The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-09
GARDEN Of EDEN
WITHOUT HIGHWAYS
Breezy Write-Up Of One Of Fairest
Parts Of WallOwa---Eiectric
Road Coming.
Troy. Ore. Dec. 81.

Troy, Ore, Dec. 81.
Ed. News Record Dear sir-I have
collected some notes which might be of
some interest to some of the readers of
the News Record, if not all of them, as
regards the settlement of the north
end of the county.
In Eden there will be in Feb
ruarv, 1903, patented land over
four thousand acres; land settled
on, surveyed land, but not on the
market, but has been settled over five
years, 5000 acres and land held under
the squatter's right, unsurveyed but
settled for about five years, eleven
hundred twenty acres making total Of
over eleven thousand acres, though
some of this land is in the bounds Of
the Wenaha forest reserve and com e.
prises about one third of the land
available and considered very valuable
for agricultural purposes. This today
has the poorest of roads in the county,
and | think can safely say the poorest
in the state, and even every foot of the
roads that open up this vast amount of
land has been built by donation work
without cost 10 the county.
Now the Edenites feel some better,
they having good prospects of road
via Troy to the county seat, and are
highly elated over the thought of a
bridge across the Wenaha, or Lift e
Salmon river. To show their appreci-
alton of the fact they as body, are
pushing the road from the top OF the
hill to the bridge, distance of about
one and three-eighths miles, and they
have used excellent judgment in
locating the road bed on very easy
grade which is not as much as ten per
cent in any place.
They feel quite different now to what
they did some three years ago when
James Chadsey was the supervisor.
The court required bond OF $500 OF
1 him and appropriated 80 cents to his
district. Now these people blame
Enterprise fer this when Enterprise had
not been repre- sented in the county
court for several years until the worthy
Sam Litch was elected. Since then we
got $4,000 bridge across the Wenaha
and $500 al propriated on the Troy hill,
which we were much in need of and ]
think we deserved also. must say we
are very thankful.
Now for the Grouse side of the river
wish to say there is decided land fif-
teen thousand two hundred acres; un.
decided land, but ready for final proo'
) eight thousand acres; making total
OF twenty-three thousand two hundred
acres. But portion OF this land lies
in Washington, as the state line runs
through Grouse fiat, but virtually all
OF them would use the road that goes
up the Troy hill more or less.
Grouse det has several threshinl
machines and they thresh approxi
mately from $4,000 to $4,000 bushels O.
grain annually. But there is a small
portion OF this grain ground and th,
, cause of it is roads are too bad to hau
grain over. Mr.. Boston, a farmer from
Grouse, takes load of grain to Enter
: prise but at IT, river he has to split hi
I load and make two trips up the hill
which TAX s him one extra day. Coulc
you expect us to do otherwise thai
howl for assistance from the count!
court.
Now as to the quality Of our grain
Mr.. g. w. Hyatt told me that ou
grain could not be excelled in tn
county.
4 Troy postoffice from Jan. ], 1907. t,
July same year sent out one hundret
sixteen registered parcels, and from
July to Dec. 10, 1907, sent out 20 regis
/. tered Grouse sent out from July t.
! Dec 10, '07, twenty-eight registered par
cells. Bartlett sent out from July t.
Dec. 10, '07, forty-four registered par
cells. Troy's postoffice money orde
! receipts average $500 per month
Grouse's average money receipts ar
about 5000 per month.
Work is progl essing nicely On III
bridge.
met travelling man last week an
/ saw him pick up copy Of the New
4 Record and he said there was at leas
\ one good paper published in Wallow
: county. That man knows good thin
when he sees it.
The young folks are looking for
good time tonight-New Years eye-a
\ Evert Richman's dance.
/. Assistant Forest Ranger AIber
D Baker returned from Walla Walla Dec
\ ember 20, and repo rts exciting new
OF the electric road down Salmon river
He says thoy are going to work at ono
y on the grade. Snow is most all gone o
the river hardly enough left to go !