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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1910)
HHBHSHSSSSSSSSSliw wwttaMwnrJnr,iuj,.TMiiiij- 1 m M THE BEND BULLETIN SUBSCRIPTION RATKS: Bne yr ..-,. .....-......-v..'.Jo Hit lnOnlhlIMMtNHiMtMmMMttMMmitlMMHM , Tart mutilht.... ........ .Jo (Innhsbly In lvner.) ii l . .M-AJi-.ll MIIBMMWg Willi Ml WEDNESDAY, JUNIJ as, totoj t ..'.,' 11 ' ' ' ' --J-uis.uij.iJua, 1, is, i,-w. With ActhiR-Govcnior IJowcr man on duty there is hope tor a M)uare deal in irrigation roiutcw. "There is but a siiirIc v'ce, In ertia, and but one virtue, enthusi asm," says Rostand in one of his plays Assuredly, then, proRen itors of new townsitcs arc more vir tuotts than vicious. There were 178 business fnlluref in the United States list week, 213 in the con esponding week last year, 365 for the same week iu 190S, 265 in 1907 nud a 16 in 1906. So bu.M ness is pretty oli(l, even if n lot ol Mock and build speculators ore dis tressed. OLD TIMR TRAPPING DAYS. While people ol the Hast have been sweltering and dyinj; in tropn heat the past week, we of 'Ceutrnl Oregon have been glad to get under blankets every night. Din there n unusual weather, both Kast and West, this seaton. The cold blooded murder of Wnl ter arid Herbert Newrll by a sheep herder, Ike Harrold, near Lakeview last week, is perhaps the mo atrocious crime ever perpetrated in this section ot the state That Hat rold ever reached the Lakeview jail alive speaks well for the discipline of the Newell's friends and neigh bors. Pioneer Describes Adventures on Des chutes Pony Years Ago. In 1K68 t wm In LaMrande, Oregon, and w a soldier xlto had Just tcltiral from icrviee with the United State troop In the De-chute euuntry, He thought tlio Indians had nearly all been driven to the reservation, lie said It m a Rtest cmite and tmpiii country, which was what I was looking for. I law A 7., Youiik, who wanted lo umke the trip. We each had a saddle and pftckhorsc. Till was In Augmt. We left next day lor The Dalle, where c expected to net our outfit. We cvillilit t mm tlic rule wo Aiitel at The Dalle. o took the trail down the Cnlumhia to rorllniid, vslietr ve bought two Winchester rllles and a,ooi car trlilRc, ami notue No. 4 tcel traps, and started up the Willamette valley (or Spriuntielil. There we loaded all the itones with flour and other tiecetMry article and went up the McKeiuie rUcr, crovslnn the range to Trout creek, near Slater, without ipectal Incident and Mom there Koititt to the Depute lit one lay' travel. When the horses wete tin lacked here they started txtck 011 the trail. 1 followed them to Smtaw creek. captured them and wot hack to camp al ter twenty four hour haul work with out food or rest. We packed up and tinned over to Crooked rier iud up to where Mr. t'nne't covered wagon stood on the prattle. lie aid lie wanted to locate on a ranch in thai region but he had Mime lears about the river overflowing. There vert 110 houses 011 Crooked river then. . tew had Kne up uit the Oclioco and hre were two or three on McKay creek. We tripped alotiK Crooked river a few davs wllout much lurcc Uy pat tner, .Mr. Young, thought he could do better In the Grand Komlc valley and started back. About this time Jame and John Simuis came oer the mountains Iroiu the Willamette Valley on the same outiness, so we went into partnership. We trapM;d alum , Crooked river for some tilt e nud then, nenr Smith rock, took the Klamath mart tor the Den chutes. This rdml wa made by freight ers'takliii; supplies from The Dalles to Port Klamath. We followed the route until ll etiiiic In the river, about ao miles, and thric huill our cahln a little below where the river makes a slmip l-end to the west. There wa a little Island just below the cabin, (IMilcntly al the old Klctnore place just above Hcnd), lu crossing the "desert" we saw f treat numbers of dter, itverywhere leaver and otter seemed to lie plentiful We set trap down the river eight or ten tulles ami oil some small Inlands lit the river. We caught several beaver ami otter there, and all nlontt the river. During the liiiiitliiK acason we killed 130 devr, tanned the skins and dried all the ham we could The weather was very mild most of the Wititcr. The horses were fat in the spring. Tiiere w no settler on the lies chutes above Warm Sprlntis reservation. anil even beyond the Deschutes divide to Pott Klamath. We saw no one until June, lhoo, when Mr. Illndman took a claim at camp Polk, uu bipiaw Creek About the lust 01 April, 1H09, we started tin a trapping expedition up the river, following the ru.ul around Lava llutte and coming to the river again at the meadow. We worked up to wheie the I'ort Klamath and Kngeue rwtd crosses the river ami then returned, reaching camp lu June and counting the expedition a success t'he boys thoiwht we