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PAQB SIX, DAILY BAST ortBOONIAN, PENDLETON, ORKQON, SATURDAY, 8KPTBMBIR 3, 1804. TKN f AOt MAXWELL TC RIVER DAM BELOW THE BUTTER CREEK BRIDGE Interettlng Analysis of the Work Now Under Way and Projected A Five Thousand Flume Is Projected That Will Cover 8lx Thousand Acres of Land Company Now In Control Owns Eleven Thousand Acres of Deeded Land, Keho, Or., Sept. 3. Just west of what Is called the nutter creek bridge, across the Umntllln river, the passerby may see a group of tents. By the river bank are six. and at n llttlo distance on tiro several more, serving as stable, cook tent and din ing room. In the bed of the river, now nearly dry, a score of men aro prying out large rocks and rolling them Into the form of a stone wall across the river. L. W. Furnas, the foreman in charge of the work, abandoned his crowbar to furnish some statistics in regard to the work. "Yes," said Mr. Furnas. "Wo nr going to put In a good substantial dam. The up-stream face of It -will be a one-to-two pitch, while the other side will be n one-to-five pitch. "The old Spargur dam was 17(H) feet above tho one we are building. Their dam was above the island while ours, as you see, is Just below. Wo are a half mile below the Butter creek bridge, and just below the mouth of Butter cr.eek. "We will put in a 12-foot headgate carrying a four-foot stream of water. In addition to this we will have a three-foot head of water held by a plashboard on top of the dam so that we will have seven feet. "Spargur utilized the old river channel and widened and deepened It, making for tho first mile or two an excellent ditch. Wo will utlllzo tho old ditch for two and a half miles. The old ditch was built four and a half miles, and was eight feet wide at the bottom. We will widen it to a 12-foot ditch. "We have cross sectioned the ditch for 40,000 feet In 100 stations. You so that giv.es us 400 stations, or about seven miles of ditch. A mile and a quarter below our first headgate. whe.er we divert the water, wo will put in another headgate and a spill way. Five and a half miles below the first headgate we are going to put in a flume 2900 feet long, which will take care of 1000 acres of land. "Later, probably not this fall, we expect to put In'another flume a mile below the first flume. This will bo a 5000 feet flume, and will come from the Cold Springs basin. It will be four feet deep and six feet wide, and will Irrigate about G00O acres of land. "If winter irrigation will bo suffle lent, then the Cold Springs propoal tlon will bo n simple one, us w,e will havo plenty of water throughout the winter for flooding and Irrigating the Cold Springs basin. "Our company owns 11,000 acres of deeded land. Of this we will get water on -160(1 acres this fall. Wo will seed 300 acres of alfalfa this fall. You might say that 4500 acres will bo our limit for this fall's work "If you see II. L. Hawkins, our en slneer. ho will show you tho plaint and give you a better Idea of the work. We have one advantage: the soil Ic not porous, so we will lmv.o but little seepage and loss of wator from our ditch. "We are taking up the land by des ert right under our ditch, so wo do not encourage settlers to homestead expecting to secure water rights, or to hold and sell out their land to us. We will probably have no more water than we need for our own land. "To show you what tho land can do even without Irrigation. Bob Templeton put in an acre of potatoes near the 'Licks.' at the mouth of Cold Spring and they were turning out fine when I was over there. Now If the land wll do that without water think what It means to have water when It Is needed. There is no ques tion 'that water Is king In this part of the country." FRED I.OCKL13Y. A Zunl Baby. The Zunl child spends his early days In a cradle. But a cradle In Kunllnud does not mean down pillows, silken coverlets and fluffy laces: It Is only a flat board, just the length of the baby, with a hood like a doll's buggy top over tho head. Upon this hard bed the baby Is bound llko a mummy the coverings wound round and round him until tho little fellow cannot move except to open his mouth and eyes. Sometimes he is unrolled and looks out into the bare whitewashed room, blinks at tho