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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OTlEGO WEDNESDAY, JULY S, 1B07.
EIGHT PAGES.
WILL CELEBRATE GOVERNMENT
Ihe Sor'osis
. We will make
Hi
MEXICO
One Early Delivery
Tomorrow Morning
JULY THE 4TH
The Peoples Warehouse
Save Your Coupons Where it Pays to Trade
WEEDS TftKE CROPS:
FRANKLIN COUNTY OVER
RUN WITH MCSTARD.
"Jim Hill Mustard- Threatens to Ruin
Crops Cannot Be Harvested, Land
Is Sure to Be Reduced In Price,
and a Serious Condition Threatens.
"Have you any land in Franklin
ounty? Better sell it if you have!"
was the startling advice given a
Statesman reporter today by a well
WARM, SUNSHINY WEEK.
All Oreon Favored With Growing
Weather Now.
The first four days of the week
were warm and sunshiny. The maxi
mum temperatures In the western
counties generally occurred Wednes
day afternoon, when 90 degrees or
more were common throughout the
Willamette vallev and In Douffla.
Some of the Best Wheat Land J Josephine and Jackson counties.
The following day was the warm
est In the eastern counties, when
maximum temperatures of 90 de
grees were general In that section.
This warm spell excited considerable
alarm, as It was feared that It would
rontinue and culminate In damaging
hot winds, but fortunately It turned
cooler Friday, and cool, clopdy wea
, ther. with temneratures sllchtly be-
known farmer living near here, who low n0rmal, prevailed until the close
has Juet returned from a trip across ' of tne Week. During the last three
Snake river, says the Walla Walla 1 dayg good ralng feU tn the Willamette
Statesman,
About one-fourth the grain In this
county cannot be harvested, accord
ing to the statement of the Walla
Walla farmer, oh account of "Jim
Hill mustard," as It is called. The
reason for the name 1b that the seed
was Introduced from the east over
Hill's railroad lines.
Section after section has not headed
on account of this terrible pest. It is
overrunning the country and unless
something Is done soon the land in
that section of the country will be ab
solutely worthless. The mustard is
crowding the wheat out of the fields.
Crops that looked good a few weeks
ago are not worth the cutting. Mus
tard has grown up and choked the
grain out of existence. Farmers are
becoming scared over the situation
and are offering their land at prices
not dreamed of a month ago. '
From Connell, north, the terror Is
the worst.- There many farmers will
not have enough grain mixed with
the mustard to season it. Heads of
wheat are as scarce In fields as snow
balls on Main street today, and the
farmers are bluer than the clear skies
over them.
That the foul weed will spread
there ,1s worrying the farmers of this
fiction of the country who have seen
(the spread of the terrible weed In the
Franklin county districts.
Two years ago there was little or
none of the eastern pest in the coun
ty. But It dropped from the cars and
'spread from the tracks to the farms
adjoining and now bids fair to take
the entire country.
In the east the hard winters keep
It down to a tolerable degree, but out
In this country where the winters are
comparatively mild there Is nothing to
prevent its spread.- Taking advan
tage of these favorable conditions It
has spread Into a veritable yellow
terror, taking farm after farm in Its
relentless clutches,
Farms which two years ago had no
trace of the yellow curse are today so
overrun that the grain Is not fit to
cut, -in many places so choked It has
not even headed. Land prices bid
fair to suffer a slump as a result of
this unparalleled ravages of the
fierce terror of the wheat.
AH the news all the time In the
East Oregonlan.
valley and In the coast counties, and
thundershowers, heavy In places, oc
curred In the counties east of the
Cascade mountains.
Columbia River Valley.
Mountain Park, Wasco county,
Raymond Markley. The fore part of
the week was clear and very warm,
but the latter part was cool, cloudy,
and showery.
Ella, Morrow county, Carl F. Troed
sen. The fore part of the week was
very warm, but the latter part was
cooler, with southwest winds. A
thunderstorm occurred on Thursday.
