THE MORXTXG OKEGONIAN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1912.
RHIGATION WORK
WELL UNDER WAY
ReDort of Director Newel!
Shows Some Completed,
Others Making Progress.
GOVERNMENT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NORTHWEST IRRIGA
TION WORKS.
LANDS MUCH ENHANCED
Additional Construction, to Prevent
Seepage, .Required at Cmatllla.
Plans for West Exten
sion Developing.
OREGONIAN NEWS Bt'REAU. Wash
lngton. Dee. li. According to the an
nual report of Director Newell, of the
Reclamation. Sen-ice. development of
the original Umatilla project In East
ern Oreiron Is belna- retarded by the
failure of present owners to sell the
Maxwell lands, of which about 2000
acres are not yet covered by water
right. Aside from - clearing up odds
and ends, the construction work on this
project Is practically completed.
The report of the director shows that
of an aggregate Irrigable area of 25,
000 acres, only 13.781 acres were under
water right last season. The .main
construction werk remaining, to be done
consists of Using parts of the dlatrib
ntlng system to prevent seepage. Some
work must also be done looking to the
watering of lands between the feed
canal and the present distributing sys
tem by means of direct pumping, the
watering of lands In the vicinity of
Umatilla, and lands lying above the
present distributaries by means of elec
tric pumping from power to be devel
oped at the outfall of the drain ditch.
Settlement la Slow.
The total population of the present
Umatilla project Is about 1100. Settle
ment has advanced slowly, two vacant
hon esteads remaining In the third unit
and seven in the second.
The estimated value of buildings and
other Improvements on the project on
June 10 was (453.000. and the estimated
value added to the land through agri
culture was $264,000.
Aside from the approval of tho board,
recommending the adoption of the West
Umatilla project, no progress was made
on that work up to the close of the
fiscal year, covered by Mr. Newell' re'
port. Since that time arrangements
have been completed with the land
owners and steps taken to get this big
project under way.
The report of Mr. Newell shows that
the total expenditure on the Umatilla
project to June 30, 111. was $1,469,940.
The Klamath project in Southern Ore
gon and Northern California, which
contemplates the Irrigation of 72,000
acres, was 71 per cent completed on
June 30 last, according to Mr. Newell'a
report, and during the 1912 season the
Reclamation Service waa prepared to
furnish water for 30,000 acres. The
area under water-right was 28,087
acres.
Klamath Falls Haa Grows.
Settlement on the. Klamath project
has not been as rapid during the
past year as in 1909 and 1910. the
marked Increase of the two .-previous
years being due to the influx of Bone
mian colonists who bought land on the
north shore of Tule Lake, east of Mer
rilL The growth of the town of Klam
ath Falls, however, has been decided.
and It is estimated that the total popu
lation of the project is now about 7000,
The Reclamation Service last Spring
built a dam on Lost River to catch the
run-off from Horsefly and Bonanza
Springs, and keep water out of Tule
Lake. This dam, now completed, raises
the water level of Lost River about 24
feet and diverts its flow through an
eight-mile canal Into Klamath River,
During the past year, also, seven miles
of drainage canal were built. The total
expenditure on the Klamath project to
the end of the last fiscal year was
$2,293,936.
The canals of the Sunnyslde and Tie
ton units of the Taklma Irrigation proj
ect In Eastern Washington have been
completed, and those two units were
rated on June 30 as being, respectively,
88 and 94 per cent completed. They
will be practically finished with the
opening of the next irrigation season,
The Sunnyslde unit embodies 102,824
acres of Irrigable land, on which water
was available for 80,075 acres, while
the Tleton unit, embracing 34,61$ acres.
lias 20,770 acres under water right.
and water Is available for the full ir
rigable area.
Okaaosis Coata Increased.
The Okanogan project - In Eastern
Washington was practically completed,
according to the original plans. In 1910,
. and water has since beenUavailable for
the reclamation of the entire 9900 acres.
.All but 63 acres of the project are now
under water right. The building charge.
per acre was originally set at 65, but
owing to the proposed reconstruction
of portions of the project, new con
tract have been executed with the
Okanogan Water Users' Association
providing for a maximum building
charge of $110 an acre.
Surveys and estimates have been
made for a proposed extension of the
Okanogan project to Include about $600
acres in the Colville Indian reserva
tion opposite the main body of the
project. This extension. 11 built, will
be built under a plan of co-operation
with the Indian Service with funds be'
longing to the Colville Indians.
The Boise project in Idaho Is one of
the largest thus far undertaken by the
Reclamation Service, proposing to Irri
gate 243,000 acres, and on June 30 was
estimated to be 52 per cent completed.
To June 30 the total expenditure on
the Boise project had been $6,853,759.
