The west shore., November 01, 1880, Image 1

The West Bhoee.
VOL. 6-No. 10.
L Rmtil, Piibllihar,
I t WMlllUfUM St,
Portland, Oregon, November, 1880.
Far Annnia, I Hinu! mplM,
MEN OF MARK.
Foremost amongst the men who
have made the wilderness to blossom
as the rose is the subject of our sketch,
Dr. N. G. Blalock, of Walla Walla.
He is a native of North Carolina and
just in the prime of life, being 44 years
of age. Completing his education in
North Carolina and Tennessee he grad
uated at the age of 25 from the Jef
ferson Medical College, and at once
commenced practice in Central Illinois.
During the rebellion he served as
surgeon for threeyears in an Illinois Re
giment, after which, resuming practice,
a close application to it
caused his health to fail ;
to regain it he started
west, arriving in Walla
Walla in 1872. lie was
so charmed with the
country and its prospects
that the following year
he removed here with his
family. A fine practice
soon enabled the Doctor
to invest the surplus of
his earnings in unculti
vated lands. These he
did not allow to lie idle,
but brought them into cul
tivation as fast as pur
chased. He is now farm
ing 3,200 acres, 30 of
which is in the very
choicest plum and prune
orchard of his own plant
ing, and now in full bear
ing. To prepare these for
market a fine Plummcr
Fruit Dryer has been
erected in the orchard.
All his farming opera-
. tions, although carried on an extensive
scale, are so systematic that they an
nually yield him a handsome revenue.
From one farm of 3,300 acres he has
sold 103,000 bushels of wheat in two
years. The Doctor is also president
and chief owner of the Blalock Flume
and Lumbering Company, who, in
order to facilitate the bringing of timber
from the Blue Mountains, have con
structed a flume 28 miles in length, at
an expense of $5oxx and which is
Sow in successful operation. Thi
Company are just finishing up a con
tract made with the O. R. & N. Co., to
furnish 130,000 R. R. ties for their new
lines. The Doctor is also president of
the Blalock Wheat Growing Company
iuot formed, with a capital stock of
$120,000. They will carry on farming
operations very extensively, having
already secured between the John Day
and Columbia river 60,000 acres of fine
agricultural land. This they are fenc
ing as fast as possible, and 1SS1 will
witness 12,500 acres of it in wheat.
This extensive business has of course
compelled the doctor to relinquish his
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lucrative and universally successful
practice, much to the regret of his for
mer patients. In the city of Walla
Walla he has just completed for him
self a very handsome residence at an
expense of $13,000. The Doctor's
business tact and enterprise have been
the means of giving employment to
hundreds of men, and whilst he has re
ceived a generous share of the profits
of their labor he is yet a blessing to the
community in which he resides.
Ode to Tiir West Suork, $2.00.
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