Heppner, Morrow county, Geo.
Whltesis. The fore part of the week
was warm, but the latter part was
cooler. High winds prevailed on
Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Hermlston, Umatilla county, Geo.
H. Carr. Clear and warm weather
prevailed during the fore part of the
week, hut during the latter part the
sky was partially overcast. On Thurs
day h severe thunderstorm' occurred,
with, however, only a trace of rain.
High winds prevailed on Friday and
Saturday.
Pendleton, Umatilla county, H. F.
Johnson. One cool day, four moder
ate and two uncomfortably hot days
in the week's record, the days being
mainly clear. The evening of the
2Tth was threatening, with a hard
but brief blow from the . southwest,
mild thunder and lightning, and mod
erate rain.
Weston, Umatilla county, Maud M.
Baker. Very warm 'weather prevail
ed until Friday, when the air became
cool after a series of thunderstorms, !
violent winds and a heavy rainfall on
Thursday night. Saturday the atmos- J
phcre was was cool, sky clear, and
a light breeze blowing, with Indica
tions of rising temperature.
Carlsbad, X. M July 3. During
I the next three dnys this place is to bo
the scene of a unique celebration to
commemorate the beginning of gov-
I eminent Irrigation In New , Mexico.
The Importance of the occasion to the
paople of New Mexico, imd also to the
residents of other hu ge areas through
out the west and southwest, can only
be appreciated when It Is borne In
mind that great tracts of land now
of an arid or semi-arid character
will soon bo made to "blossom as the
rose" through the medium of Irriga
tion. The projects already under way
will, when completed add millions to
the wealth and resources of the terri
tory. That New Mexico Is fully alive to
the significance of the work Is evi
denced by the fact that the celebra
tion about to begin was authorized by
the leigslature, and the expenses will
be borne by the territorial treasury.
Persons of prominence from all parts
of the territory are to take part In
the celebration, together with repre
sentatives from the department of the
interior and officials of the reclama
tion service from Washington.
The Carlsbad reclamation project
was primarily undertaken by the gov
ernment at the urgent request of the
settlers to save their property and
homes which were threatened with
destruction by drouth, as the result
of a flood which washed away a por
tion of the Avnlon dam, on which
their canal Bystem depended for Its
supply. '
Acting upon the advice of eminent
consulting engineers a core wall of re
inforced concrete was built from bed
rock to the crest of the dam. There is
no longer any possibility of the struc
ture being washed away by a flood
On the lower side of the dam Is a
rock fill which would prevent erosion
In case flood water should sweep over
the dam. The reinforced concrete con
duit which was constructed across the
Pecos river by the former owners of
the system has been strengthened and
the foundations carried to bed-rock.
Across Dark canyon Is a siphon,
circular in form, and of sufficient
size for a six-foot man to walk
through standing upright. The canal
has been widened and deepened and
built on scientific principles, so as to
carry the greatest amount of water
with the least excavation. This work
when completed will cost more than
$800,000 and will supply 25,000 acres
with water.
Over In the Mesllla valley there Is
nearing completion a 600-foot diver
sion dam for the purpose of supply
ing water to one unit of the Rio
Grande project, the Leasburg diver
sion. The head works will be connect
ed with the old Las Cruses system by
a canal six miles long. Before this
project Is finished a gigantic dam will
be constructed across the Rio Grande
near Fugle, forming a lake 40 miles
long and storing water" for the Irriga
tion of 180,000 acres of land lying
In New Mexico, Texas and Old Mexico.
Still another great work Is the Rio
Hondo project, near the city of Ros-w.-ll,
which has been completed at a
cost of about 1350.000, and which
this season supplied water for the if,
rigatlon of 12,000 acres of fertile
land.
W. & C. R. IS NOW HISTORY.
Northern Pacific Formally Takes
CI large of tlie Line,
History Is all that now exists of the
W. & C. R. railroad, says the Walla
Walla Statesman.
