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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

enthusiasts for rapid development-by
somebody else-and peddled their
land at prices ranging from 800 UP
TO 5000 or more. and numbers Of in
nocent fasteners bit. OF course. this
was an exhorbitant price for such
land and buyers Of such could nor can
hardly expect 10 get the money spent
on their holdings back again. Some
Of these purchasers deserve compass
zion for their gullability but the ma
jority Of these early buyers were sim
ply small investors taking a chance
az making few dollars by rises in
land values for they had no inten-
tion Of ever making home for them
selves on the projects and even though
some Of them did develop their land
they were working for the unearned
increment. which IN this case failed
10 show up.
And this is where the original land
owners fell down in their get-rlch-
quick plans. They should not have
angled for this class Of investors be-
cause ultimately many had 70 return
the land or n In too deep they hung
on and howled. A dissatisfied pur-
chaser makes a poor business adyer-
tisement and soon the projects had
the worst kind Of a black eye 80 black
II had a faint odor 10 IT, When a
mans pocket book Is hit he begins 70
do some quick thinking but when Il
is a case Of figuring out how much ne
will make with certain given condi-
tions his think-tank machinery gets
gummed up with the oil Of wen liy-
ing instead OF being fabricated with
the sweat Of honest toll and It takes
him longer 20 figure out was iss los -
Hence II IA staken several years for
those with land 10 dispose Of on the
projects 90 determine that land val
nes were too high and must come
down a peg But down II has come
AZ last: inflated values are a thing OF
the past. and now i1rst class land can
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

cuss the country for his own lack OF
sense but he would not be the only
cusser in that immediate vicinity. He
should have been mobed.
Many farmers survived this stage of
development and proceeded with ir-
rigatiOn matters with both hands, you
might say. They would smooth off
five or ten acres, seed it, and then
from the highest corner Of the land
would turn loose a good large head
Of water. What happened? Why,
they'd cut channels four feet deep
over night through their land or at
least wash away all their seed. That
is called the wild flood" method Of
irrigation and It Is well named, but
now all that is changed. They check
their land off into long narrow
checks. perfectly level across, and
send a stream over It that Just vets
It thoroughly and quickly and then
the water off, or else they make rows
of small furrows a foot or two apart
and run tiny streams down each. This
latter method Is best for sleeper
slopes.
On. they have learned considerable
down on the Projects. The following
instructions TO New Settlers" by
Paul s. Jones. irrigation expert on the
Hermiston project, gives some idea Of
the modern method Of development,
and II works fine.
Instructions 10 New settlers, Umatll.
Ia Project.
IN the reclamation of new land on
this project for the growing Of aIfal-
IA do nos take the following course.
l. Tackle the job Ike big ranch
er inl putting in A l00-acre tract Of
wheat In a humid region.
2 Clear the brush off the entire
area and burn IT,
g. Then plow up or disk the entire
area
l. Then make a rough attempt at
leveling the surface.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21
IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN UMATLLA COUNTY


