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HAVE BUSY SESSION
JOHN DONOVAN IS
APPOINTED HUE CHIEF
Many other Matters Were up for
Consideration Friday Evening
Communication Jm Washington
Regarding Water Hi eh la.
(Special Correspondence.)
Hermlston, Ore., May 29. The
council meeting proved to be of more
than usual Interest Friday evening,
several matters of Importance came
up before the city fathers, and all
were present at the meeting. A pre
liminary report from John Whistler
on the water system was read, the
complete report including sets of
maps and drawings will come at
later date. The complete report of
the fire department was also read and
some will be given to the Fire Under
writers for their approval. Mr. John
Donovan being appointed by the ma
yor as fire chief for Hermlston. The
Umatilla Storage and the Inland
empire Lumber companys asked to
put up a frame building within the
fire limits and to cover the same with
Iron. Both of these buildings will
be on the railroad right of way. One
will be used as a rolling mill and the
other for storago warehouse. The
permits were granted. The mayor
and city attorney were authorized to
take the llrst stops to secure the strip
of land next to the railroad tracks
and first street, which Is now In al
falfa, this will be used for a park,
It Is the Idea of the city to put this
out Into trees and make it beautiful
Only the preliminary work will be
done now however, It will be necessary
to condemn the property In order to
purchase tamo. Bids were opened
for the grading and graveling of Main
scrt from First to Second includ
lng half the Intersection of each.
There was but one bidder, Charles
Skinner. His price being 40 cents
per front foot for the completed
work and ho was thereby awarded
the contract. The streets must bo
finished by July 1st, this year.
Now Water Ruling.
The following has been received
from Washington in regard to the
extension of the wa4or right pay
ment8 on this project:
'The Secretary of the Interior has
Issued a public notice amending 'pre
vious notices to the Umatilla Irrlga
tlon Project, stntlng, In effect that
the lnsfallment of building and main
tenance charges which become duo
on Dec-ember 1st of each year will
not become due until March let of
each year, and that thereafter, an
nual payment on this project will fall
due March 1st of each year instead of
In December."
Heretofore the payments became
due In December of each year, but in
every case tho time has been extend
ed. I'rolor thin now ruling the pay
ments will fiill duo on March 1st, and
thero will be no extension of time
given. This make no great change
with the exception that It will give
all those members who are Interested
In the Umatilla Kfver Water Users'
association to vote their shares of
stock. Heretofore the stock was al
ways In .irrears and could not bo vot
ed, on account of an extension of
rime being granted the peoplo did not
care to make payment for the reason
of voting, but most all took advantage
of the extension and therefore they
were unable to cast their votes at
tho annual meeting. It will now be
necessary .for the board of directors
of this association to have their by
laws changed making tho annual
meeting later, thus giving all a chance
to vote their stock In tho association
More Water Ma Inn.
This week tho Maxwell Land and
Irrigation company are putting In
new water mains from the water
tanks to Hermlston avenue, the new
pipe is four inches and all laterals
and service pipes for the entire west
side of town will be concreted. This
will increase greatly the pressure at
the houses and also Insure a much
better head of water for all people
living on that side of the town.
K. of P. Moot.
Lant evening the Reclamation
Lodge No. 107 Knights of Pythias
held one of tho largest meetings In
the history of this new lodge In Her
mlston, over 60 people were In at
tendance. The third rank was given
after which came a banquet in hon
or of George Root who will soon leave
for Portland to make his future home,
nlackflmlth. Shop Soils.
Mr. Jacob Stock has purchased the
Blacksmith shop of the Newport
Land and Construction company, and
will take possession Monday. Mr.
Stock has been-running this shop for
some time under the management of
the company.
Hotel Changes Hands.
George Brlggs has taken possession
of the Oregon hotel. He purchased
the hotel property some time ago
from J. H. Williams, but It was ne
cessary for him to wait until the
lease run out before taking posses
sion. Mr. Brlggs came here from
Erie, Pa., and purchased land of the
Maxwell Land and irrigation com
pany. He Is not a new man at the
hotel business but thoroughly un
derstands the work. He expects to re
model the house and make it one of
the best hotels In this part of Ore
gon. He has a host of friends on
the project and among the traveling
men of Oregon, and Is bound to
make a great success of this under
taking. Personal Mention.