Last night at 12 o'clock the North
ern Pacific assumed control of the
road and the Washington & Colum
bia River railroad Is a thing of the
past. While everything Is moving
along as usual there Is no apparent
change In the order of things, yet It
Is the Northern Pacific which runs
Into the town now.
All officers of the old road have
been retained.
J. Q. Cutler has been appointed as
sistant superintendent of the Pasco
division with especial charge of the
old W. & C. R. system. His office
will bo here as before.
S. B. Calderhead has been made
general agent at Walla Walla.
George O'Connor Is to be traveling
freight agent with office In this city.
All other officials have been retnlned
In their old positions and will contin
ue their duties In this city.
Tho Pasco divlclon of which the
defunct W. 4 C. R. road Is now
part. Is the branch of the Northern
Pacific between Ellensburg and Spo
kane. The Walla Walla branch will
be managed from Pasco as part of
this division, and all orders for
changes In the road wilt originate In
the Pasco office.
No change In the running of trains
will Jbe announced at present. Nor are
there any definite promises made In
connectlen with this question.
However, It Is hoped by the cltl
zens of Walla Walla that the promises
made by President Elliot of the
Northern Pacific to look Into the
matter at once will be productive of
results.
MANUFACTURERS ARE THE
ONLY SHOEMAKERS IN THE
WORLD WHO DESIGN AND MAKE
ALL THEIR OWN LASTS AND PAT
TERNS AND USE NO OTHERS.
OTHER MANUFACTURERS MAY
IMITATE, BUT THEY CAN NEVER
OBTAIN SOROSIS LASTS; AND THE
SAME IS TRUE ' OF SOROSIS
STYLES, WHICH ARE ORIGINAL,
AND CAN BE FOUND IN NONE
BUT GENUINE SOROSIS SHOES.
WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE
OF THE FAMOUS. BUSTER BROWN '
SHOE FOR CHILDREN.
Tho Alexander Department Store
No Fireworks Allowed.
The firing of fireworks of any na
ture on tho Fourth of July, will be
strictly prohibited on the following
streets: Main street from bridge to
High street; Court street, from Gar
den to Vincent street, and Cotton
wood street, from Court street to
Railroad street.
" TOM GURDANE,
, Chief of Police.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
, .General Kurokl, the great Japan
warrior, was much Impressed by Uncle
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cordlul welcome was extended to him
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republic. It goes without saying that
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who cares for his appearance,, and
you'll profit by your experience with
us, as our right treatment and satis
factory dealings with all, have placed
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portunities. Bond Brothers
Pendleton's Leading Clothiers.
Hotel 6t, George. A. G. Ogllvle,
Portland; L. H. Thompson, Seattle;
Paul Bloom, Portland; R. H. Birdsall,
Portland; J, D. Isaacs, V. C. R. R.
Co.; M. H. Smith, Seattle; L. J.
Chapman, Seattle; R. F. Kleen and
wife, Chicago; J. W. Watson, Port
land; W. C. Orvltt, Portland; C. H.
Rollins, C. L. Morgan, Hermlston;
Geo. O'Neal, The Dalles; R. R. John
son, O. White, Echo; Frank Bolsted,
Seattle; B. F. Dupols, Weston; C.
Green, Huntington: E. T. Piatt, Gen
neFsee, Ida.; Mrs. Watson, Gennessee,
Ida.; W. J. Hughes, Union; J. R Dun
can Garfield; Charles Bummer, Wal
lace;, 8. Hophelmer, New York; W.
L. Landon, Remington; Wm. Rod
shafter; Edith Rodshafter, Reming
ton; Mrs. S. T. Tucker, Wallace; T.
G. Magunder, Emmett,
Golden Rule Hotel. A. Reed Spo
kane; William Ebert, Spokane;
James Wilson, Spokane; David Ol
more, Walla Walla; O. E. Haley, Al
bany; W. T. Shaw and wife, Hudson
Bay; C. S. Sharold, Garfield; J. A.
