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THE OIIEGON DAILY JOTJRKAIi, PORTLAND, FBIPAX : iWiattjCr,- ; AUQUST 15 1902.-
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THE GRAND
VALLEY
Region . That Is Known to . But
Portlanders, . But Which Has a
Great future
(Journal Special Bervlce.)
' LA GRANDE, Aug. M.-L Grande,
Union and Ellgn are the three principal
cities of the Justly famous Grande
Konde Valley. La rande Is the best
: known throughout the state as the site
f the sugar beet factory. A rich fann
ing district surround it and makes It a
good business point Two rural free des
tfvery route have teen established and
the establishment of two more Is con
templated. ' 'Though not a free delivery city, no
letter carriers being employed, yet a
' system of mail collection Is in force. The
letter boxes located throughout the busl
1 ness district being collected ' by a clerk
In the La Grande poetoffice. I left La
; Grande In the late afternoon and mount
ing my wheel took the road to Hot
Lake.- Grain fields and hay field stretch
out broad and level on all Bides. Com
, t fortable a4 . well-built . farm houses,
- roomy barns, aleak cattle and. horses are
to be seen on every hand and give evl
( fence" of the prosperity of the farmer.
. In .place ot the almost universal wire
fence or stake and rider, yon see broad
fences of roughly , piled stone, som
' meadows , being thickly dotted with
." stones, which are utilised, in building
tnllea of stone walls to enclose the fields.
Buch field are used, of course, for pa-
ture. Just at supper time I dismounted
at the Hot Lake Hotel and Sanitarium.
' These hot springs are-a peculiar nat
ural phenomenon and are worthy of do?
crlptlon. A few years ago Dr. MIn
thorn and B. 8. Cook. , of Salem, built
' a Sanitarium here, selling out about a
r year ago' to the present owner, Dr. G. W.
, Tace. . .,-;V ...
At present there are a hotel and eight
cottages, but these proving Insufficient
v. to accommodate the guests,4- contracts
' have been let for the erection of a large
.and commodious hotel' which, with the
, . ' present buildings, will' accommodate' 125
guests.' The flow from the various hot
springs amounts to 8,200,000 gallons per
' day' The water boils up at a tempera
ture of ISO degrees and forms a lake Off
ering an area of seven acres.,
1 , fho whole lake is kept warm by the
. ' . tonstant inflow of the boiling water,
.-, 1 The water resembles in medicinal qual
ities the Arkansas Springs, though it is
70 DEGREES HOTTER
than tbey are and has much more vol
. ume. , ,
The lake emits the characteristic odor
i :, of sulphurated hydrogen. The hot water
is made very useful, not only for hot
, baths, steam baths and mud baths, but
it eteo serves asa Bystem of steam heat
for the hotel. S
Long before white men come into the
Grande Rondo Valley the Indians i
sorted to the springs to drink the water
and to bathe in the pool formed by the
. i, hot springs. It was not only the In.
" dlan's "big medicine," but it was the re-
sort of .bands of elk and deer. Wash
ington Irving in "Astoria" speaks of the
' return of the Astor expedition! ,. "Travel-
. Ing this plain, they passed close to the
skirts of the hill a great pool of water
three hundred yards In circumference
fed by a sulphur, spring 10 feet in diam
eter boiling up In the center. The vapor
, " from this pool was extremely noisome'
, and .tainted the air for a considerable
, ' distance. The place was much fre
quented by elk and their horns, shed in
the spring-time, were strewn,, to every
direction around the pond."
. - The Grande Ronde Valley has several
other hot springs all of which In time
.? will probably become resorts; for (here
can be no question as to their ' curative
i " qualities in cases of stomache trouble,
, r Indigestion and rheumatism.
, r Next morning I rode on to Union, pas-
sing on the way large fields of heavy
headed wheat, orchards and gardens
and, as far as the eye could reach, hay
' fields. I stopped by a little stream ana
leaning my wheel against an overhang
ing cottonwood tree I unslung my cam
era to take a picture of the valley.
"Do you irrigate your hay lands?" I
enquired. "No, the Grande Ronde backs
p over the low lands In the spring and
Catherine and Elizabeth Creeks gen
erally overflow, bo considerable of the
' land is under water for a little while In
the spring. This field Is wild oats. It
was in sugar beets last year, but wasn't
.cultivated well and it got foul with wild
. oata It has made a very heavy crop.
Most of the hay around here is tlm--,thy
From where I stood I counted the hay
Stacks in sight There were 25 of them
' : which would average from 28 to 30 tons
, to tho stack.. Wheat, hay and suga
-"beets are the principal crops about
Vrlon and La Grande. Union is quiet
" and peaceful little farming town. It Is
bemtifully situated and gives one the
impression or a quiet nome town, not a
hustling; busy, trading town. It is in
teresting from a historical standpoint.
