THE HEBM1STO3T HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON.
UMATILLA OLDEST
TOWN IN COUNTY
EAILROAD TERMINAL ON U. P.
PROVIDES PAYROLL
Neighboring Town
Look« Forward
To Time When Umatilla Rapid«
Project 1« Built.
....(By MRS. ALICE R. NUGENT). .
U m atilla, th e oldest tow n In Uma
tilla county, and a t one tim e th e
county seat. Is located 44 m iles west
of P endleton and 191 m iles east of
P o rtlan d , Oregon, on th e Old Oregon
T rail. A t one tim e th e po p u latio n
w as 5,000 b u t a t th e p resen t It Is only
about 450, a ra ilro a d term in al w ith a
c h a n g in g pop u latio n .
T here a re sev eral sm all farm s In
th e d irect v icin ity of U m atilla ra is
in g a lfalfa, sheep, tu rk ey s, d airy c a t
tle and f r u it p rin cip ally .
This Project.
T he w est ex ten sio n , u n d e r w hich
U m atilla is listed, has been u n d er
governm ent supervision u n til
lsat
y ear, w hen by a vote of th e w ater
users It was tak en over by th e farm
ers and has since been h an d led by
them w ith a m an ag er and board of
d irecto rs in ch arg e.
So fa r th is sys
tem has been
sa tisfacto ry . T here
has alw ays been p len ty of w ater
available for ra isin g of v ario u s crops.
T here are no v acan t tra c ts of land In
th is locality, alth o u g h some .tra c ts
have been sold in th e last y ear and
new resid en ts have come in.
T he extensio n of th e ele c tric se r
vice by th e H erm isto n L ig h t A Pow er
C om pany w est of th e U m atilla riv er
fo r a h a lf m ile dow th e h ig h w ay hag
m ean t a g re a t deal to th e farm s and
business en te rp rise s affected,
fo u r
fam ilies and one business en te rp rise
being served.
Electricity Used
A. E. M cF arland, w ho does ex te n
sive d airy in g , m ilk in g a b o u t 30 cows,
has his ra n c h com pletely electrified ,
to th e e x te n t th a t he has In stalled
a m ilk in g m achine, m otor to o p erate
sep arato r, b o ttle w ash er, ste riliz e r,
lig h ts a ll over yards, b a rn an d house,
and an electric Iron. T hese th in g s
a re all ru n by elec tricity . Mr. Mc
F a rla n d ’s herd Is tu b e rc u lin tested,
an d h is is an a c cred ited d airy , p ass
in g a ll s a n ita ry s ta te insp ectio n .
T he n ex t tw o farm s a re sm all fam
ily tra c ts , w here w a te r pum ps and
w ash in g m achines a re ru n by elec
tric ity , as well as v ario u s k in d s of
electric cooking u te n s ils b ein g used.
T he S tay m o re a u to cam p Is well
lig h ted , n early 50 lig h ts b ein g lig h t
ed every n ig h t. T he w ater supply is
fu rn ish ed e le c tric a lly , co oking done
on an electric ra n g e an d v ario u s o th e r
electrical devices in co n sta n t use.
The elec tric lin e te rm in a te s
at
th is place, b u t as soon as th e fa rm
ers a re read y to have th e lin e e x te n d
ed th e H erm isto n L ig h t & P ow er Co,
is ready to build th e lin e on tow ard
Irrig o n .
Town of Umatilla
T h ere are th re e h o tels in th e tow n
and v ario u s ro o m in g houses to tak e
care of th e p u b lic, an d am ong th em
are some very good ones for a tow n
of its size.
Two good gro cery sto res, tw o m eat
m ark ets, tw o pool h a lls an d confect
ioneries. W estern U nion b ran ch of
fice, good p ublic school, g rad e and
h ig h , and tw o ch u rch es a re found
here. Im proved stre e ts , m odern new
homes, g a ra g e s an d service statio n s,
a firs t class re s ta u ra n t on th e h ig h
way an d tw o in tow n, nice yards,
law ns, sh ad e tre e s an d flow ers all
flo u rish here. A new ro u n d house
has been b u ilt h ere and a new high
to w er w ater tajik . these, th in g s all
w ith in th e la st few years.
