, 1873-05-10
.OREGON..>
Facts in Regard to the State.
Correction Of Misstatements.
PORTLAND, Ore, April ., 1873.

dressed to you, and signed by ". L. Adams, OF
| this State, wlo by reason OF residence hero
of twonty-ye years, clai1na the ability to answer
| certain questions you, with many others, havo
asked relative to the resources, advantages, otc,
of this State.
| Whether the namo James johnson is fictitious
OF not, do not know but tho reply to James
| johnson BIZ Mr. ". L. Adams. now published in
] pamph1et-form, aud sold by him to real-estato
/ agents and others at $3.50 per 100 copies, for
| distribution through tho East, is, by its high
co1oring, it's specious pretonsons to frankness,
truthfuluess, and disinterestedness, and it's
labored efforts at facetiousaess, well calculated
to, and wil, conveya -
VERY EXAGGERATED IMPRESSION
of the advantages OF this State. aud cause East
ern people to make sacrifices OF property and in-
tetests to emigrate to this Ell Dorado, so favored
by partial Providence above al other sections
Why Providence should have been so particu-
lar with Oregon Is question for scientists.
That this State is favored in many natural ele-
ments of prosperity, do not deny but that it
will profitably Ito them) sustain much larger
population than is already settled ho1e at the
present day, do
EMPuAT1cALLY DENY,
and will endeavor to concisoly give reasons for
this denial, and for my advice to people iu good
circumstances, and who arc doing fairly in life,
to stay contentodly at home.
write this because have already witnessed
much dissatisfaction, and suffering, and losses
BY immigrants who hare too readily answered
the beckoning words Of this and like pamphlets,
and come to find the romance of the clangeal1
vaniehed, to find our beautiful valleys covered
to great extent with dense forests, broken by
rF 1.s11u fftr1v unH r17Ty
broad tracts Of awamp land irrcciaimable except
by the expenditure Of large sums Of money;
| fern, and brake and sorre1, matted upon every
acre Of our lands that has not been
cultivated. These aro inviting enough
to the enthusiastic tourist, or picture
loving poet, as he views the scene from some
high eminenco, where the eye gathers iu all the
combinations OF Natures divorsities hut the
reality of labo1-ha1d 1abor-e1iats here az well
as elsewhere.
Mr.. Adams speciously claims every delight and
advantage for this State that can be culled from
the best of every State in the Union, but admits
that We fall short OF Heaven. think many TINT
have come, many that will come, will wiah they
had reached Heaven first.
Mr. Adams says he will speak fairly Of tho
fails to particularizo what viii be- to the disad-
vantage of tie immigrant in the game ratio aud
as enthusiastically as ho does the good. l. that
impartial? Let us see. What he says about
oUn WINTER CLIMATE
ia very nearly true Compared with Maine, it is
mild, very mild. There they have snow and in
tense cold. Hero We have incessaut,
copious rains, lasting from about the lst
Of November to tho 1at Of May, with
about Christmas, continuing from two to six
weeks. Many ere compelled to work more or
less, through the winter in the open, air, but
they watch opportunities and hurry their jobs
laS+r T1,1l nfn n0Y1ffy 1h1tH
il out Of tho question. The winter, for ut least
three months, to outdoor laborcrs, is lost
Some winters, like the one just passed, arc
almost without snow. Only about ai1 inches
fell this winter, remaining but few days
Hence, this is said to be one OF tho
DEsT CATTLE COUNTRIES
in the world; and thenco lazy .'Webfeet" q
term applied to the dwellers in the 1and) think
and allow winter to overtako them unprepared
with shelter or food, relying upon tho chances of
q good winter" for their safety which shift
less policy results, year after year, in terrible
destruction Of cattle. I
Every sensib1e man knows TINT in q climate
that is not entirely free from frosta and snow, /
cattle need care, and must not bo brought to tho
chance necessity, even, Of browsing or digging |
through snow for sustcuanco.
Dir. Adams says that it takes himself and
neighbors 60 much timo to build fenccs and |
plow, that they have no time to caro- for their
cattle.
Twenty-Five years the owner Of q farm Of 16o |
acres and the fences not get built! |
Flowing and fencing absorb so much time
cattle cannot DO cared for! Cattle die in conse-
quence! better showing than that can DO ]
made even in the State Of Maine. /
Mr. Adams tells you there are " no gnats, mon |
.quitoes, bedbugs, feas, snakes, etc" II this ]
kind Of vermin was wealth, valued at a penny I
pound, let me assure you, my dear Eir, evsry nan
in Oregon could be
WORTH HIS MILLIONS. /
very much wonder that they have NOT been ]
noticed by Mr. Adams.
We have excellent soil, as A1r. Adams ears; /
and, as he says, wo can raise sixty bushe!a OF
be done anywhere in the country, il esrdea- ]
THE AVERAGE YIELD OF wHEAr /
to the acre in Oregon is about thirty bushels in
stead Of forty bushels, as Mr.. Adams writes.
Wheat can be raised here, probably, to greater
perfection than in the most favored portions of
Oregon is told. ~ N"' 80 7'r'' "
Sixty bushels of corn can be raised execution
ally; fifty buehels can bo raised exceptionally; |
thirty bushels can be raised as an auerdge, and
that is d liberal estimate.
POTATOES ''
may DO prolific, too much SO. OF that you can
judge when say that, to-day, April 20, potatoes
sold in this market at 8 cents per bushol, and
they of the best.
afr. Adams tells you he has raised forty
bushelB Of
CORN
to the acre, end claims that the Same cannot be
done in Illinois,; He fails, however, to inform
you, in parenthesis otherwise, that there is not
brought to market from the whole Willamette
Valley 100 bushels Of corn o year, and why 2
Because it cannot be CULTIVATED successfully,
owing to our boasted cold nights. Corn meal in
market is higher than wheat -four, being worth
from to 10 cents pound. The grain Of which
it is made is imported from California. This iB
why we cannot fatton hogs on corn: St. Louis
and Chicago bacon, hams, and lard hare :, been
and more readily than our OWN manufacture
Speaking Of =
THE SUMMER CLIMATE, =. !
!" Now mark" says Alr. Adams. During our
hottest summer have never failed to keep fresh
beef pweet a aceek1, when hung in the open air!"
What rare sights that mnn has seen venture
to say, no other man in Oregon has known beef,
under like circumstances to be exposed forty
eight hours without undergoing q process Of in
cubation that made it rather Objectionable for
tabla-uso, except to old settlers, and those that
let their cattle die for want of caro-.
Where Mr.. Adams cites extreme cases Of vege- t
table-development, and prolific yield of cereals,