East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-28

Central Point, : kson County
Dec zs-Afer h-- cold 81 .ather
for month re has --rl days Oh warm
sind followed b. Light rain. but II
mrned cold agalp and nov gets down
20 about 70 degrees above each night
The hills and mountains all around
t-e covered wtth n1w. and the air
q yery chilly.
H. Vanburki1. who % short time
lsJ shot and killed J. 7. Pipes at
his place, pleaded guilty to man
daughter AMI went 70 the penitenti-
az for 2 years. and he got of cheap.
ThE wzs one Of the few cases OF
crime where whiskey played no part
The fncihng causa was the same that
got Adam into trouble. and has got a
good many OF his sons into trouble
fnce: a woman and an Old maid at
that. but the immediate cause was
re p=rnlrigus habit Of carrying a gun.
Hal he bes1 a law-abidlng man he
would have been at liberty now. and
Pipes alive.
John Gibson. an old and esteemed
eeslieut Of this place was buried last
91niay. and anguisrly enough. there
we're Just a. many teams in the pro-
cession as ne had lived years-5i.
Race suicide Is not popular here;
Ire s-hool house Il full and overflow
ins. with one grade in the town hall.
ana today they decided by a majority
Of ssyen. 10 issue bonds To the
amount OF $4,000. for the purpose OF
building a BRICK school house. They
have about the rnpst pleasant site for
. z.fooi house here have seen in
the state. and this - a pleasant VII
a9s - live in
Ny sister wrote me that parties IN
Penileton we're thinking Of coming
dD7n here near Ashland. and getting
. n;tie placs. where they could keep
a fsZ cors and raise fowls and fruit
fear IL they come they win be dis
appointed. for that IN a combination
which have not been able 10 find.
sf-e- Being here uine months I think
Ashland n a nice home town. and a
ae=i-zbie place 70 live. and the cli-
u1zte Eooi. but there Is absolutely no
pasture in this country except where
TREY irrigated. and that land Il clear
out Df sight In the way OF price
This country has been dryer since
came here. the latter part OF March.
than Unaula county has been during
the same period.
Good garden land Is scarce. very
scaroe. and good fruit land not at all
plentiful. In few localities alfalfa
viii make three crops without water;
In sone others. one and two. but on
many thonsands Of acres. not one good
crop.
This n quite hog country. There
are twO drawbacks-the dry summers
and coyotes. Some summer them on
. aitsifs. but most men turn their
stock hogs IN the hills. which are
covered with chapareile and scrub
0aN. The oak. even where most scrub
by. usually bears a good crop OF
acOrns. and the hogs. COWS. horses
sheep and deer all are fond OF them,
Put milk COWS arc inclined to 20 dry
white feeding on them. The chap
arelle affords excellent hiding for
coyotes. and they are very fond OF
young pigs.
Corn does quite we'll and most far
mer8 aim 10 raise sufficient corn tr
finish up their pork. Men from the
corn countries used 10 tell me that
corn made better pork than wheat
would. and though born In A corr
g,,'n diI not believe It. Put after
eating wheat fed pork for more thar
20 years. since coming here ani nat
ing corn fed again. must admit
was mistaken. The corn fed i8 muci
nruer. and 7 think better favored.
A good many hundred hogs hayt
been shipped from this point this fall
and there arc two small packing