East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-19
MUCH LAND CHANGES
HANDS IN HERM|STON
PROJECT ACREAGE TRADED
FOR TOWN PROPERTY
First National Bank and w. ii. Skin
ner Parties TO the Dcal-Erie Peo-
pie Decide for Hcrmiston Over All
Other Fruit Districts-Other News
from Govcrnment Project.
Especial correspondence

NppcSldl correspondence
Hermston, Oregon. April 17.--An-
other important land deal was closed
yesterday when f. b. Swayze of the
First National bank, traded his acre
age located in different parts of the
government project for the town
property of w. II. skinner, consist
ing of his home property adjoining
the Baptist church. vacant lots in all
parts of Hermiston known as "rhe
Hermiston Orchard Tracts"
The party of Erie, Pennsylvania.
business men visiting Hermiston the
past week consisted of the following:
]. Van Green, d. Van Green, j. V.
Yelgerhouse, n. II, Killen and f. C.
Huff, After visiting Spokane, We
natchee Yakima, Seattle, Portland and
the famous Hood River district, they
decided that Hermiston had n better
future than any Of he other fruit
districts they looked at and before
leaving closed up 10 acres of fine
fruit land located near the govern
ment reservoir, paying $225 per acre.
They made arrangements TO take an
additional 40 acres before leaving,
and it is likely that it will be closed
up in few days
Mrs. c. F. Morrow arrived yester-
day with carload of household goods
from Springfield. Ill. Her husband
has been here for the past couple of
weeks getting their place in shape.
They have land under the Western
Land & Irrigation company's ditch
near Hermiston
H. Brown arrived Saturday from
Lexington, Nebraska. He is w. F..
Browns father and comes here with
the intention of purchasing land.
Mrs. Chas. Hiatt was down from
Stanfield over Sunday visiting friends
and taking in the Stanfield- d-Hermiston
ball game.
Yesterday a car of Baker City
stone arrived. Ii is to be used in the
foundation of Captain Alexander's
house in the south end of town on
his acre tract In the next couple of
months more than seventy cars of
this rock will be used in building the
Wied block, and it has been about
settled that the new addition to the
school house will be built out of
stone instead of cement blocks.
Mrs L. j. Campbell of Springfield.
arrived on number seven yesterday.
This is the vanguard of party of
fifteen Springfield families that have
purchased land under the Western
Land & Irrigation company's ditch
west of town
In the April term of court an or
1s,,.
for the construction of bridge across
the Umatilla west of Hermiston. This
bridge has been needed badly for a
long time, but more so the past spring
on account of the great development
that has taken place. The way
things have been this spring settlers
living west of. town have had to go
by the way of Butter creek. making
them go about eight to 12 miles to
get to Hermiston.
Railroad officials report that at
present there is over twenty carloads
of lumber in transit for Herm ston.
This is an indication of the great
amount of building that is going on.
Mrs. DR.. Group of Walla Walla, is
here visiting her daughter and fam
lily, Mrs. G. II. Upthegrove, who has
been i'll for the past few days.
1t is reported that B. Bainbridge
sold the Pioneer livery barn Satur-
day to w. J. Emery No particulars
were to be obtained at this writing.
Maurice Johnson, who came in a
few days ago from Fargo, North Da-
.kota, has started work on a fine new
He has Burch e Wright drilling a well
for him.
j. r Means and family of STAN
field, came down to see the ball game
Sunday