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I
BOISE
Below Is given a roster of the more
distinguished guests of the fourteenth
National Irrigation congress, which
win convene t Boise on September
Z to 8, w'th a synopsis of the sub-
Jects to be considered by it, a men
tion of the exhibit to be seen there,
and other information:
This session of the congress will be
the largest and most Interesting ever
held. It will be attended by such
prominent national statesmen as
Vice-President Fairbanks, Senators
Kelson, Minnesota; Xewlands, Ne
vada; Ankeny, . Washington; Flint
California; Warren and Clark, Wyo
ming: Sutherland and Smoot, Utah;
Dubois .and Heyburn, Idaho; Carter,
Montana; Fulton, Oregon; Congress
men Reeder and Murdock, Kansas;
French, Idaho; Dixon, Montana; Wrll
Ilam SuUer, New York; Wilson, Illi
nois; Kennedy and McCarthy, Nebras-
ka; Smith, California; Stephens and
Smith. Texas; Lacey, Iowa; Mondell,
Wyoming; Van Duzer, Nevada; Bo
nynge, Colorado and other members
Of the national legislature.
Governors Pardee of California,
Pparks of Nevada, McDonald of Col
orado, Toole of Montana, Chamber
lain of Oregon, Cutler of Utah, Mead
of Washington, Cummins of Iowa.
Brooks of Wyoming, Johnson of Min
nesota. Frantz of Oklahoma. Hager
man of New M.exico, Gooding of Ida
ho, and other chief executives are
coming with the delegations from
their respective states.
National Irrlgationlsts.
Fecretary of Agriculture Wilson.
Assistant Secretary Hays, many bu
reau chiefs from the interior depart
ment and department of agriculture.
Director Walcott. Chief Engineer
Newell, supervising, project and con
struction engineers of the reclama
tion service of the government, and
prominent Irrlgatlonlsts engaged In
great private enterprises under the
Carey act and other laws; prominent
foresters, represent'ng the federal
government, state and private owner-
ohir. in the vast timber interests of
the country-; immigration societies,
railroad companies, press representa
tives, manufacturers and commercial
men will eomriose the personnel of
the congress.
Subjects for Discussion.
Amonir Imnortant subjects to be
taken up by the congress re:
"Immigration and Home-Making on
the Reclaimed Lands of the Arid
West."
"Laws and Methods Under Which
Irrigation Projects Are Constructed
by the Federal Government"
"Laws and Methods Under Which
Irrigation Projects Are Constructed
by Private Parties Under the Carey
Act"
"Laws Governing Water Rights and
RIGA
CONGRESS
The demand for S. S. S.' has steadily increased since it was first placed
on the market until it is now recognized as the greatest of all blood purifiers.
It has won its way to success because IT CURES DISEASE, anQ
there are few homes where "S. S. S. for the blood" is not a household saying.
A the blood is the very life of the body, nourishing and supplying strength
to every part, disease in some form is sure to follow when it becomes contam
inated. Eczema, Acne, Tetter, Boils, Pimples and the various skin affections
are due to an over-acid and impure blood-supply. Rheumatism, Catarrh.
Scrofula, Chronic Sores and Ulcers, Contagious Wood Poison, etc., are all
deep-seated blood diseases and will continue to grow worse and more danger
ous as lone as the impurities and poisons which produce them remain in thi
blood. In all blood disorders S. S. S.
well earned the right to be called the
down into the circulation and forces
and unhealthy matter, and makes this
taining. S. S. S. reaches inherited blood taints and so enriches the circula
tion that diseases of years standing are permanently cured. It contains nc
harmful minerals and is nature's real
medical advice free. THE SWIFT
AT
SEPTEMBER 3 TO 8
Methods of Appropriating Water by
the Different States."
"Water Right Agreements Under
Which Water Is Purchased and De
livered by Irrigators From Canals."
