The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-26
A WORD FOR OREGON.

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sesses no attractions that could induce |
them TO give up the glories of Yankee
life and be happy, nay, | mean content /
ed, in our faraway paradise. All, IRE
know that few who have had glimpse
of Oregon will ever be satisfied else
where. Webfoot is n wonderful land
even to her children-a bright, beautiful
land, filled with birds and flowers, and
everything else that goes to make up an
Eden. One must certainly be very dull
not TO appreciate all this lOveliness.
Again, our Yankee friends pretend TO
believe that Oregon is inhabited by the
very dregs of creation; that no person
Of average ability would be guilty of the
sin of living in our dear little State.
Not long since picked up paper, pub
lished in Ohio, which gave an account
of an outrage committed on some white
men by the Indians of the Siletz reser-
vatiOn of Oregon, concluding with the
words that it would cause a terrible
war, and would very probably end with
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portion Of the country. Now, isn't this
a good joke? And why have we never
heard of the threatened danger? What
4 pity our dear friend was so verdant i'm
the history of the West. That's where
all the calumnies spoken of Oregon
arise-with men that are entirely ignor-
ant Of the fact that ours is even a civil
lied State; who seem to think we live
in hollow trees, surrounded at all times
by band Of howling savages. Now,
this is rich, and goes to prove the intel
ligence of our neighbors. have lived
all the few years of my life in Oregon
(and am proud of the honor of being q
Weebfoot girl, still have never seen
savage Indian yet. Why is this, if they
are so plentiful as our friend seems to
think?
Out here our land is better, and our
farming is done upon a much larger
scale than our New England brethren
could deem possible. Our grain grows
to n larger size, on account Of having
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be done. That is not all perhaps our
Eastern friends can also boast that. Our
soil is richer, much richer, than that Of
any Of the Eastern States. Even though
we are so much in advance Of our par
ent States, we will give the emigrants,
one and all, that are talking Of coming
here a cordial welcome, and teach them
the value of Western hospitality.
was almost done when the latest y.
> Y. Tribune arrived, and in glancing
= over its columns | noticed n terrible in
justice done Oregon, in the shape of a
letter from a fellow signing himself +.
b. Perhaps you noticed it also. II so,
you can bear witness to the healthiness
Of this State against the misrepresenta-
tions Of this fellow. Where did he go
TO have the ague i'm Oregon? I'll tell
= you-first to one of those low-down
whiskey shops-which are the only dis
grace that can be cast on the Webieet ;
next to some swamp, where he laid
down on his two blankets, and expert
! enced slight touch of snakes running
away with him, and arose to find HIM
d. self i'm an ague fit Of delirium tremens'
oh, shamel Another accusation about
white men walking the streets Of Port
. land for want of anything else to do
while Cinnamon were employed because
OF their working cheap. Now, | shall
|, not deny that there are more dandIes III
, Portland than are needed; but let them
scatter out and go to some honest EN-
, ployment; there is plenty of it waiting
for them at good wages. l know TINS 10
be fact, for here in Benton county
hear almost all of the farmers complain
, ing that they cannot get men ut any
price. Understand, these gentlemen are
. most of them from older States, come
out here to put ON style and be some
! body Of importance among the Oregoni-
ans, and are far too proud to earn their
= living by the sweat of their brow.
Serves them right, say /, to be Obliged
to come to that.
r Again, Mr.. L. B., there is another and
falser tale than either have yet spoken
: of; it is about the climate OF Oregon
and about the Oregonians going 10 the
mountains during the awful hotl?) sum-
5 mer season. The climate is mild-very
= seldom do we have intense heat or cold
: True, we have considerable rain during
the winter months, but as to the moss
growing so thickly over the house-tops
: that we have to dig it off, why' tiiaI i
false. If, as you say, you have ever
visited Oregon, why need you go back to
= New York with false tales Of Webfoot !!
Sir, do you remember what the Bible
; says about tale-bearers? Do not thihk
we are dying to have any of your New
Workers out here; tits only for their
sakes, not ours, that we are urging them
to come. And 1 think Mrs. Sawtelle
deserves great credit for her persever-
ance; next you may thank Mrs. Duni-
way. Both of these ladies have done
= great deal for the West. Gypsy.
CORVALLIS, Oregon, July s, lS72-
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