East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-02
ASSESSMENTS FOR
PROJECT COMPLETED
BUILDING CHARGE BECOMES
DELINQUENT In TWO MONTHS
Efforts of Umatilla Project Settlers
TO Have Government Graduate
Payments Have So Far Proven Fu-
tiIe-Bin Introduced This Week.
Especial Correspondence


the ASSOCIATION show that out of 22,-
600 shares of stock that the associa-
tion is capitalized for that 1892
shares have been subscribed up to
date. The building charge which is
| delinquent the first day of March,
with the current expense of the as
sociation will amount to nearly $685.
600, This amount will have to be
paid the association on or b.fore
March l, 1912, unless the govern
ment grants graduation of the wa
ter right payments. Also, the main
tenance charge of $3.50 per acre will
have to be paid in the spring before
the water will be turned on to the
lands of the stockholders.
The settlers on this project have
asked continually for the government
to grant them a graduation of the
building charge. which is Sc per acre
each year for ten years. without in
terest. this charge does not include
the maintenance. The maintenance
for the years 1909, 1910 and 1911 are
$1.30 per acre extra, making a charge
| of $3.50 per acre each year to be
| paid. The settlers contend that If
this payment was so graduated that
the first payments would be small and
| the last payment large that they
would be able to meet the water right
without any trouble; that they might
be able to place this money on the
| land and by the time the payments
would become larger they would have
the land in cultivation and would be
l ha 10 Tn
addition to this the government has
made the homesteaders on the third
and second units of the project pay
up all the back charges before they
could file on the land, which in some
cases meant s2160 per acre to be
paid when the filing was made.
Bill for Desert Lands
Word has been received that Sem
ator Chamberlain and Hon. Lafferty
will present the desert land bill be-
fore the house this week. This bill
if passed will mean grea relief to the
desert land owners on the Umatilla
project
Reclamation Report.
The reclamation report for Decem-
ber, 1911, was as follows:
The temperature during the month
ranged from a maximum of 81 de-
grees to a minimum of 16 degrees. The
precipitation amounted to to AS
inches. The gates on the feed canal
were opened November IA and water
passed into the reservoir on Novem-
ber 18th. The maximum quantity di-
verted during the month was 125 Sec
ond feet; maximum quantity deliver
ed to the reservoir, 1880 second feet
No water was delivered for irrigation
but 500 acre feet was delivered from
the reservoir for use in mixing con-
crete for the lining of the distribute
ing system Water right application:
have been received covering 13,40C
acres of land Sven Thousand
square yards of mortar lining were
placed in the distribution system, q,
: 200 linear feet of 20 inch and 160C
linear feet of 16 inch cement pip'
!, were manufactured. 1900 linear fee
of 20 inch, 500 linear feet of 16 incl
pipe. 1900 linear feet of 20 inch anC
400 linear feet of 16 inch machine
! banded wood pipe were laid durinl
; the month. office studies and com
, putations for the west extension wer'
continued.
Amended Farm Units.
r The following practice will be fol
! lowed in regard to the amendment o
farm units on the project. Every ap
plication for amendment of a farm
unit should be made in writing, sign
: ed by the application and a cop,
thereof transmitted to the project en-
| lra
same. with his recommendation.
no objection appears, approriat
recommendation for the amendmen
of the farm unit in accordance wit
the report of the engineer will b
submitted to the department of tn
interior. The general land office re
CARDS the amendment of the farm
unit in such cases by the authorit
of the secretary, as equivalent to al
authorization for correspondin
amendment of the entry.
No Action on Graduation.
The secretary OF the Umatilla Riv
er Water Users association wired tn
secretary of the interior in regard t
the graduation of the water righ
payments and eceived the followin
| answer. our wire loudg ANo az
ton has been taken for any chang
in the building charge. Secretary
in the building charge. Fisher, sec
retary." 1t is thought that the set
tiers on the project will without
doubt take this matter up again wit
the secretary. The water right pay
ments become delinquent in Marcel
1912, and If the settlers are to be al
lowed any graduation of this pay
ment they are anxious to know in ad
vance. 80 as to make arrangements t
raise the money to make the pay
ment The people here. cannot ur
derstand the delay on the part of tn
government in this matter.
Lyccum Number.
The next number of the Hermisto
Lyceum association viii be a lectur
by Judge Wills Brown on Wednes
day evening, January H.
Miss Chezk, who lived with he
brother on a homestead near Hermis
ton. and who is teacher of the pub
lie school OF Stanf'eld, spent the no
days with her parents at North Yah
ina, Wash.
Rev. II. A. Newham, former pas
tor of the NJ Z. church OF this cit.
spent a few days here last week. II
preached at Heppner Sunday and
erlously thinking of taking this