The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-12-14
Communication.
GRASS VALLEY, Wasco Co., Or,
Dec, 6. 1883.

Dec, g. 1883.
Grass Valley is situated in Wasco county,
between the Deschutes and John Days
.ivers. To persons who wish to come here,
Or to others who wish to know something OF
t, together with the surrounding country,
will try to give true and faithful descrip-
lion of it, from time to time, a general out
ine of crops, soil, grass, stock, climate,
Weather and vacant land.
How to get here. Leaving Corvallis by
rail to Portland, you are transferred across
the river to the o. r. N. Co.'S railroad, and
whirled eastward along the Columbia,
through tunnels, across trestle work, by
huge piles of sand and along the side OF
mountains of loose shell rock which is hun
dreds of feet high with its lines of crit
work built of stone to koer the rock (which
is continually slidinel from interfering with
the running of the trains until you reach
what is known as Grants Station. Along
the entire line of r. R., the scenery is one
which will well repay tue traveller for the
small outlay he is called upon to donate for
the privilege of travelling by rail. After
reaching Grants You then get aboard the
stage, bound for Grass valley with pleas
ant driver and behind good team to gaze
upon the boun,lless rolling prairie, the
home of bunch grass, pretty girls, and ac-
commodating settlers. After leaving
Grants Station you pass two or three places,
where will be found small stores, black
smith shop, and a postoffice, (for people
will read and occasionally write a letter.
The distance from Grants to Grass valley
is by the stage route about thirty mites
Thirty-six hours from the time you leave
Corvallis, if a person maaes connections
all right, will be here with us. ,bout the
| { rst thing Il traveller notices when he once
gets breath of Eastern Oregon, is our
| windy weather; or as is expressed here, |
believe the wind will blow little, Or is
blowing Y little. But to a person not &C
customel to it, would at tunes say, it is
blowing a hurricane; for 1t fairly shakes the
houses. And when trying to walk against
1t finds he soon has plenty of wind, for he
too is blowing some. But a person soon
gets accustomed to it in some degree, but
not entirely. Now You are i'll Grass valley.
and will naturally expect to see a valley, or
at least something different from all the
day long, up hill and down hill, you have
seen since leaving the Columbia. But ii
this the traveller is disappointed, unless il
is in this respect, that it is not half ST
broken as the road just come over.
Of course the first thing then to be done
is to see something more Of the vast country
so much s;,oken of. The next is to gel
something to ride, which is easily to be had
rs horses are plenty and some to spare. Bu
the greatest difficulty yet to be overcome
is to get once seated in the saddle or worse
still to stay there, as horses will jump here
In speaking farther of the country l shal
embrace it generally be-, ,ween the two above
named rivers, and from Grass valley t.
Bake Oven, as the country is similar in al
respects. Nearly every gully, creek ane
fat is known by some name, which accounts
for me speaking in general terms Of it
although Grass valley proper is twen,.
miles northeast from Bake Oven. More o
it in m next.
Weather here now is beautiful. Abou
a week ago snow fell to about four inches
deep, but disappeared in couple of days
Stock of all kinds looks we'll excep
horses which are poor owing to a disease
among them all summer.
Christmas is coming and We are goirg tt
have good time.
saw Alb Woody, an old Corrallisite, {
few days ago. he looked like the Same ole
Alb. He likes it splendid here.
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