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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1912)
thk nfiNn ruixKtin, nRNn, WnNicsnAr. juia ft, 1012. .PAQK 4 I Postoffice Growth Indicates Prosperity. - . The Rend postofflco was opened on April 8. 1J04. with ''A. II. Grant aaj postmaster. Dr. Charles W. Merrill was the second official, and'V. 0. Minor has been postmaster since June 1, '1909; assistant. Tho j. n Hoy burn Is office was iqunn class whencsUbllshod, butyls now In tho thlrll. Tno salary Is 1600 a year. Statistics for 1911 and 1912, fur nished Tho Rultctln through tho courtesy o( Mr. Minor, show that a big business is dono by this branch tit tho United States postal service. For tho drat quarter tho offlco was opened tho gross receipts wore 3143.W, as compared with $1443.83 for tho quarter ending April 1, 1913. Many Money Orders. Tho money order business .Is a large'item It. tho receipts uf tho pfilt. showing that a largo sum goes out from bora to other places every year. Prom July 1, 1911, to June 1, 1912 cloven months tho number of orders was 7600 and the total amount $51,125.30, or a monthly average of $4556. The figures by -quarters aro as follows: 1011. No. 1068 1500 IDliS. 1401 3631 During 1911 tho number of regis tered articles was 2085, and tho number for 1912 to Juno 1 was 31S4. Tho gross receipts of tho oRlco wero as follows: 1011. Jan-Keb-Mch $1178.87 Apr-May-Juno 1248.59 July-Aug-Scp 1408.70 ct-Nov-Dec 1592.03 1012. Jan-Feb-Mch $1443.88 April-May 1179.03 The gross recplpts for the first -quarter tho office was open wero 9143,87 and for tho second $605.16. This was during the tlmber(boom and the fees sent the land office at The Dallca on timber filings was a big Jtora. Tho stamp cancellation for the first quarter was $144.45 and for tho second $263.53. Tho postmaster's pay was then tho amount of the can cellation, but tho orflco being on a salary basis now the cancellation .figures are not a part of tho neces Hary postal statistics. Hack In those days tbcro was a considerable registered mall business. Tho first two quarters April to September, 1904, Inclusive had a record of 583 articles forwarded and 290 received. Mall in thoso days left hero by stage at 1 p. m., arriving at Prlno--vllle at 7 p. m. There It lay until 1 p. m. the next day before starting to Shantko whero it was dispatched by train. Mail now leaves here dally at 6:30 a. m. by train, .reaching Portland at 5:30 p. in. the same day. Kural Delivery Route. There Is one rural free dolivery route from Bend, this having been -established February 1, 1912. R. M. Sanders is the carrier. It serves a large number of families east of town. A change was mado in the route July 1 whereby more than 20 additional families aro being served. There Is a star route dally from here to Sliver Lake and way points and another to Laldlaw. For Silver Jake the stage leaves immediately after the arrival of tho train, and for Laldlaw every week day at iu a. in. The Increase in tho business 6f the local offlco has been so great during the past year that tho present quarters occupied lets than two years ago have been outgrown. The demand for lock taxes is far greater than can bo supplied, there being no room for the installation of more. Before tho end of the yea;-- It is likely that new quarters will be secured, several potitlons asking for removal of tho offlco having been circulated this spring. SHEEP AND WOOL ARE IMPORTANT Next Monday, July 8th, Is tho dato rtfet for Rend's first wool sale. This moans that buyers from all o,vcx tho United States will be bore to look over the wool and make their pur chases. Already a number of car .loads have been shipped to the East, chiefly to Roston, tno greatest wool buying center in tho United States. N Although little attention .has been paid to getting wool concentrated Jiera, the matter