The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-07-31
IOWA EDITORS.


some Ct New Enelands genius in that
direction.
The water power Of Washington tor
ritory and Oregon il unexcelled.
The raising Of fruits is only in it's in-
fancy and promises to bea great source
OF wealth. Tho fruits are superior to
California in flavor and our fruits Tex
oept apples) are very inferior in size
and flavor, being moro sour aerid.
The secretary Of tho Board Of Trade
Of Tacoma, Seattle and Portland will
kindly respond to any communication
for information addressed to them.
w o realize that we have seen the
Pacific slope at tho most opportune
time. Our eyes are not glamored. We
know no earthly abode without its
drawbacks. Wo would not counsel peo-
pie 10 rush wildly in warton sacrifice
to this world painted Eden. IL is not
q good place for the laborer who must
measure muscle with the heathen Chi
nese who infeats tho coast and IL glad
10 work for eighty cents per day, aud
board himself. Bnt for limited num-
ber Of young men of energy and capital
with some experience and shrewdneas
to back them, immense fortunes are in
store to b. realized ia the near future.
To snolher class, those whose fortunes
are made aud whose physical beings are
in decline so that our fligid winters
chill them through, can find there ii
haven. May We not compare our en-
tire United States and Territories TO a
great evergreen. The eastern states
forming its radicle, the middle and
western its trunk aud the pacific states
the foliage and blossom, tne valleys
form the foliage, the oceans inlets the
pisliles, the ripping streams the sta
mems, the foothills and snow capped
mountains the calyx and Corolla.-
Calhoun County Journal.
As general thing We found all
we'll satisfied with the country. We
only saw two persons who would say
they were not. We saw very few
loafers or Idlers. In fact, We are OF
the opinion that this part OF the coun-
try Is a very hard place for loafers.
1t Is either rustic or siarve. Wages
arc quite good. No one working In
or about the mines gets less than s.
per day, and frequently higher wages
are paid. Farm hands, herders, aud
men working by the month get from
% 10 40 dollars per month and board.
For persons willing to work oppor-
tunititIes seemed plenty, that Is at
common laboriug work. CierkshIps
and openings for professional mon are
not very plenty. After careful OBJ
servation we are OF the opinion that
there are better openings for profess
sional men, not capitalists, in Iowa
than there IL In Oregon or Washing.
ton Ty. Except in few places in
Western Oregon, the country Is very
thinly populated. Splendid openings
on every hand for farmers and stock
ralsers.
Every place where We stopped
seemed abundantly supplied with
schools and churches. We saw many
very fine school buildings, from the
district school-house up TO the uui.
versitiea. The state has a large
school fuud which Is constantly grow.
Ing. Two sections out Of every 60
has been set aside for school purposes
Oregon has every facility for becom-
Ing state of wealth, culture and re-
finement.
Oregon possesses unlimited wafer
power, and II seems strange to Us
that IL II not utilized to much
greater extent than lt Is. Except a
great many flour and saw-miIls there
Il no other great manufacturing en-.
terprises In the state. There is some
shipbuildlng, but not near the am
cunt there should be in o state with
so many natural advantages for such
an industry.-Iotca State Democrat.