THE BEND BULLETIN. p I i (I t t k I 1 13" VOL. VIII nejnns ARE CONTESTED Wurzwcllcr Is Aflcr the Squnw Creek Settlers TllfiV WILL MAKE DBPBNSK Hcailngs Ordered nt Kilter June I, llcforc the State Hoard of Control Story of tlto Origin of Hie Controversy. Vnliinblc water rights ore to be adjudicated In the Squaw Creek district, lit the western part ol Crook county, The Squaw Creek Irrigation Company has contested the water claims of settlers who ir rigate their lauds from thnt stream ntul the State Hoard of Control hat ordered lieurluus upon the con texts ami cited the parlies to appear ut Sister June 1 for that purpose. The Squaw Creek Irrigation Co was Incorporated in i8oj as a mil tual company to irrigate the lands of its stockholders) who fixed the annual maintenance fee nt 15 cents per acre. A few yearn later V. wurzweller of I'rincvillc obtained control of the organization. The annual maintenance charge was then raised to 35 cents an acre and many of the original stockholders became displeased and dropped out. Several of these subsequently or ginlzed the Ctoverdale Company, another mutual concern also deriv ing water from Squaw creek. The Squaw Creek Irrigation Co, is said to have greatly harrassed and an noyed the settlers ever since it fell into the hands of Wurzwcllcr About toos it applied for a segre gation under the Cary act, but its water rights were not then deemed sufficient to warrant the allowance of its application. Among those whose water claims are now contested by the corpora lion arc James Meeker, Arthur Tctnptelon, Newt Cobb, Charles Carson, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Job, HI wood and MiUon Roberts, John Wilt. Frank Paul, Richard Grif fith. George MeFarlntid and Lewis McCallistcr. All these base their claims on prior actual appropriation of the water to bcneficixl use, some of them dating back 35 years. Following is n statement of the case by one of the settlers familiar with the controversy: In order to show how the trouMe In the district commenced it will be ncces wry to tiring In the IlUck Ilutte Compa ny, a live stock concern, which xradual ly esptiidcd from a mushroom to a Mrnthtuh and secure I considerable land by dturit cUlnu, and various ways that diIkIiI not bear Inspection. A Jew by the mine of Will Wuriftcller, tanker from rnuevtlle, became affiliated largely with the IlUck Ilutte Co. lie of course took n desert claims together with the lest of the family. The twiuanr Creek Irriga tion troubles started there ami then. Not satisfied with squeezing out the Mutual, the Wuraweiler company filed a notice for more water than run In Squaw crrck. He thought he had his Rioiioiwly complete but a good msiiy Isvct-ucsdcd farmers quit the company that he had got control of and landed together and took out another ditch and used the water In spile of his big tiling, Jiut as a good many others haedouc. Of course that mado the little Jew tnd, as his filing ami stock monopoly could not keep the water from running and he could not use It himself, thus securing tltle'tci It. However, Ills ditch rime out aboie nil the rest ami he or dered that the creek lie turned Into It and a steady flovV be maintained What Ihey did not want would go out Into the Deschutes river- lly doing that the little monopoly worked fur a while, but It was necessary to do something to put the watcra to beneficial use; for other people who were honest went ahead ami used It without paying tribute to the little Jew. At length Wurtweller thought he stood la with the State Mud Hoard enough to secure a segregation but got turned dawn, as the people had put so much of lilt monopoly water to actual luo (list lie did not have much left for b segregation. What little there was he held by getting 1 bunch of people out In what is called OUt district to sign up su Agreement to use the water providing he put the ditch to them, they to pay him so much per Inch, l'nm that time he took the notion to turn n much water through jilt ditch as it would carry. There is where the trouble licgaii for the old set tlers who started irrigation in that dis trict. One of the oldest rights On the creek, tr reason of It being lowest down, was lined for two years. The town of Sis trs was dry half the time, Conditions ttcanie unbearable. All peacable means lolmve water turned down the creek itinncl were exhausted. Someone IrjuM be delegated to go up and shut I Ida 11 their gates for them, as tho man Wtri would say, after useless entreaties, "To hell with Sisters and the old ttllcrs." The company Dually locked 1 j ' LJJ J ' I CAL fSTATf ? ) -mFffT"! il F ' ( iiizND's nuw water wagon, outs TO WORK. their gates. Many and many a time It became necessary to no up and trar their dam out in order to get the water justly belonging to settlers. The company got tired fixing their dam after the old settler would tear It out ami