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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY, g, 1903. HERMISTON EXPANDS WITH GROWTH OF UMATILLA PLAN Large Tract is Already Supplied With AYatcr and Over 2000 Acres Are JJnder Cultivation This Year As Grows the Project, So Grows Hermiston. : With the Umatilla irrigation 'project rearing completion over a tract of 22, 000 acres of the beat fruit growing soil In- eastern Oregon and with 7,000 already, aupplled with water, one of the best opportunities for homeseekers to be had In the state Is being brought Intogreater prominence with each re curring month. Under the circumstances the Indus trlous farmer Intent on erecting for himself" a homo in the northwest need look no further. A visit to the newly created town of Hermiston, within 185 miles of Portland and a trip over the district which the United Butes gov ernment la busily working to reclaim will furnish him with convincing evi dence regarding "water, soil, transpor tation facilities, markets and all those conditions necessary to render life com fortable and future Income secure. In fact superficial view of the town Itself the outgrowth of the project and whloh has In the short period of two years grown to material propor ' Hons, with most Of the conveniences of modern city life, together with the fact that the federal government after an exhaustive preliminary examination of solj and water conditl&ns has already branded upon It the seal of its appro val to the extent of a million dollar ex penditure, Is a clincher in the chain of evidence required by the landseeker before he concludes to Invest Of this project Governor George E. Chamberlain, on a recent visit to Her mlston. made the following comment: "It is very gratifying to me to know that the United States government Is now delivering water to the settlers on the Umatilla Drolect (Hermiston valley) and to see the complete and lasting sys tem It has installed. What Project Means. Thls project covers one of the most promising fruit districts of our state. The climate Is inviting, admirable; the sojl fertile beyond expression, and the conveniences of transportation by river and by rail close at hand so that the government engineers have not hesl tated to declare it unexcelled by any proiect in the umtea states. "I believer the time is not far distant when the lands under this system will be sold and settled by prosperous' farm ers of the highest type and will con stitute one vast village of small tracts devoted to the most profitable intensive cultivation. "We of Oregon are proud of the Uma tilla project and the Hermiston valley." ' OneYof , the -first questions asked by the prospective purchaser of land under sn-irrigation project Is regarding the advance-which hss been made in the work and above all. he -wants to know whether the water is actually being de livered. Also he will. If he has any knowledge of the subject at all. Inquire as to the character of construction and whether -the execution of the scheme has been thorough enough to Insure him pgalnst that bane of the irrigation farmer, a break in the canal and the Khuttlr.fr off of his supply at the mo ment when Its continuance is a para mount necessity. As. to the first question that of de livery of water, it Is not necessary to go further than Hermiston Itself where one can see the water in use for domestic urn, nubile purposed, particularly In the sprinkling of the streets. As to the second brief description of the work don bv the rvernment will prove instruc- I tlve. The following facts regarding '1m p 'JH' II - " " ! ' Baptist Church at Hermiston. This View Construction Being Used in the Town. Hermiston. Is Typical of Cement Block Photo by F. Pratt Harwood, this are taken from statistics furnished at the government office In Hermiston. Diversion Dam, The project begins with a diversion dam placed across the -Umatilla river at a point one awl one half miloa south east of Echo. This dam differs from hose ordinarily used under private con traction lnasmucn ae u is in ino iorm a substantial concrete weir, tne headgates at the opening of the feed anal being or sieei. in ordinary irri gation wock thia dam would have been merely a clapboard structure and the crates of wood. The superiority of the orn aone) at mis point is inuirauvr the entire construction, in which everv device to , insure me larmer against loss of water has been used re gardless of initial expense. As