East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 02, 1889, THE NEWS YEAR'S EDITION, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextCENIERVILLE, I given in regard to tin building of tho . - I .11 ll. I ..J A-,.,. ..!., roau. mo money mil, .tow, wiucn an important ntiMtoAU cisntiii.Ic;,i!' I'fiitlloton, wits raised for right-of-way In Centervillo and vicinity. it I'oiiiuiMlon, sitiualoii mm limine. ( This is only from Pendleton to Center Moil A (IrottliiK Tiiwn tilth Very, villo. Itrlulit Primpi-cH. 1 In lH.H.'I there Wilfl shipped Oil till' 0. It. nlx)iit GOOO tons of wheat. This nnut t l.ui.llnt,.n ,m .... ,.,, mlllim K'mllloSS of tllO shipUKhl WOH Oil UCCOllllt I ( oT east of londloton, on iui o 01 rolliiiK , ()f ,K, )aU,m.kH of tl,,. completion of thulium prairie, und on tho hntikw of lid itorso f ro.,(, tin- majority of the ' grain being I 0. II. Dood it Co. (of Portland; J. H. mrt of Umatilla county, creek, about twelve miles lolow its hauled to Cuyuso. Clark, manager,) denlois in Jnrm imple-, ,i i?,,,,,.!,,,,!,,,, i,r, uaIIwmi f In it itt twit twtiitf nil il i l.t. ini-ntrt. ofttillillMlifcl 111 IRK Is rnrrv it Mnt'k . ? branch lino of tbo 0. It. it X. mil nay ! j" -HB-i, about 10,001) tons; 1887, 17,000; MILTON, rliiclpnl riiiro In NortlfKimtnrit t nmtlllii. Tin: s. it. a. Honooi.. .t ,., i i, , , Ur,,ii,. , tons of wheat and 600 tons of Imrloy. In running rom Pendleton to Wnlh , ,88s ,mj (m(U. WW Mdw, wth Q Wiillii anil lurinhiglon, . 1., and U y. -p., which had coiiHldemble the in inu lerinni is i)i unu luuim i tni.ui of tho Oregon it Washington Tor- vi,Cn the 0. W. T. surveyors hud niory railroad. iih;ii i connects center-1 reached Vunsveio on their wnv to Pen- J'WirH, caiuiy mid eonfectioneiy ; also vlllo dltectl v with Wallula, tho termlnim dleton, tho eftizons of Centervillo eon- 1,1,vn u billiard and pool tablo. of tho Nort III' 111 IilClll(' I I'liwlnit flltlt (tin mm! imi1tt lui Ifiittwul Miller it Itoblev boiriiii business In Tho town in Hiirrotuided by extremely l.r,,.,,.l. l.r.,,fl,t !(-,. ..(nrvlln 1 18811 us forwardliiL' and comiidsson incr- fcrlllo und well-cultivated famiH, tho L,, Mr. T. J. Kirk mot tho surveyors ami i ehutitu, and their business bus increased principal product being wheat, with eon-1 lail u niirey line run from t0 iiniuiire iirnjiuttioiirt. Thoy.'lmvu ban- uieu mm year over nan a million imihiicih of wheat, besldeM other grain and buy. They have .'I warcliounea on tho O. It. A ff. railroad and 11 on tho O. & W. T. J. W. Froonio it Son, proprietorM of tho St. NicholH hotel. Mr. l-'roomo imo from California and built a liotcl in 1870 at a oont of i.V)00. and tbo next year built tbo lario and commodious St. Nichols. It contains .'10 rooms and in kept in llrnt claw Htylo. 0. A. Jtot la a real estate, loan and iiiHitranco agent, and notary public, and ban a large clientage. Ho came from Cal ifornia a few months ago, and at once recojrnllng CentervilloV advantages located hero. S. A. Avits lti'miH n Inri'n llenrv mill feed stable, bavluit l'lx teaum for lilre. mwmuiu uiiiui Kiiuiin iiini nwr. tllorO lit Ills OXpCIISO. 'Unit WIIH 'I ho part of tbo town north of Main ,l0 .,.lngof the connection with the fnlri1't,iV1.H Milm '" 1,(5 ) H In ,8'?, 'X, Northern Piudlle. Pendleton and Walln T.. . Kirk. That part of town Hoiith f i Wnlla, with any amount of monev at Main street was hud out bv Mr. I). Itich- their dlsiKisal, were working for this nrdri, who wim ono of tho Ihst lesidentrt of j Hnmo connection with tho Korthcrn Pa- mai ioeauiy, ami wimso lariu-noupo south of town Is sllll a coiiMplcitoim land mark. Mr. Kirk caino from I. Inn county, Or., in 1871, and lum a Hue rcfldcuco just east of the town. Among tho other old Inhabitants are Win. Wflloughby, .. T. Kraker, Joseph I.leitidlcu, .lacob Nelson, and A. .1. Orielor, Among tbo llrst business men wero siiring and carry u full lino of boots and shoes. K. Fenton Is a