THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. THURSDAY. EVENING, '", DECEMBER 31, 1808.
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LUMBER. TIMBER. ;
MANUFACTURING.
.WATER-POWER.
WOOL. CHIPPING.
MACHIMERV.
AGRICULTURE.
HORTICULTURE.
TRANSPORTATION.'
PAPER MAKIMa
WOOD PULB
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can specify any amount, even though
such amount exceed the entire. flow
of the stream. By refilina- every six
months a .water right can be held.
indefinitely without use, and legiti-
" . 1 . . . . t :. ; w mat development retarded. It is
am? ;-mi wii Kftfi'1 Diirino1 the Klamath .nrnirt rA fYi Umatilla this six months refilinar -provision
interim it has assumed proportions project. The Klamath project em- that is now menacing the safety of
r,f rh matrninide that it is doubtful braces about 190.000 acres of land Oregon retarding development of
if our Egyptian forbears would recog- situated in Klamath county and the, some of the richest sections of the
pize it. It is no longer a farm ad- extreme northern part of California; ate. It acts as a bar of pro
junct; it is a creative force; a funda- the Umatilla, project 20,000 acres im- tection for, the public mulcter against
mental element in the world's - pro- mediately south of the Columbia river the honest settler. '.'";?
gression. What are' -we doing with and east of the Umatilla river. ' - The counties of Umatilla, Union,
irrigation in Oregon?. -, The Klamath project is divided into Wallowa, Baker and Malheur, in east-
' Thii state has an area of nearly two parts, the "upper" and "lower." ern Oregon, offer striking examples
62,000,000 acres, greater than the com- The latter embraces the land to be re- of-the water rights tangle. Onite
bined areas of New York, New Hamp- claimed in Oregon. The source of rivers of these five counties 3,428 no
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode water supply is upper Klamath lake, tices of appropriation of water have
Island and Delaware On July 1, this The land 4s of good quality. The been recorded, claiming a flow of
year, a total of 16,957,913 .nereis, or principal trops will be alfalfa, wheat, 810.025 feet per second. The aggre
one fourth the state's area, were va- oats, barley,-rye, vegetables and some gate is hundreds of times the com
'cant lands subject to entry under the deciduous fruits. : Experiments in bined flow of all the-rivers on which
general land laws of the.;, United, sugar beet culture show that it is filings are' made! The total filings'
States, Irrigation can not be applied probable that this crop-can be success- on the Malheur river amount to 58
to all this land as a part .of it is fully grown. To the present time a times the maximum flood flow of this
'mountainous, rocky and heavily tim little-, ever $2)00,000 has been alloted river at. Yale And the result of this?
bered. Excepting Harney and -Mal for the project, and in October of this Litigation an endless round of court
heur 'counties, there are about 1.000, year about 34 per cent of the work battles. Until : an efficient adminis-
tXX) acres in Oregon, subject to entry had been ..'completed,'' with, tt'-expen, trative system is perfected . for con-'
under the homestead; laws. - ; . diture of $1,558,000. :, serving our water power ' resources.
r - A rtal f .IMOftft arrM hii'h,rn " Tli fnmnrin. nVk in rnnn.rtlnn this chaotic Condition of affair' Will
segregated from the public domain ; with the Umatilla project consists of
for reclamation by -the state. The ? a feed canal from the Umatilla river
state nas executed contracts , wim . to tne uold springs reservoir and a
construction companies involving the distributing system.?' The irritable
expenditure by future settlers of over area under this project lies below 580 Oregon conservation commission
$5,000,000. Since the adjournnvent of feet in altitude. It is rolling in char- goes into the subject of water power
the last session of the legislature the acter and the lands are of high fer- resources at fength. Comparisons are
Istate has executed contracts which tiuty. The climate is warm, and the made with laws of other states. The
jauthorize liens on 183334 acres to the soil adapted' to orchards, small fruit defects in the statutes of this state
(extent of $4,692,700 ' and vegetables; Transportation facil- are pointed out, as well as what rem-
I Most of the arable land in an area 'ties are excellent. About $1,500,000 ediaUegislation steps should be taken,
approximately 30 mile square, cov- na bttn allotted for the construction The report itself is a valuable acqui
ering Bend, Sisters and Priaeville, in the project, and in October of this sition, throwing a light on conditions
Crook county, has been segregated yr 81 per cent of the contemplated that have heretofore escaped general
under the Carey act. There are six work had been completed, with an notice.
segregations, involving an area of expenditure of $1,400,753. The commonwealth of pregon car-
254,694 acres. The water supply for Irrigation, or reclamation, can be nes a weighty responsibility. Upon
"this tract will be derived mainly, from applied, to practically any portion o depends the working out of the
; th. .v.fm plan for guarding inviolate the state s
jriver and the Tumalo creek. In addi- rivers extending over this state. But Teat '"ource? for. future, genera-
nuns.
continue' to act a a bar to the ad
vancement of irrigated agriculture in
Oregon. ; " ..' -'
Irt its report to the governor, the
it ion, storage will be"' provided at the . water user is seriously handi-
1c
Towering high . above , all
rane Prairie on the headwaters of caDDed bv the defective laws on the other resources m importance is
it he Deschutes for the reclamation of subject of water rights. One of the t!?e. wat,er PO"- is the life
74,189 acres. , crucial problems confronting Oregon -Yn element the foundation upon
! About 30 miles smith of BrnH J. n. is the lack of -some definite system of wh,cl? M11 tate will plant her
lotlifr sfffrrHiinn It in-lH.. una? water titles. Anv person can acauire prestige in year to come. And to
(acres,
branch of the, Deschutes river, n version, stating the amount of water unity unity of purpose for the com
plemented bv storajr- in rrr..; claimed and the intended use, and re- m'm w.eal. ' UtX the Oregon farmer
which will ultimately be re- a water right in this tate by posting conserve the water power, and other
claimed by the regular flow from a notice at the proposed point of di- resources, yie prime essential is
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lake. In Harney valley 76,832 acres cording the notice in the county caM theand iDf the Oregon mer
Siave been segregated for reclamation, clerk's or recorder's office. and let the pregon merchant
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Two Extensive Project. Better Legislation Imperative. slogan, "Oregon for Oregon, her
j - The reclamation schemes on which It makes no difference if the waters products and her industries"; and we
iwork is actually under way, a por- of the stream have already been fully shall have advanced no small distance
ft on., already having water, are the utilized at points below. The notice toward our goal. .
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