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The Oregon Mist
St. Helens, Columbia County, Oregon
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The Maxwell Land & Irrigation Company has completed the Hermiston irrigation project in Umatilla County, Oregon, featuring an 8-mile canal and dam on the Umatilla River. 1,000 acres are ready for cultivation, with 160 acres planted in alfalfa and potatoes to showcase productivity.
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Pendleton - One of the many meritorious irrigation enterprises under construction in Umatilla county is the Hermiston project, being finished by the Maxwell Land & Irrigation company of Maxwell, or Hermiston, four miles west of Echo on the main line of the O. R. & N. A dam was built across the Umatilla four miles above the townsite and water diverted into the canal, which is about eight miles long. At present the company has 1,000 acres under the ditch ready for cultivation and has 160 acres in alfalfa and potatoes to demonstrate what the land will produce if water is put on it.
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Umatilla County
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1,000 acres under the ditch ready for cultivation; 160 acres in alfalfa and potatoes
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One of the many meritorious irrigation enterprises under construction in Umatilla county is the Hermiston project, being finished by the Maxwell Land & Irrigation company of Maxwell, or Hermiston, four miles west of Echo on the main line of the O. R. & N. A dam was built across the Umatilla four miles above the townsite and water diverted into the canal, which is about eight miles long.