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SHEEP AND WOOL INTERESTS,
The Annual Product 14,000,000 Pounds,
Netting $2,000,000.
UMATILLA STANDS AT THE HEAD.
Very Nearly all of the Wool of tlio State
Is Raised In Eastern Oregon.
Interesting Statistics.
Written fertile Itott OicKonlan,
uxtlu importance to wlient rnising,
but far cxetcdlrig it In percent -go of
profit nnd certainty of product, is tlio
sliet-pand wool Industry of tho statu of
Oregon. With tlio exception of nbmtt
one inllllnn oiiihIh all lliu wool of tlio
stale Ib raised in Eastern Oregon.
Tho ciitlro clip of Oreyon wool for the.
year 1801 was in round numbors, M.COO,
000 pounds, which nt tlio nverngo price
of M$ coidfl per pound Hold for $2 HOO,
OOO. Besides tlio wool them was eolil for
mutton null breeding purposes in other
Btuti B and termorliB nbout 100,000 sheep
uf tin Viiltio of 4:100,000, bo that tho sum
of $2,:t00,000 was brought into tho state
in lHtll by mentis of Hheep littHbundry.
Tlio estimated number of sheop In tho
stato is close on to 2,000,000 mid tho
average weight if tho llcercfl Ih nbout
plght tiounds.
While a Inrga purt of Eastern Oregon
Ib Rjtf cliil ly adapted to Biiecessful slocp
rnlH ng, tlio favorite sheep nngo of tho
while, I'ltclflc Count is in tho region
traversed by tho Bluo mountains In
Umutilla county. Hero tlio winters are
short nd comparatively mild, tho
grasses nro abundant and nu'rltlmia be
yond nil comparison. Ah n conB-quenco
siicop Uirlvo hero Willi comparatively
littlu cnie. tlio winter lomes are reduced
to n minimum, tho pcreentag.i of Increase
01 iiiniDB ib Idgli, exceeding l'J per cent,
in 1801 nnd tho wool Ib of n very One
crude Tho only inatunco of several
losses In this region in n perl d of thirty
years was in tho winter of 18)U-l0 when
ihoro was n Iopb of nbout 60 por cent
nil over Eastern Oregon, but even in this
man tlio li hh whb not duo bo much to the
severity of tho weather 11 b to tho fact
that nfter tho winter wns appirently
ended nt tlio umiuI time in the middle of
Foliriiary, 11 second winter set In hiHtlng
until tho middle of March. It wan dur
ing ill Ih Fecund winter Hint tint heavy
Ioh CHorcuried. It wan 11 severe lesion,
but thu Blicep raisers of Eastern Oregon
will not bo caught napping that wav
ngnln verv poon. Most of them hnvo
provided f ir ruch 11 contingency in thu
future by meeting aheltcra and hull g in
a fditlleh nt supply of alfalfa or other hay
though another peilod ol tidily yearn
nniy 1 1 befero ho trjlng u winter 11 a
th.it of 1880-tK) rooi.rs.
Prior to thl dlsHstrntiB sensnn tliero
woui nbout -100 IKK) sheep In Umutilla
county, nnd thouuh heavy lnssen wero
sustained tlio nuniher at. Ihcclnsuof thu
season of 181)1 Ih hut little less than that. I
1 J10 range1 of f county nro ntnply able
to Mint tin h half million of sheep at the
present tlmo In splio of the fact that tl e
pio -1111111 iiiib not iieen Idle ami many
thoiiiiind scieB of g.md griiHH lands havo
been trnnsf rnied into wheat fields in
recent years.
Tim following tabulated stu'ement of
the wool clip of tho state of Oregon for
tho year Hiding Deo ill, 1801, bared
upon roMiniH of leading wool buyers is
apitroxlmiitnly correct ami shows the
principal shipping points, as well us tho
enmities, from which tho chief supply Ib
drawn :
ltt 2,.'.ip.mi
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ibn (est.) aOvtn
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Tho ceiiBim of 18-iO kIvb the total
number of sheep in the stato nt 1,083,
102 and thu m eight of tho wool dip at
6.718 2:0 pounds. In that year the num
ber of sheep west f tho Oasc-id. b wm
426,5 k) nnd tho wool clip wn 1, 884.0.')"