The Reclamation Service was able to
deliver water to 200,000 acres during
the past season, but only 67,959 acres
were taking water under rental or
other arrangements during the season.
Sone Vmmd Walts oa Reservoir.
During 1913 there were 57,959 acres
of the Boise project In cultivation. The
Reclamation Service is now prepared
to furnish flood water to 141M0O acres
of new lands and stored water to 63,
600 acres of these lands. Stored water
can also be furnished to a portion of
the old lands In the Nampa-Meridian
and Pioneer irrigation districts. The
remainder of the lands in these dis
tricts, in the New York canal territory
and a portion of the new lands of the
project are dependent upon the Arrow
rock reservoir for a late supply of
water, so that until the reservoir Is
completed not all the acreage in the
project will be capable of irrigation
throughout the entire section. Settle
ment on the project throughout the
year baa been practically at a stand
still. The Minidoka project, on - Snake
River, which haa been several times
extended. Is 90 per cent completed, ac
cording to present plans, and out of a
total irrigable area of 118,700 acres,
water was available this past season
for 111,300 acres, while 93,700 acres
were nnder water right. Most of this
project, in fact, 95.100 acres, was en
tered subject to the reclamation act;
19.900 acres was state land, and only
2100 acres was in private ownership.
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AND CANAL, KLAMATH PROJECT. '
REBELS SACK TOWN
American Negro Colony
Mexico Is Attacked.
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FEDERALS KILL WOUNDED
Campaign of Extermination Being
Conducted in Morclos, and All
Houses Suspected of Sheltering-
Enemy Are Razed.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22. A colony of
American negroes, 20 miles west of
Dttranco, is reported to have been . at
tacked by a band of rebels. Two of
the defenders, according to the report.
were wounded and several women were
mistreated. The rebels sacked the
place.
Mobilization of rebels In the State of
Morelos continues, but according to
arrivals here the center of greatest
activity on the part of the revolution
ists Is along the Morelos statellne.
Lieutenant-Colonel Riveroll, the Fed
eral commander, is conducting a cam
paign of extermination in that dis
trict, in which no prisoners are taken
and all wounded are shot to death on
the field.
Rlveroll's force Is razing towns and
isolated houses along the wayside.
where it is suspected that rebels have
obtained food or shelter, and the Fed
eral commander has adopted the plan
of razing the house nearest the point
where the railroad or telegraph lines
have been found cut.
The railroad stations at Pastor, At-
tencingo and Quautlixco, near the
Puebla-Morelos state line, have been
burned by the rebels.
Three hundred and seventy-live
Indians captured In the hills of Oaxaca,
together with 25 Zapatistas, have been
sent north to Join the Federal ranks.
The government officials and the
Mexican press generally Are minimizing
the importance or the prospective
American note.
TALE OF BCTCHERY DENIED
Letter Says Inhabitants of San Mar-
clal Fled in Time.
BERKELEY. Cal.. Dec 22. Reports
from El Paso', Texas, telling of the
slaughter of the inhabitants of the
Sonora town of San Marclal. two
months ago, are denied in letters re
ceived by J. E- Johnson, of this city,
from his brother, Carlos Johnson, now
in Sonora.
Letters from my brother describe
a reign of terror in Sonora." said J.
E. Johnson. "Tha entire state. he
says. Is at the mercy of plundering
bands of Indians who are attacking
towns and ranches. Conditions are
now worse than they have ever been
before. The government is bankrupt
and can't hire troops, and the Federal
government has no troops to send. The
last ten families of San Marcial fled
Just before the arrival of the Indians
and the deserted town was completely
razed. Since then, the Yaquls have
attacked the Southern Pacific station
near Nogales and have made assaults
on towns nearby.
DENIAL MADE BY SURGEON
Professor Israel Says He Did Not
Operate on Czar's Son.
BERLIN, Dec. 22. Professor James
Israel, the noted Berlin surgeon, denied
today that he had performed an oper
atton upon the young son of the Em
reror. of Russia.
A story that Professor Israel had
Journeyed to St. Petersburg , and per
formed a delicate surgical operation on
the heir-apparent to the Russian
throne, receiving as compensation $25,
000 and the royal promise of better
conditions for Jews In Odessa and Kiev,
was telegraphed from Berlin yesterday
and DUbllshed In the United States.
A note was addressed today to Pro
fessor Israel asking if this report were
true. The following written response
was received from the professor's sec
retary:
"Replying to your question, I have
the honor to Inform you on the au
thorlty of Professor Israel that these
rumo'S are unfounded.
