EIGHT PAGES.
DAILY BAST ORKGOXIAN. PENDLETON, ORJBGOX. MONDAY, MAY 11. 1B0S.
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Irrigation Talk No. 18.
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and undecided m to where to send
your vehicle for repair, allow us to
suggest that thla ahop offer Induce
ment for food work promptly done,
and that little money aettles the bUI
for. Carriage repairing. Get your
buggy painted for iprlng. We hare
an expert painter who will do good
work reasonably. Old rlga made aa
good ai new.
See us for Gasoline. Engine, Hack.
Winona Wagon and Buggies.
NEAGLE BROS.
To be held In
PORTLAND, OREGON
JUNE 1 to 6, 1908
Will be the most brilliant
FLORAL FIESTA
and
CIVIC JUBILEE
Evfcr held In the Pacific Northwest
Portland. "The Rose City," will be a
scene of splendor and the center of
world-wide Interest tor one week.
Several Important conventions to be
held In Portland on that occasion.
TiiEO.iurj.co.
Will ell Special Tickets on thl occa
tlon from
PENDLETON
to Portland and return at
$9.15
FOR PARTICULARS CALL ON
F J. QUINLAN
Local Agent
Wm. MURRAY
General Passenger Vgent,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
RATES
WILL BE MADE BY THE
(lDoElnM
THIS SEASON AS FOLLOWS:
ROUND TRIP
TO
Chicago
St. Louis -St.
Paul
Omaha -Kansas
City
DIRECT
$72.50
67.50
63.15
60.00
60.00
Festival
EAST
TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE
- May 4. 18
June 5. 6. J9. 20
July 6. 7.-22. 23
August 6. 7. 21. 22
Good for return In 90 day with stop
over privilege at pleasure within
limit.
Doii'l Forget the Dales
For any further Information call on
F. J. QUINLAN, Local Agent
Or writ to
VM. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent '
PORTLAND, OREGON
The following excellent article on
Irrigation In the Willamette valley
was written by A. R, Black of Eu
gene for the Portland Chamber of
Commerce Bulletin and Is of such
timely Importance that It Is repro
duced In the East Oregonlan. It 1
Additional sunshine and heat can
not be obtained to grow crops In the
cold spring rainy season, but more
water can be put on the dry land In
the hot summer. Investigation will
prove that; sufficient heat and mouv
ture combined at the proper time, are
necessary to enhance production from
the soil to its maximum capacity. Ex
isting conditions positively establish
the great necessty of lrrgaton In the
Willamette valley.
The official rainfall records, for
the last twelve years, establish the
fact that the fruit trees, hop .vines
and crops, on an average, do not re
ceive one-fourth the necessary
amount of moisture at the proper
time to produce the best results, and
also that in some seasons there Is less
than one-fourth Inch rainfall In sixty
days In the hot summer.
The results are that the hop vines,
fruit trees and crops then struggle for
life, for want of the necessary moist
ure at the proper time. The products
are stunted and dwarfed, made In
ferlor In quality and mature, late. The
above would seem like almost perish
ing with thirst, within sight of spark
ling water, for want of energy to go
and drink. Nevertheless the climatic
records and existing conditions prove
the above statements are facts.
An object lesson to the fruit grow
ers of this valley has been practically
demonstrated In the field by the or-
chardlsts of the Rogue river valley,
which valley Is similarly situated be
tween the coast and Cascade ranges
of mountains, with Identical climatic
conditions n the summer sason. There
Irrigation has Increased the yield, dou
bled the net ncome, trebled the for
mer Intrinsic value of the land, placed
the fruit on par with the Hood river
production, and created a demand for
their fruit In the east, and In foreign
countries. Willamette valley or
chardlsts, with care and irrigation,
can produce the same results.' ,
Millions of dollars are annually
sent abroad for eggs, poultry, meats
and sugar which are consumed In
Oregon and Washington west of the
Cascade range. Irrigate the Willam
ette valley and you can keep a ma
jority of that money In western Ore
gon.
After fifty years of work there Is
less than onehalf the arable land In
the Willamette valley under cultiva
tion. The production from the land
tilled, on a general average. Is not
over one-half what the yield- from
the same land would be with modern
Irrigation. Alfalfa, beets rich In sac
charine matter, celery and other valu
able crops that connot now te suc
cessfully grown in this valley, can be
made a commercial success with Ir
rigation. The sugar beet scientifically farmed
has been proven a very valuable food
for stock. Cattle, sheep and hogs
fatten upon them and the sugar Is
converted Into meat Dairy cows
give valuable returns therefrom.