P'-umiIb. whllo In h jit-rii Oregon there
wer (J i(l,(J02 shcpp will 11 wool yield of
3.88:1,037 In 1886 thu Hheep went of tho
Cascades had fallen nil' to .'IHjiOiI nnd
tho wool to 1.712,000, while ICasltrii
Oregon had inertMed to 1 .'I18 f;(!(J fllioep
with Heece? weighing 7,7O0,t)32. Thus
while Western Oreiton wbh navlnir more
attention to wheat and ftuit, nnd losing
In tho number of Blieep, Kiitern Oregon
had In tlvo yearn doubled lis number of
sheep nnd at tlio name (Iiiih hueoniing
tlio urent. wlient ldlstng region 01 the
1'ncillo Northwest. Tho increaae of
sheep in Kas'orn Oregon ent on with
equnl piicn till 1884 w lion Iho mnxiuitiu
''there ia moro monoy In fihoep tttnti
unytlilng else." Tho expenses atfi
pined at 'he mnxlmiint, and thu rrftumM
nt tlio minimum of values nnd is Mig
getlve of what, nny Wool gr er Citrdo
in Hasten Or go 11 nnd Washington ter
ritory uh'i has tlio neceBjary money,
brnina nnd perevemnce.
INVKSTMKNT.
avo stork sheep. 12M) ewes tiVI wutlieri 12.,.$
Iiitetteit in taint, etc j.
PAH)
KXI'KNHKH twki.vk months.
Intereit 1111 tava nt to per cent t CM
Urn tti lieait nt rl - Km
tuo iih'ii witii iio.iiti at nim iam
DiiiillK 'l'") lieacl nt 2 i ts Till
Slieuiinx&YiOlieait at (1 cts IVi
Sacking, and ixiantlng sliearers m
.sacks M at to ets vl)
JI11111111K n,uiM wiHiint tl
c.sit 1iF.7rn.N8.
W(Hil. 17 iV-lllnat 150 12.(52.1 01
Wclliem. imi lieailnl tl M HI
Ijimln, an at tl to mom firm do
I'rollt JA1TU W
1 ui4 calculation is based on seven
nun 11111U ioiuiiuii inu uik'iiiiik ui mills-1 prodlici
continental rai'r.mils tlirouuh
' ..rnrhwliu. Ilinil
r,4Biern w ethotH b id by
lambs, roila!lig tho
tl Ini.itttf na la lia.il ti.,.1
Oregon an enormoim (loveh mneii in llio I am tmit nil help is hired. Hy tho sheen
production of wheat was inntiaurate-l
and sheep raising barely held Hh oaii.
1 nen camo uie disunions inter of
1880-00 and the sheen wero rediicdiii
number hy nearly 11 million. The 1 .tn r 1
part of tho seas 01 of 1800 mis favor.thl.t
to t lio sheep intcrestH and tho past year
hns been exceptionally 1 rosper.)UB for
sl eep men bo that the bands havo in
creased to 1,83(1 604, cioso on to the two
million mark. In the lucantitnn while
tho nomh'r of sheep has fallen off, tho
weight of tho fleeces, throuirh attention
to improving tho grades ol sheep, has
iiirreut-d from five to eight piumlH nnd
tho total wod clip nearly canals that of
the year 1884 when tho number of sheep
wns greatest. At tun snrno tlmo tlio
pri.'e 01 llie siieep tlietnselveH lias greutly
niinnced in value, iwo year old! widen
I'OI'NPri,
Tlio llallet. WiHcociiunly 1,1110,11110
lu'inuier. .Mnrinw iimiiiIv i.iio
IVnillelon, tlinatlllit eoiiiity I.'.'xi.oio
I-t lio, I'niatlllit eoiinty l,Ni,()
Vlcliilly ot 1 ciiilleton, ttiiiatllla eoiinty f"i,ui
Riker Clly, lUkrr county I,d,iiho
(IiiimIh, hlieriiitm county ,. .
Wlllaiaclle Valley, Western Oickoii , l,li,(l
Oilier iHiloli l,V,),(Miti
Totat
I l,HM),Hl
While Iho Dalles, in Whsco u tmty,
leads all othera in uuiount of uhlpuieutH,
mum 01 I no wool snipped from that city
is grown ouUldo of Wasco county. H10
same may ho said of lleppmr. in Mar
row county, which sIiIph wool grown in
Umutilla nnd other adjoining counties,
so Hint umattlia couuiv witn Its ; .200.
