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THE WEST SHORE.
TEXAS VS. OREGON.
A LETTER recently published in a Texas pnper drew
il. out a statistical reply in the Eugene City Guard,
written by Mr. George Bulsliaw, one of the most promi
nent ami successful agriculturists of the State, from
which a few comparisons nre selected: "The first place
bo says the lnnd is poor and so are the people. Oregon
is not a corn country; but I see in the statistical report
for last yoar that our corn crop averaged 23.9 bushels per
acre, while lexas averaged only li).o bushels. The aver
ago for Oregon wheat per acre was 1C.7 bushels; Texas,
8.15; Oregon wheat production, 13,122,400 bushels; Texas,
4,301,000. Of oats Oregon's average was 24.G; Texas,
22.8. So you see that Oregon loads her in wheat 8
bushels per aero, and produces over three times as many
bushels. Barley, Oregon, 27.4 per acre; Texas, 18.8.
Potatoes, Oregon, 110.(5 bushels per acre; Texas, C0.9.
Hay, Oregon, per acre, 1.39 tons; Texas, 1.15 tons. Now
about tlio groat Willamette Valley not making more than
five good farms in Texas. I am at a loss to know what
ho c ill good farms, but suppose he moans size in place
of good soil and well cultivated ones, so I will take size
ns his moaning. The trouble is, nearly all the farms are
too largo, my own being 1,280 acres, and my neighbors'
on throe sides averaging as largo, and there are thou
sands of such farms in the groat Willamette Valley, and
larger. It would bo much better for tho country if they
were made smaller. Cash value of farm products per
acre in 1882: Oregon, corn, $19.12; Texas, 11.19; wheat,
Oregon, 14.19; Texas, 18.92; rye, Oregon, 1185; Texas,
111.(58, and ho on. Value of farm animals: Oregon
horses, average price per head over three years old, $80;
Texas, fl2; Oregon mules, 91; Texas, m; Oregon milk
cows, 31; Texas, 22; the average difference in price
Ixung tho immo with sheep, hog and other stock. Now
alwut this bacon loing 8hipMd from the East i am
aware that mime have triod the experiment and have
HhipiHMl small amount, but they have generally suffered
a loss by so doing. Now nlxmt our exerts, as the writer
intimates that we ship nothing abroad. In 1882 the
Columbia Itivor exerts amounted to $15,500,930, includ
ing a largo amount of bacon. I amid name all the arti
cles separately, but they are too numerous. I will now
show tho difference in valuo of all farm product sold
cxiHirted, consumed or on hand by each agriculturist!
value per capita, made annually; Oregon, $48s 52 while
Texan is only $181.47, cosh value. Average value per
acre of farms, Oregon, $13.50; Texas, $170. How the
health of Oregmi compares with that of Texas- From an
offlcial report of tho Surgoon-General of the United
States Army the deaths at tho military ,xhU i Orecon
are 1 fe a population of 529; frontier of Texas. 1 te fi7
What ,th. SUite debt of Toxos islam noting
hereTorel wdl , mentum y PstilimU,. nt
the hUite debt of Oi-egou , Hnnll. - At the Centennial
Oreg.m rece.ved more premiums from her agricultural
prcxlucUon. than any other State, d at the two world
fa., held t Phdadelphia and Paris, received a gold
modal and d.ploma for the W wheat of all nations.
This wheat was all from the great Willamette Valley of
which the gentleman speaks so disrespectfully. Diffor
ence in weight of 100 grains of wheat weighed at Wast
ington at the Department of Agriculture: Oregon's
heaviest 100 grains, 5.745 grammes; lightest, 4.253
Texas' heaviest, 4740; lightest, 2.409. The Willamette
Valley soil and climate is adapted to raising all varieties
of white wheat, while Texas only grows three, having to
be satisfied with the red-bearded low grade varieties."
'i e -.
Errata. In the list of officers of Oregon Pacific
Railroad Company, on page 232, read T. Edgenton Hogg
for T. Edgerton Hogg, and Norman S. Bentley for Nor
man S. Beatty.
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS.
July.
1 -Egyptian rebels defeated, with loss of 2,003, by the Madir of Dongala. , W
I.. Squires, of Seattle, appointed Governor of Washington TerritorV
Allan Pinkerton, the grant detective, died in Chicago.
presented to the
3 Fitx John Porter relief bill vetoed bv the Presiflnnt..
3- Hevere rubber fnotory, Chelsea. Mass.. burned; loss, $100,000.
4 Bartholin's st itue of " Liberty Enlightening the World " pre
United States, through Minister Morton, at Paris.
O-Acoidonton Atlantic and Paoifio road, near Needles, Cal.; conductor killed
and tt wounded.
