Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-04
OREGON
LETTER
WRITERS
Correspondence Committee sOf
the Commercial Club
Receives ManyInquiries About Our Cour-
try From intending Immigrants

The commercial Club of this city i
in receipt of many letters from in
tending immigrants and some of then
are quite interesting reading, showing
that there is a great deal of lack OF
information about our country. Tt
overcome this we ask our readers who
may come from any Of these states tc
write to the correspondent and tell
him what they have have to tell and
let us see if we cannot get get all
these good people to come to Oregon
and share aur fine climate and rich
soil and many opportunities for sue.
cess. The correspondence committee
of the Greater Salem Commercial Club
can do a great work and if they will
follow up this work more people will
be brought to this part of the state
than ever before.
Albert G. Ross, ex-state superin-
tendent of schools, Des Moines, Iowa.
You may not remember me unless
you connect me with "The Usage
News" AS you will see above, L am
out of the capitol, after six years. SER
vice. And as am one of the "outs"
I am looking for new location in
more genial cline. wish you would
write me about your place and your
state, particularly as to the climate
for health and comfort. Any informa-
tion along business lines, especially
fruit orchards, will be appreciated.
l trust you are well and prosperous.
We went to Texas the first of the year,
but did not find it pleasant on account
of the cold weather.
II. Blackledge, Blandinville, ILL.,:
l would ask you for little more in
formation in regard to farming. How
much wheat do you raise to the acre
and how is the land improved and
what do horses sell for and farming
implementsf How do they sell9 What
does land rent for9 Have they any
good schools in the .countryf You
may know by this that 1 am a farmer
and that is what want to do when L
am there.
L. G. Hollenbeck, Lockhart, Orange
county, Fla:
I would like to know if there is any
government land in the Willamette
valley, or foothills in Southern Ore
gOn would be preferred. Does Ore
gon offer any inducements to settlers,
honest industrious farmers, and first
class blacksmiths and other business
men2 Quite a number talk of going
there this fall. What is the price of
labor blacksmithing, horse-shoeing
and general work' What part of
Western Oregon offers the best oppor-
tunity for a man to get home7 What
is the price of improved farm land
or unimproved3 Would like a sample
copy of some Oregon paper if con-
venient. Excuse so many questions,
as am Writing for a number of peO-
pie here.
Percy Carpenter, Benzonit, Benzie
county, Mich, r. F. ID. No. Z:
have got a very good s0-acre of
land and raise most anything, but the
long, hard winters are too much. Is
the climate warm and healthy around
Salient And is the land roughi
would like the prices on land, as
would like to locate around in that
part of. the country. How cold is it
in the winter monthsG is that part of
the country liable to have hard
stormsi
Here in Michigan it is too cold and
the long winters are too much for me.
Is there any timber land that i could
get and get good landj or land with
some timber on it that 1 could raise
the same crops on it as / do here in
Miehigani
c. f. Whitney, Kettle Falls, Wash;
We would like to introduce our
selves TO you as we anticipate going
to the Willamette valley or California
and we thought perhaps you could give
us some information that we desire.
Win you kindly advise us in regard
TO the following questions;
Can you raise all kinds OF fruits
there-espeeially peaehesi How does
pieplant do therei Can you raise to-
matoes and all kinds Of garden trueki
How about corn aad alfalfa and the
dairy businessi Are you troubled with
fruit pests and what VARIETY Does
the ground ever freeze and does It
rain all through what We term the win.