published a reward in I'riueville paper offjjofor anyone caught molesting the dam, and kept on turning water away from old settlers and people who were actually putting It to use. They knew they could not ko into court wltn sucn riftlit as they had, The old settlers knew that the water was theirs, consequently de cided to settle It for uood until some code was tuned by the State. After be ing out ol water and when the usual -pcal failed to tiring It, a few good honest cltlrciis went up and took out their dam. This had to be done twice last year. The managers of the Squaw Creek Co. were notified that their dam would be blown so high it would rot before It struck the earth it they did not allow sufficient water to run down the creek to satisfy rights below. I'rom theu on the old settlers have had water. Recently, under the state law, the settlers filed formal claims to water from Squaw creek. The company tins set up counter claims and denied the rights of the settlers. This is the matter now to be ad judicated The matter may go through the State hoard of Control and the Circuit and Supreme courts before final result is reached. The settlers desire the water for their own li.se on the land where they have their homes. The contesting company wishes to take the water and sell it for profit to use on dis tant lands. The settlers ore deter mined and will make no feeble dc- fctJM!. UNO LAND'S KINO IS NO MORI: Cdwnrd VII. Died Last Friday. Ocorgo V. Now Ruler. At 1 1 :jo p m on May 6th King ttdward VII. died at Buckingham Falucc in London, and the reins of government fell to the hands of his son, Prince George of Wales, now George V. The exact cause of death was not announced by the physicians. All the King's relatives weic at his bedside, from which the dying mon arch's last words were "I know it is nil over but I think I've done my duty." Pleasant Ridge. I,. 11. Praukliu, the census tskcr, Is busy around this country this week. Mrs. Alex. Chase has a line hotlied which Is furnishing their table with green stuff, A. A. Green dressed a hog last week and sold it to B. M. Illy the butcher. It brought hint f it.65, weighing 195 lbs. Henry llucus made a business trip to Ileud last week Weather Statistics Will 11 o Kept. It Is understood that J. A. Vyc here after will take charge of the recording of weather and climatic statistics with the Instruments provided by theGovern ment Weather llureau. 1'. O. Minor, who has done the work since the Install ation of the iussrumenta, finds it im possible to devote the ticccsuiry time to the work. Temperature and rainfall will bo recorded carefully, mid the monthly records published in The 11111ir.un, Striked or stolen from Kellam much, 7 miles northeast ol liend, one dm k brown mare, 7 years old; weight 1,000 pounds, branded 70 on left ihotilder, scar on right flank. Had ot a sileer bell mid hobbles when I t seen. One light brown gelding , 1 1 years old, branded H H with th : II reversed rfnd connected at the t p with u slant K on right stifle, baddlc marked. Had hack ntnorc J n when last seen. Suitable reward 9-9 or return or information. II. E. Stuwart. Ileud, Or. DKND, ORKOON, T IS LET BEND DOCTORS IN CHARGE Local Physicians (Jet MefZcal Contract on Railroad Hospitals and Head quarters Mere Surveyors on Job, Workers Come Soon. It has just been announced that the railroad medical contract for the work from Madras to Klamath Agency has been awarded, to local physicians, and that liend will be the headquarters for alt the medical work. Drs. U. C. Coe and B. Fcrrcll of lientl have been awarded the con tract. Dr. Coe has just returned from Seattle, where he completed arrangements for the work with J. C. Moore, surgeon for the North crrp Pacific. Extensive hospital buildings will be erected here, and nil the supplies distributed from liend. Two as sistants will be employed in the work who will be stationed at the north and south ends of the 125 mile stretch of grade. Each week, tt is understood, Dr. Coe will make a trip over this portion of the work under his charge, inspecting the sub hospitals at the various camps and arraugiug for the transporta tion of sick to liend. Already much in the way of medical sup plies has Ixrcu purchased and is on the way .here. Malcolm McPhee, who is in di rect charge of the construction un der Contractor Henry, is reported to nave said tliut liend in all prob ability will be the headquarters for the construction work. Bend's sit uation nt practically the central point of the 135-mile stretch award ed Henry, ns well as at the junction point ot the enst-aud-west line, practically nssurcs the location of construction headquarters here. The medical contractors have been directed to be teady.to under take their work at once. Dr. Coe was officially informed that some 5,000 meu would be in this vicinity just as soon as they could be gath ered