Stock growers take their stock to
where alfalfa and such sugar beets
are grown to fatten them for market.
When the sugar beet Industry Is
scientifically developed It will war
THE WAGE
A Washington dispatch says of the
comparative wages paid labor in dif
ferent sections of the United States:
The frontier west has disappeared,
and a new west has been born, never
theless It would appear that It holds
out greater inducements to the wage
earner of today than any other sec
tion of the United States.
The western man or woman who Is
employed In a manufacturing estab
lishment receives a much greater
compensation than his fellow work'
men elsewhere, according to a state
ment issued today by the census
bureau. The average per week
throughout the -west is $13.65 as
agnlnst $10.63 in the 'central north
states; $10.11 In the north Atlantic;
$8.33 In the south central, and $7.31
in the south Atlantic.
Ten dollars Is the average weekly
wage ' throughout the country. Some
trades average double 'this amount
diamond cutters earn $21.68 per week
and, on the other hand, the Ignor
ant, Illiterate workers In the turpen
tine Industry, those who gather the
crude gum, receive only an average
of $5.23 a week. Workers. In the
cotton sjed oil and cake Industry re
ceive on an average only $6.64 a
week
Both of these last two classes are
largely employed In the south, and
their poor compensation emphasizes
the fact that the southern workman
receives less than his brother crafts
men anywhere else In the country.
The census bureau explains the law
average in a measure by directing
attention to the comparatively recent
development , of the factory system
and the large percentage of women
and children and. negores employed.
In all statistics which the bureau
has compiled, including .123.703 es
tablishments and 3,297,819 wage
earners, It Is shown that women earn
far less than men. In the cotton
mills, female operatives make $6.03
a week; In shoe factories they earn
$7.60.
Many Women Workers.
As evidence of the extent to which
women earn their own livelihood, out
of three million old employes, 688,
599. or 17.9 per cent Were of the gen
tier sex. However, women drew only
11 per cent of the total list or 33,
633,481, as against $29,240,287 earned
by the man
Statistic of child labor are start
ling. Out of the total of employes,
rant the operation of beet sugar fac
torles In the. valley. Modern irrlga'
tlon will make the Willamette valley
the greatest, deciduous fsult, dairy
farm and stock feeding section In the
entire northwest.
If you will view this matter lmpar
daily you should be able to convince
yourself that the agricultural and
horticultural production of this val
ley, at this late day, is only in Its In
fancy until modern irrigation Is ap
pled, that dlversifed farmng will then
become, a realty that ten, twenty and
forty acres intensely cultivated farms
will then become the rule Instead of
the present 160, 320 and 640-acre
poorly cultivated farms, that It will
more than quadruple the rural pop
ulation In the district Irrigated, and
more than double the population and
volume of business in towns' in such
districts; but very few men realize
the great possibilities of production
from the soil in this valley.
Water can be made available to lr
rlgate the entire Willamette valley
without transgressing' on vested
rights. That the land In the Wlllam
etto valley was not put under Irrlga
tlon. twenty-five year ago, has been
and is a great detriment to western
Oregon.
Diversified farming under Irrlga
tion, green feel all year, dairy cows.
pigs, poultry and stock feeding com
bined will largely Increase their own.
era' bank account, make him Inde
pendent of the summer drouth, enrich
his land each year and enable the
farmers to produce more from forty
acres than they now can from a nun
drr d acres without Irrigation, quad
ruple the dairy industry, - establish
many new creameries and canning
plants and build and support thou
sands of desirable new homes In the
valley.
This article 1 not Intended to cast
any reflection on the present produc
tion from the soil in the Willamette
valley; nevertheless the fact cannot
be denied that the burning sun In the
last half of June and In July and Au
gust, without the necessary moisture1,
causes decreased yields. Remedy this
defect with irrigation and you will
create new production from nature'
storehouse of undeveloped resources,
Modern Irrigation in the Wlllam.
ette valley Is feasible and practicable.
also commercially advisable. It will
Insure a bountiful agricultural and
norucuiurai yieia as long as croDS
grow and water runs, When this
valley Is Irlgated It will support a
larger population that Southern Call
fornla. The business men and the
press of the cities and towns In the
valley can well afford to give the Im
portant subject of developing the lat
ent agricultural and horticultural re
sources their hearty support.
