East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, April 27, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text4 EIGHT PAGES. DAILY EAST OKEtiOMAN, PUNDLKrrON, OREGON. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1908. PAGE THREJL GOVERNMENT Will flEIIJ RETENTION OF 2.500.000 ACRES BY O.& G. O. & C. Land Gram, Contains total of 3,2CO,000 acre. Of this, 760,000 are sold, 2.- 600,000 still unsold, I Unsold portion worth average of $26 per acre. Total value Is 162,600,000. If government wins, will bo sold at $2.60 an acre, or at total 16,250,000. Grants contain greater area than Rhode Lsland and Dela- ware combined. Government will begin suit to recover these lands within 60 days In the federal court In Portland. bcr lands to the big timber syndicates In tfacts of from 60,000 to 76,000 acres, and nobody knows how much they got for It, "Whenever any people have settled on quarter sections and have gone to the land agents of the O. & C. com pany and tendered them $2.60 an acre for this land, and' demanded a deed, the railroad officials have laughed at them, but with the Fulton resolution now effective there is no reason why the entire tract from East Portland to the southern boundary of Oregon should not now be settled with amaz ing rapidity, for It gives bona fide settlers much greater guarantee that they will eventually win out than they have had up to this time." The essential feature of the situa tion and the one that will mean great PaHsitge of Fulton resolution will mean a great rush of set tlers to Oregon. Grant contains between 15, 000 and 16,000 homesteads. lining ror uregon in tne event of the governments nnai victory in the courts is the fact that no time is to be lost In bringing the matter before the federal court In this district On the other hand, the O. & C. com pany may be depended upon to put I up a powerful fight, for the reason Within the next 60 days, orobablv tnat tn possession of $60,000,000 much sooner, the government and the WOrtn 01 lan(1 18 Involved; a tract OreKon & California railroad com- M"88er than two entire states of the pany will be locking horns over the unlon- anJ Increasing In value very posiM'sslon of the unsold portion (2.- raPaiy 600.000 acres) In the lands eranted to the comnnnv In the act. of con- AlJ1 llUiu ru imu bhA, rress In 18(6 and 1RA9. The battle will be waged In the fedoral courts ''""'and Automonllbnn to Build HIgb In the Oreiron dlHtrlct. In other words w Moria, the Issue will be Joined In Portland, Shirtwaists for a Song 7 - The daintiest lingerie yvail at mot alluring prices. These Beautiful Creations for Friday and Saturday $2.00 values at $1.25. $2.50 values at $1.50 $3.50 values at $2.39. $5.00 values at $3.50 AT Pendleton Cloak and Suit House r Buy of us and it's allright See Display in Big Window CANT BE SEPARATED. Sonus Pendleton People Have Learn ed How to Get Rid of Both. Backache and kidney ache are twin Nineteen hundred and eight will see brothers. You can't separate them. B. D. Townsend, the special agent! at least one big achievement by the of the interior dpnartmont. who made Portland Automobile club. In thn com an exhaustive investigation of the Dletlon of the DroDOsed hlihwav from An1 you can't get rid of the bach. grants and who drew up the Fulton Portland to the sea, says the Oregon! ache until you cure the kidney ache, resolution, will come to Portland uaiiy journel. This project Aas long if the lfldneva are well and stronir. within the next 30 days and prepare been agitated In a desultory way by the rest of the system Is pretty sure iu insuiuie proceedings against roe various interests, and until tne Anto-to foe n vigorous health. curpurauun on oenau 01 me govern- muoue ciuo iook up me worK ana ai-1 Doan's Kidney Pills make strong, mem. ine ruiion resuiuuun was reciea concentrated eirori upon 11 lit-lv,itv, LMn.. B. Logadon, living at 1223 T street. I subject to attacks of kidney trouble Inn) hnrk.irhA fnr fmir or five v.ir a reality I m. -nl,ut n within the next 90 days, and before I. . . ' ... , ucvauig iiiui c iicuciit ao tunc ncin on. I had pains In my back, head aches and the secretions from my kidneys caused me to arise many passed by the house Saturday by an tie progress was made. AHMnihtttmtnH m a In-!.. A 111 k. Tl'l.t. . 