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credeuiuUs and took seals in the congress, when the time cane ami the vot«^ was takeu. the congress dis- trail.dii.-od 600 of its delegates and I rejiM’,1 t<- permit all present to vote. Reed Smoot struck the key-note of the situation wheu he said that if th<- , delegates ehaageil ’he constitution , to allow1 aR present to vote at any - j congress, tnat the state having a t meeting of the association could con . OREGON LEARNED VALUA irrigation Claeses Congress Brought Together—Conditions All ia Oregon Far Better Than Those »n Other Arid States—Future Repre sentation at Congresses. CROSSED PLAINS IN 1852 From Illinois to Oregon City by Ox Team—A Weston Pioneer. W. H Perkiua. of Weston, Or„ Is In the city spending a few days with his brother*, T. J. Parkins, F. B. Feb kins ami E. 1* Perki kiuiu Spokesman s law. on th« way up he visited . A. Perkin* of Colfax. Mr. Perkim is one of th« trol all its deliberations by flooding pioneers of Oregon territory aud the congress with delegates front ! came across the plains in 1802. He was nut 8 years old when his nearby points. So tju- states submitted to the uid father and family started from their apportionment and the states of ON home in Marshall county, Illinois, and eg«m, Idaho. Montana and Washing traveled for six mouths in an ox ton. although they had nearly 30" tearn to Ojvgqn City then the chief ilelegates present, had but 20 vo es town in the Northwest. They came each, or 80 votes tt> ail. This will by Salt Lake City, the old emigrant tend to reduce the attendance a’ fu- trail by the mouth of tue Boise river tfl|p eonwition* for state« wid not and over th«> Blue mountains to ar* to ¡>oad ¡arg,- delegat.oti, which Meacham pass. In those day« flour wai quoted at have no voice in the congress Iowa, Illinois and Kentucky have an equal $2n per hundred and | vote with arid states aud *ouie ad a pound, aud strong at that aftdr a six months' voyage around the Horn Mr. Perkins has engaged in jwos pert »ng freighting and wiu«*t r*l*tng j aud is now retired from active bust I ness at the age of 60 years He has I been t»> Sp»»lronr iwirw. ism * In 1870 | 4110 ,iu 18S»o. ju?t alter the fire. BREVITIES, POWDER Th«‘rc will be a meeting of tin' Western spirit of hospitable opes Thursday evening heartedness which makes eveijf T. J. Kirk, of Athepa is in ranger feel at bYr»»,. i $« j -i.iRhL ingi take.-« r aim iu the arid ■ity for a short visit. When the coinTn:tt<se on resolutions submitted two reports—a majoritQf and a minority report, to The conven tion, Senator Reed Smoot, sitting on the platform near the reporters’ desk, remarked- -At last the twins are born.'’ (relet ring to the two reports*) Cokmel John P. Irish, sitting at the senator's elbow, vepHeti: “The i e*s the true Mormou spirit cropping out; ynu're always thfnkfng of twins.' ■Reed Smoot replied: Is It n<5! the creed of rhe trrigaftbnrtt. »o MBRF RIVER PIONEER. E. P. Cranston, of Keating, a Ranch er for 23 Years, Moves to Pendle ton. LeeTeutsch wants Your Wife TWO-THIRDS INCREASE IN ALL ASSESSABLE PROPERTY. any More Acres of Tillable land— Greater Number of New Buildings Are In the Towns—Over Ten Thousand More Cattle Assessed Than Last Year. County Assessor C. P. Strain has completed the summary of the tut roil and It is now ready lor ollec tion The job has becu long and te dious. for each item has had to be gone over and the different items added together, and front them the totals «eso taken. Then each total waa compared with the total of the last year, and tha summary thus made. It ia valuable in that it «hews the lúcrense or decrease Lu the dif ferent tteuis and the condition of the county as regards all things taxable line thing that attracts the eye is the lúcrense in the number of acre* of tillable land. In the year tie ©a- tímale of lint lauds that are under cultivation or are capable of 'jclng cultivated has grown 54.541, This speaks well for the development of the county in the last 12 months On the other hand, th«, acreage of non- tillable land has decreased. but not Cranston, on* of the «pio- ceers of Baker county, who came to Eastern Oregon when Mount Uaidj visited was a hole in the ground, will depart this evening for Pendleton, where he will reside in the future. Mr Cran- ston began tanchlng on lx>wer piw- der at Keating 23 years •go. His present ranch which at that time was a vast waste of eagahrush, is tone rtf the most beautlft»! atw! profitable on the river. I*st year the ranch netted him $2.800. It is now in charge of Mr. Cranston’s sons E P Cranston has been a potent factor tn the building of Baker county. His many friends regret his departure, bat hi* business latetvsts in Paadle- Adams I toa demand his attention. Ha will visiting I be areotnpanifd by his family —Bak er City Herald Lee Teutsch’s Big Store ■ k ,s*i •j-vi.t«-. ■».