Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-09-01
NATIONAL fARaER's CONGRESS.
Interesting Report FroE The Journal :
Correspondent on the
Spat.

NEutAl. ltN AtNAAA. ~ NAYS AK
greater part, could he rendered very
productive by Irrigation. Right
across the fence from where nothing
OF either beauty, ~ utility cr'ws,
are waving and h..Uriant fields u.
green alfalfa. - srrnuC and thrifty
hal il i 8 ceaseless wonder 10 the
average Webfuoter Why this diff.
ference Water, that absolute t.
-ential TO successful aErIcultU7t
some enterp-i>iuc trouue-sman had
turned a stream of water on the nar-
-eu. parchei and ..lt>s >oil. There
are millions " ac. = Dot worth q
dollar per acre nov THAT If waterro
would he Eroiucuvy. Can cpuE-e>>
provide for TIE = age and u. sd.
F the waters Of the :. axe river il SUI
icient quantities 90 reclaim ,ai>
land? If 81, il sh..Id hz doae 81.
once.
Ogden = Il pretty. growing town.
pleasantly situated. Salt LAKE ~
| have seen the ci,s OF the sail :.
II has 50.rsl inhabitants. but o. nv
mind it i no such .ity - Pa-IlauG.
The buildings are Deith-r - = cnoG.
nor % regularly and nicely de- Erel.
Their besl bulidiBe-, mssiilu. ana
The old adobe rtllcs li past E-e az
mingled together IL .urXt-icl.aI-
confusion. without order. symmetry
0r c0nyeujeuce. Il i now on A.-
iAriuus boom. There j, out little %
uacs il that ! can -ee except & bot
spring. the bathing re>o-. o. -,
Lake, the historic Mormon relies
and tributary mines. IL tributary
agricultural resources are vastly
oyerated. The famed beauty ali
richDess OF their ru-4. homes ,l-e..
do not lie be;weeu salt L-ase and
Ogden. The farms -rs mere patches
the farm hOu>e- are inferior, aeva.
Of architectural TASTE, auL the crops
are nothing 70 b5s-s, uL. n; uur
field Of wheat since I iefi Portland
that would be called fi-~, e.4-- ID ,lr
Willamette VALLEY. Yet v-opl-ts 81
Salt Lase J. treasl 1eu..y l.--.
The -us.y old Lo-mou> 2-a selling
out at good figures aDI SONS body
viii hold The sscS fo- the sl.9=-.
OF course I had 70 swim IL t1e
lake. Il i about twenty-five ull--
from the clty 20 the ne4cl. oya- a
level prairie, more than --t .
" hich i 10, in cQ.lv4.isa -ul -.=--
haps not Ill for cultivation. TIE L.
P. Z. r Co. own tie r1ac and ---
beach, they run trains every il--r-
five minutes, which are crowded ~
over flowing with pleasure ur ttl--l
The fare i 6t,y cents -
the round trip ana twenty-five Toy =
bathing sRit. Wei tie bathing j.
lust ''tOO too f1r those who Ike i-.
But I have padded Il White river.
Indiana, with equal enjoyment -ld
Denefit. OF course the b-ther floats,
and cannot swim much. He must
lie Oh his bach, with head thrown
back and feet out and float, q t,e IL
-eguIation fashion. " hen done
1athing he must 20 and take q
'douchg" OF fresh water 10 WASH OIL
he salt 30 al praise 10 the Great
salt Lake.
Left salt Lake on sunday. Ian
'uage fails 70 descrioe the utter bar
enness Of the waste for hundred. ot
niles. Passed Rock SprinE- where
he infIriAted miners, gOAded %
.espera.iOn by their wrongs. ILLT-
zrrd the Chiuamen. But john i
ack there again. mining coal forrle
: uion Pacific Co, a.. the same.
low long Will il te before the
.b0ring men and farmers learn that .
heir wrongs cannot be rigLied by ,
-E.ke-, b0ycOiis and violence.
-radually a. We descended toward
De Missouri the land began 70 im- ,
rove. IN the western part a
'euraskG the soil j. very inferior. |
II farmer, are poor aud tile CROP {
x nearly failure
The frs, really nice country W. q
W was the North Platte. From /
iere Until night closed Ia al F-e-
IOut, il j. the most .esutitul cJu,- -,
Y that ! have ever beh-ld. il Il
oEs ft 10 De the garden ~ the :
,ds. The land here j. rien, the
Us grven-for ,hey have bad .-ir Z,
ceuty-and inteTsper-ed with I.
he groves But com, ,1-.r main g.
op, is poor; only fr1n half % two G.
.irds full crop. saw bu, little T.
heat or oats, ana sluuDic looked +,
shL Not One-teEta Of this land !. 4,
grain. The most Of in is used for n
.sture and wild hay. 7 have sch r..
, tame grapes. ! have sen large d
Dves of 1ue cattle bu, very few \
'Od hors-s-iu fsc, nowhere have g.,
FL such good hUr-es as Se have !u p
'egon. ] Kept my optics wide L
eu on the south side ~ the ear and ,a
was painfully impressed with lbe "a.
Of the isun houses il 81
sorasEa, not d half dozen nice. ~
sly, comfortable farm house. did ] M
. in two bundled miles along the N
atie. l..
TIE GRAND ARMY. =,
{ Extraordinary Growth c. the 4.