THE DAILY EAST OltEGOKIAy-yEW YEAR'S EDITION-FIttDAY, JANUARY 1, 1892.
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A'enuieton National Hank, Ib the por
inoter. Capital. fjOOO.
Tho Milton Ditch nml Imiirovcment
Company with a capital of $500,000 li us
lis ditch In operation. Tliev take water
from tho Walla Walla river, below
Milton
Tho Tum-a ltim IHgatlon Co., capital
stock 100,000, will divert tho. waters
from the Blream by tho eninn namo.
They will reclaim aomo of the arlil lands
north of .Milton, Mh re fruit and berry
growing has proved no profitable. The
ttectlon of country oi or which ihla ditch
will pas-t, has long been regarded as an
oye sore to that part of the valley, but
reeom experiments on n limited tcalo,
have demonstrated the fact that Instead
of owing worthless, it la tho student in tho
land, and requires lesi wator to mature
crops than tliur land that has sold for
fabulous pries.
Tho Hocky Flat Irrigation Companv
secures its wator simply from tho Walla
Wulla river, near Milton ; capital stock
300.
Among tho other mnall ennpanica that
uavo uuen incorporated under Hie now
law, and which aro tho outgrowth of
neighborhood nocessitle, wo find tho
Homo Irrigation Company, with $2400
-capital; the McKay Creek Company with
IUJ0 capital, and the E8tsldu Company
with a capital etoek of 5000.
Theso comprlso the lint ofu mpanles
that have been forinod in Umatilla
county. Asldo from these, howetor,
thero nro perhaps two hundred Individ
ual and nelghbortuwd ditches, tint havo
served a useful purposo in tho past, but
which the country has now outgrown,
jiod which will aoon merge into mure
-complete and cxtentdvo systems. In tho
Mictions of country lvlng tributary to
Milton, on thn north and west. irrlgstlon I
iias been practiced to a certain extent
-over til uca tho valley was settled bv whit
people, and with tho building of these
pioneer ditches, date tno- actual growth
.and proM?rIty of tho o mnlrv. Ithoiit
them, this Hection would b toduv us
blank and chooilesa as thn future Hbld
ing placu that is pit turod for tho unrc
geucritcd. FarniH In this vicinity are
n t rauuhoi of tho upland type, cmbrao
ing four or more quarter sections but on
tho o mtrary, are o imposed of from 10 to
41) acres, and all subject to the hlghost
atate oi cultivation
IRKIOATHI.V AND FKUir.
Grapes grown in this locality, that
wero exhibited at tho Spokane and Tn
coma oxpojitlons, attractod tho attention
of all the fruit consumers, not excepting
thoso from California. They ndin'ltcd
them to bo equal to tho best production
of tho "Golden Slate." Italian prunei
find a congenial habitation and n ho inn
nnywhoro in this "Inland Empire.
Thero nro very few sections in tl
United Stntos where this Mipnrh variety
of fruit auco-eda well, in fact thero aio
very few localities whoio it succeed ui
all. Wn havo been Import tig fr.im Gtr
many, Franco and Italy uboiit 70.C0J.000
iioiiiius oi uncu prunes annually And
it appoirs, now, since wo havo found n
sou and climate In which thny cm be
grown, surely and nxtHnslv.tli- that n
portion, ut least, of this importing cin bo
-dispensed wiin.
'lhti Italian prnno as grown in this
country, is iho mot deairablo of the
whole prune family. Tho tree is a hardy,
vigoioua grower, and never breaks down
iimler IU load of fiu't, I'lt very small
And entirely freo. Flesh II rm anil not
inclined t rot or decav. 1 ko other va
riollea. Thero aro u'so inucli less loss in
drying; fuir po inds of green fruit niaku
one oi iirieti. wim tlio present outlook
jor exioiiHivo and purmaiibiit irrigation
systems thero is no reason why thU
county, in a few years, aho'ild not pro
duco an annual crop of fruits equaling
in value the extensive wheat crops of tho
present.
