The National tribune., 1895-06-20
OREGON.
A Favored Couutry-Plsnty OF Room for In
dustrious Families-Bonth Douglas County
Offers Great Opportunities for Men Of Linn
tied Means.

A Favored Couutry-Plenty Of Room Tor In
dustrious Families-Bonth Douglas County
Offers Great Opportunities for Men oil Linn
tied Means.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Having
received several letters of inquiry from
friends and relatives in various parts OF the
United States in regard to the climate and
production of South Douglas, Ore, 1 sim
cerely hope and trust / can give few words
of information without being partial.
Much has been said and written about the
climate of the Pacific Coast. 1t has many
peculiarities, among which are the difference
to be found with only few miles travel.
1t is q well-known fact that some portions
north of us are too cold and damp, and some
portions south are too hot and dry but
wherever the happy medium can be found,
it is exceedingly delightful; and such Is the
condition of South Douglas County. It's
altitude is 733 feet above the sea level. Last
Winter the thermometer was only few de-
grees below freezing, and has never seer
known to be down 10 zero On trip to the
Coast | left Umpqua on the 4th OF Septem-
Der. The thermometer was standing at SO
but as soon as | reached the Coast the atmos-
phere was damp and cold; all within dis
tapce of so miles.
The eastern part of Oregon has drier
climate than the western, because the Cas-
cade Mountains condense the moisture OF the
rain clouds from the Pacific; therefore the
people are required to irrigate in order to
produce crop.
The climate of South Douglas is made
cooler in Summer and milder in Winter by
the Japan current, which flows southwark
along the Coast. This shuts off the prevail
ing fog in the valley. The Summers are
cool and delightful. One can sleep well
under three OF four covers any Summer
night. The days are uniformly pleasant
none too hot to insure the perfect quality
which its fruit and products possess. We
had no snow to speak Of last Winter. The
pastures and fields were never hidden from
view. Hundreds OF horses and cattle win
tered without food other than wild grass.
No dark caverns in the earth are necessary
10 safety of it's inhabitants. Cyclones, biz
yards, and whirlwinds, such as destroyed
900 or 300 lives in Sioux City, May a, 1895,
and other destructive elements, are unknown.
1t is pleasure to live in such place, where
active farming is carried on all Winter, and
the memory of man runneth not to the time
when we have had failure Of crops. We
never irrigate, but have abundance of water
for that purpose.
Why suffer the rigors of the Winters oi
the Middle and Northern States when
cheaper land and more pleasant and profit
able homes can be had in a mild and
equable climate like that to be found in
South Douglas? The surface of Oregon has
a few mountains. The Cascade range ex-
tends north and south the entire length OF
the State, at a distance Of 120 miles from
fha. In. fhAca
elk, moose, panther, etc. 1t divides the two
distinct sections-eastern and western Ore
gon. The most marked ridges are known
as the Umpqua Rogue River, and Calapooia.
The largest and most highly-cultivated part
is in the western, which lies between the
cascades and the coast-range, known as the
Umpqua Valley. The soil is rich, black
sandy loan, and is very fertile, yielding in
abundance all the products of q temperate
zone, such as wheat, oats, barley, corn
sorghum, broom-corn, melons, etc, and
fruit by the carloads, all raised without
| irrigation. The foothills and mountains
afford an abundanceo of timber, consisting OF
oak, laurel, pine, cedar, alder, maple, and
fir Wild flowers are gathered on these
hills all through the Winter months.
The principle industries of our particular
| locality at present are prune-grOwing, min
ing, and hog-raising The products of oui
prune orchards last year amounted to about
! % r-loads or $4,000 pounds, which al
| the lowest estimate of six cents per pound
amounts to $40,320. Two years hence we
4 expect to ship three times as much. This
Fall, in prune-picking time, it will require
600 or 700 people to gather the crop. An
acre of prunes six years old will yield 9
net profit of 5000. Prune land is selling
from Sc to $50 per acre, according to the
distance from the railroad depot, and on
very easy terms. Within two miles o
| Riddles-which is situated in the center ol
South Douglas, near the Umpqua River, or
Cow Greek, 225 miles from Portland-are
valuable deposits OF gold, iron, copper, and
nickel. The International Nickel Mining
Company of Chicago have expended half q
million dollars in developing one of the
greatest nickel mines in the world. The ore
took the prize ut the Worlds Fair in 1894
! Their machinery is of the most extensive
and substantial character. They are here
now making arrangements to start the
miners to work. They will work from 300
to 500 men when they are in actual opera
ton. They pay from $3 to $5 per day.
Ball and Bemer have at work half mil.
from town OH the river bar one of the larg
est hydraulic pumps on the Coast. The pump
weighs ii 900 pounds and throws stream
of 400 feet pressure with a four-inch nozzle
Men here are making from So to S4 6
day on the creek bars with pans and rock
ers. Thisis home for the poor as well as th'
rich. We raise all we want to eat, and wheI
we want little money go to the creek ant
pan it out. You can get nice home 70
four or five hundred dollars. The land pro
duces everything in the shape of vegetables
A man has 40 acres of melons for the Port
land market. Anyone wanting information
in regard to the country please inclose stamI
for postage and address-W. G. SANDERsON
p. NJ, Riddles, Ore.
The Suicide at Falmouth, Va.
/ EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / was very
| -. ;..a.aa4ad in the artinlaa hu Sar1sj