The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-25

sofa. The trees, thickly planted rise to height
of from two to three hundred feet, with diane
ter Of from three to eight feet What saw logs
And this timber is rightly located to meet the pres
ent and prospective demand. Eastern Washington
and Oregon, Idaho and Nevada, have little timber:
here is the ample and convenient supply. 1t is al
ready shipped in vast quantities to California,
Mexico South America, Asia and Australia The
manufacture of this timber into the finest lumber,
has attained vast proportions, and is rapidly
increasing In view of the waning supply from
Eastern forests there is certainty Of great wealth
to be derived from the forests Of the Northwest
The
CLIMATE
is mild, somewhat resembling that Of the latitude
of Washington very much milder than that of
the same latitude III the East. Very little snow
falls in Western Oregon or Washington, and ice
seldom forms to any extent. The rain fall is large
from October to May-very little from May to De
tobcr In the summer the days are never extreme
ly warm, and the nights are always cool In East
err Oregon and Washington there is more snow
and severer cold in winter, but it is still, compare
lively mild, while in summer there is greater heat,
although ii is seldom extreme That the climate
is hcalthful is shown by the vital statistics, which
exhibit death rate less than that Of any other
State or Territory, except Idaho. Now with all
these advantages why should not one come here,
to this land abounding with fruits and grains, and
rich in all the conditions Of agricultural wealth
Well because 50 much must be sacrificed. There
are few good roads in Oregon and Washington
often none at all. For half the year an embargo
OF mud is Iald upon a large portion Of this region
rendering travel by the ordinary means Of convey
ance difficult and uncomfortable, with clouds of
dpst for the remainder OF the time Schools are
Generally inferior and scattered and there is also a
somewhat primitive condition Of the churches
The social relations are unsatisfactory very IN
like those to which Eastern people have been
educated. There is almost no Sunday here. Sa
looms and they are everywhere aud many other
places Of business are open on Sunday on other
days II people work less i is only to turn sun
day into 4 holiday on the part Of many of them.
But tlosa saloons They are shocking to a TEN
pcrauce man from Maine Their name is legion.
The bar over which liquors are sold is a thousand
times worse, aud will wreck thousand times more
property anu HE, IMAM inc DAT al lle mouth OF lle
Columbia. Let us mold to the prohibitory priuci
Pile 1t is right, aud Me Maine man, coming here,
is the more strongly convinced Of it by the con
trast Hence he mustcone prepared to fight over
the Battle which has been won at homa, with thy
odds much more heavily against hun. Then, think
OF the friends who must DC left the ties that must
be broken the comforts that must be abandoned,
the social religious and educational advantages
that must be sacrificed and all, that little more
money may be scraped together To those who
are comfortably situated with good prospect Of
continuing So [ would say, stay where YOU are.
At the same time Imuststy " those who are bound
to 90 somewhere that they can do no better than
to come 70 this great Northwest 1t has grand
future as has been clearly outlined, although sub
iect to one or two drawbacks OF which the pres
ent space forbids mention Wages are generally
good, especially for skilled labor There is a de
cded demand for good mechanics, and likely to be
for a long time And as these occupations would
keep them ia the more PoPulous centres, the OBJ
jectous and disadvantages which they must face
in coming are less tAau III the case Of The farmer
wlo must retire to the frontier. unless he brings
considerable capital with him. In the latter case
| don't know why he should come at all.
My answer to the classic 'Go West young man,
Is "tio slow "a.