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ter the cow.
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Sun
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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY II. 1908.
NO. 6331
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THREE IMPORTANT DECISIS
Entrymen Cannot Live in Pendleton or Elsewhere and Have
Water Supplied
Time of Pint Payment on Land
From March 1, 1909, to December 1, 1909 Vital Concession to Set
tlers llermiston Unit Must Be
fore Remaining 15,000 Acres of
Opening Held Up Indefinitely
ject and Spirit of llermiston People and Settlers Newell Declares
This Project lias Greatest Possibilities of Any Undertaken by the
Governments-Project Will be
sand Acres in Morrow County.
Three decisions vital to the wel
fare ef the settlers on the Umatilla
Irrigation project were given by
James A. Garfield of the interior de
partment as a result of his official
Investigation of the project yester
day. These decisions are as follows:
First Entrymen living In Pendle
ton cannot hold land under the gov
rnment Irrigation project at Hermls
ton; at least, such settlers cannot se
cure water from the government
ditches for the land they may hold.
Non-residents are not entitled to the
benefits of the reclamation law.
8econd The time of the first pay
ment on the land already entered er
opened for settlement under the pro
ject has been extended from March
1, 1909, to Dcember 1. 1909, with six
or 12 months grace, thus allowing the
land owners to secure crops and get
their land in a productive state be-
fore being required to make the first
payment
Third There will be no more land
thrown open to entry under the pro
ject until the present "Hermiston
unit" of 7000 acres which was thrown
open during the winter, Is under cul
tivation and Is producing crops. That
is, the government will not open any
hew land until the land already open.
under the project Is supplied with
abundant water and Is producing a
revenue for settlers.
This means that the remainder of
the 22,000 acres under the project, or
about 16,000 acres, will be withheld
from settlement Indefinitely, the date
of opening depending altogether up
on the rapidity with which the 7000
acres now opened is placed under a
good state of cultivation.
In addition to making these Import
antant decisions. Secretary Garfield
expressed hlmRelf as being highly
pleased with the Umatilla project and
complimented the settlers and the
people of Hermiston highly on the
work they had already done, for the
excellent spirit they have manifested
and for the highly Intelligent and
scientific methods they are employ
ing. In the majority of cases, In the
work of reclaiming the land.
Petition Granted.
Owing to the unfavorable spring
and tho slow progress made in seed
ing the new land to crops this spring,
the Umatilla Water Users' association
had petitioned tho Interior depart
ment to postpone the first payment
on the 7000 acres of land already
open. This payment, under the pro
CHIEF I SIT LUNGS FOB
1
A dream that has been smouldering
ln the heart of Chief No Shirt of the
Walla Walla branch of the Umatilla
tribe of Indians for the past 40 years
seems now ab'out to be realized.
Since this old chieftain has been
confined with his tribesmen on th
Umatilla reservation he has continual
ly longed to teturn to Wallula, his
birthplace and favorite retreat and.
he declares that If he Is permitted to
become a citizen and sell his rich
lands on the Umatilla reservation,
that himself and a small number of
hla followers will take the proceeds
of the sale of their Umatilla land and
buy at much of the sage brush land
along the Columbia river as possible
and establish their home there, whert
they were born and where through
all their boyhood and young manhood
they enjoyed life as they never have
enjoyed It since.
If
s
to Their Holdings,
Already Entered lias Been Extended
Reduced to Profit Producing Basis Be
Land Will Be Supplied With Water-
Secretary Highly Pleased With Pro
Extended So As to Include Several Thou
visions of the reclamation act, would
fall due next March, but as many of
the settlers have not raised a. crop
this season it would have been impos
sible for them to make this payment
at that time, and after seeing the
conditions as they are, and after
hearing the personal testimony and
appeal of the land owners, the sec re
tary decided to postpone the first
payment until December, 1909, thus
giving the settlers two crops before
making one payment.
This was one of the chief Issues In
his visit to the Umatilla project and
the people under the project are ex
tremely grateful for his fair and Just
decision In the matter.
