tHtoPE6PLE OF THE BEND COUNTRY ARE LOOKING ORWAND TO A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. THEY wL NOT BE WSAPPOINtitD IV YOU WANT A LIVS NKWSPAI'KR RKAD TIIK IIULLKTIN. "COMIC TO KND." 1 f"jjLr JJJ--(rl ilJL JLIJJLjLrLr JL II VOL, VII IWND, OKHOON, WKDNKSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1910. NO. 43 ARTICLE DOCS NOT REPORT FACTS A Superficial Observer Makes Many RohIi Statements. LAND UlilNQ TAKL-N RAPIDLY Ilia Scandlnaven, a Chicago Publics- lion, I'rlnU Misleading Reports In Regard to IIIrIi Desert, and Refuses a Letter In Reply. Some lime ngo there appeared In (lie Skandlnavcn, which enjoys the lament circulation of any Scandl. naviati paper In America, nn article written by one Lars Knutson, highly derogatory of the section known lo cully Hi the IIIkIi Desert. Knutson claimed to have visited It, having gone out from Ilcnil, hut no one here serin to know anything of the man. Iu answer to his article, TIioh. Tweet had a letter prepared which aimed to show tip the falsity of Kmitson's statements. This was forwarded to the Skondinaven for publication, but Unit paper refused to print it. In returning the manu script the editor wrote n sarcastic letter! which certainly should have been beneath the dignity of a gen tlciiian. II wua his privilege to re fuse the article, hut not to reject It with puerile remarks, which only belittled him. The Bulletin has been asked to print the article and lakvt pleasure In doing so. It was signed by a dozen of Mend's leading business men. The letter follows: To the Kditor of the Skandl iiavcti, Chicago, Ills. Dear Sir. In the issue of your valuable paper of December 1 there appears a letter from Lars Knittson, rcla live to a trip which he made through Crook county and the Deschutes valley during the fall. It is not necessary to give the details of the communication, but justice to this fertile section of the country de mands that his statements, which arc so palpably false and so grossly unrepresentative of the Deschutes region, be denied In toto. Pacts nlnnc, which cuii be verified by any one without the slightest difficulty, will suffice. I'ivc years ago the Deschutes valley was practically unheard of, Irrigation In the district was only a nucleus; the country Itself was an uninhabited, bar ten wilderness of Hagcbrtish. A month or so ago this same district, iu competition with the older and far greater de veloped agricultural sections of Moutaua, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and other states, captured every prize worth mentioning with its ex hibit of produce at the Dry Harm lug Congress held at Hillings, Mon tana, These magnificent products, which shoved every other exhibit off the boards before the eyes of the judges, were raised oil the same "half sand and ashen" which ap parently irritated Mr. Knulsoii's disposition. Five years ago there was, practi cally speaking, no lnnd under cul tivation In the vicinity of Heud. Today 30,000 acres arc under plow in this same district. Land once thought worthless, both iu the dry farming districts mid those which have been transformed into garden spots by the magic touch of wutcr from irrigation canals, is now pro duciug bountiful crops, The ap landed testimonials from those who lime tried and been shown arc quite sufficient to prove the asser tion. These excerpts arc taken front a pamphlet, published as ad vertising matter, and arc the words of rrcommeiidutioii from actual set tlers, Twritty-five acre of alfalfa tented In Jillip inf July iiiuile a Kmwth ' '"" rlulit IiicIick In two frtt, rut in AtijttiM Ik wtrk alter writing. The tei'oml Kniwlli wm jumturril nil with lioj. Oanlrii l ii K""'l 11 I rvrr mw in Vaklnm r Ihr South, Oiip-quiirtrr acre of Milal(ic ) (titled jo Mick. I'atiiilin ilo tqually writ. Ki'ciU'il ouloiu In March, tliey watt- a Urne h uiiicrr ami tverfi-cllx ciirnl anil wilfil In rWietiiU:r. Haiplwrrit lore the iue year n planted. HlraMlN-rrj' plant hraltliy, Voura very truly, Al.t.ltN WllXOXSON. Drernilwr 7H1, l'H. Drar 8lrr I arrived In Oil country tune, yH, and on my filc areilnl one lull acre of Mitatoe on July IoIIi.'dII of which tnaturrd and produced yt mcki of iini wunili each. I planlrd cum, a, ln, liirnlp, all of which urrw well and aumillrd the ladle with more than we rould rat. I think the vegetable arc wrrter In till country yuil taller lhan t Imvo eer teen. On AiiKU'l Jolll 1 seeded one acre of alUlla and Kt a uixxl aland IhU fall I am drllchleil wfili the climate, wlilcli U terfecl, I never boiiKUt hay until Hovemtier 13th, feeding grain and pa lining mr Itorara