One of the first men I met was E. S.
; McComas, who gave me many interest
' Ing reminiscences of the early .lays.
"I passed through -Union in 18(2 and
i have been here or In tho vicinity most
- - 01 the tlmeslnce," he said. "The town,
was started- in that year-1862. Fred No
Jdlne, Imcle- George Wright, and M. c.
'". Israel were among the first settlers. It
was during the Civil War and it was
"that which gave the town its name
Union, .JiJy.'i v.? - . .
"Yes, this Is not only a beautiful val
: ley. but.it is a very rich little valley,"
Mid Mr, McComaSy 'Jt is about
38 MILES LONO AND. lfi ACROSS.
I the central portion; nsreowlng toward
each end. We raise wheat, oats, barley,
. sugar berti, hay, fruit and lire stock.
Mr, Eaton, who owns the woolen mills,
t can tell you about the amount of hay
, raised and shipped. H Is one ot the
7 large land owners in this region. ' A. B.
Connelly, of Cove, who Is called the
RONDE
OF OREGON
Few
Union County, can iell
amount of grain raised
wheat king of
you as to tbfi
here, and Hutchison Bros.
can also tell
They own a
you about hay, stock, etc.
great deal of land in the valley. JVhen
you get to Elgin you will find a won
derful timber country and at Perry the'
Grande Ronde Lumber Co. have a ca
pacity of 100,000 feet dally. They saw
yellow pine. t Timber here is 'of good
quality, but.fhe Blue Mountain timber
will not yield so much per section as the
coast timber in Tillamook or Lincoln
counties. It does not run in the Bltfe
Mountains over million and a quarter
to a million and a half feet to' the quar
ter section. e '.have some good- mine
not far from here. At North Powder
they are arranging to put in a stamp
mill. The ore runs from $16 to 120 to the
ton in gold. At Eagle Creek in the San- '
ger district they have a 10-stamp mill.'
"Who ate the old-timers here?" ,
"Well, Ben Brown, the assessor, is one
of the old timers, and Connelly and Car
roll, and Durham Wright and Jim Hut
chison and H. J. Geer and many others
living In the valley. In 1S62 I hauled.
freight from The Dalles to Auburn. J
miles above Baker City. Auburn was
the first mining town in Eastern Oregon
and had a population of about 6000 it,
18fi2. It is a 'has been' now, only -a few
old timers llvlnf there and some China
men who are working the tailings of the
old placer mines.
''In the eirly days the sixties every
thing came in by bull-team or pack
trains. A good many of our well-to-do
men got their start at 'bull-whacking.'
A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
"I was associated in bumlness in early
days with R. W. Deale, who usoil to run
J, freight outfit in 1863, '6i and '65. I
have seen him bring in $10,000 in gold
dust as payment for a single freight
shipment He charged from 8 to 10 cents
per poundL and ran IS teams conslsting.jpf
10 oris yoke of oxen to each outfit, a
large wagon and trailer.. The shipment
1 spoke of .was from Umatilla landing to
Silver City. Geo. W. Hunt, who after
wards built a railroad from Pendleton to
Wallulu Junction, was the freighting
king of those days.. He ran more outfits
frfm Umatilla Landing to the upper
country than any one else in the busi
ness. Steamboats brought the freight
from Portland to the Cascades, then it
went over the portaga road to , Upper
Cascades, then It was again put on the
steamboats and taken-to The Dalles. It
was taken by. the portage road to Celllo.
Then, If the freight , was for. Southern
Idaho, it was taken by steamboats . to
"TJiriaulIa tending or if for Northern
Idaho, by steamboat to Lewtston, on
Snake river. . i -f .
"Florence and the Salmon River coun
try ran pack trains from Lewlston to
the mines, as It was top rough for 'bull
whacking outfitsj Placerville, Boise
City, Bannock and Silver City were good
camps in those early days. Through the
sixties,' Eaton used to rah a freight out
fit. Mining or freighting were the two'
principal Industries then."
A little later I met Mr. Brown at the
court-house. He was not too busy to tell
me of the early days,'
"Don't call me Mr. Brown. It don't
sound natural. Evry man, woman and
child In Union County calls me Ben
Brown,'! he said, arid I asked him to tell
me of the beginning of things in Union
County. "Weil I
CAMP HERE, IN OCTOBER, 18GL
In January 18li2 we built the first house
In the Valley, at what is now La Grande
There "were nine men in our party and
one woman my wife. Our party con
sisted ot S. M. Black, William Chaffln.
