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STORY OF UMATILLA
STATISTICAL t'IKCVLAK
IOH HOMESEEKEH8.
Facts Condensed for Information of
Strangers Pamphlet Issued by1 the
EuHt Orcffouluii for tlie County
Court Over 50,000 Copies Distrib
uted at the Iewh) ami Clurk Fulr.
Whllo hundreds of strangers are
coming Into Oregon, many of thorn to
Umatilla county, information concern
ing the county Is being eagerly sought
and the EuHt Oregonlan takes pleas
ure In reprinting the following statls
tleal clrculur Issued by the East Ore
gonlan for the county court, over 60,
000 copies of which were distributed
at the fair. The clrculur, In full, is
as follows:
Umatilla county, the world-famous
wheat county of the state of Oregon, Is
situated In the northeast portion of
the stute and Is bounded on the north
by the Columbia river, the most mag
nificent navigable Btream on the Pa
cific coast; on the east by the Blue
mountains, covered with forests of
fir and pine timber; on the south by
Grant county, and on the west by
Morrow county, formerly a portion of
Umatilla.
The county enjoys an altitude,
rainfall and climate as varied as is
Its picturesque topography the ele
vation ranging from 300 feet at the
Columbia river to 4500 feet at the
summit of the lilue mountains, the
altitude of Pendleton, the county seat,
being 1069.28 feet, and the altitude
of the settled portions of the county
ranging from 1200 to 2000 feet.
The average rainfall Is 15 Inches,
and the climate Is mild and Invigorat
ing, being neither too cold In winter
nor too hot in summer.
The area of the county Is 3096
square miles, or practically 2.000,000
acres. Of this amount 400,000 acres
is tillable, 350.000 acres being wheat
land, and 50,000 alfalfa and fruit
land.
The Umatilla Indian reservation Is
located in the center of the county,
and comprises 120,000 acres, 60,000
acres of this being choice wheat lands,
which rent at from 1 to $3.60 per
acre per year. The remainder of the
reservation is grass lands used by the
Indians for gracing purposes. There
are 1100 UmnUlla Indians on the
reservation, who spend a total of over
$200,000 per year In the towns trlbu
lary to the reservation.
The wheat land of the county Is
divided Into two classes: No. 1 and
No. 2. Grade No. 1 comprises about
200,000 acres In the heart of the
wheat belt, produces 26 to 40 bushels
of wheat per acre, and Is worth from
$55 to $75 per acre.
Grade No. 2 comprises about 150,
000 acres, yields from 15 ito 25 bushels
per acre, and Is worth from $10 to
$40 per acre.
The total wheat crop of the county
averages about 6.000.000 bushels, or
one per cent of the total wheat crop
of the rnlted States.
The price of wheat ranges from 50
to 75 cents, and the cost of produc
ing wheat In the county ranges from
28 to 33 cents per bushel.
Five large flouring mills supply the
county with flour and export large
quantities of choice flour to all the
markets of the world.
In portions of Umatilla county corn
grows well, producing from 25 to 35
bushels per acre.
The alfalfa land of the county com
prises about 60,000 acres, and yields
three crops of hay per year, making
a total yield of seven tons per acre.
The average price of alfalfa hay on
the farm Is $6 per ton. and the aver
age value of well Improved alfalfa
land Is $80 to $150 per acre.
The cost of placing raw Innd In cul
tivation under Irrigation Is $5 per
acre. Heventy-two miles of ditch was
built In the county In the past year.
The non-tillable land is made up of
timbered mountains, which produce
thousands of cords of wood and large
quantities of lumber, rolling foothill
pasture lands covered with bunch
grnss and supporting on enormous
livestock Industry.
The rnnge and timber lands are
worth from $2.50 to $10 per acre, ac
cording to conditions. This land Is
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures maue ny ur.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
. nev. liver and Mad-
der remedy.
It is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century :
I discovered after years
of scientific research
by Dr. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, anil is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
IiriRht's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have
kidiicv, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found' just the remedy you need. It has
been tested in so many ways, iu hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by.
