Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-11-16
Era of Industrial Expansion.
Advices from the East state that the


since the inauguration OF sp cial rates
5 far ia excess of anv previous move
re t OF this nature. 1t is the opirion
II railroad men, who keep in closest
aouch with the factors entering into this
Business, that no small portion OF this
eestsing given the entire Pacific Coast
xlrough the Lewis and CLARK Exp sis
ton. This, of course was one OF the
results expected when the patriotic
S.eg mans subscnb the money that
started the great enterprise, hut 1t is
10 Il tful + the most opt nj tic OF our
people expected such an overwhe m'ns
SAGE ass from an adv rti. ing standpoint
The oekers and knockers. who, ike
Tie poor, are ALWAYS with Us, qnlte
naturally donned the usual long face
snd predicted terrible lamp at the
d Sc the Fair. Acting on their ad-
vice, a great many people 70 tp9ne
purchasing property which WAS actual
" ne ded for business and residential
purp )ses, hoping to secuie it at greatly
rlu:ed prices as slon as the antici-
patel slump in values took place.
They have waited too long, and never
ig lin Kill it be possible to secure such
Ia gains in any kind OF property as
wers on the real estate conn'ers when
IA Fair opened. And, in spite ct the
2lvlnce already scored, the movement
steadily increases, and, with so much
1sw capital coming into the country,
ralues are certain to reach much higher
ku,es. What is true OF the situation
n the city is also true of the country,
Dr on the prosperity OF the country the
aity is heples ly dependent, and can
aeyer grow or prosper unless similar
growth and prosperity is in evid .nce in
The country Not ell of the colonis's
hat are now coming into the West will
remain with US, for with them will be
numbered a few of the same stripe as
our yn croakers. This class has been
coming and going since the days OF
Whitman and Mclaughlin. The coun-
hy had no charms tor their predecas |
sors fifty years ago, AID it has none for |
them to lay, but thee are enough com |
s,g who recognize the advantages OF
Ghis country to offset all of the knocking !
chat can be done by those who do not
Oregon. Washington and Idaho are
now marke ing grain crop which, az
;e. making due allowance sfor the re.
Iuirements for seed and home consump-
.ion, will add to the ciicu 'ating medium
in the three states more than $50 00O,.
90. The lumber output of the three
a. ties for l9 Is viii exceed by hundreds
Of millions of feet the output of any
previous year. The wool clip and the
aop yield also broke all previous
records, and the annual creation of new
wealth by the products .of the field,
4o-est and farm in the three states is
create: per capita than that of any
other region IN the United States. All
ths has been accomplished while we
labored under handicap OF insufficient
transportation, aud, now that we are
about to be provided with means for
opening up to settlement and develop
pent regions OF greater extent and
Yiual richness with those which have
made such remarkable showing, both
aisy and country throughout the three
states will grow more rapidly than eyer
1store.
Long before the effect OF the enor-
nous expenditures which the railroad
companies will make in providing new
lines has been exhausted, we shall be-
gin reaping the richer and permanent
returns which will follow the develop
nent OF the vast country that is now
living dormant. Portland and the et
au Pacific Northwest re on the eve OF
4 period OF industrial expansion and
such as we have never be-
ore known, not even, in the palmiest
lays of the Willard boom, which suffer
sd limitations such as are impossible
Z ith that which is now coming Ore
yonian.