being taken up very late in the season, novertbolesa about No. Amount July-Aug-Scp 10C8 $11620.30 Oct-Nor-Doc 1500 15809.26 IDliS. Jan-Feli-Mch 1401 12244.96 April-May 3631 11450.78 halt a million pounds will como to Doml. Tho slgnlftconco ot tho figure Is not Us site, but that such an amount should como hevo desplto nd verso condttloHs In fact, it shows that tho wool cannot keep nway tronv lond. Thero Is every reason, tp bo Have that npxt year, when tho local wool salo is an established fact facilities for handling wool aro Im proved, and tho advantages ot bring ing their product to Doml Is brought to tho attention ot all tho growers to the south and southeast, Rend will uavu Bovorni minimi puviuua in no sale-. ' Another factor that Illustrates the town's central and pivotal location, not only for tho shipment and dis tribution of products but also tor tho handling ot llvo' stock, Is ahowu by tho recent arrival of thousands nf ... .. v- snoop horo, on route to summer range In the Cascade Mountain for est reserve. On' Juno IS, 38 carloads ot sheep camo In from railroad points between Madras and tho Deschutes Canyon, and many more carloads haro arrived and will come. .These, sheep camo from tho spring range. In the Antolope and Shanlko countries. Sbccn Go to Reserves. According to statistics furnished through the courtesy ot Supervisor Harvey of tho Forest Sorvlco, 34,000 sheep will be brought vhero by rail, and perhaps several" thousand more. In addition to thoso sheep which will como to Uend anothor 13,475 ate scheduled to pass through town for tho reserves, making a minimum to tal of 36,775 sheep that wiir trail this way. These figures apply to grown sheep, for whoso grazing In tho forest rcsorves application haa been made, and do not Includo lambs under six months. Each owner pays six cents a hoad tor his sheep, for tho forest grazing permit until October 15. Usually in September tho sheep roturn trom tho rosorves. This year specified driveways havo been laid out by tho forestry people, each alwut a half mllo wide, and staked out. Tho bands nro driven to tbo reserves along these, and each has a corrall whero tho sheep aro counted by a forest rancor, before being admitted to tho reserve. Woolen Mill Kite. While all this adds its sharo to Bond's prosperity, tho greatest Im portance of tho town's position as re gards wool and sheep is from a manu facturing standpoint. Woolen mills havo been talked ot for Rend before, and projects for the erection of one havo progressed far. For In every caso whero Investigation was mado by experts, tho conclusion reachod was that the town offers a rcmarkablo location for such a mill. Its combi nation ot central location In a shcop country, with cheap and abundant power with excellent transportation and tho fact that various interests here stand ready to mako generous concessions for legitimate manufact uring enterprises, mako Rend a lo cation which cannot long bo over looked by manufacturers. ill &&&': i . WgszzzzM Jyy&utiV' TyMs: - . c fl& -- ' .' - -- Electric System is finest in Northwest. -- --- No town In the Northwest ot many tlmca. tho slzo of llendt. and few towns ot 5,000 population In tho United States, havo as, good an oloctrlc equipment as has Rend. I'll- iiko many statements winch are sometimes sot down as more or less Inaccurate "booster" talk, this asser tion Is readily proved. Tho reason Rend Is so well equip ped Is triple; first, a wonderful power supply, tho Deschutes, Is besldo tho town; socond, raon with money and V-nlhuslastlc faith In Roud's future have developed that power; and thlul bncauHO tho citizens ot Rend havo proved their up-to-datoncsa by cre ating a demand for "Julco" which shows a higher ratio proportionately to tho population than can bo found in any city on tho Racine Coaatl Htatbitle Tell Story. Tho following statistics regarding