000 oliipped from rcntlleton, Kcho and
Interinedhito ihiIhIh, together with
aiiioiinls contributed to lleppner. tin
dnnbtedly IciiiIh all the otlitr coimiicHof
Oregon in amount 01 wool grown unit
I'endletnu exhibited proper enterprise,
in const ruetli'g good roads into counties
lying west mm south it would handle
live or six million oiiiidt annually in
stead 01 tlio less man two minion pounds
shown In tho above stalemont ami would
bo the supply point of an Immense trade
that nan 1011 divert d to noppiier,
linker City niidotlur places Iosh mlvnu
tageouslv situated, i'eiulluton alone of
all the Inland cftieB of tint l'acifio North
west enjoya the udvuntagoof two trans
continental rail ays, and idfr rs cometl
tlon in freight rates both east and west.
Ah nliout omvbnlf of tlio wool clip of
Oregon, for 1801, was shipped Kan by
rail ovr tho Union l'scIHo or Northern,
it Ih oIivIouh that 1'endleton, if osses-ed
of proper roads into tho lutetlor, would
have handled it much Urg-r share of tho
wool clip than it did, ami to better nd
rantauu than any other place,
Willi these facts before us tho qucu
tloiis naturally occur to noiiTCsIdvnta,
"Ih thcio room (or nowconiera in the
sheep business Y" and, ' ia ahoep raising
as prolltablo now as in former yearsY"
The presentation of a few tlgures will
throw considerable light on thu Hint
ouestlon. Wo have not 1)10 advnntago of
the census returns for tho year 1800. but
the progress f the sheep Industry of the
state is strikingly shown by tho last
report of the bureau of statistics. Hy
this it appears that Oregon had:
YKA1U 0.8IIKK'.
lN'il 13,1
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lS70(MMMt ! ! 31(1 a
......... l,us:i,i(cj
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,..M,.... 2,5JI,a7
tS.sO..
tsl...,
suvon yenrH sgo could be lioiight for
t 26 a head now command 12.76. moro
than doll ding In value, so that although
tlio prlco of wool him declined to 16 couta
per pound the I nt roused weight of IloeceH
and tho double value of tho sheep has
made Ortgon'a present diminished bund
of aheap much moro valuable than when
tho number wns considerably greater.
TheioW abundant rnnno for many hun
dreds of thousands more ahcop than now
subsist in Uumtllla.WHFCO, Morrow, Un
ion nnd Hakor coiintloH while In tho
vast territory, now comparatively un
known, comiuifdng Malheur, lln'rnev.
(irant. Lake. (jIIIIhiii and Cr ok counties.
tliero is rango of linn nunllty over n
country moro vast than what Ih now
commonly spoken of ns Eastern Oregju.
Sheep nro g dng Into
huh region, which wo
may term Southeast
ern Uicg'ii, in con
stantly increased num
bers and in view of
tho amount and qual
ity of tin wool beiiio
Plug to iomi) out of
Hilt country for ship
ment over the I'lilon
I'aclllc wo would Infer
that one of the best
wool nroducitnr re
gions of Kastern Ore
gon In yet to bo devel
oped and that inu very
few y"ir f he wool clip
of Kastern Orognn
will 11 bo from aliout
thirteen million to
twenty-llvo or thirty
million of pounds. A
to wholher rnlelng
sheep Ib as profltnblu
now as in foruior years
opinions will vary, but uno tiling is cer
tain, viz: that It is not onlv oxcecdingly
prolltablo now, but it will continue to be
so in Kastern Oregon for many yean.
The construction ol railrnads the open
ing of f.iriua and the building of towns
and cities In Eastern Or. gon has driven
tho sheep from many ot their former
haunts, hut thov nre nearer now to
Iiiihcs of supply, to good niarkets nnd to
transportation routes than they were ten
years ago. This fact Is of immense im
portance to sheep raiscrn. Hut a few
years sgo and there was no market for
mutton and ns 11 consequence, sheep In
Eastern Oregon wero valuable chiefly for
their wool. Today the demand for Ore
gon sheep for mutton and for driving to
.Montana, tlio Dakotas, Nebraska and
other states has made the price of Ore
gon sheep such that cvm It thu price of
wool declined to 14 and 16 cents a pound
sheep could ho raised hero with a hand
pome margin of prollt. While the priru
of wool him declined to 14 and 16 cents
a pound in thu f.ico of a heavv dutv on
foreign wools it Ih not likely to go'nuy
lower. Tho entlro production of the
Un led Stutes. 300.000.000 Is consumed
in this country nnd In addition 80,000,000
01 wool is imported from foreign coun
tries to mix with American wools,
Therefore, no waiter how great the wool
production of Australia so long as the
United States consumes all her own
wool and is cnme.lled to draw from out
sld for 80 millions of otind-t additional
the prlco Is likely to go no lower, Hut
we ate not alone in our confidence in
prosperity of tho wool and sheep
Industry of Eastern O recon . without ro
pant to the action of Congress or tariir
duties. Ohsrles U, Kulnrta, of I he
Dalles, an experienced sheep raiser, a
wool manufacturer and wool buyer for
many years, recently mado a statement
of the exense of buying and managing
a band of 2,600 sheep for one year in
Eastern Oregon from which we extract
tho following:
'Though wool values have at the
present time a depressing aspect and
complications nlwut taritl' talk and prices
more sertou-4 than we roinember lliein
for n number of yea, )t la dully con
versation with wool urowers we tlnd no
sentiment expressed that Is not entirely
suggestive of confidence in the future
prosiiecta nnd profits of their business
and tho public generally a ill be Interest
ed in the followlnc exhibit fur their
estimated gtius in present conditions.
