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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1912)
rum a TMM 1WJTO HtJM.WTIN, HHP, WKDXWDAY, JUNK B, 11. MERCMNTS SIDE W Hefty to Ooinnuinlcatlon of "A JFnrnicr" Is Made To tho Editor of Tho IlultoUn: Last week Ihero aptcarod In your column mi nrtlclo slgnou "A Farmer" nml supposed to-contMn tho farmer's nldo ot tho niorclmndlso question. This nrtlclo wiw bo rnanl- fcatly unfair to thonicrclinnt that I cannot allow it to paw unchnUoncod. Now, Mr. Farmer. It you havo any grievance against tho merchants, why not ro directly to tho merchant and haro It out with htm? Hut tor tho benefit of those- who read your arttclo And may not bo famllnr with tho other aide, I want to tako up your claims ono by one and answer thorn. Your first statement Is that tho wcrchantirof' llond object to the far mers buying their roods In Portland or Chicago. Of course wo do, and why not? Do tho Portland or Chi cago men from whom, you buy your goods assist you' In any way? Will they tako any ot your farm products In oxchanco tor their merchandiser "When the now Graniro Hall was built jusr east ot town, did. any morchhnt 1 't...Ka.a rtkLaa MB.ilt.kam in iurunuu ui triitifcu hiuuiuu ono cent to help you build ItT' I contributed t6 It us you'r'-lre&BuYer wlUtctjlffy and I am sure CTcry other merchant In -tlen'd'dld thb same thing. When your school opens In tho fall. I is k mo las pruu oy ine ronmnu or Chicago men that Is used to pay the tcaeaerV'fciMaty, WU"lt thd'tajtea paid bytb'e'xiierch'insaiid cltlsens of Bcndtt "When you want a new road do ydu ask the Portland or Chicago men' to help you get It, or do you comb to tho merchants ot llond and ask' their assistance? And so It is with a thousand other things thst you enjoy: Wo aMtst you In erery way that we can and we are onu too glad to do Itv What bene fits '6ne. benefits the othor. Wo can not holp you without helping our- solves. On tho other hand, whon you start out to Injure tho merchant you nro 'Injuring yourself Just that much. The merchants havo used every means In their power to keep all the money posslbto In the country and not buying anything outstdo that could possibly be bought hero. And yet tho farmers have sent out ot tho the county within the past six months over $3S,000 that could havo been left hero to our mutual advantage. The chances are that If It was left bore you would get another crack at Jour dollar, but when It Is sent out It Is lost and gone forever. It Is well to think ot these things before Bending your money out to the cata logue houscfl. Again, you ask. "Why will., tho merchants buy eggs, butter, and. vegetables of farmers around othor towns Instead ot Dcnd?" n6cM.iwo havo never been able to got one quarter onough eggs to supply our trado. Thero Isn't & mer chant In llond who has refused eggs from any termor within tho last your. Personally, 1 havo not shipped an egg Into Dend tor over two years. Others havo shipped them In because they could not got enough to fill tholr orders. Would you havo us loau trado and customers becauso wo did not ship In goods that you could not supply? If you havo any eggs, bring thorn to my store and I will gunranteo to tako then.. Tho butler condition Is almost tho same. Wo all havo customer who do not want ranch butter And wo must get creamery buttor tor them. Personally, I havo used nothing but the Prlnevlllo crcamory buttor and this was as near homo aa we could get until tho creamery atartod horn In llond. Now we aro using Bond buttor when wo can get It. Tho creamery Is running ovory day if it car. securo cream enough, which It hasn't boon ablo to do so far. It la paying the 1.Tgheat price' tor butteF rat and taking-every bit that is offer ed It. Take your cream to the creamery, get your check regularly every month and havo ready money n spooa Xnq jo ai anci Xvd 0 you want them. Your statement that tho merchants hero rcfused'to replace anytbrnjrthnt was not good must bo a mistake: Speaking-personally, I know It is, Tho statement that I bavs made In every advertisement that I havo put out Is "Your money back It you are not satisfied" and every merchant here In Ilentt works on tho aamo principle. All I ask Is that tho goods not satisfactory bo returned to me, whon, tho matter will bo adjusted to your entire satisfaction. In dealing with cataloguo houses, can you, notify thorn (hat "so many cans ot this or that aro not good" and get other goods In place of thorn? Haven't you got to return tho goods for inspection boforo any thing Is dono about It? I think you have. All wo ask Is tho return of the goods and this we Insist upon. The morchants ot Bend aro as fair and liberal with their customers as any set of morchants In this country- W'o havo always taken your produce of all kinds whenever we could possibly do so and very many times paid cash for It, only to havo you send tho money out ot the coun try to the detriment of all concerned, I ask In bohalf of all the merchants of Dcnd'n fair deal. A. M. LAItA. DIRKOTOnY OP OKKICfALS. Township rblinfcs, ncfltly bound In boot(..23- ctnts.ai.TI4e, UoJIetiu. . United (Hate President ........ .William If. Taft Vice President ..James S. Bhorman Secretary ot Btato P. 0. Knox Secretary of Treasury .V. MaoVoaRh Secretary of Interior . . I. Fisher Becrctnry of War. ...II. U Stlmson Secretary of Commerce and Labor . . .... Charles Nnncl Secretary of Navy fleo. Von ) Moor Secretary of Agriculture Jan. Wilson Postmaster (lenornl . K. II. Hitchcock Attorney General 0. W Wlckornham State. Qovornor Oswald West Secretary of State .... 11. W. Olcott Treasurer Thus. It. Ka Mty Gencinl A. M. Crawford Superintendent Public Instruction . . 1 It, Alderman State Printer .W. 8. Dunlwny Commissioner Labor Statistics .... O. P. Holt Gamo Wanton W. U Plnley State Engineer John 11. Lowls United States Senators George K. Chamborlaln Jonathan l.ourno. Jr. Congressmen ....... A. W. Lafforty . W. C. Hawloy Seventh Judicial District. Judgo ,W. L. Uradshaw Attornoy Fred W. Wilson Crook County. Judgo II. C. Ellis Clerk-- Warren Drown Sheriff .T. N, Balfour Treasurer .Ilalph Jordan Aaaecsor ...... t.. J. D. LaFollelto School Supt H. A. Ford Coroner Dr. H. O. Hydo Surveyor Frod A. Itlco Commissioners ......It. H. Ilayley James Rice 2 v-"-M t-r. -t --(5) . lite Courts. Circuit Mccta first Monday in May and third Mondny'lu October. Probate Meets first Monday In each month. Commlsslonora' Moots first Wed nesday In January, March, May. July, September and November. Bend School District No. lii. Directors H. J. Overturf. Chmn F. M. Hay Clydo M. McKay Clork Miss Marlon Wlest City of Urnd. Mayor Office Vacant Recorder II. C Ellis Treasurer II. J. OvcrtJrf Chief ot Police S. E. Roberts CIt Engineer ....Georgo S. Young Councllmen ...11. E. Allen . . A. L. French ,.M. S. Lattln .S, J. Spencer ...John Stotdl J, II, Wenandy HAMPTON BUTTE TIm Newtown laW out In Section 16, township 2 1 sotfc, range 23 east, about half way between Burns and Bend 5; Is Now Placed on the Market. 'Tpn r (' It la located on tho nurvoy of tho Oregon Trunk cast ami west lino, ami in tho snmo distance from Motollus, tho first division point, aa that atntlon in from Follbrldge; and Hampton liutto will1 undoubtedly bo tho eecond division point on tho Oregon Trunk' when tho road is extended. Hampton Butto is in the fertllo Hnmpton Valley, which has been settled Up and is being turned from a sagebrush plain Into a dry farming grain country. Tho town, Is pear tho Horace Brook tags' stopping place, and from oho corner of tho townslto can bo counted tho homca of 34 nttlors. A store and Hotel aro expected to bo built In Hampton Dutta this summer by tho Oregon Central Improvement Co.. owners ,of tho property, and within thirty days tho company expects to havo a drill on tho ground to go down to securo artesian water. A block of tho townslto has been dedicated for school house purposes and another block for park purposes. Tho Agents for Hampton Butte townslto at llond aro v? THE WENANDY LIVER.Y COMPANY ' v , from whom any information may bo obtained v 0regon Central Improvement Co MainOmcu: 411 Mutunl Llfo Illdg., R, A. HILL. Pre. SEATI LB, WASH. N. W. PARKER, Sec. L, F. WAKEFIELD, Mgr. : 1 1 1 f i . i "" " n . I . . i i' i i i . i i i . . . i . . ii Oil XV XX It - ------ t t -- - --- -- SEND THE BULLETIN TO YOUR FRIENDS IN THE EAST. $1.50 PER YEAR ELMER NISWONQER W. P. VANDEVERT lf)Ytii Ar& Looking for a Good1 Residence Lot, Investigate S . If i. - - i Wiestoria, Bend View, Aubrey Heights, RIVERSIDE AND LYTLE 'if f if Homesteads a Specialty. v i j) BEST RESIDENCE SECTION OF THE TOWN. Our field man wa'' in the employ ofju theU. SQeoIogi-i ca! Survey for six years. Every' Id-' cation guaranteed We can locate,, you in Harney, Lake or Crook County. A GOOD WATER SYSTEM IS BEING INSTALLED FOR THESE ADDITIONS, n PRICES REASONABLE $25 DOWN, $10 PfiR MONTH. LookOver These Additions Before Buying Eteewhere. " r yjfe h? some of tlie best Business Property in Bend,' on Greenwood, Bond and Wall streets, at MOST ATTRACTIVE PRICES. ; H n ' ,L OREOm Irrigated Land. If you are looking for Irrigated Land with a guaranteed Water right, wp . ca furnish It to toyoulri'iiiGWflf five acres up. We can sell y'o'tf ' small tract on Very Easy ALL Op OR: WRITE THE : L Terms. -w 4VESTZMENTl!b0iViPAY WALL STREET, BEND, OREQON. tm i I J- ,!..,., i'-1 hwnff itwKitr .:! v. .lftlw' lawih!; imHniFui ) a i V rt-W4 7 " f . 'iJ i '..i.wv.,I,il(.,l k ffW,,," ' -r. tf vi ;-,