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PAGF 1Y)1R. DAILY EAST OHKfiOMAX, ri'Xni.KTOX. OREGON, MOXIMY. OCTORI it 2ft, J 10. EIGHT PAGF.S. AX I X D KP KX D EN T NEWSPAPER. Published Pally, Semi-Weekly and Weekly, nt Pendleton, Oregon, by the EAST OKEC.ON'IAX Pl'BI.lSniXG COMPANY. Member Scrlpps-McRnc News Asoclatlon. Telephone Main 1. Entered nt Pendleton Postofflce as second-class matter. .UNION -HBEQ ion of tlic k'cisla- FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Eihu'iitioti. Kivlaiuation. Tran.-iuirtution. Ki'liof from jute trust. Emir vital issues v ill innn licforo t!io next si tnro, from eastoru Orein Tlicv will not luvosarily bo eastern Oregon issues, but they will be backed by the niemlvrs of the letrislatnre from this section of the state ami while thev will aft'eet the entire state, yet the failure of any of them to receive vtvosniitioii from the legislature will fall most heavily ujxm eastern Oreaoii. The first is-ue will Im m tilace ihe state schools upon n perma nent basis, to establish them as fixtures in the communities in which they are located ami oiiip them with ample facilities with which to serve the children of the state. This means that the normals at Drain, Monmouth, Ashland and Weston must K rememlered. Place them under one trineral board, of regents, if necessary, but maintain them and equip them to supply the keen demand for education heard in all quarters of Oregon. Keclainathm of the arid lands of eastern Oresrnn i n vital issue in this section. Irrigation is coming to be a vital issue in western Oregon, as well, so a comprehensive water law is necessary for Oregon. Piver transportation in a state having such magnificent naviga ble streams as Oivgor. i:- always a vital issue mid if the portage road can liest serve the enpe of the state bv being extended three or four miles to The Dalles, let the kgihitiire not hesitate to extend it. Includ ed in river tran.-portation. :, is the question of free locks on the Wil lamette river. Kelief from the extortions of the into trust is demanded from every county in the state, for three of the leading industries of the state are affecte-d. nanidv. whi-aV 'jrowiug. hop "rnwinir and wool prowing. 1 he legwlat"'-" tion and tomorrow at W; for it. That it finds this cure practical, feasible and within reilch of the state, i-i the earnest hope of the Fast Ori giii'.i.iu. The.-e great questions which will emanate from eastern Oregon ere fundamental to the growth, of rhe state. Their satisfactory adjust ment underlies the progr.-s ,,f the s-tate-. and with the information secured on the croun.l iii iYrn Oregon, it i ho-ed that the legisla ture may be able to meet these questions fearlessly, zealously and With determination to adjust them to the,best interests' of all of Oregon, re pardless of anv section. FIRST CATHOLIC MISSION'S ixixnKo ix old oui:t;ox. tu'h ler-tands the causes of this extor- a WalLa the memhers will tndv the euro SENATOR FULTON'S REPLY. The East Oregonian olieertully gives space to a communication from Senator Fulton in reply to a recent editorial in this paper charg ing him, mildly, with hostility to the interior departim nt in his criti cism of and objection to the construction of the Umatilla irrigation project by the government. In his reply Senator Fulton says he desires to see the project, and fill of the irrigation projects constructed as cheaply as possible for the rap-on that the ultimate cost must be paid by the homebuilder. the actual settler who enters uton the land. This is simply why the government has undertaken, at great ad ditional cost, to assemble an outfit and construct the Umatilla project. The cemiK-ter;l government engineer? in charge of the project sav that the government can build it at much les cost than the price bid by the lowest, contracted, and that rather than pay out exorbitant prices for contracts, the government will construct the projects and save the contractor's enormuis profitc to the settler. Contractors are in the business for profit, not for fun. The East Ore-gemian can recall, offhand, the names of fl dozen or more large contracting outfits which .have grown enormously rich from railroad contracting and building construction. If the fortunes made by these contractors could-tiave been saved to the railroads, it mitrht have prevented exorbitant freight rates and other profit-yielding abuses, in order to make interest on their out lay. If the government can save the great profits which would go into he ockets of contractors, and thereby reduce the cost of the reclaim ed land to the settlers, should it not do so '. Would not the government, be unfaithful to its trust if it should do ethervise 2 Senator Fulton is mistaken in saying that the construction outfit. the machinery, the equipment and property necessary in building .1 T- .-II . 1 11 1 11 l" , ' trie l manna project wouiu oe a tioaei loss neennse tlie government is net in the contracting business and the outfit would be melees when the job was completed. The government will be able to wear out several construction outfits liefore the reclamation fund is exhausted and the arid land reclaimed. These outfits can be transferred from project to project and will constitute one "of the most valuable assets of the reclamation department, for the knowledge that the government is equipped to construct irrigation projects win nave a teniieiicy to lower hiris and "bust" combinations among contractors. The reclamation of the arid land of the west is a big problem, one which will not bo solved in a day. The government must protect the settler, and if combinations among cement manufacturers, grading outfits, ditch building outfit and others, are to increase the cost ef the land to the settler, it is the duty ot the government to e-ngage in any er all these lines ,on its own account, for self-protection. The East Oregonian admits, as Senator Fulton hints, that there is a tendency toward aristocracy in most of the government contract- :ng work. 1 here may to too many white shirt bosses, too many useless foremen and superintendents, in all the departments of government. Hut is it not. tiossible to prune down the force to the necessary anil use-fill proportion? Is it not possible for the government, with the hame salaries ami the same supervision mid practical management, to actually make as much profit out of a job of contracting as a regular contractor f Certainly there is as much intelligence, as much skill, ns much hard "horse sense" to be employed by government money as by private capital. If tlie government cauneit build dams, ditches, reservoirs, canals. headgates, weirs, laterals and distributing systems as cheaply and as quickly as private contractors with the same funds and the same re sources, it is Senator Fulton's and every other citizen's duty to find out why. The, founding of the Catholic mis sions In "Old Oregon" forms one of the most entertaining chapters In the history of the northwest. Xo sooner had the Canadian set tlers of the Willamette valley turned the first sod for their crops, than their minds turned to their relinion. -and on July 3, 1S34, the first request tor Catholic priests and teachers ever sent out of Oregon was mndc by the French settlers of Freucn Prairie, near Salem. This historic appeal was made to Bishop J, X. Provencher, of the illo cese of Jullopolis in the Ued River district, the nearest Catholic official to Oregon at that time. Bishop Provencher replied that there was not an available priest or teacher in his diocese for service In Oregon. Put he promised to obtain help from Europe. In 1S35 the Lees, the Methodist missionaries, arrived In the Willam ette valley and began to teach and preach. This stimulated thaff athollcs to secure teachers of their awn faith, and renewed efforts were made. It required six months to travel from Fort Vancouver to London, by river batteaux, mountain trail, sledge, horseback and finally steamer across the Atlantic, 'but In 1S36 Dr. John McLoughlln nnd a committee of Catholics In the employ of the Hud son Ray company, made a request that two priests be given free passage with the Hudson Pay express sent out from Montreal that year, to Van couver. As a result of this request from the wilds of the new continent. Father Francis Hlanchet. with the title of vicar-general of Oregon, and Father Oemers. with title nf assistant, were sent out from Montreal, the first Catholic priests ever nssigned to serv ice In Oregon territory. They left Montreal in May, 1S3S, and arrived at Fort Vancouver late that fall, after having lost 12 of their party In making the descent of the rapids at the dalles of the Columbia river. The Hudson Pay company sent thft priests on condition that they should establish their missions north of the Columbia river, since the territory south of the river was in dispute and might become American .erritory. So the first Catholic mission In the northwest was founded by Fathel Hlanchet at the French settlement on the Cowlitz river, northwest of Van couver, and there on October 14. l$.1!i. Father leincrs who had been assign ed to Cowlitz, sounded the first Cath olic church bell which ever re sounded through the solitudes of "old Oregon." At that time there were but elgJu families, comprising Jd persons. In the Cowlitz settlement, but Father I'cmers added converts from among the Indians until the mission was largely attended. The Cowlitz mission was christened St. Francis Xavler and the mission farm consisted nf 24 acres, on which was erected a meeting house ami res idence combined, the first Catholic mission ever raised In the northwest. Almost three months later, on Jan uary 6. 