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FEBRUARY 4, 1911. .
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OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY,
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SHERMAN FARMS ARE
PRODUCERS OF RICHES
People Are Prosperous and Community Boasts More Automobiles
to Population Than Any Other in Entire Northwest.
location North ntral Or
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SIIKRMAN roi'XTT ha an lega
tion ef JO to rrral thousand
feet, hut th avrrasw eleratiun of
th county I about 15 fet- It I
about mll ast of th Cascade
Mountain. Th Columbia form the
northern, the John Par the eastern, and
th fe-hute Itler the tern boun
dary. To the north of fhrrman I
Klickitat County. Washington; to th
east flltllam. and to th south and went
I A'uco County. Th total area of
Unl I 4 51.500 acre.
A a whole th county I composed
f rolling land. There a re but few
wooded dljtruts. and th soil, which
le of fin texture. I light gray la
color, darkening elVe-hlly when sub
Jected to moisture. Th climate of
Sherman County la th same In gen
eral as In other part of Kastern Ore
gon. Th mercury at time fills to
tero. and seldom lower. In Summer.
4 an t i dexr.es of beat I often ex
perienced, but In this dry. bracing at
mosphere. It I not oppresslTe. and
men laboring In th harvest fields are
Hot affected In th least Cases of
sunstroke are unknown, and th nights
are always cool and pleasant.
Nothing Indicate th prosperity of
th county belter than th number of
automobiles. hherman County boast
of owning mor automobiles per capita
tnan any other county In th North
west, there being: one automobile to
very IS people. ,
Sherman produces the finest draft
horses In th country. I'urlng th
past four years orer KOO.OOO worth
of thoroughbred Imported stallions
hare been sold In this county. Cattl
raising ha not received the attention
that has been devoted to horses, yet
there ar some fine herds of thorough
bred cattl. Tb Industry I now re
ceiving great encouragement through
th efforts of th Sherman County fair
Association, liogs and sheep do well,
and thousands of both animal are
raised on the different farm and
rang. For all kinds of stock ther
Is an abundance of feed and water.
Ther ar om 0.000 acres of Gov
ernment land, lying adjacent to th
lN.s.hutes and th John fay Itlvers.
which Is not adapted to farming pur
poses, but Is used by a great many of
the stock owners for pasture. On th
farms, however, ar to b found th
finest stock.
In 10'. Sherman County produced
r i.'i.Sl bushels of wheat. 110. 5
sacks of barley and 'lit sarks of oats.
While th flcurea for 110 r not
available. It Is estimated that th crop
of !) was almost duplicated. Th
acreage for lt. however, was greater
than that of 190T. A plow drawn by a.
single team of horses Is seldom used
bv a Sherman County farmer. He
drives from f"ur to II horse, one man
trunks nothing of firming a half sec
tion, and th majority of them farm
a great deal more. It I realised, how
ever, that th county would b much
better off If ther were mor farmers
and smaller farms, and most of them
ar beginning to realise th fact that
a small farm well worked will yield as
much Income as a Urge farm poorly
worked. As a result some of th hold
ing ar now bring divided. The rain
fall I small, but sufficient, as th ca
pacity of the soil Tr moisture Is so
great that nearly all of the rainfall
penetrates Into It- After a period of
continued rain the surface of the soil
Is saturated with moisture, which grad
ually subsides Into the ground, wet
ting It from two and a half to three
foet. The deeper soli does not readily
absorb the molstur. which Is. there
fore, utilized by the crops In th Spring
and early Summer. It Is this fact that
makes possible the enormous yields of
grain for which tne county Is noted.
Success has Invariably followed the
efforta of those who hav acquired
holdings In Sherman County and who
hav given Intelligent care to their
property. There are prosperous farm
ers In the county who went there as
wage-earners 10 years aso. The farm
er Is strictly - up-to-date. There I
scarcely a home without a telephone.
Automobiles are found on many of the
farms, and trips that a few years ato
necessitated several hours- drive with
a ia of horse now take but a few
minutes. The roads are well adapted
for autonioblllng. especially In th
Spring and FalL
It. t'mberaer. In charg of the ov
ernment Experiment Station at Moro.
Is doing good work In showing the
farmer the latest and most approved
methods In the cultivation of land.
