WEEKLY EDITION
BEND
Banker-Farmer
Mixer, Sept. I ,
at Tumalo.
Reveille Wfc
Bend "&
Oct. 20-261
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VO!. XVII
WATER SHORT;
FARMERS TO
TAKE ACTION
RANCHERS OP TUMALO
MAY ORGANIZE.
TO DRAW UP PETITION
w Lnto Ciopt Suffer Till Heiiwin llo
4 (niliiii f Wiiti'f Ncrc-saniy
Hlui-itge Ht'MMtoIr TImiukIiI
I Visible Ailtlro Ohm.
General dlsaatlafucllon ninoui; tho
Iiolilorn of wittur rights on tho Tuma
lo Irrigation l'rojoct, dtiit - to tho
uhnrtngo this nontioii of water wan
thu principal cause for n gunornl
meeting or thu Kottlunt Inat night ut
TiiimiiIo for Hi" purpose of dlacuHHlug
wlint tnuaatirua ahould bo tnkoii to
relluvu tho nltuatlon nnothor your,
Following it brlof resunio of tho
situation It wait ilotcrinluuil (hat
slops should hu tukon nt onco to na
curtain whether tho aoltlora will or
ganize mi IrxlKntlon district umlor
llm ntitto law, ami a committee con
sisting of John Marsh, chalrmati;
C. P. Becker, It. (J. Sammons, lion
Plercy nml A. J llartcr wan uppolnt
ml to draft tho petition for tho for
mation of an Irrigation district to bo
circulated among tho laud holder
for future election.
Whether tho voto to take stops to
ward tho organization of an Irrlpa
Hon dlRtrlct on tho Tumalo 1'roject
wan representative of tho opinion of
all tho aottlera could not bo deter
mined, but It was Indicated by short
talka mado by varloun aottlera that
radical measure, wejo needed to-bet-tor
tho water supply situation for
another year. There baa boon con
wlde-nblo contention among the pro
ject nattier over tho que)Ui) of, the
water rlghta they ho)d,v Many of
them hold rlghta, known an the pre
ferred contrnctn and other thoprdl
nary contracta. Tho former were le
aned at tho time tho Columbia
Houthern Irrigation Company was
formed, and subsequently surronder
id to tho atato when tho project
duvelopment canio under tho ntato of
Oregon. Later contracta woro Issued
by tho ntato.
OwIiik to tho Incroaaed ncrcago
with no gruntnr nupply of water than
Inst season It Iiiih boon nocossary to
adopt it system of water rotation. Ac
cording to soma of tho farmera thla
linn been dutrlmoutnl to tho Into
crop.
In considering what ahull bo dono
tho- project fanuurn called upon Ir
rigation law oxpurtn to Hpenk beforo
tho mooting, unitJng whom woro Jny
II. Upton, of I'rlnovlllo, president of
tho Oregon Irrigation Congress and
II. II. Armond, of Iloud, who la vers
ed In Irrigation law nml hou had con
aldcrnhlo oxporlonco In tho orgnnlxn-
tlon of Irrigation districts. Mr Up
ton outlined tho methoda of procood
uro preliminary to organization, nnd
ndvlaod tho settlors that tho organi
zation of an Irrigation district wan
tho Ideal arrangement. A Hlmllnr
opinion wna advanced by Mr. Do Ar
mond.
iThroo or mora utopn appear to tho
Hottlorn to bettor tho wator nupply
situation on tho project, provided
"they organize tho propoHod district.
Ono provides for ropalrliiR tho Tuma
lo reservoir bo that It will atoro
wator. Tho aocond' provides for uho
of wntur from tho proponed Ronhnm
FallH roHorvoIr, In event tho govern
mont duvolops It. Tho third mou
Hiiro provides for atorngo of wator
nt Crano prnlrlo, It wna brought
nut that tho natural flow of tho Den
chutoH or TumoMo crook river will
not provldo sufficient wator for tho
project IrrlRatlon purposes nnd that
wlntor atorngo' h nocosanry to carry
tho farmoru through tho dry sonson
of tin) Hiimmor monthu.
It la expected that a petition will
bo drawn ut nn early dnto to bo cir
culated among tho uottlorH of tho
project, which If HlRtied by n Htiffl
filnnt nuiubor will Hubsnquoutly bring
tho mutter to an olootlon for final
determination.
BUYS POTATO SPRAYER.
Mombers of a farm burouu In
Delaware purchased coopuratlvoly a
four row 12-nozzle potato, uprayer,
STATE OFFER
APPROVED BY
S
BEND-REDMOND ROAD
WORK ENDORSED.
