, 1882-12-23
Land Ownership.

The ownership Of large tracts of land in
this valley. near here or removed, by gem
tlemcn, residents Of this city or Portland,
is not>ill matter of question So far as
the legal right is concerned, but it GER
tainly is doubtful if it is best either for
these gentlemen themselves, or the gen
eral public. 4 few days ago gentleman
arrived here from an eastern state, for
the purpose Of locating about fifty fami-
lies. He held credentials of the highest
character, and the people he would bring,
were industrious, thrifty, moral people;
such emigrants IS would add to the best
elements of society here He warted to
locate these fifty families IN this neigh
borlIood and give them about 100 acres
each; 300 acres In one tract. He was
willing TO pay reasonable price for such
tract of land He could not gel it, and
has gone to look for other property.
The gentlemen owning this klnd have
perfect right 10 hold it if they choose.
That they do hclG it to inerease t.eir
wealth is tolerably certain. Tl%question
is which viii benefit most, these owners
aud the general public, to hold their land
as now, or cut it up into small farms.
They tell us that these ''oco acres VIII
Prodach 2'''oVo nN'hels "i "he'''' WHICH,
sold at 90 cents y'eius Si'v,o"". iAess
o,VGJ acres VIII make ~ iii"a o. IVo
acres each II IS sic 20 y th;.i each "i
+ these farms viii be brought )" i high
- STATE i cultivation as q s@lah.Ie and
.oit-Car,d for tract, ant "sii Vrn'r.2iy pre-
due. ia lie a--:. s:.'y, Lutr.y $4,000
bushels u gr,3a, or anuat S-)o,oJy crth
ii . ia!r market price. Aide :r q! thus,
ge have here in tbs city ,irs direct trate
for necessities 81 these % families, Vii h
viii probably be 500 per ysar, yI,H Ui
nearly S3U-oOJ annuity IL '.-''i HSyS,
1t Is TAX l" estimate iL@t S-3,;U' NIL
come !rom these. Ia al rae Hnancia! ;ra,-
tsrs su1 the profits therstTom, these nov
owners Will certainly share
And it is more than probable that thc
present owners Go not cultivate all the
land they now OWN, that hundreds ut
acres, So lying idle, would, under the
small tract holding, become profitable t"
the general public. Il Is fact 50 eener-
ally credited as 10 be an axiom, that a
city prospers and wldens Its phere of bus
lness, influence and trade N proportion
as It muitlpiies homes about It, whale, Oh
the other hand, the hess prosperous places
are those where the ownership Of immense
tracts OF land, lsfhe rule. Ii IS one Of lhe
most serious evlis with which California
mas had to contend. The owner holds the
and TOR the purpose OF making large sums
OF money ov SAFE as II comes lhto mar
ket, when the population crowds upon 1t,
and he does not give ii ,he care or cult
yatiou demanded. One Of the vital diff.
fa-a,,as h,,w,,,, ,So -r,.o,r;.,. s a.,
- -
-N"f'h anu ''uth Is J's' 'i'Is same 'i'ihS'
The latter was divided INTO large planta-
tons. the former into small farms. France
;s ownad br an ,,pu,p.rabIa prnb.r of
me- -, -
SHE'LL hhf Is, anu 'H'Se S'ii~h 'i'''s are
made TO yield almost immeasureably.
The country is one vast garden, and this
valley thirty miles in le,grb onaas
III -h-.,,3 - -7-,..
iiiiie' III "iu'ii' ''i'u'u "' n1'''e 'efi-
table garden. twenty thousand heads OF