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BURNS. OREGON. SATURDAY. MARCH 29. 1902.
• I.Mt P«« T«-a«.
MI» Wul.th. H <««1«.
UAIICF RII I |C RATI
NO. 18.
although it is so drawn that it pen under this bill as Mr. Mondell Over towerd Dayton the damage is
wouid dwive n„ny
ia|0 hay reported it from the committee. lighter, and as there is very little
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thinking it did. It says in section That bill is contrarj to the Presi­ Winter wheat in that vicinity, the
18 that the lands proponed to I ms ir­ I dent’s merwige. He said that the effect will not be felt. The cold
Weak Palata In Irrigation Mena- rigated shall be subject to entry lands should be reserved for tire wave swept across Hr.ske River and
only under the homestead law, but settlers. Il ia contrary to the con­ killed a lot of wheat on the i*-w
uro Painted Out.
this clause la a delusion and a stitution of the National Irrigation acreage around Washtucna, then
snare, because it is inoperative un­ Association, which demands tho hit the h igh spots again in the vi­
til the Secretary of tbo Interior same thing."
cinity of Ritzville. In the heart of
Washington, March 19.—Georg* gives public notice designating the
“Could the bill be so amended the Palouse around Colfax, Gar­
Hardware of Evory Doacription.
II. Mansell, executive chairman land irrigable under the system, as to remove the objections you field and St. John entire fleIJs were
of th« National Irrigation Associ­ which be is not to do until the con- ( have suggested?"
wiped out, and the per cent of dam­
BVBNM,
ORKOON.
ation. has returned to Washington, ^rac{ for construction has been act- , “Of course it could. The original age throughout that section waa
after an absence of several weeks U11|r lct Before th< n all the land Ilansbrough-Newlands bill was in very high. It struck thc Idaho
in the Wset
The remarkable wau|d he filed on by speculators.' its general features a sound meas­ line south of Moscow, but the effect
change in public sentiment through- The Senate amended this and pro-1 ure and had the support of the Na­ was milder, the damage around
the vid<
vjd<d
that lbia
lhig notic
notic<> , ahould
ahoul<1 u
^1 tional Irrigation Association."
out the Eastern Staten
Htates during ths
.d thal
i Genesee leing only about 30 per
pnat two years in favor of National < given
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as soon am the Secretary of
“What amendments ought to be cent. The Big Bend escaped tho
Irrigation, which has found such the Intcrior deteiluil)C,
project made to the bill?"
frost, except in that territory from
marked exprersion in the present u> bo practicable. This is an rm­
“The lands should ba reserved this cause is inconsequential.
'•a ——— aaer •••»
session of Congress, is generally pr0veinont, but still ie not enough. for actual settlers as I have already
The exact effect of this extensile
JOHN W MGGN I’n-aiJi nt,
conceded to be due largely to the The Uud abouJd at all Umeg be explained. The right to get a wa damage capnot be determined until
GE > FRY. Cashier.
work of this National association, open to homestead enlry, subject tv ter right from a Government sys­ harvest. With a favorable Spring
a majority of the members of which the charges and conditions of this tem for private lands should not ' wheat season the yield on the re-
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represent the l*rg**«t commercial act, but when ever lire Secretary 1 only be limited to 160acres to any ' seeded ground muy Ire pulled up t*
and manufacturing concerns in the decides to survey any proposed ' one landowner, as the bill provide«, nearly the same figures as would
oountry. It ia believed by mauv project, he ahou11, before the sur-1 but should be further limited to have been returned from the Win­
(Incorporated.)
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members of Congress that if the veyrs go in the field, temporarily! actual bona fide permanent resi- tercrop. Conservative men, how­
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BUUXM,
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USUBGON.
irrigation bill now pending lie fore withdraw the land from scrip and | dents on the lands. If the nonrea- ever, estimates that under the best
525,000 00 i the House was to receive the sup­
, desert land eutry and as soon as idents are allowed the right, the circumstances it would not be safe
port of the National Irrigation Aa- I the surveys are completed he should ; 160-acre limitation will be eyaded to figure on within five bushels per
A General Banking Business Transacted. J sociatiun it would pass; and, on
determine whether the project is by wholctale.
acre cf‘h? j
that would bare
Direeturs; W. V. King I. S. Geer, Geu. Fry, W E Trisch. • i the other hand, that if the aseoci-
practicable
and
if
it
is
give
the
no
­
been
secured
from
Winter wheat.
