THE MORNING- QREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909
9
rait mi Alfalfa
At Echo, Umatilla County, Oregon
Irrigated F
'.Lands & Mimliia twer Easm
In this favored land of marvelous soil, rich in the con
stituents necessary to produce plant life, with abundant sun
shine, equable climate, long growing seasons, permits us to
announce that the greatest region of the Inland Empire
country now enjoys for the first time an abundance of water
for irrigation purposes, supplied by the forty miles of canals
of the Western Land & Irrigation Company, of Echo, Or.,
Umatilla County.
A short distance above Echo this big company diverts
the waters of Umatilla River, through its mammoth concrete
headgates, which are built to stay built for all time to come;
here it takes the water out of the river on its west bank,
conveys it down and over the most fertile region of the
Northwest namely, Butter Creek Valley and adjacent lands
thereto. - '
This region today offers exceptional opportunities.
These lands have been known for a long time to be a banner
fruit and alfalfa country and all kinds of products incident
to a temperate climate. It possesses features not to be found
in our famous fruit regions longer growing season, deeper
soil, more acreage and better shipping facilities, and other
factors too numerous to mention.
Without doubt some of the finest favored apples are
raised under this project, and the reasons are very easily
understood, by reason of its peculiar fertile, deep soil,' well
drained, and plenty of sunshine a climate most beautiful;
the apples grown here, as well as peaches, pears, grapes and
the like, are the best that can be had. The first alfalfa grown
in the West was grown on Butter Creek without irrigation
over twenty-five years ago, also the first fruit raised in the
.West was grown on Butter Creek. Today the oldest apple
trees in Oregon are on Butter Creek. These trees today are
all healthy and in a fine state of preservation, producing
fine fruit, being nearly forty (40) years old showing and
proving without doubt its inherent features to grow apples
successfully and all other kinds of fruits, etc..
One thing has held it back all these years CAPITAL
to instil an irrigation system big enough to supply water
to its lands. Several attempts were made many years ago
by local capital, but in each instance the attempt financially
fell short. A couple of years ago Eastern capital took a hand
in the bringing to the front the unfinished work of local
"capital.
Today this region has an abundance of water; settlement
is moving in very rapidly; before the end of another year
prices will be doubled and multiplied in many instances. 'Now
is the time to buy land under this project, because there are
some good bargains to be had. Offices are being opened up
in the big Eastern cities where its high-priced land will be
sold in small tracts. A short time from now land will multi
ply in value at this project. Its reasons are apparent. The
place to invest, and the time, is where the lands are the best,
the irrigation systems are the highest type, where people
are taking up homes, and capital coming in daily. That is
the kind of a place to invest your money where growth is
advancing by leaps, as is the case now in this favored laud.
At present I have over three thousand (3000) acres to select
from. 1 have in a few instances some snaps being some re
linquishments, that can be had cheap for the value they
possess. The soil and location on these are the best; they
are matchless. I have one tract of patented land that can
be had for $100 an acre, and a permanent water right goes
with it. It is level, fenced, has a cabin and well on it, well
drained, on the canals; it's a snap. Read the brief report on
this project by Professor Lyman, of Whitman College:
Walla Walla, Wash.,. 12-7, 1909.
Having been for a number of years a resident of the Inland
Empire and having become quite familiar with the resources
at various points throughout' the region, I can say understand
ing that the vast tract of land on the lower Umatilla River
in Oregon is the coming country of the Columbia Basin. This
country is in its infancy, but the developments thus far made
demonstrate conclusively that its capacity is unsurpassed.
Of all the different diversions of this general region, that
of the Western Land & Irrigation Company is one of the most
promising. I have never seen a better outlook for a region of
fine homes, productive industries and enhancing prices. It is
about as sure as anything in human affairs can be that any
investment in this district will be very profitable.
Soil is marvelous even for this country, climate is of the
best for all kinds of fruit and alfalfa, and transportation facili
ties by rail and steamboats are of the best'. 4
Homeseekers can hardly make a mistake in locating in this
favored land. . w! D. LYMAN,
Professor of History in Whitman College and Author of "History
and Description of the Columbia River."
J
I am prepared to show you all I have herein stated. Ar
range, to make a trip over this project with me. Ask for a
book descriptive of these lands. You will find me courteous
and willing to furnish you all the facts of this region. Don't
allow this to pass until you have given it a thorough investi
gation. That is what we want you to do to investigate, and
to investigate at once.
For All Particulars Address
W.
Stapislhi
51 6 E. Main St., Walla Walla, Wash.
