The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-11-20
"A lRrrEa ON OREGON

Mr. A Il Cumming, now Of this city, In
writing to the Dewitt, Iowa, Observer,
says; suppose you are thinking my
letter 10 LANG a-eoming." | do not
know hardly what to tell you In short
letter, rs everything here Ia different
from what Ii Ia In Iowa. We have the
same people by races, but we are not the
same In habits; you have an expression
OF free thought which Is not used In this
country. Your people say what they
think and as they please on all subjects
on tho streets, or anywhere that IL
proper. Here the people are reserved
and keep their sentiments 10 themselves.
/ attribute this reservation 10 the fact
that the people are walled In on the west
by the ocean and the barbarism Of Asia,
on the east by the mountain ranges and
fifteen hundred miles OF aage-brush and
alkalio desert; being thus isolated for
years they have acquired the habit OF
thinking for themselves and keeping
their thoughts 10 themselves. No one,
TO my knowledge, takes timo 10 talk
politics or religion, except there should
be political meeting, and they are far
between, or in the churches or religious
meetings. There are plenty OF churches
here OF every denomination. II the poo.
pie are not good II Is not for want al
churches; but they don't talk religion or
politics ON the streets, rs they do In
Iowa, hence we know nothing OF their
liberality or mental capacity ON these
linss. II Is oil business. Mammon has
worshipers and devotees In plenty and
his temple Is well supported. How much
God gets In the shape of true worship
do not know; but do know that mann
mon gets his full share. The Almighty
Dollar Is the same fellow that IL wor-
SHIPPED everywhere and on the "slope"
his worshipers are most sincere. Well,
let them worship, they have their reward |
and VIZ pass no Judgment.
have been giving you faint idea Of
how man has made himself here; now |
will tell little Of what God has done |
Tor him: We have been here four
months and more and we will say this Is
tho finest climate we have seen, hence |
everything grows to perfection in the |
shape o. grain, fruits aud flowers. The |
hnest wheat and small grain; the finest
Iruit from the cherry TO the watermelon. |
No such In Iowa. This IL the natural |
home of the cabbage, the eauliflower,
lhe tomato and potato they grow TO per-
NNRbH hSfe. EEtib III HuCh Nlund.
have seen plums growing on the stems
md trunks and all the branches covered
~ thick as they could stick-great, big |
handsome fellows, as large as peach.
Pears II would make you wonder whess
hey come from 10 see the trees loaded
Tith them, and the most Of them IA
arge Is n cream-piteher. But the hand |
iomest Of all their fruit Is the Royal Ann
,herry, as large as an Iowa plum, gold
md red color. Well, you would wish
FOUR sense OF taste, your throat and gas
apparatus, was as long as ths
Union Pacific railroad that you might
aste them all the way. Yea, yea; u
handful OF these Royal Ann cherries IL n
Tho.e peach orchard and watermelon
patch all In one. All other kinds Of fruit
n the sane proportion. Oregon can
raise fruit for several states and then
nave enough left 10 beat California. This
s the home OF the sweet delicious fruit
growing trees, and some day before long,
sill be world famous. So much for Ore
ron. Some time ! will tell You who
should come here and who should stay
u home In the east.
And then follows q long paragraph on
silver decentralization, in connection
with which he seeks to show that Oregon
wheat Is worth $i.25a bushel, where VIC
ret so cente