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NO. 6243
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RUSHING IRK
ON RESERVOIR
Umatilla Project Will Be Com
pleted by May 28, it is
Estimated,
WATER NOW COVERS 200
ACHES 10 TO 30 VEST.
Rig Dam Is About 75 Per Cent Com-
plete and Is Rclug Huilt in a Most
Substantial Manner Force .Now
.
miim,, vmmmm
100 Team Will Inquire mm nays
to Fill the Reservoir Outfit
Will 11c Taken to Tlc4m Project
Two hundred and eighty-nine men,
,m .. m,,iv,-,i ,n
the dam of the Umatilla Irrigation
project reservoir and the work Is be
lng rushed to completion to be ready
for the Hennlston excursion on May
17, when water will be turned from
the reservoir on to the kind in the
project.
About 10 acres of the Immense
reservoir are now .covered with water
from 10 to 30 feet In depth and a
half head of water Is flowing from the
Umatilla river through the feed canal
Into the reservoir. It will require 100
days with a fall head of water in tlx
feed canal to fill the reservoir to Its
capacity.
The great dam which will be 4000
feet long on top and 630 feet long on
the bortdm with a width through the
darn of 6i0 feet Is about 75 per cent
completed. It will be raised yet
about 15 feet and' all the forces are
now employed on this work. The
gravel trains are employed In hauling
grave from the pit a mile away and
the teams are -employed In hauling
dirt and sand from near the dam
while a steam shovel Is also employed
in the work.
The dam Is being constructed In a
most substantial manner. As the dirt
and gravel are placed In layers on the
surface, they are plowed, cultivated
and rolled vigorously, several teams
being emplowed In cultivating the sur
face and rolling It down so It Is
bultt up almost as solid as a cement
wall.
On the faoe of the dam next to the
water a surface of three feet of crush
ed rock Is placed and a, concrete flood
or overflow basin Is constructed at the
north .extremity of the dam to permit
the waste water to flow over In case
of floods.
'Oonorrtte tower In which the
hendgate is placed Is now complete
and Is over 70 Tect In height. The
headgate Is so nrranged with triple
gearing that although It weighs sev
eral tons, one man with a lever can
rnlse and lower it with ease.
The concrete arch by which the
water will flow from the reservoir
under the dam to the distributing ca
nals Is now complete and Is over 400
feet In length. It Is five by NVen
feet In she. The reservoir cannot be
drained dry. the hcatlgute being abovo
the bottom of the bed of the reservoir.
This Is made necessary to prevent the
headgate from being covered or clog
ged with sediment which will natural
ly wash Into the reservoir.
The force of water which Is now
running Into the reservoir may be Im
agined from the fact that at the Inlet
where the feed canal enters the reser
voir, a gorge 140 feet in length, 50
feet In width and 40 feet deep 'has.
been cut by the flow of water. Tltlsj
Immense gorge has been hollowed
out by the small head of water bkw'
flowing Into the reservoir.
The mouth of the feed canal or In
let Into the reservoir Is constructed1
of concrete and la arranged In a series
of cascades', about 100 feet In length
which serve to break the force of the
water falling Into the bed of the reser
voir. It is said that the machinery, loco
motives, teams and all government
equipment now In use on the Umatilla
project will be sent to the Tleton pro
ject In Washington when the work Is
completed here.
To extend the scope of the La
Grande sugar factory and to Induce
Umatilla and Walla Walla county
farmers to begin growing sugar beets
for the factory, Is the mission of Elner
Slbbolov, field superintendent of the
sugar company to this city and county
this week. The sugar company de
sires that Umatilla and Walla Walla
farmers raise experimental crops and
to encourage this will pay an excellent
price for beets raised west of the
mountains.
Mr. Slbblloy will visit Hermlston,
where a number of farmers under the
government Irrigation project will
TB EXPERIMENT WITH SUGAR BEET CROPS
FRENCH IE J IT Si: I . S.
REQUEST FOE MURDERER.,
Purls, March 31. The for
eign office today virtually turn
ed down America's request for
the return to this country of
Paul Roy, charged by Glacla
Calla with the murder of her
brother. It Is said that the
French government will offer-to
try him on French soil as he Is
a French citizen.
MADAME GO! LD IX A RUFF,
! Quarrels With Family Over Re Sugan
Alllumc and Takes Up Abode In St.
