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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
COUNTY TAXES WILL BIZ SOAE LOWER
County High school.,.i IN

county Hlgn ech00h,-i ~
Total. no mills box mills
The tax for county purIses To- lee
sened this year BY the fad that fewer
bridge repairs are nesded.v The foods
made much expense inSths past two
years along shis line and compelled
extra levy.
The county high school levy 10 less
ss no repairs Of consequence were
needed.
The state requires $4,000 this year
% agsinss $4,000 last year which
means higher state lew.
The commissioners have been very
careful In expenditures and deserve
credit for making 90 fine reccrd In
lesseuing tho county's taxsS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
Anna HsRnsn Asks Divorcs.

Anna &. HoRman has brought suit
for divorce Against Edward Hoffman.
She says be drinks and does not sup
port her. SIS. Smith is hsr attorney.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
WY not A CORN oARHIvAL'
This WIN De the Biggest Corn Year
Ever Known.

"why don't AbIlsse have . corn
csEnIvAlP" said 3. G. Trey today.
''Nsvsr sines the first carnival has
there been such . crowd in town and
never has there been such corn. The
merchants would take hold Of IL and
II would be great thing for Abilene.
It ought TO Be two days instead Of
one.n
The idea is . good one. II the
town viii start early it can give the
bsst show ever seen here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
RUNAWAY COUPLE ABROAD.
Solomon Wonders Where They Have
Gone,

Marshal Sherman received q tele-
phone notice from solomon as 2
O'Clock to look out for q girl and two
young men who had started for Abb
leue. The girl was to marry one Of
the young men and her father wanted
the ceremony stopped aa she is under
age.
At 4 o'clock they had not reached
here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
Trom Tuesdays Daily.l

The board Of education Of last
nights meeting decided to open
schools September '4th. There will
bs . two weeks vacation At holidays
from Dec. 2S to Jan. 8.
Miss 0rpha Woodland Of Glasco and
Miss Agnes DeWOlf Of this city were
elected to complete the list Of
teachers. il
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
Q. 4. 3. EzeurlIan o Daavar.

Q. 4. B KxeursiOn 10 DsnvSr,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, vis the
Union Pacific.
Effective August S0th and con.
tinuing until snd including Sept. 4,
the Uuion Pacific will sell round tFip
tickets, Abilene 10 Denvsr, for 1855
to Colorado Springs and Pueblo, 1926,
with . return limit Of Sept. 18th, ~.
eept BY dspositing the tlokst with
joint agent 81 Denver and payment Of
500 fee, the limit will be extended 10
Uctober 7th.
For the benefit Of the members Of
the @. A. B. and W. B. @. and their
friends We are arranging Tor special
cars, chairs snd Sleepsrs, 70 Be eel
out here for ihsNxeluSive use Of these
stortipg from Abilene, and 10 20 on
septsmbsr Sd at S;s6 p. N, 70 arrivS
IN Denver ct $50 .. n.
All thoss desiring 70 take adEantags
Of this arrangement, call or address,
Nv, BRooEl, AFeat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
COMMIseIOMRRS MAKE ANNUAL
LEVY F0R COUNTY.
Saving on County Bridges Helps Re-
duce the Taxes State Tax 70
lEore Than Before Tcwnships Are
Rich.

The county commissioners made
tho tax levy for the coming year At
shsir session today. II Is % iSllcws.
the corresponding amounts last year
being also given:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10

Carrie Hnsy has sued Jossph Husy
fsr divorce "a ths greund q da,sF-
asn a..aaHaEl d - .laoInsyI.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10

John Bush Of Industry did not
know what grief he was inviting
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-10
IARas FAMILY RECORD.

