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fri M mi I'ic r 1-4 iu;le tunnel
.e Ttvl Irr.c.itiou Di.nct in
iia i'ouu:. urogoa, has reach-
r.l l! tvex n-r head.cg 1't day. The
tuniifl wiil d,iT: Mater from the
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I n.atilia r:er. It iil he ieJ by a
IT r.i. ii' tel.ntir.i e.isal, Lipping Ca
ll. as. Hiiiaa and Cable ceeks.
Krom the tunnel the water will flov
H.r. utih the natural channel of But
ler iTtik for S5 miles to a point
!.-re :t mil he diverted and dis
tr. bused. Ti.e lands to be irrigated
lie at an eiivatior. uf OHH' to SH'O feet
above sea level, in the vicinity of
Echo.
In addition to the tunnel and main
canal there will be diversion dams.
suiehill Humes, trestle flumes, inver
ted siphons, concrete drops and
chutes, cement lined ditches, and
other special construction works. A
sawmill plant with a daily capacity
of SO.uei' feet lias been installed on
Camas creek.
The tunnel is 12,341 feet long. S
feet wide and 7 feet high in the
clear, with an arched roof. Its grade
is u.5 per cent and the greatest
depth beiow the surface is 640 feet.
At each end is a plant with 190 h. p.
boilers and engines driving 10x12
compressors. A 50-inch fan drives
the smoke and foul air from the face
of the tunnel through an lS-inch
pipe, so that the muckers are usual
ly at work in from 5 to 5 minutes
after a blast has been fired.
At each tunnel face are two air
drills mounted side by side on a hor
ozontal bar. Three S-hour shifts
are worked at each end of the tun
nel, with two drillers and three
muckers. They average sir feet per
shift or IS feet per day. except that J
where timbering is required the pro
gress is from 10 to 12 feet per day.
The rock is basalt, more or less bro
ken at the beginning but becoming
harder as the work progresses.
About 14 miles of excavation will
be required on the main canal, about
one mile of this being in solid rock,
and the remainder in a heavy black
clayey loam. The bottom width is
25 feet with side slopes of 1 on 1.
This excavation is being done at the
rate of about 1000 cubic yards per
day by a caterpillar mounted steam :
shovel, having a 1 1-2 yard bucket, i
About a mile of canal has been ex-'
cavated by the middle of November. .
The diversion dam is of timber, :
rock and earth, 195 feet long, with;
an overflow- crest or spillway 15b j
feet long. An abutment connects it
with the wall of the canyon at the
east end while a combination head
gate and abutment connects it with
the canal at the west end. There are
four controlling gates in the dam.
Construction work was started
about September 1. It is expected
that excavation will be continued
during the winter, but the flumes
and trestles will not be started until
spring, the main canal being at an
elevation of about 3,6oO feet. W. B. .
Hinkle, consulting engineer, of Echo
Oregon, is engineer in chief for the j
Teel Irrigation District. Echo News.
: 1 tie Kercst S rvice have shown
i.orv. yellow pine yields a m
. t",..ie of "pitch, from whic.i
i r ; . -f.r.e and rosin are made.
' , ;:c the amount of the yield of
or. t. n trees was very much less
:l...r. those of Florida. When the de
for these products becomes
t...r. enough it is not unlikely that
the industry will establish itself on
the Pacific Coast and thus may give
. .: lit tonal value to the extensive yel
low pine forests of eastern Oregon
afd Washington.
Tl e local office of the Forest Ser
v .e hopes that its apropriation for
...ostigative work may be large en-'
eugh to enable it to carry on add!-1
i. nal studies this year, which would
l-.ive the way for industrial develop
ment of this new unused forest re
source. '
Lambing Well Under Way
At Vaughan-Parker Ranch
Lambing is well under way at the
I Vaughan-Parker ranch Just below
Itown. announces Manager Frank Par
ker. The lambs are big husky fellows
land are doing fine. There are 49 of
them and not one has been lost yet.
I The grow ing tendency among sheep
I men is to start lambing operations
j earlier than in past years. At this
time of the year this necessitates shed
'lambing, owing to the severe weather,
j A number of bands of sheep in the
; Butter creek section are lambing at
the present time.
Henry Peterson Married In Kansas.
Henry Peterson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Peterson of Gooseberry
and a graduate of the local high
school as well as an overseas veteran,
was married in McPherson, Kansas,
recently. His bride was formerly
Miss Ada Anderson, and is a niece
I of Nels Johnson of Gooseberry. It
was while visiting with her uncle in
this county that the young people be
came acquainted. Mr. Peterson ex
pects to arrive home with his bride
next Saturday and their many friends
j here are preparing to extend them
i the proper welcome. The newly weds
! will make their home at Gooseberry,
i where Mr. Peterson is fanning his
: father's ranch.
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DO YOUR TIRES NEED ATTENTION?
Have Your Tires and Tubes Received Injuries
that Should be Attended to?
Maybe that left front tire has a break in the fabric and you are
looking for it to blow out a perfectly good tube any day, or
maybe that right rear tire has a bad cut in the rubber which is
allowing the mud and water to rot the fabric or cords.
