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.)