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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1903)
1H Y WATJCK ltl(;il I S. (ioveriimeiit Iteadf to Iay Itcasoii- able 1'ricp. Washington, April 9. Ilydrograjdier Newell, of the Geological Survey, has directed his field engineers, who are ex amining the withdrawn land in Umatilla and Morrow Counties, in the Butter Creek country, to pive special attenton to all claims of individuals and com panies who own or claim to own prior canal rights in that vicinity, and to determine whether or not these rights, if they exist, will interfere, with Govern ment reclamation. If the project as a whole proves to be practical, and only these private interests stand in the way, Mr. Newell says the Government will be willing to pay the owners a fair amount for their property, but if exorbi tant prices are asked the Government will abandon the project altogether and look elsewhere for a site for a Govern ment irrigation system, as it has nothing to lose saye the time spent in investiga tion. There is a willingness to pay a fair price for any private property that may be absorbed, or utilized by the Government in its irrigation works, but there are so many valuable sites and so many meritorious and attractive projects awaiting attention in various states that no work will be undertaken where at tempts are made to hold up the Goven uent. The engineers have discovered, in the short time that they have been on Butter Creek, that the irrigation works attempt ed in that vicinity years ago by private .capital were not practical. Their pro moters contemplated taking the water from Umatilla River and distributing it over the lower lands, but no provision as made for storage reservoirs. Inas much as the water level in this stream is exceedingly low in the Summer months, when water is necessary for irrigation purposes, their scheme would never have profited anything. The scheme roughly outlined by the 'Geological Survey contemplates thecon struction of storage reservoirs for im pounding the flood water of Umatilla River and a number of smaller streams in that locality, and holding it in re fljrve until the Summer, when it can be distributed as reeded. If the investiga tion and euivevs now in jirogresn on Butter Creek are satisfactory, and the project is eventually approved, clear of all obstacles, there is money enough in the reclamation fund, says Mr. Newell, to warrant the prompt letting of con tracts. Mr. Newell pays that because of the controversy over the water rights on the Silvi'.s River, in Harney Counly, ;the Government engineers will probably pass over that project, for the present .at least. Private capital seems to he doing all that can be expected, in view of the diversified claims as to riparian .and canal rights. The i:nd of the World. As hardly two men agree just how the world will come to an end, it is, per haps, not worth worrying about, and, at any rate, all the theorists, except Pro fessor Marienburg, of the University of Chicago, agree that When you and I beyond the vale have passed, Oh, what a long, long time the world will last! rrofeesor Marienburg thinks we shall be frozen or burned up in about 20 years by the earth getting out of its orbit. Professor De War thinks we are liable to be struck by a comet; in fact, that the earth has been struck before by one and survived. H. G. Wells also imag ines that a comet may whisk us into eternity with a toss of its playful tail, while many geologists are in favor of annihilation by means of an ice cap, which they apply in different ways. Some think the ice cap will come toward the equator from the north and south simultaneously and crush out all human life; others that the earth will deyelop poles on the line now known as the equator and anew equator be formed which will be run through the present poles. Grant Allen's theory is that the crust of the earth will subside like the crust of a huckleberry pie newly baked, and the molten lava well up and cover the surface as the juice of the pie wells up and forms a pool on top of the pie crust when the pie is cooling. Others declare that the final cataclysm will be that the earth will fall into the sun and be burn ed up with all on board. Still other "scientists" assert that our planet is rapidly cooling off, and that it is only a question of time when it will be iu the same condition as the moon i? now. For such as do not fancy so slow and prosaic an ending there is the more Htrenuous theory of a grand explosion which shall shatter the terrestial globe into 10,000 fragments and Bend them hurling through