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EAGLE1VALLEY.
Preparations For the Har
vest Picnic Next Month.
EXCELLENT CROP PROSPECTS.
Sam'l Putnam to Visit the Valley Base
ball Club to be Organized.
All kinds of slock arc getting vcrv
fat.
Everything is looking fine in our
valley now.
Farmers are about through cutting
the first crop of hay,
Sonic of our people arc getting rich
raising bees and honey.
The boys of Eagle valley will organ
ize a base ball club in a few days.
The Methodist people will commence
a campmceting just after the picnic.
Mr. James Scott and family, of
Baker City, will reside with us hereafter.
Mr. Ben Longley is still buying
sheep. Any one wanting to sell would
do well to call on or address him at
Newbridge.
There will hardly be as much fruit
this year as there was last, but it will
be larger. Vegetables will be plentiful
and very fine.
Mrs. W. W. Kirby who started re
cently to Iowa to visit a sick sister
arrived safely and found her sister still
alive but with no hopes of recovery.
It is hoped that Mrs. Kirby will return
to her Oregon home in safety.
We are preparing to have the grand
est picnic on the first day of August
that has ever been given in Eastern
Oregon. It will be seen by circulars
which have been issued that our pro
gramme is very lengthy and will fur
nish amusement to everybody all day.
A great many premiums will be given.
"We will have plenty for everybody to
eat and drink. All aro cordially in
vited to attend on that day and par
take of our hospitality. As a member
of the committee on invitation I think
this method of 'invitation is just as
good as to write it and send to each
individual in Union and Baker coun
ties. Let all come, we assure them of
a welcome. The editors of Union and
Baker counties aro respectfully invited.
The committee has chosen Mr. Craw
ford of Union, and Mr. Anderson, of
Baker, as the speakers on that day.
lion. Sam'l P. Putnam, the great
Ereethouglit orator, will arrive in the
valley July .'iOth and remain till Au
gust 2nd. lie will lecture each day
during his stay.
K.
FROM ALBANY.
An Extremely Interesting Letter From Our
wide Awake News Gatherer.
July 14, 1S90.
Editok OiiHGo.v Scout:
As it has been some time sinco we
wrote you, it seems to be time to sond
in a few lines again.
Business in our city is very good at
present and especially so for this time
of year. Election time being past and
people getting back into the old chan
nel, wo suppose has something to do
with it. Then again tho brightened
prospect of good crops make ovorybody
feel good, and like spending their mon
ey. Wo have just seated a full set ex-
cent survevor of Democratic county
officers, and they have gone to work
like old stage horses, knowing what to
do and doing it earnestly. Albany has
a very bad opidemia preying on her
peoplo at present, ono that may prove
fatal in more than ono case namely:
the base ball craze. First tho small
boys, then tho college nine. Now tho
barbers challenge tho grocers and after
tho gamo was played they wished they
hadn't. Yesterday tho real estato dealers
and lawyers cro.-sed clubs with an ovcr-
wlielmintx victory for tho land sharks
of 53 to 32. Tho printers havo chal-
lenccd tho victorious grocers lor a out
tie which will take place on the square
tomorrow afternoon. We can not sur-
miso whero this will end. It seems to
bo lots of fun for those who win.
Our manufacturing establishments
are all running at their fullest capacity
and all aro crowded with orders. Tho
woolen mill is turning out somo of tho
lift cloths in tho state, and aro away
behind with orders. Tho flouring mill
can't keep up with their orders, so
popular is their flour. Tlioy amp to
Portland and Sound points, oeames
mirmlvinc various valley towns.
Tho Bank of Oregon's lino threo
.tr.rv l.uildmir is noarly ready for tho
.nltistt-rors. It has a massivo stono
ifront, and will bo ono of tho handSOm-
tOSl fronts on Main street.
A stock company has been incorpo
Fine "Line" of Watch
rated to build a four story brick hotel
on the comers of Second and Broadal
bin streets, to cost $ 10,000. Work will
bo begun probably tin's fall. Wc arc
glad to sec this move forward as it is in
the right direction.
