, 1869-11-08
Climate Of Oregon.
Agricultural Resources.
Politics OF the State


The NsllAnette dFa!as the northern side OF the
S.sqnA 4nantatns, The eastern alopes of the Coa.t
RarSe End The Featsrn sides Of the Cascades aud
eatefs tho Columbia tWelFe niles below rortlaQd
std about ITO miles ahore The mouth Of tha. Ftyet
We Inay II welt nAke 4 remark or Two herr
upon
oKTHoGnArnY,
and the PRONUNCIATION Of the word Va,tamet-e
4. anywhere else. We spell the first syllsh!e win
An instead Of u In AeiereEce to the opinion Of
Hts Honor Judge Deadly, OF Forsland. q gentle
inao a. Justly distinguished Tor bis nne scholar
ssti and coect literary 1asIe A. he IA for 1ts rfns
Judgment and eminent legal auAlnmtnts Alter
carefully Investigating the ortgtk o! tho word. he
became satisfied that. Ike Wal!s~alia, Wallq,o.
atd ciher fndlsu oao:es, tie dist syllabe should
oe epeiled II We have stated, and many OF the
adtora Of the State, aud othera, have adepset nla
uE1hegrsphy. Scarl. everybody cast Of tho
mountains p1unoutces this wora differently = from
the icnple nl useEnu, who certainly should Know
low to sltak The name OF their larxesi aud most
hca'ltifo rul!ry- Their d.sta.on Of It is wal,an-
ettc. with the accent on the second syEialle and
especially nu tho m. The lAst s3Ifahlc u tnoken
as II 1t were anpiy, ct. VIII the readers nj The
ThihufK please make note OF this, II they do
not wish to appear verE much out OF fashion. not
10 Eay ont Of taste, In their pronunciation, when
they v1sit Uregon
Ioa &AfI4 " <2At VI kQe NAz(&ud EAN&er - "a A.
70 John Day 4 A1Et1, both Of which run through
valleys Of considerable extent and 1lchnea. Tue
Cmatila arsa the Wa1lAwulla arc also cons1dera-
BIZ river, IfFxlllrK tho northeastern slopes Of
The Blue Mountains Into lts Columbia
Er!ore giving the productions OF the State, It
NIL lie we'll TO notice tts
CLIMATE.
The mountains Of utegon determine It's el-
.n&tr. Weat Of the Cascade Range, It IL more
HE that Of England, probably, than any other
section Of America. 4 similar reason also pto.
drcea the resemblance, Fix., the gulf stream.
rnAt On our w.steru shores docs not make Itself
10 ElsldI1 AID 50 sebtl''Iy felt ~ that from the
Gull Of Mexico, Int IN none tic 1css marked aud
vcuign In ita Influence The warm wafer from
the Equator courses Rclt'y northward along our
western coaar,givug mild climate "a f1r ncrth -
vstcoayrr's 1tiard, wheIr we Haw ut victpru. IN
'ne garden Of Governor DooelAa, four years ago,
the utchsa The htl.otrcre, and the seudercss roses
Stu&!rR In lhe open air, ano were assured that
'he5 uret!r! only aitkte litter to protect them In
lkceEater and January. Tue Wallamet.e Valley
tet between lsti:ude ++,A deg, and - dee.. shout
as far north hs Montreal md Quebec, and
trt, as aboye femsfted, the climate
= ver1 much Ike thai Of England, m!ld au,l
mo;.t. II anything. We presume Western Oregon
laA an extra supply OF taln, 10 much TO that The
caiitornianf haze given her people the expressive
name Of " "Tebfeet" As the Golden StAte pets no
rAlu for rCose than half the }car the ep!tnet NAV
Eot be Is wd1 deserved a. Que might suspeet.
In the two-thsts of the State e8st Of the Cascade
Range, the aummeEs are 1.J and tho w!nters aro
cold, though not 70 long and 30 severe as In the
-aue latitude on the eastern side OF the continent,
In the GUNNER there Is stle, II any, rain, and the
valleys moat be Irrigated IN order to uAte them
produce. Thoec who have csossed the continent
Htll untctstand whaEHe mean when Ne tel them
that with the exception Of tho upper ends of the
sagr-brush country.
AGRICULTURAL nKsoC1cxa,
The mountains o! Oregon are so high md 10
PERCEPTIONS that rctJ large proportion Of tho
Stats - not available for agricultural purposcs
eacrrs that, 1the the sane Kind Of country In CALI
fo,ns, tha valleys and lower sdes Of the mountalna
can be very successfully use,l IN the rearing of
stock. The valleys Of the Rogue and Upquah
Rt'ess1 In Southern Oregon, are nar1nw, and what
laud can be cultivated II exceedingly productive.