The present generation, without
any further -delay, should apply the
water to the dry land, utilize the
summer sunshine and heat to create
new agrlcultral and- horticultural pro
ductlon, make the conditions more ln
Lyltlng for rural homeseekers from
other states, establish the most de
sirable little empire within itself on
mis continent, secure and bold our
equitable share, of the population of
the coming coast empire, and place
the people of the Willamette valley
In the light In which they- should
strive to stand, viz., as active and en
terprising as the people of any section
of any state or nation.
SCHEDULES VARY
90,167, or 2.7 per cent were children,
receiving $312,023 per week. Thus
the average child worker received
only $3.46 a week, as contrasted with
the man's average earnings of $11.16
and the woman's of $6.17.
In cotton mills, children earn only
$3.21 per week, on an average; In to
bacco factjrles-the earnings were still
lower, the average being only $3 a
week, while In pickle factories the
average was only $1.84 a week.
In connection with the cotton In
dustry, the census office makes an
Interstlng comparison of the earn
ings In the north and those In the
south. By confining the comparison
establishments engaged In tha manu
facture of print cloths, it eliminates
to a considerable extent the differ
ences between the character of the
Industry in the two sections, and thus
presents a fair basis to measure dif
ferences In earnings. '
This comparison shows that the
average earnings of men were, In
New Kngland $8 62; In . the south
$5.14.' For women the average was.
In New England $7.23; In the south
$3.77; while for children the aver
age In New England was $4.45, ond
In the south $2.73.
For all classes of cotton operatives
the average weekly earnings in the
north were $7.6S as contrasted with
but $6.16 In the south.
One of the most striking "conclu
sions Inferred by the census report
on this subject Is that the figures In
dicate that the differences In average
earnings between large and small es
tablishments are slight. In those employing-
less than 10 wageenrners or
more, It was $10.24.
Week End Excursions to Hermlston.
Beginning Saturday, May t and
continuing Indefinitely during the
Summer, the O. R. ft N. will run ex
cursion to Hermlston and the gov
ernment reservoir, oq Saturday and
Sunday of each week. The ticket ov
er the railroad will include the pas
sage by stage from Hermlston to the
government dam. A round trip rate
of $2.80 ha, been made, from Pen
dleton, Including the stage trip to
the dam. Excursionists going down
on Saturday must return Sunday;
those going down on Sunday must re
turn on Monday. This promises to be
a delightful trip and offers every In
ducement to visit and Inspect tha 81,
000,000 government irrigation project
six mites from Hermlston.
Echo Office, Opposite Depot
Portland Office, Marquam Bld'g.
Want
FOR SALE.
MAPS CITY OF PENDLETON AT
East Oregonlan office. Frwe uc.
FOR SALE 160 ACRES, PARTLY
seeded to alfalfa: two good or
chard; house nicely furnished. Sev
eral nice springs; fine heep ranch;
good range; no reserve; very near
railroad, and arranged for two fami
ne. Addres 607, Weatherby, Ore.
FOR RENT.
UNFURNISHED HOUSEKEEPING
room for rent Enquire ai Easi
Oregonlan office.
FOR RENT TWO. THREE OR
tnnr.mam suits for housekeeping.
Addres S01 a Main street
Four Lines, in
Daily, Weekly
and Semi-Wkly
$1 jper month
PHYSICIANS.
J. A. BEST, PHYSICIAN AND 8UR-
geon. Office In Savings Sank
building. 'Phones: Office, main 164;
residence, main 175.
DRS. SMITH A TEMPLE, OFFICE
Smith-Crawford building, opposite
postofflce. Telephones: Office, Main
30: Dr. Smith's residence, Main 16;
Dr. Temple's residence, Main 11 J.
DR. R. E. RINGO, PHYSICIAN AND
Surgeon. Room 3 and 4 Bcnmiat
building. 'Phone, office main (21;
residence main IS.
II. S. GARFIELD, M. D., HOMEO-
oathlc Dhyslclan and surgeon. Of
fice Judd block. Telephones: Office,
black 3411; residence, red 16SS.
