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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1878)
March. THE WEST SHORE. 109 WASHINGTON TERRITORY. The following is a copy of a circu- l .r issued bv Mrs. A. H. H. Stuart, Chairman of the Washington Terri tory Board of Immigration, and pre sents in a concise form many import ant facts relating to that Territory : To persons wishing to come to this Territory, the easiest and quickest route is by San Francisco, California, i tV.nti.-r Iw ctpamshin tit PllOT-t aim iiiv...-. - r - -e.-- Sound, or the Columbia river; or for the eastern portion of the Territory, a man may purchase a through ticket at rt...n1,.. It,- mil tn VfltAti and thenrp by stage coach to Walla Walla from Kelton to Walla Walla is about 500 miles. Persons desirous of bringing with them all their old home outfit in wagons, had better come to Kelton by ...,:i on.l thptirf. bv their own . teams into' Eastern Washington, over the stage route. This is a new country and has the drawbacks incident to such. It is far from centre of population and is slow to develop. It is unlike any other country our people are acquainted with. It has not the drouths of Southern Cal tr.ii, .trtt- rim wft mmmifi of the country lying cast of the Mississippi river. It is a constant boast of the old settlers of the Territory that a crop seasonably put in and properly attended to nas nevei ituicu if yreiu i u,n.t ..... vest. This Tm-rilorv is onlv esDeciallv in viting to the robust, intelligent labor ing man. and he can sooner place him- t..H' in n state of indeDendence here tl,- anu nrrw.r islam ill the WOrltl. Tradesmen arc not so much in demand as tillers of the soil, but even they do well at their trades, though we would not recommend such to come to a new country solely on account of the em ployment they might obtain at their trades, but for the advantage of acquir ing cheap property and growing up with the country. lont. fttntt. wbn dn not do the best h.t t",t, Tt should not be the object f any one to work at daily labor for ...rtt-o tVtn r, vrrtr nr two. as loilff US the . I. tlt I.....1 I'.tr government is giving iiiai tniv ...... home6 for merely a nominal fee, and while all lands can be purchased very .1 1.. 1 . -.... MMhla l..rmc K.VOrV man should try and gain for himself a home, and this is mepiacc 101 111111 iu do it. Labor is well paid and in de mand, while land is cheap and in a mannitr without nrice. Our toundation lor prosperity is um valuable land prairie in Eastern and brush land in Western Washington. On these is an outlet for over-stocked labor, room for 500,000 or 1,000,000 men, women and children. To live 1 Minnow ., fttmllv. a nerson needs to have but five acres of these first-class i....,lc Mil in nftrfa!t cultivation, with, ' . t r, 1. 11 t.-l.l Aftor sav twenty neaa 01 nDuwiiwut ....v. attending to this cultivation and look ing after his stock which needs no feeding except from the wild range, he may do nothing or he may extend his operations and his fortune. If a man is poor, what then' Then, there are I...... Intuhorinir mills, in the Territory, averaging a daily product of 40,000 teet cacli, auu ciiipiuy mg .1 1 :., ih.. .vrtnls 7m men each. II1CI11 .11111 111 HW " .- - . at wages ranging from $20 per month tor boys, 10 100, lor cxpcii nis.., ...... 1 1 ii.,.nr.l rnul mines emnlov fully 1,000 men more, and this industry :.. :..- LlnMln in ho .li'veloned. e 1. .,'.. ,1 RaMaliarrllv second to those of Pennsylvania, and they arc sure to be n great source of wealth and to give employment to tnousanus 01 men. n. farmers are poor as yet, and do not em ploy so manv men as the farmers in older States. " In the counties in which ul-tM m mills are situated. thev complain that they cannot employ man short of from $35 to $50 and I 1 - ..trtnlh fnr farm UHMIi and then inev can hwj k " t men; such can do better at the lumber ing mills, or in the logging camps, and w ill not accept of these terms. In other counties thev must pay $30 and board per month, while first-class men can get better employment. Ship-building is engaged in to quite :. n m.fitttr business, and an cxiciiit u itti" 1 employs from 200 to 600 men in the different yards in the Territory, t ish ing is another industry which can be extended almost beyond computation. Our salmon fisheries are already noted throughout the world, and employ hundreds of men in their season, while OREGON'S PATRON SAINT. Tttitfr Ptrvtrs. or "TH1 Rainy." This Deity was ttv llns Greeks denominated Zeus Ombriot) and hy Uciaa, Hretlui, lie was worshipped by the Athenians, who reared 10 him an allar on Mount My mettus. This cut is a representation of him as he is matlc 10 apnea! on the Antonine Pillar. He has the shape of an old man with