They produce wheat, and, ia fact, nesz.y all hnts
Ct ssrn products. uost ahuadant1y; but tho great
trouble ss to nnd u market for them. Think OF
feeding vheat, a. the as The beat tna. comes to
chicago from Southern Hltnols or Minnesota, 10
cattle and hogr, or making II into whtskcy! This
IL The only Way that any money can be gos out Of
H. 4 gentleman told rs It RoseburRt, IN tho
CuquAh y4lley, thai. were thousands Of bushe,s OF
aneAt etven 10 him. he eoold not afford TO hsul II
to ms1ket, or course. the railway from Sac1a-
nento to Portland will chArgr ali this
SUsh!n9 can be mcre marked and cuttoua than
rassInR over the ssquA Mou2saius from The KlAu,-
a'h Valley, ia California, to that OF Rogue Rlvcr,
tn Southern Oregon. From jack psnes aad p,anxi-
retA butbcs sou pass, III two Of three miles, into
ue1sel5 wooded region, whosc trets and Gowcts,
II not exacs1y ike those Of the Middle States, arc
allied to them In species aud Appearance. The
cnlJ Ieaa0n We eau give for thi4 market
chaDgc IL .hat the Cacon Of the
KlaMnth, through The Coa4t Range.
il probably 70 crooked &nd narrow
ts2t the. treezes Of the I'nc!1c cannot uud
their wsr to its upper valley; while they are
readily waited up that Of Rogue 1nyer, and oil it
with fruisfulness and beauty. The change when
entering this Ta'1e1 fFnm California is also most
sensible to the lungs, for the air La moist and de-
1'c1out. and the taarst from Cur section feels that
hc has found country Hhefe he is no longer
parched by the air he brrathea
1he yRlley OF The Willamette, aud thoxe through
which the Tributaries Of tta beautiful river run
furnish, II We mfssate moi, a richer and more ex
tenslve agricultural dttsnct than al the o.hs,
valleys Of the State put together. 1t u about 15o
niles long BY n1tJ TO scveety.fse mica wide
Here n! the cereals grow IN the greatest ahun-
dance and perfection. Most Of tie fruit .recs
We're loaded 20 heartily that thoy broke down
!rceath Their ueafureA No ona Gao uu-
ds inland how many app1es eau Rrow upon tree
uLGt he Ecca an Oregon orchard. Ia sco+es OF
:c:1trtes all our panty agreed that tbs apples On
the loureer tees would weigh more than the
trees themselves. There ID too mrcu rainy and
c:o1dy weather IN Oregon for that S.ats ever to
r:sal California In growing g7ares and making
Of w.Ge; hut on the sides Of the hllt,
especially where tie sol Is composed Of tl.s!ntc.
grated volcanic rocks. NC should not be surprtned
II the vine grape grew IN the greaseas 11xur,ance
AMI peftecuon. 1t ls well known that from such
soils the best wtce Of Europe to produced Much
Of The wheat raised in Oregon haa heretofore
been credited 70 Caifornla, ~ It wAs dsBt shipped
to san Francisco, and thence res shipped 70 foreign
ports, Of TO New York The quality Of II IL sery
nne. And the produce merchants Of Oregon are
a1FsnR!ng for direct sh1pmenta, Z considerable
amount Of which ha4 been done during the present
Ge13on.
The waravalla and Cnastl1a valleys, cast Of
the Eoontasns, are vesJ productive: but the
farmers depend upon Irrigation for their crops, ~
The climate u dry, nke that Of Etan. Onl5 four
yeat $50, when we vtsted Oregon, immense
Amo1tts Of 1ouf. bacon, and other farm prptnc:s
we're going up the col1mbia, to iced the miners ct
1dafao and the settlers n the upper Eal!eys; ou.
now eve1y steamer comes down The Co.
f1mb'a laden with tons Of the sane
articles from the WauAwalsa aud
other valleys TO seu to whoever ha4 the money 10
bny them. Such Al immense seyoIuuou in tE1de
hAs probably never before been Witnessed In 10
thort TINE any where upon the continent large
Euueers Of eat1lt, horses, and mules are also
raised ia tie upper valleys, which arc d.tyen 10
y nlte PINE And other NcEaiA and Idaho uainina
dt=:rtcts nor rnarke.-
oEeguu Is most bount.tuly supplied with
IHER.
Her plnef, redNoo<1 and ora are among the
1Eest in The Eorid, and the supply III the Coast
and Cascsde Ranges Il practically e1haustiesa
fltA alone b = pource of permanent and very
gyeat wealth to the Ssase.
TEuKAEs
The Eainou fisheries Of the Colnmb!A Are des-
Etred to i'd yeEJ largely 70 The lu1ur.es of the
lahe among Ill TIC people of the world xhese
rHtnE this delicious nsh too g1eas to render II N
a1ticle Of ordinary use- Tnerc A1e two modes Of
rrepalMa them. In one czse theJ IRE cooked,
picked, and epiced II they Are found In the gro
reEc$ Of Chicago. In tie otteE, the dsn d cleaned
cct up, ana cooted IN rs oxn Juices, Immediately
put in tin cans and sealed up. Some idea
II the extent Of this business nay be
'os11ed when we atate that during the present
reason tn9le rt1 paid nine thousand dollars
o1 penny 1tAWps 10 Pus On tQe1f EAn4, according
% the "tAw IN duct case made and pruy.ded.'' y
In thtA xAr, We know the dah u DE-
,c!ous: hut each oue mnst add vinegar, and
whatever els hin taste shall dtct2.e. Tnese
canned salmon are sold IN Portland, II Wholesale,
y THREE dollars and ha1F i dozen, In gold-only
I ftacslon over tNenty.nitt cents easn, Tney
saEt1y ooald be Afforded In Chicago z city 10
s!xtJ cents IN cUr1tucJ-& Price u Nhseh they
1ouh certainly come Into TesI general use among
our people.
Oregon Il onquestsonab'5 rich In
MINERALS,
but With population. Al told, rot arrer tnao