The bend bulletin.
VOh. xiv.
11FXD, OHKfJOX, WHDXKSDAV AFTF.HXOOX, MAHCH 1.", llo.
NO. 2.
R
01
G
M
ACCOMPLSED
INFERENCE LACKS IN
HARMONY
Orcsmiliin Says Tom Kay's llo.stlltty
( Irrigation "Spilled the Itenns"
Ticusiirer "Agin" State Aiil
Concerted Action Lurking.
1
(Spoclnl to Tlio Ilullotin.)
SALEM, March 10. -Tho Btnto aid
f conference hero ended nt noon todny
; having nccompllshed rather less thnn
'. might Imvo boon expected If everyone
had remained at homo.
"Just llko tho good old Populist
conventions!" declared an ox-Kansan
when tho smoko blow over. And
KnnsaB, oven In the rlp-snortlng days
of populism, had nothing on Oregon
when It comes to thoso "got-togothor"
meetings which only got overyono
further apart.
About tho only tangible result of
tho session Is this: Two committees
woro appointed, ono to draft an Inl
t'ntlvo motiHiiro for rural credits; tho
other for Btnto aid for Irrigation nnd
drainage, In tho form of Btnto guar
antee of district bonds.
It Is pointed out, nnd properly, that
this could havo beon accomplished If
nil hands line saved tholr rnllroad
frro and hotel hills and stayed at
home. Tho Orango nnd Farmotyi
Vnlon, having a voting edgo, got
their hand- picked commlttoo for tho
rural credit bill; they could havo
dona tho snrao without any confer
ence. Tho lrrlgationlsts and drain
age moil, would havo done as well,
nnd probably hotter, to start tholr
lnltlntlvo measuro at tho tlmo of tho
Irrigation Congress; If thoy had, cor
nlnly n lot of hard feeling would havo
lioon avoided.
Tho conforonco was called to
launch n campaign for Btnto nld to
rural credits, Irrigation nnd .drnln
n,go. Presumably tho dolegutos ns
:iiblod with tho purpose nf endors
ing and aiding theso nil-Important
liranchos of state wldo development.
Hut whon thoy got to work factions
lined up, old sores woro oponod, nnd
the solo deslro scorned to' bo to boost
olio's personal Intorcst and knock tho
other fellow's Into a cocked lint.
Itui'iil Creditors .Strong.
What might bo callod tho straight
rural credits supporters hnd tho long
end of tho voting powor a coalition
of grangers, farmer unionists nnd
webfoofers. Thoy wantod rural crodfl
Its, many of them only half hoartcd
U, but thoy didn't glvo. a hang nbout
nnythlng olho. Particularly thoy
seemed to deslro to roast anything
nnd everything pertaining to Irriga
tion nnd tho enst-of-the-moiintaln
country.
Tho Portland folks stood by ons
torn Oregon loyally. Thoy plnyod
fair and tried to do tho squaro thing.
They wanted tho snmo shnko for Irri
tation that tho other monsuros got.
Thev tried to bring harmony und havo
tho conference ns n whole get bohlnd
nil tho monsures. Hut tho lrrlgnted,
country hnd precious little roprcson
tntlon and added slight strength to
tho Portlandors.
Tom Kay, Btnto treasurer, did his
best to ruin tho chances of help for
the Irrigated country. And to toll
tho truth, ho succeeded protty woll,
Having provlously announced hi op
position to tho stato gunrnntoo plan,
nnd especially ns regarded irrigation,
lie got aboard tho granger-farmer
1 and wagon nt the start, r.nd forth
with nppolntod himself hoad chauf
feur and talker In chief.
Cod Offends Mr. Kay.
However, in this connection let us
quote from tho account of tho meet
ing contained in Tho Orcgonlan, as
follows:
"Stato Treasurer Kay. past exalt-
d Bplller of boons, was qulto busy,'
demonstrating that ho could como
liack. , I
"Having succeeded In mnklng Irrl-
gatlon a pariah among agricultural J
Improvements, thero was n determ
ned effort to exclude it altogethor
from consideration by tho sovereign
people Treasurer Kay was pessi
mistic about Irrigation; on, tery pes
simistic. "It In probably an exaggeration to
say thnt Mr. Kay proposed giving all i
Hsstern Oregon back to tho coyotes I
and Indians, but there was quite a
distinct impression created that when
God made the lnnd cast of tho Ons
et de Mountains lie Incurred Mr
Kay's personal displeasure.
