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Wr-'.'W' TV- rEN PACES- II MOUNTAINS LT PEAK IN UNiTED STATES IS MT. WHimtr. .nIa climbers Take the Altitude Mountain, Which Is 14,522 Above the Sea-Mt. Shasta )nd Highest. 14,446 Feet and . . j aa aaa P-t Carne- f ,er THira, WIH Build Observatory on Mt. n L are many very lofty snow 1 on the Facinc i"" m.t.l ".. ),n mentioned Mts. fersw.tr Hood. Rainier, Ba PCJ . ttir,c Inffnrson and am8' 'XvA VnPV. located In r?' u" , miehtv Sierra Ne- BOiintalnB. In Kern county. Cal mo . .no rtlst net on ot be- Re highest snow peak in the Id States, L. ,eCcntly the exact aitmmc oi Fvt mountain was ascertained I " .,..iis fBtitlpraen nrofes- McAdle and Joseph LeCon e. I of the University m v,a...... f ' j .ooHmpnts were made. ihe exact altitude of this mignty Ltaln accurately oeifruiu.uu-ii, feet above tide water. V ... l.nn.tnnt lis fact semes oc that Mount wimncy js mo I peak In the unuen oiuius.. u e Mount St. Ellas and Mount .v..ntpil. these two be- located far In the north, and Iteir to be considered as proper c United States. The next high Cv. io Mnnnt Shasta, located in northern part of California. . be- B4.460 feet ine imru in wuiuuo tho state of hinston 14,444 feet above the llerel. lily of recent years has Mount finer been ascended. The ascent (descent are attendee: wltn mucn hardship and peril, liecenny peak was ascended by the fam eurra rhili" of Mountain cllmb- lof San Francisco, California. he round trip, which consumea ni wpoks. vb8 made without any dent. Among the large party fe a number of ladles, ana acspue ions and terrible climb, they id the trip very wen. He photographs taken show Mc- U anrl T.fVintn lust in the act of Iputlng the altitude of this grand fct snow peak. After completing measurement of the peak's height r Hung to the irozen air "uio, rr" In hnnnr nf HlR flirt that the flse height of the vast mountnln heen determined: and that the Im that Mount Whitney is the lof It peak in the United States had PA-QE THREE. uinm nr thf irrigation m 1 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1804. been vindicated. It was tho first time that the Stars and Stripes were unfurled from tho highest point in North America. . Very recently a letter was "receiv ed in San Francisco from Mr. George E. Hale of Chicago, secretary ot the commission of observatories, stating that a Carnegie observatory will soon be built on the crest of Mount Whit ney. This building is to be 103 feet long and 30 feet wide, with a porch ex tending around It It will be con structed of granite, and all of the equipments are to be of the latest and most modern type. Such an ob servatory will be of great service and importance to scientific experi ments. From tho summit of Mount Whit ney tho view Is one of incomparable grandeur and beauty, and the glories revealed by tho vast panorama will live In memory during n lifetime. Pacific Monthly for May. Oliti "Miss Screecher comes from a mus ical family." "Is that so?" "Yes. Her father is a drummer and her brother Is a tutor." Secretary Hitchcock has set aside from tho irrigation fund tho sum of $1,000,000 to begin building the Path finder dam in Central Wyoming. The dam at the Junction of the Yellowstone and Sweetwater rivers Is the first to be begun under the new arrangement for Irrigation by the United States government a system which will work astounding changes in tho as pect and wealth of the country. The new dam will furnish water enough to irrigate 250,000 acres of land at a cost of $10 per acre. As Ir rigated land is suitable for concen trated farming, this area will support 125,000 persons, though not nearly so many will at first find homes upon it. This single fertile belt along a single stream will therefore support moro people than there are today in all Wyoming. t irrigation means closely set com jmunities. These mean again thnt J farm life will not bo lonely: that good schools and churches and splendid roads can be made by the settlers, en hancing the comforts of rural life. Fruits and vegetables will abound on irrigated land. The desert will blos som as the rose. Irrigated land in one place will be Hised under the law to begin other projects, so that tho construction of irrigating works will Increase at n constantly accelerating pace. There are half a billion acres of public lands remaining unclaimed, ex clusive of Alaska. Very much of this domain Is uttlizable through Irrigation. Besides, there are vast areas of prl vnte land available for agriculture of higher productiveness through water supply by the government. With" Ir rigation there Is almost no limit to the capacity of the United States to feed Its own people and spare grain for the world. Two hundred millions can live In the Missouri Purchase alone. The next great problem Is to get tho people on the land as Commander Booth-Tucker, of the Salvation Array put It, to fit the landless man to the manless land. The late Mark Hanna was greatly Aunt Sally (from the west) Wal do, would you like to take a ride on the choo choo cars with me? Waldo Brownbeans (of Boston) Why, certainly, my dear aunt. If there be such a method of locomotion. Doubtless it would be extremely in teresting. I had hitherto presumed that the old methods of steam con veyance were still in vogue. Chicago News. Interested In n bill advocated by Mr. Booth-Tucker to establish a depart ment of, colonization, and provide an initial fund of $50,000,000 to advance to actual settlers upon Irrigated land. Tho