As cotton, corn and wheat have each
in turn been king of tho wealth nr xiuc
Ing products of tho United States In the
pair, Irrigation will make it possible for
fruit to bold that position in tho com-
rnorco of the future. A test shiument of
pears was made year beforo last, bv tho
J-nin Urowers' Association, of Walla
Walla, to a leading dealer of Kansas
City, Mo. When i ho returns camo they
were indeed it uteriiig. mo dealer said
no such fiult had evir before been Hold
In tho Kansas Citv markets. A uood
ixtrlon of the shipment was tho product
oi umauiia county sou.
TIIKRK IS NO I'OOli I.ANI).
All that in required to make any of
tho land of this county produce abun
diiut crops is Mifficloiit moisture, therefore
the heat t of tho irrigation farmer need
never bo cast down or discouraged, as 1b
too often tho case with the man who
trios to mako bread grow on the arid
lands of tho rain belt.
Los Angeles secured the service of
two large continental railway lines by
tho Inltuouco of her In (gated orchards
and vineyards. Tho Atchison, Trpeka
A ttanta Fe built a thirty-mile branch
from its main line into Etcondldo vallov
to Haul uwi.y Hie irrigated crops and
these are but illustrations cf what has
been done elsewhere and what can be
done in Eastern Oiegon.
IBHIOATlON AND DUC1AR ABETS.
The most impoitant object to be ae
complished by iirlgatlon in this uectlon
remains to bo mentioned, and that is
the growth of too sugar beet, and tho
bulldlDg of a factory to consume them.
There nto numerous tracts of land of
four or five thousand acres in a body
that is splendidly adapted to the growth
of thesuar beet, So far as the writer
knows, the, e has been but one analysis
made of the beets gnwn in this locality,
but tint one teat was so eminently satis
factory as to preclude the Ktsibility of
a doubt as to their purity. Fifteen per
cent, of saccharine matter and seventy
nino per cent, purity la good and sutii
ci?nt evidence that wo are suitably
located for a sutrar refinery
It has been a rather difficult task to
get at the exact amount of sugar con
aumed in this aa tlon. An Industry of
this kind wmldnot havo to exert itself
to And a market for all the auvar it could
produce. Tho retail dealers of Walla
Walla dispose of twenty-five tons of
BUgar a month! I'ehdleton llnnlern din. Illm mrut Bdtiiniliin tlnf il.nan ..-... Ir.
potouf an tqual amount, and the other ! ing times in which neither thoMin-hthe
lowna nereaLcut niso t-t-JI a proportion
ate quantity; making in round numbers,
mm, ib uuiiBiiniHi ut our very doori, fuiiv
2,000,000 pounds annually. Then there
Is Spokano, tho Sound cities, mid Port
land, all iributary, whlih would con
sumo in Iho uggreguto tun to llfiecn
ml lion pounds mora, an amount eulll
c.cut to keep a
l.AllUK BltOAK FACT011V
running tho jo.tr round. If sulllciont
entliurlasm c.tti bo instilled in our
farmers it will only bo n year or two till
we have such a factory In uctlvo o cif i
tlntl. liuvit mi (i lunula iw.u n( ti.ii...
unlimited qusntllies t f tin pioper kind
ol b. II, and ull we Ihci is a fev psliry
dollars to put up Ihc building nnd ctmip
it with suitable nui blnery.
TIIK IltltlOATKI) KAIIM.
It is plo.iKunt to think nf (ho Imtiortaiit
part our wives, daughters, mothers anil
cweethcartH uro coliig to take on tho
Irrlgitetl farm While our hands and
br tin ute boxy tolling in tho Held the
fairest, gen 1-et, sweetest half of our
honseholil will (1ml ploisant cMupanlon
ship In tho shrubs and flowers sl.o Is
planting nlung the walks lendlni: to tho
uatis. Thero is no plnco about tho farm
ho co'd or unlnvlllnit a-t n barren door-
yatd and none cau bo mndo to give out
so much btmity or satisfaction. No
other place like an Irrigated firm can
alfiird or furnish tho pnaxibilitles for
woman t impaittho irpiitlnm-sn of hor
to tbo lawn or ilower-emb iworotl
walks. 8ho takes to ornamont ami
Honors as naturallv at the duck I ngs
inkn to tho broik. and If nroner enc nr.
ngoment be given her. she will mako the
piaco Dioom wild ncauiy. when wo ro
volunteer i r the summer soldier cuiiM
ervo hi cnuntrv to Hit le nnitxsM. II
men who enu red this compact were nine.