An experiment farm has been estab
l.shed where the farmer profits by the
knowledge of men en:igod In agricul
tural pursuits throughout all America,
and even abroad.
Th Hill and llarrlman lines that
hav been building up the leschutes
Ulver durln the past li months, hav
been a source of rreat revenue for th
county, especially to the towns of Moro
and Grass Volly. as these points were
made the headquarters for both roads
during the grading and construction
work. Within tho boundaries of Sher
man County are three town of Im
portance, nearly of equal six and each
the center of a rich agricultural sec
tion. Th are Moro. th county seat:
Grass Valley and Waco. all on the
line of the O.-W. K. S. Company
Columbia Southern branch. Kent, ue
Moss Springs. Grants. Hufus and HlgKS
are -also important trading points,
though not incorporated. Moro. asco
and Grass Valley have electric lights,
excellent water and sewerage systems
and well-equipped fire departments.
There are four banking Institutions In
th county, all of which transact heavy
business.
Most of the religious denominations
are represented and the schools of the
county are excellent. Substantial
school buildings have been erected, and
all the various districts are well sup
plied with necessary apparatus and
educational facilities. Capable teach
ers working In harmony with the school
superintendent. W. C. Bryant, have co
operated in placing the school system
upon Its present solid basis.
The good roads movement Is receiv
ing much encouragement through the
efforts of the Sherman County Auto
mobile Club, an organization formed n
May 110. at the annual picnic held
at the frm of C. A. Huckley. near
tirass alley.
WASCO IS NOTED FOR
WEALTHY SHEEPMEN
Settlers. Finding That Luxuriant Crops Grow cn Hillsides. Have
Steadily Been Forcing Wool Growers Further Inland.
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Central Ore-
location North
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Area S10.7II acres.
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TH K session of I'll of the territorial
IgtsUture of Oregon created
Wasco County. The orlg'.nal coun
ty covered all of Kastem Oregon terri
tory from the summit of the Cascade,
to the summit f th Kocky Mountains,
an area of 130.000 square miles, the
largest county Oregon has l ad since Its
admission to th Cnlon. IVfor Oregon
was admitted as a state I til eastern
country Inclosed most ofshat Is now
Idaho and a corner of Wyorolns; larger
than th Stat of Connecticut. Itesld
th portions of these states sine taken
from Wasco. 11 other counties hav
been formed. Hood Hlver. the last, dur
ing; the Winter of l0S-o. and It still
contains 141.0:0 acre of tillable Und
valued at li.ll.-3. and 41.:o acres
of non-tillable land on which placed
a value of I.JM.o.
Th surface In the main l high. roll.
Ing pralrlr or table lands. The
northern part Is generally treeless, ex
cept along th water courses and on
tie mountain sides. In the southern
section fine timber Is abundant, espe
cially over toward the region of Mount
Hood. There ar Ave sawmills In the
county, which lake care of th timber
growing In tMs southwest section. Ac
cording to rlgure at Th Ialles I-and
ortlce. there Is still In this county til.'
oou acres of vacant land, but much of
ll.fs Is so rocky and otherwise worth
less as not to be worth settling upon.
It Is a peculiar fact that for many
years after whit people began to settle
here It was the universal opinion that
the prairies and bench lands would
produce no crops without Irrigation,
and Irrigation was Impossible by rea
son of the altitude and the undulating
surface. With an average precipitation
of about IS Inches of moisture, mostly
rain. In Winter, and an almost cloud
less aky from June to October, no one
cared to experiment with the dry hills.
So what Settlement was made was at'
The IalLr. with Government land re
maining vacant within a mile of the
city until th latter part of the .
About this time stockratstng was
taken up In earnest, th native bunch
grass being everywhere rank and abor
dant and of the most nutrltlv quality
In the world, and li-cusands of cattle
roam! li -ill, while fortunes wer
mad by many. Gradually, a svttlers
found It was very easy lo raise the
finest of crops on the hillsides and
bench lands, and the land was taken up
as donation, homestead, pre-emption
and timber ctalrns. th cattlemen were
driven to other localities and there
were fewer and fewer larg herds.
