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EIGHT PAGES. DAILY EAST ORE JONIAN, PEBTDLETOX, OREGON, TI KSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1008. PAGE IJJJIEE. 1811 picture of lews sismiei Byron E. Cooney, a correspondent of tho Uutte Evening News, has re cently visited Hermiston und the Uma tilla project and wrote tho following really beautiful word picture of that project for his paper. Mr. Cooney says: Muntanuns have "lit" on the Urnu. tllla tract, They found It out almost as quickly, In fact Homo of them found It sooner than did the United States reclamation Befvlce. Having vlHlted moHt of the north western reclamation projects and sev eral of private or corporation owner ship I was naturally anxious to see the piece of ground for which Uncle Bam claims 'more merit than any of the other 26. I dropped into the Umatilla desert one hot afternoon when It was 110 In the shade, and no shade except what could be found beneath monstrous sage. Soon my arm ached from shak ing hands with homo folk and when I broke bread with them at their new ly created city of Hermiston It was with a prodigal feeling that I had wasted years while they had been building homes and cities. Turn to tho northeast corner of tthe map of Oregon where the Oregon Railroad & Navigation dips Into a bow to the Houth and you will nee tho Umatilla tract wedged arrowhead shaped Into the peninsula formed by the Junction of the Umatilla and Co 1 mbla rivers. If my friends had do . sired to advance arguments to keep me away from the project they could have done no better than they did In t.'.king me across those burning sands on divers trips. Hut there was method in their ap parent madness. Those Uitlander were preparing mo for the contrast ing scenes which were to follow. A more Inhospitable waste I have never looked upon, made doubly so by vlr tue of looal option and by the exis tence of a noxious mixture known as near beer." Hut when I found the fringes of the desert and saw the possibilities which would soon be realized nil over the tract my appreciation was whetted and my enthusiasm keyed to a high pilch. For far above the reservoir of 17.000,000,000 of water lay ready to work Its miracle and on the small space on which the water Is already turned verdure sprang rank as a trop. leal Jungle. A Northern I)oTt. Mercilessly the sun pours Its tor rent of heat Into this great dry gulch, which, nine miles long and six miles wide, lies drought stricken between the heights of land which hank tho Columbia and the Umatilla. Ruth lessly the sagebrush plain throws hack the 'blinding sunlight until the head lands waver and the sky line Is blur led by the heat waves from this northern desert. TIE CURED OF Tl I First Case a Rash Which Itched and Stung Threatened Ten Years Later With Blood-Poison in Leg But Both Times the Sufferer's reuancecutIcura proved well-founded "About twclvo or fifteen years ago, while living in West Virginia. 1 had a breaking-out, and it itched and stung so badly that I could not. have any peace because of it. 1 saw tlireo doctors and they did not agree on what it was, so one of them gave mo soniet hing t hat he called medicine, but 1 called it soda water. I might just as well have washed in rain-water. Then I got some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Kosolvent and began to get better right away. They cured mo and I liavo not boon bothered with tho itch ing Bince, to amount to anything. About two years ago I hsd la grippe and pneumonia which left mo with a pain In mv side. Treatment ran it into my leg, w"hich then swelled and began to break out. It Rot in pretty bad shape, so I went to a doctor. He was afraid it would turn to blood-poison. I used hifl modicino but it did no good. So 1 sent for another set of the Cuticura Remedies. I used them three times end cured tho breaking-out on my leg. Now I won't be without Cuticura. 8 F. Hennen, 11. F. I). 3, Milan, Mo., May 13, l'J07." BABIES ON FIRE With Torturing, Disfigurirjfcr Humors, Cured by Cuticura. Eczemas, rashes, itching, irritations. ana cnaimgs ... ' lT ; majority of cases, bv ...on.i imttiB wit h Cuti cura. Soap and gentle applications of Cuti cura Ointment, tho groat Skin Cure. This ' treat ment permits rest nrl a1n.n and nnintJI P p - aim m' 1 ft - " r to a speedy cure in tho most distressing TT7-ri.l n ion fnila ftiinrAn- cases, wihhi u teed absolutely pure and may be used from the hour of Dlrth. rhmnutd External und InWrnsl Trpstitifnt for PTM?ilfimnr o Inf.ntA Child, Mid Adult con- CuUeun Ointment (60c.) to rfcM the Skin, nd CuU SiwTSKi l, (or In the form ot Choooim Co?tfd P ., P" ol 00) to Purify the Blood. 