Wagner, Reno; F. King, spoKnnu;
Paul Harry, Spokane; E. T. Barnard,
J. H. Cassidv. J. R. Means, V. F.
Moon, Hermlston; M. J. Galley, city;
E. J. Elder, Echc; Geo. Sa-ndford,
city; M. G. Tuttle, Spokane; G. B.
Mayfleld, Elgin; J. H. Klmmi, Echo;
Theo. Clapp, Echo; F. B. Van Cleave,
Echo; J, C. Chaffln, Portland; O. C
Barber, Sellbrldge, Ala.
A Happy Man
Is Amos F. King, of Port Bryon, N.
Y., (86 years of age); since a sore
on his leg which had troubled him
the greater part of Ms life, has been
entirely healed by Bucklen's Arnica
Salve; the world's great healer of
sores, burns, cuts, wounds and plies.
Guaranteed by Tallman ft Co., drug
gists. Price 26c.
Report of the Condition
of
The Pendleton Savings Bank
of Pendleton, Oregon
At the close of business, June 29, I 907.
RESOURCES. J
Loans and Discounts $1,083,705.51
Warrants 13,726.78
Bank Building and Fixtures 30,000.00
Building Fund 19,077.28 .
Other Real Estate 2,613.70
Cash ami Exchange 371,803.00
$1,321,018.33
LIABILITIES J.'J
Capital
Surplus
Undivided Profits
100,000.00
100,000.00
50.674.0S
Deposits 1,270,343.38
All the news all the time In the
East Oregonlan.
$1,321,018 S3
Known For Its. Strength
OFFICERS:
MONTIE B. GWINN, President
T. J. MORRIS, Vice-President
J. W. MALONEY, Cashier
T. G. MONTGOMERY, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
W. 3. FURNISH, JOSEPH BASLER, R. ALEXANDER, E. P.
MARSHALL, CHAS. H. CARTER, MONTIE B. GWINN, T. J.
MORRIS. 1 '
Stockholders :
W. J. FURNISH
R. T. COX
JOSEH BASLER
E. BOETTCHER
L. DUSENBERY
E. W. M'COMAS
A. C. KOEPPEN
FRANK S. CURL
HERBERT BOYLEN
A. J. DEVLIN
ESTATE OF
D. P. THOMPSON
AL PAGE
J. H. RALEY
R. ALEXANDER
CHAS. H. CARTER '
E. P. MARSHALL
F. W. VINCENT
E. L. SMITH
J. N. TEAL
C. E. ROOSEVELT
R. N. STANFIELD
CLEMENTINE F. LEWIS
MARION JACK
T. J. MORRIS
MONTIS B. GWINN
The
First National
Bank
Pendleton. Oregon
Designated United States Depository
Established 1882
Capital Surplus and
Undivided Profits -
1,1
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. '
LEVI ANKENY W. F. MATLOCK
W. & BYERS G. M. RICE
GEO. HARTMAN, JR. J. S. M'LEOD
T. C. TAYLOR
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
SECURITY
no ni ccirtc
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this distressing disease should call on or wrlght to
DR. BLOSSER'S
CATARRH CURE
; J. F. Carrier, 1802 W. Webb St., Pendleton, Ore.
Local agent for this famous remedy, and get sample paeknge free. It
4 t-osta you nothing to try It.
Washington Sb Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Krjg Connection
SlS With i
July 3, 4 and 5 the Washington & Columbia River Ry. will sell
special excursion tickets to St. Paul, Omaha, St. Joe and Kansas
City and return. . . . '
(52.00
St. Louis $60. Chicago $64.
Good for 10 daya on going trip; final limit . days from date
of sale.
; ' WALTER ADAMS, '
' ' Local Agent W. O. R. Ry.
For sale at the East Oreftonian office Larpp bundles of newt
papers, containing over 100 big papers, can be had for 25o a bundle.