Richard Marks and William Marks, Job
Fisher, Robert Alexander, William Mc-
Cauley, E. C. Crane and myself and
wife. , We took up claims and built four
log houses in the form of a square. They
were provided with loop holes and were
to serve as a fort. W e were going' to
connect them with a stockade, but just
about then the Auborn diggings tetan
went there and I began hauling freight;
went there and I began hauling freigt;
so we never finished our fort, I hauled
the first freight ever brought to La
Grande. I got 8 cents a pound, freight
age, we never had any. trouble with
the Indians. They put up a pole eight
rales north of La Grane. painted it, and
notified the settlers that they would allow
no land to be taken up beyond that stake.
Captain Curry ot, Walla Walla came
down, held a conference wfth the Indians?
a few of the: Indians were killed and
they pulled up their stake and no more
was heard of the matter."
Hay and grain. I presume, are your
main crops here," I said.
'Wheat is the principal crop, but live
stock and fruit are also large Industries.
I am the 'Assessor and of course i do
not begin to get all of the stock, as the
owners are very liable to under-estlmate
their holdings; but it is safe to say
that there are about 16,000 cattle in the
Valley, 100 horses and 6000 or more head
of swine. The hogs are turned-Jn the!-al
falfa wheatfteld and pick up a good
living.' ? ?
I had a long talk with Fred Giebie,
one of the leading merchants of La
Grande, and with D. H.' Cronter, a mer
chant of Union. They both think the In
land Empire, and especially Jtbe Grand
Ronde Valley nas
A BRIGHT FUTJJRE.
To illustrate the rewards In store' for
the Investment of capital, 1 will mention
the case ot the Union Woolen Mills. The
mill was built flv ; years ago by the
farmers. - It. was adjoint stock company
and wa incorporated.' Conflicting opin
ions and Incompetent management made
of It a failure. A. E, Eaton, one of the
largest shareholders. : bought out -the
other snareholders about three years ago.
It was closed until toe 10th of March,
1990, when It started up under the own
ership of Mr. Eaton and under" the man
agement of John P. Wilbur of Providence,
JJ. j. Mr. Wilbur had been connected
with the Waterloo milis . and - had been
foreman of the Thomas Kay mills at
Salem for two years., Tnty-four .years'
experience fn the Coast trade convinced
htm there was a good opening for j
woolen mHls. The mill was started up and
a little later he, went East, with the
samples, returning r.wlth i some T good
orders. From that day the mill has been
busy. At present ' they . sre refusing
orders, as their product is sold In ad
vance for some time.
Forty bands are employed. Nothing
but pure woolen goods are made, ' all
waste and rags being sold to other mills.
Their output consists of blankets and
robes. The blankets range Sn price from
$4 to $15 per pair, whoiesaV The out
put Is about 12,000 pair of imnkets per
year. Last year's business amounted to
about $75,000. . ... ..
"I reeeaUy'rnada a M-day trip to flan
Francisco and the; Bound country and
came back with ; orders for $27,000 worth
of blankets and robes, ' said Mr. Wilbur.
"The v stock on hand Is probably worth
abotft $85,000. ; We ship , to Denver, Chi
cago, "Portlandj "' Hawaii and Eastern
pqlnts." FRED LOCKLET, JR.
HAPPENED .,
; ' T0BEFFEL
Had But" Few Layoffs
Accidents
Between
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RACINE, Wis.,, Aug. 15,-Peter Beffel, a
carpenter and contractor Of this city, can
no doubt lay claim to having met with a
larger number of accidents la his lifetime,
and; still live to tell It, than most persons
in the world. , ' . ' "
Beffel is about 60 years of age. Thirty
odd years ago his misfortunes commenced
when hot hands were terribly ripped by
a buss saw. Recovering from this, both
of his ankles were broken by a fall from,
a house. Next in order several ribs were
broken, then his left arm and later the
right arm. His bead" was out ooen and
jaw toroken by 'a fall.
For a time his misfortunes ceased. Less
than two yeare agp both of his legs, were
broken at Milwaukee and he was crushed,
about t b body so that few bopes were
whole. It took over a year to get around.
Shortly after, he fell from , step ladder
and was injured dangerously internally.
Now he again has a broken arm, having
been Injured at Kenosha.
.Beffel said today that he did 'not believe
he had a whole bone in, his b6dy.
S00 DT BISMARCK.
And Trains, Will' Be Running in
Two Weeks.
(Journal Special Service.)
