Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-12

hoW III lHc suiiticF. lou see many
beautiful water falls, some OF them 400
feet perpendicular. Mill privileges are
plenty. When YOU get about ) miles
above Vancouver, the mountains BE-
come lower on both sides, and gently
decline into wide sallicS, covered with
Ihr aud timber, Il species of pine. The
neck OF land between the Wallamctte
and Columbia; about mile. across, IS
II SICILY bottom, but .aeyesaows every
summer BY the rfs4 .! fTU Columbil,
which rises just like the Missouri, high
,tst in Jane aud July. The Waili.
mc.te has a high, ba; s,ngts ridge of
mountainS on the west bank, and on
the east bank, for several miles. thi,
wide valley is covered with lir and c.
dar. When yon come along the riv.
ers. YOU will therefore see nothing in.
viting except beautiful streams and
most splendid timber. When ,on get
10 iinnton, yon take through IN inn
mcnsc body oimost beautiful lir. cedar,
aud other timber. 10 miles TO The Fall
iaty Plains, (prairics.) which arc Ger
taiuly the most beautiful you ever saw
| They consist o! succession of small
prairieS about 3 miles long, aud from
one to two miles wide. These plains.
IS they are called, b ar to the s. W..
anti they connect with the wide aad
beautiful country upon the Yam Hill
I,t,.,. 49, ich RIM. ipt, fba "a. a =.
above the Falls som. - miles. and
heads in towards The Sea. The !!.lI
Valley runs within H. miles Of thc sea-.
The f,liaty Films are almost snrronh-
died by riIgo Of mountains, in the
Shape Of Il hor>r shoe, the opcn end 10
wards the lam Hi country. The
pllins lie rs handsomely rs you wonl'
have them, just rolling enough 20 car
~ oil the water, are rich, and have Ia
gravel or stone. The soil black. on u
clay foundation. The timber comes
up to the very edge Of the prairie. 50
that in ) steps you can be out of Tho
prairics and il the thickcst, tallrsi,
most beautiful tiaitNr T5n- 'ctrvcr saw
The trees arc mosIl, fir. from,cry small
,aplins. to Ia feet in diameter III the
root, ana about 100 TO 80 feet high,
and as straight a pine timber general.
Ily is. Along AL the little hrnncic.
lihat ran from the Prairie, is plcnt, OF
4 Ash AMI WiGtc-oak timber, which
makes excellent tircwooI, Sc. These
Plains are covered with green grass
rs Tica rs blue grass, which j. green all
winter. lon brake up prairie here.
with one yoke Of oxcn, or two horses,
The bills and monntains upon The Dor.
der OF the prallics ~ this country arr
covered with gra>s, as fine range rs cod
= imagined, AMI which can never be
exaal.trd. The whole Wallam"tt,
wiley, 3)j miles long, AMI from 50 tc
iUJ miles Wild, j. about such conn
try n have dcsrIib Il TO yon, and mo
of il is yet unocopicd BY any one. Far
ming, is pcrhap.. the most profitable o.
all husinss done in this country. 1t i.
81 easy 80 open a E.rm here. rs yon have
such tine limb for Al! purposes. You
can p'ou-h all winter an! all -ammar
if ,ou choose. in fact o. can pIongl
all lhc year. They actually so~ wheat
here f1om the 18Th Oct, 10 i5ta Man.
and MAKE Is mach per acre rs IN Mis-
soari. Ili,h potatoes grow here iiaef
than any where in the world. pcrhap-,
saw 3 acres Of hand sown il wheat ~
/ May las, which produced III bn.he!s.
Ilfyou SOW late, yo1 pnl IA the more
seed. Cora can be raised, ba, not 80
well rs wheat. Yol can raise enough
ior all plrpos =, ~ 5ol nccd uo1c *
ccpl los hsoa1.
A, to til eiimlt", il IS thc finest you
ever saw. Winter commences ~ D.
ccmbcr and end, in February. Til.
has bern about ~ wet Il season as they
nalc had. ne rain, commenced -
very g"utlc showers, ahnpt tho lj,h
November. i, raiucd about one d.A ia
rjp'i. n December it raincd 9nc DAY
in .iyr; ard 10 january It raincd or
showed about every other dny. J.,
February. about the III. NC had u
.iig'.t .no,y, which melted rs Il { Il
AMI one siigt rain succeeding i. g..
n Il day, ana b,dm Of mon,
mo-. b.AitfI', dear and warm wca.h
,rimagia.hj The 2';th Nos u,hct.
we bad d sa,'. srnv. waici aIs g01r
IN G.r e dy., ~ Il,raubnr. W oa'
..s, .l:l: :noH, anI vh1t Oh mel
e.. Il. j. Ell. In Janut'. We llnf
= 700 d,.al of .ao =, al cf - irh N 1t