Junction City bulletin. [volume] (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, 1901-04-18

them. We have surface area of "a 800
square miles. filled 10 the brim with the
greatest natural reEources OF any State
IN the v eat, yet the census OF 1900 gives
us the meager population Of 4l3. .63e, or
A people 10 the square mile. 0De-fourth |
OF this population IL centered in and
around Portland. The population Of /
the cities, towns and villages OF Oregon |
aggregates 1874, 900, while, thinly spread |
over e4 900 square miles Of territory, 10 |
found the other $4,000, giving US a ru.
raj population Of "a to the square mile. |
Some people wonder why our cities
and towns do not grow more rapidly. |
I he reason is explained in our shortage
Of rural population. They are the back
bone Of any country, and 30 long as the
spinal column lacks strength, the whole
body must necessarily be weak.
Washington and California have been
wiser than Oregon. Washington was
admitted as state in 1889. For 10 years
preceding 1890 the resources OF the then
territory were energeticaily advertised
in all directions. As q reeuit the popu.
lation jumped from 10000 in 1880 in to
$40 900 In 1890, an increase Of 1851 per
cent. The spirit Of PR gress, 10 we'll es.
tablished, has not yet died out in that
state, for, from 1890 70 1900 the popnla-
ton increased from $4,000 TO $4,000,
placing Washington ahead OF older and
more resourceiul Oregon.
Washington is now more densely pop
ulated than Oregon, having III people
TO Oregon's A. TO the square mile. II
is sometimes said that advertising
state increases the city faster than the
rural population. The comparative
figures for Washington and Oregon show
| that Washington's rural population is
81 to the square mile, Oregon's "a
| California was admitted as state in
1850, and though only nine years our SEE
nior, since that date IL has grown from
90, 900 10 l,485,000 in 1000, having an
average population Of 5 people TO the
square mile, its rural population being
/ people 10 the square mile.
Why have Washington aud California
outstripped us in the race? Because
they have let no opportunity slip by TO
| advertise their respective states. At
/ the present time we are confronted with
q striking example Of our woeful lack OF
enterprise in this direction. Thousands
Of people are pouring into the North
west from the East. Nine.tenths OF
these people visit Washington TO the
exclusion OF Oregon. Some Of our short
sighted citizens lay tile blame 80 the
transcontinenlal lines. This is q mis-
take Washington enterprise alone il
responsible. Go 10 the other end oi
fllese lines there YOU Wilsssnd an album
dance 0t Washington literature, but YOU
will find little matter descriptive OF Ore
gun.
The people in the East are not mind.
readers, aud we are not capable Of trans
mitting To them what we know of Ore
gon by the process OF mental telepathy,
When Oregon grows wiser and puts lit.
eraturc within the reach OF the Eastern.
. ers, our acccssions from the ranks oi
newcomers will perceptiply increased
The railroads are not TO blame; they
are common carriers, and take people tC
points named on their tickets. And
; when people buy tickets they usually
know whtre they are going, but they
rarely ever 90 where they are not III
vted. Let us wake up!
Ii the people in the East wanting
homes tellus Washington has its Moan
Rainier-Tacoma and California its Sasta
and Mount Whitney, let US tell them Q
,our Mount Hood, Mount Hamilton anC
the Three Sisters. the white-robe,
, graces, eternal monuments of chastit,
and purity keeping vigil over Willamett,
Valley!
: Ii they talk OF Washington pins and
California redwood, tell them of Oregon
fir in countless millions OF feet shading
> our uplands, waiting the axman's blow
Ii they sing the praises Of Skagit ant
! Sacramento Rivers, tell them of tn,
grand old Columbia, Father of Western
Waters, skirt with scenery rivaling Yos
: emlte, and of his sister, the Willamette
, that traverses the Garden Spot OF tn
!, West.
7 Ii you hear of the "days OF old and tn
7 days of gold" tell them of Blue River
Bohemia, Southern Oregon and Bake
. County mines, as rich in gold as Klou
> dixie and II hundred times more access
bic. Sow broadcast over all the Ian
u honest literature, and we shall reap i
!, the harvest of population name an
" lame that Oregon now has not,
More population means more elite
9 and larger ones more farms and small,
u ones; mines developed; mills and MAJ
., uiactorics dotting the land in every d
u rectlon; commercial supremacy OF til
l. Coast, and better recognition at the ses
y of government for old Webfoot.
ly After all we must come back to II
II old trusm; shat men and women a,
OF like water; they always find their tru
as level. And where you live happies
ID that is your level. There's pollute
n water, and there's clear water. But or
re law Is inexorable: the closer you get
IS Nature, the truest and simplest thir
ut there is because it is closest to God, Il
clearer always will you find the waite