La Grande evening observer., October 01, 1917, Image 2

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1917.
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Men Who
Work
Outdoors
will Enjoy
gave a snort law on euucauoa una
Sour Stomach.
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I LARGE I
religion. Then Mrs. Sherwood Will
iams askd each scholar to take their
parents and introduce ttiem to their
teacher, in that way getting them
selves close in touch with each other.
Ice cream was served during the
evening, making it one that was
Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, abstain from meat for
a few days and in most cases the
sour stomach will disappear. If it
does not, take one of Chamberlain's
Tablets immediately after supper.
Red meats are most likely to cause
sour stomach and you may find it
best to cut them cut. Adv.
Elberta Peaches
enjoyed by all.
L. H. Kcown returned to Imbler
Sunday morning.
Grown in Eagle Valley
SPECIAL
CONSTRUCTION AND RESULTS OF
TYPICAL DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
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'All .the newest ideas in sleep
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Imbler Notes
Imbler, Ore., Oct. 1. (Special).
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Squires went to
Eagle Valley Saturday after a load
of fruit.
Jr. and Mrs. Gilmore were in ta
Grande Saturday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M McBrido were
hi La Grande Saturday attending M.
I. A. Convention.
Mrs, Dan Myers has been suffer
ing from a boil on the side of her
face.
Katie Parker was tnken quite ill
Friday. Dr. Whiting was called and
aho is improving nicely.
Mr. Rollins h.is got comfdrtnbly lo
cated in their new home on Depot
street.
Miss Helen Pecbler is visiting at
the homo of her uncle, F. H. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. John Swicfel of Sum
mcrvillo took in tho moving picture
show here Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Coble have re
turned from Kagle Valley, whore they
have ibeon visiting friends.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Knaos Bingnmnn are
in Salem tnking in the Stato Fair.
Mr. and Mis. John Wells nno Mr.
nnd Mrs. C. C. Welsh havo been ta
king in tho State Fair at Salem.
Frank Conklin has returned from
a two weeks' hiko.
The Red Cross society was loyally
cntortnined at Summcrvillc Wednes-
By J. P. Newell, Consulting Engineer and Member Oregon
State Drainage Association.
The district known as Camas main canal incomplete. The original
Prairie, Washington, is located in the contractor finally abandoned the work
,. . , ,. b.,t , and his bondsmen completed H m
northern part of Klickitat County at .
. . . ... February 1914.
the foot of the southeast slope of Mt.( The toU, cogt of the work wag
Adams, with an elevation of about $94,000, or $14.25 per acre of land
1800 feet. The greater part of me drained. The cost of engineering,
district is very nearly level, Conboy vnicn included in the above total,
Lake occupying a slight depression in wag $4870, of which $1500 was ex
the center, with an outlet by means of pcnjed before the beginning of con
a creek which flows into the Klicki- struction.
tat River. The lake usually went dry J r response to recent inquiries, sev
in the full but covered the greater erai letters huvc been received from
port of the district during May and farmers in this district, from which
June. The rainfall of tho district is we submit extracts,
very nearly the same as that of Hood ( i owned in the Camas Drainage
River, an average of 28.3 inches for District, 120 acres of land which grew
the past ten years. The drainage oniy wju hay of poor quality. About
problem was not confined to the rain- n jt did was to keep cattle alive in
fall, but was rather a question of winter. We could not cut this hay
taking caro of tho snow water from untj the latter part of July or first
Mt. Adams late in the spring. The 0f August and on wet years not at all
inadequate drainage made it impos. on the lower land. In winter months
sible for the farmers to plant the thia land was covered with water
ordinary crops, consequently part of'from 1 to 4 feet deep,
the district was left to grow up to1. "This land was drained in 1911 nnd
wild grass, and after the water 1012. I first plowed about 40 acres
drained off, was used as pasture or ;r an,l 4 inches decn nnd sowed it in
SSI cut over for hny. 'outs and vetch. Tho vetch all froze
day by the Summcrville auxiliury.
Tho hostesses, Mrs. Charles Myers,
Mrs. Starr, Mrs. T. A. Chvat, Mrs.
