The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-01-18
! OUR ADVANTAGES.


are varlous, and these iced to be
broug Int into active operation before
any progress is discernible. You can
hot build al Insurmountable wall
around town and expect it to pros
per. The elements of wealth may be
numerous; but these must be brought
to light and utilized or else they are
the same as worthless. There must
be something to support the popula-
tion, or else they will not come to
pake permanent homes. In view Of
these facts it is highly important that
every community which expects to
prosper should inaugurate industries
which will furnish labor to men, and
thus be, not only the means Of sup
port to the population, but factors of
development 1t is possible that
city advantageously situated for COM
merce may support large number of
people By the demands of shipping.
This is verk rarely fact. and usually
an important point uses its facilities
as a basis for productive industries,
and these, ;ein connection with the
trade, soon paves the wey to wealth
and prosperity.
As we have frequently stated
these columns, there is no town on the
Columbia river with better natural
resources than The Dslles. As
commercial point; it has the Columbia
river asa natural route of transporta-
ton, and if this great natural highway
were released from the domination of
railroads this city should be the nat
ural center of trade for large radius
of country. Being at the head Of
navigation, it would be the highest
point reached by river craft without
making costly portage. This could
have been made available years ago
with the expenditure of a small
amount of capital to build an opposi-
ton boat on the river. As manu-
featuring point, there IS every induce
ment. Enough water power goes to
waste every year to run the mills of
Lowell, Mass. and fuel would be quite
inexpensive if steam was preferred as
q motive power. The forests in the
Cascades furnish an inexhaustiLle
supply of the bess timber, and the ma
turs of the climate is such that this
ii mf er could be made into all useful |
articles without any artificial process
Of seaconing Some of the most ele.
CANT coaches manufactured at the o. |
R. L. N. Co.'S shops havebeen made
from the. native treeszof the for
ssts within few miles Of the city, and
The work has been far more lasting on
account of the dryness of the climate
han those made elsewhere. With
his. demonstrated fact, there can be
10 question that furniture and other
aetorie in which wood isthe constitu.
mt element would be successful If nut
nto operation. But these facts,
which are well known, are not sufii-
'ient of themselves to build up large
ity. These facilities must be used,
nd then the good results will be forth
oming.
1t is only necessary for our citizens
o realize their advantages ard profit
y them to make The Dalles city of
|ouble the population it has at present
n the next two years. But to accom-.
'lish this it must inaugurate enter
rises to furnish means of support
or its increasing population, and to
evelop its rich resources. The COM
ag spring is propitious time, and
18th a liberal appropriation for locks
nd boat railway. and sl50,O0O for
ublic buildings, The Dalles will re- !
sive great stimulant to growth.