The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-25
WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT OREGON.


He have letter from " il. Stephens
of Osceola, Clark county, Iowa, in
which the writer asks for information
about Oregon, stating that many young
men of that region are desirous OF
immigrating to this State if the in
ducements are encouraging. The writ
er propounds the following questions:
Ist. Do you have to irrigate?
I'd. What is the price of wild land?
Srd. Is there any Government land
that can be taken as homesteads?
ith. Is the country settling fast?
5th. What or the society and eli
mate?
9th. IPhat are the wages of common
laborers, mechanics, school teachers
and clerks?
7th. Rhat is the price of lumber and
provisions
To which we briefly append the fol-
lowing answers;
1st. We don't have to irrigate.
I'd. Wild lands vary in price accord
ing to locality. Eligible tracts for
timber and grazing purposes may be
purchased ut from 81 to s. per acre.
3rd. Desirable Government land is
scarce in this settled region of the
State, but much unclaimed land that
can be made useful may be found i'll
the obscure valleys and along the
mountain slopes.
ith. The country is not settling
rapidly, owing To the fact that only
very lneagre inducements have hecn
Offered to immigration. No special
efforts have ever been made to show
up the advantages of our country or to
portray its desirablcness as 4 place OF
residence.
5th. The society will compare favor
able, for enlightenment and morality,
with that OF any other section of the
western Continent. Temperance, edit
cation and Christianity are here patron
lied and fostered with the broadest
liberality. Our climate is equable and
healthfui. In the winter, when you
OF Iowa are compelled 10 house up from
the chilling blast and drifting SHOWS,
we have gentle rain showers, COM
monty called "Oregon Mist" which,
while it is unpleasant, can scarcely
be called uncomfortable. Ue have
scarcely any cold weather-the ther-
mometer rarely Indicating zero. Snow
is rare with Us, and when it does fall
it rarely lies for any length of time.
This "rainy season"-generally dat
ing from November 10 April-seldom
cotnmends itself to the Immigrant for
= year or two after his arrival; but we
have never met any one who would
exchange it for the severe Eastern
winters. Should he get disgusted and
return TO the East, the next winters
severity there sends him scudding back
TO Oregon as soon as he is sufficiently
thawed out to travel with comfort.
The summers here are of the most de-
lightful kind. Our skies are bluer, our
breeZes balmier, our girls healthier (if
in the poetic cline of sunny Italy.
And We don't have thunder and
lightning. We give this last infor-
nation especially for the benefit of
those residents OF the broad Northwest
prairies who have so many examples of
the effect of thunder storms. High
winds are rare and hurricanes never
known.
9th. Common laborors get from S1,50-
to $3.50 per day; mechanics, So to s.;
clerks, $50 to 800 per month; school
teachers, $50 to $50 per month and
board; girls for family work get from
SIS to S25 per month, and readily find
employment. These wages are all in
gold and silver coin, which is our circu-
lating medium.
7th. Lumber is s14 to S1S per thous-
and feet. You will find the price of
provisions quoted in our market re-
port, published eiswhere in this paper.
This description relates principally
to the Willamette Valley. There is a
vast country east of the Cascade noun
tains which is equally desirable as
place of residence, and although much
newer in its settlement, yet it possesses
all the advantages claimed for this
region. The Umpqua and Rogue Riv-
er valleys, in Southern Oregon. also
possess rare attractions to those desiring
n home in rich, healthful and favor
ed country.
CHINESE OBsTINAcY CoNoUERED.-
Sheriff Parker had quite a little froIic
last Monday in attempting to make
five Cinnamon, at Harrisburg, work