tho local equipment tell exactly what uonu haa in tho way of a powor system. Ot course tho key to tho system Is tho dam, built across tho Deschutes besldo town, and which dovelopn 1,500 horsepower. At presont tho power station has In operation ono 2fiil horsepower verticil turbine water wheol, controlled by a Wood ward "Typo C" governor, ono 150 kilowatt generator with direct con nected exciter, and ono 100 K. W. auxllllary gonorator. Tho lighting equipment supplied by this station Includes one 25 light service lumlneous arc rectifier sys tem, controlling tho city street light ing, at present of sixteen 1,600 eandlo ower arc lights, tho only municipal arc lighting systom In Cen tral Orogon. and said to bo thu must powerful street Hcbtlng In uso on the Pacific Coast. Thero Is In use 15 mites of copper wire,, and tho estimated numbor ot lamps Is In oxec'ss of 1,700, most of which aro on motors. Will Knlnrgo Present l'lnnt. However, completo as tho oloctrlc systom appears, It Is practically to bo replaced by one far larger and more costly. The enlargod system will cost$40,000, and lta partial Install ation will commence as coon as materials can be received nnd con struction started. The tirat step, which will bo under taken at oneo, Is tho Installation of two ot the flvu units which will com prise the c-or.,p'jtcd plant. Fa: unit, roi glu ppf-nklng, Is a separ.it) water . each, with a dltts connect. d generator of 250 klt".vuiu capacity. Tho presont plant, which has a sapaclty of about 200 K. W , will bo kept simply as a reserve sta POSITION OF BEND IN OREdON. MAP QIVINQ QDNCKAL IDUA OP CLNTRAL ORIZUON KUSOUKCliS IN KKLATION TO TOWN. tion, and finally will bo abandoned altogether whon tho ontlro llvo unit systom Is Installed, as tho lattor InclmloD within Itself a rosorvo unit, An Idoa ot tho Importance ot tho stop Is gained whon It Is nald that tho present l'lnnt which Is practically to to flu auoned cost muut $20 010 Tho building that will bo occuplod byi tho completo llvo unit systom will bo 100 by 05 foot In tllinonsloiiB. Tho portion to bo erected now will bo 100 by 43 foot.' It will bo or brick or concroto, saya Mr, Koyes, and will stand botweon tho prosoht temporary station and tho dam, approximately 12 f foot south of tho station. Tho cost of tno system as It now Is, lit eluding tho dam, Is In tho neighbor hood of $80,000, nnd oven na It now stands I rockouod tho finest cloctrl- calplant In any Northwest town of less than 6000 Inhabitants. Tho UU tal cost of tho now rlvo unit plant will he approximately $85,000, making n Cotjil final outlay for the town's electrical power station and system of about $165,000. Tho capacity of tho dam Is about 1500 horsepower. That Roud Is an exceptional elec trical town la shown by tho state ment of John T. Whtsllor, ono of Oregon's loading engineers. Accord Ing to him, tho averago electrical Consumption Is botweon 60 and 100 kilowatts to each 1000 Inhabitants. In Rend tho consumption Is well over 160 K. W. to 1000 people. Few towns the also of Ilond boast so many electric signs as aro seen horo, for already tho town Is putting on metropolitan airs In this direction. Notablo among theo hkii Is that of tho Rond Company, across Wall Street at tho Intersection of Ohio Tho sign, which. It Is understood, Is tho largest in tho state outside ot Portland, la 49 foot and ten Inches, with letters throo feet high, and usoa 500 incandescont lamps. HISTORY OP CITY AND PRESENT OFFICERS Tho official history ot the city of Rond Is briefly told. Tho city was Incorporated on Jan uary 1 1, 1905, with A. I, (looilwll Ilo as the first mayor and tho fol lowing tho first coiuicllnien: O II Krlokson. I). M. Mlllan, C. W Mur rill, C. M. Redtleld, F. A. Shonqucst (succeeded by Hugh O'Knno), and J. I. West. J. M. Lawrence waa rr- cordor, F. O. Minor treasurer and E. It. Lester marshal. Tho mayors after floodwllllo worn as follows: 11. P. J. .McDonald, C 1). Rowo. J. O. Davidson. C. W Mer rill. 8. C. Caldwell, If. C. Coo On March 23, 1911, tho original boundaries of tho city were enlarged On November 22, 1911, a charter was adopted. Tho presont city officials nro as follows: Mayor, O. P. Putnam; couiicllmcn, . t ., -ft. . ,. a .. . . . a. i. rrcnen, ii. r. Alien, .11. n ini tin, S. J. Sponcor, John titeldl and J II. Wenandy; tronsurur. II. J. Over turf; city engineer George 8. Young, chief of ikiIIco. 