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The Bend Bulletin - t Section Two Pages 9 to 1 6 -- -- -- VOL. XIV. HUM), ORKtiO.V, WKDNKSDAY AKTKUNOO.V, DKCKMHKIl , 1010. M NO. 40 BE S STEADY RISE A. J. KROENERT SEES COUNTRY'S NEED. MARKET IS PROVIDED Jioral Institution Keeps Ahead of tho AVnnts of Section mid Puts In De partments That Help Ilulld Up Tributary Localities. In anticipating future needs of Bend, and a vnst surrounding tribu tary country, in taking an active. MIL CD HA ft' part in tlio promotion of the. Interests of farmers and stockmen In tho way of providing them with bettor pro ducts with which to build up their licrds, in building slowly and stead ily and all tho time keeping Just a little ahead of these demands, A. J. Kroenort, president-manager of tho JJend Flour Mill Company, now has one of tho most modern flour and feed mills in tho state, and has ex pended moro than $50,000 In making It so. It Is tho business policy of Mr. Krocucrt to ascertain what tho coun try needs, to experiment and study whnt tho country Is adapted to, and then supply tho needs. In following this course,, Mr. Kroenort hns built up :n big business for Ills company, is .giving tho local consumers of his products tho best they can purchaso, ave& GROCERIES Successors to. E. A. Sather - OUR CUSTOMERS ARE ALWAYS RIGIII ivcte rocERIES For That Christmas Gift We have an assortment of high grade jewel ry at prices that will suit the most modest purse. Solid Gold Lavallieres, from $2.50 up Bracelet Watches $8.00 to $20.00 The odd pieces and sets of Alvin Silver Plate make acceptable gifts for Christmas. Be sure and get our prices before buying elsewhere; and also do your Christmas shopping early. Myron H. O'KANE Watch Inspector O-W. and Is aiding tho farmers, both In providing a market for their grain produqts and stimulating better stock for their ranches. Old Milt Itcuovntcd Two years ago last October, Mr. Kroenert purchased tho Uend Milling & WarchottBO Company's holdings, which then consisted only of tho flour mill proper, with a dally capac ity of 75 barrels of flour. Believing that the conditions in tho territory, from which he would eventually draw business, would Justify the erection of a moro modem plant, Mr. Kroenert set about dismantling most of the machinery then In uso and thorough ly renovating tho ontlro establish ment, replacing tho old machinery by tho latest machinery nvallnblo to conform to tho standards of tho lar ger nnd moro modern flour mills. With this action he provided for a capacity of 17G barrels of flour, which tho mill Is now manufacturing, operating on oua 10-hour shift. Among tho more Important features wcro tho installation of tho latest wheat clounlng devices so that tho selection oC the best kernels woro mrule four times as offcctlvo as un der tho former process. Polishers and separators wcro also installed to nssuro the turning out of the purest and whitest product possible. It Is unlikely that any Infant in dustry in Uend had more to combat, faced moro popular antagonism, moro skepticism upon tho part of the farm ers than tho Uend Flour Mill Com pany nt tho tlmo Mr. Kroenert as sumed control In 1914. Farmers held tenaciously to tho view that Central Oregon wheat could not mako first grado flour. This belief wns not only held by tho farmers, but It was also held by merchants, who handlo flour Tho merchants woro hesitant about contracting for or ders, and finding a steady market for Uend manufactured flour was no easy task tor this compnny. Mr. Kroonert had faith In his miller, U. Kohtleld, whom ho brought with him to Uend from Kansas, whero Mr. Kohflcld had received ills expcrlcnco. An ex haustive study began of local condi tions, and especially of Central Oro- gou grown wheat, ngalnst which thcro was so much popular feeling. Undaunted by this feeling, tho study and experiments woro carried out. Blending KxpcrlmentH Mmlo Hugo bulk wheat bins, with a cn paclty of 20,000 bushels wcro built, Symons BLDG. R. &. N &. S. P. & S. Ry. enabling the storing of largo quanti ties of wheat for testing and blend ing before being ground. Hundreds of experiments woro conducted until the proper blends woro obtained, most of which aro now used in tho manufacture of tho Deschutes Spray, Truo Ulue, Blended Uluestom nnd Turkey lied