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IRRIGATION SCHEME BOSTON STORE BOSTON STORE sJCf " m- i if 35,000 ACRES NEAR ECHO TO BE WATERED BY CANAL. I LJEV ) tosu yourselves i hs; done. Look . who are the well- j IK eoninuaUy They , pur weans, buy , fnsace now. I -will , : sroperties: I rooms a ceiuu , fICU.VUI ...a int annuo tt? tea - (wuv BiiEdlot .. 700.00 lSkud2 1otn 900.00 6tJ159 to $300. Illfets 1200.00 titetl 900.00 ,. . 300.00 111 Court Street Cokimbia CU55ECTI0K 3 OF BLOCK Prop. HAT MADE FAMOUS -rWerJ uncliM. "nerkraut and 4 GO'S rPostoffke -THE and showing: of Dainty ? i Baking and Groceries.... At money-saving prices at the Miller Cash Grocer'. Every thing first-class. Prompt Delivery, Our Cash System saves pur chasers money, r . ', Miller Grocery Co. 623 Main Street Phone Main 511 THE M0N0P0LE CANNED GOODS Arejirecbghized the best.s We, have ilieF-cornplete 'line. ' Always fresh. Always good. D. KEMLER & SON A Big Grocery "In a Small Room Alta Street, Opposite SavirgS Bank 1 THE GOOD KIND THE DELICIOUS KIND THE BEST KIND BULK 0LIYES .- . AND iiANCY BULK PICKLES. 1$ "tl ' THE Standard Grocery Court Street Low Sellers of Groceries ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW TJ. 8. Supreme Court REGISTERED ATTORNEY U. S. Patent Office V. I. ami FMEIBN PATENTS Trade Marki nd CoprljliU f lifc. t, N. W., ViloJttcn, D. C Seattle Company Will Begin Opera tion in the Spring to Reclaim the Desert 25,000 Inches of Water to be Taken From the Umatilla. Reports from Echo say that a con pany from Seattle, under the direction of local engineers, is now surveying the line for a proposed Irrigation ranal, from a point on the Umatilla river, about one mile above Nolan Station, to extend to a body of va cant land lying north of Echo. The company will apply for 25,000 inches of water and will begin oper ations early in the spring. The body of land is a sandy sage brush tract, comprising something near 35.000 acres, and Is of such a character, that many of the most conservative and experienced lrrlgationlsts believe that one good making dnilng the winter ueason will produce two eiopc 01 alf falfa, without further irrigation. I Dumps the 'Try season of tin? tai.i ihe Umatilla river will r.ot afford 25.-1 0f0 nchcs of water at that rniint, r.nore the amount now owned by other ditches, but the rlans of this company are to overflow the hiuu thoroughly during the winter and eai- ly spring, while water lb plentiful. A flood of water could be turner on that sandy soil and the entire capaci ty of the ditch would be consumed gradually by it. Tnls flooding, it la argued, will furnish sufficient moisture during the cry months, to sub-Irrigate (he land for -two crops, It is one of the most feasible irri-i i ! 1 ... tt . 1 1 1 - . . r ' this theory of sub-Irrigation la truo. 7 he land lies in one body, convenient ly Irrigated from -one ditch; the soil warm and sandy and the product iveness is such that with very little water it will grow Immense crops. The line of ths 'luch hui around the brow of a low 1-11150 of hills. To flume wili !j; noi'CiMiry and m ry lit tle rock wnrkwill be encountered. Thp land is ttilmtao to Feiu an.l one of the most proniisiiK tracts of that vicinity. The progress of the work will be watched with much interest, ns It forms a neuclus in the ISt-no 'neighbor hood aroutd which -Jtlier important reclamation schemes will most as suredly gather. In the vicinity of Foster and Jlax-' well are also soma largo tracts of land, highly adapted to alfalfa and fruit. If the winter Hooding will suf fice to grow two crops of hay on ."his land, as Is claimed by practical far mers who are acoualted with the qual ities of the soil and Its susceptibility to become productive with very little writer. Hie problem of Irrigation Is al icady solved. Dining the winter months the mountain streams are all overflowing with waste water. These great ca nals can I e used to divert this wuter to the arid tracts, while it is not needed for growing crpps. The sub-'.rrigation that fol'ows this overflow ing process. Is the most nat ural Irrigation method, as the mois ture arises from benea!; the surface to feed the growing roci" The warmth of the atmosphere continually draws the moisture v. wards and bet ter results are obtained than Jiy sur face irrigation. RESULTS OF IRRIGATION. A Poor Sheep Pasture of California Turned Into a Golden Orchard. San Francisco, Jan. 9. In connec tion with the present Interest in the development of irrigation in the West fllow!t tafta nntcrl fl'fim n nn. 1)f.r recently issued by the United States geological survey on the ue elopment and Application of Water near San Bernardino, Colton and Riv erside, California." by J. 13, Uppin cott, resident hydrographer for the state of California, will be of Inter est as show nig what may be done by means of irrigation ind also the lim its of its possibilities. in the 11 years prior to 1838 there Lumber, L timber, Lumber. All kinds for all p'urposes. Sash, Doors and . Blinds. Planing of all descriptions done to otden Don't place your, order foi Building Material until. ypti havr consulted us. Pendleton Planing- Mill aitf Lumber Yard. ROMRT fORSTIR, Proprietor -were shipped from mverside nearly 7.000,)00 boxes of oranges, which at fair figures means an average income of $1,000,000 a year. With the pres ent condition of the orchards an in come twice as large may be expected. During the season or 1S97-98 4000 car loads of citrus fruits were ship ped from Riverside, while In 1S99 the annual yield "was said to be one-third of the entile output of the state. I'revious to the application of water this section was a poor sheep pasture, worth hardly 75 cents an acre. With regard to individual profits, a man should average 10 per cent 011 his investment at the end of 15 yeais, but if the conditions are modified by a lack of water