on the liimrh gran which grow iu prolntloii Your truly, 1'iuwi. 1'UI.KKNSON. OerrinlaT J. I'A Tn Whom It May Concern: llefore coming lulu Ihe I)ccliiite valley I had done no farm work for Jo year. I Iwicaii clearing my land in April and Mrdrd tlic Ijlh day of May, lj, aoweil a crop of oat liut did not irrigate the land licinrc towing, uolng my tint Irrl- ualtnu uie I jut 01 June. A Hie lanu kliould have been Irrigated ticfuie ccd (UK, the drat crop wat mall, The Mine iiimmcr I clcaretl up ami Irrigated nine acre more, plowed, liar ruwrd and thoroughly prctMred It for croi. Neat aprlnit 1 again aoweri to oat a. On thia crop my net return were f-M 15 rath per acie. My Ktaloe the miiif year yielded x liuihcl ier acre, (tlxty pound a to the buthrl), and I old thia crop at price ranging from two ccnta tu three cent per jHiuud. Tin araaon I towed my land Id al falfa, with bratdlraa tMiley aa a nuiac crop The hay ay lor all cxpeni ol clearing, cultivating and Mjedlng, white In audition I hail gnl paturc I10111 the alfalfa during the late kuuimer and fall. I could have aold my laud for f V) tier acie two yeara ago hut would not ell it lor Ij per acre today. John Johnson. Dozens of testimonials of this character can be secured for the asking! Aren't the ticoplc who have cleared this laud and arc now making a bountiful living from it better judges than a man who says he spent three weeks iu Crook county and tries tu lead olhers to believe that he saw it all, notwith standing the fact that Crook county has an area nearly seven times that of Rhode Island. He speaks of the trip to the so called "High Desert," lying 60 miles southeast of Mend. Three hundred and fifty thuusand acres of that territory was thrown open by the government tinder the 330 ncrc homestead act, a few months ago. Settlers have already ac quired 60,000 acres of It. Mr. Knutson did not take a tract. In all probability he will be the only one to regret it within the ucxt year when the land is all gone. We admit there arc long distances iu Crook county, It is without railroads. Hut the sweetest cher ries generally arc close to the top and 011 the most inncccssible limbs. Crook county, on the other hand, Is being settled by hundreds of peo ple who are arriving before there are steel rails to bring them, If those same rails were here now there would be no more laud to settle, Mr, Knutson would prob ably find fault with that. But both IIIII and Ilarrimau, with forces ag gregating 5,000 men, are upending millions aud contesting every inch of ground to gain entrance to Crook county. Hath lines will cross the northern boundary of the county DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS. The Ilcntl Hoard of Trade has ordered 5,000 copies of the Ore goninu's New Years edition. These will be for sale at various busi ness places of the town at five cents each, already wrapped for mail ing. Now, what docs this little news note signify? Merely this, that llcnd people- all of ns should buy n few or many of these paK'rs 0111! send them to their friends, send them broadcast over the land. No better advertising of Bend and its surrounding territory has ever been produced than is found in this New Years edition. It is llbcrolly illustrated and treats exhaustively each of the many re sources of Central Oregon. The grcatet attention is naturally paid to the building of the I X ill and Hnrriniat) railroads into the Ucud country mid on through the state to the south and cast. The rail road articles are accompanied by many views showing the construc tion crews at work. There are articles treating of irrigation, water power, dry farming, timber, slock raising, agriculture in various lines, clc , etc. Koch article is illustrated by several cuts, and makes the best of reading. One feature of unusual interest s a two-page perspective map of Central and Western Oregon showing, railroads constructed and pro jected. It shows the two lines running through Bend to Klamath Halls, and n branch extending from Bend across the state eastward via Burns, and also one from Bend to Lakcview. Engineer. Staccr and his crew arc now at work on the Bend-Burns survey. This New Years edition is truly a "golden opportunity" by which Bend people may advertise their country just at the time when a tremendous development Is about to take place. Do not let it slip by. On the contrary, invest a few cents in n few copies and tend tbcm out on their mission. --. -U. B by next June. Is it within reason to believe that cither or both of these great systems would work night and day for months to reach a country which