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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1891)
3P Express Supplement LEHAXOX, OU , FKH. 27, 1S!)1. A YOICK FROM SEATTLE. Seattle, Ftb.Sl, 1891. Ei'iToR Irmsos ExrttEss: I have just rei-cived froui the real state firm of Peterson A Garland n lot of circulars setting forth the advant ages of I,ch:inon as m farming and mantifaciui lug community, which L shall industriously circulate among the home-seckeis froiu the East. It is n well-known fact that Seattle is the . objective point for the largest bulk of Ivisterit emigration, anil has lioeonie tide of living humanity that Is pour ing like if living stream from the At lantic to the Pacific const. A large Kr cent of this emigration are farmers, who know nothing but tilling the smI ami raising the cereals, fruit ami veg etable. This el ivs of eile by "no menu an unimportant nnl essential fnoior in society. whiiikTi ntui pres jxTity are rinding it very dilib-ult to get fanm nnl farming lands adjacent io the Sound country, and are turning their faces from here to California and Oregon, to find a home. California, always on the alert for immigration, ha "wmie of the nest rxieii.iv? scheme for eatehtn tin immtrrant here in street 9, judiciously spent, the county receive in net returns Hollars, fill study of Li nu county will convince any candid, honest inquirer that the c untv could fupport a popu lation of 2,tK0. and Iheiieonle could have more home rotn forts and luxuries than are now enjoyed. funned fruits and canned goods of every description, farming implements and "ma.-hinery of all kinds, t he colli n mid shroud to imrv your de-.nl, the wedding outfit ntui imby carriage ever.! thing but the Hour and potatoes in your ft ore, is shIiMd across the continent, w In n , they should Ik made at home. - 'ht is the remedy? There is but one answer immigintioii. How shall we attain it? Hv jndicinu, In sistent, unrelenting advertising, not at home, hut in the world' great centers, on the great highways of travel, and bv live, t lie rgetie meth -ds. More anon. J. H. KiatifATiiiCK. " Mditrtir-D r.i r.- Some very icnsilde remarks arc to Ik? found in a rei-ent ltic of t he 'Mining Scientific I!evlew. The outlook of the mining industry f r 11, l very favor able. No kind of investment p;ys Ix tter than n jndicliosly managed mine. Men of in pit al are not slow to invest in a mine that i develoiwd and promises piiek and lasting returns on the money invested. Oregon mines. cj ly-. ar beginning to attract the attention of capitalist abroad. If the wi ath.T cnu timie favorable till April there will lie an unpn-eedented rush for tin- min ing districts in the Cascade range. Several mills will 1e nut in the eotn- SOBER THOUGHTS FOB 60LEMN PEOPLE iitir season, not to urosicct. but to work kittle, tin cront ami mhh:hi i claims already pr.fpecteil. oeenpying the front entrance i . 1irn.. . '.i.. irpM.,Mi..,- in the or some of the most costly apartments, j u,.!V 1 H'lliocrut, savs the millers art? largo exhibits of C.ilif.rnia fruH'. nM,t town may bes-euin knots ex nrranged in the most fascinating and ; Hiioi..iiiLr winksand chncklinir over the attractive manner, ami these establish- ! -,,, Mroni-i:ilitiii for h rend no the Cnlapooia. Well, the citiceiis of that ' place, cseclilly those who own in- IO i.r., I., tiin ,,,?rit a oo ff I tk I, Mol witters inputs are presided over by sharp. shrewd airents, that are using every c to California. (Hk astent lu-re is i olVering to pay the way of every irti:ni grant. to Piis dio, Cal. Jut think of it, emigration aavnts in Seattle to get eustotuers for California. X- w tlieiv it onlv one aes;t h -'ic for Oregon, that we have nn-i. who is paid anything at !! to h -lp turn this Wist stream to the Willamette valley, and this gentleman is from 1'u.rtiie. All the firming lauds, that we can hear of, that are at all accessible and can le lulit, are iw ticing sold at from 100 to O per acre, ami when I tell them th?y -ai buy U-ter frui, garden ai.d grnin lands in Linn eoun;y for $21 per aerv, they ls.k at me in astonishment and ask me where i Linn count v?- I have silready imlucctl tlir-e fanrilio to Mart for Lebanon this Meek, and expect some i i tore to jr next week. The more I travel and s"o of this world, the more thoroughly I am con vinced that Linn county, On-gon, is the garden spot of the world, and if the proper steps were taken by her cit izens to advertise her timber and min eral resources, water power, mid al-o her fruit and garden lairds, it would not- Ion j bef re Iwr material wealth and p'!pul.