THE BEND BULLETIN
12 Pages i
Section 4
VOL. XI.
BEND, OKEGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1913.
NO. 21
DESCH UTES YrRIG ATjON PROJECT IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL
'Carey-Act Segregation, Embracing 227,383 Acres, Offers Varied and Profitable Opportunities for Settlers
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The U JmiliiK nrllcltt It Mipplli'il by
' Hit' tviilml Oiwm litigation Com
pany, ttho iipointt' Hid largo! Of
! mt pioji'i'l l tho Nnrtlment.
'I ho ilcKcrlplliui or i 1iic(pi iiimI
, poodhllltlc la itppllrithlo to iihihI
"" nf llm lirlgnteil IhikIh of Central
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if liuiul, wntor ml labor oro tlin ore
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morn ill mi wunim. uoiiinii tjriiKon
IuNtMifM mi nlitiniliincu ot lino In ml
mill water, litit litnkH In tint people
.liH-wHMiry In (uriiliiti Inlior; ami he
IniltM I limn to nh nro liar ninny boun-
tlw. In tlin very center of Oregon
r mime ton IrrjRAtlon project ly-
Inn hIohk (Iio Uosohulo mid Crooked
'tit era Hiiil Tiiinnlii mill Bqunw crook
ImIiik dtmilopod oltliur by private cap.
ilUI or ntato or government fund.
Tttr nro approximately SOO.000
4 mm of land In the jrtiuii, nnd n
.. sy. em. ,m,
mnko hi cliolen of
Htllr bro onu
low prlwil Irrigated land nt prlc
' romting from 1 10 to f 200 nn at-rw In
Mcoord, with th. .t.;, and t.,o
'Mt ot CHltlvnthin.
lla omil llvo In!
nn IImI elliMRlt. nnjoy Rood Mieldty,
t Rooa rnllriHid trniMitHirtatloH, kmk!
ttttrkaU. MhodlM ami all On oonytn-
! wklh mak llf dtwIrnbU.
With vwt (Wall en pi In I a wan can
t Uk 0 Mrmi of land and with ltulu-
try In tkrwi wra n)iy a return ofjand ollmr Rrnlim. ChuImk. panlnlM,
IIIIOi ywr Wold makliiR a IIvIiik
' for MwiMtlf and family. Thl doe
Hot dofWHd on any hIiirIo crop, hut
" miwh n illtomlty of crop iiecenry to
lift, u will he mora fully shown
' later.
Tho larRcct ot tho projeat I that
ot tho Central OroRon IrrlRntlon Com.
jmm, a ileicrlptlon of which follow:
Tlin IjmiiIh.
Tho Carey act land of the I)e-
ohute valley which are hetiiR IrrlRat
d hy thu Central OroRon IrrlRntlon
Coinimny under n contract with
tho
atale of OreRon Ilo nt nn altitude of
from 27(0 to 3000 feet (on tho ont
utile of the wonderful l)eohute river
from which water I taken), nnd - '"UB " i
U,l e-t about 30 mile, tho tract 'un ,nnd Havor, a. I fchown ly the
heltiK upproxluiatelySO mllo iquaro
hniI eiintnlnlnK 227,983. ncro.
Hy rtHwm of tho IIrIiI rnlnfnll tho
InHda of thl pnrt nf the country,
like th Kroater portion of the land
l of the Itoeky mountain, are
i lawn! m "arid" and for many year
H wo Raerlly titKW that they
wrti alnxmt worthlee. but It I
found that when imppll! with wdill
Moual noWure by Irrigation thy
nr mhkmik the mot fertile of "' on
earth, nad they prodiiM oroiw of
Mitch Hhoadaneo hh'Io bo nlniot tin
liotlerabU
Th land ultipe Rently from tho
l)tcUitH river nml oonalet of plain
and Hllgbtly rollltiR country. It fftlla
tuwnrd the north nt tho rate of about
SO feet or mllo. It will be readily
neon that I hone fenturea prevent Ideal
ctindltlfltiH for an IrrlRntlon ytom.
The land In covered with RnRobruih
mid u Rrntturlng Rrowth of Jimlir
tree. Tho vnRebruih I onully ruked
up nml Inirued; tho juniper, which
ha no tap root, I oaally pullod and
In worth far moro than the coat ot ro
niotlnK n It mnko flno fuel and prac
ttoally Indoitructlblo fence poita,
butt for telephone, teloRraph and
flectrlc light pole, under pinning
etc., for any purpoio whoro wood
inuit touch tho ground, aa It I ex
tromely alow to rot.
