The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, July 30, 1913, Section 2, Image 18

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Newspaper Page Text1'rtRC (1, 1IKNI) III IJ.KTIN. lll'NI), OltK,, WKDNKSDAY, Jl'liY nfl, lllllt. THE BEND BULLETIN GEORGE PALMKIt PUTNAM Editor mid Publisher. U. N. HOFFMAN Managing Editor. IIOUKKT SAWYKK Associate Editor. , An Independent newspaper stand ing for the square deal, clean msl- noes, oleau politics and the best In - leroets of Bend and Central Oremm. ono year $1.50 Six months u Three months 0 : ,! All subscriptions are due and PAYAHI.K IN ADVANCE. Notice nf expiration will be mailed subscri bers and If renewal Is not mndo with in rensonnblo time tho paper will be discontinued. Pleaso notify us promptly of any change of address, or of failure to re cclvo the paper regularly. Make nil checks and orders pay able to Dend Bulletin. The lliillctlii lia been designated by the County Court of Crook County to publUli oftlclnlly nil the proceed logs of the court. "WEDNESDAY. Jl'LY 30. 1913. TEN YEAHS OLD. Bend Is perhaps a dozen years old, and The Bulletin Is ten years old, tbls summer. ' . Thj purpose of this Development Numhjer Is to tell what the town was, is and may be. Also, In n way, this edition stands as the tenth birthday souvenir of The Bulletin, its style, size and scope well Illustrating, we believe, the progress accomplished in tho decade of the paper's existence a progress mado possible through the hearty support accorded by tho community, and because of the subs tantial growth of Bend Itself. So far as The Bulletin Itself Is concerned, there Is little to be said. It Btnnds on its past and Its pres ent, without desire or necessity to make other promise for the future than that it will continue to do what it has done for ten years strive to the utmost of Its ability for the best Interests of Bend. t J" To work for Bend that phrase contains The Bulletin's ten com mandments rolled Into one. Occas- polntmonts. Those who staked too lonally we are accused of boosting" i much oa tle assumption of very over zealously; some of our dead-, quick and very large local develop-and-llve contemporaries poevlshly nients mills, railroads, etc. have complain that we make too much suffered, Just as soinc have suffered noise about Bend and this section, who in other ways conducted their To these erltlces we apologise and affairs unwisely. The fault Is their assure them, that we Intend to con-j own. Similar Indiscretions, under tlaue in our evell wars until some other circumstances, would likewise proverbially Irate subscriber or the have resulted In disaster. And on sheriff gets us. We believe that the tho other hand those who have build- primary mission of a Western small- city newsjiaper is to advertise Its oorumunity, and we have Just little enough modesty to suspect that The Bulletin has had Ita share in the past development of Bend. Too many small newspapers look, act and read like obituary notices. During the last year The Bulletin has been fortunate. Material Im provements have been effected In the pbysloal equipment ot the plant plaolng its shop, we believe, on a par with that of any newspaper plant-relatively to transportation and pos exceptlug only Ave in tse state out- stblllty of great development. And side of Portland. The paper Itself ' g to the future, It need only be said, likewise has made progress. Thecir-jand with all sincerity, that the out dilation has Increased materially, look was never brighter. It may be and now very thoroughly eovers west-j a matter of weeks, or It may be ern Crook county, as well as Includ-' months, but soon very soon the lag practically everyone on the "out-1 absolute commercial necessities of aide" who has property and other, the situation will briny realisation direct Interests hereabout. The bona of the long cherished hopes for lum flile circulation Is now close to 1400. t her manufacturing upon a big scale. This means that today Bulletin adver-' And after that well, a snow ball, tteew are receiving far more for once started, increases in site ajpas their mosey than they were two n(y fMt! years ago Indeed, practically twice a much, and for the same rates. The ' N0 happening of the past twelve Increase in service and the retention months baa meant wore to Hend and of the original coat baala to possible , to this entire section lbs a the action because of the generous patronage of the stale of Oregon In taking