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'VOLUME XXV.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1913.
NUMBER 45
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UMATILLA COUNTY MEN FORM
COMPANY FOR PROJECT.
Plan to Use Waters of Uma
tilla River Placed Before the j
State Engineer.
Plans for the irrigatiou of 47,000
acres of land in Umatilla county by
private interests soon will be complet
ed, ; according to J. T. Hinkle, rep
resentative in (the state legislature and
attorney for the settlers, who recently
conferred with State Engineer Lewis
regarding the projeot. Mr. Binfcle
said the settlers bad organized tbe
Paradise Irrigation company, that
oonstrnotion probably would be start
ed next year, and tbat tbe system
would be completed within two years.
Tbe coat will be about 153 an acre and
the promoters of tbe company do not
think tbny will Lave any trouble io
disposing of the bonds.
Mr. Hinkle was accompanied to
Salem by A. Wold, projeot engineer;
G. Stubblefleld, water expert and con
sulting engineer, and James Hoskins
president of tbe distriot.
"We have 107 landowners," said
Mr. Hinkle, "and muob of tbe land
baa yielded large crops under tbe dry
farming system. The traot is east of
Echo and adjoins tbe Umatilla projeot
being oonstruoted by the federal gov
ernment. Plans and specifications
have teen filed with the state engin
eer. We have reasonable assuianoe
tbat we oan sell the bonds. Tbe
work will be done under the Oregon
irrigation distriot law." .
Mr. Hinkle explained tbat the aver
age annual rainfall in tbe distriot was
eight inches, aqd that tbe dry-farming
system did not give good results every
year. Tbe rainfall at Pendleton,
wbidb is 20 miles east nf the Paradise
irrigation distriot. ia 17 inches a year.
"Iherewill be no better land in tbe
country for wheat, alfalfa and fioit
growing than that we propose to irri
gate,'1 ooutinued Mr. Hinkle. "Mr.
Stubblefleld says it will be epeoially
adapted for fruit, and the oost of re
claiming it, considering the results ex-pe-oted,
will not' be large. We have
been working quietly on the projeot,
but from the start have been confident
of success. We have delayed reveal
ing our plans until , now, -when it
seems that nothing oan interfere with
them.
"We propose to obtain water from
tbe Umatilla river, and the main
canal will be 26 miles long. It will
be about the length of the feed canal
of tbe government projeot at Hermis
too. Mr. Lewis has promised that be
will make an examination of the plans
and specifications at onoe."
H U. Sill III
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STRONG STATE WIDE SUPPORT
is tenderedhim. '
Prominent Dhraocrat' Pays
Prospective ' Candidate High
. Tribute at Banquet.
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TAYLOR- GHOLSONI NUPTIALS
Popular Young; Couple Married in
. Walla Walla Wednesday,
Ibe wedding of Miss Kitiie Gholson
and Sbeldon Dee Taylor was solem
nized Wednesday in Walla Walla,
tbe ceremony being performed at tbe
Christian Church, at 10:30 a. m.
with Rev. W. W. Burke officiating.
The young couple were attended by
Mr. and Mrs. Austin A. Fobs of this
oity, tbe latter the eldest sister of the
bride '
tle bride is tbe youngest daughter
cf Mr. and Mis. W. J, Gholson, and
is one of the special favorites of Ath
ena, where her life has been spent.
Her musioal ability is well known,
she having taught piano in this oity
for some time, beside being pianist at
tbe Christian oburob for several years.
The groom is also a native of tbe oity.
being the only eon of Sheriff T. D.
Taylor, and was reared by his grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor
of this oity.
Tbe young people will fee at home
after December 1, at tbe old Taylor
homestead three milles west of Atb
ena, Their many friends will join
tbe Press in hearty congratulations.
" Stungl
The amateur Gardener saw on ad. In
a farm paper. Tbe ad. read as follows:
"How to remove weeds without la
bor. Ten minutes docs the trick. Send
$2 for recipe."
-The amateur gardener sent the $2.
Two days later be received tbe recipe.
It read as follows:
"Marry a widow."-Cinelnnati En
quirer. ' .
Ought to Work.
"I'm afraid these boiled eggs ain't
very fresh."
"Write the name 'Genevieve on one
of them, suggested tbe head waiter.
