The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, July 05, 1916, Image 8

The Bend bulletin., July 05, 1916, Page PAGE 8, Image 8

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1916)

Prev Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (3.2 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextTHE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OBE., WEDNESDAY, JULY B, 1010. rAGK 8. Li i t r H IK. BENNETT DESCRIBES THE TUMALO PROJECT heard all over the state reports that the project Is a fnllure, that the people who nro here nre not making a living, that many havo left In dis gust, broken In piro and cursing over and completion of the Tinnalo' h """. ho In' ,hp cilm nn? Irrigation project, n great many pco- oven thomaelves. Not a eylloulo of ,.lo were skeptical as to the wisdom! H'nt Is true. Practically none have IUII, IIUI1 WIU WHU VI fc"V UIU. ...- gone away did so for reasons of a Dersonnl or family nature and left (The Orcgonlan.) BY ADDISON BENNETT. TUMALO, July 1. (Special.) When the Legislature of 1913 ap propriated $400,000 for the taking of tho action. B t tho settlers on the lands, then cnllcd the Columbia Southern segregation by bohio and the Lnldlnw project by others, had certainly a kick coming, nnd that kick was as much aimed at tho state for tho dorcllctlon of tho Stnto Ltnd Board as at tho promoter who had tnken the settler's money for water which was novor dollvored nnd nevor could bo delivered until a new ditch system waH lnotullcil. It hns been estimated by tho stato with regret. There nre today 20 40 acre tracts actually alive, water Is being used upon a cropped area of C940 ncrcs, upon which there are liv ing over 250 people, embracing a lit tle less than 100 landowners. Of these I think It Is welt within the bounds of truth to say that 7G per cent are making more than a living, nnd 20 per cent are holding their own HTOBACCO like fren'- ship is better for bein' mellowed by pSflv age. mnlimor nnil ntlmr nrnfr.BKlniinlR that' while of the 75 per cent who nro something under $150,000 would payj making money fully 25 per cent aro thn 159.000 for tho Improved farms laying the foundation for n fortune now many oiu irrigation wrecKs nave been so thoroughly rehabilitated In 18 months? It has been reported that the big reservoir will not hold water. In thnt report there Is moro than n grain of truth nnd tho taxpayers of on tho reservoir site, ilium me ui vorslon dams and canals, put In tho reservoir dams, build tho feed canals nnd tho necessary main latornls for tho complete nnd perfect Irrigation of tho 22,000 acres under tho pro ject nnd thnt the work could bo com pleted before tho first dny of January Oregon havo a right to know tho 1915. In fact. It was provided In fncts.' When water wna turned Into tho aiinronrlatlon bill that nny of this storngo reservoir, which has a the money left on that date should crpaclty of 20,000 ncres-fcet, In tho rcivort automatically to tho state. Tho wlntor of 1910, It was found that it funds were to bo available on tho first day of .Minn. 191.'), and Just prior to that tho Desert Land Board ap pointed Olnf Laurgnard ns engineer nnd superintendent of tho project. Hhortly nftnr Juno 1 ho begnn to ns Kombln n plant and started to work, having 19 iinonths to complete tho Job. Ho reported to tho lglslnturo oi 1915, or to them through tho Des ert Land Hoard, that tho work wns completed, nnd presumably, every portion of tho 22,500 acres could bo watered as noon ns snttlern enmo to tnku tho land, and that tho work had been done within tho appropriation. Dclnjrd lUvovwjr I'oimiM. It ought to bo told, for tho ben efit of tlitse who niter knew or have frrgoiten ihnt the project wns Ini tialed, pursued and completed under the Carey act, and thnt tho price fixed for tho Irrigable land wns $40 nu ncre, and th'i upkeep wns to bo tho actual cost. The tracts were In unltH of 40 acres. Theso tractH were leaked through fissures In the hot torn. Tho land which It was proposed to cover with water had been tested by both Government nnd stnto engi neers nnd pronounced satisfactory, so thero en n lie no blame fastened upon anyone Hut It would not hold water. As It hnppcnod thcro was no rush of now settlors nnd consequently tho up per or small reservoir bus been suf ficient to furnish the landowners all tho water thoy needed or nuked for nnd quite n lot moro could hnve been nupplled. In the mcnntlmo .Air. Wallace, thu gentleman In charge of tho