7 Forty-eighth Congress adjourned.... Steamer Sarnio ashore on Ritt)leln
Island, Ireland; passengers and orew saved.
10- Two tires in Portland. Or.; loss. $22,000.
11 Gmver Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks nominated for President and
Vice-Preside it by the Democratic National Convention at Chicago.
1 -$ 15,1110 tire in Hilling, Montana.
ll-llailroad acoi lent neir Penniston, England; 25 killed and 40 woundel.
17-UHoueof Lieu tenant A. W. Ureely and four companions in Smith Koindbjr
Commander W. H. Schley, of I he ship Theti:
1 Belknap, Montana, nearly destroyed by fire.
Death of June Gray Bwisshelin.
JS Collision in Atlantio botwasa Spanish steamer Qitlan and English steamer
Liuham; both sank; 150 pwple missing.
84 Keiitli of Bear-Admiral Goorge F. Emmons, at Prinoston, N. J... .John P.'
St. John nominated for the Presidency by Prohibition Convention it
Pittsburg.
-Thirty-two fraras buildings burned at Taooma, W. T.i loss, $40,030.
7-Forty buildings burned at Devil's Lake, Dakota; loss, $aai.
SH-Tmin fell through a bridge at Bloomtteld, Ind. 1 killed and nveral
injured.
80-Proiieller J. M. Oiborne sank in Lake Superior; 8 persons drowned.
Scenery or the Paclflo Northwest.
The desire to poswws artistio pictures of the soenery of the Paoifio Northwest
is a feeling shared in common by the residents of this region and the thousands
of tourists who annually travel great diitmoos to behold it. To make a mi.
fiictow collection of photographs is almost impossible, and is only aooom
pushed at an expense far greater than the majority of people are willing or
a hie to nnilnrgo. To meet this urgent want a ''Bouvenir Album of thePacifo
Northwest has been issued, containing 85 art photographs of the most promi
nent and representative scenes of Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho sad
Montana. Among them are excellent pictures of Pyramid Park, Lake Com
d Alene, Mount Hood, Multnomah Falls, Yellowstone Park. etc. The albom
neatly bound in cloth, embossed with gold, and makes a neat ornament for tin
center table. The pnoe, lb cents, only represents the cost of three ordimrr
pliotograiiha. and brings this collection of 85 beautiful scenes within the
means of all. Bent postage paid upon the receipt of lb oenta. L Sam"
Publisher, Portland, Oregon.-A'usf Oreaonfan.
There is a general dosire among people acquainted with the enterpriiee in
progress about Vaquina Bay to invest in property at that favorite resort end
future great commercial port. Those desiring to learn more of that region an
r Jterra t'l l.h I il in.lni . ...J III..-. .: .I . -I tl.ii nnnhM.
Minin nf tli horf .-.- .i. . . v i l .a! h. Nr.
i ui i, , , nwuufc ino uny now in private nimi" i ww.. r.:-"
J. W. HnuKtiolil. Hn nlil un.l ..,,l v....: k. uj; amort VsJIeT.
He has for sale fort, acres not more than l.HUI feet above the 0. P. H. H. Co.
terminal wharf; thirty-five acres nenr the oustom house, about H10 feet from the
we er line; sixty-three aores within three-fourths of a mile of the custom how
"! adjoining the town of Alexandria on the east; also some valuable lot. n
hiur"lll',.10?toA,leXHnari- Mr. Brasstield is owner of the 'smojslW
Hocks, lying at the end of the drive on South Beach, whioh is destined to become
in. iBTonie resort for pleasure-seekers in the Northwest. Any of thi; proper
C.ir IT.? reasonable rates. His terms and any further mion.
uesireu can be had by addressing him at Newport, Benton County, Or.
.i.J!te,nwrt'n. in Tacoma do not seem to be seriously alfeetsd b
i liii A .7 "wrl"i throughout this region in common with the wj"
uili.nVIL. 0'.,nlr, there seems to be a disposition ta take money ft"
whueThS. mU'?rl"f, .in"t t real estate, where it cannot take to rt
i aroma oilers such invatmanu ... . i. i i. ... . l i.m moaeff.eitiw
W lSr2, .T11"lUm', .B'r"'" o' U kinds, suitable to the means of
of tTatTi.. ' Tll"", w,th M"- Traver 4 (jolburn. leading real sstttt u
i-H L r; Thww iwilenien are thoroughly acquainted with the fhrtf
a d value of propeHv of all H-.ri.i. .j A.Zt Vi j i. ih. mattar ot
ilXrri "l& . Letter, of inquiry wJH
matiua. Tk - mir omoe is always open w mu IubiatA
,1. 11" 'necialty of attending to the Wines, of tTH
timtUaS! iudioiou. investment of all moneys p - -
l.