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HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, Tuesday, July 6, 1920.
Number 10
BOARDMAN PROJECT
1 LABORATORY FOR J.O.
JAMES M. COX
PORTLAND SITS UP,
H. S. CUMMINGS
TAKES NOURISHMENT
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F. P. Dodd. Writes Interestingly of
Possibilities of Proposed Project.
The following Interesting article
is one of a series being written by E.
P. Dodd, of Hermiston, for the Pen
cileton East Oregonian, relative to
t!i2 future possibilities of the John
Day Irrigation district:
Irrigation is a science. It is not
only a science that is general in its
application but every locality must
develop its own science. The west end
of Umatilla county has been an irri
gation laboratory for many years and
.V'ie fumes from long tested experi
,v.. laments still fill the nostrils of sludents
and professors in nature's weird la
boratories on the Umatilla and other
projects now operating under establ
ished principles.
iuese principles are applicable and
valuable now to the John Day pro
ject. Developing a science in irrigation
means the testing of many methods,
the analysis of soils, the trial of dif
ferent crops, the education of many
settlers, the study of climatic effects
and the final selection of successful
principles. From a great jumbling to
gether of facts, near facts and false
ideas must be evolved by daily toil,
careful experiments and honest effort
the foundation on which these new
communities shall succeed.
To those who witness from alar
these efforts may seem somewhat tri
vial but in the irrigation laboratories
of Umatilla and Morrow counties dis-
coveries have been, made and prin- ' worth when developed from $200 to
ciplea established that will result in ' $250 per acre subject to water eharg
great financial returns in the future "en. The cost of the water has been
and in a slendld development of a J estimated at $100 to $125 per acre,
great area that heretofore has bee n i nder present high costs th'.s would
but Idle waste. Too much import- i be greater. No land should be sold ! ing to the best of her ability and for
ance cannot be given the solution of ' sett'.ers at over $10-$20 per acre, this evidence of having used her p'er
the varied problems that have hinder j Doth water and land should be on 1 isropo and taken a glance at the big
ed development in this region, and, ! easy terms and government charges : country across and beyond the Cas
in the future consideration of addl-1 would be without interest. These i cade range, the lusty town on the
tional reclamation, these asset3 must j lands are easy to develop because of lower Willamette is entitled to last
be placed in the same column as land their smoothness and good soil quail- ing credit.
reservoirs and canals. . ,iea. Changing conditions would j The Portland Chamber of Coin-
When the John Day project is op- , cause changes In our figures, but not, , merce, which no doubt reflects the
en for settlement there will be no
failures. The new settler will know
Just what to do, how to do It and just
what to plant, and what returns he
may expect from his land. The stud
ent who disobeys the rules will flunk
In the final exams. The stubborn
settler and the wise guy will either
mend their ways after a season or
quit the class room, early with noth -
Ing but their conceit to carry them
to the next station.
Perhaps no project In the United
States can demonstrate the evolution
of a local irrigation science so well as
has been done at Doardman. About
150 farm units were opened by the
government 3 years ago. All were
wcuDied at once nnd all have been ex
"cedini(ly successful. It would require
many columns to describe the factors
that have contributed to the stirrers
of that community. The government
bnilt concrete lined canals and later -
uls. This had not been done previous-
ly Ml other projects, but III" lesson
I ad been learned In the combat with
h.mdy sells. The (tovernm. nt gave the
seitbT 20 y-ars without Ititercn lo
p,y off the e-e-t of cor.s: rur'.liu- the!
(.i.ie'ti. Only a few years t v i It ie
qu red the n 'th r to pay In lt la'tall
tit til, a practical e ).ie:fli.liiy. The
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Nominated for President or Die
United States by the Democratic Na
tional Convention at San Francisco,
at' 1:00 this morning.
that were in violation of the well
established principles and threaten
ed ruin to the, smart one and injury
to the whole community. All these
very fundamental facts have become
embedded in the life of the people
of these contiguous irrigation
districts. To have opened the John
Day ten years ago would have cost
the settlers who attempted its devel
opment hundreds cf thousands of
dollars more than it will cost them
when that event takes place.
The ultimate object of such devel
opment is a successful man on the
land and a productive farm. As to
the attainment of these ends there
can be no question. The land will lie
relative, important.
The climate is the very best.. The
district has
long growing seasons,
short and mild winters, and as it be
comes lined with trees and covered
with verdure the usual desert condi
tions disappear. The altitude is low
and being in a dry climate, healthful
advantages are great. It should be
1 remembered that this is part of the
j small areaof the Upper Columbia,
which is the only locality in this lati-
tude in the United States that has a
low altitude and a dry climate. Italy
has the only similar condition in Eu-
rope.
As to markets, this region Is the
1 ony Possible alfaHa district that can
1 be developed so near to Portland and
i,ne coast which is so rapidly berom-
; K,ei consumer oi aiiana na
D1 I's products. Western Oregon has
' pasture grass- but needs' the f"'d
! values of alfalfa for Its dairy, beer
mutton nerus in winter seasons.