up received and the greater com para-! the Columbia Southern Irrigation tive economy of production with up- project. It Is a. matter for jublla-to-date equipment, modern improve-' Hon . The expenditure of this $160, meate and satisfactory quarters. . ono appropriation means a subatan The Bulletin has also Increased ita tial payroll in the adjacent country service In another direction, moat for two years, with prod tattle mar Important of all for a newspaper j kets for farm product. Tar more, which hopes and expects to attain It means that aane 80,000 acre of far greater site and scope than it poa-1 the flnest laud In Central Oregon Bosses today. This Improvement is, will be permanently placed In cultl In service to iu readers. Not only j vation. That means more settler. has the paper considerably Increased ; Iu size, but there has steadily been added improvements in the quality of Its matter. The "Central Oregon Neighborhood News" page Is tn ox nmple of-thls; here each week Is pub Halted tho news of a dozen or more neighboring localltl.es, all written by special correspondents who take WRITE AND ASK US THE IU'IiI.ETIX WII.Ij UK (H.AH TO 1THXIHH IXKOHMATIOX TO THOSE 1'iaXXIXtJ CAMPIXtl, I'ISIIIMJ OH Al'TOMOIHliK TIHI'S IX CKXTHAIi OKKGOX. WHAT WE lit) NOT KXOW WE Wllili 11X11 OCT KOH YOf, AXI1 THE IM'OHMATIOX Wll.li HE HEI.I AHIiK. WE WANT YOf TO COME TO TEE DltSt'Hl'TKS COl'X THY AXI1 WE WANT TO HEI.I YOf TIXH EX.IOYMEXT AND SATIS. K.UTlOX HEHE. . .-- I ,,rd In having their communities well represented. Also, It may lie well to add, all these writers are on the moron, In a modern way; and Tht Bulletin, It la said, Is alwut the only paper In the state that pays for such tiervlce. There la now n special correspon den't In Salem, and nnother In Prlne vllle. both of whom give each week all the state and county news of spec ial local Interest. As regards tho latter, In addition to printing tho of ficial proceedings of the county court, this paper publishes far more general county news than all other Crook county Journals combined. So far as this particular Develop ment Number Is concerned, wo are a bit proud of It especially proud be cause a town of 2600 or so people Is able to produce It. We earnestly hope that the return received by ev ery advertiser for the Investment will more than Justify his support, ami wo confidently believe that as n town-advertisement this impor, go ing as It will to every part of the country, will prove ot very real bene- fit to Bend, showing the town's won derful possibilities and, especially. Impressing upon the stranger Its character and the progressive spirit of the citizens a spirit which does more to build cltlts than any other asset, and which, once expressed, can accomplish wonders In making friends for that city. The town Itself has forged ahead steadily. There hat beea nothing spectacular nothing approaching a boom which is as it should be. Sonio cubetastlal buildings have been erect ed, there has been built a notable electrical plant, a magnificent sewer system has beon Installed and much has been accomplished In street im provement. All that has been done has been healthy; the town, as It were, Iras been quietly strengthen ing its foundations In preparation for the expected additions of the near future. For some there have beon dliap- ed wisely have prospered, and those who have planned for the future and prepared for the future, have pros pered well and will prosper tar better as Bend advances to her Inevitable greatnoes. It Is largely a matter of patience, with foresight for tomor row and Industry for today as Its companion virtues. For tboso who grow Impatient who would have Home built In a 'day we rocommond consideration of what Bend was three or four years ago, and where It was, more homes, more money in circuit- Hon, more buslneee for the railroads and more for the towns. But there Is oven a greater Importance to the state's notion. That is Its moral sig nificance; for now tho wrongs of set tlers who havo suffered nro to bo righted and the state, stepping In, la st-tUng a revolutionary precedent by ; r- shouldering Ita leaponaltdlttlea to i those who are building up Ita lands The effect of It will be a vastly strengthened confidence In Irriga tion enterpriser and a ureal Impetus to the development of Central Oi roii. All the Pacific Const Is looking to the opening of the Pnnninn Canal with hopefully expectant eyes. There Is no reason why Central Oregon may