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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1912)
. nil! iit:ni) nur.i.KTiNi nH.vn, whdkehday, otrroitKii s, jpia, PAOK - n ft 4 GET YOUR FLOUR AND FEED BEND MILLING AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY 'THE BEND FLOUR MILL" ' If Your 1 f: V J Information for .- Kvory Issuo of Tho Hullo tin roconU tho progress of Central Oregon nnt! ttie llond country. If )ou nro a homo seeker looking for ft new lo OAtlnu, or own property In thin section, tlioro la no hotter way to become acquainted with, or keep posted on. what I being dona In thl mrt or tha world than hy reading this paper regularly. Bend In your subscription at once, o n not to ml anything of what la coins on In thla big, T rrtourcoful country t h I a great Inland empire that ha t now been opoued for develop i ment hy two great railroad i ayatema. 4 IIKN! la looted-156 mllea aouth of the ColumhU ltlver, on the bank of the Dcachutea, at the termlnua of 'the Hill and Harrltnan rallroada. Geographically, It la practically In the very center of Oregon. Econo mically. Ita location la unaurpaued. for llend atanda healde the greateat tower producing atream In the North- 'west, where rallroada, water-power and tltuher first meet, and surround ed by the greatest Irrigation scgre- .Ration In Oregon, with counlleae millions of acrea of grain landa tributary. The City ItseU. . Tho cstlmntod population of llond today U 1700. Itn altitude la 3600 foot, with n cllmato that la practically Ideal. Winter and aumincr, tho weather la magnificent, the tempera turo raroly going below xoro and only twice, during tho laat throo aumniora, being higher than 100 do uroos. Tho hlghoat tomporoturo ovor re corded la 102 degrcos. At thla altl tudo, In tha dry cllmato, actual harmful frootlng does not occur at ?! degrooa but at 26 degroca. Government rocorda show an nvorago nnnual precipitation of 16 Inchea with an avorago yearly of 320 aunny day. That ineana enough rain for the fanner, lota of bluo eky and bright aunahlne, np oppressive beat, and ollmatlo environment that tilyea Naturi every posalble chance to got tho beat reaulis from man and oil. ', I . llend has four churches, many Itonevolept 'aoctetter, aplendld grade choola and a high achool whote --- AT THE Grocer Does Not Keep Our Come Here for It. FARMERS We Will Give Hour In Exchange for Grain, as well as Pay Cash for Large Deliveries. C. I. BOZELL, Manager the Homeseeker j - graduates aro admitted to tho State University without examination, ex cellent banks, the beat equipped and atockod stores of any town of twlco the alto In Oregon, btlck yards, alone u Harriet., Hour and lumber mill, a creamery, cold storage plnnts, steam laundry, newspaper, well npiKilntml hotela, and, Indeed, able representatives of every class of -mtorprlao. . In other word, llond la well equipped, modern and progressive, with a lot of wlde-awako men who have spent good monoy developing the town, and who are getting good returns on tholr Investments. llond haa tho beat water In the state, and an excellent modern water system, which Includes up-to-date Are protection. Ilond'a atreeta and homes aro well lighted by electricity, which la fur nished from a new plant which coat $60,000 to build and equip. A local and long distance tele phone, as well as telegraph, are other Items In Uend'a metropolitan equipment. Work la undur way on a $80,000 eewer system. Thero are moro beautiful resi dences In llond, proportionately to the population, than In any other town In the West, Kvorywhoro there are well mads and woll kept sidewalks, tho atreeta aro maintained In the lest condition and aro lit with powerful arc llghta. giving tho town tho beat street light ing of any In Oregon. With tho many beautiful vlows of mountains, river and timber, tho magnificent trees ecattorod generously through out tho roaldontlal districts, and tho wondorful climate, llond leaves llttla to be dealred by thoao who sock Idoal places In which to llvo. Railroads, In October. 