This Is no ice-col' rnl view, but the re
sult of interviews during the past two
weeks with several prominent wool
groweis, are their own futures and who
all conclude In great good humor that
owner doing one man's work, fully $000
mom woiiio tin cieato i ami giving an
annual profit of $2770 on an investment
of $0000
The sheen mon also annreclnto an
item in t'o future success of the busi
ness, vir, , that his annual output t f
wether sheep for multm adequately re
lieves him from any fear of ttie general
results not being in proportion to olden
time 011 account of depressed wool
values: onlv five jears ago his wethers
were altog ther unsalable cr well sold at
tl tol 'ia per head, but tho rapid and
easy communication by rail to Chlcsgi
nnd othor markets insures him now 2 oO
to 3 per head affr shearing, and nre
driven from his range without any ex
pense to himself."
Since this calculation was made by
Mr Koboits svcral of tho factors enter
ing into it have changed, for example,
the original cost of thu sheep would be
$2.60 instead of $2 a head, but in tlio
average weight of Kastern Oregon fleeces
it a to H,'5 k)uihU instead of 7 t-ounds
as eiilniHied bv him, and tho selling
price 01 million nnssnmownat increased,
ills calculation remains now substanti
ally correct. It is evident, ther-fore,
Hut while tho price of word is lower than
it was eevernl yenra sgo, the cort of
sheep ia greater nnd somo pxjm nso it?
incident to thu erection of shelters nnd
providing liav. These Items nro fully
ofl'set hy tho lucre tsed we'ght of fleeces,
the enhanced price of sheep cold for
mutton and breeding purposes nnd hy
dtcresscil per cetitage of losses through
tlon between the home mills nnd the San
Francisco concerns. 'Ihese ura g-oat
advahfageB and phould comtuarnl ttie
biHlness attention of the petple of
I'entlluton.
As to the character nnd quality bf th
Oregon wool too much cinnot t o said in
Its praNe 'I lie American Wool and
Cotton Keporn r. the highest authority
011 wool, In sp diking recently of a
sample lug of Oregon wool that "If It
had been forwarded in t ni- to enter tlio
ompt'tltioti for prizes to wo 4 vrower-,
it would unquestionably liavo t.ken tlio
first prizo Oregon wool?, owing to their
improved ountitv and the strem-th of
the staph, luve. during the pnst few
eniB, become moro and 111 re p miliar
with worsted mauufaciurers, though they
have been less pr-dltaido the past seasoii
on account of thu great amount of grease I
and dirt hich they have retained. , The
wools (if Eastern Oregon purlieu! rly nro '
wen nred and vieldn, icsr proiltnf tender
and sli-irt wools than eo'me of the other
territories. They compete wiih .Montana
wools, which, however, nre usually in
1 Iki titer condition. It would bri to the
ndvnntngo of tho growers in Oregon to
retain Iho good qualitlcH of their wols
nnd keep d r out, which adds to the
freight expense, and which buyers must
deduct from tho price which thev pay
por pound for It."
Hut Oregon wool ought to rank high,
for its sheet) come ot an nrl-tocratiu
descent as the follow log interesting
genealogical statement will show : 4 The
tirst siie-p brought to Oregon weredtlven
from California by an American, J. P.
Lease, in 1842. They were a light-
bodied, leggy, dryfletced, kempv, In
ferior sheen such aa nre yet to be found.
unimproved or partially improved, iu the
states and terrltoiles adjoining Mexico.
In 1814, Joshua and 1. O. It. Shaw
brought n small lot across the plains
from Missouri, the first so driven. In
1847 a Mr. Fields brought a lot of good
sheep across the plains. In 1848, Joseph
watt, ot Yamuill county brought
head of grade Saxon Merino blood, in
cluding Beven of pure Saxon nnd six of
liluh grade Spanl-h Mtrino. In 1861.