Regis.
New York, Mar. If. Following a
j(Uar,.ei wtn her family over her
threatened marriage with Prince De
"Man, Mine. Anna uoum nas maoe
arrangements to leave the Oould home
and live at St. Regis hotel.
Wn., lg s,,posed to have been a
j flnnl conference between Mme. Anna
Could and the balance of the family
held last night, will result, it Is be
lleved. to have caused a rupture It
! Is said the entire family Is arrayed
I against Anna in the matter of the
proposed alliance
CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS.
Full for Slate Republican Central
Committee to Meet on April 10.
Portland. Mar. 31. The stRte re
publican central committee was sum
moned to meet at Portland on Aprlr
10 by Chairman F A. Westgate last
night for the purpose of calling the
state convention and apportioning
dnlegntes.
The convention will probably bo
called about May 10 nnd Will select
four delcgates-at-large and presl
dentin 1 electors. The method of se
lectins the delegates Is still undecld
ed.
or
IS
WELL KNOWN DANKER OF
MORROW COUNTY
lioininem fin- Yenr m Business Life
of Morrow Connty Native Rom
Orcgtmtaa Had HaTrmvtng Ex
perience' oi l 'union-. Heppner Flood
When With Ilk. Wife Was Suept
Down Stream nod Both Narrow ly
Esounnl Prownlng.
George Conner, cashier of the First
National Hank of Heppner, nnd prom
inent for many years rn Morrow coun
ty affairs, died at bis home In Hepp
ner at 5 o'clock this morning. He
had been 111 for several weeks.
Mr. CoiVKer was a native Oregonlan,
having been barn In the Willamette
valley, where he lived until he came
to Heppner 1 years ago. In early
days he served as a conductor on the
Southern Pacific rnilroad and he has
a brother who is now an engineer on
that line
During all the rime he lived hn
Heppner the deceased was (he cash
ier Of the First National Ban of
Heppner and though not personally
wealthy himself, he rat very Influen
tial In the business community of
Heppner nnd Morrow couity. He was
n heavy stockholder In me company
owning the coal field In the southern
end of Morrow county, but thus far
the property has never developed any
thing. During the terrible Heppner flood
of l'.lOt, Conner and his wife were
both swept down stream in their
house and both barely escaped with
their lives. He Is survived by his
wife. They had no children. He was
ne of the leaders in the relief work
following the flood.
The deceased was well known to
many people of this city and there Is
much sorrow here over the news of
his death. He was a member of the
Elks and Masons and wns personally
popular among those who knew him.
Mrs. W. E. Brock of this city, It a
sister of the deceased and she and Mr.
Rrock have been by his side at Hepp
ner during the past few das.
plant small quantities of beets as a
test crop and from there will go to
Walla Walla, where he hopes to make
contracts for a number of large tracts.
The beets raised west of the mountains
for a few years would necessarily have
to be shipped to La Grande to be man
ufactured Into sugar, but It the In
dustry would grow to any proportions
in this and Walla Walla counties, a
factory would be established near the
beet raising center and hundreds of
people would be employed in growing
heets on land rented by the company
at- Is now done In Grand, Ronde valley.
GEORGECONSEI
STATE RAILROAD GOBI
TIKES BIC SLICE III FREIGHT RITES
Salem, Ore., March 31. The state
railroad commission today ended the
most' important session In Its exist
ence, cutting the freight rates In Ore
gon from one-sixth to one-tenth of
the present first-class rate and all
ether freight rates accordingly.
IS III P0RTE10
Much Wanted Witness in the
Steve Adams C?se Has
Been in Hiding.
FLED TO ESCAPE HAH-
VKY RROWN'S FATE.
Knew Enough to Re Treated the Samo
us RakiT CouMjr'l Assassinated
Sheriff. Rut Saved III Lire by
skipping Has Received Many
Tempting Offer to Return to Idaho
and Testify AgalHM Adam Rut Will
Not Accept i in-ill.
Portland., March 31. The missing
witness in the Sieve Adams cage.
Archie Philip, whose testimony was
considered so valuable that the state
searched far and wide for him. turned
up In Portland today.
He states that he has been In the
District of Columbia In hiding. He
also declares he was hurried out of
the United States for far of the fate
of Haryey Brown, who was a friend
of his, and Wio knew much of the
same testimony he did.