BISMARCK, N. D Aug. 15. The lay
ing of steel on the Bismarck extension
of the Soo road war "practically complet
ed today ana by the first of nex"t week
everything will be in readiness for the
running of trains. It Is planned to run
freight trains over the new lines for
10 days or two weeks before Inaugurat
ing passenger service, in ordfr to test
the roadbed, and passenger trains there
fore probably will not be running into
the North Dakota capital until Septem
ber 1.
IRISH AGAINST IT.
Denounce Coercion and Commend
. the Irish Party.
(Journal Special Service.) ' 1
CHICAGO, Aug. fS; Coercion in Ire
land was denounced and the policy of the
Irish parliamentary party In the British
House of Commons cemmended at the
annual National demonstration of the
United Irish Societies of Chicago held at
Sunnyside Park today. Col. John F.
Flnerty, ex-Member ypf Congress; presid
ed, and speeches were made by several
prominent Irish orators.
DITCHED AT
CASTLE ROCK
Northern Pacific Work Train En
gine Left the Ties.
(Journal Special Service.)
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Aug. 15. En
gine No. 498, attached to the Northern
Pacific work, train between Castle Rock
and Kelso, was ditched here yesterday,
delaying, passenger train No. 8 (Portland
to Seattle) about three hours. No one
was hurt. , .
SEVENTY-SECOND INDIANA. '
(Journal Special Service.)
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 13. Survivors
of the Seventy-second Indiana Regiment
which belonged to the ' famous "Wilder
Brigade," today celebrated the 40th an
niversary of the regiment's muster into
service by going Into camp at Columbia
Park, this city. There is an attendance
of veterans and their friends "from sev
eral counties, but it ,1s noticeable that
the friends are more numerous than the
veterans, death having played havoc 1A
the ranks' during the last few years, and
it seems . not improbable that this will'
be the last reunion, of the regiment
WHITE COLLAR JJNB 30ATS.
Astoria, dally 7 a. tn. except SunSayA
The Dalles, jflally T a. except Sun
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Alder street dock. Both 'phones, Main
. Subscriptions' received for The Journal
at any of. B. B. Rich's cigar stores, r -
LINE. IN .OKLAHOMA
Arkansas and Western Bought tyr
Eastern Capitalists.
7.
"(Journal Special Service.)
NEW STORK, ' Aug. 15. -The purchase
Just concluded by New Vork capitalists
of the stockNot tile Arkansas Valley
Western Hallroad has led to the belief
la railroad circles that a new connec
tion is to be m.ade between the 'Frisco
system and the, Rock island. The' line
probably wilt, extend from Red Fork to
Enid, Okla. ' , ' ,
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INDIANA POLITICS
Warm Up , In Preparation for Fall
. Campaign.
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Journal Special Service.) '
INDlANAPQLJS,' Ind., Aug. J5.-AJ-though
the date set for the formal open;
ing of the Republican campaign In In
diana is still a month distant. Chairman
Goodrich and ' his aides considered it
wise to take time by the forelock.'. Con
sequently it has been decided to begin
the real work of preparation at once by
opening a speakers' bureau asd arrang
ing other details for the campaign. From
now until September 2u, the date Set for
the opening of 'Xtti'i contest, the manag
ers will work with their coats off in an
endeavor to start, the ball rolling with a
boom and. a-hurrah such as have not
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FOUR GREAT
Cardinal- Ootti.
Cardinal Rampolla.
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.These four Cardinals are the chief advisers of Pope Leo in the matter of the
Philippine Friars. This complex question is arousing great Interest and an early
settlement is hoped for.'. , ', ,'
been seen for 'a number of years." The
complete list of speakers is not .yet
ready, but It Is known that besides the
Indiana Senators and ' Representatives
the speakers will include Senator Hanna
and a number of other prominent Repub
lican leaders from other states.'
WOOL AND WATER
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Those Interested in Wool and Watr
er Also Meet.
(Journal Special; Service.)
BILLINGS, Mont., Aug1. 15. -Prominent
wooigroweisi, - members of the Central
Montana Woolgroweraf Association, are
holding a meeting in Billings in conjunc
tion with the state Irrigation conference.
The gathering is well attended and gives
promise of beneficial results. - Among thi
participants are George Hf Maxwell
chairman of thf National Irrigation com
mittee, several officers 'of the . National
Woolgrowers' Association and' one "or
two instructors of the State Agricultural
College, , , ' "
FORESTERS JOLLIFY.
(Journal 8peciallv Ssrvlce.)