1011, tho Hill nnd llarrlmau railroad ayatema com pleted to llend their Oregon Trunk and Deschutes linos, llond Is the terminus of both of thoao roads. The handsome depot, erected with natlvo atono, nnd the beat equipped wnrohouao In tho atato, Indicate In whnt Importanco tho railroad com panies hold llond, An extenstvo distributing business already Is being conducted from Fiend,, to the country south and southeast, and wth tho regular oper ation of automobile truck lines, tho Volume of this business la vastly In creasing. Practically all .qfwesjsrn Harney county, and northern ' Lake and - -----"-4j Flour Klamath, will get supplies In by war of Mend, and In return will oxport via llond enormous clips of ytoet. In connection with thla latter pro duct and Ita shipment here, tho rail roads hare announced that ovory Juno thero la to bo a regular wool aalo at llond. Thla means that wool from nil ovor Werlor Oregon will bo collected here, that buyers will come her- that thousands of sheep will bo aheaicd horo, and that. In no very near future, woolen mills will ln eatabllshod. In nil surveys that havo been made for a branch Hill road to tho southeast, to commund connection with nmilated roads and an outlot In that direction, llend has been made tho terminus point. Irrigation. A Carey Act Irrigation segregation embracing spproxlmatoly 200,000 acres, lies to tho east and north of llond. This land Is watered undor the supervision of tho Stato of Ore gon, and becomes the property of settlers who acquire It by residence and Improvement, paying from 118 to $40 an aero for water service, with an annual maintenance charge of 30 to 80 cents an acre, tho lowest maintenance rate In operation. Non-lrrlgalilo acreage Is purchased at $8.50 an acre. Dlrecttr adlalnln nm w other Irrigation entnrnrlio.. )nth conducted on a farmers' corporative nans, ana oow exceedingly prosper ous. On tho Irrlsated lands all h nm. ducts of the tomporato tone prosper. Tho sail and cllmato, however, aro particulate? adapted to tho bucccm ful production of graases and root cropa. Alfalfa, clover, grain, jota toes nnd other root erons. Including sugar boots, do remnrkably woll. tho yieia or butter fat from the grasses Is exceptionally great, nnd tills, combined with Mm i.nrn r'( water, and tho lack of excessive heat nnd cold, destlnea thla territory to take tho front rank nn n ilnlrv country. 'The establishment of n largo creamery at lioud, and tho aid given farmers In securing flno cowa by tho local banka, moans that a man with forty acres who will raise gross and food It to his cowa will bo aa aurod of a comfortable living, Work la now In progress upon a great now irrigation canal, known a tho North Canal, which wilt Irrlnt aomo 60.000 acres pf land. The canal gets its water from tho Des chutes. Dry Farming. Tributary "to llend on tha south. oaejjs a huso dr farming area, era "" iuuiu tutiu uv,uvu acres ui lovol and rolling horo brush land, with deep soil, no trocs and rocks, mid with woll wator obtnlnablo at modornlo depths. Much of this torrltory linn boon sottlod by homcMtondorn during the laat year, nnd many families nre dally Inking ndvniitago of thla lanf big clinco to gut froo Government land. The majority of tho ncroago Ih open to humcittcadliig Undor tho 320 ncro law, which allows tho free acquisition of that amount In return for resldeuco and proportional annual cultivation and Improvement. Tho homestead laws aro being mado easier and moro attractive, with the result that moro and moro settlers coino to llond and tnako homes on this land tributary to tho town, flood roads oxtoud through thl country, and dally auto and stage lines tap It from llend, to which Its products will come on down grade hauls to bo milled with tho Inex hnustlblo water power of tho Des cbuU's Itlvor Immediately bolow llend, whero a dam la being con st rue tod at a cost of n bo lit $60,000. Tho work In connection with thla summor'a development or tho lion cunal will require nn expenditure of $176,000. All of thla money will bo spent clone to llend. The entire syatnm will require approximately $700,000 to complete. TIiiiIkt. Tributary to llond, on down grado hauls, is 20,000,000,000 feet of tho finest yellow plno timber. Ilcsldcs providing the cheap power for the milling of thla enormous timber belt, llend orrore tho best of mill pond facilities. Tho manufacture of thla timber at Dond la a cortalnly, for the largest of tho companies Interested aro hoavy property owners In llend landa and watcrpowor developments, and have signified their Intention of lo cating their big mills horo. At present tlioro aro several amallor mill, employing In tho neighborhood of ISO men. While theso manufacture lumber primarily for local consumption, not only nro many carloads exported to tho towns north of llond, but also many aro shipped to tho mlddlo western mar kets, which later will bo supplied heavily with tho IJcnd lumber pro ducts. Waler Power Thoro I "at least 250,000 horse power cosily obtainable from the Dcachutea at and near llend. Already a 1700 horsepower plant la In operation In tho town, which offers as cheap electric power for domestic and manufacturing uses as la obtainable In tho