Hiram Smith brought somo full-hlo'tl
Spanish Merinos from Ohio In 1864,
Dr. W. F. Tolmle, of the I'ugct Hound
Agricultural Company, drove to and
sold In the Willamette Valley 1500 head,
descendants if Lcnso's California sheep,
tlio largest part of wl.ich had been
bought by that company, improved hy
ranis iuiorted from KtigUrul, amongst
which woro somo nearly puro South
(Iowiih, I.elcestir-hlres and Merinos. In
lft')8 Martin Jesse brought In 20 head of
Mo Vrthur'a Australian Meitnos, part of
a shipment made into San Francisco iu
1867 by J. II. Williams, United States
consul at Sydney, N. 8, W. In I860 A.
C. Ueer ituiorteu Soutlnhwns of the
THE CITY OF MILTON.
Tbe Commercial Center o! a Rich and
Prosperous Section.
A COMING MANUFACTURING TOWN.
Supply Point of Fruit and Vegetables
Its Water Power Free and Unlimited.
Milton, tho gnrden city of Eastern
Oregon, is situated un the Walla Walla
river, nbi nt four miles from thu Oregon
state lino, nnd Is smrjundod by the best
fitilt glowing section In tho Northwest
iho cllmats ia several degrecB warmer
during the winter than nt any other town
in the "Inland Empire," thereby furn
ishing a most congenial homo for bet
ries and fruit of every kind and char
auter, aud at an evidence of whether It
piys or not, we nppoud the following
fii.tB! W. H. Fraxler is one of the oldest
settlers in town; in fact tho greater por
tlon of the town waa laid out on his
farm. He ia thcreforo quoted ns author
Ity. From his seven acre orchard he
realized this year a net profit of $1000,
besides furnishing all tbe fruit needed In
two or three famibes in Milton, and his
orchard of the piceeni time Is just fairly
coming Into full hearing.
J. E. Kfrkland has an orchard in the
lower part uf town that yielded from 700
to a JO pounds 01 luscious trim to tlio tree,
t hev were members uf the "Uelltlower"
family, lted cheek Tipplus to the amount
ol 700 pounds were garnered from u
single trvo in tho orchard of Charles
lleiry.
On ninety feet square of ground W.T.
Wr ght gathered 800 pounds uf straw
berries wtilch sold at an uverago of eight
crntB 11 pound, me same party market
ed Iroui threo nnd one-half acres 12 000
pounds of grapes, which sold for $180
UKIHiMSH
TIIK CITV OF Mlt.TON.
providing shelter and fool. It may he
safsly alllrmcd, thin, that raising sheep
11 nil wool is hb prolltablo now ua ever in
Kast rn Ortgon. A busmegs which
yields an annual prollt of fioin HO to 60
per cent, ns appears from thu preceding
table Is prolltablo enough to satisfy any
reaH'mahle person.
Ihoso unfamiliar with the facts are
apt to conclude that the price of 16 cents
tier piund for Oregon wool Is ruinously
I-iw, but when It is remembered that
this is the price for the flrec- as it comes
from tlio shtep'a back a different infer
eiidi follows An average Eastern Oregon
lleeco contains 08 per cent of dirt ami
grease and only 32 er out. of pure wool,
so that 16 cents a iiound for dlit, grease
aud wool is equivalent to 46 to 5o cents
a iiound for wool Every ton of flecs
shipped from Eastern Oregon, as wool Ih
how handled, rt-qulres thu pavment of
freight upon l.'lOo pounds of 'dlit aud
greaso, thus enhancing freight rates to
about threo times what they would bo if
thu wool was scoured here, sustrallan
wool growers wnsh their sheep before
she-ring so that each pound of tlecc
yiblds4o jwr cent, of wcol. In a country
so dry as Kastern Oregon sheep ranges,
washing beforo shenrii g Is not generally
prai tlcanlo. but if a seju-liw mill wero
established at 1'endleton it w uld prove
of ureal advantage to the wool raisers of
tho adjacent sheep range i and con
centrate a vast business here which is
now carried on in t-nn F ranch co and
Eastern cities. It is true thnt San
1 rancisco has somo advantages iu scour-
lug tlrecea Ih cause it handles (Wees not
only from Ongnn, but from California,
Arizona;-Now Mexico and the region
thereabouts, and by mixing and assort
ing It can grade tho wools to good ad