"However, all efforts totally to
suppross the lrrlgationlsts In the con
ference of their own calling failed,
and Irrigation received equal consld-
SIS MORTGAGE IS
BURNED, CKH DEBTLESS
Special Senlces Held Last Sunday
Membership Slums lllg Increase In
Lust Sceral Months.
The mortgago ngalnst the Metho
dist Episcopal church of Hend was
burned last Sunday morning nt an in
spirational meeting, nnd the church
1b now free of dobt. The Bermon,
preached by tho pastor, Rev. F. W.
Keagy, was on "Tho Joy of a Life of
Holpfulne'cs."
Tho Methodist church wns oHgnn-j
Ized In Hend in 1904 under How
Clark with a membership of about
14 persons. Tho present membership
Is 121, of which 37 havo been receiv
ed slucp tho coming of Rev. Keagy.
At Stindny mornlng'B service Mrs.
S. C. Caldwell gavo a history of tho
church slnco Its foundation in Hend.
Mrs. Keagy rend a poom untitled:
"The Little Hrown Church." Mrs.
W. II. Stnats, treasurer of tho Ladles
Aid, and Mrs. E. M. Thompson, treas
urer of tho board of trustees of'tho
church, toughed tho match to tho
mortgago.
ROADS TO SOUTH REPORTED
IN 0NLYFAR CONDITION
Wnrm Weather Melts Snow nnd
Drhcs Out Ii-st Drifts and .Mud
Hinder Tint el,
That travelling by nutoniobllo
south nnd south cast of Hend Is nt
tended by troubles duo to tho condi
tion of tho roads In ,mnny plnces Is
tho report of nutoniobllo drivers who
liavo been going over them for tho
Inst weok.
Thee omlng of tho frost out of tho
ground, and 'tho molting of tho snow
In many places In tho tlmbor Is mnk-
ling trnvol dllllcult. Thero nro, how
over, say tho drivers, stretches
whoro tho roads nro In ox-
collont condition. The Ilcnd-Hurns
road as far as Sago lien Hill Is In
unusunlly good condition, but the 28
miles of tho road north of Hums Is
ltnrd to trnvol owing to the .deep
snow. On tho high dosort road there
nro still many snow drifts. Tho road
to Silver il.ako nnd Paisley is In bad
condition, and In particular that
stroteh botweon Hend nnd Ln Pino.
In tho Mllltcan valley the roads aro
dry and travel Is onsy for automo
biles. To tho north nnd north west,
nu' far ns Slstors, tho roads nro In
exceptionally good shnpo.
Thoro. Is great need for warm
weather which will molt tho sni)wund
dry the roiuls. Truck drivers say
tl)at H will bo almost Impossible to
put tho heavy trucks on tho rond un
til after April 1.
KTAItTH WITHIN SIXTV DAYS.
SALEM. March 14. The Sa-
lorn Stntesmnn has printed tho
following tuinounconiont rein-
tlvo to tho reported now rail-
rond:
"Tho electric railroad from Sn- -
lorn to Hend, upon which nctunl -
rmiRtnipHmi will Rlnrt In lass
- than sixty -nyH, Is bolng backed -M
- by tho Hill lines nnd will form a"
part of tho Oregon Eloctrlc rnll- -
way system, nccordlng to doll-
nlto confirmation glvon yestor-
V day to tho 'story which appear- -
od In The Statesinnn. ' -
Tho Information given yoster-
- day reiterates tho stntomont that -
actual construction work will bo
conunonced nt tho earliest pos- -
alblo dato. It wns stated that -
tho lino Is 'going through' with-
-- out a doubt, and that work will
bo rushed.
.... ...
SHEVLIN MILL NEW BRIDGE IS
OPENS MONDAY BEING RUSHED
DELAYED MACHINERY
ARRIVES
Auxiliary Plants aic Hclng Hushed to
Completion Xo Delays Arc H
pected In Work Crews Come In
Will Operate Two Shifts.
