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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2, 188!). KAsrintN omxio.v. Mention of Our Hiirroiiiulliiir Ciiiinllrn A Itojjluii lllrli In ItrMitirrc, .Jut Urdu nliiK tn lln l)uvliil-Tli Variety All Around lln. "EuBtcrn Oregon" Hint portion of tlio State ottHt of tlio Cuwmlo mountultiH, Is us lnrgo 8 Now York State, with several Now Kiiglund StutcH "thrown In," fl lnrgo uh J'cmiHylvariln, with Now Jcrnoy, JX-liiwuro, mid Mitrylnnd added. Until coiiiiurutIvcly icccnt yeuro, moHt of It wiit) considered u desert region, worthless and unlnliiililtublo; lxil by degret'H tho ugree nblo dlHcovery lias boon miido tlmt It wub very valuable not only us a stock range mid for ItH mineral wealth, but large areas for iiuriwsos of agrlculturo also. All the counties of Eastern Oregon lmvo coriHldcndilo areu.s of rich agricul tural koU, cfliiccinlly Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, and Wuseo. Union and Wal Iowa liavo iiIho largo and lioautlful val loye of great rlelmosa. linker, Malheur, Grant, Klamath, Lake, and Crook couu tics, and ixjrtlons of Wasco, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, and Wallowa, aro inoro vnlualile for utook-ralHlng ; whllo Union. Wallowa, Uakor and Grant lmvo grout mineral rcBotircus. The whole region 1h an upland plain, ujkjii tho Hoinuwliat broken uurfaco of which npiiear, in noveral placen, enpo daily toward tho NortheaHtom portion, rungcH of wooded mountaliiH. Tlio aver ago elevation in Umatilla, Morrow, Gil liam, and Wuhco counties in but a littlo over 1000 feet, but fuither south it In crcaKOH to over ilOOO in hoiiio places. Tho wlnterH aro milto Bovoro, thoi gh tho bo verity is of short duration, and tho huiii mors aro long and generally dry. Morrow county in Hltuatod next went of Umatilla, of which until 188.') it wan a iart. and nurtaUcH of tho name general characterlHticH. Through its central ior- lion, from oust to went, m a largo bouy oi rich agricultural laud, and Its Bouthoru portion Is valuable for gru.lng purposes and lor limner. Morrow is about 50 iiiUoh in length from north toBouth, and 'M inlleH broad, bolnir bounded on tho north by the Co lumbia river, and on tlio Kouth by Grant county. It In watered by a nuinlcr of HtroaiiiB. tho principal ono of which 1h Willow creek, lln county Beat and prin cipal town in Ilcpimor. a rauidlv urowlug and wealthy littlo clly, of which further inouiiou ih made oiHownero. lAixmgion, tho next town of Importance, ix also Hltu atod on Willow creek and on tho railroad, Bovou iiiIIch below lleppiier. Gilliam county Ih Bituated directly weft of Morrow, and U much thoBiimo Bort of country mh a whole. Its principal town Ih Arlington, Hltuated on tho Columbia river and on tho railroad. Condon and Fossil aro interior towtiH. Tlio county heat in located temporarily at Arlington, Uh permanent location U ho decided at tho election to occur in 1890. Wnm-o county lion west of Gilliam, along the Columbia ilvor, and extending to tho Cam-ado mountains. It Ih rich In agricultural resources, and in Btock and timber. Tlio principal town, and tho county Boat, and at present tho largest town oi r.astorn uregon, ih ino ijuiics, Foulli of Wasco lieu Crook, tho most control county In the Mute, elilolly do voted to Block-raining. Tho county Boa i and cuiei town in rrinoviue. Houlh of Crook and extending to tho California Hue, aro Klamath and Lake common, a very largo aioa, nut uttio hoi tied. EiihI of (bono and extending from Ne vada on tlio Houiii. to Umatilla county on tho north, lien Grant county, "00 itillos in intuitu. t)v HU on an uvoraiw in wiuiii. 