wings. and a long beatd, loth arms extended, his right arm raisetl a little higher than the left. The water streams down ftoin his Iteanl and arms, ll is pretended that the Roman soldiers in the army of M. Aureliu... who were reduced to great extremity by drought and thirst, were favored by the jod with a miraculous shower of this rain, which ihey caught, as it descended, in the hollow of their shields, llarronious, however, assures us in his annals, lhat it was the Christian soldiers that were in that army. These Christian soldiers aie designated in the annals of the Church by llie ap pellation of the Thundering Legion. cod and halibut are plentiful and invite the adventurous. e nave, too, anoui fifty steamers plying the waters of Puget Sound, and as many more on the Columbia river, and as 'many vessels trading to the outer world. Then there is the usual man-worn 10 us found in any civilized country, such as .. ..., Intinn nf en.ooo scattered over c, miltsa nf torritorv reouires. Tins is our laoor ubuk. win "s nu-.,.n.l tVttit a tino book-keener. rrootl salesman or a man used to all the luxuries of life, may not here find a place to suit mm. ur scuoois "--crtnrl. but we have about as many teachers as children. Our morals are fair, and we have a great nunioer 01 mh1 i.,o..l.r.rs S-tt-vrii rlerirvnien in the town of Olympia, containing 2,500 souls, while the other towns of the 1 cr- ritory are about as well supplied. The time lor tailoring men iu wr - ..,..L:,,rr ibfttisr-lvps homes is in .1 umm u-bint business in the U1C Wlll-Vl OVMV", many industries is partially suspended. At this time men sometimes hhu imuw lelvel out of employment, but if they are men wno nave nusnauueu siraii gains through the summer, this tunc may be employed in preparing for themselves homes on the Government land, and it will count more to them if judiciously employed, than if given to another lor ordinary nire. Salaried men here, as elsewhere, do not always save their earnings, and in iiiiiuy iiiai.tit.-v.-, " , obtained the smaller seems to be the gain, which is true the world over. The opening of spring is the time e.. ti... latusrtnfv innn to arrive here lui 1111. t - who desires immediate worn, tiny 01 the towns will require a quantity of tratles work. Tradesmen get from $2 to $4 a dav, while the common laborer un-iAws ft'ntn -in to Sfio tier month. and sav, for a man who is not capable of hard work, or a boy, $15 to $20 per month witn Hoard. TtiMa ! rtloiiiv nf land to be taken up under the United States laud laws, or purchased from the Northor.11 Pa cific Railroad Company, bin it is not the best policy lor new comers 10 at 111 a hurrv to actpiire land. It is plenty, - nf it iisidcss. some of it too hard to clear to be ol any present value, and much that can be taken without price by homestead, or al from (1 25 to $ 50 per acre by pre-emption entry at the United Mates i.auti oiuie, 111. is actually worth $50 per acre to the man who will cultivate and improve it, He could not sen at inai puce, mini is n ontv. Out bllll u is ssinui 1111.1 Washington Territory has 20,000,000 ncrei ot nmncr. 10.000,000 nci-3 ntviiri.. anil C nrVYOfVl licit lllllivilll llOt torn open lor settlement. asningiuii Terrilnrv has an unetiualed climate 101 comfort 'and beallhfulness. Avengl 1 Qnvlhiv en ibnr Slllll mcr, 6ydeg.; Pall, 52 dcg.; WltlteMO deg. Rate of mortality, 1 in 22S. Ex ports of the Territory are lumber, hoop-poles, coal, wheat, Hour, barley, oats, hops, hints, homed cattle, Horses, sheep, hides, wool, furs and Hah. Over 500 species 01 noweiing iimins in digenous to the Territory. Pish plen tiful in its waters. It has the finest harbors in the world. It is profusely watered by rivers. 1 wenty navigable rivers. It' has good schools and school laws, and churches of all denomina tions, Washington Territory wants in dustrious men and women, no room for loafers. t '-"WO- W. C MYKK, Importer and breeder of Perchcron horses and Jersey cattle, Ashland, Or egon, was bom in Jefferson, Ohio, in the year 1S1S. 1 1 is ancestors came from Switzerland to Lancaster county, Pa., previous to the Revolutionary War. His father, Nathaniel Myer, and grandfather being born in Lancas ter county. At the age of 12 he entered a store and w as engaged in mercantile business for ten years but from early life was an admirer of fine stock, especially horses. From this cause he laid down the yardstick and scissors for the plow and hoe, wisely conclutling tnat tne lat so pleniv, out " ... ..... . - ., .. sum to the actual settler upon it who Iter calling would better enable him to w ill keep it for his own use; such is the desirable land to gi nyw uu mwm Washington he may ramble all over and seek a home in the midst of broad rolling prairies, or at