Mrs. H. T. Irvin and son John
spent the day at Pendleton yesterday.
Mrs. Loudenslagor and son - Edgar
was visitors at Pendleton Friday and
returned on the motor Friday eve
ning. Frank R. Harrison of the reclama
tion service, located at this place is
building a house on his land west of
town.
Tho Hotel Hermlston has a new
Chef. Mr. Robert Frome arrived to
day from Portland, his wife accom
panied him.
Mr. Clifford L. Morgan has gone
back to Ft. Wayne on business of the
Maxwell
party.
Mrs. L. P. Hills was
Pendleton yesterday.
Miss Whipple, a sister of 8. Whipple
arrived here from the east and will
spend the summer.
R. W. Rees, assistant of the depart
ment of horticulture of the Oregon
college who has been doing experi
mental work at Milton, spent a few
days here this week. He left for
Hood River yesterday.
The Turn a Lum lumber company
is building a large addition to Its i
lumber yard.
Clay Embrey arrived " here from
Lewlston, Idaho, yesterday where he
has been attending school. He will
spend the summer here with
father.
STANFfELD WILL
Hi
A Clear Brain and healthy body are
essential for success. Business men,
teachers, students, housewives and
other workers say Hood's Sarsaparllla
gives them appetite and strength, and
makes their work seem easy. It over
comes that tired feeling.
CALENDAR OF THE WEEK.
(Special Correspondence.) I
Stanfleld, May 30. A meeting of
the city council was held Friday eve- ;
nlng and voted to at once serve no
tice upon the Water Users' associa
tion at Hermlston to abate the nuls- I
ance that is being caused by the seep
age and overflow from the U, 8. re- j
clamatlon service feed canal as it
nj8 1 passes through the project adjoining
oianiieia. in accordance wun such
authority, Attorney A. W. Gray went
to Hermlston Saturday for the pur-'
pose of serving the papers, and pa-'
pers In the suit that Is to be lnsti-'
tuted by this city because of damage
caused by such seepage and overflow
will be filed at once.
H. C. Means of Umatilla, visited
Stanfield yesterday.
R. B. Stanfleld, the Echo banker,
was In Stanfield Thursday.
H. D. Burroughs of Hermlston,
visited here Saturday.
C. P. Bowman of Butter Creek tran
sacted buslneso In Stanf'eld Saturday.
Monday.
Arguments on appeal of Albert T.
Patrick will be heard by New York
court.
United States supreme court will
announce decisions In several pend
ing cases.
King George will hold third levee
of the season at St. James palace.
London.
National Electric Light association
opens annual convention In New York.
Semi-centennial of first land battle
of civil war will be observed In W.
Vr.
National household show will be
opened In Kansas City, Mo.
Tuesday.
Memorial Day will be observed
throughout northern and eastern
states.
Naval academy class of 1SS1 will
hold thrce-dny reunion In Washing
ton.
Magnificent Do Kuyper art collec
tion will be sold at auction In Ams
terdam.
American Societv of Merhnnlcnl
engineers 'will open session in Pitts
burg, Pa.
Tomblgbee River Improvement as
sociation will convene In Columbus,
Miss.
Lincoln Memorial Building on the
Lincoln farm In Kentucky will be
dedicated.
Work horse parades will be held in
Now York, Chicago and other cities.
Wednesday.
Rev. Norman Plass and other?.
eharg-d with mail frauds, will be tried
n Boston court hearing on Injune-
lon against Calumet & Hccla merger
at Houghton, Mich.
Thursday.
International convention of the
hureh of the Brethren opens In St.
Joseph, Mo,
Joseph il. Robin, convicted hank
wreikor of Now York, will be sc
onced.
Conference of leading democrats of
the northwest will bo held in St. raul.
Eight-hour work day will be put
nto effect' by Western Vn'.nn Tclo-
raph company.