practical watchmaker XIl0 nndjoweler. Ho was burnt out in Lex-! iugton in August, '87, and located hero I last summer. Ballinger and Smith aro dealers In . , - .... ... mlllinerv, fancy goods, ladles' under- soi'nn JMriyHttticr-iucnt iieUvul derwear, etc., establislied about a year or UmwUi-Hm iiu.lnrMMMi. .union is Miiuaieu in uio iioriiii'iiiuuiu on tbo l'endle- i.......i. ,.f ii, n it ments: established In 18KI: carry a Ntock """"" - of 15,000i did a fU.O0U business t,b i . K. . nnu in uio Houincrn eugo oi year. ' tho Walla Walla valloy. . v.. oung, RHldler and liarneesi Among tho earliest t-cttlors in this j maker, successor to Alex McDonald, i"ivicnly ro Thoa. .McCov who took Uj n an oxieiionecd and successful workman. ,' , . . , .. Clan- ,t Snvdcr, dcalors in tobacco, claim on what Is known as tho Tumaliim, three miles notth of town, in 1850. J.ater eatno Thos. Ireland, W. S. Tnucr, Win. McCoy, and a Mr. ltoyuolds. In the fall of 1871 a iostolllco was" established with W. A. Cole as post cllle. and Cetiterville. hv nromnt net ion. Miiccei'ded In getting such before either of them, (ireat credit for obtaining tlie ex tension of the O. It. & N. and O. & W. T. roads Is due all those who aided this proj ect, destined to be of so much impor tance to the ton ii. To the facts alstve Indicated its situa tion in a wonderfully fertile mid beauti ful region of country, its seem Inn the Cook At Irvine, who Hartcd up a small j tt-rinlti tin of competing line of railroad, tiiiiK iiinuiunn in into. j. .i. in hiiiii , l. ,w. ye. HUS II HIT. Iiroiliess VC. Ml ) tbo same year started a small general merchandise Moie. Tho year following, A. (J. Hiitburlaiid opened tho Hist largo slock of dry goods and general merchan dise, valued at about Ki)i)t or $10,000. Since that llmo tho business has been in creasing and many buildings havo buou elected each year. I fully ric Salisbury operated a stage lino and carried the mull till tho fall of I8s:i. Tho llrst stage was run through hero from Pendleton to Weston In IH'I. Prior to this it ran fiom Cavuse station to Weston, tho former being too junction of tho lino running from Umatilla lauding over the mountains. In tho fall of 18h; IIioO. It. AN. Company built it branch railroad from Pendleton to Centervillo, leaving a gap between the latter place and tho Ilhto Mountain station, which widi not connected till tho 1Mb day of February, 1887, tho dejt lielug built born at tbo sumo time. TboO. A W.T. It. It. was built in from Wallula last April, Tho company was given a bonus of about .10000, in tbo way of depot grounds and right-of-way, At present theto nro four additions to Conlervillo, threo iwned by T. .1. Kirk ami one uy tint u. ic. iV . umipany, nil. I nil' III llli, riinillll, lirli'r.nill , 'llll" llc-sihiled diKpollion of its citizens, (leniervlllo owes lis enviable portion as I U has been established hero II vo yours. nt y, and one. '" niaip iV to., DiacusmitiiH ami the second town hi the county which may possibly, ere many years, llval urn ursi. For miles in all diiectlons, the soil is of marvelous fertility Fiom forty to II fly bushels of wheat per aeie Is not an unusual eiop. And whatever the season, though its character may make some dif ference, tbeie r never a failure, and the yield even hi the most unfavorable sea sons would hi moid States be considered prodigious. Tliemuue, by the way, mav be said of miMt of the country more ill icitly tributary to Adams, Weston, Mil ton, and Helix. And Centervillo is aim the center of gieat natural beauty. Kastwiud in tho distance may be seen the ciicliug ridge of the Itlue Mountains, hinged ulth ever green, while nllaiouud stretches the un dulating prairie, not now us of yore an uninhabited wuste,but blosnotnlng like the rose with tho products and improvements of man's art and industry. Securing the Northern Pacllle conncu (Ion at once made Centervillo a "compet ing nolut." thus nluchig its