project, hns been busy In search ing for, finding nnd puddling these fissures through which thu water es caped, with the result thnt thero Is now an nron of about .10 ncres cov ered with wator. and this Is being nugmonted nlmost dally. Doth Mr. Wnllncu and tho Inspection engineer rf tho Lr.nd Hoard, Mr. Dubiils, aro confident that It win only t'iKo n couple of years to romedy nil troubles ta n ml a MM mm Mm. Hnflll HN k WLH. ?.wj..s v mm Mii -,iir mm ri J) 'TpHE flavor, the " mildness, the cool ness natural to Ken tucky's choicest Burley Tobacco is improved i'i by being aged for two years into viijuviii. Jjftftttfy3e&ecoGjL county without Barnes would well, I hopo this section will escape the calamity of his departuro for many long years. His loss would be a blow to tho entire Btate. But I havo not the spaco to go over tho names of tho fine people here. Jinny peopio in Oregon know of bees, a lot of fowls, a few fat ctcers and some heifers coming along with an nbundanco of feed for nil and a good garden growing why a family so situated on the Tumalo project would bo better off then a i-ortland landlord In good tlmo3. And tho best part of It Is there are n num- them nearly as well as I do, for tliey . her of tho owners nnd occupants of aro ever entcrtnlnlng soniiobody. elth-' the Tumalo lands In precisely that er simply Individuals or by the score fix today, with a nice bank account fF.riti 1. ml, ..,.. nnil tlinf inirnlintr.tru -.........! .....I it... I ....I ....1.1.. n...l .... " ,,, ..... .. ,.... n.nuu.i nun ...u iimaun ... """, c lmVU 111! tllO Wnlor tliey WBIlt BS irriKnuie mini in emu nxou. i-ur mo rr , y nn the and s sold. I hnvo heard it utntcii mat .Mr, Lnurgaard loft tho project only par- latter tho settler was to pay $2.50 per ncro. Tho Inltlnl payment for each tract wim to bo 10 per cent, tho 1 aliinco lu nine eiiinl annual Instal ments, with six per rent lutorest. Tho enthuslastH and optimists sntd tho ntnte would got back all of Its mouny t'nlly finished, that ho made nippy egregious errors, thnt the rosorvolr I nkago was dtia to his faulty englu coring. Thu lrttor ptutemcut Is not ti no. Ho did make mlstaktx. But he made less than on nny Irrigation pro ... . .... . . .-. . ;nwc ninn nnil, wi iiiij win. inioresi uy uiii cioso oi jusi., or Jcct , V(!r wmlt ovur- ,,, tIlP thereabouts. work uconomlrallv. without a tlugo It might bo said right bore nnd now that the statu will undoubtedly get bark uvery dollar mid with lutor est. That Is Just about ns sure ns iiuythlng controlled by states, cor-' partitions or IndlvldunlH run be. But If I were asked to IK n duto prior to which the statu would gather In thu Inst nickel from that appropriation, I would fix It ns the Inst day of 11) in of graft. I lit mlstuka wna principal ly lu trying to do too much work for the motley ho bad and lu building ditches far out whuro there Iiiih been no laud sold. You iieo tho land in the prujert Is scattered over nn area of 12 mileH north and south by nine miles east mid wont, sny 100 square miles, or 04,000 nrros, while oulv 21,500 was to bo watered. Now If he hud been given tho time to mnku provided everything goes Just us n ti.pographlrnl map of the entire fine ns thu optimists expect. But ns ea. and tho $76,000 to It with, ho n bet I think about 1950 would bo would have more thru likely scoped a fair proposition at even money. I "T, ."i0,?"?!, h" ?,n!" ".! J ,,.., . ,. , ' nnd to Job would have bee i flu shod But to nccniiin Ish even itawo re. ,,,,,, mo lll)Xt )onr, suits, mid to uwko the project the NoW( , um um,t,r attempting to uieni spoi nun uiu mini owners win censure Mr. Uuirgiuird or to nivo him prosperous people they ought to be, the lUiglilaturo ought promptly next wlntor to extend the term of pay ments far beyond tho 10 year period, with but a small Initial payment nnd nothing but Inturoat for tho llrst undue praise, but 1 will say that like nil human beings his nftorulght Ij bettor thmi his foresight. But the Jnl vna done. The state has paid for :t Mini owiih It. And 1 win venture to i '.n y. ofter considering some dozons f ffi-fl t litit iimdmla thnt I liii. unnti three. to llvo years, it Is proposter-' , my ,,r,of f0i mt , work wng mm ui wiiiik wim win cuiiw oi buiwith ,om, luitter, more expeditiously nnd wanted on thu bind cm Bland u pay- more economically than four out of iiiont of 0 . 