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Address Of J. Reid Dean Of the graduation exer.
cises Thursday June I'd.
The Great West is that part cf the
United States lying between the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific ocean. It's
area equals nearly one half OF this en-
tire country. The population is not
very great at present, but is increasing
at rapid rate, and it will not be many
years until the ratio of inhabitants per
square mile will be as great as the most
populous states of the east. No
country or part of country ever in
creased SO rapidly in population and
wealth as the western portion of the
United States. As early as the admin
istration CT Jefferson an exploring par
ty Was sent to this Coast to make ex
plorations and take observations. After
taking a look at the country Il was
thought fit only for the Indian and
grizzley bear. Little did the people in
the east think of the great wealth hid
den IN the dense forests and wild iun-
giles of ''The Great West" So little
interest did they manifest that this re-.
gion was left to take care of itself un-
til several years afterward when tran.
pers and hunters crossed the ROCKY
mountains. Bye and bye people kept
coming here till the great gold excite.
ment in California in lS49, when peo.
pie focked to this coast by thousands
in search of that precious metal of
which SO much has been found. The
sturdy pioneers who came hither in an
early day were confronted b :5rrible
and dangerous foe in the Indian. MANY
were the exciting struggles passed
through before the pioneers were firmly
established heres
Then came the great Civil war, dur.
the progress of which this coast was to
a great extent neglected. When the
gigantic struggle ceased, renewed inter.
est was taken and Immigrants came by
thousands. Many people who had
llvedin Missouri and neighboring states
during the progress of the war, and
who were afraid Of their lives and
property at the close of that contest
formed trains and crossed the traokless
plains and rugged mountains to the
paradise of the world, "The Great
West"
AS to climate and productive quail
,les seThe Great West cannot be ex-
'elled. Take for instance the climate
Turing the past winter; there has not
'een enough ice for skating, or enough
'how, with one or two exceptions, to
oyer the ground. while in some Of the
Eastern states the snow has been from
wo to FIVE feet deep, and the rivers
rozen nearly to The bottom. People
Who come here from the East
hlnk it strange that We do our plow
ng and sowing in the winter, while
here the ground is frozen from two
three feet deep.
The fruit culture which is vet in its
is destined to become one of
he sources of wealth for there is hard,
any kind of fruit known that this
cast cannot produce in abundance,
'hile in the East fruit can only be
aised in favored localities, and in lim-
ted quantities, and an inferior qualit
t that. The wealth Of this coast per
apita is greater that most any other
ountry.
The city of Portland is, according to
he census of 1880, the weaIthiest city
er capita, in the world.
The timber Of this coast cannot be
xcelled even by Maine or Massschu-
etts. Ships at Puget Sound load
early every day with spars and other
imbers for shipbuilding and other pur-
oses in the East The great need Of
his coast is manufacturing establish
1ents.
The mining of coal which has just
cen commenced will become source
great wealth; as the coal is Of a su
erior quality. The grain raised here
xcels that cultivated in The East in
lze and quality. Mining is still car.
led on to great extent thus furnish
ng employment to hundreds Of labor
RS. 1t would be to the advantage ct
II on this coast if people would follow
lore pursuits of livelihood; and thus
eyelop the country in every respect.
Vhen the avocations of life are more
diversified, our prosperity will CORES
ondingly increase.
There are one hundred and fifty
lloons in Cincinnati that sell beer for
lree cents glass, and throw in a