The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-24

EFom Albany Herald. |

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les7 California, has writers psivat
let;&rIo Mr.. T. l.. Wallace in this city
fr~nwhich the Herald Is permitted t,
make some extracts Mr.. HackIe asl,
writes under date Of Nov. lG, a,d bi
respective advantanges after tvyins
both states are too good to senmin IN
published. He says:
SD far as- health, business aaeE eli
mate is concerned Oregon lIas nanN
advantages oyer California. CaiNlisIty
LossAngeles is not q healthy place.
ampfOrGed 10 this conclusioh, and am
perfectly safe In saying SO, ,ts this city
hassmalaTia and poor drainage. Ii is
very true that during the day, even at
this-time-the middle Of N0venlber-
the days aDe fully as bright aud warm
as our June days, and of course is very
pleasant over head. brightA warm and
prstty, bat by sund0wn you are living
IN another climate altogether. 1t turns
cold, and You are compellrdt0 wear an
overcoat, and then the cold; thick fogs
roll in frosn the ocean, and. You are al
most sure to take cold. The grippe is
going the rounds here now, and nearly
every one has had it, nclading myself,
with which | was confined TO my he'd
three weeks How is that, b. be sick
so.long among strangers in thiS grand,
glorious climate Of southern California.
When you hear of Southern Califor-
MIA you only hear the bright side; aud
l4may add Californians know all about
the art Of lying; keep that in view if
you ever come to California When
speaking Of Oregon, why, they will
laugh at the very idea af mentioning
Oregon the same day with California
Let me say to you right here, don't for
one minute lose sight Of he fact that
Oregon is grand, goodtold state. Now
Il am not houesick when / say this.
Well, now about cities and business,
You may think it dull in Oregon and
Portland, and no doubtit is, but so far
as business is concerned, PORTLAND is rs
far ahead of Los Angeles as the big
apples of Oregon are ahead of what
they call apples here. except VIZ ma,
say in retail way; hsFe they doa guod
business, and so far us getting pacr
on salary with retail house here,
you have young army Of hundreds of
fellows that come out here from
the East for their health, to compete
with. So man with a family has no
chance as here people are willing to
work for almost anything just to stay
here, to avoid the cold wintei of the
East. Speaking about this being
land of fruit, sure it is, but | tell you
that Oregon can beat it to death Oh,
everything except grapes and oranges.
Portland to-day is, the best city on this
coast. | frequently run across Ore
gonians down here, and nearly all Of
them are disgusted. If III was not aar
the Eastern money that comes in hsFe
during he winter, times would be
pretty dult, They figure on the eastern
tenderfont here just as we figure eal y
good wheat crop in Oregon, and With
out it hotels, restaurants, dry goods
stores, elc., woulu do poor business.
There are many people with means
that just live here during the winter,
and you can see them every day riding
around with their darkcy drivers.
There are absolutely no manulacto-
ries here. Still it seems to he pros
porous city, and you may say country,
and as | have said they make lots of
money on fruit that is not as good us
in Oregon, but when you talk of buy
ing land it is away up in g., and no
one can buy 1t but the rich, aud even
then your expenses are enormous,
with water hire, etc. Their great cock
and bull story is, the land of perpetual
summer, the land of good health, etc.
Some people may think so, but con-
tend to-day that Oregon is healthier
state taking everything into consider
alton. You see healthier people in
Oregon than you see here, eYerv day,
The average Californian has liver co.n-
plaint or whisky complaint. / am
trying to give you Just what an Ore
gonian honestly thinks of Southern
California
| cannot complete this letter without
speaking of the women. You are
struck with the idea in walk
ing the streets of Los Angeles that
nearly every woman you meet is
beauty, which so far as dress and
is concerned is fact, bht as
to real beauty the California girls do
look pretty, but it is all makeup, and
thy don't compare with our rosy
Oregon girls.
Prehaps what / have written will
give you some idea of what | think of
southern California. There is money
here, to be sure, but how a poor cuss
is going to get hold oft, is the next
question, The worst fault have with
the whole business is the changeable
climate, as you have winter aud sum-
mer here every day. Blooming flowers
are all nice enough but you get tired
of them, and they don't make business
You can't live on climate. Don't be
in hurry to rush off down here. |
am compelled to say, give me the eli
mate of Oregon in the place of this