Go Slowly and Be Sure,
"Go slowly and be sure" is the mot
to of the reclamation department and
under this wise motto It was decided
by Secretary Garfield that the re
maining 15,000 acres of the Umatilla
project should not be opened for set
tlement until the 7000 acres now
open shall have been reclaimed.,
The department wants to be 'sure
that it can furnish ample water for
every acre opened and that the canals
and ditches are in good condition
that the government's ability to fur
nish water at all seasons and In ade
quate quality shall be certain and as
sured. before Increasing the land area
needing water. -
Owing to the high winds during the
construction of the ditches and canals
and owing to the fact that seepage
from the canal Just west of Echo will
necessitate a mile of concrete bottom
for the main feed canal, the depart
ment does not feel that it could safe
ly open any more land at this time
and so the entire system of canals,
ditches, pipe lines, headgates, dam
and reservoir must be In first class
working order and ready to furnish
water for every foot of land under
the project before any more new land
Is opened.
That this Is a .wise and practical
policy Is admitted by all of the set
tlers and the people of Hermiston In
general, as they, as well as the recla
mation department, would prefer to
see the project completed by stages
and in good order rather than have
It turned over to the people incom
plete and uncertain.
Speculation Impossible.
One Iron clad rule of the reclama
tion department Is that speculation in
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During the recent visit of Commis
sioner F. E. Leupp of the Indian de
partment, the Indians were given to
understand that it Is the desire of the
department for them to make pro
gress, hold their land In their, own
right and become active citizens.
Since the departure of the com
missioner No Shirt has declared that
he has always desired to return , to
Wallula and that If he Is allowed to
sell his wheat land and become an
Independent citizen that he will take
a handful of his faithful followers and
form a magnificent home where he
may raise ponies, fish, hunt and en
Joy life as his forefathers did before
him on the banks of the Columbia.
1 Thosuands of acres of his old hunt
ing grounds near Wallula are now to
be purchased at moderate prices and
No shirt would buy all he could get
with hit money and entirely shut out
the whites.
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JAPS WILL HELP
PHILIPPINE REBELS
Hong Kong, China, July 11.
According to Filipinos, who are
arriving here from Manila, a
general uprising is being plan
ned In the islands against the
American authority and the reb
els are already securing arms
on" the China coast for the
war. .
The belief is common here
that Japan will assist the Fili
pinos when they take up arms.
The United States agents are
known to be Investigating the
peculiar actions of a party of
Filipinos who arrived here 10
days ago. They came separ
ately and held a secret confer
ence. When the members of
the party were pressed some
went to Macao, others to Can
ton. -
Two Chinese junks suspected
of having aboard a large quan
tity of rifles have also disap
peared. FLEET SAILS ON.
Big Sliipa Go Through Daily Maneu-
vers No Accidents Occur.
(By H. Lee Clot worthy, staff corres
pondent United States Press with
the Atlantic fleet.)
On Board U. 8. S. Georgia, July L
By wireless. The fleet is progress -
ing satisfactorily on its voyage to
Hawaii, having enjoyed pleasant
weather so far.
At 12 o'clock today the ships will
be 1050 miles west of San Francisco
and proceeding at the fixed rate of 10
knots an hour.
.acn aay ine wnue vessels go
through their maneuvers and It Is a
beautiful sight. No accidents have
occurred.
IT ELLIS ME
HUNDREDS MET SECRETARY
GARFIELD AND PARTY.
Informal Reception Given Last Even
ing in Honor of Cabinet Officer
In Brief Address Secretary Garfield
Praised tlio Progressive Spirit of
Umatilla County People Party Left
on Morning Train for Idaho.
The social features of the visit of
Secretary James R. Garfield and par
ty to the city were not neglected last
evening after an automobile ride to
the Umatilla agency ln company with
uperlntendent A: E. McFatrldge, who
olned the party at HermitUun and a
delightful luncheon at the Bowman
hotel cafe, the hospitable home of
Congressman and Mrs. W. R. Ellis on
Lewis street was thrown open and a
ubllc reception was tendered to the
languished party.