10,000 wiuaro inllon, rich In grazing land and minen, and iwHsossing boiiio agricultural land ItH county Beat and chief town In Canyon City. Other .towiw aro minis, joint uay, jxnig ureoK, ana Drowey. EiiBt of Grunt and extending to tho Idaho lino on tho at lie llakor and Malhour countlen, lKiBsessInu; much tho tunna gonoral ohuractorUtlcH uh Grant. Haker City Ih tho chief town and county eat of Maker county, and Is a wealthy, rapidly growing place of about 3.600 in hubltantn. Tlio county beat of Malheur county Ih Yulo. North of Hakor, and between it und Umatilla on tho north, and Idaho on tho east, lie Union and Wallowa couutlea, Wallowa belnglti tho northeastern cor ner of the State. Though much of tho Hurfaco of these countlen In mountainous, thoy havo gnat undeveloped re sources In agricultural and mineral wealth. Union county conlulnn tho celebrated Grand Hondo val ley, ono of the moat beautiful regions in tho world, and very fertile, beside other largo "spots" of great fortuity and Iwauty. Tho principal town of Union county aro litGrando, population 'J500. Union K)pulatlon 1!000; The Cove, Inland City, and Sonunorvillo. Union In tho county neat, It and IjiUrando aro both -on tho liuo of a transcontinental railroad. ill" county seat of Wallowa county in Enterprise; tho other principal town is TBOpll. . , j fully appreciate the resources or ad pa's of any of thet-o counties, it will i for the Immigrant or tourist to iwhs through them on a railway, wil gives nlm scarcely any idea as tlu aro. Hut thoy should them thoroughly, study their .Ivroductlons, and climate, and iyud curiously for tho groat, , idVonv untouched sources of ,Vhtc ill of them possess; and VeWlll.'Ig'.nly conclude thatthero jo iK'tter ptico to emigrate to nud set ,-fo in than hastorn Orvgon. It is remitted that I.leut, Chit 11. Seoilold, at present post adjutant at J'ort Walla Walla will shortly leavf for Washington to assume a position oii tho stall1 of his brother, Maj-Gen. Scoflold, cvumiandor of tho army, t sii TWHNTV YKA1W AUO. Ilmr I'rnillotnn Lonkvil nml Wlmt It Con ultlfil or In IHUU-rionecr ltemlnM rniii'Kit. The above cut Ih taken from 11 photo graph of I'endlotou taken In 18(11). and may bo found interesting an a contrast to tho l'oudletou of 188!). Tho two-story building stood where I'alck A Cohen'H store now Is. It was built by H. L. Morso, and was then occu pied by Iot I.lvormoro. "Of tho inon who worked on that building." writes Mr. Robert Iiruco, who Hont us the iihoto graph, "I think of only three to-day, S. Ii. Morso, Janien I-eliman, and au Hhull." Tho littlo ono-Htory Btoro on tho Bouthwcnt comer of Main and Court streets, whore Mllarkey'H building now stands, was built by J. S. Whito, now deceased, and occupied by IiIh son Millard, who wan tho second postmantor of l'eudleton, tho jiostolllco occujiylng a corner -tx(l In size In tho Btoro. "Tlio only living residents of rondlo ton," writes Mr. llruco, "bosldo .thono above mentioned, who wero thero when this picture was taken, aro Grandma Towusond, the grandmother of l'eudle ton, Clarence Townnend and Jim Jacobs. I could name tlio latu G. W. llailoy and wife, and tho widow of G. 1. LaDow, but they then lived on faruiH. W. C. Mc Kay and 11. It. Hlnhop did not make I'endletou their homos until later. Hold J. II. Turner wun running around Ton dleton in 1870 growling for want of 11 Iiouho, and in twenty days ho hud the largest house in town. Mo stopped a wagon-train at .Swift's .Station, a milo bo low town, hitched tho team on a house and hauled It up and placed It in position. Then lie nut on a "boiled shirt" and be gan practising law. 1 think Dr. McKay or 11. II. Bishop ought to write 11 book about the early days of Kantorn Oregon, commencing about 18.'t. Thou thero Is Mr. Fraker; he wan there in 1855, and Col. Steward, Jim Daniels, and M.igo Welch in 'f0 or Ml. I camped on tho old emigrant crossing of tho Umatilla in '('.', on, I believe, tho site of tlio llrst house In Pendleton, a log cabin, not Mrs. Good win's. "Tho llrst physician in Pendleton was named Miller, the llrst shoemaker u man mimed l'iinox, tho first blacksmith a man named Kennedy, tho llrst butcher shon wan kept by a man named Hustings, 'llio tlrstlirick building was erected by Moses Goodwin, of brick burned on ground owned at present by Aim .sturgis. When thoy wero tearing down tlio old Pendleton; hotel property, ono of those bricks ought to havo been preserved." Sure enough, all tho Pendleton thero was twenty years ago wun four or six buildings, with u two-horse team in front j u few carreerlng cowboys occasion ally whooping through; tlio travel stained anil weary emigrants camping on tho banks of tho Umatilla on their way to "Oregon" aud all around tho unin habited, and Biippoaed-to-lx) unlnhubitu bio plain. Wlmt will tho I'endlotou of twenty years honco bo? Tho contrast between now und then may bo us