Why not have those injuries attended to
while your car is idle?
TIRES (Cords or Fabrics) TUBES
Vulcanized
Your work called for and delivered. CALL MAIN 872
All work leaving this shop is guaranteed
Stephen M. Irwin
GATES TIRES
Authorized Service Station
BCOHTCREO
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VULCANIZING
Gilman Building Heppner, Oregon
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The receipts from National Forest
business in the North Pacific District
for the six months ending December
31, 1618, were i 238.968.82, an in
crease of $41,552.40 over the re
ceipts for the corresponding six
months in 1H1S, according to a state
ment of net receipts by forests and
classes just compiled by H. I. Loving,
District Fiscal Agent.
Timber salfs, which brought in
$215,952.70, is the leading item;
$6,447.86 came from water power;
$5,288.86 from special use permits;
$3,774.74 from grazing permits;
and $600 from timber settlement.
More than $7,300 of the total re
ceipts came from fire, grazing, and
timber trespass. Six Forests of the
District contributed more than $10,
000 each to the total. The Whitman
National Forest, in Eastern Oregon,
led the District with $46,084.82. The
Tungass, in Alaska, was second, with
$44,169.66; and the Crater, in Sou
thern Oregon, was third, with $27,
94 2.37. The Columbia, $16,491.14;
the Oregon, $14,016.23; and the Ol
ympic, $14,015.26, ranked fourth,
fifth and sixth respectively.
t'urnut Service Anticipates .New Cse
for Yellow I'ine Koresta.
The use of western yellow pine as
a source of turpentine and resin is
ai)tlcipati-d in a report regarding the
possibilities of extracting naval
stores from the yellow pine trees on
the National Forests of this territory
just completed by Forest Examiner
R. H. Weitknechl of the District For
ester'B Office. The report, together
with a proposed policy for the De
partment to follow, has been sent to
the Washington office for considera
tion. While in France as an officer in
the Field Artillery, Captain Weltk
necht had an opportunity to see tur
pentining in the maritime pine for
ests on the Hay of Biscay and learn
ed something of the French methods
which are applicable In this country.
The yellow pine forests of the
South Atlantic and Gulf States are
fust disappearing and the industry
must seek new fields. The study on
which this report is based was under
taken in anticipation of the possible
moving west of the turpentine indus-
AN OVER-SI
ZE 20-35 YUBA
0, VER two years ago, a Model 20-35
j Yuba was fitted with an oversize
' Wisconsin motor, to make up for
the loss of power incidental to
working at a 5000-f t. elevation. The splen
did performance of this motor proved of
interest to our engineers.
A tractor was then equipped with this
powerful motor and operated in the Santa
Clara Valley, California. Much to the sur
prise of our experts, there was no in
creased wear on any part of the machine.
In fact the performance of this tractor
showed it was in splendid balance thru
out. It was demonstrated that this additional power
enabled the tractor to pick up the load of a heavy
plow without jerk, jar or strain on the transmission.
This machine has never been advertised. This is
the first announcement of it, yet today, based upon
the performance of the machines already in the field
eighty per cent of our sales are of the oversize model.
We can make immediate delivery. The standard
machine has 20 horse-power on the drawbar. The
Oversize has 24 horse-power. The additional cost
is $200. We are now booking advance orders for
spring delivery.
YUBA Over-Size Model
Vaughn & Sons
1 Our Invoice j
I Just Completed j
discloses the fact that
we have several broken 1
1 lines, as well as some 1
I we shall discontinue.
I These we shall sell out 1
I regardless of first cost. jj
H You will find them all p
1 represented on our j
BARGAIN TABLE
I Look it over and see J
what you can use. j
Phelps Grocery
I Company
720-Acre Creek Ranch
50 acres under ditch, ,'!5 acres of number one alfalfa, 50
more can lie put under ditch. All kinds of good barns
and out-buildings. Good orchard. One mile from school.
An ideal home and a first-class stock ranch.
SEE ME TODAY.
ROY V. WHITEIS
Heppner, Ore,
H IVi: Vol- AXVTIIIXMJ TO NKIX? LIST IT WITH MK.
1 I GEXTLEAIEN
Ejsj I Head this ml riiivfully. Do you realize In Rett inn a milt that. I
I will please you and be the right tiling for you is a serious mat- I
I j tcr w hich should he given your best attention. j
I In sickness people In general have the right Idea in looking I
I up a specialist. He as wise in selecting your clothes. I
HI Heppner Tailoring & Cleaning Shop
I Tailors, are experts with 30 years experience. Now is the time I
I to select and leave the order for your suit. I
EE My spring samples will please you In both price and quality.
EE (i. IKANZKX, Proprietor.
List Your Ranch Now
Spring will be here in a few weeks and I
will have buyers ready to take your
ranches. I want about 15 more choice
wheat ranches for sale, and if my past and
present success is a criterion you won't
have to wait long to close up a deal.
Quick Sales and No Deception
E. M. SHUTT
The Real Estate Man Upstairs in Court House
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