Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1915)
fjt$i5twttC3rtfc JXV Am The bend bulletin :$. - , . 4" - i vol. xni. IIKXI), ORICGOX, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 31 A V 10, 1015. NO. 11. , (. JMW Ttik-HW 0 RATE HEARING HELD LAST WEEK COMMISSION IS HERE TWO DAYS 3Iitny Witnesses Testify As To Vnluo f Property of llcntl Wntor Light Jt Power Company List of Stock Holdora "is Glvon. The long nwnltod hearing by tho Oiegon Hntlroad Commission on tho Tatos of tho. Ilcnd Wntor Light & Power Co., took placo Inst wcok. Two lays woro spent In taking testimony "horo. Tho commission will now study tho ovldonco received and nnnouuco dts decision. Tlu honrlng was conductod by Chairman T. J. Campboll and Com missioner Frank J. Mlllor, who woro nccompanlod by Assistant Englneor C. J. Qrcon and Exnmlnor L. D. T.cody. Tho Bond Wntor Light & Power Co. was represented by Ross Fnrnhnm and tho city by II. II. Do JVrmond. Tho mombors of tho commission nrrlvad hero Wednesday morning. At 10 o'clock, when tho henting was scheduled to begin tho only porsons prcBont, besides tho company's wlt jiessos -woro Mnyor Mlllor, Itocordor Kills and two spectators. As coon as tho caso wns called Mayor Mlllor ro 'quested tho commission to rdjourn until 1:30 1n ordor to glvo tlmo to liolfl it council meeting nnd appoint nn nttornoy to represent tho city. Tho commissioners accoctlcd to tho ro- quost nnd In tho aftornoon Mr. Do Armond wns nppolntod. Tho chlof effort of tho commis sion during tho honrlng wns to as certain tho vnltio of tho plnnt of tho Uond Wator Light & Powor Co. ns a liaslB on which to fix tho rates, To this end witnesses woro cnllod to tes tify as to the cost of tho company's dam end buildings and tho valuo of Its real estate, much tho greater part of tho tlmo consumod In tho honrlng bolng on this last point. K.Yicrtn lira Culled. For both tho company and tho commission oxport onglnoors wero called to glvo estimates of tho vnluo of tho company's proporty, which was listed ns electrIc-utlUtyftrt over, "load, water utility nnd ovorhcr.d, nnd real cstato, tho overhead In each caso iaso being that In connection with Itlio construction of tho utility.. On tho electrical utility tho figures it B. A. Drackonbury, for tho com pony, woro utility M00.780 nnd ov erhead f 13,067, making a total with rtio real estate or iiif.4bu, wnuo mo Bgurcs of tho commission's oxport roro utility- SQ7.907. overhead 1Z.- I 71 nnd renl ostnto J22.3G7, making total of $132,935. It wns agreed y both oxports that about $40,000 f tho valuation should bo held In luspenso account as representing an uToetment not now necessary lor (roper public sorvlce. Other figures presented covorea llie vnluo of tho wator utility and icre. for the commission $35,171 Ind for tho company $35,700. Taking the two sets of figures to- tothor tho crontcst dlfforonco wns In iho Items for ronl estato whoro a dif ference in aroa was Involved, tho (Continued on last pngo.) INSURE YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN CARELESSNESS Even though you might never have a fire or tliieves enter your home, a paper mislaid is often times lost just as irretrievably as if it had been burned or stolen. When your valuable papers are in our vault you KNOW where they are and you KNOW they are safe. You can lease a steel box in our vault with a noh-pickable Yale lock big enough to contain all your private papers, for $2 a year Can you afford to be without this insurance? The Deschutes State Bank CENTRAL OREGON PAPERS COMMENTJN MILL NEWS Crook County .Journal Buys Mill Menus Great Tilings For Bond Lender Snjs, "Good For llcud." Eclioc3 of tho gratification with Bend over tho Shevlln-HIxon Baw mill announced In a Bulletin extra on May 10 continue to bo heard. The fol lowing nro extracts from different Central Oregon