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Pr Te East Oregonljtn Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Saturday, September 25, 1915 Twenty Page WORK PROGRESSES ON WEST UMATILLA PROJECT Government in This Work is Profiting by Past Experience. All Ditches Lined With Concrete Throughout. VIRGINIA C. TOPIX CunMructinn 'tk n the west ex tninn of the I'maMlln irncatinn pro-Ji.-t has durins t hr rar 'f 1913 been cnnfliii (1 to ihf main cunal. Lust year tlx- i!lwri..n dam was built ami ci'nij.irti d at a ost of sixt-four thim!an.J -li!!ars am! a portion of the nmin rtitinl to the extent of anout fiwn n .il-s was tun!. Itiirini; the Mas.,n ..f lair, the work of 1'uihlins the can;. I was ioniimii.1 throaph to thft prrsfitt point of i-ompk-uon or .1 t.l.) ilistatu'o of ah. nit twenty one ii i I .. It-u itic nM'rox.niately eight ii.IIi-k to he taiiH. , if whhh at least five null' will ! .onU'.ftt'il. though the ilouhtful element i'f weather con ditions w 11 Rovern the amount ol oiirh to he built. The type of construction work is to a marked decree an advance over the original work done In canal buildin? on the older project. The canal un der construction Is lined with three Inche of concrete to prevent the ex-! ceive loss of water while in transit to the irrigable area. The laterals. It Is understood, will be likewise con creted and by this plan of construc tion the loss of water from percola tion throush the porous soil will be rendered a negligible factor in the distribution system of this unit Another feature of the west exten sion which Is a most desirable addi tion to the new, over the older pro ject, will be the growing by the rec lamation service of windbreaks at certain Intervals through the Irrigate! sreas. which will prove of inestim able value to the work of develop ment In the reclamation of these va rious features of concrete and wind break to the construction work of the project means a higher cost for the irrigation system than that on the older project: yet at the same time it ia claimed and demonstrated that through these aids to reclamation of lands, of this character, the cost of reclamation will be reduced both in money and time to the settlers . As to the development of the lands when the construction work shall have been completed the prospective settlers can have some facts to base their expectations upon. The narrow fringe of lands that have been irri gated lying along the old ditch, built by the Oregon Land and Water Co. and which is still in use by some land owners, who have persisted In their efforts of home building In spite of tremendous handicaps. Every pros pective settler would do well to ac cept advice from these experienced people. Among some of the advantages known to the factors in the successful development of these lands is their very early season and their com parative freedom from frost. The lands to be irrigated lay along the ..... c - . 1 WATER FLOWING OVER DIVERSION DAM OF WEST VMATILLA Xl (y f PROJ EOT. i 4 great Columbia river and the air drainage is of the best In existence. The large body of water lying so close Is a decided factor In warding off late frosts, which other districts, not so fortunately situated, do not possess. It Is a fact that the close proximity of the Columbia river is an advantage In this respect. ' As to the earlincss of the season, new potatoes were ready for use in mid June, watermelons were shipped on July 25 and the first cutting of al falfa was made May 25 and the fourth cutting was In the stack September 10. All these things were accom plished and done In the ordinary course of ranching and may be taken as probabilities and not as possibili ties. (The reader is cited to the dic tionary for the difference in mean ing of these two worlds as defined in any standard dictionary ) The production of alfalfa should be and more than likely will be, the pialn industry in crop production on the new area to be Irrigated and to consume and utilize this wonderful forage crop, dairying, hog raising and stock feeding will be the principal money getters for the new settlers. To the older residents it Is appar ent that in a few years the necessity of crop rotation will bring this area into u community of small diversified farms. The facilities of this project for n.oving its crops to market are not exceeded by any similar community and are equaled by few. The O.-W. R. and N. Co. passing through the en tire length of the project and the Columbia river with the completed Celilo canal furnishing open river navigation the entire year insures low freight rates and excellent service. 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