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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1903)
The Heppner Gazette charge of river 11,1,1 horbor work in 1 Ovcgon and Washington may be IsRucd Tlui'sday Morning. Warnock te Michell. Kntoml fit the Postotlipc at Hejijmer Oregou, as BeeoiHi-class matter. Thursday,. .Jan. 29 taken as indicating two things first, a purpose to undertake active ly the work ot removing the bar riers to navigation between Celilo and The Dalles; and, second, ap proval of Captain Hart's plan for 1003 doing this great work. Captain Elart's recommendations have long Hillsboro has a milk conden- been under consideration at Wash- sing plant, the first in the state, ington, and the department lms not Oregon people should favor home yet declared its judgment concern products and encouragy the es- ing it, but it is not likely that tablihmeut of more manufactur- their author would have been re I 1 1 i . i ids: concerns. caiiea to service nere it it were not I ia mind to make use of the plan The Lewis and Clark bill, ap- which originated with him gand propriating $500,000 for the 1905 whice is identified with his name fair has passed both houses. This Captain Hart's plau, which was is one of Oregon's most progressive submitted to the Chief of Engineers movements, and while it will be in November, 1900, is by a series some what of a burden it will be of canals with locks connecting money well spent. Oregon needs with links of the natural river more people. If the spirit in channels to make a clear connec which this bill was passed had tion betweeu navigable water below been more prominent in former the obstructions at The Dalles and times, Oregon today would have navigable water above the obstruc been much better olf. tions at Celilo, a total distance of about ten miles. It is for a work In the neighborhood of 82,000,- designed to duplicate in connec- 000 are expended annually to con- tiou with the obstructions of The duct the sheep industry in Eastern Dailes the work already achieved Oregon. That is, it costs about $1 at the cascades the project now per head to run sheep. This large presented being one vastly greater sum is paid to laboring and busi- in every way than the one accom ness men. ine millions ot pounds piisbed. in taptain tiart s own of wool and with the increase in the words, in an official report made to sheep, this is certainly an industry the Chief of Engineers, in No- worthy consideration, and should vember, 1900, his scheme includes: b3 helped rather than handicapped First, the construction of a canal about by legislation. 3000 feet long with two lifts of about 24 teet each, extending across the peninsula on the Washington shore in the vicinity Indications are very favorable Lf Celilo Falls; second, the removal of for the early building of a railroad the worst obstructing rocks at and below from Hepper ts the Willow Creek Ten-Mile liapids and the opening a re coal fields. While people who I FIRST ANNUAL PRE-INVENTORY This is not a gigantic or a colossal or a phenomenal sale. It simply means .i that we have some lines of goods that we are anxious to close out and are willing g, M to cut the price so that it will be an object for you to buy. Every department on m the main floor has some splendid bargains to offer you. A CLEAN-UP ON SILKS in fancy waist patterns, short lengths, plain, solid and stripes of Taffetas, Pe.au do Soie, Gros Grain, Japanese, etc. Four yard waist pattern?, SI 00 per yard quality, now $3 a pattern; some $2.75 and as W low as 2.50. lhese are not old silks, es you will see at a glance. i j - G5c SI 25 1 00 85 75 50 85 BOYS SUITS Ages 3 In 15. Two and three piece Sails Kuee Pants. $1 COqnBlity, now...$l 00 1 75 " "... 1 00 2 50 " " ... 1 50 3 00 "... 2 00 3 50 " "... 2 25 $3 75 quality, now 4 50 " " 5 50 (5 50 " " 7 00 " " .$2 50 . 2 75 , 4 00 . 4 25 . 4 75 Boys 3 piece suits Long Fonts, ngee 10 to 17. u n it " 25c 55c 50c 35c & Short lengths are marked at ridiculous prices. $5 00 quality, now. . .$3 75 6 00 " "... 4 00 9 00 " "... 6 00 $7 00 quHlity, now .. .$4 75 8 00 "... 5 0!) 10 00 "... 7 50 Boys Knee Pants, 50a, 75o and $1.00 quality, now . . 25o, 40o Boys Long Pants, $1 25, $1.50, $2 00 and $2 50 quality, now 75o, $1 00, $1.25 and .$1.50 SHOES. The Dress Goods stock has hargains to offer, such as have nbt an equal. We haven't the space to quote prices, but if you want to lay in a sup ply, now is the time. MEN'S AND YOUTHS SACK AND FROCK SUITS These are broken lots, but are full in all sizes. They are down to quick-selling prices, and in a short time you may find trouble in getting your size. inor & Co. inor &. Co build railroads do not talk much the Gazette is of the opinion that the work will be commenced on this road in less than a year. The best evidence that a railroad will be built is from the fact that it has been established that there is plent y of coal. lief channel along the line of the exist ing high-water channel on the Washing ton shore immediately north and parallel to Ten-Mile Rapids ; third, the. construction of a canal about 9900 feet long around Five-Mile Rapids, h'tving two looks (one of 33 leet lift, and one to be used as a guard lock for use during histh stages), this canal to be alou the Oregon shore, its lower end opening immediately below Bij Eddy and its upper end to be immediately above the a t n 1 head of Five-Mile Rapids, utilizing t hi I nana aa fur aa nranhnuhlu i,n the state of Oregon would