Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-03-31
rNroRMATIoN FOR LAND SEEKERS

INFORMATION FOR LAND SEEKERS
The Oregon Land Co., Of this
city, is engaged i'm IA cOmmendablc
work. They have just issued a
handsomely illustrated and we'll
printed pamphlet, entitled "A
Compendium Of Information Con-
ccrning the Willamette Valley, and
Salem, the Capital City Of Oregon ~
In Il brief preface the compilcrs say,
"The object Of this publication is to
| give Il brief description Of the Will
! lumcttc valley In Western Oregon,
with information In regard to its re-
sources, adaptation 10 farming,
stock raising, bee culture and dairy
ing, and especially fruit raising, to
which Il Is more naturally adapted
than any other part Of the United
States" In giving this information
ovcr-stutcmcuts are carefully cs-
chcwcd and figures given which are
sustained by actual yield They un-
dcrtakc to prove,
lst. That when all things are
considered, this Is the plcasantcst
climate In the United States.
2nd Oregon Is shown by reliable
statistics Ia be- the henlthicst state
In the Union.
3rd Salem Is surrounded Ivy over
four million acres of choice farming
land, much the larger part of It.
being prairie,
ith. Salem offers the best op-
portunitics for investment of any
place iu the west, being very recent.
ly 10y the completion of the South
crn Pacific railroad, placed on one
of the principal tunscontineuta
railroads Real estate Is very rapid
~ upprcciating In value,
And by Il candid description Of
the capabilities of this rich valley, !
aud the concurrent testimony Of
competent writers from abroad, they |
bring conviction home To the |
reader Frank PiNlcy, the editor Of |
the Argouuut telling of a recent
trip To Oregon, makes this candid |
admi-,iouut the expense of hi, own
much Nuuutcd state:
In itsclimnuc conditions Oregon
/, unlike California IL is the border
land where the four seasons meet
the two where summer, tall, au-
tmuu and winter, with their fru,ts
and SHOWS, their falling leaves, their
hud- and blossoms, their April
showers and summer rains, meet the
rvNm Whvp 10 wlus only n winter
and Is dry iu summer whcrv hrau-
,lWl meadows In eternal Nvrduur
and forests ever gpvu fade away to
sput arid valleys, looking ,erc. aud
urnWu, aud dv~ohtc iu their summer
,udrv-s. Ovguu is muv beautiful F.
than California
Five Thousand copies of this pam-
phlyt hayy hccu published, which .
will hy sent to persons who urc luok-
ing westward fora home. ltisto
late toupppOch "a man after he las
purchased hi, ticket and started ou
hl, Journey with information about
~a,,m u the Willamette valley. .
lii- mind D, made up, and hc is .
.ouud to go Through. To influence
q land -vvkyr You must uy5yh him at
ll~ home and pp~cul Your claims
Whru hv i- boz q state ot mind to yuu-
,drr thvm rhl, plan the pub
.l,hcr oi lhy pamphlet proposes to
adopt They hayv aluady udyvr-
.i~d their hu,iur,, quite extensive
~ m laiug eastern Journals, aud
hyD'hN >uy,,d,d m turning the
',truIlou ot many who auc cout,m-
plating q change ot homv la this
tirv,,uu. They have hmdn,d, at
application, frm an part, of the
ulgoi State, aud Canada uIcd iu
.h,lr letter hshG. and either similar
.yiIvn bN the ,,our au, ,till yom,ug
Joe Al ghy~, will of c,ur-,, la sup
.d''i With % copy of the pamphlet
ayh
Nyl thi, 3, hui t,bbr aud
.nad,lmJ, ytluu Jo pa,h th, hun.
iUy,i, oi Thousand, of Lmiiy, who
~Sh similar information. The
'unNu b., tou heavy to
's. n,my by ana ouv Hm
THIS AlaI should i. ,uppl,-
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