DR. D. J. M'FAUL, JUDD BLOCK.
Telephone, main 931; residence,
black 161.
DR. T. M. HENDERSON, PHYSI
clan and Surgeon. Office In Sav
ing Bank building, room 1. Office
phone, main 1411: residence, main
int.
DR. LYNN K. BLAKESLEE, CHRO-
nlc and nervous diseases, and dis
eases of women. X-Ray and Electro
Therapeutics. Judd building, corner
Main and Court streets. Office 'pnone,
Main 72; residence 'phone. Main 654.
OSTEOPATHS.
DOCTORS HOISINGTON. GRADU
ates of Klrksvllle SchooK Suite 6,
Association block. 'Phone Main (08.
All disease treated.
DENTISTS.
A. MANN, DENTIST, OFFICE
Main street, next to Commercial
ssoclatlon rooms, ' Office phone,
black 3421; residence phone red 8851.
RALPH C. SWINBURNE, DENTIST.
Room 17 Judd Building. 'Phone
black 3981.
DR. M. S. KERN, DENTAL SUR-
geon. Office, room 16, Judd build
ing. 'Phone red 3301.
VAUGHAN BROS.. DENTISTS, Of
fice In Judd building. 'Phone rea
1411.. .
DR. LLOYD D. IDLEMAN. DENTIST.
Sundays and holidays by appoint
ment Schmidt building. Pendleton,
Ore., 'Phone Main 623. Office hour
. m. to 6 p. m. .
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
DR. J. A. DONAGHUE. V. S., VET-
erlnary Surgeon and Dentist. Grad
uate of Ontario Veterinary College.
Office 120 W. Court St. 'Phone Main
20; residence 'phone black 3131.
DR. D. C. M'NABB. TOCAL STATE
Stock Tnnnector and member State
Veterinary Board. Office TaUman'
drug store. 'Phono main 186.
UPHOLSTERING.
WHEELER UPHOLSTERING CO.
Upholstering and furniture repair
ing. Carpet cleaned and layed. (20
Thompson street, 'Phone black 3652,
Pendleton, Ore.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES.
CITY LIVER STABLE. THOMPSON
street Carney A Kennedy.. Props.
Livery, feed and sale stable. Good
rig at all times. Cab line in collec
tion. 'Phone main 7(1.
We might cite instances by the hundred showing
the phenomenal returns from fruit raising and the
great value of Orchards. Five (5) acres of peaches,
pears, apples or cherries have often made the owner
independent for life.
Strawberries will often produce $500 per acre even
when planted" between the small trees, affording an
income while the trees are coming on. Cherries ripen
here in May and are always in demand. One man in
this section netted 523 a tree last year and counting
60 trees to the acre his income would be $1380 per
acre. . Prices low now. Get our terms.
Advertisements
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families to take advantage 01 our
fine premium offers, given to old or
new subscribers to the Dally, Weekly
and Semi-Weekly East Oregonlan.
t
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market for used articles. Ton
can obtain cash for anything of
Talus.
CLASSIFIED
DIRECTORY
51 TJEjW&Cr i... 1
attorneys:
JAMES A. FEE, LAW OFFICE IN
Judd building.
CARTER ft SMYTHS, ATTORNEYS
at law. Office in Savings Bank
building.
JAMES B. PERRY. ATTORNEY AT
Law. Office over Taylor's hard
ware store.
LOWELL ft WINTER, ATTORNEYS
and counsellors at law. Office In
Despaln building.
GEORGE W. COUTTS, LATE COUN
ty attorney from Idaho. Civil and
criminal law. Estates settled, wills,
deeds, mortgages and contracts drawn.
Collections made. Room 17, Schmidt
block.
PETERSON ft WILSON, . ATTOR
neys at Law, rooms S and 4 Smith
Crawford building.
RALEY, RICHARDS ft RALEY, AT
torneys at law. Office In Savings
Bank building.
G. W. PHELPS, ATTORNEY AT
Law. Smith-Crawford building.
JOSEPH T. H INKLE, ATTORNEY
at Law. Office In Association block
at head of stairs.
R. J. SLATER. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In Association block, at head
of stair.
PRUITT ft OLIVER. ATTORNEYS
at Law. Rooms 10, 11, 12 and IS,
Association Block.