STATE TO GIVE $175,000
County's Hhnrn tit Ito GmdliiK at
CoKt or (M,000 Jtids; lliirm'a
KeplleN to AltmkM on
I ton (I Piiigriiin.
Ah tho result of correspondence
carried on by tho roadn committee
of tho Iloud Commercial club, tho
rommltteo nan received nn Offer from
tho Btutd Highway commission of
forliiR to lay u macadam surfacing
on that portion of Tho l)nltcaCallfor
nla highway lying between Iiend nnd
Itodmondi nt n coat of approximately
1175,000, lr thu county 'will grade
thin stretch of road In preparation,
at mi estimated coat of 100,000, Thla
wna tho report made todny at tho
weekly moetliiR of tho Commercial
club by I(, J, Ovorturf, chnlrman of
tho roadH committee, and on hla mo
tion tho luminous meu'a organization
went bit record an urging tho county
court to accept thu propoultlori.
Jtotul Program Definite.
HOAI) I'JtOmtA.M DKI'IMTK.
Judge Uurnos apoko at length In
nnawor to a quoatlon appearing In
a local weekly paper Inquiring "what
hua bocomn of tho county road pro
sramT" and stated that tho Court la
already employing a force of men on
one County road, and that na aoon a
thla ha fcwi complotod, other Im
provement, Including tho Alfalfa,
and the, ,Orngo Hall road, will be
undertaken. He aald that a full
year'a work-haa boon planned and
will ba under way aa rapidly aa labor
condition will permit.
Judge Burnea mpntlned also a
BtatemetiC made by Mr. prerturf at
a prevloua club meeting, lit wblch the
county court waa aaaorte'd to have
no definite road program. Judge
Uarncs declared that ho bollevod
audi a atatemont to have been Ill
considered, aa Mr. Ovorturf waa ono
of a committee of neven, which
earlier In tho year had mapped out
tho program which tho court In now
Btartlng on.
In explaining tho reason why tho
county had not put In n bid for con
struction on Tho Dalles. California
hlghwny within tho county, Judge
llarncH stated that thla could not
have boon dono without sidetracking
other rond work, and that ho had
virtual aanuranco of a hotter bid
than that formerly filed with tho
ntnlo commsslon, to bo presented nt
tho next time that estimates tiro call
ed for.
FOREST BLAZE
BELIEVED SET
FIKK IX rlWAMl' WKI.L8 COUN
THY I'lKTil l.V TWO WKKKB
CIIKW Ol.' 18 WOUKH SUNDAY
TO CONTHOL KLAMRS.
Klro bollovod to bo of Incendiary
origin kept n combined force, of
Urookfl-Scnnloir oniployei-'and forest
aorvlco mon busy lit tho Swamp
WoIIh section all day yesterday, 'nnd
wnn not undor control jintll (iati
o'clock last night, fiuporvlsor Ja,cob
eon roportod thla morning, Tho flro
la tho fifth to break put In tho
Swamp Wolla country In two woohs,
and It 1m thla that loudi to tho bo
llof that tho blaze waa not tho iu
suit of accident, '
CONTRACT IS L3T
FOR CEMENT WORK
Tho contract for coimtruntlon of
cement walks nnd curbs on tho ntroot
ImprovonionlH rocontly nutUnrUfid
by tho city council, ban boon mib-lot
by Joo Hook, tho Konornl contraqtor,
to Frank MUlor, Mt. Hopk annpuno-
od on Wednesday,
BUSINES
MEN
bund, itmviwxm COUNT!', ohkgon, thuiwdav, august jjh, ww
"THE CAT CAME BACK"
PLACES ALL FILLED
' IN COUNTY SCHOOLS
Kunln of Iiihtruetora lU'portfil by
KutH'iintcnilent Inntlttito to He
Kcptrmbcr 10, 11 and 11!.
In placo of tho scarcity of Instruc
tor for tho achools of Deschutes
county. Superintendent J. 'Alton
Thompson now 'has a surplus, he
stated on Tuesday. Every position
la filled and a number of capable
teacher who came In from the eaat
wlthoxit flrat signing contracta, aro
on the waiting list,
According to present plans, nomd
of the county schools may atstt on
September 1, although It Is possible
that thla may be changed to tho
flftoonth ao aa to allow for touchers
Inutltuto on Soptomber 10. 11, and
12, Mr. Thompson says. A feature
of tho Institute will bo n discussion
of the now' toxt books, and apodal
work In phyalcnl Instruction, to pro
pa re tho tenchorn of tho county to
give tholr classes work iu calisthenics.
