Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-09
lands AND HnNEs.

valley. the Ceuiid b'lA -
ter of rich counties that form ina.
nrincelv domain, and Is the Dahls'
dtl.,,,1onwealth Of the great nOrth.
west i'm all the essentials that 60 TO
ryards making it profitable abiding
Mace and "a home for the thrifty
t.ru,er the cunning artisan ana inc
industrious mechanic.
Rich i'm its agricultural resources
I'm its cultivated ana uncullNa'eu
lards iu its water powers, ana
minerals. rich in its colleges ana
.cbooIs of learning, and with
climate unsurpassed for It's saluDIlIy'
If presents to the immigrant lroii
t fbe oyercrOwded states, where col,a
winters and hot summers, WIN
terrible cyclones, prevail, VINO
comes TO the coast with some
means. advantages that no other
county i'm Oregon possesses.
| Much has been written OF TINS
western country that requires
stretch of the imagination to COM
urehcud. and numerous complaints
are heard from the class who nave
! baen misIcd bv them, 50 in this
hrief sketch the writer desires to
avoid eXagcration as to It's present
and prospective advantages, asking
those i'm the east into whose hahds
this may fall-particularly those
/ who have their eyes directed TOWARDS
this coast-to peTuse it carefully
feeling that il is not written to lure
immigrants within its borders, but
only ms "A truthful description OF a
land which, if it does not 'hoW
milk and honey,u contains within
its bosom wealth and resources equal
TO any other country on the Paclhc
side of the Rocky mountains.
BOUNDARIEs.
Marion county is bounded on the
north by the Willamette river an"
Butte creek which separates II IRON
Clackamas county; on the east bE
Clackamas county and the Cascad,
mountains, which separate it fron'
Wasco county; on the south Dy th'
Santiam river and the north toIk o.
the Santiam, separating it IRON
Linn county, and on the west by H.,
Willamette river.
PHYSICAL FORMATION.
The county contains, includlU
valley. prairie and mountain lands
about 100000 acres.
There are two main divisions, tn,
mountain and the valley. tn,
latter extends from the Willamett,
river to the foot of the CascnC'
mountains, a distance of about f..
teen miles.
The mountainous portion contains
some fourteen townships of mosll.
unsurveyed land; lying in strll
twelve miles north and south ~
forty miles east and west, and com
prises all classes of land, from ncl
narrow valleys in the passes, M
through all the grades of rolling
hilly and broken, to that of rock
bound canyons and inaccesslh.'
crapgv peaks. 1t is generally heavily
tim6cred, and in the near futW'
will be valuable for its lumber suI
pIies. These hills and mountau
afford "A wonderful summer RANG
for stock, and many of the more en-
tcrprisiug farmers are availing them
selves of this opportunity, and Whcl
the cold frosts of autumn approach
81 the stock are brought out to iresl
pastures, thus enabling them to sun
Hve the winter storms with lltlI,
care.
GREAT ADVANTAGES.
4 decided advantage Marion coun
b ty has over many others is the q
, versified farming interest that can
f, be carried ON throught the euuu
, wear; Notwithstanding this is II We
i climate during the winter month,
the uplands are seldom too wet ID
= work, and long before the prur
farmers are through with their see,
inc. the hin farmer Is preparing I,
}. his summer work, And yet th
n low lands are much preferred D.
a many; the yield per acre is general
| greater and perhaps less labor is rl
y uuirrd 10 place the soil i'm prop,
s condition for crops; and then shoul
q the season prove dry, the bottW
10 lands are surc to bring the hy-
u crops. No better farming land ca
be found I'm the United States thu
that ON the noted Howell prari,
French prairie, Sanuam prairie an
I >tlItlll llllllts / Alt NhAA Nl AllNNA Al
wonderfully productive, With goo
|. cultivation, forty bushels of whey
y and sixty of oats per acre can h
readily secured.
FACILITIES FOR MARKET.
The Willamette river with tw
ines of uuluad running the eutu
.uugth uf the county from north {
south, with the Oregon Pacific roa
crossing the southeast corner of On
county, affords ample facilities I
mach "a market i'm amy direction,
SALEM
Is the capital of the state am
, county seat OF Marion county, siu
,. aIvd ON the Willamette riycr-m
u the q. a &, uilrad Cost
ulimg~ have been crcCtCd, anon
which the state capitol building
.. county court house, Chemyketc hot,
!. opera house, new public scho
building, Catholic school building
Methodist church, Willamette I'm
Nyr-jty, and many private residence
and business blocks which Wi
ymIUu myOrahly With Older U
arpyr cities,
GENERAL.
~ an things considered, the william
yttc valley has the best country