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Vol. XIII.
IJKXI) OHKGOX, WKRXKSDAY AFTKRXOOX, NOMIMIIKR lil, ll)ir.
08.
AID IS PLEDGED
Wl RELEASE
I;PLEDGES GIVEN
The City Council will meet
on Friday evening to sot tho
tax levy for the coming year nnd
Saturday morning at tho Held
school at 10 o'clock thoro will
bo n meeting of taxpayers to
fix tho levy for BChool district
12. Every taxpayer Is urged to
bo present at each meeting.
COLT A! ILLS
SEE BIG FUTURE
Tluuo will be n mass meeting
of the C. O. I. Cb. wnter users
nt tho Commercial Club rooms
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OEBHHIT
net Wednesday afternoon nt -1
o'clock. Thop urposo of tltfl
AT
meeting Is to preparo for tho
homing before tho Utilities
Commission. All members nro -uigod
to be present.
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Railroad Builder's Trip Through In-
lorior Is Mnrkcil by Kuthmdusm of
People Money, Rights of Way
And Terminals Offered Freely.
(TJi'a. Oregonlan.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 21.
(Special) Hankers and blacksmiths,
cattlemen and homesteaders, pledged
support to Hohcrt E. Strahorn, each
In his kind, during an eventful four
days' trip through Central Oregon,
completed today.
Cash, labor, terminal sites and
rights of way worooffercd, and tho
rnllrond builder was assured that tha
terms ho oxacted would bo compiled
with.
Tho strongest men of every com
munlty visited accepted the respon
sibility of undertaking tho duties
prescribed.
(,'ood Start Declared .'Made.
"If tho promises mado to mo In
Central Oregon nro fulfilled, and I
linvo confldenco tlioy will bo," said
Mr. Strahorn, " a good Btart will linvo
been mado towards getting a railroad
ncross thut big region. I am grati
fied by tho spirit shown, not only by
thoro who aro Important financially,
but by the pooplo of limited means,
all o whom sconi to want to havo a
part In helping to bring tho railroad."
Homesteaders In tho lovol Fort
Hock country In tho north end of
Lake county suggested grading about
20 miles. Mr. Strahorn will provldo
tho shovels and scrapers and tho
lioniestoadors will furnish tho horses
'and labor. Similar assurances were
given by tho small farmers In other
districts whero It Is hoped tho lino
will como.
Cash mid liniid Promised.
Wealthy stockmen having larfji
Interests from Stlvor Lake southwest
to Klamath Falls nnd southeast to
Lafecvlow pVomUVd rights of way and
heavy cash subscriptions. In splto
of tho fact that Mr. Strahorn said ho
was not ready to accept cash "sub
scriptions until after tho lino Is lo
cated and all tho rights-of-way and
tormlnal sites donated to his com
pany, froquent tenders of financial
support wore mado.
Thee Umax of tho trip was at Lake
vlow, Hio metropolis nnd county seot
of Lako county. Judge Bornard Daly
nnd William Shirk, tho two wealth
iest men of tho county, and respect
ively tho presidents of tho two lar
gest banks In that section of Orogon,
camo to l'nlsloy to meet Mr. Strahorn
nnd C. C. Chapman, who nccompanled
him throughout his four days' trip.
Iloth gavo tanglhlo assurance of co
rporation. lllnrkainlth Hedges fjWIOO.
Judgo Daly presided at a hanquot
In Lnkovlow, whero President Shirk,
pf tho First National Dank, volun
teered publicly IiIb plodgo or nnan
cial support nnd where tho spirit or
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WHOLE SECTION
READY TO GIVE
W. L. COBB, Pre. H. R. HUNTER, Vlce-Pres
THOS. COBB, Cashier
THE CENTRAL OREGON
BANK
Capital $25,000, Fully Paid
Will Open
for
Business
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W, L. COBB
THOS.
W. L, O'DONNELL
the community was exemplified by a
blacksmith, Insisting that he would
Join thoso of moro means by paying
In $300 cash as soon as tho subscrip
tion roll was opened.
