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1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL , 5, 1911. IS Mfffffwyg! - !) Lr..r 1J! LiJU heated argument Woody srave'plaoed under arreat and when brought Wove Justice Brothers waa fined f 10, and seat gut of town. : t'. i, " March, moat of the old settlers Imm to think, waa one of the beet they had ever seen. Am a result moat ofthe fermera are through with their spring work. ' !W-? ' . FOR 57.000 ACRES Sulphur Creek Wasteway Is Turned Over to the Gov ernment Service. (Special PlinaloD to Tb JaiirDit.i Hunnyslde, Wash., April 5. Delivery nf water to holders of rlarhtn under the fiunnyalde reclamation project began to day, and orrlctala estimate that more than 67,000 acres will be actually re ceding water before the close of the season. The total acreage watered last year wae 51,0t0. AVater Is available for an Increase of about lit, 000 acres tilt year, of which. about half will receive it. water waa mat turned alowly into the main canal at the headgatea near Parker on March 22. The volume wjs gradually increased aa the flow trav eled, meanwhile men puddled the newly made concrete checks- By March 30 water was flowing; from waateway Into the river -below l'roaser, 60 miles from the headgates. At the aame time the Sulphur creek wasteway, the aecOnd largest of alx along the canal, running from a point east of SunnysiOe eight miles to the southward., was turned over to the Irri gation superintendent. The Sulphur creek wasteway, which la to serve as an outlet for a number of drainage projects aa well 'as a safe guard against breakage In the main canal, has a total capacity of 61 8 sec ond feet. Tli o Zlllah waateway, the largest along the SflnnyshJa, having a capacity of 1100. Twenty atopa are neceaaary to regu lata the flow of the water from the headgates to the river. Each one of thepe In built of concrete at a cost of from (2300 to 13000. In addition to thin, the flrat CO0O feet from the canal la concreted, and the headgatea built of concrete. house a turbine which operate the heavy gates at the will Of the patrolman. McMinnville's New Hotel 4. I i maafu ' ' A. aV ) INTERURBAN RAILWAY FOR TWIN FALLS (Epeelal DlaiMitrh to Th Jonmal.) Twin Falls. Idaho, April 6. That there will be an Intrrurban line In operation by the middle of the summer "from Twin Falls to the Great Shoshone and Twin falln on the Snake river is now assured. Negotiations have been entered Into by V. . Cherry and associates for the purchases of ties and rails for tlie construction of an Intrrurban line to be built this summer from thla city to the Snake river canyon. Within this loop to be circled by the rarlino Is about 6000 acrea of fine fruit land, the most of which has already been divided Into smnll tracts and 6et out to fruit and which with the advent Of the road will make n wonderful district for suburban homes. The Blue Lakes and Klmberly roads will bo widened into boulevards and the tracks for the rarline will be laid directly in the center. , It Is planned by the promoters to make this road but a part of a system of interurban roads, the ultimate object being to build another line next aum mr from-Twin 'Kalla , through Rock Crtoek, "Artesian City and the center of the Oakley-f loose Creek project to Oak ley, tapping a section of country more than 60 miles long and several miles wide, which will soon be one of the ilchost farming districts In the state. mmm reach B00 Jf not orar. ' On thla aide, however, It ia dlffloult to approximate the acreage, aa there) are ao many email holdlnga. Of this vast area se't to fruit thla spring pearly all is being given to ap ples. The Wlnesap leads with more of that variety than all others together. Rome Beauty comes second with the Jonathan aoor third. SUNNYSIDE PLANS PRETTY SCHOOL YARD (Bperlal Dlasatrh to Tbe Jirarnal.) Sunnyslde, Wash., April 6. A com prehensive plan of public Improvement, including parking and trees and a small public park surrounding the high school, Is to be established by the school board and counoll. The school grounds, consisting of an entire block, with the exception of th portion occupied by the building, la to be laid with cement sidewalks, shrub bery and trees set out and the ground sodded. Outside of the grounds the city will furnish curbing, parking and shade trees. Cork bsrk elms, Norway maples, sycamores snd American elms are to be set out, with fillers of Carolina poplars. palgn thla year aa In former election. It la- conceded that had the Cltisena' ticket carried there would not be the aame degree of dampness. The new city charter carried, little opposition being shown by the voters. Under the njw charter the city will be enabled to Introduce many Innovatlona for muni cipal Improvement. The new officers elected are: , Mayor, A. 8. 