The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-06-24
LETTER FROM OREGON.
S1oUsLAw RIVER, Lane Co., Oregon.
WAllOn 2 u LIME 2S 1855

deal Of Oregon might he said to be
very mountainous, and much of it
nearly level. l have not seen much
rocky land: even the mountains are
sometimes almost free from stone and
afford good grazing to the summit.
The valley lands are very rich and pro-
duce very iiue wheat, oats, grass, fruit,
vegetables and roots. called upon
aud took dinner with Mr.. Bellsllaw,
the great wheat raiser, who took five
premiums, including one at the worlds
fair. lie lives four miles west of
Eugene City. Here is an abundance
of the finest timber land in the world.
which might be divided into two class.
es, deciduous and evergreen. The ev-
ergreens include the tir, cedar, hem
lock, pine, laurel, and the yew, the for.
mer predominating. Timber grows
here to perfection. The fir is often
over nine feet across the stump and 500
feet high. The deciduous timbers are
soft maple, vine maple, ash, oak, alder,
balm, chinquapin. hazel. etc. The ha-
eel attains the height of 20 to 80 teet
and makes rails for fences. Vine ma
pie is an excellent timber for axe
helves, etc. 1t grows 20 to 80 feet
high, lops down and takes root and
goes on repeating the process. SO does
hazel and many kinds of timber until
the rich bottoms have become perfect
jungles, beautifully draped with mis-
tletOe and mosses almost tlmpenetrable.
Society is good. Vim and industry
somewhat lacking. The best Of
schools. Roads? Well, the Minneso.
tian would say they are very bad, es-
inv v1x ~ hov
an abundance of the best water in the
Plenty wild fruit, salmon, blackber-
whortle berries, etc. They have fine
orchards here, apples, peaches, pears,
cherries, plumS, ounces, prunes and
grapes. They complain of hard times
here but l can see no need of it. Men
get one dollar a day and board for
common labor. We have plenty of
game, elk, deer, BEAR. panther, etc. I,
and mountain trout and salmon. The
salmon run up the streams in Septem-
Der, when they can be easily caught
They weigh often 20 to 30 pounds and
are fine food. Now as to the climate.
This is about the end of the wet sea-
son. and we had not too much rain
since we came, just about enough.
Nights always cool, too cold for corn.
Very little winter. 1 think fifty per
cent of the Minnesotians would rot
stay here. though there are many here.
but many 20 back. | am we'll suited
here. Although sickness, sorrow and
death have visited us in our short resi-
dence here, we still feel greatly at
home. We live near the ocean on a
main thoroughfare leading from the
ocean to the Willamette valley. We
are for the present some distance from
pOstotfice, etc.. but this section is set
tling up very fast. The ADVANCE
reaches us regularly every week with
its clean face and newsy countenance.
1t is 4 welcome visitor. Success to it
and all old friends. More anon.
DAVID SMITH.
The live Ewingtou correspondent of
the jackson Republic says:
Our rural cottage was honored last
week with quartette of genial gentle
men composed of Messrs. J. p. Moul-
ton, real estate, Geo. d. Dayton, bank.
er, and Mr. Bond, all Of Worthington
and Mr.. EastOn, OF Geneva, N. Y.
They had been over into the Sioux
Valley looking after some landed i'll
terestS there and we accompanied
them over TO the northeast corner Of
Rost to help them look up some stakes.
These are affable, enterprislng and
mOnied men, who are booked for the
development of southwestern Mime
sofa, and have the tact and vim to
send it bowling up the path Of pro-
Cress and prosperity. Success to them.
Miss Janet Gorrie is visiting for a
week or two at Mr.. Barton's. She has
been employed for two or three years
at the Worthington Hotel and is get.
ting much needed rest and recrea-
tiOn. Miss Janet is blithe and bon
ME Scotch lassie who spent many
years of her childhood at her home in
this town, and she keenly reliShes 4
visit to all the old haunts where hel
| nimble feet used to trip so gaily tC
school and drive home the COWS in the
cleaning.
A correspondent of the Lake6elG
Standard recently visited the Roche
farm ten miles southeast OF Worthing
ton and says:
The place is in charge of James
Boardman, rs superintendent, whom
found to be pleasant gentleman
chock full of practical common sense
and fidelity to the interest of his em-
ployer. From him I gathered the fol
lowing particulars: The farm consist:
of three sections, one.half of which i:
fenced into pasture, where 500 sheer
and 100 head of cattle find abundant
range. At the head of the herd is 1
magnificent Poll Angus or Aberdeen
bull. Mr.. Roche makes a speciality O
this breed which is fast growing iI
| popularity. There are % horses KEEP
on the place, the most valuable o
which Is an imported Norman stallion
for which two thousand dollars wer
paid. The crops this year are flax. Isl
acres: oats lis and corn As acres. II
addition to the above Mr.. Boardmal
expects to SOW 100 acres of flax on thi
years breaking. At the time of m.
visit he was assisted by nine men
though more are sometimes employed
during the busy seasons of the year.
The Beaver Greek Bee says:
We have this week received Il lette
from Messrs. Shell and Smith, of Wor
thiDgtOn, stating that they have close'
the trade with the land department o
the St. Paul & Sioux City railroad com
pany for Beaver Greek townsite, ant
are prepared to sell lots from tn
old plat. They will also lay out an ad
ditiou next week, where there will b
some very desirable building lots pu
on the market. We are now doin
more building than any other town O
the line, and with this new enterpris
of Messrs. Shell and Smith, who kno,
80 we'll the advantages of this part q
Rock county, Beaver Greek may loo
for a genuine boom this fall.
| Mr.. Shell, the popular and we
known proprietor of the WorthingtO
House, and Hon. c. IL. Smith, of Wol
thington, formerly of the U. s. Ian
Office at that place, are shrewd bushes
men, and will use their ample mea,
to place Beaver Creek in the from
rank of towns in southwestern Mime
sofa.
REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.
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