He says he has been made many
tempting offers to return to Idaho
and he refidy to testify agatmtt Adams
hut wfn hot accept them. He says
the only thiryThat saved him from
suffering the same fate as Brown was
the fact that he left the country and
Drown oidn"t.
TOWER HAS RESIGNED.
"President Sends Tflll Nomination to
'Senate ami Is1 Referred to Foreign
Arrnirs Committee.
Washington, March 31. It was an
nounced at the White House today
that the resignation of Charlemange
Tower as ambassador to Germany had
been accepted and that It would take
effect June 1.
The president has sent the nomi
nation of David Jayne Hill as ambas
sador of Germany In to the senate
and It has been referred to the for
eign affairs committee and It Is
thought that the committee will tnjRo
up the matter of the Tower-HIH In
cident and Investigate It.
EVANS AT SAN DIEGO.
Admiral Arrhrs on Hoard the Con
necticut Tender Yankton Also Ar
rives. San Diego. Mar. 31. The battle
ship Connecticut with the tender
Ynnkton arrived here this afternoon
and anchored In the harbor. Evans
had not left the vessel -as yet.
.nnlwrsary of Holocaust.
Washington, March 31. Today Is
the anniversary of the destruction by
fire of the United States steam trans
port General Lyon, which burned off
Hatteras on March 31, 1865, with a
loss of nearly 00 men, women and
children. So far as known by the navy
department there are but two living
survivors of the holocaust, both now
living In Illinois.
DR, H. VOLP INSANE.
Former Fendleton Physician Taken
to the Asylum Suffering from Mor
phine Insanity.
Dr. H. Volp, formerly of this city.
has been taken to the Oregon Insane
asylum suffering from morphine In
sanity and almost a raving maniac.
He was taken In custody at his offices
in Portland Saturday and made a
desperate fight for liberty, begging
for morphine and calling for help
and upon reaching the office of the
city Jail where he was to be examin
ed he broke a library chair and using
one of the legs for a weapon caused
a commotion In the offices for a
time.
Dr. Volp Is a highly educated Ger
man physician and has had a most
Interesting career, having fought sev
eral duels while at college In Ger
many. His wife died in this city two
yenrs ago and he became despondent
and after leaving here for La Grande
neglected his practice and was 111
much of the time. He h is two daugh
ters, aged 14 and 16 years,
ARCHIE
The basis of the decision is that all
rates from Portland to points In west
ern Oregon east of The Dalles shall
be reduced In portion of excess
above the rate from Portland to The
Dallea, which Is 25 per cent on the
first-class rate.
ARMY
I
Scandal Dertain to Follow
Charges Made by Friends
ot Coi, W. F. Stewart.
ANOTHER AMERICAN
DREYFUS CASE UNCOVERED
Aged Former Commandant of Fort
RurralK-cs. Morula, Is Exiled from
Ft. Grant. Deserted ami Run Down
at Arlxonu lost With Single En
listed) Man ami Two Army Mules as
ompanion . Claim Made That
Stewart Was- L'njustly Accused and
Condemned Without Hearing.
Washington, Mar. 31. The army
is faeing a scandal as the result of a
report reaching here from San Fran
cisco that Col, William F. Stewart,
formerly in command of Fort Bar
rances, Florida, has been made' an
American "Dreyfus" by being exiled
to Fort Grant, deserted, run down at
a post In Arizona, where his only as
sociates are one enlisted man and two
srmy mules.
An investigation is sure to result
and a scandal seems Inevitable. If
the charges of Stewart's friends are
true and he has been condemned
without a trial or hearing, some one
in the war department will be called
upon to explain.
If. on the otjp-r hand, there Is some
justification for the barbarous treat
ment accorded the old officer, the
sensation will be greater. The Inci
deni Is veiled in mystery.
Stewart's friends say he was given
the alternative of resigning or tak
lng to the desert. The post refused
to sign a demanded inquiry. This
was refused and he was hustled to
Arizona where he says he has since
tried vainly to get a hearing.
ENGINEER'S NECK BROKEN.
Falls. From Cab and Is Killed Train
men Find Roily After Patrolling
Track.