space. This explosion will be caused by the waters of the ocean getting into the interior of the earth and generating gases and steam which will rend the world. A respect able number of learned men provide for the extinction rt human life on the erth by tho loss of the light and heat of the sun, which they assure us, is gradually coo'ing off and will eventually fail us altogether, when the whole solar system iriil wander darkly through space. Due Notice is Served. Due notice is hereby served on the public generally that DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the only salve on the market that is made from the Dure un adulterated witch hazel. DeWitt's Witch Hazal Salve has cured thousands of oases of piles that wonld not yield to any other treatment and this faot has brought out mmy worthless oonutereits. those persons who get the genuine De Witt's Witch Hazal Salve has oured thousands of oases of piles that would not yield to any other treatment, and this faot has brought out many worth less conterfeits Those persons who get the genuine DeWitt's Witoh Hazel Salve are never diieappointed, because it cures Slocum Drug Oo. lone Drug Co., lone. Daly Will Take Offlce. Washington, April 9 The bond of John D. Daly, recently appointed sur veyor general for Oregon, was received at the general land office today and ap proved by the acting commissioner. It did not reach Secretary Hitchcock, however, hence Mr. Meldrum's tenure of office is prolonged one day. Mr. Daly's bond is for 830.C00, furnished by the American Bonding Company, of Baltimore. When the bond is finally approved by Secretary Hitchcock, Daly will be advised by wire to relieve Mel drum of the cares of office. Explosion on the Iowa. Penascola, Fla., April 9. A disas trous explosion occurred on the battle ship Iowa today while the vessel was at target practice in the Gulf. The for ward port 12-inch gun burst from a pre mature explosion of a shell, 12 feet of the piece outside of the turret being de molished. Three men were killed and five injured, to seriously. John Fleming, of Fort Benton, Montana, a well known stock buy er, is in Pendleton. He wants to buy 50,000 young mutton sheep and stockers. 11 fin Tri i m.T- i fa ne Jbirst National iirocery x Can be found on Main street and is the place to buy : : : : : : gj. Groceries, Provisions, G I assware,Ti ri ft ware and Furnishing Goods CD These Goods are well adapted to either City or Country Trade : : : 1 Staple d Fancy Groceries. Fine Teas & Coffees opd Goods... Fair PrirPiC 1 K. HOWARD, JHeppxxer CENTRAL MEAT MARKET THOMSON &. BRETALL, Props Beef, Mutton, Sausage and Poultry kept constantly on hand Hams, Lard and Bacon of the best quality 1 1 T ' 1 jS&m" rrebii risn in season West Side Upper Main Street, Heppner. For Xmzt 1Xiirtr Days Suits made to order for :$I5.00 Henry Bode, Tailor, Heppner, Oregon b Mm Minimal ID ew Challenger Improving. Weymouth, England, April i). Over a thiriy-mile eoutwe, fifteen miles to lee waid and fifteen miles co ' windward, the Shainrodk III today beat Shamrock I by seventeen minutes and twenty-six seconds. Hitherto the challenger had showed a weakness down the wind, but fodav she proved as good on this point of sailing as on any other, a.d better on some points than she had heretofore shown herself. Over ten minutes on the run out from the turning point at Luiworth Cove and over seven minutes on the beat home, were the challenger's sensational gains over the olJ boat. or Siiiupter VjiIIc Itoad. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10. The umpter Valley Hail way has purchased from the Oregon .Short Line all the liar row gauge equipment of the iatter com pany and will commence to move the property to the Oregon road at once. 'The equipment conpit-ts of l'jl pieces and was secured fur (something like 0,000. Aa effort to bold the annual en campment of the WasbiDgtfta G. A. 11 at Walla Walla during ilrjoserelt's Tisit failed. A Sweet Breath is a Dever fniliog sign of a healthy stomach. When the breath is bad the stomach is out of order. There ia no remedy in the world equal to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for ounug indigestion dyspepsia and fill stomach disorders. Mrs. Mary S Crick, of White Plains, Ky., writes: "I have been a dvsnertic for verirs tried nil kinds of remedies but continued to grow wor.a. By the use of Kodol I began to improve at or.oe, and after tfsking a few bottles am fully restored in weight, health and streugtb and can eat whatever I like. Kodol di gents what you eat and makes the stomach swpet. 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