inhabitants and those in that vicinity in a far more .. t.t . in all about ono hundred acres, and there advantageous osll!on than those of iu .in. m.i iMi-i hiiii ii inn urn. "- itfiglilioriiiK towns. They receive mater monted by a residence or two. . hilly higher prices for all produce ex 1 bore are two churches, Melbisllst and .H.r,!, Mu ,,av propoitionatelv les i,imsnau. i ne lonner was limn in itvw, r t.ir (,,.., . .......riu wugon-iniikors, removed hero from Adams about tlx weeks ago. They aro e-.cellent and busy workmen. Jones A (iardiior, lively and feed stable keepeis, at o successors to the well-known and popular lv. I.. Harnett. They keep eight teams and two saddle horses. (I. K. lieoclier keeps a restaurant and lodging house, established OuIoIkt, 1887. where a good meal or lodging can he hud for l!o cents. W. M. King, undertaker and dealer in furnltuie, successor to N. K, Miller, carries a good stock and attends to busi ness. M. A. Itouuds, dealer In farm Imple ments, is agent for the celebrated I. X. I,, wind mill; established In business five yotiis ago. Willard it (iurdnu mo general black smiths, establislied in 1881. lllancbard it .Morris, bakery, fish, and I oysters; also run a lunch countei. MuPauicIs it lirllllth, llrst class btltcber shop, ostablished in 1881. Frank Christmuu, proprietor of the St. Nichols bather shop; begun business about two months ago. J. K. Mctjuary, and Kuupp it Itartou are dealers In lumber. Mrs. Ciirden, dressmaker. II. I. demons, chop mill. and Hit) latter hi 1870, at a cost of about j rinu it happened that Cciitervllle has j A. O'ltrlen. saloon keeper, keeps a t'JOOO each. The iniigutllcent school house was built lu 188L', at u cost of a littlo over $7000, and is at present under tho man agement of Professor Jarvls, with two able assistants In tho persons of Misses Ida and Ada Campliell. Tho value of general town huprovo moots this year is about fcJ.',000, In now buildings, etc, Tho business houses aro classllled as follows: Four general merchandise Mores, two grocery store., two blacksmith shops, two Implement stores, one furniture stoio, one hotel, two restaurants ono harness shop, tuo millinery stores, one leal estate olllcc, one printing and publishing Iioiiko, tti too saloons, one chop mill, one lawyer, two doctors, ono confectionery htore, two lumber yards, four grain com- ..lull.... ......... I.....I.. ...... .l...,llul i.i'n II..- ....m,.J. ,1,1, v.i. Ill IP, will' i.i.i.iini, ,,iw erv ntnbles, ono billiatd hull, a good sulieol, two chiircheH, ono sbiMitlng gal lory, a brass bund, six seeict societies Masons, Odd Fellows, Kuuiuipiiiout of I. 0. O. F., A. O. V. W K. of P., and I. O. (l.T. There are tlueo grain plutfoims, owned bv Itis'sott ltedmau, thoNottbemPacltlc I'.levntor Cuiiipauy, and the O. it W. T. niilro.id. Miller it ltobley have now a largo anioiuit of gndn stmod In their wnri' houses. Tim O. it W. T. will soon build a large depot U'twisui the imiln ami side trucks, the side truck for freight, and the main track forJiiiwsenger trullle. They have splendid depot grounds, there Isdng just sutllclent grade to move ears to and fiom the platforms without the nsolstamv of a locomotive, of which they now have live on the road; and they am now running thiee trains a week. Their rolling stock is all of the best make, including the lat est Improved patents. Kadi ear is sup. plied with the Westlnghouse air brake, and the Jemiey coupler, it Hunt contriv ance whereby the coupling-pin is ojht nted from theside of tho car. Nut locks, that Is an clastic washer lictwccn the nut and tho rail, to couiuvt the rails, mid where there is a loin: curve truck ' braces are put on. This roud . "- . 