The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 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 10 ell ht tons on acre, can be
timothy Wheat ranges from thirty TO sixty
bushels to the acre, while fax yields from twen-
~ TO forty bushels and furnishes a fiber equal to
that which makes the best Irish linen. Oats
barley and rye grow bountifully, bat corn is not
n universal crop owing 10 cool nights Pork is
fattened on peas, wheat and barley, making a
fr1ner and sweeter meat than the corn fed, but
not so fat. There las never been q complete
failure OF crops.
In the Eastern States the bottoms along the
streams are usually OF heavy col, the poor land
being up on the high places. Here this is re-
versed as a rule the river and creek bottoms
east Of the Cascades are sandy, rocky, and un-
slightly, with the arabic sections on the table
lands and hills, ard not always, indeed rarely,
10 be seen from the cara. Taking Oregon over,
10 give the range Of productions from apples to
wheat, would be 70 reprint the premium list OF
mn agricultural society or a nursery catalogue.
The resou ces OF the State, however are not all
of an agricultural kind. There is stored away
in the hills variety of metals and minerals,
IA ging over no less than thirty-six distinct
natural products Of value, while every condition
favors stock husbandry in the highest degree.
It is already one Of the leading wool growing
States, and begins to take high rank 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 q popu-
lation mainly of the best sort for respon-
.ible citizenship, Intelligent and self-reliant:
the Columbia. covering thirty years show
IN annual death-rate of TO each LEGO 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 enc can tell in advance just what viii
suit the different tastes, capacities and ex-
periences Of the newcomer who has probably
never lived in u country of such opportunities.
no m IA fO "a mi 0f
try must adapt himself 10 new methods and
conditions, and no one should attempt TO make
q home in the Pacific Northwest or anywhere
else without first going over the ground, seems,
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 rich display Of the
products OF the State, and whose officers are al
ways ready to welcome strangers and tourists
without fee Reliable information is furnished
free 10 ell applicants.
WHAT OF PORTLAND?
1t Is the second richest city per capita In the
environs. OF about o0,Ool. 'fne location OF the
city is most picturesque the views TO be OBJ
tanned nom the heights west OF tho city, or from
fairmOunt Lookout, soon 10 be quickly reached
by cable cars, are truly inspiring. Here nature
has wrought with n holder hand in the large
featured sublimity Of the scenery than in lands
that boast OF an older civilization. Five snow
white peaks miles and miles apart, and inter
n vening crngs and hills of blue are sen 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-tope. Along tho docks ves-
sells from distant lsrnds are dischaIg M their
cargoes. This is the trade center and metropo-
lis OF the Pacific Northwest. Look here, you
man Of 40 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 tho empire
of land stretching 1900 miles % 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
sort, was disturbed only by the bark canoe or the
dash OF wild ducks. Within the city that last