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TENTATIVE PROQRAM
Central Oregon Banker-Farmer Mixer .
VniRram Ktntts at li.tu V. M.
Musical Solectlon by Orchostrn.
Homo of tho HjieuUeiM anil Their Subjects Aro:
"Silos and Silage Feeding"
K. II. K1TTS
Dairying Specialist, O. A. C.
"Sunflowers as a Silage CropMVi
J. L. PAUBBRRY
Slstorti, Oregon"?
"Concerning Purebred Livestock"
O. M. PLUMMER
. Mgr. Pacific Internationa! CIvoatock Show
"Growing Potatoes"
r ' JOHN LARSON
Portland Seed Co.
i "Irrigation lethods"
II. 13. KOONS
DoschutCB County Agricultural Agent
"Cooperative Ranging of Sheep"
'.. . R. a. ward ,
First National Rank of. Rend
Address , ,
D. F, irvinio. ,
Oregon Journal -
A roiiiI musical iiui;rntii will tie ;w tlmiout tho afternoon
AND OTHER PROMINENT SPEAKERS WILL UB HEARD
This program is held under tho auspices of
the Deschutes County Farm Bureau, the First
National Bank of Bend, the Central Oregon
Bank, the First National Bank of Redmond,
the Redmond National Bank, the La Pine State
Bank, the First National Bank of Prineville
and the Crook County Bank.
IT'S PURPOSE
Better Farming-Better Business-Better Living
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LIST. OF STOLEN
ARTICLES GROWS
More Than ?;M)0 Worth Taken from
Iloxes at Postofflcc Boy Culprit,
. Coca to Juvenile Court.
Moro than $300 worth of merchan
dise of various kinds waa taken from
tho Bond postotflco by 12 year old
Lyle West, uenof.Mr. and Mrs. Rene
Weat, -of this city. It was revealed
yesterday afternoon In tho Inveatlga-
Jtlon conducted by postal Inspector E.
C. Clement. In addition a number
of letters taken by tho boy from boxca
at tho postotflco, wero discovered.
I'r&ctlcally all .the losses have been
mado good, although there remain
a few articles to bo traced, and Mr.
Clement la remaining over today In
an ondoavor to wind up tho matter.
Most of tho thefta wero committed
during tho.flrst two wcoks of August.
. Tho-Miroblom of properly desclplln
lug tho youthful offender waa turned
over to tho juvonllo court.
CONTRACT LET
FOR DRILLING
AT DAM SHE
JOHN A. PERRY PICKED
BY CUPPER.
TO START WORK SOON
GcoloKl'itN Icnve Bend, but Hnmple.H
Taken Out by Driller Will Do
Kent to U. K. Kxpcrt nw
Work Proxrvascn.
r.unj nciiviijr in inu luuiiur ui
taking extensive soundings at the
Hcnham Falls reservoir alto waa
Indicated Tucsdny when John A.
Porry of thla city received a con
tract from, tho state engineer nu
thorlzlng him to proceed with
., . ... ...
drilling aa t!o final test In tho
Investigation of tho water holding
properties of tho proposed storage
reservoir. Mr. Perry stated on
Tuesday that ho expected to start
work with a crow of live men by
September 3. According to plana
outlined by tho state engineer and
by the geologists who havo been
conducting preliminary Investiga
tions, seven holes will bo aunk In
tho vicinity of the dam site, the
deepest of these to go approximate
ly 300 feet. These, Mr. Perry
states, will keep the crew busy for
from four to five weeks, and If
favorable results are secured, other
holes, of less depth, will be sunk
at various points above the pro
posed dam location. If this is done,
the entire contract will extend over
at least two ontha.
Axpcnracvu jiith .uu.
A ;hurn drJU la to be used, and br,dge m-tai-t. gto w,ie. v
samples of the rock taken out t,coinpaa,ed W.akrKf 8. JC. ReUrta H
various depths, will.be seat to Pro- and sue p.ejr L-H. Ce- 'Ti t
f9Mqrr.p. Crosby, head of tho t0, of Sala?Hf i(hUjaKBbort"i4 j.
geological.. cxperta,-k who, with n tance of the crek; wHe tfee 'ottleeW.vnt , vj
son, I. B. ..Crosby, left Tuesday ma(U? a detourtQ Mt ott'eecaltt i
for American Falls, Idaho. ther m8n ahoaid not be eJ.- f .-
The results obtained In taklni pietoIy. BUrrounda. . '
soundings will largely determine Y
whether or not a recommeatlon Aa nrIchoux eppronche4 the crek
will be made by the geologlaGT to nQ lM walking
the U. S. reclamation service for tfce m of two
construction of a storage reservoir I ntf wn appareBtly ,n an
to jmpound water from the Do- UnflMon. For a moment, he sep
8chutea sufOclent to Irrigate at I ... . ,. . ,, , .,.,.,
least 100.000 acres, as nothing has
ooon tounu in uio invu8uj;uuuH
conducted to dato to lndicato that
such construction would not bo en
tirely feasible.
