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VOL.
LA UKAMiUl. iiMOis UOUM'1 OKKliOiN. THUSDAY, JULY 21, 1910
NUMBER 224.
SEPTEMBER 7TH
SET TO NAME
BOUNDAR
M l. 6LEHH FARMERS COFFERED
WITH BT OLD DIRECTORS
THIS AFTERNOON
TF
Election Will be Held in October
Host Publsh Notice of Hearing Four
Weeks Before Action is Takes
Petitions to Count v Conrt are Drawn
And Will be Signed Hare Maps of
the 1'entauve msmci rwtm.
September TCl fl the day set for es
tablishing the Utindaries and limits of
the Orande Ronde Irrigation district,
to comprise some 30,000 acres of land
trbutarjr to La Grande, ML Glenn,
Booth Lane, and east toward Hot
Lake. This date is the earliest pos
sible and notice of such action must
be published fonr weeks, and Septem
ber is the first date possible on which
the court can act on the matter. The
election will be ordered at that time
and held Just as soon as it is law
ful. In this way it will be possible
to commence construction of the
dam, and have the physical plant in
working order in about njne month's
time.
Promoters Visit Farmers.
Today President Pierce, Directors.
Holmes Stoddard, MacDonald visited
larmers in the Mt. Glenn district, as
certaining the land that may be in
cluded in the district, and feeling the
public pulse relative to the district
plan of irrigation. The tenteyve
boundary line has been established
already and a map is being drawn to
show Just where the confines of the
district are go that there may be a
Clear understanding when the time
comes to vote. On a epteiuber seventh
a hearing will be held before the
county court and on the basis of that
hearing the lines will be established
permanently.
The petitions which must be signed
and handed to the county court, along
a process similar to the toad petition,
are drawn and already have many sig
natures.
ThejieHtionM
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PIPE li tit 1!
IT LIST
MANCFACTCUKRS HAVE CAUSED
MICH INCONVENIENCE
Public Health Menuced While Delay
is Experienced In Pipe Laying.
Eighteen-inch pipe to be used In
connecting the Beaver treek water
system with the newly-laid water
mains down town, has been shipped
from Dnrllonit OnA oftPT ItlCire tTiatl H
month's delay, the connection will be
started shortly. The trenches have
been diifc for many days for the COtt
tractors exnected sneedy shipment of
the nine. On the other hand, the
shippers have shown unusually ap
athy and as a result public health has
been greatly menaced in La Grande.
The small connecting main down sec
ond street is entirely too small to be
adequate, and it has been found ab
solutely necessary to use river water
a portion of the day. As long as this
Is a fact public health is endangered.
The arrival of the pipe is expected
momentarily, if the O. R. & N., does
not add to the many weeks of delay to
get the shipment through.
TENTATIVE
the tentative boundriea are described,
follow:
To the Hon. County Court of Union
County, Oregon:
We the undersigned petitioners, con
sisting of more than fifty holders of
title to lands in Union county, Ore
gon, susceptible of Irrigation from
a common or combined source, name
ly, from the waters of the Grande
Ronde river and Its tributaries, and
by a system of works consisting of
reservoirs, dams, canals and distribut
ing ditches built, constructed and
maintained, upon said Grande Ronde
river and its tribute rles, In Union
county, Oregon, for reservoiring, stor
ing diverting, conducting and distrib
uting the waters of said stream over
said lands for irrigation purposes, and
all of which lands title to which is
held by your petitioners are situated
within the boundaries of the irrigation
district herein petitioned for, do, here
by petition your Hon. Court and that
the same may be organized into an
irrigation district under the provis
ions of an act of the legislative as-
i i- . tv.
"An act to provide for the organi--tlon
and government or irrigation d't
trlcts, and to provide for the acquis
tion of water and other property and
for the distribution of water there
by for irrigating purposes, and for
other and similar purposes," approved
February 20th., 1895, and amendments
thereto, and which irrigation district
shall be named and known as the La
Grande Irrigation District.
IS VERY UGH
EVE
WINTER WHEAT ALONE INJURED
TO ANY EXTENT
Tremendous Rainfall at Noonhonr
Floods Streets with Water.
