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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
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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.