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" A . A. ;LlttlN XI. LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 1910. NUMBER 151 l! A' ii u JV-, 1 f Si TFV t':zJjj . ,.. ; li Mm PLAN f IRRIG AT IIP BY LOCAL CCSlPANY S8N114Y BE TAKER f D OWNERS IN DISTRICT Kill VOTE TO FLOAT THE BONDS PRESIDENT PIERCE, INSTIGATOR OF IRRIGATION HERE, CONSIDERING PROPOSITION TO CONSUM. U MATE IRRIGATION PROJECT THROUGH PLAN THAT HAS PB0YE!f TO.ni.AR AND "j" CHEAP IN OTHER LOCALITIES IN WHICH IT HAS BEE CITEN A TRIAL," , I Radical 'deviation from original lr- the directors as very feasible, the 14 evident that the farmers do rlgatlpn plans that will, when con- land I na cretain district are group- not waDt w8ter at a Price far Delow sumaied, water a vast area of Union ed as in school districts. Twenty- the verage 00 tho old, system. One county, is being worked out by five thousand . acres are to be era- 'ear ot strenuous work proved that This plan, while new here and will ..the new s, president of the Grande braced in the first dlctrict Every Ronrte Irrigation company," Hon. WaK laM owner assesed to pay tne cost ter M. Pierce, who was elected to of the water, at a rate that is less succeed Fred Holmes last Saturday. . than the cost would be 'under the old : and who, by the way, is one, of the- plan. The district votes on the bond- three fathers of the original plan tog question as would a Bchool dis t and (who gave Inception to the plan" trict and lt a majority agree, the dis I several years ago. From anear-cc- ; trlct is bonded. " Annual assessments operative plan,' the project is .to be ar paid In to the county treasurer carried out on a vastly different idea, , the am as .any county tax. At the if the plan now being worked out by , enl ?' 19 years the owner commences Mr. Pierce is finally adopted. It will t to pay Into a sinking fund and at the be done on the district 'scheme, a rnd of 20 years has. a perpetual wat plan that is meeting with universal : r right During it all the man has satisfaction ; everywhere, costs ; no j nt had a mortgage attached o his more and generally less than the ori ginal scheme, and in addition, will be paid for by every land owner in the district whether or not he uses the water. . ''; . The campany was incorporated to water land where water rights were paid for. Twenty dollars was set as XSjtbe , price to pay. When every land owner cared to get JJ"fr. belnM a c.mct:--really a; mortgage to pay on easy installments for a per petualwater right. ;. The Sew Plans Dlffereut Under the district plan which is being considered by Mr. Pierce and particular piece of land. Use of Water OptioaaL V' Under this system every foot- of land in the district can be watered If the owner says the word. --, If he refuses to take it, he payshla pro rata assessment anyway. The man who, does use it pays no more thaii the man who does not pro . rata, of coum. - j r , -', . . ): Mr, Pierce is not la the city .and cannot be seen . to ; outline t all the details of th scheme, -out while, at Hot Lake early in the week; did state In brief the plans outlined as above stated.'- ; "):' : ; ". :'- -v- another route to the same goal and Mr. Pierce beieves it will be adopted by . the farmers with general satis faction.. From time to time districts will be added to it until the capacity of the plant has been used. COHETSEENBY NAKED EYE MAKES APPEARANCE THIS MORN INO IN THE EAST. was plaLily discemablo this morn ing betweea 3 and i o'clock but faded away at the latter hour and was not even visible to the BardW telescope after that 'hour. This la the first time that it has been seen, though many tavo imagined they had lo cated it ceveral days ago. Undoubt edly Venus, the morning star, was the object seen and credited with be ing the romet. Two days ago It was not visible to the caked eye, in fact, Monday morning was the first time it could be located with a telescope, It Is coming toward the earth with terrific speed about : one million miles a day. Within & few days the tall should be seen. ' . : ' This morning the disc like tall was visible for a few minutes, the nu cleus of the comet appearing aa a tiny star in the far distance,1 being nowheres near the size of Venus, the brilliant morning senineL : ; This morning the wanderer ap- pearea on tne nonzou . - a putut slightly north of Venus and In more readily ' understood terms, In a di rect line with Spring, . Penn. M. N. or 0. Aves. ' .. ;':.vi Through the telescope It has the appearance of a large piece of white cloth struck in thet middle with a heavy weight, and. carried on with rapidity. Within a week. It will be quite plain In the morning hours. TABERNACLE AND GROUNDS NOrt CONTROLLED BY FAIt! NEXT COUNTY FAIR WILL BE HELD ON CORNER OF FIFTH