T he U m atilla fe rry , b etw een U m a
tilla an d P ly m o u th , rung day and
n ig h t in sum m er and days in th e
w in te r to accom m odate th e to u ris t
tra v e l o v er th e sh o rt c u t to Spokane,
S e a ttle an d o th e r points.
T h e O. W. R. & N. te rm in a l is
located a t U m atilla w ith seven pas
sen g er tra in s d aily for v ario u s p a rts
of th e w orld, an d n u m ero u s fre ig h t
tra in s.
E ig h t p assen g er and a n u m b er of
fre ig h t tru c k s sto p a t U m atilla d aily
to p ick u p an d d isch arg e passengers
an d freig h t.
T he o rig in a l p u b lic school b u ilt
in 1863 is still s ta n d in g in U m atilla
and u n til ab o u t tw elve y ears ago w as
th e only school here. T h ere are
b u llets b u ried in th e w alls of th is
b u ild in g w hich w ere sh o t in to it by
In d ia n s in th e e arly days. S e n ato r
R o b ert N. S tan field received his
early edu catio n in th is school house,
th is tow n b eing his b irth p lace. The
b u ild in g is now used for a com unity
hall.
The O regon s ta te h ig h w ay com m is
sion com pleted a 150,000 b rid ge over
th e U m atilla riv e r re cen tly co n n ect
ing th e east an d w est side of th e m ain
highw ay. I t is one of th e finest
b ridges in th e state.
T he U m atilla R apids dam site is
ju s t above th e tow n of U m atilla, and
w ith th e developm ent of th is mam-
oth p roject, m any new s e ttle rs w ill
move in to th is v icin ity ,
fo r w ith
ch eap pow er to aid th e fa rm e r In
his lab o r an d p len ty of watejr fo r
irrig a tio n , th is locality is one of th e
most d esirab le to be found. A n y th in g
w ill grow h ere if su ffic ie n t w a te r is
av ailab le.
SHEEP FARMING GAINS IN
POPULARITY ON PROJECT
High Carrying
Capacity
Of
Good
Pastures Makes Business
A Profitable One
D uH ng th e p ast few y e a rs th e ra is
in g of sheep, both on a farm flock
basis an d on a la rg e r scale,
h as
show n a stead y g ro w th in th e I r r i
gated d is tric ts aro u n d H erm isto n ,
and th e exp erien ces of fa rm e rs have
been successful in su ch deg ree th a t
th e p ractice seem s lik ely to see a
stead y increase.
Most of th e flocks a re sm all and
a re k e p t on th e ra n c h th e
en tire
year. New M adden is an ex ception in
th a t he ru n s his flock of 1000 head
o r p little less on fo re st g ra z in g land
d u rin g th e su m m er m onths. W in ter,
fall an d e arly sp rin g feed a re pro
vided on th e p ro ject an d on ad jac en t
sag eb ru sh lands.
One o f th e h eav ie st c a rry in g capac
ities of any p a stu re lan d in th e d is
tric t, as fa r as records go fo r g razin g
sheep. Is held by S. E. S ta r r wh
u n til a sh o rt tim e ago ow ned an d op
erated a p a rt of th e old M cN aught
ran ch so u th of H erm isto n , now ow n
ed by H en rik sen Bros.
D u rin g 1927 from A p ril u n til De
cem ber, on a little less th a n 90 acres
th a t he w as ju s t g e ttin g to a goot
sta n d of b lu eg rass, he ra n a total
of a little m ore th a n 1000 head of
ewes and lam bs, six horses, five h ear
o f c a ttle an d 20 head o f hogs.
The p a stu re h as n o t y et reached
Its m axim um c a rry in g cap acity , Mr
S ta r r said, an d a la rg e r n u m b er ol
stock can be ru n on th e acreag e as
th e bluegrasB sta n d becomes th ick er.
