East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-22
FORMING IRRIGATION
DISTRICT At ECHO
LAND OWNERS
IN PARADISE PROJECT
Start Movement for Final Organization
of Association to Reclaim Sixty
Thousand Acres of Lands Under
Proposed Sturgis System.
Especial Correspondence)

Echo. Ore, May 21.-Steps toward
final organization of the Paradise ir-
rigation district were taken here Sat
urday at mass meeting of over one
hundred interested land owners.
This project will include sixty thou
sand acres of semi-arid lands now
used principally for sheep range and
for raising wheat under dry farming,
lying east of and tributary to Echo,
Stanfield and Hermiston. Water will
be brought from the Umatilla river,
starting from Thorn Hollow above
Pendleton and following to a great
extent the original survey of the old
Sturgish ditch. The main canal will
be some thirty-six miles in length to
the top of the divide north and west
of Pendleton from which point the
main laterals will branch out, each
some twenty miles in length. Two
reservoirs, one in Despair and one
in Stage Gulch, WI be constructed
in connection with the system.
Water for these lands from the
Umatilla river, before 1t is applied to
the west Umatilla Extension was
largely responsible for the strife en-
gendered last winter which was fin
ally settled by the interior department.
The government finally allowed one
thousand cubic feet of the flood wa
ters of the Umatilla for this project,
which was then called the Haskins
ditch. but with the understanding
that work must begin and proceed
without delay
Engineer Void has had charge of
the surveys for some time and was
present with maps, plats and estimates
which were adopted. The entire cost
will be approximately $2,O00.00O. An
irrigation ditch as provided for in the
new 1911 law will be found by pc
tition to the county court This pc
tition now contains the names of all
but three of the land owners under
the project.
-Four Baptised.
At the regular services held at the
NJ. f. church here Sunday there were
four baptised, two adults and two in
fants. They were Mrs. Lulu May Fish
and Mrs. Maude Mable Erbo and theil
children, Lloyd Forester Fish and
Fern Elva Erbo.
Echo Defeats UmatilIa.
The ball game played here Sun.
day between Umatilla and Echo re
suited in a score of 13 to 1 in favor
OF the home team. While in practic,
just before the game Charles Hoslxin
had the misfortune of having on
tooth knocked out and two teetl
broken off.
Ten Graduates.
OF the class of thirteen who tool
the eighth grade examination in tn
Echo public school, ten successful
passed, and will receive diploma.
Those successfully passing were Rut
Moore, Gladys Wells, Lena Beaumont
Inez Wells, Ester Scholl, Daphne Gul
liford, Fred Hoskins, Don Hoffnaglt
James Mclaughlin and Paul Callisor
Chas. Corder formerly a residen
of Echo has returned here after sew
eral months stay in Portland.
Richard Yerxa of Umatilla visitet
with friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Ethel Shelton of Portland VIII,
has been visiting here the past thre,
weeks has returned home. She wa
ccompanied by her mother, Mrs. An
ma Young.
C. S. Terpenning of Pendleton wa
here on Saturday attending the irri
cation meeting.
City Marshal Lee has moved will
his family to the Duncan residence oil
Dupont street.