Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-01

IN THE NORTHWEST.
The Country o: the Columbia River
snd Faget Sound
Us hirh TO sse the Future Great
t,y ,-G;sc Forests OF Oregon
and Hashingfoa-stapI~
Products.


fHoriiaul Or Cor New York Sun
A general bonn prevailed throughout Ore
| gon AM Washington territory from the ads
vent ~ Willard TIL hi, downfall Now an un-
,iels-ai g. taanaiiun pre-. ais in all kinds Of
bL- n--- MANY 4 tie .sading business men,
capitalist ans uiiiicians II this region have
iays-i-,d thr5r Hlcsry ami lo-t heavily in
Northern Pacific, Oregon q Tyansco3tinen-
4 Ia. r u Improvement. anu On.SOn Rail
was d Nayi-ziti - company stocks aiHi de
pendent cnteTI.ri e.. ami all kinds of bH-iiiess
hayc.suF,rei through tiie embarrassment Of
th,>- H.paEiss-
TIE oIs-nin. 81 the Northern Pacific rail
rIao, the construction II which was attended
by such :. nuine good times. has been fol
lowed. j. generally the case by great dis
apIsi....ncEt I; has changed the course of
basin So. rather than increased IL The
nIersi l1nt, 81 Portland who supply the
isrSg. part of both oregon and Washington
territory, now buy their goods largely in
Chicago and other eastern cities, instead of
AT san Francisco t. heretofore. Credit
have lcoA curtailei and smaller stocks of
meIrianlise are now carried The sus-
pension of railroal huil1ing has thrown
many lahoTers out 81 employment, 30
tat business i ie-s active. and money is
scarce. Wheat, wo,. fruit. and hops. which
with lGElIer are the staple products Of Ore
gon am Washington territory, have been
grown during the current year in creator
profu-ipn than ever hsio-c; but the demand
for export IS 30 limited and prices are SO low
lower than ever lief re-that the farmers
regard themselves rs very poor, notwith-
standing that their larger crops and the
lower pres Of all articles which they con-
sumo ought t. Produce the contrary feeling
Wheat free ON board sell here at about GO
cents pr bushel, and this leaves the farmer
in the interior less than 20 cents, in some
cases even less tliaG 10 cents per bushel.
And yet the pro,I Gritty Of the country trib-
utary 10 TIE Columbia river has not culmi-
Eated nor come 10 an end. Climate, soil,
and productions combine TO make this one of
the most attractive, although one Of the
most remote regions If the United States.
Vow that ii has rapid and direct communi-
cation with the older states 10y both tho
Union and Northern Pacific road, il is des-
;in5d at no distant day II become the seat of
q dense population and of "A great and profit
able commerce, both foreign and domestic.
The Colu nhia and its tributaries, Us well as
Puget sound ard its many channels, will
contribute greatly toward Fastening the gen
said in their praise.
The only question is where the future great |
city of the region i; TO be- Portland has |
grown within tie last twenty years from a
city of $3.50 to one Of Al, 900, and as it is &c
cessble by the largest sea going vessels, and |
as the general gov rnmcnt is improving |
the channel through the lar at the mouth of /
the Columbia, there is no perceptible reason |
,t.l, a.,
and ultimately become a rival 10 San Fran |
cisco itself Tacoma, the ocaan terminus OF |
the Northern Pacific. and Seattle, boil |
situated ON Puget sound, are thriving an! |
enterprisinS towns, and both with the bit. |
terest jealousy Of each other aspire to lie the |
future great city Their harbors are most |
excellent in every respect. except that they
are too deep 10 afford good anchorage Eact |
claims 10 have the best harbor and tie best
of every thing else but so far a. a disinter-
ested person can see, there is no essential diff
ference between them, except that Tacoma
has the best hotel, an exceedingly good one,
and has been designated As the terminus OF
the Northern Pacific railroad.
TIE forests Of Oregon and Washington
west of the Cascade mountains contain the
largest and most valuable body of accessible
timber now left on this continent. Experts
estimate that they contained when discovered
1900 600 600 feet, board measure, of mer-
charitable lumtcr, Of which only about
j, o0), 00a, 900 feet have - far been cut and
sent to the market leaving 147,000,00 ,OC
feet standing. Ii is also estimated that
l0,0Jo 600 feet were cut and sold in the year
ISS;', at an average Of Sli PER 1909. The
proceeds are said to have heen divided APP
as follows: