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meat roll, or who is otherwise qual- Company’s 62 foot irrigation ditch and whether the petition and no-
MEMORIAL TO “BIG SIX’’
ified under tlie laws of this state | to a point where said Kingman Col- tice of the time of presentation be
for the organisation of ony Irrigation Company’s 62 foot duly published, as provided by law;
Christy Mathewson, affectionately known as “Big Six” WESTFALL SHEtPLuri an to petition
irrigation
district, and that to- irrigation ditch intersects the south that the Court appoint proper and
who died last year, was perhaps the most admired and
gether we, your petitioners, consti- section line of said Section Two (2); necessary officers to conduct an el-
best loved player who ever graced a baseball diamond. VICTIM SPOTTED FEVES tute a majority of the owners of thence west along said south sec- ection within said proposed district,
He was esteemd as highly for his sterling character as
land within said proposed boundar- 'ion line of said Section Two (2) to and that the time and place for
the South Quarter corner of said Sec- holding said election for the pur-
for his consumate skill. It is most fitting that his mem HENRY VS AK ERIJO DIED AT ies of said proposed district.
That the landa included within tion Tw0 (2L thence South to the pose of determining whether said
ory is to be honored by the establishment of the Christy CASCADE, IDAHO, AFTER the 2. boundaries
of said proposed dis- Southwest Comer of the Northwest district shall be organized and for
Mathewson Memorial Fund.
SHOUT ILLNESS.
trict, as hereinafter described, are Quarter of the Northeast Quarter the election of the directora there-
Sponsored by arganized baseball and the American
lands and are suscepti (NW14NE14) of Section Eleven of be fixed by order of this court,
legion,an organization has been formed for the purpose Henry Wakerlig, well known sheep all ble irrigable
of irrigation from the same com (11), Township Twenty-one (21) and that the court make such other
Range FdYty-six (46) ' East and further orders as may be just
of “perpetuating the name of Christy Mathewson by a man of Westfall, died at Cascade mon source and by the same system of South,
Meridian; thence and proper under this petition and
Friday, a victim of spotted uf works for the irrigation of said West the to Willamette
fund to be used to aid the ick and needy who come to last
the Northwest Comer of under and by virtue of the irriga-
lands;
that
all
of
said
lands
are
now
faver,
after
a
short
illness.
The
Saranac Lake for treatment from all states of the Union;
Southwest Quarter of the North tion laws of the state of Oregon.
was taken to Ontario, where irrigated by an irrigation system the
and by the establishment of a Mathewson Memorial club body
west
Quarter (SW14NWK) of said Done and dated this 26th day of
consisting
of
pumping
plants,
pipe
funeral services were held. Inter
Eleven (11); thence South to July, 1926.
house for the use of Worn l War veterans.”
ment was made in the cemetery lines and ditches, pumping water by Section
the
West
Quarter Comer of said E. J. Burrough, Ernest C. Wil
means
of
electrical
power
out
ot
there.
Mathewson died at Saranac Lake, N. Y., after a brave Mr. Wakerlig was at his sheep I Snake River and the Owyhee River, Section Eleven
(11); thence West to son, John F. Reece, Walter L. Scha
fight againsetuberculosis, induced by his being gassed camp in the hills above Cascade! one of which said systems is owned, the Northwest Comer
of the Nortlf- fer, C. M. Beaumong, Conrad Mar
during the war. There he was an active member of when first afflicted with the fever. I operated and controlled by the King- east Quarter of the Southeast
Quar tin, T. T. Elliot, Frank D. Hall, H.
(NE14SElt) of Section Ten (10). Q. Johnston, Georgia M. Overtsreet,
Mathews Post of the Legion, and was instrumental in 11 is condition became so serious that j man Colony Irrigation Company, a ter
Twenty-one (21) South, Pat O’Rourke, M. H. Kingman, H.
establishing a veterans’ club and welfare fund. The he was carried to Cascade on a P1 ivate corporation, and one of which Township
said systems is owned, operated and Range Forty-six (46) East of the R. Otis, Florence Kingman Otis, W.
memorial will carry on more extensively the philanth stretcher, over the rough mountain controlled
by The Short Line Ditch Willamette Meridian; thence south H. Otis, Walter Simmons, Nich
trails. Mrs. Wakerlig was notified
ropic work begun by him.
Company, a private corporation; that to the southwest Comer of the Bach, C. C. Cotton, F. T. Morgan,
and
reached
her
husband
before
The fund will be raised through benefit games by big
the lands within said boundary lines Southeast Quarter of the Southeast I W. W. Nichols.
came.
(SE14SE14) of said Section state of Oregon, County of Malheur
league teams and by contributions from Legionnaires death
Mr. Wakerlig was born in Switxer- of said proposed irrigation district, Quarter
(10); thence East to the South- j I, p. T. Morgan, being first dliiy
and others. At the first of these games there was un land on September 16, 1878. When as hereinafter described, are also Ten
west Corner of the Southeast Quar-j sworn, upon my oath say: That I
he was four years old he went to susceptible of irrigation from the ter
veiled at the Braves’ field in Boston a tablet, appropri Canada
of the Southwest Quarter (SE Í4-i am one of the above named peti-
Owyhee
Irrigation
District
project,
with
his
parents.
The
fol
ately inscribed: "In memory of Christopher Mathewson lowing year they moved to The a gravity system proposed to _ be SW!4)
of said Section Eleven (1 1 );1 tionera; that I have read the fore-
—gallant sportsman, courageous soldier, kindly gentle Dalles. In 1909 Mr. Wakerlig came constructed by the United _____
States 'hence north to the Northeast Cor-1 going petition and know the con-
~
.. tcnts thereof, and that I believe the
man.”
Southeast Quarter
of . the
to Malheur county where he pur Government under the reclamation! ner
act
of
the
Congress
of
the
United
i
Southwest
Quarter
(SEUSW14)
of allegations thereof to b« true; that
chased a sheep ranch, and became
Eleven (11); thence the signatures appended to the fore
States,
and
in
order
to
contract
with
sa'd
Section
int
rested
in
the
sheep
business.
In
WHAT POVERTY MEANS
to the Southeast Comer of the going petition are true and proper
1915 he married Mrs. Ina Pfeiffer the United States Government for East
Northeast
Quarter of the Southwest signatures of the persons whose
a
water
supply
from
that
source
to
who survives him, with
At times when we become discouraged, and feel that of three Westfall,
Quarter (NE(4SWV4) of said Sec names appear thereto, and that each
irrigate
the
lands
within
said
pro
brothers
and
five
sisters.
the world is not treating us fairly, it would be well to re
Eleven (11); thence north to and all of said signers of said pe
posed boundaries of said proposed tion center
of said Section Eleven tition are owners of more than one
flect upon the terrible poverty that is being endured by
district it is necessary that the lands the
(11);
thence
to a point where acre of land within the proposed ir
BONITA PLANNING
the unhappy peoples of the eastern hemisphere.
within said proposed boundaries be the center line east
of said Section Elev rigation district, as set forth in said
organized as, and included within, an en
Just one instance of this is seen in the plight of 120,000
(11) intersects with the mid petition.
RABBIT URIVt irrigation district.
Bulgarian refugees, who have been left homeless and
channel
said Kingman Colony Ir
F. T. Morgan.
3. That your petitioners herein rigation of Company’s
landless by the interchange of populations between Bal
52 foot irriga Subscribed and sworn to before me
desire
to
organize,
and
hereby
pro
kan countrys since the war In their case an effort is Mr. Fuglt of the Portland Office pose the organization of an irriga tion ditch; thence in a general east this 26th day of July, 1926.
direction along the mid-channel (SEAL)
E. M. Blodgett,
being made to render assistance through a $10,000,000 of the Biological Survey was in Bon tion district within the boundaries erly
ita last week, looking over the rabbit hereinafter set forth and described, of said Kingman Colony Irrigation Notary Public for Oregon. My com
loan to be raised under the auspices of the League of situation.
in an inter under the irrigation district laws Company’s 52 foot irrigation ditch mission expires Nov. 20, 1928.
Nations, which has already aided Greek refugees to view with J. Mr. F. Fugit
NOTICE
Pheelan
announced of the state of Oregon, and par to the east terminus thereof; thence
some extent.
that the Biological Survey will put ticularly under the provisions of Ti on a line directly east to a point NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
where said line intersects with the That we, the undersigned, petition
This loan, if arranged, will only provide a rough house, a man on in this country this winter
Chapter XIV, Section 7305 west
line of Snake river; ers and signers of the foregoing
some seed, a cow, one-half share in a plow and a cart, if the people will get together and to tle XL1,
7314 inclusive, Olson’s Oregon thence meander
in a northerly direction along petition, will present said petition
definite plans as to how, i.awa, and acts amendatory thereot the
and one-fourth share in a harrow for each family, with outline
west meander line of said Snake to the County Court for the County
much territory each man will be | and supplementary thereto, provid-
some provisions to aid them while a crop is being made. responsible
river
to the place of beginning,
of Malheur, State of Oregon, at the
for
poisoning.
for the organization, manage- 7. That
In a plea for these people before the Council of the The Eastern Oregon Land Com I I mg
petitioners present here court room of said court at the
ment
and
control
of
irrigation
dis
with for the approval of this court court house in Vale, Malheur Coun
League, the representative of Belgium declared that he
announce that the company tricts.
a
and sufficient bond for the ty, State of Oregon, at the regular
had never seen a more pitifull and tragic spectacle than pany
will donate poison to persons ad- 4. That it is the purpose of peti- sum goo,)
of
Hundred Fifty Dol- meeting of said court at said court’s
that presented by these Bulgarian peasants, who had jarent to or on their property. tioners to organize an irrigation dis- |ars ($ 750 Seven
. 00 ), which is more than regular meeting at the September
been torn from their homes and all they possessed W. L. Shovel, the County Agent trict for the irrigation of the lands <|ouble the amount of the probable term thereof on the 1st day of Sep
was in Bonita about three weeks within the boundaries as hereinaf- rost Df organizing said district, tember, 1926,at the hour of 10 o’clock
through no fault of their own.