papers on tho sub ject: "Tho Bond Bulletin Issued nn ox tra edition Monday, announcing that operations on tho construction of a huge mill Is to start during tho next two weeks dt Bend. The mill is to bo constructed by tho Shevlln-Illxon Interests; will employ 500 nion and will manufacture 80,000,000 feet of lumber ouch year, IU construction means great things for Bend nnd all Contral Oregon." Crook County Journal. "Tho Bend Bultotln Issuod nn eight pngo oxtrn on lust Mondny morning announcing that tho Shovlln-IIIxon company will commence tho construc tion of tho big mill nt that placo at once. Good for Bend, wo nro glnd to see thorn prosper, even though for ono Isstio tho Bulletin chnngod its nnmo to Shovlln-IIIxon. Thoro's nothing Hko waking up." Silver Lako Lender. "Wo are glad to hear that tho city of Bond hns been successful In secur ing this Inrgo ontorprlso. It -will moan a good orn of prosperity, moro people will come into tho country and what Is good for Bend, wilt In a wny help us. Wo wish to congrntu- Iato tho Bond people, for securing tno ontorprlso nnd trust that It will bo vory profltnblo to nil concornod." Madras Plonoor. Tho Bend Bullottn Issued nn eight pngo oxtrn Mondny announcing tho nows that construction work of tho big sawmill of tho Shovlln-IIIxon Co would begin within two weoks. Tho statement is made by Tho Bulletin thnt tho mill will cut 80,000,000 feet of lumber n year nnd omploy 500 men. Tho oxtrn Issuod was well flllod with advertising of Bond busi ness men, which shows they nro loy nl to tholr town." Redmond Spokes, man, COURT MEETS IN JUNE Adjourned Session, With udgo Duf fy Presiding, to Bo Hold. That tho Circuit court will hold a session In Prlnevlllo beginning on Juno 21 was announced by District Attornoy Wlrtz whpn in town roent- ly. Tuo present number or. crim inal -cases, now, waiting action by. tho grand Jury makes this action ncces sary. Not only. Is the county Jail full but sovoral charged with crime aro out on ball. Tho county Is bolng put to considerable oxponso to caro for tho families of men who aro waiting trial In Jail. Tho coming torm of court will bo an adjourned session of tho March torm, nnd tho same Jurors which served nt It will bo callod again. Ac cording to Mr. Wlrts tho county court has renuestod thnt the court bo held It will bo tho first session to bo pre sided over by Judgo Duffy. Grand Jurors hnvo been summoned to bo prosont on Juno 14 nnd pottt Jurors on tho 21st. BASEBALL MEETING. Thero will bo a meeting of tho members of last year's basoball team nnd everyone elso Interested in tho forming of a team hero this year in tho Commercial Club rooms, Friday night, nt 7:30. Offlcers will bo elect ed, and other business matters at tended to FRANCHISE GIVEN CityCouncil, at Last Night's Meeting, Grants Oregon Trunk Rights in Streets in Order to reach the Shevlln Mill Pridge Will Cross Below , New Dam--Work to Begin Monday With tho granting of n franchlso to tho Oregon Trunk by tho city council last night to cnnblo It to build a spur from Its main lino to the Shovlln-IIIxon mill ono of tho few remaining stops beforo tho construc tion of tho Baw mill can begin wns tnken. Tho franchise which waB present ed for the first timo Inst night, gives the railroad company right to uso certain stroets for its spur line. Oth er property necessary for tho lino hns been donnted by Hunter & Stnnts nnd Tho Bend Company. According to tho franchlso tho line will leavo tho main track nt a point north of tho Pilot Butto canal nnd nftor curving across tho south east corner of tho Stunts "40" will run duo west bo twoon that proporty and land of Tho Bend Company through Aldor strcot to tho river. Under tho city charter 10 days must olnpso beforo tho mensuro be comes law. Tho! council adjourned last night to Mny 29 nnd nt thnt tlmo tho franchlso