Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-06-29
LANDS AND HOMES.

lfAADD AM HUML4lJs
Marion county is situated in tH
neart Of the magnificent Willamcu.
valley, the central gem in the c..'-
/ ter Of rich counties that form t..
| priucely domain, and is the bauI.
| commonwealth Of the great mort.
west In all the essentials that go r.
/ wards making it a profitable ab,ii'
! place, and a home for the Thrift.
| farmer, the cunning artisan and t..
| INDUSTRIOUS mechanic.
Rich in its agricultural resOurc..
I iu its cultivated and uncultivatDG
| lands, I'm its water powers, All.
minerals; rich in its colleges aua
schools of learning, and with
climate unsurpassed for its salubritv
! it presents to the immigrant from
| the overcrOwded states, where cold
| winters and hot summers, with
! terrible cyclones, prevail, WHO
comes 10 the coast with some
means, advantages that no OtAy
county in Oregon possesses.
Much has been written of tii-
western country that require
stretch Of the imagination to coin
prphcud, and numerous complains
lrc heard from the class who hyF.
been mislcd by them, so i'm TIL.
brief sketch the writer desires &.
avoid cNJgCratiOn as to its prCsgu
and prospective advantages, asking
those in the east into whose hauo.
this may fall-particularly thu-.
who have their eyes directed t0wau
fI4f4 10 r.3frsstts f..lr...r.I.
feeling that il is not written TO lul.
immigrants within its borders, hu.
only as "A truthful description Of "
land which, if ii does not "Gav
milk and hOney,n contains within
it, bosom wealth and resources equa
TO any other country on the Pacific
stle of the Rocky mountains.
BOUNDARIES.
Marion county is bounded on tie
north by the Willamette river uu.
Butte creek which separates it from
Clackamas county; on the east by
Clackumas county and the CascaCD
mountains, which separate it frCni
WascO county; on the south by H.,
SmtiWm river and the north fork
the ~mtlam, separating IL lrL
Linn couutyand on the west IS 70"
willamette river.
PHYSICAL FORMATION.
The county contains, includa,
valley. prairie and mountain laI BPS.
about o Oual acres.
2l,ra are two main divisions, g.
and the valley. 7 90
mttrr CNtmdS from the Wil!GWr'
river to The foot of the Cua,.,.
a distance Of about
teen miles.
The mountainous portion cont. I-
some fourteen townships of most.
land; lying in ~ap
lg.,lvu miles north and sOrth =.
tu.i, miles east and west, and con
prsc7 all classes of land, from rich
narrow valleys in the passes, uI
through all the grades of rolling,
hil'y and broken, to that of roCl
hHal CANYONS and inaccessible /
cr1gyy Z cuks. Itis generally heavily
and i'm the near htu,
VIII he valuable for its lumber sJi
plies. These hills and mountai,
.agrd a wonderful summer rang
for stock, and many of the more a
tcprisiug farmers are ayuiling then
selves of this opportunity and who,
,ae cold frOsts of autumn approach
the stock are brought out 10 trt-
pastures, thus enabling them 10 SUI
vive the winter storms with EC'c /
care.
GREAT ADVANTAGES.
4 decided advantage Marion couu
" has over many others is the Ut |
farming interest that can
be carried on thrOught the Cntirt
wear; Notwithstanding this is a We
climate during the winter months
the uplands are seldom too wet e.
work, and long before the prlir,
farmers are through with their sCel
ing, the hill farmer is preparing fl
his summer work And vet tic
low lands are much preferred lN
many; the yield per acre is generally
and perhaps less labor is r.
Quired 20 place the soil in propc,
for crops; and then should
the season prove dry, the bottom
lands are sure 10 bring the bes |
crops. No better farming land can
bc found I'm the United States than |
that ON the noted Howell prairie |
French prairie, Santjam prairie and |
salem prairie, The soil of these are /
wonderfully productive. With good |
Forty bushels of wheat |
and siNy of oats per acre can he |
readily sccurvA
FACILITIES FOR MARKET
The Willamette river, with two /
..acs uf railroad running the entire /
'eugth OF the county FROM north tO /
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