At the I.akovlew meeting Mr. Stra
horn announced completion of sur
veys for 20 miles nnd thoso present
undortook responsibility for securing
the rights of way and terminal sites
nnd presenting them to Mr. Strahorn
subject only to the condition that tho
railroad bo built within three years.
The plats and legal forniB wero do
llverod to the meotlng and a commit
tee was organized to do tho work.
Froo Kites Demanded.
"Let It ho understood clearly that
I will not pay 1 cent for rights of
way or terminal BliV'a." said Mr.
Strahorn. "I do not'enro how you
get them, but they must conform to
my specifications and bo turned over
to mo all In shnpo, without my hav
ing to conduct nny of tho negotiations
or bo burdened with any oxpenso In
connection with obtaining them."
(Continued on Inst pago.)
SETTLERS TO MEETWEDNESDJIY
GOMPANYS ANSWER SARCASTIC
C. O. I. Co. Makes Answer to Com
plaint Filed uitli Utilities Com
mission Charges nro Made.
To prcparo for tho hearing of Its
complaint against tho C. O. I. Co.,
tho Company water usors' association
will hold a mass meeting In Hond on
Wednesday, Docombor 1. Tho time
of tho henrlug has not yet boon sot
hut, according to a lotter from tho
Utilities Commission, It will bo at as
oarly a dato as possible.
Answor to tho complaint was filed
by tho C. O. I.. Co. last week. Do
nlal Is mado of tho Jurisdiction of tho
commission and In various other par
agraphs tho company's contract with
tho stata for tho reclamation of tho
lands Is described. Othor paragraphs
allege unfair treatment at tho hands
of tho Btntoenglncer nnd tho making
of fn.ao wports which aro said to
havo, caused hostile newspaper crit
icism. That tho company Is lucllnod to
treat the case In a sarcastic manner
appears In certain paragraphs, num
ber 1 reading:
"As to tho protonded nnd alloged
purposes nnd objects of the misguid
ed association above named as plain
tiff, this defendant knoweth not nnd
Is Informed not; hut Uio oBtonslblq
purposo nnd object of said plaintiff
ns exhibited by Its acts and utter
ances seems to be to rnlso that par
ticular brand of cllmnto whorowlth
It shall not bo tomporcd or nuonchod
by nil tho wntors of tho Deschutos
river without their wasto or seepage"
A portion of number 2 Is as fol
lows: This defendant "admits that said
lands aro dopendont upon water from
tho Central Oregon canal, except tho
gentle rains from heavon which fall
Infrequently upon tho Just nnd un
Just In that locality.
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COBB
D. E. HUNTER
ROSS FARNHAM
PETITION TO GO TO
LAND BOARD
Commercial Club Wants Lands Tlmt
Hiuo llecn Tied Up Opened for
Ho men tend Kntry C. O. I. Co
Ask That Tlnio lie Intended.
What disposition shall ho mado of
the lands embraced In tho llonhnm
falls segregation Is a question which
hns created unusual interest Blnco
Tho Bulletin first reported tho termi
nation of tho stato'B contract with
the United States covering these
lands a tow weeks ago.
That tho lands should bo thrown
open to entry 1b tho genornl feeling
held by tho pcoplo of Hond and by
settlers an tho C. O. I. Co. project
In tho vicinity. Tho company pre
fers that tho contrnct bo renewed for
nt Vonst five years moro.
Drought boforo the Commercial
Cluji nt Its meeting last Saturday by
A.'fJ. Walker,, of Alfalfa, discussion
of tho club's action wns tho principal
business to bo transacted. -'It wns
finally voted that tho club send reso
lutions to tho Desert Land Hoard
and to tho Department of tho Inter
ior protesting ngnlnst nny extouslou
of time on tho contrnct and urging
that tho lands bo oponed to ontry.
The club nlso voted to nsk tho co
operation of other commercial bod
ies in this section to got tho desired
action.
Land Long Tied Up.