not expect to receive n minimum amount of benefit from the construc tion of this new cheap transporta tion highway, which not only affords vastly improved freight service of special benefit to the coast, but also opens an economical hlghrosd con necting crowded Europe, nt ono end, with tho waiting lauds of the West n' the other. Many EuropeiuiM will find their way where (hero Is room to uparc for them and that, assuredly. Is Central Oregon. The effect will not bo felt for two or throe years; but It Is sure to come, and worth remembering, especially In a community where manufacturing will offer many labor Inducements. Last, but by no mentis least, otic needs mention the New Order that I coming to be felt In the agricultural life of this community; It Is an echo of tho change that Is creeping Into the national conduct of affairs from Atlantic to Pacific. Baldly put, It means application of education and right methods where they are inoit needed, and, especially, the exercise of a broad give-and-take policy that would have seemed Impossible a doz en years ago. Demonstration farms, r a I lroad-aupported "agricultural "doctors," farmers' Institutes, co-op eration by banks with their farmers In the Importation of livestock, sci entific testing of soils and seeds. awards for notable agricultural re sults these are among the feature of the New Order whose oxlstenco In Central Oregon Is Having a vitally quickening effect In the best upbuild ing ot the land. For (he s(ranger we need only ex tend an invitation to come and see for himself; If he ltkos us, here's hoping he will become one of us. for ourselves, once a year It may a not be amice to bg a trine more at tention to community affairs, perhaps even at the expense of personal con- i enlence. A town and a country, at said before, depend more upon Its men and Its women than upon any other asset God has given.. The men and women of Bend and Central Ore gon hate done much for it, but they can do even more. Thoy can, for Instance, make (heir demands so insistent that good roads, the key to agricultural prosperity, must be built. They can watch coun ty affairs so attentively that their conduct will be for the boat, and in their city thoy can do the same, ex pressing their approval or disapprov al of IU officials" acta at the polls, and doing their utmost to encourage wise progress and to discourage wasteful expenditure or stagnant In efficiency, as the ease may be. Take a hand In your state, your county your city and your school governments and you will find that they will be conducted about as you want them conducted because after all, Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen, ou are the boesee! Put your shoul der to the wheel and surprisingly toon you'll discover that we're liv ing Iu a wonderfully flue place. STILL MORE WATER POWER UTILIZED BY LOCAL PLANTS (Continued from Page One). feet la gained and a total of power running from 7000 minimum to le.Ouo maximum, according to Mr. gteidl'a figure. In addition to the development of tbls large waterpower, Steldl Tweet maintain a water system supplying four additions to Bend, namely, Riv erside, Lytic, Wlesiorla and Bend Park. The pumping plant Is located on the river about 300 yards below the North canal dum. A coffer dam built there partly norosa tho river turns the water Into u Hume on the oast bank from which It drops to a water wheel. ThlH wheel furnlshoe power for the operation of a four Inch pump with a capacity of C00 gallons a mlnuto, which lifts tho wa ter 150 feet to a 23,000-gallon tank , from which It Hiiwh tttroiiKh tho sys- ..... nil 11. - I .. !...! iuiii, i iiuiu mid iniuu nun u nun inllim of four-Inch pipe Inld through out the nddltlotiH now mippllcd, imrv Iiik nt present ita fuiiillluH, 'I'ho water Hyatoin wiih Installed In ID It nud with the beginnings of tho power plnut him cost uliout $2S,000. The water h stent, power property ami Home adjacent real estate me lie Joint propel ty of .lohn Steldl and Thonins Tweet, liotli of wlumi tire old-time tcsMwiita of lleud. S Crook County Statistics Given ryy "1 hi tteographli center of OregJii l h 'tiled In Crook county. The county is apprnxlit ntely "ft tiitlv-s Hiiunro slid contains :!, 000, 000 acres of lniid, ouo-dilrd of which, accord ing to ho eminent an authority mh Prof. ThouiHH Shaw, Ih tillable land. Only n miilt portion of the tillable la ml, Is now cultivated and much of It is yet gveruiuent laud subject to be taken t'.tuler (ho homestead and filler public laud laws. Crook county has all iiKKudes from OOP feet above sea level on up to tho I'lerunl snows of tho CiihciiiIh mcuuiiiliiH, The nverngo altitude of the tlllalilo country might ho approx imated at 3000 feel above sea level. Oeuentlly speaking, the county la Interspersed with rolling vnlleya ami tlinlior-clail hills. Tho eastern Kirtlon of the county Ih rather more dry than the western districts, but lutcrperd with nmny lomarkably rich valles, with occa sional timbered belts, and contain ing some of (he llnost dry farming areas In the I'nlted States. The Des chutes river IIowh north to the Co'- unilila through tho western part of tle county: on the west It Is bounded for the most part by the timbered thinks of tho Cascadu mountains. The county's population Is prob ably In excess of 15,000; a very con servative census report In 1!10 showed 10.000 people, and since the advent of the railroads there seems every reason to believe that there has been an Inrrease of 0 per cent. KoMiurve Are llwrl!leil. The chief resource of (he county are timber, dry and Irrigated agri cultural products, dairy products, livestock, mining and waUtrinjuur. Probaldy no county In Oregon has a more dliersllled list of natural amiet or one better calculated to give a well balanced and permanent pros perity. The main Irrigated sections lie about Bend, Ijildlaw and La Pine, In the southwest sections. Timber Is found In considerable bodies In the eastern country, but tho great ma jority of the t&. 000. 000. 000 feet with which the county Is credited lies In the western districts, commencing at Bend and stretching south and west to the summit of the Caeeades. The "dry farm" lands are widely scattered. Some highly dcveluMd and rich lands are In tb north, near Madras and Metollus. Others are In the eat. Perhaps richest of nil and certainly as highly de eloped and prtmperoua as any is the fam ous Powell Butte country, some ! "J ,u ' "end The big home stead country n in the extreme southeast, extending Into I.ake and Harney counties. WHAT TWO MEN 1)11) ON A POWELL BUTTE FARM The accomplishments with porkers, pigs and potatoes of Ceorg Hobbe and I.ee Hobbe of the Powell Hutte country, northeast of Bend, as out lined by them recently, make a splen did Illustration of what may be done In this direction In Central Oregon. "By feeding my potatoes to tho pigs I estimate that 1 am getting at least B0 cents a sack for them. This statement was made by George Hobbe and is (he key to lessons of their -e-cent experiments and success. On November 1, Id IS, George Hobbs purchased 2ft brood sows. In addition to the tows, there were In April 160 pigs. The sows cost $16 each. The plga wer at that (line worth $1 each, on a conservative ba sis, tud the sows worth probably at that time $30 each, having increased In weight and being In first cUss con dition and acclimated; they will also1 produce more pigs tblt summer j That means that the sows and pigs are worth $1390. The Hobos brothers are agreed It , cost George to keep the 2ft auwt and their plat for five montbt not mom than $105. on the moat generous ba ils or reckoning. Including all labor, food and a fair "overhead" charge on the general ranch Investment. In other words, deducting the upkeep and original cost, his hog venture has netted George Hobbt In five montbt some ''i: on an Investment of $750. !. Hobbt hat secured equally sti lt factory reeultt. Jilt purchase waa 31 sows, from which he has 1 55 pigs. The brothers estimate the coat of upkeep on a bails of $1.36 per tow for three months reed on stubble and $8 for two months feed on itotatoet ami grain. At an Indication ot the confidence of George Iu the value of potatoes for hog feed, lie has planted 50 acres of dry laud and 00 acres of Irrigated land to sptidN. I.ust year the yield averaged 50 sacks (o (ho acre, and ho oxpocta about 75 this season. Ho reokotiH (hat by midwinter tho pigs will average 200 pounds each. At tho market prlco or $9, tho 100 plga which havo been reckoned at $ I ouch would bring noxt winter $2880. In tho moantlmo another generation of pigs will havo arrived, adding still further to the returns. Some Things Worth Know ing About Central Oregon. (Figure Taken I'ioiii Oiegmi Almanac CE,NtntAli OHHUOX COrNTIICN COMPAIIEH WITH EASTICHV MTITI'S. 