The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-08-19

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Is not easily mstched, with a plenty
Of mobile capital aud a trading and
manufacturing talent and a daring
mood that just now finds adequate
expression ia the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, Portland certainly has q
great future.
And 20 the south OF her, $50 miles
long and go miles wide, stretches
the Willamette Valley. draining a
large part Of the state and harborinR
one-half ths population and wealth
ot Oregon; q black-soil tract com.
Iprising 5000 square miles and
which, IN the not distant future.
promises even 70 outshine the Nile
valley, the boundlesa fertility Of
which has been for thousands Of
years the theme OF Roman, Greek
and Egyptian poet aud historian.
Then, further south, the Umpqua and
tbs Rogue river valleys, only barely
inferior 90 the mAtchless Willamette,
another Land Of Goshen. And, east
wardly, where natural moisture
gradually becomes scantei. broad
sud rich oases, grazing grounds for
numbeTiess cattle and sheep. irriga-
tiou districts that hold big promises
for the neat decade, deserve mention.
Everywhere Il IL climate, soil, in.
telligent and progressive population,
rivers, creeks, lakes, snow capped
mountains sith never failing sources
Of pure, iimpid wateF. which dis
iingulsh this vast region go little
kuown as yet east Of the Rockies aud
Jet 80 mAnitestIy designed b. provi
dsnce 10 play = huge part Ia the
political, social, and. above all. the
economic future u these United
States.
This. then. IL the Oregon
country" the big young country,
6rst discovered, aud, 10 . measure,
described by Lewis and CLARK, aud
out Of whioh have been carved three
large and prosperous new states.
Yet this vast section Of the United
States. and California 90 the south.
producing ~ II does With lie sparse
population most Of the mineral and
great portion Of tho timber. aaEi.
caltnrui and horticultural wealth Of
the nation, atanda bat at the threah.
old o. lie immeasurahle future. I'm
misratioh and irFiRatiou two
faetnrs viii make the Pacific coast
uithin the nrst bali Of this nsw
oantuFy somethlng 80 oVersbadOWing.
iy great that The mind Etaggera in
forecAstinE events and conditions.
There are twelve main reasons for
the coming supremacy OF the Pacific
coast and ocean; reasons which
can not b. overcome because they
are Of permanent character and 10.
berent Ia conditions; reasons which
are just ~ certain 20 produce certain
resolta Sc are physical lava These
reasons are:
Climatic advantages
Extraordinary fertility Of coil.
unusual diversity Of products.
Influence Of the cOmplsted Panama
canal.
Energy and hiSh. grade quality OF
the population.
Attractiveness 20 immigration, aud
peculiarly fiBe character Of IL.
General adoption Of the Hnest
modern system Of irrigation.
Favorable foS and great volume
Of Baviaehls rivers.
Existing railroad facilities aud
their extension.
Proximity 10 that ocean which,
during the present century. will be.
come the main artery Of information.
al trade and the seat Of chief naval
power
TWofold markets, consisting OF
;hs eastern states and tho extreme
orient, thus doubling both the
sources Of income and guarding
against the effeCta OF panlCs aud com.
morciAl depression.
Matches scenic attractions,
guaranteeing an ever. increasing tour.
let revenue.
In speaking Of this whole enor.
nous region the chief difficulty Is
not what 10 say, but rather what to
leave unsaid; the wealth Of material
is 30 overwhelming, there lie such
plethora Of facts. that IL would ne
quire, not q series Of articles how.
ever oondensedl, but a series of bulky
volumes 20 tell the tale with any.
thing like completeness. 49, Pacific
Monthly.
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