llllC JiTgKtlon Sclioiu,!.
Tliuim1 r rtil(prlUi-
What does it niftnify? Ashland
'is full of butterflies packed full
.and running over. There are
The nnnouiK'HiR'iit ia made tha
Eastern Oregon is to he the scene of
1. J. ,,..,1,,, ,,( ,iF ..i. f (1 rnnt.
...... thousands upon thousands insects
est irrigation srhtnies ever propos- . ' .
,. .. v ,, . re .r , in every part of tha town, on the
ed in the Northwest. If the project , , . , ' ,
, , , ., . .'streets, and in tlio front vard,
sucoeeds Jioines for thousands of , ' , . '
, .,, , , . .. I hack vard and every other
peoplo will be made in the southern , ,, ,, ,
,. place, and thev are all tho same
part 01 tms state, Ilarnev, Malheur, J. ' , ', . .
,t , little brown butterflies. It nuy he a
ji ml Lake counties. It means the; . . , ., , , '
. . .. c ,, , . - reunion of the tribe, and they may
irrigation of thousands of acers of , , , ,. , '
, , ., . . , , i be here from a distance of a thou-
lund tliat is now utilized onlv as a; , ., 1 ,
. i.i i "i i sand miles to spend a few davs in
, ,,' ., , , , 4, ., i the glorious climate of Ashland, to
produce all the products of the soil .... ,
; , . , . . , ... enjov tho fruit and cane on our
for which Oreiron is famed, ilie, ' ,
, ... . n ,, . prosperous town, liut all we know
K'tienie is fostered bv two Portland f ,
is they are Here. t e are not posted
on the general dqings of this branch
of the butterfly family.
Some of Ashland's old settlers are
worried, though, several saying it
is an ill onion. Other superstitious
ones are praying and offering a
better conduct in the iuture if the
And again,
or a bad
stotms harder than white man has
ever seen will rage for . weeks.
tho waist firmly to your pants, stop
out on the street and yon will be
supprised how much people dont
nav nnv nfti-ntioll 0 you. If not
too much torn, mutilated, marred.
or otherwise defaced you had better
save the tail, as it wont be morn
than a week or ten days until you
will bo hunting somo ono to sew it
on again'. Huntington Herald.
men and a prominent stock-man
and rancher of Burns, says the
Telegram. A short time ago an
organization was effected at Burns
ami a company incorporated under
the name of The Harney Valley
Improvement Company with a cap
italisation of JflW.OOO. Mr. H.mler
of Burns was
the company
of Portland vice president, and D.
C. jQ'Reilley, until recently general
ivmn:iror nf ttiA Pnlnmhm SmiM-ipm
, , . . . i Each man is positive these super-
Kailwav, and previously assistant" .. 1 . .. . ..
rl Wl,t..ntnfflw,n R ..iit'ousnien-Uieiastottiie series
I because they have been told by
! Indiaus. Town Talk.
-f flOJ.OOO. Mr. H.inler j " . "
i mi V pestilence is withehl. 1
as chosen president of 1 . , , . ,
T , i i ii- , . mmv sav it's the sign fi
y; Judge L. K. ebster, . .
general freight agent of the 0. R &
X. Co, was made secretary. At
this time no others aro interested.
The object of the organization is to
irrigate, by water taken from the
Hilvies river, flowing through Har
ney county, large tract of semi-arid
land known throughout Eastern
Oregon as the. Harney Valley coun
try. The immense' areji approx
imates 175,000 acres.
The land is divided into three
classes, that owned by the Willam
ette Valley & Cascade Mountain
Military Wagon Road, obtained
from tho original land grant; land
owned, by the state and land al
ready owned by the individuals.
The former comprises about 30,000
acres. '
There is adequate water in Silv
ieg river for the purposes of extend
ing irrigation, and a considerable
fall which, with the stream's favor
able location above the land to be
reclaimed, permits of the eimple
and practical gravitation. The com
pany has made applications for Use
in the neighborhood of 300,000
inches of water at the present time,
which rights are perpetual while
use of the water for the purpose
maintained is continued.
The main canal will be 75 feet
wide at the bottom and 47 miles in
length. Three main lateralsof prac
tically the same size are to be con
structed, and from these large dithes
water will be carried over a broad
e stent of territory. The land to he
affected by this big system of irriga
tion drain it to Malheur and Harn
ey Lake?, large inland seas of South
ern Oregon.
Make You A Klili-t Waist
Take an old shirt, the louder the
stripe the more attaactive, grasp it
firmly with the left hand just above
the connection of tfie tail, or nar
rative, as it is styled in more fash
ionable society, and with one full
swoop of tho sword, cutlass or
other edged instrument of war,
detail it.
A party of nine gentlemen in the
employ of the Oregon Development
Co; arrived in Shaniko Saturday
evening, on their way to tho Desch
utes above rrinevillc, fur tho pur-
Dose of pm-ouraninif active work
in surveying and constructing
irrigation ditches for that company.