AND SPRING WITH TABERNACLE AS CENTER FOR BUILDING ' t ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR THAT PURPOSE Consummation of a deal of vltafj Importance to the county fair this fall was perfected late this afternoon when a committee" of the fair asso ciation secured a lease from C. H. Upton on the grounds on which tsand the' newly completed tabernacle, on the corner of Spring and Fifth, this being the last link In the chain of transactions consummated during the past few , days. ,. The tabernacle,, as it stands, has been 'purchased by the fair people and the lease is now se cure meaning thai the fair will be held on the corner , of Fifth and Spring next fall vouch the same as it was last year on Washington, Fir and Telescope Location Two. Days igo Followed by Eye . Range' For the firBt'time in Union county, at least, Halley's comet has been seen with the naked eye today. It YOU OTlfTEB) MEEKER STAYS A DAY Who to phone to-Willie Piare, W. A. Worstell, A, B. Rogers or Frank Millerlng; . Call for particulars at Williamson's land office or Peare'g Jewelry store. The count ends on the 2Utb of this month only two days more and the city is out completed. Get busy." A blank Is pablishcd In the Obscrv er today.V FHI.it out and send It to roe' of the enumerators. Do It now! Land lords of hotels and proprie tors are held responsible for their boarders and if boarders will' not 1 answer the questions in. person or by ! wan, the proprietor can be fined I $500 by the eovernment. TjnHnri '4, .v ' '";" ; : j avoid the fine by insisting that your fczra Meeker did not break' camp I boarders fill out blanks. Uncle Sam "today as he planned but will be fore- means, business.1 'Attend to it today. GUEST OF WILL BE GUEST OF HOT , SANATORIUM TOMORROW. LAU.V Nin-arriTal of Freight Sblpuit ut De J,' t lays His Start Eastward. ed . to wait until tomorrow ,,for Bet ting his face -to the rising sun on account of the non-arrival of some freight for which he is waiting. , IIoW many peope has La Grande? Some say 6000, otberi say 8000 U11 others say less and a few say more. , But it i Is Just as - well for La iWhile delayed he will use his time Grande to understand that the forth- chronicling local data for his book ; oming census is not going to show which , will be published when the ' C000 or 8000 unless more interest Is trip is finished.. ., ' ; , , 1 Tomorrow, in response to . an ur gent invitation from the management! ot the Hot Lake Santorlum, Mr. Meek er and his escort will be the guest .'of: honor at Hot Lake. He will un 5 " t-Cjrk his storehouse of pioneer lnci V dents " when he gets .. there v and the management pians to treat htm roy- I Jeffries Again it Streaaons Work Rowedena, April 27 The cool wea- tehr today aga'ji enabled Jeffries to take u pthe somewhat strenuous pro . gram ot training. He hiked over the mountain roads for 10 miles and this . Rood -tneret y to put up a howl after afternoon planted: to -box Bergtr,!,'t.l all over that the. census is not displayed ,1n the census. . . ' .y."v. So you might Just as well get rea d.f for. the shock. ! Unless something is done J ' Unless a great deai is done.. Now, what is to be done?'- v : Make yourself this means YOU committee of one to find out if your neighbor and ail of his house hold has i been enumerated.' ' Or see to it that every person who Jiflongs to La Grande is counted. . 4 Let La Grande wake up. It isup to evei-y man. ; woman and child In the 'city to take sn Interest in this busines. ,it won't do Lp Grande'any ( J.DAR MOUNTAIN TO BE FINAL RESTING PLACE. - Marble Buffalo With Electric Lights i . - to Mark the Grave. . Take .a Chance ,v-; -:. Next Saturday, all day, 312 pack ages worth from 60c to $10.00 each will be sold for 25c each.' Nothing will be returned or nothing returned. We guarantee that you will get your money's worth 'and more. One ar ticle Is a pair of men's $5.00 shoes Come early to the Golden Rule, Sat urday, v.-: ":::A v ',;, . CARRY ME FURTHER Greenwood, the skating rink being the central building around which the other buildings centered. The purchase of the tabernacle has been the dream of the fair people ever since It was built Convenient, good sidewalks leading to it, splendid ros trum for choruses and speaking, large seating facilities, plenty of dis play room these and a dozen other , features are connected with the build iK-".'i,"- A. .!-.;, i('.i.i.-.vl i;lA i. n..