East Oregonian : E.O., May 27, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

FAGS TWO.
DATXT EAST OKI GOXIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1908.
EIGHT PAGES.
LAST WEEK
OF THE BIG MA Y SALE
at
The Peoples Warehouse
36 in. Black Silk Taffetas, $1.25 values at - 85c
36 in. Black Silk Taffetas, $1.50 values at - 98c
36 in. Black Silk Taffetas, $1. 75 values at $1.25
Your choice of all $1.25 Fancy Silks at, yd. 75c
Your choice of all Novelty Wool Dress Goods at
1-2 Price.
Take Advantage;
The Peoples Warehouse
Where it Pays to Trade
Save Your Coupons
200 CONTESTS
TO IE DECIDED
MAN Y TRY TOIl SEATS
AT CHICAGO MEETING,
Majority of ConlcMtiil Case Come
From South and Nearly Every In.
hUiikv I a Case of Taft Aiciilnst Uic
FMil War Seeretary'a Men Will IU
KueceNNful in NiimlxT of Instances.
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BEST PROJECT YET RECLAIMED
Since the Umatilla Irrigation pro
ject was formally opened today, the
following facts about the project, ta
ken from a booklet prepared by Her
miston people and Just isued from the
press of the Hermiston Herald, will
be Intensely Interesting.
Although the readers of the East
Oregonian are familiar with all fea
tures of the project, yet there Is a
perennial freshness about the subject
and something new is discovered in
every Item about the project.
The article from the booklet is as
follows, in part:
The Umatilla irrigation project, now
under construction by the United
States reclamation service, is situated
in the west portion of Umatilla coun
ty, Oregon, at the Junction of the
Umatiila and Columbia rivers,
and consists of twenty thousand
acres of very productive sandy loam,
more commonly called volcanic ash.
It is triangular shaped, with the three
railroad points Hermiston, Umatilla
and Cold Springs, at the three angles,
to constitute shipping stations.
The soil Is adapted to the growing
of all fruits grown outside of tropical
countries, Is the natural home of al
falfa, where from four to five crops
may be cut annually; potatoes, sweet
potatoes and vegetables of all kinds
-will be gorwn successfully. Grain and
alfalfa crops pay well, but the farmer
will find the various fruits yield lar
gest returns. The soil is free from
a'.kali, and moreover, the slope of the
underlying strata of rock is such that
combined with a porus old, trouble
from this source is extremely Improb
able. Tie climate is very warm in
summer and the season between frosts
is as long as, or longer than, any other
place In the west. The altitude be
lng about 450 feet above sea level, the
danger of destructive frosts is reduced
it a minimum.
This is an exceedingly important
factor in fruit growing. A report on
the project by a United States gov
ernment official expert in such mat
ters, Thomas M. Means, gives the
length of the season as 14 days more
hours of sunlight from April to Octo
ber, inclusive, than southern Califor
nia. He also states that there are 30
growing days more than in North
Yakima and vicinity. The average
.rain fall is about 9 inches. The early
spring enables the producer to get
fruits on an early market, thus get
ting the highest prices obtainable.
No part of the project Is more than
five miles from a railroad station.
About 15,000 acres are In private
ownership, patented and otherwise.
This land is held at $60 to $150 per
Acre, not Including water right
The water for reclaiming the land
Is taken from the Umatilla river
through a feed canal 25 miles long,
and held In a reservoir which covera
about 1300 acres, holding 50,000 acre
feet of water, or enough to cover the
entire tract of 20,000 acres to a depth
of two and ene-half feet during the
summer season after two full Irriga
tions have been had In the spring.
There is absolutely no danger of any
scarcity In the supply of water. It
U brought by the government to the
"highest point on each 40 acres. The
very best well water can be procured
at a depth of from 20 to 40 feet. The
Cold Springs dam la now under con
atructlon and when completed will be
17 feet high. E00 feet across the base
and. Including the wings, will be 1500
feet long. About 250 men, 100 teams
and five locomotives are employed In
the construction.
Cost of Water.
One million one hundred thousand
dollars has been allotted to complete
the entire system; it is estimated that
water will cost not more han $60 per
acre, Inclusive of the cost of main
tenance of the entire plant for 10
years after completion of the work.
This money will be returned t'o the
secretary of the Interior at the 'rate
of $6 per acre annually for 10 years
without Interest, or figuring on a cash
basis the water right will cost only
$35 per acre. The first payment is
due when application is made for the
water an.d payable in not more than
one year.