i r. eolation, tietermliicd to meet and
oveicomu every obstacle, If possible
Iho fi'st iiiiortant step was to tit out
ami put into tho Held a purveying any
under the leatbrshlii of a cmnx'tent
emtincor to outer nine tno practirnnillty
of tho Hcliiiintt. After u month t-)ntiii
running a caieiui preliminary rotuo. it
was repoitt-d entirely fenpll lo to diveit
i no wat r as loi.templHtod. Ilio broad
d itnain of Iho Unnttilli Indian reserva
lion lav between the point of diversion
and tho lan Is lo bo Irr g.itcd and
omuroa iilouu hell thn power to grant a
rigiii-iii-wny across tnem. i lie cutnpun
at once oiiHtied una enrreppondence win
the 'Ooators anil representatives of the
stale, and askt d tliem to use every ellurt
at their coiii'iiand t enlist o'hers In the
work of goitiiiit a lit I pasted with lite
least possible delay, o well did the
pun work that by th tenth of Februnry
following, the ac g anting tliej c unpam
a rlKlit-of-wav actus' tbo roct rvatlnti.
and tbo prlvllego lo UlVirt water I run
the Umnilla tlver hid passed both
Iiuu-cb of coniiress received the endoise-
ment of tlio cnnmlpsioner of ludHii
nlHtliH, ami had betn Blgncd by the
piesldent.
llul thin witB not nil ; Bimther and even
greater obstuelu remained lo be sur
mounted, Under tho exis ing Uws of
the slaM, or more correctly eponklng for
tun want of Buy cp't illc statulory pro
vision on thoBUhj-c of wator regulation,
no peraon or cmporatlon could legally
diveit the water from any natural water
courSH for tho purpose of Irrigation.
it was tnnreioro essential to too nto
". -.v i n was innreiorei ese
lurn weak ami weurv Ironi tlm dnv'H loll nn.i .non.ii.. r .1,1., . .in...
, , , ... , . . I mi,. . uiwpvti' I w tm-v, UI UIIT Illltmi
there is no place that will eli-er our llrod 'enterprise to seetirn the enactment of it
Henseji, or hasten Iho force filnosa of Btato law that would legally and perpelu
toil, like an cay chair bone.tth a vine-'
ciad porcn. men
THE CITY OF WESTOW
A Briet Description oi a Growing,
Progressive Place.
SOME OF ITS INDUSTRIES MENTIONED
Surrounded by a Country of Broad Expanse
and Wonderful Fertility Schools
and Business Houses.
let us give tip
women n show ;
they inn do n
much in tht-1 wat
toward making hit
on iho faun a fiee
from ilnriis ai.d
thistles, na wo cm
with mattock, hoe
or Bpado.
i.s CONCLUSION
It mliilit not be
nmlss to si ute that
thero are u lllioi s
of aerea nf land In
hiihtern Oregon at
Diesent ulteilv val
uclors. AmonirMiis
tho NorlliPrn l'a
cillo Ita'lro.idCom-
pHtiy owns iibiti'
70,000 acreb lylig
nloinr tho brakes
of tho t;nliinibia
nvcr, widen It cumnlaiim at iiavuur
taxes on at 1110 rate ol 00 cents n aciv.
If tlio couniiinv wnnlil n wm'riict u o iintl
frun tho SnukH ilvor about thirty-live
miles aoovo tnov couiil reclaim near v
overy foot of their lnd nnd llnd renh
sale for It at from s0 to 173 ner au-u
This wotibl bo a better naviuit eu'ernrlbo
for tho company than tho building of
"feedera " for tho main lino.
IlETIIUHrECTION.
A backward glanoa over tlio flights f 1
llmotothe year 183A when at tho clove
of tho CayiiBo war tho ploueor settler
camo to Eastern Oregon ho found hero
veritablo paradise for tho stot-kman.
luxuriant urowtb of bunch crass, n
nutlvo fnrago plant that rivals thn famous
llliie ixniHs if Kentitekv. civerlmr tho
entire country, fiirnlfhing abundant feed
for ull seasons of the year, but whllo tie
was congratulating blmsmf mi havimr
found a country that for clIuiHtlo reasons
the farmer could notinvado oxiwrlmentB
were bolnir made in tha Walla Wa ll
valley to put his assumption to practical
t-Ht. Tho results were mojt satisfactory
from the start Tho yield of eniiu. unit
tho flno su ctilont root crops exceeded
tho expectation of tho seedsmtn, and
hCKNK IN A SIIINOLK CAMP.
limit.