1 n ous brick of his own (next to Ho lis .t wneai i coins nun riusBn uio price ;t ctintH i cievo's) und currlns n lnn.. Htrwk f theroliy i.iaklnga clear gain to the farmer T Sl i low of 7 cents on tbo bushel, ami llinv lmv.i VV"'.!UI m' "k,Hi wattlies, tew i been built no by broad-uuaee. liberal mimicil, uuselMsli mcn,wlio have workcil together for the common good. Among these no one man has been financially able to do as much and none have done more in ptoportioii to ability as Hon. T. J. Kirk. He has Individually paid out and pledged thousands of dollars for the beuetlt of the town, ami while he doubt less foresaw that the bread cast upon the waters would return to htm after many days, he bus been willing to take all chances, knowing that if his dibits re sulted in prospctlty, all must share witli him, while if he failed, the l ss would be cblelly his own. Such a man U a lit re presentative of tho 'co pie, ami no man of his party in the county is better en titled to the honor conferred upon him. Tlie town now has a umulicr of brick buildings, built within the last two years, and a large number of handsome private residences, i no population ot the town in 1882 was PiO; now itlsolmut 700. It has also u good local newspaper, ed ited by Irving McOuury, pinbalily the youngest editor in tlie State. Following an- the business men of Ccn lerville, ami il lot of excellent men they are : UoIIIb it Clove (C. W. Holds and Clms. Clove). They carry n stock of genonil uierchiiudise of the average value of JillO, 000. Mr. Clew began lushices heie lu 1882, and .Mr. Mollis joined him in IKS:). They have a new briuk store, IWxOO, and n warehouse, i'lxiS, lioth well tilled, J. llloeh it Co. (J. and A. Lew, part nerw, residing at Union) dealers lu gen eral merchandise, occupy a line new brick stoie, built by tlicmiielves last summer at a coat of at out JSO00. They located here a your and a half ago, Mr, Ploch coming fiom Lallramle, and curry a stock of from pJA.OOO to fitO.OOO. Thelr moiu is litixliH) leet. T ho wiling Is of eor- llne stock of Honors W. C. Calhoun, contractor. W. F. Hotelier, attorney-iit-law. S. F. Sharp and It. If. Under, physi cians. .Mr. Sharp located hero so'von years ago, Mr. Ilutlor recently. Irving Mctjuary, pioprictor Home Press. Armstrong, proprietor brick yard. Tll.OT KOUK. IliSllimllim ninl Hiirrniiiiilliii; I.lt nr ll IIuiiim .linn. Sixteen miles south of Pendleton is the little town of Pilot Itoek. Near the town is a largo basaltic blulF which is a con spicuous laud mark for miles around from which tho town datives its name. Tho town was founded In 1870 by A. J. Stuitovant, who U a business man in every souse of the worth A. J. Sturtevaut, John Sylvester, and Hoeis it Co. each havo large 'general meiehandho establishments and all do a good business. A Urge M. K. Church and a line nubile school building occupy a conspicuous site on the south sldo of town. F.d. F. (iuyon, druggist; A. S. Witton, blacksmith j John S. Hughes, saloon keeper; Honthit Foster, carpenters; Win. (ilsler, Mioemakor; J. M. Sharon, hotel keeper; (i. P, Skelton, postmaster and dealor in fanny goods and notions; Harold Stewart, livery stablo keeper; Jus. P. McCoy, the gonial "nilno host" of tho popular Wot lloek Motel; J. C. Shields, physician and surgeon; and Will C. fctluiKon, real estate, loan, und hisurauco agent, comprUc the rest of tho "business juit" of Pilot ltock. For many years this iurt of tho coun try was duvoicd to stock raising, but tho master, and who istlio ono that named tbo town. M. V. Wormington erected tho llrst residence, which was in tho spring of 187-i and commenced u gonerid black smithing business. John Miller tlie sanio year built his mill at a cost of $8000. A man by tho namo of Wcodard hiought to tho place tho llrst stock of merchandise In tlie fall of 1871, and a year later J. W. (julim, who was acting as postmaster for Cole, opened tip ti much uigcr and more complete stock. '"The tow n was laid out by W. S. Fru.cr and Win. McCoy In tlie fall of 1871, with A. I.. Simmons, of Waila Walla as sur veyor, and it was incorporated in 1885. Among llio other early improvements wore a Homing