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PAGE SIX THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. The Six Mile House Modern Woodmen. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936 tered into the favorable decision of C. A. LYNCH HOLSTEIN HERD the federal officials for the McKay day. It was shown that under grav Hermiston Camp No. 5657, Mod- When H. G. Newport began level- ity of the Umatilla flow, 100,000 ern Woodmen of America was insti ing his homestead land in the rear acres of land were yet unclaimed. tuted September 13, 1907. The first The run-off of McKay creek had of his house where H. E. Hanby now been measured for 13 years. With a counsel was Geo. Carr, and first lives, he found an old well curbed diversion canal from Birch Creek clerk C. W. Kellogg. BUILT IN NICK OF TIME the supply for riiñing McKay reser: with lava rocks. Nearby was an During the 29 years since its or -------- - voir was considered plentiful. old ox bow, and any number of ox Water It might be added in passing that ganization the camp there has been Supplied Summer _ . when the McKay dam was about and mule shoes. This was the site of about $40,000 in dues and assess for Stanfield and West half completed, an upheaval took the old Six Mile house. It was a ments paid into the camp. place in the administration of the U land Districts. S. Reclamation Service. Dr. Elwood hotel with a bar and brass rail; a Death claims paid to the mem Mead was appointed director by feed barn where freighters and trav bers families, amounted to $27,000. The McKay dam, located four President Wilson, and his ideas elers often spent the night during At the present time there are 27 miles south of Pendleton storing were quite contrary to those of pre 72,000 acre feet of water, and cost vious directors, especially to those the sixties and seventies. members in good standing. ing two and a quarter million dol of A. P. Davis. Dr. Mead considered lars and completed in 1927, is the for a time of discontinuing the work greatest resource yet developed for of the McKay, but was prevailed up the reclamation of the arid lands of on to complete it by members of the Oregon delegation. Umatilla and Morrow counties. Its authorization came a a criti It is. therefore, safe to say. that cal time in national irrigation, and if the McKay dam had not been put The foundation stock of this dair y herd was carefully selected from had it been delayed a year, would over when it was; had not the Mr. Lynch has 45 purebred and not have been there. To its construc friends of this part of Umatilla and Carnation and Hazelwood strains, annual production is 373 pounds of tion may be attributed the restora Morrow counties worked their very grade holstein cows. The average ilk per head. It is second high herd and 10,526.5 pounds of m tion of the Stanfield and Westland heads off, so to speak, the McKay butterfat in Umatilla county and the highes t of 20 cows or more. projects. Other benefits from that dam would not have been built. national investment are yet to be Had the McKay dam not been extended and recorded. built it would not require a prophet A. P. “Dad” Garner. Pioneer Personals. The urge for the McKay dam to picture what would be the condi came soon after a few important tion of the Stanfield and Westland H. E. and E. P. Pearson, who op A. P. Garner arrived in Hermis events. The scope of the original projects and also the Hermiston ton with the U. S. Reclamation Ser erate the Echo Garage, were bom West Extension had been restricted. district. on Butter Creek, sons of J. H. Pear The Furnish dam, built in 1909, The increase of taxable wealth vice in 1906. He did some diamond of the early seventies. was filling up with flood water silt and improvements in town and coun drill foundation test work and was son, Mrs. Pamela Spike, daughter of the from the waterfields above. The try would still be lingering in the pioneer doctor, John Teel, lives at Westland Irrigation company was lay of desert nature. It is an im superintendent of concrete construc- Echo. She has seven children. Fran having great difficulty in securing perishable resource of county and tion during the building of the en- ces is teaching in San Francisco and Both these pro- Garner necessary storage, state, and while the Reclamation tire irrigation system. Mr. Eleanor in Corvallis. Mildred Ber jects were headed for the rocks of Bureau may never be fully reim had previously been in work in Mex- ry and Mrs. Carl Weltian, Steven summer storage failure without a bursed for the investment, it is one ico, and in South America. He was and Robert, live at Echo. Mrs. Spike water supply. of those public works that will re with the reclamation service 25 lives in a fine old home built 50 The theory that water from the years ago. river and additional flood water sup, turn final dividends in taxes and years. Mr. and Mrs. Garner live on FRANK PIERSON, Proprietor ply from the natural channel would indirect benefits for all or more a ten acre tract on the edge of town. They have a daughter, Mrs. raise crops on most of the land, had than its cost. been exploded. The farmers of But Florence Davis, who lives with them ter Creek and Umatilla Meadows, and a son Dr. Louis Garner, of Coos A. D. Smith in 1903 who had heavy soils and a subsoil Bay. Mr. Garner is a cousin of Vice water table could continue to do A. D. Smith, chairman of the Her President John N. Garner. that. In early days all up lands, with lighter soils and more drain miston Unio nhigh school board came age, had been found to require sum to the Westland project in 1903, and The Richards Family. mer water to produce sufficient re located on a 160 acre homestead. In sults to justify reclamation. 