The spacious lawn at the Ellis home
was lighted with scores of Japanese
lanterns, and Indian rpbes, chairs, set
taaa .n .....i nl. A. . . . 4 I
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the lawn where the reception took
place.
Mrs. Ellis was ably assisted ln re
ceiving the large number of people
who attended the reception by Mrs.
E. R. Swinburne, Mrs. C. J. Smith
and Mrs. A. J. McAllster. The recep
tion was wholly Informal and no In
vitations were sent out, but instead,
the public was cordially invited and
hearty response to the invitation
was made by the people of the city.
During the evening several hundred
nIM thl. tv.
rnmrrM9mnn nH V. Kill.
Congressman and Mrs. Ellis,
Secretary Garfield, after being In
troduced by Congressman Ellis, made
a brief address, commending the peo
ple of Umatilla county for their pro.
gresslve spirit and especially praising
the hardy settlers who are now carv
ing homes from the wilderness of the
west
A fine compliment was paid by the
secretary to tne wives and families
of the settlers on the Irrigation pro-
Jects of the west, who are living un-
aer uniavoraoie conditions and endur-
ing tne narasnips or a new country
In the effort to make homes.
During the evening delightful mu-
slc was furnished by Miss Faye Bar.
tholomew and Miss Eleanor Vincent
Punch was served on the lawn by
those assisting Mrs. Ellis and it was
one of the most delightful events of
the season in the city. It was wholly
Informel and was greatly enjoyed.
Secretary Garfield and party left
this morning on O. R. ft N. train No.
6 for Idaho, where they will Inspect
the Carey project at Twin Falls.
RECEPTION CIVEII
1
UL
; FUST WEEK OF
All Reoorts Received Show
Conditions Are Better Than
Expected.
WHEAT THRESHED MAKES
GRADE ONE IN TEST.
All Wheat Harvested so Far Has Been
til Northwestern Part of the Coun
ty and Yield Have Been Good for
Light Land Temple Gets 25 Bush
els Pit Acre While Dave Nelson's
Is Still Better Splendid Yields of
Barley Reported From Pilot Rock
Count ry One Week More Before
Real Harvest Is On.
During the past week considerable
threshing has been done In portions of
Umatilla county and the reports re
ceived are very hopeful. Though
comparatively little harvesting has yet
been done the yields so far heard
1 from r ahead of what was expected
a short time ago and ln some instan
ces the crops are normal.
Unlike ordinary seasons threshing
commenced first in the "northwest"
country this year and a number of
combines were running this week. At
the W. P. Temple place on Despaln
gulch a yield of 25 bushels per acre
Is reported and the grain makes No. 1
wheat, weighing 69 pounds per
bushel.
On the Dave Nelson place, where
tnresntng has been on for several
days, the yield Is said to be running
between 25 and 30 bushels. Thresh
ing commenced on the Herman Suhl
place Thursday but no reports have
been received regarding his yield.
Walter Panlng started threshing yes
terday. v
On the reservation and in the Pilot
Rock country threshers . have been
working ln barley during the past
week and splendid yields are report
ed, the barley faring better than
the wheat this summer. Three com
bines are now at work south of town
and much heading Is now under way
ln the Pilot Rock country.
Several more threshers are to start
on the reservation Monday. Among
those to start up will be Knight
Brothers, Serell Brothers, Tom
Thompson, all of whom will start in
barley. Wright and Weber have been
threshing barley this week. Harley
Rothrock etarted yesterday.
Threshing in wheat will commence
In the main wheat section of the
county In about a week, according to
A. Ruppe, the well known farmer,
who says that the grain In his section
will run 25 or 30 bushels per acre.
Jerry Stone Of Athena, who was
here yesterday afternoon, says that
crop conditions around Athena indi
cate about three-fourths of a normal
crop, though the harvest may prove
this estimate to be too low.
Good Prospects North.
