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From. . the n o rth ern coast of Spain, sheep into
/h ills and stay until
the towns of Bil a f ^ and Viscaya sent g ^ ^ a m u la te l^ ^ ig ^ .'Trom slfeep owrie-r^
forth a vanguard in 1889 to the new th e r^ ^ ^ o r-e them , I would enable ,pur-’
w orld to seek a location sim ilar in chase o£ -flocks and ranges of their
togography and climate' and ’ adapted; own. ' /T heh the Basques, I who had
to the ancient occupation of sheep m ade this progress, would send for
rding. This they’ raund in the Nampa their relatives and friends from the
“old country.” I
iangle j i
o
f
Steens
m ountain.
Usually a cousin or bi other came
Here creeks and sm all lakes supply first. Then before m any years the en-
w ater; the soil supports various v ari
eties of grass; the clim ate is clear and
F or T hat P rofessional
dry. In a d d B a y tKe~ location was re
garded as sufficiently rem oved from
T ouch , U se SWP
large' centers of population providing
an abundanceiT'of wide open swtcbs
Borrow th e fam ous S h er
bOst suited forO n v ep raising. A sweep
w in-W illiam s P a in t a n d
of country, stretching 275 miles be
p ^ a i« B fStyl%& Book from;
us. H e ad q u arters fo r fänf-fv
tw een Crane, Oregon?
innem ucS
lauaB-S h e r w i n-W illiaips
ca, Nevada, overlapping into w estern
Paints?-- n atio n ally know n
Kor q u ality —p erform ance.
Idaho, furnishes a wide range.
I Th§/-settlers, am bitjpus .young men,
entered the U nited States by way of
Ellis Island. They quickly U drifted’
acrosshthe country in search of lands
340 Court St., Salem
embodying^ the
habitat
SJ
sheep herdm g. They found this at a
um ber of points in the northw est.
In Oregon today; the principal
Basque settlem ents are at McDcnaWt
neap the n o rth ern E l l a d a border; in
Jo rd an v alley /.ad jo in in g the Idaho
boundary; at Andrews, 125 m iles south
offfig@|®|| at Fields, 15 miles south of
SAND - GRAVEL
,C rane. Basques m ake their homes as
CRUSHED ROCK
far n o rth l^ W o r^ ^ p , at the junct ^ S
b iJg g ||M alh eu r riv er w ith .-Q Snake.
Ready Mixed Concrete ■
H istory says the first Basques in
G arderi/Sand
the country so on pro ved their w orth
Drivew
ay
andffi^W*7M'aterials
and ability as sheepherders and quic^-?
ly became topm ost in th at field of en
Phone 3-9249
E. Hoyt, Salem
deavor .^S^oyx^WQdldKtake bfBHBSI
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