J. II.
uxistlng water
lt.uey was en
1 with ih- prformsnci of this J"""' m',B,,.: Y.
nltta-k. Fully realising tho riiugnl. " ""'"", r "eninii, j. rj.
and Importance of tho work ho cm-1 """'f " coruu-, . u. nowmcr ; marsimi,
.1 ...... ..in. ii. .....it.. ,.u.i.i.ir 11. iieitiiif; iruusuier. u n. tvoou:
ally dullnu and
claims. Senator
truitei
tlllllc
tulo
nriiiu'i. nun nu'i
nui'oof Ihn otinr membors from Uma
tilla county, sueceeded In tho faco of a
rtrong and det-rmlned oppo'lllon, in
getting Hit bill enacted into a law.
THIS MUCH HAH IIKEN dlVKN
of the detailed hlstorv of thn Umatilla
Irrigation Company because tho hlstorv
of thi , the pioneer romnany. Is practic
ally the. history of ih first eirorls at up
land irrtgatim in Eastern Oregon. Ko
sooner had tho Haley hill become 11 law
than numerous companies, lareo nnd
small, limited and extended, sprang into
oxi9umro in every locnitv wueroaurop
of water could bo secured.
Under tho aiiBpicei of thn Umntllla
comntny thn bill In now undergoing tho
crucial test of judicial Interpretation nnd
conllrmatl in. Should tht decisions of
thn courts throw n mantle of prntpc'lnn
around it th's would matk an Important
era in tlio hltory nf upland Irrigation In
Oregon ami In tho prosperity nf those
sections 111 which it win bn npmiod. In
tbo event ol tli courts, sustaining
Written tor tlio linit Ori'Kiinhii)
Considerable space might bo devoted
to n complete description of tho unox
celled resources enjoyed by Weston and
the great advantages poesecsed over
many other lucidities in Kastorn Oregon
as u central trading point in one of the
ichesl and mist extensive agricultural
districts In the Norihwest.
Weston, thn "hut" of Eastern Ulna
tllla county the geographical center is
tuatcd about midway between rendlo
ton and Wulla Walla, on tho Union
ac flu ra road. It therefore naturallv
enjoys a trade second to no young city
in miHifrii isr-uuu. ui riiuwi iiuiiuiniiun.
Tho yields ol the large larins which sur
round weston lor mites are mucii larger
nml of a superior quality than thoso cm-
guous 10 any oilier trailing point 111
liber Umatll a county, uregon, or walla
Walla county, Washington, nositics tno
immenso wheat shipments which 11 rd
miila f'lim this point each season, large
acreages nro plant
d to vegetables
intl fruit, which,
with litilo caro,
an bo ralsod us
uo essfully us else
where In the Ktate.
Tho population of
Weston Is 1000. It
was iiu'orpointetl
in 1878, thn tlrst
city olllcora being:
Mayor T. J. Lucy;
rero'dor, I). W.
Mwight; treasurer,
li 8. Wootl (who
has held tbo olllre
ever since); mar
shal, II. F. Trine;
aldermen, Chun.
'c Morris. Jueob
Piuba t el, John
llar'niun, J. W.
Miller, J. H. Mor
gan and J. W
Heckett Tho prrs'
HtolllcerB, electetl Mondu v. Pec. 7. 18f)l
a : Mavor.T.T. Davis: aldermen. L. It.
tit..l.t. T ftf f..l..A I ... .
courts sustaining thn
eucouruged by theso losults largor Mras bill, next spring will witness such acliv
were urougiit under cultivation, sioly
at fltst, and with a degree of caution,
born of distrust, a few uooil cons dis
pelled all doubt and tho sg-lo iltunl 1
uv in irrigation matters that will soon
revolutionize, existing systems of farm
ing, ami oxten'ivn areas will he changed
street commissioner. Ohas. Mcltrldo.