had better go over to Springfield and get our supplies. We went by way of Warm Springs, where we slopped lor awhile, then over to the Willamette and then down to Portland, We worked some lu the harvest fields went ill the Mi'Kentie tilscklieirylug and had a grucral good time until Sep tember, when we returned to the Des chutes. My partner had a wagon and we took it over the road by way of Cres cent' Lake and trapped and hunted dawn the rUcr. Wegolover the mountain to Little Klver iu about a week. Deer were going in great droves to the lower coun try. We caught several beaver and killed all the deer we could take care of The "Assembly" promotion bur eau is trying to get Judge Uen-on to rua for Governor, on the pretext that bis brother is too sick to be u candidate for any office. But Judge Benson is too slick a politician ti be canght by "assembly" chaff lit is in politics to win and he can see plainly enough that "assembly" candidates wilt not win in Oregon. Therefore he shies. The number ol people who spent any considerable time in the Des chutes country forty-odd years ago is very small and for this reason special interest and value attaches to the account of Edwin W. Follett, which appears elsewhere in this paper. It is to be hoped that other oki-.tiracrs will add their recollec tion to the written history of the regies, for only by having it writ tea can it be preserved. STAR BAKERY FRESH BREAD Pies, Pastries and Cake. :: Meals Served at Regular Hours. E. MONCRIEF Bond St., next to Bulletin Office, MINI), OK. German Socialists have given prominence to the amount oftht Kaiser's wages. An accredited member qf the Monarch's Union. be receives $22.50 a ruinate for hf- JcaUeml labors, beside enjoying a reyal income of his own. What a -jRabadder of offended patriotic pride must flicker up the tax-paying backbones of all true-hearted Bephews of Uncle Sam when the) realize that our own President's salary amounts to the insignificant pittance of but a trifle over 14 cents a minute. Politically, wt operate an open shop. The dtsad vantages in comparative wage-scale are too apparant to require com ment. Another argument, this for universal unionism. la another column appears a letter from a citizen of the Powel. BHtte district who styles" The Bui - lctin "a hot air machine for a littlt quarter-section centering in Bend.' We are indebted to our correspond eat for his frankness (and for hi checkl) We would remind him. and others, that today The Bulletiu is publishing more news of the sur rounding country m ore news letters than any other paper it 'Central Oregon. And we lurtber would remind mm (as we have 1, an appreciative letter) that we par ticulaily desire to gcr any and al news of all the Deschutes Vallev We have asked him, then, to favoi us with the news of his locality And to him as to others, we repeat, send us the news, aud we'll print it. Quick aud bair.triggerous, Joyous and vigorous, Home from the nlggerous African shore, fringing a oo with him, Zebra and gun with hlru, What shall we do with him Our Theodore? Abtuctb Ooitbsmsm, In Collier's. -- Indeed, what shall we do with Lira and he with us? He has na turalized through niggerous Africa, hobnobbed with royalty, mentullj spanked the governmental polices of half-a dozen nations, lectured upoH topics unending and talked au infinitum. And bow he is back with us. From end- to end of the tmiiwai ncwapapjpr eH a raw 8 breath of relief and high resolve, grasping- more firmly their pen and wait. Politicians draw a slightly different kind of breath and wait. Likewise the voters all wait. What uxt, oh Theodore? ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? If so, remember that we can do jour construction cheaply, quickly and well. BUNGALOW BUILDING ESTIMATES FURNISHED Our Specially. on Request. Ellis-Sherritt CoBsfruction Company Bend, Oregon O'DONNELL BROTHERS UNION MARKET Fresh and Cured Meats on Hand at all Times. CASH PAID FOR PRODUCE. till: was hi November and the weather was very flue. lu xou'K around I.ava llutte we atop netl and diluted to the top ami went down 1uii the crater, where two pine lteere growing, Ve never saw the ice cave That Winter we slaved at the cabin mi th Deichules, IrappluK anil tanning sklus. The next print', 1171, John Sluiiii concluded to milt tumiUm, aud uo over to SprlUKlUM. TIiaI left James Slmm and me to make the last hunt Up the river alone. We led the cabin alwut the middle of Septenilxrand were nhotit tx (lilts eellluu un to Crane Prairie Our camp was where the river left the prairie, The first iiiomiIiik alter settltiK our traps we found 16 larue beavers eauirht. We had all we could attend to for three weeks. It lieKau to look stormy on the Cas cades, and heaver were Kettliik scarce and drcr wetc uolne down the countrr, m we thought it liest to ko, too. We