Fifteenth Child Born to Mother Aged
81 Years.
An unusual event occurred In HOl-
land township yesterday whom there
was born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Myers, their 18th child. The mother
is aged only 81 years. She was mar
ried when only IA years. old. No
twins or triplets have besn born 10
the family. Only 8 Of the children
are now alive bot those passed away
all lived 10 an age Of ? years OF more.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

latest acuons having u more %p i;ue cves
designs atrey you Of the d bd apIea
nd@e adart muada Such Of exception present
wgeon ahe to procure
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14
MAGNITUDE AND WONDERS Of RECLA-
NATION.

have viewed the reclamation act as
great opportunity for either direct
or indirect personal advancement
The men to whom the public domain
has long been considered a legitimate
prey hailed the passage of the irri-
cation act as an improved method of
converting to their use the nations
resources in the west. aMr Hitch
cocks vigorous measures, however,
have seriously interfered with their
proceedings and they are correspond
ingly bitter in their denunciations of
his acts.
The states thus far to chiefly bene-
fit through the irrigation law are
Arizona, Wyoming, Montana and Ne.
vada, although some of them have
themselves made to it considerable
contributions, Wyoming, because of
its strategic geographical position and
the fact that much Of the water sup
ply Of the west originates in that part
Of the state, must of necessity have
the storage reservoirs built there. not
only for the benefit of Wyoming. but
for Nebraska as well.
The secretary has set aside $780,
600 for the Shoshone River. Wyo..
project, and S3.3S0.0O0 for the Path
finder project on North Platte river.
to be partially expended for the bene-
fit of Nebraska. Thus about Is per
cent of the entire reclamation fund
will be expended in Wyoming. al
though she has contributed only
about four per cent of the fund.
Scenes along the Platte and the Sho-
shone canyons are among the widest
and most picturesque in America.
Gigantic Project in Southwest.
Second to Wyoming comes the ter
ritory of Arizona, with the great Salt
River project. at an estimated cost of
about s4,OOO.O0O requiring upwards
Of 9 per cent of the entire reclamation
fund, although Arizona has contribut-
ed less than one per cent It is stated
by the engineers that the opportuni-
ties for water storage in Arizona are
next to Wyoming. the best in the arid
west. while the soil of that territory
is not only extremely fertile and lying
| at moderate altitude. but the eli
mate is semi-tropical and under care
full cultivation, 10 or even five acres
win support a family. Southern
| California today. with a similar sol
and climate, has thousands of pros
porous little five and 1O-acre farms.
The third state in order Of irriga-
ton benefits is Montana, which. al.
| though lying far north, has splen-
did water supply and likewise rich
land. Actual construction has beer
begun by the government on the Vel
lowstone, where, owing to the plenti.
full flow of water, none of the embar'
RAISING complications of vested water
rights exist which have prevented
work thus far on the Missouri river
and on the Milk river. The fund.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14
TO USE FOREIGN RAILS.
Hartman Receives 2t,OOO Tons From
European Mills.

The Hartman lines are about to
receive a large order Of foreign rails
says "A New York dispatch. Twenty
which was placed during the early
part of November with Spanish mills
the Atlas Hornos de Viscaya-are
intended for use in California. The
contract price for the rails, delivered,
including import duty, is around $27
ton.
The prevailing price for domestic
rails at the mills is $2S, and to carry
them to the Pacific coast the total
cost would be almost $3S. Delivery
of the Spanish rails is to be completed
by January next. Five thousand tons
are now on their way by chartered
steamer to Galveston, Texas and the
balance will be shipped to San Diego,
Cal.
From the Southern Pacifics extern
sions in Mexico a rail contract has
been placed with the Monterey Iron
& Steel company. The closing of this
contract with Mexican concern is
hht lAl StlNs II lpA ftllAllNlNH " NllN ~
cent tariff imposed. The Mexican
price was around $S3 a ton, whereas
the existing quotations for American
rails laid down in Mexico is upwards
of $40 the duty being $40 ton. while
the freight charges, etc. are almost
S5.
Another Mexican road desired to
secure lot of 14.000 tons of rails
from the Monterey people, but it was
found impossible to supply them
within any reasonable time, as the
Monterey mills will be busy for some
time to come on the Southern Pacific
contract. The order has therefore
been placed with the Altos Hornos de
Bilbao, one of the principal mills i'm
Spain.
The price is a shade above S22 a
ton, f. o. b. Bilbao OF course these
rails will also have to pay duty ac-
cording to the existing Mexican tariff,
which, with freight charges, will mean
| that they will cost about SS5 ton
delivered, or IS a ton less than the
prevailing price for American rails
/ laid i'm Mexico.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14
CATTLE GROWING IN ISLAND OF CUBA

