East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-18
HERk|STON MAY GET
ELECTRICITY, SOON
PRIVATE PARTY WILLING
TO INSTALL POWER PLANT
ID. A. Chisolm of Meadows, Idaho,
Thinks Project Should BE Lighted
Moro Land Changes Hands-Ncw
Booklet on Project Soon.
Especial Correspondence }


ows, Idaho, where he has been in
terested in a power and light plant
there, and who is a practical cleo
trical engineer, spent several days
looking the Hermiston light PROPOSE
tion over for the third time. He has
been here twice before and says that
every time ne returns things look
better to him in every respect.
Mr.. Chisolm was here this time
with a proposition to put in an cleo
trio light and power plant. Having
watched the growth of Hermiston
during the past couple of years. he has
every confidence in such an enter
prise and believes that the time has
arrived for the installation of such
a plant.
In discussing the matter Mr.. Chis-
olm said that he wanted 1t under
stood that he would put in the sys-
TEN himself should he secure a fran
chise. He says that he does not want
to secure this right merely to hold
and dispose of 1t at some future
time at an advance. To insure this
he is willing that clause be put In
the franchise to this effect. A time
limit is also agreeable to him. Should
the franchise be granted he will Le-
gin work Immediately and unless pre-
vented by bad weather or some other
unavoidable cause, he will be ready
to turn on the lights within six
months.
The district about Hermiston is be-
coming settled up to such an extent
that 1t will soon pay company to
run wires outside of the city limits
and in a few years the entire project
would be covered with his power
lines.
Mr.. Chisolm expects TO be here to-
day and will wait for Wednesdays
meeting of the city council, at which
time he will lay before them his
proposition and request that they
grant him a franchise.
During the past few days several
more tracts of Hermiston lands were
sold, among which was 23 acres to
Anton Saneson, formerly of Erie,
Penn. The tract was known as the
j. II. Singleton place and was sold
through the agency Of S. E. Louden-
slayer. The purchaser will move his
family on the tract at an early date
and start 10 set the same to fruit and
alfalfa. A. c. Crawford sold to s. f.
Hensen of Donegon, Missouri, 20
acre tract in section 30, north OF
town. Mr.. Hensen also purchased
tract from Ed hammers, located in
the same section. ]. w. Wied of JEFF
ferson, oregon, purchased a 160 acre
tract across the river under the pro-
posed Butte ditch and A. Drew OF
Erie, Pennsylvania Is the purchaser
of a 10 acre tract north of the reser-
voir, the purchase was made through
the agency of the Columbia Land
company.
During the past few days formal
arrangements were made for the is
suing of a new booklet on the pro-
feet. The same to be thirty-two pages
OF matter and illustrations entirely
different from those used in the for
mer community booklet. 1t Will be
issued by the Oregon Railroad q
Navigation Co.'s community pub
licity department. For the purpose
of collecting this data a special pho
tographer and writer will be sent TO
Hermiston at once. One OF the con-
siderations of the contract Is that the
book will be delivered to Hermiston
on or before December /, 1910,
The booklet will be issued under
the auspices of the Umatilla Project
DEVELOPMENT league. and will be the
means of bringing many new settlers
10 the Umatilla project during the next
season. A greater part OF the books
will be used by the land companies
who are colonizing the lands around
Hermiston, one of the largest sub
scribers being the Maxwell Land &
Irrigation company, who are the own
ers of the greater part OF the deeded
land under the project, and who are
now engaged in starting a large COL
onization scheme in the east and mid
die west.
p. c. Holland of the Columbia Land
company has taken over the entire
management of the oregon Hotel. H.
d. Burroughs, young man formerly
in charge of the Stanfield Hotel, mas
been put in charge. Mr.. Burroughs
also has had experience in the busi-
ness in the east. Many changes will
be made in the hotel for the benefit
of the travelling public.
The Catholic church Is practically
completed and about all that remains
10 be done Is to install the furniture
which arrived few days ago from
tho east. The formal opening will be
held next Sunday at 10 o'clock. Faith
er Luke Sheehan will be in charge.
The structure is a beauty and Will
mean much to this community, Later
when the following grows larger a
new building will be put up for
church purposes and the present
building will be used as parochial
home.
Thursday evening there will be
held a young mems good time con-
vention, at which time all new and
old settlers will meet and have a good
time. A first class program has been
arranged and a good time is assured
for all attending. So many new peo-
pIe are coming in all the time that
Il ia even hard for the old timers to
keep up, so It Is planned to hold
several Of these conventions during
the winter.
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