mill, liullt by .loiiu .Miller, and a feed stable bv II. I.. 1'nuer. in ItKI. A hotel was also kept at that tlmo oy i nonius .moss. As each year now Industries havo been added mid tho population increaed, and though tbo growth has been slow, It has been steady, w It bout either a relapRO or a nooin. In 1877 or 1878 Dr. Dlalock built a tluiiio for Ibu purpose of getting down from the mountains railroad ties, timber, lumber and wood, and which was in all alsiut eighteen miles long. It was not Mulshed till 1881, and in 181 was sold to tho Oregon improvement Company. Consideration about $7,000. A narrow gauge railroad was built by Dr. llakor, In 1870, from Walla Walla to what was known as .Milton station, about :t miles north of town (the end of tho Homo) and was completed to liluo .Moun tain station in 1880, and was changed to a broad gunge and run by Milton in 18S:t Tho tlrst school was taught by O'eo. Illakely, now of Tho Dalles, in 187-'. Tho present school house was built in 1880, at ii cost of 000. Tho Methodists organized tho llrst church, using Hie old school 1 oiH3 for their place of worship, in 1882. Tho llov. King was tho llrst to preach in this circuit. Tho llrst grain grown in this neighbor hood was raised by Win. Nickels, In 1872 forty-two bushels tier aero. J. 1-, Morioctimeto these parts lu 'oil, that Is, ho passed through on his way to Portland ami went to California, but re turned In 'W and settled In this vicinity. Though not geographically situated for a mmo center, as aro Pendleton ami "n" "'XMIroii. llllim nnu Ftn "'ft always placed In charge of experienced teachers ot iccognuca tiuiiuy, Tlicro Is also an Acadoiny, conducted by the Seventh Duv AdvcntistH. which Is one of tho best equipped schools of its kind to no tounu lu llio htaio. rivo teailiersaro employed, and a thorough training is givon students in nil tho com mon and most ot tho tngiior nrnucnes. The Students' Homo. almost coninloted. is a iiundsomo structure, anil will bo an excellent homo for those coming from a distance. Tho discipline will bo kind, but linn, end parents sending their child ren hero can rest assured that their moral as well as intellectual training will Ihi carefully looked ufter. Tho boarding house is three stories high, over a basement. On the llrst Iloor Is the Piesldent's ollleo, tbo parlor, din ing and kitchen rooms, ami bath anil wash rooms. On the second Iloor w ill bo forty-eight sleeping apartments, sixteen of which are now completed. The third iloor is yet unfinished. Tlie building when completed will havo cost if (1.000. It is of neat design, tbo rooms am well ventilated, and will be comforta bly furnished. Tho school room, already too small, has a capacity for accommodat ing elglity-'lvo pupils. A larger building is to be erected, ami tho nresent ono used us an addition. Professor It. W. Colconl, is tliu principal, anil is assisted by Mrs. Colconl. Professor Halfbrd. and tbo pro fessor's brother. All Jingllsli brunches aro taught, and there Is a commercial de partment with u circulating medium of $:i,000 of Confederate inonoy. 1 lie school was llrst Blurted hv Prof. Colconl and wife in tho chinch building adjoining tho school, on November 8, 1880. ami had oniolled but 14 pupils; lu '87 tiioy had 57, lu '88, 83; and this sea son they will havo ovor 100. l'bo dlllsront blanches of business in Milton are icpicscntcd as follows: -' drug stores, " barber ihopn, 0 mer chandise stores, 1 hotel, 1 livery htablo, 1 feed bbtble. butcher shops, 1 furniture ptoro, I stationery store, 2 iloe.ors, 2 attorney at law, II blacksmith idiops, wagon shop, 12 Hour mills (I roller, 1 bin r, 1 chop, Hour, and shingle mill,) 1 restaurant, - M'hools, 1' churches. 