OF their white faces. Several import
ers have brought In at II venture n
considerable number of Hcrofords
and Shorthorn stock, which find to-
day market that was practically un-
known last year.
Cuba is beginning to demand II
much better grade of beef, Among
the Spaniards ana Cubans an interest
is shown In the better breeds and In
the scientific methods OF breeding
that means that importers will have
to exercise more care In the future IN
the selection of their cargocs OF stock
for the island.
At present the best American cattle
come from Texas. II Is not safe to
import cattle from districts Of this
state lying very far from the coast
because OF the proximity to the
Quarantine line" 1t is important to
import only stock that has had Texas
fever" Cattle with tick" are inn
mune, having through this parasite
been inoculated with the cattle fe-
yer. Animals that have lived near
salt water do well in Cuba.
Florida cattle fatten probably faster
than any other of the imported stock.
In five months time they are ready
for the market But Texas cattle of
all the stock on the pastures of Cuba
are the best beef cattle, giving, ac-
cordlng to experiment conducted un-
der government auspices more
pounds of beef than any other when
dressed out. Accessibility to the Gu
ban market has increased the value OF
the Florida stock.
Mr.. James furnishes importatlons
into the island for the IL months end
ing June 3O 1905. The total values
are over S6,OOOOOO, Of which sum
importations from the United States
were valued at s1,927,676, or about
one-thrd of the total From Venezu-
Ella tho importations were valued at
1867, 900. from Colombia $1,140, 900,
and from Mexico 100000. Importa-
tions were also received from several
other American countries. including
Honduras. Nicaragua, Haiti, Porto
Rico, Santo Domingo and the English
Antilles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

Henry l.. James, secretary of the
American legation at Havana, writes
about cattle conditions in Cuba as
follows:
The general cattle raising industry
may be considered in each OF the three
mutually Independent branches into
which practical business methods dl-
vide 1t:
Cd The breeder aimst only TO bring
the stock to the highest prolific point;
the calves he places ON the market
when yearlings,
CD The improver buys yearlings
or 2-year-old steers, feeds them, and
gets them ready for the fattener with
in eight or 2 months time.
CD The fattener (feeder) buys
cattle of years and more and fattens
them for the market can overwhelm-
ing majority of cattlemen of the is
land are to be included within this
branch of the Industry. This opera
tion requires from six months to a
year, according to the condition Of
the stock and the quality of the pas
ture. and nets a profit of from IS to
$12 per head.
Americans are beginning to import
cattle from the states and from MeXi-
co and Venezuela, and report excel
lent profits.
The Cuban cattle demand has GER
tain peculiariues that sharply dis
tinguish it from that which is recog-
nized as the normal in the United
States. Horses are comparatively
few in number on the island mules
are not substituted therefor; oxen are
the chief draft animals. The Cuban
says that mules ARE Gowards in the
mud but that oxen will pull any
where"
He is very conservative and does
not look with favor on stock that diff
fers in any particular from that which
he has long known. He objects to
the form of the American animal and
often selects in preference Central
and South American stock Of very in
ferior quality.
\ more tangible objection to MAN.
iof the animals that arrive from the
states is directed against their lack
of horns to which the yoke may be
fastened. This means much to the
farmer in a country where the cattle
are more valuable as draft animals
than as beef \ good yoke of oxen
brings easily $50. while $35 is about
all that can be obtained for each ami
nal in the market for beef.
Jamaica. Porto Rico, Venezuela,
Colombia. the coast districts of Mex
leo. Texas and Florida furnish Cuba
with most of the imported stock. No
careful selection of breed in the pur-
chases abroad is yet indicated, though
among the more intelligent ranchmen
some interest is beginning to be
aroused in graded stock
a limited demand Which is certain
to greatly increase within n short
| period, has been created for the Here
] fords. owing probably in great part
to the ease of identification because
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