8hoies; coun cllmen, C. B. Buchanan, Albert Bun ning, J. A. Ormler and George llol scher; recorder, V. It. Massey; treas urer, A. S. Hendricks. verdict waa read and ainoe then has been under the care of a physician. La Centw See Eye Blackened. La Center, Wash., April I. A little excitement waa caused Saturday night when C. Woody struck C. Martin and gave him a black eye, the cause being SSf! Enlarged Elberton hotel, doubled In Blza , and refurnished thla year. m GROWERS WILL PUNT 80.000 TREES H0MESEEKERS FLOCK TO REDMOND COUNTY rSoerlal DlaDatrh to The Journal.) Redmond. Or., April 5. New comers continue, to arrive in Redmond dally from air sections of the west and mid die west. As soon as they see this sec tlon they are delighted with the ell mate nnd the land, and a large number have bought Irrigated land within six or (reven miles of the city. Field agents for the Irrigation com pnny state that nearly all the purchas era will go right on their land and be Kin making Improvements and induce their friends back east to come out here and locate. It is anticipated that the coming two or three weeks will see a largely In creased number of colonists arrive In this section. (Rpeclal Dlapatrh to Th Journal.) Dayton, Wash., April 6. Eighty thou sand fruit trees have been shipped into Dayton In the last four days, to bo used in planting new orchards between Balleysburg, three miles east of here, and Iliintsvllle, seven miles west. It Is estimated by nursery stock dealers that over 100,000 trees will fee used this season in the Dayton country, rep resenting the iilsnting of approximately 1000 acres of new orchards. This means an Investment exceeding 1260,0000 and brings the total amount Invested in orchards in the valley to 860,000. Within three years, at pres ent prices for apples, an annual Income to this section of $300,000 will be as sured and within six years a yearly Income of I7G0.OO0 is certain. MADRAS VOTES BONDS FOR WATER SYSTEM (S peril I DlnpatHi to Th Journal.) Madras, Or. April 6. The proposal to U i t Kn.U.G fAr 1 1 A AAA fr,r ' the purpose of installing a city water system waa carried at the special elec tion by the ratio of sevtn to one, very little opposition to the plan having de veloped. This matter having been disposed of. the water system will be completed at once. The order for the pipe was sent out yesterday and It Is expectd that within less than 30 days the residents of the city will have available a good water supply for domestic use and flro protection. ENGINEERS PREPARE FOR NEW RAILROAD (Special Dlapatrb to The Journal Nyssa, Or., April 6. The unloading of several carloads of material at Nyssa the past week by the Oregon Short Line Indicates that no time la to be loat In i the building of the Nyaaa Homedale extension. The material consisted mostly of lumber for the erec tion of headquarters' for the engineer and hla crew. Engineer Ashton has been' to Nyssa several timea the past week to start the crews on the surveys. Contracta for construction work will be let this month. SHE KNEW HUSBAND'S MURDERER INTIMATELY (United Prjaa Leaaeri Wlra.) ganta Rosa, Cal., April 6. Further evidence that Mrs. Blanche Powell, wife of John D. Powell, murdered in a tent near Fort Ross, March 18, was ac quainted with Dr. Lewis C. Chlsholm, accused of slaying Powell, for a long time prior to the murder was furnished the police in a letter received from the woman'a father, R. K. Samuels of Ce dar Gap, Mo, In asking for further details con cerning the Chlsholm esse and the wherrabouts of his daughter, Sauiuel.i declares that she mentioned ChlMholm In three letters written to him early In 1911. He declares that Mrs. Powell never mentioned her husband In any of her letters. NEZ PERCE INDIANS PLANT APPLE TREES (flperlal Ptapatrb to Th Journal ) I.ewlston. Idaho, April 6. For three years the Indian agency at Fort Lapwai has been growing fruit trees for distri bution among the Nes Perce Indians. Thousands of the trees are being set cut this spring and the red men are be ing instructed in caring for them prop Graybill Hcntenre Monday. Los Angeles, April 6. J. M. Gray bill, mining promoter, convicted yester day of fraudulently using the malls, will be sentenced Monday. He Is liable to from one to 14 years on each of the three oounts on which he waa found guilty. Graybill collapsed when the Talking Machine Business for Sale Don't Persecute your Bowels BUILD POWER PLANT NEAR CASTLEROCK (Special Dtunatch to Tbe Journal.) Caatlerock, Wash.. April 5. Collins & Byerly have begun work on a power development on Toutle river eight miles from Castlerock on the Tower road. They expect to develop 1000 horsepower, which they will market In nearby towns. About six months will be necessary to complete the plant. Work has also been resumed at Castlerock on the double tracking of the Northern Pa cific and a large force of men will soon be at work. HERMIST0N FARMERS PLANT BIG ORCHARDS (Bprrial riapatcb to Th Journal. 