Each owner of land under. th
ditch becomes a member of the Wa
ter Users' association to the extent of
one share of stock for each acre own
ed. The stockholders elect a board
of directors, who in turn elect offi
cers to serve one year. The associa
tion acts as agent to transact the
business between the government and
the individual. In making a contract
with the secretary of the interior to
pay back the money spent and takes
a mortgae from the individual to se
cure payment of the same. The
headquarters of the association is at
Hermiston.
Homesteadi.
About 4000 acres will be thrown
open to homestead entry under the
five-year settlement only, in tracts of
10, 20 and 40 acres, according to
proximity to the different towns; this
will be free, costing nothing but the
homestead filing fee and the payment
of the cost of the water service,
which is levied pro rata upon lands
under the ditch. It Is not expected
patent will be issued for this land un
til the water has all been paid for. Any
rrtan who Is a citizen and has not used
his homestead right; any woman who
is a widow, the head' of a family or a
single person, may file on the land,
but not both husband and wife.
Persons holding 160 acres before
the commencement of operations by
the government on the project may
retain the whole of It and obtain wa
ter for the same, but It is the wish
of the reclamation service that the
land be cut In small holdings to oh
tain the highest degree of cultivation
and make all the homes posible. Un
der no conditions can one person ob
tain water for more than 160 acres.
The time of opening the public land
will not be later than March 1, 1909;
due notice will be given by the Inte
rior department.
STRIKE OF PAYING GANG.
Yuklnm Street Work Stopped by La
bor Troubles.
Work on grading North Yakima's
business streets preparatory to pav
ing, came to a standstill Tuesda
when 65 men threw down picks and
shovels and refused longer to work
for $1.75 per day, says the Yakima
Republic.
The strikers ask for $2 per day and
will not work for less, they declare.
There are two men at work on the
job now without counting the team
sters, who would not strike In sym
pathy with the shovel men.
Contractor McKlvor refuses to meet
the demand of the strikers. When
phoned to by his time-keeper while
he was at lunch as his home, he re
plied: "Let 'em go; I can get 10 times as
many men as I need from Seattle or
Taconia. They will be glad to work
for $1.50 per day, and so will these
fellow-3 before the Job Is over."
Contractor Refuse o Fay More.
Immediately following the conver
sation over the phone Mr. McKlvor i
appeared on the scene where stood
hundreds of men, some shouting their
sympathy to the striking laborers
while others denounced them for
theln stand. There Is, however, more
sentiment favorable to the strikers
than there Is against them. Mr. Mc
Kivor called the men together and ad
dressed them, saying:
"Any man who wants to go to work
for the usual wages may pick up hi
shovel and begin. Ail men who think
$1.75 is not enough and wh orefuse to
work unless paid more may walk to
my office and receive their pay for the
half day they have worked. I can do
very well without you, boys. Yo
need not come back unless you In
tend working for the price I have
been paying you."
Chicago, May 27. With the expira
tion today for the tlmo allowed con
testants for seats in the republican
national convention to file their pa
pers with the republican national
committee, It is evident that from 150
to 200 places are to be decided. The
committee will meet early next month
and from that time until the opening
of the convention the contests will be
heard.
In a majority of the contests it is a
case of Taft against the field. Nearly
all of the contests, Including several
for delegations at large, come from
the southern states, the most notable
exception being the sixth district of
Ohio, where an antl-Taft delegation
Is seeking seats In the convention.
From present appearances the Taft
men will be successful In a majority
of the contests.
In no republican national conven
tion since 1892 have there been so
many federal officeholders as dele
gates as there will be In the conven
tion which is to gather in Chicago on
June 16. In the southern states there
Is the usual downright feud between
the Lily "Whites and the out and out
black delegates for recognition, and
It is over these contests that the na
tional committee is expected to have
the mosr trouble. There are to be
992 delegates at the convention, as
follows:
Alabama, 22; Arkansas. 18; Califor
nia, 20; Colorado. 10; Connecticut, 14;
Delaware, 6; Florida, 10; Georgia, 26;
Idaho, 6. Illinois, 54; Indiana, 30;
Iowa, 26; Kansas, 20; Kentucky, 26;
Ixmlslana, 18; Maine, 12; Maryland,
16; Massachusetts, 32; Michigan, 28;
Minnesota, 22; Mississippi, 20; Mis
souri, 36; Montana, 6; Nebraska, 16;
Nevada, 6; New Hampshire. 8; New
Jersey, 24; New York, 78; North Car
olina, 24; North Dakota, 8; Ohio, 46:
Oklahoma, 14; Oregon, '8; Pennsyl
vania, 68; Rhode Island, 8; South Car
olina 18; South Dakota, 8; Tennessee,
24; Texas, 36; Utah, 6; Vermont. 8;
Virginia, 24; Washington, 10; West
Virginia, 14; Wisconsin, 26; Wyoming,
6; District of Columbia, 2; Alaska, 6;
Arizona. 6; Hawaii, 2; New Mexico,
6; Philippine Islands, 2; Porto Rico,
4 .
