Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-07
lie SEITlfR'S HANDBOOK:
A Book From the Pen of Wallis
Nash Information of
Great Value,

AN0SA lAlalAOI1 Va
Great Value,
We are in receipt of a copy Of
The Settlers Handbook to Ore
.gon, . edited by Wallis Mast
and published by The J. K. Gin
Co..sof Portland, Or. Mr.. Mash
resided for many years in Cor.
wallis and is we'll known here
and recognized as a very pro-
found gentleman. Thorough
ness is one OF Mr.. Nash's chief
characteristics, and the work
just at hand is rroof of this fact
There are 1872 pages of con-
Edensed information. The state
is given by districts. six in all,
and the industries of each dis
trict are given careful attention.
The pricesof land invarious
parts of the state us given, as IS
the price siock, buildings, wages
paid for labor, etc. Fhe prices Of
tarm produce and maaufactursd
articles are also noted What
follows are excerpts from the
volume under consideration, and
relate entirely to Benton county
OF something affecting her des-
thy.
I On the west side Of the Viii
annette, bounded by Polk county
! on the north, Lincoln on the
ieWest aud Lane on the south, is
IS nton county. Has very little
| Wild or uncultivated land in
csmparison with other valley
counties The coil is fertile
i1foug hout, ranging from the
hopyards Of. the Willamette and
/, ng Tom bottom lands, to tie
hiEl pas ures, grain and stock
| tarms of the west aud north Of
1.-The county Corvallis, the county
ESat, q axtTstt Town Of 1900 peoEe &
= els now n process d zl
icg bids fair TO raise these figures
several hundred is known by
the location there of the Oregon
Agricultural College, its Expert
| mental Station and farm. The
college proper has now about
! $50 students, recruited from
every county in the state, and a
few from a greater distance.
Fuller information on this head
will be 'ound in the chapter on
Education. Benton county has
4 large number of well-improved
and valuable farms. On the
slopes OF the west side of the
county is much oak and grub
land, dotted over with many oak
trees of large size and value.
When cleared 1t is often found
that the value of the grub oak
as cordwood pays the cost o.
clearing. Benton has already
received considerable immigra.
ton OF Eastern farmers who are
bringing Eastern methods %
cultivation and habits of life intt
tIe Willamette valley. But there
is room for many more. Many
large young orchards, of bott
apples and prunes, have, in thi:
colnty, supplanted the moss
hung trees SO often surrounding
the homes of the older settlers.
] Under the head of Schools
we find the following: The State
Agricultural College of Oregon
II peculiarly the farmers college
II touches their life at SO many
points. It gives their children {
practical, technical, and yet !;
liberal education, at nomina
cost. By its bulletins freely dis
tributed it spreads the knowledg,
of its experiments and discover
lies among the farm homes o
Oregon. By the extending serie'
of farmers institutes it nov
reat hes in turn every county il
he state, even the most remote
By its model farms at Corvalli
and Union county it demonstrate
TO every visitor the farming meth
DDS best adapted to our state, the
best crops to raise, the bes
animals to keep. In its Veter
inarv and Psychological depart
ments it informs on animal an,
plant diseases, evident ant
microscopic. In the Chemica
department it analyses for th