2$ rthmu"i.out llie world, rotur Drul them. fiSwKS cKEE on Ski. DUeties, Nodding lilllle owls with stupid mien but twinkling eye prey on the sund lizard and the ground mouse; the coyote with nut-hanging tongue trots a fltono's throw ahead of the stage; the eagle with a snake pendaiit In his clutches lumbers across the landscape; horned toads scurry over the white heat breathing road and lend, hungry Jack rabbits lope to high ground and stjuat to gau askance at the Intruder. The monster dragon fly that ogre of the Insect world, bearing the grass hopper he had ibutchered, stops to rest on the whip handle. Dust rises and chokes and smarts and penetrates, and the cacti raise their unfriendly splne-brlstllng arms In a land bereft or friendliness. Such Is the Umatilla desert. Such Is the nlcture which within a year shall have passed from the map by the activity of progressive and pa ternal government. This hitherto hopeless plain had been an accident a hiatus in the schemes of the god head. Hedged and walled by verdant fruitful districts, encircled by the. flashing ripples of two laughing riv ers, bathed in the golden glory of an unclouded sun, It has lain like th body of a giant Into which the water spirit had forgotten to breathe it h breath of life. Miracle nt Hand. But the traveler, looking from the, highlands to the valley, may see eastward like a soft blue supphlr and westward like a square of em erald Jade set In a plaque of Roman gold, the reservoir above and tho first oasis at Hermiston five miles below. The miracle of the waters Is at hand. Several years ago the government sent out scientists Into the district. They came with microscopes and sex tants and theodolites and straddle- bugs. They analyzed the soil, they sampled the air, they tasted the wa ter, they dissected the sunbeams and they measured the tract as a tailor measuring a customer for a nef garment. A few years later the nephews of I'ncle Sam they of the reclamation service came to wipe the desert off the map. It Is an Interesting work; a truly Olympic game. Like Titans they tore down mountains and piled them In the gorge; they reached 26 miles away and snatched the thread of silver from tho derelict Umatilla river, they made a lake and tomorrow they will make a garden and a forest and a commonwealth. ' Today the di sort lies below that lake In the blistering sun and quivers In expectation. At last the sleeping giant Is to come Into Its own. A Monster Task. Two hundred and fifty men toiled two years to build that dam at a the promise of the reclamation serv ice, and this can only be done by the use of siphons following tho dip of every miniature valley. It Is for this reason that the tract needs so much concrete plo. There are miles und miles and miles of open ditch and pipe Is used only where absolutely necessary. Of all the 26 Irrigation projects on which the government Is spending $40,000,000, the Umatilla project Is the pet. It Is the darling of the des ert gods. It Is to be the masterploce of the department of the Interior. Xo where else will such results be obtained such a mctamorphoi be accomplish ed, such a miracle be performed. Arthur Davis, chief engineer of the reclamation service, said In a state ment athorlzed for publication: "The Umatilla project Is, In my es' tlmatlon, tho best Irrigation scheme In America. There Is no question of the ultimate result. This little val ley has the conditions of climate, wa ter supply, sunshine and soil which will make It without a peer among the Irrigated districts of America. We hesitate to compare other projects with It." Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any ease of kidney or bladder trou ble that Is not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. Pendleton Drug Company. WAR OX SICK COWS. lio Mlnnooiu to Rid the Stale of Menace of Tuberculosis. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 18. Plans for ridding the state of tubercular cattle are under discussion at a conference of cattle breeders, dairymen and health officials here today. Dr. S. II. Ward, secretary of the live stock board, estimates that it will cost Jl,- 000,000 a year to rid the btate of tu bercular cattle. Proposals have been made to pre vent the evil effects of tuberculosis In milk by having all creameries pas teurize milk and cream which goes Into the butter they make. The skimmed milk fed to hogs Is pasteur ized If It passed through a creamery and It Is proposed to take as good care of the babies as of the pigs. Some of the topics for discussion at the conference are; "On whom shall responsibility fall when a cow Is found to be Infected after a sale? "To what extent shall owners be com pensated for the loss of tubercular cattle?" At present the owner stands only one-third of the loss. "Should a clean bill of health accompany each bill of sale of cattle?" "What steps shall the state take to prevent dairymen from buying diseased cows?" "What additional steps shall the state take to eradicate tuberculosis from the state?" Long Horse Rack Trip. Having ridden nearly 400 miles on horseback through the wilds of Ore gon and Washington, having seen peaks they had no Idea existed west of the Rockies, crossing trails and mountain passes that thrilled the rld ers.Mayor M. K. Hall, Charles Vur plllat and Will Church returned last evening from a two weeks' outing on the Walla Walla river, and two branch streams of that river, the Skip Horton and the Rough Works, says the La Grande Observer. Operation for Piles will not be ne cessary If you use ManZan Pile Rem edy, guaranteed. Prloe 50 cents. Sold by A. C. Kooppen & Bros. Where there's a will there's a lot of disappointed relations. COFFEE Good is so good and poor is so "poor ; have Schilling's Best tomor row. Yoor groctr returm roar money If joa don't tiki it; par him "Oregon Builders" Are you doing what you can to populate your State? OREGON NEEDS PEOPLE Settlers, honest farmers, mechanic, merchants, clerks, people with brains, strong hands and a willing heart capital or no capital. Tte Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co Is sending tons of Oregon literature to the east for distribution through every available agency. Will you not help the good work of building Oregon by sending us the names and addresses of your friends who are likely to be Interested In this place? We will be glad to bear the expense of sending them complete Information about OREGON and Its opportunities. COLONIST TICKETS will be on sale during SEPTEMBER AND OC TOBER from the east to all points In Oregon. The fares from a few principal cities are From Louisville " Cincinnati " Cleveland " New York - 541.70 - 42.20 - 44.75 - 55.00 From Denver - 30.00 - " Omaha - 30.00 " Kansas City 30.00 St. Louis 35.50 " Chicago 38.00 TICKETS CAN BE PREPAID. If you want to bring a friend or relative to Oregon, deposit the proper amount with any of our agents. The ticket will then be fur nished by telegraph. F. J. QUINLAN, Local Agent, Pendleton, Ore. or write Wm. McMURJlAY General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.- Byers' Best Flour Is made from the choicest wheat that grows. Good bread is assur ed when BITERS' BEST FLOUR Is used. Bran, Shorts, Steam Rolled liar ley always on hand. PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS W. 8. BYERS, Proprietor. JQii U I 1 '1 I I cost of nearly a million and a quar ter dollars. Half a dozen U. S. R. S. locomotives hauled their hundred dump cars, a hundred teams sweated In the burning sun. Five hundred f-et In thickness at Its base, a hun dred feet high, 3.120 feet in length, the biggest earthen dam In the world holds back enough water to cover the 22.00IJ acres of the tract with u depth of two and a half feet. As Moses struck the rock and the water gushed forth, so the man In the water tower pulls his lever and the life-giving fluid Is freed to make a , Jungle of n Sahara. At present the main conduit Is watering only the land adjacent to Hermiston city, where a city has sprung up In n yew. Here is made the tile which cuts so Important a figure In the tract, for this project will probably have less open ditch than any other project In America. Thirty men are employed at the tlli factory to make five miles of piping, One link of this conduit tile Is a wngnn load for four horses, who re quire an entlro day to haul It to Its destination, with four men to load and unload it. The Ttnk Is eight feet In length and two Inches less than four feet In diameter. This Is the largest concrete pipe In the world. It Is reinforced with steel wire. The tiles are laid along the line of the main ditches on the grades and will all be set and Joined this winter after tho factory has com pleted the five miles of pipe It must make. The lateral pipes are smaller and measure respectively 30, 16 and 12 Inches. Running Water Vphlll. This project Is unlike any other government Irrigation scheme In the number of engineering perplexities It has presented. 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