"Methods of Measuring and Dis
tributing Water to Irrigators; Main,
tenance of Canals and Laterals; Pre
vention of Seepage Losses; Duty of
Water and Best Methods of Applying
Water to Crops."
"Drainage and Reclamation of
Swamped and Alkalled Areas."
"Irrigation as Related to Dry Farm
ing and the Utilization of Small Wa
ter Supplies; Methods of Cultivation
to Conserve Soil Moisture; VafUe of
Drouth-Resistant Crops."
"One Hundred Million Dollars for
National Reclamation."
'Forestry Legislation and the Man
agement of Forest and Grazing
Lands." '
Sowioius of tlio Congress.
The congress will be called to order
at 9:30 o'clock on the morning of
September 3, by President George C.
Pardee, governor of California.
The sessions of the congress will
be held during the mornings nnd af
ternoons, the evenings being devoted
to special entertainments, provided
by the citizens of Boise and the State
of Idaho. '
On the evening of September 3 a
general reception will be held, In
honor of Vice-President Fairbanks
and other distinguished guests.
Fruit and Cereal Exhibit.
During the session of the congresi
the board of control of local arrange
ments wlil hold an Inter-sfate exposi
tion of the products of Irrigation
This will include the best products of
grains, grasses, fruits, sugar beets and
all classes of vegetable products.
Magnificent sterling silver cups will
be given as first premiums In all di
visions of the exposition, which will
be competed for by the 10 states and
territories mentioned In the Federal
reclamation act The purpose of the
exposition Is to show the delegates and
visitors attending the congress, what
is produced from a desert reclaimed
by water, by practical demonstration.
See Irrigation Practiced.
Following the general sessions of
the congress, the visiting delegates
will be taken In excursion trains on
trips through the various Irrigated
sections of the state, where Irrigation
practice will be demonstrated In a
practical way. The excursion will in
clude an inspection of the great Pay-ette-Bolse
and Minidoka projects of
the reclamation service, the Twin
Falls ract, the largest Carey act pro
ject in the world, wort .Vu ft ; Shoshone
Falls, "the Niagara o the west."
Blue Lakes, Twin Falir. Anv;rltn
Falls, the Teton Peaks, and n'her
places of scenic Interest.
FOR THE BLOOD
has proven itself a perfect remedy, ant
greatest of all blood purifiers. It goet
out all poisons, impurities, humors,
life-stream rich, pure and health-sus
blood purifier. Book on the blood and
SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Delegates and visitors coming to
tho congress should notlry the com
mittees at Boise In ample tlmo In or
der that rooms and hotel accommoda
tions may be provided for them. The
city will prepare for entertaining all
who come, but much confusion will
be avoided by having your quarters
assigned In advance.
If you have not been assigned to
hotels or rooms, call at the "Informa
tion Bureau" on your arrival, which
will be located near the railroad de
pot, and committees In charge will see
that you are provided with accommo
dations.
Address all communlcatlonse to
Headquarters. National Irrigation
Congress, Box 409, Boise, Idaho.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Hotel St. iieoriro. George Stathers
and wife, Denver; H. Thompson, Chi
cago; M. S. Kribs, Portland; I. I. Qer-
son, Philadelphia; C. P. Gearhard
Walla Walla; J. E. Cox, San Francis
co: C. W .Carther, Portland: S. D.
Hoover, Wulla Walla; William H.
Dauyhtrey, Portland; C. B. Miller,
Walla aWUa; Hazel Richards, Port
land; G. B. Allison, Portland; R. B.
Stanfleld, Echo; H. W. Wells, The
Dulles; F. Sharp, Athena; B. T.
BJornson, Milton; H. L. Stevens, city;
Mrs. August Hug and daughter, El
gin; J. C. Harper, Salt Lake.
Hotel Pendleton. F. A. Korner,
Spokane; Clancy, Portland; L. E.
Llndsey, Portland; W. K. Petxer,
Portland; W. E. Mitchell, Florence;
M. B. Gwinn, Boise; N. L. Tooker.
Portland; W. L. Mourfleld, Portland;
W. O. Holcombc, Portland; Al Hal
lander, Walla Walla; R. E. Puddock.