flours. After this important feature was accomplished, Mr. Kroenort set about manufacturing othor products, tho urst of which was whole wheat grn hajn flours. A stono buhr mill was purchased, upon which to grind this product, which has proved to bo popular among tho consumers owing to Its purity. This department, as yet, Is Infant, but has splendid prospects for early onlargraont. Tho next product to bo experimented with and later turn ed out was pancako flour, for which local grown grains seem to be highly adaptable. This feature was Installed in tho plant about a year ngo. New Cereal Is Prepared There Is one product of which Mr. Kroonert and his mllfor nre tho orig inators Deschutes Hyo Flakes, n delightful breakfest corenl which ,Js experiencing n big demand, not only in tho local and nearby markets, but Is also finding demnnd In Port laud, Idaho and Washington, as thoso merchants aro also beginning to glvo It notice, and, according to Mr. Kroe nert, ho now has several largo or ders for this product from firms out side of tho Htate. Mr. Kroenert says that the Bend Flour Mill Is receiv ing cat load ordors from Jobbers In Portland. Tho perfection of Des chutes Byo Flakes camo aftor a thor ough study of local grown ryo for n period of six months, during which several hundred Individual experi ments woro made. Mr. Kroenort has rccolvcd many complimentary lottors upon tho now product and ho expects to make much of it as tho mtirkct for tho product Justifies. Modern Warehouse ltullt With tho lucrcaso In tho capacity of tho mill, and tho growing demand for tho local products as well as tho manufacture of other products be sides flour, Mr. Kroenort decided to erect a modern brlck-tllo yynrohouso with concrete, floor, and fireproof. Tho warehouse Is divided Into two departments, bno for storing and nging of flour, with scientific venti lation, and thu other for tho storing of grains and feed. Experience, hns nlroady shown that this method of storing flour Is beneficial and moro protltublo. Kroenert Helps .Stockmen In tho last year Mr. Kroonert lins learned that farmers on small tracts tributary to Bend havo becomo In terested In tho advancement of dairy ing and poultry raising, and that tho stockmen aro moro concerned with advanced methods of feeding and tho uso of moro scientifically prepared stock rations. He nlso saw that In addition to creating n market for specially prepared mixed rations for poultry and stock, ho could also ma terially nsslHt tho stockmen In liet- torlug their herds. Mr. Kroonert has conferred with many Central Oregon stockmen In regard to tho preparation of mixed feed rations, Although the manufacture of these feed rnltons has not started on a largo scale, Mr, Kroonert has pre pared samples nnd sent thorn to prominent stockmen, nil of whom comment highly upon It and will use tho rations as soon as tho depart ment Is manufacturing for market. It is bolloved that tho rations will provldo moro balanced feed and that stockmen tun feed their herds moro economically. Tho capacity of this department will bo Increased as tho demand for tho prod net grows. A 1 faint Mill Is Completed Alafla on small tracts about Tum ulo. Alfalfa, Powell llutto and Des chutes, Ih grown on a much lurgur ucreago every year. This last year was u banner year for tho small acreage formers In raising alfalfa. As many of tho farmors on these tracts feed their stock on their ran ches during tho winter, and as tho raising of small bands of sheep Is becoming ouch year moro popular, Mr. Kroenert, anticipating that tho farmers would appreciate bolter feeding grains, this last summer pur chased machinery and has Just com pleted the erection of a largo alfalfa mill, which grinds tho alfalfu In small pieces ready for feeding. It has boeu tho experience of stockmen that there is much wasto In feeding alfalfa hay, and Mr. Kroenert be lieves that the ground ulfulfu will, from this standpoint, bo much muro economical. Tho process of grind ing ami separating the stalks from the leaves makes possible tho pro duction of a high grado feed for poultry, which consists of tho leaves of tho alfalfa. Mr. Kroenort believes tho ground alfalfa will in u. large measure revolutionize tho methods of feeding stock, and will materially cut tho cost and increase profits to the stockmen. Interest