the Umatilla project Is essentially a conservation acheme It Includes as a prime factor a great reservoir In which the flood waters of the rlvnr are held over for use during the dry season. In this it differs again from the generality of Irrigation undertak ings which go no further than to pro vide throiiEli canals for the convey ance nf water at a time when the rlv- is high and leave the farmer during the dry season In a helpless condition Up-to-date projects begin with a recog nition of the fact that reservoir and eanal talons tosrether and that stor age is a necessary adjunct of the canal. - XsMrvoir of Project. The reservoir of the Umatilla proj ect Is located six mlls from Hermis ton and covers in all between 1,700 and 1,800 acres of ground. The feed canal is in the nelirhborhoori of miles in length and has the advantage of being almost entirely In the ground, One who has observed the damage ac crued from the running out of made banks or fills along an Irrigation or feed canal will readily appreciate the advantage of having a continuous sup ulv Of water assured in this manner. The dam for the reservoir of the Umatilla project Is located six miles from Hermiston and Is said to be one of the largest earthen structures in -the country. It is 600 feet In width at the base. SO feet high and 3.300 feet long. In its construction 700,000 cubic yards of earth and 35,000 cubic yards of rock were used, the structure being rlprapped rrom toe to top on notn siaes. on ac count of Its height It has a slope of three feet inward to one foot In height on the Inside and two feet outward to one foot in helifht on the outside and l. in so far as engineering skill can -make it indestructible. The capacity of the reservoir Is 55,000 acre feet or enough to cover the entire tract sought to be reclaimed to a depth of two and one half feet. When the project is complete there will be in the of Irrigating In addition neighborhood of 200 miles ennuis and. laterals and about ten miles of concrete pipe running In some instances to a diameter of 46 Inches. About 100 miles of canal and laterals are at present constructed and 7,000 acres are being supplied with w.v ter this year, 2.000 or more "being -xi ready under cultivation. If snace permitted a much more elab orate description might be given of the government worg on tne i matina prr i ioc.t but enoush has been said to' show that thoroughness has been observed in all Its details and that the landowner under the scheme may feel assured at all times of the water supply on which his success depends. Boil, Products and Xarkst. The soli under the Umatilla project Is a loose, sandy loam, combining with rich volcanic ash the mineral and veg etable ingredients essential to plant nourishment. It is underlaid at a depth of from four to twenty feet with a sub-strata of porous gravel wh:.;h Insures drainage and prevents the rl-e of mineral salts to the detriment of veg etable growths. The ground carries as do all the volcanic soils, the necessary Ingredients of potash and with the prop er drainage thus supplied tjie pnsslhlll'y of Its washing out is prevented. W. If. Helleman, soils engineer of the Unit.ud States reclamation service, says of It, "The quality and depth of the soil haj much to do with the government under taking, the project."1 . Combining with the favorable soil a climate especially adapted to fruit rais ing and which provides the farmer with a sowing season or seven montns dura tion, the district also adds to other ad vantages a c'rop maturity some two weeks earlier than In any other project in the northwest. This advantage trans lates Itself into dollars through 'he COMMERCIAL HOTEL SEASIDE, OREGON VTDT HBW ICAjrAQSKXST. American and European Plan. Centrally and Conveniently Located. Near Depot. Convenient to Beauh. Hot and Cold Water In Rooms. EXCELLENT TABLE LOW RATES. a. B. WOOWOMj;. Proprietor. Colonial Hotel higher prices maintaining at the time of the earnest market arrivals. Blackberries Grown C. P. Stanron, on the McN'urlln Hermiston, Or. Place Near Hermiston. Photo by The transportation facilities and con sequent accessibility of markets are also unequalled, the former being fur nished bv the lines of the Oregon Rail road & Navigation company which skirt the tract on two sides and the Colum bla river which bounds It on the north. Over most of the tract there Is a down hill haul to the shipping point and the cities of Portland and Spokane, neither more