East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-11-17


| schools where thousands Of our peop
j would live and raise their families
comfort and plenty. To create, To fe,
the great joy that only comes fro
bringing opportunity to those VIII
need it. to add to the greatness of Ii
common country; to do constrCctiv
work so that those who come after L
will gless us for our foresight. our vi
: sion, our ability; to be of service "A
} of these things are part Of the life q
the great engineer and it is in sccur
ling them he finds his greatest Joy, h
greatest compensation.
i Not including the Horse Heaven no
the Columbia Basin project, from
about the vicinity of Priest Rapids il
Washington to Cello in Oregon imme
diately adjacent to the Columbia rive,
and to Snake river for few mile:
above its mouth there are in rounc
numbers $50, 900 to 100000 acres oi
good land susceptible of arrigation, the
larger portion thereof by pumping J
will speak of the productive character
| of this land later.
The climate is all that could be de-
sired, and the waters of the Columbia
"i "ihple lol an pul PoSeS' l"o H'leS
of railway bisect this territory, and the
river is to some extent navgable. w.
have the four important elements OF
development of industry and popula-
tion-land, water, climate. and trans
port"'ioh' Inc a'lllcuitN is that they
"lc Ho' co-oiulhaleu' hach EXISTS
httt 81. a
~" sc Sto'l'i'eiS anu ulScohhectedlS.
" n't - iieeoeo - t'i''r eo-orolna'loh
W u "iiSiol III +" oesell mo productlNe
en'p'.e' me l'N Vi 'iie Flna IS such
that ilrl&atlon by gravity of by far the
X cater por'ioii ol 'he iano is lmpos-
S,'ie me water i'iuS' ne eleFated to
,,,,.t - NJ i''','' ~ p"i''P'''S, ROVER
.etoPSu ~ w "'.S WORK
''''' 90 ns -pio""c' vi 'ie improve
II, VI 'He iNei lor liaNlSauoh 1t
"n NC i'l "uueeo' ana IN sufficient
Noi"nie " iifls'le "il tn'S potentially
l.i' '"' iio" a'io ANA hoh-Pfodnclng
,
''' iiiiis ~ 'il' piopici' OF river
'''p' ~ ''iis'i' ior i"Nis"tloh, beNoni
- i"o'''o'i 'ile ciiaiac'er "l the obStruc- I
'"O'i '4'''' ~ eecuie eiieoliNe water
a1 o,''Pu, , l'.ioli 'l'e river ''dSt ne c"nai-
h". ~ a' each serious oDstrac~
must '' u"''i'L'" ana
ooNs ''li''' 'iios eFeatire Iohg pools Of !
'iaoN water naylsa'lon' Every |
'o 'o',S'' uo'eu VIII crate power !
" '''I'' u'ii oo USED III pumping water
80 ,Ho soi' anu ior Nu'l""' othef pur-
NC "ilo"eu Gu go - waste
l'"'Vu ~ inns way ana N TINS way |
,a'.;,.,', ~ ''l'S ',1er oe maze uuIy
,Ia+e,.a '''''' '''''' e'i' territory pro-
''I'',S; t,,;.
,,'.. ms WI pIoP'F governmental
VI 'iiou'o 'he So'erl!heht go
,l's ~ 'iie eA'ehl Oh securing the naNl-
y, 'ne s'reaiil Hh'l retuse to
t' w ''io sie"'er use OF ne water
,,',, H"9 ''iauo PoSS'H'o WHY
g., -. nv p''iic' 'le "hoie pun
~, ~. De''ei't Vi the work of
o,,a 49,, Every purl Oh inns broad
.o.,a,,a, 'plu 9i'"ie III the results The
>, p''Diio "ouiu not only snare in
'H i''' cii"sihs poWt'', ~ The
cue pio"Uc9 III the new
,a,a - III 'he thousand ahd
"t'a piosperlly allectS us all,
, a'1 t,'l .ouS pon'ic III its government
=, i,i'a"4 ,'.'S "o"iu receive returns on
~, ,+,-t, in Improving inc ilVer
- t,a' "'''''i"'i"i tonnage TO
tn -. w. "o,'," w pro"uced.
-, i,.,,e,, "oo'" Nv. "hiE ne uSed
,,..a,., '' ma ~ VI 'iIo ana m
,,,' po- poe'' ""' II Woulu De used
ori,I r,., ai'u "'i INC lar'rs' IL
ana o,,i,.', ''.nil !1 ileat anu liRht' II
~ oa,s, % nv . 'ne .oiiI' chop .he leed'
.,,, "o'u' 1t "ouiu run the
~ io "iiiiie'' hhtch the
~ un 'iie sewing NIT
' nv II wou'o transport lhe farm
,oI.a ,te, '.io 'i''i Nets' IL would
-, ti1 "a III 1851 d drudgery
~ 49, sTou pi"ceS LOT people 10
,,a -.-''iNo 'i'o,i i'oiiieS' Al th'S
-. - opei iiiproNellehe OF th9