East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
NEW ASYLUM SITE
SEEMS PROBABLE
DANIELS FARM LIKELY
TO BE PURCHASED
Reported That Committee of Physi-
clans and Legislative Investigators
Will Agree on Location of Build
ing.

| Senator Bowerman's site for an
asylum near Pendleton will not be
approved by the committee of physi-
clans appointed to inspect it, unless
the members change their minds by
the time they hold a meeting with
the legislative committee, says the
Portland Journal.
The Daniels farm, approved by
Governor West and State Treasurer
Tom Kay, is the site approved by the
physicians, who last week inspected
both the Oliver-Carpenter tract
bought by Bowerman while acting
governor and the site farther down
the Umatilla river, which Bowerman
did not select.
When Drs. Andrew C. Smith, ]. F..
Calbreath, w. T. Williamson and
Harry Lane, in company with State
Engineer John Lewis, looked at the
Bowerman site for the eastern Ore
gon branch asylum, their experience
in caring for the insane, coupled with
the state engineers technical know
ledge. led them to the unanimous
opinion, it is said, that Bowerman
might have chosen more wisely. 1t
! is said that the committee will urge
the choosing Of the Daniels farm as
a site for the branch asylum, and that
an informal report to this effect has
already been filed with the governor.
Splendid Building Site Found.
Statehouse, Salem, Ore, Jan. 81
When the special committee ap-
pointed by the legislature to investi-
gate an asylum site in Eastern Ore
gon makes it's report the report will
say:
The committee found a suitable site
and also a suitable building base for
a building 1000 feet long.
Whether this building base was
found on the site selected by Jay
It is whispered here that the build
ing site was not on the tract of Bow
erman, but on another.
Five tracts of land were carefully
examined by the special committee
This committee consists of Senators
Bean and Chase and Representatives
Bryant Bonebrake and Mann. Part
of the committee returned to the
statehouse this morning, after an abb
sence of five days, during which the
Eastern Oregon branch asylum stu
alton was thoroughly gone into. The
committee was accompanied by civ
II engineer who worked on one oi
the railroads in the Deschutes valley
A report from the engineer will be
received by the committee tomorrow
and upon its arrival Senator Chase
will prepare the report of the com
mittee. Chase was the closest friend
Bowerman had on the committee and
had voted for Bowerman for presi.
; dent Of the senate against Selling
Almost at the time Selling named
Chase on the committee he was con
versing with Bowerman.
There Is an unconfirmed story tha
the report Of the committee from the
, legislature will uphold the stant
taken by Governor West and Stat'
Treasurer Kay. These state officerl
did not find fault with Bowerman'!
selection nor the price paid, but helt
that upon the 320 acres Bowermar
E had chosen there was not one bas'
large enough for n large building
Yhere were many places on the trac
which would accommodate reason
ably large buildings, but for build
ing 1000 feet long there was no suit
; able base, owing to the peculia
: character Of the ground. BowermaI
had, however, caused his real estat
man to take up options on man.
l. other tracts around Pendleton 81