Tho valuation of taxable proierty in
wi-Bion, accoriiing to tno assessors re
turns for 1801, Is f.'-o.OOO.
BCHOOI. ritlVILKOKH.
Ono of tho loading features of tho city,
which la deserving of special mention
is tho Eastern Oregon Htata Normal
school, located in Weston, and whlcl
hue now an enrollment of sixty-two
pupils, with an incrcapo each month.
Pupils aro in attendance from Wulla
Walla, Pendleton, Milton, Athona and
other points in Eastern Oregon and
Washington. Tho Normal school build
ing. a large two-story brick, waa orocted
in 18 il by the city and was deslgnod for
a cltv Iih it ; hut later nn was turned Into
a school building. Until tho prewont
year very nine was done to mako tho
school a tinancial or educational success,
when tlio citizens of Woton, actuated by
a deep feeling In tho cause of education,
ralll-d to tho suniwrt ot tho Normal and
aro greatly plaased with the result. The
school Is well equipped with apparatus,
dooks, etc., mere Doing '-Ml volumes ot
Wi ston Koll r Mills, owmd nnd operated
by Ssling & On. Two years ago the
1 cce Btty of a ltrgo flouting mill, to ro
plaeo tho one destroyed by tiro in 1880.
wan recognized bv thn abovn II rm inn
tlio latest Improved roller machlnory was
imiciioBeu. 1110 11111 is 01 40 bnrrel
capscity nnd tmppllts n largo local do
maud beaidcB shipping to Tor laud
Utilun county and Sound points.
In Octobtr, 1801, seviral prominent
uusincFH ciuzeiiH ami larnit-ra nf Vp nn
and vicinity called a tniifs meeting for
the purpoco of 1 rgani.lng a J lnt Htoek
ciitupany, 1110 onject Doing to solicit cupl
till enough to conduct a bank for tint
cHiecial accommoilatlon of farmers of
tlioeiMurn end In nun wrok's II tun it
capital stock of $00,000 wjh subscribed,
by the farmers who depend upon WcBton
ns a trading point, and at iho present
wiitil.g to moiitha finni tint tlmn ot
tlio oieiiing of the bank Iho hooka
show n business far execo ling the antici
pations oi mofo intoto-tMl.
o-ton him without doubt tha best
syrtem of wator woiks In Eat tern Ore
gon Hccjrilli g to population and slzoof
tno city, mho eyetein Is owned und con
r .11. d by tbo corporal on ant since
const ruction lins been a paying Invest
ment.
bocii:tii:s.
UellgloiiB sicloiieB nro repreBontod by
tho Episcopal church, Hov. W. E. Tot-
wlno, pastor; tho United Brethren
church, ltev. Evans, paster; tho Baptist
hurch, Kov. W. II. rruelt, pastor ; nnd
he Melhodht Eolfccpal Church South,
Uev. F. O. Adkius, pastor. Each of the
above denominations havo neat and
commodious ediflceB for religious worship,
and all tiro blessed with good congrega
tions, which is an evidence of thecood
moral Btandh.g tf tho lommuulty as n
while
I'ht 1'0 aro flvo secret nml liennvnlrnt.
srciotlos In WeBton, ns ft Hows: N o-ton
ixioge, o. 6H, 1. o. o. F ; Weston
L00HO, No. 03, A. V. & A. M. ; Weston
Lodge, No. 71. A. O. U. W ! tleneral
Nigloy Poet. No. 45, Q. A, H ; Steven-
Odg, so, 40. K. of V. All hnvu Lnrd
lid coniiiiodtuiis loibu rooniH in which
to meet.
WoMon IllfO has a hoard nf Irmtn In
lock ufier htr hit rests, which holds
rrgulir mcellngs on th- lirst Mondav of
eacii montii. iho olllicrs are: tleo.
W. FiadiBtel, picsldcnl: M. A. Ilakcr.
secretin) ; 1'. A. Worthington, statisti
cian ; I.. H. A'ood. treaBiirr.
A building and loan nss-rlnttnn li.
nollier impoitant factor in the growth
me ciiy, wiin 11 was organized two
esra ago with a can lal slick of .ri0.nnn
ami Is 11 iw In a flourishing condition.