diately after an irrigation.
10. Tend the young alfalfa plants
carefully, never allowing them to suf-
fer for lack Of moisture.
BY observing these simple rules al
falfa may be seeded any time from
March Is to September Is and good
results will follow.
This Mr.. Jones. by the way. is do
ing mighty satisfactory work down
that way. His services are free to the
farmers on the project for the asking
and he lines out their bitches for
( them, shows how to construct water
boxes, gives levels for grading up their
land and also much good helpful ad-
vice. Although his work is confined
to the government project the affects
are felt on both the others and fail
ures in land reclamation are becom-
ing scarce.
Just consider the use OF water for a
minute. The idea a year or two ago
used to be TO get all the water possible
and pour it over the land. more with
the idea OF getting larger amount
than the other fellow than of the BEN
eficlal results to be obtained. Now,
they are beginning to realize that what
helps the other fellow also helps them
and conservation OF water through i'm
! proved methods Of use and delivery
are being talked and put in practice
The case Of the Furnish project is
Illuminating. A year ago the crudest
method Of water delivery was prac-
ticed. A ditch walker regulated the
amount Of water received by each
rancher and he seemingly used his
I own judgment as TO how much to raise
I the gates, for there were no measur-
ing devices installed nor were there
/ systems Of rotation. \ man received
water in a steady flow as long as the
water lasted. You can imagine that
much discomfort was manifested am
ongst the water-users and a large part
of the water supplied was wasted This
season systems Of rotation in the use
| of water were worked out amongst
the older ranchers and crude meth
DDS Of water measurement were used.
oT tne most part tne TanCneTs were
privileged TO arrange the schedules
amongst themselves There were
some reluctant to make the change
but all were more than satisfied af-
ter giving it a trial and the company
is planning on enlarging this rotation
scheme before another year and to in
stall good measuring devices through
out their entire distribution system.
You have no conception Of the bene-
fit this one change is and will be TO
this project In the first place it
gives the rancher time to do some
thing besides irrigate: il tends to in
creased production of crops by a more
even distribution Of water over the
ranch; IT minimizes the danger OF
over irrigation and lastly it saves wa
ter. This means not only a saving Of
water for somebody else but for all
concerned as the summer supply for
this project comes from stored water
and so if all help save in the use
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

land. Clear off the brush from this
but do not burn it. Rake it aside into
piles temporarily. .
5. On the gentle slopes-(a) grade
between contour or head bitches into
strips 30 to so #. wide, level trans
yersely but with the natural slope of
the land lengthwise. Low perma-
nent levees between the strips over
which a mower may easily pass, are
made quickly by means of ridger.
% then irrigate the strips by flood
ing from suitable flood boxes placed
in the banks Of the head ditch. (c)
Then seed Immediately to rye go to
40 lbs. per acre. over levees and all.
Id Then cover Itch banks and le-
wees with brush temporarily.
6. On only the very steepest slopes
la Grade by use Of fresno and le-
veler to produce a uniformly smooth
surface. (b) Parallel the head ditch
with a smaller sub ditch to which
water Is supplied through suitable
turnouts. In the lower bank Of the
sub ditch place lath boxes. one for
each ccrrugation or furrow. (c) Seed
to rye go to 40 lbs. per acre. (d)
Then corrugate with burrows Is 10 2
H. apart, a lath box being placed at
the upper end Of each furrow. (e)
Then irrigate Immediately.
7. Then having cleared. graded,
seeded and irrigated one small piece in
this way. repeat the process with an
other acre strip. then another and an
other as rapidly az possible until the
whole tract is thus prepared. In the
meantime however observing care 10
keep the surface soil sufficiently moist
By frequent irrigation to prevent blow
ing until the rye plants form a pro-
tective covering.
8. Then remove the brush previous
ly piled upon the ditch banks and le-
wees and burn.
.. As rapidly as the rye attalns a
height Of 4 inches disk drill in the al
falfa q to ~ lbs. per acre. imme-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

= Nov that the circuit
= ton Of the relative rights of the claimants
.
word should be said this
settlement OF the rights probably
y
and the results
= determination
.
OF determining the
Thus that has been
the amount OF allotted
.
h nexihnit outstanding definitely present
in
eay changes these rights
ume OF development s
rhcher 70 improve his irrigation and
une IN which 10 make such
y snip provides
during the development reduces the
allotment as the land improves under
. improve
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

Continued on Page 1s.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

THE BUCKAROO
Reprinted from Pacific Iaundryman.
By Richard Carter Warinner

Tighten the cinch and take off the blind
Let er buck in front. let 'er buck behind
Wen both go up and come down together
But hope to die II I'll pull leather"
oh, live the life of a buckaroo.
And love the scream of the wild curlew.
And the coyotes howl is music to me,
As gaze on the stars in the milky way
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

