East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-22
UMATILLA IS BANNER AGRICULTURAL COUNTY
or OREGON; WHEAT GROWING AND IRRIGATION
FARMING CONSTITUTE THE MAIN RESOURCES
Continued from Page 3D.

be an abundance of water i'm tn,
Camas Prairie streams. which il Is
proposed TO tan by the canal aIrcad,
nearly completed. which water viii
be carried through the tunnel now
partly constructed into tie Butter
creek channel to irrgate even more
land than the proiect calls for. The
ground can easily be placed under
cultivation at low expense and the
soil and other conditions should
make this land tempting TO the in
weston who has confidence i'm the
great possibilities of irrigation. When
financial conditions improve this
project will be comnletcd.
While tho ,hovo ,rotoota ,o a,
roady undn, ,,,o,, i,r,oti,to aau,,+,.
nossessee n,,ar m,oo+on r,os.il,i1,t,oo
which oaI1 o,,ortnor,, bn roaltzad
wbene 4Lo I,,aotiI,a po,,id, 40
,elnnaa for ,o,,,or ona irrteo+io,
E.nt4 proJ,,ntio,,
county "heoC prouuc
un 10 eo 'iehie'iuouS 'nat ol'eh tne
sfea. Importance OIL the county )
i,oi.icui'ural interests are over
uuctioI the county RANKS thlrd III
tne sta'e Win productS aggregatlhg
m,ouiiu i',iliioii anu d hhil uoiiarS'
no ore "pout 'Iree 'houS"lu acreS
~ vi ma" "'' 1iiieiiS III 'Hc Niii'ol-
80 5 etf,s,., n.s...
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,,,t,,to,,s nIna.,,, 70 ,,,,o.,,;,, ad
r.n.,,a ~ " I"n "
-,as..s a. ,''l.,n
=, $500 .,,o, ""'e' 14 "uit ,o,, pouuos,ol
pe'ollo"i' ~ % no. u'lIol'i"'on
LIP r,p a,l@ 49,
piosoo1 20 1,ien 40 ivy " on ,i.'u
',,,,s,o 80 S,i,I ,o,,,,,. a,,,,n,,a
od ~ - g. go 'a, |
nase 'oru ~, ~ 90 ms "' %-,ooV pIn
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"l', 20 14i'1. 80 ,,,,,,.
@ p,.u ~ .',na 5 9" no,1,, go, nthnr
'asi "pi,S9 - '.,,u - -, -
" "pp'o tnto
., w or "on ''"a'ni ,,i aat,
80, o,,,,,,,,, ro 7,n 10, = oon
. ., t,Ie,,. -. onn ,,,'.,,,, a,,d
~ noo -. t ,'lS ,,1,,.',,,. ro onS
l"'VO' ''''''' ''''' producing
pile OF 'he most pro'll'pIc orcllaro
irultS' lo"cNer' u pFuheS' "nic" "rc
ooiu 10 thoS coihe from 'io ',te' ~
A'Il aDouI ooV cars were SnipPeo
from inc Mlltoh-free"aVer dlSIilc'
inc price received Tor lhcm mas
hearlS always oeeIl Eoou' because ol
the iact .hat inc prunoS rlpcn Sol''e,
"lluI e'r'ier ''''ii III o'n1' Nv, >o,'''%oSt r,,
dlsticts ana are hard ana ilrll
anu Vi soo" qu"iity'
IN houl'loh 10 'he orci'ar". irui'S
hearly every siiail lrult Is ralSc" in
suIiic'eh' puth'i's ~ S"ip' ~ go
l0l'ooo quarts OF SIlaWperilcS, -
aVo quarts oi rd"pporll'S' "',oV'
quarts OF plackpcrIleS ana uo"per
RES Z,ooo quarts Oh 'oSulpcrllcS anu
2oS'ooo pouhuS Oh sropoS were i"''-
eo' inc Harketlhs laclhI'cS are
very soou, an the lrult sIo"'"h
ulstrlcls pelhg locitIeu ulrectS On
soou i"'roou "nrS WV" No'i hup'
roaus IeuulhS 10 inc SliipPlhB Poi"t''
seven or elsht lrulI buyers oP',"''
packing plah'S ana co-opera''Ne u
irulC growers union give soou h'oi Il
ketihg service TO the growers {
In the same distrlcls truck laril-
ing is carried on quite eN'c'S'Ne's' v
5eahs' peas tomatoes cappaSe' tau'
llloWer' sweet Corh' call"l"uP'' ""-
.ermelons' squash ana ot'er NeE"
abies are grown IN "puhu"'ce' ~
ms Is one OF the le" truck l"rr''uS
ecuons in Eastern oregon ana r"S'- !,
'rn washington the market ls s'"-
rally good. !
Further PossipIi''s .
Just as good land as that Wh''h hHS II
'een sold as high as S2,0oo an acre Is
LNailable In the Mlitoh-freeW"'er o'S- ~
rict for orchard piahthg Ut Nulu'- u
ion of around $500 per acre ll'hS Il
re under way now pS seNora' ne" u
rowers to plant ont tracts th's year, ~
openings for increasing the "rcharu III
creage In the Mllton-rre'Wa'er us "
'tct are abundant NJ herlhlS'oH anu ' n'
tanfield new acreaE's are pelhE pau !"
ed. with small fruit increasing III
opularity. u'
Perhaps no other section OF Inc 'u
lunty presents better opportunity II,
~ the settler than the plateau re- Ol