Dnrrlng accidents or nny unforsocn
delays, The Shevlln-Hlxon Company
will open Ita s.iw mill next Monday
morning.
Tho arrlvnl of machinery nnd parts
which havo been delayed on tho road
for sovoral weeks has enabled me
chanics to Install thorn nnd evory
tn.ng is being mado ln readiness for
beginning operations.
Tho dates of operations by the
auxiliary plans havo not been deter
mined, but, nccordlng to Harry Swan
son, who Is supervising tho Installa
tion of machinery 'n tho box factory,
oporntlons In that department will
commence soon after tho opening of
tho mill. A largo crew of men hns
boon engaged In tho box factory put
ting In machinery nnd no delay Is
expected thero.
Xo Delays Expected.
Llttlo or no difficulty Is expected
In tho first operations of tho mill, nc
cordlng to J. P. Dion, builder of tho
mill, as particular palna hnvo boon
tnkon to nttond to all tho details to
prevent delays.
Sawyors and milt, men have boon
arriving during tho lnnt wook In or
der to bo on tho ground when tho
mill opened.
Tho mill pond Is now full of logs
and no furthor loading In tho woods
will take place until shortly after
sawing has begun.
Tho new standard loopmatlvo,
which was rccontly purchased from
tho Haldwhi Lpcqmotlvo Works Is
oxpoctcd to urrlvo In n fow days and
wlll'hnndlo tho log.trnlnB.
Tho stacker nnd unstneker are
practically completed and will ho
ready In Monday to nccommodnto the
output of lumber going to tho kilns.
Painters have practically contplotod
painting tho kilns.
Thn mill will lincln minrntlniiR U'ttli
Vvo ton hour shifts, cutting ISO, 000
foil n shift.
0. W. LONG PROMOTED
Kerclu's an Assignment to Hiilnler
National Foicst.
C. V. I.oug, clork of tho olllca of
tho Deschutes National Forest, ro
cetvod uotlco yoctor'day that ho will
bo assigned to tho nlllco of tho Italn
lor National Forest, with hendnunr-
lors nt Tnconia. The promotion will
bocomo olTectlvo nbout April 1. Mr.
Long will have dutlos similar to the
on oh ho has had In tho Dosuhutes
National Forest.
Abbot Head, of Sumptor, Orognn,
clork on tho Whitman National For
est, nrrlvod In Hend yosterdny and)
will succeed Mr. Lung ns elork on tho
Doachutes forest. Mr. Hoad will tnko
up his dutlos nt once,
Mr. Long has boen association with
the Deschutes forest as clork since
1913, and ho spent a year und n half
on tho forest Int ho vicinity of Cres
cont before hoJiecaino clork.
f Hit til til lBfciXIIl.TX J dSlfi
MANY MEN WORK ON
FILL
Steel Krcrtots Arrive Stiucttiic to
Have 110 Foot Span To Ho IK
Feet Wldo and llao Slv Foot
Sidewalk Wires nie .Moved.
With the nrrlval of stool later this
week, construction will begin on tho
now steel brldgo over the Deschutes
rlvor nt tho site of tho Hend Water
Light & Power Company's dam, Tho
construction work will bo undor tho
supervision of F. A. Eborhnrt, of tho
Const llrldgo Company of Portland,
wlio arrived In Hend with his crow
of iu6n on Sunday evening.
Tho structuro will havo alio foot
spirn and will bo 18 foot wldo with a
six foot walk outsldo of tho truss.
It will hnvo a clcaranco nbovo tho
river on tho cast sldo of 10 feet. It
will be supported by two concroto
piers. On tho enst side It will bo
necessary to put In n coffer dam for
tho construction of tho pier.
Work was begun Monday morning
by n crow of men under M. J. Dnn
lolson on tho fill on tho' tfest sldo of
the river, which Is being mndo by tho
county. Hock has been placed on tho
down stream sldo of the presont 1111
which will bo lator covered with earth
and used ns a rond way while tho
present loud Is being raised. In con
nection with this 'tho powor imd
light poles nro being moved to now
locations.
On tho cast side tho city began
making a fill last week, using earth
from tho O'Kano building excavation.
Sovornl trees which stood In tho now
rondway hnvo beon cut and tho tolo
phono wires tnovod to n now locntlom
Work lias now begun on tho rock cut
nt tho top of the grado.
