Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-01
VALUABLE PUBLICITY
Excellent Article Descriptive of Polk
County Appears In Portland
Commercial Publication.

The current number of the Portland
Board of Trade Journal contains a
concise and well-written article de-
scriptive of Polk county. No charge
was made for the publication, the
Portland commercial body asking
nothing more than the necessary copy
and cut representing some import
ant industry Of the county. The
article was written by H. G. Campbell,
the well-known real estate dealer Of
Dallas, and the picture, a hop yard
scene, was furnished by the OBSERVER
office The full text of the description
of the county is as follows;
"Polk County is situated in the very
heart of the far-famed Willamette
Valley. 1t is about 80 miles long,
east and west, and about 25 miles wide,
north and south.
"Old Polk, as the county is famil.
iarly called, is known as the Blue Rib
bon County of the State, which title
has been won by hard competition as
an exhibitor of agricultural and horti-
cultural products at our State Fairs.
1t produces all kinds Of grain, fruit,
vegetables and grasses without irri-
cation. 1t holds the Gold Medal for
the finest hops in the world, which
was won at the Paris Exposition.
''This county is largely an agri-
cultural, horticultural and stock rails
ing county, fine for dairying, also for
raising fine blooded stock of either
horses, cattle, sheep, goats or hogs,
and is fast gaining distinction for
being one of the best places in the
world for rearing the largest and best
Of every class Of stock. This is shown
by the awards carried off by our
breeders at recent fairs in competition
with those of other states, which is all
accounted for on account of our perfect
climate, which enables the stock to
grow the whole year, being mild in
winter and cool in summer, with green
grass the whole year for them to feed
upon, producing large, we'll developed
animals.
''Polk County produces wheat, oats,
barley, rye, clover, alfalfa, timothy,
red-top, bluegrass, and many other
varieties of grains and grasses; also,
for feed, vetch, rape, beets and carrots,
as we'll as all varieties of garden truck
in great profusion. Polk County pro-
duces in great quantities hay, hops,
fruit, potatoes, wheat, oats, barley,
rye, lumber, wool and mohair, besides
many other products, such as poultry
and eggs too numerous to mention.
'Polk County is considered the ban
ner Angora goat county Of the state,
and holds high awards for the longest
fleeces and the finest textures of
mohair and wool. The climate being
mild in the winter, the fleece continues
to grow and has gained for the county
that reputation SO envied by other
states. Polk County has the distinc-
ton Of being the only place in the
world that holds an exclusive annual
Angora Goat Fair.
ut has the finest markets in the
world. Within three hours from the
time the produce is started from the
farm, it can be loaded in cars or
steamer for any place in the West for
Alaska, which is a world Of itself for
the Philippine Islands, with a popu-
lation of millions; for China, Japan,
or the Hawaiian Islands.
'The western one-third Of this county
is covered with as fine timber as there
is in the world, which is just being
opened up by railroads and sawmills.
This will make work; it will make
markets and it will build up the
county.
"Polk County has fine public schools
and good church facilities. The
county is entirely out Of debt, and has
the finest courthouse in the Willamette
Valley"