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DAILY EAST OREGONIAX, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1900.
EIGHT PAGES,
BRIEF RECORD OF
COUNTY EVENTS
ECHO NEWS NOTES
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS
NOW LOCATED AT FOSTER.
Main Ditch Tv.enty.Two Miles Long;
Satisfactory Progress Made Toward
Securing Right of Way Ezra
Sleeker Arrives Toduy Butter
Creek Is Flush, Running More
Water Than for Two Ycurs Tast
Progress on Creamery Building
Case of Typhoid Fever Ranchers
Petition for Water.
Echo, March 24. The main camp
of the government engineers on the
East Umatilla project is now located
at Poster, and they are now engaged
In locating the permanent ditch line
from there to the head of the canal
about a mile and a half above Echo.
The line through here will follow the
mill race most of the way.
Satisfactory progress is being made
in securing the right of way. The
ditch will pass through the land of
47 different persons in the entire dis
tance of 22 miles which it will cover,
All of the even or government sec
tions filed on since 1888 are subject
to this right of way, which is practi
cally all secured, excepting a little
along the Umatilla river above Ehco
which has already been secured. The
odd sections or railroad lands are not
subject to this right of way, and It
will have to be purchased from the
owners if satisfactory terms can be
made with them, otherwise It will be
arbitrated or condemned.
Ezra Meeker Tonight.
Ezra Meeker, who is retracing his
steps over the old Oregon trail, made
years ago, with an ox team. Is ex
pected to arrive here today, and It Is
understood that he will give a lecture
here tonight.
Plenty of Water.
Butter Creek Is now running a large
stream at the Stan field place, a cou
ple of miles above its mouth. There
has been no water there, and for a
few miles above, for nearly two years,
owing to a lack of snow In the moun
tains, and the settlers on lower Butter
creek had little or no water. While
a little water came down part of the
Creek late in the winter, the settlers
were not ready to use It, and let it
go by excepting to Irrigate later, but
as the water did not reach them again
they had none at all. In spite of this,
however, two and In some cases three
crops of alfalfa were cut, but the yield
was not as large as usual.
Profiting by last year's experience
everybody was ready for the water
this year and as soon as It came the
land received a thorough soaking.
While the creek has been running
some two months the water has all
been used above and the land Is now
thoroughly soaked, which will insure
an abundance of water lower down as
ft will gradually seep away down the
creek bottom. This, with an abund
ance of snow in the mountains, prom
ises plenty of water for all the year.
There 'was less water in the creek
last year than has been known for 27
years, according to some of the old
settlers.
Trying to Square It.
Joseph Allen, who passed a number
of worthless checks here a few days
ago, amounting to over $100, is now
making an effort to raise enough
money to square his bad checks, and
the parties from whom he got the
money state that they will let him
off If he will make good. It is re
ported that the tin-horns here got
most of Allen's money, and it Is be
lieved that this is where most of his
money went. An effort Is now being
made to get some of the money back
from the tin-horns, however.
The new creamery building, which
Is being erected In Echo, Is now mak
ing quite a showing. The stone foun
dation is about completed and most
of the frame work is up. A large
force of men are now at work.
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BROCK M'COMAS CO.
Special
Contractor Frlck Is erecting a build
ing for L. B. Wells, on the latter's
lot on Bridge street Mr. Wells ex
pects to occupy the building himself
fur a paint shop, and when it Is com
pleted he will handle a stock of wall
paper and paints.
Contractor Morse, with a force of
carpenters. Is making satisfactory
headway on Mayor Esteb's new resi
dence on the latter's five-acre tract
near Halstead's addition.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Loughnry left
Saturday night for Elgin, with their
Infant son, who Is quite sick with an
abscess on his side. The little fellow
will be operated on at Elgin.
Little Mamie Cunha is reported as
being quite sick with typhoid fever, at
the home of her parents in West
Lawn. Dr. Cole was called from Pen
dleton a few days ago to attend her.
Petition Government.
The many ranchers owning land
near the proposed main canal, which
will carry water into the reservoir of
the east Umatilla project, have peti
tioned Secretary Hitchcock to allow
then to use the water from this canal
for Irrigation purposes. The land of
these farmers does not come under
the project and unless the request Is
granted they will receive no benefit
therefrom.
The new meat market managed by
Dave Clark, of Pendleton, opened Its
doors for business Thursday.
The directors of the east Umatilla
River Water Users' association held
a business meeting at Echo Saturday.
No business of Importance was trans
acted. A very Important meeting of
the stockholders will be held at Her
miston April 10.
CHICAGO SHEEP MARKET.
