Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-05

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orand Ronde valley, in Onion Coun
u toe gfanary and meadow com
ofned OF that section. Il isneariv round
oo1nR about 20 miles long by Is vide
and very lsvel. Il 10 dotted With vii
ia9ea and farm houses, and Thousands o,
acres OF waving grain and hay meet thu
eye At this season Of The year In every
direction. So many httls towns have
sprung up tn this valley TO oompefe foI
the local trade, that Is hardly seems pos-
nbis that . city Of any great maQniSu r
VIII be the result Of rsilrosd faciiities In
this valley. Summssville, st the north
end OF the valley, II very thriving vii
lage Of go or 500 inhabitants; Cove, cav
100 population; Island City, 800: La
Grande, 600; and Union. probably 1000.
Ihe railroad company located their do
pot grounds st a0rands while vas In
the valley, and there was great rsjoie-
ing and booming Of cannon among the
people.
Baker City. about forty miles from
Union, Ii in Baker county, and at the
lower end Of Powder River Valley, q
valley nearly II not quite equal In extent
20 Grand Ronde. This city, besides
having the advantage Of an extensive
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large tract Of Ans agricultural lands,
larger portion Of which il a vet uncc-
cupied and uncultivated. North Pow
der ia small town about midway be.
tween Union and Baker, bat u rapidly
coming TO the front a. place Of some
note. II has IN excellent water power,
is surrounded By an excellent aaricul.
tural region, and il In close proximity
to the finest body of timber on the line
OF the railroad. This place has the
positive assurance of a railroad depot.
II 10 bore that 0ensral r. B. Tannatt,
the ever alert agent Of the Oregon I'm
provement Company, has purchased for
the company dne body Of land and is
now In the 6sld in Ysrson inspecting
the same, and has fofoe Of surveyors
establishing corners and plating the
land for towlsits. II was at this
point, and at Baker City and in Powder
River Valley and its surroundings that
l found the greatest inducements for
Investments in mines and in real estate,
With an absolute certainty of reapinR
rich rewards In the near future. Here,
too. was astonished to find that my
Seattle friends, a. we'll a. foreign Gap
ltaiists, were getting the drop on the
Portianders in the way of securing the
skimminRs. On examining the records
of the county, found, with the excep-
tions OF the purchases of Capt. Aims
worth, General Tannatt for the o, 1. Co.,
and J. Fred Clark of Portland, that in
the sale of over 5000 acres of land
within the last year, nearly every pur-
chaser was other than An Oregonian.
! was surprised to find the names of
Ssattleites such as A. A. Denny, VIM.
q. Littinsr, n. V. b. Stacy. John Leary
and the McNaught Bros, on the records
of Baker county, and that these gentle
men we're the owners of large tracts of
land in this valley. took some pains
to inspect the lands Of these men and
learn the prices paid for the same, and
can assure them that they can double
their money any day that they aie viii
ling TO pla6e their lands on the market.
English capitalists have just purchased
some 1000 acres near Baker City, and
the u. l. Co., through General Iannatt,
about 1900 ,res near North Powder.
While in Portland heard much aud
saw mach in the papers about the bur-
dens Of the mortgage tax law" on capt. |
talists, and ! thought to myself, by stop |
ping TO your back doors YOU can make |
purchases of rivers and lands that will
double discount in profits any loans that
you can make on interest without
mortgage tax Law. II would be unjust
to K. 8. McComas, Of baker City, II
estate agent through whom nearly all OF
these lands have BEEN purchased by 6ur
Seattle people, General Tannatt and
others. Mr.. MoComas 10 . resident Of
twenty Ave years 10 Union and Baker
counties, has been Register Of Lands in
these counties for many years, and IL
undoubtedly better posted In the lands
and mining resources Of these counties
than any other man in Eastern Oregon.
He il not only reliable, but responsible
for any information he may give to
those who apply 10 him, ] reitsrate
here, that upon the completion Of the
N. p. X. II. over tho Cascade range of
mountains, il the resources Of the great
Columbia river basin. and the grand
and magnificent Walla Walla valley
will be tributary to Seattle, then will
the resources Of this vast inland empire,
from the Snake river valley and its trib-
utariss TO the summit Of the blue Noun
tains, be tributary 70 the "queen CITY,"
Undoubtedly our capitalists bad this In
view whom they spent their money 20
lavishly In this section. Perhaps this
is the reason Why our nei9hbor Port.
landers do not take greater interest In
THE section of their domain.
Portland has already grown wealthy
Of from the resources Of this country,
and the supplies who her merchants
have furnished IL. Our people would be
astonished TO 80 the number Of freight
teams struna along the road between
Pendlston, the present terminus OF the
railroad, and Baker City. When l
grasp, in my mind, this vast country
and its immense reo0urces.l Il can zee a.
never saw before, Why that persistent
and stubborn light against the boi!dine
Of the Cascade branch OF the N. r. h.
X. has besn kept up for years. A. the
N. p, r, X. nuArs completion, the struR-
cle for the trade OF this ssctiou will be
hafvoen the Eaotoru marts and the
Wet. Can Portland maintain Il, with
her inland facilities. OF vlu some caty
on the great waters Of Puget Sound,
and n direct line With foreign supplies
come 70 the 'front.' Another thought
come 20 ne. With Q ship channel b.
tween the Sound and Lake Warrington,
vhat other city On the Pacific Coase has
. water frontage equal 10 Seattle, who're
the manufacturers Of the world ooold
b. aosommodatod. and whore the ship-
pinc Of ths world oonld lay at sAss?
What oshsr plscs on fuest Bound 10 %
capable Of accommodating the CON-
msrcs which viii GOV 10 and fro b.
tween the East and West3
Respectfully admitted.
II. & BoorH.
SRArrIx, w. T., AuGnst 8, 1858.
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8. VOORHEES,, prosecuting attorney of
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