Total tal............$37.O2S.571.5O
The estimates for 1906. 1907 and
1905 are made by the general land
office
This fund is, according TO the law,
TO be invested by the secretary of the
interior. in feasible irrigation projects
which win repay the amount to the
government in 10 annual installments
from the settlers.
The apportionment Of the fund by
Secretary Hitchcock has been practi-
cally completed and the plans matur-
ed for expending the entire fund on
certain definite projects in the west,
which practically brings to an end
further surveys and examinations and
permits the concentration of effort
of the reclamation service on the
building of a few important projects.
Departments Wide Authority.
The irrigation act gives the secre-
tary of the interior a very wide lati-
tude in the investment of this large
fund, although he is required to spend
the major portion of the fund arising
from the sale of public lands within
each state or territory for the benefit
of their lands, so far as practicable.
1t is a recognized fact that the con-
tributions to the fund from the vari-
Gus states are in most cases not in
proportion to the need of those states
for irrigation. Arizona and Nevada,
for instance, whose lands have con-
tributed very little to the fund. have
probably the greatest need and oppor-
tunity for reclamation. while on the
other hand, North Dakota and OKLA
homa. though large contributors, have
perhaps the least actual need for irri-
cation of any of the western states
In some cases the chief aim of politi-
clans has been apparently not ST
much to develop irrigation as to Sc
cure the expenditure of federal fund:
in the section they represent.
Enmity of Land Grabbers.
The exercise of such impartia
judgment as Secretary Hitchcock ha.
displayed has, of course. given ris'
to more or less adverse criticism anC
attack. especially from men who
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14
VIII RnIsc Chlttlm Trees.

Lewis NJ. Hoselton, who owns a
ranch and a sawmill out beyond Grow
and about 90 miles southwest of Eu-
gene, spent last night in The city, says
the Eugene Guard. He brought in
with him yesterday the last load of
young chittim trees on a contract to
furnish 1000 for Dr. L. w. Brown,
who will set them out on his farm
near the city. The doctor thinks he
can make a good profit off the trees
when they grow up by selling the
bark.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

The O. r. & n. track all over the
Umatilla and La Grande divisions is
now in the finest possible condition,
owing to the careful work done upon
it the past summer. and also owing
to the freezing weather which tends
to keep IT in shape. Neither the
flanger nor the snow plow have been
used this winter and the section crews
have been reduced for the winter
season. Since the gravel ballast was
put in place on the o. r. G n. tracks
throughout eastern Oregon. II re-
quires but little work to maintain them
in excellent condition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14
Furious Fighting.

For seven years" writes George
w. Hoffman of Harper, Wash, "I
had bitter battle with chronic stom-
ach and liver trouble, but at last |
won, and cured my diseases, by the
use of Electric Bitters. I unhesitat-
ingly recommend them to all, and
don't intend in the future to be with
out them in the house. They are GER
tainly a wonderful medicine, to have
cured such a bad case as mine" Sold
under guarantee to do the same for
you. by Tallman & Co. and Brock &
McComas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

Rhodes. Sinkler & Butcher, Phila-
delphia capitalists, have bought the
electric plant at Albany. 1t is a link
in the absorption of all the plants in
the Willamette valley, and foreshad-
ows the electric line to be built from
Portland to the extreme southern end
of the valley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

allotted to Montana for the Huntley.
Lower Yellowstone and Milk River
projects amount to over $3,O0O00O.
or nearly . per cent of the fund.
which is In excess of the amount con-
trihuted by Montana.
The fourth state in order of bene-
fits is Nevada, contributing the least
money to the fund but probably most
needing its benefits. It was. in fact.
through the dire needs of this state
that the law received its inception.
being ORIGINALLY known as the New
lands bill, introduced by Senator New
lands, then representative, in the
spring of 1901.
Following Nevada come Idaho.
WASHINGTON, Colorado, Nebraska.
South Dakota, Oregon. North Dakota
oklahoma, Utah, Kansas and lastly.
New Mexico.
Possible Increase of Fund.
There are manv attractive irriga-
tion projects in these states, which
will be taken up and acted upon by
the government I'm the future. when
the repayments begin to come in from
the settlers under the projects now
under construction. or should con-
gress possibly conclude to make n
direct loan to the reclamation fund.
Such an innovation as a direct con-
gressional appropriation for a loan
to the reclamation fund is not be
lieved to he at all bevond the bounds
of possibility. some time In the future
after the systems now projected shall
have demonstrated themselves to be
the successes predicted. The present
figure above noted Of 81 million dol
lars would have been looked upon as
the dream of an impractical enthusi-
asst at the time that the irrigation bill
was being discussed in congress. less
than four years ago. The year before
the passage of the act the securing OF
a hundred million dollar appropria-
tion would have been believed to he
as likely a figure as five million, tc
say nothing of thirty-seven million.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