-t ion would place her in the front r.oik of anv other part of this const. Hut this tirxiffrittni cannot be attiwned by simply dsiring it; there must Ih h vig.M-us clt'ort, united and concerted, put forth by all oijr jh-oiU. One gootl. live agent, with the neees siry eiiipments, could turn Hl.tHH) "wo(ile ti iaiiii iron nly in the next welve in. Willis; an. I for every cent of tin- Calapooia, have irood reason to njoi?. There ia lonucr miy doubt as te the ex stence of givsl paying mints in the Ca'apooia and Blue Uiver districts, and all interested parties Kf in the promised wcgoii road n short route to the iniii" and g-sxl fucilites j forshippinrrin snpplic, machinery. etc. j If the road le built llrownsville ill le , well repaid (and just!y, tsl for In r i efT'ort in that diriatieii. We could wish that other towns wire as enthusi astic in iincov-.riim the rich metals us are the llrownsvilliails. Ttie Jersey Ulty." Anoi.kska CTTAfJE, L. II., July 2. (i iifhiiirif: A It ho it is very unusual for me to use tiny lotions or washes, still, in .answwr to your retiest, I have tried Wisdom's Violet Cream and Hohertine. The former I consider cseeinlly clm-aclou-in cases of rouuhncss of the skin, and I have been using it every day for the last fortnight. I have found the J Knbcnine an excellent t reparation in ' casct-s of tan. sunburn. to., caused by ' exposure to March winds and h July Yours fidthfullv. Lh.i.ii: Laxutkv To Messrs. Wisdom i Co. Tir Fnt I. oily Tli.it always l.x ks so pleasant, says go to Matt hews & Washburn, Albany, Or., to buy stoves and ranges, because they only keep the best and always do as they agree to. FITS. An old ajvostle by the name of Paul, a little more than eighteen hundred years ago, wrote thus to some Oula tiatis: "Ye did run well; who did hinder you?" They started off with a bound. They ran like a Grecian in the Olympic sanies. All al nm?, how ever, they c.ime to n dead halt. Xo bedy was to blame but lite runners themselves; what then was the mutter? They had simply hal a lit. While the fit whs on them they promised to break all previous records. When the lit passed off they went back to old conditions. Modem people are nflJcted with falling (Its, but here N ifently a case of running fits. Th4jk.-st was Utter than nothing while It lasted; but the trouble is thl fits d(."yiat long. A certain old doctoj., ,sted that while' he knew but lit- ialMiul tnedieiiiM, he could at almost frrrf time, no matter w hat Hie disease was, throw almost Miyoiie into fits, and then their , recovery wus sun, for he w as death on fits. I cannot hut tlmt I covet the powrr to lliniw er pie into fits, but I would like to have the power tu nmke the lbs lasting. Those I ;alati ins hnd a genuine tit and it was of the right kind. If t lie spasm had only cotit in tied there is no means i.f - knowing what ttuy miub.t hove dime. Some fits should lneured. Some should not. The Hi Id.' is full of exhortations to ' peotdc to le pal ient, in stand, to con tinne steadfast. This is my idea of tits, something that is ix rinnnelit and lasting. Thackeray cay a ill one place that'a piece of slns'inaker's wax on one's cha:r is two thirds of the secret of literary siUMess. To stick to a thiiitr, or, as the writer says, to ls stuck on it, . makes it sure Unit one will succeed. There is not the rush, and rattle, and brilliancy, in plodding ulnti?, that there is in having a fresh fit every day, but the one who contium s in the old line diss more work. Anyonu can sail at a sriasl sjteed with a strong wind carry ing him along, but to keep ahead bravely, moving all the time, si ows character and winning ijuality. We want to lie careful that our revival I worl. is not a succession of tits. There" j are some people who ItTcve in that I .-ort .f tiling, and thev Ulieve in it 8' strongly that their chief object in life seems to la? to throw people into fits. Some evangelist or revivalist conns (along with some new met hods, some j new machinery, some new songs. At . omv he gives some Hople fits. Some ! poor souls will a ! on st worship him, t and they will praise him by disparag j ing the slow, plodding ways of pastors. S They. say if old pastois were only like Kvan ire list Illgli.-ed that the world ' would lie'siMidilv converted. They i talk loud and long at a few prayer I meetings, talk seme altoiit revolution i i7.ing tlie church for awhile, and then i t he lit goes oil". If it could only have stayed on through fifty-two prayer I m eiintrs and church services and col- ! lections! "Ye did run well" ye did for a little while. Perhaps we shall have something more to sa' about fits 1 next week. ! All parties knowing themselves in- ; deMcd to me will pit use call and sett le, ; ns I need my money. i M. A. Miller. i