The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-07
clatsop County Has Thousands Of
Acres Of Fine Land.
aosT OF 1T IS UNDEvELopED
Efforts Should Be Made to Bring Out
4 undsveloped Resources to the At.
tention Of People Who Will
Visit the Exposition.

There is no reason why Clatsor
county should not furnish all the eggs
and dairy products consumed in the
city. but II does not. There are thou
sands Of acres of land In Ciatsop coun-
ty adapted to dairying. that Is lying
idle and Of no practical use. There Is
room on the dyked lands Of the county
for 500 families and an opportunity OF
making better living than can Do
made in the east. 1t Is possible IL these
I facts were called to the attention OF
people visiting the Lewis and Clark
fair, many might be induced 20 come
/ here and locate. R
HUMBOLDT county, California, has a
population about the same as Clatsop
county. but nearly every acre of its
land is utilized. There are hundreds
of Swiss and Danes there who have
purchased dyge tide lands. or lands
and dyked them. every acre Of which
brings in large revenue. They not
anIy supply the home market at Eu-
reka, but ship thousands Of tons of
dairy products to surrounding cities
and towns 1t brings in revenue al
most equal to the logging revenues of
Clatsop county. The lands are not
nearly as rich or productive as tne
lands in Clatsop county, but they pro-
duce revenues supporting nearly 1000
people, with not one third of the area
There are not so families that are
engaged in dairying in Clatsop coun-
ty. and they are unable TO supply the
markets of Astoria. Two thirds of all
the farm and dairy products consumed
in Astoria are shipped in from outside
districts, and thousands of dollars sent
out of the county every year that ought
to be kept at home. The fault does
not lie in the fact that Clasop county
has thousands of acres of the finest
dairy lands in the world, but in the fact |
that It's citizens have taken NO inter- |
est in the matter. No effort has been |
made to bring eastern people here. No
effort has been made to build UP the In
dustry. In every pamphlet or book
let issued 1t is profuse with our great |
salmon industry. We have ali the Ash
errnen We want We need farmers and |
dairymen. We need people who win
come here and build up our agricul-
tural and dairying lands. that will
bring thousands Of people here, suffi-
cient to support a city twise the size
Of Astoria.
Dairying lands in Humboldt county
sell for from $3.50 to $500 an acre. In
CIatsop county they car. be bought
at from SIS to $40 per acre, and the
reason none of them are sold is be-
cause the people do not know it. If
the thousands of dairying lands were
in as close proximity to Seattle as they
are to Astoria, they would have all
been settled upon and thousands of
families added to the population. There
is no inducement for the press to ad-
Eerttse these resources when its efforts
are not appreciated One edition of
an Astoria paper devoted to the re-
sources of the county is worth more
than one billion of booklets. People
locating in a county always
want to see the papers that are pub
Iished. They pay no attention to book
lets as they resemble patent medicine
circulars.