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jlGHT PACES. DA'UY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904. PAGE THREE. jllllMtlH""1"""1"1"" ' 1 ' m It! t n t This is the Last Call Don't Forget You Need Easter Novelties Misses' and Children's Hose 7c pair Black Jorsey ribbed hose, earn less, guaranteed fast color, regular value lGc, special Easter bargain at 7c pair. $1.15 Ladies' Oxfords A good $2.00 value In vici kid, ex tension solo, welt fair stitch, nil sizes. Easter special, $1.15. $2.95 Ladies' Patent. Colt, Shoes lilucher cut, extension sole, mili tary heel, a good $4.00 value. Spec ial Easter bargain, ?2.95. 10 Per Cent Redaction On all our new white lawn shirt waists, all this season's newest and latest styles. 10 per cent reduction ladies' ready-to-wear walking and dress skirts. Come and let us show you the finest line of skirts In the city, Remember the discount 10 per cent. French Dress Ginghams 7c yard Our entire Hue of Imported dress ginghams In plaids and stripes, all colors. Tegular value 10c yard. Easter special bargains at Tc per yard. We Make Every Department a Pathway of Profit to You Alexander Department Store i THE GIVERS OF BEST VALUES milium 1 1 n mm n i m t ""It" T 1 ' 1 t "HMimttiinit WHY NOT Boy a child a chair 'for this -own use and his or her own size, as well as one for papa? If you want a hint on the many pieces of furniture we have especially for children, comp. Ours is the carpet house of Pendleton and wo have more pat terns to select from than any other place In Eastern Oregon. BAKER & FOLSOM Furniture and Carpets THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST Bear this In mind when you need poultry and stock supplies and ask for the International Poultry and Stock Food. Uso Kow Kure for your cow trou bles. C. F. Colesworthy 127-129 East Alta St. Agent for Lee's Lice Killer. Walters' Flouring Mills Capacity, 150 barrels a day. Flour exchanged for wheat t Flour, Mill Feed, Chopped Feed, etc., always nn hand. WETTEST WINTER IN HISTORY OF UMATILLA COUNTY. Rallfall In Western Umatilla County Very Heavy Prospects Ahead of County Are Bright Citizens Want a County Bridge at Umatilla Pertinent Question! on Wade Failure. Umatilla, March 31. The farmers, in this end of Umatilla county are wearing tho smllo that won't como oft. Not In tho memory of the oldest inhabitants has there been such a wet spring as we are having. An old settler near Echo In conversa tion with a representative of tho East Oregonian said today: "I've been In Umatilla county for 33 years, and 1 never saw a better prospect for big crops. Wo have had a regular webfoot February aud March. The ground is full of wa ter. "As you know il ony takes one good flooding to give us two or three cuttings of alfalfa, so with the ground as wet as It now Is wo are sure of a heavy crop of alfalfa. "The wheat farmers will also get bumper crops. You say thero might come hot winds. No, that Is almost Impossible, when but little snow falls in the mountains, it melts caily and the summer's hent parches the vegetation. "The wind that blows over miles of sun-dried and parched land ab sorbs the reflected heat and becomes a hot and blasting wind; but with the heavy snowfall wo have had this spring the snow will go slowly. The moisture will keep the mountains green and the wind iilowlng over tho verdure-clad hills will come as a cool, refreshing breeze In place of hot winds. "In fact, If the government will make reserves of tho headwaters of our streams to prevent deforesta tion, we would not havo tho snuw going out with a rush, but a gradual melting which would provo of Incal culable advantage to the farmers and stockmen. "I believe we will see moro chaugo In this country In the next flvo years than we have seen In the last 35 years. "Take this sugar beet proposi tion and the government Irrigation. Those two things alone mean hun dreds of 10 nnd 20-acro farms. "I never saw so many strangers In the county before. Tho man thai gets land now is getting In on the ground floor, all right. "At Umatilla I talked with several ranchers who live near tho boundary line on tho west of Umatilla county. Said ono of them to mo: 'Why don't tho East. Oregonian and tho rest of tho newspapers help us out down here? Wo live on tho west sldo of tho Umatilla river. Our trading point Is Umatilla. With tho nver as high ns It now Is we cannot ford. Wo havo to leave our teams on tho other sldo nnd walk across tho ties on the railroad bridge. Much of the trade that rightfully belongs to Uma tilla county goes to Morrow county. Some goes to lrrlgon, which with a brldgo would come to Umatilla, nnd somo to other