1 lodge I. O. 0. F, 1 billiard ball, 1 shoo maker, 1 bakery. Allen it Klam are dealers in general hardware. They began business last March, and carry a $4,000 or fr,000 stock. They also tlo tlniiiiig, muling ami plumb-inif. A 11 tfltutt iltiiilu In iMitiltiw lfititiri.fi 1 f 1 I Itllf ... I I. .11 . I Ullllll UnllM II. I.wa II..K 11 . ...... .'ibiiin, ...... nwi", .. ........... ......,' .. .. . ..fcvii has boon cMubllshod In btislneyrt two f "? city of Iloppner conUiai . , ntlt IIIMIIII IiliDltt lum, IL.t'. W. A. llannlster is a contractor and inaniiiacturliig btiDlncs It .. ... ... ...... .. ll..,.. 1 flM. n , oimiier. no mint uio n. ii. j. oimrtumx ijh. uu huihuiz house without plans or specifications , "avo a capacity oi mjventy-tn bail onlv a nbotoL'ratih. iwr ty. are owned liy Horn J. 1?. .1. iMorio. moiir etor of tho Cltv Ho-1 and tiro it credit to that rod d . . ,. . ; , ., .. , -. .... ... i. .... i... i... ii. i.. ii. f ' ..... . 1 ..I ..I....I IIA1V11 .1 M. S. Patterson, boot and shoemaker, establislied business fifteen years ago; also runs a burlier shop. Will it Yates uro general merchants:, successors to .1. 1). Williamson. i 1). J. Phelps ,is u dealor lu furiilturoj j r- t. Portland, Dm!?' on recenlly paii a Morrow cotintv. , ..J l." ii .--. 1'ItWnl i . ,.v nrnttM. . .. ii . : '""road. Tn v.iLv wnv Hit I., it " "WW UI II, A Til VIIIirH TltHn .. t " ..vn ll inu witutbi rest, but Hiidi a proi)li,.,r .... ihotwoBhortycarahavo ...... mm ngw tllOB iimt.,.. H. II startling snort of tl,0 u. Tbn nillmnft l.. n nun u nnfft pcoplo fcarcely rcalizo It t. ,...i..i. ii. ..i .i . " a Miiitn. mai tucrowaii'ti.v-.L io not. tip a doom, an, ii roal livo railroad riinnln J.i.' iini tioorstcp, is the namo quiet ton inu niuuiii vurn vitt hi..j.. M wim itniif . . t K. ' uiu roau Mr I'Oll, C1IUCI1 Ot Hoiiimi.. oteci iroiu iMorrmv countv. j Inspector. Thin Is wLat nines ton in Moirow county nil! mi tlilllnlllit Air l'nll . 1 v" "Wiles N ho is ctvon liv t how tmnni. i-. anoHtablislicd fact that Imtbl ill!' elToils. tbn r.vnl v.mi built for some years to cotnf. Althoueli tho mli-mit ,1 n.:.. I.HI.I.UIlrlM. 1.1. t f i..... I . A. . . Ilieri. Im nrvt tlm t,i.i ....... rropeuyis item somen bt hu Deloro, hU thcro aro wry fa tlons. A I mi u with t(im piucK enongii to invest inito a clean-up in Uomincr. I Of lllll V UlAU' firiinL 1.....L . ------ - UI.UUI , 'niira in f.AniA .....i ..in i. .1 w vw.mu, tiiiii 11,11 f.lfl 1 .. I,. .1.1111.. 1. !... .1 . owned and operated by J, tormerly of Pendleton, who -I.. I. t.. .1.- rt.- -I l l.l general business of the city U r In tho following' jurx.iv loiingrcu, lurnimif, also an undertaker j has been in business , O,' Vanduyn, grocuriw, livo veins. I., lt.l'laiils it Co. uio dcalors In gen eral meichandlKO and groceries, carrying u largo stock ; in business since 188-. I.. II, Hanks deals in groceilcs ami pro visions; in business since last August. (Jeorgo Church is propric tor of city drug store; established November, 1880. N C. Mono is a druggist ami uputliu nlshlug goods. Johnson it Smith, proceriei A, Abrahaiasli'k. tailor. P. O. Uorg. JowTin', . . I ' ii ,f I . " . . . Ml' t it r,.i..,u.. (. r-., .1..,.- 41. A, uiiiliruii i iv,,iiiui flfirrliiiAu A- Itii'iru. nldninr lumberyard. disc. IIP II lt ti . , . t -t v in 144 fiir nuliililtdluwl tn natural iidvantuu'es. It is slioltered from ! lh.'.l HtoruiH ami Hafo from lloodt, ami Ih uIho .irw. unit linen Iwvin In iinulnnifii iirinim . Tho National Duiilc, D. I', favored with UHalubtiouscl inato: the ox-, . . nresidiint: It. It. HUhop. ca treuies of tempcraturo being much less ' Will C. Stnrkoy deals In book and sta- W Morrow, lanil,lon,ii inarkeil than in any other oca tv In tbn 1 iinn.irv .....i i-.;..,.u n. ,u.im..n. i.u JluiiHakerit Ing. Ihww countv. Tho witter imw-nr fnrnlutinil hv i.. i. .,.... I ion-. ' ' ' Minldnvk .t I'lfilil. bantfrt. ., I., 1. ... .. i . ............. ... i ifvvii in iiuniiiurn piiivu inoiJ. ' r .1 ..v... ...a, .....v.. ii.jn w, . j i 1,'ajias lMtAinn:. tironrletor. moilnl In, I ll. l,l,. fiMor I, S " "S." , , SITSSi stout-loom in tlie rear. SOxHO. well UIIihI. They employ threo men, beside Mr. llloeh. W.T. Cook stinted hi the drug bus., uess October I, 187, with Dr. J. II. Ir vine, who retired in September. 