Farmers Helped
by Work Done by
Assistant Agent
0. A. C. Graduate Gives A11 of His
Time to Problems Faced on
Irrigated Ranches.
county a g e n t of U m atilla co u n ty and classes. H erm iston h as a u n io n high
aids Mr. Je n k in s in his a c tiv itie s in school d is tric t an d all teach ers In the
th is county, and C harles W. S m ith, h ig h school a re req u ired to be u n i
co u n ty ag e n t of M orrow county, c o - ! v ersity g rad u ates.
operates in the w ork done in the ‘ A one room school, w ith one teac h
Irrig o n
an d
B oardm an
d is tric ts ’ e r, is in th e M innehaha d is tric t,
a b o u t th re e m iles w est of tow n, is
■which a re in M orrow county.
m a in tain ed for th e ch ild ren of th a t
section, and a th re e room school in
HERMISTON PROUD OF ITS
th e C olum bia d is tric t east of H erm is
FINE SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS to n , is in c h arg e of th re e teachers.
A tw o room school a t W estlan d ,
Educational Needs of Community southw eet of th e p ro ject lands and a
school a t Cold S prings, n o rth e a st of
Served by Adequate Schools
th e tow n, w hile n o t on project lands,
Throughout District.
ta k e care of th e ed ucation of th e
c h ild ren of those d is tric ts , whose
T he c h ild ren of th e firs t se ttle rs tr a d in g c e n te r is H erm iston.
of H erm isto n w ent for th e ir lessons
F ree school busses, In ch arg e of
in to a one room school house in the com petent drivers, pick up th e ch ild
w est end of th e tow n. A t th e p res ren on c e rta in ro u tes each m o rn in g
e n t tim e p ro ject c h ild ren a tte n d in th e o u tly in g d is tric ts and tak e
school in one of five buildings,
them back a fte r school sessions.
m ain b u ilding, situ a te d In tow n, ha.;
B asket-, base- and football a re all
eleven room s for the high school s tu played u n d e r com petent coaches.
d e n ts and grades.. Two bungalow
Glee clubs, o ra to ric a l contests, de
school b u ild in g s n e a r th e m ain school
b
ates an d plays a re a ll active In te r
hold
overflow
classes.
S ixteen
teac h ers are in ch arg e of th e tow n ests d u rin g th e school year.
One ad v a n ta g e th a t farm ers ip the
irrig a te d d is tric t in th e w est end of
U m atilla co u n ty and th e n o rth end of
M orrow county have th a t is th e lot of
few com m unities of such size is th e
sevices of an a ss ista n t county ag en t,
all of w hose tim e is sp en t w ith them
in fin d in g so lu tio n s of th e ir prob
lems.
G eorge H. Je n k in s is th e m an w ho
serves in th is capacity. H is p res
ence on th e irrig a te d lan d s is due to
the special fund provided by the de
p a rtm e n t of a g ric u ltu re fo r educa
tio n al w ork on th e p ro ject.
H ere
tofore. both th e above m entioned dis- [
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ag en ts still give of some of th e ir
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tim e to th e d is tric t.
Mr. Je n k in s cam e h ere six m onths
ago to assunie his d u ties and d u rin g
his b rief residence h a s gained a w ide I
a c q u ain tan ce and been of service to j
th e fa rm in g in te re sts in m any of
th eir activ ities.
He is a g ra d u a te of O regon A g ri
c u ltu ra l college an d h as sp en t some
tim e a fte r h is g ra d u a tio n as m an
ager of a com bination d a iry and com
m ercial p o u ltry ra n c h in th e W il-
lam eite valley. T he know ledge of
Hnes of fa rm in g a c tlv ty p a rtic u la rly
popular h ere th a t he possesses gain-1
ed both in academ ic stu d y and from I
tra c tic a l experience, have proved
■aluable in h is w ork on th e irrig a te d |
arm s.
P a rtic u la r a tte n tio n is b e in g paid
his y ear to farm m an ag em en t prob-
ems, p o u ltry w ork, d a iry in g
and
COME TO
lub w ork w ith m any o th e r phases
of irrig a te d fa rm in g com ing in for
» n sid e ra tio n .
Some m easure of th e need Mr. Je n -
:1ns has been able to fill since he
am e is found in th e fact th a t he is
ilw ays asked to be p re se n t for every
HERMISTON, OREGON
n e e tin g of farm ers, an d h is e ffo rts in
pu ttin g over special w ork a re alw ays
Invited.
W a lte r A. K u lt is th e efficien t
Horseshoeing Done
Anything Made Out of Stee’
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