Storm Feature Damage to fruit
very light, braising "ootsde" apples
very light, braising outsde" apples
and possibly leaving slight traces of
rest on the pears.. .Cherries are prac
tically harvested hence little damage
to them.
Total rainfall up to 2 o'clsek, 1.07
inches.
Dniaee to Spring wheat very light.
Heaviest lossess sustained by fall
wheat owners, near La Grande,
Rain, hail and wind, twisting and
circling first from one direction and
then to another accompaned by elec
trical disturbances beat down on La
Trnndp nd Imnipdiate terrilnrv th!
noon doing considerable damage to
winter wheat ready for cutting but
otherwise liflictlng icarcely any ap
preciably damage. The downfall of
rain in less than an hour was remark
able, the government instrument reg
istered 1.07 inches.ar more than has
fallen during the month of June and
July up to date. Streets were seas
of water, and the sewers were far to
inadequate tor the purpose. Where
yesterday morning was dust, today is
mud, and alfalfa fields and small
grains are recuperated wonderfully
this afternoon.
The slight damage to winter grains
Is merely a trifle when compared to
the vast amount of good resultant
Intermittant showers continued
througbou the aftertioon and it In
probable the total rainfall for the day
: will reach 1.50 before night fall.
A peculiar phase of the storm was
that Cove, and Unon missed it. El
gin caught a diminished branch of the
storm which in La Grande districts
was something much akin to a cloud-
i burst. Imbler, Summerville and Alir-
al was also in the path of the storm
in less severe nature.
STORMSDAMAGE
RYWHERE
THR
EE BURNED TO DEATH IN
ALBANYJRE., FOREST TIRES
WHICH L PROPERTY WASTE
Albany, Ore., July 21. Hundreds of
men are today fighting forest fires
along the Samtiam river near the
terminus of the Corvallisft Eastern
railroad, which has already claimed
a toll of three lives. The fire Is
gaining in strength and early today
had covered an area of two miles.
Forces working against It. seem to
have little effect in impeding prog
ress. The government rarest reserve
and the Hoover Lumber company are
the sufferers thus far
UDIIV A XfAh MV.Iill a . . ...
Milton People Get Into Trouble Over
Children Said to Be Kidnapped
Milton, Ore., July 19. Warrants
were sworn out this morning before
Justice J. L. Miller, charging Mr. and
Mrs. John Woods with kidnapping.
The charge was preferred by Shall
Hopkins, a son-in-law. It seems that
Mr. Hopkins, whose wife is dead wont
away to harvest and before going
eft two of his children at the Nels Mc
cracken home and two with Paul
Voung at the power plant. As soon
as he had gone Mrs. Woods at once
took the former two and also tried to
get the two at Young's, but was re
fused. As soon as Mr. Hopkins heard
it he returned to Miton, secured Con
stable Terwilllger, went to the Wood
home and got the chUdren. The ar
rests followed.
All of the parties live up the Walla
Walla river. Trial was set at Milton
next Saturday in Alliance hall. Prose
cuting Attorney Phelps of Pendleton
having charge of it.
WASHINGTON ORCHARDS PROFIT
And Something Over Six Thousand
Cars Will be Shipped East
Spokane. Wash.. July 21. Special
Commercial orchardists in Washing
ton estimate the apple crop In this
state this season wil be between 3,
400,000 and 3,500,000 boxes, or about
6,500 cars the bulk of which will go
to New York, Boston, Philadelphia.
Chicago St. Paul and other points in
eastern, central and southern states.
Export shipments will also be larger
than ever before.
Though there is every promise that
the yield will he the best ever harvest
ed in Washington owing to climatic
conditions and the fact that hundreds
of thousands of trees are coming into
bearing this season, growers and
handlers say there will be no cheap
ABLE TO SHOW
AT ENO OF
Minutes attention to expenditures
and financiering that indicates com
mendable capabilities of the board of
directors, have Jointly with liberal
public assistance spelled financial
success for the maiden chautauqua In
La Grande The final balance sheet
has been struck and something like
$75 is in the chautauqua strong box a:;
a nestegg for next year. This remark
able financial condition is a new era
In chautauquadom for seldom If ever
before in Oregon, according to au
thorative Information has it been pos
sible to "break even" on their first
attempt. With an even ireak the
first year, the financial phase of next
year's affair will be greatly improved
over this year when monetary condi-
CHAUTAUQUA
The dead are:
Phillip Richmond, Salem.
