Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1904)
tn.iiiiiiiiiiiiin iiiniimiiiiinii MtlTl llii' - - A 1 o 9 P P i 0) The Great White exposition ot At the Alexander Department Store On Special Sale Tuesday and Wednesday Per Cent Reduction Muslin Underwear for Women Mammoth displays of newest styles in great variety at powerfully low prices. Every mw and desirable styles imaginable. Chemise, drawers, corset covers, night gowns and petticoats. 20 par 20 o M H d M O w w f OREGON'S IRRIGATED AREA The census bureau has sent out I river anil Its Oregon tributaries ami tho following Intensely Interesting tho springs anil wells within the ..i. Hko mni-rmlni- irrigation In Or- drainage, bnstr. irrigated 167.790 r-crcs T I egon. The facts are authentic anil arc belonging to 2,004 farms, at an aver- P - . . . . .1 . . .l 1 on Inlllnl font Itfr APM nf 1R.7Q. nr rum lnieresL 10 muse iiui'ivau-u ...... T EXTENT AND COST OF ALEXANDER DEPARTMENT STORE Tiii 1 1 1 1 1 it ' 1,11 1 1 "' 11 11 " " 1 " ' " GOOD DRY WOOD All Kinds I have good sound wood which is delivered at reasonable prices For Cash. W. C JVUNNIS Leave orders at Neuman's Cigar Store. Peace Provokers and Profanity Preventers often He in the bosom of a shirt, the curl of a collar. Hence, logically our laundry promotes morality, in that Its output causes no complaint, but soothes the troubled spirits of men accustomed to frayed edges . nd crumpled bosoms. Why don't you try this laundry for awhile and "bo good?" THE DOMESTIC STEAM LAUNDRY in Irrigation. The report says In 1902 the number or farms re ported was 5,133, with an Irrigated area of 439.9S1 acres, an Increase since 1899 of 51,671 acres, or 13.3 per cent for the three years. The per cent of Increaso for tho 10 years from 1889 to 1899 was 11S.Z. In 1902. 2,- 555 irrigating systems were In oper ation, representing a total construc tion cost of $2,089,609. an average of $818 per system and $4.75 per irigat ed acre. Tho total length of main canals and ditches was 3,653 miles, an average of 1.4 miles per system. The Increase in cost since 1S99 is $245,862. or 13.3 per cent. Tho aggregate numoor or acres ir- (gated by tho 2,417 systems receiv ing water from streams was 428,925, belonging to 4.S78 farms, mo aver age cbst per aero fas $4.81. Tho 114 systems supplied wlln water rrom springs irrigated 10,769 acres on 131 farms, tho average cost per ncro be ing $2.13. Twenty-four well systems irritated 297 acres, representing 24 farms, at an average co:t per acre of S15.27. The stream systems cost, Initially, $2,0C2,1S8 for tho 3,604 miles of main canals and ditches and tho nccessnry dams and hcadgates. Tho first cost of the spring systems was $22,985, and tho length of main ditches was 49 miles. The construction cost of the well systems was $4,536. Snake River Drainage Basin. This river, tho largest tributary of tho Columbia, rises In Yellowstone National Park, crosses Southern Idaho, and forms tho northern half of the eastern boundary of Oregon. Along this part of its course tho Snake flows through deep canons, rendering irrigation therefrom almost ImnnRRlbln. In 1902, this portion or mo onniiu LEGAL BLANKS gonian for a free cat alogoe of them. A foil sopply always kept In stock. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in tho faniih 1 T i .- lA ,1ntf TM Cvcrv uuVi LCI ua uiiawwj u iiruuji Jell-O a delicious and healthful dessert, l'l pared in two minutes. No boiling' 1 baking 1 add boiling water and set eooL Flavors: Lemon, Oraugu, It berry and Strawberry. Gtt u a it your grocers to-day. jo ct . , ,, ,,, , ,)! t :: SPRING TIME AND PLAN FOR YOUR SPRING HUKUHttoto. tvju i-uooidi-i , nn WASH FABRICS FOR YOURSELF OR DAUGHTERS, A SPRING SUIT; SON. THESE ARE MATTERS WORTHY YOU ARE NOW BEGINNING TO CAST ABOUT KftMrTumi i.i -r-iir- a -r t-o-t- I I d m.n ATP WOOL iiinu HI inc. unicoi, -. - . nr- umin i-nucincDATlnu OR SUIT OF CLOTHES FOR YOUR HUSBAND OR SON. THESE ARE MATTtno wuriiriT wr ioun .,i.. . .w , AND SHOULD EfGAGE YOUR ATTENTION. WE CAN HELP YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS JTg.lrjf'j.yJ'ly WILL QIVE US A LITTLE OF YOUR TIME AND READ WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. WE WILL FIRST SAY THAT WITH OUR EASTERN JoNNECtIoS WE OWNOUR GOODS AT ABSOLUTELY 'r.Tq1'S!, mrhAN- LICENCE WILL BUY THEM. WE BUY FOR SPOT CASH, WHICH GIVES US E LOWEsY " " "t"' DISE. WE SELL FOR SPOT CASH AND THEREFORE YOU DO NOT