Morrow county" points. Wo badly r.cc.l a bridge across the Umatilla river. This section of tho county Is settling up nntl would set tlo even moro rapidly if tho county would put In a bridge for us across tho Umatilla river. "Thero Is another thing that wo taxpayers would- like to know. How Is it that certain persons are tiling largo claims against C. II. Wade for notes that ho has given them when none of tho money was given in to tho assessor? "If tho county got Its proper tax from these people who aro now se curing money that Wade had of them, It could afford to build uh a brldgo across the Umatilla." KHKl) 1.0CKJ.EY. Tragedy Averted. "Just In tho nick of time our llttlo boy wnB saved," writes Mrs. W. Wat kins of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu monia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors treated him, but ho grew worso every day. At length wo tried Dr. King's Now Discovery for Con sumption, nnd our darling was saved. Ho is now sound nnd well." Every body ought to know It's tho only Biiro euro for coughs, colds nnd nil lung diseases. Guaranteed by Tall man & Co., mugglRts. Prlco 60c nnd $1.00. Trial bottles freo. Cattlegrowers' Convention. Thero will bo a convention of tho cnttlogrowers of Oregon, held lit Portland April 1C, beginning nt 10 n. m., and continuing In tho evening. Tho pooplo Interested In this groat Industry nro earnestly requested to bo present, as subjects of tho great est Importance to cattlemen will bo discussed. Tho meeting will bo hold nt tho Auditorium, between Taylor and Salmon, on Third street. titlANT MAYS, Secretary. Trlb Is a harmless Positive Cure. Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 3, 1903. I can most honrtlly recommend Trlb to any to dcslrng to quit tho uso of tobacco. I tried mnny so-called cures. I can truthfully say TRID has cured mo of all dcslro for To bacco In any form. TRID 1b a euro. 7.. K. Straight, 119 Main street. Tollman & Co, local agents. THANK PIONEERS UMATILLA COUNTY IRRIGAT ORS WON THE GOVERNMENT. F. B. Holbrook Believes the Pioneer Farmer From the County, Who Attended Ogden Convention, Con vinced Government Engineers of Feasibility of Echo Irrigation Plan Land Will Reclaim Itself by Sub.lrrlgatlon. A chorus of GO ladles from tho Swedish university nt Lund, Swe den, will bo at tho World's Fair. "Eastern Oregon can thnuk tho few pioneer farmers who went down to tho Irrigation Congress nt Ogden Inst fall, for all her government Ir rigation," said F. 11. Holbrook to tho East Oregonian last evening. "Tho testimony of these pioneers who mndo tho first brush tlnms In Umatilla county nt reams ir years ago, and who have actually reclaim ed tho desert without ostentation or display, had moro Inlluenee on tho government engineers than nil tho "sot" speakers and hot-air dreams of tho exports nt tho convention. "Those pioneers hnd 20 years of actual experience In ditch building nnd reclamation to back up their statements. They know that tho waste lands of tho county hnvo been reclaimed with tho crudest systems of Irrigation to bo found, nnd when they told tho government engineers that n reservoir to catcu und hold tho Hood waters of Huttor creek and tho Umatilla would nlaku that entire Echo tract blossom year In nnd year out, the engineers bellovcd that tes timony. "Thoso pram leal farmers from Hotter creek, Hudson Hay, Echo, Mnlhour county nnd Hartley county, who visited thu congress nnd gnvo their testimony to thu government engineers there, clinched tho chances for government Irrigation nt Echo. "Tho government now knows Hint winter Hooding and n system of res ervolrs for summer Irrigation will reclaim thu Echo tract, neforo It heard thu testimony of those pioneers it doubted Hint such could bo done, nnd thought Hint It would be neces sary to havo canals and a constant How of water to reclaim that tract. "Every aero reclaimed by tho gov ernment at Echo by direct Irrigation will reclaim another ncro by sub-Irrigation and tho moro water takon mt of tho upper Umatilla for Irrigation purposes, tho more water will thoro bo for thoso on tho lower Umatilla, for It will llnally fill up thu ground and flow back through tho soil, re claiming It as It flows, to empty again Into tho river lower down. "You pooplo In Pendleton won't know Western Umatilla county la four years moro." Ml t t t :: ! V"' 'V . 8 ' t 1 Ice Cream Parlors are now open and the ice cream, soda water and confections that have made the word Delta so dear to all who enjoy delicious soda and ice cream are being served. Ice cream by the dish, pint, quart or gallon. $1 "i ' ,f : 1 1 C. W. IRVIN, Proprietor 620 Main Street Telephone Black 1091