"Mr. Wopsey Is romantic,' and that
will distract hia attention If the eggf
are not so good." Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Hereditary.
" "That office boy I never here when
be Is wanted "
That's not flltiitfrther his fault."
"WIisil 1 nwatiT
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Tbe East Oregonianays Dr. Smith
ia Leing strongly urged by friends in
Umatilla county and elsewhere
throughout the state to; run for gov
ernor next year. He may do so, says
the Pendleton paper, and if be enters
tbe race there are reESons for believ
ing tbe dootor will have tbe inside
traot on tbe oontestfor thedeniooratio
nomination. This is on tbe assump
tion Governor Webt will not te a can
didate for reeleotion.
Up to this time Dr. Smith bi nisei f
baa made no announcement ou the
subjeot, as the primary eleotion will
natocoor for some six' mouths, but
his friends are going on the assump
tion he will bn a candidate and are
rallying to his support. ,
Walter M. Pierce, former joint Ben-'
ator aud oIobs persoual friend of Dr. '
Smith, is an earnest supporter cf tbe
doctor, and is outspoken ia deolarug
he oan win. Speaking of the situation
as be baa found it, Mr. Pierce said:
"From considerable, ; information
that I have received from piominent
democrats from praotioally every por
tion of tbe state I know tbat Dr.
0. J.' Smith is decidedly the ohoioe of
democrats at this time for tbe demo
cratic nomination for governor. There
are one Or two other aspirants who
have some ardent personal supporters
but tbe sentiment for Dr. 'Smith's can
didacy is statewide and is not confined
to any partioular faction or mention..
Dr. Smith, has very strong support
from many prominent men who were
associated with him during bia eight
years in tbe state senate. Any man
who bas been personally associated
with Dr. Smith and who, like him
believes in democracy , of the Wood
row Wilson type a not only his warm
personal friend bnt his ardent support
er, for Dr. Smith has a wonderfnl
and obarming personality. He would
make an ideal governor.
"In my view," says Mr. Pierce,' "a
very important faotoi in tbe seleotion
of a demooratio candidate for governor
will be the attitude of tbe Oregon
Journal. No demooratio nominee for
governor oan hope for encases in the
eleotion without tbe hearty support of
tbe Journal. I am. inclined to 'be
lieve the Journal would prefer to see
the nomination go to Dr. Smith; than
to any other aspirant in the field."
Will M.: Peterson, demooratio lead
er io Umatilla county, is also backing
Dr. Smith's .oandidaoy. "He is the
most logical man iu tbe state for the
damociatio nomination," be declares,
"and I am for Mm from Alpha to
Omega. If be enters the race, as I
think he will, I am teady to go dowu
the line for him and there is a mul
titude ready to do tbe same thing."
Here's the Government Official
Who'll Collect the Income Tax
FINE BALANCING FEAT.
The Dancing Glaes on the Knives n
the Bottlee, '
Take two bottles of the same height.
Insert In each ii cork, the top of which
has been cut Into wedge or gable
shape. Place the bottles on the table,
the cut edges of the corks parallel to
each other. Put the blade of n table
knife on each cork, their -points al
most but not quite meeting In the
middle and their baudles projecting on
the opposite sides. Holding the blades
with the thumb and forefinger, take a
mall wine or liquor glass half full of
water and balance It upon the points
of the two knives.
This will require n little adjusting
of the distance between tbe bottles or
of the quantity of water In the glass,
but after n few attempts you will find
that the weight of the glass Jat:t bal
ances that of the knife handles.
By drawing a few drops of water
from the glass this will rise n little
with the knife blades. Jf now you take
a thread with a metal button or h
small piece of lead tied to It nud lower
this Into the water the glass and the
knife blades will .descend. They rise
again as .yen. withdraw the weight
Tbe glass behaves as If drawn by (he
thread, and you can make It dance up
and down like a marionette. New York
World. :
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COLUMBIA GEORGE
GUILTY OF MURDER
SECOND DEGREE VERDICT FOUND
ACAINST THE INDIAN.
Conviction is Second for Pris
oner; His Previous Victim a
Reservation Squaw.
TO many business men of the country the income tux Is us yet n puzzle
They have not succeeded in figuring out Just how it works in some ot
its more complex phases. L. l Speer, who has beeu appointed deputy
commissioner of Internal revenue for the purpose of collecting the tax,
Is a man who will find his hands full explaining the ins and outs of the law.
