Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-11-03


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81 From Oregon. iiiss9
Spencer Buckley's Description Of The
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2 The Springfield Journal publishes 4
number Of brief facts relative 10 Oregon.
which were furnished By the above. nam.
ed gentleman and which we venture to;
say viii be highly interesting to our rea.,
defs. Mr.. buckley went 10 Oregon 3tws
years ago, on account of i'll health at home
and has been iudustridusly engaged in exs
Pioriag that country ever since, except the
time he has spent upon the road. Heris.-
tied all the settlement Explored nearly
the whole valley Of the Wallamette-als,..
the country adjacent to Pugei's Sound
He was in this last mentioned section ,oi
Oregon in the latter part of January and
the beginning Of FEBRUARY last, for igtir
teen days. This sound IS In, about lat. ):
tude 4s north. He says that for glmiles
from the shore the country is agrecably,
diversified with hill aud dale, groves OF,
excellent timber and beautiful prairies
we'll watered with pure streams and very
isrtile. The Sound abounds with fish.
oysters, holsters and the like, and the.
rivers with the finest salmon and olher
valuable fish. He surveyed claim,
there for himself of GAO acres, and seyer
raj other claims we're made ard surveyed
at the same time by American citizens.
The scenery-the waters and harbors--
everything combined, make II a most pic.
iuresque and desirable country. During
the time he was there the sky was clear.
the temperature agreeable, nosraia, no,
snow, nor even frost. He anticipates
that the lands. on budgets Sound will be
regarded as among the most valuable in
Oregon. -
8 The last winter in the valley Of the
Wallamette was mild. Farmers.
were blowing and sowing wheat
all winter. Wheat was certain crop
and of excellent quality. He saw fields
of sod corn, which yielded 40 bushels to
the acre.
Mr.. B describes the valley the WAL
lametle as generally having fertile soil
the country madelup of prairie andlwood-
land- agreeably rolling and covered
with an exuberant growth Unnatural gras.
ses and clover. He says the clover is
equal to the best cultivated here. No
hayis made, however, or other proyis-
ions for stock in winter: The earth ali.
fords abundant foodfor cattle, horses and
sheep. s 500 ~
- He passed up the Willamette above the
falls in keel boat drawing 26 inches of
water, for about go miles. II could have
been assembled much farther. The valley
was we'll watered with fine streams, suit
able for mill seats, which, like the Wall
lamette river, were well stored with fish.
These streams are supplied with the speck
led trout fish which is only found in
the purest waters. There were some
musketoes on the bottoms in the timber,
but they did not appear in the praifies,
and what seems remarkable, there were,
no horse flies, nor any of that disagreea-
bic variety which "blows meat. Indeed
Mr.. B. says, and he has verified the truth
ofthe statement by experiment, that fresh.
meat hung In the sun, in the summer will
not purify, but will dry up and remain
perfectly sweet. He represents the tim.
Der as line, and that tits not uncommon
to cut trees of eighteen inches diameter
at the butt. which viii make fifteen rail
cuts!-and that timber is abundant.
Last winter the Legislature passed a law
making wheat lawful tender for deb; at
one dollar bushel. Dry goods are DO.
coming high in Oregon city. The sup
ply is not equal to the demand. 3 Coffee
brings 20 tents and sugar II ceuts. and
other grocery articles bear proportionate
price. Shoes bring from So to So per
pair: boots from TO Is dollars; glass IL
cents per light; augers 90 cents per quar-
ter; salt cent per pound; fresh becs from
Alto 6 cents; and bacon SIS per hundred
lbs. Iron is worth % cents per pound;
and the Iron work Of a good plow costs
$37. Cargoes of notions from Yankee
land would meet with ready sale in.
Oregon. sse 81 - s ssssi.
The last winter was fine in the Walla.
mettc valley The proportion of rainy
weather was much less than is generally
supposed. More outdoor work can be
done there in winter than in this country.
The emigfants wsFe generally satiiied
with their prospects. "a few were not,
and would get away ifthey could. These.
probably would not be satisfied with any
country -belonging to the class known as
grumblers. =
Oregon city Is increasing in buildings
business and population. Il contains l20
good houses and between 500 and 1000
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