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HKND BULLETIN, HKNlJ, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER !M, J0I7 rAGR , i Committee Report Gives Interesting Figures on Tumalo Irrigation Plan Interesting Miitlittlcn concerning tlin Tuinulo Irrigation ircJt uro con tallied In Did r))ort of a special Com inurcliil ultili coiiinillluo, composed of J. I. Ktiyoa, III W. HkiiHo ami II, J Ovurturf, who Investigated thu fens Utility of diverting water from tint Ditsrhutus rlvor to Tuiuulo Crook to 11 hi In wutorliiK tlin Imulit Included Iti tint Tuinulo project. 'Dm report won given yitstorduy lit tint Couiiniirclul 4'luli Iuik'Iiooii, iifi follow: "Tim Tuinulo project originally was ili'ilKiii'il to Irrigate '!'.!, ft 00 acres; O.'IOO oeros of limit iinilor this nyittotn liuvu liotui sold mill put uiulitr eultlvn tlou thu past season, unit It lias boon round tliitt thorn wits ntifflrlont sur plus wutor to permit thu Irrigation of ' K000 nor o iiltoxulhor, and thin In tho limit iillowinl by tho Htutu ot union until morn water run ho provided, Nothing has developed slnto tho coin plotlou of tho Tuinulo iliiin to dls oroillt tho engineers' nrlgluul estl mrftes thut thoro wan enough wutor In tho wutor shod of Tuinulo Crook mill Km Irlliutury streams niicIi (in ('rotor Crook, Hull Creek Hprlug, nW. to Irrigate thu full estimated truct of 22,&00 acres, mill, In fiiot, thu 10, 600 acres nililltlouiil fur thu wo rn Hod Tuinulo extension. Thu wholu difficulty to duto I thu fulluru of trio reservoir situ tu hold wutor. At tuiuptH hnvn boon inndo to plug up tho loukn In thu ground, ttnd somo success linn boon mot with, but at best It I n slow process, unit thu ul llmato success of making It water tlKht throiiKhout In still probloin ullriil. "Now It In desired to dlvort wator from tho Deschutes river to supply Hufflolont wntur to tnnko up tint do flcloncy of thu Tumnlo unit ltd tri butarily for Irrigating 22,f00 ueres or inoro, ThU would inonn enough uddltlonal wator to Irrlgute at least H,C00 ucrus, ilucii experience to data snows only NOOO acres cuu bu Irri gated by thu Tumalo nlouo from Its uaturul flow. "It U admltti'd by tho sponsors for tli In project that It would bu Impos- l slide, 011 account of prior right, to Honiirii thin amount of wutor, or In fact any at all from thu natural flow of tint Deschutes river durliiK thu IrrlKutlon iMtrlinl of nix months ouch yoar, and hence It will bu ucccMary to build a reservoir somewhere south of llittid to Impound thu waters of thu Deschutes rlvor during thu nou-lrrl- gating season, and hold thorn thoro for use durliiK thu Irrigating season. Thu estimated rout of thin projuct, Inmi'il on costs of t'JH, Is npproxl- inntoly 34u,uuO,00L Including $176,000,000 for constructing a di version canal from thu Deschutes rlvor to thu Tumalo system. It U iidinlttod by thu engineers who inudo thlH itiitlmatit that on thu present com of labor and materia! thlit estimate would huvo to bo Increased at leant 26 per cunt, muklng n totul of J 4 -6, 000, of which thu canal Itself would Vr,yVo approxlmatuly $220,000, ''Wo do not protopd to pass on them) estimates, nor upon thu roas Iblllty of thu projuct as a wholu, All wo ran do la to roly 011 thu reports of engineers qualified to do mo. For thin purpomt wu hiivu rufurrud to thu re jiortn niiidu by thu co-operating offi ikkH. Tr-r .i.,E:anrT-lff ,H1 MWiTMSmYW, WAS i if - PERFECTION OIL HEATER FOR SALE BY P. DEMENT & CO. BEND HARDWARE CO. SKUSE HARDWARE CO. cers of tho Htntu of Oregon nnd thu Ituclamiitlou Hnrvlco, dutod Decern bur, 1014, Mont or you will rumum bur that In that yuar thu .