Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-05-05
wANDERER FROM HOME.
He Gives Some Inside Notes on
Oregon.

and Eastern Arizona has given mi
special opportunities to observe ane
note the possibilities and peculiar
. ties of these places as to their soil
r climate\ and general undevelopec
natural resources as compared t.
those possessed by Nevada. Tt
commence, | will state that Oregon
{ is not good State for politicians to
emmigrate to. Legislative pay is
only $500 per day with 10 cents
mileage; Governors salary 81, SOC
per annum and all other State offic-
ers the same, except the Treasurer,
who receives the extravagant sum Of
$500 per annum. District Judges
get 81 800 per annum, and SO on
through the entire list.
OREGON possesses very rich soil,
particularly in the willamette Val
ley, and some of the Coast valleys:
still there is a good deal of poor,
worthless land in Oregon on the
West side of the Cascades.
The popular idea has always been
that Oregon is a good fruit field,
which is not fact, except for apples.
prunes and plums.
This State was doomed for all it
was worth some two years ago, aud
now 1t is undergoing the disastrous
effects Of the reaction which has
caused a de ression On all kinds of
business. At present Oregon is no
place for a poor man or man of
moderate means looking for pro-
fessional or business opportunity, for
the reason that money is very scarce
and the people are poor, and every
business avenue is already crowded,
and that the marketable products of
the farm have no active cash market.
Every body seems to be on the trade,
and everyone wants to sell town
lot or ranch. 4 SO gold piece
looks as big to the average Oregon
ian as it does to a Nevada editor.
The climate is mild, but it is forever
and eternally raining. 1t rains at
least nine months in the year; conse-
quently there is little or no time for
active outdoor labor, which makes it
bad for the farmer, as labor is the
foundation of prosperity Of not only
States, but communities and individ>
ais
All Of the farmers have large
tracts of land-none less than loo
acres, bat it is quite rare to see any
of them cultivate more than 10 to 90
or % acres, outside of the great
Valley, from the fact
that nearly all the land along the
coast and back for 80 or 40 miles IN
Benton and Tillamook counties, is |
covered with such a dense under
growth and is so thickly set with |
immense heavy timber. Some of the
trees are as high as 800 feet, and |
from II to 10 feet in diameter at the
butt, and the earth is covered with
great fallen trees lying in every di-
rection, so that it will cost to clear
and prepare it for cultivation from
$40 to 500 per acre. In addition to
he above, wherever there is a clear
spot it is covered with dense growth
If ferns interviewer WI til wild briar,
he ferns growing from 10 to II feet
nigh, and are one of the most stub
BORN distractions to get rid of SO as
o bring the land under cultivation.
t seems impossible to kill it, as its
cots penetrate to great depth. Yet
where this fern grows, the land is
exceedingly rich.
Oregon's mineral wealth is chiefly
:ontined to the East side Of the
Cascades, excepting coal; also her
PASTORAL lands for her herds Of cattle,
lorses and sheep.
Notwithstanding that everything
$ cheap in Oregon, taxes seem to be
-ery high; the rate for 1891 in the
Dove named counties was 20 mills
n the dollar, one-third of which
,oes for repairing roads and bridges
n consequence of so much rain.
While Oregon possesses r.any adj {
antages, | prefer Nevada, and am a
rm believer in her future greatness.
Ter climate cannot be surpassed by
ny of her neighboring States or
'erritories. Her soil is highly pro- c
uctive when brought in touch with S
-ater. Our mineral wealth is second
} none; we have within our limits a