Portland; H. M. Straw. Hermlston:
C. C. Simpson, Spokane; J. H. Klouck-
ey, Spokane: C. W. Young, Portland;
G. J. McEvoy, Spokane; J. N. Smith,
Spokane; D. O. Stevenson, Portland;
W. W. Evans, St. Joseph; E. Block,
Buffalo; M. L. Laumer, Spokane; W.
Mlddleton and sister, Connel; S. D.
Cook, Chicago; T. J. Kern, Portland;
W. A. Slhertooth, Antelope; S. L. Bar
ger, San Francisco.
GFXERAI. STEWS.
At Chicago two deaths" and a num
ber of prostrations front hent wero
reported Wednesday before noon.
The temperature at noon' was 90 de
grees. The annual convention of the Na
tional Association of Newsdealers.
Booksellers and Stationers Is being
held in Chicago, with delegates pres
ent from all parts of the United
States.
The freight blockade In Oakland Is
ended and the Southern Pacific offic
ials have removed the embargo on the
five or six classes of bulky freight
h'ch has bt-en in existence for sev
eral weeks.
Brooding over the desertion of her
husliand. who left her alone to care
for four children, Mrs. Eva Farrier,
Albany, Ore., became violently In
sane. She was committed to the state
insane asylum.
I'.it Crowe, of Omaha, who was b
lioveii to have been connected with
the Cudahay kidnaping case, was ar
ivsti d In New Y'irk charged with be
ing a suspicious person. He was re
leased, however, as the police had no
record of a case.
Thomas Uobinson, a globe trotter,
declares that he will begin proceed
ings through his attorneys to oust the
governors of Oregon and Michigan.
He says he has also arranged to bring
damages for K'o.OOrt against each gov
ernor as individuals.
northwest news.
At Aberdeen two fishermen hail a
strenuous fight with a 60-foot whale
In the lower harbor, lasting from. 4
until 11 o'clock.
Joseph Barnes, of Gervals, was kill
ed at Gervals, Ore., by the explosion
of a gasoline engine. He was running
the engine when without warning it
exploded.
A gang of cattle thieves Is operat
ing In the vicinity of Keutervllle, in
Idaho. The authorities are making
every effort to ascertain the identity
of the men.
Laborers have been secured by the
North Yakima & Valley Railway com
pany and the laying of steel will start
The track Is completed 10 miles up
the Naches valley.
Nez Perce county, In Idaho, Is to
have 15 representatives to the Irriga
tion congress in Boise, and the coun
ty will be represented by a half ton
of Its products also.
The Northern Pacific railway Is ar
ranging for a number of Improve
ments at Hoqulam, Wash,, Including
the erection of machine shops, mod
ern warehouses, freight sheds, round
house, etc.
Pady Burke, a mining man of Mul
lan, Idaho, has returned from St
Louis and Chicago with $5000 as the
second payment In the property of the
Marguerite Mining company, which
he has under bond.
BETTER Li NEEBED
SUGGESTION'S FOR OREGON
FROM SOME OTHER STATES.
Irrigation Statute Should Ho Amend
ed to Give the State Engineer More
"l.cotvny" or Discretion In Sonic In
stantw l)iiMU'ttent of Agricul
ture Issues n Bulletin Written by
It. P. Teele That l of Vast Interest
Address: Office of Experiment
Station, for lliilltf In No. 108.
There has Just been published by
the department of agriculture a bul
letin of very especial Interest to the
people of Oregon Just now, while
there Is so much discussion of the
need of better water laws. It Is enti
tled "The State Engineer and His Re
latlon to Irrigation," and Is written
by R. P. Teele, of the Irrigation and
drainage Investigations. As Is stated
in the Introduction of this bulletin, "it
Is the purpose of this report to de
scrlbo the methods used In the differ
ent states for accomplishing the three
acts defining existing rights, super
vising the acquirement of new rights,
and distributing water and In exer
cising whatever additional control
over Irrigation Exists, In the. hope
that this comparative study may bring
out the strong and weak points In the
different systems, and help towards
the adoption of the best methods In
all the states."
