The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-11-24
WoBfHrNefcH. MINI. November 81. 1892.
FROM OREGON.

FROM OREGON.
EUGENE CITY, Nov. IA, 1892.
Ed. ADvANcE:-We are having
. very beautifu; fall. We have had
bot little rain yet, not sufficient
to make the land soft enough to be
easily plowed. Yet many farmers
are we'll along with their work.
This is q hard country for me to
understand. Even after 81 years
of residence here I can not under
stand it much better than when l
arrived here and looked around.
Farmers seem to get fair price
for some of their produce, and yet
few of them seem to prosper. Many
of them want to sell all the land
they have, but they do not want to
give it away. They want from 30
to l25 dollars per acre for lauds
upon which they failed to make a
living themselves. This city is in
deed q beautiful one, nearly true
level and has many magnificent
business houses, churches and dwell
lings. It is also full of fruit trees
OF very many kinds. Nut trees,
vines and shrubery. The streets
are wide and straight and graveled.
The sidewalks are good. It is
lighted with electricity. It its edge
stands a butte covering, perhaps 100
acres, and is, l should guess, two
or three hundred feet high upon
which is our water reservoir. We
have street cars. The State Uni
versity and two very fine graded
schools. We have about ten church
buildings, aud best of all many
good devout christians and an ex.
cellent society. I never was in such
a city before. People in from g
distance leave loaded wagons or
the streets over night anywhere
with safety. Although we have
saloons, l seldom SEQ person uu
under the influence of drink. Tht
NJ. E. Church has about $50 mem
bers. The Presbyterian about 200
The Christian called Campbell
ite body is also strong here. Th'
Baptists, United Brethren, ant
Congregationalists have building
and large memberships. The Cath
olics are also strong in numbers
With all tho beauties and advan
tages of this fine city there ar
drawbacks. There is not work suf
fcient to employ the people. I d.
not know where a man could ge
one days work, or how one coule
make a dollar. Many have gon'
back east, the worse for having
come west. Others wish to 60 back
Tho city contains many empt,
houses because there is no employ
ment. We have many needy peo
pie and how they will get throug1
/ can not tell.
We have spectators who deligh
in finding new comers to whom
they can sell something, whethe
worth anything or not. Propert,
il lower than it was three year
ago. and is high enough yet. Take
are high. Wheat is worth abou
6 cents: oats 40; hay SO per ton
potatoes 75c per bus; eggs 30c pc
dos; butter 20 to 25c per ID. Cattl
and horses worth very little.
Our Democrats had grand tim
on Saturday night. They had
torch light procession. They ha
s brass bands aad a crowd of sew
eral thousands, mostly Republi
cans, I think, as Oregon went Re
publican easy. Some of the Dem
got a little full of joy-or some
thing else-but then they do nc
often get q chance to celebrate
victory. =
Our Sinslaw and Eastern r: F
enterprise seems to be dead in til
she'll .. The little rain We have ha
has made the streets and road
very sloppy, and We now expe,
rain and mud 10 N excess for son