The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-12-18


stock.
Dairying and alfalfa go hand In
hand, and has already obtained q
good start here.A considerable mum
Der Of pure-bred stock are kept on
the project farms, preference being
given to the Jesey COW.
The lands Of this project are well
located as to markets. being $50
miles from Portland on the west.
while near by is the stock country
and farther on the mining and tim
Der districts, all Of which are con
sumers of the produce raised here.
Traffic on the river is sOon to be
resumed and when boats are again
in operation, 1t will have a tendency
to reduce freight rates and give the
shipper a choice of carriers and the
benefit of water competition.
The entire tract is trayersed by the
Columbia river highway. n Of the
scenic marvels of the West. This
splendid road is not exeelled either
in location or construction standards.
The Boardman Road District No. 2,
has voted to levy a 10 mill tax for a
special fund and will use the money
for betterment Of roads through the
project, and for the building Of feed
ers to connect with the Columbia
Highway.
1t is agreed by all that better COM
m"unication with the county seat and
the rest of the county must be secur-
ed as soon as possible, by building a
permanent road to Heppner.T The mu-
tual benefit to be derived from this
would be worth many times its cost
and would put an end to the present
isolation, by bringing all parts Of the
county in closer contact. 1t Is i'm
perative that this road be built, and
as public sentiment is in its favor.
it is likely to materialize in the very
near future.
Roads Of the project are mostly in
their natural state and not of the
best, but are improving right along.
Mail is carried over the project by
a rural carrier.
The Boardman Mutual Telephone
Company is also organized for bus
mess.
The West Extension is also recent
ly created as an irrigation district in
order to better secure the desired CO.
operation Of the water-user and the
Reclamation Service.
A Federal Farm Loan Association
is also organized and ready to oper-
ate in this territory.
In regard to climate and weather
here, the conditions are as most
places and very healthy. We do not
deny that the wind blows here some
times, but we claim that it seldom
reaches the storm standard.
The growing a is the longest
in the Northwest and while the days
are sometime warm, yet on the
whole, the weather in summer is
very comfortable and desirable. The
winters are short and mild, with lit
tie snow. The roads are never mud
dy.
As the country becomes settled, d
greater range Of animal life is a.
pparent, rabbits becoming a pest
and a menace Chinese pheasants
are quite numerous, also other vari-
cites of game birds are more com
mon. as well as the smaller members
of the feathered tribe. There are
no poisonous reptiles, and rattle
snakes are never seen in the Board
man territory.
Viewing this land from the scenic
standpoint, it may be said that the
topography is pleasing, and that part
of the project lying to the west par
ticularly so. Nearly every farm has
a fine view Of the Columbia river.
the land lying at sufficient height to
afford a splendid panoramic view OF
a long stretch of that lordly stream
Mount Hood is seen in solitary gran
deur far to the west, while across the
river in Washington, are seen in the
distance, the pine clad hills of Kick
itat and the spurs of the Cascade
Range.
As to the future of the land it is
secure. Its destiny is in the hands
of its builders, who are capable, in
telligent and versatile, and in con-
junction with their efforts it needs
but the assisting hand Of Time to
bring the fruitage of its full develop
ment, and when the project shows
fair homes amid orchards and tall
trees, set in the vivid green of broad
expanses of alfalfa, this land will
present a picture of rare pastora,
charm and beauty; n of the beauty
spots of the wide realm, Where
Rolls the Oregon"