Show TALKS WITH TRAVELE RS pastern Oregon In general and tho gcnoraI Biker City country in particular is be coming one of the greatest sections In the United States said Charles T Jloblntxni at the Walker house ValeN house ycnlcr day For instance in the little town ol bumpier there were really no people a year and n ago now there are over 1500 inhabitants there A few weeks ago as I got oT the train at Baker City thirtyfive men got f to take the the brunch line foi Sumptcr I is marvel OUR tilts way immigrants are flocking foklns Into eastern Oregon to locate Many OL them come from the far East but mostly for tho middle West good citi zens all of them and with means to start anew in their new homes Eastern Oregon does not receive tho surplus of rainfall for which the Stalo west of the range Is noted and Just enough crosses the mountains to give time precipitation necessary The preclpl11tol IHce88r coun try Is specially favored In having its mining agricultural and stock interests close together and our big mining claims adjoin great grain tracts with good range feeding not far off Time Jay Gould gold properties near Sump ter are attracting the public attention at present Ore Is being mined there assaying from 275 up to 217f per top the latter however being picked samples There are also sliver and copper In tho ore Tho Jay Gould Includes In-cludes seven quartz mining claims and twenty acres of river placer I Is found that the deeper shafts are sunk in this section the richer grows tho ore Railroad conveniences are being extended ex-tended as fast as the country Is populated popu-lated grains of a superior quality are gromn there and with time wonderful lift given to the stock Interests during the I past year Oregon Is on the highway high-way to prosperity y Idaho onciH an almost unlimited Held for operations in I irrigation remarked re-marked Stale Knglnoyr IX W Ross at the Kenyyn J stcrduy As the situation t situa-tion Is 1 now we arc short on canals and long on land so that with lie rapid Increase In-crease of population it Is a matter oC some concern where to locate I 1 of the agriculturists who may Ole into the I Stale because of lack of lands under Irrigation There are several fairsized Irrigation schemes in embryo one oC them including a number of Ogden POp PO-p among whom is Judge Shurtllff Ills syndicate Is expected to operate VI 000 acres oi land ceded to the State under the Carey act and also t birgis tract of school lands The act referred lo contains such Just provision for capital invested us to greatly encourage its I entrance Into tho State The southeastern part of Idaho Inbound I In-bound to become the great agricultural part of the Stale especially Fremont county The fertility of the soil there and the size of the crops are something wonderful There is nothing lo compare I com-pare with It in l ibis part of the Union The southwestern part of the Slate in I I excellent country but tile ease of Irrigation irri-gation is not what It Is in i the eastern part where the t river water can be run onto the adjoining I table lands wllhnul dinicully Down the river however Ihy plateaus mire several hundred feet lit many places above the water and as lifting the water up Ihal height is ot feasible long canals will Imo to be reslorted to I believe that the valleys val-leys of the Boise and the Snake aro t capable of sustaining 1M0000 people |