In conversation with thecompany,s
president, tie informed us that thoy
had all the necessary capital to
push tho work forward to comple
tion. Major Scars, an engineer of
20 years experience in connection
with irrigation proposition in Peru
has chariro of tho work. It is the
intention of the company to pusl
the work forward so that in two
years they will have the work so
far done that water can be placed
! nn at lnnut 1 (KV1 furnw. The ottieers
of tho company are: J. E. Morson
president; W. I). Melntodi, vice
president; Gustavo Anderson, seo'y
directors; C. M. Idleman, A. C. Mv
Cloud, J. E. Morson, W. D. Mcin
tosh and Gustavo Anderson.
Leader.
Grandma M uipin and Mrs. Per
kins, are in Antelope this week
where they will meet a representa
tive of the government to adjust
Or you can saw it off, or the claim held by Grandma M.iu-
lay it on ths ground and with an j pin against tho government from
ax or hatchet cut it off, or if you: tho depredations of lad ans in an
can run it through a barb wire fence 'early day. Grandma is certainly
and tear it off,.or let it run with entitled to the payment of this
the cows and the calves will chew claim and we earnestly hope she
it off, but get it off.
Then trade your suspenders for
will be successful in getting what
she is entitled to. Ash wood Pros-
safety pins or buttonholes, anchor I poctor.
THE DALLES
Street Carnival
Vast Ijttinl HulUiiiK.
The firm of Miller & Lux, cattle
Kings of California and Oregon,
own 14,530,000 acres of land, nearly
all of it unimproved and used for
grazing,' says tho Lake County
Examiner. The vast area held by
this firm is not conceivable to one
who has not traveled through the
State.
It is equal to the area of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut together.
It is half the size of New York and
three times the size of New Jersey.
It is about the size of West Virgina
an eight the area of California.
It is as large as Greece, four
times the size of Aisaca and Lor-rann-nd
but little smaller than
Ireland and one third the size of
England . and Wales together.
There is only one thing that Henry
Miller,' the surviving member of
of the firm of Miller & Lux b ccome
iiervoi'.3 over, and that is the dls
cussion of the size of his holdings.
To Care Confltlirtuion Toiever.
Talte Cnw.ircts C:inJy Cntiiartic lOcorSfa
' " c. C. fnll Ui cir. rimririfan P-funU mcDcv
foooai (mnrJW!tltnjp'ifoj O'OT) II ojJ'ooi
U9-iioj uw tnujiauoo tfjtia 'jjuiiioijj fpwj
And 13th Annual
TO BE HELD AT
mi
The Dalles, Oregon,
SIX DA7a..
SEPTEMBER 30th
OCTOBER 5th
Adriancs Buckeye Mowers
Reapers and Binders.
Holler bearing, well balanced,
110 nedi weight.
Positively the Digest and Grandest Attraction Ever Given
In the Inland Empire.
There will be mny Special and Rare Attractions every day, worth hun
dreds of uiilet of travel to witnew.
$1500 win be dwtributed u 'PREni UflS for stock, Aurlcultural nd
Exhibits,
Art
Five Days of Good Racing
On the track j itc oiij.ltttd.
Several Thousand Dollars will be given in pume fur Trial of Sed.
Special Eatea will bemwle on all r niioit,aticn linen, Kid ample accommodation!
are assured for the thousands who will visit th a splendid i'"air.
Remember the Datos and take advantage of the low rates; vUil The Hailed and
see the ooiubin-jd big attractions. For pai ticultm ad lren
J. S. FISH, Secretary, Tli Dalles, Or.
PAINT YOURTIOORSl
Also Jacksou Hay Forks, Carriers,
Blocks anil Derrick Irons.
Send Tor CafraSo&ue.
FRANK ELKINS & CO.
CHAMP SMITH.
I.S0M CLEKK.
SOT'S
lEOsFfil.
Wines, Liquors,
Domestic and
Imported Cisars.
J a The Celebrated
A. B. O. Beer
J Always on Hand.
Two Doon South of
First National Hunk.
Proprietors of His PrincTillfi Soda Works.
PKIKEVILLE, OM
Prineville Planing Mill.
'John B. Shipp, Proprietor.
Manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of rough and
dressed lumber, shingles, brackets, mouldings, turn
ing and band sawing. House Finish made to order.
Ajeat for Rambler and Ideal Bicjcks and Sundries.
Mill opposite Priiutille Flour Mill. Yrd, 2d 81., ipp.it I. O. 0. T. H!l
Priniville, Oregon.
Jf. Jf, oCippmctn.
furniture and
Undertaking...
Carpets, Itfattingand and Xinolaum, floors,
Windows, Slass, !PaMs, Oils, "Car, S&uMiny
and Carpal !Papor, ucrotn floors and Screen
Wiro.
All kinds of Lumber.
JZomomber, S deliver in iho eity
ffiough Xumbor, par J?D QQ
WOO
flooring and Rustic 25. 00
jftftsii
-WITH-
" uwa.v X Ail. X WKAltSUKEIUOM
Send lor Color Cards to W. P. fuller & Co., Portland, Ore.
Ccast Agency Co.
f 'HJP-' Pacific Coast Agenti. for
WM Knoa and
4&8' Cilvtr Typewriters.
Expert SlepaSrlng.
Platens and parts for all macliine3. Duplicating goods an tl
office supplied of evory nature. .Rubber stamps and seals a
specialty. Write us. Long distance phone in the office.
2& 1-2 Stark St, opjosite Ciaakr of Conoarcs, Portland, Oraoa.