Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-06-13
IN MANITOBA.
A Busted Boom and the Wrecks That
SuEive--TerribIc Winters.
OREGON LITERATURE IN DEMAND.
This Terra IncOgnita Inquired After
by All.

Am whirling away toward Cana
da, but have been travelling all nigh
i'm Minnesota. Such bare, wild
plains, without much cultivation
though considerable towns are 90
casionally passed. No orchard
even Of apples, the winters too colo
for fruit. What an immense area
there is ~ a market for Oregon
fruits, fresh and dried A trip like
this relieves the mind Of much Of
the fear often expressed ut home,
that we may overdo the fruit raising
business that is, II the railroads
and commission merchants don't
want all the profit.
The morning June 9TH dawns
cold and rainy The spring Is back
ward, grain looks ~ II only just
sown and not fairly started 10 grow
yet, AZ Crookston depot hand pro-
prohibition literature 10 man
AND TALK ABOUT OREGON.
He had worked ut Shedds, Linn
county, last year and preferred 1t to
Minnesota, give him Il pamphlet.
a bystandcr listens eagerly and
give him one. Both ask for nm adj
ditional pamphlet each 10 give 10
Others who want to change climate
and think fvorubly of Oregon. |
counsel all not 10 como without
some means, II they have families,
and 10 make up their minds not 10
he discouraged or homeslck for u
year at least by that time they |
will bc sure to stay.
We pass ST. Vincent, which Is the
dividing line between the United
states and her Majcsty's dominions.
We dine at Emerson, In the prov
incc Of Manitoba, Heavy rains
gladden. the peoples hearts, for they
have long needed moisture. ltisrc-
ported that u cyclone, iu the coun-
try We have left, has killed u few
people and torn things up generally. |
saw morc lightning lastnlght than
during three years In Oregon. When
| mention this aloud there Is con-
siderable enquiry about such a
country,
Atop. m. We arrive at Winnipeg,
the capital of the province and a
considerable railroad centre. No
train an the day after tomorrow,
,o | viii have time to look 'amund. .
IorriNUs ~ MANITOBA.
llop the day beglus when midnight ,
b rachcd and goes ON till sio'clock /
.n the immediate ncighborhood
# Winnipeg them is but small ,
amount of hnt-clu,s farming d
and, and most of that held 3
" spocuhtors Rut, outside ~ this 4,
.roa thrrt Is much that is excellent
Is indeed then, must hc to support a \
own of this siEc, Main stp'et Is wind d
ng, almost scmiclpular; its width :
r. feet 2 chains ils cntiN lcugth. !,
is magnihVutly spacious, II has x
nicholson pavement and the city ~
lighted with gas and electric
gh,s. The city hall with "a little q
n,s plot, "a few toudrrly unused. u
icipivnt Shade tps's; also AN mpos. n
,g monument to the few soldiers
ho icll ia the p'hcllion of the Red II
liver of the North that ultimately "
st Riyl, the half hroyd. hls lii, on u.
lv sulluW.r uny interesting tao stun- m
grs, 49, also ur' the p,stonlc,. the ",
oNvrnmvut stop~, ulior buildings i..'
nd n'sidcuve They arc mostly IAN
instructed ot white hnck nvd vu
i'm pd. but occasionally sand n'
one ~'t on with bHvk ol some ~,
her color w
Then is de5idvjN English Wr of
'oul thy plooy oud Isoply, la dps,. ,,!,'
ullon chop whiskvrs, ,lssyh aud n,
.slms This Wa, particularly cl