Awaiting the dawn OF another day,
AS lie alone. alone. did | say?
No. my brochos with me, my cayuse pet,
And he's tethered to me with lariat,
Our Teddy was once buckaroO,
And he could handle a lasso too
He loved the scent Of the wild sage-brush;
He loved the silence he loved the hush
OF the boundless range, where the cattle roam,
His pony his pal, his saddle his home,
He gathered an inspiration there.
Which led to the presidential chair
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
WONDERFUL HOW RESlN0L
STOPS SKIN TORRENTS

The soothing, healing medication in
resinol ointment and resinol soap
soothes and cools the irritated skin,
and usually stops itching at once. The
resinol treatment speedily heals ecze-
ma, ringworm, and similar eruptions,
and clears away disfiguring pimples
even when other treatments have been
almost useless.
Resinol is not an experiment. It il
a doctors prescription which proved
SO wonderfully successful for skin
troubles that it has been used by other
doctors all over the country for twen-
ty years. Every druggist sells resinol
ointment and resinol soap.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04

ert c. Wente, a steam barge of Detroit.
is being pumped out preparatory to
being fitted out; the William II. Haz-
ard, another steam barge of Detroit,
has been rebuilt and is now in commits
sion on the lakes; the schooner Bolts
ford is already in commission; the
threemaster F. H. Knapp has been
rerigged and is heading for the coast.
while the old three-master Genoa is
being rebuilt at McLOuth's yard for
coast service. The e-and-mizzen-
rugged Mike Cory is also being fitted
out with good chance of going to the
Atlantic. In fact, the ancient schoon-
er Annie P. Grover, resting half sub
merged and with upper works gone en-
tirely, is about the only hulk In Belle
river that has not been bought up by
either Great Lakes or Atlantic coast
shipping interests, and as there are
still several outlying precincts to hear
from it will not surprise the mar
liner to see the Grover raised at any
time.
by the Gnu VI june tic DChO ii'Oi
boneyard will be thing of the past,
for almost every boat will have gone.
never to return, and when the draw
bridge closes behind the last one the
old ship carpenters, the veterans of
former days, will gather up for the
last time the calking, making and
dumb irons. the timber clamps, the
rigging screws and the hawsing
beetles, for their work will be done.
But for many years after the final
eight bells sounds the end of the long,
grand watch, these boats, the men who
built them and the crews who sailed
them will remain a fond and loving
memory of the old days along the
River La Belle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
CROOKS WORK is UND0NE
He Mortgaged Another Mans Land
and II Took Owner Six Years
to Clear Title.

Superior, Wis.-After six years the
work of a clever crook has been un-
done and a valuable tract of land near
Charleston, N. D., which he mortgaged
on a forged paper, has been restored
to its rightful owner. Andrew Byrnte-
son of Superior.
The crook convinced a North Da-
kota banker that he was entitled to
place a mortgage on the property and
obtained loan of 500. A year later
Byrnteson was notified by the bank
that his interest payment was overdue.
Byrnteson began action to clear title
to the property and the courts have
Just given him judgment.
The swindler established a tempo
rary residence here and assuming the
name of Andrew Byrnteson began cor
respondence with the banker.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
THIS GIRL A PYR0MANIAC
Officials Say She Set Fire to House,
Where She Lived, Twelve
Times.

Columbus, O.-State fire marshal of.
fee officials regard a sixteen-year-old
girl of near Van Vert, committed to
the Girls Industrial home, Delaware,
for causing a number of fires, as the
most pronounced Juvenile pyromaniac
ever found by the department.
She seems to be normal in every re-
spect except on the subject Of fires.
She admitted that she had set fire a
dozen times to the house of the family
with which she lived.
Assistant Fire Marshal Charles Mil.
Ter was sent to investigate the cause
of the fires, and upon his arrival at
the community he found another fire
in progress. 1t was at the home of
the mother and stepfather of the girl,
to which she had gone from the other
house. where so many fires had oc.
Cured.
Mr.. Miller questioned her, and final.
ly obtained a confession. She said
that she could not resist the impulse
to start a fire. She has been working
around at different farmhouses since
she was eleven years old.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04

