East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-27

that 1t will be the 18th of March be-
fore any payments will have to be
made.
Reclamation Report.
The reclamation report of Febru-
airy, 1912, of the Umatilla project
states: THAT the temperature dur
ing the month ranged from a maxi
mum of 40 degrees to a minimum of
81 degrees. Prior to the 18th the
flow in the river was small. Since
that time however it has been at a
moderate flood stage The feed ca
nal was shut down for a few days
during the fore part of the month.
The maximum diversion was $50 sec
ond feet; available storage in the
reservoir was $4,000 acre feet Max
imum delivery to reservoir 160 acre
feet. The outside work was in gem
eral suspended during the month.
Water right applications were made
covering 13, 800 acres of land. Office
studies and computation for the
west extension were carried on, and
some reconnaissance work was per-
formed on the John Day river"
Wrestling Match.
AS the time for the Kennedy-O'-
Connell wrestling match draws near
the sports" of Hermiston are be-
coming more interested The bout
will be pulled off on the evening of
March I'd. Kennedy is working hard
and states that he fully expects to
take the title for the championship
III oh, Il is
expected that fully $50 people will
be here from Portland and vicinity.
The advance sale of reserved seats
that are on sale at Hits is heavy.
The quarters of the Basketball asso-
citation have been rented for the con-
test and are being fixed so that there
will be seating ample for all. O'Con-
nell is expected to arrive in Hermis-
ton Saturday afternoon. The show
will take place at nine o'clock Sat
urday evening. March End.
Mrs. DR.. L. w. Group left yester-
day for her home at Walla Walla
She had been visiting her daughter
Mrs. G. H. Upthegrove.
j. X Shotwell arrived here from
Spokane yesterday accompanied by j
| C. Larson. Mr.. Larson purchased sc
acres of land at this place. Mr.. Skin
ner is expected home from Spokane
this evening with several parties
looking over the project with a view
OF purchasing lands.
Frank S. and Edward c. Beddov
yesterday made application for home
steads, each taking 90 acre tracts oi
land. The two homesteads lie be-
| tween those of ]. Sutherland and
William Whitsett. Messrs. Beddow
are from Holdman. oregon.
Mrs. Edward ]. Krollor arrived here
this week from the east. Her husband
recently bought the interest of Har-
ry b. Giese in a homestead in the
third unit.
| Judge Ellis was a visitor to thC
project Saturday, looking after his
land interests here, and also doinf
some work in connection with hi:
candidacy for congress.
Rev. owen F. Jones, Archbishop o
the Episcopal church, has returned
home from Vale, oregon. While a
Vale he was the guest Of the Com
mercial club. before which he gav'
a talk on the Umatilla project. Rev
Jones owns 40 acres of land unde
the project which he is having pu
under cultivation.
Fred d. Hendley. of the United
States reclamation service located a
Hermiston, spent yesterday in Pen
dleton.
Al Robb. representative of the Max
well Land and Irrigation company, i
in the city. He is accompanied b!
several prospective buyers. He eX
poets to return to Dayton, Ohio thi
evening. Mrs. Robb is still in the east