Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-17
WESTERN OREGON.
Its Exceptional Climate and
Home Advantages.
The OREGON LAND COMPANY.
What Il Has DOue For Salem and
the Willamette valley.

, eTn Oregon Ia its exemption iron
storms, cyclones, and other eIe.
mental disturbance, is becUminl
: more generally appreciated bg the
people OF the agricultural states.
The climate of this region. is ais
particularly desirable, as the ribge
Of the temperature from summer
heat to winter cold Is inoderatp, ard
violent changes are unknown. II
IL an exceptional winter when the
mercury descends To zero, aud
when the dog-stai RACES the ther-
mOmeter rarely marks over ninety
degrees. This IL au inestinable
loon to the farmer as IT ensures his
crop of fruit and grain, and also
render- his lHbOrs profitable, a. he j.
not COmIe led Ia feed his stock du
ring the winter what ne has raised
I dur ng the summer sea~Dn.
This befiguant climate il also ad-
vaBtageOus 90 all classes Of persons,
as IL increases the charms Of life and
renders the conditions Of existence
50 much more Favorable
As natural cons-qu nee the hDy
/ OF population j. in tni- direction
] i bklfik tIltll " llfI dIE So lliE "a lIlI
| field for the exercise uf heir energies:
| business men who desire to escape
| the burden Of uHceasiu. competition:
/ the farmer who rrl.ds sure return
| for his labor; and the investor who
| il in pursuit of a s-ctiOu where
values are stcadil., appreciating, are
all attracted by the common aim to
advance their interests. Nature in
her most beniSraitt hdoJd invites
them hItherward
The growth of salem l. marvel
/ TO its oldest inhabitants Strangers
| flucking To its b ,.ieTs create want
for new dwelling huus =. and az in
creased home demand nslu1.ishe- a
need for more retail -tvrys. This
enhances the value VI city property,
and stimulates an activity to which
all interests contribute. Street ear
lines are succeeded hA n,W motor
lines; one foundry a.f nrchi',,
shop being Ovcr-cruwdtd With wurr.
"A second is started; an eXlru-i-s
frIit evapOrator calls for canupry.
which is now beng built. aud nos
woOlen mill starts its louu- a-ruu-
ming "a Join In the chorus.
Nor j. this expansion confined to
the city: The spirit oi progress has
taken pCssessiuu of he surrounding
country. On all hands we see the
large and neglected farms of the
pioneer settlers divided up into .
small parcels. and then five, ten or
twenty acre patches settled on by {
incoming families. A number be- /.
take themselves TO poultry RAISING, |.
there being "A ready market for all /
the eggs aud poultry that can be I
offered; Others devote themselves tu (
orcharding, ten acres of fruit secur- |.
ing good living for "a family: brr- (
ries are Il profitable crop, and the /.
Cannery will take all the sweet corn, /
tomatoes, caulitlOwer and other veg |
eiables that may be offered.
Credit must be ascribed to the Ore /
gun Land Co. of this city for this .
evolution in the farm industry ot {
this section. The former practice .
Of the Willamette Valley farmers |
was to raise wheat which was ship /
ped To San Francisco for export 10 II
foreign market. This required eX.
pensive machinery and liberal .
means, and thus excluded from the /
contest any who might venture here .
with small capital. But sevcra far
seeing individuals, cnnceiving that
this was IA false policy, incorporated
themselves rs a company, and start
ed out with purchasing several OF
these large farms. Their next
proceeding was to survey them
into small lots rs men.
toned above, clear off the brush
and timber, open roads where
necessary, aud in some cases plant
large tracts in orchards and grain
fields. The company was liberal in
letting the world know what il was
doing, Il was also accommodating
In the terms IL made with pur-
chasers.
The benefits resulting from such
Is both public and private.
The community finds its advantage
ln the numbcT Of utelul and indus
triOus citizens vi no establish home
In its midst, aud private individuals
are benefited la being placed in the
way ofa living under circumstances
which promise almost certain sue
rcss.
The hall il only just set rolling
he Willamette valley, five million
,cres In extent, Is surpassed in fer
ility 10y no similar body of land on
his continent, and 1t Is capable of
II population fifty times
~ large as IL now contains. The
Donation tracts, ranging from 500 To
'eveml thousand acres la extent, are
rot profitable to the owners, pud as
lie land becomes more valuable,
hey will he brought into the mar
Iet aud I've made the homes of
mousands of happy and prosperous
antilles. The human Tide Is flow
ny In this direction In increasing
wave, and as all have right 10 a
home, land proprietary must he IT. ,
trlcted, aud Gods fOolstuul he
arved up To suit the wants Of His I
Great urps.