In tho upbuilding of the agricultural pursuits of Central Ore gon has been manifested by the Bend Flour Mill Company In other ways besides the manufacture of high grade flour and feed products. Last spring Mr Kroenert purchased a largo quantity of laud plaster, which was distributed nmong tho farmors throughout this part of Cen tral Oregon at a smalt cost, for ex periment purposes. In n largo ma jority of cases tho application of tho plaster proved to bo a boon to newy broken ground nnd tho raising of biggor crops. Sovoral carloads of beet pulp wero also ordered and de livered by tho Uend Flour Mill Com pany for exporlemcuts In feeding dairy cattle. So successful wwb this experiment that Mr. Kroonert has been advised to order again thts year, but In a larger quantity. Grain Investigation Made In Doccmbcr, 1914, n suggestion was mado editorially In Tho Uullotln, thnt tho Commercial Club cooperate, with tho county agriculturalist, then A. E. l.ovett, In experiments with hard wheats that might bo adaptablo to Central Oregon boII and climate. Mr. Kroonert materially assisted In this particular in tho purchaso of samples of Kharkov, Early ltaart nnd Karly Marquis wheats from localities with similar physical conditions to Central Oregon. Tho unfavorable 19 1C season dtd not enable tho grain to bo given a fair test, and although tho 1916 season wns unusually fa vorable to tho farmers, It Is thought by Mr. Kroenert that tho Karly Uanrt and Karly Mnrquls wheats ara tho most suitable for soil and climatic conditions of Central Oregon, Fol lowing up this belief, Mr. Kroenert is purchasing nil tho Early Marquis and Karly Duart wheats ho can from tho farmers, but will not mill theso varieties, preferring to hold It for seed, not already having samples so that further and moro comprehensive tests may bo mado. Bend (Jives Heady Market Taking a kocu Interest In tha wel fare of thu Control Oregon farmer, providing a ready cash market for all of his grains nt all times, paying tho top market prices, tho Uond Flour Milt Company hns, In tho laBt two years, built up a formidable Central Oregon market for Its products, Is making moro grain country to tho north tributary to Bend, nnd Is, above nil, rapidly dispelling tho antipathy with farmers and merchants former ly had for Central Oregon ground flour. During tho last season tho Bend Flour Mill hns expended moro than S12C.000 In tho purchaso of high grado wheat, going Into tho mnrkot nnd paying top prices In competition with thu largu Columbia river and const waro'iouso firms. Moro than 100,000 bushels of grain havo boon purchased lu thu last few months by tho company, of which 80,000 IiubIioIh aro wheat. Tho buying ter ritory of tho Bend Flour Mill Com pany Is Central Oregon exclusively, and Culver, Mecca, Gntowuy, Madras, Itedmoud, and Torrebnnu nro tho shipping points for tho particular ag ricultural sections. This wook, with tho completion of tho alfalfa mill, and tho mixed feed rations plant, Mr. Kroenert believes he will bo nblo to copo with thu feed needs of tho Central Oregon stockmen for several years to come, but also says Hint tho Improvement lu tho muchlnery nnd 'the methods or manufacture, will bo studied to keep npaco With modern prnctlces In milling. FURNITURE To make room for new .stock a number of odd pieces must be closed out. Special prices will prevail until these piece are sold, but as there arc only one or two of a pattern it would be well to do your buying early. 4G-lnch Plank Top, all Quartered Oak , I0x tousloii Table; Regular Prlco t? 11 (Th Q E $26.60; SPKCIAL, cjJlly.OJJ Ivory Knamoled Dresser, with 22x28 French Plato Mirror; an unusually attractive de sign; Regular Prlco J30.00, rT)T eA 8PECIAI $JjCi,OV Full slto Iron Beds, Vernls Martin finish, or Blue Knamelod; Regular Prlco (jj f ntTK 8.50; SPKCIAL &&,y"U) Glass Door Kitchen Cupboard, Regular Prlco J11.G0; SPKCIAL. Do your Christmns buying now. We will make delivery wben desired. GOODS SOLD ON TERMS TO MEET OUR CUSTOMERS CONVENIENCE. Bend Furniture SUCCESSORS TO E. F. LOGAN D. G. McPhmon, Mgr. NOVEMBER WEATHER Zero Temperatures l'ull Minimum for Month Down. With oxtromo low temperatures ubout tho ralddlo of tho month, un usual for this tlmo of year, tho mean minimum tcrapcrnturo for tho month of November wns lower than for many