The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-06-03
LIKES OREGON.
And What he has to Say About It IN a
Wisconsin Paper.

A Wisconsin man. for the past
six months resident of Portland,
prints in the Dia1-Enterprise, a
newspaper published at Boscobel,
Wisconsin, his opinion of Oregon.
Among other things of aattering
character, he says:
''To the editor of the Dial-Enter
prise:-They tell me that there are
$1,000 Wisconsin people now liv-
ing in Oregon, and I believe it; I
haYe met nearly that number since
coming to this state six months ago.
Oregon has about a million pop
ulation now-one fourth of the pop
ulation Of Wisconsin, and has re-
sources to support twenty millions
of people, so I am told. Portland, :,
with 100000 inhabitants is more
than ten times as large as any other
town in the state.
They tell me that over in East
ern Oregon where railroads are not
numerous the country is rather
wild but all that I have seen of it
is tame enough.
! Portland is live town and
good town. The down town part
reminds me Of Milwaukee, except
that the streets are wider and clean
| er. A down town corner recently
brought $e6.ooo which seems large
money to me; but a real estate man
told me that it was a good buy
The city has an excellent fresh wat
er harbor, distant about 100 miles
, from the ocean, and its water con-
nections, the Willamette and Col
umbia rivers will be forever reg
u1ator of freight rates.
Portland is situated on the Viii
1amette twelve miles from the
: junction of that stream with the
Columbia. The latter stream from
the place where it joins the Viii.
lamette to the mouth is lar ger thar
the Mississippi, and discharges
} more water.
This morning examined large
! map and found that Portland is II
the same latitude as Rhinelander;
and yet last winter there were only
| a few days when the thermometer
r registered freezing weather, and OF
!. these days the natives made more
fuss about the cold than Wisconsin
people when the tears run dowr
: their cheeks and icicles hang from
E their chin.
I have been disappointed in only
1 one thing since coming out here.
have found that the stories abou
:, Oregon being a land of agricultur
i al plenty, where any man may
:, make decent living, and any in.
i dustrious man may get rich, ar
q literally true; but the stories about
n the rainfalls are exaggerations. O
= course it rains, and sometimes i
rains several times week; but tn
) normal weather is like our India1
It summer in Wisconsin.
Portland is called the Rose City
and it deserves the name. Their
are literally millions of roses il
bloom. Rose bushes grow to TIL
tops of the houses and each is ga,
It with blossoms.
Portland people are very enthu
siastic about the Lewis and Clarl
d exposition which will be held her
b from June 1st to October IS. I
"a will not be stupendoosly large a
l. compared with the exposition
n held at Chicago and st. Louis bu
le it will be plenty big enough, an
il there will be much to see at it tha
x could not be seen at earlier expo
$ sitions. The fair site is wonderful
le ly attractive the exhibit palace
f being situated among the trees a
,e crest of slope which leads t
n Guilds lake. a body of water 22
y acres in extent which is enclose
L within the exposition fence. I
y peninsula of fifty acres juts out in
L to the lake from the opposite shor
IF and on this are situated the fv
Is magnificent government buildings
n Uncle Sam will spend $500, 900 O
1t the fair. In the distance fou
10 snow clad mountains, Hood, Rair
3 ier; Adams and ST. Helens may b
,e seen on any clear day.