Then band of sheep begun to dot th
Mils for they could subsist on a much
smaller range. The southern part of
the county Is noted for Its millionaire
sheepmen. II. C. Kooper. an Antelope
man with large sheep Interests, re
rentiy said that the expenses of sheep-ralstng-
have greatly Increased In late
years, not oniv because of the In
creased cost of living and higher wages
paid herders, but because of encroarh
teg settlers the grazing Is shorter and
Cnel Sam Is charging mors for graz
ing privileges In forest reserves. Th
rtUuc'.lon of Urlll on wool means di
rect competition with woolgrower In
th Argentine, where labor is to be had
for almost nothing and there I limit
less paaturage. The effect of all this Is
to reduce th number of sheep raised
and lo this way to reduce the wool out
put. -Where one man has kept three large
bands of sheep." said Mr. Hooper, "he
now has two medium-sued bands, and
another who formerly had two bands
now has one large one. The men with
the Immense sleep holdings are dispos
ing of them. WM.e last Winter was a
hard season on sheep, the cold and
snow lasted o long, the sheepmen gen
erally managed to get through without
loss, for Spring came early and was
warm and line for the lambing season.
There was about 1.SOO.UU0 pounds or
wiml. or 9J carloads, marketed In
Wasco County t'.ls season, of even liner
quality than usual. The man with the
smaller sheep holdings row has a bet
ter chance than In the earner days."
Along the Columbia itlver. which
bounds Wasco County on the north, be
tween the falls of Olilo and Th
Iatles. ar many nshwheels. fish scows
and other appurtenances for catching
salmon for shipment and local sale.
Seufert Pros., three miles above The
I'ttlles. and I. L Taffe. of Celllo. are
very largely engaged In this business.
Seufert Uros. have an Immense can
nery one of the largest In the state. In
operation at Seufert station, and the
past year shipped about 60.0"0 cases of
the fish. Many of the Indiana make a,
regular business of salmon llshlng and
have become well to do. owning one or
more fish scows.
The pst year hs witnessed tinpre
cedentej railroad development In the
county. .The Oregon Trunk, a Hill line,
has pushed south on th west bank of
the lcschutes River, which forms the
eastern boundary between Wasco and
Sherman counties. Trains are running
over more than 10 miles of track laid
the past year Into Central Oregon. The
mammoth bridge being built across the
Columbia at the mouth of the Des
chutes Klver. to connect this road with
the North Hank Hallway, will not be.
completed for two year, but connec
tion Is made now by using Immense
barges which carry material an sup
plies across the Columbia.
On the east bank of the rvschutesr
In Sherman County, a llarrlman line Is
being hullt. paralleling- the Hill line. To
"facilitate the moving of rolling stock
a double track lins been laid by the O.
XV: It. ft N. from The Oalles to the Des
chutes Klver. This la a very line piece
of roe!, and reduces grade and curves
hweii the two points to a minimum.
The new road crosses the old several
times. Moth tracks have been In use
since the completion of the new one.
The Great Southern Hallway, which
runs south from The Dalles to Dufur.
was surveyed south In the Summer for
some distance from the Inst-named
point. It Is reported that the capital
behind the road Is interested In big
timber holdings which the rosd will
tap. and also a railway freight outlet
will be provided for the large wheat
area that occupy the middle southern
section of the county.
This Winter, too. has seen the exten
sion of Ihe portage railroad from The
Italics to Hlg Eddy to connect with the
state portage road there, and work Is
well under way at Hlg Kddy on the re
maining three-firth of the nine-mile
Celllo Canal. The portage road was
built to carry steamboat freight be
tween The Dalles and Celllo and so '
provide a way to ship by water from
Iwtston. Idaho, to the ocean. The
road will not be needed when Ihe canal
Is llnishcd. Yearly appropriations of
11.000.000 are now made by Congress
until the canal Is finished and the work
ha been taken directly in hand by the
United States Government. Permanent
quarters have been established at Big
Eddy, with plain, substantial, sanitary
frame buildings for feeding and hous
ing 30 to 1000 men. Machinery is on
the ground and the work la well under
way.
