East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-11


Pendleton made a fraternal visit
TO the towns of the west end.
Those towns were found in good
shape and some of them growing so
fast that 1t Is amazing.
New homes are springing up every
where upon the Umatilla and the
Furnish-Coe projects.
Settlers are fast clearing away the
sagebrush, leveling the ground and
planting orchards or seeding to rye
and alfalfa.
The move for county publicity
bureau was discussed and copies of
the petition for the election were left
with prominent men for circulation
In their respective communities. All
say they favor the move.
Members of the Pendleton party
learned much regarding the present
day conditions in the west end; citi-
zens of the west end country learned
anew that Pendleton is interested In
the growth and settlement of that big
region.
1t was an enthusiastic, cheering
delegation of Pendletonians that went
down to the west end on the new motor
car Saturday Even more enthusias-
tic was the crowd that returned for
there were few who were not abso-
lutely surprised, and pleasantly sur
prised. by the evidences of develop
ment they saw upon the trip
When the motor car left here at
O'Clock Saturday morning 1t contain
ed 92 representative business and pro-
'fessional men of this city and four o.
r & N. officials, T. f. o'Bren, Pen
dleton agent, ]. II. O'Neill, c. F. Van
dewater and r. Burns. On the west
bound trip the car stopped for mo-
ment at each of the towns. AS the
car pulled into Echo those at the
station were greeted with yell some
thing like this:
E-c-h-o
That's the way We spell It.
Here's the way we yell 1t.
ECHO!
At Stanfield, Hermiston and Una
tilla the same sort of a demonstra-
ton was made, the name of each
town being spelled out as the car
came to a stop.
At Old Umatilla.
At Umatilla, seaport" OF Umatilla
county and most historical town in
eastern oregon. the delegation was
met at the train by Messrs. Switzler,
Dyer. Brownell and other residents
OF the place Although no arrange
ments had been made for a formal
program cordial welcome was eX-
tended the visitors and an hour was
pleasantly passed in looking about
the burg. Many of the crowd walked
down TO the Columbia beach and
while lined up Where rolls the Ore
gon" were photographed by w. S.
Bowman, official photographer of the
party.
Hmmiston, the Hustling.
Hermiston. lively metropolis of the
Umatilla project, was reached just at
noon and a very appropriate welcome
in the form OF luncheon Was awaiting.
At the depot the junketers were
greeted by Col. ]. +. Mcknight and
score of other boosters of the little
city. The official luncheon was
served at the Hotel Hermiston and 1t
was enjoyed by all who could be seat
ed within the dining room of that nos
pitable hostelry. The remainder OF
the party was accommodated at the
hotel oregon and at the restaurants
At the conclusion of the lunch the
visitors were shown about the city and
those i'm the party who had not Deen
in close touch with affairs down there
were more than surprised at the
showing. For such youthful town.
Hermiston has made a remarkable
growth and in the people, the stores
buildings and the town in general
there is an air cf ''up-to-dateness'
that is refreshing
Over the Project.
After lunch had been eaten and the
town inspected the members of the
party were made the guests of stan
field people and under the leader
ship of DR.. II. w. Coe were taken up
on a drive to the Cold Springs reser-
voir and thence to Stanfield. On the
trip across the government prof.
ect the members of the delesa-
tion had fine opportunity to note
the development that is now under
way Everywhere the project is be-
ing dotted with neat little homes, the
homes of the settlers Every house
is weatherboarded and painted and
already there are many substantial
barns upon the project. Another
building of interest is the new school
house near the government townsite.
1t Is a structure of such size as to be
credtable to an old settled and pros
porous community. Few rural Sec
tions anywhere have better school
houses.
Practically all the settlers upon the
project have some of their land now
under cultivation, some of the more
thrifty ones having splendid fields of
alfalfa. New orchards are to be seen
everywhere.
Taking Out Equipment.
An interesting sight on the trip to
the reservoir was the little narrow
guage work train that was used in the
construction of the big dam. The
equipment of this train Is now being
taken out and temporary track is
being laid for the purpose. AS the
train proceeds the track is torn up and
laid again in advance of the train.
Reservoir Well Filled.