("to mid thu Uultnd Mates Itoclnmittloii Hurvlcu uiich iipproprlutud $60,000 for a stir Voy of thlH region, mid ouu of tho ob jects of thu Investigation, to use thu word of thin ruport on page 10, was 'thu providing of storage (a) In n ronorvolr 011 Dosrhutos rlvor Just abovu llnuhmu Falls, an onrllor to- opuratlvit work, rufurrud to abovu, had disclosed thu poHnlbllltlori or iitor 11 cu by a dam located Jtmt nbovu tho fulln; (b) In a ronorvolr at Cm no I'rulrlu; (') In a ronorvolr at Udoll I.ako; (d) In u ronorvolr ut IHk Murnh,' To mnku a lone atory nliort, thin liivontlnntloii ronultod In iiothlm; vury doflnlto on thonu polntn, mid wu iuutu iikiiIii from thu huiiiu report on pUKU 102, an followH! " 'An n pniitlcul ooimldorallon af fuctliiK thu Holettlon of a MloraKu ron orvolr In a ri'Klon ntnli an thin, whoru thu fonnatlon In admittedly flnnurod mid I'uvoruouH mid whoro heavy tin durflowit uro known to uxlnt, It munt bu roroKiilzod Umt thuru In mi ulumuut of chmicu In any of thenu nurfuco do jironnlonn, turmoil ronurvolr nlte.n, formliiK tli;lit renorvolrn. " 'It In Impructlcablu to dotormlno thonu mutter by uxumluatloii or ox porlmunt. All that can bu rollod on nru ronullM. achluvod In rcnurvolr In other volciinlc ronlonn IiiivIiir nlmllnr rhuracturlntlai.' "Now, It In admitted by thonu who havu Itivontlr.utud thu nubjocl thut thu Koolonlo fonnutlon uudrrlyliu; all of thin rouutry from north of Tumalo ronorvolr to nuuth of Crano I'ralrln In almont moiiotouounly uniform. At thu tlmu thu uljovo iuotatlon wan wrltton; thu Tumnlo ronorvolr had not boon completed, but In the J If; lit of uxpurli'iicu nIiico, It munt bu an numoil that If thin ronorvolr cannot bu inndo to hold wutor then thuru la llttlu Iropu of flndhiK a watnr-tlRht bunlu abovu llonham Kalln, Thu prop onltlon appearri to un to paraphrann thu laiiKuaKu of a famoun poet, 'like flyltiR from thonu llln wo havu to otlinra that wu know not of. "Wo do not wlnh to taku thu nlund of obJuctltiK to any jichoino of Irri gation which aiioarn foanllilo and practicable, nml wu nhould heartily ludornu approirlatloti of fuudn for makltiK thu pronuul Tumalo project a nucconn If ponnlhlu. An thu mutter now fltundn, uiioukIi watur In now 0- liiK to wantu III thu Tumalo draluoKu area nufflcluut to IrrlRuto approxi mately 24,600 acron neu panon SO and Nl of thu co-opuratlvu ruport mid every effort and niunun nhould bu nxhnuntud to rotisurvo that watur be fore iittumptltiK to divert watur from another dralna);o area Into It. "Komu nucconn hun already boon oh tulnod In neulliiK up thu loukn In thu main Tumalo ronorvolr, and In our opinion, (hln work nhojild bo contln uod an funt an practlcnblu until It In dufliiltuly proven whether tho wholu ronorvolr can bu seuled up or not. Thin work cuu bu donu at compara tively niuall cost, nay $10,000 or ho pur year, and thu tiuulliti; of thu lunkH cuu bo donu proKrenslvcly and thu ronurvolr uned un funt and to thu ox tout they nru cloned up; und thu ro- Hiilt will bu known counciiuontly ap bobybbaili 1'iottcu him from chill Lecpf hlmcomfy, lu ttiint lirai. Kailly car iled. Fuel coniunml on ly wlirn heat it needed no wane, No inol or odor, STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) proxlmatuly an fanl nn tho money In uxpundud, "On tho other hand, to xocurn any watur wlmlovur from tho Dnnuhutun rlvur would ruiiulru, accordliiit to tho Hponnorn for thin Holiumo, upproxl matnly $426,000 buforo nnyUiliiK would bu known an to tin nucconn, Kurthormoro. It ncuniH an itconornlc wantu to npuud $226,000 on 11 canal to divert watur from tho Dunchutun rlvur to another wator nhoil whuii thuru In abundnul unu for Itn ontlro flow, Including what mlKhtbu Im pounded durliiK thu uou-lrrlKutlutfC nminon, In IU own natural bnnln whoro tho expound of dlntrlhutlilK on thu land In vary much lower. "In conclunlun wo nru, thurnforo, obllKod to rucommund that thu pull tlou for $2000, or any other amount, to bu uned In MurvuyltiK tho cunul mentioned In thu bcglnnlm; of thin ruport, bu not approved by thu Ilund Commutclal club. On thu other hind, wu would rucommund thu appropria tion of ntiitu fuudn an nuKKcntod In thu foruKolm: for continued uffortn In filling up thu leakn In thu main Tumalo ronurvolr " TUMALO PUZZLE TO BE FEATUHE IltltH.WTIO.V (ONfiltlvSH W'lUlt IMV KHVKVIMs ATTKN'IIO.V TO l'ltOIIICT'H I'ltOltl.lCMH, UK CLAIIKH II. II. lie Alt.MOM). (From 8uturda'n Dally.) That nnpoclal attention will bu do voted to thu Tumalo project problem at thu coming non-Ion of thu Orofion Irrigation CotiKrosn In Portland In Jajiuary wan thu ntatonient this morn- InK of II. II. Do Armond, member of thu executive committee of thu con i:ron, Junt returned from a trip to Porclaud, whoro tho program for tho 1918 convention wan outlined. Itejiortn will bu filed on all thu Irri gation projectn In the ntatc, In order that comparisons wltli next year's ru portn, to show progruns, may bo made, Mr. Du Armond mentioned, whllu an other feature will bu short talks by farmurn relating their experiences on Irrigated lauds, and thu results at tained. In regard to thu Tumalo project, It han been suggested that private par ties, who uro Interested In tho devel opment of Irrigation projed In thu state, may lay a propovil beforo thu desert laud board In the near future under which they would agree to tuko over tho work, complete II, mar ket thu lands and reimburse the stute for tho $460,000 expended un thu project. Kngliieern havu recently 1 made a niroful nxamlnatlon of lite Tumalo reservoir, and It Is known that thu reports madu by them are now being considered as a prellml miry to puttliwc thu now proposal up to thu board. Boy Accidently Shot by Brother 'After Rabbit Hunt (From Monday's Dally.) Whllu removing shulls from a .22 calllbro revolver yesterday afternoon, Ilubort lugemauu shot his 11 year old brother, George, In thu right aide. Thu bullet lodged in thu splnu and - caused total paralysis ot tho lower limbs. Thu two boys had boon hunt- lug rabbits on tho Salhor ranch east af town mid wuru preparing to return homo about 4 o'clock. - Itobert, who Is 16 years of ago, had thu gun and wns unloading It. Ills finger caught in thu trigger and tho gun went off, tho changu striking his brother, who wns standing near by. Tho child was taken to thu ltund hospital and lutt on tho ovoiilng - train for Portland, lU'coinpunlod - by his mothur und brother. An oporatlon for rumovnl of tho bullet will bo performed by Dr. K. A. J. McKoiulu. Tho boys ro sona of Ooorgo - Iugumauu, n carpenter. Complaint .Almost (lone. "Foley's Honey and Tnr is grunt," writes h. V, Day, U6 Campboll Avo 10. Dotrolt, Mich, "It rollovus bron chitis quickly. My complaint has al most gono und I hopo nuvor to linvo It ngnln." Time nml tho oxnorlauco ot thousands huvo provod that thoro Is no bottur mudlcino for couglis, colds or croup. Gut thu genuine. Sold ovorywhoro. Adv. HlKlicttt cash piico paid for nil kinds of fut'N, hides, wool, pelts, lltiggs' Hcconil Hand Store. 323o mm S3 SESSION IS SET WILL BE JANUARY 2 IN PORTLAND. 1,'xociilhi) ('omtiiltK'ft MectM nml Out- lines I'riiKram tii Cover four Dhjh Titlniliul Dlncunnloim to Ho KllmliiuNtl. PORTLAND, Nov. 23. Meeting hero for Its seventh annual conven tion, thu Oregon Irrigation Congress will open on Weduosday, January 2, at the Imperial hotel. . Tin session will extend over four days. This In the decision reached by thu executive committee of thu congress, composed or II. II Du Armond, of Ilend; Oeorgu Russell, or J'rluovlllo; Harry Card, or Madras; Jay II. Upton, or Prlne vlllu; Ralph Cowglll, or Median! ; J. W. Hruwer, ol The Dalles, and J. N, II (lurking or Tumalo, at their meeting here. Joseph T. Hlnkle, president, und Fred N. Wallace, sec retary ol the congress, met with the comrviltteo to aid In mapping out the formal program for thu next session or thu Irrlgatlonlnts. Program Outlined. All ot thu four days will bo occu pied by thu congress In running through thu formal progress hero In Portland, with tho exception of Thursday evening, January 3, and thu following day, which will bu spent at Corvullln. An Invitation was extend ed by Professor W. L. Powers, head of the Irrigation and drainage depart ment of thu Oregon Agricultural col lege, who came before tho commit tee as the representative ot President Kerr, requesting that thu delegates to tho cungrenn bo present at a ban quet In Corvallls on Thursday even ing and meet In Joint convention on Friday with the annual meeting ot tho Stato Dralnago association. I Jin i) Sought An Hpjnikrr. Thu program now being mapped out lor tho convention will eliminate, as far as possible, all technical dis cussions, and turn the convention over to tho practical Irrlgnilonlsts of tho stato who are actually work ing upon tho laud. An effort will bo mode, however, to securo Secretary of trto Interior Franklin K. Lane, Judgo Will R. King or somo other prominent official of the department, to nddross tho convention In explan ation of thu Chamberlain bill now pending before congress providing for tho government guaranty of Irriga tion and dralnago district securities. Tho statu Irrigation securities law, tho Tumalo project and various other Oregon subjects, will havo a prom inent part on the program, while tho theory will undoubtedly be presented that tho statu and government should unlto In an attempt to enact such legislation as will make It easy for soldiers and sailors returning from active service to enter upon and ac quire Irrigated .farms. Desert Land Board Men Will Inspect Deschutes Project (From Thursday's Dally.) SALKM, Nov. 22. (Special to Tho Uullntlu.) Attorney - General Itrown mid Stato Kn- glneer Lewis In thu near future - will visit tho Suttles Lako Irrl- gallon project mid tho Des- chutes project nt La Pine. Tho first projuct will bo visited to i Investigate rolatlvo to irrlga- - tlon district bonds and tho sec- , nud to sou if somo means can- not bo round to sotvo tho prob- - loins which confront tho Des- - chutes projoct. A controversy i has arisen bntweou J. K, Morson of tho projoct, nnd A, A, Ayn, or La Pino, as to abandonment at -: tho Kast Sldo, mid tho two Des- urt Land Hoard members will - report on this subject to tho Dosart Land Hoard. CITY VALUATION IS UP QUARTER MILLION (From Friday's Dally.) An Increase or ovor a qunrtor or n million dollars In tho nssossod valu ation or tho city or Iloud for tho pres ent yoar Is Indicated In tho prelim inary statement ot tho valuation, mndo known by Assessor V. T. Mul lnrkoy yesterday. Without tho pub lto utility valuation, tho assessment la $797,410 or tin Increase ot $253, SCO ovor Inst year's figures which lnctudod tho utllltlos, Tho utilities valuation should bo well ovor $C0, 000. Tho Incrcano Is duo to Uio Inclusion for tho first time, of tho valuation of tho sections west of tho rlvor and to tho groat growth of tho city slnco tho building or tho mills here. Shoes for Real Service OUIt HPKCIAIry IB TO MAKK HHOKH THAT HTA.VD THU TKHT NAP-A-TAN SHOE Is especially mado for this kind of country. None- aro bet tor made. J. E. TILT SHOE A hnndsomo serviceable dress shoo for men. Cannot be beaten for tho money. Olvo theso shoes n trial. A. HANSON LOGGER. Tho A. Hanson logger Shoes of Thrco Lakes, Win., are band-made and cno or tho vory best ot its kind, Special mado to-order work tcken for this shoo. UI'-TO'DATK HIIOB IlKPAIIUNO BOND STREET R. H. 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