Successful Well Diggers.
Parties wishing wells bored or
drilled should call on or address West
Brothers, Pendleton, Ore., or leave
orders at Taylor Hardware Oo. They
guarantee a hole as deep as you
want.
Stock Pastured.
Stock taken for pasture. Good run
ning water ant! no barbed wire fences.
Any number taken; prices reasonable.
Address "K. S." this office.
Wanted, at Once.
Good clean rags; market price paid.
East Oregonian office.
DeWltt's Utile Early Risers art
mall, safe, sure and gentle little pllla
Sold by Tallman Co.
Walla Walla Airedales Service,
Railway mail service between
Walla Walla and Wallula and Walla
Walla and Pendeton was started last
night, sys the Walla Walla Bulletin.
This will result In considerable saving
of time In the local postofflce as tho
mall which has been made up and
pouched in the local office will here
after, be made up on the train by the
railway mall clerk. This shuld make
the distribution of early morning mall
at least 15 minutes earlier than at
present. The mall clerk leaves Walla
Walla on the night train to Wallula
and returns In the morning, and leavea
here at once for Pendleton, where he
remains until the afternoon, reaching
Walla Walla again In the evening.
Two clerks will handle the work.
Ixmlon't Water Supply for a Year.
Consul General Robert J. Wynne
reports that London's consumption nf
water was 82,125,249,347 gallons, ac
cording to the annual report of , the
Metropolitan Water Board for"the year
ending March 31, 1907. A staff of
770 officials, receiving $753,631 in sal
aries, superintends the work of the
board, which Is shown by the follow
ing totals: Total water supplied, 82.
125,249,347 gallons; dally water sup
ply, 225,000,683 gallons; area supplied,
637.4 square miles; population sup
plied, 6,851,045; dally average per per
son, 32.84 gallons.
Caught In Starting.
A frightful accident occurred at the
Red Fir Lumber company's mill at
Nanalmo, B. C, Friday afternoon,
wherein , flenry Davidson suffered a
badly broken arm. The victim is now
In the hospital in a precarious condi
tion from the shock and loss of blood.
He had been oiling one of the pulleys
wnen caugni in me snarling.
Hotel St. George.
Mrs. A. It. McEwen, Athena; A. W.
McNaughton, New York; O. P. Mor
ton; P. J. Lynch, North Yakima; L. R.
Flint. Portland; Mrs. S. A. Brockbsley,
Maumee; G. W. Brown; E. M. Kail-erg,
Portland; O. V. Robblns, Port
land; John Clancey, Portland; U. S. G.
Kuhn, Chicago; 8. A. Miller, Milton;
N. Ulsalllon, Portland: H. R. Jackson
and wife, Portland; Joseph N. Scott,
Athena; F. O. Lucas, Athena; II. W.
Stone. Portland; It. R. Wood. Echo;
George McGilvery. Spokane; William
L. Reddlg, Portland; F. E. Ehrman,
Raker City; It. Fr.izior, Milton; F. C.
Hrown, Portland; Wm. II. Daughotry,
Portland; Miss Alice Daughtry, Port
land; J. J. Hokum, Portland; J. O.
Moore. Portland; C. Berkeley, Port
land; A. W. Iiiiig, Portland.
TO THE runLic.
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Stomach TubleU Is Genuine.
Ml-o-na Stomach Tablets, the quick
acting Indigestion cure, Is guaranteed
To stop .flatulonce.
To cure stomach troubles.
To build up the system.
To make digestion strong.
To cure the worst oase of stomach
trouble or money back.
What Ml-o-na Stomach Tablets did
for Mrs. Brewer of Whiteland, Ind
they will do for you. Read what she
writes: ,"I was a chronic sufferer
with stomach trouble for years and
the best doctors could give me no
lasting relief. After using Ml-o-na I
can now eat anything and feel cured."