The contract hotwoon tho stnto and
tho United States and tho ono ho-
tween tho stnto nn.il tho prodeccssor
of tho C. O. I. Co., to which that
company hnB succeeded, for tho rec
lamation of tho Henhnm Falls segre
gation, explrod on Octobor 17, nftor
tho lands hnd been tied up for, 10
yours. In that tlnio nothing was dono
toward their reclamation boyond tho
preparation of ouglnoorlng dnta. The
C. O. I. Co. Is now unablo to proceed
with tho' reclamation.
Last week, however, tho company
roquested tho Dcsort Land Hoard to
nsk tho Government to grant n flvu
years extension of tho stato's con
tract with tho Govornmont., tho mat
tor being beforo tho Desert Land
Hoard at this tlmo bocnuso of tho re.
celpt from (ho Commissioner of tho
Genornl Land Olllco of n notification
that tho Govornmont would glvo tho
hoard 30 days' tlmo In which to
'bIiow cnuso why tho contract should
not bo cancelled.
Project Undesirable Now.
Hcportlng on tho project last yoar
United Stntos reclamation cnglnors,
working under tho co-oporatho nur
voy appropriation, ndvlsod that It Is
not desirable at the present tlrao, but
would, doubtless provo to bo whon
the othor units In this section have
been developed. , .
A now phase In tho situation re
specting these lands has recently do-
(Continued on last pago.)
BB esse
We carry a complete
line of goods
FOR THE HUNTER
Look over our slocli
of Rifles,, Stiblgum' '
and Ammunition
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' Tln,Coinpiiny that put the "Wear" In IUrdwi.ro
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GROWTH. OF BEND
PROPHESIED
lrotnlnent Portland Men, Here In
Strahorn Party, Impressed by I,o-
i-iil Development nnd Spirit of
People IntonlcMx Given to
In Interviews given by A. L, Mills
nnd C. C. Colt to n representative of
Tho Hulletln on Wednesday both
spoko with pleasure of tha present
growth of Hond and Its prospects for
tho future. "Tho construction of tho
Strahorn system," Bnld Mr. Mills,
"will maku Hond a big distributing
center," while Mr. Colt's prediction
wnB that within a fow yenrs Hond
will be ono of tho Importnnt cities ct
tho state.
Mr. Mills said:
Formerly It was tho theory that
tho country must bo developed boforo
tho railroads would build, but today
It Is gcnernlly recognized thnt no
country can properly develop without
railroad facilities. It Is evident to
dny thnt no ono of tho transcontinen
tal linos will build Into Central Oro
gon. Tho treatment tboy have re
ceived from tho gonernl public
thrpugh stnto and Interstate com
merce commissions hns been such
thnt they havo been unablo to Mont
securities for additional extension
and construct'on except whon tho de
mand has bcon Imperative Such de
mand tlooa not exist In Central Ore
gon, groat os tho posslhllltlcB aro of
this part of tho state
It, therefore, becomes necessary
for ub to tr.ko to heart tho motto
adopted on tho old territorial sen),
"Aolls volnt proprlus," "8ho lllus with
her own wings." This menus that tho
pooplo themselves must construct n
pooplo's rnllrond to connoct tho dif
ferent pnrts of tho stnto and bring
Contrnl Oregon Into quick commun
ication with tho outoldo world.
If each nnd every mnn In Central
Oregon will glvo something of tlio
bevthat 1h In him In support of Mr.
StTnhorn's proponed rnllrond I com
fldontly Jiellovo thnt It will' bo built
and tho dronm of Central Orogon will
bo fulfilled; to-wlt, an Increased pop
ulation that Is Justified by tho re
sources of tho country tho road will
trnvorso.
Portland Is Intorestod ns It Is nnd
must bo In every development of tho
torrltory thnt Is tributary to thu Oro
gon metropolis.
How great tho support will bo from
Portland romnlns to bo seen but I
bellovo thnt It should bo something
moro tnuglblo than resolutions of
commorclnl organizations and naws
paper editorials.