-.¡i. <,4« Pendleton. Oregon Num liar «O2 Acree 1UIK4 « 3M.S17 » 4N>,y«7 For Bearding and Day Stedenis. Conducted b> the Sixers of St Fiances of Philadelphia Classes will be resumed September "th. Ador**» SUES FOR A DIVORCE Mrs. F. A. Williams, of Athena, -as in the city yesterday the truer» | »f friends. P.an««r Mrs. Charles Eppiascr ba* return I d from a visit at the coast. Astoria | md Portland. T. Whistler has returned iron, visit to the National Irrigation icr.gat.an Work* «n North America Were in Utah. Ogden SepL 16—.No more inspiring place than this in which to bold an irrigation congress could nave been selected Utah is the birthplace of systematic trrigauon. Surrounding Ogden lies one of the most versatile and productive regions in the world All the glorious army of Irrigated ■roAuct* 4» before ttw members of the congreta as an evidence of the firm foundation upon whieh their can teach Oregon not hnig~rié-ñ~ *B5r these men s • -. i.!iag. irota e»" — «w*»*» atiendan t In aU, fte'arid «tata* < omiN^ms are laá£f1y i- putirai. Detaes'us t’rôta Pauline Schmeer has relu Tied home after an extended visti ■iaffvc?d friends in Port Miss l>»aore Sheridan and sister. Miss Gertrude Sheridan. ac*oi*|>anied bl Miss Bertha Alexander, have re turned Irom. a visit at ttye « aruiwJ ar Portland. John Hailey .1 : ha- r, r ~« 11'uBl i -tAi iS T2t Crar.dc where he has On > rise i p aa Mi hswa s ss, ia wh i nh Oregon is deficient, is the matter of . -------- -- R. N. Stanfield, of Echo, is ii eity for a business trip. is retort f t ,a>ut «h 9t.ru* on the wer« wrpris- : E. D. BOYD Churob fouir. Territory Been D'v-ded At the annual coufereoc« of the M. E Chur, h. South. the ' was dixi-lel into twi divtrl ts instead □f one. as hetetortile Th- two dis tricts wB be known as Ah« Pendle ton and Spokane districts Th-» troalh of th« «han't in this territory In both number and mem bership made it necessarf to divide Hospitable Ogden it into two districts. The place of Ogd-TT has basiled the IfWgaton holding the district coherence for ■ oagre»- I*, a very al«|n Banner the Pendleton district has not yet Headquartcrs for rooms* and hotels been decided. The conference will were established at the Union depot, be held next spring. where reception committees met the dc!<>ggnnm> and located them tn suitable quarters ttrrvmghont the eity. Heppner Schools Opened With Less Heaiiquarh-rs of the Nation*! Asso- elation were established at the city Attendance Than Last Vear. The Heppner public schifoi* opened hall, where the assistant secretary Monday under very fav -ra*le condi registered the delegates and supplied tions. Wiule the attends**» was not them with badge* and free passes to as large on opening <M* as last the various entertainments arranged year, it was larger thaw was expect by the city, which Included a visit ed. owing fo the large number of pu to the Ogden rounty fair grounds, as pils who MtmM last year being often as the delegates wish to at tend during the week a grand musi drowsed in the Ifood. cal recital in th« Mormon Tabernacle The attendance Monday was. 205. and other able member* of the con gress are oppo*e«I to the resolution So far there has been no resolu-1 »ion Introduced asking for govern ment appropriation to aid in the work of reclamation The sentiment | seems to he to allow the Wert to re claim herveif. The nearest approach L to thia, was the address of Senator^ Burton of Rantas who advocated- the ttorage of water by the govern-1 meat to prevent floods aod said heavy eoats would accrue and that | the s< Some «-am«' properly under the head «»f the reclam at I-mi d«*rartniet' The addreM of Booth Tucker on • Cotontvatfon.’» was the ablest spce< h yet delivered before the congvess ’ Senator Gttison of Montana, read an able paper oh the repew) of the des ert land and timber and stone land acts, but he treated th«- sub}«»ct from' a l-*<*1 standpoint One of the brightest m«-n ‘n the congress is CongT«*»«*man Frank Mun- ifc-ll <*-W»<mifng who defended th« -•«ert land set in an aWe address. Wrdne-Mlav afternoon The Big Boston Store Get^yoar gan* and Ammuait-.sa trota a Baa ta the guu business ico The work of the congress wfl! r be finished before Saturday noon the present rate at which the pi gram Is being disposed of. a fun s««* |'jf School H. J. STILLMAN, Repairing of .J5 K,n(te. — g 'W ■ -!