tened together with heavy chains. in
tow. She had been faithful to her
trust. 1t was a feat that lived long
in marine annals and is still fresh
in the minds of the few old-timers
left along the rivers.
The Gettysburg is destined for the
New Northwest Indian trade.
Heavy oak frames are being stubbed
in above her water line, and she is
being replanked with four by six white
the frames, planking and enormous
keel are apparently as solid as when
first hewn in the forests. New deck
houses are being added, steam heat
and many other conveniences are be.
ing installed, and when the work is
finished experienced marine men say
the Gettysburg will be a modern craft,
capable of drowning out any steel
freighter now on the lakes. In addi-
tion to her exceedingly heavy timber
ing from stem to sternpost, the ship
has angle braces of iron running dag.
onally from the covering board to the
keel. so that her frame is really a
series of bridge arches from bow to
transom.
Accompanying the Gettysburg on
the trip to the Atlantic will be the
former three-masted schooners Arenac
of Duluth and Alex NJ. Anderson OF
Detroit.
The Anderson and the Arenac are
of the same type, with comfortable
cabins and the familiar lumber rig
consisting of head canvas, foresai
and mizzen, large mizzen staysail
taking the place of the mainsail and
making a safe and easy rig to handle
with a small crew.
In addition to these boats the Rob
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
RUDDER REPAIRED AT SEA
Remarkable Piece of Work Performed
by Steamships Carpenter
During Storm.

When $50 miles of Newfoundland
the steamship Hoglund, bound from
New York to Gothenburg, Sweden, re-
Gently broke its rudder control during
a heavy storm, and for two days and
nights drifted about hopelessly, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine. All at
tempts to repair the break from the In
side proved futile. At last, when all
other measures failed, the ships car
penter was lowered over the stern into
the sea, where, buffeted by the waves.
he managed to pass chain through the
rudder and make 1t fast before finally
being knocked unconscious. Cables
were subsequently secured to the free
ends of this and extended for some
distance around each side of the boat
and carried forward on to the deck.
where they were passed about the
mast and wound on the windlasses
used in handling freight.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
GOES TO WAR, DISINHERITED
Young Surgeon Took German Side
and Is Cut OF by French
Mother.

Lebanon, Pa.-Disinherited by his
mother on account of his participation
in the European war as a surgeon in
the German army DR.. Guido Hinkel of
Freiberg. Germany. instituted proceed
ings in the Lebanon county courts to
break the will of his mother, the late
Rosalie Parant Coleman Of Paris,
France.
Following the death of Mrs. Cole
man at Paris on April s, 1915, it was
found that while originally she had
named her SON as the principal bene-
ficiary under the will. she had by a
codicil on February %, 1915, disin-
herited him in the following terse lam
guage:
"On account of the war l disin-
herit my son, Guido Hinkel."
The estate left by the late Mrs.
Coleman is estimated at $1,000.000,
consisting chiefly of holdings in the
Cornwall iron ore banks at Cornwall,
in this county, which she leaves to her
nephew, j. Coleman Drayton; her Sec
ond cousin, Ronald George De Reuter-.
and her friend, Camille Besson, all
American citizens. The proceedings
instituted are in the form Of an appeal
from the judgment of the local reg
ister's court in granting last Febru-
airy letters Of administration to the
Pennsylvania Company for Insurance
on Lives and Granting Annuities of
Philadelphia. and is to be followed by
petition for the transfer Of the pro-
ceedings to the local orphans court
for trial.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
San;tariIY Clean.

To keep a house in perfect sani-
tary condition does not mean that you
must be sweeping, busting and scrub
bling all the time. Let the air and sun
shine into every part of the house; do
not allow any decaying matter to accu-
mulate in the cellar; wash and dry all
cleaning-cloths. tubs, pals. ETC., as
soon as you have finished using them.
II is not so much the dust that is in
full sight. as the dust, dampness and
decay in dark places, that makes a
dwelling unsanitary. Brooms. brushes,
busters, etc. need frequent washing
and thorough drying.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
nne and cheerful; make your work q
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of am
bition. But take no nasty, danger
GUS calomel, because it makes you
sick and you may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver.
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking it up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just
take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you q 50 cent bottle Of Dpdson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
Modernizinu a Municipality.

