The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-05
NORTHEASTERN OREGON
Farming, numbering, Stockraistng,
Mining and Other Industries.

The La Grande land district is situated
in the northeast corner of Oregon. The
total acreage in round numbers Is $685. |
900. OF this acreage there are 1880
acres in the Umatilla Indian reservation,
the lands there being farming. grazing
and mountainous timbered lands. and
probably as fine a tract Of reserved land
as there is on the Pacific coast. a great
portion of 1T being in a high state of
cultivation, and raising wheat, oats and
hay. The system Of allowing the Indians
to lease their lands Is in vogue there,
and the residents of the county have the
benefit. The vast area cropped appears
more to be a we'll doing and prosperous
farming community than an Indian reser-
walton. There are 9.153, 800 acres appro-
priated 1,205,498 acres unsurveyed, and
4332,316 acres unappropriated. The coun-
ties within the district are Umatilla,
Union. Wallowa, Baker and part Of Grant
and Morrow. The district Is we'll watered
by the Grand Ronde, Umatilla, north fork
| Of John Day, Wallowa and Powder rivers
| and their numerous tributaries. and the
waters therefrom are appropriated and
| used for irrigation, mining and domestic
purposes. T.,
Umatilla county has probably the larg-
est area adaptable to raising all kinds
| of grain, and is more especially the CEN
| ter Of grain-raising and the breeding and
| ranging of fine cattle. sheep and horses.
In and around the northern part of the
county fruits of all kinds are raised in
| abundance.
! Wallowa county is a stock raising coun-
| ty, and, although it raises all kinds of
grain, fruits and vegetables, its greatest
revenue Is derived from the large herds
of stock. 1t has no railroad. and the
products Of the county are. marketed at
home or consumed by the stock.
| Baker county is the mining center of
eastern Oregon, and while there are many
acres Of good farming lands in Baker
county, the only rivalry the mining indus
try has in the county is numbering, which
is quite extensive.
Union county is gaining a reputation as
| a sugar-beet grower, ad the vast sugar
factory at La Grande completed it's most
successful run last year. The largest
interests of the country are the lumber
industry, wheat, fruit and cattle-raising.
The portions Of Grant and Morrow coun-
ties in the district are more, especially
adapted to the cattle business, and the
lands are rapidly being appropriate ed as
stock range.
The climate Of La Grande district is
different from the rest OF the state. The
altitude being high, the air is more invig-
Grating. The summers are never excess
sively warm, and the wint ers are not cold
} and long drawn out: Years! ago the stock
men figured on feeding their animals for
, six weeks or: two months in: the winter
time, the grass outside being then good:
, Now the range having been heavily
grazed, stockmen figure they have to feed
I two or three months. In some parts OF
1 the district the cattle run on the range
. the year round. g. E.
Pendleton in Umatita county; La
Grande, in Union county, and Baker City
in Baker county, are the three leading
cities Of the district. Each Of these cities
o is model, having fine schools and being
IT IL
, with fine hotels, banks and good systems
> of waterworEs. The people are energetic
hospitable and up to date, and the home.
= seeker looking for a good location, the
0 mining man looking for investment ii
: mines, the stockman looking for stock ant
range, the Etimberman, looking for mill
e sites and timber, the fruitgrower hooking
s for location to raise fruit, and the dairy
d man looking for a location, to start: (
y. dairy, will surely find that which n.
= desires in either one or the other of tn,
: three cities mentioned, or their tributar!
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