Year: 1865

staples al figures which rendered their pro-


ductiou a perfect mine of treasure to the
ssricuItufist The progress Of the country
and the settlement Of the vallies between us
and the mining districts on the south even
tuallycut of the demand for oats and barley
aud rendered their cultivation Improbable.


Next in order our farmers turned their at
tention to the growth Of wheat, and at pre-
sent this is the only grain crop that finds a
ready cash market at remunerating price.
This, However, will no doubt in the course
of year or two be affected by competition
from the quarters already referred to. In
Grand Ronde Valley three Touring mills are
10 course of construction, and soon will en-
ter into competition with US in the matter of
supplying the miners with the "staff of life.
In view of these facts it becomes us to look
ahead and anticipate future sources of pros
perity. Our Valley is particularly we'll adap-
ted to the manufacturing of woolens. The
stream that meanders through our midst
affords never failing water power upon each
section of land through which it passes. The
foot. hills and mountain sides are the natural
pasture grounds for numerous focks of sheep
which should even now be consuming what
nature has so bountifully provided We have
here the source Of boundess wealth and we
shall be criminally negligent if we fail to i'm
prove it. The halfdead town Of Oregon
City, which for years has been stepped in
Iethargy, under the magic influence of the
erection of wooden mill has walked into new
life and property in the town and neighbor-
hood has doubled in value. Salem, too, dates
the period of her renewed prosperity from
the time when her capitalists invested their
surplus means in mandatory of woolens
and the farmers of that section gave their
attention to wool growing. So, too, in Cali
fornia and wherever else the experiment has
been tried the result has been to enrich all
concerned from the producer of the raw sta.
pie to the factor of the finished broad cloth
Here at Walla Walla we have aa abundance
of capital that only waits the opportunity for
Investment, and just so soon as our farmers
give their attention to sheep raising and wool
in sufficient quantity to supply factory is
produced, then we stand ready to guarantee
that the necessary manufa curing facilities
will be provided. In making improvements
and in ali their arrangements, it is both the
duty and interest of our farmers to keep
steadily in view the business of raising sheep
and producing wool, 1t is here that they
will find mine ofwealth which whilst con-
stantly enriching themselves will never i'm
poverish the soil, as is the case in the con-
tinuOus production of grain. We have the
means of producing in abundance all the
supplies necessary for manufacturing pop
ulation however large, and although for
years we shall mainly depend upon the de-
mand from the mines for the disposal of our
surplus products still we should not under
rate the Importance of building up home
market Glance at the condition of the
world and we find countries exclusively en-.
gagged in agricultural or mining pursuits al.
most uniformly poor, but when to these two
great branches eff industry is added flourish
ing manufactures, the picture is reversed
and we 6ud the highest degree of prosperity
united with a refinement not found in less
favored communities. What is true else
where will bo found true here, and whilst
we should in all suitable ways foster our ag
ricultural productions, looking to future
sources of prosperity, we should take such
steps as will ensure to US the wealth that
ever follows in the train of manufactures.


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DEAD.-From the Oregonian, of Nov. 9th, we
learn that Mr.. f. E. Kelly, for several years a
resident of this City, died at Santa Clara, Cali
fornia, Oct. goth. lie leaves brother at Shas-