Livestock World Says Lambs Were
Very Scarce.
Choice lambs were up a dime, but
medium grades were no better than
steady, says the Chicago Livestock
World. Sheep were scarce not enough
arriving to make a market, but they
were quotable steady. Shorn lambs
were cleaned up, but were not popu
lar. They were hard to move at $5 0
5.50 for the bulk, but real choice
were quotably a little higher.
A top was made on choice western
lambs at $6.85, and the stuff selling
at $6.60 and up was a dime higher,
below that there was no change.
More sheep would have been taken
at steady prices, but very few got In.
A year ago today good to prime
western lambs were quoted at $7.25
7.75. The range today Is $6.25
6.75, or $1 per cwt lower.
Top fed western wethers were
worth $6.25 a year ago, or about the
same as now. Yearlings were then
quotable to $7, or 60 cents more than
at present.
Sheep have sold freely this week
and in spots have shown strength.
One lot of extra fancy wethers made
$6.50, but it takes prime stock to
fetch $6.25.
Shorn stock Is coming freely right
along, but so far has not met with
much favor. . Prices are generally
$1.25 lower than for wooled stock of
the same flesh and quality. More
shorn stock has arrived so far this
month than materialized during the
same period last year, showing that
the feeder is looking to high-priced
wool to help him out.
FORMALDEHYDE FOR SMUT.
Washington Professor Says It Is Ef
fective If Rightly Applied.
A. Kunkel, the well known imple
ment dealer of this city has Just re
ceived a letter from Prof. R. Kent
Beattle of Washington Agricultural
college regarding the use of formal
dehyde as a smut preventative in seed
wheat
The letter highly commends the
formaldehyde treatment and says If
this Is propely applied there is no
doubt about it being a sure preventa
tive of smut
The letter Is as follows: After thor
ough experience with it, I can assure
you that the formaldehyde treatment
Is the proper treatment to use. It is
far more effective than vitriol, and
if properly handled will not kill the
wheat.
The trouble Is, farmers usually are
not accurate In following directions.
By experimenting I have found
that the strength of one pound of
formaldehyde to 40 gallons of water
will kill the wheat, but the strength
recommended in the directions, one
pound to 45 gallons of water, when It
Is not soaked too long and the gas Is
allowed to act while It fs in a pile,
will not kill the wheat.
In fact, our experiments have
shown that the treatment aids with
the germination of the wheat. Some
farmers treat with farmalrehyde and
allow their wheat to mould before
getting It Into the ground. The mould
of course is very Injurious to the grain
and in this case the grain will proba
bly not germinate. Care should be
taken to dry out the seed after
treating. If this Is done carefully the
seed may be kept any length of time.
One Wo ill (3 think the Laxative Idea
In a cough syrup should have been
advanced long before It was. It seems
the only rational remedy for Coughs
and Colds would be to move the bow
els and clean the mucous membranes
of the throat and lungs at the same
time. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar does this. It I the original Lax
ative Cough Syrup, the best known
remedy for Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, etc. Tastes good and harm
less. Sold by Tallman Co.
For Sale Nearly new, high-grade
piano, standard make; must sell at
once for half what It cost me. In
quire Bowman hotel, room J4.
GIFTS TO JOCKEY8.
Qttrvr Rewards and Reminders That
Come to the Riders.
Oue of the greatest of living Jockeys
bas a most remarkable collection of
tributes from admirers, unknown and
otherwise. It contains, among other
strange things, pawn tickets, writs and
summonses contributed by unsuccess
ful backers of his mounts, talismans
of all kinds to bring htm luck In bis
races, sermons and tracts for bis spir
itual welfare, recipes for all kinds of
ailments, from coughs to a tendency
to corpulence, forms for insuring
against accidents, offers of marriage,
accompanied by bundles of photo
graphs of would be wives, welshetn'
tickets and a pair of wornout boots
with the legend: "All that Is left of
them after walking from York to Lon
don. Backed all your mounts."
A few years ago, after bis horse bud
lost an Important race, a well known
turfman went up to the Jockey uud
made blin a formal and public pres
entation of a silver snuffbox, saying
that if he would look Inside be would
see the kind of horse he ought to ride
lu future. The Jockey opened the box
and found in It half a dozen fat snails.
It was the same satirical owner who
on another occasion presented bis Jock
ey with a sumptuous casket, which ou
being opened disclosed a wooden spoon,
and to a third Jockey who had failed
to win an Important race be handed
a pair of crutches bought from a beg
gar on the course.