ihc foot-hills of the mountains, where he will linu plentv of timber, but W cstern ashing on is a difficult country 10 get about in, the growth is so dense and heavy; but a person worning ai ..any m. .... a vcar or two, ls sine .u in... wm. acquaintance w ho will lead him to the place tnat jusi mt " " has saved his earnings he can start right I. ... m.tinir himself 11 llUlUC. and never again have to work under the direction ol anotner. -Many seem 10 too eager to get on to land, and take such as is worthless, or too hard to clear, and such become disgusted with the country. ultivatc an Intimate acquaintance w ith thai noble animal. fowl bcinir a new State and a field of great promise for persons of limited means, ill l&tt he located ill thai Male and engaged in making a farm and raising stock. Here he remained unm 1853 whan he crossed the plains, tak ing the southern route to Oregon, and locating near Ashland. He brought with him some of the bad horses and cattle that were to be found in the Western Stales at that time and imme diately engaged in stock-raising and dairying. Hut dairying for outsiders soon became distasteful and was aban doned (he knew nothing of the Jtr- sevs then). This gave him more time to think, and thinking and observation soon convinced him of the necessity tor a larger class of horses than those gen erally bred in the country; but finding none of that class in the country that came up to his ideal, he went East in S63 and brought out Shgart a grand ninrovemcnt on the stock of the country for practical purposes, but still Mr. Mver was not satisfied. His ideal of a horse for general farm work was not realized. In 1S60 he had over joo head of horses that he had bred ami raisetl on and near his ranch. Seeing that his stock a stock that he ditl not altogeth er like and the increasing stock ot his neighbors was destroving his range, ami not being altogether satisfied at that time with Oregon, he determined to return to his fatherland with his family ant) take lis stock with him, for the purpose of finding a market for it. This he found on the road and in Kan sas, where he concluded to settle, but soon began to teel that longing alter the abandoned Oregon home that all prodigal Oregoniana feel when they find out loo late, lhat Ihey have fore saken the ifsl home on earth for a olace that can never give them even the earthly rest for w hich they sigh, and he thoughl on lllis wise: "If those unhappy people in Oregon who enjoy its blessings and prosperity, and regard it us not much ol a country at beat, could only do as 1 have done, come back to these Western Stales and make u$t crop, thev would then be prepared to appreciate our Oregon!' Mr. Myer could now appreciate tne Pacific States as he had not before lone, and having found out his mhtakt he set about at once lu correct it. While in the East in '69 anil 70, he became somewhat acquainted with the Perchcron horse, and from bis line ap pearnnce anil bearing anil the universal satisfaction given by him whenever tried, Mr, Myer concluded that this was M,- horse for which he bail been loaklnir. He iudged correctly, loo, that such strong characteristics us was developed in him such great size ami power, such universal symmetry of form and sameness ol color, coniiiincu with such gentleness nnd docility, were nut the result of accident, but lhat neither time nor care nor sense had been spared to produce hilt). Here, then, was his ideal, apparently realized, and after much careful thought anil in quiry, he determined to give him a trial. Accordingly, in 1870, having determined to remove to Oregon, Mr. Myer botight White Prince and three mares of the same stock, and brought them over with him to the golden shore. The result of thll enterprise wn. so salisfaclorv. that he has since made three other importations, well known to the reading and onecmng public. Hla lateat importation consists of a fine Arabian Perchcron, " Arabian lluv." a two-vear-old Perchcron 1'illcy, and four beautiful .Shetland Ponies, the hitler having left Ihe Shetland Islands last Tnlv. and although 1 and year olds, arc not much larger than full grown Newfoundland dogs. His several importations 01 jersey cattle hive also been 11 success. Mrs. Myers' "(iiildcn Leaf" butter is praised by all and i llie especial delight of the epicure. ho is fortunate enough to obtain I roll of it. I'lose attention to business, strict 111- tegiity in his dealing with Ins fellows, have made him successful and won for him a host of friends and admirers. Though now nearly sixty years of age, yet he wears but a slight "hade of the silver in bis locks, and really ap pears to be more of the active, ener igclic business man of forty-five, than 1 one so far down the shady side of life