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warned
WIFE OF DIVORCE
'Sunday Night Party" Caused
. First Threat of Separation.
iWOMAN NERVOUS ON STAND
' Wttnees Pays Mrs. Frank Gould and
Two Men Stayed Oyer T"1ght.
Dante Thnr 'Another Mao."
Tells of Tvove Mesjagcs.
M-K1W TOJUC, Dec 14. It developed to
day In the trial of the divorce suit of
Mrs. "W. Oould Brokaw that It was her
huaband "who first threatened to sue.
A telegram from hJm to Mrs. Blair, his
mother-in-law, -was the medium of this
Information and It also contained- his
version of the Incident that assumed the
greater Importance in today's session of
the trial. The telegram follows:
"I have closed my house and am sorry
to say I must sue Afary for a separa
tion. Her act, culminating; in a house
party last Sunday night forces me to
this step. She entertained three ladies
and three men that day. Two of the
ladles I do not approve of and the third
I do not know at all. I do not know
the men. She allowed one man to occupy
my bedroom over night after putting my
nurse and one lady In bachelors' quar
ters. She refused to give me the names
of the men In spite of my request."
Mrs. Brokaw Stands Ground.
John F. Mclntyre, Mr. Brokaw"s law
yer, began drilling Into all the attendant
circumstances of this "culminating
house party." with great circumstanti
ality. Mrs. Brokaw parried his questions as
skilfully as ever but showed some agi
tation over the insistence laid on the
personality of "Bunnle" Wells, one of
the guests.
Mrs. Brokaw testified that she had
first met Mr. Wells in Baltimore five
years before, his visit to. her husband's
home in company with Miss Nan Denni
son. of Syracuse. N. Y., Mrs. Frank
Gould, and another -man whom Mrs.
Brokaw only remembered as "a Mr.
Thompson."
Mr. Mclntyre was desirous to know
how( the upstairs rooms of the house
were arranged and what rooms she oc
cupied on the night of the party.
Rooms Xot Connected.
"Wasn't Mr. Brokaw's room conne'eted
with your's?" he asked.
"No, the door from Mr. ' Brokaw's
room opens on the hall."
"And did it not open so near the door
of your room that from your door you
could j have shaken hands with a person
standing In the other?"
"I never tried, Mr. Mclntyre."
"Well, now, where did you assign Mi3
Dennison to sleep?"
."Tn Mr. Brokaw's room.'
"Wasn't there some change? Wasn't
Mr. Wells finally given that room?"
Tea."
Wells Prepared to Stay All Xight.
"Did Mr. Wells come prepared to stay
all night?" .
"I think he did."
i Mrs. Brokaw's eyes were as bright
and twinkling as ever when she en
tered the courtroom and consulted for
a moment with her lawyer. She testi
fied that on two occasions she had
cabled from Paris for money with
which to pay her traveling expenses.
"It Is, not true that I ever said I
wanted to get a divorce from my hus
band so that I could marry another
man," replied Mrs. Brokaw, sharply, to
one of Mclntyre s interrogations. Coun
sel asked Mrs. Brokaw if her husband
had not, on one occasion, walked Into
her room and, laying flowers down on
her bed, remarked that he would rath
er be putting flowers on her coffin.
The witness had no recollection of such
an incident.
Love messages by telegraph Instead
of telephone came prominent into play
when Mrs. Brokaw was at. Great Neck
and her husband was in the South. In
these messages, Mrs. Brokaw said she
was "keeping her promises," and was
"very good," and not infrequently the
telegrams concluded with "love" or
"much love."
" Mrs. Brokaw was excused from the
stand after Ave days of testimony. Her
counsel intimated that he would soon
produce nurses, maids and other wit
nesses to icorroborate Mrs. Brokaw's
stories of broken doors and uproarious
nights.
262 MEN PERISH IN MINE
Japanese . Steamer Brings News of
Colliery Disaster.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 14. Details
were brought by the steamer Monteagle.
which arrived today from Japan, of the
colliery tragedy at Onoura, Fukuoka
Prefecture, November 24. Involving loss
of 262 lives, but 43 of the miners escap
ing after an explosion. The mine is
one of the largest In Southern Japan,
employing 4755 miners, whose output
Is 44,000 tons monthly.
A survivor's story Is as follows:
"I was working 1820 feet from the
shaft when the explosion occurred, be
ing 'followed by dense black smoke.
The electric lights were extinguished
and I bumped into miners rushing for
safety, eventually being knocked un
conscious by a fall. I was rescued by
one of the miners and carried to" the
shaft."
