Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-06-05
THE REASON WHY.

"Ihe question has sften been
asked, why does not the Oregon
State Immigration Board send i'm
migrants to Eastern OregonP There
is no agricultural land in Eastern
Dragon worthy of note within ten
miles Of the track, and such being
the case the i'm immigrant passing
through there GENES On to Portland
Arriving here ne finds every ad-
vantage in his favor, and has an op-
pertunity Of making round trip
to Southern Oregon a. half rates.
He can buy a round trip ticket to
Ashland fer 500 good for 60
days, while to Baker City it costs
s2l.55 at present for the same ride,
one way only. If the citizens of
Eastern Oregon interested in irnn,i-
grafton matters will make efforts to
secure halffare rates to immigrants
from here to there, they will re-
ceive hearty co operation from Port
land"
The above is taken from the Port
land Neaos of May Goth. There is
more vacant agricultural land in
Eastern Oregon within ten miles
Of the railroad than in Southern
and Mid ale Oregon, and there are
thousands of acres of the best agri-
cultural land at rates that are cheap.
Fine farming land can be purchased
at prices from s. to $50 per acre
in Umatilla, Baker and Union
counties. We know of large tracts
of good land that can be purchased
for from s. to s6 per acre, that
could be divided and make rnagnti-
cent farms The reason that the
immigrant does not step ia the
aforementioned counties is tha.
every advertisement in regard to
Oregon sent out by the Immigration
Beard lauds Willamette valley and
Southern Oregon, and nothing of
any moment is said in regard to the
Inland Empire which is second to
no section of the State.
In the pamphlet issued by the
Beard we believe two farms are all
that are mentioned as for sale in
Eastern Oregon, and The lsudits
and praises are for the Willamette
and Southern Oregon counties. II
is the Immigration Boards duty to
make arrangements for immigrants
to get half fare rates TO these East
ern Oregon counties as they did for
the Southern Oregon counties. The
plain Anglo-Saxon Of the whole
matter is this. TIE Southern Ore
gen and Willamette valley counties
are tributary to Portland ard can
not help themselves. The Eastern
Oregon counties while anxious to
trade with Portland and do so when
Portland merchants give them good
barsai!-s, gan also trade in Omaha,
Chicago, st Paul and Eastern
poiats. BY having Southern Ore
gon filled with a large population
Portland reaps the benefit thereof
let come what will, while our peo.
pie do as they please. AS to re-
ceivisg CO operation frcm Portland
) i'll regard 20 immigration it is not
80. Immigrants that come from
Portland say that when they en-
quire in regard to Eastern Oregar
ihat they do not receive any fatter
ing reports Of this section and thai
5 all the praise is reserved for othel
sections. The above excuse for no
sending imnai grants to this part O
5 the State is puerile. Eastern Ore
! son has not had a fair deal for
S long while. At the last session @
s the Legislature the valley member
2 voted against rs-apf ortiornent ba
r cause they knew that Eastern Ore
+ eon then would have a represents
/, ton that would look to her inter
z ests. Appropriations were mad
0 for any scheme south of Oregon
:. City but nothing in this direction
p Gentlemen, get in your best wor
d while yeu can fer we have the sci
= stock and mines, to make ric
s. country and we are gcins to hav
o the population, and mark you W
It viii have day Of reckoning. Blu
;. when we do have the power W
a trust that our people will not trea
5 any section Of the State in the ma
e row, bisoted manner that Easter
1t Oregon has been.-La Graude Ce
a setts.