Fruit haa been raised here since
Father Mesplle. a Catholic missionary,
planted fruit tra In 1847. There Is
now In Wasco County an area of 30x40
square miles which Is capable of pro
ducing as fine fruit as was ever exhib
ited, and thousands of acres are al
ready planted and In bearing. During
the past three years 500.000 fruit trees
have been planted and orchard of
eevry variety of fruit that may be
rasled In a temperate climate surround
the towns and sweep to the very tops
of the hills. The temperature here fa
vors the raising of early fruit and
vegetables for market, as In th section
near The Dalles the last frosts In the
Spring come earlier and the first frosts
of Fall come later, giving a long ma
turing season. Wherever the land I
not occupied with orchards, new or old.
there are fields from which wheat, rye
barley or alfalfa has been cut and the
land Summer fallowed for another crop,
for this Is the method used to raise
such large crops of cereals without lr-.
rigatlon. Many of these field have
.been cropped continuously for the past
JO years and still give a fine yield of
grain. It is no uncommon thing to
raise three big crops of alfalfa on a
piece of land during the season. At
Kowena. on the o.-W. R. & N. line, was
this year a field of 50 acres of corn lhat
will average about ten feet high. This
was on bottom land near the river, but
It Is generally conceded that the nights
are too cool successfully to grow much
corn.
One of the advantages of the section
la Ha freedom from wind and electrical
storms and the cool nights of Summer.
Outdoor sleeping apartments are the
rule, and the air la very delightful and
th climate healthful and Invigorating.
The Italics, the county seat of Wasco,
Is a progressive city, situated on the
south bank of the Columbia River. 8S
mile above Portland. During the year
Just passed this city haa felt as never
before the tide of progress and clvio
Improvement. A beautiful City Hall
was completed In 1908. The chief Im
provements In 110 were as follows:
Modern flve-etory 180.000 hotel was
finished by a stock company of busi
ness men; Second. Tnlrd and Fourth
streets. In the business and residence
section below the bluff, have all been
paved; about 135.000 has been expended
on a concrete dam and piping at the
head of Mill Creek to augment the sup
ply of city water, which, coming from
th side of Mount Hood, la clear, cold
and pure; tle electric power property
was sold, the plant overhauled and Ita
capacity doubled. Insuring all the light
and power needed by the city for
years to come; the Elks- lodge built a
$40,000 temple: the Masonic lodge com
pleted an IS0.000 four-story brick
block; the site has been selected and
work begun on an ISO. 000 Federal
building to be used for the land office
and postofflce; the First National Hank
haa purchased the ground for a fine
three-story business block; the O.-W.
H. ft N. has completed the Mill Creek
fill and will erect a large depot.
In almost every residence block one
or more new homes have been built
during the year, and lota are being sold
for from $150 to $5000. according to lo
cation. Ample educational facilities are
provided, the School Hoard keeping;
step with progress In other lines In the
city. A $20,000 modern addition ha
been built the last year to the Court
street School, below the blurf. The
Husiness Men's Association has put up
a sightly building near the depot and
through the efforts of Its secretary an
exhibit of products of this section is
on display.
The business men of The Dalles knew
the full possibilities of the country- and
are Investing heavily. The land re
turn big Interest at present prices.
Delicious grapes are grown near here
and one vineyard netted Its owner $850
an acre. Cherries, for which this sec
tion Is Justly famed, net about $400 an
acre. Chicken raising Is very profit
able, the mild Winters being a factor
counted upon. One farmer, a few mile
south of the city, netted $"0 a month
hiring the Spring season from an or
dinary flock of farm poultry. Vegeta.
blea and fruit from this point reach
market In the Spring In time to com
pete with the California product, and,
of course. In better condition.
Manufacturing Is carried on to a
large extent here, there being In op
eration at present two box factories,
one brl k yard, one cigar factory, two
flouring mills, two Ice plants, two
Iron works, one planing mill, one soda
factory and one scouring mill.
The shipments during the year have
been as follows: Wool. 5 cars; stock.
5 cars: flour, 1750 .-ar: watermelons,
30 cars: cherries. 20.000 boxes: peaches.
45.000 boxes: prunes and plums. 47.000
boxes; grapes. 10.000 boxes; rataloupes,
ISO boxes: tomatoes. 000 boxes; apples,
30.000 boxes: pears. 6000 boxes; other
fruits, berries and vegetables, 5000
Hallway and river transportation
facilities are unexcelled anywhere.
There are 14 passenger trains a day
over the O.-W. R. ft N.. while the Spo
kane. Portland ft Seattle road, across
the river, has half as many dally. Two
lines of steamships operate dally boats
between this city and Portland.