great as be tween twenty years ugo und now, Whether it shall bo so depends upon the people who aro In Pendleton to-day. Mr. S. L. Morse, referred to In Mr. Ilruco's letter, Is still u prominent citiion of Pendleton, und has scon tho town grow from its very beginning. Mr. Morso is u son of "Grandma TowiiboikI," ulludcd to by Mr. llruco, aud a brother of Mrs, A, M. Raley, who was then Mrs. Goodwin, tho original owner of tho towralto, nud who owned the tlrst building orocted within tho prcsont town limits. Mr. Morso corrects Mr. Druco In somo partic ulars, and uddd other particulars of inter est, us follows: Tho two building shown in the cut wero not tho only ones in Pendleton in 1800, thero belug ono where tho now Pen leton hotel stands, und two or thrco shanties between that aud Ilium's cor ner ; also u littlo building whero tho Yll lard House Is, used as u suloou. Another man who worked on tho building shown in tho picture was Frank Coats, now of Portland. Ho and Mr. Morso built and did busiuess in tho tlrst blacksmith and wagon shop, in tho roar of Falck & Cohen.s store, and they sold out to Kennedy. Jim Daniels und Gun Hill, tho latter now deceased, lived down tho river, Mr, Daniels whero ho etlll lives. Mr. Fraker, Mr. Morso thinks, was not hero then, and Mr. Welch did not come till 6M, when ho settled on tho place still occu pied by him, Mr. Morso burned tho brick.for tho lit tlo brick building lately torn down, 011 tho ground now occupied as a ronldeuco block by Mra.G. W. Ualloy. Mr. Hailey, who had kept tho Swift's Station hotel, I moved up to "l'endloton" In 1808, and It , . "... .1 1. 1.,.. n .. .i..., ,1.,. was largely iiirougu iiih uuuris uiu tuu townslto was located where It wan. John Wilson, called "Rig John," was ulso hero then, but wus u slnglo man. llo still lives, or did recently, In tlio county. Jolmatlmn Swift, who kept tho old ntu Hon, Hvoh ut or nojir Forest Grovo, Wash ington county. A man named Spears, who hud an In dian woman for a wife, lived on tho nlaco whoro Jim Jacobs now IIvch. Alio Wilson, now living near Pilot Rock, was Here about mat time. i;oi. htowuri nvcu on the place ntill owned by him till lately, near Pilot Rock. Mr. Morso thinks tho wagon shown in tlio cut was his. uh Mr. Stewart wan tho only parson In the country who boaftcd of 11 spring wagon. Tlio two men, or boys, in tlio wnKou, wore Hurl Stewart, now of Pilot Rock, aud his brother, since deceased, A1IOUT TACO.M A. II. I.'. Ilrrvnr Wrllri Onn or KU OlmrncU r lutlr, llrlnf, hut liileroatlni; I.Htnr. Tacoha, W. T., Dee. L'S, 1883. To the Eiltoror the Kant OroRoulnn. This week clear and cold, 'l UtlllllltWlY til tlll.4 I'llV. Aliout 1000 now houses are now'tinder construction here. Tho now warehoiifio Ih fil l feet by ll'J feet wide, und four stories high. It has 1500 piled drove in under it. It looks Hku business to sco from .10 to 10 steamboats and ships hero ut onco. I was shown 0110 block on tho hillside of Seattle co voted with houses that Is sliding dow n. Tho freight agent savH over 200 cars of Eastern Oregon and Washington wheat Ih now in the yards. Keith IlroH,, of Pendleton, own 12 lotn here, which cost them 0000 about ono year ugo. They aro now worth $22,000. Tho M. E. Church is building a f 0000 parsonage, und will erect a Hr,0U0 church In tho spring 011 tho corner of Eighth and G studs. Tlio city of Puyalhiii is located In a nice, rich valley, uino miles east of this city. It has a iioiiulutiou of 1000 and electric lights und city waterworks, mid will soon ho connected to this city by street car line. Many of our business men go and buy lots ut from $100 to 000 each for homes. Immigrants aro coming in by tho wholesale, and it Ih said that over f.', 500,000 of eastern money now lies in our bankH to bo Invested hero. Wo want more sawmills. Lumber is us high hero as in I'endletou. Plenty of deor meat is for salo hero. Reof Is also deor meat. I am building two largo two-story houses to rent. Good phunljers got $4 per day, und uro crowded with work. Two lots on lacltlo avenue sold last week for 50,000. Improvements aro worth about 1000. About 50,000 real esUto sells each day. Sales from January 1. 1888, to date-, 8, 070.301. When I havo tho time, I will writo a long letter. 