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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1881)
282 THE WEST SHORE. November, 1881 (Continued from ge 167.) Ing otherwise in quality. The amount raited will atonih any one. From careful Inquiry I have concluded that during the period of eight week, which include the usual u-llin teason, three hundred wagon with team of four and six hornet each, carrying nn s average of two ton, come daily into Walla Walla. Thin in also the great grazing country of the Pacific north went. Herd often to twenty thousand rattle and a many ahccp nrc not rare, and all thce production arc from the counties of ' Walla Walla, Columbia t and Whitman, nil of which are very tpartely settled. There are many mil hnna of such acrci unoccupied in the Yakima and the Spokane region. The late Senator Morton, nflcr visiting the mere border of (hi marvclou land, Washington Uast, exclaimed there are million! of home here." Almost nil of inch land can he had at a nominal price, from railroad, by homestead claim, or purchase Irom Individual, or from the (iovcrnmcnt. A ranch of three hundred and sixteen ncre, five mile from Walla Walla, well im !, od lately for eighty-five dob r an acre. ' Improved land i ad vancing in every direction. The acencry of the Territory i of the grandest character on the Pacific, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Sound T. and the Columbia Many of the moun tnina are nnw cap)cd during the entire year, and the great monster already ' mentioned are white with eternal mow, The mokt remarkable feature of the ') Puget Sound flasin it the climate, which for hcalthfulnc, mildness and the promotion of personal comlort, i not paralleled cUewhere under the tun, n on Inl upline. I refer to that region which extern! from the Strait to the , Columbia, and front the Cascade to the tea. During the past winter, the thermometer at the U. S. Signal Ser vice Slaliou, at Olymma, averaged 43 degree alwve xcro. There wa but a few day of now. I uw no ice, nor ," wai the earth froxen. In summer time the day are cool and the night especially agreeable. I)iy break at three, and twilight Imii umd nearly ' eleven o'clock. An impreion exist that the fall and winter month are wet and disagreeable. Thi i greatly exaggerated. It ha not rained one day in four since I have U-cn here, no more than on the Atlantic Coast; nor have there been any cvcre storm, nor do thunder shower ever occur. Kast of the mount alu the winter are colder, ntui the summer hotter than they are herv. Yet thcte condition are nccct- , ry to the production of that country. summer winu are lugn and uut pre vail, but the former ate neevttary for health, and the latter tprrada an alkaline powder over the land, with the con sc. qucncc.Vood crop and hard grain. The , climate there i altout equal to that of Maryland or Virginia, winter and summer. The citic of the Territory are well located for future prosperity and growth. Seattle, on the Sound, and Walla Walla in the cast, are the leading towns, and the center of commerce and trade for their respective divisions. Many others exist All I with prospect of much prosperity, coding denominations of Christians are represented by churches. Ample provision i made for the highest and lor ordinary education, at the Terri torial University, and by common school. Twenty-five newspapers, daily and weekly, are established at liifurcnt points, ull ol which ajc con ducted with marked ability, nnd are esccially zealous in advancing the best interetts of the Pacific coast. About four hundred mile of railroad are al ready constructed. The Northern Pa cific connect the Sound with the Col umbia, extending it to Portland; and that city will soon be connected by rail with hasten Washington. It is ex pected that the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific will soon be com menced, an enterprise indispensably necessary to the full development of our entire interests. Within live years all the transcontinental roads must make their termini on Puget Sound, for no system can lie complete without uch termination. The people arc es pecially intelligent, enterprising and successful, nnd there exists the highest regard for luw nnd order. Taxation is nominal. The Territory is out of debt, and hn enough money in the Treasury to defray expense for the next fiscal Agriculture, manufacture nnd coin- nicrce nrc prosperous to a marvclou i degree. Puget Sound is destined to become the great converging point for the commerce of Eastern Asia. China. Japan, and nil the Indinn Archipelago ...:n .1 1 .. .1 . nni vuini-jr mvir production inrougll Puget Sound on their way ncros the comment 10 tnc Atlantic and to West cm Luropc. The route ia diiect and the distance shorter. Puget Sound is in the very geographical center of the United State and it possessions. Draw a line upon a map or globe from Maine to the most western of the Alcwtian group, and another from Alaska to the Oulf of California, and they will cross upon mc ziounu. mere is no place where men of large means can find uch opportunities for profitable business, by raising grain, live Mock, establishing saw mills, iron foundene woolen manufact liril'S Inn. neries, shipyards, fisheries and oyster bed, at 11 presented in V Territory. For men of moderate meant, who intend to tret ment claim or buy a cheap farm where crop are sure and market at hand. I know nl nn Iwit.. .......... 1. 7 . , . .. ""'"y. 11 octtcr appreciated by Lurorwtn a.:...:-. than by our own people, who seem to be oblivious to their opportunities for securing good homes at nominal prices, which will soon disappear under the immense immigration which is reacti ng 'our shores from beyond the seas. The American -in hrit)noe n rapidly passing into the hands of strangers, and the close of this century will witness the closing of the last land office in the United States. The leading men of this country, in public as well as in pri vate life, and the American press, owe a duty to people less favored" for means of information, to present facts and give judicious advice to the people who are able to develop the resources of this great northwestern and other new por tions of our favored land. It is true that these people may en counter hardships, for the present, yet is no more than all pioneers from lymouth Rock to Puget Sound have undertaken and overcome. The hard ship of travel in these days of steam locomotion, bear no comparison to the experience of the pioneers of even 'a late date, and are not to be considered with those of still earlier times. My father. ames II. Newell, n native, of Mon mouth, traveled eight ";weeks 1 in his own linen-top wagon , "with a small family, to reach the then ultima thult of emigration, the valley of the- Miama. To-day public conveyances of the most convenient character penetrate the re motest regions ot our country,, and he who shrinks from such nn enterprise is not worthy of being mentioned in con nection with American progression. Looking to the carlv future, no one possessed of health, intelligence nnd endurance, can fail of securing satisfac tion and success, . Railroad transportation by good emi grant trains, convey for fifty-five dollars to San Francisco, and passage can be secured from that point, by special ar rangement for ten dollars by first-class sea steamers to the Sound. 1 I have no hesitation in inviting people to come here who are familiar with frontier life, or any others who have courage to ac cept present inconvenience, with the well assured prospect of future success. Hut let all have some means to Jive upon for a time, as the prudent would on going to any new location.? : J will personally give attention and advice to such as mav venture to tha Great Pacific Northwest and who vyiH honor me with a call. : r 'A Fruit growers, and former in general, will do well to rememlter thnt they will find It greatly to Iheir advantage to tend their fruit and produce to (he commission house of Mark Levy, 123 Front ttrcet, I'Ditlam!. He bat superior facilities for marketing all kind of Oregon produceand em ploy experienc.-d packer for handling fruit. ' The largest and best selected ttock of choice fruitt tnd confectionery on. Puget Sound can lwayt be found at J.( Sullivan's long Wsbjiihed tloreat Seattle, he also dealt largely In cigwt, "5 nd fancy goods generally. ... '' " ' " rttt" o