Tho Boll.
Tho aoll la a dlitntegrated lavn and
volcanic ash, ground by glacial action
nud other force Into very fine parll
ulcn, o rich In nil euentlal chemlcul
Ingredient Hint It Is practically Inox
Imimtiblo. Tho annio kind of noil in
ther pnrtn ot tho ntnto hu boon pro
tluolng crop for mnny yuara nod Is
tilll poii ring forth wondorful yields
It lljtlit In color until w.itoiau,
vhun It livcomos a rich dnrk nr nvu
U llRhtnoHH nnd wiirinth mnko It im
pr dally onny ot nnd respopstvo to cul
tlvutlcn. Nowhoro Is thoro n noil
moro oiiBlly workod nnd fnrmo.l.
Mrny thoiiHnnd of ncre nro now
1 1 1 rocoxH or cultlvatlnn nml ouch (lav
is bi 0 1 n k Huttlorti who .rs lirenklnj; n
ni innil.
Alfnlfa.
Ofo of tho most Inirortnn nnd
prolltnlilo crop of thl miction of tho
country In nlfulfn, It fortllUoa tho
noil nnd keeps It froo from woods,
-uhlto tho yield tor n long tlmo In
oreimos with onch cutting. "With
propor ciltlvntlon tho yield should ho
from throe to flvp tons por noro. Al
falfa Is the boat basis ot cnttlo, shoeo
mid hog raising. No othor hay crop
poHsoBHOH oqunl vnluo, Hogs pastur
ed on ulfnlfn noed no grain until Just
n few weeks hoforo placing thorn on
tho mnrkot. Bow a ood Hold of nl
fnlfn, buy ft fow cqws, got'stimo hogs
to drink tho skimmed milk and bug
cobv la asHurod. Alfalfa Is also nn
Ideal food for chlnkon nml In no
othor neetlnu ot tlio United fllnbS
will poultry ruining yield larger "ri
ttiriiH, ('Inter,
Itod olovor oomo next to 1ntn
ami It I enough to my -that erfym
Imra hnte yielded from three to four
tons nt a sluglu outtlHg. ,
Other Crop.
Out hnvo. yielded from id to M
huhol ior ncro on now land. Pota
toes hnvo yielded 200 miotm por'afro,
with other corpH In pioportlnn. dart
don voRotitblo ilo wull hnro. j, i
Potntoo, rutabaga, turnlpn, ami
pninlp also yloltl InrKo oropn Iiitfoj,
anil tlin MiiKr beet can bo grown al
most nnywhoro. . Tho hoot linn Its'
highest commercial value only whom
mimililmi rule. Tim largo Ipityoa,
out miliar tlio ronatant uuihliia of
our growing season, quickly storndhd
Iwinnv cuIIh with tlio' rich micnr-nru
tluelng nweot. HtiRnr hoot rnloi(
- thZm) rrU-(M, ,BncH B1W (( .
,,Huny ,,., uvorago ImiIIi In purity,
HUKnr percentage nml yield per uere.
Whlltt all root rroim do excwftllJjRly
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purloined
K row em or oninnH yiaim
thai from
arr ean
700 to 1000
li pnnliicwl
liimlmU pur
from in
iitnuH. ,
TIih rlrh anil, favorahln ol)(iAte
and Hbiinilant wnlnr nupply fnnMh
IiIkkI roiulltlfMNt for n tllveriUy of
crotw: nlfalfn, rd rlovtir, t, kyMy
enrnns. CBiHrr, immiij rntii hhwhuhi
art uiiMcollml. With Imluilrqtia
and IntelllRiitit oultlvatlnn ia'crw
will mipport a famlly In comfort nn4
mnko n iiurplui.
lVult.
Noarly all mnll frulU do well.
Oooiolmrrli'ii, raiphcrrlci, hlacklor
rim and atrawltorrlca hoar unmually
well.
Tlio foil, water, altitude, cllmnto
and other natural condition! nro
iuch that tlio fruit produced horn
nro of the flncKt quality nnd rlchrat
flnvnr and coloring of any In thl
market, nnd while ninny variolic of
trull nro dolnic well here, the applo
I mnklnR an especially Rood nhowltiR.
Tho applo I a fruit that require a
fact that It I mint uccifully grown
In the higher altitude and northern
climate. With our nunshlny da np
pie and other fruit I att n fine col
oring, w'lilch greatl) ntt In theh
sole. Oregon apple command tho
highest prlee of nny In tho Haitern
nd Ixuidon mnrket.
