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
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Other HoikIi EU.II2 Kl
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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.
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