Mr. Knutson says Is worthless and 330 acres of which would not feed 50 sheep a year? Crook county expects to be knocked. livery new country Is. An a rule, however, the most vigor ous ktiockers afterwards become permanent residents. We arc glad to have them. They make ood citizens, because they sec too late their mistakes and what they might have possessed. Again, this wonderful Deschutes x-allcy, with its pure air and water, billions of feet of pine timber, 300,000 acres under process of irrigation and half a million more of land productive without irrigation, offers a home and comforts and a prosperous fu ture to the man with energy, brains and ambition enough to override present obstacles forced upon us through lack of rail communication. The drones are not wauted. It Is a valley of sunshine, 320 days of it n year, and work. To the man who can come and present these requirements there is a welcome, a happy life and n good fat batik ac count if he will stay with it and turn this sagebrush nud sunt! and ashes into the fertile aud productive land it was intended to be by the Creator who placed it here. SOUS A LARUE CITY. Chaa. Welshie of Namps, Idaho, Looks (or m Second Spokane at Bend. Chas. Weislde, G. K. IaI'olIettc und II. II. Peters, all of Nampa, Idaho, arrived iu Bend Monday looking for investments. Mr. Vci- side vas In last fall, invested iu Bend property, and is now a dyed-in-the-wool Bend booster. Mr. I.al'ollctlc and Mr, Peters come with the expectation of adopting Bend as their future home. "Bend people have uo concep tion," ad Mr. Weislde, "of the number of people that arc going to come pouring into this section next spring. Everywhere you go in quiry is being made about Bend and Central Oregon, Many in Nampa are interested in your town aud before leaving I was commis sioned by several to buy Bend lots for them. This is only indicative of the interest one finds everywhere iu regard to this section. Person ally I believe there is going to be a second Spokane here. Bend has the location, and more resources than Spokane ever had, and In a few years there will be a large city here." Town Booming Helps III. Make a Noise Like a. Dollar The aaa who gets ahead is the oae who makes a aoite, and it's the unc with a town. But it nst be the RIGHT KIND OF NOISE. There axe millions of noises in the world and only one kind worth makis?. That's the kind a aaa learned about when he tried to In terview a great financier. He had spent several days trying to get into the private office of the old skinflint, but was always headed of. At Ittt he went to a friend for ad Tice. Til tell yon what to do," said the friend. "Yon go down and stand in front of the old fellow's door and MAKE A NOISE LIKE A DOLLAR. When he comes out to grab you, that wilt be your chance." That's the kind of noise we should make In this town. We should sound like ready money and look like it. Nothing would bring new busi ness and hustling oitiaens quicker than a NOISE LIKE A DOLLAR. Every letter that goes out should ba an advertisement for our town. If you don't know how to make a NOISE LIKE A DOLLAR, juit call on us, and we'll try to help you. One way is to advertise. When everybody gets to making the right kind of noise it will t worth whilo watching things fc8. I II CJ fam PUSHINa RIUMT AHEAD, Oregon Trunk Crews Keep Pegtfoff Away in WHiow Creek Canyon. Work on the two railroids in the vicinity of Madras continues un abated notwithstanding the snowy and freezing weather prevalent id Central Oregon, says the Pioneer. Blasting is beard at frequent in tervals down Willow creek canyon where the Oregon Trunk Line is boring two tunnels through the rock. Porter & Clarkson, who have the contract for constructing the Oregon Truuk up Willowcrcek, have three camps fully established between Madras and the Deschutes. although they arc not yet carrying very large crews, as it, is difficult to get laborers to come In during the cold and somewhat uncertain weather. At the present time there is a force of about 150 men. Por ter Bros, are daily receiving large consignments of supplies, and from present indications they will be prepared by the time the weather breaks, to have the Willow creek and Deschutes canyons overflowing with workmen between Madras and the mouth of Trout creek. The roads are in fine shape for freighting, being almost like pave ment, although icy and slick and horses are required to be sharp-shod In order to retain their footing. EDITOR OVERMAN FREED. Oovernor Benson Refutes to Honor Requisition Papers. E. II. Overman, editor of the Shauiko Star, who was arrested at