Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-14

coed QUALITIES OF OREGON.
Mr.. w. A. Lucas, farmer, writes
in the McMinnville, Polk Go Item
lzer: One OF Western Oregsn's best
qualities Is a climate eight or nine
months Of the year that | have
never seen excrlled. She has a
wonderful productive soil, and when
properly cultivated yields wonder
ful crops, and after a personal
knowledge of 81 years almost no
failures have occurred, her crops
embracing almost everything man
needs for food or ruiment. We
mention wheat, barley, oats, rye,
timothy, cheat, many kinds of the
tame grasses, apples. pears, plums,
cherries, prunes, great varieties Of
berries, an endless variety of the
finest vegetables nice tender and
crisp. Is well adapted TO divsrsi-
fed farming, having rains occasion
ally until haying begins, ordinarily
giving us nice showers in early au.
tumn to enliven the grass. Her tim
ber resources are just wonderful to
u person from desert or plains, DOS
sessing such wonderful diversity,
thereby having that natural facility
for manufacturing purposes. Next
her almost perfect water from the
bold Willamette to the smallest
trlckling stream. Then our cold
soft well water,th streams 50 nicely
dispersed all over the country, the
wells usually requiring no great
depth of digging. We should
have said while on timber that it is
very conveniently distributed for
mans convenience In Western Ore.
gon. From the noble horse through
the graduation down to the razor
back long shouted, listed, wattled
pig, animals are remarkably healthy,
and flourish well If properly at
tended. l think NJ country pos
sesses as much natural water power
as Western Oregon. TO this add
the immense timber belts for fuel; II
there was no timber at Oswego, what
cound be done turning out
such fine quality of iron and,
so abundant. Coal has been dis
covered In the bounds of the state,
making our manufacturing posi-
bllities much more sure ere long,
Gold aud silver Is largely taken out
OF our mountains which we neglect.
ed to mention for California. Land
Is very reasonable in price, will conf
pare prices with California In my
next. In telling what Oregon raises,
which In numerous, one thing that
she does not raise, will mention
which l think h to her credit, | al
lude to bOoms, absolute full blooded
booms are worse than crop of big
cactus or dog fennel. Oregon GER
tainly IL the stillest country have
been In, no extreme heavy winds
much of the year, just gentle
breeze. Health of Oregon, from
statistics shows US favorable as any
state, Land held generally In small
tracts IL for the best interests Of the
state.
EDITORIAL LETTER 10 IOWA.
We have been cut OIL on regular
mail facilities by causes that cannot
all be laid at the doors of Oregon.
The snow blockakes la California
set In before January was over
aud they were not broken.
or course Il must not be assumed
that there is IA level bed OF snow
all over that state, for these big
alls Of snow are mainly IN the
mountain passes aud the excessive
floods caused by protncted rains
have torn the tracks out of the
mountain gulohes In many places,
while the rains cause landslideS, To
which the porous lavatie mountain
soil is peculiarly liable. These
avalanehes carry the whole side of
n mountain into the valley below,
destroying mines, ranches, water
ways aud railways, An this kind
OF wreck aud ruin has especially
marked the so-call,d Oregon and
California railroad for It's victim.
This Is the great north aud
south line that taps the
Union, Central, Southern
and Northern Pacific systems