supply, destructive frosts, or low grade trees, the profits may be much reduced. It costs in the neighborhood of ?300 an acre to get a citrus orchard In bearing condition including land, water, and interest on the Investment. Under favorable con ditions a 10-year-old orchard should produce $200 gross and $100 net per acre. hen all conditions arc satis factory It takes five or more years of hard, patient, and intelligent work to place an orchard on a paying basis. so it will readily be seen that it is not a poor man's business, but Is sub ject to the stern laws of the survival of the fittest, as are other lines of en terprise. When, -however, success comes, life in this region Is ideal a country life in a pleasant land, among golden fruit and cultivated neighbors, with most the conveniences of the city. Heads Should Never Ache. Never endure this trouble. Use at once the remedy that stopped it for Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va., She writes: "Dr. King's New Life Fills wholly cured me of sick head aches I had suffered from two years.' Cure headache, constipation, billious ness. 25c at Tallman & Co.'s drug store. FIREMEN MUSTERED OUT. The Volunteer Fire Department of Walla Walla a Thing of the Past Walla Walla, Jan. 9. After an ex istence of over a half a century, the volunteer fire department of Walla Walla ha3 been musteied out of serv ice and for the first time the city is tolely In tbe hands of a paid depart ment, consisting of six men and a chief. In an early day the village needed fire protection, and a local so ciety was prgaulzed with tho object of protecting, property from damage in case of fire and flood. Since that time a number of young men have kept up the organization, and last year the membership numbered near ly 100. A few months ago an agitation was legim looking to an enlargement of the paid department, by adding sx volunteers to the paid list, salaries being allowed in the sum of $10 each per month. The Are and water com mittee of the council agreed to the arrangement, but tho council objected and at the last regular , meeting agreed to add three fully paid men and cause the local organization to disband permanently. The discussion In the council was warm and consid erable feeling crept Into the speeches, Hut the order was passed, and the vol unteers will be given certificates ex empting them from poll tax duty In the future, as mementoes of long and unremuneratlve service, W. H. Weber, has acted as chief of the volunteer department for three years, and previously acted as assis tant chief for fivo years. It Is notice able, in this connection, that but few fires of any Importance have occurred In this city, and that a number of close calls haVe been averted, In the business district by the prompt action of volunteer firemen. FOR THE NORTHWEST. Bills Passed by Congress for Benefit of This Part of United States. Washington,. Jan. 9. President Roosevelt has signed a oroclamalion setting aside St. Lawrence Island, off the Nome coast, as a reindeer pre serve. It is Intended that the Island Lhall become lelndcer headquarters for Alaska, under the charge of the Interior department. The army appropriations bill, re ported Wednesday, carried $00,001 for erecting a commodious . hospital at Vancouver barracks, as recently lccommended by Secretary Root. Bids were opened at the Interior department for caring for the insane of Alaska. But two offers wore made. the Oregon Insane Asylum renewing its offer now in force, $20 per month per person, while the Clark asylum, of Stockton, Cal., submitted a bid of H per day per individual. It Is Tirob able the contract with the Oregon asy lum will be renewed for tho year end ing .January 18, 1904. Representative Cushman Introduc ed a bill appropriating $150,000 for tho erection of two or more govern ment salmon hatcheries in Alaska, with a view to perpetuating salmon Ir. Alaskan waters, The bill is drawn to permit canneries unable to main tain hatcheries cf their own, as re quired by law to procure their pro fortional share of fry each season fro mthe government hatcheries un- on payment of a stipulated price to' be fixed by tho fish commission. Her puppy having died, a fox ter rier at Twickenham Is now content edly acting as foster mother to a couple of young kittens. I'ltOOF. "U "li.i'rHiyT" "She'diiioirj care whatiuT lleie'i any SHIT OR OVERCOAT ? BETTER JOIN THE CROWD AND GET ONE NOW Boston Store Nellie Ett Heen's Homestead. Nellie Ett Hecn married a China man and Is now In a fair way to own a North Uakota farm by special act of congress. The tamlly history of the Heens came up In the house of representatives this week, when a bill was passed granting to Nellie Ett linen the south half of the northwest quarter and lot i cf section 2 and lot 1 of section 3, in township 151, north of rurge 101 wst, In the State jf North Dakota. When all or this was IranrmltteJ to the house, aftor being lead by the clerk It was found that Nollle Ett Hecn wis a white woman who had married a Chinaman. Thu Chinaman had duly taken up a land claim, and the preliminary pa pers had passed muster. Aftor tho required number of years had been spent on the land and tho necessary Improvements made to prove up, tho land office discovered that Hecn was an Oriental, and also that no China man could become a citizen of tho United States, and that no one not n citizen of the United States could se cure land under the homestead act. The appeal wan then made to con gress for a special act deeding tho land to Nellie Ett, the Chinaman's white wife, and when tho explanation was made there was no objection to tho passage of tho bill. Washington Star. The Secret of Long Life. Consists In keeping all tho main or gans of the body In healthy, regular action, ana in quickly destroying deadly disease germs. 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