The escaped miners all told of tum
bling over dead bodies. The mine man
agement gave $100 to the family of
each victim and is providing for the
bereaved.
V0TAW IS NAMED AGAIN
Tacoma Postmaster In Line With
Policy of President Taft. ,
ORHGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 14. Henry U Votaw, post
master at Tacoma, Wash., has been reap
pointed for another four years, because
his record Is satisfactory to the Postof-
fice Department and apparently accepta
ble to the people of .Tacoma. His term
expired last Sunday.
Representative McCredie. of the district
In which Tacoma lies, was informed of
this fact and asked if he cared to be
heard. At a conference with the Postmaster-General,
he learned that it is
President Taft's policy to continue in of
fice all postmasters who render good
service and maintain their official and
personal standing.
Ex-Postmaster John B. Cromwell. P. R.
Keith. A. B. Taylor and C. 13. Clancey
all were candidates for Votaw's . place.
FIGHT UPSETS LAMP, 7 DIE
Cincinnati Tenement Burns, Seven
Hurt, 50 Barely Escape.
CIXCTNNATI, Dec. 14. Seven persons
lost their lives, seven were injured, two
probably fatally and about 50 others had
narrow escapes from death in a fire
which destroyed a four-story tenement
and lodging-house here early today. The
fire started from the upsetting of a kero
sene lamp during a quarrel between ten
ants. The building was an old wooden affair
ani the flames spread rapidly to . the
stairways and. halls, cutting off the es
cape of many. Some rushed to the win
dows and others to the roof. The fire
men and policemen rescued many of
them, but others were too terrified to
heed the cries of the rescuers, and threw
themselves-from the windows. Some of
these were caught In blankets below, but
others fell to the sidewalk.
RAGE DOWN COAST
S
WN
IM
DINNER
Loss of Large Part of Cargo
Gives No Worry When
Prize Is Turkey.
ARMY DESERTER CAUGHT
Negro, Who Tired of Soldier's Life,
Candidate for Alcatraz.
Patrolman Small "spotted" George
Harris, a deserter from the United States
Army, at Fourth and Washington streets
last night. He was taken to police
headquarters and detained on .a minor
charge. The Federal authorities will be
notified today of the capture.
At police headquarters Harris, who is
colored, admitted his identity and stated
that he deserted nine days ago from his
company at Fort George Wright, Spo
kane, Wash.
"I sho got tired ob ahmry life been
In the service mos' six yeahs. Ah got
a medal for expert rifleman, too." He
displayed the necessary credentials.
WORD GIVES NEW TRIAL
Member of St. Louis Council Again
Up for Bribery.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14. Ferd Warner, ex
member of the House of Delegates, went
to trial today for the second! time' on a
charge of accepting a bribe.
At a previous . trial he was convicted
and his punishment was fixed at two
years' imprisonment, but the verdict was
set aside by the Supreme Court because
the word "the" was left out of that pro
tion of the ndlctment which said that his,
action was against the peace and dignity
of ."the" state.
GALES DELAY RIVAL BOATS
Captain Burnmcister, of Schooner
Balboa, Is First to Beach San
Pedro In Start Made by Three
Schooners From Tacoma.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dec. 14. (Spe
cial.) Captain Burmeister berthed his
Echooner Balboa triumphantly last
night at San Bedro, and today appealed
to the wireless for tidings of the two
masters Nokomis and the Lottie Ben
nett. , i
He had left them away in the ruck in
a race for Christmas dinner from Ta
coma to the harbor of Los Angeles. The
matter of having scattered 20.000 feet
of lumber from his deckload, and pieces
of upper equipment worth more than
11000 for his Christmas feast did not
lessen the ardor of his. joy.
Other Vessels Unheard From.
What has happened to the other ves
sels In this maritime Marathon for
cranberries and turkey is yet to be
learned.
The three ships loaded at Tacoma.
where the three skippers agreed that
the last one to arrive at San Pedro
should settle the Yuletlde bill for the
other two.
At the Straits" of San Juan de Fuca
the sea outside was too rough for
such small craft. Ten days they laid
at anchor in Clallam Bay. They nosed
outside the headlands on November 27
in a fierce gale. The Nokomis and Lot
tie Bennett put about for safety, but
the Balboa, failing to make headway
back to the harbor, had to run for it in
the open sea.
Lumber Cargo Scatters.
The wind, which had a slant shore
wards, increased to 70 miles an hour.
Stripped to stay sails, Captain Bur
meister ran before the wind with the
helm hard down, the rail buried and
starboard scuppers awash.