Mr. Pheelan states, looking in- ter described for the purpose of ir- whifh sajd bond is conditioned that a. m. of said day, or as soon there
Only when we contemplate the abject poverty of such ago,
to
the
of the raobil nui- j rigating the lands within said pro- t(,e bondsmen thereof will pay all
as the same can be heard;
people as these can we begin to appreciate how fortunate sance. abatement
A meeting will be called posed irrigation district by gravity t|,e sa;d coat ¡n caae aaid organiza- after
and will, at said time, offer proof
we are to have b.een born in America.
when the haying is over, so that system, and to that end to provide | tion be not effected,
support of said petition; and will,
settlers may take steps to get pro for the purchase, acquisition, con-j WHEREFORE, Your petitioners in
at
said time and place, apply for an
tection from the pests.
struction, reconstruction, enlarge- rcspectfully pray that thia Honor-
THE BACKBONE
of said court, as prayed for
ment, betterment, extension, opera able Court approve the said bond, order
in
said
petition.
tion and maintenance of irrigation and that the said irrigation district Dated this
The intellectuals write novels and finely phrased mag
26th day of July, 1926.
works already constructed or to be be organized under said laws, and E. J. Burrough,
azine articles about Main Street. They imagine them BEE MEN LOOK FOB
Ernest C. Wilson,
constructed,
or
for*
the
assumption
as
selves delightfully sarcastic when they allude in a joe
he
designated
by
the
name
of
j
John
F.
Reece,
Walter
L. Schafer,
principal or guarantor of indehted- “Kingman Colony Irrigation D is-(C. M. Beaumont, Conrad
ular vein to the citizens of the “hick” towns who are
nc ss on account of district lands to | trict>„ and that the boundaries T. T. Elliot, Frank D. Hall, Martin,
GOOD
HONEY
CHOP
Geor-
content to remain at home and have a home.
‘
e
.
m
V ‘
u”(
er
1
ie
thereof
be
defined
and
established
^ia
M.
Overstreet,
M.
H.
Kingman,
They make three meals a day that way and no one Prospects are bright for a good !' ama 10,1 . aws lul 1 *e paymentiby order of this court; that upon Florence Kingman Otis, W H. Otis,
envies them for it. Maenwhile, the Averave Citizen of honey
,• , hearing the Court
rn n rt make
m alo and
and Walter
W alter Simmons,
Ciminnn, Nich
Ml-u Bach,
Rani, C.
n C.
n
. . part . of the cost final
crop, according to L. P. and 0 of , a it proportionate
consti
net
ion
ot
tie
Owyhee
|
enjer
an
order
determining
whether
Cotton,
F.
T.
Morgan,
W.
W.
Nlch-
Main Street keeps plugging away, the backbone of A- Pete Peterson,
who have most of ing.niun hstiict pi eject by tv 1 (h,> requisite number of owners of ols, H. Q. Johnson, Pat O'Rourke,
merica.
their stands above Vale. Joe Kizer United
States Government.
tho land within such proposed dis- H R. Otis.
The Average Citizen preaches no sermon, but lives also expects good returns on his in 5. Hiat your petitioners desire to j trict
shall have petitioned for the First Publication July 30, 1926
vestment.
one. He doesn’t concern himself much witn graft or Nels Peterson is not so hopeful, have said district designated by the m-tion
ot the proposed district, Last Publication August 27, 1926.
corruption, divorces or scandal in high life, bootlegging ns he experienced a little bad luck name of “Kingman Colony Irriga
tion District, and that the same be
or the 18th amendment.
recently. The cyclonic windstorm not divided into divisions, hut that
He doesn’t belong to a dozen or so clubs wnich sit a- that struck Sand Hollow played ha the directors be elected from the
round and talk about the boy and girl problem. He is voc with his bees. He had 100 district
at large.
stands in Sand Hollow at the time, 6. That the boundaries of said pro-1
too busy raising a houseful of them.
with every indication pointing to a posed district ami of the lands in
He reads the holdup stories, the illicit booze ring mur good
When the windstorm
therein are herein set forth
ders and te hbig city scandals in a detached way, for di came, crop.
tops were blown off the stand cluded
and
particularly
version, much as he reads a good detective story or sees and his field force of workers was lows, to-wlt: described as fol
a thriller at the movie.
thinned down, affecting the crop Commencing at a point in Lot Two
He has a garden and an automobile and a radio, too seriously.