Dufur Is a very pretty, up-to-date
little city, situated on Fifteen Mile
Creek, and Is the terminus of the Great
Southern Hallway. It is the center of
thousands of acres of grain flelda and
the first load of wheat marketed In
the county last Summer was at this
point. Much of the fine stock of the
county Is raised near there. Blooded
horses and cattle from near Dufur
make a good showing at the district
fair held at The Dalles each. year.
Dufur has a hOrsegrowers' association
that is actively Interested In the grow
ing of pedigreed animals.
OH fields are situated only a short
distance from the town and oil from
the native wells Is used to lay the
dust on the streets. Electric power is
furnished for tho city from the plant
at White Klver. In this section, as
elsewhere, the Impetus toward fruit
growing Is felt and the grain fields
about the city are being plowed up
and planted to apple trees. Prlrewln
nlng specimens of apples were exhibit
ed at the district fair this Fall.
Mosler Is a thriving village on the
line of the O.-W. R. & N.. which haa
awakened to the possibilities of the
land surrounding .It and has a wide
awake commercial club to exploit Its
advantages. The land is being largely
planted to apple orchards, and it Is
stated that the soil Is th same voL
cantc ash as that of Hood River Val
ley. Just as fine apples have been
raised near Mosler as In the other
vallvy. Much attention la also being
paid to truck gardening.
Shaniko Is at the terminus of the
Columbia Southern Railway In the
southwestern section of the county. It
Is the distributing; and supply point
for a large grain and stock-growlna
section. It has progressive citizens,
and. with the railroad development in
the county, Is growing rapidly.
Antelope Is situated- on a plateau or
tableland ten miles from Shaniko and
Is In the heart of the sheep-growing
district of the county. The grain
raised there Is mostly cut for hay.
There are many thriving communi
ties scattered over the county which
are as up-to-date and progressive as
any of the larger ones that hav been
mentioned. The aettlers coming In
from the East are mostly from th
Mississippi Valley and are eager to
learn the Oregon farming ways, and to
combine thrm with the best Eastern
farming methods.
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Where They Raise One-Sixth of the Wheat Crop of the Entire State of Oregon
Sherman County is one division of Oregon that
is particularly in need of a larger population. The
issue is far from oue-sided, too, for new people who
come into this county will find great opportunities
awaiting them. While Sherman County will benefit
by their coming, it will benefit less than the new
residents themselves. There are opportunities for
monev-niaking in this part of Oregon that will prove
a veritable gold mine to Eastern farmers who are
handicapped by unfavorable climatic conditions. The
man who is interested in bettering his financial con
dition will find it to his advantage to investigate the
openiugs in Sherman County.
Large farms have been the handicap of Sherman
County, and still are. But the' large laud-owners are
now gradually selling parts of their holdings, and
the day of the small farm is dawning. This is as it
should be, for a few acres of the fertile land will
support a family. Many of the farmers now own
hundreds, and some thousands of acres. When the
process of cutting up the large laud holdings is fur
ther along, Sherman County will enjoy even greater
prosperity than at present.
Sherman County is located on the Columbia, Des
chutes and John Day Rivers, in North Central Ore
eon. Within its borders are 300,000 acres of tillable
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The Dortions of Sherman County that are seen from the railroad along
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?eni.nt Conditions are ideal for raising cattle, horses, hogs and sheep. The Portland packing plants otter a market for
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-befjy, hogs Md cattle at au re gandv cliffs, and are not inviting. But a
branch line to the interior takes one into quite a different country.
There are to be found fertile fields of grain and hay sweeping over
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wiae areas, xuere me gaiu, vi,v.T - j
makes up a thriving farming community. Thew) are also prosperous
towns, and warehouses bulging with grain. No part of Sherman County
is more than fifteen miles from a railroad, and the short haul necessary
makes possible high profits to growers of grain and other products
that must be shipped to market.
Sherman County at present is above all else a grain-growing sec
tion. More than 3,000,000 busliels of wheat are produced annually,
and the county produces one-sixth of the wheat crop of Oregon. If
the farms were smaller, and still devoted to wheat production, the
yield would be larger. The reason for this is that the average yield,
which is now 22 bushels an acre, would be increased by more thorough
farmin" methods. At present volunteer crops, as well as those on
sown ffelds, are harvested. Barley and oats also give a heavy yield
in the county. .