experience of tho Salvntton Army In Colorado seems to show that poor men who have conclusively failed to make In the cities a decent living for their fnmllles have succeeded in gain ing independence upon tho farm col onies of Colorndo. What these cati do others can do. Paternal government with a ven geance for the United States to es tablish settlers In tho West? Per haps, but not moro paternal than tho homestead act. Mr. Booth-Tucker points out thnt the government would risk nothing In advancing money to settlers, as the partial payment they would mnko In return would not only replace the principal but repay Inter- 'est nt the rate ot 6 per cent. Thus ithls fund, like the Irrigation money, would constantly Increaso and con stantly, as repaid, bo available In part ,'for use In now localities. I Another phase of irrigation Is of i tremendous importance to the lower I Mississippi valley its effect upon floods. The Pathfinder dam alone will Im pound the flood waters of 400 miles of the Yellowstone and 300 miles of tho Sweetwnter river, with their tributary mountnln streams. The silt will not get n chance to roll down Into the Mississippi valley nnd raise the river bottom. Tho water will be restrained from joining the great June floods. Other reservoirs upon other head waters will havo tho same effect. Whnt might happen in tho Missis sippi valley If the levee policy were to contlnde indefinitely without aid from reservoirs Is shown by the de structive Hoods of the Honngho In China, whose broken levee less than 20 years ago devastaded whole prov inces and actually drowned 7,000,000 people. The Hoangho is a river in the air; tho Mississippi Is becoming one. Head- I water reservoirs alo'no can restrain It. New York World. Spain Reduces Wheat Duty. The duty on wheat has been re duced from S pesetas to 6 pesetas per 100 kilograms ($1,544 to $1,158 per 220 pounds), and on wheat flour from 13.20 pesetas to 10 pesetas per 100 kilograms ($2.55 to $1.93 per 220 pounds). The above reduction is to remain In force as long as the price of wheat exceeds 27 pesetas per 100 kilo grams ($5.31 per 220 pounds) in the markets of Castile, taking for the quo tations the markets of Valladolid, Sal amanca, Zamora and Burgos. R. M. Bartleman, consul, Cadiz. Spain, March 19, 1904. When the Sap Rises Weak lungs should bo careful. Coughs nnd colds are dangerous then. One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and colds and gives strength to tho lungs. Mrs. G. E. Fenner of Marlon, Ind.. says: "I suffered with a cough until I run down In weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried n number of remedies to no avail until I used One Mlnuto Cough Cure. Four bottles of thl wonderful remedy cured mo en tirely of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." Sold by Tallman & Co. Closing-Out Sale Trotting-Bred Horses HAVING DECIDED TO DEVOTE MY ATTENTION TO MINING, I WILL ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4, AT THE OREGON FEED YARD, PENDLETON, ORE., OFFER FOR 8ALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, THE FOLLOWING HOR3E8. TERMS cash. c. L. COX. BELLE SPOTSWOOD Bay mare (14) weight 1200, with -est Al ton B colt yet foaled In Umntllla county, by side, by Alblcore, Hoc. 2:27i4 trotting, by Alwood, by Almont 3.1. Dam by Holle founder. Dam Hello Morgan, n high-classed mare ot Huniblcl nlnn and Morgan breeding. LITTLE MARGARET Bay mnro (11) weight 1100, with a flno Wostfleld colt by sldo, by Alblcoro; dam, Mng by Tanillalno, n I.unnnux horso; 2d dniu, a Morgnn mare. ' FITZ LEE Bay gelding (0) weight 1250, by Wostfleld. Dam, Hello Spotswood; 2d dam Belle Morgan. BAY GELDING (3) Full brother to Fltz I.co. BAY GELDING (3) AND BAY FILLY (2) By Wostfleld. Dam, Little Margaret. BAY FILLY (3) AND BAY COLT (2) ny Hassaloo, by Woatflold; dam, Alta, by AUemonL Dam, Belle Wostfleld, by Westflold; 2d dnm Bollo Spots wood; 3d dam, Bollo Morgnn. BAY COLT (1) By Caution, by Electioneer. Dam, Bollo Wostfleld, by Wostlluld; 2d dam Bollo Spotswood, by Al blcore, by Almont 33; dnm by Bcllfooundor; 3d dam Hello Morgan. LEGAL BLANKS Xtli alogoe of them. A fall supply always kept In stock. linn: miiiiiiiixiiiiinxxxim THE REMOVAL SALE At the Owl Tea House starts Saturday morning at 9 o'clock i -t Ilk I u in s, ; ... 1 1 i ' AFTER HAVING CLOSED OUR STORE FOR THREE DAYS TO MARK DOWN GOOD", OdR DOORS WILL BE THROWN OFEN TO THE PUBLIC SATURDAY MORNING, GLASSWARE, CHINAWARE, CUT GLASS, CROCKERY AND NOTIONS ALL GO AT THI8 SALE. ' WE HAVE GOT TO MOVE AND WANT YOU TO COME AND HELP US BY TAKING THE GOODS TO YOUR HOME AT UNHEARD OF LOW PRICES. EVERY ARTICLE IN OUR STORE MU8T BE SOLD WITHOUT DELAY, NOTHING RESERV ED. YOU WILL PROFIT BY THE P08ITION WE ARE IN. WE HAVE SLAUGHTERED THE PRICE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE ON OUR LARGE AND WELL-KEPT STOCK, SO THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LET OPPORTUNITY GO BY. COME-IN EARLY AND LEARN WHAT A GREAT SAVING YOU CAN MAKE AT THI8 SALE. OUR L088 IS YOUR GAIN. WE HAVE GOT TOJ VACATE THE 'ROOM AND.A8 OUR LINE OF -GOODS 18 PARTICULARLY SUBJECT TO MUCH DAMAGE IN BEING MOVED, THEREFORE WE tWlLL iMAKE IT A BIG OBJECT Tp. YpP.TO'BUY. ALL GOODS ARE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES, 80 YOU CAN SELECT WHAT YOU WANT AND 8EE WHAT 'IT W60LD COST YOU..,,FIR8T COME FIR6T SERVED, ' f ! 1 ) I " I K I P The Court Street OWL TEA HOUSE Great Sacrifice Sale starts Saturday morning at 9 o'clock i 1 5 3 4 4 4 xxxxi TTTTw . - .nnrninmm