The foundation of tho Baltimore i
three storv block is nearly finished and !
udging from the looks of it tho block
will be n splendid one. !
Wo are pleased to note that the La ,
Grande wire pullers could not voto da
goes enough to get tho county seat
from Union. We havo no sympathy
for LaGrando or its backers, tho O. B.
it N. Co. Tho Grande Bonders should
hold a grand celebration when tho
Hunt road is completed as it will be
tho greatest Godsend that has ever hap
pened to them. We of Albany know
what it is to have rail road competition
you bet. No work on the Oregon Pacific
yet this year, but we can only wait the
pleasure of tho owners as wo feel assur
ed the road will bo built sometime in
tho future. The survey on the Albany
and Astoria road is now nearly comple
ted and we are informed by one of the
incorporators that work will bo begun
in the near future. This will give Al
bany tho best railroad connection of
any town in the valley.
Many immigrants are arriving every
day from tho east and all speak highly
of thocountrv. 'Most all of them have
'come to stay." More anon.
WALLOWA LETTER.
Matters of Interest Reported by Our Reg
ular Correspendent.
Ui-pkh "Wallowa, July 14, 1800.
The general health of the people in
this valley was never better.
Notwithstanding wo aro being hard
pressed to-day for money to meet cur
rent expenses, we dream of freedom
from duns and debts when the rye and
barley aro gathered in.
It should not be inferred that be
cause of the smallness of our valley
farming is done on a small scale. W.
II. Winters has over -100 acres, in one
block, sown to grain, grass and alfalfa.
Old mowers and reapers are being
repaired and oiled, and new ones are
being bought. Bye and and timothy
will bo ready lor tho sickle in a few
days, and then the whiss and rattle of
machinery will begin.
Mrs. Grundy says A. W. Gowan will
serve notice of contest on E. W. Barnes,
soon. I am persuaded that Mrs. G.
is at fault. Though there wero irregu
larities at some of the voting places,
and a few fraudulent votes were cast
for each candidate, in the main the
vote was fair and free. I beliovo A.
W. Gowan to be a gentleman and that
he will indignantly refuse to try to
thwart the wishes of the majority of
his fellow citizens.
Should one brother sit in judgment
in a judicial capacity over another's
interests? This was done in Joseph,
recently. A. owed B. if 15 on account.
A. went to B. with .$20 and proffered
to bet it with B. on a horso race. B.
took tho money and asked A. if it was
his. lie said it was. B., then put tho
double-eagle in his pocket and offered
A. $5, remarking, "That makes us
even." A. refused it. At this junc
ture G. appeared and claimed tho $20
as his. B. refused to honor C's claim.
Thereupon C. went before his brother,
a Justice in and for Joseph precinct,
and procured a warrant for tho arrest
of B. for stealing $20. Tho caso camo
on for hearing. B. was fined $25 and
costs. B. will tako an appeal. Again
I ask: Should ono brother sit in judg
ment in a judicial capacity over an
other's interests?
Caholnk C.
Hits 'Em Eard.
Sorry to infer that our old friends
and old subscribers, G. W. Wood and
Byron A. Harris, of Lowistown, Idaho
aro dead. Wo hopo tho inferenco is
incorrect, as Mr. Wood owes us $25
and Mr. Harris about half that amount
on this paper, which they do not tako
from tho oifico at Lewistown now.
All exchanges will please copy, so if
our old friends aro not dead wo muy
get to hear from them. Mr. Harris
used to bo a member of tho Masonic
lodgo in this place and no doubt tho
brethren will rcjoico to learn that tho
inferenco of his death is incorrect.
Mr. Wood was at ono time a granger.
Pomeroy Independent.
CHEAP MILLINERY 000DB.
A Rare Chance for the Ladles of Union
and Vicinity.
We tako this method of Informing tho
public that lu oruerto make a cnange in
nnulnitoa our entire Btockof millinery uoods
are being disposed of at cost. Tho goods
will bo sold In wliolesalo or retail low. we
mean Just exactly what We nay and those
wishing anything In our lino should avail
themselves of the opportunity to get tho
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'es, Clocks, Jewelry,
ELGIN.
Description of the Thriv
ing Little City.