“
The
clause
giving
each
state
cx-
J.
Welcome.
f lation should strongly oppose the
tice,
and
if
not
reopen
the
land
to
elusive
control
should
be
stricken
If
this
ratio
of
loss
should hold
eeoMMitoe
ooooo
measure it would be defeated. On genernl entry ”
out. jt id unnecessary. The pre­ for the entire tract damaged, thc e
being asked if the association
“If the bill could lie pasecd ceding clause of section 8, which will be a theoretical shortage of
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
would favor the bill Mr Maxwell would it not be belter to bare it go provides that there shall be no in­ 2.500,000 bushels of wheat. To
I said:
through in any shape even if it terference with th* laws of any this must be added 300.000 bush­
Ri «N« IxmuB No. 70, K of F
T
“That de{>euda on what bill you
could not be amended?"
M««ia «v«rv rUurtduv night.
state, is all that is needed to pro­ els ot actual wheat used for reseed­
J U. M m MULLIM,
' mean. There are two bills and
F M Jordan. C O.
“To havo a bill pass which would , tect tbo states,
ing, making a total of 3,000,000
if
1 you must not confuse them,
H M«thor.hea.i, K ol R S.
destroy itself in its practical opera-
‘■It is the law of the arid region bushels of wheat lost by the sever­
i you refer to tbo compromise com- tinriK
PffOTOfíRAPHER
nrl
nmvifl.*
* wv » • w «
«*
■
tlons,
and
provide »« »« n/.fhii
nothii , p« o g hut
but « ra n a today that priority of right arising ity of the weather in February.
BUKN4 CIHPTEB, KO «». <» E ”-
1 tn it tee bill, as now pending in the
crxAAnlafnru
»a/\i»lrl
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graft A»r
for speculatori«, would be a from actual beneficial u«e of the i At present prices thia would repre­
.Meet« redfttri and fourth Monday of
Murr», ftr«*ir«n.
House of Representatives I would fatal mistake from the utandpointj
nach month in Maaonie h <11, Voeutly
water applies to the whole streanj sent a lo*a-af approximately $*2,000
Main St.—opposite Bank.
, «av no, moot emphatically no. If
building Mr« M <«1« Mv«n«, W. H
of the \\ est The whole strength , regardless of the state lines, Tl*tre 000. With conditions similar to
' you refer to the Senate bill, is it
Mr* Fenica Th<>*ip«un. lloc.
of the irrigation mjvcmcnt iu the ia absolutely no doubt about it ¡those of last season from now or,
was amended in the Senate and'
East, and the reason for its remark-’ that this is the law. No change ; there will still b« as much wheat
M AR»DF.X A QX A a Y
passed that body, it was a great,
BURN* IX»TMiF, NO »7. a.F. « A M.
ablo growth, has been the confi- should be made in it by Congress." i in the Pacific Northwest as there
Moria Hotardajr on ar before full mooa.
* L. Marte«»,
J.hn W (Jtary,
improvement and with some fur-
d»nce of the business interests of
“The aisociation will favor the was last year. This is due to the
Q*i«ltfl«J brother« frelern«ily invitad,
! thcr amendment could be made as
Pbyeiriand A' Ruryeone
the East that it was a movement appropriation for thc reclamation fact that there quite a material in-
<t. At. Kenjon, W. M. T. S. Rledtr.
Barna, Oregon. good a bill as was the original1 which was really and genuinely of arid lands that will open up crease in the acreage, there being
Mar«
Hansboro-Newland» bill iu the last
«^“Of!!'* »1 reaidenra. ’Phono 30.
proposing to make opportunities opportunities for actual settlers to more new land under cultivation
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IHMlOtl.
f.üRNH LODGE, NO. M. A O. V. W ;
for settlers and create dense popu-i build homes and icserve the land ( for both Winter and Spring wheat
Meats At Rrown hall *v«rv Fndav nra-
I “What is the oljeclion to the
la lions and make new markets, for them, and it will oppose anv than ever before.
e<n|{
Vinitinr brother» internally In-
ßlOO» A FlGGi
: House bill?"
vL<l. Tima Sarara. W M. Ch»« N. .
and that men who wanted to build , plan that does not do that, We
From the big Lend, which turn-
“Well, I will show you. Did
J. W Blfl*
DalUu Birg»
| Oebraae, Uaoardar
homes would Lave the Laueflt of the j have enough big ranches in the cd off a wonderful crop last year,
I you ever see a Hock of blackbirds
Attorneyo-at-Law,
opportunities created by the Gov Wist already.
comes reports that there is a decii’-
following a plow? Well, that is
I! IRNEV LODGE, NO 77. I <> O F
arana,
okkgon .
eminent
appropriations.
