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LAND NOT AltlD.
So Says Inspector tireen of De.
chute Valley.
Washington, Nov. 21. Inspector
Green reports to the Secretary of the
Interior that the lands selected by the
State ot Oregon under the Carey act,
and known as list six that is, the lands
intended to be reclaimed by the Pilot
Butte Development Company are not
arid. He reports well developed juni
per trees scattered over the area ; there
fore, he concludes, the lands are not
subject to entry under the Carey act.
This report will undoubtedly lead to a
prolonged wrangle and may be the
means of preventing for some time re
clamation in the Deschutes valley, ei
ther by the Government or bv private
enterprise.
Before the Pilot Butte Company dop
ed its contract with the state, as the
records show, it took the precaution to
seer. re the opinion of the department as
to whether or not the growth of juniper
trees would be held as an indication
that the lands selected by the state
were or were not arid. The State Land
Agent simultaneously asked the opinion
of the department as to the character of
these lands. He stated in his letter
that the land "is entirely destitute of
water and is practically a desert, but on
certain portions there is a scattering
growth of jnnipers. The juniper, and
especially the scrubby variety growing
on this desert, is not suitable for lnrx
ber, can be used onlv for wond and fence
posts, and there is no more of such wood
on any quarter section than will be nec
essary for the use of the settler on the
quarter section. It cannot be made into
lumber and be shipped away, and can
be used only in the immediate vicinity
of its growth."
In transmitting this letter to the Sec
retary, Commissioner Hermann ex
pressed the ODinion that the rule of the
department, which holds that "lands
containing sufficient moisture to produce
a natural growth of trees are not to be
classed as desert land" should be liber
ally construed, "for the reason that the
land is doubtless unfit for cultivation ,
without irrigation, or else it would have
been entered long ago."
In reply to Commissioner Hermann's
letter, Secretary Hitchcock issued in
structions in which be said:
"A growth of ordinary forest trees on
land in the arid region may, as a gen
eral rule, be accepted as evideoce of the
non-desert character of the lard. It is,
however, a mere prf sumption that lands
containing sufficient moisture to produce
trees will produce agricultural crops,
but, like all presumptions of fact, it
may be rebutted by proof showing that
the land i i actii.illy de-ert in Hurarter
and will not produce agricultural crops
without irrigation. A sparse and stunt,
ed growth of trees which may exist with
little moisture, and is frequently found
upon arid lands actually unfit for ordi
nary agricultural purposes, is not within
the spirit and intent of the rule."
These instructions were reported to
the State Land Agent and to the Pilot
Butte Company, all of which is cited to
show the precautionary steps taken bv
this company to ascertain, before mak
ing a contract, whether the lands it had
in view would be held subject to the
Carey act.
No action is likely to be taken on
Green's report for two or three weeks.
The case is awaiting its regular turn.
There is on record, along with this re
port, a great maBS of affidavits filed by
the Pilot Butte Company showing the
land to be arid and not capable of pio
ducing crops without irrigation. These
affidavits were riled under the Secreta
ry's instructions above quoted, and are
from CongrtjHBtuan-elect Williamson,
the Oregon State Engineer, ex-Surveyor
General Pengra, President Lytle, and
Chief Engineer Hammond, of the Co
lumbia Southern Railway; Hydraulic
Engineer Clark, of Portland; J. M.
Moore, of Portland, and many others of
known reliability who have personally
gone over the ground. There is also
filed an exhaustive analysis of the soil
and statement of precipitaiion, by
months, on the Upper Deschutes. This
mass of testimony is all diametrically
opposed to Greeu'a report, and shows
the land to be arid.
WOOL IH EN MEET. j
Iteortfaiiize I'nder New Constitu
tion and lfyL.aw.
A meeting of the Umatilla County
Woolgrowers' Association was held at
the parlors of the Pendleton Commer
cial Ctub, Thursday afternoon, Presi
dent Douglas Belts presiding.
There was a splendid attendance of
sheepmen from outside points, as well
as from the immediate vicinity of this
city. President Belts announced that
the object of the meeting was to reor
ganize the county association to conform
to the new constitution of the State
Wool growers' Association, recently
adopted in this city.
The members present represented
the larger part of the shfepof Umati.la
county and all were enthusiastic in re
newing the organization which has
already been so beneficial to the indus
try and which promises greater returns
in the futore. Many new members
from the Pilot Kock and other outside
points were taken in, and the associa
tion is in a flourishing condition.
Ranges are reported to be in first-class
condition. Sheep are better prepared
to begin the winter than for several
ye.rs and taken throughout the county,
the sheep and wool questions are most
satisfactory.
Forest reserve, range allotments,
irrigation and salt, as being associated
with the sheep rais'ng industry, were
ably discussed by those present. East
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