The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-28
GOLDEN FUTURE
HERE FOR YOUNG

An address recently made before
the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion of Portland by Tom Richardson
is replote with wisdom and cogent
reasons why the young man should
locate in the Northwest. The argu-
ments adduced by Mr. Richardson are
convincing, and are set forth as fol-
lows
First Of all, the most important rea-
son why young men and young women
should seek this portion of the United
States as permanent home is on ac-
count Of what | believe to be the most
invigorating moderate climate any
where in the world. / base this
somewhat upon my personal expert
ence, for when | came here some 20
months ago | was pretty well tilled
with malaria and tipped the scales at
l35 pounds-since my arrival | have
been quite busy, and have spent a
great many hours at my desk, without
the privilege of taking as much out
door exercise as l would have liked,
still | now weigh little over 100
pounds My health approaches per
fection, and my appetite is all that
could ask. My children, who we're
ntaives Of the Gull Coast country,
and typical children of that climate,
are today as rosy checked as If Ore
gon born, aud Mrs. Richardson has
been as mnch benefited as the chill
dren and myself Climate is the most
important item to every man, woman
and child in selecting a permanent
home. While il Is not, by any means,
all the difference between heaven and
perdition, the Bible gives it first place
in describing the joys of the one and
the terrors Of the other.
There Is no place where the soil
produces more bou1tiful returns,
where there is greater abundance OF
pure " ter, and with an acceptable
climate, good coil and pure water the
battle of life is more than half won.
The best minds of the commercial
world agree that there ia to be an
enormous development in the trade
of the Pacific, and there are more OPP
portunities for river transportation
throughout the section of which Port
land is the metropolis than in any
other portion Of the United States
The very fact that rail transportation
is limited and that the Immediate fu.
ture assures tremendous activity in |
this most important item of material
development presents SO many practi |
cal opportunities for young men
throughout the Northwest that it |
seems unnecessary to name them.
Before becoming specific, let's say |
that when we mention 'young mon
we mean capable young men, young
men of good morals and good courage,
young men who have confidence In
themselves and in their city, county,
state and country, young men who
are willing to do Objectionable work
II II il honest, while waiting for an
opportunity to get something better.
This great Pacific Northwest coun-
try is the home OF the greatest ayaila-
BILE timher supply in the world, and |
that practical, hard headed, self made
man, James j. Hill. president of the
Great Northern railroad, which il
now building into Portland in con.
nection with the Northern Pacific, |
says that from traitic standpoint
one acre of good timber is equal to
one hundred and eighty acres of
wheat. That Is startling PROPOSE
tlon-that the crop Of timber which
God gave us on one acre of this fer
tile Northwest will furnish as much |
freight from one crop as will fertile |
acre sown in wheat, the worlds great |
est cereal, in lS0 years, and Mr.. Hill |
In making this statemant has told the |
commercial and financial world why |
il is that the great railroads are seek
ing an outlet to the Pacific and the |
Orient with view Of helping handle
this timber before the great forests of
the Northwest are devastated.
The opportunities which win come
from the introduction of electricity
TO universal transportation and he
many factories to be built offers to
the young man many opportunities to
accumulate millions | have young
friend at Newberg, son of Quaker
family, who makes good living out
of an electric plant in that village, 1t
IL possible for him to make money out
Of this plant because he uses every
possible common-sense economy,
'burning the saw dust from one of
the saw mills for fuel And such OPP
portunities as these present them
selves everywhere,
In Portland from February 10th,
1905, until November % 1905, there
were issued by authority of the city
government 1887 building permits,
aud the month from October 10 to
November 10 beat the record, show
ing PSI permits or more than 10 for
every business day in the month.
mention this especially as it followeA
Immediately after the close of the ex-
position, when so many douhters had
predicted a slump, aud this particular
80 days was vital TO Portland for the
reason that many people throughout
the entire'oQuntry we're Watching her
with great deal more attention than
ever before.
The three states of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho have about 40 per
cent greater area than the Japanese
Empire. aud there is about the same
proportion of waste land IN both SEQ
tlons. Japan has $50, 900 people,
and these three great states have not
TO exceed l,GO0, 600
Now am not going to tell the
young man who expects TO he a mer-
chant just where he should locate, |
nor have any advice of this Kind r
the young man who expects to en-
gage in the banking business nor
those who follow any of the given |
trades Suffice 1t to sny, that every |
branch of human endeavor will devel- |
ope proportionately here just as they |
have In other sections of advanced |
modern civilization, Ii will be but a
short time when the surplus money OF |
this country can't ho loaned at big |
rates of interest, and then money will |
be seeking investment in industrial
lines.
AS hoy lived in Quincy, Illinois,
We had a very large Wholesale trade.
There grew up such competition,
however, between Chicago, st. Louis,
Kansas City aud other Missouri River
points that our trade area became re-
strioted--we had to fight for all the
business we seoured-the money ON.
gagged in the Wholesale business did