Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-18
THE OREGON OF TODAY.
An Interesting Account of Its Marvel
Gus DeveIopment

GUS Development.
The following graphic account of the
marvellous development of oregon Is
from the pen of Senator Charles w.
Fulton, of oregon: Although 1t was
but yesterday that the white man took
up his abode in the valley of the Co
lumbia and its vicinity. the strides
which have been made by civilization
seem almost marvellous. considering the
obstacles which have been overcome
and the extent OF this territory. The
city of Portland affords an ample IL
lustration. 1t did not receive its name
until 1876. Then Maine Yankee stood
on the banks of the Willamette river.
and as a Jest called the score of huts
which formed the settlement after his
native community. In 1890 nearly So
900 people had settled here, and today
its population approaches 10000. But
five cities in the United States send
out more wheat from their harbors to
the foreign market. The largest ships
that ply on the Pacific takes cargoes
of lumber from its docks for ports
across the ocean. as we'll as for Europe
But II is rapidly expanding in Industry
as we'll as commerce. Much OF the
wheat now raised on the fertile fields
of the northwest Is ground to flour In
its mills. while the forests are being
converted into commercial products OF
various kinds by the great plants all
growth of It's sister communities has
been equally as rapid and as health
full
Az to the state Of Oregon itself. in
1850 but 1924 of the pale race were
within what now form Its borders. In
1890 they We're less than 100000. but
since that time they nave come from
the north. the east, and the south as
we'll as from other countries. in such
numbers that the population of the
commonwealth today Is over 100000,
excluding those of darker hue. The
settlement of the whole Oregon coun-
try, including the states which are rep
resented in the exposition. has been
such that they embrace one-twentieth
of the people of the United States.
But while. as already intimated. the
| forest has been invaded and the fields
and valleys taken up to remarkable
| degree, in the pursuits of agriculture
and numbering. and while towns and
cities have spring up as IL by magic
| where but recently there was only a
| wilderness. a vast expanSe of territory
still awaits the activities of civilization
to yield untold wealth. Much of the
| Pacific northwest Is as yet but little
known especially to the people in other
parts of the country. Familiar as they
may be with New England. the middle
states, the central west. even the prairie
just beyond the Mississippi. the region
beyond the mountain possesses the
charm of novelty in addition to its
other attractions. 1t tempts not only
the homeseeker but the one in search
Of recreation and pleasure. 1t has been
said that the west is country of big
things. The northwest is a country of
grand ings-mountains, forests,
rivers. and withal climate which is
one of the most enjoyable of any nor
ton of America. Consequently While
the exposition which we have ventured
to arrange may seem small In COMPARE
son with those which have been held
in the older settled parts of the coun-
try we have. as already stated. Il nat
ural exposition which has never been
pnualel