will bo pnssed finally. Tho nrrangoments botweon tho Shevlln-HIxon Company and tho rail roads cnll for tho construction of tho spur nnd tho oroctlon of tho bridge- over tho Deschutes In GO days. Tho work will bo rushed to completloh In order thnt tho heavy mill machlnory may bo doUvorca on tho ground. .Survey Mudo Recently. Surveying for tho spur was dono by n party of Oregon Trunk onglnoors headed by Chief Knglnccr A. M. Lup for, who arrived hero on Friday. Their survoy cnrrles tho lino along Aldor street at grado oxcopt at tho west ond whoro a slight cut In neces sary. Tho rivor Is crossed by n brldgo 31 foot nbovo tho water. Just up tho river from tho railroad brldgo will bo built a dnm for tho purposo of creating a logging pond. Fnnl arrangements for this dam wero complotcd yestorday. It will bo 10 foot high and will back tho wator up river nearly n mllo, providing stor age room for ovor 2G million fcot of logs. A wagon brldgo will cross tho dam, thoroby giving access to town. According to John E. Ryan, it no difficulties aro' encountored. in the noxt fow- days, work on both tho dam and tho mill site will begin on Monday- morning. Tho railroad' work Is also 'expected to bogln nt onco in ordor thnt It may bo complotod with in tho 00 day limit. Operation Will ho Continuous. Tho following nows article on tho coming developments, horo appeared In Tho Portland Tologram last week. Although practically a rcstntomontof facts which had previously nppoarod In Tho Bullottn It Ib rcpentod horo on account of its referonco to tho rail road work and tho fact, which Is brought out, that tho operation of tho now mill must bo practically con tinuous to provldo tho agreed i all road tonnago a matter of groat im portance to tho town. "Ono of tho first developments fol lowing tho nnnouncomont from Bpnd the first of tho wcok that tho Shovlln-IIIxon Manufacturing Company within a few days will commonco tho construction of a largo lumber mill ing plnnt In the metropolis of Crook county to manufacture plno pimber from tho company's immonso timber tracts near by, will bo tho building ialte&&&&&&4 LAWN MOWERS AND f y- jrrass Hose and GARDEN AND Garden Deep Well Farming Implements :AT Bend Hard-ware Co. The Company that put tho "Wear" in Hardware FOR ILL SPOR of n spur trnck two miles In longth from tho rnllrond ynrds nt Bond nnd a brldgo ncross tho Deschutes rivor to reach tho slto of tho mill yards. Construction of a logging road of standard type from tho mill yards southerly on tho west slda of tho rivor, a dlstnnco of bIx miles to tho timber tracts, will be undertnkon nt tho saino time. Building of tho spur track will ho dono Jointly by tho Spokane, Port land & Seattle Railway ByBtem and tho Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. According to nn olllclnl stntoment, tho contrnct be tween, tho rnllrond companies and tho Shevlln-HIxon Interests has boon agreed to nnd ns soon ns it hns boon signed tho railroad construction will bogln with tho "intention, of complet ing tho track and brldgo In GO days. Tho contract will rcqutro that tho mill shall make a certain cut In ftvo .yonrtj amounting to GO per cent of its cnpnclty, and fnlliiro to do so will obllgnto tho Shovlln-IIIxon Company to pay for extension of tho two-mllo spur trnck. Tho outgoing lumbor will bo a largo factor In tho railroad's tqnnngo. Tho mlir will hnvo n cnpnclty to cut 80,000.000 feet of lumber yenrly nnd in addition there will bo a box factory. Kmployment of C00 men regularly Is planned by tho Shovlln IIIxon Company In logging operations and lumbor milling. Thcso activi ties, nro expected to mean nn almost Immcdlnto IncrcnRo of Bend's popula tion 2000 to 2500 porsons. In an ticipation of this, nn election will bo hold Juno 4 to extend Bond's muni cipal boundaries. Knrly In tho yenr tho Shovlln-IIIxon