than a single night s distance tv fast freight, provide a ready market for the products of the district. Altitude of Tract. The low altitude of the Umatilla tract which averages in the neighborhood of 500 feet renders, possible an unusual variety of products, a description of wnicn wouia prolong mis article un necessarily. It Is sufficient to say, however, that the ultimate . aim of the landowner is to turn his tract into or chards as rapidly as possible, thus In suring for himself a maximum of profit and minimum of labor. Apples, pears, peaches, plumbs, prunes and cherries bear prollfically under tha prevailing conditions, as do all varieties of berries and grapes. Alfalfa, wheat, barley and grain products, potatoes. melons and an endless list of soli pro duction break the records near Hermis ton, both In quality and quantity. Poul try, dairying and bee culture furpisn profitable sidelines as well as diversion to the owner of the Irrigated patch. Some interesting figures regarding variety and yield In the district can be hud from literature obtainable at Her miston. Hermiston, Child of Project. Near the center of the Umatilla pro ject and its principal shipping point is the two-year-old town of Hermiston. al ready a thriving youngster of 500 Innab- j Hants. The community has had as result of the project a phenomenal growth and It already affords ,the set tlers in the district with a shopping headquarters and convenient meeting lace. The town Is supplied with water. s two banks, two hotels, an Ice plant. an attractive Baptist church Just com pleted and a picture of which accompan ies, this article. It also has an excellent weklv newspaper under the title of the Hermiston Herald. A new and substan tial school house constructed of con crete blocks and ample In dimensions to meet the growing needs of the neighbor hood Is well advanced at the present time. In addition all the ordinary business lines are represented and considerable activity In residence construction is no ticeable In the outskirts. Hermiston Is well laid out with ample streets along which In many places trees have been planted and woodn i conduits constructed for their Irrigation and for general domestic and business I purposes. The town is noticeable for , the amount of brick and concrete that ' lias been used in the construction of Its business and public buildings and its growth and permanency are insured through the magnificent future which 1 unquestionably lies before the Umatilla j Irrigation district. 1 8 FEB DAT AVD VPWASO LINDSLEY & SON," Proprietors New Building New Furniture BIGHT AT THB SOUTfDUTO SSA Electric Light in Every Room Free Bus to and From All Trains' Good Fishing, Boating and Bathing 5EASJDL3, OREGON The Shelburne House BBATXBW, WASH. Is now open-for the Summer. This is one of the most pleasant places on ina oeacn, with large, snaay yara. THE BEST TABLE SERVICE And pleasant rooms. For rates write to SHSXBTTBjrS 2COVSB, Beavlew, Wash. SEE THE OCEAN HOTEL MOORE CLATSOP BBACK OPEN ALL THE TEAK. V . SXABrSS, OB, THE CLIFF HOUSE OF OREGON. Directly i-n ' the ' beach, overlooking tne ocean. Hot salt baths and surf bathing; recreation pier for Ashing; sun pariors; electric ngnts; nrepiace ana furnace heat. Sea- foods a specialty Fine walks and drives. Rates, $2.60 and IJ.00 per day. For particulars apply to the Danmoora. , DAW J, 1XOOBX, Prop. ON YOUR WAY TO THE BEACH THE OCCIDENT HOTEL Astoria, Ore. Pacific View Hotel VSCAinCUK ftTATXOir, SBASZDB.OB, Open Winter and Summer. Under New Management. Most conveniently located hotel on the bench for surf bathers. Neatly fur nished rooms for light housekeeping. Use of range for cooking utensils free. P. HAnBXSCHOU, Prop. THE WHITEHOUSE Z.OHO BXACH, WASSnrOTOV, A favorite hotel with Long Beach vis itors; . large, comfortable rooms, over looking the ocean; unsurpassed view. Une block south of station. Q. P. WHXTZXOTT8B. Prop. HARVEST HOME Three Blocks South of Depot. X.OSO BEACH, WASHINGTON. Now Open for the Season. Prices, $1.60 per day, $8.00 per week Beds, 50 cents. Meals, 35 cents. Chil dren under 10 years, half rates. JOSEPH KoXBAV, Proprietor. WILH0IT SPRINGS Hotel Now Open Stage leaves Oregon City, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday until July 1, then dally at 9 a. m. Fare $1.60. F. W. McLean, proprietor. THE BRITT r Z.ONO BBACK, WASKXNOTOV, BUAKU AND KOOMS. The Best Meals on the Beach, as Usual. The Hackney Cottage SEAVIEW, WASHINGTON VOW OPBB