East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-10
FULL PROGRAM
FOR SATURDAY
OTHER DETAILS WORKED
OUT FOR LEAGUE MEETING.
Every Evidence of Large Attendance
and Great Enthusiam-Reduce
Railroad Rates VIII BE Given and
All Trains VIII BE Run Sharply on
Time. to Facilitate Coming and Co
ing-Sessions Afternoon and Even
ing.

At the meeting OF the committee
on arrangements for the monthly
meeting OF the Umatilla County Devel-
opment league which will be held in
this city next Saturday afternoon and
evening, at the parlors of the Com
mercial association, a subcommittee
consisting OF James Johns and II. C.
willis was appointed to prepare the
program for the meeting and arrange
all details. II was decided to hold
the meeting in the parlors of the
Commercial association and II large
attendance appears at the meeting, 1t
will be adjourned to the Frazer thea
ter.
Letters from a number of promi-
nent men in the state were read by
Secretary Willis of the league. ex-
pressing an interest in the meeting,
and in several instances consenting to
address the meeting.
State Engineer John H. Lewis was
present and discussed the matter of
the agitation for better irrigation
laws and suggested that the league
take an active part in this matter,
since umatilla county is one of the
leading irrigation districts in the state.
At the conclusion of the meeting
message was sent to the Portland
Board of Trade, expressing sympathy
in the work being done by the board
in the matter of formulating a modern
irrigation law to be presented to the
1ao o1 lot ttyin 40 90
is as follows:
Secretary Portland Board of Trade,
Chamber of Commerce Building,
Portland, Ore:
"Umatilla County Development
league meets here Saturday. We will
recommend unanimous approval of
your efforts for adoption of modern
irrigation law. Has your legislative
committee any suggestions whereby
action of this league may assist?
"COM. ON ARRANGEMENTS.
"Umatilla Development League"
Today Mr.. Johns and Mr.. Willis,
committee on program, arranged the
following program for the meeting,
which will be called promptly at p.
m. Saturday afternoon at the Com
mercial association rooms in this city:
Judge Stephen A. Lowell, "Colum-
bia River Basin Irrigation Interests "
A. L. Craig, Immigration and Ad-
vertising."
DR.. c. j. Smith, agricultural Fair"
William McMurray, Local Meetings
and Their Results"
State Engineer John II. Lewis, Or
rigation Interests in Oregon"
Justice T. G. HALEY, "Umatila
County"
]. p. o'Brien, Railways and Com
merce."
Judge w. R. Ellis, Effect of Open
River on Irrigation"
J. NJ. Lawrey, 1.-THE City Beautiful"
L. A. Esteb, Home Building"
DR.. W. G. Cole, Irrigation Laws"
Bert Huffman, Newspapers and
Development"
Judge H. J. Bean, "Forest Reserves
and Stock Interests"
r. B. Miller, Transportation and
Prosperity"
]. T. Hinkle. Advances in Irriga-
tion In Recent Years"
Reduced Rate on o. r.. & N.
The o. R. & N. company has made
a round trip of one and third fare
for the meeting of the Umatilla Coun-
ty Development league to be held
here. This rate applies to all points
along the line in this part OF the
state.
1t has also been arranged to have
the o. r. C N. mixed train from
walla walla arrive In this city on
time, at 1:4o, on Saturday, in order
that the people coming from the east
end Of the county may reach here in
time for the opening exercises at
| o'clock.