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them cash to the amount of nearly $13,000,000.00.
This was considered a conservative estimate, on the
basis of the number of persons who visited the board's
rooms in search of information about the country.
The cash capital of eah immigrant varied in amount
from $50,000.00 down. It is no wonder, in view of
these facts, that Oregon is rapidly developing. Yet, of
her immense area of ninety-five thousand square miles,
improvement has barely begun. Along the compara
tively few lines of railroad, and on the shores of the
navigable streams, the land has been improved and
numerous small towns have sprung up; but the vast
interior yet remains almost as wild as ever. Even at
the present rate of advancement, it must bo years be
fore the woodman's axe shall have cleared the tem
pled hills, or the farmer's plow shall have broken the
" stubborn glebe " of all the plains, or the miner
shall have delved in every recess wherein are hid
den precious stores. The country is yet new, and
rare opportunities are only waiting to be improved.
It is a section filled with almost unlimited possibili
ties. Patient and intelligent labor in any branch of
legitimate business is amply rewarded. With the im
provement of Oregon and other territory tributary to
Portland, the city must reap a corresponding benefit
As a prosperous city, Portland offers exceptional in
ducements for people to locate at this point It is a
pleasant city in which to live, Thero is ready cm
ployment for capital in safo investment, and for labor
at remunerative prices. Taxation is light, and all the
advantages of modern improvements may bo enjoyed.
From its location, with regard to grand, varied and
picturesquo scenery, and tho attractions in tho jxrt
of rod and gun, Portland is unrivaled as headquarters
for tourists. Seasido resorts are near, and while
there is not tho necessity that exists in inland towns
for people to go to tho ocean to CBcajo heated terms
in the cities, tho facilities for travel aro so convenient
and cheap, that largo numbers of pcoplo avail them
selves of tho opportunity for a change.
IP SO.
If bo there were a fpirit, joiwl in peace
Above all wind gtwU In tho heavens high,
And ho might mark tin mortal laugh or cry,
According as the gloomed cloud Increase
Or nuns beguile them into golden fleece,
Methinks he would 1 li!te to imilo, to nigh
(So placid he, so far within the iky,
And knowing I tod's gn at love can never craw),
That wc the puny yet tho prideful race
MtiHt change as i-kies change; 1 like bal-s that fret
Whcnso their yearning mother moves her brrai
To ease her mothering, or turns her Iv v
Aide a moment, reaching out to get
Home wrapping soft to lull their limbs to rent.
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