POB THB SEASON. Delightfully located on most beautl ful and pleasant spot on tne beach. Un surpassed surf bathlne. home comforts. excellent table board. Accommodations greatly Increased. Special rates by the week and season. Make your reserva tions by mall. Postoffloe Address, SEATTSW. WASH. mum mo otter NECANICUM IININ ' gSAgraa. oa. Located at the turn of the new hnnl vard. unsurpassed surf bathing, beau tiful grounds, lots of flowers, a most desirable place for families and unac companied young ladles. Noted for Its excellent home cooking. Terms $2 per uay. XaBB B. SAaCAM) Prop. Sunset Cottage Open for guests. One block from ocean. A home-like place to spend the summer. First-class accommodations. Reasonable family rates. ! MBS. DESMAN, CHNTSB'VXLXJB, WASH. North Beach Inn VZVTOITI STATION Facing the Ck-ean: Fine-View. Large Bunny Rooms; Good Table and Bervice. y KM. N. X. BZVrf, Kusgsr, Address, Long Beach, Wash., Box 38. I PRIVATE ROOM and BOARD HOME COOKING. MRS. SARAH CHAM BERLIN LONO BEACH, WASH. pla has THE BREAKERS HOTEL AKEXXCAir mv. KX'rift'-ftriilWiriiiir'i ' LEADXHCr STTK1CEB BESOBT OP THB PAOIPIO SO BTBWBST. Electric Light. Steam, Hot and Cold Salt Water In Every Tub. Buy Tickets to Breakers, Pacific County, Wash. Postofflce Address, BreakersWash. Is the busiest and .most brilliant pleasure haunt in this part of the country this summer. Its thousands of devees re joice to learn that they can now go and come on a regular schedule, independent of tides. The Popular Excursion Steamer of the O. R. & N. Co. T II Leaves Portland, Ash Street Dock, DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 8:30 A. M. . SATURDAYS ONLY, 2:00 P. M. . MAGNIFICENT DAYLIGHT TRIP DOWN THE COLUMBIA Direct connection at Megler with the Ilwaco railroad, thence to the beach resorts. See published schedules EXCURSION RATES FROM PORTLAND Season Tickets, on sale daily 9 4.00 . Saturday-to-Monday Tickets 3.00 Five-Trip Commutation Tickets 15.00 1 Reduced Rates Prevail From All Parts of the State ) Purchase tickets at the City Ticket Office, O. R. & N., Third and Washington Streets. J wm; McMURray, General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon X NEWPORT BAY YAQU1NA Oregon's Hatchless Beach Resort The Place to Go for Perfect Rest and Every Conceiv- t . able Form of Healthful and Delightful Recreation ITS FACILITIES ARE COMPLETE Best of food, and an I abundance of it. Fresh water from springs. All modern ne- 2 cessities, such as telegraph, telephone, markets freshly pro- T videdv every day. Fuel in abundance. Cottages partly fur niched or unfurnished to ' be had cheaply. Strict municipal sanitary regulations. I Summer Excursion Rates I i Politic.and '"Politicians Mniitps, candidate presidential nomination. or the vlce- gambling. being dangerous murals and public safety. to public Problbltlonlst of Connecticut hive nominated state ticket, needed by Matthew R. O'Brlea of Bridgeport, as tt,e candidate for governor. . . Hn. 8- H. D- Mallory. chairman of the 1 emtvrstlc state ienitlve rnmmll of Alabama, has announced his can didacy fur the governorship In . It. H. Mansoii. chairman ct the rv craie state eseoutlve committee of Wis- orialn. snaounr that a t convention will t held la tt.ia tnootiv. f gens ter lt4 Pnot f t'tah. mho mr Met after a long and bitter ,..et, vtil be a i-sndtdate for reeled ; mi t.en aia term of Ckfflce aspires -it Xrc. . " Tr Republics tVHigreselofial eotnsBlt- t rtr-1 to ( are m h reach of ' . n Nw Tor CUT. hl-h In fart . i i .-!! t Ihs headquarter of t mici(ir during the umpia v' -t v it rn !! M Mortal rVnrnttB .(r Mil we the lS dt- t- , j-.f f rm f Jrr - ' ' S I irefrl'e' ltsdef of SM at. Xtforq -n " j The Democratic congressional mm I mlttee Is preparing to belt In the active work of the campst-n. The committee will open headquarter In Chicago early 'In Ansust. and Representative Jame i T T.loyd of Missouri, its chairman, -will take rharre. William, J. Connors, rhalrtnan of the rrnocratlc state commlttei of New Vors, has sufscsted Oeorf e r. BolJt ff New York City, as a good man to name for governor this faU. Mr. Boldt Is the millionaire proprietor of the Waldorf Astoria hotel of New Tor. Is member of Tammany Hall who be close to Leader Charles F A said to thortty for the statement l ork delegation to the Democratic saflonaj convention will cp tose to the bitter end the nomination of William J. Bryan for the presidency. Tbe same speaker declared also that New Tork'a