The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-02-28
From the Linn Reporter.
OREGON.

country, than we have seen any where else
in the same space. We publish it for the
benefit of our readers, although we hope
it will not give them all the Oregon fever.
OREGON MEETING.
Monday Evening, Feb. Sd, lS45.
An adjourned Oregon meeting of the
citizens of Lima and vicinity, was this eve
ming held in the Csurt House.
The meeting having been duly organized,
the Committee appointed at previous meet
ing made the following
REPORT.
The committee appointed at the last meet
ing of the society, in the discharge of the
duty assigned them, have prepared brief
statement of such facts relative to Oregon
Territory as could be collected at the pre-
sent time. h is believed that such stale
ment will be acceptable 10 those who have
not had an opportunity TO consult the various
letters and documents where such informa-
ton can be found. The fets detailed in
the report of the committee have been col
lected from the writings of various persons
of known credibility, who have visited that
country in different years; they bear evil
dence Of having been written in spirit Of
eandor and have the merit of agreeing with
each other in all important points.
The territory of Oregon is situated on the
shores of the Pacific Ocean, between the
AID and 45th degrees of North latitude the
Russian possessions in America bound it
on the north, the Rocky mountains on the
east, California on the south and the Pacific
on the west. 1t includes country larger
than the thirteen original States Of the
Union, of greater extent than any two states
of Europe, Russia excepted. Three ranges
of mountains extend through the territory
from north TO south; these ranges of noun
tains cause the country 10 be divided into
three belts or sections which differ material
ly in surface, soil, climate and productions
The Eastern section is that portion lying
between the Rocky mountains and Blue
mountains; the middle section is that por-
ton lying between the Blue and Cascade
mountains; the western section is that pro-
ton lying between the Cascade mountains
and tho sea shore.
A country of such vast extent of course
would present great variety of features and
many points of interest. AS only some
parts have been explored, much remains yet
to be ascertained which will be interesting
to all enquiring persons.
That portion Of theseountry to which the
attention of the committee has been more
particularly directed is the western part lying
Immediately on the Pacific Ocean and Co
lumbia and Willamette rivers. All accounts
agree in representing the Wallamete Valley
as the finest part of the country for agricul-
tural purposes, the surface of the country
being made up of woodlands and dry prairie ).
soil we'll adapted 10 the culture Of wheat
and is represented as the finest grazing
land in the world. Lit. Wilkes of the U. S.
navy who was sent by our government to
explore the country says" That the soil of
the western section varies III the northern
part from light brown loan to thin vege-
table earth with gravel and sand as subsoil,
in the middle part, from rich heavy loan
and unctious clay to deep heavy black
loan on trap rock; and in the southern
part the soil is generally good, varying from
a black vegetable loan to decomposed basali
with stiff clay and portions of loose gravel
soil; the hills are generally basalt sand and
slate"
PRoDucTIoNs.-Wheat may be consider
ed as the leading agricultural product of the
country. Rye, Oats, Peas, and Potatoes
are raised in abundance; Corr. is cultivated
to some extent but is not SO we'll adapted to
the country as the smaller grains, the sum
mers not being sufficiently hot to cause its
Nha in &c
section consists of fir, white cedar, oak,
ash, maple, poplar, cotton wood and many
other kinds moi found elsewhere. Lit. Wilkes
states that apples and pears succeed WE'LL
CL1MATE.-Lt. Wilkes writes, "That the
climate of the western section is mild
throughout the year, neither experiencing
the cold of winter nor the heat of summer.
Experiments made by him show the mean
temperature 10 be Sd deg of Fahrenheit. The
prevailing winds in summer are from the
northward and westward and in the winter
from the southwark and southeast which are
tempestuous. The winter is supposed to
last from December TO February; rains.
usually begin 10 fall in November and last till
March; they are not heavy though frequent.
Snow sometimes fall but seldom lies over
three days. Mr. Bunet in his letter of
March llth, 1914, writes GAS TO the climate,
it (Oregon) is the Italy of Amireca. Winter
commences in Dec. and ends in February
This has been about as wet season as the
country has had. The rains commenced in
gentle showers about the 18th of November
and during the balance of the month it
rained about one day in eight, in December
ii rained about one day in five, in January it
rained or showed about every other day.
About the first of February we had a slight
snow, which dissolved as it fell and a slight