vantage. If, howiver, Oregon secured
her own wool Sn Francisco would be
measureably deprived of its advantage
in assorting, miximr and uradim!. ami to
obtain Oregon wool f. r that purp-se
would be compelled to pay a higher price
than at present. Thus a scuning mill
at 1'endleton would not only furnish
employment for many workmen, but it
would attract millions of pounds here
which are marketed elsewhore: it would
draw to I'endlo on the trade ot the wool
producing counties uf Eastern Oregon,
immensely Increasing tho meroui ile
business of the ciiy, and it would create
such, a demand f r fleeces at home as to
enhance the price to wool raisers in a
in Hiked degree. Sau Francisco scours
wool for 1 cent per nound. If scoured
here at that price and shipped East every
wool raiser would save on each pound
the price of freight from here to San
t rancisco and also gun by the couipeti-
famous Jonas Wohb's luoiding. In 1800
S. H. Rockwell and II. A. Jones, of
Addison omnty, Vermont, importod
French and Spanish Merinos from Ver
mont in Oregon, and l.it-r In tlio same
year Messrs. Jewett & Lane brouirht in
some pure and soma grade French
Merinos. In 1801 Donald Mcl.eoo
brought 160 head of thoroughbred Span
Ish Merinos from Virmont across the
plains. Tho samo year John Cogswell
Imported New Oxfordshire and llamp
sniro Downs, nnd Hon. lien Mark a
single Cotswold ram. Since tlmt dato
others havo brought Cot 8 wolds,
l.elcesters and Lincolnshlros. In 1804
John I) l'atterson (nought iu and sold
French and Spanish Merlnoa, Many
sheep of tho ISrilish breeds catiiM to
Oregon from Canada, New Zealand and
Australia, for uie pastlwuty jctr
nowever, nearly an improveu sneep im
ported into Oregon have been Meiinos,
nio-tly of tho Amerlc.in improved Span
ish families, n few of the largest sized
F'rench Merinos, and lately a few of the
recently improved Ihitlsli breed, the
Shroivshiro Downs, with such ancestry.
witli the richest aud moat nutritious
grasses In tho world and a o'imato which,
cool and bracing, ia free from tbe
extremes of heat and cold, Eastern
Oregon can compete with the world iu
raising wool.
The census returns for 1800 are not
yet available, but they will be even
moro striking than the figures of the
census of 1850 which show the marvel
ous strides made by the preceding decade
hy the sheep raisers ot the far West.
ritou v. s. CKNsus or 18S0.
IN'l'IIKAHK OS- SIIKKe.1
Arizona....
California.
olonulo..
Dakota.....
lilulio
Montana..
Nebraska.
Nevada ....
Oret-mi
Texas, ...
Utah
Wiuliinntou
Per cent.
y.lio
.)
517
. 1.101
, M. 'iJtiM
1.U3
... -'10
-Jl
KM
Wyoming ioxil
OKCHKAHK OS- SIIKK1-.
Fer cent.
'"onnectlcut . '."J
IH'laM are, .m. ... 3
Illinois 31
mllana ., Si
Uma 47
Ma-ssju'liusotls........... 13
New llumoililru lit
New York....... 'Jl
1110.. , 1
IVnnsylvanU .......... 1
WIuhIo ItUauU
remies.s'c.... 19
ermont... VI
While Oregon's 240 per cent ige of in
crease teems small beside Ariioua's 0430
it must be borne in mind that in
Arizona, Montana and other territories
tho increased percentage U mainly due
to the fact that there were few cen
sus facts in 1870 to make comparison
with, while in 1870 Oregon's sheep indus
try was well developed.
Wm. Pabsons.
One-third ui an acreol bla.'kberiios pro
duced 10J0 pounds, which told fr $80
At this raio tho yield would have been
$L'40 an acre. Ttiis class of land can ho
purchased (or from $o0 to $100 an aero
One of the most beautiful and best yield
log orchards in East
ern Or-gou Ib owmd
by Louis Winters
near nmt-n, nnd tie
has gruwn rich from
the salo of Us pro-
UIII'IS.
Tlio uhovn rrHiiltn
have been gathered at
random to merely givo
n view 01 wbntcan
1 1 1
nnu is being accom
plished by the enter
prising p-oploof this
favored locality. As
to (lie larger varieties
or irults, such as np
pics, penrs, prunes
plujis nnd cherries
the siicceHsund extent
ot their production
simply depends on tho
nutnoer of trees that
ure planted and tho
euro that isglvon them.
