East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-01-04
Government Announces I'M
portant Points in ConneC-
ton With Opening.
PAYMENTS DUE FIRST
YEAR AT 81 RATE
Special Notice by G. J. Blanchard
Gives Notice of Opening OF Land 20
Settlement, Terms of Settlement,
Cost OF Land, Charges OF Malnten-
Mnce, and Other Features-Whca
Payments Are Due and-Amount Dae
for Various Reasons.

The first authentic announcement
of the opening of the Umatilla irri-
cation project for settlement has just
been received by the East oregonian
from C. ]. Blanchard, publicity agent
OF the reclamation service. The fOl-
lowing public notice OF the opening
OF the land to settlement, together
with the terms of settlement. cost Of
land, charges for maintenance and
other features, was received by the
East oregonian today and is published
first in this paper. Mr.. Blanchards
announcement is as follows:
Construction of the Umatilla irri-
cation project in oregon is nearing
completion, and water will be sup
piled for the first unit of 1000 acres
In the spring of 1908 Under this
project, which Is regarded as one OF
the most attractive undertaken by
the reclamation service by reason OF
the great fertility OF the soil and IA
vorable climate. farm units as fixed
by the secretary of the interior range
from 10 TO 40 acres each. except for
land in private ownership. where
areas may be as large as 1s0 acres.
Water will be furnished from the
Umatilla project In 1908 for irriga-
tive land shown upon farm unit plats
OF townships I and north, range 2s
east and townships 4 and north.
range 20 east, on file In the local land
office at La Grande. Homestead en-
tries accompanied by applications for
water right may be made under pro-
visions OF the reclamation act for
farm units hown on said plats. The
charge for water right is $50 per acre
and the annual ma ntenance average
is 81 per acre.
The Farm Units
Secretary Garfield has issued the
following public notice:
The limit of area, per entry rep
resenting acreage, which. in the opin-
ion OF the secretary OF the interior.
may be reasonably required for sup
port OF a family on the lands in Ques-
ton is fixed, for land entered subject
to the provisions of the reclamation
act as the amounts shown upon the
plat for several farm units, from 10
to 40 acres. The limit for which wa
ter-right applications may be made
for land in private ownership shall
be 100 acres OF irrigable land for
each landowner.
Charge which shall be made per |
acre of irrigable land in said entries |
and for land In private ownership |
shall be 100 acres OF irrigable land |
for each landowner.
Charge which shall be made per
acre of lrrigable land in said entries
and for land in private ownership |
which can be irrigated by waters
from said irrigation project are in two
parts, as follows:
/. Building of irrigation system,
$50 per acre of irrigable land, pay
able in not less than five nor more
than ten annual installments, each
not less than So per acre.
2. For operation and maintenance
which will, as soon as the data are
available 'be fixed In proportion to
amount of water used, with minimum
charge per irrigable acre whether
water is used thereon or not. Opera
tion and maintenance charges for ir-
rigation season of 1908 and until fur
ther notice will be 81 per acre of ir-
rigable land whether water is used
thereon or not
As TO Payments.
First payment on account of such
charges for all irrigable areas, wheth-
er or not water right application ISL
made therefor or water Is used there
on, shall be due and payable at the
local land office at La Grande, on or
before March 1, 1908, total payment
being not less than 81 per acre. F.Ii
Building charge for subsequent
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