The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-15
TIE UHATILLA INDIAN
RESERVATION SALE

0SS' cndnCe IN many years fo
men OF moderate means to become tn
o"enrs Oh splendid wheat, grass and frui
ianos WlthoLt suffering the risks aad nriva
tlons OF frontier life.
Inc reservation is situated in the YER
heaft OF the great Wala Walla countrv i
surrounded with thriving VILLAGES On,
cities, by prosperous farming population
IS 1ntersected by railroads; and the mr.
CHASER. OF thls land will enjoy all the ad
vantages of an advanced c;viii1a t an
Schools, postoffices, good markets and 10 ~,
ABIDING nelghbors are of the first imnort
ance TO home-builders. The city of Pen
u.e6on, with its 5000 population, lies with,
'ne boundaries OF the lands to be sold.
NATURE OF THE LAND.
-. a orlef description of the land to be sold
- 80 aoope ana character, will be of use Il
Nc Intenolng settler. Until 1856 the Wall;
r a.,na, Cayuse and Umatilla Indian:
Ioamed at will over large part of Easter
washington and Eastern Oregon. and on
gagged IN numerous bloody battles with tb,
whites IN defense of their claim to all tn,
lahu east OF the Cascade mountains. II
va Guab year a treaty was made by Governo,
Stevens whereby the confederated band.
Q! Waila Walla, Cayuse and UmaEilla In
ulans We're given the privilege CT selectine
c. a reservation, and We're paid a large
tb nm Oh money for giving up tc
b Sne government The other land they
had been in the habit of ROAMING over
Aieer long and careful elaboration the
indians selected from vast scope of conn.
Try cody OF land lying along the Umatillo
river Tor their reservation. thereafte,
hnoWh as the Umatilla Indian reservation
Inns lana is Without exception the best
Watered, the most fertile, and the best tim
perea OF any east of the Cascade mountains
put IL also enjoys, by reason of the shell
teflng Blue mountains and the genial chi.
LOOK WINDS from the Pacific ocean. a mild
and healtbful climate The summers arc
warm, but the evenings are alwars COOL
Spring and fall are genial and kindlv and
the winters are so open that sheen AND
cattle thrive without shelter upnn What
they can pick up.
Ire Umatilla reservation, situated in III q
eastern part Of Umatilla county Orecnn
ana lying between the Blue mountains an3
Inc washington state line, is a tract of
land Ian about twenty miles square, CONTAINING
%o,0V0 acres, Or 420 square miles Tal5inS
Gne biue mountains for a base line. about
one thlrd next this line is mountain land
rich IN timber and grass. Then come rha
pralrles, little rough, Of course. near the
mountains. but soon spreading int a cont .
sioping plain, lndented here and there with
small mountain streams and dotted with
the nerds OF the Indians, waiting for tha
nuspandmen who are soon to transforn
Suem into golden grain fields, grassy
meadows and fruitful orcharqs
WHAT is TO BE SOLD.
! About one hundred and forty thousand
acres, or little more than half tho entire
reservation RI no COLI
estlnated tnat about eighty thousand anres
IS nrst-class agricultural land. the re
nalnuer being valuable for it's timber and
grass, and much OF it being adapted to small
fruits and orchards. The l3O. 600 acres 70 .
served for the Indians can be occuDie6 nv
white settlers who rent from the Indians
so tnat practically, the whole reservation
VIII De thrown open. The Indians will nat
tlil the SOIL, but they are amiable, peaceful
anu law -aplolng, have not been turbulent
since 1906, and besides that number, loss
than one thousand souls. of whom less than
Two hundred are able-bodied men. The
nosO Glhld white man need have 10 fear of
Dhese lhalans-ln fact he viii get along with
Ine Indians more smoothly than he will
with his white neighbors.
TERMS OF SALE
, by act of Congress passed Marcia 1885,
Inc reservation lands are to be sold at pub
lc sale to the highest bidder for a sun, mot
ess than the appraised value. The loyaot
appraised value placed upon any of this
ana is Si.25, some OF it being appraised
llgnef, an acre, according to location and
luallEy. Land adjacent TO the Citv of
Sendieton suitable for town sites and
having valuable water power from the
5matilia river will command high prices
lrs'.rate farm land wall probably sell
rom g to $40 an acre, while the rich wheat
anus ADJOINING Athena and Adams NAV
command even higher prices.
ANY one person can only buy 100 acres os
agricultural land and forty acres of timber
ana addltlonal. He must buy it for an ac-
'ual nome, pay one third down at the time
u SAFE, one-thlrd in year ard the other
MIRO IN TWO years, when he can prove ND
lnd II ne proves that he has lived UPON the
ana Tor at least one full year and has cult
'aled al least twenty five acres he will re-
eve patent from the government. The
purchaser OF timber lands must paw The
ntlfe price at the time of sale. The price
i tlmoer land will range from ST. % to IS
Il acre.
FORFEITED RAILROAD LANDS.
But the Indian lands ara not the onlr in
ucements for settlers in this county: the
OF the land grant o. the Nor1h
rn Pacific railroad, which goes into effect
iarch 20: 1891, throws open q vast body of
ne agricultural land IN Umatilla conntv
or settlement. Some OF this railroad land
under cultivation by owners OF adjoining
arms, but good deal OF it is untouched
y the plow, ana many thousand acres of il
~ ~ De SUBJECT to entry by land seekers.
he attention of immigrants Is sneciaIiy,
allied to these forfeited railroad lands and
ecause the time is short within which the
est OF 1t Will be fled upon Filings nav
made on and after March 20. 1851.
THE CITY OF PENDLEToN.
though Pendleton is laid out on a. portion
Tue CmatlIla indian reservation and ia !
lfrounGed on three sides by the untitled /
aolan Ianos, Whlle large part of the trib- |
tary country mas been Ia state of paraly-
IS because OF the incubus of the Northern |
acli1c railroad land grant, its growth has |
cen alLlost miraculous. Laid out in 1859 |
men Inc surrounding country for hundreds |
mics n every direction was considered !
'ofthIess except for grazing sheen and /
attic, It's sole foundation Tor business WAC
applying sheep and cattle camps and in
'so It's population was only 200. Then it
as discovered that the bunchgrass cattle
anges or Umatllla county would produce
nihense crops OF wheat, the ranges began
~ 'ton0h up, INC Cattie anu sheep driven
the mountains, wheat became king, and
lie City of Pendleton's prosperity was
ade sure. In spite of the night
are OF the Northern Pacific rail
'ad land grant, and notwithstanding
lie TACT that the great Umatilla Res
'Vatlon surrounding Pendleton was util-
ed Tor nothing but grazing ground FOR
ldian ponies, Pendeton pushed steadily To
e front until in 1890 its population was
900. But for the blighting effects of the
occupied railroad and Indian lands Pen
eton would to-day stand abreast of Spo.
me Falls ana Tacoma. Its assessed vain.
ion in 1890 was s., 255, 900 as against SS00
in 1883 and SI,434,2S2 in 1889, showing
g swift increase in values within the past
70 years. Now that the obstacles to Peu-
eton's growth have been removed nv the
rfelture of the Northern Pacific railroad