be nortberlv of the two natural lil,.Wlltor tit ji c pieasea to see tne senatorial cana8 or channels which now parallel, struggle at Salem end in the early on the south, the greater portion of the election of Mr. Fulton. No re- Five-Mile Rapids; fourth, the construe nnhlinun in thn Wkbirnrfi rwanlrl "on 01 a uomergeu nam or wier im .. , 1 l' 1 l, - mediately below the head of Five Mile J 1 Kan us. which wi I raise tha nrpspnt fipiesoitne party uy voting lor level of the low-water surface ap- Fulton. Mr. Fulton has won the p-oximately 20 feet, thus drowning out 63teem and respect of the people the raPiJs below this dam at.d Ctlilo of this state upon his meiits. In every portion of the state he has many friends who recognize in him a clean, able and conscientious man. It is true that Mr. Fulton is ambitious and progressive, but such a man is needed to represent Oregon. Without prejudice and with the best interests of the state in view, Mr. Fulton stands at the head of the list of candidates. Burleigh's one mile limit law is not meeting with much favor at the hands of the Oregon legislators. The house committee on agricul ture has reported adversely on the bill. This unjust and discriminat ing measure should be knocked higher than a kite. Legislation to the detriment of many for the benefit of a few is little better thaD fraud. The passage of this law weuld greatly injure Eastern Ore gon. It is estimated that there are now 2,000,000 sheep in Eastern Oregon, worth at the least cal culation 84,000,000. To kill such an immense industry would not only injure the men directly in terested in the business, but all business would be affected and greatly curtailed. Hope for nil Open Itivrr. I1 alia and reducing tho currents in the river between fie canal around Five Mile Rapids and that around Cehlo Falls, especially at low stages, by in creasing the area of the cross-section of discharge, and diminishing the surface slope; fifth, the removal of the worst obstruction rocks at Three-Mile Rapids . . . The proposed canals are to be 05 feet wide at the bottom, cut through solid rock, with the natural conditions of the sides as left after blasting it protected ... to prevent injury to vessels This is the vital part of a report which makes a book of many pags, aod is accompanied by many maps and drawings setting forth the conditions in detail, with devices by which Captain Harts proposes to overcome them. The estimate of the work as a whole foots up 3,- 9G4.371. Captain Harts' plan, when it was announced two years ago, com mended itself at once by its com mon sense, its thoroughness and its assurance of a positive and final, even though a remote, relief, to those most directly interested. But time has dragged along and nothing has been done. The failure of one appropriation bill, the un willingness of Congress to provide funds for any new work of a large kind, the delay of the office of the Chief of Engineers to report upon Captain Harts' plan these things of the Secretary of I have Berved to discourage those who have the largest motive of in terest, though they have not for one moment obscured the im portance of the ptoject. The an-j The order Wp.r relievirg Captain W. W. Harts, of the corps of engineers from duty in the l'hillipinea and Hi-sigLiLg'him to his old place iu nouncement which now comes from Washington that Captain Harts is to be returned to his station here and be put in charge of operations on the Upper Columbia will natural ly revive the hopes of two years ago, for it can hardly mean less than approval of his project. Plans are comparatively easy, and the acceptance of Captain IiHrtst' scheme by the officials of the Chief Engineering Office, while it is extremely gratifying, will not go far toward getting the project carried out. It will, according to the estimates, take approximately $4,000,000 to put the work at The Dalles through, and it will take a strong and a presisteut pull to get this money from Cosgress. The representatives at Washington of the States of Oregon, Washington aod Idaho must in the nature of things be the chief factors in this work, but they can be greatly aid ed by an active sentiment and an organized backing here. The Oregonian suggests that when it shall be announced that .Captain Harts' plan has been definitely approved and accepted by the eogineering authorities, a conven tion be called to take such actio. 1 looking up promotion of the work as that body may deem expedient. Such a convention would exhibit emphatically the interest of the people of Oregon, Washington and Idaho in the project for an open river, and if it should result in the creation of a working organization to assist our representatives in their appeal to Congress, it could hardly fail of good results. More and more the need of an open river grows upon the country. Until it shall come, it is useless to expect from the railroads which operate in the Columbia liiver Basin the rates which justice be tween producer and carrier de mands. Kailroads are created and operated not for doing justice, but for making money. No matter by what forms they may seek to dis-j jrnise it, their universal rule of policy is to take what the traffic will bear; and they will continue! in the Columbia liiver Khhu to! establish their charges nuder this rule until the opening of the river shall enforce a policy based upon competition. Oregonian. J - CCr l- ay t&t. Pltor a,. 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