What I havo ocn of Central Oro
gon, nnd more than thnt, what I havo,
heard from rollablo sources, loads mo
to bellovo thrt It is n country easily
capable of supporting a million peo
ple nnd It Is not n dream of an en
thusiast to stnto thnt when tho linos
of roads proposed by Mr. Strahorn
(Continued on Inst pago.)
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T1AL0 DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
PLANS SEASOW ACTIVE WORK
To lniprmo lloth llend anil Itcdnioiid
ltoads and Take Measures to H-
terminate .lack rabbits.
Active co-oporntlon In work for
tho Improvement of roads and for tho
extinction of Jack rabbits Is promised
by tho Tumnlo Development Lcnguo.
Already members of tho club havo
dono voluntary work on thu road bo
tween Hcnd nnd Tumnlo, having
spent several days dragging tho sec
tion between tho cinders nnd thu
grade, nnd greatly Improving thu por
tion lending to Tiyunlo from tho
brldgo. Plans nro now being mndu
to obtain tho co-operation of tho Hnud
nnd Hodmond commorclnl clubs in
mnkiug further Improvements.
Tho Redmond Commercial Club
has promised to put tho road to Cllno
Fnlls In good shnpo and tho Tumnlo
pooplo will caro for the 11 miles
from their town to tho fnlls. Tho
Hond road will be clndored. Dele
gntloun from the Tumnlo club will
l)o presont nt the llelul Commorclnl
Club meeting on Saturday, nud nt
tho Ilcdmond club meeting on Mnn
dny, to explain their pinna nnd ob
tain assistance
Estimates having convinced tho
Tumnlo people thnt rabbits havo de
stroyed 300 tons of liny In tho past
season they plan n united effort for
extermination of tho pust. For tho
work n now plan Is proposed whereby
poison potm will bo built at different
points on tho project, thoroby elim
inating tho danger of dnmngo to
stock. In ench locality where tho
pons nro placed smuo responsible mnn
will bo appointed to glvo his person
al nttontfun to tho work, mnkiug
dully visits to tho pons.
Tho association wilt also to-operato
with County Agriculturist 1-ovett nnd
It. A. Ward, of tho II. 8. Hlologlcal
survey, In tho rabbit work.
TIIF. POKTIiA.NI) DMLKOATIO.V.
Tho Portland delegation In nttond
Vnco nt thu Strahorn mcntlngs im
Wodnosday Included A. L. Mills, pres
ident of tho First National Ilnnlc C.
C. Colt, prosldont of tint Union Meat
Co., C. C. Chapman, of tho Oregon
Voter: JV. llrowor. of tho Chnmbor
of Commoreo nnd Phil Motchnu, Jr.
They arrived Wednesday morning In
n prlvnte car accompanied by W. C.
Wilkes, of tho 8. P. & 8, nnd F. W.
Itohlnupu. or tho O.-W. II & N. Mr.
Chnpiilnu nccompanled Mr. Strahorn
on his trip Into tho Interior, lenvlug
Thursilny morning, the rest of the
party returning to Portland.
llltOTIIint TIIOPCHT m:.D.
After a separation of II! years
Th o inns J. Tweet nnd his brother Tor
kol Ttt-eot, who wns believed to linvo
I run slain by Indians, while he wis
crossing the plains In thn enrlv sev
enths, wero ro-unltnd In llend Inst
Wednesday morning. Torkul Twwt
U DiiKiiKed In mining nt Lllierty.
WnHhluutnu. n'ld hnil sunnt Hiivnrnl
vears In the Klondike. Tun meeting
wns irnu(nt about iiy a rrlendl or
thu fnmllv who happened recently to
lie visiting In Liberty.
C 8. IH'DSON, President
I C. C'OK, Vlro President
K A 8ATIIKII, Vice Pros.
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fririf 5 rlSS (fJviSS r tr5$i ffi f' tswS
The First National Bank
OF BEND, BEND.OR.EGON
Capita! fully paid
Surplus - . . .
ri:al iiANKi.va krrvici:.
Regular hank loans:
Wo aro preparud at nearly all Mines to make ndvuucca
to rollablo parties for th'ulr reulruments,
Wool and sheep loans: ,
Wo nro NOW proimred to loan money to sheep mon
for the purchase of sheep.