ThirN-seven million dollars for ir-
rigaton. This amount as shown by
the following table, is the estimated
figure of the appropriation for irri-
CATION work which viii he available
in the fiscal year OF 1908, the sum
realized from the sale OF the western
public lands since the year Of the
passage OF the irrigation law.
Irtg.9l xroay gnHfnw
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

The United States civil service com
mission announces that owing to the
small number OF applications received.
the clerk-carrier examination an
nounced to be held at Pendleton. Ore,
December 10, 1905, has been post
poned to January 10. 1906. For ap-
plication blanks and further inform
alton apply to Ralph Rowland. lDcal
secretary. at thy Pendleton postoffice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

American League OF Independent
Workmen will elect officers Friday
night. December 10. at Hendricks
hall. All members urged to attend.
J. p Earl, recorder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-14

Congressman Jones has introduced
a bill for the erection Of a $3.50. 900
federal building at Walla Walla.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-01
frame House Burned.

Last Wednesday night frame
structure belonging to VIM. Phipps
Ano located on his ranch on the Cot
'Onwood was destroyed by fire. The
Ouiidlng was located some distance
from the residence and the fire was
uuuer such headway when discovered
'nat all efforts to save the structure
we're unavailing and it was only a
''W moments until the entire building
WIN contents was destroyed. The
'uiioing was used for storage pur-
poses and the loss was a heavy one
v @f' rhipps, besides considerable
'"s'o d. F. Johnson who had a large
'nOunt Of goods, consisting of sad.
s'''' packsaddles, books and other
''''eles stored therein. Council Ad
vance.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-01
Close fhs Big Dam Today.
A SUNDAY snecial SAYS :

A Sunday special says;
Shoshone is crowded with people
enroute to witness the closing OF the
Twin Falls dam, which will occur on
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
Every vehicle in town has oeen
pressed into service and indications
are that transportation will be naro
TO obtain. A greater rush is prom
ised tomorrow.
The hotels are packed and strang'
ers are finding Accommodations at pri-
yate houses. Several sboshone fam
lilies are taking tents and provisions
10 Miner and intend camping ther'
until the dam is fiiled Scores Af'
going IN from Kimsma and u - pre-
dieted that more than 1000 peop''
VII view the spectacle on "Wednesday
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-01

- NJ johnson is in The city otter
j. '''enee Of some month";. Ie came
~ 1Sy from Moore fat, where be
''sp opening pp the HighIsnd
49,, property discovered last suul,
~, =, '''s Che '0iso stoiesmao.
q ''' work on the property eousis,s
~. .'nnel 2io foot 10 leugtb tbat
,.,.. we leip 700 foot deep, ghe
s.,'. p n'e ieet vide and 40 oro
''D' 'ho hgb ggade ohagaoior,
N. ''Pp'qp slaieG thai 4 showed on
IN. 'p''e'e No Essays hayo yol
n p''' bpi tho be- phosp 70 ls
,,... Vooq glaae phe lease VA.
l,, y nSppnel lo dp,y sso
n.. '''ln op AN 0paaee shogo,
'y ~'N p'a' qle pss e.sD,.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-01
Veterinary Bill Passed.

The state veterinarian bill, which
abolishes state sheep inspector, and
creates the office of state veterinarian
was passed in the senate Monday.
The bill caused considerable discus
sion and was vigorously opposed by
Senator Macbeth who said:
81 consider it case of the Repub-
lican party delivering goods to the
Idaho Wool Growers association by
handing over the livestock interests
Of the state to the sheepmen, and fo'
that reason / will vote against tb'
bill"
Macbeth bad previously stated thai
the governor bad already selected th'
state veterinarian, who was now q cit
izen Of Ohio,
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-01
Sentenced Ten Years.

To serve a ten year sentence within
the walls of the Idaho penitentiary Is
the fate decreed for Mrs. Jennie Daily,
at Boise Saturday. Although the
testimony proved her connection with
the crime of October 9th, when
Charles DAILY was brutally murdered
in Boise, the jury returned a verdict
of manslaughter, and with this YER
dict the court could only impose the
maximum sentence, 10 years, al
though public opinion holds this en-
tireIy too light punishment In vie"
of the circumstances.