Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-01-14

IN Eastern oregon rs IN any State In the
Union, and will soon become staple pro
ductions Fruit promises finely This il
thought to be as good fruit country az
that west of the Cascade Mountains, sc
justly denominated the "fruit garden oi
America"
Its hot summers admirably adapt East
ern Oregon to the culture of Sorghum or
Chinese Sugar Cane; and sufficient trial
has been made to warrant the assertion
that this plant can be produced here as
successfully as in any Of the Northwest
ern States
The extent Of these valley lands is not
definitely known, as no official survey has
ever been made of the region in which
they lie, excepting comparatively small
bodies in the vicinity of the Deschutes.
This stream, the largest affiuent of the
Columbia in Oregon East of the Cascade
Mountains, flows through valley large
enough to maintain population of many
thousand persons. 1t has already some
considerable settlements, mostly compos-
ed of stock raisers
John Day River waters a valley much
larger than that of the Deschutes, and of
equal fertility 1t is unsettled, and offers
great inducements to farmers desiring
homes near the mines, where market will
always be ready, and prod uce viii com
mand high prices 1t is about thirty miles
east of the Deschutts, and has the same
general trend, both running north into
the Columbia
Powder River runs thr rough the largest
valley in Eastern Oregon, and probably
equal to any other in the excellent quality
of its soil Immigrants from the east are
fast settling up this valley, and the pros
pect is that it will soon contain large
population No settlements were made
on Powder River previous to the discov-
cry of the gold mines on its head waters,
last winter but it is stated that a large
number of the immigrants of this season
have already selected their future homes
there, and expect soon to be surrounded
by an Industrious and thriving communi-
ty, and enjoying all the ame entities of civ
ilization
Burnt River has its course through a
broken region, very fertile, but better ad-
apted to grazing than agriculture. This
stream is southeast from Powder River
and having the same general direction
flows northeast into Snake River East
of Burnt River the country is ex ceedingly
uninviting. What valleys there are, are
small and frequently unproductive. The
land, impregnated with alkalies, has scar
cely any vegeta ton growing upon it ex-
cept artemisia, or sage. Grass is scarce
aud of poor quality even along the streams.
Of his entering the Burnt River country
from this inhospitable waste, in his official
explorations, Gen. Fremont says he now
came into "a mountainous region, where
the soil is good, and in which the face of
the country is covered with nntritive grass.
es and dense forests-land embracing
many varieties of trees peculiar to the
country, and on which the timber exhibits
luxuriance of growth unknown to the
continent and to Europe This mountain
Gus region, he continues, connects itself
in the southwark and westward with the
elevated country belonging to the Cascade
or California range, and forms the east
ern limit of the fertile AMI tim oered lands
along the desert and mountainous region
included within the great Utah] basin
The Grand Ronde, lying few leagues
north of the Powder River Valley, is
beautiful circular valley some twenty or
thirty miles in diameter, watered By a
ed by high hills, or spurs of the blue
Mountains, its mphitheatrical form, re-
lieving its smooth, grassy surface, inter
sected by bold stream friuged on either
ciently charming, to say nothing of the
fertility of its soil, which is unsurpassed
settlements are being made in this valley,
also, by the immigrants who hare come
over the plains. but it will Let all be occu-
pied this season.
The Klamath Basin, it is said, contains
large track of good agricultural lands,
but this may be questionable, as no exper-
imeuts have yet been made to test its quail
ties for farming purposes 1t is fine
grazing district even IN the midst of De-
cember it has been found covered with
fresh and luxurient grass. The klamath
is magnificent lake, possessing one fea-
ture in particular, which lakes DO not or
dinarily have; viz ithas no scater IN 1t
1t is a fact, though not generally known
that this lake is nothing more than a broad
savannah, sometimes covered in places