The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-01-07

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tit hank a paper HERE rau
mtuiins uIon a late day II sun
shine launched ut after the fllom
ias high pressure style "Yesiet.
day was all SMILES and tent j
tHmulmn scarf n faiulnws over
ne Columbia, a stpak n sunset
gld alaye the pines and y flame
~ scarlet and orange overhead.
toning down 10 duff and sobtr gray
10 the gathering dusk ofthc night
Had the item appeared In other
states than Oregon, II wmhl hav,
been Judged that the editors whis.
Ky was almo~t IA plentiful and
a. badly mixed as the weather, hut
here they make great allowance
Tor a little sunshine. OF what I've
seen Of Oregon, | can alinet say Off
what Mr.. Kalloch, iof and.lot fame
says Of its principal city; u arriv
cd Mt Portland in the midst Of 1
rain storm, thoroughly Disguised
The whole time | was there
scarcely saw the sun. The peopl,
there are continually wet anC
clammy that Is their normal con
dition, and they fell comfortlbl,
only in being that way. The wo
men on the streets look like l
school Of porpoises on shore. They
go alb nut cnvelopcd in great wealth.
or protectors, and their damp hair
muddy skirts and despatched
stockings are not very pleasant
sights, nor do their coarse shoes
prove very attractive. The men
splash and dash ahead as il they
liked it," A representative Of the
San Francisco Post has interview.
ed a train of emigrants bound for
Oregon and Washington Territory,
and from an intelligent member
learned that the reasons for the
great immigration to these states
are that they are more thorough.
ly advertised East by agents, pam.
phlets, etc, than any other sections
Of the country, hat these agents
and pamphlets state that the rail.
roads have millions Of acres of land
for sale at from So to a per mere,
payable in yearly installments; that
the average yield of wheat is 81
and 40 bushels per acrc--& being
the lowest; that the immigrant
who can pay a quarter cash on lG0
acres, can secure all the credit nee.
cssary to put in a crop and keep
his family for u year, Mt The expi.
ration Of which time he has gath.
cred a crop and very often can pay
of all his indebtedness that his
prosperity is marvellous, and the
climate unparalleled; that the
common laborer can got $3.50 and
$500 a day, with constant employ.
ment, etc. OF course all this look.
nice on paper, and the credulou.
many, eager for wealth, hasten
here to fnd-that il will cost 81
or $50 per acre 10 remove the tree,
aud roots frsm the land proparato
~ to planting, and that IL bushel,
Of wheat is a big average per acre
that credit is not to be had for tn,
asking and'his prosperity is any
thing but immense; that the eli
mate is unparalleled, but for net
mi health. That farming does mo-
pay any big money in Oregon.
learn from a farmer in this count,
who has a farm and stock wortl
s5.OOOor $1,000, and, though he ha'
an industrious and economical fam
ily, can't pay OF a mortgage o
$500. running for several years, IL
fact, il Is told that he lately. sold /
team Of horses to pay the interest
The Oregon Standard, ia nm articl,
upon the marketable production,
of Oregon says Wheat y the onl,
article which n farmer can raise il
this State for which there IL alway'
a demand and for which hc can al
ways obtain coin, and even that h,
is often forced to sell at unremu
ncrativs p~rices." The day laborsr
outside Of towns, works all day II
the rain and mud, either cutting
wood or following a heavy pillow