ALLEN. & LEWISJNVESTIGATE
Iteprcscntntlto of Another Portland
Wlmlesnlo HoiihO Hero This Week
Following tho lend of Lang & Co.,
the Portland wholosnlo grocery house
which rccontly pilychntod n waro-
lioiigH nlto bore, Allen & I.owls, an
other big wholosalo grocery concern,
hnsMpid ItH ropresontatlvo horo this
week looking tho ground over with u
view to buying a locution for tho pro
tection of ita Interests.
Frunk Woodward Is tho Allen &
I.ewU reprHMiitatlve who hns been
bore, arriving Monday morning nnd
lenNlugilast night. While hero Mr.
W'oodwnrd looked over tho various
sites uur the ono purchuKod by Lnug
& Co. It Is uudorHtooil that no pur
chase wns made by Mr. Woodward
but that he will ndvlso n purchase
by hit houeo when mnkliiK n ropnrt
on his trip.
Sl'HVHVOHS NKAH FOHT HOOK.
(Fort Hook Tluin's.)
The Strahorn Hiirveylnic crow nro
reported to bo working belwoen
China lint .Mountain nnd Itcols homo
s'ord. This party wts called olf
Irom stmoylng tho Hurns allnu for
tho presont or mull connection can
he mado with tho annoying crow now
working In tho Sunimor Lnko hills.
Tho party working north of horn con
slits of flftoon men, nn nutomobllo
nnd a term nnd wagon.
WILLIAMS FINUS AN OASIS,
G'ETS CAUGJIUANOS IN JAIL
Kaleix Plea of (Jullty to Htirglary
Clini'iic, and Is Hound 0er to Hie
(rand Jury.
Dame Curiosity and John Harloy
com proved to bo false, gods tor Hil
ly Williams early Monday morning
when Williams entored the small
building on Fir street whoro a large
stock of liquor formerly owned by
Stlvertooth nnd Hrowder hns been
stored for sovernl years,
Williams appeared on the street
Sunday afternoon somowhnt Intoxi
cated nnd told olllcer Nixon that ho
wns getting lioozo und that Nixon
would not find out whero ho obtained
It. Foltowlug thnt assertion Xlxou
kept a closo watch on Williams nil
day and Sunday night. About 1 o'
clock Monday morning Wlllhuns was
seen entering tho building whero tho
liquor was stored. Upon coming out
with sovernl bottles Wllllnms wns
promptly arrested and taken to tho
city Jail.
Whon brought boforo Judge J. A,
Bastes Monday afternoon, Wllllnms
plcnded guilty to tho chnrgo of bur
glnry nnd was bound over to tho
grand jury of tho district court. Ho
was takon to Prlnovlllo Tuesday by
Sheriff E. II. Knox.
ROADS GOiilTTEE TO PICK
ROUTE FOR. IMPROVEMENT
Club Votes Authority at Saturday
Meeting Subscription of Funds
Hcglus To (Jive Hecoptlon.
Tho Honda Commlttoo of the Com
merclnl Club will select roiuls for Im
provement on Its own accord, nnd not
wnlt for Instructions from thn club,
according to a vote takon nt Satur
day's meeting. Tho locnl subscrip
tion for ronds which will bo matched
by tho county was reported to bo
$300 on Saturday. Tho clilb also
gnvo Its approval to the plan of rond
marking submlttod nt u provlous
meeting, pledging Its llnnnclal assist
anco.
Tho club will hold a rccoptlon to
the recently orgnnlzcd Indies auxll
Inry club nt somo f utitro dayr'ntni'
mlttcQ consisting of, C. S. Hudson, C
W. Krsklnn nnd C. M. McKay, having
been appointed to nrrnngo tho nffulr.
Tin) only other matter to como bo
foro tho club wns n letter from Clay
Tallnuiu, commissioner of tho ganornl
laud allien. Hinting that tho club's
protest ngalnst tho oxteuslou of tho
llonhnm falls unit does not "set forth
nny evlduutlul fuctH hut merely nd
vUh of rouuluslons.' No further
action was taken In the matter.
HOIIKHT H. STItAIIOItX SAVS:
"That live Con trill Oregon coun
ties contain roiiHhly 10,000.000
neree of tillable land, of which
only a little over ten per cent
Is cultivated.