OTTUMWA, IaM yiug.' 15. The annual
convention and picnic of the state as
sociation of Foresters of America, which
began here today. Is ;0ne of the largest
gatherings of the border ever held in
Iowa, more than'. l5W -,vialtor)i; being in
attenfiance. In addition to the festivities
of the occasion, covering two days, , the
officers and UadlnKmem'bers will formu
late plans to- Increase the membership to
a figure that will warrant the head of
ficials of the lodge in severing Iowa from
Minnesota and Northern Missouri and
making it one Jurisdiction alone.
; PROFESSOR RESIGNS. : ?
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., ;Aug. 15. Dr. A.
P. Montague who resigned the presidency
of Furman T,nlyersltji; to become head
of Howard College assumed the duties
of his new .position today.. No formalities
accompanied the -. ohange. President
Montague announces his intention of Im
mediately beginning active work, toward
building up the collegVand increasing its
facilities so as q Jplace 1J; In the front,
rank among the. Baptist educational In
stitutions of the country, ' . . .
CUT RATES
On 0. R.-& N. and N.
P. Effective Today. ;
" (Journal Special Service.) i-f ft
.SP,0KANJ3.Aug.. 15.-The freight rats
reduction ( on wheat shipments to ,'Pa.
ciflc Coast terminals, recently agreed
upon by the Oregon Railway & Naviga
tion Company, the Great Northern ' and
the Northern Pacific, became effecHva
today. The Teduetlon amounts to 10 per
cent and, applies to Vheat shipments to
Minneapolis, Duluth.andjChlcago as well
as to therj, faclflo' Coast points.- The de
crease, it is said, wtjU cu.t off one-fourth
of the entire profits' of the railroads
from wheat shipments this year, f;
NbHiNATiorr
IS C0NFIRHED
Archbishop -Corrigan Will Be Sac
, ceeded by the Right Rev. "
John M." Farley.
Journal ' Special Brrlce.V ,
NEW YORK. Aug. 15,-Private advices
received here make it appear a" practical
certainty that the Right Rev. John M,
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Farley la to succeed to the archbishopric
of New ''York, made vacant b.V the death
of the late Archbishop Corrigan. "It is
stated on the bent of authority" that the
nomination has bern confirmed at Rome
and that the formal annouiicenowt'of tho
appointment will be expected any day.
Bishop Farley was nominated for the!
honor by the suffragans-of the arqh
diocese, his name, it Is said, being. the
firs on the list, " and his elevation has
been expected. ' It is said that he will
Liergy and laity of the section of the
church which will be under his jurisdic
tion. " ,
TO MAKE ROADS
Trainload of Blachinery and
i : . Skilled Engineers.
. (Journal Special 8ervlce.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 15. The departure
from. Chicago today of the Government
good roads train marks the inauguration
of a project that - is expected to be Of
immense benefit to the entire Northwest.
The train consists of a dozen fiatcars
loaded with the most Improved road ma
cftlnery, yand two cars with dining and
sleeping rooms attached for the accom
modation of a party of engineers, road
ejeperts and representatives of the Unit
.ed States. Department of Agriculture.
The train will reach Minneapolis early
in September, where .demonstrations nt
theoretical and practical road making
will be given at the stats fair ground
during "fair week. At .the close of the
fair the train , will . continue westward
to the Pacific Coast,, stopping at the
principal cities en; - route,, ' ar1 -f eacty of
which practical demonstrations in good
road building will be given., Ts chief
aim will be to show what can be done
with such road material as can be found
in the various cities to be- Visited In
troducing practical road machinery '; and
the most, approved methods of road con
struction. This traveling school, It Is
believed, will result In great benefit to
the Northwestern tares, .where practical
instruction in road building is much
needed.' The . trip will occupy 100 days
and wilt be under the general direction
of Martin Dodge, Director ' of . Public
Road Inquiries of the United States De
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partment of Agriculture.
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JJlUVJl-J 1 . ViV ltlJ
Will Hold Two Millioa and a Quar
. : its Bashds.:
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PORT ARTHUR, Ont, Aug. 15,-The
new grain elevator In course of con
struction here will have a . capacity of
2,225,000 bushel! and, will be the largest
on the lakes. , When completed it Will
contain 80- , tanks and 66 : Intermediate
storage places. The tanks ; are 55,000
bushels; Work Is proceeding rapidly 'and
It Is planned to have the elevator ..ready
tor . opening by. the first of the comlns;
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OPENING UP
. OKLAHOMA
Railroad Developments in the New
' Southern Territory.
LAWTON, Okla., Aug. lfi.-Today sam
the practical completion of the Oklahoma:
City A Western . Railroad as ' far as
this city, a distance o- 100 miles from
the starting point at Oklahoma City, It
Is expected to have trains running be
tween the two " cities ..some .time . nexft
week, and as rapidly ; as possible th
construction of -the line will be com '
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