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle ent free by mail, also a book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
findout if youhave kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mention reading this
generous offer iu this paper and send your
address tour. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. The regular
fiftv-cent and one-
Ar.T ize bottles are
told by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. V., on
every bottle.
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a row u
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suns In
well watered and pure mountain
streams abound In all parts of the
county.
Practically 1,000,000 acres of land
Is now open to entry In the county,
this being timbered and grass lands
and arid lands yet to be brought un
der irrigation.
Fruit land In small tracts is worth
from $250 to $500 per acre, according
to location and Improvements.
There are 350,000 head of sheep in
the county, the average weight of the
fleece being 9 pounds, and the total
wool clip of the county amounting to
3,000,000 pounds, worth, at present
prices, from 18 to 22 cents per pound.
Ninety-nine per' cent of lamb sis
saved every year, owing to the mild
ness of the climate and favorable con
ditions for sheep.
Stock sheep are worth from $2.25
to $2.50 per head, and an abundance
of range and water Is found in the
mountains.
Over 6,000,000 pounds of wool pass
through Umatilla county warehouses
annually, much of this being scoured
and baled for market at the Pendle
ton Scouring mills, and large quanti
ties of it being manufactured Into
Indian robes and blankets at the Pen
dleton Woolen mills.
There are 11,000 head of horses In
the county, valued at 4330, 000.
There are 30,000 head of cattle,
valued at $450,000. Over 6000 head
of cuttle are fed In the alfalfa dis
tricts annually.
Five thousands hogs are owned In
the county, there being great possi
bilities In this industry.
There are 200 miles of railroad In
the county, telephone and telegraph
systems furnish ample communica
tion and are constantly extending.
Itural mall routes, stage lines and
wagon roads reach into the Interior
districts, connecting them with the
railroads.
Eight banks, carry deposits of $4,
000,000, the average rate of interest
being 8 pur cent.
The rate of taxation Is but 18 mills
for the county and state.
The population of the county Is
21,000, the principal towns and their
populations being as follows:
Pendleton, county seat and central
point, 6000; Milton, fruit district,
1500; Athena, wheat district, 1000;
Weston, wheat and hay, 1000; Adams,
wheat district, 400; Helix, wheat dis
trict, 200; Pilot Hock, stock raising,
200; Echo, alfalfa, 400; Umatilla,
railroad center and river point, 200;
Uklnh, dairying and atockralsing, 150,
Freewater, fruit and alfalfa, 200.
The total taxable property for the
(year 1905 Is $9,500,000, the assess
ment being based on a nne-thlrd cash
value of property.
There are 100 school districts In
the county, which hold terms of
school every year, ranging from six
to nine months. Wages of teachers
range from $45 per months In coun
try districts to $1500 per year for city
superintendents.
There are two academies, one col
lege, one commercial school and one
first-class state normal school In the
county. All the church denominations
are well represented.
There are two dally, two semi
weekly and eight weekly papers, be
sides one school publication In the
county.
Coal mines are being opened up 45
miles south of Pendleton in Umatilla
county. Fuel and lumber are plenti
ful, cord wood selling for from $4 to
$5 per cord, and lumber from $15 per
1000 up, according to quality.
An excellent quullty of brick is man
ufactured at Weston.
Harvesting machinery Is also man
uafctured on a small scale, this field
also promising great possibilities.
Harvesting is done largely by com
bined harvesters, operated by from 20
to 35 horses and from three to five
men. It costs $2 per acre to harvest
wheat by this method, the machines
cutting, threshing, sacking and drop
ping the wheat in the fi Ms.
Wages for harvest hands range
from $2 to $4 per day; farm labor,
$30 per month; sheep herding, $40
per month; common labor, $2 to $2.50
per dny.
Numerous hot springs and health
resorts are to bo found In the county.
The manufactured articles produced
In the county are: Flour, harvesting
machinery, brick, structural iron of
all kinds, blankets, Indian robes,
fancy woolen garments and cloth, ci
gars, candy, lee, sash and doors, and
finished building materials, butter,
corn meal, leather, curei meats, har
ness, boots and shoes and clothing in
large quantities. Honey Is also pro
duced In large quantities.
