Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-07
LANDS AND HOMES.

LANDS AND HOMES.
Marion county is situated i'm tIu
ncart Of the magnificent Willmnclt,
valley. the central gem in the clu.
ter OF rich counties that form tina
princeIy domain, and is the bannc
commonwealth Of the great north
west in all the essentials that 90 to
wards making it a profitable abiding
place. and q home for the thrifty
farmer, the cunning artisan and the
Industrious mechanic.
Rich in its agricultural resources
I'm its cultivated and uncultivated
lands i'm its water powers, and
minerals; rich in its colleges and
schools of learning, and with a
climate unsurpassed for its salubrity,
it presents 10 the immigrant from
the overcrOwded states, where cold
winters and hot summers, with
terrible cyclones, prevail, who
comes 90 the coast with some
means, advantages that no other
county i'm Oregon possesses.
Much has been written Of this
western country that requires a
stretch Of the imagination to COM
yrphcud, and numerous complaints
are heard from the class who have
been mislcd by them, so i'm this
brief sketch the writer desires TO
avoid CXagcration as to its present
and prospective advantages, asking
those i'm the east into whose hands
this may fall-particularly those
who have their eyes directed towards
this cOast-tO peruse it carefully,
feeling that it is not written to lure
within its borders, but
only u- % truthful description of a
land which, if it does not "flow
milk and honey" contains within
it- bosom wealth and resources equal
to any other country on the Pacific
side Of the Rocky mountains.
BOUNDARIES.
Marion county is bounded OF the
north by the Willamette river ami
Butte creek which separates it from
'lHckumas county; on the east Iy
'lackHmus county and the Cascade
which separate it from
,Nusco county; on the south by the
sautiam river and the north fork Ol
he Suntilm, separating it from
inn county,and on the west 10y tie
willamette river.
PHYSICAL FORMATION.
The county contains, includn',
alley, prairie and mountain lands
bout 0JO,O 600 acres.
There are two main divisions, TIM
mountain and the valley. The
utter extends from the Willamctt,
.ver TO the foot of the Cascul,
fountains, II distance of about iit-
ZEN miles.
The mountainous portion contains
rme fourteen townships of mostly
nsurveyed land; lying in "A strI
Nclve miles north and south Ly
,rty miles east and west, and COM
rises all classes of land, from rich .
arrow valleys i'm the passes, up /
lrough all the grades of rolling, .
lily and broken, to that of rock .
ound canyons and inaccessit G .
'aggy peaks. Itis generally heavily .
mbcrcd and in the near fuugc .
ill be valuable for its lumber SUI
lies. These hills and mOuntai.
lord a wonderful summer raul.
'r stock, and many of the more O..
farmers are availing then.
Ives of this opportunity, and who
lc cold frusts of autumn approach.
ne stock are brought out TO frusi
lstures, thus enabling them to sun .
we the winter storms with little
re.
GREAT ADVANTAGES.
a decided advantage Marion couu-
has over many Others is the di-
'rsitied farming interest that can
p carried ON throught the cuUn
'ar; Notwithstanding this Is a wei
innate during the winter months /
,c uplands are seldom too wet {.
urk, and long before the pmir
rmers are through with their srr,i-
%, the hill farmer Is preparing for
S summer work And vet thr
W lands are much preferred o.,
amy; the yieldper acre is general,
eater and perhaps less labor is ro.
iiryd To place the soil i'm pruur
ud,tiuu for crops; and then should
e. season prove dry, the bottom
ndS are sure 10 bring the hr>.
ops. No better farming land can
found I'm the United States than
no ON the noted Howell prairie.
vuch prairie, Sautiam prairie au1
lem prairie, The soil OF these urr
nUdvrully productive, With good
ltIvutiou, forty bushels of wheat
10 sixty of oats per acre cam b,
lijlN secured.
FACILITIES FOR MARKET
The Willamette river with two
..~ of railroad running the entire
Isth ut the county from north ro
l'h, with the Oregon Pacific msd
'~~iug the southeast corner of the
unity affords ample facilities to !
'ch market many direction, I
SALEM /
rs the capital of the state and y
Iuy ~gat of Marion county. siu-
d uu the Willamette uvtr-und
the q, a G. railroad. Costly
lIdiugs have been erected. among
,lch the state capitol building. {
lutN court houSc, Chtmekoteho y
'n house, new public school -
.ldlug, Catholic school buildiup
.thodlst church, Willamette Uni. 4
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