11, E, Hieuvxr. Stage AccliUnt. Tho stage that left The Dalles last Monday for Prlneville, met with an acci dent ingoing up tho Deschutes hill from Bherar's bridge, Tho driver, .Mr. Hamil ton, waa walking ahead of tho team and Mr. Evuns, a passenger, was driving, whon ho perceived that a young horse Fn the team had loosed himself from tho bridle and becomo fractious, und the stago was in danger in going down the steep declivity. Ho called to the nossen gens to Jump, und all except a Chinaman escaped with but slight injuries. Ho rollod down tho hill with tho wagin, und was found in an unconscious condition, badly bruised about tho head. Ho after wants died and was burled at Tho Dalles. The Btage wus a total wreck and tho horses wero sevorely Injured. DIvUlou of Dakota. A voto has Ixnm taken by u Deadwood, Dak., pajwr on tho question of single or double statehood, and it is shown that a littlo mora than ilvo-slzths of those an swering uro in favor of division und ad mission us two states. Tho answers re ceived aro from various parts of southern Dakota, und those voting nro of all occu lutions and political faiths. This voto is talievwl to lw a fair representation of public opinion on the matter, which daily grows stronger. It is generally believed that division aud admission uro eimplv u question-of time, und while waiting tho outeomo witli consideroblo anxiety, tlio tieoplo have already begun to look" after the prlies to be secured when two now states uro admitted. I.KVI AKWr. President. Jacoii Krazkii, ham 1'. HTtmnis, Vice President. Cashier. a 11. WAnr, Aunt. Ciuihler. First National Bank ot Pendleton, Oregon CAPITAL. $70,000. SURPLUS, $140,350.63. STATEMENT DECEMBER 12, 1888. CONIIKNSKI). ItKHOUItCm Utam MM CO V. H. ioml 1N.U0O 00 Other HoikIi EU.II2 Kl ltcnl Kitutc IfiM W Dun front! ltcservc Accnt....8 4.RI2 IS Other llunli C0.4T3 DO Treasurer U. H 2.KV) (10 Cash W,IU 30 130,3t7 3S 1000,113 St MAllH.tTIIX Capital - t 70,0(H 00 HlirpllH 14,(100 01) Undivided l'rolltx liaW A3 !219,.V1) Kt Circulation - lfl.VOO 00 DcpoxIlM 4!I,(WJ 20 000,148 81 S. G. FIFIELD, DKAtiElt IN- Agricultural Implements. Wagons, Buggies, Hacks, aud Road Mm ' Mm Smith's Walk ing Gang Still in the Carts. Sgggggmmmkwmm- Lead. FARMERS' BARGAIN HOUSE. PENDLETOH NATIONAL Bl MAIN 6TBEET, PENDLETON, . 01F JAMES STEEL, . . R. SAMGENT, . v,ctI LEHMAN BLUM, . Transacts a General ExchaiiReSoldontLflpJ , Cities in Europe. Collections Made on FjJ lerniB, Interest Allowed on TiJ posits. Agency for tlio North n StoainshiiiCompiuiTl Tickets Sold from all TorU bl rcndlitoii, Oregon. PIDjCSTDLKTOnST, oKEaoisr, Court Street, Opposite New Court House. HENRY BOWMAN, BREEDER OF THOROUGHBRED Spanish Merino Sheep In this line of breeding appear tho iiuiitua ui suniu 01 ino most noted Wfiw sheep. Big Leg, Goldtlrop Victor, AVonder, Mystery, Sprightly and others of as good qualities Ilmvefor xsto StuodarU llrett Jluoks of pure SfANIHII MKItINO lll.OOI) nnU Orudod I'.O.IloxOia PENDLETON, OHEGON. NORTHERN PACIFIC BRANCH. PALMER & REY, Type Founders Press Builders -AND DE LKH8 IN- SPRINTING MATERIALS OF KVKUV DEHCKIPTION. NORTHS PACIFIC NEWSPAPER UNION Patent Outsldes, Insldes and Heme Plan. Aa wo manufacture our typo on tho Pacifln f!nnt . WA nm nli lr fill nl filintllV finrU With irntntrir nmmtnna. t a . . ... V a TV i,.vMtv. j-vtupuiM umn ugums ior aaiern iondric8. Ail oar imucrm is Buanmiminret-class, and wo supply outfita to a majority of tho print- luuuwing nottco irom tlio "Orcgonlan" la only ono of tho "Th new drew of Tils Obbqomah Ii from the typo founary ot IUlmbk 4 IUt, Ban Kranclico, The perfect flnUU of the type the clearness of Impreulon and beaalyof the totter ore quite aiiatliractory to the pro. prletors of this paper aa they must bo to IU readcrs.-Suulay Orrgonlan. HEAD HOUSE: 405 and 407 Sansom Street, San Francisco, California. Los Angeles, Cat: 115 and H7 Im Angele St. BRANCHES: Portland, On 112 and lit Kront Street New York: 18 aud 17 Tribune Uuildlng. A. B. Croasi lit KIllHT UTREn, FOHTLAND, ORE In the man you want to find vta J lie hat thebn'.ibxktll GENTS' To bo found In the Northwftl.i of tlio beit fellows lolnltJ you ever itrucic. tint areoi lot VERY BE And remember thub J Prices are Way Fred H. 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