Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-06-20
THE CITY OF HOMES
Of the Pacific Northwest, in the Beau
'iful Willamette Valley, That Has
Never Had to Starve Nor Beg.

ten homesick because of the homeles
aspect of the country in general an,
an entire lack of homelike surround
ings in particular.
AS soon as the novelty of sucl
grand scenery and awe and wonde
felt when viewing the large tree
and great waters has worn away
they look about them to find tha
they iack nearly everything in theli
home life for which they pulled VI
stakes and come West. If they dis
cover this before they are fastened
to some point they become uneasy
drift about on the Puget Sound
over Western Washington, down
the Columbia river, and con.
clude the entire country is a farce
and "hie themselves" back to theil
"wife's people" and furnish food fol
their home papers to blow month.
We do not desire to be understood
to say that homes are lacking in
the points and regions above alluded
to. The homes are there, and many
of them very comfortable ones, TOD;
but you know, gentle reader, as well
as anyone that there are certain
things, certain surroundings which
are disagreeable to you and which
you never feel at home among.
Also there Is lack of that home
atmosphere and element which you
must have in your neighborhood
before you can "feel at home"
This state of affairs over there
may be attributed to the newness OF
the country, to the herculean task
Of turning a dense wilderness in one
day into modern homelike country
to an element of don't -care-a-con-
tinentalness" for home and home
virtues or to several other reasons.
A very few OF these homesick peo.
pie wander down into the William
ette valley before they condemn the
whole coast, and when they do nine
times out of ten they settle and
could not be hired to 90 back east to
live again.
There should be general adver-
tisemeut of the Willamette valley,
80 that it may be brought before the
people in proper light. There are
thousands of them living to the
north of this who do not know of
the home advantages here, or they
would be tone among us" before
many days.
The Willamette valley is mali
ciously represented up there; the
land owners never mention 1t if
they can avoid it; II IL not credited
with the tons and tons of vegetables
and fruit which it furnishes to them
daily. California gets all the credit
which they cannot appropriate to
themselves.
1t Is the best agricultural section
of the entire Pacific coast, aud the
best fruit country in America.
California orchards sell at $1,000
per acre.
Such orchards here will yield
more fruit of better quality than
there, and no irrigation is thought
Of in this entire valley.
If orchards in California are worth
$1,000 per acre they will be worth as
much here as soon as they come in
to sufficient bearing to command
the attention Of the fruit markets;
and while you are about it you will
have the pleasantest and most home
ike region of America TO live in.
From what we have said il must
not be inferred that we don't do
anything but live happily.
If you will come down you will
ind business humming In every
New buildings are going up on
very hand, new comers are coming
n, and the rural districts are settling
Up faster than the city.
Railroads are building, and every
hing points to the fact that Salem, |
he capital of Oregon, the city of
actories and homes, will be n large !
abroad and commercial center.
Salem has but about 1900 popu-
alton now and land is cheaper than
n most towns Of 5000 or 1000 inhab-
tants on the Pacific coast, and she
las every advantage TO insure her IA
population larger than the capitals
4 any of the Eastern states. To
'eople looking for genuine homes in
genial and healthful climate with |
II the luxurles of vegetable life |
in their dooryards, and TO |
nen of capital looking for invest
nents, there is no place in America
which will please them better, or
which guarantees 40 safe and posi-
I've profits as Salem and vicinity.
Our Rural People