1 Ilermiston, Or., April 6. Thje country about Hermlston on both sides of the river is being rapidly set to fruit. Trees are being received by freight in small and large shipments. Others ore com ing by express. On the west side of the river, from beet estimates obtainable, the acreage set this spring will be almost 300 acres. On the cast side the new acreage will KENNEWICK BOASTS POWER HEADQUARTERS (Snerlitl Diana tch to Jt Journal.) Kennewlck, Wash., April 6. Kenne wlck has now in operation one of the largest distributive Institutions In the Inland Empire. The Pacific Power & ,ight company has established its cen tral warehouse here. The company has nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of material in its yards to oe distributed to points along lines in the Walla Walla, YSiklma, and Columbia val leys. The payroll for last month amount ed to more than $16,000. Tho company selected Kennewlck oa its central dis tributing station because of its excep' ttonal facilities for shipping In large quantities from headquarters In Port land and reshlpplng to every town m which it operates in central Washington, EASTERN SEEDMAN WANTS WESTERN PEAS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Fairfield, Wash., April 6. Norton Morrison has received three cars of pea seed which will bs used to plant about 700 acres this spring. A moderate crop will give 30 cars of peas next sum mer, which will be shipped to an east ern seedman. I'asco Kecds Homes. (Fnecilll PlHDlltrh to Tnn Journal 1 Pasco. Wash., April 6. That Pasco needs additional houses to rent to peo ple coming In is demonstrated dall. The local real estate offices are flooded with Inquiries for houses of five, six and seven rooms and as fast as' one family moves out of a home three or faur ask to move In. Building opera tions are being carried on all over the, city, but the residences can not be. sup plied as fast as people want them. New Bank Home. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Centralla, Wash., April 5. Work has been started ontha new $35,000 bank building for the Farmers & Merchants bank, which will be completed In about three months. The building adjoins Centra lia's new police headquarters and ' ' ' J 1HU IICW UltJT UKU R1IU U minlstratlon building of the city will shortly be erected near the same site. CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON RAILROAD BRIDGE (Special Dlipatch to Th Jonrnal.) Madras, Or., April 6. Work has com menced on the foundations for the big Harrlman bridge across Willow creek gorge on the western edge of town. Large quantities of materials cement, etc., a concrete mixer, and donkey engine and equipment are already on the ground, while the excavation for the concrete bases for the four steel towers that are to support the bridge is being done. n 0 Natural Laxative Water Recommended by Physicians Refuse Substitutes Best remedy for LCONSTIPATIO MaaMaasaaf(ip..'' - Cornelian Remains Wet. (Special Diapatch to Tbe Journal.) Forest Grove, Or.. April 6. At the annual city election In Cornelius, Mon day, the People's ticket won by a large majority over the Citizens' ticket. While the question of whether the city should remain wet or become dry did not enter quite so vividly In the cam- CARTER'S UTTiymSat. LIVER PILLS pj I Y JORTErST iC OMMaaaaaafc j taw. SwJlPilL SaaaB Dm, Small Price f w Genuine aubu Signature Excursion Fares East Via BRAND Including Oregon Short Line, Union Paciiic and Chicago & Northwestern Hams and Bacon , , . ""cwiro, jtassmi ana stamped. C0lumbi Brand triuia mark afar,), t ,k. i ' . , . , " urmu uosaiDia look Product. H.tma u.rA Runn ),...!.. iki. , j - -, .iiu waug mark are a deiioioua breakfast treat are mm. cle bnildera aa well. If yon are particular and really want the rery beet tho market affords insist upon having Columbia Brand alwavi. IjuVfnrf.)iit,mf TT a t j. ed and Passed, 138." It is your protection. for STORE FOR RENT 7 Quitting Business Mr. Dealer, this is your chance to buy Talking Ma chines, Records, Shelving Fixtures, etc., at YOUR OWN PRICE. If You Are Thinking of a Piano or Player -Piano Hurry to investigate our LESS THAN FACTORY PRICES on IVERS & POND, DECKER and many other High-Grade Pianos $115 and Up APOLLO, HARDMAN, BEHNING and other Player Pianos at $305 AND UP. Payments to Suit You Twenty-five Music Rolli With Player Piano Hovenden Piano Co. 106 FIFTH ST. Next Perkins Hotel Open Evenings II OREGON HOTELS syr lflE IMPERIAL Oregon's Greatest Hotel S50 ROOMS, 104 SUITES With Private Baths NEW FIREPROOF BUILDING MODERATE RATES PHIL METSCHAN & SONS. Props. Jhp:i&i:aKl U.S. Inspected andPaaaed 18S At Best Dealers, Hotels and Cafes Valoa If eat Cempuy. Portland. Or. rwaaar raeaara ar la raclfle TO FARES Chicago $72.50 Council Bluffs Omaha Kansas City . 