'y.' Laud Atea I .mid An (Utility i mi! Miles Hint 8quiii Mllea lUmey U.msa Maryland O.uil Malheur U.SH8 Verinfliit l.'21 Uke 7.020 MftMNchtitetta k.o.1 Ciook 7,778 New Jertey 7.M Kttuiiath S.HUU Connecticut t.8-" Uncultivated but tillable lands In Central Oregon eoiinllea as com pared with cultivated IiiihIm Hi state, hh repuilwl In UliiUHl italos Coiisiih lliillcitlu; Acres Acres Hartley M,i!)i,M I MarylHtuI :t,3M,7C7 MtUhour .33.I87 MhIuh X.3H0.067 Crook I.IUH.UIM New Jeriwy l.HOJ.m l.nko l.m.SaU Vermont 1,033,005 Tho tillable farm laud In Oregon, HUM, 120 acres, that hut never felt the touch of the plow, Is equal In area to all thu tmlllvated acreage In Ohio (l!).337.lir.:t acres). Unappropriated muds In Omuui, open to homestead entry, 17.:fi3. llin acres. Is equal In area to one-half tho state of Indiana, nud larger than till Improved lands In Indiana (10,031,363 acres). Oregon lauds under cultivation, 1,003,101 aero. Tillable lands not under cultivation. 10.tt3.llti acres. Arable laud In Oreaou not )ot under cultivation la nearly twltv tin area of the entire acreage planted to wheat In all Canada (lo.l&.U'H acrett - 1 1 H. Department of Agriculture Year Hook 1!11.) The total area of Oregon, 01. INS. ISO teres, Is greater than all thn acreage planted to wheat In the entire i'nlted Mtttoa, I'.', ft 13.000 acres.--U. .S. Department of Agriculture Year Book I I'll. Public lauds, open to entry, 17, 253,175 acres. Area of Incorporated cities anil (owns, 126,518 acres. Indian reserves, l,i'.3S,75l acres. Government lauds In forest re sorvea, 13.itOS.3Sy acres. Slate school liunln, 541,005 acres. UulmproU'd lands, deeded, two thirds timbered, ll.3i3,tS2 acres. Uncultivated lands In farms, 1. 141. S83 acres. Cultivated lands In farms, 4,092,104 acres. National park area, 164,040 acres. Total land area, Cl.18S.lit0 acres That Oregon has room for hits. tired of thousands of settlers Is In. dleated by the following comarltoir .. a TEN YEARS The Hiillrllu'H 'Hie llullitlit i Home In llll.l. In March. I'")!. 'I In- Bulletin cum Tin- picm-nt luilldlug It of itlck, Into being. The old log house, pic- :iti l.y ,'.u feci, of otto tlory. l'luiiieil tured herewith, waa the uaper't Aral In every detail especially lo mmoiu bome; I be building still ttanda naarlmodate the plant, to far as lUliiltig (he rivor not far from the A. M. Iaraiand arrangement of equipment l kiu- residence. Krom that first building the plant made auvernl migrations, each one taking It to quarters somewhat larger and better thun Its piedeoeaeor, un til August of latt )'f. the paper leretl iu present home, a modem tjrlok jHtlldlng erected eapeplnll)' for It anil owned by ita proprietor. HUice 1910 The Bulletin haa Uen exclusively owned hy (), P. Putnam whit retains actle supervision of tn conduct. For more than two years II. N. Hoffman, hh managing odltor, has been tho working hend of tho of lira end of tho plant, recently assist ed hy It. W. Hiiwyor. Itnlph Hpancer, who llrst was employed with Tho Bul letin In 1901, Iu foreman, and as such Is Iu charge of tho mechanical end, UHhlstod by It. II. Bro wnlow, and with other uHblBtunco when 'conslon do-inunds. a hi: A. Oregon, 95,i07 squsro miles. New ork and Peuua)lvanla, 9 J.- ISO square Itlllos. POPULATION. Oregon, 572, 7flft. Niiw York anil Pennsylvania. n. 77S.725. The average population per squaro mile In Oregon (1910 census figures) was 7 riven people occupying one square mile! Hut Crook county Is even more unoccupied than the stale as a whole. With an trmi of 777K square miles, its iMipulrtlott (1910 census figures) waa 93 It, or J. 2 person per squtro mile-which Indlrato that It will Ui some time before settlers from thn Hast anil Middle Vw( and iMittil arauta coming by way or Panama will crowd Crook county uncotufurtr ably.! ' IN BEND. Homo In IPtlit coined, It la adapted to produdnu the maximum amount or work with the minimum of labor. It It, of court, electrically light ed, and two electric motors mipply power for tho operation or the lino type and the presses. There It a four-page cylinder pross, two Job presses, Mergeittbaler lino type, Omaha folding machine, stapl ing machine, large I taper cutter and ample equipment of Imposing stones, racks, eases and type. In a special stock loom a large assortment of pa per Ih eurrltd. New stock Is piirohnH od In large quuutltltiH, and (Ills, coupled with (ho fact that bills am dlsvountud, Insures HittlHfactorlly low prlcoH on all oIohhoh of Job work, while tho quality of tho work Iu as mired by tho uxcollonco or tho plnnt nnd equipment and the experience or' tho shop force. - . : V l