8. K. Roberts, ro corder, II. C. Kills. ----- Deschutes River Riches Inexhaustible --- No mora authoritative or Inter esting brief nnalyals of tho wondor- Lful passltillltto ot tho Daiahutca riv er has boon tuadn than that contain ed In an Intofvluw given out by (Unto ..ugliioar howls at Hnloni un Juno 15. Tho data upon which tho state Incuts nro bttrod havo been gathered by tho statu and others. Mr. J-owIn' slatomonts, In pfirt, wero as follows! "Tho Deschutes river at Ronham Falls has a mean annual discharge ot :.1,220,000 aero feel ot water, as shown tijf eight years' records. Tho minimum year furnished 1,070,000 acre foot, so that It Is safo to 'say that thoro Is nvatlablo at this point for Irrigation purposes 1,000,000 feet ot water. This will Irrlgato 333,000 acres of land, or a strip one mllo wide and 520 miles long. "Tho regular flow will ultimate ly Irrlgato about 130,000 acres be tween Rond and tho Crooked river, Kver) drop nf tho romslnlng water can and should be stored for Irri gation purposes through tho con struction of a 00-foot dam at Ren ham Falls. This could bo roloased In tho summer nnd diverted aliovo Uend, Irrigating 50,000 acroa In tho Ronham Falls aejvgatlou tp Die east of Rond. "Ilotween Ronham Falls(13 miles south of Rend) and Cllun Falls (10 miles north of Rend) thoro Is 1MB AS ATTRACTIVIi sBIt" ft lBM I sB I MH)ti9Tfl tsH.4rHCHVMJti H I sSSSJLj CtTU-'h iilHViikHflR! in iMffr 'srfBByJBBIB IBBB'XjHBBlIIIHt'jBhBHMI "v'' 7a"i'Vg nUSJBVHHV rw ! bbbfPm rBBBBBLF 1BB ytsCBBBriLsvSBh.BBBBBBBC!llJ BBBBBBBBBBBBBBKV HflflsEflBslflBBBBBf BBBBBBBBBBBbI Bt JHBBBBBBsBflsflBnk qBbBBBBBBH Corkctt's "doodlca" Store. root fall. About 00 prtrcoht of tho 1,000,000 aero feet nf water will ho discharged through tho dntii for Ir rigation purpose, during July unit August, and will bo nvnllahlo for tho dovotopmmit of powor which can bo transmitted ocoiiomlcatly 300 to 400 miles for tho pumping of wntor to Irrigate othur lauds along tho Col umbia rlvur. This water nt n 100 foot, dtop Imniuillatoly below tho dam will furnish 60,000 horsepower which at 60 per cent elllclunoy will lift U600 second foot, 100 foot nhiivo tho Columbia river, for tho Irriga tion of 200,000 ncros of laud. Thoro la another fall uf 100 tout n short dlstnuco liolow nod nliovo tho first diversion for Irrlgatlon.aud tho nmoiiut o summer powor which can bo duvolopod In thu 1300 foot fall to tho last diversion nt Clluo Falls Is almost tiicoiirwlvnldo." Bend is Proud of Its Band j. In Rond thoro la a largo numbor of men who play band Instruments, and a credltablo organisation has been formed, with somo 20 member. Concerts aro given frequently mi thu streets, usually on Friday evening, when the weather Is suitable for opon-alr playing, Tho organisation Is supported by tho citizens of this town who havo subscribed and pay a monthly amount. At frequent Inter vals dances aro given by tho bond, ami In this way funds aro secured also. O. M. (luptll Is director, nnd has furnished Tho Rulletln with tho following list of players In tho band: J. A. llrlnkloy, Thomas Cowan, (leorgo Young, It. A. Wooley, Ralph Polndexter, Robert Innes, I latins, Pearl I.ynes, John Bather, John Mu ster. A. U French, O.. II. Hunter, Fred I.ueas, P. A. Wooley, Dickinson, Fred Hunnell, diet Hprlngxr, Claudo Innrs, Peter lhrman, and Kloln. AS PORTLAND. K' 4