Thirty-six additional pooffices
will become postal savings doposito
rles.
McNamnra brothers will plead to
hargos made against them in Los
Angeles, Cal.
Friday.
Graduation exercises will be held
the United States naval academy.
Saturday.
Annapolis middies will embark for
a long cruise In foreign waters.
Centennial of the birth of Henry
James, theologian and father of the
author.
Great three-day American celebra
tion will be commenced in St. Die,
France.
Jefferson Davis' birthday will be
celebrated all over the south.
American battleship fleet will leave
Copenhagen for Stockholm, Sweden.
Western Economic society will con
vene In Chicago to discuss reciprocity.
SQUAW FIGHTS COMPANY.
Sues
Northwestern Electric at Lvlo
to Condemn Her Land.
Lyle, Ore. The Northwestern El
ectric company has begun condem
nation proceedings in the Superior
court against Emmo Dave, a squaw.
The Indian woman is recognized ns a
native citizen under the law as far
as ownership of real estates Is con- 1
ctrned, as the limitation of the al
lotment deed has expired. '
Three miles up the Big Klickitat
river at the Indian fisheries near the 1
railway bridge, where the river makes '
a drop of 120 feet, the Lyle Townslte .
company and a rival concern havo '
surveyors In the field, evidently try-1
Ii.g to determine which company has
the rights and waterpower to gener
ate the most electricity. Emma
Dave, the squaw, lives In a tepee near
the falls, and watches every move
ment of the workmen In that vicinity.
Just More Days Gonilomon!
In which to get your unrestricted choice of
any suit in our store for
s
You'll have to hurry ! They are selling fast !
Nothing reservedeverything to go, and we can assure
you a perfect fit from a great variety of
stylish new summer patterns.
sail boats and fish make their bread
and butter from knowing all the cur
rents and air channels and during the
race they will use all tho informa
tion they have taken years to gather.
There are more than 6000 of these
flsh"ng boats at Astoria but many of
them are equipped with motors. These
She has refused to accept the amount w"l oe barred from the sailing race
offered for her rights, and the court nu' race No. 6 will be wnere tnese
has been asked to decide If the sum l 1'ttle six-horse power fishers will
offered by the electric company Is shine In their competition. This will
adequate.
SEA LION SEASON ON SOON,
Industry Han Been Carried on
U'li-lvcly in Iimt Years.
Marshfield, Ore. The season Cor ,
bunting Vea lion? on the Curry county :
coast will begin soon. It Is i'ikely '
that some of the local fishermen who '
have seagoing boats will bunt for the
sea lions.
In past years the industry has been ,
carried on quite extensively. There ;
are man. vu lions along different
points on Curry county and they arc 1
valuable for the fat which is " used .
fur oil and for the hides which are j
tanned and used in making belling. I
The se.'i lions are shot and picked "P '
In' gasoline boats.
not be so spectacular a race as the
sailing event but It will be plenty In
teresting to all and especially to those
who have cast aside the sails for the
Ex- more economical and more adaptable
motor boat. The motor equipped
fishing boat race is bound to be hot
ly contested for the fishing season is
closed the week of the regatta and
the boats will be available without
loss of time to the owners.
MAY 2!) IN HISTORY.
1713 Great riot in London,
Wh gs complaining that unless
shouted "high church." ami
and marshal of the United States re
quiring their vigilance in the detec
tion of persons engaged In the manu
facture of or who had passed spuri
ous money in imitation of silver.
1845 A new convention between
France and Great Britain for the
suppression of the slave trade signed
at London.
184S Wisconsin admitted into the
union as the thirtieth state.
1851 The congress of Granada ad
journs, after passing law abolishine
to take effect January 1,
Issippi for vice president.
1905 American yacht won ocean
race for kaiser's cup in twelve days,
four hours and one minute.
1910 Glenn Curtiss in his airship
flew from Albany to New York city,
a distance of 137 miles In two hours
and a half, breaking the long distance
record in speed and winning a priz
of $10,000.
The biggest duck In the pond U
the one the gunners are always after.