Tallman & Co. sell Ml-o-na under
an absolute guarantee to refund the
money unless It cures. Try a 60-cent
box.
Heavy Snow Fall In Klickitat.
A heavy snow storm prevailed over
this vicinity Thursday night last. It
melted about as fast as It struck the
earth. The streets of Goldendale were
full of running water, some ditches
having nearly a foot. All kinds of
grain has been looking fairly good all
over Klickitat county, although need
ing rain badly, and now prospects
never looked better for a banner crop.
All kinds of vegetables and berries are
also looking fine. The heavy frosts
of the past few days that have been
visiting wher parts of the northwest
have missed most localities In Klicki
tat county, and fruit Is In good con
dition. It Is expected cherries will be
in tho market In a few days, as they
are over half grown now. Strawber
ries grown here have been on sale in
the stores for several days. Klicki
tat Agriculturalist.
Insert Irnlrlo Country.
R. B. Miller, general freight agent
of the O. R. & N.. who reached the
city Saturday night from Portland,
departed yesterday morning for a trip
over the Nez Perce and Camas prair
ie sections, accompanies by General
Agent C. W. Mount, says the Lewlston
Tribune. The trip is made to secure
data relative to the probable tonnage
that will be shipped out of that coun
try this year, this being now a subpect
of Interest to the O. R. & N. In view
of the fact that tho company Is to
share In this tonnage through joint
ownership of the new prairie line.
Estraycd.'
One dark bay mare, 6 years old and
weighing about 1280 pounds. Brand
ed G. K. on left shoulder and M on
left hip. Liberal reward offered for
Information leading to recovery. Ad
dress or phone James Hill, Helix,
Oregon.
If you see It In the East Oregonian,
it's so.
COFFEE
Why doesn't your gro
cer moneyback 'every
thing:? Can't get the goods or
the money.
Your trocar return i jour money If Too dont
like Schilling'! Beit: we par him
Vhon You Cook
Uiih ios
You do away with all the dirt
and inconvenience of the wood
and coal stove.
NEW LINE OF RANGES NOW
ON DISPLAY.
Gns Ranges, $14.25 to $33
Hot plates $4 to $3.25
Water heaters, simmerers, etc.
Simmerers for cooking soups,
etc., cost 1 1-5 cents per hour;
giant burner, 6c; email burner,
3c; one oven burner, 4c; water
heater, 9c per hour. A bath
would cost 4c for fuel.
NORTHWESTERN MS
& ELECTRIC CO.
Col, Forgy's
Place
Finest Wines, Liquors
and Cigars Served.
Card and Billiard Room
in connection.
Expert Mixologists
For Gentlemen Only.
GROUND BONE
IX)H CHICKENS.
3c pound
Also flne fresh meats delivered
promptly at reasonable price i.
EMPIRE MEAT CO.
'Phono Main 18.
Graham
Furniture Co.
handles the famous "
Charier Oak Range
which Is fully guaranteed and
unequaled for the money.
New Home
Sewing Machines
Just what the wife needs. On
easy payments. Your' credit
Is good. 1
What Women Need
Something to put the blood in good order when they are pale and
weak ; something to clear the complexion when it is sallow or muddy ;
somethingto strengthen the digestion when food disagrees ; something
to tone the nervous system when it is depleted. That something is
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. For backache, lassitude, low spirits, dizzy spells, weak nerves
and all debilitated conditions, Beecham's Pills are
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la boxes with full dlrcctloas, 10c aud 25c
COLUMBIA BAR.
632 Main St.
Phone Main 90
Fine Wines and Liquors.
Fancy Drinks a Specialty
Hot Lunch.....
Pool and Billiard Parlor
v ' -...Gentlemen Only-...
First Class Rooming House In Connection.
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CORRIGAN BROS.
PROPRIETORS.
EXCLUSIVE
Eyesight Specialists; Glasses Ground
to order. Complicated cases solicited.
Special attention given children.
German Optical Co.
Suite 10 Schmidt Block.
Pendleton, Ore.
Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Consultation
and Examination Free.
Large Quantity of the Famous
Rock Spring
Now on Hand
The coal that produces heat
and not dirt. Also fine lot of
good dry wood.
Dutch Henry
Office, Pendleton Ice Cold Storaf
uoropany. 'Pbooe Main 1TB.
25 Club Saloon
T. W. laTRRELL, proprietor.
Cor. Court and Cottonwood,
PKXDLETOIT . OREGON.
Phone Mala Bit. 1
THORNTON .MUSIC CO
S1I Main Street.
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