.";Y.V- iYY t i I: , , I OAILEAST OgS0mS, fENDLETON, ORECMT, jlOKDAY EVIiNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1021. IWELVS TkGZO. ;. 'a'( ;iv.i:iv7 1 A t-'Easti5reAonii Veal and Produce Mr. Farmer ! Now is the logical time to turn your livestock into ready cash. It will bring you as much now as it will after a lot of expensive feeding. We pay the top price at all times. . v AN INDEPENDENT KEWSl'APEK. MM r1! an Bml-Wkl-, t I"nHetn, Wfii, by th Oltli.UOH,MAN rCBLISHlN'O CO. t.nt'f t th pot offlc at pnll nn, r , oond claas nail mil iar, OS HAt.K INT OTHER CITIES mtfll Hot'! N-w flund, rortUnd. ON r ILK AT (li,rru. Ku Soaurltr BulldlB 'tiimri'iiv U. C, r:uru to I Four tctiUi Mr-t. N. W. ftl-mtter ll AMHittr4 Prraa. Tb aiiIm) Pr"i I. rxcluai-elr ; ttt(u'1 to 1h o for republication of ; tl tif-wa dlepairliM crditwl to It or nt ..ihrv) crUtd In thia paper and lo lh lorat Bfi published herein. BUBSCR1PTION RATXI ' (IN ADVANCE) Dully, one year, by mall . !(. Daily, aix month, by mall . . t.00 , 1.50 . ' .M . T.f Dally, three montha, by mall Daily, ona month by mall e rally, ona year by carrier Dally, aix montha by carrier Daily, three montha by carrier Daily, one month, by carrier Semi-Weekly, I year by mall Semi-Weekly, aix montha by mall 1.71 1.95 .CS 1.00 l.M Semi-Weekly, three montha by mall .it FJj) "' ' ' ''''' THE TILE Phone SUPPLY 187 Telephone . WHY FEDERAL AID IS NEEDED AT UMATILLA RAPIDS) I N a alenfrlhy editorial Sunday the Portland Oregonian proves very clearly it is not awake, or does not wish to awaken, to the great opportunity open to the people of the northwest trough development of hydro electric power in the Columbia oasin. . Strangely enough the Portland paper tries to discourage the Umatilla rapids project on the ground that project would de velop too much electric power. It's editorial sets forth that the c ontinuous power that may be developed at Umatilla rapids would more than suffice to operate all the railroads of Oregon mid Washington, that it would produce more power than is now used in the entire Portland district and that the secondary pow er that may be developed at the rapids would be greatly in ex cess of what is needed for irrigation pumping. If those facts are true they constitute an argument for build ing the project, not for delaying construction indefinitely. The ( building of a great power plant such as this would mean cheap ; power because the cost per horse power would be low. Then the availability of cheat? power would automatically broaden end enlarge the market The Oregonian is mistaken in its esti- mate of the present power market of the northwest. It errs 5 through figuring on the market for high priced electricity. Nat f urally the market for such power is limited. There would be a . limited market for bread if bread had to be sold at 25 cents an j ounce. There would be no demand for railroads if railroad . charges were prohibitive. There would be very little demand for Sunday newspapers if they had to sell at $1 a copy. The comparison could be carried on indefinitely but it is not neces- fcary. The mistake of the Oregonian is so palpable that it 1 scarcely needs exposure. All intelligent men and women know 5 that electricity is not being used as it could be used. It is used j rot at all in Oregon for heating purpose, though in Taconia a I municipal electric plant makes home heating possible. Electric j ity is not widely used for cooking and in only the more fortu t nate homes is it used to do the washing, ironing and sweeping, j It is conservative to say that electricity is not being used for one i twentieth part of the work it would be called upon to do were j cheap power available. It is idle for any one to talk about a j lack of market for power in the northwest, if cheap power can jibe had. i me uictuiuauB euuoriai quotes an engineer as saying i " oiy m.uuu acres oi land is subject to irrigation through I ? pumping from the Columbia by power developed at Umatilla f rapids. That is evidently a low estimate, because there are gov- prnmonl nil etitA mmhIm T 1 1 t , , "- "V4 oww -cyuiua snowing a mucn larger acreage as fcuujeet to irrigating by pumping. But even a 114,000 acre pro . ;, ject would be no small affair. It would be bigger than any ' j present project in Oregon. Such a project would add over $10,- ; 000.000 to the assessment rolls of the counties affected, thus re f ducmg the tax burden on present croDertv. ' f One might suspect that the Oregonian does not want a great jHtr projeci Dunt Decause sucn an enterprise would reduce s electric charges and thus cut dividends of electric companier ' VY In,the fiel J' But the Portland Paper is anxious to have the f .ederal government spend millions improving the Columbia . c hannel to Portland so as to facilitate water competition against the railroads and incidentally build up Portland