Moscow, Mar. 31. Engineer Per
kins, engaged in the freight train
service of the Northern Pacific be
tween Spokane and Lewiston, was
killed at 7 o'clock Sunday evening
by falling from his engine, the acci
dent occurring on the Kendrlck hill
near Troy
From accounts of the accident It
appears Engilneer Perkins was tak
ing a heavy train down the hill with
a brakoman and fireman. Noting
that the engine was beginning to run
rapidly. Perkins' companions came
forward to find that he was not In the
engine. The speed of the engine was
checked and the track patolled back
for a distance of half a mile when
the dead body of Perkins was found
near the track. He had evidently
fallen from his cab. The fall result
ed In breaking his neck.
II. M. CAKE HERE NEXT MONDAY
Republican Candidate for the United
States senate Will Open Ills Cam
paign Here on April fl.
H. M. Cake, republican candidate
for the United States senate and
earnest and aggressive advocate of
statement No. 1, and the popular
election of united States senators
will make his first address in Uma
tilla county during the present cam
paign at the court house In this city
next Monday evening, April 6.
Mr. Cake will pass through the city
tomorrow night to La Grande, where
he will speak Thursday night, and
from there will go to Baker City for
an address, returning to this city for
his dale here on Monday evening. He
Is being enthusiastically received
everywhere and stands for the prin
ciple of popular election of United
States senators, one of the most im
portant political principles now be
fore !he people of Oregon and should
be given an enthusiastic greeting.
He is a logical and earnest spcak-
r in educated, capable man and has
not been connected with any political
scandals of Oregon and Is now in the
lead tor the nomination for the sen
ate. Govenor Curtis Guild of Massachu
setts Is reported to be recovering
frore a serious selge of Illness.
4- 4
NEW KIND F POWDER
CAUSE r EXPLOSION.
Washington, March 31. Lack
of familiarity with the new pow
der now In use In the navy Is
held responsible for the explo
sion yesterday on board the Mis
souri. The fact that the pow
der Is slower of combustion
jhan that formerly used was not
taken Into account by the gun
ners, say experts, and this caus
ed the accident.
TROUBLE AGAIN BREWING.
German Cruiser at Port Ail Prince to
Irotect Interest of German Citi
zens. Port Au Prince, Mar., 31. The ar
rival of the German cruiser Bremen
Is. likely to result In important events.
Alexis has determined to expel Herr
lleibold. according to close friends,
on a charge that he contributed
funds to the enemies of Alexis.
Germany, It Is added, has decided
to oppose this expulsion nnd to exact
the Immediate payment with Interest
added from the Haytlan government
of $300,000 bonds which Reibold
bought and paid cash for some time
ago.
The government also owes the Rei
bold firm money. The United States
cruiser Des Moines Is here watching
American Interests.
WARD M'AIiUSTER DEAD
Son of I anions Social Loader and For
mer District Judge of Alnskn.
San Rafael, Cal., March 31. Wnrd
McAllister, son of the famous social
leader of New York of 20 years ago,
and former United States district Judge
of Alaska, died today from shock
caused by an operation for appendi
citis. CHINA FOR JflPS
BLOODY BOYCOTT ORDERED
STOPPED AT ONCE
Jaimncse Foreign Office Warns Chi
nesc Government That Outrages
Must Cense Immediately Blood
shed litis Followed Violations of
Boycott Say Chinese Wink at Boy
cott ami Make Only Half Hearted
Efforts to Check It Will Expect
Indemnity.
Tokio, Mar. 31. The foreign office
today notified the Chinese govern
ment that the "bloody boycott" on
the Japanese now being conducted In
China must be stopped at once.
Bloodshed has followed the violations
of this boycott and to this the Jap
anese object.
A notice served to Tsung LI Ya
men broadly intimates that the Jap
anese believe the Chinese are wink
ing at the boycott making only half
hearted attempts to check it.
It warns China -tflat China will be
forced to indemnify Japanese mer
chants unless her authorities are
more diligent In breaking up the em
bargo. The situation Is one cause
of the renewal of the feeling against
the Chinese throughout the country.
GRAND JURY AFTER JACKSON.
New York Attorney General Accused
of I'lHlerhand Work in Demanding
Foe.
New York, March 31. The grand
Jury filed ft presentment In Judge
Foster's court today, which, It is al
leged, reflects upon the official con
duct of Attorney General 'Jackson.
Most of the testimony upon the find
ing Is based on alleged demands made
by Jackson for 50 per cent of the
fees of ex-Deputy Attorney General
White as receiver of the Hamilton
bank.