-. ' Had the : fair people themselves ' built a structure for this use. they could have improved It - but little. The stock and exhibit sheds used last, year are still Intact and can be set up at a moment's notice. " If DIANA QEyuCRATS HOLD A EDHOT CONVENTION Indianapolis, April '27. With most of the delegates on the ground today, the skirmish before the state demo cratic convention, which opens to night, is becoming hotter. That the convention will . develop into a test of strength between Thomas Tagged and OoVernor Marshall, , backed by John E. Lamb, vice president of the national democratic committee seems certain.' .;-;;; i-, .. ; ;',?'',.' Compromise Not Likely Senator Shively; who is to be a prominent chairman' of the conven tion, is. here trying to bring about a compromise but tl Is not believed the effort will result in a settlement and the question of endorsing the candidate for the senate will . doubt less be. fought out on the floor of the convention. Lamb and Taggart are both can-' dldatea for the senate.- Lamb Is back-. ing the Marshall proposition tahUtlvo. convention choose the candidate and Taggart is fighting it . but has an nounced that he will go before the ed in this city for routine creamery plan Is adopted. - . , CHICAGO AIRED BY CHARGES BE ING BROUGHT. jlDAHO LAND SCANDAL GROWS Municipal Affairs to be Gone Into Still Further by Probers. Chicago, April 27. The commis sion Investigating the charges of the graft In municipal affairs is today preparing to prosecute further. Evi dence has already been uncovered in dicating that the city; has lost' more than $55,000 within '10 months by the crooked transactions In coal con tracts. ForgerieB of contracts, muti lation of coal records payments for thousands of coal never delivered, are some .of the counts listed by the commission. . ' - Chicago, April 27.When "Buffalo Dill". Cody dies his body, will' be bur ied on the summit of Cedar Mountain in the. Big Horn country, Wyoming, and over it will b tan d a marble buf falo, 40 feet high, with electric lights in its . eye sockets so brilliant that they can be seen for miles. v.At least, that is what Cody himself plans. The plans were revealed by Chas. Heath, In a lecture to the Geographical So citey in Chicago. lie Bays taht Cody confided the plans to him a year ago. FINISH CANAL Boise, April 27. Charges and coun ter charges are passing between the members of ttie State? Land Board and other : state omphiik as. the' re sult of disclosures following the re signation of M. ' 1. , Church," register of the State Land Board.' ' Vi i Church is .how , on the way from Couer 'd Alene to Boise where he has been since the resignation was ten dered, and declares that he proposes to show he is being made a scape goat, while the "higher-ups" are the real . guilty ones. He has 'asked the governor to hold up his resignation and a Warm time is expected when Church arrives to. confront his , ac cusers. -r;' ; ;f: ; -v'i ;, The discovery was made today that affidavits of appraisement of lands purchased by the Payette Lumber company from the State are missing (from the files. Norman Belch, a; former state land selecter, charges that he- was Instructed by Attorney general McDougall In the presence, of secretary of state Lansdon. both members of the land board to 'ap praise -9000 acres ot land by the Pay ette compnay at $10 an acre, and did so without seeing the land. Both Mc Dougall and Lansdon deny this. Assistant Attorney General Peter son admitted today he was financial ly interested in the Medbury Cary Act project and had made filings on" ! 1000 feet of water In Elmore County. ; Yenng Boy Electrocuted. ' r- Butte; April 27. While . swinging at the end of a barbed wire thrown over the power lines to the Rarus mine last night,- Frank Barry, aged 13, was electrocuted. His compan ion Pearcy'Honeyrhnrch, aged 13, at tempted,, to .rescue ,binj and,. he, too was electrocuted. Miners, recovered the bodies' of the boys, both jot which IN I'M AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION '. 3 ' v . ' ' ' ' GIVEN OUT TODAY. V BcllfTcd Big Ditch Will be Given the ; Formal Ovmlng Eari).' Washington, ."April 27. The Pana ' nlu Canal will be opened early In 1915 according to the .highest official au thority here,;today. ; .The same ' au thority, however, refused to change yie official announcement that the ca nal wjmld be opened Jn 1915, because ot the'- noislbllltjt of unforseen delay Thorough Hbusecleanin It la more than a simple campaign against dust and dirt. The spring cleaning should include the exclusion of germs and insects and the renewing of varnished work, etc., that has become marred . or dulled. In other words, spring clean ing should be a general overhauling, cleansing, purifying and brightening. 'y.':.,::''-i-i:. -: If you need such materials as our stock affords thorough work can be done more easily than the "lick and a promise" kind of work can be done without them, a ; Ammonia. ;--';;'V-: Insect Powders. " , "J Borax. '" ;; ,: Moth ' Destroyers. f . ; " ' ,. :':,-i Potash. 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