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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1881)
32 THE WEST SHORE. January, 1881 THE CLASS OK I. MM KJ RANTS WK WANT. The first requisite to a person nroixy sing to ciiiifratc to a new country, with a view of improving his condition in life, is good health. Although the cli iniitc of Oregon in so favorable as to in sure exemption from diseases prevail ing in other states, and promises relief in certain bodily troubles, the chances lire thnt immigration will prove 11 mis take in the case of confirmed invalids tomiicllcd to work for H liviiiL'. I'or nowhere more thiiti in a Mriingc hind, among strangers, id there a need of the buoyancy of spirit enabling one to hear up under disappointment and hardships which, us a rule, belong only to a koinid body. Elderly persons, or persons beyond the active yearn of life, mid without that adaptability to circumstances be longing to them, will also run consul, erablc risk in emigrating, unless pos kessed of niciiui. To such, old com munitics usimlly afford better opmrtu nitie for kelfkiipport than new one, where the truggle for success in life call for more energy than pertains to mature age. Single men arc obviously nint h uifer in taking their chance than thoM! who have to provide for othem. Head of families cscclally, even if strong in body, and not too advanced in life, khould carefully weigh the possible consequence of emigration, both to themselvei and to those whose future will lie fashioned by their own. No one 'khould think of emigrating to Oregon without kiillicicnt meant for kclf-Miporl for at least a short time af ter reaching here; for suitable employ, ment Immediately after arrival cannot alwaya lie relied on, and there in tuith. ing more discouraging to the new comer than to become a kuhject of pub lie or private charity, Thi caution appliet particularly to heads of fmni lien, who would lie cruelly derelict in their duty to exjxtkc those dc(ciiding on them to the risk of destitution 011 the arrival. Families who contemplate settling on land will require, after pro viding for all traveling excuses, ulmut five hundred dillar with which to meet the ojhmimi of putting up a house, foi live Mock, ced, fanning utensils, pu. vision, etc. For lenting 'arms, and woi king them tm shares, lest ready money will Millicc. (Jencrally speaki. jj, Krmt acvu. omcJ to ordiiuty and mechanical U- bor, nnd who unite frugal habits with persevering industry, will run the least link in emigrating to Oregon; hut in dividuals unwilling to work, or accus tomed to live by their wits, arc not wanted in Oregon any more than else where. Idlers will only go from had to worse; and adventurers will not prosper here. Reasonable success can also he prom ised to energetic farmers. Ilowevel modest their beginning, they may he sure of finding themselves in possession of a competency after a few laborious years. Itut there is a line opening for small farmers in Oregon, and no where will stock-raising and ordinary farming on a large scale bring more satisfactory results. In Oregon there is no more lack than in other parts of the United States, of lawyers, doctors, clergymen, and the followers of other learned professions; and persons belonging to them will find it difficult to make their way to a lucra tive practice. Hut even in these call- ings, success may be achieved by capa ble men, prepared for years of patience and self-denial. In mercantile pursuits the oneninir is gixxl for men of enterprise and capital; nut the chance for mere clerks is not very good. ' - , ORK.CON PORK. Annually the papers in the Fast and West contain harrowing tales of death by poisoning from trichina-, caused bv eating pork infested by these deadly parasite,. Fvn y one who has lived in the Faster,! or Western States knows that it is a common occurrence to ship any and nil hogs that are of a large size ami fat, to the great pork packing ecu trei of New York, Cincinnati and Chi- eai'o, notwithsliiiiillnir il.. f. 1 1 may have died from the various kinds of hog cholera or other fatal ilisea-. common in those States. There, hogs arc received and disposed of by thc bundled thousand. The nun .k handle them are mere nm.-l,;..... 1 hllle do they litri., eve, if t10J. kum. that thc bogs they are manipulating were slaughtered when almost in ti e throes of death. We Wil.vc W(J w. correct when we stale that there never Icca iwc'of trichi,,,,. !.(), cgoiHVd p, lW there hiubecn'somc well authenticated cases of their .1!.. covery in hanu imported fiotn the ern States. Men in thc East who can sell diseased pork, can afford to take a small price for it; the packers who pay small prices can well afford to send their meat, alive with the invisible par asites all over thc world in competition against local markets. The people of the Northwest have no need to procure their hams and bacon from the East; enough for home consumption .and for export can be raised here, and that too, of a kind, the eating of which is not risking one's life, as in the case of the Fastein article. Patronize home pro ductions, especially where they are ns cheap, and of 0 bitter cpuih'ty than those imported. KACTS AIIOUT PUliKT SOUND. l'nget Sound in its greatest length is perhaps 150 miles, while thc indenta tions, bends, turns and bays of its shore are so irregular and numerous that its shore-line exceeds 1,800 miles. Dense forests of fir cover nearly all of the bor dering valley from the Olympian to thc Cascade mountains, covering in places to thc very margin of deep water, and at others, sweeping back around large bodies of marsh and tide-lands. The latter, when reclaimed, are exceedingly productive nnd have lately received the attention of immigrants. Northward of thc sound proper, in Island and Whatcom counties, there are districts of such lands and some prairie, which are rapidly being taken up by settlers. A glance at the maps of this country shows land and water in all sorts of commingling forms. The waters are deep and navigable, and the lands ex eeedingly fertile. Summer scenery among these islands, coves, bays and inlets, is most lovely. Coal nnd iron is found in iarge quantities all around Pu get Sound, and gold in nearly all the streams coming from thc Cascade mountains. Some of these streams are large, and the wild country of their source, is the best places in America for hunting and fishing. The artist, too, can find work for his pencil. One of the highest peaks of the Northwest, Mount Rainier, looks down upon the Sound, and we have thought as we have gazed upon this scene, that it is the grandest of all the grand scenery in the great Northwest. An old lady, describing the rambling sermons of her minister, said: "If his text had thc small pox, bis sermon would never catch it.