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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1910)
I r a BUY LOTS IN .' ' . 4 , t T '' .,, WIE T RIA $25 to $250 for the first 100 lots L. . . ) .' 25 Down, the Balance on your own terms. LOTS, 50x140 feet. STREETS, 60 and 80 feet. ALLEYS, 20 feet; Vv V kCv -. j u 3? "As-Choice Residence Property, close in to schools, churches, business, etc., this beautiful addition is THE BEST OF AliL. Free Water Right with each lot. Remember, when-we have sold 100 lots we give a CHOICE CORNER LOT ABSOLUTELY FREE to the purchaser holding the lucky number. Let us show you over this property. Central Oregon Realty Co. . Ji. BEND, OREGON - . 1-- giganticmzon It Is the Greatest as Well as the Strangest of Rivers. ITS UPPER PART A MYSTERY. Shrouded In Impsnstrabl Fortat and Vln. Orowthi Through Which QlMm of Sunlight N.v.r Show. A Curious Woodland Tangls. Whlls tbo Atnazcn la the world' greatest river. If Dot la length at least la tho Tolamo of water which flows through It. It la tbo world'a strangest rlrer an well. Tbo few traTelera and explorers wbo bare journeyed, op this water course to lu many sources In the glaciers of the South American mountains tell stories which are almost Incredible about the literal maze of streams which unite to form It, cacb stream baring lu birth la on of the great Ice masses. Yet a few hundred miles below, wbere the merge and create tbe rlrer. the tem perature Is sucb that It works Its war through a perfect labyrinth of tropical Yegetation. Only tbo mariner can tell tbo place wbere the Amazon really has Its mouth, because tbe opening It bit made on tbe eastern coast of South America Is so wide that It extends over 100 miles. A long distance before one comes to the mouth of the rlrer, how. err. one Is really sailing on tbe wa ters of tbe Amazon, because they force tbelr way so far out Into tbe ocean. Tbey say that 300 miles out at sea off tbo mouth of tbe Amazon you can hoist a bucketful of fresh water out of tbe ocean from tbe deck of a ship, such Is tbe quantity of Its water that flows from that gigantic basin. Long after you bare entered tbe ac tual rlrer and bare lu banks nortb Nil aMtltl 9 art.. f . . .. I. l., .WU W.MI V . & JUU Hit? U UJIUV stream you will still be out of slufit nfl land, sucb Is the breadth of tbo rait channel. The rlrer stretches far into the ocean and far up the country,, Take a map of South America and look op a place called Iqultos. It Heat four-fifths of tbe way across tbe con tinent from east to west. Yet from Iqultos there Is a fortnightly serrlco of ocean going steamers to Europe T7hkb descend soms 3,000 miles of tbo rlrer before tbey reach tbe sea. It Is not only one branch of tbe Am azon, but many, that are thus to be. re garded as tbe same as ocean highways. Tho southern branches of the Amazon Are broken by rapids along a line what a low continental shelf exists. Afeoro these rapids, howerer, there Is wain AtKMt tvataK fflttaat davAnd tlist ttXIf of Jha JJadeJra thero aro ojer J I 1 0.000 miles of narlgablo water on that rlrer and Its branches. Not only Sir Martin Condor, but other trarclcrs who bare renturcd along the upper rlrer and lu tributa ries, say that here a curious woodland tangle exlxts. To tbe surface of the water the sun's rays seldom reach, and one may go many miles along water ways wbere It Is well nigh as dark as night because tbe sky Is almost com pletely abut out by tbe mass of rlnes which Interlace tbe trees nod are so thick with leaves. Deprived of tbe sunlight, all U dark and runk. Tup damp ulr Is laden with unbealthful ropor. The surface of tin- water In places where the current Is too slug gUh to carry It away Is covered with mini and weed. It require no little courage to ex plore these fustnesiies. for a man real ly liken bis life In bis bands, so un healthy are tbey. Occasionally, how erer, one UU xee tile uper xirtlr)ll of the flirt-! wbere there Is u little crer lie III Its riMif of Vine. Alxive tllU tit n-ully h ueeue of life and beauty. Hlnlfi and butterflies and other gorgeous In sects are drlug from place to place; tinner if liuiidmlit of hues noil kImik .re Oiixiiiiiiig trout the plums uiint-tjtnj to tree, brunch uud trunk. While he low all may be lifeless and silent uboro the height where the mans of rlnes overshadow the rlrer uuture bus created a world of brightness and ani mation; but. as already stated. It Is al most entirely shut out from tbe human eye. To attempt to break through this canopy of rlnes which