@2 LETTER 1.
To The Editor oft Onion:
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SIR-The Territory Of Oregon, extend.
ing from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific
ocean, distance of over thousand miles,
and from AZ . to 81 . 40 north latitude,
may, as to the general features Of the coun-
try, be conveniently brought under three
great divisions. The first or eastern di.
vision is the most extensive and least val
liable. 1t is sterile in many portions: bu,
owing to the mildness Of the climate, and
the nutriciousness of the grass, vast herds
OF buffalo have there summered and win.
tered from times immemorial. Domestic
herds have, at Fort Hail and elsewhere


done the same; and large caravans of lader
horses have annually passed through it ir
the most unfavorable seasons Of the year


well subsisting upon the grass indigenous
to the country-tastening the Conviction


that even eastern Oregon must be of much


value as one of the best ana most exten.
siye grazing districts in the world. The
water courses from the eastern extreme e
the Pacific ocean are rapid in their de.
scent, not admitting of an extensive navi.
gation-even the Columbia being nayiea.
bic for only 1876 miles. Their freouen,
interruptions by the cascades and rapids
have produced water privileges unlimited
as to extent and power, warranting the
conclusion that this country is destined, by
the facilities furnished by nature, to be-
come large manufacturing country; more
particularly as wool may be grown cheap
er and easier than in any other portion Of
the known world. Upon Bear river, be-
tween the Rocky mountains and Fort Hall,
and a considerable district about and en-
bracing that eort-some eight hundred
miles from the Pacifc-we find favorable
surface, fine grass, pleasant scenery, and
good soil; but the country is sparsely tim
bered with trees Of stinted growth. for
bear dwelling upon the value and interest
ing character of the soda springs in this
region, intending to devote to them more
extended notice hereafter. Following the
great smigration-road at Fremont's Pass,
and pursuing its direct and onward course
over most favorable surface for high
way, we come to annother portion of Ore
gon more valuable for civilized man 10
QWell In. ##E 4sHHt tt &


The scenery in the neighborhood of the
Boisee river, is varied, grand, and impos-
ing; the Wales, battle-ground, and hills we'll
grassed; the timbers of better growth, and
here and there little district better adj j.
apted to agriculture. We now come to
that portion embracing the Elae noun
tains, the Grand Ronde, and all that dis
trict from Burnt river to the Cascade noun
tains, covering an extent Of country OF
about 400 miles from east to west. Here
the climate is remarkable for its extreme
salubrity; the wooded districts are well
timbered with cedar, fir, oak, &c.; the
scenery pleasingly diversified: and all ma
ture around the locations of the pioas mis-
sionary establishments planted there, is
wearing milder and more agreeable as
pect. li s4 ELIJAH WHITE.


\ Washington, Dec. IL, 1916.