HELP TO PAY THE BILLS OF PARTIES WHO FOR OET TO PAY OUR PR.CeI ARE MARKED AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE FIGURE THAT W.LL ALLOW US JUST COMPEN- SATI0N FOR OUR SERVICES AND USE OF CAPITAL INVESTED. WITH THESE FACTS BEFORE YOU, YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO VISIT US AND INSPECT STOCK AND GET PRICES. REMEMBER ALL GOODS ARE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES AND "ONE PR.CE" TO ALL. BELOW WE MAKE SPECIAL MENTION OF A FEW ITEMS THAT WILL MERIT YOUR ATTENTION. Let ui show new Perfumes. you Palmer's Afiston The latest and belt. At 50c and 65c PER YARD WOOL FABRICS VOILES 38-Inch wide, In black, Royal blue, brown, slate and champagne shades. ETAMINES-lo Inches wide, In black, red, brown, blue and champagne shades. - t MELROSE ETAMINES 42 Inches wide, In red, brown, black and blue shades. PLAIN SICILIANS 38 Inches wide, In black, brown, blue, late, grey and champagne shades. ' . FIGURED MOHAIRS 38 Inches wide, In black, blue and brown, FANCY MIXED SUITINGS 40 Inches wide, In blue, mixed, brown mixed, green mixed and red mixed shades. A Big Battle in Ladles Suit and Skirt Department. Low Prices CONQUER. Don't fall to see those pretty new Eton 8"lt, Tailored and Trimmed for service and style. Ask to see that full-fashioned Eton in black, blue and brown Oxford Suiting. Price $16.50. WHITE WAISTING WASH FABRICS Mercerized lace stripes, plain oxford, plain mercerized, bleached and brown linen, polka dots and striped Batiste. COLORED SUITING WASH FABRICS SILKY ORGANDIES In red, pink and blue, black and canary. Mauslalns Plain and Oriental, polka dots and striped leaching colors and shades at, per yard, 50c to 65c. A FREE ATTRACTION Our corner window display of white and wash goods for the next week. At 5c PER YARD 27-lneh Burmah cotton shallles, white with blue, black and red polka dot, fancy floral patterns, Oriental and stripes. Just the thing for house wrappers and klmonas. Best come early. HOW ABOUT THIS? Is your husband and son dressed to your liking? We have everything in the clothing line for service or dresi. We can dress the old man, the young man, the youth or the child to your taste If you will be convinced. Come and see. Seeing Is knowing; hearing is simple evidence. IF YOUR GET US. I FEET ARE NOT COMFORTABLE, DON'T FOR- Whittinghill Mercantile Co. Successor to LYONS MERCANTILE CO. I26-J30 CotMt Stueet Pendleton, Oi-egon ???;;;;;;j;2! aero ot There were 737 systems with 1.3SS mites of main canals and ditches, Tho total" first cost of construction ns $971,743. Two systems, located near Ontario, received water directly from tho main stream nnd Irrigated 415 acres representing 22 farms, at an averago cost per nco of $36,52. Tho total cost of constructing tho 13 miles of canals nnd ditches, dams, head- gates, flumes, etc., was $15,154. In 1902. Powder nnd Mnlhour rivers, the principal tributaries of tho Snako In Oregon, with their afflu ents, irrigated more acres than all the other Snnko river tributaries In Oregon, Powder river nnd tributaries sup plied wntcr to 183 systems, which Irrigated 68,428 acres belonging to 606 farms. Tho necossary main canals and ditches, 412 miles In length, together with dams, head gates, etc., cost 268,101, an averago tlrst cost per acre of $4.58. Malheur river and tributaries Irrr gated 40.6S6 acres on 274 farms There wcro 129 cystemB, with 322 miles of main cnnnls and ditches. The total construction cost was $ S9S and tho averago first cost per ncro. $6.95. Water fom the urnm! Hondo in tho northeastern portion, was diverted by 128 systems to 389 farms, nnd Ir rlgated 22.628 acres. The 176 miles of mnln canals anil ditches nnd other Irrigation works cost $82,011. an averago cost per Ir rlgated aero of $3.62. Ilurnt river and tributaries supplied water to 121 systems, costing $65,691, nnd Irrlgat ed 16.042 acres belonging to 264 farms. There wcro 184 iiiIIcb of main canals and ditches, ,nnd tho averago cost ner Irrigated aero was $4.09. Tho Owyheo river nnil miminrios in tho southeastern part, furnished water to 190 farms through 49 sys terns, constructed at a cost of $19L 730. Tho nren Irrigated wns 13,216 acres and tho avcrnge cost per ace. $14.51. Thero wcro 115 mllcB of mnln canalB nnd ditches. Eighteen systems receiving wnter from springs, Irrigated 553 acres he longing to 18 fnrms at an nverago cost per ncro of $4,99. Tho total cost of construction, Including tho nlno miles of cnnnls nnd ditches, wns $2. 