trade. If such federal aid is justifiable for Portland, why is not federal aid for an interior project a good thing also? " ' , Furthermore, the Oregonian supports the federal reclamation , policy whereby the United States government has expended ? many millions watering arid land that is now competing with privately developed land. It is probable that the price of al , lalfa today would be twice what it is had not alfalfa produc t t'on been vastly increased in the last ten years through govern ment reclamation of land. Yet at a time when alfalfa grow ' 1 rl fi2nd their Prod-ct a drug on the market the Oregonian urges i a federal policy under which $250,000,000 more of federal t money will be used to finance new irrigation work. Where i' there any logic in asking the government to finance competi- tion with farmers and then shy at asking federal help on power projects. If it is good public policy to reclaim waste land why is it not good public policy to reclaim waste water power' ( 1 he Oregonian says it is "not a vain hope" that private cap-i iu wut ueveiup power on the Columbia. Private capital may do so sometime but it will not be on a very big scale. The pri- - ate electric companies naturally want a limited supply of pow f cr po that the power they have can be marketed at good fig- ures. I nvate power companies want a sellers market while th public need is for a buyers market There is a well known com- m unity of interest among the power corporations and that un- "u.Bl""uu'8 wu'-s against me building of projects that would 1 JduPnces.- If Private electric interests developed power at k 1 tmuf i o oyila . 1 j i 1 w " v.uu.a,,,,, v.uuia nave a mammoth supply of low priced power. Through regulatory laws now in effect thev i VlZtX6 ""?!"' i5ice based on the producing 4 I. it - I- j i. f . tut "on-nwest power prices to one ' , l.; ?r0nf t1-dwhat 18 "ow chared. May we reasonably ex ; pect - the electric corporations to do that? Certainly not and no ; practical man expects it Furthermore, a project like the Uma tilla rapids project is too big for private financing. The recla- niation feature is too big for any private concern to succeed with and private capital certainly cannot be expected to devote its J energies to improving the navigability of a river. That is dis- t:nct!y a government task, just as much so as channel improve- : nient on the lower nver. Eastern Oregon is not protesting y 1u"" "wuvy lor Dettenng the channel to i 5,1 :-nA'hy ",d a Poland newspaper argue against fed- . . u.u -ia wregon enterpnse of similar merit? : It Columbia basin power is developed on a big scale as it ! hmd be t will be done through federal aid or through aid ; J"0"? some, other. Plic source. There is no other answer and ! e "- tinou,a oe laced. We have had a hundred years of re- i v juivaic ueveiypmeni and not a kilowat of power is be- I : ng.rated on the Columbia. If private capital wants to en j cr this field why has it not done so? Why does not a private t -orporation offer to build the Umatilla uch a corporation enter the field in good faith, agreeing to sell I ;ts power at a fair rate above the production cost that corpora- urn would be welcomed with open arms. But such a thing is tvw uuiwrajirura i cuiis aireaay mentioned. The people of the southwest are backing a power and irri ruiion scheme on the Colorado that calls for more money than , Iocs the Umatilla rapids project. Compared with the Umatilla .lipids project the Colorado project is hair brained. Yet the outhwest is asking federal aid and hag secured ope preliminary ppropiiatioo from congress. It was secured this summer de-piti- the Oregonian's claim that the federal government will not pemt money for such purposes. If the southwest can secure ciH'i al aid for nuch work why not the northwest? We have a cttor power stream than the Colorado.. Why not harness it rui make some use of our birthright? Main Street Pendleton CHAS. D. DESPAIN & CHAS. W. GOODYEAR Proprietors 739 1 WE ARE RED HOT AT THE BUSY BEE Tuesday Morning, 9:30 Sharp. : ' GOMPERS ASKS HARDINGTsKILLED WORKMEN ARE ACCEPT!! MIRK IFERENCE OFiVIMRSANDOWNERS President Says His First Duty in West Virginia' is to Re establish Peace and Order. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (I. X. S. Samuel Gompers anketl 1'resiiient Harding to call a joint conference of the West Virginia miners and operat ors to consider means of ending the lahor troubles there. The president said until the authority of the Vnited States is established in West Virginia Rnd order restored he does not feel he can act further. He said his first duty is to reestablish peace and order. AV. H. Bleakciey to Andy B. Johnson and John H. Brinker, J1.00, NW 1-t XW 1-4 XW 1-4; S 1-2 XW 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec. 34, Tp. 6, X. R. 35. O. B. Ray to Buron A. Chisholm, $10.00, mete and bound tract In Block 12, Sub-division of Lot 8. Hermlston. John B. Switzler to Harold Benja nin, $50.00, Lot 8, Block 14, City of Umatilla. Ellen J. Anderson to E. F. Peal, $4000.00, mete and bound tract in Stil ton. ' Thomas Reece to Ellen J. Anderson, $19.00, mete and bound tract In Mil ton. S. D. Peterson, Admr., to Elizabeth M. .Sams, $1250.00. Lots A and 5, Block 4 1, Freewater. Roy A. Marcum to Jean P. Kirk Patrick, $25.00, West 50 feet of Lot 1 7, original town of Pilot Rock. KANSAS CITY, SIo., Sept. 5. Over 15,000 skilled workmen in this city are either Idle or working at makeshift Jobs, according to estimates from em ployment crcles. The great army of the unemployed is larger now than at i.ny period since the world war, it was stated. Thousands of 'skilled work men lire taking any kind of work' of fered. Conditions this.winter will be the m:;st Ferious in histofy, it is predicted. Employment agencies report a h'gher class of men apply ng fur Jobs than ever before. The usual army of "floaters and laborers has been swelled by this class of skilled labor. The situation has been jnaile more acute here by fhe Influx of jobless men from eastern cities. Unable to find employment In the eastern cent ers, they have struck out for the west under the Impression that a shortage of labor exists in the west and that work would be easy to obtain. Hun dreds have applied for work here who havo &i lived from the East within the last several weeks. ' Many of the unemployed are rail road men. I.nrge numbers of others are skilled irechan'es. Others are frovi the building trades. There has b;t i.i 5-i - rnption of industrial ac tivity In thi. region. , Each month this summer the num ber of unemployed has grown. The Crescent Dry 'Goods Go, Invites your inspection of our new arrivals in COATS f SUITS . DRESSES . , AND SKIRTS " Priced exceedingly low for such extraordinary values, Phone 127 for Better Merchandise at Low est Prices. Phone 127 for Quick Delivery - 28 YEARS AGO (From the Daily East Oegonian, Last evening. In Portland, M. Willie Moxon and Miss Flora Morse were married. Mr. Moxon is a young gen tleman of Portland, who, although not well known In Pendleton, is yet very ' 9-.l Jt . I ' ANNUAL ; 1 Cold M the Head" ' n acuta attack of Nasal Catarrh. Those subject to frequent "colds in th head" will tlnd that the use of HALL CAl'ARKH AlKIjKlNii will build up the system, cleanse ihe blood and rendei th!m less liable to colds. Repealed at tacks of Acute Caiurrn may lead to Chronic Catarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE It taken internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys tem, thus reducing the inflammation and restoring normal conditions. Alt Druggists. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney At Co., Toledo, Ohio. highly spoken of by those who know him. Miss Morse is the eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Morse', of Pendleton. She has lived here all her life and number among her friends and admirers all the young people of this city. shc was always prominent in local society, and consequently her permanent removal from Pendleton will be a sorce of regret. They will re side in Portland at Xo. 602 Rodnev Avenue, and will be at home to their friends on October 1. They go immed iately to housekeeping, their homo having been ready and furnished for accupancy. It will be the earnest wish "f the East Oregonian, as well as of hosts of friends in Pendleton and Umatilla County, that the young cou ple may be happy in their married life. That offer of the First National Hank of Pendleton to take wheat at forty cents a busliel In the payment of notes due it Is being applauded all over the state. If other hanks would do the same wheat would bring something near what It Is worth. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS TOM DIDN'T HAVE JHE SYSTEM. BYALLMAN m? DiJPr. i VENDER IF i COUi-C 'itf DONALD WITH 111 VM1I I (JU UN HN f- IfVOtTTAMT EKftANP? j ' Y SURE. HE CAN rL-r yji i rl PANMV! NOW. DAwNV. TAKE DONALD OUT w THE OTHER ROCM AND GET OUT VOUR PLATThiwGS AND PLAV nice together y QUI I OH. 4DDV ! ! DONALU HIT M IK THE FACE WITH HIS F5Tl ilf J SURE, HE CAN NICE TOGETHER ! fi tyWf IK THE FACE WITH Tv-T Labor Day Ball .Music by the t .. MELODY BOYS of Portland. I - Artists, f ' 'v. Artesian Airs ; : j Members A. F. of M. AT Masters of Mezmeriz-y ing Melodies Liberty Hall PENDLETON TONIGHT NHERE !S THAT KID? HE HIT DANNN INTHE.. FACE ! I WANT TO TEACH HIM SOMETHING NOW. HOLD VouR TEMPER! THEV WERE PlAVING' I'LL 5TRAIGHTEN IT OUT' J-T lt I if I Till IIIWilLMWIMIpMl II JL I. JIIML-W-I JIW II I III I TOM, LOOK In TXERE! (I P1 i I M I WAMT VOU To 3E WHAT A COUPLE OF & k .,;. COOKIES will Do! c-r jl e I pjtj Tf TT T Vv mona Wagons 3-2 3 i-4 3 f $195.00 $175.00 $160.00 Now is the Tinie to Buy. Sturgis & Storie lit r: V Li t the Urcgoman wake up.