Frank McGeoy, Clearfield, Pa.
Jay Brooks, Crawfordsvllle, Ore.
The men were employed by the
Hoover company. Tuesday they
went in advance of the fire to secure
tools. They were overtaken by the
flames and burned. Their bodies
were recovered yesterday evening and
undertakers left here to take charge o!
the remains.
i it"CB lie At, ion auu win in. 1UH ui -
chardists are in position, financial and
otherwise, to hold a big percentage
of the crop, and many will take ad
vantage of the market, because of
the curtailed production in the central
states, by folding their fruit not al
ready contracted for until top notch
price sare reached.
New England will Reclaim.
Pueblo, Colo.. July 21. Special
Stirred up, partly by the activities of
a New England young man Who went
west some years ago and learned the
work of development under irrigation
and drainage, and of the value of some
of the crops raised on reclaimed lands
of the west, certain forces in New
England are thinking of applying
these same methods to their states.
More than that, these men are
thinking of coming west next fall and
seeing for themselves, at the eight
eenth national irrigation congress at
Pueblo. September 26-30, some of the
agencies that stand for this work of
development, reclamation drainage,
home-making, soil-conservation and
the various other work and teachings
of the congress.
One young man who has seen all
this and is preaching it In New Eng
land is Jesse H. Buffum( formerly of
Winchester, New Hampshire, where
his father, a member of the legisla
ture lives. Mr. Buffum's home in Gar
den City Kansas, in the famous Ar
kansas valley, and he is an expert
on beets and sugar beetetaointaoln
on beets and beet sugar. He has
lived In the valley in the west where
there are seven beet sugar mills, and
where there are annually raised 75,
000 acres of beets, worth at a conserv
ative estimate. 3 1-2 million dollars.
He has been an attache of the Amer
lean Reet Sugar Gazette, and spent
last winter In the Hawaiian islands
and In southern California writing Up
the beet and sugar ndustry for that
sreat publication.
CLEAN SHEET
THE EIRST YEAR
tions were considered at every turn
and move. Especially Is this news en
couraging in view of the fact that it
was believed at first that the balance
sheet would show a slight deficit.
Officers Elected.
The board of directors elected on
the last day of the chautauqua bits
been organized for another year and
all the old officers have been elec t
ed. They are T. A. Rinehart, pres
ident; Doctor W. A. MacMUma, vice
president; George T. Cochran, secre
tary; W. K. Jones, treasurer. With
the next year's event In the hands of
;hee i vneHenrerf jnrl rhnilt:inn'"
school ladies and gentlemen for
there are efficient women members of
j the board financial and educational
success is again assured.
ASSOC ATI
Claim Wins Hasband.
Spokane, Wash., July 21. Special
Miss Ella T. Maloney of Spokane, the
first woman to settle on a claim in
the Coeur d'Alene reservation in nor
thern Idaho, where she won 160,
acres of farm and at Uncle Sam's big
lottery last August, and Frank Custer,
a timber cruiser and locator living at
Harrison, Idaho, are to married In a
short time, thus bringing to a pretty
culmination a romance that began 11
months ago. Miss Maloney received
bushels of letters from various parts
of the United States. Canada and Mex
ico when it was announced that she
had the first choice on the big reser
vation, and most of the missives con
tained proposals of marriage. One af
ter -the other she declined, until Cus
ter, who located the claim for her and
showed her over the property, remain
ed alone in the field. Custer was ar
''nt and persistent In his wooing, and
since the beginning of May, when Miss
Maloney took possession of the claim,
he has been a regular visitor at the
homestead, which is three miles from
the town of Harrison.
HOSTLER HELPER IS INJURED
George Ferguson, New Arrival at
Bound Honse Palnfnlly Injured.
George Ferguson a hostler and help
er at the round house sustained pain
ful injuries early this morning while
working with one of the Mallet en
gines. The middle and forefinger
were cut off by the squeece, the ring
finger dislocated and the little finger
badly crushed. Doctor Bacon attend
ed to the injuries. Ferguson has been
here but a brief time.
