Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-03-21
Want to Emigratc.

The Resources Of Oregon and Wash.
ington has the following, which is no
more than have many other Journals 10
this Northwest:
From every State como inquiries
about Oregon and Washington. We
are oftcu hattered by the statement OF
correspondents that the Resources is
creating powerful feeling in favor Of
this Northwest. Real estate men are
having constant inquiries for land TO
rent and to sell. As a case in point.
we ere permitted to publish the follow
ing extract from letter to Messrs.
Jones and Patterson, Of Salem, from,
a land agency firm in Illinois, which
shows the drift of public thought in the
Western States better than anything
We can say:
"a large number of wealthy gentle
men, merchants, farmers and manutac
turers are be>ieging US with inquiries
we are unable to answer concerning
Oregon. its lands, farms. cliuatc, indus
tries, facilities for transportation rail
road rates, labor aud Indians We can
send from 100 to 1000 families into
Oregon by June, 1880, if you will en-
ter heartily into correspondence with
us aud give US every available scrap OF
information attainable for our own 10
formation and for distribution. Send
us papers, public and private, such as
pamphlets, circulars, official reports,
steam navigation, &C., you can get
Sectional maps of land and all other
maps procurable. You can have no
: idea of the growing anxiety to learn
, details of Oregon. 1t would have been
wisdom on the part of your State Leg
i>lature to have organized some kind Of
an emigration office or depai tment tt
publish extensively full and comrlst.
information, with maps. &c, and sehc
to places where. as here. it is reall,
wanted, and would induce the cmigra
/ tlon of a large class Of wealthy people
. Perhaps there is such an Office; it 81
e dn US the favor 20 open up corre.pou
), dence, aud have the society. department
!. or bureau forward to US an abundance
Of printed mater for our own use an,
. for distribu ION
- IF YOU will send to us such informa
tion as we have mentioned, we promi>
to send you class Of men who. b.
their puschases, will put thousands q
dollars in Oregon. and the State wi
y have reason to be proud of their ne'
ctisens. I've kno,o this
" Letters have likewise been receive
.' from parties in Canada. inquiring fl
IS maps of Oregon, reports If climate, re
W ports Of lands open for settlemen
's quality of soil, timber resources, valu
N Of forming lands. &C., saying they war
1t to c,me to Oregon, aud are awaitin
II some reliable information about tn
. State. These Canadians mean bushes
tie They bring money, and make gre
er acquisition to our industries aud weal'i
lie More CaIifornians are looking tn
9. way than ever before. One we'll to.d
at farmer writes:
~ II have seen aud read few nun
n bers OF your paper. 1t what yu sa
W Of Oregon be true. that you have T
,v failures of crops there. and if in 9TH
90 respects it is equal to this State. tht
surely It must be the place for Il
farmer. Send me your paper. and
believe I can get many subscribers
this valley who arc, like myself, on Il
on lookout for better place"
te We could go on multiplying cvidenc
by that tn Oregon fever is raging. n
he violently, it is true, but in mild Al
nd steady firm, in nearly every part OF I
I'M United States aud Canada. but o
It space forbids. We shall see the gran
y. est influx of desirable emisrants TO Il
,r State and Washington during the ne
!, twelve months that has ever been W
-, messed in any country.