years 'past. Tho exact figure Is IS. 5 degrees and tho men nmax Imum 47.1, making tho menu 31.3. Tho highest tempcraturo renched wns 770 degrees on tho first, nnd tho lowest thrco below, on tho 13th. Thcro wcro six nnd n halt Inches of snowfall during tho mouth and a total precipitation of .51 Inches. Clear days wcro In tho majority, with 1G, as against eight cloudy and 7 partly cloudy. Tho daily temperatures and char acter of day wero ns follows: Date Max. Mln Char. Day 1 70 22 I't. Cloudy 2 GS 20 Cloudy 3 67 28 Pt. Cloudy 4 68 20 l't. Cloudy D 41 16 Cloudy 6 38 1C Cloudy 7 39 17 Cloudy 8 37 14 Clear 9 34 10 Clear 10 31 8 Clear 11 30 9 Clear 12 37 2 Clear 13 38 3 Clear 1 41 G Clear 1G 48 8 Clear 16 Gl 10 Clear 17 47 8 Clear 18 4G 8 Cloar 19 Gl 13 Cloudy 20 42 9 Cloudy 21 G4 14 Cloudy 22 G6 10 Clear 23 GL 13 Clear 24 G4 11 Clear 2G GS 28 Pt. Cloudy 26 G6 29 Pt. Cloudy 27 4 8 30 Cloudy 28 47 27 Clear SO GO 32 Pt. Cloudy 30 G4 37 Pt. Cloudy 31. . . Gl 30 Pt. Cloudy FOREST PLANS TO IMPROVE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION Outljlng Points Will Be Brought Into Closer Connection With Bond When ChnugcN arc Mado. Plans tor ouo of tho most Ideal tolophouo systeniH lu any nutlonal forest In tho United States have been worked out In tho hist two weeks by C. M. Allen, telephone expert of tho district V. S. Forest office in Port laud, working with W. O. Hastings, of the Deschutes Nutlonal forest. Under tho plan, with n slight amount of alteration lu tho present syrilom, the local forest will havo uu efficient system of communication with nil points on tho forest. With tho present arrangement It Is frequently necessnry to talk over u ureal distance to reach a point near at hand. Tho ro-iirrnuguiuuut of tho government Hues will nut bo exten sive, but odds mid ends of linos which havo been Improvised to meet Oak Hewing Regular Prlco SPKCIAL Kim Child's Rocker, Regular Prlco 11.26; SPKCIAL ., Solid Quarter-Sawed Oak China Closot, with buut glass ends and front; Reg- tjr-j, ri rnra ulur Prlco $29.60; 8PKCIAL....tpZ 11 .ZJ5 Full size Oenulno Drags Bed, guaranteed finish; Regular Prlco 126.00 rt fl rf r SPKCIAL 0I'.S . $7.65 a )) HOLIDAY SPIRIT IS IN THE AIR. IjornI Stores Huc Dressed Up for Christina Time and Patrons nro Urged to Make Their Selec tions Hoon as Poxslblc. "Shop earllor." That's what ovury morchunt Is nsk lng of his customers thts year. That's why every merchant is putting his stock of holiday goods out for show ing cnrllor thnn usual. Karly sug gestions, they boltovo, will conduct! . to earlier shopping. Tho morchants nro also asking their customers, both 0 EARLIER I CMS K city and country, to watch tholr ad vertisements this year, becuuso thoy havo moro to offor, and bottor things to suggest. Tho holiday shopping season, following this year so closoly upon tho Thanksgiving Benson, mer chants aro being crowded to tha limit. , ' ChrlstmaB shopping tha country over this year promises to bo tho heaviest that has ever been exper ienced. Special measures aro being taken by tho postotflces In tho way of directing pcoplo In tho matter of mailing to oxpcdttu tho doltvery and nssuro safo arrival lu tho malls. A1-" ready these notices havo appeared In tho local poetolllco, nnd will offer many suggestions to givers ut this Christmas tlmo. Htoron Dress t'p. Jff ') Bond's buslucBs center Is beginning to tnko on tho gala holiday aspect. Practically ovary merchant has his slock uttrnctlvoly displayed, nnd enru nnd thought Is evident upon looking over tho holiday specials which aro holng put forth. Tho stores, In nil, look quite "citified." Local merchants nro expecting a busy holiday trade this yenr, basing tholr predictions upon tho early shopping that Is being done, both by local shoppers and pcoplo from out of town. Tho ouo thing they now wish to Impress upon thu minds of their pa tron p Is, "SHOP KAHI.IKIt FOB CHRIST MAS." emergencies will bo brought under one lino. I .a Pino will bo mndo tho center communication point of tho south nnd of tho forost. Sisters wilt ho mado tho center of the north end of tho forest nnd Bund will bo lu direct communication as tho main station for both of those places. At tho present, thu forest hns ubout 276 miles of its own telephone lino. Rocker, black leather seat; $4.00 $2.95 85c Co. 845 Wall St. '