A hospital costing $50,000 has Just
been dedicated ill Pendleton.
The legal and medical professions
are well represented, although there
are openings In nil the professions In
different parts of the county.
Three terms of circuit, and two of
state supreme court are held annual
ly In Pendleton, the county seat.
There are seven live commercial
associations In the county ns follows,
all of which will be glad to answer
any questions pertaining to the coun
ty: Pendleton, Milton, Weston,
Athena, Adnms, Echo and Umatilla.
Sonio Tiling Needed.
Farmers who will follow diversified
farming, dairies to supply milk to
creameries, fruit canneries, sawmills,
branch railroads and electric lines,
cereal mills, corn and hog raisers,
poultry raisers, school teachers.
They never gripe or sicken, but
cleanse and strengthen the stomach,
liver and bowels. This la the univer
sal verdict of the many thousands who
use DeWltt's Little Early risen.
These famous little pills relieve head
ache, constipation, biliousness, Jaun
dice, torpid liver, sallow complexion,
etc. Try Little Early Risers. Tall
man tt Co.
Capohlaitco Executed.
Waterbuy, Conn., Feb. 27. Clriaco
Capnblanco was executed by hanging
at the Wethersflcld Jail for the mur
der of Angelo Solomltn, Capchlanco,
who admitted his guilt, but Insisted
that a man named Sablno Perrlllo had
urged him to commit the crime, broke
down completely and had to be as
sisted on his way to the scaffold.
Primary election petitions at the
East Oregonlan office.
NEW O. II. A X. CAHS.
Observation Cafe oacliew Will Go In
to Service on SixikUno liruncli In a
Fc Days.
The East Oregonlan presents today
a floor plan of the new cafe observa-
1 ' tlon cars which will be
placed In service on
the Spokane branch of
the O. R. & N. between
this city and Spokane.
In a few days.
A. full description of
the cars was published
In this paper a few
days ago, when the cars
pasxed through the city
Pll rniltn In Tntflnnrl
M for final equipment for
service;
The menu to be norv
- Ji ed on the cars is elab-
II J ' ji orate and fully equal
n OH J or even superior to the
regular menu of the
main line dining cars.
n
The dining room of the
new cars will seat IS
people, the observation
compartment will seat
10. The cars are ele
gantly eqlupped and
arranged with the best
and most modern con
veniences and will be
especially attractive to
the traveling public.
The cars will make
regular daily trips be
tween this citv and
I Spokane, leaving here
on No. 8 In the morn
ing and returning on
No. 7 each evening.
The cars will be sup
plied with a porter,
two waiters and two
l cooks who will have
J sleeping quarters in
d the car, berths having
been provided for that
purpose.
The supplies for the
kitchen and dining
room will be furnished
n
in this city and only
the very best of every
thing will be used.
II i The cars were built
on special order and
are the first of the kind to come to
the Puciflc coast.
Aimtlicr I toad for Lcwistoii.
Lewlston, Feb. 27. Information
reaching the city yesterday leaves no
doubt that the .Spokane & Inland roud
is coming to L,ewlstnn and Clarkston,
but leaves only a doubt as to how en
trance to the valley will be made.
There are now three routes In con
temptation. One In hv wnv nf tha Hut
wal creek, reaching the Clearwater
six mnes above tlie city; the second
Is bv wav of n trlhiiinrv nf tho P.t.
latch, which empties near Juliaeua,
inenee down the Potlatch and Clear
water, while the third is the Kiiiru.
canyon route, which la now the spe
cial one oeing investigated. For a
month past the company has been en
ergetically at work on a route here,
following ud the nrellmlnnrv m-nrV
done at the time the company was
organized. The final work has been
aeiayea. penning me nnancing of the
line to Moscow, which has now lvin
accomplished.
Tlireo itouds few Coos.
