The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-06-03

If Arctic expeditions. He throws
cold water on the sufficiently icy
project of still another trip toward
the North Pole. Sensibly the
new head. of the navy suggests
that before entering upon any
more Jeannette -and Rodgers en-
terprises we bad better await the
reports of the English polar voy- !
ayers now cruising in the inhospl- |
table Northern seas. He also re-
fers to the fact that the English !
Government is 6tting out a. party
to 90 in search af,their lost coun-
trymen. !, Mr.. Chambers polar
conservatism is not likely:to prove
popular with ambitious young ma
val officers painting for fame and
:1preferment. All of them would
dare the rigors Of the Arctio-re-
gion to have their names become
as famous as are those Of De Long
and Melville. These aspiring
young gentlemen should be made
to wait for other and less frigid
opportunities whereby to achieve
greatness. The nation has enough
of frozen glory to last it until the
close ofthe present century. One
would think that the fate of the
unfortunate Jeanette would be
enough to-cool the ardor of would
be- explorers without the neces-
sity Of actual contact with ice
bergs. Referring to the fate of
: De Long and his brave men it
adds an additional .tinge of sad
ness to know that they died after
reaching land. After their peri
lous voyage in boats, through Arc
. tic ice fields, they probably felt
that the greatest danger was over
when they got safely on dry land.
. Yet it would have been merci-
fol dispensation, that would have
buried them beneath those ice
bergs. There is growing sentI-
.:.1tient 10 the effect that Arctic ex-
>. plorations. haye cost enough in the
way Of valuable lives, great suff:
: ering, to say sothing of the money
expended; that whatmay begained,
even should that success which has
:. been dreamed of be attained,
!. would not, either in a commercial
or scientific sense, compensate for
3: the terrible sacrifices involved.
: The recent census gives some
valuable information concerning
the extent and size of the farm
lands of the country and the great
increase of such property withir
the last two decades. Illinois lead,
the list of states and territories il
respect to the number of farms
:.sand then come in order New York
Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Tht
( largest increase in the past decade
:. is shown in the case of Kansas
- and q gratifying increase is alsc
recorded in the cases of Iowa, Mis-
=. sour. and North Carolina. The
majority of the farms vary in siz
from 20 to 500 acres, the create
portion in this number rangin,
from 100 to 500 acres. Californi
:. contains some farms which reacl
= 1000 acres in extent. Farming i
conducted on a similar large seal
:. in Dakota. Nebraska, Wisconsin
and some other northern state:
Large farms Of 1000 acres an
"'oyef are found in many places i
Louisiana, Mississippi and Mort
/. Carolina. It's cited as an illus
tration OF the vast prosperity o
these vast farming interests tha
about rs per cent. of all the farm
sin most of the states and terri
:; tories are occupied by the owners
while the remaining 25 per cen
are let at fixed rentals or cult
waited on shares. Illinois has 255
731 farms against 202,S03 tie
..asears ago; New York, 241,05
against 216, 1858 in 1870; Michiga
has 154,008; Missouri, 2l5,27;
= Pennsylvania, 213,542, again.
!. '171,04l in 1870; Ohio, 247,ls!
iowa, 175,351. SPor.
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