In the north part of the county In
the vicinity of Vansycle, the crop
nrnnnor-ta ara .Tf-allnnt arA a oa.n a
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yields are expected. Charles Camp
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bell, who has about 600 acres In the
vicinity of Vansycle, expects a yield
of about 30 bushels, while last year,
when exceptional yields were enjoyed
everywhere, he threshed about 35 or
38 bushels. He Is especially well
pleased with the outlok for this sea
son after the extremely dry weather.
E, E. La Hue who will cut about 500
acres near Van sycle also emects
ubout 28 to 30 bushels of first grade
wneat. Last year the same land
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ylM th'S WlU bft UP tO the 8V
erage of ordinary years.
TRAIN ROBBER CAUGHT.
Brave Conductor Gets Holdup Man
in the Lnng.
Spokane, Wash., July 11. Great
Northern train No. 3 was held un
shortly after 10 o'clock Thursdav. one
and one-half miles east of Naples,
Idaho, by a lone bandit usina- a see-
tlon crew as a decoy, but nothing was
taken and the bandit escaped Into the
brush with a bullet in the lungs as
the result of a llvelv duel with rnn.
ductor A. M. Matthews. He was tak-
en later by a posse.
The train was flagged by section
men at a nolnt whe th av van a t
work on the grade and not till it waa
at a dead stop did Engineer "Dad"
Morrill know that a holdup game had
been worked. During the fusillade
that followed. Matthews had a nar-
row escape and the woodwork of the
car was shattered by bullets, one of
which came within four Inchea of Its
mat. It Is thoght the bandit was hit
only once.
From the first moment It was known
a hold up was In progress panic struck
the passengers. They were notified
of the fact by two shots from the
highwayman's rifle sent down the side
of the train as a warning to keep
heads inside. A stick of dynamite
was set off beside one of the cars ana
it broke windows and cracked the
wood finishing, but no one was hurt
The whole- a"air took but a few
minutes and the train was delayed
but a short time.
CZAR WILL TOUR EUROPE
Although In Deadly Fear of Ills Life
Will Visit Fellow Monarchs.
St. Petersburg, July 11. Although
he Is on the verge of nervous collapse
through constant fear of assassina
tion, the czar announced today he
would carry out his advirers' plan and
make a tour of the European capitals
this fall or spring.
Emperor Franx Josef of Austria,
will be the first monarch visited. The
king of Italy will be next, and then
President Fallerles of France, King
Edward, the kaiser, the king of
Greece and the Prince of Monte Ne
gro. OPEN RIVER TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY GETS MONEY.
Chief Engineer Kellogg Goes to Pitts
burg to Purchase Machinery Will
Bo Ready ln Tune to Handle This
Year's Crop Official Confirmation
of Good Newa Received at The
Dalles.
By long distance telephone from
headquarters of the company at Port
land, A. L. Wylle, agent of the Open
River Transportation company, at
this place, today received the Inform
ation that all money necessary to the
building of two new steamers to ply
on the upper river had been subscrib
ed and that Chief Engineer Kellogg,
ef the O. R. & N. company, had been
sent to Pittsburg, Pa., for the purpose
of overseeing the construction of ma
chinery to be used in the boats, says
The Dalles Chronicle.
"About 3115.000 cash has been al
ready secured," said Mr. Wylle today,
"and tho, remainder of the $150,000
has been subscribed, which means
that it will be paid as soon as It is
needed. Mr. Kellogg will spend some
time' in Pittsburg attending to the
outlining of the plans for making the
machinery. Material and men will be
transported immediately from Port
land to the Big Eddy and the wood
work on the steamers will be begun
right away. The boats will be ready
for service within eight weeks, so that
the company will be able to attend
to transporting of the grain of the
Inland empire this fall."
Continuing, Mr. Wylle said that
the new boats will be somewhat after
the model of the Teal, now ln use by
the company between The Dalles and
Portland, save that the engines would
be much more powerful the better to
combat the swift waters of the upper
river. The new boats will ply be
tween Celllo and Pasco and later will
probably be extended to Priest Rap
ids, Wash. Mr. Wylle expects that
with the placing in commission of the
new ft .illties for transportation on
the upper river, the portage road will
of necessity be enlarged as to equip
ment and that probably an extra en
gine and many new cars will be used
to carry the produce from the great
country of the Interior around the
rapids at Celllo.
