Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-28
OREGON.

ne sIOllOWlnR Is an extract from prI-I
vate letter, from Mr.. John Robinson, late
ofthis county, to his SON in law Mr.. Leo
nard Howe, to whose politeness we are
indebted for the copy.--HenneP;D Fer
aid.
Clatsop Co., o. T., March Is, 1917.
Is DEAR SIR:-We had prosperous
journey through to the shore Of the Pacif-
ic, and have made our residence on the
Clatsop Plain, IL miles south west of As.
toria. Our land is bounded on The west
by the Pacific Ocean. This is a hand.
some prairie, lying lcngthwise along the
coast Is miles and from one to two miles
wide. Motley and Thompson have land
claims near US and we are all busy build
ing cabins, and preparing land for Spring
crops. The soil is of best quality, and
produces small grains perhaps equal to
any country in the world, in all the upper
country. A little back from the coast
there is no second rate wheat.itis all of the
best quality; along the coast the wheat
crop is not so certain, but excels in other
productions, The timber has been so
often described be letter-wrisers and his.
torians that it is almost needless for me to
attempt any description of it; will just
mention few circumstances with regard
to it which have come under my notice:
| measured a pole FIVE inches in thickness
at the stump, one hundred and two feet
in length. There is great deal oftim
Der two hundred and feet in length, and
numbers of trees grow to the enormous
height of 800 feet There was one cut
recently at Astoria, that made 10000
shingles, $4,000 barrel slaves, 5000
clapboards, and all the short timber for
two frame buildings! From what Ihave
seen, think there is firstrate opportu.
nifty for industrious people, not only to
live we'll, but to get rich. The winters
are wet but mild. The last is said to
have been the coolest winter since the
first settlement of the country. In the
part where we live. the snow fell once or
vice, to the depth oftwo inches. The
cattle have wintered themselves very well
and mostly here they have the advantage
ofthe salt water and good range, and
get fatter than / have seen them any
where. 1t does not cost so much to raise
an OK as a chicken, yet beef is worth six
cents per ID. There are large quantities
of beef -four and lumber shipped from
here to the Islands, and elsewhere, & the
demand is still increasing. Four ships
came into the Columbia river during the
last winter, and there is said to be two
more outside the bar waiting for favor
able wind. 4 Ha 1898
The trade is monopolized here by a
few who sell their goods at immese pri-
ces.
This country has advantages over Illi-
nois, but Illinois also has over this. l
would advise those who are comfortably
situated, settled, and can be contented, to
remain where they are, as it is a long
and perlious journey, and the greatest
thing to gained at present is good health.
and next is a good tract of land, for those
who have none, but they must expect to
suffer the privations incident to all new
countries. would say to all who incline
to come to this country, never to start with
a narrow tread wagon, and above all not
be led by any one through the Cascade
mountains, and take no otherroute than
the first road that has ever been travelled
by wagons, which is known as Barlow's
road. A considerable portion Of the last
emigration have been led out Of the way
by designing men, to the. Obstruction of
their property and great many of their
lives. a JOHN ROBINSON,
The Galena Railroad is going ahead
and no mistake. Look out for the en-.
gine! Galena has already subscribed
sos, 900, and one of her citizens informs
us that they are bound to distance Chica-
go in the amount of their Subscription
Rockford and few other towns in Win.
.nebago county have taken twenty Ave
thousand dollars. b1a s1a "a ,odv.
We learn the survey of the road is to
be commenced, preparatory to letting the
contracts, on Monday, at the west line OF
the city, and that the directors hope to
have itall under contract between here
and Fox river, this fall The work goes
bfavely ono Chicago Journal, 3lst I'll.
A noble lord asked clergyman once,
at the bottom of his table, asss
"Why the goose, il there was one, was
always placed next to the parson?"
"Really," said he, Isl can give no reason
for it, but your question is so odd, that I
shall never seS q goose again without
thinking of your lordship." iasa
& CHirGINo TUNs.-The Troy Wing
contains the following wholesale retrac-
ton in regard to the u. s.. Bank and Sub.
Treasury questions: - fssss1e.s 81 fasa
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