60.00 St. Joseph . St. Paul St. Paul via Council Bluffs 63.90 Minneapolis direct . . .v 60.00 Minneapolis via Council Bluffs 63.90 Duluth direct 66.90 Duluth via Council Bluffs 67.50 St. Louis 70.00 Stopovers sroincr and returning. Final return limit October 31. 111 Call at our City Ticket Office, Third and Washington streets, for any infor mation desired, also for sleeping car reservations, or address WM. M'MURRAY. General Passenger Agent. Portland, Or. During May, June, July, Au gust and Sept. on Certain Specified Dates Woman's Power Over Man NEW PERKINS FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS OPENED JUNE, 1908 la th rary heart of Fortlaad'a activity Kodern In every reepeot RATES 11.00 AND UP. MODERATE PRICE RESTAURANT L. Q. S WETLAND, Secretary and Manager 0W Will Irrigate 10OO Acres. (Special Diapatch to The Journal Ontario, Or., April 6. -The Ontario Townalte company has ordprcd tt)p machinery, motors and pumps,- coatlns oym $8000, to Irrigate 1000 acres of land aUotnlnjr town. The work will be ompltedU)ie ejprlmf. i Woman's most florioas eadewment is tbe power to awaken and hold the pure and honest love of a worthy man. When she loses it and still loves on, no one in the wide world can know the heart agony she endures. The woman who suffers from weak nets end derangement of her special womanly or. gunism soon loses the power to sway the heart of a man. Her general health suffers end she loses her good looks, .her attractiveness, her amiability and her power and prestige as a woman. Dr. R.V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.Vi, wltfc the assistance of his staff of able physicians, has prescribed for end cured many thousands of women. He has devised a successful remedy for woman's ail ments. It is known as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is a positive specific for the weaknesses and disorders peculiar to women. It purifies, regu lates, strengthens end beats. Medicine dealers sell it. No Wrf dealer will advise yon to accept a substitute in order to make a little larger profit. IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG, SICK WOMEN WELt. Oa Merc PUaumt Pellet nguta a4ttmphm Stomach, ttw mat SeweJa, Summer Excursion Fares To the East May 16 to September 7 Certain days each month To St. .Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City and other eastern terminals $60.00 To Chicago $72.50 To St. Louis $70.00 Those are round trip fares. Proportionately low fares to many other pTttjits Liberal Time Allowed for Trip. Stopovers Permitted. If you will advlwe iib where you want to go nnd where you wish to visit, and when yon want to go, we will advise you the lowest cost und best a r ranstniin Is. " . Tickets Are First Class. And can be used on the NofthCoastLimited The Crack Train to and from the East. Or on our other three Transcontinental Trains. Call on or write to A. D. CHARLTON, Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent, aSS MORRISON ST., POBTZaAITO NorthernPacificRailway THB PORTLAND, OR. Bftfopsaa Plan Modara Bastanrant. Kaadqaartaca iot Tourists and Com mercial Trav alarm. Bpeclal rates mads to families and single tantiemes. The manavamect will be pleased at all times to enow rooms and give prices. A modera Turkish bath ee tabllahmant in to hotel. Catering a specialty. O. 3. Kanfmann, Mgr. The Bowers Hotel J0 Eleventh, Near Washington St. 1 Largest Cafe in the city. Service unsurpassed 50 ROOMS $1.00 PER DAY 50 ROOMS . . : $1.50 PER DAY 75 ROOMS, WITH BATH.. $2.00 PER DAY Special Rates to Permanent Guests 'ample Rooms for Commercial Travelers H. C. BOWERS. Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Formerly Manager Hotel Portland THE CORNELIUS "The House of Welcome" CORNER PARK AND ALDER STREETS Beginning May 1 our rates will be as follows: Out aide back rooms, $! per day; single front rooms, $1.50 per day. Our omnibus meets all trains. Portland's Newest .and Most Up-to-Date Hotel C.W.CORNELIUS H.E.FLETCHER Proprietor Manager im i in-1 Hot and Cold Water Long Distance Pbone I. EVKRY KlViM , . . 1 Hotel Lenbx COR. THIRD AND MAIN $TS. RreViSS-? RATES $1.00 if- f . " 1 1 v. J. , '"V . J, ' . ti