Compnny ncqulrod tho holdings of tho Deschutes Lumbor Compnny nnd tho Bond Timber Compnny, amounting to GO, 000 ncros nnd In creasing the timbered nrca owned by tho Minnesota syndlcato to about 180,000 acres, oxtondlng Into Klnm nth countv. Tho nctlvo bends of tho Shovlln-Hlxon syndlcato aro Thom as L. Shovlln of Minneapolis, a fow yonrs ngo widely known as a star nthloto at Yalo university, nnd Frank P. Illxon, a bankor of La Crosso, Wis. Shevlln nnd somo of his as sociates woro horo n fow wuokB ngo. E. C. .Shovlln of Portland, undo of Thomas. Shovlln, 1b also Intorostod In tho company' dovolopmonts along tho uppor Deschutes rlvor. Arthur nog org. ono of tho sollors of timber hold' lngfl, was fn Portland this week hut hair returned to his homo in Min neapolls. SEATTLE PAHTV HERE. Travolllng In n big Locomobllo, M. W. Poterson, cnshlor of tho Doxtor Horton bnnk of Scnttlo, nnd a-pnrty of friends passod through town Sat urday aftornoon on their wny to Snn Francisco. Bond, Mr. Poterson said, struck him as a vory progrosslvo city. Ho was Interested to learn that thero was bo much timber mimicry to mo town, having supposod thnt thero wns no timber horo nt all. In tho pnrty wero Mrs. II. M. Rnmoy, of St. Jos eph, Mo., II. M. Rnmoy, Jr., Mrs. Petorson and II. B. Konnody of So nttlo nnd Miss Kolllo Poterson of Portlnnd. JL 1 US . aicners Nozzles r I Si SEEDS Tools Supplies GOV. WITHYGOMBE MAMES TOIKORROWBDOp ROADS DAY Xo Locnl Observnnco of Buy Kvpected Spring Bond Work Having Boon Done Tho Proclamation. Tomorrow Is Oregon Good Roads Dny, Governor Wlthycombo having so designntod It by proclamation Is sued oarty In tho month. No local observance of tho day Is planned, Uond. having dono Its spring road work through contrlbutlona for tho Powell Butto road. The Govornor's proclamation Is as follows: "Whereas, good roads aro ono of tho prlmo foundations upon which our prosperity is bulldod; and "Whereas, I am firmly convinced that rond Improvement Is tho wisest Invostmont Orogon can mako; and "Whorons, bettor ronds nro dcolr r.blo not only becnuso they nro ben eficial from a commercial standpoint, but also becausa tlioy promoto social comihunlty development nnd increase our civic prldo; nnd, furthor, ns they nro tho most vnlunblo kind of en couragement nnd advertising In tho eyes of tho straiujor who travels through tho state; and "Whorons, It Is highly desirable to oncourngo Interest In good roads nnd to foster In ovory wny posslblo a stnto-wldo otithuslnsm for tho bottor ment of our highways; "Thoroforo, I do horohy proclaim Thursday, Mny 20, 191G, ns Orogon Good Ronds Dny, nnd call upon nil forward-looking citizens of this stnto to dovoto tholr energies on thnt dny townrda personal Improvement of tho ronds In tholr locality, nnd to co operate, ono with tho other. In work ing out rond betterment plans. And I furthor suggest thnt on thnt dny, bo fnr ns practicable 41 10 gospel of good ronds bo sprend Itvnll our edit cntlnnnl Institutions, nnd that tho school children themselves ho encour ngod to nHSitmo tholr shnro of high way Improvement; nnd thnt especial ly tho women of Orogon orgnnlza nnd tnko a part In tho work of Good Ronds Dny, as tholr Intorcst nnd ns slstnnco will bo vital In making It n notnblo success." CLASS SERVICES SUNDAY Sermon to High School Graduates to ho Pronched nt Prcubytorlnii Church Sorvlccs for tho graduating clnss of tho high school will bo hold nt tho Proshytorlan church Sundny evening, beginning nt 8 o'clock. Tho sormon to tho clnso will bo pronchod by Rov. TO. O. Judd nnd thoro will bo npcclnl music by the Prosbyte'rlan cholnAll "aro invited to attend. Tho program for tho services Is ns follows: Organ voluntary. Hymn. "All Saints Now." ...i183 Scrlpturo Lesson. Prov. Chap. '2. A. 8. Black Anthem. "I Know That My Redcomor Llvoth." Lorenzo Prayer II. C. Hartrantt Response Choir Hymn, "Lolmnon." 