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TWENTIETH YEAR HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOV. 12 1903. NO. 9CA DR. METZLER, DENTIST Located in Odd Fellows building. Rooms 5 and 6. G. W. Phelps ATTORNEY AT LAW.' Office In Odd Fellows Bldg Heppner, Oregon. e. W. REA ATTORNEY-AT-LAW U. S. COMMISSIONER Homestead Filings and Proofs made. Office one door east of P. O. Borg's Jewelry Store Heppner, Oregon A. K. HIGGS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Office new I. 0. O. F. building. Rooms 3 and 4. Residence at Talace Hotel. Heppner, Okegon. Redfield & VanVactor, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office on west end of May Street. Heppner, Oregon. Frank B.- Kistner, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office hours when not professionally absent. Office in Patterson & Son's drugstore C. E. W00DSEN, A TTORNE Y- A T-LAW Office In Palace Hotel Heppner, Oregon T. A. SNOOK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office next door to Times office. Residence one block west of M E church Heppner Gazette Weekly Oregonlan. C A Poor Cigar $ When you can get the following leading brands, ' J such as ... . LA INTEGRIDAD. LA MIA. PRINCIPE de GALES. HENRY THE FOURTH AND OTHER LEAD ING BRANDS FOR.. j Try Sig SicheFs Mixture a high grade to- ? bacco for your pipe. (J Sole agency ? mS - mm. . ft 9 9 S. P. DEVIN. Prop. C ide salii flDsiraci & Title Guaranty Mm IXOK POUATEII IVe have the only set of Abstract Books in Morrow County. . . . Abstracts and Plats furnished on short order. ?ioi:v to ro.w ox Hi: A I, K STATIC W. L. SMITH, SECRETARY. - - HEPPNER, OREGON ... FARMERS ... TAKE NOTICE OUR STOCK OF Blue Vitriol I is of the best quality. You will make no mistake in using it on your "Wheal this Fall. Slocum Drue Go Belvedere FINEST WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS One hundred empty barrels for sale. Five hundred barrels of ex tra fine cider vinegar on tap. . . . HEPPNER, ORE. a t i t lOc c 3 for the ( ENGINEERS ADOPT PLHN Work Can Begin When Right of Way is Secured. MONEY IS NOW AVAILABLE Long Sought Open Itiver is Sow in Sight mm Tlie Cost will be 4, 185,000. Washington, Nov. 6. The special board of engineers, which, for months, has been considering yarious plans for overcoming the obstructions in the Co lumbia River between The Dalles and Celiio, has finally devised a continuous canal project which can be constructed for $4,125,000. The new plan, which is a radical modification of the Harts' project, was approved by the Secretary of War today, after it had been en indorsed by the Chief of Engineers, and the much-sought open river is at last in sight. War Department officials are highly gratified to find that the board has suc ceeded in devising an improvement that is not only cheaper but better than the Harts plan. Last July, when the board held its first meeting the opinion pre vailed among its members that a con tinuous canal could not be bnilt for less than $8,000,000, but by studying a num ber of possible routes, the board has been able, by taking advantage of nat ural channels and depressions through the rocks, to plan a conti i-Aus canal on the south bank of the Columbia, from the big eddy to a point just above the head of Celiio Falls, which can be con structed for a little more than half the cost that was anticipated. The fact that the new canal can be built for less than th9 Harts' project mkes it unnecessary to have further Congressional action before work is com-.nenced. Just as soon as the desired riaht of way is obtained, constructson will be begun with funds now available. The approved plans which were large ly prepared by Major Langfitt, after consultation with the board, calls for a canal miles long, 65 feet wide at tbe bottom, and with a uniform depth of eight feet. At intervals of one mile iong the canal there will be construct ed a series of basins of such size as will permit the passage of Bhips going in opposite directions. There will be four locks, one at tbe upper entrance to trie canal, with a lift of 17 feet, intended to pass boats between the canal and tbe river until the limit of navigation is reached. Another lock, which will be situated just below the head of Five Mile rapids, will have a lift of 11 feet, while at the lower entrance is to be a tandem or double lock with a total lift of G9 feet at times of extreme low water, each lock to have a lift of 34,' feet. All locks are to be 40 feet wide, and of suf ficient length to pass boats 250 feot long and drawing seven feet of water. Where the canal is cut out of solid rock, it will not be lined. Where it passes through sand and gravel it wilj be lined with solid walla of masonry, tho bottom throughout to be heavily concreted. The board admits that the average Summer high water of the Co lumbia will partly overflow the canal, but it is believe't the canal will sutFer less from floods than any other Jform of improvement that might be undertaken, j The route selected is such as to insure steady work at all ordinary stages of the river. The board admits the rapid drifting of sand during the season H heavy w inds, if not controlled, w ill be a serious obstacle to the