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ADVANTAGES OF
DISTRICT PLAN
FOR RRIGATION
ditch company an Uciin maintain a
I ditch company and can maintain a
vale Irrigation company would inuiii
taln It for and under the formers'
ditch plan the work of cleaning and
repairing the ditch Is a Hinull burden
j;ib they can do the work thomselve
(during the alack times In the winter.
1 Personal Kxjieiieuee
Now, a word aoout my personal cs-
Personal Experience as Director of
Colorado Project Set Forth Dis
trict Is Only Practical Plan Where
by Farmers Know Just What They
are Getting.
I)Y J. C. BARNES
The resident lund owners 1n tho
proposed irrigation district having
less thnn 40 acres of lond practically
nil want Irrigation. Tho owners of
orchards with tow exceptions want
Irrigation. The largo land owners
at this time do not wunt Irrigation
for all of their land; they bollovo It
would make It necessary for thorn to
ecu a part of this land. 1 think pro
bably without oxccptlon (hey all want
to take water for some of their land.
A solid block of land means leas
cxpeuse per aero to construct nn Ir
rigation BJBteni and less expense to
maintain It after It Is constructed. A
solid block of land enn only bo ob
tained under tho district plan. This
plan Is the only one talit would reach
tho non-resident owner. A groat ma
ny owners of small tnrcts of land have
left; they would return or could sill
their lund If It wub brought undor Ir
rigation. Only l'hui l'ossllilo
Again, It Is tho only plan that will
reach a man who6o land Is mortgaged
if the mortgagees refuses to ulgn tho
contract with tho holders of tho tlllo.
Under the district plan a farmer can
buy or build a ditch and own It nnd
know what bo Is getting. They
can employ counsel und seo that they
get a good title to what they buy and
can employ engineer to estimate
costs and nee that ditches and dams
nro constructed according to speci
fications. An liidlvudunl signing n eontrnct
with an Irrigation company simply
lias to shut Ills eyes and trust to luck.
This Is Just what those under tho
I'hoenlx ditch did.
A large company of land owners
associated together under the district
pliiii can. to a certain extent, dictate
terms. Funnel's organize Into a
; pcrienee. I was a member of the
I board of directors of the first goreru
I ment project, the Uncompngrl project
1 In Colorado, and was one of the com
j mlttoe elected by the board of direct
ors to unify the ditch system, that Is
I to get those owning private ditches
niul water rights to exchange them
for a government right. At first the
government was bitterly oposed by
the owners ' of private ditches, es
pecially tho largo lund owners pro
tested. It was going to be a fight
I to the finish; in tho end In every In
stance It was compromised sntlsfac
1 torlly to the land owners. After Mr.
,Tift prossed the button turning the
I Gunnison river Into the t'neompugra
i valley overy one wanted a govern
' ment water right.
I I believe II' tho district Is organized
it can ho worked out to the sothfac
i Hon of all. There Is no question but
thut all' lands not benefitted to the
extent of tho cost of the water right
for that particular land would be ex
ompted. No matter which five of the
men nominated are elocted they
would do this carefuly and honestly
as It would be their duty to do it. I
nm' glad to seo those opposed to the
district nominate men. I th'.nk they
should bo represented on this board.
' Ktoctlon of Directors.
I oo not think It mutters who are
elected 'directors, If we can get our
svi'i.s Into a district orannlznt'.oii m
that we enn get at the facts ui.d be
in o position to act If condiment ar
rived at after a careful inveritlu;a'ton
should Justify action.
It would bo a great mistake if mo
farmers do not now put themselves in
? position so they can invostiul-' ;i;
to tho cost of getting water und go
ii noad with the purchase or construc
tion of a system If the expenditure is
justified.