The sizo and quality of
tnenu vuiletieM of fruit grown In nnd
around Milton have created a reputation
that is nlmost world wide. Tlio largest
apple displayed at the centennial was
grown here. Tin- finest grapeH and
straw borrlesnt tlio Spokane Exposition
wero produced in this vicinity. The
finest pears ever sold In tlio retail fruit
stands of Kansas City grew hero. And
ihis list might he enlarged and extended
tin 11 became biiideiiBome, aud vet the
half would not be told. Ah to vegetables,
ineynro g'own 10 men an extent that
wo have been denominated bv some of
our jealous neighbors as a community of
"Hucksters."
Iho following table prepared by W. 8.
Ofiuer, a load loir market gardener, and a
man wnose opinion on the Kiibl-ct is re
liable authority, furnishes food for the
thoughtful:
Onions, is tons nt I2 f .Ton
I'Dtaioes.-.i) tons at lo 200
Carrots to tons at M ,.,M a
cabtuiee, ts tons 111 !I5 aa
l utile beets, SU tuns at 8I5..... !iiw
niiH'K urns, su ions ai to 210
0110
roi
wo
SCO
ao
ISO
........
OraiH'i. 10 tons at no
Ktrawlierrlfs, 1U.UJ0 His. nt Vo ,
lllaekbtrrles, l.'.uoo llis, nt 7c.
ltasilerrle.s. 6,0110 llis, an 7e,
.iieions,isui uoz, ai vi ...
ANiiarauus
M oiaatoes, 300 loxes at 3oe,
This gives a total for 13 acres of garden
mr one year s crop 01 H,7ou.
To some these flu urea mav seem falm
lous, the reckoning of a visionary mind.
but they are so well authenticated that
any one who comes and sees for himself
cannot help but bo convinced. Besides
being the central point of the great fruit
belt of the Northwest, Milton has one of
tbe finest water powers south of Spoksno,
Somo day factories, mills and spindles
will be put Into motion by its mighty
power and the manufacturing center
will spring up hero. The town's enter
prising people offer a site and free power
to establish a woolen mill here. This
enterpiiee would be a profitable invest
ment ai an ample supply of the raw
material Is to be had at our very doors,
and hereabouts is a lame field for the
consumption of the manufactured goods.
four large mills are now run hy IIiIb
power. Iwo are lartr-. roller flourinc
mills. As many more of the samo pat
tern would find an ample field here, and
the investment would be a paying one
Milton has a splendid water works sir.
tern which has recently been enlarged
and extended until It la now a good aa
the best.
The mean temperature at Milton, aa
shown by a self-registering government
thermometer, ia 64 degrees. Cool
breese at all times temper tho heat of
summer, so the nights are never excess
ively warm, ine town la so situated at
tho mouth of the Walla Walla river, and
bo near lliej baso of life Blue mountain-fas
to preclude the possibility of cyclones,
turnndoes or blizzards.
A splendid electric l'ght system is 'list-dll-ut
completed which will givo Milton
the air ami tone of a city.
The Union Pacific lailroad furnishes
its people excellent transportation facili
ties, East and West, and tho fast moving
express train carry their ft tilts and vege
tables to the markets at moderate priic.
I ho O. & W. T. system have mrveyed a
line through tho (ity with thu possibility
of constructing a road ecrosa the 111 lie
mountains into Urando ltunde valley.
A largo fruit cannery lias just been
constructed, that will be cumpleto in
every fo.tturo, nnd will add latgely to tho
prnllis of fruit culture.
Two exlonsivo lumber yards furnish
material fir the many new buildings that
are being constructed.
Two pinning mills mat derive tiieir
power Ir on tho Walla Walla river, aro
a patt of the city's prosperity.
A gentleman who hud spent many
yearn in traxel.ln writing tlio imptesslons
of Ills first visit to tins "vale of wntetB,"
said this: "In point of landscape it
would seem thu wholo vnllov whb coll-'
structed to please tho eye. Tho country
is rolling or uudiilatiig praiiics audita
topography is bo constructed that every
elevated spot Is n commanding point
from uhlch (lis eye rests upon a scene as
melty bb it is r'ch. And. slim go to By,
f'Otn the very tun if the Hluu mountain,
to the south, ami ngaln up the mountain
sides to t reats of opo.-ito mountains,
every foot Is tillable."
Tho following list of business men nto
actively and profitably engaged in their
respective linen ol Industry.
Yates A Nichols cany a $20,000 stock.
