River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-14
LETTER FROM OREGON.

and the country in general so take
this opportunity of telling them and
also others who may be interested
in this part of the country.
/ Oregon is yet in its infancy, but
the day is now not far distant when
the undeye1oped resources will give
| to the world wealth untold. Douglas
County alone contains four thou
sand, eight hundred square miles,
nearly equal in area to the entire
state of Connecticut. It's hills,
valleys, waters and forests are rich
in every resource that could go to
make prosperous homes for thou
sands, where ii now does hundreds.
It's invigorating, though mild CHM
ate, it's beautiful scenery, mineral
and agricultural wealth are beyond
compare. Many fertile valley and
hillside have never known the touch
of man, lying serenely there as ma
ture has made them, they are ready
and waiting to be turned into use
fitness at the stroke of the farmers
ak or the farmers pillow.
The last few years have seen
Oregon progress with wonderful
strides, and the next few will wit
ness still more wonderful growth.
Her mineral wealth is being brought
to light of day, her fruit harvests
and agricultural products herald to
the world the ideal home state of the
Union as written or printed pages
| could never do, and her climate wins
the hearts Of all who come to inves-
tigate.
Glendale is one of Douglas
County's most beautiful cities. AL
titude 144O, has its own City Water
and Electric Light system, sur
rounded by rich mining country, ex-
tensive forests and fertile fruit and
farming lands, there can be but
little question as to her future.
The Cow Greek valley is considered
by those we'll acquainted with the
conditions required, to be one ofthe
best adapted to farming and fruit
raising in the state, and this land
can be bought for from $40 to $50
an acre, while fifty miles north and.
an equal distance south land no
richer or better is selling for $1,000
per acre. This may seem strange
to fasteners, but it is merely in con-
sequence of the advertising results
brought about by the energy and
push of those who have located in
these regions, and who are inviting
fasteners to come and see for
themselves. This region around
Glendale will be in just as great
demand in a short time, but at
present it is comparatively unde-
veloped and thinly settled. Only a
few years since it was wilderness,
today it is just beginning to &C
knowledge the mastery of man, and
only few more years and it will be
a paradise, equal if not superior to
any other portion of the state.
Fruit raising in this region is fast
becoming the leading industry.
Large acreages are yearly being
put into apples, pears, peaches,
cherries, prunes, grapes, etc. The
prune crop alone in this county last
year was six million pounds, and
this years crop will reach nearly
double this figure. Apples, pears
and peaches, are shipped from
Douglas county in car lots and bring
exceptionally high prices in the
eastern markets. From single
Baldwin apple tree last year was
picked eighteen boxes of apples
which sold for $3.50 per box. This
would place the net sum for one
trees yield at $27 and if multiplied
by the number of trees per acre, the
sum reached is enormous. The
Douglas County Fruit Growers
Association, organized only year
ago, handled for its members $12,-
10000, and by far the SIN allest share
of last years crop.
Walnut and almond raising is
also becoming very popular, and
the industry yields big returns.
These nuts sell as high as twenty
cents per pound, and the crop is
always large.
Vegetable gardening is another
profitable industry here. All veg
etables do remarkably we'll. A
yield of $1,000 per acre for celery is
a conservative figure, while from
500 tomato plants were shipped 500
worth of fruit. Potatoes, cabbage,
squash, cucumbers, and in fact
everything of this kind grow to
enormous size and their quality is
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