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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1904. PACE THREE. f I n n n ii er 20 Tl ... made. Pla, Tlon, i ... mm: pa ?, 50c. ss, sod ja be of tie t d our pries a nti but hitek Dentin ata 1CSI VauDj 0RS OF WORK. vg as J It J clasi : 435 TO tent Per Mr. 50c 80c wt 1 Our Tailor- Suits to Made t! GAT UN Go (St PA ill IF YOU WANT A REAL STYLISH, UP-TO-DATE, TAILOR-MADE SUIT THAT IS GUARANTEED TO BE THIS SEASON'S PRODUCTION, YOU HAD BETTER BUY IT HERE. Three Big Specials $10.00 TO $12.00 TAILOR-MADE tf r Vf SUITS JO.DU $15.00 TO $18.00 TAILOR-MADE J $20.00 TO $25.00 TAILOR-MADE 1 C( suits Ip X 0.3VJ GOVERNMENT ISSUES RE PORT ON AREA AND COST. Irrigated Area of the United States Has Increased 1,704,899 Acres Since 1899 Vaue of Irrigated Farms Is $21,797,672 Greater Titan Four Years Ago Total Sum Expended In Irrigation Projects In the West Is $82,535,602. The census bureau lias Just Issued an Interesting bulletin concerning Ir rigation In the Uulted Stntes In 1902, covering each of the geographical Ir rigation divisions ot tho country According to tho report tho crop year of 1S1C in tho greater portion of the arid West was ono severe drouth. The snowfall In tho mountains was unusually light, cutting off tho flow of Irrigation streams In the Irrigation months. -Much distress nnd heavy loss ot crops was reported In several dis tricts, notably In tho Hlo firnmlo val ley nnd In several parts of Southern WILL FINISH BURNS EXTENSION. Work Upon It Has Been Begun Will Be Finished In Two Years. linker City. Or., June 111. Work "f extending the Suniptor Valley rail road has begun. Just how far It will bo extended this year is not stated, but It Is known that the surveys lmVe all been made to tho south ns far rs Hums, and the work ot construction will follow In that direction. Mr. Kccles did not say Just when the Hums extension would bo com pleted. The road was extended nbout 10 miles last year from Whitney, rll but a row finishing touches, which i ho contractor Is now busily engaged In completing. A large force of men has boon en paged and a cull out for moro men to work ns graders than Is necessary to finish up last year's owrk, so that it Is positively known thnt tho work of extending the road Is to bo pushed this season. It will .require about two years to complete tho extension to Hums, It tho work Is pushed ns fast as possi ble this season. TO STOP GAMBLING. Issue Is Made Squarely Dalles. In The 1-1... 1-111.... T.... A1 A ...nau ...-... I- ."Vrn,RT. f w"8,' Ing ims nonUVed Frank Tomming. present incumbent, for mayor, on u lexander Department Store THE GIVERS OF BEST VALUES "J fed LfH 1 1 1 1 1 W"H"H" i T ! nronrpsfi sinco 1SO0 thrnuizliimt tho M"M"I"M"H"U' l'1'--!'1'1'4"!--H-1'1't"l'4-M-4-i-'i--H-.;--4H..i. j.-.. , West and Southwest. The acreage " I reported as Irrigated In 1903 exceeds thai of 1S99 by 1,704,899 acres, tho Startling Evidence. length of canals and ditches by 14,- Fresh testimony In creat nunntltv 3 01 mllos- n cost r Irrigation ays- is constantly coming In, declaring ,Pms by 2'-"9"c2' nml " number Dr. King's New Discovery for Con-lof Irrigated farms by 23,400 acres. region of Louisiana nnd Texas Indi cate that tho great Increase In the. ..i,' ,m im iir,, ',! i, number of large pumping plants used j wns 8Ulu,os0ll Il0 wouli1 have open level of several of the largo bayous T(um-j. ,.-,.,. A seufert. the can ko as to permit the inflow ot salt lu,rj. capitalist, announces himself ns water which, vhen pumped on fields !ln independent cnndldato for mayor, consldernb y reduced the yield It Is piodged and promising to exert every probable thnt In the arid region and M,doovor to stop gniubllng In this In sections In which rlco wns Irrlgat- cly, nml ! discontinue the lino cd. many thousands of acres prepar-. 8yMlem f handling other sporting ed for crops nnd Irrigated once fallc'd , evils. to mature a harvest. I)0',h men llro w,.ui,y mu or high Notwithstanding these unfavorable Standing, and n hot contest Is ahead. condiuons, Irrigation has made great Straw Hats ibe Removal Sale Price on every straw hat In the house is 50 PER CENT OFF. Bat one-half the regular price. I Straw Hats $1.25 S3r Hats : $1.00 f Straw Hats 90c Straw Hats . 