1S40, Fnther Planchet dedi cated the first Catholic mission ever erected in Oregon. It was located on French Prairie and was christened St. Paul mission, and In this great log house, 3(7x70 feet In size, which had been erected by the enthusiastic Frenft settlers In 1S36, the first mass ever heard In Oregon was celebrated on January 6, 1840. For three weeks after the dedica tion of St. Paul mission a religious re vival was held, so enthusiastic were the Jolly French settlers In securing a native priest for their new church. Immediately thereafter Father Blanchet assisted the French settlers In laying out a farm a square mile In extent' for each settler. The .first Important task of the new priests was to perform marriage cer emonies for the French settlers and their Indian wives, many of whom had never been legally wed and some of whom had been married by the "un holy rites" of the Methodists. It Is said that between 1840, the beginning of active Catholic labor In the northwest, and 1846, that over 8, 000 Indians embraced that faith In the northwest, The first Catholic priests ever as signed to service In Umatilla county were Fathers Brouillet and Ilosseau, who came among the Cayuseg In thf. fall of 1846 and began missionary work In a home provided for them by Tau-lt-tau of the Cayuses, on the Umatilla river above Pendleton, near where the Umatilla agency Is now located. The first bishop ofthe see of Walla Walla, which then Included Umatlll'i county, was Father A.Vd. A. Blanchet, brother of the vlcar-general of Ore gon, who took charge In 1847. BERT HUFFMAN. Avoid alum and alum phos phate baking powders.The label law requires that all the ingredients be named on the labels. Look out for the alum compounds. NOTE. Safety lies in buying only Royal Baking Powder, which is a . pure, cream or tartar baking powder, and the best that can be made. Bargains in Real Estate Are you going to buy a home In Pendleton? If so, buy right now.tMty property will be 25 per cent higher In less than a year. Look nt these bargains: 3- room house. 601 Franklin street, corner Webb $660 All modern 6-room house, 601 Fosi street, corner Webb $1600 4- room house, 605 Post street $1000 All modern 5-room house, 906 East Webb street $1400 All modern 6-room house, 620 Market street $1400 Ut .'. $760 Another In same locality, new 6-rooms nnd 3 good lots $875 This property must be sold In the next 30 davs, as the owners are leaving the city and If they do not sell will rent nnd take them oft the market. All of these can be had by a small cash payment, bal ance monthly payments. Why pay rent. Own your own home In a choice location. AN'OTIIElt SNAP. 7 fine large rooms, city water, hnth, all modern, barn, two full lots, No. 715 Ann Mroet, $2500. The Improvements cou'd not be duplicated for the price , to say nothing about the lots. Large and small wheat and alfalfa ranches for sale. Call and see use before buying. HAR.TMAN &. BENTLEY Houses to rent In all parts ot the city. Hotel St. George fiEOHGE DA UVEA V, Proprietor. European plan. Everything first clnss. Aft modern conveniences. Steam heat throughout. Rooms cn suite with bath. Large, new snmple room. Th Hotel St. George Is pronounced on ot the most up-to-date hotels of th Northwest. Telephone tind fire alarm connections to office, nnd hot and cold running water In all rectus. ROOMS: $1.00 and $1.50 Block nnd n Half From Depot. See the Mg electric sign. The Hotel : 4.4.... Tlio Argonaut for October 27. Among the features of the Argonnnt for October 27 Is a sketch entitled "Vigilantes, New nnd Old." which gives many details and enrly-dny ex periences not widely known. Extracts from the memoirs of Judge Terry and ejeneral Hherman describe some of the Inside history of the San Francisco orgnnlwitlon, and there Is comment and explanation accompanying. Un der the title, "A Territorial Galaxy," a contributor gives In the Argonaut for October 27, some reminiscences of six men of South Dakota, who achiev ed national prominence In literary and official circles. The beginning of the career of each Is sketched In the article. Robert M. Bnyder, a Kansas. City millionaire, was killed by his chauf feur trying to avoid running over a small boy. Hnyder was thrown out and hla skull crushed by striking a trolley pole. The boy received fatal Injuries. MONEY RAISING SALE vk iioie;iri all oru pisks. I-'.XT M iXll;'ICEN'T vroe iv OF I I i:UTliI. PIISECT I'ltOM TIIK IWCTOItY IX THE EST. AX1 TO SAVE IKI.Kilir AM) TAKK All. vvr.t;i-: of .louni its' commis sions WE OVKIISTOCKKII SO.Mi: WHAT . IX OltDKIt TO ItAISF MOXKY TO MKK OUt IIXM PAYMENT WHICH IS DI E IX A I EW IIAVS . WE WILL MVKF THI ST-IU STIXe; PRICES roll A SHOUT TIME. TO THE I'XKTY WHO NEEDS I'l llXl Tl RE. i DeiXT LET THE TIU ST fiKT YOC WHEX OCR PRICES ARE SO LOW. Graham Furniture Co. 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If You Want to Buy any kin of business or real estate anywhere, at any price, write me your requirements. I can save you tiro, and money. DAVID B. TAFF, THE LAND NAN 415 Kansas Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS. House Cleaning and Janitor Work DONE t Ladies' and Gentlemen's Z Shoes Shined t . Culled for and Delivered. X tonve Order With or 'Phone WELCH'S CIGAII STORE Court St. 'Phone Main IS 7
