22 The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 46, No. 2 By Pat Gaylord, PLS Surveyors in the News As Oregon took shape, boundaries throughout the state were reviewed and adjusted. The following is how Kamela came to be a part of northwestern Union County as published in the Daily East Oregonian in 1905. The Daily East Oregonian Pendleton, Oregon Saturday, June 24, 1905 THE LINE IS FIXED COUNTY BOUNDARY COMMISSION ENDS ITS WORK Kamela is given to Union County and the Woodward Toll Gate Settlement to Umatilla—Division of Land is Equitable and the Convenience and Economy of the line as Now Located is Apparent—Legislature Will Now Have to Accept the Report to Make the New Line Legal. In locating the line between Union and Umatilla counties, Kamela was given to Union county and the settlement at the Woodward tollgate was given to Umatilla county, for reasons that presented themselves forcibly to the boundary board. County Surveyor John W. Kimbrell, who represented Umatilla county on the board is well pleased with the work of the board and believes that It made an equitable division of land along the boundary line and placed the line where it will be most economical and convenient for the residents of both Umatilla and Union counties. As most of the land owners and residents of the Woodard tollgate settlement live In Milton and other portions of Umatilla county. It was decided that the entire settlement there, for at least half a mile east of the tollgate proper, should be given to Umatilla county, so there would be no doubt about the residence or location of any one in summoning witnesses or Jurors, or in assessing property. For the same reasons, the entire settlement at Kamela was given to Union county, although the old line divided the village giving a portion to Umatilla and a portion to Union county. Heretofore neighbors living side by side In Kamela have voted at different places, some at Hilgard in Union, and some at Meacham in Umatilla, and In summoning jurors and others needed In legal proceedings. It has been difficult to decide where they belonged. The matter Is permanently fixed now and all the settlement at Kamela, for a half mile west of the village is given to Union County. All that remains of the work of the board, before the line is made legal, is for it to present a report to the next session of the legislature for its final adoption, and then surveys can be made and boundary monuments erected.
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