The author then proceeds to take
up each of the states having a state
engineer, discussing not only the laws
as they stand on the books, but telling
how the various provisions have
worked In practice and where they
have fallen down, or have been
proven unconstitutional In the courts.
The powers, duties and limitations of
the state engineer's office and the
details of his work, filing claims, an
swering Inquiries and examining
works are described. He takes up the
details, too, of distribution by state
officers, as In Colorado, the duties of
division engineers and water commis
sioners, the physical difficulties In the
way of a Just division of water where
half the flow Is return waste water or
seepage, the actual adjustment of
"loans" of water, and the various
forms and blanks used to keep water
records.
In Oregon the law of 1905 gives the
stute engineer authority to "gather
all data necessary for the adjudication
of all rights Involved," when the state
Is a party to a 'water suit, and under
thlB authority he Is now making sur
veys On Walla Walla river. But as
far as the acquirement of new rights
Is concerned, the stnte engineer of
Oregon simply has authority to file
all claims as presented, regardless of
their character. "He has nothing t
tlo witli the distribution of water.
The record of right In Oregon is then
very little indication of the artua
amount of unappropriated water In
any stream.
In conclusion Mr. Teele holds tha
no law is satisfactory that does not
provide as a basis for distribution t
water a method of defining existing
rights, and sefomr a provision for ac
quiring new rights that will Insure a
complete list of those rights. "The
laws of the various states must be
Judged by this standard: do they pro
vide for a complete and accurate list
of all rights to water?" Tho system
of filing claims with county officials
has notoriously failed, he says, since
no method was provided for showing
proof of the actual nse of water on
the proposed lands. Tho filing of.
claims with the state engineer, as In
Colorado and Oregon has also failed.
luce no provision wns made for de
termining what rights had been ac
quired.
To remedy this lack most of the
states now provide for general suits
defining the rights of all parties to a
stream, but where, ns In Colorado,
there Is no provision for expert ad
vice ns to the capacity of ditches,
these suits have been notoriously In
accurate. '
The problem has been satisfactorily
met In Wyoming by their system of
decrees drawn up by an engineering
board or by the state engineer, as In
Nebraska and Nevada, subject to the
review of tho courts. The efficiency
of the Oregon system has not yet been
tested. The Institution of suits by a
water commissioner as provided In
the Idaho law of 1903, has been de
nied In the courts. Whether suits
may be brought by the attorney gen
erals of Utah and Oregon as provided
by law In tho Interest of the state, re
mains to be tested.
In mre than half the arid states
there Is no provision for making proof
of the completion of works or the ap
plication of water, and where such
proofs are lacking, the whole system
of filing new rights becomes worth'
les sas far as giving a complete list
of rights Is concerned. The most sat'
Isfactory system Is to regulre the state
engineer to Inspect large works, and
to allow him to accept proof of com
pletion of smaller work In the form
of sworn statements.
No Ancient
Furniture Here
You dont see any old stylo, slow-selling Furniture
In this store. We handle only popular pieces and
they are going continuous'. Something new here
every day. Fast sales enable us to make small profits
on each sale.
Rugs, Rugs, Rugs j
We are showing an extraordinary flne'line otArt
Squares and Ruga at prices you cannot duplicate In
the city. Call and we will be pleased to show you
them.