A RAILROAD AND TRADE CENTER
Surrounded by a Fine Country Some j
Needed Industries. I
From the last number of the Pacific
Farmer we clip tho following excellent
article on our thriving little neighbor
ing city, Elgin :
There has been a great deal written
and said about the rich and productive
county of Union and some of its
beautiful and flourishing towns and
cities, and I do not believe thcro can
be too much said in their praise. Un
ion county is fast becoming ono of the
most prosperous in tho State In any
portion of it one can find a home to
his satisfaction. There is no portion
of the State that can claim more, and
claim it truthfully, than can Union
county. This county is rich with her
many natural resources; she has
thousands of acres of fine tillablo soil,
vast and practicably inexhaustible
forests, rich mineral deposits, a health
ful climate, crystal springs and streams
of running water sparkling in tho sun
light as they course through tho rich
and fortilo soil.
Elgin tho thrifty little town of which
I shall attempt to write, is situated at
valley and at tho extrcmo southern
edgo of the famous Indian valley. It
is beautifully located on a hogback or
ridge, in a shady grove of oak and ma
jestic pine on the banks of tho spark
ling Grando Bondo river. It is just
20 miles north of the city of La Grande,
according to tho survey of tho Union
Pacific It. B., which company are now
building a branch line to this point.
At the time I visited Elgin the grade
was just being completed and tho cars
are to bo running by tho end of the
present month July. Tho Hunt sys
tem, which is building from Union to
Walla Walla, will also touch at Elgin,
tho depots being located within half a
mile of each other. The grade of tho
latter road is completed to Summcr
ville, nine miles south of Elgin, and
work is being prosecuted in order to
get through the mountains before snow
flics.
With two new railroads, productive
and extensive valleys both north and
south, and peopled by a thrifty, intelli
gent, energetic people, I fail to see why
Elgin should not make a most excel
lent town; at present it has a popula
tion of noarly -100, and new additions
arc coming in every day.
The first houso in Elgin was built
in 1880, but tho town did not tako a
start until last April. Town property
as yet is remarkably reasonable ; in
Hindman's addition, which lies di
rectly north and adjoining tho very
business part of town, lots can bo had
at from $30 to $150 on easy terms,
while the Union Beal Estato and
Mining Exchango of Union havo plat
ted and aro selling a beautiful -10 aero
tract adjoining tho business part of
town on tho south at these same re
markably low figures. With theso
prices and terms to suit yourself I fail
to see why ovory man should not own
a spot that ho could at least call home.
Excellent farming lands threo to eight
miles from Elgin, can bo had at from
$10 to $20 per aero, while fair govern
ment lands aro obtainable at a distance
of fiom fivo to fifteen miles of town.
As a proof that Indian valloy is a
superior wheat growing region, it is
only necessary for mo to stato that
the wheat which received the first pre
mium at tho Centennial Exposition in
1876 was raised within three miles of
tho spot whero Elgin now stands. Tho
country directly tributary to Elgin
produced last year -100,000 bushels of
wheat, and as soon us all of this coun
try is put to cultivation double that
amount will bo raised.
Tho country which is and will bo
for years to come tributary to tho town,
enbracca a scopo of 200 tquaro miles.
Looking Glass valley, 16 miles north
which is 20 miles in length, is covered
with a magnificent growth of yellow
pine, fir and tamarack. Wallowa
county with a population of 5000 peo
plo will on completion of tho railroad
to Elgin, draw all its supplies from this
point.
This country contains thousands of
acres of excellent funning lands, much
of which is Htill government, and also
produces largo quantities of wool.
Elgin should havo a woolen mill, flour
ing mill, Bash and door factory, small
bank, a shoemaker and a small news
paper. All of theso institutions would
Silverware, Guns
bo paying investments. The Grande
Hondo river would furnish sufficient
water power to run any number of fac
tories or mills. Considorabloattcntion
is now being paid to the improvement
of tho horse stock in this section ; the
handsome young stallion Hotter Times
owned by J. C. Chiij-tiaiifOU, sired by
Dandy Jim, alias True Hriton, register
number 1231), is making his second
teuton in -this locality, lie is a dap
ple bay, and at four years old weighed
1000 pounds, 1 cannot understand
why people will struggle along on eas
tern lands that will not produce over
12 bushels of wheat to the acre, when
lands in this favoietl spot that will yield
from 10 to (!0 bushels to tho aero can
be procured so cheaply.