PLYING WITH POWDEB WHEN
EXPLOSION OCCURS
Minor Injuries Alone Inflicted by I n-
mendous Explosion.
With a force and a tremblor that vi
brated for more than a block, rat
tled windows In adjoining residences
and with a noise that could be heard
ior blacks, a can of powder exploded
yesterday in the midst of three boys
who had carelessly lighted matches in
close proximity to the explosives dur
ing an oftecnoon of "jolly good sport."
Escape of all the youngsters with
mere passing injuries, is a wonder, but
nevertheless a fact.
The boys were "Dave" Brlschoux.
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Briachoux.
Evert Knowles, son of Circuit Judge
and Mrs. J. V. Knowles and Albert
Currey, son of Mr. and Mrs. George It
Currey. and all are boys of about ten
years. In some way the little fel
lows got access to a can of powder
and taking it to the back yard of the
Huntington residence, proceeded to
ignite small portons of the explosive.
Without warning the larger quantity
'was Ignited and Instantly exploded, of
course, but how It was that the lit
tle fellows were not torn to pieces Is
hard to explain. Instinctively Albert
Currey had withdrawn a few paces
when the explosion occured but the
Brlschoux and Knowles boys were
close to it. Everett Knowles was
burned slightly about the face and
the Brlschoux lad injured about his
I ieRg, but nothing seriously. Medical
attention was bestowed upon them im
mediately and they will be fully recov
ered shortly.
Joseph Train Delayed.
The incoming train was delayed con
siderably this afternoon when a brok
en Journal tied up traffic near Island
city. Several hundred feet of track
were badly torn to pieces.
ROTS ESCAPE IN
MIRACULOUS
MANNER
1
ASSEMBLY
DELEGATES
BENSON WILL LIKELY BE NOMI
NATED FOB SECBETABY -OF
STATE AGAIN
BLACK HORSE LOOMS UP
First RepublicsB Assembly Since Ad
aption of Primary Method of Nasal,
nation Meets In Portland TkJ s
Morning -Convention Comes After
Long Straggle to the State-Forms
Harmony and Strength to Party.
Portland. July 21. Approximately
1200 delegates to the Oregon state as
sembly, the first held since the pas
sage of the direct primary law In
1908 which did away with the con
vention nomination system convened,
here today to recommend a state re-
pubican ticket.
The assembly was ch after a
hard campaign waged by the oppo
nents who allege the assembly is the
first step toward putting the knife to
Statement Number One, which pro
vides the legislature shall alect the
senator ha,jMliM the highest pap-
uiarvoie. it ifraiso declared tne as
sembly is illegal as the primary law i
makes no provision for it. Assembly
ltes assert is it the only way to harm
onize the party and keep organization.
Portland Is seething Jn potties.
The fight for gubernatorial nomina
tions la seemingly between Doctor C.
A. Smith of Portland and Acting
Governor Jay Bowerman of Condon.
Governor Bensen will probably be rec
ommended for secretary of state. The
assemby nominations are merely
rec.ommendatl tnd Its candidate will
be voted upon at the primaries in Sep
tember and at the general elction in
November.
Brlstoll Elected Chairman.
W. C. Brlstoll of Portland was selec
ted as temporary chairman. The
morning session was given over to re
ports and passing on the credentials.
At the afternoon session the chief In
terest centers In the fight between
Smith and Bowermaj for governor
with C. B. Moore, formerly of Salem
but now of Portland, as the dark
horse. It Is declared he will be elect
ed with 100 votes to spare, but tho
chaneM are great that he will lose on
the first ballot. It Is reported Joe
Simon Is out of the running.
TEN 6UNNERS
ARE KILLED
TWELVE-INCH BHEECH GUN TORN
TO PISCES
Many Hurt by flying Pieces of Metal
From Big Breech Lock
Washington, July 21. Ten men of
the coast artllery were killed and two
mortally wounded today by the blow
ing up of a breech lock 12-inch gun at
Fortress Monroe. The accident oc
curred during target practice.
Most of them killed were standing
direc tly behind the gun. The breech
lock literally tore them to pieces. It
Is believed an Investigation, to be
made at one, will be the most strict
and Important in the history of coast
defense.
AN