Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-11

river, where we camped for tn,
night.
Next morning we continued on
towards Bend, we drove 13 miles tc
G.. w. Beattys place seven miles
southwest of Rosland, where We
stopped for dinner, and got some
warm biscuits, and fine dairy butter
After noon we drove on to Rosland
and got some horse feed, bacon
bread, beans, etc. E. G.. Rourk the
merchant here, is a very accommo
dating young man, and is doing 2
fair business. AT present he is sup
plying the surveying crew that is To-
eating the new line of railroad from
Bend to klamath Falls.
Then we drove on to the old
Homestead, first located 40 years
ago. and taken up again IA years
ago by w. p. Vandervort, a cousin
of Hank, or Henry of Salem. He
has two farms, each containing a
half section on the Deschutes river.
This seems to be favorIte stopping
place. Rev. Mr.. Leach OF Wood
burn, was there the night before;
also George Downing, d. ]. Fry, j.
p. Frazell, and many others from
the valley make this point. Mr..
Vandervort, and his boys were busy
putting up hay. They expect 70
move to Bend for the winter.
There Is a fine body OF yellow
pine timber from Rosland to Bend.
on the right hand, or southeast Of
the road, while along the river. IN
the Deschu,es valley are stock. and
hay ranches. until you get within
ten, or twelve miles of Bend, when
you see nothing but lava rock In
great quantities. About five miles
southeast of Bend is the great lava
butte, or mountain of lava which 10
5000 feet above sea level.
We arrived at Bend at 1 o'clock
p. m. The Desehutes irrigation
schemes are big things. II they can
only get the water distributed over
this great belt of decomposed gran
ite, and sand, but In my opinion IL
will cost not less than 500 per acre
to clear, level, and put this land IN
shape for irrigation. then the work,
and the expense of irrigating 40
acres will require more work, and
expense, than to farm 200 acres in
this valley, and besides this no ten
der vegetation can be raised on ac-
count OF the cold, and frosts.
We camped for the night four anu
one-half miles, northeast on the
ditch, on a farm owned by DR.. Ellis
OF Washington, here we experienced
our first thunder, rain, and wind
storm. The lightning was terrific,
and with 1t a pouring rain, so that
We had to hunt shelter for ourselves,
and our horses in the barn of d..
Ellis.
The next day we continued our
journey on towards Prineville. across
the juniper and sage brush desert.
There was no water for IT miles,
and this place hauled 1t for about
SIX miles. and sells IL to travellers at
ten cents per horse. BY driving
about seven miles further on we
could get to a large spring of fine
water, but the settlers all had to
haul their water from three to ten
miles.
There is one vast area OF land
here, of nearly ten million acres of
sage, sand, juniper. and decomposed
granite rock, where not a bird, or
even a jackrabbit is to be seen. II
The irrigation company. or the gov
ernment can reclaim this land, and
get one-tenth part back in crops.
and all settled In the next 20 years,
I will be marvellous.
The Ian dfrom here on to Prne-
'ille. is all about the same. until you
get down into the Crooked river val
ey. We arrived at Prineyille satur-