CHILDREN'S THEATER OPEN
"Rackety-Packety House" First to
Be Given in New Institution.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. Trie Children's
Theater, said to be the first Institution
of the kind In the world, was opened
here yesterday, when In an auditorium
on the roof of the Century theater
building "Rackety, Packety House," by
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, was
presented to an audience which included
many persons laenuiiea wim cnua wel
fare work.
The hours of performance nave been
chosen so as not to interfere with
school attendance, the daily matinees
starting shortly after. pupils have been
released from their studies.
Cannery Seeks Capital.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 22. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the Centralia
Fruit Growers' Association In Centra-
if, voKterdav it was decided to mort-
rar, the local canning plant for $3200
to pay off the existing debt, and to
Utah Kh a. surmus on wnicn to ODer-
ate after the cannery Is reopened next
June. At the meeting yesterday the
following officers were elected for the
r,ninir vear: Henrv Loomis. presi
dent; Charles Raymond, vice-president;
and E. H. 8. Mulder, treasurer.
Baby robins at a single meal will eat 1
hjLlC tbalr own welffbt In faaaf sr.rana.
KING-HE1FNEH PAG
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IS TREATED LIGHTLY
Retaliation by Supporters of
Teal and Wallace Gen
erally Expected.
BURKE'S NAME SUGGESTED
Choice of Candidate for Interior
Portfolio, Should It . Be Con
ceded to West, Declared, No
Nearer to Solution.
Agreement between W. R. King, Dem
ocratlc National committeeman for
Oregon, and Charles G. Helfner, ex
Democratic state chairman of the State
of Washington, both candidates for
Secretary of th Interior, that each
will support the candidacy of the othe
If he cannot land the appointment for
himself, is not believed to have set
tied anything as to this appointment
by President-elect "Wilson other than
to define the relationship of the two
rival candidates as to their second
choice for the place.
The fact is that both Oregon and
Washington have two avowed candi
dates for Secretary of the Interior.
Each of the two candidates from etther
state, failing to gain the appointment
for (himself, in view of the King-Helf-ner
alliance, may be expected to sup
port the other candidate In the neigh
boring state before he will support his
home-state rival.
Returning from Seattle, where he
held a conference with Mr. Heifner, Mr.
King made It plain that he would sup
port Mr. Heifner, of Washington, as
second choice before he would do any
thing to promote the candidacy of his
Oregon rival, J. if. Teal, also- of this
city.
Colleagues Indorse King.
Mr. King as National committeeman
for Oregon has the indorsement of his
nine colleagues, delegates to the Baltl
more convention. The candidacy of
Mr. Teal has been Indorsed by the prra
cipal commercial bodies and business
organizations of the state.
Across the line in Washington, Mr.
Heifner was state chairman of the
Democratic organization until the time
of the state convention last Summer,
when, in the organization fight, be left
the hall in a huff and the convention
lected Hugh Todd, a member of the
Heifner faction, as his successor. Mr,
Heifner subsequently ran on the Demo
cratic ticket for Representative in Con
gress in the November election and was
defeated by a slight margin.
Mr. Heifner is opposed in nls own
state for the appointment by Hugh C.
Wallace, a capitalist of Tacoma. Al
though he haa not been active in Demo
cratic politics in Washington of late
years, Mr. Wallace formerly served as
National committeeman of his state for
several years. Gossip started recently.
when at Washington, D. C. he was the
uncheon guest of W. F. McCombs, Wil
son's campaign manager. ;. ' .
. Burke Is Mentioned. . .'
Because of the Intense rivalry that
exists among the four candidates front
the two Pacific Coast states, it is the
opinion of some Democrats that neither
an win the appointment. These same
Democrats, who are not tied up with
either of the contenders from Oregon
nd Washington, venture the prediction
that If the President-elect selects a
Western man for the Secretaryship of
the Interior Department, the appointee
will be John Burke, retiring Governor
of North Dakota.
Thd foregoing conclusion has been
reached In face of the fact that Mr.
Helfner has been summoned East pre
sumably for a conference with some of
the Democratic National leaders ani)
the further fact that Mr. King expects
to leave for Chicago some time next
month to attend a meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the Democratic
National Committee. Mr. King was a
member of the sub-committee which
had general direction of the Wilson
campaign.
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of the puzzling problem of
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ANARCHIST TRIES SUICIDE
Man Ofrosen by Ixt to Assassinate
Victor Emmanuel Dreads Pact.
damp Tin, no Tha ninrnftl H'Ttnllfl
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young anarcnist, nenry j-ai r erro, ui
San Giovanni, In Perslecto, near Bolog
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sassinate King Victor Emmanuel, at
tempted to commit suicide rather than
carry out his mission.
TTny-T-n snvn the Tinner, la now in a
hospital In a serious condition.
fhero la Only On
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