together and transported. Engineer camps arc being estab lished all along the line, that most recently installed being at Wet weather Spring, six miles south of Ileud. The commissary depart ment of the contractors has been organized, and supplies will be brought in from both Shaniko and Klamath Falls. It is understood that preparations at Shaniko are completed for the transportation "of steam shovels to the vicinity of Bend, which are expected to arrive there during the coming week. The engineer who will have charge of the construction work in the Bend residency, J, H, Scott, ar rived Monday evening. Mr, Scott has eight utiles of grade to look after, extending iu about equal dis tances to the north and south of town, lie has been resident en gineer ntvthe head of the Deschutes Canyon. Special Central Oregon Uditlon. The special Central Oregon edition of the. Portland Chamber of Commerce Uulletiu Is published this week. The number will be devoted to the Des chutes Valley, its leading article, by G. r, I'uliiaui. dealing with the Demi on WHDNKSDAY, MAY ir, 1910. country. There will be doable page msp of Central Oregon. The Bulletin has arranged to secure several hundred copies which will be on sale at this office. , COUNCIL HOLDS A FRUITFUL MEETING SURPRISE IN CITY FINANCES Only One Third the Revenue Expected from Taxes I'ollcemaa Palled to Arrest Fighters and Loses Job-City Street Grades. Bend is in debt, tvo of its near beer shops are running without li cense, it has no policeman, but it does have a City Attorney. All this comes from the regular meet ing of the Common Council last night. There was a full attendance. Mayor Merrill, Recorder Ellis, and Aldermen Hunter, Kelly, Oneill, Ovcrturf, Sellers nad Triplett be ing present. The petition of the Pilot Butte Development Co. for vacation of a small part of the orig inal plat of Bend was granted by ordinance, printed elAewhere. J. A. Vyc asked the city to establish a street grade at the corner of Ohio and Bond, where he expected to erect a stone building. This mat ter was discussed in connection with the verbal application of F. II. May for permission to take earth from the knoll in Bond street between Ohio and Minnesota to fill the hole now occupied by the pond in front of the Aune stable yard. May's request was granted and the committee on streets was instructed to sec about establishing street grades for the city, having regard for both surface and sewer drain age. The following claims were or dered paid Prctl Sallff , lumber aud labor for streets,, ........ .......... .$3345 It. II. bnerttt, policeman one uioulu, from April 6 ; liend Water, Light & Power Co., hydrants for April City Dray, f 39 less f. 7.50 for stove J. I. West, moving hose house,,,. 75.00 3a oS a J.Jo 10.00 8-73 J.00 K. Hslelle Hilt, copying C. A. Carroll, hardware tor jail Aldridgc &Hobbs presented a pe tition for a license to sll near beer, with receipt from the Treasurer showiug payment of the quarterly fee of $50 dating from May 1. It was fouud that the otdiuauce re quired payment by even quarters and that all such license fees were due April 1, The petition was gt anted for the quarter from April 1 to June 30. Overturf asked why it was. that no other near beer licenses were even asked for, when the ordinance requiring them had been in force since March, Some one remarked that the police officer should see to such things, aud the matter was passed. Upon report of City Treasurer S, J. Spencer that the cash In the treasury April 1 was ouly 320.62 the Mayor raised the question why the sum was so small, Judge Ellis, the Recorder, said he had inquired into the matter and found that of the nearly 300,000 of the taxable value certified by the County Clerk as the basis for the Bend tax levy, $300,000 was of money, totes and accounts of the Deschutes Irriga tion & Power Co., the tax. upou which is now deemed uncollectible.. This leaves the city with less tbnu LOUIS HILL IS BEND VISITOR Great Northern President Tours Central Oregon. DELiailTOD WITH NEW LAND Umpire llullder'a Son enthusiastically Welcomed Lunched litre Sun day, Then off for Harney. Purposes Publicity. On Sunday Bend was visited by Louis W. Hill, son of the "Empire Builder" and president of the Great Northern Railroad Company. With Mr. Hill was E. C: Leedv. General Immigration Agent ctf the G. N. and Messrs. Morrison, At wood and Seton, all connected with the road's publicity department. The Hill party reached Bend at about eleven a. m., having corse, over from Prineville in automo biles, and immediately upou its ar rival was given a reception which more man made up in spontanettv and enthusiasm what it lacked in formality. Headed by Mr. Hill's car, with the G. N. President at its wheel, the visitors drew into town escorted by the dozen local ma chines that had gone out to meet them, and by the several that came over