Antelope recently at the instance of the sheriff of Spokane county, Washington, wax released from custody by Sheriff Chrisman on December 27, upon receipt of a message from Governor Benson stating he had refused to honor the requisition papers Issued by Gover nor Hay. Overman at the time of his ar rest agreed to return to Washington without requisition, but later changed hio mind. He was ac cused of obtaining money under false pretenses by passing an al leged worthless check. Overman produced affidavits signed by promi nent people of Olympia, it is said, refuting the charges. TbeShaniko editor returned to his home and resumed the publica tion of his newspaper. Sentenced to One Year. William K. Craig, the young stage driver who way arrested on the charge of stealing money from t'ae U. S. registered mail, was sen tenced to serve one year and oec day in the federal penitentiary, Federal Judge Wolverton pronounc ing sentence at Portland. Craig broke down and cried when sen tence was pronounced. The sen tence was made extremely light due to the youthfulness of the de fendant, who is only 19 years old. Reduced Rata on RaMreads. Reduced rates have been offered by the Southern Pacific to those who atteud the winter short courses offered by the Oregon Agricultural College, which began on Jauuaty 4 aud lasts until February 12. A fare of one and one-third will te granted on all Southern Pacific line;) in Oregon, on the usual con vention plan, where the fare ex ceedt-,50 cents. Receipts should be securlAl ut time tickets arc pur chased. The Cornea Stage A Stabto Co, It's the mail line, the only direct stage line from Shauiko to Silver Lake, by the way of Prineville and Bend. Stopover privileges and tickets good until used. Hand us your subscription. A CURIOUS TEN DOLLAR GOLD PIECE In Possession of Mrs. Geo. W. Wimcr Since 188. COIN WAS MINTED IN W52 A Rare Cota wKn aa tntorertbir Ufa- tory That fs an Object ef Much Curietity to Theaa Who Have Had PrlvHcge of Seeing it- Tcmalo, Jan. 3. Mrs. Geo. W. Wimer of Turaalo, Or., has among some curios a $to gold piece of a somewhat odd make, which he has had for a number of years. Sbe has bees offered neat sums for it several times but has always re fused to part with it. It was made in the year 1852 and was run ia a mold, and the seams of the aold plainly show on the back of the cola where the edges of the mold came together. On the face of this coin appears the same in scription as is on the coin of today, except the purity of the coin ia gold is stamped "884 Thous." The back is dotted resembling a web, and across the center is date and name of the maker AUGUSTUS HUM 1 ART United States Assayer of Gold California 1852 The history of this uaknown coin has never been fully learned. The only record known is since it was found in 1886, and its value as a curio is unknown other than the value stamped on it, Ten Dollars. Everyone who has seen it say they never have seen another oae of its kind, which is almost conclusive evidence that there were very few of them made by that process. It is somewhat larger than the $10 piece of today and is in perfect condition which shows it was not In circula tion long. The coin was found on what is known as Aulthonse creek, a trib utary of tbe east fork of the Illinois river in Josephine county, Or., about tbe year 1886, by a China man who was mining ia that region. The Chinamen ol those days made a business of goiag around where buildings bad burned down sad clean up all the ashes and loose dirt and, by a process known as the Rocker, would wash the dirt and gather together the gold which had accumulated from burned jcwky, coins, etc., and in that way this coin was brought to view ia the rocker from dirt and ashes where there had at oae Hate been a saloon that had burned. The Chinaman, not knowing what it was, saved it feeing that it was some kind of a cola and had not been damaged by tbe fire, He placed it with his gold dust and took it to Waldo, Or , where at that time G. W. Wiwer was in the mer cantile business and where be did an enormous business with the Chinese population of that country, buyiug their gold dust and selling them supplies in exchange, haviug about .too Chinese cuMoawrs. Tbe Chiuamaa presented this coin to Mr, Wimer asking him what be would give him for k. Mr. Wimer, seeing it was. a curious make of the $iq type, ofnred the Chinamen $10 for it, wbereupoa the cola became the property of Mrs. Wiawr aad has since remained ia her posses sion as a curio, and has been tbe source of great interest to many people who have had the pleasure I of seeing it.