7 5 per ncro for thu sec- five of tho projects done under the unit ynnr, $0.H the third year, etc. directum of thu u, 8, Hecliiuintlnn N'otlilnu i vi n bo iiindo on the luml' Service. i iiiiiik wio simu wiih loriunmo in getting Mr, laurgnnrd' servlres but 1 think It wns more fortunate In get- the first your, very little the second' yonr. Why exact payments that cannot be earned from the l-ud? To do so Is but a warning for poor men to keep nway from tho project nnd u hint that tho settler on the Tumalo project Is expected to got uvmy from nud neglect his land while ho goes off to work for wnges to pay fees Into n treasury that U In no pronent need of the money. Thnt wilt not build up the prosperous settlement tbr.t we have u Hunt to expect on those splen did lauds and under that flue Irriga tion sjstem. As to neourlty, the best that the stnto can have Is the man nud his family at wok Improving his laud nud making headway tuwnrds ting the services of Mr. Wallace, who has been In charge of the project since Mr. Laurgnard turned It over to the state. Fred N Wallace went to work In tho project undor the re g'liie of Mr. Uxldlnw, whoso Incapac ity and devious business methods, winked at by tho Desert Laud Hoard, got the people on the project, ns well as the statu authorities, Into a muss that smelted to heaven. Mr. Wallace was about the only one connected with the Uildlixw epoch who came through with the respect and con ti de ium of this community. Ho has been on tho project ever since, save a brief period In 1911. He wns one prosperitymaking n homo that he! of ,Mr J,Knard's chief assistants mid the state will be proud of. The, " "".. .".. 'V" J0" Pl" 10 year plan Is antiquated. The (lov eminent has long since ubandonod It, why should wo show our Ignorance by adhering to It? , , Kinder Temin Hiiggtcd, A far bettor plan would be to go to the other extreme and exact only tho 10 per cent, or oven five per cent down, then, to those actually on the land not even the Interest for two or three )onrs, then a small but slowly advancing payment to complete the payuieuts In 25 years. The chances nro that three out of five would pay up before maturity. That would tend to keep each trsct on tho up grade all the time, and would event ually build up on the Tumalo pro ject one of the finest nud most pros perous communities in Oregon. Tho peopio of Orcg n havo n right one of the chlefest of the Central tu know thu coudltloua here. I havu Orogou boosters. Indeed, Crook Ho Is n tireless worker, a man of great versatility, never has any trouble with nuybody, tho water users and their families believed In him mid ro spect him for his sterling manhood, for they know ho Is "square" nud that In cases of trouble of any sort ho tiles to their relief duy or night. (nuiiiiiilty In Contented, 1'nder the leadership of Mr Wnl Isce there Is here the most peaceful nud contented Irrigation communis I ever saw. Of course ho Is backed up by the good people of the town (now Tumsjo, formerly Uildluw. but tho people hereabouts wouldu t wil lingly rail a dog by the unme of Lnldlnw ) First I guess ought to be mtmtloucd thu ubiquitous V D Barnes, formerly In the banking bus luess hero. Now he Is n professional' trout fisher and peace maker, and or hundred as a community or through their fine commercial club. It ought to bo said that tho townslte, on the west bank of tho Doschutcs river, about five miles north of Bend. Is ono of tho finest In Oregon. It Is not u largo place but everybody here seems to bo doing well. Tho land under the project was all nt ono tlmo protty well overgrown with Junipers, with now nnd then n pluo. It Is a rolling country hilly. Thu will Is a gravelly loam. tho roads nre always good, domestic well wntcr Is obtalnnblo at about 50 feet, tho altltudo Is around 2000 feet, It Is 155 miles from Portland to Its nearest rallrond station, Deschutes which Is three miles to the cast. Des chutes Is situated on tho Oregon Trunk Brllwny, which Is n focdor for tho S., I. & 8., running from Fall- bridge, Washington, to Bend. Oregon. Thoro nro no batianns grown horo, nnd I never saw on or nenr tho pro Ject anything resembling mi nningo grovo. Nor do tho peopio of this section glvo sleighing parties lu Juno. skating tournaments In July or Ice cnmlvnla In August. Thu cllmato Is not grontly different from that of Harney, Mnlhuur, Klumath or Lake counties. The growing season Is short, but nature compcuantes for thnt by making It rapid. Good an pies mid plums nro grown hero and every thrifty settler has n family or chard. Garden stuff of nlmost