When John Singleton, a clever Jock
ey of nearly two centuries ago, first
won a race In Yorkshire the farmer
whose borso be bad ridden to victory
was so delighted with bis achievement
that be made blin a present of a ewe,
whose offspring soon mustered a round
dozen, and really started the ex-shepherd
lad ou bis career as a Jockey.
Singleton was very proud of and grate
ful for bis singular fee.
In this respect be furnished a great
contrast to a well known Jockey who
wben a check for $1,500 was banded to
him by the owner of a horse on which
be had won a race crumpled It up con
temptuously, with the remark that be
bad "often received more for riding a
two-year-old." Chicago News.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
When a man Is loaded you always
know It, but It's different with a gun.
Keep telling a boy he never will
amount to anything, and he generally
won't
A six weeks' engagement will put a
lot of conceit Into a man, but six min
utes of married life are sufficient to
take it out
It is wonderful how many bave
watches considering bow few there are
In the world to whom time really seems
to be of any value.
Perhaps a man's eyesight grows poor
er with the years as a merciful way
of preventing blm from seeing bis
wrinkles and gray hairs.
We suppose a man Is called "wo
man's protector" for the reason that
be protects ber from others Imposing
upon ber, preferring to do It all him
self. Atchison Globe.
Praising the Lair Man.
It must be admitted that some of
the best work that bas lived bas been
don by Indolent men. This Is espe
cially true as regards literature. The
finest description of a sunrise was
written by the poet Thomson In bed.
Coleridge was one of the most Indolent
of men, yet bis work Is, of its kind,
unapp roached. One of the most Im
portant improvements In the steam en
gine was due to the Indolence of James
Watt Many other examples might be
quoted; but, as a general rule, It Is
fairly correct to say that work which
Is the outcome of meditation or pro
longed observation Is best performed
by people whose natural Indolence
makes them careless of the strife and
bustle In which an active temperament
would tend to Immerse them. Pear
son's. Nerve of a Stowaway.
The captain of a Mediterranean liner
was talking about stowaways.
"Most of those fellows," be said,
"bare an excessive quantity of cheek
of brass. Once we discovered a stow
away a few days out from New York
and put blm to work in the galley.
A lady on a tour of Inspection paused
by the stowaway as be sat peeling po
tatoes. " 'How soon do you think we'll reach
Naples' she said to him.
" 'Well, madam,' be replied, 'I'm do
ing all I can to get ber In by Tues
day.'" An Affidavit.
The suggestion of an English barris
ter that a certain matter was a proper
subject for oral examination, not for
affidavit, agreed with the emphatic
opinion of an English Justice recently
rati red. He was once trying a case at
the Manchester assizes In which a man
bad been cross examined upon an affi
davit Summing up the evidence to ths
Jury, the Judge said, "Gentlemen, of all
the weapons In the whole armory of In
iquity there Is nothing to eapal an af
fidavit for concealing the truth."
Didst Need To.
"It's too bad," sold the Judge caustic
ally, "that the defendant should bay
chosen you for counsel. Ton know
ftothinj'aoaJTgw
"WelL your honor," replied the young
lawyer, "I doTt need to In this court"
Philadelphia Press.
Bar Contribution,
Visiting Philanthropist Good morn
ing, madam. I am collecting for the
Drunkards' borne. Mrs. McGuIrt-r
Shure I'm glad of It, sor. If ye com
around tonight yes can take my bus
bajtdv Harper's Weekly.
AH Leading Grocers
Bell Cleveland's Baking Powder.
THE IDEAL WIFE
Shapep the Destiny of Men The Influence of a
Healthy Woman Cannot Be Overestimated.
Seven-eighths of the
men in this world marry
a woman because she Is
beautiful in their eyes
because she has the quali
ties which Inspire admira
tion, respect and love.
There is a beauty in
health which is more at
tractive to men than mere
regularity of feature.
The influence of women
glorious In the possession
of perfect physical health
upon men and upon the
oivilization of the world
could never be measured.
Because of them men have
attained the very heights
of ambition ; because of
them even thrones have
been established and de
stroyed. What a disappointment,
then, to see the fair young
wife's beauty fading away
before a year passes over
her head I A sickly, half-dead-and-alive
woman,
especially when she is
the mother of a family,
is a damper to all joyous
ness in the home, and a
drag upon her husband.
The cost of a wife's con
stant illness is a serious
drain upon the funds of a
household, and too often all ths doc
toring does no good.
If a woman finds her energies are
flagging, and that everything tires her,
dark shadows appear under her eyes,
her sleep is disturbed by horrible
dreams; if she has backache, head
aches, bearing-down pains, nervous
ness irregularities, or despondency, she
should take means to build her system
up at once by a tonie with specific
powers, such as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
This great remedy for women has
done more in the way of restoring
health to the women of America than
all other medicines put together. It is
the safeguard of woman's health.