Stranger" said Broncho Bob,
which city out East do you figure has
the most graft in it,"
Il wouldn't like to say offhand.
Why do you want to know"
well, Crimson Gulch has just elect
ed a mayor. He's mighty popular an
there amt enough regular wages goes
with the Job to make it worth his
while. The boys wouldn't stand for
no rough work in the way of his help.
in hisself, but they wouldn't mind
somethin' neat an regular in the way
of a rake-off or kitty. such as they've
been, in a way, used to. So we want
to send a commission to some town to
study high-class graft SOS we kin fix
him up proper an comfortable"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04

The first expert arrived a week ago,
and work on the safe went ON night
and day. Men pounded with 20-pound
sledges almost constantly. The face
was turned in every possible position
and pounded.
Men after working all week decided
that unless the safe responded they
would start drilling, a process which
would take SO hours. The door was
at last Jared partially loose. and af-
ter five hours more work it was finally
unscrewed and opened. 1t was found
that even the timer was still working
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
UGHI CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
lust Once! Try "Dodsons Liver Tone" When Bilious, Constr
pated Headachy-Dont Lose Days Work.

back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than dose of nasty calomel and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver win be working.
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely
vegetable. therefore harmless ana
cannot salivate. Give 1t to your chill
dren. Millions Of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead OF dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale Of calomel
is almost stopped entirely here.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
Asthmatic Sufferers Read This:

Mrs. Fannie Mayberry, Columbia, Tenn,
writes: Il have suffered for years with
asthma and was told by three doctors in
Columbia that there was no cure for me.
/ would have died this past winter if had
not gotten Lung Vita when did. l cannot
say too much for Lung-Vita for it has
cured me of asthma and throat trouble"
We receive hundreds of letters like this
telling what Lung-Vita has done in cases
of consumption and asthma. Send 81 rs
for a thirty-day treatment or ask US for
further particulars. Nashville Medicine
Co., Dept. X, Nashville, Tenn. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04

perfectly.
One of the Tugs had damned when
the men tried to open 1t a week ago.
and this lug by the length Of only
quarter Of an inch held the door from
being unscrewed.
The safe weighs over three tons and
contained all currency. gold. silver.
notes and negotiable paper of the
bank. Business for a week was ham
died under great handicaps. money be-
ing rushed here daily by express.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
New Cause Of Delay.

Good gracious! Wife. Well be
late for the theater! Aren't you near
" ready?" shouted the husband from
the foot of the stairs.
In a minute, dear" came back the
reply.
Does 1t take all this time to put
your hat on?"
"Oh, I've had my hat on for long
time"
We'll, what on earth detains your"
I'm putting on my spats."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
POUND FOR WEEK ON A SAFE
Time Lock Guarding $255,ooo
in Cash.

Ellensburg. Wash.-The 6.750-pound
manganese safe containing $255,0O0 in
Washington National bank of Ellens-
burg, which has defied two experts
from safe manufacturers. assisted by
four blacksmiths and employees Of the
Northern Pacific roundhouse. has been
finally opened
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
HOW TO TREAT DANDRUFF
itching Scalp and Falling Hair With
Cuticura. Trial Free.

On retiring touch spots of dandrufi
and itching with Cuticura Ointment.
Next morning shampoo with Cuticurs
Soap and hot water. A clean, healthy
scalp means good hair and freedom, in
most cases, from dandruff, itching
burning, crustings and scalings.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
Restrictions on Ambition

Come. my friends, are you not en-
couraging your boy to hitch the
wagon to a STARR
Not when it's a gas wagon and
the star is i'm musical comedy and old
enough to be his grandmother"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-04
Domestic Elnesse.

These are unusually fine cigars.
Mrs. Jiggers. Your husband is lucky
to have you select them for him."
"Oh, he doesn't smoke that kind
regularly. l use them to slip one in
his pocket whenever give him let
ter to post"