Northwest. Tho Inexhaustible and cheap power at hor doors guarantees fiend's exten sive manufacturing future. Recreation. Tho man who comes to Dond or tho adjacent sections of Central Ore gon will be agreeably surprised at tho pleasant aurroundlnra h will encountor, both in what naturo has supplied and In aoclal matters. tor Instanco, a University Club recently waa organlxcd In llond with 36 charter members. That Indicates tho character of the men who aro building up Central Oregon. Tho sportsman will find the Henri country n veritable paradise. Fish- , Ing In tho -Deschutes Is n famous attraction, that river's giant trout bringing sMrt lovers from nil parts of tho Northwest. Doer. bear, rab bits boko ;.onn. ducka. ceoso. ivnni and other ramo afford amplo rccro atlon for tho out-door lover along tho river and In tho foothills. Canoeing and boating directly at llond nnd up tho broad reaches or the Dcschutos, coupled with excellent auto roads, horse back riding possi bilities without end, and near by snow clad mountain peaks, combine noar Uend Interest for overy aort of nature lovor and health aeoker. How to Get Here From Portland take either the "North Hank Railroad" or tho Oregon-Washington Railroad ft Navi gation Co. system direct to Send. Tho fare la $7.45. Through tlcksta from all Eastern points aro good directly to llend. The route up the Deschutes Canyon la the moat strik ingly beautiful railroad trip In the Northwest, and, aay lovers of flno ecsuery. Is in Itaolt well worth tha journey. There are town having good sum mer cllmato. There aro towns having good winters. There nro town, at tho right altitude. Tlioro nro towns having attraction for the outdoor onthuslau. There aro towns having building stone. There uro towns having brick yards. Thero aro towns having irrigated lands. Thoro are towns having Umber. Thero aro towns liavlnir mill an dairies, T Thoro are towns having water power. There nre town having great trlbu lory areas. ' ji There nre towns which oro toriulnala of two railroads. rint wliera I tlinin tnrnl..ulnr. oil q( these advantaged - UKM) IsMUoh t, town. Anil flint I. mv It ''fit ... ..... - matter whether yon 'Are an Investor: o homeseekeri business man or tourist, la Inveitlimtn whnt. Ilnnri ntA tl. ..I. jaoenl country has to offer you. BIG SHIP BUILDING Tho Planning and Constructing of an Ocean Liner. FIRST A MINIATURE IS MADE. This Small Modal Is Than Thoroughly Tssttd, and tha Story It Tslls When PsrUetsd Will 0 th Story of .the fw VsimI Whsn Launched. Kulldliig n modern occnti lluer Is nn lutiTOKlliiK and complicated operation Tho ship's plan I first prepared In sections from owners' speclfkaUona. on a scale of n quarter or half nn Inch to I bo foot. One act of drawings, called the MbcT draft," 1 s plan pf (be Iblp's nkeleton or frame work without I he plates, the Internal deck, bulkhead and hold arrangements being Indicated by a aeries of detailed druwlugx. Follows then tb experimental stage A wooden block or easting of purttfun wax I dmi made to scale from il tblp's plaint and tf-Mtrd In a large tank about HOO feel In length nnd eight fi-et deep. The model, weighted to the load line, is lowed lo and fro by so over head traverser at varying speeds. Dcllcato Instruments register the ex set "pull," the displacement, the stabil ity and a bust of other Information Tho shape of the model Is altered again and again, pieces being shaved off here and others there. Tbo final ro sults are carefully tabulated, and from Ibis ship In embryo the builders com plete their plans. Inside the central shed, 230 yards long and 150 feet In height, tbo ship's berth has meantime been prepared Thousands of wooden piles, about thir ty feet In length, have been driven by pile drivers deep Into the ground. On these are laid huge beams and the floor completed with stout planks. Then In the center the keel blocks, eur monnied by oak capa In groups of dve. aro assembled on a falling gradient to the rlrcr of about half an Inch a foot All la now ready for the reception of the pondcrotiB keel. This tbo back bone of the ahlp-ls of huge strength, measuring four feet across, and Is three and a quarter Inches thick. Parallel with the keel, but alove It and attach ed by angle bars. Is tbo central girder, flvo feet high, the apace between form ing tbo doublo bottom. On each sldo. st regular distances running length wise, are seven other girders, tbo out er one called the -margin plate." Tho woter tight chambers are formed by vertical partitions of plates extend ing above nnd beneath tbo floors up to tho margin plate on each side. After the greet rest steel