The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-09-14
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
laRoceaCe Visits The Hop fields and Or
ChssdS of Oregon State.

latter part of October. We sleer
: under blankets at night, but in tbs
middle of the day 1T is warm in the
sun. In the shade at noon you need
a coat From the middle OF October
till spring il rains light showers al
most every day. Statistics show the
death rate in this country to be only
nine to the thousand, and all of this
northwest country is no doubt the
healthiest part of the United States.
People up here say that even in the
rainy season the climate Is pleasant.
John kendrick Of Waxahachie sent
me letter OF introduction TO promi-
nent people here and in Vancouver.
John lived here several years. |
went to Vancouver which is not far
across the Willamette and C0lum-
bia rivers from here, and spent one
| of the most pleasant days of my
trip, John owned fine farm over
there and the people speak well of
him. Mr., Rawley. a wealthy real
estate man took me and my better
half and his wife in a surrey for 8
ride Of several hours through the
prune and apple orchards Van
louver was established in 1888 by the
Hudson Bay Trading Company and
John Jacob Astof who stopped here
to trade for furs with the Indians In
1S43 or 1874 the United States gov
eminent sent troops here and estab-
lished post known as Fort Vancouv-
er. and a regiment of soldiers is kept
here now. The post here is one OF
! the prettiesy in the union Vancouy-
eg is located over Columbia river and
JUST above where II aud the Villa
mette join The prune orchards are
Immense The trees grow larger than
our largest peach trees and when
heavily laden with fruit. az they are
now. they make a pretty sight They
frequently yield $3.50 net per acre
One man near Vancouver recently re
i fused s&hN per acre for his farm
Five to ten acres is q good sized
farm here, and twenty acres Is a big
one Apple trees are he fullest
ever saw and hey ara also quite pro-
Iutable The government reserva-
llUu fur the troops contains zoe acres
/ and half OF this Is virgin forest
Splendid roads have been built
through this forest We had the
pleasure Of standing al the roots of
some of the monster fi1 trees. Clear
ing this land is a great undertaking.
First the saw mills. OF which there
are thousands, get the big timber and
them the smaller timber les cut in
70 wood or else as hey call IL slash
ed into windrows and during the dry
season "a Is burned The roots Of
these fir trees do not penetrate the
ground 20 a very great depth and
they soon rot out. UnimprOyed land
eight or ten miles from the cities
can be- bought very reasonable and
there are In Washington and Oregon
millions OF acres Of raw land II is
estimated that these two states are
capable of supporting forty or fif-
Itv million people High wages are
paid here. common day laborers re-
ceiving from x2.Oo TO $500 per day
Sir RaWiey said labor was scarce
and hard 10 get al he above figures
Wages ON the farm the wear round
range from $50 20 $40 per month
This Includes board Fenda. where
Mr. kendrick also lived is not far
from Vancouver and it was for this
town that be named his famous
blackberry vine. The Columbia riy-
er Is a long stream and divides Ore
gnn from Washington the entire
length OF these states. The william
eue is not such q long stream. it
runs through Oregon and Portland
is located on jg twelve miles from
where if emptiex into the Columbia.
The valleys Of both streams are inn
/ menselr rich Dr Small OF MaNa-
hachie has a cousin. Matt Small liv-
! ing forts miles up the Willamette
1 river a. SilyeFton tie insisted that
/ 1 visit his cousin. and spent Is d&v
| aud nlghf with him Mt. small is
- wears old and came go This country
with his father in an "a wagon from
/ Tennessee tu tS@8. He ls nearly as
/ tall ss / am aud weighs SEQ pounds
/ lie owns more than lne0 acres ON
which there are three wpil improved
homes The tagm lands are devoted
chiefly to growing hops from ~hich
beer Is made ! told them { had been
ap against he product ~ hops sew
eral times. hut had never seen the
berry growtnE II KFuws ON fhe vine
something Ike the grape vine They
ran up and twtn~ about posts which
/ are mat np In thv fields rhss are
now sathsriae holss aud whsn this
worh i& completed tho sines arr cut
/ ssgf fo@e fo lbs NTnuud and next
/ ~pxsnE nw@ vines wils &foA 9p Une
4 hog gToweF near SaiTsFtum cleared
/ 81. .eee last year On twelve srfee. &r
small sA a Ntosk man aud raises flnw
Aneogm goats sheep. horses. cattle
MAu hmsM
Ors9sn Clsy l. ga fh~ Willsmvtte
river and has 3 Bamhmr ~ N&g~F @nd
wes0len u4sAin FIR ytfnsser ia @afg fikw
whttw Eane and lhe pusp ggum ltI
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