The Republican journal., 1890-06-12
Business in the West.

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whatever business man engages in the
| West he invests his money in lottery tickets.
| 1t differs however, from the ordinary lottery
| in few particulars. One is that there is no
chance for any Frauds another that more
money will be returned to the ticket holders
| than was invested; and another that man
must have thorough knowledge of the busi-
ness or he is sure to get nothing. Wheat rails
ing depends partly upon a mans knowledge OF
the business and partly upon the season. ]
have never known ground plowed the Jane
before seeding to fail of producing a crop, but
even that is liable to BE destroyed by hail or
gophers. The drill most used for seeding costs
$50, and it requires four horses costing $500
each to haul it. The header costs $40 and re
qures four horses to haul it. and four more
and SIX men to haul the grain to stack. But
they take a strip of grain fourteen feet Wi'jr
and place it in the stack as fast a- the hor>e~
can walk A man could raise grain here by
the old methods as we'll anywhere, but
would do betterto change WORK with his neigh
bors and get his work done
Whether man does business on il small
scale or large he ought to have money some
where TO fall back on, for any business from
Dakota to Eastern Oregon is liable to failure
In other words, man should not invest more
i'll these western lottery tickets than he can af-
ford to lose. for if he gOes into it in earnest he
viii either get money by the thousands or he
will get nothing. The stock hu>ine>, is the
same. If man invests his all in any Kind of
stock and turns them out on range where
stock has been known to winter for The past
ten Years, an unusually hard winter is liable to
destroy the whole herd Where they feed
stock larse loa,cs sometimes occur by getting
short of feed. | have known 4 lo>> 0! - per
cent. from this cause, while no9hbors who had
plenty of feed lost less than one Der cent. Oh
a flock of 1000 sheep. 1t does not pay
to handle a band Of less than 2OG0 sheep for they
must have the constant attention of one man.
who cannot be hired for le>, than SO or 80
per month. a man can not herd his own sheep
unless he has some one to bring him prov ieion,
And ii would not be a very desirable l,3l'c 70
spend the summer 10 or 50 miles from anl
house. Even this business i, subject to risk
The appearance Of a Wild animal will some
times trghten the sheep so they will pile up in
a raVne in 1heir haste to get away and several
hundred bc stitled before they eau be relieved.
The appearance Of some disease will sometimes
render the whole herd nearly worthless.
Mining il even more ri>ky than farming
Most miners have abundance of money at times
and AT other times are penny Tess ANY man
wishing TO engage in western business of any
Kind will do best to serve 4 GOOD long appren-
ticeehip and then he viii he pretty ~urc to make
a success of his business. But tile man who
comes west with a little capital and attempts
to makes money BY initiating h~ neighbors
runs great risk. The men Who have begun
ut the bottom and worked UP have usually sue
cceded While those who have attempted to be-
gin at the top have often gone down,
spent the past winter very pleasantly in
eastern Oregon, among an intelligent people
who are Very much interested in education.
had pupils who mastered arithmetic in 1--WE
months from the time they Irfl fractions If
anyone knows OF a climate better adaited 10
mental development should like to Know
where it is.
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for new conner from the east it would be li-
couraging to get in debt for Il farm that ha~
been producing several hundred ton> Of hay
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Oh varying hoiSht' sage brush Is 'he most
apuh"'ht Nt9t'ai'oh 't the present tlAe'
thouSh grass Is abundant IN wet >ea>ohN' I'D
passing along by the SIDE OF Burnt River, only
about rod from the waters edge. we noticed
an engine turned bottom up on that narrow
strip OF land The men W no We're running the
engine dl lhe tlille OF inc dcclhthl saved lhtH
llVes by jumping INTO the river. south OF
huntington | counted nine dead horses N
going about a mile. When we first strike
snake River there i no valley, but barren
mountains of ledge and gravel rise precpitous-
iy on each side. Later the valley i one or two
miles wide, covered with cabins. W e>er Is
quite "A village. Mountains are not 80 high
but stu are barren. | noticed "A road running
parallel to the one we were on within less than
halt mile, but was informed that 1t was the
same road winding around 70 ascend the hli'
me valley becomes Wider ana i cIay NolI'
strongly aikall IN places. taldWeH i q me
llttle town. lhe valley Is Wider nut covered
with sage brush. There are long stretches OF
country without house and some Slight ele-
Fatlons III the vicinity OF Mountain iom",
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