Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-06-28
LAyDS AYp HOMES.

Marion county is situated in tn,
Icart Of the magnificent Willamett,
valley. the central gem in the clue
rer Of rich counties that form tn.
grincely domain, and is the banner
commonwealth Of the great north.
west In all the essentials that 20 To-
wards making it a profitable abidiu.
,iace, and a home for the thrifty
Armer, the cunning artisan and tho
INDUSTRIOUS mechanic.
.,.ch in its agricultural resources
u its cultivated and uncultivatcd
luds, ia it's water powers, and
minerals; rich in it's colleges and
schools of learning, and with q
climate unsurpassed for its salubrity,
IL presents to the immigrant from
he overcrowded states, where cold
winters and hot summers, with
terrible cyclones, prevail, who
comes TO the coast with some
means, advantages that no other
county in Oregon possesses.
Much has been written Of this
western country that requires
stretch Of the imagination TO COM
prehend, and numerous complaints
are heard from the class who have
been misled by them, 80 in this
brief sketch the writer desires 10
avoid cxageratiOn as to its present
and prospective advantages, asking
those In 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 lUc
within its borders, but
only as "a truthful description of a
land which, if it does not "how
milk and honey" contains within
its bosom wealth and resources equal
to any other country on the Pacific
side Of the Rocky mountains.
BOUNDARIEs.
Marion county is bounded on the
north 10y the Willamette river anG
Butte creek which separates it from
Clackumas county; on the east by
Clackamas county and the Cascade
which separate it from
WascO county; on the south by the
river and the north fOrl, C.
the Santiam, separating it fr,u
Linn county,and On the west by Ill,
river.
PHYSICAL FORMATION.
The county contains, includu
valley prairie and mountain lanG.
thOVt 10000 acres.
Ih,rr are two main divisions, l.,
and the valley. III
after extends from the WillamCt.
liver TO the foot Of the Cascu,
a distance of about 1.
cen miles.
The mountainous portion contains
pmc fourteen townships of mostly
land; lying in a strip
welve miles north and south by
orty miles east and west, and com
priscs all classes of land, from rich
narrow valleys in the passes, up
through all the grades of rolling,
lilly and broken, to that of rock
lOuud canyons and inaccessible
,rlggy peaks. 1t is generally heavily
mlhercd, and in the near futme
will be valuable for its lumber sup
llics. These hills and mountains
,iOrd wonderful summer rang,
or stock, and many of the more en-
farmers are availing them.
.clVes of this opportunity, and when
he cold frosts of autumn approach,
he stock are brought out TO tresl
PASTURES, thus enabling them to sur
i've the winter storms with little
are.
GREAT ADVANTAGES.
A decided advantage Marion coun-
v has over many others is the di-
farming interest that can
20 carried ON throught the entire
'ear; Notwithstanding this is a wei
climate during the winter months
he uplands are seldom too wet l.
work, and long before the pHiri,
armers are through with their seed