The district plan Is the best plan
yet devised to bring the farmers to
gether into a co-opertttivo organiza
tion to secure Irrigation. It provides
for Investigation, for bargaining; for
the Issuance of bonds for construction
and for Die maintenance of ditch and
('.liitrlbutlon of water. It Is a fanners'
co-operative company In every re
spect. If you think those out und out in
I favor of Irrigation might act too has
Itily If put on the bonrd of directors,
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tho cashier, to hand over the money Flossier could free himself and give
and after locking Uossler in a room, the olurm and tonight was reported
mounted his horse and rode away. eai'chiiig the country south of Mul
A posso was formed as soon as ' ton.
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I.uilier ltitiliriiik nnd his liimc, .v!m ivns his m-ereliiry. She wns Miss
I'liznlielli Witters. Two years njr,, !llrliank ami Miss Wiiters met in New
Vorli, where she was employed by Uil' publi.-hers of tho iiiaut wizard's
lioi.ks. Mrs. r.mi.ank is nl.oul :i0 yen-s f i.ge, while hei-husbnnd is (i7.
then vote for one of those more con
servative. Hut regardless of who you
vote for for director, vole for the for
mation of the district.
SCHOOL LANDS GO
BACK TO STATE OF OREGON
ltaliph and lieurgo Aitlien have ur
rived from lloseville, California,
where they are employed by the
Southern Pacific, to spend Christmas
with their parents, .Mr. and Airs. J.
1'. Altken.
With Medford tr.irto Is lledford mode
SAI.EM, On-., Dec. 23. Judge
! William Calloway in circuit court
; here today decided that title to six
hundred acres of land in Linn county
.was secured by F. A. Hydo und his
associates through fraud and collu
Ision and that tho time In equity to
such lands still vests in the stute of
; Oregon. . . '
ME COMPLETE
l'rcparntions are complete for tho
municipal tiuistinus tree festivities
to be held on the library lawn tonight
at 7 o'clock. The big tree lias been
set up und is trimmed with n multi
tude of electric lights nnd holiday
decorations. The top is crowned
with a ii in ii 1 1 ii t It illuminated star.
(.'iinily canes und oranges have
been provided for 1200 children, each
child to receive two oranges nnd n
cane.
The children will assemble lit the
Washington school lit b'::i0, where
they will be given each u ticket which
will be exchanged lifter the exercises
for ii treut. The children will be un
der the supervision of the teachers
of the public schools. J'nrents with
children too small to march in the
procession may accompany the chil
dren to the school and receive treut
tickeis.
Promptly at 7 o'clock the children,
marching four nhrcusl, will leave
the Washington school ground, puss
nroiind the tree and take their posi
tion to the east of the library, where
they will muss for the singing of
Christmas music.
Tho exercises will be opened with
a player by licv. Hogg of the I'res
bvterinn church. This will he follow
ed by singing under the supervision
of Miss Kileeii French, superintend
enl of music in Hie public schools, af
ter which the evening exer-isps will
be concluded with (he passing ou of
the Christmas treut from the library
steps. Parents and children uic're
ipiesled to oblain their tickets at (he
Washington school, ns no (rents will
he L'iven out without tickets.
The prediction of ruin nnd south
wind by the weather bureau hns ap
parently shattered the hopes of Med
ford's children for n white Christmas.
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THE
WORLD
YAKIMA VALLEY BANK 1
ROBBED OF $4000;
NOHTIl YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 23.
The Bank of Dlckleton, twenty i
j miles southwest of Mabton, Wash.,
I was robbed of $4000 late today by a'
lone robber, who rode into the town!
on horseback, held up the bunk nnd
escaped.
The robber compelled S. A. Rossicr i
MISS EDNA WARNER
Fletcher Music Method
Studio closed for Xmas holidays.
Classes will be resumed Jan. 8.
Res. Phone 764
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Christmas
Gift
Elect
nc
al
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ers and Lovely Lamps.
Selecting a Christmas gift is always a perplexing problem, because the essential
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must be a touch of real luxury about it.
The Christmas Gift Electrical combines these Essential Qualities and betokens
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