The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-10
GOVERNMENT
IRRIGATION.
Professor Newell Will Inspect
Eastern Oregon.

A press dispatch from Washington. D.
c., says that Congressman Moody has
finally secured the consent Of Professor
Newell to visit Oregon during the coming
summer and, by personal examinations,
determine just what localities In eastern
Oregon offer the best opportunities for de.
veloping the departments irrigating plan.
He says that preliminary reconoisances,
such as have been asked for In other
states, have already been made In Ore.
gon. principally along the Deschuttes and
other rivers Of Malheur, Harney and
Crook counties, and that Hood river, the
Descuttes and Umatilla rivers have al.
ready been gauged, so that the amount Of
their discharge Is practically known. In
fact, he says, previous investigations
have greatly encouraged the department
to make further experiments In Oregon
and, II appropriations are hereafter made
for construction Of experimental reser.
voirs, 1t Is thought some Of the money
will be expended In eastern Oregon,
where exceptional opportunities are Of.
fered.
Mr.. Moody thinks that inasmuch as
Professor Newell Is to make a personal
investigation Of the irrigable lands In
Malheur, Harney and Crook counties this
summer, much good will result In the near
future, more good, In fact than II subordi.
mates were sent into the field to make a
cursory examination. 1t Is his hope to
have Mr.. Pinehot, the forester of the de.
partment Of agriculture, visit eastern Ore.
gon while Professor Newell Is there, that
the two may tour that part Of the state
together, and both get the same idea Of
the conditions among the sheepmen. He
thinks that by coming In actual contact
with the sheepgrowers and rangers, these
department officials will appreciate the
true conditions better than they can
through correspondence, aud at the same
time the stoekmen, when they have met
and talked with these officials, will learn
that there Is some good In the rules and
methods Of the department, and that these
officials are men Of practical ideas.
Mr.. Pinchot, at the personal solicitation
Of Mr.. Moody, has consented to make this
visit to eastern Oregon, although his
planned tour for the summer did not reach
so far toward the west. He assured Mr..
Moody that he anticipated no change In
the pasturage policy Of the department
already adopted on the Cascade reserve.
He will make no special Investigation In
this reserve, since that territory has been
thoroughly covered In the past. particu.
larly by Mr.. Colville, of the agricultural
department, who made full and compre.
hensive report upon his return to Wash.
ington.
When he called on Professor Day, In
charge OF the mineral division of the geo.
logical survey, Mr. Moody was Informed
that investigation In Baker county had
progressed rapidly, and that satisfactory
results had been obtained. Based on last
summers investigations, report on the
Sumpter quadrangle will be placed in the
hands of the printer In short time, ,and in
the course Of month, will be ready
for distribution. This document will be
valuable aid to those making mineral In.
vestigations In the Sumpter district.
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