The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-07-30
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1908.
TRIP TO THE NORTH COUNTRY

A journey through the North Coun
try at this time of year is impressive
and convincing of the resources ant
steady advancement of that grea
section of WalloWa county. TIL,
fields of ripening grain, though it l.
declared the crops this exceptiona
year are way below the average, ar,
splendid in their promise of a colder
harvest. The cleared land, as evel
novice may see forms but a small
! fraction of the cultivable area. The
clearing of the land has heretofore
been an expense. Hard work witt
but little pay for it, except the farm
that is made by that labor. Here
after, with railroads furnishing mean;
of marketing the lumber, the making
of farms will itself be a highly re
munerative job. And when the lanf
is allcleared, it is a very reasonable
estimate that one million bushels o
wheat alone will be exported from
the "North Country
The M. P. Miller Road.
The NJ. p. Miller road from Wal
Iowa to Sled Springs is now at its
best, and a trip over it is at leas
convincing that the contractor, Jone
Trump, did a lot of work for tn,
money. Miles and miles of heavy
grading, rlp-rapping or rock cutting
Is evidence of the economical expen
diture of the $4,000. The made roat
the first half of the distance, mainl.
along south and east hill sides, is II
good condition. The climb up out o.
| Whisky creek may be an improve
ment over the old road through Leap
but it is certainly a long and steer
pull. From the top of the hill to
Sled, there is room for big improve
ment in the road bed, mainly the i'm
provement that years of travel only
can bring. In the middle of July II
was still soft in places.
Sled Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. d. Conner have
again assumed the management OF
their Sled Springs Hotel property
and have about all the custom they
can handle. Scores of teams pass
up and down the road In front o.
the hotel, the only road to the North
Country The Red Fir Springs prop
erty is tenantless; 'tis said the own
er is up in Washington.
Flourishine Flora.
Flora, the central and largest towL
of the North CoIntry, is on a boom
1t is not a real estate or hot all
boom but n genuine building boom
the best thing that can happen {
town. The Improvement note has
been struck. and about everyone il
building an addition to his residence
or business property and new build
ings are going up, chief among which
of course is the flouring mill. The
site for the mill was most happily
chosen on a knoll a block south OF
Austin's store. The foundation is
partly in, and nearly all the materia
Is on the ground. The lumber Is
awaiting the arrival of planer thai
will be set up as soon. as it arrives
in from Elgin. The engine and mil
are now ON the ground, and the ex
pert miller Mr.. Markham of Nebras
ka, will superintend the erection and
installation of the machinery. A fine
big spring will furnish all the water
needed for the boilers and then some
The building is being erected by a
stock company. and il speaks wei
Tor the wealth and progresslveness
of the community that an undertak
ing of this magnitude has been finan
ced solely by the home people. The
mill will be big thing in every way
both for Flora and the North Coun,
try.
Another big improvement Is the ad