Banks & M( Queen about tho same
amount. B. L. Wiiglit & Son carry a
good stock. L. B, I'lantB is 0110 of the
oldest dealers in the town nnd decs a
large business.
1). J. riieltis has a monopoly of tho
furniture trade.
J. L. Elam nnd A. Allen each carry a
good stcck of the latest brand of goods.
N. A. Davis does the banking business.
Dan McEuchern and Wornilngtoti and
Edwards nro blacksmiths.
W. U. Bailey does painting nnd grain
ing. M. S. Patterson nnd E. B. Tolan aro
tho toiisorlal artists.
T. W. Berry carries a large stock of
farm implements.
O. W. Inglo runs tho harness shop.
O. C. Cunningham keeps a variety
store of candies, nuta nnd tolmccoH.
The druggists ure S O. Slono, W. O,
Church nnd J. T. Plimell.
There aro two livery stables; Joseph
Sutton and Sam K. Coe conduct them.
Culinary accommodations nro of the very
best IheCity Hotel Is supervised bv
un old and familiar band, 'A K. Helms
man, lliu "limtlett 'louse" la owned
and run by Alonzo Bartlett.
There aro two bu'.cher chops owned
respectively by Wm. Talbot and J. S.
uictiey.
Tho wngon shop John Dnnaher con
ducts.
W. W. Miller and Smith Armstrong
nro engnged iu the real estate trade.
Iho haute Is Milton's newspaper, anil
It is n good local paper, published hy 1
Q. Hull.
Charles Berry runs tho Postodlce Store
nnd sells stationery and csndles.
Mrs. J. T. Berry and Mrs. h. It. Plants,
are Iho milliners.
Milton has a well equipped nenderny.
It is owned nnd controlled by tho Seven-
day Adventists.
Milton oniovB splendid 1111 hi lu school fa
cilities, under tho management if Prof.
jj. w. iwni-K.
In conclusion It will he pardonnhln to
offer tho following, fciiiid In aformor
issuo of tho Milton Eagle:
Tbere aro many new settlers and old
residents at tho present time engaged in
setting out orchards and vineyards. Ira
Berry, one of our prominent fanners, ia
busily engaged in setting out 0.0U0 grnpn
vines and 1100 peach, apple and plum
tio.s. Others are ranldlv boromlm-ac
quainted with Iho fact that fruit mining
in this vlley is a paying investment.
'I he neighbor ood of Milton has been
well termed the pleasure seeker's nun-
dlso. For over thirty miles above Mil
ton tho Walla Walla river winds throned
lirand mountain defiles and benntilul
wooded dells, and a ong Its banks ia the
only par excellence for camping during
the Bummer months. Everywhere is an
abundanco of splendid wood and water.
and at Intervals along the course of ther
stream aro orchards, vineyards and
dairies, as neat, prolific and attractive aer
can well bo Imagined.
Here is tlio fisherman's favorite
grounds. It Is a poor fisherman who ia
unable to citch two or three hundred
mountain trout in fioin four to six hours'
during the season.
f ly-tlshing for trout Is trood dur Inn ther
months of June, July, August and Sep
Umber, and bait fishing commences to
March and is good during the wholo
year. The natural fly of these waters ia
a "brown hackle " The bait used is the
perrlw Inkle, which are found in I run
q- antltles in the small rivulets leading
to tho river. Salmon roe aro also n.pd.
espe- hilly as bait for tho larger bulltrout,
which aiiain a lengtn ol eighteen to
twenty indies. Salmon and wblto fish
are plentiful, the former being caught In
lame quantities on the rifllea at niuht.
Peasants, mouse and prairie chickens
are numerous in the canyons, for bib and
valleys, and within the very (oiporate
limits of Milton, lu tbe creat ! bimvm
which line the bmks cf the Walla Walla
river, pheasants and grouse mate, brood
their young and each year fall victims to
the sportsman's eai-er aim.
JJ. V, AIClUNNAUl.
At the recent annual spusinn nf tin
Oregon state hoard of agriculture it waa
moved and carried that thn wcKiirv h
authorized and directed to make a col
lection of statistical Information of the
resou'ces f the state r f Orpcnn In ac
cordance witli house joint resolution No.
0 ot tho legislature of 1801. at aa arlv av
date as possible, and that not to exceed
stuuu bo consumed in the expenditure.
A deposit of sulliiAtrn Tiaa i-want1v )uuB
found in Umatilla rnontv. Thn 'Aiifi ia
tributary to Pendleton. Developing work
is now going on to determine the extent
and value of the deposit.
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