Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-25
EVENING CAPITAL JOURNAL
MEDNEsDAY. APRIL 3. -.
LANDS AND HOMES.

heart Of the magnificent Willamette
valley. the central gem iu the clu-.
ter of rich counties that form that
princcly domain, and Is the banner
commonwealth Of the great north
west in an the essentials that go tU-
wards making Il aprohtable abiding
place. and q home for the thrifty
farmer, the cunning artisan ana The
industrious mechanic.
Rich in its agricultural resource
in its cultivated and uncuitiyaiDd
lands. in its water powers, and
minerals; rich in its colleges and
schools Of learning, and with %
climate unsurpassed for its -hluuriiN
~ presents tO tho Immigrant rom
the OycrcrOwdcd states, where cold
winters and hot summers, with
terrible cyclones, prevail, who
comes 10 the coast with some
means. advantages that no other
county I'm Oregon possesses.
Much has been written Of this
western country that requires -
stretch of the imagination 10 com
prcheud, and numerous complaints
are heard from the class who have
been mialcd by them, 80 Ia this
brief sketch the writer desires to
avoid cxngcmtiOn as 10 It's present
and prospective advantages, asking
those In the east into whose hands
this may fall all-particularly those
who have their eyes directed towards
this cunst-to pcruse ID carefully,
feeling that II n not written 10 lure
immigrants within its borders, but
only ns truthful description OF q
land which, II II does not "ilOW
milk and honey" contains within
~ bosom wealth and resources equal
to any other country on the Pacific
side Of the Rocky mountains.
BOuNDARlEs.
Marion county Is bounded ON o..
north by the Willamette rIyorUu.
Butte creek which separates it tIuu
CnOkJmus county; ON the cusD lr
Cucluums county and thc tu-cud.
mountains, which separate 10 lrul
WUsco county; on the south hy Or.
fautiuu river and thS north fork
the rautiam, separating 10 hul .
Linn cuuuty,und ON the west los o.. .
Willamette river
PHYSICAL FORMATION.
The county contains, iuclud.l .
valley prairie ANA mountain luu0
about 10000 ncrcE.
There are two main divisions, il'
mountain and the valley Ih
latter extends from the Nillamy,
river to the too; of the CurC,
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