1887. He isuiso located in a spacious and coiumotll those who wish to keep their largo bands Fust ami West llirch Creeks, anil 1I111IIV tine farms are to bo found on tho rich bottom lands of tbeso two streams and their tributaries. It Is only two and ono'half miles to tho reservation, twenty-tltreo miles to and twelvo miles to Vinson. Daily through tho town, Is second tonono in hasturn Oregon or Washington. This alone is bound lo make It ono of tbo llrst tow ns in the Inland Kmpiro. Tho lack of local capital to utilize tho jiowor in estab lishing manufacturing industries lias been a great drawback, but will, no doubt, bo remedied bofore long, as the citizens havo shown their willingness to aid manufao tin lug enterprises to tho oxtent of their ability. Tho improvements for the mikt are a roller (louring mill with a capacity of 100 burrelsa day ami which can bo in creased if nocenary ; afotirstoiv board iiig'houso, for the students of tlie'S. I). A. Academy, with accommodations for about 100 lxurdors; a system of water works, built by tho city, which supplies excellent water for domestic purposes, at an extremely low flguro, as well as good protection against (Ire; also about ndozon buildings. The amount expended In improvements during the past year is about ifoO.OuO, which, taking into consid eration the sizo of the town, shows its tunny commeiioii. A papor mill of six to eight tons capacity is In course of con struction, and will bo completed and ready foroperathn oarly in the spring. jmu loimiry iirounti .mmou and trlhu .VrrVt'oriM.lmiit tliln llruutirul Valley ii ml IIh tlroiiliij; Tmni-.Mb.i'ii llimiii'ii .Mrit. Sltuatctl on an emlnouco that com. mauds a lovely viow of valley and inotin tain hcenery, is tho grow lug town of Alba. Alba Is the only town in Camas Prairie, and is distant from Pendleton .HI miles. , chuudisu, O. M. Jones, barber. K. D. Mullock, saloon. 1) I.VIiti h'iiinmi alinn T t TI . AU niAniliiri' Ji, li. Moan, puaiinasKr,Bu "M l " ' " nearly duo t-outh. Tho town was founded by J. II.! Cllllbid, who first started a storo bore in j ri:.. irni..i i.- Minftr lunnnr Vfll.l lllllUI, ....v., ,.'i-- U. V. KwagtfJrt, Cluis. Potrio, barber. .1 11 Armintnif. notion. At.. 1 1 iu. 11r,u moat mrW(. 4UVlt iiivhii .... - at f -1 il.l I.AAtd HI I in.Iiiiilnii .! llaWlflN llUIJill(jlWII vv. of htook nuust sock "nasturoH littu '1 Mir' 10 .ltl8 ie8ervlntr of notico. not par Pilot wk la HituaUul at tho function ot I J11"1")' on account of itn fertility a for thoRroat variety of agricultural prodnctB. lo the east, snntli mul u..-t 11,. n,r. ... lands, which aro devoted to grain raising, imd uro a fair average of tho lands lying the groat w beat Iwlt of Eastern Oregon and asliliiL'tfin. 'l n,n nn. u.. .. 18S0. In 1880 tho town was surveyed and on April -1th, 1887, llfty-ono lots wero sold at auction, since which tlmo tho i town has steaililv iimimvnl. ii'i.,... i i.T : i i i,. I .llnn. iiirio in uuu niiyu general iiierciuintliso , ,, . . i.i.vmUh Moro which does an enormous business I N. S. Whetstone. Wtu. and Is presided over by thoEo well known j Nordyko. wagon Htop. Pendleton boys, Stevens it Uickers. ' Jimies Jones, ivery wwe. A (list class ilriiL' htnrn In Liinf l. ! U. J. SloClini Co., aim. . . . I n " 1 "J I , a ,. 1... otto V. Witte, who Is also postmaster.1 Jxjwer nioiuiwn - uios. Mnrron generally ketnw two, etc. anvils rlnirlmr In litu 1,1 wl-cnlil, ...mi ! JiilllCH Jones, WlOOA. It. If Kellev keena an orderly salimn. i Harry Johnson, neb' A feed stablo Is managed by tho owner A. Smith, jj'f'. n , of tho town sito. Mr. Clillbrd, who is also . , Fiffct National IM' too gonial "inino Host" ot tlio A ba wiW ".W WZvJild. " I "V"'T. . . .1 Tl.o gootl i-ooplo cf Alba and Camas I 0'," f0'10"'8 ' ZavAA rafrlo point' with n feeling of prido to VlSl.feJon,Pn WI'Vt K vc v m letoiu. . k Swinburne, A.J. f?lii A.,w, Prafrlo the M. K, Church building, which thoir W uonerous contribution causod to bo P'lSJ erected upon tho most beautiful alto In the valley. Alia also has a gootl school, I.....1 ll . .1.1..... .. ... .. ' . --o i ...v .....v., 41II.M illDVI 11119 ll KlAHl DUIIUU1. I A ba. "s,"lu"' mo nortli lies a t while thero is talk of nrenilni. Uy. .1 i Hmnn ni f.fMiniri. ,.i.ij.i. ii.n....i. . . .. .. . .. . -.