Bud Glenn and Mrs. Fred Hamilton
sol ved ico cream and cuke during the
afternoon. Something like $8.00 be
ing taken in. The cake which was
mndc by Mrs. James McKinzey and
cold at 10 cents per chance netted
the society $18.00 and $17.55 being
cleared on the picture show tho Bame
evening. Wo think that was a pretty
good day's work.
Friday evening at 8 o'clock in tho
Amusement Hall gathered parents,
friends, pupils, school teachers and
school board for a reception for the
teachers. A short program was well
rendered in spito oi the' fact that it
wan gotten up in 24 hours. The
teachers were introduced in their turn
nnd each mndo a few remarks con
certing their school work. Then Mrs.
Hu'-lcy ask the school patrons and
board their opinion on the .subject
of dismissing school for three weeks
of applo harvest and it now lies with
tho school board to do ns they think
best. During npplo harvest almost
the entire high school stays out to
work in tho apple orchards, making
tho school work very hard for the
pupil and also for the teacher when
they return again. An invitation was
givn tho teachers of tho South
schools, who are Mr. Chrisonson and
In 1910. the land owners of the
district incorpoiated us Drainage Dis
trict No. 1 of Klickitat County, Wash
ington, under the lnws of the Statu of
Washington, and employed our firm
as their engineers, George F. C'ot
terill of Seattle being consulting en
gineer up to tho letting of the con
tract for construction. The com
missioners were H. Bertschi, G, W.
Sherwood, und Cluus Stuack.
Analyss of the sol of the district
made by Professor R. W. Thatcher,
of tho State College of Washington,
from a largo number of samples ta
ken from all parts of the aistrict,
showed the soil to be quite uniform
in chemical composition, having sight
ly above tho average percentage of all
the necessary mineral elements of
plant foods, and he further stated that
under proper moisture conditions there
was no reason that could be deter
mined by analysis, why this soil should
not be productive agricultural soil;
that it diil not contain alkali; and
that it should, when drained, he parti-
culurly adapted to the growth of oats,
timothy nnd clover.
The total area of the incorporated
district is 88(i0 acres, with an actual
drained arcn of 0(100 acres. There
wore 70 separate tracts in the dis
trict with an average holding 01 110 1
'i-'.i acres. Before entering into the j
work of designing ditches, anil for
TONIGHT
BLUEBIRD
the purpose of assisting the iurv to
Miss Edna Martin, also to licv. and assess the benefts and damages, all
Mrs. Archer, our new minister, who the land of the district ,iivi,i,i
into classes. One covered the land
in the bed of the hike; another the
adjacent marsh; a third all land be
low high water not included in the
other classes; und tho fourth nil land
above high water. A map of tin- on-
ttre district was prepared,
the different classifications
each owner.
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Dorothy Phillips
(Still- in 1 Icll Morgans (iirl-)
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"THE RESCUE"
Coming Tomorrow
Lonesome Luke
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"THE IRON CLAW"
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and '1 hud a poor crop, about 3-4 ton
per acre. In the fall I plowed 8 to
10 inches deep and in the spring
sowed wheat and got about 2 tons
hay per acre. That fall I ptowed
again about 8 to 10 inches deep and
sowed wheat and had a crop, the
like of wheh never was seen by any
ono that saw it. It made about 140
tons of hay on 40 acres.
"I never cut any wheat for grain,
but will say this, there was no grain
in the hay whatsoever in the first
year. The second year tho oats filled
some, but not the wheat. The third
year oats would have threshed about
35 to 40 bushels and wheat about
20 to 25.
"My experience is that It if best
to plow shallow at first and deep at
the second plowing so as to cover the
sod good and deep so it will rot. 1
used a 2-bottom gang 14 inches with
8 head of horses.
"T. WYF.RS, Jr."
Mr. Wyers adds feelingly, "it was
h 1 to tear up this sod." His mean
ing is not clear, owing to the abbre
viation, but it seems to indicate un
usual difficulty.
"WIT suy that land before being
drained was only producing from 500
to 1000 pounds of poor wild huy per
acre. Second and third year after
drained some land on my place pro
duced from lto 2 1-2 tons of choice
timothy hay per acre which sold for
$17 per ton, making a difference of
about the cost of drainage in one crop.
"We did not use drain tile nor do
I know of anyone that did in that
locality. G. W. SHERWOOD."
