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.
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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. Prompt
>— ——
faction
»...MiMMìB silfi
axwnined and Rtpatred at Once
dtottnou« bcealu,
«rk guarantee^
by
. ,
„ , „
Reliable Plomber.
lite th* Golden Rule Hotel..,
.
will be:
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