packed up and moved down to the forks of the river, two or three miles. The pack were bulky and heavy and we tie ciilcd to try hontliiK. We spent two dY ImllilliiK a ood boat ami loaded ll with camp tr-ip ami Imlky articles. We pnckeil all th horses aud SI111111. wastogo ahead with them and watch for bad place In the river. The (list day we iot aloux fine The neat morn IliK, after about an hour' run, a 1 came around a hii tieutl ami the toal wa moving with itrcat speed, I saw iilmtni wavinu hi hat ahuut 300 yards lielow and 1 knew there was danger ahead. There was 110 chance to laud. Soon as 1 was within hearlm diatauie he .hunted to me to steer the boat lu anil throw him the rope. I managed lo get the craft into a little rove, threw the roix- and jumped out uu the rocks myself. We had hard work to keep the boat from Koine over the fall, now known as He 11 ham Palls. We turned the boat bottom. side upon the west bank just above the tall, loaded evervtliliiif 011 the horse and In two days were home, with Mime 300 beaver and 41 utter pelts. In all we look on the Deschutes too braver, xoo deer, four timber wolves aud some foxes, fisher anil martins. We slaved at the cabin till srtrinu anil then I started for home. My parent were old and there was 110 one but me to look after them, both lived to tw fcv years old. It wa a great disappoint itieut to me to have to leave the mild Deschutes Valley ami come back to the lone cold Winter of Michigan, The three Winter spent 011 the Des chutes were mild, the deepest snow be Ing eight inches and it lasted only a week. None of us were sick a moment. The river was very steady and filled with splendid trout. Game of all kinds was plentiful. We all greatly enjoyed the time spent on the Deschutes. Joel tang of McKay Creek took our fur and sklut down to The Dalle and stored them iu I'rcnch Pros' warehouse, where they were destroyed by lire in 1871. Our loss wa f Jlj. About toori pounds of viiilon hams were spoiled by the Hie. It took a good deal of venltoii for our dog In January and I'ehruary. KnwiN W. I'oLLKTr, Olivet, Michigan. A Check and a Brickbat. rowrar. IIuttk, Or., June jo. 1910. TDK IIULI.KTIN Kudosed find check ft 50 to pay my subscription to I'cbruar) in, 1911 I uiuit compliment you on runulng a first-ctau newspaper. A few year ago you would give all the new. of Interest In the Deschutes Valley ami bad a paper for the country to be proud 01, out today your paper is a uot-aii machine for a little quarter section cen end. When a man read an today he tus tnc leellng mat nine ciianccs to one not a word of it I true. Many a man ha been lured to this country by read ing your paper, and when getting here he find thing so badly misrepresented that be leave at once. If your paper doe not change you may stop my paper on I'cbruary 18, 1911. In the farming section of the Dcschute Valley we are having new potatoes not raited in a hoi bed nd from our own garden other veg etables accordingly. It matter not ti me about you publUlilnr. this, but ulni chance to one you will not. Very truly yours, ALLKN WlLIXOXOf, tcrinic in Bent! article lu the Bend Bulletin of The best investment a man can make is in a HOME LOTS IN PARK ADDITION offer most desirable locations. Make your selections early as the best sites are selling fast. Liberal Discounts to parties building this year. . Lots in NORTH ADDITION, CENTER ADDITION and LAVA ROAD ADDITION Will be on sale at attractive prices Monday. June 6th. 320-ACRE HOMESTEADS WE HAVE THE Best Wheat Land IN CENTRAL OREGON. Pmili AUTQMOMl.il TRIP from Iknd to tlto liuttla nnd return (or nil who locate, LIST YOUR CITY I'ROIWY WITH US IF YOU WANT A QUICK SALE. Write for Pnrtlciilnrs, to Merrill Sb Wilkinson Company lll(NI), OIUUiON. 320 ACRES OF FREE GOVERNMENT LAND Homestead .Locations In the lli! S.ikc IJrusli Country to the aotttheast of Ucnd. WE LOCATE NEAR THE LINE OF THE BEND-ONTARIO RAILROAD AUTOMOBILE SERVICE City Property-General Real Estate. a-ataBBBBaaBBaat) W. N. Brown Co 11BND. OKKGON Radcliffe Bros. Auto Co. DAILY TRIPS Between Sbaniko and Bend and All Interior Points of Central Oregon. AMress: SABCLIFFE BIOS. AUTO CO., tod, togM. tMaaatasvaa New Cars 40 Horsepower Velio Reliable Drivers A. A. DICKKY J, V MCCLUHK j. ooonritixow CROOK COUNTY REALTY COMPANY We have farm lands mid city property for sale. If yon wish to purchase, see us. If you have anything for sale, sec us. We arc here for business and will treat you rigid. C. G. R.CO Hotaling Building, Wall Street, Bend Bend Townsite Company BEND, OREOON. Office corner Wall nnd Ohio streets, Oklahoma' Cafe Open Day and Night The Best Food the Market Affords at Prices to Suit Your Appetite. Wall Street Wheeler & Carr llend, OrtfKon Hotel Bend Corner Bond and Oregon S(i. AMERICAN PLAN Rates $2 and $2.50 a Dayfr HUGH O'KANE.lManager