fire on the hearth and fixes his oy.es earnestly on the wolf and cougar skins that serve as chairs and beds and carpets In the Zunl home. By the time he is two or three years old he has grown Into a plump little bronze creature, with the stralghtest of coarse black hair and tht biggest and roundest of black eyes. He Is now out of the cradlo and trots about the house and the village. When the weather Is bad ho wears a small coarse shirt, and al ways a necklace of beads or tur quoise. September St. Nicholas. VALUABLE WOODS OF THE PHIPIPPINES In n previous article, referring to the forestry display by tho Philippine Islands at the World's fair, tho narra wood was particularly described, It belonging to tho superior group and first In general uso for fine furniture, doors, casing and flooring In tho bet tei nppolnted dwellings. A number of slabs finely polished In the forestry building and tho hand some tables In various other buildings In the Philippine reservation, arc beautiful specimens of narra. Tho piano In the administration building Is ilso built of narra wood. In my lormer article, narra was called , tlio mahogany of tho Philip pines, quoting Foreman, but on ac count of Ur close resemblance, tox- Hire nnd specific gravity, it seems It would better bo entitled to bo called the "Rosewood of the Philippines." It Is eighth among the woods of tho Is lands in resistance, 23d In elasticity and 31st in specific gravity. Of the flno woods of tho superior group, c.ilnutas Is the next In import ance to narra. Of this wood there is an excellent display In the forestry building. The two largo slabs, 30x51 feet and four Inches thick, highly polished on ono side, is a magnificent sample of the calantas wood. From this anil other specimens on exhibit, the World's fair visitor can form a good Idea of Its importance. It Is fairly distributed over tho is lands and is worth Irom flxo to six cents per square foot on the beach when. It Is cut, and 35 cents delivered In the log at Manila, and $100 per 1000 feet, linear nieasuro In lumber, In Ma nila. While these aro the classified 1 rlce3. they should not by any means be taken as a basis for business cal culations. With proper transportation, modern methods of chopping and handling logs and good sawmills, taken to gether with the cheap labor that can be had In the Islands, there Is no reason why tho fine woods of tho Philippines might not bo placed upon the inarRcts of the world at a lower figure than similar woods from other countries. Calantas grows principally on the Islands of Luzon, Mludoro, Negros and Paragua. Of all the woods of the first order, cnlnntus Is first In elasticity nnd Is, thorcforc, most valuablo for small boat building, for making cigar boxes and ordinary constructions, Of specific gravity, It is 41st and for resistance there nro 4(! other wood ranking above It. It Is sometimes er roneously culled cedar In America on account, of (ho closo resemblance to tho South and Central American cedar wood. It varies in shades, from a blood red, black red, purllsh red to ashy rose. It is not much subject to nttaeku of Insects, and Is very dura ble. Tho calantas Is fragrant, and when burning, emits an odor similar to that of Juniper. Molnve, christened tho "Queen o Woods" by tho Filipinos, nlso belongs to the superior group, anil grows wild in Cebu, Luzon, Leyte, Mashato, Mm datum, Mludoro, Negros, Panay, Para gun, Samnr, Sorsogon and many other Islands. It Is well displayed In the forestry building. It Is worth upon tho beach, where It Is cut, 10 cents per squnro foot, SO cents delivered at Manila, and $145 tier 1000 feet of lum ber. "It Is probably tho most common and best known hard wood in tho Philippine islands. Tho texture iB fino nnd grnlny, and susceptible of a fine polish. It Is of great value for building purposes, on account of Its great strength and be Ing exempt from decay. It Is cut into magnificent plnnk nnd Is used for flooring, door panels and other fur nishing and finishings In the construc tion of tho better class of buildings. It Is used in shipbuilding for every thing except the keel. It is excellent wood for statues nnd other ornament al woodwork, as It is not. subject to the attacks of insects which deface and destroy many kinds of wood