1'rult raising poMlbllltle n do
crlboil olewhere In thl papr.
Klock ItuUliiK.
Centraf Oregon hits long been fa
nioiiH na n Mtook oouutry, nml with Its
groat nrlety of product Qrook coun
ty claim tho Rreatott per capita
wtMlth of any county lu OroKoil. In
thl county I tho most valuable hand
of ahoop In tho Unltod States; frou
thl baud shlpmont ot beutrbloodod
atook nro made to all part of the
world. 1'uro blood and hlgl) grade
cnttlo urn nlo found hero lu alum
dnnce. Winter fed beet for the Port
land and coast markcta haa become a.
vory important and profitable Indus
try tor the cattle men nnd alfalfa
ranchers of Costral Oregon.
Dairying,
Dairying I destined to bo one Of
the most important occupation on
these Irrigated lands. Tho pure soft
water, thu excollent climate, Absence
of aevero storm or wind or continu
ed cold or heat, and the great varloty
of easily grown grassea and greSm,
settlo thin question.
Tho yield ot buttorfat from Piltk.
produced from tho grauoi o( thoo
Irnd la much higher than tho avor
hro, nnd wo earnestly advle th set,
tlor to go into thl business,, a tho
manufacturo ot butter nnd choose
will bo Immonaely profttnble.
Dally express now carrlea quanti
ties of cronm from those lunda to tho
cronmorlcN nt I'rlnevlllo, Terrebonne,
Itodinoml, llond nud tho cheese fac
tory at Lnldlnw. Othor cronuiorlos
nnd cheoao factories will bo1 estab
lished On tho land,
Water Hiiunlv.
Tho Dcachutos rlvor Is clitst)d W
tno unltod mates Irrigation' Commis
sion as tho ".Jloat rlvor for IvrfKntlon
In tho world."
Tho question of greatest'. lqpor
tnnco for tho IntondltiK bottler to con
sider Is tho quantity und pqruinnoiico
of his wntor supply. No stramu in
tho world usod for Irrlgatlot) bn such
remarkablu toaturos as the Deschutes.
It is tho uocond largest rlvorJn Oro
gon lu volumo of water carried dur
ing tho dry sonson. v
Tho Btato Canaarvntlon Coiuinla
bIou Bnya: "Tho Uosohuton rlyor of
Oregon Is n marvol, a scientific, won
dor. A favornblo topography. Abun
dant precipitation and n pocqilur po
rosity or soil and nub-strata all com
bine to maintain a uniformity of flow
that is most remarkable, With n
drninago area ot 9000 aquaro nitlea
und the Hourrs of tho rlvor nnd It
tributaries In the high mountain and
among the glaoler nnd xiiowcnppod
lienkn lying within tho hrmvlly tlin
lierod government lurost nmorvo,
the ouoriiiouH volumo of water I ho
well mnlntnluod and uniformly dlsH
trlbuted through tho nwihou tho I)e
ohute I called 'The rlvor that never
change,'
Water Htipply Carefully Apportloniif.
. from careful moasuroiuouU made
by both state and government, the
Rtnlo hu apportioned tho water, mnk
ing liberal altownnco for wasto and
oviiporiitlon o that each ncro of Irrl
gdlilo land under the irrigation com
pany' Mogrogatlaun will porpotually
rufjelvo tho water apportioned to It,
which during the Irrigation soason
from May 23 to August 20 I 21.8
Inchon nnd during thu balance of tho
year aumclont water for ordinary ng-
r cultural crop.
The coutrnct with tho itnto of Ore
gon protect tho Hottlor In hi water
right more fully than lu any othor
state In which water rights aro sold
under tho Cnroy act.
Tho state or Oregon Is vory strict
In It requirement for tho protec
tion of the ettler water supply; all
canal, rnolrs, etc., tiro construct
ed on a largo ncalo to absolutely guar-
nn I on It. and aro 30 por cent Inrgor
thnn necewmry to carry the water re
quired. Kaclt pervoti who npplle for
land and arrange to purchase water
right from the Central Oregon Irrl
KHtlon Company, wul recelvo trom
the Mtat one bnre In tho Irrigation
tm Mr each irrlgablu acre of lund
taken.
Water I'mth .Worlntloii. x
III 1917 tho water system will be
turned over to n water users' associa
tion and onch person will hnvo as
many votes In that Association ns ha
has irrlgnblo noro. A ensh dopotlt
Is required by tho stato from tho
construction company for each ncro
sold, to guarantee tho irrigation sys
tem to be In good condition hun It
Is turn od ovor to tho sottlors.