All branch's if buslntss are repre
Beiiled in Wcaton, nn eniiiiio'iitlon of
lllch Would oci'liliv inor.i imin tlmn
nil t d; but thtro ib room nntl no-nrsltv
r inoro. Two hotola air rd tho travel
ng nubile accommodations. Tho Mar
tial! lloii'o, a Hum two-s orv btlck
tructure, is a cndlt to tho city and
ould ilcservo spec ul not co In manv
more populous cities.
II. li. llOWMIUt.
traductions, airatde and jileasant to a
d.gree, and a gentleman with whom it is
a pleasure 10 do bti-iiiFfl
Mr. Albert Wurzvudler has been a resi
dent of Pendleton for eleven yesra, com
ing, as he did, when Pendleton was, you
might say, In her Infancy, ho lias be
come idoutlfltd wlili tho growth and
development of the city and ui rounding
cotiutiy Ho has been engaged in the
general merchandise IiiimIiii.Vh ilnrlt
entire time, nml is now the secretary of
tho Pendleton Mcrcanllla Co. I! it Ih n
young man full of pu-h ami enterprise
ami Is endow 0 1 with thusti iiilnelnlen
whlihwlu Bticcevs in nnv i.iiIiimwIu.i It,
which he sees lit to embark.
OltlHION ClIDAIt.
Makes tho llt-tt I.limbei'nml MIiIiiuIom
III tbo World.
Ill this paper appears an Illustration
of out) of the large ccdnr trees of Oregon
and Washington. From theso trees
cedar lumber nntl shingles tiro made
which Hud n ready salo ull over tho
country, shipments being made ns far
cast us Now Vork. For 11 long time'
their sale was limited to Colorado mul
Utah, outside of tho home of tho tree.
mul thero was but llttlo nrnllt In tlu.lr
niniiufacture. This was largely duo to
thn fact that the slilnglo men were pos
sessed of very small capital, ns n rule.
and wore unable to place their product
on the market as It should ho. During
tho last two years there has been much
improvement In the mniiufiicturi, nml
corresponding increase In tlio sale. It Is
estimated that 2),000,000 of these
shingles uro 1111111t1r110i11n.il 11101.11,
The shingle factories nro lorutoil nloinr
the Columbia river and on I'uget 80111111
Tho great advantages claimed for tho
nuiiigies uro tticir inmost absolutu free
dom from knots and other Imperfections,
their great durability mid tho fact that
they neither curl, warn nor hmIIi m,i.,.
glcH Hindu hero havo never been known
to wear out or leak, and many roofs
where tho shingles huvu been Inbl "(1 nr
110 years, and mure, mid havo for years
icon covered with moss, havo never
caked, mul when hi ronrso nr limit tin.
building oil Which tliev were nine ll Wllri
torn down to make room Tor something
better, theso shlnglea havo been found
but little tlio Worse for Wear, and went
apparently good for iih long a service us
before. Fort Nestpinlly, which was
built for tho Hudson Iluv Coinn.inv In
1810 or 1311. Is still covered with In iimi
roof, composed of cedar shingles, mid It
s in good repair.
8T. 1 OS K 1 ' 1 1 'S A CA1 I :.M V.
from dry. parched, and often barren 1 reference, travels, poetry, essays, hlstorl-
areas began to expand In widening wastes, to ven'ure clad, nnd tree pmhow.,cai worxs and ctioico seiectiona.
r 1
circles, nnd Immigrn'iou camo swarming
Into tno country from every nook and
0 rncr of tHo globe. In a u itnparatlvely
t.h' rt limo the wbolo country known us
the Inland Empire was dotted with
small shanties. A fuw year of nn-
profitable cultivation proved tho fjllacv
of tho llrst Impression, for the fact de
veloped that in a largo part of IhU area
crops could bo successfully grown only
in the exceptionally favorable peafon,
and that long rainless summers were
the rule instead of the exception. Crop
after crop was planted in the vain
hope that tho seasons might change, but
as tho pitying crlos of hunger, or I he
gaunt forms of want were never loud
enough to rinch or change the course of
nun who "doetii nil tilings well" the rr-t-ults
were seldom less thru an unremiiu-
eratlvo harvest, and gradually, though
unwillingly, the conviction was forced on
the unfortunate fcttler that he had cast
bia lot in an arid country. That tha long
and unxlom years of labor spent in con
verting tho rolling prairl into a beauti
ful billowy grain field, had been lime
almost wasted and that unless bis land
could be rendered productive bv aitill-
clal means, It must etirelv bo aband med,
dawned on his mind. Prior to, and in
eluding the year 1890, three partial crop
failures had brmght matters lo a crisis,
and the 0 nvli tiou was fast growing uion
ull that a turn in the tide 11111 t soon roll
ill way. otherwise a large proportion of
the farmer who had eettl-d on the aritl
lands U the not th and west t.f I'end'elon
must abandon the homes tbev h d tpent
yearrtof toll and anxiety in building. At
this juncture of h Hairs a fow of ih lead.