hide It from the lower world l almost Impossible he-i-ause the rlnes grow so thickly, hut somo naturalists bare penetrated It and say that tbe forests really hnre two surfaces, tbe one above this artifi cial roof and the one below. Thai which Is nboro Is barred from liilimm entrance. Its lubaliliuiiiH are uioxtly birds and Injects that are radiant with beauty unequaled In the world. Wbatercr grows in the Amazon mud strives with desperate Internecine struggle to reach this sky exposed sur faco und there blossoms. Iteueath, where man can walk or Ko.it, all Is dark. Only hero and there a (ltful ray of sunlight struggles through. Orchids blossom wltbln this shadowy region. You can see these bright creatures flltfully In tbo carern below, but not In all their glory, as tbey must behold ono another above. Sometimes as tbey flit about beneath tbey wilt chance to cross a sunbeam slanting through n bole In tbe rcgelatlon; then for an In stant tbey flash Into view like an ex plosion of burning color. It Is thus that tbe great butterflies are seen to the best effect. No one can imagln what a picture tbey produce In tbelr native haunU as tbelr wings flash and close and flash again In tbo sunlight as. they fly. Jtyj this upper world of the Amazon Don GtunUd foreita has been closed to human be- logs nnu yrumi.- iw iu""i - . ual mystery unlets with the aid of '. some aerial crart one may do sdio o rlilt li-Chambers Journal. TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD. Plstt's Cll.nt rlad 8m of Humor. A quaint story about Don Piatt Is told In tbo "Itccollcctions of n Varied Life," by Gcorgo Cary Eggleston. Tbe story Is given In Mr. Piatt's own words: "When I was a young man trying to get into a law practice In Oblo and eager to advertise myielf by appear ing in court a fellow was indicted for arson. lie came to me, explaining that be bad no radncy with which to pay a lawyer, bnt that be thought I tnlgbi like to appear In a case so Important and that If I would do tbo best I could for blra he stood ready to do anything for mo that be could by way of recom pense. I took tbe case, of course. It was a complex one, and It offered op portunities for browbeating and 'ball log up' witnesses n process that spe cially Impresses the public wltb tbe sagacity of a lawyer wbo does It suc cessfully. Then. If by any chance I should succeed In acquitting my client, my placo nt tbe bar would bo assured as that of 'a sharp young feller wbo bad beaten tbe prosecuting attorney himself.' "Itut In telling my client I would take bis case tbe demon of humor be trayed me. Just across the street from my lodging was a negro cburcb, and there was a 'rerlrol' going on at tbe time. They 'revived' till 2 o'clock or later every night with shoutings that Interfered with my sleep. Wltb play ful Impulse I said to tbe accused man: " 'You seem to be an expert In tbe arts of arson. If you'll burn that ne gro church I'll feel that you have paid me full price for my serrice In de fending you.' "1 defended him, and as tbo wit nesses against him were all of shady character I succeeded In securing bis acquittal. About A o'clock tbo npxl morning a Are broke out under all four corners of that negro cburcb, and be fore tbe local Are department got a quart of water Into action It was a heap of smoldering ashes, hymn books and all. A week or so later 1 rccelred a letter from my ex-cllcnt. lie wrote from St, Louis, 'on bis way west,' he mid. lie expressed tbe hope that I was 'satisfied with results' and begged mo to bcliere that bo was 'a man of honor, wbo Merer ailed to repay on obligation or reward a service.' " EVERYBODY SEE THIS! Portland Race Meet Live Stock Show and Harvest Home Fair SEPTEMBER 5TH TO 10TH Fashion la only tbe attempt to real. he art in living forma and social Intcrcourst. nolmci. Tbo greatest of all Livo Stock Shows and Harvest Homo Fairs ever held west of tho Rocky Mountains. Everything on an Immense scale. Free Entertainments the greatest ever! Bankers' Prize of $10,000 for Trotting Horses. Hojc1 Prize of $5,000 for Pacers aro only two of tho features. There will be BIG SPECIAL FEATURES EVERY DAY. Balloon Ascensions, Auto Races, Acroplano Flights by AmateursSpecial Prizes. Something doing every minute of every day. See the Great Midway! Seo everything! Watch the Bucking Broncho Busting! Hoar the Brasa Bands! Laugh at the Clever Clowns. The entrance-tickets ure numbered. The lucky number wins u Pony and Curt or $200 in Cilsli. . . . Reduced Rates on All Railroads ask Your Local Agent