., Tilman Rcuter and others; some of the larg est onions ever seen, of the yellow denvcrs variety, raised by C. D. Swanson, of Powell Buttes; an ex ceptionally beautiful lot of apples grown by V. T. Casey, of Powell Uuttes; alfalfa seed by R. M. Powell and potatoes equal in size and form to those raised in the Yellowstone Valley. The last mtntioned ex hibit was made bv Tilman Reuter of Madras and W. H. Cadle of Prineville. A sample Wolf apple grown in the Deschutes Valley measured i6J4 inches in circumfer ence and weighed 27 ounces These arc a lew of the Deschutes Valley products upon which favorable com ment was made ut Hillings. G. Springer, delegate to the dry farming congress, from Culver, was made custodian of the silver cup awarded to the Deschutes Valley exhibit, which he brought home with him. BUYS POWER SITES. Eastern Capital May lie Used to Mar ness Deschutes. H. II. Humphreys of Kenne wick, Wash , said to represent Eastern capital, has purchased both the upper and lower Aubrey falls and the H. P. Nichols 'power site, near Laidlaw He also secured options on all the land belonging to Mr. Aubrey in the vicinity of the falls and on part of Mr. Nichols' land. Mr. Humphreys, when he se cured the contracts from M. Au brey and the Nichols interest to sell the Aubrey falls power site, as sured them that development work at the falls would be started iu a short time, and inside of 90 days the project would be gotteu well under way. Aside from the power thnt will be generated for the use and hand ling of large projects such ns trulle lines, electric railroads, etc., a Geld will be opened for the estab lishment of numerous enterprise that can be operated economical!) by electricity. OREGON. DESCHUTES VALLEY WINS BOARD OF TRADE BUSILY BOOSTING Raise $280 for New Automobile Road to High Desert. COMMEND JAMES J. HILL Portland Commercial Club Offers $5, 000 for Best Articles on Oregon Country Booster Poem by Secty. Q. P. Pntnam. At the last meeting of the Bend Hoard of Trade a subsctiption list was started to raise money for the building of the automobile road to the High Desert, which is already in progress, as announced in the last Bulletin. So far $380 has been subscribed and it is expected that this sum will be added to con siderably. The road will furnish one , of the best auto runs in tbc state, and will be a valuable factor as a connecting link between Hend and the coming great wheat belt. Th-: Board is having drafted rtso lutions of commendation to James J. Hill, expressing Bend's great de light aud satisfaction at having the great empire builder interested in this section, and assuring him Bend's hearty support in every way possible. Through the industrioosness of the Board whole page articles are appearing in each Sunday edition of the Oregonian, the last one bcinij on "The Laud of the New Rail road," with several illustrations. Duriug the week the Board re ceived a pamphlet from the Port land Commercial Club, in which it offers $5,000 in cosh for articles on the city of Portland, state of Ore gon and this portion of the United States, as follows: First prize - f 1,000 Second prize ----- -" - 500 Third pnzr -...-..-- ay Fourth prize ..----- aco Fifth prize 75 Sixth prize 15 Seventh prize - - - U5 Hmhth prize no Ninth prize roo Tenth prize ....--.- 90 Ten prize of $1$ each - - - - 75 Ten prizei of J50 ech - - - - 500 Ten prize of $25 each - - - - ajo Twenty prizes of f 15 each - - - 3o Twenty prize of f 10 each ... joo Three Judge to be uatucd by the Governor of Oregon .... 300 Grand total f j.ooo In order to be eligible forcompetition, thce articles must appear in a regular edition of Mine newspaper or other regu lar publication bearing some date be tween November t, 1909, and December 31, 1910 (inclusive), printed outside of the states of Oregon aud Washington, said publication (complete) to be in the hands of the judges not later than Feb ruary 1, 19H. These article must be waled and addressed to "Prize Contest" Portland Commercial Club, Portland, Or. They will be opened by the judges. Prizes will be awarded strictly on the merits of the articles, and judges will be absolutely uutrttmraclcd in making their decisions. Contestants can treat any phase of the subject that appeals to them Natural Resources. Scenery, Agricul ture and Horticulture, Dairying. Irriga tion, Timber, History, Education and Religious Advantages, Climate, Soil Con ditious or make their articles at coin preheusbe as they wish. Tills offer is made, not with a view of bavin the country "boomed" in the common acceptation of that term, but to have the people of the world become mure familiar with this portion of the United States, and writers should give such expressions to their views iu their articles as will be acceptable to paper in this and other countries. Iu connection with the page article lu Ust Sunday's Oregoiilan, G. V. Putnam , "(Couttiiued on page 8.)