The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-04-16
LETTER FROM MR.. HYATT.
Tells of His Trip and first Impressions Of
OREGON Country.

Dear Friends at Oakes: l do not
know of any other way to reach so
many of you as through The Times to
give you meager idea Of our journey
and ideas of Oregon country.
We left Oakes Saturday, March 14th,
at 2 p. m. Took No. l out of James
town at 8:15 p. M, and after about
thirty-six hours ride. we arrived at
Spokane. There we spent two days
visiting my wife's sister and family also
Mrs. Bush and boys, C. L. Marshall
and other Oakes friends. Again took
No. 1, which leaves Spokane at 7:45
a. M, arriving at Seattle at $50.
Stayed in Seattle all night so we could
have daylight run through the Puget
Sound country and see the big steamers
as they lay in the docks, only four blocks
from the Northern Pacific depot. Took
No. out of Seattle at a. m. arriving
at Portland at 4:15 p. m. Viewer met
there by ]. E. johnson andA A. B. Hicks,
stayed all night with A. B. Hicks.
Left Portland on the Southern Pacific,
No. II, at 8:15 a. m. arrivedat Browns
vile at 2:45 p. m. We were met by
Mrs. Rundell. After a few days visit
with her we leased an eight-room house
and feel very much at home. Our
household goods arrived Saturday the
28th, just two weeks to day since
they were loaded at Oakes.
We have not been here long enough
to be able to form any opinion of the
country yet. The trees are green and
in full bloom and the grass is green.
Early gardens are up. In fact, the
country seems to be all we expected.
I never did expect as good as North
Dakota financially. I have not seen
anything yet that would care to trade
for my Lowell township farm. We
rent an eight-room house for $500 per
month. Living is cheaper here. Think
flour is $1.15 a sack, potatoes 40c per
bushel, apples 85c per box, meat and
other articles of food about the same
as in Oakes. The entire coast country
seems quiet. The panic was felt much
worse here than in North Dakota. Our
trip was throughly enjoyed by both old
and young.
The climate think is fine and real
nice place to make home, but there is
not the money to be made here as in
North Dakota, Brownsville is a small
town situated on the Southern Pacific
about one hundred miles south of Port
land, Oregon, with a population of
about 1000 people. Has a woolen
factory that employs about sixty men,
brick and tile factory, creamery, tan
merry, sash and door factory, glove fac
tory and several other. smaller enter
prises. and at least twenty years behind
the times. The people are nice lot of
sociable and clever people, but do not
seem to have any energy about them.
This valley has been settled for fifty
years and yet the lands are not drained.
When once properly drained and clovered
will make rich country.
Geo. Porter and family and my wife's
mother, after visiting a few days went
to Spokane, where they expect to
start hennery. We would be pleased
to hear from any of our Oakes friends
a. any time. The latch string hangs
out to any of our old friends that should
be passing this way. Will close for
this time. l will try and tell you more
about this country as we learn more
about it ourselves.
| Yours respectfully.
H. E. Hyatt.
Brownsville, Ore, March 20, 1908.
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