If
you
ed lack of moisture, and that the
Mwit .varv fialnraav evening, B-own’a ■
just the way the »clippers and
hall
Vtailinc brother» fraternally in-1 Ul^Ofllci- in Rank building.
destroy tiiis confidence you destroy
condition of the crop is by i «
speculators and land grabbers
viMd,'
Frank O J»<dt«oe, K.G.
the movement and the West can­
i means as •good as ii was a y< ar aco.
C. <♦. Hmi h. Hacrotary
would follow in a flock after
not afford to do it for any tempora­
and it is feared that the ia k of
the Government surveyors, from
ry advantage. The fight between'
moisture can not be mr.de up in
TCI F. CIRCLE. N») 1<W WOMEN OF
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tho moment they went into the
Womlcrall. M h I« 2nd and 4lh Tiie«-
those who want homemaking arid
timiftodo much good in p.rtlir g
dav at Rmwn'ahall. Mr« Titll« Jwdan.
field to begin the survey of any
Half Million Acres Wiped Out-
aud population and those who
Attorney it-Law,
tlie
crop up to the proportions uf a
Mr«, lone Whiling
Guardian.
Bj Frosts.
Government system under a law
Clerk.
want speculation and land grab­
year a*o. In the Big Bend country
such as has been reported from the
BVUXB. ORKGOM.
bing had far bettc be fought out
there is more new acrenge than iu
irrigation committee to the House
first, than to surrender to the spec-'
any other section, and it is on thix
I Every bit of lar.d irrigable from ir-
ulators and lose the confidence of
Half a million acres of inter ■ new acreage that the railroad« ar*
II. LI AM« A FITIUBRALD
, rigation works when built would be
the East."
wheat have been resown in Oregon, depending fur a etsnuoff for the
1 filed on by speculatori* iieforc the
M. F4i(.r.l4,
Th.r.tou Willi.a.,
“How do other organizations Washington and Idaho, the result *^c Poor
which now teem*
{Government workmen stuck a pick
WMary Pul.ll«,
U’ornay at La*.
stand on this point?"
of
the
February
frosts
which
came
:
inevitable.
The
reseeding in
Not an acre
TRACK RIARMO
Law, Notarial and Real Eat ate {into the ground
“Every organization, whether it down with killing effect on a nuui- ! ’ matilla and Walla \\ ata Coun­
DcaiaNB
! would be left for actual settlers.
be commercial, labor or manufact ter of unprotected localities in the lies Las not been done under very
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C opvriohts Ac.
Practice.
Then the government would have
An«OM «andine a «kMek an« ««amnUM M
àSffiSEæs
Burnii, Oregon.
' uring, which has indorsed the Na­ three states eays the Oregonian. ' favorable circumstances, for rtun«-
tfflr*Oflice in old Masonic building to either abandon the enterprise or tional irrigation movement, and
Umatilla County alone was dam- ■ diately after the drills stirred up
•«ni fra. Old««« «frana« tor MH-urtoi paianu.
build it for tho benefit of a lot of
r.t.nt. lakMi tnn,»fh Man« A Co. rsaai*«
there are a multitude of them, has aged to the extent of 100,000 acres. ; ‘he ground a dry wind swept over
o-ul <wUM, wltkoat ■»«*> I« <“•
..«wUlators ana relr on getting its
demanded that the lands to be rc- ( u"-aUa Wa)ia County was still hard- ithc country and absorbed considei-
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money
back from the sale of water
p M. JORPAW.
A MMeomelr
claimed shall be reserved for actually hit
Eurcka Flat, which pro- i1 b!c moisture, leaving the ground
«ulation *»r an
rights to lands in private owner­
bottlers only.
Every one of them duecg mofe bigcrop8 than anv olbcr so dry that tne wheat was wry
Practical Land Surveyer
ship, and under the state control
is arrayed against what wonkl hap-i section in Washington, was prac* slow
"
* in germinating,
...