nil sorts, with tho exception of tomntoes, grow nnd yield well, potatoes of fine quality give big ylolds every year, corn Is bolng grown to n limited ex tent nnd does well, wheat, barloy and oats of tho best quality give big re turns, nlfnlfn produces about four tons to tho ucre Hiobo facts will give the reader nn Idea of tho situ ation. As to grain there wna sold Inst year 13.000 bushels of wheat and oats, nnd far mora than thnt fed on thu farms. Sheep nro Introduced. As n rulo tho peopio are working Into the dairy busluoas, and with tho dlnry cows are coming the pigs, bees Slid sheep. Mr. Wallnco advocates the keening of shoen and ninny huvo followed his advice and havo demon ntrnted thnt tho returns from u good owe nro rbout $10 n year. Whou the time comes that every 40 acre tract has 25 to 30 lino ewe?, n dozen dairy cows, n few hogs, severe! stands' besides, people who camo here prac ttcally broke a low yccra ago. Any Intelligent, mini who Is not afraid to buckle down and work can do well here, better than on most Ir rigated tracts. If ho has a family so much tho bettor. In going over the project on this trip and I rode over 75 miles through It, bo you see I am not speaking second-hand I noted two families of eight children and ono evun of seven children nre making a fine living, clothing nnd educating the children of school age, and rapidly Improving their places. Ycl they camo hero with mighty little moro than enough to make their Initial land payments. Will Mou believe mo when I tell you I found their houses neat and tidy, the children clean and neatly clothed and chlldron contented and happy? Then will you still bellevo men whon 1 toll you nil thrco families wore of Scandinavian birth or pnrcntngo? Tumalo nnd tho Tumalo project wore nnd aro worth while. Oregon need never bo nshamed of tho action of tho Loglslaturo or 1913. It will tako a long tlmo to get that $450,000 back Into tho stnto trcasip-y, but it 'Will be returned without nny furthor appropriation. Of that thero Is no doubt In my mind, no doubt In tho mind of Mr. Wnllaco. But I do hopo every enndtdnto for the Legislature will rend this article, anil when the 1917 session opens In Salem next January lot every mombor remember that to mnko tho Tumalo project ono of the most successful In tho country tho Initial payment should bo reduc ed, thero should bo no Interest de manded from those nctually living on nnd Improving their lands for three to five years, and tho term of payment should be lengthened to 20 or 25 years. Roofing of all kinds. Repairing promptly done. J. A. MacCLOSKEY TINNING AND Furnace Contractor Guttering, Spouting, Cornices and Skylights. VOGAN'S CHOCOLATES find cecinl favor with people who appreciate good choco lates becniiMj they Imvo n much smoother coating than Is iwiinlly found In cliocolntcn. This Ad is Valuable Tho now JRWKLUY firm that is to occupy the MUTZIG BUILDING on. (IIIKRHV HTItKKT will irirn in n.l... a .515.00 GOLD WATCH to tho boy ' bringing in wio Rrcntcwt numlcr of iids to tho store on oiicnlng day, also n $lf.00 GOLD WATCH to the girl bringing greatest number of nds to tho store on opening day. Save these nds ns they will 1k valuable about August 1st, tho data of opening of tho XKW JHWKLHY 8TOBK IN THE MUTZIG BUILDING. For farm land loans sco J. Ryan eorvlco. Adv. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING DY THE ITiiAllhifflfrS'itiJTflWiinll hi- i. ikr.r;) r t .- r - "-"t-'i GENERAL OFFICES NEIW YORK AND CHICAGO DRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIE3 WOOD WOOD WOOD WOOD PROBLEM NOW SOLVED Lay In your wood supply now nt tho following prices: GKKKX 111-INCH WOOD $2.00 I'KU LOAD DUY 111-INCH WOOD $2.f0 I'KU LOAD BUY 10. IN (Ml 1'liANKK KNDS $;l.00 l'KIt LOAD THIS INCLUDES FHKE DELIVEIIY Oregon Transfer Co. PHONE US NOW-BLACK 45x Dry Factory Wood Bend White Pine Sash Co. Reed & Horton BEND. ORE. ICE CREAM AVo mnko It from listnrl7cd l'roducts No Uo Germs CENTRAL OREGON FARMERS' CREAMERY GROCERIES FRESH VEGETABLES BERRIES AND FRUITS BUILDERS' HARDWARE and mpj SHERWIN-WILLIAMS pJ' PAINT F. DEMENT Sh CO. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. LUMBER Lath, Shingles, Building Material of all kinds KILN DRIED FLOORJNG AND FINISH CASTINGS IN GRAY IRON AND BRASS HUFFSCHMIDT-DUGAN IRON WORKS BEND. OREGON PHONE BLACK 741 LUMBER LATH SHINGLES LIME PLASTER CEMENT All Finish Lumber Kiln Dried Miller Lumber Co. SELLING SHEVL1N-H1XON LUMBER. OFFICE ON OREGON ST.