stern frame and the stem bar for the bows have been attached the plating begins. The steel strips of varying sixes, but av eraging thirty-four feet lo lengtn ana about three tons In weight each, wblcb form tbo skin of the ship, are laid on In strakes like the bricks In a wait Fitting these strakes to the shape of a ship Is a critical business. A thin wooden pattern or template Is first prepared for each plate and clamped In Kltlon on the ship's side. With minute rare every detail Is marked on It the slxe and shape, the overlap and the rivet holes. It I then tranifcrred to Its protn ,tyMj. the steel plate, which Is cut, guuebed and bent by wonderful ma Legal Blanks OF ALL KINDS Blank Notes Rent Books Receipt Books Agreements Sales Contracts Crook County Maps Central Oregon Maps Scratch Pads Township Plats Cruisers' Books. We take orders for Rubber Stamps. R The Bend Bulletin chinery that sllrei steel strips, pancDos rivet holes nnd bends steel plate as r-nMly and cleanly as though the ma terial were paper. Nimble traveling rranes on gantries nnder the roof plclc rip the hugo plates when ready and ennivy thniii to tliclr appointed place, where the hydraulic rlveter-n me rlmnlcnl marvel with Irresistible rone and rapidity drives each rivet home In ibo building of a modern liner over -tjnoo.O'K) rivets ore used. Rich Jolut Is rendered water tight by calkins. Tim oiitfr shell finished nnd the In aide work far advanced, tho builders llirn their attention to the problem of I lie launch, tho weight of the vessel at this (Ktlnt on the keel blocks being something like 15,000 tons. The launching ways, sloping gently to the woter, are prepared, and cradles, fore and aft. to gjilde the ship, nro erected with huge wooden beams, tb whole being Anally lubricated by tallow and train oil. Amid acclamation the ship receive Its bopUsm and. whether for weal or woe, takes to Its element Btlll help less, though. Its motive power lacking, it Is afterward moored to the works wharf under a ISO ton titan crane, whereby Its boilers twenty-flvo of them nre lowered Into the abyss of the hold and a multitude of fittings connected with the engines. Dwarfing all else for slxe come next the four funnels, towering 160 feet above keel level and large enortgb for two tramcars to te drawn through abreast These are fixed on tbo gi gantic "uptakes." connecting with the boilers by a network of flues. A boUt of auxiliary machinery for lighting, ventilating, pumping and steering the ship, as well as tbo pas senger lifts, ia being Installed at tbo same time ns a swarm of men work day and nlgbt on the Internal decora tions. Electricians encircle tbo ship with a girdle of light and Install a telepbono and electric call service with ! 300 stations. In tbo chart room Is fitted a wonder fnl clock, which controls, synchronl-1 rally, fifty other clocks In different parts of the ship. Tbo lofty Jlarcont mast Is linked np with the mysterious Instruments In the wireless cabin. Then, at last after many months oC toll, comes the welcome day when tbo great ship, pride of her builders, sails forth upon Its trial trip. fondon An swers. IiltlCK FOIt CISTKIt.VS. Tho llend lirlck Company desires to call special attention to tho ad vantages of using brick for cistern and similar . work. It Is tho most economical nnd tho most satla- factory material. 22tf NOTICK OF ll.VAI, HKTTLKMKNT. Notice la hereby given by the undersigned that she haa made and filed with the Clerk of the County Court of Crook County, Oregon, her Final Account as Administratrix of I the Estato or Elsie R. Riley, deceased. and that aald County Court haa set Monday, the -tth day or November. 1912. at 10 o'clock a. m. at the County Court room in Prinevllle, Oregon, aa the tlmo and place for the hearing and settlement of said Final Account, at which time and placo any person Interested In said Estate may appear and object to said settlement. Dated thla 25th day of September. 1912. MARY E. SHERWOOD. Administratrix of tho Estato of Elalo R. Riley, i deceased. C. S, Hcnson, Attorney for i Administratrix. 29-32 l Selling Agents for Aubrey Heights! The moat beautiful real- Idence property in Bend. Only 6 to 8 blocks from business center on easy terms. Fire. Accident and Liability Insurance. H Surety Bonds. U All classes of Real Estate. J. A. EASTES Oregon Street. mvjtrv.-r.V" ':,-. m ;, ;m J. J. RYAN Sanitary Plumbing STEAM AND MOT , ATER HEATINa. JOUBINQ Promptly Attended to, I'ostoiflce Box No. 171 J Roofing of all kinds. Repairing: promptly done. J. A. MacCLOSKEY TINNING AND Furnace Contractor Guttering, Spouting, Cornices and Skylights. V -V