Mr. Speer Is going to be tbe busiest official in the government service before
he has grown much older. But he's the kind of au American that can stand
worry of this sort. Why not? Hasn't he been in the internal revenue service
for the last twenty-two years? And hasn't he been collecting the corporation
tax, at first a most difficult task, for the last four years? Mr. Speer has made
a study of the Income tax section of the new tariff law and Is considered as
well versed In Its provisions as is Representative Cordell Hull, who drew the
measure un Mr Speer faces troubles of his own. ,
Huerta is Crumbling.
Members of President Huerta's offi
cial family are working diligently for
tbe reopening of. tbe negotiations and
claim to have the consent of General
Iluerta to make concessions which
they belileve . will be satisfactory to
tbe United States. Tbe Mexioan
minister of tbe interior, Manuel Gar
za Aldape saw Nelsou O'SbaugbneRsy,
the American charge d'affaires late
yesterday and appealed to him to do
all in his power to induce 'the United
States to withhold action until the
Mexican officials could communicate
with Mr. Liud, now at Vera.
Watts Moves Office. '
Attorney Watts has taken temporary
qbartors iu B. B. Richards' office,
whore he may be found until his uew
offloe building is oompleted, adjacent
to Mr. Iiiotards' ottloe on tbe east.
Tbe building material is now on the
ground, end Heed Hill aud Arthur
Sbick aie doing the carpenter work.'
Columbia George, tbe Indian, was
oonvioted of murder in the second
degree at Pendleton Wednesday even
ing. Tbe jury in the United States
court found, bim guilty of murder
ing Temot, an aged equaw, on Jnly
6, 1912.
Temojrs body was discovered on
July 7, 1913, in a creek flowing
through tbe ranoh of Sam Bittoer.
Evidently she had beeu struok behind
tbe ear with a stone.
Columbia George was arrested the
day following the discovery cf tbe'
body. It was charged at tbe time aud
substantiated in the trial jUBt closed.
that Columbia George was tbe last
perron seen with tbe squaw. This'
was on July 8.
The present trial lasted nine days
and tbe defense put op a bard fight--,
dwelling on two theories other than
th one held by the proseontiou. . One
was that Temot oanie to her death by
being kicked t y a borsa as she was at
tempting to mount tbe animal, arid
tbe other tbat she was slain , by an
other gquaw, who, it was alleged, bad
cause to be jealons of Temot.
Colonel J. H. Raley and R. 3.
Slater, counsel for the defense, an
nounced that they would try to have
the verdict set aside on the grounds
tbat tbe federal Court bad no juris
diction in tbe case, as tbe murder was
committed on land, title of which had
passed from tbe Government's wards
to citizen.
; United States Judge Bean presided
over tho trial and A. E. Johnson was
prosecutor.
Columbia George bad been released
from tbe Federal penitentiary at Mc
Neil's Island, only a few weeks pre
vious to the murder of Temot. Be
bad been oonvioted several years ago
of the murder of Anna Edua, a Equaw,
who, ha alleged, was a witch.
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Umatilla Indian. Columbia George
induced Anna Edna to drink whiskey
which tbey bad poisoned. They both
coufessed tbe orime, Columbia Georgn
fceiug seoteuoed to bang. Tbe death
sentence was commuted to life im
prisonment and in 1913 President
'fait pardoned Columbia (ieorge, who
returned to bis wife on tbe reserve.
Karlsbad.
The qnestlon as to how to spell the
name of n watering place Iu Bohemia
was submitted by a New York woman
to a resident of the sptf. The answer
did not decide tbe point, but it afford
ed those wbo were interested some
amusement. "Tbe place is naming aft
er a name which by yoo is Charles,"
says the writer. "No person will be
deceive If Carl or Karl is wrlten. Each
one Is eutlro right. So your letter
with Carlsbad will come equal time a
with Karlsbad addres. Us business
people care us very little of the name
how It is spelling." The evident de
sire on the -part of the writer' to W
on both sides of tbe question was frus
trated, however, by the printed letter
head, which, had "Karlsbad" on the
date line and contained in a corner also
the legend. "English spoken." New
j J'ork Tribune.
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