The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-12-05

out pests. NO potato bugs come to
! make miserable the life of the farmer
Strictly enforced laws keep out orchard
pests. Cinch bugs are almost unknown
Ill Oregon wheat fields There are no
poisonous snakes from the Cascade
mountains to tide water There is al
most ar entire absence of mosquitoes,
{ and the beetles and June bugs which
make summer nights horror in the
east are an unknown quantity in Ore
gon. Hot nights are unknown in the
State. Whatever may be the weather
during the day, the nights are always
! cool ana refreshing. Billiards, thun-
der-storms, cyclones, tornadoes, or
earthquakes are never known. All ice
Is artificial, made from the pure waters
OF the mountain streams, but with an
abundance of pure cold water and de-
+ ilghtfully cold nights, ice is less essen
tlal to human comfort than in perhaps
any other State in the Union.
Along all ethical lines, Oregon takes
rank with the older States When the
I hardy pioneer heWed the tall timber
I and cleared the land for a house for
hls wife and little ones, he did not for
get the need of education, and from the
earliest settling of the State the school
/ house and the church have kept pace
with advancement along all other lines.
Nowhere in the country are better
schools and colleges provided, than in
Oregon. The same may be said of
churches. The early development of
the State did not include the lawless
element which infested so many of the
States in territorial days.
Hand in hand with the school was
reared the church, and nowhere can be
found more intelligent and law abiding
people than in the beautiful towns and
cities of the State of Oregon Rail-
roads are gridironing the State in every
direction and electric lines are bringing
into close touch communities hitherto
isolated. There are already nearly 200
miles of electric street railway in the
city of Portland. New dams just com,
pleted give the city and its environ
ment water power facilities sufficient
to furnish electricity for city of
million inhabitants. The beautiful
park where was held the Lewis and
Clark Exposition has been purchased,
buildings and all, for huge manufact,
uring center, and all kinds of industries
are being established, and will give en-
ployment to thousands of men. There
is constant need of workers in all in
dustrial branches.
SNlb " w., VI oHlCdSU nave pun
chased 3,10O acres of land near Port
land and begun construction of
modern plant with daily capacity of
1000 animals. This vast industry will
give employment to more than 5000
people.
| cannot close this article without
mentioning the roses. Portland is we'll
named the Rose City. From April to
December they bloom necessarily. All
the most choice varieties are grown,
ana they attain wonderful size and
beauty. Rose growers in Oregon do
! not have to wage continual warfare
against rose pests. Properly pruned in
i the fall, and fertilized, and the earth
| around them loosened in the spring,
, they richly reward the care given them
| by blooming freely as late as Christmas
| They climb to trellis and porch, over
fence aud house top, riot of pink, red,
/ white and yellow bloom. AS grows the
rose, SO grow all other flowers in Ore
gon, In early spring, as early as
February first, the violets and pansies
lit their heads to the sun, and by March
the wild flowers begin to peep from
their messy beds. The ordinary wild
| flowers of New England are found in
Oregon, also many other flowers which
die CutelVdIcu tHeIe, grow Win Hele.
Among these are the rhododendron,
the syringa, several varieties of lilies,
and the old fashioned BACHELORS But
Gon'' of our mothers gardens, called
French pinks" in Oregon. The song
birds are very tame, and by staying the
entire year they become more domesti-
Gated. The meadow lark is particular
~ beautiful, and the notes particularly
sweet and clear The robin finds plenty
of sustenance, winter and summer, and
is always fat, saucy and handsome.
There seems to be room, food and
climate for every living thing in the
Big beautiful State, and may l hope
that this message will be seed sown on
good ground, and that it may influence
some to change their condition who are
dissatisfied with the conditions under
which they are now existing The
! spirit of unrest which comes to US as a
birthright is the lever which has ever
lrlpelled men and women onward and
upward. Without that spirit, the
American youth would soon sink into
the ''dreamless rest of hamilton"
Sup the broad path which V lue rears
Stand motives reckoning earthward,
To summon men 10 nobler spheres
| And lead them nOrthWard."
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