1899, he came west from Missouri The Richards family came from The subject was discussed in an where he had served in the office Michigan in 1909, and settled on Dr. Curry, the old Reliable BOLTS - FENDERS - HEADLIGHTS unorganized way for a year or two project. Thos. Rich the Stanfield Optometrist of Seattle as the facts became more and more of internal revenue collctor, and apparent. It finally came before the had been advocated for congress. He ards was the father, and sons were SEE US FOR REPAIRS who has made professional visits Hermiston Commercial club in 1917. has served on the Westland school Jess. Ralph, Glen and Uri. They to Hermiston for 25 vears. will and for six months was nurtured board for several years, and was el sold the home estate and moved again be at the there. Then what was known as the west. Glen came with a wife and two Umatilla River I irrigation League ected to th Union high school board was formed. Its slogan was "All the in 1930. He also has been a member children were born here. Jess mar Water for All the Land.” Its field of the Farm Bureau Co-operative ried Mabel McCormack, Stanfield of operations was confined to the board. In his days of young man teacher. Uri is single. Ralph mar lower water shed of the Umatilla ried Clementine Harkenrider, and river. Its officers were E. P. Dodd hood, he gained a wide reputation they have two daughters. Neva and as a writer. Ten large newspapers president; R. A. Holte, secretary, for one day and J. T. Hinkle, attorney. The exe used his articles, and clippings from June, and one son Ralph. The Rich Eyes Examined— ards came west to grow wheat and cutive board was: J. N. Burgess, G. these papers classed him as an able —Glasses Ground and Fitted. M. Rice. Dan Smythe, E. P. Mar authority and fluent writer. Not_ were diverted from their purposes RELIEVE EYE STRAIN shall and J. R. Raley of Pendleton; withstanding his interest in school" by J. M. Kyle, then land salesman AND HEADACHE. Frank Spinning. A. B. Thomson, O. Mr. Smith is a bachelor. for the Furnish project. CHARGES REASONABLE D. Teel, R. B. Stanfield and J. C. Hoskins. Echo; J. G. Pearson. J. M. Beginning in 1913, the O. & W. at Stanfield Hotel Jeff Stephens came to Umatilla Kyle, M. C. Barrager and R. A. Hol te of Stanfield; E. P. Dodd, W. J. in 1898. He served as marshall for operated a motor car between Uma THURS. - SEPT. 24. tilla and Pendleton for a year. J. Warner, F. B. Swayze and C. S. Mc several terms. Naught of Hermiston; J. W. Mes H. Cherry was conductor. sner, .1. B. Saylor, Thos. Richards and J. Humfeldt of Butter Creek: D. R. Brownell and Ben Spinning of Umatilla: W. R. Walpole and J. G. Camp of Irrigon: .’. C. Ballenger and S. I'. Boardman of Boardman. Public meetings were held in all much enthu- th ■ above places and : siasm was aroused. . A constitution adopted,funds were raised and W ACETYLENE WELDING and MACHINE WORK a harmonius and well organized campaign was carried forward. The territory had its back to the wall GENERAL REPAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS nd its fighting blood was strong. The reclamation (local and nati onal) engineers were consulted ani — Radiators Checked and Repaired — tempo ary surveys were made, foi storage sites. Several surveys made in the foothills and mountains along WE HAVE SERVED the river above Pendleton and on Meacham creek, showed impossible THE PUBLIC FOR sites. The McKay construction was also appraised and found to be cost TWELVE YEARS ly. according to the per acre storage costs, then usually approved. The problem was a difficult one but the demands of the citizens persisted. It. D. Newell was the government project engineer of the Umatilla project, and lent a friendly ear. The officers of the association held fre quent consultations with him and the strength of the movement grew. A. P. Davis was then director of the U. S. Reclamation Service, and very friendly to the idea that all lands under the same watershed and in the same river development area should be reclaimed before new pro- Jects were undertaken. This bore fruit in our behalf. In the early summer of 1919. the association raised funds in Port land. Pendleton, Stanfield, Hermis ton and other towns and sent its president to Washington to present their case to the director of the ser vice and Secretary lane, through the states congressional delegation. This was at the time when President Wilson had just returned from Eu rope with his League of Nations treaty, and congress and the nation was astir with his war settlement program. It was difficult to get at tention In other matters. George Chamberlain was then a powerful senator and N. J. Sinnott, congressman of this district was at the height of his influence. These two men and Director A P. Davis were invited to a dinner at the new Willard Hotel by the president of the association, and during that evening the whole matter was gone Further meetings over completely. were held with the director and fi nally Secretary Lane. When they were all convinced that the program was legitimate, and feasible and that no special in- New perfection hydraulic McKAY DAM SAVES PROJECTS YOU WRECK ’EM WE FIX ’EM Hermiston Auto Wrecking House COMING AGAIN General Repair Work Used Auto Parts Hotel Hermiston Wed., Sept. 23 KNERR’S REPAIR SHOP COMPLIMENTS the Herald on its Thirtieth Anniversary! “Thanks A Million for the Dozens CHEVROLET For Your Needs car owner friends we have in this territory. Sickness and Health for more than Nine Years! You are giving Chevrolet the greatest year in its history, just as Chevrolet is giving you The Only Complete Low-Priced Car! Why a Chevrolet? these men Hermiston Drug Co Phone 101 I arrived at a favorable conclusion. and Secretary Lane, in collaboration i with Director Davis, directed that an engineer be sent at once to com- píete the survey. At that time soldiers were return ing home and what to do for the veterans was a growing problem. 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