from Prineville. A big "Welcome" sign spanned Wall street at the corner of Oregon, flags fluttered everywhere, the band played and all Bend was gathered by the Pilot Butte Inn to cheer the guests. As the automobiles came to a standstill, Mr. Hill, speaking from his car, delivered a short address. For Bend he predicted a magnifi cent future, advised everybody to "hold on to what they had," spoke of the fact that the Deschutes country now holds the center of the stage, and of 'the development one-third the estimated revenue from taxes. Kelly and Triplett urged the election of a city attorney at $to a month, and Vernon A. Forbes was chosen. The Mayor submitted his ap pointment of B. II. Sherritt to be police officer,.saying that prior to the appointment he had canvassed the town and found no one else willing to take the position, but since then the woods were full of candidates. After a considerable silence Sellers moved to confirm the appointment. A silence still louger was broken by Triplett. "I am plain spoken." said he. "I have heard complaint against thb officer." "If anythiug was wrong why was not complaint filed?" asked the Mayor. The First National Bank OF BEND, BEND. OREGON MBHH,HHMMMHaMWMiMSiMBMMHMBnM Or. U. O, CO. Prssld.nl . A. GATHER, Vie Prasldsnt O. 8. HUDSON. Cashlsr Capital rullr paid ... 25.000 Stockholders' liability - - S2S.OOO Surplus (2.000 Vthat HELPS YOURwl V TOWN. lf Pint, last and all the time The First National Bank of Ileud works for a Ulggtr and Better Beud. We give our patrons many accommodations for wUich we do not make any charge. THB MBN lmiUNl) THB GUN at The First National Bank have bee.u identified with the Hanking busksssa for ten years, therefore do not lack In that essential quafyty, ripe experience. PUT YOUR MONBY IN THE BANK THAT Hlttl'S YOUR TOWN, its capital and influence is used ouly for your best iuterests. Farmers, business or professional men and laborer are all invited to begin uow with a stroag, subaUatl!, grow ing Bank, THE FIRST NATIONiVL BANK of BEND SAFETY BBFORR DIVIDENDS, . DIRECTORS: U, C COK It. A. SATHRR C. S. HUDSOK P. F. SMITH II. C. KLUS NO. 9 and publicity work his road would inaugurate. Then, laughingly saying that he "was going to have a look nt the depot" he hurried oti to inspect the right of way through the town. While Mr. Hill was shown some what of the town, Mr. ledy and the others, in Frank Robertson's car, made a brief excursion Intc the timber, being given some idea both of iu character and enormous ex tent, and seeing the river and irri gation canals. For lunch the party was divided, one section being entertained in the home of J, M. Lawrence and the other, together with many Bend citirens, enjoying Deschutes trout and other acceptable things at the hospitable board of A M. Lara. After lunch Mr. Hilt drove down to Redmond via Laidlaw. the rest of the party following. In the eve ning the partv returned ' to Prine ville and the next day proceeded to Barns. When asked why so much atten tion was being directed' to the east erly lands off the railroad line, when so little time, comparatively, was being devoted to the territory directly tapped by the O. T. Ry., Mr. Hill replied: "Why, we know all about that country bow otherwise we'd not be building into it and there'll be lots of chances to see it from the train windows and railroad towns. What we want to see now is the undeveloped agricultural sections" It is believed that the Hill visit to the Harney country is prelimi nary to the announcement of the east-ami-west road, surveys for which already have been located rom Bend easterly. This trip, the first ever raade into Central Oregon by any member of the Hill family, is being made as a preliminary step to the campaign of Deschutes Valley advertising the G. N. is entering upon. Many photographs were taken and sam ples of soil secured in each destrict for analysis. It ts understood that much of the space in the Oregon exhibit car, to be put on toe eastern roads this au tumn, will be devoted to Central Oregon products. Steps are soon to be taken for the collection of ex hibits for this year's dry farming congress at Spokane. "I know 'nothing about it my self, I personally have so griev ance," responded Tripktt. "loaly report what I kave heard." After a while Sellers inquired for more specific information and Trip lett said he had heard complaint because the officer did' aot make arrests of fighters at Kulp's place some time ago. The officer was present aud said he knew nothing of the fight until after it was all over and he bad nothing to work on. Triplett expressed the opinion that the city had small use for a peace officer if he was powerless to act in such .cases. After much de lay the motion to confirm the ap pointment failed to receive a sec ond and the policeman presettled his verbal resignation as the coun cil adjourircd. r s v