The soil of Sherman County is exceedingly productive. It is a ricn
sandv loam, volcanic in origin. The rainfall averages only ten inches,
but it comes at the season when most needed, and the size and regu--t
a,-;,ln(. of it Kiiffii-ienev. The cauacitv of the
soil is so great that nearly all of the moisture is retained. Moist winds
from the coast also feed the growing vegetation, and Sherman County
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farmers make no complaint of too Utile rain. In fact, the rainfall just before seeding and during tne growing sea.ua juh
cnUuralTonegerhe encouraged this method. In the past farmers have gone in almost exclusively for stocking or grain production on a large
scale, and have tended to overioon me prions m
gardening, dairying and kindred pursuits. But they
are now finding that these things can be combined
with profit. The future Sherman County will be a
district of diversified farming.
Originally Sherman County was devoted almost
altogether to stockraising. Much of the land that
today is cultivated was then covered with bunch
grass. Stock roamed almost at will over the range.
Today not only the low land but much of the bench
land is in cultivation, and stockrajsing. while still a
profitable industry, is confined to private holdings.
While less stock is raised the quality has improved.
High-grade animals of all kinds are now to be found
on Sherman County farms. There are still, however,
several Government reserves within easy access, use
of which is open to the stockman at a reasonable
charge. These are used chiefly as sheep pastures,
the flocks being driven back to the farms for Win
tering. . . .
The production of alfalfa has given a decided im
petus to darying and other branches of stockraising.
There is extensivelacreage on which several large crops
of alfalfa a year can be produced without irrigation.
The residents of Sherman County were slow to
realize the opportunities at hand for fruit produc
tion. So far there are very few commercial orchards,
but farmers who raise fruit as a side line have been
lLZVh: otm whic are making Oregon o famous.
Considering the advantages in bherman county, me price ox ..o. 'rini.er .art of the country. The price of grain lands varies from
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$'0 to $.50 an acre, and, as has been shown, the soil is unexcelled for
erain production. Fine grazing lands may be purchased at from $2..0
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to $15 an acre, while tnere is sun grazing imm mav "i
under Federal laws. The Government land lies chiefly near the Des
chutes and John Day Rivers and is mostly hilly and uneven. There,
are lare areas of wheat land that may be bought at reasonable figures
and the profits in this line are certain. Moreover, much of this land
is adaptable for general farming, and the buyer will find that a com
paratively small tract is sufficient for a good livelihood. Much of the
land that is on the market is owned by men who have mnde fortunes
and desire to retire. Very reasonable terms are open to purchasers.
The-men who have become rich from the products of Sherman
County land seem to be the rule, rather than the exception. It is
declared that there are more retired farmers there than in any other
county on the Pacific Coast, population being taken into consideration
Many who are not retired have become wealthy. It is no exceptional
circumstance for a wage-earner to lease a small tract and eventually
become a large landowner. A great many Sherman County farmers
have attained wealth after starting with little or no capital.
There are four good-sized towns in Sherman County, but no large
cities. Moro is the county seat, and has a good water system, electric
ac AnH nthpr fldvantaeres. These advantages are
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also shared by Wasco, Grass Valley and Kent All of these places are reached Ujin o e" thickiy 'TiOT. t
ZZtZtTZ vlLhebfUePiir1 are well constructed and attractive. There
are also telephones in Wrly eyeryhome m town and county Development League. It is made up of the most active men of
totflie uaiY J The leaAie i a Duh Sie bodv and has no other interest than the promotion and prosperity of the
the county and has its headquarters at Moro The league is a P"lic body -and n addressed to it will be promptly answered.
county. It is in a position to give any oesireu iuiuiujuuuu .-
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A. H. Banram's (Moro, Oregon.) Thoroughbred Hereford Cattle.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
THE DALLES, OREGON
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits .$120,000.00
We are prepared to grant every facility required of a careful
conservative bank.
J. S. Schenck, President. Max A. Vogt, Cashier.
Ed. M. Williams, Vice-President.
EASTERN OREGON BREWING CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIGH-GRADE BEER
Fine Bottle Beer a Specialty
A. Keller, Pres.
The Dalles, Or.