The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-23

: ~ Review applies with more force te
Cla:sop county and the changing OF
the name Win make II recognizable by
all the old settlers,
II you are old with the fire OF youth
dying out Of your life and the buoy
ancy leaving your limbs. II YOU arr
looking at the gray clouds overhead
and longing for land where youi
faded life may pass away in peace
come to Clatsop county. Here the
sky is blue as the sky Of Italy, the ali
is full Of fragrance and the land echoes
with the voices OF thousands who work
at the wornout and barren deserts OF
the east. II you would like to live
where the soil rewards the toiler,
where rs wave and sparkle with the
dew in morning sunshine; where no
banners of poverty wave and the
gaunt spectre OF starvation crosses
into another state. come to clatsol
county.
There wSS never such a country for
the best brand Of husbands: they run
loose on the streets and you meet
them everywhere. II you are young
woman. full Of golden visions. and
would like to pick husband on every
creek and hillside. come 10 Clatsop
county. The country is filing up fast
They are coming afoo, and on horse
back; by every boat and train. Before
many years every quarter section
within view Of Saddle mountain viii
have house upon 1t and the hills
THAT once knew the Skipanon COW and
untamed hroncho will echo the heav;
tread OF the book agent and the fruit
tree man. as cultivation sw wseps on
ward. This is a country where the
sun seldom used to shine through III,
whole winter, but the earth never
dried up like brick in furnace Now
the rain takes a rest an hour or two
and gives the sun chance; the hot,
withering winds have gone to Cali
fornia; the face of the earth seems rc
glow with beauty and health. and tnt
people who live in this marvellous coun- |
try go around congratulating each |
other and trying to analyze their good
ness, Even the dogs are overcome
with joy.
Astoria is growing; our suburban
towns are growing; the railroad !
changes its time card every week to
accommodate new cities that were not !
on the last one issued. There isn't
a man i'd: who wants work. Farmers
do not pump water for their stock. but
turn them loose on the green carpete,
hills, where everlasting streams flow
like ribbons OF silver and they do the
plowing sitting on a spring seat with
a box Of cigars and jug by their side.
In the east they carry their water from
the nearest creek, sometimes miles
away. and walk behind a plow unit,
they have have no distinct idea wheth
er they are showing the machine or the
horses pulling IL. 1t is the country for
the poor man, for the rich man and no
part Of this grand county affords bet
ter opportunities for. the hustllng
young or old man than does CIatsop
county, where the largest river in the
world flows past one OF the most pic
turesque Giles in the state.
The man who can't thrive, prosper
and grow rich In this favored spot
would starve in a bakery When the
tide is out breakfast is set, is an old
saying. II you can't work you can
hunt and fish and make living There
Iare no cyclones to blow your houses,
barns or farms into kingdom come.
There are no floods to wash away your
homes and drown your families. II
you are dyspeptic or your stomach is
ruined by too much eastern hard cider,
and you can't eat, you can live on the
OCEAN breezes and the climate. Clat-
sop county has a population Of $4,000
land only cne undertaken and he has
been compelled TO go to farming to
make a living There are a number
lof physicians, but they are wealthy
land are simply living here for their
health. There are 20 lawyers here,
J but they only take your estate and give
your heirs receipted bin in full for
services rendered. 1t is reported that
a Garden of Eden will be re-establish-
ed, and there is no doubt It VIII be
located in Clatsop county, being the
nearest facsimile in the United
States. You won't miss # II you come
to Clatsop county.
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