News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-29
Letter from Oregon.
PORTLAND, Or, Nov. =, 1883.
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cred with heavy growth of timber. and
valued by the owners at the modest sum
of from one to two thousand dollars per
acre. 1t is useless for any body but Van
derbilt, Jay Gould, or George Wilkins to
try to buy real estate in or near Portland.
Sea going ships are lowed by tugs from
the mouth of the Columbia river. 100
miles from here. when they take in about
tWO-thirdS of their cargo of wheat fin
ishinS it at Astoria, at the mouth of the
Columbia, with canned salmon. etc. The
bars III the river, and at the mouth of the
Columbia, prevent a fully laden ship
from getting down the river. This fact
makes the cities Of Puget Sound exceed
ing glad. and they declare, not Without
reason. that Portland can never be the
great city which everybody believes is
going to be built upon the coast some
where.
There are not many Vermont men here.
and very few from any OF the New Eng
land States. Most of the Vermont men
who came west stopped at Minneapolis.
and most of them are doing well there.
There are III the Minnesota Legislature
nearly 80 men from the old State. Some
Ofthe leading citizens of Minneapolis are
from Stowe. Vt. ii. ID. Wood, who once
run the historic tin shop in SooWe, is now
the leading hardware merchant in Min
neapOliS. He also owns one of the finest
business buildings in the city. George
Hale is a leading dry goods merchant.
Dr. Al%er has Il practice of Sl2,OOO 4
year. Francis Morrison has grown rich
by holding to his homestead taken up
over 30 years ago. The city has grown
up around him, and land he paid Sl.25
per acre for is now worth 81, 900 per acre.
He lives in the original home erected by
him when he settled there. Asa Camp
and Crit. Douglass. once distinguished
citizens of Stowe. by fortunate real eS-
tate investments and JUdiciOus bankrupt
cy. find themselves well healed Par
cher is 4 prominent liVerymam. Vernon
Smith. although not a resident of Mime
apoliS. owns real estate there, and is the
proprietor of a fine Touring mill in the
southeastern part of the State. These
are only a few OF the prosperous Yer
mont men in Minnesota. Oregon has
been settled principally from Missouri,
Kansas and Iowa. The old Missourians
obtained possession OF all the land here
abouts and live in an easy, "slip-shod'
manner. They raise Just enough to keep
themselves alive, drink lots OF whiskcy
and loaf around. There is no finer farm
ing country in the whole world than this
soil combine to make it UnGQuaipd fOrthe
production of wheat, vegetables. fruit.
etc, and yet almost everything. except
ING wheat, is Imported from other States.
California sends fruit to a place which
has better natural advantages for fruit
growing than she has herself. Hav.
which grows luXuriautly here if it has
half chance, is imported. Butter and
eggs. are imported from Illinois and
Iowa. Butter sells tor 60 cents pound.
and eggs are so cents Il dozen. and all be-
cause the farmers are too lazy TO supply
them. Oregon made butter cant be eaten
by any one but an ''old timer" do not
believe there is Il pound of first class but
ter made in the State. They SOW wheat
and raise Il few long uUsed hogs and
think they are farmers. There are val
feyS in this State unsurpassed for agri-
culture and fruit growing; all they need
is men to enter i'll and wake up the
groun |. About here the "Moss-Uacks'
hold the land at enormous figures. but in
the southern part of the State, which
shall visit soon, there are thousands of
acres open to settlement, and hear that
it is the finest part Of the State. There
is not so much rain, and semi-tropical
fruits grow in great abundance.
The principal part of the market gar
deuiug about here is done by the Chinese,
They pay enormous rents for the land
ard make money at it. The old Oregon
ian is too lazy to work; that is the En-
glish of it. There is something in the
soft, warm, moist atmosphere which
breeds laZimcss. There is no electricity
in the air. no snap. no vim. The people
are cUntcuted to let things 'sozzle" along
as they will. \ more thoroughly salts
lioU people you never sass. Nobody
wants to move away. 1t is safe to say
that after u person has lived here two
years nothing could induce him to live
out of the State. What the country needs
is farmers. Everything raised by farm
ers commands high price. and he gets
the cash tor it too. There is no place in
the United States that offers such induce
ments to farmers as this State. If any
one is contemplating coming west my
advice is not to stop in Minnesota. Iowa.
Dakota or Montana. They are cold.
cheeIl.ss. and limited as to farming ca
pacity. Better stay in Vermont than
emgrate there. Keep right on to Oregon
if you are a farmer, and you won't re-
greet it. in my next | will give YOU some
statistics that will surprise you. | have
not been to Puget Sound yet, but expect
to visit there i'll Il few days. From what
| hear it is not an agricultural country.
Timber and coal are the products. and
these are in the hands of 4 few rich men,
SO a poor man has little chance but to
work for the big firms.
As to the healtIfulness of this country
there is good deal to be said. Here in
Portland there is Il good deal Of malaria.
and the want of sanitary arrange
ments make it sickly. Diphthcria. scar
let fever and typhoid fever are prevalent.
and the water is bad. They pour the
sewerage Of the city into the river near
the point where they pump up the drink
ING water, so you get Il fine mixture of
sewerage and mud, which is deadly.
Tie inhabitants, however, drink as little
water us any people know of. The low
electrical tension Of the atmosphere make
it the most disagrecaDle climate in Amer
lea for people suffering from nervous
diseases. ! on can sleep three-quartcro
Of the time. This explains the imdolcut,
shittlCss character of the old residents.
Rheumatics and cOnsumptiycs. on the
other hand, do badly here There is Il
good deal of bronchial and throat trou-
bic among the people. On the whole.
! however, diseases are not of Il malignant
type. they are easily treated and patients
| have Il tendency to recover.
There is no first class hotel in the city.
The Northern Pacific Company is build
ing one which will be completed in few
months. Good mechanics. carpenters.
ETC.. can get $3.50 10 81. per day. and in
good dcmanC. 1t is Il good place for
women to come to, especially women
who know how to do something. Dress
makers get s. so II day and are scarce at
that. Girls gan get $50 per month, and
scarce at that. Girls can get $50 per
month doing house work with first
class chance Of marrying inside of three
months. The railroad charges an out
ragcous price for transportation $50
from st. Paul, first class, $50 second
class. SD cmi9rant. Emigrant Is Il good
way for hogs to come.
1t rains here about five DAYS in the
week at this time of the year The webs
| on my toes are spreading nicely. But
when the sun does come out il is simply
glorious. have no fault to fad with
the climate after tlc rigors of winter
III Minnesota. DOCTOR.
| have been very much benefited by
one 90 cent bottle of EIy'S Cream Balm.
! When | began using it my catarrh was 50
/ bad had headache most the whole time.
/ and discharged a large amount of filthy
matter. That has almost entirely disal-
/ pCarcd and have not had the hcaIachC