1 1 . , ... I ' I,- , v ? - " mi ;:Y ..v. . . "-operation or u Grande( 0re.. says: "I have been B.vw vj .,v .vo.w.,fc ..v , noiui ia lllttiiilj.'r Ul l tllll mr rce ailQ ine next few days. As soon as that has county authorities of Columbia coun- bcen done, the government will pro- ty. the road will become ceed Immediately with legal action. Private advices received In Port-1 the end of July a vehicle may make land this morning are to the effect! fast time from Portland to Seaside, that Mr. Townsend has practically I over one of the most picturesque rirafto.t lh notlflnn nhlnh mill h. riUlill In tho nrnrlrt. ThA ma A will hr .hnrllv ftr hi. arrival follow ho rmintv tilrttwav nnt r.. tlmeS during the night. I had heard The petition will be a bill In equity, LInnton and along the Willamette "0 n,.uch about Dan' Kidney Pills aslclnr the federal court to declare I river through Holbrook. Scannnose the unsold portion of the O. & C. grant Warren, Tankton, Perls. Pittsburg an J cured a box- 1 took them but a 8nort forfeited to the government because Mist. tlme when the pains disappeared and of the violations of the act of con- The Portland section of the road my kidneys were restored to their gress perpetrated by the railroad com- will end at Vesper, and from that former good health. I am glad to oanv In selling the other Dart of the point it will be built bv the Astoria recommend Doan's kidney pills to grant, approximately 800,000 acres In people. The latter have the west dl- others." extent. , vision already well under way, andl For sale by all dealers. Price B0 it in nntlrlnatert that the O. & C. 'W have their contract completed by cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, company will appeal the matter to the middle of July. The road will New York, sole agents for the TTnl the supreme court of the United run Inland some distance after pass- ted States, States and In case the government Ir.g Vesper, and will touch Jewell, Remember the name Doan's and wins In that tribunal: It Is more than thence back toward the Columbia. It I take no other. likely that the secretary of the Inte- j will pnss through Olney, and from rlor will restore the 1,600,000 tract there direct to Astoria, Warrenton, to entry, giving the public a chance KJearhart and Seaside to file on It under the homestead or Between St. Helens and Vesper the timber and stone act. new highway will open a region now As the matter now stands, follow- comparatively Isolated, hut which will m ih artnntlon of the Fulton reso- bp developed Into a rich dairylna infinn thor I llkelv to be the ereat- country. est rush of actual settlers to all sec- The Improvement of the ro.id from tlons of the grant throughout the Tortlnnd to Vesper will cost $1000 per .int uithin th next few months, nille, and the distance Is 40 miles, Mnrh of the land Is very desirable. One-third of this amount will be rals nd while a aood deal of It Is covered M by subscription by the Automobile with timber, it cannot be excelled for cIuh. ad the other two-thirds will be agricultural purposes when cleared. Pnll by Columbia county. I'd to'the present time only about 26 actual settlers have had the hard- Bcatli Was On III Heels. ihood to settle on quartersectlon tracts Jesse P. Morris of Skippers, Va.. OREGON'S OPPORTUNITY Colonist Rates from all parts of the United States and Can ada to all parts of Oregon and the Northwest will be again put Into effect by THE OREGON RAILROAD NAVIGATION COMPANY and the SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (Lines In Oregon.) March 1, 1908 and will continue dally throughout March and April. From the principal cities of the Middle West the rates will be as follows FROM FROM KANSAS CITY $30.00 COUNCIL BLUFFS 130.00 ST. LOUIS $35.00 OMAHA $30.00 CHICAGO $88.00 ST. PAUL $30.00 Corresponding rates from all other Eastern points. 8topover at pleasure at all points In Oregon. The Colonist Rate la the greatest of all horaebullders. Oregon has unlimited resources and needs more people who deelre homes and larger opportunities. Oregon people can accomplish splendid results by heralding this opportunity t. all the world. Send Oregon literature giving good, reliable Information about the state, far and wide. Call on the on the above railroads for It If necessary. FARES CAN BE PREPAID. Here at home If desired. Any agent la authorized to accept the re quiring deposit and telegraph ticket to any point Call on F. J. .Qulnlan, local agent, or address WM. M "MURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland. of the grant, about 20 of them In Co- had a close call In the spring of 190. lumbia county and about five In Lone "e says: "An attack of pneumonia county. They have taken this step lft me so weak and with such a on the heorv