Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-24
EVENING CAPITAL JOURNAL
LANDS AND HOMES.

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ter oi rich counties that form that
princcly domain, and is the banner
commonwealth Of the great north
west i'm all the essentials that 20 to-
wards making 10 aprOlitable abiding
place. and "a home for the thrifty
farmer, the cunning artisan ana the
industrious mechanic.
Rich in its agricultural resources
I'm it- cultivated and mcultiyated
lands. in It's water powers, and
minerals; rich i'm it, colleges and
schools Of learning, and with "a
climate unsurpassed for it, -alubrity
IL presents 30 the immigrant from
the ovcrcrowdcd 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
prehcud. and numerous complaints |
are heard from the class who have !
been mislcd by them, 80 in this |
brief sketch the writer desires to |
avoid cXugcmtiOn as 10 IT. present !
and prospective advantages, asking |
those I'm the east into whose hands |
this may fall particularly those
who have thcircyc- directed towards
this cuust--tu Uurusc II carefully, |
feeling that IL ~ not written 10 lure
immigrants within liz borders, but
only us "a truthful description Of a
land which, II il does not GLOW
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 ON the
north by the Willamette river and
Butte creek which separates II from |
CMclMmus county, on the east by
Cluckumus county and the Cascade
mountains, which separate IL from .
Wusco county; on the south by the
SHntium river and the north fork Of
the SuntIum, separating II from
Linn couuty,uud on the west by the
Willamette river.
PHYSICAL FORMATION.
The county contains, including
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about DOO, 900 ncrcs.
There are two main divisions, the
mountain aud the valley. The
latter extends from the Willamette
river to the foot of the Cascade A
mountains, "A distance of about iif- c
teen miles.
The mountainous portion contains
some fourteen townships of mostly
unsurvcyed land; lying in strip :
twelve miles north and south hy
forty miles east and west and COM I
pri.ys an clas-cs of land, from rich I
narrow valleys I'm the pussrs, up I.
through all The grades of rolling, /.
hilly aud broken. to that of rock
bound canyons aud inaccessible
omgry p,uks tits generally heavily
aud m tho near future
viii hp valuable for its lumber sup
plies These hills and mountains
ri'uul wonderful summer uunu
lur r,nuN. uuI muus OFF tHy more yu-
iprpueIU" Farmers uryuW''.Ug lluU-
solves 500. tNe opportunity and when
iho ruId uut- ut autumn approach,
the e.uuh Wv brought uuJ lu fresh
pasture, Iu- enabling tuum tu SUR
,lvr th0 winter .,0m with little
uu
urAT ADVANTAGES.
a decided advantage Marion com-
.y hu- over many uthvr les the di- i
,vrIhrl farming Interest that cam
be- carried m thmunht thc rutu
year, Notwithstanding this isu wet
'llmty during the winter months.
hv upluud- urr seldom too wet tu
work, and long before the prairie
urmvr arr through with their -rrd-
nag, the hill farmer is preparing Tor
lis summer work Aud' Yet the
uW lands arr much privrWd M
many the Yield per avu' is generally
.pNtrr aud perhaps less mhur is nv
luind to place the soil n ppnpyr l.
condition FOR crops, aud then should
hv SEASON prove dry the bottom
lud- arr eurr tao bring the hvSt
rol- M hvttyr farming hand can
h found iu the United States than
hat uu the noted Howell prairie.
'pnvh prairie. Sautiam pmiriv and l.
alrm puurlv The soil of these am,
,oudrrhhly productive. With go0d -
Nrty bu.hcl. OF wheat
nd sixty ol eats Iyr acp can hv II
.udiN -eurd u
rAylbutr ruR Mariner
The Willamette river with tWo||fI
uv uf Ualnad running the entire
myth vl tho county mum north tu||'
luth With ,hy NNguu Pacific mad
.usrlug Cine southeast CORNER of thy.l.r
ImN anunle Wplg NvlIuu, to ~
Nrb 20 wurhy, many dlpUlou