THE COVE.
Nows of tho Week as Noted by Our Reg
ular Correspondent.
Mi. J. W. Mugann late of Boise
Uity is visiting her mother Mrs. Hub
ington this week.
Mr. Edward Hobinson has accepted
a position in the establishment of J.
Alberson, Cornucopia.
Mr. W. A. Martin has returned from
Kansas to tho land of red cheeked girls.
Perhaps one of the said r. c. g's had
something to do with his coming back.
Seeking tho succulent huckleberry
is tho popular pastime. They seem
fairly plentiful in somo places. Tho
largest party started for tho Park Sun
day and will bo gone somo days.
A contortionist, trapeze performer
and legerdemain man gave a free show
at tho hotel Tuesday night. Somo of
his acts were very good. Edgar Jones J
rendered material assistance on the I
harmonica.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hico of Ohio,
left for Tacoma Tuesday. Mrs. Hice
ami II. H. French made a satisfactory
division of tho French property, the
upper portion of the farm being
awarded to tho latter.
The directors of Covo school district '
No. 1") havo not yet engaged teachers j
for tho ensuing year. Applications
from aspiring weildors of tho birch are
in order. A. (J. Conklin Esq, has tho
honor to bo chairman of tho board.
Born, to tho wife of J. S. Shoemaker,
July 21st an eight pound daughter.
John is able to be around. Ho says
ho had fondly hoped for a young voter
but has since made tho discovery that
boys now days generally turn out bad
anyway.
S. G. White disposed of his Gray's
Harbor possessions consisting of an
undivided ono half of iivo acres lying
adjacent to tho town to J. M. Phy for ,
$7.r)0. If tho Harbor makes a second
Seattle this will bo a valuable property
before many years.
Tho saw mill firm of Bloom and
Zeiglor havo secured a steam engino
for their Indian creek mill and now
aro making use of this power in place
of water. As soon as they have fin
ished cutting tho logs on tho yard at
the present site, they will move their
mill to Indian valloy near Elgin.
Tho ladies of tho Covo will givo an
ice cream festivalj.it AVright's hall, Covo,
Saturday evening Aug. 2nd. Doors
open at 8. The proceeds will bo ap
plied to purchasing an organ for tho
Morrison church. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all. Conio and got
a supply of ico cream mado by experts
and also help in a good cause.
Tho busy season has arrived and
everybody who is not constitutionally
tired gets plenty of opportunities to
make hay while tho sun shines, at
good wages. Tho crop will average
very well. Whero plenty of,water could
bo had for irrigating tho grass it is
unusually heavy. Hands in quest of
it. job will find it profitable to come thin
way.
Our town is ono of tho most delight
ful summer resorts on tho coast.
Whilo tho neighboring towns aro swel
tering in heat and in vain hunting an
unhragerous retroat wo, under tho brow
of Mt. Fanny lio in tho cool shades of
Mill creek and find tho tomieruturo
agreeable, just about comfortable. Tho
mercury keeping from tho dizzy heights
among tho eighties and nineties, that
is generally.
Special Excurilon to Salt Lake City.
On Tuesday, .July 12), low ruten will ho hi
effect for the round trip botween Union I'a
cine jiolntH and Hult Lake City, giving all an
opportunity of visiting thogreat motropollH
of Utah and indulging In tho luxury of a
nalt water Hwhu ut tho celebrated (Jar Ik-Id
Ileach; making a daylight trip through tho
bt'ttittlfurCaclio valley and enabling paasen
gcrn to view tho magnificent net-ncry of
Snuko river. Ticket, dotullcd tlmo of
tndiiH and general information can bo ob
tained upon application to any ticket agent
Union I'acllloHystom,
A. K. VAAAH, T. W, LUIS,
Agent Union. Oen'l 1'aw. Agt.
and Amunition Just
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