Canal Now llullt.
Tho company now has water flow
ing In more than 300 mile of main
canal and lateral, whlCu coat moro
than a million dollar. Tho Pilot
Hutto main canal I 31 miles long anil
30 feet wldo on tho bottom nt point
or diversion. Tho Control Oregon
main canal n U feet wide on tbo bot
tom nt tho headgata and la 38 miles
long.
Tho North canal dam and first sec
tion of tho cnnnl, ploturea of which
nro shown herewith, which wero con
Htructed In 1912 nt a cost of $200,
000, will divert nml carry 1000 cubic
feet or water per second or tlmo and
will roclalm 70,000 acres of now laud
lying to the east of the towns of Des
chute nnd Itedmond nnd adjoining
the Hill nnd llarrlmnn railroad.
Wntor Power.
ir necessity demanded, It would bo
posHlblo to develop ovor n million
horeKwer from tlio Deschutes rlor
over four time that at preont de
veloped nt Niagara, Fall. This, whon
developed, will furnlah power for n
network of electric road crossing tho
Irrigated land, und supply tho settler
with electric currcni for power and
light.
Climate nml Scenery.
Too much cannot ho said in pratao
of tho cllmnto of Central Oregon. Tho
western wind prevailing In this part
of tho country nro robbed of thulr
molaturo by tho lofty Cascade nn 1
come to u gontlo, cool, rottohlug
nnd Invigorating with a dellclou tang
In them that makoa tho blood go fast
er and urges us on to groater achieve
ment. Our yearly rainfall la trom 10 to
20 Inches, Tho air Is dry, tho wind
ore light, the aatntu days aro warm
but not oppressive, and tho nights aro
uniformly cool and retreabln?. Se
vere storms, heavy annwA and daik
nnd dismal dn are uiiMmwu. I bo
occasional light snovs In tho winter
raroly remain on tho (round moro
than throo or four days,
Tho following comparatlvo tabo
tnkon from tho Woathcr Uuroau ro
ports shows tho roason for tho won
derful vniut'i of all forms or vege
tation on irrigated landn in the Dec
chutes valley;
DA-Y8 OP SUN8IHNB
Chicago 351 days In tho year
Washington .... 200 days In tho year
Bt. Paul 200 days lu tho year
lloston 200, days In tho year
Now York .... 203 dua In the year
Dojivor 304 days In tho year
DoB.chutOB Irrigated lands
.' 310 days In the yoar
Tlio bonuty and grandeur ot tho
Cascado mountains which form a part
or tho glorious scouto display or this
country surpasses tho adoquncy or
language. From tho Irrigated land
may bo soon tho snowcapped MJ. Bt.
IIolonB, Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood, Mt.
Jofforson, Squaw mountain, Throo
Fingered Jack, Mt. Washington, tho
Throo Bisters, Drokon Top and the
Old Dacholor. A tltnnla processional
boajitltul, Imposing and awful; a
ecenlo panornma nowhoro also
equaled, on earth,
Tho excellence or honlth conditions
are described l"where In this paper.
Koclal Advantage.
Thoro nro good school nnd
churche In Iloml, Hodmond, Torrn-
boiino, Deschutes nnd I'rlnevlllo, and
lu fact very few settler need drive
far to enjoy these advantages in these
towns whleh nro olther within ttieso
land or adjacent and largoly depen
dent ' thereon. HCIll the graded
soliool and high sohool lu three or
tho above-named place, rural schools
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are established hy tho county as rap
Idly as tho population demand.
Irrigated lauds always attract the
highest typo or civilization and the
etller on those land aro noble ex
amples or tho rule. You will find
plenty of good company nnd associ
ate. In and about the segregated land
are many mule deer, bobcats, coyote,
rabbits, sagehens and some quail.
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take nml Htrcnnn,
In tho adjoining mountain are
Central Oregon Segregation.
Umlcr Central Oregon CannI, PpncM
Scone Along Pilot Ilutto Canal.
1000 Cubic Foot of Water per Second
largo deop lata .and beautiful
stroam, hero and there bprdorod by
grassy meadow, the water gay with,
nwan, duck, geeso and other wild
fowl, and flashing with idnumorablo
trout of many vtirHtlt..
4 Game. .
w .- -
Dear, boar and othor game abound
In the rorcat along the streams aro
boavor, otter, mink, coons, fisher and
martens. In the great Casoado for-
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(Continued on Pago Six)
Duttc IH(rlct
of Tlmo Will Irtrlffnte 70,000 Acres.
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