_! .aiLLL- l i I............... 1 School Books Tablets Jtattefartioa GwarmrteHÎÏ M————— IM BERT HUFFMAN Senator Ankeny In the City. Mrs. I-evy Ankeny and sister Mrs. L. L. McArthur, of Portlanri. »eft for the home of Mr* Ankeny, tn Walla Many People Walia, thia mnnMn*. after a. nail In. ceptlon and ball Tuesday night, a wM|retBtarg«Bfroment B. imir>;^Ban 8* iÿ olBHF led as a m sidération Much W. J, CLARKE fc Co. an Court Street Idaho is dtvid^l in three irrigation field, of Echo; Willmu Shaw. J. W Arnold of ÈCeeSatS: J, T WT.L-llg' Land Office Still Clots«. du m*ssion,'r ea<'9 La Grande, Sept 21.—(SpixUi. 1 J district is ap.iolnted by th^govy |bt ol n East Oregonian)—The land.; office at les i n^i ’ Tha WbresA commtasionAi flVF tW ItatJ LagiJUr comjBWflfr «ft- this pl*ce I* «till closed, peitauiu ihe <>f Xtlfe-wNilBrsBc VUI* acceptance of the bond of E. W. merce commission. Is 69 per cent of irrigation board to which are first Davis, the newly appointed regi«'.er their capitalization. referred all adjustments of water The general land Office has B‘,if,rvrtr- rights and supply. In each district e«l twic* for instructions, but at 3y30 ia one or more water mas’ers, ap this e^nifoj no reply hM bceitaA pointed by the commissioner of the ©eived. district. The duty of this water mas ter is to supervise the *istribpt|pn ol Returned From Utah. water, where a lit (• uniat** ul Judge W. R. Ellis, F. B Holbrook, are located under one ditci^ or canaL s are refern W F. Matlock aud V.JC. fertfwjtnft r*> All water right.v*(4 rjf^atfld thf lout debate, turned this morning /rm B Ifl-jr -lri fixed with regard to equitable ws- to Ogden, where they were ddTegatCT comea to adopt its report, g! to the National Irrigation Congress the ruaoluLloii* presented h**' e been The party visited Salt T a KO >n their a progr« e and liberal charac- way home. no. Ur. Va . —a---. A km <!iioilu i . .rout, JLTBV . . ; iiliiniffli tNtT John P. McManus in Town. the irngatToK rafr question, ¿o that her present crude laws, or rather ab- s Oit^' up '**u *tN introduced is one by George H. Max- wrll to repedl the* timber apd stane act, the divert land »flfl ill* ««rti- mutation elapse of the ltonumtead law. Thin one will cause the hardest tatsaisss anti the ends and objects of the munifi cent national irrigation act. a Disfranchised Themselves. C? « One of the most John P. McManu*, editor, of the. Pilot Hoflk Record, ami owner of the awi-etiwt temper and gentlest pet coy ote in Umatilla county, is In the city critical gress, was when tne nn- states was called on a| cii constitutional numbro on Wednesday. points «cialties arc linkst ärt-nri crabs, lobsters,clamsan¿ water delacacies. Olym . ................................. Uird I-yveden. head of the Britf*» * ^ded th pantn.utary partv wu ........ t yp 0„ waiter fn a cheap Brooklyn resfau S(.nator f>ar,g o,^ “¿?ontan. rant afterward a traveling actor, and u for two years was steward on a* tor Reed Smoot, of Utah. Governor steamer brtwwen Wiinungtop N. -¡CL Morrtomn, <of¿ldg|h* an« -Farde* -of- ny. jumped out rife æeowd |tory and New York. He ^didn't have I*’1 California are all io fawr oí th* «*■ window, at North Yakima, Sunday, any of the time, but was out for ex- peal, while the Wyoming congress- perlence^ We will serve you with /INTERSTATE FAIR ¡a-own than QOQ IN PREMIUMS Attra Amusement re. j&OL------ - ------- □ AGRÎCULTURAL EPH I Bl I MTÜCK SHOW FRUIT FAIR MINING DEPARTM1 <T FINK ART DISPLAY EIGHT I ÍYS RACING ■ VVERWHQBriEBENlld FD , U1Ü KVENT LAUH DAY ) IN PURSES I «satamrAr «V/emiArvr iffpiilzAvry #<wtarw ES ON ALL RAILROADS lor Frealúailst ÉT tí 8T1 Mugugn i I - -‘d «d’ vd I'*'' 1 ■ ib ' - u. rtätÄttlXÖXJ part of the city. 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