Jackson will appear in court this
afternoon to ask that the presentment
be stricken from the records.
A report says that Miss Elklns has
refused to marry the Due D'Abruzzi.
FRESH TROUBLE IN
FERTILIZING TRE SOU IT HERMISTON
, Colonel H. G. Newport, the pioneer
settler of Hermlston and the first man
to turn water from the ditches of the
Umatilla Irrigation project upon land
under that project, In actual Irriga
tion, has finished hauling 400 four
horse loads of manure from the gov
ernment stables nt the reservoir to
his land near Hermlston, a distance
of six miles, for the purpose of fer
tlllrlng the land and preventing the
llghter soil from blowing.
He says that he would buy every
pound of mnnure available In Pendle
ton if he can make suitable arrange
ments with the O. R. & N. for haul
1 IPTDfl AflflV umr
V M M NH nHlL
TO COI. TO TERMS
United States Prepares to
Defend Interests Special
Cabinet Meeting,
CONGRESS WILL LOOK IN
VENEZUELAN OUTRAGE.
Secretary Root Files All Correspon
dence or an Official Nature Bearing
Upon American Claim Against Yene
xuiian Government in the Asphalt
Claims With Congress Trumped
Up Cliarges, Seizure America
Goods and Violation of Contract
Charged.
U. S. Prepare for Action.
Washington. March 31. A
crisis In the affairs between the
United States and Venezuela Is
Imminent. At a special meeting
of the cabinet this afternoon
the advisability of a blockade
of ports of that country will be
discussed.
At a conference of the state
and navy departments today a
list of vessels ready for serv
ice was made out. Four cruis
ers are Included In this list, It Is
said.
New York, March 31. Secretary of
State Root today transmitted to con
gress all the correspondence of an of
ficial nature bearing upon the Amer
ican claim against the Venezuelan
government In the asphalt claims.
Drastic action against President
Castro and his government is expect
ed to follow. Five claims against
Venezuela are Involved. All are In
connection with asphalt claims.
Trumped-up charges against the,
company by Castro, seizure of Ameri
can property and violation of contract
are charged. Commissioner Calhoun,
who investigated for the United States.
holds that $10,000,000 damages as
sessed against the company by' the
Venezuelan supreme court was made
without giving the company a chance
to defend Itself -and on Insufficient
grounds.
PINCHED WITH A PITCHfYJRK.
.Man Wanted for Cashing Rad cheek
Found Hidden In Hay Mow.
Because he wrote a fictitious check
for $11.25 In favor of himself and had
the same cashed at Murrell's saloon.
Edward Barrett Is now languishing In
the county Jail and Incidentally he
is nursing an injured leg which he re
ceived at the time of his capture at
Helix yesterday.
Barrett passed the bogus check, on
Murrell Friday evening and on Sat
urday he left on the northbound N.
P. train. He stopped off In that little
city and there passed a $35 bogus
check at the Morrison store. Instruc
tions for Barrett's arrest were sent
out from here by Sheriff Taylor and
suspecting that their visitor was the
man wanted the Hellxltes started out
to find him He was located in a barn
where he had concealed himself un
der some hay. G. M. Lewis, the bar
ber, secured a pitchfork and by prob
ing In the hay succeeded In locating
the fugitive. Barrett is still limping
from n punch which he was given
with the fork.
STRIKE IS IMMINENT.
Gould Lines Slay Re Tied Up Unless
Closed Shop Order Is Restored.
Denver, March 31. A conference
between Gould railroad officials and,
the Union men will determine the
question of a general strike on the
road or the renewal of the closed
shop contract.
The Issue is based on the closed
shop. The bollermakers and black
smiths have voted to strike If the
contracts are not renewed.
ing it to Hermlston. He Is preparing
over 200 acres of land for alfalfa
this year and wishes to fertilize It and
enrich it and will take all the manure
lu can secure within reasonable dis
tance of the land.
Not only Is the manure vnluab as
a fertilizer and to prevent the lighter
soils from blowing, but It Is also used
In strengthening the ditches and In
scattering the water and vast quanti
ties will be used under the Hermiston
project in the next few years. It
possible that shipments will tH- made
from Walla Walla. Large quantities
will also be hauled from the Rutter
creek feeding pens.