Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-30
rlL AND GENERAL NEWS
,..;,d account Of DOings ia City and
Country.
RESOURCES OF OREGON.
. ,,,y valuable Compendium of In
> "! S!rmotion Regarding Oregon.

Tho namphlet being published by
State Board of Agriculture, set
~ y. forth information concerning
M Is state is just from the hands OF
w. nrinter, ard is now being bound.
y, ,lnorter of the JOURNAL secured
,onv Of this book yesterday, and
aabesitatingly says it is the most
.ompIete, comprehensive and most
snable compendium of informa-
Am concerning this state that was
war nublished. In fact, it is the
All book ever published setting
l,tb in detail the advantages and
gs,dvantages-there are blessed few
tbe latter-of every district, and
.,tion of the state, and at the same
ane containing full and reliable
s,tistical information regarding our
rources and industries.
There is this which will commend
Ais book to people in The East de-
5dng information regarding our
tate: The book appears as an offic-
al document of the state govern
mpnt and an authoritative state
ment of facts regarding the state,
and does not bear with it the idea
that the publisher or author desires
70 sell the reader a farm just for the
0mmission there is in such an eX-
,hange of values.
There are just an even hundred
pages in the book proper, but the
! third page of the cover contains
much valuable information-a list
Of the periodical publications of the
state. Each page contains more
matter than is contained in two and
half columns of the CAPITAL
JOURNAL, and is set in nonpareil
type,
The book first considers Oregon as
whole; then divides it into its
three natural sections - Eastern,
Western and Southern Oregon; then
htakes the state up by counties
and a very comprehensive state
ment of the topography, loca-
ton, soil, climate, cities and
towns, industries and resources of
each political subdivision of the
state is given in plain and "unvar-
nished" language-language that
any one can understand. The state
ments contained in these descrip-
tons can all be verified, as Secretary
j. I. Gregg, to whom the credit of
the publication is almost entirely
due, was exceedingly careful in the
compilation Of the work, that no
claims were made for any particular
section or for the state, in which
that section or the state could not
bear him out.
To Marion county, two and a halt
pages are devoted. In this discuss
ion of Marion county, the following
Rterence is made to Salem:
salem, the capital of the state, is
also the county seat of Marion coun-
" This city is located on the east
Iank of the Willamette river, in a
BEAUTIFUL prairie sloping toward the
ayer' It's population is between
WV and 1000. Its streets are wide
and the city is well provided with
puOhc parks. 1t contains a great
many beautiful residences, and is
aSentlally city of homes. There
are mercantile and manufacturing
Establishments and other sorts of
gJuslllesS that appertain to and are
sselianded by a rich agricultural sec
Soh' The state house is a cOmmO-
I0us and substantial building, not
al Of which is yet completed. The
pnhclpal offices are furnished and
%oupled. The senate chamber and
'ls nall of the house compare favor
saoly \ with such rooms anywhere in
@ Ae united States. The state peni-
elllary Is a substantial edifice, so
Instructed that additions may be
Sde Sade when needed. The Oregon
l'ale % Insane asylum is very excel
uI m building, modern in its con-
dIuctlon and equipment. 1t is un-
M lhe management of the state.
,LliS ILueiS Is an Orphanage, a school for
Ine 0hnd and one for the deaf and
vSS1iO. SiiniO These receive state aid. The
pIuamette university, a school un-
%9 the auspices of the Nj. h. church,
a ocated here. 1t is the oldest i'm
Si,, itg state and is in a fiourishing con-
,oo9 ,~''9h' The city is supplied with a
Stt t system of graded schools,
.ulch are free to the resident citi-
~ ana are open ten months in
H., year. The Sisters of Mercy
~ '-ne an academy for girls it is well
-Ioillzed, and a good school Ii
~ proper TO say, that in Salem there
h., Twelve different church build
,.s - and that it is known i'm Oregon
n. 'ue city of schools and churches. -
ta. ~ city Is supplied with an excel
~ system of water works, electric
su.N and an efficient fire depart
y, -ssht There is free delivery post