East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
II COMP PAN|ES WILL
BEGIN FRUIT RAISING
INDIANA AND QUAKER STATE
PEOPLE BUY UMATILLA LAND
Several Important Land Deals Effect
ed on Government Project During
Last Few Days-City Campaign is
Warming Up.
Especial Correspondence. }

Hermiston, Ore, Nov. 23-Water
applications for water under the UNA
tile government project have been
made for the following incorporated
companies, for forty acres each: Cole
man Fruit company. Allen Umatilla
Fruit company, Erue Oregon Fruit
Co, Pa. Fruit company, Keystone
| Fruit Co., Presque Isle Fruit Co Erie
Umatilla Fruit Co., Anthony Wayne
Orchard Co., Indiana Oregon Fruit
company, FIT. Wayne Orchard Co.,
nn.-Oregon Fruit company, Home
Orchard company, Crescent Orchard
company and the Ohio and Indiana
Orchard company.
These companies have all been in
corporated under the laws of the state
and they have purchased their lands
of the Maxwell Land and Irrigation
company, of Hermiston, through Cliff
ford l.. Morgan. The companies
stockholders are from Erie, Pa, and
| Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
The managers of each company are
now putting their land in shape for
| fruit trees, and all will send in large
orders for fruit in the near future.
When the trees are in bearing it is
expected that the stockholders will
come to the Umatilla government pro-
ject and make their home here
Much Land Moving.
Edward S. Loudenslager, a real es-
tate dealer of this place this week
sold seventy acres of land to Thomas
Hye of Spokane, Washington, the
land being property lying two and one
half miles north of Hermiston. The
purchase price was $3.50 per acre. AS
part consideration Mr.. Loudenslager
took in a 160 acre tract of land locat-
ed three miles from Milan, Washing
ton. Mr.. Loudenslager also purchas-
ed yesterday from Frank b. Curtis
eighty acres of land, located south of
Rutter creek under the proposed But
ter and Camas irrigation project. Mr..
Loudenslager returned to Spokane
last evening in company with William
Sidel of Spokane, who has been here
looking over the Umatilla Project, it
Is understood Mr.. Sidel has purchased
ten acre tract of land
Mr.. Loudenslager has also closed a
deal whereby he becomes the owner
of a 60 acre tract of land in San Ju-
al SoulINS, washing Ton, same DelnS
located on the island of Orcas. the
consideration was $1,000 In this deal
he also gets five room residence To- !
Gated in Green Addition to the City |
of Spokane, valued at $25OO.
As the time for the filing of petiti- |
Ons for the three councilmen of Her |
miston approaches there are two tick !
cts which will most likely be in the
running. William II. Skinner, H. T |
Irwin and Carl S. McNaught have
filed their petitions and it is rumored |
that petition is out for w. S. Phil |
lips, +, o. COmegys and f. A. Prann !
Mr.. Phillips is member of the city |
council now and the others are busi- |
ness men. 1t is not believed that |
there will be any opposition to the /
recorder and treasurer, Mr.. Mckinzie /
and Mr.. Ash Pierce having their peti-
uons now on file. 1t is expected that /
Mayor Ross Newport will resign his /
office for the reason that he is a
member of the Newport Land and /
company, the successful .
bidders of the new water system, but I
his resignation will not be given to Il
the city fathers until the bonds of the 4
water system have been approved and II
the money in the hands of the treas II
urer. This will leave a mayor to be 4
appointed by the council