East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-14


nearly half century ago. At on
| time there were 500 Cinnamon at Joh
Day and there are about 20 there vel
Katn Wah Chung Is the patriarch O
the crew. He told us ne Is q cousli
OF Ung Goey Of Pendleton. His 10 m
Is In stone building and his sign say
! kain Wah Chung & Co., medical herb
and general merchandise. Inside hi
store .s Chinese shrine with light
burning. Kain Wah Chung has beel
at John Day for "a years.
John Day is prosperous lookinl
small town of several hundred people
There is state bank there with {
capitalization Of 100000.
Historic Canyon City
Canyon City Is also a live lookinf
town with an historic past. That re.
gion. because of its gold, was one OF
the first settled portions of Eastern
Oregon. joaquin Miller, famed Poet
OF the Sierras." once lived in the val
ley and tried his luck in the lure Of the
golden metal.
At Canyon City we met Judge Oren
Patterson, county judge and also the
third member OF the county court. Mr..
Patterson took lunch with us and cor
roborated statements previously made
by Commissioner Cayerhlll regarding
the courts Intentions as TO the north
and south road work. Judge Patter-
son Is an energetic, intelligent official
and brother OF Otis Patterson. attor-
ney. In talking of the John Day
grade Judge Patterson told a story
about our John Day grade.
Tho Cowboy Was Puzzled.
The story is that some years ago n
cattleman told one of his men to drive
some cattle out over the road to Pen
dleton. The man reached the north
fork ahead Of his employer and look
Ing up the hill ahead saw roads in
three different places. Thinking there
were three roads he decided to camp
and wait until the boss arrived. When
the cattleman arrived he asked his
herder why nc had not gone on. y
was waiting to find out which road to
take" was the reply.
Canyon City is blessed with a live
and successful newspaper, the Blue
Mountain Eagle, conducted by c. p.
Haight and Perry Chandler. The Ea-
gle is one of the best country weeklies
in oregon and its owners are awake
to the need of transportation for their
county. One of the owners had just
returned from Burns and told of inter
est at Burns in the subject Of north
and south road to Pendleton and
thence to Portland or Spokane. 1t is
73 miles firm Canyon City to Burns
and the road is said to be good. Both
Chandler and Haight were students at
Portland University at the time Roy
Raley, Roland oliver and Grace Gil
liam attended that institution of learn
ing. A chautauqua troupe was also
in evidence at Canyon City.
At Prairie, II miles east of Canyon.
wo sought gas and were waited on by
Jack Litter who formerly worked for
the Pendleton Auto company here
Prairie has q national bank with a
s25. 900 capital. The national bank at
Canyon City has $4,000 capitaliza-
ton.
Bakef Also DtkSEaCPu.
We left Prairie at 3 p.s m. Monday
bound for Baker. We were told by
some we could make the trip in four
hours. Others said it would take six
or more, We made 1t in four and a
half hours by hard driving and prac-
tically no stopping. There is no farm
ing between Prairie and the valley be-
low Sumpter The roads are rough
and II we are disgraced by the John
Day grade Baker, is equally disgraced
by road conditions between Prairie
and Baker. No sane man would make
that trip except through necessity. 1t
is Is miles from Prairie to Austin but
IL seemed like $50 miles. The only
plensing travel we found on the route
was for some miles down the valley
after leaving Sumpter.
Leaving Baker Tuesday morning we
inspected the auto camp ground and
the municipal natatorium and audlto-
rum. The camp ground is small
lacks shade and Is inferior to the rem
dleton camp ground. though they do
have electric stoves in a cook house.
The municipal natator.um which al.
Joins the camp grounds Is wonderful
but as an auditorium the buildlnS
leaves much to be desired. The build
ing however will have office and club
rooms and be real asset to Baker.
The camp ground at Union, visited
en- route home, is very pretty but is
small. Neither the Baker camp nor
the camp at Union could make start
towards handling the number OF
campers who sojourn in Pendleton. We
did not get TO visit the auto camp at
La Grande.. -.