-r....0 '-nv mail r i " uiuuuu hoi. very i mi d nir tor t ho use of a inu eil m-linnl nr H hlo ov. .1,,...... .......I. l.J....oJ il..'... in.', iiini puiikiiii il. .hi. vinik nan ueen - U1I . MiivM. ' extensive. IS Ciina .In of mnumrl ,. n ' i ...... " " ! ' .. w P HM. r AT .en,! nshlpp T " W"" ?A.wy ':! . - . P9Pllo. nd of beffi 1 vA. ,..,.. ,Jv"GX i,.i . .... i ' .....ii ( ii.. i i. , iiiitn, nnu tt ii ueiciraie to lie iiatiouai ... ...... . . ... . . nun a iiti i uinin nf ....ill it. .'. . ""v.. i-rr i.iLJ nil' gonentl agvilt I. J. lillUI, lias III I'lmviinliiin nf Ht I n il In lUHt .....itiiv., nidr i iminr mm Time or uVl.,.Vi , w..,ni,uii. .uticil 'MSItl, nUOUt tWClVO lllilCB ill tll.mlotor. I i. . Vaugim, uiw-;j jjf his possession a splendid coiiKm ticket 1 TV cL folAuJ .i r f " tl''al' j'learinglrreii ami worth- and is eutirelv Vurroui led uy tno IUuo City olllcere: Mavw.IIwf which will hold about 5000 tickets, "i, gS. bTlSwlS rt0Hl M' K Cl,,m'h' """-"ov. M. V. '7, Krj.jaa3 est is !s ...,..,.,... . . .,..,..,. ........ I.BIUJI1I1II . iir .. inut M.iv i otiiiiuivo iiuirimiL' anil nvniiiiu. i'...-.,. :...!.. i . . . w m uw intuit sons irom i.i imi in s:i hui iir noanor , o.iict....i( ii miuviw" zj. m ...,ii.i.i v ill,, r. i ii, ., - -.. - B. .'! nuiuHno mo en tun ni Hii.'ii i.i,,o i .i ""Jr"-"" .... ...! v . . i. it. iniL'.; con. cv'iionu lnnreienniwrt iuwuiihk iiiuiniai uieuu it. ti. .....i . .i.. .prawn. ISS" 1 ?7 W'1'?? wtwwwmi to fright it ton, io Ikiptist-ltov. G. W. Downev. Sorvices tho ,,' "T,n 0,"J, of ! ' lA lUlJ. coiiinieiimllinowayoarugo nm'l Hold Sundayn morning and evening. lWrfe ' V ' w.,7.1 lout to King luMt Janimry. meeting iiiunsuay evenings. ,. .iim;,,i.tr T . i.. , "A lu l"uer- gr i iiiiiiouiiiuo uiiii iiiii iniiiiAnit. ' that petition gniphtHt tlist b livo of the was in tho upt ( illlljilmr uud .V.:.. . .. .. '"'' mtnge- KM iiuion. lihiaftt . P.v fi.vit I., r.w I I reslivtorlau l!ev. T. M. Hm-.l ! ) r KV. Vllkmt at Ctiy- iVrilW. ? " ; ft " vices InVoutt house Snml.iv , mi n ringi l agmXr,. n J1 n'1,1'0 ltolB) In lottal in their OillwliKov. P. Deltco. Fervices temleml him a Ihe stK NIc hoU e I '""W'ns.uml Mr. Kdhigton bHtinatcr. 8nAny 10: 10 u. m. and 7:30 p. m. Alum ho was keit To ti e Itlu, Mm,, im n "? '"J" ,,,M ,rvo,, two tor,ns M wu.v Co,,8Wpitloial-Kav. ,11. Uo. Sunday Khitlon Whllo liV.rir ti,.. Vi;i . .i fainHirintotulont servieefl 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Prayer Dillon, wi.iie l.cn), the promise was Miuwi. A lvgan minCM jt mooting 7 :JW AVednestlay evening. J mea- against it by thoso opiiosoil to tho eiiru, uiov I avo nnvor sm...wvl..l The educational advantaged odered by M'"0 schools aro equal to any in the lJi'r Ua (,m,,loJ'0"8 publio school building of four rooms, and tho school ia i . , . , i ro thoso who wish to encago in stock ' trees from ton to 'nTr ml ining, dairj-ing, or raising liny or round most o' rZut atn, or to thoso who wish to establish goino of th Btrtw- 'TVLgrw! pleasant homo and eniov one of tho handsome rcde!rTidl 1 most beautiful mountain valleys on tho lawns, lkiwcrs, l7?VTiliH I'llpltlil fvict ii'n r.f.i nnt raoifnisi in ' T .. rn.,l ll.la aaniA ...... " - VJ4vi4 ivnuvin i in lAbi niw t- - 'JUll MH " J has chargo of Bomo of tho most desimbla town in tho WJI 1 farms in tho valloy, and who will furnish J down to bo a niee( tkH any informatiou as to pi ices of farm luiius, town tots, etc. oity.dinltobef cite of thInkd ,ir,