The Murshfleld Advertiser says: In
dications In Coos county are that there
will be two or three new transporta
tion lines under construction this year
giving connection with Portland. Bus
iness men are confident that not only
will the Southern Pacific build from
Drain to Marshfleld and down the
coast, and the Oregon Coast & East
ern will construct its project from
Portland to Humboldt bay, but that
the Spreckles line will be extended
through Coos county to Roscburg.
A man who once had rough, horny
hands, made them soft and smooth
with Witch Hazel Salve, but he used
the genuine tl.at bearing the name
"E. C. DeWItt & Co., Chicago." For
sores, bolls, cuts, burns, bruises, etc..
It has no equal, and affords almost
Immediate relief from blind, bleed
ing, Itching and protruding piles.
Sold by Tallman & Co.
The conscience of some men never
hurts them until they are found. out.
MEN ARE POWERLESS
To Flaht Aaralnst Disease Unless They
strike at the Vnderlyfnc Cause.
To treat Dandruff, and Falllne Hair.
with Irritants or oils on which a para
sitic germ will prosper. Is like scooping
wnier rrrm mi ocean to prevent the till
from rising.
You cannot accomplish a satisfactory
cure without having a right understand
ing of the fundamental causes of the
trouble.
You must kill the Dandruff Germ.
Newbro's Herplclde does this because It
Is speclnlly made to do that very thing.
when the germ la removed, the hnir
has no choice but to resume healthy
growth and beauty.
Destroy the cause, you remove the
effect."
Sold bv leadln druggists. Send loo. In
stamps for sample to The Herplclde Co.,
Detroit, Mlc
Koeppon Bros,, special agents,
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here, will swear that Dr. King's New Discovery cured Mrs. Mollie Holt of Consump
tion after her family had watched at her bedside for the end, which doctors said
was near."
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Celebrate IndoKmliioo Day.
San Domingo, Feb. 27. Today is
the 63rd anniversary of the Independ
ence of .Santo Domingo and the day is
observed throughout the Island with
considerable enthusiasm by all fac
tions. In honor of the day a large
and brilliant diplomatic reception was
held at the government palace. Great
precautions were taken all through
the republic to prevent riots or dis
turbances of any kind during the cel
ebrations In the various districts and
towns.
Luckiest Man In Arkansas.
"I'm the luckiest man in Arkansas,"
writes H. L. Stanley, of Bruno, "since
the restoration of my wife'a health
after flvo years of continuous cough
ing and bleeding from the lungs; and
I owe my good fortune to the world's
greatest medicine. Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption, which I
know from experience will cure con
sumption If taken In time. My wife
Improved with first bottle and 12 bot
tles completed the cure." Cures the
worst coughs and colds or money re
funded. At Tallman & Co. and Brock
& McComas. druggists; 50c and J1.00.
Trial bottles free.
$o000 Wanted.
Responsible parties desire a loan
of about $5000 for Investment in a
Pendleton Industry. Address Box 159,
Pendleton, Oregon.
TO ALL DI8EA8E8
OF BOTH
CONSUMPTION
f Greatest
To save money ever offered
Sale." From 25 to 40 per
Hardware until March 1st.
I W. W. BRADLEY, 315 E. Court
West End Grocery
We have Just put In a stock of new groceries, and on account of
low rent and buying for cash we can sell as cheap as any firm In the
city. We deliver to any part of the city. A trial order Is solicited.
C. S. Howard Co.
Near Corner f W. Webb and Maple streets. 'Phone Main 538.
LEGAL BLANKS
alogoe of them. A fall supply always kept ta stock.
WHAT IS
Advertising?
A business force that within the last 15 years
has developed into a science. A a legitimate
and honorable way, if judiciously and properly
pursued, of keeping oneself pleasantly in the
minds of the public, to the benefit of both the
advertiser and the public.
It is a science as sure as political economy
is a science. It's development depends upon art
as certainly as that of any other science.
Advertising is the greatest force in business
today. Advertising matter, if properly pre
pared, is sure to be read is sure to influence
the reader. The public looks with ever in
crersing respect and interest on the man who
advertises well.
The EAST OREGONLAN. reaches more
people in Umatilla County than any other
medium.
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FOR THE
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BY
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cent off on all Furniture and
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