ntry, and de-
sirable for homes, in every part of East Oregon, but chiefly in
the central and southern portions. As the country settles up
the cattle-raisers will be restricted to narrower limits, and agriculture force from the earth the wealth now lying unrecognized.
The following is a comparative statement of the counties of East Oregon at the beginning of the year 1890.
Acres of Improved Laud.
Value of
Land.
I Value of Town
Lots.
Value of
Farm
Animals.
Gross Valua tion of all Property.
Indebtedness.
Exemption.
Tax Equalized
by County
Board.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Dollars.
Baker . .
101,816
424.801
311,845
364,400
2,719,368
780,252
139,180
1,799,936
Crook . .
81,799
396,276
62,505
862,877
2,008,822
570.130
128,400
1,310,272
Gilliam. .
81,988
371,031
273,823
561,978
2,000,387
524,303
130,450
1,364,416
Harney .
154.520
396,276
9,422
1,011,224
1,727,024
189,039
65,449
1,472,486
Grant . .
114,716
300,415
10,260
990,123
2,249,356
572,396
1,684,290
Klamath .
841,437
562,612
88,314
480,317
1,607,491
345,063
146*865
1,115,563
Lake . . .
79,462
321,805
864,148
2,180.079
385,829-
115,894
1,678,366
Malheur .
103,863
231,699
11,915
720,201
1,332,292
210,176
61,119
1,046,977
Morrow .
126,279
417,735
158,355
624,533
2,344,415
810,176
255,444
1,333,824
Sherman .
Umatilla .
380,209
2,247,585
1,052,379
885,980
8.396,759
2,666,262
590*,700
5,055,469
Union . .
275,414
1,496,350
376,414
749,570
4,587,645
1,405,600
311,285
2,812,290
Wallowa .
72,731
. . »
426,154
1.291,642
383,875
151,209
756,567
Wasco . .
169,777
649,609
722,142
560,839
3,758,026
929,900
201,460
2,623,666
The amount of mortgages recorded against property in Baker
County is $88,191; G-illiam, $159,207 ; Klamath, $80,223 ; Lake,
$192,194.
Wagon-road land, not included in the above, is valued in Lake County at $92,406 ; in Wasco the number of acres is estimated at 68,609 ; in Crook County at 229,969. Railroad land in Morrow County is valued at $272,000.
Travel in Eastern Oregon is often not very agreeable, unless one could choose his route, his season, and his conveyance. Early spring gives the greater chances of comfort; by which I mean a more agreeable temperature than either summer or winter, and less dust and drought than autumn. The few railway lines, excepting the O. R. and N., are not fitted up for tourist travel, but only for the short trips between local points. From The Dalles to Umatilla the road runs along the sandy belt near the Columbia, with only the sullen river and the bare hills to which to turn your eyes. From Umatilla it whirls you across six or eight miles of sage-brush, when it strikes