Duke of Ormond," they were insult
ed by the Tories.
1829 The secretary of the treasury
issued a notice to the attorney general
slavery
1862 Confederates evacuated Cor
inth, Miss.
TS68 Gen. Grant formally accept
ed nomination of the Chicago nation
al convention.
Heavy shocks of earthquake In
Sacramento and Virginia City.
IS 74 President Grant issued a
proclamation extending to Newfound
land the protection of the treatv of
the ! Washington by which the oroducts
of her fisheries were to be admitted
to the United States free.
18 84 National Greenback conven
tion at Indianapolis nominated Ben
jamin F. Butler of Massachusetts for
president and A. M. Westbof. Miss-
they
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BITTERS'
Headache,
Bloating,
Iudii?estion.
S CELEBRATED VJCostlveness,
C STOMACH UV.illiousness,
Malaria,
are danger
signals that
should be at-
ended to
p r o m p t ly.
The Bitters
should be
your first
choice.
All druggists
CENTENNIAL HACKS
ARK INTERESTING
WELCH LINE MAY BUILD.
Etigone-Monroo Eextonslon Seems
Likely.
Eugene, Or. It is believed that the
Welch Interests are preparing to be
gin building operations on their pro
posed electric line from Eugene to
Monroe, to connect with the Corvallis
& Alset road, which was recently ac
quired by the Welch Interests.
Strength Is given to this belief by
the fact that A. Welch, of Portland,
head of the Eugene & Eastern, was
joined here yesterday by William
Brock. S. D. Slnkler and Clyde A.
Heller, Jhlladelphla capitalists; Isaac
w. Anderson, a promoter, William
Pullman, a banker, and Mr. Davidson
of Portland. The party left here yes
terday evening by automobile for
Corvallis, via the line of the proposed
coute.
The Portland, Eugene & Eastern
now owns complete right of way from
Eugene to Monroe, and 2000 acres of
fruit land along the right of way.
Mr. Welch was In Eugene for the
ostensible purpose of examining an
automatlo switch, the Invention of a
Eugene man, a test unit of which
has been In operation for some time
on the company's lines here. The
test was satisfactory, and Mr. Welch
announced his Intention to equip all
his street railway lines with it. The
switch Is a device for enabling the
motorman to handle all switching
operations without stopping the car,
or leaving his stand.
Astoria, Ore. With more than 3.
OOfl of the Columbia river fishing
boats In commission here, there is
every evidence of sharp competition
in race No. 7 during the Astoria Cen
tennial regatta. This is the race to
which these little sailing boats are
eligible and with substantial cash
prizes In sight and the rivalry inci
dent to the claim to prowess, every
to cross the
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finishing line first.
From 26 to 30 feet in length and i
a beam of from six to eight feet. '
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worthy vessels in the world. And, "
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splendid sails and manned by men Q
who kno-.v how to sail, these craft !
are Ideal to furnish the race over the ' O
five mile sailing course which will Q
keep them within sight of thousands '
during the whole race. jW
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little money makers will be a past ' Q
master In tho art r,t nsmmiililn HhiW
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perfect knowledge of currents, eddies, W
and air eccentricities. These men
make their living by knowing how to
PLOT AGAINST CinNESE COURT
Tambn Marn Brings News of Dis
covery of Big Conspiracy.
Victoria, B. C. News was brought
by the Tamba Maru today of tho dis
covery of a plot at Peking to assas
sinate members of tho Chinese court.
Seventy Chlncso were arrested at a
theater In Teklng when they were
making preparations for the coup. It
is said.
Special for
Saturday After
Supper and
Monday
7 room house on corner of
Franklin and Webb streets,
worth 11200, for this sale only
1850.
6 room house 604 Willow
.treet; this lot If there was no '
house on It would be worth
more than we ask for it.
Price for this sale only $1500.
7 room house on West Court
street, worth 11700, for this
sale only $1100.
OFFICE WILL REMAIN
OrEN UNTIL 9 Tim AND
MONDAY EVENINGS.
Teutsch
Bickers
Real Estate and Insurance.
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