that the O. & C. com- fearful cough that my friends de- pnny had no right to these lands, and clared consumption had me, and mrw h law must sell them to bona aatn was on my neels. Then I was fide Bcttlers and In not more than persuaded to try Dr. King's N.w Die ISO-acre tracts and at a price not covery ana arter taking two and a over 12.50 ner acre. These actual half bottles I was a well man again. settlers have all pooled their Interest, I nd out that New Discovery Is have placed their claims in the hands best remedy for coughs and lung of A. W. Lafferty, a local lawyer, who disease In all the world." Sold un declared this morning that the pas- ar guarantee at xanman co.'s drug snire of tho Fulton act is the greatest "tore. 60e and $1.00. Trial bottle victory for the government Imagln able, and will mean a tremendous ruHh of settlers onto these lands with in the next few months. "I believe there will be an unpre cedented rush of actual settlers onto these lands from now on," said Mr. Lafferty, this morning. "Hundreds of people huvc been waiting to see what the outcome would be when Mr. Townsend took his fight Into con. gress In the form of the Fulton reso lution. Now that home-seekers, ac tual bona fide settlers see that the government Is taking the matter se riously, they will flock to these1 lands at a faster rate than the Btate has ever known. I am confident of that. I look to see a good share of the most avallablo parts of the unsold portions of the grant gobbled up within the next six months, not only by people In this state, but from all over the country. Value- of the Land. "Tho railroad company, I under stand, holds these lands worth about 2S an acre, and the settlers under the law are entitled to buy them at $2.60 an acre. The 21 suits which I have filed in tho courts here are the only coses so fnr where people have undertaken to compel the Oregon & California company to live up to the law as set down in the acts of con gress of 1868 and 1869." Lafferty prepared a resume of the legislation and historical facts rela tive to the land grants to the O.- & C. company for Attorney-General Bon aparte, and this resume was used ef fectively In Hie hearings before the public land commutes of the senate and tho house In the fight for the pansnge of tho Fulton resolution. "The contention of the, railroad compnny hns been all along," contin ued Mr. Lafferty, "that It had a clear title to these lands, and that It could not be compelled to sell for $2.60 an acre or in tracts of only 160 acres each, and then only to actual settlers. They have sold a great deal of tlm- free. IIERMISTON HOMESTEADS. Excellent Opportunity to Get Homo steads Williln Milo of City. There Is no government land now open to entry under the Hermlston project except through relinquish ments by entrymen who filed prior to the entry of the government and who must now relinquish part of their land back to the government. We have a numbor of relinquish ments In tho 20-acre farm unit with in one mile of Hermlston wb'ch can now be filed upon. rRUITT & OLIVER. 11-14 Association Block. A Twenty Year Sentence. "I have just completed a 20 year health sentence, Imposed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which cured me of bleeding piles just 20- years ago," writes O. S. Woolever of LeRaysvllle, N. Y. Bucklen's Arnloa Salve heals the worst sores, bolls, burns, wounds and cuts In the shortest time. 36c at Tallman & Co.'s drug store. According to a report from Rose burg, even the saloon men of Doug lass county believe the county will go dry nt the coming election. As & re sult of this fenr, snloon property hns taken a decided slump In value. TEA Yoli will find no poor tea in packages bearing: our name. If you find any such, you know what to do. Tour gtecr ntvnt roir mm K '' tft ScaUUar'i W ala. mmlml hmk for I liave the best proposition on irrigated lands that is now open to the investing pub lic. It has passed the experimental and speculative stage and is recognized by all as a safe and profitable investment. This land is on tho Deschutes river in Crook county, and the government reports of tho United States Irrigation Commission class tho Deschutes river as the "BEST RIVER FOR IRRIGATION IN THE WORLD Those are the exact words used in the report. This river is higher, by about 12 inches, during the months from Hay till August, than at any other time of the year. It never has a freshet or flood in the spring as other rivers do, but a gradual rise of about 12 inches during the summer months. Tho