... not .
and . will
Rara«, Or«««« i clause, in section 3 of the bill, the
There is more Catarrh in thia tically all reseeded, and there is a bav» a very good start.
The fitir-
Government would not have the
section
of
tbecountry
than
all
other
big
Winter
wheat
district
in
the
j
“
tion
ce
comparcJ
with
the past
slightest power in any way to en­ I
g W. Mtl.LKR.
diseases
put
together,
and
until
the
Palouse
that
will
this
year
be
j
,ew
J
’
e
*
r8
might
be
suti-inarized
aa
force payment tor these rights
last
few
years
was
suyposed
to
be
planted
in
Spring
grain
after
the
fellow*
:
.Votary Public and Canroyanrer,
The home maker and the Govern­
i
A larger acreage of Spring and
ment would both be left out in the incurable. For a great many years, Fall wheat was wiped out entirely
Hartz»»««. F«»»». «le., c.rraetlj «i»d».
AVinter
wheat combined than ever
offlea »» Mar*.
cold under that bill, but the specu­ doctors pronounced it a local di- or left in such straggling patches
before.
A very small acreage of
lators would feather their nests [ sease, and prescribed local remedies, that it was drilled over «nd re-
Winter
wheal
in first class cor.di-
land by constantly failing to cure, sown. Conflicting reports have:".1
well.
“The National Irrigation Associ­ with local treatmen’,, pronounced it been coming in from the wheat dis- tion, and a very large acreage of
ation atande
Science has proven i tricts since toe cold weather nearly f’prinjg wheat in hardly as good
stands for a principle. It incurable.
Rais
bave nts atíce t ra
demands that what ia left of the catarrh to bs a constitutional di­ two month« ago, but it was not un- condition as that of a year ago.
karats« treated
«iib Knreba Har-
Union County, which lost more
public domain shall be reserved for M’as*, and therefore requires con- til the past few davs of warmer
»< • OU h re-
weather
that
the
full
extent
of
the
heavily,
than any other section last
for actual settlers, and that the : stitutiomil treatment. Halls Catarrh
cr Aufl and pH-
damage
was
learned,
and
some
season,
is
now in line condition,
Cure,
manufactured
by
F.
J.
Cheney
further spoliation of the public
a Lie. Stitch««
fields
which
had
apparently
come
lb
®
crop
never
looking bi tter, aud
lands by speculator« and its ab­ A Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
through
the
Winter
all
right
are
similar
reports
are received from
sorption into great ranches to the conaUtutional cure on the market.
■nric««. IM
baine*« mt
now
being
reseeded.
Sherman
and
Wasco Counties.
, exclusion of home builders must It is taken internally in doses from
In
Oregon
tire
greater
part
of
Fortunately
for
Portlaud,
there is
and shall ba stopped. It will never 10 drops to a teaepoonful. It acts I
the
damage
is
confined
to
Umatilla
moreof
the
damaged
territory
trib-
surrenderor compromise that prin­ directly on the blood and mucous I
•*»« . wh »hatch er photo of invention for
County.
but
some
of
the
exposed
utary
to
Puget
sound
than
to
Port-
fre« report on paten tall illy
For tn« booh.
ciple for mere expediency or to 1 surfaces of the pystom. They offer I
S’r^TRADE-IIIRKS *iT
i one hundred dollars for any case it patche's in Morrow County were al-;,an3. b,,t even tbe pu«et bound
gain a temporary advantage."
[ fails
Send for circulars so touched sufficiently to demand cities will not suffer much it ear
Does not the House bill as re-,
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— cure.
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I reseeding of tha whole or a part of loss of business if there is favorable
Address,
ported reserve the land for home- and testimonials.
stead settlers?" Mr. Maxwell was F. J. Cheney A Cc , props.Toledo, O. the affected farms. Between County •'’Pfh>g wheat weather, fur they
UPPUSItf U S t A I I H 1 ill I It I ft
A8ked.
SoI‘l *>y Druggists, 75c.
f And Eureka FJat the dam <ge runs have a vsfy large area ot new wheat
** A
N C T ° N P
ft
I "No," he replied, "it does not, Hall e Family Pills are the best, in place- as high a« 75 p*r cent land in their territo^v
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