A lot of men look on home as
merely an eating station on life's road.
TI HEW ITS
ON UPPER RIVER
SEATTLE HIS SPECTACULAR BLAZE
Seattle, July 11. One Japanese was
burned to death and another perhaps
fatally Injured and 200 men, women
and children, principally orientals,
were made homeless when eight
three-story buildings and several
smaller ones were gutted by fire in
the restricted district which threat
ened the city and the calling Into play
of the large hydraulic machines used
on the Dearborn street grade were
the results of a most spectacular bite
early today.
Had it not been for the Immense
stream of salt water used by the hy
draulic company the entire redllght
district would probably have been de
stroyed, as the lack of water pressure
made the work of the firemen hope
EOPIDH
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Hot Weather and Shortage of
Water Causes Revival of
Interest.
.MAYOR MURPHY AND
COUNCLLMEN FAVOR PLAN.
Believed That Preliminary Steps Will
Be Taken Before Next Summer
Mayor Says Better Water Supply
Would Increase Population Plan
la Entirely Feasible Supply Avail
able and Bonds to Install System
Could Be Floated Without Trouble
Will Probably Include Municipal
Power Plant.
The hot weather and the shortage.
of water resulting therefrom haa
caused a renewal of the demand for
a gravity water system and hopes are
freely expressed that before another
year rolls around the city will at least
have taken the preliminary steps to
wards securing a supply of water
from the mountains.
Prominent among those who desire
a gravity system installed is Mayor
Murphy, while the present council-
men are likewise ln line for the im
provement, a fact that is encouraging
to those who object to the present
water supply.
"If Pendleton had a good gravity
water system Its population would
double within a few years," declared
the mayor this morning.' "It would
not only mean that we would get bet
ter water with the result that the
town would be healthier and the peo
ple more satisfied, but we would have
more water. That would mean better
lawns, better streets and countless
other things for the good of the city."
Nor Is the hope of a gravity water
system entirely forlorn. Though the
financial condition of the country it
not as good from a ' bond selling
standpoint as it has been ln the past,
there are many who believe that
water bonds could be disposed of even
now.
According to Mayor Murphy, water
bonds are almost always good seller
for the reason that a municipality re
ceives a direct revenue from a water
system.
Then if a plan could be devised, and
such Is generally considered feasible,
whereby a water system and munici
pal power plant could be combined,
the revenue producing powers of the
system would be even greater.
At present the city alone pays out
33600 per annum for street lights,
which means 5 per cent Interest on
an Investment of $76,000.
At the council meeting early In the
spring the aldermen talked to some
extent about a municipal power plant
and a gravity water system. Though
no definite steps have been taken yet
it would not be surprising if there
should be something doing before
many months. Especially If local
people take strong Interest In the sub
ject and urge the council to act, for
the members say they are there to do
what their constituents wish.
Chicago Weltering Agtan
Chicago, July 11. Chicago Is wel
tering again. In the last 24 hours
there has been one death, four pros
trations and a dozen cases of illneca
from the heat. The thermometer
stood at 91 degrees ln the shade at
noon today. There are no prospects
of cooler weather. The suffering In
the tenement districts is Intense. The
stock yards are deserted, only a few
are able to work. Thousands of
wealthy families are leaving the city.
less.
The origin of the fire Is unknown.
A plumber was working in a new
building when smoke followed by
flames suddenly broke out. Instantly
the flames sprang from building to
building, and leaped across the street
to the restricted district, when the
city authorities used the hydraulic
company to assist and a 24-Inch
stream of water awas turned on.
The Japanese who lost his life was
endeavoring to save hla trunk from
the second story of a lodging house,
when the floor caved In. He was
burled.
The other Japanese was injured by
Jumping from a window.
The loss is $100,000.
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