representatlre on the com mittee on plt form and resolutions will also hold oat lor conservative plat form. Judge Ramoel R Art man of Lebanon. IixL. wbo Is mentioned as a poastble raiwlidBte for the presidency on - the Prohibition ticket. Is a circuit court )udre of Roone county, Indiana, who gse a 4-tio -arwisst the constitu tionality of llceesinar saloons about a year am. Accordmar to fcls dedslnn tbe state of Te'sna bsf tw more rlrht te larnss liquor -seUlr than te license a slate for the Taft raMn.et. an picked out by one of the veteran Washingtori " correspondents: Secretary of state. Theodore E. Burton of cjhio; secretary of the treasury, George Von I. Mever of Massachusetts: nttorney general. Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, secretary of war, Charles E. Masoon of Nehrsska. or General Clsr mrr R. Kdwards, now chief of the bu reau Qf Insular affairs; postmaster gnoral. Frank H. Hitchcock of Massa-ct-uett, secretary of the navyj Tru man H. Newberry of Michigan; secre- trv of me Vnterie r. Attorney General wade H. EUlls of Ohio: secretary serif uiiure. uirrora Flncnot. now c of the bureau of forestry; secretary of commerce and labor, V 1111am Loeb of New York. chle"! HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES. opply Tomr Veeda for Momthg te Oeme at Wkaleaaie T1U1 . Pee todsy's ad for prices. Table lin ens, tow,-!, napkins, rrashoa, lane er tslns. bedspreads, comforters, blankets, couch covers, table covers, pillows, ear tain materials, rods, sheets, pillow esses, etc., etc, at the lowest price ever ouoim ror use quantie. HcAJlen A fcfrtnnel. Third and Morrison-streets THE ONLY ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF HOTEL IN PORTLAND HOTIX HE, YSE.R COBITXB liR TSZS9 AMD VMWtXDt IT1IIT1 Europesn and American plan. Rates St per dav and upwards. Telephone In every room. Private baths. rm ami to ajto no tax9 kpxciaz. amrsAi to p. 75c J. T. Brldgsa, Manager. T ' 'v. "r -4 Qaremont Tavern A e harm lag plae te spend tbe tvealns. All the delicacies mt the season, prepared by a chef wbw knows hew." Xzoelleat srvtoa. Reacbed by a fellgttfal ast rMe of even mites, or, tf row prwfer, by Astoria trsiaa, From All Points in the Northwest NEWPORT is reached by way of the Southern Pacific to Albany or Corvallis, thence Corvallis & Eastern Railroad. Train service daily, and the trip a pleasure throughout. Leave Portland 8:15 a. m. RATES FROM PORTLAND Season tickets, on sale daily. , $0.00 Saturday-to-Monday tickets . . $3J00 Correspondingly low rates from all other points. Call at the I City Ticket Office of the Southern Pacific. Third and Wash l ington streets, in Portland, or at any Southern Pacific agency elsewhere, for complete information. I v . r WMrMcMURRAY I' General Passenger Agent, Southern Pacific Co., Portland, Or. www t t X X : : : w ! COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS As well as, other travelers who come to Po make their- horns at THE 'CORNELIUS who come to Portland and corner Park and Alder, are all polntments and furnishings. Situated one block from the rooms In the hotel. Rates Mingle, -J 1.60 and up; double, 12.00 Our free omnibus meets all trains. DR. C W. CORNELIUS. N. K. CLARKE. Mgr. Proprietor. delighted with Its ap elanglng streetcars, one ge same ind up. fill Sis i PJORTONIA HOTEL sx.BYxrcx, OTT WAKKXVOTOw BT. Portland's Newest and Host Modern Hotel Absolutely Fire Proof Americas aad Bwepoaa, i Bates to ramllles. Omt Bas Meets AU TnIm. ! To Decide oa TUm&lag. MHKm. Or, ioly 4 Tbe cltlseng of tbe KUto a recwater country wlil . . t ... , hold a meeting Julf 11 to decide hetk. er to bond for I4e.6 to erect two srw school bulidinrs In this district, oae t t rem oa the site or the ventral e-rr-l. and the other te replace Us old kulidlng St rrewstr. .At prssent It Is planned to spend J.eo for a central school laclade the high rhn. and 1 1 . for a .brick foor-room baUdlaa for . -water.- . . . . ....... 1 HOTEL LENOX tHoTi?; Portland's newest and most moderaJr furnished ho- u sou mun su ens. rronong on tne beau "i. ?ftiful City Plata and adjacent to-hoainesa rMM rVEUIiOPKAN PLAN RATES $1.00 DAY AND UP tbFree Boa to and from Traina. "Uo-to-Date Grill Telephone in every room. Prrrate Batha. LOCKSLEY HALL SEASIDE, OREGON kfnet popular and best f iml!r InHel st "eastde. erixVAi, rates btaveek or u, ivf ocoew. with rrtrate rata. trains. RATtS IX.M ANL i UtrictlT m'r-n in n-ery detail. Yr tua -,T j . , Qtout ft toar, rrw-a.