Following we publish, by request, a
letter from a young wife.
Mrs. Bessie Ainsley, of 611 South 10th
Street, Tacoma, Wash., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
" Ever since my child was born I have suf
fered, as 1 hope few women ever have, with
inflammation, female weakness, bearing-down
pains, backache and wretched headaches. It
affected my stomach so that I could not en
joy my meals, and half my time was spent
in bed.
Lydla E
Pinkham's YeietabU Compound Succeeds Where Others Fan.
Stoves In Lumblng num.
F. R. Sells was In the city Friday
from his sheep ranch on the John
Day river. He had a band of ewes
in the midst of lambing during the
cold weather last wek, and while it
required tho closest attention, he was
meeting with very good success. He
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"Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made me a well woman, and I feel so grate
ful that I am glad to write and tell you of
my marvelous recovery. It brought me
health, new life and vitality."
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Alnsley it will
do for other woman who are in poor
health and ailing.
Its benefits begin when its use begins.
It gives strength and vigor from the
start, and surely makes sick -women
well and robust
Remember Lydla E. Pinkham's Vege-.
table Compound holds the record lor
the greatest number of actual cures of
woman's ills. This fact is attested to
by the thousands of letters from grate
ful women which are on file in ths
Pinkham laboratory.
Women should remember that a cure
for all female diseases actually exists,
and that cure is Lydla E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
If you have symptoms you don't
understand write to Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn. Mass., for special advice. Ths
f i resent Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-n-law
of Lydia E. Pinkham, her assis
tant before her decease, and for
twenty-five years since her advioa has
been freely given to sick women.
recently erected a large sheep barn
and by the use of stoves during the
severe weather, his loss Vas very light.
Blue Mountain Eagle.
The state of Washington has sent
a total of 115,000 worth of wheat and
flour to the starving Japanese.
ARE YOU TIRED OF PAYING
"BLUNDER TAXES"
op
Many a business man pays as much money for the luxury of blunder
' Ing as a steam yacht, or a private touring car would cost.
"Blunder Taxes" cannot ,be evaded whatever else watts, these must be
paid. If a business man gets. Into the habit of making the same blunders
more than once, the taxes will soon amount to confiscation
"Bl ndcr Taxes" are levied with amazing frequency upon store adver
tisers. Among the blunders which are assessed at "full value" In adver
tising are these:
Selection of poor mediums.
Using too little space In good mediums.
Deotlng less attention to preparing t .e dally store advertisement than
to the storing of some empty boxes In the basement.
Stopping the ad altogether for one or more days now and then.
Figuring the advertising appropriation on the basis of what you can
"afford" after all other expenses are provided for.
The use of "programs," schemes, circulars, posters, fence-signs, pla
cards and Jim-cracks, under the Impression that you re securing real pub
licity, and that somewhere, somchov, sometime someone will be Influenced
by some of these thin3 to come to your store and buy something.
YOUR "BLUXtER TAX" BILL GROWS SMALLER AND SMALLER
AS YOUR USE OF NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY GROWS RIGGER AND
BIGGER.
CONTINUOUS PUBLICITY IN
WILL PREVENT PAYING "BLUNDER TAXES."
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1 aiiii iSi East
A Fast trains d.iily, through to Chi-
1 caeo without Change, irom
j in Oregon and Washington, via the
i Chicago, Union Pacific and North
western Line, the route oi i ne
Overland Limited, over ''le diutle:
track railway between the Missouri
River and Chicago, making direct
connection at Chicaeo with all lines
I to the East.
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
Vnr fi.rthir Information nOtllV tO
W. A. Cox, General Agt. C. N.-W. Ry.
I S3 Third Mr eel, rorcuura, un.
YOU WILL BE
SATISFIED
WITH YOUR JOURNEY
If your t' kets read over the Den
ver & Rio Grande railroad, the
"Scenic Line of the World."
BECAUSE
There are so many scenic attractions
and points of Interest along the line
between Ogden and Denver that ths
trip never becomes tiresome.
If you are going east write for In
formation and get a pretty book that
will te'l you all about It
W. C. McBRrDE, General Agent,
124 Third Street,
Portland, - Oregon
t Roslyn Coal $6.50 deliv-
ered, $6.00at the shed
Hoalyn Coal, .or toorongb
exhaustive tests, has been se
lected by the V. 8. government
for. the use of Its war Teasels,
as It stcxyl the highest test
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