7C0. Seven well systems, costing $2,926, Irrigated 165 acres, represent ing seven farms. Tho nvcrngo cost per aero was $17.73. Columbia River Drainage Basin. This drainage basin comprises thnt nortinn of Oregon drained by tho Co lumbia river nnd Its tributaries below tho mouth of the Snako. Tho main stream Is not utilized to any great extent becaiwn of Its slight fnll and tho precipitous nature of Its banks, There were, in 1902, Haven BystoniB supplied from tho mnln Htrenm, water being taken from It by pumping plants, nnd 198 acres belonging to soven farms wero thuB Irrlgutcd at nn averago cost per aco of $17.68. Tho length of main canals nnd ditchOB wns flvo miles, and Iho total cost of construction, $3,600. From nil sources In tit It drnliingn basin water wnB supplied through 960 systems to 61,365 ncroH, representing 1,731 farms, at nn averago cost per ncro of $6.39. The totnl cost of con structing tho 1,019 miles of main ca nals and ditches nnd the neeesHnry dams, bend gates, reservoirs, etc., was $410,928. So far ns Irrigation Is concerned, John Day and Deschutes rivers aro tho largest and most Important of tho trlliulnrles, and supplied water to 18,712 acres out of a total Irrigated area of 61,355 for tho entlro basin. Tho former has lis hendwnterH on tho western slono of tho Hint moun tains between tho western spur of thcHo inountnins on tho north and Rtrnwliorrv mountains on tho south. Tho upper courso Is westward, 1 but mdwnv It turns rather uhruplly to tho north and enters tho Columbia Just nbovo John Day. Tho latter has Its headwaters on tho eastern slopu of tlio Cascado mountains, near Dia mond I'oik and Mount Thlelseu, flows northward with slight deviation to tho east nnd enters tho Columbia a fow miles bolow Deschutes. Ha principal tributary, Crooked rivor, rises near tho center of Bustorn Or egon, nnd Mows westward and north ward to its ronilucnco with tho main stream. In 1902, John Day river and tribu taries Irritated 27,064 acres, repre senting 651 farms at an average cost per ncro of $4.35. Thero worn 381 systems having 402 miles of main ta nnin and ditches, and thu total cost of construction wns $120,060, Ono hundred and ninety systems, supplied with water from tho Des chutes river and tributaries, irrigat ed 21,108 acres on 294 farms. Tho total first coBt of construction was $138,765, an averago of $6.57 per ir rigated ncro. Tho entlro length of main canals and ditches was 351 miles. Hood rivor and tributaries Irrigat ed 2 837 acres; Walla Walla and tributaries, 3,321; Umatilla and trib utaries, 4,485; and Willow creek and tributaries, 3,013, Fifty-nine systems, with 17 miles of main canals an 1 ditches, divortod water from tho Willametto river and tributaries and irrigated 448 acres In holdings averaging 6.6 acres, largely in gardons nnd orchards. Tho total first cost of construction was $3,240, averago of $7,23 per Irrlgatud aero, It Is claimed that ono-half tho acreage of asparagus in the United Statos was destroyed by tho floods on tho lower Sacramonto and Sau Joaquin rlvors. Ono field of 1,800 acres was ruined. USE PALMER'S Garland of Violets Toilet Soap A pure soap, finely perfumed. Brock & McComas Company - ---- NOTICE TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS; I TAKE PLEASURE IN INTRODUCING TO MY FRIENDS, DR8. L. L. AND T. H. WHITE, TO WHOM I HAVE 80LD MY DENTAL BUSINESS IN THIS CITY. I THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND THE DR8. WHITE A8 FIRST CLASS DENTISTS IN EVERY RESPECT, AND WILL ES TEEM IT A FAVOR FOR ANY OF MY PATIENTS TO PLACE THEIR CASES IN HANDS OF THE DR8. WHITE. RESPECTFULLY, E. A. MANN McMinn's School of Dancing Monday, class night. Wednes day and Saturday, classes from 7 to 9 o'clock. Socials from 9 to 12. Children's Matinee, Saturday, 2:30. Not an ordinary article, but something oxtrnordlnary is-7 I Hill's Pure California Olive Oil Kor medicinal uso as well ns for salads and tnblo uso. This is tho highest Quality and purest oil inado. Bold orctusivcly In Pendleton by Despain & Clark The French Restaurant Best 25 oent Moal in the City Private Dining Parlors Elegant Famished Koomu In Connection GUS LaFONTAINE, Prop. 633 Malu Street The East Oregonlan Is Eastern Or egon's representative paper. It leads and the people appreciate it and show It by their liberal patronage. It Is the advertising medium of this section.