Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-03

1ln a carcfv-s ~su rsv,eDIy manner.
However, during the last Sew years
farming is being carried on ina much
more systimatic and thrifty manner
than ever before. and there are indi-
cations on every hand Of greater and
mole rapid improvement Ia future.
The attention that the Alaska gold
discoveries are attracting TO the Pacl.
fic coast will bring more people dur
ing the next year than have come pre-
haps in the last five or ter years.
The overflow from the mining excite
ment will be great along the coast.
Oregon will undoubtedly gain rapidly
In population and develop rev indus
trial energy. Greater opportunities
are } owo open TO immigrants than will
ever he again, although the pnpula--
tion will have to be doubled many
times before the struggle for exlstanc-
will become as great as II now is Ia
most other countries.
AREA AND POPULATION OF OREGON
AS COMPARED WITH OTHER CoUN-
TRIES.
Diversified resources and salubriou'
climate will enable tho state cf Ore
gon to furnish the neccssaries a. 4
also the comforts and luxurles OF lif
TO greater number Of people to e.,
square mile than almost any otler
country on the globe. The state cor
talns an area Of $1,000 square miles.
Within It's borders are valleys, plains,
mountains, ocean harbors, navagable
rivers, unsurpassed water power,g great
bodies OF timber. vast quantities OF
minerals Of nearly every kind, and in
fact, t,every advantage possessed by the
most favored lands and many not pos.
sessed by any other. If as thIckl,
settled as other countries, as II wi;
be when It's many advantages become
better known abroad, Oregon would
contain about the following popula.
tion: Compared with India, which
does not equal Oregon in climate or
natural resources, Oregon would con-
tain population Of 5000, 900; Ger
many, 22,0OO,c00; France, 100000
Denmark, 1900 ,OO0, 900; 0;Austria-H Hun
gary, 100000; Great Britain, includ-
ing England, Scotland and Ireland,
100000; Holland, 2S,OOO,O0O; Italy,
%, 3,000.Oo0; Portugal, l2,O00,000; Rou-
mania, l2,010,O0o: Russia proper, To-
Guiding Finland, Poland, the Cauca-
sus, Siberia and Central Asia, which |
Is larger than the whole OF the
United States Of America, and |
populated as compared with
other countries, 100000; Serva,
: 900, 900, Spain, S,0)1, )1j; SSitzer-
land, 100000; Turkey, In Europe,
100000 Japan, 100000 Belgium,
40,0c0,0 900; the state of Illinois, S,O00,-
900; the state OF Indiana, 5000, 900;
the state of Ohio, 5000 200; the state
of Pennsylvania, 100000 the state
Of New York, l2,0O) 900, the state OF
Massachusetts. 26,0OO, 900, The state OF
Rhode Island, 2I,o0o,O Oregon uuw
contains about 100000 people. If as
thlckly populated as Belgium, where
the fate OF Europe was decided at the
battle OF Waterloo, 50 years ago, Ore
gon would have about 100 times as
many people as she now has, or 40,-
100000. If as thlckly populated as
The middle kingdom OF China, the
most densely settled country in the
world, Oregon would perhaps have $50
Dr. 200 people TO every one that now
Inhablts this vast region. believe
The country now lAcluded In the
state OF Oregon can support as many
human beings To the square mile as
my of the countries above named, i
md will before the close OF another
century be one OF the most thlckly
populated countries In the world.
AHAT OREGON OFFERS TO THE IN
TENDING SETTLER,
The writer Of this has frequently
the opinion through the
,ress aud otherwise during the last
IS or 80 years that Oregon will some
line be one % the most thlckly pop
Hated countries on the globe, and I
hat the greatest city on the western
ide of the American continent. aud Z
,erhaps one OF the greatest Ia the !
world, will DO at the junction OF the [
,Olumbia aud willamette rivers, oc. I
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