, 1883-07-21
A Fool Indeed.

Some men can nSke the Jonrney from
New York to Seattle and ircm Dan 10
Beershebs, aud say '''tis all barren" and
II6g'rg frIm the dispatches in the Ore
gJns0a, II is . man of ;his stripe who has
wrI'ten ie,'er 10 the New York Com
msrcjGi BElietiH deaouno;ug in uuI,,eas-
urea terms the whole eoGa;ry Glong tie
line OF the Northern PLcifc. tom MOn-
'sna to Puget Sound, as a veri,abls des-
ect- Hear Wat he ssys: There IS
reaIlg no farming land IN Montana, tx
cept a few garden spots here and there.
Il Is only nj for .tocs grazing, and ia not
even coed toE that, as the winters sre too
severe. oi Iisho nothing truthfu,ly can
De sad, the writer says, outside of mining.
Washington Territory, lie contends, Is
but che vas; wilderness Of timber-ms2le.
cedar and hT-shIch il it's present cop6.,
ton, Is absolutely worthless 10 the poor
emisran:- The preliminary work of clear
Ing timber from the land is an immense
operation, and cannot be accomplished for
less shan SlG0 Per acre. People seeking
farm homes IN the northwest have only to
take this one item into consideration
when, the writer adds, they wiIl abandon
tie idea Of eEigra;ing to tl4at territory.
Continuing, he says: Ia connection with
tbs density of irmbtr and The cost Ct
clearing. the grain growing season ii 50
short that grais', exc p'ing oats, vii no;
mature. Just fancy good, honest, indus
tnons farm people breaking up Iice iIttle
hon in other states ard territories, a..a
rush.ng of to such q wilderness" After
ssding that all the cities On the Srand
are overdone, the writer concludes. Out
side Of the lumber business, The coal
fields and the fisheries, Washington Te7-
rito-v Is worthy % no consideration
The writer oi the above has never
Travelled through this country. If he las
he IS a bar aad = rascal. and has written
the above with the idea, probably, of IN
jITiDg The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, Montana, 80 far as hot being
good icr stock raising, has, for the past
twenty years, been the nursery grazing
ground OF the United ates, and from
whence cattle ty the millions have been
shipped TO al paris Of the eastern states
OF poor I'D Idaho, with her vast tracts of
agricultural l@ni, orchards and vine-
yarls, "E,,thipg truth.aily can be said;"
and Washington Territory IS "Jne vast
wilderness of iiG.her, and vii; cost 500
per acre &c clear It. This wiil be news,
indeed, tn our wheat farmers whose boast
it has erer been that they could rnn a
iugr5a :0T G,-;l..C, o: FIVE miles With |
out Il hraak. and the only method OF cul-
t;va,!Es the sal .a merely 10 ai,eh on three |
ur foar horses 90 a breaking plos, harrow
IT about twice, SON wheat on the sod and !
pres.r, rhe Weld under such adverse cir !
cuGl.;Usevs is - bushels 20 t'ie acre.
The vsit=r may BE- une Of these sG9er-
sallr, ,4s-eru chaps who Come out here
with Eyeglasses and a Gaiish looking
tr.,e!.n. 1ay 1Grs o.er L.s saoG.-eC. Hs
p-"5a5.y s;,-d oa shs rs~r III Il 4 pas
s-nltr II iin, and, as lie .aHked from "ne
size 10 the oj!.5r, pronounced the coG4tIy
"a duced bore
We are having 100 many Of these
''spiaiic-sianss" ccmirg 10 this north
west =: our oaa god, and the sooner
ws ciye their IL 6a emaiic s. much
sooEur vii SO Do better of Had he left
tho train anyHhe5c n tho BIZ Benz
country ard yeatared back from the
tack a nile he could have gszed for
nils and miles. - the four points OF the
compass, ard seeu nc,aIuS but one vast
sea oE Luaoi-.ra-7 Tae w.iter has been
there and knows whereof he speaks
And tho Big Bend country IS but single
instance. The ilio,ic raviI IS Of such an
i.noramus as found space in the Brt!teti's
don't tur; the country particle ii the
eyes Of th1se Sho have tastn yhe trouble
TO learn our resources, and thcee 'Tho are
alfeaay here knoS that it's sH..sesab!e lie,
her indication that tia writer II that
absurd s,a-emcn, is "rff hIs bang, Il the
fdcr ,h,t E.srern "a,hnst2n, rhis year,
81! market 200. Goa tons Of wheat.