Including existing IrrUntod
Iliad, thorn nro In thoite five
counties about 1,000.000 acres
of arid or Irrigable InniU for
which an adequate water Hiipply
tan be obtained, nnd about ion,
onO aoroe of marsh lnuils which
can be drained und uftorwnrds
Irrigated, oftou nt reasonable
eoit. Such h compnra
tlvnly Binnll developed area
would glvo us Increased produc
tion, population und general
activity equal to Yuklnm valley
with its lOOiOOO people, Its mi
nierniiH railroads nnd many
towns of 1,000 to 20,000 highly
prosperous Inhabitants each."
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WEST COMING
SALEM PAPERS PRE
DICT NEW LINE
Continued SurvejIiiK Acthity Start.1
Story of Hallioad Across Mountains
Connect fiiK Head With Willam
ette Valley und oilier Points.
&:
- (Special to Tho Ilullotin.)
SALEM, March 13. Snlom, nppar-
i ontly, expects to becoino a noxt-door
neighbor of Hend pretty soon. At
least, Salem nowspnpers aro ufforlng
their renders luformntlon concoriilug
n railroad which Is to bo built front
Salem to Ilond.
Mysterious nnd continued activity
of surveying partios working appar
ently on railroad location from this
vicinity up to tho Mlnto pass ovor the
.Cascades, has ngnlu given color to tho
perslstont reports that Hond's next
railroad Invasion will be from tho
west. It Is rollahly known thnt sur
veys for such a lino havo been found
feasible, and that from time to time
In tho pust It hns rocolved tho atten
tion of tho road builders.
From The Salem Statesman.
Hero is what the Snlom Statesman
hnd to Bay Inst Friday under a front
pngo big bond:
"Actual construction of nn elec
tric railway front Salem to Hend will
begin In less than sixty days, nccord
lng to announcement mndo yostorday
by one of tho engineers In the mirvoy
Ing party which hns cnusod much
speculation In Snlom recently.
"Tho englncor rofused to Btnto the
iinmo of tho company which will con
struct tho lino, but it was learned
from nnothor snurco thnt tho Hill In
terests aro building the railway. Tho
fact Hint tho lino Is nunntinccd to use
olectrlc powor tends to confirm Uiu
stntomont that tho Hill Interests nro
In control of it, ns their policy Is. to
olectVify tholr Hues whoro possible.
"Tlie engineer Htntod thul thu.fom
pnny will probably locate Its division
point nnd shops employing 300 men
In Salem If tho proper co-operation
of Salem residents and buslnesa uiou
Is met. The Bhnps would In all prob
ability bo located on South Church
street ns the poruiuuent survey which
Ik now being mndo runs along that
street.
"The routo of tho railway will bo
made by way of Mill City through
Mlnto pass In tho Cascades, according
to the engineer's statement. The
preliminary survey whh mado from
Salom to Mill City u fow weokH ugo
and the pornmuiiut survey Is now bo
lng made to Mill City. The Hiirvtiy
over the mountains will be completed
hh soon us the weather permits.
"If the repoit Is true that tho Hill
linos ure back of the projeut the ul
timate object In nil probability- Is to
connect with their lines In Cuntrnl
und Southern OreKou. ' '
The Oregon .Mesneimor, another
Salem publication, In Its Issue of the
day before, couimentH as follows:
"While as et, thero Is nothing of
a tangible nature to Justify the pre
diction, the people of the Wllluiuotto
alley should prepare thomsolvoH for
the gladsome tidings, which may be
announced nny dny In the near or re
mote future, thnt 'Jim' Hill la making
preparations to make u short cut
fioin Hnlom, ovor the Cascade moun
tains, to tap the rich Central Oregon
(Continued on last page.)
Down i her view
of HiimiKs Hen a
Ion and Sbovllu
llhoii Company's
sawmills sliimlng
the logging pomN
The Sliellii-lll-on
mill will iHigln
nuiiiU ue .Mon
day morning ami
the Iliooks-Scau-Ion
mill lu ulsjut
one month,
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HKOOKS-SCANLON MILL.
(Continued on last page.)
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SHFALIX-HLOX MILL.