Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-08-29
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

chard and garden adjoining his home bearing
the fruits and vegetables of the warm and cold
temperate zones. The cultivated grasses thrive
but wheat hay, six to eight tons acre, can be
hads OF which stock is fond as of the best
timothy. Wheat ranges from thirty to sixty
bushels to the acre, while fax Yields from tWen-
ty TO forty bushels and furnishes fiber equal to
that which makes the best Irish linen Oats,
barley and rye grow bountifully, but corn is not
universal crop, owing to cool nights. Pork is
fattened on peas, wheat and barley, making q
hrner and sWeeter meat than the corn fed but
not SO fat There has never been complete
fai1ul of crops
In the Eastern States the bottoms along the
streams are usually of heavy soil, the poor land
being up on the high places Here this is re-
versed; as rule the river and creek bottoms
east of the Cascades sandy, rocky and I'M
slightly, with the arabic sections the table
to be seen from the cars Taking Oregon over
to give the range of productions from apples to
wheat, would be to reprint the premium list of
an agricultural society or nursery catalogue
The resources of the State, however, are not all
of an agricultural kind. There is stored away
in the hills variety of metals and minerals
rarging over no less than thirty-six distinct
natural products of value while every condition
favors stock husbandry in the highest degree.
1t is already one of the leading wool growing
States, and begins to take high rank as producer
of fine horses and dairy products. In climate,
soil, timber, minerals and grazing lands, and in
ocean, river, and rail transportation. Oregon has
incompatible advantages 1t has pOpu-
lation mainly of the best sort for respon-
sible citizenship intelligent and self-reliant.
Army reports from the Department of
the Columbia, covering thirty years, show
an annual death-rate of to each 1000 soldiers,
the lowest in the Union, and census statistics
confirm the general healthfulness of this Sec
ton. No epidemic has ever prevailed. Living
expenses are trihe lower than in the East and
labor is better paid. There is variety enough,
but no one can tell in advance just what will
suit the different tastes, capacities and eX-
periences of the newcomer who has probably
never lived in a country of such opportunities.
The man who goes to distant part of the coun-
himself nd
conditions, and no one should attempt to make
q home in the Pacific Northwest or anywhere
else without first going over the ground seeing
for himself and assuming the responsibility for
the choice. In Portland the writer learned
much of the possibilities of this section, through
the kindness of the Board of immigration, at
whose rooms can be seen q rich display of the
products of the State, and whose officers al
ways ready to welcome strangers and tourists
without fee. Reliable information is furnished
free to all applicants.
WHAT OF PORTLAND?
1t is the second richest city per capita in the
United States, and has a population, including
city is most picturesque; the views to be OBJ
tanned from the heights west of the city, or from
Paramount Lookout soon to be quickly reached
by cable cars are truly inspiring Here nature
featured subli1nity of the scenery than in lands
that boast OF an older civilization Five snow
white peaks, miles and miles apart and inter-
vening crags and hills of blue are seen, and two
great rivers the Columbia and Willamette,
twin valleys, with thrifty farms creeping down
to the water, the whole scene backed by Verdant
woodlands. Below US is the city with broad,
shady streets and two score church spires ris-
ing above the tree-tops;; Along the docks yes
sells from distant lands are discharging their
cargoes. This is the trade center and metropo-
lis of the Pacific Northwest. Look here, you
man of 45 years, you will not admit that you
are old, yet when you were pulling down your
Christmas stocking this fair city had
no place ON the map, and the empire
of land stretching 1000 miles to the great lakes
was wilderness. Upon these hillsides,
now crowned with homes of comfort and plenty,
were trees, rocks, and Indian tepees Where
now are solid squares of business blocks, the
wolf howled and the wild deer wandered while
the river, now crowded by sailing crafts of every
sorr, was disturbed only by the bark canoe or the
dash OF wild ducks. Within the city that last