$10,000 IS ASKED
IN DAMAGE SUIT
IMPROPER TREATMENT OF
FRACTURE ALLEGED V LOG
GEU IX COSIPiaiXT AGAINST
DR. G. L. COUSINE.U. vvvayj
Alleging Impropor troatme.nt of
Injuries received on March 37 of the
present year. John Payne, loggor.
has fllod suit through the law firm
of DoArmond & Ersklno against
Dr. G. L. Couslncau, asking dam
ages In tho sum of $10,000.
Tho complaint specifies that the
plaintiff's Injuries consisted of a
fracture of a bono In tho right
forearm and n trocturo of tho right
thigh bono, and alleges that tho
bones woro adjusted -in such a
manner oy tho defondant as to re
sult in shortonlng of tho log ono
and ono-qunrtw inches, und caus-
ing tho wrist of tho injured arm to
bo permanently stiffened.
A. J. Mooro Is attorney or tho
dotondant.
GARBAGE SCATTERED
jON ROAD, COMPLAINT
Complaints that garbage is being
scattered along tho road on tho Tu
initio grndo by at least ono ranohor
lmullUB city waste for pig feed, wore
lodged with tho .Bond pollco Wed
nosdr.y. It Is ptobublo that the
caso may bo turned over to tho
county officials.
No. JW.
CONVICT IS -CAPTURED
NEAR BEi
-tj-
WAS
ROBBED BY HIS
COMRADES.
Injured and Deprived of Oiin ami
Money by Heutlnvlck Brothers,
Kscapcd, Munlcrrr Suffered
for Daya Until Captured.
Trapped by deputies who had
awaited hla coming at tho Tumalo
Creek bridge near the. fish hatchery
west of Bend, D. C. Brlchoux, es
caped convict from tho atato peniten
tiary at Salem, was taken Into ctu
today shortly before 1 o'clock yes
terday. Ho offered no reslstaaco
whatever, although n desperate
struggle had been expected, as Brlch
oux had been nerving a lifo sentence
for murder, and waa known to be a
determined criminal. The arrest waa
mado by a posse composed of Wlllard
Houston, Frank R. Prince, Paul Hos
mcr, and Horace Turner,
For days Brlchoux has been endea
voring to make his escape from this
section, but waa prevented by Injuri
es recently rcelved, and went to the
bridge Wednesday to meet Mpm,.
Keency. of thla city, in orders to JSad
a letter addressed to Ed,,8taplWef i
Baker, asking far kelp. MraVKMaey- '
however, Informed the offJelals ef
the proposed meeting and the 'de-"
In!l),, .- station about -.Ifcn'
nnd ftt luai&uU hQ WR8 covered by
nt. ,., ... ,., .,.
ton. while the fourth member of the
posso, Frank R. Prince, secured the
prisoner. At first, tho man attempt
ed to prove that ho and Brlchoux
were two different individuals, but a
picture of tho convict produced by
tho State parole officer, effectually
established his identity. Ho was
lodged In the county Jail, and. Mr.
Compton is now awaiting instruc
tions from Salem regarding his re
turn to tho state Institution. r
Chance had inflicted u heavy pun
Ishmont on Brlchoux during his per
iod of hiding, for four days ago he
had fallen from ng cliff, dislodging
a heavy rock which rolled ovor both
logs, bruising both sovorcly and in
flicting a deep cut In tho left limb,
Shortly after UU, Edward South
wick, also an escaped convict, and
Southwlck's younger brother, who
had aided in their escape, plotted to
murder their comrade, Brlchoux
says, but allowed htm to live after
doprlvlng him of his gun and provi
sions, and JUQ (n cash.
FORESTS GET
Ararat
TWO MACHINES, ALMOST NEW,
TO BE USED IN FIRE PREVEX
TIO.V AND ROAD WORK ON
DESCHUTES AND FREMONT.
Two army trucks, almost now, of
wo tons capacity each, arrived In
lond Thuradoy front Camp Lewi,
ono to bo used by the DoschuteH
national forest, tho other by tbe
Fremont forest. Thoy will 'ko
-hlefly utilised In carrying 8upplli
for flro. protection, und rwd con
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