(2) of Section Six (6) Township
C. W. Nelsen stated that his bees Twenty-one (21) South, Range For
sends his children to Sunday school and supports the above
were doing fine, but the ty-seven (47) East of the Willam
church. He takes a holiday now and then, as much as stands Vale
he placed in Dead Ox Flat ette Meridian where the mid-channel
his limited means will permit, and it’s a holiday for the are a complete loss. He believes of the Kingman Colony drainage
that the bees were killed with poison District’s main drainage canal, as
whole family—not just himself.
He mows his front yard, cuts the weeds about his pre spray used in an orchard nearby. said canal is now constructed,
tcrsects with the West meander line
mises, carries out the ashes, fires the furnace in the OPINION SAYS BAKER
PROJECT IS OPTIONAL of Snake river; thence in a wester
winter, cleans up his back yard, plants a garden, pays
direction along the mid-channel
his bills, rears his family, attends to his own business Washington.—The department of of ly said
main drainage canal to the
and lets others, too young to understand, or too old to justice has ruled that the secre West boundary
line of said section
of the interior is not compelled six, thence South along the West
do anything else, carry the “trubles” of the world on to tary expend
congressional appropria- boundary line of said Section Six (6)
their shoulders.
for the construction of new recla to the West Quarter Corner of said
He is too busy making a living to be indignant long mation
unless he is con- Section Six (6); thence West along
at a time, too interested in his Jiome to stay interested vinced of projects
their feasibility, adapta the East and West center line of
in polities and feels that regardless of what happens, bility for settlement, and ability for Section One (1), Township Twenty- j
repayment of costs to the govern-|0„e (21) South, Range Forty-six
all will turn out for the best. •
mont.
East of the Willamette Merid
He has no sustained interest in public affairs, hut The opinion was rendered in con ’(46)
ian to the mid-channel of said main
where a clear-cut issue of right or wrong, honesty and ncction
the proposed new Baker drainage canal; thence in a north
dishonesty is plain and can he distinguished from other project in with Oregon.
erly direction along the mid-channel
issues, he always votes right.
of said main drainage canal to a
He is the head of the family, the taxpayer, the bul PETITION FOR ORGANIZATION point where the mid-channel of aaid
main drainage canal intersects with
OF IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
wark of his home community, and of the nation.
Overstreet branch thereof;
He is the typical American, and so long as the hulk IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE the
lost your pet bulldog,
thence
a westerly and southerly
of the citizens are like th:s Average Citizen, there is S I . VIE OF JREGON FOR THE direction in along
the
mid-channel
of
want to buy a Liberty
COUNTY OF MALHEUR.
no need to worry about th future of America.
said Overstreet branch of said King-
In the Matter of the Organization man Colony Drainage District’s main
bond, or want to sell the
of the KINGMAN COLONY IR drainage canal to a point where said
BRIEFLY TOLI)
RIGATION DISTRICT.
Overstreet branch of said main
family flivver, use the
drainage canal intersects v ith the
Martin J. Durkin, sheik bandit, was beaten by fellow To the Honorable
Gate City Journal want
County Court for the County Mast and West center line of said
prisoners in Chicago for making remarks about women. of Tho Malheur,
State of Oregon.
Section One (1); thence West to a
Making a speed of more than ¿»0 “knots” an hour. We, the undersigned
ads. They cost little and
petitioners, 'dot on tb.i East and West center
Clerk J. J. McCormick married 78 couples in an hour re peotfully show and represent:
•ire of said Section One tl) and
get results for you.
and half in New York city hall.
1. That each of the petitioners Section Two <2| in Town i ip Twen
and who subscribed his name ty-one (21) South, Range Forty-
Seven calves have been horn to a cow owned by W. A. herein
hereto is a free holder and bona six (46) East of the Willamette
SargentofColumbia. Mo., in three years; twins, triplets, fide owner of more than one acre of Meridian where said East and West
and twins again..
lard situated within the boundaries section line of said Section One (1)
of the proposed irrigation district and Two (2) intersects with the mid-
Captain Rene Fonck, French superace, plans to at
dt . ribed, and whose channel of the Kingman Colony Irri
tempt a non’stop flight from New York to Paris in Au as name hereinafter
appears 1 1 such land owner gation Company's 52 foot irriga
on the record >f deed* in the office tion ditch, as the same is now lo
gust.
of the Corn . Clcik of Malheur cated and laid out; thence in a south
Germany has a trade union membership of more than County, Str:c of O-egon, and whose erly direction along the mid-channel
9,000,000, the largest of any country in the world.
name appears on lb«i last assess- of said Kingman Colony Irrigation
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