INSURANCE AND LAND BUSINESS
HARTMAN ABSTRACT CO., MAKES
reliable abstracts of title to all land.
In Umatlllw county. Loans on city
and farm property. Buys and sell
all kinds of real estate. Does a gen
eral brokerage business. Pay taxet
and makes Investments for non-residents.
References, any bank In Pen
dleton. JAMES JOHNS, Pres.
W. S. HENNINGER, Vlc-Pre
C. H. MARSH, Sec.
J. M. BENTLEY REPRESENTS TH3
oldest and most reliable fire and
accident Insurance companies. Offlcf
with Hartman Abstract Co.
ARCHITECTS. CONTRACTORS, ETC
D. A. MAY. CONTRACTOR AND
Builder. Estimates furnished on
all kinds of masonry, cement walks,
stone walls, etc. Leave orders at Easi
Oregonlan office.
T. M. KELLER, PLASTERING.
brick and cement work. Estimate
furnished free. Work guaranteed
'Phone red 2931.
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
PENDLETON CHAPTER No. 88
meets second and fourth Friday
evenings In regular convocation, at
Masonlo hall.
PENDLETON LODGE No. (3. A. F.
and A. M.. meets the first and third
Mondays of eaoh month. All visiting
brethren are invited.
COLUMBIA LAND COMPANY
D. B. Costuma, Manager
Main & Webb Street
Pendleton, Ore.
WANTED.
WANTED POSITION AS BOOK
keeper and stenographer or as ste
nographer in office. Over one year's
experience In law office. Address box
103, La Grande, Ore.
WANTED HIGHEST CASH PRICK
paid for rags. Must be large and
clean. Call at this office.
FARMERS BRING MB TOUR
Poultry, Butter and Eggs. HlghsC
cash pries paid at aH times. Nsi
poultry house. E. H. Stark, Prop.
Wholesale and retail. West Webb
street Formerly Missouri black
smith shop.
I Read the East Oreaonlan.
Extra Lines
over Four, 25
Cents per Line
per month
SECOND-HAND DEALERS.
V. STROBLE. DEALER IN SECOND
hand goods. If there la anything
you need In new .and second-hand
furniture, stoves, granlteware and
crockery, call and get his price. No.
212 Court street
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
M. A. RADER, FUNERAL DIRBC
- ter and licensed erabalmer. Grad
uate of the Chicago Cellege of Em
balming. Corner Main and Webb
streets. 'Prone main 130. Funeral
parlors In connection.
BAKER ft FOLSOM, FUNERAL Di
rectors and licensed embalmera.
Opposite postofflce. Funeral parlor.
Tyo funeral cars. Calls responded t
aay or nigni. f none main (0.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MRS. C. H. BEITEL HAS THOR-
oughly repapered and pajnted the
City Hotel at Pilot Rock, and would
be pleased to see all her old patrons
again.
SINGER STORE SEWING MA-
chines sold, rented and repaired.
Needles, belts, oil and attachments of
all kinds. 126 W. Court St, Phono
Red 3571.
HORACE W. KING, CIVIL ENGIN
eer and Surveyor. Room 11, De
spaln Building.
LET ELECTRICITY DO YOUR
work It's clean, reliable and con
venient. Electric Sad Irons, guaran
teed. 35.25. Electric Hot Water and
Curling Iron Heaters, Electric Coffee
Percolators, etc. A complete stock of
Gas and Electric Fixtures. Flrst-clasa
wiring of homes, etc. J. L. Vaughan,
122 W. Court street
PENDLEON IRON WORKS RE-,
pair work on all kinds of machines,
structural Iron work and machine
castings. Junction of Court and Alta
streets. Marlon Jack, Prop.; A. F.
May, manager.
CHINA NOODLE RESTAURANT.
Ung D. Goey, proprietor. Drop In
of an evening and get a. hot bowl of
noodles. Alta street, back of Tall
man's. SLOM KEE, CHINESE LAUNDRY;
family washing; work done by
hand; mending free; goods called for
and delivered; 408 Court street.
WANTED CLASSIFIED ADS, SUCH
as help wanted; rooms or houses
for rent; second-hand gooda tor sale;
In fact, any want you want to get
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six times, 70 cents. Five lines on
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six time, 31-16. Count six words
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cover the amount.
While watching the partlcu-
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you do not overlook all the
other want ads.