Deschutes Irrigation and Tower Co have now 80,000 acres under their ditches, over 40,000 acres k-ing already disposed of, and nearly half of that amount will be cul tivated and improved this year. No land anywhere can beat this for grains, grasses, vegetables and root crops, and few can equal it for winter apples. I talked with one man who sold last year $2400.00 worth of vegetables from 16 acres of ground, and another man only a short distance from him sold $1600.00 worth of vegetables from S acres of ground. These men are good farmers and have had exper ience, and have proved what the land will do if properly handled. Such land, improved and cultivated, is worth $200.00 per acre, to any man who will use it, and make the most out of it, yet you can buy that same land before May 1st for $33.00 per acre. After May 1st the price i $40.00. These prices include a perpetual water right. You pay one-fourth, (or $8.25) per acre down and the same amount each year until all is paid. After the first year you must also pay 80 cents per acre main tenance fee, for keeping up the ditches and canals. Any man who will go onto this land and work it can pay out on it, from the second year's crop and have money left, and his land will bo worth four times what he gave for it. If it is not, cultivated it will double its value in two years, and if the railroad reaches tho country within two years, as is now expected and predicted by all, a man who owns land near Bond or Redmond may put his own price on his land, and it will sell. The climate is delightful, being near the mountains, and timber reaches down to the city of Bend, making a source of great wealth and industry, that will help to make Bend a large city within the next five years. The Deschutes river has a fall of nearly 700 feet in 12 miles above Bend, furnishing about 250,000 horse-power, to be used in manufacturing industries, electric railroads and all kinds of development of the country. These .resources surrounding this land make it the best proposition now open to the small or large investor, and by buying within the next few days, you save $7.00 per acre. The land is cheap at $40.00 and no other irrigated land is offered at such a price. If the railroad were already there, this land would be placed on the market at $100 per acre or higher. Can you find a safer or moro attractive investment? -- Select a piece of this land from my plat;-, and if you are not satisfied with it, you may change the location any time within 00 days. You have all to gain and nothing to lose. R. E. TARBET A dent for Deschutes Irrigated Lands. Nominees for June Election J. Hudeman DEMOCRATIC N'OMIXEE FOIt COUNTY COMMISSIONER; At the election to be held June 1, 190t Ralph Folsom (Present Incumbent) REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR COUNTY CORONER At election to be held June 1, 1908. G. W. Phelps (Present Incumbent) REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY At election to be held June 1, 1908. T. D. Taylor (Present Incumbent) DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR SHERIFF At election to be held June 1, 1908. Horace Walker - (Present Incumbent) REPUBLICAN NOMINEE ' FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER At election to be held June 1, 1908. My platform: "Permanent ImproTe- menta." John Q. Peebler DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR RECORDER OF CON VEY AN- CES. At election to be held June 1, 1908- C. P. Strai am (Present Incumbent) DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR At election to be held June 1, 1908. BREWERY SALOON J. P. Sullivan, Prop. Distributor of the famous CEDAR BROOK and OLD JOE GIDEON iWhiskies Large stock of leading brands of wines, liquors and cigars. East Court street, next to Brewery. The Brewery Depot SALOON Main Street Paul Hemmelgarn, Prop. Invites all his friends to call for a glass of the best beer In town. A cool, orderly stopping place for men. Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Mixed Drinks. Col, Forgy's Placo Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars Served. Card and Billiard Room in connection. Expert Mixologists For Gentlemen Only. PE N D LET 0 N-U Kl A H STAGE Dally trips between PendleUn and Jkiah. except Sunday. Stage leaves t-'endleton at 7 a. m.. arrives at Ukjah at 6 p. m. Return stage leaves Uklah at 6 p. m.. arrives at Pendleton at 6 p. m. Pendleton to Uklah. $3.00; Pen dleton to Alba. $2.75; Pendleton to Ridge, 92; Pendleton to Nye, 11.80; Pendleton to Pilot Rock, II.