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Postoffice Block
The power of the state engineer to
reject applications for the use of wi
ler is declared by Mr. Teele to be un
necessary to the main purposes of
public supervision of the acquirement
of rights, as accuracy and complete
ness can be secured without this
power. Rejection on the ground of
lack of water supply Is common, but
owing to the variable character of the
discharge of a stream, and the retur.i
of seepage water often after several
years, the data are usually not con
clusive as to the existence of unap
propriated water In any stream. In
quiry into the feasibility of a project
and proper engineering Is desirable,
but rejection of applications on the
ground of "public policy" opens tho
way for discrimination In favor of
certain' parties, and has proven either
Ineffective or unpopular. The Idaho
provision requiring a filing fee of ten
cents for each cubic foot per second
has worked well as a check on specu
lative filings. A bond as a guaranty
of, good faith Is also required In
Idaho, but not In any other state.
For the distribution of water each
djstrlct or division must embrace one
drainage area, so that at! interdepen
dent water rights shall come under
the control of one official, as In Col
orado. The cost of distribution has
proved to be so small f.I cents an
acre In one district that the division
of the expense between the counties
and the state has proven a small prob
lem. The report Is published as Bulletin
No. 16S, of the offlco of experiment
stations, and may be obtained by
plying to the director.
)
Will Iteiis-M-- Baker Comity.
All the work of assessing Baker
county must be done over again In
order to pet the personal properly
exemption on the rolls. On Monday
morning next. County Assessor Fleet
wood will start hia corps of assessors
over the ceunry again to get the per
sonal properly. This total will amount
to SuOO.OOO in Baker county.
But lately the supreme court hel
that exemption of $300 was Invalid
and that all household property
should be assessed the same as other
properly. This decision came too late
for the assessors to Include household
property in the regukir assessment
anil consequently most of them, like
Mr. Fleetwood, must do the work
over again.
The deputy assessors for Baker
county will stnrt out Monday morn
ing to take nil household assessments.
There will be no exemptions this year
at all and all people owning any sort
of furniture must pay taxes on the
same. Baker City Herald.
Men Pnst Sixty In Danger.
More than half of mankind over 60
years of age suffer from kidney and
bladder disorders, usually enlargement
of prostate glands. This Is both
painful and dangerous, and Foley's
Kidney Cure should be taken at the
first sign of danger, as It corrects Ir
regularities and has cured many old
men of this disease. Mr. Rodney Bur
nett, Rockport, Mo., writes: "I suf
fered with enlarged prostate gland
and kidney trouble for years and after
taking two bottles of Foley's Kidney
Cure I feel better than I have for 20
years, although I am now 01 years
old." Koeppen Drug Store.
Land Kale Rupert, Idhao, Aug, 27, '00.
For the above occasion the O. R.
& N. announces a rate of $18.50 tor
the round trip, dates of sale August
25. For particulars, call on or ad
dress E. C. Smith, agent
) If you see It in the East Oregonlan
Its una.
California Prune Wafers.
A Dleasant and agreeable laxative,
painless, but effective. Presoribed by
physicians, and recommended by all
druggists as an Invaluable substitute
for mineral pills and castor on.
Tallman Co., ill Main St, Pendle
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100 Wafer IS cents.
Your Credit is Good
Farmers Union of Alabama.
Bessemer, Ala., Aug. 22. Several
thousand members of the Farmers'
union of Alabama are here at pres
ent to attend the annual convention
of the organization, which opened
here this morning. The members
and delegates were welcomed by
Mayor J. J. Sullivan and ex-National
President O. P. Pyle of Texas made
the response. In the afternoon an
executive session will be held and a
general session, In the evening, when
several Important papers will be read.
The convention will lust three days.
Hay Fever and Bummer Colds.
Victims of hay fever will experience
great benefit by taking Foley's Honey
and Tar, as It stops difficult breathing
Immediately and heals the Inflamed
air passages, and even If It should fall
to cure you It will give Instant relief.
The genuine Is In yellow packages.
Koeppen Drug Store.
A1 the news all tha time In the Bast
Oregon taa.
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made tho way you want it by the best
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Besides, we can furnish you with
any quantity desired of lumber,
lath, shingles, sash doors, cement
brick, lime and round or square tanks.
Sole agent for Krlsollte Wood Fibre
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Pendleton Planing
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