maintenance of the canal, but two large openings, closed by steel gates, are provided on the river side of the canal wall, which will permit sluicing of the canal to re move the sand and river sediment that may collect from time to time. There are only 850 acres of sand dunes be" tween the railroad and the river, and and the engineers be'iva it possible, by constant irrigation using the waters of the canal to oonvert this harren tract into a field of growing grasses, bushes and trees, which will break the force of the wind, and prevent further drifting of the sand. While the stated cost of the contin uous canal is greater than the cost of the Harts' project as estimate ! in lflOO, the baard states it is really less than the execution of the Harts' plan would now cost. The board states that its plan is not only less costly than the project of 1900, but it is the leas' ex pensive and safest way of satisfactorily improving the Columbia River between the bia eddy .and Celilo Falls. The board, however, adopts that part of the Harts' project which provides for the improvement of the Three-Mile Rapids, by the removal of obstructions in the channels. For tins portion of the woik, $152,448 is set aside. The board's estimate of $4,000,000 is based on the assumption that sufficient funds will be provided for at the be ginning of the work, in order that the economy lesulting from the use of an adequate plant may be realized. While the estimate provides $100,000 for dam ages and for the purchase of right-of- way, it i tlie opinion f Hie board tha no work should be begun un il such right-' f-w y and release fmm all dam ages have bee secured bv t e United ion Salt pork is a famous old fashioned remedy for con sumption. "Eat plenty of pork," was the advice to the consumptive 50 and 100 years ago. Salt pork is good if a man can stomach it. The idea behind it is that fat is the food the consumptive needs most. Scott'sEmulsionisthemod ern method of feeding fat to the consumptive. Pork is too rough for sensitive stomachs. Scott's Emulsion is the most refined of fats, especially prepared for easy digestion. Feeding him fat in this way, which is often the only way, is half the battle, but Scott's Emulsion does more than that. There is some thing about the combination of cod liver oil and hypophW phites in Scott's Emulsion that puts new life into the weak parts and has a special action on the diseased lungs. A sample will be sent free upon request. V.t sure that thi picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper cf every buttle cf Emulsion ynu buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, CHEMISTS. 409 Pearl St., N. Y. foVpiy: Consumpf 50c. and i; all druggists, j THE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Pure. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE States free of cost. General Gillespie and the Secretary of War concur in all the conclusions of the board, and it was today ordered that "The work proceed under the modified project recommended by the board, sub ject to tbe condition that no work shall be begun until the right-of-way and re lease from damages shall have been con veyed to the United States free of cost." This latter provision makes it incum bent upon the state or private interests to procure and turn over to the Govern ment title to any lands in addition to those now owned, that may be needed for the right-of-way. The Government will not expend mote monev for land, nor will it undertake condemnation proceedings. But as soon as the right-of way is secured, and asbur. ance is given that t tie Government shall not be liable for damages on account of the construction work, construction will proceed with the funds already available. has mttm: UIGIIT OF WAV. GoveriuiM'iit Will Have to Secure Nearly All of It. Major Langfitt said last night that prac tically all of the right of way will have to be secured, inasmuch as the Govern ment owns little or none of the land through which the canal will be built. At a number of places the canal will en croach on 0. R. & N. property, but not enough to require moving the company's tracks. "I don't think we shall have any diffi culty in getting right of way," said Ma jor Langfitt. "The O. R. & N. doubtless will make way for thecanal, fortbe Gov ernment has power to acquire by con demnation." Many of the plans and estimates out lined in the foregoing dispatch as having been adopted by the board were proposed by the local engineers. The estimate of cost was made by Major Langfitt and Lis engineers. A section of the dam on Silver creek, near Salem, belonging to tbe Salem Light and Power Company, was washed out Friday morning, seriously damaging the new work in progress there. Thirty-two thousand dollars in cash prizes are offered the Nation al Horse Show Association, which holds an exhibit at Madison Square garden November 1. otit-e. There will be a meeting rf the stock holders of the Heppner Building and Loan Association, on Saturday at 2 p. in., November 14, l!0;5, at the First National Bank of Heppner, for the pur pose of transacting euch business a? may come before it. K. K Swixr.i r.NE, Sec. Kd. Moon, l'res. Geo. CVxsuk, Treas. Dated October 14. l'AKJ.