We aro now prepared to advance you 10c pen pound
on all wool you store In thn Warehouse at Hond, ut 8
pur cent for either 10 days or six mouths.
Hhoup men do nut havo to soil at prevent prices unless
they wish. The money If ready far you.
We are NOW prepared to umku loans on cuttle tiff
Ix months, for feudlax purpuiwtt, I wit not on range or
she stuff.
We are NOW prepared In make loans en flood farm
lands, with good water rlghu, no niftttnr where loealod
In Central Oinon, the bigger tha loan the batter, pro
vdlng the proposition la a goad ouy aad will aland luv
et Invesllastlon to values aad title.
Wrlto us fur lufurwaliun. Dank by mall and aeeure
our mrvivf.it.
THe FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEND
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SUPPORT FOR STRA
HORN ASSURED
Hntliuslatlc Delegates From Kvery
Section of Central Oregon .Meet to
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Reorganize Development league
New Olllcors nro Elected.
At tho biggest and most enthiislas
tic meetings over hold In llend tha
Central Orogon Dovelopmont Lenguir
wns reorganlted Inst Wednesday qml
aid and support for tho Strahorn rail
road projoct promised by speakers
from Portland nnd from ovcry por
tion of Central Orogon. '
Hesldes Mr. Strahorn nnd A. Jj.
Mills nnd C. C. Colt, of tlo Portland
committee, thoro wore proiumt repre
sentatives from every town from Cul
ver to Hums nnd Lnkovlow. Snow
on tho ronds hotwoon Fort Klamath
and Crescent provontod tho nttond
nuce of tho Klamath delegation.
Iloguu with n meotlng In tho af
ternoon In tho Dronm Theatre tho
proceedings of tho day ended nt n
lianipiet given In tho evening by tho
Hond Commercial Club, In thu 12m
blom Club hnll donated for tho oo
caslon. Messrs, Strahorn, Colt, Mills,
Thompson nnd Chapman spoko nt
both meetings. In thn evening, In
addition, most of tho Interior towns
to bo touched by tho now Hiiob wore
heard from.
Of tho speeches, nsldo from that
made by Mr. Strahorn, those mado by
A. L. Mills and 0. C. Colt, nrounod
the greatest applause. While rnrc
ful to nay that tboy could not spotk
for tho city of Portland their Individ
ual promises ofsupport. and especial;,.
ly Mr, Mills' assertion of his deslro
to got Into thn gtimo, nnd his plodgo
of his heart, his hnnd nnd his pock
et, wero received ns meaning the suc
cess of tho projoct so far ns tho Port
land end wns cuncornod.
Mr, Ktraliorii'n Hpwcli.
Introduced by Tonstmnstor M. M.
Lnra early In tho evening Mr. Stra
horn was recolvod with great np
plauso. lloforu proceeding to his
prepared speech ho told somothlng
nf his work In othor sections, of tho
sort of rond ho IntonCort to build nnd
of thn support ho oxpocted, A ref
erence to Novomhor as nn anniversary)
month with him and tboroforo nn A
satisfactory tlmo In which to stint
tho now projoct, wns n thomn Blazed
by later spoakors to tho umusotuont
of tho nudlonco,
Mr. Strnhorn'n prepared ipoech
concluded oh follows:
"Having now satisfied myself that
tho construction costs cun bo kupt
within tho original estimates, nud on
vnrloiiB othor hitherto unsottlod mnt
tern, 1 am today finally ready to say
thut I will enst my lot with you on
this great undertaking. Hut I urge
you In your enthusiasm not to ovor
loolc tho vory serious Hides, of tho von.
turn. Don't for n momiAit forgot thu
conditions I havo named from the be
ginning. Miixt lteelop ItoiomreH.
"First, Immediate, nggnmslvo ,aud
continuous offort of nil of you and
your communities to work out thls
Irrlgntlon, drnlmigu, HUb-dlvlslon and
(Continued on pngo 0.)
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