Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-10
THE TIDE IS COMING
And Salem Will Take it at
The Flood.
IT WILL LEAD ON TO FORTl'NE.
The Capital City Of Oregon is
Bound to be the Metropolis
Of the Willamette.

No one who is conversant with
the situation can doubt that Salem
is just entering period Of prosper
ity which will run for a term of
years. Within sixty days, on or
even before the day Of our Inde-
pendence, the one hundred and
fourteenth, there will he within our
gates IL multitude whose attitude
will convince the most skeptical of
the truth of the above assertion.
Thousands of people are looking
towards this valley, ana although a
good many have already arrived and
settled among US, they will prove to
be but Of "patchin' ," to the crowd
which will overrun this entire val
ley, and Salem in particular.
So many inquirlng eyes are turn
ing In this direction that even soul
less corporations of the chief arte-
ries of commerce have become in
terested and will within very few
months make some substantial ad =
vance towards extending their lines
into all hooks and crannies OF this
garden spot" OH the Pacific coast.
The people who have lived In this
valley for the past quarter Of CEN
tury have met with 80 many disap.
pointments in the promises aud
hopes of better railroad facilities
that they are very nearly convinced
that they are out of railroad knowl-
edge and no matter how bright a
promis Ia now made they are sure to
take II with grain of salt. They
have little faith in the new condi-
tions bettering the chances, they
fail TO appreciate the fact that the
Southern Pacific has had q monopoly
Of this valley while the Northern
Pacific have had ~ many ups and
downs financially besides having
a country Of ITS own to develop aud
while the short line as an adjunct of
the Union Pacific has had its hands
tied behind its back by the L. :.
government 80 that it could not put
out single feeder, and they are
equally slow to believe that the
alliance of the u. =. with the
NorthwesterR gives II the strength
TO reach out and cover the ground
II would otherwise have done years
ago, and in the reaching out of the
Union Pacific they fail to note the
effect ii would have on the other
roads IL they do not extend their
lines and keep step. When
they do realize this you
will not hear amy growing
about low prices, there will hc more
buyers than sellers aud in spite Of
all the bears In Christcndom prices .
will advance u notch each day till .
this city is spread all over Salem /
prairie and the Willamette valley is .
full Of enterprising people with /
small tracts and comfortable homes.
Salem viii feel the effects Of this .
wave before the middle .
uf the summer
There II one merit about this city +
that Salem people do not fully ap.
preciate. Ii is the fact that people
all over the States hear II spoken of
as a desirable place 10 live. People
who have To contend with the draw
backs Of tough town, aud are nj
all inclined 10 enjoy the luNurlcs of
refined society 9nd good influences,
very readily see the advantages of
fered by the capital city of Oregon.
We have good churches and schools .
In abundance and they are well .
maintained, which alone go,S lo
show that We have the right kind .
OF people. Aside from this We have
the best of business opportunities.