The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-06

induce Dakota people to buy them that
they were unsuccessful The money
which these people invested in seeking
to coIonize this rich valley at Hermis-
ton was not wasted. It was expended
in spreading the gospel of better life,
in a mild, high class irrigated orchard
region, and will dorotless be Of great
value to our people in closin- sales,
because large number of people have
already been half educated as to the
merits Of the Hermiston region.
"The Columbia Land Co., is the only
organization which has ever reached
Umatilla county with a throv gh car
purely from Dakota, or for that matter,
so far as 1 know, any other point
there
zone man in Cass county, I am hap
Ply to say, has already purchased land
at Hermiston. That man lis Morris
johnson, who purchased twenty one
acres through Mr.. ]. S. Green. Mr.
Johnson is a very happy man, and any
one can now refer to him as to the
country as he lived there for some
weeks. Another party in Grand Forks
| is also q purchaser. The Columbia
Land Co, will soon give him a multi
tude of neighbors from this region
1.-THE purchases made by my COM
pany and ourselves at Hermiston, now
exceed a million dollars, These lands
are the quick growing sandy loan,
mixed with volcanic ash, and when set
properly at approx riate season, will
produce various crops without irriga-
ton. In fact, there are many tracts
there which were III dry farming for
two years, which had been opend up
for irrigation under assurances of
water, but in the delay in deliver
| ing the same, such tracts had no other
way to be handled until the govern
ment could deliver the water. Now all
is under water in the most expensive
| per acre installation which the gov
eminent has ever installed anywhere.
"They adjoin and are an extension
of the Justly celebrated Furnish Coe
lands, being the choicest in the world,
and it was quite natural that we
should take up the government lands
when practically finished with the
FurnishvCoe lands.
| For many months representatives
of the government have been urging AS
to handle and colonize these lands at
Hermiston We waited Until we need
ed added lands and then took over
these lands at Hermiston.
Under the title of the "Coe Irri-
gated Oregon Orchard Project" there
comes today therefore the lands of
both the Furnish-C oe Project at Stan
field, and the II. S. government project
at Hermiston.
cit is an honor to be associated with
this great colonization work and am
proud to be an officer and part owner
in this great undertaking, which In due
time is to develop the greatest orch
ards in the world.
IT am asked which is the greatest
project you are now representing, the
! Furnish Coe Project or the Govern
ment Project?"
4 Answering / would say that the
Furnish-Coe Project is my very own.
My heart is there 1t is certainly the
best private irrigation enterprise in
the world
/ Against strong opposition we have
lcolonized the Project. Stanfield, Its
lgreat and growing metropolis, while
was there. sent lat visitors 10 the base
ball game at Umatilla, winning, Of
course, every game this season so far
while on the same day Pendleton sent
but LA to Pilot Rock and boasted of its
great excursion we are irrigatins
our orchards and great volume Of
water Is running to waste out of the
Furnish bitches. The dam viii be COM
pleted by August 10. should we need
later water in any season other thar
our present supply. Only q few stray
pieces of land are left.
The Government Project is it's ex-
tension. Tt Is certainly the best gov.
eminent project in the world. In al
our advertising. never one sinister sug'
| gestion, never a dark hint, not word
has ever been said by us against tn
government project. we have always
spoken well of it And, therefore. y
1 these two projects now one, can con
ttinue to repeat AS WE'LL GET TIL
! iBEST.'.