In the Philippines. There aro great opportunities for making money by handling the flno woods of these islands, for the mar kets of the world. A finer display of different kinds of woods has probably never been mado than that contained In the Phil ippine forestry exhibit at the World's fair. Kber C. Smith, with govern ment exhibit St. Ixnils fair. Minister Bryan Coming Home, London, Sept. 3. The ' Cunard line steamer Umbria, which sailed from Liverpool for New York today, has among her passengers Charles Page Bryan, American minister to Portu gal. Mr. Bryan will remain in the United States until after the Novem ber election. Minnesota C. O. F. uratlon of Chnrl.es William Dabney St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 3. The Mln-1 as president of tho university of nesota state court of tho Catholic Or- Cincinnati. The Inauguration will der of Foresters has completed ar-, take place In Music hall about the rangements for a great Initiation j middle of November, and tho plan Is meeting tomorrow. The Chicago Inl- to make the ovent ono long to be re flation team will conduct tho cere-1 membered In tho history of the unl- mony In the presence of tho officers or the high court. Several thousand members from all parts of tho stato are expected (o attend tho meeting, at which 200 candidates are to be Initiated. Plan for Dabney's Inauguration. Cincinnati. O., Sepi. 3. Elaborate plans are being mado for tho inaug- versity. Men of prominenco In edu cational circles from nil over tho country are expected to bo present. President Harper of tho University of Chicago, President Schurmann of Cornell University, and President Fin ley of Now York University have sig nified their Intention of attending. Now fall clothing at Itoosovelt's. APTAMFTRY THE SCIENCE OF FITTING GLASSES DR. GIBSON The Well-known Oculist of Min neapolis, will be at, HOTEL ST. GEORGE UNTIL MONDAY WILL EXAMINE EYES, CORRECT REFRACTIONS GUARANTEE ALL WORK. IT WILL COST YOU NOTHIH J TO LEARN THE REAL CONDITION OF YOUR EYES. THI BEST OF MATERIAL AT THE LOWEST PRICES. All STYLES OF FRAMES AND MOUNTINGS, FOR RIDING BOWS AND EYEGLASSES. SEE THEM AND YOU WILL BE PLEASED. DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL HANDICAPPED WITH DEFECTIVE EYES. I "NOT GOOD, NOT HERE" Anniversary Inventory Sale THREE YEARS AGO WE ENTERED INTO THE GROCERY BUSINESS IN PENDLETON, AND WE PROPOSE TO CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY BY A GREAT PRE-INVENTORY SALE. WE TAKE OUR INVENTORY COMMENCING OCTOBER FIRST, AND WE PROPOSE TO MAKE SEPTEMBER A MONTH OF BARGAINS IN ORDER TO REDUCE OUR STOCK BEFORE TAKING INVENTORY. WE HAVE THE LARGEST, BEST SELECTED AND CHOICEST STOCK OF GROCERIES IN UMATILLA COUNTY, AND BEGINNING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER FOURTH, WE WILL CUT THE PRICE, FOR CASH, ON EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STORE. HERE ARE SOME SPECIMEN PRICES. (0) Staple Groceries 100 pound sack or best cane sugar $6.30 15 pounds best cane sugar $1.00 Flour, best grade, per bbl $3.75 Flour, best grade, por sack 95c Beans, pink or small white, 25 pounds for $1.00 Coffee. Arbucklo or Lion, 8 jwiunds for $1.00 Standard corn and tomatoes, per can 10c Standard corn and tomatoes, per case $2.25 Dairy Salt, 50 pounds for 50c Sundries Postum coffee, regular 25c package 20c Malta Vita breakfast food, 2 packngo 25C Force breakfast food, 2 packages !!!!!!!!25c Shredded Wheat Biscuit, 2 packages .'."."."25c (! bars laundry soap i.... ......... ...25c 20-bar box laundry soap !! ,80c Regular 25c Gold Bust .'.'.'."! 20c Regular 25c Pyramid washing powder . . . .'. .'.ie z-Sc Canned Goods Regular 30o size Monopole, Diamond W. and Preferred Stock canned fruits for 22c per can. Regular 20c slzo for 14c. All 25c grades of fruit 16 2-3c per can. Regular 20c Preferred Stock nnd Diamond W. tomatoes, 15c per can. Regular 15c salmon, por can, 10c. ' Regular lCc Oregon Grapo Cream, 10c. Regular 35c Diamond W. pineapples, per can, 30c. Regular 35c Diamond AV. salmon, for 25c. ' , Regular 20c clams, per can, 15c. REMEMBER CUT PRICES PREVAIL ON EVERYTHING IN THE STORE. BUY YOUR GROCERIES NOW AND SAVE MONEY. NO GOODS CHARGED AT ANNIVERSARY SALE PRICES. F. S. YOUNGER (& SON grocers NEAR POSTOFFICE TELEPHONE MAIN 281