His only hope was In keeping off the
rocks. Waves stripped the fastenings
of the lumber on deck and scattered it
iar ana wiae. i:argo booms, gangway
ladders and everything else movable
disappeared in the spindrift.
YAMHILL MILLION RICHER
Assessment Rolls of Ten Towns
Show Big Increase.
M-MINNVILLE. Or.. Dec. 14. (Spec
ial.) The ten incorporated cities and
towns of Yamhill County are nearly
$1,000,000 richer than they were a year
ago, according to the assessment
rolls.
Assessed valuation of property in
the several municipalities for 1903 is:
McMlnnvllle, $1,664,333; Newberg, $i03.
773: Sheridan, $370,414: Carlton. $219.
140; North Yamhill. $152,685; Davton,
$150,970; Lafayette, $120,040; Amity,
$132,723; Dundee. $74,130: Willamlna.
$71,375. Their total valuation is $S,
859.983. The increase Is marked in all of the
cities and towns With the exceDtion
of Carlton, which shows a decrease of
$6,16 from last year's valuations.
cial.) Farmers in this section are
plowing this week preparatory to get
ting their grain crops sown. Owing
to the adverse weather conditions only
Faculty W ill Supervise.
OREGON CITY, Or., Deo. 14. (Special.)
The School Board has ruled that all
plays or entertainments given by the pub
lic schools shall be with the consent and
approval of the faculty. This step is to
place control of students' amusements in
the hands of the faculty. Another High
School teacher is found necessary.
Farmers Prepare to Sow.
M'MINNVTLLE. Or., Dec. 14. (Spe-
Women Would Be Eagles.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 14. Special.)
This city will have the first woman's
auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, if the effort now under way is
successful. Application for a uermit for
the establishment of Aerie No..l will be
made early next week. If sanction is
secured, a ritual will be adopted at once.
A fine dianlav of ladle'
bags at Harris Trunk Co.
illigator
ENDS INDIGESTION, HEARTBURN, GAS
AND HEADACHE FROM BAD STOMACH
Your Out-of-Order Stomach Feels
. Fine Five Minutes After Tak
ing a Little Diapepsin.
There would not be a case of Indi
gestion here if readers who are subject
to Stomach trouble knew the tremen
dous anti-ferment and digestive virtue
contained in Diapepsin. This harmless
preparation will digest a heavy meal
without the slightest fuss or discom
fort, and ' relieve the sourest, acid
stomach in five minutes, besides over
coming all foul. Nauseous odors from
the breath.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on each 60
cent case of Fape's Diapepsin, then you
will readily understand why this
promptly cures Indigestion and removes
such symptoms as Heartburn, a feel
ing like a lump of lead In the stomach.
Belching of Gas and Eructations of un
digested food, -water brash. Nausea,
Headache, Biliousness and many other
bad symptoms; and, besides, you will
not need laxatives bo keep your stom
ach, liver and Intestines clean and
fresh.
If your Stomach is sour and full of
gas or your food doesn't cjtgest and
your meals don't seem to fit, why not
get a 50-cent .case from your druggist
and make life worth living? Absolute
relief from Stomach misery and per
fect digestion of anything you eat is
sure to follow five minutes after, and,
besides, one case is sufficient to cure a
whole family of such trouble.
Surely, a harmless, inexpensive prep
aration like Diapepsin, which will al
ways, either at daytime or during
night, relieve your stomach misery and
digest your nysals, is about as handy
and valuable a thing a you could have
in the house.
a small per cent of the usual acreage of
Fall grain was sown, and the bright
weather of the last few days has given
an Impetus to farming operation!?.
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Future
Metropolis
of Central Oregon
CITY LOTS NOW FOR SALE
50x100
STREETS EIGHTY FEET WIDE
FIFTEEN-FOOT ALLEYS
$100
10 PER CENT CASH $5.00 PER MONTH
TCTV is the time to bu-y' bcfore tne railroads are
TT built through Opal City. Both the Hill and
Harriman railroads are rushing- the construction up the
Deschutes canyon. Thousands of men are working- night and
day to complete the railroads that will bring to the markets
the vast resources of Central Oregon. OPAL CITY is located
on that spot where both the railroads first come together on
the same grade alter leaving the Deschutes canyon and
where the braneh railroad from Frineville will connect with
the main lines. N
FREE
MAP OF OREGON
Showing routes and development of
railroads in the Deschutes Valley, and
literature describing Opal City.
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ON EXHIBITION in our offices, a large birdseye picture
(4 feet by 12 feet) of the Deschutes Valley, showing the loca
tion of Opal City, the railroad routes, farm and irrigated
lands, etc.
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200 Chamber of Commerce.