The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-20
ABOUT OREGON
AS II is SEEN BY A NEW AR
RIVAL FROM THE
EAST.
And Published in an Iowa Newspa-
per-The Writer Has Pur-
chased Home Near Cor
vallis-Other News.

N. 7. Young, who purchased a
tract of land out of the Haman
Lewis place uear Corvallis a few
days ago, has written his impress
sions of Oregon to an Iowa friend,
and the letter has been published
in the Casnovia Herald. The arti-'
Gle is excellently written and gives
Oregon good send off. In part,
Mr.. Young says:
"Oregon contains 81 ,549, 200 acres
or 5000 square miles more than
Illinois and Indiana. One hundred
miles inland from the Pacific Coast
the Cascade mountains stretch 10
an unbroken line from the Colum-
bia gorge south Into California.
Close along the ocean and parallel
with it is the coast range OF lower
elevation. Between these mountain
ranges lies the Willamette Valley,
about $50 miles in length with an
average width of so miles. In the
heart of this valley is Benton coun-
ty, containing 100000 acres of
land. Benton county is bounded
on the east by the Willamette river
which is navigable thirty.fve miles
above Corvallis. Corvallis Is the
county seat of Benton county, To-
Gated a degrees 20 minutes west,
longitude west, aud has a popula-
tion of $500 Inhabitants. The soils
of the Willamette valley are of a
sandy loan on the river bottoms,
black and light colored on the prai-
rie and red or mulatto soil on the
uplands. These lands except small
portions of what is termed white
lands are a deep and rich warm
soil and will wear for many years
without artificial fertilizers and
yield excellent crops. The soil In
the valley is for the greater portion
alluvial. The climate seems to be
free from extremes and at this
time there is prolusion of flowers,
and vegetation is as fresh as In
Michigan in the month of June, and
there Is scarcely garden that is
not perfect flower bed, displaying
the finest roses and other flowers of
every description. The lands of
this valley seem to be notable for
abundance of crops, wheat
yielding from 20 to 40 bushels psr
acre, oats 80 to 60 of plump. heavy
grain, oats often weighing 3S to 40
pounds to the measured bushel;
clover yielding from two to three
tons per acre and yielding from
four to nine bushels of seed to the
acre. One man here has just
threshed his clover seed and obtain
ed 80 bushels from 10 acres of Al.
syke clover. Dairying is yet in it's
infancy. However, it is paying
large dividends, as the cows can be
kept on green feed nearly tie whole
year, and the creamery here reports
an average butter test of from S 1-2
per cent. to 6.7 per cent, with but
ter at this time bringing 80 cents
per pound with an average Of 27.8
cents for the year. Land prices
range from $lo to $1oo per acre ac-
cording to location and improve
ments. l will give few prices on
produce and then close for this
time as 1 presume you.will be tired
out by the time you have finished
this, However, if this proves en-
tertaining will write you more
complete description in the future.
Oats, 81 and 32 cents; hogs, live,
5 Ia to 5 lie; veal, 6 1 2 to 7c;
cattle on hoof, 1-2 to &c; hay,
baled, 50. so to S5; butter, creamery
33c; dairy, 25c to 3oc; eggs, 81;
clover seed, 81 to 50 per bushel
Yours In +. L. & T.