ing citizens of Poodl. t n met In one of
the rooms of the Ettvr Ohfi )N..n bulld
og and determined to rcanizn mi Irrl.
gallon company with a vi,.tv f cmduo
lug the wat r of die Uma'llla river to
tho dry up'andato the noith an I we-t
tha had snUercd most from the tr .iilh
tho DUt two seasons. Tin v realize
that an under'aklng 1 f this u anit-idM
would be fraught with dilllciiltlea tlmt
would put to the test the confidence of
A good
the ppt work in n spider's web. Factories
and all th numerous pntrprlps that
cloelv follow in th wako of thriving
and densely populated mmmnnl'ies wlH
spring up and add their quota to the
gonernl itroplty.
Then let iih clon bv adding a slncorp
wien tnat man who so liravely twira thn
repeated trials and dlsappolntm'tita con
sentient nn limp and laltor wasted nn n
rich, yet unproductive soil, may llvo to
share lo thn fnllpst Pxlent thn'hlesalng
nnu contentment to m fo'lvpd from the
changes that irrigation promise.
D. W. McDannald.
ereil farms. IIoiiips whose altraellvoness 1 mifrofcipo, maps, spoclmons for zoology,
w ill tnd to keep thn hnvn on tho farm ; I botany and geology constitute tho appara
Btriggling hamlpts will rnnldly grow lno tus. Tho school is under tho principal
towns and towns intnclliPH. Hsllrnado hip cf Prof, F. J. Van Wlnklo. Tho
will multiply and nnsu the count-v like faculty is as follows: F. J. Van Winklo
rt. a. Duieina, y alter 01. civ, j, ti.
Henry, Ur. It. E. Duller. Tho 'Hoard of
Itegonls Is us follows: Hon. Kylveater
Penuoyer. Hon. Geo. W. McUrlde, Hon,
E. U. McElroy.
The city of Weston feels proud of her
public school. She was fortunate in
securing the services of Prof. D. W.
Jarvls, county superintendent of puMIc
instruction, as principal for the ensuing
voar, who Is an instructor of acknow
ledged ability. There are four depart
ments, conducted by the following
teachers: D. W, Jarvls, principal; Miss
Cltra Orow, first assistant; Miss Celestla
Martin, intermediate; Mies Clto Heeler,
primary. The school has now an enroll
ment of -00 pupils.
runuo INPUHTUIKH.
The most important manufacturing
industry Is conducted1 by the Weston
Brick and Tile Company, which was
organized in August, 1891, by a number
of enterprising citizens, and the exten
sive plant formerly owned by H. B.
Nelkon, one of the beat known brick
manufacturers in tho Northwest, pur
chased by them, Mr Nelson becoming
an equal investor. The main brick yard
com prises a space 400 by 090 feet in
dimensions. The brick machine has a
capacity of 30,000 brick per day. Thirty
men uro constantly employed during tho
season in ami about the yards, the pay
roll amounting to 10.) per day, In con
nection with the manufacture of brick
it is the intention of the lompany to put
in a complete tile-piping anil terracotta
manufacturing plant ut the beginning of
next season. Within three miles of
Weston has been discovered Urge
deposits of pottery clay, which has been
tested thoroughly and found to have no
superior in the world.
Another prominent Industry Is the
Hv Hp p1
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Above we present the portrait of the
East Orkoonian'h friend and fellow-
worker, in the cause of Eastern Oregon.
irrigation and progress, U, W.McDannald.
GOULD b -WUH.WKII.HU.
