[Sidenote: _ATTRACTIONS WHICH OREGON OFFERS._]
Let us see, then, in a few words, why we expect that immigrants will continue to arrive. What are the attractions which Oregon offers?
1. A healthy and temperate climate, whether residence in the Willamette Valley or in Southern or Eastern Oregon is chosen.
2. A fertile and not exhausted soil, adapted to the continuous raising of all cereals, to the growth of the best kinds of pasture, and to the ripening of all temperate fruits in profusion and excellence.
3. A climate and range unusually suited to cattle, sheep, and horses of the best breeds.
4. The ocean boundary on the west, giving free access to shipping for the cheap transport of all productions.
5. Mineral wealth of almost every description, most of which is yet unworked.
6. Industrial openings of many kinds, with special facilities by way of abundant water-power.
7. Beautiful scenery, whatever portion of the State may be selected by the new-comer.
8. Sport and pastime in moderation, with a notable absence of dangerous animals, and reptiles, and noxious insects.
9. A modern and liberal Constitution, affording special advantages and securities to foreigners and aliens.
10. A quiet and orderly population, ready to welcome strangers.
11. Good facilities for education, remarkable in so young a country.
12. A railroad and river system of transportation, only now in process of development, and which is certain to effect a great rise in the value of lands.
And now my work is done. I have endeavored to give, in as concise and short a form as I could contrive, a faithful picture of life as it is in Oregon to-day. I have extenuated nothing, nor set down aught in malice.
If, in reviewing what I have written, I feel conscious of a special weakness, it is that I have brought too strongly into view the difficulties the immigrant will have to encounter; for I feel sure that no one, on full knowledge, will accuse me of drawing in too fair and flattering colors the attractions of our beautiful State.
May Oregon flourish by receiving constant additions to her vigorous and industrious people, whose efforts, in scarcely any other place in the wide world so certain of a due return, may make her waste places plain, and cause her wildernesses to rejoice and blossom as the rose!