143 Announcement. Anthem, "Now tho Day Is Ovor." Ira Wilson Sormon. "Tho Knowlodgo of God" K. G. Judd Hymn. "St. Chrlstophor." 00 Bonedlctlon Ira II. Fox Postluda. TO OIVU CON'OKItT. Tho Bond orchestra wilt glvo a concert at tho Sparks theatre In Redmond, Monday evening, Mny 24. Mrs. Forrest nnd Fred Lucas will as sist. The First National Bank M KJ if U JX, IN U . D jyM u. v.. iui' rrumuent . VT t rfT3 Tt l.t . T. i. a. uuuaun, runnier Capital fully imld - 125,000 ijj .Surplus mp , Are you going to the Fair? If you aro, obtain a supply of our AMERIGAN BANKERS TRAVEL ERS GHEGKS. May bo cashed at Banks or Ho tels without discount or identification. 1Kb FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEND ' DIRECTORS ---- --- U. C. con K. A. Satiibu ' H. Hudson O. M. I'ATTHHSO.V IJ. ('. F,,r.l8 GOVERNOR lili'iO ET CONGRATULATES US ON DEVELOPMENT Sees Further Assurnnco of .Success of. Tiimnlo Project in HMAhll.Minicn'tft of Mills nt Bend livery CcntnO,,. Oregon Fnnnor Is Benefitted. "Construction of mills nt Bond nnd tho establishment of n market tbof further assures tho ontlro succosa'B?' Uio Tumnlo Project." That statoment Is tho high lighten a roply rocolvod from Govornor, James Wlthycombo to nn inquiry from Tho Bulletin asking his vlows of what pending dovulopmontn horo would menu to tho surrounding coun try from nn agricultural viewpoint. "I am ndviscd tho Tumnlo Project Is n Bplcndld monument to tho stnto, from nn onglncorlng standpoint, wrltos tho govornor. "I know tho lands to bo productive, nnd now that a good market, clnso at hand, Is as sured, I am dollghtcd at tho bright outlook. Tho etitlro success of tho projoct moans much to tho stnto, ovory tnx payor of which Is n Joint ownor in tho Tumnlo. For nil con cornod, nnd especially for tho Tumnlo settlors, I am dollghted. Also, I mil glnd that Bond, soon to bo n manufac turing town of conseqiinncn, hns uuch excollont agricultural resources bo hind It. "Your dovolopmnnt monns much to Central Oregon agricultural growth," tho Govornor continued. "Every fnrmor In thnt territory will ho directly lionollttod. liaising crops, whether it bo potatoes, grain, hogs, or cows, Is only halt tho bnttlo. Thoro must ho n mnrkot. Your Irrigated lands will now rocolvo n big Impotus In tholr Improvement, nnd I hopo to bco tho homostond country to tho southeast dovolop into n grain pro ducing nron. My ndvlco Is to stick to forago crops nnd hogs nnd good dairy stock; thnt is a field with small risks mid substantial profits, nnd provodly successful In Crook county. Romomhor always to holp tho dovolopinont of your agricultural resources: they should conio first, from an economlc8tnndpoBtin.V' "To all your county-1 bffor my congratulations upon (ho realization of your hopes. You all will bo ben efitted." a. O. I. 11KPOUT HKMI UP. .. (Portland Tologrnmft t SALEM, May 12. Complying with'- tho roquest of tho Contrnl Oregon Ir-v rlgatlon Compnny, tho Btnto dosort land hoard has decided to withhold from distribution tho roport on 'tho company's condition, mndo hy,'SUto Englnoor LowIh, until tho cqmtMny can glvo an opportunity to sniper. Tho compnny contonds thill, the re port would' Injuro tho company and tho sottlers. "I V Tho roport In question was prepnr od by John Duhuls, of tho State Rn glnoer'H olllco, who Bpnnt.rnojithH hero last Biimmor In Investigation. It Is understood tho company,' In an,-,offort to havo tho roport suppressed, will uppoar boforo tho Desert Land Board shortly. . jan K IN U . U IV. IS, j W IN N i) . nimnnli in ll...i.l..Hi i. a4l ui'.iv, viuu- nvaiuuut ViH.OOO 0 MR , ffS5 9 A J ,"' d t i B. FERRELL President E. M. LARA Cashier L I. UUWBn UtWM- WMUII k ftrwjtrrr: w- -- - -I'r- "'- " ?i?ii "v i."iyvi yyNi l,i ' IJ"' -jLj,Jy..,MuJ;JiJ,-1 . jtrw ')". . M'"i'WMn,,&-"'''' ' JWHM