East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-24
Will ASK THAT RESERVOIR

above have been adjudicated and the
larea listed are the maximum under
the decreed prlorities.
In addition to the foregoing, be-
tween Hermiston and Stanficid there
are 5000 acres OF excellent land OF
which about 1000 acres could be wa
tered from the Furnish Canal IL sur
Ificient water were available, the re-
manning 5000 acres could only be wa
tcred by pumping, the maximum litt
from the Furnish Canal being about
40 Feet Several thousand acres more
or excellent land could also be watered
by extending to the westward the hlgh
me or the western Land q irrigation
company
Investigations pS Reclainatoh ser
Nice-lnNesllgauons TO greater OF
less extent nave been carried on IN the
umaulla Valley by the Y, ). Reclama-
uoh service since lsVS. Consiueraple
data Is available relative TO the ruhoti
| or the river and its various tributaries.
Detail examinations nave neeh haaae
OF number of reservoir sites. rev
OF these sltes' however are teasioie On
account OF the extremely hlsh cost OF
storage per acre Ioot'
Cumate,
feet
Temperatures--MaS llo, AIM
imum 20. mean o2-2.
pitation-AVerase 81 inc"ss
covering ten year period Inc = .
Reclamation Service maintains cohi-
plete weather pursau outilt anu ram
fall ana temperature RECORDS are kept
and have been Kent since l9o,'
Z kiiiing frosts--f1rst IN iali' SeP-
\ TEMPER Z4th, last IN SPRING May if'"'
4 Average frost tree PERIOD 10" uaSs
4 owhership-NearlE an the ia"u 70
pe beheflted pN storage - pilN"'eiS
4 owned. Less thaa lpoo acres oi ''.e
4 Iand which Woulu lf"paoiN oe i'oiu''-
Z ed would DC vacant Puoic iaho open
20 homestead entry
thder the system OF the "es'ei u
Land X irrigation tohpahE "o"u'
4 4oOO acres ore owned oE the company
ana substantially an equal area Is
4 owned by the Northern Pacific hali-
way Company. The remainder oil the
area, about 5000 acres, is owned by m
\ dividuals. OF the area fndiVldualiS
owned % per cent is in tracts larger
than 100 acres and IS per cent IN
tracts of 100 acres or less,
Tributary to the Furnish ditch
-'NF hNit' a p"HNN - 49, -
land Irrigation Company. OF the rest
of the area about 5000 acres are own
! ed by individuals. OF the area indivi'
dually owned 25 per cent is in tracts
larger than $50 acres as per cent in
tracts of 160 acres or less.
A on the Umatilll Meadows the larg-
est single ownership is the tUmatilla
Ranch. supposed to be affiliated with
the Swift Interests of Chicago. The
4 company is supposed to own In exces
of 1900 acres. The remaining area Is
: individually owned. OF the area indi.
vidualIv owned over 40 per cent is IN
tracts larger than 100 6acres.
Area-The gross area is SO, 900 acres
irrieable area $1,000 acres. The diff
ference between the gross and the ir-
rigable areas is due to certain high
spots, also to the area occupied by the
bed of the Umati.la River and other
drainage channels.
No pumping units are contemplated
at this time as the 5000 acres between
the Feed Canal and Canal 4 which
q might be wotered by the direct pump
ing plant could also be watered by
gravity from an cnlarged Furnish ca
4 nal.
! Duty OF water-It is the plan to
supplement by stored water the un-
4 regulated supply now appurtenant to
the lands. The quantity to be supplied
4 sander soils and those which sun-irri-
4 will vary from a. f. per acre for tho
4 gate to "A. f. per acre for the sander
soils. A total storage of not less than
4 10000 "A. {. should be provided. or an
j average Of is a. (. per acre, which
! should be apportioned to the various
areas about as follows:
Furnish Project: