The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-04-07

and auvers through all its mass, and then the top
moves slowly at first then faster and down i comes
with a crash that wakes the echoes in the hills for
miles and shakes the ground.
More farmer-like are many other passages
though less POLITICALLY descriptive. He
notes the mortality of cattle when they eat
II species of larkspnr, and of dogs when they
eat salmon at certain time of year. I'm
seasoned dogs have to be chained mp OF they
will surely Ind the dead salmon that drift
down The Willamette AFTER spawning and
be .'poisonea Dead salmon also kill the
wolves. The Indians are subject to tyranny
if the agent is not a humane person; they
are exc Client axemen very often, and many
are such sober. har,lworking farmers that
Mr.. Nash belives they should be granted
citizenship. being fully able to take care of
thems Ives and repaise the willy offers of the
Caucasian He thinks Cinnamon are a
great means for the development of the
country, but that we could easily get too
much of them. The hunting and fishing
are enough to make a sportsman's mouth
water. 1t is probable that what Mr.. Nash
says of the fertility of large part of Oregon
is true. Certainly there is verything there
to attract the class of settlers who are i'll
earnest and do not expect to increase their
substance suddenly without good round
stint of hard work.
Tie Ne,g York Herald writes:
''Two YEARS IN OREGON"
This book relates the experiences ef a
small English colony settled at Corvallis,
Oregon. The author has attempted not
unsuccessfuliy to write what is Il good guide
book for the intending immigrant, and has
given at the same time an interesting pic
ture of a young community shaping the de-
tails Of their common life and claiming and
taking possession OF a heritage ill the wilder
ness. ID. Appleton & Col
The The Near YorG; San begins long and
favorable notice as follows:
LIFE IN OREGON
Under the title of Ttuo Years in OREGON
by WALLS NASH (Appleton's1, we have an
antheHtic and exhaustive guide book, writ,
ten for the hensiit of those persons who IN
tend to settle in the remote West So
marked change has taken place durin =,
the last five years in the social and econo-
nlical condition of Oregon, through the
creation OF new markets, the establishment
of order and security, and the increased
facilities for transport aud travel that a
reful review of the facts by all eye wit
ness connot fail to prove of much utility.
There is nothing III this volume to recall the
superficial observations cf the ordinary
tourist, yet, although the author has con-
fined himself to eolIectiag informatinn OF
real value to the elnigritnt, he has set it fort
in distinct, unnretentious, and attractive
way.
In a chapter on the transportation ques-
Son." Mr.. Nash points out III detail how
| largely the means of steam communication
have been extended i'll Oregon. Even now
however, a large portion Of the profits of
farming, and of other industries in this
State goes into the packets of the tr4st,spor-
tation company. The rates of freight bear
no proportion to the benefits obtained
But, according to Mr.. Nash. the efforts now
i'll progress to introduce competition i'll the
CARRYING trade ale sUch as to meet with
prompt and complete success. AS IN ex-
ample of the change he notes the fact that
the freight for wheat by the river steam
boats of the Oregon Railway and Navlga
tion Company, which was previously IS so
per ton, was cut down to 81 during the
year preceding April, 1881. At that time
the rlte was suddenly raised to $6 per ton.
competition having been temporarily ar
rested; but it saeins clear that the operation
of new .iiway and steamboat lines already
under way will provide permanent guar
;,ntces of travel and transportation at a
reasonable cost. 1t is certain that the
growth AMI prosperity of Oregon, which is
essentially an agricultural State, depends
ton in the interests OF the fixed AMI indus
| trious population.
| Mr.. Nash Sums up in u few words the
results of the observations set forth in the
present volume by Tiai ion the at
| fractions which Oregon oilers to the emf
grant. First among these Es names a
! healthy and temperate climate, on which
the settler may reckon with confidence,
whether lie chooses to live in the Wi!ttn-
cite Valley or iii southern or eastern Ore
! gou. The Soil is fertile and unaxhausted,
adapted to the continuous raising of all
| cereals, to the growth of the best kinds Of
pasture, and to the production of all fruits
| known to the temperate zone III prnfusiofi
and excellence. The State presents eli
| u?ate and range unusaliy suited to cattle,
sheep, and horses of the lest breeds 1t
contains mineral deposits of almost every
kind, most of which are Yet uuworkea, and
it affords special facilities for manufactures
in it's abundance of water power The
people are quiet and orderly, ready to well
come strangers, and the Constitution of the
State is unusually liberal, giving special adj
vantages and securities to forei sners and
aliens, and providing an educational system
which is emlrkabie for So young country.
The Mea and Eepress says:
NASH's OREGON
Mr.. Wallis Nash, a clever Eugl1shman,
who male Il visit to Oregon five years ago.
and who has since returned there with his
family amt party of his countrymen, mar.
rates the incidents of his last sniourn in an
OFF hand way, Ill a volume entitled .sTwo
Years in Oregon" Mr.. Nash di not run
over to this country ont of curiosity, as so
many BrtOns do, or to hfint buffalo aud
the like, as other pecuuious Britons do; he
came with the intention of seeing what the
sunset-land was, what inducements it offered
those who are not afraid to work, anil salts
tying himself, as he did, on these points, to
remain. 1t would be impossible in brief
notice like this to state even the substance
OF his book, which is packed with infnrma-
tion of all sorts, information procured and
canned by himself, which neg 'ects nothing
that a would be migrant ought to inquire
into, which is close i'll observation, terse in
deduction, goed d-tempered. warm hearted.
hard headed. and e'f-rywhere and at all
times thoroughly amusing. Many of the
''squatter" Conversations with Which Mr..
Nash has besprinkled his pages, particularly
i'll his sixteenth CHAPTER, which is crowded.
with "reminiscences of early Oregon, would
make the fortune of Western novelisc,
who could never hope to Invent anything
half so good as these plain, unvarnished
tales in tie vernacalar. OF new country
D. Appleton Cn.)
Many other persons are equally compG-
mentary and we are glal that Oregon and
especially the Willamette valley, is being
so well advertised We understand the
book is having large sale.