East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-06-15
SURVEYORS ARE
BUSY At HERM|STON
WORKING ON
ECHO-COYOTE CUTOFF
Rumorcd That Survey VIII BE Made
from Cold Springs Through Hermls-
ton--AlfalGa Cutting Is Progressing
Rapidly.
{ Special Correspondence,


Hermiston, Oregon. June Is
\ large party of O.-W. R. & n. sur
veyors have been very busy for the |
past two weeks surveying for the new |
ECho-Coyote cutoff. At present they |
are working south of the Curtis poul- q,
try ranch about two miles This sur
vey runs farther south than any other
made and according to this it will
mean that the new line will leave the
old one quite a ways above Echo. 1t
is also rumored that there is to be a
survey made from Cold Springs
through Hermiston to connect with
the cutoff and instead of the Spo-
kane branch running down the river
as it does it will run through Hermis-
ton and connect where the cutoff
/ crosses Butter creek. 1t would be
necessary to do something like this
/ should the reclamation service decide
/ to take the lower reservoir site, as
| this would back water up the river
to Echo and it is reported by the en-
! gineers, cover the present townsite
Of Stanfield to depth of about IA
feet. This of course would mean
that the old or present railroad right
of way would have to be abandoned.
Other News Notes.
\. p. Garner, foreman of the Unit
ed states reclamation service pipe
yards has been transferred temporar.
lily to the Boise-Payette project. He
expects to take with him number of
his old men, but at this time i IS not
known who they are to be. Up to
few days ago Mr.. Garner has been
in charge of one of the crews of men
sinking test holes in the proposed
west SIDE reservoir site.
F. Z. Payne, land cruiser for the
! Northern Pacific railroad, has been
here for the past week doing some
work for the reclamation service in
connection with the west side exte'-
sion.
Alfalfa cutting is progressing very
rapidl- and should the good weather
last, the first crop will be in the
! stack by the last of this week. The
crop IS not as large as usual, bu
growers are very much pleased con
sI6ering the backward weather we
! have had this spring. Large grower:
say that it is better than two third:
Of a crop and of good quality.
! The Maxwell company has finished
Is two large fields and Col. H. C
J Newport will be through with hi'
\ 100 acre field south of town in a few
, days. He still has over 100 acres cas-
of town to harvest.
Mr.. Charles Downer was here from
| Spokane, Washington. and while her'
purchased an so acre tract of land
He was accompanied by Mr.. c. Lar
son of Spokane.
n A. A Mcintyre, representing tn
oregon Lava Stone Co., of Bake
] City, ore, is in the city. This IS tn
company that furnished the stone f.
the school building.
Next Monday afternoon there is t
= he held the e'ectiou of a member o
Il the school board and board clerS
n ,hc member will be elected for
three year term and clerk for on
:, year. MIR. Littler of the form O
I, Oregon Hardware and Implement CO
d is the present clerk, and Col. II.
n Newport the outgoing member.
# Charles 9. Sparks is having a wei
dug on the tract of land purchase
h by him of Fred \. Yates. AS soon a
= he has finished ;. Whipple will com
/ mence a we'll on his land
: Hermiston will soon have BAN
/ for engagements, and it looks no,
II as if it will be one that Hermisto
d Will be one that Hermlston will b
: proud of.
y Frank b. Swayze returned fror
Portland yesterday where he ha
o gone on business and to witness tn
= last few days of the Rose Show.
9 Frank c. Reeves and son Franci
y have gone to Portland for the sum
d mer They will be gone two months
e DR.. waldo Coe arrived at Herms
: ton this morning from the east ac
, companied by James Kyle. They eX
l. pect to leave for the east again in
. few days.
II. A. Waterman is excavating 70
a new home on Gladys avenue.
There has been over $4,000 pound
Of alfalfa seed sold by the local mar
:, kets at this place to farmers on tn
i, project this season. This gives som
idea Of how much alfalfa is bein
r planted by the farmers Of this pro
rt ject.
n PREACHER HELD PRISONER.