75c straw Hats 50e t Straw Hats 40c t Straw Hats 25c Cloth Outing Hats pobbr, chic appearing round ton crushers. Light and ' airy- K tie thing for summer. : l the regular price; we sell them at 50c sumption Coughs and Colds to be un equaled. A recent expression from T. J. McFarland, Bentonille, Va.. serves as example. He writes: "I had bron chitis for three years and doctored all the time without being benefited. Then I began taking Dr. King's New Discovery nnd a few bottles wholly cured me." Equally effective In curing all lung and throat troubles, consump tion, pneumonia and grip. Guaranteed t ' by Tallman & Co., druggists. Trial bottle free, regular sizes 50c and $1. Mastodon Tooth. ! Two miles northeast of town on Mr. ! Corey's ranch near Albion, Wash., 1 while some men were excavating where a bam Is to be built, they discovered In the clay a huge tooth and part of the root. The part cov ered with enamel Is In a fair state of preservation and weighs three . pounds. The face of the tooth show3 I It to be a grinder. Formerly of Baker. The dispatches announce that C. G. Kenntson, formerly of Uaker county and president of the Cripple Creek miners' union, was arrested at Den ver June 13, and is confined In tho county jail at Denver on tho chargo complicity In tho Cripple Creek murders. Baker City Herald Neckwear Here's where our line shines. There Is no line In the city at equals our stock of neckties. It Is beyond question the big- Nt collection nf -ih i .i,... i v. u. .f,uL mean iu luwu. , ftv 11 so at the Removal Sale Prices, which mean: FUi ll.OCl Tlno An. ; Ti for 25c : Tii for 15c tost take a look at our window or better still, come In and pi at the complete assortment. i of II Sullivan Bond The Growing Little Store 544 "r tig ad Ton " ces. '"hey mean much, to HELP US MOVE. I! Ill 'Mi, iU M rffdU m 7 r li 11 m This Cap Label !s a guarantee of the purity and richness ol our Economy Brand Evaporated Gream We offer $5,000 reward to anyone able to prove 1 adulteration of our product DR. LYNN K. BLAKESLEE Cbonic and Nervous Diseases and Diseases of Women X-Ray and Electfo-Therapeutics JUdd DNCE, BUILDING, CORNER MAIN AND COURT. TELEPHONES OFFICE, MAIN 721; RE8I- 1153. PENDLETON, OREGON, I In the Investigation of Irrigation for 1902, the United States has been divided Into four divisions arid, scml-arld, humid nnd rice states. Tho arid region of tho United States lies in the western half of tho country, beyond tho Mississippi valley anil be tween this nnd tho Pacific coast. The Mississippi tributaries, drain ing tho vast nrld nnd seml-arld region lying east f tho Rocky mountains nnd extending well Into tho humid areas, woro drawn upon more heavily for Irrigation than the streams be longing to any other dralnago basin In the United States. In 1892 the systems receiving water from those tributaries had a length of 20.0G4 miles, nnd supplied water to 2,905,974 acres on 27,980 farms. The construction of the 8084 Irrigating systems represents an ex penditure of $20,493,000. Tho Irrigated farms represented 21.7 per cent of all tho lrlgnted farms In the nrld and seml-arld regions; tho acreage 32.7 per cent; the cost 24.8 per cent, and the length 34.8 per cent. The great Interior basin ranks sec ond In the number of Irrigated farms and acres, but Is succeeded by Colum bia and Colorado basins In cost and mlleago ot systems. As evidence of the Intenslvo culti vation of land and tho more scienti fic distribution or water, it Is noted that tho acreage supplied per mile of ditch by systems In tho Sacramen to river basin Is far greater than any basin In the country. In 1892, 143C Irrigating systems, having their sources In springs, sup plied water to 107,315 acres on 2034 farms. Tho total cost of these Irri gating systems was $500,980, or 5.23 per Irrigated aero; well systems to the number of 5803 were used to Ir rigate 190,981 acres on 9237 arms, tho systems having a construction cobt of G,184,920. A very largo percentage of those systems are located In California, and the acreage supplied from wolls In that statu is far In excess or all , the acreage Irrigated rrom thlB sourco In all the other states. Tho total amount expended In Irri gation construction In tho Western states up to the present time, aggre gates 82,53G,C02. NEW POST BOXES, Twelve Will Be Ready for the Public by July 1. Tho postofllco department has start ed to put In the post boxes that havo been on the road so long, and the first was planted on tho north side or tho river yesterday afternoon. Thero are 12 to bo put In at different