The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1865-09-16
A HOME FOR Em1GRANrs.

This years emigration is thronging the road
over the Blue Mountains, and il 10 rare to find
in their ranks, any but who appear to be look
ing to the Willamette Valley as the goal of
their desires. They left the estates for
Oregon, and nothing viii eatisfy them until
they have travelled the whole length and
breadth of the State, TO REACH. a section al
ready crowded, Where they Wifi but little
10 satisfy their longings. Very little good
land is open to settlement, and this is what
the buKHbf emigration is seeking after. Many
OF these, doubtless II majority, ale poor, and
have not the means to pay for land and if
they had, do not wish to purcBase when the
price demanded is from $40 to $50 per acre.
We are not writing with any expectation of
turning opeof the newcomers from his cho
sen locality, but when they have found from
expefiehGe that they cannorfhd IN their W
ST datiohs what they desire,' let them bring to
mind the information We shall etdeavor to
impart.
We have before spoken Of the Yakima Val
tey, and of its extent aid advantages. Briefly
we will again state whatHwe Enow from Dur
own knowledge and what weK learned
from others. Crossing the river at Umatilla,
country for twenty or twenty Eve miles, is
passed over in one days driye, that is valua-
BILE only for gfazing, aud the Yakfma river is
reached. Travelling 'up the stream, bottom
larts are found on either bank, rich as the
settler may 'desie. He may travel for one
hundred and fifty miles, following the stream
aud section after section Of ltidis lying ready
tor the plow, without any clearance or prepa.
ration. From The Cascade Mountains, numer-
Gus streams find their way to- the Yakima
Fmost of them atfording lands equally good
but notaS extensive irlfquanity. Timber, cot.
tonwood and balm, along the streams is
sufficient for years, for building, fencing and
fuel, and the supply inexhaustibie, the
growth 'being rapid will supply the drain
made upon it by Sc tiers for reasonable pur
poses. Back in The hills, oak, pine, cedar
and tarhrac timber is growing in ihexhausti
BILE forests, and willforevrr furnish any de.
mand that eau be made for its use. For ga
Eings purposes, miles and miles of bunch
grass are growing, and for the past four years
has been the fdvoiite re, ort of herders aut
stock-raisers. FITS Climate ifs ipreferable t
that of any section on the coast. The hea
of summer tempered by winds from til,
ocean atross the snow-c clad peaks Of th
Cascades, and winters less severe than ar
found elsewhere east of the Cascades Th
"hard winter" of '63, when stock. pershe,
by thousands all over the Stale of Oregon
lot. want y. lOOu tnI Sutlter, tn' loss o
i. stock did not exceed fifty out of 5000 'hea
Eh,rded on the Yakima, and dependent upol
its native'grnsses for. sustenance, and unpro
vided with shelter. The settler can ucat
his quarter section or section of unequale
tillable land, and have the benefit of an un
limited range for stock. Should it be re
qlired the facilities for Irrigation are aDun
dant, and but little labor Will "be" needed t
wafer the soil, But we apprehend that in mos
Of the localities we have named, this wi
not be needed, as crops can be pat in yer
early in the spring and will be well forwar
at the close of the spriug rains, ard also = i
D receive benefit from the annual rise Of til
t streams. The market for the products
l the settler, will 6eii the whole upper coul
= try just attracting attention for its miner,
wealth Supplies will come by the way
the Columbia river, and can be reached
several points convenient of access. Lift
. or no labor will be necessary In buildir
o roads Umatila Advertiser.
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