The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-01

. ID. HOLDEN
this growth the of the Columbia
en Railway And the projectors of this line deserve
pecia credit for the persistent in which they prose-
cuted their project until they their
forts and began transport freight
This road is without doubt the paying piece
road property Oregon began operate
in October 1000 loaded have been hauled
and equal proportion n officials have interested
theselves in Sherman county, and, business like have
nothing undone that will help the development
try Both Mr. Lytle and Mr. OReily have been identified
with best roads in the United States for and
their experience and business energy has done
develop business and build Wasco than any other
who have made it their objective point.
About the time, before railroad PROPOSE
ton was agitaed company of five, namely Geo. Cross
field, A. C. Sanford. E. NJ. Williams W. A Johnston
e. o. Mccoy formed corporation known the Oregon
Trading Company for the purpose of doing general
chanise business Mr.. Crosed has the management and
his business thousands of dollars yearly
This firm occupies the finest building in the
Another splendid business started in the the
Union Lumber Company under the management of Mr.
L. Clark And at the time the Wasco Lumber Com
pany, with Mr.. G. A. Vananda manager, started
The of business these two companies have done
since they have begun makes pause and wonder how
a small county much material. Car load after
carload of building material wood coal all kinds of
plies to these firms, and yet it goes out in rush.
their lumber has used in building up Wasco
There three immense warehouses. The Columbia
Commercial Company being the largest Then follow the
Farmers Cooperative Warehouse Association and W. M
Barnett. These warehouses handle the immense wheat
crop, during the that employ small
army of men,
Two drug stores and three physicians look after the
welfare of the people One of these of Marsh
Medler and Drs Edgington Hartley, have been in the
considerable II. Suclie has recent
ly located.
old established and the busi
they do probably the best index to the
business done in the town that could be found Not day
crowded
and often to OverfOwing.
Four blacksmith shops do the
large These small and their bus
amounts to thousand dollars each Two
of these shops employ several and do great deal of
The handsomest business house in town is H. Krauses
harness shop He virtually supplies the whole country
and his good work and honest dealing makes hard for
An undertaking establishment with Mr. Pulliam
proprietor splendid of all the business in that
all in Eastern Oregon, Wasco supports ele
CANT butcher shop Naturally adapted to stock a raising M
market.
An immense livery stable under the management of J.
NJ. Hoag, does rushing business all the time.
Other business of the town consists of neat little sta
tionery at the posofice owned by Mrs Mary Jory
Golden Andrews confectionery store; Davis Westfa
Monogram cigar store; and Mrs E. Taylors millinery
store, well real estate offices. and
law office Indeed attorney Bright has practice that
Wasco supplied with societies. there being
eight besides charitable and religious organz
likelihood that there will be Though she has all the
amusements necessary consisting of whist rooms billiard
rooms. and of bowling alley No town would be
metropolitan without that.
schools only equalled- excelled A large
handsome school building has been erected in prominent
part of and under the guidance of county school
superintendent W. J. Peddcord the lads and assies have
advantage possible acquire good education 1t
the highest graded school in the county being the
acceded list of the State University at Eugene and the
Normal School at Monmouth Many people have been at
racte Wasco of it's exceptional educational
facilities
Taking ALL Wasco is pleasant place in.
Elegant houses society courteous business and
cnngena surroundings strong magnets that draw
pie to it. Its prospects for the future brighter as time
advances. 1t will always be attractive place.