1 un ,,"",r sricnuuc. laci oi
Kfat ''a'1"' " ,",lh localities that has
,"'',' esti.bilhhed In n rent years in
i tilt pioneer Irrigation laboratory.
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dervrt stretches hI'iiik th t oliiiiitiia
lni'hway often wotideis !' people
live 111 this lb ?ert Minn the wot Id it
m lau:e. Tin y do not wonder mliea
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about the oi lnlli.il ile'en ntidit ton
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Oregon Metropolis Finally
Possibilities
John Day Promoters Fncouraged by
Pro
The unexpected has happened.
Portland, the Rose City, the met
ropolis of Oregon, the one city of
the Pacific Northwest whose geo
graphical and topographical position
on, the map has given license, since
the completion of the North Ameri-
j can continent, to be the preeminent
commercial center of all this great
secaon, has awakened to -the posibi
lities of irrigation. This does not
mean only, the irrigation of lawns in
Portland for it is now several years
since the wide awake people of the
City of Rosea discovered that with
out a considerable amount of artifi
cial moisture her lawns and gardens
would dry out and burn up as read
ily as they might do if located in
that unknown (to many Portlanders)
country which- lies east of tile Cas
cade range. Therefore Bull Run
water.
The awakening in this particular
instance seems to be due to the fact
that some Spokane, Seattle and Ta
conia boosters have evolved the Big
Idea, known as The Columbia Basin
Project. It is a big undertaking and
one that not only reflects credit on
its promoters because of their broad
vision and indomitable public spirit,
but will also reflect some credit and
probably much commercial advant
age to the smaller fry who drop in
at the tail end of the procession and
neip, wnai 1 ney can, in whooping 'it
up.
That is what Portland Is now do-
! spirit of the business men, of Porl-
, iand who compose its membership,
sending letters to the country mess
of eastern Oregon urging them to ac
cept an Invitation from the commer
cial bodies of Spokane, Seattle and
Taconia to Join in a, tour of the Co
lumbia Ilasln Project which, the
Portland letter rather naively states
Is "for editors and publishers of daily
newspapers."
As there are only four or five dally
newspapers In eastern Oregon and as
the tour Is only plr.nned for editors
of such publications It would appear
that the Portland Chamber Is wait
ing considerable In stamps and sta
tionery In sending this urgent letter
to the weekly publishers.
That this wastage Is real is evld-
, Pnt (rom ,n1 fu(.t that ,,, ,,al(,
;of N , Volumn 1. oftne first
nows,mp,.r published In the vast do-
j ,llan now Knwn aH ,h,, inlti ml V.
,,r, prai.,rny ,.v,.ly llaH (.,.
a rDHMl,.nt nm confirmed booster
for fV,.,y ,,rj,.(.t tlal ,, ,.,
velopmeut of the Cireat Parliir Nnrt h-
W,.B, Neither runty boiindiul
nor state bnen. nut even the inaje-tiri
t iiKi-iide range, have nbsruri d tin It
Imoii but In and out of seamin I In v
have htrlvMiiin l I it t ri iiihI pimt I
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until of the uotidiotit ilnmain liieivvn
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Portland's Interest in Washington
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ties,, all being political sub-divisions
of the state of Oregon, are jubilant
over the position taken by the Port
land Chamber of Commerce on the
Columbia Basin project believing it
to indicate quite plainly that Port
land is at last really alive to the pos
sibilities of irrigation in the Inland
Empire and that the business and
financial interests of that wealthy
city may, ultimately, be enlisted in
putting every available acre of the
John Day district under water and
adding this vast acreage to the al
ready, rich and productive domain
which annually sends to Portland
uuunsi me agricultural wealth of a
kingdom.
Tho John Day district, which is al
ready organized as a legal incorpor
ation turn reaay 10 uo business as
soon as the present financial silua
tion becomes more nearly normal,
was organized almost a year ago
and considerable preliminary work
has already been done towards get
ting the proposition under way.
At the last meeting of the board
of directors of the district the linn
of Lewis & Clark, well known irri
gation engineers ol Portland, was
employed to make a preliminary sur
vey of what is known as the high
line ditch and make a report on the
proDuoie cost anil scope ot the pro
ject. This work is already under
way ot will within a few days.
When, a few weeks ago, Ihe di
rector ;f'nd friends of the John Day
dii-trlc arranged for a big barbecui
picnic on the dividing line between
the big, unirrigaled John Day dist
net and the Iloardinan project,
which is now under water and show
ing tho result of three years of de
velopment, for the purpose of attract
ing attention to the possibilities of
tho John Day project, there was con
siderable disappointment that the
Portland Commercial club and the
Oregon State Chamber of Conimerci
was without representation. Al
though assurance had been given
that at least a special Pullman car
would bring a delegation from the
big town, when the time arrived the
date seemed to have been lost or
overlooked and In the vast crowd of
some 3000 people not an official re
presentative of the city of Portland
or of any of her commercial organi
zations was present. The report
which Is said to have gained some
circulation around the town of
iloardinan anil later drifted to llepp
ner to Ihe efli'ct that the represen
tative of the Portland Chamber of
Comiiierre appointed lo urrange for
transportation or the party tried lo
buy tickets or Iloaidtnan, .Montana,
and upon being advlKeil by the rail
road company that there Is no stub
flat ion antl that the trip was there-
rote cancelled, Is not cndMid bet
but Ihe more lnrleal union Itntl
Portland ih too htify in limiting lot
tin- lioce i 'tival a ltd tli" Minuets
convention to five lieeil to th- pi
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Democratic national convention.
