The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-17
WESTERN RAMBLlNGS.
From cur Specla Correspondent.

th!s ih.aHu haIDog Tor voyage on tie hrlny
deep We will note some matters in general
relative to this far-away western country.
The advance Of civilization hos been so
rapid within the lat decade that IS Is har3
fcrthc busy cast to correctly comprehend
the geography Of our union. 1t is used to
be Yves Pa. was looked upon IS the
western boundTy Of civilization and the
jumpniI If place. Later, Chicago was in
the far off viids Of the west, and but few
years ago Kansas WAS too far toward the
setting sun 10 think OF going there and r.
turning with whole scalp, and yet the
eastern portion Of K4ns is Lu, half way
to this city, intervening are immense scopes
Of country rapidly settling up, empires Of
wealth and civilization, destined, soon to
stand ptomincn, in our history, are coming
10 the front with political and CONNER
cial stinifcence Of no little magnitude.
The completion Of the y. p. railroad unit
ing the great northwest with the east has
already given great impetus TO this state
and the territories through which 1t passes.
The early completion Of the Oregon and
California road Will also be Of great bene
tit; and give a ntInuous route by rail
from San Francisco through Oregon, Wash
iugto0, Idaho Montana, Dakota and Min
uesD'a 10 Chicago. Other trans cOntIncn-
tIal roads are under way which will add to
the rapid settlem.n, and general prosperity
Of all those vast regions and our country
will truey be land of magnificent dis
tances, s. that one can traverse its crcum-
teruuce and diameter as readily as spider
fits to and fro over its intricate web. The
immense foreign immigration coupled
with the overflow Of population
in the older settled states
is causing human food to roll westward
The emigration OF the last year has been
wonderful; and from the present outlook
the movement Of population west will
Dwarf the historic emiLratiyns known in an
Glen, times, the Gptls, Huns and V4ndals
not excepted, the whole country will reap
a great disadvantage from the settling up
OF those vast regions. Industries sprinlng
up will give employment to thousands, and
over dense population will get rid Of the
surplus, and thus keep up good prices for
labor. Our nation will open up increased
resources and enabled to trade more ex-
tensiyely with the civilized world.
From our own observation We are iuclin-
ei 10 believe that Washington and Oregon
are soon destined to have general boom
in the onward march o. property. There
is great lack Of manufacturing enterprise
in this state, the raw material is here but
not enough Yankee enterprise to utal.zs it
aud keep at home the tn usands OF dollars
yearly sent abroad for staple necessities that
might IS wei. as not be produced here. If
the opening up Of those great thorough
fares and the impetus usually fol.owiDgin
the wake or emigration does not arouse
the energies of the people of Oregon, 50
long lying dormant, We know not what
will. In these times Of rapid DEVELOPMENT
old timers must either bestir themselves,
get out Of the way or be run over. Yankee
enterprise knows no Law but might right
or wrong, the spur and the lash is used to
give lively gait TO the conquering god Of
Progress.
OF Washington Terrtority we Can say il
is remarkable healthy climate, the soil
rich and productive, a portion Of the lands
lay well, but the largest part is rolling or
hllIy SO the farming is not attended with
that same degree or comfort that one finds
in more level lands, yet farmers who are
engaged in nllng those steep lands get a
good income from their labors, and there
seems to be a general prosperity among
them. The climate changes are more va
ried than here nearer the sea coast. Con-
siderable rain and snow falls in Washing.
ton in fall and winter, ane the temperature
somewhat similar to Missouri.
In Oregon the rainfall is considerable,
one year with another about 40 in., some
few day are foggy all day, occasionally a
hail storm Is experienced. Lowest ten.
peraure in the last six years degrees,
highest 81, it seldom falls below 20. Sta
tistiCs show the climate to be as healthy as
in any state in the Union so far as in
mortality of deaths 20. There are some
cases of chills and fever found in certain
localities. These remarks apply to the val.
ley between the Cascade Mountain and the
coast range, which embraces the oldest set
tied and best portion of the agricultural
region of the state. Each cf the Cascade
range the climate and country is more like
that of Washington and Idaho.
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