771 THE WEST SHOEE.
snow in winter. The timber will be a ing its name from the latter gentleman,
source of great wealth, and valuable This firm opened a country store at this
mineral deposits will eventually be dis- point, and other adjuncts of a town soon
covered in the mountains of Morrow gathered around them, and Heppner be
county. The southern line of the coun- came a prosperous business community,
ty extends almost to the north fork of In the years that have passed, and es
the John Day river, and good wagon pecially since it became the seat of jus
roada will soon traverse the entire re- tice of a new county, it has grown and
gion. flourished and developed into a substan-
Morrow county was named in honor tial and prosperous business center. Its
of Hon. J. L Morrow, one of its earli- business structures are substantial, and
est pioneers, and still one of its leading the whole town presents a solid and per
and most respected citizens, ever prom- manent appearance. On pages 772, 829
inent in advancing its interests. The and 830, are given engravings of the
county is, as yet, somewhat isolated court house, school house, flouring mill
from the transportation lines of the one of the best in the state several
state, and this fact has been the great business blocks and private residences,
cause of its retarded growth. With a and a general view of the town. From
railroad through its agricultural por- these can be gathered a better idea of
tion, the thousands of acres of arable Heppner than from any description of
land, now vacant, would have been occu- its constituents. Nearly every line of
pied and cultivated. As it is, immi- business is represented, and the two
granU are now taking up claims there houses of Heppner & Blackman and
without waiting for the railroad to show Minor & Dodson carry huge stocks of
them the way. Among the branch lines goods, and are among the leading busi
projected by the 0. R. fe N. Co., is one ness houses of Eastern Oregon. The
from Pendleton to Heppner, and north public school house is a new and com
to tho main lino at Arlington. This will modious structure, and the school is
1k ono of tho first constructed by the maintained at a high standard. Many
company, and work will probably be of the residences are large and ornamen
commenced on it in the spring. This tal, and all new structures, of either a
road will give Heppner and Morrow privateer public nature, are first-class
county Asportation facilities equal to in every particular. Heppner will soon
thoHO of other regions, and lead to a become the most important town on a
more rapid development of the resourc branch line of the 0. R. & N. Co., whose
T !! , , construction will give it a new impulse
S 1 vZ , i 17 hmnm ily increa8iDS its h of trade. Its
Is n 21 fAfterfPg newspaper, the Gazette, is a live pub
u 2 k i; f f rt,a "y lication ad dei of the spirit of en-
iag here a town of such extent neatnl" Tf8 1&nd' and per"
and general air of th iff f 8D9 lookllS a live business point in