Till-; HOAD TO HITTFIt
Judge Campbell, W. I.. McCaleb
and Oscar Mjnor returned Friday ev
ening lrom the Ditch creek country
where they put in several days help
ing Ihe road crew open up the new
Kilter road in order to make it pass
able for the merchants and business
men of Heppner on their trade ex
pansion trip to Kilter on Sunday.
Judge Campbell was somewhat irri
tated when, he returned to find that
the business men had all given up
going on the trip and were all willing
to let George or the judge or most
anybody else "do It". Judge Camp
bell says that. Heppner merchants
have been agllaling for an Improved
road to Kilter for 35 years and now
that one is opened they waul Ihe
travel to all come one way.
Hand Concert Friday Fveiiing
The City Hand, under the direction
if Prof. James Austin, gave the first
of their series of summer concerts al
tho park last Friday evening and will
continue tho entertainment through
out the summer.
The band has been ready nnd will
ing to provide music for some time
but tho city has been slow about
lighting the band stand and provid
ing seats for the public.
I AH! IIOlSi; PLSTItOYKD
The farm residence on the II. A.
Kdmonds ranch three miles south-
east of Morgan, fanned by W. A.
Hunnell, MY. Kdmond s son In I".
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totally destroyed by lire, together
with lis coiiletils last Friday, suppos-
edly from a defective Hue.
The blaze was litst dlxrov ei ed y
Mrs. lluiiiiell In a bedroom In whhhi
an Infant child was n t'ep arid tin-
bad tin rely time (o sna'cli the baby
from the tunning bed and imike let
escape IHIOte I lie Hole IHllHllli. was
III ll.itnes. The child wiii 111111111111
lint not dangerously buried about
Ihe t.ici- nnd body. Tin le v.hs no In-
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PARIvl'.US 5III.Ii i;Ti:i! TAINS,
(HOHD WITH Il.lVl'IXti,
(;aii.s, hacks
Lexington Celebrates Salurday. Slimy
Heppnei- Folks Spend Day at. Homo
in Shade.
The Glorious Fourth has come and
gone, and as usual in Morrow county
it may be truthfully chronicled that
the natal day of American Independ
ence was fittingly observed because
the statement means that most all
Morrow countians spent the day just,
as they pleased, and wasn't that what
the colonies fought Kngland for tho
right to do as they pleased not only
on the fourth of July but on, every
other day in the oalendar.
Heppner is not, strong on formal
celebrations at home because most
Heppner folk like to get away from
things occasionally and go to tho
mountains for a change.
Lexington celebrated Saturday anil
while there was not an exceedingly
large crowd present all who wcres
there report having had a splendid
day and to have been royally enter
tained. The big event wi s at Parkers Mill
where a four day celebration was
held and where by far the largest
crowd in the county congregated.
Dancing, horse races, ball games
and other sports helped make up tho
daily program of entertainment.
Some disorder was reported from
there on Saturday when, it is said.
several lights occured, one man, be
ing reported dangerously injured,
j Many Heppner people spent the
j day in the timber on upper Willow
and Hhea creeks and many more wero
content to remain quietly, at home,
spending Saturday and Sunday under
their own vine and liu tree where no
one could make them do anything;
but resl.
A number of business men bad par
tially 'arranged lo spend M.oiuiay at.
Killer making Ihe trip over tho new
road but conllictlng reports about
the condition of the road, received
here late In Ihe week, caused that,
trip to be deterred to a later dato
when it Is expected the trip will bo
tiiiide by a large number of business
men and rltlxens.
JOHN DAY HOY TO COM-
PFTi: FOH OLYMPIC V
,ACK
I'nlverslly of Oregon, Kugene, July
6. Accompanied by trainer Illllllay
ward, Henry Foster of John Day,
Oregon; Kenneth llartleit of KsU
cada, Oregon; and Arthur Tuck rf
Kedmond, Oregon, will leave July R
lo lake part In the tliiul Iryouls at
Harvard Stadium, Iloslon, July 17,
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present Ihe United Slates at Ih.i
' Twf) f tl ,,. Foster In Hie broad
Ju11i Hn(1 Hr,,.,t (be iIIscuh
'throw, hold the best record made In
AiiKTirtt tHI ynr.
Vnu,..r ,i r ,.r n, ,..,. r
Ift2', will enter the 220 meter run
and the brouil jump II" has one of
the tin n who look putt In I be pre
lunula! I. s at PiiK.id. n,i this iniiiitli
bill did Hot qualify II" Was lieript-
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