points In town, and it Is tho expectation or the postoffloe people to havo them nil ready for the patrons of tho office by tho first of July. A Well Known Gentleman Speaks of "Trlb" as a Cure. Spokane, Wash., May 2, 11)01. "Tltlll" has done Just what you said It would for mo mid I am well pleased; my general health Is bolter and I havo no deslro for liquor or to bacco. It has been about ono yenr sinew I took "Tltlll." You may use my nnmo at any time you like, and say to those that know mo know that 1 would not sny 1 received n euro with "THIH" unless It was true. Yours truly, JOHN G. l'INNKY. For sale by Tnllman & Co. Special Rates to Bingham Warm Springs. Iliughaui Wurm Springs and return f 1.75, limit of ticket following day from dnto of sale; $2.75 ticket In cludes your stngo faro and throo meals and n bath. Tickets on salo Juno 1st to September 30th, 1904. For particulars call on or address 15. C. Smith, ncent O. R. & N. THE WHOLESOME CRESCENT HI Egg and Phosphate BAKING POWDER HKTTKIt THAN THR OLD-TIME CIUCAM OF TARTAR POWDERS. illrd mnnnn keeps your bird henlthy nnd makes him sing. Frederick Nolf & Co. Rnmblor nnd Crescent Ulcy clos, $20 to $10. Wo allow 10 per cent reduction for cash pur chases. FINE STATIONERY. Wu nro showing n flno lino of bulk goods, llurd'a "Itoynl White" In tho following shapes with envelopes (o match: "Mildred," "Octuwi," "lllllot," "Douglas," "dladstone," "Com mercial." ir you uso lino stationery, this lino will cortalnly plenso you. Try the hot rreo lunch ut the Mer chants' Care, 12 to 1 at noon; 4 to 0 p, in., and nt midnight. Full stock or extras Tor Holt har vesters on hand nt H, 1.. Smith's, 311 Court street. New line Boston. men's sweaters. The No Dessert More Attractive Why u gi'lallno and fepvml hours H'i.iking, sweetening, lLivurlng and coloring when Jell-O Eroduccs letter n Milts in two :iilimti-? Tcrythluglii the piick i 'i'. Kimply ad l hoi WiitoruiidtK'ttiicmil. II'sp.-i-f.TlKm. Aiir. rlu fotliu hoiwwil, IX'i tiMiibh', Ii- ! Imjuw. Try It tiMliiy. In Four 1'ruit I-'Ijw vorrn I-nioit. Onuigf, Struwlii-rry, lUip. berry. AtitrocrM ID" WATER TANKS Wo make a Specialty ot Building Round or Square WATER TANKS Also Header Ileds all sizes nnd kinds. Wo make them right and thoy always give satisfaction. Our work Is never slighted or botched, Pendleton Planing Mill and Lumber Yard ROBERT FOR8TER, Proprietor. Corner Webb and College- The Horning After a heavy and rich meal will be unattended by discomfort or sickness if, before going to bed, you will take Beecham's Pills Sold Everywhere In fcoxa 10c. and 2Co. i The French I i Restaurant I Best 25 Cent Meal In the City Private Dining Parlors. Elegant Furnished Room In Connection. GUS LnPONTAINE, Prop. C33 Main Street I Farmer Dragged to Death. Halloy, June 17 Frank Worthing- ton, a fanner of Willow creek on Camas Prairie was killed Monday. His body was not found until Tuesday. From appearances ho had his team attached to a drill. They became frightened and dragged him consider able distance. Ho must havo met an almost Instant death. Deceased was about 3G years ol ago and has resid ed In nialno county some time. Ho leaves no family. Will Reopen Virtue. Daker City. Juno 17. Ono of tho most nleasing nieces of mining news of the year Is tho announcement from an authoritative source that the colo- brated Virtue mine is soon again to resume oneratlons on a Jarge scale. The Virtue is a suburban mine, being only six miles distant from tho postof- flcu at Raker City by air lino. Wheu In full operation the mine employs about a hundred men, Summer Drinks Cool, refreshing and Invigorat ing. Our drinks go right to tho spot. Call for Koda Top, Bursa parllla, iron Drow, Dr. Pepper's Phosphates, Mineral Water, Root Hecr, Olnger Alo and Cider, and all kinds of soft drinks, Manufactured by J. MARIN Factory under St. (Jeorge Hotel Try the hot free lunch at the Mer chants' Cafe, 12 to 1 et coon; 4 to ( p, oi., and at mldnlcbt. a INSURANCE. Fire, Life and Accident. JOE ELL Room 8, Over Taylor's Hard ware Store. The Columbia Lodging; House Well ventilated, neat and com fortuhlu rooms, good beds. Ilur In connection, where best goods aro served. Main street, center of block, botweon JLltn and Webb streets. F. X. SCHEMPP Proprietor GOOD DRY WOOD All Kinds J have good sound wood which is delivered at reasonable prices For Cash. w. c. minimis : Leave orders at Neuman's Cigar Store, 2 i