U110 or tlio I.eutlliiflr nntl Mont AVI1I0
Awiiko riruiH ir J'oinlleloii.
A cut of t'o fnterhrof MessrH. Gould
& Wurzweilor's o'egnnt nnd beautifully
filled drug storo may bo seen in Ihls
issue
Tho firm of Gould it Wurewellor now
occupy an pnviublo K)silIon among tho
loading litifincflfl housen of the city.
They nro Just entrlr a upon thdr third
year of husinoF, and havo In this sh"rt
limo, by close appllcalion to business,
lloiinllnir mul ny Suliool Hie Younu
J.iidlort-'riitt liiNti'iiotttm 'J'Iioi-oiikIi
nml t'omploto.
Tho tit. Joseph Academy, ono of tho
excellent educational InstltiitlonB ol
Pendleton, waa founded In 18S7 ami la
flourishing under tho clllcleiit cntpof
Frauclscaii Bisters, ami delightfully eltu
atedultho suburbs ot tliu g-owlug and
lunniiiK i iiy 01 custom urccon.
Ihorough instruction in tho English
branches, art, miiMu ami languages ar.d
book keeping, commuiclal correspond
mice, shotlliund, typo-writing, vocal
inti'lo, plain and ornumuritul needle
work, is given.
Tho Plllills enfov ut low rate,' nveri-
atlvuntiigH conduclvo to pleasure ami
wen lb. together with overy fiiellltv (nr
inquiring it thorough ediicailon. The
courses of stiidv urn academic, prepara
tory, prlmiiry, mtislo and art.
J 110 ucailem c coiiriio ombraciiH n
puiiod of four years and coin prists thn
llllnl brancliCH. If tliu Htinlent IiujIoh
In tliu iiruparatory, seven yearn are re
HBBr JHVI
iHHlBPfcWrtTi
INTKRIOK VIKWOOUI.I) AND WURZWEILKa's PHUO STOKB,
fair dealing and courteous pleasant wuys
built up for themselves a t radii which
reaches Into tlio moat remote portions of
ttie county
They havo lately ordered, at a cost of
$1000, a mugniflceiit fountain which will
be put in place In the early spring and
will add greatly to tho beauty of their
store.
A siecial feature of their business is
the prescription department, where pre
so ip'iona uro comtiounded by careful
and experienced pharmacists.
Mr. H. P. O.iuld lias been a resident of
Oregon but four years. Previous lo corn
ing West he made his home in Chicago,
where ho was enguged in the drug bust
nees. During his first nine months
ro'ldpiice In Oregon, he was located at
Arlington in the capacity of clerk in a
drug More. Ho came to Pendleton In
the fall of 1838 and was employed by
Leezer & Kuebler until August, 1880,
when he und W. J. Furniih bought iho
store of which he had charge. Mr
Gould was associated In tho drug
biHness with Mr. Furnish until May.
189 J. when Mr. A. Wurzwellcr bought
In, sinco when the firm has been Gould
& Wurzweiler. Mr. Uould la a young
man of rare business qualifications, up
right and honorable in his business
quired for a full course
The teachers aro zealously and ex
clusively dnvoted to tho work of educa
tion and llvo In tho buiiiq depaituioiit
with the pupils, preside ut the diU'erur t
exercises and assist in the preparation
of their lessons for class recitations.
Thoy form uh far us poisible 11 family
circle with the pupils, in onlcr to gain
their confidence and more Miicessfully
direct their studies und form their moral
character.
Preparatory school for little boys under
tho charge of the sauio Hlstera Theso
school are entirely separate. Pupils will
llnd it to their advantage to nnbr or
return at tho bogluning of the fchool
year, but they will ho received nt any
time during the ear. For terms ami
other particulars address, (-later
Buporlor.
The products of it tn-ai'Mi spplo or
chard in tliu Hoguo lilvcr vulhy, near
Grants Pass, was sold lately to the Karl
Fruit Company, of San FrincUcn, f r
4 (HO. 'Ilia pr lo- paid wua fixiy-llvo
cuts per box, The I iiyer did li o pack
ing, picking and furnished loxtu, 'Iho
apilra weio of thn rod winter vatloty
ami v ere picked for the Australian und
Japan markets,