"The first year timothy grew rank
but the heads did not fill. As the
sod was torn apart grain hays did well
showing I hut did not fill very well,
held by ! "The sod has been extremely slow to
I rot. Last year tracts that have been
At the time of the incorporation, the repeatedly plowed yielded (ill bushels
total assessed valuation of lands of I oats to the acre. That is but hist
the beginning. J plowed one 40, and
the district for taxation. based
about 40 per cent of actual value)
was $i'.7,171). The total benefits to
result from drainage, ns determined
by
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when the sod was very dry, burned it.
It burned slowly like punk of n cigar
and left a layer of ashes 3 inches
the jury, (based on the difference : deeii. I nlowed this under. It vield-
in the value of the land before and'ed :!5 bushels wheat lust year und 1
after drainage) was $248.51.".. The ' re plowed it. 1 feel sure it will yield
total cost of improvement was $91,000. j 100 bushels oats or 50 wheat next year
The princpr.l tributaries of the . if nronerlv worked. Some timothv
hike were Chapman, Holmes, und
Bird Crocks, which formerly spread
out and were lost immediately on en
tering tho flat ground. The general
scheme of drainage provided for the
construction of ditches whereby these
streams aro carried to a common
point near the center of the district
where they are combined into a sin
gle stream (canal). The required cn-
yiclded !( 1-2 tons per acre last year
but 2 tons was a good crop.
"The white land is slowly develop
ing. It only needs humus and work
ing. It is filling the grain more and
more eac'.i plowing, the phosphorous
tnui icncucd out (luring pre-ilromage
times being gradually released.
"A few years hence this land will
all yield 100 bushels oats per acre.
parity nt this point was estimated at ' 2 1-2 tons timonthy or 50 bushels
2.15 cubic feet per second, and the I wheat with no summer fallow needed,
greatest possible permissible fall at "H. E. MITCHELL,
ono foot per mile. It was therefore I "Captain. IT. R. Artillery."
necessary to mnke the canal 24 fect j "Before drainage, only water grass
wide in order that it might have suf-'grew. Iist season (being first fair
ficient capacity without backing the j trial since drainage began) the land
water up in the lake to an excessive produced ns follows:
height. Farther down, the width is: "Fall wheat ad spring wlw.-vt about
decreased to 12 feet, and the grade
increased to 1.75 feet per mile. The
capacity of the connl nt its junction
with Outlet Creek is 209 cubic feet
per second.
Bonds were issued nnd the con
tract let for construction, in July
1911, contractor taking bonds in pay
ment for the-work. Owing to weather
and financial conditions combined,
wionk was stopped tn January 1913,
With the laterals finished, but the
from 1 1-2 to 4 toas straw sBe being
threshed pjuduyoJ ab LW bushels
of griw.
"Oats nWui itoe same.
"Timthy I tltmfc wmiM averope 2
tons, much of it pertinps 3 and some
baled out 5 tons, owing to the man
ner it was sown.
"There has been no tiling put in as,
yet and not even side ditches or small
laterals, as there should be.
"H. BERTSCHI."
Per Crate while they last.
Harris Grocery
Phone Main 70
408 North Fir St.
Farmers Phone B. 192
Cross the Track
T9
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Heating Stoves
A line of Heaters which enables us to
meet your wants no matter what they
may be. Large, small, short or tall. Coal
wood or combination. We sell the fam
ous Patent Heater that burns coal, wood
or gas, and the smoke. It will save 25
per cent of the fuel for you this Winter.
Let us explain this stove to you.
Furniture Exchange
Fir and Jefferson. B 1241
E. J. DDNOHUE.
Bettor Prices Paid for Used Furniture.
(JUICK DELIVERIES
are a feature of this lumber
business. When you give us an
order you can confidently rely
on getting your lumber a little
before you need it That means
no delay' in construction, no
waiting time that you have to
pay for. Think that over.
GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY
Retail Dept. Phone Main 8
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ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF COASTER
J WAGONS $1.50, $3.50, $6 25 J
Also Baby Buggies $8.75, $11.25, $12.50
q Fine Linoleums, special this week, per yd. 55c-80c i
"Where your dollars do double duty."
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Phone Red 3171 JT. B. HARRIS, Prop.
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